New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27


thus far beld this position aud conducted Itself VIII
dcnit in the faco Of the popular 9snor ~ win IN
this t viii be soTy day whon the T1oGr
meni yields to the importuntes OF nsody Of
nations engage in foreign war Without SuH'ie"'
proyocation
TIiIE FOR TIFF PEOPLE TO THINK.
From Ias Loaisrps CoBter-JouraiL .
Senator Sumner is right Caleb Gushing Is
right IL Is certainly time for the people VI .is uyt
assemble in little than week; and unless coz,
gress possesses degree OF wisdom anu I e"e Tor
fearing that the camor OF the public WIZ hnu us Wy
into their deliberations and precpltate the most unio
tunate consequences A wrathful spirit OF conq9es,,
does not become q republic particularly when lhyokeu
~ nrnsoa to Franco as well as to the republicans OF
Spain. IL has been the boast OF the adVOcatos Vi
resentatve government Ike ours tnat IL llo
entang tie burdens OF taxation and the caamitles OK
conquest upon the people IuOneh soho ~, ANY W y
az Tho cos OF many masses OF the peo
pie prosper better Ia peace taan IN MI r. t,ne
Tor MS TO pause and think 1nat We are doing ~ Is quo
part OF wisdom to redeot matuTcy upon step 80 l
p1rant and perhaps p5uOus, and n Is 10 be hupeu tat
Congress at least viii that prudence which the
people generally seem 10 have LOST
WHAT WAR MEANS.
War means immediate taxes laid on with q
heavy hauJ 1t means restoration OF the taxes OF iye
cents on coffee and % tea, aud OF the entire ISL
of internal excuses It means multiplication OF me
tax-gaherers. War IS the downfall OI pupnc cieuas'
aud ours is already strained Instead OF selling more
bonds for what they will fetch, shall lay direct ax
Of SOl year 20 be collected through the regular
safe aachlnerv The expenditures OF sucn war VIZ
he rnaJe Lv a few E1stern cities; the taxes will DO
drawn FROM the whole country War VIII destroy con-
re- knayes who argue that we should to war to maze
good times Traders and apoouaiors WHO are "eaA aHu
shaky now would bc wiped out by a war.
THE COST OF WAR.
From Tie SpriaGfsld R'pA99tofn
We are not afraid OF war. we haVe TO
selves by any nlnety-day nonsense or 0raggadocio.
naval war may DO long one and costly one 4 W.T.,
vessel to-day Is miracle OF expense spdnIsh Pruo
will DO very dun learning We shall have to beat cue
fools small before thcy VIII accept delet' 3D. 30 I'M II
payl VIII AZ pay either IN hOnor or III spoisuc hVo
OF flag posututGd TO an Iegai PoRG5 a e snos an
snine al tion TO our own already unweedod gardens,
possessed things rank and gross Ia nature neIeJ
THE ONLY THNG TO e BE DONE
How ran there be any peaceful adjustment
of Inc question whch Involves murder OF the 100
passengers GA board the YrSuus II tAolr liye5 had
rendering OK the vessel and those board TO our Gov
ernmcnt agents accompanied with an APOLOGY Tor ther
eoanected with iT. But since tho whoeslle murder
there be apology or atonement. lho dead can
that is TO make proper reprsai upon the Suly Pay'
That reprsalIs the occupation aud posse SOU VI OHo1
Ile people will be satlsu5G WITH nOtAins lcss'
VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS.
lie CLlcRaIA COHt1i-TctoL
The news of the pretended excitement IN
the United states about ne execution OF the lniouS,5rs
OF tho Nrgnus has produced real excitement IA nl
drid, and war spirit there Is so gh tna5 tAe Uaed
states Minister mas been threatened Dy MOB anu Ie
CASTELAR, Government would be PROFESSIONALLY over
thrown It should submit 70 unpopular Demands me
inneiate result as we have several times stated or
armed Interference by the Unite states IA the aurs OF
Cuba would be TO unite against Us tho whole opsn5I
Ilce with, perhaps, the exception OF the scattering
bands of desperalOes VINO maintain what II called tue
Republic Cuba. Tu.s Is very serious business.
AN 1Y ; 81, TO : NA 51 S.5s, H2NoH'
1t is not question OF whether the Flrglnlus
was or Was not engaged IN unlawful enterprise, TO
a
sS V 6it OF solemn treaty ooilatons clearly
deaed AMI unmstakaDe III language. Ii - therefore,
an insult the national DOhOr that cannot DC e&paeu
away " the logic Vi diplomacy
ORIGIN OF THE WEATHER REPORT SYSTEM.
MR. REDFIELD's SUGGESTION NOT ONE OF DAILY
WEATHER FORECASTS.
To me Edftor or The Tribune.
SIR: Your correspondent Howard" is pleased
to say that facts do not sustain in claiming Tor Com
modore Maury tho honor OF beng tho first TO urge upon
the public attention the great value and importance Of
using the telegraph the means OF
making practicable system Of daily weather forecasts
Ibeg to submit in reply that his denial 5 made
out by showing he does, that IN 1913 Mr. Redhed
suggested that tho march Of storms might be made
known In the Atlantic ports by means Of the electric
telegraph That suggestion OF Mr. RS appears merely
incidentally at the end Of the Last OF several articles IN
Tie American Journal n Science under the caption,
On three several Hurricanes OF the American Seas and
their relations the Northers, called OF the Gulf OK
Mexico and the Bay OF Honduras, with Charts lustra
ING the same by W. C. Beddcl." There i5 nothing in
the words OF MT. r. which points 10 any system OF daily
weather forecasts, let alone system sueh a. the one
now IN operation. which precisely the system
that which Commodore hlurY laDOIed 50 earnestly 10
RSf sinponq The suggestion OF Mr. r. to be the same
thing Commodore Marry advocated" Howard very
far from showing that Mr T. urged his suggestion upon
the publ attention, l9r yo1 WI please to observe that
I found Commodore ILuyy's cllin To cr1uS upon mo
incouesable fact believe that he the hrs not
TO throw the conception 10 quest lncd9ntaly in
learned ana technical article in scientific journal, but
the first TO impress ~ Importance upon tho public mind
by proclaning i to tho PEOPLE n leGure IA speecnss
10 Newspaper articles AID IN his private
That what mean ~ saying tiG'J be vas the h5 TO
allowed to ask II Howard has made out any sloh case
az that Tor Mr.. Reddsldl Truth.
Richmond, Va, Nov. H. 1873.
CLATu IN BEHALF or PROF. EsPY.
TO The razor OF The Tribune.
SIR: In reply to Truth" OF Lexington, Va,
in your issue OF 80. let reIor to The Atlanta GaJ
Sun OF April 80. iS7J in which the Hon. Alex. II.
stephens in an article over his initials, states that
"weather reports we're not first published iu France"
He says:
The following s a correct history OF their incirient
beginning In the winter of 1912 the writer OF this
was member Of Congress aud cIauced 20 take lodgings
Finn CWasnington where for the first time he met
the late Prof EspV. called, who was perhaps
more generally known at that time as the Storm
King" He was bca rdcI az the house Mr.. Ejpy
was the author Off now system " mete jrolOgy, &c
In tue United States his yiows were not re-
earcd " In favor by the acknowledged scientists gen
orally Prof Henry cftho Smiths niln Institute
farS. and Id s1om tea IDEAS upon that subject 20
Arago, Tasldy and otor distinguished phoso?hers OF
France. wire Thought better oil them Feel
iag assurea not 9a lyr. OF tE9 True nnuos99ay
practical Usefulness OF the meteorological laws taught
by him, under proper sstem OF speedy eomDu nieaton
bety ecu d 81 s &c n % 1 VINO
fully eoncurrec IN ths bit how was the expense To 10