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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15

chiefs Of the different
tribes, with varying
success, his purpose
being to save, if pos
sible, the threatened
sacrifice of the Eng
lish and Egyptians
in the Soudan and
effect a compromise
under which the
Mahdi's forces would
not attempt to push
their operations into
Lower Egypt.
On Feb. "a. 1884,
the British eXpedi-
ton. numbering 4 300
men, under command
of Gen. Graham,
landed at Trinkitat
and a general adj
vance was begun tor
the relief of Khar-
toum. March l news
was received OF a de-
cisive battle which
took place at Fort
Baker, near Trinki-
tat, on Feb. u, and
which resulted in the
total defeat of the
rebels, the first check
given to Ell Mahdi
since the slaughter
of Hicks Pasha's
army. On March IS
Gen. Gordon made a
sortie from Khar-
tOum with 5000 and
a squadron Of Bashi-
BaZouk cavalry, ac-
cOmpanied by three
steamers on the riy-
err. The rebels were
encountered near
HaltiyeX. Sixty of
the enemy's cavalry
charged the Bashi-
BaZOuks and put
them to fight, caus-
ing a panic among
theinfantry, who also
Ned in great disorder.
Notwithstanding the
check, Gen. Gordon
declared KhartOum
quite safe.
A dispatch of April
8, 1894, was received
by the English au-
thorities from Gen.
Gordon, which said
that a merchant from
Fl Obeid reported the
defeat of FL Mahdi in
two engagements by
the Tegeba tribes,
thereby bemming in
the False Prophet as
completely as Cor
don himself.
A few days after q
band of rebels des-
cended upon Shendy
and massacred the
inhabitants, 450 in
nun Der.
May %, 1884. the
garrison at Berber
were attacked by a
large force of rebels,
and, after defending
the town for two
hours, were cOmpell-
ed to surrender. The
rebels then msssa-
cred nearly 1900 OF
the Inhabitants spar
ing only women and
children.
July--The rebels.
with a force of $4,000
men. attacked Deb
beh, but were repuls-
ed with a heavy loss.
The rebels after this
defeat seemed to have
lost heart, as they
lost in nearly every
subsequent engage
ment, and we: G final
ly compelled to sur
render Berber to Cor
don on Oct. 3, 1884.
On Sept. 9, preceding
the capture of Berber
by Gen. Gordon, Lord
WOlseley. who had
been designated by
the English Govern
ment to rescue Gen.
Gordon, arrived in
Egypt, and immedi-
ately assumed con-
troll.
The ease with which
DOngOla. 300miles up
the river, could be
reached by land was
proved by Lord
w OILS eley himself
making the distance
twice on camel back
in 81 days. Yet the
serious advance of
troops and supplies
was made to await
the arrival of the
small boats, not one
of which had arrived
at Dongola on Nov.
20. At that date tn re
were 5000 British
which number only
Wy
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
05Inure. Aoetern, CT.
NOTICE!
DANIEL HOGAN.

A SPECIAL Clearance Sale of broken lots
n is now taking place in my Retail Depart
ment, during which a rare opportunity is Of
feTed for ladies and gentlemen to supply
themselves with fir t-ciass seasnnahle goods
at a reduction of nearly one-half from prices
looked for and actually paid month ago.
Among the different lines of goods may be
specified the following:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
KID GLOVES,

VIII sell Children's Cashmere Suits at 81
that were 81 50.
l will sell Chidren's Cashmere Suits at
81 25 that were 81.
will sell hildren's Cashmere Suits at s.
that were 81 70.
/ will sell Misses Flannel Suits al 50 that
were 81.
1 will sell Misses Flannel Suits at 50 70 thar
were 81 rs.
will sell Misses Flannel Suits at s. that
were 81 go
viii sell Misses French Cloth SHIFTS at IS 50
that were Sl2.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15

the Mahdi or director, appeared during
around MIN by the prestige of his elo-
quence and sanctity all the discontinued
elements Of those vast regions, who
New-York tribune., 1885-01-05
MONEY IND BUSINESS.

New-York Central closed at 81 on Saturday,
instead of Sll2 the previous week, and Mis-
souri, Pacific at 92ls, instead of S94 /; January
wheat closed at 30 cents, instead of S3 the
previous week January corn at 81, instead of
4Sli oil at 743s, instead of 1914, and cotton at
1l.12, instead of 11.06 cents In short, last
week was week of general advance in the
speculative markets. The belief that things
are going to be better in 1885 caused greater
activity and disposition to buy, and this change
of temper found expression in markets which,
in other conditions, were altogether unlike.
But it was change pretty much confined as
vet to the speculative markets. Asking its
causes, one is forced to seek them Iather in psy-
Geological than in economic or industrial facts.
The number of strikes has increased, and the
number Of people out OF employment, and
wages have been reduced Tor many thousand
workers during the past week. Grain has not
bcen found less abundant, nor has the foreign
demand increased. The railroads have not
ceased to cut each others throats. nor has the
nrospect changed greatly for the better as to
CONGRESSIONAL action. But there was more
hope.
When phenomenalIy low prices have been
reached, so low that nttIe iuitic' "c'hhc 10
generally expected even if the worst anticipa-
tions should be realized, any access OF hopefui-
ness brings an advance. at least for time.
Sucb an advance, having at the outset no other
foundation than change of temper, sometimes
ripens into a definite and lasting recovery:
Nearly everybody in business is asking himse',
now whether the country may not have passed
the turn of the tide, and started upon period
of improvement. All hope this may prove to
be the fact. But 1t would be wise not to count
to much upon the future, until the causes of
| depression have been more clearly removed.
In the stock market there are definite rea-
sons for Improvement In some properties. But
the agreement Of all the coal companies except
the Pennsylvania to limit the output of anthra.
cite has not prevented the issue of circulars re-
ducing prices, nor does it insure harmony fol
the future. Thetrunk lines do not seem to bt
any nearer an agreement than they were {
New-York tribune., 1885-01-05

But during the same period tho 4,44l'sao
colored people who were in the country IN
1860 added to their number by excess OF DirthS
over deaths 2,13s,963, or 4s.1 per cent
During these two decades, but for the influence
of immigration, therefore, the colored popu'a'
ton would have increased nearly one-iourth
faster than the white population.
There was difference, it is true, IN the num-
Der of white and colored lives sacrllced Dy tho
war; But it will hardly be supposed tlao as
many as 100000 lives were thus iost among
tbe whites, in excess of the number lost among
tbosa of the other race. Had the gam in whites,
otherwise than by immigration, been at the
same ratio as the gain of colored people, 1t
wou,d have been 2,479,O ,O4S greater than 1t ap-
pears to have been. Hence, the colored popu-
iation seems to be growing somewhat the
more rapidly, apart from the influences OF war
and immigration.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-05
PERSONAL.

To be greeted her st. Petersburg debut py the oAa
Czarua and entire Court, and overlooking AUDIENCE
and 70 he called before the curtain thirty times amid
ann,ause surpassng any ever before known-ths. Mile
Van Znndt thinks pretty we'll repaid her Tor the rscain
blnckguariisn with which she was treated III faris
The conservation OF tho Rev. DIR. William faret rs
Rsbop will occur Thursday morning IN the Churcn
of the Epiphany Washington .
Collector Robertson and wife have left their SUMMER
home In Katonah, and taken apartments h '"' AVN
Avenue Hotel. ...u,
Mayor Low, of Brooklyn spent portion OF the holiday
season at the home OF Mrs Lows mother Mrs ben'ih
Il. Curtis. In Boston 80, -, , r,.,
A,nember of Harvard's class OF 1854 has gwen ITO
fessor w White 81 900 toward lifting up his roois "
sever Hall TO illustrate his Greek lectures
Miss Edwna Booth Will accompany her Iatner r whon In
be comes TO this city to play his engagement Oh Jan
nary 10. a., ., ,.s a,.,n.,
O.car Wilde seeps right on in his crusades ssalns'
madam fashion IN dress He told Glasgow auaiehce
the other night that Lancashire mieri with SHAW
,rr har .houder and clogs on her feet Knew more
n, arsss tSsn fashionable London LADY just rcturhcu
from Paris. - . g.. -..,, nan,
n, Mr.. Francis L. Higginson's. Mr.. Edward Atkinson
Addressed National sources OF wealth ana tne LOG VI
New-York tribune., 1885-01-05
HETIrRN OF EDWIN BOOTH.

Edwin Booths re-entrance on the NeW-iols
stage as already announced in this Journal VIII pc s
fected two weeks hence on the 10Th OF January vs.
Booth comes forward at the Fifth Avenue ihea.'r
the MANAGEMENT OF Mr. Montgomery Field, OF Boston,
r. will send hither- with him the resuis.
dramatic company OF the Boston Museum ~ -
wus at first Mr. Fields design tha' ~ ~
BOOTHS New-York engagement should oesin "S,
+" Macbeth" but that intention has been shhhs'.'
and the season will be opened with an elapota'" :.
yival of Othelo Mr. Booth appe4i'He ,,s
,..o Mr Charles Barron as the Moor an.
An,ia Clarke as Emilia The cngaseuS :,
ia to last four weeks and in its progress Mt boo
revive at four Of The play in his Thesi
not given before this city. for very long ~
plsys are The Iron Chest In which pe VIII lii suI' me-
fdead Mortimer The Agcstals tate r.sr IN waeI dc BaSsn
nrobable Also that he will DO seen IN YEA
ard II" and Richard III" N.ww.ynrk. and NJ
ysfnyn-wnich is naturally anticipated WIN gisr
interest win have . charm OF novelty 70 ~ans
New-York tribune., 1885-01-05

month ago, but the latest reports from many
roads compare better with returns of 1883 than
previous returns have for some months, though
it is still true that q majority OK
the roads report losses in comparison
with the previous year. A new cut III
east-bound passenger rates, recently tele-
graphed, and failure of the Northwestern
Traffic Association to agree with the Wisconsin
Central. indicate that the chief causes OF public
distrnst still exist Competition between tele-
eraph cOmpanes is another disquieting feature !;
nor has there been any new evidence that such
measures as the Reagan bill, and the bills
aimed at the laud- grant railroads. viii fail In
Congress- A report that there have been large
sales of stock on foreign account, because Oh
the passage of the dividend by Lake Shore,
though mentioned by so conservative Journai
as The financial Chronicle, has not been traced
to any ascertained foundation III Tact.
In the grain market, even more than In the
stock market, the advance in prices last week
was due tUspeculative influences. No change
in conditions affecting legitimate business has
occurred to Justify such an advance. The peo-
pie who have been selling property wmch diu
not belong to them gave the speculative puiis
an opportunity to go "gunniEg for shorts III
wheatand corn, but there is no evidence to sup
port the r,mOr that wheat has been extensively
Injured, nor is there any visible change I'D the
situation abroad The export demand continues
large and the movement in December was ap-
parently even better than in November, when
the value of breadstuns exported reached
ST 900, 900, against 81, 900. 900 in 1888.
The two great obstacles to a speedy return
of prosperity remain. The industrial situation
is still unsatisfactory and Congress still
threatens. But it may fairly be said that there
is less prospect than there was month ago OF
any unfayorable action by Congress. The COM
mercial treaties are believed to be virtually de-
feated the chance of any free-trade meddling
with the tariff this winter is remote. Even the
closing of many establishments and the re-
ducton of wages in many cities have hope
full aspect. since they promise that the cost OF
production may be diminished and that over
production may be checked. But the strikes
that are already in progress or threatened VIII
involve no little loss and suffering.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-05
r,r nECIJyE or TIE OysrER

The United States Commissioner OF fish anu
Tisberos has in his recent report called the atten-
tion of Congress to the decline OF the oyster. beus
which formerly produced forty-one bnshels 10 thc
acre now produce but twenty-five bushels AROUND
New-York sludgo acid too Is doing deadly Work
among the bivalves, and what with reckless depie-
tion of the beds and corruption OF the iood sup
ply gloomy prospect Is held out. ms IL "a seri-
Gus question At present we consume hVe anu
half millions of oysters annually. Ihere Is no
doubt about the number. for Professor Baird ana
Lieutenant Winslow have counted them; ana the
connection of this vast mass of succulcnt blvalves
with the prosperity. the material ald moral health
and progress Of the country. cannot be insisted
upon too strongly How closely the oyster Is in-
tertwined with all our deepest and hoiest feelings;
how Indispensable il is to the proper carrying on Of
our politics our commerce. church fcstiyalsand
onr loye-making perhaps will never be clearly per-
ceived until we have lost this intimate and most
dear friend until the face of the land Is darkcned
and the gayey of the Nation is ecipsed by the re-
moyal of tie familiar and ubiquitous sign boards
which to-day carry cheer to the heart ofth goom-
lest by their announcement of "Oystcrs III Every
Style"
For what wonld America bc without the oyster !
A shudder would pass from Maine TO Florida, from
the Atlantic to the sunkssed shoreso the Paclhc al
this thought Deprived of her fayorite dainty, Now
York would be a" City of Dreadful Night" Sixth
ave- and East FOurteenth-st would ccho no more
with the shouts of tho revciler. The burden OF
sustaining that region of nocturnal fcstivty would
fall upon tho elan, and he would sink under 1t,
and perish amid the scorn of those whose digestive
organs he had insuted by the offer OF oinadequate
and inelastlc a substitution. Nor nave we
To evolve these alarming conclusions from our I'M
aeinatiou. The sad experience of sister nation
confirms but too strongly our darkest apprehen-
sions. A few years ago and the drumbeat OF Eng
land was as ubiquitous as the tin horn OF New
Years day; her flag was upon every sea; her COM
merce was In every markets her pickles. pale aie'
and globe-trolers were thick as leaves IN Vallom-
brosa: her diplomacy was successfuIj her colonies
were contented; hor policy at home and abroad
was admired and respected.
But there came day when her oyster beds nc
,orccr Welded as before First there was an oyster
famine then the oyster ceased to be accessible te
the masses, And So the decadence OF England datee
from that dreadful day. Since the disappearance OF
Che oyster nothing has gone right. We have al
marked the rapid decline Of that great fowcr. ~
ia no wonder that tho British press should nav
hailed the new year dcjectedly. But while som
ascribe tho unhappy state Of things to Gladstone
aud some to free trade. and some TO other caused
New-York tribune., 1885-01-05
MUSIC AND The DRINA.
NEW OPERETTA,

"Nanon," an operetta from the pens of those
tirees coworkers Ze and Genee, produced at the
Thalia Theatre in the Bowery. Friday night. Isre-
ception WAS cordial that last niFht
seats were he had after the curtain rose on the
first act and the audience followed the clever Grman
comedians through the play with greatest attention.
and frequent of laughter and applause testified
the keenness OF their enjoyment.
The operetta is not new In Germany, where II aceyei
ore OF the notable Of last year. but we believe
this was the first representation in this country IT'S
the twelfth work of the kind which Mr.. Amberg has
placed his list since he became manager OF the Thaa
and IL is pleasant record that his enterprise ana
of purpose bid fair TO meet with the re-
ward they merit in long and prosperous OF his
latest novelty.
"Nanon" has tho advantage many OF It's
companion operettas OF the Nienncse school
Of a remarkably clever libretto For their plot Messrs
Zell and Genee, they have done before, went 10 :
French comedy and they have lntcrwoyen dialogue ani
music in skf that one element seems 70 sNs
n,onanry TO the other The ingenious diailalio
tufns of which the piece is full matched by equally
ingenious musical couces, or which the crowniDg one Is
the Of single song by three dincrent .narae'sai
which goes through appropriate TRANSFORMATIONS, ana
finally emerges as pions US vocsS SS,,c q. MINT
mnuet is effectively used aud il the skill OF Strauss
had had oSeTst,a SssT appsS Would rival the best
the famous dance composers creations ~ rhis
people is welbalanced aud spirited and the comedy Is
handsomely mouted. ,,. %, ,,. ,,,.o,,,.
The story hinges upon the gallantry ot the assqa x
IT. AuJfgD, the favored lover for the moment o n"o'
d, FEgcios and his adventure with huhyn iun''
the Young and beautiful hostess OF the Golden ao
which Is brought to "A happy termination aittt -
of lively incidents and amusing situations III W,
the hostess Marquis who Is masqueradlng as an.i
mer Griq,,an, introduces tie sereithc W
A,rr1 which 30 charms tho Marquis dc l"r
siJiJr who oyerhcars It, that he makes coinpl'te
notes S,s of it. D'Aubigat. when confronted with
the prospect of being married TO mad. MaIS ny h.,
friends Yamoa seeks the assistance OF Ainen 40
relieve her lover from MS supposed , ~ ,
aud subseouently both women are led 10 ask the inter
cession of Nodae dc Maienon with Louis me one
for her lover the supposed drummer ana lne p., @ % ~
ber lover the Marq,iis. who has meantime pcen ~
voIviy in a duel with the rioomt, de Md,snaes
growing ont of the latters devotion to both hdD a h
Sinon lucky chance throws NGaon In the way OF no
Kig whom she calls with charming ingenuenshess A p,
sier me Manienon and who Is so pleased VIII os ~
onIv tbs favor done by his faithful sweeheart 10 VS.
usiqne's heart completely and ne makes y, % ns.,
his FORMER deserlion by redeemng tbe VOWS OF INC P
do drummer.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-05

DISTINCTION WITH 4 DIFFERENCE.
"Current Democracy is scarcely distinguish
cable from current Republioanism. One party
"ls as good as another. My neighbor VINO Is
democrat is just as worthy citizen as my
"neighbor who is Republican" There Is
good deal of this loose sort of talk aioat. Those
who indulge in it are mostly men whose con-
sciences would seem to be prcking them 1or
having turned their backs on the grand oiu
party and helped to restore the Democratic
party to power in the General Governments
They protest that they have not acted an uh-
patriotic part, since the distinction between
the two great rival political organizations that
divide the country is nominal rather 'lah
real.v Some of them, indeed, go a step further
in Justification of their conduct They assert
that one of the chief benefits resulting from
the late election lies in the 1act
that there is to be an end OF "laI
they style "the superstition OF parties that
is, as they explain, the superstition that one
half the American people are to be regarded as
enemies of the other half and of the people OF
the United States.
The trouble with those who exploit such
propositions is they ignore the fact that party,
like an individual is to be judged III the liSht
of experience. To assert that the Democracy
of to-day is just as trustworthy as the RepuD-
licanism of to-day is to shut ones eyes to the
history of the last quarter of century. Char-
acter is cumulative. The character of the
Democratic party is written in the puollc
record of the last quarter of a century 80 Is the
character of the Republican party. What has
been is likely to be, with the party as with the
individual. Neither Democracy nor Republl-
canism begins de moro in 1850. Eachis largely
a product of what has gone before. Neither
can escape its record.
The superstition" Of parties, therefore, IL
certain to continue as long as people have mem
ories. And the observation that one has u
Trustworthy Democratic neighbor" has no
significance One had many such neighbors In
1861, but the Democratic party as "a party was
the right arm of rebellion. One had many such
ueighbors in 1864 but the Democratic party
acting through its chosen representatives was a
coward, and gave aid and comfort to treason
by proclaiming that the war was failure. one
had many such neighbors in 1868, but the
National Democratic Convention committed the
party to virtual reputation. A party Is re-
sponsible for and judged by the acts OF Its duly
accredited agents. The fact that there were
Trustworthy Democrats in 1850. 1864 ana lSOo
does pot alter or amend the Democratic charac-
ter.
There is distinction between the two parties
to-day. And it is distinction with diiier-
ence. Those who argue otherwise ought 10
begin by burning their histories.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-05
THE E1EvEyT, or POPULATION

The ouestion whether the rate of increase OF
the white and colored population is the same
though not a new one, is brought freshly to
mind by diagram prepared by General NJ. C..
Mel ,s. in which the two elements OF the popu-
laton are contrastcd as they have Increased
since 1890. General Meigs, however, does not
take too hopeful view OF the increase OF popi-
laton during the present decade, for he csli-
mates that in / 800 the population Will be about
"a 600 600. If the same rate of increase which
has held in the past should be continued IN the
nresent decade, without any immigration Tor
the next five years, the population would
sIiobtlv exceed Ga. 600, 900 in 1890. But it is
nrobable that the colorcd population is increas-
inc faster than the white. This Is indicated,
not merely by comparison of the numbers OF
colored and white inhabitants in 1870 ana
1880. Tie census of 1870 was cohlcSseuiy
iuca,,rate i'm enumeration OF the coiOred
people i'm some Of the Southern States But
it appears that in nearly all the Southern
States which have not been especially
affected as Texas has, for example, by mlgra-
ton of white people, the ratio of colorcd to
white population has gradually increased.
In most comparisons of the aggregate popnla-
ton OF tic TWO TuCct, tlc law 10 O'Si'"""'"
that the white population is constantly swelled
by immigration, while the colored population
| is not. The white immigration is scarcely felt
| at all in the Southern States, however, and
| there the growth of the two elements depends
upon the natural excess of sbirths over deaths.
! Upon inspection 1t will be found that if the ex-
cess of births over deaths be reckoned at per
cent each year, and the actual Immigration for
each year be then added, the increase will
correspond almost exactly with that disclosed
by the census returns. From 1860 to 1880,
therefore, there was added to the population
from abroad 5,114,97s immigrants, and Their
natural increase by excess of births over deaths,
computed yearly at the same rate as that OF the
whole population, would have been s94.76s
during the twenty years. so that 6,0o9.741 o.
the white increase from 1860 to 1850 may b.
reckoned as due to the incoming OF p%opl'
from other lands. Deducting this from th'
total increase In number of whites, it ap
pears that the 26,922, ,537 whitet who were il
the country In 1860 added to their number IL
twenty years, by excess of births, over deaths
not more than 10, ,47O,692, or 1873 per Cent