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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16
THE BOOK OF MORMON.
The Original Manuscript Claimed
to Have Never Been Destroyed, but
IL Still In Existence.

Tue proposed celebration in Washing
ton county, Pa, in memory of the Rev.
Solomon Spaulding, author of the Book
of Mormon" is creating considerable
comment in religious circles in Philadel-
phia. 1t has, for many years, been an.
nounced that the Rev. Mr.. Spaulding
was the original author of the Mormon
Bible" which is more commonly known
as the "Book of Mormon" but now
comes Latter Day Saint, or Mormon
preacher, r. w. Smith by name, who for
some time past has been preaching in the
hall on Fourth avenue, in that city. Mr..
Smith says that the Rev. Mr. Spaulding
was not the author of the Book of Nor
mon," and adds: Mrs. McKinstry,
daughter of the Rev. Mr. Spaulding.
and wife of DR.. A. McKinstry,
of Mason, Massachusetts, states that
her father died in Amity, Pa, in 1916;
that directly after, with her mother, she
went to visit an uncle named Sabine, in
Onondaga county, N. Y. that she saw
manuscript about an inch thick, closely
written, tied with some stories my father
had written for me-; on the outside of
this manuscript were written the words:
Manuscript found that in 1884 Mr..
Hurlbert came to her mother (who had,
in 1920, married Mr.. Davidson, and
from her, by an order on Mr.. Jerome
Clark, with whom she had placed the
manuscript, he obtained the same. This
Hurlbert was an accommodated
Mormon, and, in retaliation for his ex
pulsion, sought to destroy the Book of
Mormon, thinking, from what he had
heard, that the manuscript found was
the basis of the Book of Mormon, the
latter being the same work with slight
alterations. Mr. Smith now claims
that Hurlbert never returned the manu-.
script to Mrs. D., that he sill possesses
it, and that it can be obtained by law.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16
The Tables Turned.

Col. MeComb, the man who brought
about the Credit Mobilier investigation,
and sent so many men to their graves,
political and otherwise, Is now In fair
way to know how it Ii himself. Some
years ago, in connection with several as
sociates, this gentleman got posses
sion of the Mississippi Central Rail.
road. its franchises, prospective con.
nections, etc., and for a while
everything was lovely. Latterly. how
ever, doubts seem to have arisen in
the minds of some of the parties in in
terest, who conceived the idea that Mr..
McComb had not properly disposed OF
or accounted for all the bonds, ETC.,
placed in his haRds-for lubricsting pur-
poses as is supposed. Accordingly an
action was brought against him some
time ago for a showing. This Mr. Nc
Comb very naturally resisted, following
the example of his old associate in the
Credit Mobilier business, the late Cakes
AmCss WnSn uG AIAIAOuOJ 40 AN0os-
ing partner made some ugly
inquiries and insinuations in re-
gard to the disposition of the profits
of that gigantic steal. He therefore filed
thirty-two carefully worded reasons
showing why q disclosure wouldn't be
the proper thing on his part. How
ever, Judge Choate, Of the Q. S.
Court for the Southern District of New
York, sustained the exceptions which
were taken in his demurrer, and decided
that he should answer all the particulars
as regards the securities mentioned, and
what he did with the books and accounts
which would throw light on his actions.
Thus it is, remarks the Washington
Star, that the wheel of fate goes round,
as Mr.. McComb is probably beginning
to realize, greatly to his disgust. But if
the disembodied spirits of the late Cakes
Ames and the late James Brooks are still
interested in and cognizant of terrestrial
affairs, we fancy they are in nowise I'M
happy over the turn things have taken.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16
The English Marriage LaWs-SOme
Curious Facts.
R0Jf On.

Under the English law no persons can
be married except within the canonical
hours of eight o'clock in the morning
and twelve at noon, unless the marriage
is performed by special license from the
Archbishop of Canterbury. AS the cost
of a special license is one hundred and
fifty dollars, and involves, to obtain it,
a good deal of trouble, such marriages
are usually confined to the wealthy, and
only in respect to them in comparatively
rare instances. Up to 1874 the presence
of a clergyman was necessary to make
marriage valid. Since then laws have been
passed which permit marriages to be sol
emnized with or without religious cere-
mony. The marriage may either be con-
Quoted by clergyman of the Established
Church, or in any nonconformist place of
worship, or in the Registrars office,
after obtaining a certificate and giving
notice of intention. But in each of these
latter cases the marriage must be con-
Quoted by the Registrar. In Scotland
mere declaration of marriage in the
presence of witnesses is valid. The OBJ
legation to be married within the canon
ical hours applies in England to all mar
riages. The Synod of the Irish branch
NOW disestablishedD of the Church of
England has already altered the canon
for that island by extending the hours to
2 o'clock in the afternoon; and now
there is a bill before Parliament which
proposes to permit the marriage ceremo-
ny to be lawfully performed at any
hour between 8 o'clock in the morn
ing and o'clock in the afternoon.
This apparently simple and desirable
innovation upon custom. strengthened by
tradition and confirmed by statutes,
seems destined to meet with serious op-
position, although it is predicted that
the proposition will, in all probability,
end in compromise by the adoption of
the hours of the Anglo-Ir synod for
all marriages in England and Wales.
1t is curious to note with what forms
and ceremonies such an alteration of the
canonical hours within which marriage
may be celebrated is hedged about; for
even after the bill now before Parlia-
ment becomes law, its validity will
have to be sanctioned by royal license
from the Queen, as head of the Estab-
lished Church, and both houses of the
Canterbury and York Convocations-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

A Chicago girl. having at last got to
Washington, becomes altogether wild in
her delight. She writes home "This
week will be very gay one, for in addi
ton to all the calls we have to make, l
am invited to three parties that I know
of-one at Mrs. Secretary Ramseys (her
husband is Secretary of War;, who has
a beautiful, immense house with ball
room attached; then to the Bachelors
German, which is the elegant society
thing here (and all the foreigners goj,
with Senator H., who Is lovely. The
mere thought of going to bachelors
German is frightful, but with Senator,
and Senator H.-well, I don't think
can stand 1t. Then one day / receive
with Blossom Drum, whose father is
Adjutant General in the army, and as all
the officers are obliged to come and pay
their respects, and in the evening it
always turns into party, expect to
have very gay time; and, besides. l
have met a good many young army
officers. Excuse me; some one has
called"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

The Vicksburg Miss. Herald thinks
that the Democrats in the United States
Senate have committed "silly blunder"
in not putting General Grant upon the
retired list, and adds I'VE are sorry
the Southern Senators could not rise
above party spirit in considering this
question. They lost an opportunity to
rebuke Bourbonism and stalwartism.
A solid Southern vote for this place for
General Grant, the world renowned SOL
der, would have been like blow in the
face of Northern stalwartism.
The Democrats. adhering to the Con-
stitutiOn and the principles of right, are
not inclined to that sort of tactics. The
old maxim says there are other ways to
kill a dog besides choking him with
butter,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

Under the carpetbag regime which
took substantial possession of the South
upon the passage of the reconstruction
acts straw official bonds became com
mon, and the pecuniary sanction for the
faithful discharge of the duties Of local
administration was effectually mini
mized. Persons of but little or no
property were accepted as bondsmen
for those elected or appointed to
positions of trust, and the neces-
sary consequence followed thereupon
in widespread carnival Of misfeasance
and defalcation. In most of the South
ern States there has been a salutary
change in this respect, and it is one of
the most valuable incidents of the new
order of things, to the establishment Of
which the policy of Mr.. Hayes indirectly
but potently contributed. Good and
sufficient bonds arc now generally ex-
acted of such officers as are required
by statute to file them, and the result
is seen in the increased economy and
efficiency Of the public service.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

A curious experiment has been tried
in Germany for some months past with
success. 1t is the importation of. live
hogs from the United States at the port
of Bremerhaven, from which they are
shipped to Hanover, finding a ready
market at Brunswick, Magdeburg, Cas-.
sci, and other North German cities.
Last June a decree was issued forbid
ding the importation of American
chopped pork and sausages into Germa.
ny, presumably on trichinatous grounds,
and some ingenious butchers hit upon
this method of evading the act. which
said nothing about live hogs. 1t was at
first thought that so many hogs would
die upon the voyage as to make the ex
pertinent rather unrenumerative, loss
of per cent. being the lowest that was
thought probable. Experience, how
ever, has proved that the loss is under
81 per cent, which gave such an impetus
to the undertaking that company has
been formed for the purpose of building
large lairs for the arrivals at Bremen.
haven, which is to be the hog depot foI
Germany, the animals being killed there
and dispatched into the interior by rail.
The American hog has more fat sub
stance and less meat than his German
relative, and a suggestion has been
made to import number of German
pigs into America for breeding pur,
poses. R&-f#
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16
The Reward for Jeff. Davis,

There stands to-day on the books of
the Treasury an unexpended balance of
s., 96S of the reward of 800, 600 offered
for the capture of Jefferson Davis.
President Andrew Johnson, by proclama-
ton of May 2, 1866, offered a reward of
800, 900 for the capture of Jefferson
Davis, but Congress did not authorize
the payment of the same until 1868.
Congress hedged the appropriation with
the strictest provisions and precautions
as to the payment, requiring every one
concerned in the capture to be fully
identified before receiving any portion of
the reward. There were great many
claimants, and the Treasury officials had
much trouble and difficulty in arriving
at correct conclusion as TO who really
were entitled to benefits. In consequence
of the thorough examination required
the payments have been distributed
through the years from 1868 to the
present time. In 1869, $12, 600 was
paid; in 1870, 1919; in 1871, 81 Gil so;
in 1878, $2,O51; in 1874. $79.9O 12; in
1876, 1898, and in 1879, $293. The
amount yet unpaid ($2, 968 38) belongs
to half dozen or so privates in an Iowa
cavalry regiment, whose identity has not
yet been established, although if the
Treasury officials were permitted to take
their own word for it enough of them
took part in the capture to constitute a
brigade.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16
Edlson's EIectric StOek.
Nr4c York Tine


The Tax Commissioners assessed the
capital stock of the Edison Electric Light
Company at 81, 520, 900, estimating the
value Of each share at $500, and taxed
the company upon that amount for the
year 1880. The company protested
against the assessment and showed that
its capital stock consisted Of 8, 900 shares,
each of the par value Of 800. Of which
500 shares had been sold for $50, 900, and
500 issued in the purchase of patent
rights, etc. The Secretary of the COM
pany made an affidavit reciting these
facts, and stating that the company has
made nothing in business, the patent
ed articles owned or to be owned by
it being yet unprotected, and that It
is in debt in the sum of $43, 900, having
expended altogether $93, 900 in the pros
ecution of experiments. In this affida-
Wit it was also stated that the company
stock was not upon the market regular
ly, and has no quotable market value,
although, through the influence of
newspaper articles. a fictitious value has
been given to il, and few shares have
been purchased by speculative persons
at prices far above par. Upon these rep
reservations, the Tax Commissioners re-
duced the assessments from 81 500, 900
to $500, 900. The Edison Electric Light
Company were still dissatisfied, and pro-
cured a writ Of certioraIi for review.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

The negroes of Shubuta, Miss, got
the Kansas craze last year, and appoint
ed one of their number to visit that Ell
dorado and see whether it was advisable
for them to go there. This emissary has
just returned to Shubuta, after thorough
investigation of Kansas, and is stumping
Mississippi against the exodus. There
Is, he declares, no demand for negro
labor in the State, and those unfortunate
darkeys who have already emigrated
there are suffering greatly. There is no
need, however, to dwell on this subject
it has been sufficiently discussed already.
1t seems, however, that the report OF
the returned Ksnsian has been produc.
tive of good results. The ShubutR dar.
keys have gwen up all idea of going
North, and such of them as are leaving
home are emigrating to Louisiana and
the Yazoo bottoms.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16
The London Medical Journal insists

The London Medical Journal insists
that Bright's disease is the result of the
immoderate use Of iced drinks, and seeks
to prove this with figures, showing that
the disease prevails in any country in
proportion with the amount Of ice con-
sumed there. We of the United States
use ninety per cent. more ice than any
European country, and the disease is
seventy-five per cent. worse than in Eu-
rope. England comes next, while in the
wine-drinking countries the disease is
very seldom seen, and in semi-civilized
nations, where ice is not used, it is
wholly unknown.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

The Popular Science Monthly" for
February. dealing as this well-edited
periodical does with matters of scientific
interest, is one of the most valuable
publications OF the day. Herbert Spen-
Ger continues in this number his papers
on ''The Development of Political Insti-
tutions" Charles H. Lungren contri-
butes third paper on Domestic No
tors, treating this time Of gas and cleo
trio engines. and Eliza A Youmans
gives an account Of Darwin's studies
ION the Movements of Plants, with IL
lustrations. The other papers are on
Atmospheric Electricity" Optical IL
lusions of Notion" Evolution of the
Chemical Elements" &C., with the
usual literary notices and popular mis-
cellany.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16
OVER A CATARACT.
PeFllOus hide by Five Engineers
Down the CoIumbia River.


&0Jk4&h3 &tGd6e4f1
On Tuesday last Henry Thielson, as
sistant engineer of the railroad division
of the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company, with party OF four men,
left the mouth of John Days river for
the purpose of going down to Cello.
Shortly after starting dense fog
appeared on the river, which rem.
dered it impossible for the men
in the boat to distinguish the
short line, and the increased swift
ness of the current of the river car
ried the boat along at q speed not
realized by the occupants until the harsh,
dull roar of the water as it dashed over
the head of the cascades below Cello
was heard, and an awful fate seemed in
evitable. Itwas useless to endeavor to
bring the boat out of the whirling eddles
that now encircled it, and the rushing
waters seemed to be but playing with
the frail bark, as every moment it was
drawn nearer to an almost certain doom,
while the wild roaring OF the waters as
they dashed down into the seething abyss
below seemed to hiss and sputter and
laugh in perfect carnival OF horrible,
expectant pleasure as the terrified In
mates OF the boat approached the fatal
spot.
Like flash the boat suddenly darted
out of the eddy straight to the fall-one
minute and the boat would be dashed to
pieces; but, as if guided by the hands of
Providence, the boat caught on sunken
rock just on the verge of the fall, and
lying there swinging with the motion of
the water, but leaving the men power
less, facing death, and while saved from
it, still unable to escape. 1t was at this
moment that new danger, and one that
made the certainty of being carried over
the falls inevitable, now presented itself.
Coming down the river and almost on
top of the boat was discovered
an immense foe of ice. The al
most certainty of a death, either
by being carried over the rocks or
else crushed to pieces ia the ice, was only
left to choose, and before the engineer
and his party could realize it, the ice was
upon them, and one immense cake had
shot under the boat, lifted it over the
sunken rock. and ice, boat and men were
carried over the falls down into the basin
below and not soul injured. 1t was a
fearful experience, an event that not one
of the party will ever forget, though
they live to be numbered with the cen
tenaries of future years. Once in the
basin below, the party went to the shore
and reached their destination by over
land route
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

The fight at Bronker's SLUT, in South
Africa, in which the Ninety-fourth
Regiment of the English army was de,
feated by the Beers, has been compared
to the battle of New Orleans, and it does
bear a resemblance to that fight in the
heavy loss on one side and the large
number of officers killed. The Boeri
were not behind breastworks like Jack
sons men, but concealed behind trees.
They awaited the approach of the Eng
hsh, picking off the officers, one by one,
until not a Lieutenant was left in the
entire regiment. In a quarter of an
hour the English had lost one hundred
and fifty men and withdrew, convinced
that they could not take the position.
The Beers loss in the whole fight was
but single man. The result Of both OF
these battles, New Orleans and Bron.
ker's SLUT, was due to the same cause.
In both instances the army on the de-
fensive was composed Of hunters. men
who had lived by their guns, and who
were, therefore, good shots.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16
A NEWS G1RI RoMANCE.-Some time

A NEWS GIRL ROMANCE. Some time
since an English gentleman, stopping at
the ST. Lawrence Hall Hotel in Montreal,
took fancy to young news girl, who
was daily around the hall selling the
evening papers. He made inquiries about
the little waif, and, finding she was the
only child of a widowed mother, he
handed the latter four hundred dollars as
he was leaving the city, and told her to
send the child to school, and he would
see that she did not want Instead Of
carrying out her trust the mother got
married, spent the benefaction on her
self, and sent the child to service. The
gentleman wrote subsequently to the
mother, but could get no answer. He
then communicated with the St. Law
renee Hall proprietor about the child,
and, on being informed of what had
happened, he RENTED liberal supplies to
the lady who had employed the girl, and
the latter is now obtaining a first class
education at the Model school. The
gentleman has already expended over
eight hundred dollars on his little ward.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

A FUNNY MANS CAPER-Thomas
Reaney is gauger who lives in Jersey
City. He had been gauging number
Of barrels of alcohol, and after finishing
his work he washed his face and head
with some of the fluid. A very funny
man, who is also 'lengshoreman and a
friend of Reaney's, could not resist so
charming an opportunity. So he lit a
match behind his victim and promptly
set him on fire. In twinkling, Reaney's
head was in blaze By singular luck
and presence of mind, the poor man was
able to clap his hands over his eyes, and
by the act he saved his sight. His hair
was consumed. and the skin of his face,
ears and neck were badly burned. Rea-
ney was taken to the Chambers Street
Hospital, and his wounds were dressed
there.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16
.icularly interested, viz;
l4,064,lo1

The crop as made up by the bureau
amounts to 1866, 767 bales, against a
commercial crop according to the Ma
tional Cotton Exchange of 5,761, 252, a
difference of about 100000 bales. The
bureau, however, does not include in its
total the production Of Virginia, Mis-
souri, and the Indian Territory. These
omissions would cover nearly $4,000
bales. leaving, say, about $780, bales
to be accounted for.
The census processes to get actual pro-
duction; the National Cotton Exchange
gives the commercial crop or deliveries
from the cotton belt and consumption in
the South during each year. 1t is posi-
BILE, therefore, in the deliveries of 1879
80, that 100, 900 bales of the previous
years growth were included.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

The Washington lobby has run down
greatly in social degree, the Cincinnati
Enquirer declares, during Hayes regime.
In Grants days it embraced some of the
choicest talent in the country; it made
money and lived in high style. Its
members gave the finest dinners to be
had in the capital, and Toasted, feted
and button-holed our statesmen. Since
the Democrats have had control of Con.
gress, however, lobbying has become
improbable. The leaders of the lobby
have deserted their former haunts or
sunk in social position, and the business
is nearly ruined.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

The policy of obstruction" with
which the Irish Home Rulers have so
long worried the English Parliament,
but which they have finally been COM
PEELED to abandon by the rulings of the
Speaker. was inaugurated in July,
1877. Mr. Parnell being the in.
ventor. He began then "obstruct-
ing" business by moving that the
House adjourn one day. He was de-
feated on this proposition, but half.
hour was consumed in calling the roll.
AS soon as the vote was announced, Mr..
Parnell again offered his motion to ad.
journ, and he continued to do so all day,
there being nothing in the rules of the
House to prevent him. A means
of checking him was finally
hit on by the passage of a
bill prohibiting any member from
moving adjournment more than twice.
A few days after he revived the cob
struction' by moving, on vote OF
GA, 290, to reduce this sum Ct each time,
thereby necessitating 1890 divisions OF
the House. This difficulty, however,
was also overcome by the House.
although Parnell succeeded in consum-
ing a great deal of time and seriously
obstructing business by his numerous
motions. The whole trouble arose out
of the fact that parliamentary practice
in the English Parliament is very loose,
and no provisions have been made for
emergencies of this kind.