Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02
ENLlsTMENTs FOR THE NAVY
Arrival Of . British Corvette-An
Omcer Disinclined to Exc
& peat war.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
SAVANNAH, Ga. March 81. 1885,
The enlistment of sailors for the navy
&c es on as rapidly as the three naval Of
fcers who have charge of 1t can examine
| and pass upon the applicants down at the
United States custom house. The great ma
jcrity Of candidates for the navy are, of
course. colored, as they are as rule the
material which performs the sailor labor on
the vessels which ply the rivers and south
ern waters generally.
The arrival in port Of H. M. corvette Cor
della with 260 British sailors on board had
| Fastening effect on the war feeling, and
1t was not lor before the dock was crowd
ed with sightseers; fer a war vessel Of any
nation is a rather infrequent visitor to the
Savannah river, though the flags of almost
all nations are to be seen on trading YES
sells In the harbor.s The British lost no
time in getting their vessel in shape for
inspection. and since then, except at meal
hours, there las been constant stream of
visitors on her. The sailors seem to enjoy
Showing their ship, the workings of it's
heavy and rapid-fire guns and other par
aphernalia of war as much the visitors
delight in Inspecting them. Though there
Is full con- plement of officers aboard, they
seldom put themselves on inspection Sew
eral of those who have, however have given
great delight TO those who have seen them
in their full rig of snowy uniform, with
It's H. many "a accessories and elegancies. Thus
one Of the officers has made himself par
tlcularly noticeable, dressed in tailor
made uniform, which, as uniforms gener-
ally go, is simply "out of sight, If that
term can be Used to a uniform which is in
sight land very much in evidence. The way
he wears his monocle, a single glass
squeezed up in his eye, which is attached
to his neck-the glass, not his eye-by a
wide blue ribbon, Is one of the things that
must be seen to be fully apprecia ted.
The Cordelia has been wintering on the
FLORIDA coast, and is on her way back to
the banks of Newfoundland where she
will remain until September I asked one
OF her officers If he thought there would be
light or a foot race between us and
Spain. He said he could not allow himself
to be quoted in that connection, but that
II he was to remain nameless he would not
hesitate to say that the time for a fight
had passed away. Nations, we ara
s he said. ARE like dogs. They
fight only on first contact. The moment
they hesitate, debate the question and get
to smelling each other that moment all
danger of fight has passed away"
Two League Clubs at Savannah.
For base ball fads. and the followers of
the game generally, Savannah just now is
heaven. Besides a couple of score of indi-
vi0ual players connected with the league
clubs, there are two club outfits, the Balti-
| more and Chicago, and the Savannah and
Mobile clubs of the Southern League Be
sides these many of the base ball writer's
OF the country and sporting men, who are
picking up points for use in the pools when
the games begin, are here. The ball play
ers are getting themselves in shape and
practicing together 1t seems to be mod
ern innovations, but it appears that the
professional ball player of modern times
is put through training similar to that
the prize fighters undergo The result Is
that they all look like lot of young prize
| fighters. The base ball players were out IN
full force last night to witness fight be-
tween Dave Horn. the trainer of the
Orioles and Tom Corcoran, local pugi-
list. They fought fifteen rounds in a packed
room without anysresult, except that the
proceeds were evenly divided between
them. The fight seemed to please all the
spectators. There is more base ball talk
to be heard here IN an hour than in any
half dozen base ball cities combined. None
Of it goes, however, to show who is to win
been any arrangement as yet between the
owners of the clubs as to who will win out.
A Church With a History.
It was expected until the past few days
that Christ Church would be dedicated ON
Easter. but the non-arrival of the organ
and some Of the memorial windows will
prevent 1t. In a church way, Christ Church
has q history surprising any other in this
country. In the first place. it was the par
ish in which John Wesley. an English Epis-
copal minister, served, he being the third
rector, and, though he never left his own
church. he founded outside of 1t the present
Methodist Episcopal Church of the world
According to the writings of Wesley HIM
self, though he had discussed Methodism
at gathering of friends in London before
he came to this country, hesdid not actually
PUT his reform into operation until his ar
rival in Savannah. Though Christ Church
at present is not upon the identical site of
the church, it Is the same parish, the orig
inal being several squares distant. Christ
Church was built in 1743, upon ground
ceded when Georgia was a British colony.
by King George III. 1t has been DESTROYED
three times. twice by fire and once by
hurricane. Its first destruction by fire was
in 1875. and 1T was not rebuilt until 1903. In
a year it was blown down in q hurricane
only to be rebuilt In 1910. In 1888 the
church was taken down and rebuilt This
time it stood until the night of May o.
1897 The church was being put In order
for the following day, Sunday, when by
some means candle set fire to the organ.
There was nothing left but the walls, and
even they were damaged, Though the out
side appearance Of the church is the same
there have been vast changes and improve
ments on the inside every part of which is
new. For interior finish 1t will now COM
pare favorably with any modern church,
and it is handsomer than ever BEFORE The
Yamacran tribe Of the Creek Indians, who
were among its original membership, are
remembered In its furnishings and decora-
tons. Though the roof Of the portico is
square topped, the general outside appear
ance Is more like the architecture of Mount
Vernon and Arlington than any building
that I can think OF. the six massive col
umns being the featurs of the front,
HOnOFs Won.
At q meeting of the class of 'os Spen-