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Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
THIS MORNINGS NEWS.

In New York Government bonds quoted
at 20 for ss OF 1907; 19l5 for 5s OF 1851 /;
1863 for AZ; sterling, 81 s2I@4 s4; silver bars,
112I.
Silver In London, Sig consols, so S-16d; per
cent United States bonds 104l 4s, 1l92; As, l162
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at ]
discount to par Mexican dollars, 9OlG91c.
At Liverpool wheat squoted at lis Id 9lls I'D for
good to choice California.
All business being suspended in San Francisco
yesterday, no quotations of stocks, etc., are at
hand.
The large barns of Miller & Lux, in Merced
county, together with large quantity of hay, 100
sets of harness and 81 horses and mules, were
burned Saturday night.
A boiler explosion at Markwood, Ark, killed four
persons and injured several others.
swathmore College, near Philadelphia, has been
Totally destroyed by fire.
A hurricane at Eimira, N. Y, Sunday, did great
damage.
The tornado at Quincy, ILL.,, Saturday, killed four
men and injured twenty others. At Camden, H.,
the same cyclone killed woman
Fire at Collingwood, Ont.
The fighting between the Ameer of Afgharistan
and Ayoob Khan continues.
As will be seen by our dispatches, yesterday was
appropriately observed in every locality the
Pacific coast, well as all the balance of the
Union and in many quarters of Europe
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
THE STATE FAIR.

The experience of the State Fair just
held has been such as to fortify the posi-
tion taken by the RECORD UNION against
the premium system, and it is to be hoped
that hereafter that method of employing
the funds of the State Agricultural Society
will be discarded. The principle OF giving
money premiums is, as we have shown here
tofore, entirely vicious. 1t isin effect squan.
dering of the Society's funds to no prac-
tical purpose. The prizes bestowed at the
State Fair should be without intrinsic
value, and simply recognitions of special
merit of various kinds. Exhibitors do not
need this stimulus if they understand their
own interests. Every exhibition at the
State Fair is an advertisement of the most
valuable kind for the animal or product ex.
hibited, and if the owners of such animals
or things are not intelligent enough to
realize that it is to their interest to exhibit
what they have, there is no reason why
they should be paid to do what they ought
to do of their own motion. If the fund
hitherto spent upon premiums was retain
ed, it could be employed in add.
ing to the attractions of the
fair, and this would tend directly
to draw larger exhibits, by increasing the
value and extent of the advertisement
offered to the exhibitors. The practice of
giving money premiums has long since been
stopped in the most important fairs both of
the United States and Europe. Awards of
merit, badges, ribbons, and such-like
tokens of nominal value, are now used
an are found to give all the satisfaction
needed. What exhibitors really want is
the testimonial of excellency. They do
not require payment. The State Agri-
cultural Society, by abandoning the old
method of giving money premiums, can
devote much larger amount every year to
the extension of the fair, and if this is
done its usefulness will be greatly in.
creased, while at the same time exhibitors
and the public will be much better salts.
fed. 1t has been evident for some years
that the Pavilion side of the fair requires
greater accommodations, and the change
we have proposed would make this ex.
pansion very much easier.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
THE YACHT LIvADIA.

1t appears that the yacht Livadia, which
was built for the late Gar of Russia on
the model of slop-basin. has after all
proved so utter failure that it has been
necessary to condemn it. This fact de-
rives additional interest from the remem-
brance of the nonsense that was talked
about the Livadia when she was first built.
1t was then gravely declared that all the
naval architects of the past had been en-.
tirely mistaken, and that this model was
the only one which gave the highest pos
sible stability and speed combined. As
matter of fact it gave neither. The
Livadia proved to be quite unseaworthy.
and now she will be broken up, and for a
little time there will be renewed conf
dence in the old theories of shipbuilding.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
AN EXAMPLE FOR GuIrEAU TO FOLLOW.

A very remarkable incident occurred the
other day in a Court room at Troy, New
York. A quarrel had occurred between
two convicts in the Dannemora Prison,
named King and Hamilton. 1t was re-
garding the fitness of Vice President
Arthur for the Presidency. Hamilton took
the negative and King the affirmative, and
King became so excited in the course of
the argument that he seized an ak and
killed his opponent. He was put on trial,
and the jury, being charged, retired to
consult. Presently they returned for
further instructions concerning the differ
ence between the first and second degrees of
murder. Now King was already under a
life sentence for murder, and of course no
sentence short of capital one could have
made much difference in his situation. But
when he saw that there was a disposition
on the part of the jury to find him guilty
of the lesser ofense he started to his feet,
and made the following remarkable and
wholly unprecedented speech Your
honor, and gentlemen of the jury, this
was not murder in the second
degree. It was deliberate and
premeditated murder. I know that
81 have done wrong, that 1
ought to confess the truth, and that 1
" ought to be hanged" Here the prison
er's counsel tried to silence him, but he
persisted, saying, "Noi 1 have done
" wrong It is my duty to confess it, and
Il cannot help doing SO. 1 cannot keep
still. 1 plead guilty to murder in the
first degree. 1t was fifteen minutes
from the time I struck the first blow
" with the ak until l struck the second
time, and all this time 1 kept thinking,
"I will finish this man. If this is not
premeditated murder, what is it? 1
have already killed two men. What is
my life to me? The life of either of
these two men whom I have killed is
worth dozen of mine" After hear
ing this extraordinary and frank copfes-
sion, the Judge observed to the jury that
it was unnecessary for him to explain the
distinction of degrees. The jury retired
again, promptly returned with verdict of
murder in the first degree, and
the prisoner was forthwith SEN
fenced to be hanged. Here was case
in which the conscience of a murderer
proved sufficiently powerful to trample
down the stereotyped evasions and
subterfuges of the Courts, and to
force a jury into doing justice upon him.
He knew that he had committed murder
in the first degree, and that nothing else
could be made of it without outraging the
facts. The jury had sense enough to take
him at his word, and so for once the law
was administered properly, and Justice was
done. If only Guiteau would go and do
likewise, the country would probably be
saved great deal of trouble. There is no
more room for doubt as to the degree of
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
THE PROCESSION.

The procession, when it is considered that
ladies were in the line, was the finest ever
seen in this city. With the exception
of few Marshals, whose duties re-
quired them to be mounted, and the officers
and members OF the two batteries, the entire
procession moved OH foot. 1t was formed on
] and Tenth streets, and moved at lilo A.
NJ. 1t was delayed a considerable time by
reason of an accident to one of the teams
drawing the catafalque to its place in the
line. But at the hour named the procession
moved in this order, being about seven
eights of mile in length, occupying thirty.
nine minutes in passing given point, moving
four abreast (for all but officers of organiza-
tions, who marched double fle), and embrac-
ing in it's ranks 1,793 people. Deputy Sheriff
Garrett, as pioneer, cleared the way {:
ADVANCE
Matt Karcher, Chief of Police, mounted
squad of uniformed police, Is in number !;
Grand Marshal, Major. General S. W. Backus,
supported by Colonel John A. Turner, Chief
of Staff; Special Reception Committee,
James l. Felter and Albert Gallatin :;
First Artillery Band, with Drum Major
onel Berkey, commanding First Artillery
Regiment, and staff, four in number; Com
pany G., Captain T. W. Sheehan. 81 rank and
file Company A, Captain Burke, 45 rank and
file Governors Guard Cadets Captain Nc.
EVAN, 80 rank and file; Sacramento Hussars
(dismounted) Captain Ruhstaller, "a rank
and file; GatIing Battery, Major E. H.S
Mckee commanding, men Company B,
Light Battery, Captain w. A. Houghton, 43
rank and file.
FIRST DIVISION
Marshals-W. E. Gerber, NJ. Block, j no. J.
Carey, 81. Fl. Linnell. Sumner Post, No. 8,
G. A. R., with mammoth portrait of General
Garfield borne by eight members, III. a.
Burnett commanding. 25 rank and file; ex-
soldiers and sailors of the United States, IS
in number; Tehama Lodge, No. 3, F. and
A. NJ, P. Stanton, w. M; Washington
Lodge, No. 20. F. and A. NJ, R. K. Wick,
w. NJ; Sacramento Lodge, No. 40, F. and
A. NJ, E. G. Atkinson, W. NJ; Union
Lodge, No. IS, F. and A. NJ, John Near
thur, w. Nj; Concord Lodge, No. liz, F.
and A. NJ, W. E. Oughton, w. NJ; in all
173 Masons in regalia and with emblems, all
under the Marshalship of w. II. Hevener;
Sacramento Royal Arch Chapter, No. 3, F.
and A. NJ, G. II. Coglan, II. p, IA; Sacra-
mento Commandery. No. 2, knights Tenn
plar, Sir Cornelius Kellogg, Eminent Com
mander, 81 rank and file, as escort to the
catafalque. OF these eight men were pail
bearers, Rev. T. 81. B. Anderson, DIR. M.
Gardner. Dugald Gillis, George A. Put
nam, Thomas Harper, George w. Locke,
Michael Dwyer and James Woedburn,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27

his crime than there was in the case OF
King. He has committed premcditated
and malicious murder, and his life is for
felt. If he would come forward and tell
the truth as plainly as this convict did
we should be spared all manner of vexa.
tious controversy about the follies and
blunders of the laws, and should be able to
dispose of thismost unsavory person quickly
and in business like manner.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
THE WEEKLY UNION

Throughout all the thrilling and exciting events
commencing with the attempted assassination of
the late President the I'd of July to the present
time, the WEEKLY UNION has surpassed all its con-
temporaries in the volume of its reports as well as
in the priority of time. To-day the splendid report
of the funeral obsequies of yesterday appears in
full in the WEEKLY UNION, and will reach its readers
throughout the country three or four days in ad-
vance OF all its competitors. The WEEKLY UNION
publishes four times. the matter presented by its
local contemporaries, and enjoys ten times their
rircuIntiop
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
RUMoRED DEFEAT OF AYooB KHAN.

1t is rumored that the Ameer of Afghan
istan has defeated Ayoob Khan in pitched
battle, and that the routed leader has
fed to Herat. The fortunes of the day,
it is said, were decided by the desertion
of two of Ayoob's regiments at critical
moment. There is nothing surprising in
this. In fact it is one of the commonest
incidents OF recent Afghan history. But the
fact that it isso common renders the politics
of that country peculiarly uncertain, for nc
man can tell how long any victorious chief
tain will retain his followers, sr how soon
his career may be suddenly closed by their
desertion OF him. The Ameer appears to
be ahead for the moment, but it is on the
cards that the tables may be turned on
him at the next encounter, and therefore
nothing can be predicted from the late de-
feat of Ayoob.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
SECOND EDITION.

A second edition of the REcoRD-UuoS is issued
ach day at p. NJ, bringing the Eastern and coast
news up to tina: hour BY this arrangement the
RECORD JNIeS will present the latest news obtain
able at all points east and north OF Sacramento
The regular morning edition of the REcoRD-U UNION
is carried by morning trains, and is ahead of all
ompettors as far north as Chico, the California
Oregon Railroad; west to Benicia and south to
Stockton, and east to Colfax, Folsom and Placer
vile and all intermediate places.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27

THE FUNERAL 0BsERvANcEs YEsTER-
DAY.-The RECORD UNION presents to its
readers this morning the most complete
account of the solemn observances of yes
terday that will be attempted by any jour
nal in the State. It will not only compare
favorably with the journals of the metrop.
oils, but will surpass them, both in the
number OF places represented, and also in
the clearness and completeness of the &C.
counts given. No Journal outside of the
great cities of the East will challenge CON-
parisOn with tO-day's issue of the RECORD.
UNION.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27

DR.. Bernays, of London, mentions new
kind of coffee, which is bidding for public
favor in England. eft owes its pleasant
flavor to genuine Coffee" says the doctor,
sand it also contains some chicory, but
the chief constituent is a variety Of cara
mel, obtained from the sugar so largely
present in the fruit, and which is the re-
suit of roasting. In spite of the testimoni-
ais in its favor, see but little to recon.
mend it."
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27
AT THE CAPITOL.

The programme of exercises at the Capitol
stand were carried out as published yesser.
day. AS soou as General Backus had turned
over the authority to the Rev. 7. b. B. An.
derson, that gentleman arose and announced
a voluntary by the chorus, "Hear Our
Prayer. Rock of Ages" which was rendered
in excellent taste and time by the chorus.
INVOCATION.
Rev. Mr.. Anderson then announced an in.
vocation by Rev. j. Q. A. Henry, which was
as follows:
Let US ask the blessing of Almighty God upon US.
Oh, Thou, who hast been our dwelling. place
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27

The oRD-UNIoNs neat original story
ioas ,0ritteu By Junius Henri Browne of NeD
York. 1t aciu appear in tsoenty installmeats,
commencing November l, 1881.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-21
PardOned Criminal Commits Rob-
berry and Goes Back. 10 the Peni-



berry and Goes Back. 10 the Peni-
Tertiary.
Our readers will recollect that at the time
John johnson, colored, was convicted Of
the brutal murder of the sailor, McDermott,
near the Old Fort in this city, some three
years ago, William Small, his companion,
was tried as an accessory, convicted and
sentenced to twenty years in the penitentia-
ry. johnson was hung, but previous to his
execution made a confession, In which he
asserted that Small had nothing to do with
the murder, and he alone was guilty. The
opinion prevailed among many at the time
that johnson, knowing that there was no
hope of reprieve for himself, had been in
duced to make this confession with the
view Of having Small pardoned. Whether
this was so or not the result was the
same. A petition was cir
culated and sympathy was aroused
for Small, and the Governor was appealed
to to pardon him. The movement was sue
cessful. The Governor, relying upon the
information furnished him by the petition
ers, issued his pardon, and Small was re-
leased from the penitentiary and returned
to Savannah. He had been back short
time only, when he became engaged In
difficulty with some negroes, but managed
in some way to escape punishment. Since
then he has been concerned in several Of
lenses against the law. The last was on
the Och OF October, when, In company with
Claiborne Smith and John Jackson, he made
an assault on an old negro named Alex.
Munroe, and robbed him of g. Small and
Smith we're captured, but Jackson escaped
and is still at large. Saturday morn
ing ia the Superior Court Small was
arrsigned for trial, aud plead guilty. He
was sentenced to twenty years in the peni-
Tertiary. Judge Tompkins, in imposing the
sentence, briefly reviewed the above facts,
and stated tothe prisoner that he had proven
himself unworthy the clemency that had
been extended him, aud hence he gave him,
in this instance, the full penalty of the law.
Claiborne Smith, his accomplish In the
crime, was tried and convicted and was
sentenced to fifteen years In the peniten-
tiary. Small has always been regarded by
the officers as bad negro, and his course
proves it. The prediction that was made at
the time he was pardoned, that IL would
not be long ere he was again in the hands
of justice, has been verified, and it Is now
hoped that the community will be rid Of
his presence forever. In twenty years,
should he live, he may possibly be a
changed man.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-21

Savannah Essfmates-Wfde Differ.
enee of Opinion as 60 the Decrease
Percentage.

We have before us q copy Of the report Of
Latham, Alexander & Co., of New York,
concerning the crop of cotton in the United
States for 1sSl-s2. The report is based on
1910 replies from cotton firms, merchants
identified with cotton planting, cotton plant
ers, bankers and banks, covering every cot
ton raising county In the Southern States.
The firm say:
"The estimates reporting the local condi-
ton of the crop we consider as Trustworthy
as any that can be possibly obtained, for IL
1,91O reputable business men, cotton plan
tiers, bankers and bank officers, residing
Immediately in the cotton sections Of the
South, who are, directly or indirectly, in
terested in fits cultivation, and who this
year will perhaps handle, in some shape, rs
per cent of the total crop raised, cannot on
November LIST, when the crop generally has
fully matured and, to a very large extent,
been marketed, make close approximation
as TO the probable yield in their immediate
sections, then any effort that might be made
to secure an estimate before the actual
yield was absolutely known must prove
utterly worthless"
The following are the estimates furnished
from Savannah and published with the re-
ports from Georgia up to date of Novem-
Der LIST
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-21
THE RICE PLANTATIONS.
The Estimate of the August Damage
Too small.

Some weeks since there appeared In the
columns Of the MORNING News an account of
the estimated loss Of many OF our rice plan
tiers by the hurricane of the 9th of August
Since the time those estimates were made,
additional information has come into our
possession by inquiry, which shows the
loss to be much greater than appears by the
the list referred to. We may instance three
plantations adjoining on the Savannah
river, which we are assured on undoubted
authority would, in the absence of this fear
full disaster, have sent at least 5000 bush
els Of rice to market, that will not now be
able to send in the aggregate 1000 bushels.
Inquiry develops the fact, also, that
other crops show 8 much greater loss
than was at first estimated. The i'm
preston of many was that the crops
on the Altamsha were not injured, because
the wind was from the west and the planta-
lions were not covered by the tide. 1t ap-
pears, however, that instead OF forty five
bushels average, their crops have only
yielded about thirty-tive bushels, the loss
being occasioned by the whipping Of the
xxyfnd
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-21
An Old Man.

Says the Macon Telegraph: ga friend has
laid upon our table an old map of Georgia,
the date being obliterated. A careful com
parison of the figures given shows how ma
terially has been increased our prosperity
and population. Not railroad at the time
existed in the State, and the only steamboat
route given as In use was from Augusta to
Savannah, 205 miles. At the time of publ
cation Fulton county did not exist. The
population of Bib county was only 7,I54 I;
of Richmond, II, GA of Chatham, II, 1877 I;
of Muscogee, 3,50S. The most populous
county in the State was Monroe, having in
its limits 16, 202 souls. The total population
OF the State was sic $50, the figures being
taken from the census of 1907
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-21
Grand Division No. OF the order
of the Home Guardian.

As there are several secret beneficiary or
ders In Savannah, it will be Of interest to
learn that an organization under the name
of the Grand Division No. 3 Of the Order
OF the Home Guardian has Just been COM
pleted in Macon, and comprises jurisdiction
over the States Of Georgia, Florida, Ala
bams, North Carolina and South Carolina,
with its grand officers and board Of trus-
tees permanently located in the city Of Ma
con.
The order Of the Home Guardian has
been in existence and in successful opera
ton in England for the past fifty or
sixty years, and the good accomplished by
It is beyond ell computation.
The main feature OF this life insurance in
stitutiOn differs from that Of the orders al
ready established here in that all members
receive the money value OF their time In
case Of disability, either by sickness or &C
cident, and IN case Of total disability, such
as the loss Of q hand or leg, will receive at
once one half Of the death benefit, and the
remainder Of insurance st death.
The grand officers elected are as follows:
Manager, DR.. J. Emmett Blackshear; Presl-
dent, n E. Harris; Vice President, /. g.
Holt: Treasurer, John W. Burke; Secretary,
r. B. Hall; Medical Director, William +.
Holt, II. d.
Executive COmmlttee-ClifOrd Anderson,
l. n. White, Joseph Dannenberg, ID. j.
Peter and 7. B. Blackshear.
Il is probable that an effort will be made
70 establish 8 branch OF the order in sayan-
nah.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-21

A BarrOom Fracas Results In TWO
Men Being Seriously Ip1uFed'

Yesterday afternoon, about quarter past
3 O'Clock, considerable excitement was
created in the southwestern portion OF the
city by the report that man had been
killed near the corner Of Jefferson and
Minis streets, and that his body was lying
on the sidewalk. 1t was not long ere q
large crowd had gathered in the neigh
borhood, when 1t was ascertained
that there was some foundation
for the report, as there had been a
very serious disturbance between some
negroes, and two had been severely injured,
and one was so badly hurt that when he fell
to the pavement be sank into unconscious.
ness, and for few minutes was considered
dead.
It appears that q crowd OF negroes, some
OF whom, It is stated. belong to base ball
club which is in the habit Of playing match
games on the commons on Sunday after
noon, were In barr0om near
the corner drinking, it is suppos-
ed, when difficulty arose be-
tween Henry Lewis and Jerry Miller, and
the result was a savage hght, the
parties adiourning to the street to
have the fracas out. Lewis re-
eeived three ugly cuts over the head with a
base ball bat, and fell to the pavement,
bleeding fearfully and In a senseless condi-
tion. Miller was cut in the hand, and also
received an ugly cash on the right ankle,
which will retard his locomOtion Tor some
time.
Fortunately Policeman Farr was in the
neighbOrhood, aud his attention being at
tracted to the disturbance, he fastened to
the scene and arrested the parties. Lewis
recovered in a short time and, together
with Miller, was carried to the barracks,
where their injuries were attended to by
Doctor Bulloch. Lewis wounds we are
informed are considered serious, though it
is not thought they will result fatally.
The frequency OF such disgraceful affairs
as this in Savannah on Sunday calls for
some decisive action, and summary meas
ures should be resorted to for their sup
preston. A rigid enforcement OF the ordi-
ance against closing barrooms would un-
doubtedly have salutary effect. AS long,
however, as there are places where mean
LIQUOR can be obtained on Sunday,
and negroes are allowed to congregate
there, crimes of this character, ana even
worse, are likely to be committed.