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'. l Tho Now Notional Policy. y I This entlraent. uttered by Major-Gen. ; 1 Vfxaixr Mkhiutt, the appointed Military J Governor of tho Philippine Islands, at a , rr y I dinner given In his honor at San Francisco en Friday evening, proclaims tho political . '' creed of tho American people: ,u "I bllv la the nrw national potior of b Unltd , '" J? . BUt, whlob look to ths oqultltlon of additional f ' , territory, represented In ootlying Islands, thai ar '-, re,llt tot th development ot aatlonal strenjth i , ' aad growth." '. To the political party which stands on ;: ! j that platform and justifies its professions 'a ' ', by IU deeds, and to no other, the people of X.' I ; tho United States will trust the rcsponst- f ! blllty ond accord tho honor of shaping the ; ' . doYolopmentot America In accordance with ; f "the new national policy." ' f " 1 ;. " I ; "Wo Shall Have a Great Nary. f f i Tho recent rapid growth of the Amor- ' J icon fleet and the extraordinary Increase f ! ' Just authorized by Congress make It one ; i ot those which tho world must reokon with 1 ( I hereafter. We had, a day or two ago, : actually In commission, counting all sorts ' ' : of craft, sevontj-threo vessels on tho Atlan tic" atatlOD, under Admiral Sampson; seven ' , In Commodore Soiilkt's command, eleven !! In Admiral Dkwey'b, six In Admiral Mil- LXn's Pacific squadron, flvo In Commodore Howell's Northern patrol squadron, seven ; . on special service, forty-two unossigncd, f r ' of which somo wcro for coast defence; ; ; ; finally, seven training and receiving ships. ' : Here Is a total of 108 vessels lncoramls- 1 ' J ' elon, with eight or ten more preparing for commission. They Include many, like ' colliers, that aro not lighting craft, and !" many torpedo craft and auxiliary cruisers, s ' yet tho aggregate ot belligerent strength j is certainly noteworthy. It Is supple- i Bitnted by fourteen armed revenue cutters 1 cooperating with the navy. ' ' ff 1 We ore building five first-class battle- l I . ships, namely, ths Kearsarge and Ken- j j : tucky, each three-fifths finished; the Ala- t'J- ; bama, 03 per cent.; the Illinois, 40, and the & f "vVIn'consIn,38. We hare six torpedo boats, --$2 ho Eowon, the Mackenzie, the Dahlgren, IV V - the Davis, ths Fox, and tho Farragut, all Sjp It : over four-flf ths completed ; tho submarine lr i ' boat Plunger, three-fourths; tho Craven, C kalt ready, and the Strlngham, Golds- ff- I ' borough, and Bailey, leu advanced. Au- i . thorlzed but not yet contracted for aro ; i three flmt-claaa battleships, four monitors, lJj'a J sixteen destroyers, twelvo torpedo boats, "v ''ijafcl a lake gunboat. We must not forget, . y j too, the sister ship of the New Orleans, u , J oompletlng for us In England. J p j At tho close of tho present war many of Jff ' f the colliers, despatch boats, transports and $ I' ether vessels acquired from tho merchant if & ft j, suarino will no doubt be sold; but there li V: I 'will remain a fine force of fighting ships, f ' fi ,- with a large and veteran personnel. Before m , the close of 1800 our present force of urst- M ; E 5 claas battleships will be doubled and our ;(Jr i torpedo flotilla will also be doubled In num- ' ? : ben and more than doubled in effective- i &ess. And we shall not stand still. The K. . J present Oonpress, In Its next navy bill, will lit I1: Carry on the work of Increasing tho navy In Ieomo form, perhaps in tho clans of armored j cruisers. We shall havo outlying Islands ! to consider in our reckoning of naval needs, and the very prestige which our navy la ac quiring in these days will be the best guar antee that It will bo zealously cared for In the future. We must raako It capable of S .coping, It need be, with navies far more r powerful than that ot Spain, a decadent I ; , I among nation. m 't ' I Bpnin'o Folly in the Philippines. a ' JThe forebodlntcs of a great disaster which U - : t Cutptain-General Auquhti has expressed in I - : his despatches to Madrid leave the capture I ! ; : oflMonlla and tho downfall of Spanish do- k' : b Bilnlon In the Philippines only a question ' i ' ' f; of time, and ot a short time at that. I F, We hope this will not occur so quickly i ' ' I as Gen. Auoubti portends. We do not S& . j dealro to have Manila fall Into the hands W I '; ot the Insurgents, and trust that the X 't town will hold out until the arrival of our S ,t it ' transports and tho landing of the first In- gt ; ' stallment of Gen, Mnnuirr's forces, who ,k 'i ' may be there within a week or ten days, f I " ' and that to them tho surrender will be j - ) mode. If this cannot be, we hope that a f ' landing party of marines and bluejackets ' from Admiral Dewey's fleet will receive i the capitulation of the city. But as to tho l final result, the unfortunate Governor-Gen- r f oral leaves no room for doubt. He says he j ' cannot withstand the Americans and Insur- cents combined unless ho receive support ft; ; , "He s and apparently no adequate ft;! support could reach Manila until after our K '; ships and troops, already ordered to Dewby W i : bad settled Its fate. Hi The feebleness and fatuity of Spain's ff I polioy In the Philippines are such as even 1' f an enemy must find pitiable. That she S , could not possibly hold Cuba against tho "S ttJnlted States, with all our advautages of II f yposltlon as well oa ot a stronger navy, was jg' t; beyond the shadow of a doubt at the out 1? ; p net. But she had a good chance of holding H f tho Philippines until tho fall of Cuba 9 i Should become tho signal for peace, thus at ft ) f least leaving her Asiatic possessions still I ! In her hands. In order to do that, how- 'jl V f Vftr, she should have hod In Manila Bay, m " i months ago, a fleet at least as strong as BJ ; B tbat Which wo habitually maintain on tho IK I K Aalatlo station. It may be doubted whether a i tie complete conquest of the Philippines ft I wasatauy time In our plan, until Dewey's m I extraordinary victory put it there. Wo a E bad limited our requlremeiits apparently V ft to dispersing or destroying Muntojo's K. fr fleet, In ordor that It might not haniHH our 1 up commerce on the Pacluo, or prove a menace I 9t to Hawaii or our own coast, and to pru- S ; ' venting Manila from becoming a coaling W i" ff base for a Spanish naval force, or perhaps It K also a base for our own, I. t IIow, then, have the tipanlurds put them. !? j1, f wives into the plight which causes such tj )f Bloom at Madrid? To begin with, they Ij '- & counted to6 much on having bought off $ X AouiNALDOand the other insurgent lead- yx W era with promise of reform, or ,casb, or $ both. They considered the revolt as dad. nltely crushed; and they doubtless also thought that the shore defences of Manila, combined with the fleet, ought to be strong enough to keep out Dewky. Per haps, also, they assumed that, as the war arose out of Cuba, ariy demonstration ot ours against tho Philippines would bo at most a diversion or a mere coOperatlvo at tack. Wo had never sought to extend our I domains In that direction. Finally, their ships wcro not ready for war, although wo think that thoy might have found at least two armorclads for tho Philippines had they really appreciated in season their dan ger of losing theso possessions. We admit that their Imbecility was sup plemented by hard luck, as Imbecility la sooner or later apt to be. It was hard luck that tho lnmirgontn unexpectedly took up arms again; above all, It wan very hard luck that our squadron In the Far East hap pened to bo In tho hands of one of the world's great sailors, dnngerous to a strong adversary and overwhelming to a weak one. From tho tlnin he appeared on the scene until now, Manila ami Madrid allko ecemed paralyzed, and Spain absolutely lot tho Philippines drop from her hands. Hawaii Before tho House. The strength of tho sentiment In tho House of Representatives for Hawaiian annexation was demonstrated on Friday. The Influences which havo been operating for tho exclusion of this urgent subject were overpow ered, and the Newlands reso lution was taken up. Yesterday tho de bate actually began, and In all probability tha resolution will pass the House on Wednesday of this week. It Is proper to sny that during the pre liminary struggle for consideration of the Hawaiian question the Speaker, personally an avowed and apparently Irreconcilable opponent of annexation, showed officially the fairness which has been expected of him. In two distinct rulings, mado after the will of the House had been manifested by a test vote of 140 to 88, Speaker Hied Interposed tho authority of the Chair to block tho efforts of filibusters. The Senatorial friends of annexation and of tho Administration and of tho new American policy of expansion aro In a ma jority In that body. They should prepare for a winning fight against tho obstruc tionists. They should make up their minds now that there must be no adjournment un til Hawaii Is annexed. Fight it out on that line if it takes all summer 1 Tho First American Lino to Manila. There will be many trans-Pacific lines from this continent to Manila lines of steam vessels and lines of sailing ships when American control and influence, are fully established In the Philippine Islands. We doubt whother It Is generally known, however, that there, was an American line to Manila long ago. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in tho days of the great Spanish galleons, when Mexico was Now Spain, and much of the wealth of tho Host Indies found its way to Europe through the Mexican port ot Acapulco on the Pacific. In tho history ot the Philippine group there is no more Interesting chapter than that relating to the famous voyages of the richly laden galleons of Spain between Manila and Acapulco. They were fine ships, commanded by brave officer of high rank, heavily armed and well manned. They sailed from Manila In tho summer, taking a northerly course toward California, and then turning south ward to thelrdestinatlon, which sometimes was not reached until the voyage had lasted flvo months. On the return trip, however, the winds were always more favorable. The galleons kept well to the south and occupied from forty to seventy days In going from Acapulco to Manila. One of the best accounts of these voyages Is given in the narrative of M. DE Gciones, a Frenchman who visited the Philippine Islands In 171)6, as a passenger on an American sailing vessel. We quoto from the translation In tho second volume ot Pinkbhton'b well-known collection of Voyages and Travels : Th SpaaUta eommaroe of Manila, which might be Trr conildorblo, I llnilttd to that carrlad oa with Acapuloo bj th callon, and with China by coutan. "Tha Acapulco trad I not open to trerf one the right of freifhtafe of th f allton U dlrldrd Into l.DtO portloni, of which a lar- number U reaerred f or tho consent, and the null allotted to ladlTldu- alj, slther a ren arde or boumleii. "Theieportluna areaold by the posienor to tuoh merchant! are Inclined to ihlp. The Tallin of tha carta U flxd at 1000,000, but commonly It l twlo amuoh. It ooniltte of niuillm, India olotbi. raw Ilk. atuiri, and itocklnut of China .Ilk, of the Uit article about DO.OOO pain (he remainder of thecarao la composed of gold and allrrr plate, wrought either at Canton or at Manila by the Chlnesei Jewelry, apices gold duit aad different mercery. Great p&lna are taken In atorlnc the eargo and not afoot of Taoant pace It left. "Th carlo of the galleon at Acapulo yield! a profit of crnt per cent., paid ror partly In allrer aad partly In coohlneal, mercury. Jewel,, olnlb, and Spanlth nine. The total value of the return cargo may amount to from two to three mllliou of dollara, of which from laoO.OOO to (800,000 ars on account of th King. "Commonly but one galleon li despatched In th year, but sometimes there are two this veiutaJiir recelrlng the blessing of the Virgin frrtin the rain parts. Wares Uaulla In the middle of July and directs It course afterward to the north as high a 80 degrees, to fall In with westerly wlndsi It then steers eaatward to tha roast of California, and arrives at Aoanulco In December or January com monly, but at latest In Kaerusry. The tale or the cargo Is quickly completed, and the galleon hoists tall In return about the middle of Maiohj Itdeto-ndsto the latitude of U or 13 degrees and arrives at Manila In June. On Its arrival there Is constantly another resiel toady prepared to depart. " Toward tho eud of Commodoie Geokuk Anson'h celebrated voyage uround the world, which uogan In 17-10 and ended in 1744, he captured ono of the richest gul leonH that nver fell nrlzo too IlrltlHliH.il lor. Tho narrative of this voy.ige Is one of the classics of travel. Tho edition of 1748 contains a Hpirlti-d plrtuve of tho engage ment between the gulleou mid Anson's ship, tho Ceuturlon, which took pluco off Cape Ksplrltu Santo, In the PhlllpplncH, on Juiio'JO, 17411. Tho prize Ih thus described: "She waa railed U Noitre Hlgnora de Cai adonga, and ws commanded by the Oeneral lion JuHoxiNO ua 3lojirRo, a i'ortugueee by birth, and the most ap proved ofDcer for skill and couraye of any employed lu that service The galleon was much larger than IheCeuturlou, bad 600 men and 31 gnus tneuutsd for ao.lon, besides So pldreioes In her gun a'e, car ters and toix, eai h of whl li carried a four pouud ball. She had 07 killed lu the union sod Hs wounded, while the Csulurleu had only If killed and a Lieuten ant aad 111 wounded." The commander of a galleou ranked as a General In the tipnnixh nervlce uud enjoyed an Income ituul to L'0,000 a year, K.icli member of the crev, rucoivt-d 350 pieces of eight tor tho voyage. The maximum num ber of pernons carried, including pasteii gers, was nix huinirtiil, Anhon'h priiu was taken lo Macao, where It was found that her cargo was mainly specie laden at Aca pulco lu return for goods from Manila. It included 1,313,843 pieces of eight and 86,082 ounces ot virgin sliver. Ths voyages of the galleons ceased lu 1815 with the departure of the last one from Acapulco, A commerce equal to theirs in their best days, and far surpassing It, may yet arise between tho Philippine Islands and America, when vessels bound eastward from Manila will not turn to tho south upon sighting thocoastof California, but will steam straight In through tho Golden Gate, JefTersonlan Apostates. Purblind Democrats In and out ot Con gress aro endeavoring to find In tho teach ings of Thomas JnrruitsoN a warrant for their opposition to tho magnificent oppor tunities now presented tor tho national ex pansion and Industrial development of tho republic. They havo failed to grasp tho fundamental Ideas and principles underly ing tho governmental philosophy of the author of the Declaration of Independence. Progress material, moral, and political Is the cornerstone of the splendid system ot government formulated by htm, and he never hesitated to overleap every barrier that blocked bis way In advancing the national welfare. The Louisiana purchaso, without tho au thority of Congress and in violation of the Constitution, as Jefferson frankly ad mitted, Ih a superb Illustration of his ex alted devotion to Imperative duty and lofty principle In this respect. Had he hesitated for ono Instant in that supreme hour tho whole history of the two Ameri cas, North and South, as it Is written to day, might have been reversod, and the European powers, not the United States, possibly would be, in those closing years of tbo century, the dominant authority in this hemisphere. Next to the Bevolution the acquisition of Louisiana is tho most stupendous ovent In our annals, Tho two combined, in tho mighty and beneficent re sults that havo flowod from them, have changed the destinies of a largo part of the human race. JsFFKnsoN, In tho political system cre ated by hltu, had not the vanity to suppose that It would bo adequate to all the exi gencies of the public throughout all time. He believed, of course, in tho Immutability of the essential tniths enunciated in the Declaration, and on that bedrock founda tion of the rights of man ho confidently ex pected that an educated and virtuous people would preserve and pcrpctuato a fabric of government that should ultimately extend Its blcsblngs over tho whole world. Ho again and again declared In the ripe years of hla closing life that "constitutions aro not sacred things, never to be altered." Nothing human Is perfect, was tho keynote of many of his political exhortations; and ho nover ceased to proclaim that each gen eration is as competent to manage its own affairs as was tho one that preceded It to conduct Its own interests for Its own good and tho betterment of humanity. His sunny nature ever lived In tho present and the future, not In the past, and ho contem plated with reverence every advance that was made in the enlightenment of man kind. "We are wiser than our fathers," he said, "as they were wiser than the burn ers of the witches." In the last letter written by Jefferson. lens than a month before his death, seventy two years ago, he wrote of the immortal Instrnment with which his name is associ ated as follows: -May It be to the world, whatl bMlav It will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), th signal of arousing men to burst the cbalus under which moaklsh lgooranc and superstition had persua led them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessing and aeourlty of elf-gove rnment. That form which we have substituted restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and free drim of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to tho rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid opn to every view the pal pable truth that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of Ood." Never has tho light of the Declarat ion per meated the world to a greater degree than at tho present time. It Illumines the Nles of the mld-Paclfic, flashes from tbo muzzles of Dkwey's guns in tho Asiatic seas, and has all but dispelled the noisome darkness that has enveloped Cuba during four cen turies of monarchical barbarism. The men, or the party, that shall now soek In any way to Impede the fulfilment ot the great Jeffersonian prediction are the friends and upholders of the systems of mlsgovernment between which and JefTer sonlan Ism there is war to the end. Vet Another African Difficulty. Finality in the settlement of Interna tional difficulties In Africa seems hard to attain. The reported success ot tho Gcntil MIhbIod. which left France In 1805 for the exploration of those parts of central North Africa lylnji to the south and eust of Lake Tchad and eastward of that water oneithor side of the tenth parallel of latitude, raises a very delicate question of International right In territories about which diplomatic agreements have been concluded, but of which there has been no occupation or even effective exploration. Tho country which has been tho field of the researches of the Gentll Mission on be half of thn French Government was. In 1 bl)lt, the subject of nn agreement between Knglaud and Germany, England aban doned to Germany "oil tho political rights it was able to exercise eastward of a line starting from Rio del Itey, in the Gulf of Guinea, and ending at the southern shore of Lake Tchad, skirting the town of Yola on tho southeast," Germany, however, has not, It appears, chosen to exercise hur rights ovor the territory, which, according to thlt convention, would have carried her suze rainty right up to the Nile bruiiu. On tho contrary, she mado a convent ion with France, which was concluded and signed at Ilerllu in 18114, by which Germany reserved to herself only Adamana and n triangle of territory bounded by tho British Niger pos sessions on tho west, tho Sharl Hlvcr on the cast, and the tenth parallel of latitude on thenouth. All to the east and south of that were given up to tho French sphere of Influence. The question now ariaes whether Eng land Is bound to recognize the abandon ment of rights she ceded to Germany with out, so far sh Is known, ulterior conditions. AsHUtning that she does so, tha next ques tion that presents Itself Is where are the eastern limit of the territory relinquished I iv (jornmuy? Iiy it convention made in 18U0 between England and Germany, the latter recognized the political rights of the former In the basin of the Upper Nile; so that for whatever it Is worth, England should have tho support of Germany lu the event of any dispute with Fruueo oer the territorial limits of tho recognized political rights. Tho fact, however, that tho British Gov ernment, while always protesting against the extension of Frenoh occupation and exploration toward the Nile from the west ward, has refused, although Invited by successive French Foreign Ministers, to lay , down tho limit of British political rights In the Nile valley, somowhat complicates tho situation. It will not be made clearer If It is true, as reported from Paris, that ono ot tho Abysslulsn generals, Has Ma konnkn, accompanied by the French ex plorers, the Marquis db Bon CitAMra and party, and with a body of troops, has ar rived on tho Nile and planted tho Abyssin ian banner on Its eastern bank. The movements going on from both aides of tho Nile toward that river would seem to render tho British advsneo to Khartoum Imperative at an early period, as soon as tho navigation penult. Whether tho settle ment of tho now difficulty In central North Africa will be arrived at In the santo way as that on tho Niger, tho activity of Eng land and France, In their colonising and exploring In those hitherto Imperfectly known regions, will soon dcprlvo Africa of It title of tho Dark Continent, except In so far as the term applies to the color of its native Inhabitants. A Now Itoad to a College Presidency. It is announced that tho Bov. Josiaii Strono, D. D has resigned as Secretary of the American branch of the Evangelical Alliance, after having held tho place for ten years, and It Is oxplalncd that his resignation as Secretary Is duo to "differ ences of methods and alms" between him and that body. It Is altogether creditable to tho Evangol leal Alliance that there should be such dif ference. The "aims and methods" of the Rev. Dr. Josiaii Stuono were revealed pub licly, not long ago, and they were so pru rient, scandalous, and detestable that he chose for the means of their exhibition a disreputable, newspapor In Now York, for, to the honor of American journalism, he could get no other. Under the pretenro of serving the cause of good morals, ho wrote for that paper a sei les of articles, to which ho appended his slgnuture, retailing tho most cruol of scan dals affecting young Washington Iadlos recently dead and belonging to families of the highest standing. The stories he told had been circulated timidly by prfVate mullcious gossip at Washington, but all decent newspapers had refused to give them more extended currency. Dr. Sthono, howovor, was restrained by no such regard for the sanctity of private lite and tho suf fering of tha bereaved. He swallowed tho wholo mess as savory food for his Imagination, and used the scandals as a text for preaching a sermon on the widespread Immorality of women of Washington society, which was especially suited to the degraded medium of publica tion chosen by him. It was the sort of lit erary provender for which such organs of depravity are always greedy, but It Is usually furnished to them from other than clerical sources. In spite ot all this, " a closo personal friend" of tho Bov. Dr. Sthonq says, "no fewer than three col leges want him" as President, "one ot these a Now England Institution of na tional reputation" 1 Smokeless Powder. The descriptions of the bombardment of Santiago have dwelt on tho fact that, while our ships, as a wholo, were shrouded In dense smoke, tho New Orleans was the ono exception to the rule, the difference being, due, of course, to the fact that she used cordite, the smokeless powder of the Brit ish service, in her British guns. The result was to make her Are noticeably accurate and rapid, although It might porhaps bo pointed nut, as some offset, that sho was a conspicuous target for the enemy. That, however, proved of no Importauce, as the Spaniards didn't seem to hit a clear target any better than an obscure one. It Is noted by the Scientlflo American that the sntokoloss powder of the New Or leans also gives very high muzzle velocity, that of her G-lnch gun being put at 2,042 feet, against only 2,080 feet for the 0-Inch gun of tho Massachusetts, which uses brown powder. It should be remembered that the guns of the New Orleans are very long, and that the powder has more time to act upon the projectile before It leaves tho Kin; but it Is one of the well-known advantages otsmokclcss powders that they do secure this accumulation of pressure, and that they obtain also a far higher ve locity than tho old-stylo powder, with the accompanying flatter trajectory and in creased peuetratlon. There Is no occasion for worrying about the quality of the powder our ships are using. It is quite good enough for making havoc among the Dons, and the marksman ship, too, of our sailors, Is the talk of the duy, even with tho obscurity produced by dense clouds of smoke. Still, we think It cafe to predict that In their next war American alilpb will habitually uho smoke less powder. Smokeless powder of un doubted excellence has been made In this country, but we have had some drawbacks und somo accidents ut the factories. We had not quite made the full transformation of system when the war with Spain began. Sorrows of the Anolents. For the past four days letters like this have been dropped into tills office from all the wings of all tho winds ; To Tint Ebitoh or Ths Sun Air; Have your rniics of rointnunl'-tlon with lloaton been Intercept ed? The Anelent and Honorable Artillery Company beld Its annual parade llouday. Your editorial col umns entirely Ignore the event. As I Ulillke to e your paper 'scooped' ou events of national Impur. tance, I send you this friendly tip. It may not be too I ate even now for you to show that you were oognl aant of the event. O. II. Putt. "liosTON, Jun U," In response to many querulous or disap pointed Inquiries of this i.ort, perhaps, some word ot consolation should bit said. Our means of communication with Boston have not been Interrupted, and we followed with reverent admiration the parade of the Ancients on the occasion of tho celebration of the 200th anniversary of tho company last Monday, We saw with tho luwnid eye the crowded sidewalks; beauty looking more beautiful as tho heroic pageant murched along; tbo halberds entangling but not overthrowing martial legs ; the full glory ot spontoons or " pontooiiB," as they lire called In the Faueull Hall Armory; the rearing and plunging trolley cars, Wo heard the heavy and sonorous trcudot those feet that have travelled so many miles la parlor cars and Sound steamers ; tho feet that mado England shiver bur timbers and threw the Beefeaters Into fits. Wo heard the uniforms and the music. AVu sat in Faneull Hall and saw tho indomitable Ancients attack the food with no more fear than they would attack a Spanish fortress. Monday was a great day, and greatly was It celebrated. Yet a sadness has come to students ot the art ot war here and in many other places on account ot the new policy which the new commander ot the company, a gal- 1 LantaoUUav cf tho civil war, member-of ve--- v.T-y-e-, jM.eei-.- , .-' the famous Massachusetts Sixth and after ward Captain of the Twenty-sixth Now York Cavalry, Is said to have determined to adopt. That policy Is said to forbid the Ancients from making, for tho beneut ot various cities, those rapid marches and manccuvrrs that havo surprised, delighted, and Instructed the world, and especially military critics. Tho now commander seems to bcllevo also that tho commissariat ot the Ancients lias readied a sufficient approach to perfection, and that henceforth more attention should be paid to drill. With all respect to this policy, wede claro that tho Ancients do not need to drill. They aro born Boldlers. They aro born officers. It may bo well enough for a company like the Boston Light Infantry, which Imagines itself to bo lu tho same class with the Anclonts, to drill, but it seems a wanton Invitation to apoplexy to exercise those inlmltablo martlallsts. Lord Woubi.&t, who Baw them form for dinner and charge upon tho tables, said: '' Those men are old hands. I can tell by tho spirit they put Into all their move ments." The Ancients should be a lesson to others, but should not be lessoned. Frankly and sadly must It bo said that without tho occasional presence ot the Anolents In Worcester, Hartford, Buffalo, New York, and other oltles, military solence In thoso cities must languish. The Anolents themselves will languish, no matter how much thoy fortify themselves nt home. Even thoy are liable to fatigue. For the moment, tho future of tho Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and con sequently of tho art of war, seems cloudy. If the company must drill It ought to bo allowed to drill In four-wheelers. How Peaco May Be Secured. Certain Spanish newspapers and publlo men speak of tho growth ot a desire for peace in thn Spanish capital. Tho only posslblo terms of peace are tbo completo withdrawal of Spain from Cuba, Porto Hico, and her Oriental islands. Hard as they mnyseem, Spain will gain In future strength by accepting them, and the sooner she ylolds the better It will bo for her. By continuing the war sho simply loadB her solf with Increasing debt; in tho end she must give up those colonics, bo long mis governed by her. Whenever Spain, of herself, or through somo other power, Is ready to make pro posals of peaco on the basis of bor relin quishment of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, the war will come to an end. But not until then. Rear Admiral Geokob Dewet a Doctor of Laws I Well, nothing- Is too Rood for him. Th university which conferred tho dog-roe had In mind the thoroughness with which Dr. Sxwbt Lambasted tho Lurking Dons. Tho fact is hero recorded with unmixed contentment that the Hon. Wimjam Ai.fukd Pkffkii, ths likeliest old Populist ever sent forth from Kansas to surprise) If not Improve the world, is now the Prohibitionist candidate for Governor of Knnsas. It la Mr. Peffku's good fortune to have a large stock of prin ciples. He has enough to furnish several parties. He Is not less a Populist becauto he is a Prohibitionist, and when a distinct anti-corporation party or State railroad and telegraph party is formed ho will be found near the head of It. Ho bns a beautiful, confiding- temperv ment, and few (talesmen hare ever believed more Implicitly tbltiar unbelievable. Still, be la a well-meaning anil good-natured person, and we hope to nee him nominated for something or other evory month. An occasional Boston correspondent Is good enough to send this note of high scientific and political Interest: "Ills Honor Mayor Cjciict is now drinking llqus fled air. at a temperature of 312 degree below zero. The politicians of the City Hall say that he Is greatly warmed up and U fast becoming as genial a could be wished." The Hon. JosiAU Quikov nsed to go to nbout tonty dances u nlcht when he was a candidate for a second term. No doubtabout his geniality, In spite of a still lingering impression to tho con trary. But this liquefied air 1 a great help to him. Hs is nobody knows how many thousand yours old. When he was not young, but lei old than he has been In historic times, tbare waa no air on this plunot. Ho sat on the top of his tree and thought. He didn't need any air, and be ha never got used to breathing IL Llqueflod air ia more to bis mind. To show bow the sarue thing Is regarded from different nolnts of view, this extract from a prlrato letter Boat from Boston is printed: "Josh QeincT Is taking liquid air at the congenial temperature of 400 degree below aero, but complalna that It 'burs him.' Tha boy call It 'Jour hot water our.' " After all. Mr. Quinot has the Uostonian tem perament, possibly a Uttlo In excess. A Llque flod Air Drinker' Society was formed in that town marly two month ago. Tho Hon. Huait Andeiison Dinbmohe of the Fifth Arkansas Congress district told the House yesterday that "he did not accept the theory of prominent military and naval authori ties that tbo possession of the Hawaiian Island was indispsnsablo to the protection of th Utiltsil Stalea," It may be worth whllo to sny that the Hon. Hdoii Andeubo Dinbmoiii: was Minister llesldent and Couaul-Qeneral to lvorr-a from 1B87 to 1890. HI remark show that he la one ot the fen survlvots ot the Cleveland school. His oalmness In overruling the mili tary and naval authorities la worthy ot tha man -who gave blra his Job. We undertake to say there Is more "oryp ton ' to the srjuare foot In Ualne'a atmosphere tbsu In sny other section of the habitable globe. JCaittrn rgue. Wo don't know how much crypton there Is In the Maine air, hut there is no argon In It. That eltiggard element cannot thrive in Maine, whoso robust atmosphere fills all her aon with un flagging energy. In fact, the Maine air I so full of champagne that prohibition eems to bar been a wise, even if an unsuccessful, precau tion. Artificial exhilaration Is a superfluity In that State, and the people that crav It must be hard of breathing. Military aurgeon claim that a man stops growing at IS years of age. Si, f.unli Qlubt-Dtwuicrat, There ar great exception to this rule, if nil It be. Kor example, the Hon. Cvnus Anaua Sui.ixiwaT, the heaven-grating statesman who is tha Itepri-sontnllv in Congress of ths Vlrnt New Hampshire dlst-lct, gain sn Inch lu height every four ye.ira, uud has never bean able to atop growing. The Hon, Cyclonic Davis, tho Texua Mlilillo-oMlio-Itmider, Is a still more Impressive cat of continuous growth, Accord ing to the census of 18110 he was then eighty. three iucbea high. He 1 now between eighty five inn elghty-tereu Inches, and cannot start to walk without exploring the site of his feet with a range finder. As for his bead, that ha disappeared entirely In the ether, but it keep on thundering. Prof. Von Hoist of tho fhliag-o Unlvetelty thinks the war will prove the rLtn of the United btates. RoQhttitr Dtnoorat and Chronielr, I'rof. Von Holst never think. He lays or hs writes. A Saor-IOrn rr Ills T'oualry, She Why don't you join lb army and go fight tha Spaniard' He I've mad a greater saorUc aad a mora pain ful on than that fa- my beloved oosatry, Sli Indeed I Wkat U It. pray r n 01va.V Baroaa algai n1gii toimoi-lryg OaaaaeUntta. -.lywltJj ' --- - ,g - - fry iiliiw.,m M1 M ;.yto-. A. A rzBirxr xo xjlt jlt omoKAUJ.ua j. CL Lensnl nerale Hisi ef the SterlM t tlarvatleii Tke Faete. To Tns Enrron or Tub Bun Sin I Incloa a clipping which says that one o the private of the Twelfth Heglmens is on the point of starva tion, &c. I presume that letters ot this sort aro qnlte common from newly enlisted men. When they writ home they find that a description of the dull routtntot camp llfo Is far from bolnpr In teresting, much les exciting, and not In th leaat like a pags from CharleaO'Malley; there fore, they depict tho hardships of their life. These hardships are entirely imaginary, and, in point of fact, the men aro very comfortable, and wilt probably look back at the Ufa they are leading with feelings of pleasure and envy. The Qovernmont is a most liberal provider. No company can consume the rations that are Issued to It. It may frequently happen that tho company cooks are wasteful or ths Quartermaster Sergennt do not manage Judloloutly. Illstb duty of each Captain to supervise tho Issuance of rattuna anil th cooking. Many Captains manaire to ssvo from the un used ration u very considerable company fund, with which they buy luxuries not provided by the UovernmonU The condition of this camp ha been most nor tltently misrepresented by th press. 1 cinnot seo that any good purpose I rved by making the men llacontentrd and their relntlve un happy. Your truly, It. W. Lionaru, Colonel Twelfth Hoptlruent Infantry. CnicKAHAUoi Park, June 8. The Soldier aad nia nation. To v Xnrrna or Tare Son Sir: Would It net be a good plan If aome patrlotlo person of means would have a pamphlet printed and distributed among th volunteer troops In tba Held describing the army ration In detail, and the proper way to get It I to draw It from tb United States Commissaries of Sub sist! nca? Thsre Is no question that the ration Is ample and good. It the soldier gets all he la entitled to and It Is wall cooked. My experience In a mtlltla regiment In 1801 was that none of the offlotrs understood their business, and I and othere In an arltto-ratio company had to pay a dollar a day to a caterer outside, while our officers were Innocently eating our rations, not know ing that they wero paid the money value of tour rations la their pay roll and were net allowed to eat the food belonging to th men. Why there should have been any complaints from the Fourteenth Brooklyn, with Col. Fred Orant, a West Pointer, In command. Is Incomprehensible, as oertalnly Orant ought to know how to draw rations and to Instruct his onlcera. The Adjutant'a morning repot t returns so many en listed men present for dut) . ana the brlga le or depot commlsjary stands ready to deliver the rations for that number of men when the proper requisition is handed to htm. Why lu the name of common sense cannot the regimental quartcrinastora learn bow to make out a requisition. Then our boys don't get their Stats pay because tha company otTloera didn't know how to mak out the State pay rolls. Th military schoolmaster must be abroad. Uuooiliu, June 11. OxomiE It. BiETOX. Moll Plieher. tbe Logician. To tor Editor or Tint Sex Sir; If still of Interest, wo might add that, aa previously stated In Tux Sun. lloll I'ltcher has descendants living, and lies burled here. A neat and modern stone lnsorlbed "llary riti her. 173H-1 B 1 3." marks th accented spot. bhe Is kindly rsmemberedt but. contrary to Whis tler and " folk-lore," history and tradition describe her us an active and benevolent little woman, keen and shrewd, and a past master of deductive analyst. Whatever her practices with her more credulous and bemuddled patrons, she commanded the respect ot a very large and Intelligent clientele, maintaining a unique and perhaps a national reputation for half a century. Her contributions to the Kevoluttonary war wera only thou of other patrlotlo home people, and she was the mother of four children. Descendants ot th fourth, fifth, and sixth genera tions are living who claim she ucver used a cane, aa frequently pictured. Ths burial place seems well established. It Is the "Old Western Burying Grounds' at Itarket square, head ot North Common atreet, and dating back to ie. Date of marriage. Oot. 9, 1700. Date ot death, April 9,1818. Her residence was somewhat back of about 4A3 Essex street, on property at present held by John W. llutchlnson. D. T. Ltmi, Mass., June 10. Twb Arrbieoloatcal Find. At the last meeting of the French Academy of In scriptions, Mr. Babclou. curator of the medals, ex hibited two vary Interesting coin struck by the city ot Medaba, In the Moab district. The coins were made of brunse, and have ou the obverse tbe portrait of Elsgabalus. On the reverie la IsU-Astarte, holding the had of Osiris. Up to this time no coins were known besrlng the name of tbe town of Uedaba Tbe coins are also very curious as a lato romlnlsoenc of the Oslrlsn legend. Another vary Interesting dlsoovery was made by Mr. Besnler, who la making excavations In Algeria, at Lambetsa. In a room supported by column ha discovered an Inscription relating that the room was used aa a "labularlum" by th Third Legion. The room was a meeting place for all tho ofUclalsot tho military administrative department, all of them bo loosing to a sort of mutual beaevolenoe society, th Ly-Iaws ot which aro stated there In th Inscription. Hawaii le relambla. Across from far Ilawall, over sunny rippling saae. Comas a nation's pleading message, wafud on th western breeset Kindred hcarta will beat together spite or Intervening mlleil Mak a comer at your hearthstone for a slsterof the Isles. Yon planted here the Uttle germ from which our growth has sprungi Our hopes to you from first to last with oonttaat faith havo cluugt W thrust aside, as freemen must, a rotten, orum- bllug throne i 8trtoh out your arma and tak us, for we oannot stand alone. We ar but a little handful, and though stout aad bravo of heart. We oannot mutter force enough to fill a natlon'a parti But growth and future greatness will be ours b. neatb thr flag, And when It beads tb column we shall b tha last so Isg. nere are scenes of softest beauty, her aro sights of awe subllmet Here from year to year unending I a perfect balmy cllinet Here tbo slok and worn and weary find health and rvst aud peaco. In these Islsnds of tbo Blessed, where the sounds of conflict oeaae. We hold the key of oommero to all th teaming EmIi We hold for wars upon tho earth aa yet have far fromoeased Tb ons and only harbor for a hoitlla naval post. Whence fleets of swarming cruiser may ravage all yourooast. Must wn turn to other nations? there U one at least whlon walls, la dlplomstto silence, the decision of "the states;" They dare not cross your purpose It you dare to mak It known, But they never lose suoh chaucasi they are watching for thrlr own. A tidal wuve Is rising high, a vast Incoming need, To swet-p away our tlovornment, our butnis, our faith, our Mood i Ours, yes, and your i and will you stand supine, In different, by, And stop your ears aad steel your hearts against a klmman'acryf Would Eugland plant an outpost, bona of her very bone, And leave It la Its hour of trial to stand or fall alone f From farthest tropic Jungle, from frotea lands of snow, Urr world encircling drum-beat rolls back the an swer, Kol It Is not for ourselves alone to earnestly we sue. Already lu the war with Spain, we've takea side with you. And thrown hsarts, hones, and harbors wide, to those now us thrlr way To reinforce your gallant tars In far Manila Bay, Beneath your baunsr's sheltering fold w long to be at rest) Abov all other flags that Seat, w count It first and best Then Alag II wld la starry pride, above our sea girt town. And aeoe alull vr dar again to aaol "DM Glory slawa, iaomiiDUorgaa. a--f f-, i i-i-nfnsM , ssirn i Mm AXOLO-XAXOX AND OBX.T. fsBI TH atusllsh Lansiiasr. After All th Orl ( Hand or tfalea. sssllal To Tint Enrron or Tub Btw SiV." It may 'H? be desirable and sven necessary for us to form H an alliance with the Drltlsh Empire, The two ,W peoples are practically one. They spak tho Mil same language, hava ths same Institutions! 'Um their Interests are very much th same, too. . 'fsassssssi Much can be said In prala ot tho peopl Of JHP England, but It Is a mistake to call them Sax- Hw ons and thus excite tha disgust ot a very large " jiM elemont ot our population which has Irish if blood In It vein. MlV History tell ut that the Britons were con- ffljB qurod by the Saxons and these in their turn by iJ& the Normans, who were much their superiors ia Ur'.J civilisation. Thus a modern Englishman may . bo described ns llrltnn plus Saxon plus Norman. ?". aud perhaps ulu some Irish or Scotch. If his ii1 blood raulil be analyzed the chemist would find -sm all theie elements, and no doubt tho mixture kbbH makes th man all the better. Hj When we come to anulvxe ths modern Irish- VS mnn, wellud him nlto a compound of original tTtfH Irish, Saxon, Noiuinn, and I know not what. M-BtM Since the tlm of Henry II. Ireland hs been f overrun by many raroa, and these werenotslow vJssW to admire th daughters of Mlleslua, and thes Z4K reciprocated. They settled down there and be- ''OBBBB came "Hibernlcla liisl Hlbernlores." Yet.no 'Hssssssl doubt, thalr dtscenilntit nf our day aro very ' different indeed Ironi the Irish of the eleventh Tr century even, nnd King Bryan Dnroim would 4 not ftel very much t home In tholr society. ? Further, whatever may he said, and Justly, i too. ot the political disabilities of Ireland, who ,; will maintain that the would ho bettor off under V gusala. Germany, or even Frame, especially as i ngllsh publlo opinion is becoming more favor- 4 ablo dally to her aspirations, bygones mutt f be treated as bygones. Yet tho Americana who , talk of alliance ot tbe Anglo-Bnxon race should " rather talk of th union of 'Engllsh-sueaklnff -V F copies." This would glv no offence to tb ,,it rlili, who have so olln und to generously abed I their blood lo prevsnt England from trampling JM I upon our common liberties. "A I AN UNl'OETIC IlUSn-AUKlUOAN, ' - New Yohk, Jun 11. ;f; AngloSasM or Baglleal v To the Editoii ok Tub Sun Sir: On June -" 0 a letter appeared under thi bead In The Sum ;i which almost oontradlota Itself, and yet allttl L. exposure of its utter falsehood seem nocessary. iffl Tbe writer, Mr. J. J. Boalln, say that tho Nor- wl man conquest "wiped out" the Anglo-Saxon "j? raco and a "Norman French kingdom" sup- j, planted It, and he quotes the historian Qreen as , -, f, ons ot hi authorities. ;, ; Every schoolboy knows that the ono object of ' Green's history 1b to set forth the evolution of tho English people, which title he chose delib erately, from the landing of the first English men, aa be calls them, In 410. ' The word English, which Green nnd E. A. Froeman, the two greatest authorities on tha ' subject, used In preference to Anglo-Saxon, lj la sclentifioally applied by tbciu to thoflratln- J vadcrs of the fifteenth century equally with th s f descendants of the nineteenth. , On patro 1 of hi history, Qreen points out how .f& the fiilborlnnd of tbu present English race was UX In tho borne of th Angle und Saxons In Sle- fa i wick. After tho Norman conquest he is at M 1 much pains to show clearly how tho English IB A race absorbed tbo comparatively small number Tf of Normans. On pogo 101 he snys: " Aftor tho ncceaslon ot J , Henry II. trntlju and lntcriiiarrlago drew Eng- 1 llebmen aud Normans so rapidly into a alugls TK!t people that the two races aoou cenBed to bo die- - Bii tlnguiehable," R On paeo 117, in order to show how little tho 'J? Normans hud Bupplantod tho English, he eays, hi anenking of L.i union's Ltrcat poem written ' 'sji nbout 1Z00: "Out of UO.OOO lines, lcssltlian IT Ilfty Norman words are found." '1 Again, on page 101: "The principle of our 'B p-irliamcntary law must be studiod in the meet- Ings of wise men beforo tho Conquest or barons after It." Sneaking of Chaucer, page 215. ho ays: "Ills genius was neither French nor Italian, but Eng- Huh to tho core." Hut why multiply Instances t New Yohk, June 10. W. IL CuitTLsn, William thn Conqueror und Other. " To the Eurtoa or Tua Scn Sir: Evidently Mr. 1 ; John J. Bealln 1 not a very close student of history, I , or the aosertlons about the Anglo-baxons made In hla Jm letter In Tux Sirsnf to-day belle him. aV AcoordlngtoIIunir, William the Conqueror landed wl atPevcneey In Sussex. October, 1088, with 80,000 Wl mou, and the battle of Hastings waa fought Oct. It. if IV The Normans lost 1S.00I) men In thn engagement, Jf,P leaving William 4f,000. conlderably reduced by th 'miiS large number of nounded who died nrterward. Th f tt Kncllih aubmltted to the Conqueror, acknowledging v' him their la ful soven-lgu, and bo solemnly swore at M his coronation to abldi- by the liwi of the Confessor, t 3 an oath lake by all English sovereigns at their eoro- '' ,' catlou to the present day. Eicrpt for atewlusur- ' rectlons which occasioned the devastation by YI1 ' l llatu v. the northf-m mtrt. aud the itfMit!nn nt the majority or tho haxon nobles, the country rcmalued peaceful, and beyond passing rigorous and cruel laws no attempt was made to exterminate th j jteuple, a feat which would have been almost Impos- ' alblo In view of the fact of the small number of Nit- j mans In the country. The liivadere ware ultimately j absorbed by the people and eventually became mor - English thau the English tboinielvee, and by th I 'V j reign of Edward III. the French language ceased to I ' i be thn ofllclal lamruaim of the court and Judiciary fjw and English took Its place. Ml Tho Auglo-baxuus rose triumphant over their Nor- wK man cunquvrors through their Innate virility and ij'ft tlu-lralurd) opposition to tho cruel and uujust law tall Imposed upon them, and they eventually won from jH the tyrant Juhn the provliloue of thn Ureat Charter, flK which guaranteed their liberties to the people. HM' Tak tbe majority of Euglisli names, how msny nf ni'E Frrncb extraction do you find? Vory few and those In j mainly among ihn ur!tocracy. Look at some ot th HI I namtis prominent In Enitll-h history and Uteraturet JH J Cbauoer, Brrakspeare (Adrian IV.), Fisher, Warn- Mj ) bam. Wyellffe, Wnlsey, Shakespeare, Spenser, III I Fletcher, Sydney, Waller, Hampden, Cromwell. m , How auUdly Anglo-Saxon these names are, without a jfl ', taint or French extraction. Vet your correspondent H I says th race bev-amo extinct. No, thank Ood. It did not rile, but lived to proclaim liberty and freedom of H ' consolenc to the world. Let mi advise Mr. John J. Bealln to read again Orreu's "Making nf England " I don't believe ha H will nnd In It that the Anglo-Saxon race waa wiped BJ out, or that Its lauguuge, manner, and custom fl pasted an ay. Many nf thone have oume down to us B at tho day, notably the celebration of Yulotlde. In S my natl town of Itlpon tho return of Wilfrid, Aroh- M bishop of York, f i oin Homo, in the eighth century, 1 J stilt commemorated, an event which happened mor ff than 200 yean before the Norman conquest. m & Diiooklts, June 9, j, w. S. I To Tint EniToa or Tax Ron sir: It gives me plra. I ure to furnish to John J. Dealln. President, and a I Celt of the Celts, the Information h aaka for regard- 1 log tbe Anglo Saxons They are still In England, though many are found wherever civilization has penetrated or Is tlng Intro lucod. William the Conqueror brought but a few thousand . Normans Into Drltalnt Queen Eleanor brought overs J few Flemish wnrkmen. In John's reign some meroa. I narles and some Frenchmen came, only a few of I them remaining after the ware ot bis tlm wcr ' endrd fume few foreigners osia In tha time ot Kd. vt-aid II., along with the foreign favorites to whom be was so fatally altacLed. bluce then the most no- ta table Influx or foretgnera baa been the Immigration A ortne Ilugueuots. H In all thes-, however, the foreign element Intro- 11 dmeri was too small to produce auy percepttM Ml uindltlcatlon In the rbaracterlitlcs of the prcdotn- Bf touting lace. Moreover, the Incomers began early ta jw2 sink their Identity aa a separate raoe, even Henry I, 'Jf the son of William the Conqueror, took for hut ff Cjueen the granddaughter of Elmund Iromldos, on '"Tj of the B.uou King, The fact that lest thanaioor 1 V of Klugt war direct descendants ot tbe Normans Vt does not obliterate nor eveu obscur tb tin ot tha T deceut of tlm ueople of Enklsud from the Angle aud the Saxons v, ho exterminated tha Urltout. Kng. land's present gueeu, Victoria, takea pride In tracing her ancestry back to Egbert, the Hrst Saxon King, th friend aud pnuegn or Chitlecnsgue aud the grand father of Englaud s great Alfred, Uiickixltk, June u. Hoaxer Wxerrxa. Tb Crete. fa ortlcers Ueu't Suit Mr. L. f, bonrher. Tram London TrutS, J Tbe Duke of Tork. who now get tSSO a year hut I pay.wll reoelve 830 a year while be Is In oomraaad , of tne Creeoent Sir Ohsrlrt Cust, who Is on of th W Duke'sequeriles.haabeeu appointed First LltuUuaol ti or the Crescent III servlu paths have run la ; pleasant plaeei. as be was for Ihra years In th royal A ya bt Osborne, and previously lu the Alexandra. 'fl whn.be was the Dub of Coburg'. flagship lo th i'i Mediterranean. Tbe Duk of Vork will be well '1 "dry-nursed " on bosrd tbe Creso.nt. Commander 'I fsroplHll and Lleuts. Ureatorex and 1-hlllpott ar t.1 three of the cleverest and motl promising officers Is , I theservlce. Lieut. Ilucke-Kesn and Oeoll Italke l war both special promotion out of th royal yacht. J and tny were pltobforked over th beads of belwesa . seventy aad Igbty senior officer of th sam rank. All Haas Ualag Well. M iYotn fa CMoao ftseortt. While the active mother' congr A Mends tb wend with ll uiTJiJ. Tb.anwLvtoM.fulucisVUSr . Ba to gHdB all rtgy stia... . -.