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THE
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The Poe Monument.
The ceremonies attending the unveil
ing and dedication of the monument to
the memory of the poet, Edgar Allan Poe,
in Westminster Churchyard, took place
in ISaltimore on November 17th, tho ex
erciaeH preliminary to tho unveiling
taking place in the Western Female
School, before two o’clock, the hour of
commencing, the vast hall of the school
was orowdod. - The platform was occu
pied by invited guests, uoarly all of whom
were citizens of Baltimore, with the ex
ception of Walter Whitman, who was the
only poet present. At 2:15 Prof. Elliott
rose and said the exercises would now
begin with the singing of the “Pilgrim’a
Chorus,” by the Philharmonic Society.
The regular order according to the
programme then came, as follows:
Historical sketch, by Prof. Wm. Elliott;
reading of the letters from Longfellow,
Bryant, and Holmes, and other poets, in
reply to invitations to be present^
Miss Sarah S. llice; music,
over Israel,Eli ytV,/"add re so, “The
literary character of Edgar Allan Poe,"
by Prof. H. E. Shephard; music, “In
flammatuH,” from Stabat Mater, Uossini;
aolo by Miss Ella Gordon; his personal
reminiscences of Poe, by J. H. B.
Latrobe, Esq. After Latrobe concluded
bis personal reminiscences, the as
semblage repaired to the church yard
and stroets adjacent, when Prof. Elliott
uuveiled the mouumont, placing on it a
chaplet of evergreens. The dirge by Mrs.
Fullerton was next sung. Mr. Gill, of
Boston, recited “Annabel Lee, "and the
g proceedings wero ended. No accommo
dations were provided for tho representa
tives of the press, local or from other
cities.
Kaime and Jute in Hie South.
In his report for the past year, the
Superintendent of the Bureau of Agri
culture nt Washington calls attention to
the important results likely to follow ox-
cultivation of ramie and jute in
this country. These ’nave been brought
into general notice within the last four
years, and now they are about to assume
au importance which is only begiuning
to be known. Both these plants will
grow successfully in all Southern
States, and especially in California.
The impediment heretofore to their
production has been the difficulty of
separating the fibre from the gummy
principle and green covering of the
plants. But this problom, the Nashville
American believes, has been now solved
by the invention of machinery, which,
by the aid of certain acids, separates the
fibre perfectly and economically. The
ramie is a native of ludia and China,
where tho work of separating the fibre is
done by baud at a cost of $l5O per ton.
The latest patentee of a machine for sep
arating the fibre claims that the cost of
separating it will not exceed SOO
Lper ton. It it a beautiful ami
lustrous staple, in strength aud brilliancy
almost equal to silk ; in fact, most of
the dress goods made to imitate silk
fabrics are made in part of ramie, and its
value now in England is about £75, or
$075 per ton; aud it is said that in Cali
fornia 1,200 pounds of this fibre may be
produoed on oue acre. If these anticipa
tions be realized, of which there is now a
reasonable hope, the South may antici
pate the prosecution of anew, useful
and profitable industry. Jute produces
a fibre of a coarser quality, but admirably
adapted to cord Age aud bagging, and,
because of its length aud strength, greatly
superior to either flax or hemp.
. x Heath of Henry Wilson.
Our telegrams this morning announce
the death of Ileury Wilson, otherwise
known as Jeremiah Colbaith. There
will be but few tears shed over the an
nouncement in this section of the coun
try. Mr. Wilson is known chiefly to the
readers of the Mousing News as one
who, under the cheap guise of philan
thropy, made a fanatical war upon
the Southern people. In common with
Horace Greeley, Sumner and old John
Brown, it was the one purpose of his life
to degrade the white man to the level of
the negro. He was the bitter and unre
lenting foe of the S< nth. and under the
apecious plea of abolishing slavery, did
a'l he oould to place tl e white men of
this section in a bondage more galling than
Heath. Tho only attribute of atatesman
sbip to which he could lay claim, was the
energy that arises from the crude and
cruel fanaticism that characterizes the
leading men of New England, and he will
be remembered chiefly ts one who at
tempted to strike the chains of slavery
from the African only to place them upon
men of his own race and clime. We have
iw mind the old motto, but the truth can
£hrt no one, least of all the dead.
A Third Term.
The Boston Pott thinks that now is
the time for the Republican journals to
speak out on the third-term project.
I hey have affected hitherto to believe
nothing about it, calling it even a mis
chievous device of the Democrats. They
put it from them in that careless way
because if was an ugly question for them
to deal with and because they were afraid
of its author. The strangest phenome
non in all our politics is this fear of the
Republican leaders in the presence of
Grant. They even appear to think he
has the life-and-death power over them,
since so many of his opponents
within the party have succumbed.
The voters of Massachusetts
were assured during the recent
canvass, that the election of the
Republican ticket would instantly be
interpreted at Washington as an endorse
ment of Grantism, the third-term project
included. It has not taken quite two
weeks to prove the full truth of the
prophecy. The “Boss” Shepherd politi
cal demonstration at the capital, whose
central feature was the speech of the
President, was the first open adaptation
of the result of the election by Grantism,
and the article in the Washington Chron-
Me, said to have been recently purchased
by Zach. Chandler, is its perfect con
firmation. The Chronicle evidently
speaks by the card. Its inspiration is
that of authority. It uncovers the whole
design of this most corrupt and high
handed Administration, and demands the
continuance of ring government on the
ground that rebel government is the only
alternative. The gospel it preaches is
the goßpel of hate. It wipes out the
proceedings of last June on Bunker Hill
as if they were an affront, and seeks to
fairly terrorize the country into the child
ish belief that it has no protection what
ever but from Grant. It would be such
protection as that which Fatrick Henry
credited England with in its relation to
the colonies, that of “covering and de
vouring. A third term, especially un
der present circumstances, would break
down the last barrier of public safety
and fasten a dynasty on the country that
co’uld not be shaken off without a pro
found convulsion. If the Itepubl can
parly is indeed honest in its belief
that there is no danger from such a
scheme, let it hasten to disavow, through
its leaders and by its mass meetings, all
sympathy with it in every form, and to
denounce the treasonable authors of such
a revolutionary scheme in the vigorous
language of settled determination.
The Cotton Trade.
Mail advices from England show that
the importation of American cottons at
Manchester has oreated quite a commo
tion among British cotton spinners. The
quantity already imported is not large.
Ten bales were sent from Boston to Man
chester in June last. The Boston Post
says that within a few days 2,500 bales
have been sold in Boston for export to
tho same market, and that an order for
1,000 bales in addition, at the same
price, has been refused. The Pont adds:
“It is said, upon pretty good authority,
that this trade is likely to continue.”
While some of the English manufacturers
consider it ominous that American cot
ton goods can be placed upon the
Manchester market, and are filled
with gloomy forebodings, there are
others who maintain that there is
no reason for apprehension. One manu
facturer says that it is not surprising
cheap cotton goods can be shipped from
America, seems/. thajc' many companies in
Lancashire are earning a profit of 10 to
50 per cent. If this be true the British
public have reason to be thankful for the
appearance of American cottons, as it
will have a tendency to bringdown prices
without compelling British manufacturers
to sell at less than a fair profit. British
manufacturers, however, would feel
greater alarm at the manufacture of cot
ton on au extensive scile in British ludia
than they do at the importation of Amer
ican cottons. ludia, at present, takes a
great deal of British manufactured cot
tous, and the loss of that market would
be a serious one.
The New Prospect for Mississippi.
The sweeping Conservative triumph
in Mississippi at tne recent election has
excited unbounded enthusiasm through
out that State. The victors are indulg
ing in torchlight processions in all the
principal towns, in which thousands of
colored people, who contributed so
largely to the happy result, heartily join.
The best feeling prevails between the
races, and now that both branches of the
Legislature are in tho hands of the Con
servatives, it is confidently predicted that
tho State will enter upon a career of
prosperity to which its geographical lo
cation aud unsurpassod fertility of soil
so fairly entitle it. Tho Vicksburg Her
ald, which labored with great zeal and
ability for the overthrow of the plun
derers who had well nigh succeeded in
bankrupting the State, says it can now,
with consistency, invite Northern people
to locate in Mississippi, where they can
find “cheap, desirable homes, in rich
lands. ” The H raid holds out the fol
lowing tempting invitation to Northern
ers to make their homes in Mississippi:
“Many, many people are out of em
ployment at the North, while here the
demand for labor cannot be supplied.
Common laborers in our fields ind deck
muds on our steamers get from fifty to
sixty dollars a month, and a sufficient
number cannot be had at those prices,
while in the North and East laborers
cannot get work enough to support them
selves and families. It does seem that such
a condition of affairs would soon regulate
itself by the law of supply and demand,
aud it will, now that carpet-bag and negro
rule has been removed. Our object is to
inform white people of all countries that
Mississippi is free, and ready to receive
with open arms all honest people who
wish to cast their lot with us, and the
more \ankees there are who accept our
cordial, earnest invitation the better will
we be pleased.
Anew narrow gauge railroad has been
projected which is to extend from Pulas
ki, seventy five miles south of Nashville,
iu Tennessee,to Memphis, and the people
living along the proposed line are sub
scribing so liberally for tho work that no
doubt is entertained in regard to raising
the money for the undertaking. The
distance between the two points named
is one hundred and nir.ety miles, and the
estimated cost of the road $1,900,000.
At Henderson station, on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, eighty-six miles from
Memphis, an arm is to be thrown out to
the Tennessee river in the direction of
Nashville. A portion of the road has
been graded, and the managers of the
enterprise expect to have the whole line
under contract next year. This will afford
railroad communication to an extensive
oountry, portions of which are rich in
mineral resources that only require facili
ties for cheap transportation to insure
their development.
An effort is to be made by a French
company to transport fresh meals from
South America to France in a refrigera
tor steamer. Should this be successful
the plan will be patented in this ooun
try and the practicability of carrying
beef from Texas to New York thorough
ly tested.
•‘To Capture the Southern Vote.”
A Chicago dispatch stated the sub
stance of an interview with Secretary
Zach&riah Chandler, published in the
Morning Courier, of that city. It aaj s
Mr. Chandler “believes war with Spain
probable, in order to capture the South
ern vote.” Upon this the Hartford Timet
remarks: “It may not be readily be
lieved that President Grant would pre
cipitate a war with Spain, in order to
continue himself in office for a third
term. There ‘a no grievance that would
warrant sur.n a rash measure, which
might result in complications and
wars with other powers. In such
a oaue, the people of the United
States might hardly hope to ever get free
of debt, or to get pay for the bonds
they hold. Taxation, now large enough,
would become distressing. But there
are indications that the President would
like to complicate our relations with
Spain—that he would gladly plunge the
two countries into a useless and uncalled
for war. The rumors from Washington
that he is to commence the agitation of
the matter in his forthcoming message
may not be fully borne out. We hope
they may not be. But there is certainly
danger from this very idea that a war
with Spain is considered at the White
House as a good thing for ‘capturing the
Southern vote.’ The President cannot
declare war, but he can do very much to
wards making a war.”
It is not impossible that as a third
term card Grant may endeavor to involve
the country in a war with Spain under
pretense of putting an end to the Cuban
rebellion. But if he does so with the ex
pectation of capturing the Southern vote
he will find himself ruefully mistaken.
The people of the South want no unnec
essary war with any foreign power—cer
tainly not with Spain for the
annexation of another negro-carpet
bag State to the Union. In
a war with Spain our Southern
coast cities would be exposed to the at
tacks of the Spanish men-of-war, our
commerce would be interrupted, our
labor diverted from the production of
crops, and we would have the satisfaction
of paying our share of the cost of making
a negro carpet-bag State out of Cuba and
bringing that once rich and prosperous
island to the forlorn condition of South
Carolina and Louisiana. Such a pro
gramme is not calculated to captivate the
Southern people, or seoure the vote of
the South for Grant for a third term.
Our Inefficient Navy.
If we should get into a war with Spain
about Cuba, and then get whipped, that
would be too bad. Yet here is someone
writing in the New York Herald, a nav tl
offioer, who gives an alarming account of
the miserable inefficiency of our navy.
It is true Spain has but eight first-class
men-of-war and one service ship, but
they are first-class in armament and size.
They have a carrying capacity of 42,000
tons and mount IG4 guns, all of
which are first class except three. We
have iu our navy fifty-three war vessels,
more than six times as many as Spain,
and yet they have a carrying capacity
of only 40,000 tons, two thousand less
than the nine ships of Spain have.
Our fifty-three ships mount only one
hundred and twenty-eight guns or
thirty-six less than Spain. That is
rather a bad showing for Uncle Sam at
his Centennial, when we further con
sider that Spain ranks lowest of the
European governments as a naval
power. The number of vessels, the
tonnage and the armament of Great
Britain and trance are as foiiwws:
Great Britain has sixty vessels of war
which carry six hundred and ninety-eight
guns, aud have a gross tonnage of 347,-
000 tons. France has fifty-three vessels
carrying four hundred and seventy-two
guns, and a burden of 220,000 tons.
Thus, while we number in ships only
seven less than Great Britain and have
the same number as France, Great Brit
ain exceeds us in the number of guns live
hundred, and in the amount of tonnage
307,000 tons. The French navy has
three hundred and forty-four more
guns than that of the United States,
and a tonnage of 180,000 more tons
Russia, Turkey, Italy, Austria, Germany’
all beat us. We are as inferior in the
character of our guns as we are in their
number and in the tonnage of our ves
sels. What is worse, our commercial
marine is as startling in its inferiority as
our navy. All occasioned by our naviga.
tion laws, made to benefit a few ship
builders, but which have in fact ruined
them and destroyed our naval superiority.
The persistent policy of Radical legisla
tion has been to enrich a class, clique or
section at the expense of the many. This
legislation has borne its usual fruit—ruin
to all.
The Failure of the Wheat Harvest in
Russia.
Russia is a cold country, and its
harvest of wheat is generally about as
late in the season as it can be, and have
the grain get ripe at all. The Empire
extends quite across the north of Europe,
and facilities for obtaining correct in
formation from all its sequestered and re
mote districts are very defective, so that
the condition of things as to the supply
of bread-corn is only just beginning to be
learned by the outside world.
An able and enterprising paper, the
AUegemeine Zeitung, says the suffering is
not a local lamentation like that which
reached all hearts in the great famine of
Samara; “it is an absolute prostration of
nearly the whole grain-growing region of
Russia. From Orel to Keini, from Tarn
bow to Podolsk comes up one universal
wail from the ruined peasants and farm
ers. An inexorable winter confronts
these people with a vision of famine, and
no relief is visible except through a large
government loan effected by sale of bond s
in the money markets of Europe.
In 1873 Great Britain bought wheat of
Russia to the extent of $45,000,000 in
gold. Now, instead of having Russia as
a powerful competitor in supplying
the British islands with grain, we shall
find her people importing grain and con
suming the surplus of other nations on
the continent. From the effects of a
pressing calamity and the scarcity of seed,
less than the usual breadth of land will
be seeded to wheat this autumn or next
spring, and in not less than two years can
the wheat growers of northern and east
ern Europe regain their normal condition.
These facts are almost startling, and very
suggestive to our Southern farmers, who
know nothing of the rigors of a Russian
winter, while blessed with a climate in
which wheat may be sown as late as
Christmas with a reasonable prospect of
a fair harvest
At the present writing, farmers in
Podalia are giving two cows to have one
wintered, because their hay and straw
are failures. They plow with oxen as
more economical than horses, and now
give two yoke of working cattle to have
one yoke wintered.
A shrewd countryman who went to New
Haven last week to get his dividend from
the Townsend Savings Bank, and found
a large number of people in line before
him, bribed a neighboring peanut vender
to engage with him in a mock fight. Of
course the line broke up, and the coun
tryman was one of the first to start after
ward for the bank and get bis money.
Spain, Cuba, and the United States.
The Baltimore Sun says that that
energetic aspirant for the Spanish crown,
Don Carlos, has signalized his devotion
to his country, in a somewhat bantering
way it must be confessed, by proposing
a truce to King Alfonso in case of a war
with the United States,|so that there will
he no dissension at home to contend
with pending the struggle. He does not
design a surrender of his pretensions,
however, though he will enter heartily
into the work of defense, and proposes
also to send out privateers to prey upon
our commerce. That Don Carlos con
siders a war with the United States im
minent is of course not to be wondered
at, in view cf thejcomplications of the
past and the delicate relations of the
present, to say nothing of the publica
tion at home and abroad of facts and
fancies having a bellicose bearing upon
the situation.
The London Time* has recently pub
lished an article professing to give an
account of recent communications made
in behalf of the United States to the
Spanish Government. According to its
statements General Grant has perempto
rily advised the Spaniards to let Cuba go,
and has intimated that if this advice is
not taken the United States may at any
time be obliged to interfere in behalf of
the Cuban patriots; and in this latter
event, according to the New York Herald,
we shall have to encounter the hostility
of England, which will not allow us to
take any steps looking toward the annexa
tion of Cuba.
The New York Sun, a warm Cuban
sympathizer, exprdsses its belief that all
these statements and the conclusions
drawn from them are entirely unfounded.
It asserts positively that President Grant
has not had any such communications
made to the Spanish Government, has
not demanded the independence of Cuba,
and has not intimated that the United
States may interfere tosecureit, although
his private utterances may have been of
a much more positive character
respecting Cuba than have ever
been adopted by any official document.
The Sun asserts, upon information
which it declares to be upon high au
thority, that the demands which Mr.
Cushing is now urging upon Spain are :
First, that Spain shall send a sufficient
force to Cuba to justify her in continu
ing to carry on the present civil war;
secondly, that American citizens in Cuba
and their rights in person and prop
erty shall no longer be subjected
to Spanish military tribunals ;
thirdly, that slavery shall actually
be extinguished in the island; and
finally, that Cuba shall have a repre
sentation in the Cortes, the same as other
provinces of the Spanish monarchy. It
is hardly reasonable, however, to sup
pose that our Government undertakes to
interfere with the internal machinery of
the government of Spain and her pro
vince to the extent thus indicated. It
would be quite sufficient that we should
demand that the war be closed, one way
or another. That the British Govern
ment would view with dissatisfaction
the acquisition of Cuba by the
United States has heretofore generally
been believed, but now the opposite
ground is taken, inasmuch as that acqui
sition would be of benefit to British
manufacturing and commercial interests.
The hostility of Spain alone, however,
by the destruction which her privateers
could make of our commerce, might ren
der the cost of acquiring the island much
more than its value. It is not to be sup
posed that the Government of the United
States will commit itself, especially in
the present financial condition of the
country, to any course which will involve
the United States in an unnecessary and
costly war.
Third Term Talk.
The Chicago Times publishes a state
ment to the effect that Colonel John S.
Mosby, of Virginia, the original third
term man, is at the head of an organiza
tion in the South formed for the secret
purpose of advocating the President’s re
election, and that there is also a secret
society, known as the Anti-Catholic Or
ganization, pledged to the President,
which is sending out circulars to the
leading men throughout the country.
The Times gives this circular as follows:
Nationality No Bar to Membership. —
Confidential. —Bear Sir: In view of the
intolerant, persistent and aggressive
efforts of Romanists in their avowed de
termination to subvert the Government
of the United States, and to destroy our
civil and religious liberty, I desire to sub
mit to you the following questions :
1. Are you a Protestant from principle
and from choice ?
2. Are you in favor of preserving con
stitutional liberty and maintaining the
Government of the United States ?
3. Do you regard Romanism as the
enemy of civil and religious liberty ?
4. Is it not, in your opinion, unwise
and unsafe to appoint to civil, political,
or military office, in this country, men
who owe allegiance to the Pope of Rome,
and who have sworn to obey him ?
5. Are you in favor of maintaining the
principles of one general, unsectarian,
free school organization?
6. Are you opposed to all attempts to
use the public funds for any sectarian
purpose whatever ?
7. Are you in favor of putting into
office honest and true patriots who are
best qualified to fill the positions regard
less of political actions?
8. Are you willing to be governed by
these principles in your political actions?
9. Are you willing to unite with others
who hold these principles and henceforth
devote yourself, your fortune, and your
sacred honor to the protection and per
petuation of civil and religious liberty
and this great American Union?
10. Can you, upon your sacred honor,
without equivocation or mental reserva
tion, answer all these questions in the
affirmative ?
11. Can you furnish the names, ages,
residences and occupations of the men
who are willing to become organized
under and be governed by the above
principles ?
If you are desirous of obtaining further
information on the subject referred to in
questions nine and eleven, please com
municate with the person from whom
you receive this circular. Please con
sider this circular, its contents and its
source strictly private and confidential.
Fight fob a Fee.— The report of the
new commission on the Cherokee lands
in North Carolina has just been com
pleted and submitted to the Secretary of
the Interior. It will be remembered that
after the war some lawyers, after an
investigation of the circumstances of the
removal of the Indians years before, dis
covered an informality and recovered the
lauds to these Indians. The lawyers put
in a bill for forty-two thousand dollars
for services. The department refused to
pay that amount. The parties agreed to
take twenty per cent, on the value of the
lands. The appraisement of twenty
six thousand dollars reported by the
first commission not being accepted, the
late one fixes the appraisement at fifty-six
thousand dollars. This the lawyers say
they will not accept either, but that the
appraisement must be $200,000. It is
learned that Secretary Chandler, after an
investigation, sustains the report of the
second commission. The lawyers will be
allowed the alternative of accepting
their commission of the amount report
ed or go without. The commissioners
have submitted a detailed account of
the removal of the Indians, the flight of
fifteen hundred of them to the moun
tains of North Carolina, their part in the
Confederate army, the recovery of their
lands, and the resources and value of
their lands.
THE LAM) OF FLOWERS.
Jacksonville the Metropolis*! the State-
Maw It Loaks aad What It ia to Be*
come ladtcrments lor Settlers—Op
portaanieo for lavestmento—Traffic in
Curiosities —The W. James Hotel the
Pride of “The I.&nd of Flowers.”
[Special Correepoiidet.ee ol the Morning News.]
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 17, 1875.
There ia about as much necessity for me
to paint the lily and perfume the rose as to
attempt to add anything new to what has
already been written in regard to Jackson
ville as & winter resort for the people of the
colder sections of the country. It has been
“done” most thoroughly, and in a thousand
different ways, by male and female tourists,
and the Bohemians of the pres3 hare “writ
ten it up” in the most glowing language,
while guide books and directories, and works
of a more extensive and dignified character,
have recorded ; ts history and presented its
attractions iL a more permanent if not re
liable form.
JACKSONVILLE FOB SETTLERS.
In this series of letters my purpose is
chiefly to give an outline guide, to people
who desire to settle permanently in Florida,
of the country. For particulars they can
address the parties to whom I shall refer as
being able and willing to imoart all such
needed information. In a luture series of
letters I shall have something to say of
Florida as a winter resort for tourists.
There are many persons in the North and
West who desire to know what opportunities
there are here for business investments and
industrial employments. Not a few have an
idea that during the winter months there
must be a grent demand for e'erks, assist
ants and laborers, and that by coming here
they can at once step into lucrative aud
profitable situations. This is a great mis
take at any time, and especially so this year,
when every branch of business is fully "sup
plied, and a Grge surplus of help is vainly
seeking sor.r .lung to do, satisfied if it will
but pay boaru bills during the cold months
in tlie States fr m which they have come.
Jacksonville is delightfully situated on the
west bank of the Gmous St. John’s river,
some t" ' ty-live mficS-from the Atlantic
ocean, auu is really the metropolis of the
State. It is to Florida what Atlanta is to
Georgia, a live, oosijpjpolitan city, and must
in a few years become the capital. Talla
hassee, which now has that honor, is a veri
healthy aud attractive place, but, like Mil
ledgeville in your own State, is removed
from the great’lines of travel, and lies out
side the circle of th4f rapid develop
ments of the nineteenth century. With
a population of from ten to twelve thousand,
to which can be added nearly as many more
visitors who spend here the winter months,
Jacksonville cannot fail to bo lively for six
months of the year in its business and social
circles. Bay street, which runs parallel
with the river, is the principal business
street, although the cross streets, many of
them, are usod for that purpose, f’ine
brick blocks, from one to four stories in
height, are to be seen for nearly a mill
along both sides of Bay street, and some of
the stores are as commodious and beautiful,
and filled wilh as valuable stocks as can be
found in the largest cities of the South.
The new dry goods establishment of Messrs.
Furchgott, Benedict & Cos. is a really at
tractive place for visitors, as the rear en
trance afftrds a charming and extended
view of the St. John’s river, from which a
cool, refreshing breeze is almost sure to bo
enjoyed.
The residences, for the most part, are
pleasantly located on level ground, and sur
rounded by a profusion of evergreen shrub
bery, with orange and banana trees scattered
about the yards. The style and size of the
dwelling bouses are characteristic of the
people here. Some are very small and very
plain, while others are quite iarge and quite
showy. There can be seen the snug little
wooden cottage of the poor working man,
and near by the elegant brick mansion of
the wealthy merchant rises to notice in the
midst of a rich profusion of orange, banana
and other desirable trees, while beautiful
and fragrant flowtrs of every hue and the
choicest varieties, make you feel that
you are iudeed in the wonderful semi-
Iropical “Land of Flowers.” Ou nearly
every corner is a large boarding house or
family hotel, or a church edifice for white or
colored people, the latter churches being
exceedingly numerous. The number of
commodious first class boarding houses is
very large indeed, and during the winter
months they are all well patronized. Tho
St. James Hotel, the leading hotel of the
State, is in the centre of the city, while the
Grand National is at the railroad wharf, and
the Metropolitan near the upper part of Bay
street, opposite the post office. The Grand
National is closed at present, but the Me
tropolitan is already doing a good business.
Mr. J. B. Togni, tho energetic proprietor, is
a public spirited citizen, and has done much
for the prosperity of Jacksonville. The
front view of his popular hotel
is not attractive, buttlie grounds in
the rear ( jjf handsomely laid out,
andl saw tiffs and bananas ripening on
his fruit trees to-day. There I also saw
several curious and valuable plants and
beautiful flowers, all of whioh this singular
“old bachelor” landlord is as fond of as if
they were his children. Oranges, bananas,
lemons, figs and other fruits can bo seen in
the poor man’s little yard as well as on the
beautiful and extensive grounds about the
rich man’s stately mansion. There are
blessings and privileges here of a most de
sirable and beueficial character, that are
shared alike by the rich and the poor,
neither class having a monopoly.
OPPORTUNITIES FOE INVESTMENTS.
To men of means and energy, who wish
to come to Florida for the purpose of in
vesting their money in and devoting their
energies to business enterprises, Jackson
ville offers a good field of operation, as do
many of the smaller growing cities and
towns in other parts of the State. Business
men here, as in all portions of the world,
get dissatisfied and want to change either
their business or location, which constantly
offers an opportunity for the new comer to
invest. In many cases men come here for
their health, and as tho climate proves fa
vorable to its restoration, engage in busi
ness, but after a time find themselves un
successful, having neither the tact nor the
experience to carry on any kind of commer
cial pursuit. There are, in consequence,
frequent favorable opportunties to go into
almost any variety of business here, or to
purchase stores, hotels, boarding houses, or
small “truck” farms near the city. As to
being successful in these investments, it
will depend greatly upon tho energy, busi
ness habits and experience of the* parties
making them. Florida is like all other
States, and the shoemaker can hardly expect
to prosper here as a jeweler, or the far
mer as a merchant, but each in
his proper sphere can hope to win success by
a faithful attention to his own business af
fairs. Jacksonville is a growing city, is sur
rounded by a good.country, and investments
made here by prudent men can hardly faii
to be safe and remunerative. “Truck farm
ing” and fruit culture can be carried on in
the immediate vicinity, if farmers prefer to
locate near a large city, and homes can be
purchased in or near Jacksonville at all
prices, from SSOO to $20,000. City lots, un
improved, can be had at reasonable prices,
according to location.
There arc many mechanical pursuits that
ought, in time, to be established here, and
which, I should suppose, could be made
profitable. The rapidity with which the
government and State lauds are being taken
u; for immediate settlement, with the
equally rapid growth of towns along the St.
John’s river, must eventually make Jackson
ville a most desirablo point at which to es
tablish various important manufacturing
enterprises. A good cotton factory,
properly managed, would absorb
all the : cotton raised in this
vicinity, find a ready s de for its fabrics, and
do a great deal to help diversified farm labor
throughout this section of Florida. Steam
saw mills are numerous, and lumber in largo
quantities is shipped from this port to the
Northern and Western markets. This one
branch of industry, on the St. John’s river
alone, has invested in it, and generally
profitably, several hundred thousand dollars.
Furniture manufactories ought just now to
be in demand, as but fe v settlers bring any
articles of household furniture with them.
At JEllaville, on the J., P. and M. R. R., in
Middle Florida, a factory of this kind has
been established, and promises to be suc
cessful. Jacksonville is fast waking up to
the importance of establishing within or
near the city limits large mechanical enter
prises. Already a palmetto factory is at
work, an extensive cigar factory is being
established, and shortly a marmalade fac
tory will be put in operation, which will con
sume ten thousand sour wild oranges per
week. This establishment will be a great
benefit to thousands of settlers up the river,
to whom it will open a ready market for the
wild oranges which abound in that section,
and which are most desirable for the manu
facture of marmalade.
TRAFFIC IN CURIOSITIES.
I had supposed that Niagara Falls was the
greatest place in the world for the sale of
curiosities and fancy work peculiar to that
region; but I am satisfied that Jacksonville
is far ahead in the quantity and quality of
both her curiosities and her fancy work, as
well as in the amount sold each season. This
immense trade gives profitable employ
ment to a large number of persons, who
prepato these cariosities and make this
fancy work for sale. A visit to Damon
Greenleaf s celebrated “Free Museum of
Floral Curiosities,” which every tourist
should be sure to see, filled me with the
most delightful surprise. In addition to
his live rattlesnake, wild cats, alligators and
other animal : and birds, he displayed an
immense quantity of sea beans, shells,
corals, alligators’ teeth, feather flowers,
shell flowers, scale flowers, bird skins and
eggs, insects of every variety, and other
things too numerous to mention. The sea
beans are elegantly polished and mounted
in gold for watch charms, as are the alliga
tors’ teeth. Ladies’ sleeve buttons, ear
drops and breast pins are also made of
these articles, and some are sold as high as
sls per set. The feather flowers are per
fectly magnificent in color and finish, and
the shell and scale flowers are very exquisite
and delicate in their parity and pearly lustre.
Orange sticks, cut from orange trees and
polished, are eoljl in large numbers for
walking caiws. In fact, I feel safe in re
peating a common remark here that the
visitor to Jacksonville does not feel “all
right” nntil he has an orange walking stick
in his hand and a sea bean on his watch
chain. And the ladies cannot rest nntil they
have a sea bean or alligator's teeth charms or
jewelrj, or can dress their hair or ornameut
their hats with feather, shell or scale
flowers. At E. F. Gilbert’s jewelry Btore I
have also seen a magnificent display of these
articles, and examined several valuable
natural cariosities. Both of these gentle
men (and especially Mr. Greenleaf, who is
about to remove to more commodious and
attractive quarters,) are quite attentive and
polite to visitors, and cheerfully show them
many very va'uable curiosities peculiar to
this State. There are other smaller dealers,
and the aggregate sales ot all who engage
in this traffic amount, I am informed, to
thousands upon thousands of dollars, nearly
every cent of which, (for pennies are taken
here) except for the gold used in mounting
the jewelry, is for home products. Mr.
Greenleaf showed me in one little paste
board, the size of my hand, SSOO worth of
alligators’, teeth, gold mounted, ready for
gale. Before the season is over this and
several such lots will be sold. Here, then
in the preparation of these stuffed birds, in
sects, flowers and trinkets, is an important
and profitable branch of industry, and I am
told that very many ladies of culture and
high social position make a handsome sup
port by preparing the more elegant and ex
pens ve styles of feather, shell and scale
flowers.
Still, with all these small industries in
operation during the winter months, and
thousands of visitors spending the season
in this city, I would caution persons against
coming here with a confident houe of secur
ing any kind of manual labor or light employ
ment. Every position seems to be filled
and during the past few davs I have seen
several parties sadly turning their taces
homeward with less money in their pockets
and more good sense in their heads than
when they came here a week ago expecting
to find immediate employment. There is
work, however, for all who desire to culti
vate the soil. Lawyers, coming here, lav
up their law books ; doctors pack up their
surgical instruments; clerks and dandies
hang up their fancy clothing, and, clad in
plaiu, substantial material, they all take up
the shovel, rake or hoe, if the axe is not
first needed to clear the trees away, and
commence the honorable And praiseworthy
occupation of digging an honest and well
earned living out of the fruitful soil of this
semi-tropical region. There are cases iu
which persons desiring the benefit of this
clim*ta* * Q d who have not the luganaaS!
board themselves here during jHH
months, obtain employment^riT-gtoro^?,,
•offices, but such cases are rare, and should
not influence others to come here without
means to fall back upon in case of failuro to
secure a situation. The cheapest board, in
the commonest boarding-houses, is about
thirty dollars a month. From this the prices
run up to fifty and sixty dollars per month,
according to the grade of boarding-house
selected, and the style of accommodations
required. House-keeping and boarding are
as cheap in Jacksonville as in any city of its
size in the country, the expense of either
depending upon location and style of living.
There is nothing in the climate or sur
roundings to prevent poor people from
being economical and contented in their
humble homes, around which heaven show
ers many blessings that falls upon no other
portion of this broad laud of ours.
THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITY.
Jacksonville manages to get a daily paper
out of a tri-weekly, a semi-weekly, and a
weekly, by a nice adjustment of publication
days. The Florida Union, by Messrs. Saw
yer & Son, comes out on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays ; the Jacksonville Press,
Messrs. McCallum & Cos., is published on
Mondays and Fridays ; and the New South,
by Adams, Carruth & Cos., fills up the spare
day, Wednesday, with its Issue. I have met
“Fatner Sawyer,” of the Union, a very
pleasant and agreeable gentleman, who ap
pears to be a Republican without taint of
Radical corruption and reproach. His paper
is large and well printed, and from Colonel
Brett, of its city department, I have re
ceived many kind favors during my stay
here. Tho Press is a small, but no less
lively and popular sheet. Hr. W. H. Bab
cock. one of its editors, a highly cultivated
gentleman, and formerly connected with
tho Morning News, X have found a very ac
commodating and instructive guide to the
natural curiosities aud most desirable scenes
of this vicinity, for all of which he can fur
nish the usual jaw-broaking technical and
ludian or Spanish names. He is not only
an able and live editor, but no man has more
at heart, or labors more earnestly to secure,
the prosperity of the city. Strangers,
especially those who are really sincere
in wishing to obtain an intel
ligent knowledge of Florida, should
meet Dr. Babcock. The editor of the New
South, Mr. Pratt, is quite ill, and I have not
met him. The office was closed when X
called, so that I have seen no one connected
with this paper. The Semi-Tropical, a
handsome and valuable agricultural monthly
magazine, is published here, aud the office
of the Florida Agriculturist, printed at Tal
lahassee, is also in Jacksonville. The Press
is a red hot Democratic paper, the Union a
moderate Republican sheet, and the New
South a full blooded Radical organ. . All,
however, are liberally supported, and have
their warm friends and adherents. Per
sons in other sections of the country can
get a good idea of the business character of
Jacksonville te T ocuUinf* for a specimen cony
of each of these papers, from which they
will also glean some important information
in regard to local aud State politics.
THE ST. JAMES HOTEL.
I cannot close my letter without a special
reference to this splendid establishment,
already widely known as the largest aud
most elegantly furnished hotel in tho State.
The location is admirable, being on St.
James Park, and covering the entire block.
It presents a very attractive front of two
hundred and ten feet on the Park, and has
an imposing side view on Laura street ot tho
same length, including the now extension
to the wing iu which tho commodious dining
room is situated. For families and invalids
this house oilers peculiar advantages, being
removed from the noise and bustle of the
business part of the city, and having very
comfortable and handsomely furnished
rooms on the ground floor. Iu the eentre of
St. James Park there i3 a most tastefully con
structed arbor, where guests can find out
door recreation for themselves and children.
Every amusement needed in a hotel con
taining rooms for three hundred guests can
be found iu tho St. James, which has its
band of music, its dancing soirees, bowling
alley, billiard hall and bath rooms, all
lighted by gas and heated by steam pipes.
Mr. J. R. Campbell, tho manager, is not only
experienced in the business, but wijl always
be found a most pleasant and accommo
dating landlord, one who at all times is
ready and willing to make liberal terms
with families or parties desiring board for
the whole or a considerable portion of the
season. With a well supplied table and at
tentive waiters, comfortable rooms and a
delightful location, i can confidently pre
dict the most gratifying success for tho
present popular manager of the palatial St.
James, the pride of the “Laud of Flowers.”
And with this prediction on my lips I leave
its hospitable roof for a voyage up the beau
tiful St. John’s river, by Brock’s well-known
daily line of steamers.
Sidney Herbert.
A Yankee Farmer and His Fat Cat
fle.—Franklin county has long been fa
mous for its fat cattle, but the forty
seven head now standing in the stables of
George W. Jones at Deerfield go a little
ahead of anything yet seen in the county.
They are all Durhams, great fellows, so
large they can hardly move themselves,
the heaviest yoke weighing 4,600 pounds,
the next 4,400, and the whole averaging
over 4,000 per yoke. They are fed eight
quarts a day each of meal and bran, and
all the hay they want; water is supplied
to their mangers in pipes. Those now in
stall will be taken to Boston about Christ
mas, when Mr. Jones will stock up for
the winter, his usual supply being eighty
or ninety cattle, COO or JOO sheep, and
about a dozen horses. Last year he cut
about 350 tons of hay, all of which he
fed out, and some seventy-five tons more.
The cattle are kept in a sub-basement of
the barn, which has to be well ventilated
during the winter, else it would become
oppressively warm from the number of
cattle confined there. The sheep are
kept cn the floor above. Mr. Jones puts
upon his own land, which lies along the
west bank of the Connecticut river for
half a mile, all the manure from his
stock, raising twelve or fourteen acres of
heavy tobacco every year, for which he
gets prices considerably above that paid
for tobacco grown by patent fertilizers.
In fact, he is one farmer who has found
out how to “make farming pay.”—Spring
field Republican.
The Louisiana Sugar Crop. —The New
Orleans Times says: It was found a
month ago by those who turned the first
wheels that the cane was yielding poorly,
and bad reports were sent off in relation
to the sugar prospect of this year. Now
the mills are all grinding and the smoke
from the bagasse furnaces, boiler stacks
and sugarhouse chimneys may be seen
night and day all oyer the sugar region
of Louisiana. The next two months will
be busy months in this section. We are
happy to state that the yield is not only
satisfactory but in many cases surpasses
expectation. The yield last year was
equal to the best days before the war.
In parts of St. Mary parish, three and
even four hogsheads were made to the
acre, and we learn that as good, or better,
crops are in that region this year. The
weather his indeed been most favorable
for sugar, and the sugar interests of the
South are looking up.
A book agent called on a farmer near
Oriskany the other day, and was told that
the farmer was too busy to talk with him.
“But,” said the agent, “your farm work
is all done; you have nothing to occupy
your time.” “Yes I have, too,” retorted
the farmer;” “I’ve got to plant my foot
and raise a book agent,” and he did. He
raised the book agent about four feet.
CITY AFFAIRS,
Bankrupt Roll.
We learn from Mr. James McPherson,
the affable Clerk of the United States Court,
that during the past week the following’
proceedings in bankruptcy have been tiled
in his office:
Petitions in voluntary bankruptcy were
filed by the following parties, to wit:
Be. j. F. Cobb, Cuthbert, Randolph coun
ty. Arthur Hood, solicitor.
' Josiah W. Jossev, Tieston, Webster coun
ty. R. F. Simmons, of Dawson, solicitor.
Isaac Rosenblatt, Americus, Sumter coun
ty. Allen Fort, solicitor.
Lyndon E. Wood, Patrick 11. Wood, and
Osborn D. Wood, composing firm of L E
Wood A Cos., Forest Hall, Burke countv ' N
P. Carroll, of Augusta, solicitor.
Tbos. B. Williams, Liberty Hill, Monroe
county. Spear A Stewart, of Griffin, so
licitors.
Wm. W. Smith, Forsyth, Monroe conntv
John Rutherford, of Macon, solicitor.
Petitions for final discharge were filed bv
the following : J
James Grubbs, Mr d\file, Screven countv
H. C. Glisson, Lester district, solicitor
Morris Brown, Savannah. C. N. West so
licitor.
Gustave Witkouski, Lawtonville, Burke
county. Barnes A Cummings, Augusta
solicitors.
The following is a list of the final dis
charges granted in open court:
666. Lanar Meyer, Columbus, Ga. Per
se, solicitor.
1009. Gideon Douse. Waynesboro, Ga. S.
A. Corker, of Waynesboro, solicitor.
1053. William Sutton, Clay county, Ga. B.
E. Reunion, of Georgetown, solicitor.
1032. John L. Laramore, Leesburg. Ga.
R. F. Lyon, of Macon, solicitor.
1062. Robert Gordon, Green’s Cut, Burke
county, Ga. S. A. Corker, of Waynesboro
sol eitor.
1157. Felix Simpson, Hancock countv, Ga
Wm. McKinley, of Milledgeville, solicitor
1180. Washington Thomas, Bibb county,
Ga. Lanier A Anderson, of Macon, so
licitors.
T Geor S e G - Potter, Reynolds, Ga.
Joel R. Griffio, of Fort Valley, solicitor.
1229. James S. Green, Starkville, Ga.
Rankin A Hawkins, of Americus, solicitors.
1280. William A. Ramsey, Augusta, Ga.
Tbad Oakman, of Augusta, solicitor.
In this connection we give, as of general
interest, the following rulings in regard to
of tlyj mneudjjtory baukrvMri law,
Juno 22, I|FW It provides:
First. That a bankrupt shall be required
to pay no portion of his debts unless the
same are proved by deposition in bank
ruptcy in regular form.
Second. That a bankrupt shall not be re
quired to pay any portion of a debt for
which he is bound as suretv. though regu
larly proved.
Third. That a bankrupt shall surrendor
assets sufficient to equal 30 per cent, of all
debts proved (not existing) against him,
upon which he is liable as principal debtor,
but one-tbird in value of such creditors
proving debts can agree to discharge the
bankrupt, without tho assent of tho re
maining two-thirds in value of creditors
who have proved debts.
The result of this condition of the law is
that the bankrupt is really required to pay
only 10 per cent, upon such debts as may be
proved against him; in oilier words to pay
30 per cent, upon one-third of the debts
proved, and nothing upon the residue.
DEATH IN A CI.AY PIT.
A Well Known Driver Almost Instantly
Killed.
Monday morning it was reported
throughout the city that Sandy McCormick,
a well known hack driver connected with
Bresnan’s European House, had met with a
violent death, whilst driving somo parties to
a vessel at one of the upper wharves. Va
rious accounts were given of the affair, but
the following information which we obtained
after a thorough investigation we believe to
be correct :
About half-past twelve o’clock Monday
morning, Capt. < ’. Gannon, of the ship Con
tinental, lying at McAlpin’s brick-yard, up
the river, employed Sandy McCormick to
drive him and his first mate up to the ves
sel, which is loading with brick ior Charles
ton. The parties left the Intel shortly be
fore one o’clock, at which time it was quite
dark, the sky being clouded over. The vard is
about five miles from the city ; the party
proceeded safely, however, until within a
short distance of the place, when, unfortu
nately, the driver missed tho road, and
drove into a large cl*y pit, about six feet
deep, in the vicinity of the brick yard. The
sudden plunge threw the driver from his
seat, his head striking upon an iron rod
which had been left in tho hole, inflicting a
fearful and mortal wound in the left
temple. The hack, which was badly
smashed, fell upon him, breaking his left
arm in two places. Strange to say the
horses were unhurt, and the occu >auts
miraculously escaped with a few scratches.
As soon as they could extricate themselves
they went to the assistance of poor Sandy,
whose groans indicated his whereabouts,
which otherwise, on account of tho darkness,
'**ould nave noon difficult tn
He was lifted out, w nilst one of them
remained with the injured mau, the othor
took a horse and rode rapidly to town for
assistance. A conveyance was at once ob
tained, and the wounded man brought to
the city, but died before medical assistance
could be rendered. The body was taken to
his residence on Congress street, near Aber
corn, and the Coroner was notified of tho
ocurrenee, but upon investigating the mat
ter and ascertaining that there were
two witnesses, and that death
was the result of accident, considered, under
the law, that he was not called upon to hold
an inquest.
The deceased was a native of Ireland, but
had been in this city for a number of years,
being formerly employed at McConnell’s
European House. He was about thirty
seven years of age, and leaves a wife, but no
children, to mourn his terrible fate.
Escaped Florida Convicts Captured in
Havannali.
In Wednesday’s News a full account was
given of the capture by the police of four
negroes concerned in the robbery of J. L
Zellincker’s store on Monday night,
and the subsequent discovery of
other burglaries. The evidence
against these parties is complete, and there
is every probability that Chatha i county
will not be long troubled with their
presence, as the Superior Court is in ses
sion, and such cases are disposed of expe
ditiously.
Friday, Sergeant Leonard received a
note from Deputy Sheriff John H. Brown,
of Duval couuty, who had seen the account
in the News, stating that two of the ne
groes, Charles Wilson and Solomon Jackson,
were escaped prisoners from Jacksonville.
Wilson had served out one term in
the State prison at Tallahassee,
and was under sentence for twelve
months in the jail at Jacksonville, when he
mado his escape. Jackson, although a mere
youth, had served one term in tho county
jail for burglary, and was in custody for a
similar offense when 119 made his escape.
He broke Into the same store, for tho rob
bery of which he was first convicted, the
very night he escaped, and left his hat be
hind, which was identified.
Solicitor General Lamar will doubtless
remember these little incidents in the careei;
of these two thieves,when they are brought
up for trial iq the Superior Court.
Destruction of a Snvr Mill by Fire.
About two o'clock in the morning of
Thursday fire broke out in the saw and
lumber mill of Messrs. Sullivan & Hull, on
the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, com
pletely destroying the structure and about
60,000 feet of lumber. There was but small
insurance on the machinery, and henre this
disaster will entail a heavy loss upon Messrs.
Sullivan & Hull, who arc known as among
Savannah's most enterprising business men.
The origin of the fire is unknown at pres
ent, and although it may not have been the
act of an incendiary, the hour at which it
was discovered favors that supposition.
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A Pleasure Yacht Bound to Florida.
On Monday last the steam yacht Skylark,
Captain Morris, arrived at Thunderbolt.
She was bound from New York to St. Au
gustine, but had a slight accident to her
boiler, and put in to have it repaired. The
work was done by Mr. P. J. Bulger, and she
sailed Tusesday mornin r. The Skylark is
owned by Mr. Leach, of 60 Wall street, New
York, and is the handsomest yacht that
was ever in these waters. Her length is $6
feet, and she has a compound engine 20 and
14, and a drap tubular boiler.
Death of an Old Citizen.
Mr. Emanuel Sheftall, an old and well
known citizen of Savannah, died at his resi
dence on Tatnall street, Friday morning
at 3 o’clock. Mr. Sheftall wa3 a native of
Savannah, and was aged about sixty-seven
years. His death will be deeply regretted
by our older citizens, who knew him well and
esteemed him highly. For many years he
occupied a position as teacher in the Sa
vannah Free School, and was also clerk ofjthe
market during the war. He was one of the
oldest members of the M. E. Church, from
which edifice his funeral took place Satur
day morning.
A Fine Chance for Emigrants.
By a notice elsewhere it will be seen that
Hr. A. B. Riges, of Statesboro, offers for
sale his plantation and all its fixtures. It
is conceded to be the best place in Bulloch
county. Mr. R. is selling because he wants
to give up business and enjoy life easy. It
is a good opportunity to get a splendid place
at moderate figures.
A Porcelain Set
Is handsome as a dinner service, but a set ot
porcelain teeth is of no service at dinner.
To avoid all necessity for false teeth, use
Sozodont daily to preserve and beautify the
natural ones. It renders the gums rosy and the
teeth indestructible.
Nothing breakable that Spalding’s Glne wont
mend. nov2o-Sa,Tu,Th&wlw
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Summary of the Week’s Dispatches
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
[Special Telegrem to the Morning News.]
St. Louis, November 22.
The Savannah delegation, with other
Georgia delegations, arrived this morning.
Avery large representation is here from the
Southern and many Northern States and
cities. General Joseph E. Johnston is
Chairman of the Georgia delegation.
The convention will be a very large one.
The South is quite unanimous id favor of
Marshall, Texas, as tho Eastern terminus of
the road. There will be a strong opposition
to a money subsidy.
The sub-committees from the Southern
delegations are in consultation to-night.
Executive Mansion, )
Washington, November 22, 1875. j
It is with profound sorrow that the Presi
dent has to announce to the people of tho
United States the death of the Vice Presi
dent, Henry Wilson, who died in tho Capital
of the nation this morning. The eminent
station of the doceasod, his high character,
his long career in the service of his State,
and of the Union,his devotion to the cause of
freedom and the ability which he brought to
the discharge of every duty, stand conspicu
ous and are indelibly impressed on the hearts
and aflections of the American people. In
testimony of respect for this distinguished
citizen and faithful public servant, the vari
ous departments of government will be
closed on the day of the funeral, aud the
Executive Mansion, and all the execu
tive depirtmeuts in Washington, will
be draped with badges of mourn
ing for thirty days. The Secretary
of War aud the Secretary of the Navy will
will issue orders that appropriate military
and naval honors be rendered to the memo
ry of one whoso virtues aud services will
long be borne iu recollectiou by a grateful
nation. (j. g. Grant.
By the President:
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
Nearly all the courts iu tho country have
adjourned iu respect to Wilson. The Su
preme Court of the Uuited States will trans
act no business this week. Delegations
have been appointed from various places td
come to Washing tnusr.r
ceremooi-yt. ' TneWSPlHPffrof MarvlauU
National Guards have tendered 'their
services to the President as a guard and
escort.
The Vice-President passed a quiet day
yesterday. Ho heard of Senator Ferry’s
death about eight o’oloc.i, which depressed
him very much, and before he retired to bed
he alluded to it several times. Ho retired
at half-past nine, and his sleep was sound
and peaceful. At three o’clock this morn
ing his rest was disturbed by a pain in the
chest, which was relieved by rubbing the
chest with an anodyne which had been
prescribed, and ho" again slept. He
awoke precisely at 7 o’clock. Ho said
ho had slept souudly, aud was much re
freshed. lie sat up iu bed, took a glass of
bitter water, which had been prescribed,
and shortly after arose and walked about
the room. His attendant n diced a change
in Mr. Wilson about a quarter past
seven o’clock. He was then lying iu bod,
drawing short and hurried breaths, mov
ing about uneasily, aud his limbs twitch
ing convulsively. The physician! were
called. It was notico l that the breathing
grew shorter and weaker with each breath,
and as the attendant moved round the
bed to support his head, he gave one long
gasp and expired. Four times last uiglit
before twelve o’clock he called for water,
and drank a glassful each time. Night
before last lie complained of his old
trouble with pain at tlie base of the brain,
and remarked that he must have more
determined treatment, but said nothing
about it to the doctor. Last night botwoen
6 and 8 o’clock he said: “If tho doctor were
here 1 would have a blister applied to the
back of my neck.” From 8 to* 9:30 his at
tendants manipulated him, pinching him
thoroughly. He never liked to be rubbed.
There is no evidence iu tho fact that Mr.
Wilson suffered severely. The face wears
the usual pleasant expression. A post
mortem examination was made by tho doc
tors, who came to the conclusion that ho
died of apoplexy.
The special session of the Senate called
in April last, after an exciting caucus, se
lected by a majority vote of one, Thomas W.
Ferry, of Michigan, as against Henry B.
Autliouy, of Rhode Island, the competitor,
for the place. Thoro has been no change in
the Senate since. All the new members
Earticipatod in the caucus deliberation which
rought about tho nomination. There is no
doubt that if the Senate, at its next
meeting does not reverso its selection of
last April that Ferry will be tho presiding
officer. The revised statutes coutain tho
following: In case of the removal by death,
resignation or inability of both the Presi
dent and Vice-President of tho United
States, the President of the Senate, or, if
there bo none, then the Speaker of the
House of Representatives for the time being
shall act as President until the disability is
removed or anew President elected.
.--.v-p-t,-.derate generals in a fracas.
Richmond, Novemuer 20.—0 u„„ -
to the departure of the 9:20 p. m. nortneru
bound train to-day, an exciting scene oc
curred on one of the cars between General
Bradley T. Johnson and Goneral John D.
Imboden. The latter, who was about
going oft on the train, was ap
proached by General Johnson, who
after telling Imboden he bad boon looking
for him all day administered sundry blows
on his person with a cowhide. Imboden at
once made at Johnson, when the latter
drew a pistol; but before he could
use it they were separated and both
arrested. They were taken to the
station house and placed under bonds
of $1,00(1 each for appearance at the police
court on Monday. The cause of the assault
is attributed to the evidence given by Im
boden in the contested election case between
Johnson and Knight for seats in the State
Senate.
THE WHISKY FRAUDS.
St. Louis, November 19.—The defence
opened in the McDonald case to-day. Gen.
Sherman, Major Rainwater, Police Com
missioner, and Congressman W. H. Stone;
W. W. Sandford, merchant; John A. Scud
der, President of the Memphis and St.
Louis Packet Company; Capt. Isaac Jones,
Dan Abel, and others testified to his good
character in the community, some of them
having known him from fifteen to tu ent.v
years; but on cross-examination all said
they had never heard his character discuss
ed till lately, and but few of them ever had
business dealings with him.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, November 19. — The meeting
of the manufacturers of fertilizers adopted
a resolution that fertilizers should bo sold
for cash or satisfactorily endorsed paper,
and that barter for cotton or other products
should be abandoned. A committee was
appointed on permanent organisation, to
report to the meeting on tho first Thursday
iu May, in Baltimore.
S. Teakle Wallis gives notice of a contest
for the office of Attorney General. Wallis
will contend that tho election in the city of
Baltimore was carried on account of frauds.
the hot bloods.
Richmond, November 22 — Gen. Bradley T.
Johnson had a hearing before the Polioe
Court to-day for assaulting Gen. J. D. Im
boden with a cowhide on Saturday night.
He was fined twenty dollars and placed
under bonds in one thousand debars to keep
the peace twelve months. Gen. Imboden
left Saturday night to attend the railroad
convention at St. Louis. When arrested,
he was bailed till December 2d, and not till
this morning, as first telegraphed.
nay, verily-
Washington* N < fiber 19.—1 t has been
ascertain* i ! iia private telegraphic
correspondence which recently took place
between President Grant and Gen. Sherman
was in reference to matters on which the
President desired to be informed, for use in
the preparation of his annual message. The
correspondence had nothing whatever to do
with the Cuban question, as surmised-in a
recent special dispatch.
GERMANY AND THE CENTENNIAL.
Berlin, November 19.—The list of German
exhibitors at the Centennial Exhibition in
Philadelphia numbers 1,140. The Presidents
of provinces, at the suggestion of the Em
press, are collecting all articles connected
with the treatment of the wounded in time
of war. They will be exhibited together.
One of the objects of interest will be a com
plete train fitted oat expressly to transport
the sick and wounded.
SHIP ON FIRE.
Boston, November 20.—The Captain of
the ship Favorita, which arrived here to-day
from Manilla, reports, October Ist, latitude
17:0:50 south, longitude 71:0:10, saw a large
vessel on fire; ran down to her, but she sank
in about five minutes after we reached her.
The Favorita cruised around the spot for
two hours, but could not digeover any trace
of the crew nor learn anything to estab’ish
the vessel’s identity.
SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
Madrid, November 20.—1 t is stated that
all foreigners tried in Cuba for participation
in The rebellion shall have counsel. The
Cronista says the last American note was
discussed in the Cabinet yesterday. Mean
while the situation is * satisfactory and
promises a favorable and early settlement
of the pending questions relative to the
United States.
A CROOKED SUPERVISOR.
Louisville, November 20. — 1n the case of
the United States versus O. H. Burbridge,
special supervising agent of the treasury,
with headquarters at New Orleans, pending
since April 6th, for $47,000 alleged deficien
cy, a verdict against Burbridge in $36,000
was rendered.
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS.
London, November 20. — The first reports
of the loss of life and vessels are unfound
ed. The Pall Mall Gazette, however, an
nounces that the coast between Yarmouth
and Lowestoft is strewn with wrecks,
Three vessels are ashore on Goodwin
Sands.
IMMIGRANTS.
Port Jervis, N. J,, November 19.—A resi
dent of Pike county, Pennsylvania, has or
ganized a colony of natives ol Alsace and
Lorrwne in that county,
THK LIGHT HOUSE BOARD.
Washington, November 22.—The Light
House Board report that as soon as suitable
iampscanbe prepared, miuer&l oils will be
substituted for lard oils, in the higher order
of lights. The success in experiments for
fog signals is marked. The Board hopes to
arrive at results not only valuable to
science, but of practical importance
in enabling it to contend with one
of the worst elements of dnugor which the
mariner has to meet with on our extended
and dangerous coast Since the jurisdiction
of the Board has been extended over the
waters of the Mississippi and Ohio vallev
it has been found that a change of
banks and short range of lights
do not justify permanent or expensive struc
tures, or a high order of lenses. The best
quality of lanterns have been obtained and
steamboat owners, captains and pilots unite
in testifying to the great value of the lights
and the success of tho system is assured
A large number of lanterns and
buoys will be required, and an increased ap
propriation will bo necessary. The neces
sity for lights on these waters is now un
questioned. Two light-vessels for the shoal
waters of the Virginia shoal coasts are now
nearly completed.
A FETE in PARIS.
Taris, Novomber 19.—A grand and very
successful fete was given to-dav at tho Pa
lais d’lnd.istrie by tho Franco-American
Union, tho object being to give greater pub
licity to aud extend the subscrip
tions for tho scheme for a monu
ment to Liberty in New York harbor
The committee of tho Union, accompanied
by several distinguished personages, trav
ersed the building, inspecting tho objects
of maritime and pluvial extiibition. A bril
liant concert followed, in which the baud of
the Republican Guard participated. An
other concert—vocal as woll as instrumental
—was given, in which the “Star Spangled
Banner” was sung amid great cheering
The lete terminated this evening with an
illumination of the Palais a’lndustrie.
A representation of the proposed monu
ment formed a leading feature of the
illumination. Minister Washburue, Consul
General Torbet, Mr. Eaton, Miuister Sickles,
the Marquis lioohambeau, M. Alexis de
Tocquivell, Oscar de Lafayette, several
Deputies iu the Assembly, representatives
of the press and altogether about 6,000
spectators were present. The subscriptions
are progressing very favorably. The Grand
Lodge of Free Masons in Paris aud moßt of
the lodges iu France have subscribed.
the TEXAS BORDER TROUBLES.
Galveston, Novomber 20.—Tile following
has been received from San Autonio, Texas,
to-day :
The following telegram was received at
headquarters this morning : Major Alexan
der arrived at Loscueros and reports that
forty men of the Eighth cavalry crossed this
morning before bis arrival, by Randlett’s
order, Major Clendin haviug left for Ring
gold to support McNallv, who was driven by
tho Mexicans to the river. This was done
in violation of orders given by me yesterday
morning. I have directed Major Alexander
to return tho troops to the north bank. Ho
has answered: “It will be done immediately.
1 have carriod out your instructions in
regard to surrendering the thieves
and returning property.” Major Alexander
reports a largo number of troops concen
trating in frout of him.
[Signed.] Potter, commanding.
It is by no means impossible that tho
Mexicans may take tho offensive. Los
queros is a notorious denjof Cortina and his
robbers, and not less than ono thousand
could be assembled there on short notice.
a cruel contradiction.
Boston, Novomber 19.—1 t is rumored that
Butler is dead. A man named Butler died
at Salem to-day, which probably gave rise
to tho report.
TIGHT ROPE PERFORMANCE.
Rochester, N. Y., November 19 John
Clarke is hanged. He ascended the scaflold I
smoking a cigar. J
A horrible calamity. j
Two Children Burned to Denih—.A Brave *
Girl Saves Her Life.
Pensacola, Fla., November 19. — On
Saturday last a frightful calumity occurrt > 1
some miles from here, on the Hay Shoie
near Town Point, by which two
LITTLE CHILDREN WERE BURNED TO PEATi*.
Mr. Kimmins, tho father, had come to
the city for the purpose of doing sonic
trading, leaving at home his wife and
three children, little dreaming of the
horrible fate that was even then laying
in wait for his little ones. It appears
that Mrs. Kimmins, the mother,, during
the absence of her husband, down
to the beach, to a point where;some fish
ermen had just drawn a seine/ 1 - ,'ug>at
the house an infant, one child little
older, (about two years old), and one
about fivo years of age. While convers
ing with the fishermen she was
STARTLED BY THE REPORT OF A GUN
from the direction in which her house
lay, and on looking around was horror
stricken to see dense volumes of smoke
and lurid flames arising as high in the
air.
Rushing home like the wind, she
”ached the spot only to find the eldest
cmiu s,lfo outside and hear the frantic
shrieks of the twQ babes within the walls
of lire, crying for succor, which no hu
man hand could give.
What must have tho frenzy andJ
agony of that mother wb en the full realJH
ization of her darlings’ hobble death
AND IIEII OWN UTTER HELPLESfcnjESS BUBU'j
UPON her!
When the firo subsided a search wan
made amid the smouldering ruins, but **
naught save a few charred bones remained
of what but a few moments before were
jewels in a coronet of domestic happi
ness! Two loaded guns wore in the
house, and the fire reaching one of them
caused it to explode, thus giving to the
mother the alarm.
A BRAVE YOUNG GIRL.
A few nights ago witnessed a ra<y> j a _
stance of presence of mind, by the e.*> r _
cisc of which a young girl, aged eighteen,
saved herself from a fearful death. She *
had gone to the mantol and “turned
down” the wick of a kerosene lamp. 1
which immediately exploded, scattering
the fragments of lamp and particles of
burning oil in every direction, and setting
tire to her clothing. She seized the re
maining portion of the blazing lamp and
made a rush for the front door, intending
to throw it into the street. In her
hurried flight, however, she ran against a
center table upon which was another
lamp burning, overturn ing both, and caus
ing this lamp also to explode. When shej
reached the door she never stopped, bul
pitched headlong into the sand and rolled
over and over in it, trying to smother the
blaze, j
KEEPING HER MOUTH TIGHTLY SHUT
all the time to keep from inhaling thttM
flames. Although this all happened in a I
moment’s time a good many neighbors 1
rushed to her assistance, and by tearing 1
off her outer clothing succeeded in “put
ting her out.” Had it not been for tho
presence of mind she would, without
doubt havo been burned to death. As it is,
she is badly burned.—
Atlanta Herald. S
(Juantrell’s Old Headquarters. V
[From the Lawrence (Ks.) Tribune.]
About 1 o’clock last uigTtt the aim ill upWI
fire was sounded. Soon an immense blaze
sprang up near the youth river bank, and
it was found to be the National liutei on
fire. Tho tire took iu the rear end of the
budding, near the kitchen and washing
rooms. It had got pretty good headway
before the engine got to playing ou it,
although the firemen were promptly on
hand and worked with terrific energy.
This was an old building, though n
good condition, having been erected i
1857, or rather commenced in that year,
for some additions have been m&dt to it
since. The hotel will be recognize* v
nearly all our readers, when we state
it was originally the Whitney Ho’
built by Mr. Whitney; afterwer*' it.;
City Hotel, kept by Mr. Stone; the . th-
Dufree House, kept by Mr. Skim. hug
now the National, kept and ot* ,! b\
Mr. Charles Strong.
The whole hack part of the ho i was
destroyed, and the front part s- **d
and drenched with water as to bo .mnost
ruined. The whole establishment cost
Mr. Strong $14,000 four years ago, fur
niture and lot included, and the building
is probably worth SB,OOO or $9,000 now.
The building was insured for $4,000 and
the furniture for SI,OOO. The furniture
is a terrible wreck, and the portion of the
house which still stands is as black as a
pit of charcoal.
This hotel was the headquarters of
Quantrell at the Lawrence massacre, and
he set a guard around it for its protec
tion, on account of the kind treatment
he had onee received at the hands of ita
then proprietor, Mr. Stone, though some
of his men afterwards killed the good old
man before they left town.
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