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ehe Sunday Sdeyratn.
' \ V \ X X A H . .1 U.V 2-*. 1883. '
To Advertisers.
To insure insertion changes in contract
advertiisementS in Sunday Telegram
must be sent in before 6 p. m. Saturday.
Signal Service Observations.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:41 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta
time) was 4 feet 8 inches, 1 inch lower than
at the same hour the previous day.
Comparative statement of temperature
at Savannah, July 21, 1882 and 1883:
bw. I
0:44 A. M ... 80 6:44 A. M 82 |
2:44 p.M. .. X 8 2:44 P.M. ...86 |
10:44 P.M. ... 77 10:44 P. M 81
Maximum .. 90 Maximum 8<
Minimum 74 Minimum. ■>
Mean temperature Mean temperature
ctdav . .81 71 of day 83
Rainfall. 0 oij Rainfall.. <> 00
Cotton belt bulletin tor the twenty-four
hours ending at 5 o'clock p. m. July 21: |
~~~~—————— — Average.
Districts. Max. Min. R in j
fem- Tern-1 ful . .
1 per’e per’e lalL I
—; I :
Wilmington 93 , 69
Charleston 2? i -i I
Augusta <£ »• no
.Savannah I -2 -09
Atlanta ™ j]9
Montgomery • 96 69
Mobile »• 71 - 04
New Orleans.
Galveston .
Vicksburg
Little Rock.
.Mcmpliis
Mean 94 4 71 02
Brieflets.
A tine line of goods—Fishing tackle.
A farce-seeing eye- The theatre goer's.
The summer complaint—“ Awful hot,
ain’t it?” •
The history of the telescope is long
drawn out.
The Catholic Library Association will
hold as] iai meeting to-day at 12 m.
A storm scenter—The weather prophet.
But he frequently gets on the wrong scent.
Eight arrests were reported at the Po
lice Barracks up to two o’clock this
morning.
The electric light is hardly a vegetable
' product, but it is produced by a plant all
; he same.
What is the difference between a dull
razor and a bad boy ? None; for they both
need strapping.
Mr. R. H. .McMillan, of the Florida
Herald, Jacksonville, called at the .I/wh
ing .V.-.cs office last night.
Church fairs and church picnics are
very much alike. You always hate your
self for going, and yet you always go.
G. W. I*. W. C. Neidlinger is in Gaines
ville and Central Georgia in the interests
of the order of the Sons of Temperance.
Why' do brokers frequently announce
“money unehanged” when everybody
knows it is their business to change
money ?
The most aiftlcted part of the house is
the window. It is always full of panes,
and who has not seen more than one win
dow blind.
The steamship City of Savannah, which
•tailed last evening for Philadelphia, car
ried among other exports over 47,000 wa
termelons.
Mr. N. C. Munroe, a young man prom
inent in the business circles of Macon,
js.Npenj|jng a few days in Savannah, prior
' to a trip to 'Baltimore.
The police have begun to take a census
of dogs in the city, together with the
names of the owners, with the view ot
having the dog tax collected.
A jug handle may be “merely an out
side matter,’’as an’ exchange states, but
it receives a good deal of attention and is
kept well in hand for all that.
Among the exports by the steamship
Naeoochee yesterday for New York were
70,263 w atermelons, the largest shipment
of this kind of fruit made this season.
A newspaper headline says: “The
- Telegraph Troubles." Being dependent
on the telegraph for information we are
only; too well aware that it does, often.
A lively interest is being taken in the
proposed race between the pilot boats
Frances Elizabeth and the Neca, and con
siderable money is being staked on the
result.
The picnic of the E. B. S. C. Club, for the
benefit of St. Joseph’s Infirmary, will take
place at Montgomery on Wednesday, the
Bth proximo, and an enjoyable day is an
ticipated.
Owing to the press of business the Su
perior Court did not get through with its
business and adjourn, as was expected,
yesterday, but will close for the term on
Tuesday.
The last of the Telephone Exchange
was increased yesterday by the addition
<>f a new box, No. 202, at the offices ot
Messrs. W. W. Chisholm & Co., cotton
ami naval stores.
The steamer Katie, which was aground
about ten days near Augusta, has been
moved from the sand bank, and will ar
rive here this evening and leave on Tues
day next, as advertised.
Arrangements are being made lor the
mammoth picnic ofthe Washington Steam
Fire Engine and Hose Company No. 1, to
take place on Wednesday at the Sehuet
zen Park, and a pleasant day is antici
pated.
D. M. W, P. E. L. Neidlinger, of the
Sons of Temperance, has just returned
from the National Division, at Ocean
' Grove, and states that the division will
do some active work in Georgia during
the next year.
Green Johnston, a negro engaged in the
affray on Farm street Friday night, ap
plied at the City Dispensary yesterday
for treatment. He was hacked and cut
all over his arms and face. He was at
tended by Dr. Chisholm.
Mr. C. A. Lopez, at Orange Spring,
Fla., sends us, under date of July 19th:
“The first boll of cotton opened in that
.section from seed planted this year. It
was raised by Julia Nilson, colored, and
is a good article of the black seed or sea
island cotton."
■ Mr. 11. W. Dennis.delegate from Savan
nah Lodge No. 500, I. O. G. T„ leaves to
night for Athens to attend the session of
the Grand Lodge, which convenes in that
city on Tuesday. There wiil also be a
representation of members of the order
present from this city.
Considerable excitement was created
on Broughton street, betweep Whitaker
and Bull, about eleven o'clock last night,
by a fisticuff affray between two young
men. Quite a crowd collected, but dis
persed, and the participants in the affair
were separated before the arrival of the
police.
River Improvements.
The four wing dams at the “Upper
Flats” were completed yesterday. The
effect o£ these works upon the channel is
already perceptible, and it is the opinion
of the engineers that there will be within
a short time a depth of twenty-two feet
ot water at this point, an increase of six
feet. The construction of the wing dams
at the “Cabbage Trees” or “Lower Flats,"
has been commenced, and it is expected
the work will be finished in two months.
With the finishing of these dams all the
appropriation for improving this harbor
will be exhausted. The engineers are
satisfied that the jetties will accomplish
all that has been claimed for them, but
the improvement will be gradual, and to
secure the full benefits, the system must
be carried out to its completion. As we
have heretofore stated, and as is generally
known to those who have read General
Gillmore's reports upon the improvements
pf Savannah river and harbor, the plan
embraces a system of jetties and wing
dams from the city to Tybee, by which the
depth of the water ‘will l»e
increased to twenty-two feet. This
will give twenty-seven feet over
the bar, and an inside anchorage
where hundreds of ships can anchor
wit'n plenty of water. Savannah
will have no rival on the south Atlantic.
We understand from the officer in charge,
Lieut. Thus. N. Bailey, Corps of Engineers.
I'. S. A., that there is a great interest
manifested in commercial circles in North
ern cities about the improvement of this
port, and many inquiries have been made
as to the progress of the work.
Religious Service#,
St. John’s Chureh, Madison square.
Rev. Charles 11. Strong rector.—Ninth
Sunday after Trinity. Morning service
and sermon at 11 o'clock. Sunday school
at sp. 111. Evening sei vice at 6 o'clock.
Weekday service Wednesday at 5:30 p. 111.
Christ Chureh, Johnson square. Rev.
Thomas Boone rector.—Ninth Sunday
after Trinity. Morning service ami ser
mon at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at
5 o'clock. Evening service at 6 o’clock.
On Wednesday, being the Feast of St.
James the Apostle, holy communion at
7:30 a. in- Evening service at 6 o’clock.
St. Matthew's Chapel, corner Hunting
don and Tattnall streets,-the Rev. Charles
Wright Freeland, minister in charge.—
The ninth Sunday after Trinity. Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. Morning prayer,
litany and sermon at 11 a. ni.
First Presbyterian Church, Monterey
square, Rev. Thomas M. Boyd, pastor.
Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
No evening service. Sabbath school
at 5 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday
evening at 8:15.
Baptist Chureh, Chippewa square, Rev.
J. E. L. Holmes pastor.—Preaching by
the pastor at 11 a. in. and 8:15 p. ni.
Young men's prayer meeting at 10 a. m.
Sunday school at 4:30p. m. Prayer meet
ing arid lecture Wednesday at 8:15 p. in.
PROGRESS OF THE STRIKE.
The Outlook in Savannah—The Opera-
I tors Show No Signs of Yielding—Rein- i
foreeniciits at the Western Union I
Office— The Movement Elsewhere— ;
What the Strikers Say.
The telegraphers are still out, and the ;
strike continues with the prospect of no ;
further developments until the meeting I
of the Executive Board ofthe company
on Wednesday, when a final settlement
will, without doubt, be determined upon.
In Savannah the situation remainsun- j
changed. The strikers remain together
upon the streets. They are remarked as
a gentlemanly body of men, and their
bearing has won for them general favor.
The movement continues to l>e the topic
of conversation all through the city, and
many people, especially those in business
circles, who have most use for the tele
graph, are open in their expression of ■
the hope that the strikers will succeed :
in their efforts to secure better terms. I
The operators already at work were re- 1
inforced yesterday by a competent man, i
increasing tne force'to five.
Manager Dillon was found hard at work |
last night. In answer to the inquiry of ,
the Telegram reporter whether any n<-„s ,
had been received from the company, he I
replied:
“Nothing at all. We don’t look for any
thing. The work is going on smoothly,
and with our present force we are able to
carry on the business of the office with
very' little delay.”
“‘in what degree has the strike affected
the regular business?”
“Yesterday the receipts of the office
showed a falling off about twenty- per
cent. This is owing to the fact that many
of the small offices in the interior
towns are closed and no messages are
sent. We are able to handle our work
here easily and with slight inconvenience
and little delay.”
“What salaries are paid to the men
who are secured to fill the places of those
who went out?”
“They are well provided for. The com
pany has ordered that all men who are on
| the pay roll at the end of the month shall
be paid extra for all work from last Mon
: <iay, and their regular salary given them
I as bonus.”
“What will a good operator earn at that
I rate?”
“The men who are now working in this
office are making from $lO to sl2 per day.
| This, of course, is better than the regular
\ pay before the strike. In June, the
lightest month of the year for telegraph
work, the poorest paid operator in this
office received SB3, and the highest wages
paid was $123. In the busy months they
are able to earn much more. Last month
the average pay of the eight operators in
the Savannah office was over $90.”
It is claimed by the company that the
operators really received more in propor
tion than any other class of clerks or me
chanics. For instance, an operator
of thej first grade receives SBO a
| month for working either seven hours at
| night or nine hours in the day. Os
j course if he worked fourteen' hours
he would receive twice eighty
I dollars a month. It is also claimed that
I men belonging in other branches of
I business consider it no hardship to work
1 fourteen hours a day for no more than a
I first-class operator gets for seven hours’
I work at night, or nine hours’ work
in the day. This argument is met
by the men.'who state the following facts,
which are well-known as regards the fall
ing off in the nerve and muscle power of
: telegraph operators who work constantly:
A well known operator made this state
ment yesterday. He said that a telegraph
operator, after reaching the highest stan
dard of proficiency in his business, keeps
up to that standard say from eight to
twelve years, after which time his ability
both to transmit and receive declines and
keeps tailing, and it finally becomes only
a question of time when he will have to
take a position in which he can barely
obtain a subsistence. The cause of this
is paralysis of the muscles of the arms
from their constant usage.
* The men were together last night in a
body, and in communication with their
headquarters.
“We are still gaining in New York,”
said one of them to a Telegram reporter,
“and will be able to control the field in a
few days at the longest. We are prepared
for every emergency, and are ready for a
bitter fight.”
The organizer of the strike in New
York, a leading master workman of the
Brotherhood, is represented as saying in
that city that about 8,000 comtriercial
operators, constituting about 95 per* ent.
of that class, struck throughout the coun
try. The railroad operatives have not
struck at all, as they had no grievances
to present.
“In this city,” he continued, “there
were in the employ ofthe Western Union,
the Rapid Telegraph and the Baltimore
and Ohio Companies about 700 commer
cial operators, of whom 550 struck. At
Chicago, out of 380, 370 struck. At Bos
ton, of 225, five only and the manager
were left. At Pittsburg, six out of 128
failed to strike. At Oil City, out of 40,
only the manager is left.” As to other
points he could not give figures.
The strike ofthe linemen there extends,
Mr. Campbell said, to the electric light,
telephone and district companies (18 in
all). Os 375 men employed 340 struck,
lie claims that no linemen from the out
side will enter the city, and if they did
they could not do the work.
lie says the Board of Trade of Chicago
and the Oil Exchange of Oil City have
refused to accept the services of any
operators not members of the Brother
hood. No provision has been made for
the maintenance of the strikers, as the
strike is expected to be short, sharp and
decisive.
“The Brotherhood has not a large fund,
as assessments will be levied for the
maintenance of the strikers; but most of
them will be prepared, as the strike has
been under consideration since October.
The Brotherhood are a branch ot the
Knights of Labor, and other branches
will contribute to the support ol the tele
graphers. The Knights have no large
j fund, but rely on assessments to meet
I emergencies.”
In Augusta the work is being fully per
formed. The Chronicle says the operators
who remain, though exhausted by the
amount of work, are resolute and deter
mined. Ten lady assistants are employ
ed in the office. The strikers express
themselves as solid and confident. They
will hold out as long Its the Brotherhood
directs, and will not return until
ordered. They say that their re
ports are most encouraging from
all quarters, and that the published
reports are greatly exaggerated. They
claim that the company is much more
embarrassed than it confesses: that the
overworked residuum and inexperienced
workers cannot be expected to hold up
long, and that the Brotherhood is a unit.
I Friday evening Mr. Brenner met the new
I operators at the train, and carried them
in a carriage to the office. The
j Brotherhood here were also out at
| the station and consulted with
i one of them, offering, however,
no interference. The matter in this city
j maybe expressed about this way: The
1 strikers are firm; the office is quietly
i working a reduced force, and Superintend
ent Brenner is moving every peg to sup-
I ply the stands. The press matter con
j tiriues heavy. The exchange reports are
cut off and the business at the office is
considerably limited.”
A well-known member of the Brother
hood stated that the strike among the
■ operators on the South Carolina Railroad,
i between Charleston and Augusta, which
; began Friday afternoon, terminated yes-
I terday by the reinstatement of the opera
-1 tor discharged for refusing to receive
Western Union messages in his former
position, when the whole force along the
road returned to their offices.
“This is a victory for the Brotherdood,”
l he said, “and shows how well we are or
i gauized and what we are able to do.”
In Charleston the strikers are firm and
■ determined, but at the same time quiet
| and undemonstrative. The News and
| Courier says the order directing the man
ager not to pay them the portion of the
| current week's wages due them was gen
! erally denounced by outsiders as harsh
| and spiteful. The strikers, however, take
i it in good part and don't complain. They
j say the company is good for the
j amount, and can be made to pay
| it if they choose to take the trouble to
i bring suits. They say, too, that they are
; prepared to stand a bitter siege and’ that
; there is no danger of their being starved
! out. The office has succeeded in dispos-
I ing of all business that was oflereu dur
i ing Friday, but the force is too small for
i the office,' and the public will begin to
I realize the inconvenience to which the
j strike will subject tjiem as soon as busi-
I ness picks up. No intimation was re-
■ ceived ot any intention on the
s part of Superintendent Brenner to
i send any additional operators. It is said
i that a gentleman residing in the city,
I who had been an operator but had left
I the employment of the company to enter
i into another business, was invited to re
| sume his place at a handsome increase,
but that he indignantly refused to do so.
i 1 taking occasion to express his hearty
j sympathy with the cause of the striking
j operators."
All over the State the offices are being
gradually manned with new operators,
j and the business is being carried on with
; as little delay and inconvenience to the
' public as possible. The hope is generally
expressed that the strikers will succeed
i in their movement.
Lights 011 the River.
' The J .ighthouse Board have decided to
I place lights at the “Upper Flats," where
the four wing dams nave just been built.
! The lights will be red. One will be placed
on the upper north dam and the other on
the lower south dam. This will be a great
advantage to vessels going up and down the
river at night, as there are no range lights
for passing between the dams, and already
■ several vessels have come near being
1 seriously damaged by running on them.
{MELON SHIPMENTS.
What a Steamship Captain Says of the
I.ate Seizure of the Fruit in New
York.
Further inquiry into the circumstances ,
connected with the late seizure of a por- :
tion of a cargo of watermelons by the I
health authorities at New York shows ;
that if the melons referred to had been |
promptly taken from the wharf by parties |
to whom thev were consigned a great deal |
of the fruit would have probably escaped ,
injury and consequent liability to con- ;
detonation. As it was some of the 1
fruit wasdamagedin transit to New York |
and in the handling, but the amount was ;
very small. The delay in moving the
fruit from the wharf, and after it had |
passed out of the hands of the steamship •
company, exposed the melons to a risk for |
which only those to whom the goods were 1
consigned were responsible.
Captain Fisher, ol the steamship
Tallahassee, in response to an in
terrogatory yesterday, said that
few cargoes of melons wholly
escape injury in transit, and that often
as many as a thousand are broken or
otherwise damaged before the shipment
reaches the New York wharf. Especially
is this the case if the weather proves to
lie stormy during the run up the coast.
Sometimes as many more are broken
after the fruit has been delivered on
the wharf at New York. He also said
that one reason why the consignees neg
lect to move the fruit is that they wish to
avoid the cost of stowing it elsewhere,
and that he was pleased to see the health
authorities at New York take action in a
matter which should have been attended
to in former seasons.
“Country Life in Georgia Fifty Years
Ago.”
On Thursday evening Colonel Richard
M. Johnston, of Baltimore, will lecture
on the above subject at the Catholic
Library Hall. The Atlanta Constitution,
commenting on this lecture, delivered in
Atlanta on Thursday last, says:
“The lecture ol Col. Richard Malcolm
Johnston on ‘Country Life in Georgia
Fifty Years Ago,’ was delivered last
night in the Senate Chamber to an elegant
audience, which gave hearty testimony of
its appreciation.
“Colonel Johnston said he loved the
memory of the old days in Georgia, and
his acquaintance with their peculiari
ties had been made in the old field schools,
in practice of the law in several counties.
Thus he had learned to know and love a
manhood remarkable not alone for its
drollery, but also for, its brave and gener
ous qualities. Though the country peo
ple of Georgia fifty years ago were not
learned in books, they had that which is
better than books—courage, honor and
kindness.
“The lecture was concluded with the
reading of one of Colonel Johnston’s fa
mous sketches, ’Little Tom Watts,’ which
elicited many a hearty laugh. The lec
ture was warmly applauded at the con
clusion of his effort and frequently during
its progress. He drew a vivid and pleas
ing picture of the time so keenly remem
bered by many and yet so fast drifting
into story and legend. To preserve its
romance and to honor its many virtues
Colonel Johnston has done a work that
has reflected honor upon him while it has
given pleasure to so many thousands of
readers.”
Tlie Prospects of the Leading Staple.
As there is speculation in some quar
ters relative to the condition and pros
pects of the growing crops, a representa
tive of the Telegram called yesterday
on some of the leading merchants to as
certain their* opinion upon th#
subject. They agreed in saying
that the promise of a good
yield of cotton is not as bright as it was
a couple of weeks ago, inasmuch as rain
is needed in many portions of the State
where the plant is being injured by the
drought. The following abstracts from
letters bearing on the matter, received by
the Savannah cotton factors, will be read
with interest:
Monticello, Fla., July 17. —Cotton
crop very fair, and from eight to ten days
in advance of last year, both in size and
fruitage.
Eatonton, Ga., July 19.—Crops of
corn and cotton are looking well, but be
ginning to need rain.
Fort Gaines, Ga., July 18. —Crops
look well, but need rain now.
Camilla, July 19.—Crops are suffering
for rain. From present indications cot
ton will make three-quarters of last year’s
yield.
Milledgeville, July 19.—Cotton crop
prospects were good up to a week ago, but
rain is at present needed, and if it does
not come soon the yield will be cut short.
Thomasville, Ga., July 19.—Prospects
good as last year, but rain' needed now.
Midville, Ga., July 18.—we are need
in <r rain very much, and cotton is begin
ning to suffer in consequence.
The Catholic Knights Not Affected by
their Embezzling Treasurer.
The news that the ' Supreme Treasurer
ofthe Catholic Knights of America had ab
sconded with from $30,000 to $60,000 of the
funds ofthe order has created some excite
ment among the members of the organiza
tion in Savannah. Branch N0.38,in this city,
has a membership of about 200 and is one
of the ablest of benevolent organizations.
An officer of the Branch stated to a Tel
egram reporter yesterday that there cer
tainly must have been an error in the re
port, as the books of the order
show that not more than $12,000 to $15,-
000 at the most could have been in the
Treasurer’s possession. The assessments
from Savannah have all been promptly
paid. At the meeting of the Supreme
Council in May, Hecnmer, the alleged
embezzler, was defeated in the election
tor Treasurer, and his office virtually ex
pired on the Ist of June. His bond, how
ever, held good until the funds were
turned over to his successor in office. It
now turns out that the bond was worth
less, and whatever funds were in his pos
session are a probable loss to the order.
A new assessment will probably be order
ed to make up the deficiency, and the
beneficiaries will not suffer a loss in any
way. The order is on a fine financial
basis, and fully able to restore all losses
at the eayliest notice.
Second Regatta of the Isle of Hope Yacht
Club on Thursday.
The second regatta of the Isle of Hope
Yacht Club will take place at Montgomery
on Thursday, and from the present indi
cations promises to be an interesting
affair. Two prizes have been offered—
one of SSO and one of $25 —in the first
class, and one of $25 in the second class.
The course will be from the flag at Mont
gomery to Pettegall, two miles, and re
turn and turn buoy in front of Mont
gomery, then to Green Island, four miles,
and return, making a twelve mile race.
The crafts may be seen over the entire
course from the shores and the bluffs. There
will be at least ten entries, seven of which
have already been made. The start will
be made at four o’clock in the afternoon,
giving an opportunity for all to witness
the race without interference with busi
ness. A special schedule of trains will
be run*over the City and Suburban Rail
way to accommodate those who will at
tend.
Alter the race there will be music and
dancing in the pavilion and the freedom
of the grounds will be extended to all.
The arrangements for the affair are com
plete and a delightful day is anticipated.
The Fords’ Second Performance of
“Everybody’s Friend.”
The second performance of the success
ful comedy, “Everybody’s Friend,” by the
Ford Dramatic Association, will be given
Tuesday evening, at their Opera House.
This will close the season of the Fords’
summer nights entertainments, and will
be the farewell appearance of the talented
actresses, Miss Floride Abell and Miss
Nellie Pierce, who have ably supported
the association in its performances. The
play is repeated by special request of a
large number of citizens, and’ there un
doubtedly will be a crowded house.
Bv consent ot her father, Capt. George
W.'Hu ssey. Miss Leonore Hussey will re
cite “The Polish Boy.” Miss Hussey is
a talented young lady and possesses a
wonderful grace and power in elocution.
The sale of tickets is already equal to last
week, and the farewell performance will
be given liefore a large audience.
The Waver’s Picnic.
The Waver Fire Company will give
their annual picnic on August 22d, which
will probably be the closing picnic of the
season. A pleasant time is anticipated.
The committee has been divided into sub
committees. Messrs. Maguire, Puder,
Cooler, Beraiic and Clarity will have
charge of the hall and dancing, Messrs.
Ehlers. Bordnave, Griner. Mickler and
i Suiter of the refreshments, and Messrs.
' O'Neil, Smith and Sullivan the reception
j and transportation. The Guards’ brass
: and string band have been engaged for
the occasion, and, as usual, no pains will
I lie spared to make this the most enjoya
: ble affair of the season. The place and
' schedule will be arranged in a few days
and will appear through the columns ofthe
i Morning Aews.
Foreign Exports.
The American brig Wm. Woodbury was
cleared yesterday by Messrs. Joseph A.
Roberts & Co. for Cadiz, Spain, with 2,076
pieces of pitch pine lumber, measuring
245,737 superficial feet. The cargo is val
ued at |3.600, and was shipped by MessS.
Charles Green’s Son A- Co.
Mrs. Eliza Brannan. Ivanhoe, Ga., says:
“I used Brown’s Iron Bitters with best
results for extreme nervousness, sleep
lessness and bad blood.”
For the Sunday Teleejra*.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Leaves from the Scrap Book of a Vete
ran B. t . A.—War on the Coast—Beau
regartl’s Tribute to Elliott—The Hero
of Fort Sumter, "The Mosby of the
Isles.”
Savannah, July 21.—Looking over the
scrap book of a fellow B. V. A. recently.
1 came across some clippings which
aroused an enthusiasm which rarely
slumbers in my breast, but springs into I
active life on scant provocation. The
first was the following, which was con
tributed to the New York Times by Gen.
Beauregard, and which fully justifies
every old Beaufort Volunteer Artillery
man in his devotion to the memory of
General Stephen Elliott, and confirms his
right to the title which his protracted and
stubborn defense won for him. that of
THE HERO OF FORT SUMTER.
“In the defense of Charleston, during
the summer of 1863, it became absolutely I
necessary to hold the north end of Morris
Island (at the risk of losing its garrison
of one thousand men long after it had
been pronounced untenable by its com
manding officers, who were among the
most gallant in our service or that of any
other country; but their zeal, energy and
courage, seconded by the valor of their
troops, that portion ofthe island was held,
from day to day, nearly two months,
against all the land and naval attacks of
an overpowering enemy, and at the ino
ment of final attack the garrison was
withdrawn With the loss of only a few
men.
“About this time (July, 1863) I deter
mined to remove the artillery garrison
from Fort Sumter, whose guns had all
been dismounted or silenced except one
(a twenty-four pounder in one of the
retired angles), the commanding officer
and his principal subordinates pronounc
ing that fort no longer tenable under the
terrible artillery fire, kept up night and
day by the enemy’s land and naval bat-
against its crumbling ruins. I
concluded at once to substitute an infan
try command for the gallant artillerists,
whose services were absolutely required
for the inner harbor defenses, just being
completed to supply the place of Fort
Sumter, then only fit for a defensive work
in our hands, but which would have
become a most effective offensive
position in those of the enemy. I
therefore sent for an intelligent,
brave young officer, belonging to the
command of Pocotaligo, near Savannah,
Captain Stephen Elliott (Note— He then
commanded the Beaufort Volunteer Artil
lery'), to whom I exposed fully the situa
tion, and told him that the safety of
Charleston depended on our holding the
ruins of Fort Sumter with a garrison not
exceeding 150 infantry and about the same
number of laborers. I asked him to go
there for a few days to learn personally
the exact condition of affairs, and then
to give me his answer. His features
lighted up, and his large blue-gray eyes
flashed at the idea of being placed in com
mand of such an important post, and he
said to me: “General, 1 have no need of
going to the fort to know its condition.
You can issue the order at once if you
will give me a garrison of resolute men,”
but I declined to de so until he had visited
the place in person. He went that night
(for no communication could be
had with the fort in day time),
and returned before daybreak
to inform me that he had seen enough to
desire still that command. The order was
accordingly given, and he held those ruins
against every attack for twelve months,
at the end of which time he was put in
command of a regiment and subsequently
of a brigade. At the mine explosion at
Petersburg in July. 1864, he was des
perately wounded through the body, and
finally'died at his ruined home (near
Beaufort, S. C.,) in 1869. No country ever
lost a" more promising and gallant young
officer.”
*******
One of the many attacks which Elliott
repulsed while in command of Fort Sum
ter was a night attack made by a heavy
force of Federals in barges. A consider
able number had effected a landing amid
the debris at the foot of the ruined walls,
when their position was suddenly illu
mined by large numbers of turpentine
balls thrown amongst them by the defend
ers. While they were exposed to this
strong light they were pelted with bricks,
stones and other missiles of a similar na
ture with such telling effect that they
were forced to surrender almost without
the persuasion of more warlike material.
I think the number captured was about
one hundred and thirty-five rank and file,
with a stand of I believe it was
about this period that the Savannah Vol
unteer Guards were engaged in their
memorable and heroic defense of Battery
Wagner, on Morris Island.
Two or three times while at Sumter
he sent to his old command, the
B. V. A., for a boat’s crew to ac
company him in expeditions against
the enemy’s fleet. He had invented a
floating torpedo, and it was with one of
these that we disabled the Pawnee, at that
time the most active and efficient of the
Charleston squadron. She now lies, a
battered hulk, in the river, a few miles
belo w Beaufort, and the sight of her on
June 28th last as we steamed past her,
called up many glorious recollections. In
fact each mile of the way from Pinckney’s
Island to Beaufort teemed with memor
ies of hazardous exploits conceived in the
fertile brain and executed under the skill
ful and daring lead of
TRE MOSBY OF THE ISLANDS,
as he has been named, I think by the
Charleston yews and Courier. A recent
number of the Southern Historical Socie
ty's Papers gives some sketches of raids
on the sea islands under the leadership of
Elliott. It was the present writer’s for
tune to participate in nearly every expe
dition that he led. The details of men
upon such occasions were chosen from
volunteers, and I have no recollection of
any detachment being oi'dered upon such
duty, and for the very sufficient reason
that volunteers were always in excess of
the number required. These dashes
within the enemy’s lines were always haz
ardous, and always the occasion of much
hardship and suffering to the participants,
but we were young in those days, and
would endure with fortitude any trials
that might arise, rather than lose our
share in the glory that was sure to result
from one of Elliott’s raids. The writer in
the Papers says:
“The picket at Pinckney Island was
caught and put under guard. Elliott and
Mickler, with detachments, started for
the house. Night found them about its
enclosure. A dead silence reigned as the
two leaders posted their men and prepared
for the assault. ‘Surrender!’ rang through
the old halls. The enemy, completely
surprised, attempted to escape from win
dows and piazzas. Every avenue was
cut off; they fell right and left as the ter
rible summons, ‘surrender!’ was unheed
ed. Down the front steps, hand to hand,
pistol to knife, came Mickler and a Fed
eral officer. On the ground the brave
struggle was ended by the interference of
ene of the Confederates. Mickler was
■wounded; the Federal escaped. Half the
garrison were killed; the other half were
captured.”
There are many mistakes in the above •
account. One force numbered forty-five
rank and file, about thirty from the Beau
fort Volunteer Artillery, and the remain
der from Captain John Mickler’s Com
pany, of South Carolina Infantry. We
were two nights and a day on the water
rowing steadily, and we landed on Pinck
ney’s Island, just after daybreak on the
second morning, within two or three hun
dred yards of the enemy’s camp. As we
rushed up the bluff', the Federiil sentry
hailed, and was shot by Elliott and Mick
ler who were side by side in the lead.
When we reached the camp we found the
Federals just forming, and although only
about half our force had got up, we
charged them, driving them through the
camp; they retreated rapidly to the house,
their headquarters, and closed the doors.
The writer was in Lieutenant (now Cap
tain) Stuart's squad, and that gallant
gentleman led us straight up the steps at
the double quick; the front door was
forced by the application of hip and shoul
der; it was when the door gave way and
we tumbled into the hall that our losses
occurred, a heavy fire from the rooms on
either side being poured into us. Not a
"Federal escaped: fifteen, including all
commissioned officers, were killed, and
forty-nine were captured; of the entire
command of seventy-one men. seven
were absent on picket duty at the
upper end of the island. Mickler
killed his opponent, and was himself
shot through the knee, falling in a elump
of scrub palmetto in front of the house,
whence the writer assisted to carry him
to his boat. We retired, closely pursued
by gunboats, but managed to reach a
small creek leading to the mainland, and
we escaped, although under a most un
pleasant bombardment from the ships.
We marched our prisoners safely to our
own camp near Pocotaligo.
Characteristic of General Elliott was
his challenge to the Captain of a large
gunboat to come and fight his light field
battery of iron six pounders. We had
just fought with and burned the gunboat
“George Washington.” Mounting
four " guns, two of them six
ty-four " pounders, Elliott jumped
into a paddling boat or canoe, and went
over to strip tlie wreck. While so engaged
a large gunboat came up and shelled the
wreck, but soon hung out a flag of truce.
Elliott, covered with mud and blackened
with powder, paddled to the vessel, and
was ordered by her commander to let the
wreck alone. “Guess not,” he replied:
she’s my property now.” “I’m sorry,”
said the Federal, “I was not on hand in
time: should like to have taken a part."
“Run up the river now,” said El
liott, “ and we'll accommodate you
right off.” It was a case, how
ever, in which the Federal thought
discretion the better part of valor. Jle
lay off and shelled the wreck, as did laud
batteries from the other side the river, but
Elliott stripped her of everything of value. !
her very bell being mounted, arid ringing '
guard; mounting in the camp of the
Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, until Sher
man and Foster came along, and com
pelled us to move in light marching I
order.
But there is no knowing where memory j
may carry me, and I presume that even
your most interested readers think
"enough is as good as a feast.” At some
future time I will jot down the incidents
of other fields and frays. C. B. T.
GRATEFUL GUESTS,
Resolution* Adopted by the Savannah
Cadets.
The Hermitage Guards of Nashville ac
knowledges through the American the re
ceipt of a set of resolutions dated at the
armory of the Savannah Cadets, and
lieautifully printed in script type on extra
tine parchment.
The American says: As two of these
resolutions are especially complimentary
of the people of Nashville and the Hermit
age Guards, they are given below as fol
lows:
At a regular meeting of the Savannah
Cadets the following resolutions of thanks,
prepared by a committee appointed to
draft them, were presented and unani
mously adopted:
Besotted, That each and every member
of the (,’adets who visited Nashvillle will
bear in grateful remembrance the kind
ness shown them by the Hermitage Guards
of that city. We thank them lor the use
of their armory and for the courteous and
hospitable treatment shown our members
while in that city.
Besotted, To the good people of Nash
ville, the ladies especially, we acknowl
edge a debt of gratitude for the kind and
attentive care taken of our members who
were unfortunately taken sick, and also
for many other courtesies extended us.
Lieut. Robert S. Mell,
Sergeant Frank W. Dasher,
Corporal Geo. P. Wiggins,
Private M. S. Lebev,
Private H. G. Apple,
Committee.
1 official.]
Mortuary Report of tlie City of Savan
nah for the Week Ending Friday, July
20,1883.
1 Blacks
Whites. 1 and
, Colored.
I • ? j s'
Diseases. 5 5
L||L||Li| s|i
Apoplexy, heat! *2 .. . i 1
Bowels, i'nllam JI
Casualtv, kick
of a niule .... 1... . *1 .
Cholera infan.. ||2 1
Consuin. lungs 1
Lungs, cong. of. 2
Croup 1
Diphtheria. 1
Enteritis . .. ||l
Enterocolitis. 11
Fever, cong .. ■t!
Fever, inter 11
Fever, malarial 11
Gout, Vlceral.. 1 . . j j .
Inanition 11...
Marasmus 11 1 .
Old age ... §3
Teething ... 1
Worms 1
Total . 5 1 3 6 3 5 5 3
*Coroner’s inquests, 2. (-Died at Savannah
Hospital,!. IDiedat St. Joseph’s Infirmary,
l. viDied at Georgia Infirmary, 1. ||No medi
cal attendance, 2.
Recapitulation.— Deaths in city: Whites, 15;
colored, 16; total 31. Exclusive of still births
—Whites, 1; blacks, 1. Premature births—
Whites, 1.
S C M M A R Y.
Ages.
oil’s r
Under 1 year 3 4 2 | 9
Betwneen 1 and 2 years 13 11,6
Between 2 and 5 years... 2 2
Between 20 and 30 years 1 . 1 .. I 2
Between 3» and 40 years 1 113
Between 40 and 50 years 2 2
Bet ween 50 and 60 years 11
Between 60 and 70 years 11 2
Between 80 and 90 years 1 2 3
Between 90 and 100 years 11
Total 8 7 8 8 31
Population—Whites 23,839; blacks, 16,652;
total. 40,491. Ratio per 1,000 —whites, 32.7;
blacks, 49.9.
Annual ratio per 1,000: Whites for year 1882,
19.2. J. T McFarland. M. D.,
Health Officer.
Superior Court,
Hon. A. P. Adams, Judge presiding.
The court met yesterday at 10 o’clock a.
m. and disposed of the following cases:
John C. Rowland vs. Steele M. White,
administrator estate of Wm. R. Pritch
ard, Jr., deceased. Foreclosure of mort
gage on realty. Rule nisi granted return
able to the next term of the court.
John Moloney, complainant, and John
J. Reilly et al., defendants. Inequity.
Dismissed on motion of complainant’s
solicitors.
Anna McClellan, complainant, and
Henry Haym, executor, etc. In equity.
Hearing was had in part upon the motion
for injunction to issue, when further
hearing was postponed to next week.
H. M. Comer & Co. vs. E. D. Pritchard.
Motion for new trial by defendant. Argu
ment heard and judgment of the court
rendered refusing new trial.
Peter Williams, complainant, and Elias
Brown, executor of Mrs. C. A. Cloud, de
fendant. In equity. Argument heard
and decree rendered in favor of the com
plainant requiring defendant,as executor,
to make titles to complainant for certain
lands, upon payment to him by complain,
ant of balance due upon the purchase
money of same, the complainant to pay
all court costs.
In the matter of the application of C. H.
Haywood and others for incorporation of
“The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and
Accepted Masons (colored) for the State
of Georgia.” Order of incorporation
granted as prayed lor.
Court adjourned to 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning next.
The Daly’s Charleston Centennial Per
formance.
The rehearsals of the drama, “Maud’s
Peril,” and the farce, “The Quiet Family,”
to be presented before the Charlestonians
during their Centennial week, next
month, by the Augustin Daly Comedy
Club, are progressing finely. The grace
and naturalness of the ladies on the stage
and the acting of the male members of the
club cannot fail to enhance in the “City
by the Sea” the reputation the club has
already acquired. The following is a
synopsis of the drama, which will give an
idea of what is in store for our neighbor
ing friends:
Act I.—The Withered Forget-Me-Nots.
“And when my heart is nigh distraught
If I but say forget-me-not.
Hope burns again within me.”— Goethe.
Act 2.—Mai d’s Peril.
“Am I mad that I should cherish that which
bears but bitter fruit?
I wiil pluck it from my bosom, though my
heart be at the root."— Tennyson.
Act 3. —Challoner’s Revenge.
“But fever’d in her sleep she seems,
And pale her cheek with troubled dreams,
And mutters she in her unrest,
A name she dare not breathe by day.”— Byron.
Act 4.—The Verdict.
“My deeds upon my head! I crave the law.
—Sha loeepea re.
This with the farce constitute a pro
gramme which will without doubt be
worthy of the patronage of Charleston so
ciety. ’
The Sunday School Lesson To-Day.
The Sunday school lesson for to-day is
concerning Israel defeated at Ai (Joshua
vii., 10-26), and covers an interesting
period in old testament history.
After taking Jericho the Israelites
marched against Ai. They were defeated.
Joshua was very much grieved, and fell
on his face before the ark. The Lord told
Joshua that one of their number had
sinned in taking of the spoil at Jericho,
and directed him to find out who it was,
so that he might be punished. Achan
was found out to be the guilty one, and he
and all his family were put to death, and
everything that they possessed was burnt
with fire.
Points for home study—The victory at
Jericho, the defeat at Ai, the command
which Achan disobeyed, the daily read
ings.
Golden Text—Be sure your sin will find
you out.—Num. 32:23,
Central Truth—Sins bring troubles,
Dailv Readings—Acts 5:1-11; Luke 12:
13-31;'l John 2:13-29; Psalms 51:1-19;
Luke 15:11-32: Hebrew 12:14-29; 1 John
3:1-24,
Practical Teachings—l. Be sure your
sin will find you out. 2. Punishment
always follows sin. 3. Beware of covet
ing what belongs to another. 4. Whole
families may suffer for the sin of the head.
The secret of the universal success of
Brown’s Iron Bitters is owing to the fact
that it is the very best iron preparation
made. By a thoroguh and rapid assimi
lation with the blood it reaches every part
of the body, giving health, strength and
endurance to every portion. Thus begin
ning at the foundation it builds up and
restores lost health. It does not contain
whisky or alcohol. It will not blacken
the teeth. It does not constipate or cause
headache. It will cure dyspepsia, indi
gestion, heartburn? sleeplessness, dizzi
ness, nervous debility, weakness, etc.
Sarony gave Oscar Wilde $1,200 for the
exclusive right to photograph him.
TO THE PUBLIC.
In November, 1879, I was astounded
by an order of Postmaster General D.
M. Key, charging me with “being engaged
in fraudulent schemes and devices,” etc.
Conscious that such chargeshad no foun
dation, I made application for the evi
dence upon which he acted, and demanded
an investigation. I also brought suit
against him. alleging the false and inju
rious nature of the statements made. I
challenged his authority to make the or
der that registered letters should not be
delivered to me. and that money orders
remitted should not tie paid. I wished to
test the validity of this order,
and 1 was advised that he was
liable for damages if his statements were
false, which I was prepared to prove.
Whilst this suit was pending, an investiga
tion. was made by Postmaster General
Key, which resulted in his issuing a new
order in place of the first, in which he
stated in substance, that the evidence
upon which the first order was issued was
inaccurate and incorrect, “not being sat
isfied that I was engaged in any fraudu
lent schemes.’" Upon the promulgation
of this new order Feb., 18R0). interference
with my Registered mail and Money Or
ders ceased.
A new administration came in. and
with it a new Postmaster General, who,
in the routine came to my case, which he
referred to Attorney General MacVeagh,
who examined the statutes and the pow
ers of the Postmaster General thereunder,
and decided in substance that, notwith
standing my suit and the second order ot
Postmaster General Key. the power was
always in the hands of the Postmaster
General, and that whenever there was
evidence of fraud he could issue his order
denying to me the use of the Registry De
partment. Thereupon the Postmaster
General made a thorough investigation of
my business, and decided that there was
no' fraud therein, and that interference
with my affairs was not authorized.
Upon these conclusions the question
came up, naturally, with regard to the
dismissal of the pending suit against
Postmaster General Key, which had been
appealed to the supreme Court of the
United States; he assured my representa
tive that there would be no further inter
ference with my business unless fraud
was discovered; in consequence of this
assurance, 1 consented to dismiss the ap
peal. It was dismissed under this agree
ment, in good faith on my part, relying,
as I implicitly did, upon the assurance of
the Post Office Department.
Some time after this dismissal was en
tered of record, my affairs were called to
the attention of Postmaster General
Howe, the third Postmaster General who,
within two years, made inquiry into my
business. This officer, in an official letter
4a copy of which accompanies this) to
the Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, stated the substance of the agree
ment which induced me to consent to the
dismissal of my case: he affirmed this
agreement, and conceded that, even if no
other question was involved, the Post
Office Department ought not now to avail
itself of the dismissal to revive the ob
jectionable order. He thus recognized
that the fulfillment of the agreement was
obligatory upon the Depaatment.
Notwithstanding the agreement, its re
cognition and affirmation, the Depart
ment of Justice, through Ass’t Att’y
Gen’l Freeman, now comes forward, and,
without charging fraud (that being im
possible to be done truthfully), demands
that the obsolete order shall be enforced.
When the attention of Ass’t Att’y Gen’l
Freeman is called to the gross breach of
faith in this demand, in thus availing him
self of a technicality to revive the obso
lete order, which (though appearing of
record), was in fact abrogated by a fair
agreement, he replies that he himself is
not responsible to the Department of Jus
tice, and, refusing to recognize said
agreement, he insists upon the revival of
the order.
Thus it results that I am deprived of
the opportunity of having a trial of a case,
which 1 was advised would fully vindi
cate my rights, and now the P. O. Depart
ment takes all the advantages which
would have accrued to it had the case
been tried and decided against me.
Pending t.e full establishment of my
rights in the courts of law, I appeal to all
those who respect fair play to carefully
consider my statement above, and no less
so the exceedingly interesting and con
clusive letter from ex-Postmaster General
Howe, herewith appended.
M. A. Dauphin,
Pres’t Louisiana State Lottery Co.
-Vew Orleans, July lAth, 1883.
Post Office Department, j
Office of the Postmaster General, >
Washington, D.U., April 3,1882. |
Hon. J. IK. Keijer, Speaker of the House
of Representatives,
Sir— l have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of the resolution adopted
March 29, 1882, directing me to inform
the House of Representatives “whether
an order was issued by the Post Office
Department forbidding "the payment of
any postal money order, or the delivery of
any registered letters, to M. A. Dauphin,
or any other agent of the Louisiana Lot
tery Company, and directing the return
of the same to the post office where first
obtained or deposited; if said*order was
issued, has there been any enforce
ment thereof, and if so, for what
period of time was it enforced, and what
was the character of the enforcement? If
such an order was issued, has there been
any subsequent order issued by the Post
Office Department suspending’ the first
named order; and if so, when was it is
sued, and for what purpose? Is it opera
tive now as the rule of the department,
and what are the limitations affecting it?”
In answer to such resolution I enclose
herewith a copy of an order by Hon. D.
M. Key, November 13,1879. as Postmaster
General, forbidding the delivery of regis
tered letters and the payment of money
orders to M. A. Dauphin, M. A. Dauphin,
Secretary, or M. A. Dauphin, post office
box 692, New' Orleans, La.
I also enclose a copy of another order
issued February 27, 1880, suspending this
order for the reason therein, that
M. A. Dauphin, having brought suit
against the Postmaster General to enjoin
the performance of the order of November
13, 1879, and having appealed the same to
the Supreme Court of the United States,
and having, on the day of issuing the or
der of suspension, presented to the Post
master General the certificate ol
the Governor and State officers
of the State of Louisiana, that
he has complied with the legal re
quirements of that State, and also other
evidence, and the Postmaster General,
not being satisfied from the evidence sub
mitted to him, that the said M. A. Dauphin
is engaged in conducting a scheme oi de
vice for obtaining money through the
mails by means of false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations and promises,
the arder of November 13, 1879, is de
clared to be suspended, so tar as relates
to the said Dauphin, until the case shall
have been heard and determined by the Su
preme Court of the United States.
I am advised that the original order of
November 13, 1879, was enforced accord
ing to its terms and intent, until the order
of suspension was issued, since which
time it has not been enforced.
The appeal, as I am to-day advised, has
been dismissed under the 28th rule of the
Supreme Court, by agreement of the at
torney for the appellant and the Attorney
General of the United States. The dis
missal occurred during the incumbency
of my immediate official predecessor, and
no action was taken thereon, nor am I
advised that he was informed of the agree
ment to dismiss.
The case has not ,‘been heard and de
termined by the Supreme Court of the
United States,” and as the Attorney Gen
eral of the United States has consented to
a disposition of the appeal that prevented
such hearing and determination, I am not
prepared to say, even if there were no
other question involved, that I may now
avail myself of the fact of the disposition
made of the appeal to put the order again
in force.
But there is an objection weich is con
clusive against the adoption of such a
course.
The law only authorizes such an order
to be in force when the Postmaster Gen
eral acts “upon evidence satisfactory to
him that any person is engaged in con
ducting any’ fraudulent lottery, gift en
terprise, or scheme for the distribution of
money, or of any- real or personal property
by lot, chance or drawing of any kind, or
in conducting any other scheme or de
vice for obtaining money through the
mails by means of false or fraudulent
pretenses, representations or promises.”
Now, the order of suspension states as
a reason for its issuance the fact of: The
Postmaster General “not being satisfied,
from the evidence submitted to him, that
said M. A. Dauphin is engaged in con
ducting a scheme or device for obtaining
money through the mails by means of
false and fraudulent pretenses, represen
tations and promises,” the ground stated
for issuing the order originally.
This statement not only in fact sus
pended the order, but admitted that the
Postmaster General had no longer power
to keep such an order in force.
Under this state of facts I have not taken
any action in the premises. No proof has
been submitted to the Department since the
order of suspension, tending to establish
the fact that M. -1. Dauphin is engaged in
conducting any scheme that would bring
him within the contemplation of the Sta
tute.
My answer to the resolution of the
House of Representatives has been as
complete as the record of the department
authorize, and I believe is a full response
to the inquiries. Although not a matter
of record, it is understood that the dis
missal of the appeal of Mr. Dauphin,
while entered of record as by agreement,
would have been rendered necessary by
the unexpected retirement of Postmaster
General Key, which, under the settled
rule ofthe Supreme Court, prevented the
prosecution of appeal that involved logic
ally the possible exercise of a mandatory
power upon one no longer in office.
Very- respectfully,
(Signed,) ’ T. O. Howe,
Postmaster General.
FEMININITIES.
Timely Topics for Lady Readers.
Tennis shoes are fastened by bows of
colored ribbon.
Pongee is an admirable material for
midsummer traveling dresses.
Gold lace on Leghorn hats is fashion
able. with white ostrich plumes.
Straw demijohns ot the smallest descrip
tion are employed for cologne bottles.
Black Spanish lace costumes are im
ported, with red or yellow satin linings.
Spiders of exaggerated size and made of
silver are favorite designs in breastpins.
Silk illusion dresses are worn this sum
mer at the balls and hops given at various
summer resorts.
The shell bats worn by childven are ap
propriately trimmed with a wreath of
wild flowers.
Bonnets of straw fringe are a novelty
for summer wear. They come in all the
fashionable shades.
Someot the prettiest yachting suits seen
this summer are of dark-blue flannel with
red satin waistcoats.
The new Irish point lace colors are two
inches high, and stand up around the
neck in a military style.
One of the most useful costumes for
seaside wear is black foulard trimmed
with lace-edged flowers.
Dark brown, green, black, or blue vel
vet is the most elegant trimming for light
colored cashmere dresses.
Linen lawn trimmed with real lace is
much used tor handsome night-gowns,
made up with Pompadour yokes.
White camel’s-hair dresses, trimmed
w ith straw braid, also white flannel ones,
are the popular sort for yachting.
Satin cords, braided into rather intri
cate designs, are used as the heading for
other trimmings on rich costumes.
Mackinaw straw sailor hats, with low
crowns and stiff brims, will be much
worn by gentlemen in midsummer.
Colored silk mits are embroidered in
self-colored across the hand, the wrist and
on the top which reaches to the elbow-.
White lace is used for portieres instead
of plush and silk during the summer at
cottages at Long Branch and Newport.
Opal-tinted shot silks and the aurora
colors ot pink with gray, or pink with
orange, are among the spring novelties.
Large shawls of white mpll, embroid
ered on the edges and in the’corners, will
lie much worn with midsummer toilets.
Scotch plaid glace silk of very dark
colors are used in combination with surah
and cashmere for semi-dress costumes.
Pansies of all colors and sizes, on
grounds of various colors, appear in chene
effects on some sash ribbons and scarfs.
Sun umbrellas are to match the color of
the dress, and are mounted on thick oaken
sticks, with handles studded with gold.
Violet, lilac, pansy, heliotrope, dahlia
and many- other red tints of purple are
fashionable for silks and wool costumes.
The high novelty in walking suits in
Paris is a combination of fine black cash
mere and white moire on white Ottoman
silk.
Fashionable women have one parasol
for each street or carriage costume made
of the dress material and trimmed to
match.
For children combination dresses will
be uniformly worn. Plaids of every- pat
tern are imported, with plain materials
to correspond in color.
Tight lacing is defended by- a gruff old
doctor as a public benefit, because it kills
off the foolish girls and leaves the wise
ones to grow into women.
Illuminated leather, which is so fash
ionable to-day in every department of
furnishing,plays an important part also in
cabinets, forming admirable panels.
Ribbons grow- more and more gorgeous
and no color seems too brilliant to be used
by itself or in combination with several
others as a trimming for bonnet and
dress.
In the matter of fancy jewelry the palm
may be awarded to spiders. Jet, cut sil
ver and jeweled spiders are seen in
masses of lace, in bonnet strings and in
bows.
For rich silks the palm-leaf design is
most popular, and is inwrought to imitate
cashmere designs. Favorite shades are
electric blue, garnet, crushed strawberry
and raspberry.
Some fashionable women wear what the
Lancet calls the “varioloid” petticoat; in
a word, the crinolette, which bears the
same relation to a hoop-skirt that vario
loid does to small-pox.
Dresses with rick-rack trimming, be it
joyfully- announced, are confined this sea
son to third and fourth-rate summer re
sorts. Rick-rack insertions are known
no more in fashionable places.
Pretty wash dresses of chambray’,white
lawn and gingham are selling at marvel
ously- low prices, running all the way
from three to six dollars for suits original
ly- five to ten and twelve dollars.
A novelty- in mourning hats for the sea
side are high-crowned English walking
hats of rough straw with sloping crow ns,
brims pointed front and back and rolled
close against the crown on each side.
Summer gauze underwear is now worn
by- a great number of ladies during the
entire summer, whether they be at sea
side or mountain resort. This underwear
is so beautifully made it is quite a comfort
to wear it.
The English fashion of wearing an
epaulette of several ribbon loops and cords
on the left shoulder of an evening dress
prevails here to some extent. It is a
pretty fashion for children, but is suited,
too, lor grown people.
Short costumes, with handsome silk
stockings and fine French boots, are much
worn by ladies driving in victorias, this
style of vehicle being, from its construc
tion, adapted to the exhibition of the en
tire costume, feet included.
When the upper part of a window is of
stained glass the curtains are attached to
a rod placed below the colored lights,
that the tinted rays may fall unobstruct
ed into the room. Soft silk, with floral
embroidery, or linen in drawn work, form
the drapery.
Stage Notes.
Mlle Rhea is at Newport studying her
new- plays.
Lillian Russell has made a great suc
cess in London, and has sung before the
Prince of Wales.
Remenyi has been playing in Milwau
kee, where they call him’“the electric lit
tle violin giant.”
Charles L. Dat is, the impersonator of
“Alvin Joslin,” is to take out a cornet
band with him next season.
It is said that Joseph Jefferson has giv
en each of his sons several thousand dol
lars to invest in a cattle ranche in the
West.
Sarah Bernhardt’s engagement at the
London Gaiety has been a tremendous
success. Triple prices were charged for
the stalls.
An English paper says that Mary An
derson has chosen “Galatea” for her first
appearance at the London Lyceum Thea
tre September 1.
Lawrence Barrett will produce next
season Schiller’s tragedy of “Don Carlos,”
translated and adapted by the late Bayard
Taylor. His profits last season were
$75,000.
While Lytton Sothern will come to this
country next season to act in his father’s
plays, his brother and sister, Edward and
Eva, are coming in the hope of getting
engagements.
Hermann, the magician, will this week
begin a tour of the world. After playing
through the chief places of South America
he will return to California and sail
thence for Australia.
Mme. Christine Nilsson is to be paid
$2,000 a performance and to sing ten times
a month; Mme.MarcellaSembrich,sl,soo;
Mme. Scalchi’s monthly salary is $5,000
for ten representations’; Mme. Trebelli’s
at least as much, and probably $6,000, and
Mme. Valleria’s $4,000. A rough estimate
of the salaries of the principals, chorus
and orchestra of the New York Metropoli
tan Opera House, monthly, shows that
about SIOO,OOO will be required. And one
month’s salary in advance must be paid
all the artists engaged in Europe before
they leave their respective homes.
We have for twelve months been pre
scribing Swift’s Specific in the treatment
of diseases for which it is recommended,
and have not been disappointed in a sin
gle instance. We think, for all diseases
it is recommended to cure, it stands with
out a peer, and that the medical profes
sion will sooner or later be forced to ac
knowledge it, in the treatment of blood
diseases, a sine qua non.
N, L. Galloway. M. D.
Munroe, Ga. J. T. Robinson. M. D.
Demoruelle’s Determination.
Ind it is a good quality for luck at lot
tery. At 10 o’clock a. m. on Wednesday,
June 13th, the day after the 157th Month
ly and the June Semi-annual Grand Draw
ing of the Louisiana State Lottery, Mr.
Jas. Demoruelle (of Demoruelle & Cu
sachs, dealers in building materials) pre
sented also at the company's office one
half of ticket No. 23,131. which had won
the first capital prize of $150,000, and was
promptly paid in fnll. He is 33 years of
age, and has been in business since he
was 22 years old. He has been industri
ous. and has been at the head of three
different firms, succeeding in earning a
comfortable income. He, his father and
grandfather were all born in New Orleans,
and is one of the oldest Creole families,
descendants of Du Vernay, one of the pi
oneers of the colony founded by Bienville.
—Nvw Drleans Picayune, June 17.
Josh Billings Heard From.
Newport, R. 1., Aug. 11, 1880.— Dear
Bitters: I am here trying to breathe in all
the salt air of the ocean, and having lieen
a sufferer for more than a year with a re
fractory liver, I was induced to mix Hop
Bitters with the sea gale, and have found j
the tincture a glorious result. ♦ • * 1 ‘
have been greatly helped by the Bitters,
and am not afraid to sav so. Yours with
out a struggle, Josh Billings.
Advice to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
should alwavs be used when children are
cutting teeth. It relieves the little suf
ferer at once; it produces natural, quiet
sleep by relieving the child from pain, and
the little cherub awakes as “ bright as a
button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
' lays all pain, relieves wind, regulates
the bowels, and is the best known remedy
for diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes. 25 cents a bottle.
President Arthur to Visit the Yellow
stone Region.
On his way West we hope he will visit
Louisville, Ky., and witness the fifty
eighth monthly drawing of the old relia
ble Commonwealth Distribution Compa
ny. which will take place July 31st, 1883.
Capital prizes of $30,000, slo*ooo, $5,000,
1.960 prizes. $112,400. Tickets only $2;
halves. $1; 27 tickets, SSO; 55 tickets.'only
SIOO. Address R. M. Boardman, Courier-
Journal Building, Louisville, Ky.—Ade.
Ularriapro.
KENNEDY—HAZEN—Married in this vitr.
at the residence of the bride’s mother. July
11th. by the Rev. Father Bazin. James F.
Kennedy and Miss Nettie W. Hazkn. both
of this city.
Baltimore Sun please copy.
Ulrrttngo.
Catholic Library Association.
A special meeting of the Catholic Library
Association will be held TO-DAY (Sunday) at
12o’clock M. Business of special importance
to be transacted. By order.
P. F.'GLEASON, President.
L. I. Ryan, Recording Secretary.
Special Hotirro.
“More Beyond.”
Mount Seir Lodge, organized July IS, 1883,
by Armenia Lodge, and now known as No.
2,441, invites all the sister Lodges, as before,
to unite with them in making the remainder
of the Lodge.
Officers —G.S., H. J. Legree; V. G., R. Max
well; N. G„ J. B. Jenkins; N. F„ C. Brown;
I’. N. F.. J. Williams; P. s.. w. a. Glover;
Treasurer. Richard Jones; Chaplain, N.
Bryant.
Notice.
We,the undersigned, have THIS DAY open
ed a BARBER SHOP on our own account.
Having been in the employ of Mr. Phillip
Herrmann for several years, would be pleased
to have the patronage of our friends ami the
public generally.
’CASTELO & THOMPSON,
Brvan street, north side, one door east of
Whitaker street.
WOMAN.
Hope for Suffering Woman--Some
thing New Under the Sun.
By reason of her peculiar relations, and her
peculiar ailments, woman has been compelled
to suffer, not only her own ills, but those aris
ing from the want of knowledge, or of con
sideration on the part of those wiUi whom she
stands connected in the social organization.
The frequent and distressing irregularities
peculiar toiler sex have thus been aggravated
to a degree which no language can express.
In the mansions of the ricli and the hovel of
the poor alike, woman has been the patient
victim of ills unknown to man, and which
none but she could endure —and without a
remedy. But now the hour of her redemption
has come. She need not suffer longer, when she
can find relief in Dr. J. Bradfield’s Female
Regulator, ‘•Woman’s Best Friend.” Prepared
by Dr. J. BRADFIELD, Atlanta, Ga. Price-
Trial size, 75c.; large size, $1 50. For sale by
all druggists.
ilriu JliHirrtiornirnto.
We Are Now Prepared
—TO—
Deliver Anything in Our Line
IN ANY PART OF THE CITY.
HOT BREAD
EVERY DAY
AT 12 O’CLOCK M. AND 5 P. M., at the
BRANCH BAKERY,
13!)b’ BROUGHTON STREET.
Also, Holls, Rusk, Cake, Pies, Etc.
ICE CREAM.
Our lee Cream is absolutely pure, anil of the
finest flavor. .All orders for same, and tor
everything else in our line, promptly attended
to. Satisfaction guaranteed.
JOHN NUGENT,
Proprietor Nugent’s Variety Bakery, 139%
Broughton street and 192 Bryan street.
notice.
STEAMER KATIE
Will leave tor
Augusta and Way Landings
On Tuesday, July 24, at 6 P. M.
JOHN LAWTON, Manager.
Jllapnolia At aI m.
LOVELY
COMPLEXIONS
POSSIBLE TO ALL.
What Nature denies to many
Art secures to all. Hagan’s
Magnolia Halm dispels every
blemish, overcomes Redness,
Freckles, Sallowness, Rough
ness, Tan, Eruptions and
Blotches, and removes all evi
dences of heat and excite
ment. The Magnolia Balm
imparts the most delicate and
natural complexional tints—
no detection being possible to
the closest observation.
Under these circumstances
a faulty Complexion is little
short of a crime. Magnolia
Balm sold everywhere. Costs
only 75 cents, with full di
rections.
BM——l
Suburban Bailroabo.
SUMMER SCHEDULE.
THREE TRAINS DAILY
—TO—
Isle of Hope ani Montgomery.
—AND—
Sundays Four Trains to Montgomery.
N and after JULY 16th the following
schedule will be •bserved:
WEEK DAYS.
OUTWARD. : INWARD.
LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE LEAVE
CITY. CITY. ISLE HOPE MONTG'RY.
10:25 A.M. 8:40 A.M. 8:15 A. M. 7:48 a.m.
3:25 p.m. 1:20 p. m. 12:50 p. m. 12:15 p.m.
7:40 p.m.l 6:50 p.m. 6:25 p.m. 6:00 p. m.
Monday mornings early train for Mont
gomery only at 6:25.
“ SUNDAYS.
LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE LEAVE
CITY. CITY. HBLE HOPE MONTG'RY.
10:25 A. M.; 8:40 A. M? 8:15 A. M. 7:48 A. M.
♦12:30p.m. 1:20 p. m. 12:50 P. M. 12:15 p. M.
3:25P.M. 2:05P.M. | 1:30 P. M.
•4:00p.m. 7:10 p.m. 6:45 p.m. 6:11 p. m.
I 7:55 p. m. | 7:2) P. M.
♦These trains to Montgomery, stop
ping at no stations.
EDW. J. THOMAS,
General Manager.
Suburban Rroorto.
Free Salt Water Baths.
PARK PLACE,
ISLE OF HOPE.
LARGEST bathing houses for ladies and
gentlemen on the coast. No charge for
use of baths on Sundays. Fine shady grounds,
large pavilions, and cool reception rooms for
ladies and children.
Good DINNERS ami all kinds of refresh
ments at reasonable prices.
AmuoMurntu.
Isle of Hope Yacht Club
Will have their
SECOND REGATTA
This seasoei at
MO VI GOMER V :
ON THURSDAY, JULY 26. 1882.
\ T A< HTS for this race closed as follow-
1 First Class—Yachts measuring 21 fJ.
and over; Second Class—Yachts measurhi
under 21 feet. Prizes as follows;
First Class-r First Boat c
First Claes —Second Boat. .
Second Class—Prize
Entrance fee 10 per cent, of prize offered
each class. Entries must be made in writiS
to Secretary and Treasurer by 12 m Wff>
NESI)AY, 25th July. 1883.
Music and dancing on platform at M ont
gomery.
The start will lie made at 4 o’clock P. m.
By order of Acting Commodore,
A. BONAUD.
1. P. Bond. Secretary and Treasurer.
THE FORDS OPERA HOUSE.
TUESDAY. JULY 24,1883.
FAREWELL APPEARANt EOF
MISS FLORIDE ABELL
MISS NELLIE? PIERCE,
Supi>orted by the
Ford Dramatic Association.
When will lie repeated, by special request
the throe-act Original Comedy,
EVERYBODY'S FRIEND!
Miss Floride Abell .as Mrs. Swandowi
Miss Nellie Pierce .as Mrs. Featherlr
W. A. McCarthy asMajor Wellington de Boot’,
During the evening MISS LEONORE GOR.
DON HUSSEY, with the consent of her
father, Capt. <?.W. Hussey, will recite
“THIS POLISH BOY.”
4 DMIsSIOX 75 cents. Tickets on sale m
Bren's and Central Railroad Ticket Offi...
Fernandez's Cigar Store, Connor's and F.stiir,
News Depots, and from the members.
Doors open at 7:30 o’clock. Curtain rises at
8:15 o’clock prompt.
A RARE TREAT.
“Country Life in Georgia Fifty
Years Ajo.”
A LECT UR E B Y
Col. Richard Malcolm Johnston,
OF BA LT IM OBE,
Under the auspices of the
CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIVI ION
AT THEIR HA 1.1.,
THURSDAY. JULY 2C>, at 8:15 P. M.
OX this occasion Col. JOH XsToX will give
some of his inimitable character sketches.
Admission 50 cents. Tickets to be had al
Connor's, Fernandez’s, from members of the
Association, and at door on night of lecture.
St. Joseph’s Infirmary
Under the auspices of tin*
E. B. S. C.
Will be given at
Montgomery, Wednesday, August Mil.
rplt KETS 50c. and 25c. Gars will leave An
-1 derson Street Diqait 9:25 a. m.. 10:25 a.
1:30 p. m., 3:25 p. m., 6 and 7:40 p. m. Last
train leaves Montgomery at 10 p. m.
Brass and string Bands will furnish music.
Committee of Arrangements—P. H.Gearon,
Chairman; W. M. Bohan, F. J. Fitzgerald..!
J. Powers, P. B. Reid.
General Committee, consisting of entire
Club—J. J. O’Neil, M. A. Morrissy, K J
Walsh. M. VV. Cahill, M. J. Burke, S. J. Bev
tagh, J. F. Gearon, J. A. Moloney, J. J. Man
nion, J. J. Joyce. \\ . S. Spellman, J. J. Staf
ford, R. I*. Walker.
Tickets can be had from the Sisters and
members of the Club.
Drtj (Qoobo, Ctr.
B.F.ricKENNA&CO.
137 BROUGHTON STREET.
Owing to the limited time now left for the
disposal of
SIB Stocks,
We have decided to offer the following
goods tit prices that cannot fail to
GUARANTEE
Their Immediate Sale.
WHITE VICTORIA LAWNS.
INDE LINONS.
PERSIAN LAWNS.
FRENCH NAINSOOKS.
FRENCH ORGANDIES.
DOTTED SWISSES.
EMBROIDERED SWISSES.
CHECK ED NAI NSOOK S.
STRIPED NAINSOOKS.
CORDED PIQUES.
CHECKED PIQUES.
LACE PIQUES.
BLEACHED TABLE DAMASKS.
UNBLEACHED TABLE DAMASKS.
TURKEY RED TABLE DAMASKS.
FRINGED and EMBROIDERED TA
BLE COVERS.
and % DAMASK NAPKINS.
WHITE and TURKEY RED DOYLIES.
HUCK, DAMASK and BATH TOW
ELS.
MARSEILLES and HONEYCOMB
QUILTS.
LADIES’ GAUZE UNDERVESTS.
GENTLEMEN’S GAUZE UNDEK
VESTS.
GENTLEMEN’S BALBRIGGAN UN
DERVESTS.
CHILDREN’S SUMMER I NDEK
VESTS.
BOYS’ SUMMER
Special lines ot Gentlemen's and Boys
UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS at 50c.. 75c..
85c. and sl.
B.F. McKENNA & CO
aijbrr Sctjrbulr.
( HAM.!. OF SCHEVI LE.
FORTYBEE ISLAND
STEAMER SYLVAN CLEN.
SUNDAYS.
From Citv .. 10 A.M. p ’?’
From Tyhee 7a.m. ':
MONDA Ys, WEDNESDAYS and FKIJMU-
From Tybee ' «
From Citv
TUESDAYS AND THUKsDAI'•
From Tybee at 7 a.m. and 6: V> r- *•
From City atlo a. m. and - *’
The afternoon trip from city includes a ue
lightful excursion via Warsaw sound * na
Lazaretto creek.
SATURDAYS.
From Tvliee at .. 7 A. M. ano 5 r. »
Fr m Citv at 10 a. m. and • r-"■
Fare for each round trip whole ticket « »
nurses anil children from 5 to 12 years 2.x;.
Fare on Tramway 15c. and 10c.
J NO. I’. ROBERTSON. Azent.
Xaunbm.
SAVANIiA.II
STEAM LAUNDRY
172 BRYAN STREET, SAVANN AH. GA.
D RANCH OFFIt ES: 52 Whitaker stjv<!-
1 > Being now prepared to receive ..ir--
solicit the patronage of savannah an'.
rounding country. Prompt ami careful a’W,
tion to all orders'. The clothing oF . ea< . , fii'f
washed separately. Clothing called > vr .
delivered free in any part of the cdy.
postal can! or leave name and address s ‘.
of our offices. Wash lists, giving P rlc ‘ ! ’’ lr . c ts
niabed on application. Special co “ lr „. n .
made with hotels, restaurants and siy
boats. Family washing at special'
C• O. D. SdWARD MOS LE,
Superintended of Works-
W, FALCONER, General Manager.