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r ■"A* AYANNAH A. %A"'y VOL J.—No. 87. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER, R. M. ORME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) a * 181 BAY STIlEBT, By J STERN. The Recorder is served to subscribers, in every part of the city by careful carriers. Communications must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Remittance by Check or Post Office orders m ust 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 t .reive months a liberal reduction from our regular rates will be made. All correspondence should be addressed, Re¬ corder, Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Recorder will take the jace oi the Saturday evening edition, which wilt make six full Issues for the week. iiSp'Wedo not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. DISCONTENT. Two bouts rocked on the river, In the shadow of leaf and tree ; One was in love with the harbor, Onejwas in lov„e with the sea. The one that loved the harbor The winds of fate outbore; B'H held the other, longing, Forever against the shore, The one that rests on the river, In the shadow of leaf and tree, Wilh wistful eyes looks ever To the one far out to sea. The one that rides the billow. Though sailing far and fleet, Looks back to the peacefuljpvgr, To the harbor safe and sweet- v One frets against the quiet Of the moss-grown shaded shore; 0"e sighs that it may enter m* That harbor never more. One wearies of the dangers ' Of the tempest's rage and wail; ■ amid the lilies, One dreams, Of a far-off snowy soil. Of all that life "an teach us, There’? naught so true as this— The winds of fate blow ever, But ever blow amiss. THE RUNAWAY SHIP. I had command of the old Evershot, a good ship, and one which put much money into Ihe hands of her owners She was built for the India trade, and with the exception had stuck of one the voyage to Smyrna, she to purpose for which she was put together. bougd On the present occasion I was for India, and my cargo was made up of a curious vaiiet.y. I had lor an old gentleman, whose head was white, and form bent with years, and his three sons, the youngest of whom was about 35, and the eldest not far from 50 years. Th u n theie were several women, and some half dozen children. / We had doubled the southern cap s ol Africa, and Indian were just poking when ou. nose into the Ocean, a circumstance happened which was des¬ tined to try our nerves somewhat. One afternoon, one of the men in the foietop reported a sail very near ahead, in the line of our course. "Some homeward bound Indiamsn, probably,” remarked Mr. Lee, my mate, I nodded assent, and then went to the cabin and told my passengers that if they had any letters to send home, they had better have them ready, tor perhaps we were about to meet a ship bound to old England. They went to work upon my suggestiomat au^kour once, and in the course of half we hud a letter bag nearly seared up and di¬ rected. The wind was a little south of east, so that we stood upon our course uorth east with freedom, and the coming ship was though heading very nearly upon she kept us, as we came nearer away a little — the westward. “Is it an English ship?” asked my white haired old passenger, “I think it is was my reply; and just as I spoke my mate came down from the foretop, where he had been with the glass. I noticed that his face looked troubled, and also that he kept back some remark which he was on the point regarding of dropping, cld at the same with time the pa*B^nger a look that seemed to indicate that he was in the way. I took the hint and carelessly walked forward. Mr. Beck • et, the mate in question, followed me. At the gangway I stopped. “What is it ?” I asked. "Why, sir, that ship is the old Dor est,’ said he. “The Dorset I replied. ‘‘Impcs- “But I am another sure,’ persisted ship in England Becket "There’s not with such a figurehead. Those two girls are not to be mistaken ” “But are you sure she has that figure head ?” "Certainly. You’ll be able to see it from here in a few moments.’ "But,*’ said I, ‘the Dorset has not yet had time to reach the Sidney, let alone getting back as far as this.” “Of course,” answered Becket, with a keen glance about him, ‘but don't you think a ship could run away with¬ out doing the errand she had in hand? “Eh ?” That’s all I uttered at the moment, for a strange thought was be¬ ginning to work its way to my mind. "You remefnber what sort of a cargo the Dorset had, don’t you ?’ my mate remarked. Of course I remembered, for I met the captain of the Dorset the day be fore she sailed, and had a quiet dinner witn him at Cowley’s. named He was Bumstead an old friend of mine, and —Harry Bumstead—and as good a sailor as ever trod a deck at sea. Now the facts, as they came crowding rather unpleasantly upon my mind, were these : The Dorset sailed just two weeks before I did,and took out twenty three convicts who had been sentenced to transportation. These of course, he was to drop he at had Sidney, or of Port Jack- for son, and as part a cargo that place, he was to go there first. So I knew that Dorset had no business to be lunning away frcm the Indian Ocean now. "What do you think about it ?” asked Becket, who had been watching me “ Let me take the glass,” said I, without seeming to notice this question. He handed me the glass and I at once leaped upon the horse-block and set the focus. The coming ship was now so near that the hull was nearly all up, and my first look was upon the figure-head. There could be no mis¬ take now. I could distinctly see the two female forms, clasping each other by the hands, I knew Dorset’s to be the adorn¬ ing figure of the said, cut water. “Mr. Becket,” I after I had satisfied myself upon this point, “that is the Dorset, and no mistake." “Yes, but what do you make of it?” “What do you make of it?" I asked. then He said pondered *‘I think a the few convicts moments have and ; taken the ship.” “So do I,” was my rejoinder As I thus spoke, I walk aft to where my first mate stood by the wheel, and drawing him one side, I told him my fears. gazed He leaped neighbor, upon the and rail and off upon our when he reached the deck again, he was of my opinion. "It must be so," he said, What shall we do?" That was the question. What shall we do? The ship had now come to within half a mile, and all doubts re¬ specting her identity were at an end. I now knew that she was the Dorset, and of course felt confident, that the convicts must by some means have gained pos¬ session. “She didn’t have the best crew that ever was,” remarked Lee, nervously. “I Knew some of her men, and they breathed.” were as precious a set of scamps as ever This made the matter worse still. Of my whole crew I could muster but thirty men, counting the three able passengers, having set five men on shore at St Helena, sick with fever, and being unable at the time to make their places good. Ou board the Dorset there would be the three and-thirty convicts, and, in all probability, forty a good part of the crew—perhaps men in all. What shall we do? To let the ship pass on under the thing Buch circumstances seemed and hardly with for such an English¬ man, to engage a rene¬ gade crew was sheer madness. I asked my officers what they thought; and they thought just as I did. I explained the matter to my three i assengers, and they would help me if they could be assured they would be of any use. But during all been this time the ship in question having steered had nearing us, we so as to speak with her, and now she was not more than two cables’ lengths distant upon our lee bow. j “Ship ahoy !” I shouted through my ; trumpet. “Iiallo!” from the other ship. j came | "What ship is that?" "The Ben Franklin,” answered the same voice, the owner of which wore a Scotch cap and red shirt. " Where are you bound ?" “To New York.” “Belong there?" “^ ee - At this moment she , had i j ranged , ahead far enough so that I could see she had the American flag hidden at her by peak, which had been before her canvass, There were rail, certainly and knew forty men leaning over the I at once that we could not easily over- j come them. At that moment, had my ship been near enough* au4 I could have i ou bc**i eugti^txl wiui SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1879. those men single handed. What had become of poor Harry Bumstead, thought I, and the few men who might haye remained fathful to him? While these thoughts and a thousand others mind, were wildly rushing through my the Dorset passed on. I knew it was my old friend, for all the lies they had told in answer to my ques¬ tions. I had no thought of conjecture on the subject; but that the ship was the Dorset I knew just as well as I should have known my own brother. As the ship passed on, I saw a face i t ■ me of the quarter windows. I seized the glass and leveled it. It was the lace of Harry Bumstead, as sure as fate! And he waved a handkerchief to¬ ward me with the most frantic gesticu¬ lations. The sense of pain was just, idea sinking flash¬ into my whole soul, when an ed across my mind that caused me to tairly leap from my feet. All was now hope and bustle in ray brain, and as soon as possible I got my wits into woik ing order. ordered. "Put the ship upon her course again,” I ‘‘We can do nothing?” said Becket, interrogatively. "Wait,” said I in return. "It isn’t too late yet.” "But—” “Stop. plan, Wait and then until 1 have know shaped out a you shall it.” It was now quite late, for just as poor Harry Bumstead waved his handker¬ chief the last time, the sun was sink¬ ing into the western waters. I watched the porset until distance and gloom combined to hide her from me, and I knew that she was bound for the At¬ lantic. I saw her take in her lofty sails in preparation for the night, and I felt she my hope increase. The last I could see was steering southwest. As soon as it was dark I had the helm up, and ordered the ship to be worn around on the other tack, and as soon as this was done I set the course due south, and crowded ..on all sail. The officers and meu gathered round me, and wished to know what all this moant. “It means,” answered I, “that I will have those villains in irons again, il I can." JHint how?” came from half a dozen. ^Tll tell you Our ship is by all odds the best sailer, with even sail set but now that the Dorset has only top-; gallant sails over double reeled top sails v we can shoot ahead fast. By midnight I calculate to be further south than she will be, so I’ll keep on this course until I’m sure, and then I’ll run to the west’rd and lie in waiting for her. I can tell you better when the time comes. But I’m not afraid, for I won’t run into danger.” The breeze held fair, and we carried our royals and studding-s*ils below and aloft. At midnight I knew we must be considerably further south than the Dorset, but, instead of run ning directly west, I changed the course to west sou’-west, knowing that thus we should come upon the other’s track soon enough. At 3 o’clock I made a careful reckoning of the point the Dor¬ set must strike, if she kept her course southwest, and I felt sure that we were just where we should be. My first move was to heave to and take in sail ; and then I sent the top¬ gallant masts on deck and housed the topmasts. Next, I had all our arms brought upon deck, and I found we had more than enough for a brace of pistols I had and the a cutlass to each man. and Al ter this had this been pumps rigged, hardly reported accomplished belore hastened the lookout a sail. I forward, and could plainly see the out¬ lines of the top-hamper of a heavy ship looming the up darkly against the sky 1 had lanterns hoisted, and then set the men at work on the pumps. Ere She long the down ship came her near enough to hail. put helm and laid her course to run under our stern. “Ship ahoy !” came from the Dor¬ set—tor I could make out the drapery of the figure-head. I made my mate answer at my sug¬ gestion, for fear the villains should recognize my voice. “Hallo, send a boat on board !’’ yelled Lee, just as the Dorset' passed under our stern. “We’ve sprung a leak and our ship is sinking M "What have you got on board ?” “Furniture and provisions, and $40, in money." The Dorset hove to, and lowered a boat, which was soon alongside full of men. The villains quickly began come over the side. “Haven’t settled much yet one of them remarked, as he noticed how we stood I T said. >' eTeke P t pumps going well,' "Where’s your gold? Let’s have that first." “This way,” said I, moving to the poop. W! half the en way there, I motioned for meu to stop pumping. "Down !” I uttered, and as I sroke I gave the in.au nearest me a blow with uy u*e ueoc him down. Only fifteen of the men had come from the other ship, and as my crew down were and prepared, gagged these fifteen were almost before they could realize that anything was out of the way. They were unprepared, and nearly all of them were unarmed. "Ship ahoy !” I cried through my trumpet, ble, speaking as grumly as possi¬ to imitate the voice of the fellow I had knocked down. “Hallo !” came in reply. "Send another boat. We can’t bring half. Send quickly for the old thing is sinking.” The Dorset soon lowered one of her quarter boats, and came alongside with <en men the side, in it. and They came hurrying over all in the as soon as they were gangway, we fell upon them —not and wildly, but with regular system, in a short time th >y were secure My course was now simple. I first saw could every man so firmly bound that he not move, and then I called twenty-four men into the two boats, still alongside, leaving only six men on board of my ship. We pulled or the Dorset as smartly as possible, When we came to her gangway, I saw several heads peering over the rail, but we had taken the precaution to put on the Scotch caps of the convicts, and they had no suspicions. Becket was the first on her deck, and I followed next. “Got the money?” asked a coarse fellow. "Mostdf4H»-in the boats now,” I re plied, “Big a whip, and we’ll have it aboard.” v The villain had not noticed my weapons. I recognized in him at once the boatswain of the ship, a man who had been hired at Liverpool, and whose character was not among the best. As he turned to order the wnip rigged, and i saw that my men were all on hoard, and drawing my weapon, I sprang^up on him and cut him down. At the first onset on board my own ship, I had been careful not to kill any one, for fear I might be mistaken ; but I was not doubtful now, for some of the prisoners had confessed the crime. There were seventeen men aft on board the ship lor me to capture, and we captured them without losing one of our own men, and only killing four of them. As soon as my prisoners were safe, I made my way to the cabin, and in one of the quarter galleries I found Cap* tain Burmstead. In the hold of the Dorset we found fifteen of the crew in irons. Bumstead explained to me, in a few words, what had the happened. Only five days before, boatswain, who had shown much insubordination during the voyage, headed nineteen of the crew, who had joined him, and. having set the convicts tree, they fell upon the rest of the crew at night, and made an easy victory. The first and second mates they had killed, and the boatswain would have killed all hands, but the rest of the mutineers refused to have it done. So it had been arranged that the captain and his friends should be confined, and set on shore on the first out-of-the-way island they could find. It was soon arranged that Bumstead should proceed to Sidney with his fif¬ teen faithful men, feeling sure that the convicts could be so confined as to be safe. So I saw his prisoners faithfully ironed, and then took the mutineers on board my own ship, intending to carry them to Calcutta. There were fifteen in number, four only having been kill¬ ed in the conflict. That night the Dorset tacked and stood away for Australia, while we kept on up the ,ocean. We arrived safely at Calcutta, and before I left Captain Bumstead arrived, and the mutineers soon after paid for their crime with their lives. The First Wedding. We like the short courtships, and in this Adam acted likk a sensible man — he fell asleep a bachelor and awoke to find himself a mairied man. He appears to have popped the ques¬ tion almost immediately after meeting Miss Eve, and she, without flirtation or shyness, gave him a kiss and herself. Of that first kiss in the world we have bad our thoughts, however, and sometimes in a poetical mood wished were the man that did it. But the deed is done, the chance was Adam’s, and he improved it We like the notion of getting married in a gar- j den. Adam s was private. grumbling j No envious aunts and j grandmothers. The birds of the heav-| glad ens fl'unV were the aTight’on minstrels, Vhe’scene! and the it j l )r , a H ina ? «kr>nt the wedding bring3 “Ijnunfl v e things B to us in spite of its *} truth 'his A am and wife were rather Y 0 ung to marrv ; some two or three v sold ’ according to the sagest elder w ;' t hout ° U ' experience without a house ™ ^ t orkett!e l nothin 8 hnt but love love and " The " $200,000 - m bank 0 m- package - which j mysteriously di 6A PP eAre d lrom the . pocket oi a New York bank messenger a tew days ago, kaa returned minus vwy 3>7,iMA ITEMS OF INTEREST. The patent office receipts for the jnst ended were $725,325. The cable between Madras and Perurig, length, which is about 1,300 miles in has been duplexed, to use a word against which the London Spectator protests. The negro is getting too unanimous in politics to suit some of our northern friends. It is not his democracy, but his "purchasableness,that they affect to denounce. The Eeonomites, a sort of a Shaker sect in Beaver county, sold over $75, 000 in silver coin some days ago, th9 accumulated savings of over thirteen years. The best authorities among the bank¬ ers of New York hold that over two hundred millions, but less than two hundred and fifty millions, of our na¬ tional bonds are still held in Europe. The Pope has sent a medal, with his blessing, to the Catholic Indiaus of Maine, who on his accession to the Pa pal throne, dispatched to him an offer ing of beautifully embroidered mocca¬ sins. Everitt Burns’s (she grand-daughter, Mrs. Eliza was the daughter of the poet’s eldest son and namesake), has just died at Bath. It was an uncom¬ mon treat to hear her sing some of Burns’s songs. An attorney having his died in poor oh circumstances, one of friends served that he had left but few effects “There is not much to be wondered at,” said another, “he had but few causes." A new plan of mobilization has been adopted twenty-four for the German Army. be-left Only hours are to to the men of the reserve and the landwebr for the settlement of their private affairs when once their they have received the order to join regiments. A new bell has been blessed at Mos cow in memory of tne emancipation of the Bulgarians, which, though smaller than tho monster Ivan the Great, still is larger, other the in, London the world. Times says, It weighs than any 73,„76 pounds, though the contractor asseverated that it weighed 79,288. The Hangman’s Record for 1878.— Ninety-six murderers were hanged in t e United States during the past year, Wi ich is an increase of thirteen com¬ pared with the previous year. All were men; forty were white, fifty-two colored, two Indians, and one a China¬ man. He had broken his promise to marry the girl, and her father wanted a mon¬ ey consideration to help heal a wound¬ ed heart. The young man said he would consider a reasonable proposition “Well, then,” said the irate father, who was peeking justice for his daughter, “young man, how does a dollar and a half strike you ?” A bold robbery occurred on East Madison street in Chicago, last week. Two unknown men drove up to Gold smith’s pawn broking establishment in a cutter and one locked the door while the other broke in the show case and abstracted two trays of diamonds valued at seven thousand dollars. They then re-entered the cutter and drove rapidly away. In 1828, New York, with a popula¬ tion of 169,000, had 30 newspapers. It was estimated at that time that the United States had I paper paper in in every every 13,800 of population; England, England, 1 I in in 1 46 500; F-ance, 1 in 65,300; Prussia, in 43,000; Austria, 1 in 400,000; Rus¬ sia, 1 in 672,000; Sweden and Norway, 1 in 47,000; Portugal, 1 in 207,000; Spain, 1 in 868,000.| On the evening of the 6th inst., at Carbon, Wyoming, twenty-five bag¬ or thirty masked men broke open a gage car, took out and Charley," hanged to who a telegraph pole “Dutch was enroute to Rawlins for trial, charged with participation in the Wid dowfield murder last fall. He was a notorious character and had been iden¬ tified with a number of stage robberies. The son of King Theodore, of Abys¬ sinia, who was taken to England after the fall of Magdala, is being educated for the British Army. He is a slender an j dusky youth, and haughty and shrewd as becomes a descendant of the Queen of Sheba. He likes his English iif e> admitting that aspring mattress aQ d an ulster in London are preferable to a mat and bare legs and a blanket in Abyssinia. The Princess Victoria of Baden was at her recent confirmation required to ™ te a short autobiography and pro P 09e f . P[* n of h ‘ e - Among other et&te ments the young Princess advanced the Allowing Republican theory—that Winces must not ^ conceive the * placed ^ Ugh ^ sition be . cause they have greater rights than other human beings. but that they may maintain an elevated standard ef obligation, and set an example of fidelity to duty to th e wh ole of wtyoto we T | O Bluff RENT.—A Road, ! J containing good fencing, 15 wit! acr Blacksmith Shop, cst at Mr. terms, C, ^VtehrtenV by apply] son and Chariton s Bus! FKANCEUUS’ _ fn Pint amf Doez not mould to the air. Save* CJ? WINES, LIQtTORH AN] Milwaukee and Cinci draught. Free Lunch, on hand, 21 Jefferson street lane. O IGAR rer Snuff, of FACTORY.- Cigars, Pipes, and Street. bacco, Ac. 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Great reduction iu Overcoats! •100 Overcoats at the low figure of 88 00 and up warde, must be closed, out, rather than to A* carry over the season. An one wishing to purchase will find R profit bln tocalt at this popular Clothing House, jan3 Corner Congress and Jefferson SHH ’ Stoves Tiff and mm ft 4 Fr m 1 THOMAS J. DALEY, PRACTICAL TINNER and dealer in STOVES House Furnishing Goode, Willow and Wooden Ware, manufacturer of Tin Ware, Tin Rooting, Gutter*, Leaders, At, 177 Congress Street, SAVANNAH, novlO-Om GKO#* :A Plumbing and Gas Fitting. CHAS.1T WAKEFIELD, > ■ Plumbing, Gas & Steam Fitting, No. 48 BARNARD STREET, one door uortk oi south Broad treet. Bath Tubs. Water Closets, Boilers, Ranges, Jobolug Promptly attended to. Also, Agent of “ BACKUS WATER MOTOR.* ebii T. J. McELLIN, PLUMBIN AND G/xo FITTING. Whitaker street, One door North of State «t, N.B. Houses httod with gas and water at short notice, Jobbing promptly attended to, and all work guaranteed, at low prices. kiRiZgy Carriages. A. K. WILSON’S CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY, Corner Bay and West Broad its. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY . Cor. Bay and Montgor ,ery street*. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. The largest establishment^ the city. I keep a full line ofUarri rea, Rockuways. and Buggies. Spring and Farm Vagons, Canopy line of Falling Top Baby Oari tages, also a full engaged Carriage and Wagon I taterlal. I have in my factory the t vost sklllftil me¬ chanics. Any orders tor n iw work, and re and pairing, short will be executed k give satisfaction at notice. mayi 2 -ly CENTRAL EUROPEAN HOUSE AND BESTAUMANT. 158 aud 160 Bryan Street, OPPOSITE THE MARKET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. JAMES LANE, Proprietor. Tbe Interior of the building baa been reno¬ vated throughout, and ' ; rtady to receive gutists, on or aooui Jauuary i aid; tho Fur¬ niture and Lpbolitery boiug ad now- and the public oan rely upon tho boat the market affords to eat or driuk. Torms $1 oo Per Day Board and Lodging by the day or week, i Meals at all hour*. upen day aud uightJ N. B.— A choice assortment of