Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-25

Secretary Kirkwood will not remain III
the Cabinet more than two weeks longer.
Ex Governor Tilden's name heads long,
III list Of subscribers to the Garfield memorial
hospital fund.
81 The Natchez Miss Democrat of the 5thI
inst. said that deer were coming over intol
The Mississippi hills from the louisiana
swamps in droves.
Prince Victor, eldest son and heir of
Prince Jerome Napoleon, is 8 student at
Heidelberg, and gives promise Of attaining
nigh rank in the world Of letters.
Montenegro has modified her army, and
The danger Of war is considered imminent
ss a suggestion is made that European Con-
gress shall be called By England to consider
g he situation.
81 Mr.. Ashmesd-Bartlett Burdett-CouttsI
swss a candidate for admission into the COX
ford and Cambridge" but was rejected, mol
slsss than twenty black balls being found III
z,he ballot box.
"a The Canadian banks were forbidden last
July to issue any mere four-dollar bills, but
lzby some queer freak the public demands
s5-hem, and the Dominion Government win
q hereafter issue bills Of that denomination.
8 In the not improbable event of the Mar
5quis of Lorne retiring from the ViceroyaltyI
90 Canada next wear, Lord Roseberry, LifsI
says, will waive his claims tn the succession!
30 that post In favor Of the Earl OF Elgin.
The biggest thing in the Supreme Court
II not the best, pecuniarily. The Chief Jus
5sftiee gets s1O,5OO a year, and the ASSOCIATED
=aJustices $4,000 each; but the humble clerk
of the silk-robed tribunal pockets about
3forty thousand annual dollars IN fees.
n A story is told Of an old gentleman whoI
Railways took notes of his minister's sermon
land on ont occasion read them to the min
lister himself. ''Stop, stop!" said be, at
szthe occurrence of q certain sentence, I'll
didn't say that" "I know you DIDN'T, ~
was the reply, 81 put that in myself to make
Ssense."
q John D. Lankensn, who is about haViueE
s4fnished st his own expense sixty thousand
s7dollar wing to the German hospital at Phila
z7delphia, IS soon to erect forty thousandE
s5dollsr home for aged couples on the addi-;
s3tion TO the hospital grounds, which bel
Thought some time ago for ten thousand
sdollsrs.
q Count Moltke's opinions Of the ChannelI
Funnel have been asked and given. BE
sszeontends that the underground way would
rbe the cause of little or no danger to either
Ecountry on the score of invasion. One or twOs
ssironclad forts at the mouth, strong enough !
ITO resist all ordinary siege guns, would be-
.sSuficient, he says, TO render it impregnableF
against the assaults OF the armies Of the world.s
A large white swan was shot in GrandE
5tiver, near gainesville, Ohio. a few days.
.7ago that measured seven feet from tip TO tipl
sSof wing Through one OF its wings
Ewas about ten inches of a coppsr-s
s2pointed bone arrow, which is unlikes
ss2nY ever seen in this part of the country, i
Il and Is supposed to be kind used by somes
s4of the tribes Of Northwestern Indians. Thes
=kfesh had grown firmly around it.
q The entire rice product of the United
Estates in 1879 as shown by the census of
ss1ssO was ITO, 131, 373 pounds. The average
8 yield per acre wss 632 pounds. South Caro-
3lins was the largest producer Of rice. thet
1crop Of that State amounting to 80 OF, 515s
szpounds. The wIele rice crop was worth {
ssomethiDg over s., 900 900. The product of
81 be same crop, as shown by the census OF
ssslS7O, was at that time "a, 635 O21 pounds
81 The Increase in the decade was therefore,
<FOver so per cent. under all the discouraged
@ments OF the situation.
& The marriage Of Prince Leopold and thes
zPrDcess Helen Of Wsldeck Pyrmont has
.zbeen fixed for April Doth. An exchange
Shinks hat it would be gracious and cor
4eeet thing for the Queen to dover her slDs
asout CT her own enormous private wealth, Z
sEsnd rot ssk the heavily taxed public to grants
szthe money. The aristocrstic and Conserva-s
szrive organs frequently complain OF the Z
spread OF republicanism in England. Il Isl
zBu1 just and unreasonable acts, they urge, thaiF
5EiFFiitate the public and cause them to ask
sR"Is royalty worth the costsn Rich mOthersE
szaDd fathers IN private life dover their chill
zdren when they marry; why should not Herr
<zMsjesty, with her 1850, 900 annual allow-s
ssaBce?
q The art Of 'fnterviewing" has been de-
zzveloped to a considerable extent by theS
Louisville Post. That journal publishes an
ssinterview with John Mccullough, obtained
sby an enterprising scribe who pursued theE
Tftregediau into the recesses Of the bath room
Sand this is the way the Post records thes
q achievement: "The reporter found Mr. )
glMcCullough taking a Turkish bath, sndE
.scaught him IN sll the glory Of his form. Al
s5dner built man IS not to be found. He Is
Eiike an athlete, with well developed mus-S
s4cles and clear, hard flesh, standing five feet
SEeight inches high, and carrying a finely
.ashsped head upon massive and well form
.ssed neck"
81 a Cleveland photographer by the name OF
81 Liebish has taken picture Of Perry monu
ment by the rays from an electric light with
gsremarkable success. TIE negative. obtained
II by an exposure Of four hours, is describedE
as msrvelously distinct in detail. The sky K
Sis black. and the monument staRds out clear
19and distinct from background OF Darkness
= fhe blades Of grass and the corrugated bark
Sof the trees are very distinct. The build +
zttDgs in the distance show as clearly as IN
in the sunlight. On the :
81 mouumeDt itself the shadows and detailFf
. show even better than in daylight photo ]
Sgraphs. The light employed is $50 feet
ss'rom the monument. Other experiments
Twill be made by Mr.. Liebish.
ST A London letter says that sit is no secret
thas the Queens health has lately been fail 2
Sing her, and that her nerves are by no means
50 strong as they we're when Oxford tried to /
ESshoot her. Yet she bore herself with re-
@markable GOODNESS and courage yesterday I
ezsnd was far less alarmed than her daughter,
1.-THE Princess Beatrice, who was with her,
and who naturally was most anxious for herk
s5mother's safety. II Is impossible to avoid
szanoticing that, when few words had to bel
5ssid last night on the subject In the House
E%of Commons, Sir w. Harcourt was put upS
ssto say them, and that to day the same Minis
1ster, and not Mr.. Gladstone, went to Windso'
=sto express the formal congratulations of theE
ssgovernment upon Her Majesty's escape.
such is the pollteness Of Cabinets in the
present age"
The new treaty concluded between RussiaE
ssnd Persia cedes to the former large por-s
tion of the province Of Khorassin. This
scession of territory completely surrounds!
1.-THE city of Merv, the once important strong-s
A5hold Of the Tekke Turcomans, and DOW al
- Russian place of arms. As Russia is nowE
a9close up to the Afghan territory, an eventk
(which is was once said could not occur with (
in the lifetime Of the present generation Oh
Nmen, there only remains Afghanistau as 81
buffer between Russia and British India !
Hrhis buffer, however, In the nature Of thingsE
sis not likely to last very long, and thief
8 British people will probably hear of theE
Russian annexation of Afghanistsn with the
:sfssme unconcern IS they now hear Of the an
s5nexstion of Merv and Khorassiu.
81 Skobelef, the present hero of Europe, is
said to be very religious, trait by no means
common in man only thirty-nine years of
ago, and occupied with worldly matters of
so much import. According to the Boston5
81 Post, he is said to be praying General, of
1.-THE Syonewall jackson order. 1t bespeaks
szcharacter of enduring strength, ss,de fromk
bis military genius. His religion Is said to I
5be so much part of his nature that he il
'5hardly aware of It, and what seems to be az
zstriking inconsistency, when taken 10 con-