Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY II,

six ounce crystal sheet glass, in a residence
near PeEaluma, California, went through the
glass like shot, making hole six inches in
diameter and landed in a work basket in the
room unhurt, covering with fear
CEsABE ORsINI, brother of Felix Orsini,
the Italian who attempted to kill Louis Napo-
leon, has been appealed to by men who are
described as "some anarchists in London
for permission to transfer the remains of his
brother from Paris to Italy. 1t was evidently
the design of these men thus to embarrass the
Italian Government and fOment agitation in
the ROmagna. Hence the patriotic brother
replied that. while regrettIng that the re-
mains should lie in a foreign soil mingled
with those of criminals, he preferred this to
their being e1verted into an Indictment to
civil war.
ANOTHER literary London landmark is go
ing the way of all brick. When Lemuel
! CULVER returned from his last voyage he in
vested his savings in the Red Lion public
house, Fetter lane. That ancient tap has
since been everything by turns and nothing
long. 1t has done duty as a hotel, ware
house, registry office, church, chapel, a
synagogue a meeting house, an Odd Fellows
hall. a Masonic lodge, Buffalo lodge, a spOng-
ing house. private lodging house, wherein
two unlucky men, ChattertOn and Savage,
lived for time, and has seen its last days as
an eating house.
THIS is the story of the marriage of Wendell
I Il
act as escort to a young lady who was going
to the convention at Albany, and Mr.. Sumner,
being unable to go, resigned in favor of Mr..
Phillips. Mr.. Phillips acted as her escort,
and lost his heart to her before he got back.
He called upon her often in this city, but
was not admitted, owing to her feeble health.
but finally he almost broke his way to her and
offered her his hand. She said she would
never marry man unless he would swear
eternal enmity to slavery; but it was not
1np ar foTsM r fn fQl- hat afl
he had already sworn it in his heart. So they
were married.
AT a recent meeting OF French lawyers, NJ /.
Joseph Reinach collected some of the histori-
cal words which form the essence of Gam
betta's elOquence. Among those pointed out,
the following are most characteristic: At
Bordeaux NJ. Gambetta said: "When in
France a citizen is born, soldier is born at
the same time AT HaYre-"There is no
social cure, because there is no social ques-
tlon." At Parls-'1 feel myself free to be
both believer in Joan of Arc and a pupil and
admrer of VOltaire." At CahOrs-"Do not
cry out 'Vive Gambetta,' but cry 'Yive la Re-
pnblique; for the young have to grasp the
idea, and have the conviction that men are
nothing, but that principles are ALL" At
MenilmOntant-''Not the sword alone can
undo the GOrdian knot; not power alone the
international question"
WALKING this Sunday morning past Bromp-
ton OratOry, says Olive Logan in a letter from
leaving that renowned ROmish sanctuary.
The fine face of the suddenly famous actress
was lighted up by a smile OF almost rapturous
Joy. In good sOOth, her lot is an enviable one.
lOung and cOurted, rich and in good health,
happy in her religion. successful in her art.
yirtuOus and fancy free. this epoch in her life
must be one of almost unclOuded happiness.
She was walking with her brother, the hand
some youth, who so much resembles her, and
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Gilbert, whom she says
she really loves. She was richly dressed in a
long tight fitting velvet ulster, trimmed with
sable, and wore the small bonnet of the period
a black veil, with tiny dots, being tied tightly
across her almost classic features.
AN AMERICAN who has been accustomed to
hearing the great representative preachers Of
his own country in the largest cities is sur
prised to learn that, with few exceptions,
the ablest and most eloquent divines of Eng
land are not to be found in the DulDits of the
great metropolis. Within few years there
has been decided decline IN the pulpit-ora-
tory of London. Thomson, Magee, Afford.
GOulburn and Boyd have been lost by cathe-
oral or church elevation; the Bishop of Peter
bOrO, the most eloquent of Episcopal preach
ers, has gone to the North: r. W. Dale the
ablest and most scholarly of the COngrega-
tlOnal preachers. Is at Birm ingham Mr.. Mac
laren, the most thoughtful and polished of all
BaptlSt preachers, Is at Manchester, and Mr..
Martlneau, the most powerful champion of
Unltarlanlsm. occupied, till he ceased preach
ing, pulpit in Liverpool
a PRIVATE LETTER received at New Haven,
Conn.,, Monday, from HoneOye, Ontario coun-
ty, n. t., gives an account of the first meet
ing of Fred Douglass and his new wife. The
writer says; Mrs. Douglass was Miss Helen
Pitts, daughter of Gideon Pitts. Douglass
spent part of last summer at her fathers
house. Years ago Pitts was a strong abolI-
zionist, and his house was a refuge for colOred
people making their way to Canada by the
underground railroad, and furnished quar-
tiers for all who were IN the locality adyOcat-
ing abolition principles, One of our neigh
bOrs says that forty years ago Douglass was
one OF a number of guests at Mr.. Pitts resi-
dence. Helen was then SIX years old, and on
coming into the room kissed everybody until
slfC came to Douglass WHOM sne rtstUircd
she stopped. Her father ordered her to kiss
him, but she stamped her foot angrily and re-
luecd. \ Threatened whipping frightened hUI
into compliance, however," The letter con-
cludes: II don't know how the Pitts family
feels about the marriage, but 1t causes a great
deal Of excitement in Hon0oye'