Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-21

ATLANTA. March 1s-After the terrible storm
of last night we are having glimpses OF sun.
shine, although dark clouds still hang around
and threaten another flood. We have enough.
and our streets are already nearly impossible.
Railroad trains and mails are again to be de-
ranged, and we shall soon hear OF numerous
blockades of freight and mail matter at I'M
portant points on the main lines Of travel in
the South, But we have got used to this the
past winter.
Mr. Samuel W Small has taken hold OF the
Press Department of the International Cotton
Exposition with his usual vim and wonderful
ability. and that department is now success
beyond the most sansuine anticlpations. II
the Exposition fails It will not be through any
lack of zeal In his department
Deep regret Is felt in this city at the early
death OF William @. stephens, Esq favorite
nephew and for a time the private secretary
OF Hon. A II. Stephens. He Was q young
man OF retiring m NnnerS, yet had made many
friends during his profeS sonal career at Craw.
fordvilie and his official service ct Liberty
Hall with his distinguished uncle his last
months of declining health were cheered by
the devoted attention Of his Brother. ex-State
Senator John A. Stephens, now resident of
Crawford4ile, who accompanied him to
Atlanta and Augusta in search of medical at
tendance, but all in vain.
On Thursday noon Major r. H. Jackson, of
the Fifth Artillery. left for st. Augustine, Fla,
TO take station at st. Francis Barracks. He
was accompanied to the depot here by Lieu
tenant Colonel John Hamilton an ID any other
officers OF the regiment, and the fine Ds4na dis
courSed sweet music to a crowd Of nearly
three hundred spectators. Major jackson fs an
EriShmau by birth, and woFke3 his way up from
the ranks TO be a breSet Brigadier General. He
is quite popular, aud will be much liked in sc.
Augustine His striking likeness to Col. VIM.
Rogers, of the Central Railroad. caused the
sieeping-car porter and other officials to mis-
take him (being in citizens dresS) for their
equally sturdy and popular General Superin-
tendent.
HEAVY RAINs-EIGa WATER.
have never seen such heavy rains in this
section during my ten years residence here,
as have fallen within the past week. Bridges
had been carried away dams ami mills In
stroyed up TO yesterday, owing to previous
rams and high water.
But last night. about eight O'Clock, a terrible
thunder storm broke over u.s. and the water
poured down in torrents Such a food never
before witnessed. and Atlanta. in many places,
was under water. Houses and stores on De-
catur street were flooded. and carpets furni-
ture and goodsc greatly damaged, as have
seen this morning. Other streets, am told,
also suffered.
Atlanta has no good sewers, and is always
flooded during heavy FaiDs but never so badly
as last night. Outside the cty the damage Is
immense. Probably fifty bridges on various
roads leading to this city frcm Fulton and ad-
Joining counties have been washed away.
Mills, factories and dams, as well as railroads,
have suffered, not to mention the farmers
whose fields have been terribly washed Rome,
West Point, Columbus, Augusta and neighbor-
Ing cities are also sufferers from high water
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER
Atlanta will be compelled to increase her
water works, enlarge her sewers and improve
her streets this summer without fail
Savannah Is just now we'll represented here
by her distinguished lawyers in attendance on
the Supreme Court, which has reached the
Eastern Circuit cases.
tiBishop Henry w. Warren, who succeeds the
late Bishop Gilbert Haven, has located here
for the season, and Is looking after the in
his usual ability and zeal
Col. e. Y. Clarke, of the Atlanta Weekly
Post, having closed his terms OF service as Po-
lice Commissioner, has been succeeded by ex-
Councilman J. Knox Thrower practical prin-
ter and most excellent gentleman.
The MORNING NEWS Is again deranged In its
usual prompt arrival No Wednesday s papers
NJ. Terrill. OF the mail service. is after them
with sharp stick" He is q faithful ard eff
cient official, and President Garfield need not
provide a successor for him.
IN addition TO @ lengthy illustrated sketch OF
sgThe Live Indian" already announced, the
next issue of the Southern Dramatic Critic, of
Atlanta. viii contain some highly compliment
tarv notices of the Ford Dramatic Association
and the z. M +. l. Social Club OF Savannah.
Their fame will thus go abroad In the land.
Capt. a. A Sharp, the popular and energetic
General Freight and Passenger gent of the
Macon and Brunswick Railrosd Company, has
my best thanks for card Of invitation to the
christening of the new Fernandina and Jack
sonyille Railroad. I congratulate him and
all concerned upon the opening Of this
new route. and with 1t all success In the future.
em glad to see that my old friend the Hon
Edward Carswell, of Canada, whom / knew
fifteen years ago as one OF the most eloquent
and effective temperance orators then in SER
vice. is still Sin the harness" and giving Sayan-
nah some of his interesting and brilliant ad-
dresses. Backed by a noble and true wife at
home. he has done grand service for the cause
of temperance In years past.
THE MASONIC FAIR AND BAZAAR,
Bad weather and a press Of other matters