Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-29

the strict limit Of its functions. The
rights Of our citizens are indestructible.
and the Union was formed for their main-
tanance. Tyranny should cease. and
Justice reign throughout the land. \ eiti-
zen Of South Carolina Is entitled to the
same measure of protection as n citizen Of
Massachusetts, and partisan distinctions
cannot but tend to perpetuate those feel
ingS 81 luminosity between the peoples Of
the sections that all good men would
gladly see buried.
sIr. Hiram J. PenrOd. of New York, has
devised an ingenious code Of weather sig
mails t0-be employed with the aid Of bells.
whistles. numbers. flags, lights, rockets
OF balls. The units used are the numbers
two. three and four. standing, respec-
lively for white. red and blue. These
numbers. signs or cclOrs. used rs Is our
lire-alarm telegraph. are TO indicate GER
tain weather probabilities copied from the
official announcements. Thus a train
passing certain point and giving two
whistles or two bells, or displaying
white flag. would indicate, say, the prob
ability Of fair weather. of course, Mr..
PenroGs code must be kept on hand for
the Interpretation Of the signals. There
Is no reason why trains, steamboats, and
stage-cOaches should not announce the
weather probabilities in just such ways,
nj least where people cannot consult the
latest newspapers. Farmers and sailors
in particular might find the service use
ful.
John Boyle O'Reilly. editorof the Boston
PHof. telegraphed on Monday to the editor
OF "a New York evening paper as follows:
Il think the coming convention of the Land
League at Philadelphia will be the most
forcible expression of Irish sentiment
ever had. even i'm Ireland. The presence
Of ParHell and Egan Will raise il into
kind Of Irish Parliament, and a Parlia-
ment Of extraordinary pOtentiality. Irish
sentiment was never 50 united-there are
no serious divisions. This convention.
with ParnelI present, will voice the entire
Irish race. ParneII thus concentrates the
moral power Of 3O.OO0,Ol0 people. 1t will
add vastly to his power in England. The
great mass of the Irish will hencefOrth
take part. England's brutal policy has
driven the Irish race to desperation.
There viii be no stopping now till Ireland
has home rule at least
The story is told of Macaulay that
friend who had recently been appointed to
a colonial judgeship. and whose knOwl-
edge Of Blackstone was not burdensOme,
called upon him to take his advice as to
how he should conduct himself on the
bench. The historian advised his friend
10 decide al questions promptly and as he
thought they should be decided, but never
10 give his reasons for his decisions, for,
added Macaulay. while your decisions
will probably be right. your reasons will
probably be wrong" The friend needed
this counsel and became renowned for the
ranidity and correctness with which no
decided all cases tried before him.
The work Of demolishing the ruins of
the Tuileries goes forward slowly in spite
Of the eighty men employed on it. Re
ports say that the palace turns out to
have been built in a very shabby manner.
Except the facade, the stone work is
found. much to the disappointment of the
contractor who bought the materials. to
De .-of the most rubbish-like description"
The interior columns. which were believed /
10 be solid. turned out 70 be holdings over /
rough blocks. The most interesting OBJ |
ject vet found i an old bunch Of a hundred |
keys.
Hon. Carl Schurz has addressed a letter !
10 Hon. George W. Julian, in reply to |
comments made by the latter in a recent |
article in the North AHleFicdB Rerie3r |
upon the administration of Mr.. Schurz as |
Secretary of the Interior. In the articles |
referred to Mr.. Julian stated that the In /
terror Department was constantly under /
the influence Of the railway corporations. /
The statements upon which he relied to |
substantiate this charge are reviewed by /
Mr.. Schurz in his reply and pronounced /
entirely false. and the charge made is de- 1
MED.
Attention has been called to the fact /
that the new civil service law is silent as /
to any distinction between male and fe- /
male applicants for places in the EXecu- /
tive Departments. 1t is said that the 4
rules 10 be drawn up by the Civil Ser /
vice Commission will, it is understood, /
contain some provision bearing upon this /
question. the Commissioners being cOgni- 4
zant OF the necessities of the public SER
vice. and the opposition on the part of
heads Of departments to any large in
crease in the number Of female clerks.
One phase Of the political career Of NJ.
C0umOundOurOs, the late Prime Minister
of Greece, calls to mind a popularity of
ex-Secretary Blaine's record. 1t is said
of the Greek statesman that his official
em0luments were never above $4,000
wear. vet he accumulated a fortune of
500. 700. The eminent Greek, if he had
emigrated TO this country and gotten a
clear comprehension Of the system Of addi-
ton. division and silence, might have 4
been as successful financially as leading
lights Of the G. .. p. have been.
When the soldiers march by his room
Emperor William carefully buttons his
military coat to the chin and stands in the
window in full view. When asked why he
was 50 particular about the buttons he
said: MY soldiers have never seen me
with nv coat unbuttOned. and do not in
tend they ever shall. For, let me tell you,
it is the one button left unbuttOned that
is the ruin of an army The Emperor
may he correct, but very often it is the
one bottle empty that brings about the
ruin Of an army.
The Missouri Senate has passed bill
which is intended to divest the youth of
the State of the ornaments now regarded
too often as a part Of their outfit. 1t pro-
hibits. under IA penalty of a fine of $2J to
$500. the selling, giving, lOaning, hiring,
or bartering. or the Offering to sell, give,
loan. hire or barter, Ito any minor any
pistol. revolver, derringer, bowie knife, or
other deadly weapon Of like character, or
any toy pistol designed to shoot caps or
cartridges of any kind, or to be loaded
with powder"
Judge VIM. G. BarrOws. of the supreme
Court Of Maine. who, within a few years.
has passed the sentence Of Imprisonment
for life, the highest the laws Of Maine then
allowed. upon nine murderers, says this
is not a case where frequent repetition
makes the duty light. ION the con-
trary,'' says the Judge, '.my heart is more
and more oppressed with the feeling that
the number Of those who harbOr malice,
until their hearts become regardless of
social duty and fatally bent on mischief.
Is increasing in our State"