Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-07

Two cattle thieves are lodged in Beaufort
jail, and are awaiting preliminary examina-
don.
A colored boy has been arrested at Port Royal
charged with robbing a sailor en- the United
States ship New Hampshire Of twenty-four
dollars.
new factory is soon to be built about four
miles from BarnEel and subscriptions to its
stock are coming in.
Garden work is going on well in BarnwelI
1t is not unlikely that Barnwell viii soon have
a town clock.
The Palmetto State press, ss rule, endorses
Senator Butler In his structures on Mr.. Conk-
ling.
Barnwell enjoyed an exciting runaway the
other day, which was happily interrupted by
plucky colored citizen
Tom Glover, a registering sable citizen. ere
sted diversion in Barnwell last week, and
gave the authorities much trouble. 1t cost
him $40 and clubbing.
Retiring County Treasurer Alrich, of Barn
well. reports to the grand jury that for the
fiscal year 1sS0-'S1 he collected S12. .139 IS.
The following parties were convicted in the
Barnweli Court l@st week and received pro-
portlO0ate sentences: Eliza Etroman. assault;
John NIX, Jr., burglary and larceny; London
sanders, burglary: Nation Granger, intent 10
kill and other assaults; T. T. Young, obtaining
goods under false pretence; George Ennis
obtaining money under false pretence; Jea
nings Wallace, manslaughter; John Holman,
burglary and larceny; Isaac Grimes, assault
with intent TO ravish. Several others were con-
victed OF assault and q number Of true bills
were found.
Francis Jones, living within few miles Of
Narnville killed of his children recently
accidentally. A tree which he cut was blown
by the wind on the house, in which were five
little ones.
Mr.. J. c. wilkins has been appointed Road
master of the Port Royal and Augusta Rail-
way, vice J. h Killian, deceased.
The Savannah Valley Railroad which win
reach down and connect with the Edgedeld
and Aiken Railroad, giving a short line from
Charleston, is now fairly under way.
Two French gentlemen. now living four
miles from Greenville, S. O., Messrs A. Carpin
and Leon Boulsn, propose increasing their
present vineyard Of about ten acres TO one of
sixty.
The gentlemen who were arrested in Hamp-
ton county by United States Deputy Marshals
for alleged violations OF the election laws, and
were bound over for trial at the April term of
the United States Court at Charleston, have
notified the County Chairman that they have
selected Col J. w Moore and Major Jeff War
rem as their attorneys.
Miss Betsey Hall, of Hampton county, who
has suffered for months with cancer, died re-
Gently. in the Goth year Of her age.
The Executive Committee OF the S. r. Bap-
tist Sunday School Convention will meet in
Varnville on the 10th of March, at O'Clock p.
NJ.
With reference to the channel at George
town, Capt Phillips, OF the United States En-
gineers, reports as follows: AFTER passing
the bar at the entrance TO Winyah Bay, the
only obstruction met with by vessels trading
with Georgetown, is q bar at the entrance to
the harbor, or, really, at the mouth OF Sampit
river. This bar Is p $50 feet in length, and
sffords depth OF about nine feet at ordinary
low water. AS vessels drawing twelve feet Of
water frequently leave Georgetown, much de-
tention occurs while waiting for high water,
Il is proposed to obyiate this difficulty by
dredging channel across this bar two hun
dred feet in width at bottom and twelve feet in
depth at ordinary low water. The cost OF this
wcrk will hA a trffe over &lA 000 y