Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-09

Cardinal Manning Las Just entereo upon
his seventy-ffth year. His health is still
vigorous. On the day following his re
cent birthday he preached two sermons and
ofieiated 10 three different churches.
| This is given as a sure way to detect the
adulteration OF wine: 'After emptying the
bottle Ill It with water and set It in the sun
for two hours. II at the end OF that time
the bottle explodes the wine was pure.
There is a sudden and curious demand for
English cotton goods from Western Asia.
What are known as mulls and tangIbs are
said to be in immense demand, while of
clancy stripes" the supply Is wholly made
quate to meet the popular wishes. 10 Per
sta new cotton goods are becoming more
popular. n present black cambrics are In
much request.
A sculptor of considerable eminence in
England is dead in Marshall Wood. Mr..
Wood executed statues of Queen Victoria
for the Senate house at Ottawa, for Mon
treal, for Calcutta, and for the Victorian
Parliament houses in Melbourne and sgd
ney He made busts OF the Prince and
Princess Of Wales, and the statue Of Mr..
Golden at Manches er was from his hands.
Mr. Woods death followed closely upon his
return from Australia.
Mr.. John Bright has been asked by
Manchester gentleman to define his posi-
ton in regard to war, and has made a reply.
He says he believes that all the English
wars since the time of William Ill. might
have been avoided on principles which do
not REQUIRE the absolute condemnation of
war In every possible case that can be sug
gested or imagined. "The policy aud as
pect of our country and the worli," he
adds, twill be changed IL the demon war is
left to the cases In which there seems to
Christian and rational men no escape from
the miseries It inficts upon mankind
New York Tunes: mo better evidence Of
general prosperity could be had than the
fact that there has been during the last six
months an increase of $780, 900 In the
savings banks deposits OF this city. Con
sidertng that this has taken place during q
period when all family expenses-rent, pro-
visions, etc.-have been exceptionally high,
and when the standard of wages has not
been uniformly raised, it shows very con-
clusively that there is no lack OF employ
ment for the wage-earning class, and that
habits OF saving are fairly keeping pace
with the increased opportunities of earn
ing"
It appears that Jumbo is in fair way to
be soon forgotten where his departure was
but so recently mourned with unexampied
demonstrations Of popular regret. His stall
at the Geological Gardens in London has
been awarded to another elephant, and one
on whom many high hopes have already
been builded. The new arrival is an Afri-
can animal, young In years, and by name
lingo. He is said to have been captured
about year and half ago in Upper Nubia.
His weight is now 700 pounds, but he is ex
pected in time to reach the colossal size of
Jumbo himself, If, indeed, he do not sur
pass 1t,
The salmon fisheries of the Pacific coast
have increased more than twenty-fold with
In ten years, and last years product was
nearly LOCO, 600 cases, worth S. ,OOO, 900.
But the result OF this vast business is, that
the sOutherly and more accessible rivers are
becoming fished out, as the greed of the
fishermen has extended to the capture OF
the salmon which are on the way TO their
spawning places. The Sacramento, and
even the seemingly ineXhaustible COlum-
bia, suffering from ills cause. The
more distant waters Of British Columbia
and Alaska are still bountiful, but they
will be ruined in their turn by such methods
OF fishing.
Crude petroleum has been used from time
immemorial as a lamp oil in Burmah, where
it first attracted European attention in 1853
1t is chiefly obtained on the banks of the
lrrawadl, in Upper Burmah, and on the
coast Of Arakan, In British territory. The
import across the frontier in 1SSO-'Sl has
been valued at 96l 500. the attempts
hitherto TO work the wells, as well as to re-
fine the oil, have been more or less GTsuc-
cessful, AaFd dessl precinct canT0C compete
with the importation from the United
States. Otherwise, probably, the Chinese
would have long ere this utilized the earth
oil resources OF Formosa, said to be found
at TungshaO, some few miles below Tamsul,
valued az Els per ton.
Two series of matches this year bid fair
to give cricket some increase of popularity
10 this country. One of these is the pro-
posed inter State matches--the first on the
list being contest between an eleven of
New York and an eleven of New Jersey.
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, the great
cricket States in this country, will take part
in this series. The other series, OF still
greater consequence, will be a tour Of New
York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Penn
sylvania, by team OF English resident pro-
fessionals, with possibly one or two of the
best English resident amateurs II their pre-
sence is necessary to fill out the eleven. A
further interest will be added TO cricket this
year III bub t4pCCtCu WISH VI buO AuSblAllduEg
who will play one match in New York ana
one In Philadelphia.
The scheme by NM Siben and Soulle of
az underground railway for Paris appears
to be on the point Of being carried out. The
promoters propose to form a central line
from Saint Cloud to the Lyons terminus,
from which would branch large outer cir
Gle and a smaller inner circle, with addi-
tional branch lines to the various termini.
The stations are very numerous and close to
each other; most Of the waiting rooms are
to be OvergrOUDd, whence commOdious
stairs are to lead to the platforms. A cen
trail station is to be erected at the Place de
la Bourse. The length of the railway with
all its branches is to be nearly twenty-four
miles. The cost of construction is esti-
mated at $50, 0O0, 900, or 81 ,25O, 900 per mile.
The fares are to be, for any distance, ten
cents for first class and four cents for second
class. Two cent tickets are to be issuel to
Workmen.
From the neighborhood of Babylon the
British museum has lately received three
important and beautiful boundary stones.
They are covered with inscriptions, hero
glyphs and human figures. On the first ap-
pears the name of Melt Sikhu, a Babylonian
King who reigned nearly 200 years before
the Christian era. The second bears the
name of Nabu-Kain-abI, also Babylonian
King but one or whom no record has yet
been found, either in the cuneifOrm docu-
ments or In the classics, but from the style
of the writing on the stone it is inferred
that he lived in the early half of the seventh
century, B. e. Most interesting of all the
stones is the third. 1t has been engraved
with great care, and on one side is entirely
covered with zodiacal signs. 1t was set up
of the taking back Of q pieceof land from the
Elamites and its restoration TO the country
of Akkad.
The Treasury Committee appointed to
compare and check with the records in the
Buresu of Engraving and Printing all the
dies, shells, rolls, plates and forms for print
ed and engraved work have submitted their
report to Secretary Folger. The COM
mttee say that, after careful examination
OF the appliances for engraving and print
ing United States securities and internal
revenue stamps, they find the same to cor
respond with the official records Of the bu
reau, with the exception of two shells, Nos.
247 and 249, which were not found. These
are in the custody of the Secretary OF the
Treasury. The report states that the bu-
reau record calls for ,05o seals for surface
printing. The committee found ], 056 pieces
of STEEL three of which had two Unfinished
seals each, and the remainder one finished
seal each. If the pieces Of steel be counted
the count corresponds with the record, but
II the work be counted there are then more