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


the first thing l should do would be to drive
out to Longfellow's grave"
The Boston Herald thinks 1t ill-advised to
call out the Massachusetts, militia as an es-
eort TO the President when be visits the
State. Two or three Of the smaller orgsnl-
cations, as the Cadets, the Lancers and the
Ancients, It urges, would answer all the re-
uuirements Of the occasion.
A private soldier at Fort Clark, Texas,
writes that discomfort in the army begins at
the dinIng-table, where soldiers receive pen
itentiarv fare. From the lawful good rations
of the soldier, he says, there must be taken
pay for the bakery, garden seeds, garden
tools, post library, post school, gymnasium,
trees, vines, bushes, printing press, improve
ment Of the table, comfort OF men In quar-
tiers. amusement Of the men o., and music
for aristocratic hops where the hungry SOL
der PAGES as a sentry in the midnight rain.
Gen. Sherman and Secretary Lincoln, is this
true?
The Milwaukee Republican Sentinel has
canvassed Wisconsin pretty thoroughly on
the subject, and finds that the womsn's suf-
frage movement appears to be making but
little progress In the State. Comparatively
few women, It SAYS, seem 20 take an active
interest iu It, and the men generally view
It with supreme Indifference. The German
speaking part Of the population was found
to be almost unanimous In It's opposition,
and, in fact, the only real effort to extend
the elective franchise seems to be making
by the wOmen's Christian temperance socie-
ties, with the idea that II the ballot is put
into the hands of women the liquor traffic
will be speedily abolished.
The allegorical groupe to be placed on top
of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris consists Of
a female figure of France standing erect in
a Roman chariot and holding a half furled
flag in her left hand. -Four horses abreast,
throwing out their fore legs toward the
front corners Of the arc, draw the car, each
outside pair being led by female figure Of
Progress. In the foreground is group rep
reseDting Liberty overcoming official "
ranny, the back Of the platform facing the
Avenue de la Grande Armee being occupied
by two sllegorical groups OF figures illustrat-
ing the defense Of the country. Models OF
the figures have already been placed in
position to show the effect, and the WORK IN
bronze will proceed at once.
Another old English landmark is soon to
disappear. The War Department has sane
toned the removal Of sandown Castle, on
condition that the site remains the property
of the government. When Henry VIII. be-
lieved It to be the intention OF divers great
Princes to invade the realm OF England, ne
caused bulwarks to be made on the seacoast.
Sandown Castle is one of those grim looking
piles, erected by the command Of the King,
which still lend an antiquarian charm to the
southeastern coast of England. Built In
1889, its stone walls, twenty feet thick to-
ward the sea face, are still standing. The
castle was originally surrounded by moat,
but the encr0achments OF the sea have re-
moved all trace Of it, and the sea now
washes the castle walls. In this castle the
celebrated Puritan officer, Colonel Hutchin-
son, was Imprisoned.
The report of General Lynch on the ad-
ministration Of affairs under his charge in
Peru has been published at last. 1t gives a
history of the provisional government Of
Garcia Calderon aud its efforts to obtain
diplomatic recognition. 1t bears with espe-
cial bitterness on the fact that the United
States was the only great power to recog-
niZe the Calderon administration. lt says
that Mr.. Christiancy's message announcing
recognition by the United States was sur
prise to all the members Of the consular
and diplomatic corps, and declares that
Gen. Hurlbut's action In regard to the
same matter was q marked departure from
Diplomatic custom. After discussing the
subject at length the report concludes: 81
therefore believe that it is beyond the
shadow OF a doubt that the failure OF our
preliminary attempts to obtain an arrange
ment, and the present situation, which is
the result of the absence Of a government
with which to treat, are mainly owing to
him." The actions of Messrs. Trescott and
Blaine on the other hand are spoken Of as
models of discretion and Judgment.
The opening last week Of the Redstone
Branch of the Pittsburg, Virginia and
Charleston Railroad marks still further
decline in the famous old national turnpike
from Cumberland to Wheeling. Gan act
toregulate the laying out and making road
from Cumberland, Md, to the state OF
Ohio" became a law In 1906, and the first
stage coach carrying the United States mails
over that route made its first trip on August
|. 1918. The distance was 100 miles, and
the total cost of constructing this great high
way across the Alleghenies was 81 ,1OO, OOO.
Its traffic soon became enormous, and inns
to accommodate the travelling public sprang
up so thickly along its line that they were
said to average two to a mile. The pike was
admirably constructed, but the heavy traffic
which demonstrated its necessity put 1t In
need of frequent repairs, and the govern
ment finally turned it over to the States OF
Penusylvania, Maryland and Ohio, and
thew established toll gates to pay for its
maintenance. In 1859, with the opening OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad to Pittsburg and
the Baltimore and Ohio to Wheeling, its de-
cline began.
OF Liberty of Women IN Unchristian
Lands" W. F. Crafts, writing in the Meas
Highlander, says: "Confucius taught in THE
Great Learning of Women and Buddhs
afterward adopted the maxim, "a bride
must serve her father in-lsw and her mother
in-law.' When a bridegroom goes forth
from hts fathers home to bring back his
bride, the mother, as. regular part Of the
wedding ceremony, asks, where are you
going, my son?' He answers, 4 am going
10 bring YOU a female servant In Asia 1t
would hardly have been necessary to cor
rect the mistake Of the child who, being
examined by the priest in the catechtsm,
gave the definition Of purgatory when asked
to explain the sacrament of matrimoLy. In
Asia a woman is made to feel that marriage
is a state of torment into which souls enter
to prepare them for another and a better
world. They submissively endure hell
on earth as the price of heaven The Hindu
lawgiver Menu, In his Institutes says to
womaR in regard to her husband, Though
inobserVant of approved usagess or enam-
ored of another woman, or destitute OF good
qualities, yet husband must constantly be
reverenced as god by virtuous wife,
The fresh outbreak of civil war in Atcheen
found the Dutch quite unprepared, and all
the early engagements were in favor OF the
native troops. Several men Of war were
sent to the coast of Sumatra In order to pre-
with Pulo-Penang and Singapore; but, in
spjte Of these precautions, the latter man
AGED TO get through and to obtain am
munition and provisions In the neigh
boring islands. The success OF the
native troops Is said to be in a
GREAT measure due to the strategic ability OF
a deserter from the Dutch army named
Cohen, who has cut off all communication
between Olen-Leh and kots RadJG-this
latter being a strongly fortified place and
the seat of government and all the Ministe-
rial Departments. The natives have even
got inside Kots Radja upon one or TWO
occasions, but have not been able to hold 1t.
Their early successes, are, however, likely
f b s sss REsteh gr ga 9 fash a6h,
are superstitious, and will believe that their
gods are propitious and that the time has
come for the recovery Of their lost liberty
and greatness. What makes matters all the
more serious for the Dutch is that they have
a very small available force just now in Java
and Sumatra, and what there is consists
chiefly Of raw recruits.
Mr. Atkins Makes a Statement.
SAVANNAH, GA, October 9, 1SS2.-EdtOi
Morning Meas: am surprised to find in the
MORNING NEWS Of this date, under the
L..a,.or an one of the editorial columns, Of