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THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES. VOL. 6.—NO. 4. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. BUSINESS IN THE SENATE. Several Bills Which Will Speedily Receive Attention. Washington, Dec. 29.—The bills before the Senate which come under the head of unfinished business, are Senator Cullom’s Inter-State Commerce bill, which is wholly unlike the Reagan bill before the House, and proposes to create a commission for the regulation of railways, and the Ore gon Central land grant forfeiture, the latter, however, not yet having been dis cussed, though made a special order for Thursday of last week. After these are out of the way Senator Blair, from the Com- j mittee on Education and Labor, will make ; an eSort to get up the Foran bill to prohibit the importation of foreign labor. Senator Brown, of Georgia, and other prominent Democratic Senators, are understood to be opposed to the measure, but the Republi cans are generally in favor of it, and if it can be pressed to a vote, Senator Blair has no doubt of its passage. HON. S. J. BANDAU, Arrives in Louisville and Receives a Warm Greeting. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 29. —Hon. S. J. Randall, Mrs. Randall and Congressman McAdoo arrived here last night. At sev eral towns along the trip crowds had gath ered to see him, and he made short speeches from the train. He is the guest here of Hon. Oscar Turner. At noon to-day he visited the Commercial Exchange to greet the merchants of the city, having been in vited to do so by Directors of the Board of Trade. This afternoon he will be dined at the Pendennis Club, and in the evening will address a mass meeting at Leiderkranz Hall. At midnight he leaves for Nashville in charge of a committee from that city. GOLD AND SILVER. Great Excitement in a Georgia Town. St. Louis, Dec. 29—A dispatch from Spring Place, Ga, says : Recent discoveries of very rich gold veins on and about Fort Mountain have now been supplemented by the discovery of wonderful silver mines and great excitement exists throughout that section. The richest deposit yet found is seven miles from Spring Place and eighteen miles from Dalton. The lead is about 1,500 feet wide, 300 deep, and 28 miles long, and is ■ now being worked at Ducktown, Tenn. The ore is only five feet from the surface and assays from S6O to $2,300 to the ton. DOUBLE MURDER. A Well Known Cattle Man and Wife Found Dead. Sierra Blanca, Texas, Dec. 29. —Thos. Merritt, a well known cattle man with his wife, were yesterday discovered murdered on the Merritt & Mailry ranche, some 40 miles Southwest of here on the Rio Grande. Merritt had two Mexicans in his employ and was seen alive on Christmas day. Extensive Fire —Loss, $200,000. Canton, 0., Dec. 29. —The extensive sad dlery hardware works, of Ellbell, Gillam & Co., caught fire at midnight, and is now in ruins. The building destroyed cost $16,000. The loss of the firm will reach $200,000 — insurance, SIOO,OOO. Two hundred men will be thrown out of work. The work will be rebuilt. Suicide of an African Traveler. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 29.—Henry N. Austin, who traveled through Africa with Stanley and through many other little known countries alone, was found dead in the woods near here Saturday. He had sui cided by shooting himself while suffering from African fever, contracted while on one of his expeditions. Suicide of a Railroad Agent. Woonsocket, R. 1., Dec. 29—Ezekiel Young, agent of the Providence and Spring field Railroad, this morning locked himself in an engine house at Pascong and blew out his brains with a revolver. Trouble with a bank where he had deposited money js the only cause known. t To Take the Veil. Washington, Dec. 29—A sensation has been caused in society here by the an nouncement upon authority of Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte that the lady’s daughter, Miss Constance Edgar, will take the veil about Easter time. Gladstone's 75th Birthday. London, Dec. 29. —10-day is the 75th anniversay Mr. Gladstone’s birth. Prepar ations have been made by his friends for a suitable celebration of the event. Probabilities. Washington, Dec. 29. —Indications for the South Atlantic States: Partly cloudy weather and local rains, with northwesterly winds, and stationary temperature. “ROUGH ON TOOTHACHE.” Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache. Ask for “Rough on Toothache. ’ 15 and 25c. Dr. Bosanko. This name has become so familiar with the most of people throughout the United States that it is hardly necessary to state that he is the originator of the great Dr. Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup, the people s favorite remedy, wherever known, for Coughs, Colds, Consumption and all and Lungs. Price 50 cents and *I.OO. Sold by Osceola Butler and E. J. Kieffer. Adv. Ft r the latest style and low prices in gents xyrnishing goods, iL Fried’s is tne place* SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1884. ATLANTA AFFAIRS. Various Item* of Interest Chronicled by Our Correspondent. Special Dispatch to Savanrah Daily Times. Atlanta, Dec. 29 —A telegram from ) the Chief of Police of Greenville. S. C., states that the unknown man who died here in Mercer’s Hotel Friday, from “blowing out the gas,” is Pink Brothers, alias Pink Bradley, of Pickens county, S. C. Four men are now being tried before a United States Commissioner at Gainesville, I for the connection with the recent conspii | acy to kill out the revenue men. Their I names are as follows : Hiram Grant, Thos. I Grant, Oregon Smith and little Anderson I Grant. The Coroner of Henry county on yester- I day investigated the killing of Mitchell by ■ I Shields, at Stockbridge, day before yester j terday, and found that the killing was justi i liable". Shields was trying to quiet a row between Mitchell and a negro, and into which several other parties had been drawn, i Shields had taken a rifle from one of the 5 parties and was going into a store with it, ; when Mitchell fired three barrels of a pis tol at him. Shields turned and fired the rifle at Mitchell. The ball entered Mitch ell’s head and killed him. CHINESE ROBBERS. Three Celestials Hack a Countryman to Pieces and Take His Money. Newark, N. J., Dec. 29 —Three China men in American dress entered Hong | Chong’s laundry, No. 555 Market street, last i Friday night and demanded the key to his •' money box. On his refusing to give it up they strung him up to a rafter and with a l hatchet and knife hacked him all over the body until, wild with pain, he revealed the ' hiding place of the key. They took all the > money he had and left without releasing ‘ him. His moans attracted attention, and the neighbors finally cut him down and at-1 ' tended to his wounds; he can hardly recover. I He says he cannot identify the assailants. ANOTHER SPECULATION. Senator Thurman Mentioned for the Cab inet. ’ | A Washington special states that promi ' nent Democrats, who have visited and talked with Governor Cleveland, have con fided to friends the fact that he often ' makes inquiries about ex-Senator Thur man. This fact has been communicated jto the friends of the ex-Senator from i i Ohio, and they begin to hope that Cleve- - I land has the former Democratic leader of 1 I the Senate in view for a Cabinet position. - I If the Democratic members of the House of j Representatives should be consulted by the | President-elect, it is plain that their voice | would be almost overwhelmingly for Thur- j man. Nearly all of them openly declare that if Cleveland wants to honor Ohio with ' ! a Cabinet position and wishes to satisfy the j Democracy of that State, Thurman is the . man for the Cabinet. New York Stock Market. New York, Dec. 29. —At 1:30 p. m. to day quotations were : Union Pacific <5% Missouri Pacific 89% Western Union Telegraph Co 54% Pacific Mail 55% Lake Shore 60% Louisville and Nashville 25% Texas Pacific.. 12% Denver and Rio Grande _B% | Michigan Central 54 Delaware, Lackawanna <fc West’n 89% Northwestern - 83% St. Paul 70% Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 115% Oregon Transcontinental 14 Northern Pacific 40% Rock Island 107% Jersey Central 38% Memphis and Charleston 20 East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3 East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5% Philadelphia and Reading 17% Omaha (com) 23% 1 Omaha (pfd) 83% . New York Central 81% Kansas and Texas !•’% ■ Erie 13% New York Produce Market. . I New York, Dec. 29—Flour dull and un changed. Wheat No. 2 red winter for De cember 83c. Corn No. 2 mixed for Decem ber 56|c. Oats No. 2 mixed 34Jc for Jan ary. Pork dull, mess sl2 30a12 37. Lard $6 90a6 92J for January; $6 93a6 97 for February. Molasses dull, ranging from 40 to 52c. Turpentine dull at 3 la3ljc. Rosin dull, strained $1 22Jal 27J. Sugar nom inal. Coffee dull, fair cargoes 9|c. Chicago 'Change. Chicago, Dec. 29. —Wheat opened Jc higher than Saturday’s closing; January 74c; February 75fc; May 81$c. Corn Jc higher; January 35c; February 34fc; May 37|c. Oats nominally unchanged. Lard sa7|c higher at $6 70 for February. Pork sa7|c lower at $lO 90 for February. Mr. Morris Sullivan, Savannah,says: “I have given Brown’s Iron Bitters a fair test and found it in case of indigeston from which I was a sufierer, all that is claimed for it. I heartily recommend it to the afflicted. pretty women. Ladies who would retain freshness and viyacity. Don’t fail to try “Wells’ Health Renewer.” Mrs. Annie Benken, 10 William street, Savannah, says: “I suffered severe neuralgia in the neck and could find no relief. I tried Brown’s Iron Bitters with very favora ble results.” ‘ROUGH ON ITCH.’ “Rough on Itch” cures humors, eruptions ringworms, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet hilblains. Favorite Cigarettes are mild, sweet and ver fine. The prettiest goods for men, youths and boys in the city can be found at B. H Levy A Bro.’s. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. EXPLOSION OF THE AUGUSTA GAS j WORKS. Four Men Among the Ruins—No Visible I Chance for their Escape—A Pathetic Scene. Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29.—The Augusta gas works exploded this morning at 10 o’clock. Four men are among the ruins crying for assistance. There is no visible chance for their escape. A very pathetic | scene is presented to our noble volunteer fire department. The explosion caused a I heavy shock in that vicinity. The fire will [ i be confined to that building. later particulars. Augusta, Dec. 29—At 11 o’clock to-day an explosion occurred at the Augusta gas works while the workmen were making re pairs and tapping a big pipe in the meter room under the office. The explosion burst the pipe and a large meter recently bought in Philadelphia, costing $1,200. The office is a complete wreck and a two-story brick building is completely annihilated with all the office furniture. The total loss is about $5,000. Win. Pendleton, of the Pendleton foundry, was superintending tne work,and was blown through a hole in the wall of the building, thus saving his life, as the house fell immediately in a wreck. He was struck by bricks and internally injured, and was fastened under the debris, but was extri cated before the fire reached him. He was badly singed in his hair and whiskers Two negroes, Dennis Davis and Pompey Young blood, were badly injured by the explosion, ind Davis is at the point of death. The firemen soon extinguished the flames, which caused the explosion. The main works of company will supply the city all right with gas. The Astors and Vanderbilts. I New York Letter in Troy Tinies. The rivalry between the Astors and Van derbilts is nowhere more apparent than in the array of guests at the recent wedding. None of the Vanderbilts were present, nor were any of their followers. The Goulds, the Sloans and the Depews were all con spicuous by their absence, no'hing but blue blood being wanted on such an occasion. It . is well understood, indeed, in society circles that the Astors consider the Vanderbilts parvenues, and when the latter began to ’ build such magnificent palaces it gave rise to the inevitable rivalry of wealth. Van derbilt has the finest collection of pictures in America, and he has gathered around him a circle of active and progressive minds, while the Astors are of a more quiet character. The prestige and eclat which William H. Vanderbilt won by the Obelisk enterprise was also felt in the same direc tion. All of these things indicate a rivalry between the old noblesse on the one hand and the parvenues on the other, and this will continue until New York society is ranged under the one or the other of these contending banners, like the old houses of Capulet and Montague. A Prominent Farmer Writes. Roßßirr Station, Jones County, Ga., June 20th 1884—By the recommendation ot Rev. C. C. Davis used Dr. Mozely’s Lemon Elixir lor indigestion, de qllity and nervous prostration, having been a great sufferer for years and tried all known remedies ior these diseases, all ot which failed. Five boities of Lemon Elixir made a new man of me and restored my strc ngth and energy so that 1 can attend to my farm with all ease and comfort. Refer any one to me. I our friend, William B. Emerson. A Card From Cuthbert: This Is to certify that I used Dr. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir for neuralgia of the head and eyes with the most marked benefits to my general health. 1 would gladly have paid SSOO for the relief it has given me at a cost of two or three dollars. H. A. Beall, Clerk Superior Court, Randolph Co. Cuthbert, Ga., June 21, 1884. Dr. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir, prepared at his drug store, 114 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. It cures ail biliiousness, constipation, indigestion, headache, malaria, kidney disease, fever, chills, .m purities of the blood, loss of appetite, debility and nervous prostration by regulating the Liver. Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and Blood. Lemon Elixir is prepared from the fresh juice of lemons, combined with other vegetable liver tonics, cathartics, aromatic stimulants and blood puriliers. Fifty cents for one half pint bottle, one dollar for pint and half bottle. Sold by druggists generally ml by all wholesale Druggists. Too Many to the Acre. Our crop of Overcoats bas been too plenti ful for this season, and as the weather proph ets predict mild weather for next year—lßßs and ’B6—we have decided not to burn our stock, but to put them on the market, and sell them [or what they will briny. Our Overcoats must be sold. It is only a question for you if you will take advantage of our low prices and supply yourself with an Overcoat, and save money. We will sell you a good, strong *9 Overcoat for *6, a 815 Overcoat for *l2, and the finest *3O Overcoat in Savannah for *2O. Boys’ Overcoats, from 4 to 12years old, as low as 83, Youths’ Overcoats, from 12 to 17 years, from *5 up. We have plenty of fine Suits on hand which we will sell at greatly reduced prices. Remember and buy of the “Famous," as we give a prize of half the purchase money to every twentieth purchaser. “-Famous” New York Clothing House, 140 Congress street. Ridge, Mclntosh County, Ga. Dr. J. Bradtl-ld—Dear Sir: I have taken several bottles of your Female Regulator for falling of the womb and other diseases com bined, of 16 years standing, and 1 really be lieve I am cured entirely, for which please ac cept my heartfelt thanks and most profound gratitude. I know your medicine saved my life, so you see I cannot speak too highly in in Its favor. I have recommended it to sev eral of my friends who are suffering as I was, Yours, very respectfully, MRS. W. E. STEBBINS. Treatise on the Health and Happiness of Woman mailed free. Bradfield Regulator Co., Box 28. Atlanta, Ga. Drunkenness, or the Liquor Habit, can be Cured by Administering Dr. Hain s’ Golden S pciflc. It can be given in a cup of coffee or tea without the knowledge of the person taking It, effecting a speedy and permanent cure, whether the patient is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of drunkards have been made temperate men who have taken the Golden Specific in their coffee without their knowledge, and to-day believe they quit drinking of their own free will. No harmful effects result from Its adminis tration. Cures guaranteed. Circulars and testimonials sent free. Address Golden Specific Co., 185 Race St., Cincinnati, O. j SPANISH-AMERICAN TRADE. I The Important Part that the Exposition Will Perform in Securing It for the United States. Memphis Avalanche. I Yesterday the Avalanche spoke of one of the important lessons of the great Exposi , tion. What will be the results of the inter national exhibit? The country stands at the opening of an important era. Its weightiest domes’ic questions have been settled for fifty years to come. Making no great account of the few fossils I North and South who yet cling ard will yet cling to old prejudices until death dis- I solve them, sectionalism and the terms : “North” and “South” as political designa tions have faded out forever. I When this was a young and crude nation | with few industries, its sole commercial and other foreign relations were naturally with the older and more advanced coun j tries of the world. England, France, Spain I and Holland stood toward us in the relations in which we now ought to stand toward Spanish America. They made the profits of trade out of Americin commerce which older nations made out of those less ad vanced. Now we are full grown and with out losing the benefits of any necessary and profitable connections with the other world, i we stand ready to play our own part in se , curing the profits of trade with backward peoples, at the same time becoming their leader in civilization and progress. i In 1822-23 Henry Clay, as Secretary of . State, glancing at the Spanish-American i struggle for liberty, and seeing the oppor , tunity of the country sixty years too soon, . as he had seen it while in the Senate, pro posed, or fell in with, the idea of a Panama . conference. His object was partly political, , partly with a view to advance the great I cause of liberty, which he had much at i I heart; but he also saw and pictured in i glowing terms the commercial and other . advantages of a United S'ates leadership in the American family of nations. The slave ! interest opposed; the domestic questions in . terposed; and these had yet to be settled. | The opposition of the slave interest afforded the only instance in American history, in • i connection with foreign relations, where the r I South was not foremost in broad national and wise foreign politics. And even then ’ | the South was not unanimous. Nor was ’ | the North united. * 5 We stand now now where all domestic t reasons for opposition have disappeared -3 The American family of nations has grown 3 up without practical recognition of the ties , of interest which unite all American peoples , more closely than they can be united with j more distant and other peoples. The United 3 States are the natural leader of the Ameri t can group of nations. > It has been proposed to revive the idea of t a conference, but it is probable that the New , Orleans Exposition, under the management . of Colonel E. A. Burke, a man thoroughly ) alive to this great question, and himse.f an . active practical laborer in that field, who has already secured considerable Spanisb . American trade for New Orleans will prove . the better way to the solidarity of the , American family of nations under the lead- ■ er ship of the United States. We stand at the opening of this great question. In agriculture and manufactures this country has surpassed in its rate of pro , gress anything ever known in the history of the world. But we are suffering from ple thora, making more than we can consume • and finding no foreign outlet. It is neces- ■ sary now to cut through all frivolous objec l tions made by trivial and partial interests, to drive straight at the main chance, to take our place at the head of American pro gress, and lead as we have led our own. Spanish Americaoffers territory, soil, clime, actual products and capacity for production, i dwarfing even our own vast capacities. ' Here we enter a rich and ever-widening . | field. The Exposition, with its Spanish-Amer . ican resources, products and commercial 1 possibilities, with its visiting citizens from ■. our sister republics, offers a speedy and feas ible way to find the way to full fruition of [ all and more than all Clay, with his bold, 1 I stateslike imagination ever dreamed. > I To the Mississippi Valley this promises f ; prosperity, while it comes with equal prom , I ise to tempt the worker upon bleak New I England hills, the laborer in the far North \ west, the delver upon the Pacific slope, and 1 the millions in the great interior. | The Exposition, just at this important era, is rich in promise of results far beyond ■ anything ever dreamed of or contemplated ■ by its projectors. If one might glance far ' down into the long reaches of time, it prom ises to lead Spanish America, in one century, to the point now occupied by the United States; and in the process to place the Uni ted States at the end of a century as the very “roof and crown of things” amongst nations. Far short of all that stand plain, practi cal advantageous results most timely to a people whose trade, production and labor languish from overproduction; and these any mole eye ought to be able to see. MOTHERS. If you are failing; broken, worn out and nervous, use “Wells’ Health Renewer.” sl. Druggists. Persons wearing artificial teeth should use Holmes’ Mouth Wash and Dentifrice. It will keep the gums healthy and free from soreness; keeps the plate from getting loose and being offensive. “ROUGH ON COUGHS.” Ask for “Rough on Coughs,” for Coughs Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches 1 15c. Liquid, 25. The ghost at the White House is said to walk half of every night, but he could put in for double that amount of ork if he wasn’t afraid of the morning air, and knew that Dr. Bull s Cough Syrup cured all kinds of troub some coughs and colds. Miss Ida Haddock, Savannah, writes: “Brown’s Iron Bitters relieved me of weak back and nervous depression, caused by in digestion. It also has gone far toward re lieving me of that distressing disease exze ma—pronounced by many incurable.” WESTERN PRODUCE. SPECULATION LANGUISHING. A Dull Week—Bulls and Bears Watching and Waiting—No Revival Looked For Before January Ist. Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times. Chicago, Dec. 29. —The week on ’Change has been very dull, chiefly owing to the in terruption in business caused by Christmas and the disposition of operators to even up trades so as to start out square on the new year. Many of the leading dealers have I been out of the city, and some days the at- | tendance was not much more than half the j usual average, with a good share of the I time given to “horse play.” Wheat started firm on predictions of a j speedy diminution in receipts and fair pur , chases by Wright, Hamile & Brine, Baxter ■ and Lester. Advices from all about the country told of an enormous shrinkage in farmers’ deliveries and small amounts of grain remaining in first hands, both of which facts must be felt here. Export buy ing at the seaboard too was reported good, and the bulls soon had a little boom under der way. All their calculations, how ever, received a black eye when the visible supply statement show ing an increase of nearly two million bushels was posted. Those who had bought in hopes that the long delayed turning , point had come sold out and a few scalpers, went “short” carrying values back to their former level. Since then the market has dragged along within a very narrow ranges being boosted a trifle by the reported dis covery ol an error of half a million bushels in the statement of grain at Buffalo, and weighed down by an almost entire absence of outside orders and continued negleet by the local trade. Now all inquiries begin with: “After January 1 when dealers get down to business again.” No one seems to look for much activity or any important change until then. After that, everything depends upon the receipts. If, as the bulls persistently argue, the mevements have per manently fallen off, if the small farmers have all sold out and the rich ones are de termined to hold, conservatives agree that, considering the very low prices now 1 ruling, a rise is almost certain. 1 But if the grain continues to How in, and the amount in sight keeps piling up ' at the rate of a million to a million and a half bushels per week, it is thought a 1 slumpy, sagging market will result, unless ! moneyed speculators put forth an immense ' effort. The amount of grain on passage to ' the United Kingdom and Continent has de creased over a million bushels and stocks in England are expected to show a material reduction at the end of the year, but agains ' this must be put the fact that the new wheat crop there is looking very promising Corn has ruled quiet, “steady and feature less,” about covering the situation. Rec»ipts average lighter but show an improvement in quality. All fears of a squeeze in ear have vanished, but many think there wi 1 ' yet be a moderate advance in it from legiti mate causes. Provisions have been affected by the same influence which interfered with business in other articles. Packers are selling moder ately against their production, and, should , hogs come in more freely next week, which is not improbable, many look for a lower range. HANDSOME TRIBUTE. A Banquet to Col. Owens on His Df partlire for Savannah. > Mention has been made in the Daily ' Times of the appointment of Col. Charles D. Owens as Traffic Manager of the Savan nah, Florida and Western Railway. Oi ■ the eve of his departure from New York, i where had been stationed for years as the 1 representative of the company, he was ten- ■ tendered a complimentary banquet (as we f learn from a neat circular enclosing copy i of the menu) in the private parlors of the Astor House by a few of his friends. After 1 the bountiful feast had been discussed, Mr. ' W. F. Allen, editor of the Official Railway Guide, made a few preliminary remarks, paying a glowing tribute to the guest of the evening, and proposing his health and suc cess. Col. Owens responded as follows : “Gentlemen —It would be doing scant justice to my feelings were I to confine my self to the usual form of acknowledging the graceful compliment you have paid me on this occasion. Ours is a jealous and an ex acting pursuit; it leaves but little time to cultivate the graces of oratory, and I can only try to express my gratitude by saying from my heart of hearts, ‘I thank you.’ It is a most gratifying proof of the kindly regard of my business associates, and one that will serve to keep the memory of my New York friends fresh and green on the tablets of life’s memory. A witty « riter has somewhere said that when man arrives at the reminiscent stage of existence it marks the culminating period; all that occurs after ward is not worth recording. Ido not feel this to be true. Thanks to a kindly Provi dence I enjoy good health, feel that I am still capable of work, and what is more, keenly enjoy the pursuits I am engaged in All this preparatory to a condensed story in one chapter. “Shortly after the war I landed in this city, with" all the sectional animosity and feeling engendered by that conflict. Among the people of this section I found some ot my warmest friends. I married here, and my children were born here, eighteen years ago. From the fourth story of a Broadway building I began to spread the news to an expectant world that there was an all-rail line to Florida, and proudly announced that we could put a traveler into Jackson sonville in seventy-two hours from leaving New York. Fifteen hours of the time was consumed between Savannah and Jackson ville. We will not dwell upon that period. Many who traveled over this portion of the line believed that nothing but Provident e and a judicious schedule saved their lives. To-day, we send a passenger from Jersey City to Jacksonville.in a Pullman car in thirty six ho with a choice of routes. The steam $6 00 A YEAR. ship service has not been behind in improve ment. Our steamships esnnot be surpassed iby any, and what in 1864 j was a passage of fottr days lias | b ?en reduced to an average trip of fifty-five hours, aud the time from Savan nah to Jacksonville has been reduced from fifteen to less than five hours. Eighteen years ago, Florida oranges and Florida pro ducts were unknown in New York ; now we transport one million boxes of oranges pet annum. Eighteen years ago we had a dis jointed, poorly equipped, and nearly broken down road ; now we have nearly one thous and miles of track, and think our system will compare favorably with the wealthier and older trunk lines of the North. Do you I not think I have much to be proud of, much to. | be grateful for—proud to know that the mau ■ agement of this system has called me to th© head of its Traffic Department, and grateful that the many years spent in their etnploy bas been acknowledged in this manner '* I To add to my happiness, my New York friends meet to congratulate me and wish me God speed on the journey to my new home. Allow me to propose, as a toast, the Transportation Guild of New York, steam ship and rail—its steamships represented by one who is ever Yonge; its railways by one ever fresh and blooming as the Rose.” Colonel Owens’ remarks were received with cheers. Speeches were made by Mr- W. S. St. George, General Agent Cincinnati Southern Railway; H. W. Cary, General Agent Kanawha Dispatch; representatives of the press and others. The health of Colonel H. S. Haines, General Manager, was drunk standing, and responded to W. F. Allen, Editor Official Railway Guide, who paid a high tribute to his ability. Letters and telegrams of regret were received from a number of parties. Among the guests present were the following: H. Yonge, agent Ocean Steamship Com pany; O. F. Burton, Freight Agent Balti more and Ohio Railroad; H. R. Christian, General Soliciting Agent Ocean Steamship Company; H. P. Clark, General Eastern Passenger Agent Associated Railways; F. M. Ironmonger, Freight Agent Associated Railways; H. V. Tompsins, Eastern Passen ger Agent Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line; Jonah H. White, Eastern Passen ger Agent Atlantic Coast Line ; M. M. Rogers, Assistant General Agent Great Southern Freight Lines; G. M. Huntington, Eastern Passenger Agent Virginia Midland Railroad; J. D. Hashagen, Eastern Freight Agent Florida Dispatch Line; F. E. R. Sawin, Soliciting Agent Florida Dispatch Line; Mr. Gillett, proprietor Piney Woods Hotel, Thomasville, Ga.; C. G. Crawford, Railroad Printer. NHE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. Interview With a Recent Visitor—Geor gia’s Exhibit Very Fair—Many Weeks Yet Before the Dis play Will be Under Headway. Yesterday a Times reporter had a short talk with Mr. Lee A. Riley, representing Geo. Mather’s Sons, manufacturers of fine j printing inks, of New York. Mr. Riley was stopping at the Pnlaski House, and re mained over yesterday to get a glimpse of Savannah, this being his first visit to the Sunny South. Speaking about the New Orleans Exposition where he has been for the last month engaged in gettting the ex hibit of Mather’s Sons into good shape, Mr. Riley stated that although large quantities of goods have been placed on exhibition al ready, yet the immense space still left un occupied imparted to the different hails, a look of desertion. “I took a walk around the main building a day or two before I left New Orleans and the exhibits already completed as compared with the spaces yet to be filled, remind me of oases in the desert. By-the-way, the distance around the main building is claimed to be just a mile, and I am fully convinced that the claim is correct.” “Well, how is the Georgia exhibit look ing as compared with other Southern States ?” “Oh, I think it looks very well, and will stand a favorable comparison with the ma jority of the States, although Alabama has by far the best exhibit on the grounds among the Southern States. Louisiana is away behind her sister States, and does not seem to made much effort, although I understand that the New Orleans merchants intend to exhibit to their utmost capacity. They have their exhibits in readiness in the city, but have not moved them to the grounds yet. This same thing is true of many more States and countries. The city is full of goods to be put on exhibition as sx>n as possible. However, it will yet be weeks before the exposition will have gotten under complete headway.” “What will a man in moderate circum stances be able to visit the Exposition on?” Well, that dtpends. New Orleans, as yeti know, has some of the finest restaurants in the world. The number and different grades of restaurants in the city make the item of eating one to be governed by the taste of the eater alone. I should say that one ccn'.d live On from SI.OO to 50 cents per day, though including room rent and admission to the grounds I suppose one could get through on $5 00 per day. The restaurants have not raised their prices at all, but the renters of rooms have evidently made up their minds to reap the benefit of the rush and make all they can. Rooms rent by the month at from S3O to SIOO, though a com fotable room will cost SSO. Before this time the same room could be had at sls to S2O. As to the hotels—well, they are overflowing and turn ing away people by the thousand each day. 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