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VOL. II.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE
1 VICTIMS REPORTED.
PROPERTY LOSS FEARFULLY HEAVY
Belated News From tho Hurricane Swept
Section Proves to Bo Of An
Appalling Nature.
A special from Brunswick, Ga.,
states that two bodies were found in
the marsh near the city Thursday, one
white, Captain Frank Cummings; tho
other colored, name unknown. Avery,
master of the tug McCauly, from Sav
annah, arrived Thursday night and re
ported four vessels ashore at S >pelo
island, one the Norwegian hark Anges
Campbell, loaded with lumber for
Darien; the tug Crescent City and
two schooners.
From confirmatory reports now in,
the loss on land and sea of life around
Darien and Brunswiok is 120—nine
tenths colored. These roports are
secured from reliable sources, and are
verified as far as possible. The losses
are distributed as follows: Seven
Brunswick, twenty Campbell island,
five Doboy and eight on an unknown
vessel wrecked off St. Andrews bar.
The property loss, including Darien,
Brunswick, Sapelo, St. Simons, Jekyl,
Cumberland and Wolf islands, sur
rounding rice fields, stock, cattle and
buildings, at conserative figures, is es
timated at $1,000,000.
On Egg island, James Stocldey and
wife climbed to their dwelling roof for
safety. The water rose and drowned
Mrs. Stockley. Stockley held his
wife’s body until it grew stiff. A wave
come and tore his wife’s body from his
hands and sent Stockley into a nearby
tree. His wife’s body floated by him
to sea and he could not reach it. He
spent a night of horror in the tree,and
when the water subsided built a raft
and drifted to St. Simons, being sev
eral days without food.
At Sapelo island the people are re
ported safe, but the lighthouse is ren
dered useless by the waves. One
wave, thirty-five feet high, is reported
by the keeper to have hit it.
All of Wolf Island clubhouse build
ings were washed away. The family
living there have not yet been heard
from and are supposed to bo drowned.
Pilot Frank Fador, on St. Andrews
bar, reports that his boat, Maude
Helen, is on a bluff twenty feet above
high water. His report also enume
rates the following disasters: One un
known three-masted schooner loaded
with coal was dashed to pieces on tho
south breakers, ten miles from St.
Andrews light, and all hands, estima
ted at eight, wero lost.
Damage on Cumberland Island.
The Hotel Cumberland property was
damaged $5,000. Macon row was
completely ruined. The seas washed
the underpinning away and wrecked it
all. The pavillion was washed up on
the railroad track. Atlanta row was
unroofed and undermined. The main
hotel building’s cupola is gone and
portions of the roof. The steamboat
dock had nothing left but the piling.
The main bluff at High Point, Cum
berland, is washed away from one hun -
dred to one hundred and fifty feet back
into the mainland.
Mrs. Lucy Carnegie’s steam yacht
Dnngeness was washed upon the bluff
and badly damaged. The Carnegie
mansion at Dnngeness apparently had
been under water some feet.
Jekyl Island fort on the south end
was washed away and the heavy can
non dismounted.
The housekeeper of Charles Moody,
on the south end of Jekyl, is gone,
and Moody has not been heard from.
Jekyl dock is gone, and the water grounds ap
parently had submerged the
and cottages several feet.
The three-masted schooner Edna
and Emtna, loaded with coal and
railroad iron, is up iu the marsh
abreast of Jekyl clubhouse.
John R. Young, of Ellis, Young &
Co., Savannah and Brunswick, says:
“Onr total loss will probably not all go
to $5,000. We are saving nearly
the naval stores that were swept away,
and we expect to got back all except
about 500 barrels of rosin.”
SMALL POX ATTACKS SOLDIERS.
Troops In the Philippines Now Wrest
ling With Two Discnses.
Advices received Thursday from
Manila state that there have been
fourteen cases of small pox and six
deaths from that disease among tho
American troops during the past two
days. M. Powers, First
The dead are H.
California regiment; Henry Wheeler,
Second Oregon; Henry Culver, Four
teenth infantry; Joseph Datey, George
Cooly and Frank Warwick, of the
Thirteeth Minnesota regiment.
Eight deaths from typhoid fever
have also been reported.
DEWEY AS VICE-ADMIRAL.
The Grade To Be F.evived By Congress for
His Special Benefit.
The administration will recommend
to congress the revival of the grade of
vice-admiral, and the promotion to
tha 1 rank of Rear Admiral George
Dewey, now in command of the Asiatic
station. Secretary Long made this
positive announcement Wednesday
that he intended to recommend the
grade of vice-admiral be revived, and
that that rank be conferred on Dewey.
rn\ he Abbeville Chronic le
V
WERE KEA1)Y TO RESIST.
A Fight Between Kay’s Troops and Spani
ards Narrowly Averted.
A cable dispatch from Cuba states
that a fight was narrowly averted Fri
day at Manzanillo between the Span
ish garrison, under Colonel Parron,
and the United State troops under
Colonel Eay, who nrrivod from San
tiago to take possession of the city.
The arrival of tho Americans had
taken the Spanish commander by sur
prise and he had reported to Colonel
Ilay that he had received word from
General Blanco informing him that
the date for the American occupation
had been postponed to October 10th.
Requested Colonel Hay to cable for
additional instructions. The latter
consented to do so and sent a dispatch
to General Lawton, at Santiago,
At 7 o’clock Friday morning Colonel
Hay having not heard from General
Lawton to the contrary, sent word to
Colonel Parron, that in accordance
with his instructions he should march
his men to the city from the dock a
mile away, and would take possession
of thu public buildings iu tho name
of the United States.
At 8 o’dlock the battalion was in
motion with colors flying. Colonel
Kay marched toward the city, but be
fore the troops reached the city gate
Adjutant Collins arrived with Colonel
Parron’s reply. Thb latter said he
had no objection to surrendering the
custom house at once, provided the
American ling was not raised. Colonel
Ray retorted that tho United States
was not accustomed to taking posses
sion without displaying the insignia
of its sovereignty.
The report" spread through the city
that the Americans had arrived with
colors flying and the streets were soon
thronged as the regiment marched to
ward the principal square, where it
halted.
At this point a Spanish bugler
sounded the call to arms and tho
Spanish garrison turned out to the
number of 500 men.
Colonel Ray visited Colonel Parron
and a somewhat stormy interview took
place between them with the aid of an
interpreter. The Spanish commander
said he had understood from Colonel
Ray that matters were to remain over
until October 10th and that he con
sidered himself tricked.
Colonel Ray explained that he never
said anything of that soi;t; that his in
structions were to take possession of
the city on October 7; that he had
cabled for further instructions, and
not having received any, that he had
proceeded to act upon his original
orders.
Thereupon Colonel Parron said the
American troops must be removed at
once. Colonel Ray refused. Colonel
Parron declared ho would use force.
Colonel Ray answered:
“If you wish to precipitate further
hostilities with the United States, I
am unable to prevent it. But so far
ns I am concerned I have certain
orders, which as a soldier I am bound
to carry out. T appreciate the position
iu which you find yourself, but I am
unable to help you. If the United
States troops are fired upon I believe
the men who are with me are quite
able to take care of themselves even
though n little outnumbered, and al
though I am opposed to a useless wasto
of life I shall face the issue in any way
it suits you.”
After considerable discussion and
many requests on the part of Colonel
Parron it was decided that action be
delayed for a few hours iu order
that Gen. Blanco could be communi
cated with.
In the meantime Col. Bay received
ft dispatch from Gen. Wade explaining
that the commander of the Spanish
troops at Manzanillo had requested a
delay until October 10th and the for
mal evacuation was therefore post
poned.
The receipt of thisdispath endod tho
episode. The American troops are
occupying the barracks of Manzanillo
by permission of Col. Parron.
GEN. LEE GETS ORDERS.
Will Move Command to Savannah to Em
bark For Cuba.
Major General Fitzhugh Lee receiv
ed an order from the war department
j , Friday directing him to move his
command from Jacksonville, Fla., to
Savannah, Ga., and get it in readiness
to embark Lr Havana by the last of
this month.
General Lee left Washington Friday
night for Savannah to make prelimi
nary arrangements to carry his orders
into effect.
VOTES WERE BURNED.
Courthouse of Georgia County Mysteri
ously Destroyed by Fire.
The courthouse of Coffee county,
Gn., was burned Friday night. The
fire is believed by the democrats to
have been of incendiary origin, the
crime being inspired by a desire to de
stroy the votes cast in Wednesday’s
state election.
The populists lost the county by
failing to make the proper returns
from one precinct. The consolidation
; had been postponed for a week, and
j the courthouse is alleged by some to
| hnve been destroyed with a view to
bringing on a new election.
RE-ENFORCEMENTS FROM SPAIN
Are Being Added to the Army of Occupa
tion In Philiplne Islands.
Admiral Dewey has cabled the navy
department that he has been advised
that a number of Spanish troops have
arrived at Singapore bound for the
Philippines to re-enforce the Spanish
garrison at Iloilo, on the island of Pa
nay. At this plase is concentrated
about all that remains of the Spanish
army of occupation of the Philippines'
outside of the few troops on Luzon.
ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1898.
UPRISING ON REAR ISLAND PROVES
IU nr crmaiTfi Sbiliuus.
DESPERATE BATTLE IS FOUGHT.
Reports From Scene of Conflict Are De
layed and Ominous Forebodings
Aro Entertained.
An unconfirmed rumor reached St.
Paul, Minn., Wednesday that tho sol
diers and General Bacon have been
massacred by the Indians at Leeoh
Lake. A Brainerd operator says that
this reported massacre is true.
Earlier in the day General Bacon,
commander of the department of the
Dakotas, with 100 men of tho Third
regular infantry, just back from San
tiago, had a battle with tho Indians on
Bear Island, in which fifteen soldiers
were killed and wounded.
The troops, after the The*Indians tattle, in
trenched for the night.
must have swarmed into the trenches
later, and as the soldiers would have
fought to the death, their entire mas
sacre is probable.
Later reports show that a second
engagement was actually in progress.
A telegram, received at midnight Wed
nesday night, from Walker, Minn.,
says a fierce fight between the Indians
and the troops is still in progress.
Marshal O’Connor reports several fa
talities among the soldiers, but does
not give ths number.
Cause of Trouble Looked Into.
A special from Walker, Minn., says:
The Pillager and other neighboring
Indians of the White Earth reserva
tions claim to have many reasons for
their present outbreak, although the
direct trouble with the Pillagers comes
over attempts to bring in some of the
Indians to the United States court at
Duluth in connection with liquor sell
ing oases. Their grievances go back
through many years, and there have
been legislative and other attempts to
settle them, one of the latest being the
Nelson law regarding the sale of the
timber on the Indians’ 'lands. How
ever, the Indians claimed that the
methods of disposing of this were
joth cumbersome and expensive, and
that they were the sufferers. In regard
to the serving as witnesses in illegal
liquor selling cases, they claimed that
the deputy marshals left them to find
their way home from Duluth without
having paid denied them the proper mileage.
This is by the deputies.
The leader in the troubles with the
Pillagers is aa old warrior, Bog-Ah
Mah-Ge-Shirk, not a chief, who re
cently returned from court and was
soon afterwards sought again by the
deputies. He allegod ill treatment in
being tarned adrift penniless in Du
luth, and advised the other Indians to
protest against the way he claimed to
have been treated. The United States
General Bacon, with his Santiago
veterans from the Third infantry, left
Wednesday for Bear island, deter
mined to bring the recalcitrant Pilla
ger Indians to terms by force if neces
sary. He chartered two steamboats
and a barge and had a gatling and a
hotchkiss aboard, with which to clear
the island of possible ambushes.
News from the fort has been delayed,
which is considered ominous. The most
serious report is that the detachment
of troops with General Bacon was
massacred, the general himself being
said to be among the dead.
Three newspaper correspondents—
Brill, of the St. Louis Pioneer Press;
Beaton, of The Minneapolis Tribune,
and Knappen, of The Minneapolis
Times—are known to have been in tho
fight, and one report is that they were
killed, while another says they aro
now prisoners in the hands of the In
dians.
A special from St. Paul, Minn.,
says: Orders were issued late Wednes
day night for additional troops to go
Leech lake, and 200 soldiers have gouo
there on a special train. This is in
accordance with a telegram from Adju
tant General Corbin to Lieutenant
Colonel Sourgis, assistant adjutant
general for the department of Dakota.
Official dispatches received at Wash
ington Wednesday night brought to
the authorities the sudden realization
of an, Indian uprising of more than
ordinary dimensions.
ONE HUNDRED LOST.
That la the Eatlmated Fatal I tie* In Re
cent Coast Storm.
A Brunswick, Ga., dispatch says:
Martin Anderson, master of the Rteam
er Hessie, from Darien, reports eighty
bodies found on Butler’s island.
These, with twenty previously report
ed a Campbell island, runs to a total
of one hundred. There will probably
be other returns when the vessels be
gin to get into the surrounding rice
fields and island waterways, Tho
property damaged at Brunswick, Da
rien and surrounding country will
probably go to one million. At Jekyl
island the clubhouse and cottage dam
age will go thirty thousand.
EVANS AND PHILIPS ACCEPTS.
Naval Officers Will Be Present at the Chi
cago Jubilee.
Secretary Dixon, of the reception
committee of the Chicago peace jubi
lee, has received word from Captain
Robley D. Evans, of the battleship
Iowa, accepting the invitation to par
ticipate in the jubilee exercises. Com
modore Philips, of the Texas, has nlso
sent an acceptance.
NAYY’S LOSS IN TV AH.
Only Seventeen Sailors Wore Killed Dup
ing; Conflict With 'Spain.
A Washington dispatch says: Sovcn
teen Bailors killed and eighty-four cas
naltie*. all told, was the total loss suf
fered by the United States navy dur
ing the war. Tho figures have just
been compiled at the navy depart
ment.
In Dewey's great fight in Manila
bay not a man was killed and every
one of the nine wounded returned to
duty.
In the battle of July 3rd, off Santi
ago, one man was killed and there
were eleven wounded, all returning to
duty.
In the attack upon tho forts at tho
entrance to Santiago Jnno 22nd, One
sailor was killed and eleven wounded,
of whom seven wero able to return to
duty.
The heaviest loss of tho navy was at
Guantanamo. There were twenty-two
casualties in that 100-hour fight and
of the list six marines were killed.
Of tho wounded nine returned to duty
In the battle with the forts and gun
boats of Cienfuegos the list aggregated
eleven wounded and two killed. One
man is under treatment.
The fierce battle between the torpedo
boat. Winslow and revenue cutter
Hudson with Spanish land batteries
and artillery forces at Cardenas re
sulted in five deaths. The wounded
afterwards returned to duty.
In the bombardment of San Juan
the causalties numbered eight with
one man killed 1 One of the wounded
.
men was invalided home, while six re
turned to duly.
There were four other eausalties oc
curring in as many separate engage
ments, and that completed the list of
naval losses.
Of the sixty-seven wounded in the
war fifty-four were returned to duty,
one died of wounds, six were invalided
from the service and six continued
under treatment.
Considering results obtained this is
said to he tho most remarkable in tho
naval history of the world.
MOVING ORDERS ISSUED.
Leo’s Army Corps Instructed To Leave
Jacksonville For Savannah.
General orders were issued from
corps headquarters at Jacksonville,
Fla., Sunday for the movement of the
Seventh army corps from that city to
Savannah, Ga. The movement is to
begin as soon as the quartermaster’s
department can provide transportation.
The regipients will move in the follow
ing order:
Ninth Illinois, Second South Caro
lina, Fourth Illinois, First Texas,
Second Louisiana, Third Nebraska
(Colonel Bryan’s regiment), One Hun
dred and Sixty-first Indiana, Second
Illinois, First North Carolina, Forty
ninth Iowa, Fourth Virginia and Sixth
Missouri.
* The signal corps is to prepare itself
to move at once and to report to the
quartermaster the date at which it will
be ready to go. The sick aro to he
left at Jacksonville. The quarter
master and medical departments are
directed to provide each regiment with
requisites for establishing regimental
field hospitals.
The commanders of these respective
brigades will not be known till Gen
eral Lee shall issue the necessary or
der, and as several of the general offi
cers of the Seventh corps have been
announced to he mustered out. late this
month and some the last of November,
it is not known what officers will be in
charge of the respective brigades, as
they shall he sent to Cuba.
It is not anticipated that the stay of
the troops at Savannah will he long,
only sufficient to allow transportation
to Cuba to be provided and for em
barking the troops.
SETTLERS ARE APPREHENSIVE.
They Fear That Indians are Not Rub
clued anti Flee to Towns.
A special to the St. Paul Pioneer
Press from Ferris, Minn., a small
town north of Leech Lake, says a re
port reached there late Saturday even
ing of the killing of a white man near
Bear island during the day.
Settlers living near the Indian reser
vation are seeking shelter in towns
along the railroad. A hand of Indians
of about 150 were reported camped
within two miles of Ferris. Armed
citizens are guarding the town expect
ing an attack.
Indians professing to he friendly
were at Grneland, one and a half miles
west of Ferris Sunday evening trying
to purchase ammunition.
AMENDMENT RATIFIED.
Georgians Favor Popular Election of
Judges and Solicitors.
Reports of consolidated returns of
Georgia’s state election show the
adoption of tho constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of
judges and solicitors by the people,
This amendment was ratified by an
overwhelming majority. A few coun
ties voted it down, but in the greater
number of counties the people voted
in favor of taking a hand in these elec
tions themselves.
Some papers made the announce
ment that the amendment had been
defeated, but this was a mistake.
OMDURMAN VETERANS RETURN.
Flmt Battalion Roach.;. I.oinlon anil Be
ceiv«s Joyous Welcome.
The first battalion of the Grenadier
Guards returned to London Thursday
from Omdurman, where they took part
in the crushing defeat inflicted upon
the dervishes by General Lord Kitch
ener. From Waterloo railroad station,
where they left the train,to Wellington
barraoks, immense crowds of people
lined the streets and accorded tho he
roes a warm reception.
THE RESULT OF LAST YVEDNES*
DAY'S STATE ELECTION.
ESTIMATED MAJORITY OF 55.000.
The Contest Was an Unusually Quiet One
Governor-Elect Candler Gives
Ills Views.
Colonel Allen D. Candler’s majority
for governor of Georgia will bo very
close to 6(5,0.)0.
The vote of Wednesday's eleotion
was consolidated in the 137 counties
Thursday at noon.
In most counties the vote was vory
light. Thousands of democrats, as
well as former populists, remained ui
home, tho democrats feeling that their
ticket wus sure to bo elected.
On the basis of the latest reports re
called after the official consolidations
had been male, Celouel Candler’s ma
jority amounted to 60,931. The" total
majority will hardly exceed 70,000,
but it will not be less than flB.OOO.
Below will be found tho majorities
by counties:
Caudler. Hogan.
Appling........ 46
Baker...»...... 307
Baldwin........ 440 •
Banks ......... oc
Bartow......... 830
Berrien........ 150
Bibb........... 406
Brooks......... 446
Bryan.......... 518
Bulloch........ 458
Burke......... 7.84
Butts.......... 840
Calhoun....... 191
Camden........ 90
Campbell...... 348
Carroll......... 652
Catoosa........ 657
Charlton....... 309
Chatham....... 2,075
Chattahoochee . 118
Chattooga...... 1,284
Cherokee...... 409
Clarke......... 537
Clay .......... 320
Clayton........ 401
Clinoh......... 171
Cobb.......... 073
Coffee.........
Columbia...... 119
Colquitt....... 101
Coweta......... 938
Crawford....... <2%
Dade........... CS
Dawson........ ©
Decatur.........
De Kalb........ Of
Dodge......... 887
Dooly......... 431
Dougherty...... 223
Douglas........ 108
Early........... 880
Echols......... 370
Effingham...... 237
Elbert......... 1,665
Emanuel........ 600
Fannin......... 580
Fayette......... 588
Forsyth........ 112
Franklin....... 810
Fulton......... 3,788
Gilmer......... 1,183
Glascock....... 177
Glynn......... 03
Gordon........ 3C
Greene........ 00
Gwinnett...... 441
Habersham..... 438
Hall........... 924
Hancock....... 270
Harrison....... 10
Harris.......... 488
Hart............ 206
Heard.......... 507
Henry.......... 372
Houston........ 364
Irwin........... 2,560
Jackson......... 253
Jasper.......... 375
Jefferson....... 29
Johnson........ 89
Jones .......... 279
Laurens........ 519
Lee............ 153
Liberty......... 18
Lincoln......... 600
Lowndes....... 213
Lumpkin....... 90
Macon ........ 291
Madison........ 790
Marion......... 243
McDuffie....... 197
McIntosh....... 175
Meriwether..... 665
Miller.......... 218
Milton......... 261
Mitchell........ 842
Montgomery.... 526
Monroe........ 370
Morgan........ 821
Murray........ 326
Muscogee...... 851
Newton......... 72 L
Oconee......... 65
Oglethorpe..... . 2,113
Paulding....... 101
Pickens........ 341
Pierce......... 122
Pike........... 445
Polk........... 666
Pulaski........ 872
Putnam........ 255
Quitman....... 269
Ilabun......... 435
Randolph...... 710
Richmond...... 942
Rockdale....... 264
Schley......... 154
Screven........ 99
Spalding....... 424
Stewart........ 483
Sumter ..: ...... 556
Talbot......... 342
Talliaforro...... 66
Tatnall......... 211
Taylor......... 70
Teifair......... 1,228
Terrell......... 362
Thomas........ 496
Towns..... ;i:io
Troup..... 1,150
Twiggs .... (115
Union...... 450
Upson..... 408
Walker.....
Walton.....
Ware......
Warren 81
Washington 490
Wayne..... 133
Webster 445
White...... 50
Whit Held... 198
Wilcox.....
Wilkes..... 550
Wilkinson .. 280
Worth..... 200
Candler’s majority. .65,021
Governor-Elect Candler’* Talk*.
Governor-elect Allen D. Candler
reached Atlanta Wednesday afternoon
and was overwhelmed with the con
grntulations of callers at tho demo
cratic headquarters in the Kimball
house iu the afternoon. In speaking
of the result of the election he said:
Of course, J am very much gran
ted at the result, hut not surprised.
While I made no thorough canvass of
the slate, I was in a few counties in
every quarter, and felt assured that the
position that T had taken, not only in
in this campaign, but in the prelimi
nary campaign for nomination in favor
of clean methods and honest politics,
met the approbation of an overwhelm
ing majority of the best people in tho
state.
“It is a source of gratification to me
to he able to say sincerely that no
word was uttered by me or my friends
during the campaign that T would re
tract, and we have done nothing that
wo desire to undo. The campaign
was pitched on a high plane ami
fought out on a high plane without
descending to the disreputable meth
ods which hnve characterized our op
ponents in many of the counties.
"It is gratifying to know that the
best elements in the populist party in
Georgia have returned to tho demo
cratic standard. There are in the
state, as I have repeatedly said on the
stump, many thousands of good men
misled by aspiring leaders in tho pop
ulist party, but who are at heart, and
always have been democrats. To all
of them the democrats of Georgia ex
tend a hearty welcome back into tho
fold of the democratic pnrty, and for
myself, I can say that I appreciate
the support they have given me. It is
apparent to all readers of the news
papers that some of the moHt intelli
gent and patriotic leaders ot the third
party movement abandoned the fight
as ioogjas the effort at. fusion with the
republic ) party became apparent,
and these leaders have not been beard
from in the campaign which has just
closed. think'
“I Ve+y be snfely assumed
that this campaign ends the populist
party in Georgia, because th'u -feanest
men who have aligned themselves with
this party for the last three campaigns
now see, as some of them have always
seen, that the democratic party is in
dee.l and in truth the only people’s
party that ever has or ever can exist in
this republic. If the evils of which
they have justly complained cannot
he corrected through the democratic
party, they cannot he corrected at all.
“I will endeavor to show my appre
ciation of these generous expressions
of the people of Georgia by giving
them as good nn administration as it
is in my power to direct. I am over
whelmed with a deep sense of appre
ciation at this generous manifestation
of their confidence. 1 will endeavor
to show them that it is not misplaced.”
A FRUITLESS MISSION.
Agulnaldo’s Representative Will Now Ap
peal to Peace? Commissioners at Paris.
Felipe Agoncillo, the representative
of Aguitialdo, the leader of the Filipi
nos, sailed from New York Saturday
for France, where he expects to be al
lowed to present, tho appeal of the
Filipinos to the American peace com
missioners.
"Wo had enough of Spanish mis
rule,” said he, “and if the United
States will not grant us independence
like the Cubans, then we will have to
he satisfied with annexation.”
GOOD FOR SAVANNAH.
One Million Dollars Will Be Spent, On
New Terminal*.
One million dollars is to he expend
ed in building railroad terminals on
Hutchinson’s island, opposite Savan
nah, Ga., by the Georgia and Alabama
Terminal company, which includes a
utynber of northern capitalists. The
capital of $300,000 lias been subscribed
aud bonds to the extent of $1,000,000
are to be issued, the Georgia and
Alabama leasing terminals when in
i eadiness.
Tho entire river trout of the island
has been bought.
YACHT UA(’.SIZED.
Four Persons Drowned J >» Swift Current,
of* If cidnon K-i ver.
N. L. Weatherby, commodore of tho
Troy Yacht club, and three compan
ions, Stephen J. Mallory, Mrs. Wil
liam Rresliu and .Miss Elizabeth Sav
age, were drowned by the capsizing of
a yacht in tho Hudson river, three
miles north of Troy, N. Y., Wednes
day.
At last accounts tho bodies had not
been recovered. The accident was
due to the swift current in the river.
GOVERNOR TAYLOR IMPROVES.
Friends of Tennessee’s Chief Executive
Hopeful of His Recovery.
A dispatch of Friday from Nash
ville, Tenn., says: The condition of
Goveror Robert L. Taylor, who is is very im
ill at his home in Johnson City,
proved. His physicians have ordered
absolute rest and quiet for him, and
his friends are quite hopeful of his ul
timate recovery.
NO. 38.
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I OK LOCATION OF THREE ARM*
CORPS IN THE SOUTH.
GEORGIA GETS +0,000 SOLDIERS..
Majoi* Generals Wheeler, Brcckenrldga
and Graham Will Be In Command
of the Troops.
.
A general order was issued at
Washington Friday from the cffics ef
Gen. Milos organizing new araagr
corps and designating various poiata
where the troops shall be station*#.
Tho Third, Fifth and Sixth corps ara
discontinued; the First, Second and
Fourth corps reorganized. They ai*
to be commanded respectively by KU
- Generalg Breckinridge, Grata*.
and Wheeler. The headquartera *f
C()r P R wl “
Macon °» Beeon* -
cor P s - ,
corps, Augusta, Ga.; Fourth eerpa,
Huntsvil e, Ala.
or< ^ er 18 ** 0 *
lows:
By direction of the secretary of war
tho Third, Fifth and Sixth army corpa
are discontinued; the First., Se«oni
and Fourth army corps will be reor
ganized and assigned to camps as be
low specified: Major General
First army corps,
Breckinridge, U. S. V. , commanding,
headquarters at Macon, Ga.
First division, headquarters at Ma
con, Ga.
First brigade, Atlanta, Ga., Thirty
first. Michigan, Fourth Tennessee and
Sixth Ohio.
Second brigade, Macon, Ga., Third
U. S. "v. engineers, Second Ohio and
Sixth Virginia.
Third brigade, Macon, Ga., Tenth
U. S. V. infantry and Seventh U. S. V.
infantry. hoadquarterB at
Second division,
Columbus, Ga.
First brigade, Columbus, Ga., First
West Virginia, One Hundred and Six
tieth Indiana and Third Kentucky.
Second brigade, Amerieus, Ga.,
Eighth Massachusetts, Twelfth New
York and Third North Carolina.
Third brigade, Albany, Ga., Second
Missouri, Third Mississippi and First
Territorial U. S. V. infantry.
Second army corps, Major General
W. M. Graham, U. S. V., command
ing, headquarters at Augusta, Go.
First division, headquarters at An
gus ta, Go.
First brigade, Augusta, Ga., Tenth
Ohio, First Maryland and Third Mich
igan. Summerville, 8
Second brigade, .
Fourteenth Pennsylvania, Third
Connecticut and Ninth Ohio (battol-
10 “;J hirdbngnde, Augusta, . , „ a., *
P< Ivnnia Eighth Pennsyl
vania Second am. divn.. |jenth £• Minnesota, headquarter, at
Greenville, 8. C. fh ■ . Gr-,
First brigade, Greenville,
Two Hundred and Third New York,
Second West Virginia and Fourth New
Jersey.
Third brigade, Columbia, S. C.,
First Rhode Island, Second Tennessee
and First Delaware.
Third division, headquarters at
Athens, On.
First brigade, Athens, Ga., Fif
teenth Pennsylvania, Third New Jer
sey and Two Hundred and Second
Now York.
Second brigade, Athens, Ga., Third
Georgia and Twenty-second New York.
Second brigade, Spartanburg, 8. C.,
Fourth Missouri, Fifth Massachusette
and Two Hundred and First New York.
Fourth army corps, Major General
Joseph Wheeler, U. 8. V., command
ing, headquarters at Huntsville, Ala.
First division, headquarters at
Huntsville, Ala.
First brigade, Huntsville, Ala., Six
teenth United 8tates infantry and
Sixty ninth New York. al
Second division, headquarters
Anniston, Ala.
First brigade, Anniston, Ala., See
oiul United States infantry, Fourth
Kentucky aud Third Alabama.
Sezond brigade, Anniston, Ala.,
Second Arkansas, Third Tennessee
and Fourth Wisconsin.
Cavalry brigade, Huntsville, Ala.,
Second United States cavalry, Sixth
United States cavalry and Tenth Uni
ted States cavalry.
RIG STRIKE IN PARIS.
Dissatisfied Laborers Block Work oil
Exposition Buildings.
Advices from Paris state that the
strike of the laborers there has ex
tended to nearly all the building trades
ami it is feared the railroad men will
join in tho movement. Work on the
exposition buildings and underground
railroad has completely ceased.
About sixty thousand men have
gono out on strike and the situation is
causing consternation. The attitude
of tho strikers is increasingly aggres
sive and fights between strikers and
so-called “black legs” are incessant,
involving the intervention of the au
thorities.
LEE WILL REORGANIZE CORPS. i
IIi» Army Will Consist of Two Divisions of
Two Brigades Each.
A Washington special say*: Gen
eral Lee has been ordered to reorgan
ize the Seventh army corps bow unde?
his command at Jacksonville se as to
make it consist of two divisions of two
brigades each.
General Wheeler left the capital
Saturday for Huntsville, Ala., ere
he assumes command of the Fourth
corps.