Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-27

the withdrawn stock 10 1uDa OF Liver
pool and bond it there.
The Democrats in Congress should re-
member that the tariff bills there pending
are not of their framing. But every honest
feature i'm them should receive their ap-
prevail. The faulty features can be I'M
proved by the next Congress.
Wall street is somewhat puzzled by the
statement that James II. Keene has mort
gagged his Newport property for Sl1,OOo.
Some think ne has probably run through
his Iarge wealth. and others that he Is only
preparing for some grand speculative VEN
ture.
They are holding church fair in Mem
phis. and the ladies in charge are said to
have been prompt to invite Mrs. Langtry
TO partake Of their Inequalities. As an
attraction for the enterprise We should
think the Lily would draw. Pity Geb-
hard isn't along.
The Nebraska Senatorial contest is a live
IL one. The Democrats and anti-MOnOpO-
lists have the game in their hands, but
appear TO De at q loss as To the proper can
didate TO asree upon. It seems pretty well
settled that Statesman Saunders Will be
invited 10 take back seat.
The constitution does not prohibit for
eign born citizen from being elected
Speaker of the House or appointed a
member Of the Cabinet but such a citizen
cannot De President or Vice President.
The Presidential succession bill will
hardly work under certain contingencies.
The card of invitation 10 the celebration
of the Sesqui-C entennidl of the settlement
of Georgia IS "a beautiful specimen Of
IithOgraphic art II is issued from the
MORNING NEWS establishment, and in
itself testifes in a striking manner TO the
progress of the commonwealth. Neatly
framed it viii be a pleasing mement0 Of
the occasion.
Sugar cane can he raised in Louisiana,
according % the iberia Sugar BO,rt. ut
81 per ton. clearing "a handsome profit TO
the cultivatOr. From ten 10 twenty tons
can De produced 10 the acre, or the aver
age Of fifteen tons per acre year afteryear,
which the Sugdr Bort thinks better bu-
siness than agricultuTists can find else
where.
Brazil is again in the loan market, de-
string to borrow fLOO0.O00 az a discount
of II per cent, and promising To pay ~
per cent. interest. If So enlightened and
progressive a ruler as Dom Pedro has
found it impossible to develop the cOun-
try sufficiently to enable it to meet cur
rent expenses. and that too under the
beneticent influences Of a protective
tariff, the task is about hopeless.
The number Of persons using wood for
domestic fuel in the census year was b
375.O14 The amount of wood so consumed
was 40, So, 1870 cords, valued at S506,9JO,-
O4O. The amount of wood consumed by
railroads and steamboats,. in mining OPP
eratiOns and in the manufactures was
5,2J0,69S cords, valued at $lj,Ol2,33}. In
addition there were consumed 74,O0S,972
bushels of charcoal, valued at -, 2S6. 80.
The assurance Journal publishes statis-
tics by which it appears that the average
length Of life of q theatre, opera house or
music hall is - years. Up to 1879 it gives
252 theatres as having been burned. Of
these > were burned before being opened,
20 before having existed , years, IS lasted
between > and 10 years, - did not see
their 10th year, - their 50th, y their 10th,
% their 50th, Il their Goth, while : lasted
50 years, : a century, and only longer.
The New York Times enjoys the inter-
esting fact that Mr.. HOar cannot resume
his scat in the United States Senate after
the 4th of March next without first OBJ
tanning and exhibiting to the President Of
the Senate a certificate Of election. signed
by General Butler, as Governor Of the
state Of Massachusetts. Mr.. HOar Is re-
ported to have declared that he would re-
tire from public life rather than serve a
state which had disgraced itself by elect
ing General Butler as its Governor.
A proposition has been made to the City
Council of New Orleans to construct an
elevated railway along the entire river
front from the lower limits Of the city to
CarrOlltou. The proposition is a genuine
surprise 10 the citizens, so costly and eN-
tensive an improvement as designed by
the projectors Of this system Of rapid
transit not being looked for. 1t seems to
be designed more especially for a freight
road in order to relieve the pressure on
the approaches to the levee front.
As an indication of the increased de
mand for Southern homes, it may he stated
that last year 81. 167 acres of government
lands were sold in the southern States, for
the sum Of 81. 200. 900. Louisiana made the
4Ta.,5,
sold in the new State of Minnesota.
where government lands are much more
abundant These facts are significant.
American and foreign immigrants are be-
ginning TO discover the great advantages
of the sunny South over the frozen North.
Mr.. Kasson. Of Iowa, is said TO have
made the most effective speech in the re-
cent Republican tariff caucus, the gist of
which was that the tariff operated as
grieyous burden upon many industries Of
the country. and adherence TO a high pro-
fectiye policy imperiled the party, caus-
inc its defeat last fall. The strength and
vigor Of the Republican party, he said,
was TO be found in the West. and the West
would no longer submit to a tariff system
that dement's the EasL 1T the expense OF
the remainder of the country. He pre-
df.ted that refusal now 10 reform the
tariff system would work the downfall of
the Republican party. Mr.. Kasson was
only reciting what has already happened.
The Hartford Times. noting DOrsey's
statement that Garfield was cOgnizant of
his tactics in 1880 and the doubt cast upon
Dorsey's veracity. remarks: 1T. was
jealous Georgia preacher of the cOl0red
persuasion, who, when asked if he saw
his companion steal pOcketbOOk, fer
vently replied: Ny eyes is like de Lords
ewes. which de good book says am too
pure 10 hold 'niquity; an so / jest shets
'em. an dunno nOthin' tail that niger
did, But it was Victor Hugo who gave
birth to this expression Of great truth:
sThe light Of history is pitiless. 1t has
this strange and divine quality, that, all
luminous as it is, and precisely because
it is luminous, it often casts a shadow just
where we saw a radiance"