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VOL. 6.—NO. 42.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
FIKE IN ATLANTA.
The Leyndon House and the Crew Street
Sc hool House Destroyed—The Philadel
phia Excursionists Experience a
Southern Snow Storm.
Special Dispatch to the Times.
Atlanta, February 11.—The Leyndon
House was burned last night. It was one
of the oldest houses in Atlanta. The fire
department turned out promptly, but the
flames made such rapid progress that it was
powerless to save the building, though had
the water supply been more adequate some
thing might have been accomplished. Ihe
guests escaped safely. Insurance on the
building was about $14,000. Mr. W. W.
(Jordon and daughter of your city wete
among the boarders. Fortunately no dam
age beyond the loss of the building was
At midnight last night the Crew street
school house was destroy ed by fire. Loss
$12,000. Six hundred children are thrown
out of school by this fire.
The Philadelphia excursionists arrived
here at noon and found the city enveloped
in three inches of snow and more falling.
They will have a reception at the Govern
ors at 2 o’clock, and a banquet at the Kim
ball House will be given them at 5.
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
The Work of Both Homes This Morning.
Washington, Feb 12. —In the Senate,
the concurrent resolution of the House, pro
viding for the appointment of a Joint Com
mittee of the two Houses, to officially in
form Hon. Grover Cleveland and Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks, of their election as
President and Vice President of the United
States, was, on motion of Mr. Garland, who
thought the phraseology should jbe changed
referred to the Committee on 1 rivis
leges and Elections. At 11:45 the resolutions
introduced yesterday, by Mr. Ingalls,
dissenting from Mr. Edmuuds’ manner ot
announcing the result of the electoral
count, as well as Mr. Hoar’s resolution on
the same subject, were then taken up. Sen
atorHosr quietly moved their reference
to the Committee on Privilegf s and elec
tions. This motion prevailed so that contrary
to the general expectation, the threatened
discussion of the old and unsettled question
as to the right of the Vice President to de
clare authoritatively the result of the count
ing of the electoral votes, was temporarily
averted.
SPEER’S NOMINATION
Reported Favorably—Chances of Confir
mation.
Washington, Feb. 12. —Speer’s nomina
tion has been reporteu favorably from the
committee by a strict party vote. The sub
ject will probably come up in executive ses
sion to-day, and the indications point to con
firmation. Senator Brown outgeneraled
Senator Colquitt, and Hoar and Brown are
working industriously among Democratic
Senators for Speer.
TWO ABBEY’S
Recently Created by the Pope.
St. Vincent’s College, Penn , Feb
12 —Rev. Father James Ziliox, O. S. 8.,
and Rev. Father Oswald Moosenmuller,
were chosen respectively yesterday by t •
Benedictine Monks to be Abbotts of St Ma
ry’s Abbey, Newark, New Jersey, and St.
Mary’s Help of Christians Abbey, Gaston
County, South Carolina. The two Abbeys
have lately been created by the Pope.
Father Ziliox is only 35 years old, and is
the youngest Abbott in the world. Father
Moosenmuller is now stationed at Savan
nah.
THE CABINET.
What Mr. Cleveland Himself Has To Say
New York, Feb. 12—The Herald’s Al
bany correspondent telegraphs President
elect Cleveland authorizes a positive contra
diction of the statement that he has sent a
letter to Senator Bayard, tendering that gen
tieman a Cabinet position. He further
authorizes the statement thut he has not
issued letters to any one else on that or
kindred subjects, and does not intend to
do so for s >me time to come.
Fatal Result of a Disagreement,
Marshal, Tex, Feb. 12—Will Jackson
yesterday shot and fatally wounded Lindley
Fisher, the ball entering his mouth and
coming out at the back of his head. Fisher
is not expected to live. Both men are
highly connected and the quarrel was the
result of some social disagreement.
The Ocklahoma Boomers.
Wachita, Kansas, Feb. 12. —W. L.
Couch, leader of the Ocklahoma Boomers,
and Stafford, Brown and Wilcox were ar
raigned before the United States Commit
sioner yesterday, and were discharged with
out a hearing of their case. The witnesses
for the government failed to appear
Fire—Loss, 5555,000.
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 12—Shortly after
1 o’clock this morning a fire broke out in the
bar room fixtures establishment of Hass
Bros., and completely destroyed the build
ing and stock. The loss is about $55,000.
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Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Feb. 11.—Wheat opened firm;
May, 83}. Corn steady; March, 36}; April,
36f; May, 40}. Oats steady; May, 30jja30}-
Lard quiet and easier; March, $7 02}; May, !
$7 20. Pork dull but steady; May, sl3 22}. |
Bulk meats dull. 1
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1885.
ATLANTA FLASHES.
Grand Charity Ball-Ba e Ballists Con
vention.
Special Dispatch Daily Times.
Atlanta, Feb. 12 —Last night the an
nual charity ball of the Hebrew Benevolent
Association occurred at Concordia Hall.
The ball w s a very brilliant affair and
was largely attended, A snug sum was
rea ized to be devoted to charity.
A convention of basebalists was here yes
terday afternoon. Atlanta, Washington,
Chattanooga, Columbus, Augusta, Macon and
Birmingham, Ala, were represented. The
diflernces between the Southern League and
the Southeastern were settled as follows :
j The Southeastern League admitted the
I Clinches, of Augusta, and the Nashville
club, and the name of the Southeastern was
changed to the Southern.
THE ARMY.
The Bill for the Retirement of Private
Soldiers.
Washington, Feb. 12. —A similar bill to
that just passed by the Senate to provide for
the retirement of private soldiers of the
regular army who have served a certain
term is upon the House Calender, having
been reported and its passage recommended
by the Committee on Military Affairs. It is
held that the private who has passed all his
life in the service of his country is as much
entitled to be retired on three-fourths pay as
the officer who commanded him.
THE GREELY EXPEDITION.
The Starvation Scene at Cape Sabine.
• Washington, Feb. 11.—The publication
I of the diaries of the members of the Greely
1 expedition has again aroused attention to
I the horrible details of the starvation scenes
,; at Cape Sabine, and a hasty perusal of
- I the documents would lead to the it -
, | ference that the discipline was of the
i , most lax description; but it must be re
membered by those who are disposed to
1 I censure the commanding officer of that
j unfortunate band that the bickerings re
' : corded took place at a time when the writers
• were actually starving, and a commanding
' officer less considerate of the true condition
I of his men might have brought about more
i trouble and perhaps have provoked open
mutiny among them. Lieutenant Greely’s
■ course has been generally commended by
' his superiors, and among members of Con
gress there is a feeling of sympathy with
him in his controversy with the uncharit
able critics who assail him.
A MURDERER HANGED.
j Dissipation Brought Him to the Gallows.
, j Philadelphia, Feb. 12— R. Treukswas
. I to-day hanged for the murder of Mrs,
j Augusta Zimm. Just before the drop fell
he exclaimed: “My life of dissipation has
brought me to this s d end.” His death
I i was caused by dislocation of the neck.
MACON MATTERS.
: A Libel Suit Against a Newspaper Fails.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Macon, Feb. 11.—Wm. Foster, formerly
; j tiler of Bibb county, beat his wife yester
day for several hours while drunk. The
poor woman fainted and was unable to cal)
a: istance. She was found deserted last
’ night, taken to a boarding house and Dr.
1 Fitzgerald summoned. Her body and face
■ show many brusies. She is delirious and
■ expected to die. To-night Foster was arrest
-1 ed and a warrant charging him with assault
with intent to murder was issued. He was
released on bail. He has kept this wife-
1 whipping up fourteen years.
In the case of Sarah Jane Thomas, a negro
■ school teacher, vs. Te'egraph and Messenger
for libel, a jury in Bibb Superior Court to
day returned a verdict for the defendants.
Wynton.
New York Stock Market.
! New York, Feb. 1 2—At 1:30 p. m. to-
I day quotations were :
I Union Pacific 50%
1 Missouri Pacific 96
l Western Union Telegraph Co 62%
i Pacific Mall 55%
; Lake shore 64%
Louisville and Nashville 26
Texas Pacific 13%
Denver and Kio Grande 7%
Michigan Central 62
Delaware, Lackawanna West’n 97%
Northwestern 94%
St. Paul 74%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 121%
Oregon Transcontinental 13
Northern Pacific 40%
; Kock Island 112%
Jersey Central 38%
Memphis and Charleston 85
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3%
East Tennessee, Va. A Ga. (pfd) 6
Philadelphia and Reading 17%
Omaha (com) 27%
Omaha (pfd) 88
New York Central 92%
Kansas and Texas 16%
Erie 12%
New York Produce Market.
New York, Feb. 12.—Flour dull. City
mills extra, $4 60a470; superfine $2 80a3 00.
Who at; No- 2 red winter for February, 89}.
Corn; No 2 mixed, 50} for February.
Oats; No. 2 mixed, for February, 36 j. Pork
quiet; mess sl4 00al2 50. Molasses quiet;
domessic grades, 40 to 53. Turpentine
steady at 30}; rosin quiet, strained to good
do. 1 22al 27}; sugar firm, refined cut loaf
6}a6j; coffee steady, fair cargoes 9}.
Arrest of a Radical Lunatic.
St. Louis, Feb. 12 —Wm. Ryan, an es
caped lunatic from Seneca Falls, N. Y., was I
arrested here yesterday for threatening to
“remove” President elect Cleveland.
Probabilities.
Washington, Feb. 12. —For the Sonth
| Atlantic States, slightly warmer, partly
j cloudy weather, and light rains or snows;
winds generally from the southwest to
northeast; lower barometer.
FIGHTING ON THE RIO GRANDE.
Mexicans Slaughtered Near Carrizo—The
Texas Rangers Punishing Invaders
for Cattle Stealing.
A special dispatch from Laredo, Texas,
says : A messenger arrrived late last night
i with the news that a fight had taken place at
Carrizzo Springs, between a band of rangers
under Sheriff Tomlinson and a large party
iof Mexicans from Neuva Laredo. A few
days ago three Mexican horse thieves were
caught near the Springs by the rangers
and are alleged to have been lynched. Some
members of the band escaped and were
pursued. The Mexicans started for the
Rio Grande. Sheriff Tomlinson joined the
rangers with two of his deputy sheriffs and
the pursuit was pushed with vigor. On
Thursday afternoon the Texans overtook
the Mexicans, who had been
heavily reinforced by other members
of the band and by a score of Mexican fugi
tives. As only half of them were mounted,
their progress was slow. The rangers were
all armed with Winchester rifles and Colt’s
revolvers, and were led by Captain Shelly
and Sheriff Tomlinson. They opened fire
when within shooting distance, and at the
first volley a half a dozen Mexicans fell, and
those who were mounted put spurs to their
horses and fled The others returned the
fire of the posse and wounded five. William
Marshall, one of the wounded, has since
died. The Texans emptied their revolvers,
after their rifles were fired, and the result
was that ten Mexicans were killed outright,
and it is belie fed that fifteen others were
wounded. Several of the wounded were
captured by the Texans, and a horrible
story is told of their disposition. It is said
that many were shot to death on the field.
The meet reliable information places the
Mexican force at 120 and that of the fex
i ar sat 50.
A despatch to the Galveston News from
San Antonio says: “The situation at Car
1 | riza Springsis growing serious. The citi
’ | zens are determined to res st the band of a
I I hundred Mexicans when they arrive. A
. i bio. dy battle is expected. The citizens o
. S-tva. kt and Maverick county are joining
; . forces with Dimmit county in cotabattim
, ; the marauders. Runners have been sent ‘ o
. : Cotulla and other points for arms and am
munition. It is ascertained that the Mex
. . ic,-.ns crossed the Rio Grande on the night
, of February 6. They numbered 100
’ and have divided their forces
, into four bands, who are approaching Car
. rizo through unfrequented portions of the
. esuntrv, driving away herds by detail as
' they advance into the interior. A spirited
running fight occurred to-day between the
, scouts of the citizens’ organization and a
detail of Mexicans. Two Mexicans were
killed and one American wounded. Sheriff
Oglesby, of Maverick county, has sent a
mounted posse to the scene of action. The
frontier troops at Uvalde left to-night for
Carrizo.
A Daughter Found After Many Years.
I Lewis Jones, an old farmer from Morris,
111, a town near Chicago, who arrived in
' Jersey City one day last week, and who was
supposed to be derange , proves to be one of
’ the principal characters in a story posses
-1 | sing a large element of romance. When the
old man alighted from a Pennsylvania Rail
road train in Jersey City he seemed bewil
; dered. He said that he had come East in
'search of his daughter, whom he had nil
■ seen for twenty-six years, but he had no
' further knowledge of her address than that
she lived in Brooklyn. Jones was taken to
po ice headquarters, and Chief of Police
Murphy interested himself in the case. The
■ old man needed little encouragement to con
• fide his story to the Chief. He said that
about 42 years ago he married, and began
; to cultivate a clearing that he had pur
. chased in Morris. A daughter was born,
■ and when she was about 12 years old bis
I wife died. Jones married again, but his
daughter could not agrse with her step
; mother, and when she was only 14 years old,
I she left home. Jones became wealthy, and
recently a longing came upon him to see
his daughter, whom he had not seen since
> the day she left home. His wife and his
• brother-in-law tried to dissuade him from
his purpose, but without avail. All that
Jones knew about his daughter was that she
had gone to Brooklyn to iive
and was a widow. His wife and her brother
had the daughter’s address, but they refused
to give it to him. “They were afraid, I
suppose,” said the old man, “that if I found
the gal I’d give her the most of the money,
1 but I’ll find her in spite of them.”. Saturday
evening the detectives succeeded in finding
. Mrs. Thomas, the daughter, in Brooklyn.
1 Ti e reunion of the old man and his daugh
ter was extremely affecting. Mrs. Thomas
i | had been reduced to poverty and was earn
ing a living by working in a factory,. She
' cheerfully emsented to return home with
her father, and they started Sunday for
‘ Morris.
' Doing Sary Ann’s Unfinished Work.
Philadelphia Record.
, “You dtfn’t cook line Sary Ann used to,
Matilda,” be s.iid, in tones of gentle,
exasperating reproof; “no, it seems to me
you can’t cook like Sary Ann used to.” On
another occasion it was: “You’re not as
smart in gettin’ around as Sary Ann was,
Matilda. You don’t appear to ketch on
where she left off.” About this time a
heavy rolling pin came in contact with his
head. “What do you mean by that, you
vixen ?” he exclaimed in agony. “I’m do
ing some of the work Sary Ann neglected,”
she replied, and there was much peace in
the family thereafter.
A student undergoing examination in the
. principles of mechanics was asked: “Why
will not a pin stand on its point?” He re
turned the following answer: “In the first
| place, a point is defined by Euclid as that
which hath no parts and no magnitude, and
how can a pin stand on that which hath no
I parts and no magnitude? In the second
place, a pin will not stand on its head, much
less therefore will it stand on its poin'.
Thirdly and lastly, it will if you stick it in
hard enough.”—l'id-Bits.
“ROUGH ON RATS.”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ant
ned-bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers . 1-5
Druggists.
TELFAIR ACADEMY
OF AKTS AND SCIENCES.
Its Formal Opening This Moining—ATre
• mentions Rush of Visitors During the
Entire Morning—The Specimens of
Art Greatly A<lmi>ed—Eloquent
Address of General Jackson
—Mr. Brandt's Remarks—
An Institution Which is
an Ornament to Sa
vannah and the
South.
The opening of the Art Rooms of the
Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciencas this
morning was attended by an immense crowd
of the best people of Savannah, to say noth
ing of the many strangers from other points.
The weather was pleasant and from 9:30
until the close of the doors the concourse of
people whs streamed in was continual.
The rooms had been put in the best of con
dition, and the improvement made in
the last three weeks has been
si marked that even the Times
reporter, who has been a constant visitor
weekly, was surprised. The progress made
by that indefatigable worker, Director
Brandt, can only be likened to the creations
of some hidden genii. The admiration and
surprise of all who had the golden oppor
tunity to visit the place can be better im
agined than described. In the room of the
east pediment of the Parthenon the busts
and full figures of 16 of the most famous
pieces of plastic art from the old mas
ters were seen, in addition to many fine
pictures the Parthenon frieze and the Par
thenon. The hall was much admired by all
on account of the many beautiful photo
graphic reproductions of paintings of the
masters and the frieze. In the hall up stairs
is a fineoil painting of Ger . Henry R. Jack-
I son, much admired by all. Everything
was, of course, given only a passing glance
by the majority of the concourse on account
|of the limited time, but it was enough
j to convince all that there is enough in the
r oms now to give a moderate thinking man
I foosl for thought for a year or more.
' An incident occurred during the speech of
1 I General Jackson which may be mentioned.
i The cornice of the old mansion has hereto
’ I fore been intact, not a piece having been
L I displac'd up to day, bit just back of the
1 ‘ center of the Parthenon gr, up, while all was
' 1 si’ene, a large piece, about a foot long, fell
with a crash to the floor. At first it was sup
' posed that some oue h- d earele-sly knocked
J I off one of the busts. However, no one was
I seen to touch a ; ie. e < f the works of art,
; I obeying literally the inj motion to touch
1 i nothing.
■ At 11 o’clock Rev. Dr. .Axson delivered
1 a beauufu and most appropriate prayer, in-
1 ' voking the di iueb essitur on the work just
' j bet- tin, and was fohowi din a short address
r : of tv-eli .-me by General Henry R. Jackson,
President of the Georgia Historical Society,
. | as follow- :
j Ladies and Gentlemen: Speaking for
i the managers of the Te fair Academy, 1 bid
j ' you welcome! Not as yet, and for reasons
f self-evident, can they open this b- tiding to
. the public. But all the members of the
. Georgia Historical Society are component
. parts of the trustee to which Miss Telfair
has left her family home, and it w»s
thought that the natal day of the Trustee
Society would be a time most opportune for
, a visitation by them all of the object of their
trust, to view what their agents have so far
, accomplished. That expression should
. have been given to some impatience because
of the seeming slowness in the work of or
ganization may be accepted as an augury
of hope for the future. Impatience means
interest, and interest means life in the Trust
But the Board of Managers cannot admit
that their progress has been slow. On the
10th of May, 1883, the society was placed in
; possession of the trust property, and forty
six thousand dollars in cash. With this sum
the necessary changes in the mansion were
first to be made; what might remain of the
money to be then applied to the purchase
. of works of art. Impelled by an eager de
sire to press rapidly forward in their work,
the Board of Managers were tempted to take
one precipitate step. Could I
conjure up before this audience
the result, and compare the
■ clumsy, repulsive and disheartening appear
ance of this hall, under the change then
ventured, with the lovely picture it now
presents, sure I am that all of us would be
of one unanimous opinion, that to nothing
can the old classic adage, “festina lente”—
hasten slowly—be more forcibly applicable
I than to the (dealing, by inexpert hands,
with the subtle elements of beauty in art.
. ; Comparison, too, will enlighten us as to
j what was our then prospect of securing de
. ’ sirable art-productions. But a short time
before the receipt of our legacy, Mr. Vander
i ■ bill had paid for a small picture by Meisso
nier, a mere miniature of 18 by 14 inches at
most, $50,000. A few years earlier Mrs.
| Stewart had given for a large picture by the
same master, $75,000. Within the last eight
j months the National Gallery of London has
' i bought a portrait of Charles I.
’j by Vandyke for £17,500, or
I $87,500, and a Madonna by Raphael 'for
i £370,000, or $1,850,000. What a hope
crushing-out contrast 1 What could we ac
complish with the remnants of our modest
sum of $40,000?
Thus it becomes clear that to enable
us to establish anything deserving the
name of an Academy of Arts, we needed
more money, or something which money
could not buy. We needed the man! and
loudly may we thank our kindly stars that
we found him! In the mid-summer of 1883,
Mr. Brandt insisted upon leaving his home
on the Hudson to visit this building. “If 1
am to become responsible as Director, 1
must see the building, and see it at once.”
He came to Savannah, and the design of this
beautiful hall ILsiied from his brain. Ar
rangements were made for all other altera
tions. And bebo’d! the mansion how changed!
and, yet again, how unchanged in the essen
tials of the old family home. The library of
Mr. Hodgson on my right, the room in which
Miss Telfair died, on my left, all the apart
ments on the South side of the house
specially occupied by the itmily,
remain substantially the same. The octagonal
reception room on the floor below to
to be the reception room for the future, and
the family dining room, beyond it, to be :
devoted to the pictures and other works oi 1
art of the Telfair family. None of these I
have been placed On exhibition now.be
cause it would not have been just to show
them in their present condition. Through
■ I the long-weary period < f litigation they suf
sered deterior tion from the effects of our;
i moist climate and dusty air. But they can |
■ be, and will be, restored, and religiously
cared for. When our annex shall have '
been completed; when our casts shall have
been gathered in their appropriate hall;
when the family pictures ami portraits shall
have been n sored and shall be hung in
their permanent places; when this institution
shall have been finally opened to tne admis I
. sion of the public, then will have arrived the
! time for making an appeal to this commu
nity for some practical, substantial exhibi
tion of their ai precia on o t ie ben factions
of Miss Telfair and the Telfair family,
, which stand without precedent, or parallel, i
, or anything like it, in the entire history cf I
, Georgia.
The 18th of August, 1883, found Mr.
Brandt already embarked for Europe, with
authority to spend $20,000 in works of a: t.
During the four months employed in tl i
task he travelled 13,000 miles; be visittd
most of the art centres in Europe; he made
his purchases and his contracts nearly tve, y
where. Shortly after he had landed at
Liverpool, the shipments of them began.
They have been coming ever since, and the
cry is “still they come.” A glanca at this
building will suffice to show that it is
wholly incapable of receiving them. It was ■
resolved to build an annex, to consist of two
large halls, fifty-seven feet square; the
lower to be foored with marble; to contain the
largest group of statuary in the world—the
Tauro Farnese, of which but one other
copy has ever been made, to stand in the
center; the entire hall to be well filled from
the beginning, and its four walls to be cov
ered with photographs and engravings like
those which you see in all directions around
you; the gallery above, to be surrounded
with the noblest and most beautiful frieze, a
part of which is now hung before me, the
work of a master painter. And so architec
ture will unite with her sister arts, painting
and sculpture, in the decoration of these
consecrated premises. And all this to be ;
effected with $40,000, and a gross annual in
come of $7,000!
With every new arrival from Europe the
triplex marvel grows. How could any one ;
man accomplish so much in four months? [
Hov was it possible for him to secure the
performance of so much work by others
i w ithin so short a time? By the exercise of
what occult power has he been enabled to
. buy so much for so little? Standing before
I “The Relics of the Brave,” Professr Proctor,
i who had already exhibited a knowledge of
t j art, so comprehensve and exact as to be
i ; amazing in a great scientist, but who subse
quently accounted for it in conversation with :
I myself, asked the cost of that powerful
. painting. “Two hundred pounds,” wss the
: reply. He immediately exclaimed, “Why, 1
s you could get two or three thousand for it
now!” Ten or fifteen thousand dollars 1 '
' Only think <f it! With this sum Mr..
| Brandt had purchased all of our possession-, 1
. I including this picture itself, and excluding j
I only the five grand statues which are to !
. stand in front of our academy.
, But intrinsically valuable as each and
, all of these possessions are, what would they '
have been to us or to the world in their ag-
, \ gregate, without . the manipulation ofjthe
. J artist who, by his knowledge, his
taste, his tact and his indefatigable
; labor so indefatigable, because so loving
| had secured them tor us; and who was now
| to play, in rapid and ever recurring succes
sion, the parts of painter, sculptor and ar
chitect, drawing out from the dull, dead
plaster such forms of living beauty as you
I may now contemplate above my head, show
ing the inimitable works of the grand Phi
dias, as they are to be seen no where else
upon earth—this I have from two most
. competent judges, familiar with art in Eu
rope as well as with art in Am°rica—so
selecting and so arranging our wealth of
pictures, photographs, etchings, engravings,
statues, casts, works in embroidery and in
wood, as to make from the whole one har
monious picture, as replete with educational
power as it is full of ravishing beauty. 1
have no wish to deal in words of ex-
. aggeration. The occasion does not re
quire them. But, surely, there are
. times when the truth, and the whole
truth, ought to be spoken ; even though it
carry more of pain than pleasure, when
heard in public, to a senstive heart. And
the truth which pervades the whole of this
matter is that, as you shall move from
room to room, as you shall gaze upon this
or upon that object, everywhere, and upon
everything—upon every leaf, and petal, and
pistil, and stamen, of this, our opening flow
er—you will see the impress of the Master’s
touch. “He touches nothing which He
does not adorn.” His touch and His taste
are our seal of assurance that we can wor
thily discharge our trust duty to the
Manes of the Dead !—that the home of the
Telfairs shall become the abode of the
Beautiful I
And now, to our Director and his work —
which is, at last, but a breathing part ol
himself, I give place; for he, speaking
through his works, is the true orator of this
accasion.
Gen. Jackson was followed in his speech
by Director Carl L. Brandt, in the following
brief remarks :
For the kind words which Gen. Jackson
has spoken in praise of the success in bring
ing together the works of art which you
ladies and gentlemen have come to see to
day, I thank him with a heart full of af
fection. His own generous heart had cloth
ed these words with a grace, equaled only
by the grace in these lines of the works
which adorn this hall—by the immortal
Phidias
But an equal share in the success of this
work is due to the President of the Georgia
Historical Society, and the gentlemen also
members of that society, constituting the
i board of managers of the Telfair Academy
of Arts and Science.
To you, ladies and gentlemen, I beg to
say, that it is not the collecting or arrang
ing of the work that I des’re to direct your
special attention, but to the works them
selves. They are the product of great talents
of generations.
When we cannot possess the original!,
good reproductions in plaster cast or other
wise, aie to the art student, of equal va ue
Good paintings by old masters are raiely ;
S6OO A YEAR
! offered for sale. When so offered they are
I bought by the governments of Europe at
enormous prices. Good paintings by modern
artists of repute have also become a luxury
for millionaires. But there are works of art
witl in the reach and means of tuis Acade
my, if properly selected, with good judg—
; ment and patience, and these walls can be
i made to be the pride of Savannah.
In making this noble gift of Miss Telfair
j what she intended it should be with the aid
I of Providence, I hope I may be able to per-
I form my share in a work so beautiful and so
full of pure enjoyment.
I The musical programme, one of the best
produced in the city in some time, delighted
j the audience. The direction of it was in the
charge of Prof Warth. The musicians were
from Prof. Henry Geek’s Orchestra,
and were seven in number. At
fmr o’clock this afternoon the election of
officers of Georgia Historical Society
| will be held at Hodgson Hall. It was easy
|to see that ail were more than pleased at
the progress made by Director Brandt. They
were filled with wonder that so much had
been done in so gigantic and at the same
time tedious enterprise. Among the noted
guests present, were Mr. G. W. Peck and
wife, of Milwaukee. The “Bad Boy” was not
present.
The Railroads and the New Orleans Ex
position.
Editor Daily Times : Will you kindly
allow me a brief space in your valuable
journal to speak on a subject which is of
the utmost importance to the whole South,
if not, indeed, to the entire country ? There
ie, as everyone knows, a world’s fair or ex
position now being held at New Orleans, the
metropolis of the South. This Exposition
has been open for nearly two months past
and is to continue for nearly four months
more, or until the end of May. Truly has
it been said that no one who can do so
should miss seeing this Exposition. It is
the largest and grandest affair of the kind
ever before projected in this or any other
country. Every Southerner —nay, every
American—should take pride in its suc
, cess and should do what he can to pro
mote that success, apart even from themerely
i selfish gratification of seeing it. But how
|is this to be done? The city of New Or
leans is situated geographically so far from.
1 the rest of the country that comparatively
few of those wishing to see the Exposition,
even of such as live in the South, can afford
the expetue of going such distance to see it.
i So unless the railroads pursue a liberal pol
icy, which so far they have not done, it is
I to be feared the Exposition will be a fail
ure, owing entirely to this one cause. A
writer in the New Orleans Times-Democrat
, dwelt at some length upon this subject last
week, and amongst other things, he said:
“The railroads are killing two birds
with one stone. They are killing them
selves and killing the Exposition.” And
this is undoubtedly true, lobe sure they
j (the railroads) hare reduced the charge
j since the opening of the Exposition to one
I fare for the round trip, limiting the time
|to fifteen days. But, considering New Or
leans great distance from ihe more densely
i populated portions of the country, this does
i not count for much. In Sunday’s Times I
noticed an announcement by the Savannah
and Charleston, and Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroads, of a still further reduc
tion of only one cent per mile. This would
seem to show a liberal spirit, as well as a
disire on the part of the railroads men
tioned to “make hay while the sun shines;”
but, unfortunately for the Exposition, as
well as the railroads and the would-be sight
seers, it falls far short cf the mark. The
companies mentioned say they will run their
excursion trains only on Mondays, and the
excursionist is limited to five days, in only
two of which can he see the Exposition.
They say in their announcement :“This limit”
(that is two days) “will afford abundant op
portunity for seeing the great Exposition, as
well as the sights of the “Crescent City.”
Could anything be more absurd? To see
this Exposition, as well as the sights of the
city in two days ! Why, it would take two
weeks to see even a small part of such an
Exposition, leaving out the sights of the
city altogether. I predict, Mr. Editor, that
but few will accept this very liberal)?) offer
of the Railroads, in taking their money and
allowing them no time to do more than
take the most hurried glance at the
Exposition after travelling hundreds of
miles to view it. Why could not the Rail
roads let visitois stay at the Exposition as
long as they might desire to stay? To the
unsophisticated this limiting of the time
seems very unreasonable, to say the least.
I cannot perceive how it would militate
against the interests of the Railroads to al
low people to go and stay even until the
close of the Exposition, if they saw lit.
The various steamship lines sell
excursion tickets to the North from
Savannah every summer at one fare for the
round trip, good to return from July 1 to
October 1. Why could not the railroads as
| easily, and without detriment to their inter
ests, make their cheap rates —one cent a
mile—over the entire time of the Exposi
tion, instead of limiting to two days and ten
days? I think the increase in travel to the
Exposition, which such a course would
induce, could not fail to pay the railroads,
and it would certainly redound far more to
the success of the Exposition were people
not hurried away from it, but allowed rea
sonable leisure, at least, in which to see it.
The railroads ought to be as much inter
e ttd in the tu ce sos the Expositi n as any
one else, if not more so; for the prospective,
as well as the present benefits that they are
to derive from its success are too apparent
to be dilated upon. Hence the short sighted
policy so far pursued by them cannot too
soon be abandoned.
A Looker On Here in Venice.
—The special train bearing the New
Hampshire party of one hundred, en route
to New Orleans, among whom are many of
the most noted gentlemen cf the State, in
cluding the Governor and other officials,
will arrive here at 4 o’clock on th<- Charles-
I ton and Savannsh Railway. They will
drive over the city in twenty-five carriages,
after which they will leave st 6:55 p. m. for
Jacksonville.
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