Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-26
THE PRESIDENT PLEASED.
Georgia's Aversion to Boring Him Duly
Appreciated.

WASHINGTON. April 2j.-The President
enjoyed his trip to Florida. He feels very
well after it and the slight attack of ILL
ness which he had in savannah did not
break the good thar the trip had done him.
He speaks in warm terms of Savannah.
His visit 10 B0nayenture Cemetery he re-
CARDS as one of the pleasantest incidents
Of the whole journey. ON the whole, the
President did not enjoy the fishing. He
got plenty of bites, it is true, and landed
some heavy specimens, but the fish taken
on his line We're not of that eamey
species which make the fight
to capture them after they have been
struck the real enjoyment of the sport.
He regrets that he did not have an oppor-
tunity Of taking shy at channel bass and
at the famous red snapper. The work Of
improvement in Florida ne had not imag-
ined to be of near its real proportions.
The drainage and reclamation of rich
lands, he predicts. Will make Florida one
OF the richest States in the Union if per-
sisted in and Systematically carried out.
The President is much interested in the So
luton of the problem whether jute of a
superior quality and in good paying quan-
titles can be raised in the State. He
was struck by the tropical scenery and
enjoyed its beauties for some time; but
the mOnOtOny of the foliage, the intermit-
tent alligator, and the plumed birds after
awhile ceased TO be more than ordinarily
interesting. The people he was very
tayOrably impressed with. The President
is a man of peculiar temperament. He1
really dees not like crowds and public at
tentiOn. He prefers by TAR that he be
allowed to 90 and come as an ordinary
citizen. The people of Georgia and
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lghtened Americans who have even had
the good taste to respect his expressed
wish not to be made 4 spectacle of. The
contrast between the manner in which
the Florida and Georgia people treated
him. and the way the Massachusetts mob
hauled him around last year, was a very
agreeable one to the President. From
very few cities of the land Of the free and
the home of the brave would the Presi-
dent be allowed to take the quiet depart
ure that he did from Savannah. The Pres
ident brought home no trophies with him
and but few cUriOsities Of Florida. Mr..
Phillips, his private secretary,' had the
skins Of two alligatOrs which he shot
stripped from their bodies. He will have
them made into purses and satchels for
his friends. Altogether, the Presidential
party had very nice time Of it. But the
President is satisfied with his one visit to
Florida, and would not care to make an
other, especially at this season of the
wear. He is in fact satisfied
pretty fully with travelling, at least
for some time. He will attend big din
ner in New York in about ten days, but
will take neither that Western nor South
western trip, both of which have been
kindly mapped out for him.
The fact that Congress made no appr0-
priatiOn for the next fiscal year for the
transportation of mutilated United States
currency 70 and from the Treasury De- !
partment for redemption, has created an
impression that business will, on that ac-
count, be seriously interfered with. Such
is not the case, however. People who
have money so fearfully mutilated that
it cannot be passed will be will |
ing to pay the very small sum
that Its transportation to and return in {
the shape Of new bills from the Treasury /
Department will involve. There will of |
course be a reduction Of the amount Of /
notes sent on for redemption. This will |
be no very great disaster. The truth is |
that very frequently in the past few years /
notes that were not mutilated, only lit
tie worn, have been sent to be redeemed, |
when there was no necessity for it. This .
has entailed useless expenditure upon |
the United States and useless labor upon /
the Office of the United States Treasurer. !
1t is we'll that the wholesale redemption |
stopped for awhile at least. There will |
be saving OF money on the part of the |
government. The only drawback-if it /
can really be so called-will be that the /
legal tenders in circulation will not be |
quite so ''new." The appropriation for !
the work of transporting and redeeming
United States notes for the present fiscal |
year, is $4,000. There will be no change /
in the method of redeeming mutilated ma
tiOnal bank notes.
The slight illness Of the President at
Savannah was caused those who were
with him say, by eating shrimp salad,
drinking some champagne, and then rid
ing about the city in the hot sun. y gen.
tleman, who was a medical student in
W ashington at the time, recalls the fact |
that the death of President Taylor was
caused much in the same way. Mr.. Tay-
lOr one hot day ate some cherries and let
tuce, drank buttermilk on top of them,
and took a walk in the sun. Cholera
mOrbus seized him for its own, and death
resulted.
There is a good deal of talk now that
ex-senator Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio,
would make a magnificent President of
the United States. Mr.. Thurman was
once a very powerful Democratic Presi-
dental candidate. He IS certainly able,
and has a brain of power, and is broad,
man. He is as able man
as any IN tue Cnlteu states. lie Went out
of the arena when the greenback craze,
yclept the "OhiO idea" was swept by the
people and by the resumption of specie
payments from political life. He has the
undying hostility OF the railroad mOncpo-
lies for the passage of what is
known as the Thurman act" He has
many strong adherents. Itwould be hard
to find few Democrats gathered together
where there was not gathered Thurman
man or two. He is good timber to at least
talk Of cutting. There is undoubtedly
in the talk about him. John G.
Thompson, his strong supporter, is here.
There has been more Thurman talk since
he arrived than there was before.