Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-02

General Bratton is sick at his home in Fair.
field.
Only one hundred and sixty-five coIored
children attend the free school in Darlington.
The Lexington Dispatch says that the cues
ton OF building by stock company a bridge
across the Saluda river at or near Wyse's
Ferry is being extensively agitated. The Die
patch advocates the scheme on the ground.
among others, that 1t would cause the trade
which now goes to Columbia from that, the
richest portion of Lexington county, to make
Lexington village its market.
Silas Mcneil has been committed to jail at
Marion, charged with rape in Columbus coun-
ty, N. c., to await a requisition OF the Gov
ernor of that State.
Beaufort Crescent: ION Wednesday morning
nre was discovered on the roof of Mrs. t. 0.
BarnwelPs residence, but the timely assist
ence or the neighbors prevented any serious
damage
Blaekville correspondence NesCs and Cour-
Ter: '1he Court of General Sessions opened
at Barnwell on Monday last. Judge Wallace
presiding The criminal docket is the largest
We have had for several years. The cases gen.
orally are OF lesser CffenSes-larceny aud as
sault and battery with intent to kill"
The Columbia Reqister says: "The sale of
Potter s Field to tha Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad has been completed, the
papers executed and delivered, and the money
paid. The terms of the sale were 5000 cash,
with the right to use Senate street from ths
western boundary Of Wayne to the eastern
boundary Of Pulaski at 81 year for thirty
years"
Says ths Columbia Register: THE Comp
troler General few Gays ago, made the as
sessment OF railroads under the act creating
the office of Railroad Commissioner. The fol-
lowing cOnpanies have paid up: ATLANTA and
Charlotts Air Line Railroad, Northeastern Rail-
road. Ashley River Railroad, Spartanburg and
AsheVile Railroad, Spartanburg, Union and
Columbia Railroad, CHESTER and Leuoir Mar
row Gauge Railroad.
The NetCs and Courier states that as the pilot
boat Governor Perry was coming into port
Sunday, after midday, she got becalmed
near the breaker at Pumpkin Hill Channel,
when thick fog set in, and, as the sea was
breaking heavily on the bar an anchor was
let go to keep the Perry from going on the
shoal, but she soon commenced dragging,
when the crew left her in the ski1f and have
reached the city. The Perry, no doubt, got on
the shoal, where she may have bilged, or. as
she was strong, it is hoped that she passed
over the bottom and got into deep water.
Charleston Ners and Courier: "Mr John
H. Fisher, receiver of the South Carolina Rail
real. returned from New York on Thursday
night. He bought five hundred tons of steel
raj s. ifty-six pounds to the yard, which will
lsy six mi es of track, making about seventy
miles laid with steel he rails were made at
the Lackawanna Works, and are the best in the
market. They are now awaiting shipment in
New York. Mr.. Fisher expects to buy three
thousand more tons Of steel rails as soon as
there is a supply in the market. He would
have made the purch aSe when he was in New
York. but was unable to get more than five
hundred tons
Bisekville correspondence Neics and CouY-
ieT: The railroad authorities at this place
have heightened the side track. and are now
engaged in erecting large platform in the
upper portion Of the town, where they pur-
pose putting up at once another large ware
house At this platform all cotton that Ear-
ties expect to sell In this market will be land
ed and sold. so as not to interfere with the op-
eratlons at the shipping and delivering depot.
This indicates the large amount Of freight that
is shipped to and from this point. The main
Depot is the most capacious on either branch
OF the road and vet it requires two extra ware
houses and extensive platforms to meet the
continually increasing requirements Of the
business public"
The Darlington Netcs says: ''The evidence
mill is still grinding, trying to reduce the large
Democratic majority for Richardson. A wild
rumor has been abroad among the negroes
that the polls had opened again, and ell who
did not vote were to have another chance.
Negroes, big. little, old and young have been
crOWding in, each one to swear that he did not
vote, that he had made numerous attempts,
but that those bloodthirsty Democrats had
shot them, beaten them, knocked them down
and prevented them from 'cassn' q vote for
Sam Lee. It does not make any difference
whether they tell the truth or not, they are all
primed before hand, and all tell the same
tale, >