Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-27
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
ONE OF WARS CHANCES.
DR.. mcFArland's Plea for SapelO
StatiOn-LOcke and Darnell-The
River and HarbOr BIIl-Meris Of
Southern Claims.
WASHINGTON. July 25-An afternoon paper
in this city to-day publishes the following:
& GEORGIA RAILROAD, I
WATI ANrA Ga Inlu 10 1892

WASHINGTON, July 25.-An afternoon paper
in this city to-day publishes the following:
''CINcINNATI & GEORGIA RAILROAD.
"ATLANrA. Ga, July 19, 1882.
General Thomas j. Brady, WGShinQtOTl, D c..
my ERIsND-It Is my pleasure to transmit
herewith from Captain j. w. Renfroe, who
commanded the Twenty first Mississippi in
the battle OF Bulls Gap, in East Tennessee, In
the One Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana In
fantrY.
.'On yesterday Mr. Renfroe and myself were
Taking about the persecution Of officials. and
ne mentioned the fact that many unjust criti-
clsms had been made upon himself a few wears
since when he was State Treasurer OF Georgia,
ana Followed by stating your case. He then
ASKED your mltlals, and when / told him he
SAID: nave his commission as Colonel which
captured with his baggage as our corps
(Longstreet's) advanced after the defeat of the
regiment, which was holding the gap If YOU
know him it would afford me pleasure to re-
turn it through you
81 gladly accepted the trust and reuest that
you acknowledge its receipt to him direct, at
264 Peachtree street. Atlanta.
Colonel Renfroe is gentleman, good fell
low in every sense, and is worthy to be con
sidered the friend of any man. Your friend:
u. II. WOODWARD "
A SANITARY QUESTION.
DIR. ]. T. Mcfarland, of Savannah, Port
Surgeon of the city. to-day had an interview
with the subcommittee OF the House Appro-
priation Committee in advocacy Of an appro-
priation to continue the quarantine station at
Sapelo. He presented facts and figures TO
show that the station should be continued. He
showed in his argument that he was practically
and thoroughly familiar upon the subject. He
made very good impression. He presented
an itemized statement as to what the cost or
the station had been and what it would be
twelve thousand dollars a year DR..
B. H Horlbeck, of Charleston, sustained
DR.. Mcfarland in his estimate OF the import
ance of the station, and the good that it had
done and will do There was never D eSented
bef re committee better statement of facts
and f1gu es Senator Brown added TO the
arguments Of the committee support n
committal. Representative Blount and others
of the Georgia delegation promised to use their
influence for the Sapelo station if its mainten-
ance was made an object, or rather an item,
Of special appropriation, but they
refused to promise their support
increase the money to be appropriated
by the National Board of Health If the COM
mittee presents as specific item the main
tenance OF the Sspelo station there is no
doubt that it will be granted. but if the $l2, 900
is put in bulk among other things to swell the
purse of the National Board of Health it will
be lost. Since, however, Drs Mcfarland and
Horlbeck have m 4de the case clear, there IS
every rea- on to expect that Sapelo will in its
maintenance be made specific item.
LOCKE AND DARNELL.
Darnell the new District Attorney in Geor-
gia will enter upon his duties Immediately
He has to give no bond Locke. the new Mar
shal, has TO give q bond. Locke cannot give
that bond now The law says that the bond
must be approved by the District Judge That
same Judge, Erskine, is now in Europe. and
consequently cannot be called upon to approve
any bond. Unless some other Judge-which is
very unlikely-is detailed to act in Erskine's
place, Locke will not be abe to enter upou his
Office until the official returns from Europe.
Locke, who still keeps his place under the Ser
1sHnp ant
to enter upon his Marshalship duties until
Erskine returns from Europe. viii there be
any big loss on that account?
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
There has been a good deal of honest indig
nation and opposition to the river and harbor
bill as at preSentIconstituted. Small streams
that cannot bear the brunt Of necessity for inn
provement and jobs innumerable, hav4 found
their way into the BILL These Jobs and small
streams will hardly finally pass If they do, it
is understood that the President will veto the
bill. Under such an understanding, 1t is hard
ly likely that the jobs and small streams, for
the Improvement of which there is no necessi-
ty, will be continued in the bill 1t is a fact
upon which the South can congratulate itself
that not one of its improvements under the
bill is regarded as either a job or q snail
stream unworthy Of public money. The big
gest job of it all is the one which the Senate
attempts to tack on to the BILL and that is the
jobbing newspapers in this city to fill up the
fats upon plan advanced and theoretically
and admirably arranged by what is known as
the 'lobbiog hat-flllers''-and / am happy to
state that they bid fair to come to grief
PoFoMAC.