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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
DIR. Frank HamiltOn's Opinion

In conversation with reporter Dr.
Frank Hamilton, of New York. is repre-
sented as saying that the bulletins issued
by the Presidents physicians are ''com
plete and perfectly reliable"
''ln the official bulletin, doctor, there
is reported every afternoon rise in the
pulse and temperature; is that bad
symptom2"
''There is in it no reason for alarm. II
is, in fact. but natural. Since the second
day after the President received his
wound these dlurnal increases have been
marked. They were to be expected.
With any man ordinarily the pulse will
beat faster in the evening than in the
morning. while if one remains in bed
throughout the day the change will be
especially noticeable. Nobody has the
slightest right 10 interpret such changes
as bodinG i'll 10 the President
Had you patient suffering as is
Gen. Garfield, would you even from the
first have feared for the result2"
my knowledge of this wound is not
sufficient for me to give satisfactory
reply to that question.
From what you know of the wound
would you have considered death proba-
ble?"
Not after sufficient time had elapsed to
prove that the wound was not fatal.
HAS sufficient time elapsed in this
case?"
II am willing to say this: the chances
are now all in the Presidents favor"
"And there is no probability of
death2"
"The people have no cause for alarm.
Gen. Garfield is getting along excellent.
ly. There is not probability of death p
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16

The day was spent and the dusky night,
Came down with its jeweled fingers light,
To shut the eyes Of drOwsy flowers
That could only watch through sunny hours.
Through the purple aisles Of signing pines
The spicy South wind softly winds,
Stirring the sails OF the lily feet
That idly rock'd thro' the MONDAY heat.
On the wave-washed sand a woman stands
With flower like fsce and pearly hands,
Threading the elints OF golden hair
Tha. crown face 50 wondrOus fair.
'.lly lover is late she softly signs.
Tossing the curls from her starry eyes,
He should have come ere the cleaning fell.
And now it is dask on hill and dell.''
The glow worm burns in the brscken nish
And stars grow thick in the purple sky,
But still she watched by the silent shore
For the step that came not ever more.
s.Robiu, q" she calls. lit is growing Later
But only an echo answers. Wait"
He will surely come" she whispers low,
Tho her cheeks like wave-washed lilies grow
All beautiful one, thy lover lies
With death-sealed lips and sightless eyes,
And ne'er again his passionate kiss
Shall thrill thy soul with its tender bliss
'Tw4s the oft-told tale we hear to-day,
OF the foe that smites in sudden fray;
Though life be fair and lovers wait
To keep a III st at loves golden gate
B.MZ.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
Garfield a Fatalist.

Cleveland Special to Neu0 York Tribune.
Those who are most familiar with
| General Garfield say that for many years
he cherished the belief that he would not
live to be older than his father was, and
that he would die in some sudden and
violent manner His friends, with all
their persuasion, were not able to make
him dismiss this thought. Ha,would
say, in answer to their claims That such
belief was foolish: 1T seems to me
as foolish as it does to you. l
do not know why it haunts me.
Indeed, it is thing that
is wholly involuntary on nv part,
and when try the hardest not to think
of 1t it haunts me the most. 1t comes to
me sometimes in the night, when all is
quiet. | think of my father and how
he died in the strength of his manhood
and left my mother to care for large
family of children, and how l have al.
ways been without his assistance and
advice, and then feel it so strong upon
me that the vision is in the form of
warning that l cannot treat it lightly"
For many years he believed that he
should fall between; cars or be killed in
some way while travelling When he
reached the age of his father at death
and passed that point safely, he seemed
to forget the idea that had given him so
much trouble. He is now 40, nearly
five years older than his father when he
died.
1t it said by those who know the Gen
eral best that he was ever to a greater or
less degree believer in fatalism. He
was man who invariably had the
strongest impressions, and it was believ-
ed that it was an impression that pre-
vailed with him for many years that he
would be President sometime. He never
! sought the office and never intended to
do so. The ItlueS correspondent well
| remembers to have heard him discuss
this very matter at dinner He said :
'The American people are very
much like one giant human being.
The combined intellect generally acts
| like the intellect of a single man when
it gets ready to act. When the giant
wants any man whom he has chosen to
work for him, he knows just how to let
him know it. If a man offers his SER
vices the giant very often rejects them.
| 1t is like maiden asking man to marry
her. No woman is so handsome and
witty and accomplished that she can
afford to do this. Ten chances to a
dozen, the man will say, if not to the
woman herself, at least to himself,
I was about to ask you, but think
you are just little too willing, l believe
I'd rather not. The American people
like to discover a man. Then they can
claim him as their own by an old and
established usage. They will discover
him sooner or later, if
there is anything in him
worth discovering have more conf
dence in the judgment of the united in
tellect of the American people than in
anything else in the world. Great men
and orators may move and modify it,
and knaves and charlatans may prevent
it, but sooner or later, the true conclu-
sion will be reached, and right and JUS
tice will triumph"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
WARS HORRORS.
Some Fearful Scenes In the south
American Contest.

The Herald, a newspaper published in
Chill, contains the following description
of one of the most terrible scenes wit
messed during the war with the Peruvi.
ans:
"The Peruvians fired from the private
houses at Mirafore with the object of
driving them out. The Chilians applied
the torch. When the progress of the
flames made it impossible for those with
In to remain, the Peruvians began their
exodus, and in their escape they looked
like devils coming out of hell. When
they were out, they had to meet the ene-
my's soldiers, who were watching for
them in order to shoot them down. The
corpses of the Peruvians were laid in
piles before the doors and walls of the
burning houses, and actually added fuel
to the conhagration in progress.
If any one of the besieged was hap
py enough to escape from the place of
the struggle, he was soon hunted for and
killed ike a rat, and sometimes several
prisoners were kept alive by the inter
vention of the officers and commanders,
and were put under the charge of Ger
tain number of officers. more to be pro-
tected than witRan object of being es-
corted. But as soon as any Chilian sol
diers were slain or wounded by those
who continued the struggle, the prison
ers were formed in line and shot without
mercy by those who were escorting
them. At other times, before setting fire
to the house. they tried to blow up a
part of it with torpedoes, in order to
reach the immured PeruVians, and to kill
every one who could be found, without
listening to their piteous appeals for
mercy.
"While the commanding officer, Duvil,
was exhorting several Peruvians who
were sheltered in a building to surren-
der themselves, he was slightly wounded.
1t is impossible to give an idea of the
fury with which the Chilians were seized
when they saw the way in which the
enemy answered their propositions of a
surrender in order to save their lives.
The building was Immediately set on
fire, the soldiers carrying everything
they could lay their hands on to assist
the flames. In short time the building
was surrounded. and there was no escape
left for those who were inside. The
smoke commenced to suffocate the pris-
oners before the fire had begun 10 do its
work
''ln that situation the Peruviaus tried
to find way to free themselves from
such hOrrid death, but every door, every
window and every part of the building
which could have afforded any chance of
escape was barricaded with the corpses
of those who had been butchered. Many
of these unfortunate Peruvians became
crazy, and many tried to free themselves
1I i IL
which surrounded the building, but
vain. Others jumped from the top of
the burning buildings into the streets to
meet death at the hands of the Chilians,
who threw those who were alive into the
fire f"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
British BreadsIuHs.

LIVERPOOL, July ia leading grain cir
eular says: "Under the IL fidence of con
tinu0us sunshine the wheat trade has been
extremely quiet. The demand at the vari-
GUS markets was inactive, and prices were
barely maintained. A large proportion
of the cargoes off coast were
withdrawn, sellers expecting better
prices at destination. Future arrivals
were firm, but buyers were not eager. On
spot, since Tuesday, the business in wheat
has been OF a retail character, but prices
were generally maintained. OF corn there
was more Offering on the quay and prices
were lower. To day the market was
not numerouslY attended, and business
was quiet. Wheat was in moderate demand
at a penny advance for spring. Other
grades were unchanged. Flour was steady,
winter qualities attracting the chief atten-
tion. Canadian peas were firm. Corn was
freely offered, but being little inquired for
prices declined half penny"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
PhiladeIphfa Ledqer.


The temperature of a sick or wounded
person indicates the presence or absence
of the intlammatory condition. and. in
cases like this, is watched with great
solicitude.
The temperature is ascertalned by
placing the bulb of small thermometer.
specially adapted to the purpose, in the
mouth OF the patient, or sometimes un.
der the armpit. The average natural
heat of the human body, in a. good con-
dition of health, is ninety eight and a
half 9S degrees of Fahrenheits scale.
II is usually marked in our thermometer
as "blood heat at the ninety eighth de-
gree. In very inflamed conditions the
temperature of patients has been OBJ
served to rise as high as 10S degrees in
children and to 107 in adults Any
thing above 104 or 105 is regarded as
very serious by physicians. The Presi-
dents temperature has risen several
times to 1919, or nearly three and half
degrees above the normal or natural. In
Asiatic cholera, the temperature some
times sinks as low as ", when even the
breath of the patient feels cold.
The fluctuations of the pulse are noted
carefully in the daily bulletins. In
good health, and when the body is quiet,
the natural beats of the pulse of an adult
male are about sixty to seventy a min
| ute There are considerable differences.
however, even in healthy persons, ac-
cOrding 80 the comparative quiet or ac-
tivity of the body, and whether standing,
sitting or lying down. There are differ
ences, too, at different periods of the
day, the greatest frequency of the pulse
beats occurring about the middle of the
day, and the least about midnight All
other things being equal, the pulse is
quicker In the morning than in the eve
ming. in conditions of profound coma
(morbid sleepl or lethargy, the pulse
beats have dropped as low as seventeen
in minute, and they have mounted up
as high as 200 in children afflicted with
water on the brain.
Since his injury the Presidents pulse
has fiuctuated between ninety four beats
a minute to 1876. The last is about
twice as frequent as the pulse in state
of health and in a quiet, recumbent
position.
Frequency of respiration" is likewise
feature of the bulletins. Since he was
wounded his respiration has ranged
from nineteen TO twenty-four breathings
a minute. In health, and when free
from any exciting cause, the number of
breathings per minute is from fourteen
to eighteen; but in a condition of disease
it sometimes falls as low as seven
breaths minute, and rises as high as
100.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
Florida Affairs.

On the farm Of Mrs. N. S. Blount, in Polk
county, is q shaddock tree, the fruit of which
is OF a beautiful pink color. and some Of which
weigh as much as fifteen pounds each.
Monticello was visited by heavy storm of
rain and wind few days ago, doing consid-
erable damage.
Palatka Herald: The beautiful, sloping
banks on the river in the Cove are being
washed slowly but surely away. Some action
should be taken 70 protect these shores"
Fernandina Express: Captain @. N. Saussy 5
genial face is wreathed in q perpetual halo OF
smiles, He says IT'S girl, and VIII soon De the
belle of Fernandina The little miss made her
debut on Sunday last.
Tallahassee FIOrfdidn: "Messrs Parnell and
harrington, Of West Point. Ga, arrived here a
day or two since. and have been driving about
the country in search Of favorable locality
for establishing large orchard OF lie Conte
pears"
Apopka Citizen: 1.-The amount Of Subscrip-
tiOns rendered by the ApOpka region TO the
South Florida Railroad Company recently at
Sanford, was $S7, 600. which was $4,000 more
than promised for the Apopka branch"
Alachud Advocate: "a friend says he some
time ago sent a specimen of palmetto tannin
to Europe. Oak bark sells in Liverpool at
very high figures II Florida palmetto can be
put In competition with the req oak, It would
be something TO be proud OF,
Monticello Constitution: I'm this county the
present year considerable quantity Of long
staple was planted, and We are happy TO learn
that cotton is looking remarkably well. Some
OF our planters believe that 1t will yield as
much per acre as the short staple cotton"
A Crescent City note to the Palatka Herald
saws. "A huge panther visited Mr.. Padgett's
place few days ago. He made himself gem
orally at home. walked in at the front door,
took it leisurely through the hall, and went
out at the back door. He then jumped into
the coW-pen, causing q stampede among the
cattle"
AIachud advocate: THE following eleva
tiOns have been taken by the Chief Engineer,
w. o. Miller. on the railway from Gainesville
% Palatka: st. Johns river at p, 0; Palatka,
IS; Francis. 20; MacWilllams, so; Blue Pond.
ITO; johnson. 100; McMeekin. 105; Hawthorn,
1856; Scott Place, e6; Junction. 30; Prairie
creek. 81; Alachua, So; Gainesville. 1863"
Tangerine correspondent CT the Apopka
Cttizen; Not many days ago family arrived
rom Connecticut and made purchase of the
Davis place. The wife had come against her
VIII. and In her dissatisfied condition made the
family SO unhappy that the purchase was re
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
The plant is generally reported small am

Inc plant Is generally reported small and
ten days late. Hot and too dry weather is
almost universally noted, but, except in
southern and western Texas, little Injury
was reported from that cause at the date Of
the returns. Alabama and Georgia each re-
port better condition than last year, while
Texas and Arkansas are lower. Insect in
1uries are seldom mentioned.
The condition of the wheat crop as re-
ported on July 1st is much better than on
June lst, and averages SO for the whole
country. The Atlantic States fall off slightly
as compared with the returns for the same
time last year, but the large wheat region
north Of the Ohio river and west OF the Mis-
sissippi return a low condition compared
with 1880. Michigan reports only "a per
cent, and Illinois 60 per cent.
Ohio and Indiana are below last
year, but report fair prospect.
Missouri and Kansas each make great
complaint of damage from insects. 10 the
spring wheat States Iowa alone returns a
condition much lower than last year.
The increase Of the area planted in corn
is nearly 2 per cent. over that planted in
1880. The average condition Of the crop Is
not so high as In the last two years, and is
80 against 100 last year. In all the North
Atlantic States the crop is back
ward, owing to the cold wet spring,
but in the States south Of
the Delaware river and on the Gulf Of
Mexico it is reported as fair. Texas, how
ever, reports serious injury from drought.
In the great corn producing region border
ing on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the
average is below that of last year, particu-
larlY in the State of Iowa, which only re-
ports a condition of n, caused by the cold
spring and too much rain in June. In Illi-
nois and Missouri the condition is reported
very favorable.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
weather Indications.

OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER, WASH
INGToN, d. G., July 15.-Indications for
Saturday:
In the South Atlantic States, partly cloudy
weather and local rains, variable winds,
mostly south to west, stationary barometer
and stationary or higher temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, partly
cloudy or cloudy weather and local rains,
variable winds, and stationary or higher
temperature and stationary barometer
In the Gulf States, partly cloudy weather
and occasional rains, variable winds, mostly
southerlY, stationary or higher barometer
and temperature
Ia Tennessee and the Ohio valley,
partly cloudy weather snd possibly local
rains, light variable winds, and stationary
or higher barometer and temperature.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
The Week In minclng Lane.

LONDON, July Is In Mincing Lane
markets during the psst week business was
inactive. Some cargoes Of sugar off coast
sold at 81. decline on the spot. The de-
mand was very slow. Deliveries in France
for consumption since the reduced duties
came in operation show a heavy increase.
The stocks in the United Kingdom are
generally moderate. New teas sell slowly,
the trade manifesting unusual indiffer-
ence. Common grades declined, while
fine grades were steady. Coffee
was inanimate. East India declined Is. to
Is. per cwt. Coloury Ceylon obtained full
prices on account of the full supply. Qua
temala slightly recovered the recent de-
preston. The Brazil crop of 1881 50 is ex-
pected to be 5000 600 bags or more. Gloves
were half penny cheaper. Black pepper
was fl m. Some cargoes OF rice sold at the
current low rates
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
COUNTERFEITING In sWITzRR-
LAND.
Millions of Francs of Bogus Coin
shipped TO Eastern Countries.

A letter to the London times from
Geneva states that estimates Of the
amount of false coin shipped to Egypt
and other Eastern countries by swindlers,
who for years past have made Geneva
tnelr place Of operations, vary from ten
70 forty million francs. The villages Ia
tne interior of Egypt are literally inun-
dated with it, and the government will
PROBABLY be compelled to withdraw the
plasters and replace them with coin Of
the same value and of different name
and appearance. The swindle originated
IN 1861 or 1862, when the premium on
gold mahmondiehs value about sixteen
francs) was so high that coin honestly
made with the correct amount of gold
could be struck at Geneva and shinped
East at a profit. When exchange re-
turned to the normal standard. the
profits were continued by debasing the
coin. Finally the trade became one OF
pure counterfeiting. The coins were
made into necklaces and regularly
shipped through the custom house as
Jewelry. The Egyptian peasantry accu-
mulate their savings in the form of female
ornaments. An agent at Alexandria
found ready market in the interior.
The swIndle has thus long escaped de-
lection. Seven or eight years ago the
matter came to the knowledge of the
Egyptian Government, when pretended
prosecution of the counterfeiters was
begun, but was bought off and the mat
ter hushed up. The principal parties inn
plicated are Bellamy, q man of good
family; Lejeune, a prominent jeweler;
Curiel. an Egyptian money broker, his
son, brother-in law and clerks, all of
Geneva, and Schinasi, the Alexandria
confederate. All of the foregoing are
now imprisoned. Perhaps the largest
operator in the coin is a Marseilles
banker named Amoreth, who deposited
one million francs as a guarantee that he
will appear for trial. All those impli-
Gated will probably be tried at Geneva.
The celebrated Maitre Lachaud, of the
Paris bar, has been retained for the de-
Tense
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
THE GALLONS IN ARKANSAS.
Three Murderers Hanged Yesterday.

FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, July 15.-Willis
Reeves was hanged at Van Buren this after
noon for the murder of man named VIM.
Drake last year. The Governor declined to
interfere In his behalf, and he was executed
to day in the presence of multitude. He
exhibited much nerve.
MARIANA, ARK, July l5.-Issac Green
and John Hardin, both negroes, were hanged
here to-day in the presence of about five
thousand persons, tour ffths of who m were
colored. Green was convicted of the killing
of John Richardson in Council Bend last
April. Hardin killed William Brown In
Phillips county two years ago, but secured
a change of venue to Lee county. Both
were convicted at the Supreme term OF Lee
county. Full confessions were made by the
condemned on the scaffOld.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16

Two COMETS SEEN AT SEA.-Tht
Captain of the British bark St. Law
renee, which arrived at Baltimore
from Rio. reports that during the voy-
age he and his crew, and several passen.
gers, saw two comets in the sky. The
FIST comet was seen in the northeast
early in the morning on June 25th, and
regularly thereafter for several days.
On the evening of June 28th, at nine
o'clock, they saw comet in the north
west. and were wondering at its rapid
change of base, when they were aston
ished by seeing the first comet stimuli
taneously in the northeast. The two
comets were seen frequently thereafter.
and the fact was recorded on the log
book. The passengers corroborate this.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
H. D. LYMAN. Chief Clerk

There are five cities in the world hav-
ing each a population of over 1000, 900
lnhabitants-one each in Britain. the
United States, Germany, France and
Austria. Then there are nine having
more than 500, 900 inhabiiants-three in
Great Britain, three in the United States,
two in Russia and one in Turkey. OF
cities having between 200, 900 and 500,-
600 inhabitants there are twenty six six
in the United States. five in Great
Britain, four in Germany and in Italy,
three in France, two in Spain, and one
in Russia, Austria, Belgium, Holland
and Portugal.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
Manchester Market.

LONDON, July 15.-The Manchester Guar
dian In its commercial article this morning,
says: "Tbe market has not improved IN any
respect. The transaction of business is be-
coming more difficult, the continued rise In
cotton compelling sellers to advance quota
tions amid very adverse and unpromising
circumstances. The great Eastern markets
have abundant stock on hand or under con-
tract. Native dealers buy very little, and India
merchants are therefore acting with great
caution, buying only when they can mike
sales abroad. kilograms from China are
not encouraging, and very little is doing for
the market. The smaller foreign and home
traders are doing some business, but here
also the amount is seriously lessening in
conse quence Of the advance In prices. 1"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
Cotton In Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL, July 15.-This weeks circu.
lar of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Asso-
citation says: "COtton was in good demand
throughout the week at hardening prices,
and quotations generally show an advance.
American was 10 large demand and prices
advanced farthing for current qualities,
aud one-eighth to three sixteenths for other
grades. For sea island the demand was
moderate at unchanged rates. Futures
were strong and hardened throughout, the
market closing excited. July and August
and September delivery advanced 32d,
and later positions l-16i01%iU