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I> A. I L Y EVENING .s ?fTN< ^ I 7 i ~Y~ Gl> ft 171 r i [□Ijnra VOL I.—No. 100 . THE SAVANNAH RECORDER, R. Mb ORME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) At 161 BAY STBBBT. liy J. STERN. The Recorder is served to subscribers, in every part ol 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¬ corder, Savannah, Georgia. " . The Sunday Morning RecoriXek will take the piace ol the Saturday evening edition, which will make six full issues for the week. - #3rWe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. A Murdered Clergyman. The Mail, of Wednesday, refers to a case which, within the last few days, has stirred Church of England circles in this city to the depths, and rudely awakened them to the fact that while they, in common with other religious sects, have been building palaces in which to worship their God, at least one administrant of spiritual food has actually died in their midst from star¬ vation. The case referred to is that of the Rev. W. F. Checkley, assistant minister of St. Paul’s Church, Bloor street, who died on Friday last, it was said, of typhoid fever, but in reality he from sheer want. A few years ago was engaged by the Bloor street con¬ gregation at a salary of $800, but the congregation found they could only pay half that amount, and on $400 per annum Mr. Checkley had to keep alive himself and his own family of five or six children, including an adult son, who some time ago had his hands am¬ putated, tWo children of a dead brother and an invalid sister. Nothing was known of the extreme poverty of the family until Mr. Checkley’s death .when it was ascertained that the household had actually been existing for two years past on almost bread alone. Butter during that time they had not had in the house, and the taste of meat was almost forgotten. plucky, noble Mr. Checkley was of a joke disposition, and always had a for everybody. One day recently he was met by a brother clergyman, who re¬ marked that he looked terribly cold, Mr. and asked where his overcoat was. Checkley, in a joking manner, replied that he hadn’t got one, and in this way he warded oil any suspicion as to the real state of his family affairs. As soon as the real state of things congregation became known of the .neighbors and the St. Paul’s offered assistance in bund dance, and probably a fund will soon be raised for settlement on the bereaved widow and her family. The case was referred to last Sunday from the pulpit in a couple of Episcopal churches. The Mail says it is heard of clergymen throwing up their charges in Toronto because they could not get their sti¬ pends paid, and trusting charities themselves of the back- in preference to the woods. At the present moment, it says, it knows rf pastors of fashionable congregations in the city whose salaries are heavily in arrears. Nearly all our churches are scrambling along, living horn hand to mouth, steeped proud to they the lips in debt, and very it can in any fraction pay their own way. Mr. Checkley, who was fifty-four when he died, it should be added, spent near¬ ly his whole life in the misisterial ranks in Ontario.— Montreal, HY/nt'Sf Jan. 8. An Astonished Debtor.- A certain man in Americus was recently com plaining of his hard fate to a citizen who held a note against him for $100. He had called on the man*at the com meneement of the new year for the pay ment of the note, accumulated and eight dollars in- j terest that had in the'last | year, but the party was unprepared to pay it, saying that his income was but! a trifle over $600 a year, and on this be could scarcely support bis family, and did not know when he could pay even the interest, let alone the principal. The creditor commenced extracted questioning from the Uit- the debtor and soon ter tba' he, on an average^ calculation paid for three drinks a day, which on was shown to amount to 8109,50, or enough to have paid both principal and interest oi tho note, and have $ 1.50 The calculation so astonished the debt or that he determined to immediately abandon this outlay, and the creditor leti satisfied that he would get the money, principal and interest, in anoth Z.-eCubiJ't er year if the party sticks to his A Wonderful Gift. Cures Effected by Laying On Of Hands—Is It Animal Magnetism ? For some time past we have heard rumors of remarkable cures effected by a farmer living near Augusta, by sim¬ ply rubbing the patient with his hands. Happening to meet two well known citizens yesterday, one of whom, it was said, had been under the treatment of the party with the wonderful gift, while a member of the other’s family had ex¬ perienced much benefit from the same source, a Chronicle reporter questioned them in reference to the matter, and ascertained that the rumors were well founded. Mr. Robinson James, the party whose ministrations have effected such wonderful results, is a plain farmer, living about eleven miles from the city. He is forty-five or fifty years of age, and until about five years ago, knew nothing of the power which after events showed that he possessed. About that time he was CONSCIOUS OF A SINGULAR FEELING, Became ill and continued so for several days. Finally, he informed his wife that he was satisfied he that possessed the his gift of healing, and it was mission to exercise it. This he has done whenever called upon, ever since and with the most astonishing results. One of the gentlemen with whom our reporter conversed, has been afflicted with chionic neuralgia for nine years. It gradually grew worse, until he smf fered almost constantly the most excru¬ ciating agony. For years, he said, he had not had more than three night’s sleep out of a month and he was obliged io resort to narcotics in order to alleviate his pain in the slightest degree. Hearing of the power of Mr. James in alleviating neuralgia and rheumatism, he sent for him, and from the very first treatment, FELT A SENSIBLE RELIEF. He has been getting better from that time, and during the sixty days that he has been under Mr. James’ treatment has slept well fifty nights out of sixty, something that he would nave thought impossible before. In bis case Mr. James rubbed his hands a number of times over his body. The next clay after the operation he felt a tired sen¬ sation, as if he had taken a long walk, and a desire to sleep. He is not yet entirely cured but be is satisfied from the wonderful results already attained, that in time a complete cure will be effected. The other gentlemen said a member of his family hac suffered for years with acute neuralgia. Since she had been under Mr. James’ treatment the neuralgia had ALMOST ENTIRELY DISAPPEARED. In fact, she had but one attack dur ing that time. The two gentlemen also cited other instances where Mr. James’ power had been efficacious: One of those operated upon was a dis¬ tinguished statesman, who once held high office in Georgia, who had ex¬ perienced great good from Mr. James’ laying on of hands or rubbing, what¬ ever it may be called. In another instance an old lady who had not been able to walk for many years, walked half a mile after she had been under Mr. James’ hands one time only. Still another case was that of a lady who had a fall and thereby lost the use of her arms and was not able to raise them. After she had been under Mr. James’ treatment she raised her arms without any difficulty and was able to tie her bonnet strings easily. These cases are of v ell known PEOi le, standing high in the community. \\ e understand that there are a number of others under treatment. Mr. James Joes not pretend to account tor his power ; he has no idea himself why it is so. He goes wherever he is wanted by any person a1dieted with neuralgia or rheumatism, and makers no charge; ior Ins services, as lie says he fee.s that j the power was given him to be exercis* id foi the amelioiat 1011 of sufleimg, and that it would be taken away from himj if he charged any fee. He only requires that he be sent for and sent| back to his home after he has operated! on the patient. One of the gentlemen who talked with, our reporter, mention- j ed head, that had await disappeared which had been on His ] after Mr. James placed his hands on him The impression seems to be that the ; power nothing possessed by Air. James is mure than animal magnetism j in a very strong degree, and thus act ing upon the nerves nr moves the pain and effects a cure. hnt.whatevei it is, urn been case treated mentioned by it,are above well as haying ed, and beyond the shadow of a doubt. — Cl. oniclr and Constitutionalist. ----- The Maine Legislature is about to in quire mio the schools expediency of State. abolishing the tree high of the It is argued that these schools are needed to keep up the supply of teachers for * schools, public said as be the two normal are to little more costly KuIuks. SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JANUARY 27. 1879. BY TELEGRAPH. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE PLAGUE. Shere Ali’s Master of Horse Dead. New Trial Asked for Kate Cobb. B’NAI B’RITH CONVENTION. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE PLAGUE. Vienna, January 26. —The Interna¬ tional Sanitary Commission, which met here to take precautions against the spread of the plague, has concluded its labors for the present. It is decided that the regulations relative to arrivals from Russian ports can, if necessary, be ap¬ plied to arrivals in the lower Danube. SHERE ALl’S MASTER OF THE HORSE DEAD. London, January 26. —A Reuter dis¬ patch from Calcutta states that Shere Ali’e Master of the Horse, the great opponent of British influence, is dead. The Afghan troops at Cabul have been withdrawn to Sheralf to check deser¬ tions. NEW TRIAL ASKED FOR. Norwich, Conn., January 26. — In the Superior Court yesterday counsel for Mrs. Cobb presented a petition for a new trial on the grounds of alleged error in the charge to the jury’s re¬ jection of Floyd and Craine’s the evidence for the defense, admission of Mrs. Cobb’s little daughter’s testimony against, the prisoner. The court holds the petition under advisement. b’nai b’rith convention. Philadedphia, January 20.—The third general convention of the Inde¬ pendent Order of B’Nai B’Rith conven¬ ed in this city to-day at St. George’s Hall. About two hundred and fifty accredited delegates were present. The meeting was called to order by Julius Bien, President of the order. Josiah Cohen, of Pittsburg, was chosen tempo¬ rary Chairman, and Alfred T. Jones and Lewis Abraham temporary Secretaries. A committee on credentials was ap pointed and during their absence the delegates were welcomed by Rev. Geo. Jacobs and others. The following offi¬ cers were elected : President—Simon Wolf, of Washington ; Vice-Presidents —E. S. Goldston, of Boston ; Nathan Bloon, of Nashville; Josiah Cohen, of Pittsburg; H. M. Heinman, of San Francisco ; William Lovenstein, of Richmond; Charles Kosminski, of Chicago; Max Sax, T. of Jones, Nashville; Rkiladel- Secre¬ taries Alfred of phia ; Lewis Abraham, of Washington; j Ilenry M. Oberdorfer, of Milwaukee. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION IN CON¬ NECTICUT. New Haven, Jan. 26 —Receiver Russell, of the National Capital Life Insurance Company, in repleving the property of the company in Washing¬ ton, came into possession of B. Hoyes’ checkbook. The stubs show that from thirty to thirty-five thousand dollars were used for legislative expenses in influencing the Connecticut Legislature of 1875 to prevent the repeal of the character of the company, asked for by the Insurance Commissioner. The re¬ ceiver refuses to make the names pub¬ lic, but it is known that several members of the Legislature that year received a portion of the money. French scientists continue their ex periments with blue and other colored gl asS) „o ascertain its effect upon animal pf e . M. Beclard finds that fly-eggs hatch the more blue aad rapidly violet under the influence 0 f rays than under the g re en. M. Young has been exper j me nting with the eggs and young of frogs and trout. He finds uniformly yiolet hastens the hatching in a ver y remarkable manner blue vellow i d white comitio being” next and the red and' g reen rays injurious: d^elo'pment also. thatb | does not prevent though it delays it considerably: nourishment! that tadpoles ] deprived, "quicker of all q ie muc p of inanition in the v i 0 ] e r and blue rays than the others, because thev consume more rapidly t p e ; r accumulated alimentary stores, an q that the mortality appears greater in ; the colored lights (ban in white. ! ---------- -1 ■ ^--- France spend* fifteen and a half times j as much on her army as on her schools, Italy and twelve times as Germany much, England five a halt times, four and two-fifth* times, Austria four times and Switzerland one and one-eighth times, Per head of population France spends her army 18s. and England J 4s. • ‘ -----— iue Chinese, according to a minister do not. desire to become citi ^ns, and he points out that m Singa where they are largely in the majority they do not interfere in gov- 1 ernmeutal affairs, and that at imme . they tolerate all relig.ons. Practical Natural History. Land and Water, London.] CURIOUS NESTING OF THE STARLING. I received the enclosed from Mr. John Oldham, of Maresfield. It seems worthy of recording under as an example of perseverance difficulties: I have been this summer on a visit to a dear friend Park, (the Rev. Herts. J. D. He Bell) has at Totteridge boys, a large school of over 100 conse¬ quently a very large establishment, and the daily receipt of letters very large ; he had to send about a mile for his let¬ ters, so he obtained permission to have a letter box in his park-paling, »t, the nearest point to the house (about 160 yards), as the postman passed this point, and it is on the side of a large shrubbery of many years’ growth. The slip high, outside the rails was about six feet and, of course, the box cor the letters was a large square one, shout eighteen inches by twelve. !'• ’ing the first week of its being put 111 ■ his spring) twice each day the letters were fetched, and each time a doable hand¬ ful of small sticks and straw was thrown out of the box, which was attributed to mischievous boys on their way to school. After two or three days a messenger was sent round to the house with two letters found on the road, next day several more, and this rubbish con¬ tinued to be put in the box, although twice a day thrown out. The letters being found on the road caused Mr. ^0 set a watch for the boys, but were seen to go near. Next morning the rubbish had been in the box in larger quantities, a put iu one corner, and blue egg. of course, Mrs. Starling was found she continued daily to add to the until five, then commenced sit¬ and for several days a large num¬ of letters were thrown upon her, as sat, the box door opened and the taken away, but she never left nest The as they took the letter off her discovered passers-by on the road must her, for one morning stone was found to have fallen and the eggs (no doubt a mischiev¬ boy), the stone was thrown out, and they went to clear the box they she was covering the broken with flowers, dog-daisies and prim es. Iu a few day- she formed a nest another corner and laid four eggs. were likewise broken and covered flowers. Then another corner, and eggs. These were broken with dropped, and the same process of up with flowers. Then the corner, she laid two eggs, and, save her from the outside enemy, we her a piece out of the door. Here was for a time safe. She sat, and two young ones; when nearly ready fly, he heard a great screaming as the letter-box; he ran to it, and a boy “jobbing” with a stick the outside slip, the mother her wings to protect young—one killed and the slightly injured; the old much bruised, she flew into a cedar tree just oyer his head, he took the young one into his and stroked its feathers into after some few minutes it flew the tree to its mother, when the of a great quantity of starlings in the tree was astounding, deafening. ‘Here was Mr. the Bell re¬ of the one saved.’ what a subject for an address on I know you to take interest in these matters. I can¬ help but forward you much a description such an event. To me is new, sit without fear when covered with the same when the hand took off her, to cover the broken eggs flowers, and persistently to use four corners of the letter-box as j as her nest was destroyed in the and laying respectively five, three, and two—as she was, no weakened by these natural Excuse my imperfect descrip¬ for I must have been taken off tunes whilst writing it, but the is so temarkabie that I could not * ra ’ n horn sending it to you.” I e y° ur readers, one and all, will do best to bring the young to a better y than that recorded above, which s s0 common, leading to the reproach foreigners against the English, as to say. “It is a fine day, let us out kill something.” Cowardice in Business. “Ill tell 1 bow it is,” says the moral coward:? know he is a dishonest man. Ii he is a corrupt man. I would a thousand, dollars to have him and all that, but you f see! am a business man, and really, myself now, know. I can’t afford to mix in this'matter. How can I? I Don't know j 1 me to do this ; for although it, i would be quite right in doing yet; 1 don’t think I can afford it.” The has more to fear from moral in its business men than from and traitors. -----— m --- It is estimated that the snow-«hovel throughout the United State have s winter earned $1,000,000. ITEMS OF INTEREST. r In Ai.• Ohio they ii paraphiase »___i.....„„ bcnptuie a little and say ; “Where the body J is there ,, Will 1 , the ,1 snatcher l be also. i >* . The Canadian Government is consid¬ ering the proposal of the agent of a Swedish colony of 10,000 persons for the purchase of land. Three dozen pigs’ feet in an hour and a half and thirty quails in three hours, two residents of Evansville, Ind., are backed to eat Diptheria, according Klebs, to the experi¬ ments of Professor of Prague, can be very successfully treated with benxoate of soda. No inconvenience is felt from doses 0 ! five grainmes. Dr. Holland is quoted as saying of the plethora of magazine articles : “We hare $14,000 worth of manuscripts paid for, $50,000.” and I hear that the Harper’s have Missouri lawyers are much exercised over the decision of the State Supreme Court declaring them liable to an an¬ nual license fee of $25, like merchants, hucksters or auctioneers. Representative Turner introduced a bill making it unlawful to charge more than $1 for the use of a Pullman palace and other sleeping cars by one person for twenty-four hours. The Roman Catholic bishop of Mon¬ treal has officially forbidden the presence of women in the church choirs after June 1, and many of the churches of the diocese are already dismissing the women who have sung for them. Senator Windom's project for a Negro Territory seams to be growing. A delegation of colored men, including Senator Bruce, assures Mr. Windom that 100,000 able-bodied blacks would seek such a refuge. , Education does not consist in mas¬ tering languages, but is found in that moral training which extends beyond school room to the play-ground and and which teaches that a meaner can be done than to fail in a rec¬ With one stroke of his pen Marshal has gitfen amnesty to 1,800 the wretched men who were trans¬ to New the Caledonia for having part in Communal insurrec¬ of 1871. It is now eight years this terrible rebellion broke out. second Empire, after a reign of years, has collapsed at Sedan. A well-dres«ed, middle-aged woman rooms several days in the Hotel,Boston, paid her bills full, and was liberal with gifts to the On her departure she or¬ an elaborate supper for 500 per¬ to be sent to her suburban home, by cooks and waiters. The was taken at the appointed time the place indicated, but the woman no home there. She was a luna¬ and had escaped from an asylum, Within the past year the number of steamships has increased more three-fold, until now three-fourths the freight carried across 'the water by steam and in and steamships built carry¬ no passengers, so as to freight in competition with sailing One of these steamships re~ crossed the Atlantic in thirteen with only fourteen and a half of coal a day. The people of the Nort. western States immediately, $1,420,426 from for their breakwaters to pro¬ their harbors. They want $2,725, to complete the Fox and Wisconsin improvement, which has already t between $4,000,000 and $5,000, Chicago wants $7,000,000 to dig a j around the city; the Detroit peo i e wan t $5,000,000 to dig a canal Michigan. These little improve ts foot up not le.ss than $12,000,000 $15,000,000. Elections for United States Senators were held in eight States. re-elected In New York Senator Conkling was to a third term, in Pennsylvania Indiana Sena¬ tor Cameron was returned, in Senator Yoorheea was elected for both the short and long terms, in Illinois General Logan w T as elected, in Missouri General Shields ww elected for the and Colonel \ est for the long term, in Connecticut Orville H. Platt, North Carolina Z. B. Vance, and in Florida Wilkinson Call were elected, Enoch has been translated again— time into French. A young man left for dead on the battlefield of during the Franco-German His wife went to Paris, and as ias hier entered the service of a fcrades in the Faubourg Poissoniere, she made the acquaintance of a and got married to him in The other day a gentleman into the shop, and after m.-ti: some purchases w ent to the counter W;. There was a sudden shriek, "tFp , , an d the «torv Fadv gentleman was the thp caffiier He onlvbeen only been wo woundedin the war ’ but . , , ,een ta -en p « r was unable to eturn home ^ left PRICE THREE CENTS. To Rent* mo A RENT.—A small Farm, on the White Bluff lioad, (6J^ miles from Savannah,) containing 15 acres of cleared lana, under good Blacksmith fencing, Shop. with good Can be Dwelling, rented Store and at the low est terms, C. Mehrtens’ by applying Grist to C. Mill, H. G. WITTCAMP at Mr. corner Jeffer¬ son and Charlton streets. deoil! Wanted W ANTED—Two Furnished ROOMS with a sister, with stove, privilege for a Professional cook man and his of stove. Centrally located. References exchanged. Address J. E. C. 1% HULL ST., Savannah, Ga. Business Cards. VAL. BASLEB’S WINES. LIQUORS, SEGARS and TOBACCO The best Lager Beer in the city, The well known TEN PIN ALLEY reopened, Lunch Square every day from 11 to 1 o’clock. At the Market House, 171 BRY r AN ST. Savannah, Ga. F. BINGEL, WINES, LIQUORS AND SEGARS. Milwaukee and Cincinnati Lagor Beer on draught. . Free Lunch, Fresh Oysters always on hand. 21 Jefferson st„ corner Conngress street lane. mehlO-ly JOS. H. BAKES, BUTCHER, STALL No. 66, Savann Market. Healer iu Beef, Mutton, Pork ml All other Meats In their Seasons. Particular attention paid to supplying Ship and Boarding Houses. auglli Theodor Gronwald, TAILOB. No. 30 1-2 Wliitalxor 1st. Suits made to order in the latest styles. will Clothing ynAh ((loaned and repaired. All orders meet prompt a ttention. janlH-lm W. B. FERRELL’S Agt. RESTAURANT, No. 11 New Market Basement, (Opposite Lippman’s Drug Store,) 1 an mt SAVANNAH. GA. FKANCELIUS’ COPYING INK. In Pint and Half Pint Bottles. Doez net mould or thicken when exposed to tlie air. Saves the Pen. Copies excellently. TRY IT. GEORGE FEY, WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, * 0 . The celebrated Joseph Belli Hz’ MILWAU¬ KEE LAGER BEER, a speciality. No. 22 Whitaker Street, Lyons’ Block, Savannah, Ga. FREE LUNCH every day from 11 to I. r-zill-1 v Clothing. The Popular Clothing House of B. H. LEVY, O FFERS for the next thirty (lays his entire stock of all styles Men’s, Youths’ and Children’s CLOTH ING, at the following re-• duced prices: 20) Men’s Cassimcre Suits, dark or light, solid colors or striped, formerly sold at $10 00, now $12 .50. Dress Diagonal Coats and Vests, ranging from $6 00 and upwards. 500 pairs Cassimere Pants, different colors and Children styles, ranging from $2 00 and upwards. 300 and Boys’ suits from $3 00 and up¬ wards. Great reduction in Overcoats ! 300 Overcoats at the low figure of $3 00 and up warde, must bo closed out, rather than to carry over the season. Anyone wishing to this purchase popular Clothing will find House. it profitable to LEVY, call at B. II. jan3 Corner Congress and Jefferson sts. Plumbing and Gas Fitting. CHAN. E. WAKEFIELD, Plumbing, Gas & Steam Fitti No. 48 BARNARD STREET. jj *door no. .ta 01 South Broad ' .^et. A • Bath Tubs; John) Water Closet*, Boilers, Ranges rig Promptly attended to. ebn- A Ho, Agent of “BACKUS WATER MOTOR, T. J. McELLIN, PLUMBIN' AND G^.S FITTING. Whitaker street, One door North of State st. N.B. Houses titled with gas and water at short notice, Jobbing promptly attended to, and all work guaranteed, at low prices. 38R:Zgy Carriages. “ A. K. WILSON S CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY, Corner Bay and West Broad sts. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY . Cor. Bay and Montgomery streets. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. The largest establishment in the city. I keep a full line of Carriages, Rockaways, liu ggics. Spring and Farm Wagons Canopy and Falling Top Baby Cari lages also a full line of Carnage in factory and Wagon Material. I have my the raost skillful me¬ will Any orders for new work, and re¬ be executed to give satisfaction at short notice. rnayl2-ly ——i Dr. A. H. BEST, Cor. Congress and Whitaker streets, SAVANNAH, GA. 4 EETH extracted without pain. All work, guaranteed. respectfully beg to refer to any of *»y oetl-brnn u Ain b T O it E . JOS. E. L0ISEAU & CO., BROUGHTON ST., Bet. Bull A Drayton EEP on hand a large assortment of Hair Hair Switches, combings Curls, Puffs, and Fancy Goods worked iu the latest style. Fancy fostmnes. W igs an d Beard s for Ren t. l IGA R FACTORY.—F. KOLB, manuflictu J rer of Cigars, and dealer in Cigars. To¬ Lnuff, Pipe*, Ac. Cull at 121 Broukuton . UiV