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T> A. I L T , EVENING Tn« 3 V i £&~i 5] r « '51 I &i’ A ■ 1 J. , ;.! ■ D H A rM ffi icr V i u < i •> , f t VOL IV.—No. 102. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER R. M. ORME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) jSk.t 161 BA.'Vj»a?n.3E2:EST. By J. 8 TJERK. 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 oruers 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 ter? of interest solicited. On Advertisements running three, six, and twelve months a liberal reduction from oui regular rates will be made. All correspondence should be addressea Re¬ corder, Savannah, Georgia. . The Sunday Morning Recorder will take the piace of the Saturday evening edition which will make six full issues for the week. , 4^-Wfe do' not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. 2he Recohder is registered at the Pdst Office in Savannah as Second Class Matter. Americas America’s ttrrotfrot Uieatest Proflmitc lrotligate. The - 'recent arrest of John Steele, i J better known as “Goal Oil Johnny,” for a petty theft, leads the Titusville -w re a history. vt He was adopted , , when a child i . by a Mrs. McOlinfcon, and passed a quiet life on her farm until the discov ery of. the oil wells occurred. Her land was rich in wells and her income increased until it was about five thous and dollars a day. In 1861, while kindling a fire with the oil an explo fion dekttf. followed and she was burned to Steele then became her heir, “As his fortune increased his pru dence decreased. The frugal habits *extraj|rag»iSW6 of hifj,, youth wSicb, were succee more than any pother trait of his character, has made - Johnny Steele famous. He seemed to think there was absolutely no limit to his wealth, and therefore he placed no restrictions upon his expenditures. The young wife whom he had wedded was abandoned and neglected for the evil associations of bad men. He across tho firmament of commerce like an erratic meteor, and within a year from the day the river of fortune set its current toward him Johnny Steele’s extravagance had become the by word of an amazement stricken natiou. The stories of his reckless extravagance are numerous enough to fill a volume. He organized a large minstrel troupe, gave each member a diamoud pin, and traveled about the country giving exhibitions, the bills announcing “Ad mi*o„ iroe; children half price. Upon one occasion, tradition has it, he entered a china store in Philadelphia, and noticing a large pyramid of fine ,ware in the centre of the room, sent r His heavy cane crashing through it “just to see,” as he explained as he -cheerfully settled tho bill, “how much a man could smash at one throw.” If he went riding in a cab it was notunlike him to buy the turnout and present it to the driver on alight ing. For him a ten dollar greenback wasau everyday cigar-lighter. At another time, it is said that, upou ap plying for a suite of rooms in a New York hotel and being informed by the clerk that the apartments were occupied, be purchased the house and took rooms to his notions. Tricksters made him thoir dupe, and, consciously or otherwise, he allowed himself to be robbed at every turn. Sharpers 0 every description hung about and up on him like so many leoches. ous to he a degree bordering upon gacy, gave lavishly to every appli cant, and was with nit exception the most imposed upon man in the world. But at last tho great reaction it became known that Jonny was penniless. The like magnificeut for tuue wasted away a mist in the > morning sunshine Reckless extrava * * gfuttVaml the rogues who'fed upon it had dime their work, and the vast wealth of .Coal Oil Johnny had been «»» sc altered to the four winds. Three ‘brief years had witnessed the growth, the perfect maturity and utter l:\tiofi bfone of tho most splendid for funes ever possessed bv A like's single vidiMl. It sprang wouSectna up Hash, daaaWd magnificence, tbe y.niled people quickly bv *5 and as „ , _ no . t- p . j. aa au employe mJer of the minstrel pnay ^ bml^neto 6i lher onJ tbu J '. ier Abofir the oil regions, > Viewing the scene* ahka of his humble farm and his reign as an oil prince, ed, downcast, but never Always prond, wanly,generous, A Trap for Ministers. L cl T r srr w&. til a t r along Washington street, was called by name by a young man, who the said he came from the same place as min ieter, and invited him to look into a room near by where he had some books to show him, a copy of which he would give him. The young man, although a perfect stranger, had won upon the minister by his apparent knowledge of his name and their common residence, He led him into a room whose windows overlooked Broomfield street. Several persons were there, and the young man was asked, shortly, to try hie chance at a wheel of fortune. Tbe minister, feeling some responsi bility, advised him to have nothing to do with it. But the wheel was turn ed, and the party in charge said that both the young man and the minister had drawn $300 each. The money was counted out, and handed to them. The minister began to have some sus picions as these unquestioned bills of a large size were placed in his hands, and kept bis hand on the door of exit behind him. He threw the money back upon the counter, saying that it did not belong to him, and advised the young man to have nothing to do with it. The proprietor informed him that Dr. Storrs, of Brooklyn, had been in the room a few days before, and had drawn several thousand dollars, which he had given to his church as a pay ment of its debt. After giving „ i itt i e more sober ad vice to bis young companion, who seem ed to receive it very kindly, the min ister retired. It did not occur to him until he reached the street that the pretended young fellow resident of his own town was him self a decoy, who had skillfully learned his name and residence from the Parker House books, and thus in geciously beguiled him into a gambling saloon. His wits and his Christian in Jegrity, however, saved him. His was the sceond case of a minister led into the same den, in much the same way, which has come to our knowledge with in a fortnight. Our country friends most keep their eyes open and their le vel whenAhey visit tbe city, if they would not lose their money or have their reputation compromised.— Zion Herald. ---» - Immigration for the State of Georgia.— Mr. Francis Fontaine in forms us by private letter that he has sent thirty-one Germans—all young Cedartown (Cherokee Iron Works) in this State. j£e> also informs us that he himself will start with forty more on Saturdav next to different places throughout the State. The starting of this German colony at Cedartown speaks highly of ^j r Fontaine’s efforts as Commissioner 0 f Land and Immigration for the State 0 f Georgia. tlie It has often been a won q e r why State of Georgia has not contributed more to this important Sillhe f ie lj which promises ol^Ltell^out so much for our way labor What the State of Georgia wants fill' and in fact the whole South iutelli”ent is to h up her waste places with a bor, eo that she may become in every respect homogeneous prosperous and progressive._ & Albany Elios. _______ m m m - A . T truthful uifence. n iiie lngem- • • °' a 8 jP rla fp eld a^puoucan says that . - 7, J 3 ,? m 0 large view of Ear ;7 ia ’ nis l0 °g an d intelligent service of “a puniio, the fact that he Has f rown ri ? b lu oibce » h ia “ ablt ot * ,n 8 ri R on most questions of impor Vj'’ 0 P e<a ple will gain confidence . m 18 aractor ’ and will be inspired ., la8dl 111 tbe Republican „ He why it reason is ne caU8o Ga t0 i field **™ does ,» “'"fS* not appear »*•*” well ^ on cloae inspection. By placing the large Ue te ^leecope to your eye and 0111t!U < r ll al tliy C 8tate8maa be " mu8ter lolera, , bought a8S08 ^ jy. it , rather smab for im a PP® a ^ a 11Ufcl d , elu ial , ■candidate. Looking at him j I 1 \ 16 dsual way, with the large end j 01 * tocu . on He Republican i ca a»e several . , very serious defects| Jm , ci1 tlc& ; cbaracter e lC l u hiCCln is^quite right. ! * • * 1 Discouraging. —It seems that the w orld Las turned itself loose to squelch j jDr. jud Tanner. day Everybody week who month ever has a or a or a the how tritliug ( j coma to Iront to say a it is to go without food. In comes a man from Franklin, Penn.j 1 named Jacob Shalleross, who lived! without solid food for Si days. A of brandy and a like bS noanti ty of s „m arable daily was Dr Tanner mav move on bf but Jacob wifi be ahead 44 ! The ppmber " * • *" ( of cattie killed per year the United States is 11,S24j)00, the moat from which amounts to; 4,800, pounds, and their total when killed for food is §608,200,000. 1 SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1880. Rich Men of Paris. ^ - u - The wealth which accumulates in Paris is of a kind which it is natural ly most difficult to estimate at its true value. Of a dozen persons, each of whom spend £10 a day, one may be a millionaire with capital invested in land or in the funds; another a sue cessful shopkeeper; a third a provincial who has saved up ten years’income for a single escapade in the capital, and so on down to the men who have won prizes in a State lottery or back e d a serie at Monaco. To apply any real and sufficient test to all these various expenditures of money where by to establish the scale of fortune which each may be supposed to pos seas, is obviously a task to puzzle even a French statistician. Yet it has been undertaken lately by M. Paul Leroy Beaulieu, who, in the Economiste Francais, attempts to calculate ap proximately the number of rich per sons actually living in Paris. He takes as his principal basis of calcula tion the value of the house in the French capital, and upon these figures builds up his theory, on the assumption that the less wealthy inhabitants spend about one-sixth of their income in house rent, while the richer house* holders spend on an average from one eighth to one-tenth. It will be easy for . those wko agree with him to follow out the theory when they have the following list of rents, as extracted from an official source. It appears that there are 10,000 private houses or apartments, the rent of which ranges from $800 to $1,604 a year; 3,000 between $1,600 and $2,700 ! and 1,400 between $2 700 and 45 400. Finally there are 421"houses, or rather palaces, the rent of which exceeds $5,400. It is not necessary to follow out the sums by which the income of these various classes of rich men is traced out, but it may suffice to say that M. Beaulieu reckons that there are about 8,000 persons in Paris who spend incomes of $10,000 and upward; and this will be seen by the aid of the figures already given to be fully borne out by the facts. The conclusiou is also supported by the returns of horses and carriages kept in the capital, which show that there are from 7,500 to 8,000 persons who keep private horses. It is not an nnfair assumption that on the average, taking one with another, the inhabitants who drive their own horses are persons in the possession of at least $10,000 a year. But this ex eludes obviously the whole list of fash ionable visitors who come with their equipages merely for a few days or weeks at a time— London Globe ! --- Ninevah was fourteen miles long, e ^g u t miles wide, and forty^-six miles aroun( l, w T ith a wall 100 feet high, and tkick enough for three chariots abreast, Babylon was fifty miles within the walls, which were seventy-five feet thick and 100 fett high, with 100 brazen 8«t f . r ^ be Temple of Diana, at Ephesus, was 420 feet to the support of the roof. R The was largest 100 years of the in building. pyramids 431 j feet in height, and 853 the sides. was The 1 on J I base covered eleven acres. The stones are ab out sixty feet in length, aDd the i layers are 208. It employed I men j n building. The labyrinth of Egypt contains 300, c t am bers and twelve halls. Thebes,in i Egypt,presents ruins twen- ! ty . 8even mi es aro nncl, once containi ng °j 350,000 citizens and 400,000 slaves. rp^ e Temple of Dslphos was so riclr i n Joaationa that it was plundered of §50^00,000; the Emperor Nero carried a way from it 200 statues. The walls of Rome were thirteen, mile» around, ; - An Old Letter.—A letter has re ce ntly been delivered in France after being detained in the post office for half a century. A singular discovery was made three weeks ago in the course 1 0 f the operations now goiog on in the g enera i p 0s t 0 ffi ce ft Paris. In a panel near one 0 f t h e boxes was found a let t erj which had been posted exactly fifty years ago, and which by some mischance had got stock in the instead of finding duly its way into the box. The letter was forwarded to the' person to whom it was addressed, who, more ettangely, was alive and re ceived it safely. The writer, however, had been dead many years. - m m - A Fool OnceMore. “For ten Rth.“1 rears mv wife I'compi.oatdou waa confined to kor bed thd naAw-t Vfli of liIm 7fV ,, te nl ■ - *■ care her uer > aK ar il -* 1 n -- e gk kont 1 hi n aR’lTaw” ? “uaVut£: Bduk U It. i thought I Hop would on and be a fool once mo re I tried it, but my folly proved to be wisdom. Two bottles cured her, she is now as well and strong as any man’s and it co?t me onlv two dollars folly pays.— B. TT. Detroit, Jf.c/V A Sensible Decision. |° ]norial sss P aC8 a me monument to the Ia ^ nnc e Imperial in Westminster Abb , K ^‘ . .[* , England doubtless sym pattnzes with the ex-Empress of the French m her great sorrow, but the P.^P," “ ai s ®® aD y r ? a30n wb y 8 P e " cial b ° n< ? rs ? , J P a id to the mem or y. the dead , 1 nnce . by the English " a ' 10n ‘ e ‘\- offence to France, with which England is on te r his ot Eiendship, it would have had " be °* owerm 2. * be dignity of the 7, itself . ; Monuments and • l , tablets n have hitherto been memol ’ ia erected m Westminster only to Eng sovereigns, or to her great men in ,var > in letters or the arts. The . , possessed °'A mem by the Irince was that he was the scion of the family f ° unde ? b7 tbe illustrious Napoleon, A boy in years, he had done nothing entltle him to such special honor JT Barliament 0D ?. a 8 reat receives . uation the - approbation The action of of tbe great majority of the English peo P \e.—Augusta Chronicle. -m m ^ - i he Census Shows That in Fulton county there are seven hundred and thirty-two (732) people whose aggregate age is fifty three thousand eight hundred and thir ty years (58,830) Of these, five hun dred and forty-seven (547) have at tained a.i age of seventy (70) years ; one hundred and thirty have passed eighty years; thirty-eight have lived to be over ninety years; fifteen are older than one hundred years, and two have reached one hundred and ten years. This shows conclusively the health of Fulton county—so Judge Pitman would say. The average age of these seven hun dred and thirty-two people is seven ty-two and one-tenth years. In addition to this there are eleven names of persons returned whose age could not be secured on account of the deraqged condition of the mind brought on by old age .—Atlanta Dost. * - — ^ — Robert Morris’s Estate. —Seventy Court, ^ ur y«*rs has just after adjudicated his death the the Orphans’ estate of Robert Morris, the great financier of the revolution. Mr. Morris voted a 8® in8t the Declaration of Indepen deuce but signed it after its adoption, aD(1 then issued his own notes to the e x t en t of $1,500,000 to pay and feed the colonial army. He redeemed every dollar, and retired from office a weal tb y mai1 V e s P ecu j a t et l jo laod and fbec * T nr ’ principal afeset upon his ljf atb ’ ' n 1806 being stock in the Rorth American Land Eompany. By bie wul, dated June 13, 1804, he left Ins estate to his wife and children. The widow died in 1827. The estate re mained unsettled, and in 1853 all the parties interested agreed to convey all tbe property left by Robert Morris to Robert S. Paschal, in trust for the Morris heirs. The next year Peschal transferred by general consent the effects t.o John Moss, who died in 18< 2. In December, 1873, the heirs selected Henry Phillips, Jr., as trustee, and letters of administration were granted: to Rm, and be proceeded to settle the estate. Last month he submitted his account to the Orphans’ Court, showing a final division of the estate had been made by him, $9,692.50 going to the Heyburn estate and $9,693.49 to Morris, as next of kin. The court has just approved the report.— Ph iladelphia JPrcss. I ----— _ I 1 R esident s Political Liabil ITIErf r Here has been considerable j ur l u ' r y as to whether the President has been called upon to pay the Re P ubilc an Congressional Campaign Com mittee two per cent, of his salary, same as other government officials. It can be said on trustworthy authority that up to this time the President lias not handed in the $1,000, being two per cent, of his salary, and there are Republicans who are unkind enough to say that they don’t believe he will give the committee a cent, although Poking with disfavor upon the poor who refuse to do so. It is as in Republican quarters that the President has never yet made a con tribution the Republican cause, al though two years ago he told a mittee which called upon him that he intended^ US£ d in Major to sen Finley 1 8500 district. to Ohio If to the be s money^ was sent the Congressional Committee were never informed the fact. * “ 7 h.l a-- l'>T' . 8 S *• , l® t0 6 6 8e9mS ha 5 b 7 duriug , thei past irneute. ““Rte . . - Th ihere UB « are ,re 7 two 1 *“$« million keweT^nd 7 ’th W “ d 7 °'?°? bee *“* »*“ —— New _ Orleans has received to date 1 - 480,614 bales of cotton net the’ and the 1st of September, recemi will very closely " approach 1 ’ 500 ‘ bales. M A Great Damage Suit. —An im¬ mense suit for damages is pending in San Francisco against the Bonanza kings. The Virginia stockholders and California of the mines con¬ solidated have brought suit against Flood and his associates to been recover fraudulently large sums ob¬ alleged to have by them. The tained from the mines allegations are that Flood and his as¬ sociates, while directors of the Con¬ solidated Virginia and California Com¬ panies, contracted with themselves to reduce the ores of the two mines, to supply timber, water, etc , and handle the bullion and funds of the mining companies through the Pacific Refinery and the Navada Bank. The damages are fixed at $35,000,000, which are considered moderate, as the tailings of the two mines alone are estimated to contain, according to Mr. Flood’s tes¬ timony, 35 per cent, of the bullion yielded by the ores, or, in money value, some $65,000,000. Flood has, it is said, testified that he and other direc¬ tors contracted with the Pacific Mill % and Wood, Mining Lumber Company, Flume the Pacific and Company, and the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company for milling,lumber,and water, and that he and his associates were the principal nies stockholders in the compa¬ named. „ How ^ * AR CAN we Hear with the Telephone. This is a question fre-! a | k8d - jlm.® D °? J® 4 been “ efimtel [ settled: \The longest , distance that we have seen-mentioned II given in the item below, namely, tvvo thousand miles. But perhaps Mr. Edi-i 80 we snouid be glad it he would let °,I lr ^ a ^6r 9 know. exchange says tnat f Mr. Robert A. Packer, Superinten dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad,'is at P resenfc .punting with a party of 8 ent ^ eInan in Eebraska. A lew days ago He for two houM conversed pleas ^ a y re ^ * pT a ]ai8 orotner at Mauch Chunk, • ?1 . M ra * and fiends along the line^ ihe “ edlum was tbe railroad and Western °? tele S ra P!j W1 7 6S a 7r> TTu° a 8 * telephone. 1 At the office at Bethlehem^ t Eastern ^ a -» connection and Amboy was wire, made and with_ at Perth tho b< ? y with a Western Union wire and , thence to Ohicago and INorth Bend, Nebraska, where the party are This distance was about two thousand miles, «nd every whisper was audible, hcicn V 0 Am erican. ^ P°hR‘ t um -f Rochester t visited - Lake View this we ® a » sitting next to an unknown lady ° n the excursion boat. He had a very fine silk umbrella which the lady coveted. While he was looking the other way, she took the article and shoved it rnside of a cotton umbrella which she carried. A passenger who noticed the transaction informed the gentleman, who, politely tur ning to tbe woman, asked her if she had not l™- 611 bl8 umb ^ eba through mistake, Tms she'denied; when, taking hold of the handle he pulled his umbrella ir0m under tho folds of the other, at the same time, jn the most courteous manner, thanking the woman for tak> mg care of it for him. * * First Duel. —The first duel in the United States was fought at Plymouth, Mass., on the lath of June. 1721, be tween Edward Doty and EdwardLei cester, .two servants, both of whom were wounded. For this outrage they were sentenced to puuishmeut of hav ing their head-i and feet tied together, nud lying thus for 24 hours without food or drink. After suffering, how ever, in that painful post ure an houp, at their mastere’ intercession and their own humble request, with the promise or amendment, they were released by the Govornor. - —» ♦ — Hon. Olin Wellborn, member of Con gress from the Dallas district in Texas, and formerly a citizen of Atlanta, ap pointed the young cadet, Buck who shot the son of John G. Thompson, at "West Point, N. Y. The Secretary of War has notified Congressman WilP rr^ the place of Cadet Buck has been declared vacant. Wellborn says he will renominate Buck and it is possible there will be some trouble over the matter. Buckisunderiodictmentbe a criminal court of the State of New York for the shooting, Poison. T 18 . an understood ■, lact tuat , leliow lever and its companions, Intermittent and R.emiUecfe Fevers, are the resuks ? f p0 * Soned bl ° 0<J ’ fade rmpure by brestbmg an itueoted t atmosphere, bio •*•'*“# wil », « purify the blood, as Warner a Site Kid L,7et ° u f’• ^ in connection with Minter • Safa Pills. Norfolk, eo far, port) rs second on the list as a cotton with 727,754 New OUeanV kea'ding with 1 ~ ,387, and Suvarmub following with ^54, CLarlecton 479,337,.Galveston KV and 353,110 j # PRICE THREE CENTS. Easiness Cards. JAS. McGINLEY, C AEPENTER, YORK STREET, second door east of Bull. Jobbing promptly attended to. Estimates furnished when desired. _j ell-tim BEEF, VEAL AND LAMB. JOS. H. BAKER, BUTOHEB, STALL No. 66, Savannah Market. A LL market other meats rates. in Orders their season promptly at lowest lilled and delivered. Will victual ships throughout. Give him a trial. ocJl-tf ANDEIISON STREET MARKET AND ICE HOUSE, J • F. kinds PHILLIPS, of Meats, Butcher, Fish, Poultry and dealer ami in Mar¬ al ket Produce. JHW Families supplied at their residences, and all orders executed with anteed. promptness and dispatch. Satisfaction guar ap(*-6m ___ C. A. CORTXNO, Bair Cutti&e, Bair Bn, Gorlin? and SHAVING SALOON. HOT AND COLD BATHS. 1661 U Bryan street, epposite the Market, un der Planters’ Hotel. Spanish, Italian, Ger man. and English spokon. selS-tf W. B. FERRELL’S Agt. RESTAURANT, No. 11 New Market Basement, (Opposite Lippman’s Drug Store,) ianlStr SAVANNAH. GA Plumbing and Gas Fitting, CHAS. E. WAKEFIELD, Plumbing, Gas & Steam Fitting, No, 48 BARNARD STREET, one door north ol South Broad treet. Bath Tubs. Water Closets, Boilers, Ranges, Jo being Promptly attended to. ebli Also, Agent of “ BACKUS WATER MOTOR.' McELLINN & McFALL, PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING, Na. 46 Whitaker street, corner York st. Lane N.B. Houses fitted with gas and water, at short notice. Jobbing promptly attended to and ail work guaranteed, at low prices. sep7tl W. H. COSGROVE, East side of Bull street, one door from York, Practical Plumber and Gas Fitter. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. All work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Prices to suit tho times, mh7tf t Paints, Oils and Glass. ” J OHN G. BUTLER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in WHITE LEADS COLORS, OILS, GLASS, VARNISH, ETC. Ready Mixed Paints, Railroad, Georgia Steamor Lime an<J Mill Supplies. Hole Agent for Calcined Planter, Cements, Hair und Land Plaster. No. 21 Drayton SAVANNAH, street, GA. janlBtf ANDREW HANLEY, —Dealer in— floors, Ssohes, Blinds, t Lime, Plaster, Hair and Cement, STEAMBOAT, Railroad and Mill Supplies, paints, oils, varnishes, glass, ao. No. 6 Whitaker & 171 Bay St., SA VA XKA1T, QEORQly ! ray2H-t.f JOHN OLIVER. — Dealer in — Steamboat, Bail Road and Mill Supplies, PAINTS, OILS, (1LASS, &o., DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, MOULDING Balusters, Blind Trimminqs, &<h No. 5. WHITAKER 8T., SA VANE AH , GEORGIA dpcistf __ CELEBRATED fj 75$ j c Serve an Injunction on Disease By invigorating p constitution, ren¬ ovating adebilitated physique,and enriching h thin and innutrttious circulation with Hostetler’s highly >-tor»)uch Bitters, the finest, the most tonic preventive sanctioned, and the most popular and in existence. ally. For bulcoy ail Druggists and Dealers gener¬