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VOL. 6.—NO. 113.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST NEWS BY CABLE AND
WIRE.
AH Europe Eook Upon England as Having
Surrendered to Russia—Ma riage of a
Noted Woman—Serious Accident at
the New Orleans Exposition—
The Trial of Cluvulus—A
Choctaw Execution—Mis
cellaneous News Items
London, May 7.—The opinion is gaining
ground here and all over Europe that the
government’s new arrangement is, in a wordi
a cunplete surrendei to Russia on all points.
THE MADISON MURDER.
The Jury Panel Nearly Pilled—Confidence
of the Prisoner.
Richmond, Va , May 7.—ln the case of
Tnomas J. Claverius, charged with the
murder of Lilian Madison, the Judge this
morning announced that for reasons appear
ing unto the Court, and with consent of
counsel for the accused, he would relieve
Hinry C. Adams from service
as juror. Adams is charged
with perjury in Henrico county, hence his
dismi-sat. Th's left eight jurymen secured
and the eril of the 400 tslcsmen was com
menced. The four now needed to fill the
panel will probably sion be gotten. The
priso ler is self-possessed and professes to be
conndcnt of acquittal.
A RADICAL TRICK.
Humored Republican Victory in Illinois.
Springfield, 111., May 7. —A sensation
was caused last night and to-day by the an
nouncement- that the Republicans had re
sorted to a clever trick to break the dead
lock in the Legislature by gaining a majority*
An election was held in the 34th district for
successor to the late J. H. Shaw, Democrat.
The returns from the election are meagre,
but it is claimed that the Republicans have
carried tire day. The district is overwhelm
ingly Democratic, and it was announced that
the Republicans would put up no candidate.
This led to a small vote being brought out
by the Democrats, and it is’said by bringing
out a candidate at the last moment, the Re
publicans coming out in full strength obtain
ed a majority.
-ACCIDENT AT THE EXPOSITION.
A Roller Explodes Injuring a Fireman
and Doing #IO,OOO Worth of Damage.
New Orleans, May 7.—A heavy wind
yesterday afternoon blew down three large
smoke-stacks at the Exposition. la falling,
they demolished the roof of the boiler house
causing a steam pipe to explode. A fire
man was hurt, and about SIO,OOO
damage’done to the building. The electric
light machinery was temporarily disabled
and the Exposition closed at dark in conse
quence, but all will be in running order
again to day.
VICE PRESIDENT HENDRICKS
Endorses Mr. Cleveland’s Policy.
Philadelphia, May 7. —Vice President
Hendricks said here last night that he
could hold out no hope to such Democrats
a? were anxious for a general and rapid
change in the civil 'ervice of the country.
The sentiment of the country favored Mr.
Clßeland’s policy and it would probably be
coritfnued, as it met with the accord of the
wisest counsellors in the parly, and in time
the masses of the party would adopt a similar
view.
THE DARIEN POSTOFFICE.
Thomas A. Hailey Appointed Postmaster.
Special Dispatch to the Da'ty Times.
Washington, May 7.—The work of
Southern civil service reform has begun.
The President to-day appointed Thomas A.
Bailey to be Postmaster at Darien, Ga.
AN HEROIC WOMAN
Killed While Trying lo Save a Little Hoy.
Chicago, May 7.—Mi’s. Gertrude Wooss,
a Polish woman, 3d years old, was killed by
the cars, at Centre avenue crossing, last even
ing, while saving a little boy who was on
the railroad track in front of an approaching
train.
Marriage of Lady LoDsdale.
London, May 7. —Lady Lonsdale, who
has figured so conspicuously in divers scan
dals connected with society life in this city,
was to-day quietly married in St. Martin’s
Church, Charing Cross, to Eirl DeGrey,
only son of Lord Ripon, Viceroy of India.
An Indian Execution.
Fort Smith, Ark, May 7.—Mitchell
Anderson, a Choctaw, 17 years old, was yes
terday executed according to the custom of
that nation, for the murder of another Choc
taw hoy named Winchester, last Bummer.
Probabilities.
Washington, May 7.—For the South
Atlantic States fair weather, clearing in
the extreme Northern portion, westerly
winds, higher barometer, lower tempera
ture.
.
Rates of Discount Reduced.
London, May 7.—The Bank of England’s
rate of discount has been reduced to 3 per
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1885.
A VERY HEALTHY LOT OF CLERKS
A Curious Decrease in the Number of
Sick People in the Departments.
Washington, May 6. —The Sixth Aud
itor’s office is just now undergoing a general
•haking up. One of the worst abuses in the
Department service is the matter of siik
leaves. Every employee gets thirty days’
regular leave of absence and when un
avoidably ill is granted leave of absence
until able to attend to duty. Under this
regulation when a male clerk was suffering
from a headache from a night out with the
boyß he could remain at home, and whenev
era female iljrk wanted to go to the mati
nee she could report herself sick. Auditor
McConville, who fouml_the work of his office
from one to six months behind, has been
inquiring into the matter and a report con
cerning the same was laid upon his table.
The figures are curious. They begin with
the manth of July and include April. The
first month shows an absence roll of 726
regular leave davs and 571 sick days lor
372 clerks; August 1,342 days regular leave
and 620 sick. This continues until after
election with an average sick roll of 552 days
per month. After the election the leaves
suddenly drop to 152 regular and 395 sick.
For April it runs 164 and 300 and 379 and
makes an average of 400 sick days a month.
Compared with the sick returns of the spring
season of former years this improvement of |
the general health of the government em
ployes since the election is remarkable. In
this small office the improved healthy tone
is worth five men and about six hundred
dollars a month.
From indications this sudden lies lthv con
dition extmds to every branch of the ser
vice. At the same rate it makes a practical
increase of clerical force of about fifteen
men in every thousand, or ISO men in the
departments alone, which at an average of i
salary would amount to about $22,500 per
mouth. This is not an extravagant esti- I
mate, but a fair deduction irom the figures
furnished. The government is a big thing, j
and a day apiece wasted bv the departmental
employes represents thousands of dollars.
Repealed thus every month and it runs up
at the end of the year to a quarter of a i
million dollars. The matter of econ my is
something to the government, but t e re
turn of general health throughout the ser
vice is probably more to the employe.
A HID CLAIM.
To 4,000,000 Acres of Land Pronounced
Fraudulent.
Washington, May 7.—An extraordinary
claim was lately forwarded to the Commis
sioner of the United States General Land
Office, coming up from the land officers of
Arizona. The (1 dm is under a grant from
Spain to one I’eralta for a region of country
49 by 150 miles, aggregating 4,000,000 acres i
of land. The grant purports to carry with
it all minerals. Among the papers present- !
ed area decree from Ferdinand VI., King
of Spain, a report of a riyal 'ribunal of in- j
quisition in favor of the grant to Peralla
i,y the Viceroy in 1758 amt a statement of
Peralta as to locatior, a petition of
Persia praying for confirmation of
the grant, and an order of King Carlos 111.
confirming the grant. Upon this showing the
Surveyor General of Arizona has been ex
amining and studying up the subject, as he
says, for a year and a half, and great alarm
has existed among the settlers, some of whom !
have been buying titles under the alleged
grant. The Surveyor General reports that
he can find no corroborative proofs. Com
missioner Sparks’ letter to him recites these
facts and, after informing the Surveyor Gen
eral that searches among the archives at the
City of Mexico and the city of Madrid
utterly fail to show any trace or record
of the grant; lie adds that the title is so
plainly spurious that it would lie better for
the Surveyor General hereafter not to waste
his valuable time on this subject. This sort
of claim is quite common in countries where
the titles are derived from Spain.
Appointments by the President.
Washington, May 7 —The President
t>dav appointed J. Parker Veasey, Pos -
master at Baltimore, and Thomas A. Bailey
Postmaster at Darien, Ga. He alto also pro
moted Robert H. McLean from a junior to
senior lieutenancy in the Navy, and ap
pointed Eugene V. Sykes to he Collector of
Internal Revenue for District of Mississippi,
vice Jas. Hill suspended.
Maxwell’s Extradition to be asked.
Washington, May 7.-—The Secretary of
State will ask for the extradition, of the sus
pected murderer, Maxwell, as soon as the j
papers are received.
The New Gunboat*.
Washington, May 7. —The Secretary of I
the Navy has invited plans, designs and I
models for the proposed new cruisers and i
gunboats.
Death of Earl Dudley.
London, May 7.—Earl Dudley died sud
deoly this morning. He was in the CSth
year of his age.
New York Stock Market.
New York, May 7. —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were:
Union Pacific 48%
Missouri Pacific 91%
Western Union Telegraph Co 57‘j
Pacific Mail >t : u
Lake Shore 53G
Louisville and Nashville 30%
Texas|Paciflc 10
Denver and Rio Grande
Michigan Central Is 1 ,;
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’ll lo t 1 ’
Northwestern 02*.
St.. Paul IN',;
Chicago, Burlington and Q,uincy T2l
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 39%
Rock Island 112%
Jersey. Central 36%
Memphis and Charleston 37
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 1!)
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5
Philadelphia and Reading 1C 4 '
Omaha (com) 19%
Omaha (pfd) 71*4
New York Central 87%
Kansas and Texas 18*8
Erie 10‘|
TUG MOBILE DRILL
A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE CON
TEST FOR THE $4,000 PRIZE.
The Cadets Drill Between 11:30 ami I
O’Cloek—A Good Drill, But the Mem
bers Suffer From Excessive Heat-
Three Faint After the Drill is
Over, But Now Well Again—
A Chance For Taking the
Third Pli/.e.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Camp Drum, Mobile May 7.—The day
opened beautifully and everything was
auspicious for ’he $4,000 drib. The Mont
gomery Blues were first in the field and
made a creditable display. The Savan
nah Cadets came next and drilled
between 11:20 sdi! 1 o’clock, the hottest part
of the day, and they gave decidedly the best
drill that has vet been given. There is,
hrwever, little h ipe for their getting the
first prize, though they stand a good chance
for the third.
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT.
The remainder of the drill has been post
poned until this afternoon on account of the
excessive heat. Three of the Cadets fainted
after the drill was over, but they are all right
now. There is r.o t nth in tie reports
that the men were surk’ruck. They were
merely exhausted by ti:e heat to which
they were exposed, and are row up and
about in good health.
New' York Produce Market.
New York, May 7.—Flour dull and un
changed, Wheat—No. 2 rid w inter, June,
j§> 1 01 4 - Corn—No. 2 mixed, Jane, sojc.
| Oats—No. 2 mixed, June. 401 c. Pork dull;
1 mess, sl2 50ai2 6 2. ] . Lard. $7 10 June.
Mala sses nominal. Turpentine urn hinged,
j Rosin dull and steady. Rice dull. Sugar
I quiet; refined cut leaf, 6a6ge. Coffee quiet;
fair cargoes, S^c.
Chicago 'Change.
Chicago, May 7.- Opening market 9:30
a. m. Markets all higher this morning on
account of cold weather and reports of bad
crops. Wheat and corn baif cent above yes
terday’s close. Oats higher. Provisions
5 cents advance. Wheat opened for June at
89. Corn for June 471. Oats for May, 345-
Pork for June, sll 121 Lard for July’so 90.
Ribs for July, $5 70
A Fast Mail.
Texas Sittings.
Colonel Yerger, of Austin, had just fin
ished writing a letter. It was very import
ant that it should go off by the next mail, so
he rang the hell, and upon the colored ser
vant, Matilda, appearing, he handed her the
letter, saying:
“Take this letter to the letter box on the
corner, as fast as you can. It is very im
portant.”
Matilda, the colored girl, went out with
the letter, and meeting tlie coachman, handed
it to him, remarking:
"Jess you take dis heah letter to de letter
box.”
The coachman started out with the letter.
He happened to see a friend passing, and it
occurred to him that he might save himself
the trouble, so he handed his friead the
letter, requesting him lo post it without
delay, as it was very important. That night
the coachman’s friend, just before retiring,
made the discovery that he had forgotten
to post the letter, so he gave it to one of the
boys at the stal le, enioing him to put it in
the letter box early next morniDg.
The stable boy was about to to comply
with the request next morning, when a
baker, with whom he was acquainted, hap
pened to drive past in Lis cart.
‘‘Hello, Tom,” exclaimed the stable boy,
“you take this letter and drop it in the letter |
box, and save me the trouble.”
.Among the customers of the baker boy
was Colonel Yerger himself. Just as the
baker boy drove up to the Yerger mansion,
Matilda, to whom the letter had been origin
ally given, was just going out of the gate on
her way to market. The baker boy handed
her the letter, with the request to shove it in
the letter box. But just at that moment
Mrs. Yerger happened to open the door
and saw the baker hoy hand her servant a
letter.
"I will have no such goings on as that in
this house,” exclaimed Mrs. Verger, and she
seized the letter from Matilda’s hand, and
running into the house, exclaimed in an
excited voice to < clone! Verger:
“It is not safe to have that .Matilda about
! the house any longer. Here she is getting
| letters on the sly.”
j She handed the letter to Col. Yerger, who
j recoiled in astonishment w’hen he perceived
I the identical letter he had written and ad
! dressed the night before. Muttering an ex-
I clamation ton profane to print in a family
paper, Col. Yerger violently forced himself
into his coat, remarking:
“Now I will post that letter myself, and
then 1 will know it is done.”
Extracts from a Frivate Letter.
Regarding Dr. David Kennedy’s“ Favorite
Remedy,” the writer, Prof. A. B. Chandler,
Principal of the Academy, Brookhaven,
Miss., says: “I suffered from torpidity of the
Liver and Bowels and Paralysis. I used
the ‘Favorite Remedy’ for two months, and
am now able to use my side, which for a
long time had been like a piece of dead
flesh. My general health was never better
than at present.”
Celebrated Wine Product of New Jersey
The best wine in the country, that re
ceived the highest premiums at the Centen
tennial, is Speer’s Port Grape AVine which
has become a celebrated product of New
Jersey. This wine and his P. J. Brandy
are used by physicians everywhere, who rely
upon them as the purest to be had. It is
unsurpassed for weakly females, and old
people. For sale by Osceola Butler, druggist,
corner Bull and Congress streets.
Captain Winship, Providence Police, suf
fered five years from kidney disease, and was
cured by Hunt’s [Kidney and Liver] Rem
edy.
LUCIA DI LAMMEK.YIOOR.
Another Delightful Performance at the
Theatre.
The parquette and dress circle of the
theatre were completely filled last night
with a select and fashionable audien e to
hear the Milan Opera Company in Doni
z tti’s beautiful opera, “Lucia di Lammer
moor,” with Mademoisel'e Emilia Benic as
“Luna,” Signor Montegriffo as “Edgardo,”
Signor Vansani as “A JitOD,” Signor bologna
as “Riirnond,” and Signor Benedetti as
“Arturi.”
This was Mile. Benic’s first appearance
before a Savannah audiei.ee, and she
achieved a decided success Her voice is
thoroughly cultivated and under perfect
control, and this added to her marked per
sonal attractions, taste in dress, and fine
talent as an actress, established her in favor
at once with the audience, and she received
hearty applause throughout the evening.
Signor Montegriflo fu’ly sustained the repu
tation he had previously established
as a tenor of rare excellence, while
Signor Vansaui, and the others who took
part in the cast added to the favorable im
pressions they had made in Trovatore and
Fa ust.
Lucia is one of the most exquisite operas
| ever composed. It glitters throughout with
sparkling gems, and always proves un
! usually attractive. The entertainment last
| night was no exception to the general rule,
and though the opera was somewhat marred
by the cutting out of two of the prettiest
gems of the composition in the third act,
notwithstanding, the audience was delight
ed, and the performance as a whole was
thoroughly enjoyed.
To-night the beautiful and ever popular
opera of Martha will be given with Mad
emorselle Romeldi iu the title role. This
opera is l-zplete with beautiful music and
d lightfu! chorines, which never fail to call
j for the loud applauses. To make it specially
i attractive, Mile. Benic will ting thecele
j brated air by Proch in the fourth act so
! universally popular and generally known as
the air to which “The Last Rose cf Sum
j rner” is sung. Another lull house and
j another charming evening may be looked
J forward to with certainty.
I. O. O. T.
Odicers of Savannah Lodge No 500.
At the regu'ar - meeting of Savannah
Lodge No. 500, I. O. G T., held last eve
ning, the fo'ljwing officers were installed:
W. C. T.—James E Henderson.
W. V. T.—Sallie Wise.
W. R S.— William McDonough.
W. F. S.—P. B. Finney.
W. T.—Thos. H. Laird.
W. C.—Robert Coakley.
W. M.—Easton Pollard.
W. A. S.—Arnie L Laird.
W. D. M.—Rebecca Bioz.
R. H. B. Mrs. E A. Yokum.
L. IT. S. - Mrs. K. Farrar.
W. I. G —C. B. Honiker.
W. O. G.—J. C. White.
Delegates were also elected to represent
Savannah Lodge at Macon, «liich will take
place in July. Delegates— W. R. Boone, :
J. E. Hucherson.
After installation the membets spent the
time pleasantly, refreshments being served
to all.
THE DRUMMER TO GO.
Changing Hack to the Old Method of So
liciting Trade.
New Y ork Times.
The day of the glorious drummer is on
the wane, if I am to believe stories told to
me in wholesale mercantile houses. It was
the fashion of old for the country merchant
to make his regular trips two or three times
a year or more, but the commercial traveler
| caine into vogue, and ordering by sample on
| the score of econcmy kept the regular store
keeper home. Now comes the old fashion
again. The country dealer lias come to look
upon the breezy drummer with coyness
when he and his gripsack heave in sight,
for the provincials look upon the modern
way of stocking up their stores as rather
specious. Some drummers—and I speak
only on hearsay—are credited with much
wordly mindedncss, and the retailer a hun
dred miles or so away from New York
worries occasionally when he hears hints of
big hotel and livery bills, of champagne
suppers and royally carried on flirtations.
‘Perhaps,’ is his argument, ‘the pay for all
these very wicked doingß comes out of my
pocket after all.’ He does not know that all
drumme-s are disguised millionaires. So
it comes that the out of town customer de
termines to visit New York, drive his own
bargains on the spot, and if fun must 1 e
paid for, enjoy a little of it on his own
account.
“Now, one of the results of this change,
as I understand it, is that the wholesale
houses in certain lines, whose names rank
‘way up,’ whose methods fare the strictest
and most honorable, are called upon to put
a new force of men in their employ. The
cruntryman stopping at a New York hotel
finds, thajsoon after registering, a kind Prov
idence enables him to run across a compan
ionable stranger—the agent of the whole
sale houses—free, though, from all
smell of the shop, who shows the stranger
some of the city’s sights and in
gratiates himself completely into
his good graces. The fish bites, the sequel
occurring in the big establishment, where the
merchant greets his new customer and gets
his Older. This new aid in the mercantile
line is good looking and well dressed, intelli
gent and thoroughly understands what is re
quired of him. It is emphatically a partial
return to the old time wheli the dealer at a
distance made his visit of each season to the
city- and was brought directly in contact with
his supplier.
THE HARNETT HODSB, SAVANNAH,
Visitors to Savannah, Ga., will find the
Harnett House a comfortable and desirable
stopping place, where the charges are mod
erate, while the uniform excellence of the
table is a subject of general remark-.-Chi
c>go National Hotel Reporter.
POWER OF REMOVAL.
THE PRESIDENT’S AUTHORITY
CALLED IN QUESTION.
Has He the Bight to Remove Interr al
Revenue. Collectors The Question
Raised Over the Removal of Col
lector Craig, of West Virginia—
The Solicitor of Internal Re
venue ami the United
States Supr me Court
Sustain President
Cleveland.
A special dispatch from Washington, says;
There has been a good deal of discussion
about the removal of Internal Revenue
Collector Craig, of West Virginia, based
upon a misconception of the powers
of (he President, Some of the op
position papers have questioned the power
of the President to suspend internal reve
nue collectors, and have argued that the
Treasury had no authority to pay the men
put in the place of the suspended officials.
The subject has been carefully poked into
by Mr. Chesley, Solicitor of the Internal
Revenue Bureau. He said to a friend to
day:
“The section referred to gives to the
President during the recess of the Senate
the power of suspension and the designation
of another to perform the duties of the office
of any civil officer appointed by the Presi
dent save United States Judges. By the
later statute of 1577 the salaries of internal
revenue collectors were adjusted at a maxi
mum of $4,500 and a provision inserted that
no collector should draw any part of the
salary until confirmed by the Senate,
except in cases of vacancies caused by
death or resignation during the recess of
the Senate. Still later, in 1879, the statute
j cf 1877 was amended by leaving out the
! words ‘by death or resignation,’ and no
j later statute has been passed affecting
the qutsion, sj that at present, if the
suspension of the former incumbent created
a vacancy, then the President has the right
of suspension of a collector with or without
cause, and can designate his successor, who
draws the salary until the Senate refuses j
t > confirm him or until he is suspended, j
Whether a vacancy exists in Ciaig’s case is
a question applying already to many others j
of a similar nature, and such cases are likely
to have a considerable increase in the num
ber of newly appointed persons.
“The United States Supreme Court decid
ed that question in the case of Farden, 9
Otto, page 10. Collector Windner was sus
pended under statute of 1870 by a Supervisor
of Internal Revenue for fraud, and died
pending the investigation of the charges.
The Supreme Court decided that his suspen
sion created a vacancy, and the person desig
nated by the President to fill that vacancy,
Farden, was entitled to the salary until his
successor was appointed, although he was
never con r ned by the Senate. It is true
that Winder’s suspension was not under sec
tion 1,768, Revised Statutes, but was by a
supervisor and for fraud. But if that sus
pension created a vacancy surely a suspen
sion by the President, who has the
right of suspension with or with
out cause, must also create a vacancy. Th4
same statute, however, which gives to the
President the power of suspension provides
that the person designated to fill the placs
of the suspended official can receive his
salary no longer than the expiration of the
next term of the Senate, unless confirmed,
and if not confirmed the office shall be in
abeyance and without salary, fees or emolu
ments.” Mahone, of course, will make a
big fight over the confirmation of Sheppard,
assigning as a cause Sheppard’s prominence
as a Virginia Democratic politician and
Secretary of the State Committee, and
charging him with complicity in the Dan
ville massacre.
THE FFLUGER MURDER.
Trial of James O’Reilly—A Jury Secured.
The case of James O’Reilly, who is
charged jointly with Mr. Frank Devine for
the murder of Emile Pfluger, came up for
trial in the Superior Court this morning.
A panel of seventy-five jurors was drawn
last Saturday for this purpose, and of this
number thirty-four were struck for cause.
The State struck four and the defendant
fourteen. The following panel was then
selected to try the case: H. C. Davis, W.
W. Rogers, W. Scotia Tyson, S. F. DuPcnt,
Jr,D. W. Woodruff, W. M. Davant, Oscar
N. Berry, B. L. Owens, James Barbour,
Jacob S. Collins, J. W- Moore, J. E. Free
man.
The lawyers Btarted to strike the jury at
11 a. m. and completed their work at 12:30
After this court took a recess until 1 p. m-
At this time the court was reconvened and
Dr. Robert P. Myers put on the stand on
the part of the State. He was followed by
Mr. Gcss and Mr. Moess«er, all of whom
testified substantially she same as they did
at the time Mr. Divine was on trial for
complicity in the same case. O'Reilly is
indicted in four counts as fellows:
First count—Murder as to both.
Second count —Divine committed the
murder and O’Reilly principal in first di
gree.
Third Count —fames O Reilly committed
the murder and Devine principal in the first
degree.
Fourth Count—That O’Reilly was acces
sory before the fact because Devine commit
ted the crime and O’Reilly, while absent
aided and abetted it.
The first and third are not the same and
O’Reilly will be tried on these counts.
Devine was acquitted on the other two. The
same lawyers are engaged for the State and
defendant on the Devine trial. It was going
on at 2:30 o’clock.
An Anumoly,
Lieutenant John Green, of the police
force, had on exhibition at his office in police
headquarters, this morning, a strange looking
egg. It was a double one, perfect in shape
and of symmetrical proportions and had a well
defined depressed line in the centre. The
double egg is one seldom seen. It was pur
chased, among others, by Mrs. Green at the
City Market yesterday.
SOOO A YE AR
THE VACANT BISHOPRIC.
How Nominations are Made to the Pope-
Father Cafferty Spoken of For the See
of Savannahs
A Macon dispatch of May the sth to the
Atlanta Constitution says: “For years it
has been the custom of the Catholic bish
>pß of the province of Baltimore, in which
the diocese of Georgia is situated, to ap
point bishops to vacant sees without regard
to the wishes of the people or the feeling
of the people. In this matter men are set
over them of whom they know nothing, and
with whom they have no personal sympa
thy. Bishop Gross, who has lately been el-*
evated to the Archbishopric of Oregon,
though a stranger, made himself thorough
ly acceptable to the people.
While his departure is regretted,
it was deemed a fitting opportunity
for the priests of the diocese to assert
their right of nominating the next Bishop,
who should be one of their own number. It
is understood that F'atber Pendergrast, as
the eldest priest in service in the diocese,
took the initiative in feeling the eclesiasti
cal pube. The result was an agreement to
meet here. The meeting was remarkably
successful, being attended by 21 of the
priests. It was resolved by them to present
to the Pope the name of Rev. F’ather Ed
ward McCafierty, the Vicar Get e al un
der Bishop Gross, for the Bishopric.”
Now, it is a fact that while as a matter of
courtesy the priests in the diocese should
have a voice in the matter, yet with the
; nomination of a Bishop they have not the
: remotest influence except, as said before, by
i courtesy. The nomination is sent to the
j | Pope by the Bishops of the Province of
; Baltimore. This province has tbe follow
-1 j ing spiritu; I heads, who will make the
- : nomination:
Most Reverend James Gibbons, D. D,
Archbishop of the Baltimore Arch Diocese;
Right Reverend Thomas A. Becker, D.
I), Wilmington, Dilaware; Right
Reverend John J. Kean, D. D, Richmond,
! Va ; Rev. Henry Northrop, D. I)., of Char
leston, and the Vicarate of North Carolina;
Rev. J. J. Kain, D. D, of Wheeling, West
Va; Right Rev. Wru. Moore, D. D., of
Florida, and Very Rev. E. Cafierty, Admin
istrator of Georgia. This constitutes the
nominating committee of the Archdiocese,
who will suggest a name to the Pope for his
confirmation. No action has yet been taken
by them. The Times heartily endorses the
following from the Constitution: “The
nomination of Rez. E. Case ty to the Pope
for the see of Savannah, is a worthy compli
ment to a churchman who has braved peeti
lence in the discharge of his doty. He is a
manofsclid attainments, and will reflect
credit upon his order.”
THE CITY COURT
Bnsinrsg Disposed of Duiing February-
Term.
The F’ebruary term of the City Court
convened Monday Februrary 2, 1835, and
continued until Monday, May the 4th. In
that period ’.be following business was
transacted:
Criminal F isines3—Judgment of court
not guilty, 8: verdicts of court not guil’.v,
] 12; verdict of guilty’3; pleas of guilty, 6;
! non pross; d,2; settled,3; discharged, 2; breach
jof peace iequtred to execute bond, 1; con
tinued, 44. Total, 87.
Civil Business—Verdicts, <3; judgments,
66; continued, 67; settled, 12; discontinued,
1; mistrials, 2; turned over to. United Plates
courts, 1; demurrer sustained to declaration
and 1; levy [dismissed, 7; dis
missed cases, 26. Total, 236.
Amounts involved in verdicts ar.d judg
ments of the court, $99,837 13; amounts in
volved in cases settled and dismissed,
$54,474 64; total, $154,311 77.
In addition to these cases there were
about thirty orders of the court pasted and
entered on the minutes.
Hon. Wm. D. Harden has been occupied
: quite frequently from 10 a. m, when court
. opened, until 12 midnight. He has worked
with all his ability and indefatigably anel
diligemly, and has by the record
. accomplished 1 great results. Philip M.
i Russel), Esq , the courteous Clerk; G. E.
. Bevans, Esq , his deputy, and David Bailey,
E-q ; the Sheriff and his capable deputy,
■ Frank Mendel, Esq., have all in their
respective positions, contributed in no little
1 degree to the accomplishment of this great
result. This court has been of incalculable
■ good to the litigants to the settlement of
disputes and to the punishment of crimi
* nals who would overrun the city, but
for the interposition of the legs 1 barrier by
whose judements and verdicts hundreds of
criminals have been placed at work in drain
ing Cuyler Swamp and Musgrove Creek,
and opening up for cultivation rich and
profitable lands. The court, as will be seen
ha 6 accomplished a wonderful amount of
good.
THE MAY FESTIVAL,
For the Benefit of Ihe Industrial Relief
. Society.
1 The May Festival, at the old United States
Barracks yesterday, for the benefit of the
Industrial Relief Society, was a decided
1 success. A large number of young people
' attended to participate in the pleasures of
clowning the Children’s May Queen, which
took place at 9 o’clock in the evening, Miss
Janie Cunningham having been chosen as
queen of the hearts of her young companions.
The coronation ceremonies were very pleas
ant and attractive, and the May pole dance,
which closed tlie festivities, was thoroughly
enjoyed by the loyal subjects of the youthful
; sovereign.
Upuu Miss Annie Lynah fell tbe houor of
being chosen Queen of the young ladies, and
the ceremony of the coronation was entered
into with as much pleasure as was that of
Miss Cunningham. She made a very pretty
speech from the throne to her sut jeelp, and
formally opened the dancing festivities,
■ which were kept up for seme hours. The
I entire entertainment was a success in every
■ respect, and to Mrs. Wade, Mis. Holst, Mrs.
- Wilder, Mrs. Cohen, Mrs. McNulty, and
■ the other ladies who evinced so much in
terested therein, ail credit is due^