Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-21


back few days in the vain hope that we
should have favorable change in the wealth
er, but the rain still keeps on, and while it is
light great part of the day, comes down in
torrents at night.
We have had hardly three pleasant days since
the Exposition quietly passed away from our
gaze. Rain and mud have held high carnival
and made both the retail and wholesale mer-
chants terribly blue. All classes of trade is
dull. and out door work almost at a stand
STILL"
This is the second winter that Atlanta has
suffered In all her industries and business by
rain and mud, as her streets are nearly i'm
passable during such periods. Her new Street
Commissioners have organized, but there is no
money except for simple repairs. The new
law allows property owners to petition for i'm
provements in streets and pay two-thirds of
the cost. But the two-thirders do not rush to
the front
Visitors from the North and West are sston-
ishedsto see city OF forty thousand iuhabi-
tants-the capital of great State and both
railroad and business centre-without mar
ket or any of the accessories OF Northern
city of ten thousand population, and with
streets knee deep in mud and street carriages
covered with slush for davs and davs. Men OF
WCd'tn anu progressive meas VIII S6bJ4 duu Ati-
vest their money in Southern cities with more
enterprise.
MINOR TOPICS.
The splendid nickel plated SiIsbv steam fire
engine. exhibited at the ExpOsition'and award
ed gold medal, has been sold in Columbus.
1t is the finest and most powerful apparatus
in Georgia.
1t is true that Atlanta now has very hand
some and commodious grain elevator in opera
ton. but usual she Is too fast in claiming
that it i9 'thn bipypn9t THING ~ III not
large as the rev grain elevator In course of
erection In Savannah. nor has it the facilities
for doing the same amount of business. Yetit
is large enough for Atlanta's needs.
Owing to the limited amount appropriated
| annually by the city in support of the fire com
panies. the Atlanta Fire Department is asking
to be relieved by paid system Our ffremen
are among the best in the South. and have
large amount Of money invested in their en-
gnes, houses hose reels hook and ladder
| trucks and horses. The city feels too poor
just now to purchase and keep up this prop
erty.
Although Col. Richard Peters thinks coal at
three dollars per ton is cheaper than water
power the probably had Kimball's mammoth
canal in his eye). the Messrs Inmau have made
very heavy investment at Augusta, where
Iactorles don't use coal, and the ''Inman Mil'
canal; the former with 1000 capital and
the latter with cool s. 1000 COZ. This puts
Augusta ehead as the progressive Lowell Of
Cne SouGn In cotton manufacture.
1hE LAW On VACCINATION.
There seems to be a wrong idea abroad as to
| the law passed by the last General Assembly
as TO the compulsory vaccination of school
children. 1t is not local law for Savannah,
| as many have supposed from the peculiar con-
SIrucClon or the act. Savannah. it is true. is
| the only city mentioned by name yet all the
cities in Georgia are included in the operations
| or this wise end timely measure to prevent the
| spread of that terrible scourge the smallpox
| The following is the full text of the act. the
| second section merely repeating conflicting
| laws:
SECTION 1 Be it enacted By the General As
Semoly OF the State of Georgia, That the
| county boards of education in the counties of
| this State, and the board of public education
| Tor the city OF Savannah, and the boards of
public education for the other cities of this
| State, be, and they are hereby authorized and
| empowered to make such regulations as, in
| their Judgment, shall seem requisite to insure
tive schools, and may require all scholars or
| pupils to be vaccinated as a prerequisite to
admission to their respective schools
Approved September 9th. 1881
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
| Congressman Speer's political views may or
| may not be sound, but when he says "a ship
| load of wheat, or of bacon. or of iron are not
worth so much" as "a ship load of compressed
cotton. his grammar should be organized" at
| orce
| Editor S T. jenkins of the Enterprise. of
| this city, offers premium for a two column
| essay on the Lessons Taught by the Interna-
tional Cotton Exposition Pertaining to Frater-
| nifty Between the Sections, and the Resources
| of the South fruitful theme for the mems
| Of Southern agricultural writers
Bishop Chas. T. Quintard, of Tennessee, has
| written very interesting story for the Nash
vile AngertcGR, founded on an incident that
! occurred during the siege of Atlanta by Sher.
man army. II Is called Nellie Peters Hand
| kerchief and What it Saw Miss Peters who
was one of Atanta's choicest and noblest
| young ladies', is now the rife of Congressman
George h. Black, 0f Sylvania
| - II Is Useless to complain that Alabama and
/ Florida are outstripping Georgia in the matter
| OF immigration. because these States are Just
| now better fitted to invite immigrants Ala
! bama has over two million acres of govern
| ment lands within her borders that are being
| rapidly homesteaded or purchased at a nomi-
| nal price. Florida has many millions of acres
| that can be taken up as homesteads. Give
| Georgia these advantages and immigration will
| speedily flow to her.
| Railroad trains are becoming quite irregular
in their arrival Of lat5. as high water has caus-
| ed many delays and heavy rains made land
/ slides frequent. Reports from all this section
( indicate that great damage will result from
I the present rains unless there is an immediate
/ change for the better Mill owners are in con-
slant fear that their dams and mills will
/ be swept away, while the owners of fish ponds
are equally nervous as to future damage.
| CAMELs IN TEXAS.
| Speaking of the use of camels in the ''Iopa
| Star State, an exchange says: "Camela were
| imported into Texas, as beasts OF labor and
/ SOu6 years age ana seem to have
| done so we'll that G shipment of oromedaries-
| five carloads-wss recently made to Arizona.
| designed for the United States mail service. " :
/ Another exchange. taking up the discussion
| adds: "Camels were introOuced into this
| country by the United States Governments du-
ring PIERCE administration, through the agency
| of Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War
8 They were brought to Texas for use on the
/ great plains Of the Southwest They thrive In
| that climate, and now number several hundred
I They have not, however, been a great success
| the soil being too stony and gravelIy for their
l tender feet. Different methods of shoei-o
| them have been tried and failed a'inatbe1
| they can he used to advantage IN Arizona IL
!, Doubtful. Large herds - them are 10 be seen
in Western Tees;
The t-ct is, as not few OF your local readers
/ know, Gen. Henry O. Wayne. of Savannah was
| the officer designated by the then Secretary Of
| War, In 1856, to visit Asia and Africa and 80
| cure camels for use In this country On he
return home he was also detaieI toS test tba;S Di
adaptability for army traps oortation nmrnosaS
| in Texas. That Majo1. Wayne well performed
his critical task S+Id won the Communication Of
| MS own go%ernment is matter of record He
| nae graduated at West Point with distinction
in 1858, and served with honor in both the ar
| tillery and Quartermaster's departments. and
| vas well fitted for the delicate mission. The
| Societe Imperiale Zoologique d. AccIimata-
| tion, of France. bestowed on him a first class
| gold medal for his successful Introduction and
| acclimation of camels in this country. AS the
| subject is now being discussed, would it not be
| a good thing for General WAYNE to give the
! T111hIi il thrOuOh he Nr,1u5 in