The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-02-16

| EineS, which the means OF most eject
| uatIy working them. Before the adj
| vent OF the French Jesuit aud sallor,
Paul rHoste, who wrote that famous
work on naval tactics which, the Ad.
! miral says, has been made the founns.
| tion Of al! subsequent books % the
| subj sct, the French bad no means Of
| wlths,snding the terrible impact Of the
British advance. The Brillsh, would
lay their ships slongside, snd the
Ffenchmen had no stomach Tor such
fighting. L'Hoste showed them away
| to successfully meet the shock. In.
stead of getting out OF the way, the
French fleet thereafter cooliy waited
for the enemy to come up. ressrving
It's broadside fnr close quarters; raking
him fore and aft, aud then, while he
was repairing damages, running down
the wind and keeping away till no was
! ready once more to advance, when the
maneuver was repeated And. 90 it
was that though the Frenchmen was
invariably on the detensive, 'lwsro
easier to beat him or than 10 capture
him.
1t Is curious fact, though the Adnai.
raj does not mention II, but any one
csn learn for himself by reterriug 10
American naval history, that It was
this description Of close lighting that
brought the Yankee sailor to the front
In the war of 1912. The YANKEES cap~
tains laid their ships alongsidss the
enemy and boarded, reservlng their lss
until close up; and II was BY, their
skill at this kind Of work and their
success that feet 40 Insigniiicant In
point Of numbers that, ~ tho opsning
Of the war, many wise men tho0aht Il
should be destroyed to- save captusa.
won great renown; \ part, ,sk, lilnes,
showing Itself along the English coast,
to the great discomfort OF the Liverpool
merchants, who called the attention Of
parliament TO the increasing boidness
Of the Yankee cruisers. isaH rs pys.r
"France,' says Admiral Porter,
has made great improvements. Perhaps
the English are destined one day to
encounter foe that may snatch from
them the laurels won since 1888. che
year OF the invencible Armsds. some
future French admiral may avsuss
the humiliation Inflicted npon his co1n-
try by Howe, Hyde, Parker, Hood,
Rodney, Collingwood, and, Nelsoe."
Let as suppose that, In the days OF
these famous captains, there had bSau
ships of steel md iron, the metal belt
Ing sometimes two feet thick, ~ now,
and marine guns that, like those Of TO-
day, could pierce any aRmor that Il
were possible 10 float How then ?
Admiral Porter admits, that, under
such conditions, results might have
been quite different. He says: "Had
Nelson's ship (theVictory) bcen struck
between wind and water by D IL In.
ritled shell, exploding on impact, % Is
generally the case, the ship would have
had hole torn Ia her side through
which a good-sIzad Is hale might enter,
and she would 80 to the bottOmi in five
mtnutes.' NC L.lt tr tsHirt.
Though early in his paper the. Al.
Iniral declares that the result of sea
fight between Eugish and French
would be uncertain, he later OF, pays
deserved tribute 10 the naval discipline
aud bulldog tenacily of tho British,
and ono may reasonably infer from
what he says that WHOM tho call "To
Arms!" echoes along the EaglIsh
cliff, our English cousins VIII be
found equal to their occasions. He IT,
stances the affair OF tho Armada - IL.
lustratiug what determination. and,
above oil, discipline will accomplish,
CSet ukhlust Nhe STSuNcSL Ouuee EOuC
years 1t had been in preparation, the
English being In Ignorance TIL, . few
months before the blow was ready,
they were spprised through tho Fseuch
king. Yet with so short notice as
this, with a fleet ludicrousiy Inferior
both as to number, armament, and sIzs
OF ships, they. literally tore IL 10 pieces,
the coasts being sirewn with It's wreck
age, while the English suffered only
triiling loss.
The Admiral says tha, IL sea dgit to.
day between modern ships might be
like two undiscipijued -. armies,
mixed in confusion, dividing itself into
hostile groups that should fail a-ctub-
bng each other with the butts Of their
musketa.
Donn Plat, in Belford's Magszine>
indorses public opinion in saying that
Clara Morris il "the greatest actress
known to the English speaking world"
He also ssys; "In all matters OF art
we are such set Of snubs that we can
not recognize any merit in our artists
until after they have been indorsed by
English critics aud English audiences.
II any law can be enacted to correct
this miserable condition let US have II
q, an early day. We know that tho
vrpp tpIf nrt rpsq known I'm tho k,o ullah