Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-10

AeohAOdO COMPANY
F. ]. Egbert was confirmed as Assessor
for Franklin county.
A dispatch from Madison states that
warrant has been issued for the arrest of
Dennis Eagan, Collector of Internal Reve-
nue..
Eagan's house is surrounded by aguard of
negroes, who refused to allow his arrest. If
the Sheriff is resisted, the Judge will sum
mon the military to execute the law.
Eagan is charged with being accessory to
the murder of Patterson Yesterday. 1t is
still hoped that the matter will be settled
without trouble.
TALLAHAssEE, February S.-Bill Arp lee
tured last night in the hall of the Assembly, to
a large, appreciative and delighted audience,
composed of the best people of the city and
members of the Legislature. His pictures of
Southern life, manners and society, prior to
and since the war, were true and graphic. His
hearers were carried back to the scenes of
twenty years ago, and the portraiture was
startlingly correct. Among his Listeners were
gentlemen who had held and were holding the
highest offices in the gift of the people of the
State, learned judges and lawyers, and grave
and dignitied Legislators. OF course the ladies
were present in force
Many expected that the lecture would re-
semble the letters which have made him
famous. In this they were disappointed
quiet vein of humor, quaint and original, per-
vaded the entire discourse, but it was OF a
chaSte and refined character without slang or
coarse pleasantly. He is polished gentleman
in appearance, manners and language, and
those who go to hear him under the impress
sion that they will tncounter Georgia wire
grass cracker, or rough mountaineer from
the Cherokee region, will be greatly disap-
pointed.
His style of address adds to the pungency of
his remarks. The verbla4e is simple and
natural, accompanied with no gestures, and
without any changes of countenance there
is no straiuing after effect, and no highly
wrought figures of rhetoric
The forcble aud effective hit at the too COM
mon practice of Southern politicians and edi-
tors to apologize for any casual acts of vio-
lence committed in these latitudeS was severe
but merited. 1t has never accomplished any
good and has only served to degrade our man
hood. 1t has only incurred the scorn and con-
tempt of our enemies, without bunting in the
slightest degree the edge of their yindictive
malice. IL persevered in it will make of
us race of poltroonS, and our children will
grow up with the impression that they are in
ferior beings iu the scale of humanity
We are neither savages, nor barbarians, ,sbut
the too prevalent custom of crawling in the
dust, with downcast eyes, pleading hands, and
faltering tongues, murmuring pecca0t, has
tended 70 confirm such an opinion.
In all of the elements that go to make up
the greatness purity and moral worth Of a ma
ton, claim that we of the South are equal
to our brethren of the North, and the peers of
any race that ever existed. 1t is an insult to
ourselvel, and grievouS wrong to the memo
ries of our loved soldiers. to admit the contrary
or believe otherwise.
There are only tWenty-one working DAYS left
of the session, and much business of i'm
portance is yet to be accomplished The ques-
ticn of the assessment and collection of taxes
for the two ensuing years, several important
railroad charters, the mode OF relieving the
Internal Improvement Fund, the temperance
bills and other welghty subjects are yet to De-
settled. But the committees in charge have
had these topics under their careful considera-
tion, and will, it is to be presumed present |
them in such an uuexceptionable form that
they will provoke very little opposition or dis
cussion.
Gainesville is quite excited over the idea of
having the capital removed to that ambitious |
town, and expresses willingness to donate /
the land and erect State House equal 10 tha !.
present building IL her desires eau be gratt1ed.
This is not to be at present however. The !
committee yesterday reported unfavCrably |
upon the bill, and there is not the faintest |
prospect Of its passage at this session. When |
the matter ripens, as it will do before many /
years, Jacksonville will reach out for the I
prize, and so will Lake City It Ia yery gem t
orally admitted that when ii is removed It will /
go 30 one Of the three places mentioned,
Final action upon the bill for regulating the
sale of Intoxicating liquors will be had next
Wednesday. 1t Is question that has aroused |
much attention and excited general interest.
Yesterday there was quite a debate in the |
Assembly upon the bill to suppress gambling. I
1t will doubtless pass in modified shape
If the Legislature can succeed in checking
the vices of intemperance and gaming, the /
session Will be profitable.
Bills have been introduced for the construc-
tion Of G railroad from the present terminus
Of the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Rail-
70 sd to the waters Of Escambia Bay; also for a /
railroad from Live Oak to Rowlands Bluff on |
the Suwannee river; also one from Tampa to /
Jacksonville.
Colonel Bisbee had no sooner got into his
seat in Congress than he seized the first oppor-
tunity to spew out his usual venom upon the |
Southern people and the Democrats of Florida
His excess OF bile and malevolence tinges all /
of his utteranceS, and has thoroughly disgasted I
many OF his own party, who were once his I
It may charitablY be admitted that the man |
can no more help these vices Of temper and de. /
fects OF disposition, than can polecat the no1- |
ious odorS it emits, or a rattlesnaLe the deadly +
poison distilled in its venom glands. They are
portion of his being, and quite ineradicable
In speech delivered on the 29th January on /
tin, he uses the following language: ''The
Legislature OF Florida, increased in number
and apportioned in utter disI egard Of plain
constitutional provision-an illegal Legisla-
ture, beyond the shadow of doubt, in the eye
of the law-many members being elected
through shameless and stupendous ballot-box
stuff1ng and other fragrant frauds-recsntlY
elected United States Senator AID thia Sena-
tor elect, knowing fIslI well the truth of what
have stated, thatthe Legislature was appor-
toned IN palpable violation of clear constitu-
tional provision for purely partisan purposes
that large numbers of that Legislature were
returned elected over the dead and pIostraJe
form OF h4ndreds and thousands of Repubi-
can votes-that the election was q farce,
mockery, and a sham-conscious Of all this
he. the Senator-eleCt, commenced an address
before that Legislature 80 constituted and
elected, In the following words:
congratulate you and the people of this
tod f0 nFoIox
some OF the old agencies and methods necessa-
ry to free and lair expression Of the public /
will
such is the keF n9se OF a speech to a leeis-
lative bodK by leader Of modern Democracy
which Is to-day the representative of success /
ful fraud and triumphant usurpation. repeat, /
Democratic public sentiment not only does not |
condemn, but rewards with elevation to office /
the perpetrators of high crimes upon the balIot !
box and upon the principles of representative |
government.
I'VE of the Ssuth believe the Democratic |
party IS one gigantic conspiracy to nullify or /
defeat the late amendments OF the ConstitIl- |
ton and the laws passed to execute the same |
For ten years it has played the role of hypoc. |
risY. by which the country has been deceived /
and misled, until it gained control of both /
branches OF Congress. Has the Taask been /
tiIalst yet see the horrid front which it con |
ceaiedf Does any one need further evidence!n |
That expression, I'VE of the South, is rich, |
isn't il? Col. Bisbee no more represents the |
good people of the South than would a Hot.
tentot the citizens of London
His filings at Senator Jones and the IegisIa |
ture of Florida excite only ridicule and are ss |
harmless and peurile as would be a volley of /
mustard seed shot against the walls of GibraI- |
tar.
As this outburst perhaps saved him from
spontaneous combustion, and hasn't hurt us.
ne can continue to shoot off his pop-guns.
Quite an excitement was created about 12 N.
today, by the reception of telegram from
Madison to the effect that Frank PATERSON. a |
young lawyer OF that pace, had been killed by |
CnagIes aasage, prominent negro; that Saw /
age was In jail and in danger Of being lynched: |
tnat whites and negroes were arTning and I
that serious trouble was apprehended
Inc Governors Guards were ordered out |
and about thirty, with detachment of ar. !
tlllery, left at p. m. for the scene of trouble.
The circumstances that led to this dep.orabie |
tragedy are not known. L4atae news from
Madison is awaited wish much interest.
Il g raiping heavily and the weather is very