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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05
The Isthmus cosiing Stations.

Il is given out that the object OF est2b-
fishing naval coaling stations On the
isthmus Of Panama. for which an sppro-
prission Of two hundred thousand dol
lars has been voted, is 20 maintain the
stipulations and obligations Of our
treaty with New Grenada, which re-
ouire our government to assist that re-
public, now the United States Of
Colombia, in maintaining her sover-
eighty. 4 further object is to furnish
convenient fuel for our navy. The
stations are TO be located on the Chiriqui
lagoon. on The Atlantic, and at Golfto,
on the Pacific. Between these stations
is a valuable coal field, fifty miles long
and from five to fourteen miles wide and
about seventy-fiye feet thick The
government can get this coal at fifty
cents q ton and save 800, 900 year
The country is said 10 be healthy, and
the thermometer varies from sixty
seven to eighty-seven degrees during
the year. 1t is understood that
this land is owned by Americans, who
will derive q handsome return. This
does not appear TO be the case. The
Improvement Company Of Chiriqui"
was organized in Philadelphia in 1896.
A contract was made with Mosqnera,
Colombian Minister to Great Britain, for
the purpose Of establishing 8 line OF
steamers on the Atlantic and Pacific and
constructing q railway Of macadamized
road from Bocas del Toro across the
isthmus. Dir. Thompson, Of Philadel
phia, who represented the Chiriqui Com
paDy, never carried out the contract In
the lime specified. The lands were sur
veyed by our government some time
ago, but the title viii necessarily have
to come from the Colombian Govern
meut, since Ambrose Thompson failed
to secure a proper title by complying
with the contract made with Mosquera.
It looks as if there might be big job,
il not something worse. in this coaling
station business.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05


When the asylum wss opened at Nil.
ton ore of the first patients 70 be removed
70 kIsherton was pauper lunstic, who
now gives the name Of Landons, although
this IS not the name he bears on the
books Of the institution. BE was then
suffering from cafalepsy, from which 10
sgencT, not even the most stringent form
Of gslvanism, could awaken him. and in
fhe Eerds Of DR.. Bland, he was an sin
animate mechanism, whose organs per
formed their natural duties, but who,
70 all outside Appearances. was
in q trance. He has been at the
institution for fifteen months, and
has during the whole of this time
been in state of coma, spending most
OF his time standing against s wall with
his hands hanging fxedly at his side, in
1exlbly stir. He has been unable 10
open mouth or eyes, and TO feed him it
has been found necessary 10 lay him on
his back, when sustensnce has been at
forded by means Of q quill Hearing Of
the extraordinary case, 8 London medi-
cal association sent IS to Dr.. Bland, the
Medical Superintendent, with 9 request
that the patient should be photographed.
This was done last week, and on Tues
day morning Landons suddenly re-
covered the use of his limbs. and as he
moved his muscles one By one all his
bones seemed TO crack within him. As
soon as he recovered speech he made in
coherent observations respecting s ship
wreck, constantly referring to the Pearl,
Portses.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

We lay before our readers this morn
ing the fun text Of the inaugural address
delivered b. President Garfield yester-
dag il taking the oath Of Office. This
a address viii be read with interest and
satisfaction By The patriotic, conserva-
tive masses Of The American people, Of
al parties and 81 sections Of the Union.
L Is alike admirable for It's
statesmanlike moderation and candor,
and f0r the fraternal and concilIatory
spirit which peTvades II throughout. and
which mus. exert a benefcsnt influence
in allaying the sectional alienation and
partisan rancor which has 50 long dis
tracLed the country.
If We may regard his inaugural as an
indication Of the spirit and policy Of
President Garfeld's administration, it Is
safe to say that while he was not our
choice for President, and while We may
be forced 70 differ with him in regard to
measures, he will encounter no illiberal
or factious opposition from the Southern
Democracy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05
Financial Independence.

The Boston Post suggests the adoption
Of financial system which viii divorce
the government from all monetary power
except that of coming and receiving
money on deposit and issuing certii-
Gates therefor Urging the advantages
Of such financial system over our pres
ent system, the Post says:
In the irst place it is simple, and
easy Of execution. 1t would dIVest gov
eminent finance Of al mystery, and
would be simply the adoption OF the
ordinary plan of the States for managing
their fnsncial business. except in the
matter Of coming and receiving depos-
lis. This system everybody under
stands. and with il all are content
Secondly, the currency thus fur
nished would be Of uniform value, as
much 50 as Is possible under any circum-
stances.
.'TnIrdly, it would be absolutely safe
and secure beyond all contingency.
Whenever coin was wanted II would
always respond in exchange for the Ger.
ti6cates of deposit, and there would be
no danger Of q suspension Of specie pay
men;s and no opportunity to create
panics.
'Fourthly, the stability Of the money
market would be assured, because
Beither government officials could touch
a dollar of the deposits or contract or IN
fate the currency al the beck and nod OF
financial syndicates, or TO influence
prices and promote fayoritism either in
business or politics.
Fifth. II would operate to regulate
credit, which, under banking system,
is almost impossible of ach evement IN
der the best safeguards Jet devised.
Sixth. Il would relieve the public OF
all causes for complaint about special
privileges and place all on an equality,
so far as government is concerned,
which is a normal condition very desiIa-
bic Of attainment
Seventh. 1t would serve to check the
general spirit of monopoly, because, as
regards boosting big schemes, the money
in the government vaults would belong
to the people at large scattered over 3
wide territory, who could not be used as
can be government officials, not TO say
Congressmen, TO aid the schemers.
Eighth. 1t would strengthen the gov
eminent in popular estimation and re-
store the equilibrium between it and the
people.
1T would be easy to elaborate these
suggestions, but our purpose is simply
to awaken inquiry rather than make out
3 case. The present plan of financial
arrangements is not natural one, but
was a result of the war which taxed
| credit as never before and is never likely
to occur again. To base banking upon
government debt as a permanent policy
IS both unnatural and undesirable, unless
we are to initiate England, who never
expects to pay of hers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

KENTUCKY WOODS FULL OF ROBINS
Down near Old Rocky Hill, one mile
from Settles mill, on the farm of Mr.
Presly Smith, is q robins rooSt that
equals the pigeon roost of olden times.
a cedar thicket of about sixty acres
furnishes the birds a lodging place.
About shutdown every evening constant
streams from every direction pour into
the grove and almost obscure the heavens
Ia their flight Night finds almost every
bush in the thlcket bending with its red
breasted load For the past few weeks
lovers of sport for miles around have
visited the place, and every night the
thicket is Illuminated with the torches of
men with clubs and sacks gathering the
festhery harvest. Mr. Smith has killed
over 1900, and hundreds are carried
away every night, but they don't seem
to decrease; there are millions Of them.
Large quantities Of them have been sold
in town. They are very fat, and make,
when well cooked, a dish good enough
for anybody.-GlasgOto (Ry.) Times
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05
What Normnnism Il

There Is : paper IN the North AmeTtoan
Revisv for March from tie pen Of Judge
Goodwin, that ought to be considered By
members Of Congress. What lie says Is
well calculated to arouse the attention Of
thoughtful Americans ourpeOple gener-
ally know 50 little about the no1strosities
Of Mormonism, that they have no proper
conception Of what a dangerous power
Is being developed in our country that Is
charged with elements that viii woTk
great trouble 8 generation hence if not
destroyed now. In our country there Is
a people who have erected kingdom OF
their OWL that Is unlike the States, that
IS al war with our institutions. and that
is subTersive Of morality. Mormonism
Is practically opposed to our laws. our
faiths. our interests It is a cancer eat
ing away and spreading its f5res Of dis
case as it grows
Judge Goodwin presents some facts
that are alarming. He says that only
one txenty-ffth Of the people Of Utah
sie not Mornons, and that in Arizona
and Idaho they hold the balance Of
power. They are also colonizing Colo
rado, Wyoming. Washington and Mon
tana They are even saying now that
they expect in the end 70 control this
country, and that such is their present
temporal aim They expect to have
the balance Of power in Montana and
Wyoming very soon. They all vote
solid and always obey the church %
however base the command
The Mormon teaching in many re-
spects is peculiar and cnrruptive, aside
from its views concerning marriage.
It Is at enmity with the civil govern
ment, which it declares TO be illegal
The Mormons say their government is
from heaven, and that their spiritual
rulers are Gods vicegerents on earth,
nfallible-infaIlible in religious and
civil matters They regard the Con-
stitution Of the United States as moth
ing-as so many cobwebs when
il stands in the way of their church.
They obey the law Of the church always
before the laws Of the United States
ANY defeat Of the latter when the church
Is to be served is regarded as q virtue,
even if il be perjury in the witness box.
Polygamy IS the foundation Of the
church, and the church constitutes their
sole rule Of faith and obedience.
Such, IN brief, remarks the Washing
ton Star, IS Mormonism. It stands
graspi1g and defiant. The country looks
on and does nothing. The Congress ap-
pears powerless, and the gangrene grows
apace IN the meantime How longf
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

The colored inhabitants of Fair Haven,
Y. j., resort to very reprehensible means
for enforcing the right of having their
children attend the white schools. Not
long since the colored school was closed
and some of the pupils were sent to the
white school. This caused dissatisfac-
ton among the white pupils, and many
OF them left the school The teacher
reported the difficulty to the trustees.
AID the trustees reopened the colored
school The colored people. in turn
were dissatisfied. They wanted the right
conceded them of sending their children
to the white school, and threatened to
burn their own school house. Last week
it was burned, and negro of bad char
acter is suspected Of the crime. The
impracticable colored citizens do not
seem to be so much concerned about the
education of their children as they are to
secure recognized equality with the
whites.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05
The Apportionment Bin.

It viii De seen by our Washington
dispatches that the sppOrtiOnment bin
passed by the House was. in the haste
and confusion Of the closing hours Of
tie session, not taken up in the Senate.
and thus failed to become law. This
is much to be regretted, not only because
the bill was about as fair as
any that is likely to be
adopted, but because the failure
will necessitate extra sessions Of the
Legislatures Of several States. The re-
sponsibility for the failure and the ex-
peuse to the people which must result
from II, must rest upon the Radical fiji
busters, by whom the closing legislation
Of Congress was so persistently OBJ
sfructed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

A preliminary exhibit of the outstand-
ing bonded Indebtedness Of cities and
towns in the United States, just issued
from the Census Office, shows that 800
municipalities Of 1850 inhabitants and
upward owe an aggregate Of 1864. $780,
e1S of bonded debt, or $5s SO per capita.
Nearly half of this deb. is placed at
per cent. interest, and the balance at
various rates from 1888. 100 at per cent.
to $112, 900 at II per cent Forthcoming
tables will show the purposes for which
all bonds were issued, the amounts issued
each yssr from 1890 to 1880. and the
amounts maturing ig -sech year from
1880 to 1906
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05
TAPPTNG THE WIRES.

TIE senate did little Thursday night,
further than vas reported In yesterday s
NEws. Yesterday, after trAnszcting some
routine business, It was declared adjourned
wise President Arthur Fss s~Orn il, ss also
the new Senators, and the extra session Of
tie new Senate began Nessrs- Peneleton,
Davis, Of Illinois, and Teller we're appointed
3 committee % wait upon President Gar
6eld.
TIE House a. the night session Of Thurs-
daF Listened % an animated discussion By
Mr. Singleton, Of Illinois, As % whether tie
F1Fty-sixfh Congress had Yet expired D.
limitation THURSDAY. Mr. Hutchins, Of New
York, stated that he had been stopped b
An armed soldier al the door OF
the Senate entrance Of the capitol,
sd be moved . resolution con
demniuz the stztioaing Of troops there.
After several speeches tn favor Of the reso-
luton, and hlngs by Republican mem
bers. the subject dropped. Speaker Randall
delivered his farewell address, and declared
the House adjourned. The members then
went over 70 the Senate chamber 70 witness
tie ceremonies there.
The ceremonies st Washington yesterday
we're On magnificent scale. Fully fifty
thousand strangers were present. he
streets were filed wiEh slush- The city was
brilliantly Illuminated a. night
President Gsrheld's Inaugural viii be
found 10 fun on the frat page. An abstract
would do It injustice.
Dispatches from salt Lake state that D
Al exoIosion Of gas in = coal mine a.
Evanston, Wyoming, OF Thursday, large
number OF white ard Chinese miners we're
killed or injured.
The snow eontinues 70 fall IN Chicago,
and two hundred tons Of mai matter Is
locked up In the post Oaiee-
TAe House Of Lords yesterday resolved
that Canadian ought not 70 be evacuated.
In the House Of Commons yesterday Mr.
Mitchell Henry reviewed Mr.. Parnell's
course
4 s.. Petersburg dispatch says prepars-
torY commission viii soon be called 70 con-
slider method OF securing popular repre-
sentsti0u.
srPlnkF Pratt vas hanged q Marietta
Yesterday in the presence q eight thousand
people. He confessed ais t=adish crime
4 furious gale ard 8 number Of wrecks
are reported along the jersey eoast.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05
The Mineral Wealth Of New Mexico.

4 Leadville Colorado correspondent
Of the Chicago Tribune, speaking Of the
vast wealth which the railway system is
destined to develop in New Mexico,
says: THE Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad has given q new birth to
this ancient land, and will certainly reap
a rich reward for its enterprise. 1t will
soon take its place, by its connection
with the Southern Pacific, as q great
transcontinental route; and, moreover,
its local trade viii be large and lucrative,
from cattle, sheep, and the rapidly devel
oping mining industries, The whole
mountain range through the Territory is
one vast mineral belt 1t was its mineral
wealth which first attracted the rspa-
cious Spaniards in the early part Of the
sixteenth century, and the reputed
treasures Of the Seven Cities Of CIbols,
as reported by Friar Marcos de Nigs,
was a moving cause of Its early con-
quest. Old mines are being continually
re0pened, which have been buried under
the debris of centuries, and American
enterprise is daily discovering new ones.
The White Oaks excitement Of last year
and the occupation Of the Cerillos are
followed by the opening of new dis
tricts this winter. Prominent among
them are the discoveries made in the
MagdaIena range, west Of Socono,
where great finds, both in silver and
gold, are reported daily"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

4 SPECIMEN LOYALIsT AND PATRIOT.
The AIexandria Gazette states that it is
understood that General Crittenden
who stands so erect upon his loyalty that
he Is sway backed, and cannot march in
the procession in a division under the
marshalship Of an ex-COnfederate SOL
der, Is the seIf-same. bold. brave and
reckless Federal officer who wss captured
by and surrendered 70 Belle Boyd during
the civil war, and was marched of at
the point Of her pistol TO Confederate
Headquarters, and that when the heroine
Of his capture, who wrote an account Of
Il in her book, came to Washington to
sell that book, the redoubtable General
bought the exclusive right for that city
so as 70 prevent its sale there.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

WANTED, consumers o. wood =, -
w have placed II my oiiice $50 .si.os l1a,
sz6 all orders received bT 10 49,. paene
promptly filed z 3. CASsEIs - fsh w b
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

The Methodist ministers of the Spring
field district Of Massachusetts. in their
annual meeting, had lively two hours
discussion on faith and healing. Several
OF the clergymen held that prayer was
eRecual in healing the sick, but the
majority Of the speakers believed that
such cures were wholly the result Of
Imagination and will. The Rev. Fred
erick Woods said tia; il would be as SEN
sible for him 70 ask God for SO. eco as
Cor 3 sick man to pray for restoration
20 health. His theory was that God did
not interfere IN temporal matters at all.
but only in things concerning the soul.
A layman replied that he had been COM
forted in the past by the preaching Of
Blr. Woods, but what he had heard on
this occasion about the usesessness Of
PRAYER greatly shook his faith.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

The foreign mails bring details Of the
revolt Of the soldiers in Cairo on Febru
az 1st. which show that 1t was an out
break from which serious results may
follow. Three officers, jealous Of fayOrs
shown to Circassians, petitioned the
government in q manner regarded insub
ordinate by the Minister Of War, him
self Circassian, who thereupon sum
moned them to a court martial. Within
s few hours regiment appeared upon
the scene with fixed bayonets, and
demanded the release OF their officers.
This being granted. the soldiers next
demanded that the officers should be re-
instated and the Minister Of War dis
missed. The Khedive, following
the advice Of his Ministers, scceded
to this demand also; whereupon
the troops Withdrew and order was re-
stored Il is rather singular that more
space is not given to this affair in the
correspondence Of the London journals,
il view Of the possibilities to which it
points. II the army IS the virtual ruler
of Egypt, il Is certainly time that the
world knew it. The Egyptian Gazette,
though fearful that it may be called an
elarmist, evidently considers the prece-
dent a dangerous one. 1t says: 1T
follows that the entire government of
the country, the safety Of the entire peo-
pie, the validity of every recent reform,
depends not on the ability, honesty and
good faith Of the government, consisting
Of the Khediye, his Ministers and con-
trollers, but on the amount Of restraint OF
indulgence which may be exercised by
an iIl-educated army, for the first time
made aware Of its power.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

WAAIkD, Planes sEd Organs "a r.. -
w repair. Rates reasonable $50 s anu
lnstrunentz- 7. B. TURNER Iss 500 gt..i .eald
between Bun and Whitaker sts 49, sso's g
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

German Psychologists have been ex-
perimenting to ascertain the best mode
Of restoring frozen animsl hie, and they
announce that the hitherto accegtad
theory that persons who have been eX-
posed too long to extreme cold should
not be brought into contact with warmth
except by slow degrees is wholly GRO
neous. Dogs were frozen BY artificial
applications Of cold until breathing and
pulsation had almost wholly ceased, and
then attempts were made to restore
twenty of them in q cold room, twenty
n warm room, and twenty in bath Of
warm water. OF the first, fourteen died;
Of the second, eight; of the last, none.
The warm bath brought about restora-
ton in a remarkably short time.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

CaEzsIl, Peter, Galpin s. Co. viii
issue q series Of new and original
volumes on objects OF widespread in
terest, to be published under the title Of
"CasselPs Popular Library" The first
volume of the series. entitled History
Of the Free Trade Mevensnt in Eng
land. by Augustus Aengredien, viii b
published early in March, and win be
followed by Lives Of the Covenanters.
f'Roswen and JohnsonT THE Life of
Wesley" Domestic FSlk Lore" aud
American HumoristsD
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05

TIE blacklist stain on the British DC
espaifon Of Cabui was the large number
Of executions ordered by Gen Roberts
on aimsy sYidenee and often carried out
aoainst men captured in open fight. It
bss inst been discovered that the native
who acted as Interpreter IN the military
trials at Which the Cabulees were con
demned. levied bi4ckmail on the victims
and hung men pretty mach IS be pleased
A worse chapter Of official crime !. Touio
6e hard to find even in Russia
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-05
wHITTIER,s NEW POEM.
THE PRELUDE TO "THE KSG's nss1vE AND OTHER
PoKxs''

II spread a scanty board too late;
The old time guests for whom l wait
Come few and slow, methinks, to-day.
All, who could hear my messages
Across the dim unSounded seas
On which so many have sailed away.
Come, then, old friends, who linger yet,
And let us meet, as we have met,
Once more beneath this low sunshine:
And grateful for the good we've known,
The riddles solved. the ills outgrown,
Shake hands upon the border line.
THE favor, asked too oft before.
From your indulgent ears, once more
crave, and, il belsted lays
To slower, feebler measures move,
The silent sympathy OF love
To me is dearer now than praise.
"And We, o younger friends, for whom
NV hearth and heart keep open room,
Come smiling through the shadows long
Be with me while the sun goes down
And with your cheerful voices drown
The minor of my even-song.
"For, equal through the day and night,
The wise eternal oversight
And love and power and righteous VIII
Remain. the law OF destiny
The best for each and all must De,
And life It's promise shall fulah
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