Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-16
DARIEN.
The ElectiOn-The Criminal RecOrd-Tim-
ber-A Needed Change-Waiting for
Winter.

DARIEN, GA, November 12-Editor Morning
Netrs: The election is over and everybody
seems glad. Mcintosh county never polled so
few votes as on Tuesday last. Her independ-
entism is dead Her Radical party is thing
of the past. Rev. Flipper certainly did his
work well. and the number of votes cast prove
that the colored citizens are paying more at
tention to the lands they have earned by
honest labor than to the promises of possess
sions long held out but ever receding.
During the week there have been some quar-
reIs. some beating and cutting scrapes and the
usual number of accidental shootings For
quiet as it is. our county generally furnishes
its quota Of these things. The names OF some
escape me, and the particulars are very nearly
those known elsewhere. some OF which will be
in order at court time, and others viii keep or
can be dispensed with altogether. One thing
per consequence will be added unto us, we
think; that is the long-needed night watchman.
Negroes returning in a half or wholly drunken
state to their homes at a late hour OF the night
wake the echoes along their way with loud
songs vel aud imprecations that are anything
hut pleasant to the ears OF the half sleeping
people in the outskirts OF the town.
The Reidsville Enterprise is giving advice to
the cutters to move slowly and not glut the
Darien market with timber. Good advice. but
not needed vet awhile as right now vessels are
on the way out to us. The stock of timber on
manufactured article always commands a
good price. In timber. as in everything else,
poor stuff nobody wants, and il. even now. in
as vet the dull season, two vessels remain in
mort while three were cleared during the week
with cargoes specified below, the outlook is not
50 unpromisng
OF these three, J. Clarke & Co. cleared
on the Sth inst. the Russian bark Roska for
Sunderland. England, with cargo of 4O4. .122
feet sawn timber. valued at $3.50 aud 1851
feet ofadeals valued at $375. The Hilton Tim
IL, =. Oh
the American barkentine Levanter for New
York with cargo OF sawn lumber and boards,
valued at $500, and the American schooner
Flora Rogers for Camden, Maine, with cargo
OF 34s 600 feet sawn lumber. valued at $500.
improvements in the city limits are going on
constantly. and we would look very bright
this winter were It not for that burnt
side of one face on Broad street As it is, the
improvements to the court house, and a new
building going up on Broad street, together
with Mr. Louis Colatis pretty dWelling, so
nearly ready for its paint, brings out point
here and there, and show that the spirit OF
progress is all alive within US
The much talked OF flag in the square front
ing the Magnolia House is q charming addition
70 the scene, and from the hrmness with which
the pole is planted there would seem to pro-
claim itself fixture Certainly the manage
ment Of the house. before which its long folds
play, will be conducted in the ne plus style that
so far has characterized this hotel.
The work OF tearing the metallic tiles from
St. Andrews Church edifce and replacing
them with q strong single roOI Is getting on
rapidly. aud, IL not so ornamental as the white
tiliDg. will be q surer protection sgainst the
streams or rsin which used 20 pour in through
the seams and cracks, and which have so often
distracted our attention from the minister and
demorsliked our church manners as we tried
to avoid q leak on our shoulder or pool for
our feet.
All good church people seem to rejoice in
the Supreme Court decision regarding church
property. and we heartily congratulate our
Bishop that so important question is set at
rest.
We are again settled in town for the winter.
OF the improvements going on at the Ridge,
and of its Increasing popularity, / will speak in
my next letter. Who knows but that the
branch railroad law rejected by the city may
be entertained by the Ridge capitalists, AND
that point become the seaport. The shell road
project seems to meet with favor Mr.. Henry
Ingram told me he would place a dump cart
and mule free OF charge at its service for one
month IL it could be started. And OF this l
shall-say more next time. H.sB,