Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-22

Of the Red Clay and Ooltewah Railroad are
straining every nerve 10 have he work done
within the stipulated time but lt will be I'M
possible. There is one b. avy cut Of forty-five
feet which is giving a great dsal Of trouble.
Inere have been a number Of sliieS, and WOrk
has been obstTucte1 TO such an extent that It
cannot possibly be finished before August 18th.
A force Is Kept at work daT aud night. and the
road will be completed as soon Is possible II
is thought that the forfeit will not be enforced,
as work was delayed by heavy rains, slides and
other unforeseen circumstances.
vein Of silver four and half feet thick.
hearing unmistakable evidence Of being a true
fissure, and assaying 8l5J worth of fine silver
TO the ton. has been discovered ia the famous
old Magruder mines, in Lincoln county, Ga.
These mines were worked years agO Tor gold
only, and yielded $1,000 week and, if vigOr-
ou.Iy WORKED, would duplicate that sum now.
This important discovery will invest them with
new interest and add greatly TO their value.
Inc reasonable probabilities are that other
veins OF rich silver ore exist in that part Of
Georgia snd the adjoining portion Of South
Carolna-pOssibly extending into North Caro-
lima.
The Newman Herald thinks that the recent
Ritt of Ss0,O0J 70 the state University by ena-
tor Joseph Z Brown should not be accepted,
Just because the condition as to interest is un-
reasonable; second. because the gift is trans
mltted with other cOndi ions which renders u
obJectOnab G, such as the supervision OF the
donors family, according them special prOmi-
nence and privileges which would not other
wise be given then, and which no man should
have as hereditary privilege in this country.
The great State of Georgia should not and we
are persuaded will not permit itself to be handi-
capped by the paltry sum OF S5l,tUO- our third
objection discovers q possible law suit for the
recovery OF this donation. The terms Of the
gift are so wOrded that Mr. Browns heirs may
clsim the original amount should there be any
trregulGrity OF q serious nature in the adm MIS-
trati1n of the fund, and his heirs are to be
judges in the case
The following description Of the Wilkivs son
county poor house we take from the IrwintOn
SoHtheTner aud appeal ''In this restitution
t-ere are sixteen patients thirteen whites and
three colored, few Of which are able to per
I rm any labor on the farm, however light;
nardy able, in fact, to wait on themselves.
The doctor was making a professional visit.
aud m company with him and Mr. BlOOdwOrth
we had a splendid opportunity Of seeing and
knowing the true status or affairs. The scenes
pre-, ented at some OF the abOQeS were truly
r6volting, utterly heart sIckeuing. ErSsipelas
/ cancer, epilepsy, and many other terri
bic diseases were seen in all their
fearfuliy loathscme aud pitiable effect.
Added to these were the blind and
insane, oil of which cOmbi1ed to make up a
picture most terrible to contemplate. After
an extended investigation. which gave us rea-
son 10 he satisfied with an editors life, and
prompt us to swear we would never murmur
az ain at the ups and downs Of life-mOre espe-
ally the downs we went out and got In
the buggy. suread our thirty -seveninch sun
(deci 1e1lyl that We wouldn't superintend the
Wilkin on Poor House. and witness what Is
presented there from day 10 day, for $50 0C0U eco
a month. nOtwithstsndiug g we try to boss lit
tie one or our own on Main street, up on the
hill"
Jesup Sentinel: For some time past there
has been an extraordinary ordinary looking
man preaching through this section the pecu-
liar doctrines of the hard she'll or, as he calls
II, Primitive Baptist Church. He ran well for
q season, but soon it was nOised shout that he
was not ell right. hIr. J. s Woods, having
learned that he figured at one time near ST.
/ Augustine, Fla. wrote there TO know ia what
egard the Rev. Mr.. Malphus was held by that
people and received the following reply from
l.. W. Moore. pastor Of st Augustine Mission:
formation IN regard TO Mr. Maiphus to hand
and contents duly noticed. In reply ! would
say that Mr. VI. has been married at least three
times. and one of his wiges is yet alive, per
haps two, but can only be certain Cf one: mr.
Malphus' first wife lived in South Carolina
his arrival here he married a woman
whom. it is said, lie beat to death. After this
h. married Miss Laura Quigley and took her to
South Carolina, in four m les of mis- first wife,
she was within such distance OF previous
wife. returned TO Florida Mr.. NJ tlphus acted
very badly on the mission that / am now in
charge OF. He even became intoXiCa ated while
attempting 20 appear as q minister. / think
that he should be published in the leading pa
pers Of your state. Your description covers
the identical Malphus tha. desecrared the pull
pits in which / stand. 1 am sorry that you
have been deceived, but remem er that you
are not responsible for his acts. Your good iu-
tentions are not TO be thwarted by mis- evil
ones. Let Us not become weary in well doing
on account Of the goats in the camp May the
| Lord bless you, Is the prayer OF yours IN
| Christ"