Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-09
OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
A RAPID GLANCE AT MANY CUR
RENT TOPICS OF INTEREST.
An Immense Crowd Massed To-
gether-Thts, EhaS and the Other
Minor TOptcs-A singular OmIs-
sion Personal mentiOn-A Re-
markabIs Event - Final Para
graphs.

| things, as ample preparations were made for
as large a crowd as ought to have come here
at any one time. But special effort has been
made to mass here during the planters and
manufacturers gathering an immense crowd
of people from all parts Of the county. The
success of this effort is seen to-day in the great
inconvenience which all visitors are put to by
the pressure of the crowd.
| The amount of free agricultural and manu-
| featuring literature being freely distributed to-
| day is very large, and some Of it elegant and
| expensive The representatives of these great
| interests are fully alive to the importance of
| quitting their products and inventions before
| the visitors in an attractive form. Georgia is
| not behind other Southern States in this mat
| ter, and high compliments are paid the South
! eT1l Farmers Monthly and Saturdays double
| issue of the MORNING NEWS, which have been
distributed in the Planters and Manufacturers
| Convention to-day. The meeting was large
| and enthusiastic, and shows that the farmers
| OF the South are waking up to the Importance
| OF unity of action in regard to the planting in
| terests.
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
| Hon. Edward Seve, of PHILADELPHIA Consul
! General of Belgium for the United States, is In
the city, the guest of L De Give, Esq, the
Belgian Cons IL in this city, and is being treated
| with the courtesy due his high position.
| Two more failures-a dry goods firm and a
| grocery house-are making things lively In
| financial circles, and giving the lawyers and
| the Sheriff profitable employment. 1t is sur
| prising that retail merchants should fail dur
| ing the Exposition, when trade is remarkably
| lively in Atlanta.
Atlanta has for some time past had the drtiest,
| darkest and dampest depot in the State, and
/ one that sadly needed to be taken in hand by
| some public spirited individual. The travelling
| public will be glad to know that General
| Manager Cecil Gabbett, of the Atlanta and
| Montgomery Railway, has been placed in
| charge, and, with an efficient assistant, will
have electric lights, a new floor. and other
needed Improvements.
Col. Thomas Hardeman. Jr in his address
! or welcome to-day created immense applause
| when he said: 'The days of carpet-bag rule are
| over; the carpetbageer is dead; the Lord
| gave the Lord hath taken away: blessed be
| the name of the Lord g." Ex-Governor Bull
| lock sat next to Colonel Hardeman, and was
compelled to smile at the demonstration called
| forth by this unique of Scripture. Col H.
stood up for the "Old South" which he de-
| clared, was the South of to-day revived.
Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans,
| Mobile and other ports are represented here by
| large or small delegations of the leading busi-
| ness men of those cities. The delegation from
| Norfolk is the largest and most imposing and
| on their arrival tonight were unable TO find
| accommodations, but finally took refuge In a
| sleeping car for the night. The managers of
the Exposition have acted unwisely in massing
such crowd here at one time. The rush has
been overdone, and will defeat some Of the
purposes for Witch 1T was created.
MINOR TOPICS.
| The October number of the Southern Planter
and Farmer, of Richmond, Va, contains an
/ able and interesting article the proposed
| FLORIDA ship canal and other contemplated
improvements in the South, " from the pen of
Hon. William Fullerton, who was assisted by
| Hon. John H. Fry
This morning Major VIM. Sinclair, of the
| Third Artillery, arrived here with his battery
en- route to Little Rock, Arkansas, and took
| the horses and guns of Capt. Henry F. Brew
! erton's light battery. after which Captain B.
| left with his command for New York. This
| movement takes away the last troops at Nc
| Pherson Barracks. and tomorrow the build
| ings Will be sold at auction and the post aban-
| doned.
Col. VIM. NJ. Nichols, formerly of the Hotel
| Windsor, in Jacksonville, but now proprietor
| of the Titus House, at Titusville on Indian
| river, Fla, has been in Atlanta looking after
| winter visitors TO that section Of the Land of
| Flowers, y and has met with excellent success.
| Atlanta will send an unusually large number
of visitors to Florida this season as the typhoid
| is still prevailing here with great fatality.
The southern Express Company always has
| and Captain W. W. hubert, our Atlanta agent,
mas opened an office at the Exposition, which
| is in charge OF Mr. Marion L. Roberts, late of
| the Augusta Office. He is a son of Mr. Ireen
| B. Roberts, one of the oldest express men In
| Georgia, and thoroughly posted in the business
By his politeneSs and strict attention to the dlI-
ties of the office Mr.. Roberts has made many
| friends among the exhibitors, who are almost
| daily patrons of the express
On the 18th the Pharmaceutical Board of Ex-
| amlnerS Will meet in this city. 1t is composed
| of DR.. Osceola Butler, of Savannah, DR.. Ed
ward Barry, of Augusta, DIR. John ingalls,, Of
| Macon, Dr. IsidOre ZAcharias, of Columbus
| and DR.. J. S. Pemberton, of Atlanta There are
! 27S druggists in Georgia, 265 in Alabama 8S9 In
| Tennessee, 1879 in North Carolina, 1853 in South
Carolina, and 80 in Florida. The whole num-
| Der of druggists in the United States and Cana
| da is estimated at over $4,000. In Georgia there
| are many extensive drug establishments that
manufacture largely of cologne and proprie-
| tary medicines, and do an immense wholesale
trade
| SINGULAR OMISSION.
In my Exposition Letter" which gave an ac-
| count of the exhibits in the Ravannah Florida
| and Western Railway displsy a singular oms-
sion occurred, but not by any fault of mine
| 1t seems that DR.. Peter Stotesberry, of Stock
| ton, in Clinch county, who is one of the oldest
| and most energetic officials of the State gri-
| cultural Society failed to have his name aflxed
| to the al ticles which he forwarded from his
| State Fair display, which resulted in the omis-
| sion.
DR.. Stotesberry exhibits fine collection of
| products. among which are five cakes beesWax
of various shades; one bale of upland cotton;
| one jar black field peas another of red; one of
six weeks peas, three crops; of seven weeks
| peas, two crops OF Java peas, two crops; OF
| fine lady finger peas; of Dallas wheat; Of early
! green mustard seed; of coliard seed ;of cleaned
and rough rice; a lot of pepper, the wander
| err" introduced into America in 1856; lot of
| rust proof oats, in sheaf and cleaned; also up-
| land rice, In sheaf and cleaned.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Major Nicholas Vedder, United States army,
| who has been Paymaster for the troops in
| Georgia and Florida for several years past has
gone to his home at Washington, D. O., quite
| sick.
Mr. w. g. WILDLY formerly of the DaIv
| Constitution, but more recently of the dir Line
Headlight, railway Journal, is now managing
| editor Of the new agricultural weekly, the
| Southern World which is a really handsome
| illustrated publication N = "
Mr. VIM. S. Schley, who was formerly con.
| nected with the Georgia Department Of Agri.
| culture, is now in charge of the fine mineral
| and other exhibits of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad, and has made quite favorable
| impression upon the thousands of strangers
| who have enjoyed his scholarly descriptions of
| his minerals and woods
| Or. A. L. Kennedy, the Chief of the Depart
ment of AWARDS in the Exposition, having re-
signed, Director General Kimball assumes the
| duties of that position. The Judges
Of many Of the departments will commence
work this week, and before Christmas arrives
| the exhibitors will know their fate. OF course
sone will be disappointed, as all cannot win
| prizes Defeat is seldom accepted gracefully.
a REMARKABLE EVENT,
| remember to have been In a court room in
| Alabama some dozen years ago when a men,
| Der OF one petit jury was indicted by the grand
| jury for the crime of murder, and a member
| Of the other petit jury had three indictments
for minor offenses to answer to before the
/ court in which he was then Juror
| But l never heard Of a grand Juror being
| indicted by the jury of which he was a mem.
Der, A few days ago, however, the grand jury
|
| affairs of the defunct Citizens Bank, and
| found bills of indictment against the directors
and officials of the bank for crookedness in the
| conduct of the business during the last hours
Of the bankrupt concern, which were very
| peculiar
| One of the directors, Mr. John Stephens, a |
well known Alabama street grocery merchant
was member of this grand jury Mr.. H. T.
Phillips of the old established book store firm of
| Phillips & Crew, was also grand juror. and
| his partner MIR. B. b. Crew director in the
/ bank, was likewise indicted. Both Mr.
Stephens and Mr.. Phillips were excused from
acting in the bank indictments. 1t is due
Messrs stephens and Grey to state that they
| are men of sterling Integrity, and are in no
| way responsible for the misconduct of their
| associates
| FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
Tie departure of the Fifth Artillery has de-
| prived the Exposition Of a fine band, which is
| greatly missed by he vi itors
But the rapid Increase of side shows on the
| Exposition grounds enables the visitors to
| enjoy side show music of less refined and ar
! tistic character.
Thomasville is here today in full force and
makes enc exhibit of handsome men and
| teiutlfui women Capt John Iiplett claims
! South Georgian
Commodore W. B.. Watson, the efficient
| Manager of the DeBary Merchants Line of |
steamers on the St Johns river is distrihutin0