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About Savannah daily evening recorder. (Savannah, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1879)
33 A. I L Y . 33 'VTflNXN'G' Savannah ” l>»: H Recorder. VOL I.—No. 155. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER » R. M. OBME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) 1101 BAY STREET, , By J. STERN. The Recorder is served to subscribers, in every part ol the city by careful carriers. Communications must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Remittance by Check or Post Office orders must be made payable to the order of the pub¬ lisher. We will not undertake to preserve or return rejected communications. Correspondence on Local and general mat¬ ters of interest solicited. On Advertisements running three, six, and twelve months a liberal reduction from our regular rates will be made. All correspondence should be addressed, Rr. cokukr, Savannah, Georgia. . irni fti o i j Saturday evening eqjtion, will make six full issues for the week. rWe do not hold ourselves responsible for Opinions expressed by Correspondents. Testing the Spirits. When spiritualism first made its ap¬ pearance in the village of-, old Deacon Jones, a rich man, who had by the church for nearly three years, all believers was exceedingly bitter st * in the “devil's * “ > ” as he called it, and denounced and spiritualism in no very gentle language. when Imagine the Deacon’s anger then six months afterward he found it had worked its way into his family, and not only were his wife and daughters believers, but one^of them was a medium and" possessed full powers to converse with the spirits of those who had departed to that “bourne , whence no traveler returns." Deacon Jones was mad, dreadfully mad; but he had sense enough not to show it, and bore the taunts of the un¬ godly with useless a meek spirit. declare He knew it would be to open war, for Miss Jones alone had proved more than a match for him, and ne was sure to be defeated. He must “circumvent the critter," as he expressed it, and to this end he set himself to work. He worldly was a man experience of sound judgment, and his of fifty years was not thrown away. From the day it first came to his knowledge that his wife and daughters were spiritualists he never spoke a word against, nor did he ever allude to it, except in general terms in his morning prayer; but any one could see that it troubled him, for he was absent-minded, his eyes wan¬ dered restlessly, and he looked care¬ worn. The Deacon witnessed one or two “sittings” at his own house, and was satisfied that if he possessed a little more them. knowledge So he could get rid of the determined one morning he started for city, to thoroughly in¬ vestigate After visiting the subject before the he returned. two of most popular mediums and paying his money, he returned home, satisfied that he could see There through it. house was a “sitting” at the Dea oon’s on the night he returned; and his daughter Mary (the medium) invited the Deacon to take a seat at the table; which to her gratification was accepted. The spirits \yere in good tune, and so exceedingly communica¬ tive that the Deacon was induced to ask a few questions, which were readi¬ ly answered; and the wife the and daugh¬ ters were in ecstasies at thought that father would yet be a believer, and urged the Deacon on in his in¬ quiries. ‘Has wife always been her my true to marriage vows ?’ asked the Deacon. To this question there were no raps in return, while Mrs. Jones sat trans¬ fixed with holy horror that such a thought should enter her husband's mind. ‘How now many many yeais years have nave ua«sed parsed since since she was untrue. Answer by single raps. Then came slowly and solemnly one, two, three, fotff, and so on, until they reached twenty. who , . ‘How many claim . to . , he are not , my children ? Mrs. Jones looked dumbfounded. Mercy I* said Mary. Whiqh are they ?’ asked the Deacon, O now seemed so intent on this sub t that he paid no attention to his companions. replied the spirits, the ‘Mary, Sanjh,’ daughters, the elder names of the two of which was under twenty. Mrs. Jones could stand it no ‘It’s a lie ! I didn’t! It’s a lie !’ she shrieked, rising from the table. ‘They are your children, Deacon Jones, and God kuows it.’ ‘But the spirits . . affirm differently, , v , , said the Deacon, in a solemn voice. ‘lhen they lie!’said the wife. f 'But if you believe them iu every Jthing 'But else, I don’t why not in this?’ them all believe in at Is all foolery.’ ‘Nor I!’ shouted Mary. ‘Nor I!’ added Sarah. ‘Then,’ said the Deacon, while a smile illuminated his countenance, ‘we will bid them good-bye, and leave those things which God has wisely hid from us to be revealed in His time.’ The Deacon’s evening devotions were characterized with more earnestness than usual, and the family retired fully satisfied that the spirits and mediums did not always reveal the truth. Mrs. Jones was so glad that none of the neighbors were present, But somehow the story got wind, and so fearful were the spirit dames of it that they might be caught in the same trap which the Deacon had set,, that spirit¬ ualism was driven entirely from the village.— Wood's Household Magazine. Peter Cartwright. Among the most notable of the American pioneer preachers was Peter Cartwright, who was bom in Amherst bounty, Va ., m and died at Pleas ant Plains, 111., iif?872. When he was a child his parents removed to Ken tucky, where, about 1801, he was con¬ verted through, the instrumentality of an itinerant preacher, and joined the Methodist church. He was ordained as deacon in 1806 and as elder in 1808. In 1812 he was appointed Presiding Elder, and acted in that capacity six years; the last forty-five in the Illinois Conference. During the time of his minis ’try he received more than 10,000 mem bers in the church, baptized more than 12,000 persons and for thirty-three years preached, on an average, four sermons a week. His fifty years of presiding elder, and his autobiography, edited by Rev. W. P. Strickland, DD., are a perfect storehouse of characteristics, anecdotes and reminiscences. Among these we find the following: One day, on approaching a ferry across the river Illinois, he heard the ferryman swearing terribly at the ser¬ mons of Peter Cartwright, and threaten¬ ing that if he ever had to ferry the preacher across, and knew him, he would drown him in the river. Peter, unrecognized, said to the ferryman: “Stranger, I want you to put me across,’ “Wait till I’m ready,” said the ferryman, and pursued his conversa¬ tion and strictures on Peter Cartwright. said Having finished, he turned to Peter and : “Now, I’ll put you across.” Ofi reaching the middle of the stream Peter threw his horse’s bridle over a stake in the boat, and told the ferry¬ man to let go his pole. “What for?” asked the ferryman. “Well, you’ve just been using my name improper-like, and you said if I ever came this way you would drowu me. Now you’ve got a chance.” Is your name Peter Cartwright?” asked the ferryman. Instantly “My name is Peter Cartwright.” the ferryman laid hold of the preacher, but he did not know Peter’s strength, for Peter instantly seized the ferryman, and, holding him by the nape of the neck, plunged him in the water, saying : “I Satan, baptize thee (splash) in the name of whose child thou art.” Then lifting him up dripping, Peter asked: “Did you ever pray ?” “No.” “Then it’s time you did.” “I’ll do no such thing," answered the ferryman. Splash, splash, and the ferry man was in the depths again. “Will you pray now?” asked Peter. The gasping victim shouted : "i'ii do anything you bid me !” “Then follow me— ‘Our Father, which art in Heaven,’ ’’ etc. Having acted as clerk, repeating after Peter, the ferryman cried : “Now, let me go-!’’ “Not yet,” said Peter, You must make me three l )romises: ~ at you will n repeat , the prayer, morning and evening, as long as you live ; ~d, 1 yoU ^ 1 iear e A er £ P lon ^ er preacher , that ., within ., five miles comes of this ferry; and 3d, that you will put every Methodist preacher over free of expense. Do you promise and vow ?" “I promise,” said the ferryman; and, strange J to say, that very man became a shi iu , T in the church -—-—■» — ------ Unorthodox Fall.—A lamentable story is told of the fall of a Baptist clergyman in Wisconsin. Some months ago he was thrown from a wagon, ing then an exemplary and strictly orthodoxman. He fell upon his and fractured his skull. Long he lay unconscious aud in imminent peril of death, and now that he has recovered he is surprised and doubtless chagrined I j to discover that he is no longer tist, but has become a Unitarian with a “Spiritualism. distinctly marked leaning towards No arguments have con veited him that he is aware ot, and had he alighted upon his feet instead ot his head when his horse ran away he would still be a faithful pastor de termiued not to make his bed with ‘Theodore Parker and Professor Crookes and the German Rationalists. SAVANNAH TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1879. BY TELEGRAPH. TRAIN WRECKERS AT WORK AGAIN. Arrest of Conspirators in Russia. BRITISH VICTORY OVER THE AFGHANS. A Fenian Appointed a Treasury Clerk. Cincinnati, March 31.—A special says: “As the night express train on the Grand Trunk Railroad whs passing a point two ifiiles east of Smith’s creek, tlfcown Michigan, Saturday night, it was from the track. TfSe engine and the three forward cars were wrecked. A brakeman was crushed to death between two cars, and the engi¬ neer and fireman fatally scalded. The latter has since died. Francis Kellogg, of Erie, Pennsylvania, had a leg broken. S. P. Willard, of Cbicago, sustained a cut on the head and a fracture of the right arm. Several other persons were slightly injured. The disaster was caused by train wreckers, who res moved a rail. Hudson, N. Y., March 31.—The wadding Trimper, mill, owned by Charles W. at Riverville, in this county, was, with the contents, totally de¬ stroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $70, 000; insurance $35,000. It is thought to have been of incendiary origin. London, March 31.—A St. Peters¬ burg dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says: “Forty-five persons were arrested on the night after the attempt on the life of General Von Drentlem, chief of the Gendarmerie. Some were of such high rank that they were not sent to the common prisons. They include officers of guards, court chamberlains, and two daughters of a prominent Minister. Capetown, March 31.—It is stated that a serious breach has occurred be¬ tween Sir Bartle Frere, Governor and Commander-in-chief cf Cape Colony, and Sir Henry E. Bulwer, Governor of Natal, in consequence of the harsh measures sanctioned by the former to conscript natives. London, March 31.—A dispatch from Lahore to the Reuter Telegram Company Major says: “A small force under 27th Humfrey March was attacked on the of in the Pishin valley by two thousand Afghans. The enemy was defeated with a loss of sixty men killed. There were no casualties among the British.’’ The Agence Russe announces that Austria, England, Russia, Turkey and Italy have consented to take part in the mixed occupation of Eastern Rou> melia. Italy, however, it is reported, has made some reservation. Charleston, March 31.—A man named Morgan, who claims to be from Utica, N. Y , was detected and arrest¬ ed here to day while passing from the First Natsonal Bank with $20,000 worth of United States bonds and other securities stolen from the President’s private room. The property was re¬ covered and the prisoner locked up. London, March 31.—The Times says the meeting of operative weavers at Blackburn on Saturday, which de¬ cided to accept the five per cent, re¬ duction in ivages, may practically be considered to end the wages dispute for the present. Washington, March 31.—Capt. Edward O Meagher Condon,the Fenian, has been appointed to a Treasury clerk¬ ship. Rome, March 31.—Passanante, the would-be assassin of King Humbert, w jj 0 ^as ]j a{ j his sentence commuted, to-day embarked aboard a man-of-war for the island of Elba, where he will uni i ere0 ^ Deni i servitude for life * w Washington, March , 31.-Colonel qi . . „ French, late Sergeant-at-arms of the ®® nate » t°*Jay was prostrated by the j °^ ect8 ot r ® cen *-mental excitement and nervo “ s exhaustlon - a " d remained for several minutes in a convulsion, which edited serious alarm among his nu rnerous friends at the capital. Medical 800n assistance recovered being sufficiently promptly procured, to be he j re jHi° ve d to his residence. --------• • -- Omer Fasha, well known twenty-five j years ago, at the outset of the Russians! Crimean ; war, by his victories over the ou the line of the Danube, died at Constantinople last month, aged 73. In 1867 he gained an unenviable notoriety; , by his cruelty and violence in crushing the Cretan levolt. In the late war he was at first very successful in Armenia, but at the decisive battle of Aladjudah was taken prisoner with a number ot other Turkish Generals. He died , while attending a court martial called ; to inquire into the circumstances of his j defeat and capture. How You Sarbes Me. We give below a few remaks made by one of our colored ministers in an adjacent county. The moral might be well applied among our white friends : Now my brudders and sisters I des wants to tell youens how you sarbes me, an de stinction you meek twixt me an Brudder Johnson, who am de pre¬ sidin’ Elder to dis distnek, an me, who am your local paster ob dis here sur kit. Now when brudder Johnson come fur see you, de yad am all kibered wid de fowel fedder, de pot am all fill up wid de chicken an de dumprul, for bru der Johnson; de white table clote am spred for bruder Johnson, and de risen bisket am all pile up on de table—so— for bruder Johnson an all- dem sw^et t’ings flow round for bruder Johnson. But when me—myself—bruder Harby come—you gib him a little hom’ny an seldom any graby, fer go ober em, and now my frens I dis wants to tell you dat my preachin’ am des as liable to teck you to Heben a3 bruder Johnson’s own; darfore, you oughten to meet any ’stinction twix us, fer when you gits Heben, ef you eber does, you will see dat me and bruder Johnson will set at de same table an eat outen de werry same dish—a chawin’ ob de Meffodist pie. “Hark from de toom a doleful soun’.” All de brudders jine in. The Pope on Brains and Legs. When Pius IX. was Pope, Fanny Elssler visited Rome, danced and set the public crazy. In forty-eight hours the gilded youth, her admirers, had subscribed 12,000 francs and bought a splendid crown to be presented to her as a testimonial. When the time came for presenting the danseuse with it, one of the subscribers, an excellent young noble, obtained an audience with the Pope and asked if there would be anything wrong in the presentation— if the Pope had any objections. “I have neither objection to make or advice to offer,” said his holiness, “but it does seem to me that you might have pitched upon a more appropriate gift. In my simplicity as a priest, I have always thought that crowns were made for heads and not for legs.” The crown was duly given to the danseuse, who meanwhile had heard of Pope’s saying, and she promptly the value of the gift in money to the parish IX. priests heard for their poor. Pius of this in his turn, when next he met one of the sub¬ to the testimonial, said to him : “You were quite right in giving that woman that crown—she has just prov¬ that there is more sense in her legs than you had in your heads.”— Nev> York World. The Alamo Altar. A correspondent of the Alton (III.) lelegram, writing from Austin, says : “We visited the empty state house Capitol hill, amidst grounds diver by live oak and holly, but itself replaced an unsightly by structure, soon to a new building, we un Upon ascending the steps and just before the front entrance you see a mon umental altar, made from the ruins of Alamo. On one of its panels is inscribed the name ot every gallant kero who perished in that fated fort. On the face of the altar fronting the street is this inscription : “Blood of heroes hath stained me. Let the stones of the Alamo speak that their immola tion be not forgotten." On the second face, “Be they enrolled with Leonidas in the host of the mighty dead." On the third, “Thermopvi® had her mes senger of defeat, but the Alamo had none." On the fourth, “To the God of the fearless and free is dedicated j this altar.” ; Facts and Fancies. Rowell carries a pedometer. Brother Talmag* is on the rack. The Queen of Italy loves to dance quadrilles. Nea! Dow is seventy-live, and still agile on his f«et. New sun umbrellas are in dark and wine j tints - “Point de Raguse” is a new rival to Breton ; lace. Some of the fresh cambrics look just like In dian silk. | Belfast, Me., dedicates her new Masonic Hall, ®, ome new P an » sols uave ril >s instead . * u< ' ar ‘- v Um * t0 out J uUr ase a clubs _ / . *Ji , st . paras ° u . n j ,, e . ls ae simm . ... ‘ , e 0 , a ‘ ‘ u pug h „ . ,, , t e ma mme a auc ° L *’ e ’ asstruc pure r go u cuffs ° n a dre , „ * s , . . fr°« . ^ .. t , Bicvclists are oili their siUnt stwds f u early start. A p renc i, nove hv in drv goods is called -shanghai Rom.’’ ' ' Straw hat5 will ^ be brimmi over the h mon, -— «» - William Howitt, the author, and his brother, though a thousand or two miles apart, died on the same day and hour ITEMS OF INTEREST. It T . Colton _ that . Will ... IS wno says men wrangle for religion—write for it, fight for' for it, die for it; anything but—live it.” Since paper napkins were introduced by a manufacturing firm in Wisconsin, a year ago, one Boston firm alone has sold 25,000 of them. There are now only two Republican United States Senators from south of the Potomac—Bruce of Mississippi and Kellogg of Louisiana. A German dealer in bird trimmings for ladies’ hats has just recced a con¬ signment of 30,000 dead humming birds, 80,000 corpses of ^aquatic birds, and 800,000 pairs of wings. The New York tenement house re¬ form movement has taken practical shape. A stock company is to be organized with a capital of from $500, 000 to $2,000,000 for the erection of improved dwellings. J. D. McIntyre, known as the king of the whisky ring, plead “guilty” at Springfield, Illinois, to all the indict¬ ments tell what against him. He proposes to he knows about other mem¬ bers of the ring. A centenarian is at present living in the townland of Mullinaskea, near Castlecoole, Ireland, named Mrs. Rose Leonard, whose age is 108 years. Dur¬ ing the last twenty years she had lost all her teeth, but last year she got six new ones. The late Mrs. Julia Cameron, the clever Englishwoman, was extremely plain, as well as original, but she greatly admired beauty. Her bouse was man¬ aged by pretty servants, and to her intense delight, a visitor of hers once fell in love with a graceful cook (who used to dust the flour from her arms that she might meet her suitor in the library) and married her. Mrs. Came¬ ron was one of three sisters, whose varied gifts won for them in Calcutta society the names of “Wit, Beauty and Fashion.” Her husband, Mr. Charles Hay Cameron, was a member of Coun¬ cil, and still survives as the last of Bentham’s personal disciples. The Diamond and Gold Fields of South Africa. [(’ape Town correspondence.] There are many persons who labor under the impression that the diamond fields are played out, or nearly so. Al¬ low me to correct their error. The average cost of taking out reef from the Kimberline mine is £6,000 a week, and this is paid by the claimholders themselves, and not by the government, nor with any assistance from the gov¬ ernment. The mining works of Kim¬ berly are vastly greater than the harbor works of Table Bay, and the cost of water the fields for washing out diamonds on is quite as great as the annual cost of the government establishments of the Cape colony. We constantly hear of some good fields, but people are more reticent than they used to be, and the outside world is not made ac quainted with every stroke of good luck, as was aforetime the case. We hear of a good deal of mortality at the fields, in fact, out of a total of eight hundred and sixty-seven deaths regis tered in Griqualand West last year, among the Europeans and natives, one half occurred during the last quarter of the year. The recently discovered Karatara gold fieids are not turning out such of trumps importance as was expected, and no news is at hand. Some parties digging there Uave found a few very small fragments of the precious metal, aQ d some deep water holes have been explored but without any favorable results. A number of licenses have been issued by the government at thirty shillings apiece, which is considered a tolerably high price, and unless there is some reduction many of the holders will throw up their claims. A Cali¬ fornian miner, whom I saw a day or two ago, has returned from the dig¬ gings anything but sanguine, although there are all kinds of reports in circu lation, It is an ill wind that blows no one any good, however, and whether paying gold fields are found or not, the rush will prove an excellent thing for the district, which is greatly in want of the population to develop its soil. Spring is Coming.—S pring, sweet sweet spring will soon be here. The green grass will sprout; the keno player and the lambkin will eambol • turtle dove ^ill turtle to hia mate ; the young man’s thoughts will lightlv bla his first bumble ■ 1 the wTll'renew festive vellnw jackefc an d the small boy iations; straw hats hill come out; BO will dusters, white pants, strawberry festivals, boils and campaign papers, and the spring poet will mount the editorial stair with cheerful face and t en pounds of manuscript Spring is at hand. We cheerfully recognize the fact and appeal to all truehearted paragrapbersto pass the hat around as usual -~N O PRICE THREE CENT. Wanted* /CARPENTERS WANTED—Apply to A. G. V3 Ybanes, No. 99 Bay street. tf W ANTED—Everybody Jos. now prepared to serve to know my customers, that I am with Scnlitz’ Milwaukee Beer, also with the finest of choice WINES and LIQUORS, Segars, Tobacco and Smokers’ Articles, at my old Stand, the C. R. R. HOUSE, Cor. West Broad & Harrison sts., to which I have now removed. THEO. RADEBICK. mh21tf Business JA Mineral 15 Houston St., Savanst feb23-3m , Dr. A. H. BEST, DENTIST Cor. Congress and Wh itaker streets. SAVANNAH, GA. T EETH guaranteed. extracted without pain, » All work I respectfully beg to refer to any of my patrons. oct.l-bino W. B. FERRELL’S Agt. RESTAURANT, No. 11 New Market Basement, (Opposite Lippman’s Drug Store.) lAniatf SAVANNAH. GA C. A. GORTJ.NO, Ew Cattine, Eair Dressing, Curia; ui SHAVING SALOON. HOT AND COLD BATHS. 16614 Bryan street, opposite the Market, un¬ Planters’ Hotel. Spanish, Italian, Ger¬ and English spokon. se!6-tf FINE stock of Cigars on hand. Prices to anybody. Call and examine my stock purchasing, and save money. H. J. RIESER, mh28 Cor. Whitaker and Bryan sts. JOS. H. BAKER. STALL No. 66, Savannah Market. Dealer in Beef, Mutton, Pork nd All other Meats In their Seasons. Particular attention paid to supplying Ship Boarding Houses. * augl2 HAIR store: JOS. E. L01SEAU & CO., 118 BROUGHTON ST., Bet. Bull A Draytou EEP on hand a largo assortment of Hair Hair Switches, combings Curls, Puffs, and Fancy Goods worked in the latest style. Fancy Costumes, Wigs and Beards for Rent GEORGE EEY, WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, Ac. The celebrated Joseph Schlllz’ MILWAU¬ KEE LAGER BEER, a speciality. No. 22 FREE Street, LUNCH Lyons’ day Block, Savannah, 11 to 1. every from r-z31-Jv Carriages* A. K. WILSON’S CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY, Corner Bay and West Broad sts. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY . Cor. Bay aud Montgomery streets. GEORGIA The largest establishment in the city. I keep a full line of Farm Carriages, Rockaways, Canopy Falling Spring Top and Baby Carilages. wagons. also full a of Carriage and Wagon Material. I have in my factory the most skillful me¬ Any orders for new work, and re¬ will he executed to give satisfaction at short notice. mayl2-ly EAST END Manufactory. P. O’CONNOR, East Broad, President and York sts. Savannah, Ga. beg leave to inform my friends and the public in supply general that I always keep on a fall of the best seasoned mate¬ and am prepared to execute orders for Buggies, Drays, Trucks, with promptness and dispatch, guaran¬ all work turned out from my shops to Repairing as represented. all Its in branches. Painting, Var¬ In polishing, workmanlike lettering and trimming a manner. Horse-shoeing a specialty. mch2tf Ice* Knickerbocker Ice Company. and Shippers Retail Dealers' in" and of ICE. DEPOT; BAY STREET. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. F. CAVANAUGH, Manager. mchl-Gm Candies* ESTABLISHED 1850. M. FITZGERALD —Manufacturer of— PURE, PLAIN AND PINE CANDIES. Factory and Store, 176 BRYAN STREET Branch Store, & No. 122 BROUGHTON ST.. a*
