New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-22
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at Tamatavo which we find in the foreign
exchanges, Is a most amusing exhibition Of
| tho infrmity of human temper. Suffering at the
| time from the ravages of an incurable malady he
| fumed and raved upon the slightest provocatlon,
and never addressed the commander Of the British
feet without sternly forbiddlng him to write an
other letter Any explanation OF Mr.. Shaw's
offence he could not be induced to give to that
uflcer irasmuch as he felt himself under an obiga
ton to Impose silence upon arrogant preensous.
| The Governor Of the Mauritius received however,
a detailed account of the misslOnary's misconduct,
| and very udicrous 1t H. When the Admiral bonn
barded the town and sent his marines ashore, the
| owner of the house in which Mr.. Shaw was living
| proposed that it should be occupied by picket of
soldiers Neither the tenant nor his family offered
any resistance, and the took possession Of
the house Either in the Easement or In the garden
there were found several bottles of wine, and the
garrison not having been favored with table deli
cacies on board ship INDUCED themselves TO their
hearts content. In a short time they wero as drunk
as lords and the Admirars suspicious were excited
Ordinary wine could not. he decided. have caused
such a state OF letharhc MODIFICATION. The wine
must have been drugged by the wicked missionary
| and left within reach of the guieIess and unsus-
pectng marines. Consequently Mr. Shaw was inn
mediately placed In durance vile aud his wife was
| not allowed 10 communicate with him.
When Captain tombstone of the Dryad. asked to be
officially informed of the nature of the mission arys
crime, the doughty Frenchman would not deign
| to answer his letter With the Governor of the
Nautilus the Admiral moro frank. and the
charge was formally made that the pious man had
bailed a trap with poisoned WINE for the handsome
French marines.
Complaints have come In from one or two wards
In 4 scifv hut fau hay mt
been carrying out in good faith the invitation of
tho Republican Central Committee that all the
members OF the party unite in the primaries and In
the reorganization which is to follow tho election
There Is every to believe that the for
dissatisfaction ia these wards will speedily be
moved. The Central Committee is certainly in
earnest IN ITS desire that the party shall act to-
gethey as harmonious whole and the course of the
State Convention in heartily approving the plan Of
reorganization giving to the Committee of Eighteen
the power 10 perfect any details that may yet
be lacking. and ordering the competition OF the
task renders IL reasonably sure that all the
elements in the party will be fairly represented
| aud all Republican voters have an opportunity to
enter on equal terms into party work and party
councils.
The return of Mr.. Gladstone from Copenhagen
where he was exposed to the contagon of Russian
diplomatsts the Continental capitals. Soveregns
and Prime Ministers have been llitting from one
summer resort to another, and the intellectual re-
sources of the correspondents have been heavily
drawn upon In constant attempts to explain the
diplomatic significance Of pected journeys and
mys erious interviews. When they had succeeded
for the twentieth time In readusting their Euro
pean combinations on the basis Of the Austro-Ger-
man alliance and the isolation OF Russia, Mr.. Glad
stone suddenly turned his face In the direction of
Copenhagen, where the Car and Grand Dukes too
numerous to mention were paying visit OF high
ate. His mission seemed mex plcabe, and the
amateur dipomatists being unable to give any in
teiliglbe account of IL had to dark fore
bodings and turgid rhetoric. His arrival in the
Thames will put an end to all this nonsense, and
before many days he will probably be making his
Compromised visit to his constituents IN MId-Lo
THAN and giving his political friends and foes new
texts for vacation homilies.
The appearance b of Corean delegation to
visit President Arthur brings out quite incidentally
the interesting though trivial announcement that
the Corean policemen wear spectacles while on duty
This is doubtless for the quaint purposeof enabling
them 20 detect crime before reward is offered for
the apprehension OF the criminal. There are no
Corean detectives on duty in Connecticut at present.
Very few have been detailed to duty In this city
within our recollection.
If Governor Butler does not have a care he will
be charged presently with having as large and ire
sponsible mouth as Judge Hoadly. The Governor
Is just starting of q tour of country fairs and
other rural shows at Haverhill, Bradford, North
Adams Bridgewater, aud at various other places
throughout the State The Boston Journal Is
cruel enough to print. just on the eve of the
Governors elsotioneerine tour among the farmers.
his scornful reference to these exhibitions made
soon after his election He alluded derisivoly
to Governor Longs success as speaker on such
occasions and oratorioaly declared that he should
not occupy himself much that way" Said the indus
trious-minded Generals Think this great common