New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-07
LONDON NOTES.
ADMIRAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hiihi-
ORIC-ATLANTIC SAILINGS-AoKD
LINDSAY'S LYRICS-NOTE
On PEPYS

those stout sailors whose services were ~ ~
and admirable during the Rebellion nus 20
away from among generation WHICH, ,.s
Lrew him not, or knew little OF nm 'o, ~"
7 ANYTHING to say which will add to 'hc'r hno"'
,so I refer 70 his death only because
.Uee liz, IN thoso DAYS and he showed me some
,;ndness In November 1861, he COMMANDED 4"
49, noIled rho Bcnville Mr. Dana, then
managing editor of The Tribune. sent me 10 foi'
49, - w,s IN On on Captain Stedmans YES
cal Rut il WAS not so easy to 60 Inc oecie'
,.,v of tho Navy was applied to. lie altoSctnci
d.nl;r.d 70 give an order that naval oiIo'i
horld {ake n journalist on board his snip, "uU
cid be might il he chose. | took the dSpa'ch 10
Captain Stedman. lie read 1t, consloereu :"
second. and said Il suppose the oec""'S
wishes Won to 90, but If be will not issue an oi'''
neither can order my officers 10 take 20" i"'o
their moss You must come with me nc was
as good as his word, and better lie gave me 4"
cabin next 70 his own and a place AT n'S '''',
When we reached Port Royal he had oohe al
and more than oil he promised, nut ne S'i',
might like a day or two 10 look apou' He ioi
quarters. and meantime was welcome u S,'9
where was ! believe ! spent two more hish''
ON board. till Captain Sexton, then quar'e''""s''
~ Port ROYAL assigned me tent. Nhce al"
ward. I found myself on the deck OF Nc''''
commanded by this able and gallant oHicei y"
one of the many expeditions whlch Aunii"' ~
pont sent during the next lew months 10 nue.
tho oremv's coasts. met him next in London,
many years after, and we talked over 'A'
Zines Since then have never seen him nor
think. heard of him till | read the news VI ''''
de.th Rpt his early friendness was not thihs
IN he forgotten, nor his face, with It's Sailo'-iN,
frankness and intelligence nor the genuincness al"
which everybody VINO kNtN
him or met him saw and felt. II happened ."''
he WAS the first naval officer on duty with whon'
7 came in contact | knew many aiter"alu'
Admiral Dnnont. CAPTAIN Rodgers, Captain DAVIS
who like Stedman were both adInlras Hl'"
later and many another true sailor Oh "s'
oanacitv and character But the memory VI '"'
Arst is not 70 he efaced, and slght as was o",
acouaintance read of his death with regret anu
distant MS are those days, hope may a'hno"
eaoe my debt 10 him. and testify 10 'he nis"
oninion which everybody about him had OF Ills
ability and his honorable nature
Thot ncat amiable journal The Daily News
~. Iordon seems 10 have had its temper-neVel
ou;to If tbc best-sorely tried by the OShcalAr
nou incident II IS persuaded that the wicked
Tory press for which no language Of contempt
am no ZOO strong, has, with hdeons dcmohou"
,iops of DELIGHT endcavoIrd TO make political cap
;tal ont of this miserable tragedy. 10 hol sup
pose quote these sentences as examples oil "Ii"
our Glads1onian friend can say when rouseu'
onote them as instances Of singular mldness si"
as foils To this which follows lie = ne 10
the correspondent in the O'Shca divorce suit il'
might defy to the end Of time the chas'e GRE" ~
whom adultery is only an offence when commute"
by an opponent, while lying and forgery are Il"
offences at al " This might pass into the ne"esi
textbook of rhetoric as a very good pattern oil
the art of innuendo and or other arts
arrangement of the sailings of two i'm
nortant lines from Liverpool to New-York is prom
ised for next season. The White Star and lnm"n
comnanies have agrecd--so. at least we are as
sured-to dispatch theil fast ships alternate weeks
instead of sending them out side tY side from me
Mersy as they have done all last season Win
the Teutonic and CITY Of New-York These TWO
ships together with the Majestic and City Of Paris
are so 70 time their ssilngs that one OF them snail
leave Liverpool and one leave Ncw-lork each
Wednesday.
Two results will follow. First, the racing al
ways officially denied, will now, in fact. come 10
an end The foul ships are for all practIcal pui
Loses of equal speed The Teutonic holds the RECORD
for both the eastward and westward passages
But the record is now matter of minutes, anu
there can be few people, even few Americans 10
whom O difference of quarter of an hour IN their
Journey across the Atlantic can be really OF con
sequence The pleasure and PRIDE which pasSen
gers take in having made the quickest passage
woulI seem 10 he more natural in the captain or
engineer, in the builders or owners However
the impatient or sporting tourist may still indulge
in these agreeable emotions. The only difference
will be that he will be racing against time instead
g. .otuol urec a his ewes during
all the voyage between the two ports.
The second result affects, or may affect. the car
rage Of the mails II is always well TO speak eau
tiously with reference 10 any matter that concerns
the ARRANGEMENTS OF the British Postofce, for the
TRANSPORT of letters across the Atlantic. At
present the White Star and Cunard companies
have monopoly contract. Mr.. Raikcs. and the
head clerks who rule over him and over the Office
Of which he is the nominal head, have bound
themselves 10 sepd no letters unless specially
addressed by any other than the ships OF these
two companies If either or both of them should
see fit TO take of their fast steamers and perform
their contract service by twelve or fourteen day
ships the P0stoflicc would have no redress, or
none except 10 give years notice Of the termlna-
ton Of the contract; or is 1t two years
True. the Cunard Company gave pledge to
continue its fast service during the winter. II
shamelessly violated this pledge. last winter Mr..
Raikes and Sir Stevenson BlackNoOd complacently
folded their hands and looked on. Ont OF thir-
teen sailings either six or seven-l forget winch
were performed by old, slow, WORKOUT ana en-
tsrely oId-fashioned and unfit ships like the
Galla and Bothnia. And now the Galla Is AGAIN
advertised for Saturday week, December ., and
it looks as if the old performance were to be
repeated. will 40 far as TO say that 1t Ii an
imposition on the public. But the convenience
of the pubic is the last thing which the forward
ers consider.
The midweek mails from Liverpool have beer
sent during this last year by two of The fastest
ships afoat, the Teutonic and Majestic, and BY
two the Britannia and Germanic, which are
considerably less fast. Whether the White Stal
directors-in other words, Mr.. lsmay-will con
sent 50 far 10 part with their share of the JONI
monopoly as TO surrender the mails in alternate
weeks next year to the City OF Paris and City o.