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SEVEN HOURS IN CAUCUS.
The Nayoraiy Fight ia Jersey City-Tsc
Po itictans at last Pntting Forward a
Man Of IubIr mi .hrd IL ReputatlOn.

The struggle in the new consolidated city Of
New jersey for victory H. tie Democratic Charter
Convention ended qaiety on .turday night. The
a ht for the Aayoraty " tie new municipality " as
confined principally to 81. .Assemblyman the Hon.
Sidney y. Beyans and Mr.. SAWYER, the present May
Of Hudson city, one OF the corporations merged
by nsodRtion Into Jersey CITY. In tle Conyen-
ton, Ntich met In the Philadephia Hotel aud which
endured a protractod session OF over seven nouTs
the eagles OF vict1ry refused TO perch on the Dan
ers OF either fiction Tne delegates We're too ey
ly divided and asr sixteen frLIt oss blllotin q,
com romise was Effected, and the Convention
nrmed US its choice ET MavOr the Hon. Charles II.
O'Nen gem leman WI, Sc politica record IL above
reoroi,h. THIS action of tLe convention was a
significant rebuke 10 th"se men who nave for we Ks
rked ain at necessarily IN secure the covets /
distinction. Though dr. O'Neil accepted the nomi-
nation. IL was unsoug IT.
Iu 1868 this gen uoman was elecni Mayor OF der
Ctv on the DemocIauc ticket. On the day OF
hi going into oee tho act OF the Legislature which
extended the Mayors term t0 two years bee me law
Al tho end Of ne first year. Mr O'Neil bavins grave
drubts o the constiutonality OF The measure, de
c med TO serve ,OBger and surrendered his soht lie
also declined reRomnaton, though earnestly
pressed by citizens OF all shades OF political NTH.
fhe rem inder OF the ticket So ectcd on Saturday
il as fol ows: School uTerintendenl, L.. Chop
man Water Comm issioners Noah d. Taylor of der
sey CITY, Michael Nathan OF Borgrp, and john {
Hopkins of Hudson City; Potice Commissioners
Wm Ia, lor OF Jersey City John Mccarthy OF liud
City, and NJ. q. Lennon OF Bergen.
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A Second Draddock,s Defeat.

The new British colonial policy, very ex.
plicitly affirmed by Her Majcsty's present
Government, is not to use military force to
maintain an unwilling connection of q
colony with the mother country. But force
is to be applied 10 the rcvolutonists of Red
River. thousand soldiers with battery
of light steel guns are under orders to go
from England to Fort Garry, there to press
the ropublcanized people of the Winnipeg
district into their political place in the new
Dominion, and to hold them there In sub
mission. Storage for thousand barrels bulk
Of pork and -four has been engaged in To-
ronto for the needs of this force.
Our Government will of course refuse u
permit these British soldiers 10 march one
inch upon our soil ON their odious mission
The men and their supplies must take the
Hudson's Bay Company's old route from Fort
William on the north shore of Lake Supc
rior and get TO the Red River as they can
by canoe navigation and porages As they
can, we say. For there are miles of this
difficult highway where one hundred cxpe
rienccd, rcsolutc halfLrecd buffalo hunters
armed with repeating rifles, could, without
loss to their own number, kill every man o
this invading force, and found the new Re-
public Of Assniboine on q second Braddock'
lCteat
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Now for the Republicans.

If the TWEED charter is passed without
the necessary amendments, it VIII be the act
of the Republican members of the Senate.
IT, on the other hand, it is 30 amended as 10
secure good and honest government TO this
unfortunate city, the credit will be due to
them. The decision Is In their hands. They
can turn the scale either way they choose,
The Young Democracy in the Senate will
stand firm. They will insist on amending
the TWEED charter substantially as follows .
l. No man shall hold more than one
liice.
ii. All important city officers shall hold
their places for identical terms, being elected
together and going out of Office together,
III. There shall be no Board of Supervi-
sors the Aldermen shall perform the func
ions Of Supervisors,
" All city elections shall be held in the
prng and at the first one, IN May next,
the entire city government shall be recon-
stru. ted.
BY making these amendments to the
TWEED charter and by enacting law which
will insure honesty in the elections and in
counting the votes, real reform will BE-
cfocted, Then the government of this city
will be administered by the people, and not
by u Ring of public robbers bent upon en-,
riching themselves out of the taxpayers
II is for the Republican Senators TO decide
which they will have, If the dcspotism o
| Mr. TwEED and his two or three associates
is maintained by the passage Of tho TwEEr
charter. with all it's atrocities, the act will b,
theirs, and the retribution will be theirs also
But if they desire decent elections and do
cent government for New York city, they cal
have them, If such, however, be their pur
any basis whatever,
There are in the Senate thirteen Ring Dem
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Coroner KEENAN, concluded his inycstlra.

Coroner KEENAN, concluded his invostiga-
ton on Saturday in the case Of the DoNNELLr
family, who were killed on Sunday, the 27th ult.,
by the falling Of fiye-story brick building adj
joining their house in West Forty-siNth stSet.
The jurys verdict gives she investigation the ap-
pearance of ghasuy farce. II stands on record
in the Coroner's office, thus:
The Jury ind that the deceased came TO their death
frnm injuries sustained by the fan Of a building In
course OF erection at Gl1 West ForysX street on the
g7h day Of March 1s70 We nnd aho tnat the fall of
the walls occaIoncd by the extreme violence oi the
storm prevailing on said day"
Nobody to blame and vet the testimony be-
fore these jurors-to say nothing of facts which,
curiously were not brought out by the Coroner
showed that once during the construction Of
the building it became necessary To tear down
the walls, the frost having thrown them out Of
plumb. Nobody ~ blame when the builders
erect fiye-storY ediace in place where It must
he exposed to the equnoctial gales. Conserving
the rumor that the walls were not precisely in
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ocrats, Eve Young Democrats, and fourteen
Republicans. Tho Ring cannot carry it's
charter without at least four Republican
votes. If the Republicans refuse to be So
duced either by bribes of money or by the in
aucnce Of corrupt office seekers they can com.
pei the enactment of such amendments Of the
charter and the passage of such an election
law as will give to the city exemption from
official robbery. and to the Republican party
a fair chance of carving future State cleo
tons. The alternative is before the Sena-
tors let them take their choice.
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1t is whispered about that the Hon.
GRoRaE N. KENNEDY of onondaga, Senator ofthc
Twenty second District, and the Hon. ABRAHAM
y. PARKEa OF 81. Lawrence, Senator of the
Seventeenth District are eYre 10 cote for
TwEED's charter. Both of these gentlemen repre-
sent strong Republican constituencies and one
Of them, Mr.. PARKER, We have heard spoken Of
as candidate for Governor by men of iutelli-
gence and influence But If they vote for that
charter, we can tell them that ds lorg as Msy
lice they can never he Republican candidates for
anything again. Let them put this down in
their note books, and reflect whether they can
afford to scn themselves and their party to Mr..
TWEED at any rate which that parsonage can
afford to paw. Il is understood that he started
out in this cfmpagn with a round million, but
even that sun would not be enough to compen-
sa'a ~. "suNsDv and MIR. PARKER for what
they would sacrifice il they voted for TWEED
and slaughtered their own party.
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Way Key, Florida, polls sixty votes. The
most influential citizen in the place is JAMES A.
Mason, who is a cousin Of FERNANDO WooD. The
place has an organized police force of one man.
who is partially uniformed, as he wears au i'm
mcuse brass star aud carries cudgel. The
Common Council consists Of tall, lean
Mayor and four fat citizens. The Couucil
have so Ear s.urdily refused to graft any Ii
censes for drinking saloons. However, there is
not absolute temperance practiscd In the place.
Consequently drunken men occasionally appear
on the streets. They are instantly arrested and
fined t5, and if they cannot find the n Tey they
are put to work improving the streets. 1t is
in this manner that the Corporation has made
a handsome shell road, sidewalks with fine
shells, and planted handsome trees
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The Comanche Indians four weeks ago,
feeling vernal desire for scalps, horses, and
captives, raidcd on portion OF Western Texas,
and massacrcd forty families, burned their dwell
ings and stole several hundred horses. SO
telegram from st. Louis informed us on Thurs
day. The Associated Press agent embodied IN
his despatch the belief that prevailed where this
horror was enacted that the commander at
Fort Sill could have prevented some Of the mas
sacrcs II he had been disposed 10 do So"
What was the crime Of these Texans for which
death, arson, and robbery was the punishment Of
the men, and fate worse than death and worse
than arson the punishment Of the womenf They
raised cattle. They raised wheat. They were
farmers. They supplied Chicago and New York
with beef They supplied the Kansas Pacific
Railroad with frcights Of live cattle. For these
enormities Indians who roam the plains, who
dcspisc the "troubling OF the ground )" as they
call agriculture, who live wholly on the buffalo
and the deer, to whom horse theft is fame and the
taking Of scalps glory ond honor, these Indians
struck the settlers with bullet, knife, and fire,
and eKterminated them. Aud reflex wave Of
terror will empty every farm house for fifty miles
back Of this scene Of desolation.
Many things crowd on us for uttcrance-in
behalf Of swift justice to the red demons who
thus wantonly destroy American citizens, and
damage the industry of great State, and inaict
widespread mischief; and in behalf of the
civilized settlers of the borders, whose occupa-
ton it is our duty to maintain, and whose murder
It is the Governments business to prevent aud
punish. But they will suggest themselves to
our readers. In the mean time, may we not look
for some expressions Of horror and anger at this
crime of the Comanches from those who have
lately denounced with such indignation the chas-
tisement Of the Piegan Blackfee: In MontanaS
Or are their sympathies less prompt toward
white people than toward Indians2
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4 SUPPRESSED DESPATCH.
Gentleman Reads n News Despitch Au-
nouncira that his Brother is n Murderer
and Su eide.

A TouchinR Scene In an Editorial Room A
Gentleman Reads n News Despit Au-
nouncira that his Brother is n Murderer
and n su eide.
From ia Chndgo Times.
The editorial rooms Of a morning newspaper
though the omnium odtherum Of all the startling
events daily occurring elsewhere, are not usually
very prolific in startling incidents or dramatic stu
a,ions: and seldom. indeed does episode Of 80
painfully interesting q character fall under the i'm.
mediate notice Of an editor while in the perform
nrcc or his somewhat monotonous routine duties as
the following. And this is how q despatch came to
A Iittle erofe fs o'clock on Tuesday niVht, write
the nici editor Of the Times was engaged In the
reading and preparation Of the numerous teegraphic
wcS bic ssS 10 pear IN sDs Of
20 years. evidently person in situation above the
middle walks Of NE, accompanied by an elderly
renileman-n relative or an intimate ir1eno-and
from the shadow that passed over their countenances
g apparent that their errand was painful one.
ony and IN lad beeu p received
Of murder committed at Troy. ~ ~ during IRE tne
dav; Being answered p&egauv,s.y, & ,y,roS ne IN ,nen
brief despatch that hi. brother, living In
that city, had been ehot and klled. and
that he was anxious to obtain additional particulars
with lingering hope that the message he had re.
ceived was some horrii mistake. He was asked TO
wait uBt the next dispatches arrived and tod thst
they would probably contain information OF the az
fair. lie took seat and anxiously awaited FOR some
minutes tho arrival OF the messenger, the silence
heing only broken by occasional sigh or groan as
the dread reality or some tender recollection oil
boybood's davs, when he and the btntdcr he mourn.
ed we're plavmatos, camo over him, ESCAPED MN. l!
was bitter enough, and II wns plain that his quiet
deneanor was only the result OF powerful effort at
selcconirol
The messenger came; the looked-ror despatch was
found. II was not a mere confirmation OF the terri.
BILE news he lad received. Terrible ~ that had
been, tho reality was worse Infinitely worsei Ills
brother bad not boeen murdered, but was himself 9
murderer, and In the agones OF his remorse had
committed suciie Some time previous he had
killed his tati er.lu.law, with whom he had had n
quarrel lie doce not seem 10 have been accused or
even suspected OF the crime, but conscience had
done Its work and he oniessed bis guilt and then
took his own life. The grief of the brother when
this ntellirence wns read TO him was terrible. He
became fairly transformed, fIenEied with grief NV
God, my God, why did he do III burst from lin
again and again, as ho paced the room. "Sorry TO
give vou hnd news, sir" imperturbably remarked
the night editor, and IL well lie could have
done. for no human consolation could reach grief
like his
He finally became suf1cienty calm TO ask that the
despatch he suppressed, Which was cheerfuly ac-
ceded to, the other morning papers doing the same
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Shall Henry Smith be Supervisor in
Violation of LaWf

Upon the right of JoHS FOLEY 10 be Su-
porvisor in the place now Illegally held by
HENY SMITH, Mr.. w, o, BARTIETT delivered
al argument Of extraordinary cogcncy before
Judge ISGRAHAM on Saturday. 1t was on a
motion for writ OF msndamus to compel
Mayor Hall. TO swear in Mr. FOLEY. 1t was
fully reported in the Sunday papers, so that
we do not reproduce it at length, but it's re-
narksble ability was recognized by all who
ritber heard II or read il.
The most vital point urged by Mr. BAIT
LIT was that all votes cast for HENRY
EnrrH for Supervisor in the election of last
November wcrc void. The law made them
void. and no act Of the canvassars or Of the
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A tabular statement, showing the operatio

A tabular statement, showing the operation
Of the Sinking Fund in extinguishing the debt Of
the war of the Revolution and Of the war Of 1919.
has been prepared by the Treasurer of the United
States, and published by resolution of Congress.
The Funding Act Of 1870 provided for the re-
demption Of the foreign debt, amounting to
ell, no. ,3fs and Of the various United States
and State loans issued for can ynq on the war for
independence. 0fthe s9OO, 900, 900 of the famous
continental currency, the greater part was paid
ofT in new bonds at the rate Of 81 on the 800,
that being Its specie value at the time it was put
in circulation. For the earlier Issues higher rate
was allowed. The total debt thus funded
amounted to $4,000, ,ooO and was gradually re-
duced until, at the commencement Of the war Of
1879, ii was but t45, ,Ooo,o 900. Starting again in
1916 with sl27, 900, 600. the national debt had
sunk in 1884 to 10000 900, and the next year
extinguished altogether.
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What was the price of Republican Assem-
blymen at Albany when Boss Twssp got his
charter passedf We know what he thinks fair
average rate for Senators, for he has himself
stated II at t16, 66e apiece; but we suppose that
Assemblymen ought not to cost so much. How
ever, leaders among them might perhaps put
themselves at as high a figure as Senators. Con-
sdering that in voting for TwEKD's charter they
betrayed the Republican party, they certainly
ought to have been well paid for 10.
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cHILLEy0E TO pIGroN SHOOTERS
john Taylor Rendy ia SbO1t for $4,000
Double uIrds tae OnIy Fair Test.

John Taylor, the well-knOwn oh htnlplon pigeon
shooter did not participate In te match Ia Green-
Vile on Thursoay last IL was his brother Tom
TAYLOR, whom Ryan defeated, and 1t IA with william
ranged lor the 2Sth inst with johnson. John Tny-
lor the champion of the world announces n.s r"adi
ness to measure his marksmanstp Up agoinst hat OF any
aud 100 -inolc Lirds, fos 81 90 side each match
The champiun contends, and proOallY very JIsih
that his i the onlY ay In which good shoolin c1n
be tested. ANYBODY, he s}ys, can shoot sin tlt
birds; mt II requires the ski of an expert To lil
them in pairs. lie Is ready TO meet rnher, ~,
Rhode Island champion, or Hny man in the world
for t20OO side, on the above conditions.
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The Union League Club is n very respect
able body of gentlemen. They are Republicans,
and naturally look after the interest Of their
party. They held meeting on Saturday night
to declare themselves against the TWEED charter.
The speeches made were good, especially that Of
Mr.. JACKSON S. SCHULTZ. the President, who de-
nounced the TWEED charter Us infamous and
warned all Republican Senators against voting
for it, The resolutions were also very good,
with one exception.
The TwEKp charter provides that there shall
be fifteen members of the Board of Aldermen, u
be elected by general ticket. The Objectionable
Union League resolution proposes that no voter
shall vote for moro than ten OF the fifteen.
This is designed To for the party that is in
the minority five members of the Board. II is u
plan for realizing what is theoretically called mi
nority representation.
1t is possible that minority representation may
be good thing in itself. We will not discuss
| that question. But il is not yet admitted in any
part Of our political machinery. Our whole
method is that Of government by majorities.
Does any member OF the Union League Club
suppose that the present time is a favorable one
| for introducing novel methods This city is in
extreme distress from the effects of government
| upon complicated principles, administered by
men with principles Of too great simplicity. Il
this state Of things is TO be reformed at all, il
must be done by committing all power to the
majority, and holding them responsible for il
exercise. Have we not soen enough Of the effect,
of a mixed system in the swndes of the Super
yisorsp If tho Union League Club wishes to have
its recommendations respected, it had better post
pone the advocacy Of novel and doubtful theorie,
| TO simpler and less urgent occasions.
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In Aliens hdiGn Aaa appears the following
announcement respecting the death OF an unlor.
tunute EnglisnmOn, Nho seems to have INDUCED too
much In sOme conyivalilies;
- friend called to see him the following morning,
and found him suffering very much. Mr.. H. aiterw ara
went ut for awalk, and Threw himself dow1 khud
The khanEanAh ~ the dawk bungalow promptly got q
JampAn, and sent him 70 Kalka On the way ae *
pred"
Tlis is very clear. and must have conveyed vivid
dea Of tho circumstances OF poor H. death to his
friends In EnRluud
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plumb before they were struck by the gale, the
Coroner was unable to gather any information.
But could he have done no better service 10 little
CHaRLss DosSKLLr, the sole SURVIVOR Of the ca-
lOmity, than inform the jurors that censure by
a Coroner's jury amounts to nothings Might =
verdict Of ceusure not be useful to young Dos-
ssLLY's guardian in a civil court, in prosecuting
the builders for damagesp
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When n man has made from FIVE TO nine
millions Of dollars out Of the city Of New York,
can he not honestly afford to retire little from
business and allow the people to govern them
selvesf We appeal to the Hon. WILLIAM N.
TWEED for a candid answer.
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Manager DAILY is striking heavy blow
at the ticket specializing nuisance. lie warns
the public that hereafter all tickets purchased of
sidewalk operators will be refused at the door,
This will send the curbstone spectators to that
unknown region where the woodbine twineth
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We learn from the Hon. EDWARDS
PIERREPoEr, U. S. District Attorney, that six
different indictments have been found against
GEoReE l.. puSMEG, the dcfsultng Superin-
tendent Of the Assay Office, and that they will be
tried as soon as they can be reached, unless an
order from Washington should prevent. 1t is
not probable that any such order will come to
prevent DUSHISG's trial.
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Porto Rico, which has not rebelled, has
already driven one member from the Spanish
Cabinet II is not unlikely that Cuba will be
still more disastrous to more than one member
of more than one Cabinet.
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James Brennan, of Summit street, near Hamil.
ton avenue, iirooklyn, wss arrested, for drunken
ness, At about hAfpas six O'Clock on SATURDAY even
ing lie Mas locked up IN the Butler street police
station: Tho dourman having occasion 70 visit the
cells shortly aler nine o'clock, went TO t.Iat In
suspended by the neck from tae door small leather
strap having heen used to effect his purpose Lie
was ssiAaHt Brenna1 lsn vile and Two ehildrea.
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Are there any Republican Senators at Al
bany who propose to vote for TwEED's charter :
If there are, it is time that their party should
look after them very sharply. Every Senator
who votes for that charter votes to kill Repub-
licsnisr' and bury it in grave that knows no
resurreclion.
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We learn by the Cuban Cable that the
traitor NAPOLEON ARASoo has issued an address
TO his countrymen, in which he states that there
is no cause for the revolution, and advises them
to return 10 their allegiance to Spain.
EsoP tells us Of fox who, after foolishly
losing his tail, exhcred all his species to have
their brushes amnutated likewise.
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day. Let every citizen of that State who is in
this city hurry home as to vote. The contest
will be very close but the prospect is rather IA
vorable to the Democrats.
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Aggregdto ddiIy circulation last peok'
B65, ,450. Arerdge daily circulation dur
ing Me rcck, oi,2i2. DdRy acreage dur
ing tie precious roek, ending Mdrch 90
po.b5O.
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Mr.. J. W, Browning has begun iht publication
Of large aud handsome weekly Joarnil, enrt,eo
The NeD Pork Horknsdn, Il IL the or.an of the
trades n hons OF New York and New Jersey IL
ought 10 succeed.
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TIE daily circulation Of The Sun during
tie last ueek, uhich ended on Saturday,
AprR Q, ,cds as .follors:
Monday ......... ~ SOC lThursdny ....... .nf,700
Jnesday, 90, ,15O fldRy. SDO
wednt sday .... .B5, 90 Saturday. 900