Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
General Henry G. Wavne

NANAttA 81 ~ - ~
In the death Of this hOnOred citizen Of
Savannah the city Of his birth loses one
who was ever devoted to her interests;
his native State one who served her well.
and the Republic 4 soldier who ever did
his duty.
The son Of a distinguished sire, General
Wayne chose another profession than that
which his father so cOnspicUOusly
adorned. but as soldier and citizen he
ever bore himself as became the Southern
gentleman. His services to Georgia in
the most trying hours Of her history were
invaluable.
From the close of the war till the day Of
his death he resided in his native city.
ever exhibiting an earnest interest in her
welfare. As Secretary of the Sesqui-Cen-
tennial Committee he discharged his du-
ties with zeal and success. The news Of
his illness was heard with lively concern
10y his wide circle of friends, and the
tidings Of his death Will beget profound
regret.
Two Court Decisions.
Judge BlOdgett, in Chicago, on Monday
last. dismissed the injunction of the Grain
and Stock Exchange against the Board of
Trade and the Mutual Union Telegraph
Company. He decided that as a private
corporation the Board Of Trade possessed
the absolute control Of its market reports,
and was in no way under cOmpulsiOn to
furnish them to outside parties or assOcia-
tons.
Judge Phillips, Of the Maeoupin (In.)
Circuit Court has decided that a bank
director is not a mere figurehead, but
that it is his duty to keep posted on the
affairs Of the bank, and that in case Of
fraud or default by cashiers. bank direc-
tors cannot plead ignorance when due
diligence would have discovered the facts.
The Egyptians have 100000 acres
planted in cotton, the annual crop averag-
ing value Of S6O, 900, 900. But the soil is
reported to be rapidly losing its value.
both the cotton and sugar cane culture
exhausting it in a few years. This might
easily be remedied by the use of suitable
fertilizers, but the Egyptian fellahs are
stubbornly prejudiced against any such
course. They have always relied on the
annual Nile inundatiOn to do their
fertilizing, but though this proves
sadly insufficient in the case of cot
ton planting, they refuse to lay aside
their prejudice. Probably a few years
experience with short crops will lead
them to take broader view of the sub
ject. Heretofore as the ground gave out
they have substituted other crops and
shifted the cotton to new fields, but it is
bne Of hs Io
suitable for cotton culture has already
been tried, and that available new ground
is becoming scarce. Inasmuch as cotton
growing is really the chief industry of
the nation. and the most lucrative, it does
not seem reasonable to suppose that it
will be allowed to fall into disuse without
ultimately employing all known arts of
the agrieulturist to maintain it.
The growth of Birmingham, Alabama,
is one Of the phenomena Of Southern pro-
gress. Seven thousand people are en-
plOyed at and around the town in mining
coal and iron and manufacturing the lat
ter. There are some yOciferOus prOtec-
tiOnists in that section. The Boston Post
pays its respects to them thusly: sThe
lutL " AU u1NE AuNEHAtu III
iron mines deny that iron can be made
there for from 50 to Sl2 ton, but it has
been proven that their statements mis-
represent facts. When money was want
ed to develop these mining properties the
argument was that iron could be manu-
featured there for several dollars per ton
cheaper than in Ohio, Pennsylvania OF
New York, but the moment there is talk
Of reducing the tariff these same men are
filled with horror, and declare that any
material reduction would ruin them. The
people will see through all this in time"
The number Of casualties to British Ca
madam and foreign sea-gOing vessels re- |
ported to the department as having occur
red in Canadian waters and TO Canadian
sea-going vessels, in waters other than !
those Of Canada, during the year ending |
December 81, 1882, was 30l, representing a !
tonnage Of 13G, 7S6 tons register, and the |
amount Of loss both partial and total to |
the vessels so far as ascertained, was |
81, .552. The amount of loss in cOnnec- |
ton with cargOes, so far as ascertained, |
was 1886, 143. The number Of lives lost 1
was Ill, viz: Twenty-six in Canadian |
waters and s. in waters other than those /
Of Canada.
A call for an educational mass State /
convention, TO be held at Frankfort, KY,
on April 5, has been signed by thousands /
of the best citizens of that State, includ-
ing Governor Blackburn and others, rep
resenting every calling.
The New York papers record the death /
OF two cOlOred women alleged TO be aged
respectively iOS and 1O6 years. One Of the
things we would like TO see is a colOred /
man or woman past their prime who can