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Snimnna I) £ i mcs. VOL. 6.—NO. 38. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. LATEST ADVICES FROM KHARTOUM 1 ' - The British Position Desperate—The Gov- ’ rrnnvnt De eraiin'd to sustain Lord Wolseley a* any,Cost—ltaly Realty to Co-operate With England—Te cnrnseh Sherman Says What He Thinks Wolseley Ought to Do. London, Feb. 7.—General Wolseley tele graphs the War Office from Korti that the latest information received by him from the British camp at Gubat, states that the com manding officer at that place is ill with fever. The situation there had not improved. The Mahdi’s forces were constantly threatening the British [position. At last accounts they had brought up some heavy artillery, and were busily at work placing and ranging the guns on the British camp. r,.„™ A dispatch has been received here from Rome stating that another expedition ol j I yiiii is being ntted out, and will start. Imme diately ibr Igypt. Their destination is Su *llAfter the Cabinet meeting to-day, Lord Hartington, Minister for War, had a confer ence with Lord Northbrook, First Lord of the Admirality, and Sir Hugh B. Childers. Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is stated that as a result of the Cabinet meeting and of the subsequent conference it has been ar ranged that eight thousand more men are to be immediately placed at Gen. Lord Wolse ley's orders, should he require them as rein forcements. It is also understood that it was resolved to uphold Gen. Wolsely iu any de mand for men that he finds It necessary to make. _ St.Louis,Mo., Feb. 7—General W T. Sher man was seen at his residence this morning by a reporter, who asked the veteran com mander what he thought of the situation in the Soudan. , , “It is grave, of course, General Sherman said. “The fail of Khartoum is a great disas ter, and will necessitate the dispatch of re inforcements.” “What should Wolsely do?” “That is a question that no one but Lord Wolseley can answer. In a case of this sort t he only reasonable thing to do is to trust the man on the spot. I merely give this as au opinion and without wishing you to attach anv more weight to my views than to anyone else. I believe that Wolseley will push on from Korti to Metemneh, concentrate there and then take the course that seems best, whether it is to entrench at Metemneh or to push on to Khartoum. You see the position is peculiar.” The General opened a large atlas contain ing the work of the Royal English engineers in Egypt and Soudan, and turning to the theatre of war, the General put his finger on Korti. “Here," he said, “is Wolseley at headquarters with about 4,500 men. Here at .Metemneh is Stewart’s command with a I number of wounded. He is across the desert i from Wolseley, and while it is necessary' that the two forces should concentrate, it is very much easier for Wolseley to go to Stewart than for Stewart to get to Wolseley. In the meantime General Earle is up the Nile,and it would probably be hist as easy for him to get on to Metemneh as io get bick to Korti. Any man who has hail the care of wounded soldiers knows how dif ficult it is, even with the best appliances ot civilization to transport them. In the desert, their transport is al most impossible. I do not see how Stewart’s forces can get back, but I do not see anv reason wbv Wolsely should not get to Metvninni!. Tn ere are other reasons wny ne ! should make his stand on the Nile some j where near Khartoum. 1 fancy that supplies would be easier to get near the junction ol I the two Niles, than Korti, and a forward i movement would have a worse effect, but, as I said before, nobody can say what ought to I be done at this, distance. I rather think tha t a forward movement will be made to the Nile near Shendy, and that is about all that 1 could say.” N kVAL CADE I S Dismissed from the Academy for Vurious Causes. Washington, D. C„ Feb. 7.—The following named cadets of the Naval Academy have i been dismissed for deficiency and various ' offenses : M. G. O’Neal, of Indiana, Third Class; F. A. Murdough, of Pennsylvania, Fourth Class, and D. F Riley, of Nebraska, fourth Class. The following will be ; Mowed to resign, otherwise they will be dropped be cause of deficiency: J. M. Dashiel, Maryland, First Class; J C. P. DeKraft, lowa, Second Class; B-Jacobs, Kansas 4 Second Class; J. B. Reilly, Wist onsin Second C ass; J W. Stearns’ New Hampshire, Second Class; W. F. Burns, Kentucky, Third Class; H. Beckwith, New York; C. p. Brand, Connecticut; H. W. Car penter, at large; R. Coe, New York; O. O. Frick, Maryland; R; W. Haygood, Alaba.ua; 11. G.Kemp, Virginia; R. C. Jones, Alabama; T. C Kieruht, Iowa; J. L. Lafferty, Colorado; J. M. Scott, at large; and R. M. Smith, Wis consin all of the Fourth Class. Twenty-two other cadets were found deficient, but upon the recommendation of the Academic Board, they were warned and allowed until the annual examination in June to make up their deficiencies, and to be examined. If again found deficient they will be dropped. A RELIGIOUS FANATIC Assaults His Wife and Kills Her Fa lur. Vincennes. Ind., Feb. 7/ Henry strott- 1 man, a religious fanatic, whose four children i are sick with typhoid fever, lias prayed in- j cessantly for their recovery. Last night his wife remarked that he would do more good by building the fire than by praying. This enraged Strottman, who grabbed a spade handle and struck his wiie several heavy blows on the head. He then clubbed her aged father and killed him almost instantly. The police arrived, and alter a desperate struggle arrested the mad man. Mrs Strott man Is not expected to live. INTENSE EXCITEMENT Over an Attempt at "Wholesale Poisoning. I » Macon, GA., Feb. 7.-News comes here from Perry, on the Southwestern Railroad, of intense excitement which exists there, owing to the attempted poisoning of the family of Judge Nottingham. The son of the cook, aged 14 years, confessed that he had placed a large quantity of morphine iu the milk for the purpose of killing the whole family, as his mother told him, “Dere was too many white folks in de world audit was time io get rid of some of t hem.” The guilty woman and her son are in jail. THE PHELAN-SHORT TRIAL. Captain Phelan Prepared for Emergen cies. New York, Feb. 7.—The adjourned case of Captain Thomas Phelan, of Kansas City, against Richard Short, for felonious assault, came up this afternoon before J usticc Patter sou, in the Toombs Police Court. A large, six chamber navy revolver was found concealed in Phelan’s coat sleeve on searching him. He apologized to the Court, saying that he merely carried the revolver for self protection. His counsel asked for a postponement of the ex amination for one week, which was granted. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1885. FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Yesterday’s Proceedings in Both Houses. Washington, Feb. 7.—ln the Senate to day Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on the’Library, presented a Joint resolution ac- I i-enting, in the name of the United States, H om William H. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Grant, ! and tendering thanks therefor, the trophies presented to General Grant by the different nations of Europe. The resolution provided 1 hat the trophies should be placed In charge I of the Librarian of Congress for exhibition, but should be retained In the custody of the •secretary of War until a suitable library building was provided. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylva nia, the House bill providing for a retired list for privates and non-commlssloned officers who have served thirty years in the army was taken up and passed. The pension bill for the relief of the widow of General George 11. Thomas came up. The amendment of the Senate committee to re duce flic pension from s2,(tut) to 51.200 was voted down by 17 to 27and the bill as it passed the House, increasing the pension to 82,000, was adopted without a division. In the House the Inter-State Commerce bill, as received from the Senate, was laid before the House. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, asked its present consideration with a view to a disa- I greemeut and a request for a cons rence, but objection was made and the bill went to the Speaker’s tai le. „ , The bill to pay to the Trustees of the Chris tian Brother's College, of St. Louis, 820,000 for the use of their buildings and grounds during the war, came up under the hour as signed by the new rule, and was passed, oilier bills were offered in the House, but too many objected to secure their consideration. The House then went into committee of the whole on the River and Harbor bill, but made very slow progress, amendments being offered aud| discussed on nearly every para graph. At 6 p. m. the House took a recess until’o a. m. Monday. At the instigation of Mr. VanWyck, ad vantage was taken of the passage of one ol these private pension bills to incorporate upon It leading provisions with regard to a pensioner of the late war, engrafted on the Mexican veterans pension bill, which is now tied up in the House, without prospect ot agreement, because of amendments. 'The pensioner thus honored was Mrs. Sarah B. Jackson, and byway of amendment to the bill granting her a pension, the seuateadopt ed the first three provisions inserted in the Mexican pension bill, namely, Increasing the pension oi the widows of soldiers in the late war from 88 to sl2 a month, providing that enlistment and service during the war should be prima facie proof of sound nessat the time of enlistment, and extending the provisions ofthe pension laws to depend ent parents of deceased soldiers. The fourth amendment, entitling to a pension all sol diers who had served three months in the I'ii ion army, during the late war, was voted down. Senators Hoar and Pendleton, were ap pointed tellers on the part of the Senate to count the Presidential vote on Wednesday next. shortly [before 5 o’clock the Senate went into Executive session, and almost Imme diately adjourned. MONEY AND STOCKS. The Movements in Wall Street Yesterday. New York, Feb. 7.—Money closed at 1 per eent. Exchange closed flrm; posted rates, $4 84@4 87%; actual rates, 84 83%@4 83% for 60 days, and $4 86%@4 87 for demand. Governments closed firm; currency 6s, $1 26 bid; 4's, coupon, SI 22 bld, 4%’s do. 81 12% : ma. The bulls had entire control of stock speculation this morning, and prices were pushed up steadily fipm t he opening to noon. I at which time the figures were up % to .1% ■ ■ per cent., wit an exceptional advance of 1 percent in .Memphis and Charleston. The market continued strong from noon up to 2 I I o’clock, and although ealiiigs were light,! . prices w“r marked upon ..l.eo-t every trans- j action. The suspension ol i .8. Hoyt, a small j operator, was announced tiii- afternoon, but ! it did not have any effect. The closing prices ■ were: Union Pacific 1 " . t Missouri Pacific f’ l ’’ Western Union Telegraph Go 62 Pacific Mall 55% i Lake shore «2‘., Louisville and Nashville 2r, Texas Pacific 1- Oenverand Rio Grande I Michigan Central 58 Delaware, Lackawanna & West u Northwestern 93% St. Paul 75% Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 110% Oregon Transcontinental 12% Northern Pacific 38% Rock Island Hl Jersey Central 38% Memphis and Charleston 36 East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (corn! 3% East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5% Philadelphia and Readlug 1-5% Omaha (coin).... 27 Omaha (pfd) Bs% New York Central 89% Kansas and Texas 15% Erie 12% Erie (pfd) Northern Pacific (pfd) 39% Central Pacific 29% C& A 132% C A O o% Northwestern (pfd) 127% O& M St. Paul 75% St. P ul (pfd) 1H5% R A- D 47* R AWP 21% It A A 11% N A W, pref 21% OVR GREAT STAPLE. 1 Cotton Movements at Home and Abr ad. Liverpool, Feb. 7. —Spot cotton steady; middling uplands 6d, do Orleans 6 1-16; sales 6,000 bales. Arrivals closed steady, 1-64 lower than ye tefday. NEW York, Feb. 7.—Receipts at our ports to-day point to 10,09 u bales, and compare with 18,912 bales last week and 19,153 bales in 1888. Cotton on the spot is steady at 11% for mid dling upland, with sales of 93 bales to spin ners and 700 bales delivered on contt'act. Fu ture deliveries were worked up and conse- ■ quently actual transactions were exceedingly small. The sales of the day are recorded to amount to 13,000 bales. The market closed dull and quotations are raised 2 to 2-100 above I yesterday's Anal prices. February H-16a17; j March 11-22a23; April H-29a30; May H-40a41; June H-50a51: July H-60a61; August H-70a71; September H-30a33; October 10-83a86; Novem . ber 10-70a74. Galveston Cotton quiet at 16%; re ceipts, 2,864 bales. New Orleans—Cotton good demand at 10%; receipts, 5,000 bales. Mobile—Cotton dull at 10 7-16; receipts .500 bales. Charleston —Cotton firm at 10%; receipts, 450 bales. Norfolk—Cotton steady at 1013-16; receipts, 422 bales. Baltimore Cotton flrm at 11 1-19; re ceipts, 1,050 bales.' Augusta—Cotton dull at 10%; receipts, 242. Memphis—Cotton quiet atat 10 1-6; receipts, 1,190 bales. St. Louis—Cotton steady at 10 7-16; receipts 856 bales. THE DYNAMITERS. Still at Work Plotting Destraction. • London, Feb. 7.—The authorities have been ' informed of an anonymous threat to blow up ; the Eton College buildings. ■ A package containing 75 pounds of dyna- ■ mite has been discovered in a tavern at Ber- ■ wick-on-Tweed. The police are completely : mystified as to how it got there, and they • have as yet been unable discover any person who might have brought it. TERRIFIC COLLISION ON THS PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. A Freight and Oil Train Run Into Each | Other on the Raritan Bridge—Four Lives I 1.0-t and Locomotives and Cars Wrecked—A Stream of Blazing Oil Runs Down the Streets of New Brunswick Many Hou-cs Burned— Losses Neaily $1,000,0000 Special Dispatch to the Daily Times. New York, Feb. 7.—A collision occurred b. tween a freight and oil train on the iron bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad, span ning the Raritan river at New Bruns wick, New Jersey, at three o clock this morning, resulting in the loss of four lives, the destruction of two locomo tives and many cars, and the partial wreck of one span ofthe bridge. An explosion of the oil cars caused the burning of Janeway A Co.’s wall paper factory at New Brunswick, the Consolidated Fruit Jar Company, six dwellings and one hotel. Two thousand men are thrown outof employment. The Southern and Western mails are detained. The loss is about 81,000,000. [By United Press.] New Brunswick, N.J., Feb. 7.—A collision occurred between a freight and an extra on the iron bridge on the Pennsylvania Bailroad spanning the Raritan river at this point, shortly before 3 o’clock this morning, result ing in the loss of four lives, the destruction of two locomotives and many cars, the par tial wreck of one span of the bridge, and the burning of two factories, six dwellings and one hotel In this city. The damage is placed at between SBOO,OOO and $1,000,000. The collision so far as can be learned, was due to the CARELESSNESS OF THE CONDUCTOR of the forward train. The train consisted of freight and oil cars, the latter being in the r»ar and was East bound. For some reason, at present unknown, the train stopped on the bridge with the tall standing on the shore spans. No flagmen, as alleged, were sent back to warn the approaching train of danger. The result was the locomotive of a [ fast East bound train plunged into the rear j ofthe oil train. The shock was terrific and caused the ex-1 plosion of an oil car. STREAMS OF BURNING OIL Speedily overspread the bridge, and ran down ; to the streets below, igniting everything! combustible in its course. Two brakemen of the oil train fell through the bridge to the street with the car they were on, and | were burned up. The engineer and fireman of the rear train Jumped from the call at the George street crossing, seeing the I collision was inevitable, and saved their j lives. The shock of the explosion aroused the | people of this city from their slumber, and | attracted by the bright light of the burning j cars, they ran to the bridge and attempted to j stay the progress of the flames. The entire fire department was also out promptly, but • the GUTTERS WERE FILLED WITH BLAZING OIL. ! which could not be turned from its eon se ! toward the river, and soon Janeway A Co.’s j immense wall paper factory, close to the i bridge, caught fire. The Chief of the Fire I Department recognizing the desperate straits | in which he was placed, owing to his small orce, telegraphed to Elizabeth and Jersey j Citv for assistance, but before steamers from | those places arrived Janeway's factory ■ was burned to the ground John Dougn-1 city, an employe, entered the office of this ; building to try and save the books, but was I overcome by smoke, and perished. Tile lire ! then extended to the large factory of the 1 | New Brunswick Consolidated I'riiil JarConi- I pany, which was quickly enveloped in shi els of flame and was t'tally consumed. Next the stream of oil reached a row of dwelling j nouses on Washington street, immediately ' I opposite the two factories referred to, mid I they were burned, together witli tile hotel ml joining. At it o,clock the rireiin n, with the aid of the out of town steamers, succeed, d in getting the flames under control. TWO THOUSAND MEN OUT OF EM PLOY Ml-XT. | By the destruction of the two factories I more than two thousand men are thrown out I of employment. It is believed that they were partly insured. Among the cars burned were I two, each containing twelve horses. All | East and West bound trains on the Pennsyl-1 vania Road are cut off from direct commit- j nication with this city, and are compelled to make wide detours, Philadelphia, Washing ton and Western trains now going via Elizabeth and the Bound Brook route. In coming trains come byway of Monmouth Junction and South Amboy. Wrecking trains have been sent to the scene of the dis aster from Jersey City, and the Superin tendent of the division says that all trains will be running regularly by noon. The bridge is one of the tl nest along the line of the Pennslvania Road. THE LOSSES. The loss on Janeway A Co.’s buildings, stock and plant will amount to $175,000; insurance, I s6l 000. The Consolidated Fruit Jar Com-, pany s loss is $50,000; fully insured. The loss i by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company can j not be ascertained. The loss on dwelling j houses Is 810,000 and on the dyeing depart ment of the Hosiery Company $10,000; lully Insured. Janeway A Co. will immediately rebuild. The insurance loss will fall on out of-town companies, and is well distributed. I Steps have already been taken to test the ; liability of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-1 puny iu tie matter of damages before the i Trenton courts. Tbc mystery is that the whole town was not burned. The accident j ■seems to have been du> t” the carelessness ot the telegraph operatin’Oil the east bank ol the Raritan, who operated the block signals. He cannot be found. N w York Produce Market. New York, Feb. 7. Flour opened quiet and without change. Alinnessota extra fine. $8.00a5.65; Round hoop Ohio, >1 00a5.50; South- ■ ern dull. Common to choice extra $3.15iu5.75. Wheat options unsettled and limited trading. ■ The close was steady at slight recline. Spot! lots closed easy and %a%c lower. Spot sales , of ungraded winter red, 88%a9<; No. 3, red 86%; No. 2, red State 92.%; No. 2, red win , ter February at 92%a92%; April 190, 2 a. 95%. Corn options in moderate demand ami i firm, closing steady; spot lots irregular; spot [ sales of ungraded mixed at 54a56and ungrad-1 ed yellow at 55; No. 2 mixed February atol%a ' 51%; do May 50%. Oats, options dull and weak, closing barely steady and slightly low er; spot lots without decided change ; spot [ sales No. 2 white state at 39%, No. 2 mixed at j ' 38, No. 2 mixed February 3/%, bid do March 37%. Pork dull; mess at sl3 50. Chicago ’Change. Chicago, Feb. 7—Wheat opened fairly ac-! • tive and about firm at an improvement of %c ■ over yesterday's close. Corn flrm at opening, prices %c higher than yesterday's close. Oats | continue very dull and easier with other ■ grades. Provisions were the strongest arti- ’ cles on the floor, and were traded m by an I unusually large number of operators. Clos ing prices were: Wheat No. 2, r ebruary < <"4. May 83%. Corn No. 2, February 3ti‘ s ; May 40%. Oats No. 2, February, 27; May 30%. Pork, February $1305; May Sl3 22%; short rib sides, February $6 55; May $6 75. Frobabilitiea. Washington, Feb. 7.—For the South At- L lantic States warmer fair weather, lolloweu • by partly cloudy weather and local rains, winds generally from south to west ami lower barometer. New York. Feb. 7.—The steamer Alaska, from Liverpool January 24, has been spoken 1 at sea, making for Halifax in a disabled con dition. All well. A DYNAMITER’S STORY. Ma* tin O’Connor’s Account of the Plot to Demolish the of Parliament and the Tower. ; Pittsburg, Feb. 6.—There arrived in New ' York last Saturday afternoon Martin O’Con nor, an Irish American, who is at present stopping in this city, who, accord ng to his : own confession, was in a manner connected 1 with the great explosion of January 24. He 1 left London three days before the explosion ' occurred, but this statement will show that he was fully aware that it would take place: “At a meeting of certain organizations which has the cause of Ireland at heart, held in Newark, N. J , on the night of Tuesday, Sep- ' tember 16, 18«4, a resolution was passed I authorizing the corresponding secreta- ■ ry to communicate witli other organiza-1 tions in Boston, Philadelphia, Jersey I City and Scranton to ask them if their members would be willing to send two of 1 heir members to England for ‘work,’ ex penses paid. All except Jersey City assented ami furnished the men. We were sent from the Newark lodge. After being fully instructed we proceeded to England on different vessels. We met in London on October k 2. Our place of rendezvous was a tavern under Charing Cross Hotel. Ther a we were met by a fellow patriot, also acting under instructions. Our chemist, Louis Soutelli, prepared the ex plosives. Our first work was the partially successful demolition of the London Bridge. After that we were compelled to remain in concealment. After several secret meetings, finally, on January 3, our society held a grand meeting, at which time it was determined to do the biggest jot> ever attempted before, viz : Both Houses of Par liament, Westminster Abbey, the Tower, the British Museum,and Westminster Bridge. At a subsequent meeting it was decided that Windsor Castle and Crystal Palace should be included. The time decided upon to blow up the d—d English institutions was fixed for January 20. Twenty men were designated to the work, several disguised as women. Our plans were frustrated by a most singular acci dent. One of our female companions in jump ing from the vehicle fell to the ground,causing the veil to come off and the skirts to tilt up. disclosing both his masculine features and pantaloons. Greatly alarmed, he hastily withdrew and informed the other parties that the police were on the alert. It was decided that as we were under police surveillance, it I would be impolitic to attempt the work our -1 selves. We were ordered home, and on tbe 22d of January we sailed from Liverpool. Since arriving here 1 have written to my friends James O'Brien, Michael Sheehan and 1 James Duffy, in Philadelphia. All I can say in conclusion is, ‘God save Ireland and justify ; . our course.' ’ A HORRIBLE frTORY. Terrible Tragedy in Or gm. I Portland, Ors. , Feb. (i.—A special from I j Seattle, Washington Territory, says: The steamer Evangel, which ai rived from a cruise to San Juan Island, brings news of a terrible tragedy which occurred on Shaw's Island, Sanjuan county. la«t Monday. James ' ■ Baker had gone for a hunt on the island, and ! j when he did not return alter a lapse of ten i I la-, s, Sheriff'John Kelly, ill San Juan county, | oreanlz-i a nartv to Search for the missing I man. i'liev arrived at the cabin of one Hugh Barlt’s, an eccentric individual. They were I leiiisedi tiii-aiiie and even a drink of water. I Ti-, in ' :ll sv. ..1 .. .I a warrant tor Parks’ I arrest .m •he grnu:.d nf insanity. The men , i then f.ai.il .. am'-nsn ail watched the cabin. Al’. r some i:: u I'.irks was seen to c-merc--. ‘hanging tm- i. ul;. of a dead : an wh . V. a- Lil. • w <rd- mum! :o be that m- : mi--.li. ..'aim-Ila’:<‘ i" 1i :<s again ■ I Unn.-a Bin thecabiu. This oeciiri i don Friday an l lor three days Hie cabin was watilied. I At the end of that time not a >i.-n ■>! lite witliin being manifested, Wilbur V, Ison, one of the sheriff's men, volunteered : ntiT the eabi", but as he stepped into the it ■ ’way the crazy man within shot him dean, llie sheriff and his men waited no longer, but i saturating a bale of hay witli coal oil, they I colled it into the cabin and tired it, burning ! ! the cabin totheground. Parks charred body I was afterward found in tbe ruins ot the | • cabin. THE FOREST CITY. As Seen by Mr. Ausburn Towner. ! It will be remembered that a short time ago Mr. Ausburn Towner, the genial and capable correspondent of the Elmira morning Tele gram, visited this city while making a tourof the South for his paper. He has written anum ber of interesting letters from various points in the South, and in the issue of the Telegram of Sunday last he devoted considerable space to Savannah. His entire letter is exceedingly complimentary to our city, with which, we are glad to see. he was delighted. Space for bids our publishing this letter in full, but the following concluding extracts will give a very fair idea of its general drift : “I can only write‘Dulcissimo die!’ after that ; January day in Savannah. Who would not ! do so after a drive over the shell road toward ! Bonaventure, past the Schuetzen Park, where there is every convenience that Germans re quire fortheirannual ormonthly sports,even including lager from Rochester, and on to the Club House of the Savannah Yacht Club. The road the whole way is shaded like the walks In Elysium, and the air as balmy as ; the breath of spring. The Yacht Club house 1 overlooking A VAST EXPANSE OF COUNTRY, ! with wooden clumps here and there to re ' lieve the monotony of its flatness, and j nst I out bv its dock the sleepy river Vernon that in its'winding way to the sea affords a course of forty miles going and returning for the ! annual regatta. All hail! Commodore Wil i Ham Hone, sea dog and bead of the club! Who Jails into your hands is like one invited toa f-astof fat things. But the summit, climax apex of it all. Thunderbolt! Not an exclamation, so much as it is the name of a spot close by, memorable for its associa tions. Ju liter marked the place, sending down one day a lightning shaft and opening ! a spring where it struck, still flows and near ! which Bacchus and Venus hold constant I court. That was a place to be in on a January evening, sitting out of doors under tbestar light eating oysters just pulled from the riv er just at hand, and roasted in the shell on a I b’g iron over a fire at your feet! To put, away a bushel of them under such ci re um i stances is no great performance. Witli these to have as an accompaniment, the words of one who had served as a Confederate officer i relating THE STIRRING INCIDENTS AS SEEN 1 from his side, and naming as his Generals, i Lee, ’Stonewall’ Jackson, Ewell, Early and ! Longstreet. You. get a view of the case to ! which you are unaccustomed, and which is I as novel and strange as all your surround ings. Then the subsequent milk punch mixed by Bannon himself! From the loam ! of which Venus might have arisen as well as ! from that of the sea and Increased thereby her grace and comeliness, and the taste of which would have made tbe gods empty their ambrosia into the river Styx with pure envy. What more can I say of Savannah or Georgia? I I have only caught a glimpse of it here and there, at the best, but it seems to me like looking through a window at a landscape, that like that which Moses saw from Mount ! Pisgah can be made to flow with more than I mlik and honey and which from border to border should be as beautiful, fruitful, popu lous and happy as were ever the famed lands of Grenada or the rich plains of Arabia the Happy. Ausburn Towner.” London, Feb. 7.—Advices are received from West Africa that the Ahwoonli tribe recently attacked Quiettn. on the North Guineagold coast. The natives of Quietta and Housa i were assisted by the English police, under . I Captain Campbell, in driving the invaders I back. There was a desperate conflict, In which ■ three of the white men were killed and Capt. 1 Campbell dangerously wounded. OUR PRESIDENT-ELECT HIS LAST I'AY IS SEW YOKE. A Rush of Visitors—Conference with Lead ing Men of tile Democratic Party-Tlie President-elect Not Yet Decided on His Cabinet—Various Delegations Present tile Claims of Their Respective Friends Mr. Cleveland Listens to All, but Promises None. New York, Feb. 7.—This being the last day I of the stay of the President-elect in this city, ; I the corridors of the Victoria Hotel were i I crowded with callers this morning anxious to i ! embrace the last opportunity to greet Mr. j Cleveland and to offer their services or those . of their friends to the Incoming adminls-1 1 tratlon. Mr. Cleveland, with his private sec-; retary, arose early and breakfasted at 81 , o’clock. They were just seated when General ! ‘ Farnsworth sent up his card, and that gen tieman was at admitted. Mayor Grace | was the next caller, and was also admitted. Mr. Cleveland greeted both callers cordially ■’ and invited them to a seat at the table. The 1 ’ four gentlemen breakfasted at-9 o’clock. Mr. j ' Cleveland, accompanied by Colonel Lamont, ! 1 visited Barony's, where Mr. Cleveland sat for his photograph. He returned to the hotel ; half an hour later and at once retired to his I apartment. On his reappearance at the hotel | he was joined by Senators Gorman, Lamar, Wallace and ex-Senator Davis, of West Vir- j ginia. The rooms were then closed against I all callers, and no cards were received for j nearly an hour, during which time those as sembled in Mr. Cleveland's rooms were in i earnest consultation. It was nearly 11 o’clock before the confer ence ended, and at Its conclusion a delega tion of Tammanyltes were asked In to the presence of the President-elect. They were pleasantly received, and Gen. Cochrane, the Chairman of the delegation, presented an address on the part of Tammany congratula ting Mr. Cleveland on his election. The President-elect replied briefly, thanking them for the kindly sentiments expressed in the address, after which the delegation retired. A delegation from Kansas was next ushered in, and urged the claim of General Blair for Postmaster General. At 12 m. Mr. Cleveland j had a consultation with Messrs. Abram ! Hewitt, Edward Cooper, Hubert O. Thomp son, aud several other prominent leaders of the State. This gave rise to a report that Mr. Hewitt had been tendered the Portfolio of the , Treasury. Among other <allers where Charles 1 R. Codman. of Massachussetts, James W. Harper, of Harper Bros., August Belmont,and Governor Abbott, of New Jersey. Col. La- ■ mont stated to a United Press reporter that | , Mr. Cleveland would probably take tlie six o'clock train for Albany. The Times says Mr. Cleveland said to a friend yesterday: “There seems to be an im pression that the Cabinet has bean selected. That is notso. Itwould be idle forme to pre- : tend that I have not thought of men for the I Cabinet offices. There are one or two names ! that I think will remain onthe slate.yet even that is not certain. I want to hear whatever ' can be said far any one, and I shall be open I to conviction to the last moment. The choice of names will not be officially settled until I ! can consider the qualifications of every man 11 I whose friends may want a place for him. 1 see it has been said also that I have come j here to finish up the reception business, and I shall not want delegations to go to Albany ■ after my return. Un the contrary, delega i lions, or other callers, with views to stale, or I candidacies to urge, will be welcome at Al ! bany at any time.” A conference was held early this morning , in Mr. Cleveland's apartments. It was at tended by Senator Gorman, B. B. Smalle,'. land August Belmont. There was present ■■ another gentleman who has not taken a prominent part in public affairs for several years. This was Burton N. Harrison, who was the private secretary- of Jetterson D. vis ; ; during the wdr. Mr. Harrison is very reti- j ; | 1 Among the visitors, very cordially greeted, ! * a delegation from Kansas called. Chas W. ! i Blair's claims lor the Secretaryship of the Interior were pressed, and a subcommittee ■ of Tammany Hall presented tbe President elect with the address prepared by the com mittee of sixty. The gentlemen congratu- j . lated the ex Governor upon his elevation, ! ' and pledged Tammany Hall's support to his administration. Mr. Cleveland thanked the committee and I inquired as to Mr. Kelly’s health. At 1:20 o’clock Mr. Cleveland closeted him- j self with Abram 8. Hewitt. Edward Cooper, . Senators Jonas and Gorman and one or two ‘ ] others spent almost an hour with Mr. Cleve-1 land, though his conversation was inter-: i rupted continually by callers. Mr. Cleveland ■ . will not visit Mr. Tilden at present. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Manning arrived at ■ i Yonkers this afternoon, and are now visiting Mr. Tilden. ' 1 Pleasing Entertainment for a Worthy Object. : I On Wednesday night, next, at the Ford’s ; Opera House, will be presented the 5-act | s drama, entitled, “The Social Glass,” by j ] the Amateurs of Savannah, for the benefit j i of Savannah Lodge No. 500, I. 0. G. T. • t Mr. F. Eugene Durbec, President of the ! c Keene Dramatic Association, has the mm-' t agement of the play, and will doubtless I make as great a succes iu presenting this ■ piece as he has on many past occasions 11 Tickets will be sold at 75 cents, and can be had at Davis Bros., S. P. Hamilton’s, O. ! ' Butler’s, J. B. Fernandez’s, Ludden & ! . Bates'. Central Railroad ticket office and E. ! ! M Connor’s. The object of the entertain- ! ( ment is a worthy one and deserves a good ' patronage on this account alone, aside from ■ < the tact that the play is a pleasant and in- '' structive one. The Fifty-Hour Walk. The fifty-hour match between Wreford and Davis, the two Savannah pedestrians, ( for a purse of SSOO a side, ended at the close ( of the thirty-second hour, on account of i Wreford’s running against the railing and j completely disabling himself. He was placed ■ in a carriage and conveyed to his home, where Dr. Reed attended him. He will be able to be out again in a few days, as his in juries are by no means serious. The score, stood as follows at the close: Davis, 121; Wreford, 117. Davis made 16 laps after Wre ford fell, to complete his 121st mile, and is in good trim. He says he will beat the score made by McCarthy (Ogeechee John) in July. He says he is a little stiff, but otherwise is uninjured. Didn’t Ring the Bell. Some of the truck farmers and gardeners! living out beyond Anderson street, complain that the engineers on the Savannah, Flori da and Western Railway do not ring the , bells when they cross Lovers’ Lane. Mr. N. Mumm stated to a Times reporter yes terday that as he was coming to market at 5:30 in the morning, he came near being run over by a passing train, as no warning bell was rung, and the darkness was too great for him to see. He had to jump from his wagon and jerk his horse back hurriedly, else both would have been struck. Mr. Munn has a stall in the Market, and comes to the city early every morning. S6OO A YEAK A BOLD ROBBERY. -killfully Planned and Executed—No Clue to the Thief. One of the most skillfuly planned and executed robberies ever known in Savannah, occurred on Friday evening. Mr. M. Sternberg, a prominent Broughton street jeweler, being the sufferer. The following are the facts : A neatly dressed young man wearing a double breasted blue sack coat, with fancy buttons, neat pants, light colored blue spring overcoat and soft straw colored ; felt hat, walked into the store of that jew eler in the forenoon of Friday and present ed the card of Mr. A. L. Desbouillons, an other jeweler, stating that his name was C. D. Marshall, and had been sent to him to purchase a diamond ring, etc. Mr. Jake Sternberg waited upon the stranger and showed him at his request a 2| karat dia mond which suited. This first visit was between 11 and 12 in the morning. The stranger left, stating that he would call at 5 o’clock. Promptly at the hour named Marshal), as he stated his name, came back and said he would take the diamond, which had been set in a ring. It was worth $283 50, making a total of $490. These articles he was allowed to take possession of in the store. He then asked Mr. Sternberg to make a selection of a lot of valuable dia monds and accompany him to the Pulaski Hou»e, at which hotel he claimed to be stopping with his wife and grandmother. These ladies, he said, would like to make a selection from the stock, and then he would pay the entire bill. Unsuspectingly Mr. Sternberg accompanied the stranger to the hotel. They went into the parlor through the ladies’ entrance, Marshall apparently being well acquainted with the arrangement of the place. Here he told Mr. Sternberg to take a seat and wait nntil he could go up to the ladies’ room and bring them down to look at the jewels. He went up the stairs used by the lady guests ol the hotel, and the unsuspecting clerk awaited his return with the ladies. A young man named Simmons, employed in the store, somehow suspected that all was not right a moment or two after Mr. Sternberg and Marshall had left, and hurried to the hotel and asked Mr. Cummings,'the clerk, which was Marshall’s room. He was informed that no such party was in the house and had not been there. Young Simmons then rushed to the parlor and asked Sternberg where his customer was, and he replied that he had gone up stairs for the ladies. Being told that no such man was at the hotel, it flashed on them that they had been duped, and such was the case. The confidence man had evidently gone up the ladies’ stairway, rushed up the hal', down the other stair way into and through the office. He did not succeed here, as Muhlberg wanted time to examine the jewels as well as to be ■ ertain that all was right. This was the last seen of the sharper. The aid of the detec tives of the ci y was immediately celled into service, and they were on the watcli at .11 the trains leading to the city, both freight ■nd passenger. Steinberg aud Simmons, vho got a good look at him, were out with the detectives trying to catch the rascal. He was at Desbouillons twice and also at S. P. Hamilton’s, but neither of these gen tlemen had what he wanted. THE N. O. EXPOSITION. A Gran I School of Instruction Worth a Year’s Travel. Y’esterday a Times reporter met Mr. F. A. Randle, of St. Louis, Mo., at the Pu laski House. Mr. Randle is of the Drum mond Tobacco Company, of the above men tioned city, and is now en route to Florida, for a few weeks’ recreation. In the course of conversation Mr. Randle remarked that Be had just come from New Orleans, where he had spent two weeks visiting the Ex position. Mr. Randle says that notwith standing nearly every one who goes to the Exposition comes home and says it is a failure, he is impressed with the fact that it is the greatest thing of the kind ever before under taken in this country. As compared with the centennial, the latter affair pales into com parative insignificance. “There is one thing about this Exposition which people should take into considera tion when preparing to visit it, and that is, it will take not less than two weeks to see it in a satisfactory manner, and one who takes only three or four days to see it is no doubt disappointed. I spent two weeks there, and devoted my time entirely to going the rounds, and when I left, I am confident that I had not seen one-half to be seen. Each day, as I went over the ground, I would find a new display going up. Things are moving along like magic, and where it is j blank to-day a magnificent display will be seen to-morrow. Immense sums of money have been expended in completing tn is grand enterprise, which is certainly a mon ument cf industry and enterprise to the whole Union, audit seems to be the worst, taste possible to decry it, as is now being done, not to say anything of the ruinous consequences, which will turely follow. Any thinking man, after having seen the grand display, will be compelled to say that it is undoubtedly a success. I look upon a visit: spent in seeing the Exposition as worth at least a year’s steady travel. It is to my mind a complete school of education supe rior to any in the world. Why, sir, a man could spend a year there in observation, and when he had left he would still be ig j norant of many points of interest to be seen, 1 In every respect I think it a grand success, as it now stands, and new exhibits are com ' ing in every day. No one who visits the Exposition from this date on will regret it.’ —The Building Committee of the Savan nah Volunteer Guards met yesterday and adopted the plan as proposed by Mr. J. A. Wood, architect, of New York, and ordered the building of their armory to proceed. The ci st of this handsome armory will be about $40,000, and in a very few days the unsightly hole on Whitaker street will bft filled with workmen !