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The Confederate Documents.
We propose to publi eh on March 15 and
March 21 some twenty-five or thirty let
ters, reports and telegrams of a most in
teresting historical character connected
with the last days of the Southern Con-
fetleraey. These documents ca9t an im
portant light on questions that are still
unsettled. They include official com
munications between the Governors of
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
North Carolina, with reports of agents
and officers, and telegrams and dis
patches from Gen. Lee and President j
Davis. There are also letters from pri
vate citizens of distinction like William
Gilmore Simms and A. P. Aldrich.
There is no doubt about the authenti- ]
city f these documents. They will be
published on the same days in several of j
the leading journals of the country.
The Morning Nrws has arranged to j
i resent the pictures of President-elect j
Cleveland andCabiuet next Sunday morn- 1
ing, or as soon after the Cabinet is an- j
ion need as the electrotypes Can be ob- I
'.anted.
Some of the California farmers are feed- j
ing their hogs on grapes and figs.
There seems to be no doubt now that
United state* Lott Wright was
guilty of a great lot of wrong'.
“Geßt’/emen mav cry peace, peace,”
but the people don’t want pefico. They
:,re one and all in favor <j[*be gas war.
As soon as the New Orleans Exposition
it oter the government should retire trom
the show business for the balance of the
century.
The Brooklyn car conductors and
drivers propose to work only 12 hours per
day afr- r April 15. They are now on duty
: 1 hours per day.
Dogs are treated with great considera
tion in Louisville. A dog is there put on
the same basis of respectability as any
Other citizen and pays the same tax—s 2
T r capita.
Minnesota has restored capital punish
ment, which has been prohibited for thirty
; ars. Tlii death penalty has not been
.i.flirted in that state during all that time
except by Judge Lynch.
The c laimants of the Potomac flats at
Washington, who had a
the corner marks made by the surveyors.
A liberal reward awaits the finder.
The Soudan is getting too hot for the
British troops in more than one respect.
It is supposed that a demonstration will
be made against Berber in ord c rto enable
Lord YVoleslev’s young officers to save
their bath tubs.
The depression in the wheat market in
Dakota has eaused the price of votes to
decline. Legislators can be bought in
that Territory at S.IOO each. This is from
the latest official quotations as made
public in a recent investigation.
Some ot the Indian agents buy calico at
4 cents per yard and “distribute” it to
the Indians at 20 cents per yard. These
same agents raise a terrible howl If an
Indian happens to steal a spring chicken
or two. They say the Indians are thievish
and have no financial acumen.
Vale College will have no more “junior
promenades” without the consent of the
faculty. The natural cuesedness of the
schoolboys will find some other manner
of venting itself. They can't be made
angels by college rules. Nothing but the
rod or the halter will do the work.
Missouri is troubled with a proposition
to remove the seat of the State Govern
ment to Sedalia. It has leen discovered
that Jefferson City is not only diflicult of
access, but very unhealthy. The public
buildings are also said to be old and dilapi
dated. 1* looks as if Sedalia would win
tbe light.
It is stated that Miss Nellie Gould,
daughter of the king speculator, is “o’er
young to marry,” being only 14 years old.
The rumor of her engagement to lawyer
Connor is untrue. The only ground for
the report was probably the fact that he
sent the little girl a nickel’s worth of
chewing gum.
Tbe Louisville people have formed a
citizens’ league, the object of which is to
reform the city government. They say
they are taxed outrageously, and that the
money is squandered by bummers. The
bummers appear to be pretty well forti
fied. however, and will probably -“hold the
fori” f >r some time to c<roe.
Great complaint is made in Harrisburg,
Pa., liecause the members of the Legisla
ture are devoting a ereat part of their
time and talents to faro and poker. It is
surprising that the honorable gentlemen
should patronize taro banks, but as to
poker, how would they know what meas
ures to “pass” if they were not experts in
the game?
In reply to the application of the
Plymouth Mass. Agricultural Society
to secure Maud 8 to draw a crowd to the
show, Mr. Bonner refuses to grant tne re
quest. He says Maud shall never trot fer
money. He will probably not object to
any little advertising that incidentally
accrues to the Ledger through Maud's
fast trotting. Good advertising is con
vertible into money.
“I>r. Francis 8. Drake, of Boston, who
died while visiting New Orleans a few
days ago, was a descendant in direct line
of the voyager, the famous Sir Francis.”
So say? the Philadelphia Timet. Some
years before his death Dr. Drake pub
lished a work, in which be stated that Sir
Francis Drake had no direct descendants
in America. He was a descendant of a
brother of Sir Francis.
Since Italianized air bus been imported
into I-ondon for the use of singers, the idea
of manufacturing climate, like mineral
waters, appears to have obtained a firm
hold on the people. A New Haven, Conn.,
man is giving his son sun-baths in a cot
servatory instead of sending him to
Florida, as advised by bis physician, and
tbe boy is getting well. Every man of
means up North inav now bate his own
jurtifieial Florida.
An Eventful Week.
The present week will be an eventful
one in Washington and in the history cf
the Democratic party. For almost a
quarter of acenturytheljepublicanpttrty
has exerted a controlling influence at the
national capital. The government has
been Republican, the tone of thought that
prevailed society has been Republican,
the majority of rich people and the leaders
of society have been Republican, and the
whole office-holding population has been
Republican.
I'nder this influence the city has grown
from a straggling village to be one of the
most beautiful cities of the world. The
economical ideas and old-fashioned no
tions that prevailed when the Democratic
party went out of power have gone out
of fashion, and with them have disap
j eared much of the old-time courtesy
and genuine refinement that marked the
society of the capital prior to 1860. Much
of the boldness and coarseness that at
tracts attention in Washington society
now is due to tbe aggressive and pushing
temper of people the foundations of whose
tortunes were laid during the war period.
With the advent of a Democratic ad
ministration it is probable that lobbyists,
speculators, adventurers and people of
that class will find Washington less at
tractive than heretofore. They will
find the official temperature a lit
tle more chilly. The faces of the
class of men who figure in whisky
rings and star route rings will be seen
less frequently on the streets. Although
the Democratic party has within its ranks
many men of wealth it has not so many
ot the shoddy rich class as the Republi
can party has. It is reasonable to ex
pect, therefore, that there will be less os
tentatious display of wealth on the streets
and at social entertainments than during
the period about closing.
The inauguration will be the greatest
that Wasbington has ever known. There
will be present military and civic or
ganizations from every part of the coun
try. The city will be crowded as it never
yet has been. The procession, the cere
monies. the fireworks and the ball will be
well worthy of the occasion.
The change in the administration of the
government does not mean so much a
change of policy, with reference to great
questions and important interests, as a
change in the methods of administering
the government. Extravagance will give
place to eenomy. Incojapetenev and
worthlessness in officials wi il be replaced
with ability and conscientious industry.
The effort will be to administer the gov
ernment for the good of the people and
not tor the benefit of the officeholders.
The. Democratic party takes control of
the government uot at the ’j'uiujg Of a
great popular majority, but it can easily
secure the indorsement of such a majori' y.
If it is true to its past and its promises,
the event of Wednesday will be the begin
ning of a period of power that will be
greater than that enjoyed by the Republi
can party.
There is no reason why it shouldn't be
true. It has leaders who are able and
honest, and in patriotism tbev are not
surpassed, if equaled, by the leaders of
the party which has so long controlled
the government. Tbe people will have no
cause to regret the great event that will
occur at Washington this week.
Tin- I‘auunia Canal.
Now that ttfere is no prospect of the
Nicaragua cabal or the Tehuantepec ship
railway being undertaken in the near fu
ture, interest in the progress and pros
pects of the Panama canal has greatly in
creased. Work was begun on this gigan
tic enterprise about four years ago, and
is now only fairly started. The prepa
rations for work, providing machinery,
dredges, houses, etc., and the clearing
of the right of way, have required an im
mense amount of labor and millions of
money. of the work is
JflVv 'conveyed by a glimpse at the
figures of the engineers. Tbe excavation
for the whole canal ( which is to be 40.5
miles long, 72 feet wide at the bottom and
164 ieet wide at the water level, with “29.5
feet depth of water) will amount to
150,090,000 cubic meters, or 196,040,000
cubic yards, about 25,000,000 cubic meters
of which is through stone. At each end
and in the centre are to be basins 426 feet
wide and from : to 4 miles long as har
bors for vessels entering and leaving the
canal, and to facilitate the passing of
vessels- going through it. The depth of
the deepest cut will be 660 feet, and it
will be nearly a quarter of a mile wide at
the top. The whole amount of excavating
to be done would be sufficient to dig a pit
one mile square and nearly a half mile
deep.
So far as cutting the canal is concerned,
it is only a matter of time and money.
There are great engineering difficulties to
be encountered, however, which are by
no means easy to be overcome. The canal
follows tbe valley of the Chagres river
for many miles, and crosses its bed 29
times. Where it first encounters the
river the bottom of the canal is 50 feet
below the bed of the stream. Anew
channel ior the river will have to be cut
parallel with the canal. The river is only
about 200 feet wide and 2 feet deep at ordi
nary stages of the water, . but during
heavy rains it often rises suddenly more
than 40 leet. In order to prevent the
river breaking its bounds and destroying
the canal, an immense dam is to be built
so as to form a reservoir or artificial lake
above where the stream first approaches
the canal. By means of a culvert, waste
ways and suitable gates the water,
of which 600,000,0(10 cubic meters
can be accumulated, can be let oil'
gradually without injury to the works.
The lake will be about one mile wide, 200
feet deep in the middle, and several miles
long. The reservoir will hold enough
water to fill a pit a mile square ana near
ly two miles in depth. The canal follows
the valleys of the Rio Grande and Abispo
rivers on the Pacific side, and it crosses
the channels ol these streams 17 and 11
times respectively. As these are small
streams, and do not collect any great
amount of water even in the rainy sea
son, they can doubtless be controlled with
comparative ease.
The difference in the height of the tide
j 2 feet on the Caribbean and 16 to IS feet
on the Pacific coast) will render neces
sary a jidal lock of extraordinary strength
and size at the western entrance of the
canal.
Only about 12,900,000 cubic meters of
earth have been excavated so far, but
the work can now be accelerated owing
to the large number of dredges and exca
vators recently added to the plant, an and it
is thought that the canal can he
completed by IKB, or one year after the
time specified in the contracts. This,
however, isdoubtful. Unforeseen difficul
ties will probably be encouutered.
The financial difficulties to be overcome
by the canal company will doubtless be
greater than those relating to engineer
ing. The amount of money originally
subscribed was 600,000,0001'. The sale of
3*7,387 500-tranc shares netted 129,000,-
0001., making the whole amount received
by the Treasurer 729,000y*00f.. or about
$145,80u,000. The expenditures of the
company up to Jan. 1 were 967,000,0001.,
leaving a balance on hand of 962,000.0001..
or about 172,000,000. It is estimated that
tbe work yet to be done w ill cost at least
(! 40,000, 000. The deficit of aUiut $68,000,000
must be provided for. Where this enor
mous amount of money is to come from
it is not easy to say. M. de Eesseps, how
ever, is a man of wonderful resources, as
are also his associates, and no doubt the
means to finish the great work of dividing
a continent, joining two oceans and ren
dering possible the openiug of new mari
time routes to the commerce ol the world,
will be secured.
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1885.
A Repnhlican’s Opinion of Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland is a comparatively new
man in politics, and ho is not, therefore,
well known to the country. In fact, only a
few of the prominent men of his party are
acquainted with him, and these few do
not know him intimately. Ilis character
and his acquirements have been the
source of almost endless speculations,
and they are yet interesting subjects of
study to leading public men. A day or
two ago our dispatches stated that one
Senator v. as devoting a good deal ol time
to the study of Mr. Cleveland's speeches
and public papers for the purpose of get
ting a better understanding of the Presi
dent-elect.
In view of the fact that so little is
known of Mr. Cleveland's characteristics
information about him from any source,
provided it Is honest and unprejudiced, is
acceptable.
A distinguished Republican lawyer, of
Albany, New York, who knows Mr.
Cleveland quite well, and who was a
neighbor of bis during the time he occu
pied the Gubernatorial residence, writes
about him to a friend in this city as fol
lows: “I believe thoroughly in Cleveland’s
honesty, conservatism and stubborn inde
pendence. He will be thoroughly detested
by the grasping hungry element of Lis own
party before three months have passed.
He believes in civil service refortn. He
makes up his mind slowly, and when set
he is “sot” all over, lie braved Tamma
ny in this State, and he will not fail to
brave the crazy silver men and the hun
gry spoilsmen at Washington, and I verily
believe that he wiil not be worsted in the
row. He will not make a fraction of the
removals that the place-seekers will de
mand. His administration will be a safe,
conservative and good one for the coun
try, but never a brilliant dor a popular
one in the sense that it will 6uit the poli
ticians. But with the rank and file of the
people, with the large class of voters
who are not looking for, nor expecting
office, but who desire above everything to
have the government managed on safe
business principles, he will be a popular
and strong President. In fact, the very best
elements of his party will mould his ad
ministration, and the “boys” will have
occasion to notice this very early in his
term. If 1 wanted an office under him 1
would not ask him lor it very often nor in
a very direct way.”
The writer of the above, although he
was an enthusiastic supporter of Blaine,
is cajiable evidently ot forming an opin
ion of Mr. Cleveland unbiased by preju
dice or partisan feeling. Ilis opinion,
from a Republican standpoint, appears to
be a pretty fair ope. If Mr. Cleveland
proves to b Strong with the people, it
will not make much difference " hat the
office-seekers think of him.
It may be a mistake, however, to think
that he will not make many removals
from office. The good of the service may
require him to make more than the Re
publicans hope he will make. It is proba
ble that he win nc t nia ke hl^b. v removals
simply to replace Republicans with
Democrats, but by the time he gets
through making removals for cause the
number remaining will not be large.
Speculations llespeeting the Next
llohsc.
The American Machinist a few days
ago published an article in which it
claimed that the protectionists would he
in the majority in the next House. The
article was based on-answers to letters of
inquiry from quite a large number of the
new members, and on tbe which
old members took with regard to the Mor
rison bill. The article in the Machinist
was not by any means conclusive, because
much of the information on which it was
based was not satisfactory. It seemed to
have been accepted by the protection jour
nals, however, and e P"~ "' took oc *
• -sj-nbe that there was no pros
peettbat the tariff would be reduced with
in the next two years.
Frank Hurd also has been figuring on
the next House, and he reaches a conclu
sion directly opposite that reached by the
Machinist. He says that he is able to
figure out a clear majority ior the oppo
nents of protection, and expresses the
opinion that the tariff reformers will have
no trouble whatever in passing a bill like
the Morrison bill, or any other tariff' re
form measure.
In the opinion ot most people Frank
Hurd is better authority on the subject of
the .tariff views of the next House than
the Machinist is. lie is so deeply inter
ested in the tariff' issue that he has taken
the trouble to inform himselt with respect
to the tariff' leanings of public men.
Assuming that Mr. Hurd is right in
what he says about the next House it is
probable that the tariff issue will become
prominent in the next Congress soon after
it meets. If tbe guesses respecting Mr.
Cleveland’s Cabinet arc about correct tbe
tariff' reformers will have the sympathy
ot the administration when they next at
tempt to pass a tariff reform measure.
A Civil Pension List.
The debate on the preposition to give
the late President Tyler’s daughter a pen
sion of SOO a mouth shows how strong the
tendency is to increase the civil pension
list. The argument of Senator Morgan
iu favor of the pension was strong but
not convincing. He pointed out that by
granting the pension a precedent would
not he established, because there weje al
ready’ precedents.' He called attention to
the fact that daughters and widows ot
Presidents have been pensioned.
The danger of granting such pensions
is in the impossibility of placing a limit
to them. If one relative of an ex-Presi
dent is pensioned, why not another? and
if a pension is given to the relative of an
ex-President, why r not to a relative of an
ex-Vice President, ex-Speaker, ex-Secre
tary ol the Treasury, and so on through
the list?
Xo doubt there would not be a word of
complaint if a pension should be granted
to President Tyler's daughter, because,
doubtless, there is a great deal of sym
pathy for her, but, in voting away the
people’s money, Congressmen must not
be influenced by their feelings. They
must consult their judgments alone.
There is no good reason whatever why the
daughter of President Tyler should be
given a pension, and there are a good
many why she should not.
Speaking of the Department of Htate,
now presided over by the distinguished
aristocrat, Mr. Frelinghuysen, a Wash
ington correspondent says: “It is to be
hoped that Mr. Bayard, when he takes
charge of the department, will clear it
out from top to bottom. There is not a
single American connected with that
establishment. It is a hot-bed for the
propagation of the poorest and cheapest
kind of snobs. The clerks in this depart
ment are few in number. 1 believe forty
is the limit; their salaries are moderate—
about on a footing with the elerks of the
other department?. Eighteen hundred
dollars is the highest salary paid to any
( one but bureau officers. With one ex
; ception, there is not a man of any accom
j plishment or special acquirement con
: nected with the service. The elerks are
modeled apparently upon the poorest
; type3 of the attaches of the foreign lega
i tions.”
Dr. Ilarcourt, a Methodist minister of
Haverstraw, X. V.. preaches with power.
The other Sunday his sermon was from
the text, “Thou 6halt not steal,” and he
illustrated his text by mentioning the
fact that many bakers robbed the poor by
selling light weight loaves of bread at ex
orbitant prices. He showed that the
bakers made a clear profit ol sl3 on each
barrel of flour they used. In a few days
the size of the loaves of bread began to be
increased, aud the people of the town are
thanking the preacher for bis plain aud
practical way of preaching.
CURKENT COMMENT.
A Mistaken Thomas.
Soc York Graphic <Jnd.)
Thomas Xast appears to think it the duty of
President Cleveland to stamp out the Demo
cratic party. Sow we think: Thomas Nast i3
mistaken. ,
Must Go Hand in Hand.
Washington Post '/>.)
commerce and navy must go hand in hand,
as it were. An ocean carrying trade is both
the nursery and the occasion for a navy. If
we are not to have such changes of policy as
wil build up our foreign trade and put it into
American ships we shall hive no great use
for naval appliances beyond such as are need
ed for the protection ot rivers and harbors.
No More Affiliation.
Si. Louis Republican. ..Dean.)
Three State conventions were held in Michi
gan yesterday. The Democrats met at Bay
City; the Prohibitionists and the Greenback
ers at Detroit. The Democrats and Green
hackers are making arrangements to fuse an
they did last year. After all the abuse that
has been heaped upon the St Johnnies bv the
Republicans it is not probable that the Pro
hibitionists will affiliate with the “grand old
party" this year.
Mr. Randall’s Position.
Philadelphia Record (Oern.)
The silver Democrats from the West, re
inforced by a good many sympathizers from
the South, served a plain and peremptory
notice upon President-elect Cleveland yes
terday that they had views on the currency
question as well as himself, and intended
supporting them with strength and stubborn
ness. Mr. Randall found himself in a jkwi
tion still less satisfactory than that in which
on a certain memorable occasion he placed
Mr. Morrison, since he onlv rallied about a
third of the party’s strength to the support of
his motion.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
In Porto Rico an outlay of $2 will clothe an
entire family of six persons for a year.
A Norwegian sleigh, recently on exhibi
tion in New 1 ork, resembled a hansom on
runners.
A daring landlord in Berlin has intro
duced paper plates. Bread and butter, cakes
and similar articles were served on a prettp
papier maehe plate, having a border in relief
and resembling porcelain. The landlord
liked them because they were so' cheap they
could be thrown away after once using, wait
ers liked them for their lightness, ami because
they were neither to be washed nor broken,
and sucsts were delighted to take them away
as souvenirs. Housewives will cordially wel
come the introduction of this sort of table
furni)urc into America.
A rather good mca of poor Col. Burnaby’s
wat that of the "Foolometer” test, as he
called it, by which he sought to anticipate
the verdict of the public on his writings. It
is said he used to subvnit his proof to two or
three friends, who were merely "average
mortals.’’ If they were pleased, Burnaby
was satisfied. If they were not pleased,
Burnaby decorated things until his work ob
tained ttieir approval. He claimed to write
only for the average public, and his theory
was that an average man was a better iudge
of what would suit his class than was n "cul
tured critic.”
A law-sfit growing out of a pair of baby’s
shoes lias just been instituted at I’ollstou, Pa.
Charles, Miller, of Bucj, Cheater county,
purchased a pair of shoes for his chi’d and
left them at the etore to be called for. By
mistake the shoes were given to a young wo-
IP.au by the same name. She took the pack
age homo, and finding that it contained a pair
Oi tiny shoesbe A *nia UMliiCaant and threw
them into the stove. Later on Mr. Miller de
manded the price of the shoes, which Miss
Miller refused to pay. The Jnstice advised
a settlement, but Miss Miller declined. The
case will now !>e taken into court.
A New York firm applied to Abraham Lin
coln some years before he became President
as to the financial standing of one of nis
neighbors, Mr. Lincoln replied as follows:
‘•yours of the 10th inst. received. I am well
acquainted with Mr. and know his cir
cumstances. First of all, he has a wife and
baby; together they ought to be worth $50,c00
to any man. Secondly, he has an office in
which there is a table worth $1 50, and three
chairs worth say $l. Last of all there is in
one corner a large rat-liole which will boar
looking into. Itcspectfully yours, A. LIN
COLN.’’
The members of the Comedie Francaise
were greatly surprised a few days ago on re
ceiving an invitation from the cure of St.
Itoc.h to attend a great festival celebration in
that church. The actors and actresses mus
tered in force on the occasion and joined m
the ceremonial in a very interesting and edi
fying manner. Lading about lor home means
of repaying the civility of the cure, they hit
on the nappy idea of inviting that dignitary
and all the priests at St. Roch to a perfoim
ane.e at the Comedie Francaise. This inci
dent has a wholesome complexion, and shows
m.Tv completely the old prejudice against
players is being swept away.
While Pennsylvania petroleum yields 70
per rent, of kerosene with a large residuum
of lubricating oil, the Caspian product yields
but 28 per cent, of kerosene, with a refuse lit
only for fuel. In the early days of Caspian
petroleum its price was |2 per barrel Now
it often sells at 10 cents. Twelve thousand
square miles in Southern Russia have been
proved to be oleiferous, and of this vast sur
face only six miles are. as yet, developed.
The oil-bearing stratum is found to extend
b neatl) the Caspian Sea, where it crops up in
Teheliken, a trno isle of oil, which literally
streams into the sea from hills and cliffs,
which are entirely formed of crude paraffine.
There is hope for tne Chinese yet. They are
evidently weakening on the pigtail. Saturday
there was a party of them from the legation iu
Washington at the capitoi. All but one had
discarded the baggy costume of their native
land and wore American costumes, while it
was noted with a good deal of interest that
all those who wore “Metican” clothes had
carefully run their pigtails down the backs of
the coats, buttoning them inside, so that only
the close observer would note the fact of their
existence. They seemed to take a good deal
of interest in the capitoi, and waited through
the great Congressional library in a reveren
tial way that showed that they knew some
thing ot the value of books.
Mary P. Gcmpert, an attractive vonng wo
man, began a suit Monday in the Circuit
Court at Chicago for a decree of divorce. By
her testimony and that of her mother and sis
ter it was shown that two years ago, whde
she was still liviug with her family, iu Brook
lyn, thst Louis D. (iumpert, whose acquaint
ance she had made in a furtive manner, one
day induced her to partake of intoxicating
liquors, and that when she was in an irre
sponsible state he had forced her to marry
him. blie maintained that she had never lived
with him nor met him after her marriage.
Soon after this she moved to Ch engo, and is
still living there. The court did not say
whether a decree should be granted or not.
Mu. Webster was once spending the smn
mer in a town uear Boston, and, as was his
custom, aiteuded chimb regularly, both
morning and afternoon. On one occasion it
fell to the lot of an unfledged youth to try his
wings in that pulpit. He rose, as was natural,
with some trepidation, begin the service.
This trepidation gradually increased, till to
ward the close of the hymn he faltered per
ceptibly, and as he sat don u by the side of
the minister of the parish he whispered:
“Doctor, I don’t know to whom eyes
belong which are directly iaciDg me, but
they are quite too much for me, and I cannot
preach.” Mr. Webster was responsible for
an extemporaneous discourse that morning.
Portland, Me., has a ghott. Mr. Libby,
manager of Tlioits Brothers' cigar manufac
tory, offers $5O to the man who will spend a
night in the manufactory. Mr. Libby, as well
as several others, have tried and failed. It
seems an employe of the tirni bv the name oi
Kelley, who died not long since, during a lin
gering sickness with consumption often as
serted whenever any of the men called to see
him that he would come back to the old shop
iu the spirit if such a thing were possible.
.Just before be died be assured liis watchers
that he would visit the boys after death. The
men arc convinced he has made good his as
surance, and that the nightly groans and
racket are made by Kelley’s ghost. Not one
of the men can be induced to remain in the
room after dark. The other night Portland’s
light-weight wrestler, champion boxer and a
gentleman recently in the liquor trade made
an attempt to down his ghostship. We are un
able to reiKirt results, as all three were invisi
ble next day.
When the late M. ViUemessant, the propri
etor of the Paris Figaro, died he left tbe paper
to the three men who had done tlie most to
aid him . But there were many old contribu
tors on the paper—men with well-known
names, who ma<fe an outcry against this di
vision of the property. Ttey insisted that
they ought to have been consulted, and thev
threatened to found an opposition Figaro.
This alarmed the three principals, and they
made a proposition to the effect that they
themselves should take each $35,000 out of the
concern yearly, and that theotlicr men should
each have a salary of $7,500 lor the work they
' wore to do, and at tlie end of a year draw a
like sum out of the profits, tluis insuring them
*15,000 a year. Yet the-e men do not write
an average of more than half a column a day
each—if, indeed, that much, so that they have
a very easy time of it. It is oue of tlie condi
tions that when any one of them dies hissharc
goes to the others, so that the last survivor
wiil have an enormous income.
A GOO.P deal lias lately been said and
written about the large sums which British
authors nave made by the sale of their works.
Scott obtained l 110,000 for eleven novels and
nine volumes of tales. Lord Beaconsfleld was
offered ±10,00) for "Kndymion.” George Eliot
received A'7.000 for "Romola,” and it is re
ported that her “Life” has already put £B,OOO
into the ;>ockets of the publishers. The profits
of several continental authors have, how
ever, been equally substantial. Lamartine
received X'20,000 for his History and £I,BOO for
“•La Chute d’un Ange;” for the manuscupt of
“Notre Dame” Victor Hugo was paid A'2,4CO;
Chateaubriand made A22.000 by his bocks;
Thiers disposed of his “History ot* the Consu
late and Empire” for A20,000; and even
Lame/mais obtained on an average A'tiOO for
each of ins volumes. Judged from the pc
edniary point of view. M. Emile Zola is pro
bably the most successful of living authors.
A Paris paper, to which he is an occasional
contributor, states that his income from liter
ary work has during the past live years aver
aged 412,"03,
As our people appear to be enthusiastic on
the subject of railways, says Randall in his
Washington letter, the following facts con
cerning Mr. William B. Johnston, of Macon,
may be pertinent and interesting, as they are
perhaps unparalleled. He is well known as a
retired merchant, a leading citizen and direc
tor in the Central and Western and Atlantic
road->, and other corporations. He is still a
hale, hearty, clear-headed, active business
tnau, and travels a great deal. For fifteen
years he has never missed a meeting of the
Western and Atlantic directory. For several
years after he went into business on bis own
account, he traveled the entire distance from
New York to Macon by stage coach, uot a
mile of railroad being constructed at the time,
and the only other way of reaching Macon
being by very slow and uncertain sailing ves
sels to Charleston and savannah, and then by
private conveyance. The whole magnificent
railway system of this oeuntry has been built
and put 'in operation since he attained bis
manhood. This is a remarkable example from
Georgia of what tremendous development the
country has had in the space of a sing'c life,
which is still useful and far from spent.
UKIGHT HITS.
The doorsof rooms in Denmark hotels have
no locks. When the tourists finish London
and Vans and reach Denmark, they probably
have very little left that is worth stealing.—
Graphic.
“Tom Ochiltree.” writes a Washington
correspondent, ‘-struck the lyre last evening.”
From what we have heard of Maj. Ochiltree,
we infer that the liar was smaller than he is.
Graphic.
“What amused me most at the opera,”said
an Arab chief, who iiad been taken to hear
‘“Faust,” “was one of the musicians in the
orchestra, seated a little higher than the rest,
who performed on an invisible instrument
with a stick.” —Musical Courier.
“Getting orders now?” asked one travel
ing man of another, in a dull town in the
South. “Got one to-day,” was the rcjily.
“Don’t believe it.” “I did, all the same.”
“What was it?” “Order from the house to
come home.” —Merchant Traveler.
An Irish lawyer having addressed the court
•as ’“gintlemin,” instead of “t er honors," after
he had concluded a brother of the bar re
minded him of his error. He immediately
Arose and apologized thus: “May it please the
court, in the hate of the debate I called your
honors gintlemin. f made a mistake, your
honors.” The speaker then sat do wn.— Strand
Journal.
Brewster and Ilis Clothes.—“‘Did you
notice in the dispatches the figure cut in
Washington on Saturday by tne bizaarc
Brewster—frilled shirts, white plush hat,
bluff vests, and ailthat sortof thing?” “Well,
Brewster was always a dandy.” “And noth
ing in his career so becomes him as the
clothis of it. Cleveland will pull down his
vest.” —Chicago Herald.
“There,” exclaimed Mrs. Talkmuch, “that’s
the kind of brutes you men a re,” and she
read an account of a wife murder by aGeor
gia barber yesterday. “You say he was a
barber, my dear?” “Yes, he was, and ”
“Oh, weld it is all for the best. A barber and
a woman can’t live happily together any
way.” “I’d like to know why nut. I can’t
sec ” “Too much competition, my dear.
Neither of ’em could get a word in edge
wise.”— Chicago Feus.
I* KI ISON AG.
Hannibal Hamlin wore an overcoat the
other day T and it gave him a dreadful cold.
Lieut. Rhodes, the Gay Head hero, will
leave Fair Haven shortly? for a three years’
cruise in Alaskan waters.
Princess Beatrice's marriage to Prince
Henry is to take place in Whippingham
Church: Isle of Wight, in July.
W. 11. Calkins, the defeated Republican
candidate for Governor of Indiana, has moved
from Lapcrte to Indianapolis, whore he is to
open a law office.
Yellow Hawk, formerly a Dakota Indian
chief, but now pastor of a self-supporting In
dian church, is making a good impression
among church people in Danbury, Conn.
That good old woman, Florence Nightin
gale, is engaged in her good old work, and at
65 is bustling about as lively as ever to raise
funds to provide assistance for sick and
wounded British soldiers in the Soudan.
Florence Broughton, daughter of the
English artist, G. H. Broughton, has devel
oped extraordinary ability as an amateur
actress, and some of her London admirers are
vainly endeavoring to persuade her to go on
the professional stage.
George Bancroft has taken steps to pre
sent to the city of Worcester, Mass., a fund of
SIO,OOO to form tlie “Aaron and Lucretia Ban
croft scholarship fund.” The income is to bo
devoted to the liberal education of someone
scholar selected from the citizens of Worces
ter.
Frep Burnaby, says Edmund Yates, looked
more like an Italian baritone than an English
Guardsman. lie had a pale,beardless face, a
slight black moustache, a sweet smile and
pieasant manners. He was always extraor
dinarily frequently in black with
a huge muffler round his throat.
Victor Hugo, of course, considers French
to be the language of civilization and has
some contempt for harbnnan (all other)
tongues, though Spanish is less intolerable to
him than any other. As for English he says:
“My English and American friends have
spoiled me by learning my language, so I have
never been obliged to study’ theirs.”
The Crown I’rince of Baden, grandson of
Kaber Wilhelm, is to wed the Princess Hilda
of Nassau, daughter of that Duke of Nassau
who lost his throne in 1866. He was formerly
a suitor for the hand of Beatrice of England,
and later for that of the Princess Elizabeth
of Hesse, whose marriage with the Grand
Duke Sergius of Russia has turned out so un
happily.
Among the ancestors of Prince Ferdinand
Colonna, to whom Miss Mackay was recently
married in Paris, are these: Pope Martin V.,
forty cardinals, eighteen hereditary grand
constables of the Kingdom of Naples, Marco
Antonio Colonna, the victor of Lepanto;
Cardinal Colonna. Bishop of Lombez, who
was tbe friend of Petrarch, and Vittorio Co
lonna, tlie wife of one of the heroes of Pavia.
HOOK NOTICES.
In Durance Vile, and Other Stories. By
tlie Duchess. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin
cott ft Cos. Price 25 cents.
This is a thrilling Lrish story by tbe
talented authoress ol' “Phyllis,” “Molly
Bawn,” “Itosstnoyne,”etc. ltdeals with
the loves and troubles of modern Ireland,
and will doubtless be one of the most
popular of her works.
Robert Orp’s Atonement. A novel. By
Rosa Nonchette Carey. Philadelphia: J.
I!. Lippincott & Cos. Brice 25 cents.
In this story modern English life is il
lustrated in a happy manner. The plot
is good, the characters well chosen, and
style charming. Those who have read
“Nellie's Memories” and “Not Like
Other Girls” will know how to appreciate
“Robert Ord’s Atonement.”
ANOTHER LINCOLN ANECDOTE.
llow He Forgave the Man who First
Put His Name at tlie Head of a Paper.
One of Mr. Lincoln’s annoyances, says
Ben: Perley Poore, was the claims ad
vanced for having first suggested his
nomination as President. One of these
claimants, who was the editor of a weekly
paper published in a little village in Mis
souri, called at the White House, and
was admitted to Mr. Lincoln’s presence.
He at once commenced stating to Mr.
Lincoln that "he was the man who first
suggested his name for the Presidency,
and, pulling from his pocket an old worn,
defaced copy of his paper, exhibited to
the President an item on the subject.
“Do you really think,” said Mr. Lincoln,
“that announcement was the occasion of
my nomination?” “Certainly,” said the
editor ; “the suggestion was so opportune
that it was at once taken up by other
papers, and the result was your nomina
tion and election.”
“Ah, well,” said Mr. Lincoln, with a
sigh, and assuming a rather gloomy
countenance, “I am glad to see you and
to know this, but you will have to excuse
me, 1 am just going to the Vi ar Depart
ment to see Mr. Stanton.” “Well,” said
the editor, “I will walk over with you.”
The President, with that apt good nature
so characteristic of him, took up his hat
and said. “Come along.” When they
reached the door cf the Secretary’s office
Mr. Lincoln turned to his companion and
said: “I shall have to see Mr. Stanton
alone, and you must excuse me,” and
taking him "by tbe hand he continued,
“Good-by. I hope you will feel perfectly
easy about having nominated me: don’t
te troubled about it; I forgive you.”
A Dakota Board of Trade.
Wall Street Mews
A member of the Cleveland Board of
Trade, who was in Dakota last tall, hap
pened in a town on the line of a railroad
which had only one wheat elevator. In a
conversation with the owner of the ele
vator. he inquired:
“Who makes tbe price on wheat here?”
“Our Board of Trade,” was the reply.
“So you have a Board of Trade, eh ?”
“Well, a good enough one for such a
town as this.”
“How many members?”
“Only two—myself and clerk. I’m the
bear and he’s the bull, and between us the
market is kept pretty lively.”
“But suppose the farmer doesn't want
to sell at your figures?”
“That never happens. Being we are the
Board of Trade, and own theonly elevator,
and being as he is bead over heels in debt,
and must have money, the market may be
quoted as steady.”
Love rules the court, tlie camp the grove,
But this we find where'er we rove,
That Sozodont alone supplies
The dazzling teeth and ruby dyes,
That lend a maiden half the charms
That Wig hvr to her lover’s arms.
A NOVEL TEMPERANCE SPEECH.
Mr. Belford, of Colorado, Astonishes
the House of Representatives.
Washington, Feb. 25.—The House got
a temperance lecture at its session last
night from an unexpected source. The
question of the fee for liquor licenses in
the District of Columbia was under con
sideration, when the Hon. James Buceph
alus Belford, of Colorado, got recogni
tion from the Chair. In that impressive
manner that always commands attention
he said: “‘There is no mistaking the fact,
Mr. Speaker, that there is a growing
sentiment throughout this country in
favor of temperance, especially as repre
sented by the distinguished states
man from’ Kansas, Mr. St. John, lam
casting no reflection on St. John, of
Kansas, or any other St. John who
existed there or'in Palestine, but 1 think
we all recognize one fact, and that is that
people will eat bread and drink water and
drink whisky. There is not any doubt
about that fact, and you have got to regu
late the appetite. Now, I will vote for
any bill making it a felony for an? man
who sells one drop of adulterated liquor.
No man has any more right to adulterate
the liquor 1 desire to drink than he has to
adulterate the bread that I desire to eat.
And this is the sum and substance of the
whole temperance question that will be
considered to-day and for generations
hereafter. Noah got drunk. Christ man
ufactured wine. Everybody knows peo
ple will drink liquor. Now, let us get to
the substance ot the whole question and
declare openly, positively and vigorously
that any man who sells one drop of adul
terated liquor in this country, liquor cor
rupted or poisoned, shall be regarded as a
felon and be sent to the penitentiary.”
Laughter and applause, j
A member—For a night?
Mr. Belford—For all time. Upon no
other theory can you get through. It is
a flimsy pretext to impose a license tax
of SIOO a year, a license for what? A
license to poison and ruin thousands of
men. A license to disorganize and dis
arrange millions of families out of the
65,000,000 people existing in this country ?
If we are going to legislate upon the
temperance principle, let us legislate up
on a theory that the practical 'judgment
of this world will recognize ana respect,
and that is, if a man sells liquor he shall
sell pure liquor, just as the man who sells
flour shall sell uupotsoned flour.
You smiling gentlemen go down to
Welcker’s and drink 12 courses ot
liquors, commencing with a sup of bran
dy, then a drink of whisky, next a glass
of Sauterne, afb r that some Joliannis
berger, and after you have gone through
all these 12 courses you cone here with a
bill of this character, in the name of
righteousness and godliness and decency,
and preach sobriety to us. [Laughter.]
Why don’t you stand up with iae and say
that any rum seller who sells wine, or
whisky, or Sauterne, or Johannisberger,
or any other wine or liquor—and I have
been acquainted with them all—that any
one who sells adulterated wines or liq
uors shall be sent to the penitentiarv, and
not quibble over a little license provision
of SIOO per year, and kill 100,000 men.
BARON SC HL KG EL’S DILEMMA.
His Wife’s First Husband Appears to
Disconcert His Easy Life.
New Haxen, Conn., Feb. 25.—“ Bobby”
Schlegel is a substantial New Haven citi
zen, German by birth and heavy of
build. He weighs in the neighborhood of
400 pounds, is well as a politician,
makes wheelbarrow bets during Presiden
tial elections, and otherwise conducts
himself in an ordinary manner. For
many years he has lived among neighbors
who are just waking up to the fact that
“Bobby,” better known as the Baron, is
figuring as one of the actors in a sort of
Enoch Arden case. Nearly 30 years ago
Frederick Grunow and his wife lived
quietly and contentedly in a little house
in this city. The husband was a well-to
do shoemaker, and the wife a person of
many charms. Their two little daugh
ters were unusually bright and pretty.
An accident to one of the children
seemed to break the charm. Grunow sud
denly developed great religious zeal, and,
Bible in hand, devoted himself to early
morning visits to his female neighbors.
Not unnaturally the wile became suspi
cious of her husband’s zeal, and domestic
troubles grew to great size. One morning
the enthusiast husband was missing. So,
it is said was one of the women he visited
most frequently. Mrs. Grunow and her
two children were left to support them
selves as best they could. Then it was
that Baron Schlegel" made his appearance.
He addressed his attentions to the de
serted wife and possible widow, and was
successful. They were married, and the
two daughters by the first husband grew
up, and four children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Schlegel, three of whom died.
The survivor is now a lad about 12 years
old. Schlegel was a man of considerable
influence. He was an active political
worker, and besides being Registrar of his
ward, was the keeper of the State House
under Go\. English.
Recently Mr. Grunow, who had been
living in the West, decided to return to
New Haven and see the wife he had left
twenty-six years before. Back he came,
and with him came trouble for the
Schlegel9. Grunow was not ill-natured,
however. He was willing to let matters
remain iu statu quo. He visited his
daughter, and one day met his wife by
chance on the street. Their meeting was
not effusive nor yet coldly formal. There
seemed to be on the part of both a de
termination to make the best of tne situa
tion and to do nothing to furnish food for
the gossips. This did not please the Baron
any too well. He preferred Mr. Grunow
at a distance, and hinted as much. Mr.
Grunow preferred to remain in New Ha
ven, and he has taken up his abode at a
hotel. All he wants, he says, is to be let
alone.
A REMARKABLE ROMANCE.
Marriage of Miss Zerolda Garrison.
Formerly a Belle of St. Louis.
St. Louis, Feb. 26. —On the register of
the Planter’s House appeared to-day
“Mr. and Mrs. A. Neuville, Chicago.”
There was nothing particularly strange
about this, but, on inquiry, it was learned
that Mrs. Neuville was well known in
this city. She had become a bride at
Chicago on Feb. 15, and, with her hus
band, was here to spend the honeymoon.
Mrs. Neuville was formerly Miss Zerelda
Garrison, the daughter of Mr. Abe Garri
son, a former wealthy merchant of this
city, and a niece of Commodore Garrison,
of New York. She was known in Chi
cago, where she has been living with her
mother, as Miss Alene Garrison. Mr.
Neuville is a French gentleman of dis
tinction, and is the representative in Chi
cago of three large European concerns.
He is over 40 years ol age, and is a
widower with no children. His first wife
was killed in New York a year or so ago
by a runaway horse.
"The marriage of Miss Garrison recalls
the sensation she produced In St. Louis in
the spring of 1882. A publication in the
Post-Dispatch first announced that Miss
Zerelda Garrison, a beautiful and accom
plished girl of 18, had mysteriously disap
peared. “She has been abducted,” was
the verdict at the Garrison mansion. The
case was reported and a search begun.
Two days passed and the telegraph and
detectives had found no tidings of the lost
girl. The high social standing and promi
nence of Miss Garrison’s family made the
theory that she had been abducted and
held for ransom the prevalingone. It was
the sensation of the hour.
On the evening of the third day after
her disappearance Zerelda returned to
her home and told her story. She had
been the guest of three young hoodlums,
occupying a room in a tenement house on
Carr street in one of the dirtiest and
lowest districts of the city. During the
time she lived with her Carr street friends
she had taken her meals at a cheap up
town restaurant, going to and from the
caravansary closely veiled and always
alone. She made the acquaintance of
one of the hoodlums through a street
flirtation. Bvery effort was made to keep
the history of the girl’s escapade secret,
but it failed. She was sent to a suburban
convent, and had been lost sight of en
tirely until she appeared here to-day a
happy bride.
Brimstone for Congregationalists.
Few Bedford Standard.
A good story is told of three clergymen,
two Congregatlonalist and one Univer
salist, who reside not over a thousand
miles from New Bedford. Two of them
were talking when the third joined them,
and, putting a cigar in his mouth, said to
his brother Congregationalist. “Mr. ,
give me a match.”
There was some hesitation about grant
ing the request, so number three turned
to his Universalist iriend with his re
quest, which was granted.
“Well, here is a Universalist with brim
stone about him,” said the smoker.
“Yes, sir, we keep it for our friends,”
said the deliberate Universalist.
A MODERN CHARNEL HOUSE.
Horrible Sights Found in a Building
Used by Medical Students.
Evansville, Ind., Feb. 24.—Intense
excitement was caused here to-day by a
horrible discovery made by the police in
an old building at the corner of Fifth and
Vine streets, which for a number of years
has been used by a medical fraternity as
a college and public dispensary. It was
recently abandoned and the premises,
with its sickening sights, left open to any
one who desired to visit it, and all after
noon crowds of people were attracted
there, where they found a place more
ghastly than human imagination could
depict. A reporter, accompanied by Chief
of Police Pritchett, made a thorough ex
amination of the premises, which re
suited in revealing the most sickening
sights. On entering the yard in the rear
of the building, parts of female anatomy
were found scattered around promiscu
ously. Going into the buihlingjthe stench
was sickening and simply disgusting. A
most horrible sight was in a room in the
garret, which was evidently a place of
deposit for the remains of subjects after
they served the purpose for which they
had been procured, and no less than forty
five remains, of both male and female,
black and white, were scattered over the
floor; some of them, it was evident, were
just trom the hands of the students.
The rooms used as a dissection depart
ment were next visited, when another
horrible sight was presented. There were
five tables, some of which were standing
against the wall, covered with blood, hair
and other offal that adhered to them,
while one was standing in position, and
appeared to have been used very recently,
as parts of a human body were scattered
over the floor, and looked as though it had
been a fresh subject. There was also a
common coffin in one corner which cer
tainly had never been placed under
ground, but had probably been taken di
rectly there by some undertaker, instead
of being buried, as was undoubtedly
thought by those who gave him charge of
the remains.
All through the building portions of
human remains were found scattered
about on the floors, with flesh still on the
bones. In numerous cases these human
ghouls had even failed to remove the
socks from the feet of their subjects.
Every room in the building also contained
old clothes formerly worn by the subjects.
Even on the walks about the building
may be found some portions of both male
and female, which were evidently thrown
out with the intention that passers-by
might view them.
It seems that these who have been in
charge 4iave cared very little about the
proper disposition of the remains, which
to leave for a time would result in the
starting point oi pestilence. Citizens are
very indignant, and steps will be taken
immediately to see that the building,
which is owned by the county, is thor
oughly cleansed and fumigated, and, if
possible, to punish the parties guilty of
this public indecency.
The grar and jury has taken hold of the
matter, but with what object no one can
tell, as it is claimed that the college fac
ulty have committed no offense against
the law. It is more than probable that
some citizens will take the matter in
hand and cremate the whole business to
night.
YOUNG AND Fit EXT Y STRIKERS.
A Plaii of Action Against tlie (Jirls
Who I’ersist in Working.
St. Louis, Feb. 25.—A portion of the
200 knitting girls who went out on a
strike yesterday held a meeting this
morning to form a union. Among the
fifty or sixty girls that assembled not
five were over 25 years old, and not three
under 15. They were a good looking
crowd. Pretty faces were the rule and
careworn ones were the exception. The
girls were neatly dressed, and cleanly,
healthy looking, wholesome workers,
most of whom looked on the meeting as a
very jolly picnic, and only regretted the
absence of the male element in order to
make the occasion thoroughly enjoyable.
Representatives were present from "facto
ries all over the city. A union was form
ed, and a schedule of rates for knitting
socks was adopted, baid one girl:
“Now, I am a fast worker, and yet, by
very hard work from 7 in the morning to
6 in the evening, I can't make more than
50 cents a day; I oftener make $2 a week.
Tbe present rate is 18 cents a dozen for
socks and 22 cents a dozen for ladies’
hose. It is a very smart girl who can
make three dozen pairs of socks or two
and a half dozen pairs of ladies’ hose in a
day, and that will show you what we can
make.”
The increase sought is 10 per cent, on
above rates. Speaking ol girls who
would not strike, the Chairwoman said i
the following plan would be carried out:
“Every one of those girls has a beau, and !
1 think the chances are that their fellows j
are in some trades-union. Now, 1 be
lieve that we ought to get the names ot
every one that won’t strike, and print
their names in the papers, and ask every
man that is in sympathy with us to have
nothing to do with them at all. I believe
that i! they were left at home and nobody
went to see them for a week, it would
bring them to reason very quickly.”
GUILTY LOVERS DIE TOGETHER
An Eloping Couple Commit Suicide in
a St. Louis Assignation House.
Sr. Louis, Mo., Feb. 26.—At about 6
o’clock this evening a tragedy of a most
sensational character was enacted in an
aristocratic assignation house on North
Ninth street, J. B. Bos wick shooting
Mrs. J. B. Gue to death and then shooting
and stabbing himself. Boswick and Wil
kinson formerly ran a saloon at the cor
ner of Sixth and Pine streets. Boswick
was married, but this did not prevent his
falling in love with Mrs. Gue, the wife of
a poor man, but a beautiful woman and
ambitious above her station in life. Bos
wick and the woman became intimate
and finally eloped together, Boswick tak
ing with him about S7OO in money belong
ing to Wilkinson, his business partner.
The guilty couple were traced to Charles
ton, S. C., and various other Southern
cities, but were never arrested. When
their money gave out Mrs. Gue returned
to St. Louis and effected a reconciliation
with her husband. Boswick became a
barkeeper on an Ohio river steamboat.
This was about six months ago.
THE RETURN.
It appears Boswick and the woman
have kept up a correspondence, and yes
terday he returned to the city and by ap
pointment met the woman at the assigna
tion house above mentioned. This after
noon they again met at the same place
about 2 o’clock. A few minutes alter 6
o’clock tbe people in the house were
startled by hearing five pistol shots, and,
rushing into the room, tound Boswick
and the woman both dead. She was shot
three times. He had two bullet holes in
his breast and his stomach was cut open.
By his side lay the pistol and a very large
butcher knife. Everything indicates that
they had planned the’ whole affair togeth
er, and it was most effectually executed.
THE GREELY PARTY.
Ha/.en Charges the Secretary of War
nlth Abandoulng the Explorers.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Gen. Hazen
recently applied for permission to inspect
the signal stations on the Southern coast.
Before doing this he prepared a letter to
of War, in which he direct
ly charged that officer with the failure to
relieve the Greely party. He sent to St.
John and obtained affidavits to the
effect that there was ample time after
Lieut. Garlington’s return to have
sent a second relief expedition,
and that the boats and men for
such an expedition could have been
obtained at St. John. By doing this,
Gen. Hazen says in his letter, every
life would have been saved, and this step,
he adds, he urged upon the Secretary oi
YVar, who, according to Gen. Hazen, re
fused to act, and therefore Gen. Hazen
charges him with being responsible for
the death of Greely’s men. Tni9 letter
wa9 kept back by Gen. Hazen for two
reasons, it is said. It w T as to be sprung
upon the Secretary after Gen. Hazen left
the city on his tour of inspection South.
The other reason for delay was to allow
no time before March 4 lor the Secretary
to take any action in his own defense and
to strike a last blow at the retiring Cabi
net officer. A week only remains in which
Mr. Lincoln will be Secretary of War, but
during that period the Chief Signal Officer
will be required to stay in Washington
and will not be permitted to go on a tour
of inspection South.
The Bowing Dancing Master.
Why is a dancing master like a tree?
He is full of boughs (bows). The con
sumptive bows from loss of vitality. Tell
him to take Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullein.
lUntttra.
W J ’? u to recollect that Hav
-T * headquarters for all kinds of p
Frames and Velvet or Plush Passep V. ' '
No stock in the Stale can equal it V•. *•
design or price. Loot at the differ,-
factor. -made frame and one cut out „
saw from the moulding before you *
The difference is too plain not to b ‘
on sight.
Tl-ANTED.-A competent bookkeYY
ing spare time on his hands a
another set of books to keep, or clerical r '
of any kind that will keep himoccunn , ", r . k
dress BOOKKEEPER, care Post Office. A •
At-ANTED, a word with the public n ~~
Vt finest Cabinet Photographs nia V
city cost $3 50 per dozen, new msi i-- '
process. .1. N. WILSON, Photograi.f
Bull street, opposite the Screven Huu-,
\v ANTED, two or three rooms. p, r
or unfurnished; references excl, '
Address V., care News.
WANTED, situations, by twov, Y-Y ~~
Tv (Swedish). Apply at Broughton.
door trom Price, at Mrs. JERgßsuv-
SITUATION wanted by active yomYY ~
asclcrk in retail grocery. Address! f,
this office.
\V T ANTEI, < an experienced l.o< k car . Y 7
TV on new publication. C. Mil.viY.,
114}j Bryan street, after 0 o’cicek. ' 1 ’
Atr ANTED, ladies and young menu YT
\\ to earn *1 to *3 every day q, :;> - ”*
their homes; work lumished; sent V c 1
no canvassing; no stamps reouired f,.,'- Y, l;
l’lease address EDWARD 1. D\VD \ 7
ISSouth Main street. Fall River. Mass '
for item.
I7OR RENT, house No. OS rjoutli 1
1 street, between Aborcorn and i
This valuable residence of 11 looms a> Y'
basement has just been put inmost’’.- ,
order from top to bottom, and has hut -Y.
water and gas throughout; al-o. coni
outbuildings for servants, stable, etc ■
sion given at once. Apply to c, < V. Y
FERRO, 47 West Broad street. A
I?OR RENT, a desirable residence"Y
F outbuildings, large lot and stable in . 7
order, situated on the Ogeechec road ’
beyond Anderson street, on Barnard -
Railroad; possession given March i
Apply to W. S. CHERRY ,V CD.. \,i 7
street. ‘ ' a . v
IpOR RENT, a house with six rooms -Y
bath; centrally located. Apply x
Jefferson street.
TAOR RENT, rooms, furnished and u 7
JF mshed, l’o President street.
17011 RENT, two nicelv furnished r ~Y*.
I gentlemen preferred; at Aim -
street, cor. Abercorn and President streets
T7DR RENT, aflat of four rooms,
J Taylor street, corner Drayton.
170 U RENT, four very desirab’e room*
4 Drayton street, near the Park.
17 OR RENT, furnished rooms, In nr vY
family. Jefferson street.
170 R RENT, pleasant rooms, with *r v ~
out board, at uli Barnard street.
17011 RENT, one of the most desirab 1
centrally located offices in the nty 7
present occupied bv Messrs. D. C. Bar,, y
Cos. Apply to JOHN SULLIVAN, Agcr
Bay street.
17URNISHED ROOMS, wiih or w7i ,Y
board, No. 85 Congress street, oi ' v
Reynolils square.
17011 RENT, the Hotel at Montgomery : r
? minus City and Suburban Railway;, f-r a
boarding house or hotel; to a desirable cm ant
very reasonable terms will be given, s
to J. H, JOHNSTON, President.
170 R RENT OR SALE, dwelling No. Y
Julian street, containing 13 rooms. Ap
ply to W. H. RaY, East Broad and River
I7OR RENT, comfortable house of 4 re-ms
No. 23 Williams street. Apply to I .
TALIAFERRO, 47 West Broad street.
IH)R RENT, one 6-room eottage, with k;;.' a
en and large pantry, $lB.
One (i-room cottage with outhouses—iarse
yard, $l7 50.
Apply to C. H. DORSETT, 156 Bay street.
for ssalr.
I7OR SALE.—Not yet too late to order l.e
F Conte jiear trees from 1., i . IIIIYAS, .v,
Barnard street. Savannah, Ga.
170 R SA LE, five shares Jasper Loan -n
-1 cialion stock; 38 installments pa: ‘ n.
Address JASPER, this office.
J7Oll SALE, Ten cords dry pine wood f-r
: $4 50 a cord and delivered: one door C-m
Broughton on Reynolds street. Ainu m
DAN MOSES.
TT'OB SALE, a first-class Barber Shop,
X 1 ing a very good business; god loco
with first-class furniture. Address ISAIi-
ISEU SHOP, 357 King street. Charleston, s. .
filjrtrtj to Joan,
MONEY TO LOAN.—Liberal Loans ma ;e
on Diamonds, Gold and silver Watch* s.
Jewelry, Silverware, Furniture, t arpo;
Household Goods, Wearing Apparel, t-e r e
Machines, Clock-, Merchandise, Tools, an 1 oi.
almost anything which is of any value, .it
Licensed Pawnbroker House, ls 7 Cone ess
street. E. iIUHLBEJtG, Manager.
N. B.—Highest prices paid for old Gold and
Silver.
MONEY TO LOAN.
CLEMENT SAIJSSY, Money Broker,
No. 142 Bryan street.
I OAKS made on Personal Property. 1
J monds and Jewelry bought an*! sol i on
commission. Cash paid for Old Gold, t.vcr
and Mutilated Coin.
|lnn
ATLANTA, Hi., Feb. 17, IS So,
“Report on Analysis of Assorted Can
dies received from Messrs. ACOSTA
k EINSTEIN, of Savannah, Ga.,
Feb. G, ISHS :
“The Candies are <?enuiue, paie ami
unadulterated; the flavors are deli'
cate and well assorted; the colors at
tractive. Analysis shows nothing
harmful in either the Candy (body
itself, flavor or color.
“The ash (OHIO per cent.) is potas
sium tartrate chiefly, which is found
in all genuine Candy, aud is not in
excess. Both flavors aud colors are
such as commend themselves as pure
and harmless.
“Finally, rigid analysis yield, me
no adulteration orlia*infi:l •; creH: ht
whatever.
“V- A. Fit ATT.
_ “•Toasniiiusr t henilsi.
I. DASHER & CO.,
Broughton and W !iitakerf* ( i.
We call attention to our large stock >
PARAS O 1 S
AND
SUN SHADES
IN TilE LATEST STYLES.
Consisting of Coaching, Lace Taos,
Lace Embroidered, Satin,
Silk and Pongee.
Our stock of Cambric, Mull ami Nai.i <* *a
EMBROIDERIES
Arc new iu design and pattern.
LACKS IX GREAT VAKIET 1.
HARNETT HOUSE
SAVANNAH, CA..
IS conceded to be the most comfortabu* tu J
bv far the best conducted Hotel in Savan
nah. Kates: $2 tier day. _
M. L. HA UN NTT-
St. James Hotels
TAMPA, FLA.,
THOMAS WHITE, Manager
PROMPT attention give n toorders foi '
by telegraph. The house i plea**-<“7
located either for business, travelers or pleas
ure seekers. _____
fumber, (Sir.
BACON, JOHNSON & CO..
Planing Mill, Lumber & Wood Ysrd.
Large stock of
Dressed and Rough Lumbei
At low prices.
Agood lot of VEGETABLE CRATES iuat
received.