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ESTABLISHED 1850. I
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ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
gkorgia. Florida and south
CAROLINA PUT IN’ TYPE.
Strang* Fish in a Cowpit—Hardeman
on Ben Butler as a Presidential C'andi*
date—Two Brothers Twice Wedded to
sisters —A Drowned Bod> Recovered
Horribly Disfigured.
GEORGIA.
I t-\n;KUm is talking of hastening to Craw
over a narrow gauge railroad,
i rope in Oglethorpe are in splendid trim.
The live barrdoms in Monroe pay SI,OOO into
ti c city treasury.
Mi-- Lucy Johnson, in Dalton, is engaged in
the culture of has 7,000 worms at
In a cowpit on the East Tennessee, Vir
a aud Georgia Railroad, near where the
i Vugnsta road crosses it, are a numiier of
■ uiiar fish or creature*. They have the
~r a fi-h. but the tail lies Hat on the
niter, instead of having a side motion. In
.e of fin- they "have little feet, which are
‘ 1”,; a - paddles. Tlie eyes bulge out. aud
“ i,. the head a frightful appearance.
It i- probable that Mechanics So. 4. of Mn
. .11. will -end a squad to the fireman’s mus
ter at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Au
l l„. Baptists of Telfairville have contracted
, •>, .Me—r-. Thompson and Heindel to have
,at .-h:,r< h building in two weeks. This is
, • n-ri-tnir. and, we near, will secure for the
>, th. -urn of SI,OOO, left l> Miss Telfair’s
\ Mr. smith has an even dozen children at
t. uditig the school at Excelsior. Bulloch
Mrs. Betty Smith, of Rabun county, is ft I
■- ..id; docs tlic spinning and weaving,
.. .I. until a short time ago, worked in tlie
: lieid. she is a consistent member of the
Baptist Church, she has no education.
Bi-hop Gross has appointed Father Clifton
• rve the Rome parish. He will hold ser
v.... -on alternate Sundays in Rome and Dnl
; n. commencing in Home on tlie Bth inst.
There is a moveniennt on foot to organize a
p.u In., and Loan Association in Hawkins
i apt. -lames R. Robinson, a gallant soldier
ti e Confederate war. a successful farmer
i •! highly popular citizen, died suddenly at
no In Brooks county on Sunday, the Ist
- . He was in the prime of life, and was
i .asidered one of the very best citizens of
tun! intelligent aud thrifty county.
The Philadelphia Pres* lias the following
irgia item via Chicago: “In Chicago. Con
. -- ,1,111 Hardeman, with the Macon Mili
tary 1 ompany, declared that he was ready to
Ii rt and vote for any man the Democrats
-ce fit to nominate in lsM. This re
irk was rei>eated to lion. Mr. Corput,
Ma u of Macon, with the inquiry if that in
. -d Ben Butler- Mr.Corput replied: *\V ell.
liardemau may l>e willing to sup|Hirt Bntler,
■ •uM he lie ’nominated, but if he does he
a U have to leave Macon, tlur people are
_ to forget bvgoues and extend the
. ‘ ranch, but we bare not got far enough
vet to swallow Butler.’ ”
The Brunswick, Blacksliear and Waycross
Bra-s Baade met at Waycross .lone 20th for
he purpose of calling a reunion at some future
of all the brass bands in southwest
i c-gut. Brunswick was chosen as tlie place
•r the reunion. The time litis not yet been
Prof, -or A. W. Van 1100.-e. having ac
.•pted a call to tlie Howard College at Ma
rion. Ala., has resigned .his position on the
fi. ulty of the South Georgia Agricultural
A couple of brothers in Houston county a
few years ago married two ladies who were
-icp--isters and first cousins. They both died,
and in course of time the two brothers mar
ried a second time two ladies who were
sisters.
A Spaulding county lady, living In the
vicinity of Double l abiu.-. went Out one morn
ing recently to gather flowers, and while
t ending over a bush her hand came in contact
with a moccasin snake which lay coiled up
under the leaves. Simultaneous with the dis
covery, and before she could remove her hand,
the snake rail up the sleeve of her dress and
protruded its head from a small rent in the
—irment just below the shoulder, tjuiek as
i bought she grasped it by the neck and held it
eeurely until she could summon her husband
t.. her aid, who soon dispatched the loathsome
reptile.
The firm of Sale A Resign al, dealers in
painters’ supplies, at Augusta, have assigned
for therbenefit of creditors. They had been in
business about a year. The liabilities are
sft.t>oo and the assets 16,300. The cause is the
lull times.
The body of .lames Butler, who was
drowned at Price’s mill, in leoneecounty, on
the Stth day of last April, was found floating
in an erect position in the river about a half
mile from where he was drowned, on last
Monday. Tee fhee, although greatly decom
posed, could easily be recognized. The
body bad but one arm and one foot when
found.
Colonel .1. W. Robertson returned to Mari
etta from a trip to New York, the first of the
week, where he went to purchase machinery
for the woolen mill at Clarkosville, Ga., the
building of which he is superintending.
Bowers Henry Bell, a white tramp, died
near Thomasville a few days ago. after hav
ing lain in the woods sick for nearly a week.
The colored people who saw him when he was
first taken sick, thought that he had the
small pox. and thus scared everybody out of
going near him.
FLORIDA.
\'t. Lucie river man. who is no hunter,
talks of abandoning his place. The deer lay
waste his field, the alligators and catamount's
take all his pigs, and the coons and ’possums
decimate his poultry.
The Madison Cotton Ginning Company is
preparing to erect a large warehouse at Live
Oak for the storing of cotton and cottonseed
purchased at that place.
The Green Cove Spring and Melrose Rail
road Company are building platform cars at
the work shops. They have already turned
out several.
( aptain L. M. Morgan, keeper of the light
house at Dame's Point, died very suddenly.
He was conversing with his wife," when sud
denly he fell lutek over his chair dead. Heart
disease was the cause.
Tampa has lieen shipping second crop
oranges.
tsix turtle at Orange Ridge laid9oo egg- in a
single night.
Putnam county will pay out some Ift.OOo for
school teachers’’ salaries for the next fiscal
year lieginning October, I*-:!.
At Montieello. on the 22d ult., Wade Wooton,
son of Lafayette Wooton, was instantly killed
by lightning. The father was shocked by the
same stroke and remained insensible for litany
hours, but eventually recovered. The deceas
ed was a very promising youth of 17 years.
Twenty-four handsome new street lamps
are lieing put in |>osition on the principal
street.-of Tallahassee. They are -elf--\tiu
gnishers, with large tubular "globes.
E. Monlie, of San Mateo, has 20,000 tube
rose bulbs under cultivation this season. He
liittsujs setting out 100.0UO next year. The
tube-roses he uses in the manufacture of his
Florida perfumes.
Over 10,000 watermelons were shipped to
New York by the Mallory steamship San An
tonio last week.
Rev. W. J. McCormick, of Alachua, died
.1 une 2ft. He was pastor of the Presbyterian
Church.
Charles A. Warner, a conductor on the Pen
sacola and Atlantic Railroad, died suddenly
at the City Hotel, in Pensacola, last Sunday,
from congestion of the liowols.
•I. Monroe He Wall, of Jacksonville, had
one of his legs broken, on the 4th. by the kick
of a horse.
SOI’TH CAROLINA.
Anew bakery has been opened at Granite
ville.
Mr. John fdaubes repost- three mad dogs
as being killed in lower Aiken during the past
few (lays.
Miss Eliza Timmons, an old resident and
highly respected lady of Aiken, died at the
residence of Mrs. Chafee on the Ist.
The annual convention of the Sunday
-chootoof Aiken countv is called to meet at
Treadway church on the fttii of August next.
Goudeysville township. Spartanburg coun
ty, has voted a subscription of tio.foo to the
projected Rutherford, Gaffney City and Union
Railroad.
Governor Thompson has appointed J. F.
McGowan, of Laurens, a State beneficiary
student from the Third Congressional district
at the Medical College in Charleston.
A little eon of Mr. Lyman, of Spartanburg,
fell out of a tree last week, a distance of some
twenty feet. When puked up and examined
it was found that his collar lame was broken.
The trial of Krnii Hyman for the murder of
Fanny Cochran was concluded at Charleston
Tuesday. The defense was insanity. The
jury failed to agree and a inistriai was or
dered .
The Aiken Recorder- says: “The recent re
freshing rains have benefited the crops to the
tune of tens of thousands of dollars. With a
few more good seasons the corn crop will lie
magnificent.’’
Deputy Slieriffßoliert Holt, of Spartanburg,
carried to the penitentiary on last Monday the
following prisoners: Till Harvev, grand
larceny, one year; Lang Hill aud M. P. .-l
reath, two years.
A mortgage for $700,000 was executed in
Spartanburg last week on the Greenwood,
Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad to secure
bonds which will be issued for the purpose of
raising funds to complete the line.
The residence of Mr. Andrew Wakefield,
near Reidville, was entered one day last week
and money to the amount of SIBO stolen. Of
ficer King, last Thursday, arrested Richard
Miller, colored, on suspicion of having com
mitted the theft.
Maplewood cropsare looking well. Farmers
have taken great pains with their corn, and
they have in a great measure lieen repaid for
-heir trouble. If the seasons continue Maple
wood will not depend on the West or any
other section for its bread.
Mr. L. A. Ashley is converting his "Flowerv
Gap" plantation, situated on the Savannah
river, two miles lielow Elleuton, into a stock
farm. He already has thirty cows, common
stock, anu ?*B® registered Ayrshire bull on the
place, and prd7 xwt! ‘ 10 **M forty more oowa to
the herd.
A five year out son C f Mr. F. F. Chapeau,
while running across MeetiZfK Btri -et, near the
Mills House, in Charleston, on Monday,
tripped and fell upon a broken jlaes bottle
which had been flung into the street by some
P erson, entirely regardless of the cityordi
a ances and against the laws of common sense.
F"* little fellow struck bis mouth on the
b roken glass and cut his lip entirely in two.
The Railroad Commission has published its
Savannah morning news
trial schedule of passenger and freight rates.
The railroads will be permitted to file their
objections and recommendations until July
10th, when the commission will make a final
adjustment. The passenger rates for adults
have been reduced to three cents per mile and
children to one and one-half cents per mile.
The freight tariff is in manv respects similar
to the Georgia schedule.
The new artesian well of the Charleston
>\ ater Works Company has reached a depth
of 1.830 feet. The drills are now passing
through a stratum of water-bearing sand
similar to that which was found at the same
depth in the well on Marion square. This
sand is beautifully white and filled with little
pebbles as clear as crystal. It is interspersed
with veins of sandstone, which is said to be
harder than granite, and which seems to be
made up of sand and shell.
FOURTH ON" THE SUW ANNEE,
How the Day was Observed and Other
News Notes of Interest.
Suwannee Sulphur Springs Hotel,
Suwannee. Fla., July 4.—To-day your
correspondent attended a Fourth of July
picnic at the above named springs, given
chiefly by the citizens of Suwannee
county, but Madison, Hamilton and Co
lumbia counties, Florida, and Lowndes
county, Georgia were represented. The
number of people present must have been
lietween four and five htindred. The day
was bright and warm in the forenoon, and
warm and somewhat cloudy in the after
noon. It was the most quiet Fourth
of July celebration I have
yet witnessed. There was no patriotic,
soul-stirring, eagle orator speaking, as in
the golden days of the republic; no music
by the band or otherwise, except a Ger
man harp blown bv a little darkey; no
dancing, no croquet or other games of
amusement; nothing but a gathering of
the people at the Sulphur Springs, “away
down on the Suwannee river,” a quiet bas
ket dinner—not at a common table, but in
groups—when and where it suited their
pleasure; a little side show of a century
plant at two bits admission; a promis
cuous promenading ol the voting and old,
especially of the lads and lasses, and a
general chit-chat upon the current topics
of the day. “Only this and nothing
more,” save a ’ visit to and a
general inspection of the new
hotel, now lieing erected here by Messrs.
Scoville & Culpepper, and of which 1 will
now try to give a brief description. Mark
vou, this was my first visittothe Springs,
though I had more than once passed near
by. I had heard that a hotel was in pro
cess of erection here, but had no definite
idea of its plan or size. Behold! the
halt had not been told me. Instead of a
cheap boxed building of twenty-five or
thirty rooms. I find a magnificent hotel,
one of the finest in the South, and one
that would be a credit to Long Branch or
Newport.
The Sulphur Springs are situated about
midway between Live Oak, in Suwannee
county, aud Jasper in Hamilton county,
on the left bank of the Suwannee river,
and about one mile east of the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway, or that
branch of it extending from Dupont, Ga.,
to Rowland's Bluff, Fla. The springs boil
up from the bank of the river, throwing
out, it is said, about 20,000 gallons per
minute. Iu time of high water in the
Suwannee they are covered by the river
water, but so strong is the current, especi
ally of the main spring, that they i>oil
up* through it and throw the sulphur
water above and over the surface of the
river. The water of these springs is
highly impregnated with sulphur, and
when"not mixed with the river water,
sends forth a strong sulphurous odor,
which, it is said, drives away musquitoes,
gnats and other insects annoying to both
man and lieast. The medicinal properties
of the water are said to be excellent.curing
dyspepsia, all kidney, blood and skin dis
eases, and giving those who drink it a
keen appetite.
• Messrs. Scoville & Culpepper, having
learned something of the curative proper
ties of the water, and noting tlie beautiful
site, determined to erect here a hotel
which should he an ornament to this sec
tion of Florida, and furnish ample accom
modations to the seekers of both bealtli
and pleasure; and I doubt not, all, who
v isited the premises to-day, will join me
in saying that they have, so far, succeed
ed Tftost admirably. Having secured
about 140 acres of land, which lie some
what in the shape of a parallelogram, on
the south side of the river, with the
springs about midway lietween the east
ern and western ends of the tract, they
selected an eligible site, and pro
ceeded to build. The main building
fronts to the east, and is 225 feet long,
with wings extending back 108 feet, all
two stories high, and well lighted and
ventilated. Another building, 100x42
feet, is erected immediately west of the
main building, extending from one wing
.to the other, so as to form an open court,
which will be set with shrubs and flower
ing plants, and have a fountain. Tlie
lower story of this structure serves as a
dining room, aud the upper as a ball
room and skating rink, and this and the
main building are ornamented with seven
towers. Just west of the dining room is
another building, 60x40 feet, one-story
high, in which is the baking room,
kitchen and carving room, all fur
nished with the most recent and approved
appliances for the cuisine. Besides
the dining room, ball room, office and ar
cade, there are ladies’ parlor, ladies’ read
ing room, ladies’ billiard and pool room,
with toilet room adjoining, gentlemen’s
smoking room, gentlemen’s billiard room,
gentlemen’s parlor and 120 bed rooms.
There are 1,200 feet of hall way in the
building and 1,300 feet of veranda on
lower floor, thus giving ample x'entilation
and promenade. The furniture is black
walnut of the latest style, the bureaus,
tables and wasbstands having marble
tops. The beds are hair mattresses on
woven wire springs, and the floors cov
ered with Brussels carpets of beautiful
designs and colors.
The dining room is amply furnished
with tables, chairs, sideboard, china and
silverware of the latest styles, made to
order for the hotel. Every’room is lighted
t>y gas, the chandeliers in the dining
root if, parlors, reading rooms, office and
halls, lieing x*ery beautiful; aud every
room is connected with the office by speak
ing tubes.
The hotel stands about three hundred
yards front the springs, on an eminence
overlooking the tortuous Suwannee to the
north, and a campus or park of many
acres to the east, thickly set with native
forest trees, as live oak, water oak, maple,
ash, interspersed with pine, all draped
more or less in long moss. Immediately
about and all around the hotel are also
many trees of native growth. furnishing
ample shade for rustic seats, wherein to
while away the passing hours in reading
or pleasant converse.
In addition to all this there is an excel
lent bath house, having two pools 12x16
feet each, one for ladies and the other for
gentlemen, and eight private baths with
dressing-rooms adjoining. Pities leading
from the spring convey sulphur water to
the baths, the stream running all the
time. Ample arrangements are made to
furnish hot baths also to those who may
desire them. There will also lie swim
ming pools in the river near by for those
w ho may wish to indulge in this pleasure.
These.will lie public, so that ladies aud
gentlemen may go swimming together or
alone, as they may prefer. There will lie
a small steamer to ply up and down the
Suwannee, as well as row-boats, for the
use ot the guests, at a very small
cost. A horse car will run from
the hotel to Suwannee station on the
railroad, about one mile distant, for the
convenience of all parties concerned.
There are. also, beautiful rides and drives
through the grounds, as well as delightful
promenades through the shady dells and
cool colonnades of the forest, where guests
in quest of health may inhale the balmy
breezes of our sunny land, and those
merely seeking pleasure may ride or
drive, walk ami talk, sing and -laugh,
love and lie loved, without the conven
tional restraints existing at more preten
tious but less pleasant resorts. There is
this marked difference lietween this and
most other springs; It will be visited
quite as much in summer as in winter,
and wilt no doubt be resorted to by many
the whole year round. The plan of the
hotel was the conception of Colonel Cul
pepper, and as it nears completion the
beauty of the design is only the more ap
proved and admired. The estimated cost
of the grounds, hotel and its furnishings
will not fall far short of SIOO,OOO. That it
will take rank among the most noted
health and pleasure resorts in Florida,
and m fact in the South, I have no doubt.
Having spent the day quietly and
pleasantly, the assemblage dispersed
about 5 p. m., many of them returning
home by rail, while others went by
private conveyance. Except for want ol
a few thrilling speeches and appropriate
music, the day was again itself—an
American fourth of July. J. V. D.
Rome’s First Cremation.
Rome. July 6.—The remains of Senator
Cipriano have been cremated here. This
is the first case of cremation that has
taken place in Rome.
Mr. D.C. Robbins, Savannah, Ga., says:
“I was cured of annoying symptoms ol
dyspepsia by using Brown’s Bitters.”
RUSHING IN THE BILLS.
THE STATE LAW MAKERS PIL
ING UP THEIR WORK.
Several Measures Which Have a Par
ticular Interest for Savannahlans—
Others Which Affect Other Portions
of the State—Governor’s Message—
The Hussey Appeal Fruitless.
Atlanta, July 6.— The House was
called to order at 9 o’clock by the Speaker,
and after prayer by jtbe Chaplain the
journal was read and approved.
Mr. NVilson, of Sumter county, was
added to the Finance Committee.
The contested election case of Anthony
Wesson and Daniel Proctor, of Camden
county, was the regular order, but on
motion of Mr. Rountree, of Brooks
county, the case was postponed, as both
sides were not ready.
THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Secretary Palmer appeared on the floor
of the House with the following message
from the Governor, which, on motion, was
taken up and read as follows:
Exkc’tive Departm't, State of
Atlanta, Ga.. July 5, 1883. i
To the Senate and Home of Representative*:
It is the duty of the Executive to communi
cate to the General Assembly, from time to
time, information of the condition and sug
gestions for the government of tlie common
wealth.
I regret to inform you that the Treasury
Department of the United States lias declined
to pay the sum of $35,555 42 appropriated By
Congress, in the Act, approved March 3, 1883.
“to refund to the State of Georgia certain
money expended by said state for the com
mon defense in 1777.” The First Comptroller
of the Treasury lias decided that this sum shall
be credited on account of what is claimed to be
due for the quota of direct taxes apportioned
to the State by tlie direct tax act of August
5, 1861. This decision is, in my judgment,
erroneous; and I have notified the’Secretary
of the Treasury that the State does not
acquiesce in it. If the taxes claimed are duc
tile obligation is upon tlie citizen, and not up
on the State, which has never assumed the
payment of tlie taxes amt cannot lie lastly
charged with them. All proper means will
lie used to secure the pavmeut of the sunt ap
propriated for the benefit of tlie State.
The various matters submitted in the mes
sages of my predecessors, in connection with
the annual reports of State officials, and other
wise, should, and doubtless will, receive
the consideration their importance demands,
i desire to supplement them by inviting your
attention to additional subjects of legisla
tion.
The act of October 16, 1879, provides that
“the Governor shall name and appoint a sol
vent, chartered bank, of good standing and
credit, in each of the following cities of this
State to wit: In the cities of Atlanta, Athens,
Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah. Rome,
Amerieus, Albany, Ilawkinsville, Gaines
ville, Griffin and I.aGrauge, which shall be
known and designated as State Depositories.”
In pursuance of this law the following banks
were designated as State Depositories, to
wit:
"Bank of Rome, November 18th, 187 ft; Sav
ings Department Eagle and Plnenix Manu
facturing Company, Columbus, November
21st, 187 ft: Central Georgia Bank. Macon. No
vember 24th, 1879; Griffin Banking Company,
November 24th, 1879; LaGrauge Banking and
Trust Company, November 2411i, 1879; citi
zens’ Bank of Georgia. Atlanta, November
2t')th, 1879; Southern Bank of Georgia, Savan
nah, December 2d, 187 ft; Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company, Augusta, December 2d,
1879; Bank of the University, Athens, Decem
ber 6th, 1879: and the Bank of Amerieus,
March 16, lxsn. cacti for a term of four (4)
years.” The Citizens’ liankof Georgia and the
Bank of Rome have ceased to do businesss,
and the Griffin Banking Compani
on the 18th day of April, 1881, declined to re
ceive further deposits of public money. Tlie
other banks named continue to discharge the
duties assigned them. The act would seem to
contemplate further legislation at tlie expira
tion of these terms. I ndcr this construction
the power of the Executive to appoint de
positories was exhausted in the foregoing
exercise of it. No provision is made, in terms,
for subsequent appointments of the same
banks, or other banks, pending the term of
four years, or subsequent to Hie expiration of
the term. It is manifestly unwise to leave a
matter of such importance to Executive con
struction. A mistake might involve conse
quences of a nature too serious to be incurred
without necessity.
The act should" be repealed, or amended, to
conform to the conditions soon to exist. The
policy of providing for the safety of the large
sums of money necessary to lie kept ir the
Treasury, at certain times in each year, to
meet the expenses of the state Government
and to pay the public debt, must be left to the
wisdom of the Legislature. If tlie present
system is to be continued, I respectfully
recommend that the law be so amended as to
provide for subsequent appointments under
any circumstances which may require them.
A receut application by certain sureties on
the bond of a state depository to lie relieved
from further liability on the bond, upon tlie
bank's giving other satisfactory sureties,
which it was ready to do, suggests another
amendment. I declined to release these sure
ties. for-Uie reason that the act under which
they signed the bond, makes no provision for
such release. The State could not lie expected
to incur the risk of a change iu the bond, un
less the sureties had contracted with refer
ence to plain provisions for the exercise of
such power by the executive iu his discretion,
and prescribing the mode of release so that
there might lie certain compliance with the
law, involving no danger of litigation. The
law should Ik- explicit on this point, to the
end that the citizen should have no cause to
complain that lie was subjected unnecessarily
to inconvenience, and that sureties signing
such bonds may understand that thev are
bound, in any event, until the bank makes
full settlement with the Treasurer.
An embarrassing question has arisen in the
taxation of personal property of railroads lo
cated partly within this State and partly
in another State. The realty ami the per
sonalty located in this Stale must,of necessity,
be taxed in this state. But much of tlie per
sonal property of such railroads is located in
this, or another State, only by reason of the
rule of law which fixes the situs of person
alty at the domicil of the owner; or in case of
a railroad, where its principal office is loca
ted. In practice a difficulty arises, because
adjoining States claim the right to tax such
proportion of the entire tiersoualty as the
number of miles of railroad located within
their limits bears to the whole number of
miles iu both States. This would seem to be
the rule of convenience as well as of justice,
and I recommend its adoption.
The subject of taxation cannot engage too
much of your attention. Equality and uni
formity are substantially secured, in theory,
under our system. But experience proves
that our laws, for ascertaining the property
liable for taxation, and its value, are de
fective: its aggregate value being largely in
excess of the annual returns. The amount to
lie raised is regulated liv the necessities of
the State, and the rate "is governed by the
amount of property upon which the levy is
made. It is manifest that when a citizen
fails to return any part of his taxable prop
erty, or undervalues what lie does rcturu. lie
inflicts a wrong upon his neighbor, who re
turns all his taxable property at its true
market value, by raising the rate which the
latter is forced to pay. The remedy for
this inequality may be difficult to apply.
All systems of taxation are necessarily de
fective. Ours lias been steadily improving,
but the result continues to lie unsatisfactory.
Some remedy can be devised, by judicious
provisions for assessment, or by "other ade
quate means, to secure an approach to uni
formity in valuation of the visible property of
the people, as well as full returns of all tax
able prujierty; and I invite your earnest'at
tention to the task. It will "not increase Un
burdens of taxation. It will distribute them
justly, and rather promote a feeling of satis
faction among the people, because of the low
er rate of taxation thereby made possible.
In view of the reduction" in taxation already
effected by the watchfulness of the people anil
thelaliors of your predecessors, without im
pairing the efficiency of the State Govern
ment, you can afford tO gIVC mill-ll i-tll.lv t.>
this problem. We collect from the iieople of
Georgia, for state and county purposes an
nually, less than one dollar ainl twenty-five
cents jnr capita. The Federal Government
collects from the people of the United States
annually more than seven dollars per capita.
Contrasting these amounts with tlie lame
nts received, we have just cause
for pride. It is surprising that
so little interest is manifested' in the
subject of Federal taxation and expenditures.
A common interest in the common govern
ment should induce the people of all tlie States
to give the same attention to this subject that
they bestow upon local systems of taxation
and expenditure. In no other way can our
complex government be administered for tlie
benefit of all the people.
1 coinmend to your consideration the varied
interests of the Commonwealth, which en
lightened constituents have placed in your
care. Henry D. McDaniel.
Tlie message was ordered printed and
referred to the Finance Committee.
The call of counties was then resumed
as the unfinished business of yesterday,
and the following bills were introduced:
By Mr. Jones, of Twiggs county—A
liquor prohibitory bill for Twiggs.
By Mr. Wright, of Washington—Giving
the owners or keepers of bulls, stallions,
etc., a lien on the get of such animals.
Also a bill defining trespass on land in
Washington county and the punishment
therefor.
By Mr. l’ringle, of Washington—Pro
viding for only one grand jury for each
term of the Washington Superior Court.
By Mr. Kinsey, ot White county—
Changing the time for holding courts in
the Northeastern circuit, and also a Dill
incorporating the Clarksville Street Rail
way Company.
By Mr. Smith, of Wilkinson—Relief of
Wilkinson county for small-pox exiienses;
and also a bill for the incorporation of the
Irwinton Railroad.
By Mr. Ford, of Worth—Amending sec
tion" 508, letters A A of the Cotie, and also
repealing that creating the board of roads
and revenue.
By Mr. Murray, ot Schley—Amending
the charter ot Eliaville.
By Mr. Key, of Jasper—Requiring own
ers of live stock to prevent the same from
running at large in that county.
By Mr. Jordan, of Hancock—A similar
bill for Hancock county.
By Mr. Moore, of Hancock—Fixing the
compensation for election managers in
Hancock county.
SAVANNAH. SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1883.
By Mr. Forster, of Floyd—Proving a
City Court in that county.
By Mr. Watley, of Troup—A prohibitory
liquor law for the entire State.
By Mr. Mobley, of Doolv—Providing for
only one grand jurv for "the term of the
Superior Court of Dooly. Also a bill
amending the act as to the pay of the
Commissioners of Dooly.
Mr. Ray, of Coweta—Requiring the
keeper of the penitentiary to make an
annual report of the convicts, the camps,
etc., to the Governor, and that it be
printed. Also amending se'etion 3446 of
the Code. Also amending paragraph five
of section 267 of the Code as to what
dockets shall lie kept.
By Mr. Sweat, of Clinch—Amending
section 20t3 of the Code so as to allow
Superior Court Judges, in certain cases,
to pass upon homestead applications.
Also, providing for correct and durable
maps of each county in the State.
By Mr. Falligant—lncorporating the
Savannah Street Railway Company and
the Rural Resort Company.
By Mr. Payne, of Catoosa—Amending
section 2928 of the Code.
By Mr. Greer, of Calhoun—Changing
tlie time ot holding the Calhoun Superior
Court.
By Mr. Harris, of Bibb—Making the
absence of lawyers as members of the
Legislature cause of continuance of cases
in court. Also compelling Tax Collec
tors to report at certain times the affairs
ot their office. Also preventing Judges
from limiting the time of argument of
counsel. A iso to enforce section 3of the
new Code. Also reducing the capital of
the Bank of Macon.
By Mr._Rountree, of Brooks—Amending
section 1764 of the Code relating to dower.
By Mr. Johnston, of Baldwin—Requir
ing lire escapes to hotels, etc.
By Mr. Carter, of Appling—Repealing
the act creating tlie board of roads and
revenues of Appling.
By Mr. Little, of Muscogee—Requiring
the county officers to have the two books
of the county insured against tire.
By Mr. Dewes, of Baker—For trans
ferring miscellaneous eases to the County
Court of Baker, from the Superior Court.
By Mr. Bishop, of Dawson—Fixing the
fees of the Solicitor General iu certain
cases. Also a bill amending section 1955
of the Code as to the Record ot Mortgages
and Liens.
The following bills were on their third
reading:
By Mr. McCants, of Taylor—Exempting
from taxation a certain amount of prop
erty of crippled Confederate soldiers or
their widows. It was passed by a
substitute to relieve only of the poll tax.
By Mr. Greer, of Calhoun—Promotmg
science and medical institutions by giv
ing certain unclaimed dead bodies to med
ical colleges.
Governor Colquitt vetoed a similar bill
of the previous Legislature. It was re
committed for the perfecting of its pro
visions.
By Mr. Ray, of Coweta—Pleading and
providing failure of consideration in fer
tilizer eases.
Pending Mr. Ray’s speech the hour ot
adjournment arrived.
The House is flooded with local tem
perance bills.
Messrs. McDonough and Owens were
granted leaves of Absence, and about a
dozen other members were also granted
leaves.
The Senate was called to order at 9
o’clock by the President, and after prayer
by the Chaplain the journal was read.
The Senate tabled a motion to recon
sider the action fixing the hour of meeting
at 9 o’clock.
Bills were read for the first time under
a suspension of the rules as follows:
By. Mr. Smith—A bill prescribing the
manner of compelling the attendance of
convicts and prisoners as witnesses. By
Mr. Livington, prescribing the method of
appointing road commissioners and their
duties.
The Judiciary Committee reported in
favor of a resolution asking the Gover
nor to discontinue the suit against the
lessees of tlie Western and Atlantic Rail
road. It was made the special order for
Tuesday.
The Governor’s message was received,
read, ordered printed and referred to the
Finance Committee. After reading bills
a second time the Senate adjourned.
The Governor lias spent two days on the
Hussey case, giving every paper and
appeal careful attention. Both sides have
been tully heard, and every fact and plea
has lieen presented and duly considered.
While Chief Justice Jackson, Attorney
General Anderson and the Governor
were touched with sympathy by the
personal appeals of llussey, yet the
law and the acts were such that they
could not accept liis conclusion in the
case. Governor McDaniel declines to in
terfere, and tlie sentence of the court will
now be executed. Captain llussey came
here backed by the very highest recom
modation to mercy from eminent citizens
of Savannah, and his personal appeal to
Chief Justice Jackson, Attorney General
Anderson and Governor McDaniel was
made in such a manner as to thoroughly
enlist their sympathy.
The office material of the Georgia Major
was sold at Sheriff’s sale to-day to Charles
H. Williams, who takes it to Anniston,
Ala., to start a paper there.
The Journal has moved out of the Post-
Appeal office to next door to the Consti
tution.
Col. Thornton to-day had Col. A. H.
Moore and Col. A. T. Harris arrested for
cheating and swindling. They promptly
gave bond, and all is quiet again. Mr.
Conley still holds the fort, but is covered
with garnishments from Col. Thornton’s
creditors.
The roof of the new warehouse on the
corner of Hunter and Forsyth streets fell
to-day carrying with it. thirty feet to the
ground, two negroes and one white man
and a kettle oi hot tar, being used for
making a gravel roof. Thomas Neville,
the white man, was severely bruised and
scalded. Jim Collins and George Lewis,
colored, are more seriously bruised and
scalded.
AN EMBEZZLER CAUGHT.
Confessing his Crime on tils Arrest on
a Steamei at New York.
New York, July 6.—A cablegram was
received yesterday by the Italian Consul
General from Turin, ordering him to pro
cure the arrest of I’ietro Edwards Man
tiningo, clerk in the Banca sub Alpina of
Turin, who embezzled 800,000 lire ($lO,-
000) of its funds and fled to this country
on the steamer. The Bolivia fugitive was
arrested and made a confession. He was
induced to steal the money he said by
Carlo Zerlogia, a government oi
fieer, who was a depositor
in the bank bv Zerlogia’s repre
sentation that a fortune for them both
could be made in certain speculations.
He was induced to permit him to over
draw bis account to the extent of 800,000
lire, the deficiency being concealed by
false entries in the books. When further
concealment became impossible, be
l legged tils tempter to refund the money,
and lie promised to do so, but instead he
fled to Greece. Mantiningo haseonsented
to waive all formalities and return to
Italy.
DISASTERS BY FLAME.
Twentv-Six Buildings Laid Low in
Evansville, Minnesota.
Minneapolis, July 6.—A special dis
patch says that a disastrous fire occurred
at Evansville, in this State, to-day, in
which twenty-six buildings were de
stroyed and entailed a loss of $150,000.
St. Paul, July 6. — A fire started in the
greenroom of Woods’ Opera House here
at midnight, aud the building was en
tirely destroyed. The loss is $15,000.
Cincinnati, July 6.—The Commercial-
Gazette's Clyde, 0., dispatch says that
the Star Flouring Mills Foundry and
Machine Shop and two grain elevators,
owned by Hunter & Wilcox, burned to
day. The loss is $7i0,000 unit the insur
ance $27,000.
The Bible Society.
New York, July 6.—At a meeting of
the Board of Managers of the American
Bible Society to-day the progress in the
preparation of the scriptures for Corea on
a basis of the Chinese version was re
ported. Grants of SIO,OOO for eolportage
and $2,750 for books to be distributed were
made last month. Forty-one thousand
seven hundred and fifty-five volumes were
consigned to colporteurs in twenty-seven
States. One Bible society was’ recog
nized in auxiliary in Alabama, another
in Kansas, and a third in Missouri. The
receipts for June were $.346,116. The
issues of the scriptures for the month
were 126,578 copies.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal observer,
Washington, D.C., July j).—lndications
for Saturday:
In the South Atlantic States, increasing
cloudiness with local rains, southerly to
westerly winds, slight changes in tem
perature, statonary or lower barometer.
Mrs. H. G. Butler, Way’s station, Ga.,
says: “I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for
malaria, nervous prostration afnd debility
With great benefit.”
CROOK AT WASHINGTON.
HE VISITS ARTHUR AND TELLER
WITH LINCOLN.
The Disposition of the Captives to be
Decided in a Day or Tvto—Teller Firm,
Ult No Rupture in tt* Departments
Feared—Chief Moses Wiling to Move
frm His Reservation.
Washington, July 6.— iecretary Lin
coln, accompanied by Gen. Crook, called
’ at the Department of the kiterior this
afternoon and held a long conference with
Secretary Teller in regard to the disposi
tion of the Apache captives. At the con
clusion of the conference Seeptary Teller
I informed a representatip of the
Associated Press that le had de
clined to receive tin captives
on the San Carlos reservaton, and to
be responsible for the good behavior of
any Indians leaving the agensy. He 6aid
that he was responsibleonly for the finan
cial matters pertaining to the agency.
After discussing this proposition to some
extent it was decided to leave thi matter
in abeyance for the present, .nother
conference will be held for the pit pose of
deciding the question.
As the result of a conference wiu Sec
retary Teller and the Coinmissioier of
Indian Atfairs, to-day Chief Moses irtu
allv agreed to surrender his entire eser
vation in Washington Territory and
settle with his people on the Coville
reservation, adjoining it. It is expejted
that the contemplated agreement v-ill
result in throwing open for settlemtat
about 2,000,000 acres of laud.
Alter leaving the Interior Departme*
Secretary Lincoln and Gen. Crook ntv
ceeded to the Executive Mansion, when
they met President Arthur, who had jut
come in from the Soldiers’ Home. Tlj
situation at the San Carlos Indian Agei
cy was thoroughly discussetl. A dispo
sition to avoid hasty conelusioi
was shown and no plan wm
definitely agreed upon. In answtr
to an inquiry from a report*-
Secretary Lincoln said that there was n
probability of a disagreement between tls
W ar and Interior Departments upon thi
subject. He added: “Departments do lift
disagree when they are striving for tlp
common object of a peaeelul solution tf
an Indian question of this kind.”
The Secretary thought that a plat
would be decided upon within a day ot
two. In the meanwhile Gen. Crook will
remain in Washington.
DISMISSED CADETS TO STICK.
The \ alidity of the Act of Congress to
be Thoroughly Tested.
Washington, July 6.—The Cadet En
gineers of the class of 1881, who have
been uotilied of their dismissal from the
navy under the provisions of the act of
August 5,1882, have refused to accept
their discharge and the year’s pay ten
dered with it. It will be remembered
that the Court of Claims decided that this
act had no application whatever to these
voting men, while the Secretary of the
Navy decided directly to the contrary.
In ti communication addressed to the de
part ment. the Cadets state that they feel
bound to respect the decision of the court,
and believe that their discharge is with
out the authority of law, and hence
null and void. They therefore continue
to report for duty from time to time and
sue for their pay as it accrues. It is
understood that, while the Secretary is
opposed to the idea that he can be con
strained by the coui’ts in regard to what
he regards as purely an administrative
question he will not oppose, and will per
haps favor the restoration of these young
men to the service by legislation *at the
next session of Congress.
A Government Witness Murdered.
4\ ashington, July 6.—The Attorney
General lias received a telegram from
Edward Gutheridge, United States Attor
ney, dated Mineula, Texas, saying that
Charles Haugh, late County Judge of
Maf-ion county, Texas, and the principal
witness in the Marion county election
cases, was murdered on the 3d instant,
as was supposed by the parties indicted
in the United States Court, The Attorney
General has instructed Mr. Gutheridge to
examine carelully and report fully upon
the circumstances of the murder.
Moonshiners in tlie Tolls.
Washington, July 6.—The following
dispatch was received at the Internal
Revenue Bureau to-day from Collector
I. J. Young, of Raleigh, N. C.: “District
Deputy Sorrel seized two horses, a w-agon
and one hundred gallons of blockade
whisky in Stanley county. Two men, L.
C. Hutchens and Giles Hutchens, were
arrested with the wagon, and, iu default
of bail, were lodged in jail,”
Postmaster and Lottery Agent.
Washington, July 6.—W. J, Burt,
who lias charge of the branch post office
at South Washington, was arrested to
day on a charge of selling lottery tickets.
The post office is kept in Burt’s station
ery store and he says that he only kept
lottery tickets for the accommodation of
his customers. He gave bail.
Last, of the Old Tariff.
Washington, July 6.—Tlie Treasury
Department has decided that imported
goods remaining on shipboard July 1, and
not having been entered prior to that
date, are dutiable under the old tarift - act.
Spain’s Consul at Savannah.
Washington, July 6. President
Arthur has recognized Jose Roigde Fuen
tes as Consul of Spain at Savannah, Ga.
COL. KNOX’S SAVAGE DUEL.
Both tlie Editor and the Sculptor Still
in the I.and of tlie Living.
New York, July 6.— lt is reported this
morning that the duel alleged to have
been fought between John Armory Knox,
of the Texas Siftings , and D. B. Sheahan,
the sculptor, at Far Rockawav, and
which it was said resulted in the wound
ing of Mr. Knox, is a hoax and that the
principals never left the city. Many
are of the opinion that the whole
tiling is a practical joke, originated by Mr.
Knox in his own interest, and it is certain
that he had no intention of fighting.
Neither of the men have shown themselves
since the first reported breach between
them, and nothing definite is known in re
gard to their movements.
YELLOW JACK IN THE GULF.
All the Ports Taking Precautions to
Cheek the Disease.
Galveston, Texas, July 6.— The bark
Salome, in quarantine here, and recently
from Vera Cruz, lias develoned a case of
sickness on board. The nature of the dis
ease is as vet unknown. The Salome,
while in Vera Cruz, had several men, in
cluding the Captain, down with yellow
fever, which proved fatal to one of the
crew.
Pensacola, July 6.— The Board of
Health has issued a proclamation stating
that all vessels from infected ports ar
riving at. Pensacola with yellow fever on
board will be quarantined. The regret is
universal that the Ship Island station for
infested vessels has been closed.
Failures Falling Off’.
New York, July 6.—The business fail
ures throughout the country during the
past seven days, as reported to R. G.
Dun & Co.’s Mercantile Agency, number
138, which is considerably below the
average of the past ten weeks. There
have been few important failures any
where, and none in the city of New York
to specially note. The "New England
States had 10; the Western States 50: the
Middle 18; Southern 24: the Pacific States
and the Territories 13; New Y'ork city 7,
and Canada 16.
Shot by a Virtuous Wife.
Otsego Lake, Mich., July 6.—Alex
ander Perry, 50 years of age, attempted
to outrage the wife of Amos Bidwell
while she was alone. He had visted the
house earlier in the day, but had left al
ter making improper overtures to her.
When Mrs. Bidwell observed him ap
proaching the second time she warned
him away. He failed to regard her warn •
ing, and "she shot him dead with a Win
chester rifle.
Convicts Leased.
Nashville, July 6.—The Tennessee
State prison with its convict labor was
leased to-day to the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company, for six years at SIOI,OOO
per annum.
Poisoned Water to Drink.
When the fish died in the river, forty
miles above the water works, many peo
ple were alarmed lest the defilement of
the water might extend all the way down.
Happily there was nothing but what
could be remedied by the use of some
thing that everybody could procure at a
minute’s notice. This little “something”
was Perry Davis’ Pain Killer.
EGYPT’S DEPOPULATION.
Cholera's Terrible Ravages Not a Whit
Abated as Yet.
Alexandria. July 6.—During the 24
hours endiug at 9 o’clock last evening 109
deaths from cholera occurred at Damietta
and 68 at Mansurab. The lazai-etto at
Beyrout is crowded with fugitives from
Egypt. The officers of the institution re
fuse to admit any more persons.
One death from cholera has occurred in
Alexandria to-day. There were ten
deaths from cholera at Samonaud yester
day.
London, July 6.—ln the House of Com
mons this afternoon Lord Edmund Fitz
maurice. Under Foreign Secretary, stated
that there was no cholera in either the
Egyptian or English army in Egypt.
Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, in replying
to a question, stated that there was every
reason to suppose that the death in
Alexandria to-day, said to have been
from cholera, was not from that disease.
St. Petersburg, July 6.— The govern
ment has ordered the establishment of a
rigid quarantine on the Black Sea to pre
vent the introduction of cholera by ves
sels coming from Egypt, and has forbid
den the usual pilgrimage to Mecca.
Berlin, July 6.—The Prussian Govern
ment has ordered that precautionary
measures be taken against vessels arriv
ing in Prussia from ports in Turkey, on
the Red sea, on the north coast ol Africa,
eastward of Algiers, on the west coast of
Africa, or any port where the existence
of cholera is suspected, or where an epi
demic of yellow fever prevails. The
period of quarantine for vessels from sus
pected ports will be six days.
A TERR I RLE TALK OF TORTURE.
Tke Disclosures in the Hungarian Per
secution Growing in Horrors.
London, July 6.—111 the trial of the
Jews at Mieghazza, Hungary, two of
the prisoners accused of having placed
the corpse in the river, with a view of
passing it off as that of Esther
Solomossy, a girl whom the prisoners are
charged with murdering, declared that
their confessions have been obtained by
threats to murder them in prison. One of
them had been compelled to drink huge
quantities of water, had been stripped,
struck, dragged by the hair and shown
( the gallows.
The other had been beaten and compell
ed to gaze at the sun.
A number of witnesses also testified
as to the shocking treatment thev had
received at the hands of the authorities.
The counsel for the defense pointed out
that the people of Tizzah Ezlah, where
the murder is alleged to have been com
mitted, had been taught that it was not
wrong to testify falsely against Jews, the
ir.tereßts of the country requiring their
conviction.
The President of the court is informed
tbit a bottle has been discovered which
couained a confession ot the suicide that
he drowned his sweetheart in the river
Thiiss above Dada. The corpse brought
thence aud passed off as that of Esther
Salfmery does not correspond with that
oi the drowned sweetheart.
de‘ CHAMBORD’S death bed.
Tlie Patient Suffers Another Relapse
and Everybody Anxious.
Vienna, July 6. — The Secretary of the
Cotint de Chambord has conveyed to the
Count de Paris the thanks oi the sick
Prince for coming to Vienna. The Secre
tary added that since the physicians con
sulted yesterday, the condition of the
Coun, is less favorable, and that vomit
ing was renewed during the night.
Paris, July 6. —Comte de Paris is at
Vieniu awaiting advices from Frohsdorff,
where the Count de Chambord is lying
ill. Prince Jerome Napoleon is in Paris,
busily consulting with friends. It is said
that serei’al private meetings have been
held at his residence.
Comte De Chambord yesterday received
the last sacraments, retaining perfect
calmness throughout the ceremony.
To-day he was able to take a (few spoon
fuls of soup and wine and to address a
fen- words, to his friends. The Count has
invited the Dukes Denomours and Alecon
and the Comte De Paris to Frohsdorf.
London, July 6.— The Times this rnorn
ing says that there is a rumor current in
V ienua, Rome and Paris that the Count
de Chambord has declared in his will
that his legitimate successor must adopt
the white flag of Henry IV.
FOWLER BROS. BAD DA HD.
A Former Employe Tells What the
Prime Quality was Made Of.
Chicago, July®.—ln the lard investiga
tion before the Board of Trade Committee,
in which MeGeoch charges Fowler Bros,
with adulterating prime steam lard, the
case for the defense was concluded this
afternoon with the testimony of
Prof. Belfield, of the Bush Medi
cal College, who exhibited a series
of magnitied photographs of lard and
tallow, showing their differences in crys
tallization with specimens of adulterated
lard. The prosecution then put on the
stand William Martin, formerly foreman
for Fowler Brothers, who corroborated
the statements made by other witnesses,
to the effect that tallow and beef bones
were mixed with hog fat and put in
rendering tanks and the product of it in
tierces and labelled “prime steam.” He
knew this positively, because he had en
tire charge of the rendering. He also tes
tified that in December last between 5,000
and 0,000 tierces of this stufT had been
made by Fowler Bros, and tierced as
“prime steam lard.” This evidence con
tradicted that given by Professor Rosa,
the chemist for Fowler Bros.
BUNGLING ON A GIBBET.
The Horrors of a Texas Hanging Inten
sified by the Executioner.
Galveston, July O.— A dispatch from
El Paso, Texas, says that Joseph Brews
ter, a soldier who outraged Mrs. Davis at
Fort Davis one year ago, was hung at
Tsteta yesterday afternoon. He made no
confession, but delivered a speech of
twenty minutes duration, during which
he took two big drinks of whisky,
his religious adviser taking the bottle
away from him once. The knot was tied
in a bungled manner, and after the trap
fell Brewster writhed and twisted ter
ribly. Then the rope slipped and he was
hauled up through the trap and upon the
platform. The rope was replaced and
the man was rehung, After being cut
down the body was placed in a red wood
coffin and given in charge of the attend
ing Catholic priest. Over 800 persons
were present and 30 vehicles were scat
tered about. The best of order prevailed.
Hanged by a Mob.
(bum, 111.. Jiy fi—Nelson Howard,
the colored man who killed John Kane,
on the 4th inst., at Mound City, was taken
out of jail by a mob and hung at 2 o’clock
this morning.
A Mall Train TV recked.
Washington, July 6.— The following
telegram was received to-day from At
lanta, Ga., by the General Superintendent
of the Railway Mail Service: “Flag train
53 on the Charlotte and Atlanta Air Line,
leaving Atlanta yesterday morning, was
■wrecked near Central North Carolina.
Postal clerks Still and Myers were pain
fully injured. The mails'were recovered.
“Tekkell, Superintendent.”
New Hampshire Still in a Deadlock.
Concord, N. H., July 6.— The ballot
for United States Senator at noon to-day
resulted as follows: Whole number of
votes 246; necessary to a choice, 124;
William S. Ladd had 1; Charles H. Burnes
1; Charles H. Bell 3; Gilman Marston 12;
Aaron F. Stevens 14; James W. Patter
son 29; James F. Briggs 32; Edward 11.
Rollins 74; Harry Bingham 80.
Pleading Incendiarism.
London, July 6.—A dispatch from
Copenhagen says that a prisoner named
Neilsen, charged with committing arson
here, has confessed that he set fire to the
Victoria docks, London, in 1881, with a
view to obtain plunder. The opinion
heretofore entertained regarding the
origin of the fire was that it was the
work of Fenians.
France Claims the New Hebrides.
Sydney, N. S. W., July 6.—A French
man of war has hoisted the French flag
on the New Hebrides Islands.
London, July s.— ln the House of Com
mons this afternoon Lord Edmund Fitz
maurice, under Foreign Secretary, said
that the government had not been in
formed that the French flag had been
hoisted in the New Hebrides Islands.
l)e Lesseps’ Son in London.
London, July 6.—Premier Gladstone,
in replying to Mr. Bourke in the House of
Commons, this afternoon, said that the
Count De Lesseps’ son came to London
because a personal communication touch
ing on Suez Canal affairs was desirable.
He hoped that the agreement already
reached would lead to a settlement.
WUISKY AND ITS EXPORT
TEXT OF SOLICITOR PHILLIPS’
BERMUDA DECISION.
Exportation Clearly Defined—The In
tent of the Pool Not Overlooked—The
Return Home and the Privileges In
volved—The Opinion Not to Have Any
Effect on Legal Proceedings.
Washington. July 6.—The opinion
prepared by Solicitor General Phillips
and approved by Attorney General
Brewster, in regard to the proposed with
drawal ot spirits to be shipped to Bermu
da, is addressed to the Secretary of the
Treasury and says: “Y'ours of May 21
states that large quantities of domestic
distilled spirits now remain in the dis
tillery bonded warehouses subject to the
tax payable within three years from the
date of their entry for deposit, under the
act of May 28, 1880, and that time during
which the payment of the tax is suspend
ed upon 12,000,000 gallons thereof expires
within the present calendar year,
and that you are informed that the own
ers of a large quantity of such spirits pro
pose to withdraw it" under section 33710
Revised Statutes, atul the acts of dune 0,
1874, and March 1, 1879, in
order to ship into Hamilton, Bermuda,
with the purpose after landing it there
oi shipping it back to this country and
entering it either for warehousing or for
consumption under section 2500 Revised
Statutes, claiming at the same time that
under the warehouse laws such spirits
may remain iu the warehouse without the
payment of duties for a period not ex
ceeding 3 years from the date of their im
portation. Section 2970 Revised
Statutes. Iu pursuance of this
plan several thousand barrels of
spirits are now at Newport News, Ya.,
for the purpose of shipment.
Thereupon you ask: “First. Is sueli
shipment of whisky, with such purpose
and intention to Bermuda and landing it
there, an exportation within the intent of
section 3330 Revised Statutes and the act
of 1874, laws 64,” and does such shipment
and lauding there fulfill the conditions of
exportations, bond and discharge of the
whisky from the internal revenue
thereon ?
Second. Is such whisky, upon return
to this country, entitled to be admitted
under section 2500 Revised Statutes, on
payment of a duty equal to the tax im
posed thereon by the interal revenue
laws?
Third. Is it entitled upon return to
this country to the rights and privileges
of imported merchandize, under the ware
house laws, chapter 7, title 34, Revised
Statutes?
To the above statement you have, June
23d, added as a variation, "the following,
which is also to be considered and made
an additional subject of diseussiou:
First. The exporters propose to comply
with the requirements of the law in re
spect to the exportation of their whisky,
so that transportation and export bonds
shall be cancelled and the whisky ex
ported and legally discharged from the
lien the government has upon it for inter
nal revenue tax.
Second. Arrangements have been made
for the storage of the whisky in Bermuda
for a period of twelve months and longer,
at the option of the owners, at advan
tageous rates of storage in a climate
which, in a remarkable degree, facilitates
the ageing of the whisky.
Third. No arrangements have been made
for the return of said spirits, and that
some, or any part thereof, will not be
returned to this country except in re
sponse to a demand of the trade, and that
exportations are being made lor the pur
pose of relieving the overloaded home
market, with the intention, in the due
course of business, of making a sale of all
that can possibly be placed upon the
British and continental markets.
Fourth. It is the intention of the export
ers to preserve the identity of the spirits
exported, so that if a market
is found in the United States for any por
tion of it, it can be entered as domestic
distilled spirits reimported, upon which a
duty equal to the internal revenue tax
will be levied and collected. In the case
put by you in your first note, in which the
intention exists to carry the spirits now
at Newport News, Virginia, to Hamilton,
Bermuda, with the purpose, after landing
it there, of shipping it back to this coun
try, I am of the opinion that there will
be no exportation, or consequent importa
tion, so far, at all events, as to enti
tle the owners to any privileges
connected with the exportation or impor
tation. Whether they may subject them
selves to another class of provisions of
the custom laws is obviously a different
matter, and will be best decided when a
specific case arises.
First.—The landing specified in the bond
referred to in your first question is by its
own words and by those of the statute
which requires it, “a landing in the course
of an exportation.” No landing at Ham
ilton, therefore, in the case put by you is
such a landing, neither a landing*nor any
other detail, statutory or other, can obvi
ate the necessity of that intention, which
is of the essence of exportation. It
therefore answers your first question in
the negative.
Second. I must add, of course, that the
case in view is not within section 2500
for the purposes of your second question.
Third. Equally such spirits will not be
entitled to the rights and privileges re
ferred to in question three.
I now ask your attention to the effect of
the variations of which you speak in your
second note. I premise that 1 understand
these statements to affect cases in which
nothing else appears as to the intention of
the owners in shipping goods
Out of the country, for if they accom
pany cases in which the intention is what
you have already stated, I am of the opinion
the main support of the theory of the
owners fails them, there being no expor
tations, so if the only intention is ship
ping them -abroad for twelve months
storage in Bermuda, that also is incon
sistent with the exportation. As the legal
notion of emigration is going abroad with
the intention of not returning, so that of
exportation is the severance of goods
from the mass of things belonging to this
country with an intention of uniting
them to masses of things belonging to
some foreign country or other. All emi
gration as above defined, is attended
with a chance that the intention may
afterwards, after the actual removal, be
changed. This chance does not affect the
character of the act, nor do the circum
stances of an original speculation that
such chance may occur, or even a resolu
tion that upon certain contemplated con
tingency a party about to emigrate will
return —for example, upon a change of
government, or upon loss of health, etc.—
affect the validity of an emigration other
wise bona fide. I suppose that the case
may often be the same with exportations
as above defined (V. 12), a con
tingent change in the state of
market by which it may be
profitable to bring them back imme
diately. The bona fide purpose, as well
as the act, however, being to seek a for
eign market, this would nevertheless be
an exportation, and upon the return, of
course, an importation, nor would such
exportation be defeated by the incident
of preserving the indentity “of the goods,”
but if the only purpose were to obtain for
a time the advantages which some foreign
port gives for improving the spirits, and
meanwhile escaping some home revenue
regulation upon domestic spirits, and
acquiring after return some home revenue
privilege appropriate to foreign spirits, I
submit that the statutory requisites for
such effect would be wanting.
I say statutory requisites, for I admit
that if those requisites are duly complied
w ith, they must have their due statutorv
effect, and there would in such case be no
ground for suggesting fraud. I cannot
say that the variations above amount to
more than evidence of exportation, or on
the contrary, the mere carrying of goods
abroad is of course strong evidence that
they are being exported, whether proof or
not is another matter. I suppose that
you do not wish mere discussion of the
weight or direction of the testimony
contained in the variation.
If the question shall be hereafter in the
courts upon the matter under considera
tion, neither party will take any advan
tage from w hat may be said upon them
here, and, in closing, it may be well to
express what, no doubt, is understood but
may be forgotten, (V. 221 “that the govern
ment will not be bound hereafter bv any
part of this discussion that may then lie
seen to be ill-founded. There is nothing
in this opinion,or, I suppose, in any other
part of the transactions, which the own
ers in question can rely upon as
having the force of an estoppel
or contract in case_ the government
shall then lie ’better advised
as to its rights. This opinion has no force
whatever, “except as advice by one de
partment to another on a future contin
gency, as to which the latter department
very properly wishes to warn citizens
whose interests therein are very large.
With every disposition to treat the own
ers of the spirits with perfect candor, it
must be recollected that definiteness un
der the circumstances is unattainable,
and that it is not in the power of the offi
cers of the government to trammel the
discretion with which, in the interests of
the public, these transactions will other
wise have to be considered, or the free
dom with which, accordingly, they must
otherwise be treated when the proposed
exportation and importation shall have
happened.
EVENTS ON THE TURF.
The W inner in one of tlie Chicago Races
Bought for 93,000.
Chicago, July 6.—This was the last
regular day of the suumer running meet
ing at the Chicago Driving Park. The
weather was warm, and the attendance
and betting light. The track was mud
dy, but the raeing was good.
First Race—For the Northern stakes
for 2-year-old colts and fillies: three-quar
ters of a mile. Conkling won by two
lengths in 1:20*4, with Miss Yates, the
favorite, second. Only two horses started.
Second Race—For non-winning 2-vear
olds; five furlongs. Bridget won by a
length and a half, with Richard L. second
and a half length ahead of the Mohur colt,
who was third. Lady Morton, Voltaire,
Pluck and Luck and Maggie Reid also
ran. The time was 1:09%.
Third Race—For the champion
stakes; a post sweepstake for all ages;
one and one-half miles. There were five
starters. Drake Carter won in a canter
by twenty lengths, with Meditator, the
favorite, second, and the others beaten
oft. The time was 2:53. Cleaner, Apollo
and Faragut also ran.
Fourth Race—A handicap; all ages;
in mile heats.
Olivette (the favorite) l l
Bonnie Bird 2 2
Imogene 3 dis.
Hard Times . dis.
Time, 1:52; 1:51%.
Fifth Race—A selling race, all ages;
one and one-quarter miles; George L.,
the favorite, won by a length, with Wash
burn second, he two lengths before Blan
ton, who was third. The time was 2:24%.
Ballard, Manatou, Mcßowley, Josco, Fel
lington, Galitio and Billy G. also ran.
The winner was bought by" John Fabers,
of Canada, for $2,000.
LondoNj July 6.—At the New Market
July meeting to-day the race for three
year-olds’ place was won by General
Owen Williams Cohert, with Baron
de Rothschild’s Skye second and J. R.
Keene’s l’atosi third. There were nine
starters. Cohert won bv a length. Pa
tosi was a bad thired.
Brighton Beach, July o.—The
weather was hot to-day and the attend
ance small. The track was fast. The
events were as follows:
First Race—For three-year-olds; one
mile. It was won by Glenallen, the fa
vorite, with Harry Mann second and Shel
by Barnes third. The time was 1:43%.
Second Rack—Selling allowances;"one
mile and a quarter. Major Hughes, the
favorite, won, with Bonaviella second,
four lengths behind Bill, Bird third. The
time was 2:10%.
Third Rack—For all- ages; one mile
and a furlong. Charlie Epps, the favorite,
was first, Assurance second, and Ida B.
third. The time was 2:02%.
Fourth Race—For maidens; all ages;
three-quarters of a mile. Mandamus
won by two lengths, with Egyptian, the
favorite, second, and Evasive third. The
time was 1:17%.
Fifth Race—Steeplechase; over the
short course. Buckra, the favorite, after
a desperate race, came in the winner,
with Abraham second and Tonawanda
third. The time was 2:46%.
Irish Affairs.
London, July 6.—ln the House of Com
mons this afternoon, Sir Trevelyan, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, in replying to Mr.
O’Brien, member for Mallow, said that
he had been informed that of a thousand
emigrants who had gone to America,
only two families had been inmates of the
work house at Belmullet, from which sec
tion they came. They received money on
landing, and were doing well. He was
not aware ol the grounds on which the
United States has returned the emigrants,
but he supposed that they thought that
those returned were not desirable settlers.
Dublin, July 6.—At a meeting of the
Catholic heirarcliy here motions were
adopted condemning State aided emigra
tion, and pointing out that there are large
tracts of land in Ireland wTiich, if culti
vated, would maintain the surplus popu
lation.
Cliili ami Her Foes.
Lima, July 6. — El Eomerico says a
rumor has been circulating among the
Areamplan journals that General Caceres
had gained a great victory at Casapalca,
the enemy losing 700 killed and wounded,
besides many being taken prisoners,
among whom were three chiefs, and also
losing four guns and 2,000 rifles.
El Comerico is of the belief that the report
is entirely false. It is announced Trom
Tacna that the mixed commission to re
port on the international question, assist
ed by the new Ministry, has already held a
secret session, but it is thought here that
in the expectation of Chili’s proposing
a more acceptable basis of peace, they
will resolve upon nothing.
No Ballots for English Women.
London, July 6.—The House of Com
mons to-night, by a vote of 130 to 114, re
jected a motion made by Hugh Mason,
Advanced Liberal member for Ashton
under-Tyne in favor of female suffrage.
The motion was supported by Leonard H.
Courtney,- Financial Secretary to the
Treasury, and was strongly opposed by
Sir Henry James, the Attorney General.
Wasson Off for Jail.
Galveston, July 6.—A San Antonio
special says that Major Wasson, the de
faulting Paymaster, guarded bv
Lieutenant Bartlett and three non-com
missioned officers, started this morning
for the Lansing (Kansas) penitentiary to
serve out his eighteen months sentence.
He desired to publish a further statement,
but permission was denied.
Slaughtered by Britalns in India.
Calcutta, July 6. —Five hundred mem
bers of a tribe of natives attacked a de
tachment of British troops which, with a
political agent, had been sent to chastise
a refractory village in Assarne. The
natives were repulsed, with a loss of fifty
killed. The British did not sustain any
loss.
Driven to Frenzy by Poverty.
Berlin, July 6.—A terrible tragedy
has occurred at Ricksdorff, a village near
Berlin. The wife of a small shop keeper
cut the throats of her two children, and,
after setting the house on fire, cut her
own throat. The motive for committing
the deed was poverty.
Hanlanand Boss.
Ogdensburg, N. Y., July o—Edward
Ilanlan, the oarsman, arrived here this
morning. He says that he is feeling well
and is in first rate condition. Ross ar
rived some days ago. His headquarters
are at Prescott, opposite this city. The
race comes off July 15.
Austria and Rouinania.
Vienna, July C.—The Press says that
Austria has broken off negotiations rela
tive to certain disputed points on the
frontier, because of the provoking atti
tude of the Roumania delegate.
Improving the Mississippi.
St. Louis, July 6.—-The Executive Con
ference of the Chairmen of the Commit
tees on the Mississippi river improvement,
which have been appointed in various
cities and towns of the valley, will meet
here July 11.
The Death List.
Leesburg, Va., July 6.--James H.
Chamberlin, for more than a quarter of a
century Teller of the Branch Valley
Bank here, died this morning in his 74th
year.
The Seized Brie Sold.
Havana, July 6.—The American brig
Nettie, which was recently seized at Cien
l'uegos for violation of customs laws, was
sold yesterday at her appraised value.
liuinouft Flood* in India.
Calcutta, July 6.—Five hundred
houses have fallen at Surat, and many
villages have been destroyed by floods
and thousands of people made homeless.
Mile. Litta Hying.
Chicago, July 6. — A special dispatch
from Bloomington says that Mile. Litta
is very low and no hope is entertained of
her recovery.
No One Hurt.
Atlanta, Jujy 6.—The up passenger
train on the Air-Line Road jumped the
track near the Central to-day. No one
w as hurt.
Mercurial Rheumatism made me a crip
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and the Mercury and Potash treatment
until I w r as a skeleton and unable to do
anything, I was prevailed upon to take a
course of S. S. S. After taking three bot
tles my appetite began to improve, and 1
gained flesh rapidly. When I had taken
twelve bottles I felt as well as I §ver did.
It is now twelve months since I took 8. 8.
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1 am able to attend to all the business 1
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STRIKERS TAKE UP ARMS.
ELY TO BE SACKED UNLESS
THEY ARE PAID THEIR DUES.
Three Companies of Militia Going to
the Scene Accompanied by the Gov
ernor—The Delinquent Ordered to Pay
its Men— A Labor Riot in France.
Boston, July 6.—A dispatch from
South Royalston, Vt., says that there is
great excitement at the Ely mines. A
hundred miners are engaged in a riot on
account ol back pay. They forced the
Superintendent of the mine to leave the
town. The mob threatened to burn all
the company’s property if the wages were
not paid last night.
Burlington, Vt., July 6.—Governor
Bars tow has just called out four com
panies of the First Regiment to quell the
insurrection at Ely, and they will proceed
there by special train. The companies
are those of Rutland, Northfield and St.
Albans. The information on which the
Governor's summons is based is te the
effect that three hundred strikers, nearly
all armed and possessing one hundred
and fifty kegs of gunpowder belonging
to the mining company threaten te de
stroy the town of Elv. and have already
committed acts of violence, the Sheriff
and his posse being unable to cope with
them. Governor Barstow will go with the
companies, and Col. Greenleaf, of the
First Regiment, will Ik? in command. The
Governor has telegraphed to the Treasury
ot the mining company that the company
must be prepared to pay the men at once.
Marseilles, July (>. —Four hundred
Italians employed in one factor}* here,
struck work yesterday and endeavored to
wreck the factory. They were dispersed
by a force of policemen who charged them
with drawn sword. It is feared that there
w*iil be a renewal of the rioting by the
strikers.
SHOT DEAD FROM A CAR.
A Little Girl Killed, and Her Slayer’s
Brother Commits Suicide.
Erie Special, I,lk.
This city was thrown into a state of
great excitement this evening by a ter
rible tragedy. About 5 o’clock, as Rose,
the nine-year-old daughter of George S.
Steiner, was standing on the sidewalk in
front of her father’s, residence on Peacli
street, a pistol shot was heard, and the
girl suddenly fell to the ground dead, shot
through the heart. The shot came from
the rear platform of a street car, and at
the same moment Albert Kuhn, aged
about twenty-two years, was seen to
leave the car.
As sooii as the death of the girl became
known two or three persons said they had
seen Kuhn fire the shot. lie was followed
and arrested about half a dozen blocks
from the scene of the tragedy. 111 the
meantime he had thrown his revolver, a
thirty-two calibre, down an area,where it
was lound with two chambers loaded.
Kuhn was under t lie influence of liquor,
and had been celebrating the Fourth by
shooting ball cartridges promiscuously oh
the street.
Frank Kuhn, aged about nineteen, a
brother of Albert, was also on the car at
the time and disappeared with his brother
when the shot was fired. After a three
hour’s search, his body was found hang
ing by the neck in the cellar of, W. T.
Rindernecht’s grocery store, where he
was employed. Some people tliiuk Frank
did the shooting and then committed sui
cide on account ol remorse, but the evi
dence at the inquest to-night indicates
that his brother fired the fatal shot.
Georgia Peaches in Parliament.
Xeto York Tribune,
A few evenings ago Mr. Parnell wa9
seen wandering about the lobbies of the
House of Commons with a big box in his
hands. Whenever he met a friend, he
would pause, show him the box, and give
him something from it. Curiosity was
excited among those not thus favored, to
know what the box contained, and specu
lations were rife as to what form of dyna
mite cartridges was being distributed
among the members of the third party.
At last the secret came out. The box
was full of peaches, big, luscious Ameri
can peaches, which had been 6ent te the
Irish leader by his brother John, who is
reputed to have one of the largest
orchards in the world, in Georgia.
Base Ball.
Washington, July 6.—Games of base
ball were played yesterday as follows:
At Philadelphia—Boston's 13; Philadel
pbias 6.
At Trenton, N. J.—Championship game;
Actives, of Reading, 4; Trentons 14.
At Brooklyn—Brooklyns 9; Harris
burgs 5.
AtCamden, N. J.—Merrits, 9; Anthra
cites, 6.
At Philadelphia—Yales 10; Rivertons 1.
At Chicago—Clevelands 3; Chicugos 2.
At Detroit—Buffalos 2; Detroits 3.
Thirteen innings were played.
At St. Louis—Allesrhenys 1; St. luis 4.
At Cincinnati—Baltiniores 0; Cincin
natis 23.
The Continental Guards.
Buffalo, July o.—The Continental
Guards, of New Orleans, leave to-night
for Detroit on the midnight train.
The American Team Practicing.
London, July 6.—The American team
left Hounslow to-day for Rainham, where
they will practice at the long ranges.
Gunn9 got his odd name into the London
newspapers by the peculiarity of his of
fense. He threw a hive of bees into the
room with an annoying bailiff, locked the
door, and left t he officer to be stung.
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