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Georgia Affairs.
_r. ii. and to state that our last Fri
r r the death rf R- verend Robert
■mas county, was incorrect.
- iat ion from the same source
- till living, with some hope of
we sincerely trust will be re
, -;-y of 255 the citizens of Troup
i the abolition of fences within
. Tic* LiGrange Reporter thinks
. . ,:u w.'l be of great benefit to the
■ ft: • county at large.
to the Elbert n Neto South the
• r , f K'berton was both shocked
, y,,ntlay to learn of the sudden
. v.-r,ing previous of Reverend
way Thornton, a Baptist min
to through jut the boands of
. iati 'n, and beloved by all who
■ r Ids true piety, his Christian
-a: gi r.iil fellowship.
, I rner has announced a compete
i; for an appointment to the
v .,- Military Academy from his Con
strict-the Second Georgia. So
elates for the honor have ap
. nlating with confidence on an
ir! . van well bv l hristmas.
_ _• -■ ,i .Yew* heads the iist of * New
,-,. ; .tl men who arrived in Augusta
„• as follows: “Ex Governor R. B.
- > ; r. ler Stuart, one of the oldest citi.
. ,f. . -;a, died Friday afternoon, aged
i:. .. r of Judge Hilliard Moore by Tom
. rate and cold blooded. Ac
n confession, the murderer
(a victim, knocked him in the head
„ ,• ~ and killed him Yet tho aforesaid
, rl -- he swung off las'; Friday, dec ared
i*in.l direct for Heaven.
■ r, - v'n .ichee is the name of the ele
arner now being constructed to
I waters of the river of that
| Ke th, an aged and excellent gen
tisiaan of Columbus, is dead.
i.v morning last the Superior Court
i- untv had, at Macon, the application
: ran . motion to restrain the Macon and
Bu -wtec Railroad Company from entering
- cry at that place. The final hearing
i .. p ineii until the 37th inst , because of
I uaa- . uuent asking that E. IV. Cole, George
I- .-t a! be added to those against whom
I tb* in “tion was prayed.
1 • cotton mills, of Augusta, are now
I .-fit.- i with the electric light.
[. r Dickson, colored.who lived nine miles
, v lanta. was, on Friday morning last,
* e.i aid probably fatally shot by Spencer
I irw- a colored paramour of his (Dickson's)
ife, Julie. The shooting was In revenge for
i thrashing which .Dickson ha t g ven tbe
Ii”- 'bab!e mur.erer. The culprit has not yet
j--u e >plured, but Julie has been arrested as
accessory before the fact
Mrs. Mary Cobb, the widow of the late Hon.
Tiiotuas Cobb, and ed at her home in Dooly coun
j ty. on Wednesday night. October 28, 1881, in
■ ighty-sevemii year of her age We learn
the Hawkiasviile Dispatch that she set
c,j. with her husband, below Hawktnsville
„. IfLV si.vfy years ago. when that section was
1 by Indians, and there were but few
settlers, had lived for about fifty
the place r-here she died. Her hus
s i ..'s the clerk of tiie first court ever or
tat: ia Dooly county, and was one of its
I nr.j representatives in the Legislature.
[ :• - 1 '.ir en Timber Gazette says: “At pres
-1 h m but very little timber coming down,
I the low stage of the river. Ju.-t as
I . - river risesag cd supply may be
I -u- .oi.l > hen it arrives it will command
1 ,c s. Timber is bound to hold its own
I > : iamifaetured with care. A good arti-
M •- o. a.wavs tiring a good price, an i no one
■ * .. . -.s better than the timber cutter hlm-
B - ’ . - fu.Kiaing are the quotations of the
I ' -r • ns puiilished lu the Gazette of
■ - . square—6oo average, $5 i jas 50;
I *' irt O; 800 average, f8 0 >aß 50;
1 .a-. *oa7 Of; I.OCJ average, 00*
1 aerage, $8 s*a9 50; 1,300 average,
Ii Scab—3oo average, $5 ■ oa6 lO;
1 * . r ; 500 average, $8 Coa9 U 0;
■ ,l kverage, S * toalO OU."
■ F'itd-prisc : “On last Wednesday
9 - Ki.ight £ Sykes had tbe inisfor-
I -their 't-'am saw mill turned. The
1 I between this place and Haw-
I : ar ibe branch railroad. About 11
1 - i.ight the fire was discovered, but
1 -i , : t ' much progress to be arrested,
f i. I • structure was a mass of
1 - Ibe engine is said to be almost
j I-• shafti. etc; being warped
Ia lot of seasoned and unseas
-1 urned, which, of itself, was
1 l- -- , his iiiid supplied mostly the
1 „ I*, ei and the loes will be felt
1 i'raetors it- that town. From the
1 ".t-ie gen:it-men having had a fine
1 a : icUed by some unknown scoun
-1 - >r .- '.-I -re. it is supposed tnat the |
8 r, fii-e hv the same party or par
-1 r- was no liisurance, and the loss is
H 4 ™ :iT > ■ue to the i-roprietorSs”
I : t" the t xecution of Joe Harris, the
1 • > rer of Mr. Langston, in Greene
■ ifreenesboro Journal says: “A
1 in. < us the following: Joe Harris.
I . ' : .murderer, who will expiate his
9 a tex - B'riday. the llth in>t . does not
9 .. • las situation at all. He now
1 i : is former coofessions and says
a iurto and with the murder of 31r.
9 : i: 'ferns that he intend* to stand
I ' ra. i.c to the last. He acta as one
9 ’: i* of escape in some way, and
9 '. re dis'urbed than a brute. Yet
1 regarded as irresponsible for
I he may te in the scale of
I he w, 1, knows right from wrong."
I " ih once: “Last Friday morn-
I -Z. ~ " a stsrtied by the announce
| s ’ “ f Mrs. Marzee Reaves. To
1 - Mrs Leaves was in her usual
■ . --oiy morning, and just a short
I ch inquired concerning her
I- who Led bfeeu suffering of
I ' Miiog of that nature. An
| -• ter. Mrs Durham busied
H leaving Mrs. Reaves alone.
1 -i- anno.need Mrs. Reaves'
| nd Mrs Durham, thinking
1 Mr. hulie Durham's house.
B ~.J- . : r her. Ao—roaiiiing that she
I -ed at Dr. Hiiiups'. which
B ! -i ce, and finding har not
■ - e had gone up stairs >o take
1 - the st“ps, idle found Mrs.
1 th- top step with her face in
ISi' ; k " f ■ ther lying carelessly and
B ‘ ",-c ip, but she was aead—
| ;1 , some, of neuralgia of the
■ •' • .-re „ Middk'and YpperGe'-r
--9 -t\ .. Z' t "fence or no fence” is being
I 1 ; r—s e-b ro llomsj-.umal .-ays:
1 'the* xperim -nt of ‘no feuce,"
9V . . ” i- is rapidly c inverting the
1 “ > r kii. and in several counties
I--. 1 ' • ted in favor of fencing in
1 of their cultured fields
I diminishing end rail-tim
-1 ■ and the expense of keep-
B -- ' 5 early increases. There
1 i rails o. fence pastures for
1 -*•'" : *" jngh to eaciose the larger
1 c , a a'eieral rule The adop-
I ' ‘P* I'cy will add zh per cent.
1 1 .n Middle Georgis. People
1 ” divested of all fencing |
I ‘ , . . /- is euffered to run at large.
■ ‘ crops were fenced in, five
I ■ •' ctud probably hft sown
1 •. and thrift aid oleaty
1 t tue farmers of Greene
1 '“ti..' .’ 1 ."! 1 one v more test theques
- << x.’’
9 Z - , ; . : ‘ r , : "OoL J. R. Broome has
I A::, ‘~ r the taost attr*c-
I -at.ordiog programme ever
1 'Ai g“, it eoiiMsts of award-
I ' ra "'' young lady in Troup
, y r set valued at and to
I an in Troup county a ten
■ Z “ i.v, by a vote of the
Ia Z' 1 ~ s r ‘ctty confined to un-
I t.‘ married persons can come
- r ; ... “‘ing will be charged for
'y■ . * . ? r Rentieman is en
■, tii, r j' .’. The set is made up of
H ii, iZZ ,:*; sa ' ®be silver pitcher.
i,; , h, .1, a , '‘‘id one silver syrup
H ~ je ''—u by calling at Mr.
■ v - -ton-at any time between
Hk!, ,”’ nt * 8t - Ret every young
r, n tt , ln Troup county fcp
and participate in the
■ *’ wmoing the silver eet
PriMCht. O. A Bull.
'- c -- - m ; ; c a hroSo!“ 0n P reseDU -
SavatMiati Rowing Stem.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
Banner: 4‘The report was current
yesterday that there wrs no money in the
banks to pay for the cotton that Is coming in
constantly, and that the farmers were finding
difficulty In selling. An inquiry revealed the
fact that the trouble is only such as is apt to
occur In the best regulated market and is of no
serious character. The railroads have not
snipped a great deal of cotton lately, and there
is a large quantity on hand waiting to be
moved. This has caused a blockade and made
it necessary to await the arrival of more than
the usual amount of money used for that pur
pose in the city. The banks have plenty of
monev for ordinary busice -s transactions, but
run snort of funds to pay for cotton They
have plenty on the way, however, which will
. i‘w re ' ,la T or tw °. when there will be no
further diffleu ty.”
NOTES PRO* NEW YORK.
Blessed Torrentw-The James Foun
tain—Tlie Trials and Pluck of a
Sculptor-To-morrow’s Political
Battle—The Lenox milton—Napo
leon’* Tribulations.
New York, November 3.—Rain, rain, rain!
Jspiter Pluvius has at length unbarred bis celes
tial floodgates, and if the wet weather continues
the immediate danger of a water famine will
be averted. Thus far it is computed that about
two inches of water have fallen. The earth is
so dry and parched throughout the whole
Croton basin that at least six inches of rainfall
will be necessary to refill the great reservoirs.
So we are by no means sa'e yet. This lesson’
which may yet be terrible for us beyond all
imagining, is not without its moral. We all
see now how totally inadequate are our water
resources, and there can be no doubt that we
will immediately set about remedying them.
If it is vouchsafed us to tide over the present
crisis we’ll never be found napping again. No
one can tell whether the rain came by reason
of the prayers of the people or the crooked
predictions of Vennor. Who cares? Suffice
it to say we are all sincerely grateful for these
refreshing showers, which surely never seem
ed so beautiful before.
The drinking fountain, which was nresented
to the city hy D Willis James last week, is a
magnificent work of art. It stands in a promi
nent position on the west rn side of Union
Square Next to the Obelisk it is the most
expensive gift which has been made the city.
It is said to have cost from thirty to forty
thousand dollars The following is from the
address o' Profess r J. Leonard Corning, de
livered on the cccasion: “Nearly five years
have elapsed since a little company of us,
three in nu ber. chanced to meet in a German
hotel at Stuttgart, and, under the leadership of
one of the trio, the conversation turned upou
the project of a drinking fountain which
should realize the three fold intent of contribu
ting to the physical comfort of the people and
at th- same time teaching a lesson of religion
and cultivating a healthy appreciation of art.
In beautiful Stuttgart, the capital of the little
kingdom of Wurtemburg. resides Professor
Wilhelm von Lubka, well known all over
Europe, and America likewise, as tne most
popular of living historians of art, a critic as
well, whose judgment in his department is
nearly supreme at the Swabian Court Jhe
counsel of the learned Professor was sought
ltp..n the first visit to Professor Lubke’s study
a stranger was ecc wintered, who proved to be
none other Professor Adoiph Donndorf,
lately arrived From Dresden and just ttapn in
stalled as head of the Depart inent of Sculpture
in the Art Academy of Stuttgart. “Right here
is the man you are looking for,” said Professor
Lubke: and in a few moments’ conversation it
was settle-1 that the young artist, who com
plet’d ths Luther monument at Worms aft-r
the death of the great Rietschel, should make a
little model of clay of a drinking fountain.
This model proved satisfactory, and after a
protracted correspondence concerning matters
of minor detail the contract was signed on the
10th of May. IST7, before the American Consul
resident of that city. Two and a half years
was the period within which the artis- con
tracted that his work should be ready for erec
tion I am not aware of any violation of con
fidence in informing you that the sculptor's
own wife anil child stood for this bronze
mother with tbe baby on her arm. It is t ue
that the original model of the baby outgrew
his proper size before the clay group wa- fiiri
ished. But a numerous generation of little
Donndorf* has been coming upon the stsge in
normal procession for some years, and when
the first model for the baby in arms had got
into pantalets, there was another live speci
men at hand whose dimensions were exactly
right As to the other little one running by the
mother’s side, I hapten to know that a city of
□earlv a hundred thousand inhabitants was
searched for a model of comeliness and fault
less anatomy. A little boy of fortunate parent
age. wh • had in the city of Stuttgart a reputa
tion for ideal grace of form stood for this third
inemlier of the group before us.
“Ihe winter of 1819-th was one of unprece
dented aeve.rity in btiitrgart, tbe mercury going
down on several occasions below zero—a cir
cumstance almost unhk-.rd of in the sheltered
valley of the Neckar. The artist had nearly
c-mpleted the modeling of the entire group,
ami was putting on the finishing touches,
leaving bis atelier at nightfall, he retired to
his home with bright visions of the near fulfill
ment of his long cherished hopes. On that
fatal night the winter winds held high (arnival
in the Swabian capital, and the bitter frost
mocked at hickory and anthracite. F*arful of
the welfare of his treasure, not yet moulded
from moist clay into solid plaster,the ill-starred
sculptor hastened to his atelier only to find the
group upon which he had expended two years
of toil, lying a heap of shapeless lumps and
morsels on the floor.”
Yet. in spite of all this the James fountain
was unveiled in New York on Tuesday last,
and happy indeed is this fair city inits posses
sion.
Tue elections this year present little of ma
leria! interest. The Democrats are, as usual,
divided into two sects; this time, Tammany
and anew creation, the Regular Democracy.
Anti Tammaof, or Irving Hall, is a remem
brance of the past; nor is its memory any too
fra'-rant. The new Democracy, Miuerva like,
has” just sprung into existence. Tammany,
politically speaking is a ißtle unwell; but
TaQURKDy is "toujjh and dc-vilisb wy, and,
as ever, holds the balance of power. There
have been bargains, of course. But we have
become inured to ah’ ’his. and we suffer iu
silence. When the miiUnni;;m comes, the last
thing to b purified and transhgured will be
New Y ork politics. Meanwhile peopl*. not con
nected direcllv with the machine take very
little intercut in the selection of local mag
nates. The paper* tor a fortnight have been
exhorting citizens to exercise their sov
ereign right to register, and so to vote.
But the citizen has ceased to trouble
his mind over the choice of
Aldermen and assemblymen: anlhe prefersto
waive his prerogative in favor of a more inter
ested. if not more elevated c’ass of electors.
I went last week to see the famous portrait
c.f Milton at the Lenox Library. This excel
lent picture, which used to be owned by Ch*s.
Laiub. was recently purchased “in an obscure
auction room,” in lsindon, by Mr. Quariticb,
for the i enox Library. Tho price paid was
about £Kd. The sale seems to have been
keenly felt by many in England, whose s nti
ments are perhaps de-cribed by the London
World as fti.lows: “This painting, instead of
pus-ing into th* National Portrait Gallery,
which undoubtedly would be its proper resting
place, is on its way to the United States. We
cannot quarrel vub the Americans for spend
ing their money so wiei/, and for cherishing
the elorious inheritance of old L glisll litera
tore wZ'h’b is theirs as well as ours, and which
makes the na.'Pe of Milton dearer perhaps to
them than it seems ?o be at home. ’
The painter of this portrait is unknown. Ar
ti-tieally considered, the work is not to b?
ranked among the very highest. Its claims to
our notice are chiefly literary. Here is what
Lamb wrote to Werdsworth in 18 5 regarding
it • “Let me in this place, for I h3ve wrtt you
several letters naming it. mention that my
brother, who is a picture collector, has picked
up an undoubted picture of Milton He cave
a few shillings far R and cculd get no history
with it but that some ohj had had it for a
great many years. Its ege ascertainable
from the state of the canvas, and you need
only aee it to be sure that it is the original of
the heads tn the fonson editions, with which
we are so well familiar ” In another letter
Lamb says. “It js the genuine Milton, and an
object of quiet ga*-* for tiui half hour at a
time Yet though I am conbdeut there is no
oe'ter one of h.m. the face doe* not quite an
swer to Milton. There is a tinge of petit (or
petite—how co you spell it?) querulousness
about it, yet—hang it! now I remember, there
D not-M is calm, melancholly and poetical ”
With such a history and with such -unction,
the portrait, though a trifle disappointing, is
interesting in the extreme.
There is very little town-talk to speak of. All
admit that Judge Folger s an excellent man
for the Treasury—i.ext best cbol-e. perhaps,
after ex-Goerucr Morgan. In a few days the
Uuiteau trial will lnotg up as ihe great cause
celebre. Meanwhile we tAlx of Rossi, who has
jut begun his performances at Booth's, and of
the opewa. which is decidedly not so good 5
u-ual. Colonel Mapleeon's new stars have not
turned out to be of the first magnitude. Ferni
and Lauri and Juck and Minnie Uauk are weak
and unsatisfactory wh-n compared win the
Gender*. Marimons. Cary* and Belo -cas of
former seasons The men. however, are the
same aad Campanini, Del Puente. Ravelli and
Galas*! are a aupwru and un* qualied array of
singer* There Is tfce game aimcjnt of dressing
at the opera this season as of iaevit
able dress coat and crush bat of the men, the
light colored evening dressew of the ladies The
old habitues are to be seen in their boxes But
AS vet we have had no truly gala
meht such a oafi, for example, as I
rem nib-r two years age. fUB Gerster. Uam
nanini Cary and Del Puente sang together in
That old but ever memorable
Was there aver a more d f li I f h [. r . , ‘ l Tfi
Academy was radiant and brilliant. The ele
gance of the dressing, tue ebarming beanty e
the ladies, the sparkling of the fra
grance of flowers, tbe murmur of ’OW tte
delicious sweetness of the music, the magnifi i
cent power of *•* ulngers-it all floats about
in memory, as I write, hk ft fmr dre^“ RACE _
An Krapbatlc Denial.
Richmond, Va., November 5. — It is stated
on the best authority that there is no foun
dation for the published reports that the
control of the Richmond and Danville Rail
road is likely to ebange hand*.
A Havlsber to Swing.
Galveston, November 5 —Charles Ward,
a one-legged negro, who assaulted a Ger
man girl, Dora Eiledman, last August, and
was convicted of the offense, has been sen-:
ttneed to be hung.
All fonna of igipalied vitality, mental cx
faauetlon, weakened digestion, etc., radically
removed by using Brown’s iron Bitter#.
THE SOUTH S GREAT FAIR.
THE EXPOSITION’S BEST WEEK
YET.
Tbe Coining Preliminary Trial of
Gin* and Cleanera—Tbe New Eng
land nannfartorerson tbe Display
—A Strong and Patriotic Plea for
tbe Success of tbe Vast Enterprise.
Atlanta, November 6.—Last week was
the best the Exposition has had. The
number of visitors Increased 40 per cent.
This week cheap rates go into effect on all
the Southern Hues. A preliminary trial of
cotton gins and cleaners will be had on
Wednesday. The cotton for this te6t
ha 6 been selected from a single field.
Each competitor will be given a hundred
pounds. The time will be taken and the
fibre and the seeds weighed. After ginning,
each lot of lint will be packed separately,
and all tbe parcels will be sent to Boston
for inspection at a meeting of the New
England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
on November 30th. The actual competition
of gins and cleaners for the awards will oc
cur in December, when the National Cotton
Planters’ Association will be In session.
Another large delegation of spinners will
attend this competition, which Is expected
to settle conclusively several questions of
vital Importance to the future of cotton
culture.
The following statement is furnished the
press by Messrs. Atkinson and Garseed in
behalf of the National Cotton Manufactur
ers’ Association :
First. The committee of the New England
cotton manufacturers and their frieuds have
separated, most of them going home. They
concur In this opinion that the meeting of
tbe National Cotton Planters’ Association to
be held December 6th, fiom three to six
hundred in numbers, should be met by
an equal number c-f
from the North. They affirm that, if this
can be brought about, It alone will fully
ju-tlfy the Cotton Exposition. They have
found that the tools and machines for
planting and preparing cotton for spinners
are of utmost interest and importance to
both grower and 6pinner.
They have found an exhibition of cotton
machinery such as has never before been
brought together in this country or else
where. They have found In the annex
butldiDgs evidences of tbe natural re
sources of the Southern section in agri
culture, In commerce, In minerals and In
timber, wt.lch could not be equalled from
any otler equal area of the earth’s
surface, and In the uses to which these re
sources will shortly be applied. They find
the promise of a vastly greater number of
customers for tfcetr own mills than they ex
pect to find competitors tn Souttiern mills.
They have met the Southern manufacturers
with hearty good will and earnest wishes
for their success.
They tiud reason to send back from the
North asjeoon as they return their master
mechanics and overseers to study the sub
j-c’ as presented here. Tney concur unani
mously In the judgment that there is greater
promise of improvement In many direc
tto s, but especially in the handling
of cotton, which would emanate
from this exhibition, than from
any one ever held before. They earnestly
hope that crowds from the North will meet
crowds from tbe South, that the betn ticent
influence of this meeting may extend be
yond material interests and work a common
good for our common country.
FRANCE IN AFRICA.
The Tunisian Policy Anaalled and
Defended iu the Cbniuber of lie|>ti
tle*- Governor General Grew He-
Hlgued Humored Nubiniaalou of
lusurgeuu.
Paris, November s.—lnterpellations on
the government’s Tunisian policy were
brought forward in the Chamber of Deputii s
to-day. The Premier defended the policy
of the government. He Indignantly re
pelled the calumnies against M. Roustan,
the French Minister to Tunis. The Tunis
lan expedition, he said, was to protect the
Algerian frontier. This same policy
had been pursued by all former
governments. Moreover, the last Chamber
bad approved the expedition and the treaty
with the Bey. A French protectorate over
the country was Inevitable. He denied that
the expedition had caused France to lose
alliance's or had disorganized her army. He
urged the Chamber to do nothing that might
compromise the Interests of France or of
the army. After a speech by M. Magal, of
the Left, attacking the Ministry, the debate
was adjourned until Monday.
M. Aibert Grevy has resigned the Gov
ernor Generalship of Algeria.
A semi-official tehgram is published an
nnuncing that in consequence of the occu
pation of Kairwan the insurgents sre disap-
I ointed, and that many Arabs have asked
for amnesty, promising to surrender the in
stigators of the revolt.
THE FLAMES IN HOBOKEN.
An Immense Dock Destroyed—Valu
!)le Cargoes Consumed.
Nkw York, November 6.—A very de
structive fire occurred In Hoboken this af
ternoon, totally destroying what was known
as the Eagle Dock, owned ly the Hoboken
Dock Company, of Hambnrg, and leased by
the Wilson and Eagle Steamship Companies,
and also two full cargoes of merchandise,
one just unloaded frou. the Wilson
Line steamer Rialto, plying between Hobo
ken and Hull, England. The other was in
readiness for a National Line steamer to
sail In a few days for London and Liver
pool. Most of the merchandise, Including
a large quautity of steel rails and cotton,
was owned by New York merchants.
The dock Is fully Insured. It was con
structed eight years ago at a cost of $250,-
000, and was 710 feet In length and 80 feet
tu width. Several cargoes and ligtiters lying
In close proximity to the fire were also
destroyed.
THE 4 MISSINH JEANNETTE
View* of Captain on per, of tbe
Corwin, a* to Her Fate.
Washington, D. C., November 6.—The
Chief of the Revenue Marine has just re
ceived Captain Hooper’s official report of
his cruise In the Arctic lest summer,
in search of the missing exploring
steamer Jeannette. Captain Hooper re
ports that fie has cruised alto
gether about fifteen thousand
miles, but has failed to
find* any trace whatever of
the missing vessel. He thinks she has been
carried far to the northeae'ward bv drifting
pack lee, and recommends that a ship be
sent out to Melyille island next spring with
three sledge parties to search the coast* of
that Island, Prince Patrick’s I-land and
Bi k’s Land for the survivors of the expe
dition. _
Block* in London.
London, November h.—The Economist of
•hD week eays: ‘‘The rate pf discount for
ban k bills, sixty days to three mouths, is
3% per cent., and for trade bills, sixty days
to three months, 4>£ per cent. The comple
tion of the Paris settlement caused Conti
nentals to close at about the best point.
Easier money caused a rise in home funds.
The uiaikist was buoyant on Monday,
6ligb ly depreased od Wednesday, but
much more cheerful on Friday. There were
extensive dealings In Egyptian and Turkish.
Spanish securities have risen upon the pros
p e,’ of negotiations with the bondholders
being opened forthwith. Peruvian, Hunga
rlan, Italian and Soutu American generally
Improved. Home railways were Irregular,
but the increase In earnings was very satis
factory. There was renewed strength in
Canadian*, it Lawrence and Ottawa bonds
hare risen fid., Toroutu, Grey and Bruce
5d., Oregon Jand California new preferred
hd. do. common 2d , and Wellington, Grey
ani Bruce Wabash, St. Louis and
Pacific general mortgage bonds have de
clined 2d., and Denver and Rio Grande first
mortgage and Central of New Jersey In
come bonds Id. eacu. Th’-re is a continued
demand for Mexicans, and spec,*! Inquiry
for Anglo American Telegraph shares,
which have risen consider#bly.”
Railroad Brldn* Burned.
Cincinnati, November 5 A special dis
oaVcb says the railroad bridge over Licking
river at Cynthiana, Ky., on the Kentucky
rentral Railroad, was totally destroyed by
flw U* night Trains transfer at that point
fod*y.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1881.
THE BOSTON ROUGHS.
Result* of tbe Inquiry at Richmond
Bo Far Can Be Gathered.
Richmond, Va., November 6.— The mili
tary commission now here Investigating the
alleged misconduct of members of the
Ninth Massachusetts Regiment refuse to
give information as to their investigation,
as it has not been concluded. The report
will be made on their return to Massachu
setts to the Adjutant General of the State,
under whose orders they came South.
Mayor Carrington, who was almost con
stantly with the commission during their
stay in Richmond, has prepared a state
ment, giving his views of the results of the
Investigation, but that has also been re
fused.
Tbe gist of the testimony Is thatthe num
ber of soldiers of the regiment engaged In
the alleged misconduct was from fifty to
seventy-five; that outrageous advances were
made toward ladles In the public streets;
that many of the soldiers paraded one of
main streets in broad daylight with negro
women of tbe lowest character on their
arms, embracing and kissing them; tbat
they took possession of vehicles, putting
the drivers off; that they Invaded barrooms
and helped themselves, refusing to pay for
drinks, and committed many other acts of
wantouness. The officers composing the
commission have shown every disposition
to make their investigation as searching as
possible, and their report will, doubtless,
prove that they have faithfully discharged
their unpleasant duty.
It can only be here added that, all state
ments to the contrary notwithstanding,
there Is nothing known upon which even
an opinion can be based as to what that re
port will be or wbat recommendations, if
any, will accompany It. The commission
did not leave last evening, as they desired
to confer with General FPztaugh Lee upon
matters appertaining to their inquiries. They
expect to leave for Washington this even
ing. m |
FIVE HUNDRED DROWNED.
Spanish Honduras Under Water.
Philadelphia, November 5.—A mer
chant of Spanish Honduras arrived iu this
city yesterday on the fruit steamer D. J.
Foley, from ports in British and Spanish
Honduras. In relation to the floods in
Spanish Honduras, flooding about two hnn
dred miles oi territory extending back
from Puerto Cortes, Mr. Yates says
heavy rains had fallen for several
days previous to October 20th, causing
immense floods, sweeping away bridges and
portions of the only railroad in the country,
which runs from Puerto Cortes thirty six
miles Into the Interior. This road was
built by the government at a cost of $45,-
000,000, and was leased to a company. Tbe
damage to the road Is placed at $10,000,-
000, and It Is feared that tbe govern
ment will not be able to rehuild It,
as the road was an important adjunct to the
fruit irade, gathering the fruit from the
back country and delivering it at Puerto
Cortes, tbe only port in tbe country. The
disaster and the improbability of its repair
will serloutly interfere with the fruit opera
dons there.
The number of persons who lost their
lives by the floods Is 6aid to be five hundred,
though no definite knowledge to that effect
bad been received when the gentleman
sailed. It was known that towns and vil
lag- s In ibe entire fruit districts were sub
merged and partly swept away.
The loss of live stock Is also very heavy.
The total loss sustained, including damage
to the railroad, Is estimated at $20,000,000.
RIGHT AND WRONG.
Hie London “Standard’* on lle 41-
liged Note ol tlr. Blaine on llie
Üblll-Feru Question.
London, November 5. —The Standard,
commenting on the alleged protest of Mr.
Blaine against auj annexation of Peruvian
territory by Cblli, says: ‘‘Considering the
circumstances existing In South America, It
would be simply offering a premium for
aggressive combinations if annexation were
recognized as the right of the more power
ful. So far, therefore, Mr. Blaine has acted
with a vigor which ought to commend Itself
to tbe world at large. But, if he Is not mis
interpreted, he seems to aim at constituting
the United States as the arbiter of the poli
tics of the whole American continent. In
view of tbe great colonial interests of Eng
land, and other powers, 6ucn a pretension,
if ever meant to be seriously advanced, is
Inadmissible. Nothing Is more calculated
to excite the susceptibilities of the petty
South American republics. Tbe United
States aad other American governments
have, however, every right, to protest against
any European power gaining a further foot
ing on the con inent of America.”
ARKANSAS RAILROADS.
Their Liability for Advances from
tbe Commonwealth.
Little Rock, November s.— The Attorney
General of the State, in response to an In
quiry from the Governor, has given an
official opinion that railroads to whom State
aid bonds were issued a few
years ago are legally liable for
the payment of their bonds. There are
$5,350,000 of these bonds outstanding,
issued to tbe following roads ; Memphis
and Little Rock, sl,2'Jo,oot); Little Hock
and Fort Smith, $1,000,CD0: Little Rock,
Pine Bluff and New Orleans, $1,200,0t'0 ;
Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River. SC3O,-
C 00; and Arkansas Central, $1,350,000.
Suits are to be instituted in tbe jjuited
States Court at once to force the railroad
companies to settle the question.
I’HA RLESTON FL ASH ES.
The Noulb Carolina Jockey Clnb-
A Heavy Criminal Docket.
entries for the December meeting of the
South Carolina Jockey Club, which com
mences on the 7th of December, were
closed yesterday. The programme em
braces four days raplng > thirteen races, for
which the club offers purses aggregating
exclusive of entrance fees, $3,000.
Fourteen stables, comprising over thirty
horses, have been entered, and additions
are expected.
The November term of the Court of Ses
sions for th*s county, which convenes to
morrow, has on the docket pearly sixty
criminal cases, Including two for murder.
BE LESSEES SERENE.
Hi* Organ on tbe Hatter of Guar
antee*.
London, November 5. —The Bulletin du
Canal Interoceaniqu* publishes an article
which is considered to be an expression of
tbe views of M. De L< sseps concerning Mr.
B’aine’s circular. It amounts to a declara
tion that the just Interests of the United
States are already provided for by the terms
of the concession made by Colombi* to the
Panama Canal Company, and tbat therefore
It Is entirely unnecessary for America to
trouble herself in tbe matter.
GUY FAWKES DAY.
Jollity and Spleen In England—Gnl
teau Burned In Isffigy.
London, November 6.—The usual Guv
Fawkes celebrations were held In London
and elsewhere in the United Kingdom last
evening. Effigies of Mr. Gladstone, Mr.
Parnell, Mr. Blggar and others were burned
In the poorer districts of London, according
as the Irish or English element predomi
nated, but no disturbance occurred. Among
the effigies burned at Lewes, where the an
niversary was as usual celebrated With great
eclat, was one of Guiteau.
Sis. Edward Tbornton’* Sncpeaaor.
Washington, November s—Hon. Lionel
SackviHe West, the new British Minister,
arrived this afternoon.
Catarrh of tbe Bladder.
Stinging, smarting, irritation of the uri
nary passages, diseased discharges, cured
by “Buehupatba.” Druggists. Depat, Os
ceola Butler, Savannah.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE STAR ROCTEBS CLUTCHIN'H
AT STRAWS.
Third Day of the Forensic Tourney
A Cabinet Curtain Lecture—Hlae-
Veagb and Guiteau—The President
Frees His mind on tbe Duty of
the Attorney General.
Washington, November s.—in the star
route cases to-day Mr. Ingersoll proceeded
with the argument which he commenced
yesterday, taking up the second count of
the information, which charges a conspiracy
between Brady, French, McDonough and
Brown. He showed the absolute absurdity
of the allegation that these men had con
spired to have the contract awarded, as it
was finally, to Walsh. He knew of no law
to prevent a man conspiring against himself,
as McDonough (the original contractor on
route 40,101) is represented to have done.
The result of the conspiracy was to take the
contract from McDonough and to give It to
Walsh.
Passing to t.he third count, which charges
Brown and Brady with deliberation and
consultation, inproperly and corruptly, to
have the service increased and expedited to
the amount of $74,450, Ingersoll asked who
was to judge of the necessity of the ebange.
The law gave the right to judge of it to the
Postmatter General, and if the court was
the judge of it the facts should be clearly
and accurately alleged. Facts, not conclu
sions, should be stated. How could It be
shown that any act, as charged, was
done In furtherance of the con
spiracy unless the whole scheme
was divulged? Consequently, all the facts
should be set forth in the information.
After dissecting the information, Inger
soll took up the law on the question of
probable cause. He said that no man can
be taken from his home roof by the Consti
tution, simply because malice and ignorance
united and honest Ignorance does the swear
ing. “The gentleman who spoke yester
day,” said he, referring to Bliss, “said that
this thing could be done in the Southern
district of New York. If that is true, the
Judge who allows it ought not to be per
mitted to sit on the bench, which
he disgraces by hts presence. His
ermine should be taken from
him, because he robs the citizen of his
liberty without any probable cau*e, with
out au oath or affirmation. If the Judge
does it, it Is infamous. But true or not, it
does not change the law. Strange ideas
they had of justice In New York. [Laugh
ter.] A man can be arrested and impris
oned without anybody in the world
having sworn that he committed any
offense, or anybody in the world
swearing tbat he had violated
any law. He can be Imprisoned on the
guess of the District Attorney. I have no
doubt tbat this Information was the child of
New York practice, suggested by the gen
tleman, who is in the habit of practicing in
courts where men are deprived of their lib
erty by their accusers resorting to that
formality. It may be that an oath in the
Sta’e of New York is so regarded that
it is only a matter of form. And that is the
practice in New York.” [Laughter].
Af'er eulogizing the grand jury system,
he said tbat here in the District of Colum
bis, above all other places, should that
grand snd time horn red institution, the
grand jury, be maintained and be allowed
to stand between the humble citizen and
tbe man who can hold office. Said he: “My
client Is am: ted upon official ignorance.”
He explained that by saying that the Post
master General bad sworn to the Informa
tion upon wbat others bad told him.
In closing ingersoll said: “When my
client is held up to public scorn and indig
nation, it is about time that if there are any
doubts they should be resolved in his favor.
But Instead of that, not satisfied with tbe
harm already done—not satisfied with vio
lating the custom of one huudred and sixty
years—not satisfied, when they were afraid
to present this case to the grand jury—
afraid, afraid—l use the word knowing
what it means—when they were afraid to
present it to the grand jury, they came to
this court, having waited themselves for
tbe expiration of the statute of limitations
—nearly having then by affidavit, illegal
and void, acc> mpltsbed tbe arrest and ma
ligning of this man, they now say, If you
have any doubt resolve the doubt against
defendant. I sav, if the court has
ary doubt as to whether this Is
or Is rot an infamous crime,
s’op If the court has any doubt as to
whether these Eflidavits amount to a prob
able cause, slop. The court cannot go on
lo tbe final judgment—a judgment that
takes from a man his liberty or his prop
erty—without being as clear as daylight as
to its jurisdiction and power. The absolute
knowledge that you have jurisdiction makes
you clear in your high office, and so Isay—
opt only I but the law savs it—if yon
nave the slightest doubt, 6top.”
At the conclusion of Ingersoll’s argument
the court took a recess. After the recess,
Jeff Chandler, of counsel for Brady, ad
dressed the court. He wished, he said, to
call attention to two of three principles
which he thought controlled the case com
pletely. Tbe case stood now where It was
left, with the discretion of the court to dis
pose of it. If their Interpretation of the
law was correct, there was nothing to send
to the grand jury. The acts alleged did
not constitute any crime under the
statutes The type of jurisprudence
which this court administered was different
iu many respects from the type which pre
ceded the common law. Iu common law
the crime did not have to be clearly defined.
To show the disrinction between the com
mon and statutory law respecting crimes be
read from “Wnestffi}’? Criffiln;! The
origin of common law was in the discretion
of the administrator of it, who defined at
bis judgment wiiat was and ’shat was hot
criminal. If that principle was not a resi
dent statutory jurisdiction which the court
was administering, then It could
not be invoked to aid the uncertainties of
the statute. If the acts could not be con
strued Into an offense condemned by this
statute, then the court would not, of course,
weary itself with the mattpr.
Mr. quoted extensively to sus
tain the principle which he had advanced to
show that tbe court cou9l not give an equt
table or liberal construction to a penal
statute. He condemned in strong terms
tbe att.emp'S which had been made by the
government to blast the reputation of the
accused before giving them a hearing, and
charged that the information bad been
given to the Associated Press before it had
been filed in court.
Mp. Cook interrupted with ft denial of
what he characterised a palpable and un
founded misstatement of tbe fact.
Mr. Chandler said if the gentleman de
nied it was so, he would accept the denial
and say he was mistaken; but whether the
fact or not, there was not a man un
der the Alderman nig tnat does not
know that he read in substance
every charge in that information
months before it found its way into court.
It may not have been the same in arrange
ment, but it went out months ago with tbe
brutal adjectives that characterize it now.
It has infected every corner of tbe United
States and tbe gentleman (Bliss', said yes
terday that its ‘ effect was to
render those men infamous in
every district of the United States. Not
one opportunity have they had to speak Id
their own bphalf, not a single syllable of
testimony had dropped from any living
witness against them, but the Government of
the United States has so manipulated these
facts to their disadvantage that a cloud of
Infamy rests upon their homes, It Is said, In
every district of the United Btatee, and for
that alone the cuurt should exercise its dis
cretion in expelling from its reesrds this
polluted thing. At the conclusion of his.
argument the court adjourned to Monday,
when Mr. Cook will argue in opposition to
the motion to set aside the Information.
h pApINET LKCTLRXj.
The Star publishes a statement that a
Cabinet meeting was held at the Presi
dent’s parlors directly after his return
from Yorktown, at which all the mem
bers of the Cabinet were present. The
President said he had called them
together to consider the question of the
prosecution of Guiteau; that from the
facts which came to his knowledge he be
lieved the government entirely unprepared
for the case; that he would consider it pre
eminently disgraceful to the government If
in Guiteau’s case, as in the star route cases,
it should confess Itself unprepared to go on
and be compelled to asK a continuance.
The President put the question to Attorney
General MaeVeagli directly as to the pre
paration of the government to proceed in
the Guiteau case.
The Attorney General replied that he did
not coneider it aDy part pf his business to
give atieniion to criminal prosecutions.
The President replied that this was a
great. State trial, and thatthe whoje country
loe feed to MacVeagh toee that it was com:
due’ed properly and efficiently.
MacVeagh said there was go law or cus
tom for the Attorney General to appear in
criminal trials, and said he had been told so
by Judge J remlah Black.
fbe President then quickly and some
what angrily asked MacVeagh how it had
been in he Aaron Burr trial ?
"Ob, but that was a trial for treason,”
MacVeagh replied.
“Yes,” said the President, “and this is a
trial for murdering the Chief Magistrate of
the nation, and to my mind it is the positive
duty of the Attorney General to take charge
of the case.”
Mr. MacVeagh then reiterated that the
law never contemplated that as any part of
his duty.
Tbe President replied that tbe statutes of
the United States authorized the Attorney
General to appear for the government at
any time In any Federal court in any case
in which he might deem it his duty to do
so, and he referred MacVeagh to the partic
ular section of the law.
ALMOST A HORROR.
An Appalling Disaster at Keokuk.
Keokuk, lowa, November s.—The palatial
passenger packet War Eagle in attempting to
pass through the draw of the Keokuk and
Hamilton bridge was baffled by the eddies
and the cross currents and swung around
against the bridge, breaking one span and
entailing damage amounting to $150,000 to
the bridge.
The clerk of the steamer says the Captain
and two pilots were in the pilot house when
the whistle blew for the bridge, “and I
heard the bells to stop the boat’s head
way. I then saw that we were
broadside to the bridge, and that the boat
was backing stroDg. I Instantly ran into
the cabin and threw up both hands to give
the alarm. I caught hold of one lady and
cried out to the rest to follow me, as the
boat was going to strike the bridge.
“We all passed out of the after door on
the st.arbop.rd guard, reaching there just as
the crash of the collision of the boat against
the bridge came. I kept calling
to the passengers, who seemed to be be
wildered, to get out on the hurricane deck.
As they did not seem to understand, I led
the way, and they followed. Several ladies
were clinging to me.
“As sood as the boat struck the bridge
the span gave way with a fearful crash. I
looked forward and saw that she was lean
ing on the west pier, her stern having
cleared the east pier, where the break Id the
bridge occurred, and I 6aw people climbing
from the boat on to the bridge. I
took one lady and the rest
followed. Most of the passengers were
safely landed, when the boat swung off and
floated down stream. She floated with the
current and rounded to with her head down
stream at a point a few hundred yards be
low the elevator, where, with the aid of one
wheel, and the assistance of parties who
came out in a skiff and took her line ashore,
she was made fast.”
Captain Wood remained on the roof, and
all the officers, 60 far as known, stood at
their posts. The deck crew got on shore as
soon as they could. Captain A. M. Hutch
inson, General Manager of the St. Louis and
St. Paul Packet Company, was Interviewed
and said It would be impossible to estimate
anything like accurately the amount
of damage done or the Insurance. There is
an insurance of about twenty five thousand
dollars on the boat, which is valued at forty
thousand dollars. The cargo consisted of
about ten thousand packages of miscellane
ous freight, chhfly potatoes, barley and
flour, a large portion of which will be
saved. The 6teamer Is settled In about
seventeen feet of water.
The wreck of the War Eagle was visited
by hundreds of people to-day. Captain
Hutchinson is of opinion that the boat can
be raised. The loss to the Bridge Company
will be fully $150,000, on which there Is no
insurance. No bodies have been found as
yet. It is known that one man jumped
Into the river and was drowned. A colored
deck-hand was struck by a piece of the iron
bridge and Instantly killed.
ESPOSITO’S CLAIM.
Suing Ills Former Partner for
$70,000.
New Orleans, November 6.— The alleg
ed Italian bandit Giueseppe Esposito, ar
rested here some time ago and finally de
livered to the Italian agents In New York,
to-day, through his counsel, filed in the
Civil District Court In his true name, Giue
seppe Esposito Racdezzo, residing In the
city of Palermo, and known there under the
name of Antonio Centozo, a suit against
Agelo Cazinano, of this city, for $70,000 on
account of a former partnership In the fruit
business.
TIIE ALBANY CIRCUIT.
Judge Fleming’* Successor Ap
pointed.
Albany, Ga., November s.—Judge L. P.
D. Warren, of Albany, was to day appoint
ed by Governor Colquitt Judge of the Al
bany Circuit Superior Court, vice W. O.
Fleming, deceased.
ll'eaiher Indie atlona.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., November 6. —Indications
for Monday:
In the South Atlantic States, threat
ening weather and rain, northeast winds
becoming variable, falling barometer and
slight changes in temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, increasing
cloudiness and rain, northeast to southeast
winds, falling barometer during Monday,
and stationary or slight fall In tempera
ture.
In the Gulf States, generally cloudy
weather and rain In Texas, Dorth to east
winds, excepting southerly In the western
portion, falling followed by rising and
stationary or lower J
In Tennessee qnq"' tts ‘ Ohio valley,
Increasing cloudiness and fain, northeast to
southeast winds becoming variable during
Monday, falling barometer and nearly sta
tionary temperature.
Tbe Recent Arrest ol American* by
the ifii'xleau Autnorltles.
Washington, November s.— The State
Department has received a report from Mr.
Hall, United States Consul at Havana, In
relation to an a leged Mexican outrage upon
citisens of the United States who were en
gaged in collecting guano on a coral reef
near Key Arenas, and were arrested by the
Mexican authorities. Consul Hall says the
Americans were simply arrested for tres
pass, and that the question Is entirely as to
the ownership of the guano deposits *nd
does not involve any International contro
versy.
A Novel Plan to Pay Renta In Ire
land.
London, November 5.—A curious plan
has been adopted In some parts of the west
of Ireland with a view of keeping the “no
rent” manifesto before tbe tenants. It
takes the form of a promissory note, which
hss been circulated among the farmers at
tending the fair at Moatc, county Weft
meat h. Tbe note Is “Promise to pay rent
on the day Parnell, Davitt and others, sus
pects, are released.” It is Intended tbat
the note shall be signed by the tenants and
6ent to the landlords.
Health Officer* al War—Death from
Yellow Fever.
KEy West, Fla., November s.— An an
gry controversy is going on here between
the Health Officer of the port and the Presi
dent of the local Board of Health concern
ing the presence of yellow fever culminated
yesterday In a slight personal encounter
between two officials.
Washington, November 5.—A dispatch
received at the Navy Department announces
the death of Lieutenant Commander A. H.
Wright at Key West, this morning, of yel
low fever.
Tbe Jew* to Uueala.
St. Petersburg, November 6.— The term
for which the local commissions to examine
into the Jewish question were named, be
ing about to expire, a special committee
has been appointed in their stead. General
Ignatieff, Minister of the Interior,Jhas in
structed the committee to finally consider
the whole subject, and an elaborate project
for dealing with it Is to be submitted for
legal sanction.
Indicted for Murder.
Cincinnati, November 5.—A Lamford,
Ky., special reports the Indictment of S. T.
McNama, conductor, and Win. Taste, engl
neerof the train on the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad, for murder in tbe first degree for
killing a fireman at McKinney station two
weeks ago.
*r*~!
!)< ib of a Noted Divine.
London, November 5 —The death is an
nounced of Very Rev. tjeorgo Henry Sache
well Johnson, Dean of Wells. He was
noted as a mathematician, and as one o? the
editors of the “Speaker’s Commentary.”
HU age was 73.
Mobile and Gulf Telegraph.
Mobile, November s.—Tbe Mob ie and
Gulf Telegraph Company’s line, extending
from Mobile Bay, is row completed ami
ready for business. Vessels calling for
orders or wishing to be reported will dis
play their signal letters In passing the fort.
VILLAIN OR VICTIM?
LIEUT. FLIPPER UNDER FIRE.
Hl* Trial at Fort Darla-Charged
With Embezzlement or Forgery—
Tbe Testimony Began Colonel
Shatter on tbe Stand-A Rigid Cross
Examination—The Theory of tbe
Defense Dimly Foreshadowed.
Galveston, November 5.—A special from
Fort Davis says: “At the opening of
the court yesterday Lieut. Flipper said
he would accept the Judge Advocate’s
suggestion to try the original and
additional charges together, and woU||
waive his right of challenging t
court, as now organized, and consent to r a
swearing it and going to trial on both sell
of charges, hut he declined to ask it. The
Judge Advocate said the refusal
to ask it would necessitate
two separate trials. Flinper
was then arraigned, charged with the em
bezzlement of $3,791 77 between July Bth
and August 13tb, 1881, pub’lc money, and
with makiDg false statements In writing
to tbe commanding officer on the 9lh, 16:h
and 23d of July, to tbe effect that he hid
transmitted the above amount to the
chief commanding officer; with pre
senting a fraudulent check for
$1 440 43 to the commissary, when submit
ting funds to him on July 2d, and with
making additional false statements on Au
gust 10th, in reference to transmitting these
funds to the chief commissary.
“To these charges Lieutenant Fiipper
pleaded not guilty. The first witness
testified that he took command in March,
and found Lieutenant FJipper in
charge of the Commissary Department.
On July 6th the witness told Lieutenant
FllDper to remit the commissary funds,
and from hts usual reports under
stood that he had compiled.
On August 10th the witness received a tele
gram from the chief commissary, stating
that the funds had not been received. Wit
ness asked Lieutenant Flipper what had be
come of them. He could not explain,
but said he was sure the funds
had been sent. On the evening of the 12ih
witness became satisfied that Lieutenant
Flipper’s statements were false, and notified
him that his quarters would be searched.
“Lieut. Flipper was placed under arrest.
The search revealed $2,800 worth of
checks in a box, which were checks which
had been presented to meet public funds
by Flipner, among them a spurious check
for $1,450. Discontinued search and had
Flipper sent to the guard
house. Visited him afterwards. He exhib
ited a telegram from tbe San Antonio Na
tional Bank, saying he never had deposited
them, and was not authorized to draw.
Flipper acknowledged the spuriousness of
the check.
“When asked as to whereabouts of the
money, he said he did not know unless It
had been stolen from him. He would
charge no one with the
thrft. He thought he could
neal e good the shortage
if permitted to see his friends In town.
They visited him In person. Witness after
wards consented to release Lieutenant Filn
per upon payment of the shortage, which
was done.
“The cross txaminrtion tended only to
strergtben the testimony by more positive
statements. Witness said tbat up to this
affair, so far as his knowledge extended,
Lieut. Flipper had been straight iu all his
transactions.
“The court then adjourned. ”
Galveston, November 6. —A special from
Fort Davis says : “The entire day was con
sumed by the defense In a searching cross
examination of Colonel Shaftcr. The vari
ous 6teps relating to Lieutenant Flipper’s
arrest were reviewed without ma
terial contradictions. Capt. Barber, fo'
the defense, claims that he is 3endeav
oring to present all the points
connected with the case without a desire to
conceal anything. He brought forward
testimony to show that the accused had
been persecuted by Colonel Shatter in his
ordering articles of value in his possession
to be taken from him, and In not leaving
him sufficient bedding, and In taking pains
to prevent aDy one seeing him without his
permit slon, which was seldom given.
“Shafter testified tbat he had not ordered
the accused to be deprived of his jewelry,
but had ordered everything else or value to
be taken charge of. That he had ordered
bedding to be furnished, and was not aware
until advised that the order bad not been
executed. That he ordered an extra guerd
to be placed at the cell window, and also
had given an order that no one without his
permission be allowed to converse with him,
and that his servant’s trunk had been taken
from his room and searched and several
packages of papers found in her possession,
part of them being the identical papers,
checks, etc , which he was looking for,
though she had Strictly denied any knowl
edge of their whereabouts. She admitted
that he had given them to her a few days
previously for safe keeping. Upon being
asked if a premise hsd not been made of
comfortable quarters at the po6t to the
woman if she would tell alj she knew, Col.
Shafter replied‘no.’ He had told her she
would probably go to the penitentiary for
her share In the matter.
“Captain Barber laid the ground for Im
peaching the questiou whether Colonel
Shafter had not testified differently before
the United Sta'es Commissioner as to
where the papers were found. Colonel
Shafter was asked If he did not make •-
affidavit before the commlisicter for her
arrest, stating that sb* property in her
possession, which she had obtained without
tbe Knowledge of any government agent,
to which he replied that The affidavit would
show.”
The tneory of the defense Is still in con
jecture.
The Ii qnlry Into the Gilchrist Dis
aster.
Rock Island, 111., November 5 —ln the
Gilchrist Inquiry yesterday Dan Torrence,
pilot and Captain, said the boat had passed
through the bridge all right, but stopped
when about six hundred feet above. He
asked through the speaking tube what the
matter was, but got no reply; that he could
not understand, though he thought he heard
“all right,” and for half a minute h* beaded
the boat for the island shore, hoping to get
out of the current, but she was carried down
upon the bridge. He knew nothing of any
drinking of any whisky on hoard, and the
machinery worked admirably up to the time
it was disabled by the breaking of the call
rod.
Important Legislation on Con<ees>
•lon*.
City of Mexico, November 6.—The Sen
ate has approved the railroad concessions
f ranted to Frisbie and the decrees for C. P.
tunttngton and Jay Gould, respectively.
It has also approved the law abrogating the
authority of the Executive to grant road
way concessions as requested by him, but
authorizing him to alter existing conces
sions and to transfer those that may be
come forfeited,
A Negro Fiend Lynched.
Nashville, November 6.— Massey Hill,
colored, who attempted a rape on a little
girl, near Manchester, was taken from jail
by a mob last night and lynched.
Ex-Governor Ncott Acquitted.
Napoleon. Ohio, November s —This
morniug the jury In the trial of ex Governor
Scott, of South Carolina, for the murder of
young Drury, brought In a verdict of “not
guilty.” The verdict appears to give gene
ral satisfaction.
Newark’* Broken Bank,
New York, November a.—The report of
the government examiner of the condition
of acoounts of the Newark Mechanics Na
tional Bank shows its assets to be $2 035,-
252 98 and liabilities $4,446,253 43.
Red Lip* and Ro*y Cheek*.
Wheeling, W, Va., May 30,1881.
I am an old pby6lclan, and have lost many
of my youthful prejudices. Learning of
the great good done ny a certain remedy in
restoring to robust health a former patient
of mine who suffered severely from several
chronic ailments resulting frotjt weak pul
monary, digestive and urinary'* or t is, and
whom I was unable to benefit with my
most careful treatment, I determired to
prescribe It. I have done so, and the results
have invariably been most satisfactory.
Under its use the blood becomes richer, the
digestive, urinary end pulmonary organs are
made strong and perform their natural func
tion* readily and without pain; all decay
seems to be Immediately checked and the
proercss of the disease arrested; the pulse
becomes fuller and stronger, the Bps red
and the cheeks rosy, the temperature In
creased and more uniform, the action of the
heart regular, and the mucular str ngth
greatly Invigorated. In justice to the in
ventors, I will say this rr medy is Brown’s
Iron Bl ters. It is a preparation of iron and
vegetable toDics, contains no alcohol, and is
the onl” preparation of iron in a perfectly
assimilated form and that does not blacken
the teeth. I have known It to fail to
give permaqtnt strength to every part of
the body, or to Injure the most delicate con
stitution. I have known it to assist in curing
many chronic diseases when all other reme
dies had failed.—M. D.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
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Absolutely. Pure.
MADE FROM GRAPE CREAM TARTAR.-
No other preparation makes such light, flak}
hot breads, or luxurious pastry. Can be eatat
by Dyspeptics without fear of the Ills resulting
from heavy Indigestible food. Bold only lr
cans by all grocers.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,
New York
Cirntsi ana HRenagtvie.
UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED
The Largest Tented Exhibition
IN THE WORLD.
THE GREAT FOREPAUGH SHOW l
Now on its 17th Annual and first Extended
Grand Southern Tour, will exhibit af
ternoon and evening
TWO DAYS IN SAVANNAH,
MONDAY and TUEBDAY, November 7 and 8.
EVERYTHING NEW FOR THIB BEASON.
Exhihits in addition to its myriad of marvelous
monopolized features, in the Great
CIRCUS IN TWO RINGS!
AND COLOSSAL
Menagerie & Trained W ild Beast Show
85 SPECIAL FEATURES WHICH NO OTHER
SHOW CAN DUPLICATE:
I. 30 PERFORMING ELEPHANT3.
2. #200,000 GORGEOUS ORIENTAL PA
GEANT, a living embodiment of Moore’s mas
terly poem, LALLA ROOKH’S DEPARTURE
FROM DELHI is represented in the streets
ana is FREE FOR ALL. No such beautiful
scene ever witnessed outside of the Orient.
3. TRAINED GIRAFFE, BROKEN TO DRIVE
IN HARNESS.
4. TWENTY-TWO TRAINED BTALLIONB
AND PRETTY PONIES, performed by LEO
VON WESTE.
5. GREAT TWO-RING CIRCUS and Double
Troupe.
6 Selbini & Villion Troupe o t BYCICLE
RIDERS. First appearance in America.
Turn Somersaults and form Pyramids upon
Byciclea going at a 20 mile speed.
7. The Great Clowns, BURKE, SEELEY
ROBINBON and LAISCILL.
8. 3 HERBERT BROTHERS, the best Acro
bats living.
9. MARIE ASHBY, the London Equestrienne.
10. SAMUEL WATSON, England’s Champion
Rider.
11. JENNIE EWERS, Heroine of the Flaming
Zone.
13. The intrepid ZTJILA, who rides a Veloci
pede over a %, inch wire 100 feet from the
ground, and wheels her baby over the same
high wire; the most daring woman that ever
lived.
13. LOYAL, the Human Cannon Ball, who is
shot from a Cannon.
14. The largest collectioa of Animals ever
exhibited.
15. ROSINA-DUBBKY, the Hungarian Eques
trienne.
16. CHARLES EWERS, Champion Hurdle
Rider.
17. The Great Double Troupe of Leapers and
Tumblers.
18. Trained Tigers, Lions, Hyenas, Apes and
other Animals
19. Six-ton Black Unicorn, of Holy Writ.
20. Special Circus for Boys and Girls in a
Separate Ring.
21. All the Wild Beasts Fed in the Presence
0: the Audience
22. “The Beautiful Woman,” LOUISE MON
TAGUE, who received TEN THOUSAND DOL
LARS from Mr. FOREPAUGH, which sum she
was awarded as the CHOSEN LOVELIEST
LADY IN THE LAND. This charming lady
will appear in the GREAT FREE STREET PA
GEANT as the poet’s heroine, LVLLA ROOKH.
23. More Human Curiosities, Giants and
Dwarfs; more Horses. Cars, Cages, People.
Performers, Animals, Aranas, Canvas, Sensa
tions, Seats Cost Mare, Spends More, Receives
More, and gives more satisfaction than any
show in the world.
24. Sexton’s United Monster Bands, unsur
passed in the Union.
25. The Largest and Smallest Elephants.
Remember the Name. FOREPAUGH, pro
nounced 4-PAW. Exhibitions Afternoon and
Evening, at usual hours.
Admission 75 cents for adults and 50 oents
for children Excursion Trains on ail Rail
roads at reduced rates.
GRIND STHEtr PAGEANT,
AT 10 A. M., NOVEMBER 7.
Branch Ticket Office open November 7 and 8
at Connor’s Book Store, where only a slight ad
vance will be required.
ADAM FOREPAUGH, Soie Proprietor.
proposals.
Notice to Contractors.
SEALED PROPOSAId for furnishing mate
rials and erecting the new buildings for
4CO colored patients at the Oeorgia State Luna
tic Asylum, according to plans, specifica
tions and details made for the same, will be
received by the Board of Trustees until twelve
o'clock November 11,1881.
All necessary information in regard to the
buildings may he obtained by application to
JOHN HAMMOND, Esq., Stewara, or to J.
FUSS, Architect, at the Asylum.
Bids must be indorsed “Proposals for erect
ing buildings for colored patients,” and ad
dressed to JOHN HAMMOND, Esq., Steward.
Separate bids will be received for the differ
ent kinds of work and for furnishing the dif
ferent kinds of materials required.
The Trustees reserve the right to reject any
or all bids submitted.
Georgia Lunatic Asylum. October 12,1881.
JOHN HAMMOND,
Steward.
~ • ftottls.
M L. HARNETT, BEN. GEORGE
Formerly of the Late of the
Marshall House. Screven House.
HARNETT HOUSE,
{Formerly PLANTERS’ HOTEL),
MARKET SQUARE, - - SAVANNAH, GA.
HARNETT & GEORGE,
PROPRIETORS,
BATES $2 00 PER DAY.
THIS favorite family Hotel, under Its net*
management, is recommended for the
excellence of ite CUISINE, HOMELIKE COM
FORTS. PROMPT ATTENTION and MODE
RATE RATES
STILL LOW!
WEBT’B RESTORATIVE PILLS 90c.
KIDNEY-WORT. Liquid.,,, sl.
PURE COOKING 80HA, pound 10c.
JP iWN’S FRENCH DRESSING 10c.
BENBOW S ELDER FLOWER SOAP 25c.
BLUE MOTTLED SOAP ,36c.
GOOD TOILET POWDER, pound..... 40c.
KEROSENE, 13c. two for 26c.
FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS. All kinds
DRUGS and MEDICINES.
We sell low. Best goods. Try us.
J*olinson ob 00.,
Hrft gpoflg, |
B. F. McKENNA!
WILL OFFER THIS MORNING
—ooo
12-4 MARSEILLES QUILTS
At the extremely low price of $1 50 each.
LADIES’ COLORED DRE3B GOODB, In new
and superior fabrics and faslonable shades,
with high novelties In trimmings
to match.
PASSEMENTERIES, CORDS AND
TASSELS, BEADED BALLS,
CRESCENTS, ETC., ETC.
100 DOZEN
Gentlemen’s Merino Undervests
All sizes. At a surprisingly low price for
vests of such quality.
BLACK DRAP D’ALMA OR IMPERIAL
SERGE, BLACK HENRIETTAS, JET
BLACK CASHMERES, BLACK
MOMIE CLOTHS,
BLACK CORDURETTES, BLACK SHOODAS
AND OTHER FINE MOURNING
DRESS GCODS.
BLACK GUIPURE LACE*. BLACK SILK
FRINGES, BLACK SPANISH LAOE.
BLACK DRESS SILKS
100 DOZEN
Extra Large Liueu Towels
Pure flax, at #1 50 per dozen. The largest
and best assortment in Savannah
at the price.
Irish Double Damask Table Linens,
Napkins, Doylies, Crashes,
Towelings, Etc., Etc.
MADAME STRONG’S
Comfortable “Corsets”
And a number of other desirable Corsets.
Good Corsets at 40 and 50 cents.
High Novelties autl Great YarietT
of Styles in Ladies’ Lace Collars,
Mull Fichus, Etc., Etc.
Ladies’ Kid Gloves!
In three and four buttons, also with Foster
and lever clasp fastenings.
XOO DOZEN
LAUNDRIED AND UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS,
including the popular “Tower” and “Tip
Top” shirts at #l. Also “Our special”
at 75 cents. An extraordinary
shirt for the money.
GENTLEMFN’S FINE LINEN COLLARS
BOYS’ LINEN COLLARS. BOYS’ SHIRTS.
GENTLEMEN'S LINEN CUFFS,
GENTLEMEN’S SATIN AND SiLK
NECKWEAR,
LADIES’ CLOAKS, DOLMANB. JACKETS.
CHILDREN’S CLOAKS. FANCY CLOAK
INGS, BLANKETS, FLANNELS.
tormis an# gtmsum*.
TUT”
put up in 3 Pound cans with rich
heavy syrup, nearly equal
TO PRESERVES.
—AT—
A. M. & V, W. WEST’S.
JUST RECEIVED,
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
Table chocolate.
SWEET CHOCOLATE.
BREAKFAST BROMA.
MAILLARD and TABLE BRCMA.
HOMEOPATHIC COCOA.
BERMUDA ARROWROOT.
DURKEE’S SALAD DRESSING.
EDAM CHEESE
APPLE BUTTER in 5 pound pails.
PEARL SAMP,
For sale by
TILTON & STANTON
PRETZELS, PKETZELS.
ZWIEBACK.
Bloaters, dutch herrings.
MALAGA GRAPES.
IMPORTED SAUSAGE.
TRUFFLE OVER SAUSAGE.
MUNSTER, LIMBURGER, S WISB and EDAM
CHEESE.
All fresh and of the l.est quality, for sale
—at —
NICHOLAS LANG & BBO.’S,
J. W. SCHLEY, WM SCHLEY,
Savannah, Ga. New York.
JAS. W. SCHLEY & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Hay, drain and Provisions,
172 BAY BTREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
YI/ E call the attention of our country friends
'* to our large and assorted stocks of
CORN, HAY, OATS BRAN, BACON, FLOUR.
FEEDS and RUSTPROOF OATS. All order*
will receive immediate attention. Inquiries
promptly answered.
lei 1 Leeies
Begin to turn and you have gotten through
dusting off your last year’s ulster, take
about three minutes to recall the fact that
RED BANANAS!
Are as thick as flies in a milk pitcher a£
REEDY’S, and ripe bunches will be sacrificed.
GRAPES, GRAPES.
CATAWBAS and LBABELLAS in Baskets and
Cases.
MALAGAS in Barrels and Kegs.
Till You Can’t Rest.
GREEN and DRIED. FOREIGN and DOMES
TIC FRUITS and VEGETABLES, FANCY
GROCERIES'
210 barrels APPLEB on to-day’s ship. Tbeso
Apples ARE ON THE STEAMER-NOT ON
paper:
J. B. REEDY,
GROCER AND IMPORTER.
P. H. WARD & CO.,
IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IN
Bananas, Cocoanuts,
ORANGES, NUTB, APPLES,
LEMONS, POTATOES, ONIONS,
CIDER, GRAPES, ETC.,
141 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH.
Orders and consignment solicited.
West Indian Fruits.
THE subscribers, having the control of 2,000
acres of fine yellow bananas, also large
quantities of oranges and cocoanuts, are pre
pared to make arrangements for supplying
cargoes or fixed quantities per month upoa
reasonable terms. SOUTAR & CO.,
Estate Proprietors, Shipping and Commission
Merchants. Kingston. Jamaica.
Hoofing.
TIN ROOFING.
GALVANIZED IRON CORNICEB,
Guttering, Leaders £ Repairing
DONE at the shortest notfoe. As lam now
fully prepared again to fill all orders and
contracts In the above line, I would inform mr
friends and tue public In general that I will
furnish good and substantial work only, and
warrant satisfaction in every instance. To
owners and contractors of large building, j
will offer special inducements.
HENRY SACK, _Jtgent,