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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12
THE NAVY APPROPRIATION BILL.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON, June IL" Have you begun the
preparation of the Navy appropriation bill yet 2,
asked a TRIBUNE correspondent yesterday OF Gen
eral Atkins the Democratic member OF the sub
committee having that matter i'll charge.
mo: but expect we shall begin it next week."
was the reply.
The unexampled delay in bringing forward this
bill has prov ed much comment III Washington, and
various reasons have been assigned for Mr. RobesOn
procrastination he being chairman of the sub COM
mittee In the last twenty-five years the Navy bill
for the succeeding fiscal year has beon reported
twice in the month of December, twelve
times in January. three times III Feb
ynary. three times in March, once in April and
once Oh May 8. In the fist few years of that
period there was no Appropriations Committee
and the duty of preparing appropriation bills
devolyed upon the Ways and Means Committee, and
vet the bll was usually reported to the House III
January. One reason given Tor the delay this year
has been that the committee desired to obtain the
views Of the new Secretary OF the
Navy in regard to the unfinished ironclads.
His views on thai subject were officially submitted
TO the committee nearly three weeks ago. People
who are disposed to regard Mr. Robson
unfayorably have not hesitated to charge that he
has purposcy DELAYED 10 report the bill III the nope
that he might be able, IN the hurry ana cOI1uSiOii
OF the closing days of the session. 10 push III through
The House with some Objectionable provisions and
without much discussions or Opposuon On
The other hand Mr. RobesODs friends assert that he
Is rather anxious than otherwise for al OPPORTUNITY
not only to discuss the bill, but also 10 yndcate
ms much abused administration of the Navy De-
partment One of his friends recently said;
Mr. Eobeson has never before occupied position in
which lie cOnd with proper self-rospect enter INTO de-
fence OF lis career and it is nnated that his proin
nence The Appropriations ana Naval Affairs COnlIt
les is due to tue fact that sought by this means he
occas on for dgufe6 encounter with Ls accuscrs On
the floor and throughout the country: however
This may be an opportunity viii now bc
afforded 6im for "a hearing lie will unqucstonably be
attacked either ny Innuendc direct charges. Mr
Hewitt NewNOTk IL is understood, has specially pre-
pared himself for the event
Mr. Robson is strong in debate. and an interest
Ing contest seems probable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12

.na voters from the polls, destroying al
one nol all the Republican tickets. Voting tne
ocraiic ticket as often as tney rnnatcn TO de,
fend at all hazards the right preset y,
rights So successful were they that aian ,'i
Hampton County contained only $3.50 Nolins IoRpu
iat,on q t5 tickets counted and returned, pc
sides several hundred more found or IN s sss
boxes but not counted, inefe tb ~e coDv and no
colored man voted the Democratic ticket; YET the
Democratic election managers Geruhed tna'
mitiee recommend the throwing out of The vote
of 1--WE precints in this county, reducing Tillmans
vote by 1917 and Smalls's vote by 400, :, c...,.
At Allendale's precinct, In Barnweli S9uf n.y.
nrmed Democrats In red shirts, surrounded the
polls and as often as colored man attempted 10
vote they assaulted and beat him, and the Republi-
Turing the whole day only SO Republicans
were permitted TO vote out OF 800 or 4OO WE. no
vote and count 700 ballots for liilman Az r oI
Iilrs store precinct, i'll the same COUNTY az On H.
cess of twenty-five ballots was oct toG''I man
ayers looked INTO the box Pic 6cssrov vs
rwenty-two Republican ballots and dSS ~
fhemS As corrected, the vote of BaInwen SouEiiy
stands 4 ZOO for Tillman and 2,431 for smalis.
The subcommittee appear to have Deeh stIohsy
inclined TO reject the vote OF the sl'o Sbch
se;n'ed if they did not ,vltlate the
whole election The testimony IN relation 10 thls
connfv would probably have Justlhed even
that extreme course. In Colleton County ine
County Comm lssioners-wlth one exception
Democrats--abOlished three large pfecllcts, LII
which there were heavy Republican ma
joriues, and threw the, voters, into TWO
other precincts-Gloyersvi'le and Jackson
borough The Democratic managers at OioVersVlle
did not open the polls at al ne laea ar a" az
Jacksonborough were provided Win lhe sudi i ~
two sizes OF boxes. and soon after midday TINS Dox
was full Of ballots, there still being more thaD one
hundred Republicans standing abodt the poIl VINO
had not yet voted The managers reiustu
TO nse another balot-DOx and the
first. which was proved to contain CTS Republican
ballots was then rejected by the county canvaSsers
in violation of law. Thus the Republican voters
of i've precincts were disiTahchIise9' , odo
actually deposited. The Democratic MANAGERS tI1
also failed to open the SUMMERTIME ,poh'
where 700 Republicans were present aud listed.
In the whole county, as the testimony shows rom
400 to / 500 voters were deprived Of an Oppor-
1unity to vote by failure to open or by illegal CLOS
ing OF the polls by the Democratic election man
ayers while 2s3 fraudulent DemocratIc baliots
We're stuffed into the boxes. The sub,
committee recommend that the votes proved
TO have been cast for Smalls, and not counted by
the Democratic managers, be added TO his vote
ana that 80 fraudulent ballots counted for I'LL
man be deducted from his vote in this county Ihe
vote of Colleton County will then stand $500 ior
Slnalls and :, $50 for IlInan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12
SUNDAY At VEST POINT.

uIIR DACCALAURHATE sERMON-A TALK WITH GEN
ERAL' sHERMAN-A PET OF THE LADIES.
IrRoM 4 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rBiBUSEJ
WEST POINT, June 11.-After the designations
pi two hops succession day of rest has been gem
eral boon bot either OF fitness from
riosity most of the visitors attended the ser
vices at the Post this morning, and the
quaint little chapel more than filed.
THE Rev william NJ. Postlethwaitc Chaplain to the
POST who preached tbe Baccalaueate serm H. chose as
his text sixth Of the sixth chapter Of Esther
s'What shall be done the man whom
the king dehghteth to honorp and spoke Of
the evils of personal ambition aud the neces
sity for falthfuiness In all the Duties Oh me-
sins OF a man however great; and that the
calling Of the soldier ana the Statesman nODer than any
80 -, tbcir ehts in leei.a1iyr hall. and have lost
inany battles. This age demands faithfuncss. No
asks who you are. or VINO your ancestors were'
tut what you and what you have done.
n you are the ight you Will De- chosen 70 I'LL the
lI9besl POSTS Mell alone makes the uan. The ialh-
5u man is he who equal The great opportunity when
r. comes Us wastes 10 line III looking FOR Orportu-
mites bat l. always ready The secret oI is
Soursrlf to work TO be honorable because you love
honor be unsesh because sclnshness Is reah ana 10
yLysioay than 10 suier moral death.
Genera shernan' VINO was moi AT ou cSsn, wa
tnt this afternoon. aud was asked Ills views
was genial as ever ana very wiling 10 enter 'c CONVEX
patton but not Oh the subject when Was suggested ne
s6ail nave nothing 10 DO. q matter which
beong- only the members Of Congress All nave 10
bay u them Gentlemen, this matter n IL your baDIs
yoG do what Is iair aud just ana tght without
Inv reference TO !nc, aud shall be satisfied
jater General sherman drove down TO Cransions and
ga cd IyOn General Macdonald He became tue centre
D. !iTo!y group the yeranda, which ne LOOK care
with customary good taste, should include some OF
kno uIett yOub ladies' General MscdOEalds ghtter-
ng o-ers and rank Of G. 3 have captured tine ladies'.
And he lac been the social lion Of The week lie
aye IL Cpany with Mrs. John Sherwood atsas hghts
Xon anl has been diligently and pcrsiseDty cultivated
u various young ladies. 1890 .
a. Who was that talking 10 you my dear y 80, that
Was General Macdonald. G. D., of the Royal Army" 40
tonly Yes" And the first speaker feels that II not
burn oat clio bias attained greatness ana shines by re-
EectiOp.
Tie cadets sundayscbOol and soldiers services were
peid usual To-day Tomorrow there Will be review
y the morning the graduating exercises at H. WIN al
dresses b. General Sherman General Porter and Colonel
Os, and at there will be the annual dinner Of the
Alumni Association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12
CHEAP LETTER POSTAGE.
mY TELEGRAPH TO TnE rmpUNE.l

IN
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The friends of cheap
letter postage greatly encouraged by the grow
ing sentiment Congress III favor of reducing letter
postage to = cents per half ounce. The House Com
mittee Cd Post Offices has asked the Postmaster
General for his opinion this and other propo-
sitions affecting the rates of postage. and 1t is
expected that his recommendation, il he makes one,
Will he in favor of cheaper letter postage for the
benefit of all the people.
Mr. Hazen, the Third Assistant Postmaster-Gon-
eral is understood to be in favor of cent letter
postage, believing that the time has arrived when
the revenues of the Post Office Department will
fully Justify such a reduction.
Congressman HILL OF New-Jersey, who takes great
Interest in the subject, thinks that Mr. Hazen viii,
If his opinion Is asked by the POsmasterG General,
advise him to recommend to proposed reduction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12

usual manner This operated as on estoppsel
against the bank in setting up any unusual va do
posted When q person deposits money to the cre1t OF
another pma face he is acting for the benes O ss sa
person, and for bank to set up secret 3.a AZ
lar as the person TO whose credit the money deposed
concerned would open the door to much frahd Snu
cepton. Had the plaintiff been notified OF tne ssnd
to draw out her money without her knowledge sDe coo
have prevented 1t by notice to the bank Dut ~ no.
being notified she was prevented irVn t'" .h
any measures TO counteraot any attempt on tho
part of her husband TO meke franducnt use vi nei
money, in which he had no right or interest .,a,A
This view OF the law upon this subject was ratned ny
the Court OF Appeals, which last week anrm ed tns
nent below in favor of Mrs. Bates. j. d. Decker, Oh
BrOckpOr represented Mrs. Bates, and Messrs. BUTTS
and DEAN OF the place. counsel for the Danh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12
KILLED BY 4 SINGLE BLOW.

CARBONDALE, Penn, June ia young man,
LOwcry by name who has lived In this vicinity bought
a ticket for Canada Thursday He visited Browns
Hollow a few miles from here, the day following and
while seated with company OF friends at a country inn
was approached BY butcher, stebb.ns b. name who
challenged any IN the party 10 knock him down at
one blow. LOwery accepted the challenge, and when
stebbins said ne ready, struck him powerful blow
In the chest Sebbns fell dead upon The floor the blow
having resulted IN the rupture OF blOod-Ve-tel which
made hlH death instantaneous. LOwery proceeded ON
tourney toward Canada and has been arrested
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12
"Heart disease said Jennie, as he assisted

Heart disease" said Jennie as he assisted
Patrick 10 up-cnd barrel OF cement heart disease Is
Of the worst OF diseases. some people know
they have il TIL they dhrOp down dead" Ihrue for
yOu Jennie" replied Patrick; and those people who
know they have IL have 10 be mOighy careful wld
themselves. l knew a man WOnst that had IT, and he
always obliged 10 dhrOp work about five minutes
before he felt IL coming on-"-lsomervine Journal.
ACCURACY" And what then was the date
exactly your poor husbands death ~ Let me recol-
ect myself, maam Well, If he'd "a lived 10 Wednesday
next, he'd a been dead threo weeks."-lPunch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12
B1SEB.1LL NEVIS.

The fifth week of the contest for the League
championship closed on Saturday. The Providence club
stlI holds the lead with seventeen games out OF
twenty-five played. Detroit il second, with fifteen
and nine lost schedule oI The games played In as Io
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12

In the American Association contests the Athletic nine
OF Philadelphia lead The Clncinnatis have won the
same number OF Victories but have met with TWO more
defeats OF the eight clubs that belong TO the Long
Island Amateur Association, the Peerless lead with hse
successive Victories The Bedfords second ana the
Dauness third The champions Of last season, the
NaIlGlfss club, fourth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-12

The games last week for the college championship ua
not change the standing Of the different cluOs W.,
Princeton Is still first, with six victories our OF LII
games played Yale ana Harvard however, are N" ~
behind. The following table Will show the st"Au'o "
each college team 10 date
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The mills at Augusta, Ga, are ship
now takes his billed shirt as regularly
as a white man. --DetrOU Free Press.
Friend Hello, jim, you amt out
of work again, are you9o Unfaithful
employee We'll, yes; fact is, I'm not
able to work; been injured by a prema-
ture discharge"
your meal is ready, SIR" said the
waiter to Hayseed, just from the rural
districts. "Meal p exclaimed Hayseed
contemptuously; ''do yer think Pm a
boss? Get me some corned beef and
cabbage, young man"
An artful juryman, addressing the
clerk of the court while the latter was
administering the oath, said: Speak
up; l cannot hear what you say"
stop" said Baron Anderson from the
bench. "Are you deaf?" Eyes, my
lord, of one ear Then you may
leave the box for it is necessary that
jurymen should hear both sides. Lon
don Society.
-Argonaut Soup: Take a pail of
water and wash it clean. Then boil it
until it is brown on both sides. Pour in
one bean. When the bean begins to
worry, prepare it to simmer. If the
soup will not simmer, it is too rich, and
You must pour in more water Dry the
water with towel before you put it in.
The dryer the water the sooner it will
brown. Serve hot. j. Three IN N0reOay
-" All! saw you take pull out of
that bottle" said a Galveston gentleman
to the little son of ProhibitioniSt,
which boy was staggering under the
weight of a large bottle of whisky. 81
don't care if you did," responded the
boy" 1.-The less there is in the bottle,
the longer it takes dad to get tight. He
ticks me as soon as he gets tight, so |
want toput my trial off us long as pos
sible. I'm in no hurry for my licking"
and he took another hearty pull at the
bottle.-IeraS SjftingS.
Music at home-with a vengeance:
Lady Midas-"How charmingly you
play, Hare Leebart! Dear Mrs. Ponsonby
de Tomkyns must really bring you down
to play to us at Midas Towers, our place
in Surrey, you know, and will show
you my roses, the finest rose in all Eng
land! Win Thursday suit your" Herr
Naturalization are ferry frenty,
madame; pot hat wife and six iiltern,
and zey do not lif upon rosesw-Paacb
A servant girl in Allentown used
the butt end of loaded revolver to drive
a nail in the wall. The weapon exploded
and the ball passed through the sleeve
of her dress and imbedded itself in 4
door. lnasmuch rs it did not kill her, it
is not likely the butt of aloaded revolver
will be utilized as u hammer by the
average servant girl, who kindles fire
with coal oil. She wants something u
little more fatal in its results, and u
dynamite bomb should always be placed
within her easy reach when She wants "
drive u nail.-NorriSt0VR Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19
The Beautiful Ruins Of Tanis.

M. Edouard Naville has lately returned
from a short tour of exploration in the
Eastern Delta, where he visited the ruins
of Tanis.
The ruins lie high above the marshy
plain, upon kind of plateau surrounded
by an amphitheatre of low hills. These
hills are the rubbish mounds of the old
crude brick city, surrounding the great
wall within which lay the temples and
palaces of Tanis. M, Naville found
himself standing in the midst OF vast
waste strewn and piled with columns,
architraves, obelisks, statues and enorm-
GUS blocks of hewn stone, all shattered,
overturned, and showing marks of will
full destruction. Traces of the tools
with which the ruin was done are visible
on almost every stone. In one superb
colossus, which has resisted the hand of
the destroyer, NJ. Naville found wedge
holes into which wood blocks had been
inserted for the purpose of splitting the
granite. He inclines to think that this
was the result of war and not of icono-
clasm. The temple was probably Occu-
pied rs fortress in Roman times or
during the Middle Ages. and both be-
sleged and beslegers may have used its
materials for offensive and defensive
purposes.
The principal temple was built entire
ly of red granite brought from the quar-
ries of Assouan, on the Nubian frontier.
The difficulty of Transporting these enor-
nous blocks is quite incalculable Four
teen obelisks, described by NJ. Naville as
the largest in Egypt, strew the mounds
with their gigantic fragments. Allthese
and nearly all the statues and sphynxes,
which appear to have lined the avenues
to the principal temple, were erected by
Rameses II. Not only do their inscrip,
tons celebrate the glory of this great
Pharaoh, but even the bases of these
overturned monuments which rested on
the ground, and were intended never to
be seen by human eyes, were engraved
with his well-knOwn cartouches. Many
of the colOssi still retain their traces of
color.
NJ. Naville is Of opinion that there is a
great work to be done at Tanis in the
way of excavation. The little, compar-
atively speaking, which has yet been ac-
complished there was by Marietta Pasha;
but his discoveries were limited by want
of time, health, and funds, and much
that he uncovered is again buried.
I" In severe grandeau and solemnity
these ruins says M. Naville, 'surpass
even those of Karnak. Herodotus, who
had never seen Tanis, expatiated at much
length on the beauty of Bubastis. To
Judge by what is left of the one end of
the other, Tanis must have greatly sur
passed its rival. Supposing that some
part at least, was left standing-that all
was not, as it now is, overthrown and
shattered-I have no hesitation in saying
that Tanis would have been the most
beautiful ruin in Egypt"
Though exempt, by reason of its mac
feasibility, from the depredations of tour
lists, Tanis is suffering from the fatal eff
fects of an atmosphere laden with saline
exberations. NJ. Naville reports that the
surface of these granite monuments are
rapidly decaying.-Cor. London Athea-
| Ceunl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19
Life in Morocco.

No sooner does one land in Africa than
he passes into a sphere of tranquility,
and njoys a state of rest and calm to
which all parts of Europe are strangers.
The haste and furry of life fall off, like
an irksome garment shed on hot day;
time is of no more account; and worry is
impossible amidst population which
moves with dignified slowness, and de-
fers all unnecessary eXertiOn till to-
morrow. Whatever may be the hustle
of arrival, the clamor of bOatmen, the
indescribable noise and tumult and vo-
alteration of the swarm that assails the
stranger, SeizeS his property with hum
dred hands. and threatens to scatter it
all over Morocco; whatever may be the
tumult of the market-place, with its
camels, and donkeys, and dervishes, and
conjurers, and beggars in clouds, sellers
of lentils and greens, and bundles of
stick for tirewood, grain, sugar-candy,
dates, oranges, pottery and truck of
all sorts powdered with dust; whatever
may be the. importantly of sellers, and
the eagerness to act as guides of bright
eyed boys, who have a smattering of
half a dozen languages, and often the
courtly manner of young princes, there
is, nevertheless. in all this noise and rout
asense of underlying calm, of absence
of hurry, very grateful to Europeans,
whose nerves, in the development of civ
ilization, have all worked out upon the
surface. There is even something sooth-
ing in the ceaseless and monotonous tom
tom of the drums, and the skirmishing
and plaintive attempts of the flutes to
suggest the minor air they are too lazy
to play, and in the spasmodic and die
away calculations of the musicians, who
sit upon the ground, worrying away at
the tunes that are thousand years old,
and will be played with the same indus
trious idleness a thousand years hence. 1t
requires less energy for the performers to
go on with this sort of music than to stop.
Charles Dudley Warner, IN atlantic
Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19
UlenIa.

Ulema is u word that frequently oc-
ours in the dispatches from Egypt. The
New York Mall anil Express says that it
is the plural of the Arabic word ''alim,"
a learned man. Ultima" is the col
lective name of the body of learned
men in Turkey. In general sense,
s.ulema'' are persons who are learned in
both law and divinity. They constitute
a distinct body in Constantinople, whose
function is to watch over the correct in
depreciation Of the Koran and the right
application of its teachings to law and
poiity. The head Of the ulema is the
Grand multi or Shckh-ul-Islam; next to
Tim come the Kaziaskiers, of whom
there isone for Egypt and one for Asia;
the third class are the Mollahs, the SUI
perior Judges Of the province, and after
Them are the Cadif and the common
Muftis. The Caziaskiers have n voice
and vote in the Divan, and all Cadis arc
appointed by and subject to them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19

In Aida Valley, Lyon County, Ne
vada, the other day, small band of
Indians was camping near some willows
where the mosquitoes were very numer-
Gus. A squaw left her papoose in the
shade while she played Piute poker
with her companions. The game was
rather high, and became SO interesting
that she forgot her unfortunate offspring
for several hours. When her attention
was again directed to the child she dis
covered that it had been almost eaten up
by mosquitoes. They had collected on
the little thing in such numbers that its
face and arms were completely raw from
their attacks. So many had bitten the
baby that it died next day from the eff
fects of the poison. Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19
REACHING FOR THE BUBBLES.

Under the shade of the naples
The boys are playing to-day,
A basin of suds between them
And a long-stemmed pipe of clay.
See them blowing the great bright buDDles,
Hear them laugh as they float away;
While baby, close by, on his pallet
Seems as eager and happy as they.
See him stretch his tiny fingers,
And reach, as the bubbles fall,
His brown eyes bright and eager
He thinks he can catch them all.
"Babys reaching for the bubbles,
Cries Charlie, his face aglow,
ale thinks thath could hold them
He's only a bdbB-you know.
All, Charlie, life's full of bubbles
We long for, and reach for in yam,
And like dear little Baby BrowH-Eyes
We try it again and again.
We are sure at each grasp we have IT,
And reach as we have in the past
To find, like dear Baby Brown-Eyes,
bubble, and nothing, at last
-OHUe Stephens BrOlUn in Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19

Henry Wins, who fell twenty feet
from the trestework at Mechanicsville. N.
Y, the otherday, would undoubtedly have
been killed but for the fact that in falling
he struck an Italian laborer shoveling
gravel under the track. The Italian sus1
tanned three broken ribs. ...
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19

DIR. II. Kinnebrew, of Clarke Coun-
ty, Ga, has an ostrich egg-shell that has
been in the Kinnebrew family for 125
years. 1t was originally brought to
America from Holland This shell is as
thick as ordinary pasteboard, 1t is about
Che color of a goose egg and about twice
as large. DaHielSUHle MonIor.