National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-05-26

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The Remains Of Custer and his Comrades.
From the New York Herald
The War Department has decided that the
remains Of Generni Custer and the officers who
fell with him In the famous battle on the Lit
tie Big Horn, shall be removed to more ac-
cessible place Of rest. Colonel Sheridan has
already left for the scene Of the battle, aud u
is estimated that the task may be finished IN
little more than month. The graves Of the
sixteen gallant officers are side by side, and
each WIS carefully marked at the time of
burial for future Identification, Unless the
Indians have desecrated this rude sepulchre
there will he little difficulty In transferring
the remains to Fort Leayenworth, whore, In
the national cemetery, they will repose in
security. The body Of General Custer will
be taken to West Point, In accordance, II Is
said. with wish he often expressed. The
only exception, we believe, to the removal is
in tho case Of Lieutenant Crittendcn, whose
father has desired that the body Of that young
soldier shall rest where he fought so bravcly.
There are good reasons for this action OF the
Government. II Is the duty OF tho nation
to commemorate the event as well rs the
locnlity, and many Of the relatives and friends
Of these of1iccr would prefer to have them in
TERED at the Leavrnworth cemetery instead
Of the now almost inaccessible wilds Of The In
dian country. No tomb could be- found moro
sppropriste for General Custer than that nj
vest Poisf. But nothing should be done IN
such . matter without the approval Of the.
relatives Of the dead heroes. Their wishes
should be respected. and. no doubt. will he by
the Government. The question is purely one
Of sentiment, and some may feel. Ike General
Crttenden that the most honorable grave for
sol,lier is ON the battle field where he fell.
With this right Of relatives understood the
decision VI the Government will be approved.
But the bones Of hundreds OF men as brave
will continue to mouldcr In that fatal pass II
was not possible to identify all who perished.
and one tomb must enclose them forever
Whatever honors may be raid the shin at
West PUNT or Ieavcnworth equal respect
should be rendered to the men who rode with
Custer to death. monument should be built
in that lonely valley and dedicated TO the
memory Of all who fought 50 nobly from the
fearless and famous leader to the humblest
trooper in his command.
London Clothes.
from the New York World:
We regret to observe that some Of our most
esteemed citizens have been smuggling suits "
clothes frpm London tailors We deprecate
this In the inscrest Of the revenue and good
taste. New York has the best dressed popuIa-
lion in the World, or, il it yields to Paris II Is
mesSunbly beyond London. As II Is the aim
Of the London miIliner to make every woman
look like dowdy, IL Is the full purpose Of the
London fashionable tailor to make his customer
look like q tramp. N. Tainc has pleasantly
observed Of the English that they look rs ff
they were made Of sheet iron. This Is not the
nature of the Englishman, but the bad art Of
the English tailor. The New York tailor, on the
other hand, knows his business. He has his
weaknesses, to be sure. One Of them is his
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FROM the base of the human collar should
touch the point 1t the shoulder. No anatonist
nor indignant customer can disabuse him OF
this fixed idea He would pad the shoulders Of
the Tarnese Hercules or the late John G.
Heenan. Our lively correspondent, Mr..
whiteing. has recorded for US the theories he
had formed of American anatomy, which wcre
only overthrown when he forths frst time saw
an American in his shirt sleeves ~ another
British tourist Il is recorded that after be had
watched from the windows of the Fifth
Avenue hotel for an hour tho procession Of
yasscrs-by he ventared to inquire whether
this country wss popst1stcd exclu'
siyeiy by prixe-fghtes. The foihle ol
the New York tailor, however, rep.
rehsnsible a. II Is. leaves him far
sbovs the London levcl. No New Yorker who
Is particular about his clOthes would order q
suit FROM Isnd.n, much les smugglc one, eK.
cert under circumstances Of extreme destitu.
tion. When the vigilance of the custom hoasr
detective has exposed the furtive methods by
which = respectable New Yorker gets clumsy
clothrs VIZ should pity and forgive tho unfar.
tunssc aud iil-drssed man. He woah wcas
New York clathcs If he csuld. The tzfif, u
usual. defeats itsslG In our seal 10 protect
the New York tailor against the pauper tsilors
Of London We try to exclude the work Of the
London tailor ny tremendous dutiesl What We
ought to do Is TO welcome his hnndiwork to our
shores> New York should be m asylum fos
the cuats VI all taiiors and the trousers ol
every cut. Then the London tailor's work
known Of all men would be shuAned by all
who aimed At the name Of swell, and the coats
of New York would hump Themselves" along
all our avenues unjostlcd by tho steep declivi.
tics Of london made shoulders. Truth" Oh.
.ervrd Milton, ia inyncible II u h left ffee +,
combat error" and the New York tailor n he
could only hire procession or unfortunatcs
chtd In London coats, and bearing plncsrds pro.
chiming that fact, to march along Broadway,
need have no feaf thereafter Of the British
tailor This ouyht to he entirely clear 10 the
most obtuse snip In this great American me,
| trupolis when he considers that tho only toll
erably meritorious British tailor Of our tiines
wis an American from Worcester. IN Msssachu
sets. by the name Of Poole and that Poole h
now dead, and has left his name TO be the lead
ing stock in trade ola manufacturing company
| Let the Moiltss Hans. {. -. az
prsni the Pnntiriphh inquirer ... f.I
Sixteen murlerer arc 10 he executed In
Pennsylvania during the coming summer
This is an extraordinary number of hangings
| 10 occur within 10 short time, and the infer,
] suee might he drawn by many persons at q
distance that crime is unusually rampant In
this State. Surh would scarcely he u fair in
| ference as to the present conditian g -hairs
however true of IL recent past Twelve q