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T* r- Savannah D A. I Xi Y ri •v r>j r,: \ tel |n| "*v / VOL V.—No. 4. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) ,t 161 BAY 8TBBBT, By J. STERN. The Risoof jjkb Is served to sub-orlbera, hi every part ot the city by careful carriers. Communications must be aocompanle 1 by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but &3 a guarantee of good faith. Remittance b; Check or Post Olflce orders must he mac e payable to the order of the pub¬ lisher. We will not undertake to preserve or return rejected communications. Correspondence on Iiocal and general mat t era of inter as: so’ lotted. On Advertisements ; umiing three, jlx, and twelve month* a liberal reduction fromoui regular rai.es will be made. All correspondence shou.'d be addressed Rb oukdek, (Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Rbcobdbb will take the piace of the Saturday evening edition which will make six full issues for tbe week. «rWe do not bold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. 2he Recorder is registered at the Post Offiee in Savannah as Second Class Matter .* Elephant Sam’s Arrival. A Lively Trot After Sugar on the Steamship Wisconsin. Sam arrived in the steamship Wis¬ consin on Wednesday morning Reiche from Liverpool, consigned to Charles & Bro. He is four yeirs old and 5 feet 6 inches high at the top of the arch of his backbone. Hi3 tasks are just starting out from under his trunk. He bears the reputation of being an ugly brute.. The officers of the Wis¬ consin, however, have nothing but praise to bestow upon him, thongh he is fund of rum. He was led on board the vessel at Liverpool with the proffered He inducements of rum self- and sugar. is an easy-going, possessed oHnsult. elaphant, Quartermaster but with Delaney a sense was passing his pen on the voyage, and Sam, as usual, had his trunk over the door, and was beating the air for cab¬ bage leaves and potatoes, which the men were in the habit of giving him. Delaney happened to and have a trunk Bhort stick in his hand, the swung across the gangway. "To the divil wid ye !” said De¬ laney as he hit jerked the trunk a welt with his stick. Sam his proboscis in over the door. Two days passed. He never altered his demeanor toward the other sailors, but continued to beg them for cabbage leaves and spuds as usual. On the third day after the blow was given the sea was running smooth in a gentle breeze from tbe southeast Delaney was sauntering along the gangway, thinking. As he petted the door of the pen there was a flash, as of half a length of India rubber hose, and the quartermaster was strewn across a closed hatch. The blow struck him ou the side of his head, and he was laid up for half a day. Sam never aff^rward appeared to notioa him, and he never took any further liberties with Sam. Yesterday afternoon Sam was let out of bis pen. Around h’s neck was a collar of heavy rope It was cover ed with sheopskiu where it rested on tbe top of his neck, and in each of the hanging ends of the rope was an iron eye. These eyes were joined with a clevis and bolt. Attached to the cle* is was a stont chain. Behind bim as he stepped briskly out of his pen walked William Leopold,'his keeper, bolding the other end of the chain. Before him Boatswain William Rood held in bis hand a packed ball of moist brown sugar. First Officer Cushing stood in a narrow passage behind a hatchway mounted ready to help. The rest of the officers view of the on some freight to get a full situation. Sam switched bis tail and lurched forward for the sugar with his truuk extended. Wil¬ liam Leopold tugged back on the chain with a hundred-pound pull. The boatswain glanced over his al oul ders to see that the gangway was clear. The elephant glided into a trot, aud the boatswain broke into a run for a quarter of the ship's length. Then he daited into a three-fuot pas¬ sage besides an open hatchway to c.098 ever to port. Sam pulled up at the turning and cast a glance out of the lower corner of the right eye down the hatchway. William Leopold talked native African to him and in cieased his pull on the chain to two hundred pounds, but with no effect. Sam brushed through the three-foot pasaage alter the sugar, and found: liimself in the port gangway He was wanted aft, where a heavy gangplank had been laid for bim to walk ashore on. The boatswain aud the sugar, however, had retreated fo ^ ward on the port side, and Sam was i for pursuing him. One of tbe employes of Reiche Brother got in front of him at this time, . however, and withstood the bruU , , 8 charts , with ... an shaped , .... like . iron a i SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1880. boathook set in a short wooden handle. He was prodded with the pike, and though he did not seem to loose his temper, it at last caused him to stop and turn around. The sugar wLich had proved too successful, was now discarded. Sam was prodded along the gangway until he came to the gangplank. The tide was low and the plank was nearly level. Beside this it had been strewn with hay. Sam planted his right fore-foot on the heavy bolted planks them. and then Every¬ bore part of his weight ship upon and the wharf body about the and on convenient had gathered tbe in elephant safe his bridge, places to see disappointed. try The but they were ex anination was the ^ork of a moment. There was hardly more than a percep¬ tible hesitation btfore the left foot was set upon the plank. Then he wa’ked serenely over the plank. The ship was close beside the pier, and no water was in view. Once arrived on the cov¬ ered pier, he looked about him for a moment and then started on a rolling trot toward the daylight at the shore e-ad. William Leopold pulled weighs only 130 pounds, but he at least 230 pounds on the chains. Then another man got hold of it with him, and both were dragged along at a handsome rate. At last, when Sam had arrived within 150 feet of West street, Assis¬ tant Keeper Hone, of the Central Park menagerie and three or who four had employees of Reiche & Brother, outrun him, deployed in close line in his front. The boat-hook was again brought into requisition, and he came to a standstill. It was then the work of a moment to tie a stout rope around his right fore-foot, with which there¬ after he was stopped at pleasure suit when¬ keep¬ ever he went too fast to his ers. Two men walked beside him. one in front of him, and two behind him in his progress Bleecker up King, and Mcdougal, and streets, South Fifth avenue and Fifth avenue, to the Central Park managerie, where he is to rest a few days after his voyage, and before he is delivered to the per¬ son for whom he was imported. The boys followed him in the streets in crowds. He made his attendants walk briskly to keep up with him, and appeared to be afraid of nothing, ex¬ cept the jolting of very heavy wagoos near him. He marched up South Fif-h avonue without appearing to notice the rumbling over his head of several elevated railroad trains. He displayed a disposition to go so close to trees and standing wagons that his attendant on that side had to fall hastily behind to avoid being crushed. In Fifth avenue Sam was induced to walk in the east gutter out of the way of the many passing vehicles. Near Thirteenth street he turned suddenly in upon the sidewalk, causing several ladies to gather up their dresses and take refuge on the high stoops. Leo¬ pold, who was on the side toward the street, shouted at him in African and German, and when this proved un¬ availing he eeized him by the left ear lugged and on it. The boathook argu¬ ment being back plied on the other side, Sam turned and was soon shuffling along in the gutter again. No horses were frightened, and no other mishap occured on the journey,— N. Y. Sun. A Domestic Broil --Mr. Sau te mup came down stairs to a ten o’clock breakfast with a vacant countenance and a backward tendency in the hair that made Lis two eyes ache. He sat down at the table and picking up his knife and fork, glared in uneasy won¬ der at something in the platter before him It had evidently been fried in butter, and was intended for food. Mr. Seutemup an<l lifted harpooned it with his fork it up bodily, gazing at it with ever increasing wonder. “What under the sun,” he exclaimed at last, “is the thing?” “Well,” replied his patient wife, with just a shadow of a sigh, “it looks like your new soft hat, and that is what I thought it was, but you pulled it out of your pocket when you came home this morning, and said it was a nice porter house steak, and you wanted it broiled for breakfast You needn’t give me any of it; I’m not who hungry.” And Mr. Seutemup, he was just wild to know what else said when he came home, and what time it was, for the life of him didn’t dare to ask. m, Th * w om * n 8udra xl , K e committee .... m New v , been e ^ ftrtled b the P 0WS *hat the Supreme Court of ? l T tah l96 ™ d a mandamus at the instance % 1 1 » 6 , i0r de , T e S U ate \ th ! to aatlNMor Congressi, ® to on pre- c *a , from voting at the tern tJn * e l ecll0Q - The committee has f 80me 9 ^f tl0aa to the coart « ^ fbrffigement aes j lon ’ of woman s t0 rights Prevent to vote the ! a ld { 3 ; Loetwro0ti has wired back: ? taad ^ y° ar &***' AUo * ^ upon your liberties. No mandamus here - A full vote, a free ballot aad a lair count.— jTavocn letter of accytant* < The Solid South. To the Editor of the New York World: Sir : Much is said of the “solid South” and of the effect that it will, have in affairs in the event of Han cock s election. In the “solid South” the votes of Kentucky, Maryland, Del aware and Missouri are counted as a part of the ll 8 electoral votes. These States did not secede and are there fore not a part of the South that is so much talked about by Republican ora tors. They cast thirty-eight votes, leaving only 100 to the States which joined in the rebellion. What will the orators named say when the non-re beilion States cast for Ha acock more electoral voteH and hundreds of thou sands more popular votes than the States which did secede give him ? Where will the “solid” come in in that case? That Hancock will carry Ken tucky, Maryland, Delaware, Jersey Missouri, Connecticut, Indiana, New and New York at least few now doubt. These States cast 103 electoral votes, Add to these the States which he is likely to carry and how utterly flat the talk about the “solid South” becomes, Add California, Illinois, Maine and Pennsylvania, and the grand aggregate of 166 votes outside of the seceding States casting only 100 votes shows the supreme folly of this partisan cry. Very'respectfully, S. H. W. A Triumph in Telegraphy.— One hour and twenty-five minutes after Senator Conklins had finished his great speech in New York, which he took three hours and forty minutes to de¬ liver, tbe entire speech was in the office of the Cincinnati Gazette, begun though tale graphing had he not commenced till speaking fifteen minutes a f ter This triumph of rapid transmission was accomplished eauxely by L • 1 jy what is called the steno-telegraphy system. The dispatches are received by an ink recorder of great simplicity, which pays out a narrow strip of tape, on which the matter is plainly printed in linear characters. The wire was worked without a “repeater,” and the amount o f matter transmitted, sixteen thousand words, was fully equal to what would be averaged by the Morse system and ou three wires, by tb -ee senders three receivers. The system carries every punctuation mark * 5 54 s italicizes all words from foreign guages, names of newspapers, etc , and/ secures punctuated the and delivery edited of for copy the properlyj com positor. One of the S^ay-at-Homes of Maine—A n old gentleman, 65 years of age, residing in the town of Har¬ rington, Me., who came to Portland on the last steamer, never has been out of tie State, except a short distance across the New Brunswick line in a team. Although on the direct daily stage line to Bangor, he has never been in that city. He has never been :'o Portland before, never before on a steamboat, and never before saw a horse car or a locomotive. He went to Lewiston on tbe Maine Central Wed nesday, and was much astonished at the sights daring his ride in the cars, The number of buildings in Portland was a source of wonder to him. He “reckoned that Portland wasn’t much of a place Boston for farms.” He intends to go to before he returns home, resolved to see a little of the country before he dies .—Portland (lie ) Press, September 24. - ^-- Sale of Subscription Tickets at BooTn’s.--When the box-office at Booth’s Theatre, New York, was opened at eight o clock hnday morning to begin the Bale of subscription tickets for the einhardt season, the boys in the em ployment of the “scalpers” were first at the window. There were about twenty of these proxies, and each pur c ased from four to ten tickets, the atter cumber being the limit for any one purchaser. As the price of the tickets is 860, each boy invested from $-40 to $600. The sales were very lively for an hour. Some of the best known citizens came ia twos and threes, and at nine o'clock dOO of toe choicest orchestra chairs had been taken, rep resenting §24,000 in the cash bor. Af. ter nine o'clock business slowed, pur chasers appearing only at long inter V edVo T 0^ 8dleSUP tC n00a aS8rega ' ted t $o0,000. __ ^ ^ The Protestant Episcopal Chnrch of America will hold its triennial conven tion at New York city, beginning on Wednesday next, and continuing ft in session for a fortnight or more is expected that upward of o00 delegates will oe in attendance. A great volume of business will be transacted during the sitting, and several important jects will be discussed. Alie Friend ~ Of Delicate "7"- Ladies Warner’s Sifa Kidney and Liver Cure is the remedy that will care many d seises pscuPar to women. weakness, Head.icnes.neu i gu.divor iereJ nerves^ menu: suocks, and kindred aumeuts its Zhe are Mother's effectually removed by use.—- Magazine. Sale of the Stevens Battery. The New York limes of the 2nd iDst * sa 3T 8: The purchase at auction of the ren/owned Stevens Battery by Mr. Wi'^liCn ^|f E. Laimbeer $55,000 for the the remark^ a ow flUia was geaer-. $rTopic dealers, and among ship iron builders manufacturers, yesterday, It was the general opinion that Mr. ^aimbeer vessel had at bought low the price, ponderous and war a very had unquestionably got the best end of the bargain. possibilities Independent of her la tent d machinery as a man-of-war, the en of the battery, even as iron, . wiil yield a handsome profit on the original investment. The ma o^ed in cons'ruction n the firtt quality fe^ver of charcoal iron, and as there are no than 3,700 tons of this already built into her massive sides, which even as old junk would bring $20 to $25 per ton, it will be seen that l 1110 profit on the purchase cannot easily fail below $30,000, or 60 per cent, on the purchase money. By the terms of the S0l - 0 > Mr. Laimbeer has six months i Q which to remove the battery, during which period he has the opportunity to negotiate its sale with any foreign power which may chance to want it, China and Japan have lately been spending millions in the purchase of British built iron-clads, and South American Governments like Chili and Peru have shown a disposition to invest liberally in the Bame direction. Should a general European war result from the present complications, it is thought that Mr. Laimbeer would have no difficulty in disposing of his recent ac> quisition The at a handsome advance. cost of completing tbe battery for offensive purposes is estimated at only half a million dollars, which is ratlvr less than one-third the cost of a first-class foreign iron clad. In case it should be found desirable to alter her into a passenger steamer or clip¬ per ship, the cost, it is estimated, would not exceed $150,000. Her lines are draughted with admirable skill—in fact, the hull in its present state close¬ ly resembles that of a White Star steamer, “hog-belly,” particularly bulging in respect to the or bottom, which enables her to swim much more safely and evenly in a sea-way than a ship of the'old, American model. The Russian offered $125,000 for the during the war flurry with England over the Eastern quest : on in 1878, but it is said their terms of pay ment were not acceptable. Jn 1870, but for the interference of the Wash¬ ington authorities, who would not al¬ low her; to be used against a power with which we were at peace, she might have been sold for a vastly larger sum. Purves & Son, scrap iron dealers, of Philadelphia, were the next highest bidders to Mr. Laimbeer, they offering $54,750. In case the ship is not sold or converted into a steamer or merchant vessel, she will probably be worked up into safe iron, or into ma¬ terial for the interior of the Hudson River tunnel. Overworked Switchmen, The old question of overworked signalmen is being again discussed in * iew °* recent railway disasters. The alarming smash near Paisley, as also that at \ auxhaii on Saturday night, are ^ ota attributed to mistakes on the P arfc ot si g na meD * With regard to fclie ^ rst n a ™ 0 d accident, it is stated that from 250 to 270 trains daily the signal box at Pennylee, wher3 the collision occurred. In addition to the ordinary duties of the signalman stationed here, there are shuntings on and off sidings and manipulation of slow trams to suit fast ones, making the day man’s signaling of trains about 20 per nour, or one every three minutes. These are all double transac tions, for after signaling the lme clear and passing a train, the man on has to block the line till be gets telegram from the next box that the train had reached it. He has to keep notes of each train, his labor, as may be easily imagined, being incessant unceaeing. Yet tLis man, we are told. without i„ kept .t work 12 coneecotive relief. The statement seems almost incredible. Four hours on duty and eight hours off is the usual watch at sea, where there ie nothing like the constant strain on mind and b °l y *t! C V he 8ig ^ mftD " e Tt d to be abb to stand knowing all the ,:ae * lt a e ® rr0 ^ ai3 P^ rt | ! W ^ lon ca0se g wee . k of toil ♦ -i T this ° signalman • ^ °f at * e “ y , p** ^ f 'I ^en *fc ll hours .—Liverplol on dutv when ', tl ^---—---- eilt occarred r Post j ^^^Vhiiadelphia * limes states that fi^^^Hmington, colored men took the train r^^^^Rludiana, Del., Thursday, en , to vote the for the small consideration a ^ ree r ‘ de *° Hoosier back. The Democrats ^^^^Hbave asd the it counties said the polls is ^^^^H^atched by in men the who know mau PRICE THREE CENTS* The Badical Still Hunt. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun , says : From cer¬ tain developments the last of the Republican days it management in few has transpired has been that in what is called in a still hunt progress at least two of the States of the South for quite a time past. These' two States are North Carolina and Florida, and it is now known that the probability of securing their electoral vote is in¬ cluded in the calculations at Republic the can headquarters. Republican In addition fully to this ciating the advantage managers, appre¬ of securing the control of the next House of Repre¬ sentatives, whether Garfield is elected or not, have been quietly surveying the Congressional districts of the South, with a view to the picking up of one here and there, where Democ atic diseensions justify encouragement. Democrats will perhaps be startled to learn that, as the present situation is viewed through Republican spectacles, it is considered that the chances are very fair for the securing of enough districts in the South to reverse the majority in the House without any gains whatever from the North. Among the districts which the Republicans think they have a good fighting chance for are not less than three in Virginia, two in North Carolina, two in Tennes¬ see, one in Louisiana, one in Florida, one if not two in Georgia, and one in Texa§. In a number of these districts two Democratic candidates are in the field, and in the others Democratic dissensions are such that it is calcu¬ lated the regular candidate will come quite short of polling the full party vote. Whether Republican expecta¬ tions will be fulfilled in this respect the result only will determine, but the stakes are high, and it may be assumed that they will be striven for with ail the usual appliances. In this connec¬ tion it can also be mentioned that the Republican managers here express the utmost confidence in their ability to secure at least two districts in Mary* land, ITEMS OF INTEREST. . The receipts of the Custom House at Vera Cruz during the last eleven months show an increase of more than $1,000,000 over the corresponding months of last year. President Walker, of the Toledo Produce Exchange sent his unruly son to a reform school. The boy felt the disgrace keenly, and, on being releas¬ ed, committed suicide. A new comet, with a tail fifty min¬ utes Prof. long, Harrington, has just keen discovered by of Ann Hrbor. It has been a fine year for telescopic comets, but popular interest in them would be greater did they not remain only telescopic. Tbe New York Sun, of Friday, re¬ ports the death by drowning of John McGan, of Kibrush, County Clare, Ireland, who was on his way to Aus¬ tralia. A few dollars in silver was found in his pockets,aud ia a belt en¬ circling bis waist, $95 in $5 and $10 gold pieces. All of the milk dealers in New York city advanced the price of milk Irom six to eight cents per quart, and it is expected that by reason of the short supply of grass food at this sea son of the year it will go up to ten cents per quart. The farmers now de mand four cents in place of two and one-half, as paid during the summer season. Lart Thursday evening Mr. Smith, w fco resides at Capon Bridge, W. Va. waB riding on the river in a boat with a young lady to whom he expected to be married next week. The young lady waB handling the oar, and fell out. Mr. Smith jumped out to save her. The young lady, however, swam near the shore, aud on looking back found that her lover was about drowning, She started to swim to him, but before 8 h e reached him he sank. His body W as found the same evening ! JPP?/ T h . 1'?,’ <!?/ (Sl.til . kl„l g ,„d Philadefnhia ^VhuSay , u«r the t \Tnn<W body W«tiSdthe of a man was found d The latter ~ bo dy of Horace p Wilbur? a pr0I ninent lawyer of j PLiladelphia. The woman i9 believed be Mrs Tyndale, * of Burlington, hSd N. J § for whom Mr. Wilbur been tr J in £ to obtalD a divorce. It is sup P 08ed t0 be a CaSe ° f Jual 8uicide ’ Th ® P 03tc ge <> Q periodicals has been reduced to two cents a pound, but the poor people who sup ply the manuscript, from which the ■ periodical is compiled are still com pelled to pay letter rates upon their ! effusions. As their contributions are not infrequently very heavy, the ex pecse thus caused is considerable. If the department would take pity upon the struggling author, and permit him to send along his essays at book rates, i it would do a good work withoutmak iDg any material sacrifice of income! Business Cards* NOTICE. I). FERGUSON, No. 122 State stroet, near Bull, is prepared to repair LUCKS, THINKS AND GUNS. BELL HANGING AND KEY PITTING A SPECIALTY. Cnref ll attention given to all kinds of work In thdt line. Outside work promptly and properly executed. sepS-lw _ MS. McGEfLEY, CARPENTER, YORK ST it SET, second door east of Bull, furnished Jobbing promptly attended to. Estimate* when ueslred. je!4-6m _ BEEF, VEAL AND LAMB. JOS. H. BAKER, BUTCHER, STALL No. 66, Savannah Market. A LL other meats In their season at lowest ix market rates. Orders promptly filled and delivered. Will victual ships througlvont. Give him a trial. oo31-tf ANDERSON STREET MARKET AND ICE HOUSE, X P. PHILLIPS, Butcher, and dealer in al O • kinds of Meats, Fish, Poultry and Mar¬ ket Produce. *®- Families supplied at their residences, and all orders executed with promptness anteed. and dispatch. Satisfaction guar¬ ap6-0m _ C. A. CORTINO, lit Cuttiae, Stir Drum Culluc ut SHAVING SALOON. HOT AND COLD BATHS. 166 Bryan street epposit. the Market, ua * der Planters’ Hotel. Spanish, Italian, Ger man. and English spokon. selfl-tf W. B. FERRELL’S Agt. RESTAURANT, No. 11 New Market Basemen (Opposite Lippman’s Drug Si re,) laniatl SA\ANI 1H. UA Cakes, &c. CHARLES ZINK, BKEADIand CAKE BAKER, MARGARET A1ID WEST BROAD STS. Mr Fre ih Pies. Bread and Rolls, dally Je20-tf Plumbing and Qas Fit tag. CHAS E. WAKEF1E! St, Plumbing, Gas Si Steam Fitting, No. 48 BARNARD South STREET, Broad one door north ot treet. Beth Tabs, Joboing Wafer Close's, Boilers, Ranges, PronpUg attended to. Also, Agent of “ BACKUS WATER MOTOR;• SbXl McELLINN & McFALL, PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING. No. 46 Whitaker street, oorner York at. Lane N.B. Houses fitted with gas and attends^ water at short notice, guaranteed, Jobbing promptly at price to and all work low s. gg* Prices to suit the times. mhttf *oonowsnce oai* ot peetuejenfi *joji flY JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 8*0 ?** Joqnratj iwrowj Boat side of Bull street, one door from York, ‘3A0H0S0D H M. Paints, Oils and Glass. JOHN G. BUTLER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In WHITE LEADS VARNISH, COLORS, ETC. OILS. GLASS, Ready Mixed Paints, Railroad. Steamer and Mill Mupplltt*. Hole Agent for Georgia Lime Calcined Plaster, Cements, Hair aud Laad Plaster. No. 22 Drayton SAVANNAH. street, QA. JanlStf___ ANDREW HANLEY, —Dealor in— Ororst Subet, Blinds, Mouldings Lime, Piaster, Hair and Cement, STEAMBOAT, ItailroaA and Mill Supplies, paints, oils, varnishes, glass, &e. Hr 6 Whitaker * 171 Bay St., BA VANN AH, GEORG IT my26-tf Hotels. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. THE SUCCESS OF THE MARSHALL HOUSE Has become widely known, and with Its SPACIOUS VESTIBULE, EXTENSIVE AND ELEGANT VERANDAH Affording ladies promenade. a fine view of the AIRY AND WELL VENTILATED Rooms and Unrivalled Table. Is acknowledged to be The Leading Hotel of Savannah, As demonstrated by the large dally ar¬ rivals. JOHN BRfiSNAN, KPS8-U MAgAQ PU