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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-11

deal sharply with his argument, and he (Mr
MorrilD now wished to say he was about as
well as could be expected, that he needed
neither to haul off for repairs nor wait to
find ammunition. The Senator seemed to
have jumped into the controversy for the
purpose Of heading off the growing pros
perity of the South, which had now, to some
extent at least, embarked in manufactures
and had so highly commended all the chief
advocates of free trade that he would,
doubtless, induce his party to follow in that
direction. As to the cotton tax, of which the
Senator complained, that was about the only
tax paid bv the South, while the North
East and West paid thousands of millions
to support the government If he (Mr.
MorrilD was a Southern man he would lew
an internal revenue tax upon every pound
of cotton produced in this country except
that for family use, and make a drawback
OF an equal amount upon manufactured ar
ticles of thread, yarn, ETC., sent abroad. He
believed thiss-wOuld In a short time double
the total OF the Southern exports.
Here the debate, which had continued by
unanimous consent, terminated, and the
Chair laid before the Senate the unfinished
Sherman funding bill, and, at 4:2O, the Sen
ate adjourned,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-11
Genrgia AhaIrs.

Eseutsfcred ~ the Post Office I'm Sa-
vrnnah ~ seeopd Glass Matter.
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THE APPROPRIATION B111s

The House Committee on Appropriations
to-day practically agreed to report part OF
the regular appropriation bills to the House
In the following order: Military Academy
Notifications, pension, naval, Indian, and
consular and diplomatic. The order 0f the
remaining bills has not yet been decided
upon, excepting that the sundry civil and
deficiency appropriations will be last con.
sidered. The first of the routine portions
OF the several bills are already in type. 1t
appears to be the sentiment Of the sub-cem-
mittee that the census deficiency should be
promptly paid, and it is thought that the sub.
committee will, during the present week,
report bill to the full committee covering
the amount of the deficit.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09

"How much profit is there in silk
raising on a farm like that in New
Jersey2'
every acre should pay from 5000
to 5000 per annum. Not such poor
profit in an enterprise that takes only
six weeks Of time in the year. The
land can be used for ordinary farming
without interference with the silk
business. Our ground is high and
well drained. Low ground is IN
wholesome for silkworms
When your lots are all taken win
you establish another farm?"
~ don't know yet. One Of the
objects Of our colony is to arouse an
interest in siIk-culture in America"
Is not the business pursued here at
all at present?"
Yes the Mennonites in Nebraska
and other Western States do some
thing at it. They grow the black
mulberry only. If one prefers to cul-
tiyate silkworms for the sake Of the
eggs the profit is more than double
that derived from the sale Of cocoons."
"Do you ever see in silkworms any
evidences Of intelligence ??
Yes, it would be stfShge if cen
turies of association with humanity
had not developed some brains in
them. They permit themselves to be
handled without showing the least
agitation.,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09
The Kucus.-.A Terrible Puuishmeui.

The following is the way Of admins
istering the Hnout. Conceive, reader,
a robust man, full Of life anG health.
This man is condemned to receive fifty
or d hundred blows of the knout. He
ispc0ndueted, half naked, to the place
chosen for this kind Of execution; his
hands are bound together, with the
palms laid fat against one another; the
cords are breaking his wrists, but no
one pays the slightest attention to that
He is laid fiat on a frame, inclined Az
agonally, and at the extremitics Of
which arefxed iron rings; his hands are
fastened to one end of the frame, and
his feet to the .other; he is then
stretched in such a manner that he can
not make a single movement, just as
an eeTs skin is stretched in order to dry
This act Of stretching the victim causes
his bones to crack and dislocates them
What does that matter In a little
time his bones will crack and be dislo-
Gated in very different manner. At
a distance of fve-and-twenty PAGES
stands another man. 1t is the public
executioner.
With both hands he grasps the
instrument Of punishment-a knoUt.
This knout consists Of thong Of thick
leather, cut in triangular form,
from four to five yards long and an
inch wide, tapering off at one end and
broad at the other; the small end
fastened to little wooden handle
about two feet long. The signal
is given. The executioner advances
a few steps, holding the krout
in both hands, while the long thong
drags along the ground between his
legs. On coming about three OF four
PAGES from the prisoner he raises the
knout toward the top of his head, and
then draws it down with rapidity
toward his knees. The thong flies and
whistles through the air, and descend
ing on the body Of the victim twines
around it like hoop Of iron. In spite
Of his state Of tension the poor wretch
bounds as if he were submitted to the
powerful grasp of galvanism-
The executioner retraces his steps
and repeats the same operation as
many times as there are blows to be
inflicted. When the thong enyelops
the body with its edges, the flesh and
muscles are literally cut into strips,
as if with razor, but when it falls
fiat, then the bones crack; the flesh, in
that case, is not cut, but crushed and
ground, and the blood spurts out in all
directions. The sufferer becomes
green and blue, like body in state
Of decomposition. He is now removed
to the hospital, where every care is
taken Of him, and is afterward sent to
Siberia, where he disappears forever in
the bowels of the earth. The knout Is
fatal, if the justice of the czar or Of the
executioner desires it to beso.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09
Charity.

Judge not; the workings of her brain
And Of her heart thou canst not see;
What looks to thy dim eyes a stain,
In Gods pure light may only be
A scar, brought from some well-won field,
Where thou woulds't only faint and yield.
The look, the air, that frets thy sight
May DO token that below
The soul has closed in deadly fight
With some internal fiery foe,
Whose glance would scorch thy smiling grace
And cast thee shuddering on thy face.
The fall thou darest to despise-
May be the angels slackened hand
Has suffered it, that she may rise
And take frmer, surer stand;
Or, trusting less to earthly things,
May henceforth learn to use his wings.
And Judge none lost; but wait and see,
With hopeful pity, not disdain;
che depth Of the abyss may be
The measure Of the height of pain
And love and glory that may raise
The soul to God in after days.
Adelaide Proctor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09

in her cool muslin dress and pale-blue
ribbons, as she sat among the jessa-
mines and pomegranates of the con-
sulats reception-room the next day to
receive Mr.. Brabazon. He had a
speech carefully prepared, wherein all
the nominatives and subjects were
carefully balanced and the exact words
stationed in their exact places; but he
forgot it all at the fair vision of her
perfect loveliness, and could only stand
helplessly before her and say:
"Miss Barony, I love your
$50 you have been driven to con-
fess it at last" said Miss Barony,
"after all these years Y
az don't understand you" said Mr..
Brabazon.
"You have forgotten me" said Rosa.
"That would be impossible" assev-
Grated Mr.. Brabazon, earnestly.
"But it's the fact" said she. 81 am
little Rosa Dale who was engaged to
you under the chestnut trees at Amber
Hill nearly nine years ago, and here is
the engagement ring" holding up a
slender golden hoop with an opal glina~
mering in its center. " No, I'm not at
all surprised you didn't recognize me.
| was child then-I am a woman
now. And after my parents death.
when Uncle Barony adopted me, l
took his name instead Of my own. But
I never have quite gotten over the
pang Of bitter jealousy that pierced
my baby heart when you were married
to Lady Helen Hartford"
but dare 1 hope," began Mr.. Bra
bacon, "that you still care a little for
me? I know itseems like presump-
ton, but"
"Yes, you may hope" whispered
Rosa, half-laughing, half-crying. "I
do care for you-more than little.''
The consul gave them his blessing.
1t was she herself that told me to
say she was engaged said he, patting
Rosa's head. Little puss she is
always full of her mischief"
81 wanted to be revenged," said
Rosa. But | have quite forgiven my
false lover at last
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09
Fidelity.

Never forsake a friend. When
enemies gather around, when sickness
falls on the heart, when the world IS
dark and cherries, is the time to try
true friendship. They who turn from
the scene Of distress betray their hy-
pocrisy, and prove that interest only
moves them. If you have friend
who loves you-who has studied your
interest and happiness-be sure to sus-
tain him in adversity. Let him feel
that his former kindness is appre-
ciated, and that his love was not
thrown away. Real fidelity may be
rare, but it exists-in the heart. They
only deny its worth and power who
have never loved a friend or la
bored to make one happy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09
A Rare Chance for Inventors.

Cotton-pickers are now getting
dollar per hundred pounds of seed
cotton, a price SO remunerative that
even the lazy city voter by profession
has been induced to leave the exciting
scenes, the free drinks and social equal
ity of the time, to earn a stake for the
winter, garnering the fleecy staple in
its vast abundance. From the interior
towns and cities, especially, have these
happy-go-lucky people emigrated to the
fields and left behind them dearth Of
labor which asserts its needs and exist
ence in the "want columns Of the
press. It probably costs the people Of
Texas s15,0OO,00O per annum to
gather a crop Of cotton. The crop Of
the Southern States is worth not less
than $5OOO0,OOO more at the
gins than it is in the fields. Here is
presented the grapdest incentive to
mechanical invention that all the in
dustries Of the world may offer. "A
machine capable Of picking as much
cotton as an industrious farmer Of
Texas can raise would supply the place
of dozen active field hands. In this
age of invention many have attempted
the task. Some have given it their
whole endeavors for years, but all have
failed. Southern planters, in case q
steam cotton-picker was invented.
would find their business revolutions
lied. Their field work costs them more
per day per hand than any other un-
skilled labor in the world. An inven-
ton of that kind would give the
Southern planter an almost absolute
though legitimate monopoly of cotton
raising and free them from the
labor corner during every fall
and winter. Then why do not
the cotton-producing interests Of all
the States offer a reward in money 50
tempting that it would enlist the
brightest and most successful inven-
tors of the world in the attempt to
solve the problem? A million dollars
could be raised for the purpose by
very small contributions from each
planter. IN case this plan is not
adopted, it is suggested that the faculty
and students Of the agricultural and
mechanical colleges Of the Southern
States turn their attention in that
direction. The ecotton-gin was invented
in the South why may not the cotton
picker be also 2 Gd1geSton Ne1cs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09
The coIaneys sho,.

There was one Russian fellow that
had a sandpit all his own, right in
front Of our trenches. never saw
anybody SO persetering as that man
was. Early in the morning he'd be
popping away and there he'd stay until
nightfall, taking his food with him
into the pit. lie seemed to take a
real pleasure in it, and as he was a
very fine shot and never let us get
much Of a chance at him he was not a
popular character in the advanced
trenches. Many a good fellow he sent
to glory. 1t got such a nuisance that
we dropped shells at him now and
again, but he minded them no more
than if they had been SO many oranges.
One day was down in the trenches
when Colonel Mancor, of the Forty
eighth--a splendid shot and a great
man for sport-came along. A party
with sergeant were at work, and just
as the colonel came up one Of them
dropped with ball through his head.
"Deuced good shot Who fred that ?"
says the colonel, putting up his eye
glass. MAN in the rife pit to the left,
sir" answers the sergeant. "Never
saw a neater shot," says the colonel.
'"He only showed for a moment, and
wouldn't have shown then only that
the edge Of the trench is a bit worn
away. Docs he often shootli like that %
Terribly dangerous man." replies the
sergeant; "kills more than all the guns
in the Redan." ''Now, major says the
colonel, turning to another officer who
was with him, whats the odds against
my picking him off p '.In how long?'
within ten minutes" 1.-TWO to one,
in ponies, I'll give you" says the major.
"Say three, and it's bargain. f"
'SThree to one in ponies" answered the
major, and the bet was made. He was
a great man for measuring his powder,
was the colonel, and always emptied
out a cartridge and then filed
it up again according to his taste.
He took about half his time getting
the sergeant's gun loaded to please
him. At last he got it right, and the
glass screwed well into his eye. sNow,
my lads" says he, "just push poor
Smith here up over the trench. He's
dead enough, and another wound will
make little difference to him." The
men began to hoist the body up, and
the colonel stood, maybe twenty yards
off, peering over the edge with eyes
like lynx. AS soon as the top Of
Smiths shake appeared we saw the
barrel Of the gun come slowly out Of
the sand pit, and when his poor dead
face looks over the edge whizz comes
a bullet right through his forehead.
The Russian. he peeps out Of the pit to
see the effect Of his shot, and he
never looks at anything again until
he sees the everlasting river. The
colonel fired with sort Of chuckle, and
the rifieman sprang up in the air and
ran matter of ten or twelve PAGES
toward us, and then down on his face
as dead as door-nail. "Double or
quits on the man in the pit to the
right" says the colonel, loading up his
gun again, but 1 think the major had
dropped money enough for one day
over his shooting, for he wouldn't
hear of another try. BY the way, it
was handed over to Smiths widow, for
he was free-handed gentleman, was
the colonel, not unlike yourself, sir
AzE the Year Round.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09
Penn's First Voyage to America.

One can picture the scene to ones
self, that day in the early autumn,
when the good ship Welcome, 800 tons
burden, Robert Greenaway, master,
lay at Deal, with two consorts, waiting
for its cargo Of one hundred human
beings, with all their hopes and fears,
expectations and doubts. What a
hustle What running hither and
thitherl What a gathering of pots
and pans and household utensils, all
blended in hubbub of noises of cry
ing children, squealing swine, lowing
cattle, bleating sheep, growing cocks,
and shouting Of petticoated sailors
slowing away the promiscuous cargo
Of the voyagersl We can imagine the
loungers gathered about, gaping at the
people who were about to sail away
across the ocean, that boundless,
mysterious stretch of immensity,
wondering what manner of land it
was toward which they were turning
their faces.
And now at length the last long,
sorrowful leaye-takings come; friend
parts from friend, brother from brother,
parent from child, each from the other,
whom they knew in all likelihood they
were never to see again this side of
the grave. In many one the warm
stream of underlying human nature
must have burst forth even through
that stony crust Of self repression that
years of stern Quaker discipline had
built around the heart. The ship, the
sky and the ocean must have blurred
together to many an eye that watched
the vessel, slowly moving with the tide
and wind down the broad Dover chan
mel, until it faded away into the haze
Of the distance. glimmered for space,
and was gone.
One hundred emigrants entered that
good ship Welcome at the town Of
Deal; only seventy left it at Upland.
All alone on the empty ocean, where
no aid could be had, and no escape was
possible, the smallpox, that awful
plague Of old times, appeared among
the crowded mass of terror-stricken
people. One day after another those
who escaped gathered on the decks,
stood for time, while perhaps some
noted preacher among them spake
few simple words; then-followed the
plunge that told them that one more
of their number was left behind as
they sailed away to the westward.
Little is known of the horrors Of
that awful voyage. One Of the emil
grants speaks, with simplicity that
characterizes all that the Quakers
wrote, concerning the care and solic-
itude of the governor for their well
fare. He says: "The good conversa-
tion Of William Penn was very ad-
vantageous to all the company. His
singular care was manifested in con
tributing to the necessities Of many
who were sick with smallpox on board,
Of which more than thirty died. Dur
ing the passage we had many good
meetings on board
At last, however, on the Oath of Oc-
tober, the Welcome rounded the capes
Of Delaware bay, and sailed with even
and gentle winds up the broad and
beautiful waterway that must have
gladdened the eyes Of the man to whom
It virtually belonged. Three days later
the storm-beaten ship rounded to.
dropped her anchor, and lay at rest in
front Of the town Of Ney Castle
Hazper's Magefs
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09

Perhaps the casual reader has never
sat down ON buzz saw and felt him
self gradually falling away. If so, he
doesn't know what it is to form the
acquaintance of a somnambulistic bull
dog in the prime Of life.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09
HOTELS.
RRDGEPoRT HOTEL,
BRIDGEPORT. N. J.

The undersigned wou,s, respectfully inform the
people Of Gloucester County that he has leased
the Bridgeport Hotel, and intends to keep a well
regulated public house, The hotel has been
newly furnished The table will always be well
supplied and the Bar stocked with the best Lilo.
uors, Wines Ales, Cigars, &C.
ELWOOD USINGER
p S-This hotel is located near one of the best
cunning marshes in South Jersey, and gunners
will be furnished with boats and pushers by the
proprietor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-11-09

The King oak in Windsor forest is
LOCO years old.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-24

Five Desirable City Lots near Madison
square, So by US feet, for sale.
2-22-f BRADLEY & WADSWORTH.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-24

1t has already leaped into North Caro-
lima, and our friends in that state are
very anxious about the situation this
wear. If a number of active, ambitious
and talented young men in the other
southern states take notion to become
leaders there is no telling where this
rupture will stop. l sometimes think
it would be good plan to throw all OF
these antiquated politicians overheard
(myself included) and take a new deal
/ have been a lifelong democrat but
am weakening on some points with
nv party, and am afraid we are going
to have trouble in our own ranks on
the tariff"
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m. The. prisoners were very
DEATH OF AN INSANE MAN.

DEATH OF AN INSANE MAN.
Paris, February 23.-M. Rousseaud,
Mile. Nelson's husband, who became
insane during the excitement attendln
the recent financial crisis, died yester
day in lunatic asylum.
OFF TO MEET THE CAR.
Paris, February 23.-General Skobe-
loft has started for St. Petersburg.
NERVOUSNESS OVER EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.
Paris, February 23.-In the chamber
of deputies, M. DeFreycinet, replying
to an Interpolation, said that the stu
alton in Egypt might have serious con-
sequences. England, foreseeing this,
had proposed to submit the matter to
the powers, when the existence of
European agreement was alone guar
antee against extreme consequences.
The French agent IN Egypt had been
instructed, he added, to assume an at
titude of extreme reserve towards the
new government.
TEXAS POSTMASTERS NOMINATED.
Washington, February 23.-The
president to-day nominated to be post
master, James l.. Edwards, Ennis,
Texas; Christopher J. Terrell, Terrell,
Texas, and Adrian N. Garvin, Nava-
sofa, Texas.
PROBABLE NOMINATION..
Washington, February ga new
collector of internal revenue for the
second district of Georgia will be NOM
mated by the president tomorrow, in
place of Andrew Clark. 1t is the gen.
eral impression that the name of VIM.
H. Johnson, of Georgia will be sent in.
MILITARY CHANGES.
Washington, February 23.-General
Rucker was today placed on the re-
tired list, and General ingalls, NOM
mated for acknowledgement.
Five Desirable City Lots near Madison
square, So by rs feet, for sale.
2-22-tf BRADLEY & WADsWoRTH.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-24
Friday, February "a. 1882.
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

To THE west of us it's all republican
and westward the star of empire takes
its way.
SENATOR COKE wants tariff for rev.
enue only. Coke must go the whole
democratic hog or go out.
DIR r. N. LANES has been inter-
viewed by Washington National Re-
publican reporter, and has given a very
fair view of the situation.
II WILL pay in dollars and cents to
western Texas to kick the bourbon de-
mocracy overheard, and it will certain
ly be to our credit otherwise.
THESE are days of severe surprises.
1t would be healthy surprise tor the
people of Texas to simply get up In
their majesty and kick the old bourbon
machine out Of Office.
PROTECTION is bringing American
wool up to a standard of excellence SO
that IN few years it will be an indus
try that will stand upon the same foot
ing that cotton does; but now it re.
quires protection.
CUT the 9th congressional district in
two. either east and west or north and
south, and it is not recorded that we
will not send one if not two republican
or independent congressman to the
next congress. The coast wants har'
Dor improvements and the sheep men
want protection.
No MATTER how the state may be
apportioned, this district must be re-
publican or at least nti-democratic, as
its interests are all that way. We
want protective tariff, and we want the
help and expenditure of the govern
ment, and a republican constituency
can get it better than a democratic
constituency.
WHENEVER sheep men find out thai
democracy is the most dangerous dis
ease they have to fight, perhaps they
will get to thinking it would be safer tc
send protective tariff republican tc
congress than even protective tariff
democrat, Off such thing could Beg
The republican would be at home with
the party in power, while the democrat
would be like a cat in a strange
garnet.
Revolt against democracy is becom
ing epidemic all over the south, ever
bourbon Kentucky is feeling the throe'
of patriotic conviction. The Unlor
soldier element of Kentucky, repre-
senting from 10000 to 6o,coo loya
Kentuckians, are in open revolt agalns
the bourbons. This old soldier ele
ment switched off from the republican
party on account of the 'nigger," Blu
they,have tired of the husks of thu
democratic party.
A BOURBON democrat gives away HI
narty to an interviewer at the Capita
in this style:
When | reflect that'I have been IL
congress fourteen years, and durln
that time have sat in the house of rep
resentatives forty-eight hours at a tim
without sleep, food or drink trying t
help the southern people get out OF tn
clutches of the ID radicals, and tn
very first opportunity offered they hav
surrendered Virginia to that lnfamou
nartv again, it makes me sick: TIL
p fame feeling is spreading southwark
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