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marine intelligence.
~,( \L VXD GENERAL SEWS OF
SHIPS AM) SHIPPING.
I)l .„. v niiiS of Richard Went from the
v;:ml till Schooner Hilda—Schoon
,.r liniineey E. Bnrk Duugtd in
„ storm—ChaiMtca in the Schedule
„f the Steamships Gate City and
Nacooohee— List of A essels in Port,
r " her particulars have been received
,' m . - ; ,pt. R.nes of the schooner Hilda.
‘ t j .adelpbia, concerning the accident
,r. vessel on her trip from Savannah.
J ~t Rines reports that on Feb. 16, when
, >0 HaUeras, his vessel was struck
£ a ( C rriflc gale, Richard West, a sailor
j. ~,, washed overboard and drowned,
w , the sale struck the Hilda, Capt.
ive orders to shorten sail. Scarce-
J‘ , | the command been given when
■ iV , was thrown overboard by a lurch
£ lh , hooner. A boat was quickly low
-1 f, ut West had disappeared before the
could reach him. The drowned man
g years of age and lived at Wilming
ton. N. G.
The schooner Chauncey E. Burk, Capt.
Sl rk Townsend, which arrived at Perth
Amboy Wednesday, twelve days from this
port, with a cargo of railroad crossties,
bail a rough passage and sustained consid
damage. The Captain reports, Feb.
p; while hove to in a hurricane, sixly
miles east of Hatteras, a heavy sea board
ed the vessel, which carried away the jib
l.iom, with gear attached, and all head
fJ il Si main and mizzen sails. The sea
a -o'broke the skylight and wrecked the
cabin.
The steamship Gate City did not sail
from New York for Savannah on last
Tuesday, as scheduled, consequently she
will not leave this port . to-day, as has
b, advertised. She is at Boston, where
f ,took a cargo on her last trip from
tvtamuih. She will sail from Boston Feb.
... or New Y r ork, where she will go back
on the .Savannah and New York line, sail
ing from the latter port March 4.
The steamship Nacoochee will sail from
y e w York to-day on her regular schedule
tor this port. Upon arriving here she will
take a cargo of cotton for Boston. The
demand for freight room to Boston is ac
tive at present, necessitating the putting
on of an extra ship to accommodate the
aceumlation of cotton.
The 21H-knot torpedo boat Rodgers was
docked at the Columbian Iron Works, at
Baltimore, Wednesday for attention to her
hull. She will have several plates renew
ed, which were damaged by the police pa
trol boat striking the Rodgers.
The 20-knot torpedo boat McKee will be
launched in about a week. The engineers
of the John P .Holland Company are pre
paring to get steam on the submarine tor
pedo boat the Plunger.
Attorney General School of Jamaica, on
behalf of the crown, will next week ask
the British Vice Admiralty Court for a
c. ree condemning the British steamship
Bermuda, at Port Antonio, for having
violated the neutrality laws. She has been
laid up for some time in charge of the
authorities, having been held in proceed
ings brought against her for forfeiture.
Numerous claims have been presented
against he r by American firms for repairs,
one of which was for $1,700 by John Baiz
lev of Philadelphia. There are other
claims of a similar character. The gov
ernment contention is that the vessel re
verts to the crown and the claimants must
look to the individual owners of the vessel
for money due them.
The overdue Philadelphia schooner Sa
rah D. Fell, Capt. Loveland, from Port
Royal for Baltimore, with a cargo of phos
phate rock, which was out In recent gales,
arrived at her destination yesterday. She
had been out for over two weeks. Capt.
I.ovelatid is the son of the commander of
the. steam yacht May'. His father was
anxious about his safety, while here on
the yacht a few days ago, and left for
Si. Thomas before he heard of the arrival
of the schooner.
The last of the four mammoth steel boil
built at the Columbian Iron Works,
Baltimore, lor the Merchants and Miners’
>i-.:mer Chatham was safely lowered into
Lie vessel at the works Wednesday.
ihe American barkentine Bruce Haw
kins, Capt, Gurney, arrived at Boston yes
terday, after the remarkably quick trip of
J nours from Brunswick.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises to-day at 6:32 and sets at 5:56.
High water at Tybee to-day 11:33 a. m.
1 LLOfl p. m. High water at Savannah
one hour later.
' oa*es of tile Moon for Febronry.
■!i moon, 6th, 0 hours and 24 minutes,
!\" n,nK; ‘ ast quarter, 13th, 6 hours and 35
.imut. s, evening; new moofl, 20th, 1 hour
■ 4- minutes, evening; first quarter, 2£th.
■ -tours and 13 minutes, morning; moon in
fl ° see , ls( : moon in perigee, 17th.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
i essels Arrived Yesterday.
ci .m.-hip Itasca, James, Baltimore.—J.
J taro Inn, Agent.
.. I-,im cr Clifion, Strobhar, Beaufort.—
orgi l Beach, Manager.
I essels Went to Sen Yesterday.
TV”I'"* 1 '"* ci, y <>* Birmingham, New
"tup Evelyn (Br), Barcelona. *
Sidney (Swd), Stettin.
"* ,k kndvake (Nor), Stettin,
diver Steamers Departed.
R 1 1 Ethel, Carroll, Augusta and
lings.—W. T. Gibson, Manager.
Shipping; Memoranda.
I, I! 1 tii rola, Fla., Feb. 25.—Cleared,
r lls< ‘ Elnck (Ger), Schmidt, Camma
( dlvlUe, Fla., Feb. 25.—Sailed, Uni
] l,s dynamite cruiser Vesuvius,
: l ■ unknown.
y and steamship Algonquin. Platt,
y • schooners Scotia, Davies, New
Yurk H; '* c Ecrlin, Steelman, New
fr x ' •irleans, F eb. 25.—Cleared, steam
■ Hofner, Key West.
ip, , ' ol '’ Feb. 25.—Sailed, Steamship
T . McFadden, Wallace, Port
I: 1 ■ !phi;. Feb. 25.—Arrived, schooner
'[ 1 Maull, Jacksonville.
J k „ ~r k ’ Fcb ' Sailed. „ Iroquois,
" nviiie, ” *
Fla " Feb. 25.—Sailed, ship
dr ' k ' ,!r ). Da vison, Mobile, to go in
steamer Serra (Sp), Culzada,
- n°m bark * Herman (Nor), Wil
■ • ;| rn; Angelo Accame (Itai), Ba
,. . >Pe Town.
51. .'r*v n ,l a c -’ Fcb - 25.—Sailed.
I , 'l'haila (Rr), Slonohouse, IJver
... c C onfldence, lg 0 . Key West.
J 4 °.p ’ Ft h. 23.—Arrived, schooners
J rubee, Albertson. Fernandina;
C Largest package—greatest economy. Made only by
the N. Iv. fair bank. company,
Uhioago. St. Louis. New York. Boston. Philadelphia.
Mary A. Hall, Haskell, Fernandina;
Blanche H. King, Bennett, Fernandina;
Tofa, Wilson. Fernandina; Lottie R. Rus
sell, Sharp, Jacksonville; John L. Treat,
Greenlaw, Brunswick; Grade D. Buchan
an, Hnrrington, Brunswick; Charles H.
Valentine, Thompson, Brunswick; Charles
T. Sibley, Coombs, Darien; Harry Pres
cott, Gray, Darien, Chauncey E. Burke,
Townsend, Savannah; Luther T. Garret
son, Green, Savannah; George H. Ames,
Marsha. l, Savannah; Celia F,, West, Sn
tilla; Waltham, Gilmore, Satilla.
Philadelphia, Feb. 23.—Cleared, schooner"
Emily F. Northam, Johnson, Savannah.
Beaufort. S. C., Feb. 25.—Arrived at
Dale's creek, steamer Cheniston (Br), Pa
ramibo.
Spoken.
Off Charleston bar, Feb. 25, schooner O.
C. Wehrum, Cavalier, Norfolk, bound for
Port Royal.
Notice Mariners,
Pilot charts and all hydrographic infor
mation will be furnished mosters of ves
sels free of charge in United States hy
drographic office in custom house. Cap
tains are requested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
The time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
12 m., 75th meridian time.
The Hydrographic Bulletin publishes the
following notices in the last issue:
Jan. 26.—Latitude 43 IS, longitude 46 09,
passed a derelict about 150 feet long, just
awash, with broken mainmast standing
about six feet out of water.
Jan. 29.—Latitude 43 20, longitude 44 10,
passed a small black buoy with line at
tached.
Fob. 2.—latitude 47 45. longitude 28 20,
passed a dark colored barrel about 2Vi feet
long and 18 inches in diameter, with some
rags of bunting on a staff.
Feb. 10.—Latitude 3615, longitude 7143,
passed a very large can buoy.
Jan. 27.—Latitude 39®, longitude 49 10,
passed a large vessel’s topsail yard, with
gear attached.
Jan. 29.—Latitude 46 09, longitude 34 59,
passed a large quantity of fresh looking
deals and much wreckage of masts, yards,
etc.
Feb. 3.—Latitude 3315, longitude 4S 46,
passed a submerged portion of a vessel’s
hull, about sixty feet long; had probably
been adrift a long time, as it was covered
with barnacles.
Feb. 3.—Latitude 46, longitude 31, stopped
the engines to clear our stem of a ship's
rudder, which had lodged there; also pass
ed two large logs which had been adrift
a long time.
Feb. 13. —Latitude 45 32, longitude 48 26,
met large fields of heavy pack ice at 10
p. m.; took a more southerly course and
cleared it. Feb. 14, at 1 a. m., again en
countered large fields of ice which extend
ed from latitude 4513, longitude 48 20, to
latitude 44 56, longitude 48 45. The pieces
were often 20 to 30 feet square.
Feb. 13.—Latitude 44 44 longitude 49 #O,
met light field ice; steered southward along
its eastern border, passing pieces of loose
drift ice to latitude 44. longitude *49 10.
Jan. 28.—Latitude 44 54. longitude 51 33,
passed a strip of field ice about a mile
long and one-fourth of a mile wide.
Steamer Passengers.
Passengers per steamship Tallahassee
from New York—Rev. W. L. Hines, J. TT.
Filden, Mrs. W. Wixen, E. Raymond,
James 9. Parker.
Passengers per steamship Itasca from
Baltimore—Robert Walters, E. C. Gillette,.
Miss L. Johnson, W. K. Flynn, Moses L.
Rrown, Miss Hattie Foster, Harry Proper,
Fred Franzer, Charles Wlekler, H. King,
H. Willis, S. Willis, B. Colton, J. Downes,
G. Ross. T. A. Hairson.
Coastwise Export*.
Per steamship City of Rirmingham for
New York—lß9 bales upland cotton, 59 bdls
hides, 75 bales domestics, 759 bbls cotton
st-ed oil, 1,019 bbls rosin, 391 casks spirits
turpentine, 135,308 feet lumber, 59 bbls
pitch, 39 bbls fish, 40 bales tobacco, 111
boxes fruit, 88 bbls vegetables, 145 crates
vegetables. 150 tons pig iron. 120 cases can
goods, 250 bales sweepings, 22 cases eggs.
12 bbls oysters, 299 pkgs general mdse, 58
cases cigars.
Per schooner Jennie S. Hall for Boston
—327,522 feet pitch pine lumber; cargo by E.
B. Hunting & Cos.
Receipt* n Railroad*.
Per Central of Georgia Railway, Feb. 25
—2 859 bales cotton. 187 pkgs mdse, 122
bales domestics, 465 Idols rosin, 8 casks
spirits turpentine, 31 cars lumber, 1 car
wood, |5 cars coal, 1 car packing house
products, 1 car grits.
Per Florida Central and Peninsular Rail
road, Feb. 25.-6 bales cotton, 1 car hay,
17 cars mdse, 9 cars wood, 5 cars lumber, 1
car oraflges, 5 cars ties, 1 car dynamite. 1
car oil cake, li cars phosphate, 1 car ma
chinery, 1 car tobacco, 4 cars vegetables,’
2 ears oil, 6 ears fertilizers.
Per Georgia and Alabama Railway., Feb.
25—74 bales cotton, 1,310 bbls rosin, 124
casks spirits turpentine, 52 oars lumber. 19
cars mdse, 4 cars hoy, 3 cars corn, 2 cars
bran, 1 car oats.
VESSELS l\ FORT FEIJ, 23.
Stenin*hlli*.
S'eamrhlp Tallahassee, 1,890 tons. Asklns,
New York.—Ocean Steamship Company.
Itasca, 959 tons, James, Baltimore.—J. J.
Carolan, Agent.
Drot (Nor), 1,892 tons, Hansen, ldg cot
ton, Bremen— Georgia Export and Im
port Company.
Hindoustan (Br), 1,714 tons, Fiaws, ldg.
cotton, Hamburg.-Wilder & Cos.
Glenmorven (Br), 1.803 tons Potts ldg
cotton Reval and Stett!n.-VV tlder & Cos.
Homewood (BD, 1,291 tons, Hopland, ldg
cotton Genoa. —Richardson & Barnard.
Rannock (Br), 1.201 tons, Craig, ldg cot
ion, Bremen.—W. W. Milson, Agent.
Dark*.
Jacoblne (Ger), 543 tons, Ahrens, Apalachi
cola for Havre.—Dahl & Andersen.
Magnat (Nor), 636 tons, Hansen, ldg cot
ton Baltic.—Dahl & Andersen.
So°e (Itai), 411 tons, Caflero, ldg naval
s ore* Europe—Dahl & Andersen.
\urusta (Nor). 827 tons, Gulllksen, ldg
naval stores. Europe-Dahl & Andersen.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURpAY, FEBRUARY 2d, 1898.
C. Wroldsen (Nor), 494 tons, ldg naval
stores, Europe.—Dahl & Andersen.
Sunniva (Nor). 549 tons. Andersen, ldg
nival stores, Europe.—Dahl & Andersen.
Fritbjof Bryde (Nor), 1,985 tons, Bryde, ldg
cotton, Baltic—Dab) & Andersen.
Eliezer (Nor), 560 tons, Andreasen, ldg
naval stores, Europe.—Dahl & Andersen.
Sondre (Nor), 567 tons, Nielsen, wtg.—Dahl
# Andersen.
E ra (Nor). 1,006 tons, Hansen, ldg naval
stores, Euroite.—Dahl & Andersen.
Yedova R. dial), 541 tons. Capurro, ldg
naval stores, Europe.—Dahl & Andersen.
Zantac (Nor, 505 tons Mathcsen, wig.—
Dahl & Naval.
Glenesk (Br), 1,267 tons, Bai’.lle, wtg.—
Dahl & Andersen.
Casma (Dan), 647 tons, Jorgensen, dis
charging nitrate of soda.—Dahl & Ander
sen.
Sibal (Nor), 512 tons, Gunderson, at Tybee,
to Id cotton, Sweden.—Dahl & Andersen.
Calcium (Br), 657 tons. Smith, ldg naval
stores.—Dahl & Andersen.
Wajmea (Nor), 803 tons. Haslur, ldg cotton,
Baltic—W. W. Wilson.
Tilde (Aust), 53S tons, Colazio, ldg naval
stores, Europe—Stracbnn & Cos.
Tere-ina (Itai), 691 tons, Porto, old, Cenoa.
—Strachan & Cos.
Laura (Itai). 425 tons, Castellano, ldg
naval stores, Europe.—Strachan & Cos.
Kong Oscar II (Nor), 810 tons, Jahnsert,
ldg naval stores, Europe.—Paterson,
Downing & Co
s John (Nor), 500 tons, Marlcussen,
discharging baliast.—Master.
Schooner*,
Rebecca M. Walls. 561 tons. Little, ldg
lumber, Philadelphia—C. W. Howard &
Cos.
Frank Vanderherchen. 511 tons. Danenn,
ldg lumber, Philadelphia.—C. W. Howard
& Cos.
Norman, 299 tons. Gray, ldg lumber, Bos
ton.—C. W. Howard & Cos.
Charles M. Patterson. 760 tons, Tunnel, ldg
lumber, Philadelphia.—C. W. Howard &
Cos.
TO-DAY'S WEATHER TOR EC AST.
Forecast for Savannah and vicinity un
til midnight, Feb. 26, 189S: Generally fair;
temperature stationary.
Weather From Washington—
For Georgia and Western Florida: Fair
Saturday; light, variable winds.
Eastern Florida: Fair; northwesterly
winds.
For South Carolina; Fair Saturday;
slightly colder; north to west winds.
General Conditions—Clear weather con
tinues throughout the greater portion of
the country. In the Upper Mississippi
valley and the lake region, however, clouds
and occasional slight precipitation are still
reported, and at New Orleuns 9.2? incites
of rain fell since 8 a. m.
Temperatures have risen decidedly at all
stations between the Mississippi river and
the Rookies, and are slightly higher
throughout ihe country to the eastward.
Northerly to westerly winds prevail along
the Atlantic coast.
Yesterday's Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temperature 3 p. m. ..70 degrees
Minimum temperature 7a. lit 44 degrees
Mean temperature 57 degrees
Normal temperature 56 degrees
Excess of temperature 1 degree
Accumulated deficiency since
Feb. 1 79 degrees
Accumulated excess since Jan. 1 60 degrees
Rainfall 9) inch
Normal 0.11 inch
Deficiency since Feb. 1 2.08 inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 5.59 inches
River Report—The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m. (75th me
ridian time) yesterday was 6.9 feet, no
change during the preceding twenty-four
hours.
Observations taken Fcb. 25, 1898, 8 p. m.,
75th meridian time, at the same moment
of time, at all stations, for the Morning
News;
Stations. H-T. | ♦V. jßain
Unstop, clear [ 58 j 6 j .90
New York city, cloudy i34 j 8 | .09
Philadelphia, cloudy | 36 j 10 | oo
Washington city, clear...l 32 | 16 ] ,CO
Norfolk, clear 44 | 6 I .<0
Hatteras, clear | 52 | 10 | .00
Wilmington, clear | 48 | L | .00
Charlotte, clear |■ 46 j 6 | .00
Raleigh.' clear j 48 | L j 00
Charleston, clear | 56 | 8 I .CO
Atlanta, clear j 50 j 16 j .00
Augusta, clear j 53 | 14 I .00
Savannah, clear j 62 j 0 j .00
Jacksonville, clear | 62 | L j .00
Jupiter, clear | 64 j 6 | .(0
Key Well, clear , 168 j 6 ] .00
Tampa, clear | 69 j 8 j .00
Pensacola, clear j 62 j 8 j .00
Montgomery, clear ! 62 | L i .00
Vicksburg, clear | 62 | L j .(0
New Orleans, raining ~..| 62 | I, [.20
Galveston, clear | 61 | S j ,0o
Corpus Christ!, clear j 63 | 14 | .00
Palestine, clear | 70 j 6 | .01
Memphis, ptly cloudy j 52 j 8 | .00
Cincinnati, cloudy 28 | 6 | .00
Pittsburg, cloudy | 22 j 10 | .02
Buffalo, cloudy j 21 | 20 | .01
Detroit, cloudy | 24 | 12 ( T
Chicago, clear | 20 | 12 ( .00
Marquette, cloudy j 12 j 42 i .06
St. Paul, ptly cloudy .....| 18 | L ] .03
Davenport, ptly cloudy....| 18 | 6 j .CO
St. Loul*. ptly cloudy |36| L j .CO
Kansas City, ptly cloudy. 36 | L | .00
*-|-T, temperature; *V, velocity of wind 7
J. M Sherier.
Observer Weather Bureau.
INDIA VS WHITE WIFE OUT.
Ord-r I**ned Forbidding Her Re
turn to the lleservntlon.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Great Falls, Mont., Feb. 22.—MaJ. Fuller,
agent of the Blackfeet Indians, has issued
an order prohibiting Mrs. Garret White
from living on the reservation.
Mrs. White is the whit# woman, who a
month ago, while a teaehiw in the Fort
Shaw Indian'School, eloped with and mar
ried YVhJte, a full-blooded Piegand Indian.
She is a sister of Rev, C. C. Bateman,
army chaplain at Fort Be.knap,
As return to the school was forbidden,
Mrs. White bps been compelled to accept
a position *3 waitress In a hotel at Dupuy
er, to support herself and husband
Florida Centralist Peninsular Railroad Cos.
53 Mile* Shortest Line to Tampa, 34 Miles Shortest Line to Jacksonville.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT JAN. 24. 1898.
READ DOWN. II ~|j~ READ ui~ ~
38 | 37 I 35 | 31 || || 38 | 3t> j oS T 40
Daily j Daily | Daily | Daily j Time shown south of Daily | Dali) ; Daily , Daily
ex Sun| | lex Sun Columbia is SiU meridian ;,ex Sun ( ( ex Sun
| 9 00ani| 4 UOpm; i.Cv 805t0n...... Ar,j....T.TTf 3 Oiiuvt To uiipai..........
j 4 30pmJ12 )sam|l2 lOpmjLv ...New Yor.„.. Arjj 353pmj 6 23.ini :2 4.:pm
1 55am| 2 25pm| 8 55pm; Lv Charlottesville... Ar|j 6 45am, 5 3opm| 3 35ami
| 8 10pmj ,Lit ..Cincinnati Ar|| |7 20am| j
4 00amj Xfptnj 2 36am; 7 OSam Lv Denmark... Ar ; 6 14pm 2 54am 2 43pm.10 60pm
9 odamj 4 40pm; 5 30am| 9 24am Ar Savannah.... Lv|| I STpmjli 14am|I2 18pm 5 00pm
& | 37 I 35 j!' 3) I : |j 32 j 36 ; 38 , 34
Dally | Dally | Dally |exMon|| ||ex Sun] Daily ; Daily | Daily
4 13amj I 47pm, 5 30aoi| 9 32am Lv "Savannah ,\r ; ; 3 49pm|12 05am 12 11pm S 55pm
| 7 27ptnil2 30pm| |'.Ar Darien Lv|| | 9 10am; 4 40pm
7 aCatnj 7 50pm| 8 00amjl2 lOprc. Ar ..Brunswick.... Lv|| 105pm| 910 pm; 9 30am|
| 915 pm; 9 30umj Ar ...Fernandina... Lv;; | 7 50pm! SOOami
7 30am; 7 50pm; | Lv ...Fernandina... Ar|| | 9 16pni| 9 80.tmj o 20pm
8 aoam| 9 25pm; 9 20am 1 IPpm Ar ..Jacksonville... Lv ,12 10pm 8 iKipat 8 15ttm 4 o>nm
| 8 40nmjl0 30am, 2 20pm Ar .St. Augustine... Lv jll OOamj 635 pm; 7 00am 2 05;.m
| 2 55am[ 1 33pmj ; Ar Ocala Livjj |ll 47amj 2 05am,
| 9 10am| 4 50pm| ||Ar ....Orlando Lv,| | 8 30am ; 8 Until;
j 8 10am| oSlitm; , Ar Tampa Lvj| ; s co.im 8 10pt#
| jll C6pm| jiAr ...Pensacola Lv!| | 7 30amj |
| j 7 40am| Ar ..New Orleans.. Lvjj | 7 45pm !
Trains 31 and 32 solid vestibule between New and St. Augustine.
Pullman buffet sleepers Jacksonville and New York on trains 35 and 36 and
Jacksonville and Cincinnati via Asheville without citange.
Pullman bufftT vestibuled sleepers between Tampa and New York on trains 37
and 38. connecting at Charlotte wilh southwestern vestibuled limited train.
Pullman buffet sleepers from Jacksonville to Kansas Qity and Cincinnati on
train 36 via Everett and Atlanta,
Pullman sleeping cars between Jacksonville and New Orleans.
For full information apply to A. O. MACDONELL, G. P. A., Jacksonville, Fla.
I. M. FLEMING, Division Passenger Agent, Savanrnh. Ga.
Trains leave from Central depot, corn er West Broad and Liberty streets.
FACTS ABOUT PINE TREES.
Their Age and Cause* Wljieh Hasten
Their Death.
ThOßiasville, Ga., Feb. 24.—Editor Morn
ing News: I have read much in the
Morning News from first to last about the
disappearance of the pffie trees from For
syth Park. I have studied the growth of
the pine tree for a long t me, and my ob
servation leads me to the conclusion that
a great deal that has been written of the
trees in Forsyth Park is erroneous. In
your editorial of Feb. 23, you leave one to
believe that these trees are about 100 years
old. I am of the opinion that the pine
tree reaches its maturity before it is 100
years old, when it begins to decay and
dies from old age. The process of dying
may continue, in fact, generally does con
tinue, for a number of years, probably In
some cases as long as 25 years. Storms
and fire a good deal to do with has
tening thi* pfoecss; ak.the gradual loss of
vitality by the trees renders them an easy
prey to tbese'destructive agencies. It has
long been known among timber men that
a pine tree forest wall reproduce itself for
milling purposes in about twenty years.
This, of course, does ji4£ imply a repro
duction from the seedin' that time, but an
increase from the small size trees to large
trees about fuily grown or nearly so. Any
one watching the growth yOung pities
will be surprised at its raiitdiiy. Many
men can recall instances under th4dr own
observation, where small saplings have
made majestic trees during their life time.
I mention these things ns indications of
the age at which the yellow pine tree
reaches its maturity, for I am aware that
the great majority of people imagine this
tree to live for many centuries. In fact
all of our forest trees, especially the va
rious species of oaks, gro.w much faster
than is generally supposed. It may be
true also,, as you intimate in your edito
rial, that tile old field pine matures ear
lier fchan the yellow pine in the virgin for
est, as it certainly gro.vs more rapidly; but
;here has been very I ttje opportunity to
test its time of maturity, as so little clear
ed land in this country has been abandon
ed long enough. Old age then might ac
count for the disappearance of the trees
in Forsyth Park, as no young jrees have
been avowed to spring up and grow, which
process is continually taking pikee in the
natural forest.
Much has also been written about the
pine not flourishing along with other trees.
This will not stand the test of observation.
The reason why so many forests of open
pine woods wilh no undergrowth are seen
over the country, is because frequent for
est fires utterly destroy the young growth
which makes the variety. Many young
pines are also destroyed, but as they hfeve
little focage and that not as easily effected
by fire as other varieties of trees, many of
them escape this enemy and finally make
tine trees. 1 have time and again noticed
the rapidity with which various kinds of
trees, among them many pines, spring up
and thrive in a piece of open pine woods,
when it has been fenced off and fire kept
from it. I also know of an instance in
this county where there is a stretch of
open pine woods on one side of a public
road, through which woods a team can
easily be driven; while on the other side
of the road, there is a dense forest of p iles,
various kinds of oajt. hickory, dogwood,
holly, etc., growing all amicably together.
It is a striking proof of the fact above set
forth, and also a strong argument against
the frequent burning off of our woods. On
investigation, I found that years ago, all
the people living in that neighborhood, and
before the country was thickly settled, had
agreed that the fires should be set on but
one side of this road, which side was de
voted to pas.turage, and which side is the
one now with the open woods. This course
has been kept up ever since. To any ose
who has watched the growth of our for
ests, and the rapid rate at which the
growth reproduces itself, it is a source of
not only great regret, but it produces in
him a feeling of the greatest protest
against the annual destruction of so much
valuable timber, that will be needed in the
future.
This waste must rut) up In the state of
Georgia alone into ah incalculable sum
each year.
While the pine may not be so jealous of
other trees as to require exclusive use of
the land whereon it grows, it is very Jeal
ous of the sunshine, and I om inclined to
think will grow to any hight necessary for
it to force its tuft of green needles out
into the unobstructed sun light. It matters
little to it how many trees and shrubs may
be luxuriating in the shade beneath, its
verdant head is held aloft nnd the tallest
trees are often found where the under
growth is rankest.
There may also be something in the de
cay of the Forsyth Park trees on account
of the cleaning away, at frequent inter
vals, all decaying vegetable matter which
falls upon the ground, and Upon which the
trees ill their natural growth to some ex
tent rely for nutriment. However, I am
not at all sure that there is much in this,
as your trees are probably fertilized in
other ways; though vegetable growth of
ten depends upon subtle causes, the effect
of which are so hidden that no account is
taken of them.
—lbsen, the Norwegian dramatist, is an
extraordinary looking man. Almost a
dwarf in hight, the upper part of his
body is Immense, compared with his low
er limbs. has a huge head, covered
with bushy white hair, and his keen blue
eyes glare at his Interlocutor with a
piercing glance.
1)1 MiI.EV ON THE DKFKNSIVE.
Refutes <><-tlinK n Harbor Appropri
llHon in the Sundry Civil Hill.
Washington, Fob. 25.—The House to-day
resumed the consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill. Quito a debate
developed on the motion to strike out the
appropriation of $133.... 0 for the work at
Oakland, Cal., its opponents a.1.-ging that
no contract had as yet been made for Un
work and asserting that the river and
harbor bill was lo be suppressed ami a
favored few given appropr ations in tlie
sundry civil bill.
Mr. Moody made a sensational attack
upon the appropriation In the sundry civil
bill of $360,030 for the Rockland (Me.) har
bor, which is in Mr. Dingleys district, lie
said he was willing to submit to economy
and honest leadership, but for one he pro
posed to rebel against a leadership Chn
gave an appropriation to Rockland, Mo.,
an insignificant port.
Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio attacked the ap
propriation and declared tiuu if the House
allowed these river and harbor items, to
go into the sundry civil hill there would
be no riyer and harbor bill. He was tuyteiss
ed, he said, at the action of like appropria
tion committee and insisted that ail the
members should be on an equality.
Mr. Cannon r, piled to the attack, declar
ing that some of the most v.e”lous river and
harbor items over reported onnSc from the
committee when he (Mr. Grosvenor) was
a member of it. He said mart ldom-eda to
33 i>er cent, of the money aitfffloqn ned by
a bill he had helped to report, h i. hi on
worse than thrown away.
Mr. Dingley answered the pcrsouul at
tack made upon him. The im
provement, he said, was not simply an im
provement, it included a pr.,y„ ion for a
breakwater and barb...' of refuge. Just sn ii
another as was heir -g biliit ;u Sandy Ray
In Mr. Moody’s dlsui t. and on which
OOd hud been spent. He indignantly iepu
dioted the intimation that he dad ev.-r
susdt. sted or* iniimaiid that lit' aid
priation should be made in this hid. I!-
presumed it had iieen male: up. n die r, -
commendations of the Corps of li un.ers
for the public interest.
Mr. t'atcliings of Mississippi defen.lei
the action of the committee.
When the Rom appropriating SI i.osi for
San l'cdro, Cal., was i.ach-d, there
war some debate, in the course of who ii
Mr. Cooper, It. p., of Wisconsin, ivvVw.d
the whole history of the protracted cod
test between San Pedro and Han a .Mon. a,
characterizing it as the most astound i-.g
chapter in our legislative history, if
there was anything in the b.ll that ought
to pass, he said, it was this. Tito item
was passed without amendment.
An unsuccessful oftort was made to se
cure consideration of the bill passed by
the Senate for two additional, regiments
of artillery, but on objection from Mr.
Cox, Dim., of Tennessee, It went over.
The House at 5 o’clock recessed until 8
o’clock, the evening session to be devoted
to private pension bills.
The evening session was largely wasted.
Six private pension bills were ordered to
be favorably reported to the House by the
committee of the whole, but on the next
Mr. Sullivan of Misfissif pi, rnls and the po'nt
of no quorum. No business could he trans
acted until a majority of the members ap-
IK-ared and answered the roll call and that
could not be secured. At 10:20 o'clock the
House was declared adjourned until to
morrow.
CpHBETTT It I GUT TO A SE AT.
Teller and Turley Set Forth Their
Views In the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Hon. Henry W.
Corbett’s right to a seat In the Senate from
Oregon was under consideration by the
Senate this afternoon for five hours.
Mr. Teller of Colorado spoke in support
of the resolution presented by a majority
of the committee and declared his Intent'on
to stand In this case by the decision reach
ed by the Senate in the Mantle case in
1833.
Mr. Turley of Tennessee, a member of
the committee on privileges and elections,
*said the views he held would compel him
to support the majority of the committee
against the seating of Mr. Corbett. He held
that this was an attempt on the part of
the Governor to fill a vacancy at the be
ginning of anew term, after the legisla
ture had hail full opportunity to fill the
vacancy and had failed to do so.
At 5:15 the Senate went into executive
session, and at i^ifi o'clock adjourned.
TIG AS A DISPATCH BO AT. *
Tlie lew Vrk World Secures n Ves
sel nt C'linrleston.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 25.—The tug Con
fidence of this port has been engaged by
the New York World as a dispatch boat
between Key West and Havana,-and left
hero for the former place at noon to-day.
The tug Is in command of Capt. Joseph
Flatly and carries a ere W of ten men. Th<
Confidence I# the fastest tug in tne
Charleston fleet, having a speed of fifteen
knots, and she will make dally trips te
tween Key West and Havana. She Is
chartered for an indefinite period.
Bank Statement Called For.
•Washington, Feb. 25.—The controller of
the currency has issued a call for a state
ment of the condition of the national
banks on Feb. 18.
Plant System-
I mins operated h> both Meridian Time—One hone slower than City Tima,
RiiAla DOWN. jj WSST CARD. || HEAD UP.
I as ! ti I ;s ! 32 I! 35 ! 23 j 5 f 37~ |
l y-a-i * , 1 I, In Effect Feb. 12, 1895. || - | | ; Fla. |
|:ipec'l|Dall> Daily Dauy|| j Dally | Daily j Dai lyj Spec'll
I 1 27i’ >: u| 1 45a | l oS i Lv ....Savannah Ar|| 8 15aj 1 50a | 7 3Spf 8 Ola I
I " "<• ; Ar Augusta Lv|j | I I 53p|
Up 11 55.1 fi 13a 5 08p Ar ....Chari -ston.... Lv|| 6 iSajll 15p| 3 30p| 6 50a
*- I P 11 3:)p| 7 1a Ar ... Washington.... Lv|] 3 4Spi 4 30aj 6 20p
I 1 -dp, ) 1 03a 9 05a! Ar Baltimore.... I.v|i 2 Dap 1 2 50a| 5 10p|
I I !"P ' 3 50a 11 25a Ar ...P.,1,a lelphla... Lv |J2 09p|12 05a| 2 52p| ~
;• I 0 '3p; | 6 53a| 2 03pj Ar ..New York Lvj| 9 30a| 9 00p| 12 30p|
37 j 25 | 21 | 23 | 35 || IT 33 “f 78 I 21 I 22 | 88
Fl °- I I Ii II I I | Fla.
sped,Daily Daily Dally Dally|| ||Dally|Dally|Dally|bally|Bpec’l
90;., 710a 5 15p 2 10a 8 35a Lv Savannah Ar 12 p| 1 Mia S 20a ll <p| 7 22p
10 .1.1. 9 iioa 6 st>pj 3 I7n 10 Ola Ar Jcsup Lv 111 3te|U 42p| 6 27a| 9 f|p| 5 57p
II 20a 10 10.1 > v.-,p; 4 >u 10 A Waycross Lv 10 12a’19 35pi 5 15a| 8 SDpj 6 Otp
1 30p| 1 3op lo 2,,. 4 30p Ar ....Brunswick Lv!| 8 00a| S 00p| |
I- 1 3 111 I I \r Albany I„v|| I I 1 30a| 1 30p
• I■* -Op 5 40a ||Ar Columbus Lv | | 110 lOpjlO 05a
I i P|, i } 10 lap; 7 liiia 1 00p Ar 7.. Jacl<sonvliie..“~Lv|| S 20a| 8 OOp ..77.7 4 40p 313 pf
. Mp 2 20p s Da 2 30p Ar ..St. Augustine... I,v|| 7 00a* C 26p 2 05p
•; „ 1 ' 3 3r, l>! 12 I'-'l’i 335 pAr ....Gainesville.... I.v 3 16aj 4 20p
• j ::, T I 1 55p| f. .TOP Ar Oogla Lv|| 1 30aI 2 25p
*’|'.T Pi 9 44)a B c.’p 7 5.'.p Ar Tampa Lv|| 7 37p 10 55a 8 10a 8 10a
, ' s 55*' o li-1* S 05p; jAr ..T.im U. Hotel.. Lv|| 7 25p|10 40a 8 00a| 8 00a
?, 'V l * ' 7 15u‘ j 1 JOiv'Ar Valdosta Lvll 1 3 13a 6 21p
“ ’ 'b 1 : 2 i p. Ar ..Thomaavllle.... Lv 2 06a 5 lOp
t b 'b ** '-■■* i 9 3H;. Ar ...Montgomery... Lv|| 7 46p 10 50a ..
1 *' ;l *' ''hi s hip j 7 40a Ar ...New Orleans... Lv; 7 55aj 7 45p ..
7 IS>|! ! 6 50a Ar ....Nashville Lv | | 9 16aI 1 34a
J tk *l | ; ** l b ! ' 03.i | 4 05p:|Ar ...Cincinnati Lv|| jll oop| 4 05p
N. I Nos. Ji and ::.*> are the New A'ork and Florida Special, a solid vestibule
train, I.- >l, ..r i ul.man’s finest sleeping, parlor, obs-rvatlon and dining cars,
s iiun liraied and elo irlc lighted Runs solid between New York and Jacksonville.
' hvl.les at .1 i' HMmi.l-. part going to St. Augustine and part to Tampa. No. 37
5 ■ l; ea New Aiu K Ualli- except Sunday. Leaves Savnnnah dally except Monday.
No. .H I-avis Tampa daily; leaves St. Augustine. Jacksonville and Savannah dally
except Sunday.
All trains - xc. pt Nos. 23, 32, 35. 37. 38 and 78 make all local stops.
.‘u limit. Buffet SI-eping and Rarlor Cars, and Plant System Parlor Cars ars
operated as follows:
N'l sl-.-ie-s. New York and Jacksonville; New York and Port Tampa via
v\-st toas:; Waycross and Cincinnati via Montgomery. J’arlor car Waycross and
Brunswick.
N” ~ I-- p- i Way.-ross and Jacksonville, Wnyoross and Port Tampa via Jack
sonville and via W. a Coast. Waycross and Cincinnati viu Montgomery, Waycrosa
and Nashville via A: ania. Pallor car Waycross and Brunswick.
N'o. sleep. -Sawion.-ih an.l Jacksonville (car open for passengers M t Bp. m),
N*-w Aotlv and Ja. k-onvuie; Waycross and Jacksonville; Waycross and St. Peters
t.urg xl i JackMinvitJc. Pal itka, Ocala and Trilby. Parlor car Jacksonville and Port
Tampa \ iu Hanford.
N. 21. sVcpcr*. Waycross and St. Louts via Montgomery; Waycross and St.
Icnis \ a Albany, Cos an i . Birmingham ufi.l Holly Spr tigs; Waycross and Nash
vil.c \-ia^At.anta; AVayciosa and Port Tampa via Jacksonville and Sanford.
No. 37 c inn at \\ .i.vcross with sleep, r to Cincinnati via Montgomery; to Port
Tampa via West (Vast, ind mirlor car to Brunswick.
No si. ep.-r.-. Jacksonville and New York; Port Tampa and New York via
West Coast. 'Parlor ear, Brunswick and Waycross.
No. 78, sleep.-r, Jacksonville and Savannah (passengers are allowed to remain In
car ai Savannah until 7 n. in.); Jueksonvlle and New York. Parlor car Port Tampa
and Jacksonville via Hanford.
Steamships leave Port Tampa for Key West and Havana 9:00 p. m., Mondays and
Thursdays. For Mobile, J 0 €0 p. m. Saturdays.
10 A. ARM AND, City Passenger and Ticket Agent, De Boto Hotel.
B. W. WRENN. Passenger Traffic Manager.
Tf C McFADDEN. Assistant Genera' Passenger Anent
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA RAILWAY.
SAVANNAH SHORT LINE.
Passenger Schedules. Effective Dec. 12, 1897.
74 Miles Shortest Operated Line Between Savannah and Montgomery. 26 Mhlee
Shvia.st opened Lme Between Savannah and Columbus.
F C Wlf. a 7i Unib a a. o. Line. | F. t. AP.
Vi niatni l Jbpinf 9 OtliTni 9 3u.im I,v ...New York— Arj JOJprnf6 53am|~6 23am|l2 48pm
3 5 rn il ,n J 2 n . n'l 12 Diln'n Rv ...Philadelphia. Arllll 25am| 3 -45am| 2 56am 10 15am
6 22am 3 2Upni; 2 .'>eam| 2 25pm I.v Baltlniore.... Ar|| 9 05am| 1 OSainjll 35pm 8 00am
11 15.im !•) 48pm. I3' an 4upm I-V ..Washington... Ar;J 7 loamjll 10pm| 9 25pm 6 42ara
1015 pm 92. .am Rv ...Charlotte Ar ; j 8 50am 8 20ptn
12 7am 31 55am ;.Rv Columbia.... Ar|j j 4 24am 4 15pm
5 00a m 1 ' ■ U .Savannah.... l.i 111.7 pm 145nm|1l 40pm IS MpOl
. ~ ' 11 I"" 1 * i 20
fi.c.ni \ | i;6ami|Lv Savannah ... Ar 11l 20|im 8 10am
10 i.ipin, | I 9 35am Ar Collins Lv | 9 05pm 5 55am
12oian | | !1 2.am Ar Helena Lv 6 40pm 336 pm
12.77 am | |!22‘7;in Ar Abbeville.... Lv 5 60pm 2 40am
*9 15am| | | 0 r-:.pm \r ...Fitzgerald.... Lv 1115 am 9 20pm
itinaanii | j V 25pr.i Ar Oclllu Lv 1020 am 8 00pm
2).. im ; | l 30pm .',r Cordele Lv 4 45pm 1 35 m
3lsam ] 2 .'i.ipni Ar ...Anu rleus J*v 339 pm 12 28am
4!unij..., | |3..,pni.Ar Richland..., Lv 2 4opm 1130 pm
12irnrnR ...'.| | 5 20pm Ar Columbus... Lv] |lO 06am..' S oOpna
12 39pm | 7 r.am Ar ....Dawson Lv|| | 7 10am 2 58pm
13,pmi 1 ] 8 50pm Ar Albany Lvj 6181 pm 2 10pm
; jam 4 17pm Ar Lumpkin Lv| 2 17pm 11 10pm
6'.7am 1 j 5 56pm Ar ...Hurtsboro.... Lv] 12 38pm 9 36pm
ijiu-.m | 8 i('pm Ar ..Montgomery.. Lvj 10 45am ’... 7 45pm
i 1130 pm >r Selma I*v| 4 20um 330 pm
i J 111 I.tii 1 12 25 n't Ar ..‘Birmingham... Lv] 7 58am 4 00pm
71, 6 50am] Ar ...Na**hvil.e Lv| 128 am 9 15am
j 12 23 n'l Ar ...Lou'svllle Lv 8 10pm 2 50am
7, im ' | 4 10pm Ar ..Cincinnati Lv 350 pm 11 00pm
j.'. ] iiebam lflr ..Evansville.... Lv| 9 00pm 350 am
'}■■ 55am* '■ l'pin Ar Chicago I*v| 1 Oopm 7 55pm
R 7 82pm Ar ....St. Loins Lvj 7 56am 8 55pm
-4, m 3* anti Ar .. Mobile Lv|| |l2 20n’t 12 58pm
k:',.,c'' ! 71am Ar . .New Orleans.. Lv|| | 7 40pm 7 55am
•Daily exv. pl Sunday.
Connecting at Savannah by all trains, with steamships lines for Baltimore, Phll
adelphia, New York and Horton; with Plant system, and Florida Central and Pen
iiiMiiai, At!untie Cna.-t Line for points north; with Savannah and Atlantic Rail
way for Tybee.
At colllnH wi h Cel In nnd Reldsvllle railroad and Stlllmore Air Line.
At Helena with Southern railway for all points thereon.
At Cordele with Georgia Southern and Florida for Macon and beyond; also with
Albany and Northern railway for Albany.
At Itlrhlnnd with Columbus division for Columbus, Dawson and Albany.
At Montgomery with Louisville and Nashville railroad for all points west and
' Tr ills 17 and 18 carry Georgia and Alabama railway new and magnificent buf
fet parlor rars.
■n !M 19 and 20 carry Pullman Palace sleeping cars between Savannah and
Mont memory.
Tickets sold to all polnls and sleeping car berths secured at ticket office, corner
T’nll and Bryan streets, or at AVest Broad street passenger station.
CECIL GABBETT, First Vice President and General Manager.
A POPE. Gen ral Passenger Agent. C. C. MARTIN, Agent.
j 1,. BECK. Soliciting Agent.
PHAS N. RIGHT A si-ant General Passenger Agent.
A. M. MARTIN, Ticket Agent, corner Bull and Bryan streets. #
(Vntral of Georgia Railway Company
V'uR.'EHA, SCHEDULES IN EFFECT FEB. 25, IB9S.
\\ iTsi. READ I)6Ays|| 7 II GOING EAST, READ UP.
No. 9 No.' 7 No : No. 1 | Central .' || No. 2 No.' 4 | No. 8 | No. 16
ex.. p! . m-opt | da.ly. 1 daily. || or 3t)Ui daily, daily, (except |except
Sund'y[Sund’yj i II Meridian time. [Sund’y SunJ'y
9b lin 8 15.0n I.v Savannah.. Ar 600 pm 6 00am 7 48am 4 50pm
7 04pm 1003 pm 9 59am| Ar ...Guyton.... I.v 6W|im 4 51am 648 am 315 pm
7 35pm 10 3pm| 10 30ani| Ar Oliver.... Lv 4 30pm 4 20am 8 13am
llUOpini 10.72 am! Ar ....Dover.... I.v 4 05pm 358 am
1 52am| 1 56iim Ar ...Tennllle... Lv 137 pm 130 am
,j- 1 ).7pm 1 3 3'ipni, Ar .Mllledg'-vtlle Lv| I 6 30am t 3 45;n
j' j 3 35. m| 345 pm ]Ar M icon.... Lv] |ll 25am 1138 pm .7
I 5 47am| 6 42pm||Ar .Barnesville.. Lv 9 45nm 9 45pm
.. 6 Plain 613 pm :Ar ....prifiln.... Lv 9 12air. 9 15pm ’..77’"
,.| 7 4.3a ni| 7 35pm 11 Ar ...Atlanta.... Lv 7 50am 7 50pm '
(t 105pmj Ar .Carrollton.. Lv t 2 10pm ...
j 8 60am 8 40pm Ar .Fort Valley Lv | C39am| 6 27pm| I
| 1 43pm| 1001pm']Ar .Amertcus... Lvj 5 18am 128 pm
| 3 15pm| 11 05pm;..'Ar ....Albany... Lvj 4 15am 11 50.im
■■■■’ ...| 7 25pm| i'Ar Troy Lvj 7 55am I
’|77 1- -5 50pm] |]Ar .Birmingham Lv] 9 30am;
between savannah and tyeee.
Eastern or clty“iTmirused between 1 bally"
Savannah and Tybee. | only | Daffy |exM’dy
OoTrig. 'cave Savarmah | 6 15am] 3 30pm|10 00am
ibuuTniiTg. leav Tybee | 7 2oamj 6 00pm|ll 05am
t run daily, except Sunday.
Time shown Is 90th meridian, one hour slower than Savannah city time, except
that between Savannah and Tybee city, or 75th meridian time. Is shown.
Holhl trams between Savannah nnd Macon and Atlanta.
Sleeping cars on night trahis between Savannah and Augusta. Savannah and
Macon. Savannah and Atlanta. Fatlor cars between Macori and Atlanta.
Passengers arriving Macon at 3:55 a. m. can remain In sleeper untn 7 a. m.
For further iifformation and for schedules to all points beyond our line, apply
to W. G. BREWER, city Ticket and Passenger Agent, 39 Bull street.
J. C. HAILE, General Passenger Agent. Savannah, Ga.
THEO. D. KLINE. Gen. Superintendent. E. H. HINTON. Tteifflo Managnw
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