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VOL I.—No. 136.
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Zach Chandler to the Front.
Speeoh on Jeff. Davis.
[Washington Special to Cincinnati Gazette.]
The debate in the Senate on the
amendment ol Senator irJLoar to qxcIucig
Jefferson Davis from the benefits of the
Arrears of Pensions bill, which began
at one o clock this morning, was not
concluded until broad daylight. The
exciting character of the discussion may
be imagined, when it is stated that
nearly every Senator remained in his
seat throughout its duration, whilei very
few of the spectators in the galleries a.t
the time of its commencement left until
its conclusion. It was unquestionably
one of the most animated and vehement
political debates that has occurred in
the Senate in many years. The argu
ment used by the Democrats in the de
fense of Jefferson Davis was that he had
but obeyed the summons of the South
ern people to lead them in their attempt
to overthrow, and that he was no more
guilty of treason, and no more deserv
ing of the stigma sought to be placed
upon him by Mr. Hoar s amendment
than any of those Southern Senators
who had participated in the rebellion,
Mr. Lamar went still further, but laud
ed Davis to the skies, in an eloquent
strain referred to Davis exalted charac
ter, brilliant talents, and well establish
ed reputation as a statesman, patriot,
and soldier The speaker, in the height
°t en Ihusiastic admiration for the
^-Confederate Davis was a worthy chieftain, disciple declared of Wash- that
ington ; and that posterity would not
fail to place both names side by side.
Senator Harris, of lennessee,followed
Lamar in defending Mr. Davis from
the wanton and malicious attacks of
those who were striving ‘to perpetuate
the memories of the war for partisan
T?£P 08 ? 8 V II® concluded a long eulogy
of Davis by declaring that Mr. Davis
was the peer of any benator upon the
afl d Personal character,
This was more than Senator Zach
Chandler could bear, and in an out
burst of impassioned oratory which
8 who r ® a ^y had surprused no idea that his the closest veteran Inends, stal
wart could speak so well, said: “Mr.
rresident : twenty years ago, I, in
company with Jefferson Davis, stood up
in this chamber and with him swore
by Almighty God that I would support
e Constitution of the United States,
.. t^avis direct
e “. erson pame from
the Cabinet of I ranklin Pierce into the
Senate of the United States, and took
the oath with me to be faithful to this
Government. During four years I sat
in this body with Jefferson Davis, and
saw the preparations going on from day
to day for the overthrow ot this Govern^
ment. With treason in his heart and
perjury upon his lips, he took the oath
to sustain the Government that he
meant to overthrow. Sir, there was
method in this madness. He, in co
operation vvith other men from his sec
tion, and in the Cabinet of Mr. Bu
ehanan, made careful preparations for
the event that was to follow. Your
fleets were scattered wherever the
winds blew and water was found to
float them where they could not^ be
used to put down rebellion. Your
armies were scattered all over this
broad land where they could not be
used in an emergency. Your treasury
was depleted until your bonds bearing
6 per cent., principal and interest
payable in coin, were sold
cents on the dollar to pay current ex
penses, and no buyers. Your Preparations
were carefully made. arms
sold under an apparently inuocent
device in an army bill might, providing in
the Secretary of War
discretion, sell such arms as he deemed
best for the interests of the Government,
Sir, eighteen years ago last month I sat
iu this hall, and listened to Jefferson
Davis delivering his farewell address
informing us what our constitutional
duties to the Government were, and
thtin he left and entered into the rebel-
lion to overthrow the Government that
he had sworn to support. I remained
here, sir, during the whole of that ter*
rible rebellion, I saw our brave soldiers
by thousands, I might almost say by
millions, as they passed through here to
the theatze of war. I saw their shat¬
tered ranks returning. I saw steamboat
after steamboat, and railroad train after
railroad train bringing back the wonnd
ed. I was with my friend from Rhode
Island (Burnside) when he commanded
the army of the Potomac, and saw piles
of legs and arms that made humanity
shudder. I saw widows and orphans
made by this war, and heard them wail
and mourn over the death of their
dearest and best. Mr. President, I
little thought at that time that I should
live to hear in the Senate of the United
States eulogies upon Jefferson Davis
living , a living rebel, on the floor of the
Senate of the United States. Sir I am
amazed to hear it, and can tell the
gentlemen on the other side that they
little know the spirit of the North
when they come here at this day with
bravado on their lips, uttering eulogies
upon him whom every man, woman
and child in the North believes to have
been a double dyed traitor.”
[We publish the above to give our
readers v idea -j u how still feel.
an some men
Mr. Chandler is full of bitterness as
ever. It will make Mr. Davis smile
when he reads it, and give the people
*
of ^ the » S ° ath ,1 generally ..
a very poor
opinion of the character of the speaker,
Editor Recorder.]
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stolen, one Coat and one Shirt.
the Broker Who Once Gave $100,000 to
-the Churches of New York.
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Robert M. Martin, pale and hagger
ed, and with head bowed low, yet every
inch a gentleman, not only in attire,
but in manner, was led to the bar of
the Special Sessions yesterday, Mrs.
Allen, a boarding house keeper of Mac
dougal street, having accused him of
stealing house. a coat and shirt from her
ard “May it please the court,” Mr. Leon
Jerome, Jr., said as the prisoner,
covering his face with his hands, burst
into tears. “May it please the court,”
Mr. Jarome repeated, “it is only this
morning that I learned that my old
friend was in trouble. Not ten years
ago Robert M. Martin was worth nearly
a million dollars. He was an honored
member of the Stock Exchange, and his
career of twenty years in Wall street as
banker and broker was one of the most
honorable. To-day we hear, for the first
time, of his distress. I remember, your
Honors, when the gift of Robert M
Martin of one hundred thousand dollars
to several churches in this city was
quoted as a royal gift. He failed in
1872, and since then his family have
been scattered, and he is left, I now
understand a pauper; your Honors ! I
learn from Mr. Johnson, the clerk of
the court, that my friend’s mind seemed
to you so much affected when he was
first called up for trial that you ordered
his case to be left over until you could
have him examined by physicians. I
ask the mercy of the Court for a man
who once was not only honorable but
charitable.”
Justice Wandell, after a long consul
tation with his associates, said with
muc h feeling: “Robert M. Martin,
you have had enough experience in this
world to know the disgrace of commit
ting a crime. Mr. Jerome, however
has told us of your great misfortune
and we are thesefore inclined to deal
with you mercifully. The sentence of
the Court is that you be imprisoned in
the City prison for the term of five
days.”
Mr. Martin, who seemed dazed and
utterly crushed, was led out to his cell,
m m --
A good story is told of Rev. Hadley
p roc tor, who once preached in Rutland,
yt. One bitter cold day, when the
church was but half warmed, Brother
Proctor had for his text a very warm
verse, addressed to those “on the left
hand,” and, like the rest of U 9 , he seem
ed to feel the antagonism between the
weather and his subject. Just before
the benediction he leaned forward and
sa id to one of the deacons in front of
heard the pulpit, by in tones loud enough to be
all, and in the nasal twang
that can only be appreciated by those
w ho have listened to the venerable Eli
Jones, “Brother Griggs, do see that
this house is better warmed this after
n oou, its no kind of use for me to warn
sinners of the dangers of hell when the
verv j deA 0 f hell is a comfort to them.”
_ Watemillc Mail.
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The Rev. Jo Cook thus analyzes the
action of a boy who climbs a tree to steal
apples: “The apples are the objective
natural motive; the boy’s appetite is
the subjective natural motive; his in
tention is his moral motive.” The
Chicago “The Tribune adds the following :
seat of the boy’s pantaloons is
bulldogs objective natural motive; he
; has no moral motive; his intention is to
make mincemeat of the kid.”
SAVANNAH MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1879.
Letter from Senator Gordon.
A Withering Rebuke of His Calumniators.
Washington, D. C., March 4, 1879.
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist,
Augusta, Georgia: •
A letter over the signature of Mrs.
W. H. Felton, published in your paper
tFe 23d ult., came to my notice in
the l asfc days °f the expiring session,
when my whole time, night and day,
was necessarily ^ given to public busi
ness * wish it distinctly understood
that, in my reply to the statements
contained in that extraordinary com
naunication, nothing that I shall say is
applicable Fave to Mrs. Felton, with whom I
a °d sb all have no controversy.
There is no longer any room for
doubt that Dr. Wm. H. Felton is the
author and circulator of the calumnies
which, insinuated by him on the stump,
have been so often repeated in his or-
8 ans in the Seventh Congressional dis
tr ict, and which were so signally re¬
Fuked by my almost unanimous re
election to the United States Senate,
Doctor Felton is the first Georgian,
and I believe the only American in my
s P, h A re of life ' wh °* 1 .f him
self from responsibility / for his false
hoods by taKing eh lter bebind a
woman, and that woman his own wife
and the mother of his children.
Indeed, I do not know that such an
lnst&nco . hsfnrp Vnnwn
was pvpt* in law^ fmv
c i vilized community. The common
which on this subject is the essence of
English sentiment and civilization, con
templated the man as the outer picket,
stan wife ding at his doorway, guarding his
from rude contact with the world,
while she in the delicate privacy of
home presided over its hallowed pre
cincts, softening, sweetening, and sanc
tifying its holy endearments. This, too,
is the spirit of the Christian Church in
all the earth. Religion, then, and civ
ilization and the common law and man
hood and womanhood alike revolt at
this wanton profanation of the holiest
relations of life. It almost makes us
lose sight of the sickening spectacle of
this minister of the gospel bearing false
witness against his neighbor.
I entered the canvass of the Seventh
Congressional but the district not from choice,
at call of the political organiza
Lion cf which I am a member. I made
no assault upon Dr. Felton’s character
during the entire canvass. I did not
mention his name until his slanders
upon my character made it proper for
me to repel them. This assault, there
fore, and is absolutely reckless. without excuse, wan
ton
A few words will suffice to dispose of
his effort tolshame fully misrepresent my
administration of the Atlanta departs
ment of the Southern Life Insurance
Company, and my connection with a
great and patriotic movement by the
leading educators of the South to rid
schools of the countrv of partisan text
hooks. The insurance company failed
from no fault of mine. When the two
dreadful epidemics of the Mississippi
valley and the genei’al panic of the
country broke the parent company at
Memphis, the books of the Atlanta de
partment, over which I presided, show
ed that every death loss it had incurred
had been paid, and the transmission to
the parent company at Memphis of near
one and a quarter millions of dollars. in
As to the book enterprise, I was
duced to connect myself with it in obe
dience to the wishes and advice of the
best men at the South, among them
General Lee himself. No surprise ought J
to be felt, since our failure in war, at
the disposition of Dr. Felton to slander
every cause and every man who had
the confidence or friendship of that
honored man.
Although this most needful school
book enterprise has made no money, it
has survived the panic, and is still fur
Disking books of the higest order, ’and by
our ablest teachers, to Southern
Northern schools, despite the efforts of
wealthy rivals and the enemies of the
South to break it down.
I do not know to what Dr. Felton
makes reference when he charges me
with having grossly wronged some
Southern Bishop. It is unqualifiedly
fake that I ever borrowed, used or oh
tained in any way one dollar, or ever
was under pecuniary obligation to the
extent of one farthing, to any Bishop,
Northern or Southern, except to a be
loved and holy man now dead, whose
son served upon my staff, and who sent
me near the close of the war, without
any solicitation from me, about $300, ’ as
j well as I can remember.
That debt was discharged, after the
war, by stocks, the best I had, and in,
amount sufficient as I believed to more
than cancel it. I say nothin® in this
connection of the appearance of a Re- 1
presentative of Georgia and a member
of the American Congress in the high
and statesmanlike role of hiring ffis
minions to uncover every private and'
| business transaction of my life in the
fruitless effort to find something to blur
and stain my reputation. I invite his
inspection and revelations, and if he i
has discovered that these stocks sold for
less than the let him and ‘
one interested know that I stand ready
to make good every cent of loss, if any
occurred on that debt, not only with
money but with the gratitude due for
an unsolicited and unexpected kindness
done me in the distressing hours of the
late revolution.
His reference to my connection with
the lease of convicts under the laws of
Georgia is best answered by the records
of the State and the correspondence on
its files. These show that the law was
passed by the chosen Legislature of our
own knowledge people; that it was passed without
my or agency ; that the bids
were invited from all citizens, in accord¬
ance with law, by the Governor ; that
whatever interest wrs secured by bid
for the my plantation was tendered by me
to State soon after the contract was
signed and before any of these prisoners
came in possession of Col. Dockett, the
President of the company; that this in
te”est has always been subject to any
disposition the authorities of the State
might see fit to make of it. My reas >ns
for wishing to be released from my ob¬
ligations in connection with this it I-* 3
were given sufficient more than two years ago,and
are a answer to this strange
effort of Dr. Felton to do me addition¬
al wrong.
But not satisfied with these shameful
perversions of my private business af¬
fairs, Doctor Felton descends to the
lowest of all meanness, in seeking to
create the impression that he or any
other man believes me capable of cor¬
rupt Dractices as a Senator of the
United States. I do not wish to do
Doctor Felton a wrong, nor to use
language unbecoming myself, as a man
or without as a representative of Georgia ; but
fear of damage from him, hid¬
ing as he does, behind his wife, his grey
hairs, and the robes of a minister of
Christ, I ought to be pardoned for say¬
ing of this effort that nothing morse was
ever attempted blazonry by any man. It is the
very of all that is base, false
and fiendish.
wickedness .^ r * Felton in seeks the justification idle gabble for of this the
schemes, partizans of two great rival railroad
who charge improper motives
to men on either side of the controver
who refuse to vote as their interests
demand, not one of whom will he or any
°^® r maa dare to quote by name zn
8ac ^ a connection. He has not even
the excuse of a newspaper charge such
as that made by a New 1 ork journal
recently, tFe charging bribery best against many
purest and men in public
Dorn both sections of the Union,
the gentlemen who are thus wantonly
assazled by this New York paper voted
with a large majority of the Senate for
a subsidy bill. 1 he wicked falsehoods
circulated by Dr. Felton against myself
are founded upon my vote in a minority
° n tFe bill to provide a sinking fund
f° r the 1 aeific Railroads. My vote was
a p ab ist that bill, and tizne and expe
r i® nce are i ase demonstrating the pro
P 1 iefv and wisdom ofthat vote, not only
? n the score of principle, but in the
interest of the public Treasury a fired
sum every year to meet their obligations
to the government. The bill which
P as,e d required these roads to pay a
PpUzon of their net earnings. Had the
Fill I desired passed become a law, we
wou ^ to-day have in the Treasury
horn these roads at least two millions
°I dollars, whereas the bill which did
becocie a Iaw « and for refusing to sup
P ort which I am slandered by Dr.
b elton and his allies, has failed as I
predicted twelve months farthing before its
passage to bring one wish to the
g° vernmen F Aud I now to add
another remark that no man can say
when a dollar will be secured under it.
* et is man—-false to his people in
false , to the political organization
war;
wb ich saved his people in peace; false
t° tFe teachings of Him whom he pro¬
!esses to follow; begrimed with a wick
and corrupt alliance with the
enemies of his party, section, and peo
P le . Fas the audacious effrontery to as
® a1 1 m y character in public and in
private . with the vile and hypocritical
pretense that he or any living man be
Feves me capable of giving that or any
°^Fer vote :or venal considerations.
These are strong words, I know, but
they are true words, and are forced
lrora me b y the the conviction that no
deeper wrong was ever perpetrated
tba n this man has attempted upon me.
For months I have borne in silence the
most brutal attacks from him and his
allies bf ever For made months upon any I have man borne in pub- his
bc ®
s< * cr et efforts at defamation here in
Washington; and now I do not believe
that the people of Georgia, who have
honored me in war and in peace far
beyond my deserts, will ask me to re
longer from placing on record for
the sake of my children and the peo
P^ e who elected me, my public denun
ciation of these foul and atroeious cal
umnies. J. B. Gordon.
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The educational part of California
Constitution has been so amended that
while it does and not modern prohibit languages the teaching in the
of ancient
public schools, it denies all support for
and schools.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Jefferson Davis has bought “Beau
voir,;- th. residence of Mrs. Dor.ey,
Mississippi City, Miss.
The number of Greeks in all Turkey
is 2,500,000, while the number in
Greece is only 1,400,000.
Ben Butler worked at chairmaking
to pay his college dues, earning, perhaps
thirty cents a day.
Mr. Sargent will probably hasten
home to run for Congress upon an anti
Chinese immigration platform. Any¬
thing to get back to Washington.
It is estimated that the census of
1880 will show the State of Pennsyl¬
vania to have a total population of
4,200,000.
Senator Kellogg will be rather lone¬
some in the next Congress. He is the
last relic of the carpet-baggers left
sitting alone.
Two good things may be said about
the Forty-fifth Congress. Very few
jobs got through and small. the profit of the
lobby has been very
Neither women nor wind instruments
will be permitted after June 1, in the
choirs of the churches in the Catholic
diocese of Montreal.
The Wisconsin Legislature has re¬
ceived a petition asking for a Constitu¬
tional amendment establishing an edu¬
cational test for voters for the year
1800.
Great preparations of Prince are in Arthur, progress of
for the marriage
England, and Princess Carl,*of Louisa, daughter
of Prince Frederich Prussia,
at Windsor, next Thursday.
Some idea of the size of the State of
Texas may be the gathered population from is the million fact
that though a
there aie only four people to every
square mile of territory.
President Hayes has done what he
could for Stanley Matthews, and has
stood by him with a persistency worthy
of Grant, but it is entirely unnecessary
to hold him up any longer.
Commerce seeks New York natural¬
ly now because within its own immedi¬
ate radius the metropolis includes not
less than two millions of people and
hundreds of ncllions of dollars of
wealth. From that centre, therefore,
commecial enterprise proceeds as from
and ever operative necessity.
Mr. Chittenden and General Butler
have done a useful service in making
up a test case, for submission to the
Supreme Court, concerning the consti¬
tutional right of the Government to is¬
sue legal tenders in time of peace.
The question is not at present a practi¬
cal one, and will not become so until
either the equilibrium of Mr. Sherman’s
resumption is disturbed or Congress
makes a fresh issue of legal-tender
paper.
Among the improvements in the
Church of England of late years has
been the disappearance of the political
prelate. In the days of the early En¬ the
glish King, the clergy, being necessarily almost dis¬
only educated people,
charged the important offices of State,
and even in the reign of Charles I. the
Archbishop of Canterbury was the
dominant political Minister. The last
who ever held high secular office was,
we believe, Dr, Robinson, Bishop of
London.
It Australia the anti-Chinese agita¬
tion gains in strength every day. The
Parliament of Queensland has passed
various bills to restrict the immigration,
but, as they conflicted with the treaty
between Great Britain and China, they
have been practically disallowed by the
Home Government, although subse¬
quently the latter stretched a point so
far as to assent to a measure which is
prohibitory to a certain extent. The
all feeling of opposition in*the has extended to
the colonies group. In Victoria
the government now inserts in all con¬
tracts for public works the a Chinese. clause against
the employment of
Facts and Fancies,
rp exas has fine peach prospect*,
e am stove has been p Daten ted
A brown stout—a fat, dark mulatto,
They say Everts give* the best dinners,
They use Rhine pebbles for bracelets in
Europe.
Surf-bathing in the gulf of Galveston has com
meuced.
Twilled eatm foulards are among the new suit
materials.
New •vening dresses are made with Marie An
toinfette P aniers -
Coal oil has been discovered near Yreka.—
Cai./omi* Letter.
The coal found at Austin, Minn., bums s&tis
, :ac ^ or 'dr
Hciw many^ fingers does a hor»e of fifteen
,
s possess.
^Som^e ot the coming bonnet strings are fnuged
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p®“ < ^£ plai ' s ar ® * own m 8 P nn S Sl ‘ ks —
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are In rc% P ' D3 e
„ mhrell „ anr ‘ . Book . ke e ? D " Lent -Boston
The litt , e bonnet sets 0 A Wfttv face »dvan¬
PRICE THREE CENT S.
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lost.
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Business Cards
VAL. BASLER’S
WINES. LIQUORS, SUGARS and TOBACCO
The best Lager Beer ALLEY in the reopened. city. The well
known TEN PIN Lunch
every day from 11 to 1 o’clock. At the Market
Square House, 174 BRYAN ST. Savannah, G*.
F. BINGEL,
WINES, LIQUORS AND SEGAR8.
Milwaukee and Cincinnati Lager Beer on
draught. hand, Free Jefferson Lunch. Fresh Oysters always
on 21 st., corner Con ngress
street lane. me hlO-ly
JAMES RAY,
•Manufacturer and Bottler
Mineral Waters, Soda, Porter and Ale,
15 Houston St., Savannah, Ga.
feb23-3m
Dr. A. H. BEST,
DE1TT Z ST
Cor. Congress and Whitaker streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
T EETH extracted without pain. All work
I guaranteed.
patrons. respectfully beg to refer to any of nay
octl-brao
C. A. CORTINO,
SHAVING SALOON.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
166U Bryan street, opposite the Market, kin¬
der man Planters’ .and English Hotel. apokon. Spanish, Italian, mtfKf Ger¬
RESERVOIR MILLS
Congress and Jefferson streets.
CHOICE GBITS AND HEAL,
Grain, Hay, Feed, Flour, Provisions,
At LOWEST market figures.
B. L. MERCER.
febl2-lm
GEORGE FEY,
WINES, LIQUORS, SUGARS, TOBACCO, &c .
The celebrated Joseph Schlltz,’ MILWAU¬
KEE LAGER BEER, a speciality. No. 22
Whitaker Street, Lyons’ Block, Savannah,
Ga. FREE LUNCH every day from 11 to 1.
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HAIR store:
JOS. E. L01SEAU & CO.,
118 BROUGHTON ST., Bet. Bull A Drayton
K EEP on lumda large assortment of Hair
Hair Switches, combings Curls, Puff's, in and Fancy Goods
worked the latest style.
Fancy Costumes, Wigs and Beards for Rent
JOS. H. BAKER,
BUTCHEE/,
STALL No. 66, Savannah Market.
Dealer in Beef, Mutton, Pork nd
All other Meats in their Seasons.
Particular attention paid to supplying Ship
and Boarding Houses. augl2
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,
Bu iKgies, Spring and Farm Wagons Canopy
an d Falling Top Baby Can luges, also a full
engaged Hue of Carriage In and Wagon Material. I have
chanics. Any my factory orders the most skillful me¬
for new work, and re¬
and pairing, at short will be executed to give satisfaction
notice. mayl2-iy
Leather and Findings.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
And Dealers in
LEATHER AND FINDINGS,
160 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
IGHEST Market Price paid for Hides,
Wool. Sheep Skins, Furs, Deer Skins.
and Tallow.
A full supply of the best French and Ameri¬
Liberal lannages constantly kept on hand.
advances made on consignments.
No business trausactedon Saturday.
:nwo
I
book for orders for Passover Bread is
open. Our Machinery being new and of
best kind, we will be able to lurnish a
article. Our price will compare
with Northern and Western manu¬
No charge for drayage.
Please send your orders to
EDczEram, mm & co.
Cor. Bay and Barnard stuij
ish 12-5 w savashah. oa