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VOL. 6—NO. 39.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST EVENTS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
Another Dispatch from General Wolseley— I
General Earle Progressing Satlsfacto. <
rily Towards Berber—Speer’s Chances ,
of C'onfirmetion—Appalling Bail
way Accident —Congressional
Proceedings General
News Items.
London, February 9.—General Wolseley 1
telegraphs the war office this morning from .
Korti, saying that a'messenger just in from
Berti brings him news of General Earle.;
The General, with his command, is making
rapid progress towards Berber the objective
point of his expedition. His advance guard, ;
composed of a detachment of cavalry from 1
Berti, had reached Shakoob wel s
where they surprised and put to
flight a large body of rebels,
who had encamped at the wells on
their way to join die Mahdi’s aggressive
Lieutenant, Osman Digna. Thirty of the
rebels were killed and six taken prisoners.
The cattle and cAmels belonging to the band, ,
and a large number of Remington rifles
were secured. The rebels were said to 1
be under the leadership of the chief who so
treacherously inveigled Colonel Stewart to
his death.
London, Feb. 9—The latest orders from
the War Office call for a dispatch offa ba
tall ion of the Scot’s Fusil eers, Coldstream
Guards, and a squadron of the Fifth Lan
cers. The orders call for their immediate
departure for the Suakin.
APPALLING ACCIDENT.
A Rai road Train Crashes through a Bridge
With 200 Passengers.
Creston, lowa, Feb. 9—An appalling
accident occurred on the Bnrlingtoa Rail- j
road at a small stream 10 miles west of here
last evening. As the New York fast mail i
approached the bridge, a rail broke beneath I
the forward cars of the train. The rear
coaches were thrown from the track, and
they toppled along on the ties until
they were on the bridge, when the two rear
coaches and the sleeper careened and fell
from the bridge into anjicy abyss below,
carrying down about 200 passengers, many
of whom were women and children. The
escape from general destruction was marvel
lous, as the cars are badly wrecked and the
fall was a desperate one. The coaches fe 1
bottom upward into the stream, crushed
through the ice and were wedged into the
chilly water, where they were held until
the front end of the train could be pulled out
and a relief crew returned. The following
were killed: Robert Brown, Mount Pleasant,
lown;Mrs. Powell,New Albany,lndiana; Mrs.
W. C.Carr011,
B. Cole, Grand Rapids, Mich.; C. H. Howel,
sleeping ear conductor; G. R. Hawkins, con
ductor; S. J. Lindsey, Creston, lowa.; W. J.
Davenport, Burlington, Iowa; Dr. W. C. .
Carroll, Langacne, Col ; Mrs. M. Farrell,
Prescott, Iowa; Isaiah Waterman, Carning,
lowa.
The accident was unforeseen, and was due I
to the change of weather during the last tew I
days.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER,
In Which a Georgian in Killed.
Coleman, Tex., Feb. 9.—A tragic mur-1
dar occurred on Saturday night, at the
ranch of A. J. Notions, ten miles north of
Coleman. About dark, a stranger rode up,and
without dismounting,approached thedoor and
asked a woman to tell Dudley Henderson to
come out. As Henderson appeared the
stranger covered him with a revol-
ver and said to several bystanders,
“Now see me kill him.” Before any
one could move he sent a bullet through
Henderson’s heart. After Henderson had
fallen, the stranger fired four more bullets
into his body, any one of which would have
proved fatal. Bidding Mr. Notions goad
evening, the stranger rode away.
The mysterious murder is known to bit
few. Henderson was a handsome young
man, who had sought this unsettled spot o
bide from an infuriated and wronged bus
land, who resided some fifty milee ■
rom Coleman. This man’s wif
and Henderson had beeen school
mates in Georgia, and had loved each
other from chi’dnood. She married a
wealthy Texan, but her lover Henderson '
followed her to Texas about a year
ago. For a time all went well,
then by accident the husband
discovered' his wife’s unfaithfulness. He ,
sent her ba- k io Georgia and began his (
/ search for Henderson. The unfaithful wife .
/ belongs to highly respectable families. The 1
I Sheriff is in pursuit of the murderer.
SPEER’S NOMINATION
To Be Acte J on To-Morrow—Hopes of Its
Defeat.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 9.—The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee have postponed
consideration of the case, of Emory Speer as
United States Judge for the Southern dis- |
triCt of Georgia, until to-morrow. Senator
Colquitt, after consulting the Republican
members of the committee, states that if
party lines are tightly drawn the indica
tions are that Mr. Speer will be confirmed;
otherwise Mr. Colquitt feels confident of de
feating him.
French Sailors Shot for Mutiny.
Paris, Feb. 9. —Twelve sailors belonging
to the French fleet, at Watson, were shot
yesterday for having engaged in mutiny on
board of one of the ships.
Clean teeth, healthy gums, a pure breath,by
p usng Holmes’Wash and Dentifrice. I
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, (MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, ISBS.
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
This Morning’s Proceedings in Both •
Houses.
Washington, Feb. 9.—ln the House the
threatened conflict between the Committee
on the Rivers and Harbors and Appropria
tions bills was brought to an issue. As soon
as the Speaker’s gavel fell at 1 o’clock,
in continuation of Saturday’s session, Mr.
Townshend, of Illinois, moved to go
into committee of the whole on the post
office appropriation bill. Mr. Wills, of
Kentucky, protested against this motion,
and said the House on Saturday almost unan
imously given two hours to this, with the
understanding that this morning the time
was to be occupied in consideration of the
River and Harbor Bill. Mr. Townshend
suggested that the committee take two
hours for the river and harbor bill with the ;
understanding that they yield at 12 o’clock
to the Appropriation Committee. This
Mr. Willis declined to assent to.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, expressed a
doubt whether all the appropriation bills
could be passed, and urged that the river I
and harbor bill could be considered at in
tervals between the appropriation bills. '
After fruitless efforts to reach an understand- j
ing, the regular order was demanded on Mr. i
Townshend’s mo.ion. Mr. Holman, of In
diana, insisted upon the yeas and nays,
which were ordered. The vote on the reso
lution resulted, yeas 53, nays 127. Mr.
Willis then, at 11 o’clock, moved to go into
committee of the whole on the river and
harbor bill, which was agreed to.
In the Senate, Mr. Mahone, from the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported favorably and the Sen
ate passed the following House bill increas
ing the appropriation for the erection of
a public building at Pittsburg, Pa.,
at §150,000, and bills making
appropriations for the erection
of a public building at Troy, N. Y., and ex
tending limits for a public building in
coarse of erection at Peoria and Quincy,
■ Illinois.
I On motion of Mr. Morrill, the bill pro
j viding for the purchase of Square 406,
! Washington, D. C., upon which to erect a
: city post office, was taken up and passed.
I On motion of Mr. Vest, a bill providing
for the erection of a public building at
Tyler, Texas, was passed.
THE FALL OF KHARTOUM.
What the British Minister Thinks About It.
Washington, Feb. 6. —The British Min
ister, Mr. West, was interviewed to-day con
cerning the fall of Khartoum :
“What effect,” asked the reporter, “will
the fall of Khartoum have upon Eng
land ? ”
“1 can only look upon Gen. Gordon’s mis
sion as a temporary check to the expedition
in the Soudan. The fall of Khartoum has,
of course, demonstrated the fact that our
forces were too small, and that Geo. Wolsely
made a mistake in supposing that he could
do the work for which he embarked with
the troops at his command. It is unfortu
i nite, tco, that he underestimated the
I strength of the enemy.”
“What will E 'gland now do?”
I “What she set out to do—to conquer the
Soudan.”
j “That will be done by reinforcements, will
it not?”
“Oh, yes; General Wolseley will be rein
i forced at once and he will proceed to carry
I out his mission.”
‘Will the Gladstone ministry resign ?”
This question seemed to astonish Mr. West,
i who laughed, and said :
“That is a question I am absolutely unable
to answer. There is great excitement m
England over our defeat, and it is a hard
matter to tell what will be done.”
RESULT OF A FEUD.
An Old Man Waylaid and Shot—Lynching
Talked of.
Nashville, Tenn , February 9. —Three
brothers named Sawyer lay in ambush yes
terday morning about nine miles from here
and when John Carter, an old market man
approached, shot him riddling his bi dy with
buckshot. He died instantly. A feud had
existed between the family, and yesterday’s '
tragedy is a culmination of a series of shoot
ing scrapes. Two of the Sawyers are in jail ■
at Franklin. The excitement is running
high, with probabilites of lynching.
THE SUSPECTED DYNAMITERS.
Accused of High Treason Against the |
Government.
London, February 9. —James G. Cun- ■
ningham and Harry Burton, charged under j
the explosive act with complicity
in the recent explosions in the
Tower and other public . buildings in
London wefe rearraigned in Bow Street
Court this morning. Mr Poland’s, Solicitor
of the Treasury, remarks created a sensation
by withdrawing the first charge of complici
ty in the attempt to blow up public build
ings, and substituting the charge of high
treason against both men.
New York Produce Market.
New York, Feb. 9.—Flour dull and un
ch-nged. Wheat, No. 2 red winter, 89.1a
89’. Corn, No. 2 mixed, February,
.42; bid. Oats, No. 2 mixed, 46} February.
Pork dull; mess, sl3 20a14. Molasses quiet.
New Orleans, 40a45}. Turpentine steady at
40}. Rosin dull; strained 'o good, $1 25 a
1 27}. Sugar dull; refined loaf, 6}a6 j. Cof
fee dull; fair cargoes at 9}.
He Had a Nice Appreciation of Art.
They speak all languages in New York
and speak them well, and art is appreciated
here as it is nowhere else, perhaps. An ar
tist was riding in an uptown stage the other
day, when he caught this fragment of con
versation, between a couple of gentlemen
who appeared to have traveled and to know
the world:
“Well, who is the best artist in America?”
5 |“Why, Nast. According to my notion he’s
| the Maison Dorec of this country.”
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE STATE
CAPITAL.
Progress of Work on the New Capitol—
A Disastrous Fire—Atlanta’s Cheap Ar
tists—Missionary Work of tilts Y. M»
C. A.—How Joe Brown Sleeps—
A Radical Opinion of Hou.
Emory Speer.
Special Dispatch to the Times.
Atlanta, Feb. 9.—Very little has been
i said in the papers lately about the new Cap
itol. The contractors say they have not
l made as much progress as they expected to
make by this time. The weather has been
'so bad they could do nothing. Atlanta has
j had some pretty weather lately, however,
I and some work has been done on the new
i State House. Some of the concrete and
, lower foundation work has been done
j Everything is in shipshape to work very
rapidly as soon as the weather settles. After
I the foundation gets out of the ground the
j work can proceed very well, in spite of the
I rain. It is the general belief among the
i officials here that the Capitol cannot be
| built without an increase in the rate of tax
| ation, at least to cover the recent temporary
j loans. As has already been stated in the
j Times, the matter will be pressed at the
I summer session of the Legislature.
A BEAUTIFUL room burned out.
■ Yesterday morning Mr. Charles T. Logan
■ had the misfortune to have his room burned
out. He was not in at the time and knew
nothing of the fire until he returned several
hours after and found the wreck which the
flames and firemen had left. Mr. Logan
, had the most (esthetic room in the city.
; The walls were hung with beautiful pic
i turesand the room was artistically decorated
■ with bric-a-brac statuettes 'and the
1 I room was fitted up at an expense to Mr. Lo
, i gan of about a thousand dollars and he had
Ino insurance as his policy was allowed to
lapse a few dajsago. The origin of the
, I fire is not known. Mr. Logan is President
i i of the Atlanta Art Club and is a great lover
| of the beautiful.
CHEAP ARTISTS IN ATLANTA.
' . Mr. Horace Bradley, the distinguished
I young artist, who painted the picture of
Hill that is hung in the hall of the House
of Representatives, is speaking of leaving
.Atlanta to take up Ins abode permanently in
. 1 New York. The trade in Atlanta offers no
field for a display of his talents and skill.
. I The city is over-run with a lot of cheap
artists, who, by scheming and begging, suc
ceed in gobbling up nearly all the work.
■ Mr. Bradley has all the work he needs, but
1 thinks New York oilers a better field for
■ 'him. He is a Georgia boy, but was educa-
ted in New York.
IMPORTING MISSIONARIES.
1 The Young Men’s Christian Association
’ has lately secured some additional help from
. the North to work this immoral vineyard.
: All the attaches of this institution, several in
I number, are now from the North, the man
-1 agement of affairs being practically out of
' the hands of the local young men. The
' association has very nice quaiters, and it is
ro be regretted that so little interest in its
affairs is shown, and that young men have
Ito be taken from Northern fields and
brought here to work. The association has
a chance to do great good.
SLEEPS IN HIS COLLAR.
An Atlanta reporter, who had the un
blushing cheek to wake up Senator Joe
Brown at 1 o’clock one night last week, re-
I ports that the Senator sleeps in his over
i shirt and collar and wears a silk handker
chief around his neck. In spite of the
Bohemian’s disregard of the great man’s
needed rest, he was received graciously, and
I when he began to apologize was quickly
and freely forgiven.
A DISGUSTED REPUBLICAN.
J. C. Jenkins, who was Assistant United
J States Attorney under Emory Speer, says if
| such a man as Speer can be confirmed for
1 Judge by a Republican Senate, he will quit
j law and politics and go to farming, and
never have anything more to do with either,
j Jenkins is a Republican and is a son-in-law
of Hon. W. L. Scruggs, Minister to Bogota.
’ Like Micawber, he is waiting for something
| to turn up, and has for some time.
; THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
Valuable Hints to Those Preparing to |
Visit the City.
Special Correspondence Daily Times. I
j New Orleans, Feb. 7. —Asa matter of|
I information of considerable importance to
■ the readers of the Daily Times, who con- |
; template visiting the great Exposition, I I
i would state that strangers coming here, un-'
| less they have friends in the city who can [
make special terms for them, cannot do
better than apply to the Department of
Information and Accommodation, 164 Gra
vier street. It is entirely under the control
and pay of the Exposition—a most impor
tant part of the machinery—makes no
charge and is entirely trustworthy. Every
one of the people who have furnished it
with rooms is required to givereferences.Mr
Walshe informed me that there a‘-e rooms for
the accommodation of 20,000 persons still
upon the books of his department,
but he can give no calculation of how long
this will remain so. I think, howe’er, that
persons arriving after Saturday, 14th, will
find it extremely difficult to secure accomo
dations, except at very high figures. When
ever requested, Mr. Walshe will furnish to
any one, free of charge, a list of thirty or
forty desirable rooms, in any locality or at
any price asked. If, for instance, you ask
for rooms at $2 a day on St. Charles, near
the Exposition, he will give you a list of j
names. If none of these suit, he will fur
nish a second list. If you wish rooms at
1 §1.50, he will furnish a list at that
price. In fine, you can secure
accommodations at almost any price or in
i almost any locality. In securing rooms in
advance, by mail or telegraph, the board
commences from the time the rooms are
I taken, unless otherwise understood, whether
I they are occupied or not. In a majority of
cases, moreover, unless persons taking rooms
are well known or give references, pay is de
manded in advance. If a single gentleman
1 he must be sure to arrange for a room all to
himself, otherwise he will find a stranger
quartered with him. Two gentlemen will
find it best to get a room in partnership,
. as it will reduce expenses. I would
recommend boarding in a ,private family
I above hotels, the accommodations will be
! nearly as good, the price much less, and no
fear of crowding. If simply furnished rooms
are taken without board, there will be no
trouble in securing good board. There are a
hundred restaurants in New Orleans. The
prices are very moderate, except at the
■ fashionable ones. Meals are 50 or 75 cents,
but meal tickets can be secured 20 to 25 for
i $lO, or board by the week for $5. Ask your
j landlady to recommend some restaurant,
I and she will find one for you within two or
I three squares.
Mr. Wulshe, of the Department of Infor
mation and Accommodation, informs me
that rates for rooms are ruling lower, just
now, than stated in his circular, except for
the few days immediately before the Car
nival. Norman.
[A copy of the circular referred to can be
seen at the Times office.—Editor].
THE WILLIAM KENNEDY.
Report of Her Finst Officer of Her A ban
donment and Sinking.
The Baltimore Sun of Friday contains a
full report of the recent abandonment and
sinking of the steamship William Kennedy,
of the Merchants and Miners’ Transporta
tion Company, off Lookout sboais, N. C.
coast, at 8 o’clock Tuesday. It is as fol
lows:
The Kennedy left Baltimore Saturday
last with an assorted cargo, consisting of
dry goods, woodenware, tinware, bags, crock
ery, etc., valued at about §50,000, part of
which was insured by the shippers. Among
the shippers were Daniel Miller & Co.,
Lord & Robinson, Chand lee, Quarles & Co.,
J. W. Harvey, Ulman, Goldsborough < l iCo., ■
’ and other well known Baltimore houses.
' The steamer, which is valued at about §30,-
I 000, was not insured against marine loss.
| First Officer Enos Foster, Quartermaster
Muir and Engineer Hudgins arrived in Bal
timore from New York yesterday afternoon. .
Mr. Foster gives the following account of I
I the affair: “We left Baltimore on Saturday '
■ i for Charleston, and passed out the capes on
: i Sunday morning with a stl-ong north wind.
I At 4 o’clock Monday afternoon the Ken
>; nedy’s shaft broke, and the ship began to
. I leak very badly. We put the steam and
I deck pumps at work keeping her free, and
- | on Tuesday the Tallahassee, from Savannah
. f. r New York, came along, and we got out a
t j haw,er about 4 .7clock in the afternoon for
■ j the purpose of getting her to tow us into
- 1 Cape Henry. The Tallahassee towed us for
’ an hour in a heavy sea, when the strain
puled our windlass out. This started the
Kenredy s stem and caused the ship
'■ to leak worse. She had all along
I I been making abiut eight thousand
'igllons an hour, but after her bow
1 I was sprung leaked so badly that it became
| certain she could not be kept afloat, as the
b 1 water was gaining rapidly. At eight p. m.
I we abandoned her and weie taken on .board
: the Tallahassee. My boat was stove when
I alongside the Tallahassee. There was a
' heavy sea and a southwest wind at the time
I we abandoned the Kennedy, and the steam
ler had four feet of water in the hold. The
last seen of the Kennedy she was settling
fast, and, I judge, must have sunk in about
three hours. We arrived in New York at
8:30 o’clock this morning. Capt. Parker re
mained in New York.”
A telegram from New York, dated yes
terday, states that the steamship City of
Augusta, which arrived in that city last
Friday, reported that at 9 a. m. Thursday,
when Cape Lookout was bearing west by
south, at a distance of thirty miles, and
while running at a continuous norsheast
course, she came into a continuous string of
wreckage for two hours; passed a deck ap
. parently bottom up with beams swaying to
and fro in the water, and part of a cabin
painted white, also dry goods cases, barrels,
buckets, tubs, etc., apparently a cargo of
general merchanside. At 10 a. m., same
day she passed a metallic boat painted white I
and partly full of water, but apparently
otherwise in good condition. There is lit- [
tie doubt that this wreckage passed by the .
Augusta was that of the steamer William |
Kennedy, as the point des- j
‘ cribed where the wreckage was seen is just
about where the Kennedy went down.
In this connection the Charleston News
and Courier of yesterday says : “The cargo j
of the steamship William Kennedy, which
' left Baltimore for this port on the 31st ult.,
I and was abandoned at sea on the 3d inst., 1
consisted of flour, dry goods, oils, hardware,
j drugs, groceries, boots and shoes, whiskey,
! grist, furniture, machinery, marble, etc.
: Her freight was consigned to parties in the
! city and in the country. The steamship
1 Saragossa is to leave Baltimore for Char
. leston to-day, and will probably arrive
here on Tuesday.”
New York Stock Market.
New York, Feb. 9. —At 1:30 p. m to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 49%
Missouri Pacific 96
Western Union Telegraph Co 62%
Pacific Mail 54%
Lake Shore 61%
Louisville and Nashville 25%
Texas Pacific 13%
Denver and Rio Grande 8
Michigan Central 59
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 91%
Northwestern 93
St. Paul 74%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 121%
Oregou Transcontinental 13
Northern Pacific
Rock Island
Jersey Central 38%
Memphisaud Charleston 35
East Tennessee, Va. <k Ga (coni) 3%
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pld) 6
Philadelphia and Reading 15%
Omaha (com) 27
Omaha (pfd) 88%
New York Central 89%
Kansas aud Texas l‘>%
Erie 12
Probabilities.
Washington, Feb. 9. —For the South
Atlantic States partly cloudy weather and
rains,winds shifting to southwest and north
west, slight rise followed by falling tempera-
■ ture and rising barometer.
TELFAIR ACADEMY
I
! TO BE OPENED NEXT THURSDAY.
I
, The Care and Labor Necessary to Select
and Arrange the Various Works of Art
and Science—An Institution Fqual,
or Approaching Any of the Great
Galleries of Europe An En
during Monument to Its
Founder.
< On the 12th of February, 1885, to gratify
1 the public desire to know what is in pro-
I gress of development in this institution, the
! doors of the Telfair Academy of Art and
! Science, will be opened for the delectation
I of as many visitors as can safely be admitted
;in the present state of the work. Many
| persons are curious to know why the pro
j gress is not more rapid than it appears to j
be, but if they understood the magnitude of j
the work, the labors to be undertaken with (
limited means, and the unusual combination
of resources required in the director, they I
would rather wonder at what had been done, ‘
and applaud the judgment of the directors, I
in giving Mr. Brandt free play, and their |
great good fortune in securing the services I
of one of the very few men in the country i
who, to the requisite .knowledge, adds the j
ability to do with his own hands what only }
I an artist can do, and the devotion and self
j negation to do it Art is no silk-glove '
affair, but requires in the true artist a great
er variety of intellectual resources, powers [
jof endurance, self-denial, and moral j
j sirength, than any other recog- ;
I nized learned profession. Ignorance may :
I deny this, but it is nevertheless true. ;
To expect the Telfair'Academy, an institu- |
tion equal to or approaching very nearly
any one of the great galleries ol Europe,
supported as they are by the wealth of na
tions and filled with the works of the great
painters and sculptors of three hundred I
years, is not reasonable, and no attempt to
do so has been made. But with the judg
j ment to select proper specimens of sculpture ,
' in plaster casts, from the originals, photo- }
graphic copies of the masterpieces of archi- |
. lecture and paintings of the middle age and
modern painters, and with the nerve to re
' sist the reproaches of inferior artists and
I picture dealers, the Director, supported by
' the President and Directors, individually
! and collectively, has managed to gather
■ under one roof sac similes, in all but color,
of masterpieces of art from all the galle
ries of Europe; also, a large collection of
waler color paintings of the most famous
I and beautiful scenery and ruins and extant
buildings from all parts of the world. There
are also remarkable specimens of Japanese
needlework, plaques of silver, gold and pla
tina work, so fine as to require a microscope ;
’ to detect minor beauties and minute execu
j tion; carved pannels from Florence, surpass- '
I iug in the delicacy and richness c f execution
. | the much admired carvings of the Swiss .
■ chalets, and many other things, which will I
show’ to our young people models of beauty, j
the like of which few of them have seen.
. These, numerous as they are, and beautiful
as they must appear to all who have the
faculty of appreciating the beautiful, yield
in interest to the extensive collection of pho
tographs of great size and of superior execu
tion. Beginning with the relic of primordial
and preadamite man gathered from the caves
which furnished him with shelter, before
the appearance of anything more durable
than the huts of the “creature of arto.’eal
habits” from whom the evolutionists declare
us to be descended, the series is complete,
through the products of the stone, the
bronze, the iron age, to that of steam in
which we ourselves live and move and have
our being. And this has been done on an ex
penditure of a sum of money, less than would
have been required to purchase one master
piece of art, even where such can be bought.
To understand this, let it be known that
in the highly civilized States of Europe,
great artists are honored as national bene
factors, and their works garneiel as muie
valuable than the gems of the mine, glitter- j
ing among the crown jewels of the king
doms that possess them. This considered,
the Telfair Academy will be valued by Sa
vannah as its most precious property and
I effective educational institution, and if man-
I aged as it is proposed to be by the intelli
gent directory, now supporting Mr. Brandt
in his comprehensive plans, will |
! doubtless prove attractive to that
| numerous class of travelers who seek some- ■
thing more than shelter in the cities of
their habitations, so that, besides its intel
lectual and moral value, the Telfair Acad
i emy may reasonably be regarded as adding
to the more material and mercantile re
, sources of the city. Besides “knowledge is
power,” and what greater spur to the ac
' quisition of knowledge, or what greater
diffuser of social equality, than equality in
intellectual and moral power, to be acquired
through eye, ear and handicraft skill by
the culture of the fine arts ?
To this question Miss Mary Telfair
would have answered always, and did on
one occasion urge upon one who enjoyed '
her friendship, and whose highest ambition
was to aid in raising Georgia from her I
provincialism, brought on by her devotion |
to cotton, horses and dogs, this opinion: ]
“Great artists and the martyrs of science ,
and religion have made the world what it. (
is, and to your generation will be intrusted (
the making of the next step onwards and
upwards. Fulton, the inventor of the!
steamboat, was an artist, and Morse, to i
whom we owe the electric telegraph, was |
the founder and President of the New York ;
Academy of Design, combining in himself j
the scientist and the artist.” These remarks,
so expressive of the character of the woman,.
are substantially the essence of many j
conversations had from time to time with a .
young artist who was painting her portrait i
on the spot over which very nearly now j
stands the office of the President of the Tel
fair Academy, intrusted with the carrying i
out of her design in establishing it. The
! same idea was repeated to the same artist .
•. about thirty years after in Augusta, during ;
' the war waged, not for the maintenance of!
; negro slavery, but for the right of a State to j
, ' manage its own domestic affairs. That the
■ ; desire to perpetuate the name and fame of I
I her ancestors by enduring monuments very
’; strongly influenced her will is
• I not to be doubted, but unless
| intercourse with the outside world,
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its glitter and shoddyism, or perhaps the
effect of time, had changed a proud and
lossy nature, ambition, “the last great fail
ing of great minds,” was, with her, direc
’ tion by patriotism and benevolence, of a
| high order. Let Savannahians be’ieve this
t and recollect it when they look upon the noble
j statues that arose before the building raised
i by herself, her brothers and her sisters, and
j learn therefrom that if men “honor those
! who do good to themselves,” God honors
j those who do good to others, and that in.
j the cultivation and elevation of woman,
j States and cities will find the same means of
r j refinement, progress aud prosperity, since
i unquestionably “the mother makes the
’ I man.”
> I What is it that enabled to German tribes to
. overcome the arms and religion of the
j Latin peopie to advance the progress and
i influence of Christianity from the darkness
I of the middle ages to the light of the re
| naisance in art and purity of life, but the
! sanctity of the marriage relation giving due
j honor to woman, and thus bringing about
I the deification of the virgin, the establish
ment of knight errantry, the trial by jury,
: habeas corpus, constitutional government,
; and finally made Georgia a home of refuge
' for the oppressed and of toleration in relig
ion? The connection may not be very plain,
; but tradition and history, profane and
i sacred, points to the influence of woman.
Can Georgians ever forget the Countess of
I Huntington, the mother of Wesly and others
j less noted but not :yet forgotten. To these
i names future generations will add the name
i of Mary Telfair.
I Returning now to the academy, we note
the fine statue of Michael Angelo, the great
Italian sculptor and architect. Before an
academy of art and science the univesality
of the genius of Leonardo da Vinci might
i lead us to look for his statue in the most
j prominent position, but when we consider
that this great verta'.ility of talent pre
vented the production of many great works,
and that the great power possessed
by Angelo in the department
of drawing, as the first step in the
a s of design, makes him the master
| draughtsman of the Renaisance. We see
! the reason why his statue may appropriate
' ly be the first to rise up in its place before
| the building appropriated to the purposes of
I a cradle for the infant arts to be soon, let
I us hope, brought to the birth in Savannah.
! Will the ladies of the city be its patronesses,
and do for it what the Countess of Hunt
ingdon did fortheir infant Georgia ?
Other statuary are found in plaster sac
similes taken from the great originals
themselves. The Belvidere Torso, from
: which Michael took his idea of his Titanic
| sculptures; the Laocoon, grand in his agony
under the pressure of the serpent’s fold;
the Farnesian Bull, where the sons of the
wronged Antiopeare tying Dirce, her would
be murderess, to the horns of the bull; the
Apollo Belvidere, watching the tligut of
; his arrow to the heart of its monster target;
: the model of Lycippus, from before the baths
of M. Agrippa, held to be one, if not the
best model of manly beauty and human
; material perfectability. Modesty, Flora,
Emperor.,, Warriors, busts, aud other speci-
I mens of sculpture of the highest artistic
merit, will all be made visible to those who
b take an interest in the most striking speci
! mens of ancien* sculpture. Os modern, the
examples are for the present confined to
photographic pictures of well known statues,
bas-relievos, on public works; some admira
ble carving by an Italian, of Florence,
and some specimens of Japanese work in
gold, silver and platinum, most wonderfully
combined in a box and in a plaque of size.
To mention all the products of art would
require a volume of no trifling dimensions,
and at a future time this will be supplied,
but at present we will end with a statement
that of the oil paintings, there are several
for which we are indebted, to the good taste
and management of Mr. Brandt: “News from
the Crimea,” telling the death of a brave
j soldier, and the affliqtion of his father, wife
i and child, plainer to the eye than words
could tell it to the ear: “The 'Dispute Be
tween Capitalist and Farmer over the Lo
cation of a new Railroad;” “The Rousing of
the Wild Boar;” “Sheep Grazing under the
care of a Shepherd;” and “Sheep on the
Pasture,” size of life; “A Fiord in Norway,”
with the ice-capped hills on the back
ground; and lastly, a poor old man writh
ing under the lancet, with which a sur
geon irritates his nerves, are all admirable
specimens of European art. Os American
art there have been loaned portraits of our
distinguished fellow citizens, Generals
Jackson and Lawton, painted by Mr. Brandt,
and one of Col. Jos. Habersham, Postmaster
General of the United States from 1795 to
1801, painted by an artist of Savannah for
the gallery of the University of Georgia, at
Athens, in which it is proposed to collect
portraits of as many distinguished. Georgians
as can be obtained through the voluntary
contribution of their friends and descend
ants.
Further notices of the progress of the
Telfair Academy, will be from time to time,
published by the Savannah Daily Times
for its readers, should they take an interest
in it, commensurate with the importance of
the subject to the interest of Savannah.
The Recent Masquerade Party.
In the notice yesterday of the masquerade
party of the “8. A. C.” Club at Armory
Hall on Friday night last, several handsome
characters were inadvertently passed over
These were “ Richard III,” personated in a
kingly manner by Mr. J. W. 0., who re
ceived many compliments for having car
ried through his part so well. A prince
' dressed in a handsome red satin suit, at
tracted a great deal of attention, and at the
time for unmasking he was found to be no
1 other than Mr. J. F. C.
I “A Count,” by Mr. W. S. D., was noticed
amongst the throng, and received
many compliments. Amidst such a
gatherng of handsome maskers, it is
■ not surprising that we should
. have omitted a few, though it is due to say
. that the omitted ones were among the best,
characters represented on the occasion.
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