Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-27

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1t appears that one Of the best organ
lied gang Of thieves in the country has
been the Washington police force.
The bonded spirits extension bill got
another black eve in the House on Friday,
and its advocates now despair Of its pas
sage.
The steamer Byweu Castle, reported
lost at sea with all on board, sank the
Princess Alice in the Thames in 1879,
causing the loss of several hundred lives.
Washington is shocked. "Chet' in
vited a goodly number Of the upper circle
ssto meet PATTI the other night, but the
diva politely excused herself. "Chet'
should pull NicoIini's nose.
screen giIT' has appeared among the
oysters i'm the South and North Shrews-
bury rivers, New Jersey, and the oyster
men are gloomy on account Of the diminu-
tion Of the sales Of ihe bivalyes.
Gorham claims $50 Northern Republi-
can electoral votes for the next Presiden-
tial candidate, and adds to these the
twenty-three votes Of Virginia and North |
Carolina. This is a modest estimate,
truly.
The Mississippi Ievees built, and in pro-
cess Of construction, under contracts OF
1sS2, cover 4, SO. O93 cubic yards. Most OF
them were undertaken by the State Of
Louisiana, some by the United states,
and a few by railroad companies.
The Commissioner Of Railroads reports
the floating debt Of the Union Pacific
Road as SO. I54, Sg1, while the officers Of
the company insist that it is only $2,IIj,-
7I2. The government directors state that
the affairs Of the road have been ably and
honestly administered.
The state civil service reform bill was
defeated in the Pennsylvania House by a
PendletOn bill, and provided for the ap-
pointment Of two commissioners 10y the
Governor AT S2,J00 a year each, who
should examine all applicants for office.
A crank can display wisdom at times.
Congressman { y Bill Moore, Of Tennes-
see, who disputes with john ID. White,
Of Kentucky, for pre-eminence in ASST
ninity, recently Temarkedthat the course
of the Republicans on the tariff was lead
ing directly 10 their grave. Some of the
shrewd organs share MOOre's suspicious.
The Albany Journal CRep.J gives the
protectiOnists this warning: They will
have no revision Of any kind. To our
notion. this refusal will hasten by years
the ultimate downfall of the whole theory |
Of protection. When the time comes to
write the epitaph Of that theory, nothing
viii be more appropriate than Killed 10y
its FOOl-Friends'
Ben Butler recently issued fast day
proclamation concluding as follows:
'And l do specially eXhOrt the minis
tiers Of the Gospel on that day to feed
their fi0cks with the Divine word, and
not 10 discourse upon political and other
secular topics which may divert the
serious thoughts Of the people from hum
bic worship Of the Father"
The city Of Philadelphia denies the
correctness of the United States
census Of her manufacturing estab-
iishments taken. This census shows that
there are 3,1O5 more manufactures, with
G3. IO4 more employees than were credited
TO the city by the census of 1880. On the
basis Of this census Philadelphia claims
to be the greatest manufacturing city in
the country.
Mr.. GOrsts amendment to the address
in reply to the speech from the Throne,
declaring that in view Of the confession of
the Irish assassins. no further cOnces-
si0ns should be made to lawless agita-
ton, was a piece of imbecility that even
Parliament could not stomach. AS has
been fifty said, the government holds the
Irishman by the throat all day and locks
him up in his house at night. Reform,
and reform Of the largest kind, is needed
under such circumstances.
The California Assembly has passed a
a plea Of insanity shall first be examined
as to insanity alone, without regard to
his crime; and if the court finds him sane
he shall be tried for murder, the false
plea sentering as an ''aggrayatiOn of the
offense." But if the plea of insanity is
. sustained, the defendant shall be sent to a
madhOuse by the court, and never remOv-
ed unless his sanity at the time of the
murder is proved. Then he shall be tried
on the original charge.
A Disguised Ohio wOOl-grOwer, who de-
spairs Of getting an increase Of protection
for his interest, says that prior to 1861 the
wool growers had no protection. 'Then
there were y, 100000 sheep in the United
States. Now there are j0,O00,000. Then
the wool product was 6O,OOO, 600 pounds
per year. Now it is SO, 900. The
value of the wool product of this country
is now SS5,OOO,OOO per year, the mutton
product $4,000, 600 the capital invested in
sheep S200,OOO, 200, and in sheep lands
Sl.O0O,OO0,OOO." 1t would look as though
the wool infant was quite healthy.
The annual report Of the New York So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children has just been published. During
the past eight years 10, 455 complaints
were received, involving more than 81, 33j
children; BOSS cases were prosecuted,
2,s1S persons convicted, and 5,949 chill
dren were relieved and placed in homes
and Institutions. During the past year
1885 eases were prosecuted, and there
were 900 convictions. The report gives
a detailed account Of some Of the most
distressing cases Of cruelty which have
come under the observation of the officers .
Of the society.
The English courts, says the Boston |
Advertiser, seem to be stretching the law
Of libel to an extent more ingenious than
sensible in the prosecution of the novelist .
and editor, Edmund Yates, for an alleged
libel on Lord LOnsdale. Reference had
been literally made 10 an unnamed
ssyOung Peer ''whose wife was in deli
cate health" and ''whO was a Master of
Hounds" Lord LOnsdale saw nit to tit {
the cap to his own head. And this was |
the way i'm which Attorney General James