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Judge 1aae, and bred sssu.

To THE EDrToE oy THE sUS--siri 1 read the writings
or leading Afro'AnericAns published In your columns
with iatereSt and pront. They are go fair and accu.
rate. usually, that they are valuable contributions 10
our knowledge of the progress OF civilization. I hope
they arc read and ~pondered by all who have African
blood IN their veins. Acted upon. the counseis they
contain cannot fail 20 have the most desirable results
l feTret;theretore a. see In the contribution or I.
heCAnts stewart, published IN 1HE AUS o! March j.
the repetition or an Old falsehood regarding what Is
terned the bred Scott iecision nv tho United states
supreme Court have heard clerSymen who ought
20 have known better out these woris into the mouth
OF Judge fancy: Tho tlAck man has no riRhts
that a white man Is bound 10 respect" Mr.. Stewart
does not make this mistake, He quotes correctly.
but he does not Civ" the whole truth. Judxr Taney
was giving a historical summary OF the relations Of
the white rGce To the oOlored racein this country, and
In ths course or u he remarked that there mai been a
time when the black man "had" no rzhts thai Inc
white man " was bound To respect, thus merely a..
serting what he regarded IS a historical fact,
Now, suppose Nj Stewart were 20 say There was
a time when the King 81 Enaiand was the nahtfli
sovereign OF these colonies" and somebody should
report that he said The King OF England Is tho
rightful sovereign or these colonies: would ne nor
feel that he had been assaiieu by = falsehood In is
meanest form? A, UELIyTFIn
BRooXLTN, March 2,
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Large Stores and Small Stores.

a notable increase has occurred during
the past two or three years in the lumber
of large retail stores for the sale of boots
n shoes in New York, and also of the
shops dealing in mems clothing and haber-
dashsry, in spite of the competition of an
increasing number of department stores
selling goods of all kinds. Statistics re-
Gently prepared for distribution by the
Merchants Association show that the COM
bined imports and manufactures Of mems
clothing in this city amount TO S75 ,0OO,-
900 a year, of mems furnishing goods to
$40, 00O, 900, and of boots and shoes to
ST., O00, 900. though there are compare.
lively few shoe factories included within
the territory of the Greater New York.
The assertion has been made 30 frequently
and 80 confidently that the big stores"
have deprived the smaller shops of their
trade that it has come to be believed
very generally. AS the stocks of these great
stores include many other and different
lines of merchandise from those formerly
dealt in by dry goods establishments, it
seemed probable that the predicted conse-
quence had occurred, involving the de-
struction of a multitude of little shops
unable to compete with great agGregations
OF capital able to transac q vast volume of
business at a less percentage of cost inland
ling, which made cheaper prices possible.
The fact, however, is that while some minor
shops, the primitive motion stores" may
have suffered from the competition, the
stores which make a specially of particular
" lines of goods, such Us shoes, mems
clothing, and haherdashery, have pros
pered 30 largely that they nave increased
coincidently in number and in trade, and
are still increasing quite rapidly in the
leading thoroughfares.
1t may be said generally that the volume
of retail business now done is very much
larger in proportion to the population than
it has been at any previous time in New
York. The territory depending upon New
FORK for dry goods supplies is greater
than it has ever been and is now con.
stantly extending; and one manifest result
of the change is the fact that it is no longer
necessary, or desirable, for a New Yorker to
send to any other city for any articles re-
quired, as was the case some years ago.
New York has the best of everything in
the way of merchandise, and the fasuidiouD
purchaser of former times who wrote to
Boston for his shoes or postponed pur.
chase of clothing until his next visit to
Philadelphia" has no Successors.
1t is undoubtedly true that there is less
second clothing sold in New York
than was formerly the case. There are
fewer shoes repaired and the cobblers busi.
ness is III consequence almost extinct; hut
the reason for this is the circumstance that
with larger sales and under innrOyed nrn-
cesses of manufacture the prices of goods
have come down so far that it has become
cheaper to buy new articles.
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he NEW COURT HOUSE.
Plans bed for the Building for tho Appellate
Division.

Jamb3rown Lord OF 16O Fifth avenue filed
with ttBuilding Department yesterday plans
for tttnew building of the Appellate Court
Buildih to be erected at the northeast corner
OF Marbn avenue and Twenty.ffth street.
OVERRIDING Madison square on the east. The
buildi1is to occupy an L-shaped plot. with
a frontp OF 146 feet on Twenty-ifth street,
and is eost. according to the estimate of c. I.
Wills 1855 Fifth Avenue. the builder, $685.
100. knmissioner Thomas J. Brady at once
began inspection Of the plans and said Off
cially @ they called for n splendid structure
which huld rank as one Of the ARCHITECTURAL
beauti$f the new city.
The 4ding will BIO about 46 feet wide and tho
/ will f97 feet deep, The structure will be
three Aies high. with a basement and sub.
cellar. ae first story will be lSia feet high,
facaue be classic in design and will be con-
structeef white marble deliberately carved and
decorate The entrance Is through u spacious
portico insisting of six Corinthian columns
with Smuggling columns on the face OF the
building On the Madison avenue facade arc
four Off Corinthian columns.
In pcAting the sculpture and mural decora-
tions. Lord has planned to secure the CO.
opcratia of a committee of the best known
s~culptOtand painters. The paintings will be
continedo the halls and courtroom. and tho
scuiptuhyill be all external. On either side Of
the niaitDortico entrance will be a seated fig
ure. Ave the pcdiment that Crown3 the en-
trance Sumns will stand a group of figures.
with to,bther figures placed at intervals. The
west Tr4 will be ornamented with a group of
four figtfs with a single figure on either side.
The GORGE will be supported by four cary
atiies.
The irfior arrangement is simple, effort be-
ing madeo secure perfect light and spacious
rooms. the centre of the roof will be q SUI
pcrb cirtar glass dome twenty-seven feet in
ACKNOWLEDGMENT the dome will be Q rallied
iuciosurSr the public and the lawyers. and in
the mairpurtroom the Judges desks arranged
in IL sem fcle at the north end. The room will
he 67XIi$et In measurement. On both sides of
the rOoI1vill be Enclosures for the use of the
public. Be huge glass dome is connected with
u skyligh In the roof by a shaft that runs up
ward thigh the second and third stories.
Large rOks have been set aside for the court
library, th other apartments for court at
tRrhes, Il seven rooms for the Judges, each
room hang its own ante.room. On the third
floor is doom for an eighth Judge. On this
floor will 30 be- a kitchen and a private dining
room for i Judges. The Judges rooms are to
be richly Eished and furnished.
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The Flying Squadron.

The quintet of swift cruisers which it
has been proposed To put under command
of Commodore SCHLEY, in case of war,
would he almost unique among squadrons.
The Brooklyn has a trial record of 2l.o
knots as tile average OF four hours under
forced draught; the Columbia u record of
22.6 knots; the Minneapolis Il record of
23.O73 while the liners st. Louis and
st. Paul, OF course, would not be out of
place in such fast company
These racers were built with due regard
for coal endurance, so that they would
have the radius of action needed for their
tasks, which might require them to keep
the seas during long periods. All could
show their heels to any Spanish armored
ships, while the Brooklyn, the only ar.
nored cruiser among them, wou not need
to keep away from anything of her class.
She carries the powerful main battery of
eight s'inch and twelve rapid.tire b.inch
guns, for combat with fighting ships, while
the other vessels OF the flying squadron
could engage craft.
This squadron, or the part of II earliest
assembled, would first be ready for going
10 the aid of any port suddenly attacked,
anu ultimately IOf ralulnS upon Spanish
and protecting our own, being
perhaps specially efficient in capturing
transports and supply vessels that might
try To carry troops or provisions, coal and
ammunition from Spanish ports TO Cuba
or TO Spanish warships Oh this side of the
Atlantic. An alternative suggestion for
the squadron make II consist of the New
York, Brooklyn, Columbia, and MIinneapo.
lis, leaving the auxiliary cruisers To operate
III some other way, That, however, would
only increase It's all-around effectiveness,
for the New York is an armored cruiser
with a trial record of 81 knots, and carries
six s'inch and twelve rapid. fire 4.inch guns.
There was some talk, also, of attaching one
OF the cruisers of the Montgomery class to
this squadron. But as the speed of the
whole is only that of It's slowest member.
and the Montgomery class art knots slower.
besides having an inferior bunker capacity.
they might form another squadron. united
with other cruiser or with the fast armored
merchantmen.
Justnow the flying squadron seems likely
to consist of the Brooklyn, the Columbia.
n the Minneapolis, with q station ~
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There may he no ground for the report
that the visit made on Tuesday to President
MCKINLEY by the British Ambassador was
for the purpose of expressing the friendly
feeling of England toward this country and
of offering an assurance that She would
sustain the United States in any steps
which we may deem necessary for the de-
liverance of Cuba. 1t is, however, an in
teresting coincidence that on the same day,
in London, another British official, Sir &.
W. DIES NoEUX, recently Governor of
Hong Kong, declared in an interview that
Great Britain ought to seize the present
opportunity to express cordial sympathy
with our Government in its efforts to secure
Independence for Cuba, and to express the
determination of Great Britain to aid the
United States with her fleet in defending
our coasts against attack.
So far as we know, there is no evidence
of an intention on the part of any European
power TO aid Spain in the event of her drift.
ing into war with the United States. I'm
doubtedly the Madrid Government would
nave the sympathy of certain French iinan-
ciers, who have invested in Spanish bonds,
and who control a good many Paris news
,phptTS. II ID dlSb pTDDaDlc Cnat the reign
ing families of Germany, Austria, and Italy
view with regret the difficulties in which
the Queen Regent CHRISTINA is involved.
France, however, would not undertake TO
support Spain against the United States,
without previously requesting the consent
of Russia, which would never he given: and
the Emperor, WILLIAM H., who directs
the foreign policy of the Triple Alliance,
would he equally unwilling to offend the
Gar. Under the circumstances, there is
no Likelihood that Spain could secure help
from any quarter. Consequently. it would
he ignOminious for us TO accept material
aid against a country vastly inferior to us
In population and resources. II we cannot
fight Spain without the assistance of Great
Britain, we had better reconsider the
Declaration of Independence.
One can easily see why Englishmen wish
success TO our plans for the liberation of
Cuba. Their losses through the devasta.
ton of the island are only less grievous
than our own. Scores of cotton and to-
bacco estates are owned or mortgaged in
England, and almost all the money invested
in the insular railways came from London.
1t was with English capital that public
works were undertaken in a number of
Cuban cities between 1878 and 1894. No
interest or dividend will be forthcoming OH
any of these securities until peace has been
restored In the island.
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Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

Great Britain's bill for coal used on railroad loco
motives in the last half OF 1897 Vas 81, eSs.27o,
velazquez's third centenary. which comes nett
year. Is to be celebrated by the Madrid Academy BY
the erection OF the painters statue in front OF inc
National Museum OF Painting. Hard times pre'eh'
tho academy, however. from Offering prizes for com
peting plans. The only reward will DC the honorof
having tho approved plan selected.
Counting on the completion soon OF the CONGO
Railroad. which will connect the n~ayigahls water
shea OF the river with tho sea, the Congo Free Sia'
Is planning a survey OF an important line IN the IN
terror of the Continent. 1t will start at the head of
navigation on the ItimbIrI River. q northern afiuen'
OF the Congo between the Ubangi and the Arl"imi'
will proceed east and northeast along the upper NA'
ley OF the Uelle and end in o. 80 south LATITUDE AA
point near Redjaf on the Nile. a distance ~ "''
miles. This will connect the Congo aud the MIC
within the territory OF the Congo state.
England is relieved OF the payment OF al''''oA
year In pensions by the recent deaths OF Sis h.hFy
Havelock.Allan aud OF viscount C~ombermerr, ihF'
In succession TO the first Niscoun', who vs. SIT ~"
pleton Cotton, and received the pension for 'rf'''''
In the Peniusular war. When the DUKE Of Wci.nf'
ton dies q yearly pension Of 5000 Will "nl NA"o
5000 q year will he saved to the nation atihe
death OF the present holders Of these titles We
count Hardiuge for services in India, Baron >'a''h
(Colborne, for Waterloo. Baron Kcane AMI Nl''''h'
Cough lfor services In Ind a., Baron Raglan ff w"
terloo and the Crimea), aud Baron NAPIER Of Nas'A'l
dor Abyssinia). Pensions Of % $500 10 IN" he't'
the Duke OF Schomberg, William ms General !
$4,000 10 the SUCCESSORS OF Lord Rodney, nhib =
900 10 all to whom the title OF Earl Nelson shall i'
scend VIII continue TO be paid Indefinitely, W.
viscount wolseley and the late Lord Alcos''r -
Frederick Is. SEYMOUR received lump sums for '"r'
military services in 1883 II was understood tA"''h'
system OF long continuing pensions would De emu"
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The Ellsworth bill has been n totally I'M.
looked.for misfortune to the Republican
party. 1t has been sapping the Republican
strength visibly every day of it's life. The
influence that still keeps 1t from being
disavowed and dissociated from the Re
publican organization is maiign and hurt
ful to the Republican party.
The party that thus cravenly permits IL
self 10 he disgraced, and the enormous in
terests for which IL stands to lie imperilled,
for the sake of indulging the crazy per
sonal vindictiveness from which such n
measure us the Ellsworth bill must necessa-
rily have sprung, is wearing away it's politi-
cal prestige.
Tear the hateful thing up by the roots
Throw it out with q violence that will
restore the public confidence in the party
thai foolishly fatlered 1t!
Isn't there a single Republican states,
man in Albany competent TO satisfy the
people of the Empire State before night
falls that the Ellsworth bill is absolutely
dead ! However great the shame brought
upon the Republican party up to to-day by
this stupidity conceived and mRdly pressed
measure, more can he added with every
moment that 1t is kept alive.
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proceeded TO attribute to the HOUSE I'M
worthy motives In passing 1t. He compared
the attitude Of the House TO that Of yellow
dog journalism. He deprecated any talk
Of war. He Expressed the opinion that 1t
was Consul. GenerRl LEES common sense
rather than his courage that was needed ut
Havana. His speech manifested more
sympathy for Spain in her efforts Ito
rapress an insurrection h for the
cause of the Cubans. He declared that
our relations with Spain were lust
rs they had been for years, on a reasonable,
Just, international basis" This remark and
the reference to FrTzuUGH LEE werr greet.
ed with vigorous misses. Without the full
report of Gen. BrNGHAMis speech IL is diff.
cult to understand exactly what he was
driving at, or to reconcile some Of his ut.
terances with his support of the bill, not
only MS shown by his subsequent vote in
the House, but also by the circumstance
that he is a member Of the Committee on
Appropriations which had voted unani.
mously to recommend the passage of the
measure. Perhaps 1t was an of day with
Gen. BINGHAM. Perhaps there was some.
thing in his manner, or something in his
known sentiments concerning the Cuban
question, which provoked the House to an
exhibition of indignant disapproval twice
while the veteran was speaking.
And the fifty .million-dollar appropria-
tion bill passed the American House by q
vote of 311 to o. every member present
voting for the appropriation, among them
Mr.. BARRETT of Massachusetts and Gen.
BINGHAM of Pennsylvania.
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The two Representatives who were Missed
while the fty.mlllion.dollar appropria.
tion bill was before the House are the Hon.
WILLIAM +. BARRETT of Massachusetts
and the Hon. HENRY ii. BINGHAM of Penn.
%sylvania. Both art Republicans. AIR. BAR
RErT is the editor of the Boston Daily id.
t~ertise1' and of the Erening Record of the
same town. He is n young gentleman of
undoubted patriotism. hut of an ebullient
temperament. Gen. BINGHAM Ia q veteran
soldier, whose patriotism can no more be
questioned than his personal courage or
aolidity of character. He went into the
war a Lieutenant and came out a Briqadicr-
General by brevet. He carries the honor.
able scars of three wounds, one of them ne.
eeived AT Gettysburg.
Congressman BARRErT's sole offence on
Tuesday ppear to have been q willing.
ness on his part TO revise the programme
adopted by the COMMITTEES on Appropria.
tions and the Committee on Rules after
MIR. conference with the Admin.
istration. In MIR. BARRErT's Judgment
neither the President nor the committees
knew so well as himself the amount of
money which ought To be appropriated at
SfH'' III ~ IllIlOllul utIenEe,
Their idea was ShO, 900, 900; AIR. BARNETT
thought that 500, 900. 900 would be bet.
ter. As he is not a member of the
Committee on Bules or of the Committee
OH Appropriations, or of the Committee on
Military Affairs, ar of the Committee ON
Naval Affairs, and as neither of the two
committees TO which he does belong, name.
ly, those on Rivers M Harbors and on
Education, was consulted regarding the
size of the appropriation, Mr.. BARRETT
was obliged either to march with the pro.
eession or To get outside of 1t and interrlpt
It's orderly and digniaed progress. The in.
reference was only temporary, however.
The misses which the young gentleman from
Massachusetts incurred while attempting
to communicate his personal opinions were
directed against an excess of zeal rather
tAan any lack of patriotism.
Sen' case is harder to under.
stand. He announced his approval of the
ApprN Ppriation on general principles, but
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onrr JsrHR,s sroUr RE Hr.
st-pus Rv,a1 II. ru,s pere-ce at the Court
krtlal Yesterday.

Tho cour1rtial which is trying Capt.
Oberlin NJ. DIR OF the Engineer Corps, u. 8.
A., continues sittings yesterday In the boar
room Mt thkmy building. Col. Barr, tho
j~udpe.advocl announced that he had pre-
Aented all evidcnco against Capt. Carter
which he 81 procure in this city and suG-
gested the nkn of the court to Savannah. Ca,
tho hearinRf be resumed there next Monday.
Before the Irt had n chance to decide upon
this matteIhnk F. Blair, one Of Capt. Car
ter's laywd nsked permission to introduce
important Idence for the defence. which
could not be produced at Savannah, and
after q ~legtluabble this was finally assentod
to by Col. b.
The ovide aims to break down much Of
the testimto of David n. Carvalho, the hand
writing cH, regarding the alleged simula-
ton OF sid lures upon q large number Of the
proposals, BIDS. vouchers, checks n other
papers WI passed through Capt. Carter's
office whIb was supervising the Government
work at NAnnah. upon which the disburse-
menus a1nted to about 100000 Tho
charges ahst Capt. Carter arc based upon q
belief thap assisted the contractors who did
this worh rob tho United States OF s., 0OO,-
900 or 100000, and that he received some
part of tInoney.
In ord4 show that Capt. Carter expended
money iHcess OF his salary, a large number
Of check4ro introduced In evidence on Tues
day whidad been drawn in his own favor by
Capt. Cal, as attorney for his father-in-law,
Robert lVestcott, from Mr.. Westcott,s ac-
count i4he Union Trust COMPANY. These
checks dvod that Capt. Carter had trans
forred I'd own account In O single year many
thousan0f dollars.
Vested Col. Barr introduced q lot of re-
coipts fol among'Capt. Carriers papers at Sa-
vannah.f he said that he did 30 to show the
lavish oAacter of his expenditures. One re-
ceipt w&or the cost Of hanging pictures in
MIR. WSott's house, and Capt. Carter's law
yors ineted that all the lavish expendi.
lures w6for Mr.. Westcott or members OF his
family. Zen Mr.. Blair began his attack upon
MIR. CaNho's testimony. Mr.. Carvalho had
sworn u the Endorsements and signatures of
Arson Hangs upon the backs of two checks
were mp hand writing OF b. d. Greene. One
of thesl,ecks was drawn on April b, 1898,
on Maytand paid on May % in the Same year.
John ICronin. manager Of the apartment
house &47 Fifth avenue, where Mr.. Greene
lived atht time, testified that Mr.. Greene went
to EurN In tho early part of March. 1898,
came u for O week in April, and returned
to Er1A again. Tho dates were afterward
liked bther witnesses.
Jam@E. Chandler Of so Broadway was
called bestity as to the Empire Construction
Conlpah and the Atlantic Contracting Com
Jboth OF which he is secretary. 1t is
these @panies, and that it was through them
that heceived his alleged share of the profits
OH thSontracts done under his supervision.
ownedHy share in either of them.
The b1rt will meet again in this city to-day.
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There Will he No Peace Party !

That is what the ununimity of Congress
means. If there is war for q just cause,
there will be no opposition party in the
Senate or in the House. Republicans and
Democratic, Populists and Silverites, will
form a single party for the purpose of ma
tional defence; and that will he an Ameri-
cnn party and consequently an Administer
ton party.
Much more significant and impressive
than oven the size of the appropriation
voted into the Presidents hands without a
dissenting voice by the Hous ON Tuesday
and by the Senate yesterday, is the majestic
demonstration of the spirit that nnimates
the peoples representatives in Congress-.
This is not the patriotism " which shouts
prematurely or sensationRlly in order to
hear its own voice. 1t is not the "Ameri-
canism" hat is American in order to sell
extras. 1t is the sober and measured ex-
preston of the love of the conservative, re
sponsible, mighty American people for
their flag, and the loyalty Of the united
American nation to its Government.
There is no wal party yet. II war comes,
there will he nc peace party. The Ameri-
can nation will stand undivided, and there
will no more be two parties than two flags.
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The Senate yesterday by a unanimous
vote passed the $50, 900, 600 defence bill which
the House had unanimously passed the day be-
fore. The moral effect of such q vote is COM
mensurate with the material aid it gives to the
Government When the country's honor is at
stake, patriotic Americans think alike and stand
together.
To. the Fitty.hfth Congress came the oppor-
,tunity to make itself famous in the country's
history. and 1t has used that opportunity well.
1t had the good fortune to be able to express
and put OH record through its roll.calls the
unanimity of the American people at this hour.
To have been u member of this body will always
be a Just source of pride.
IeaS, Bill; nays, o. Aga in, ueas, TO; nays, o.