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S. " ■W •./" wm 555=55 m V"' * t. . AJm , _, t * u- I f‘j plfi: fj#'' fa i . ^’^/4?*Kr ■ ,2** WM ■ r:' 3S» r “ ff-- t ... - .. ' % i' v •Y I 'f . 1; M Wm ' L p4fi ■ ■■‘■ ‘ ¥ii "7 v -m&i: !&{HE ... r^, **f&; i f ’ --------— -T;-, — BMHM VANNAH RECORDER, P#Ps K. M. ORME. Editor. Lv PUBLISHED EVERY EVENim, (Saturday Excepted,) 161 BATT STBBET, By ff. STERN. The Recorder is served to subs Lbers, in every part ot the city by careful can uers. lunlcations must be accompanied by the MpK>t the writer, not necessarily for publj non, but as a guarantee of good faith. Remittance by Check or Post Office orders must be made payable to the order of the pub¬ lisher. We will not undertake to preserve or return rejected communications. Correspondence on Local and general mat¬ ters of interest solicited. On Advertisements running three, six, and twel ve months a liberal reduction from our regular rates will be made. All correspondence should be addressed, Re cokbek, Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Recorder will tak -7: the yiace of the Saturday evyfing editio weel^ which will make six full .issues for the 4S~We do not hold o Ives Corresponded responsi the opinions expressed : ’>y - ■'..... The Bell Punch in YirffM We have before m the sp&Ml irt Yl. of of Auditor Taylor on the J®||||| the Moffett register in \ 'his report was tha presented /’Ik " |i»ral nd ie assembly of testate most -'source of V!n re lation to^the hew e 'atbering revenue, from the si irs. •j rt shoi WK&y total re cei to of last NO: m f72,g nnde Hpett ■Rch amount liquor law, $21 J Taking! *as r W ' b y tbe wtlo PU ifc r, as a e ’ tbe&e to , be those , l ot t.mj r tw< ters not having bee® Seed in soi ot the counties, until st year w ; far advanced. Owl® system [aw, rebates allowed at t' by the net results of the new la w, brought to $372, 957. Even aount exceeds the results of the aor wof law the of Virginia $110,701. The state con-, tribute to t,h sury through the instrumentflk NorfJl Richmond, $53,- 789; $15,225 ; Danville ; $13,- 551; Porfcemc piling, $11,544 ; Lynchburg, $10,731 ; :Pei ^/Staunton, $10,291; Alex andria, $7,17 $5,613 ; and m Fredericksbu Auditor Ti tor,#! these re¬ eultf tire difficulties and emb & inevitably attend a ne; ninks, Being taken however, into ’ co: n.,4 ,J Ifffie tbe instruments radically chang ed. now in us 'made, answer all the purpi and accurate regis tra MHpPchanges these: ft'A rebates he to desires be abolish- in the iai e< istinctiomMbtaxes lalcoholic^Wjkalt, on drinks, W to be abol i I taxes The under second th^aw proposition to be is paid the m Hand as to this Auditor Taylor of one register, because used, the temptation to to do wrong to turn ■^^^^.one that registers the Mong one . This could without detection. te l^Lty plans: of such frauds • each L drink I woulu^P^^^^uform of tax upon malt. whether it be alcoholic or Whatl^berate shouk*’ l be can best be deterrrmfl^uy the General cents, the Assembly. present rate Two aH^Bne-half '■j •lie on drinks, would certainly be too I a tax on malt liquor*, while half •nt would be too small a -tax upon alco¬ holic drinks. Some just medium, how¬ ever, cduld be arrived at which would be oppressive to no one. I would make no distinction between the different kinds of driDks. The measure proposed is one for revenue, and no outside questions should be allowed to embar¬ rass it. 2. I would impose an ad valorem tax upon each drink, whether it be alco¬ holic or malt, iqaking the value of the drink the unit of basis of taxation. Thus : upon all drinks from a value oi five cents each up to ten cents, a tax of a half cent; upon a ten cent drink, one cent; upou all drinks of a value over ten cents and up to fifteen cents, a cent and a half, etc. Thus much, by way of illustration, tbe proper details of the scheme would ot course be ar¬ ranged Tne in the bill. auditor submits the matter to the legislature with strong faith that the little instruments can be made effi¬ cient age uts for the collection of a con aiderable revenue. There seems to be no disposition year’s workings to repeal the thereto^ law, a must down as favorable to the uejfli jCH of turning the thirst of the M Constitution. citizen to public acconatjSfl| SBB 6—* m. SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1879. « — : Influence of ie Weather on . Homic V . Examinations of the columns of it American killings,’ reiintly the printed; various shows the following i italsfor months of 1878: January......... 70 July i-i'V 12S February August.... 153 March... I September 108 134 April..... October.... May...... ’ * * November. 106 June...... , Mi 1 December. 110 : T*btal... . .....1,291 Arranged by seasons the record stands as follows i Winter; •ring. * Stnto mer. Autumn. 1 1 110 134 123 129 108 70 87 153 106 t j 301 392 348 250 vere^ Tha killing the o pidemic grew higher more se¬ sun advanced in the he^ens. The maximum was reached <^mg the month This is when the direct the dog confirm- star sway. that indicated of the lesson was by figures for the preceding year. The increased, also, by seasons, gradually from 250 in winter to 392 in the three summer months. Then they fell off to 348 in the three months of autumn. But the autumn homicides considerably exceeded those in the spring, in about the same ratio as the heat ol fall exceeds that of spring. Another generalization can be made. Taking as nearly as we can the months from the vernal equinox to the autumn¬ al, there were 736 killings. The number from the autumnal to the vernel was 555. The execss of homicides during the six months when the sun was north of the equator was 181.— Cincinnati Times. : w The Chiwese Official Almanac. December number of The Arne rican Journal of Science and Art contains an article or. the Chinese Of* g c ? a j ^} manac 0 f which it is said that „-j annua ]iy i n December and is care p re p are( j by the Board of Astron an important body) imperially appointed, presided ov er by a Prince of the Royal blood, and equal in digni¬ ty to any other governmental bestowed body in the Empire. The of Almanac by is the Em¬ as a special Coreans, act grace Loochooans, peror on the An namites, and other tributary States. As this publication is so highly respected sidered by the Chinese it may fairly be con¬ as the representative of the highest state of astronomical science reached by them.” A large part of the astrological portion of the almanac is intended for a “practical guide in the common affairs of life.” A transla¬ tion is given of the admonitions for the first days of current years as foil lows: fio?.nd fi tr 8 is allowable to bathe It is residence. for starting on a journey or changing The second day is favorable for sac¬ rifice and bathing. It is unfavorable for practicing starting on a journey, removing or The third acupuncture. day; there indica¬ are no tions. The fourth day ; may receive or make visits and cut out clothes; at 7 a. m. may draw up contracts, barter and make presents. May not go on a jour¬ ney nor break ground. The fifth day; may visit, bathe, shave md clean up. Maty not plant and s^/\ j^the conjugal sixth day is favorable taking for sacri¬ fice, union, visiting, on a removing, new servant, marryin skating on a journey, build¬ ground; 6 , repairing, ing, breaking itt £ a. m. may draw up contracts, open shop, barter, send presents, seal, test the soil and bury. ^ The seventh day; may level roa^s, but must eighth not start on a journey. The day ; may sacrifice, me¬ morialize, enter office, assume cere¬ monial clothes; at 5 a. m. may sit to ird the southwest; also favorable for conjugal union, visit, weddings, taking on a new servant, uprights starting on a jour¬ ney, erecting and putting on crossbeams, building, removing * soil and burying. • items The writer gives follows a few'more \ and comments as : day And so it goes on Enough for nearlysevery in the year. has DyCen translated to show the excessive chikl ishuess and absurdity this. A o’clock, few days thief ago, between the ®leven and j one a entered Govern rnent Piint.ing* Office, and watching hi* opportunity, took from the safe of the disbursing clerk, a package of currency containing $10,000, intended for pay chase irg.off of the material. employes He and made for his the pur¬ without observation. escape a trick Cooney and Wm. Welch, |en And seventeen years of a>ge, Bidding IjJRw heiPthe on sied Lake carried Erie, them 0 r, and both were dr owned APH. AFGHANISTAN FORT TRANS FERRED TO THE BRITISH i BEACONSFIELD’S CONDITION, - »’ Labor and Financial Trouble iu England. BRITISH IN AFGHANISTAN. London, January 9. —General Rob¬ erts reached telegraphs Kakubia to Calcutta January that The he on 6. Deputy Governor his of Khost came to Kakubia to pay respects to General Roberts. He will transfer to the Brit¬ ish commander the forts and all the records, which, it is supposed, contain full information regarding the revenues of the K.host and Khurum districts. The people of Khost, who were at first unfriendly, seem to be reassured. The Standard's correspondent with the Quittah column telegraphs that the commander of the British advanced cavalry has sent back a dispatch stat¬ ing that the Governor of Candahar has occupied a defensive position on the Tarnak river. Generals Stewart and Biddulph to-day will commence a joint ad¬ vance (Wednesday). They hope to defeat the Governor and enter Can¬ dahar about the 10th inst. BRITISH RAILROAD STRIKES. London, January 9.—The strike of the goods guards on the Midland Rail¬ way still continues, all the goods lines from Sandiacre to Ilkestone are block¬ aded with trains. The Great Northern Railway Com¬ pany has notified the goods guards and porters at Leeds of a reduction of wages to take effect to-morrow. beaconsfield’s condition. Hugenden, Januaiy 9. —The follow¬ BeaconBfield ing bulletin was issued better to-day; Lord is much this morn ing. The attack of gout which kept him confined to his room ns passing His Lordship had a very good ® ’ BETTER FEELING IN CORNWALL. London, January 9 —The statement in the liquidation petition of the Corn¬ ish Bank that its liabilities are £658, 000, which is much less than was sup¬ posed, has tended to allay the uneasi¬ ness felt in Cornwall regarding the prospects of the creditors. The drain upon other banks has considerably de¬ creased. FINANCIAL. London, January 9. — Consols at 95 1-16 for money; 95 7-16 for account. Erie, 221. - Paris, January 9.—'Rentes, 113f 65c. COTTON. 'nr t \rf otton Orleans, 5 ll-l6d ; sales 8,000 bales, which 2,000 bales were for specula? tioik and export. Receipts 18,400 bales£\of which 17,400 bales are America^ Futures’^opened 1-I6d lower. Sales of middling deliveraUe ~ uplands, in January, low middling clause, ditto^N 5| It 5 ll-82d; iverable in January and verable Februar// in 5 and il-32d; April, ditto 5 7-16@ deli March 5 l3-32d ; ditto,w deliverable in April and May, 5 15*32(« 5 7-16d ; ditto, deliverable in May and June, 5id; ditto, deliverable m June and July, 5 9-10d@5 19-32d. Sales of middling uplands, low middling dause, new crop, shipped in December and January, per tail, 5‘Id. Lifk Apparatus. An instrument . has been invented in France for aiding in resuscitation of persons apparently drowned, or who from any other cause have been temporarily deprived of am snation. It consists of a cylinder of an^et bodW iron large enough to contain the an adult person. It is closed at ual one^nd, is inserted, aDd feet the foremost, inanimate in individ- the re ceptacle’ as^far as the neck, round which is placed a padded diaphragm, fasreued to the CTiffider so as to be air tight. An air pump!'- attached to an opening in the tub®, create* a partial vacuum, and then the outer Atmospl^eps, oy its own pressure, forces its way into the lungs by the mouth and th« which are left exposed. By a reversed action of the pump the air is allowed to re-enter the cylinder, and respiration | s Vb ere fiy established. A glass plfcte j insofteu m the iron casing enables the operator to watch the movements of the ch^st, fie which alternate rises and working . falls of as the m pump, \xhat ^ action may be repeated eighteen 'fifilea in a minute, and an ex act imitation of natural breathing thereby pmdnee^the operation being i^markably suvfcesslul in tLi-* respect. | ’ As ther, Louis Napoleon, did! the ex-Prince Imperial Fi bout Ka at English coun- The Position of the South. Neither & Tail for t! item Kite If or Wingy for the We a pread Eagle. [Prom the Marion (S,:C.) Merchant.j " We cannot see why the South, hav ing large plurality ^ £ a very : ie votes representing the three Ictioi named, shoff te. called upon tb itself as the tail of the hard, money kite England or of the spread eagle gret ink of the West. Money, like com <ce and trade, should be left as much alone by government as possible, gnd'having of the foolish now and adjusted itself, in spite adverse legislation of Congress, tion ofour it should, with the bond ques¬ own State, be eliminated from the domain of politics. The South was crushed by the results of the war, raised by inflation to apparent prosper¬ ity, to be ruined again by contraction. We want no more of this sort of thing. What the Southern people want and need most is free and stable govern^ menfc, a stable, non-fluctuating curren¬ cy, and the removal of all protective tariffs Now, and according discriminating taxes. to our way of think¬ ing, the South does not want a hard money does manner she se, nor an inflationist; nor by forcing Southern want to supply a President a man upon the North. What she does want, however, is to select from among the ablest statesmen of the country a man fitted and for the who high and responsible station, elect one him, and, can get enough votes-to have the after being elected, will necessary moral courage to claim his seat and assert his rights thereto. It matters not whether such a man is found in the East or the West or in the Middle States. Let him be selected and placed upon a platforrp, similar to that of ’76, leaving out the money question, which should be considered settled by the quiet and Hancock, easy resumption of specie payment. Bayard and Thurman are our favorites, without reference to sectional preference. The Newfoundland Dog. *J The 6xtinction which has atterl the pure breed of New Foundland dogs has been fortunately arrested by the importation of several splendid breed, specimens of the of'skillful Leofiberg which is the result crossing between the St. Bernard, the Newfoundland and the wolf dog of the Pyrenees. The dogs were the recently ta^nous brought here in charge of conchologist, This is notable Herr F. A. Verkmzen. news for the outside for world, the because sagacious, evefybody brave and has Bandsome a.feeling brute that bears the'mame M this is¬ dined land, though credit few persons ths-C wo# Id be in to the fact there t are not half a dozen dogs in .the whole United States of absolutely" pure New¬ foundland breed. / More species markedly thaw in any other canine this dog perpetuates all the traits of his breed/even to the distant¬ pro¬ geny of animals that are very ly removed from his species through miscegenation. Hence the mistakes that many' labor under who believe they puiiP^reed, possess Newfoundland dogs of a while their big pets are only such in tenaciously preserv¬ ing a strong resemblance to their grand sires . TV average height cf the true Newfoundland dog is thirty in ches. Hei is entirely black; his claws are webbed to the points, his paws are massive, his gait majestic, aud his countenance strikingly benevolent and deeply trustful. But the renowned qualities of this famous dog are to be superseded by the splendid breed known here as the Leonberg. expected The specimens now are soon to propagate, but they will not be full grown till their third year. Baron, Lasig, of Leon berg, Wurtemburg, Germany, was the gentleman who undertook the produc t i on of the new species, and the speci selected meng brought here were carefully from his kennels, Good specimens sell at $250, and superior dogs command as high a price $ 500 . At all the great dog shows at Baden, Lima, Vienna, Paris and London, thev received the highest premiums. inches, and They attain the height of gg are frequently over 100 pounds in weight- handsomely Their heads are large, erect and shaped, noble and their bodies are strikingly with ^ their symmetry. They gentleness inherit, of the large interest, all the intelligence their sur that ot any other of species being of dog, a u d d they are capable- within trained o almost anything the possi bi&ties hf dogkind. It will be a rare t\to see four of these handsome ^ \this winter, brilliantly brute s ca parisonea\ and perfectly tractable, fiitched to^ commodious dog-sleigh, and flying ove^he frozen roads in the environ* of St. Jdfcp’s, or over the sur ace of Qaidi Vidi Lake, at •Mrs. the White Hayes house is desci^^i as wearing New Year’s Day recepmm white'sffk on a cream trimmed with gauze and lace. A- .white plume aud a silver comb ornamented ‘ j dark hair and shelwore no jewelry- ITEMS OF - r .,•*>. , Chamber! y of New M 1 reported that, the balance in the < SPi Treasury December 31, was $1,552, mmBm A blind resident of Bio □n, 111., has had his eyesight r« L.fl the shock of pouring ice wa ins head from a pitcher held some feet above him. I Rather than touch Another drop of. liquor,” said a zealous c< temperance night, meetly at other “I would take a razo blow out my brains.” . Last Friday the 3d inst/ beingffhe fifteenth anniversary of the death of Archbishop celebrated Hughes, a requium mass was in St. Patrick’s Cath¬ edral, New York, for the repose of the souls of the dead prelates of the diocese. The United States are not ruining themselves at this true by building too many railroads. In 1872 as many as 7,340 miles of new road were built. The year after the panic 1874, the only mileage was 2,025. In 1875 it was 1,561. For the next three years the mileage was, 1876, 2,460; 1877, 2,2,81; 1878, 2,688. The reduced production of silver— by $19,000,000 in one year, says the Nashville^L/igncan, shows the way to a solution of the silver problem. The precious metals obey the same law which governs wheat and cotton—all commo¬ dities. A decline in value, the cost of the production which restores the value, sal regulator. cost of production being the univer¬ The subsidized Pacific roads found out last winter, through the skillful and determined efforts of Senator Thurman, that their obligations to the Govern¬ ment were real obligations, and that they would be compelled to fulfil them. The Union Pacific is in the way to find out that the Government supervision of the road is also a real and not a per¬ functory supervision. “I am almost seventy-one,” said Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, to a Washington correspondent the I other day, “and I expect to live till am a hundred and fifty. I come of a long-lived race. One of my aunts lived to one hundred and fifteen ;” and seeing the correspondent she scrutinizing said, “and her hair, “It isn’t dyed,” it is very abundant, falling below my waist.” One or two sheets of newspaper placed between the thinnest cotton sheeting will make a covering equal in warmth to two blankets. It should be tacked every six inches to keep the paper in place. Wails covered with newspapers will keep out the cold air and add greatly to comfort. A sheeq of paper placed between the inner and outer garment is equal to an overcoat. It appears from the appraisement of the personal estate of the late Thomas H. Powers that he had advanced some forty thousand dollars to build reformed Episcopal churches in various parts of the country, from Nova Scotia to Flori¬ da, in addition to the large sums which he his gave outright the large and excluding church all of bounty to on West Chestnut street. The new organization has suffered a severe loss in his death. The Garrote is the instrument of death always employed in executions in Spain. Moncasi was its lastest vic¬ tim, and it is stated that since the res¬ toration in 1875, nearly fifty persons in Spain have felt its deadly clutch. The executioner is a bull fighter named Her¬ nandez. The execution is in public,the condemned being seated in a chair with the clamps of the garrote about his throat; at the signal the executioner whirls round the heavy handle that turns the screw, and the man’s throat is instantly compressed, the back squeezed while an iron projection at is with resistless force into the nape of the neck. The body remains in view for some hoars, surrounded by praying monks in penitential garb. The Poligamy Question Settled. —At last the legal statu* of the auda¬ determined cious polygamists of United Utah is definitely by the States Su¬ preme Court, which Tuesday rendered a decision involving the whole question of polygamy in the Territories. The decision plaintiff, of the Reynolds, Utah courts charged being against the with contracting carried his a bigamous marriage, he case to the Supreme Court on a writ of error. The opinion Chief Justice of the court was delivered by Waite, and was to the effect that the plea set up by the plaintiff defense; of religiou. conviction was not a valid that Congress, in passing laws for the sup pression of polyamy in Utah, exercised a power belonging to it and verted in it under the constitution. But for the plea set Up that such laws were bei.ei, an terference with religiou, theiefore unconstitutional, it would seem strange that there should be any of the power^ of Congress to which, leg islate for the Territories, over as national property, riglt the government exercises the of domain. A I •£? \ M& ■ \ i iss Cards! wr it Bottl< Doez not to the air. 'M: 4T IT. F. . WINES, LIQHORS AND ia; Milwaukee and Cincinnati I bn sTi /IlGAR -- E aJSSa. w FAC’ n» bacoo, KJ rer of • s, and Bronef 1 Street. Snuff, 8, Ac. ?ali< VAL. BASLER’S WINES. LIQUORS, SEGARS and TOBACOCl The best Lager Beer in the city. The well known TEN PIN ALLEY reopened. Lunct Square every day from ll to 1 o’clock. At the Market House, 174 BI' . ■ GEOR WINES, LIQUORS, SEG ace The celebrated Joseph Schlltz’ MILWAU¬ " ^ KEE LAGER BEER, a speciality. o. ' Whitaker Street, Lyons’ Block, 8av Ga.^ FREE LUNCH every day 0-om 11 __ -V Clothing* mx The Popular Clothing Hoi B. H. LEVY, O Idren’s E'FERS stock of CLOTHING, for all the styles next thirty at Men’s, the dayi follow!**" Youths*« his duced prices; „ 20J Men’s colors Oassimere or striped, Suits, formerly dark or sold lighlli at SI now S12 50. » Dress Diagonal Coats and Vests, rai from $0 00 and Upwards. 500 pairs Oassimere rants, different colors and J00 onn Children ranging and Boys’ from suits 82 00 and upwards. IfjWd Great reduotion from 8800 and up- 8 - in Overcoats! 800 Overooats at the low figure of $3 00 and up warde. must be closed Out, rather than to carry over the season. Anyone wishing bill to purchase will find it profitable to at this popular Clothing House. B. H. LEVY, Jan8 Corner Stoves and Tinware. THOMAS flAliEF, PRACTICAL TINNER and dealer in STOVES House Furnishing Goods, Wiilow and Wooden Ware, manufacturer of Lead^^^^k Tin Ware, Tin Roofing, Gutters, 177 Congress Street, SAVANNAH, novlO-Om GEO Plumbing and das Fitting. CHAS. E. WAKEFIELD, Plumbing, Gas & Steam Fitting, No. 48 BARNARD STREET, one door north ot South Broad treet. Bath Tubs, Water Closets, Boilers, Ranges, Johning Promptly attended to. ebll Also, Agent of “ BACKUS WATER MOTOR.* T. J. McELLIN, PLUMBIN AND Gad FITTING. Whitaker street, One door North of State st. N.B. Houses fitted with gas and water at short notice, Jobbing promptly attended to, and all work guaranteed, at low prices. 83R:Zgy ___ Carriages* A. K. WILSON’S CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY, Corner Bay and West Broad sts. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY Cor. Bay and Moutgotjery streets. SAVANNAH, GEORG LI The largest establishment in the cltjl Uu keep a full line of Carriages, Kocaaways. engaged line of Carriage in and Wagon Material. I have chanics. my factory orders the t«ost skillful me¬ pairing, Any for new work, and re¬ will be executed tc give satisfacti and at short notice. mayJX-ly CENTRAL. EUROPEAN HOUSE 1 mow a ttt> URANT. a mm and 160 Bryan Street, opposite the market, - GEORGIA ’ James lane. Proprietor. T ». l0tw , 0 r 0f0l . b „,i a , llr throughout, and la ready :o receive > ^ b ^ c ^ tlie be 1 the marked tSSl , n J! e j^ “P on ® or ( s ) e 0 ( ff 1 J nn p Qr week^ Board and Lodging by the day^and day or Meals at all hoars, open +*• £™ c 2L°i c ® 1 “l?8CfP® nt P* * .. Ci * ar *’