Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-14

Booth to the box. Mr.. Booth naturally sup
posed that the Prince had sent for him to
compliment him on his performance, but as
he entered his discontinue may be imagined
when the Prince, coming forward and greet
ing him cordially, said: ''Mr. Booth, have
sent for you to ask you how do you think
Mrs. Langtry will succeed in American"
Some Of the English papers are not en-
tirely pleased with the presence of the Duke
of Connaught in Egypt, Notwithstanding
the fact that he managed to get highly
complimentary notice in the official tele-
| grams of Sir Garnet Wolseley to the War
Office. He is said to have been an unmiti-
gated evil to the Guard he commands; to
have kept that corps out of every action,
| except as reserves, and has not only de-
prived it's own Generals OF much-coveted
| command, but has also deprived the officers
of all chance of distinguishing thems elves.
| A Prince Of the blood they say may not risk
his life like meaner folk, although he may
elbow out of a coveted command able off,
| GERS who have seen more years OF service
than he has Of life.
The late Prof. Jevons was DESTROYS Of
seeing established "a worldwide system OF
international money" As to making the
American dollar the money of the world he
says IN one of his best known works on the
subject, published IN 1875: "But, above all,
# (the dollar) is firmly adopted as the money
| Of nation which, as FAR as human wisdom
can penetrate the future, is destined to be
the most numerous, rich and powerful in
| the world. That nation-which has arisen
from the best stock Of England, has alb
sOrbed much of the best blood OF other
European nations, and has inherited the
richest continent in the world-must have
an importance in coming times OF which
even Americans are rarely conscious"
Though it was the teachings OF the great
leader of the tractarian movement, Dr..
Pusey, recently dead, which brought many
Protestant divines over to the Roman Cstho-
lie Church, be himself remained outside its
pale to the last. Some years ago Cardinal
Newman addressed him a very pathetic
letter, appealing to him to consider the
question more deeply, and many people
wondered that the master remained, as 1t
were, lowering like meteor between two
worlds, while the disciple had become one
of the most fervent and devoted children Of
the Church of Rome. DIR. Pussy had been
for years a kind Of ecclesiastical enigma.
Nevertheless, the purity Of his life and
greatness OF his intellect won him host OF
enthusiastic admirers. He had a special
hatredaof the Photographic art, and never
permitted photograph of him to be taken.
A statement, prepared at the Office of
Sixth Auditor Ella shows that dur
ing the last fiscal year the total weight Of
mails forwarded from the United States to
countries in the postal union was as follows:
Letters, 1877, 92S, 57S grammes; printed mat
ter, Sll ,626, Isl grammes; total, 999, 554, 729
grammes. These figures, compared with
those for the previous fiscal year, show an
an increase of about 81 per cent. on letters
and 40 per cent. on the amount of printed
matter mailed from this country. The ex-
pense OF transportation during the last ifs
cal year was about % per cent. more than
that OF the preceding year. The weight OF
the letters and printed matter taken togeth-
er will exceed by about 220 tons the weight
of mail matter during the fiscal year of
1881. Previous to the last fiscal year the
increase In weight has never exceeded 10
per cent.
Fire did most disastrous work during the
month OF September last. The New York
Commercial Bulletin, emitting all fires in its
record where the reported loss was less than
$4,000, finds that mention has been made of
123 fires, the losses by which aggregate
Sc, 205,0 900. 1t is safe to assume that the
smaller fires and those which have not been
recorded will add at least 81, 300, 900 to the
above, and so make a grand total of 81 $780,
600 as the cost of the nations September
ash heap. During the five years, 1S77-1SS1,
the average loss by fire in September in the
United States and Canada has been S. $780,
900, the figures OF each year being as fol-
lows, according to the Chronicles tables:
September, 1881, s6,493, 800; September,
1880, Sc, 944, 900; September, 1879, SIS GA, 100;
September, 1878, "a, 558, 800: September,
1877. Sc, 1879, 400. 1t will be seen, therefore,
that the fire waste OF last month was 81 $780,
600 above the average, or ip the ratio Of Is
per cent. increase, taking the five years to-
gether.