New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-22
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GHow is jt that whcn number OF dur warships do
But 10 sea for few days large proportion soon
become incapacitated through the brAa4ng-down OF
machinery, and others becomc ineapabh, OF seamlns
at tho expected rate WHILE the other hand, the
leading North Atlantic steamship companies vcsseis
invariably perform tho passage 10 New-fdrx ana pack
without hitchaa The quoted paragraph appeared
In recent issue OF London newspaper i'm connection
with the manoeuvres Of the Channel sqnsd ana
also with the unsatisfactory steamtfia OF one OF tho
new British cruisers, the Traveller Besides nearly
cutting an unfortunate engineers head on, her guides
got blazing hot Upon her first steam nun, non
sheerness 10 Chatham, she tore all the metal Of her
main bearings 90 badly that they were dshertenns
sight and aThe London Army and Navy aazetls
said @That she should have been accepted 40 Ut Tor
tho naval service was not carelessncss, y was ar1c
ri would seem 10 be beyond dispute that these
naval mysteries win never be satisfactorily ciucidased
this side Of the millennium.
prominent Episcopal clergyman OF this city SAYS
that tho bishops of the Episcopal Church are re'uy
coming 10 believe that distinctive episcopal arsss -
very Desirable Before long, he says, the sihvei
nat kneebreeches black silk stockings ami silver sloe
buckles of the Anglican prelate win be the prevailing
dress Of our bshops Tho movement IN this directan
received great impetus last summer, when tns
American bishops attended the great Anglican syrod ~
London One or two Of our bishops have alrcsdy VEN
tured TO appear in the English dress but they nave
been somewhat discouraged by the irrevcrent hmer's
small boy who shouted Shoot der hat and CIT on
10 der socks when they appeared IN the streets sono
M our right reverend fathers are also said 70 De enA
o,s IN wear NIT 70 when officiating, anu ~ hSSe ~
Sniseopal pastoral staff carried bcforc them on az co
nonsi occasions Americans used 20 boast ,nM rhcy
1ere above such things as uniforms hut the day whoD
such boast was possible is long since gone
Since the death Of Captain John Ericsson letters
nave been sent to various newspapers denying tnat no
was the sole inventor architect and pnioer OF uno
famous Monitor II Is possible that SoIns Wr'ets
nave asorbed all this to Captain Ericssons credit ann
Il is unfortunate that Just previous TO his aoa'n ne
ordered the destruction OF series OF diaries WHICH ne
had Kept for nearly City years, and IN which ne haa
entered page Of memoranda every day for IL these
had ever been published they would have given due
Acknowledgements TO every person from whom no Cd
taned ideas Captain Ericsson, In fact, never
claimed the title OF INVENTOR but simply TOOK credls
for being an engineer, aud for the ability to apply
his shin In working out to practical conclusion CON
cepons, tho origin Of which be, perhaps did not HIM
self stop consider He expressed MS oSnsSnoni; nr
ret, upon which Dir. Timby obtained patent IN Sas s
as ROYALTY 10 Mr. Tmby for the uss Of his Invention
during the war. But It was Ericsson VINO, onaer tne
inspiration Of tho ea wrought ne s ~ aSo CON-
federacy.
Captain Ericsson also gave credit TO John A. 0ris-
void and John E. winslow for tho financial backing
and for supplying much Of the iron used in the con-
sruction Of tho boat; to G. s. Bushnell, Thomas r.
Rowland and c. H. Delsmater for tho assistance
which they furnished Other interested people have
assumed that Captain Ericsson took credit for Tho
Invention Of tho torpedo Nothing Of the kind But
the torpedo boat Destroyer Is the result OF bis IDEAS
and his alone, while he never asserted that no was
the inventor OF the torpedo itself Count C. J. Van
Cort, once q Surgeon-Genera Of the Prussian Army,
claimed 20 have been the source Of the original hea
of the submarine torpedo with carrying rods or bars
with torredoes attached 10 be run out below the sur
face and on November 81, 1874, patent for such
torpedo was issued to his widow. Charlotte A. Van
Cort, who Is stll alive.