Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-19
GENERAL NOCE ;.



5O,547 sacks Of coffee in her storehouses,
and IL 1874 sacks OF coffee were received the
same day from Rio Janeiro.
In Washington city hereafter several fire.
men will be stationed behind the scenes to
extinguish fires should they occur during a
performance. Not bad idea.
NashVIlle's Merchants Exchange has held
meeting in behalf Of Pensacola's sufferers
by yellow fever, and money and supplies
will be forwarded to that afflicted city.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran
twenty-four trains Thursday between Balti-
more and Washington City to accommodate
the visitors to the Onole celebration.
The Frenchman who bought an island for
$3.50, called it New France. and sold it to
poor colonisls for 100000 francs. was so
''smsrt" that he will be rewarded by
lodging at the expense Of the Government
of France.
Switzerland is progressive in the matter
Of internal improvements. She has two OF
the largest railway tunnels In the world, and
is now arranging for two electric railways on
the Edison plan racts for con-
struction have Isl a-,cA Uut.
A colored baby in WarnersVille, N. O.,
was found last Saturday morning with q
large rattlesnake around its neck. The
mother had gone off to do some washing,
and left the child at home alone. 1t had
fallen asleep near the door of the cabin,
and when discovered by neighbor was In
the coils of q monster rattlesnake. On
being discovered the snake uucoiled Itself
and made its escape. The child was not
hurt.
In certain parts Of Hungary an anti-Jew-
ish agitation having been started, Louis
Kossuth, who, in spite of his exile, is held
in great esteem by his countrymen at home,
has expressed himself surprised at the root
the agitation has taken. He says agitations
of this sort are nothing Tut humbug," and
are SO trade carried on by certain persons
for the purpose Of profting by the passions
of the thoughtless and for fishing In
| troubled waters"
The Cincinnati Annual Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church closed its seven
days session on the 18Th, Bishop Bowman
presiding. Reports show an increase in the
membership Of the church, and in the be-
| nevolent collection above that Of last year.
| The conference took strong grounds against
| the license system of taxation Of the liquor
traffic, and pledged support to that party
which takes the most advanced position to-
ward constitutional prohibition.
Henry o. Flipper, the colored graduate of
West Point, in a letter from Camp Rice,
Texas, to the New York Tribune, denies the
story that he has been appointed Captain
| in the Mexican army. He says: "As q
| matter of fact, am not in Mexico, but in
| Texas. | have not received any appoint
ment, CIVIL military or otherwise, in Mexico;
| have asked for none and have no expecta-
ton Of ever receiving any, though l read,
write and speak the language fiuentlY."
The will OF the late Minister George P.
Marsh has been presented for probate in
Burlington, Vt, and conveys all his prop
erty to his wife, Caroline G. Marsh, with the
| provision that If she should die before the
will takes effect the property shall be
| divided as follows To Susan NJ. Edmunds,
third; one-third to Maria B. Hungerford
and Harriet Buell. Willard, and the remain
ing third to the Hon. George f. Edmunds
| in especial trust and confidence to distribute
| at his discretion among the other surviving
| relatives.
A female spIritualistic medium in Denver
declares that the first inhabitants of the
world were negroes. The world was then
young, and having exhausted the fruition
of his possibilities, retrogrsded. The next
| Inhabitants were the yellow skinned race,
| the Malays, Chinese, etc. The latter had
also exhausted the fruition of their posi-
bilities and were on the downward scale.
| Then came the Csucasians, who were ad-
vanciDg to the summit OF human perfection,
and it was not In harmony with law, human
or divine, to permit the presence OF an ele-
ment of discord and embarrassment to check
that advance.
"Cedarcroft," BaYard Taylor's late home
in Chester county, Penn, was offered for
sale at auction in Philadelphia Tuesday-the
auctioneer saying there was little over 1876
acres Of land, and that the residence alone
| cost $780, 900. But the property went beg
| ging-the first bid for the whole being only
| $4,000, and the utmost offered $4,000.
| This being unsatisfactory, the property was
| divided, and the country seat, lis acres, in
| GLIDING the dwelling, was put up. There
was no bid for this, and the remaining so
acres Of farm were presented. 1t started at
| 81, 900, and was finally disposed Of to Mr.. T.
| E. Sickels, Of Kennel square, for $500.
| The country seat was reserved for private
| sale.
Slguor Baccelli, Minister of Public In
struction, has complied with an invitation
recently made to the italian Government to
take part in the scientific international ex-
! petition to the Msrquesas Islands in 1888
| The object OF the expedition will be to OBJ
| serve the eclipse of the sun in the month OF
May OF that year. Professor Pietro Tao.
chini, Director Of the Astronomical OBJ
servatory Of the Collegio Romano in Rome,
has been charged with making all the neces-
| sary preparations, and for this purpose lie
| is about to visit London, to purchase pho
tographic equatorial and other instruments
| required for the observation of the import
ant phenomenon. Italy" says the Roma,
''is the first Of the powers to offer to take a
| part in the scientific expedition OF 1883"
A Mr.. Osborne, Of South Africa, has been
exhibiting in London what he calls fla
propeller, which was attached to an iron
vessel about six feet long. The model was
fitted about midships, and below the water
line, with rectangular plate, placed paral-
| lei to longitudinal vertical plane at each
end. In its centre line this plate WAS cou-
pied by a cross-head to rod passing through
| the sides Of the vessel and was connected
inside to the piston rod OF one Of the two
| steam cylinders, which were placed crosse
wise In the vessel, with their piston-rods
extending through both cylinder covers.
The cranks of these cylinders being set at
right angles to each other, the blades re-
ceived q reciprOcating motion, each end
moving alternately to aud from the sides of
| the vessel, which is by this means propelled.
The little model, heated by spirit lamps,
was worked with 30 pounds pressure, and
run at speed of about 200 feet per minute
| the motion in the water was slight, and the
vessel itself moved with great steadi1ess.
What England has done for India is thus
stated briefly by British writer: England
has converted an immense amount of Jungle
land into fertile land; she has drained ma
lsricus swamps; joined the interior to the
seaboard by railw 4Ys; spanned great rivers;
constructed canals; irrigated barren lands;
made native races live peacesbly; stopped
the raids of Afghans, Persians and Tartars;
put down predatory castts; substituted JUS
tice for oppression, police for soldiers;
| schools for tdolatrous temples. She has fur
her erected great trading cities, introduce
manufactures, opened mines, made begin
ming in teaching the people, and revived the
| literature of the country. Five thousand
native books were published In India I'm the
year 1878, and there are $50 nstiVe
journals. The family life Of the Hindoo has
been touched by the modern intellectu
| movement; there are some signs Of an up
rising from the degradation of the Zenana;
| and the establishment of municipalities
| on the ruins of the old village guilds
! points to the awakening of a new po-
| liticaI life. There is, however, a great
deal yet to be done. India is in parts
overpopulated; irrigation must be ex.
| tended; there must be an equitable land