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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
The Majesty of the Law.

The superficial inquiry of Coroner's
inquest ought not to be sufficient to settle
the degree of the crime of, or to set free
man who sheds the blood of another. The
finding Of an average COrOner's jury
does not inspire profound re-
spect for the majesty OF the
law. which is supposed to extend its pro-
tecting arm over all. The sentiment of a
community may acquit the slayer OF his
fallow-man who. in the heat of passion,
avenges a wrong or defends his life,
but it doesn't follow tor that reason
that there should not be
full investigation of all the
facts connected with the killing before
tribunal Of competent jurisdiction. IL
isn't the duty of a COroner's jury to voice
public sentiment, but to follow the man
date Of the law Only that should be de-
clared TO be justifable homicide which
the law saws is justifable homicide.
Society has rights, and it is the duty of
the administrators of the law to see that
these rights are respected. To discharge
the slayer of a human being whom
the law does not discharge
Is TO pull down those safe
guards to human life which it is every
mans interest. as we'll as his duty, 20
maintain. There is really no justification
for any man to take the law into his
own hands, for every crime has its
adequate punishment fixed by wise laws,
and he who undertakes to infict
the greatest punishment known, death,
should himself be held to a strict account
ability. GrievOus as may be the injury
which he has received, he has no right in
this civilized age and lard to be the jury,
| judge and executiOner.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
Wicked Partners.

Grants wicked partner, Ferdinand
Ward, is in Jail, but Wards wicked part
ners are still at large. Wards revelations
show that the three men who absorbed
the lions share of the plumber that Ward
collected knew that Ward was swindling
the creditors of the firm of Grant & Ward.
Immediate steps ought to be taken to
prove not only that they accepted Wards
Stolen millions, knowing them to be
stolen, but also to recover from them
their ill-gOtten wealth. 1t is reported
that Ward said that he would not go to
the penitentiary alone. From this it is
inferred that he does not intend to shield
by his silence those who shared
the spOils. The public will be
glad if Ward remains in the same frame
of mind 1t Will be a good thing for Wall
street to get rid of as many of the rascals
as possible. This is the first time for
good while, perhaps, that Ward has had
an opportunity for sober, serious thought.
He can hardly help comparing his pres
ent position with what it was a month
ago. The change from a palace to
poverty and prison was rather quick.
Whatever may be the outcome of the
charges preferred against him, he can
never again take a place among honest
business men. His career may be re-
garded as ended. He has the satisfaction,
however, OF knowing that he will be men,
toned in history. His name is so insepa-
rably connected with that of Grant that
he cannot we'll be ignored.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
Mr.. Sage and His Privileges.

MI anu HIS So
During the late Wall street troubles,
after the swindler Ferdinand Ward, the
man who attracted the most attention
was Russell Sage. The street is yet talk
ing about Mr.. Sage and his peculiar
methods of doing business. He deals III
puts. calls and straddles-a system OF
stock gambling that is not recognized by
the Stock Exchange. Mr.. Sage has been
a stock gambler of this kind for a good
many years, and has accumulated for
tune estimated at $20,0O0,0O0 He is
shrewd Spectator, and this is the first
time in his remarkably successful career
that he has been deprived of a great
amount of his wealth by a rapidly chang
ing market. 1t is stated, and there is
little doubt that the statement is correct,
that within the last ten days
he has paid out between
So, OOO, 600 and $4,000, 900. st is doubtful if
any other man in New York, with, per-
haps, the exception of Vanderbilt, could
have commanded so much ready cash.
At one time it was pretty generally be
lieyed that he intended TO suspend pay
ment, but, on reflection and consultation
with his friends, he concluded that that
would hardly do for man with as many
millions as he had. 1t hurt him, however,
to see the dollars that he had collected
with so much care and economy passing
into the pockets Of those who held his
privileges. During the present week he
had a notion that the market would re-
cover its strength, and he, therefore,
endeavored to stave off settlements
by keeping his office doors locked.
His friend Gould, however, soon con-
WINGED him that the course he was pur-
suing tended to weaken the market, and
therefore to increase his losses. He re-
sumed making out checks, and at last
accounts was still engaged in that occu-
| patton. 1t is admitted that his late
troubles have subjected Mr.. Sage's piety
| to a severe strain.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

ssTo Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, from Colorado
Territory. through III. p. Bennett, delegate.
When Old Thad takes snuff Colorado will
sneeze. Pixies Peak gold"
THE highwayman chief recently captured
in Hungary was named Savanyu JOSH. For
years he has levied blackmail on the farm
ers, and large sum had Intellectually been
offered for his head. At fashionable water
ing places he used to live like a gentleman
and no one had the courage to denounce
him. Nine. Adam was travelling i'll his Prov
ince not long ago, and one of her friends an
nounced that she wished he wonld send her
his photograph. She soon afterward received
postal card saying she would find the pic
ture in Paris when she returned.
AN empty theatre is to most people one OF
the dismalest of spectacles. The King of Ba-
varla differs from the rest of the world In this
respect At the State performances in the
Royal Theatre no one-not even the intend
ant of these houses-is permitted to be present
his Majesty has the house to himself lie
ROi s'Amuse" where the ordinary play -goers
would NOPE themselves into mortal fit OF
the blues. 1t has just been notified that the
Munich Theatre Royal is TO be closed for M
teen days to give the King an opportunity OF
hearing "Parsival," Gluck's "Armida," and
piece or two of Victor Hugo's in the solitude
no loves
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
BRIGHT BITS.

"WHAT is wink" asks correspondent.
1t is a soda water sign.
THE scissors editor is always glad to meet
paragraph worthy of his steal.-Bostoa Com.
Bulletin.
A RECIPE for green apple ice cream" is
published. Isn't ordinary Ice cream sur
fcently deadly?
DARWIN says there is living principle in
fruit. We suppose he refers to the worms
IHdidndD0ttS Scissors.
AT Nantasket Beach Hotel Sioux Indian is
employed as a waiter. His duty Is to scalp
the butter.-Grdphtc.
IN the dull, dreary days of spring the soda
water man and his fountain have melan-
| choly phiZ.-BOstOn Commercial Bulletin.
WE have not vet heard of a working jour
! nalist losing a million dollars in the wall
| street crash. There is something singular
! about this, but there may be good reason for
| it.-NOrrist0ac1s Herald.
PRIVATE DALZELL says two ghosts will oc-
! cupy, along with many live men, the Repub-
| lican platform at Chicago; that of Lincoln
| will be on one side of the Chairman, and that
of Garfield on the other.
a HOUSE where the girls play 'The Maid
! ems Prayer should generally be avoided by
1 careful young men. No girl who persists IN
! pounding that venerable piece of music ever
| learns to make good pastry Commercial Id
| Uertiser.
THE New York Herald, under the head of
| personal intelligence, says ''EnSllsH dSIl-
| cultural writers discourage the use of salt in
/ sIlOs." But it must be remembered that all
the Herald pretends to ask for itself is two
| cents.-CGH.
PROOF PosITTvE--A small boy testified, in
an Austin Justices court, that the ARRAY took
! place on a Sunday. "HOw do you know it
| was on a Sunday" because that day had
| to go to the side door of a saloon to get beer
| for dinner" -TeSds Siftings.
ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER writes that two
men who dress for church do not dress to
| please the Lord" AS women go nowadays
| the Lord ought to be satisfied if he gets them
| to church at all, without regard to what they
| may have On.-Drd5e's Magazine.
IF you notice a young man walking with a
| young lady their relationship can be deter
| mined as follows: If his hands are both
| jammed into his pants pockets, she's his sis
| ter; but If his arms assume the picture of the
| position of the handles on a sugar bowl, she's
| some other young mans sister.
AT a recent wedding in Boston the brides
| face was described as being "suffused with
! bushes" This Occasioned some surprise, as
! a blushing bride in Boston is unprecedented.
| Investigation disclosed the fact thatthe bride
was a Philadelphia girl.-PhilddetDhi CAL.
And she was blushing for fear it would be dis
| covered where she came from.-BOst0n Post.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
PERSONAL.

MRS. DkLo7G, The widow Of the Jeanette
| commander is to receive pension OF $50
month.
| SAMUEL j. RANDALL has induced the Secre-
| tary of War to restore to the donors of l747,
| the famous old fishing club called 1.-The State
in Schuy kill" an historic 32-pounder
REV. ARTHUR SLOAN. who was recently
obliged to give up the rectorship of Christ
| Episcopal Church, Stratford. Conn.,, because
| of his belief in "faith cure" will soon begin
| religious work in New York city.
MRS. HAMMERsLEY, the defendant in the
| great will case, is described as ian extremely
| pretty woman, less than 70 years OF age, ana
| the possessOr of a fortune OF $5,OOO,OOO. She
was a Miss Price, of Troy, and her married
| life was very brief"
Miss JENNIE JONES, an accomplished young
| lady of AtchisOn. Mo, last week publicly re-
nounced the Christian religion and embraced
| the Hebrew faith in the synagogue in that
| city. The following evening she was married
| to Mr.. Isaac Lowenberg.
THE London Neecs is of the opinion that
Cushman, Booth, jefferson and Anderson have
| paid in good artistic coin for what England
| has done for America In the shape Of theatric
art-and not a mention Of Langtry and Bar
rett thrown in as small change on both sides.
KING MISE, of Uganda, has been again con-
vcrted, this time by an Episcopal missionary.
His first conversion was by some Arab mer-
chants, who made him devout Mohamme-
dan. His next was effected by Stanley with
an elephant gun and the personal column
of the New York Herald.
CAPT. CUTHBERT FORNERET is another Wa
teroo veteran who has just gone. HIS stand
ing in the Bath Rifles was high, and there Is
no doubt that he was one Of the hard fighters
who helped to send to St. Helena the man that
had ridden rough-shod over Europe. Capt.
Fornerets death occurred at Montreal on
Monday.
KING LEOPOLD gave banquet at Brussels
on Tuesday night to King William and Queen
| Emma of Holland. The King of the Belgians
drank to the health of his guests. King Will
liam, returning the compliment, drank to the
greatness of Belgium. He said it was the
first time that the two Kings, who were born
in the same city, had met in their birthplace
and exchanged good wishes.
THE Prince of Liechtenstein has placed his
domain and his royal castle at the disposition
Of Leo XIII. whenever the Pontitf may see fit
| to remove from the Eternal City. The entire
realm of Liechtensteln comprises about sixty
square miles of hills and valleys, inhabited by
| about 500 persons, the capital, Vaduz, having
| a population of 1900. The Pope has replied
that sit is possible" that he may at some time
| accept the offer and establish his throne IN
| Vaduz instead of Rome.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
s,rrRnAY. NAY "a. 1884.

Rsysrse-,F d. - Pot OFos n SaVaaaGA az
ssssE -1lrs Uf1 Natter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
JUDGE REID's WIFE.
A Story that Can Hardly be True.

A Story that Can Hardly be True.
1t is probable that Judge Reid, the Ken
tuckian who suicided last week, would
have been alive to-day but for the conduct
of his wife toward him since his refusal
to challenge COrneilsOn, the bully who
horsewhipped him. Reid seems to have
been a brave man, but he did not approve
of dueling, and he particularly deemed it
beneath his dignity as a judge to send a
challenge to a jack-leg like the per-
son who insulted him. He should have
had the sympathy and encoura3 ement of
his wife in his nobility, but he re-
ceived neither. On the contrary, if news
paper reports are to be credited, his wife
upbraided him for not sitting his cOnscr
entious scruples and answering the de-
mands of the brutal code of honor. Reid
would probably have survived the in
vidious talk of political and personal enc
mics and would have risen above the eff
fects of that depraved sentiment which
passes for chivalry in the section in which
he lived, but when he found his own wife
joining in the hue and cry against him, it
is not to be wondered that his heart broke
and that he was anxious to die. There
is probably nobody who would not prefer
to be Judge Reid in his grave than the liv-
ing wife who contributed so largely to the
good mans death-taking it for granted,
of course, that the woman has a heart
and conscience.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
Striking at Ex-NTembers

The House has appointed a committee
of seven to find out whether the Hon.
William II. English used his privilege as
an eX-member of Congress to lobby for
his son in the contested election case of
English vs.. Peelle, and also to find out
whether other ex-members have violated
their privileges by lobbying. 1t is rather
amusing that the demand for an investi-
CATION should have come from the Repub-
lican side of the House. The Republicans
were doubtless smarting under their de-
feat in the election case or they would
not have ventured to ask for such an in
quiry. It Is notorious that the majority
of Washington attorneys who de-
pend upon lobbying for a living are
ex-members of Congress. They can be seen
almost any day in the cloak rooms of the
House or buttOn-hOlding members In diff
ferent parts of the hall. 1t is a wonder
that the Democrats did not complain of
these nuisanees. 1t is, perhaps, we'll that
thew didn't, because now it will be made
apparent that the ex-members who have
been the most persistent in violating the
rule Of the House against lobbying on the
floor are Republicans, and the RESPONSE
biIitv Of showing that fact will rest on
the Republicans. 1t is probable that Mr..
English did say word i'll behalf of his
son. but that is very different from the
work in which Republican ex-members
engage. 1t is time anyway that stop
was put to lobbying on the floor Of
the House. whether it is practiced by Re
publicans or Democrats. 1t would be a
good rule to shut out eX-members alto
gether. The hall is already crowded, and
there is no reason why eX-members should
be allowed the same privileges as mem
bers. 1t is to be hoped that the investiga-
ting committee will report rule de
prlyng everybody of the privilege of the
floor except members OF Congress-.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
GRANT DEPRESSED.

The Revelations Respecting the Trans
actions of Ferdinand Ward have
Frustrated Him.
A gentleman who saw Gen. Grant in
New York this week, says Washington
Graphic special, says he is utterly broken
down by the disclosures which have fol.
lowed the failure of the bank in which he
was interested, and that the shock has
shortened his life by ten years. He talks
freely about it to his intimate friends, but
keeps himself secluded and fears that he
has lost the respect and confidence OF the
country. The General admits that some
Of his friends came to him months ago and
warned him that Ward was an adventurer
and was using his name in an improper
way, but his confidence in the young man
was so great that he repulsed them, and
thinks he may have treated some of them
coolly. He is said to be so sensitive about
the matter that he does not read the news
papers and knows but little of the magni-
tude of the failure or the extent of Wards
fraudulent operations.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
A TONITITS WORK.
Tho Famous Jackdaw outdons

The famous jackdaw of Rheims has
been Outdone by a British tOmtit. Al
Shenbridge Hall, the residence of Mr.
Lockett, IN England, the hall letter box is
placed in a gate at the roadside, and Mr.
Lockett, expecting check from Liver
pool, went to the box. He discovered that
the envelope had been tempered with and
the check distracted. Coming to the con-
clusion that he had been robbed, as the
letter itself remained while the check had
been taken, Mr.. Lockett at once rode to
Nantwich and gave information at the
post office and at the police station. On
returning later he examined the letter box
more closely, and then found several TOM
tits in it, and further investigation led to
his finding the missing check lying twen-
ty.six yards away on the turnpike road,
whittier it had evidently been carried by q
tomtit. Marks of the beaks of the tomtits
were found on the letter and the check,
and the latter being folded very small, its
abstraction was easy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

TEE MoRNrSs news every DAY IN the -.
wear hv mail OF carrier ..---.--- $40 %
Trr WorwfNa NEVs every day for six
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
The Wool Mems Issue.

If the Eastern wool growers want to con-
tinue in the business ON large scale they
should sell their high priced Eastern
lands and move West. Or if they are de-
termined to have the tariff tinkered for theil
special benefit they should agitate for con-
stitutiOnal amendment which will enable
them to levy heavy duty on all wool raised
market. They need protection from the COM
petition OF the Southwestern wool growers
vastly more than from the wool growers OF
foreign countries. Why not raise this issue
at once and exclude Texas, New Mexico
Colorado and California from the Eastern
wool marketg 1t is AGAINST these sections o.
country they most need protection from com
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

Wheeler, who was confirmed by the
Senate Wednesday to be Collector of Inter
nal Revenue for the Fifth North Carolina
district. was appointed some months ago,
but there were serious charges pending
against him, aud the evidence to support
them was so strong that the Senate FL
nance Committee, with but one dissent
ing vote, reported adversely on the nOmi-
nation. Among the charges was one that
he borrowed money from a local bank,
when in office year or two ago, to make
good a defalcation, and returned the
money to the bank after his office had
been Investigated by government agent.
He was one of the noble 800 Grant men
at Chicago in 1880, however, and being a
most useful man to the President and the
Republican party, he could not be re-
iected.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

Tao senate can be depended on not TO
d. ANYTHING that win in any way injure
thr railroads. senator Slater tried TO get
frrurh "a resolution the other day in
curing ly What authority the President
-rrsllr tld commissioners 10 inspect CON-
rl.tel sections of the Northern Pacific
Eal-oaf. Sd the road could get its land
rlart. agor THE time fixed FOR completing
tla rad bad expired. He failed. and his
raeolafian Was sent Oh the Judiciary Com
rftle. ahore ii viii remain. probably, for
a asr1 iauE slime. But then, who knows
fhtf Mr.. ~iater h not a Spectator in
Nrta.ru Pacific stock. II he is. his reso-
letn wend have a tendency % depress
t.. ernrk. which fact, Mr.. Slater, Of
rnfsf. kuoes. li may Doe unjust 10 Mr..
e.sr HI. make such suggestion, but it
mol rta kunun lact that some Of the
eastrls arc stock Spectators.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
The Idiot of Idiots.

II Grant was an idiotic financier in Wall
street he must have been an idiot in w ASKING
ton. II he was an idiot broker he must nave
been an idiot President IdiOcy must have
been at the head of the National Government
holding control of the destinies OF over fifty
millions Of people and Of the national finances
for eight wears If Gen. Grant is an idiot
the Republican party must be made up OF
idiots or impostors, for 1t has been imposing
Grant on the nation for fourteen or fifteen
years as the greatest, wisest, shrewdest, keen
est statesman of the age
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24
A RUN ON EMBRO|DER|ES!
AT 3 AND 10 CENTS PER YARD.

Please CIR BARGAINS
whilst
certainly has the choice of the Of them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

Mr.. HollingswOrth, of Vineland, y. j.,
"has manufactured what, considering all
the circumstances, is an excellent sample
of native-grown and cured tea. The
leaf was by arrangement forwarded by
express from a plantation near George
town, 5. c., distance of several hundred
miles, and was nearly five days in transit.
The quantity necessarily was small, but
ample to demonstrate the perfect practi-
cability of homegrown tea, being sue
cessfully manipulated by experts, solely
by means of American machinery and
means, the tea being fired and dried by
a fruit evapOrator, which did its
work perfectly" This notice, taken from
the Vineland Nelrs- TimeS, give only a
mere suggestion Of the manner IN which
this tea was manipulated. Experiments
in curing tea by means Of fruit eyapOra-
tors. il intelligently conducted, might
lead to valuable results. The Chinese
method is not only rude, but too costly at
the wages paid to laborers in America.
The success of tea culture in the Southern
States having been assured, the interest
now centres in tea curing so as to obtain
and preserve the proper flavor.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

The derosed President Of the Second
National Bank IL New York must be
very cauous sort Of an individual. 1t IS
said shat after DE had confessed to his
father. Amos r. Emo. that he had robbed
Oh. lank of S.. oo.eo0 or S4.000,O 900 he drew
g. cheek ou tae hank for $4,000 and had it
csshed down town, the second time the
hank was on the verge Of suspension.
Amos r. Emo and bank director made
fhe amount good and saved the bank.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

A life of Gen. b. F. Butler, to fill $50
ra-.s. viii DE- ont In time for the Demo
cratic National Convention. As most Of
the material has been furnished by the
General himself. the book will no doubt
D. fued with loving illusions to the
n.wneratie uartv.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

Blaine need not give up all hope Of get
ting she nomination. Carl Schurz Is Yio-
Ieuilv opposed o. him, and that counts for
a good deal iu his favor.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

Irthe civil service law had only been
made 3 little tighter there would either
have beeu uo Republican canvass this
wear 81 AM the leading Republican manip-
ulators would have been candidates for
fhe ueuiteutiary.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

The Union League CLUB, one Ok the
,-r7ast social organizations in New York,
5, - said. furnished nearly all the bankers
ana brokers who figured disereditaoly IN
fte wall street panic. Among them
vra-s President Fish, President Emo,
President Sency. President Dodd oil the
Newark Rank. President Hatch Of The
stock Exchange. Ferdinand Ward, Gen.
Grant. ana the brokers. Messrs. Bogart n
Tisk. brother of Clinton b. Fisk. The
question now is. viii the club eXpel them
~ win they form blind pool and eNpel
ore members of the club who are sup
rose5 to possess high notions as to moral
ana financial honor and responsibility!
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-24

NauaerhiIrs AGENTS are having the
MORTGAGES given by Gen. Grant recorded
as fast as De can. 1t seems that King
William. Notwithstanding all his honled
words. does not want the autograph OF
Tie -Couguerine Hero at the rather ex-
lr.N.-.ut rrLce u Sll0.ONo.