Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-24

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J. II. ESTILL, Savannah, "a
The restoration of the death penalty in
Maine has not decreased the criminal
record. Deadly assaults are as frequent
there as ever.
Has Dorsey told all he knows, or Is he
waiting for a favorable opportunity to
make further revelations: His silence Is
exciting comment.
The present session of the Pennsylvania
legislature has thus far cost the state
about s7OO.0G0. No wonder the people are
anxious for it to adjourn.
Ofall the candidates for Speaker Con
aressman Cox is making the most noise
He realizes, perhaps, that if he kept qulei
if wouldn't be known that he was IN the
race.
The failure Of the telegraphers' strike
nut am end To the Photographers Brother
hood. II a new organization OF the tele-
.rrapbers Is formed. as promised, care
ought to he taken 10 get the right sort OF
men for leaders.
The General sentiment of writers in
Egypt is that the-Egyptians are incapable
or.selfgoverument. OF course they are.
If they were not they would get rid OF the
nth and tieas which destroy the pleasure
of existence there.
The Presidential party are reported as
havin. a splendid time in the Big WIND
rc.ioa. \ contemporary remarks that
the Biz Wind region can be seen III
Washington almost any time when Con-
.srr-s is i'm session.
The Philadelphia Press evidently hasn't
much Use for the Pennsylvania Legisia-
turc. IL cruelty remarks that ''the Legs
Iatura ought to embark on that newly
discovered -NOa4 = ttl n ttAANA tettHN 81
through Niagara rapids"
The Utica HeraId says that the profits
Of shipbuiIding on the Clyde are only two
and a half per cent, and that while our
capitalists can make ten per cent. IN raIl-
roads and six per cent. in manufactures
they Will not seek two and a half per cent.
in shipbuiIding.
A late manager OF the Mutual Union
Telegraph Company testified, a day OF. two
ago. that the entire system Of the Western
Union could be duplicated for S23,OOO,OoV.
Could the government spend S25,O0o,OOO Of
the surplus in the Treasury to better adj
vantage than i'm duplicating it:
Jersey ample lack, it seems, is response
BILE tor the remarkable story about the
sinking of piratical schooner OIL the
Jersey coast. which was so widely circu-
lated. The schooner existed only in the
imaginations of drunken cOachman and
a tired sportsman.
The French have met with repulse in
Touquin. They were greatly outnum-
bered. Of course. but it seems the Chinese
displayed far more courage than was eN-
pected. The French viii require rein
forcements before they can hope TO
accomplish much.
IL is ALLEGED that the Dorsey revelations
respecting the part that Garfield played
i'm the campaign Of 1880 have induced the
Trustees of the Garfield Home, of Brook
IvnJto change the name Of that institution
81. ffOnGVImVl-
tives Evidently there are some VINO he
Iieve DOrsey's story.
our dispatches announce the death Of
surgeon owen. of yellow fever, at the
Pensacola navy yard. Surgeon owen left
Pensacola last year just as the fever
broke out there. and was cQurt-martialed
ON the charge Of having deserted his post.
He was acquitted, it being shown that he
had obtained a leave of absence.
Ex-Postmaster General Cresswell wants
to go to the United States Senate from
MARYLAND. He will probably be gratihed
if the Republicans carry Maryland. The
chance that the Republicans will carry
that state, however, are so slim that MI.
Cressweu need not lose sleep thinking
what a figure he will cut in the Senate.
The Missouri Republican tells the arts
tocrats of Boston that if they don't keep
a watchfuI eve on sullivan the slugger-
he NAV slip into Congress from the Old
Bay state. The Republican evidently
thinks that since Buffers success III that
state a prize tighter stands a good chance
of capturing high political honors there
According to the st. Louis GIobe-Demo-
crat lit was a felicitous thought that took
the President across the continent just IN
time to see the final lingering spell of re-
moteness disappear" If the President
went West for any such purpose Captain
Mike sheridan. the manager of the lite
rarv bureau Of the Presidential party, has
failed to make the fact known.
The bill redistricting the State got
through the House yesterday with only
one amendment. QUitman was changed
from the Third to the Second district. The
committee reported in favor of taking
Emanuel from the First district. but this
part Of the report was not sustained. 1t
is probable the bill will get through the
Senate without any further change.
General Roger \. Pryor is reported as
saving that President Arthur's nominal
fiOn would make four Southern States
doubtful. but that if Governor Butler is
nominated by the Democrats he will carry
every Southern State. If General Pryor
is reported correctly the conclusion is
irresistible that he is not well posted re-
speeding the political situation in the
South.
The bad effect ofthe telegraphers' strike
is still felt by the telegraph companies
and the operators in a marked degree.
The strike taught many people that the
mails answer their purposes just as well
as the telegraph. The consequence is that
the volume Of business is not near so large
As il was before the strike. The falling
of in business will prevent a good many
Of the operators from getting positions.
The absence Of the President and all the
governing powers from the capitol
makes no sort of difference with the
people Of the nation, and everything goes
on all the same. But what other govern
ment could take such risk? Our safety
comes of our system Of well regulated
State governments, and yet State lines
and State - sovereignty" are grieVOus