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THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES.
VOL. 6.—NO. 11.
“BUCK” GRANT’S STORY
HE SAID WARD CONFESSED THAT
HE WAS A RASCAL.
Robbing Every Member of the Witness’
Family—How Six Thousand Dollars
Were Lost in One Day—His Wife
Got None of the Proceeds
of Her Investments.
New York, Jan. 6.—' r he following is a
detailed account of the testimony given
Saturday by young Ulysses 8. (“Buck”)
Grant before Referee Cole on the applica
tion of Jerome B. Chaffee, to determine the
title to securities to the amount of $500,000
placed in the hands of the younger Grant,
and by him turned over to Grant & Ward.
Witness told his story at length : He had
decided to make the assignment, but tried
to get back the securities in question to put
them into the general fund of the estate,
and then make an assignment. The securi
ties were secured before the assignment,
and then witness quietly held them and
waited until Mr. Davies made a demand,
when he surrendered the keys of the safe
and box. Witness had one or two months
ago received and corr cted a contract ac
count received from Ward since the assign
ment, and had corrected and returned the
same. On that account were erasures of
amounts of checks paid to Mr. Chaffee.
Everything ou the account was in the
HANDWRITING OF FERDINAND WARD.
When money was paid to Chaffee witness
drew a check on his bank account with
Grant & Ward, and deposited the check to
the credit of J. B. Chaffee. Witness never
had known of any government contract or
direct dealings with the government.
"When Ward paid witness money on the
contracts that Ward was understood by wit
ness to have, it was done by memorandum
to the bookkeeper who credited witnesse
account, and
CREDITED ward’s “SPECIAL” aCCOUnt.
The witness had put into the contract
account of Ward $150,000 of Mr. Chaffee’s,
aud when the failure took place the witness
had more in than Chaffee. Witnesi saw
Ward the day after the failure and asked
him about affairs. Ward’s nerves were
unstrung and he cried a great deal. Ward
said that he had been a very great rascal;
that he had
ROBBED EVERY MEMBER
of the witness’ family; that he had robbed
them totally, and that he humbly admit
ted it. Witness told him in reply that he
believed he was a scoundrel and that the
most he could do would be to tell the truth.
Ward took Chaffee’s funds as late es No
vember, because he would have failed then
if he had not taken them. Winess had no
idea of the magnitude of the so-called gov
ernment contracts until after the failure.
Witness up to the date of the failure be
lieved the firm was rich. Witness looked
over the surplus, which was large, and his
personal account was a good one. Fish,
Grant and Ward were the first members.
Witness put in SIOO,OOO cash, and supposed
Ward and Fish did, but has since found
that Ward had put up worthless securities
and Tish
PUT IN NOTES OF WARD.
Monthly statements of profits were made
out by Ward and handed to members of the
firm, and were divided in thirds until wit
ness’ father came into the firm in Novem
ber, 1883. The firm first bought and sold
mining stocks, and later went into railroad
stocks. The witness supposed bis part was
to find business, but he soon found he was
reduced to the position of doing nothing.
GENERAL GRANT SELDOM CAME TO THE
OFFICE,
but each month would ask how they were
getting along. Ward was the only one who
acted for the firm. One day witness in
Ward’s absence ordered a purchase of stock
for the firm. Ward came in and said I bad
no right to do so, and the order was assum
ed by me personally. It resulted in a loss
of $6,00Q in one day. [Laughter.!
THE CHAFFEE SECURITIES
$400,000 four per cent, governments, $125,-
000 railway bonds, aud $70,000 in mining
stocks, were sent irom Mr. Chaffee to wit
ness to be kept in his box. The wife of
winess drew the interest on the governments,
having power of attorney from her father,
Mr. Chaffee. The first year of witnesses
marriage his wife thus realized §16,000, and
last year $27,000, the amount being in
creased by reason of profits on investments
of previous income from such source.
In referring to his wife’s financial trans
actions, Mr. Grant said he always acted as
her financial agent. Whenever he saw a
good opportunity for investing her own
money or the firm’s money for her, he did
so. His wife never had the use of her
money, as she was kept continually
INDEBTED TO THE FIRM.
Mrs. Grant got none of the proceeds of her
investments. She was simply credited with
that amount on the books and was never ac
tually benefited by the transactions.
THE SO-CALLED CONTRACTS,
Ward said, were of his own working up, and
he would guarantee any one who put in
money, and he took witness down into some
vault and showed a private box of his pack
ed with securities to the amount, Ward
said, of $1,500,000. Witness loaned Ward
$150,000 before he got the SIOO,OOO of
Chaffee. On May 20, 1883, Chaffee gave a
cheek ofsloo,ooo to the witness, who loaned
it to Ward with a receipt guaranteeing
profits.
WOMAN’S RIGHTS.
A New York Decision in Their Favor.
New York, Jan. 6.—Judge McAdam
yesterday decided that Miss Jennie Turner,
stenographer, is legally capable of acting as
she has done in the capacity of Notary Pub
lic. He thinks that as the State Constitu
tion does not use the word “male,” except in
regard to suffrage, there is no bar to a
woman’s holding public office.
Look through the locals for cheap dres«
goods at L. Frieds.
DOUBLE MURDER.
Wealthy Ranchmen Killed by Mexicans.
Uvalde, Texas, Jan. 6.—Word has
been received here of the discovery of a
most atrocious double murder perpetrated
near the Kinney county line in Uvalde
county, about 40 miles from the Mexican
border. The bodies of Henry Kuhllan and
his partner, Joseph Stein, two wealths- Ger
man sheep men, were found at different
points on the sheep ranch, both fearfully
mutilated with an ax. They had been dead
several days. Their flock of sheep running
over the neighboring ranches many miles
distant, attracted attention and led -the
neighbors to visit their camp. The pockets
of the murdered men had been rifled by
bloody hands, and everything of value in
camp was gone. A shepherd’s sling, such
as are used by';Mexicans,was found near the
tragedy covered with blood. The Sheriff
with three deputies, is scouring the country
in search of a party of straggling Mexicans
known to be in the vicinity, and certain
death awaits their capture.
HORRIBLE TREATMENT
Os an Irresponsible Lunatic.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 6.—Sunday morn
iog Frank Babcock, an inmate of the insane
asylum, attacked J. Y. Craver, an attend
ant, knocking him down. Craver and John
Flattery, another attendant, then knocked
Babcock down and stamped him with their
feet, breaking six or seven ribs on each side
of his body, and driving them into his in
testines. Babcock died in half an hour. He
was subject to epileptic fits, and it is claimed
had one at the time. A coroner’s jury re
turned a verdict that he came to his death
from violence at the hands of the attend
ants, who are now in jail on the charge of
murder.
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
The Morning’s Proceedings.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 6 —ln the
I House to-day Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, from
I the Committee, resolution appropriating
I $50,000 for the support of destitute Indians
in Montana, and it was passed.
The morning hour was dispensed with,
and the House went into Committee of the
Whole on the pension appropriation bill,
Mr Rogers, of Arkansas, in the chair.
In the Senate replies were laid before
the body from the Secretary of the interior
to the resolutions calling for information as
to the appraisement of Cherokee lands west of
Arkansas, and as to leases of land by In
dians, for grazing purposes, on the Crow
Re ervation and in the Indian Territory.
New York Produce Market.
New Yorr, Jan. 6.—Flour dull; city
mills extra, $4 70a4 75; good to fancy extra
state, $3 50a4 50; good to choice extra
western, $3 90a5 60; common extra Minne
sota, s3a3 60. Wheat, No. 2 red winter
January, 91J. Corn, No. 2 mixed, 51$
January. Oats, Na. 2 mixed, 35f.
Pork dull; mess at sl2 75. Molasses
steady at 40c for good. Turpentine, dull;
30Ja31c. Rosin, quiet; strained to good at
$1 22Jal 27J. Petroleum, dull; refined at
7jc. Eggs, dull and lower. Sugar, dull;
refined cut loaf at 6Ac; granulated at ssa
5 15-16 c. Tallow, dull; prime city at 6c.
Chicago 'Change.
Chicago, Jan. 6.—Wheat opened weak
and lower; February 81, May 87J. Corn
weaker at J to J lower. January 36 J, Feb
ruary 365, March 37. Oats steady; May 295.
Lard easier; $6 85 for February, $7 for
March. Pork lower; sll 65 for February,
§ll 75 for March. Bulk meats dull; $5 95
for March, $6 05 for April.
Old Coins that Were Hoarded.
A nice old lady of 80 years, living in
Hartford, according to the Times of that
city, made a Christmas present on W’ednrs.
day to one of her relatives of one Peruvian,
three Spanish and two Mexican silver
dollars, and one silver five franc piece.
The Spanish dollars were coined in 1806,
1808 and 1817; the Mexican in 1827 and
1835; the Peruvian in 1837, and the five
franc piece in 1826. They were enclosed in
an old oxheart pouch. These coins were
collected when new. They show no evi
dence of use or wear. Two of the Spanish
dollars have been in the family over
seventy years, and one of them over sixty
years; and the others fcr nearly half a cen
tury. They have been kept as a sort of re
served fund against the contingencies of a
failure in the paper curreney. Had they
been put at compound interest at 6 per cent,
when first received by the old lady’s father,
the total amount now would have been over
S4OO. Assuming that each one had been
put on compound interest one year after it
was coined, the total would now amount to
about SBOO. Having been preserved so long,
these coins, with their ox heart pouch, will
probably be handed down to coming genera
tions as family relics.
Mills Starting Up.
Chicago, Jan. 6.—After long idleness,
the Northside Mills of the North Chicago
Rolling Mill Company, will resume opera
tions in about three weeks. The employees,
2,000 in number, have agreed with the
management upon a schedule for the year.
Death of the Bishop of Loudon.
London, Jan. 6—Right Rev. John Jack
son, D.D., Bishop of London, died suddenly
to-day at dis residence in Fulhaen place.
Coal Works Burned. Loss SIOO,OOO.
Liberty, Mo., Jan. 6. —The Osage Coal
Company’s works burned here yesterday.
Loss, SIOO,OOO.
“ROUGH ON PAIN” PLASTER*
Porous and strengthening, improved, the
best for backache, pains in the chest or
side, rheumatism, neuralgia. 25c. Drug
gist or mail.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1885.
WESTERN PRODUCE.
STRONG SPECULATIVE FEELING.
The Bulls Having a Turn—The Wheat
Market on a Boom—Stocks Also
Strong Corn Quiet —
Feeling in Provi
sions Mixed.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Chicago, Jan. 6. —The bulls on ’Change
are having their turn with a vengeance
now. Nobody appears to have the nerve to
step in front, on the present feeling, and
sell short, while outside orders during the
past few days have fairly poured in. Ad
vices from the country, too, rejxirt that the
cold snap has not alone prevented shipments
but had covered the winter wheat fields with
ice. Several times Blits, Baker, Hamill,
Lindley, and other big traders who sold out
near the close of the week, have attempted
to carry out their programme of jumping on
the market until they could buy at a decline.
Their best efforts, however, produced only
slight sags, aud they had to load up at cur
rent prices Stocks and Liver- ;
pool, January 1, are announced to have ;
been about 5,000,000 bushels wheat and
590,000 barrels of flour, or reducing the
flour to wheat, about 10,500,000 bushels less
than last year. Stocks in other markets
abroad are said to be correspondingly small,
and private advices received by brokers here
say that millers, bakers, and other consum
ers, have pursued the “hand to mouth”
policy in buying so long that the invisible
accumulations ordinarily held, do not exist.
“The best foreign statisticians said
early in the crop season that the
world’s wants nearly equaled its
supplies f >r the crop year, but the theory of
overproduction has been so pounded into
the minds of the trade by newspapers that it
had begun to to be a widespread belief that |
wheat was a worthless commodity, and it '
would be necessary to give it away to get
rid of it.”
“The movement of this crop from pro- j
ducei’s hands, as shown by receipts at pri- \
mary markets,”it is claimed by G.S.Evering ,
ham, “is the la’gest on record and fully in
proportion to the size of the crop, as com
pared w ith other years. The increase in
population causes a comparative increase
in the home consumption, which will prob
ably be further stimulated by the dull times
and low prices which have ruled so long.
The natural deduction is that the propor
tion of the wheat crop remaining in first
hands is not larger than in other years, and
quite probably smaller. If, therefore, mar
kets can advance, as they have done the
last eight days carrying the weight of such
an immense visible supply, I do not believe
that the invisible supply will materialize
in sufficient amount to reverse the move
ment.”
Another feature which is exciting a good
deal of comment just now is in the
improved methods of gathering statistics.
One of the results has been to place a larger
proportion of the crop “in sight,” new
places being added to the statement each
year, and as comparisons are made with the
y ears before, the production of the country
seems to be increasing much faster than it
really is.
While the speculative spirit of the new
year has started in strong with stocks and
wheat, it has thus far failed to get hold of
corn to any great extent. The September
corner in this grain hurts the trade and
traders immensely, and it will take some
little time to recover from it. It will be
remembered that after the McGeoch deal
in lard the stuff was almost abandoned for a
long time, and in fact trading in both pork
and lard is not yet what it was before the
manipulation took place, and so it may
prove in corn.
The feeling in provisions is mixed. Every
body is watching the packers, and the great
question is, whether they propose to sell,
against their production or hold for a rise
New York Stock Market.
New York, Jan. 6- —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific .. . ■
Missouri Pacific 92% ,
Western Union Telegraph Co
Pacific Mail 55% :
Shore.. 63
Louisville and Nashville 26%
Texas Pacific 13
Denver aud Rio Grande
Michigan Central 55
Delaware, Lackawanna <S West’n 89 ,
Northwestern
St. Paul ”4% i
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 118%
Oregon 14%
Northern Pacific - *O%
Rock Island 107/4
Jersey Central 36/s
Memphis and Charleston 25
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3%
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5%
Philadelphia and Beading 16%
Omaha (com) 26%
Omaha (pfd) - 8-’%
New York Central - 88%
Kansas aud Texas 18%
Erie D/4
A Philanthropist and a Woman of 180
Pounds.
Detroit Free Press.
Yesterday as a woman of 50 years and
180 pounds was passing the City Hall, she
struck the spot she had been looking for
ever since the first freeze-up. An exclama
tion of astonishment was followed by a yell
of alarm, and while she was wondering
what made the sidewalk bob around so she
sat down in four Paris styles. Close behind
her was a philanthropist, and as he rushed
to her assistance he said :
“Never mind, madam. The day is com
ing when everybody will be provided with
air-cushions, and a fall will make our porous
plasters stick the tighter. Allow me to
send a messenger for a derrick to hoist you
on your pins again.”
She refused his offer, and after a struggle
reached her feet. Then she seized the fence
with one hand, and waving the other in the
air she screamed out :
“Air cushions ! Derricks I Pins ' Porous
plastersl You old bow-legged, bald-headed
bean pole, if my husband doesn’t hunt you
downjind make you eat your ears I won’t
live with him another day! Go on with
you 1”
And the broken hearted man went on.
MACON MATTERS.
An Elopement Foiled—A Sensational
Scene—The Hawkinsville Poker Game
—Alleged Fraudulent Assignment.
Special Correspondence Dally Times.
Macon, Jan. s.—When Mr. George A.
Taylor went to the residence of Mrs. F-
Reichert in Vineville last night for the
purpose of eloping with her daughter, Mies
Annie, he was met with a cold reception
and fired out of the house. Taylor and the
young lady have been sweethearts a long
lime. About three years ago she went to
North Carolina on a visit, and while there
he left his business and followed her. Tne
parents objected to his paying her attentions,
| and denied him the house. She was true
i and would meet him at different places. On
one occasion she received the attentions of
lan other young man, and he attempted to
' commit suicide by taking morphine. Some-
I tune ago he stole money from Messrs. W, C.
Turpin &Co , and left for parts unknown
; He turned up in jail in Greenville, S. C.,
and was brought to Macon on a requisition
from the Governor. He was placed in
Bibb county jail, and while there the young
! lady kept up a correspondence with him,
' and said she would marry him. When
he was released he called at the house
1 and wis driven off She promised to marry
him if he would secure some honorable em
ployment. He did so, and last Snnday
i night they met clandestinely and took a
j long walk, during which the arrangements
were made to run away and marry last
night. Taylor secured the license, and yes
terday morning told the young lady of it in
a note, which was answered by her mother,
who invited the young man to call. He
went and had an interview with her in the
presence of the daughter. She told him
she would never give her consent to the
union. She then turned to her daughter
I and said :
CHOOSE BETWEEN HIM AND ME.
She walked over to him and, throwing
I her arms around his neck, kissed him. He
j left telling her he would return late in the
afternoon. He secured rooms at the Flint
House, and Rev. J. C. Toole to perform the
j ceremony. At the residence of Mrs. Gaus
heimer a sumptions repast was served, and a
paityof friends gathered. When he went
i for her at the appointed hour, a brother met
1 him at the door and did not ask him in.
I He pushed him away and went to her room,
I where she was waiting for him. He took
I her up in his arms and made a dash for the
door, where he was met by her mother. He
turned quickly and tried to jump out of a
two-story window with her in his arms, but
was prevented by the parent. She snatched
her from him and locked hei’in the room.
She then went for him with the fury of a
wild cat, and ran him from the house. He
was much exci'ed, and told a number of
friends. He wrote to her mother a note to
day, telling her that he had been very inti
mate with her, and he deemed it his sacred
duty to marry her. The young lady received
the note and burned it up before her mother
saw it.
The young lady said to-day she w >uld
not marry Taylor, and would abide the con
sequences. The affair has created a great
sensation here both for the singular state of
affairs and the frank admission of the young
man.
the poker matter in court.
This morning Judge Simmons heard the
habeas corpus in the case of Sylvanus Cole
man, the poker player, who cle. ned out
Hawkinsville the other night. Hon. R. W.
Patterson appeared as counsel for the de
fense, and Solicitor-Genera) Hardeman for
the State. Coleman was placed under
bond of $l5O to appear at the May term of
Pulaski Superior Court. He refunded the
money and was released.
A FIRM CLOSED.
Saturday night the notion store of Messrs.
Newman & Thorner, was closed at the in
stance of Thomas Willingham, Jr., as coun
sel for Messrs. Bates, Reed & Cooley, of
j New York, who alleged that the assign
ment recently made by the firm was done in
a fraudulent manner. Mr. Samuel G.
Wertcott was appointed temporary receiver.
The case will be heard Friday, the 9lh, be
; fore Judge Simmons.
Wynton.
Me Wanted His Wife Walked Through
the Rest of that Dance.
San Francisco Ingleside.
The other night at Compton Hall a mas
querade ball was in progress We put on
I black dominos and joined the revelers. A
quadrille was about to begin. I saw a sylph
i in pink, with a white lace mask, seated on a
bench along the wall.
“May I have the pleasure ?” said I,
bolily.
“Well, I had a partner for the dance, but
I guess he ain’t going to turn up,” she an
swer, d, in that tingling voice that betokens
the democracy.
We joined a set which was forming near
by, and the dance struck up. At the calls
to swing partner or vis-a-vis, each couple
would embrace and indulge in a half-minute
waltz. To be in the fashion I did likewise,
my partner nothing aAerse.
Looking around after the first figure I
noticed that a short little man in our own
set was glaring at me in the most ferocious
manner through the eye holes of his sk y
blue mask. I glared back undaunted. The
second figure was danced with more turns
and more waltzing. The little brute glared
fiercer than before. Presently, as I passed
him in the dance, he hissed in my ear:
“Just walk my wife through the rest of this,
will you?”
And I meekly did.
Her Figure Was Good.
Snobberton —“Ah, Dudley, I understand
you are to be congratulated. Is the fair
one pretty ? ’
Dudley—“ N-n-no. Can’t say she is.”
Snobberton —“Good figure ?”
Dudley—“Y T -ye es. ’Bout a million.”
Probabilities.
Washington, Jan. 6. —For the South
Atlautic States, generally warmer, partly
cloudy weather and local rains, followed by
fair weather.
The prettiest goods for men, youths an
boys in the city can be found at B. H Levy
Bro.’s.
THE M.&M.T. COMPANY
INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE
LINE.
Thirteenth Anniversary of the Sailing of
Its Pioneer Ship, The McClellan-
Starting from Small Beginnings
and Growing to a Large aud
Important Corporation-
Ships now in the Line.
The Baltimore Sun of Friday, contains
an interesting sketch of the thirteenth an
niversary of the Merchants’ and Miners’
Transportation Company, represented at
Savannah by Messrs. James B. West & Co
In the resume mention is made of the steam
ship Wm. Jenkins, which itisintimated was
burned by the State authorities in 1861, at I
her wharf in Savannah. The agents of the I
Savannah and Baltimore Line then were ;
Messrs. Crane & Graybill, (H. A. Crane and j
J. H. Graybill, deceased). We have
made inquiries of a number of
of our older citizens for information as to |
the burning of the Jenkins, and find the
general impression that her destruction was
caused by accidental fire. She assuredly
could not have been burned at the instance
of the government, as that would have been
an act of folly; the authorities had need
of all steamers and sailing craft, and while
steamers were seized about that time for
use of the government, they were not des
troyed. If the fire that destroyed tbe
William Jenkins was not accidental,
it was the act of an irresponsible incendiary, I
there being at that time around Savannah |
a number of hard cases :
The following is the article from the Sun:
Y’esterday the sidewheel steamship Mc-
Clellan, of the Merchants and Miners’
Transportation Company, pulled out from
the wharves at the foot of Long Dock and
started on her regular trip to Charleston, |
8. C. There was nothing in the event par- j
ticularly worthy of notice, but those who I
gazed at her obsolete style perhaps forgot |
that on the same day thirty years ago she |
left about the same locality as the pioneer I
steamship of the wealthiest and most im
portant steamship line ever connected with
the port of Baltimore. Thirty years ago
yesterday, when as the steamship Jos.
Whitney, the present McClellan, sailed
from Baltimore for Boston on her first trip,
she was the pioneer steamship of the Mer
chants and Miners’ Transportation Com
pany. She had left Boston December 28,
1854, arriving here after a run of sixty ;
hours. Her career covers the progress of
the company from its inception as an ex- I
periment until it has grown to the full vigor i
of a great corporation. The old vessel
seems to be considered a pensioner on the I
list, and her age crops out in bold relief;
when she is brought alongside the hand
some modern vessels which now compose
the fleet of the Merchants and Miners’
Company.
The Merchants’ and Miners’ Transporta
tion Company was incorporated by an act of
the Assembly in April, 1852, with William •
Woodside, Hugh Jenkins, Benjamin De- I
ford, John H. Elen and Edward Williams
as incorporators, ‘ for the transportation of
merchandise and other things, and the con
veyance of passengers between the cities of
Baltimore and New York or elsewhere.”
I’he term of incorporation was for twenty
years. The purposes for which the act was ;
originally intended were abandoned. At
this time there arose a demand for a line of j
steam communication between Baltimore I
and ,Boston, and the charter was trans- I
ferred to a number of gentlemen having the
latter measure in view- After some delay
two wooden sidewheel steamships, with ;
about one thousand tons capacity, were
forthwith built. They were named the
Joseph Whitney and the William Jenkins.
John A. Robb built the Jenkins in Balti- ;
more and John English the Whitney in
New York. Capt. Solomon Howes, of
Chatham, Mas”., and Capt. Wm. A. Hallett,
of Hyamis, in the same State, commanded
the pioneer vessels, Capt. Howes having the
honor to command the Whitney on her first
trip as mentioned above. Both are in active
service to-day. Capt. Howes is the admiral
of the Merchants’ and Miners’ Transporta
tion Company’s fleet by courtesy and by
reason of his long service. Capt. Hallett
will command the new steamship Chatham,
recently built in Philadelphia by the Ameri
can Shipbuilding Company, which is ex
pected to arrive here in a few days.
The Boston line prospered, and in 1859 I
the outlook justified the company in build- I
ing the iron sidewheel steamships S. R. '
Spalding and Benjamin Deford, which were
constructed and launched that year by
Harlan, Hollingsworth & Co., of Wilming
ton, Del. The volume of carrying trade,
however, contracted, ,and was not sufficient
to keep the four steamers regularly employ
ed. The experiment was then tried of
obtaining business between Boston, Savan
nah and Baltimore. It was during the ex
citement and agitation which preceded the
late civil war that the William Jenkins was
set fire to and burnt at her wharf in Savan
nah in the spring of 1861, proving a total
loss.
In 1859 the company started a line be
tween Baltimore and Providence, R. 1., but
it was abandoned. It was subsequently
started about ten years ago, and ever since
has been maintained with good results.
Three steamers are now regularly employed
on the line.
The breaking out of the war in April,
1861, for a time interfered with legitimate
business. In September of that year the
steamship Joseph Whitney was sold to the
War Department as a transport, and her
name changed to the McClellan. The
Merchants’ and Miners’ Company purchased
her in 1867 from parties who had bought
her from the government.
During the war the steamships S. R.
Spalding and Benjamin Deford were em
ployed in government service, and the
Boston line was abandoned. The business
would have yielded good returns and pre
vented it falling into other channels, but it
was thought that the government service
would, in a measure, compensate for the
loss. Notwithstanding the remonstrances
and protests of the directors of the com
pany, the two steamers were retained by the
United States Government and sold in 1865
, at public eale, passing into o', her hands.
Under the names of the Bia Jacinto and
$6 00 A YE kR.
San Salvador they ran between New York
| and Southern points. Both have been since
1 JSt.
I In 1864 a wooden screw steamer built
| at Goodspeed Landing, Conn., by William
o Kispeed, was purchased before all h r ma
I chinery was in. She w:.s named the William
Kennedy. Just previous, however, the
; steamer Fung Shuey was bought, but was
| soon dispos id of at private sale. The same
year saw the wooden screw steamer George
Appold added to the line. She was built by
I John Lynn tn Philadelphia. The iron
I screw steamship William Lawrence, was
| built by the Atlantic Works in Boston, fol
lowed.
By purchase in 1876 the merchants and
Miners’ Company acquired the franchise of
the old Baltimore and Savanah Steamship
Company, including the steamships America
and Saragossa. They at once established a
semi-weekly line, which has since been in
existence. In 1883 they extended their en-
I terprise to Charleston, S. C., making the
fourth and last link in the chain of coast
wise lines operated and controlled by them,
all of which made Baltimore the terminus.
There are now required twelve steamships,
representing 13,543 78 tons to do the business
of the combined enterprises. The fleet is now
composed of the following first-class s.eam
ships: Chatham, (just built in Philadel
phia,) George Appold, Johns Hopkins, Wm.
Crane, Alleghany, Sarragossa, Decatur, H.
Miller, Wm. Lawrence, Wm. Kennedy,
Berkshire, McClellan and Blackstone. With
the exception of the Wm. Kennedy, Sara
gossa and Blackstone, which were acquired
by purchase, the other steamers were built
under contract for the company. Seven are
iron steamships.
Mr. George Appold is President of the
i company; Henry A. Whitney, of Boston,
Vice President, Decatur H. Miller, Robert
Garrett and Henry C. Smith, Directors.
During its thirty years of service the M. and
M. T. Company has never lost a vessel or a
passenger. The most severe loss ever expe
rienced was the sinking of the Decatur H.
Miller by the William Lawrence on the
; night of November 27th last. The Miller
has been raised and is rapidly being pre-
I pared for service. The Lawrence, having
’ completed repairs, will take her place on
the Savannah line to-morrow.
MR. ARTHUR’S REGENT APPOINT
MENTS.
Guilty of a Lack of Courtesy to His Suc
cessor.
Editor Daily Times: Your recent edi
torial on the subject of the President’s
appointments should have received a warm
j approval.
The acts and life of the man Bryant are
| as well known to the President as they are
; to every* man, woman and child in Georgia.
I A fellow’ feeling doubtless induced this ap
pointment. Chester A. Arthur was kicked
out of the United States Custom House by
one John Sherman, occupying at the time
the position of Secretary of the Treasury.
■ The man Bryant met a similar fate at the
I Custom House here.
William Watkins Hicks was the spiritual
adviser of Guiteau, to whom Arthur is in-
■ indebted for his position All this seems in
: strict accord with the eternal fitness of
things.
The good people of this city would like
; to learn why A. N. Wilson is to be billeted
lon them. His history and career are
linked with the darkest days of our oppres
, sion.
| Mr. Arthur has no character to lose. He
learned to eat well, sleep well and dress
well by associating—in restaurants —in the
New York with his superiors. But there
is an absence of true gentlemanly feeling
, about all he does *
I Savannah, Jan. 6, 1885.
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Court House Sales.
Messrs. Kennedy & Blun, auctioneers,
sold the following property this morning:
One half of one third of lot No. 8, Car
penter’s Row, with a small frame house, for
$675.
Three acres of land at Millen, Ga., for
Book account of J. T. Cohen, for SIOO.
Five City of Savannah Bonds, each $300;
February coupons at sß4}, $1,323 75.
Lots 1, 2 and 3, Screven Ward, and im
provements, for $3,809.
Three-fourths of lot No. 6, Heathcote
Ward, and improvements, for SB,OOO.
The balance ol the real estate was with
: drawn on account of the inclement weather
i Sales by I. D. Laßoche’s Sons :
Three hundred acres of land in Effing
ham county, for $175.
The western half of lot No. 11, Warren
Ward, and improvements, for $750.
A portion of lot No. 29, North Oglethorpe
Ward, for $225.
A house and lot on the southeast corner
of York and Price streets, for $2,300.
A large number of horses, mules, wagons
and buggies were also sold at fair prices.
Sales by J. McLaughlin & Son :
Two shares of Cotton Exchange, for
$236.
A residence on Barnard and Gwinnett
streets, conditionally, for $4,300.
Also, a large number of horses, mules,
wagons, buggies, etc.
’ Sales by C. H. Dorsett:
: Ten acres of land on the Middle Ground
road for slls.
Ten acres of land on the Montgomery
' road for $250.
! The w* stern half of lot No. 22, Wylly
s ward, $340.
! A portion of lot No. 29, South Oglethorpe
r ward, S3OO.
? Five hundred dollars of Central Railroad
* debentures at SB7 on tbe 100 and S4OO at
1 SB6 50 <n :he 100.
A lot of mules, horses buggies, and
'■ wagons were sold and brought fair prices.
The sale of Ferrell’s restaurant was post
-8 poned on account of the inclement weather,
s and a future time the date of sale will be
’ announced.
e IKbiig Files.” —Sjmpteme: Moietur
e Like perspiration, Intense itching, worse by
6 scratching, most at night, seems as if pin
- worms were crawling. “Bwayne s Ointment
e s a pleasant, sure cure.
’ Linen collars, latest styles, standing and
’• t irn-down, reduced from 15 to 10 oe at L.
d Fried’s.