Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-13


the country. 1t is the nearest refuge from, l,s.t
and dust.
Other things besides the weather are red
hot. city that can show six divorces in one
day, three proposed duels in e single week. two
cowhidings within ten days. two editors as.
saulted in the same space cf time, and half a
dozen social scandals is cred hot'7 town, and
don't ycu forget it -
Some of our pomological citizens report a
bad condition of certain varieties of fruits
Colonel Richard Peters says his pears and
apples suffered from blight. and fine black
berries from red rust However. tine Saturday
exhibits of the Atlanta Pomological Society are
quite attractive, and show an incrt ,ased inter
est in fruit culture.
AS Atlanta has had a half dozen dramatic
associations that were short-ived, oar people
are anxious to see an old and vigorous org5ni-
cation perform: For this reason they desire to
have the "FOrds'' of Savannah pay us visit
and open up for a couple of nights at DeGi YES
Opera House in their best style.
Lively times may be looked for in the u3gust
gathering of Republicans in State Convent ion.
Already the divisions have commenced. aud the
contesting delegations been selected. It se ems
that Bryant, the ever-present firebrand in the
councils OF the party. always puts in ap
pearance about this time, having spent ths va
at the North to keep him in the field
Rev. l. 7. TichenoF, d. D., has closed his con-
nectiOn with the Alab anna Agricultural Collie ge
and is now in Atlanta prepari e to enter 5IDon
his duties as Corresponding Secretary % the
Home Mission Board OF the South ern Ba ptst
Convention. whose headquarters have Just
been established in this city With Hon John
II. James. the well known banker, as TrAaSu-
rer. and H. H. Cabaniss, a talented yOun edi-
tor as Secretary, it is safe to predict tn 1t the
Rev. DR.. Tichenor will largely increase the
work and usefulness of The b5ard in al it de-
partments of missionary labor.
MINOR TOPICS.
General E. P. Alexander and wife were in
the city yesterday, but left this morning for
Mt Airy, where they will visit Savannah reIs.-
tives at their sumner resorts, and enjoy a
season of rest.
Miss Ola Smith. at Stone Mountain. aimed a
loaded pistol at Mrs. Phil McCurdv, and shot
her in the head, but not dangerously. Didn't
know it was loaded" And yet we have a law
against such wicked folly
G lonel George r. Black is still at the de-
lightfu home OF Colonel Richard Feters and
every day shows signs of improvement III his
condition. He is also greatly cheered by sym
pathetic and hopefu letters from his cons titu-
ents in the First district, whose kind wore Is he
fully appreciates
do not agree with Hon NJ A Candle r, of
DeKalb, that his county gains and DougI lerty
loses representation in the approaching itate
onvention. Were Governor Colquitt to con
vene the General Assembly in August Itext
Dougherty would yet have two Represt ,uta-
tives and DeKalb only one Until a new L 6 gis-
lature is elected there can be no chan in the
present representation of Dougherty and
DeKalb.
1t may be OF interest to the Georgia Hisltori-
cal Society to know that Ri i.hard H Snnith,
Esq prominent layman, under the paii CON
age OF Bishop Lay, has written history of the
organization of the Protestant -Esiset opal
Church OF the Confederate States and it re-
turn, after the surrender. to its former ELLA.
tions with the Northern brethren. No other
church has such a peculiar history OF re-
union.
FLoRIOA's FIBRoUs PLANTS.
The cultivation Of fibrous plants in Florida is
just now attracting some attention and the
enterprise promises TO be made a success full
and profitable industry in that State
AS early as 1888 this subject was discussed in
the departments at Washington, where MANY
fine specimens OF fbrous plants from Florida
were on exhibition before Congressional com
mittees and other officials
During the previous year, think Lieute nant
Powell, of the navy, had deposited in the office
of the Navy Commissioners, some sampl Is of
fibres, extracted from the indigo nous
plants of Florida.
Next came samples from H. Perrine, Esq
who had nursery in South Florida, and who
had given much careful study and attenti on to
these hbrouS plants, which were deposited in
the Patent Office. Of them he wrote:
my object is to attract attention 70 Sc veraI
specimens of dbrous foliage, and of foiiat eous
fbTes, superior substitutes for flax and
hemp. which can be profitably propagate q in
the worst soils and situations of Southe IN or
tropical Florida
ARMY AND NAVY PERSONALS.
Admiral E. T. Nichols is still cohfned to bis
room at the Ebbitt House in Washington his
being very slow.
Midshipman John H. l.. Holcombe has been
promoted to be Ensign, and again ordered to
duty in the office Of the Nautical Almanac at \
Washington.
The PhOnOgroph reports the promotion OF H
Q. Russell FortVailey boy to be, Surgeon in the
navy by f1fty-one points more than necessary
and nineteen points higher than the next candi-
date
This refers, presume to Assistant Surgeon
Averley O. II. Russell, native of Alabama,
but appointed from Georgia in 1879. and now
to be Passed Assistant Surgeon. He
was in this city yesterday
Lieutenant Oscar j. Brown. of the First
United States Cavalry, on duty at Fort Hal
eek, New, has a two months leave of ab-
ience, with a probable extension of four
months. and will no doubt visit his relatives in
North Georgia this summer
Of the one hundred and fortv-nine candidates
'or admission to West Point Military Academy
his year only one hundred and four were ac-
,epted. William Henry Hay. of Flo rida, David
p Twiggs, James H. McRae and Robert H.
sheffield, of Georgia, were successfn al.
Bertram I. Clayton, son of General Henry D.
Clayton, of Alabama, who is a native of
jeorg1a, was also among the successful aspi-
ants. Darlington, Twiggs, Clayton, Wright.
md others. carry into the army the names of |
Confederate Generals and show
hat the policy OF prescription in that direction
s coming to an end.
PROPHETIC EDITORIAL
The draining of Lake Okeechobee and the |
etting up of the Everglades of Florida an |
)ears to be fixed fact. And for this reason 7 /
iesire to call attention to a most prophetic /
editorial on this subject, which appeared in the |
4rny and Macy Chronicle, or Washington, d.
J., on January II, 1898. and which few readers 1
lave ever regarded in a serious light. Under /
ne head OF 1.-The Everglades of Florida the
,ditor thus confidently discourses of the good
ime coming" for that then desolate and saw:
lge section OF the famed Land of Flowers
The few persons who have penetrated into
he neighborhood of this region have repre-
ented the climate as most delightful but,
rom want of actual observation, could not |
peak so confidently of the soil, although. from
he appearance of surrounding vegetation a |
Dortion of it, at least, must be rich. Whenever
he aborlg1neS shall be forced from their fast
lesses, as eventually they must be- the enter
,rising spirit Of our countrymen will very soon
discover the sections best adapted to cultiva-
ion, and the now barren or unproductive ever
'adeS will be made to blossom like a garden
is the general impression that these ever
'ades are uninhabtable during the summer
months by reason Of their being overfiowed by
he abundant rains Of that season; but If it
hould prove that these inundations are caused
r increased by distractions to the natural
curses of the rivers, as outlets to the numer-
us lakes, American Industry will remove
|
The editor of the Chronicle evidently drew
lis inspiration from a letter written by an |
rmy officer then at Fort Brooke, who gave a
raphic description of the Kissimmee region
nd the everglades. "The country this side Of
he Kiss1mmee." he said, 'is generally a pine
arren. On the Kissimmee, the land is rich |
nd beautiful, and when l saw the live oak
roves, lakes and creeks, with banks lined by
anebrakes, like oriental junges. /. for the first
Ime, appreciated Bartrams glowing descrip- |
ion of Florida. 1t is, indeed. paradise for
avages, and will some day be considered the ,
ar en- of America. On the banks Of the Kis-
immae. and the numerous lakes which dis. I,
barge their water into it, there will be cotton
ice and sugar plantations as rich as were those
St Domingo. On this side of these rich
lnds, there are high sand hills. with lakes and
onds of good water on their very SUBMITS
elghtful spots for summer residences, in case
he alluvian should prove unhealthy during
ne summer season. remained in Colonel
lacharyl Taylors camp several days, and
Iade excursions in every direction. The
amouS and underlined everglades commence |
! that quarter. At this season Oecemberl the
ppearanee of the everglades is like that of a |
oundless held or wheat ia the yellow or brown.
species of grass, about five feet or upwards ,
] height. covers the earth and extends below |
ne horizon. The country is perfectly level.
nd the winds, which are always blowing wave |
ne grass like troubled sea. Near Fort Gardi.
er, which Is seventy miles due east from here,
here are strips Of hunmock land, and, when
le surface rises little, OF pine barren; but
ne Indians state that in the lower part of the
srritorY, the prairie land stretches to the hori-
On, except few spots Of woods called islands,"
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
A strong effort is being made to secure the
ominatlon OF Hon. George 7. Barnes, of Au- |
uSta, as ongressman-at large, and his sue
ess seems TO be among the probabilities Of the |