Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-13

livered. Often the postman's ring. or knock
was responded to after some delay by cnlIu
who could not be induced to tell anything
about the inmates of the house or of those IN
talking to strangers was quite rlgluN ~
served in general. the uniform OF the carrier
marking him as one especially strange anu
suspicious.
THERE will be a tremendous coneourse OF
cOnnoisseurs at Edinburgh Saturday. when
the contents of the famous Thirlestane Castle
cellars are to be sold, by order of the trustees
of the late Earl of Lauderdale. Ihere are
over 800 dozen of old wines, all OF the hlghest
class. The great speciality is some sixty dozen
of 1920 Madeira, bottled in lS44, with the iol-
lowing seductive label in the cellar Dook !:
This wine went out to India and China with
Capt. Sir Thomas Maitland" There are also
six dozen Madeira OF fabulous age, labeled,
brought home by Sir A. Maitland from the
West Indies in the PiGue frigate." There are
some very fine old ports and clarets, between
thirty and forty years, In bottles, ana a
splendid collection of sherries, beginning win
thirty bottles removed to Thirestane Castle
from Dunbar, having been bottled In li'U In
London" also ten dozen of old Rhenlsh,
(which came home from Malta, having Deeh
purchased by Lord Sydney Osborne at FRANK
fort for Sir Thorn s Maitland"
II the New Jersey Assembly Mr.. Harrison,
OF Essex, offered a concurrent resolution di-
recting the Quartermaster General to return
to the village of Caldwell small brass can
non, given to the village by Commodore De-
catur at the time of the visit of Gen. Latay-
cite to the United States in 1925. Mr.. Corhln,
a rather youthful member, said Gen. Lafay-
cites visit occurred so long ago he had Tor
gotten whether the cannon was given by
Decatur to Caldwell or by Caldwell to Deca-
tur. He called upon Mr.. Wildrick, the Octo-
genarian member from Warren, 10 throw
light on the subject 81 don't know much
about CALDWELL" the patriarch replied, but
I / remember Lafayette'S visit very well.
Everybody was excited over it. New YORK
1 and Philadelphia were wild with jealousy to
Outrival each other IN their welcomes TO the
/ Freedman. The thing went SO far that when
New \ ork threatened to get up grand lllu
minatiOn Philadelphia sent back word: - w c
/ will illuminate, too and wei beat you if we
/ have to burn the town down to do It,"
/ AN INDIAN EXPLORER, known as the Pundit
/ Ak, in tue employ of the Indian survey,
/ has just returned from four years jOurneyings
/ in Thibet, during which he spent year in
/ Lhasa, the capital of Ihibet, and the Rome OF
/ Buddhism Before this traveller, only four
/ Europeans in this century have visited Lhasa.
Hue and CADET, the French missionaries,
/ were driven from the city forty years age,
I alter living here few months. MOofcrolI
/ was killed after he LETT the city, ana anOlheI
/ traveller was permitted to remain there emily
| a few days. He says the city is crowded with
| Temples and has its Vatican in the monastery
/ at Potoa, where the Dalai Lama lives, who
! is regarded as the incarnation of Buddha.
| THIS building Is surrounded by nV9 guued
cupolas. which when sparkling in the sunlight
| present a dsZzling spectacle. 1t contains nu-
! merOus images, one of which is seventy feet
high During the festivals in the middle Of
February the Thibetans gathered to Lhasa
| from all over the country to pay homage TO all
the gods ard gOddesses who are supposed tC
| be present. These ceremonies last about q
month, at the emf of which all the citizens
are considered to have become puFlhed I0f
another year.
HERAT, the present bone Of contention be-
tween England and Russia, is comparatively
small for place of such paramount impor-
tance, containing barely 10000 inhabitants.
! IL is situated in slight depression on the
summit of rocky ridge 1850 leet nlgh, form
| ing one OF the westernmOst spurs of the great
| Safeid Koh white Mountains) range, which
| runs across Northern Afghanlstan from west
! to cas-. 1T is surrounded by wall which,
measured from the base of the earthen mound
| on which 1t stands, attains height OF 20 feet.
| which is considerably exceeded by several OF
! the $50 towers that strengthen 1t. But these
| defen cs, though seemingly formidable, are
| now like those of NEST Afghan fortresses, fast
/ crumbling to decay from long neglect. The
/ citadel, like that of Cairo, stands on steep
! rock in the centre of the town. There are
! four bazaars, which lie just within the four
! principal gates. The place has considerable
\ trade with Persia, India, Turkestan, and
/ Western China. the chief local products being
/ saffron asafntida, saddlery, caps, cl0aks,
! shoes, carpets, sables and dressed sheepskins.
! The name Of the town is said to be derived
| from the Heri-"Rud" or river, which nOWs
! along the southern base of the ridge upon
! which IIerat stands.