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About Savannah daily evening recorder. (Savannah, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1879)
D A. I L Y aM 3rv3i:Ni3srQ Savannah Recorder. VOL I.—No. 158. u THE SAVANNAH RECORDER, R. M. ORME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) At AG A BAY STREET, Tty 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 l isher. 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 r egular rates will be made. All correspondence should be addressed, Re¬ corder, Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Recorder will take the piace 01 the Saturday evening edition, which wiJi make six full issues for the week. do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady. Old man W— keeps a pretty sharp eye on his daughter Mary, and many a would-be lover has taken a walk after a few minutes’ conversation with the hardhearted parents. The old chap is stuck this time, however, and cards are out for a wedding. After the lucky young man had been sparking Mary for six months, the old gentleman stepped in as usual, r<quested a private coufab, and led off, with : “You seelp like a nice young man, and perhaps you are in love with Mary ?” “Yes, I am,’ w r as the honest reply, “Haven’t said anything to her yet, have you ?” “W**ll, no; but I think she recipro¬ cates my affections.” “Does, eh? “Well, let me tell you something. Her mother died a lunatic and there's no doubt that Mary has in¬ herited her insanity ” “I’m willing to take the chances,” replied “Yes, the but lover.” ble you She see Mary has drawn a terri¬ temper. has twice a knife on me with intent to commit murder.’’ “I’m used to that—got a sister just like her," was the answer. “And you should know that I have Bworu a solemn oath not to give Mary a cent of my property,’’ continued the father. “Well, I’d rather start in poor and build up. There’s more romance in it.” The old man had one more shot in his carbine and said : Mary’s “Perhaps mother I ought to tell you that ran away from my home with a butcher, and that all her rela¬ tions died in the poor house. These things might be thrown up in after years, and I cow warn you.’* “Mr. W—,” replied the lover, “I’ve heard all this before, and also that you were on trial for forgery, had to jump Atlanta lor bigamy, and served a year on the chain gang for cattle steal¬ ing. I’m going to marry into your There—no family to give you a decent reputation! “Some infernal thanks—good bye.” given hyena has went and lumbus me Times. away on my dodge.”— Co - Madame Bonaparte. wUVdlfn within a ?“u week X or ® 8 ’ fl two 8te at . W1 J farthest, ’ A the last direct connection with the family of the great Napoleon will be broken, She has outlived everybody, and almost everything. N Her husband, the youngest r °10 e r .T T’ ma rried Rf at 1J o and nd lived i, to be 16 has , been dead , 19 years. All the actors in the great wars of the Irench Emperor, every character m that grand and startling neqHow tfThplm ^ * P ' pear Elizabeth now to Patterson, belong to ancient history. the pietty daugh* ter of the rich Baltimore merchant, wa ® “ arr 1 *i yertI i s before battle oi Waterloo. , Napoleon T was then First Consul, and Jerome Bonaparte was only a Lieutenant in the trench Navy, his imperial knock brother down not the then having power to anointed sovereigns ci Europe and set up the members of his family in their stead. After Waterloo, Mme. Patterson-Bona parte attracted wide attention in Pans from the most admired distinguished her beauty; Talley- people. Wellington complimented her; Mme. De rand Stael called her lovely. A few years ago the secret correspondence which, reciting fondly the negotiations it was believed, would result m placing on Betsy Patterson s shapely head one preparing the ravished to distribute crowns to Napleon his brothers, was was found it is said, among the rub bishot a Baltimore rag shop, and de stroyed. It would read strangely by the iiftht of subsequent evuuto. Judge Alexander’s Views on Law. At a meeting of the bar of Louis* ville, Ky., March 28th, to express sor¬ row at the killing of Judge Elliott, the by Buford, Judge T. T. Alexander, in course of his remarks, said: “I deprecate the toleration of any de¬ fense based upon the plea of insanity. If one nurtures and cherishes a malig¬ nant, devilish passion in his heart, until, bearing its legitimate fruit in an overpowering takes the life of passion his fellow for murder, he man, he is as guilty lies of crimes as the highwayman who in wait for his victim, and kills in order that he may rob. The essence of the crime lies far back of the immediate act of killing. A somewhat extended . , j - I., both • , . . and experience, law in has led ering conclude practicing that me to and our highest only interest greatest security are attained by a vigilant and vigorous execution of the laws of the land Where crime is committed, it should receives speedy and condign punishment-this cannot be accomplished either by the Judge or the jury, alone, nor by both combined, but their efforts must oe sustained end upheld by a healthy, jn st moral public sentiment rewarding and commending and down virtue and and punishing good conduct, putting and A obstac vio ence crime. senons e to the due execution of our criminal laws is that exploded humbug known in leeal legal parlance parlance as‘reasonable as reasonable doubts’ doubts This cannot be avoided by the courts criminal or juries, as it and isi incorporated in our code the prisoner is en titled to the benefit hereof. Why not try do questions of guilt or innocence as we every other queetiou-upon the weight of testimony ? When vry, ,, m Tom »n Corwin, disappointed ,. . , 1 and discouraged by the poor result of his mission to Mexico, was on the point of sailing for home he wrote to a cousin ed ‘5°iwl all that 8 f y u” he 8,i could, ‘,u h and n da when u COm he n pl,sh got : back to his country be should want something he had to do He suggested that in youth come skill in imparting know edge, and might teach a country school. But in case he should die be fore he arrived at home, he asked that no costly monument should be placed over him, and that a simple stone should bear only this inscription: Thomas Corwin born July 29 1794 ; J? ’ Dear ly b «loved by his family .. ; universally . , despised by Demo crate; useful in life only to knaves and pretended friends. Frothingham says that the present passion reaction to laugh at everything is due to a in the public mind because of its emancipation from the trammels of the old theory. According to that theology human nature was all misery, corruption and wickedness ; the world was but a place to sojourn, and there appeared but to be no alternative hereafter heaven for the elected few and a positive bell for the unchosen many. A religion like this made it impossible for times man to madness. laugh ; laughter Now was in former pairing idea the ends this gloomy, Providence des¬ of of has given place to newer and more rational thoughts, and the old theology has passed away. The trial of Poindexter at Richmond for the murder of Curtis ended on Sat urday in a mistrial. At the last poll of second the jury degree, it stood five for murder in the five for voluntary man* slaughter, involuntary and two for acqnittal, or, at second most, degree manslaughter. The down voluntary men were willing to come and make to manslaughter, the P uniahment three y ears t ke penitentiary; but the two who were f or acquittal would only consent to punish the accused for involuntary man8 !aughter. The prisoner was re man ded until the first Monday in April. An application for bail was re f uee d. ------ While the Queen of the Belgians was leaving St. George’s Chapel after the Conuaught jedding ceremonies and his Princess, of the a Duke magnifi- of cent bracelet studded with diamonds slipped from her arm. Without notic ing building, her loss the Queon passed out the but an ancient with his eyes about him, saw the daz- 2 li U gj e wels fall and lost not a moment m t b e ir recovery. As soon as the Yeo men of t he Guard were out of line this honest veteran went to his adjutant and gave up the bracelet, which was hand ed to the Lord Chamberlain, and by his lordship to ----^-----------„ the Queen of the Belgians, “I suppose you are aware, writes a London correspondent, “that^the Queen is a superb musician, both instrumental j and vocal. Etiquette requires that performances should never be heard, howeverexcept others of royal blood by her ; but own those family who or have had the privilege of listening her say that in early years hm voice could compare favorably with the finest opera singers, and that even now her baikd singing IM most ‘mg. SAVANNAH FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1879r How It Was. A Little Mystery Cleared Up In the account of the circumstances attending the defeat of the Hon. Harvey M. Watterson for Secretary of the Senate, which appeared in the Courier-Journal the day after the event, an implied reflection was cast upon Senator Hill, of Georgia. Judge Wat terson received the following letter soon after from Mr. Hill, and, immediately on the receipt of it, called upon the Senator and assured him that his ex¬ planation of what at first seemed an inexplicable transaction was perfectly satisfactory United to him. States Senate Chamber, ; WAgHIN March 25 ._ My A Dea Sir . j received ye8terd a e in an Ebbltt taining Hou8e dispatch, .nwlope. ilaroii the slip con a of 20, to the I will forbear to oharaoteme tb „ dispatcb| r eIoept ^ to / it is an out n me did £ omise both / you and your J son, ’ with eal pIeasare that p wou Id „ rt you tor Secretary of the Senate. Aou dis SCutEe fao Stat ;j s aD(1 *i ■ ____• 1 ,, own 3eTeral time8 J tbi „ Some , „ k b f iDati Senator B , d G j y | came to see me , ann0UDCe tbat t e , mi ® bt be00me " a cst)di : . T 1 1 had „ A ne ver tbou .1 8 , ht of t , bls candldacy< jT But it . understood / was or eaid tha General Young “ 1 , name would not be announced u til it became probaUe S that none of tbo3e first 00nced could , or 5 bab , woald be elected j diatiBC l told them of my committal to ni dtsire support you. General Young ° called on me again, * ; and 8aid hia frie d3 tbought he b t0 be announced at once This I Sn p08ed because I desired to vote for you . It wa3 fina „ d that hia name should not be announced until vou u ad had a fair chance, and General Butler was to say when this was, and wbe „ J shouId annouooe bia name . Senator B. asked me to announce Young after the firat ba]lot but p objectaJ on the ground that I could not abandon yoll , as you were 8 o near an election, l t wa8 aaid you were at your best but j atl u insisted on standing to you, and Senator Butler c008ented . After the second ballot Sen(ltor B ingi8ted on m 0 announcement f I could of Young, as agreed Slse. on. course do nothing it?and This is the whole of I not only redeemed my promise to you, but more than redeemed it. I never spoke to Burch, or a friend of his, on the subject, and the intima¬ tion that I was in collusion with Burch against you is Bimply infamous. I regret your defeat, but this attempt to make me the scape-goat is as vile as it is untruthful. The truth is, with the forty present, nineteen was your greatest author possibility. I do not know the of that dispatch. Senator But¬ ler will confirm all I say. Yours very truly, Benjamin H. Hill, Hon. H. M. Watterson, Ebbitt House. Japau Credit. mi The many Americans * . who , , have visit- . .. ed Japan within afew yeare-Japan is onl -'; acro f the (water) way really ext , 00r the bl shop of the Repub * “ 8 lic tav ® been struck by the almost universal . prevalence of the credit eys tem there in lokio, Yokohama, JNa g“ ai£1 » Kanagawa, Hakodadi—m all cities and towns whether big or little, at hotels, restaurants, shops, barrooms credit is customary, so firmly fixed f bat lfc 18 bard t0 pay ca8 h ’ ^ h f n yOU anything, the ., clerk , , or salesman presents you with a chit —very much like a pad—on which you write the ar t | cle > lts P nce - and your name, and the thing is repeated if you go to the same V^e a dozen times a day. In fact, you need no money for any ordinary purpose until the end of the month, when you liquidate your chits and be giu over again. It is counted very dishonorable not to pay your chits. If you do not, your name is hung up on the wall of the establishment y° u are in debt, and you can get noth- j 1D g more there. Still, in Japan, as in ever y quarter of the globe, there are j persons, and who, and[not when shut a few, who from don’t place, pay; out one 2° t( > another and make fresh bills. — * « The Russian Judges in the recently annexed provinces of Turkestan are apt to blunder through ignorance of tne language and habits of the aUer people. One ; Kirgmz farmer charged with j having burned his rick of wheat, but • the detendant claimed that the damage bad been done accidentally by him through bis having set fire to the house of a Ealamush who had ruined him. And what about Kalamush and his | family ? cried ihs Juuge. “All were burned. n The Judge ordered tendanttobeput the de incbains and impris oned till the day ot trial. On the trial ; it was discovered fortunately for the prisoner, that Mr^Kalamush was none bthw thao thfl awmoL Making Lumber from Straw. A gentleman from Bushnell, Illinois, recently lumber, exhibited have some samples of which attracted much at¬ tention among lumbermen, and which, if it possesses all the virtues that are claimed for it, is one of the most im¬ portant inventions of its kind ever will brought to notice. If it is a success it form a new era in the art of building. To make hard wood lumber out of common wheat straw, with all the effects of polish and finish which is obtainable on the hardest of black wal¬ nut and mahogany, at as little cost as clear pine lumber can be made up for, is certainly wonderful. Such are the claims of the inventor for the straw board lumber which he has been ex¬ hibiting in this city, and the samples which he produces would go far toward verifying his claims. The process of manufacture is as follows : He takes 01 dinary straw-board, such as is usually manufactured at •my paper mill, for the purpose, As ■•n fiy sheets are taken as are required to make the thickness of lumber desired. These sheets are passed through a chemical solution which thoroughly softens up the fibre and completely saturates it. The whole is then passed through and hardened a succession of rollers, dried well polished, during then the passage , as as and comes out of the other side of the machine hard, dry lumber, ready for use. The inventor claims that the chemical properties hardening in the fibre entirely prevents combustible water soaking, and renders the lumber The hardened only finish in a very hot fire. on the outside also makes it impervious to water. The samples on exhibition could hardly be told from hardwood lumber, and in saw¬ ing it the difference could not be de¬ tected. It is susceptible of a very high polish, and samples of imitation of marble, mahogony, etc., were shown, which might deceive the most ex¬ perienced. Not only does he claim a substitute for lumber in sash, doors and blinds and finishing stuff, but also as a substitute for black walnut and other woods in the manufacture of all kinds of fine furniture, coffins, etc., and also an excellent substitute for marble in marble-top tables, mantle-pieces, bureaus, etc. He claims that it will not warp in the least.— Oskosh North , western. Marriages in Germany. Speaking of marriages, I must tell you about engagements; they are so en¬ tirely business arrangements that they seem queer. For instance, a young gen¬ tleman looks around among the young ladies until he finds one whom he knowB will have a good dot. He goes to the father, and asks him for his daughter. If the party is considered a good one he is accepted; then the daughter is called in and told that she is to marry the gentleman. Say the engagement takes place at two o’clock —the servant, is sent out immediately to acquaint the news. Then the rela¬ tives and intimate friends go immedi ately to the house, and congratulate the young J ® brautpaar, ' who stand in the ent of the 3aloon aru in arm j aaked a ' lady / recent l y ( engaged 3 if she was har J and f ldn > t feel ag if l)er anCe wag a stra nger to ^ er< n0i ” s he said; “papa knew hjm a long time> and i saw him once at. a ^nt I never spoke to him until yesterdav Qh yes, I am very happy, but it w«s a great surprise tome I (lid not think 1 should be engaged so young ; And now she can go out to the theatre and walking with him, and they / are feted and invited to parties am d j nuers to t h e envy 0 f younger gigt who long for like emancipation F Ai gentleman to walk in the streets h lad un i e68 they were engaged/would be almost a of crime. these r t j svst«m business encasements and am met with «be ret>lv • “Where do vou find hap D } i er ami more devoted marriages than u Germany T—Dublin Cm. Nashville I j^ mer y ean m m ^ _ The Coming Man in Austria.— ; R udo lph, future Emperor of Austria,! prom is e s to be an accomplished and 8C holarly sovereign. He is an excellent linguist,' a good scientific abilities. student, He a8 also fine literary has been lecturing Prague to a milhary officers’so ciety in on the' battle near J Soicheren in 1870 As he desires : iui fe ak the language of every race he ^ rdyfng 0 ne dav 7 Turkish! have to tbathemlynot rule over he is ; be at a loss it he finds himself in bosnia. onpaks t^n laneuaces already seven or eight of which are u=ed in Austro-Hungarian empire. He is a devoted sportsman and dancer, able to tire out his suite and in tramping will all dance day after wild boar, then every dance at a ball in the evening. H e is adored by his soldiers, whom he aiwaV8 addre8£ es in Caechian. * -— ^ — - The Central Park has cost New York u ear $10,000,000. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Three State elections will be held within a week—in "Wisconsin, Michi¬ 1 gan and Rhode Island. To have much property is now con¬ sidered an evidence of fraud ; to will that property, evidence of insanity, A Butte county, California, miner recently picked up a nugget of gold worth $130. Chester Hull, author of Dennis Kearney’s speeches, died very suddenly in San Francisco Monday morning. His name was Wrath, and when he asked his girl to marry him she gave him a soft answer ; and a soft answer turned away Wrath. Question for tiger a debating by his society : “If a man has a tail, would it be best for bis personal safety to hold on or let go ?’’ If you are sick, eat an orange and do without your breakfast; if that does not cure you, eat two oranges and do without your dinner. Since paper napkins were introduced by a manufacturing firm in Wisconsin, a year ago, one Boston firm alone has ■old 250,000 of them. A Fort Wayne girl mistook her som¬ nambulistic brother for a burglar, and fractured bis skull with a base ball club. Two hundred and eight young men have been fined $300 each at Mulhouse, Alsace-Lorraine, for not presenting themselves for the conscription. It seems the Rhode Island Democrats nominated for Lieutenant-Governor a man who moved out of the State two years ago. The State is so large they never missed him. The State of Ohio realized last year by the tax on dogs the handsome sum of $236,758. It is very doubtful if Ohio harbors so many worthless curs as Georgia, which gets no revenue at all from dogs. All human life falls into two divis¬ ions—the tragic and comic. The day is divided between laughter and tears, victory the and defeat, joy and sorrow; one or other will predominate in all expeiiences. A facetious music seller announces, “O Say Woman's Love is Bought,’’ all for the price of one half penny. A modern music seller announces “Thou hast Loved and Left Me,’’ for ten cents. Herald Chicago Tribune : The New York speaks of the Angel Gabriel’s farewell engagement. This is adver¬ tising it rather early, perhaps, and, by the way, unnecessarily, for, as every¬ body will be there, it is buund to be a success anyway.” The Frankfurter Zeitung mentions the “Iron Wedding,” or 70lk anniver¬ sary, of the marriage of an ex-rabbi at Vietz, near Berlin, named Silberstein, who is in bis 93d year. He has 145 descendants, 69 of whom attended the celebration. During the ten years ended Decem¬ ber 31,1877, no fewer than 1,159 per¬ sons were killed in London and 23,379 maimed or injured by vehicles of various descriptions, the largest pro¬ portion of accidents being caused by light carts, by which 215 persons lost their lives and 7,131 were injured. Portland, Oregon, was the banner city in the relief work of last summer for the yellow fever sufferers. It is a city of 14,000 inhabitants, and sent, in all, $7,000, which is 50 cents apiece for every man, woman and child. This is the more praiseworthy because there are no business relations between Ore¬ gon and the Southern States. Since the financial reaction of 1873, itise6t:matedthatnotlessthan2,000, 0°0 Americans, native and adopted, have moveJ West - The people who Journeyed from New England, New York and Pennsylvania, 30 years since, to Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, are seek > D g new homes in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Texas. Coggswell and Mack, actors, who pretend to fight every night on the stage as Col. Elevator and Prof. Gilli* pod, in Grover’s “Our Boarding House” company, fought in dead ear nest across a breakfast table, in a hotel. They threw crockery chairs at each other, and inflicted many disfiguring wounds, Wk ^ of tb f 8uddeQ ^« at .h u® ° f iNe 'T C8 8tl8 reacbed hlB W 4 S aQ llla 1 g^ . imate daughter Adrian Ilope, at Paris, where she tb<5 b '° ta!l ’‘ l “ d aak( ** l [} 1 ^. as tru ® iben sbl8 drove away. Meantime he , iay C d and ^ darkened 8tair8 °- 8t 1Q a room Up ‘ Mr. Cutting, who recently paid the debt of St. Ann's Protestant Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, has subscribed $50-, 000 towards the erection of a model tenement house in New York, iu a<N cordance with the plan advocated at a recent Cornelias meeting of capitalists of that cit/. Vanderbilt, Jr. k hw am his name down far $20,000. PRICE THREE CENTS. Wanted. C ARPENTERS W ANTED—Apply to A. G. Ybanes, No. 09 Hay street. tf W ANTED—Everybody to know that I am now prepared to serve my customers, with Jos. Schlltz’ Milwaukee Beer, also with the finest of choice WINES and .LIQUORS, Segars, Tobacco and SmokerR’ Articles, at my old Stand, the C. R. R. HOUSE, Cor. West Broad & Harrison sts., to which I have now removed. THEO. RADERICK. mb21tf Business Cards* JAMES RAY, —Manufacturer and Bottler Mineral Waters, Soda, Porter and Ale, 15 Houston St., Savannah, Ga. feb23-3m - Dr. A. H. BEST, dentist Cor. Congress and Wh 1 taker streets, SAVANNAH, GA. T EETH guaranteed. extracted without pain, All work I respectfully beg to refer to any of my patrons. octl-bmo W. B. FERRELL’S Agt. RESTAURANT, No. New 11 Market Basement, (Opposite Llppraan’s Drug Store.) Iftnist.' SAVANNAH GA C. A. CORTJNO, fiair Cuttioe, Hair Mu, Cirlia; aid SHAVING SALOON. HOT AND COLD BATHS. der 166Bryan street, Hotel. opposite the Market, un¬ Planters’ Spanish, Italian, Ger¬ man. and English spokon. seki-t.f FINE stock of Cigars on hand. Prices to suit anybody. Call and examine my stook before purchasing, and save money. H. J. RIESER, mh28 Cor. Whitaker and Bryan sta. JOS. H. BAKER. BUTCHEH, STALL No. 66, Savannah Market. Dealer ia Beef, Mutton, Pork nd All other Meats in their Seasons. Particular attention paid to supplying Ship and B oardi ng Houses. aug!2 HAIR store: JOS. E. LOISEAU & CO., 118 BROUGHTON 8T., Bet. Bull A Drayton K EEP on baud a large assortment of Hair Hair Switches, combings Curls, Puffs, and Fancy Goods worked in the latest style. Fancy Costumes. Wigs and Beards for Rent GEORGE FEY, WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, Ac. The celebrated Joseph Schlitsi’ MILWAU¬ KEE LAGElt BEER, a speciality. No. 22 Whitaker Street, Lyons’ Block, Savannah, Ga. FREE LUNCH every day from 11 to 1. r-zai-J v Carriages, A. K. WILSON’S CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY, Corner Bay and West Broad sts. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY . Cor. Bay and Montgomery streets. GEORGIA The largest establishment in the city. I keep a full line of Carriages, Rockaways, Buggies, Falling Spring Top and Farm wagons, Canopy line of Carriage and Baby Wagon Carilages. also a full Material. I have in my factory the most skillful me¬ pairing, will Any be orders for new work, and re¬ executed to give satisfaction at short notice inay!2-ly EAST END Carriage Manufactory* P. O’CONNOR, East Broad, President and York sta. Savannah, Ga. public beg leave to inform my friends and the in general that I always keep on a full supply of the best seasoned mate¬ and am prepared to execute orders fur Wagons, Buggies, Drays, Trucks, Etc., with promptness and dispatch, guaran¬ teeing all work turned out from my shops to be as represented. nishing. Repairing polishing, in all its branches. Painting. Var¬ done in workmanlike lettering and trimming a manner. Horse-shoeing a specialty. mcli2tf Ice, Knisksrsscksr Ice Company. Wholesale and Shippers Retail Dealers* in and of EASTERN ICE. — DEPOT; HI BAY STREET. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, J. F. CAVANAUGH, Manager. mcbt-6m Candies* ESTABLIS ME D 1850. M. jur TJ1TrT17r» JJ 1JL T?1T) AllJJ A T Ti —Manufacturer ol— PURE, PLAIN AND PINE CANDIES. 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