New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-21

- .,,. ao,.riorated since his translation to the
simmer Land At all events, II Is not hkey 'na' NC a
become positively and offensiVey "hst"u'""u0a'
wban therefore medium assumes 10 receive con'n"
n,cations from the spirit OF Mr. owen u" qu'o ipoi
g., 90 hsva the syntax irreproachabie correspon
=, IN, Iouisville Oo,,rier-JournaI quite properly
,.hos .s,aa certain twadde which has recently been
a,,butcd 10 one who so exact IN MS EXPRESSION anu
an suneror in his OF English In the hrst me- ior
.,.,orce " The majority OF men Is laborng MT owen
vould not have said "is." but =" are" Again " Anu
go t,om the land Of spirits to try and teach y; he
I1 no, have said " and hut "to.' In the same
r,rr,nb: my ideas have undergone much OF a
h.nge -; that Is certainly an awkward expression
Cor an accomplished writer Again And the spirits
finally progress and up" which is really too bad
The kentucky critic might have carried the argument
havonA verbal ouibbling Mr.. owen was an earnest
seeker er truth Grant that lis spirit has found means
20 communicate with mortas and to deseriDe ine ooi
ditons of existence after death. Would he waste Wous
An sepseless plattudes and vague declamat0nf WOuu
he spcak ont Ike manly senl, right 10 the Pun,
the bereafterI The immortality OF tue soul and the
condlfiops OF spiritual life after death happen 10 We
questions which men and women nave pyH TN
ing for thousands OF years aud when thoagnin SOU
like Mr. owen has chance 10 enlighten nuhay ~ ~
rational 10 EXPECT something tnal ls mtensi-
bic and iuter,s'ing
A monument Washington lawyer, who is not
easily betrayed into panic and who has many influential
friends IN army informs the The TRIBUNE that there
IL something behind the proposition TO reduce and con
by the House Committee Military Affairs The commit
tee propose to down the rank and e to 10000 mon
md to consolidate them into fifteen regiments OF 1nan-
~ OF eight companies EACH five regiments OF cavalry
and three OF artilery-in all two hundred compahi 9
There would thus be hundred men n each cOpan''
n COMPLEMENT never before enlisted save ia mc vi war
when the company the unit OF our military orgahzaIoh'
has becn flied 10 the maximum. They then propose 10
np.ter ON, SCI officers of the disbanded regiments and
ON indefinite number OF staff officers who deserve better
tb,ngs Now the officers who resigned their positions In
1891 IN take service In the Confederate army have been
telling their former comrades that they would
re,urn sore day to the United States army with
ful rank but the fact that il they secured reappoint
,nents they would be compelled to content themselves
with the rank of second lieutenant seemed TO be an in-
superable obstacle Indeed the existing laws FORBID
their appointment positions In the army or the navy
The points out that the present bill con-
taips provision removing any such disability He says
that the Southern brgaders deemed it wiser to obtain
that favor now when II to be one OF the goOu
natured things this easy-going people denght III ou
they will avail themselves of the first indian war or 40
nestle riot obtain an increase IN the army AS tho
sepmpnts now organized viii then be fu the crealon
Of new regiments will be necessary ana these Will nave
20 be differed from colonels down 10 sec
ond ieutenants; and the Confederate brlgaulers VIII
see 10 that the officers to be appointed p0Itioned
the States TO eqtaze the representation OF
tie South army. In this way, the correspondent
concludes who fought against the nag wii DE re-
m. they the they Will camor Tor BACK
nav This cOrrespOndent IS Thoroughly IN earnest III
founding warning, but there are few readers OF lhE
TRIBUNE who will be prepared 10 snare ms mn
their eyes and be slow believe that 30 audacious
conspiracy is probable.