Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-06

are scattered to the four winds of Heaven.
Headed by leader who has aspired to tn,
Gubernatorial chair of this State, as well as tC
a seat in the United States Senate, and who a
place on the State ticket, and who has heeI
heralded as the prospective commander Of thu
Independent movement, they fondlv regarded
their success as certain. This chieftain haC
able ieuJenants also in the persons of th'
Clerk of the United States Court, and in tn,
| City Marshal and Collector, lone blast upol
| whose bugle horn" was once worth five hun
dred men"
Thus differed, and with the glitterinG
guerdon of national patronage dangling befor,
their eyes, they beat the long roll and impa
| tientlY waited for the battle. Scarcely had thu
| fray commenced before desertion began. no
| only emong the rank and file but among thost
who wore the epaulettes, and by midday tn,
| panic became an epidemic Even those old
astute warriors, General Dennis, Peter Jone
and Captain Cooper, who had been hastily
| summoned to participate in the struggle anC
| to lend the weight Of their experience to tn,
| common cause, were totally unable to checl
| the stampede and saw with diSmay their vete
ran troops melting away before the
hot and well-directed fire of their adversaries
Attacked in front by the doughty
Dzialynski, and in the rear by a band o1
guerrlllas who bore on their banner the motto
I'VE die, but never surrender the ReDubli
can cohorts faltered, wavered and finally broke
up in wild disorder. So absolute and stunning
was their defeat that it Is doubted by many Il
contest with the faintest prospect of success
There is far too much intelligence in their owr
party ever again to submit to the dictation Of
their hitherto so-styled leaders Several oi
these are so completely buried beneath the
debris that they will never more rise to the
surface.
A large number Of the more intelligent and
thoughtful negroes for the first time in the
history of this city, openly declared their con
version to the Peoples Ticket, and aided pow
erfully in its triumph. Appeals to church in
fiuenceS, threats of social ostracism, and the
cry of partisan fealty were alike powerless to
check the current. and the old slogan of ''de
Publican party" failed for once to rally its fol
lowers around the flag.
For once the iron shackles that bound the
negroes together have crumbled into dust. and
am much mistaken if the spirit Of independ
ence, so openly and boldly displayed and exer
cised on Monday, does not reappear hereafter
1t was genuine revolution, and such move
ments are said never to retrOgrade. 1t will be
a good day for us when the color line is broken
effectually, and the result of Monday was a
long step in this direction. The November
election will determine il the hopes now enter
tanned of change in this regard are we'll
founded or abortive.
1 am informed by prominent Republican
that it had been considered necessary by the
more prudent men of that party to relegate
General LedWith with his special retinue of
followers to private life, and to Quench at once
and utterly all of his ambitious projects for
the future. 1t Is known that the General has
long been casting wistful glances towards the
post office here and that one of his followers
was anxious to be appointed Collector of Gus
toms. 1t was policy, as well as the part Of wis.
dom, to dispose of a rival by showing to the
Washington authorities how feeble was his
influence and how baSeless his assumptions.
The same axslthat felled Cen. Ledwith decapi-
tated Joseph E. Lee, the black Senator from
this district whose power is sensibly waning.
Mayor DZalYnski is a puissant chevalier.
Before his tough lance and brawny arm went
down last year General Jenkins, the Charm an
of the Republican State Executive Committee,
and he has now unhorssd General Ledwith, a
second champion, who, with broken caSQue
dusty plumes and dented armor, looks up from
the bars of his visor at his antagonist.
Our Mayor is jolly, prosperous and popular
merchant progressive in his ideas and liberia
in his views and his reelection by the unheard
of majority of 265 in total vote of 1920 is q
triu ~ phant Endorsement of his administration
and handsome acknowledgment of his hon
esty and efficiency. He has crystallized around
him all the better and purer elements of this
community, and although an Israelite, his
course has been such as to gain thu respect
and acquire the confidence of his Gentle
neighborS.
one of the events Of last week was the Re
publican Convention, held for the nomination
of a citg ticket. This gathering is equal to
half dozen shows concentrated, and is always
largely attended by the admirers or the gro
tesQue. As a general rule, the respectable por-
ton of the Republicans ignore the primary
meetings, and allow the delegates to be taken
from the lower classes OF society. However,
such body is usually composed Of the refuse
of the population. who represent neither the
intelligence, morality or wealth of the city.
Many Northern visitors attra ted by curl
osity attend these exhibitions, and it is need
less to say that their previous views of the av-
erage negro are greatly modified by what they
behold The sable delegates are nOE select in
the choice of language and do not hesitate to
employ words that are strong, if not polite.
They make charges, indulge in innuendOes and
express doubts of their associates veracity in
style far more forcible than elegant. Some
of their errors are exceedingly ludicrous.
heard a sable Demosthenes say the other night
with a stentorian voice and with windmill
sweep of his arms; ''Mr. Speaker, / corporate
what said before" The orator meant to use
the word ''reiterate," and the mistake was not
noticed by the convention, who appeared as
tonished at the roar of laughter from among
the spectators.
They are great sticklers for parliamentary
ususges and are continually rising to ptTts of
order and questions of privilege. 1t is abso-
lutely impossible to contine them to the matter
under consideration, and their discourSes take
a wide range and variety into a very labyrinth
of subjects, in which they become ineXtricably
entangled. Still you will often discover vein
of rough eloquence beneath this mass of verbi-
age, power of repartee, and happy and ap-
propriate employment of simile, that indicate
natural qualities of no mean order.
A friend informs me that it was amusing to
observe, while on the return to Fort Myers
from Jacksonville. the airs of superiority as
sumed by Billy Carnapachio, the Indian brave.
who attended the State Fair. He had received
so much attention while here that he looked
with a sort of contempt upon his brother, who
had adopted orr style of Dress and who had
thus escaped special observation Billy was an
apt student and staggered into the hotel
dining room at Punta Rassa with a cigar in his
mouth. and with a lordly I'm monarch of all
l survey" manner that was excessively anus
ing.
Several other Indian boys are thinking of at
tending school at Fort Myers, and it may be
that a permanent innovation has been eff
fected in the ancient customs of the Semi
noles. By the way, Senator Call has obtained
an appropriation of five thousand dollars for
supplying these Indians with seeds, agricultu-
raj implements, etc.
Quite number Of persons from New York,
Chicago and Ohio have been prospecting on
the Caloosahatchie, with the purpose of
making settlements, and there will be quite an
addition to the population of that beautiful
river. The lands in that region are singularly
fruitful and productive, adapted especially to
the tropical fruits and sugar cane, and their
value will ere long attract the attention that
they deserve.
The city statistics for March furnish the fol-
lowing figures: OF deaths there were nineteen,
twelve of which occurred among visitors.
showing the small number of seven in the resi-
dent population
shipped from this port during the same period.
About twenty-seVen million oranges have
been exported from Florida this season, which
indicates either a falling off of the crop, or an
immense home consumption of that delicious
fruit. The stalls of the dealers begin to look
bare, and we shall soon be forced to fall back
on inferior substitutes. Strawberries are
within reach of moderate incomes. and black
berries are appearing on the tables Of the
wealthy.
1t IS pleasant to learn that that pleasant and
popular hotel, presided over by two Georgians,
Messrs. Scovllle and Lee, is to be kept open
during the summer, and that it is to be greatly
enlarged and modified.
Nearly Is, ,000. visitors have registered at the
various hotels during the season, the St. James
as usual heading the list. 1t looks now as if
most of the larger establishments would close
by the 18th or Goth inst, rather earlier than
has hitherto been the practice. 1t has been a
prosperous period with mine hosts, and they
can all show handsome sum on the right side
of the ledger.
April although proverbially the month Of
showers, has thus far failed to sustain its char
acter. The prolonged drought still continues,
and crops in this vicinity are suffering. The
water on the upper st. Johns is becoming so
low as to interfere seriously with navigation.
Meantime, there are many ounces who con-
tinue to burn off the woods, unconcerned as to
the damage that may be occasioned.
1t is hinted that the foundations Of fine and
capacious opera house will be planted in Jack
sonville duriDg the summer, and that the build
ing will be of character to attract the better
class of performers than usually are billed for
such an institution is very much needed. and
would add greatly to the pleasure of strangers
and residents. w. 81. B.
Mr.. James B. Bailey, of Syracuse, N Y,