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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
Tho River and Harbor rim

There are indications that the river and
harbor bill will meet with opposition. It
Is about ready 10 be reported. The
amount Of it is $12, AL, 900. The commit
tee tried to keep the amount below Sl2,-
100000 but failed. They may make re-
ductions at their final meeting tomorrow.
Attacks on the bill have already appeared
in some Of the Northern papers. II
contains an appropriation Of
100000 for beginning the work
Of constructing the Hennepin canal. II
would be difficult to determine the pro-
vision Of the constitution which author
iZes the appropriation of public money for
a work Of THO description. The canal
advo-ates, however, appear to have in
fuence enough 70 get an appropriation.
II they get the first appropriation they
will have no trouble in getting others,
because Congress viii be committed to the
job. Nobody knows, with any degree
Of certainty, what the canal will cost.
One estimate places the amount at 81, O00,-
900. II will cost twice that sum probably.
The arguments in favor Of appropriating
money TO construct a canal across FlOri-
da, uniting the Gulf and the Atlantic
ocean, are just as strong as those in favor
Of making an appropriation for
the Hennepin canal. 1t isn't so
much matter Of argument, how
ever, as influence, and it will
be sometime before those interested in the
Florida canal have as much influence as
those advocating the Hennepin scheme.
In order to reduce the amount Of the
river and harbOr bill it has been proposed
10 cut down the Mississippi river apprO-
prlation 81, 100000. 1t has also been pro-
posed 10 make horizontal reduction 50
that all the public works will suffer alike.
This latter proposition ought to be re-
sisted. The smaller works seldom
or never get all they need.
1t is doubtful if the amount for the inn
provement Of the Savannah river below
this city will be One-half Of what the en-
gineers asked for. The fact is such works
as the Mississippi improvement and the
Hennepin canal ought to be provided for
in separate bills. 1t would be better for
them and better for the other public
works. As long as all the appropriations
are put in one bill the smaller works will
be sacrificed for the benefit Of the larger
ouae
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
BRIGHT BITS.

\ PAIR Y eXchange-two fves for a tens
no robbery.
SENSIBLE duelist has at last been found.
He had on two 0Terc0ats and a sheet-iron
shirt bosom.
IT is asserted that It was Col. Clearv who,
when up in balloon. yelled, BE jaDers, if
yez don't pull 1t down I'll cut the ropes. -
4 ubarn Ee1rs and BHHetiH.
VERMONT editor, in publishing one Of
ByrOn's poems. changed the words "Oh
gods 80 70 ''Oh gOsh.' because the former was
too pr0fane for his readers.-Bost9H Post.
ABOUT this time the business man on sun
day morning tells his wife that he ''is going
out Of town 70 look for a cottage" and then
slides around the corner and plays poker al
day.
SLANG is gradually getting out Of the com
mon ruts Of vulgar yernacular, and il i well
that 81 should. seeing the elephant should
now b. replaced BIZ observing the pachy-
derra. "-LotceH citizen.
Is the Auburn prison choir. the first tenor
is q murderer. while the bass and soprano are
merely burglars. This" says tine Worcester
Pres, "bears out what we have previously
remarked about amateur tenors."
no" said a Kentuckian, "the title Of Col
OneP IN THIS state does not indicate that its
pOssessOT j. q military man bv any means. It
simply goes 20 show That he Is willing 10 set
up the drinks between driBks."-.Syracuse
HeraEd.
The Rev. Clara N. Bisbee has started q Free
Church in Boston on the basis Of ethical Gull
ture." There will be In the service no petit
ton 10 Deity In the hope that human suppl
cation may reverse the ITreyOcablc DEGREES Of
nature. but 'unwOried music shall express
our common confidence in that power which
makes for righteousness"
A TEXAS man has flock Of a thousand
goats. This don't look as il Masonry was
playing out. just so long as the goat crop
holds out Masonry and Odd Fellowship viii
live. These anti-secret society folks must ex-
terminate the goat if they would strike a IA
tai blow to Masonry, etc Without goat
these societies must dle.-PecE's Sun.
AN English provincial newspaper has cor
respondent in London who holds a lucrative
place under the government, and is conse-
quently indOlent, forgetting sometimes TO
write his letter, but never forgetting 10 draw
week. he wired. ''SO time to write letter
send check" To which the editor answered.
NO time 70 send check. send letter" II
came.
IT was one Of the older Wallscks Of whom
the story is told that among q grOnp Of &C
tors and newspaper men the subject Of an
tiquity OF families came up. II he 81 attacks"
remarked he. ''are Of great antiquity; in fact
bears their name; in fact. was named for
Observation-Disclosures" Every likely" said VIII
Liam Warren, Of the party. removing his
cigar from his mouth; name certainly indi-
Gates it. Now there's my wa=herwOman.
Mol Davis; her family undoubtedly origi-
mated in MOldaTia."-B0stOB Commercial
Bulletin.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
PERSONAL.

TEE Paris EceneAent makes, ''under all re-
serve" the statement that a Prince Of the
blood, a near relative Of one Of the pretenders
to the Frer ch throne, has just secretly mar
ried his-housekeeper.
"JOHN MARSHALL. Chief Justice United
States: erected by the bar Of the United States
A. d. MDCCCLNXXIN'' IS the inscription on
the pedestal Of the statue Of Chief Justice
Marshall, about to be erected in Washington.
THE Duke Of Buccleugh, who has just died.
had for ziXty-f years been in possession OF
no fewer than AGO, 900 acres Of land situated in
seven Scotch and five English counties, the
rent rolls Of which amounted TO Sl,200,000 a
year.
" ABRAHAM LIKCoLN was six feet four inches
tall and in every respect stood considerably
higher than Robert Todd Lincoln. who
measures about five feet eight inches. But
strenuous efforts are making in some parts Of
the country to see if his fathers old. clothes
won't fit him.
ONE Of the pleasantest points Of President
McCOsh's Western tour was his meeting with
President Patterson, of the State College of
Kentucky, at Lexington, where the two emf
nent ScOtchmen had a struggle Of most puZ-
/ cling questions in metaphysics for an hour or
two and then sat down harmOniously together
over a heaping dish Of oatmeal cakes.
Mrs. ELIZABETH GORDON, now a resident Of
/ Canterbury. claims to have been born April g.
I 1882. among the White Mountains. She never
had doctor for a disease in her life, and
worked every day until she was IS. Even
now she taxes snort walk every DAY ana
| does odd things around the house. Her great
I est comfort is her pipe, which she smokes cor
| tinuouslY.
| JAMES r. KEENE, the millionaire apecula-
| tor. who. on Wednesday. announced his ina
bility to meet his obligations, came to this
! country from England when mere lad and
/ sought his fortunes in California. After edit
/ ing paper at Shasta, he entered into a num-
/ Der Of bold mining speeulati0ns. all Of which
4 were successful, and thus laid the foundation
/ for a fortune.
Mr.. MAPLEsON, the opera manager, forget
| ting the time honored phrase, ode mOrtuis nil
! nisi bonum," said yesterday, when Sir Mi
/ chael Costa was under discussion: He was
/ a martinez in music as in everything else and
1 an insrdinate wOrshiper Of royalty. ! have
! seen him standing bareheaded in snow
storm bowling to the ground when the Prince
/ Of Wales was passing and sneezng furiously
/ all the time" Mr.. Mapleson thinks that Sir
4 Michael must have accumulated something
/ like the sum of 100000.
! PROF. SAMUEL ID. GROSS, OF Philadelphia,
/ has lust received the announcement that the
1 University OF Edinburgh, Scotland, lc0nferTed
/ upon him on the occasion Of its ter-centenary
/ celebration the degree Of LII. ID. DIR. Gross
/ is the only American surgeon, and probably
/ the only American citizen, upon whom the
! highest degrees of the three most celebrated
! British universities have been cOnferred-that
! Of ID. q. L., from oxford in 1872; Ii. D.,
! from Cambridge in 1850, and the last that OF
/ the University Of Edinburgh on April Il.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
rrl1ize the Raw Materials.

TIE S11th appears 70 Re fully aroused
ID tks importance q manufacturing q
rrear part a The eoaton II produces, and
ttrs Obtaining IN rS-t the profits which
IN tie pass wee gwen Up with scarcely
taught e The NIL owners q the North
an5 England There are many other sPe-
cies Il raw material the manufacture q
which would probably return greater
Er1y1-tto1ste profits than cotton; and,
with The excepti0 q iro1. there x scarce
II any class q manufacture that requires
such expensive plants a cotton. The
south can never acquire the wealth. IL
aue1ce and power that she should have
until tbe people come 20 appreciate more
fully r1an they ever have tbe importance
q converting ne raw materials which Il
produces - abundantly into the various
articles ard commodities mo the con-
position n which these raw materials
enter.
One important article which We export
and by back again in various forms al
vastly enhanced values, 5 resin. In
mense quantities II rosin are annually
shipped % all parts q the world, and IN
IL raw STATE il i subject % a. the peTils
Of a market controlled by Spectators who
only regard the limit TO their power. and
pay lizzie attention % the natg-al laws Of
demand and supply.
Among the articles into the eoAp position
" which rosin enters. are TarnisL, cheap
candles. cheap soap and printers ink.
Tae manuf4c ture q all these is Sad 3 BE
highly profitable and the plants Eeces-
sary 70 te provided comparatively mex
pensiTe
Timber and llEber are articles which
the south ships eEslUsiyely in an unmaz-
ufacEured state. II the face q the fact
that We possess an abundance 81 TIE
finest timoer Of almost every kind re-
quired u wood manufacture, nor one
tenth par Of the Furniture, wagons, bug
+ gies. agricultural implements, ETC.. used
in TIE south. ana which cost millions Of
dollars annually. are manufactured here.
Even iron, which can be produced il
certain sections q the south cheaper.
perhaps, than in any countrs in the world,
is shipped ~ IN the raw state and the
articles into which it is manufactured
bought back Eith the profits q
manufacture and cost Of trane portatiOn.
ETC., added. Probably not one-Gourth Of
the steam engines. machinery. ETC., used
in the South Is manBfactu-e ed hele. Il j.
a reflection On the enterprise q to- south
that the wooden berry cups used here are
brought from Michigan and other states
equally distant. while the sides u orange
boxes and fruit crates are still brought
from Maine. Probably moEe than three
fourths Of the crates, however, are now
manufactured in the South. Even our
gray moss Is shipped North and comes
back u US in mattresses, etc, at almost
ten times It's original value.
What the south needs now is 70 manu-
facture all, or the greater part Of the raw
materials it produces, and not only obtain
the profits On such manufacture, but
emancipate itself from the spectators
and gyndicates VINO control the market
and monopolize the profits that should
belong 70 the producer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04

Public attention is being called 10 the
defenseless condition Of the seabOard
cities. In the event Of a sudden war they
would be without protection. The pres
ent forts are not capa6e Of preventing the
passage Of such irOnclads as now compose
the best nayies Of the world. There is moth
ing 10 prevent the irOnclads Of a foreign
power from running up TO the wharyes Of
any Of the Atlantic cities and levying a
contribution upon the citizens, and in the
event Of a refusal 81 burning them. 1t is
true that the policy " this country is in
favor Of peace, but it takes but little 70
bring On a war, and the disturbing Of
friendly relations with a foreign power
would scarcely be realized before its
fleets would be on our coast.
No power would have the temerity 10 land
an army on our shores to be annihilated
by the million Of volunteers who would
BE- ready and anxious 10 receive them.
Its policy would be 70 blockade our rorts,
levy contributions npon ouI commerce
and people by means Of their ironclad
fleets. The Southern coast is particularly
defenseless, and the efforts now being
made to secure appropriations for the pur-
pose Of building suitable Notifications
should receive the attention Of the men,
bers Of Congress from this part Of the
Union.
Among the ironclad fleets Of the world
there are twenty-seven vessels that can
enter the Savannah river and approach
near enough to lombard this city. Fifteen
Of them belong to the English navy, five
to the French, four TO the Russian and
three to the South American republics.
All the Spanish and Italian ironclads are
Of too great a draft to cross Savannah
bar. The vessels enumerated above are
all sea going irOnclads, having 10 IS
inches Of armor and carrying from 10
inch to acton guns. The last named gun
is carried by the Russian circular iron
clad which bears the appropriate name
Of "Popof" The plans Of the Engineer
Department Of the army embrace a new
fort on the oyster beds, nearly opposite
Fort Pulaski. These forts and the use Of
torpedoes would make the port secure
against IrOnclad fleets.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04

afzlr. and the usual attempts are being made
70 hush up anything which deepens the stigma
on Mente Carlo
A CURIOUS state Of affairs was disclosed by
an Application m2de last week in the Surro-
gates Court 81 Albany, TO compel an account
ing n the estate q Julia krsntz- young girl
who died recently. TheapplieStion was made
in behalf Of Mary J. Freeberthuyser. q half
sister Of deceased. Julla's father died IN aSoc,
leaving her S5.U0a. She was then only three
wears old. Her mother IS guardian. took
charge Of the fund. and when she rendered an
account % the Surrogate showed that the dead
Eirl was IN her deat 81 50 IRIS was brought
about bT her mother charging her daughter
$ a week board ST her life and also charging
for her clothing. education. etc. II the girl
had died one day sooner the aeoouRt would
have balanced exactly. and the prOlengatiOn
Of her life for only one day leff her IN her
mothers debt.
do w want Mexico:" asks a newspaper
correspondent inst returned frOza the land Of
the M0ntezumas. ave DO not. There Is
nothing We DO not need more. II we could
take Mexico with only its aborigines, without
the Spaniards OF a drop Of spanish blood. it
might be worth cons .deFIng. but a. the situa-
ton Is now, we do not want II. have never
met any people 50 lazy, conceited, cruel, VI
clOus and arrogant as the rHkng class IN
Mexico. They are 50 concerted ana arrogant
generally that they look, act AMI speak a. II
there was nobody else on the planet worthy Of
consideration; they are 50 cruel that every
town has its bull-hghts. dOg-hghts and cock
fights; they are 50 vain and 50 lazy that they
regard work a. disgraceful. and II there Is
one set OF people who. above all Others, have
no business among progressive Americans IL Is
those who are afraid 20 work
An extraordinary story Is told in English
court circles. and has been retailed By the
Spiritualists, as 70 the reasons which induced
the Queen at the last moment TO alter the ar
rsngements for Prince Leopold's funeral. It
Is said that a short time before his ceath,
dancing with an intimate friend. a lady Of
Danish birth, Of great personal beauty, and
the wife Of an English peer, he was rallied 5T
her upon his unW0nred abstraction. His
answer was that his sister Alice had come TO
him IN the night. warned him Of an approach
ing calamity. and told him not 10 trouble. for
all would soon be well. The royal Duke. like
his mother. the Queen. seems to have accepted
supernatural visItatiOns as real, and he told
the lady he would prefer, II anything hap
pened 10 him. TO have military funeral.
Her ladyship. the recipient Of these conf
dences. wrote a letter 10 a nigh court official,
telling him the story, and he laid her cOmmu-
ncatinn before Her Majesty. At once the
queen ordered her dead sons desires. ex-
pressed in life. to be fulfilled. Hence that
change al the last moment which led TO 90
much perDleXity and inconvenience.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
The Woman. Suffrage Reports

Some time ago a majority Of the Senate
Committee on Woman Suffrage reported
in favor Of amending the constitution so
as TO allow women TO vote. The report at
tracted a good deal Of attention at the
time. A minority Of the committee, com
posed Of Senator Brown, Of Georgia, and
Senator Cockrcu, Of Missouri, a day or
two ago made a report against any such
amendment. 1t takes an eight page pam
phlet to contain their views. There is
nothing to show whether the report was
written by Mr.. Brown or by NJ. Cock
rell. If Mr.. Raynor, the late Solicitor
of the Treasury, were alive he would
be disturbed by feelings Of jealousy,
perhaps, because it points out
with greater clearness, and. it may be,
with greater eloquence, the peculiar du-
ties which belong to woman's sphere in
life than Mr.. Raynor did in his famous
decision refusing a license to Mrs Mary
Miller as master Of a Mississippi river
steamboat. These eloquent opponents Of
woman suffrage ask the following peril
nent question:
If the wife and the mother is required
10 leave the sacred precincts Of home. and
to attempt 10 do military duty when the
State is in peril or If she is to be required
to leave her home from day to day in at
tendance upon the court as a Juror, and
to be shut up in the jury room from night
to night with men who are strangers
while a question Of life or property is be-
ing considered; if she is to attend politi-
cal meetings, take part in political dis
cussions. and mingle with the male sex
at political gatherings; if she is 10 be-
come an active politician; if she is TO at
tend political caucuses at late hours Of
the night; if she is to take part in all
the unsavOry work that may be necessary
for the triumph of her party; and if
election day she is TO leave her home
and 20 upon the streets electiOneering for
votes for the candidates who receive her
support, and, mingling among the crowds
Of men who gather round the polls, she
! is TO press her way through them TO the
ballot box and deposit her suffrage; if she
Is TO take part in the corporate struggles
of the city or town in which she resides,
attend to the duties of his Honor the
Mayor, of Councilman, or Of policeman,
| 10 say nothing Of the many other like OBJ
! legations which are disagreeable even to
the male sex-how is she, with all these
heavy duties of citizen, politician and
officeholder resting upon her shoulders,
to attend to the more sacred, delicate and
refining trust to which we have already
referred, and for which she is peculiarly
fitted by nature?
What they want to know is, who is to
care for baby if the mothers devote them
selves to the destinations Of ward meet
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/ SOCIAL SENSATION.

New Orleans People Excited Over the
sad Sequel to a Brilliant Marriage.
NEW ORLEANS, May Eleven months
ago the social sensation Of this city was
the brilliant wedding at the cathedral Of
the beautiful daughter of Chief Justice
Edward Bermudez, Of the Supreme Court
Of Louisiana, to Henry Fargas, Lieuten-
ant of artillery in the army Of France.
The ceremony was performed by the late
Archbishop Perche, assisted by Bishop
Leroy and accompanied by the most i'm
pressive religious and social accessories.
The groom was young and handsome and
the bride of noble ancestry, the acknOwl-
edged queen of our creole bellies, while the
acquaintance and couTtship We're the
poetry Of romance. After the wedding the
happy couple left for Chicago and New
York and then for Europe. Now the sad Sc
quel comes in the latest news from Paris,
whispered with dismay from lip to lip.
The story is that while the Lieutenant
was engrOssed at a distant point the Colo
mel of his regiment at Paris lay siege to
the heart of the young wife, and when the
Lieutenant returned he found a state Of
affairs existing that to his mind justified
his taking the life Of his commanding Off
Ger. He cabled a message TO the family
ter and then fed the country to avoid the
penalty of his crime. Mrs. Bermudez has
already left for Europe to bring home her
unhappy child. The details are meagre,
but this is the substance of the narrative.
Further adVices are anXiOusly awaited.
None who knew the lady in the case, Of
the unsullied honor of the family, and the
tender and religious care OF her rearing.
harbor for a moment any thought Of her
guilt, while they mourn the sad event
that has cast a shadow over her young
lifeS
The acquaintance Of the beautiful ere
ole and the Lieutenant began in a most
romantic way. The Lieutenant saw her
photograph in an album at Montreal at
the house Of a friend of the Bermudez
family. The picture attracted him Won
derfully. and he declared his intention at
once of seeking out the original, and Of
marrying her if possible. He came to
New Orleans and sought and obtained an
introduction. He was as much pleased
with the fascinating creole girl as he bad
been with her picture, and she in turn adj
mired the gallant Lieutenant. Their feel
ings rapidly ripened into love, and in due
time they were married. Everything
promised well for bride and groom. They
sailed away to France with the good
wishes Of all who knew them.
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An Oshkosh woman's Disappointment


A neatly dressed, but awkward woman
OF twenty odd summers sided up to Chief
Clerk COffeen's desk in the Superior Court
yesterday, and stood on one foot, waiting
for some one to address her.
"What can l do for you, madamW ask
ed the exquisite Chief Clerk, after labori-
ously working his features into one Of his
most fascinating smiles.
'I-ah that is, sir, please can get
divorcep
"Well," said Lester, a little startled at
the unusual method taken by the lady in
applying for one of the staple articles of
the Superior Court, II don't know about
that. You had better consult a lawyer"
81 don't want no lawyer; ! think law
yers are just horrid. | want divorce;
and / want it now"
"Well, we don't keep them in stock,
madam, like ready-made clothes, but II
you consult some lawyer who makes
divorces a speciality (and there are plenty
Of them think you can have one made
TO order in time for the evening train"
"Well, / don't see what's the use OF
having half dozen men in your old ONCE
if you can't get divorce for poor wo-
man who has but two hours to spare be-
fore going back to Oshkosh" and with
disdainful shrug Of her pretty shoulders
the woman pranced out Of the room with
a poor opinion Of Chicago's divorce mill.
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THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. NAY /, 1884,

ings and 20 the delicate work Of stufhng bal
lot boxes. In some homes, doubtless. the
husband would have 70 look. after the
baby, and in others the baby would have
70 look after itself. Nessrs. Brown and
CockTel see with = prophetic eye the ruin
that would Be wrought in tie home circle
by woman suffrage. The elect Of weman
suffrage on our political institu-
tons does not bother them,
ard why should il: The
stability CT the Republic depends upon
good mothers. happy homes and strong
family ties. Without these free institutions
would son fan into decay and ruin. In
augUr3-e womaR's suffrage, they say, and
new coGrts would have 10 be established
to attend % the divorce eases. They point
out thar The relative number Of divorces
Is now greatest in localities where woman
suffrage sentiment is strongest. This Is a
startling fact. and the majority Of the
committee could not have been aware Of
il when thsy wrote their report. 1t is not
TOO late yet for them 10 withdraw their re-
port, and Join Messrs. Brown and Cock
rel in concerning the woman suffrage
nonsense. Perhaps they are under the
influence Of Miss Anthony. In that case,
they are hOpelsssly committed 10 the po-
sitiOn they have taken.