Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
A BRIDE FOR BOYNTON AND A
SON FOR GOVERNOR.

/ Nhty Thousand Dollars for AssembIins
the Legislature all Moonshine-An
other Georgian Detailed to the Ma
tional Military Academy-Judge Johr
p King Done in Pen and Ink.
ATLANTA, April 1S.-WaltOn county
ought to be well satisfied, as she is TO fur
nish Governor Boynton a wife from her
most esteemed daughters, and Georgia a
Governor from her noblest sons, two well
! deserved honors.
As all sides have indorsed the charac.
ter, ability and nomination of Major Ne.
Daniel, it is safe to predict that he will
start off with a harmonious following.
One thing is certain, he can never be
| moved from what he believes to be right
by all the politicians in Georgia.
Some reckless itemizer has started the
report that it will cost Georgia $4,000 to
assemble the General Assembly for the
purpose of counting the vote for Governor
Mcdaniel. This is ''tOo utterly utter" as
the entire November session cost less than
the sum named. A few thousand dollars
will meet the whole expense.
Lieut.. Oscar j. Brown, of the Fifth Cav
airy, has been detailed to duty at West
Point Military. Academy, of which he is a
graduate. This gives Georgia two repre-
sentatiyes at that institution-Lieut Eli
ID. Huyic, the Adtutant, and Lieut., Brown.
Major Lamar Cobb, the efficient Treasu-
rer of the State University, is in the city
to-day, and, in conjunction with the Gov
ernor and Attorney General, is preparing
to exchange the $50, 900 in Nutting bonds
donated by Senator Brown, for a Georgia
bond for that amount, torun for fifty years.
n certain number of distinguished cler-
gymen from all parts of the country have
been selected to officiate at Cornell Uni
versity, at Ithaca, n. Y, during the pres
ent year, including such pulpit orators as
Bishop Whipple, Bishop Simpson and
Bishop Samuel S. Harris, formerly of Co
lumbus, Ga. Rev. A. G. HaygoOd ID,
is the only Georgian in the list.
have several times referred to the VEN
cradle Judge John P. King, of Augusta,
as the oldest eX-Unlted States Senator
now living in any State. 1t will be graft
Tying to his friends in Georgia to know
that an excellent picture of him, with
biographical sketch by the MORNING
NEWS correspondent, will appear in
FRANK LeStte'S Illustrated Of this week.
MINOR TOPICS.
Alderman r. j. Lowry's ordinance re.
quiring the Atlanta Oleomargarine Fac
tory to label its ''Buttorine," or whatever
they call it, before putting it on sale. has
been heartily indOrsed, and movement
is on foot to persuade him to Introduce a
similar ordinance in regard to the butter
dishes on our hotel tables. This will en-
able innocent guests to know what they
are eating under the disguise of butter.
An effort is being made to secure the
full exemption from taxation of large
amount of property in New Orleans do
mated to the proposed "Tulane Universi-
ty." Should this measure succeed, the
institution will be inaugurated under the
brightest prospects. In a private letter
to me, Col. VIM. Preston Johnston. the
distinguished President, writes; 1|The
Tulane University is still inchOate, The
first thing to do is to adjust our relations
to the State and secure the full endoW-
ment intended for us by Mr.. Tulane, then
lay broad and deep the foundations of our
great work. Public impatience NAV crowd
us somewhat, but friends must inculcate
patience, if valuable results are to be OBJ
tained."
The new Postmaster General is a sort of
an Atlanta man. At least he tried TO no
for few months in 1864, but failed.
General Gresham commanded division
in Sherman's army during its approach to
Atlanta, and in one of the severe conflicts
before its evacuation he was severely
II
this gallantry he was promoted to be
Major General of Volunteers. Like
General Woods aMi Don Pardee he was
made District Judge after the war.
After several months of hard work,
Architect Leo is about to complete his
elaborate and beautiful decorations on
the front of De Gives Opera House, and At
lanta can boast possessing theatre with
the most dazzling and elegant exterior of
any i'll the whole South. No expense has
been spared by the liberal proprietor, and
our citizens feel justly proud of the result
of his enterprise. Hereafter strangers
will not be obliged to ask where the opera
house is located, as it is now sufficiently
marked and elabOrately decorated to be
its own guide and informant
Col. Isaac w. Avery, the Governors
efficient private secretary, is doing a no.
bic work in the matter of preserving in a
form the memory of the late
GOV. Alexander H. Stephens. His memo
rial volume, although it will be i'm pam
phlet form, will embOdy much valuable
carefully edited and apprOpriate-
y arranged. This memorial will be sent
rec to all who may apply for copy, and
should be found in every household in
Georgia. Col. Avery is albJ prepared to
urnish agents in Savannah or elsewhere
With the superb steel engraving of Gov,
stephens which was executed by Mar |
hall, the price of which is put at the ex-
,eedingly low figure of one dollar and fifty |
,ehts per copy. 1t is well worth double |
hat sum, as it is the largest and best pic |
ure ever made of Mr.. Stephens.
AN IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY,
Many of the readers of the MORNING
NEWS remember the centennial of the
Concord fight" which occurred April 19. l
$40. Lord Chatham had declared that ''the |
rst shot that is fired in America sepa- /
ateS the two countries" And so it proved. 1
or the first shot fired at Concord echoed |
nd re-echoed the world over until April |
8, 1888, when peace brought the separa-
ion that Chatham-not yOur present !
predicted. DIR. Holmes |
Ould well say that the Concord heroes |
fired the shot heard round the wOrld.'
All who read this letter on Thursday |
ext, the 10Th, will do well to remember
hat 1t is the centennial anniversary of I
he establishment of peace between the 1
1Other country and her colonies on this
ointment. One hundred years ago OH that |
ay Gen. Washington announced TO his |
rmy the peaceful ending of the strife |
hat commenced at the bridge in Concord, |
lass, on April 10, 1775. Would it not be
good plan for the Chatham Artillery 10 |
re salute with its Washington guns on I
thursday in honor of this centennial
vent? OF those early and thrilling scenes
ut little remains. As the poet Holmes
avs:
The foe long since in silence slept- b
Alike the cOnqueror silent sleeps Z
And Time the ruined bridge has swept L
Down the dark stream which seaward =
creeps."
PURIFYING THE HALLS OF JUSTICE. Il
| fool 11ros11. q tba H. a. y
FORMING NEWS, that / was the first to
pen fire upon the corrupt condition of
lings in the United States Court room in K
lis city, exposing the dead beat profess [