Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-01

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slight Increase of the license fee on sa-
looms
The information that several Southern
states ara about 70 erect monuments to
their dead soldiers suggests the fact that
the Confederate cemeteries at several
points in Middle Georgia need immediate
attention.
Hon. Armistead Burt, former MEM
Der Of Congress from South Carolina,
died suddenly I'm his office at Abbeville
dav before yesterday. He was good
man. and one Of the most hOnOred citi-
zeus Ol that State.
some years ago Matthew Arnold in one
OF his criticisms, spoke OF Beecher as "a
heated barbarian" Mr.. Beecher met Mr..
Arnold last Sunday. and told him that the
abuse did him good. Mr.. Arnold was, no
doubt. glad 10 know that he had done some
good.
TIE Baltimore Republicans are trying
% get crumb Of comfort out Of the as
sartl0n that Latrobe would have been
beaten but for Republican votes. 1t Is
like a general who consoles himself when
defeated on the ground that his soldiers
deserted him.
TIE failure OF Moritz Ranger seems to
have produced a panic in cotton circles.
What the full effect Of his failure will be
Will not be fully known until the 10th of
this month. when October contracts must
be settled. Several failures have been
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A thousand Cinnamon lett san Fran
cisco the other day for the Flowery King
dom with an average of $3.50 each, made
bv working on the railroads. When they
get home they viii invest in native coins
worth about One-tenth Of a cent each and
become milli0naires, and live in luxurious
ease the rest Of their lives.
Governor Butler ought to be thankful
Tor having enemies. Hon. Horaeio sey-
mour. of New York. being asked a day
OF TWO ago If he thought Butler would be
elected. said Il think hi7enemies Will
dc what his friends could not and he will
be reelected" There are few public men
whose enemies serve them so well.
Before the people Of the south recover
from the exposition craze wouldn't it be
a -o1d thing for Savannah to have an ex-
position devoted % commerce. timber in
terests, naval stores, fruits, vegetables,
antiquities, etc: II properly managed it
would be a grand success and give the
business Of the city an immense boom.
The District Attorney OF the Federal
Court at Dallas, Texas, has dismissed all
the civil rights cases against the railroads
in consequence Of the late supreme Court
decision. Ii is very sad that these cOlOred
feIlow-citizeus Will now have to 20 to
work, instead Of luxuriating, as they ex-
pected on the money mulcted from the
railroads.
Another youthful road agent has turned
up-this time i'm Texas. His name Is
John Nix. and he is only Is years old. He
got $500 from the registered packages of
the Weatherford and Jacksboro stage the
other day. but did not modest the passen-
gers. He alone robbed the stage, in which
were the driver and four passengers. He
has since been caught.
Chattanooga proposes TO wake up out
Gifts long slumber and display a little en-
terprise. The Cincinnati, New Orleans
and Texas Pacific Railway has magniti-
cent exhibits az the Louisville Exposition,
and viii locate them permanently at some
point on their lines OF road. Chattanooga
can secure the exhibit by furnishing a
suitable building, which she will doubt
less do.
Il Is said that some business men Of
Damascus Syria, desire to make an eX-
hIbit al the coming Cotton Exposition in
New Orleans. and the Times Democrat,
fl a column editorial, mentions cutlery as
one of the chief articles Of manufacture.
We hope II won't turn out to be the usual
exhibit Of cutlery at country fairs, where
you pay your nickel and toss a ring over
any knife in the board you can hit.
The fanatics who regard Osawatomie
Brown IS the saint whose martyrlOm
will make the gallOws glorious like the
cross. have now a chance to gnash their
teeth in holy horror. The North AHeri-
cgu Rerfclr for November has an article
showing him up in his true character as a
blood-thirstv assassin, who went into the
abolition agitation from the love Of
slaughter. Surely this icOnOclastie writer
should dread the fate that awaits him.
The attorneys Of the New Orleans Ma
tionsl Bank day OF two ago called on
the President with a petition, signed by
900 business men OF New Orleans. asking
That the order Of the Postmaster General
excluding that bank from the use of the
mails so far as registered letters and
money. orders are concerned be reseinded.
The order was made because the bank I'M
dertook 10 step into the shoes Of the LOU
lsiana Lottery Company. 1t will be n
teresting 10 see what course the President
viii pursue.
The newspapers in various parts OF the
country 60 not seem TO get tired of speak
inE % a Georgia statute which fOrbids the
circulation Of indecent publications with
IN her borders. The Missouri Republican
SAYS: the Georgia statute is as good
law as the Police Gazette is a bad paper,
and il would be q public misfortune, a
trium1 d Of vice over virtue if the statute
should De set aside as an infringement on
the freedom Of the press"
Tae effort which is being made TO have
the statute set aside viii hardly prove
successful.
u is difficult 70 imagine just what the
cotton planters at Vicksburg expect to
hear from Wendell Phillips man who
relinquished the practice Of law in 1889
because he didn't wish 10 observe the oath
b had taken 20 support the Constitution
q the United States. BE then advocated
sisunion IS a road 10 abolition, and in
80 sustained the Fadaral GnXernrnent