The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-02

N'lAHiil M v ctot tIltlClsUlS upon luN Ut- .
signs of these cruisers are discussed 10y
rectness of the conclusions reached by
the advisory board and hy /
the department. has been demonstrated (
10y recent development in building |
abroad. The machinery Of the double- /
turreted monitors, the Puritan, the Ter |
ror and the Amphritite, contracted for
under the act of March 3, 1883, is in pro-
cess OF construction. No work has been
done during the past year on their
armor for lack of the necessary appro.
priations. A fourth monitor, the
Monadnock, still remains unfinished at
the navy-yard in California. 1t is
recommended that early steps be
taken to complete these vessels
and 10 provide also for an armament for
the monitor Miantonomoh. The rec
pmmendation of the naval advisory
board, approved ny the department,
comprise the construction OF one steam
cruiser of 1000 tons, one cruiser of 5000
tons, and two heavily-arned gun boats,
one light cruising gun-boat, Que dis
patch vessel armed with H0tchkiss
cannon, one iron-olad ram and three
torpedo boats. The general designs Of
all of which are calculated
to meet the existing wants
of the service are now well advanced
and .he ronstrurtiou oFfnp vessaIs an
bo undertaken as soon ma Won shall
grant the necessary authority.
THE AN,TIU EXPEDITIONS.
Tho act of congress, approved Aug. :,
1852, authorized the removal TO tue
/ United States of the bodies Of Lieut.
Commander Genru. w. DaT.,rg and mis-
companions of the ,Jnennstte c,1p,Ii-
tjOu This rru,,val las bno,,
successfully accommodated Inv ri.,
tenants Harbar and Srburltg
/ Ii, plIrs,Isur.- of tlo ioi,t ,rs.,t,iinn do.
roi'urr4s. annrnyaB Febrnnry IA 1854
naval eypadifion Was G.tad on, r,r. ih.
/ reliefoT lieut.. Greeley. of the lruifod
/ states army, and of "a marty who had
/ bee, cuualed uuJgr his rn.1rIsI,3 IN,
/ sci.n,i6,. nlservafi0rs sf la.,, It,.'Ut.i,,.
.n.lsr Tbetis r,1,,,"ssd H. rr.,l'ni
. the Rear. nur3hassd at NJ Ioln NJ,
loundlgnd. and the AI.rt wbiSI ,.av
,cnernneIJ nrn,ide5 III,
Rriush onveruu,su. ,rs1o-,tin,,.
tor the exppditi,,, ,,nrn ,r,,,lt,il,,
made Inv the ierrnttr... of ttn ui,,v l.i,h
tha qrt;ra Recommendation ,f ,l,e 80,
nr war Cor,'noIldcr Gan " CnGi1
was planed i'm co,ufnend of fbe Aiarf
and I,iput. W. II i.lro,, i'm roint1,,t.l .l
tho Brar The Thrris was ruiu1sird to
Commander Wirnnld \ Srhley. n
whom also v-os ASSUMED the sn,er,I,ten.
drucy of The eutiro exucdiisu. I'M
medi,telv urau mo arrivYl All tTupruul,
the neet beran the dangerous nnyipi.
ton of Melville b3y and in
splte of every obstacle reached
/ IiuletOu island on june ~, a rOrtni.-Dl
carrier than any vessel had before ma
tanned that poinf. on the same dly Il
crossed over 10 Cane Sabine. ,yh,r.
iIeut. Greeley and the other survivor,
of his party mare discovered Amor INK
ing IN hoard the living ana The bodies ID
me dead the re,iet shin, sailed tnr ~
4, Johns, whore thev arrived July TO- Tn.,
vere appruDrjnt6ly r.c,iv.i ar Porn.
bodies was landed nj ia,
former Mace. The others \yer,
, put on sh0ra at Governor,
. island, and with the exception of uu,
which wac inferred in the national chu
eterv, were forwarded hence TO the de,
r tinution indicated by friends,
GIVE us A GOOD NAVY.
In this, Gao las. rrt.. sta.85 messape
, that | shall have the honor TO traus.ui
, TO the congress of the United States,
! cannot too s.rongyurga on its attention
tho dutv OF restoring our navy asa ran
p idly as possible To the high suto Of a., III
/
70 as tho long peace that has lulled us int
' q sense of iaucied security may at an,
/, time be disturbed. 1t is plain that III,
a policy of STRENGTHENING this arm OF tn
I service is dictated by considerations %
4 use aud economy, q lust regard Tor on
= future tranquility, and OF tho truc ap
: probation oi the dignity and honor o
o. The republic.
? rHE POST OFFICER DEPARTMENT,
. The report of the pOstmasJer-gsuera
{ acquaints you with tao present Coudi
4 tion and the needs of the postal service
- 10 djscloscs the gratifying fact that "a,
2 loss of revenue from the reduction Of tu
. rate OF letter postage, a, recommended
. IN my message Ut December, 1852, az,
effected by the act of March
, 1883, has been much les
, than was generally anticipated. | conf
/ dently repeat the recommendation a
4 my last animal message, that the eiuEi
4 rate of p,stage Tor drop letters Ice ~
. duCed tO cent wherever payment of
c5uls il now required 10y law, the doubl
% rate only TO be eXacted ut offices Whcr
s the carrier system is IN operation, and
a appears that at these offices the incrcas
8 in the tax upon local letters defrays I'll
4 cost, not only of its own collection, an
4 | delivery, hut OF collection and deliver
Of other mail matter. This is an inequR
- ty tina. ought no longer 20 exist.
o approve the recommendation of tn
y pOstmaster-geueral that the unit [
l. weight in the rating OF tirst-class matte
n should be one ounce instead of half u
q ounce, "a IL now IL. In view of the sty
X tiSticS furnished by the department
i may well be doubted whether tn
4 change would result in loss of roveuu,
Y That 1t would greatly promote the COZ
y v0uience of the public is beyond dispute
!. Tho FREQ delivery system has bee
10 lately applied to five cities, and tho tuti
70 number of offices in which IL
B. now IN operation is Is
10 Experience shows that its adoption. VI
i. der proper conditions, Is equally an a,
IS cnmnodation to the punlic aud an IA,
A. vantage to the postal service. 1t
IL more than self sustaining, and, Tor u