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VOLUME VII. WASHINGTON CITY, D. C., NOVEMBER 18, 1877. NUMBER 38. reality the British army is the police force of com- a dog, and whose practical limit of aspiration is the out what it conceives to be an error in my recent lo- she gave a refined, ladylilfe conception of a loud, THE CAPITAL, merce and provost guard of civilization; and every chevrons of an orderly sergeant. It is a strange an- cation of Mr. Ernest Seyd of London, as " an agent hoydenish part, there being nothing in it that could jar the taste of the most fastidious auditor. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT dollar expended in its maintenance brings back a omaly that, while our country is the mo3t democratic of the syndicate to influence legislation in Congress," The other members of the company ore all, with THE CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY hundredfold in trade and in the financial results of in the world, its army is the most oligarchical; that etc. My attention was also personally called to the few exceptions, well known here, and in the main 037 D street, Washington, D. C. power to those who pay the bills. while any civilian may aspire to the presidency, only same matter by Mr. Z. L. White, whose authority, 1 their performance was excellent. The chorus in gene- the selected'son of the constituent of some ephe ral, though small, was very good, singing in tune—a For our $18,000,000 we get about 1,000 Indians killed am free to say, would be legal-tender for fact with me most remarkable thing for opera choruses. Coupled DONN PIATT, EDITOK. out on the plains and in the Rocky Mountains, and meral congressman may hope to become a captain of upon any subject wherewith he professed to be con- with this, the women are very good looking. Of the fifty or a hundred girls married off in Washington dragoons. versant. It is possible that I mistook the significance operas given the Chimes of Normandy was the most TERMS: Per year, (including postage,) $2.50; six satisfactory. The plot is not deep, but is one that has and other social centers. We may say that it costs the These three propositions comprehend the most of Mr. Seyd's visit to this country four years ago. been musically well treated by Eobert PMnquette: The months, $1.50; three months, 75 cents—in advance. people of the United States $10,000 to kill an Indian urgent of the needs of the three regulation arms of But if I did, several distinguished gentlemen shared solos and concerted numbers are remarkable for their "Single copies, 5 cents. and $100,000 to make a match between a pretty girl and the service. The various departments of the staff- my misapprehension. My inference was that Mr. beauty, and, as a whole, have much more character CLUBS : Ten copies to one address, 020 in advance, than the music of the modern French school of opera a staff officer. I do not speak of the really valuable pay, medical, subsistence, &c., and the engineer Seyd's chief work in this country tended to the boufl'e, without any of its Immorality. The Song of with one copy free. Twenty copies to one address, $35 work which the engineer corps is doing all the time, corps, must be treated with special reference to techni- passage of the declaratory legislation touching the the Chimes, that reoccurs constantly, Is very taking. in advance, with one copy free. The whole opera Is full of so many pretty airs that it because my $18,000,000 includes only the net cost of cal details, which would encumber my present space, intent of the law authorizing the then recent issues is only possible to speak of it as a whole. There pay, subsistence, etc., for the three main arms of the and to their treatment should be applied a discrimi- of gold-bearing bonds. Probably my intent was not is plagiarism it Is true, but considering it from an service. However, my space is too restricted to multi- nating intelligence and a comprehensive understand- clear upon the face of what 1 wrote. That, 1 regret opero-bouffe standpoint, it is a beautifully oonoelved REVIEW OF THE WEEK. idea without any originality. A Summer Night's ply illustrations. ing of military ethics, for which 1 fear we shall long to say, is frequently the case. However, I still Dream, by Ambrosie Thomas, does not do that com- I have pointed out certain facts which ought to carry look to the average congressman in vain. At all nourish suspicions that Mr. Seyd's visit to this coun- poser justice, requiring as it did a bit of downright CONGRESS AND THE AltMY. stealing to make it effective; Its performance was fair. their own logic with them to any ordinary mind. The events, when we have to start at such poor begin, try was not wholly with a view to recreation. Two facts have been made conspicuous by the con- Villar8' Dragoons was withdrawn to make room for defects of our military system are patent enough. We nings as a chairman of appropriations who does not • gressional debates on the army bill: First, the utter Balfe's Bohemian Girl and Aubur's Fra Diavolo, have neither an effective organized force proportioned know how many men there may be in a cavalry regi- much to the regret ol many who are tired of hearing old » ignorance of congressmen regarding military science ROSCOE SHOULD BE CONCISE. operas over and over again, and want something new. to our outlay, nor have we even the cg,dre of a possible ment on a peace footing, the outlook is not encourag- and its application to army legislation. Second, the Senator Conkling consumed several minutes of Mr. Cooney has done exceedingly well in his transla- 1 force to meet any emergency against which such an ing. It is not, indeed, to be expected that every con- tion of the librettos. The orchestra, though small, in raving demagogy of the utterances in which the aver- valuable time the other day in framing an elaborate expenditure ought to be supposed to provide. Let us gressman should be versed in all technologies. But general playod fairly. It Is to be hoped that Mr. age congressman proclaims his ignorance. For two or disclaimer of a reputed interview which appeared in Hoss will come a train this season, and, should he do so, see how the leaders and reflectors of public opinion certainly the chairman of our appropriations commit- •'throe years our pitiful farce of a military establish- the New York Herald. The able senator should have the public will give him a good reception. propose to rectify the defects: tee should at least know how our cavalry is organized, ment has been the political foot-ball of a horde of con- remarked simply that the interview in question was if for no other purpose than to give himself the airs at gressional creatures whose sole notion as to the public " Reduce the army to 15,000 men!" howls one editor, produced by George Alfred Townsend. That would least of a student. But this is not quite to the point. •welfare consists in the devising of expedients to re- who stops then and there. have exhausted the vocabulary. To my friend Roscoe • »elect themselves, and whose eiforts at legislation have Cut off the allowances of Sherman's staff!" Our army unquestionably needs remodeling. Let 1 would repeat his own advice to Jim Nye on a certain LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. «been directed,, not to the effect which might be produced shrieks a congressman, with one eye on the Speaker that task be gone about by those charged with its cog- memorable occasion: " Be concise." A. C. B. upon the public at large, but to the eclat which partic- and the other on the late election returns from his nizance in Congress, intelligently, earnestly and with From the Border. ular acts, speeches and votes might give them in "deestrick." And that is the end of his profundity. a view to joining correct theory with proper practice. GALVESTON, November 17.—A special dispatch to ' their own districts. There is always a mass of purely But from no quarter comes any rational suggestion of Let them acquire at least the rudiments of military YESTERDAY was a day long to be regretted the News from San Antonio says information has been comprehensive plan covering all the points and cal- administration as presented in the experience of those and remembered by every Democrat in America. received at headquarters from the border that several v-local or sectional matter beiore Congress, in regard to large parties of Indians—one of them composed of which it is legitimate and proper for every member to culated to place the organization of the army on a armies which, by reason of producing the greatest They have, alter the hardest political struggle that thirty-five bucks—have crossed Into Texas to raid. act with a view to the immediate interests of his con- legitimate and stable footing. Each, congressman efficiency at least expense, commend themselves as ever occurred In this country, (that of 1876,) sent one General Ord has notified the frontier people at vari- and each editor has discovered some one imperfec- models. Then let the general knowledge thus ac- hundred and fifty-odd representatives to the national ous points where the raiders are expected to be on -stituents, and thereby for the promotion of his own their guard. This is the most formidable invasion that * personal fortunes.

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