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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1884.
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We publish this morning all the pro
ceedings of the Btate Agricultural Con
vention. together with the addresses and
essays. To do this required an eight-page
paper. There are two advantages, how
ever, in publishing all the matter pertain
ing to the convention in one edition. One
is that it is more satisfactory to our read
ers to have all the work of the convention
together, and the other is that our col
umns, during the remainder of the week,
will not be crowded with essays to the
exclusion of news matter.
Capt. F. N. Clark, a clerk in the Post
Office Department at Washington, has
been missing for several days. A note
left by him informed his wife that he has
gone to join the Egyptians, and has the
offer of a Captaincy in the Khedive’s
army.
'1 he Baltimore Day has discontinued its
morning edition for lack of sufficient
patronage to make it profitable, and in
consequence Mr. Croasdale retires from
it* editorial control and management,
having sold his stock in the paper to Mr.
G. tV. Cruikshank. The Day is an able
and sound Democratic journal.
The war is almost over. The other day
Mr. Calkins, a Republican Congressman
from Indiana, alluded to a rebel Brigadier
on the Democratic side of the House as a
‘•gentleman who fought in the Confederate
army.*’ But, in the present crisis, is not
Mr. Calkins in danger of being arraigned
for treasonable utterances by his party?
George Alfred Townsend has written a
drama entitled “Oliver Cromwell.’’ It is
•aid George can easily get away with a
drama two every morning, and then
dictate a three column dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer, and invent a column
or two of “Lounger” items lor the New
York Tribune, besides having plenty time
to loal around during the day.
It is very hard on the hide-bound Re
publican papers to have to admit that
Wendell Phillips was a disunionist.
There was one grand difference between
Mr. Phillips and many ol the leading Re
publicans. He refused to take an oath
to support the Constitution of the United
States. They swore to support it and
violated the oath in numberless Instances.
There are several hundred white in
truders in the Indian Territory engaged
in farming, stock raising and other pur
suits. The authorities have decided to
rigidly enforce the laws and remove them,
it is said force will have to be used to ef
fect their expulsion. Many of these set
tlers have made valuable improvements,
which they will be compelled to abandon.
The exciting municipal campaign in
Philadelphia led our esteemed contempo
rary-, the Press , into the statement that
John Broadin. a police officer appointed
by Mayor King, bad served a six months’
term in jail for larceny. Mr. Btoadin
denies the soft impeachment, and, to add
force to his denial, has sued the Press
Publishing Company for $50,000 damages
for libel and defamation ot character.
The idea of taxing pistols is a good one
if a law to that effect could be enforced
against the ruffians who are in the habit
of carrying and unlawfully using such
weapons, but it would le wrong to put
the burden of such a tax only on the
better classes who keep pistols in their
bouses for defensive purposes only. A
rigid enforcement or the law against
carrying concealed weapons is about all
that the country demands on that subject
just now.
The now President of the State Agricul
tural Society, lion. 1.. F. Livingston, is
well known throughout the State, lie is
a resident of Newton county, where he
owns and conducts a large farm. lie has
been an active mem!>cr of the society for
many years. lie has lieen a member of
the House of Representatives for several
sessions, and is now a member of the
State Senate. He has been a very active
worker in behalf of tbe farming interests
of Georgia, and bis elevation to the Presi
dency of the Agricultural Society is a
just reward for his devotion of its interest.
Another editor has been sued for slan
der. David >l. Stone, of the New York
Journal of Commerce , had a plumber
named Peter Kenner working in his
house. Mr. Stone afterwards mentioned
the fact that a gallon of Jatnaicd rum
which he had in the house got very leaky
about the time the plumber was stopping
the leaks in the water pipes, and now he
has a suit for $5,000 damages for slander
on his hands. The wonder is that the ar
tisan did not slip the little Item for dam
ages in among the more prominent charges
in the bill for plumbing, and collect them
all together.
The fallacy of the claim made by the
protectionists that farmers buy iron ties
at 5 cents per pound and sell them as cot
ton at double the price paid for them, is
demonstrated by a correspondent of Cot
ton. Wool and Iron. He gives the Eng
lish method of determiningthe tareon cot
ton as follows: “Cotton bought in Liver
pool has an allowance of two pounds per
bale for double draft; then 4 percent, is
allowed for tare —that is, bagging—and if
a bale has live hoops, five hoops are placed
on the scales to balance those on the bale.
The total deductions amount to about 0
per cent." The American spinners buy
by gross weight, but the price is fixed by
the English market, the tare, freight, etc.,
being calculated and deducted in fixing
the price paid for the cotton.
Norway appears to be on the verge of
an important and exciting political crisis.
According to the constitution the I’arlia- !
ment ha 6 the right to pas 9 any measure
over the veto of the King by a majority |
vote. A question arose some weeks ago
whether this privilege extended to consti
tutional amendments. The Liberal party
nave passed an amendment to the consti
tution over the King’s veto, and he has
attempted to nullify their action, and is
supported by his Cabinet. The Cabinet
officers have been impeached by the Par
liament, and their trial is now in pro
gress, and it is more than likely that King
Oscar will be deposed. The Norwegian* s
in many parts of the United States are
raising funds to sustain the Liberals, and
lively times are looked for at Christiana.
The Edmunds Civil Rights Bill.
It i9 expected that the Edmunds civil
rights bill will came up in the Senate for
consideration in a day or two. This bill
is intended to take the place of the civil
rights bill which was lately declared un
constitutional. The bill provides that
either party to a suit in a State court
can have the same removed to the
United States Court when it is shown that
any civil right is denied on account of
race prejudice. The apparent purpose of
the bill is to put the races on an equality
so far as civil rights are concerned, and to
make it incumbent on the Federal Courts
to see that this equality is maintained. Of
course the bill is aimed at the South. Sen
ator Edmunds and his class of statesmen
are confirmed in the belief that the white
people of the South are determined that
the negroes shall not enjoy their civil
rights. How do they get the impression
that tne negroes are deprived of their civil
rights? Certainly not from the negroes.
Senator Blair and his labor committee
made car?ful inquiries of the negroes re
specting their treatment when visiting
this State just before the opening of Con
gress, and the published testimony did
not show a single complaint. Senater
Blair must have been astonished at the
unanimity with which the negroes declar
ed that they were in the full enjoyment of
all the rights the law allowed them, and
that their treatment was all that they
could ask. Senator Edmunds gets his im
pression of the condition of affairs in the
South from unreliable negro politicians
who have a motive in misleading him and
other Republican leaders, and from office
holders in the South who, while they want
the Republican party to remain in power,
don’t want any Republican party in the
South. They waut to maintain a condition
of affairs that will permit them to retain
the offices. Mr. Edmunds does not under
stand th3 condition of affairs in the
South. If he did he would
not, if he desired the wel
fare of the negro, advise any more
civil rights legislation. The relations be
tween the white and colored races will
adjust themselves much more rapidly
without legislation than with it. The ne
groes were not alarmed when the late
civil rights law was declared unconstitu
tional, and were not apprehensive that
they would be deprived of any civil
rights. There was, perhaps, here and
there, a contentious negro who sought to
excite ill-feeling between the races, but
he was not encouraged by his own race.
The feeling towards the negroes in the
South is kindly, and there is a disposition
to help them to improve their condition.
In this State schools are provided
for negro children, and negroes areen
couraged to give their children the bene
fit of them. In the courts no distinction
in the treatment of the two races is dis
cernible. The tendency of the Edmunds’
bill will be to disturb the pleasant rela
tions now existing between the races. A
certain class of negroes will demand
more than they are entitled to, and this
demand will meet with resistance. Where
there is now peace and contentment there
may be dissatislaction and disturbances.
Legislation canDOt force the negro into any
different position than he now occupies.
His importance as a citizen will increase
only so fast as Ills condition improves,
and the improvement of nis condition is
a problem that he must work out for him
self. All class legislation is a mistake.
The Savannah River Improvement.
YVe publish an article this morning
written by Mr. William Hunter, of this
city, showing the importance of pushing
forward, as rapidly as possible, the im
provements for deepening the channel of
the Savannah river. Mr. Hunter shows,
with great clearness and force, that the
commerce of this port has grown wonder
fully since deeper water to the sea was
obtained. He gives the increase in
the tonnage for a number ol years,
and the increase in the ex
ports and imports. It additional
arguments are needed to impress the
House and Senate Committees on Rivers
and Harbors with the necessity of dealing
with the Savannah river liberally they
are to be found in Mr. Hunter’s article.
There is no reason to doubt that with
twenty-two feet of water the commerce
of Savannah would show even a greater
increase than has been secured by the
additional depth of water already ob
tained. As the section of the South de
pendent on this port grow T s in wealth and
population the commercial importance of
this city must grow. Every possible
obstruction to commerce ought to be
removed. The largest class of vessels
cannot now load to their full capacity at
our wharves. They are forced to drop
down the river, in some instances nine
miles and in others eighteen miles, and
there take on a part of their cargoes. It
will he readily understood that this want
of a channel capable of accommodating
the Lest class of vessels tends to check
the growth of our commerce. We have
uo doubt that our Congressmen are well
informed respecting the needs of the
river, and are doing what they can to se
cure an ample appropriation for carrying
on the work of improvement. The facts,
presented by Mr. Hunter, how ever, will
help them to convince Congress that our
demands are not only reasonable, but that
they ought to lie complied with.
The Agricultural Convention.
The convention of the State Agricul
! tural Association ended last night. \
large number of the members left this
morning on an excursion to Florida, to
attend the State Fair at Jacksonville, and
I others left for their homes. It appeared
to be the general sentiment of the mem-
I bers of the association that the conven
tion was a great success, and that the
good results that would flow from it
would be very noticeable. The papers
which were read showed marked
ability and careful preparation. The
subjects treated have an interest for
; others than those engaged in agricultural
pursuits. The paper of Mr. Harris on
; “Technical Education in Georgia,” al
though long, is well worth reading. The
question is attracting groat attention in
this State, and Mr. Harris’ presentation
; of it is able, thorough and interesting.
, The farmers of Georgia are, as a rule,
' readers and thinkers. Among them are to
be found some of the brightest men of the
State. They keep abreast of the times,
not only with respect to matters pertain
ing to agriculture, but to those relating
to trade, politics and literature. It will
be a long time, doubtless, before we shall
have an opportunity of welcoming the
association In this city again, but Savan
nah will feel their influence and 6ee their
work all the time in her growing com
merce.
The only paper that persistently eggs
on Mr. Springer in his investigation
scheme is the Savannah News. What
grudge it has against him is not now ap
parent. The News should beware, how
ever, lest Mr. Springer's iish-liook catches
in its own trousers.— Philadelphia Press.
No, not in the trousers of
The Press seems to be sensitive. May
not Springer’s hook catch in its trousers.
The Motional llepublican, First Assistant
Postmaster General Hatton, editor, had
something to say not long ago about some
matter in the Post Office service, in which
the Press was mixed up, and w hich cost
the government a very nice little sum, if
Hatton is to be credited.
■
The Texas Republicans are having the
color question thrust on their attention, i
The negroes claim that they are entitled
to thirteen of the twenty-six delegates
from that State to the Chicago Convention,
and they intend to demand their rights.
This issue is creating a good deal of un
easiness among the Arthur contingent,
which hoped to manipulate the Texas j
vote without any trouble.
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1881.
The False Prophet’s Conquest.
Nubia and the Soudan, which are now
overrun by the hordes of El Mahdi, are
dependencies of Egypt. They comprise
all the territory bounded on the north by
Egypt proper, on the east by the Red
Sea. on the south by Abyssinia and the
Dinka country, and on the, west by the
great desert of Sahara, and the total area
is about 600,000 square miles. Sinkat,
recently captured by the rebels, is a torti
fied town of several hundred inhabitants
about 125 miles west of Suakim, the port
of Nubia on the Red Sea. Probably
the larger part of this immense territory
is desert, the Nubian desert alone being
nearly 300 miles in diameter. It is a wa
terless waste of sand, and is broken here
and there by mounds of volcanic slag and
hills of black basalt. The Nile winds
like a huge serpent through mountain
ranges of sandstone and granite, and only
occasionally is there found more than a
narrow strip of tillable land along the
water's edge.
Near the centre of this territory is the
great island which comprised the an
cient kingdom of Meroe. The climate is
hot and dry, except in the Southern por
tion, where It is rendered moist by fre
quent rainfalls and numerous water
courses, tributaries of the White and Blue
Nile. The principal grain of the country
is the Dhurra corn, recently introduced
into the United States, and now culti
vated as a curiosity in many parts of the
South. A great part of the people, es
pecially the desert tribes, live on the fruit
of the doum palm. Melons are raised in
immense quantities in certain sections,
and pumpkins, tobacco, beans and barley
are also grown. Cotton has been very
successfully cultivated, but official extor
tion on the part of the tax gatherers has
prevented the development of its produc
tion.
The country is well stocked with camels,
sheep, goats, cattle, dogs and domestic
fowls. The natives also possess a fine
breed of horses, but in limited numbers.
Among the wild animals arehipnonatami,
giraffes, hyenas, gazelles, crocodiles, ba
boons, etc.
The principal exports are gum arabic,
grain, ivory, honey, ebony, leeches aud
musk. Coarse woolen and cotton cloth
are manufactured by primitive processes,
and nearly all articles for household use
are made out of the leaves of the date
tree.
The inhabitants are handsome mulattoes,
and are said to be meutallv, morally and
physically much superior to the Egyp
tians. They are bold, frank and cheerful,
but extremely fanatical. They live in
tents and huts of mud or stone, roofed
with dhurra straw, except in the large
towns, where a plain but substantial
style of architecture obtains, and there
are many ancient ruins all along the
banks of the Nile.
It is said that this country constituted
a powerful Christian nation during the
seventh century, and it remained tribu
tary to the Mohammedan conquerors of
Egypt until the fourteenth century. The
Arabs conquered the country, overturned
Christianity, and divided the rule among
a number of independent chiefs, whose
authority, to a certain extent, has con
tinued to the present time. Mehemit Ali
extended the dominion of Egypt over this
territory in 1821, and soon subjected to
him the whole country to the borders of
Abyssinia. The people have been op
pressed for many years by the exactions
of the Egyptian Government, and it
hardly needed the religious fanaticism
of the False Prophet to lead them into
open revolt.
The National Board of Health Show
ing Signs of Life.
The National Board of Health was re
garded as a defunct institution after the
adjournment of the last Congress. The
appropriation which it got was only suf
ficient to pay the expenses of its officers
and members. Without money to carry
out any of its plans or projects, it had no
valid excuse for living. It is, however,
proving to be a pretty lively corpse. It
has begun a campaign to recover its lost
ground, and it promises to make the
situation lively for Dr. Hamilton, of the
Marine Hospital Service. To Dr. Hamil
ton more than to any one else is due the
present impotent condition of the National
Board. He impressed the Committee on
Appropriations of the last Congress
with the belief that there was
no field of usefulness tor the
National Board. He is a persuasive
soit of a man, and his ready tongue
handled facts and figures so effectively as
to make Congress believe that the Marine
Hospital Service could do better and
cheaper what the National Board pre
tended to do. He managed so adroitly
that the epidemic fund of $lOO,OOO was
turned over to the service, of which he is
the head, to be distributed. He is not to
have an easy time of it, however. The
National Board people are his sworn ene
mies, aud they are after his scalp. They
are making charges, and doing other
things calculated to annoy the doctor.
There is, however, no occasion for alarm
! on his account. There is no man in the
1 public service better able to take care of
himself. When Dr. Cabell and Col.
Waring get through with him, it is hardly
i probable that they will rejoice in a victory.
: If the National Board fails to get the re
j cognition which it seeks from this Con
| gress, it is probable that it will drop out
* of sight and out of existence.
A Washington special says that Gen.
j Rosecranshas completed the plans for the
• enlargement of the capitol building so as
j to provide for the increased demand for
i room, among other things, for the National
Library. He proposes to add extensions
| to both the north and south wings, and
in these the Senate and house are to be
located. The present Representatives
Hall is to be the Supreme Court room, and
the library is to be built on the west front,
and is to he finished similar to the south
front of the White House. The east front
jis to be remodeled and made much
grander than at present. It is proposed
to add about ninety rooms to the capi
tol, and Gen. Itosecrans estimates the
total cost at less than would lie required
to purchase a site and erect a’separate
building for the library.
It’s a poor island that does not have its
traditional legend, but Martha’s Vine
yard has one that is entitled to the pre
mium. It says the first Indian reached
the island on a cake of ice and found there
a great giant called Moshup, who had
five children. He caught whales and
roasted them on fires made of whole trees,
which he plucked up by the roots. He
threw great stones into the sea, on which
he might walk, and these constitute what
is now called the Devil’s Bridge. At one
time an offering of all the tobacco on the
island was made to him, and, after smok
ing it, he knocked the ashes out of his
pipe and thus formed Nantucket.
It is said that the Senate sub-oommittee
to investigate the Copiah county, Missis
sippi, troubles is apprehensive of a fail
ure of its mission, and the Republican
statesmen on it are already preparing to
make a blood and thunder report about
the intimidation of witnesses and oth r
good campaign material calculated to flu
the Northern heart.
The up-country agriculturists on the
excursion yesterday called artillery
punch persimmon beer. Thanks to the
temperance principles of the farmers, it
did not have the usual effect of the per
simmon beer of the prohibition counties.
The abandoned South Carolina tea
farm of Baron Le Due, ex-Commissioner
of Agriculture, is to be the subject of in
vestigation by a Senate committee. The
fragrance of the tea leaves appear to be
tainted with fraud.
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Horrible Suppo^tion.
Mete York Sun (Ind
Suppose Mr. Morrison’s tarifT bill should be
passed, ani suppose that nnder its operations
the revenue, instead of being reduced, should
be increased. What would we do about it
then?
Guiteaa's Prophecy Fulfilled.
Bridgeport Farm (.Dew.).
Guiteau's prediction that District Attorney
Corkbill. of Washington, would be officially
decapitated by I’resident Arthur, was ful
filled recently, and the fact has attracted con
siderable attention.
Pendleton's Payue-ful Duty.
Philadelphia Press (Pep.).
senator Pendleton, of Ohio, yesterday sub
mitted to the Senate the credentials of his
successor, Mr. Payne. The occasion was pic
turesque; Mr. Pendleton wore a white tie
and a look of resignation, while Mr. Payne
was gladsomely decorated with Mr. Pendle
ton’s scalp,
Logan’s Aspirations.
Hartford Times (Dem.).
Logan is not bashful. He makes no secret
of the fuct that he has an aching void in his
heart which a term at the White House alone
will remove. His aspirations will become
more intense as he is encouraged. It is just
announced that Gen. Grant has declared his
preference for Logan as the next Republican
candidate. The Grant rings would readily
accept Logan.
The Buried Bloody Slurt.
St. Louis Republican (Dem.).
Sherman's exploring committees will go
South this week to hunt the requisite shreds
aud tatters of theold bloody shirt, to make a
campaign banner for the Republicans. The
unfortunate candidate who is selected by the
Chicago Convention to bear this flag to battle
will deserve the sympathy and commiseration
of the whole country. ' The people buried
the bloody shirt in l’s 76, and they will not
submit with any complacency now to its
exhumation.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Sm all-pox is epidemic in Louisville, Kv.
Forty-folk counties in Tennessee have
iron deposits in them.
Efforts are being made to make Meridan
the capital of Mississippi.
During the past year there was, through
out the country, a decrease in the manufac
ture of stoves amounting to 4 per cent.
A large party of cowboys in Moray coun
ty, New Mexico, have organized themselves
for the purpose of driving the thieving L'tes
from the country.
Among the blank books used in the Treas
ury in New York is one nineteen inches long,
thirteen inches wide, and containing 1,250
pages. It is used by the Assistant Treasurer,
who fills it every year.
Gen. Loring considers Gen. Gordon a very
brave man, but thinks he will disappoint the
English people, as he knows nothing of hand
ling Egyptian troops. The only wav to handle
Egyptian troops in battle is to' put some
Englishmen behind them with sharp
bayonets.
The French schoolboys have been grievonsfy
disgusted at the reduction of their Christmas
holidays by the present Minister of Public
Instruction. At Montpellier an outbreak took
place, but a caution from the Minister that
the malcontents would he excluded from ex
aminations for a year sufficed to suppres it.
An idea of the depth of interest felt in Bir
mingham, England, in the sports practiced by
its citizens, may be formed from the fact that
the recent defeat at the Aston Villa football
team, by Queen's Park, Glasgow, in their tie
for the association cun, was described in one
local paper inside a black mourning border.
The “fad” of spending the winter in the
Mediterranean yachting is increasing, and '
there are just now about fifty yachts there
cruising. Among tlie English “swells” who
are enjoying this pleasant way of wintering
are the Marquis of Bute, the Marquis of Ailsa,
the Earl of Caithness, Lord Wolvertou, Lord
Ashburton ami Lord A. Paget.
Tun girl who, at New Lisbon, Ohio, an
nounced herself as the prize in a raffle—a
hundred chances at a dollar apiece—was
taken at first as a joker, but she affirms her
sincere willingness to marry the winner, pro
vided he is under forty years of age, and
bears a good reputation. She is described as
pretty, intelligent, and heretofore unassailed
bv adverse criticism.
A FEW weeks ago a French nobleman shot
himself in the Hotel de Paris at Monte Carlo.
Before, however, committing the “rash act,”
he paid a graceful tribute to his female
friends. Some twenty ladies, both of the
grande and the demi-monde , received a hand
some bouquet with the Comte de 's com
pliments, ami regrets that unavoidable cir
cumstances prevented him from further con
tinuing their charming acquaintance.
A recent suggestion that the French
Chamber of Deputies should vote money to
take out of pawn the various articles pledged
at the Paris Monte de Picte for small sums
resulted in the appointment of a committee to
inquire into the matter, who reported that
among the articles which would thus be re
claimed would be some s,ooo’opera glasses and
05.000 gold rings, besides numerous meer
schaum pipes, umbrellas, and prayer books.
“Have you noticed in the papers,” said a
Chicago lady to her husband, an extensive
pork packer, “that Meissonier has sued Mrs.
Mackay for $13,000, the price he demanded for
painting lier portrait?” “Who’s Mcies—
what’., his name?” “He is the celebrated
French painter.” “He charged her $13,000 for
painting ono picture?” "Yes!” “H’m,”
grunted the husband, turning to his paper,
”1 don’t wonder he is obliged to sue her. Why,
there are painters in this city, and good one’s,
too, who would be glad to paint a whole
block of ten-story buildings for half that
amount of money.”
A MAr.riE has seriously interfered with tele
graphic communication between Kapunda
and Freeling, in South Australia, not far from
Adelaide. For some time the line worked
badly, and at last a telegraph operator was
sent to examine the wires. After searching
for a few miles the clerk found at the top of
one of the posts a magpie's nest most inge
niously constructed. The bird, so says the
Kapunda Ilernld , had wraQchcd awav with
its beak the wire which bound Use line to the
insulator, and after twisting the wire in a
suitable position built its home there.
The practice of carrying off the heads from
monuments in Westminster Abbey began
early, and even Kings were not spared. The
solid silver head of Henry V. was wrenched
off and stolen in 1516. on the 30th of January.
“SomeWhig I'll warrant you," said Sir Roger
de Coyerly, during his famous walk round tlie
Alibey; “you ought to lock up your Kings bet
ter; they'll carry off the body, too, if you
don't take care." The heads oi both Wash
ington and Major Andre have been repeatedly
carried off from the monument of the latter,
“trie wanton mischief," says I.amb, “of some
schoolboy, fired, perhaps, with raw notions of
transatlantic freedom." The Abbey is a large
place, and any kind of mutilation might be
perpetrated successfully, provided only that
it did not make too much poise,
Mas. Langtry has, it is said, purchased
from ttie Society of Associated Art sts, the
famous rose curtains which formed part of
the embroidery exhibit in New Vork for the
Bartholdi fund. The embroidery is executed
on gold tapestry, and consists of roses of
every conceivable kind massed in vases upon
a eoild ground. The drawing, the tinting, the
shading, are all perfect, and the absolute cor
rectness and marvelous grouping of so great
and varied a collection render the designs
unique. The studies for ttie work were made
in St. Augustine by Mrs. C. Wheeler, who
painted every seperate leaf and flower in oil.
so that each one is a portrait. Five months
were occupied in executing the embrodiery,
only two experts being competent to the task.
The “rose” curtains are, therefore, not likely
to lie duplicated very soon. Mrs. Langtry
has, however, ordered rose panels to match,
fora room in her London house which she in
tends to fit up as a rose room, and which is to
surpass anything yet seen in the way of art s
tic decoration.
BRIGHT BITS.
People who persist in traveling barefoot
nrouml a newly carpeted bed room often find
themselves on the wrong tack.
A country editor says if as many people
knew how to pay their subscriptions as well
as they know how to run a newspaper, editors
would have an easier time of it.
At the kindergarten—“ Now, children, what
is the name of the meal you eat in the morn
ing?" “Oat meal," replies a precocious mem
ber of the class.— Boston Courier.
John L. Sullivan has been complimented
in California by having a brand of cigars
named for him. It was first tried on a favor
ite whiaav, but it knocked ’em out too quick.
The man whose business so occupies his
mini! that he can’t be civil to people he meets,
should either have more mind or less business,
and most folks don’t care which it is.—iler
chant Traveller.
Amateur tenor (just from Paris)—“And
have you never heard of Gounard’s ‘C’rcpus
•nle?’” Unmusical young lady—“Oh dear!
No, how dreadful! is‘it auvthing like spinal
meningitis?”— Life.
“Mamma, where’s papa gone to?” asked a
little girl one day. "lie’s gone up town to
earn more bread and butter for you, darling."
“Oh, mamma, 1 wish he would sometimes
earn buns," sighed the child.
Charles Dei.monico left a fortune of five
millions of dollars. His business was very
carefully managed. A second pat of butter
was always charged extra, and never under
any circumstances did he give bread with one
fish ball.
An exchange, relating the case of a man
frozen to death, says: “A bottle of whisky
not far from the prostrate form told the story
of tlie cause ami effect.” Poor fellow, he
froze to death before lie could reach the bot
tle.— Transcript.
At Conway the saloon law went into effect
at midnight. A fashionable ball was in prog
ress. and just at 12 o’clock a man ascended the
filatform and said: “Fellow citizens, the sa
oons are opened.” Three minutes afterward
pot a man was in the hall.
“What influence has the moon upon the
tide?” asked the professor. The class wag
replied that he didn't know exactly what
influence it had upon the tied, but that it had
a tendency to make the untied awfull spoony.
—Burlington Free tk-ess.
A lady who had lost at a game of cards
said to a gentleman who had won. “So you
won't lend me a hundred dollars. Very well.
I should have returned them to you before to
morrow noon: now you will lose them." “I
would rather lose them: there is more cer
tainty about it.”— French
Time may obliterate the hovels and make
them mansions; it may also make C hristians
sinners; and poor men millionaires; but it
can neveriake away the man by the grocery
stove who lias just been reraiuded of an ad
venture he had during the war and which he
would like to relate.to the crowd.— Gazette.
A writer in a scientific monthly asks:
“What is a meter?" In reply a jocular editor
said: "An opinion has long prevailed that a
meter is a contrivance that works 27 hours a
dav, eight days a week the year round; and
when you resolve to economize in the use of
gas, it'throws in a couple of extra hours daily
without charge.” —detcish Messenger.
PERSONAL.
G. W. Cable is still at Mark Twain's house,
in Hartford, and is improving.
Henry L. Bkrgh. with his two daughters,
is attracting attention in Washington.
Edwin P. Whipple is preparing a critical
review of Matthew Arnold for one of the
quarterlies.
11. A. Blake, the newly-appointed Gov
ernor of the Bahamas, arrived at New York
Monday from England in the City of Chester.
Lord Bute lias given an order to Edmonia
A. Edwards, the American negro sculptress,
to execute a marble statue of the Virgin Mary
for one of his chapels.
At Edinburgh last month Jane Kirk, con
victed 203 times of petty ofl'enses, was sent to
jail for tlie thirty-fourth time. Bhe had al
ready spent 280 days of last year in prison.
Edwin Booth denies all responsibility for
the recent attack in the Tribune upon his
brother tragedian, Mr. Keene. He says the
article was written by his friend, Mr. Winter,
whom he is not always able to control.
There is one eccentric Vermonter who, as
the story runs, believes he can do anything he
desires. One day he said to a little girl: “I
could move Burke Mountain if I wanted to!”
“Why don't you, then?” the little miss pertly
asked. “Oh. as I see no better place for it, I
guess I'll let it stay where it is!”
For the last month the Czar has been in
such a deplorable state of nervous depression
that to all intents and purposes he may lie re
garded as insane. He is said to be thoroughly
terror-stricken, and lives in a state of panic
which would be ludicrous if it did not pro
duce such melancholy consequences.
Mr. Tilden's birthday is an occasion for
Democratic celebrations, it seems. In Chica
go, on the evening of tiie 9th instant, the an
niversary of the New York statesman’s birth,
the Iroquois Club met to listen to an address
on “Democratic Principles,” and applause
greeted the frequent mention of Tilden.
The members of the court at Rome have
been thrown into ecstacies of admiration by
the excellent manner in which the Prince of
Naples passed his school examination the
other day. The King and Queen and a num
ber of personages were present, and they all
professed to be as much astonished at the
ability displayed by the infant prodigy as
were the doctors in the temple at Jerusalem.
The child had been carefully crammed for
the ordeal. Sensible people, according to the
London Truth, are of opinion that he is kept
fa’r too e'oselv to his tasks, and that if his
brain continues to be so hardly worked there
will be very little brain left by tlie time he is
18.
THE COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE OF
SAVANNAH.
Wily Congress Should Not Hesitate to
Encourage and Grant All Necessary
Facilities for the Improvement of Her
River—Georgia’s Senators anil Repre
sentatives Furnished Good Reasons
Why She Should Not be Neglected by
the Government.
TONNAGE.
From 1873t01577 the tonnage of Savan
nah continued very uniform. In 1878, the
year following the improvements in the
river, the tonnage increased nearly 300,000
tons. Every year after, including 1883, the
annual increase was marked, say in
-1879 8.000 tons
1880 20,000 tons
1881 42,000 tons
18S2 10,000 tons
U ntil in 1883, it increased in G years 377,-
423 tons. Comparing the 5 years, 1873 to
1877—say 2,781,504 tons, with the 5 years,
1879 to 1883 —say 4,083.310 tons, a differ
ence is shown of 1,901,806 tons, or an
average annual increase of 380,361 tons.
IMPORTS.
The tables show an import trade for the
yea rs 1873 to 1883 inclusive of one-half to
three-quarters of a million dollars.
EXPORTS.
The export trade, foreign and coast
wise, for the same years, shows a money
value of $50,000,000. The coastwise in
creasing in ten years $10,000,000 over the
foreign, in consequence of the great fa
cilities and inducements presented by the
unexceptionably fast and splendid line
of steamships * owned and controlled
by the Central Railroad of Georgia, and
other coastwise lines working in connec
tion with them, diverting from the foreign
transient steamers a large foreign export
ing business, increasing and holding it
year by year, and getting the cotton to
markets across the water in quicker time,
in connection with the foreign lines,
through New York, Philadelphia. Boston
and Baltimore, thus in a measure, at
least, securing to our own flag the trans
portation of this large amount of busi
ness.
LUMBER.
Exports of lumber from the port of Sa
vannah for the year 1882, coastwise,
amounted to 52,000,000 feet; foreign, 13,-
000,000; together 65,000,000 feet.
DUTIES.
The duties collected by the United
States Government lor six years, from
Julv, 1877, to July, 1883, were nearly $600,-
000,'the preceding six years being $550,-
000, showing an increase in the six years
ol $50,000.
NAVAL STORES.
While ten years since Savannah was in
no respect a naval stores market, at this
time it is the largest naval stores warko t
of the world.
Spirits, Rosin.
[ Bbls. Bills.
In 1874-5 the receipts were, of.. 9,555 41,707
In 1875-6 the receipts were, of 15,521 59,792
In 1876-7 the receipts were, of . 19,984 98,888
In 1877-8 the receipts were, of 31,138 177,104
In 1878-9 the receipts were, of . 34,368 177.447
In 1879-80 the receipts were, of 40,321 221.421
In iBBO-81 the receipts were, of 54,703 232,386
In 1881-82 the receipts were, of 77,059 300,834
In 1882-83 the receipts were, ol 116,127 430,548
These figures show a large and positive
increase, year by year, from 1875 to 1883—
an increase in eight years of 107,000 barrels
spirits, or say over i,IOO per cent., and in
same time an increase of nearly 400,000
barrels rosin, or say over 900 j>er cent.
An average estimated value of $lB per
barrel in spirits aijd $4 per barrel in rosin,
showing a money value in this branch
alone to our port in eight years of some
$3,700,000.
RICE.
The exports of rice for the year 1382 were
some 28,000 barrels and casks. The re
ceipts of this article at this port for the
same year were 72,000 barrels. The dif
ference between the receipts and exports
is owing to the fact that much is sent off
by rail to the West and very considerable
consumption of it in and around the city
and in Florida.
COTTON.
The total receipts and exports of cotton
were:
Bales.
1876- ...• 490.000
1877- 017.000
1878- . 700,000
1879- 740,000
1880- 892,000
1881- 750,000
1882- 825,000
An examination of these figures cannot
fail to demonstrate the importance of
Savannah as a port of entry. Vessels
whose tonnage aggregate about 1,000,000
tons arrive each year. Goods to the value
of $500,000 to $750,000 are landed here from
foreign shores, and we export annually
goods to the value of $50,000,000 and collect
in duties an average of nearly SIOO,OOO.
It will also be seen that since the partial
improvement of the river, the additional
depth gained has had the effect to mate
rially increase the trade. The com
parisons . made above conclusively show
that the amount heretofore appro
priated by Congress for the im
provement of the Savannah river
have had the intended effect, and that a
steady and healthy increase of business
has in consequence taken place.
It would seem that these facts and com
parisons should be great incentives for
lurther and immediate appropriations to
complete the plans of the engineers, to
arrive at a depth of 22 feet, so that the
larger class of vessels can load at the
docks and go direct to sea, instead of be
ing compelled to complete their loading
at Venus Point and Tybee, nine and
eighteen miles respectively below the
city.
Should not such figures as these stimu
late Georgia’sltepresentatives tosuffleient
ly impress the River and Harbor Commit
tee ol Congress to aid us at once, by
prompt action, to preserve the work al
ready accomplished? Every day lost
now impairs that already done, and in
volves the doing of the same work over
again. Wm. Hunter.
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PERFECTION.^
M. FERST & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
General Agents for Georgia and Florida. Also, General Agents
for the celebrated Appollinaris Waters. In stock, G. H. Mu nun &
Cos. and Geo. Goulet Champagnes, Chateau la Rose Claret.
piattoo.
A CHEAP PIANO ! A GOOH PIANO!
A Durable Piano! A Popular Piano!
A Piano combining all the above desirable qualities is, iudeed, a rarity ;
but, nevertheless, we have it. When we commenced Business fourteen
years ago our musical experience enabled us to select just this Piano and
secure its exclusive sale in the South, and it has neither disapppointed us
nor the thousands of sat is tied purchasers who have taken it on our say so.
Having tested all the Pianos now manufactured, we have failed to find
any that are as good for the same low cost, and hence we state that which
we know to he true when we thus assert positively, and in comprehensive
terms, that the
ARION PIANOS,
WITH NEW IMPROVED SCALE.
. V,
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Are le Best Hedimn Priced Pianos
MADE I > THE AVORLD I
A strong assertion, but we mean it. The world is large, but America leads it in
PIaNO MANUFACTURE, and it’s nonsense to look elsewhere for PIANOS. There
are a few Pianos imported yearly to this country, but the poorest “rattle-traps” that
are made in America, or "even the much maligned “Stencil Pianos,” will outwear
them in this climate, and give better satisfaction. Leaving out the
CMcipi, MattaM, LnMea & Bates, Hartaaii aM Grovestein,
WE PLACE THE LOWEST PRICED PIANO THAT WE SELL,
THE AMERICAN ABION
Against Imported Pianos of any and Cost!
As Purest in Scale, Sweetest in Tone, Greatest in Volume,
Best in Construction, Most Durable, Stand Best
in Tune, and Cheapest in Price.
Tried and tested for 20 years! Over 70,000 in use!
Rich in Tone! Elastic in Touch! Elegant in Finish! Solid in Construc
tion! Darability fully Demonstrated! Thousands sold by us in past four
teen years! Testimonials from pleased purchasers! Marker’s name on
each one! Sold under fully six years’ guarantee and on easiest Installment
Terms!
Ten Favorite Styles in Squares and Uprights
$2lO, $235, $250, $275, S3OO,
With Fine Stool, Cover, and Book of Music, and delivered, freight paid, to any part of
the South. Sent on trial, if desired, and we pay freight both ways if not satisfactory.
Order an ARION and Yon sill Be More than Pleased.
LUDDEN k BATES, Sole Agents.
LAND FOR SALE.
I OFFER for sale a valuable trict of land
containing aliout 107 acres, suitable for
truck farming, or, being on a line of street
railway, can lie built on with every prospect
of a handsome return for the investment.
J. F. BROOKS,
135 Bay street.
Soda Fountain for Sale.
4 HANDSOME CRUSADER FOUNT,
A. Tuft's make, with Generator and Foun
tains, but little used and for sale cheap.
J. F. BROOKS,
135 Bay street.
ffctcrinarq
Dr. GEO. E. MATTHEWS, Veterinary
Surgeon, late of Long Island, N. V.
Veterinary Infirmary for I.ame and Sick
Horses, corner South Broad and Randolph
streets. All domestic animals scientifically
treated. I solicit a trial; on hand day and
night. Refer to Wm. Swoll, Thus. Bowden,
M. J. Doyle. D. Grimm and many others.
JFertitwrro.
Acid Phosphate
—AND—
K^IIVIT
For sale by
PERRY M. D’I.EON,
104 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
(rtirmiot.
J. H. PRATT,
ANALYTICAL CHEMIST,
Laboratory and Office, 101 Bay street, Savan
nah, Ga.
VXALYBT to Messrs. Hammond, Hull *
Cos.. Savaunali, Ga.; Messrs. Hume Bros.
& Cos. (limited), Beaufort, S. C.; The Savan
nah Guano Cos., Savannah.
{Uatriiro aitO 3rnirlrtj.
i have constantly on hand an
ELEGANT LINE OF
Solid Gold Jewelry
SOCIETY BADGES !
Mich as Masonic, Odd Follow, K. of P., K. of
U. K., K. of H., A. L. of 11., A. O. V. W„ K. of
W. M., X. A. T. 8., Engineers, Firemen,
Printers, etc.
A gent for Waltham Watches. All styles
and sizes always on hand.
H. MEYER.
120 BROUGHTON STREET.
|sl itlre.
FOR SAIaE. ~
FIRST CLASS YOUNG
l O thoroughly acclimated and
fine condition. Apply to J. E. MO
RAN. 104 Bay street, or New street.
near West Broad.
Mules for Sale.
lYty aro now offering for sale 50 head of
V V first-class MULES, thoroughly acclima
ted and warranted sound. Can be seen at
Dr. Cox’s Stables, West Broad street, or at our
lot corner Farm and Margaret streets. Office
at A. A. Winn’s, 98 Bay street.
RYALS A HEIDT.
Crurprultiic (Tnolo.
Turpentine Axes, Hackers,
TRUSS HOOPS, HOOP IROX,
AND ALL TURPENTINE SUPPLIES. FOR
SALE BY
WEED & CORNWELL.
INmtottai.
T>KRSOHAL.— Cheapest Variety Store.
X Frames. Pictures and Musical Instru
ment l and Pictures framed without charge.
NATHAN BROS., 186 Congress street, Savan
nah. Ga.
MONEY LOANED on personal property. A
large assortment of unredeemed Gold
and Silver Watches, and other Jewelry for
sale verr cheap at Licensed Pawnbroker
House, 187 Congress street. E. MUHLBEKG.
Manager. N. B.—Highest prices paid for old
gold and silver.
pERSONAL.— Clement Sansey, 147 St. Julian
street, buys Old Gold and Silver for cash;
lends money on personal
Rm. rieves,
• Real Estate and Collecting Agent,
76 Bay street. Savannah. Ga.
Personal attention to renting,repairs, collec
tions.
lUantriJ.
\V ANTED.—A competent German lady
seamstress or light chamber work and seam
stress Apply at OELSCHIG & MEYER,
Florists, Lovers’ Lane.
TIT ANTED, an intelligent lad (white) from
D IS to 20 years, for office and outside
work. Call to-day between i2 and 1 at 56
Barnard street.
TYTANTED TO BORROW, for a client,
V 53,000. Time one year or longer. For
particulars apply to J. L. WHATLEY, 10i
Bay street.
w ANTED, a small colored boy or girl.
Apply at 72 Liberty street.
LADIES or young men in city or country
to take nice, light and pleasant work at
their own homes; $2 to $5 a day easily and
quietly made; work sent by mail; no canvass
ing; no stamp for replv. Please address RE
LIABLE MAX’F’G CO., Philadelphia, Pa.,
drawer TT.
W” ANT ED, fifteen good coopers to make
v v spirit barrels. Apply to CHESS-CAR -
I.EY COMPANY.
1U ANTED, Loan Association Stock, South
Mechanics, Pulaski, Railroad, Savannah. R.
B. REPPARD,7O Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
lI’AXTED, men and women to start anew
It business at their homes, easily learned
in an hour. No peddling; 10c. to 500. an hour
made daytime or evening. Send 10c. for 20
samples to commence work on. Address H.
G. FAY, Rutland, Vermont.
YU'ANTED, twelve lively babies every day
ard babies photographed “quick as a wink” by
the only instantaneous photographer,
HAVENS
for Rrnt.
TO RENT, a two-storv brick house, corner
Barnard and Gordon lane. Inquire 12
Jefferson street.
FOR RENT, the store 173 Congress street;
the beat place in the city for a grocery or
any business. Inquire 140 Congress street.
FOR RENT, a desirable store on Bay street.
Apply to ED. F. XEUFVILLB, Real
Estate and Insurance Agont, 2 Commercial
Building.
rjMJR RENT, two large connecting rooms,
with bath and gas on second floor. Applv
toTHOS. HENDERSON, 133 York street.
TT'OIt RENT, a house of five rooms, cxclu
-1 eive of kitchen and bath room; possession
given March 4th; rent S2O per month. C. H.
DOKSETT.
FOR RENT, two large and desirable con
necting rooms on first floor in Lyons’
Block.
TT'OR KENT, a three-story building, with
1 store; SSO per month. Apply to J. H.
RUWE, No. 75 bay street.
I[?OR RENT OR SALE, homes at SEVEN
TY-FIVE CENTS a month. Apply to
DR. L. A. FALLIGAXT.
for JSalr.
J UST arrived and for sale, car load of
HORSES and MULES, and must be closed
out at once, at Dr. COX’S SALE STABLE.
TT'OR SALE, three small houses; a Rood in-
F vestment. For particulars apply to J. L.
WHATLEY, 105 Bay street.
JpOR SALE, one of Bates' full size ELEVA
TORS. 'Apply at
109 Bay street.
17*011 SALE OR LEASE, a manufactory e<s
-1 tablisbed in paying business;
would not lease for than’s or 10 years.
For particulars address MANUFACTURER,
P. O. city.
jßoavdmg.
TYOAKDING.—PIeasant frout rooms, with
1> board. convenient to the business part of
the city. 163 York street,
(fxrm-oiono.
Mardi Gras Carnival
AT NEW ORLEANS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 188*.
Savannah. Florida & Western H'v C 0.,,
Passenger Department, t
Savannah, Ga„ Feb. 11, 188$. >
r r , HE display this year promises to be the
1 grandest and most magnitleent ever be
fore attempted.
Excursion Tickets
—TO—
NEW ORLEANS
Will be placed on sale at the different ticket
offices of the SAVANNAH, FLORIDA
AND WESTERN RAILWAY CO.
at the low price oi
S2O 85 for the Round Trip.
Sale of tickets will begin February 29 and
end February 25, and will be good to return
until March 10. JAS. L. TAYLOR.
General Passenger Agent.
Central R. R. and Banking Cos. of Ga.,,
General Passenger Department, [
Savannah, Ga., Feb. W, 1884. >
EXCURSION :
The Mardi Gras Carnival
OF 18gT,
AT NEW ORLEANS,
Is Expeeted to Eclipse in Grandeur
and Elegance all Former Displays.
r PHE Central Railroad will sell Excursion
-I Tickets from Savannah, commencing Feb
ruary 20th and until 24th, inclusive, good to
return until March 10th, inclusive, at
s*2o 85 FOR THE ROUND TRIP
TUESDAY, February 26, will be the Carni
val day. G. A. WniTEHEAD,
General Passenger Agent.
Suburban JJailroaOo.
City and Suburban R'y
Office City and Suburban Railway,/
Savannah, Jan. 19, 1884. t
ON and after SUNDAY. 20th inst., the fol
lowing schedule will be observed on the
Suburban line:
MONDAY, WKDXKSDA Y AXD~TkIDaT'.
OUT W'D, | INWARD.
LEAVE I ARRIVE j LEAVE i LEAVE
CITY. | CITY. ISLE HOPE! MONTG’RIb
3:25P. M. 8:40 A. M.i 8:15 A. m. 7:4S IT K.
6:40 P. M. 6:09 P. M.! 5:30 F. M. 5:00 P. M.
XIIKSDAY AND THURSDAY.
OUT W’D. | INWARD.
LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE LEAVE
CITY. CITY. | ISLE HOPE; MOSTG'RV.
10:25a.m. 8:40 a.m. 8:15 a. m. 7:40T. m.
6:40 r. u. 4:00 P.M. 8:30 p. m. 3:00 r m.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.”
OUT W'D., INWARD. ~~
LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE | LEAVE
CITY. CITY. ISLE HOPE. MONTG'KY.
10:25a.M. 8:40 A. M. 8:15 A. M. 7:45 A. M.
*3:25 PM. 2:20 P M. 1:50 P. M. 1:20 P. M.
0:40 P.M. 6:00 k m.| 5:30 p. m. 5:0/ p. m.
•Sunday this is the last outward train.
J. 11. JOIfXSTOX. President.
ffonrnitootott Itlrrrljanto.
SAMUEL M. LAVVDER & SON,
Commission Merchants
FOR THE SALK OF
FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND FISH.
Special arrangements lor each in season.
88 S. CHARLES ST„ BALTIMORE, MU.
U. L. CHESNUTT,
Factor and Commission Merckm.
102 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA