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OUR TRADE REVIEW.
It Will Give a Full Statement of
Savannah's Business for the
Last Year.
The business year in Savannah that is
just closing will be long remembered
by her business men as one of
great business depression. There has
however, no violent disturbance of
Sa annah’s prosperity, though like all
other cities she has not had that business
activity which characterizes her trade
when business is in a normal condition.
The last cause lor dull trade has disap
peared and there is no reason now why
there should not be a good time close ahead.
The silver question and the tariff have
been practically settled for the present,
and if there are any national causes for
business disturbances it is to be hoped
that they are so far off that it is not in
order at this time to consider them. It
seems that it is only necessary to say
■ Let's have good times,” and they are
here.
The diversified commerce of Savannah
must soon restore the city to its normal
prosperity. With deep water, this win
ter will see more ships at her wharves
than ever before, and that means more
business of every kind. Those who
should know say that Savannah
will probably be the second cotton port
this year, and that her receipts will go
far over 1,000,000 bales. Her naval
stores, lumber and phosphate interests
will add hundreds of thousands of tons
to the freights that are carried from this
port in ships.
Since our last annual report the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
has been completed to this city, and now
forms a part of anew route from Florida
to the north and west. Its principal
interest to Savannah is in building
up the country tributary to the city. The
railroad company has organized a bureau
of immigration and has gone to work in
earnest to secure settlers.
Savannah’s two great railroad systems,
the Central railroad and the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway, are in
splendid condition to handle all the busi
ness offering, and with the revival of
business will do their share towards help
ing Savannah in her onward course.
The crop reports are very favorable,
especially so in the territory from which
Savannah gets her traiid, and this year
there will be no difficulty in merchants
getting all the money they may need to
handle the cotton crop. It will be to a
great extent a cash crop to the farmers,
and they will have more money to spend
with our merchants than they have had
in any one of the past three
years. They will be on the look
out for many articles for per
sonal, household and farm purposes,
which they have had to do without for
some time.
The outlook is more promising, viewed
from any standpoint, than it has been for
years.
The Morning News and the Weekly
News (the latter now issued twice a
week) are the mediums of communication
between the sellers of the city and the
buyers from the interior. The read
ers of these papers scan their
columns for information as to what
they should buy and from whom they
should buy. The merchant who does not
advertise in this age doesn’t belong to it.
He was born a century too late, possibly
longer. Every man or woman who is
carrying on a business is not up to date
unless he or she spends more, or as much,
in advertising as for store rent. The
Morning News has been working for
Savannah for forty-five years. It
has gone through all of her trials and par
ticipated in all her triumphs during that
period. To the outside world it repre
sents all of Savannah’s interests and en
terprises.
The Annual Review presents an oppor
tunity for advertising which every man
or woman that has any reason whatever
to advertise should take advantage of R
is an occasion when Savannah rc* Kes her
best bow to the people o“‘ ,s 'he of her
limits. The Morn' 1 " 0 News has
worked to have railroads built so
as to get people to trade with
Savannah and it doesn t want what ithas
labored for so long and hard to be of little
or no benefit. To that end it purposes >o
make the Annual Trade lieview a convinc
ing argument with those who doubt Sa
vannah’s ability to handle the trade of
Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Ala
bama. The Morning News repeats that
it wants to have every business house and
business enterprise represented in its An
nual Trade Keview, which will be issued
early in September. It will contain a
history of the trade during the business
year, showing the developments of the
past twelve months and the encouragingly
bright future prospects of our important
commercial city.
Every subscriber of the Morning News
and Weekly News will receive a copy of
tne Annual Trade Review.
Advertisers get the advantage of reach
ing the thousands of readers of these two
great publications at a cost not exceed
ing the price of space in either the Morn-
Is ß News or the Weekly News.
Every merchant should be represented.
They cannot afford not to have their ads
in the Annual Trade Review. It is im
portant and necessary that they pro
claim their business advantages to the
world.
Ihe live business man knows the value
®f advertising.
I tiose wanting advertising space in the
Annual Trade Keview can obtain infor
mation at the office of the Morning News.
Those who so desire will be visited by
a representative of the Morning News.
telephone 3tH.
A Woman Whisky Spy.
I rom the Charleston News and Courier.
I “ i s reported that a white woman, hav
las th(i boar ings and appearances of a
tllis 1)6611 making the rounds of the
arrooms up town trying to buy beer,
fii.i* ■ is to aa - v that she has been re-
Just across the way and that she
"iy wants half a glass to quench her
As far us heard from she has not
ucceeded in getting anything stronger
v, wa ter, but it would be of interest to
•ow who it is of the fair sex who has
, 66 driven by hard times to adopt this
•Hind of making a living. She is said
<* tall, sharp featured, with bright
cr 1 ?' w ours a dark skirt with a white
“ght colored shirt waist.
Picture of the domestic life of
rs,e,' will "* foun i in the volume of
*lrei v.which the actor's < auglner. Ed
ki'u, "** written. A large number of Sooth s
is are to be included.
SUMTER'S COTTON CROP.
Mr. H. L. Darr of BishopviUe, S. 0.,
Talks of Business Prospects There.
Mr. H. L. Darr, the manager of the
County Banner, published at Bishop
yille, S. C.. spent yesterday in the city
in the interest of his paper. This is Mr.
Darr’s first visit to Savannah and he
was well pleased with the results of his
trip, both in the reception accorded him
by the Savannah merchants and in what
he learned of Savannah s resources.
'1 he thought at once occurred to him
that it was strange that with all of
Savannah's advantages, her trade with
his section should be so small. Bisbop
ville is situated in Sumter county, whi* h
is one of the largest and most prosper!,us
counties in South Carolina. It is a
large eottonjraising county, and Sumter,
thecounty seafialone, ships 25,000 bales of
cotton annually. Mr. Darr says that an
immense crop of corn has been* raised in
Sumter county this year, and that the
farmers of that section are now inde
pendent of the west so far as this staple
is concerned. An immense cotton crop is
in sight also, and unless the crop is de
stroyed by a storm, as was the case last
year, a very large erop will be harvested.
With anything like a fair price for their
cotton, Mr. Darr says, the farmers of
Sumter county' will get squarely on their
feet this fall with something in pocket
besides.
Sumter is the center of five railroads,
the Wilmington. Columbia and Augusta,
the Manchester and Augusta, the Central
of South Carolina, the Charleston. Sum
ter and Northern, and the North and
South Carolina railroad and a branch of
the Charleston, Columbia and Chicago
will soon be extended to the town. Bishop
viUe is twenty-two miles northeast of
Sumter on the North and South Carolina
railroad. An effort will be made at the
coming session of the legislature to cut
out a separate county with Bishop ville as
the county seat.
Mr. Darr says that he is satisfied that
if the Savannah merchants will enter into
this territory they will be richly repaid
tor their efforts. While there are no
railroad lines connecting Savannah di
rectly with Sumter county,he thinks that
rates could be easily secured which would
enable Savannah to compete with
Charleston for the trade of this territory.
NO MORE INTERVENTIONS.
Two Electric Railway Directors Dis
satisfied With the Status of Affairs.
Nothing new has developed in regard
to the action to be taken by the manage
ment of the Electric Railway Company
at the hearing on the bill for receivership
which will be before Judge Falligantnext
Saturday. Probably nothing will be
given out until the answer of the de
fendant is made in court, when both sides
will come out and all the facts as well as
rumors and surmises presented.
It was reported yesterday that there
was some little discontent in the com
pany's directory. Mr. Henry Hull, who
has filed an intervention and has become
a party plaintiff to the suit, is one of the
company’s directors, as is also Mr. Jacob
Paulsen, who, it has been expected, was
likely to take the same step. These two
directors have been at outs with
the others, it is said, for some
reason or other, and do not seem satisfied
with the present management. So far no
other interventions than those already
reported have been filed. The manage
ment of the company seems confident that
it can make a successful showing in court
and quash the proceedings looking toward
a receivership.
A WHISPER HEARD,
It Passed Along the Arches to the
Ear of Ben Butler
Amusing Incident In a Great Case.
Personal Characteristics of the
Bench Some Thirty Years Ago.
Anecdotes of the Bar.
From the Washington Star.
While in the capitol the other day I
overheard one of the-guides describing to
a party of tourists the “whispering
arches” in the supreme court room, and
it recalled to my mind an amusing inci
dent which occurred in that room in 1866.
The chief actors were Garrett Davis,
then a senator from Kentucky, and Gen.
Ben Butler, it, was during the trial of
the famo“ s treason cases from Indiana.
It win be remembered that the “Sons of
Liberty,” sometimes known as the
“Knights of the Golden Circle,” were
very strong in the Hoosier state during
the war. In 1864 it was discovered, as
alleged, that a plot had been formed to
assassinate Gov. Morton, seize upon the
state government, releasethe confederate
prisoners confined in Camp Morton, arm
them with guns taken from the ar
senal, and cast the fortunes of the state
with those of the confederacy. Several
eiti.ens were arrested for participation in
the plot, and some of these were tried on
a charge of treason before a military
court at Indiauapolis, and three were con
demned to death. The date of their exe
cution had been fixed, but Mr. Lincoln, a
few days before his death, granted a re
spite. Before the arrival of the new date
for the execution, at the solicitation of
Gov. Morton, President Johnson com
muned their sentence to life imprison
ment in the penitentiary at Columbus, O.
The prisoners finally asked for a writ of
habeas corpus aud their final discharge
on the gronnd that Indiana was not in re
bellion, nor at the time invaded by an
armed enemy, and private citizens could
not legally be tried before a military
c ourt for any offense. The writ was re
fused by the court below and the case
came to the supreme court on appeal.
IN THE SUPREME COURT.
There was a great array of legal talent
on both sides. The government was rep
resented by Attorney General Speed, Gen.
Benjamin Butler and Harry M. Stran
berry, afterward attorney general. For
the applicants appeared Joseph E. McDon
ald of Indiana, Gen. Garfield, David Dud
ley I ield and Jere Black. Garfield was a
volunteer attorney, and it was his first
appearance before the supreme court.
The case excited attention, not only be
cause of the array of great lawyers who
were to take part in the argument, but on
account of the principles involved, and
during the progress of the argument the
court room was crowded to its utmost
capacity. Ido not remember the exact
order in which the argument was
made, but think Attorney General Speed
hud spoken for the government, and
McDonald, Garlield and Black for the
prisoner, when the incident to which I
referred occurred. Among the visitors
to the court room that morning were ex-
Gov. Sharkey of Mississippi and Senator
Davis of Kentucky. The chairs were all
full when they entered, and recognizing
them I went to them aud gave them seats
at the desk usually occupied by tbe crier.
I was at the time an omcer of the court.
Either Garfield or Black was speaking
when they came in. and they paid tbo
closest attention to the argument.
Butler was tho next to follow for the
government, and as be arose on the oppo
site side of the room from the governor
and senator, aud began arranging his
notes, the senator turned to me and
asked: "Who is that?” 1 replied by in
forming him it was Gen. Butler. it
seemed to both astonish and irritate the
distinguished Kentuckian, and in a rasp
ing voice, very different from the court
eous tones he generally used in speaking
to anyone, he said; “VShat, Is that old
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. AUGUST :!0, 1594.
Beast Butler?” At this Butler pricked
up his ears and glanced around. I ought
to have said that the senator, in speak
ing, was facing oue of the whispering
arches, while the general was at tne
other end, and could distinctly hear every
word that was uttered. I assured Mr.
Dav is it was in very truth the Butler who
had oeen denominated the beast.
THE IRATE KENTCCKIAS.
He at once arose from his chair and
asked for his hat. Knowing the peculiar
construction of the room, and that Butler
was cognisant of all that was said. I was
anxious to carry the conversation a little
further, and I said to him:
“Senator, you have listened to one side
of the case, will you not remain and hear
the general on the other?”
I will never forget the tone in which
he replied: ‘ Stay to bear that old spoon
thief? No, sir! No. sir! You are an
officer of the court, and have to stay, but,
sir. I can go, and will go.”
1 was watching Butier, and the look of
amusement on his countenance was al
most too much for me, and 1 bad to retire
to another room to give vent to my laugh
ter. At the conclusion of his speech
the general came over to where I was
standing, and for some little time joked
about the action of tho irrascible Ken
tuckian.
All the speeches made during the hear
ing of the cause were worthy of the im
portant questions involved, and of the
court before which the argument was
made. Mr. Stanberry closed for the gov
ernment. A good part of his argument
went to the point of want of jurisdiction
of the court, claiming that as far as the
court had any judicial knowledge, the
applicants were no longer in esse, and if
that was so, they could not sue for a writ.
He claimed that unless the records
showed to the contrary, every court was
hound to presume that the orders of
every other court had been duly carried
out; that the record disclosed that
the three men had been condemned
to death at a certain time; that the
sentence had been approved by the
President and the order for its execu
tion issued, but that the President had
afterward granted an extention of time
to another fixed day; that it had been
stated in argument the men were' con
fined in the penitentiary, but the record
before the court did not disclose that
their sentence had been commuted, or an
other respite given, and as the day fixed
tor their execution had long since passed,
and nothing was on record to the contra
ry, the court was bound to presume they
had been duly executed according to the
order. Mr. Stanberry was a great snuff
taker, and a box of that titillating com
pound was kept for his use and that of
others of like habits on the desk of the
crier.
TEE MEX WERE KELEASED.
At the conclusion of his speech he came
over to the desk for his accustomed
“pinch.” I referred to the line of his ar
gument, mentioned above, and asked him
if he really thought it was sound. He
laughed a merry laugh, and said thecourt
would not hold with him, but it would
puzzle them for some time, as they were
great sticklers for the rights of courts,
and he had stated the law correctly when
he said the court was bound to presume
the orders of another court, duly entered
of record had been carried out, unless
there was something in the record to
show to the contrary. Thecourt did not
hold with him, but granted the writ and
the three men were released.
The supreme court then consisted of
Chief Justice Chase and Justices Wayne,
Nelson, Clifford, Grier, Swayne, •Miller,
Davis and Field. Justice Field is now
the only living member of that court.
Mr. Wayne was the oldest justice
both in years and length of service. He
was appointed to the bench by Andrew
Jackson, and remained loyal when his
state (Georgia) seceded. He was a typi
cal southern gentleman, of the old school,
extremely touchy, yet with that high
bred courtesy so pleasant to meet with
in daily life. I remember being sent to
his bouse late one night by the chief jus
tice. 1 found quite a company there when
I arrived. On ringing the bell the door
was opened by the servant, but the
daughter 0/ the justice happened to be in
the hall. She recognized me and came
forward at once. I told her I desired to
see the justice, and she ordered the ser
vant to show me at once to the library,
which was at the head of the stairs.
THE JUDGE WAS TESTY.
The servant rapped at the door, and on
being told to enter, opened the door and
began to announce me. The justice did
not wait for him to finish, but as soon as
he discovered that it was a visitor, spoke
sharply to the servant, and said:
“James, how many times have I told
you 1 must not be interrupted when in my
study by visitors?”
As the servant was not to blame, I
stepped forward and remarked that his
daughter had told me to come right up
without sending my card. The justice
recognized me. and at once arose and came
forward. With a courtly bend he ex
tended his hand, and at once apologized,
saying that, being an officer of the court,
his daughter did perfectly right in send
ing me at once to him. The next day t
met him at the court-room, and he again
expressed his regret for his hasty words
to his servant, and said that he had al
ways been testy, and believed he was
growing more so with advancing aae, but
a gentleman was almost inexcusable for
speaking testily to a servant unless the
provocation was very great He said that
as he advanced in age he found he had to
give more hours to his work, and inter
ruptions caused him much more trouble
than they did when he was younger. Jus
tice W’a.vne was one of the hardest work
ing men on the bench. Not that he aid
more than the others, for I then often
thought that the chief justice tried to
lighten bis burdens as much as he could,
but because his ago required a longer
time to accomplish his work. He several
times told me that he often remained in
his library until 2 and 3 o’clock in the
morning. If I remember right, he also
said his daughter helped him greatly by
looking up authorities for him, and often
times by acting as his amanuensis in pre
paring his opinions.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JUDGE.
Justice Grief 1 was also getting along in
years at that time, and on warm days,
and when the argument was more than
ordinarily prosv, would sometimes indulge
in a quiet nap in his chair. He and Jus
tice Wayne were peculiarly sensitive to
the coid. while Justice Clifford, on the
other, hand, was always oppressed by
the heat, so between them it was a hard
matter to keep the temperature of the
court room so as to please them. Both
Justices Grier and Wayne were snuff
takers, and about the first thing after
taking their seats in the morning was to
send and have their boxes replenished at
the desk of the crier. Justice Grier was
never as courteous ns Mr. Wayne, but i
was never petulant, and the attaches of !
the court always liked him.
Justices Davis and Swa.yne were both |
large men, and were great friends and
companions. They often became tired of
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sitting during the arguments, and it was
no uncommon thing to see them standing
up leaning againsf one of the columns be
hind their seats. They were both great
candy eaters, and as regular as the morn
ing came, as soon after the opening of
court as they could get a page, they each
sent out for a dime’s worth of candy, and
slow’y munched it during the progress of
the argument. Justice Nelson always paid
close attention to whoever was speaking,
and quite often interrupted by ask
ing questions. Clifford. however,
was the great interrupter, and
it used to be remarked that
his interruptions were graded witn great
exactness by the size of the audience. If
there were few visitors in the lota by ho
had but few questions to ask, but if the
room was full his interruptions fell fast
and furious, and after each he would set
tle his hugh frame back into his chair
while a pleased smile would spread over
his broad face. At that time he was also
famous for giving dissenting opinions. It
used to be said if he did not write the
opinion of the majority he always dis
sented.
FORGET TO ADJOURN.
Justice Miller always paid the closest
attention to the arguments, and seldom
interrupted. He and Davis were the two
kindest men on the bench. Justice Field,
at that time, was a very nervous man,
and nothing seemed to please him. His
briefs and records had to be fasten to
gether just so, and if not, the unlucky
page was sure to catch it. If the lobby
was full of visitors he was almost sure to
keep two or three pages busy running to
the library and carrying up • great
armloads of books, of which he would
rustle tbe leaves a few moments and then
send them bacK, with orders for others.
To an outsider it would look as if he was
not paying any heed to the attorney at
all, but the truth was, he had both oars
open and but little escaped him. It was
pure nervousness with him.
Chief Justice Chase was ‘dignity and
courtesy combined, and followed closely
the record or printod brief while the at
torney was making his argument. I never
knew him to lose himself but once. It
was during the argument of a blockade
runner case. One of the attorneys was a
lean, hungry-looking, thin-faced lawyer
from Florida, who spoke in a thin, piping
voice, but seemed to Oe able to talk inter
minably. During the afternoon I looked
along the row of justices, and it seemed
as if they were all taking a quiet nap.
Justice Field dad forgotten to send for
books; Swayne and Davis were no longer
munching candy; Clifford and Nelson
neglected to ask questions, while
Wayne and Older were actually
nodding. The chief justice sat with his
head bent over his desk in front of him,
but so still that I feit sure be was asleep.
Adjourning time had come, but no sign
had been given by Mr. Chase that he was
aware of the flight of time. One, two
and three minutes elapsed, and, as I was
exceedingly anxious to go down into the
city that afternoon, I ventured behind the
chief justice and whispered to him that
the hour of adjournment had passed. He
started up as if awakened out of a doze,
and said, "Sure enough : so it has,” and,
without stopping the lawyer in his tor
rent of words, turned to the crier and or
dered court adjourned.
A GRATEFUL COURTESY.
I never knew the court to hold beyond
its regular adjournment time but on one
occasion. That was on the last appear
ance before it of tbe venerable ’1 homns
Ewing. He was very old and very feeble,
and was making a speech on an important
will case, if J remember rightly, at least,
the title to some valuable land was In
controversy. He was not through when
the hour of adjournment arrived. The
chief Justice asked him to sus|>end his ar
gument for a moment, and hastily con
ferred with the Justices. He then an
nounced that owing to tbe advanced age
aud feebleness of the counsel it was ap
parent he would not be able to appear
again en the next day, and the court had
agreed to sit and let him finish that after
noon The great advocate seemed to be
impressed with the courtesy extended,
GOLD DUST.
and in a few brief sentences, filled with
pathos, returned his thanks and pro
ceeded with his argument.
Among the attorneys who appeared
most frequently before the court in those
days were Jere. Black. Caleb Cushing,
Reverdy Johnston, Henry Stanberry.
Gen. Butler aud Mr. Kiddle of Washing
ton. Many important land cases from Cali
fornia were pending, and in most of them
Mr. Riddle and Jere. Black appeared,
sometimes associated together, and at
others on opposite sides. Irc member Mr.
Kiddle as a very nervous man* speaking
in a quick and decided voice, and jumping
from side to side of the maps and dia
grams which always illustrated his argu
ments. He was posted on all points in
old Spanish and Mexican land grants,
and was a hard man to down.
Jere. Black spoke, as the saying is.as if he
had mush in his mouth. Ho was a groat
hand to quote from Shakespeare and the
Bible, and bis arguments abounded in
flashes of humor. He and Keverdy John
ston and Mr. Stanberry were the three
kindest lawyers 1 over knew. About the
court room in those days were a number
of young men studying law, and neither
of the three gentlemen I have named ever
turned away from one of them when
asked a question. I have known them to
sit down for an hour and elaborate to a
young law student, some point they had
just made before the court. They de
lighted to help young men studying for
the profession.
TO CONTEST A WILL.
An Interesting Case Before the Ordi
nary of Bryan County.
Next Monday a case of some interest
will come up for a hearing before the or
dinary of Bryan county. H. H. Shuman
left his property to his two elder sons.
Appraisers were appointed at the last
term of the ordinary’s court in that county
to set aside a year’s support for‘the
widow and children and to ap
praise the property. They fixed the val
uation at $19,704.49, and #1,500 was set
aparl as a year’s support for the widow
and three children. Of this $950 was
given her in cash,and the balance in
property. The will will be presented for
probate next Monday, when a caveat will
be filed for Mrs. Shuman and the three
yountrer children and a contest made.
Messrs. Sea brook & Morgan represent the
executors, and Messrs, Griffin & Brown
and R. F. C. Smith the widow and
children.
TWO STORES BROKEN OPEN.
But Nothing of Value Was Found
Missing the Next Day.
The stores of M. Brown and .1, Mc-
Laughlin & Son on Bay street were found
broken open by the policeman on Bay
street early yesterday morning. The
looks had been broken off in both
instances. Nothing of value was taken,
however. The work was very similar to
that done by Montgomery, who was found
in the place of C. K. Holmes near by the
morning before, but as Montgomery was
in jail the work must, of course, have been
done by someone else.
TEXAS REPUBLICANS.
Their State Convention Adopts a
Platform and Nominates.
Dallas. Tex., Aug. 29.—The republican
state convention adjourned to-night. The
platform reaffirms the national platform,
and condemns the state administration.
The following ticket was nominated:
Governor, W. K. Makcnnoo; lieutenant
governor, R. B. Renfro; treasurer, J. G.
I .aw don : attorney general, J. A. Hurley;
land commissioner. lld Anderson; con
troller, G. A. Tomlinson; superintendent
of schools, A. H. Caldwell.
"You don't seem as well known In this city
as you were at home, said the visitor.
I'm not." answered th" \o<ng man.
proudly. "I don't owe anybody here a coni."
—Washington Star.
PART 28
—OF THE—
GREAT ART WORK,
Pigturesql America;
=IS READY.=
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Edited by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
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PART 28 CONTAINS—
Steel Engraving, The Adirondack Woods.
Other Illustrations: The Mohawk at Utica; At
Little Falls; Little Falls; Profile Rock; Mohawk Valley;
Schenectady from the West; Cohoes Falls; Troy and
Vicinity; Albany from East Albany; Scenes in and
Around Albany; Albany from Kenwood; The Susque
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Glimpse of the Susquehanna from Kittatinny Moun
tains; Dauphin Rock; Scenes of the Susquehanna; North
Point; Pine Forest on West Branch of the Susquehanna;
Ferry at Renovo; Scenes on North Branch of the Sus
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