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Savannah Weebhj lUurs Wov WWKH 27. 1 ST•’>, 1876. THE Savannah Weekly News! Tbi favorite Weekly Paper enters on its Twenty -Sixlh Y'ear! on the first of Janaary next, and we de sire again to present its claims as a good newspaper to the people of Georgia, Florida and Boi:th Carolina, and, also, to all who are interested in these States, wherever they may reside. THE WEEKLY NEWS is universally acknowledged to be the beat weekly newspaper published in the South, and is a complete compendium of the news of the week from all parts of the world, carefully compiled from our daily editions. It ia a welcome visitor to the family fireside, as well as to the farmer, the merchant or mechanic, as nothing is permitted in its columns that will offend the most fastidious No effort will be spared to add to its already well earned reputation and to make it deserve the continued support of its subscribers. Let the friends of the WEEKLY NEWH present its dating to their neighbors, who are not subscribers, and get them to take it, and. thus aid us in the good work of keeping up the “people's paper.” The WEEKLY NEWS will be sent (free of postage) to any address : One year.. $2 00 Six mouth* .... 1 00 Three months 0 50 One month 0 2-7 itemittances can be made by Post Office Money Order, Jtegistered Letter, or Express, at our risk. No attention is to orders unless accompanied by the money. All letters should be addressed J. H. EHTILL, Savannah, Ga. 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. • ■■■■- ■■■■ 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. Amusement and Instruction teaiblueJ. The greatest writers in the. 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