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his iron. plated manner 'r think SHAH have TO blow
few more Rebels into etcrnity-smash my case
mate N I DON'T
stood upon the shore Of Duck Lake, with bit OF
smoked glass to my ewes rs usual when our new mon
stor Of the deep came abreast OF Fort Plano, and
Rear Admiral Head commenced TO roconnoiter
through his pocket microscope. Tho venerable com-
mander gased stcadtastly throrgh It Tor moment,
ard then. rays ho
''Srack my plates II don perceive an insect on
the wall Of the hostile work. ~
There was indeed solitary Con.clcracy seated
upon the front wall of Fort Piano. dining sumptuously
upon some fresh cake, and, SAYS he's
lyon can't pass here without New jersey
ferry Ticket
(New Jersey, my boy, Is now q southern Couted-
ctaCy, OF rC1cc OF one.)
could hear the glorious OLD naysl hero sat, IN a
suppressed voice, % TIE Intelligent Maceer6 cre# Oh
'''tspreis y5ar weipop four. points to vindward,
grease The ball, and irc dt hiS stomach"
In another Instant the whole landscape shook with
tremendous explosion, latting the Admiral so
greatly that his spcClacles fell uf, and causing his
blue cotton umbrella to trcmble ike leaf. The ball
assembled to the zenith parabolic curve, aud was
lost among the other planets. I do not think, my
boy that the Confeicracy wond have been offended at
this had not the sudden noise caused him 90 Jump ~
such manner that he dtopper his hoe cake lhto the
dirt Upon this gctnltepcb, however he sprang to
his leFs Ju the vail aud drov ut along folc from be
hind him, dlsrcspcctflly Ctacked oNr glorious old
Rear Admiral over the head with It, ahd'thcn began
showing at the turret Of the Socktpgbrjbut.
perceiylng the great danger Of tile squadron, aud
unmlndful of his own wound the venerable sea dog
hastily grasped at the pole and, says hes An, now,
what do you want to do that for, MIR. Davls2 what's
the usc Of pushing my tuttot overheard Y''
llo said this so mildly that the Confedency hurst
into prodlgous hcrse-largh cnt tf6w IN HIS polo
again
q AB Hc possible good could I've attained by taking
Fort ri1to the tdomltabe Old Rear Admiral at onc,
returned With the squadron to his original anchorage.
having gained all that was required, and proved hi
lron-clad monster to he fully qualified for actual ser
Vice. Everything vs. now ready for the anticipated
conquest Of Duck Lake. "
give you the above In quotation marie, my udy,
because II Is the opc'nl rerott ds u APPEAR In Al th
reliable inrrnlhg lotrnas, and Cieaily and satsfac
torlly eyI1lus etciytidg. The Hist Of Airl is clos
| at hand. Yours fotluitodsy.
nppttuta Krpp
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CAMPAIGN LITERATURE.

We have to acknowledge a sweet, frater-
nal invitation from the Democratic Con-
gressional Committee, ably presided over by
Representative Flower, to reprint copiously
from the Democratic Congressional speeches
which it proposes to send us from now until
next November. Though the committee does
not propose to charge us anything for this
blessed privilege, we must take the liberty
respectfully to decline. And this for sew
eral reasons. The committee, like its more
disreputable Republican rival, does not
represent party, but only certain Con
gressmen of party, and as to these it is
purely voluntary. Now, while it might lie
useful, and doubtless would be, to certain
gentlemen to have their Columbian oratory
given circulation and Importance in The
SUNDAY HERALD, we struggle with our mod
esty sufficiently to say that for the benefit of
the party at large we think editorial matter
specially prepared for these columns, origi-
nal, readable, and journalistic in tone, will
be far more eficacious. We think the same
of great number of our Democratic con-
temporaries. Nothing could be more appro-
pirate than that the gentlemen whose
names are thus TO be exalted as oracles
and mouthpieces of the great Democratic
party should themselves pay for giving
their speeches wider exploitation than
they get in the regular edition of the Record.
By the way, as it is chiefly on the ground of
saving expense that the committee put their
suggestion, We may inform them that we
take in - the Record regularly, and it is
therefore a sad extravaganza to send us the
nicely enveloped copies of speeches which
fill our waste basket. In our weekly labora
we make such use of the material furnished
| by Congressional orators to an admrinc
country as we think will be interesting tC
our readers or profitable to the party. As tc
| their further comparative value as campaign
literature We have given an opinion above.
| We would meet the committee in the same
frank spirit with a counter-proposition.
They are at liberty to reprint, without a
word of objection from us. as much as they
choose from our columns, and circulate the
same freely, being assured that they will al
ways find TuE SUNDAY HERALD loaded to the
matches with good, live matter, which il
would greatly benefit 4" the cause " to send
even beyond the limits of our large and con
stantly-growing circulation. This strikes II.
as being as fair, and much more beneficial
| than the other.
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SUMMER kEsoRr GOSSIP.


There is talk OF building cottages at Coney
island.
Asbury Parks population IS now abou,
10, 600,
fhrce voting English army officers are tho
Hons at Long Brailch
It Is proposed to establish stock cx.
change at Atlantic city.
The Civil Service Reform Association will
meet at Newport on August o
A correspondent Writing from Long Branch
says 'thcio Is one very iiiipottant deviation from
this monotonc,is samencss, however, which have
noticed lately aud that Is In thb matter Of bathing
PEOPLE don batho do they used to. dn the CONTRARY,
there Is every Indication That surf bathing N rapidly
going out O date In years gone by the coast FOR two
miles would he dotted with bathets Of botn gcNCs who
were never deferred from their daiy pnstmc by the
cause. II is MT So notS 4 FEW ehiveiing, chatter
Ing, lluc faced ofcis bJ Ncptulie barely keep tho
| Dathng iiiacters III spentng niUCy How ia the
water to-day p Is the tihbtuts duCty ptit to these
bold mbrtals hy their dclicatoly constituted ftlcnds
VERY p-l-c-a-s-a-u-tust little c-u.l-d-hht aw-
fully NIECE answers the bnthcr between shivors.
The words are asSuting, but tic manuel of the dc
celfu bather Is douhtfu and the quCstioncf, after
mature dellberaton, conClutes that under the cir
| cumstanCe9- having q ban CUd-having only recently
teCpyetcn froih feter-benE slightly inclined Ia
consumption aid palpitatiop OF tho heart lie had bet
ter not go In now and the bath is accordingly post
tOned. II wasn't 90 IN former teats, when an alius
| Arctic Temperature did not kccp people from III,
i water
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tristan und Isolde The whole Of the music Is
conducted on n few Leitmotivc and the emotional
force OF the work is perhaps Unparalleled. TO mu-
slcian who analyzes the score, the technical sknl
shown in the treatment of the themes win excite
constituent; but far moro wonderful Is the gcnus
which out Of few and In themselves comparatively
simple materials has been able TO create whole
which exercises powerful influence on the feol-
ings IL Is impossible to select any passages for
special mention, simply because thoro Is not a weak
moment in the work.
A London letter says. "The rendering Of
the famous death scene in lie sphinx ~ Nine.
Sarah Bernhardt was wholly unlike the rendering by
Mile. Crolzettc. The realism, or to use the modern
word natutalism o. the latet found no favor With
bst Successor, Nbo played the SCENE ~ an lmaglna
tive, terrible and Incredibly rapid way, with OF
the slow Succession Of elaborated horrors In which II
Delighted Nile. Ctolcttc TO Indulge. At the end
MING. Sarah drcw hciselt up to lcr full height II not
on tlptoe the body rigid and conyulstve, and With
every muscle strained, fell straight back the stage
TO the absolute horror OF the house, which had had no
warning Of such piece OF stage gymnastics People
started M to see II the actress had not done hcrecl
mischief. Presently the curtain rose again, and she
rcnppenrcd the same pale, resolutc daung cteat'itc
Win nCttb aud hbtc bt steel whose llrui win aid
fdnge gcriHs Have been the woidcr Of two contl-
lpat,H 10
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The manifold evils Of hasty and inconsid-
crate action in war have rarely received
stronger illustration than is given by the re-
cent operations at Alexandria. When the
ethics Of war were far less humane than they
now are the bombardment of city was re-
gardei as an extreme measure, only to he
resorted to under the pressureof some strong
military necessity; and this for the obvious
reason that non-combatants and women and
children suffer most from such bombardments,
the defenders Of the place being sheltered
by the works and bomb.proofs they have
prepared for their own protection. Ancient
writers reprobated wanton destruction in
war, while Vauban and Vattel have laid
should be directed at the defensive works
and not at the dwellings OF city. We lose
faith in the theory that mankind grows
humane with the progress Of civil
Of the English at Alexandria passes
with only faint condemnation from
the press, though this is probably due to
the fact that the horrible atrocities of the
Arabs have diverted public attention from
the wanton bombardment of which they were
the natural sequel. Yet the certainty that
hostilities would precipitate a massacre Of
unofTending Christians and Europeans ought
to have deferred Mr.. Gladstone, at least un.
til such preparations could have been made
as would have given a reasonable assur.
ance that some important military object
could be obtained TO compensate for the
blood of the innocent inhabitants of the city
While Arab Pacha remained in Alexan
dria II was possible to end the rebellion
| with single well-directed blow, hence th,
object before Admiral Seymour should hav,
been TO detain him until that blow wa
ready to be delivered. The Moslem chief
| If clever man, must have fel
his danger, yet, to abandon
| wealthy and populous city without blow
would probably have been mistaken for a
| sign of weakness by his ignorant followers
| Ifhe has any real hold on Egypt the Englisl
have only played into his hands by drivin,
him from his perious and untenable posi-
tion. The English operations, considering
the force at their command and the characte
of their adversary, have been absurdl
timid. Does any one imagine that Arab
| force could have withstood an advance c
four or five thousand marines, (aud II wa
reported that Admiral Seymour could Ian
six thousand,) supported by the fire of tn
fleet. We do not for moment believe tina
the retreating Egyptians would have bee
formidable to any force that might hav
been landed. But in any event the creates
mistake possible has been committed i
driving Arab out of reach when it was soun
policy TO keep him within reach. The farthc
he retreats into the interior the greater wi
be the difficulty in The way of restorin
tranquility in Egypt
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

This is the way the negroes make Con-
gressmen in the south-the Congressmen
that Republican majority gives seats to,
right or wrong Mr.. tiubbs, Hon. Orlando
TIubbs, Of New Berne, represents the Second
District of the Old North State. He is d
candidate for denomination, but by n kind Of
poetic Justice he is held here, making ur
the Republican quorum for dirty Nofk on
Southern elections while the question of his
succession IS being settled at home. Hence
his competitor, colored man by the singular
name of O'Ilara, whom the negroes are
anxious to infuse into the complexion of the
next Congress, has rather the inside track.
The convention was held last week at the
town Of Wilson, Wilson County, It
lasted two days, and although there
were only thirty odd delegates of various
tints, with the addition of spectators, a storm
of such unmtigated confusion blew from
first to last that as one witness mildly puts
it, ga thousand trip.hammers making q
thousand strokes minute would have
"been a soothing lullaby compared to the
din that ragged" The Hubbs crowd, hav-
ing the intelligence of some white men to
guide it, was smart enough to secure the
election of permanent chairman by II to Is:
but as soon as he attempted to make his
position effective, under the provisions of
parliamentary law, anarchy and nsurreo-
tion broke loose, the stentorian lungs of the
darkies being used to their fullest extent
| against him. % click tclique 2'l "Reve-
''nuc ring, " 4" the colored men should have
." a colored Congressman, were some Of
the expressions used, and one big
buck yellow man ELECTED great enthusiasm
by saying lie was "no hundred dollar mig.
"gah,' and moved to adjourn dis yel
. mass meeting it amt no convention -
Finally one Wassom jumped ON table
and, brandishing his umbrella put tn,
question that O'Hara be nominated by ac
clamation, to which an appalling howl fol
lowed of "yeal" The chairman retcrtet
by declaring Mr.. lIubbs regularly nomi
mated, and that the convention was ad
iourned sine die. So the mob perlorce brok
up in hopeless confusion. Each siie claim
that regular vote would have been in it
favor, but of course none at all was taken
and in the meantime Huhts has the chair
mans certificate, while o'Hara has made
speech, accepting the nomination." We
a race which cannot even govern itself in
small meeting is considered by the Radical,
: fit to govern the whole South, 10 the exclu
sion of men of our own spirit and intelli
gencc.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

The exhibition of maps of South Carolina
as redistricted must excite subdued laughter
among the Republicans of New York, Penn
sylvania, and Indiana, since the gerryman-
derers in those States can discount the South
Carolina Democrats. The map of the Pal
metto State, printed by the New York Times,
is 4 respectable specimen of apportonment
beside those under which the Democrats of
various Northern States have been writhing.
There isn't District in redistricted South
Carolina that can for moment compare for
refined ingenuity of croOkedness of outline
with that now represented by Hon. Robert
Klotz, of Pennsylvania, or others in that
State. New York has Republican districts
which contain only 10000 population, while
some ofthe Democratic districts have 2O0, 600.
The Indiana gerrymander is as unfair as the
radical politicians could make it and keep
within the law. This exhibition of the map
of redistricted South Carolina is one of the
best Jokes of the season.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

REPRESENTATIVE BlspEE, of Florida, is the
champion contestant. This is the third con-
secutive Congress that he has been engaged
either in ousting some other fellow or in
trying to prevent being ousted himself. In
the former cases the majority separating the
candidates has been narrow, but this is good
year for Republican contestants, as Mr.. Bisbee
now occupies seat to which Mr.. Finley was
certified as elected by upward of 1,10O
majority
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

THE death of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln re-
moves another of the characters of epoch pass
ing into history. Without the eemants of personal
popularity possessed by her sstersuferer MIS- Gar
field, the deceased lady sti held the unfallng sympa-
thy and respect of the country for her terrible per-
sonal loss, from which, Indeed, she never rallied.
Tho mutual attachment between herself and her hus-
band seems to have been deep and lasting and after
t dread catastrophe life held only darkness and suf-
ferng for the survivor, which death has mercifully
closed. The Judgment of posterIty upon her memory
Will not fail to be mercfu and tender remembering
only her gref aud her fidelity, and forgetting what
ever human fallings marred the picture.
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WE trust that Admiral Nicholson will he
promptly and emphatically reprimanded for
landing troops on Egyptian soil. At a
moment when we are upholding the Monroe
doctrine an American naval officer sets an ex-
ample which if followed under similar cir
cumstances on this continent would efiectu-
ally demoish our claim of continental iso-
lation
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REPRESENTATIVE JAMES w. WApswoRTu

REPRESENTATIVE JAMES w. WADswoRTH is
prominent candidate for the nomination for Cover
nor Of New York. The Saratoga Journal does not
think the war record OF Mr. Cornell entities him to
any special confederation from patriotic voters. And
the Herdh points out that It's contemporary has not
made tho point as strongly as It might. 1t says;
When the war broke out In is6I Mr.. Cornell was as
the Journal says, ga strong, robust young man, -
twenty y-nine years old, and engaged In com
mercia occupations with his father. During the
earlier years Of the lie n steamboat line on
Cayuga Lake, and when the war closed he cashier
Of bank In Ithaca. Mr.. Wadsworth was fourteen
years his junior, and a schOolboy of fifteen when
the war began. AS soon as he touched eighteen years
Of age, undauned by tho death OF his noble father,
GEN WadswOfth, who was killed at The head Of his
division In the Wilderness in May, 1861, he threw
away his schoOl-bOOks and hurried into military SER
vice at the front and served brayey with the Army
Of the Potomac In all the final battles before Peters
burg ana until after Lees surrender.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

FANNY KgMBLE's " Records of Later Life,
Just published In London, Is a charming, gossipy,
characteristic book. In place she brings out
in strong light the difference between American
yeomany and English peaslntry. An amusing letter
isTcproduCed written by her from her near Phil
adelphia to friend In England. She wanted to live
as grande dame, sort Of queen Of the village, but
the honest villagers resented her patronage. she
offered to teach their children, but they said the vii
lage schools were good enough for them. on one
Fourth Of July she opened key of beer and lot Of
wine, and called the people In. They came cut of
curiosity, but declined drink anything. She finally
gave up trying TO treat the free and Independent
AmerIcansas the peasants of Europe are treated.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

SOME inquisitive person wants to know
how the Republican Congressional Committee
is going to use the immense fund it collects
to fight election frauds in the South Why,
simply enough, Ivy purchasing enough votes
up North TO offset those it thinks it loses
-, .ba South 500
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

BY tine way, for some time past we have
missed the amusement we used to derive from
the editorial notices some of our excellent con-
temporaries used to bestow upon " detective
''Gibson." Even " Colonel Cook seems to
have passed out of their ken.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

The begging circulars Of tte Republican
Congressional Committee last week got
around to Hell Gate. This is a very appro-
pirate place for them We hope they will
pass inside and stay there.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

NEWSPAPERS through the country have
very extensively copied the stupid bunder Of the New
York Times In contoundlng Admiral Sir Frederick
Beauchamp Paget Seymour, c. C. b., grandson of
Vice Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour aud cousin Of the
Marques of Hertford, with the oct0genarian Sir
Michael Seymour long Since on the retired list the
commander of the fleet before Alexandria, Hence
some astounding Information TO his being born
' in 1902, - descendant of Limerick alderman, -
once NJ. T. for Deyonport, - a. nicknamed the
Ocean Beau, - and all Of which is rather anus
ing. Admiral sir Beauchamp Seymour was born in
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TO CORRESPONDENTS

Rejected communications cannot be returned. AS
an evidence Of good faith, all communications, no
matter how brief, addressed to the Editor OF TuE
SUNDAY HERALD, must he accompanied by the
writer, name fnll and address.
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NIAIIIiII.D.

KIMBALL--SPENCER.- Tuesday evening,
July 49, nj the residence of the hrldes brother In
law MIR. j, llOldswOrlh Gordon, GeOrgctOwn, by
Rev. A. IL. Stuart, rector Of Christ Church, Lieut.
william Writ kmbal Of tho Navy, to Miss Esther
Smith Spencer.
BROWN--JON ES.-Iu New York July rs, by
Rev, Father DuCey pastor of ST. LoO's Church, Ar
thur Brown, of Fairfield, Conn, 10 Josephine NJ.
Jones, Of this city.
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The elastic energy, says the New York
Hour, with which our postal service has recovered
from the destructive forays made upon 1t by the Star
Route thieves Is most remarkable. The net receipts
for the last quarter exceeded the expenditures by
over $500, 900. When Dorsey and Brady shall have
got rid of the unimporant but sl annoying prosccu-
tions at Washington, with what accumulated zeal
they win throw themselves upon the postal service
once more, in the heroic determination 10 die sooner
than allow any surplus to put Its head up again
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DIED.

LIPPITT AT MartinyIllc, n. D., ON the 18TH OF
July, instant, Of pulmonary consumption, Caroue
Munlo daughter and only child NJ FmuCs j. Lip
pitt, Of Washington, u. c., aged twenty-five yeAEs
and nnGteeu days.
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TnE late conference committee

THE late conference committee on
the General Deaciency Hil, In striking out
the Senate amendment In regard 10 the extra
compensation for the Census clerks did a
very unjust thing. There never has been
department Of the Government whose clerks
have been, to say the least, so unfortunate as the
Census clerks In the first place. the scale Of salaries
has been very low. From June, 1851, TO February,
1889, the clerks were compelled TO pay exorbitant
rates Of discount In order TO got their certificates
cashed. ON April 80 last the appropriation again
gave out, and from that time to the present these
clerks have had but One-haf month's pay, and, as
result, many Of them have actually suffered. The
employees OF the House aud Senate who have done
nothing especial to merit extra compensation, but
who have received their salary regularly, voted
whole months extra pay, while tho Census once
empoyes have received nothing for two aud a half
months, and only certificates for seven more IN the
last year, and have had to beg, borrow, or steal in
order to get the bare necessities of life II IS to he
hoped that Congress viii at length see this aud make
some speedy provision.