New-York tribune., 1877-09-15

haowed publish thing whatever without the con-
.ent of the Minister OF War. NJ. sainGenest Is leu
tenant Of the reserves ana under strained CONSTRUCTION
~ the law falls under the jurisdiction OF tne military
authorities II the principle holds good Tor the reserve
s well as the active army. it may be applied TO the terri
trl force and inasmuch as service is compulsory no
rrenchman under forty years has n right to contribute
70 the newspapers without knowledge and consent OF
the War Department Gsmota ~ az was porn IN ov US' and
the War Minister might have punished MN Tor pn9nsn,
ing the speech made at Lille and have saved the CaDc
the trouble OF prosecuting him in court
Snleiman dispenscs with the ordinary ma
chincry Of an army. lie transported his whole force
from Adranople 10 Karabunar in forty-eiSht hours
There were stai officers. bureau chiefs, quartefmas
ters-coueral, adjuants and ambulance suporlnehdehs
70 make confusion As correspondent oil INC Lo'"on
Times describes the march, Suelman sad' CO.
and the army went With no further "uo 'no
divisions massed rapidly the railway station
and the men crowded into every eonceiVape
corner Of the tram, from the teh1er 10 'ho
guards van each with his ammunition aireauV III
his pouches three days biscuit in ms haverSaek ana MS
>vaterbottle full Train followed train in rapid success
sion and as each arrived at its destination it suned
and waited for henext Then the provisions arrived
tbe men were brought down IN Thousands, and every
man hoisted a sack OF biscuits his back, and carried
them 10 the pile where they were slowed without inc
intervention of haa-do1en cOmmssaries to count ana
keep tay and without having waited for orders from
a least four different departments As regiment foI-
Vouaoked piled arms, soakedn hard biscuits ~ the
~ ter prostrated them selves bbre the Great ana Only
Allah their God friend aud lay down TO sleep ON the
grass.
Cleopatra's Needle Is a mOnolith about sixty
five feet high with base four feet square, tapernS up
ward and the London Commissioners propose TO erect IL
upon square pedestal correspondent OF The hondO"
Times says that tins plan will repeat the error wch tne
French made in setting up the Luxor obesk An ooesk
mounted on square pedestal loses entirely its ancient
Egyptian character, whereas, the at Consantlnope
OF more ancient erection has been erected upon the rght
priucipe namely obesk rising from the earth pre-
serving its pyramila form from the base upward All
the old Egyptian monuments affect pyraInidal form,
rising from the ground and tapering upward; so tnat
following the ancient lines, obeisk should rise from
the ground shaft taperng upward but II placed
upon square cube proposed and executed III Paris
the type is lost The correspondent suggests that it will
he ipulcous to place the monument where 1t will be
dvarfed By its proximity the lofty pile OF tie Houses
Of Parliament and Westminster Abbey III would snow
10 greater advantage erected in such position that
the BACKGROUND opened 20 the horizon or presented
only obi cts small elevation There are several such
nosous which NAV selected, as, Tor instance the
end o one OF tie streets leading from GrOsN nu-Sqafe
~ HYDE Park or in the REGENTS Park, or where the
roads cross Nhitehallpace at the end OF Norhunoe-
Iand-aye and the EmbanEmcnt, that II would Dt seen
nom Charng Cross looking toward tue HNer or III St'
Iames's Park at the back Of the Horse Guards