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/ DAILY EVENING ■■/ a Savannah pin i >■ ? Fnljcj 'I --^ VOL I.—No. .89. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER, R. M. ORME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) JSk .t 3G1 BA.Y STREET. Tty ,T. STERN. The Recobdkr is served to subscribers, In every part ot 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 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 twelve months a liberal reduction from our regular rates will be made. All correspondence should be addressed, Re COKDKR, Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Recorder will take the iace ol the Saturday evening edition, which will make six full issues for the week. 4^We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. A Fatal Stratagem. By Which The Victim Was Killed. [Special dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution. Bellton, Ga., January 11.— Our usually quiet town was, on Thursday morning, thrown into a fever of excite-] raenfc by the announcement of the kill¬ ing of John N. Wilson at the saw mill ot B. G. Lindsay & Co., about three miles above here on the Air Line rail-? way. The circumstances of the homi¬ cide are, as near 'as we can ascertain, about as follows; There was a certain Mrs. Smith- who did the cooking for the white hands of the saw mill, and who lived in one end of a double house built of logs, the other being used as a commissary for *. the mill. M. S. Garner, one of the partners in the mill, and James B. Garrison, the sawyer, believed that Mrs. Smith had been stealing from the commissary and set about to devise a plan by which she might be got rid ol without trouble. As Mr. Lindsay, the other partner, had the utmost con¬ fidence in the honesty of Mrs. Smith, and would not allow her to be discharg¬ ed, they had to RESORT TO STRATAGEM. The deceased, Mr. Wilson, was the fireman at the mill and was sleeping in the commissary on the night ot the tragedy. The plan was that Garrison should go to the back window of the room occupied by Mrs. Smith, with some cans ol oysters and a hat, while Garner was to arouse Wilson and tell him some one was in Mrs. Smith’s room, and have him to go to the hack window where Garrison was waiting when Garrison, upon the approach of Wilson, was to jump and run, fire his pistol as he went, and drop the oysters and hat, en route, while Garner was to halt Garrison and fire his pistol in the air to create the impression that he was a genuine thief. It seems that Wilson approached expected, and Garrison struck Garrison sooner than was •with a stick on the arm and shoulder of the hand in which he held the pistol, aud in Garrison’s haste to get. away the pistol was discharged, the ball ENTERING WILSON’S LEFT BREAST. f oing downward through the heart, and filing hint almost instantly. Mr. Garner fired his pistol as Garrison passed, and supposed pursuit, Wilson when, would his join him in the to surprise, upon returning he found him dead. He immediately and aroused Mrs. Smith, Miles Lankersly, two white gentlemen in a shanty near by, and gave the alarm, and went to the shanty of Garrison, where he found him in bed as it was agreed between them he should be, when Wilson and Garner should return from chasing the suppos¬ ed thief. He immediately told Garri¬ son what he had done, when in loud lamentations he gave vent to his, feel¬ ings of regret and sorrow for the act. They tilth repaired to the place of homicide, carried the body into the house and laid it out as best they could, and sent as soon as daylight for the coroner and justice of the peace, in order that the proper legal steps might be taken in' the premises. When the justice arrived, Mr. Garrison immedia teiy gave himself up, and. he placed in custody. THE INQUEST was held on the body of the deceased yesterday, and the jury returned a verdict that Wilson came to his death by a pistol shot in the bauds of *Gam son and a further verdict that he was willfully and maliciously killed and murdered by the said Garrison, with Garner as principal in the second oree. The coroner thereupon issued warrant against the said Garrison *' Garner Rw murder Sheriff n n !‘, 'l, the 1 . 1 udou ’ immediately placed his we-v . ....... in eLurgt*. They were tms t his'mornina morning broueht oroug before J. P. Echols, J. P., and by nold, of counsel, waived examination and gave bond in the sum of five hun¬ dred dollars each to appear at the next superior court of Banks county to an swer tbe charge of involuntary man slaughter J. B. Estes conducted the examination on the part of the state, aud W. P. Price and W. E. Findley representing the defense. It appears that "Wilson was not let into the plot of Garner and Garrison, for the reason that Lindsay had the utmost confidence in him and would rely implicitly on what he told him in relation to seeing a thief run from the window, and would then be convinced of her dishonesty and send her adrift. Mr. Wilson was a sober they hihg-toned, Chris¬ tian gentleman, and feared if their plan was made known to him he would not go into it, and by imposing upon him he could, in the utmost good faith, tell Lindsay what he saw. Mr. Wilson was highly respected wife and in the community, children and leaves a nine to mourn his loss. Garrison resides in Atlanta, where hia family now are, and is a hard working man. Garner lives in Buford, and for high character and Christian integrity no man stands fairer. The affair has cast a gloom over the whole community. The deceased and Garrison and Garner were the closest personal friends, and they more deeply regret the occurrence than any others possibly could and will probably their friend, never cease to mourn the fate of whom they innocently caused to come to his untimely end. F. Have a Care of Whom You Talk. A Paris correspondent of the New¬ recol¬ ark Advertiser writes : Do you lect that line of Horace, “Quid de quoque viro, et cui dicas saepe caveto," which has been freely translated, “Have a care of whom you talk, to whom and what and where.” I never saw a bet¬ ter exemplification of its force than occurred in a laughable scene in a restaurant where I usually dine. Last Sunday afternoon I was seated at din¬ ner opposite to two ladies, apparently mother and daughter, who conversed together in French quite fluently, but some English sentences, which they occasionally used, gave me reason to think that they were English people, which proved seated to be the case. Shortly after I myself in came two young Americans, acquaintances of myself. They had hard'y began eating their pottage when one of them, hearing the ladies talking to one another in French, at once assumed that they did not un¬ derstand English, turned toward his tiiend and said, loudly enough for us to hear every word: “I say, Tom, that ain’t a bad looking girl next to you. You take the old woman, and I’ll go for the daughter. The old wo man is most too fat to suit me.” 1 happened to glance across looked at the young lady jnst then, and she me in the eye with a very mirthful expression, which was soon turned into embarrass¬ ment when the other young American proceeded bad to looking, say: “No, and this what young gal ain’t has. see a pretty little mouth she If you understand German her just eprechen sie Deutchen with ; I think she looks as if she could talk German a bit.” Then seeing that the lady began to color up, he added : “By Jove, I be¬ lieve she ‘tumbles to it! I shouldn't wonder if she understands English.” Seeing me smile, the other young man at once realized the situation, and, with a sang froid of which I envied him the possession, said he turned to the two ladies and : “Excuse us ladies, we didn’t suppose that you understood English. You know mistakes will occur in the best regulated families.” For unadulterated “cheek” I thought .these two young men carried off the palm, for they were not at all discon¬ certed by the awkward contretemps, while the ladies did not recover their equanimity, and soon left the restau¬ rant. The tendecy of the Ritualistic clergy iu England to imitate the ceremonies aud even the costume of the Roman Catholic singular priesthood, mistakes. sometimes Not gives rise to ago the Roman Catholic be Bishop of Nottingham, happening to in Lon don, was strolling Garden. with They a friend passed in Keusington priest—apparently Roman Catholic a a p riest—who had aud a lady whom on his arm, h er hand in his, to he apparently making rather violent The Bishop was so shocked at this that j he turned back and asked leave to ispeak to him. “Permit me to ask said he, “under you?” the jurisdiction “Before I of parish replied are the priest, “I should answer like you," who are?” “I to know you am Bishop of Nottingham.” “There is no such Bishop in the English Church,” declared the priest, “Oh, then you to the English I Church: do wish I glad to hear it; but wouldn't walk about in our livery.” ' — — ^ — - Miss Jen ness, of Pembroke, N. H is the right kind of an aunt. mas day she gave two nephews $25,000 piece. SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 1879. BY TELEGRAPH THE COLD SHOULDER TO SHEERE ALI. BRITISH TROOPS IN WIN¬ TER QUARTERS. TILE CHIEF KHANS OFFER THEIR ASSISTANCE. Apology by the Bey of Tunis, AFGHAN-BRITISH MATTERS. London, January 13.—A Calcutta dispatch says that the troops of the Peshauwa and Kuiam columns are now settled in quarters which, unless un forseen events occur, they are intended to occupy for the next two months. An Imposing darbor was held at Jellalabad on the 1st of January by General Sir Samuel Browne. Most of the local Khans and influential men of the neighborhood attended. Major Cavagari, addressing them, explained the Viceroy of India’s procla¬ mation. He comihented on the fact and the events as manifesting the strength of the British Government and the failure of the Ameer’s resistance and repeated an assurance that we have no quarrel with the people Afghanis¬ tan. The principal Khan replied, express¬ ing contentment with the change of authority and freely offering his servi ces. COLD SHOULDER TO SHERE ALI. St. Petersburg, January 13.—The Journal de St. Petersburg said yester¬ day : “The Ameer of Afghanistan en¬ tered the Russian territory, not in con¬ sequence of the success of the British, but in order to invoke the mediation of Russia. The Ameer will receive sym¬ pathetic hospitality, but the idea of mediation is an illusion upon the clear¬ ing up of which will probably depend the continuation of his journey.” The Morning Post's St. Petersburg despatch aays : “It is anticipated that Shere Ali will arrive here about the middle of February.” Russia’s progress. London, January 13.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the MorningPost says : “Advices from Yeddo, Japan, state the Japanese are apprehensive that the Russians intend to annex Yesso, one of the largest of the Japanese is¬ lands.” THE BEY OF TUNIS APOLOGIZES. Ben Ismail, the Prime Minister of Tunis, repaired on Friday in full uni¬ form and accompanied with a numerous suite to the French Consulate, and on behalf of the Bey tendered a full apolo¬ gy. The Consul of France received Ben Ismail surrounded by all his staff and the officers of the French fleet stationed off Tunis. Hard to Swallow. Says the Boston Transcript: For eigners who come to this country have generally heard the praises of the American oyster sounded long before fufto^sf’italeriti r.he' e ea“«; of! possible moment. They used to tell j a Frenchman who, within an hour after landing was seated in a wdl-kaow SSmEI” them with knife and fork dissecting managed dispose a he had to ot two or i three of the smaller ones, when a na-; tive came in, seated himself opposite i at the table, and attacked a dozen of particularly fashion. large and The fat Frenchman oysters, | American dis-! looked on in astonishment as they appeared one by one, and at length leauded forward and said hurriedly : “You schwallow them whole.” said his companion, making j away with another. “And you car heew whole?” persisted the Frenchman, pointing to a mammoth on his own plate. “Certain-j said the American, “pass it over here.” The plate was pushed across the table, and the American, alter a due application of lemon juice, took it down at a gulp. Frenchman, “Mon Dieu ! did ex claimed the I nevare ! see. I try to schwallow heem 0 ne, three time. e*cery time I shpit heem back.’* The fee’ings of the Arneri can need not be described. --—• —-------- , Davy Crockett’s only surviving son, Colonel Robert P. Crockett, is living in Hood county, Tex., old, poor and I Battle Stories, The recurrence of the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans has given rise, this year, to an unusual number of reminiscences of that great event, the most of which we take to be familiar to our readers. A North Carolina con tempory, the Wilmington Review, nar¬ sion rates of several—among Lafitte them the acces¬ aud his Baratarians and General Jackson’s impressment of the cotton claimant—the last as follows: On the morning of the eighth, jnst before the commencement of the fight¬ ing, as General Jackson was surveying the line'of battle, a wealthy French merchant of New Orleans drove up to the line and requested an interview with the General, On reaching his presence Jackson demanded of the Frenchman the object of his visit. “I come,” said he, “to demand of you the return to the city of my cotton which you have taken to make your breastworks.” “Ah,” said ‘Old Hickory,’ "can you point out the particular bales tu-.t is your property ? ’ “Oui, Monsieur^, certainement, zat is my cotton and zat is my cotton ;" pointing to many bales in the near vi¬ cinity. “Well, said Old Hickory, “if that is your property you have just come in time to protect and defend it,” and call¬ ing to a corporal he ordered him to bring a spare musket, and giving it to ttm Frenchman, he told him to stand and defend his property. At the same time he gave the corporal an order to shoot the fellow down if he attempted to run. There is no doubt but that the Frenchman was glad th%t his cotton was there to screen him from the Brit¬ ish bullets. Now, as an illustration of a different spirit—the volunteer spirit of the vol¬ unteer State, we will tell a story which has never been in print. It is a story narrated to us years ago by Governor Richard K. Call, of Florida, at that time a youthful captain in the army, and a member of Jackson’s staff. Gail occupied a positien behind the breast¬ works in a crowd of eager and excited volunteers, who were intent only on gettiug a shot at the enemy. His chief concern was that the eager and tumul petuosity tuuus throng in the rear, in the im¬ of the fusilade, would hurt more of our own men in front of them than of the enemy. Consequently he did little but push continually through the crowd impressing caution aud deliberation upon everybody. While at this business, he came across a huge Tennessee flat-boat-man, clad drab-felt in homespun, with a broad-brimmed hat on his head, and the visor thrown back, his arms folded, and without gun or accoutrement, calmly surveying the red tide of battle. “My friend,” says Call, “why are you heie without a gun ?” “The fact is General,’’ replied the Tennessean “I’ve just come down the liver in a flat boat. I tried mity hard to borry a gun, but couldn’t find any. So I thought I’d jist come down ’yere and somebody mought git killed and then I’d take Lis gun and take a hand in the settlement of this hy’ar ques¬ tion.” Strange Case of Freezing. ^ From lady who arrived . at the St. a J James t hotel . . , on o baturday * j Irom r the .» cen J tnil t , portion .• ot r Arkansas * i we learn the particulars of an affair which possesses “any features of interest, and to the medical profession in particular. The lady bit her home at the beginning of the present cold snap, with the in ten Polled W.g»X make , the ™w entire “« by com! to trip stage, The only passenger in the stage with ^ iielm“ fact the weather was remarkably cold, everi 1 '-’ 1 lhe L'P oi tho.-v mountains. | After awhile he apparently tell asleep. | Arriving at the station on the side oi the mountains the driver tempted to awaken the passenger, but to his honoi found h:m uozen still and apparently dead. He was taken out the hack and placed in a room, which rather cold, though not as .ow as e freezing point by several degrees lady remained at the station till ; next day, and, just as she was prepar-' to resume her journey, was * ur *i pnsed to learn that signs of llfe na ^| been detected m the supposed dead man, who was to have been buried that forenoon. True enough, signs of life 1 were plain to be observed, and b X, lively rubbing with flannels, saturated ; with whisky, :or about an hour, he was able to speak. When the lady letth e was fast recovering from his stupor, and she has no doubt but by fbw time he is fully recovered. ne continued in that condition three hours longer, he would doubtless nave been Tuned, as all thought he was dead. Be.ng placed in a room of just the right temperature do doubt assisted his recovery. -^Sopkn (Mm.) Befcdd' ITEMS OF INTEREST. Cincinnati .-V paid • J about I •, eight . , . hvpq laxes last Iqqf year yp jp on nn smi’il*! spirits. r me Php conn! count,} v State and hederal taxes of the wo-o Wei e &lb,UUU,UOJ. non HOY The oft-repeated story that French Provincial Government of stole or lost a sum of $49,200,000 been finally set at rest by an investigation and statement. The Cleveland Leader figures that during the year 1878 not than six thousand persons perished what may be termed accidents of preventable kind. The guardians of Chesterfield, land, having discovered that many door paupers feed their dogs from tables, have resolved to give no to any person who keeps a dog. Miss Epperson, a young lady who was shot in the knee in a “family in Hancock county, Tenn., has died. Her father and mother were killed in the melee in question, and sister and two brothers serious!" wounded. The property of Pius IX. is sold at the Vatican. Everything, superb jeweled crucifixes to bottles, is offered at the sale, which semi-public. Every article is Very low. Six hundred thousand dollars spent by Mr. Tweed in a single session of the New York Legislature, to chase the votes of Senators at thousand dollars apiece, and of blymen at ten thousand dollars and teen thousand dollars apiece. The proportion of soldiers who can read and write in the several armies Europe is as follows: Germany, 965 in 1,000: Sweden, 932; England, 860; Hoi land, 750; Belgium, 700; France, 635; Portugal, 495; Spain, 490; Austria, 460; Italy, 450, Russian, 115; Turkey, 75. South Carolina, with its two legged Senators, is outdone by Hillsdale County, Mich., which has a lifelong cripple for Register, a one-legged man for Treasurer and a one-armed man for Judge of Probate, while the City Tax Collector of Hillsdale has but one arm. The whole number of Indians in the United States, not including those in Alaska, is estimated at 278,000. The whole number of schools among them is 230; scholars 11,515. The spent in their education during the year 1878 were $337,379. The new Grand Vizier of Turkey is a Circassian by birth, and was in his youth a slave. His good looks and his brains greatly attracted his ovrner k who after a while gave him his daughter in marriage and advanced him in politi¬ cal life. Cardinal Nina, the Secretary of State to Leo XIII, is a great smoker. In hia study is a pipe rack well filled with old pipes, for the most part of the cheapest kind. He smokes the ordi dinary coarse tobacco, and does not disdain the inferior kind used by the soldier. Three young men in New York— “Nan, the newsboy,” Gill. Long and Ed. Kelley—have formed themselves into a lifesaving association, and patrol the Noith River docks in quest of drowning people. Nan has saved fif¬ teen lives, Gill, six and Ned two and a half—Nan saving the other half one. , ihere pv is an alarming , epidemic - - of r scarlet , . lever f • AT New v York. L One , hun in ired and flft > dve fat , al case3 in a „ in . J , e week is di3mal 8howi It ig uaspected |, tliat clothing t he disease and bedclothing is dissemi oatpd y J ’ the « ? carried t „ and f b the waahe woinen j n streetcars W Congressman-elect mislioi^in^thentere^M La Matyr of T o‘‘ o^a Ihe Z impor endeavor to work j|P J m faVOr ° f the gieen " A new flower of gigantic proportions been found in the forests of Its average diameter is thirty-three inches, and the discoverer nas given it the specific name of “Titanum.” Odoardo Beccari, a tra velier and naturalist wed known in Europe, is the fortunate finder, j, ^ • -j . State DeDartment ^ * exican ' J " aovernment has made ° the third instal ment 0 f «?300 00u due to American citizen3 The Department is now ex ammiuo t ^ e ^y e u Latrobe awards nvo j T j na ° about $1500 ’ Mekican 000 to the eQt of which the govern objected on account of alleged * r raU( j s There is every ground for the state ment that Queen Victoria s views con ti.ue thoroughly in accordance with ot her grand viz.vr,and mat Beaconsfield has not lost one iota oi »he confidence she reposes in his politi cal wisdom. Neither Queen nor share the uneasiness respecting future by which others are minted. PRICE THREE CENTS. To Rent* I rpo A Rluff RENT.—A Road, small (6& miles Farm, from on the White containing 15 acies oi cleared lanu, Havanuah,) under „ wod fencing, with good Dwelling, Store and est terms, by Shop. applying Call be rented at the tow to C. H. G. WJTTCA MP at Mr. C. Mehrtens’ Grist Mill, corner Juifer- 8on aud Oharltoa “ treets - dec-Sl Business Cards* FKtNCKULS’ COPYING INK. In Pint and Half Pint Bottles. Doez net mould or thicken when exposed to the air. Saves the Pen. Copies excellently. TRY IT. F. BINGEL, WINES, LIQUORS AND SUGARS. Milwaukee and Cincinnati Lager Beer on draught. hand. Free Lunch. Fresh Oysters always on 21 Jefferson st,, corner Congress street lane. mchiO-ly O IGAR FACTORY.—F. KOLB, manufactu¬ rer of Cigars, and dealer in Cigars, To¬ Street. bacco, Snuff, Pipes, &c. Call at 121 Broughton 2;vy VAZu BASEEli'S WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS and TOBACCO The best Lager Beer in the city. The well known TEN PIN ALLEY reopened. Lunck Square every day House, from 174 11 to BRYAN 1 o’clock. ST. Savannah, At the Market Ga. GEORGE FEY, WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, &c. The celebrated Joseph Schlitz’ MILWAU KEE LAGER BEER, a speciality. No. 22 Whitaker Street, Lyons’ Block, Savannah, Ga. B REE LUNCH every day from 11 to 1. r-z31-J v Clothing* The Popular Clothing House of B. H. LEVY, for the next thirty days his entire stock of all styles Men’s, Youths’ and Children’s i CLOTHING, at the following re¬ duced prices: 201 Men’s Cassiraere Suits, dark or light, solid colors or striped, formerly sold at S1G 00. now |12 50. Dress Diagonal Coats and Vests, ranging from $6 00 and upwards. <500 pairs Cassimere Pants, different colors and J00 „„„ Children styles, ranging Boys’ from 92 00 and upwards, and suits from #3 00 and up¬ wards. Great reduction in Overcoats ! 30o Overcoats at the low figure of $3 00 and up warde, must be closed out, rather than to carry over the season. Anyone wishing to purchase will find It profitable to call at this popular Clothing House. B. H. LEVY, jan3 Corner Congress and Jefferson sts. Stoves and Tinware* Ik ^0 $5 THOMAS J. HALEY, PRACTICAL TINNER and dealer In STOVES House Furnishing Goods, Willow and Wooden Ware, manufacturer of Tin Ware, Tin Roofing, Gutters, Leaders, &c. 177 Congress Street, SAVANNAH, novlO-Om GEOfv lA Plumbing and Gas Fitting* CHAS. E. WAKEFIELD, Plumbing, Gas & Steam Fitting, No. 48 BARNARD STREET, one door north ot South Broad treet. Bath Tubs. Water Oloaeta, Boilers, Ranges, Joboing Promptly attended to. ebll Also, Agent of “BACKUS WATER MOTOR,’ T. J. McELLIN, PLUM BIN AND Grt.* FITTING. Whitaker street, One door North of Htute st. N.B. Houses fitted with gas and water at short notice, Jobbing promptly attended to. and ali work guaranteed, at low prlcos. 33R:Zgy _______ _ Carriages* A. K. WILSON’S CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY, Corner Bay and West Broad »ts. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY . Cor. Bay and Montgomery streets. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. The largest establishment in the city. I keep a full line of Carriages, Rockaws and Buggies. Falling Spring and Farm Wagons, Cam line of Carriage Top Baby Caniages, also at i and Wagon Uaterlal I hi engaged cbanics. In my factory the raost skillful j no- * pairing, will Any orders for naw work satfsfacti and r „ be executed tc give and at short notice. may!2-ly CENTRAL EUROPEAN HOUSE AND REST A UR ANT. 158 and 160 Brjan Street, OPPOSITE THE MARKET SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. james i ,: \vf * ,° PIr,eU,r * T, ie , DterIor of bullt n , ”"5;; voted throughout, and ur i i i U1 the oras public to eat can or rely mm upon a. the best the mWaet -terms fl OO Per Day. M«XfataU h^& ng B.- a choice asionmeat ^ or Wine« '