, 1881-08-06
NAVAL AFFAIRS.
Admiral Porter Reappcars on
Deck Once More,
And IL Paying or Some Old Scores for
Snubs Received During Dick
Thonlpson's ncign.
The Condition Of Our Navy-Roclk and
Rye In Trouble.

WARRINGTON, u. e., Aug. 4.---Tho officers
OF the navy nru always. to n ccrtAln extent,
OIL tho RrUwl. Sometimes one snt OF officers
Is complaining, and, ntanothor tlno, another
crowd elltleavors TO get Its work IN. twill
be remembered that while Unc1e Dick
Thompson was Secretary Ut the Nnvy te
completely shut down OIL Admiral Porter.
Thu Admiral, during unclg Dicks four years,
hatl no moro to do with tho navy ttian
private III q cavalry regiment OIL tho frontier.
A. nt1mler Of Officers noting this fact,
treated Porter with great dcnl Of
official Afsrcspcct, nntl paid no more nttell-
t!on to him 'thnn they w9nld to q nonentlty:
Whoh lIunt cH1he III 1n llnultd Adnltrnl
Porter. out Of the ot'lc!al, darkness In wllIci,
lnN.lo him Ills principal executive In ilaynl
affairs As might hnye been expected, this
Mas very satisfactory TO Admiral Porter.
Tle Admiral remembered with entire nc
c'!raey a., n,e ,; ,d!;ssespeet M which IL. ', haa been ,
having taken llrin grip on naval affairs
Oiice lnoro, Is NOW engaged III paying of
some ct tue old scores. II is, perliaps,
wo eoyt sbea tS ssIo him at wt o S SSS1s %s
tho penalty for tIiefr conduct. Admiral por-
ter Is having these gentlemen reln0yctl from
tho soft berths in which thgy, were located
to tho mcst uncongenial stations, and there
Is no Opportunity Of regulations GclnE made.
THIS IS wllnt the aMti-POrter naval element Is
growing about. They llnv0 sent representa-
Hunt, but the latter pays no attention to
tllem whatevcr, aud to their utter dlseolr-
fort gives porterfull sway. Tho wilolo thing
is the hands OF the law Of rccOinpellsc.
OUn ALLEGED NAVY.
Tho true condition Of the! navy could not
be eser shown an fo Fa the GEfs of tG
Of tho, Navy Department. frhesB figures
show That thoru arc about 1900 men IN the
navy. ~ govern these 1icn there aro 05l
officers Of the line, Ringing in grade from q
tiou. tli0ru are 1GO officers 1T the Medical
corps, III III the Pay corps, SaS III tho En-.
Eincer corps, wi til balance made M Of eltnp'
laltls. naval contractors, civil engineers, bout
s% sd es sSas o s% o 5 so tsaake's ocs4s q
the nnvy to 1853. Tho salaries of these OF.
tcnrs range from $3.50 n ycar to Sl300o. OF
the total number OF them not olle-fiftl nro
employed on sea duty. The rest arc located
absence. Thore are not enough ships, when
they have thelr complement OF regular sea-
men, to even accommodate one.tlllrd Of the
navy. Not half Of tic ships are 1T for, sen
survtCe, but lla In stocks or rot LII the hnrbors
at the ufferUnt nnyy-yArds..
1tOCl1 AND RYE.
Tho Tu1o Rock md Iye mon nro In
trouble. Tliey uve employed n lawyer from
Chicago to come OIL here md intoreed0 for
fliotn with the lnternhl RDvennB Bureau. Il
appears TINT .tllo Tulo brand Is now manu-
factured with the payment of only the small
taxes Imposed upon proprietary medicines,
Tho Internal Revenue Bureau once favor
ably passe1 on this article, but tho decision
to- TINT effect wns basGtl on formula
which the proprietor said showed all the
Ingredients tint were ltSnu In its 1nnI1nfnct-
lre. 1t Inns since hcen found out, however,
that the formula furnished was by no means
correct, and that the article Which Inns beau
on n III nposcd POS s' psn aaors IL The f Com1sso NM S
or OF Internal Revenue addressed, 4 few
days ago. circular letter to alt Ills officers
to tliis effect, and stating, that they should
proprietary stamp wns on tho bottle. All
this Inns aroused the manufacturers, md
thoyaro now entleavoring to llavu tho Commits
sionor reverse the order recently sent to his
gubOrl1natcs,