Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-09

Saturday afternoon a match game o.
base ball was played by nine members
from Companies D and e OF the Ne"
York 14th Regiment at their encampmen'
near the Seventh Street Park. Col A. NJ
Wood acted as umpire and Mr.. George
Travis and F. l.. Hingle as scorers. Com
pany D scored 80 and Company E II. and
on the conclusion Of the game three
hearty cheers were given for the victors
Col. Wood and the lady spectators. An
other game will be played next Satur-
day afternoon between the victors and
nine other star players, who have chal-
lenged them"
The Following paragraph in The Star OF
July 2. 1861, indicates a feeling in Wash
ington that the govern.
Federal ment would have no diff
A-u. fculty supplying its army
in the field with weapons
st is ascertained from an official source
that about 25O.OoO stands OF arms have
already been issued, leaving half thai
number at least still on hand. with others
being constantly manufactured These
arms are additional to those furnished by
the state authorities. None have thus
far been ordered from abr DAD. through
the ordnance bureau. Hence. the recent
importations must be on state or private
accounts. Dealers and inventors are
daily offering to supply the government
which. however. prefers it's own patterns
OF uniformity. There is no lack Of IA
cilities. 1t will thus be seen. for armine
all the troops that may be called into
q q N n
and ordnance stores and other imple
ments Of warfare"
The same feeling apparently prevailed
with reference to the size of the army.
as organized at this time
New York half century ago. In The
m Star Of July 3. 1851 is a dis
AooPS' patch from Albany giving
the text Of a dispatch received by Gov
Morgan of New York from Sec
tary Seward, as follows:
You tell me that you sent eight regi-
ments last week. that you have dispatched
eight regiments and you promise to send
eight more next week. You ask whether
we will receive moro from New York,
and how many. All tongues here are
eloquent In thanks to New York and In
the praise Of her governor, worthy sue
cessor Of Tompkins. governor in 1912
These regiments. added to those which
were before received. make the quota OF
New York now in the field $4,000 men.
We think we have enough. but IL these
should prove q deficiency we all know
now whore to look to have II promptly
supplied"
Congress met in extra session at the
call Of President Lincoln on the Fourth
OF July. 1851. The Star. Is
Extra suing no paper on that day.
Session published the account Of the
opening session in the issue
OF July 5, noting the election OF
Galusha A. Grow Of Pennsylva.
MIA as Speaker OF the House by vote
OF ninty-nfne against sixty-three scatter
Ing. The President addressed special
message to Congress the day after the
houses convened. the full text being con-
tanned In The Star of that date. This
paper was read with the most eager in.
terest by the entire country. for it set
forth succinct statement OF the circum-
peace at Charleston. which precipitated
the civil war and at the same time de-
fined the Presidents position regarding
secession.
Regarding this message, The Star in 1T
issue Of the day following its delivery
July g. 1851. said:
Linc0ln'S There exists here M
rr two opinions with refer
6e' ence to the message-tha
is. among the Union men in the Fedora
metropolis. Without distinction Of po
litical party. by all here whose heart.
are In the preservation OF the Union. tt
statement Of the facts involved in the
present state OF things Is recognized a:
truthful to the letter and Its views OF
the policy to be pursued as being wise
humane and eminently patriotic. The
entire absence of political partisan feel
ing characterizing it cannot fail to
strengthen the cause in which 1t was
written, In SO much as It embraces irref
ragable proof that President Lincoln ha.
done no more in the premises than his
plain duty to his charge, and that he
proposes only to use the military power
preservation Of the rights and liberties
OF all its citizens as they were enjoyed
previous to the denouement of the oil
garchy's conspiracy. and to that end only
such Is the tone OF this admirable
state paper that 1t will go far to striI
the cause of the oligarchy at the south
Of its only element of substantial popular
strength there, viz: The impression sc
industriously generated that it nas been
and Is the purpose of the administrator
to infringe the constitutional rights OF
the southern states and the legal rights
of citizens Of those states. From the
Potomac to the Rio Grande, wherever
there Is an honest man in arms agatns,
the Union, he is SO in arms only because
forced almost at the point of the bayonet
to enter the oligarchy's military service
or because resting under the mistaken be-
lief that 1t Is the purpose Of the govern
ment as at present administered to wal
on southern constitutional and legal
rights.
I'VE repeat: The message. though
promulgated under circumstances that
might almost justify the manifestation
Of indignant hostility to the south on
the part OF the government, breathes the
spirit of frank kindness to and continued
confidence in the people of the south
which will sooner or later tell with pow
erful effect upon the southern popular
mind; ultimately effecting sweeping
change in the sentiment OF the masses IN
the slave-holding states. who have been
betrayed by the oligarchy and their in
struments by deception. to the point OF
aiding and abetting with enthusiastic
ardor in the destruction of their own
liberties"
LINES TO AN AVIATOR.