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DAILY ^ t EVENING Savannah rTnl , i;j m : VOL I.—No. 109. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER, R. M. ORME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) -a.11G1 BAY STREET* Jiy STERN. The Recorder 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¬ corder, Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Recorder will take the piace of the Saturday evening edition, which will make six full issues for the week. 4K8~We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. The Colored Senator’s Wife. How She Takes in Washington and How the New Society of the Capital has Received its Newest Element. [From the Baltimore American, January 25.] Ever since the colored Senator from Mississippi, Mr. Bruce, brought society his bridft to the capital, Washington has directed a curious gaze upon Mrs. Senator Bruce and wondered what part she would take in the social life here. There was no inconsiderable fear in some quarters that a grave social ques¬ tion had arisen, which would not only create much unpleasantness but might bring out the “color line” in an aw k¬ ward relief. The soeiafrank ot a Uni¬ ted States Senator is not to be disre¬ garded ; hence the position be occupied by Mrs. Bruce was felt to a dehcate one that called for consummate tact in recognizing it. Two months hare passed, however, and there is not a ripple upon the social current. The apprehensions disappeared, of well and meaning Mrs. persons Bruce have yet has been received as a member of Washington society, and thereby. her bearing This i emphatically has been approved largely brought about result by the level headedness of the colored Senator himself. Speaking correspondent incidentally of this matter to your yesterday he showed how easily was his life made clear of social entanglements, Says he: “The social question has been a matter of concern to me since I was elected to the Senate. When I came here I made up my mind to let the so ciety question adjust itself without any of my intervention. ’attempted I have never to force my way into society, and iti letting things take their natural course I have never had a particle the of trouble. seeks I be' lieve that it is only one who trouble from the‘color line’ that finds it, and, dismissing all ideas on the race question from my mind, I find my so cial life passes smoothly and pleasant- the ly.” The Senator’s good sense by in his matter having long been known colleagues even when he was a bache lor, his card basket was filled with • as many cards of invitation possibly When as any distinguished person here. Mrs Bruce took up her residence here the first person to pav her social re spects to the bride was the wife of the President. She was so m'uch pleased with Mrs Bruce’s ladv-Hke visit, bearing that she repeated her and then soon followed nearly all of the Senators, and a large number of members wives. Of course, the Cabinet ladies were not behindhand in their resoects, and, as is the custom here, after the wife of the Secretary of State had by calling formally introduced Mrs. Bruce into Washington society visits became gen era l— 80 much so in fact that lime has not allowed of their being repaid, Every one who has called at Senator Bruce’s residence, at No. 909 M. street, where he has recently removed from College Hill, speaks in glowing ' terms of his wife. Her praised,' beauty and accomplishments are both and even those who went to see her, more to gratify a love of cunositv than anything else, Mrs. Bruce, accord her a full meed of praise. before her marriage, wa> Miss Josephine Wilson daughter of Dr. Wilson, a wealthy resident, of Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated with high honors at the Cleveland Oievelaua Hiiih miga School, otuuu, /“'"‘'Lio®, and * speaks l . ° French olive' «^ lm^hair L a h “? I UnsTronsiu jet black, : silken in .. hue eyes are iSSsrr bespeaks the perfect lady. ners that all inia She resembles closely wlmt we cine -i beautiful cogmzJt Spanish lady to be, end .10 one other birth could trace any signs • cf African blood. I often heard in the South that hese signs were unmistakable, and no how fair in complexion and how removed from the negro, the marks African blood were always visible. Mrs. Bauce put such theories designated to flight. Senator Bruce is of the color the South as “saddle colored/ and is a 250-pounder. Divorced and Married Again. Captain Jack Kershaw, of Gonzales Texas, was, united in marriage few weeks ago to Mrs. S. Fisher, of county. Kershaw, Thirty years ago, Jack a steamboat clerk, married a beau¬ young woman of twenty, and some Their years his junior. and temperaments were incompati¬ married after two years of they were divorced, Mrs. Kershaw to her father’s home in Tennes¬ with her infant daughter. Three years after she became Mrs. Fisher, and accompanied her husband Texas, who located in Dallas county. The war called Mr. Fisher to the front, and in the war at Mansfield, Louisiana, he was killed. Kershaw, continuing in the steamboat business, became a popular captain on the lower Mississippi, amassed a competency, and married Miss Emma Alevancer, a reigning belle of Memphis. Trouble fell upon him in his second and he was made a widower. Kershaw the issue of his first mar¬ was married. On her removal St. Louis all communication wirh Fisher ceased^except through her Eight months ago Mrs. Fisher re¬ a letter from her first husband, purport of which can be surmised A subsequent events. the long separated few weeks ago were again joined in the bands wedlock. Captain Kershaw is sixty and bis bride fifty-one. The above are obtained from a personal riend of Captain Kershaw, who vouches their truthfulness. « , r r ; Beecher on Eating ami Fasting, At the Plymouth prayer meeting few evenings ago Mr. Beecher said ^ ie knew a minister who could not unless he ate a generous beef before going into the pulpit. The trouble with him was that he had mu °h brain and too much nervous and needed something to coun teract it. “Now, if I were to eat before preaching,” said Mr. Beecher, “you would have a poor sermon. An empty stomach makes a full head, and a full stomach makes an empty head. Never theless, I believe in luminous days, Men are under different conditions at different times Sometimes, when the 8 P int and mind are at their fullest de' velopment, men are capable 1 ot don,t greater be ^ in g 8 t han at otter times - * Hove in fasting at all.” Mr. Halliday at this point . inquired . about Cnrist’s fasting for forty days, Mr. Beecher replied that if anyone couId explain that it was more than he could do. Then he told a story about the Na tional fast-day, that was ordered to be held soon alter the death of Lincoln His farmer, Turner, came to him and 8ait ^ ^Hat most °f the men were Dem ocrats and Catholics, and did not leel like relinquishing work on that day. Mr. Beecher replied that as he was a prominent Ho Republican, it that would he never his lor it to be given out ran farm full-handed on such a fast day. “Oh, said Turner, 11 did not mean for tb em to work in front of the house: I meant to keep ’em up back.” *— ‘ Josh Billings. Mr. Shaw, otherwise “Josh Billings,” is described by “Gath” as the possessor of a sallow skin, expressive features, with traces .of intellectuality in them, and of a curious eye, melancholy and wild by turns. Ol his life Mr. Shaw is quoted as saying: “I am from Massa* ckusetts. My father aud grandfather were both members of Congress and distinguished men. should At be one the time it intended that I Private Secretay of John Quincy Adams, and I went down to Quincy, where he lived, and stayed with him three months. I had plenty of energy and knew how to talk, aud, I thought, how to write, too, but never how to make money. I turn «d away from Mr. Adams, and hare been nearly all my life a frontiersman, As long ago as ISSd I joined a party with the intention ot crossing plains f to the Pacific Ocean and ccloniz /kfihnt , llt v ^ ., > r n . „ 1 across the continent, and we had to 1 give give the the scheme scheme up, up, but but I I settled settled as as far far W est as it was possible to live, ____: ' Have you ever observed sore*throat*be- how mad it makes a man with a cause he 1 can t ■wallow about two hun died and fitly times every tour or 1 minutes, SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1879. BY TELEGRAPH. Mr. Til den Confident. LYNCH LAW IN ILLINOIS. A Fatal Encounter in Texas. THE POTTER COMMITTEE. • LYNCH LAW IN ILLINOIS. Cincinnati, February 5.—A special dispatch says : “At Wrightsville, Green county, Illinois, on Monday, Dr. Chas. McAuliffe and James Havener, his uncle, had a dispute about family mat¬ ters. Havener was shot and killed. On Tuesday night a constable started with the doctor for the Carrolton jail. When half a|mile from town, a mob overpower¬ ed the constable and hanged Mc¬ Auliffe.” A BLOODY RENCONTRE IN TEXAS. New Orleans, February 5.—A Gal¬ veston News special from Goliard, Texas, says: “Two men named Hen¬ derson and Lockhart quarreled, and both drew their revolvers. Lockhart caught Henderson’s arm and fired six shots into him, killing him instantly. Lock¬ Henderson’s brother rushed at hart with a pistol, they closed in a struggle, and Henderson emptied six chambers of his revolver in Lockhart’s body, causing instant death.” RELIEF OF BAYARD TAYLOR’S FAMILY. Washington, February 5.— Mr. Hamlin presented in the Senate to-day a letter from the Secretary of State bringing to the attention of the Com¬ mittee on Foreign Relations the pecu¬ niary embarrasment in which the wife and daughter of Bayard Taylor have been left, and recommending an ap¬ propriation for their benefit equal to one year’s salary of the Berlin mission. THE POTTER COMMISSION. Washington, February 5.—After a recess, Mr. Maddox testified before the Potter Committee in rela¬ tion to the St. Martin affidavit. He denied the assertions in them and said his duty in New Orleans was to inter' view the witnesses as they arrived in that city to ascertain points in their testimony and prepare a memorandum thereof for the guidance of the Demo¬ cratic members of the sub-committee. MR. TILDEN’S CONFIDENCE OF A RENOM¬ INATION. Washington, February O.—A cap Penn* syl vania editor now in the city, from New York, had he says a long con. sultation with Mr. lilden, who said his testimony before the Potter Corn nuttee would relieve him from all blame and responsibility in the matter of the cipher telegrams. Mr. Tilden further expressed himselt the Democrats as confident for renomination by their next President on the ground and hat a great principle was involved, he should be renominated to properly vm dicate it. He alluded to the late electoral fraud as the principle in volved. meeting of the south Carolina state grange. - Charleston, S. C-, February 5 — Ti ie State Grange met here yesterday. r fhe imperrtant question to be consid ere( f the proposed strike of the farm ers of this State and Georgia against the increase in the price of fertilizers p Urc hased for cotton. Several resolu tions refusing to pay more than four hundred pounds of lint cotton for each ^ Q f fertilizers were introduced and f ‘ d --- A California Shark Story.— While the British bark Lutterworth wag becalmed in the tropics, a large shark was seen swimming around the s hip. A large hook with a chain at tacked was baited with a four-pound pi ece 0 f pork. The shark made for it an d bolted it. In'hauling him up c h a iu parted, and he coolly swallowed the hook, chain aud bait. Another h hook was then baited,which he instant- 1 y seized, biting a three-inch rope in and also swallowing it with j another four-pound then piece baited of with pork, j Another hook was a - similar piece of pork, and with this the shark was caught and landed on the ; ma i n deck. All hands cleared from, him, for he was in a terrible His tail was cut off with the carpenter’s and this quieted him a little. He i cat open, and the sailors found the two large shark hooks and chain and lo pe anngly coiled away with eight pounds pouuu., of pork in his locker .—San • ____ Railway Accident.—L ast Monday evening evening a. as the down passenger train of the Charlotte, Columbia and August ras moving at its us Johnston Station, wagon attempted of the to drive across across the track in front advancing locomotive. Before ha could get over, howe\er, the pilot I struck the coorpletely sma,„.n b it and ^killing the ne & ro. CORRESPONDENCE. <*8- We solicit communications on all sub¬ of public interest, if authenticated by the name of the writer, and will publish them, whether we agree with the views expressed or not. GENERAL SHERMAN. His March to the Sea. Editor Evening Recorder: If this famous officer had acted according to the laws of war in 1864, I for one could forgive and forget the past, and would have received him on his recent visit to Savannah with open arms. But this he did not do. 'When he reached Atlanta on this present trip, people were heard to say “ring the firebells.” He has had the privilege the of writing a history of hia march to sea. There was nothing in that march calculat¬ ed to cover Sherman’s name with p thumous fame. Women and child t on were in his way, and he burnt the houses from over their heads, The engineer on the train that leaves At¬ lanta for Savannah, makes a run to the sea, for which he deserves far more credit than Sherman, for he covers the distance, and burns only wood, endang¬ ers no lives, and does not leave destruc¬ tion in his war. ' The burning of Atlanta and Column bia ought to condemn Gen. Sherman for all time. Savannah was not burned, for there was too much valuable cotton here. Fie had an eye on that. What a contrast. Geo. Lee when he Pennsylvania burnt no homes. He went to fight men, not women and children. He met men, and in an hon¬ engagement was defeated by men, leaving the State with its homes unharmed. Sherman, never would have, marched to the sea, if an army, such as met Lee at Gettysburg, could neighborhood. have met him Sandersville or in that But this could not be done, so he ad¬ vanced upon his open way, burning as he went. We of the South accept the issues of the war. But let us never forget our the manhood so far as to ever forgive breach of soldierly duty as the burning of our cities by Sherman. The Germans, in the seven weeks war with Austria, fought men. When women would run out to the advancing army and implore them not to burn their homes, the answer was, “We are not making war on women and child¬ ren, where are your men ?” This is civilized warfare, and as long as the press is free, General Sherman should be made to feel that arson in time of war is nevertheless arson, and that he has .the full blame as Commander in Chief of the 80,000 vandals who fired Southern homes. War was no justifi¬ cation. I have no feeling in the mat ter, only to say his works do follow him. An Admirer. Southern M ■■ Claims. Edita Lucmng Loner. What! will any one dare at this late day to be stigmatized with such a right as to have a claim against the Government of the United States for private property , . , j • ^ th(4 __:*l clv L ’ that 1 should be paid . „ a promise . it us : No honest person should allow them selves to have their names placed in ^ i- * J : U3 t demands. I Southern 0 , claims' , • 1““^ • q i *? T!, lue 0 vor? • expression o V ’ 1 fixed claim the , to a against govern mentis an offence ol tae most aggravat ^ idow 9 , orpnans and de crepits have had their property wrested fre™ them oy a civilized government, j and when loudly appealing at the balls Congress lor restitution, have been blandly promised to have the pnvilege oi an investigation as to the justice ol case, with a promise ol payment if found correct, out in the midst ot fc b IS investigation a conclusion has been reHC bed that if is criminal to dare have right ot making the demand -How dare you, says Longiess, appioac us, we, who are the repiesentatives ol t e fountain of Justice, to ask lor restitution f° r property taken undei a pjomise ; that it should be paid. vV ouid not such: a compliance be construed to mean that j 18 just ? No, no,,we dare not set:suc ; a precedent that an honest ac SOl nation be paid ; private by the individuals would ? hlvt hat e a baa ’for it doors on .your clams'forever, f oreV er is too much that- 1 ^ - - - rmeins m our dehcate ears, bmtfe it 13 0 L=-Southern claims ' let them be wafted on the ldte winds, no^ matter. how the claimant, have become atten-. them some the long delay they incurred in their cases. But alas ! even this hope is DOW to prove to them an illusion oy having the cold shoulder of Congress turned upon them j such seems the bent of Congress by their recent resolution to bar Southern claims from justice. Will the House of Representatives of the nation, be it Republican or Democrat, place that its it hand is discharging on its conscience honest andy say an duty, when it says an honest debt due by the government to its citi zens should not be paid, simply because it is a debt belongs originated Southern during the-'war and that it to quarters We only ask that honest claims should receive their just du$s, and for that courts are established to as¬ certain it. No fears of dishonest ones should prevent the others from obtaining what they are entitled to. Each claim should stand on its own merits. That Southern claims at one time were con¬ sidered by Congress as just, the law enacted on the subject admits ; some have been paid, why not those which are yet unpaid be equally entitled to payment ? Amnesty was extended after the war; the nation spoke through the Supreme Court of the United States that it means a guarantee of restora¬ tion of all rights, including that of property held by the government. Will they stultify themselves by going back on their own guarantees ? Cotton was taken from private indi¬ viduals during the war, and also after all resistence to the Federal Govern¬ ment had entirely ceased; sales by the government of the same were made and the money went into the treasury, and according to the law under which it was seized was to be held in trust by the government for those who could prove loyalty to them, if claimed within a specified time after the war ended. Parties who could not to loyalty were barred from a in court, hence they could not claim payment; yet the law re¬ proceedings by the government for confiscation of this cotton money, which has not been done, thus showing is still held in trust for claimants, and amnesty restored to the owners their they are justly entitled to funds. Yet Congress holds the court of justice closed to them, and would endeavor to erase forever all title to make the demand. Can there be a greater wrong than an act of this kind, which attempts to hold on to the trust funds belonging to their citizens, in order to avoid its return to those for whom they pledged that the sacred should honor be of the government it done ? Southern and Western Representa¬ tives hear in mind what the nation guaranteed by the Amnesty Proclama¬ tion. To those who now come before you for their rights, let justice be done by the fountain of justice. W. B. Standing by His Friend. —A few mornings since some boys found a man lying in a snow drift and so near froz¬ en to death that he could not speak. There was a terrible odor of whisky about him, and beside him in the snow was an empty bottle. He was removed to a house and a doctor sent for. After half an hour’s hard work the man was so far restored that he could speak, and his first words were : “Doc—Doctor, have I been froze ?” “Yes, and pretty badly,” was the reply. “Willi die, doctor?” continued the man. “Well, there’s a chance of it.” The patient made an effort to sit up, but fell back after a struggle, and gasped out: if I die I it under “-Doctor, want H f° 0< ^ that the durned thermometer’s killed me ! Don't let ’em abuse whisky, doctor.” Huebner’s “Statistical Tables’’ say tllat in Ita]y there are 26,060,000 Ro' raan Catholics, 96,000 Evangelical Christians, 100,000 Greeks, etc., 36,000 j evvS) 25 Mohammedans, and others, j n g pain there are 16,500,000 Roman Catholics and 180,000adherents of other denominations (details not given). In E ur0 p ean Russia there are 56,100,000 Orthodox Greek Christians, etc., 2,680, QOO Evangelical Christians, 7,500,000 R oraan Catholics, 2,700,000 Jews and 2,500,000 Mohammedans and others, R e ]gjum there are 4,920,000 Roman Catholics, 13,000 Reformed Church, 2,000 Jews and 3,000 belonging to 0 ther denominations. In the Netker j an( j 8 there are 2,001,000 members of t ^ e Reformed Church, 1,’- >5,00'i Ro maa Catholics, 64,000 Jews and 4,000 other denominations In .. weden f b f th . Evangelical ^ r* lUf Church ’ ?i? S 4.000 ( J reek3 and ot Her Christies, and ^ 00 j t Jews; ft,number of Roman Cathoioe is not officially given is is estimated ....... ] esq than V 1 0O0 - a country blacksmith out West put , notice, "No horses shodded on - It is really mournful to see a man j more’n full. Loafers will soon begin to organize for the summer campaign. PRICE THREE CENTS. Wanted - * __ ki^ d whereby he can earn an honest living, “ lve "' ‘Kboewity.' U ?St Recorder Office. W ANTED—By furnished rooms, a professional on the tirst man, lloorifpos- TWO slble with fire-place or stove, with ui priviu pi ego of Cook Stove. Address 136 HULL, ST. febl Boarding* G ood per week. board and lodging 60 BRYAN *5 BT., oo per eod-janl7-lm Below Lincoln. Business Cards* VAL. BASLEIl’S WINES. LIQUORS, SEGARS and TOBACCO The best Lager Beer in the city. The well known TEN PIN ALLEY reopened. Lunch every Square day from II to 1 o’clock. At the Market House, 174 BRYAN ST. Savannah, Ga. F. BINGEL, WINES, LIQUORS AND SEGARS. Milwaukee and Cincinnati Lager Beer on draught. Free Lunch. Fresh Oysters always on hand. 21 Jefferson st., corner Conngreis street lane._ mchlO-ly Dr. A. H. BEST, DENTI ST Cor. Congress and Whitaker streets. SAVANNAH, GA. T EETH guaranteed. extracted without pain, All work I respectfully beg to refer to any of nay patrons. oetl-brao O IGAR FACTORY.—F. KOLB, manufactu rer of Cigars, and dealer in Cigars, To¬ Street. bacco, Snuff’, Pipes, &c. Call at 121 Broughton riSarv C. A. CORTJNO, Sair Csttia?, Hair Dressintr, Curline and SALOON. IIOT AND COLD BATHS. 166]-< Bryan street, opposite the Market, un¬ Planters’ Hotel. Spanish, Italian. Ger and English spokoh. seW-tf GEORGE FEY, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, &«. The celebrated Joseph Schlltz’ MILWAU¬ LAGELi BEER, a speciality. No. 22 ker Street, Lyons’ Block, Savannah, r-y.'U-l FREE LUNCH every day from li to 1. v HAIR store: JOS. E. L01SEAU & CO., BROUGHTON ST., Bet. Bull & Drayton K EEP Switches, oil hand Curls, a large Putts, assortment and Fancy of Goods Hair Hair combings worked in the latest style. Fanc y Costum es. Wigs and Beards for Rent JOS. H. BAKES. botcher, STALL No. 06, Savann Market, Dealer ia Beef, Mutton, Pork nd All other Meats in their Seasons. Particular attention paid to supplying Ship and Boarding Houses. augl2 Theodor Gronwald, TJLIXjOR. No. 30 1-2 Wiiitalxor St. Suits made to order in the latest styles. will Clothing cleaned and repaired. All orders meet with prompt attention. janl.’l-lm W. B. FERRELL’S Agt. RESTAURANT, No. 11 New Market Basement, (Opposite Lippman’s Drug Store,) janiatl SA vannah. ga. Coal and Wood. COAL OF ALL KINDS, \ Sold and delivered promptly by D. R. THOMAS, OFFICE: 111 BAY ST., dec22> s2m Yard foot of West Broad St, GR&tiTHAMiI. TAGGART. Best Family Coal I I deal cite and only Bituminous in the best Coal. qualities of Anthra¬ LOW PRICES, EXTRA PREPARATION, PROMPT DELIVERY. Main Office: 124 Bay Street. Special prices to Manufacturers, Dealers and Public Institutions. nov3-tu,th,su-tf Carriages* A. K. WILSON’S CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY 5 Corner Bay and West Broad sts. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY . <*»• ““ Montgomery etneu. SAVANNAH> GEORGIA. T he largest establishment in the city. ’ , tcep „ fu „ ofI .„ ri ltoc Buggies and Falling .Spring and FarmWagons. also Canopy Top Baby Carriages, a full .»J j-iirtwill ••«**. notice. executed toKlve^Utf.facil’ei SUNDRIES. Imi to) /"W) Boxes 100 boxes Her-ingB, Cheese, 1.50 25 barrels firkins Butter, 25 barrels 7 Turnips, 25 boxes Lemons Apples 25 barrels Kerosene Oil. 100 barrels Bugar. ceived Pickles, by Pigs Feet, Beef, Beans, etc,, Just re¬ C. L. GILBERT <Sc CO. feb2 „ „ £• Wholesale Grocer*, 8. cor. Bay and ifernard utS.