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4 CoSTLY CTGAR STUMP.
Fire on jersey city Heishts-Ten Families
Rendered nomeIe.s -Lo.. SIS. .Onn.

Four three-story aud two four-story
houses. comprising the block at the southeast
ead Of Carteret avenue, Jersey City were burned
10 the ground az noon on saturday. The nre
originated In a barn IN the rear Of Mr.. lGgh
sutherland's house, the lrst In the row. Some
boys were playing in this barn, and il Is supposed
that they were taking ruGimentary lessons In
smoking, a. some months ago ;he hay was lrel
by them IN lighting cigar stump.
In les LNn an hoHr the whole block was in
ashes. The tenants had barely time 20 escape,
20 rapidly did the flames leap from house 10
house Ten families were rendered homeless 10y
the IRE. The friends and utishbors of the SUI
their wants and In Offering them shelter.
The following are the names Of tAe families
oCCupying the houses. and the Insurance, a. far
a. could be as, ertdincd First huuse-Husl
sutherland, insured by the Jersey City Company
for Sfj0, John Mlint WIFE and one child, NJ IN.
slrance Second bpuse-Charles Conner. wife,
aud two children, James Hughes wife, and two
children house owned by Joseph Samuels, and
Insured Third house-owned and occupied by
W Spawn and Mr. McHugh. ". 70, and four chill
dreu; insured for 5000 FOURTH house-owuei
and occupied by Charles Fitzpatrick and family
Insured Tor Sl.2DO, FiftE house Jeremiah Craw-
lev wife and four children, insured for $l2.J
Mr. Garrett Nrceland : house was seriously dam.
aged The entire loss Is estimated at $1,000,
aud ~ previously set forth, thirty y-dye persons,
mos, OF them children, have bssa rendered
homeless.
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The inyn>ions Of United States territory
by bands Of armed MeXlcans continue at lrrcgu-
lai intervals, and appear TO be viewed with en-
tire equaniuty by the President, who Is 50 oc-
cupied In electoneering for his denomination
that he has no time to spare for the considera-
tlon Of such trihlng matters "a the protection u
American citizens from foreign aggression
There Is Joint resolution pending In Congress
for the appointment Of a commission to proceed
To the frontiers Of Texas and take testimony AS
70 the number Of American citizens who have
been robbed or murdered by Mexican invaders,
with view 10 suitable action for the future Sc
curity Of the Texan people There are two OBJ
Iections to this measure The FIRST IL that IL
does not promise speedy remedy for the ex-
listing evil and the second is that II such COM
mission should be appointed and enter upon the
discharge Of its duties, the Mexlcans would
probably learn the fact and come over and steal
the COmmi isslouers.
The sun., 1872-03-11
The RcnAnn Why.

A good deal Of surprise having been ex-
pressed that President GRANT should have
rendered the Peruvian mission to w. w.
IloLDEN-who while Governor OF North
Carolina was impeached and convicted,
partly by Republican votes, Of high crimes
and misdemeanors, and deposed from office
the Washington Chronicle comes 10 the
Presidents rescue and explains why such
an offer was made TO the disrraced ex-
Governor.
The Chronicle says that Gov. HOLDEN has
been a GRANT man from the first, and that
he has uniformly written in the Chronicle
in the samo tone that characterized his
valedictory article in that paper. There Is
no doubt that this is true. In his valedic-
tory he expressed his conviction that the
reelection of Gen. GRANT is indispensable
to the continued peace and prosperity OF
the country, il not TO the preservation of
the Government ITSELF ana some weeks
previous to his retiring from the editorial
chair OF the Chronicle he had published the
following able article, which fully sustaius
the claim made for him Of entire loyalty to
the Presidents:
Loyal men IN The. South sre intensely anxlol'
derCy. We have late letter from u geutle.
man whose loyal sediments have exposed hun
TO The persecuuon Of he r'bel neig 69rs. AID
who s barely alle e. men'ain bic position !
the moral iAsuepce % Etpubl 90 Adniastratlon u
Den ocrat should succeed 70 tha position the Ocall'
him u, l. satisfied that such a calamity would rcsut
in another rebellion"
When, in addition TO all ihls, Il Is remem-
bored that during HoLDEN's trial IN North
Carolina witness testified that HOLDEN
had said lie wanted 10 see GRtNT Emperor,
and his .ol Emperor after him, no one can
doubt that the President think, him suit
able man to represent this country abroad,
aud would have held the sans opinion II he
had been convicted Of picking poo kets.
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An Important Practical Point.

uJR6Te f,eo q&l ~ la lMatr9d5ajeeiipS 5jei ihh,9 TEE
coming Presidential election. Whatever
may be the theoretical opinions Of men,
whether they are free traders or p'ote, %
honists, everybody knows that so long US
we have TO raise such an enormous amount
Of revenue as IS now Indispensable, an
average of forty Per cent. duty must be
levied ON iaI imported goods. This being
the case, free trade is impossible, ana to
make it an issue in the election would be
exceedingly mjudicious, ana would imperil
other public interests of the greatest im-
portanoc.
Under thcac cir,um -tanc, nothing seems
more appropriate than the nomination
Of such candidates ns LYMAN TRraBCLL
and HORACE GREELEY for President and
NicP-pI esidcnt. Mr.. Tn MBCLL has proved
himself a wise and prudent though always
decided statesman, with theoreticai ideas
favoring free trade; while Dr. GREELEY is
nm uncompromlslng protectioui,t. To
nominate two such men together Is 10
recognize in the most satisfa tory manner
the fact that while the tariff needs REFORM
Thus, without any compromise OF their
opinions, both free traders and protection
hts can unite in patriotic movement 10
redeem the country from the evils Of public
robbery and corruption, and from the
poIils OF personal and military government
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How Much Has lie stolen

As we have already stated, we have only
begun 60 explore the robberies of GEoRG e
NJ. robson. We have at our command,
and have established by detailed evidence,
the fun particulars OF only a few of them.
Accordingly, we are not able to say with
exactness how much money he has stolen
from the Treasury. But taking the facts
already within our knowledge, a rough cal
oulasion shows that his robberies do not
amount to lcss than one milton four hun
dred housdnd dollars.
The Newark DditU advertiser, following
.he line of conduct adopted by the advo-
Gates Of the Tammany Ring in this city
when their robbcrics were first exposed,
says that cit is unnecessary TO take any
notice whatever" of The SUNS exposures.
II adds, however, that If we are sincere we
can lay our evidence "before the Demo-
cratic members of Congress" and thus pos
sibly compel nn investigation. We are
much obliged TO the DdilU advertiser for
this suggestion; but though we have due
respect for members OF Congress, we prefer
10 lay our evidence before the great trib-
unal of the people, and TO discuss the ques-
ton with the half million Of readers who
daily consult our pages. our contemporary
OF Newark may think that the robbery Of
million and II half by Cabinet Minister
Is a matter SO tritling that il is unnecessary
TO take any notice of il whatever. We dare
gy that all the advocates of GRANTS re-
election Will profess q similar opinion; but
we defy them to try that issue at the polls
In GOy cuIbCr next.
The sun., 1872-03-11

Bad as Tammany has been, the election
frauds III Brooklyn probably surpass any
thing attempted in this city. The Com
mittee of seveniy-hyc have published the
result of thorough canvass in fifteen
wards TO ascertain what proportion OF the
vote cast nj the late election was frnudu-
lent Tie result Is that out OF 4S,1si ot.s
In those wards coz we've fraudulent. There
are eight wards which they had not time to
canvass, in which There was a vote Of
D,i5l. If the fraud in these wards was
equal to that i'm the wards cauya-sed, there
would be I'LL fraudulent votes cast az the
late election out Of the G9,l09 pcr,ous who
sppear on the poll lists Us having voted.
In other words, ouc--lXth OF the whole vote
wa illegal
Two years since some siNty persons were
Indicted for election frauds Many Of these
persons were officers Of election. Several
were convicted, but none welo punished
saveral of those indicted persons were
again inspectors Of election last fail. one
Of them Is now II Commissioner in one of
those commissions which tho legislature
delights TO create for Brooklyn MANY
Of the others hold pub,i. othtr. In ia41.
10 commit frauds on the ballot seems in.
Brooklyn TO be regarded as rvqu-!L.- 13l.
political houors.
The Committee Of Seyen'y-aye drafted u
very stringent registry law for that in
Iated city, but, instead of passing it, those
blatant Republicans who adhere 10 the
Administration Ring have suffered il 10
remain unuotCCd, and seem intent on
doing nothing except changing the mon-
bers OF those commissions which are chiefly
rspoE-lI'e for these frauds. in order co
btillzc them for .hoii own benefit,
A chmt,I wts also dintted which
provided for the abollshment Of all
commissions, restoring TO the citizens
OF Brooklyn the right to govern them
selves, instead Of being governed by
The lobby at Albany. II Il believed that
these election frauds were committed by
tbe Water Board, the Excise, Police, aud
Tire Commissions. aimee 1t has been shown
The sun., 1872-03-11

A delegation from Chicago, including
several Of the most prominent men Of that city,
visited Washington and called on Gen. GRANT a
few DAYS ago to secure his influence In behalf Of
the Chicago relief bill pending IN Congress.
The Washington correspondent Of the Chicago
Times says that these gentlemen met with re-
markabie reception from the President. They
found him standing in a corner Of the reception
room with knit brow, and az they thought an
expression Of implacable enmity on his face. As
soon as the purpose Of the visit had been stated,
Gen GRANT Informed his visitors that he would
like TO know why he should be appealed 20 by
Chicago for help when the two Senators OF ILL.,
nols were both opposing him; after which he
gave vent to an avalanche Of invectives against
the Chicago Tribune. As the leading member Of
the delegation WAS Gov BRoss, one of the pro-
prietors of the Tribune, this nl-tlmed ebullltion
OF personal spite was regarded ~ gross insult
TO all the visitors, who az once withdrew In q
decidedly unpleasant frame OF mind.
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rcocatcdly that pcr.ona employed in those
commissions have publicly organized such
frauds.
It was also proposed in the new charter
to abolish that pcrnicious system Of classi-
ncation which permits one-half of the
Board of Aldermen to go out this year and
the other half next year. As the Board is
now classified, pubic opinion cannot act
upon corrupt majority at any election,
hut only upon q fragment Of it, Those
who remain hold all the machinery OF gov
ernmcnt, its power and patronage, and
use IL in conjunction with the com
missions TO fght public opinion and re-
elect III associates for Themselves. Thus
rogucs in Office league together and use
public money to return rogues to Office.
This has always been the result wherever
classification has been tried.
The simple attempt to reform these things
was enough To damn the new charter. Nor
TON. who introduced il, leaves II to perish
from neglect, while he strains his lungs and
swels his cheeks hallOoing for more COM
MISSIONS BERRI has come to the Conclu-
sion that the people are not NJ TO govern
themselves, and looks for their rulers in the
lol by. The WhiskeY Ring has Joined
hands with the City Hall Ring aud GRANT
Republicans, taking pattern from the con-
duct Of their chief, ally themselves to every
fraud and wink at every villainy that holds
out pecuuiary proAt for themselves.
The Committee OF Seventy-Hve intend
holding a mass meeting of citizens at the
Academy Of Music on Thursday evening
20 reuort in full the result of their investi-
The sun., 1872-03-11

The postal telegraph in England is urn-
der the charge Of AN oficer named +. j..
ScuDANoRE, appointed by the postmaster-G en-
erai. II appears that sCrDAMoRE has recently
delayed the sending & dispatches having some
connection with a strike Of telegraph operators,
which he desired 20 stop. This act he has now
confessed in a letter 20 the Postmaster eneral,
concluding In the following language;
" believe that nobody In nv position could hope 20
dsay message stCr rs. Nlln Wtstagt ar" witlhr i,
ne ,-lcet Withholding thon must fonow my example
throughout ma,e public admission aud incur tie risk
mls. ! uink ut' fnfhc tud tir bftA hk,r kGHhGRif
saieguatds i0T ue htIOlallhD Of ttitgrains.'
Ihese facts AFFORD an Instructive commentary
upon Gen. GRANTS great desire to put the telc-
graph IN the UHltcd states under Government
control We dare Say that n President Of
despotic tendencies might mud II very useful for
h!s own purposes 90 have the telegraph In HE
Lands; but the cay when a Government officer
has power TO decide in this country what corrc-
spondcuce shall he sent forward and what kcrt
back is we trust, s.ill far distant
The sun., 1872-03-11

The manner in which the Central Park
was laid out and improved under the direction
Of the former Park Commissioners has been
eubject Of pride and satisfaction with all New
Yorkers, the work of that body having met with
more general commentator than the proceed
ings Of any other set of men who have had con-
troll Of any branch of our municipal affairs. After
the charter of 1870 went into ope alton the
supervision Of the Park passed into the hands of
the newly created Department Of Parks. The
Executive Committee Of this Department has
published couple Of letters from Messrs. OLN-
sTED, NAUX Co., the Landscape architects,
who were the designers Of the plan adopted for
the Park, In which the objects originally con-
templated In the design are lucldly explain
ed, and various comments are made on recent
changes and projected changes by those who
have lately had the control Of the grounds. In
these letters II Ia very succincty shown how in
dustrously. under the Tammany dispensatlon,
ignorance and bad taste have abored by the ex-
penditure Of two and quarter millions Of dol
lars, TO spoil AS far possible, the admirable re-
suits OF fourteen years Of intelligent and con-
sclentons labor on the part of the projectors Of
the Central Park.
The sun., 1872-03-11

We have received from Mr.. TuAppEUs
HYATT several pamphlet. printed In London, In
which he has ondenvored TO show the purity
Of Senator PoNERoY's motives aud acts In CON
nection with the Kansas famine fund. But Mr..
HYATT has nothing to say In regard 10 the Kan
sas Senator's relations with JAMES +. LEGATE
and the ANDY JOHNSON impeachment case; nor
has he given any explanation OF PoNERoYs
motives In procuring Tor the CAnNAS women
lucrative situations In one Of the Departments
at Washington.
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A.sns.innlIng nnnlo.rIn,Inr nn,Inw.

WuWNGroN, March 10 report reached this
city yesterday that Toss strong Of the leaders ~
t" lowcN r1ng of negro outlaws IN North Carullua,
was hlled on Friday u'eht IN his own house
IN fcumctowr, by white man named Ne.
Queen. N,QUc,n Crrnt up To the negroes
cabin on hs bands and kucce and looking through cat
hole strong brg on Ms back on the foor playing
the banjo. with his brother sitting near him. Mcqueen
drew u s ri'r and shoi Strong through the heal NIL
ing him Unsta ny, lio thcn went TO Moss Neck aud
norlet ihe a,i ana crowd ~. grslu[cd - 80 after
lhtrl lA 40 combination ~ tlr report that Henry
pGry Lowcty tine chrf OF the outlaws, has been kiNed
by l- brother several parties n thus state I'm Nt
rill arr ursiuRns TO elect tno capture Of the whole
gang.
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AMJSFuENrS.
The Concert of ,he coIored Jubilee singers.

INV ohftii OF Aut Nplolfu JhDittt FfnteFs.
The company Of young colored people
irom fisk IplveTs.ty gave their final cUu-
cert here on Friday evening. They have h3en
travelling through the country, and II they
have nlied other halls AS they did Stenway's on
this occasion, they certainly will have no reason
y complain q any lack ot public appreciation.
Tie large hall overt we'd that tho great dOuls
leadInH into the smaller ore were tlrpHn open
to find seats for the thtOng.
We took occasion To saw speaking ~ recent
amateur concert given At This same la !, last
week 10y other colored people. that in uniertak-
Inc Italian .cenIs ara dItas and concerted pieces,
they were quite out Of their elemenL aud
The earnest attsntlon ard hearty enthu-
slasm with which th.lr audiences listen TO
tie much less ambition attempts of tie
Jubilee singers confirm this opinion. Thee
young people sing the old camp ,mestihg Methp-
States The singing itself is rude; the songs
are, from an a.t standard almost barbarou4
the Wurd- deal with holy things with a freedom
that borders on irreVereuce, II not bias phpmy
and yet because the melody and tho words
me unaffected. simple homeiy and direct they
take people captive. IL Is the rude unwritten
music nf an untutored race, born of that nervous
frenzy miscall"d religious ecstasy, and giving
expression 90 low order of devotional and
very much superior 60 the poetry. Rlth rise
from the same source and attain about the same
ar el,'lI'"u II ere rs a specimen ~ the latter:
o. > q some y1iult soldier
TO turn baeA Flaruogs arnH
In another song we aud he following:
When l,raI vac ~ fgyIts hand,
Let NY pc Pie su.
oppre+sed 50 hard IN, could not stand
Ietluy PEOPLE 20,
GO down, Moses. way down IN Eqynt's lant
Tel Ole Pharoh let my people co.
u Qtrethron, you'd better De engaged,
lttttN n'upt gls
II, Y.,;, I1s d. ;!.i..',5., 9aa's"mwse
lc much IN tlis -,lt = thing no tutur.uu, and
Yet there is and snWe Vnueu in the audience
were even so af ''fed hy the rude harmonics a
e. weep.
Several addresses were delivered In the course
~ the evening. one, arl a very bad one, indeed.
was given by nr BurrhNrd ~ the rhrteenih
street Ireshvterldu Church, whu presented
Bible 10 iisk | lRNvlsl.y Wlth much uritury Il a
very cheap and very woatlsomc l'rd,
Mr. r. y. seward also Addressed tho audience,
taking the fallneious ground that because t1r
music sung by tho negroes ATS efe tive, t.Cre-
Tore IL was necessarily good music, ana protest.
M against any opposite con. Iueluu,
In the course ~ his observations Mr.. Seward
succeeded In taking about untenahlc
ut huoWitdse or music toLI4 o"h'eu'enty
" .rh q occupy.
The last speaker was Cen clinton . Fisk the
man who gave 10 the University its name. His
remarks werc humorous To the point, and Ad-
mirahle i'm their hrevity
The Jubilee Singers arc quite young, some ~
the girls being apparently not more than
slaves. The voices of the women are better than
those Of the men, the latter being quite un-
musical.
Iiut II IA certainly very clear that the coIored
people have a musical future before them Of
which we now see only the ssrns.
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RODESON, rHE RODBER.
4 Plea OF Not Cuilty-Now Let Cougres. do
Its Duty.

WAsHrNGroN, March lO.-Secrctaiy Rob
cson p'It- In general denial ~ the charges at-
footing his integrity, and snys that az no one
here seems 20 credit them sufficiently TO dcsire
them Investigated, he Will again tomorrow in
slst, through one Of his friends, ON having thf
Naval Committee empowered to take testimony
~ "idcv giycKe up record showing how en-
iIc., Govuid of foundation the charges are, ur
10 allow those who nuke them an opportunity
TO suhstantiate them under cnth.
The sun., 1872-03-11

The Troy Times says that "a great many
men who cordially support Gen. CRANr fully
share IN Dr. GEtELEY's desire for change
and for n reform which shall be earnest and
thorough" No doubt Of this but the fun mag
nitude Of their numbers will not he appreciated
until the votes for the Reform candidates como
20 be counted in November next.
The sun., 1872-03-11


The Nation inquiries WHY IL IL that Pres.-
dent GRANT keeps so large number Of
uuht men IN public Offices aud why he
! maintained the general order abuses in this
city for more than year after their atroci-
y had become fully revealed. These aIe
questions very dimcult 10 deal with, mas
much as the answers must either admit
that President GRANr is dishonest, or else
that lie Is iu,apablei ana in either case is
unit TO be President.
The facts i,feircl 10 10y the Nation are
indeed revolving and di.gIaCcful; but they
cannot compare with the great ana mani
fold frauds aud rohbcries committed by
GEoaGE VI. RuBE-oN, Gen. GRANTS Secrr-
tary of the Navy. some of these frauds
We have already detailed to the public;
Others OF them are waiting for the compile
tion Of the evidence, when they will be
similarly exposed; and in the long cata-
logue of these crimes there are many each
of which would sum g, IL tried by Just
AID impartial court, 10 send RoBEsoS 10
State Prison.
1t Is now more than two weeks since we
began our exposures of these facts; hut
beyond two or three protracted interviews
with RoBEsoN, in which this wholesale rob-
Der stcnuously protested his innocence,
just us TWEED has done again and again
when taxed with his Tobberies, Gen.
GRANT does not appear to have taken any
action in the case. And yet the evidence
which should compel him 10 act IS at his
hand. Let him only send for honest JOIN
LENrHAIL, whom RoBEsoN removed from
his place as chief of the Bureau Of Con-
shucton because he resisted his determi-
nation to steal S93 600 from the Treasury
on New Years morning, twelve months
ago. Mr.. LENrHAII can be brought 10 the
White House in twenty minutes aud give
all The particulars ot that robbery. Why
has the President delayed TO ascertain
themj And why has he not sent message
10 the House Of Representatives calling for
an investigation of these things and foI
articles Of impeachment against this un-
laithlul public oiicer who has only used
his authority to pluuder the Treasury
Ihi, -,,uu. TO us q harder question than
any that the Nation puts oud unless Gen
GRANT makes haste to ans wer il the people
win not rNyu,e his uaotiJu on the eIouud
OF iuyapagity alour
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Tie Hon. THOMAS A. HENDRIcRs Of Iudl-
ana is 7ealousiy In favor Of acting with the Lib
erl Republicans forthe redemption Of the coun-
ty from public robbery and CORRUPTION and
from personal and military government. lie viii
loyfully vote for LYMAN THUNBULL aud HoRACE
GuEIIrY
The sun., 1872-03-11

The Grand Duke ALEXIS has assisted, by
Invitation q the Spanlards ~ Havana, at a bull
hsht ana at cock 1pht. II they could only
catch Cuban aud garruto him during the
Princes stay they would have Afforded to their
dIsunPui'hed visitor sample OF every holiday
recreation Of " modern Spain" in cuba.
Springfield Republican supposcs that
"BANCkorI DAVIS may not be a rogue" Has
the RsWdlttH forgotten the testimony given
',f"re the joint committee Of both Houses Of
the Massachusetts, Legislature In the case Of the
the Boston, Hartford and Eric RhlroadY Then
1t WAS proved that DAVIS, being both a Director
and legal adviser ~ the THE Railway Company.
received f;om the managers uf the BOSTON
Hartford and Eric a hribe of sGnOOO to induce
him to aid in f'-tru.ng uron the Erie COMPANY
contract 10 guarantee I've millions Of Boston.
Hartford and Erie bonds. The contract was
completed and the EIie Company lost by Il abgut
iWo millions of dollars. Does the E,pYIl,,li
"'.nN Una. - man can take briho to bcua, his
clients and dcfraud his constituent, ana not be
ru-Irt
The sun., 1872-03-11

Tho annual report Of the 81 VIncents Hospt-
tai shows that g5 patients have been Under treatment
turing the year is7 THIS hospital If az the ntcrsccton
Of Eleventh street and Seventh avenue, and dnitr
charge OF the SISTERS OF CHARITY Il has done and Ia do
ing nob'e work and is wen sorthy the attention Of
bcuc vol, re re-touA
The sun., 1872-03-11

For the accommodation Of uptown residents. advst
ntements for Tue Sun will be received our regular
rates At the uptown Advertisement oficcs ti1 west
thirty eecond street, junction Of Broadway aud sixth
bvenue, and 30S West Twenty third street. opposite
brand opera House, from 8 A, NJ. to SP NJ.