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3. 11. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga.
An Ameudment to the Texas Taclflc
Railroad ill.
The Texan Pacific Kail road bill, intro
duced in the Senate on Wednesday last
bj Mr. West, is substantially the same as
that reported to the House by the Pacific
Railroad committee at the last session,
modified to conform to the views ex
pressed by the convention recently held
in St. L >uis. The first change from the
ol 1 text oonfines the starting point of
the Atlantic and Pacific branch to St.
Louis, within the one hundredth and one
hundred and third degrees of longitude.
Under the bill of last session this junction
was required to be made at or east of the
one hundred and third degree of long),
tude. The amendment is made by Senator
West in order to prevent the St. Louis
branch from tapping the main road with
in the limits of the territory naturally
tributary to New Orleans, the people of
which city, by the way, are extremely
jealous of St. Louis. Another change is
made in the bill to prevent any discrimi
nations by or against connecting lines,
this provision being drawn with great
care. This change has also been made in
order to remove the fears of New Orleans
and the South Atlantic cities, that the St.
Louis branch might be made the main
line of the road. The eastern terminus is
continued, as under the former bill, at
Shreveport, La., but it is provided that
the portion of the road on which the
United Stales shall guarantee interest
shall begin at Sherman, Texas, instead of
at the Texas State line, thus leaving out
a quadrilateral embraced by a piece of
the Memphis and El Paso road and the
international road, amounting alto
gether to about four hundred miles
the connection to New Orleans to be
made by tho New Orleans, Baton Rouge
and Vicksburg Railroad, which has a laud
grant from Congress proportionate to
that given to the main line. In addition
to the extension from Shreveport to
Vicksburg provided for in the old bill,
provision is made for an extension from
Shreveport through Arkansas to a point
on the Mississippi river opposite Vicks
burg. T his will furnish a comparatively
direct line between Memphis and New
Orleans, and undoubtedly result in a con
siderable reduction of freight rates. The
bonds on which interest at five per cent,
is to be guaranteed by the government
amount to $40,000 per mile for the main
line and $35,000 per mile for branches,
as in the old bill, but the term for which
the bonds shall run is changed from forty
to fifty years.
John It Henderson.
-fine upriflhl end fearless course of ex.j
Senator Henuerson in the prosecution of
the St. Louis whisky ring thieves, shas
brought him again prominently before
the public. Mr. Henderson, it may be
remembered, was in the Senato from
Missouri at the time of the impeachment
of President Johnson, and voted with
Fessenden, of Maine, Grimes, of lowa,
Trumbull, of Illinois, and Fowler, of
Tennessee, for acquittal. As he had pre
viously been n staunch Republican, and
was counted as certain to vote for convic
tion, his action provoked bitter hostili
ty to him, which he ascribed, rightly or
wrongly, to Ben Butler and Gen. Grant,
and whioh resulted in his being shelved
by the Missouri Republicans. Ho de
nounced Grant nud Butler publioly and
privately in 1868, aud being somewhat
vindiotive, possibly he has not yet for
gotten his antipathy. Perhnps the recol
lection of his own wrongs wbh not with
out effect in inspiring the speech which
caused his dismissal as assistant govern
ment counsel iu the whisky cases. .
Otrß Merchant Marine.—The carrying
trade of tho United States has been for a
long time, to a great extent, in the hands
of foreigners, and the reports of the past
year are no exception to the rule. For
eign vessels have for several years carried
•bout three-fourths of our foreign trade.
Yet we have a large tonnage. The total
Americau tonnage at the close of the
fiscal year was 4,858,732 tous. During
the year our tonnage increased 141,878
tons, this being the amount of new ves
sels built, less losses from wrecks, etc.
The vessels built during the year aggre
gated 297,1589 tons, but the financial de
pression was shown in ship building as it
has been in everything else, for this is
but little ever two-thirds the tonnage
built the preceding year. The American
merchant mariils numbers altogether
32,285 vessels, of which 2.981 are regis
tered for the foreign trade, aud 3,885
with 1,018,151 tonnage, are steam ves
mU. More than two-thirds of the ton
nage is employed in the coasting, lake
and inland trade.
Tho question of church taxation be
longs to the States. So thinks the
present ami so thought the last Congress.
The late govoruineut of Washington, in
casting around for objects of taxation,
induced the Committee on the District of
Columbia to recommend the imposition
of a tax upon church property, the valua
tion of which was set down at about
three million five hundred thousand
d.,liars. When the bill was reported to
the House of the Forty-third Congress,
Mr. Randall moved a substitute exempt
ing all ohureh buildings from taxation,
whioh was unanimously agreed to. No
Republican in the House, as will be seen
fey the records, made an objection or
*Aed tor division on the question.
Orant evidently forgot that fact.
yx. .iw —Ex-Speaker Blaine, says the
Hartford Twie*. does not intend to sur
render his chances tor a Presidential
nomination. Grant rather outshines him
in the poor work of stirring up religious
prejadioes, and making inroads upon the
rights and privileges of the people to
manage their own free schools. So Blaine
is preparing an "aggressive currency”
speech. It is to be a bard-money speech,
but how "aggressive?” Tbs aggressive
work was accomplished by the Radicals
when they established by law an uncon
-stitutional currency, and especially by
.Grant when he packed the United States
'fiupesiae Court in the interest of a fraud
,-u’ent legal.tender.
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jt is thought to have been a sermon
agmnst the exemption ot church wealth
from taxes, preached by the President's
.pastor, tiie Rev. Mr. Newman, two or
4hree Sundays ago, that put taxation of
- pVinnnh property into the message.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR,
The Foftter*Blaine Letter.
The letter which we published jester
day, purporting to have been written by
John G. Foster, editor of the Newark
Evening Courier , to ex-Speaker Blame,
seems to have had the effect of a bomb
shell explosion in the Radical camp. The
genuineness of the letter disclosing
Grant's connection with the anti-Catholic
order was, of course, at once denied by
his organs, and efforts seem to have
been promptly made to induce Foster
to deny its authorship. But the let
ter itself having got into the hands
of a Maine Democratic editor, like Bab
cock’s telegrams, could not be ignored
or repudiated; so the most that can be
got out of Mr. Foster is a statement that
he did not write the letter as it was pub
lished in the Maine paper. In an
interview with a correspondent of the
New York Tribune he admitted that he
did write Mr. Blaine a letter on the sub
ject, but that the letter purporting to
have been written by him was grossly
distorted. He is frequently in the habit
of writing Mr. Blaine friendly letters, in
which he suggests points that strike him
as worthy of Mr. Blaine's consideration.
At the time he wrote the letter in ques
tion he did not attach much importance
to it—so little, in fact, that he did not keep
a copy of it, and he was unable to remem
ber exactly what he did write. In a
general way, however, he wrote Mr.
Blaine that, judging from President
Grant’s Des Moines speech, it was easy to
be seen that the President intended to
make an issue on the Catholic school
question, but he did not write Mr. Blaine
that the President was a member of a
secret anti Catholic organization, and ad
vise Mr. Blaine to become a member of
tho same. The TrVmne correspondent
says Mr. Foster seemed to be greatly an
noyed by the publication of the letter,
which, he said, did injustice to Mr.
Blaine and to himself. The conversation
betweeu Mr. Foster and the reporter was
cut short in consequence of the former
starting at once for Washington, where
he was going to have a.consultation with
Mr. Blaine.
It is a little curious how this remark
able letter got into the hands of the
Democratic editor by whom it was pub
lished. It is also a little remarkable that
its text should have been changed after it
left the possession of the man who ac
knowledges that he wrote it. Does Mr.
Foster tell the whole truth in regard to
the matter ? Who interpolated the
statement that Grant is a member of the
anti-Catholic order ? How did the letter
get out of Blaine’s possession ? These are
matters for Foster and Blaine to investi
gate in their interview, and for the Maine
editor or Mr. Foster to explain to the
public. Either Foster tells the truth and
someone has taken an unwarrantable
liberty in exposing his correspondence,
or someone through whose hands the
letter has passed, has dealt foully with
General Grant. Will Mr. Blaine rise to
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McDonald the Convict, and Grant the
President.
From the following document, which
appears in the St. Louis papers, it will
be seen that John McDonald, who figured
so conspicuously in the whisky ring
frauds as the confidential correspondent
of Babcock, was not unknown to Grant
when he received his appointment to the
responsible position of Supervisor of In
ternal Revenue at St. Louis. On the
oontrary, he was a picked man, his select
ion being made in utter disregard of the
remonstrances of Carl Schurz, Congress
man Dyer and others. Here is their let
ter to Secretary Boutwell:
Eastern District oe Missouri, 4
Uniter States Attorney’s Office, -
St. Louis, October 7, 18(59. )
lion. George S. Boutwell, Secretary of the
Treasury, Washington:
Sib: We have to-day learned by the
telegrams in our daily papers that John
McDonald, of this city, has been appoint
ed Supervisor of Internal Revenue, and
assigned to duty in this district
We beg leave to assure you that the
reputation of this man and his associates
are such that he can bring no moral sup
port to the government in the enforce
ment of the internal revenue laws, and
that it is quite certain that his qualifica
tions, natural or acquired, are such as
render the appointment an unfit one to
be made.
We believe that by his being placed in
so important an office the collection of
the revenue will be retarded, and the
combinations which have heretofore ex
isted against the government will be re
established.
C. Schurz, U. 8. S.
D. P. Dyer, M. C.
John W. Noble, U. S. Attorney.
C. S. Newcomb, U- S. Marshal.
Neither Boutwell nor Grant paid any
attention to this remonstrance. They
knew their man better than either Schurz,
Dyer, Noble or Newcomb, and so over
them and other equally eminent citizens
of St. Louis McDonald was elevated to a
place where he could plan and carry out
one of the grossest thefts of the public
Treasury. We say, with the Memphis
Appeal , no wonder the convict loves
Grant, and thinks Lim one of the best
and purest men this country ever pro
duoed. No wonder he asserts "there is
no man for whom I have more admi
ration than for him. So far as
he is personally concerned, he is utterly
incapable of perpetrating a fraud, and he
meant what he said when he remarked,
‘Let no guilty man escape.’ Grant will
be elected for a third term as sure as I
am now in this jail, JJe > s the man for
the times, and the people intend to keep
him where he is.” Prison or no prison,
the head of the whisky ring will stick to
his friend, arid labor, even through
prison bars, for his election to the Presi
dency for the third time. The force of
friendship can no farther go.
The Boston Boat says there are indica
tions that the old war of etiquette that
has been waged for centuries will break
out again in Washington with redoubled
fury. It noems to be conceded that the
wife of a Senator is a little bit the supe
rior of the wife of a Representative, but
is the Senator’s better half ranked by the
wife of a Cabinet Minister or a Justice of
the Supreme Court ? Who ought to call
first ? Who ought to be first invited to
the state dinners of the White House ?
These be grave questions, men and
brethren, and branching oat involve
many pjpre of the same sort, over which
our fussy old tabbies have been annually
very much excited. They wjU probably
never be settled, but will serve to keep
snobs in a quiver during the winter.
Senator Maxey asks for protection on
the Rio Grande. Tafias has paid out for
pie purpose of guiding her frontier
s93*,oi/? fiftOf the war/%nd $500,000 last
year. iL
Apprehensions of a War with Spain.
Notwithstanding the backing and fill
ing of the message on the Caban ques
tion, there is evidently a feeling of un
certainty not unmixed with serious ap
prehension in regard to the probabilities
of a war with Spain. The Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun in
his letter of Saturday says :
It was intimated at the State Depart
ment yesterday that the special message
regarding Cuban affairs may not be sent
in until some time next month. Although
at first reading the President’s ref
erence in his annual message to Cuba was
regarded as of a pacific nature, it seems
that the later construction put upon it is
of a different character. Undoubtedly
an uneasy feeling has pervaded the com
mercial centres on this account, and the
price of gold has been affected. Wall
street is much exercised, for yesterday a
number of dispatches were sent here
from that quarter, anxiously in
quiring as to the Spanish situa
tion. We have already the intelli
gence that the President’s words have
been received with distrust both in Mad
rid and Havana, and those who are con
versant with international law say that
intervention can mean nothing but war.
The uneasiness and uncertainty which
now exist on the subject must have a
most serious effect on the business inter
ests of the country. It is suggested that
it would be both wise and proper for the
administration to make an authoritative
announcement at this time whether the
present condition of our relations with
Spain is really critical or not. To post
pone it until the special message is sent
in, which may be weeks hence, as further
correspondence with Spain is likely, is to
give free rein to the speculators.
The St. Louis Republican expresses
the sentiments of nine-tenths of the re
flecting people of all sections of the
Union on this subject, when it says;
“The country wants no war with Spain
on account of Cuba for several good and
sufficient reasons. First, we do not want
to acquire Cuba; it would be worse than
worthless to us. Our suffrage policy, as
embodied in the constitutional amend
ments, would require us to make voters
of the rude and barbaric Africans who
compose the bulk of its population, and
this would convert the island into a negro
State in which it would be as impossible
for any considerable number of whites to
live as it is in Hayti. We could not gov
ern the inland as a territory, for this would
involve an imperial policy and invite
those frightful extortions which all tropi
cal provinces have been the scene of for
centuries. In plain words, we do not de
sire to attach Cuba to the Union in any
manner whatever, much less can we
desire a war to secure it. Second, we
cannot go to war with Spain to secure the
independence of the island. We may
wish to see it released from the harsh
Spanish thraldom, but we are under no
obligations to sacrifice twenty or thirty
thousand lives, and ,one or Jtwo hundred
millions of money, to secure that object.
"In no view of the case, and under no
circumstances likely to invest it, could
we gain anything by a war with Spain,
and if President Grant meditates such a
thing, we hope Congress will give him to
i4 yHU.:4--feg-yern;itL><L_
What that part of the message relating to
Cuba means, we cannot perceive. It shows
no cause of quarrel with Spain, and yet
the navy is being prepared for war, and
the President promised to send a special
message to Congress, as though some
extraordinary emergency were expected.
The country has enough harrassments at
present without seeking additional ones,
or permitting the President to lead it
into new troubles for ambitious reasons.
We desire repose, not strife, and if the
President’s policy contemplates war, Con
gress ought to speak out against it at
once.”
Gen. Babcock’s Suddenly Acquired
Wealth.
Since the indictment of Gen. Babcock
for complicity in the St. Louis whisky
frauds, the amouut of property owned by
him in the District of Columbia has be
come a subject of conversation and dis
cussion. The tax books of the District,
which have been examined by the corres
pondent of the World, show that he is
the owner of six lots, the assessed value
of which is $39,332. This valuation is
regarded as extremely low, and the prop
erty in question is worth at least double
that amount. In the tax books he is set
down as the owner of six lots, three of
which are improved. The house in
which he lives, and which forms a
portion of the above-mentioned prop
erty, is valued at SIO,OOO. It could
not be bought for twice that
sum. A careful valuation of the
property in his name would bring the
figures to about $70,000. This amount
of property he acknowledges and pays
texes on, but the books in question do
not show on their face all the real estate
of which he is possessed. It is suspected
that he is a member of the Hallett-Kii
bourne real estate pool, and there is no
means of ascertaining his actual interest
in that grand ring speculation nor the
amount of ready money which he may
possess. He is also said to sport a costly
set of diamonds, while his personal outfit
is suitable to his position, as a leader of
Washington shoddy and chief lackey of
the President’s mansion. But, assuming
that he is not worth more than the tax
books exhibit, it will be somewhat diffi
cult for him to explain how he accumu
lated this amount of property during the
last eight years upon his pay as a Major
in the Engineer Corps, the salary of
which position is only about $4,000 per
annum.
One of Secretary Robeson’s most urgent
recommendations is that some action
shall be taken for the preservation of the
sea-shore live oaks, the best ship timber
in the world, but, unfortunately, fast
passing away. In short, he wishes the
Southern owners of live oak enjoined
from exporting any of this precious tim
ber, which, in his opinion, should be
secured for the sole use of the govern
ment. This is not the first time, says
the Boston Post, that the value of this
material has been given public promi
nence. Mr. Gooch, upon the floor of
Congress, fully explained its importance,
which, he argued, justified the massing
of the Lynn shoemakers and barbers at
the Charlestown Navy Yard, to carry the
live oak from place to place, and sit upon
it to prevent its suffering from exposure
to the weather. It is gratifying to see
that Mr. Gooch was not mistaken in the
value of the service performed, and that
during the blustering week of a Novem
ber election there were preserved the
knees and ribs of live oak that may V6t
do gallant coast service at Rye or New
port.
It is seated that Massachusetts," in spite
of prohibition, fines, Bute constabularies
and imprisonments,, actually consumes
493,338 barrels of that soul-destroying
beverage—lager beer—aNpually.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1875.
Affairs in Georgia.
Col. Grubb, of the Darien Gazette, pro
poses to get married at the earliest oppor
tunity. He is carrying a photograph around
in his pocket.
The editor of the Forsyth Advertiser wrap
ped himself around & nine pound turnip the
other day, and commenced bragging before
he felt the effects of it.
A Darien chicken thief has been sentended
to nine months on the chain-gang. Isn’t
this carrying justice a month or so too
far?
The Darien chain-gang is cleaning up the
cemetery.
Indian Spring enjoys an occasional svrup
elongation.
The farmers of Stewart county are sowing
an abundance of small grain.
Lumpkin has had the glimpse of a tramp.
The ladies of the Methodist Church of
Forsyth—the fairest congregation ever as
sembled—propose to give an entertainment
on the night of the 21st for the benefit of
the Sunday School library.
A desperado named Scab Hall was killed
in Butts county the other day by a man
named Sam Mays. The killing is regarded
by the Batts county people as providential.
Mr. James M. Williams, of Monroe countv.
is dead.
Forsyth has received 4,761 bales of cotton
this season, a decrease of 643.
Dr. C. T. Jackson, of Houston county, was
married tho other day to Miss J. L. Alexan
der, of Forsyth.
A Forsyth preacher attacked the “tied
backs” the other day. We don’t envy him
if he is a married man.
Horse-thieves don’t fare well in Jasper
county.
The death of Mr. James H. Robinson, of
Jasper county, is announced.
Captain A. S. Barnwell has leased forty
eight convicts to work on his rice fields near
Darien.
Irwinton had a regular thunder-storm the
other day while tho thermometer was below
fitly degrees.
Macon Telegraph : It will be seen in this
day’s issue that he Macon and Brunswick
Railroad is again advertised to be sold.
Sealed bids are invited by the directors up
to 12 o’clock m., of January 25, 1876. The
liberal terms offered ought to insure an
advantageous sale. We are informed that
the road has been put in thorough repair,
and that it is now iu better condition than
it has ever been. Its business, both freight
and passage, is steadily on the increase, and
it is believed that the day is not far distant
when it will be one of the most valuable
roads in the State.
Dahlonega Signal: Mr. R. E. Burt, Sher
iff ot Dawson county, about one week ago
arrested Lewellen Beck in this county for
the murder of a Mr. Chambliss, of Chat
tooga county, about two months ago. Beck
is a terrible desperado, who has been rob
bing and stealing for years past. He has
served a term or two in the penitentiary.
When arrested he had two revolvers on his
person and was at that moment making his
threats to “put out the light” of the indi
vidual who dared attempt to arrest him.
Much credit is due Mr. Burt and his posse
for the very handsome manner in which
they secured their prisoner.
Forsyth Advertiser: A correspondent of
the Advertiser calls for a mass meeting of
the citizens of Monroe county to meet iu
Forsyth on the first Tuesday in January
next. The objects of the meeting are set
forth in the communication. We are
heartily in favor of a convention for the
purpose of changing the constitution, of
Georgia. Under our present consJitutieu
the State has been placed in a bad pligh
financially. Without attempting to present
any arguments in this issue tn favor of the
convention, we give it as oar opinion
that the convention will certainly
be called within a short time’.
The pressure is becoming so strong that the
Legislature canuot longer resist. If the
people of Monroe county assembled in mass
meeting will deman>i this convention, we
think other counties would shortly follow
aud the convention would assemble within a
twelvemonth. If the Executive Committee
of Monroe county will make a formal call for
the meeting to be held in January, we think
-s*. wilLhe largely, attended and may be pro
ductive of some good. Certainly no harm
can come from it.
The same paper has this : In September
last two men, by the name of Cooper and
Crossing, stole, in Murray county, two
horses, and effected good their egcape as far
as Columbus, Ga. There, upon suspicion,
they were arrested; on confession, were
cast into prison and kept until the author
ities of Murray county brought them back
and confined them in the cells of the county
jail. But finally they grew tired of so
close a confinement, and longed once
more to breathe the pure air of heaven
and feel the warm rays of old Sol’s
beaming light. About two weeks ago their
cold, damp, dismal walls, becoming bo dis
agreeable that forbearance to them ceased
to be a virtue, and in a rage of passion burst
asunder their prison locks and are now as
free as a bird. On the night of the sth in
stant three armed men, in disguise, went to
the house of Crossing’s brother (the horse
thief), burst open the door, threw in a ball
of fire and at the same moment rushing into
the house. Crossing having been visited by
the same party a short time prior to this as
sault, had prepared a pistol to defend him
self, and upon seeing his enemies, as it is
supposed tired into them, when immediately
the fire was returned and Crossing was kill
ed upon the spot, the ball striking just be
low the left breast and ranging in the di
rection of the heart. It is thought that one
of the disguised men was wounded by
Crossing’s shot, as blood was found next
merning in the direction in which the party
went.
Alluding to certain ugly rumors in the
newspapers in regard to certain Macon mer
chants, the Atlanta ConstUution says : We
are informed by those in a pcstion to know
that it is a mistake that Col. Lawton has
“ absconded,” He went down to his planta
tion in Baker county. Several days ago
the Executive Committee of the State Agri
cultural Society met here, and examined the
financial condition of the societv. They
found, upon examination, that Col. Lawton
had $4,681 20 of the society funds. Two
drafts for twenty dollars each drawn on him
were returned unpaid. He is under bond to
the society, and we are assured that not only
will that claim, but all others, be arranged in
time. While under the excitement natu
rally produced by the failure of the Planters’
Bank and the house of Lawton & Willingham,
many rumors have sprung up charging
crime, yet, the high character of Colonel
Lawton causes many to doubt the truth of
these rumors. We have conversed with
several gentlemen, and while they admit
that there might have been mismanagement
yet they do not believe him to be guilty of
crime. The amount of Lawton & Willing
ham’s indebtedness is not stated, for they
have not made any statement. The Planters’
Bank, it is said, holds SBO,OOO of tbsir paper.
Colonel Lawton, it is said, had $25,000
invested in the bank. We learn that the
claim of the Exchange Bank for $47,000
upon the Planters’ Bank is disputed. The
directors claim that they know nothing
about it. Among those who lose by the
failure of the Planters’ Bank is Rev. J.
Mcßryde, pastor of the Baptist Church,
about SSOO, and a worthy shoemaker named
Gray a large amount. There are two sides
to every case, and the public should not
make up a judgment until the other side
can be heard from. In regard to the rumor
relative to Mayor Huff, a prominent citizen
of Macon informed us yesterday that it was
not true, and that with his unconquerable
energy Huff would “pull through.”
Macon Telegraph : During our late visit to
the fair we endeavored to give a brief
sketch of the early settlement and history
of Thomasville. Of course, from thfi limit
ed time that could be devoted to that object,
it was necessarily defective. Still, our
authorities were Judge Hayes, Mr. Reming
ton, other old citizens, and the best written
evidence that could be procured. Below we
publish, however, part of a communication
signed “An Old Lady,” without the real
name of the author, though contrary to our
established custom : “I feel confident that
if proper records are examined, it will be
found that the first white man who settled
Thomasville, or Thomas county, was John
Hilly, Bryan, son of Major John Bryan, of
Newbern, North Carolina, 11 believe—
Major John Bryan being the son of Edward
Bryan, an Irish patriot, who headed a rebel
lion and had to flee to this country with his
three brothers for safety. John Hill Bryan
moved from North Carolina to Georgia; he
remained in Middle Georgia several years,
then moved to Thomas county about 1819 or
1820. Atkinson, his son-in-law, soon fol
lowed him. At that time there was not a
road in Tnomas county. The Coffee road
was cut several years after through Thomas
county by General Coffee, a relative of John
Hill Bryan. The Bryan Ropse was the first
hewn log house in the county, also
the first house that had other than
a clay floor, and it was of pun
cheons hewn. The sonnd of a saw mill was
not heard for years afterwards, There are
none of the Bryans living that I know of
but Lucius Coffee Bryan, editor of the
Southern Enterprise, and Iredell Bryan, hus
band of Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, of the Sunny
South, they being grandchildren of J. H.
Bryan. I "expect there are some old people
now living who could tell of the hospitable
board and the kind and obliging old gentle
man, whose courage made nim the p.oneer,
and whose unblemished integrity gained
bind the bonpdeuea of all bis acquaintances.
He came of a daring/ fearless race, de
scended in a direct Unp from the Bryans
that ruled Munster and dwelt in Tara. This
is he who settled our town and county,”
Mr. Charles Herbst goes to Macon with
the warm endorsement of Judge Logan E.
Blecklev as to his worth and competency.
Judge Bleckley is one of the purest and
most scholarly "men in the country, and the
contingency tnat drew from him the en
dorsement published in the Macon Telegraph
is a fortunate thing for Mr. Herbst.
Amt s Owens, a colored man, was run over
and killed at Chauncey by the passenger
train on the 14th. He Pad purchased a
ticket and was endeavoring to board the
train, which was in motion, when his foot
slipped and he was run over,
Atlanta had a balloon ascension the other
day.
The Atlanta ConstUution says that Rev.
George G. Smith, of the North Georgia Con
ference, has about completed his “History
of Methodism.” It is to be re vised and an
notated by Bishop George F. Pierce before
publication.
Mr. John H. Martin, one of the most capa
ble journalists in the South, has retired from
the Columbus Enquirer. His successor Is
not announced.
The Hinesville Gazette says that Mr. A. J.
Sikes, of Tattnall county’ has a tomato
vine which is a curiosity.' It was planted
in the middle of May, and that vine has
supplied his family with tomatoes until
now. Last week this vine had over two
bushels of fruit on it; and, according to
measurement, covered v-jca of ground
twenty-three by {.ni.
According to the G:.inesville Southron Mr.
R. C. Roberts, of Jackson county, eighteen
years old, has raised with h> own labor,
only hiring six days, eleven bales of cotton,
of four hundred aud twenty pounds each,
and fifty bushels of corn.
To December 11, 2, 45 bales of cotton had
been shipped from Gainesville this season.
The Gainesville Eagle has stopped soaring
in this direction. 1 hisis probably owing to
the fact that the mailing clerk is running
for some municipal office.
Two children ot Mr. W. H. Price, at No.
16, Central Railroad, were poisoned on Sat
urday night from eating cheese, but not
fatally.
The Rome Courier truthfully remarks that
there is no such country in the world as
Texas —to be buried in.
An infant child starved to death in At
lanta last week. Fetch in some flannel for
the Polynesians.
The Texas fever is still raging. It will
be reinforced by chills as soon as the emi
grants get to their journey’s end.
Columbus Times: A few days ago we made
mention of the fact that Mr. Tom Persons
bad been killed by a fall from his horse. We
learn that he was not instantly killed, but
was put to bed, and the next morning he
was found dead in his bed. Since then an
infant child of Mr. Jobs Riley was found
dead in bed, and yesterday morning the
wife of Mr. John Riley was found dead in
bed. All of these deaths occurred in the
same house, and within two weeks. Toge
ther they form a singular circumstance.
They all occurred in Talbot county, near
Box Springs.
The Augusta people were hunting around
for Hon. George H. Pendleton’s baggage
yesterday in order to nominate it for Presi
dent. Augusta always was an enterprising
village.
An Atlanta policemaj arrested a colored
man the other day unler the impression
that he was either Bill Tweed or Wiley Rod
ding. We are all dooued to disappoint
ments In this life, as Bill Moore’s Uncle
Thomas once felicitously .remarked. Be
sides, eternal liberty is "the result of vigi
lance, go to speak.
Professor William Henry Peck is to de
liver a lecture shortly before the Young
Men’s Library Association. The Directors
have apparently fo. gotten to remember that
Professor Peek is a gentleman who is not
now and has never been very much in love
with men of the Kimball stripe.
The thirty-second gin house burned this
season is that of Mr. Joel M. Dean, of
Clarke county. It was burned by an incen
diary, together wi’h a considerable lot of
cotton.
A wild-cat has been captured in the jun
gles of Columbia county.
It is stated that lay. Conley, of Jasper
county, tLis aiuson three . thousand
one hundred and fifty bushels of corn on
thirty acres of land. If it wasn’t for his
name, we would nominate Conley for Assist
ant Governor.
Washington county will elect an Ordinary
on the 21st. There are several candidates
tjr the position.
Another rich gold mine has been discov
ered in Cherokee county. It is said to yield
five hundred dollars to the ton.
Augusta benzine is productive of epilepsy.
Dr. Brvaut has taken charge of the Indian
Spring Echo. The doctor is an energetic
and enterprising gentleman, and we wish
him much success in his new venture.
A son of Mr. Thomas Thompson, of Van
Wert, accidentally shot and killed himself
recently.
A little daughter of Mrs. Thomas, of Dah
lonega, was burned to death the other day.
Columbus had some sensation over a cra
zy man the other dsy. He took possession
of a citizen’s house and it required the as
sistance of four men to dislodge him.
We are glad to learn that Mr. Iverson L.
Hunter, formerly of the Milledgeville Spirit
of the South, has concerned himself edito
rially with the Atlanta Commonwealth. He
is a promising and ambitious young jour
nalist, and will make his mark.
Geneva Lamp: In that great day to
which we are all hastening, every school boy
will be called upon to answer "for the pre
varication embodied in bis primitive essay
on the subject of this article, but as we re-
Eent us for the inaccurate assertions era
raced in our effort, we have resolved to
endeavor to repair the injury, while yet it
may be called to-day. The dog is neither a
useful, an ornamentU or a much to be de
sired animal, and a perception of either of
these faculties in the dog is only possible to
one in whom the same are wanting. Of all
luxuries, the dog pays less as an investment
than any other, and we believe that a
proper realization of this fact would do
much towards his suppression. There are
in Georgia about 150,000 dogs, allowing one
dog to every seven persons, it is admitted
that the food required to feed a dog would
be amply sufficient to sustain and fatten
a pig. Then the food consumed by our
pets would raise 150,000 hogs every
year, worth S2O 00 each, or $3,000,000
for the lot. Figures don’t lie, but we
may have made a mistake. Let us
see. It is nothing unusual for a pig to
weigh, when a year old, two hundred pounds.
Allowing the shrinkage to be thirty-three
per cent., we have one hundred and thirty
four pounds of bacon, worth at fifteen cents a
pound, S2O 10. This is, we are persuaded, a
liberal estimate, but it only shows the an
nual expense of man’s best friend. Let us
see how much of our property is invested
for his support. The dog "is supported
mainly by the profits on real estate, ard
Georgia real estate yields a net income of
less than five per cent. Admitting it, how
ever. to yie:d tbigTamount, a very simple
calculation shows ns that to sustain our un
selfish friend an investment of $60,000,000 i*
requisite. If the dog is not a luxury he
ought to be at this expense, and if he is a
luxury he should be taxed. At the recent
session of the Georgia State Grange a reso
lution asking the Legislature to pass a law
taxmg dogs was passed. It is thought that
the passage of such a law would encourage
sheep husbandry by discouraging dog
husbandry. A member who fails to vote
for such a law—and the tax should not be
less than ten dollars a head—should be
compelled to support all the worthless dogs
of his constituents.
Rome Commercial: About three miles
east of Tilton, in Murray county, a most
brutal murder was committed last week on
a poor, inoffensive, one-legged man, by the
name of Crossen. The particulars, as we
gather them, are as follows : Week before
last three men, disguised, visited the house
of Mr. Crossen and told him if he was not
gone by the following Sunday night,
that they would kill nim. He did not
go, and "on the night of the sth in
stant, about twelve o’clock, they returned,
broke the door down and threw a fire-ball,
saturated with kerosene, into the house,
which died out, when the second was
thrown. The three men then entered; one
of them held tbe one-legged man up in the
bed, and pointed out the spot for the other
to shoot him. His mother and sisters wit
nessed the whole Beene. He was shot
through the heart and died instantane
ously. He had been furnished a pistol,
two barrels of which were emptied, and
he had it cocked for the third time,
having shot at and wounded one of them.
These ruffians after killing their man, tried
to get a quilt to carry their wounded com
rade home in, but were prevented from do
ing so by the mother and sisters of the
dead man, who fought them frantically,
and tore off the mask of one of the
men, which they now have in their pos
session. When satisfied that the men
had retired, they went to their near
est neighbor and gave the alarm. A
Coroner’s jury was summoned and the
following facts were brought to light; Two
witnesses swore that the ballets had been
run at their house bv three men, who said
they “intended to break up that roost.”
The trouble originated through a lawsuit,
which was to have been finally settled on the
Satarday following, by which said Crossen
would regain some property which it is
thought his murderers wanted. The mur
derers haye not peen discovered. The Sheriff
of Murray county has taken the mother and
two sisters to bis home for protection.
The thirty-third gin-house burned since
the Ist of September is that of Messrs. B.
W. Davis and Joseph Williford, of Stewart
county. Incendiary.
Atlanta comes forward with a colored
murder.
The Atlanta police have arrested a colored
Mississippi Sheriff and his wife, because
they had plenty of money.
The Constitution says that the Rev. John
W. Heidt has purchised the Frank Wright
place in Oxford, for $3,000, and will soon
move there. He is bound to be near “sunnv
side.” We congratulate Oxford on the
acquisition of so useful a man.
Col. Avery writes to the Atlanta Herald:
I find Savannah rocking along in her steady
way. The most notable improvement that
I have seen is the starchy new building of
the Savannah Morning News. Mr. Estill,
the fortunate aud successful proprietor of
this sterling journal, has just invested $25,-
000 of his surplus iu the best newspaper
building south of Louisville. It is admira
bly arranged for the business. Its front is
of Georgia granite, and looks very tasty. It
has five stories, including the basement. It
is a credit to the city, and a monument to
Mr. Estill’s enterprise.
Florida Affairs.
There are hopes that the Biggie Baker
may be raised.
Mr. Hilliard Jones, formerly Dwyei in
Jacksonville, was killed In lok ooonty re
cently by a man from whom he attempted
to collect some money.
We hear nothing lately from Purman’s
electioneering band-wagon.
Mr. George A. Dayton, of New York, died
in Jacksonville the other day of heart dis
ease.
The editor of the Agriculturist gloats over
an orange thirteen and a half inches iu cir
cumference. m
The ladies of Atsea Otie propose to give
a festival on Christmas for the benefit of
their church.
Blumenthal, Collector of Customs at
Cedar Keys, has resigned his position.
The St. Augustine Press has entered its
sixth year, and it is very lively for that age.
Professor Bond is walking the tight rope
in Florida.
It cost .Duval county four hundred and
eighteen dollars to feed the prisoners in the
jail during the month of November.
The Mellonville Advertiser states that the
Norway lat, unknown in that country five
years ago, has multiplied so prodigiously
that it has been found necessary to import
ferrets for their extirpation. Carpet-bag
gers, a breed of vermin unknown ten years
ago, manifest the same voracity, and are
equally as loathsome and objectionable.
The Jacksonville Press says : E. M.
Cheney, editor of the Union, is now upon
the boards and playing in two characters;
first, as editor of the Union, he is trying
to represent Conservative Republicanism,
thereby hoping to keep the large patronage
which the calm, fair and honest course of
his predecessor brought to the Union, both
from Liberal Republicans and Democrats;
and secondly, he appears in his true charac
ter of a bloody-shirt agitator in the ad
dress to the Executive Committee of the
Republican party. The 'atter to keep the
faithful in line and make them dance to
music furnished by Gov. Stearns.
Pratt, of tbe Palatka Herald, dropped his
front teeth in the river the other day.
There must be something in the climate to
make peer.le shed their teeth.
Ja sou., file Ins a Young Men’s Christian
Association.
Light frosts have fallen in Florida.
Key West is endeavoring to demonstrate
the fact that she can raise ncn.cU^"
The Florida newspapers handle Belle
Boyd very lightly.
The Floridian says that it appears that the
flat lauds/m East F.orida will not do for
oranges unless well drained. General San
ford planted one hundred acres and ex
pended ten thousand dollars, and then had
to abandon the And General Finne
gan spent six thousand flat land"
and had to abandon it, but both these' g”-
tlemen now have fine groves on high p; 110
land.
The same paper says that Mr. A. F. iiay?*
ward, agent of the Singer Se wing Machine
Company in this city, was found dead in his
bed at the City Hotel on Wednesday morn
ing last. He had retired about nine o’clock
the previous eveniug in apparently good
health. An inquest was held by Coroner
West and a verdict rendered that the de
ceased died from providential causes. As
the father and a brother of the deceased
died suddenly of heart disease, it is proba
ble that the same cause produced his death.
All is not lovely with the Republicans in
Pensacola. There are two wings of them
and they met the other night to nominate a
city ticket, but instead of fusing one faction
threw the other out of the windows and
knocked them down the steps. After a very
pretty fight some show of order was estab
lished by the victorious wing and a ticket
evolved, which the Conservatives will
take pleasure in routing on election day.
The Methodist Church at Tallahassee has
anew bell.
The Florida Agriculturist says : We are
afraid that our orange-growers are sending
their fruit too early into the market. Vast
quantities of inferior and unripe oranges
are being sent forward to the North. These
will give people a very poor opinion of
Florida oranges, that they have heard so
much about. We are informed that the
Atlanta market is overstocked with these
miserable samples, which are selling cheaper
than they are in Jacksonville. We hope it
will entail a loss to the snippers, and pre
vent a recurrence of such a suicidal act.
The Jacksonville Union says that Col. F.
B. Papy, of the J., P. & M. Railroad, Col. D.
E. Maxwell, of the Florida Railroad, and
Col. Haines, of the A. & G. Railroad, have
extended the use of one of their first-class
coaches to Mr. C. Codrington for an excur
sion over their several lines. It is under
stood this generous offer is made in ac
knowledgment of the great services which
the Florida Agriculturist, ot which Mr. Cod
rington is editor, has done for the State at
large. Itjis Mr. C.’s intention to extend an
invitation to a representative of each news
paper, and especially to as many correspon
dents of the Northern press as possible. A
few gentlemen who are perfectly familiar
with every section of the country, its pro
ducts and climate, through which the rail
roads run,will also be invited,from whom the
editors and reporters can gather reliable
information. It is expected this excursion
will take place the first or second week in
January.
The Floridian says that Mr. A. L. Eichel
berger, near Ocala, has the model farm of
East Florida. He has twelve acres of grapes
of the Flowers variety, twelve acres of or
anges (twelve hundred tress), three acres of
baannas (fifteen thousand plants), and an
other vineyard of three acres in which is also
planted oraDge, peach, apple and other
trees, besides six acres of cane, from which
he makes twenty barrels of sugar. In ad
dition to this, he has a forest grove of thir
teen and one half acres. The western side
contains twenty-five thousand banana
plants, with alternate rows of orango trees,
and the eastern side is planted with eigh
teen hundred oraDge trees from sweet seed
lings or budded upon sour oranges. In the
same lot is his nursery, which contains two
hundred thousand young orange trees, a
few young date palms, carob trees, custard
apples, guavas and other fruit trees. Close
to the fence are planted sour oranges, which
in the course of time will form a live and
impenetrable hedge. A good property,
taken altogether. Mr. Eichelberger em
ploys from eight to twelve hands the year
round to work this farm.
The same paper has this : The Jackson
ville Union protests against the business
men of Florida supporting such papers as
the Savannah News, whose correspondents
expose and rasp the doing of the Union's
political “ring” and the Radicals generally
in authority here. That paper thinks such
a course does not add to the wealth and
population of our cities and State. Well,
this is more of Cheney’s cheek. It makes a
vast difference whose ox is gored. It is all
very well for Republican papers such as the
Union and Sentinel, to villify, abuse, slander
and libel the white people of the State and
print and distribute broadcast such villain
ous documents as the address of the Repel
liean Committee. This of course tends
to harmony and prosperity. But Conserva
tives must say nothing, or the whole labor
is lost. Or, as the Press puts it, “it will do
for us who hold office to send abroad the
absurd story that there is no freedom in
Florida; that no one can safely announce
his political views wi hin our State lines;
that all the force of the United States Mar
shals Is needed to preserve order; that a
man has to take his life in his own hands
when he walks abroad from his own fire
side; that every Union man may expect a
sneak murderer behind every bush—all this
does no present harm to "the State, and
works no mischief to its future prosperity.
But to criticise a public officer, to state in a
public print that he has been false to his
oath and to bis public trust, is duplicating
the proverbial bird that ‘fouls its own
nest. ” We see it very clearly.
Monticello Constitution : “Two or three
weeks ago we gave some of the particulars
of a terrible crime that had been perpetra
ted in this county, whereby the living off
spring of a white girl was neglected and
permitted to be devoured by hogs. About a
week or ten days ago Judge Bell was notified
that the young mo'her had sufficiently re
covered to enable her to appear for a judicial
investigation, afid a constable was Ordered"
to arrest and bring ail parties implicated in
the outrage to town. The constable visited
the house in the discharge of his duty,
and was surprised to learn that the
young mother and her father
had fled the night previous, going
in the direction of Albanv, Ga. No doubt
the girl was forced to leave, for, if reports
are tine, the father dared not encounter an
investigation into the shocking crime com
mitted, for he is the most guilty party; and
if reports#urrent can be substantiated, he
is one of ye most degraded beings on the
face of the earth, and should be burnt at
the stake—for hanging would be too merci
ful for sueh a wretch. It is said that he is
the father of his own daughter’s child—4he
offspring that was devoured by hogs; that he
knew she had given birth to a child, unat
tended, in the open air, and hoped to con
ceal his beastly crime by leaving it where
hogs couid devour it.
Tallahassee Floridian : Colonel C. B. Rog
ers, General Superintendent, and Captain J.
B. Oliver State Lecturer, are now ou a tour
through the middle counties in the interest
of the State Fair to be held at Jacksonville
on tbe 22d of February. They were in our
city yesterday, and are in Quincy to-day,
and will be at Monticello to-morrow, Station
5 on Thursday, and at Lake City on Friday.
This will be the first Florida State Fair, and
sure we are that every Floridian will
wish it to be a grand sucoess. It may be
a little too early for the proper exhibition
of of onr soil, but,,notwith
thc in eanjest, iber wM* (^sur
prised at the creditable display they will
be able to make. There is no season of
the year when Middle Florida cannot hold
her own In anything likely to be exhibited
at the fair with any other seotion, while
in a horticultural pdint of view she can
defy the balance of the State. In all pro
bability the fair will be confined to an
agricultural, horticultural, and industrial
exhibition. We are specially glad at the
visits of these gentlemen, because of the
impetus tpeir addresses will give to the
organization of agricultural associations in
these counties. There can be no success
ful State Fairs without such associations,
and their want will now be all the more
keenly felt. Let us have the societies in
all the middle counties, and above all, let
us be suieto be represented at the State
Fair.
South Carolina Affairs.
Decatur Alexander, a colored youth, acci
dentally shot and killed himself last week in
Yorkville vicinage, whilst hunting.
The Baptists are increasing in Abbeville.
Dr. T. J. Teague and Mr. J. W. Calhoun
are having a large store-house erected at
Johnston—two stores to be under one roof.
Miss Sallie Mims, of Johnston, has recov
ered from a long and protracted sickness.
W. H. Cathcart, a highly respected citi
zen of Wiunsboro, accidentally shot and
killed himself about four o’clock ou Friday
afternoon.
The gin house of Dr. J. F. Ensor was
burned near Columbia recently.
A negro man was lately found packed in
a bale of cotton, and dead, in Fairfield
countv. How it happened is a mystery.
The gin house of Dr. B. W. Warron,
Barnwell county, with five bales of cotton,
was recently burned. Accidental.
The Lindley Nurseries have gold and de
livered this season seventeen hundred
dollars worth of fruit trees in Abbeville
county.
Mr. David Ellen, who is ninety-three years
old, is said to be the oldest man in Marion
county.
Mr. John Ferry, of Edgefield county, shot
and killed a negro named Jim Martin. Diffi
culty about rent.
The dwelling of Mr. Day, near Cedar
Rook, P.okens county, was burned recently,
with all his furniture.
The gin-house of a. H. Langley, of Barn
well county, with eighty mine bales of cot
ton, was burned re 'Aiitly. AcciaVi tal.
Captain F. W. Lawson is to deliver tihe
annual oration-ftt-ihe next meeting of the
_Stato Press Assertion, May 10th, 1876.
The body of a dead man was found some
-‘‘G’ B since in th< neighborhood of Smyly’s
old mill, near Johnston, in such a condition
asto evidence that a horrible murder Bad
n“!!p—committed TTi was found by two
negroes, and had apparently been dead a
week. He was near a path, lying in a hole
between two logs, upon his face; and being
turned over, his whole face was found to bo
completely gone. It is thought he was >■
peddler who had recently been in tho
neighborhood. No clue has been found to
indicate tho murderer or murderers.
The Harrisburg Republican publishes a
lißt of claims audited and allowed by the
commissioners of that county for 1875." The
claims of W. W. Ward, sheriff, amount to
$6,657 09, out of a total of only $8,688 29.
W. Perry Murphey, Esq., has received the
appointment of Trial Justice for Branch
ville.
The streets of Anderson are without light.
The Governor has notified Trial Justice
Williamson, of Abbeville county, that if any
further charges of errors in the administra
tion of liis office are made against him, he
will be removed without notice.
A great deal oi property was sold at fair
prices last sale day in Oconee county.
The Andersonians are in mourning. Pret
ty, violet-eyed Anna Berger didn’t visit them
this year, and hence these tears.
The Town Council of Spartanburg has
lined Church street from Mann to College
with lamps, and put three new lamps at the
Air Line depot.
There is only one paved sidewalk in
Greenville.
Mr. G. Eilhardt, who was for many years
a boot and shoe merchant in Columbia, died
recently at Hockheim, Germany.
The trade of Walhalla has been unusually
good for the last two or three weeks.
Rev. John Kershaw will soon leave Cam
den for Abbeville, to the rectorship of the
Episcopal Church, at which place he has
been called.
W. H. Cathcart, Esq., a highly respected
citiaen of Winnsboro, accidentally shot and
killed himself a few days since.
Rev. E. R. Carswell, Jr., of Anderson, has
accepted a call to the Greenwood Baptist
Church.
The merchants of Anderson will close
stores Saturday and Monday, 25th and 27th
instant, to allow recreation to their em
ployes.
A Miss Brooks, of Graniteville, met with
a fatal accident recently. While sitting near
the fireplace her clothes caught in the
flames, and before they could be extin
guished she was so badly burned that death
almost immediately ensued. In her fright
she approached the bed where her young
child about three weeks old was lying, and
set the bed on fire, burning the child so
badly that it is thought it cannot survive.
Henry Williford, of Anderson county, was
attacked in his store a few nights since, shot
at, knocked down and robbed of about
$1,465. No clue to the robbers. The next
morning, about six and a half miles from
Anderson, on the Shallow Ford road, Mr.
Charles Hampton, an agent of the Greens
boro Nurseries, was robbed of about nine
hundred and thirty dollars by two men who
were concealed behind a large tree and
caught the rein of his bridle as his horse
passed, and presented pistols at him and
demanded his money, which be was com
pelled to give up.
Aiken Courier-Journal, 4th: On Sunday
night last a white child, about three days
old, was left on the door step of a colored
man named George Dickson, residing near
Horse Creek, twelve miles from Aiken.
When found, the child was neatly dressed
and wrapped up in warm blankets. There
was also a bundle containing a supply of
clothes, some sugar, tea, and a sum of
money. The child is supposed to have been
brought from Augusta and left to be taken
care of by Dickson.
A Paralyzed Prisoner Runs Away. —
On Tuesday last the Evansville (Ind.)
Journal chronicled the fact that a man
named Parker had been arrested in Oan
nelton for burglary, tried, and sentenced
to the penitentiary for seven years. It
seems that when Parker was arrested he
was minus one eye, very lame, and other
wise quite unwell. During the trial he
grew worse and worse, and at the time of
his conviction he was supposed to be so
near death’s door that the judge, in the
kindness of his heart, did not order him
sent to the penitentiary, lest he die in the
hands of the sheriff on the road. Dr. Bemis,
a veteran physician of Cannelton, at
tended the unfortunate criminal, and pro
nounced his disease to be paralysis. One
of the man’s legs was very badly warped,
and the doctor, with all his skill, seemed
unable to straighten it. In this condition
he was watched by the Deputy Sheriff,
with the expectation that every day and
night would be his last. Sure enough,
on Wednesday night he did “go off,” but
not according to expectation. The
Deputy Sheriff, weary with watching,
went to sleep, at the sight of which the
paralytic was suddenly restored to health.
He quickly relieved his guard of hia pock
etbook and gold watch, locked him m the
cell, and left for parts so far not ascer-
ESTABLISHED 1850.
WRECK OF THE LIZZIE BAKER.
An Interesting Account of the Disaster-
Full Particulars.
The Jacksonville Union of the 13th gives
the following interesting and fall account
of the disaster to the favorite steamer Liz
zie Baker, of which mention has been made
in the Morning News :
The steamer Lizzie Baker, of the Savan
nah and Florida line, struck upon a floating
wreck while approaching the bar at the
mouth of St. John’s river, at half-past 3
o’clock Saturday afternoon, and in less than
four minutes had sunk to the bottom, in fif
teen feet of water. At the time she was
proceeding under a full head of steam, with
the throttle wide open, the weather being
propitious and the water unusually calm.
No dauger was apprehended as the boat was
direotly in the channel, but the heavy winds
and sweeping currents had drifted in the
WRECK OF SOME LONG LOST VESSEL
to strike the death blow. The Lizzie Baker
was struck on her port bow with tremendous
force, aud a seam from two to three feet
wide and fifteen feet in length was opened
on the port side of her keel, through which
the water commenced to rush in suoh tor
rents as barely enabled the firemen to es
cape from the hold. The pilot atenee con
prehended the danger, though not its e: ■
tent, and endeavored tol'uin the boStfM*.
the purpose of beaching her, but his efforts
in this direction were futile, as her course
had not been changed half a dozen points
when she
SETTLED RAPIDLY TO THE IYOTTOM.
But thirteen passengers wore aboard ship,
and passably good order was maintained,
though there were some wild plunges for
life-preservers and baggage. The hu vricane
dock remained above the water, and upon
this the people on board were quickly gath
ered, and soon afterward safely removed to
shore by the ship’s small boats. All t.\e
baggage belonging to the passengers wa.s
also removed.
At sunset the winds and the waves rose
together, and the heavy seas washed com
pletely over the ill-tated ship, whose upper
works commenced
BREAKING TO PIECES RAPIDLY,
and before morning evervthing above the
main deck, including cabin, guards and
wheeL houses, had been strewn on the rag
ing waters. If the weather of yesterday con
tinues the vessel will be a total wreck,
though it is the intention of the owners to
at once send for wreckers in hopes that the
wreck may be raised before tho waves com
pletely sunder it.
Up to this writing none of the freight,
which consisted of GO bales of cotton, 350
sacks of cotton seed, 75 packagos of mer
chandise aud 40 barrols of oranges, had '
been saved, and it was thought, when our
reporter left tho scene last night, to be
nearly all lost.
THE PASSENGERS AND CREW,
including tho mate, assistant engiueer, pur
ser, and steward, were brought to the city
yesterday, by the steam tender B. S. Mabey,
and the crew took tho fivo o’clock train last
evening for Savannah, where most of them
live.
PILLAGING TKE’WMECK.
Vandals were at work on the ship all Sat
urday night, and rascals of tho first quality
braved the dangerous water to steal the fur
niture, mattrasses, blankets and other
moveable articles from the unfortunate t hip.
Some of the stolen property was recovered
Sunday, but it was placed on board a
schooner, which put to sea about daylight’.
NEAR BUOY NUMBER SIX.
The spot where the Lizzie Baker was
Btruck was inside the bar, near buoy No. 6,
and not a ship’s length from whore the \\o
laka found her last resting place. It is in
what is known as tho north channel, which
is considered the safest, as it is the deepest
passage from the liver to tho sea. But iike
all such channels it is at all times subject to
change, by the swift tidal currents. The
winds, iu oompany with the tides, pre
yalh5 gk veral da m to have w^hed
in some ..
this no searuar-, tiowt.p.. j
however so professional, com a Prop.,,
the lizzie bak!*
was built at Albany, New Yor^Sio,-.
the route which she has ever since ’ * Wjf
fully occupied, and was of 506 96-100 tons
register. Sho was commanded by Capt. P.
T.oHose, who was also bar owner to the ex
t- of seven-eights. Her value was between
: ’O,OOO and $60,000, upon which there was
insurance. Past, year she was thoroughly
paired and almost rebuilt, and new boilers
ere put in last summer. She draws live
and a half feet forward and six feet aft.
Everywhere on the streets yesterday we
heard expressions of sympathy for Captain
Laßose, who is a genial, whole-souled man,
and had the earnings of a lifetime invested
in the vessel, which has repeated to him the
lesson of insecurity of those “who go down
to the sea in ships.”
STATEMENT OF W. W. PABBAMOBE.
Saturday afternoon the steamer Lizzie
Baker left her wharf in this city, having on
board some fifteen passengers, besides a
moderate freight, bound for Savannah. She
reached Pilot Town, near the mouth of the
river, during the morning, and remained
there until three o’clock p. in., at which time
she resumed her course, going the outside
passage. When near buoy No. 6in the St.
John’s river, about three miles from land
and in the channel , she struck a snag, prob
ably the wreck of some vessel, and suuk to
the bottom (fifteen feet water; in a few
minutes, her upper works uncovered. No
lives lost.
STATEMENT OF A PASBENGEB.
To Mr. S. R. Weston, who was on the boat
when she struck, we are indebted for the
following:
At 3 p. m. yesterday the steamer Lizzie
Baker left the wharf at Pilot Town, near St.
John’s lighthouse, bound for Savannah.
Wind from shore made the water compara
tively smooth, more so than usual. In pass
ing buoy No. 6 she struck what is supposed
to be an anchor and immediately began to
take water in. In five minutes she was on
bottom in fifteen-feet water. The waiters
became demoralized and caused much ex
citement among the lady passengers. Cap
tain Laßose and his assistants were per
fectly calm and gave orders to lower the life
boats and hoisted the signal of dis
tress. First boat was taken pos
session of by the waiters. The next
boat. under charge of Mr. James
Finley and Alfred Jones, colored, one of the
pilots, with F. Corva and lady, of Atlanta;
Mrs. M. J. Howe, of St. Augustine; 8. K.
Smith and lady, Yellow Bluff; H. C. McClure,
Monticelio, Ga.; F. M. Barthelome, New
York; F. M. Anderson, Atlanta; the watch
man and myself as passengers, were safely
landed at Mayport. Mrs. Hr. Gordon and
one other lady then opened their doors and
kindly cared for the passengers. Captain
Laßose and the balance of his crew and
passengers wero landed at Pilot Town. At
S p. m. Captain John Floyd, of the steamer
Mabey, brought the majority of the crew
and passengers to the city. No lives were
lost, and all the baggage will be saved.
Much praise is due the officers of the ves
sels lying inside the bar, aud the pilots, for
prompt efforts made to save the passengers
and their baggage.
Captain Laßose was at the wheel when
she struck, and it is believed by the pas
sengers that the disaster was purely acci
dental.
The Captain was the last man to leave the
vessel.
STATEMENT OF THOMAS S. BELLS, UNDEE
WBITEBS’ AGENT.
Went to the wreck of the Lizzie Baker
early Sunday morning. On the way down
the river stopped at Yellow Bluff, Pilot Town
and Mayport to warn the people that any
goods taken from the wrecked steamer mußt
be returned, or the grand jury would indict
them. Arriving at the bar, we found the
Baker lying in the north channel,between the
wrecks of the Taminend and Welaka, in fit
teen feet of water, with the sea up to the
guards, and smooth. When it is low tide the
water will probably reach the lower decks.
The hurricane deck was shaky, but still on.
Going on board, we found that the steamer
had been literacy cleaned out by people liv
ing near the mouth of the river, and by a
vessel, the -, which cleared immediately
for Newark, N. J. All the sails, matresses,
blankets, trunks, even the flag staff and
figure head, and in fact everything that
could he moved was gone. The w reckers
all along the shore have moat of these
things, having gone on board in the night
time when only the watchman was there,
and, under the pretense of helping to save
things, and, probably, in many cases with
out any pretense, for one man could not
prevent their helping themselves as long as
anything of value could be found. One
lady from St. Augustine, who had left her
little baby basket with her child’s clothes in
it found that even that was not spared.
The Captain of the James Warren picked
up and saved a great many things, especial
ly mattresses, and with an honesty in strong
contrast with all the wreckers, he sent his
boat, with all the articles, to the Mabey as
soon as she came down, and did not ask any
salvage.
The other vessel which sailed will be met
on her arrival and the Captain will have to
suffer for his action.
A part of the cargo was sixty bales of cot
ton, two hundred and fifty bags of cotton
seed, a large quantity of oranges, all of Ep
pinger & Russell’s books, papers and goods,
the affairs of the firm having been lately
closed here. The beach is now strewn with
cotton seed, barrels of oranges are floating
about, and some cotton bales, but the most
of the cotton is below deck.
When she struck on Saterday afternoon,
at about 3 o’clock, sbe bad eighteen or
twenty passengers, and there was a smooth
sea. In three minutes from the time she
struck she sunk in fifteen feet of water.
Captain Laßose was cool and collected, and
inspired the passengers with the same feel
ing. He at once ordered out the boats, and
without confusion or trouble the passengers
were landed, the pilot boat having come
to their assistance also. The purser, when
he found the boat most sink, went to the
safe, opened it, and endeavored to take ont
the money in it, some eight hundred dol
lars, and five hundred dollars of through
passenger tiokets, but the water came in so
fast that he was obliged to run, leaving the
safe open. One trunk left on board had
three thousand dollars in it, and this was
recovered by the owner, who offered a re
ward of fonr hundred dollars. _ The cotton
of the cargo is supposed to be insured. The
passengers are some at Pilot Town and May
port, others came up on the Mabey, and are
going by rail to Savannah. The Mabey on
In r second trip up on Sunday brought the
mattresses, etc., which the Captain of the
James Warren saved.
Yesterday afternoon the entire upper
works of this once fine steamer, owing to
the aotion of the waves, had been destroyed,
and not a vestige of it remained above
water except some of the iron works.
Wreckers during the night and day had also
been at work, and the brass whistle, even,
bad been removed.
We are informed that about SBOO, besides
the books and other valuables, which was in
the safe, went to the bottom with her,
CARD OF THANKS.
The passengers of the steamer Lizzie Ba
ker bog leave to return sincere thanks to
Captain Laßose for cool, calm and deliberate
action in his efforts to save our lives and
baggage, and cheerfully exonerate him
from all blame. We also beg to acknowledge,
with gratitude, the kindly assistance given
us by the officers and crews of vessels, the
citizens of Mayport and Pilot Town, and
Capt. John Floyu, of the steamer Mabey.
F. Corra and lady, Jas. Furtong,
Mrs. M. J. Howe, C. W. Colby.
L. K. Smith and lady, S. R. Weston,
F. M. B&rtholomer, H. C. McClure,
T. M. Anderson.
A LITTLE WOMAN’S PLUCK.
Tiuaf HIS and Enduring Hard
shWtlwut Shattered •iron* Mon. ■*-
[From the San Francisco Chronide.J
On the steamer Mikado, which arrived
iu this port on Saturday last, came Capt.
Groves and his wife and two children,
one a babe, who have had a most remark
able escape from being swallowed up by
the ocean. All that human beings could
suffer, endure, aud live, fell to their un
fortunate lot. The Captain and his wife
are both comparatively young, and look
sufficiently careworn to have borne the
burdens of many more years than have
yet rolled over their heads. The lady is
small, delicately fpriaed, and yet plucky,
or courageous, and fall of animation
when detailing the thrilling adventures
through which she and her husband have
passed.
On April 99 they left Autwerp for Cal
lao in the ship Albert Gallatin. They had
a prosperous voyage for three months.
But on August 2, off Cape Horn, fifty-six
degrees south and 79 degrees west, a
heavy sea struck the ship and carried
away the rudder, at about 10 o’clock p.
m. Then, for fourteen days, every ef
fort was made to replace it; but the
weather continued severe, and the rough
winds aud waves tossed the rudderless
ship to and fro like a cork. And all this
time, as the heavy seas rolled over the
vessel, every soul on board was contin
ually drenched, so that not one of them
wore a dry garment for two weeks.
At length, August 15, the overwashea
ship was found to be within two miles of
the Ildefoneo Islands and drifting on
the rocks. Immediately all on board oM
the unmanageable vessel were
hastily to abandon her, which they did
in two life-boats at about two a. m. The
Captain, his wife, two children and five
seamen took one boat and the remainder
of the crew the other, and the latter have
not been heard from since.
After all were in the small boat the
Captain’s brave, little wife rushed on to
tiio ship and snatched the chronometers
and charts and brought them away safely.
The life-boat was soon filled with water,
aud was well-nigh swamped beside the
ship. The boat got away with sixty
pounds of bread, but this was saturated
with salt water when she filled. They
brought away no fresh water, and for two
days were without a drop while driven
about by the boisterous waves and seek
ing a landing place.
ifikAugust 17 they got on shore on
BlniViiland. but the six days Jhey re
• th’-r'-i v 1’.i auc4
and snowed, and wai> > cold that they
were little better off than on the ocean.
The rocky isle was barren, uninhabited,
and desolate. August 24 they left this
island, hoping to make Staten Land, some
hundreds of miles distant, but near the
Straits of Lemaire, through which ves
sels often pass. They were out but
a single day, however, when the sea
became too heavy for them to proceed,
and drove them back into Scourfield Bay
on Herschell Island. But the sea was so
rough they could not land, and had to
stay in the boat all night. Everything
was wet, and they had to bail constantly
to keep the boat from going down with
them. That night was very cold, and
tho canvas over their heads froze
They could nbt lie down nor sleep, and
had to sit in a stooping position, which
Mrs. Groves did with her babe on her
lap, while the snow on the awning pressed
it down so low and hard upon her head
that her attitude was anything but com
fortable.
Next day they navigated around this
island and landed on Wollaston Island.
While on these black, barren and rocky
islands they often found it difficult to
a fire, and suffered intolerably fmn the
cold. Here they found a little wild
celery, which they mixed wjtlf their salt !
sea-soaked bread and some preserved J
meats, which they had served in small
quantities. The daily allowance of each
one was but a couple of ounces of this
coarse fare, which was warmed altogether
and each one took a spoonful. Tb'
were nine souls of them in all. They re
mained in this distressing condition until ,
the following Tuesday, when they again'
started for Staten Land, with a light wind
from the southwest. At midnight they
were becalmed an hour or two, after
which the wind freshened from the
northward. Next day it blew a gale from
the north-northwest, and in the evening
the tempest became so fierce that they
were obliged to make a raft of their oars
and lash the boat to them and let her
drag, while they were kept constantly
bailing. They again lost all the fresh
water on board, the boat filled and de
stioyed all their provisions, and Mrs.
Groves looked up to her husband and said
sadly, “I guess we are gone this time. ’
That night they drifted back about forty
miles from the land they were approach -
ing- Next day was more moderate. Some
of the men fell asleep on their oars and
lost three of them. But m the.heavy..
seas, whenever a wave came, they were
all obliged to pull for life.
After a week of such voyaging, the
Captain's wife one day saw a ship. They
pulled for her, but were not observed.
The day following, about 3 p. m., they
saw an island about twenty-five miles off.
At 5 p. m. they sighted a vessel and
made for her. She proved to be the
ship Syren, from Boston to Honolulu
The shipwrecked wanderers had now
been afloat or on frozen islands for
eighteen days, in all of which time they
had never had a change of garments, hav
ing lost everything when they abandoned
the ship. When they were taken on hoard
the men were almost blind. All were
nearly starved, and one sailor was out of
his mind. They had to be raised on
board the ship, and not one of them cc. old
stand or walk, their knees being almost ” <
stiff and their strength being nearly ex
hausted. Yet during all these eighteen
days of dreadful suffering Mrs. Groves
had managed to nurse her babe and pre
serve both its life and her own. Captain
Newell, of the Syren, was extremely kind
to the sufferers, and they say words can
neither portray his goodness nor expret
their gratitude.
Somebody’s Daeling Veby Decidedly
Disappointed.— Some ago an aged
gentleman, well dressed, rented a store
on Myrtle avenue at SBOO a year, telling
the agent that he wanted it for his wife,
who was about to start in the millinery
business. The rent being paid a force of
carpenters was put to work to fit it up.
The day following a French mirror was
put in, at a cost of SSOO, and show-cases
costing several hundred dollars more
were delivered there. All this was super
intended by the old gentleman. The
next day a well dressed lady drove np to
the store, and recognizing the old gentle
man addressed him as “You villain I
You are fitting up a store for me, are
you ? I know who this store is for.
Your darling Miss is to some here*
is she ? I'll show you that you can’t
deceive me”—and she went on with a
good deal more of the same sort. The
old gentleman has not been seen at tha
store since.— World. .