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Sinmnnah 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, $6 00 A YEAR 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. MOTHERS. ! If you are failing; broken, worn out ans nervous, use “Wells’ Health Renewer.” §1 Druggists. SKIN DISEASES-SWAYNE’S OINTMENT ; “Swayne’s Ointment’’ cures Tetter, Salt Rheum, Ringworms, Sores, Pimples, Eczeni ' I no mailer how obstinate or long standing.