New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-14

-. rh, ,,ubI,c has been told, In various
,,,, oo,,nons that II was a genuine Knocking
a,,. contest Of the most brutal description; and
M douht thousands OF brutal people VIII pay
>, GOO Il reproduced in pictorial miniature uhuer
the impression that they are beholding "s"'
- a finish" It was either priZe-iight OF
fake" one or the other.
y, ,barl, Won. saws Governor Flower. ] don't
want 70 debate What want is to taiK-Just
talk and all by myself.
DR. Parkhurst wants all traces OF ld""''"S
Hall wiped out. The doctor Is right Every
body connected with the Wigwam must W 'o'"e'
ou, ., tho CITY government before 1t can be
wholly clean
Three men have been indicted in Tennessee io'
being concerned in the lynching OF SIX hesroeS
on August 81 A dispatch from Memphis says t"a'
the news of the action OF the Grand jury createu
considerable excitement" This Is natural mat
Iynchers should be brought 10 punishment III '"e
South or even put in the way OF being puhlsheu'
Is something unheard Of The atrocity OF the
lvuching in question, however. aroused gooo
deal of Indignation. and the Governor Oh Tenn
essee denounced the act and called for the PUNISH
ment OF those implicated in the crime Besides
the three indicted there were number OF other
men involved in the lynching who ought NOT 10
escape 1t is to he hoped that the indictments
will be- followed up by vigorous prosecutions OF
these murderers.
From the cautions way in which the TAM
many tiger is moving around ii might pe Juuseu
that the striped cat is walking on broken bottle
glass
Getting rid Of the ward men, whose pernicious
activity has been so thoroughly exposed IS un-
ouestionabIv 4 step in the right direction. But
II IL only a step and not very long one. Action
OF a far more radical character is required to put
the Police Department of New York in a position
in which It will command public respect and CON
fdence.
II was on September H. 1861 that Rear-Adm-
raj John Henry Russell then a lieutenant in the
United States Navy led daring boat eXpedi-
ton into the harbor OF Pensacola, Fla. and de-
sroyed the Confederate schooner Judah when
was being fitted out as a p-ivaeer. The men
started ont In four boats and. being favored by
the darkness. pulled up TO the wharf To when
the Judah was moored OverpOwering the guards,
they set fire to he Judah and escaped with a loss
there were thousand Confederate soldiers en-
canped on the wharf On September ~. 1884,
General Winfield Scott marched into the City OF
Mexico after having fought his way from vera
Cruz and having detected the Mexican army in
a series 81 desperate engagements. scott took
Vera Cruz March 90 ard Immediately began his
march inland The Mexicans were favored Dy an
extremely mountainous country. which gave
them every opportunity for securing strong posi-
lions Scott reached Jalapa May ls. and on Au-
gust : he continued the march toward the CITY
II Mexico. arriving there on the morning OF
September T.; isi7. To-day also is the anniver-
sary II the BATH" OF South Mountain, which was
fought September "a 1862 at South Mountain
Md between n section Of General Lees army
which was then invading Maryland and a dvi-
sion ~ General McClellan's army. which was
ouposing the advance Of he Confederates. The
battle was characterized by great heroism on
the part Of the soldiers Of BON sides. Mcclellan
stated his losses az being 3l2 killed. l24 wound
ed and 90 missing. The Confcderates, having
strong position, suffered less.