Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-03

ished short item of news clipped from one
OF the Rome papers in reference TO a fire
Mhich had been discovered in the hat room of
the Shorter College. A correspondent correets
the item as published as follows: tsIn your issue
OF January 9th you have been led bv our fo,T-n
paper to give publicity to an error. 1t is
probable that match IN the pocket of an
lndia-rubber overall was the cause az the fro
the only results Of which were the Destruction
OF the coat and pair Of rubbers No fire
InaI YOU e9qld place on the floor Of the cloak
as II Is made Of cement" Our corresnondent
also informs us that this noble institution. the
DeheIactlon OF the late Judge Shorter. is in a
prosperous condition, having one hundred and
elghty-eight pupils on its roster.
A new telegraph line will be completed and
IN operation from Savannah to Bainbridge bv
Ihe Izth OF February, greatly to the relief and
delight Of the community OF Rainbridpe The
Democrat, in noticing the fact saws: sEFOr sev-
eral years the business and operators of the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway have
almost m0nOpolized the only wire running
mere from Savannah, and the construction OF
the new line was thus necessited. Indeed this
was so much the case that commercial and
other outside messages had to await transmits
sion some times as much as half a day, the
road having the first right to the wire under a
contract with the telegraph company. The
new line viii be entirely unhampered, and
Will be a great convenience to our city. An
other new line is also being constructed to this
place from Pensacola, Fla, and will be COM
pleted and in operation by the early spring
'Rah for the telegraph company and their
clever operator, Mr.. Graves, at this place and
our growing city"
The grand jury Of jefferson county, in their
general presentments. speaking of the whole
some effect OF the operation OF the prohibition
law IN the county say: ssIt is exceedingly
gratifying to us to note the decrease of crime
IN our county. This healthy state of affairs
Is attributable, in our judgment, to the exter-
mnnatlon of whisky shops from our county
with these cesspOOls of vice, corruption and
crime removed, so are the chief causes Of nine
tenths OF the crimes committed. All law low
ing, laS abiding citizens rejoice that these
vile SINKS OF moral and social corruption no
longer flourish in jefferson county. No long
er DO these rum shops cOntaminate and de
Rauch the young Of our county.
infinite mercy and goodness, enabled us to ex-
terminate these foul sources Of corruption
that retard all moral, social and religious ad-
Vancement. Let each and every good citizen
OF our county resolve to stand firm as the
rock Of Gibraltar upon the prohibition plat
form. Then, when our work on earth is done,
and when the places we now fill are occupied
by generations yet unborn. then will those de-
scendats OF ours rise up and call us blessed
Train up the youth of our county in the prin-
ciples OF temperance, and whisky shops, with
all their train Of bllghting curses, will be for
ever banished from the soil of Jefferson
county"
The Bainbridge Democrat gives the follow
ing interesting account of a desperate rem
cOntre between eOnvicts and their guards a
0lAuIA ulcltllGE from lnC CITY on the river
Friday last: ''Messrs. Russell Il Bryant run a
very large turpentine farm above the citv on
the river, and for this purpose have leased the
county chain gang. and have been OperatiDR
them for some time under the same rule and
regulations as those of force in the Georgia
penitentiary. On Friday evening last about
sunset squad Of seven cOnvicts under guard
OF Mr.. Need Powell, of this city, employed for
this purpose by Messrs. Russell & BRYANT left
OIL work more than a mile from the camps and
started Tor their quarters. After going some
distance the guard discovered some dogs after
a flock Of sheep, and endeavOred by hallOOing to
stop them. This necessarily drew his atten-
tiOn from the cOnylcts for a moment, when the
nearest, a white man named Carter, who
Is serving six months sentence for carrying
concealed weapons, sprang at him like an
avalanche, and before the guard could bring
his rlile-a sixteen shOOter-tO bear, the con-
vlct had him fast, his arms piniOned to his
sides. Realizing his perilOus position and sit
uatiOn, yeung Powell cast the gun from him
with all his might, calling upon a colOred con-
vict a kind of trusty, in whom he had con-
hdence, to take it and protect their lives
Another convict. Bill Wright by name, how
ever, secured the gun first, and cooking il
made an attempt as # to shoot, but the
trusty rushed on him with his axe and threat
ened 10 brain him if he fired at the guard
At this juncture Wright fed. carrying the
gun with HIM and leaving the six other
cOnvlcts and the guard to take care of them
selves. During this side passage between
Wright and the trustv, Carter and the guard
were clasped IN "A deadly embrace, each doing
T.
Powell had a small seYen-shOt Smith & Wes-
son pistol, and was using ii to the best advan-
tage, intimldatlng the negroes by pointing il
at them and threatening. and by firing on his
antagonist, Carter. Carter, however, con-
tinued TO fight until his right hand was dis
abled by pistol ball through il. when he sur
rendered and plead for mercy. This closed up
the melee, when an armistice declared
to take stock, ascertain casualties and repair
damages. In Carter's skin were found four
bullet holes-One in the right hand, one in
the neshy part of the right arm, one in the
left side and another in the chin; three con-
vIcts-Bill Wright, George Emanuel and Dan
Bert, all cOlOred, were absent without leave
(and absent TO stay if they cam and three
more Of the worst scared negroes ever seen.
During the fusilade with Carter, Powell, the
guard, had made Jumping jacks of the three
not leaving. and awed them into quiet sub
mission by simply firing on the white man and
pointing at them. Every shot fired had taken
effect. and with the three remaining cartridges
Powell marched the four remaining convicts
to camp in close ORDER