St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 30, 1879
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‘ptions on ust be pre- B considered PATCH. ATCH is pub- th full reviews a choice selection »most popular and PAPER the SATURDAY POST-DIS- ived at the rate of $1 00 per POST-BISPATCH, Ni North Fifth street. St. Louts. INDICATIONS. ted Press. . D. C.. Mav 2.—For the a Ohio Valley, lower pressure, ionary temperature, southeaster- ng to westerly, partly cloudy and local rains. For Upper Lake, Mississippi and Lower Missouri Val- Ms falling followed by rising barometer, warm outherly winds gradually veering to cooler vest and northerly, partly cloudy weather drain areas accompanying local storms. r Lower Lake Region, falling barometer, reasing southeast winds veering to south- sterly, warmer, partly cloudy or cloudy ther and followed by local rains. Cau- s continue at Duluth, Mar- , Milwaukee, Section 1, Chi- Haven, Section’ and Mackinac name A Subscribers who fail to receive their paper will confer a favor by reporting to this office ery omission, when it will be promptly rec- ified. i a -- To-morrow is decoration day and a ioli- | , but the Post-Dispatcu will appear as usual. | party of the country. ae Pte, oe be Oe he ~: a TIO itn eas > Ce - Frlobe-Democrat announces that the Republican anys ‘right amd the Democratic ys wrong. It is easier to praise ety of this sentiment than its accur- , for there was a time, only two years mo, when the Republican party said that fhe war was over and the Union establish- | ed, and when this monstrous belief was proclaimed the Glohe-Democrat lost its faith in the Republican party and in human nature. trine THE recent annual convention of the Mis- souri editors, at Columbia, was in every way creditable to the profession, as it was pleasant to those who took part in it. The practical interests of the press are very seldom considered in these conventions, which are occupied with purely profession- al questions, but it looks as if it were necessary for the editors of Missouri to se- cure some change in the law of libel if they wish to continue the publication of their papers. At present, anything is libel that paper in Missouri is published only through bringing libel suits. The law at present— or what is supposed to be the law—neither protects private character nor respects the necessities of the newspaper; but the law will never be changed until the newspapers tion. REPUBLICAN ISM RAMPANT, adopted may properly be regarded as an official and authoritative declaration of the position occupied by the whole Republican It is the platform of the party ® power. It is the platform of the Administration and John Sherman. It is the platform of 4 great State ranking litical importance. It is the platform upon which a new lease of power is demanded. | what the principles and pledges, what the GRANT will leave Yokohama in about | three weeks, and arrive at San Francisco | out the middot July. ut the a member of the law firin of Henderson. « present attitude of the Republican party? It is the most remarkable platform ever ie | presented to any people, both in its mag- , nificent failure to present even a shadow of | | a new issue, and its success in digging up Shields, many would prefer the head of | that firm. > is it not quite an interesting feature of | st. Louis that-it should have four daily | those printed in English? Sr. Lovurs came to the front manfully at Dallas yesterday to protest against thie mistaken and mischievous tax levied by the Piate of Texas on commercial travelers. If the merchants of St. Louis had shown as | much grit in protecting theirtrade interests | as their travelers have shown in protesting | against this tax St. Louis would to-day be in much better condition commercially and pecuniarily. Tux old ticket. of Tilden and ona” has but a slim prospees FOr 1850 Mr. is wi mut the party is not, while Mr. Hendricks has ain repeated his cle. termination not to accept the place he had in 1876. Ina recent interview he said: I do not propose to be a candidate for Vice- l’resident with any one, and have deelared this publicly, and so far as Iam concerned the old ticket will not be in the yield. Broadway Bank wreck are the lawyers. At ea 1oze em, beginning with Mr. Te A tomes of the directors, have received handsome Krieger slone has employed four, among them such expensive luxuries as Mr. Frank Turner, Charles P. Johnson nd Joseph Lodge. their eyes Krieger is perfectly innocent, of course. fees. In Tue two events of vesterday were the centennial Derby, won by Sir Bevys, and the Ohio nomination, won by Foster, and both of these events were reported so fully in the Post-DispaTcHu that nothing was left for the morning papers to tell. Those who can afford to wait twelve hours for the ws can afford to take the morning pa- Sse who must the latest time are compelled to read the *OST-DISPA have We beg to correct a mistaken impression which might have been produced by our re- port of Dr. Sonnesehein’s remarks at the sonfirmation yesterday, when he told the , aM = ail , the ashes of the late rebellion and throw- | lr the successor of Judge Dillon is to be | | | |! ing them into the eyes of the people to , blind them from sceing the real issues of the day, But let us look at the interesting platform in detail. 1. Resolved, That the Republican party of | German morning papers, or one more than | Ohio, reaftirming the cardinal doctrines of its adopted faith as heretofore proclaimed, espec- ially pledges itself anew to the maintenance of free suffrage, equal rights, the unity of the | nation and supremacy of the National Govern- ment in all matters placed by the Constitution under its control. This is an excellent doctrine, and thor- oughly Democratic, but it is utterly false and out of place in the platform of the party that at this very hour struggles to destroy ‘‘free suffrage’? by using an army of soldiers and an srmy of jail-birds called polls; Depa at the thy w = "equal rights’? toe that practically assails both the ‘“unity”’ pealing for a practical and political division of that nation and Union into a North” and a *‘solid South.”’ compared with the second, which makes a | solid plunge into the very depth of the ‘‘re- | career of the party now controlling Ilouses of Congress under the domination of | a majority of men latelvyin arms against the | regain, moe same _ bellion’”’ to rise up with a full-grown, mag- Tur only persons who are benctited by | outrageous swindles and robberies like the | nificent ‘bloody shirt’’ of the very latest pattern. Here itis: 2. Resolved, That we earnestly appeal to the people in the exercise of their power | through the ballot-box to arrest the mad Government, and now plotting to through the power of legislation, the cause which they lostin the field, namely,/ the es- | tablishment of State sovereiqnty by the overe | | throw of national supremacy. ‘‘Mad career’’ is good, very good. The ' charge of another rebellion, by the South, | | | however, is still more amusing. The Demo- crats have had control of the House of The South has had its opportunity in Congress for the same period. the ‘‘mad career’ or attempt to break up the Government? Was that these Confederates did not steal, like their Repub- Representatives for five years. And in what consisted it **mad”’ lican predecessors of Credit Mobilier and Pacific Mail bribery fame? Was it that they restored, at least as far as they could, honesty in the Government? Was it ‘mad’ | ‘‘mad’’ that they exposed the Belknaps and ; } ‘hildren that if they were reproached with | ing Jews, they could answer that Christ as aJew. tor was probably alluding to a recent ensation, when, in truth, the Doctor bt alluding to anything of the kind, und certainly was not likely to allude to it on such an occasion. Mr. Tart’s defeat must be very mortify- ing to him, as it is, beyond question, the result of the active interference of the Administration. Mr. Taft would probably have made a much stronger candidate than Mr. Foster, who is only a pleasant medioc- rity, while, both asa judge and as a mem- ber of Grant’s Cabinet, Mr. Taft showed considerable mental power and aggressive- ness. Besides his reputation for ability, Mr. Taft’s name also stands for eminent respectability; while Mr. Foster’s record is ajuite dubiges, Upon the whole, the nom- | mr. Foster was the best that e been made for the—Democrats. ELSEWHERE our readers will find the A bf the legislative appropriation bill. | As ingthe previous two veto messages, the issue Bs Qot fairly, but falsely stated. Every 7 ¥eto message yet sent in by Mr. Hayes is Ke im ingenious and contemptible falsitication | Ny pers ot the trne question. The repeal of the upervisor or deputy marshal law, like the repeal of the bayonet clause, is entirely in hi } interest of the purity of the ballot-box, uch Mr, Hayes hypocriti¢gally professes to -_”~ natural fitness of es his place to 4 ¥ — ‘i #i a , Our reporter added that the | ' | of a Republican Congress? Was it ‘‘mad’’ that they reduced the expenses of the Gov- lNobesons and Babcocks? ernment over fifty millions of dollars, com- pared with the extravagant appropriations | Was it ‘‘*mad”’ that these ‘‘rebels”’ all through the South obey the laws and the flag of the nation, and that their representatives, in spite of the mountain of lies to the contrary, have not given one penny for “rebel’’ claims, or diminished the Union soldiers, on the contrary, increased them? Was it *“‘mad’’ to restore the prestige of Congress from the odium of bribe-takers to that of an honest body? Was it *‘mad”’ to pa- triotically submit to a fraudulent President rather than disturb the peace of the coun- try? “Mad eareer!”> We if the Democratic Congress had followed the former practices of jobbery, peculation, extravagance and corruption, its career would have been more natural in Republi- can eyes. 3. Ltesolved, That the Democratic party, having committed itself toan attempt to break up that Government by refusing to appropriate to their legitimate objects the public moneys already collected from the people, unless the Executive shall give his official signature to measures which he conscientiously disap- proves, measures plainly intended to allow free course to fraud, violence, and corruption in the national elections, and te impair the constitutional supremacy of the nation, de- serves the signal condemnation of every honest and law-abiding citizen, The easiest;way of breaking up the char- acter gf this Governmcnt is now pursued by ne If the American Congress pensions of the suppose F : yf , eite tions to eh ‘ opria- Cie . 3 " “ =. + a judge declares to be libel, and every news- | | the fanatical partisans behind him? the forbearance of people who refrain from , | bills repeatedly? This utterly unnecessary | wrangle was not caused by them but by the unite to sécure ap improvement by legisla- | | resumption of specie payments, ‘The Republican platform of Ohio just | Ur currency to par value, in greatly reducing the burden of the national debt, third in point of population and first in po- | trade’’ which, last year, amounted to the _ almost What, then, are the new ideas and issues, | | connection | who was both | 3 ; , and never ceases to appeal to the passions | the States and the people of the South and | PI | , i a howls *‘rebel! rebel! rebel?’’ and the “‘supremacy’’of the ‘“‘nation’’ by ap- | “solid | both | ar Bice. Bene. turned into 4 farce SELL Wilt rib of one man governs by fraud and force. 4. Resolred, That the present.extra session of Congress, thus compelled by Democrat conspirators, has been prolonged beyond all possible excuse, not only to the depletion of the Treasury, but also to the grave distress of every industrial and commercial interest of the country, by uncalled for agitation of several questions by persistent efforts in hostility to the resumption of specie payments, already happily accomplished; by constantly tamper- ing with a currency system unsurpassed in the world; by reopening and stimulating sectional controversy, especially through the avowed determination to repeal all war legislation; and by seeking to inaugurate a reactionary revolu- tion designed to restore full power to a ‘‘Solid South’’ in the affairs of the Government. This is so transparently false and silly that it hardly needs any answer. Congress- men receive a fixed salary per annum, and not one penny more or less whether they are in session or not. The ‘depletion of the Treasury’’ is an utter lic, and evenif the extra session caused ‘‘distress,’’ or “grave distress’’ to the ‘‘commercial’’ interests of _ the country—who is responsible for it? Who forced the session but Mr. Hayes and Have the Democrats not passed the appropriation infuriated stalwarts and their contemptible tool in the White House, and theirs too, is | the responsibility. 5. Resolved, That the financial administra- ion of the Government by the Republican party in accomplishing the great work of the in restoring in funding a large proportion of the same at a rate of in- terest one-third less than the former rate, | thereby alone saving to the Treasury $13,- | 000,000 a year, and in enhancing the national credit to a standing never before attained, is a source of just pride to the Republicans of Ohio, and deserves the warm approbation of the American people. Why not claim credit for the “balance of marvelous of $350,000,000? credit, too, for the differ- sum Why not claim ence in the balance of trade for the years since the panic, aggregating over one thou- sand million of dollars? That is, this coun- try, by frugality, economy and great in- dustry,sold hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of goods more than it received from other countries, while formerly it had to hundreds of than it the millions more This, laws pay in of every year sold. with general commerce and the general revolution inthe -| financial world, made the refunding opera- tions possible. To give the accidental ex- ecutive of a law all the credit for the result of the labor, thrift, frugality and industry of a nation of 45,000,000 of people is arrant | humbug. interest on their debt, not John but the lucky creature of sur- | roundiug circumstances. 6. Resolved, That this perpetual disturb- ance of the country, in response to the con- ciliatory policy of the Administration, should, by the judgment of the people, be thoroughly condemned. This is really amusing. Who the country? Who flaunts the bloody shirt and hatreds of the war? Who constantly Who insists upon a “solid” North and a “strong” gov- | | the | ent ernment, with Grant and an indefinite term? Who commits the infamy of charging the : : ; | South with another design ‘bel si > But this first plank is a mere platitude | sail, to rebel simply | to secure a solid North and another lease of national power? The local affairs or are commonplace. the last plank of the platform: 8. Resolred, That the expulsion of their living comrades from pub- lic offices, to gratify the partisan purposes of | the dominant party in Congress. We do not know of a single “expulsion’’ of this kind. If the dead heroes ‘‘protest’”’ against anything it is ‘‘memories’’ of our that their graves should be seized for such unholy, wicked purposes as those of the present tear of dying Republican leaders who open the healing wounds the nation that the or dead hatreds of a civil war may come to life again, and—at the harmony, patriotism, common interests, or the republic them the enjoyment of that political power which their desperate daring once already refused to surrender. This platform marks a significant epoch loss of national itself—leave in in politics. It marks, as we so frequently pointed out, the backward tendency of the Republican party. In 1876, at least the pre- tense of civil service reform, revenue re- form, national reconciliation and local self- government was kept up. But to-day, every pretense is thrown away, not a solitary living question is even mentioned, no new issue is made, and the bloody shirt alone is resurrected as a platform. It would be more than strange if sucha party upon such a platform could escape the disastrous defeat it deserves. BRICK REDIVIVUS. The disappearance of Jefferson Brick from American journalism has been fre- quently regretted by the thoughtful patriot, who mourns the ascendency of British ideas and the obliteration of that early school of American literature which flour- ished in its full vigor when Dickens visited this country to admire its institutions and to incorporate some of them in his subse- quent novels. But Brick is not dead, and his name more than a memory, in Missouri, where the Carthage 1s He he yet dwells edits Banner, defending the cause of patriotism | and humanity against the assaults of the unknown wretch who edits the Patriot, and whom he exposes in a recent issue of his valuable paper. We do not know what the editor of the Pgtriot has done, but we expect he was very sorry for it when he took up the Ban- ner last Saturday and read under the head of **‘That Bogus Interview’’ the following: “The pretended jnterview published in the Patriot Wednesday is characteristic of the old frand who edits th ab.’ The American people reduced the | Sherman, | disturbs | | . | not, Sherman will be out of the way, and | everything before it. | easieg asked than answered. seventh and ninth planks refer to | But there is all the more fire and fury in this’ | memories of our | | dead heroes, who gave their lives to save the nation from destruction, protest against the | ean do justice." We regret that we are unable duce the full text of the remarks ¢ Carthagenian neighbor on the fraud wit edits the swill-tub, but justice compels us to make room for the noble disclaimer of selfish motives in his public duty with which he closes his article : The Patriot’s abuse, slime and falsehoods may have pleased a certain class of little crea- tures here, but we assure the editor it did us lots of good, and he has our thanks for his dirty work. Weassure the Patriot and all others there is no feeling in the matter on our side of the house and that we have no enemies to punish, hive long since adopted as a motto the noble words of the immortal Lincoln, ‘‘With malice towards none and charity for all.’*’ There certainly could be no cnmity towards the quasi-Republican partner in the school book ring, for the part he played turned quickly.to our advantage on account of the false pretenses made. No, dear neighbor, there is no enmity here; go on with your abuse, our shoulders are broad an@ we can stand it. Whenever we begin to despair of Ameri- can institutions and to lament the loss of the fire and vigor of American journalism in its youth, we shall turn with confidence to the glowing pages of the Carthage Banner and be comforted with the reflection that as long as the old fraud edits the swill-tub across the street American journalism will not lie. MR. FOSTER’S NOMINATION. The unexpeeted defeat of Mr. Taft and the nomination of Mr. Foster for the much coveted Governorship of Ohio have more than ordinary significance. Clearly the result of the most unblushing interference of the Administration by the use of all its patronage and power, it isa illustration of that famous civil service reform order of President Hayes which any ‘official to take part in the management of humorous so emphatically prohibited political organizations, caucuses, conven- tions or election campaigns.”’ Clearly the defeat of the stalwart wing of the party, it is also the first reverse of the | Grant ‘‘boom,’’ and a most serious reverse, too, as Ohio is the pivotal State, indispen- The would have made sable to any Presidential candidate. election of Mr. Taft Grant’s nomination almost and the election of Mr. Foster would be as a fixed fact: clearly the triumph of John Sherman as the election of Hayes was. Clearly the triumph of Sherman and the Administration, it would be changed into all the deeper mortification if the nomina- tion only remained a nomination, and led not to victory but defeat at the polls. either the | or stalwarts, or any other causes, should triumph of Hayes and Sherman would be dearly purchased, and the Grantites would | become more jubilant and aggressive than ever. The question, therefore, Will Mr. Foster be elected’? If he is, Ohio’s de tion will be for Sherman forthe P and the fight in the Republican conven Grant and Sherman. is, will be between If the return of the Grant wave will sweep But the question is Next October will hold power. At pres- point to a coali- Democrats and coalition tell. The Nationals balance of all indications tion the Nationals, and with and such a candidate as Senator Thurman, Mr. Foster’s election becomes an impossi- will between such a bility in spite of all the powers of office- holders and money which the Administra- tion will doubtless exert in his behalf, No Terror in the Russian Capital. St. Correspondence of the London Standard. } Meanwhile, life in St. Petersburg goes on as usual, and any one whois not in habit of reading the newspspers would be astonished to learn that he is living ina city » Ser mar- tial law, and in a state of siege. Nota single soldier patrols the streets either day or night, although I have been informed that a company in each regiment is armed and in readiness every night for immediate action, if needed. The theaters and places of public amusement are opened, and crowded: you may give any number of evening parties, provided a limited mber of carriages are at your .do@®% to any number of people you like without asking the permission of the police, or even letting them know about it; and you may mect in large companies to dine or sup at any of the hotels or restaurants, and make speeches to your heart’s content without being in any way interfered with by the au- thorities. The St. Petersburg British Debat- ing Society had one of their suppers at Do- non’s restaurant a fortnight ago, and although upward of thirty-five persons sat down to table, and speeches were delivered until 2 inthe morning, no intimation of the meeting was given tothe police. You may leave St. Petersburg for any town in Russia, and return again whenever you like, and with no further trouble than having your passport inscribed by the police. Such is the terrible reign of terror in St. Petersburg, and such its aspect under martial law. I think it would compare not unfavorably with Paris, under the regime of Napoleon III., and with a neighboring State (the boundaries of which touch those of Russia) which boasts of its culture in the present day. => Hiring Generals. The Russian journal Molva relates the fol- lowing queer story of local customs: ‘‘It is the custom in some parts of the country to hire retired generals in full uniform to adorn wedding feasts, The habit prevails more especially among the middle classes, who delight in showing off their relations with high personages. The cost of hiring a general va- ries from five silyer rubles upward, according to the number of decorations worn by the of- ficer, who is bound by the bargain to figure at the festivities in full dress, and to remain for a certain length oftime. Having received his pay he usually gets drunk and walks proudly to his home. that is, when he is still in a con- dition to maintain the perpendicular. ’’ Petersburg A Strike Amongst the Roustabouts. A number of the roustabouts on the levee struck for a raise of wages from, fifteen cents to twenty cents per hour at the Northern Line Packet Company’s wharfthis morning and refused to assist in vee, oe Alex Mit- chell, which is down from St. Paul loaded to the guards. Her captain promptly covered up th freight and the _ stevedores now find their services not required, Officer Landers fispersed the gang and noth- ing serious resulted froni their demonstra- tions. The Belle of La Crosse has secured a corps of men at the old rates and is unloading quietly. River Excursion. A river excursion and basket picnic to Crystal City, and Harlow’s Landing will be given on Saturday under the auspices and for the benefit of the High Street Presbyterian Church. The steamer War Eagie has been chartered for the occasion, which promises to be an attractive one. . Continued by Consent. : The matter of taking depositions in the libel case of Wm. C. Jones, ex-Judge of the naL@emrt, against the last grand jury, e home from of them, J. W. Blackwell, is a very intelligent | _dJames T. | plight. | in a strange land. If | joiced to learn that her lord and master had to be | hke ai 7 Scans eel Unnininn meetin | | magnesia predominate in large quantities. She tells a sorry es x fe: adven- | of | dissatisfaction of the Grantites | | lamb le the lead to Mr. Foster's defeat at the polls, the | “2m” "ed | colored people to go there, PAUSE. } ] ixodus Turns Righi- About-Face, - — atl And Now Has the South For its Objective Point. —_—_ —_— What Some of the Returning Wanderers e Have to Say. Se An Instructive Letter From a Southern Lady. The colored exodus is not in a prosperous condition. ‘‘General’’ Conway had better come back from Washington and take care of things, or there will be trouble. While‘ ‘Gen- eral’’ Conway and others are in the East ex- citing sympathy and raising fnnds, the colored people who have gone to Kansas are getting ready to go back to their homes in the South. Some of them have gone back. already. others are on the way and two-thirds of them would re- turn if they had the means to do so. ‘*General’’ Conway and his associate philan- | thropists will soon have to go to work and raise money to keep the colored people who | have gone to Kansas from starving. have not found = the land of and honey they expected; have not found forty of land and a mule; nor have they friends. They milk they acres found THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS are like any other Northern people—they want nothing to do with the negroes. It is much better to have the ignorant creatures in the | manu- | South being slaughtered for the facture of political capital. Strange to say, most of the negroes who have gone to Kansas with the exode say they prefer to go back to the South and risk being slaughter- | ed than to partake longer of the hospitality of their Northern friends and benefactors. It is very remarkable that the poor blacks should | rush back into the very jaws of death, but | | they are just foolish enough to do it. in this way Kansas,’’ arrived here on their ‘*pleeding of them city yesterday One man. A reporter saw him at the office of Sells & Co. He had gone upto Fort Scott after his wife, who bad emigrated with her father | When MR. BIACKWELL Blackwell she was in a sorry starved and next to do. no fmends, no way back home, a stranger Consequently she was re- last winter. found Mrs. Half nothing to to get her back down South Oh, yes! she followed sacrifice. her sufferings and in the free State She says that every colored man, come to take slaughtered. tale of tures Kansas. woman and child who has gone up there this | last spring would come back if possible, but | that they are destitute and can’t get back, __ MORNING NEWS CONDENSED. FOREIGN. Bismarck, it is rumored, will advocote an extension of the Budget period for two years. The French educational bills will not be taken up by the Committee on Technical Questions until next session. The proposed Mexican Exposition has been abandoned through some unknown reason, and it is thought that Zamacona, the Mexican Minister, will resign on that account. WASHINGTON. The Democratic members of Congress have agreed upon no future course to be pursued, and will not until the veto message is sent in. A number desire that the appropriation bills, — and simple, should be passed without urther delay. The editorial statements of several of the Grant organs as to the excursion to San Fran- cisco to meet Grant being a political move have been denied by the managers of the ex- cursion, who claim that their only object is to inaugurate a pleasant excursion at reduced rates. CRIME AND CASUALTY, Three seamen of the schooner Mary A. Wil- ham died of yellow fever on the passage from Miragone to-New York. Louisa Bonverat, an old woman fifty-four years of age, was killed by her husband with a razor, at New York, last night. Mrs. Williams, the wife of a Benham, Tex- -as, dentist, kisses her husband _—e and elopes with F. L. Randle, an old-lover. Nine children have died at Newark, Vt., from drinking poisoned water from a broek. A number of others are not expected to live. Christina Hoffman, a married lady forty- three years of age, suicided by throwing her- self inthe river at Brayerton, Mass., yes- terday. A young music teacher by the name of Elmer Hedding, from Allensville, PY; was drowned while bathing near Manhattay§ Kas., yesterday. : G. Brock West and Hugh Owens, two farm- ers, of Oxford, N. C., gotinto an altercation ‘esterday over a woman that resulted in the latter’s being shot to death. W. A. Wilkinson, an engineer at Mar- shali, Tex., killsJohn Angell, a desperado and murderer at that city. The quarrel orig- inated about the latter’s sister. Four men, George De Shaw, Joseph Steven- son. Isaac Fielding and Ephraim Mastin, were drowned on Sunday inthe lake at Valefield, Quebec, through the capsizing of a boat. The corpse of an infant child was found ina box in a passenger coach of the Illinois Cen- tral Railroad at Tolono, Ill., last night. There are suspicions of a murder having been com- mitted. William Elliott, a frontier desperade, Was convicted in the United States Court at Fort{Smith yesterday of the murder of David J. Brown at Muskogee some feur mouths ago. Col. J. C. Bangs, of Reidsville, N. C., was arrested, yesterday, 1n that village, for selling asetof bis deceased wife’s teeth, in order that be might purchase a wedding outfit for his new bride. ~~ FIRES. An incendiary fire causes slight damage at Virginia, il. or The steamer Blanche Porter, in the New Orleans and Grand Isle trade, was burned to the water’s edge at the mouth of Bayou La- fourche on Tuesday morning. No lives were vee ed very or | A large crowd were iu | | shot of are fond of | | of our own experience. This is | iron, sulphur and | | along the shores of the Pacific? | smooth bore, | former for barbette and the latter Our Parisian was much interested | ,. ; , | tioned specially because the bulk of them can | be provided by utilizing our smooth-bores on NS. Is Our Long Line of Sea at Present Defensible? _ ——— What is Required to Place the Sea Coast Defenses in a Proper Condition, - — — A Great Need for Heavy Guns te Equip the Marine F orts—Facts and Figures Con- cerning Our Sea Side Defenses. , a Special tothe Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—The condi- tion of our fortitications is attracting consid- erable attention outside of official circles. The people at large are beginning to discuss the indefensible cendition of our long line of seacoast. Even some nfembers of Congress have found time to turn aside from the pur- suit of personal interests to make inquiry at the War Office as to what is necessary to place our seacoast defenses in proper condition, and express some astonishment when they learn the true state of affairs and that Congress alone is responsible. We ned gun:—zuns of heavy caliber, guns to match the heavy iron-clads of the Old World. Other nations are remodeling the armament of | tl eir forts. SMOOTH-30RE CANNON ARE OBSOLETE. Rifles can alone meet the demands of present warfare, and the experience of the last few years leaves no doubt that muzzle-loaders must give place to breech-loading cannon, We have forts to protect our harbors and roadsteads. ‘These forts must be armed with modern guns, with power — suflicient to meet gun for gun the armament of the iron- clads that may attack us. Without guns a fort is an inert mass, a body without life. The fort has not power for offense or defense until supplied with modern armament. Twenty years ago THE UNITED STATES LED THE WORLD in the power of her guns. Other nations | looked in wonder at the grand strides made by our American officers of that era, at the head of which stood Rodman. The 25-ton 15-inch gun, hurling a round shot of 450 pounds, was then considered a monster that no ship of war could withstand. Now the iron-clads have forced the gun | problem up to the 80-ton gun of England and the 100-ton gun of Italy, the firs® throwing a 1,/00 pounds, and the latter of 2,200 pounds. Still heavier cannon are among the possibil- ities of the near future. The iron-clad armor that has forced the gun problem up to its present plane, forces us to the solution, as well as we may, of the same problem. What guns do we need, and how are they to be provided? The old idea that we are not to have war— may do as an argument in favor of economy, but is not eonvineing in the light We will have wafs, how and when, no one can tell, but we must be prepared to meet the shock when it comes, as come it will, sooner or later, OUR FORTS MUST BE ARMED | to protect our cities and harbors and com- merce. What guns have we to arm the forts that stud our coast from Maine to Texas, and Not to go into details, we need at preseat: Three hundred and fifty l-inc,a guas, or equivalent—6” 10-inch rifles. One thousand 10-inch smooth-bore or 8-inch rifies, besides mortars. flank defense howitz- ers, etc. In other words, we need about 1,000 10-inch rifles and 1,000 &-inch rifles, the for case- mate, These are small guns, but they are men- hand. Forijnstance, we have 1,100 10-ineh smooth-bores that can be converted into 8- inch rifles. We have 325 15-inch smooth-bores that can be converted into 10 or 12-inch rifles, and {hese conversions can done in _ this our own peéple. , True, we have 30 10-inch Parrott rifles and 70 &-inch Parrott. rifles. which in their day did most admirable work, and were among the pioneers in the great gun struggle, but they were not intended for the heavy charges that similar calibers now endure and the tremendous work that guns must accomplish. The conversions of 8-inch and 16-inch rifles from the old smooth-bores on hand ought to be carried on as rapidly as possible. They do not solve the gun problem as it must be solved, but it isa beginning. It gives us guns that | will, at 1,000 yards, go through 6-inc, and | 10-inch iron— GUNS THAT WILL HOLD THEIR OWN against the large majority of the iron-clads in those that will cross the ocean with hostile in- tent. But it must be remembered that the surest way to prevent an attack is to befully pre- pared to repel it. Powder and shot are the strongest advocates of peace. A gun throw- ing a ton of iron every few minutes with the unerring certainty ofa rifle is an argument that the most ignorant can comprehend and the most reckless must heed. And the only argument that can ineet it, can conquer it, is A GUN OF HEAVIER METAL throwing a shot weighing more thanaton. If victory always rests with the strongest battal- ions, it will never desert the heaviest guns, But how are we to procure such mogasttr guns’ By purchase or manufacture.“ But few nations depend orptheir own prod- ucts. Krupp has suppHeil Russia, Germany and Turkey. Armstrong has supplied Eng- land and Italv. With the mechanical skill and enterprise of our people, we need not go be- yond our borders for any product we may re- quire. Twenty years ago we made the largest gun in the world, and there is no reason why. within the next decade, we should not again lead the nations. WHAT WE NEED IS MONEY and a fair field for our ordnance officers and our skilled mechanics. The preparation for such work requires the experiments of years, costly work, that consumes tens of thousands of dollars for the mere reparation to begin. Plant for such manu- acture is to be provided. The steam hammer at Woolwich has alone cost over half a million of dollars, and Kruppis erecting one that is to cost about a million. Without such appli- ances, guns that weigh, when finished, 100 tons, cannot be made. All other portions of the plant must be made on the same seale. It is money that is needed—money a-plenty. In such matters WE MUST MOVE SLOWLY; in truth we can not move fast. We must work up gradually from smaller calibers to larger, attacking obstacles as we progress, overcoming them with our creased experience, laying each a solid foundation for next day’s work. We want appropriations, and even with money wé must expect reverses, and reverses are often our best teachers. England spent $12,000,000 on Armstrong uns and then threw them away, and changed er plans and her guns. But now she POINTS WITH PRIDE to the products of her grand arsenal, and dic- tates terms on the Bosphorus at the muzzles of her 80-ton guns. And yet England con- tinues her experiments. Her next move will be the adoption of breech-loading cannon, with an increase of expenditure, a partial re- armament, larger and heavier guns, and the result, her place as mistress of the seas. With the small appropristions annually giv- en us We have done much, as much as could be expected, but we want money to provide larger guns, guns that willcommand the re- spect of the most powerful fron-clads, and make our harbors as secure as our home;. POR SRE SO Pinafore at Uhrig’s. ‘*H. M. 8. Pinafore’’ is running smeotoly at Uhrig’s Cave, and improves with each presentation. The performance is attracting good audiences frem the povelty of the sur- roundings, and the present week will prove a successful one in every respect. To-night Mr. Chas. Vivian will take a benefit, on which occasion he wiil present a number of now and interesting sketebes never before offered in this city. ral new obtained features will be acted er we + > ee ——— 2 NE aa re ga ae Kachanter of us, Tby wand for one mor c ™m, Entranced while it sunt sround us. That diush into life at the The ell-tales of memory wake I the old song with its ter W bat passion lies hid in those __ members! What perfume of youth in strain’ The home of my childhood cor vision— / Hark! Hark! A soft enord from baunted room— *Tis a morning of May, when the air sinua— The syringa in bud and the lilac in bie We are clustered around the ‘“*€ piuano— There were six of us then—there are t now— She is singing—the girl with t} prano— How **The Lord of the Vatley’’ Was his vow-—— s ‘*Let Erin remember’’ -he echoes are cai Through ‘‘The Vale ot Avoca’’ thew are rolled—— ‘*The A ell laments while the night-dews ng—— ‘The ecning of Life’’ dawns agatn as oid. But als! those warm love-songs @ fresh ado crnce ! Aroun us such raptures celestial tuey fig That it seemed as if Paradise Preathed 4 quintessence Through the seraph-toned lips of the that sung! Long hushed are the chords that my boyhood enchanted As when the smooth wave by the angel was stirred, Yet still with their music ts memory hannted an6 oft _ my dreams are their melodies seard. I feel like the priest to his altar returning— ; The crowd that was kneclirg no longer is there. ae The flame has died down, but the brands are still burning, And sandal and cipnamon swecten the air. The veil for her bridal! weaving In her azure-domed hall with its tapestried young Summer is oor, _And Spring the last tear-drops of May-dew is leaving On the daisy of Burns and Moore. the shamrock o llow like, how unlike, as we view thon gether, The song of the minstrels; whose record scan- (ne fresh as the breeze blowing over the heath er— One swect as the breath from an odalis: * 4 fan! Ah, passion can glow ‘mid a pala¢e’s or; The cage does not aiter the song of th And the curtain of silk has known whis tender As ever the blossoming hawthorn has No fear lest the step of the soit-sh Graces Should fright the voung Loves fron = warm li W.. For the hears a qgGeen, undet jawe VBeuts tame with the pulse in girl's breast! Thrice welcome each gift of kind Naf stowing! Her fountain heeds little the goblet we Alike, when its musical waters are flowi The sheli from the seaside, the ch gold. The twins of the lyre to her voices ha boib laid their best gifts upon ghrine ; For Coila’s loved giistened ; For Erin’sthe rose and the myrtl minstrel the hol Anmkl while the tresh blossoms braided For the sea-girdled, streay jeweled isle; V hile her mantie of verdure tWhile Shannon and smnile, The land where the staff planted, Where the shamrock cliffs to the shore, Where the maidens are undaunted, Shall wreathe her br lands of Moore! —A shirt-frt —A mad dogi rage. ro —Beware of drie¢ wisely but to swell.—| Herald. —Dead men tell no are well posted.—([Chiea vertiser. —It is strange that nebo nati correctly Pitch Telegraph. ; —If you have a little pig whey and still keep it. 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Possibly the ¢ the feet toward the pulp to do with it.—[Turner —Cheerily blow t In the cool, green Loose the heund Wax the cord ar And shoot the \ —The Hallische Z¢, gives afull telegraphic naught wedding, and things that ‘‘in a Konigin ein Luncheon Bulletin. This is Wales drowns bis s —‘**How long will work done?’’ said a was her ‘*Weill, I don’t ‘‘the boas has just job. If he gets it, but if he don’t nexh' “ -