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About Savannah daily evening recorder. (Savannah, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1879)
DAILY, EV ENIN Gr Savannah (nflnl inn j 1 T nTTn| Recorder. I—No. 149. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER It. M. ORME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) 1 ex BAY STREET, Hu STERN. The Recorder is served to subscribers, in every part ol the city by careful carriers. Communications must be accompanied by tlie 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 ol the Saturday evening edition, which will make six full issues for the week. 4SS*W e do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed ny Correspondents. Cat Story Extraordinary. A Feline Which Was Flattenad Between Two Bales of Cotton For Forty-Six Days. [From the Baltimore Sun.] The baik Kate Howe, Captain Mc¬ Nally, from Liverpool with salt, which arrived at Kerr’s wharf, Philpot Btreet, this morning, has on board a phenome¬ non in the shape of a cat. The story of the feline, as told by those on board, is almost incredible for belief, but Captain McNally, the steward and others of the crew vouch for all its truth. It is as follows, and must be taken for what it is worth: Last November the Kate Howe was lying at Charleston, loading cotton for Liverpool; bark moored near her was the Forrest Belle, which had on board a handsome tortoise shell cat. On November 28th pussy visited the Kate Howe and disappeared shortly afterwards. The bark was just about to finish loading, and that afternoon the stevedores completed their work, and next morning the vessel put to sea. After a passage of forty-five days she arrived in the Mersey. The day following, the fore-hatch was taken off and the two top bales of cot-» ton broken out. To the surprise of the workmen and the crew, the missing cat was found crushed almost flat between the* bales, and marvellous as it may ap¬ pear still alive. One of her hind legs was twisted up over her back and her hindquarters and head were crushed out of all shape. The tail was cut al¬ most in two by a piece of cord about one of the bales and the remainder of her body was terribly deficient in its natural lines of beauty. It is needless to say that the cal. was but a mere skeleton, having been squeezed between the bales without food or drink for forty-seven days. She was taken to the cabin, where proper attention was given. For several days she would eat nothing, but swallowed a little milk, which was administered by a spoon. By degrees animation and strength returned, and with them her appetite. Despite the terrible crushing inflicted upon her by the cotton screws, she gradually assumed her wonted appear¬ ance, except her head and quarters, which are still flattened to a consider¬ able extent, and are evidences of the intense suffering the poor creature must have undergone. Bussey became the object of much curiosity and increduli¬ ty in Liverpool, and will likely become so in this city. Captain George \V. Bennett, of the Captain Chesapeake Pilots' Association, induced derlul McNally to give him the won cat, and he has taken it to his residence, No. 317 North Caroline street. How to Tell a Rite Watermelon . —When the melon begins to change color inside, audits seeds to turn black, a small black speck, scale, or blister, begins to appear on the outer cuticale, or rind. These are multiplied and en larged as the fruit matures. A ripe melon will show them thieklv sown over the surface. A partial develop ment only indicates half-ripened fruit, A full croc of bliaters reveals its per feet ripeness. When hundreds of mel ons are strewn aloug the sidewalk, you will have to look pretty sharply to find one that exhibits a satisfactory “es cutchion,” to borrow a term from M Guenon. But it is unfailing when found. and by following this guide you may walk away with your melon with the most entire confidence. The blister is ouly to be seen upon a close inspec* is tion, but is plainly visible when that r • * eu __ Nearly one-half of the Democratic Senators who meet, with the new Con gress are ex-Confederates. Republicans Theynum ber nineteen, while of the there are only four who served in war. Archbishop Purcell. A Letter to the Public from the Venerable Prelate—His Explanation of His Debts— An Appeal. Cincinnti, March 20.—The follow¬ ing is Archbishop Purcell’s letter in full: “ To My Friends and the Public: I deem it my duty to make known to tbe very large number of persons to whom I happen to be more or less known in Europe and the United States, that in the eightieth year of my age and the forty-fifth year of my episcopate, I am burdened with a heavy debt, which I am unable to liquidate. This debt, as all who know me are aware, was not contracted by waste, high living or ex¬ travagancy. It is my only consolation that my conscience bear me this testi¬ mony, and it is acknowledged by Catholics and Protestants, as well as by citizens of every and no religion. It is asked how I came to owe so much, j must answer frankly. I was born of poor parents, who had to stint them¬ selves to give me an education, the best their means allowed or the town in which I was born afforded, to attain the position in life for which I was consecra¬ ted, if God so pleased, before I was born. I felt that my only choice was to go to America and study for the priest¬ hood. When I succeeded in this regard, I neither sought or expected to be rich. Food and raiment were all I received, and with these; if I may presume to say so, like St. Paul, I was perfectly con¬ tented. I was sent to Paris by the venerable and saintly Dubois, Superior of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, and af¬ terward Bishop of New York. On my return as priest, I continued to teach, as well as I could, in that time-honor¬ ed school of the priesthood, until I was made Bishop and sent to Cincinnati. In this new sphere, as in my earlier life, I began so poor that I had to borrow three hundred dollars for my traveling expenses to my see for myself and two or three students and domestics. Then I had soon to contract debts for the many wants of a new diocese. For this debt I had to pay interest, and this in¬ cording terest growing yearly, now makes, ac¬ to the report of the trustees ap¬ pointed to examine the accounts and li¬ abilities of the diocese, more than half of the indebtedness of the diocese. Of the debt contracted by the financial agent of the diocese. I think it can be safely said that not more than five hun¬ dred thousand dollars was money de¬ posited with him. The rest is the re¬ sult of compound interest. As a proof of this, I will state one of the many facts that have come to light. Yester¬ day a creditor called wfith a claim of eleven hundred dollars. In presenting it he admitted that eight hundred dol¬ lars of the amount was interest, and ex¬ pressed his readiness to accept for it three hundred dollars, the original de¬ posit. The claims of hundreds are of the same nature. The indebtedness of the diocese, in equity, does not amount to more than one million dollars, to place it at its highest figure. In acs couuting for tbe money loaned or de posited with the financial agent of the diocese, the trustees and others have overlooked one very large item of ex* pense. Until 1852 no general collection was ever taken up in this diocese for the^support For twenty of the diocesean therefore, seminary, the bur years, deu of educating priests fell upon my financial agent. He supported the seminary without asking aid from the diocese. When it was located in Brown county, upon the farm now occupied by the Ursuhne community he paid the salaries of the professors during and?ducat/d many yea,,, and fal. clothed the seminaries He paid all the ex penses during the same long period of ecclesiastical students at Mount St. Mary’s Emmittsburg, in France, and in Rome. In twenty years all these ex* penses, which in justice the whole dio cese should have borne, amounted to a vastsum In my various voyages to Europe I had the interest of religion in uiind, especially in lookiug for priests for our missions—German, Irish and of oth(?r nationalities, and of defraying the expenses of a library of at least 16,000 volumes, a philosophic apparatus, &c., aP °f which required a large expendi ture of the diocesan resources, which, exclusive of sums spent in the build ingot the orphans’ asylum at mingsville, Ohio, churches and the thedral, and other buildings, for the support of seminaries for so many years, f or schools for which I had to go heav j ily in debt, finally swamped me. My brother, the Very Rev. Edward Pur j cel !> ordained a priest in lS32, in 1S38, ; seeing me overwhelmed by all these Jabois and responsibilities, generously helped me to bear these burdens. But they were too heavy for oue who had no kind of meteaatile or financial training to fit him for the hard work he assumed, and to which lor forty years there was no one else to devote himself, His life was one of immense labor and, .no reward but the consciousness of .serving God, the Church and his breth to the extent of his ability. from toil, Taking no recreation, no respite o SAVANNA H TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1879. any rest, his self sacrificing spirit, any¬ one who knows him can tell, and he never put one dollar of the money of the church or the people to his own personal, account or credit. The official report of the trustees, while it shows an enormous debt of $3,600,000, has em¬ phatically declared that not the slight¬ est stain rests upon the honesty of my brother, who was entrusted with the financial affairs of the diocese. They repeat the conviction which all who know him held, that kind heartedness and an excessive trust in the honesty of others who borrowed from him, united with the payment of compound interest, have alone been the cause of my finan¬ cial calamity. Still, I honestly owe my three thousand creditors, The debt is large. It has crushed me with its weight. Of my forty-five years in the episcopacy this i- the darkest, most painful, most sorrowful hour. When the storm broke upon me I should have sunk into my grave had I not been strengthened by the remembrance of my duty as a Bishop of God’s Church, and had I not been sustained by the generous Catholics sympathy which thousands of and Protestants alike have shown me in my distress. The Catholic their Bishops of the country have made me debtor forever by their offers of assistance. Though unworthy of BO much universal kindness, still I rejoice over it, because it gives me hope of that meeting my obligations. It cheers me the charity of so many has been stirred by the misfortunes of an old missionary Bishop whose race is nearly run. After this truthful and faithful ex¬ pose of facts, I appeal to all Catholics, and others who feel for others' woes, to help me out of my embarrassments, to relieve the poor and toiling creditors who lent me their money to build churches, to educate youth, and to per¬ form sundiy works of charity, religion and benevolence, and merit the assist¬ ance of Almighty God that such good works may never fail. Great as the debt is, a dollar from every one would soon cancel it. The charity which has been so fervently manifested on all sides is now my strong reliance to wipe out any disgrace that may attach to the church, or any injury that may arise to the faith through the mismanagement of the deposits of poor people. God bless, God reward an hundred fold, the kind hearts that have consoled a poor insolvent debtor, and God enrich with all temporal blessings all those who are ready to welcome him or his represen¬ tatives with generous hands. They have created a new debt, greater than even my large debt of dollais—a debt of gratitude that I can never repay. For this universal sympathy, unexpect¬ ed and unmerited, I give all that I have—the last prayers of my old age, and tbe last masses of my long, priestly life. f J. B. Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati. _ How r He Got His Liquor. [From the San Francisco Post.] Derrick Dod tells the following good story : It was a sad looking tramp, that' with a pained expression of face, entered a Sutter street bar-room the other day, holding in his hand a small battered cannister. “Look at this,” he said sorrowfully ; “I went into a gun shop and* and begged for something "his to eat, the mean man handed me can of powder. He said I could go shoot ing ! A starving man go ” shooting ! Just think of it." “Well, mizzle !” retorted tbe bar keeper, who had just set up four fancy drinks for a row of customers. yag.anl “I pledge holding you my Jan word ” said tininch the the within 0 f the open stove, “I'm so miserable I've almost a mind to blow myself up.” “Dare you do it,” said one of the bystanders, winking at the crowd. The wrecked party gave a sad. lin gering look at the poured out liquor, as that he might ne'er behold again, and tossed in " the can. The yell that the whole crowd gave as they started for the opposite side 0 f the street was heard on Telegraph hill When thev filed in ten minutes later the empty can did not explode, there were four emptv glasses on the lunch counter, the lunch table was a mockerv and the till looked like a savings bank 0 u the day after a really large deposit, ---- ^ m A Sensible Girl. —This is the way in which a Louisville girl disposes of a young man, according to the Courier Journal. She says: “You have asked me have pointedly if I can marry you, and answered you pointedly that I can. I can marry a man who makes Jove to a different girl every month. I can marry a man whose main occupa tion seem to be to join in gauntlet in iiont of churches and theatres, and comment audioly on the people who are compelled to pass through it. loan marry a man whose only means of sup port is an aged father. I can marry a man who boasts that any girl can be won with the he.p ot a good tauor and an expert tongue. I can marry such a mac, but I w-o-n-t! Six Spinster Authors of America. Bits of Gossip About Half-Forgotten Writers. Miss Kate Sanborn’s lecture yester¬ day morning on “Six Spinster Authors of America,” attracted enough ladies to Dr. overflowing. Crosby’s Church to fill the place to The matter of the lecture consisted mainly of information not generally known, and abounded in sprightly I begin comment with Hannah and quiet humor. Adams, the pioneer among literary women of America. When she published her “View of all Religions,” she was looked upon as one of the wonders of the Western world. Hannah was not a lively creature. Nothing short of downright sparkle romancing could bring any of sentiment into any sketch of this gocd saint. She was known in Boston as the originator of the phrase, “Big trunk, little trunk, bandbox and bundle,” and she was the first person buried at Mount Auburn. Miss Sedgwick followed Hannah Adams, with her charming pictui c •- of New England Life, “Redwood,” “Clar¬ ence,” “Hope Leslie,” “The Griswold,” etc., etc. But for books on cookery we turn to Spinster No. 3, Miss Eliza Leslie. She was born in 1787, and was gifted with an extraordinary memory. After scrib¬ bling much verse, in 1827 she published seventy-five receipts for pastry, cakes and sweetmeats. She was a great fa¬ vorite in society, a capital talker, full of anecdote and information. On the subject of women’s rights she wrote : “Men make fortunes, women make liv¬ ings. And none make poorer livings than those who waste their time and 'bore their fiiends by writing and lec¬ turing on the equality of the sexes and what they call women’s rights." In strange contrast with the well balanced Miss Leslie comes poor Delia Bacon, whose head was far from level on fwo themes—a fascinating divinity student and Shakespeare. Considering the disparity of years betweon Miss Bacon and the theologian, there was a deal of foolish philandering. The mat¬ ter became so serious that there was a formal trial before some New Haven clergymen. Miss Bacon gave historical lectures in Boston and was much ad¬ mired. As the originator of the Shakes peare-Bacon controversy, she will be long remembered. Feeling sure that the truth about the authorship of the plays was told in manuscript buried in Shakespeare’s tomb, she started for Stratford, poor, solitary and a monoma¬ niac. Her book on the subject fell with a dead thump at the feet of the public. My panorama of old maids now brings in view Hannah F. Gould, of Newbury, port, a very pleasant versifier. Her poems appeared in the annuals former¬ ly so popular, and in tbe magazines. Her rhymes are always pleasing, with¬ out any signs of genius.—A r . Y. Times. An Absence of Twenty-six Years [From the Robertson county (Ky.) Tribune.] One °f the most remarkable inci dents that mark the history of tbe past is the return of a lost son of Amos Reeves, Esq., a citizen of Kentontown precinct. Reeves Twenty-six years ago, while Mr. resided on the Missouri river in the far West, a little son only tw0 years old turned up missing one day,and after instituting dilligent search and no trace of his whereabouts being found, the little fellow was given up as lost forever, the family supposing he h a( l been drowned. Reeves and his family subsequently removed to Ken tacky, and located in what was then Harrison couuty. fam.lychai/made Yesterday the miss »g link m the hi, appearance in the person of a large well developed, full-grown man, he having traveled from Detroit, Mich., which his last abiding place previous to coming home. He says that he was stolen and carried off by a tribe of In ^ ans . who raised him and with whom be remained until twenty years old, at which time he left them, and during the P ad ^ Oght years has been engaged in searching the conntry for hia long-lost - The mystery that hangs over tbe life of Beatrice Cenci will never pass away, no matter bow many books may be written upon the subject, and 'tis far better to think of her as the penitent must have been, when, ere yielding herself to the execution, she gave ut terance to these words : “O, my Divine Saviour, who did st die upon the cros 3 for me and all mankind, grant that one drop of Thy precious blood may insure my salvation, and that, guilty as I am, Thou wiil admit me into the heavenly paradise. * * ~~ An _ important discovery of for a test diamonds has been made by Prof. V m. Crookes, of London, the full details of which have not yet been made known, He finds shat rough diamonds emit an intense blue light when subjected to the action of electricity in a tube from which most of the air is exhausted, Diamonds placed among other gems can • thus be easily distinguished. ITEMS OF INTEREST. France has 37,000,000 acres under wheat. In 1815 the yield has eleven bushels to the acre, while now it aver¬ ages fifteen bushels. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, is to be surrounded with fine ornamental grounds instead of the great paved court around it now. Andrew Johnson, Jr., son of the late ex-President Andrew Johnson, died Thursday last at his home near Union Depot, East Tennessee. He was edu¬ cated at Georgetown College, and has lately been engaged in editing a paper at Greenville, Tenn. An Illinois reformer aims to suppress by legislation the social abuse of “treating.” He has introduced in the lower branch of the Legislature a bill providing that any person who “treats” another in a saloon shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5, but not more than $15, for each and every offence. Mr. One good result of the election of Randall is that it places in the Speaker’s chair for two years a stern opponent of Congressional subsidies to railroads, steamship lines, etc. He was opposed to Tom Scott and other ma¬ nipulators of “jobs” of this kind, who have received no favors from him in past sessions. Some of the fashion writers say that the models of new dresses show a de¬ cided fulness. Clinging dresses, it seems, are slowly but surely going out, and tied back dresses are becoming things of the past. Many of the wo¬ men drowned when the Princess Alice went down were so encumbered by their skirts that they could not help themselves when help was given them. The principal part of the supply of foreign marble is from Carrara, a small town quarries or village of Tuscany, in Italy. The at this place were cele¬ brated from an early period, and spots are still shown about them whence were dug the marble for the pantheon. Masses of marble are sometimes pro¬ cured there nine feet in length and from four to six in breadth. “If a republic is established in Ger¬ many-.” These words, spoken by Herr Liebknecht, the Ultra Socialist, in the Reichstag, created such an uproar that the speaker could not go on. This little panic was part of the great one which prevails in Berlin. If Herr Liebknecht and his political friends want to be heard they should call off the cowardly dogs who are sending threatening ietters to the Emperor and to Prince Bismarck. Thirty-two young government clerks in Ottawa were invited to a state ball, and, toward the close of the entertain¬ ment, nearly all of them were so drunk that they staggered about the ball room. It was thought that somebody had drugged their beverage, but an investi¬ gation has proved that they became in¬ toxicated in ordinary ways—some on champagne and port, but most of them on hot Scotch whisky punch, the strength of which they underrated. Telephone companies are operating wires in the smaller cities with remark* able success. The subscribers can sit in their own houses and talk with each other, the connections being made at a central office. The Springfield (Mass.) manager inserts the following induce¬ ment in his advertisement: “The in¬ struments will be so arranged that con¬ versation carried on on the lines cannot be overheard by any party except the one for whom it is intended.” n , f refusing f Durham retired ! ^ eiU8in & f a large ,7 non “.“"(CmoS. . , 8 , S.T tT^hat of 4 on S allotted 0 .f; English English Cabinet Ministers are * 7 r^eaTbut’thlv of$10 JintL 000 nrdirtheirmta/s never JL now } Seouate Offices In^ EnSInd thing mo “ 0! 60,ver r ’ P* 1 ®," 1 are a of f e p ' ’ e y - ver y fi buc noh “ sinecure eineou e . a ving cf now expire . it ^ be ot understood or j ! > T bas Marshal that he MacMakon will not accept let f, p ? U Dy of pension but it turns out r at , bis magni.icent representation of “ b 19 office during the Exposition was en tirely . defrayed out his pocket, of own Enough ne is by no means a very weait b 7 man and that the sum allowed bim , au j went to the poor of 1 arm, through the hands of his wife. Indif i( ~ rt mce to pecuniary reward is one of l .b e best features Europe, of the age among pub “c men in An education bill was introduced in the French Chamber of Deputies recent l v which states that foreigners are not allowed to teach in France, and declares that the same exclusion should apply to an order essentially foreign in the character of its doctrines, nature and aim This is thought to be a blow aimed at the Jesuits, who have twenty seven colleges and eight hundred and forty-eight teachers in France Twenty six other communities have sixty-one establishments and one thousand and ‘eighty-nine teachers which are also un recognizable by the State. PRICE THREE CENTS. Wants* ANTED—A Seine for small fish, and a ; i-3t Bout. Apply to DA VID R. DILLON. mh2 W ANTED— Everybody to know that I am now prepared to serve my customers, with Jos. Sclilitz’ Milwaukee Beer, also with the finest of choice WINES and Articles, LIQUORS, at Segars, Tobacco and Smokers’ my old Stand, the C. R. R. HOUSE, Cor. West Broad & Harrison sts., to which I have now removed. THEO. RADERICK. mh21tf Business Cards* F. BINGEL, WINES, LIQUORS AND SEGARS. Milwaukee and Cincinnati Lager Beer on draught. Free Lunch. Fresh Oysters always on hand, 21 Jefferson st., corner Conngress street lane. mchlO-ly JAMES RAY, —Manufacturer and Bottler Mineral Waters, Soda, Porter and Ale, 15 Houston St., Savannah, Ga. feb23-3m Tr. A. H. BEST, DElsTTI SO? Cor. Congress and Wh itaker streets. SAVANNAH, GA; T EETH extracted without pain. All work guaranteed. of I respectfully beg to refer to any my patrons. ootJ-bmo W. B. FERRELL’S Agt. RESTAURANT, No. 11 New Market Basement, (Opposite Lippman’s Drug Store,) Ian J3t» SAVANNAH. GA C. A. CORTJ.NO, Bair Cuitin;. Bair Dram, Carline: and SHAVING SALOON. HOT AND COLD BATHS. der 16614 Planters’ Bryan street, opposite Spanish, the Market, un¬ Hotel. Italian, seltf-u Gor¬ man, and English spokon. HAIR store: jos. e. loisf.au & co., 118 BROUGHTON ST., Bet. Bull A Drayton K EEPon hand a large assortment of Hair Hair Switches, combings Curls, worked Puffs, in the and latest Fancy style. Goods Fancy Costumes, Wigs and Boards for Rent GEORGE FEY, WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, Ac . 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. r-z.'li-l v Carriages* A. K. WILSON’S CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY I 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, Buggies, and Falling Spring Top and Baby Farm Carilages, Wagons. Canopy also a full line of Carriage and Wagon Material. I have engaged chanics. In my factory the most skillful me¬ Any orders for new work, and re¬ and pairing, short will be executed to give satisfaction at notice. may!2-ly Carriages; EAST ~END Carriage Manufactory. P. O’CONNOR, Corner East Broad, President and York sts. Savannah, Ga. I bog leave to inform my friends and the hand public full m general of that I always keep on rial and a supply prepared the best seasoned mate¬ am to execute orders for Wagons, Buggies, Drays, Trucks, Etc., with promptness and dispatch, guaran¬ teeing al I work turned out from my shops to be as represented. nishing. Repairing polishing, lnall its branches. lettering and Painting trimming Var¬ done in a workmunlike manner. Horse-shoeing a specialty. mch2tf Leather and Findings* COMMISSION MERCHANTS And Dealers In HIDES, LEATHER AND FINDINGS, 100 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGl A. H IGHEST Wool. Sheep Market Skins, Price Furs, paid Deer for Hides Skins! Beeswax and Tallow. * A full supply of the best French and Ameri¬ can Liberal Tannages constantly kept on hand advances made on consignments No business transacted on Saturday Ice* Kmdur Ice Coapany. Wholesale and Retail Dealers * * Shippers of in and EASTERN ICE. — DEPOT; — 144 BAY STREET. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, J. F. CAVANAUGH, Manager. mchl-6m ° Candies* ESTABLISHED 1850. — JYLa _ £*1*1*2TilA 7 T.TT PTTRF ’ PtYtw^a FINE I ’ A AT i/lijn HUTC! V Factory and Store, 178 BRYAN STREET Branch Store, No. 122 BROUGHTON ST., One door east of Bull street, GA.
