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THE WAYCROSS HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY i. 1893.
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8ATURDAY, JULY 1, 1893.
Tbe Mississippi is again out of its
banks near New Orleans.
A negro man fishing from the Cum
berland route dock yesterday after
noon landed a seven foot shark of the
man-eating variety. He gave a pret
ty lively fight and attracted mncb at
tention,—Brunswick Times.
Tbe time for the extra session of
congress has been set for September.
Julia Force has been acquitted on
the ground of insanity. She goes to
the insane asylum.
There are at the present time in the
United States 110 female lawyers.
They are safely distributed, however.
The financial bottom continues to
fail out in tbe West, but tbe South
continues fairly solid. *
The sale of the Central does not
surprise any one that we hear talk
about it.
Cholera advices from Mecca show
that were 999 deaths from that dis
ease yesterday. ‘ •
The Gate City Bank pays off its
depositors to-day. There will be
happy hearts in Atlanta.
The largest hotel in tbe world is at
Rome. The smallest is ten feet
Bquare, and is on the Isle of man.
Earthquakes are very small affairs
when Atlanta gets on the war-path
with a new sensation.
Tbe way to get a crowd at the
World’s Fair on Sunday is to adver
tise that the show is closed and then
open a side door.
Professor Briggs preached to 7,000
people last Sunday. If he has been
suspended it is evident that the peo
ple are willing to give him a hearing.
Say what you please about Atlan
ta’s sensations, one thing is certain—
it cannot be claimed that they lack
variety.
Never in the history of the country
were there so many bank failures.
To mention them all would be tire
some to tbe reader.
If Mr. Cleveland knew how badly
some of the boys down in South
Georgia needed a little office, and
bow necessary it is to keep peace in
the family that some objectionable
parties be removed, be would cer
tainly stir his stumps a little.
One thing peculiar about the pres
ent financial panic, is the fact that
rich men are getting the worst of it,
while tbe poor men, or those in
moderate circumstances, who are
doing a business on their own money,
appear to be sailing along all right.
The women are bridging the bloody
chasm for us in their own gracious
way. Mrs.'Davis and Mrs. Grant
are together at Cranstcn’s-on-the
Hudson, MissWinnie and Mrs. Philip
H. Sheridan are at the World’s Fair.
Atlanta Journal.
The collapse of tbe Ford theatre
in Washington forms an admira
ble text for the republican fourth of
July orators, just to illustrate the
wreck and ruin that this democratic
administration is' bringing upon the
old soldiers,
A Texas man was ^ tried for the
murder of a neighbor who was miss
ing, and had been identified in the
person of a dead man on the high
ways. He admitted tbe crime and
was sent to the penitentiary. When
the self-confessed murderer reached
the penitentiary he found his
supposed victim, and also one of the
jurors who bad tried him in the peni
tentiary. It is a puzzling case; but
it shows that the courts are trying to
do their work in Texas.
AMONG OpR EXCHANGES.
Scarlet fever has appeared in Macon
and the Gate City is much excited.
It begins to iook as if the real troubles
in Brunswick had just begun.
The well known furniture house of
A. .1. Miller & Co., Savannah, is * in the
hands of a receiver.
There are 9,000 more saloons in the
United States than schools. This is a
good showing for the saloons.
The meeting of the ordinaries of the
state will be held at the Kimball House
in Atlanta July 12th.
The Cartersville bank has been re
opened. Cartersville is to be congratu
lated.
There doesn’t seem to be any doubt
that the coming woman is going to prac
tice dentistry. The fact that the win
ner of the most distinguished honors in
the graduating class at the Boston Den
tal College this year is a woman points
to this conclusion.
A Texas murderer was making a
speech on the scaffold the other day, dis
cussing the issues of the day. When he
got down to the free coinage of silver
the sheriff jerked the lever and the rope
did up the rest of the speech. That
sheriff knew his duty and had the cour
age to perform it.
COL. BILL MOORE DROPS DEAD.
The Well-Known and Popular Augusta
EdltorSuddenly Expires.
Augusta, June 28.—To-night at 7
clock, as Col. Bill Moore, the popular
editor of the Evening News, was walking
along the street he suddenly dropped to
tbe ground and died instantly. Heart
disease is supposed to be the cause.
The Central railroad, for years the
pride of tbe empire state of the south
is to be sold under the sheriff’s ham
mer.
The bankers are to meet in Chica
go this week. It is to be hoped they
will put a stop to this bursting bnsi-
The Atlanta Constitution brings
Senator Colquitt forward for re-elec
tion and intimates that he has
homestead on that position. The
Times supported tbe Senator in his
last race, when tbe Constitution op
posed him, but we think we shall
support a South Georgia man this
time—Valdosta Times.
That's right, Brother Pendleton.
South Georgia has just as good offi
cial timber as any section, and we
think it is high time she was using
some of it.—Tatnall Journal.
A citizen of. New York committed
suicide the other day on account of
the heat. He said he was hunting
a cooler climate and thought be had
made his calculations correctly.
Chief Sanders sold the Defiance
Reel to Waycross, and shipped it
yesterday afternoon. Our Waycross
neighbors will have a dandy reel com
pany.—Brunswick Times.
The year is now only half gone,
but in that brief period it has crowded
enough horrors and casualties to
mark it as one of tbe memorably dis
astrous of the century’s last decade.
A great deal of space of the daily
papers during tbe past month has
been devoted to bank failures. “The
best banking system tbe world ever
■saw,” seems to be undergoing a se
vere test.
The Charleston News and Courier
■publishes a sketch of the mills of
South Carolina, bat, strange to say,
-omits mention of the state gin mill
out of which Governor Tillman ex
pects'to make haif a million a year.
The agricultural department at
'Washington wants a clerk that can
apeak six languages and _parts his
hair in tbe middle. Here is an open
ing for South Georgia. -Brunswick
Times. - ■ ■
’ It is almost an assured fact that
Senator A. H. Colquitt will'be in tbe
race for re-election next year. The
old hallelujah \ick will be familiar to
the people.of Georgia. Alfred H.
seems to think he has a “cinch” on
the aenatnrship.
. Rare Ben Russell, on bis way home
from Washington, submitted to a
lengthy interne* in the Atlanta Con
stitution, giving his views on the
leading public questions. Ben hasn’t
taken bis seat yet, but be talks like a
veteran Congressman, who has seen
many years at the National capital.
—Columbus-EnqUiter-Stin.
Whenever you think your lot is a.
hard one and you are burdened with
-a great load of care, just look around
and see if you cannot find some one
a little worse off than you are. You
will see tbatyou have many things to
be thankful for, and that by assum
ing a brave front and cultivating a
cheerful disposition the lives with
whom you come in contact will be
made a great deal brighter and hap
pier.
Rev. W. F. Lloyd.
Rev. W. F. Lloyd, pastor of first
Methodist church, Fort Worth, Texas,
a brother to the late C. B. Lloyd of
Brunswick, was in the city last night
and went down ■ to Brunswick to-day.
Rev. Mr. Lloyd was presiding elder of
the Waycross district some years ago,
during which time he resided in this
city. He was one of the most popular
ministers who ever lived in Waycross,
and was universally loved by all our
people, both in the church and out of it
He has many warm friends in the Magic
City who sympathize deeply with him in
his sad bereavement, and who are pray
ing the Divine comforter to give him
just the support he needs in this dark
hour of affliction.
The Herald learns ’that there is a
probability of this able divine spending
next Sabbath in Waycross and preach
ing in the Methodist church. We hope
he will come.
The OoHeetonhip at SLXarrs.
It is well understcod that Peter R.
Arnow will be an applicant for the posi.
tion of collector of the port of St Marys.
Mr. Arnow is well qualified to fill the
office, and his widely known devotion to
the party entitles him to the appoint
ment He was a strong Turner man in
the late congressional contest in ihis
district and rendered valuable service to
that distinguished statesman at the
time. We are informed that his ap
pointment trill give general satisfaction.
A. Golden, Druggist, Birmingham,
Ala., Writes: “Please pablith some,of
the testimonials I have sent yon for
Japanese Pile core.” Sold by B.- J.
smith. .■ - '
“Orange Blossom,”,the common-sense
Female Remedy, is sold and recommend
ed by all druggists. ■
FATAL KENTUCKY FIGHT.
The Death of ■ Premlsest ladf Woe
Avenffed by Her Hrother.
Paris. Ky.. June £9.—R. E. Hutch-
craft shoe and killed Daniel Stuart in
this city. Hutchcraft is the head of
the large wholesale comtpiaaion firm of
R. B. Hntchcraft & Co., and one of the
wealthiest men in the county. Stuart
was a wealthy Fayette connty farmer,
residing just over the Bourbon line at
Mnir station. About 11 months ago
Mrs. Daniel Stnart, who is the sister of
Hntchcraft, was killed. Stnart claimed
■ that she had committed snicide, bather
relatives claimed that he had killed
her.
This led to a fend between Stnart and
Hntchcraft, resulting in the tragedy.
The men met on tbe streets, and Smart
struck Hntchcraft three times over the
head with a loaded cane. Hntchcraft
drew his pistol and shot three times.
Hitting Smart each time and killing
him. The last ball stmok exactly in
the same place as the bullet that killed
Mrs. Stnart. Hutchcraft fainted from
loss of Dlood from his wonnds after the
shooting.
THE BASE BALL RECORD.
FOR NEXTSEfTIBEK.
The Time Set For the Calling of
Congress Together, .
AND NOT ANY SOONER.
The Indication* Are That the Preelden
Will Not lie Induced to Gall an
Earlier Session by the Re-
cent Developments.
JULIA FORCE NOT GUILTY.
Standing of the Teams.
Flayed. Won. Lost. PerCt.
" 16 .704
18 .673
23 .600
23 .574
24 .571
29 .491
33 .464
32 .439
30 .439
Charleston 55
Savannah 55
Memphis 54
Atlanta.. 56
.Macon.. 57
Montgomery 57
Birmingham 57
Chattanooga 56
New Orleans 55 zz as
Mobile 56 19 37
Nashville.... 56 18 38 J
Tuesday's Games.
At Atlanta—Atlanta, 5; Mobile. 2.
At Savannah—Savannah, 9; Birming
ham,'?.
At Chattanooga—New Orleans,
Chattam
At Cl
phis, 1.
At Macon—Macon,
erv, 3.
At Angnsta—Augusta, 9;
Till©, 8.
hattanooga, 5. t
At Charleston—Charleston, 17; Mem-
16; Montgom-
Nash-
8HORT NEWS NOTES
This Means That; the Woman was Crazy
When She Killed Her Sisters.
Atlanta, June 29.—The case of Julia
Force, charged with the murder of her
two sisters, has just been decided in
Fulton county superior court.
The verdict of the jury was “not
guilty.” : .. .
This verdict, of course, means that
the plea of “insanity” set up by tfie de
fense was sustained, and Miss Force
will be sent to the asylum under the
verdict of the jury which had previ
ously pronounced her insane befort the
court of ordinary. •
; Blots in. Sevoral German Tdiras. '
Berlin, June 29. —The takitig 1 of the
second ballots has been accompanied by
riotous socialist demonstration^ in sev
eral cities. In Mannheim the social
Democrats tried to inarch ip disorderly
bodies through the streets. They fired
on the police with revolvers, woen the
mounted police charged and scattered
the nlobs. Several policemen were
shot, and many socialists were trampled
or cut.
Es-Pre*ldent Harrison'at Cape May.
Caps May, June 29. —Ex : Presidenfc
Harrison has sent a letter to Mayor Hil
dreth stating that he would attendthe
Fourth of July exercises here. His
family will arrive next Friday, and
will go to New York Monday. He will
join his family here.
No Blflhop Elected Yet.
Raleigh, June 29.—The convention
adjourned at 1 o'clock until 4. No* re
sult. The last ballott taken stood:
Murdock of Salisbury, 25; Lloyd, of
Norfolk, 14; Dean Barrett, of Atlanta,
1. Barrett has had 15. Twenty-nine
are required to elect.
Craneh Cholera Record.
Paris, June 29.—There were two new
ises of cholera at Toulon Tuesday, One
at Hyeras, one at Sayne, and two deaths
at Catte.
It Shoold Be In Every Hone £
J. B. Wilson, 371 Clay St, Sharpe-
burg, PA, says he will not be without
Dr. King's New Discovery for consump
tion, coughs and colds, that it cured his
wife who was threatened with pneumonia
after an attack of la grippe, when var
ious other remedies and several physi
cians had done her * ho good. Robert
Barber, of Cook port, Pa., claims Dr.
King’s New Discovery has done him
more good than anything he ever used
for lung trouble. Nothing-like iL Try
it. Free trial bottles at A. B. McWhor
ter A Co., E. B. Goodrich and B.
Smith’s drug Store.
$500 WiH be Given
For any case of rheumatism which can
not be cured by Dr. Drummond’s Light
ning Remedy. The proprietors do not
hide this offer, but print it in bold type on
all their circulars, wrappers, printed
matter and through the columns of news
papers'everywhere. It will work won
ders—one bottle coring nearly every
case. If the druggist has not got it, he
will order it, or it will be sent to any
address by prepaid express on receipt of
price, $5. Drummond Medicine Co. 48-
60 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents
wanted.
Rev. W. H. Thomas says: . “I have
tried your Wonderful Life Preserver
and find it an excellent remedy for
Coughs and Colds, it is also a good
appetizer and I am satisfied it is the best
I have ever used.”. Sold by all Drug
gists. * may 19—ljr.
B. J. Smith, Druggist, recommend*
Japanese liver Pellets for constipation
and rick headache. Small; mild, easy-to
take. 60 pills 25 cents.
Itomi Of Interact Gathered from Every*
where mnd Carefully Condensed.
Two Russian warships are anchored in
Boston harbor. *
Edward Atkinson's plan for tariff re
form has been made public.
county hospital at Ocala, Fla.
Z. Y. Chamberlain, of New Britain,
Conn., ex-state treasurer, is dead.
The Peary expedition to the north pole
will leave New York in a few days.
The Pennsylvania state building at the
World's Fair is to be presented to Chi
cago. A*
Colonel Sims, of Brooklyn, lost his salt
to annul bis marriage to Cora Tanner.fche
actress.
A crapshootor. who was fleeing from an
officer, was fatally shot by a policeman at
Bonham, .fex. '
The. uncertainty of Hawaii's poll
'future is begiuuiug to tell on baa
matters in cue islauds.
Five million Ash bare recently been put
into the 1'euuessee river mi l its tributa
ries. A a. many moro will be put in uext
fall.
has Hied u claim for $i.OK) due him tor...
ranging for cue citizens’ ball for tue Duke
oX Veragu*.
Detail* of the siukiu { of »Le sailing
ship Aiexiader Me Ja.mm, by t.ie oiji
Ctfnaruei- .s*-jvi4, .*uo »* it to ua.-e Ueeu u.i
unusually tariiliug ntTiir.
The re«iiieuts of l'aducah, Ky., ure
aroused over tue actio is of a .nysterioui
midnight prowler, said to be a negro, wm.
has invaded a uumber o. houses aud as
sa ulted wouieu.
J. H. Todd, a prominent A uerican
contractor, and MLs Laura Moore, wita
whom he was riding ou tue outskir;
Durango. Mexico, were attached by i
ditsaud roobed and us tsu.
A mau living uear Winston. X. C.,
awakened a few uiguts since by a noise in
hts roo a. .ie struck a light, warn he
discovered and captured a s uallb.-ar, but
he is at a loss to auow how it got ta s
Alabama is not to be outdone in the
matter of freaks. That state now boasts
a little girl woo, at the first sigut of a pi
ano, eat down and played the most beau
tiful and difficult music. It Is said sae
had never p.ayed a musical iustruaieat
before in her life.
Pointers from Washington.
Secretary Herbert has appointed W. V.
Chardevoyne, of Conrtland, Alu., chief
clerk of the navigation bureau, vice H. L.
Hynsou, resigned.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed Will
iam Gwinu, of California, shipping co i
missioner ut 5au i?*rauci*co. Tae <u
noiutee is a son of. •'Dttge*- Gwiun. -
Democratic leader ou tne Pacific coast for
30 years.
* Secretary Herbert has ordered the San
Francisco, flagship of the north Artintic
squadron; aud the dyna.uite crui<
us, from New York to Boston to repre-
Captain Higginson, who was removed
from the command of the Atlanta, has
declined either to make a writteu state
ment or ask for a coart of inquiry, as sug
gested by Secretary Herbert, bat h
stead made formal application to 1
stored to the command of his ship. This
action places the secretary under the ne
cessity of taking action looking to an offi-
New York Officials bounced.
Washington, Jane 29.—Secretary
Carlisle has called for the resignation
of James R. O'Beirne as assistant com-
missioner of immigration at New York.
It is understood that this step is taken
preliminary to the appointment .of
Thomas Lane, of New Jersey, as his
auccempr. The resignation of James C.
Reed, shipping commissioner, who will
be succeeded br Martin J. Power, v
also called far py .Secretary navi™
The best salve in the world for cots,
braises, sores, ulcers, salt iheom, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skm eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by A. B. Whorter A
Co., E. B. Goodrich, and B. J. Smith’s
drugstores.
Washington, June 29.—There is not
the slightest ground for the report cur
rent that au extra session of congress
will be called to begin Aug. 1. The
president's decision has not been and
will not be changed. Congress will
meet in September, and not before.
Officials very near to the president
believe that the repeated rumors sent
out fr6m New York to the effect that
an earlier month than September is
likely to be named for the assembling
of congress will have a prejudicial ef
fect on the policy of the president and
his advisers with regard to important
public questions.
The friends of the president fear that
these stories may lead to a misappre
hension of what may be expected when
congress does meet. While the repeal
of the Sherman law would appear to be
reasonably well assured, nobody famil
iar with the situation and with parlia
mentary methods expects that congress
will act on the subject immediately
upon assembling. The financial ques
tion will be presented at once for con
sideration, and in a way that will give
it importance over all other questions.
The president's message to the special
session will probably deal with that
question alone. But several weeks most
elapse before the house is organized and
the committees are ready for business,
and for that length of time at least the
silver question will have to wait. Then
the senate will take up the fight, and
the senate is slow.
At the cabinet meeting the matter
was discussed and it was pointed out
that little more than two months re
mained before congress would convene
in extra session, and during the inter
vening time the silver lots purchased
would be only 9,000,000 ounces, a com
paratively small amount in view of the
previous purchases. That the best way
to deal with the question was to await
the course of events for two months
longer was generally agreed to, and it
was with this view that the meeting
terminated.
The president himself is under no de
lusion as to what is before him or the
country. He is greatly encouraged by
the change of sentiment throughout the
country and he believes that the law
will be repealed. But he is not count
ing on an abject surrender by the
mends of free coinage. He realizes
that they will contest the parliamentary
ground stubbornly and prevent a
prompt response to the demand for re
peal. He and bis advisers think it
best, therefore, that these facts be taken
into account by the country in consider-,
ing and arranging for. the future.
Comptroller Eckels notes a'material
iucrease in the demand for currency
daring this month over that for May.
Orders for new national bank note* on
bonds daring May were only $&>G,00<».
Orders so far received during this
month foot up |3,150,000. This. Mr.
Eckels thinks, indicates an improve
ment iu the financial situation.
A Chens* of Sentiment.
Unquestionably there seems to bo a
change of sentiment in some portions
of the country upon the silver question.
This, fact is emphasized by the change
of tactics which the advocates of free
coinage, who have their headquarters
in this city, have inaugurated. On F
street, near the patent office, there has
been for the past fiye years a head
quarters instituted by the free coinage
men.
From that point they have sent out
literature and by other m is have con
ducted an aggressive war*..!-* in favor
of silver. They have nevsr been on the
defensive until now. From the head
quarters from now on will be conducted
a campaign to prevent any legislation
which will retrograde silver in the least.
Thew~ will send oat documents as of
old, and will labor among members of
the house and senate as they have
since the opening of their headquar
ters, but all will be done upon a differ
ent line.
The attitude which they will now
take will be defensive rather than ag
gressive. The aim now is to hold wuat
they have, unless they can get some
thing in exchange for it. The'senti
ment which has been worked up in fa
vor of the repeal of the Sherman law
has in it no spirit of compromise what
ever. It demands the unconditional
repeal of the law. This the silver men
will not consent to. It may come about
that the next congress will repeal that
law. If it does, it will only be after a
very hard fight. The silver men are in
earnest and are pugnacious. They will
not give in.until they are fairly whip
ped. Their change of front from the
aggressive to the defensive is, however,
a very significant maneuver, and one
which reflects the effect which the war
on silver has already made.
What The Star Say*.
The Washington Star has the follow-
“The free silver leadership in the next
congress has already been arranged.
Mr. Bland of Missouri will again come
forward in the house and as chairman
of the committee on coinage, weights
and measures, a position the silver men
are confidently claiming for him, sound
the keynote of that ride of the contro
versy. Meanwhile he will hare been
pn toe stump and in his .travels have
familiarized himself with many of his
new colleagues.
“But the senate is the main hope of
the silver men, and there they wul be
led by Mr. Morgan of Alabama. Every
thing is staked upon his leadership,
which iu the past on the silver question
has been energetic and aggressive.
“Mr. Morgan is a strong debater and
an unusually well informed man. In
fact the wonder has frequently been
expressed that so able and so widely
read a man should be found ou the sub
ject of finance id company he does not
meet on any other great public ques
tion. But he is an advocate of the free
coinage of silver and heretofore has
taken the most extreme .ground on that
subject. He led the opposition last
winter in the contest which resulted in
the defeat of the. motion for the repeal
of the Sherman act, and his language
in the senate on that occasion furnishes
the basis for the expectation that ha
will oppose that proposition.
A Few More Appointment*.
Washington, June 29.—The presi-
uent has made the following appoint
ments:
To Be Conatals.
H. Clay Armstrong. Jr., of Alabama,
at Grenable, France; John B. Laguaite,
of Louisiana, at Martinique, West In
dies; Samuel Thanhauser. of Georgia,
at Matamoraa, Mexico; William C. Em
met, of New York, at Au-la-Chapelle,
Germany.
To He Postmasters.
Joseph H. Adams, at Ozark, Ala.,
vice E. W. Griffith removed; H. F.
Crosby, at Water Valley, Miss., vice M.
D. Fly removed.
W. N. Bragaw, of Alabama, has been
appointed chief of division in the sixth
auditor's office of the treasury depart
ment
Cleveland’s Summer Vacation.
Washington, June 29.—-The time of
President Cleveland’s departure from
Washington for his summer home in
Bazzard T s Bay, Mass., ha* not been defi
nitely set, but he will probably leave
Washington the first half of J uly. It iscer-
tain he will remain at the White House
for another week and there is a likeli
hood that he will accept an invitation
of Senator Camden, to spend a few days
fishing in West Virginia, in about two
weeks. Should Mr. Cleveland, however,
conclude to go to Gray Gables before
the time set for the fishing trip, it is
hardly probable that he will visit Sena
tor Camden.
Matt Here Better Men.
New York, Jane 29.—Secretary of
the Treasury Carlisle has decided the
Custom-House officials to exercise more
caution than heretofore in the appoint
ment of subordinates. The number of
cases of incbmpetency brought to light
by the Fairchild commission is said to
be the reason for Secretary Carlisle’s
action.
THE CONFEDERACY’S LESSON-.
She Tan jilt the World a Plan of Naval
Warfare Never Excelled.
Richmond, June 29.—Gen. Dabney H.
Maury, in an interview on the lesson of
the Victoria calamity, says: “The
southern confederacy, without a sea
port or navy, taught the maritime na
tions, through the exploits of the Vir
ginia - (Merrimac) in Hampton Roads
and of the Tennessee in Mobile bay, the
power of ironclads. Then she tanght
the weakness of the ironclads when tor
pedoes defend the harbor.
After these lessons it seems an infatu
ation to continue the construction of
armored ships, but still it goes on and
with increasing disastrous results. In
seeking to float armour which no cannon
caupenetra .e, the limits of bouyancy
have long been passed, and unless we
can substitute for iron some material as
light as wood and as hard as iron, we
may as wisely return to the wooden
ships.
“In the course of two hours the Hart
ford received over 70 shots in her hull,
many from 10-inch and 8-inch cannon,
bnt still she sailed and fonght with no
visible impairment of her buoyancy or
activity. In reasonably smooth seas it
is easy and quick work to stop shot-
holes in wooden hulls, even when below
the water line. The Merrimac did great
damage to a hostile fleet. The Monitor,
after escaping from her by running into
shoal water, made no other hostile ef
fort and went down off Hatteras in a
gale of wind. In Charleston harbor the
ironclads fared badly. The great iron
sides were struck and disabled by Lieu
tenant Glassell; the Keokuk was sunk
by the guns of Fort Sumter and tire
gallant Lientenant Dixon of the Twen
ty-first Alabama sank, with his toroedo
boat. David, and the fine covotte Housa-
tonic.
“But it is not alone in war the ships
have been so unfortunate. The dread
ful catastrophe of tbe Captain, about 20
years ago, was a signal but unheeded
warning. Then the Grooser Kerfnrt
went down with over 400 men and of
ficers, of whom not one escaped. The
destruction of the Victoria is the last of
the impressive lessons this unnatural
naval architecture gives us.
“There is not now living in the Eng
lish navy an officer who was ever in
battle with civilized people. We don’t
count Admiral Seymour’s bombardment
and destruction of the most interesting
and most helpless city in the world, a
naval combat which should cause no
pride in those who were present or give
them any valuable experience whenever
they have to deal with such men as
those who fought under Buchanan or
under Farragut.
“Already we hare a navy to be proud
of. In the event of war we could ex
pand it to meet any emergency.- We
might not quickly be able to build
many great ships like the Captain or
the Victoria, but we could soon equip »
fleet of little, buoyant, fast sailing,
bandy vessels, which, with their mg
guns, could lie off and pound snob as
tbe victoria to destruction. And a
great advantage of these cruisers will
be that young men, with their career
yet to win^would command them.”
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