Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-01
Matters and Things LaeOnIcAlV
Noted.

Cotton is arriving freely.
Liquor Dealers Association meet to-
night.
solomon's Lodge No. l, F. and A. NJ, meet
tonight.
There was sid here yesterday 1888 bale
Of cotton.
Water takers will find a notice Of interest
elsewhere.
The steamer Irene Morris is ashore Il the
new channel.
The city presents changed appearance
since the storm.
Spirits turpentine advanced one cent per
gallon yesterday.
Two dead bodies were seen yesterday
near Fort jackson.
4l2 bundles of hides were exported to
Baltimore yesterday.
The assessment at the Police Court yes
terday amounted 70 $50.
The cotton market was active yesterday,
and heavy transactions took place.
The steamer Emberiza made the trip from
New York to this port in seventy six hours.
1,341 barrels Of rOsin and AS casks Of
spirits turpentine were the sales yesterday.
Three steamships arrived at this port yes
terdaY, the Emberiza, SciO and Cyphrynes-
1853 barrels OF rosin and IS casks spirits of
turpentine were exported cOastwise yester-
day.
The bark Mendoza reports having passed
two dead bodies while coming into port yes
terday.
It is thought that the destruction Of stills
by the late storm will cause an advance in
naval stores.
Mr.. T. B. Masters, acting Clerk Of Coun-
i u. -. s-f
| Council last night.
A deck load of lumber was passed about
ten miles from Tybee by vessel coming
into port yesterday.
That was good move repeating the Sec
ton Of the Sunday ordinance giving in
formers one half OF the fines.
The sarsgossa. Captain T. A. Hooper.
/ sailed yesterday for Baltimore with a good
/ freight and several passengers.
A steamboat load Of household goods is
/ piled upon the beach at Tybee, near where
the wharf stood, waiting transportation.
The steamer Plant will leave to-day at
| twelve o'clock for Tybee, provided the re-
| pairs on her are sufficiently advanced to
permit Of her going there.
News from Button, s. c., states that
| there has been but little damage done by
the storm. A number of trees were blown
| down, but no houses injured.
Emma Brown, a degraded negress, was
| yesterday in the Police Court fined $40 and
sentenced to thirty days hard labor for out
rageOus conduct on the street.
The report that Mr.. Elbrldge G.. Cabaniss
and his family had been drowned on Pine
Island, was without foundation. They
came up 10 the city on Tuesday.
The steamer Florida averaged eighteen
miles per hour on her last trip from Fernan-
dina, and the officers say she is equal to a
new boat since she was repaired.
The Martins Industry lightship, which
was ashore on the Pelican banks, has been
pulled of by the lighthouse steamer. 1t is
not known whether she is injured or not.
The dry goods and iobbing trade is very
active at present. Merchants from interior
cities and from Florida, Alabama and South
Carolina are in the city replenishing their
stocks.
The track Of the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway is all clear of the Obstruc-
tions placed there by the storm, the last Of
the fallen trees having been cut away yes
terday.
The steamship City OF Savannah arrived
at her dock yesterday from Philadelphia
in good condition. She reports having
passed, on Monday, a bark steering for
Charleston with another bark in tow, which
was dismasted.