Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-25

Council viii meet tonight.
IsondIga Lodge No. IS, A. o. Q. W.,
meet tonight.
The United States District Court has ad-
1ourned sine die.
There were no cIearances at the custom
house yesterday.
Golden Rule Lodge No. IL, 10. o. F.,
meet this evening.
The city and the county are sadly in
need Of good rain.
The assessment at the Police Court NATL
nee yesterday was $l3.
There were no arrests made at the police
barracks up to midnight.
Tickets for the Guards moonlight excur-
sion are going off very freely.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry have
their excursion to Tybee to-day.
NJ. NJ Belisario, Esq, formerly OF this
city, but now Of Jacksonville, is in town.
Col. VIM. NJ Wadley, President Of the
Central Railroad, returned home yesterday.
During the past week the deaths in
Charleston numbered 42-Thi6es Il, color
ed 81.
The Sunday School building for st.
Johns Church is rapidly approaching COM
pletion.
1t is understood there will be an impor-
tant meeting Of the Central Railroad direc-
tory to day.
Some 2pO barrels OF rosin and 305 casks
spirits turpentine were sold In this market
yesterday.
Prof. Mallette's combination of Ssvan-
nah talent is rehearsing the "Pirates" for
Monday next.
Middling fair and good middling cotton
Ia In Fhfa rnarlxaf Yesterday
and good ordinary &c.
There was an improvement in the de-
mand for cotton in this market yesterday,
some 1,O0S bales being sold.
j. c. Wood, Esq, of Montgomery, Ga,
has sent to the early Fruit and Vegetable
Bureau basket of early vegetables.
Hon. John Erskine. Judge of the South
ern District of Georgia, left for New York
yesterday by the steamship City OF Co
lumbus.
The Youths Historical Society will cele-
brate their seventh anniversar by a pleasant
hop at the Masonic Temp ie on Thursday eve
ming, 26th inst.
Mr.. VIM. F. McCauley, the courteous
bookkeeper of the Tugboat Company, ar
rived home from the North yesterday, where
he has been on a short pleasure trip.
Among the freight of the City OF Colum-
bus for New York yesterday we're 592 bar
rels and 2,279 boxes Of vegetables, 4S turtles
and two refrigeratOrs Of strawberries.
The schooner Hannah NJ. Lollis. Captain
Lollis, at this port yesterday from Philadel-
phis, reports, having experienced head
winds and ealms for several days.
Mr.. J. K. P. Carr, the very courteous and
efficient Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court,
is seeking little recreation by engineering
party of friends through the fowery land.
Among the passengers from New York
by the City of Augusta yesterday were ID.
II. Epping, E-q and wife, of Columbus,
Messrs. B. F. Mchenna and Lewis HaLH.
There was an unusually high spring tide
yesterday, caused partly by the wind blow
lug from the east, which forced the water
in and the result was a rise Of nearly ten
feet.
We hear that the sale of tickets for the
grand musical entertainment in the cathe-
drsl, on the 9TH of June, is quite fattering,
and the indications are there will be an I'M
mense crowd.
Two large schooners which have been
chartered to carry lumber from this port
cOsstwise have arrived during the last few
days-the Normandy, 62S tons burthen, and
the George ". Adams, GAO tons burthen.
Among the arrivals at the Marshall House
yesterday were Christopher Gray, E-q., of
Augusta, the senior of the firm of Gray &
O'Brien, Colonel II. II. Jones, of Macon,
aud John E. Clarke and family, Of Jackson
vile.
Yesterday afternoon about five o'clock
some boys captured large water mocassiD,
five feet long, that was gliding down the
river near the Exchange dock. The reptile
was hauled up on the wharf and speedily
dispatched by the excited captors.
The tugboats Constitution and Forest
City, about five o'clock yesterday evening,
towed the steamship City of Savannah from
her wharf at the foot of Habersham street
TO the Central Railroad wharf to enable her
to discharge some heavy cargo for the inte-
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