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ESTABLISHED 1850.
, % \ITLESXAKE S VICTIM
u ~| GRAHAM'S RUST <TTI
,I \. KATAI.LY STI XG.
~ a Horrible Heath by a Run
**■*. ~> A Mier’ Cba**ljr Skull
’ ,>n HU Lifelong Savings—
h Mutilated Head—Notes
> I'lorida ad '<ufai Carolina
M. ' era, a well-to-do tanner, lir
wuuty, on Thurs
j. . vhik looking in the fence
?ter of inft which one of his
. ttea in the left leg by a rat
v Me? er immediately ran to his
k a bottle of whisky. Medical
r. and l*rs. l-att inter and Smith
i for the -ufferer. and up to
,w unfortunate gentleman was
• tit hopes of his recovery.
->v‘ be has been sent for in
rattlesnake lutes and this is
re he found the bitten |ierson
.a rN in authority for the
: Arnold, a worthv and re-‘
< atoosa county, met with a
. ar his home. Saturday even
-sgeii ib hauling logs to a saw
-••in* down a steep hill his
h manage aide ami ran away,
">■ the wagon which passed
- - lint* him instantly.
- -ct Y-mit.m says: "There is a
unty ia which lies a some
died not long ago. He made
. . hi* property to friends and
ng the amount of 11,300 in rash.
*-led t, be put under his head
in hi s had]. It was served as
•• irrave lie* uninterrupted,
-peeie. not ten miles from
/.’-..•rrfsr says: .1. K,
, 'I e -ter enwaty, is it remarkable
ery from what was at Urst
he a fatal wound. At the ex
tuuie. in IMM. at Petersburg,
•- —'et ill the top of the head, the
_ . '*'! and lodging in the
• 1. limnediately after lieing
hr urn fingers into the hole
• t the oepth of an inch, aiul
,e: lie was Mind and out of his
r two months, paralyzed in his
from the results of this
r twelve months after the least
- (dirt of his head would he pain
tl\ recovered, to lie again
. - to-day a hale, hearty man.
hall in tht* back of his bead.
- or -int an example of enduranee
' i-ta A rjv* has again changed
ti: I rwf.>rd has bought out Ir.
v* hell, the former editor, has
t from the Baptist Church at
a, < i.ettoa ®f ofilcers of the Com
- n Augusta, XVednesday. re
st ion of l*ivsident John A.
• Fipp company, of Augusta,
r tbty-niulh anniversary next
i; - tb- obtest fire company its
t - i'h. who stole a horse and
sway with a girl whom he had
, o n sentenced to len years int
• |HR of age is said
, ih leprosy in Newton county,
jv V - 'die '•> tells of an old
sautofd, a colored woman.
Saturday, aged eighty-eight
.... r fii-liand ninety-two years of
T ■ I'M’ have ticen ‘living together
>-■ •• thirteen convicts in the
• *r> fr.ou Mclntosh county.
- luld uas burned to death in
?iti yesterday. The child was
- alone by its mother.
i sc her first shipment of cotton
-amucls. of Wilkes county,
• -.le by drowning several day*
- ngb law? or in Banks county.
Ni ’;a t ity t ouncil has decided to
t - ■ .rd of street Commissioners.
- • tens of Augusta who were ar
**r ing loose paper in the streets
• ago. were discharged hy the
tsr- ’awsr notice of the law's en
le - 1 not la-cn given through the
v . -ia and Knoxville Hoad is in
jssr* in
• .:-cd the death fa lady 70 years
> die recently.
f ha- made a successful raid at
*■ - e\ tsvliceman of Atlanta, has
>■ —• • -t •m a charge of forgery.
n a flutter over the prospect of a
s. -utute lieing held there this sum
* Inn’ i loihlH warehouse and a
w They will cost about fIIM.WO.
*- v -n Fox Hunters claim to l*c the
m i.juons of Georgia.
-new jail will cost six thousand
i-l.y -txbls'd tieorgv Wise fatally
nly on Monday during a quarrel.
* t was involuntary manslaughter.
• ••■cement exercise-of the South
< oUejte of LaG range. will begin
with a Mtnos by M. B. Wharton.
John 1C steward, of Griffin, will
► ~.. i’Kltvw on the Sul li.
day S, bool i onvention of the Ml.
-metalion will mecl at I'lca-ant Hill
n Friday liefore ih<- -Mb Sunday in
nla morning Jake Price, negro,
v . i in the Ivlting at liraves’ mill.
z i .1 temhiy mangled. 11l- left arm
t> (I at tlie elbow, nis neck broken,
b -4o n. and his body otherwise torn
, of t\ orth, with but few excep
. ruuiwst to move the court house
lav o| July an election will
* • I.l,‘uienant c oiionel to command
h- . liiiulnw of Georgia. compoaeii of
- . mi‘.xuics: The Southern Itiflcs
- ' the t it? l.ight Guards and
• ard- of t olttmbus. and the l.a
--► ••narl-of latrange. Tbeelce
. m h Uh • ithk and the
- vied at the Adjutant General's
. -I. in raw font has completed a
r. -b. using for liristles a pie*e
pa,-... a htrh Jones was huug.
lo.cg. of the F'allmg Greek
* - ha- the oldest gourd in
xml probably the oldest
* 'U:. It i- -•mewherv alauit Ito or 175
V - ltngg is aUuit *3 years of age.
• .rvai grandfather owned and
. -! f.r a powiler gourd. It is so
: .<! it- |olish. fn>m use. seems
* • *i- made of mahogany.
" ■ T er. \ popular citizen of i raw
's - iiv-t hr is'ing thrown from Ins
> runaway mule recently.
- • trestle near Tallulah Falls
- MX- -hip|>cd to Athens Mon
r h cvpre-.-. pro|>erly labeled.
o to grade the Northeastern
tt.xt t aunt springs will uot be
-in ••{ <s,nrt cost Pnlnaki coun
- stung of the scasou to June 1,
‘o-ii shipped from Hawkins
•r• Calcs of wool. For the same
* - t ,-ight I-al<<s were hip|>ed.
11 •'has :■ cat-eating hog.
■" n '.‘ . i.iit ..f the Crawfonl .Vc* r*
• xmplicll, a deaf mute from '
* - M .... a> in Taliaferro Wednea
u * * mention of hi* own calleil
lie is hut 1 year* old. and
The xmliphone enables the
' >|'l bv the use of a small ap
•uouth, that i* a thin piece of
with common tape, the dumb
• BUM is a remarkable one,
> -Teat blessing to the deaf
hi bphowe won the principle
. and is light and ensy to
ho -hot the negro preacher
wa- acquitted in Clark Su
t; -uing point far Oglethorpe
! tie adjoining counties in the
1 t OKI PA.
V *'. . n Hillstairough county bid*
tJul one this season.
Mctrofmlitnn Light In
*a ‘-'in illc, have received their
- ‘-oicnior Bloxhara. Cap-
W. x. i r-t I cutenant M. W. King
*•■ .ant -eorge R. Foster. Jr..
he Florida State militia.
A , sal commencement of the
a.- ' ■• look sjace Wedncwlay
New Yrk. no of the
l nda Ship Canal, has ar- |
' V '.He. Mr. HUL after coo- I
*• I’uvak the state Knginecr.
•m. will go from Jack -
. and return by private
-* • -a j-T-smal insjxs-tion of
1-r.qiosed, before making
* . . 'bug hisixirp* of engineers
ft, j
Utroid *nv* l>r. Spence.
x ' ending A. 5. Fatter*on at
• * f..re hi* -:ekne** ilevelofieil
fa* was seen to eotne out of
i it waa tagged and go
*•;. I the Ahtermen last night
* os him arrested by the
hi- apparent carelessness
H-appfarnl before the Mayor.
*“ - *-n -bown by hi* own state
*-• '• fil the infected resilience
f* -A n • -tahusbeil. and after
U P the cam, he was flueil
1 in and costs. I>r. Spence
K - iqe-at to the Circuit Court.
ibe Last Florida Semtnarx
' 'lot hotel keefiers of Gaine*-
st, -idl any malt or vinous
! tet of Fast Florida beroinarj
: , . l’**r any game* upon their
\ , - 'beer bouses of business, that
‘ 'ej proprietor will be prose
****** it Trustees snidinsti
'- dative envUnenLin relation
• renfter all persons who
■d ficate* of vaccination will
• ■a; I'yuukdl,
< Hlw Siu'mtuali lUornuiq
The corps of engineers of the Plant system,
now surveying the route of the extension of
the South Florida Railroad from Kissimmee
to Tampa, are still working on tJie preliminary
lines, but will be ready by the middle of next
week to establish the permanent survey.
A grand army post is lieing organized at
r.iiitis.
Jacksonville is agitating a society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals.
Large quantities of wool are lieing brought
to Marianna for sale.
The June term of the Florida Supreme Court
: convenes in Tallahassee the 12th tnst.
In the contest for the best drilled soldier
among the cadets of the East Florida Semi-
SJP' took place at Gainesville on the
, I", , “ e en tire company entered, and
cadet Solomon Levy, of N'ewnausville, was
awarded the first prize. lie is the son of Sir.
Herman I-evy, who some vfcars ago was en
gaged in the mercantile business in Talla
’ hassee.
-A circular has lieen issued to the people of
Falatka asking that the quarantine against
l •’ a **** , nville be raised, and giviug reasons
\ thetefor.
There ts living at Live Oak an old gentle
man, "• J. Barlow, who is now in his one
huadred and second year. lie was liom
i hmtma* day in the year 1780 at Augusta.
; and resided there until the war of 1812, when
he entered the service as a volunteer. He took
part in the battle of New Orleans, in which
| engagement he received a wound in the right
suonluer. The battle of Hatcher’s Run,
, during the late war. was fought on his farm
in \ irginia. He and his wife, during the bat
| tie. were run over by a troop of cavalry, his
w ife lying from the affect- of her injuries.
, Seventeen children were born to them, all of
whom died in their youth. Mr. Barlow' comes
of a long-lived family, his grandfather living
to the age of one hundred and twenty-six
years, and his father to the age of one ‘hun
dred and six. Mr. Barlow' is still enjoying
good health, and bids fair to live a number of
years longer.
SOI'TH CAROLINA.
Bennettsvllle has a bakery.
At a meeting of the ministers and elders of
the I resbvterian Churches of Laurens county
on May 2t>, there was an earnest conference
on the subject of exangelistic labor within
the countv. The Rev. Ifessw. Thomas Craig,
J.l. lair and James Farrow were appointed
a committee to prepare and report a plan of
operations at an adjourned meeting to lie
held on Sat unlay, the Bth day of Juue next.
Mr. John Ferguson declines to be a can
didate for Mayor of Greenville. There is a
strong disposition to run him for the office
whether he wants it or not.
The colored people of Georgetown are build
ing another church, which promises to be a
lug thing ill time ■The church will be under
the auspices of the M. E. Church, and the
Rev. J. T. Harrison will be pastor.
The County Commissioners of Chester coun
ty have sent out a circular letter to all su
pervisors of public roads in the county, re
questing from each a statement of the ‘num
lier of null's of road within his district. This
information is asked for so that the commis
sioners may comply with the call made by
t 01. Butler, Commissioner of Agricultute, for
information on the subject.
At the municipal election in Fort Mill,
1 ork county, on May 22. the folloxving ticket
was elected: Intendant, J. M. Spratt; War
dens, R. S. Wilson, R. A. Fulp, 8. A. Harris.
Unix- three Wardens were elected, there
being a tie between Messrs. James A. With
ers and W. S. Belk. An election was held
on the sth of June to fill the vacancy.
The colored Baptists in Newberry are en
larging their church building bv making it
twenty feet longer, several feet'higher and
putting in a gallery.
Hr. I*. A. Wilhite, of Anderson, has recent
ly purchased a plantation in Sumter county,
l lorida, near Leesburg. The place has about
six hundred orange trees on it.
Tile Orangeburg Time* ,irul Democrat ear
m-tly urges a change in the lioldiug of the
summer terms of the Conrt of Sessions. Under
the present arrangement the farmers who
generally compose the juries are subjected to
great loss and inconvenience by their attend
ance on court.
Mr. J. Bcott Murray, Jr., of Anderson, sail
ed from New York on last Saturday for Leip
sie. Germany, whither he goes to pursue a
three years' course iu the Leipsic University.
Mr. Murray graduated with the degree of A.
M. from the Furman University, and has been
pursuing a course of study at Johns Hopkins
University for the past year. When he
emerges from the l-eipsic University he will
have pursued an extensive and thorough
course of study, and have attained a most ac
complished education.
SOIIROM' IN A SANCTUM.
Charles C, Fulton, of the Italtimore
American. Lay* Down hi* Pen.
Baltimore, Mil, June 7.—Charles C.
Fulton, editor and proprietor of the
Baltimore American , died at 8:35
o'clock this morning, at bis resi
dence. Xo. 478 Eutaw Place. Mr.
Fulton had Uni in bad health for about
tive months, and his death was not unex
pected. He was G 7 years of age, having
been born in Philadelphia in 1815. IVhen
quite young he entered the Motional Ga
zette office in that city as an
apprentice and afterward served as a
journeyman printer in Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington. He removed
to Georgetown, D. C., and bought
the Advocate newspaper, which he sold
live years afterwards. In 1840 he aecept
>*l a position as compositor on the Balti
more Sun, but was soon transferred to the
editorial rooom, where he served re
spectively as reporter, news and telegraph
editor and afterwards managing editor,
being one of the pioneers in local reporto
rial and telegraph work. He was also
the tirst agent of the Associated Press in
Baltimore. In 185:1 Ue purchased an inter
est in the American . and in 180*2 became
sole proprietor of the paper. Since the
war he has taken a prominent part in the
liolitics of ltis State and of the United
States, and was widely known.
\Y A1 IKING FOR A liAILKOA I>
Mi** Matthews Seeking to Recover the
Carolina Central.
Raleigh, X. €., June 7.—ln the United
states C ircuit Court to-day the argument
was iinished in the case ot Miss Virginia
B. Matthews against the Seal toard Rail road
Company, to recover possesson of the Car
olina Central Railroad, which is now un
der the management of the Seaboard
Railroad. The argument continued two
days. Hon. I>. L. Russell and Duncan K.
Macßae speaking for the plaintiffs andEd
wartl Patterson aiul E. R. Robinson for the
defendants. The plaintiffs alleged that the
control of the Carolina Central Railroad
had tieen secured by fraud, and that the
road is being virtually wrecked by the de
fendants. The defense alleged that the
snliornation of the Carolina Central to
the seaboard system had not injured the
former, that the transfer and control were
legal,and that there had lieen no violation
of trust. Judges Bond and Seymour re
served their decision. The case will of
course go by appeal to the United States
Supreme Court.
AIiOXU THE LABOR LINE.
Tlrtoriou* Typo* Rending the Air With
Tlieir Cheers.
Cincinnati, June 7.—The International
Typographical Union to-day adopted a
resolution requiring that sub lists be
abolished in all union offices by Septem
lier Ist next. The effect of this is that
any union printer may be employed by a
regular employe in any office as a substi
tute without lieing required to lie hrst
enrolled as a substitute bv the foreman.
The order was put in force immediately
in the lime a-Star office, when* its pro
mulgation was greeted with cheers.
St. laiuis. Juue 7. —Sixteen striking
coal miners who interfered with the work
of the new men at a mine near Pinckney
Hill. Ills., were arrested yesterday on
warrants sworn out by officers of the
mine, and fourteen of them were lodged in
jail in default of bail-
Weather Indication*.
OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER,
Washington, I>. C„ June7.—lndications
f * In ’the South Atlantic States,* local
rains, partly cloudy weather, southerly
to westerly winds, nearly stationary pres
sure. and slight rise in temperature.
In the Gulf States, local rains, partly
cloudy weather, easterly to southerly
winds, and slight changes in temperature
and pressure.
The Opposition to Landsdowne.
London, June 7. —In the House of Com
mons this alternoon Mr, O’Donnell, mem
ber for Hungarian, gave notice that he
would move that the appointment of the
Marquis of Landsdowne as the Governor
General of Canada was calculated to ex
cite grave discontent both among the
oppressed Irish in Ireland, who look upon
the appointment as in no sense a concilia
torv movement on the part of the goiern
uie'nt, and among the free Canadians.
Rankers Coining to Louisville.
New York, June 7.—At a meeting of
the American jankers Association held
to-dav the Executive Council decided to
hold the next annual convention of the
association at Louisville, October ft and
10 For several vears the convention has
been held at Saratoga, but the rapid
growth of the banking and industrial in
terests of the West and South have in
duced the bankers to hold their conven
tion this year at Louisville
far* Xo family Dyes were ever so popu
lar as the Diamond Dyes. They never
fail. The Black is far superior to log
wood. Any color 10 cents.
i}iU's Hair and WUisker Dye, 50 cents.
MILLIONS FOR MONITORS.
THE SUMS TO BE SPENT FOR
THE NEW WAR VESSELS.
Another Board to Fry Into the Suspici
ous Secret* of the Norfolk Navy Yard
—The Uate for the Competitive Civil
Service Tourney Announced—Other
WaMhington Waif**.
Washington, June 7.—Bids for anew
steel cruiser will be opened at the Navy
Department July 2. Secretary Chandler
has given notice that the maximum
amounts which the Navy Department will
pay for the construction of these vessels
are as follows: For the 4,300 ton ship, the
Chicago, $1,248,000; for the 3,000 ton ships
Boston and Atlanta, *783,500 each; for
the dispatch boat not yet named, s3ftft,ooo,
and that no bids in excess of these figures
will be considered.
The Civil Service Commission gives
notice that the competitive examination
lor admission to the public service will
be held between the lftth of June and the
3d day of July, at the principal cities in
the Northern and Western States. Any
person wishing to be examined for service
in any department in Washington should
now send a written request to the Civil
Service Commission for a proper aivpTP'
cation blank which will be supplied.
Captain Michael V. Sheridan, of the
Seventh Cavalry, was this afternoon ap
pointed by President Arthur Major and
Assistant Adjutant General, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of General
Mitchell.
Until the return of Secretary Chandler
no further action will betaken relative to
the charges preferred bv ex-Representa
tive Dezendorf of violations of the
. w v an< * ot the regulations of
the Norfolk navy yard, although the
hoard have reported that no violations
of the law or regulations were found to
have existed between the dates specified
by Mr. Dezendorf. It is understood
that the Secretary is not satisfied as to the
thoroughness of the investigation, and
that lie will order another hoard, to he
composed of officers of the navy, other
than those attached to the Norfolk yard.
Admiral Nichols, Chief of the Bureau ol
I ards and Docks, in a communi
cation to Secretary Chandler, suggests
that the limitation of the inquiry to
between the dates of May 1 and 11 does
not meet the requirements of the order of
May Ift, given to make the examination
an exhaustive investigation. He also
says: “Neither do 1 think suffi
cient notice was given Mr. Dezen
dorl to present any charges. An
officer of the Navy Department stated
to-day that the seaworthiness of the Pinta
was a matter upon which naval officers
seemed to differ in opinion; that some had
expressed doubts a* to the seaworthiness,
while others, and among them Captain
Meade, believed her perfectly seaworthy
and well adapted to the special service
for which she had been fitted out.”
PLANS OF THE INDIANS. .
A llattle to be Avoi<te<l if I*ossil>le an<l
Retreat a Certainty.
W ashington, June 7.—Adjutant Gen
eral Drum this morning received the fol
lowing telegram:
Whipple Barracks, A. TANARUS., June 6,
1883. To Gen. It. (J. Drum, Adjutant
General, Washington, D. C.: Lieutenant
Davis, of the Third Cavalry, after an ex
amination of the Indians recently sur
rendered at Don Carlos, reports
that the Chirieahuas who surrendered lie
longed to the Locos family, and numbered
two hoys and eighteen women and chil
dren. Six days ago the Mexican troops
surprised the hostiles in the southern
Sierra Madres. This party of Indians was
out off from the main laxly, and three days
alter the fight started for the reservation.
One of the party went hack to bring in
Loco, hut Loco was too old to travel, find
told them to come without him. Loco has
one boy and a squaw with him. All the
Indians were together when surprised by
the Mexican troops. Charley McComas
was with them and was well treated. He
was kept to aid them in case of surrender.
The Indians knew nothing of General
Crook when they left, hut knew
that the country was full of troops, and
if attacked will fight until whipped and
then scatter through the Sierra Madres.
Mostcf them will attempt to work back to
the reservation. Some expect no mercy,
and will keep up the fight and remain
in the mountains as long as possible, as
they have no other place to go. The
mountains in many places are inaccessi
ble. General Crook will probably not
meet any of them before reaching the ex
treme southern part of the Sierra Madres.
Don’t know the exact number of fighting
men, hut they are between 100 and 150,
with more than 300 women and children.
The number of men includes boys
large enough to bear amis.
The Indians think that General Crook
will have trouble to find the hostiles.
The latter will run if they can. The
Chirieahuas and Warm Springs, with a
few renegade Indians, are the only In
dians on the warhath in Mexico. Duchy
Chiricahua, who surrendered at Fort
Thomas, number the fighting men, inelud
ing boys able to hear arms, at 107, in
cluding those just surrendered. The
Indians are commanded by Gereniiao, and
will not fight if they can help it.
J. P. Martin,
Assistant Adjutant General.
A SENSATION OF THE TURF,
Clingstone anil St. Julian to Trot at
Chicago for 187,000.
Chicago, June*7. —The Chicago Driv
ing Park management have just arranged
what promises to be the- most sensa
tional trotting event of the season.
The terms are a special match
race lietween St. Julien and Clingstone,
admitted to he the fastest trotters on the
turf except Maud S., fbrsl,ooo a side with
*5,000 added by the association and SI,OOO
additional to heat the best record—2;
The race will lie trotted in mile heats, the
best three in five, and to he trotted Thurs
day, .Inly lftth.
Tiding* from tlie Sea.
Charleston, S. C., June 7.—The
schooner Alexander Harding from Jack
sonville, bound North, touched of this
port to-day, with part ol her crew sick.
She was visited by a physician, took some
supplies, and then proceeded on her voy
age.
Schooner Charles P. Sinneckson, from
New York, arrived here safely on Wednes
day. A quarter Ixiard, with the name of
the vessel on it, was washed away hv a
wave on the coa6t of North Carolina and
floated ashore near Cape Lookout, It was
picked up and caused the report of the
IKissihle loss of the vessel,
Wilmington, Del., June 7. —The
United States double-turreted monitor
Amphitrite was launched here at 2:15
o’clock this afternoon in the presence of
two thousand spectators,
Event* on the Turf.
London, June 7.—The race to-day for
the St. James Palace stakes for three-vear
olds was won by Galliard, with Padlock
second and Keene's Potosi third.
At Ascot races to-day. the race for the
Rous memorial stakes was won by Chis
elhurst, with Limestone second, and
Brown Bread. out of IJytrra,
third. Lorillard’s Sachem also
rau. The race for the gold up
was won by Tristan, with Dutchoven
second and Wallenstein third.
The race for the New stakes, for two
vear-olds, was won by Wild Thyme, with
P. Lorillard's Rhine second and Offspring
third.
Dined at Delmonicq’s
New York. Juno 7. —The Itt. Rev. G.
W. Dudley, James B. Beck, John W.
Stevenson, Henrv Watterson, Charles D.
Jacob, John G. Carlisle, Proctor Knott.
Frank I>. Carley, John English Green and
James Sheridan Fields, representatives
of the Southern Exposition at Louisville,
were entertained at a banquet at I>el
monico’s to-night by Messrs. C. L. Bald
win, C. P. Ih/htington and William B.
Dun can.
The Rr|c|i*tag'* Chance*,
Berlin, June 7.—Prince Bismarck, in
an interview with Herr von Bemgseu,
expressed a wish to have the budget
voted before the adjournment of the
Reichstag on Saturday. The Liberals
will probably attempt to paralyze the pro
ceedings ol the House by absenting them
selves, and if they do the Reichstag will
be dissolved.
A Brace of Murderers Jailed.
New Orleans, June 7.—A Shreveport
special says that Gus Patchings and F red
Rolan, who foully murdered Frank Mur
phy, in Chiekot county, Ark., last Sat Uri
.iav were arrested at Minden last night
and delivered to the Sheriff of Chiekot
county. '
Dead.
London, June 7.—Sir George Bowver,
the legal writer, is dead.
Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in one
minute,
STAK ROUTERS LAUGHING.
Mr. Merrick Humorously Imitate* In?
ger*oll’s Acrobatic Oratory.
Washington, May 7.—Mr. Merrick
continued his argument in the star route
case to-day, and upon taking up the sub
ject ot the “J. B. B." check remarked that
it was due to Mr. Belford to say that
there was no testimony in or out
of this ease that in any wav
implicated or involved him in star route
! matters. Mr. Belford was an honorable
gentleman, holding a high position in
Public life, and as current rumors might
be calculated to do him some damage he
(Mr. Merrick) made these remarks
in reparation for anv wrong done to
him. Mr. Merrick ‘then took up
the evidence relating to the Dorseys, and
pointed out the improbability and incon
sistency of their several statements.
After referring to the so-called “Red
Books” of S. W. Dorsey, which had not
lieen produced, he proceeded to show
how informer Rerdell’s statement with
regard to them were corroborated
by circumstances and other evidence. To
ward the close of the afternoon he imita
ted Colonel Ingersoll’s recent figure of
speech with regard to the burial of Rer
dell by giving a similar fanciful descrip
tion of the burial and resurrection of 8.
_3V . -Dorsey—Siiiw .4)icy had '’titnnnr
to bury men he said that
~e might as well follow
VJ 1 ' Ue would bury Dorsey alongside
ot Kerdell. His fellow conspirators should
he mourners over them. He would erect
an arch, one end resting on the
grave ot Dorsey, and the other
end on that of Rerdell, and on the
keystone of the arch should he
written as an epitaph: “They were de
lightful and lovely in their lives and in
death were not parted.” Giving a pecu
liarly lugubrious and sing-song intonation
to his voice, Mr. Merrick continued:
“And if, notwithstanding the counsel’s
prayers, Gabriel, when he passes over
those graves, should blow and the
corrupt and buried Dorsey should arise
an immortal spirit, and come into that
last grand court before thegreat Search
er of hearts, before whom we must all ap
pearand the great Searcher and All-know
ing should ask him, “Were you not in
the flesh known as Stephen W. Dorsey?”
the spirit would answer, “I don’t remem
ber.”
An uprorious hurst of laughter greeted
Mr. Merrick’s sally, and after vainly rap
ping for order, Judge Wvlie adjourned
the court.
TIL DEN’S HAND AT WORK.
Hendrick*' Old .Slate Already Shattered
—McDonald a* the Man to be Named.
Me tc 1 orlc Sj)ectal Diii/ittlelj/hia Dress.
The Hendricks interview has aroused
some interest among the Democracy in
this city. Mr. Tilden’s friends have lost
no time in disarranging the old ticket
plans of the Hoosier statesman by the an
nouncement that in no case can Mr. Til
den be a candidate. It is a fact beyond
contradiction that Mr. Tilden is entirely
out ol the race. There can he no circum
stance, no combination which, his warmest
friends declare, will change his purpose.
This positive announcement, coming,
as it does, so early after Mr. Hendricks
relented, is most pointed. Tlie dog may
have wanted to Wag his tail in 1880, but
in no case can the tail wag the dog in
1884. This is Mr. Tilden’s ultimatum,
and his name will never more he con
nected with that of Mr. Hendricks. Such
a connection was not very pleasant for
either party.
Hr. Hendricks thouslit Mr. Tilden
ought to have been the Vice Presidential
candidate in ls;. When the candidates
met at Saratoga to compare their letters
of acceptance .Mr. Tilden’s good nature
was shocked, and all his bachelor instincts
aroused by the gossips about the hotel,
who reported Mrs. Hendricks as saving
that Tilden’s money had bought a place
which her husband’s abilities had earned.
The two gentlemen met in the most formal
way, and they have not seen each other
siuce. In Ihxo Mr. Hendricks set up for
himself, and publicly said that lie had play
ed second fiddle long enough, when Mr.
Tilden at onee saw Hendricks’ action
made his nomination and complete party
harmony impossible. So he declined the
honor in a letter to the Cincinnati Con
vention, which his friends have always
said was entirely sincere. Then it was
that Joseph E. McDonald, Indiana’s Sen
ator, who was a delegate to the Conven
tion, instructed for Hendricks, could have
lxien nominated, but the story goes that
Mrs. Hendricks would not allow her hus
band to retire, and McDonald refused a
support which would have made him
formidable, and perhaps successful. Han
cock was named, and another fatal Demo
cratic mistake made.
It is now believed that Mr. Tilden’s
friends, who are powerful, especially in
the West and South, have agreed to put
forward McDonald for the race next year,
and it looks on the surface as if such were
the case. Mr. McDonald is, undoubtedlv,
one of the ablest Democrats in the land.
His nomination would, in 1880, possibly
have pleased Mr, Tilden, and the present
circumstances would have emphasized
the desire of the latter’s friends to give
Mr. Hendricks a gentle rebuke.
It is a longtime before the Democratic
Convention meets, and many things may
happen, hut unless all purely political
signs fail, the Tilden contingent will be
forced into opposing Mr. Hendricks’ old
ticket by supporting the new Indiana can
didate.
“Let bygones he bygones,” will be the
party cry, and if Mr. Hendricks objects to
hearing the knell which dooms his politi
cal hopes he can recant his recantation
about the insignificance of tails to a Pre
sidential ticket, and turn in for his
staunch friend of 1880, Joseph E, McDon
ald.
Gen. McClellan's Opinion of Southern
General*.
Interview in the Fort Worth Gazette,
“Who was the greatest Southern Gene
ral?”
“There were two of them—Lee and
Johnston.”
“ Which Johnston ?”
“Joe,”
“Y'ou have heard of Jefferson Davis’
estimate of Albert Sidney Johnston. Do
you agree with him ?”
“Sidney Johnston died too soon. I had
no opportunity to become acquainted with
ltis merits as a commander. Officers of
ability and judgment, however, Informed
me that Gen. Johnston was an officer of
commanding ability, lie enjoyed the
friendship and confidence of Jefferson Da
vis. and that enabled him to display his
abilities at their best.”
“Which was the greatest soldier, Joe
Johnston or Robert E. Lee?”
“It would be difficult to tell. Both had
genius commensurate with their opporto
tamities, and both deserve to lie ranked
among the greatest Generals of the age.”
“Was either greater than the other?”
“It would be hard to tell, They were,
doubtless, possessed of differen t qualities.
Lee was quick to plan, and Johnston
matchless in performance. Lee was su
perb in the defensive and Johnston was
without a peer in the offensive. Lee had
grand fighting qualities, and Johnston
could equal Napoleon planning a cam
paign.”
“What aliout other Southern Generals?”
“I think Beauregard should rank next
to lx;e and Johnston. He made gu egceU
lent officer, and perhaps bait no equal us
an engineer in the army.”
“Where is Longstreet’s place?”
“He made an excellent fighter, and dis
tinguished himself generally as an officer,
but Joe Johnston and Robert E. Lee were
the soldiers of the Confederacy.”
“Of the Union Generals?”
“You must get some oue else to discuss
them with you.”
Seven Live* Lost by Drowning.
St. Louis, June 7.—Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
ltedhair were drowned while crossing a
swollen creek near Breckenridge. Mo.,
Monday niglit.
Ira Perdue and Miss Townsend were
drowned in attempting to cross Muddy
Creek, near Warrensburg.
Henry and William Temple and Ajigust
Kalke, while riding iu a skiff on the Mis
souri river, opposite Glasgow, yesterday,
were upset and all drowned.
France In Tonquin.
Paris, June 7.—At a Cabinet council
to-day, M. Brun. Minister of Marine, an
nounced that he had received a telegram
dated Hong Kong, June 6, from the Ad
miral commanding the French fleet in the
Chinese waters, which stated that the
situation at Hanoi continued to thicken,
and six companies of Frencli marines
and a mountain battery from Surgean had
passed through Hayphong on their way
to Hanoi.
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and could get no relief until I tried your
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dially recommend them.
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For pimples, use Glenn’s Sulphur Soap.
SAVANNAH. FRIDAY. JUNE 8. 1883.
MR. ERRIXGTOX’S MISSION
THE MEMBER NOT PAID BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
Premier Gladstone Explain* HU Stand
ing in the Case—Lpid ltoseberry ’*
Resignation The poisoning Yarn
Doubted—Carey’s Longing for the
Boy* of Old Ireland.
London, June 7.—ln the House of
Commons this evening, Lord Randolph
Churchill called attention to the mission
of Mr. Errington to Rome, and argued
that there could tie no doubt that the gov
ernment had recommended him to the Va
tican, the recent Papal manifesto in re
gard to Irish affairs being the result. Mr.
Gladstone replied that Mr. Errington had
gone to Rome at his own suggestion. Mr.
Errington informed Lord Granville
that he was going to Rome,
and as Mr. Errington was
a papist greatly. interested
in Irish attairs, it was only natural that
his intercourse with the Pope would he
interesting to Her Majesty's government.
Mr. Errington received no pay and no in
structions were given.him by the govern
ment, hut, said Mr. Gladstone, as Mr.
Errington’s visit to Houle would tend to
alter his posi.Ugn ill i|fa** future, a record
llllnTe or liis proceedings, etc.
Mr. Gladstone said that the government
had given Mr. Errington information on
the real state of Ireland in the interest of
peace and order.
Sir William Harcourt. Home Secretary,
read a letter from Lord Roseherrv, in
which the latter stated that he had' not
resigned the office of Under Secretary for
the Home Department because of the
Home Secretary’s statement in the House
touching his duties. Sir William Har
court explained that Lord ltoseherrv’s
' acceptance of the office in the tirst place
wits only temporary.
In reply to a question relative to the
American Lpbor Reform League, Sir Wil
liam Harcourt said that the government
was perfectly alive to the necessity of
paving attention to such a menace.
The truth of the story about the poison
ing by the Invincihles in Dublin, of a
number of jiersous obnoxious to them is
much contested. The Freeman's .Journal,
denies that there is any foundation for it,
while the Central News correspondent,
at Dublin, reasserts the correitness of the
story.
Dublin, June 7.—James Carey, the in
former, w rites to the executive daily, pro
testing against being kept in confinement.
He still declines to leave Ireland, and
says that if he is compelled to go he will
return.
Tin- Alabama Editor* at Home—What
They Say of Savannah ami Mont
gomery.
The members of the Alabama State Press
Association have returned to active duty
after their recent enjoyable excursion.
Their remembrances of the trip, so far as
we have learned, are pleasant. From an
extended report' in the Eufaula Daily
Times, by Lucien T. Walker, we quote as
follows:
“From Pensacola we went directly to
Savannah by the new Pensacola and At
lantic route. This road skirts the gulf
fora long way, but passes through a much
better country than I had supposed. It
is not barren. On the other hand, the soil
appears to be good and the country is cer
tainly beautiful. The pine predominates,
hut the oak is found in abundance. At
Savannah we were taken in hand by that
most successful of all Southern
newspaper men, Colonel J. 11. Es
till, of the Savannah Morning News,
ably assisted by Richardson A Mc-
Nulty, of the Savannah Times, who get
out one of the best pajiers in Georgia.
We went down to Tyliee on tlie broad At
lantic, and there I saw what I am pleased
to consider the finest beach that I have
ever yet seen. We all had a jolly good
time at Tybee and returned by steamer at
night. But the most beautiful spot seen
iu our whole journey of over tw r o thou
sand miles was Montgomery, a suburban
resort of Savannah. A splendid hotel
has just been completed there, and it
is in the hands of one of the most accom
plished hotel keepers South. Montgomery
is ‘on the salts,’ as Savannahians express
it, hard by a broad and gently flowing
river. There are beautiful lakes' around,
and majestic live oaks go to make it a
place of sylvan beauty that cannot he sur
passed on the Southern coast, and Mont
gomery is hound to become famous as a
resort for tired humanity. See Savannah
and then see Montgomery! See them to
live to remember their indescribable
beauty. The most beautiful city and the
happiest pleasure .resort in tlie South.
Candidly, I never saw any place that so
favorably struck my fancy as a resting
point as Montgomery impressed me.”
Gone Down With All Hand*.
Philadelphia, June 7.—The wreckage
picked up off Cape Lookout, N. C., 3d
June, bearing the name Charles P. Sin
nickson, belonged to the schooner Charles
P. Sinnickson, ot Philadelphia, Pa., which
sailed from New York May 14th for
Charleston, S, C., with a general cargo of
merchandise, The Sinnickson was com
manded by Capt, Wm, Copper, of Snow
Hill, Md„ who had his wife with him and
a crew of seven men. The vessel is sup
posed to have foundered at sea and all on
hoard perished.
Consecrated With Pomp.
Moscow, June “.-.-The consecration of
the Church of the Saviour, one of the most
brilliant features connected with the
coronation, took place to-day. The Czar
and Czarina, with the rest of the imperial
family, the foreign Ambassadors and an
immense crowd of people were present at
the ceremony. The church was sur
rounded by troops. The flags used in the
campaign of ISI2 were displayed. Their
majesties and the clergy went in proces
sion around the church ainid the salvos
of artillery.
Kat aiul Kail.
Games of base hall were played yester
day as follows;
At New York—Cincinnati* 1: Metro
politans 3, Chieagos 8; New Yorks lfl.
At Wilmington, Del,—Quicksteps ti;
Brooklyns 1.
At Pittsburg—Alleghenys 10; Louis
villes 0.
AtjTrenton.N.J.—Trentons 5; Detroits 9.
At Philadelphia—Athletics tt;St.Louisl,
At Hanover—Williams College 4; Dart
mouths 2.
Alexandria’* Incepdiarie* Doomed.
Alexandria..)une7.—Suleiman Daond
and Mahmoud Sami, ol setting
lire to Alexandria at the time of the
British bombardment, have been found
guilty, and sentenced to death. Eighteen
officers were found guilty of complicity in
the same crime, and >yere sentenced to
various terms of penal servitude,
A Cun in a Maniac’* Hand*.
Hot Springs, Ark., June 7.—At Moun
tain Valley, last evening, Roliert Wallace
while temporarily insane fired several
shots at his brother-in-law, John Pate
His sister interfered, whereupon he sjiot
her twice, inflicting dangerous wounds.
She soon afterward gave birth premature,
iy to a child, and will doubtless die.
Kill* Hi* Stepfather.
New Orleans. Juno 7.—A dispatch
from Skipwitli, Miss., says that Thomas
Paris shot and killed his stepfather, Isaac
Adams, to-day, on the Fairfield planta
tion. Adams had threatened to kill Paris,
and followed him to his house, knocking
down a door, when the bo,y shot him.
Two Horse Thieve* Lynched.
GALVESTON, June 7.—A special dis
patch from San Antonio says that while
two Mexican horse thieves were being
conveyed from Gonzales to San Die-ui
twenty-five men overpowered the officers
and lynched the prisoners.
Looking lor Fraud*.
New York, June 7.— An investigation
of the coupon fraqds iu the Comptroller’s
office, by which it is alleged that $168,000
have beep stoleu, was begun to-day ly the
Aldermanic commission appointed for
that purpose,
A Fugitive Murderer Caught.
Atlanta, Ga., June 7.—George Spitze,
colored, a fugitive murderer from Ala
bama, has been arrested in Carroll county,
in this State. There is a reward out
standing for his capture.
The Warring Albanian*.
Scutari, June 7.—Several fights have
taken place in the mountains VcfiVheu Al
banians and Turks, remllting i„ fieavv
losses on both hides.
M. D, Conway writes to the Cincinnati
Commercial-Gazette that he finds a record
in an old register at Stratford-on-Avon
showing that Shakespeare’s widow proba
bly married a second husband, ahd he
says: “Whoever ho was, there would have
fallen to him all the letters and papers of
the poet, which have so mysteriously dis
appeared, insomuch that not one small
est scrap of the poet’s handwritiu" (sig
natures excepted) has ever been discov
ered. The antiquarians of England ought
to institute a grand hunt for the traces of
Ann Hathaway’s second husband,”
TRUCK AT TALLAHASSEE.
The Farmer* Comparing Note* and
Growing Wiser.
Tallahassee, June s.—As the truck
season is nearly over our truckers are
comparing notes. So far, the returns
from sales are in a measure satisfactory
and the products shipped were more va
ried than last year. Then it was almost
exclusively potatoes and cabbages. But
this year green peas, snap beans, toma
toes and other vegetables have been ex
ported to a greater extent than duringany
previous season.' Cabbages did not turn
out as well as they did last year; but
the potato crop did remarkably
well. Mr. Thomas P. Roberts
from twenty acres shipped seven hun
dred and forty-five barrels, anti contem
plates in another year to plant oue hun
dred acres. This is his second year in
trucking, and he has proved himself as
good a trucker as he is a planter. What
he does he does thoroughly. As soon as
his crop was ready for shipment it was
quickly gathered and as quickly dis
patched. In a previous letter I‘stated
that he sent in at one time seven
wagons, hut that was on a particular
day, for on another occasion
his “potato train” consisted of eleven
wagons. Although his place is some eight
tulles from the depot, he does not consider
it too far to keep him from trucking. Ilis
entire crop of over seven hundred barrels
was gathered and shipped in aliout a
week. There are others who have not
been so successful, their failure being
from had seed. The experience of the
past few years, however, lias demon
strated that with a judicious selection of
proper seeds, liberal fertilizing and
earetul culture, the potato’is a reliable
and paying crop.
Watermelons are not raised here for
shipment to any great extent, Jefferson
and Madison counties being ahead of us
in that respect. If, however, it proves a
paying crop this season, more than one ot
our truckers will, to his potato and vege
table culture, add that of the melon. At
present the number of hours required tor
freight transportation between here and
Savannah is a great drawback, but with
increased productions, there will lie
better facilities and other routes. Com
petition between various lines of traffic
will reduce the rates of freight and events
ually give us more speedy transportation.
Since the completion of the I’. & A. It.
R. from Chattahoochee to Pensacola, in
tercourse between this city and Pensacola
is more frequent. On Sunday last a party
of excursionists from the latter arrived
here. Some of them had never before vis
ited this section, and expressed themselves
as delighted with its beautiful scenery;
they had no idea before coming here that
any portion of the State could boast of
such a picturesque appearance as greeted
them on their arrival here. So it is with
all tourists who visit.here for the first
time. Having done Florida, as
they imagine, they sometimes conclude to
pay a flying visit to the capitol. Before
coming here they have seen nothing but
sand and an almost interminable forest
of pine. Middle Florida the> had sup
posed to he like tlie other portions they
have visited, and though tlie beauties of
our landscape may be enlarged upon, they
will not believe until tliev have seen for
themselves. But once' having come
within, the face of the country is
so different from their preconceived opin
ions that, like the Queen of Sheba, each
one exclaims, “the half had not been told
me.” Besides the excursions from one
city to another, thus bringing Tallahassee
and Pensacola into a more intimate rela
tionship, travel through this section is
greatly increased. We are no longer cut
off lrom the outer world, and tourists
from the St. John’s region to the great
Northwest take this route in their home
ward journey after lying over for a day or
two at this point. Heretofore there lias
been but; one train a day from
this point west. But recently a
freight train has been put
on that leaves every morning at ft
o'clock. If, therefore, the traveler prefer
to see the country between this point and
the Gulf City, he can avail himself of the
morning train.. It is likewise a con
venience to those in West Florida who
wish to visit our city. Heretofore our
fellow citizens of West Florida have been
such only in name. While they were
represented in the Legislature and took
part in the Gubernatorial and Congres
sional elections, yet because of a lack of
rapid communication with other portions
of the State, and lieing nearer to Mobile
and New Orleans in time than
with us, some few were not as loyal
Floridians as we would have wished, and
desired annexation to Alabama. But
now joined by iron hands to their once
distant fellow‘citizens, their interest be
comes identified with ours, and the seat
of government will remain fixed at the
Floral City, Immigration will pour into
West and Middle Florida, and the prize
that seemed nearly within the grasp of
our eastern friends, has slipped away
from them.
One thing more is desired by our peo
ple—a direct railroad connection with the
Georgia system from this point. This will
give us more rapid communication be
tween here and Savannah, and with the
Northwest. Our mails, too, would reach
here twelve hoHrs sooner, and its readers
would receive the Morning News on the
day of its publication. For these reas
ons we watch the slow progress of the
Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Rail
road Company with no little interest.
Nearly four months have elapsed since
the passage of the bill granting aid, and
about twelve months since its organi
zation, and vet though its construction
was let out to a party in New York last
summer “experimental lines” are still
being run, and no route has been definite
ly located. XV ill the road be built ?is now
being asked by many. Some shake their
heads ominously. But will it really lie
built? I have always thought so and still
think that it will he, Some of our best
citizens in this and the adjoining county
of Thomas, in Georgia, are prominently
identified in the enterprise and are auion
its directory, while those from ' ■->
represent capital more *’ ?°[ k
build two such y , . enough to
.rgni tv- road*. Our people re
? i V J *r ™ ai ! aw ft necessity
and are determined that it shall be built.
The slow progress heretofore made may,
and uanhtiess can, he satisfactorily ac
counted lor by the directory. Capital is
cautious, and we cannot expect men who
Put in their thousands to rush blindly
onward, It is their money, and they natu
rally feel their way oarefully. The last
survey is now being run from Duncan
ville to this point, which being completed,*
the more feasible route will at once he
selected, and the contractors will then go
to work throwing up dirt. Such is the
general opinion, though it is stated by
some that only a show of work will be
done, in order to comply with tho letter of
the law, and that active operations will
not tie commenced until late in the fall,
when laborers may he more easily ob
tained.
Our city authorities have adopted a
very wise provision against the spread of
the Biuall.pox. Instead of an indiscrimi
nate quarantine against ali persons com
ing from Jacksonville, as some other
places have done, they have simply re
quired that all persons coming here from
Jacksonville should exhibit a certificate
from a physician Of Health Officer, that
they have pot been in an infected house
or With a person having this disease
Within a certain time. A rigid
criminate quarantine is unnecessary and
inhuman, and our city authorities have
adopted the middle and safer course.
The Florida University, recently incor
porated under the general incorporation
aei, bids fair to be a success. The West
Florida Seminary and Military Institute
will constitute the literary department,
and occupy the building known as the
Female Academy, which will be en
larged. This institution will have a
faculty of six professors, and with
out doubt will have a larger attendance of
students than ever. Already applications
have come in from some of the Western
States, where some two thousand copies
of the pamphlets concerning the Univer
sity are being circulated. If equal advan
tages can be enjoyed at a southern insti
tution of learning, there are many north
ern students who would prefer coming
hither on account of our superior equable
climate. The Taßalpuiae College of Medi
cine and Surgery will constitute
the Medical Department and be
officered by eight professors, some
of whom enjoy a national re
putation. A certain newspaper now
states that this department will have
both an anetomical museum atu\ a museum
ot natural history, while in the study of
anatomy tlie college possesses maniknis,
models of the ntiman body representing
ttfe parts in full effect; also human skele
tons and dissected preparations, Indeed,
all the usual facilities for a full medical
course are offered. Thi* department will
occupy the hriyk building known as the
“College.” which is eligibly located and
admirably adapted for this purpose.
Leon.
Mr. Thos. Allen, Savannah, Ga., says:
“I was cured of dyspepsia of many years
standing by using Brown’s Iron Bitters.”
LIGHTXING’SMAD FREAKS
A POWDER MAGAZINE EX
PLODED IN A TWINKLING.
Hutchinson Shaken from Enl to End
hv the Force of the Crash—The Occu
pant* of a Fated House in Ashland
Maimed and Crazed by a Lurid Streak
from the Cloud*.
Ashland, I’a., June 7. —Lightning last
night struck and demolished a tenement
j house, eight miles from here, occupied by
i Hungarians. A man named Gouldiusky
was partly paralyzed, and another named
Molino had a leg broken. A woman
named Kissamuth was knocked sense
less and buried under the
fallen lumber. Another inmate was fright
ened so badly that he became insane and
wandered into the woods, where he was
found with the other injured this morn
ing. Thejwoman and Gouldinsky are seri
ously injured. The lightning also struck
a house near by, hut the inmates escaped
without injury.
Hutchinson, Kansas, June 7* —The
Hazard Powder Company’s Magazine,
containing 1,300 pounds of powder, was
struck by lightning yesterday morning,
causing an explosion which broke nearly
every glass front in the city, wrenched
several buildings from their foundation,
and knocked down plasterings, lamps and
clocks a mile away. One dwelling 300
yards away, was completely riddled by
flying bricks.
THE CUSTOM HOUSE SENSATION.
A New Fliase of the Cullectorsliip Case
—lnterview With Mr. Beckett—What
He Says About the Shotgun.
There was anew phase in the custom
house sensation yesterday, and -another
feature of the case was developed. The
denial by United States District
Attorney Darnell that he took a j
shotgun to his office XVednesday morning,
and that lie ever threatened to shoot
Collector Pleasant created a brief excite
ment, inasmuch as it was currently
rumored that responsible parties had seen
the attorney go up the custom house steps
with a gun in his hands. The purpose for
which it was to he used, however, was
unknown.
In order to obtain a complete history
6f the affair, a Morning News reporter
called upon Mr. Beckett, to whom refer
ence was made in the interview with Mr.
Darnell, printed in yesterday’s paper. Mr.
Beckett willingly assented to, an inter
view, ami in reply to the question:
“Y’ou have read the interview' w T ith Air.
Darnell in the Morning News?” said—
“X’es, sir.”
“Have you anything to say in reference
to the statements made in regard to Col
lector Pleasant?” was asked.
“I have this to state: I have been acting
as an attorney in the matter of Pleasant’s
bond; I have searched the records of the
Clerk of the Superior Court to ascertain
the worth of his bondsmen. Tlie results of
my labors in that respect are emlmlied in
the certificates of the Clerk of the Supe
rior Court and ot the various county offi
cials whose duty it is to look after tax
able property. The certificates of the Su
perior Court Clerk were made after a
thorough verification of the results of my
labors, by his deputy and other clerks at
tached to his office. These statements
show that Pleasant’s bondsmen residing
in this county are worth fully $150,000
over all their debts and liabilities. I have
taken no part in any personal quarrels
between Mr. Darnell and Collector Pleas
ant. My only duties in the premises were
purely of a professional character.”
“Did Mr. Darnell state to you that he
would shoot Collector Pleasant and ‘clear
out his entire office?’ ”
“Not in those words. He said if the
d——d villains made any charge against
his personal integrity, that lie would get
his shot gun and put a load of shot into
them. He did not mention Pleasant by
name.”
“Do you believe lie referred to Pleas
ant in making that statement?”
“No doubt of it—either Pleasant or his
deputy. Mr. Darnell was very angry
upon that occasion, and his memory is
probably at fault as to some things he did
say. I remarked to him that I presumed
whatever charges, if any, Pleasant made
would be made officially, and their truth
or falsity could he easily demonstrated.
He replied that he would not meet such
charges officially. He would meet them
as Darnell first, and put a load of shot
into the G—d d—d scoundrels.”
“Have you anything to say in reference
to the charge that you visited perhaps
every office in the custom house to obtain
information detrimental to Mr. Darnell to j
be conveyed to Pleasant’s friends?”
“That is not true. I made no inquiries i
at all concerning Mr. Darnell. That is !
not a part of my business. There W'as in
formation volunteered to me, which was
simply in reference to what Pleasant al
ready knew’.”
“What about the shot gun?”
“If you wish to ascertain the facts
about the shotgun go to Magistrate Mo
lina, J. J. Abrams, Esq., Mr. Besselieu,
at C. E. Stultz’s store, and Mr. John A.
Goeite, who saw Mr. Darnell get off the
street cars, at the custom house, with a
gun in his hands, which he carried into the
building. Ido not know whether it was
a shotgun or a rifle, out these gentlemen
can probably tell you if you wish the
information. I have no personal knowl
edge of that matter.”
“Mr. Darnell, 1 understand, stated to
you that he should protect his personal
character if it took shotguns to do it ?”
“He did not use those words, but he
said repeatedly that he would put a loatj
of shot into them, evidently referring to
the parties in the Revenue Uollector’s
otlice, if they assailed either his official or
personal honor,”
”What was your conneoUo** *
case?” • with the
“I have no quar*"’, „ r „ ~ ,
fill I was ‘ e * wlt ” Mr. Darnell at
torn*- ‘ • ogularly employed as an at
- .y by Pleasant, and did my duty as
laithfully as I could. Mv whole object
was to demonstrate that Pleasant’s bond
was one against which no reasonable ob
jection could be urged. I was impressed
with the belief that this had been fully
demonstrated to the satisfaction of any
fair-minded man. Mr. Darnell in the
exercise of his judgment saw tit to disap
prove the bond. It is not for me to ques
tion his motives in doing so.”
"On what grounds do you understand
that Air. Darnell refused to approve the
bond?”
“I was not aware that he had absolute
ly disapproved the liond until after its ac
ceptance by Judge McCay. I do not
deem it proper to give my opinion as to
his reasons. He acted in a semi-judicial
capacity and it would be unbecoming in
me to question the integrity of his mo
tives.”
“You are charged, I understand, with
attempting to produce misunderstanding
and bad feeling between Mr. Darnell and
Pleasant’s friends?”
“If it is demonstrated that Mr. Darnell
is mistaken as to having brought a gun to
his office XVednesday morning, it may
easily he inferred that he may be mistaken
as to other facts. I have not sought to
produce any misunderstanding between
Mr. Darnell and Pleasant’s friends. I
have nothing against Air. Darnell,
personally, and as I have already stated,
my duties were of a strictly professional
character, although I do not hesitate to
say that mv personal sympathies are with
the man who used every exertion to pro
cure a bond, and who, in my judgment,
succeeding in giving one with sureties as
solvent as those of any other Federal offi
cial in Georgia. I have nothing to con
ceal. I am an Irishman and am gifted
with an Irishman’s love of fair play.
Although, perhaps, my sympathies nuiv
lie unduly enlisted in favor of the man
underneath.”
As to Air. Darnell’s personal references
to Arr. Beckett, he said:
“I have lived in Savannah over eighteen
years; my personal and officials reputa
tions are established, and I can afford to
allow any slurs thrown out by Mr. Dar
nell to go unanswered. XVliile my politi
cal relations have not always lieen in ac
cord with the majority of the people here,
1 doubt whether any one can be found who
will assert that my course has been other
than that of an honorable man.”
The reporter called upon Alagistrate
Molina, who, on being asked what he
knew about the shotgun matter, said 2
“All I can say is, I saw Air. Darnell get
off the car in front of the custom house
XVednesday morning and go toward the
building w ith a gun in his hand. I don’t
know whether it was a shotgun or not. J.
J. Abrams was with me and I called
his attention to the matter.”
Mr. Goette stated that he saw Mr.
Darnell carry a gun up the steps of the
custom house about ft o’clock that morn
ing.
Dr, XV. €. Houser, of Wadley, also
stated that he was sitting upon the cus
tom house steps with Mr. 8. L. Peterson
and saw Air. Darnell go into the building
w’ith a Spencer rifle.
♦Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound strengthens the stomach and kid
neys and aids digestion.
pahing ilomUrr.
- fpi
111 l ;
WlH^i
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of
purity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, cannot
be sold in competition with the multitude of
low test, short weight, alum or phosphat
powders. Sold only in cans by all grocers
At wholesale in Savannah by
HENRY SOLOMON & SON.
GUCKKNHEIMEB A SON.
Pain fuller.
CAUGHT
a BAD COLD I
The SUMMER COLDS and
Coughs are quite as dan
gerous as thosa of
midwinter.
But they yield to the same
treatment and ought
to be taken in
time.
For all diseases of THROAT,
NOSTRILS, HEAD or
BREATHING AP
PARATUS
Perry Davis s Pain Killer
Is the SOVEREIGN Remedy
ALL DRUGGISTS KEEP !
PAIN KILLER
Jlntuorntritto.
BATTERY PARK!
MUSIC AND DANCING
THIS AFTERNOON.
GUARDS BAND
ENGAGED FOR THE SEASON.
(1 ARS 011 Barnard Line leave Market and
J Battery Park every ten minutes.
Refreshment*, sueli a* lemonade, soda water
and icecream, furnished at reasonable rates.
ONLY KIVE CENTS to go to the Park aiul
to enjoy the music and dancing.
EI)W. J. THOMAS,
General Manager.
BASE BALL!
The Fourth Gnme of the Series for the
Championship of the State.
DIXIES
—VERSUS—
OGLETHOIIPES
BASE BALLPARK
FRIDAY, JUNE 8,
AT 4 O’CLOCK I*. M. SHARP.
Street cars direct to Park. Admission 85
cents
EXC lltS I < >
Tlio YoiuisLwll**’ :„, ss , >>liary Sodfly
irinity Cliureli
Will give an excursion to
T Y H E I£
OX FRIDAY, JUNE 8.
QTEAMER Sylvan Glen will leave foot of
to Lincoln street at 2 o’clock P. M.
Refreshments on board. Whole tickets,
round trip, including Tramway, 05c.; half
tickets 35c.
GRAND PICNIC
—OF—
St. John’s Church Parish,
MONTGOMERY
On Tuesday, June 12, ISN3.
A GALA DAY ON THE SALTS.
Music & Dancing in the Pavilions
i MUSEMKNTS for the children under
l V direction of a special committee. Light
refreshments will be served by a committee of
ladies. Trains leave the city at 10:30 a. m.,
12:30 and 3:25 P. m. Returning, leave Mont
gomery at 5:25 and 7:20 r. u. Whole tickets,
for the round trip, 50c.; children bet ween 5
and 12 years, 25c.
COMMITTEE: *
Jxo. M. Guerarii, Chairman.
D. G. Purse, F. A. Garden,
15. H. Richardson, W. X. Holt,
C. C. Taliaferro, A. E. Moyne.lo,
Dr. L. A. Falligant, D. 15. Lester,
8. B. Palmer, C. S. Connerat,
W. de B. Kops, H. 8. Graysou.
Jelin A. Heyward, Frank Cornwell,
It. Lattimore, William Havwood.
X. B.—Tickets may also be hail of the street
car conductors, and will be on sale at the An -
derson Street Depot.
liropooalo.
Proposals for Coal.
Collector’s Office, i
Savannah, Ga., June 7,1883. j
SEALED proposals will be received at this
office until 12o’cIock noon of SATURDAY,
June lti, 1883, for furnishing coal for the use of
revenue vessels at this port for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1884, said coal to lie anthracite
or bituminous, as may he required, of best
quality, free from impurities and uniform in
character; to weigh 2,240 pounds to the ton;
to lie delivered, after but little exposure to the
weather, on board vessels at such times and in
snch quantities as may be required, at speci
fied locations, readily accessible for revenue
steamers, and to lie subject to inspection as to
quality and weight.
Bidders will specify the kind or kinds of
coal to lie furnished, the location of the mine
or mines from which taken, and, in general
terms, the manner in which the coal ls to be
procured; for instance, whether from stock
on hand at a specified locality, by regular con
tract with mining or transportation compa
nies, or by purchase when required The
relative value of the different kinds of coal
offered, and the facilities of the bidders w ill
be considered in connection with the price.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
and t° waive defects, if it be for the interest
of the government so to do; and the success
fill bidder will be required to enter into eon
tract with responsible sureties.
TANARUS, F. JOHNSON, Collector.
lor Picnics and Eicarsions!
A PACKAGE of WHITMAN’S one-pound
box CANDY, and PEMBERTON’S pure
LEMON CORDIAL, at
BUTLER’S.
1 * lO A YEAR. 1
I 8 CENTS A COPY. (
Ilrio -Adtifiliocmruio.
Lemons! Lemons!
LEMONS!
I am still Headquarters for LEMONS, and
the tallowing goods:
Red Bananas.
Bed Bananas.
Yellow Bananas.
Yellow Bananas.
Bermuda Onions.
Virginia Hand-picked Peanuts
Oranges. Oranges.
Cocoanuts. Cocoa nuts.
Always on hand, a full supply of
GROCERIES,
VEGETABLES, NUTS, Etc.
I. Jl’ It E, one of the best summer drinks.
J. B. REEDY,
Grocer and Importer of Fruit, *
BAY AND WHITAKER STREETS
Oglethorpe Waltz,
BY MAMIE McCALL.
11ST published, a souvenir of Georgia’s
f," , Sesqui-Centennial. An easy and nrettv
Malt/., of Grade3. Just what all can plav.
Limited edition. Secure a copy. PRICE :wV
LCDDEX A BATES, Publishers.
FOR SATILLA RIVER.
Schooner FAN ETTA,('apt. Fitzgerald,
\\ ’ I LI. leave for above on FRIDAY, June
8- Freights received at Lower Rico
Mill until t; i*. m. on above (late.
EGGNOG SYRUP,
ICE-COLD SODA WATER, MINERAL
I MATER from Saratoga Springs, on
draught at the
POPULAR FOUNTAIN,
t orner Congress and MOntaker streets.
<|>rr (f rrant, @if.
LEMON PIES.
ICE CREAM SODA.
■>
Imperial Ice Cream,
AT —
Nugent’s Variety Bakery,
i:SR 1-2 BROUGHTON STREET,
TO-DAY.
ORDERS for ICE C RFC AM for Families or
Picnic Parties promptly attended to.
Orders left SATURDAY for PURE ICE
CREAM for dinner on SUNDAY will receive
prompt and careful attention.
Ladies specially invited to visit my estab
lishment, where they will receive indite at
tention. JOHN NUGENT.
THIS-IS-NO
Substitute for the Lemon, hut
PURE PORTABLE
LEMONADE!
Is made with Cut Sugar, granulated, and
L-E 2 - M
Try 10 cents worth and lie convinced by the
visible Lemon in it. Made by
HEIDT & CO.
Cor. Congress anti Whitaker streets.
ffxntroion Ilatro.
#35.00
—TO—
SI YORK AND RETURN.
ALL RAIL VIA
Atlantic Coast Line,
BAY LINE,
ANIT OLD DOMINION LINE.
r |MIE Charleston and Savannah Railway
A Company will on the FIRST OF JUNE
commence the sale of EXCURSION TICKETS
from SAVANNAH to NEW YORK and RE
TURN, good to October 31, at #s.‘is for the
round trip.
Apply at depot ticket office Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway, and W. Bren’s,
Special Ticket Agent, 22 Bull street, Savan
nah, Ga. S. C. BOYLSTON. G. P. A.
ffijbrf 3rl)rdttlr.
FOR TYBEE ISLAND
Steamer Sylvan Glen
SUNDAYS.
From City 10 a.m. 3 p.m.
From Tybee 7a.m. sp. m. Bp. m.
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS.
From Tybee 7 a. m.
From Citv .. 0 p. m
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS
(Family Excursion Days.)
From Tvbee. ... 7 a’, m. 4p. m.
From City 10 a. m. ep. m.
Fare to and from Tybee Wharf, 50c.; Fare
Round Trip on Tvbee Rad wav, 15c.
JNO. F. ROBERTSON, Agent.
Ittiorrllattfouo.
The New Bellevue Hotel,
MONTGOMERY, CA.,
I OCATED upon the salts, is now open for
I j the reception of guests. The proprietor
will spare no pains or expense to make this
delightful spot the most attractive of all sub
urban resorts and worthy the patronage of
the public.
Rates per day $3, per week sl2 50 to S2O. ac
cording to room and length ot stay.
For further information take Citv and Sub
urban Railway and come and see the place or
address J. H. A. BRUCE, Proprietor.
EMIGRANTS TO TEXAS.
THE HAMILTON HERALD, published at
Hamilton, Texas, will give you full in
formation of the character of soil, society and
general resources of Western Texas.
Price of subscription, $2 per year. Address
C. M. BOYNTON, Proprietor.
FOK RENT,
JO ACRES OF GOOD FARMING LAND,
within five minutes walk of Anderson street.
Apply to C. H. DORSETT.
1-00 Blue Middlesex Flannel Suits
AT sl2 PER SUIT.
E. HEIDT,
139 CONGRESS STREET,
Headquarters for Hood nothing.
BORACINE!
cure for Prickly Heat.
Large packages, 25 cents each.
i or sale by all druggists.