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About Savannah daily evening recorder. (Savannah, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1879)
e-rs DAILY EVENING « Savannah i Cj i Recorder. VOX. I.—No. 137. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER R. M. ORME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (.Saturday Excepted,) At U GI BAY STREET, Ity A. 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 coRDEit, Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Recorder will take the i jace ox the Saturday evening edition, which svili make six full issues for the week. e do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Coi-respoixdents. The Kind of a Man Cetywayo Is. [English Official Correspondeixce.] It is no exaggeration to say that his history from the first has been written in characters of blood. I do not refer merely to the long chronicle of his butcheries—from the slaughter of his brother and their followers, early in his career, down to the most recent indis¬ criminate and wholesale destruction of all the unmarried women who attempt¬ ed to evade his orders, given in a sud¬ den fit of caprice, that they should ac¬ cept as husbands the elderly unmarried soldiers of his army, the massacre being subsequently who extended to all the rela¬ tives took away for burial the ex¬ posed corpses of the slaughtered women —but I would take his character from his own account of himself; it was sent little more than two years ago to the lieutenant-go 1 .ernor of Natal, who, on hearing of the massacre of the girls, wrote to remind him of what had very recently passed the between him and the representative of Natal government, Sir T. Shepstone, in the way of more merciful rule on the occasion of his in¬ stallation as king,expressing a hope that the Lieutenant Governor might learn from him that the reports which had reached him were incorrect. Cety wayo replied: ‘Did I ever tell Shepstone? Did he tell the white people I made such an arrangement ? Because, if he did, he has deceived them. I do kill, but do not consider yet I have done anything in the way of killing. Why do the white people start at nothing ? I have not yet begun. I have yet to kill ; it is the custom of onr nation, and I shall not depart from it. Why does the Governor of Natal speak to me about my laws ? Do 1 go to Natal and dictate to him about his laws? I shall not agree to any laws or rules from Natal, and by so doing throw the great kraal which I govern into the water. My people will not listen unless they are killed ; and, while wishing to be iriends with the English, I do not governed agree to by give my people over to he laws sent to me by them. Have I not asked the English Govern¬ ment to allow me to wash my spears, since the death of my father Uwpandi, and they have kept playing with me all this time and treating me like a child? Go hack and tell the English that I shall now acton my own account, and if they wish me to agree to their laws I shall leave and become a wanderer ; but before I go it will be seen, as I shall not go without having acted. Go back and tell the white man this, and let them hear it well. The Governor of Natal and I are equal. He is Governor of Natal and I am Gover¬ nor here. Last of the Swallow-Tails. —Mc Creery has always attracted the atten¬ tion of strangers during his term as Senator from Kentucky. He is one of the three statesmen who in that branch wear swallow-tail coats, and thereby hangs a tail. One of the three swallow¬ tails said to your correspondent the other day on this subject: “1 wear this kind of a coat because I always did, and there was a time when a man would no more think of taking a seat in the Senate without coat of this kind than he would thiuk of going in his dressing gown.” “When was this, Senator ?" “Well, that was over thirty y ears ago. When I first went into* the Senate frock coats were just beginning to appear there. A short time previ cu8 to that not a frock or sack coat was to he seen iu the Senate chamber.”— Pittsburg Pis patch. A very nice thing for a lady to keep is a bottle of dress wash on her dres sing table always for little spots on her gai meuts: One camphor, quart of boiling water, hall-an-ounco of one ounce of borax; after cooling, half-a-pint of alcohol. “Old Folks at Home.” Interesting Circumstance About the Popular Ballad and its Composer. The Pittsburg Telegraph contains a long interview with Mr. Morrison Fos¬ ter, a brother of the composer of “Old Folks at Home,” about the authorship discus¬ of which there has been much sion. “In 1851,” said Mr. Foster, “my brother was tempted by a lucrative opening in New York to go east, and I persuaded him to do so. But Steve was greatly attached to his home and fami¬ ly, became so homesick that he could stand absence from home and mother and no longer: the Steve got home at night rang door bell. He wasn’t ex¬ pected, but his mother had a premoni¬ tion that it was he, and answered the ring. Steve seemed almost overcome to find himself once more at home, and his mind seemed to dwell on this topic of home and home folks. Finally these thoughts took the shape of a new com¬ position. At one stage in this work he seemed to want the name of some river, a name that would be adaptable to the smooth¬ ly-flowing rhythm that marks all of his poems. I took down the atlas, and together we looked for a good river. “Suwannee” we found to be an abori¬ ginal title for the Cumberland, and that came very near suiting Steve’s needs. But after some humming and several trials, he found that “Suwan¬ nee” had one syllable too many. So we went to the atlas again. This time we found in the map of Florida a little stream entitled the “Swanee.” That “fit” Steve’s melody exactly, and with apparent satisfaction he adopted it and gradually finished the song. These circumstances form such an inseparable part of my past life that it is not easy for me to understand how their occur¬ rence should be a question of doubt, and it seems still harder to realize that any one should admit a doubt as to my brother’s authorship of the song. Of Charley Shiras, who is claimed by some to be the author of the song, Mr. Foster said : “He was a talented man, and an intimate friend of my brother Stephen. His composition ‘Dollars and Dimes’ stamps him as a poet of no or¬ dinary attainments, and I consider that I Pittsburg really unappreciated Shiras, one of the few men of genius born here. But any one familiar with the compo¬ sitions of the two men will note their dissimilar styles.” Mr. Foster pro¬ duced here a bound volume of music, containing some of his brother’s pieces, and among the leaves of this volume was a letter which attracted the atten¬ tion of the writer. “This letter,” said Mr. Foster, “shows that ‘Old Folks at Home’ was once credited to the well known minstrel, E. P. Christy, of New York. About the time Steve had nearly finished the song, he received a letter from Christy, with whom he had personal acquaintance, asking that my brother should compose a song for Christy especially, and to be sung by the Christy troupe before its general appearance. Further, Christy agreed to pay well if Steve would permit his (Christy’s) name to appear upon the title page as the composer. Steve came to me about it. I strongly op¬ posed the proposition, but finally lold him of a plan that would protect him. It was that Christy should furnish Steve a whole written statement embodying the circumstances of bis proposition This statement was drawn up and signed by Christy. The name of the ktter was only to appear on the copies o he first edition. This appearance of the New Yorkers name gave rise to the story about Christy being the author of ( i.nii Old I oiks n at i tt Home, -■ and i it -a an uoyed l rth, me Pond a good & Co. deal. who Finally published I wrote to all eficiteJ mV i 68 a0 " gS ' WaS The following ,, is .icopy of the epistle, and is appended as bearing on the sub J 547 Broadway, New York, ID, 1SG4.—Morrison Foster, Esq April - Dear Sir: The undersigned ° were pub lishers i-i of p.i. the popular , song ..rv “Old i Folks n at Home,” of which song a larger num her of copies were sold than of any other musical composition in America by nearly two hundred thousand copies. The words of the above song were writ ten and the music composed by Stephen n Entstpr nf Pitt^hnrcr Pt The late F' P Christy of New York paid perl Mr Foster a pecuniary consideration to * a i • /pi. • a_> \ naTnQ a„ onnpiir ™ ‘ ZL o? pi heIon - a n rThe h i d 5 „ manS- 0 ther ong,nal script copy of the song was present ed to us by Mr. Foster. All our husi ness transactions with regard to it were exclusively with him, and Mr. Christy never made any pretensions to its au thorship. For several years we paid of Mr. Foster a commission for the use the co pyright, and finally we bought from him. the unexpired term of the copyright. ’ ‘, FinrH, Pond & Co. j General Martinez Campos has formed ‘a new Spanish Cabinet. SAVANNAH TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1879. BY TELEGRAPH ATROCITY OF THE KING OF BURMAH. Gambetta Opposed to Impeach¬ ment. GERMANY SUSPICIOUS OF HER NEIGHBORS. Patterson’s Pardon Denied. Calcutta, March 10.—The state of affairs in Mandalay is creating grave anxiety. The garrisons in British Bur mah have been doubled. The Burmese have interrupted the telegraph line between Rangoon and Mandalay, but the situation in Upper Burmah is re¬ garded as very serious for European residents. It is stated that while the recent massacres at the instance of the King only amounted to forty, the killing was attended by every possible atrocity. The victims were beaten and kicked, and.the women were shamefully abused. The Royal Princess were reserved to the last and made to witness the tor¬ ture and death of their families. The of all the victims were thrown into old wells. Washington, March 10.—The in¬ telligence, which is denied from Char¬ S. C., that ex-Senator Patterson received a full pardon for his al¬ offenses in South Carolina, came from Mr. Patterson himself. Richmond, March 10.—The grand of the Hustings Court of this city to-day indicted John E. Poindexter for the murder of young Curtis last week. is set for Monday next. London, March 10. — The Daily News correspondent at Berlin says: a parliamentary soiree on Satur¬ the Chancellor said partial dis¬ armament least, was impossible. Germany, at could not begin. Unfortuna¬ she had to show a front in four different directions, and could trust none of her neighbors.” New York, March 10.—At 10:15 o’clock this morning, Rowell had com¬ pleted 52 miles, O’Leary 47, Harriman 45 and Ennis 42 miles in the great in¬ ternational walking match at Gilmore’s Garden. Great crowds of people sur¬ rounded the outside of the building, and inside the attendance was large. Rowell kept up a trotting gait, while O’Leary maintained his steady walk. London, March 10. —The Rcpubli que Francaise, Gambetts’s organ, ol Paris, pronounces decidedly against the impeachment of the De Broglie-Four ton Ministry. It says: “The report of the committee, while ably grouping the acts of men who openly revolted against the nation, will reveal no new facts, and though the accused richly deserve to be tried, prosecution would be big with inconvenience, not to say peril. Even if the Senate gave a ver¬ dict of guilty, a trivial sentence could only result.” Why Is It So ? There has al J been a leani of 00urta anJ juri r£ against corporations f of a „ an(i J rticaIul againat railroads . In 80m , n8t auces legist.- \ tare8 have bee „ , eJ t0 eiiact w8 „ »; ainst railroad corporat * i ons that were , ast une ual aa d burdensome> as . * , to wu.Ai capital invested in other channels. „ Why this ; is so, we can see „„ f d r{ . as0 ,; bu( i8 a fac , Ca ‘ tal inve3ted in railroadsshouldhave he 8ame ju8tice before th collrt3 f lhis State and all States that it has in any > other investment. In what way ca *' ital be iave8ted to more ' pub Uc ben fit and more p8rmanent ad an . W a 2T'L'tl “ d P r0 P erl P iu buildin *' » ai Jri a What makes , property , increase in J p t •/ V m£ T t , , l V-.^ ^at has built upc :ertain sections P ™J* d W^t is so rapidly 5i filling ““JP' the N ^ pe ople and P \vV held v ai j s !\ er rai , r0 dl ' , s ’ ; o hold *w that a dollar invested . . in a radr ° ad V i usfc as sacre(i and is en [^ ed a t °* ° 0 tde ” ar same invested Paction in any by other the wav. law We think legislatures, courts and juries S ^ 0U ^ d pr0t;ecfc ra ^ road capital just as . W* •» °P' {Tw 1 favor of or against one class or one kind of capital. Let equal and exact justice be done to all by the legislatures, the courts and the juries.— Rome Courier, Jas. Stephens says he will establish in this country “the greatest organization that ever existed for the liberation of Ireland.' Y e don t know but that it is almost time to establish a similar or ganization for the liberation of the States. Commercial Minerals of North Georgia. 1. Gold, claimed to be as good veins as California. 2. Silver and Galena combined, $20 to $70 per ton. 3. Copper, virgin ; sulphuret, black oxide. 4. Iron, magnetic fossiliferous red short and needle ore, hematite. 5. Yellow ochre, can convert it into venitian red. 6. Asbestus, used for lining safes and boilers, packing, belting and paint. 7. Keoline, for making crockery ware. 8. Tripoli, for polishing and other purposes. 9. Pyrites of iron, for making cop¬ peras and nitric acid. 10. Garnets, to make emery and sets for jewelry. 11. Pyrites of copper, for making blue stone and sulphuric acid. 12. Nitrate of soda, principal ingre¬ dient for guanos. mine, 13. Manganese, used for steel, bro¬ powders. clarifying glass and bleaching 14. Graphite, for making pencils and stone 15. polishing. roofing Slate, for (21 miles from Rome), 16. Alum. 17. Bituminous coal, no sulphur in it, near Rome, on the Coosa river, field ten miles square. 18. The Pearl oyster in the Coosa river, value $20 to $50 per ounce. 19. Ising-glass in abundance, will square from 2 inches to 8 inches. Rome is near about the centre of the mines. Gold can he found a half mile from the city on several high bluffs 2 to 20 particles to the pan. All the minerals named above are in abundance, and will yield a fair profit to those who have capital to operate in them. D. E. H. P. S.—Col. E. J. Magruder found a deposit of coal in Texas Valley, only ten miles from Rome. Mr. H ayes as a Thrifty Man. Some of the correspondents who were so shabbily treated by Mr. Hayes at his last reception have been at him with uncommonly sharp pens since that per sormance, and it has set people talking about his thrift in a manner the re¬ verse of complimentary. One of them sums up Mr. Hayes’ pickings, which make formidable showing. In the first place his house rent and furniture cost him nothing. Neither do his napkins, curtains, blankets or towels. His fuel is furnished, and so is his gas. He gets his vegetables from the public gardens, which are grown by a man whom the government pays, as it does his coach¬ man, cook and steward. His beet comes from the government butcher pen, and only costs him, for the choicest portions, four cents per pound. Of course he has to buy other meats and his groceries, but the latter does not include wine or other drinkables which would make a formidable sum if he was at all liberal with them. It don’t seem to me that it can cost the family at this rate $10,000 per annum to keep the household kettle on the boil. I had almost forgotten io add that Mr. Hayes pays no house rent, even in the summer, for he lives at the Soldiers’ Home, and when he is off “gadding,” he is “dead-headed” every¬ where. I should think Rutherford’s bank account would show, at the end ol his four years’ occupancy of Mr. Til den’s seat, an increase of at least $125, 000 . A. w. R. compared The municipal police of the city of Paris (the population of which in 1876 was 1,988,748) consists of 7,756 “agents,” of whom 6,800 are common policemen. The pay of these police¬ men aggregate 10,268,000 francs, equal to $300 a year or $6 a week for each officer. But in addition they are equipped and unformed at the city’s expense, and receive each an indemnity of 185 francs ($37) for lodgings, making their actual pay about 8375 a ; year. ^r Marriage • is • to many like a dance. } back, 0l f ° ballansez, h ?, ose your sachez, partner, swing forward, corners, bow, change partners, and presto passo, y° u or they are off. “Till death do us part is with them like the Sabbath, once so restful, so peaceful, so holy; now only an amusement, a recreation, an occasion lor display—traditions 'of be longing and to for the land the be Puritans, tolerated not one moment to » this free, independent, pleasure , On 3 of Charles Dickens’s daughters-* in-law, Mrs. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, hasjust met a terrible death in Austra lia, where her husband has for several years been living and prospering. Mrs. Dickens was driving out with her little daughter, when the horse became frightened, and running away, finally overturned the carriage. The child w«*s killed, and the young wife was so j ‘few dreadfully hours. injured that she died in ITEMS OP INTEREST. The San Francisco papers, like most of 01 tnose ol I lttsburg at -r fu the i lime ■__ of t a, tbej July riots of 1877, seem to give all mob.—) their* sympathies to the side of the They are berating the President for vetoing the Chinese bill, instead of en¬ deavoring duties of international to teaching their readers the obligations and of Christian civilization. One of the San Francisco papers is rather displeased by the talk about the “twenty-million” men of California. It says: “There are three or four men in this State whose property in large part is of such a character that a close esti¬ mate of its value is impossible, but with these exceptions no living Cali¬ fornian can be justly accused of having gathered to himself twenty millions of this world’s goods.” Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, the only female practitioner before the Supreme Court of the United States, is a prac tical, lady-like person, about 45 years of age. She was the principal of a female academy in Western New York some years ago and has outlived two husbands. She has a young lady daughter, the product of her first mar¬ riage, who is of a literary turn and is a writer of sketches of considerable merit. The New York World is to be turn¬ ed into a two cent folio sheet, and it is said that George W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger, has bought a con¬ that trolling ample interest in will the concern, and capital be provided for a persistent effort to establish a rival of the Sun. It is understood that the new World will not be democratic nor even independent, but neutral in politics. Mr. Victor Drummond, Secretary of the English Legation at Washington, has offieiajly be made reported public newly-discover that there will soon a ed process by which sugar can be profitably made from maize or Indian corn, and from sorghum. Speaking statistically, he says that sorghum will yield 1,000 pounds of sugar from each cultivated acre, and maize about one fifth less. The Roach ring, whose vast lobby worked to secure an appropriation of $150,000 a year and a subsidy of $200, 000, finding themselves baffled by the firm democratic House, came down a $50,000 peg or two ; they lobby’s begged railroad for a gift fares of to pay the home. This beats Lincoln’s man who demanded the appointment of Minister to London, and finally tapered presiden¬ down to a request for a cast off pair of tial trowsers. The returns of the census of French colonies and dependencies, taken in December, 1876, show a population of 5.408.000 for the colonies and of 1,- 569.000 for the dependencies; together, 7.067.000. Of the colonial population somewhat more than half, or exactly 2.867.000, were found in Algeria. Yet of these only 194,000 were French. Even of this small number 64,000 were born in Algeria, and 37,000 were Jews; so that of French, there were only 93.000 in Algeria, and about half of these were troops. Some of the New Y'ork life in suranee companies are overburdened with real estate mortgages, not that mortgages are a bad thing to have in vaults, hut they become undesirable as assets as soon as the value of the pro¬ perty falls below the sum advanced upon the security. That is the case with very many of the mortgages held by some of the smaller stock life companies who had great faith in the expansive power of New York, and gladly lent to speculators to such an extent that they cannot realize upon a very large proportion of the property. Princess Louise, it is rumored, will not remain in Canada uninterruptedly during the term of her husband’s ap¬ pointment. She will probably visit England every year. Sometime during this spring she will have for guests the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and one of the Russian Princes, who will be accompanied fleet. Lord to Halifax and his by a Rus¬ sian Lorn wife ex¬ pect to pass part of the summer near Halifax. Before their final return to England they have been Wales promised and visits from the Prince of the Duke of Argyl. All these person¬ ages will doubtless take British a glimpse of “ the States,” as the “ ” delight to call our country. Mason was an unsuccessful grocer in Littlefield, Mich. He had been a Methodist, but bankruptcy in business led him to carelessness about religion, although he was exceedingly supersti¬ tious. He had read of the devil buy¬ ing souls, and made up hi3 mind that, fora satisfactory price, he would sell his own. He wrote out a formal offer, the purport of which was that he was to be given twenty years of wealth and then his soul was to go into the devil’s possession. This document he suspended over a fire, round which he performed incantations of his own invention. Ai though several weeks have elapsed he has not gained that wealth, nor received any the bargain has been closed. PEICE THREE CENTS. Start. JLi T ost—a Tools, Paints trunk, anil containing Pictures, The Artist’s finder Will be prof suitably J edwin rewarded. churchilL, Addross, Artist. - - ................ Business Cards* VAL, BASLEM’S WINES. LIQUORS, SEGARS and TOBACCO The best Lager Beer in the city. The well known TEN PIN ALLEY reopened. Lunch every day from 11 to I o’clock. At the Market S quare Hou se, 174 BRY AN ST. Savannah, Ga. F. BINGEL, WINES, LIQUORS AND SEGARS. Milwaukee axxd Cincinnati Lager Beer on draught. Free Jefferson Lunch. Fresh st., Oysters always on hand. 21 corner Con tigress street lane. mchlO-ly JAMES RAY, ■Manufacturer and Bottler— Mineral Waters, Soda, Porter and Ale. 15 Houston St., Savannah, Ga. feb23-3nx Dr. A. H. BEST, DENTIST Cor. Congress and Whitaker streets. SAVANNAH, GA. T EETH guaranteed. exti'acted without pain, All work I respectfully beg to refer to any of my patrons. octl-bmo C. A. GORTJ.NO, Hair Cattine, Hair Dressise, Carta ud SHAVING SALOON, HOT AND COLD BATHS. 1G6U Bryan street, opposite the Market, voi¬ der Planters’ Hotel. Spanish, Italian. Cier man.and E n glis h spokon. seltf-W RESERVOIR MILLS Congress and Jefferson streets. CHOICE GRITS AND MEAL, Grain, Hay, Feed, Flour, Provisions, At LOWEST market figures. B. L. MERCER. leb 12-1 m GEORGE FEY, WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, Ac . The celebrated Joseph Sell Ml*’ MILWAU KKE LAGER BEER, a speciality. No. 22 Whitaker Street, Lyons’ Block, Savannah, Ga. FREE LUNCH every day from 11 to 1. r-/.31-l v HAIR store: JOS. E. L01SEAU & CO., 118 BROUGHTON ST., Bet. Bull A Drayton K EEPon haniVa large assortment of Hair __Switches, Hair combings Curls, worked Puffs, and Faixcy Goods i In the latest style. Fancy Costumes, Wigs and Beards for Rent ‘ JOS. H. BAKER, BUTCHER, STALL No. 66, Savannah Market. Dealer in Beef, Mutton, Pork nd All other Meats In their Seasons. JS Particular attention paid to supplying SM m and Boarding Houses. Carriages* A. K. WILSON’S CARRIAGE Corner Bay and West Broad sts. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY Cor. Bay and Montgomery streets. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA The largest establishment in the city. * Buggies, I keep a Spring full line and of Farm Carriages, Wagons, KockAWKyifiP * and Falling Top Baby Carriages, also Canopy full of Carriage Material. a ; une and Wagon I have engaged chanlcs. In ray factory the most skillful jMi pairing, Any orders for new work, and re will be executed to give satis&otiOn and at short notice. mayl3-iy Leather and Findings* COMMISSION MERCHAN 1 And Dealers In HIDES, LEATHER AND FINDINGS, 108 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORttlM H IGHEST Market Price paid for Wool. Sheep Skins, Furs, Dear Hk iin Beeswax and Tallow. ' A full supply of the best French andAiaiAriM can Liberal Tannages advances constantly kept on hand. made on conslgnilxetiti No business transacted on Saturday. ♦ m 1 QUR book Our for orders for Passover Bre*^ now open. Machinery being nt\? *nd oT ! the best kind, we will be able to turni#k«| first-class article. Our price wBl favorably with Northern and Western m&att facturers. No charge for drayage. Please send your orders to Bumaarn, m i a , 1 Cor. Bay andJBaruard KtB*j iss feU12-5w SAVANNAH, CIA
