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J ESTABLISHED 1850. {
| J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor. |
GEORGIA AXI) FLORIDA,
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Riot Over the Corpse of a Negro Woman
in Brooks—Two Laughable Instances
of Absent Mindeduess in Washinton
County Disastrous Explosion and
Fire at Macon.
GEORGIA.
Campbell county is to have anew jail, and
a hanging.
There are seventy-one telephones now in
use in Athens.
There is some talk about reorganizing the
Athens Guards.
James Hoge, of Macon, died at his home
Saturday morning.
Thirty vessels arrived at Brunswick during
the month of February.
Steps are Wing taken towards organizing a
i niversalist church in Athens.
The cotton seed oil mills at Columbus run
night and day withoi t interruption.
Trees were blown down and a cow killed by
a wind storm at Lithonia Wednesday.
Athens’ City Coined has contracted with
the gas company for 150 more lamp |K>sts.
X. L. Redd, a well known politician and
military man of Columbus, died .Saturday.
A Schley county man recently killed a beef
from which he got 49 pounds of clear tallow.
A negrcss who stole $3O from an Augusta
minister was arrested while spending it in a
store.
J. X. Moore, of Milledgeville, has sold his
resilience to the Methodists for a circuit par
sonage.
The work of rebuilding the burned district
at Milledgeville with brick has been com
menced.
There is an old Indian battle ground near
Toccoa Kails that is strew n with bullets and
arrow-heads.
At Athens April 1 the dog law will go into
effect. All dogs found on the street without
a collar will be shot.
It is denied that Rev. I’. * . Morton i.- mis
sionary evangelist for tin- Presbyterian
Church in Northeast Georgia.
A Spring Place man will take the mail be
tween Dalton and that point, and run a hack
and express line, after July.
interest in the proposed line of steamers
from Brunswick to Darien is unflagging.
Over half of the stock is reported pledged.
.several of the villages in the State are giv
ing evidence of their taste Tor the beautiful
by planting shade trees along their streets.
The Savannah river was 24 feet high at
Augusta at S o’clock Saturday night and
rising very slowly. No damage is reported.
Brunswick will be represented In Mavor
Crovatt at the meeting of the southern Immi
gration Association, at Nashville this week.
Mrs. K. D. Alfriend. of Sparta, the second
youngest of Ili hop Pierce’s daughters, died
Friday night. The funeral occurred Satur
day.
Mr. Thomas, the young man who was so se
verely cut in Greenville during the first week
of court, is doing well and will soon be coma
leseent.
The accommodation train on the East Ten
nessee road was water liound at Dalton t riday
night, and could not leave until Saturday
morning.
The stopping up of a gas-pipe at the works
left Columbus in darkness Friday night.
Stores closed at du-h and great inconvenience
w;ts caused generally.
At Rome the store of R. T. Conallv was
burglarized Friday night, and thirty dollars
worth of shoes stolen. The burglars entered
through the front window.
Postmaster S. M. Griffin, of (Juitman, has
purchased the Allen House in that village for
?s.yoo. The sale includes furniture of ail
kinds, horses, carriages, etc.
Ir. J. C. Drake, of Thomaston, accidentally
cut off the end of one of his lingers last Sunday
morning while chopping some rough food for
liis horse with a feed cutter.
There are now 10 prisoners in the DeKalb
jail. < tne is under sentence for murder, 2 for
seduction, 5 for larceny, l for poisoning, and
1 for carrying concealed weapons.
M. i . Reynolds, of Rome, while hunting
Saturday, accidentally shot himself in the
hand, injuring it severely and necessitating
the amputation of three lingers.
At Xewnan a horse belonging to Wvatt
Saxon ran against a piece of timber in fi-ont
of the Bapii-t Church la-t Friday. It struck
him in the head, killiug hint instantly.
I'pon her marriage to Frank Ledbetter
Miss Cornelia Gresham resigned her po.-ition
as Postmistress of Greenville, and Young A.
Greeliam has been appointed her successor.
There is a prisoner in the jail at Lumpkin
who is trying to starve him-elf to death. He
was locked up on Thursday of last week, and
has persistently refused to eat anything ever
since.
The iKJ.-'t ollici* at Nance’s, Muscogee county,
has been discontinued by request, as its pa
tronage was so small that no one was willing
to be postmaster. A post office lias been
opened at Fprtson’s, further up the road.
The oat*cropof Meriwether county is slightly
injured by the late freeze, t orn planting will
begin soon. Farmers are improving every
favorable moment in preparing forthecoining
crops.
The Citv t ouneil of Brunswick are divided
on the question of dividing the city into ilrc
wards. At the meeting it was decided not to
take a census at present aud not to purchase
a town clock.
Next Tuesday the people of Glynn county
are to vote for a Sheriff to till the vacancy oc
casioned by the resignation of .Jacob 1..
Beach. There is but one candidate, .Joseph
E. Lambriglit.
Thornton Wheatley, Treasurer of Empire
Council 92. Americus Eegion of Honor, re
ceived on last Saturday a check for $5,000, in
surance on the life of Col. F. K. Burke, who
was a member of that order.
.J. 11. Addington's blacksmith shop at t lay
ton was burned Friday. The lire was caused
by some charcoal which had just been put in
from the kiln. It is thought' that there was
lire in the coal. All the tools were destroyed.
The Baptist Church at Thotnaston. in con
ference lu-t Saturday, called Uev. Mr. Pick
ard, a student of Mercer Eniversitv, to serve
the church as pastor for the present vear, and
a committee was appointed to notify him of
the election.
The Richmond ease for an injunction against
the collection of the tax for school purposes
recently decided by .Judge Pottle against the
application, has been appealed to the Supreme
Court, and will come up for hearing some
time this month.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Mus
cogee Manufacturing Company at Columbus
Friday, a dividend of 7 per cent, was de
clared out of the earnings of the past year.
per cent, payable on the Ist of April and 4
percent, payable on the Ist of October.
The Athens Banner says: “A breach of
promise suit is on the tapis m our city, which
threatens rich developments. We have seen
one of the letters written by the female end
of the suit, which reads as follows: "I’lav or
pay. My affections come high—wedded bliss
or $5,000 in cash.”
The wind blew a storm at W. 11. Keller’s
house, two miles east of Greenville, Wednes
day night of last week. Trees were uprooted
in the yard and grove, tluMop of the smoke
house "carried off, and all the chimneys of the
dwelling blown down. Considerable "damage
was done to fencing.
Sheriff Hunter, of Decatur, returned home
a few days ago from North Alabama with
Tlios. Mitchell, who was under bond loapjiear
for trial for seduction. Mitchell had forfeited
his bond and was arrested at the instigation
of his bondsmen. He is now in the county
jail. His wife returned with him.
“Circumstantial Eviileuce, or True Through
a Bitter struggle." is the name of a story of
detective life, publication of which will liegin
in the Conyers Solid South March 15 and con
tinue twelve weeks. The fact that the Solid
South will publish it is sufficient guarantee of
the merits of the serial.
The Brunswick Riflemen are goiug to have
an armory. A lot on Newcastle street, be
yond the jail, has been purchased for their ar
mory from George Chandler. Ksq. The price
paid was 500. The lot is 59x91 foot. A i■Car
ter of incorporation will he obtained, and the
property will belong to those who subscribe
for stock.
The Quitman Free Preen says: “A riot over
the corpse of a colored woman occurred at
Monument Church on Sunday last. The
friends anti relatives were divided in their
church relations, some being Baptists and
some Methodists. The tide of battle turned
in favor of the Methodists, and she was Anally
laid at rest l>v that denomination.”
Tlic Meriwether Count;/ Vindicator says:
“(.’apt. A. 11. Freeman, who shared his bed
blankets with Gov. McDaniel at Johnson’s
Island during their long conlinemcnt as
prisoners of war, is fully competent to dis
charge any office within the Governor’s gift;
yet, strange to tell, Capt Freeman has never
asked his old comrade for a single odiciat
crumb. Such unselfish friendship is unparal
leled.”
The Hamilton Journal says: “There is on
the mountain near Blue Spriug.in this county,
a great curiosity in a tree that has two trunks
ami one head. The trunks are eight feet
apart at the ground, are fourteen or eighteen
inches each in diameter, and run up
parallel for perhaps twenty feet. They then
come together, lap over each other anil then
come together again and form one head.
Their trunks look like the ligure s, and their
head shows a perfect natural graft.”
The Washington Gazette says: “A dosper
rate negro named Abe Hill was killed on Major
R. M. Willis’ plantation, in this county, yes
terday, by another negro named Jake Brad
lord." Abe had whipped his wife, and she ran
off and went to Jake’s house. He then fol
lowed his wife and, entering Jake's house,
a difficulty with him. He attacked
”ake with an ax. when the latter took his
shot-gun and blew Abe’s brains out. The
killing is pronounced justifiable bv all who
know anything aliout it. Jake is at home, but
has not been arrested.”
‘fhe Darien Gazette savs: “During the
month of February there arrived in Darien
from the up country 462 rafts of square tim
ber. measuring 10.u57.519 feet: 119 rafts of
scab timber, measuring 2,025,631 feet, and6
sawn rafts, measuring 101,900 feet. Total feet
12,275,080. The above timber passed through
the inspectors' hands, and does not include the
millions of feet of timber that goes down the
Altamaha to St. Simon's, nor the large man
lier of sawn rafts that pass down the river
without going through the liandsof our in
spectors.”
Among a collection of short paragraphs
under the caption, “Rumor Has It,” the
Darien Gazette prints the following: “That
Collector Tomlinson F. Johnson, of the Sa
vannah custom house, is the coming roan for
the Republican Congressional nomination in
yhis district.—That Sam Morse, a well-known
vylored wan of Savannah, was in Darien
v j t •;> • y . SJC JH'Sj v.v-s
Savanna!) |§|flmins Mms,
during the week booming the Hon. Tomlinson
r . Johnson, of that city, for Congress. It is
?f U T’? nv i*t. °Rinion, publicly expressed, that
if Tom Johnson stands for Congress in this
district he will he hard to beat.”
The M arrenton Clipper says that there was
a gentleman in Warrenton one day last week,
a resident of Glascock county, who is doubt
less the worst burnt person to he alive on
record. He was burning off anew ground on
Ins farm last year, and from over-heat or
some other cause, fell in a fit by the side of a
burning log heap. While in this unconscious
condition one of his lege was entirely burnt off
between the ankle and knee, and up to the
knee joint every particle of the flesh was
burned away, leaving the bone perfectly
naked. The ’ leaders of the other leg were
burnt to a crisp, and between the knee and
foot the scarred skin clings tightly to the
hone. Notwithstanding his misfortune, how
ever. he contrives to make an honest living by
drawing shingles.
Rome’s evening Bulletin of Friday says:
••Mr. Gibbons lives about a half mile
on the other side of six Mile Station, and a
fe w minutes before the storm lie said a slight
w ind passed over his house, and there was
nothing unusual in it. Finally he heard *
wind blowing and an uncommon noise and
went to his door to see what it was, and he
noticed a peculiar funnel-shaped cloud or
smoke, which, he says, was quite light and
transparent and moving slowly. The front
part of the cloud was about the size of a half
bushel and was a regular whirlwind. The
course of the cyclone was east, and the path
was aliout forty feet wide. The trees were
twisted off and look as if a set of axmen had
been employed to clean it out. N’o one was
hurt, no cattle killed, and so far as heard no
damage done except to timber and fence.”
The Washington Gazette, of this week, had
tlie following: -A few days ago Mr. Gorham,
foreman in Mr. C. E. .Smith’s machine shops,
went down to the de|K>t and bought a ticket
to Crawfordville. Just before the time for
the train to leave he became very much inter
ested in the bumper and coupling of a ear
that was standing outlie track, viewing the
coupling with ail eye to improvement. In
making the examination he liecame so com
pletely absorbed that he was oblivious to
everything else around him. Finally he
thought of the train, and turning round saw
it several hundred yards down the track and
entirely out of liis reach, lie took it calmly,
and returned to town with his valise in Ins
hand and liis ticket in his pocket. Mr. Gor
ham several years ago invented a saw with a
foot rule on the back of it, aud realized twelve
thousand dollars for liis patent.”
Mrs. Bellemv, of Macon, is suing the Cin
cinnati. Now Orleans and Texas Railroad for
*l.anil in the course of her legal warfare
ti.i- attached seven ears of the company in the
J entral s yards at Macon. The ears are
loaded with freight for parties on tlie Central
Road below Macon, Much inconvenience
w ill arise, and perhaps damage law suits fol
low. \\ hen ftaitiff .Jones attached the cars
Agent Knapp, of the Central Road, informed
the bailiff mat lie must lake thecarsoff the
track, as the Central bad no silling to accom
modate them. Attorney Rutherford in
structed Bailiff Jones to inform Agent Knapp
that the i entral Road would be held respon
sible for the Cincinnati ears not to leave Ma
con. Thus the matter stands at present.
Mi s. Bulletin gives bond in the sum of $30,000
to hold the Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific against loss in the attached ears
pending result of her suit for damages.
A terrific explosion awakened Macon
at 1:15 o’clock Saturday morning. Fire had
broken out in Wm. Sheitall’s grocery store,
and communicating to twelve barrels of
whisky had caused the cannon-like report,
amt broke down the walls of the store ami
threw bricks and mortar twenty, fifty aud a
hundred yards ami into the river. The rear
walls of the store in falling fell upon the
house of Patrick Payton, breaking the roof
and doing damage to the amount of $5O, which
is covered l>y insurance. Immediately alter
the noise of the explosion the store was
enveloped in flames and the building,
with all its contents, were rapidly destroyed.
Mr. > lief tall valued his stock at $9,000. He
has insurance of $5,000; *4OO was left in the
safe when Mr. Slieftall loit the store for the
night. One report says that this money was
not found after the fire, aud robbery and in
cendiarism are insinuated. In its account of
Ihe tire the /V le-jrujth and Btexeii'jer says:
“One theory is that a lamp was turned over
in some way and was communicated to the
kerosene oil barrel. Another is that a can of
powder exploded. The clerk left the store at
lo::!o o’clock, though some say there were per
'°i>s in the store at 12 o’clock. The corner
seems to lie in bad luck. On the 24tli of April,
isnl, the old building known as ”7K’ wasde
stroyed by tire, and in January last a lire oc
curred very mysteriously in a lot of bran, and
a big hole in the floor was burned. There is
another mvstery aliout the store. Two men
are in jail now for robbing it, and vet Mr.
'hefiall nor liis clerks have any know ledge of
such aii occurrence. One of the prisoners,
• harlie Trippe.toid on his companion. explain
ed how he went in with a kev and stole some
bants, whisky and other things. As Trippe
was a Cincinnati negro and somewhat of a
stranger, lie was taken in the custody of an
officer and carried to Sheftail’s store, which
be swore was the house they robbed. The
hams were found in the house of his compan
ion. Nothing was missed from the store, and
it is denied that the thieves went into the
house. It cost Mr. O’Connell $2,2u0 to put up
•he building, and it was insured for $1,250.
Ihe upper story was not occupied. The loss
falls heavily on Mr. Slieftall, w ho is a young
man jusi starting in life. Ten years ago he
-old the Telegraph and Vesseiit/er on the
streets. Full of vim and enterprise, he soon
saved up enough money to start himself in
business, and was very successful."
l I.OKIDA.
Palatka’s city undertaker is a lady.
Quad are reported as numerous at Orange
Lake.
Mrs. L. X. Walker is doing well with her
school m Brooksvillc.
The Union Sunday school at Waldo has
reached 100 iu number.
ork is steadily going on in the improve
ments of streets at Waldo.
There is but one cat in Bav l'ort. Rats hold
high carnival in consequence.
Miller A \\ ilsou have their saw-mill iu op
eration again at Floral City.
Some truck farmers will begin to ship vege
tables from Waldo next week.
Over 300 acres are under cultivation in
vegetables in and around Oeala.
Bay Port people are clamoring for a hack
line between there ami Brooksvillc.
Mr. Roberts lias taken the contract to Imild
the Presbyterian Church at Waldo.
A move is on foot to build a Methodist
church and parsonage at Floral City.
Hernando's Board of County Commissioners
holds its regular monthly meeting to-day.
Tax Assessor Winges, will lie in Waldo on
the 28th for the purpose of assessing taxes.
At Bay Port oranges are brought iu by the
wagon load, and sell readily for Pj cents
apiece.
Orange trees in and around Brooksvillc
have put on a heavy eroji of blooms this
spying.
A large panther was seen a few days ago
near Maj. Parsons' gardens up tlie river from
Bay Port.
Dr. liill, of Trenton, Tenn., lias purchased
property in Floral City and will become a
citizen.
The schooner “Angelina,” now at Bay Port,
barely escaped being capsized during the
last heavy gale.
Some unknown party broke into Price’s
store at Orange l.ake station Fridav night
and made away with SSO
At Whitesville tlie supply of home made
corn and fodder is exhausted, and importa
tion is the order of the day.
Large quantities of tine fish are caught at
Bay Port daily. Someone lias contracted to
furnish Brooksvillc with fish.
Ninety-seven thousand live hundred dollars
worth of real estate lias changed hands in
Marion eonnty since January 1, lsß4.
Waldo's Baptist Church is now brilliantly
lighted nuriug the evening service bv a hand
some chandelier and improved lamps.
Tlie angler now enjoys the s|ort of fishing
in Lake Alto. Large strings of bass reward
him for the time ana trouble expended.
-Mr. Robert Sumner.of Fort Dade, is experi
menting with alfalfa or lucerne. He is sat
isfied that it will do well iu this country.
The first quarterly conference of the Brooks
ville circuit will be belli on the 15th and 16tli
of this month. Kev. Mr. Tomkies will pre
side and preach.
Tlie plan for Orange Lake's new Episcopal
( liurcli is finished and submitted to the vestry.
Mr. Taylor, the architect, will commence
work in’a few days.
The steam saw mill which W. A. Duval, of
Floral City, ordered some time ago, lias ar
rived at the Oeala depot. It will be put in
operation without delay.
Tlie public schools of Hernando county are
closing out their four months' term for 1833-84.
The attendance and number of schools in
operation are unusually large.
Mr. Wilks, the builder, has just finished the
new warehouse of Ranlcrson A Ambrose, at
Waldo. The cottages of Messrs. Kennard
and Roberts will soon lie completed.
Orange avenue, of Floral City, lias been ex
tended through the heart of Duval Island,
and lots of from three to five acres are located
along the avenue and are now offered forsale.
It. W. Campbell, who paid $750 for the cele
brated Foi l Harley orange tree, which is re
puted to be the largest iu the world, is caring
for it so carefully that it gives evidence of
new life.
1 he editor of the Brooksville Crescent never
lets a good local item escape mention, one of
the facts which has beeu instrumental in
gaining for his paper such w idespread liopu
lanty. * 1
Maj. i arsons thinks it will be necessary to
run au iron pier out to deep water when the
railroad is completed to Bav Port. The Major
is putting a number of bath' houses in position
in preparation for the coining season. •
It is iu contemplation by Mr. Lespiuasse of
Brooksville, ami others to develop the rich
resources of the Wieknwachee river section.
They intend to build up the spring, clean out
aud'navigate witli small steamers tlie river,
and plant the rich lands along its banks in
market gardens.
The Brooksville Crescent savs: “Maj. E.
Saulsbury, of New York, recently purchased
the Wesley Baker place, on the Withlacoo
chee river, from Russell A Turnbull, upon
which he intends to erect a magnificent hotel
and other valuable improvements. He ex
pects to settle quite a number of wealthy New
Yorkers around him.'*
Tuesday John Jackson, a peaceable citizen
of Washington county, while cutting down a
tree near his home, was shot down by J. Dan
le'.s, who slipped up behind him'and fired
upon him with a gun twice and then pursued
turn, discharging six or seven pistol shots.
Jackson lived long enough to tell all
about the matter and identified the party.
Jiu kson s mother saw Daniels firing tlie pis-
COL E. B. CASH CAPTURED.
HIS MURDEROUS SOX STILL AT
LARGE. HOWEVER.
A Posse Thirteen Strong Surround the
Old Duelist's House Before Daybreak
and Take Him Unawares—The Son
Escapes from an Outhouse to the
Swamps—Xo Fight Made by the Colonel
and Not a Shot Fired—The Posse Still
on Duty.
Columbia, S. €., March 9.— Last night
a posse of 12 armed men commanded by
Chief State Constable Richbourg, left this
place under orders from the Governor to
proceed to Chesterfield county and cap
ture AY. B. Cash, who shot and killed W.
H. Richards, Town Marshal of Cberaw,
and whom the Governor had proclaimed a
fugitive from justice. The posse arrived
at Cash’s place early this morning, and
at once surrounded the house. Col. E. B.
Cash, the father of the fugitive,was taken
into custody.
BOGAN’S ESCAPE.
In the meantime Bogan Cash, who had
been sleeping in an out house on the
premises, effected his escape to the sur
rounding swamps, which are now being
searched for the fugitive.
K. 15. Cash, on discovering the picket at
daylight, armed himself and tried' to
•escape, hut encountered one of the posse,
who brought his rifle to bear on him and
compelled him to drop his weapons.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Charleston, March 9, 11:30 r. m.—
The following is another account of Col.
Cash's capture: Under special instruc
tions from Gov. Thompson State Consta
ble R. X. Richbourg, with twelve picked
men armed with Springfield rifles, left
Columbia at midnight last night and ar
rived at Florence at 3:30 o’clock
this morning. They were met
there by Sheriff Cole, oi Darling
ton, and took a special train for
Cash’s Depot. The force reached a point
a mile below Cash’s depot at 5 o’clock in
tlie morning. Here the train stopped,
and the iorce disembarked and proceeded
up the track on foot to Cash’s house. Be
fore daylight the house was surrounded,
and the force waited lor light. About 6
o'clock Col. Cash, tho elder, rose, found
that the pickets were about, armed him
self with a Winchester repeating rifle aipl
pistol, and tried to escape from the premi
ses.
COL. CASH’S CAPTURE.
He ran against John H. Pearson, one of
the sentinels, who presented his rifle de
manding his surrender. Col. Cash hesi
tated and Pearson sn.d:
“Drop your gun or I’ll shoot you in two
seconds.”
Col. Cash dropped his gun quickly. He
admitted having been taken completely
by surprise. When captured he was en
deavoring to make his way to a log house
where young Cash has been sleep
ing every night 9ince the murder.
The force closed in and searched old
Cash's house, but could find nothing of
Bogan Cash. A party started for the log
house, but when they were half way
there Cash, getting alarmed for his son’s
safety, made a proposition to go to the
log house if allowed to do so, and pledged
his honor that he would have his son sur
render within two hours. The proposi
tion was acceded to and the force was
recalled. Cash went and soon returned,
saying that his soil had left the house an
hour before, and that he did not know
where he was.
CASH’S TERMS REJECTED.
He offered, however, if the force would
withdraw that his son would surrender
before Wednesday. He stated that lie
only wanted to come off with flying colors,
that neither he nor his son desired to be
considered outlaws, but that he desired to
effect a capitulation on his own terms.
Bearing in mind the desire of Gov. Thomp
son that Cash should be captured rather
than he allowed to surrender. Chief Con
stable Richbourg declined these terms.
Col. Cash’s home was then surrounded by
a guard, with instructions to allow no
departure or arrival. Col. Cash’s pistols
and rifle were taken from him.
Cash protested bitterly against it, but
said that he yielded to force. Capt. Rich
boitrg, having determined to let uothing
prevent a most thorough search for voting
Cash, left most of his ■ men at the house
and at 9 o’clock proceeded to Che
raw to summon a larger posse with
which to enter the swamp and
track the fugitive. At Cheraw
about thirty additional men for the posse,
including a number of horsemen, were
obtained, and these scoured the country
around for miles during the evening, but
could find no trace of Bogan Cash. The
search will be resumed at daylight to
morrow and strong hopes are entertained
that the murderer will he taken. Col.
Cash was taken to Columbia to-night by
train, charged with complicity in his
son's crime.
THE SOUTH’S RAGING RIVERS.
Heavy Rains Carry Destruction Into
Virginia Again.
Petersburg, Va., March 9.—Heavy
rains fell iu various sections of Virginia
to-day. Here the rain was accompanied
by two separate thunder storms and con
siderable hail. The Appomattox river at
this point is very high and rapidly rising,
and it is feared that some of the county
bridges have been washed away. The
protracted spell of bad weather has
greatly retarded farming operations of all
kinds in this section of the State.
THE CREVASSE AT DAVIS’.
New Orleans, March 9.—The crevasse
at Davis’ plantation, fifteen miles above
this city, is increasing in width and the
water going through the gap is nearly
eight feet deep. The Texas Pacific and
Morgan's railroads are both submerged,
and half a dozen plantations will sustain
heavy losses unless the break is speedily
closed.
FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM.
Heart Disease* Vnexpectedly Takes Off
a Wealthy Lawyer.
New York, March 9. Charles N. Ko
maine, a retired lawyer of Petersburg,
Va., was found dead to-day in his room,
at No. 469 West Fifty-seventh street,
where he was temporarily residing. Mr.
Romaine was 58 years old and a native of
New York eity, where he practiced law
and retired fifteen years ago, alter having
amassed a fortune. He then went to live
at Petersburg, where he invested largely
in real estate. He came here occasionally
to look after real estate owned by him,
and he was here on such a visit when he
died. His death is supposed to be due to
heart disease.
A SCHOONER LEFT TO SINK.
Her Captain and Six Men Taken Off by a
Passing Steamer.
Baltimore, March 9.—The steamer
Ivanhoe (British), Capt. Fyfe, from Port
Morant, Jamaica, reports.that on March
6, at 7:30 o’clock at night, iu latitude
33:32 and longitude 75:17, she fell in
with the schooner M. A. Folsom, of
Bucksport, Me,, from Baltimore to
Charleston, 14 days out, with the loss of
boats, spars and sails, and sinking. She
took off Capt. Rose and six men, who
were in an exhausted condition from ex
posure and overwork at the pumps. When
they left the vessel the sea was breaking
over her. She brought the Captain and
crew to Baltimore.
DE LESS EPS ALL ALONE.
His Suez Convention to Fail of Ratifica
tion.
Paris, March 9. —The French share
holders of the Suez Canal Company will
hold a meeting to-morrow to protest
against the convention between M. de
Lesseps and the English shipowners. The
opposition to the convention is acquiring
such strength that the meeting of share
holders with M. de Lesseps, appointed
for Wednesday, is certain to refuse to
ratify the agreement. M. de Lesseps
threatens to consider the rejection of the
convention as a vote of censure upon his
policy, and if such action is taken to
withdraw from the management of the
canal.
BUREAU AND ROSS.
Betting About Even on To-day’s Acquat
ic Event in England.
London, March u.—Betting on the race
between Bubear, the English oarsman,
and Wallace lioss, of New Brunswick,
which takes place to-mofrow, is now
even. The backers of Bubear are confi
dent of his success, on the grounds that
he shows great improvement in his stvle
and exhibits increased staying power. ’
Plerola at Lima.
Lima, March 9.—Gen. Pierola has ar
rived here. He was met by a large con
course of Chilians, who urged the ratifi
cation of a treaty of peace.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1884.
COMPIE DE PARIS IX DANGER.
An Infernal Machine Addressed to Him
Intercepted at Lyons.
Paris, March 9.—Legitimist circles
here are excited over the reported plot to
assassinate the Compte de Paris. The re
port is based upon the fact that on Friday
last a package, handed in at the railway
parcel office at Lyons and addressed to
the Compte de Paris, at his hotel in the
Rue Varenne, Paris, was found
upon examination to contain an
infernal machine. The pack
age was oblong in shape, being
seventeen inches long and twelve wide.
The officials were led to examine it by
finding that the wrapping had become un
done. They found in it a flat metal box
containing a clock movement and a quan
tity of dynamite. The Compte was absent
from his Paris residence, having gone to
Cannes. Had the package reached its
destination and exploded the domestics
would have been the sutferers.
A DYNAMITE CARTRIDGE EXPLODES,
A cartridge filled with dynamite ex
ploded in the custom house at Leons to
day, mortally wounding an official.
MEETING OF ANARCHISTS.
At an anarchist meeting in this city to
day it was decided to maintain strict
secrecy concerning the preparations
which are being made l'or a monster
gathering of the adherents of anarchistic
views. It is believed, however, that the
18th inst. is the date fixed upon for the
proposed meeting-
RUSSIA AND GERMANY.
The Two Emperors to Meet at Darmstadt
In June
London, March 9. —An interview be
tween the Czar of Russia and the Ltnperor
William ©f Germany has been arranged to
take jilace in June at Darmstadt. The
Czar goes to Darmstadt to witness the
marriage of the Grand Duke Sergius to
the Princess Elizabeth of Hesse. The
conference will take place after the mar
riage ceremony. Thu presence *d the
Emperor of Austria and Hungary lias not
yet been decided. Prince Bismarck, M.
de Giers, the Russian Foreign Minister,
and Prince Orlof, the Russian Ambassa
dor at Berlin, will accompany their re
spective sovereigns, and the meeting will
result in a great diplomatic conference.
KEIFER-150YN TO N.
A Bail Showing for the Ex-Speaker's
Side of tlie Case.
It is often remarked, says a Washing
ton special, that Keifer’s constituents
have the idea that he is the victim of
some rascally newspaper men, and that
their devotion to him is rapidly in
creasing. If there be any truth in this,
the Ohio people have peculiar ideas of
morals. Keifer swore that he was not in
Boynton’s office on the night of March 1
last, aud six witnesses have sworn that
they saw him there. He swore that he
did not pay the board bill of one of his
witnesses, and it has been shown
that he furnished the money with which
that board account was' settled. Of
two witnesses whom he has brought for
ward to corroborate his original story
about Boynton’s attempt to corrupt him,
it has been shown that one has been in
dicted for burglary and the other has been
in prison for false personating, and is, or
has recently been, tlje keeper of a disrepu
table house. Of this latter (Elder), Kei
ler swore that he had only a casual ac
quaintance with him, and never recom
mended him for office, and didn’t know he
had a bad reputation. Brewster Cam
<yon has produced a note lrom Kei
fer introducing Elder as a man he
was well acquainted with, and relia
ble iu all respects, and it would be a per
sonal favor to Keifer if Cameron would
attend to him, and Cameron told Keifer
a l ter ward what Elder’s reputation was.
This is only a partial list of the instances
in which Keifer has betraved his consti
tutional repugnance to anything like the
truth. The Committee on Accounts has
been holding back its report that it might
not damage Ivoifer in the present triul,
for it has been Keifer, and not Bovu
ton, who was on trial from the
start. When that committee submits
its report of Keifer’s gross and un
blushing nepotism, complicated with lying
when questioned aliout it, and the Hop
kins committee submits its report of the
current investigation, Keifer will have a
public record that will be simply unri
valed among ex-Speakers of the House
from the foundation of the government,
and if his constituents return him to Con
gress next lull with an increased majori
ty, the missionary societies will have re
vealed to them the location of the most
benighted brethren in the world.
SOPHOMORES OUTWITTED.
The Freshmen of Cornell University
Have Tlieir Feast at Last.
The Sophomores of Cornell University,
who took possession of the Freshman
banquet last Friday evening and devoured
it, while the Freshmen fasted in ignor
ance of the cause of its non-arrival,say san
Ithaca special of the 7th inst. to the New
York World, made an effort to repeat
their game this evening. The ’B7 men
had ordered their second spread from a
Rochester caterer and tlie ’B6 men met
the train, as on the former occasion, at
Farmersvilie. They failed to secure the
stock of good things, however, and then
tried to bribe the brakeman and baggage
man to let them doctor the eatables ; hut
tins plau also failed. A few stations nearer
Ithaca a delegation of Freshmen was met
and a collision ensued, but without
serious result. At tlie station in Ithaca
the train was met by nearly the whole
Freshman class, and the Sophomores were
easily put to flight. To-night, however,
they attempted to raid the hall where the
banquet was in progress and a lively skir
mish ensued in which they were wo'rsted,
hut they manged to scatter something
very noisome about the room before
leaving. This in turn drove the Fresh
men temporarily from the building and
during tlieir absence an effort was made
to disconnect the gas meter. The police
were called in at this point and by their
aid the Freshmen were enabled to com
plete their least. Later they paraded the
streets with a brass band and kept up
their celebration till a late hour.
THE MORRISON BILL.
An Unsettled Parliamentary Point With
Regard to It.
Mr. Randall,savs a Washington special,
is credited with holding that when the
Morrison bill is in committee of the
whole for consideration a motion can be
made to strike out the enacting clause
which cannot be debated. It is certain,
however, that the bill will be debated if
it shall be taken up. Early iu the ses.
sion it will be recollected that Mr. llol
man ottered an amendment to the rules
that such a motion should take prece
dence ol all other motions and that it
should not be debated. When Mr.
Holman’s attention was called
to the effect that this rule
would have on the tariff bill, he
expressed his willingness to confiue its
operation to private bills. Mr. Randall,
it is understood, now holds that there is
no need for such a rule as that proposed
by Mr. Holman, hut that debate cau be
cutoff, as has been suggested. He will
find that he cannot accomplish his pur
pose to prevent discussion. Moreover, a
good many Republicans will oppose his
efforts. Kasson and some others who
want to vote for the bill desire debate in
order that they may explain their votes to
their constituents. It is certain that after
debate Mr. Randall’s fifty votes will melt
to about twenty. The hill will be reported
on Monday.
A VERY RICH MAN WANTED.
To Fill the Place Hade Vacant by tlie
Death of Minister Hunt.
The President, says a Washington spe
cial, is in no hurry about filling the Rus
sian mission. No written applications for
the office have been received at the White
House, but there are many distinguished
gentlemen who would willingly serve
their country at St. Petersburg. Minis
ter Francis, at Lisbon, would gladly be
transferred to a more important post.
Henry Sanford, of Blue Ribbon fame, for
merly Minister to Belgium, would not
refuse the Russian mission, and Mr.
Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia, it is
believed, could be persuaded to take the
place. It is desired to appoint some gen
tleman of reputation, possessed of suffi
cient means to perform the special du
ties expected of this representative to a
first-class power. M. De Struve, the
Russian Minister to Washington, who is
paid $30,000 a year by his government,
has entertained extensively, and it is only
natural that the President should desire
these social attentions repaid.
CONGRESS’ WEEK’S WORK.
POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION
STILL ON THE TAPIS.
Mr. Morrison’s Tariff' Bill and the In
dian Appropriation Bills Expected to
Reach the House To-dav—Special Or
ders in Plenty—The Mexican Treaty
in the Senate.
Washington, March 9.—ln the House
of Representatives to-morrow, after the
usual call of States for the introduction
of bills, consideration of the post office
appropriation bill will probably tie con
tinued.
Mr. Morrison intends to report to-morrow
from the Ways and Means Committee the
tariff bill agreed upon by the majority,
and the members of the Appropriation
Committee expect to report the Indian
appropriation bill.
The measure for the retirement and re
coinage of the trade dollar has been made
the special order in the House for Tues
day, and the Committee on Pacific Rail
roads has leave to call up from the calen
dar on Wednesday any hills that may
then have been perfected by the commit
tee relating to the Thurman sinking fund
act, or to amounts due from Pacific rail
roads for surveying and patenting lands.
The committee expects to complete to
morrow the bill on the former subject.
The bill to remove certain burdens on
the American merchant marine and to
encourage the American foreign carrying
trade has been made the special order for
Thursday. All special orders are liable,
however, to be pushed aside by the regu
lar annual appropriation bills or revenue
measures.
IN THE SENATE.
The first special order for the week in
the Senate is that of Tuesday at 2 o’clock,
when the House bill to regulate practice
in patent suits is entitled to consideration.
The Titz John Porter bill and Senator
Blair’s bill to aid in the establishment
and temporary support of common
schools, are both made special orders for
2 o’clock next Wednesday. The first
named measure will encounter strong op
position front General Logan and other
Republican Senators, but the prevalent
impression is that it will pass.
Ihe educational bill lias been much
commented upon by the press, and its
general features are well known. It is
possible that one or more of those special
orders will be set aside, giving place
temporarily to the Mexican treaty, which
will betaken up Monday, and considera
tion of which it is intended shall continue
until the final vote is reached. How long
this will require it is impossible to fore
tell. Some of the pronounced opponents
oi the treaty now concede the probability
of its ratification.
EFFECT OF 2-CENT POSTAGE.
A Great Decrease iu the Number of Pos
tal Cards Used Reported.
M ashington, March 9.—Since the in
troduction of two cent letter postage
there been an unexpected reduction in
the number of postal cards issued. For
five years the average annual increase in
the issue has been 14 per cent. Since
July Ist there has been an increase of 18
per cent, in the number of adhesive
stamps and 25 per cent, in the number of
stamped envelopes issued. During those
eight months the issue of postal cards
only reached 256,552,775 as againt
2b0,220,200 during the corresponding
period in the preceding year. Inconse
quence of the decreased demand for pos
tal cards, the Postmaster General has
sent a letter to the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, informing him that
estimates for the cost of manufacturing
cards during the next fiscal vear ntav be
reduced $35,000. The reason'assigned at
the department lor the decreased issue of
postal cards, is that many communica
tions formerly made by that means are
now made through letters.
STIRRING THEM UP.
Representative Henley Toltes Up the
•"i"'i* of yi„publican Cage.
Representative Henley, of California,
says a Washington special of the 6th to
the Courier-Journal, stirred up the Re
publican side to-day during the debate on
the naval bill by an expose of the methods
used against him by the Navy Depart
ment during the last campaign. He
averred that employes of the navy-yard at
Mare Island were compelled to go to a
certain table and secure their ballots be
fore going to the polls.
This brought Mr. Reed, of Maine, to his
feet, who asked if the men were murder*
ed lor not voting as they were instructed.
Representative Tullv, of California,
came to the rescue of his colleague with
the rejoinder: “No; but those who dis
obeyed orders were dischaiged.”
On the Democratic side this sally evoked
around ofliberal applause, during which
Mr. Reed sullenly subsided.
Continuing his remarks, Mr. Henley
charged Secretary Chandler with inspir
ing such a campaign method,and declared
that he was not a proper one to be in
trusted with money to build up a navy.
• here would be a renewal of the scenes
which marked the career of Secretary
Robeson, and jobbery and corruption
would again outrage decency.
In the short time allotted to him the
new member from the Pacific slope scored
a number of telling points against the
present administration of naval affairs,
and proved himself an able and readv de
bater.
THE PLEASANTON BILL.
The Occasion of the Opposition to the
Measure.
The House, greatly to the surprise of
many of Gen. Pleasanton’s friends, says a
Washington special of the 7th. recom
mitted the bill restoring Gen. Pleasanton
t° the retired list of the army to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, which action
is understood to he equivalent to its de
feat. It is thought that the opposition to
the bill was not on account of any partic
ular opposition to Gen. Pleasanton, but
to an alleged _ combination of interests
which it is claimed was the result of the
Fttz John Porter, Pleasanton and Grant
bills. It is thought the arrangement was
that the Fitz John Porter and Pleasanton
hills were to have been got through the
House before the bill placing Gen. Grant
on the retired list was to be pressed, and
that the friends of Porter and Pleasanton
were to help the Grant bill through in
turn for Grant’s aid to those bills. There
is considerable feeling against placing
Gen. Grant on the retired list on the Re
publican side of the House. It is held
that Grant now being a railroad presi
dent, the manager of several mining con
cerns and the holder of other offices, his
income is sufficiently large to prevent
him from asking the government to out
him on the retired list.
A HIT AT GEX. MEIGS.
Double Pay Not to lie Allowed to
Ketlred Officials.
It is understood that the amendment
placed on the naval appropriation bill
yesterday, says a Washington special of
the 7th, in the House preventing army
officers ranking above Major, and naval
officers above the grade of Commodore,
who are on the retired list, from drawing
pay from the government tor services per
formed in any civil position, was intended
to prevent Gen. M. C. Meigs from draw
ing pay as Supervising Architect of the
new Pension Office building. Gen. Mei !, s
now draws pay on the retired list of the
army with the rank of Major General. lie
lias also claimed a salary of $lO per day
for his services in supervising the con
struction of the new Pension Office build
ing. He drew both pays for some time,
and just now his second pay as architect
is being held up by the Treasury Depart
ment awaiting a decision by the’Attorney
General.
THE SILVER COINAGE QUESTION
A Plea for the Standard Dollar.
11l support of the memorial agreed on
to-day, says a New York special of the
7th, by the Chamber of Commerce, calling
on Congress to discontinue the coinage of
the silver dollar for at least two years,
and to cause the issue of $1 and $2 bills,
several speeches were made by members
of the chamber declaring against the issue
of depreciated money. Several members
of the chamber, including William 11.
Lyon and James B. Colgate, opposed the
memorial on the ground that silver has
always been a unit of value, and was not
universal money. Mr. Colgate said if
France and Germany should cease to coin
gold, silver would be at a premium. The
memorial was indorsed by a large ma
jority, and a committee was appointed to
submit it to Congress,
A LETTER FROM HENDRICKS.
The Ladies of Indiana Opposed to Mc-
Donald for President.
Governor Hendricks, who is now abroad,
but soon expected home, has written a
letter to a personal friend in this city,
says a New York special, which contains
a brief outline of his views on the politi
cal outlook.
Personally, it seems from this, he has
abandoned any idea oi bavins; his own
name considered by the convention. His
health, while better since his trip to
Europe, is by no means fully restored;
and, besides dreading the turmoil of a
campaign, he takes a practical view that,
with the Indiana Democracy divided be
tween two factions, it would be unadvisa
ble to take the candidate from that State,
and no reference was made to any person
al antagonism to the claims of Senator
McDonald, and no intimation that the ex-
Governor would oppose them in the slight
est way.
“But,” said the recipient of the letter,
“that would be altogether unnecessary,
because Mrs. Hendricks would not allow
Mr. McDonald if Mr. Hendricks would.
She has been frequently heard to say that
the ladies of Indiana would not allow r a
man like McDonald to be a candidate.
Just what this means 1 can not tell, but
Mrs. Hendricks is the head and front of
the anti-McDonald opposition, and the in
fluence of the Governor is by no means
dead in that State, and might be indirectly
exerted.”
Your correspondent asked whether the
Governor took a hopeful view of the
Democratic outlook.
“Exceedingly so, but with his usual
proviso. He speaks of the difficulties
labored under by one abroad, when trying
to keep abreast of the ever-shifting
phases of politics at home. But lroiii
what he can hear it seems to him that
the Democratic Congress should deport
itself with such caution in tariff matters
as not to alarm the high protectionists
into the belief that the whole structure
is threatened, and at the same time with
energy that the party is not afraid to
existing evils just because the Pennsyl
vanians cry ‘wolf.’
“While on this topic he refers to the im
mense difference between the general
knowledge on this subject at the present
day and in 1880—when It was suddenly
sprung, and is confident that the vast
amount of discussion since then all over
the country has been of immense benefit
to the Democracy.
“The Governor,” continued my authori
ty, “has always been stoutly opposed to
a revenue for protection far above all
pressing demands of the public service,
and does not hesitate to give it as his idea
that the proper course for the party now
is to reaffirm its old-time principles, for
the next campaign, with a bold onset on
monopolies, which have defied Congress
and the people, and with a dignified, con
servative, but compact attack on the ini
quities of extreme protection, and the
consequent unnecessary and unpopular
surplus.”
STUDENT DUELS.
Tlie Brutal Combats Carried Oil in the
Universities of Germany.
In a letter to the Saratogian Dr. W.
Stillman describes the student duels of
Germany. There are, he writes, three
kinds of duels known to German students.
One is called the American duel, another
is the “sable mensur” and the third is the
ordinary mensur, in which ail the person
is protected except the face and head,
which are pecked away at with a small
flexible blade. The eyes are sate behind
iron spectacles, and there is really' almost
no danger. In the first kind one must
die. Lots are thrown, and one must de
stroy himself. In the second the danger
is midway letween the two others. Three
of the principal arteries on either side of
the body are protected, likewise the eyes,
but the chest, arms, head and face are’left
to the mercy of the heavy, villainous
looking sabre. One blow through the un
protected heart and a man’s dueling days
would terminate. The different kinds of
dueling represent as many grades of in
sults. To call a tellow-student an “igno
ramus” is all that is required to demand
the second kind. The first is largely re
served to settle precedence in love affairs,
though of course the maiden never mar
ries the survivor. 1 was invited to attend
a “sable mensur” recently in Berlin, as a
guest of one of the corps.' Taking the ele
vated road to the outskirts of the city, we
found the clans assembled in a quiet “bier
local” on a great square. Representatives
ot all the student corjrs in the university
were there—red caps, blue caps, green
caps and black caps. Our arrival was
none too early, for no sooner had our
coats been laid aside than the assembled
students and guests solemnly arose, took
their beer mugs in their hand, and filed in
stately procession past the bar and into
the long adjacent room, called by courtesy
“a hall,” which is hired by the corps to
gether for dueling purposes. It was
patriotically decorated with German flags
on the walls, and pugilistically with saw--
dust on the floor, which had been cleared.
At either end of the room was a stalwart
young gladiator, with Teutonic features,
preparing for the contest. On the chairs,
close at hand, were lint, surgical instru
ments and sponges. Around were medi
cal students, seconds, officials, sympa
thizers, and on-lookers. Everyone was
expectant, aud the garcons passed around
the beer.
Presently the combatants were brought
up facing one another, their sword-arms
held aloft by attendants. The seconds
took their places and the blue cap was re
moved from the head of the tall studentwho
looked mad, and the red cap from the
head of the pale student who looked calm.
They were dressed only in shirts, trous
ers and shoes, and stood in position with
one hand held behind. The points of the
duelists were discussed and the gareons
passed around the beer.
Everything was ready. The sabres
were crossed, the word was given and the
seconds cried ‘doose.” The blades
flashed; there was a succession of clashes
and a vigorous whirling of sharp steel
through the air. Suddenly a loud cry of
“halt” was given. There 'is a pause, and
the student who looked mad has lost a
piece of his skin and shirt-sleeve to
gether. A surgeon stanches the flow of
blood and the gareons pass around the
beer.
With the same formalities the contest
bjgins. The atmosphere is cut into many
giblets. The pale student puts the most
science—his antagonist the most force—
into his blows. The former is cool and
clever—the blood of the latter is mount
ing. The fencing is done with increased
energy. Again a shout. They stop. The
pale man has a scratch on his right cheek
—the tall man is losing some of his angry
blood from a deep cut in the left side of
his face. Again more sponging—this
time longer—and again more beer. This
sort of thing must be kept up fifteen min
utes, actual fighting time, or till one is
killed or disabled. On the whole I had
rather see an amateur dog-fight. Again
they are at it, still more earnestly. Again
the blue cap gets a gash, and his shirt
front is covered with blood.
This is not serious enough to stop the
brutal nonsense, and the final bout is be
gun. The sabre of the pale student re
volves with the speed and precision of a
fly-wheel. They come so close that the
hilts of the swords hit. The tall man is
angry and in pain—the other steady and
watchful. Suddenly there is a horrible
moment when the sabres miss the contact
and sweep hissing through the air, and
you expect to see a head decapitated. A
step forward. A shout. The seconds
knock the blades up. The head of the tall
man drops upon bis chest, and shows a
ghastly gash through scalp and forehead,
and the blood trickles down upon the
sawdust. Someone cries “funf minuten,”
and the “sable mensur” is at an end.
You heave a sigh or relief, and are thank
ful that no one was killed outright, and
the garcon passes round the beer.
THE MEXICAN TREATY.
Its Consideration Delayed by a Lunch
Party.
The Senate was to have taken up the
Mexican treaty to-day, says a Washington
special ol the Oth, and word to that effect
was passed around among the Senators
yesterday, but when the Senate went into
executive session for that purpose this
afternoon, the friends of the treatv found
they were not ready to proceed, and the
matter was postponed till Monday. It
seems to be uncertain what the result
will be, but the friends of the treaty are
quite hopeful of getting the vote. One of
the reasons why the treaty was not con
sidered to-day was that Senator Bayard,
one of the warmest advocates of the treaty,
was in his committee room giving a lunch
to Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terrv.
Senator Bayard was assisted by Perry
Belmont and some other gentlemen in en
tertaining the English dramatic stars.
A Spanish Paper Seized.
Madrid, March 9. —El Progress, the
organ of Senor Martos, has been confisca
ted and its type seized, on account of its
violent and persistent attacks upon King
Alfonso and the government.
FLORIDA’S FAIR FIELDS.
GEN. SEEKING TO BE AT THE
IMMIGRATION MEETING.
Advantages Which Should Attract
Thousands to Southern States—A
Building Boom in Jacksonville—Tam
pa Leaping to the Front—Thousands
of Tourists Still Pouring Icto the State.
Correspondence of the Momina Hern.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 7.—Gen.
W. H. Sebriug, Presidential Commission
er from this State to the Cotton Centen
nial at New Orleans, will represent Florida
at the meeting of the Southern Immigra
tion Association at Nashville. A brilliant
array of talent will be present on that
occasion, and great good will doubtless
arise to the South from the deliberations
of the distinguished assembly. Savannah
has done well in sending a delegation of
her leading citizens to lend weight and
dignity to the proceedings.
It is quite evident that general atten
tion is now being directed to the extraor
dinary advantages and wonderful facili
ties of this section of the country, and it
is the part of good judgment and pru
dence to avail ourselves ot the favorable
winds that are liearing the South to her
destined haven of greatness and pros
perity. In all the departments ol in
dustry, agriculture, manufactures and
commerce, the South is showing a pro
gress and development that amaze her
own people and astouisli outsiders. Capi
tal, labor and enterprise are quick to per
ceive and occupy new lields, and these
great levers are being freely employed to
elevate the Southland to the lofty position
she is designed to occupy.
HEK OWN SONS SHOULD DIKKCT
and control the operations of the mighty
machinery whose pulsations are being
telt in every nook and corner of her vast
domain, and hence every true lover of the
South should hail with joy the organi
zation of such an association as that
which meets next week at Nashville.
Composed of representative men from
each of the fourteen Southern States its
influence must be widespread and uni
versal. Combined for the peaeelul and
patriotic purpose of peopling the country
by inviting settlers from home and abroad,
its objects will escape the shafts even of
the most invidious critics. Even the bit
terest defamers and enemies ot the South
cannot deny her the right to hew out a
broad path to fame and fortune.
Let us then compete with the Northern
and Western States in an honest rivalry,
and although those sections are far ahead
of us in many points, the light that can
be thrown upon the resources and oppor
tunities of the South will soon attract and
invite consideration. That onee secured,
prejudice will soon disappear, for “the
almighty dollar” is always on the lookout
for an opening to reproduce itself, and
the gentle tide now flowing Southward
will become a powerful stream, bearing on
its broad bosom all the elements ot
strength and gradeur. Let us seize it on
the flood and bend all of our energies to
the accomplishment of the noble designs
for which the above organization has been
formed. It is a great and patriotic ob
ject, and one that should not only enlist
the warmest and heartiest support and
sympathy of ail of the Southern people,
but should disarm all opposition and repel
all charges ot a sectional spirit.
TUB PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION
will he awaited with eager interest, for it
is hoped that it will take the initiative in
putting into operation a movement that
will he of vast importance, not alone to
the South, but to all portions of the com
mon country.
Avery large amount of building lias
already been put under contract for the
ensuing summer. Three fine brick blocks,
containing fifteen or sixteen stores, three
stories high, are to he erected in the busi
ness portion of the city, while a costly and
commodious court house is also to be con
stiucted. Mechanics will be in demand
during the summer, while the various
railroads now being built iu the State will
furnish employment to large numbers of
laborers.
Last Thursday the first train from this
city entered Palatka, on the Jackson
ville, Tampa and Key West road, and
the occurrence produced scarcely a ripple
of excitement. That, active and ener
getic town, Palatka, will feel the impetus
of this connection, and her enterprising
citizens are making the most of their ad
vantages. Palatka now boasts a spicy
and well conducted daily paper, that will
aid greatly in promoting the boom which
this town is enjoyiug.
SINCE THE COMPLETION OF HER FIRST
railroad, Tampa also is moving forward
to the front ami is filling up her vacant
lots with commendable rapidity. Her
future looks bright and promising, anil
many of the Spanish doubloons received
in exchange for Florida beeves iu that
portion of the State, will now be invested
in bricks and mortar.
Jay Gould’s yacht is unable to cross the
St. John's hart so that our aching eyes
will not have a chance of seeing his beau
tiful vessel. The great millionaire
himself has not put in an appearance,
and will probably attempt to slip through
as quietly as possible. There are so many
notable persons here, and we are so ac
customed to their presence, that even this
great financier would hardly attract more
than a passing notice. The community
is not given to the sensational, and man
worship is as yet unknown.
Strawberries are showing their rosv
faces, and are purchased by wealthy vis
itors at a dollar and a half per quart. Of
course “natives” cannot indulge in such
luxuries at present. In New York, to
which shipments of this fruit have been
forwarded, they probably bring three or
four times the above price. Some few
early vegetables are also coming in, but
everything of the sort is a month behind
the usual season.
VISITORS ARK STILL POURING IN
by the hundreds and thousands, ami there
seems to be no diminution in the daily
list of arrivals. The hotels are full, anil
the steamers and trains go and come
crowded. Many purchases of land are
daily made all over the State, and the
orange fever 3hows no signs ot abatement.
The winter has been a prosperous one,
and the coming summer will be a period
of activity and progress. Florida is con
stantly gaining in prestige, and the good
character she has acquired has been
strengthened by the experience of the
hordes ot new visitors who have passed
the winter under her balmy skies.
The weather is as pleasant as possible,
and our principal business street during
these soft spring days is a moving mass of
pedestrians and carriages. AW H. B.
BANKING BILLS.
Status of tlie Measures Now in Commit
tee.
The Ways and Means Committee has
still under consideration the Potter bill,
says a Washington special, to provide foi
the funding of the debt, but the excite
ment connected with the tariff question
has so far prevented the committee from
disposing of it. A favorable report is ex
pected, but tne commute* will not under
take any other subject until they shall
have made 6ome disposition of the tariff
bill. The introduction of the Aldrich
bill in the Senate will probably call atten
tion again to the refunding p’ropositions.
The bill differs in many important
particulars from that of Mr. Potter, and
is rather more favorable to the
National banks. The impression still
prevails, however, that the McPherson
bill will lie all the practical legislation
that will be secured at this session. If
any refunding measure is to pass it will
doubtless not bo until after the Presiden
tial election, and tbe McPherson bill will
meet with determined opposition from the
Greenbackers. The minority of the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, which
reported the Wilkins bill, which'is in the
precise terms and language of the Mc-
Pherson bill, has just submitted to tbe
House its views, but the minority consists
only of A. H. Buckner, Chairman. J. F.
Miller and George Yaple. The fears en
tertained at first, that the Banking and
Currency Committee, on account of the
well-known views of theCbairman, would
be a Greenback committee, were not well
founded.
The Champion High Kicker.
OUun Democrat.
Fred. A. Ansell resides at Little Val
ley, Cattaraugus county, where he was
born in 1866. He stands 6 fret in height
and weighs 143 pounds. He has been
known locally as a high kicker since he
was 9 years of age, but it was not until
recently that he became known as the
champion standing high kicker or the
United States. At a national exhibition
of kickers from all parts of tbe country,
held at the city of Boston on October 31,
1883, at which there were 63 contestants
present, he won the championship by de
feating them all by 1% inches, making a
record of 7 feet 11J4 inches. He has never
been beaten in a contest, and expects to
increase his record, as he is in steady
practice.
BISMARCK’S CAREER OUTLINED
Professor James’ Eulogistic Lecture on
the Powerful German Statesman.
“The Creation ot an Empire; the Life
and Work of Count von Bismarck,’’ was
attractively discussed by Professor James,
of the University of Pennsylvania, Friday
evening, says the Philadelphia Times.
The lecture was in the course given under
the auspices of the university. Begin
ning with a description of the condition
of the German States in 1840, at the time
of the succession to the throne of the new
Ring of Prussia, the history of the politi
cal affairs of Germany was briefly dis-
cussed up to the time of the Diet of 1847.
“That Diet,” said the Professor, “was
memorable because it contained among
its members most of the men w r ho were
destined to play a prominent part in the
politics of the next twenty-five years.
Among them was a young Saxon ’Squire
32 years old, of large frame and haughty
and defiant in his manner.” This was
Bismarck, who at once made himself no
torious and disliked by the people on ac
count of the reactionary ground which he
took on every question. He believed in
absolute monarchy, thought constitutional
government a heresy and contended for
the ancient despotism. “Though a most
pronounced reactionary,” said Professor
James, “he accomplished greater re
torms than all the liberal statesmen of
Europe in the thirty years past.” The
year following Bismarck’s entrance into
politics was one of revolution, and in this
he distinguished himself bv bis vigorous
opposition to all reform. When at last
constitutional government came he plain
ly stated that lie accepted it because he
had to and not because he believed in it.
The session of 1850 closed his legislative
career, and soon after he was appointed
the representative of Prussia in the Ger
man Diet. For ten years following he
was Ambassador in different countries,
and during this time his views as to Prus-
sian policy changed.
When, at length, the present Emperor
ascended to the throne Bismarck's oppor
tunity came. He was appointed I’rimo
Minister and upheld the King in his reor
ganizution of the army in spite of the op
sitlon of the Assembly’. Those great re
forms were effected which made the de
feat of Austria at Sadowa in 1867, and of
the French in 1870 possible, and resulted
in the crowning glory of his life when, at
Versailles, William I. was crowned Em
peror of united Germany. The great ends
he had in view, Processor James de
clared, justified his means and made
Bismarck the first statesman of Europe
during the preseut century. Cavour only
could be compared with him aud Cavour's
difficulties were more easily oveicome
than Bismarck's. “Great in war, great
in peace and great in the hearts of his
countrymen,” he accomplished that which
had been the dream of Germany for cen
turies and made of disconnected states
the most powerful empire of the world.
AS SUAVE AS A “BUNKO” MAN.
The Unfortunate Mistake of An Elderly
Oil Merchant.
A mild mannered man of middle age,
who is in the wholesale oil business on
Cedar street, says the New York Times of
the Bth inst., got off a Jersey City ferry
boat yesterday afternoon and walked
briskly along Liberty street toward Broad
way. Just as he crossed Church street,
he was approached by a respectably’ dress
ed young man of suave manner and pleas
ing address. “My dear Mr. S—,” said
the young man, grasping the merchant
warmly by the hand, “how you do? Fine
day but for the rain. You remember I
met you at my father’s some time ago?
The old gentleman is not feeling very
bright to-day, so I came over in his stead.”
The merchant, who reads the papers
every morning regularly at 10:30 o’clock
and whose mind has recently’ been trou
bled by the operations of bunko men,
turned upon the sleek young mail like au
enraged prize fighter, “Get out of this,
you infernal bunko scoundrel!” he shout
ed, making a pass with his left hand and
throwing ud his right as a guard “fiot
out, or I’ll lay open the side of your head!
Take me for a Jersey farmer, do y r ou?”
The young man dodged the blow and
bolted across the street, followed at long
range by two boy’s and a policeman. An
hour iater the oil merchant’s agent rushed
into his counting room in a state of high
excitement. “What you been doing to
young Mr. Dodson ?” wildly inquired the
agent. “Said you tried to knock him
down in the street.”
“I did try to knock the head off a bunko
man,” said the merchant, turning into a
cold sweat.
“Bunko man be . That was young
Dodson, son o( our Lest customer—come
over to give us an order for oil!”
It is hoped that a note ot apology which
was sent, last night, and a basket of I’om
mery Sec, which will be sent to-day, will
soothe the voung man’s outraged feelings.
MAJOR WILLIAMS OF 1 GEORGIA.
How he Got on a Street Car and Thought
It was Free.
“Major AV illiams, quite recently from
Georgia, sab,” was how an indignant col
ored gentleman described himself when
brought up to plead iu the Toombs Police
Court, says a New York special to the
Philadelphia Xeies. The complainant was
Cornelius Fitzgerald, of No. 424 AVest
26th street, the driver of a Bleeckerstreet
car. Fitzgerald charged the “Major”
with acting very disorderly when re
quested to pay his fare. The* uiiversakl
he told the “Major’’ to put his money in
the box, and when he tried to make him
the Major resisted so strenuously that it
was necessary to call a policeman. The
Major said:
“Dis yer gemman behave powerful bad,
yer honnah. I mounted de cah and sat
ioh long time wid dis yere five cents in
my hand-so (illustrating ). Nobody
came for to take it. Den dis yer drlvali
opededoahand say, ‘You blank blank,
put de money iu de box.’ I reckoned de
cah was free, for I see no box, and I put
de five cents in mt poucli. Den de
drlvali he stop de cah,' he grab holt of me,
sab, aud we fussed ’till dis yere gemman
come 'long, and heah we is.”
The Major was promptly discharged,
the court remarking, “All railways ought
to put a conductor on their cars.”
AN INTERESTING DECISION
Respecting the A’aluation of Merchan
dise.
The suit of C. H. Graves & Sons, of Bos
ton, vs. the Lake Shore and Michigan
Railway, in which the plaintiffs’ excep
tion have been overruled by the Supreme
Court, says a Boston special of the 6th,
presented an interesting question as to
the valuation of merchandise destroyed
by common carriers. This was a suit to
recover the value of 75 barrels of high
wines, shipped rrom Peoria, 111., to Bos
ton, under a bill of lading iu which the
value ot the wines was stated to he S2O
per barrel. AVhile on the defendants’ road
at South Bend, Ind., the merchandise was
destroyed iu a collision between two
freight trains. The plaintiffs claimed that
ihe actual value of the property was
$6,332, w hile the defendants claimed that
its liability was only $1,500, the price
stated in the bill of lading. In the Su
perior Court judgment was found for the
plaintiffs in the sum of $1,553. The de
fendants appealed, and the rescript of the
lull court is: “Judgment affirmed. The
plaintiffs represented and agreed that the
goods carried were of the value of S2O per
barrel, and having thereby obtained* a
lower rate ot compensation for the car
riage, are estopped from showing that
the goods are of greater value.”
WATTERSON CONFIDENT.
He Says the Morrison Bill will Go
Through the House Without Trouble.
Henry Watterson, says a Washington
special of the 7th, is still extremely confi
dent that the Morrison hill will pa9s the
House. In conversation with a cor
respondent to.day he said: “The bill is
going to pass. All this talk that Randall
will cause its defeat is the same as the
talk of his friends last fall, that he would
be elected Speaker. Not more than
twenty-two Democrats will vote against
the bill, and I doubt if even so many will
do so. Ido not see wby the pgotection
ists do not join and support it also. If it
be defeated the agitation will continue,
and the next bill will be a very much
severer one, so far as the manufacturers
are concerned. If we can once get this
question fairly before the people, unem
barrassed by other issues, they will de
clare in favor of a low tariff. I favor the
measure because it is if moderate one.
Men have invested large amounts of capi
tal in manufacturing enterprises in the
faith that a protective policy would be
maintained. They ought to be given an i
opportunity to get out or to adjust them- ;
selves to new conditions.”
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I 5 CENTS A COPY. )
DIGNA FACING DISASTER.
HE WILL NOT SURRENDER, AND
WILL FIGHT AT TRINKITAT.
Great DisaOection Reported Among Hiu
Troops—Gen. Graham to Advance to
the Fray at Daybreak To-Morrow—
Gen. Gordon Calls for an Army of
Indian Moslems.
Suakim, March 9.— Osman Digna has
finally refused to surrender to General
Graham, ne is determined to light. He
has two cannon and 1,000 rifles.
DIGNA’S FORCES 6,000 STRONG.
The Black Watch Regiment made au
advance of eight miles to-day, aud are en
camped in front of the enemy’s lines. It
is estimated that Osman Digna has en
rolled 6,000 men at Trinkitat.
GRAHAM TO ADVANCE TUESDAY.
London, March o.—Gen. Graham tele
graphs that he will begin his march
against Osman Digna on Tuesday at day
break. He has already pushed cavalry
forward on Handorf. Many Arab de
serters from Tamanieb are arriving at
Suakim. They report that Osman’s
forces are breaking up, the tribes being
unwilling to tight the English. Scouts
report that the country is clear as far as
Tamanieb.
DIGNA’S LAST RALLY.
Osman Digna is massing all remaining
faithful to him at Trinkitat. where he will
make a final stand.
Gen. Graham’s orders are to make
Tamanieb the limit of his advance.
ENGLISH DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
Gen. Stephenson urges the government
to consent to the pursuit of Osman to
Trinkitat, while Sir Evlyn Baring is op
posed to an advance further than Tama
nieb.
GORDON’S POLICY.
Gen. Gordon has sent a letter to Sir
Evelyn Baring, urging that n corps of
2.000 men, recruited from Ghoorkas,
Sikhs and other moslems of India be sent
to Khartoum to form the nucleus of a
Soudanese army.
NUBAR PASHA’S HANDS FULL.
Cairo, March 9.—Nubar Pasha, the
Prime Minister, iias temporarily assumed
the direction of the Ministry of the Inte
rior in place ofTabet Pasha,'who resigned
in consequence of disputes with Clifford
Lloyd, the under Secretary. The latter
virtually controls the department.
A PAIR OK TAME FLIES.
Curious Guests Which Intrude at a Mid
night Lunch.
A pair of tame flies is one of the nightly
curiosities of the foreman's room in our
distributing department, says the Phila
delphia Record. In summer the flies
come by myriads, but in winter they are,
as in other places, seldom seen. Mr. For
es tel, who has charge of the department,
lunches about midnight and always has
the companionship of two flies, ‘which
make their appearance upon the edge of
bis plate as soon as he begins the
meal. There are never more than
two, and it was a good many
days before Mr. Forestel noticed the
regularity of the visits of his self-invited
and somewhat curious guests. At first
he thought that it was merelv a coinci
dence that two flies should alight upon
his plate every night, but In time he be
came so much interested that he deter
mined to closely observe the actions of the
pair, which he became convinced always
waited for his meal to commence, and
then deliberately flew down for their regu
lar lunch. lie watched them so closely
that he was able to distinguish them apart
and to discover beyond a doubt that it
was not a series of two flies, but always
the same pair, night after night. As
time went on Mr. Forestel and the
flies became famous friends, and a con
siderable degree of intimacy has grown
up. So friendly have the two become that
they Will permit themselves to be han
dled, and the other night this familiarity
came near having a tragie ending. Mr.
Forestel, in a fit, of absent mindedness,
picked un a portion of bread upon which
one of his winged guests was perched.
The fly, thinking he was eafe in the hands
of his human friend, did not disturb him
self, and was half way in a big, hungrv,
human mouth before a mutual discovery
ot the horrible mistake saved bis flyship’s
life.
The flies at first would not appear if
another person than their host were pres
ent, but they have graduailv become
accustomed to others. On the nights
when Mr. Forestel is not on duty others
have gotten out their lunches on the table
always used by the former. The flies
would come as usual, but after making a
brief but careful reconnoissance would
hastily fly away without their usual
meal.
FREE LUMBER.
The Largest Lumber Manufacturers 0 f
Western Michigan Opposed to the
Tariff.
The Muskegon News has the following
interesting contribution on the tariff dis
cussion :
The News has frequently called atten
tion to the fact that the leading lumber
manufacturers of Muskegon, Grand Ha
ven, Spring Lake and elsewhere, are in
favor of free lumber, believing that the
Canada lumber trade would not affect
their business in any way. Besides tree
lumber they are fast adopting the plan of
distributing their own lumber to the con
sumers. In a recent interview with one
of the members of the Cutler & Bavidge
Lumber Company, of Spring Lake, one of
the largest manufacturing concerns on this
shore, one of the members is reported as
saying: “Our firm is a manufacturing
one; we do not buy lumber. There is
only one firm in the Michigan pineries
that makes as much lumber as we do. All
our members are free tariff men on gen
eral principles, believing that manufac
turers in general are crippled by high
protective duties, and particularly bv
protective duties on raw material. But
most of the manufacturers of lumber have
protectionist leanings. So far as the
duty on Canadian lumber is concerned its
removal would not benefit this firm, and
of course its maintenance does not injure
it. This is due to the fact that our trade is
a Western one, and, even were the duty
on Canadian lumber removed, Canada
could not compete with us in supplying
the Western trade, because the Canadian
lumber would have to be shipped around
the Straits of Mackinac to Chicago or
Michigan City or some other distributing
point, and the cost in freight would raise
their prices above; our railroads now run
into the Michigan pineries and we pro
pose henceforth to ship our lumber direct
from our mills. We are preparing to
abandon our large yards at Michigan
City. In fact the great manufacturers of
lumber have now no use for either Chi
cago or Michigan City as the distributing
point. Michigan City is being killed by
the Wabash Railroad. The New AlbanT
ltoad is the only one that- now offers in
ducements for shippers from that point.
Indeed the change of the old Indianapolis,
Pittsburg and Cincinnati Koad with its
fostering care of local trade, into a mere
brauqji of the Wabash system has been a
great calamity to the State of Indiana.”
Stalling J)om&rr.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. a marvel
purity, strength and wholesome ness. Mors
economical than tae ordinary kin -s. cannot
be sold in competition with the muilUtudes ol
low test, snort weight, alum or phosphatio
powuors. Soul only in cans, by all grocers.
At wholesale in Savannah by
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