Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-20
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BRUNSWICK, March 19.-The return of
pleasant weather finds the harbor fun of
shipping and a general improvement of
business. The naval stores season is lust
about to reopen, and our merchants pro-
pose to handle double the. amount of busi-
ness they did last season. The value of
the rosin and spirits turpentine shipped
from this port for the season was $4S5, 600.
On Friday evening last difficulty oc-
CURED in this city in which one Columbus
Hlppard, negro stevedOre of this city.
was shot by Capt. II. c. Taylor. The cir
cumstances as far as | can learn were
about as follows: Hippard had been
acting rather bOisterously in the Mel
son House bar and had been requested
to leave the premises. As he was passing
from the bar, and just below D0erflinger's
lewelry store, he encountered Captain
Taylor and Tax Collector TisOn walking
along. and Immediately addressed them in
violent language, stating that he was
hunting some id white scOundrel who
had run on to him that night, alluding to
Policeman Higginbotham, who Is a rela-
tion by marriage OF Captain Taylor, and
fourished his pistol in Mr., Tison's face.
with the remark that he did not care for
any id white trash, Mr.. TisOn with.
drew step or two, endeayoring to secure
weapon from his pocket, when Hippard
immediately turned upon Taylor, asking
ifhe chose to take his friends part means
ing either HigginbOtham or TisOn J, and
snapped his pistol at him, self-cOcking
No. 3S calibre affair, which failed to go off,
Taylor then fired, the ball taking effect in
the right side. from the effects Of which
the party died on Saturday,
The deceased had recently become great.
ly dissipated and Quarrelsome, and the
sentiment of the community is that his
fate, though unfortunate, was the natural
outcome Of his recent behavior,
Major McCracken, Messrs. O'Brien,
Thomas, Mallory and ochers, composing
the management of the East Tennessee,
Nirgil@a and Georgia Railroad, arrived
by special train on Friday last, and pro-
ceeded, after few hours stay, to Florida
on the City of Bridgeton. The object of
their visit is not definitely known, but
supposed to have some connection with
the re-establishment of their steamboat
line to Florida.
The British barkentine LYDIA now
lying at Floyd Shoals, Satilla river, had to
be surveyed last week at the request of
the crew who refused to go to sea, claim
ing that the vessel was unseaWOrthy
The Board OF Survey required the Captain
to increase his stock of provisions, and to
make other necessary preparations for the
voyage to Rio ,IaneirO, which will be done
at once and the vessel proceed on her
voyage.
The new pavements, brick and Stone,
will be more than mile and half in ex-
tent, and make the town look quite city,
fed:
There is now prospect of large dry
goods establishment heing put up, to do
an exclusively wholesale business.
nr. Hazlehurst and Mr.. j. OCOnnOr are
finishing neat residences, and Mr.. G. J..
Elliott is just commencing one.
The next season will probably see the
coaling station established. 1t is the pro-
ject of an English company, and intended
to supply their own and other steamers
from the Mexican and American Gulf
ports with coal on the voyage to Europe,
making this calling port both ways.
They also propose to land emigrants for
Texas and Western States at this point,
They have secured water front already.
Fruit trees and vegetables in this sec
ton do not seem to have been injured by
the prolonged cold weather.
Our spring fair promises to be a splen-
did success In every particular.
There is considerable anxiety expressed
at the action of the government in not
maintaining the SapelO Quarantine Sta
tiOn. This will necessitate a revision of
our local systems along the coast. We
have somewhat of a conflict of iurisdic-
tion in this harbor. The st. Sim0n,s dis
trict, which has grown to respectable size
and business Importance, complains that
the Brunswick folks are imposing a
burthen on them by insisting on quaran-
tine jurisdiction over there and sending
our port physicians down there at neces-
sarily heavy expense to the shipping,
when they could be depended on to look
after their own health as well as Darien,
Fernandina or any other neighboring
town better than the city of Brunswick
could for them.
There should be some amicable agree
ment arrived at before the sickly season
is upon us and before costly litigation be-
comes stumbling block No doubt the
best arrangement would be to keep the
guardianship of our health in one man
and lodge responsibility upon him, At the
same time an equitable scale of fees could
be adopted that would cause no friction.
prevent serious rupture and allay the
apprehensiOns of dissensiOns where har-
mony is safety. GLYNN.