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go par ut. luldltinniil in Loyal Column.
Maniaur und Funvral Notices sl,
l)aily, every other day for one mont h or
longer, Wo-thlrds above rate*.
ggliuiilA JittV*.
Augusta had twenty-live death
during April.
Sixty-three dollars were realized
in the boxes at the Atlanta cemetery j
gates on memorial day.
The Mav celebration of the Ma
con Sabbath Schools was a grand suc
cess. Several little boys spoke Web-j
star's poetry.
—lt is a noteworthy fact that the
farmers of Monroe county have one
hundred ami ten thousand dollars on
deposit in the Forsyth banks.
Air. M. C. Colotnan was killed in
Washington county recently, while
yelping for turkeys. He was mistak
en by his comrade for a turkey, and i
shot,
-Tile Atlanta Constitution says the
“Mayor of West Point and a promi
nent cltizent or Hogunsville were
brought there Wednesday, by Deputy
Marshal P, Sheridan, for some nllegod
violation of the Enforcement act.
They will probably go before the
Commissioner to-day. "
A discussion In the Blakely
tlrange, on (Saturday last, developed
the fact that nearly half of those pre
sent had planted more cotton than
corn ; precisely an fwtual number had
planted more corn than cotton. The
remainder of those present had plant
ed about efpial quantities of each.
Taking oats, pens, potatoes, etc., into
consideration, however, the feel crop
was considerably in the ascendancy.
Blakely Aeics.
Tfu- SaßiJjetf-ville Herald says that
there lives in Washington county, not
twenty miles front Handcrsvifie, a
one-armed Confederate soldier, who
was left penniless after tile war, not |
having, in his own right., a single foot i
of land, but who now, by industry
and perat)Veraue*j,owus a line planta
tion, lias H.ryjO at irtorest, has his
last year's cotton crop packed under
his gin-house, and meat and corn in
abundance.
-The Grand Jury of Richmond
county have tackled the social nuis
ance, They say the subject deserves
more ears and artoalion Ilian lias
heretofore been bestowed on it, and
for the good and virtuous of every
kind, it is time for consideration, and
worthy of every experiment that can |
be tried to lesson, if not wholly sup-j
press, this nbominat ion. They are of j
the opinion that the most effectual
plan would lie to license these places,
and by that means bring thorn more
directly under the laws of the lnd. j
VI, AII AM.4 m:\vs.
Uuiaula tuu> hati her spelling Iji u.
Tuekegee lifts lia.l Iffc-r sjM'llfnjj
match—all spelling Ba-lly.
Col. EH S. Shorter is spoken of
as a candidate from Barbour to the
State Convention.
All the fruit in the section of
Selma was seriously damaged by the
frosts of last week.
Ben S. Evans shot Tom MeEad
den in the breast witli a pistol, at
Greensboro, on Tuesday last. The
wound is not considered fatal.
Father Ryan has been invited to
deliver the address before the lit
erary societies of the University of
Alabama at the next commencement.
—Gen. C. A. Battle has been ap
pointed liegistrar.l'or Tuakegee Beat.
The appointments for other Beats
will soon be made and duly an
nounced.
The publisher of the Birmingham
fgilt'Biiiifleiit lias got. tired of grinding
]*ivateaxes, and issues this procla
mation: “We wish it distinctly un
derstood, by all and every one, that
we cannot, nor will not, insert per
sonal communications unless paid
for in advance. We are willing to do
our part towards advancing the in
terests of the Democratic party, hut
we will not _giv* our time, labor and
money to advance individual inter
ests. We have to pay cash for every
thing, and those Rising our columns
must do likewise.”
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I'MlltinA NEWS.
Melloiiville has commenced the
shipment of tomatoes.
Gen. Sanford, of Sanford, has re
ceived sixteen CaseS of trees from
Europe for his grove.
—A post office has been established
at Wakulla, on the St. Marks Bail
road, to be called Wakulla Spring
I’. ().
—Marshal Dunwoodie was shot at
.Millview. Escambia county, while
attempting to preserve order at a
fair, by a colored rioter.
—A, number of colored persons last
Saturday, in Suwannee county, at
tempted to ku-klux Sol Jackson, col
ored, and Moll Vickery, a white girl,
for beastly conduct.
—The Jacksonville Union, of the
4th, says: Several failures are report
THE DAILY TIMES.
jed on the street, the principal of
which are Mather & Little, J. J. Hol
land, and Hull A. Pro.
—The mills of Messrs. Kill tiger,
Russel A Cos., near Jacksonville, with
above two millions feet of lumber,
several small and two-srory framed
buildings, were burned on Sunday.
Loss about $75,000.
-At Cedar Keys a real pirate has
appeared, an aged Spaniard,who calls
himself llios do Kialto. Ho once us
! sisted iu the burial of a largo amount
i of treasure at Cedar Keys, which he
i has returned to unearth’ and lias ac
tually succeeded in discovering an
iron box containing many precious
stones und old Spanish coins of an
estimated value of SIO,OOO.
lip. Milt 11, <t THKK> M s.
Muhone’s Old Confederate brigade
are to have a reunion soon.
- The building of the Sullivan's Is
land Railway was commenced Tues
day.
Virginia was visited by a gale on
the same day of the one in Harris and
1 Talbot counties.
A negro woman hv the name of
>1 illy Ogleby was killed, not long
since by falling from a trestle iifty
feet high on ttie Air-Line Railroad,
in Oconee county, S, C.
“At the earnest solicitation of my
wife and children, 1 have consented
to become a candidate for County
Treasurer,” is the way a Mississippi
candidate puts it.
Mr. Thomas Scnntlun, a wealthy
farmer of Wurrenton, Ya.. shot him
self through thi" heart with a gun. A
letter left by him, said ho was afraid
he would come to want.
-The old Episcopal Church at Ro
llick, Vn., where Washington used to
worship, which was torn to pieces
during the war and used as a stable,
has been repaired and fitted up by
means of contributions from parties
in New York, and services were held
there Sunday for the first time since
lHdl.
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POItPIDV ITKMN.
Advices from Calcutta say cholera
lias abated in the province of Unde.
-The steamer Afrieanus, from t lie
Cape of Good Hope, carried fifty
thousand dollars in gold from the
diggings to London -t he largest ship
ment ever ijent from South Africa.
One nugget weighed nine pounds.
Tile real promoter of Garibaldi's
scheme for canalizing the Tiber and
making anew port for Rome are a
firm of English contractors, who are
willing to accept a concession for the
work without subsidy or considera
tion of any kind.
-The devastation which the pa
triots have spread and are spreading
ill Cuba reveals a terrible and desper
ate determination behind. The al
ternative to which the Cubans have
committed themselves is extermina
tion or freedom from Spanish domin
ion.
M. Eugene Tererie, the Paris
bunker, whose great grandfather in
vented t lie system by which deaf
mutes are laugllt to speak and to un
derstand from the movements of the
lips, has just announced that, a school
of instruction, to bo supported by Id's
family, will be opened in Paris in Au
gust.
In the House of (Jnmmons Mr.
Ocjerey withdrew liis motion for the
recognition by Great Britain of bel
ligerent, rights of tiie Carllsts in
Spain. Mr, Kourke, under Secretary
for the Foreign DuparUjnuit, slated
that there was no reason to depart
from the policy of non-interference
observed during previous civil wars
in Spain.
Mr. Scruggs, United States Minis
ter to Bogota, lias been chosen arbi
trator by Great Britain, under a con
vention between that Government
and Columbia, of 1872, for the settle
ment of an old claim preferred against
the latter by the former in 1870. The
ease involves nearly half a million
dollars, and has provoked much acri
monious discussion. Uctieral Halgar,
an ex-l’resident of the fwpubjic, is
the arbitrator oh the part of Colum
bia. The French Minister at, Bogota,
is the umpire.
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Hretliiiv In IVlilteKville r Aid the win
terers.
At a meeting called in Whitosvilic,
da., May sth, 187",, for relief of the
sufferers from the storm that passed
through Harris county, May Ist,
Capt. W. A. Andrews was called to
tin; chair.
The object of flic meeting having
been explained, it. was moved and
carried that a committee be nppoint
ted to solicit aid from abroad and re
ceive all contributions that may be
donated for the benefit of sufferers iu
the county. Rev. J. T. Love, Dr. L.
C. Norwood, T. J. Smith and .1. G.
Andrews, Jr., were appointed as the
committee.
Moved and carried that J. 1,. John
son, B. A. Ki.riblirig, it. S. Pattillo, J.
A. McCurry and J. E. Hogan be ap
pointed general distributing com
mittee.
Moved and caUrriod thut u commit
tee of thro,- be appointed from each
district to solicit contributions of all
kiu< Is.
Smith's District .). L. Johnson, J.
G. Smith and J. L. Davis.
Whitesville District- T. W. McCoy,
T. J. Hunt anil J. A. Maddox.
Davidson’s—N. Hutchinson, (I. A.
My hand and Parkes Jones.
Whitaker’s W. A. Andrews, J. D.
Johnson and Hon. Flynn Hargett.
Blue Spring Tlios. Spivey, W. C.
Cotton and J. A. Moore.
Upper 19th—Green Dukes, L. C.
Hargett, Sr., and J. C. Burford.
Troup county—W. B. and B. A.
Stribling, and James O’Neal.
Moved and carried that copies of
these proceedings be sent to the Co
lumbus Daily Times, State Line Press
and Hamilton Visitor for publication.
J. G. Andrews, Jr., S*e'y.
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Krvolutlon in Hnjtl Mupprrsaril.
Port-au-Prince, May 7. —The revo
lution is Mispressed by' the troops.
i General Pierre is killed. Upon the
lireaking out of trouble foreign Con
suls were immediately crowded with
refugees. Martial law was proclaimed,
| and a proclamation containing prom
ise of amnesty to those who would
| surrender restored tranquility.
COLUMBUS, GA„ SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1875.
The Late Storm in Stewart County,
Full I’nrtn ulnrs An liiici-rstlnir Letter.
Antioch, KtkwahtCo., Oa.. I
May 5, 1875. |
Mr. Editor: On the ;ld instant, at
night, between 10 and II o’clock, we
were visited by a most violent und
destructive storm, combining in its
fury the tornado, the whirlwind, the
cyclone, the hurricane, and every
other synonym imaginable for ex
pressing the violence of winds.
I was occupying at the time the
northwest room of the dwelling of
Judge 11. M. Jenkins, but did not
hold my position long. To give you
an idea of the sad and gloomy pic
ture, I would refer you to the ship
wreck of Alimas, caused by the in
tercessions and entreaties of Juno to
vEolus. Contemplate the sublimity
of Unit the destruction—tlie suffer
ing - the shrieks and cries of the crow,
und even thru, you will have but a
faint and imperfect lineament of the
picture.
I was in bed, and heard a low, deep,
mournful roaring in the northwest,
coining from the Chattahoochee riv
er in that direction. It, was an un
usual sound a terrific and most de
moralizing noise beyond my compre
hension, because 1 had never before
heard such a sound so sad sosol
oum - awakening reminiscences of
those good people who suffered but a
short time ago by similar Providen
tial causes. Add to tliiH the total
darkness of the night the angry
clouds glittering with frequent and
almost incessant lightning loud and
heavy peals of thunder the torrents
of rain and hail, and you will at once
comprehend the situation. Every
thing was enveloped in darkness, and
the scene distressing, it was awful
horrible beyond description.
Tlie door shut ter to my room was too
wide for the aperture, and never has
been closed since my occupancy of
the room; but t hat night it tens closed
with considerable skill it tats closed
indeed, a close fit. By this time I
had put on my clothes, and called
out for the family in the adjoining
rooms. No response did I get! Im
agine my feelings! “They are killed
by the falling timbers they arc
dead!” I sprung to open my door.
I did it with a great deal of difficulty,
and went to Judge Jenkins’ room
door and called aloud for him. He
answered ho opened—l entered.
What shrieks! Too heart-rendering
to relate! Miss Jonsie, his oldest
daughter, who had boon sick for four
months, but slowly convalescing -her
liltlo sister Polly -their brother Wal
ter the father and the mother all,
all were in despair. We looked and
gazed upon each other, revealed by
the broad flashes of lightning that
would occasionally light up the room.
Wo did not know what to door where
to go, and in a few minutes more
Neptune rode upon t.lie troubled sca
re) Hiked the winds, and drove JRolus
to his cave! Great was the rejoicing!
The sea was calm and we were pre
served !
To give all the particulars of the
destruction of property belonging to
Judge Jenkins would exceed the
space allowed for communications of
this kind. His loss was heavy and
severe. The columns supporting the
piazza in front were driven through
and across the entry, and had I gone
two minutes earlier from my room, I
would have been crashed by the fall
ing mass. It lay in heaps before the
Judge’s room door. The roof was
left. The dining room,with the stove
and all the culinary furniture, was
swept away ; the stove was broken lo
pieces, and a large old-fashioned slab
was found in the yard, minim one
half the other half in tlyi garden.
The room was taken off to the floor;
the parlor was considerably damaged;
also, the room in which we were at
the close of the storm. All the glass
from the sash was shivered and scat
tered over the room, and lacerated
the feet of the distressed mother and
children; they suffered much from
tiiis, because they did not have the
time to mature plans of safety and
protection. The room from whieli I
tied was not injured, notwithstand
ing it faced the storm. A great many
shingles were blown from the roof,
and we were left at the mercy of the
rain. There was a remarkable freak
of this tornado: A piece of plank,!
nappy, three-quarters of an inch thick
and about four feet long, was blown |
at right angles with the track of the
storm, through one of the parlor win- j
dows, struck the ceiling about three
feet over n bod in which Judge .Ten-:
kins had but a few minutes before
been sleeping, entered and went!
through end-wise, leaving about half .
a yard of length behind I This was a
narrow escape miraculous, indeed.
The carriage house wins totally de
molished ; the roekaway was torn to
pieces, springs broken, hubs split
open—ft was a complete wreck. The
roof was blown from the well, and
the storm gently laid it over to pre
vent the timbers falling in it. I omit
the poor old lieu that was incubating
under the carriage house; she is no
more; her eggs were riot, to be found ;
she was thoroughly pifki’A It would
have been considered well done by
our most fastidious ladies she needs
no singing -it was well executed.
The corn crib was unroofed, and de
molished nearly to the ground; the
smoke house suffered a similar fate,
leaving the roof near the ground
over the provisions- nothing lost in
this line; no com 111 own aWny. We
passed through what had been the
garden, to the horse lot, where was a
very large barn, well and strongly
constructed of hewed logs; it was
torn to pieces. Two mules that were
in it, strange to say, were found next
morning in two excellent stalls, doing
well eating fodder as if nothing had
happened; in the crash the joists sep
arated them and made for t hem good
but close quttrttTs tlu\\ were not oven
injured. What a display of Divine
protection in tho midst of death! The
gin house was sbedded on both sides
tlie middle roof was lifted out and
set down in the rear tho screw did
not suffer. Old Aunt Mary a good,
Christian-hearted colored woman
was living in a log house close by;
she crept under her bod and was pre
served, though her house was demol
ished, Two houses out of the range
were slightly injured. Considering
everything, Judge Jenkins was fortu
nate, though his loss was heavy in
j houses. Wo were preserved no one
| hurt—and are living monuments of
Divine clemency and mercy. Judge
Jenkins' loss is very heavy, and he
needs not only the help of his more
favored neighbors in putting up his
fences, but n small portion of their
money to replace his buildings. He
lias a dwelling left, and that is all.
His neighbors are now hard at, work
for him.
Dr. J. AY. Griffin's residence was
about one hundred yards from us.
His dwelling, und every house ami
panel of fence was laid to the ground.
Hie dwelling was wrecked upon him
self, wife and four or five children.
Mrs. Griffin, perhaps, gut out before
tlie building fell, but tlie doctor re
mained to rescue the children, who
wore on a bed near a stack chimney
in the room. AYhlle attempting to
extricate his little boy, Lamar, front
the brick which had covered him, lie
was struck on the head by the falling
brick and flying timbers. The wound
is n severe one, and lie is now in a
critical condition. His wife was bad
ly bruised, and tint children suffered
little or no injury. Their escape is
wonderful. The house was a com
plete wreck, and I cannot see how it,
was possible for such a building to
fall and crumble to pieces over a man,
his wife and children, and they, too,
now are living! He lost everything;
Ills condition is more lamentable than
uny one’s l have heard of. They
have no change, of clothing lor them
selves and children. Lost everything
in this line, and t hey have but a scanty
allowance left to live upon. As soon
as the storm was over, they came to
Judge Jenkins’. Dr. Griffin was in a
wretched condition, and ids wife is
now suffering much excruciating
pain from liur bruises. They have
nothing left, and arc truly the objects
of charity of the philanthropist
aild of the good Samaritan. They
need help, and they need it, now.
The tornado, as well us we can as
certain, crossed (he river laying
waste to Dr. Battle’s plantation, Mr.
Thad Lawson's, Mr. Tom Williams’
Mr. Dent’s and Win. Chambliss’.
The latter gentleman suffered much.
He was absent at the time, and the
M Isses Wrights Amelia and Jakie i
were staying with his wile until his
return. His house was blown away,
and these ladies badly injured. Ho
is also in Dr. Griffin’s condition, apd
needs help.
Tho storm passed on from us to Mr.
Ward’s, demolishing his houses, and
those of Mr. Feed’s and Mr. Henry
Gordy’s; tearing Into splinters Beu
lah Church, and the last we heard of
it, was at Robert Boon’s. It carried
desolation and destruction in its path.
I have not told you half. It would
take “reams of paper and floods of
ink” to portray the suffering, the mis
ery, the destruction of property which
tlie people have just experienced.
The people in the more favored parts
of tho country aro acting with com
mendable zeal and industry in help
ing their unfortunate neighbors. We
are in distress, nnd need help from
overy source. Wo hope to have the
sympathy of Stewart and Chattahoo
chee counties in repairing our losses.
Let, every man and woman help. The
time may come when ho who has tlie
moans, and withholds his aid, will
suffer the tortures, the losses, the
groans, the sighs, and the wants of
our poor, unfortunate and weather
beaten neighbors. They are without
houses, and you may, ere long, be in
the same condition.
Come to the rescue, Chattahoochee
and Stewart! Do well your duty, and
help tho needy 1
Wo are done, Mr. Editor, We are
breathing, and no lives have been lost
within our knowledge. The tale is
sad, and imperfectly written.
firms''Emm:.
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itimvcH.
-Cook—“Now, I’m a leavin’of yer,
iribim, I may as well tell yer as the
key o’ the kitchen door tit* your store
room.
Tho-New York UununnrnUU Adcir-
Wx'.r thinks beef hash will baef-hash
ionable this spring. That, is n joke
perpetrated in the delirium of hash
ish.
A French butcher who was on his
death bed said to his wife: “If I die,
Erancoi.se you must marry our shop
boy. He is a good young man, and
the business cannot, be carried on
without a man to look after jl.” “I
have been thinking about that al
ready,” said Ids wife.
A lovely coroner’s jury in Auglaizo
county, Ohio, returns the following
verdict. The point of tlie story is
that it is strictly true: “We, the jury,
in this ease give our verdict of not
guilty, but would advise tho parents
of tlie culprit to keep him at. home
hereafter, In order that ho may.not
be guilty of the same offence again.”
A shock of earthquake was felt in
Wolfboro, N. H., last, night, It was
generally noticed.
teleokaimiic iticjis.
Special to tho Time* by 8. A: A. Lino.]
—Six thousand German families
are preparing to emigrate from Prus
sia on account of oppressive con
script ion.
The Lynchburg Hrimldican re
appears in Washington City. Noland
Common on dock, and Hardwick at
tho helm.
James B. MeCroery lias boon
nominated for Governor of Kentucky
by tho Democratic Convention at
Frankfort.
Mr. Justice Bradley, of tho Su
premo Court arrived in Savannah
yesterday. He will preside this morn
ing in tho United States Circuit Court.
A dispatch from Kansas City,
Mo., says the grasshoppers are dying
by the thousand iii the country
around that city, and that tho far
mers are very hopeful and tlie crops
are looking nicely.
—Gon. Neill, oommander of tlie
troops ut Cheyenne Agency, reports
that fifty-seven of tho Indians who
were tried at Fort Sill wore convicted
and sentenced to the Dry Tortugas.
—Persons arriving in Savannah
from Darien, Ua., report that tho ar
rest of persons implicated iu thoFv
cent, riotous proceedings at that place J
are being made daily, but without
further disorderly demonstrations.
-Tho boiler of steamer Senator
exploded Thursday just after leaving
the dock at Portland, Oregon. Tlie
forward portion of tho boat was
blown to pieces. Capt. McGill, pur
ser Lucy and a number of the crew
were killed, und many were injured.
Chinn has engaged Confederate
General Ripley to construct works
on an extensive, scale for defence
along the coast and on tho principal!
rivers of that country. Gon. Ripley j
sails for tlie East in a few days.
At n mooting of tlie Savannah Fire
Department last night the following
resolution was passed : “Resolved,
That this Department notify the
Council of Savannah, that at, the ex
piration of thirty days this Depart
ment will disband.
No tidings have yet been re
ceived of tho missing steamer Me
tropolis from Bermuda. It is deem
ed almost curtain lhal the ill-fuled
craft has foundered, and seventeen
passengers and a crcivof twenty-four
have found watery graves.
Tiie opening cruise of the Savan
nah yachts, which will take place
next Friday, promises to bn a grand
affair, and, the weather permitting, a
a large number of the yachts, both
here and at the Isle of Hope and
Montgomery, are expected lo partic
ipate.
The American Medical Associa
tion, sitting in Louisville, ivy., on
yesterday appointed delegates to rep
resent tlie Association at a congress
to be held in Brussels in September
next. A committee was appointed to
confer with the Canadian Medical
Association on the subject of holding
an international convention.
The OliristlansX'onvention closed
last night in London. Mr. fiankey,
Muj. Coke of Chicago, and many
English and Scotch ministers made
speeches. An interesting discussion
was held on the value of Sunday
Schools. Tlie speakers strongly ad
vocated lay agency as a measure of
conversion.
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Ilcvcnuc llitNliiii In irriviu'it In Miiiii|,-
iii.. I iivii r Knxe*.
Washington, May 7. Commission
er J. W. Douglass, of the Treasury
Department, to-day addressed a let
ter to a New York house in regard to
stamping cigar boxes, in which lie
says:
In reply, i have to say thalyou are
not unaware (hat the law (rcoSection
:i,:i97 liovised Statutes) forbids that
any person shall affix to any box con
taining cigars a stamp in tho simili
tude or likeness of any stamp re
quired to be used by the laws of the
United States, whether the same he
Custom or Internal Revenue stamps,
declaring tlie act a felony, and im
posing a fine of not loss than SIOO nor
more than SI,OOO, and imprisonment
for not less than six months nor more
than three years, in a ease involv
ing tho right of cigar manufacturers
to use upon cigar boxes strips iu the
similitude of the stamps put upon im
ported cigars at tho Custom-house,
lately tried before His Honor.'fudge
Benedict, of tho, United States Cir
cuit Court of New York City, tlie
Judge is reported to have instructed
the jury that such strips, to bo in the
similitude or likeness, did not require
that the respective stamps should bo
alike, but; that there should bo some
resemblance between them. Tho
manufacturers' private labels cannot
legally bo so made in form, design,
style, or of such subject matter as to
give them the similitude or like
ness of a Government cigar stamp,
either Customs or Internal Revenue.
A Destructive Flee at llai -li.-ill. Texas.
New Orleans, May 7. -A
special,from Marshall, Texas, says a
llrn broke‘out In that city #: 15 this
a. m., in t.ho block of stores northwest
of the court-house, destroying every
building in the block. The loss is es
timated at $U 10,000; insurance, $50,000
to $55,000.
A \e*rru Hung In Ixiiilsiana.
New Orleans, May 7.—Richard
Mass, colored, who assassinated Hen
ry Williams, was hanged to-day at,
Foint-a-la-Hatchic. He admitted his
crime, and to a thousand people,
mostly colored, made a religious
speech, expressing his expectation of
becoming an angel right away.
j MACON ,\ DRtmWICK ItAJI.ROAII.
PRESIDENT HAZLKHURBT CARES FOR A
MEETING OF STOCKHOtItEItH—THE SALE
OF THE ROAI),
Special to tho Times, by 8. k A. Liuo.)
Savannah, May 7.—Mr. Goorge H.
Haziehurst, President of tlie Macon
& Brunswick Railroad, liftj oalleil n
meeting of tho stockholders of the
company, to bo hold in Macon on tho
noth inst., for tho purpose of aseor
tabling whether joint action can be
secured for the purposo of purchas
ing the road, which is to bo sold on
tho first Tuesday in June. It appears ,
that when tho flrst notice of tho sale j
of the road was published last Do-,
ceinbor, the Northern stockholders;
had determined to purchase tho line, |
even to tho extent of the limit fixed |
by Hg; State a purchase in which all
tfio Southern stockholders were to
participate, it they were inclined
to do so; but this purposo was
defeated by tlie withdrawal of the no
tieo of sale by the Government, in or
der to await tho action of the Legisla
ture. The refusal of that body to re
eognize *600,000 of endorsed bonds by
the State hits so discouraged North
ern stockholders, that Mr. Haziehurst
says they evince little or no dhqiosi
tion to invest more money in tlie
read. He still, however, has hoists
of their co-operation. If compelled
to look to Southern stockholders
alono for aid, and if forced to pay
cash bonds for tlie road, Mr. Huzle
liurst confesses lie can see but little
hope of getting possession of it again.
The net earnings of the road for the
year ending July Ist, 1874, amounted
to *49,008.
Till. Ii A 1.1,044 -* IV M ANN AC.IU NKTTSL
WM. E. STURTEVANT Ul'NlT.
Special to the Times by 8. Ac A. Lino.]
Plymouth, Mass., May 7. Sturte
vnnt passed a comfortable night and
slept well. He ate a hearty break
fast, and was as cool and unconcern
ed ns ever this morning. He still in
sisted upon his innocence. He has
made no confession. Last night he
gave the following letter to his
keeper:
Plymouth, Mass., May 7,1875.
Mil Faith/ut Friends—Mil Brotherly
Friends —
I am greatly obliged for t he godlike
kindness and trouble to which you
havo been for mo in getting tip this
petition, which has been of more or
less trouble and expense to you.
You have proved yourselves a
worthy friend to me, and many
of you are strangers to me. You
havo done more for me than my
father ever did. You have been more
like a father than he. You are en
titled to my thanks for what you
have done for me. I shall never al
low myself to be hung for my chil
dren’s sake, let alone tho disgrace of
this country, which has been so clear
for years. May name shall not bo
the first. All I can do is to give my
thanks to yon for your kindness which
I havo received from those men.
The letter is signed William E.
Sturtovant.
Sturtevant was very sullen and ugly
all duy yesterday. A surviving uncle
called on him in tlie afternoon, and
during his conversation aslroil him:
“Have you any word to leave for your
friends, or any message?” “Not a
and and thing,” said he. “Have you no
word for your father?” asked his un
cle. “Not, a d-d word,” was his re
ply. A few days ago he was advised
to confess His crime. He said, “No,
I havo been condemned on circum
stantial evidence; am not guilty,
and shall not confess. I shall leave
a bad enough legacy for my children
without that of a confessed mur
derer.”
Sopn after 9 o'clock a few persons
were admitted to jail. Religious ser
vices were conducted by Mr. Hatha
way, tlie chaplain of the jail. The
prisoner was brought in and seated
in a chair. Tho only indication of
emotionwas at, times hoavyhreathing
of tlie prisoner.
A few minutes after ten o’clock
Sturtevant, accompanied by Sheriff
Bates and Deputies Torrcy and
Wheeler, was marched from prison
to tho gallows. When asked if lie
had anything to say ho replied “No.”
The black cap was then pulled down
and the execution carried into effect
at ten minutes pust ten o’clock.
A llailroitil Kiin-oir In Ml*Nlxlii|il.
Grenada, Miss., May 7.—Train No.
4 south from Cairo ran off the track
one mile south of this place at 10
o’clock this morning. The engine,
tender and baggage ear wore precip
itated down an embankment twenty
foot high, and were completely
wrecked. Engineer Murphy nnd
fireman Win,. Weeks were danger
ously injured, and express messen
ger Thompson and the baggage mas
ter were seriously injured. One pas
senger car was thrown from tho
track, Imt no one was hurt.. Tho ac
cident was caused by a cow which
attempted to cross the track in front
of tho engine. The railroad officers
did all in their power to assist and
malaq comfortable tfie wounded
men.
• • : —-
Wratlier statement.
Washington, May 7.-—For Satur
day throughout the Atlantic States,
easterly winds, followed by falling
barometer, stationary or higher tem
peqiturc, cloudy weather, and possi
bly local rains in the South and
Middle A Mantle Slates. For the Gulf
States, Tennessee and the Ohio Val
ley, falling barometer southerly
winds, cloudy weather and local
storms.
VOL. I. —NO. 107
The BaptlMt Convention at Charleston.
Special to the Times by H. k A. Line.)
Charleston, 8. C., May 7. In tho
Baptist Convention the Mission
Boards report, about $60,000 for last
year.
There was preached a splendid ser
mon last night by Dr. Pritchard.
Dr. Curry made a grand speech, fa
voring tho Baptist Centennial in 1876.
Speeches were also made by Drs.
Broadus, Winkler, and Cutting, of
Now Y’ork, and Wayland, of Pennsyl
vania,
The business is progressing finely.
I There arc about 1,400,000 Baptists in
the South, and 4,000,000 in the United
! states.
Wholesale Price*.
i Apples—per barrel, $5; peck, 75c.
Bacon -Clear Bides V lb —©.; Clear Rib Sides
14c; Shoulders lie; loe-cured Shoulders 12 Me;
Sugar-cured Hams 15o; Plain Hama 140.
Bagging—ls@lo.
Bulk Mkatm—Clear Rib Sides 11 Me.
Butte it—Goshen lb 40c; Country 30c.
Broom* dozen, 92 50<rf$3 50.
Candy—Stick H lb ltic.
Canned Goods—Sardines ft case of 100 boxes
sl7; Oysters. 11b cans dozen. $1 ‘JO to $1 35.
Cheese—English lb 00c; Choice lbM; West
ern 17c; N. Y. State ldc.
Candles—Adamantine V lb 19cj Paraphine 36c.
Coffee—lU<> good Hlb 93c; Prime 23c, 1 ,; Choice
24 '-,'c; Java 33c to 37c.
Coen—Yellow Mixed V bushel $1 12.1,; White,
$1 15 car load rates in depot.
Gin am—Domestic, 1,000 s2ow\sCs; Havana,
$70(45150.
FLoun—Extra Family, city ground, V lb $8;
A $7 50; B fti 50; Fancy $lO.
Haadwaue.—Swede Iron 9c.; Refined Iron 4c.;
Rati Iron 7c.; Plow Steel lO^iftillc.; Horse and
Mule Shoes 7; per lb.; Nails per keg $4.25;
Axes sl2® sl4 per doz.
Hat—V cwt. $1 40; Country 40550 c.
IhonTieh—V lb 7 l t c.
Labd—Prime Leaf, tierce, V lb 16c; halves and
kegs, 15c.
Leather—White Oak Stile V lb 25c; Hemlock
Sole Me; French Calf Skins s2@s4; American do.
$2(453 50; Upper Leather s2<u.s3 50; Harness do.
60c; Dry Hides lie* Green do. tic.
Mackerel—No. 1 bbl $12(415; No. 2 sl2 50;
No. 8 sll 60; No. 1 kit $1 4053.
Pickles—Case V dozen pints $1 80; quart
$3 25.
Potash—ls case s7(<i 8.
Potatoes—lrish bbl $4 50(4 $5 00
Powder—V keg $0 25; }. keg fa 50; Us 2 00, iu
Magazine.
Hope—Manilla ft lb 20c; Cotton 30c; Machine
made 6>*c.
bushel $1 20,
Molasses—N. O. V gallon 75c; Florida QOgtißc;
re-boiled 76c; common 45((ii50c.
Syrup—Florida tio(ja&Gsc
Oats—s bushel 85c.
Gil—Kerosene V gallon 25c; Linseed, raw,
$1 20; boiled $1 25; Lurd $1 25; Train sl.
Rice—V lb
sack $1 85; Virginia $2 25.
Tobacco Common lb 65c ; Medium
Bright 70c; Fine 76c; Extra $1; Navy 60$6Sc;
Mnccaboy Snuff 75@85c.
Shot sack $2 40.
Sugar—Crushed and Powdered lb 13<§tl8)e;
A. 12*.c.: B. 12c,; Extra C. 12c.;
N. O. Yellow Clarified lOtfc; do. White 19c.
Soda—Keg 7c V lb; box 10c.
Starch—T& lb S^c.
Trunks—Columbus made, 20 inch, 78c; 30 inch
$2 HO.
Tea—Green 76c; Oolong Gsc.
Whiskey—Recti tied gallon Bourbon
s2(<? $4.
White lb 11@12M<\
Vinegar—gallon 35c.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
}V}toltalc Retail.
Goshen Butter $ 40 $ JA
Country “ 30 wb
Eggs lB -
Frying chickens 20&26 95&30
Grown “ 30(430 30(433
Irish potatoes 60p’k 4 50
Sweet potatoes 73 35p’k
Onions 00 bbl 95 p’k
Cow peas HO bu 100 bu
llry
WHOLESALE PRICER.
Prints 7)i(a9‘ l c.9yir
7 „ bleached cotton 6?i<3)9c. “
4-4 - ” 10#16c.
Sea Island “ H%fyl2kc. *•
Coats’ and Clark’s spool cotton. .70c.
Tickings 10® 25c.
y-4, 10-4, 11-4 and 12-4 brown and
bleached sheetings 30®60c.
Wool flannels—red and bleached 30<475c. •*
Canton flannels—brown and bl’d 12>i6$25c
Linseys 15(ol30c. “
Kentucky .Jeans 13®660 **
COLUMBUS MANUFACTURED GOODS.
Eagle and Phentx Mills.—Sheeting 4-410)£c.,
H shirting >4c.; osnaburgs, 7 oz., 14c.; % driU
ing 12c; bleached sheeting and dilling 12® 13c.;
Canton flannels 90c. Colored Good*. —Stripes 10e
11> 3 c.; black gingham checks 12>®13c.; Dixie
plodes for field work 17c; cotton blankets s2(<6
$4 60 per pair; bleached huckaback towels $l4O
per dozen; yarns ss. to Is. per bunch of pounds
$1 35; rope 25c. to 27c.; sewing thread. 16 balls
to the pound, 60c.; knitting thread, 12 balls to
tho pound, bleached, 65c.; unbleached 60c.; wrap
ping twine, in balls, 40c. Woolen Goode. —Casi
meres, 9 oz. per yard, 550. to 70c.; Jeans 20c. to
37j;c.; doeskin jeans 55c.
Muscogee Mills.—shirting -4 sheet
ing 10>ic.; Flint River b oz. osnaburgs 15c.; do.
yarns $1 35.
Columbus Factoby.— \ shirting -4
sheeting sewing thread, unbleached, Goe.;
knitting, do., 50c.; wrapping twine 40c.
Clegg’s Factory.—Plaids or checks 13a; stripes
fancy fashions,
DANIEL R. BIZE,
DF.ALEU IN
BENKKAI, AND FANCY
GROOBRIHB,
FOREI6N AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS.
WITH unenualed advantages lor obtaining
Country Produce I keep constantly in store
Butter, Egg*. Chickens, Potatoes, Dried Fruit,
Ac. Also daily additions of FANCY GROCKKIKH,
both fresh and attractive, and at lowest possible
CAHIi PRICES. All are invited to examine on
Brynn Mt., between Oglethorpe AJa.krau.
Janl deodawtf *" ,
Grain. Cradles.
Y LARGE SUPPLY OF DIFFERENT PAT
TERNS at low prices. Aim), SOOVILL A COL
LINS’ HOES, all sizes, fOr sale by
ESTES & SON.
ap2B oodlw*w‘Jt . ■ | . : ,
0. A. KtEIINE,
MERCHANT TAILOR
134 Broad street,
HAS on hand a handsome assortment of Gen
tlemen's Dress Goods, English and French
Cassimeres, Vestings, Ac.
Cutting done at reasonable rates.
Have your Clothes made by mo, and I guarantee
perfect satisfaction in style and price,
jauiil ly .
L. P. AENCHHACHER.
FitHliionalile Tailor.
ROOMS over Moffett’s Drug Store. lam reg
ularly supplied with tho latest FASHION
PLATES, and am prepared to guarantoe perfect
satisfaction, at reasonable rates.
inb2l codGm •
WILLIAM MlimiY,
Livery and Sale Stable Keeper,
Offletliorpe Street.
THE BEST TEAMS IN THE CITY FOR HIRE
at all hours day and night.
Funerals served at short notice.
Drovers accommodated on liberal terms.
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