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oft colored statesmen during the com.
1. en th. K* ;. ■ >i. a - <f Massaehusetto
could not entertain the tariff-for-protec
tion-eniv idea. Ttey would probably
hav<- udveti the Morr m hill an un<juali
tied indoraement had ii not been a
crati'. measure.
Prince Bismarck want anew constitu
tion so tram‘4 that he can cuff I.i.V-ral
delegates aroum l ahe jdet-es whenerer
h* irets in t/ad humor, and be is iroin;? to
bate it if he has to cast every vote in the
Empire himself.
Th* -pariieh legation at Ih rlin is t/i iy.-
elevated to the rank of an Embassy.
There is dansrer, from th*- wav things are
going on in “pain, that Urn Spanish Ern
baey at Il rlin will teem ter higher in
rank than the Spanish throne itself.
< arl s. hurz ari*l ate<ut forty New York
Independent ib-jiutlicans are going to
to e first Chicago Convention. They are
not delegates, of course, but want to set*
tlie fun. They are t>ound to sit on the
fence and **■*■. the procession inarch by.
Slugging in Ihiston is getting to ts
<iiite an a -thetic amusement. One day
last week some of the most prominent
men of the city, including several mem
iy-rs of the Jy-gislat’ire. hail a boxing
match in a private room for $l5O a side.
While the Kentucky legislature has
just pass's] a law authorizing cremation,
the British House of Commons has voted
down by a large majority the bill author
izing the establishment of crematories.
Kentucky is about fifty years ahead of old
England in the march of progress.
When the Boston Tariff Reform League,
compos' and of both Democrats and Repub
licans. condemns the policy of “over
taxing imports, not for revenue, but for
the i irposc of obstructing trade,” it is j
time for even Jlr. Randall and his deluded
followers to take thought of their political
future. '
to* :u Embassyexpected to ar
riv<- at S< vv Vrk to-day. The Secretary
of Wiu* has ordered lien. Hancock to fire
a national salute at Governor’s Island in
its honor, as it passes the fort in the reve
nue cutter Grant, which has been detailed
to convey the Embassy from quarantine
to the city.
if ~* nafor Kg”;,'"' has the g'Kid of his
party at heart wh-'.r, ~<* goes to< hicago h"
should move to insert a plank in 'he Re
publican platform indorsing the statute
of limitations and advocating th<- reduc
tion iff the time necessary to bar a prose
cution. The statute of limitations affords
a kind of protection that protects - Repub
lican jsditicians.
some of the protection papers are in
distress, because English exporters have ,
introduced the “Carlisle patterns” in the
wares th< y send over for American con
sumption. When the New England man
ufacturers begin to flood the country with j
“Carlisle patterns,” both ot goods and .
Congressmen, which they promise to do,
the protection journals will have occasion j
to howl in earnest.
Nearly 400 Republican riots have been ]
held and the delegates to the grand pow
wow at Chicago have all been elected or
appointed. If the Chicago convention
proves to be a representative Ikklv of the
numerous conventions which selected
delegates to it there w ill le music when the
the circus opens, and there will be perform
ances in three or four different rings at
the same time.
A whole boarding house full of people ,
were poisoned one day last week by eat- ,
in” cream puffs which had been kept over
two days. One of the guests brought
an action for damages against the keeper !
of the house, but the chemist testified 1
that the puffs contained no poisonous 1
substance, and that the ill effects to those
who ate them were due to some organic
changes in the ingredients. The patients
all recovered.
The average Kentuckian may lack pol
ish, hut he cannot be accused ot being
wanting in hard common sense. At
Frankfort, the other day, the manage of
Sell’s Circus received a petition asking
him to dispense with three of the four
rings which are usually exhibited. There
were about seventy-five petitioners,
among whom were Judge Pryor, of the
Supreme Court; Col. Jones, Clerk oi the
Supreme Court; Col. J. Stoddard John
ston, Gen. John Kodman and Gen. D. W.
Lindsay. Some of these distinguished
gentlemen can watch the shuffling of a
polka deck pretty closely, but when it
comes to seeing the simultaneous per
formances in four separate circus rings
they acknowledge their incompetency.
The Whig Republicans of Georgia acted
wisely in not going to the trouble of call
ing another convention to nominate a
State ticket. The nomination of Gen.
liOngstreet is as good as any that they
could have made without going outside
their own party, which is hardly large
enough to afford a full State ticket in ad
dition to the necessary ad
junct of an executive committee. Asa
party w hich seems to have been organized
for the amusement of its members and
the entertainment of the public generally,
this one has nothing vicious about it. It
has a perfect right to play its part in life,
whether that part be in comedy or faree.
As the party consisted of fourteen mem
bers before Mr. Norcross’ withdrawal, it
is suggested that after it enjoys the fun of
a political campaign it resolve Itself into
a thirteen club and tempt fate with pro
saic speeches and good dinners.
Points About Mriso
On his return frem Mexico lest week.
Mr. Charles A. Dana presented briery,
hut interestingly, in hi* paper, th- ns.
hi* impression* of that country. Ms.;-jo
is no* an arric-uifuril conn try. and Mr.
Dana does not thick that it ever will have
much agricultural prosperity Niee
tentas of it c-ea-.sts A a vast plain from
fj_n,. to -.•>*> feet above the ietd of the
sea. There is little or no rain, except
;arin* two months rs tie smurr.-.-r ?*•
and the stream* are f-w and small.
- . -—fbl arriculture is only possible by
means : f irrigatioa, and the supply of
w ; :er is n-:t suSrient for ex tea sire irri
gat::=. E ; —• are entertained by
~ me o! th:*se who are in
terested r n the newly v *tiUt niinah
in i sijplT of water will event a ally be
obtained by mewes :*f artesian welts, bat
to the question- Where is the water to
c rn* from? there is no ready answer.
To-, estates are large, .-mprising in many
instances hundreds of thousands of acres,
for the reason that farming on a small
scale cant :be made to pay. Tae small
farmers could not obtain water. Tue big
estate over enough country to take in a
part 'fa small or large stream, as the
ase may be. and are largely devoted t*.
raising cattle and sheep. The wealth of
Mexico is in its min—. It is a mining
country and probably win always retain
t&at character. The riches th at -pain drew
from Mexico came out of the mines. The
inhabitants, between nine and Pen
millions. are mainly Indians.
Tnev are small in stat'd re, honest,
sober, industrious and inte'U”ent. Ta*-y
are <i vai .able pe- i-antry. and ar*; dis
pos- i to mo*-e along toe line of progress.
Ihe ruling ci.i-ses are of mixed ~i'an:h
and Indian blood. The usages of tae
o .ntry are decidedly rpani-a. Th- t-ov
crauient of Mexico is modeled after
that of the United states, but
it is like it only in came and form. In its
opifttlisns it is wk-iliy different. It Isa
military despotism, at the head of which
is *:.o President, h isidt the only way
to thwart his will or limit hi- authority
is a revolution. Politics, public opinion,
a free press, self-government, are un
known. The lower classes are at
the mercy of the petty officials.
1 cos- charged with of eases against
the laws, or wi o are suspected of b-ing
had charact'-rs, ar<- condeinsed to punish
ment without a hearing. Uorruption is an
ally of despotism ad they re f-mnd hand
in hand in Mexico, The pres* nt Presi
dent entered office a poor min. In a
couple of years he has grown to be a mil
lionaire. His wealth is estimated to be
between sji,bbu,ooo and $10,000,000, To
make concessions of one kind and arc-ther
i- the privilege of the government and on
every occasion a liberal percentage is de
manded. Some Americans of a specula
tive turn of rnind. and a few wealthy
Mexicans, think the present is a good
time to annex the northern j*ortion of
Mexe* to the United states, but Mr.
Dana is satisfi'vi, from hi# observations,
that there 4s nothing in that portion of
Mexico, except, perhaps, parts of Tainau
lipas, to make annexation at ail desirable.
Th'-r<- are obstacles to such a scheme
which, regarded from any standpoint, are
well-nigh insurmountable. Both coun
tries are better off as they are. There is
no reason why each should not contribute
to the development of the other, nor why
this development should not always be in
vigorating and progressive.
Tin- Jtiver and Harlor Jiill.
There are indications that the river and
harbor bill will meet with opposition. It
is about ready to be reported. The
amount of it Is $12,441,000. The commit
tee tried to keep the amount * below $12,-
000,000 but failed. They may make re
ductions at their final meeting to-morrow.
Attacks on the bill have already appeared
in some ol the Northern papers. It
contains an appropriation of
$.'100,000 for beginning the work
of constructing the Hennepin canal. It
would lie difficult to determine the pro
vision of the constitution which author
izes th*- appropriation , f public money for
a work of thi description. The canal :
aiivo ji*-s, however, appear to have in
fluence enough to get an appropriation. !
If they get the first appropriation they
will have no trouble in getting others, j
because Congress will tie committed to the •
job. Nobody knows, with any degree t
of certainty, what the canal will cost.
One estimate places the amount at $7,000,- i
o*io. It will cost twice that sum probably.
The arguments in favor of appropriating ;
monev to construct a canal across Flori- 1
•la, uniting th<- Gulf and the Atlantic *
Ocean, are just as strong as those In favor
of making an ajipropriation for
the Hennepin canal. It isn’t so 1
much a matter of argument, how- !
ever, as influence, and it will
be sometime before those interested in the
Florida canal have as much influence as
those advocating the Hennepin scheme.
In order to reduce the amount of the
river and harbor bill it has been proposed ;
to cut down the Mississippi river appro- ;
prlation $1,000,000. It has also been pro- ;
posed to make a horizontal reduction so
that all the public works will suffer alike. •
This latter proposition ought to he re
sisted. The smaller works seldom !
or never get all they need, j
It is doubtful if the amount for the im- j
provement of the Savannah river below [
this city will he one-half of what the en- ,
gineers asked for. The fact is such works ;
as the Mississippi improvement and the *
Hennepin canal ought to lie provided for j
in separate hills. It would he better for
theni and better for the other public ;
works. As long as all the appropriations
are put in one bill the smaller works will
tie sacrificed for the benefit of the larger
ones.
The Gainesville Fire.
Gainesville, Fla., was badly scorched
by the flames yesterday. Two hotels were
destroyed and quite a large amount of
other property. The entire loss is placed
at SIOO,OOO. Florida towns have suffered
severely from fire within the past
year. The hotels particularly seem
to have been untortunate. It is
not to lie wondered at that there are dis
astrous conflagrations in Florida towns.
They are built of very inflammable wood,
and they are not well supplied with the
means for fighting fires. Very few of
them indeed have a water supply suffi
cient for great emergencies. There
is some consolation, however, in
the fact that utmost always
the buildings destroyed are replaced by
better structures. In parts of some of
the towns there would be no improvement
if it were not for the fires. When the
ground is once cleared of tumble down
and unsightly buildings the chances are
that improvements will be made in keep
ing with the changed conditions of affairs.
Miss Ida Lewis, the Grace Darling of
America, was the subject of very ungal
lant treatment by the crew of a wrecking
schooner the other day. Four men were
rowing from Fort Adams to Newport,
when their boat was accidentally capsized.
Miss Ida sprang into the boat which has
borne her to the rescue of so many fellow
beings, and was hastening to the aid of
the unfortunate men, when the crew of
the schooner rowed in ahead of her and
took the unfortunates in out of the wet.
Edison, the inventor, has assumed the
role of lecturer and entertained an audi
ence of 2,000 pepple at Worcester, Mass.,
Thursday evening. He exhibited work
ing models of his various devices for ap
plying electricity in electric lighting, the
loud talking telephone, the microphone,
the phonograph and the electric motor in
various forms as used on railways and for
sewing machines, etc. Edison’s drawing
power as a lecturer is estimated at about
SI,OOO net per night.
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. MAY 4, 1884.
Utilize the Raw Materials.
Tae a-:*cth appears to be fully aroused
to tt- importance of manuiaemring a
treat part of tie cotton it produces, and
tt _s c-':-tainir:g in par*, the profits which
ia tie pas; were riven up* with scarcely a
thought to the mil owners ot the North \
an 1 England. There are many other spe
cie* of raw material the manufacture of ]
which would probably return greater
proportionate profits titan cotton: and,
with the exception of iron, there rs scarce
ly any class of manufacture that requires
such exp- csive plants a* cotton. The
South can never acquire the wealth- in
fiu-nce and power that she should have
until the people come to* appreciate more
felly than they ever have the impiortanee
of converting the raw materials which it
produces - abundantly into the various
article* and commcditie# into the com
position of which these raw materials
One important article which we expxsrt
and buy back again in various forms at
vastly enhanced value*, is rosin. Im
mense quantities of rosin are annually
shipp*ed to all parts of the world, and in
its raw state it is subject to ail the perils
of a market controlled by speculator* who
only regard the limit to their power, and
p-ay little attention to the natural laws of
demand and supply.
Among th articles into the eoa.position
if which r.ein enters, are varnisL cheap
can-iks. cheap soap and printers' ink.
The manufacture of all these is said t be
highly profitable and the plants neecs
-irv to be provided <-oinp>arative! inex
pensive.
Timber and lumber are articles which
the boutb ship* exclusively in an unman
ufactured state. In the face of the fact
that we p -ss*-s- an abundance of the
finest timber of almost every kind re
quired in wood manufacture, nor one
tenth part of the furniture, wagons, bug
gies. agricultural implements, etc., used
iu th*- South, and which cost millions of
dollars annually, are manufactured here.
Even iron, which can be produced in
certain of the couth cheaper,
perhaps, than in any country in the world,
i* shipped off in the raw state, and the
articles into whh-h it ir- manufactured
bought back with the profits of
manufacture and cost of tr.,n< t*ortation.
etc., added. Probably not one-fourth of
the steam engine*, machinery, etc., used
in the Houtb is manufactured beie. It i*
1 a reflection on the enterprise of to*, south
that the wooden lierry eupis used here are
brought from Michigan and other votes
equally distant, while the sides of orange
boxes and fruit crates are still brought
from Maine. Probably more tnan three
fourths of th*- crates, however, are now
manufactured in the -outh. Even .our
gray moss is shipped North and comet,
back to us in mattresses, etc., at almoat
ten tim* s its original value.
AV'hat the -outh needs now is to manu
fa'-ture all, or the greater part of the raw
materials it produces, and not only obtain
the profits on such manufacture, but
emancipate itself from the speculators
and syndicates who control the market
and monopolize the- profits that should
belong to the producer.
Count iH'f'enses.
Public attention is being called to the
defenseless condition of the seaboard
citi< s. In the event of a sudden war they
would be without protection. Tne pres
ent forts are not eapaifle of preventing the
passage of such ironclads as now compose
the best navies of the world. There is noth
ing to prevent the ironclads of a foreign
power from running up to the wharves of
any of the Atlantic cities and levying a
contribution upon the citizens, and in the
event of a refusal of burning them. It is
true that the policy M this country is in
favor of jeace, but it takes but little to
bring on a war, and the disturbing of
friendly relations with a foreign power
would scarcely be realized before its
fleets would Ik; on our coast.
So power would have the temerity to land
an army on our shores to be annihilated
by the million of volunteers who would
be ready and anxious to receive them.
Its policy would be to blockade our : orts,
levy contributions upon fi commerce
and people by means of their ironclad
fleets. The Southern coast is particularly
defenseless, and the efforts now being
made to secure appropriations for the pur
pose of building suitable fortifications
should receive the attention of the mem
bers of Congress from this part of the
Union.
Among the ironclad fleets of the world
there are twenty-seven vessels that can
enter the Savannah river and approach
near enough to bombard this city. Fifteen
of them belong to the English navy, five
to the French, four to the Russian and
three to # the South American republics.
AII the Spanish and Italian ironclads are
of too great a dralt to cross Savannah
bar. Tne vessels enumerated above are
ail sea going ironclads, having C to 18
inches of armor and carrying from 10-
inch to 40-ton guns. The last named gun
is carried by the Russian circular iron
clad which bears the appropriate name
of “I’opoff.” The plans of the Engineer
Department o! the army embrace anew
fort on the oyster bods, nearly opposite
Fort Pulaski. These forts and the use of
torpedoes would make the port secure
against ironclad fleets.
Tlie Woman. Suffrage Iteporls.
Some time ago a majority of the Senate
Committee on Woman Suffrage reported
in favor of amending the constitution so
as to allow women to void. The report at
tracted a good deal of attention at the
time. A minority of the committee, com
posed ol Senator Brown, of Georgia, and
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, a day or
two ago made a report against any such
amendment. It takes an eight page pam
phlet to contain their views. There is
nothing to show w hether the report was
written by Mr. Brown or by Mr. Cock
rell. If Mr. Itaynor, the late Solicitor
of the Treasury, were alive he would
be disturbed by feelings of jealousy,
perhaps, because it points out
with greater clearness, and, it rnay be,
with greater eloquence, the peculiar du
ties which belong to woman's sphere in
life than Mr. Raynor did in his famous
decision refusing a license to Mrs. Mary
Miller as master of a Mississippi river
steamboat. These eloquent opponents of
woman suffrage ask the following perti
nent question:
If the wife and the mother is required
to leave the sacred precincts of home, and
to attempt to do military duty when the
State is in peril, or if she is to be required
to leave her home from day to day in at
tendance upon the court as a juror, and
to la; shut up in the jury room from night
to night with men who are strangers
while a question of life or property is be
ing considered; if she is to attend politi
cal meetings, take part in political dis
cussions, and mingle with the male sex
at political gatherings; if she is to be
come an active politician; If she is to at
tend political caucuses at late hours of
the night; if she is to take part in all
the unsavory work that may be necessary
for the triumph of her party; and if
election day she is to leave her home
and go upon the streets electioneering for
votes for the candidates who receive her
support, and, mingling among the crowds
of men who gather round the polls, she
is to press her way through them to the
ballot box and deposit her suffrage; if she
Is to take part in the corporate struggles
of the city or town in which she resides,
attend to the duties of his Honor the
Mayor, of Councilman, or of policeman,
to say nothing of the many other like ob
ligations which are disagreeable even to
the male sex—how is she, with all these
heavy duties of citizen, politician and
officeholder resting upon ner shoulders,
to attend to the more sacred, delicate ami
refining trust to which we have already
referred, and for which she is peculiarly
fitted by nature?
What they want to know is, who is to
care for baby if tlie mothers devote them
selves to the fascinations of ward meet
inrs and to the delicate work of stuffing bal
lot boxes. In some homes, doubtless, the
husband would have to look. after the
baby, and in others the baby would have j
to look after itself. Messrs. Brown and
Cockrell see with a prophetic eye the ruin
that would be wrought in the home circle
by woman suffrage. The effect of weman
suffrage on our political institu
tions does not bother them,
and why should it* Tae
stability cl the Republic depends upon
good mothers, happy homes and strong
family ties. 'Vithout these free institutions
would soon fall into decay and ruin. In
augurate woman's suffrage, they say. and
new courts would have to be established
to attend to the divorce cases. They point
out that the relative number of divorces
is now greatest in localities where woman
suffrage sentiment is strongest. This is a
startling fact, and the majority of the
committee could not have been aware of
it when they wrote their report. It is not
too late yet for them to withdraw their re
port, and join Messrs. Brown and Cock
rell in condemning the woman suffrage
nonsense. Perhaps they are under the
influence of Miss Anthony. In that case,
they are hopelessly committed to the po
sition they bave taken.
There appears to be no longer any doubt
that the Foshcaipr General will get the
amount that he asks for, and if he does,
it is certain that tee fast mail on the coast
line will be continued. A day or two ago
a number of Democratic members were
discussing the post osKee appropriation
bill, and they de-ided that they
would not oppose any additions which
might be made by the -enate. provided
such additions do not • xci ed tht amounts
asked for by the Postmaster General. One
of these gentlemen—Mr. Maybury. of
Michigan—says that It has been decided
by several Democrats to give the Post
Office Department the money necessary
tor the proper conduct of the busi
ness of the department. “Th:; amount
asked may be exorbitant and capable
of great reductions,” he continued,
“but we have no way of finding
thafout until we get control of the execu
tive branch of the government. If we
fail tomakc the appropriation# we shall
lie met every time we ask tor better mail
facilities with a statement to the -Sect
that the appropriations are insufficient
and that io consequence nothing can lie
done. Os the other hand, if the Post
master General is allowed all the money
be asks we can insist upon better ser
vice.”
After lull consultation the friends of
the home for confederate soldiers hive
thought it best, for the present, to con
centrate their efforts on the building of
the home in Richmond, and the move
ment to establish another home in At
lanta will not take definite form until the
success of the other is secured. Mr. IV.
V. Corcoran, the IVashington millionaire
philanthropist, has given $3,000 to the ;
lund, which is becoming larger every ‘
day. .
C LIU if: NT COM MENT.
Firing liaifc at 4Vatteron.
.Vi ic i’ork World /'•?*,.. ..
So far hi Kentucky is concerned it <loesn t
make a particle of difference whether the
Htar-eved Go'iiless of Reform or the squin -
ejedMnleof Ilestitution is involved in the
canvass, ft i- good for a roaring majority hr
the Democrat]'.- candidate, anyhow.
The Course of the Darkey.
St, Louie Itejmblican ( Lem.) .
He has been told he is just as good as a white
man, but be lias found the Republican party
little disposed to act upon that political prin
ciple. There is nothing strange, therefore, if
the negro has at last concluded that he will
be more of a free man and get a great deal
more personal benefit from his right of suf
frage by putting his ballot where it will and.
the most good for himself, whether that hurl*
or helps the Republican party.
What the Two Fishermen Caught.
Philadelphia Pr*ee ' Itej>...
Nobody doubts the honesty of Senator Ed
munds. He mustn't imagine even for a sec
ond that anybody does. Rut the point we
like to see stand out like an obelisk in a desert
is simply this: that if he and Mr. Blaise eat
their hooks caught into the same fish he
couldn't -ay that he had captured a codfish
and Mr. Blaine a shark. They both get cod
fish or they both get shark. Mr. Edmunds is
fisherman 'enough to know that.
The Duty of the House.
Sf io York Her old find.,.
Ret it cali Kellogg to meet the charges, but
give him no chance to escape on a mere tech
nicality. Hhe can disprove them, well and
good. If he is found guilty, then he should he
at once expelled. The House owes it both to it
self and the country to take this course. Mean
while the Springer investigating committee
will find it pertinent to inquire why Kellogg
was not indicted in 1882, and why the prose
cution was allowed to be defeated by the
statute of limitations. These and some other
matters pertaining to the prosecution need
explanation,
Protectionists Reluctantly Weakening.
Waihington Star Ind.ltep. .
The predictions of Mr. Morrison that Dem
ocratic opposition to his tariff bill would
weaken as the fight progressed seem to have
already been verified. This weakening is not
due to any change of opinion among the
Democrats who have hitherto followed Mr,
Randall. It is policy, not principle, that
strengthens the Morrison bill. Not a single
Democrat of the opposition has been con
vinced that there is anything but evil in the
measure, but the necessity for some appear
ance of unity in the party outweighs their*
objections to the bill. But it is votes that Mr
Morrison needs, and so tiiat he gets them he
is not likely to inquire very particularly into
the motive that lies back of them.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Reports from I.uxor state that the clean
ing of the temple is already far advanced.
Twenty-seven houses have been pulled down,
and a columned hall laid nearly free. Every
thing is well preserved.
A dypsomaniac boy of eight years was re
cently attacked, in Dublin, with delirium
tremens. The child, so says the Medical I’reee ,
had had a passion for alcoholic liquors ever
since it was able to drink at all.
England's nobility are gradually becom
ing patrons of the new art of “wheeling.”
Karl Granville may lie seen almost any day
riding Ins tricycle from Walmer Castle to
Ileal, and the Prince of Wales makes occa
sional journeys on a bicycle.
Tkavei.krh rave al>out the soft purple light
which fills Italian skies and gives a peculiar
beauty to Italian mountains. This light has
now been discovered on the mountains of
southern California, and tourists arc so in
formed by the railroad companies interested.
The current production of gold for the
world’s use has been gradually diminishing
for the last twenty-six years. Thus in 1857
the world’s production of gold was estimated
at a little over 1D5,000,0001 From that timo
the supply has gradually and very uniformly
diminished, until last vear the production
w as about *103,000,000.
Some months ago, says the Homeward Mail,
the site of the historical Black Hole of Cal
cutta was discovered and excavated. It may
be interesting to add that the excavation has
now been filled up and decently paved over,
and that a handsome tablet of white marble,
bearing a suitable inscription, is about to lie
placed near the spot.
Madagascar has a population of about
5,000,000. Kanavalona, the new queen and
sole ruler, is not yet 25. On her assumption
of the throne a strong war policy was de
clared, and the nation was called npon to
stand by their homes and the lands of their
fathers until the last. “If ever I yield to the
French,” said the Queen, “I hope that my
Isidy may he cut into pieces and thrown to
the dogs.”
The Philadelphia Medical Bulletin an
nounces that an Ohio physician is preparing
a medical lexicon in forty-two languages. It
appears likely to lie needed if the name
makers pursue their present course. Yet an
eminent physician told his hearers, in a re
cent lecture, that a characteristic of a good
medical essay was its freedom from unneces
sary technical terms. It is the fledgling who
favors the long words.
Her Britannic Majesty’s navy lost through
accidents during the past ten years 1,703 mem-
Ifiirs hi active service— l,ooo by drowning, 423
from explosions, 172 from falls from aloft, and
is from suicide. The largest totals In any
one year were 422 in 1878, 354 in 1880, and 227
in 1881. The largest total of drowned in any
one year was 301 in 1878 (the year of the loss
of the Kurydice), and the next 312 in 1880 (the
year of the loss of the Atalantu); while the
largest total of deaths from wounds, etc., was
in 1881 (the year of the explosion on hoard the
Dotterel.)
A ltd NED gambler named Albert Strighelli
has shot himself at San Remo; while at Font
Magnan, near Nice, a German lady, an ha
bitual frequenter of Monte Carlo, lias been
found senseless ami bleeding on her bed, with
her Infant lying dead by her side. The lady
has recovered. It is believed that after losing
in all 250,000 francs at Monte Carlo she opened
n vein in order to bleed herself to death, and
falling on her child, involuntarily suffocated
it. borne mystery, however, hangs over the
affair, and the usual attempts are hem* made
to hush up anvthing which deepens :he sugma
on Monte Carlo.
A crsiors state of affairs was disclosed by
an application made last week in the Surro
gate’s Court at Albany, to compel an account
ing in the estate of Julia Erantz. a young girl
who died recently. The application was made
in bnfcalf of MarvJ. Freeberthursvr, a half
sister of deceased. Julia’s father died in 1868.
leaving her 43.000. She was then only three
venrs old. Her mother, as guardian, took
charge of the fund, and when she rendered an
account to the Surrogate showed th at the dead
girl was in her debt 41 sv. This was brought
about by her mother charging her daughter
$5 a week board all her life and also charging
for her clothing, education, etc. If the girl
had died one day sooner the account would
have balanced exactly, and the prolongation
of her life for only one day left her in her
mother's debt.
“Do we want Mexico?’’ asks a newspaper
correspondent just returned from the land of
the Montezumas. “We do not. There is
nothing we do not need more. If we could
take Mexico with only its aborigines, without
the Spaniards or a drop of Spanish blood, it
might be worth cons idering, but as the situa
tion is now, we do not want it. I have never
met any people so lazy, conceited, cruel, vi
cious and arrogant as the ruling class- in
Mexico. They are so conceited and arrogant
generally that they look, act and speak as if
there was nobody else on the planet worthy of
consideration; thev are so cruel that every
town has its bull-fights, dog-fights and cock
fights; they are so vain and so lazy that they
regard work as disgraceful, and" if there is
one set of people who, above all others, have
no business among nrogressire Americans it is
those who are afraid to w ork.”
An extraordinary story is told in English
court circles, and has been retailed by the
spiritualists, as to the reasons which induced
the Queen at the last moment to alter the ar
rangements for Prince Leopold's funeral. It
is said that a short time before his >’eath,
dancing with an intimate friend, a lady of
Danish birth, of great personal beauty, and
the wife of an English peer, he was rallied by
her upon his unwonted abstraction. His
ar.-wer w as that his sister Alice bad come to
him in the night, warned him of an approach
ing calamity, and told him not to trouble, for
all would soon be well. The royal Duke, like
his mother, the Queen, seems to have accepted
supernatural visitations as real, and he told
the lady he would prefer, if anything hap
pened to him. to have a military funeral.
Her ladyship, the recipient of these confi
dences. wrote a letter to a high court official,
telling him the story, and he laid her com mu
n cation before Her Majesty. At once the
yueen ordered her dead eon’6 desires, ex- ]
pressed in life, to be fulfilled. Hence that
change a; the last moment which led to so
much perplexity and inconyenience.
BRIGHT BITS.
A fair X exchange—two fixes for a ten—is
no robbery.
A sensible duelist has at last been found.
He had on two overcoats and a sheet-iron
shirt bosom. •
It is asserted that it was Col. Cleary who,
when up in a balloon, veiled, "Be jabers. ii
yez don't j'uli it down I’ll cut the ropes.”—
Auburn 3sir# and Bulletin.
A Vermont editor, in publishing one of
Byron's poems, changed the words “Oh
god-to “Oh gosh!” becau-e the former was
too profane for his reader*.— Boehm Pott.
Abott this time tbe business man on Sun
dav morning teils his wife that he “is going
out of town to look for a cottage,” and then
slide* around the corner and play= poker all
day.
Slang i-igradually getting out of the com
mon ruts of vulgar vernacular, and it is well
that it should. ■ -eeing the elephant" should
now be replaced by “observing the paeby
(lertn ''—LovrtU Cititen.
In the Auburn prison choir, the fir-t tenor
is a murderer, while the ba-s and soprano arc
merely burglars. “This," Bays the Worcester
Bren*, “bears out what we have previously ,
remarked about amateur tenors.”
“No,” said a Kentm kian, “the title of ‘Col- I
onel’ in th 1 # Ntate <l<*es not indicate that its
povc-sor is a military man by anv mean-. It
simply goes to show that he is willing to set
up the drinks between drinks.”— Suracvie
Herald. ;
The Rev. Clara M. Bi-bee has started a Free
Church in Boston on the basis of “ethical cul
ture.” There will !>e in the service no peti
tion to Deity in the hope that human suppli
cation may reverse the irrevocable decrees of
nature, but “unworded music shall express
our common confidence in that power which
makes for righteousness.”
A Texas man has a flock of a thousand
goats. This don't look as if Masonry was
playing out. Just so long as the goat crop
holds out Masonry and Odd Fellowship will
live. These anti-secret society folks must ex
terminate the goat if they would strike a fa
tal blow to Masonry, etc. Without a goat
these societies must di e.—Peck's Sun.
AN English provincial newspaper has a cor
respondent in London who holds a lucrative
place under the government, and is conse
quently indolent, forgetting sometimes to
write his letter, but never forgetting to draw
his pay. The other day. at the end of a silent
week,"he wired. “No time to write letter,
bend check.” To which the editor answered,
“No time to send check. Send letter." It
came.
It was one of the older Wallarks of whom
the story is told that among a group of ac
tors anil newspaper men the -uhj'-ct of an
tiquity of families came up. "The Wall acts,”
remarked he, “are of gr-at antiquity; in fact
the country in which they originated still
b ars their" name; in fact, was named for
them—Wallaehia.” “Very likely,” -aid Wil
liam Warren, of the party, removing his,
cigar from his mouth; "name certainly indi
cates it. Now there's my washerwoman,
Moll Davis; her family undoubtedly origi
nated in Moldavia.”— Boeton Commercial
Bulletin.
PERSON Al*
Toe Parts ETenement makes, “under all re
serve,” the statement that a Prince of the
blood, a near relative of one of the pretenders
to the i r-1 ch throne, has just secretly mar
ried his—housekeeper.
“John Marshall, Chief Justice United
States: ereetei bv the barof the United states
A. D. MDCCCI.XXXIV " :s the inscription on
the pedestal of the statue of Chief Justice
Marshall, about to be erected iu Washington.
The Duke of Ruccleugh, who has just died,
had for sixty-five years been in possession of
no fewer than 460.000 acres of land situated in
seven Scotch and five English counties, the
rent rolls of which amounted to f 1.800,000 a
year.
Abraham Lincoln was six f et four inches
tall and in every respect stood considerably
higher than Robert Todd Lincoln, who
measures about five feet eight inches. But
strenuous efforts are making in some parts of
the country to see if his father's old clothes
won’t fit him.
one of the pleasantest points of President
MeCosh’s Western tour was his meeting with
President Patterson, of the .State College of
Kentucky, at LexingtoD, where the two emi
nent Scotchmen had a struggle of most puz
zling questions in metaphysics for an hour or
two and then sat down harmoniously together
over a heaping dish of oatmeal cakes.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon, now a resident of.
( anterbury, claims to have been born April 6,
1782. among the White Mountains. She never
had a doctor for a disease in her life, anil
worked every day until she was 93. Even
now she takes a" short walk every day and
does odd tilings around the house. Ilcr great
est comfort is her pipe, which she smokescon
tinuoiisly.
James U. Keene, the millionaire specula
tor, who, on Wednesday, announced his ina
bility to meet his obligations, came to this
country from England when a mere lad and
sought his fortunes in California. After edit
ing a paper at Shasta, he entered into a num
ber of hold mining speculations, all of which
were successful, and thus laid the foundation
for a fortune.
Mr. M a PLE3ON, the opera manager, forget
ting the timc-lionored phrase, “do mortuis nil
nisi bonum,” said yesterday, when Sir Mi
chael Costa was under discussion: “He was
a martinet in music as in everything else and
an inordinate worshiper of royalty. I have
seen him standing bareheaded in a snow
storm lowing to the ground when the Prince
of Wales was passing and sneezing furiously
all the time.” Mr. Maplcson thinks that Sir
Michael must have accumulated something
like the sum of *1,000,000.
Prof. Samvel D. grhs£, of Philadelphia,
has just received the announcement that the
! University of Edinburgh, Scotland,{conferred
! upon hiin’on tlie occasion of its tor-centenary
celebration the degree of LL. D. I>r. Gro-s
is the only American surgeon, and probably
the only American citizen, upon whom the
highest degrees of the three most celebrated
British universities have been conferred —that
of I). C. 1,., from Oxford in 1872; LL. D.,
from Cambridge in 1880, and the last that of
tlio University of Edinburgh on April 17.
An Oshkosh Woman’s Disappointment.
Chicago Xeice.
A neatly dressed, but awkward woman
of twenty odd summers sidled up to Chief
Clerk Coffeen’B dealt in the Superior Court
yesterday, and stood on one foot, waiting
for someone to address her.
“What can I do for you, madam?” ask
ed the exquisite Chief Clerk, after labori
ously working his features into one of bis
most fascinating smiles.
“I—ah —that is, sir, please can I get a
divorce?”
“Well,” said Lester, a little startled at
the unusual method taken hy the lady in
applying for one of the staple articles of
the Superior Court, “1 don’t know about
that. You had better consult a lawyer.”
“I don’t want no lawyer; 1 think law
yers are just horrid. I want a divorce,
and I want it now.”
“Well, we don’t keep them in stock,
madam, like ready-made clothes, but if
you consult some lawyer who makes
divorces a specialty (and there are plenty
of them) I think you can have one made
to order in time for the evening train.”
“Well, I don’t see what’s the use of
having half a dozen men in your old office
If you can’t get a divorce for a poor wo
man who has but two hours to spare be
fore going back to Oshkosh,” and with a
disdainful shrug of her pretty shoulders
the woman pranced out of the room with
a poor opinion of Chicago’s divorce mill.
FIFTY YEARS AGO,
Interesting Sketches of Lawyers and
Clerks of Courts and sheriffs of Savan
nah at That Period—Scenes and Inci
dents of the Lons Ago That Will At
tract the Attention of the Reader.
Corre*pondme* of the J turning .Vc*.
Atlanta, May 2.—My last letter
on savannah fifty years ago was con
cluded without referring to the lawyers
or the county /ilfieers of that period.
These should be mentioned, with such
comment as may be appropriate, within
the limited space of a newspaper article.
Those whose names will follow I can
recall as the members of the bar of that
time, but of course ot varying age, from
the old and experienced barrister down
to the youngest attorneys. They were
Jeremiah Cuvier, Counsellor Leake. Wm.
B. Bulloch, Mordecai Sheftal], Sr., John
M. Berrien, George W. Owens, Richard
W. Habersham. James M. Wayne, Joseph
S. Peiot, Levi S. DeLyon, Joseph W. Jack
son. Wm. Law. M. H'. McAllister, Charles
S. Henry. Mordecai Myers. George Glenn,
John C. Nicoll, John M. Clark, Robert W.
Pooler, Wm. W. Gordon. Richard R. Cuy
ler. Robert M. Charlton, John Millen,
Wm, H. Bulloch, Alexander J. Drvsdale,
Wm. H. Miller, J. De LaMotta. Jr". Wm.
H. btiles. George J. Kollock, Edward J.
Harden and John E. Ward.
Depending almost entirely upon memo
ry. it is quite probable I have failed to re
call a few of the lawyers of that period: it is
also probable that among those mentioned
there may be one or two who were not ad
mitted to practice as early as the rear
1834. but came in the next year, but,
nevertheless, the names of those given are
substantially the lawyers of fifty years
ago, without respect to age, although I
have had some regard to that in the order
they are stated. When I was a student
of law from 1842 to 1844. Judge Berrien
and M. Sheftall. were reputed the old
est men among the lawyers in practice, j
with a small difference" in favor of Mr.
Bheftall.
Some of those named were not in the
practice nor otherwise employed in the
line of their profession. Win. B. Bulloch
was a bank officer. Mordecai Myers was
an officer of the city government, J. De
LaMotta was an editor of the Savannah
Hepuhlican. Wm. H. Bulloch of the Geor
gian. and Robert W. Pooler was the Clerk
of the Superior Court. Several of those
named attained some distinction in poli
tics, and a few much distinction. John M.
Berrien was a member of the National
Cabinet, and served two or three terms as
United States Senator. James M. Wayne
■was through several terms a Representa
tive in Congress, and was promoted to a
Judgeship of the United States Supreme
Court, in which office he died. George W.
Owens. Richard W. Habersham, Joseph
W. Jackson, and William H. Stiles repre
sented Georgia in Congress. Robert M.
Charlton was a United Mates Senator. Ed
ward J. Harden was Judge of the Citv
Court, and afterwards the Confederate i
Judge of Georgia; John E. Ward was
Speaker ol the Georgia House of
Representatives, and Minister to
China. Nearly all of those not
named as occupying high positions were
more or less honored by their fellow citi
zens with political positions of honor and
profit. There are three old lawyers I can
recall who are omitted from the list of
lawyers fifty years ago. They are Wm.
B. Fleming. Solomon Cohen and Mulfor-1
Marsh. The reason for this is, they were
not natives of Savannah, and became citi
zens thereof after that time. The history
of most of those named are weii known to
the intelligent reader, and it is only neces
sary to refer to them because witnin the
scope of these letters.
There are a few it maybe interesting
to speak more of, because they have been
so long dead. Levi if. DeLyon was di
rectly descended from the emigration of
Israelites who soon followed Oglethorpe
to the colony of Georgia, as was also that
oldest lawyer. Mordecai Sheftall, Sr. His
personal magnetism, bis fidelity to his
clients, his fluency of speech, and bis
ability soon drew to him, both in the city
and on the circuit, numerous clients. By
his professional labors he made a comfort
able fortune. He eschewed politics, ex
cept in the line of his profession, and was
a long time Judge of the City Court of
Savannah. He had four sons and a
daughter, but of these only two survive,
and they are citizens of Texas—Mrs. Dr.
Randall, formerly Mrs. Harby, and Leo
noreon DeLyon.
Ricb'd W. Haoersbam soon moved from
Savannah to Habersham county. Ga.
While a citizen of that county, in 1838, he
was elected to Congress and "re-elected in
1840. He was a member of Congress dur
ing the exciting Harrison Presidential
campaign, which produced a reorganiza
tion of parties in Georgia, and he, with
five others out of the nine elected m 1838.
united with the Whig party, and were
called by their supporters “the Faithful
Six.” A daughter of his. the widow
of the late Hon. John Milledge, of
Augu-ta, Ga,. resides at Forsyth. Ga.,
and his grandson, Capt. John "Milledge,
at Atlanta, Ga. 1 never saw Mr. Hab
ersham that I can recall. Mordecai
Myers retired from the profession and all
active life, and removed to his country
home in Cobb county, Ga.. where he died
many years ago. He was the father ot the
several Myers brothers of your city. He
was a kind, genial, courteous and’digni
fied gentleman. John M. Clark lost his
health.' which compelled him to retire
from practice and go to the country
for several years. From there, a few
years before the late war, he moved to
Covington, Ga., and from there to Atlanta.
He resided at Atlanta in the active
practice of his profession until disabled
by the infirmities of age, which occurred
only some two years previous to his death.
He died in June, 1883, at about 83 years of
age. He several times represented Chat
ham county in the Legislature. In early
life and in middle age he was a success
ful practitioner and a fascinating speaker.
Those lessons of high principles he learn
ed in his rearing he practiced to the last,
and thus maintained with all a
reputation for that strict integrity
which no adversity could subvert.
Before he died "he was one of
the eight oldest lawyers of the State,
which number embraced Wrn. Ezzard,
John P. King. William T. Gould, Mark
A. Cooper, Wm. B. F'leming, Cbas. J.
Jenkins, and Junius Ilillyer. His wife
preceded hitn to the grave by a year or
two, and they left as sole survivor their
son, Col. E. Y. Clarke, of Atlanta.
John Millen has been dead so long ago
as the fall of 1843. In October, 1842, he
was elected to Congress on the general
ticket, and before taking bis seat he died.
His deatli at such a time is the first within
my knowledge, but within the last decade
Gen. A. R. Wright, of Augusta, and Col.
Garnett McMillan, of Clarkesville, died
between their election to Congress and
their qualification. John Millen was one
of the few men who are cast in a
peculiar mold. He was an original, and
so much so it could be said of him, as of
all such men, there never was but one
John Millen. He was neither an erratiiL
nor an eccentric, yet in his composition
the two were somewhat blended. What
was wrong in others, in him would be
right. While he could scarcely be called
eloquent, he was an able and successful
advocate. His speeches were brief, but,
without superfluous thoughts or words,
he went right to the point. He eared
little how he should begin or conclude an
argument, but at once plunged into the
middle, and when he was through stop
ped. Ilis candor and directness gave
Dim much influence with juries. lie de
fended Adam and Bella (slaves) for the
murder of Warren (the master of Bella),
in Effingham Superior Court about tho
vear 1837, with a zeal and ability that de
served success, but the proof was too
plain by their confessions. He pledged
his personal character to the innocence of
Adam, the property of Mrs. Hague, and.
obtained bis respite. Bella was hung.
On the gallows she exonerated Adam,and
Col- Millen obtained his pardon. Some
seven or eight years after, I settled in
Baker county, Ga., and there lound Adam,
who had been purchased by Gen. Tarver.
Guilty or innocent, he owed his life to
John "Millen. While Col. Millen enjoyed
the defense of a criminal case, a political
speech during high party excitement was
a luxury to him. In county, city or ward
meetings, he was equally self-possessed
and effective. I have seen him at the big
meetings in the Exchange, or the Lyceum
Hall, and in the little meetings of the
Fort and of Yumacraw, and at either he
was the same John Millen, readily adapt
ing himself to the numbers and quality of
his audience. On one occasion I heard
him say to Irishmen, he was a piece of
an Irishman himself, and to Germans he
might have said the same. He was ai Jef
fersonian and a Jacksonian Democrat,
and was often one of the nominees of that
party lor the Legislature. One of the cam
paigns gave rise to the refrain, “Shick,
Millen and Gordon, the three—hurrah for
the hickory tree.” Shiek was George
Shick. He was a family grocer on the
west side of Montgomery, between Con
gress and Broughton. He was a very
large man. One leg was shorter than the
other, so he wore a heavy boot with a very
high heel on one loot, which he
would stamp with an unction
as with a loud and commanding voice be
would proclaim the Democratic doctrines.
His politics was his religion, and -prince
or peasant” were alike to him. As h<*
would weigh sugar or flour, he took the
| opportunity to indoctrinate the customer
in the virtues and policy of old Hickorv,
! and if necessary he would have mauled
‘ his politics into him as the preacher is
said to have -mauled the grace into the
: blacksmith of the mountain pass.” John
Millen never married. He was a first
i cousin to Dr. Arnold, and an uncle of Col.
John M. Millen. a Savannah lawyer of a
| later period, who fell in battle’on the
1 Confederate side. The law firm was Mil-
I ten & Kollock, George J. Kollock now n.-
i siding in Habersham countv, Ga. Alex
ander J. Drvsdale was an ardent poli
: tician of the same school as John Mil
. len. He was a Judge of the" Citv
, Court and several times elected a
member of the Legislature from Chatham
1 county. He was a small man, of sym
metrical form and brunette complexion,
with a gentle and winning manner. He
was a lawyer, but had no taste for the
wrangles of the court house. The Rev.
Mr. Drvsdale, the Episcopalian clergy
man. rector of Christ Church. New Or
leans, who has a reputation for impres
sive pulpit reading and preaching, is his
son.
Robert W. Pooler, although a lawyer,
was. when a young man, elected to "the
Clerkship of the Superior Court of Chat
ham county. It was a lucrative office.
Its income, added to his other means, en
abled him to Jive in a luxurious manner.
He had his house in the citv, and his
country seat at Springfield. He held the
office for 25 or 30 years. A predecessor.
JobT. Bolles, held it for a like long period.
The people then held on to a gooj officer
a long time. Tnere were but few attempts '
to defeat Capt. Pooler, which all laiied.
until John F. Guilmartin. a young law- ■
yer, under some favorable circumstances,
accomplished it. Capt. Pooler was of
Irish lineage. He was a noble, gener
ous. high-toned man. He was one
of the Democratic nominees on the
general ticket for Congress in the disas
trous political campaign of 1840. The
whole Democratic ticket wa9 defeated bv
some 4.000 majority. He was at his coun
try home when the" election returns were
being received. When about forty coun
ties were heard from I was "at bis
house, where several ot his friends
were assembled. The Captain made a
calculation and gave up his election.
The friends tried to encourage him. but
he said it could not be otherwise. I was
astonished to see how coollv and cheer
fully he took his defeat. He got b:s mili
tary title from having once been the com
mander of the “Republican Blues.” He
was their Captain when I first saw them
in the year 1831. He took into his office,
in the year 1835, Edward G. Wilson, who
was then a youth of some sixteen
summers. He made an excellent
clerk, and in a few years carried on the
offiee without the of Capt. Pool
er, and was with him up to his defeat.
Capt. Pooler’s wife was 31 ary Wayne, a
niece of Judge Wayne. They had but i
one child —a son. He married, and dy-
ing left one c-hild—a daugh
ter. So the name of Pooler
has become extinct. It is curious
to notice how many names in course of
time become extinguished. To realize
this, one has only to look over the names
of the first settlers of Georgia and see
how many of them have entirely disap
peared. In the very early years" of this
century there was a lawyer of Savannah
named Flyming. In the old cemetery
there is a tomb to a lady of that name,
who lived to be nearly a hundred. Is the
name now extant?
The only names connected with the
Sheriff's office fifty years ago I can recall
are those of John J. Dews and George Mil
len. Mr. Dews moved to Southwest Georgia
about 1840, and Irom there to Forsyth.
Ga.. where he died since the war. His
widow yet survives—together with sev
eral sons and daughters—among them
Mr. John Dews, of Savannah. Dr .'George
Milien was the lather of McPherson Mil
len. He was not related to Col. John
Millen, but his wife,who was a Miss Den
nis. was his cousin. It is only stating a
fact, which is due to truth, to say that
Dr. Millen wasoneof the handsomest men
of his time.
It will be perceived I have only named
the lawyers and officers of court who
were of or jireceded the year 1n34. There
are a few I can recall’ who came to the
bar w ithin the next few years, who are
Wm. P. \V hit a . R. G. Guefard. Nicholas
Marlow, Francis S. Bartow. Richard W.
Owens, Wm. F. Law and Henry K. Pres
ton. Then, yet a few years later, comes
Henry Williams, Tom Lloyd, John W.
Owen’s. Robert H. Griffin. John 11. Good
rich, Wm. J. Bulloch, Wm. T. Goodwin
and John Bilbo.
Of the lawyers named of fifty years ago
George J. Kolloek and John L. Ward
are the only survivors. Mr. Ward
may have been admitted as late
as .January or February, 1835; but at the
time he was yet a youth not out of his
teens. Of the* next set William F. Law
is the only survivor, and of the next John '
Bibbo. Thus it may be said of the law
yers admitted in or" prior to 1842, there ,
are only five living. Possibly there may
le one or two more not recalled, for the
human memory is not accurate, however
much it may retain. Soon there will be
none left oi "the sets named, nor even of a
later date, including “ntyself among the
rest.” Richaed H.Clark.
A SOCIAL SENSATION.
New Orleans People Excited Over the
Sad Sequel to a Brilliant Marriage.
New Orleans, May 1. —Eleven months
ago the social sensation of this city was
the brilliant wedding at the cathedral of
the beautiful daughter of Chief Justice
Edward Bermudez, of the Supreme Court
ot Louisiana, to Henry Fargas, a Lieuten- j
ant of artillery in the army of France.
The ceremony was perform--d by the late
Archbishop Perche, assisted by Bishop
Lercy and accompanied by the most im
pressive religious and social accessories.
The groom was young and handsome and
the bride of noble ancestry, the acknowl
edged queen of our creole belles, while the
acquaintance and courtship were the
jioetry of romance. After the wedding the
happy couple left for Chicago and New
York and then for Europe. Now the sad Se
quel comes in the latest news from Paris,
whispered with dismay from lip to lip.
The story is that while the Lieutenant
was engrossed at a distant point the Colo
nel of his regiment at Paris lay siege to
the heart of the young wife, and when the
Lieutenant returned he found a state of
affairs existing that to his mind justified
his taking the life of his commanding offi
cer. He cabled a message to the family
of his wife to cotne and get their daugh
ter and then fled the country to avoid the
penalty of his crime. Mrs. Bermudez has
already left for Europe to bring home her
unhappy child. The details are meagre,
but this is the substance of the narrative.
Further advices are anxiously awaited.
None who knew the lady in t"he case, of
the unsullied honor of the family, and the
tender and religious care of her rearing,
harbor for a moment any thought of her
guilt, while they mourn the sad event
that has cast a shadow over her voung
life*
The acquaintance of the leautiful cre
ole and the Lieutenant began in a most
romantic way. The Lieutenant saw her
photograph in an album at Montreal at
the house of a friend of the Bermudez
family. The picture attracted him won
derfully. and he declared his intention at
once of seeking out the original, and of
marrying her if possible. He came to
New Orleans and sought and obtained an
introduction. He was as much pleased
with the fascinating creole girl as he had
been with her picture, and she in turn ad
mired the gallant Lieutenant. Their feel
ings rapidly ripened into love, and in due
time they "were married. Everything
promised well for bride and groom. They
sailed away to France with the good
wishes of all who knew them.
March 2 is to many millions of Russians
what the Fourth of July is to all Americans,
for on that day the serfs were liberated. Dur
ing the twenty-three years of freedom which
they have now enjoyed, the freed peasants
show signs of great improvement in every re
spect. As to the land, the peasantry are the
largest land-owners next to the Crown. The
Crown owns 408,000,000 acres, the peasants
own 325,000,000 acres, and the other land pro
prietors, chiefly the former serf-holders, own
270,000,000 acres- Up to January 1, 1883, the
former serfs had IsniAht from their former
masters 80,000,000 acreifVt a cost of 787,000.000
rubles ($550.000,0001. It must be kept in view
also that most of the land fit for farming,
owned by the Crown and the former serf
holders, is rented by the peasants. The fate
of the Czar’s country now lies in the peasant
hands. Thus the serf has risen from a chattel
to the ;>oßt of governing bis country's best in
terests.
A Fine Hair Dressing.
Cocoaine dresses the hair perfectly, and
is also a preparation unequaled for the
eradication ot dandruff.
The superiority of Burnett’s Flavoring
Extracts consists in their purity and
great strength.
prrsonal.
Liberal lo*-i
l t el 1 ?® 00 ' I*’ 1 *’ ° fA ' l ADfi -aver * £
Jewelry, Pisio*A Gen*. Sew rz M - .
WeariD* Appareg Meenan.n,’ T-x, "
etc., etc., at Lieeswd iker li-. jf
Cong* greet. E. MUHLBEKG,
s jV e r ' _H:5 ‘ prjee * **** t jT • eolill:
ONET TO LOAN .-A place Tt
can ootain a ;oan oa persi-i; —~
rirtK* wishing to sell Diamonl* J*VI -
and those wishing to bey bbce i-~“T
cad on me. Can r*n;d for old Gold. S* rer
mutilated com. Office private; bgs * *-. . 7
fidential. CLEMENT ’i
• Whitaker *trv*-t.
iHatttrb.
WANTED.— Lad aadtfert!. -■ •
? * or country; distance rn, o cf - ■*' ,
have steady work at their own U,~. . *' ..
| year round and can make from 4- • { ■ -
week. No canvassing. Work #* • * :r
Address OAKLAND MaSTCEG CO, box -
‘ Boston. "-- 1 *
W AXT^ D * Agent* in ~
vv travel for Collier* New Book* a t--
etaliment plan; pav- better than ■ "1
Jfocy: nothing invested. At- V
MAKfON, 56 Barnard street. T.
WANTED, a few Mu- c Scholar- - ~~
V v lessons on the piano; mstru '
ough; terms reasonable. Apple - v
Broughton street.
WANTED.— A gentleman -
vv lodging with private family, or-.V- *
mg bouse. Address P. O. box j- .• - I
price, etc. ’ r
W ANTED, by a white gud. a po-.- ~
v V nurse or lady * maid in a fi-a - - *
North. Address A. E.. care th:- off
\\~ ANTED, a competent woman to . ;
* V work and to make herse.f gen-ra
ful. Apply at No, 83 Broughton -tree!. '
\U ANTED, a respectable Colored W ~
v V as chambermaid and seam*tre*- -. * -
e-nces required. Address H. this off .*! ’
W" ANT ED, a good coos and was:.-r :• -
W family of four; most have g.; rC-r
--fenee. Apply at 73 Gordon street.
WANTED, a woman to cook, wash and
VV iron for family of two. Apply aft--
a. M. at 101 Gwinnett street.
Ty ANTED, a competent Washerwoman for
portion of each week, at 116 Taylor street.
W ANTED, a competent wa*her woman.
vv Apply to S3 Charlton street.
W ANTED, good liver* and please re par
, * ’ ties to use only Urbana Wme Cempanv's
i Champagnes—Gold Seal, Extra Drv and
special Dry. They surpass in quai::v'tnanv
imported brands, with the additional inent of
being made from grapes. For information,
apply to HENRY SOLOMON A SON,
sale Agents, Savannah. Ga.
WANTED, ladies and young men wishing
vv to earn 41 to- 43 every dav quiet; vat
their homes; work furnished: sent ur snail;
no canvassing: no stamps repaired for rei- v.
Please address EDWaRo f. DAVIS A CO,
l s*outh Main street. Fail Hirer. Ms,— .
4 GENTS WANTED, as w-! j. r- for ttee
* 4 sale of the Genuine Singer - rw.ag Ma
chines. the best in the marxet for strength,
durability, simplicity and perftct.os of; tea.
Sola on easy term*. "Term* to az* at* . versa.
Apply at No. 181 Broughton street- Savanna.
Ga. THE SINGER M ANL'FAC TChIXG
CO, G. O. PIXTOV, Manager.
__ for Krnt.
t'DR RENT, whole or part of f-rn.-aed
1 home. with use of kitchen: front;
conveuient part of city; terms rtMtasUt.
Address this ogee.
Tb KENT. May . a seven room fc< on
1 New Houston street, second ioor east of
Jefferson. Apply to LOUIs VOGEL, No. 42
Drayton street.
TO RENT, large furnished front r-> m on
fir-t floor: also, flat of uefort:-'*: rooms
on second floor; ]>-3 South Broad street, corner
Barnard.
r T'O KENT, unfurnished rooms, with use of
i bath. Apply southeast corner York and
Whitaker streets.
C'OK BEST. Fura;-:.e-i or unfum shed
A room*, with or without board, at 172
Liberty street.
'T'O RENT, rooms or part of house No. M
1 Liberty street, three doors from Drayton.
Address tt . H. D., care Morning News ' See.
r |’’J RENT, one Furnished Boom on first
floor, at 209 York street.
for JSalf.
TT’OB sAI-E.—Cheapest Variety store will
I sell Cheap! Cheap! Cheap! such as Look
ing Glasses. Frames. Oil Paintings. Tinware.
Etc., at NATHAN 8K0.~., No. Iso Congress
street.
foot.
IOST. a seal color, round-horned Cow; a
-i r -ward will be given. Appiy at No. 6
East Broad street.
IOST, on the Ist inst., on ’he wav from
j Montgomery to the city v:a the’White
Bluff Bbeli Roail, a Brown Russia Leather
Pocketbook. The finder will receive a liberal
reward for returning same to this office.
llrm JLDorrtiarmrnto.
FOOLARD SILKS!
sura SILKS!
PURE SILK GRENADINES.
SILK & WOOL GRENADINES.
SPECIAL ATTRACTION'S
DANIEL IIOGAN
VX’ILL offer the above poods at special
it prices, with the view of closing them
out prior to removal to his new store now in
course of erection.
One lot Foulard Silks, in very desirable
styles and colors, at 50c. per yard; taese goods
were sold last season at Sse. and $1 per yard.
One lot Summer Silks at 50c.; the same
Silks were sold a month ago at 65c.
One lot Summer Silks at 65c.; the same as
were sold a month ago at 80c.
One lot Pure Silk Grenadines at *1 per yard,
actually worth $1 50.
One lot Pure Silk Grenadines at 75c., would
be cheap at *1 25.
One lot Silk and Wool Grenadines at *1 23
per yard, reduced from *1 73.
one lot Plain Silk Grenadine, 27 inches
wide, at $:. worth at least *3 50 per yard.
One let Black Silk Warp Florentine at 65c.,
last season's urice iva- *l.
One lot Black Silk Bysantine at 63c. a yard,
last year’s price sl. . ’
TABLE DAMASK.
One lot Bleached Damask at sl, reduced
from *1 50.
One lot Bleached Damask at *1 25. would
be cheap enough at *1 75.
One lot Bleached Damask at *2 25, former
price $2 75.
Ge'ts’ 4-ply Collars and Cuffs.
10 dozen Gents' 4-ply Cuffs at 15c. a pair,
worth 23c. pair.
100 dozen Gents' 4-ply Collars at *1 50 per
dozen, worth $3.
100 dozen Gents’ India Merino Summer Vests
at 50c. each, worth at least 75c.
id dozen Gents' Bleached Drawers at 50c.
pair, worth from 75c. to 85c. pair.
125 dozen Gents' Full Regular Half Hose at
*2 49 per dozen, worth *3 50.
100 dozen Gents' Baibriggan Half Hose at
$3 per dozen, worth at least $4.
SHEETING & SHIRTING.
100 pieces 10-4 New York Mills at 30c. The
usual price is 45c. a yard.
200 pieces Bleached Shirting, one yard wide
and fully as good as Fruit of the Loom, at
8’ 2 c. per card.
CANTON MATTINGS.
100 pieces Fancy Matting at 20c., sold else
where at 30c. a yard.
100 pieces Fancy Matting at 25c. per yard
and upwards.
BOYS’ CLOTHING.
150 Boys’ Sailor Suits from $1 75 to $5.
200 Boys’ Knee Pants: Suits in fancy mixture
from $2 to SB.
D. HOGAN.
NOTICE.
I TAKE this method of returning thanks for
the very liberal patronage bestowed on
the late firm, and especially to any who may
be termed my friends, and hope tlia’t they will
continue to bestow on me any favors that may
chance to fall in their way. I will continue to
carry a full line of everything pertaining to
my business, and hope, with renewed efforts,
to please the public at large, and to still merit
their approbation by receiving a call.
Respectfully,
W. J. LINDSAY - .
NOTICE.
ALI, parties indebted to the late firm of
O’HAGAN & BAKER will make pay
ments of same to myself or my authorized
agent, Mr. 11. R. SCRANTON, by date of May
20, or other means will be derived for collec
tion of same. W- T. FARRELL,
Assignee for O’Hagan & Baker.