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PENNSYLVANIA REFORM.

The Constitutional Convention in Pennsyl-
vauia has adjourned until the 10Th of Septem-
Der, and the probability is that the Reform
movement is thereby postponed if not com
pletely defeated. AS we have already ex-
planned, the. chances Of the RefOrmers de-
pended upon the adoption of the amended
constitution, and the consequent abolition of
the Ring election law in Philadelphia before
the next contest for State officers. That is
now impossible. The Ring is morally certain
of reelection in October, and confident OF
its ability under this new lease of power to
defeat the amendments altogether. Pennsyl-
vania must wait therefore, until her people
are more thoroughly aroused, or until the
Ring, getting reckless and drunken with sue
cess, precipitates its own ruin.
In truth there has been only o spasmodic
strength in the Pennsylvania movement from
the start. The press has lacked the courage
to sustain i! effectually; the people have
cheered il on, but with lazy cheers; and the
leading citizens, with some honorable excep-
TONS have made few sacrifices to help It,
Although so much depended upon the action
of the Constitutional Convention, it was found
almost impossible to keep quorum together
during the hot weather. and the delegates
complained bitterly of the discomfort of stay
ing in town while the hotels were open at
Cape May and Catsdll. Great reforms are
never carried out in this spirit. The true
earnest Reformers of Pennsylvania must in
fuse a little of the heroic spirit into their
languid associates before they can hope to
accomplish anything; and meanwhile they
must bide their time.
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THE EHEREABOUTS OF FIFTEEN MIL
LION DOLLARS.

If there is a thing regarding which the
American people yet remain in profound and
universal ignorance it is tho manner in which
the Treasury Of the United States conducts
its operations with the Syndicate. On the 1st
of March the Secretary called in for redemp-
ton fifty millions of the 1869 issue of six per
cent bonds. These became payable on the 1st
of June, yet the Public Debt statement for
the 1st of July includes the whole fifty mill
ions under the head of unpaid debt on which
interest has ceased. Yet nothing is more
certain than that between twelve and
fifteen millions of these very bonds
were redeemed in coin in this city in the
month of June, mainly in the first fortnight
of that month. Again, Immediately after the
call for the fifty million fve-twenties, new
five per cent bonds to like amount were
issued to the Syndicate, which bonds have
been carrying interest since the first Of March
last. Yet the five per cent bonds are reported
in the last Debt statements at precisely the
same amount at which they stood on the 1st
of January. The fifty millions of new bonds
have been treated in the Debt statements for
four successive months precisely as though
they had no existence.
. The Debt statements, in short, ignore the
redemption Of all the fye-twenhes which
have been paid OFF under the call, and the
issue of all the new iyes which have been
taken (if not paid fOr) by the Syndicate. Yet
the Secretary cannot ignore the changes which
have been made i'll the amount outstanding of
Treasury gold certificates owing to the re-
dempton of tho Scaled" bonds, and it is well
worth while to examine how he solves the
puzzle. On June the Secretary reported the
coin in the Treasury, after deducting that be-
longing to private depositors, at $i5,130,7l8.
On July it was reported at $is,0i7,lO3, the
certificates meanwhile having increased
s9,OOjOOO. The Treasury had received during
the month only about s11,OOO,OOO from customs,
and had paid out in round numbers, S3,OOO,OOO
forpast due interest slSOOO,OOO for iye-twenties
redeemed, and S1OO0,OO0 sold by the Sub
Treasurer in this city, making the total paid
out s23geQQQQ. Now. bow Was IT Pos
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OF Finance always embraces any prete4t 10
go out, from obvious reasons. He appears TO
pass his time, after he has been in office
week and learned tho condition Of the cash
box, In watching for favorable opportunity
to resign. There will be new Cabinet
to-day, under Pi Margall, Salmeron, or some
new man, which may last as long as its pre-
decessors. But there is nothing in the present
promise of affairs to justify any very cheerful
predictions as to the speedy deliverance of
the Republic from its. entanglements, the
wretched legacy Of centuries of misrule.
There is but one feature of the case which
can be regarded with positive pleasure, and
that il tho admirable conduct of the leading
Republicans in office, and their unfinching
fidelity to the principles which they protested
under the monarchy. 1t has sometimes been
seen that men raised TO power by great reyo-
lutiOns have become perverted by place ana
have forgotten their earlier professions. But
the advent of the Republic in Spain has not
developed a single Rabagas. Figueras, OTcnse,
CASTELAR,, ri y Margall, the leaders OF
the Democracy for the last ten years,
have passed successfully before the
eyes of the public in high official position.
They have failed before the insurmountable
obstacles in their way, but they have done
nothing to tarnish their names or to contra
dict their record. Even in this crisis, which
many regard as fatal to the life of the Re-
public its leaders have gone resOlutely on,
reducing their ideas to formulas of govern
ment, and embOdying in laws and DEGREES the
projects Of reform for which they asked
while in opposition. They have made
a good constitution for Spain, and have
done their best to give the country
a good government If they do not finally
succeed, it will be no fault of theirs. If in
the hurly-burly of civil tumult the last and
weakest of all the Bourbons, representing the
darkness of the Middle Ages and the insanity
of the Inquisition, should come to the throne,
it would be only as shipwrecked swimmer
upon an exposed rock, to be swept away by
the next wave.
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THE h1DERvAyIC COMBINATION

The Aldermen, who have for weeks been OBJ
structing the business of the Board by reius-
ing to confirm or reject the Mayors nomna-
tons for Police Justices, yesterday elected to
remain in that unenyiable attitude before their
constituents, and adjourned for two months.
They certainly cannot fully understand at
what cost of popularity and what sacrifice OF
public confidence they play this part
One of their spokesman declared, on Mon
day, In very emphatic terms; that their refusal
to act is not in consequence of their disap-
pointment at the Mayors disregard of their
claims for patronage. This disclaimer leaves
us free only to accept the one other plausible
explanation of their conduct, and to conclude
that they are combined in the interests Of the
present Police Justices. 1t is on one or the
other of the horns Of this dilemma that the
Aldermen have impaled themselves. Either Is
discreditable; but that which we are forced
to accept is the more disgraceful; and The
Aldermen will probably learn this to their
great cost before they assemble again.
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Netu'llotk Daily 9ribmtre.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
THURSDAY, JULY II, 1873.

Don Carlos has reGntered Spain. - Public demon
trations have been prohibited in France on the German
evacuation.
Mr. Swift Of Yale won the single scull race at Spring
Geld z=. Cholera rayagos are reported IN Indiana.
Judge Batchford refused TO sign the warrant remoV-
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TIE claims Of ex sheriff 0Bren for fees were olsal'
lowed Beatrice the Thespian Stakes at Long
Branch ==== The Board OF Aldermen confirmed the
nomination OF Sheridan Shook Commissioner ON the
Erection of ArmOries and Dr-RoOms Gold, ll6,
Ii6t Thermometer, 759, 79o, So.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17
ing ages.

IT appears that Mr. Bret Harte has duel on his
hands-that is TO say, unless he manages to get him
self out Of the difficulty straightway. Aperson in
st. Louis has been told that Mr.. Hartes bright
sketch of"A Little Vulgar Boy was taken from ma
ture-was in fact, intended to represent him as he
seemed in his salad days. Moved to bitter wrath
this gentleman desi TO know if it be true and If
true it be- he observes that Mr. Harte has to retract
OF fight. He Furthermore says that bis friends think
he is afraid of that author but he that he is
not afraid Of any man living There has been Moth
ing Drawer since Furoso:
Whoever shall these boots displace, bedad,
Shall meet Bombastes face TO face, bedadl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17

receive tidings of what may there befall.
The steamship Virginius is the Monsieur
Tonson of Spanish American waters. One year
ago she irritated the people of Colon otner-
wise Aspinwall, nearly to madness by ner niys-
FERROUS fittings to and fro. NOW sne n'o
TOnson-like, come again. Her lase en'ian00
into Aspinwall harbor brought Spanish ilan-
of-war after her, and two American war Voc,
sells after that. The final departure Oh .no
Virpinius for New-York," with q coas'"iso
clearance and cargo OF arms anu "i ns ,nar
ton, conveyed by United oGaVes sn'po.o ro5
49, no, COON, exactly fair. The ship received
her cargo at Aspinwall, whlther IL hau 80
brought from New York. she is a lo'O 49,
blocllade-runner; and If the UnlVeu SV''.o
CorsuI stretched his conscience @ h'ue "
c,ront her papers, he did only what many DeS,
ter men have done before him. but lor III
that. this is not the fair way Oh DONG OusineSS'
Mr.. James OBrien, late Sheriff of the County
of New-YorE, claiming that certain moneys
,vere due him from said county, went to the
Legislature in pursuit of redress. The Legis-
lature ordered a Commission to examine Mr..
OBrien's claim, which is for $1766O5. Gov.
Dix appointed as Commissioners Messrs. Yer
milye, Cadwalader, and Booth; but sabse-
ouently, Mr.. Booth withdrew, and Mr.. Hand
was appointed in his place. Assuming that
this was "no fair show" for him,
the ex-Sheriff refused to appear with
his claim of S176,GO5. The Commissioners,
having taken legal advice on the subject,
yesterday decided that the Commission was
legal one; that the claim was properly before
them, and that the refusal Of Mr.. O'Brien to
appear did not prevent verdict in the case.
They accordingly decided that it had not
been shown that the County Of New-Yorl<
owed Mr. OBrien anything whatever. For
the present, therefore, Mr.. James O'Brien is
respectfully bowed out of court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17

From THE TRBUNE correspondent with the
JuDiata branch Of the Polaris expedition, 1t
will be seen that there viii be a generous
rivalry in the search after the missing ex-
plOrers. The letter which we publish else
where says that the people of the Juniata are
straining every nerve TO get away in time to
send out an expedition from Disco before the
Tigress shall arrive there. The Juniata has
twenty-days' start of the Tigess; but the
last-pamed vessel is not expected to tarry so
long at st. JOhls AZ her predecessor, The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17

II the lakes of Putnam County had not lately
been made tributary to the Croton water sup
ply we might have water famine. The
drouth has been severe and long-continued;
but, with the liberal storage already provided,
we have no fears for this dry time, even
though it may last for weeks longer. The re-
port is Plenty for use, not one drop to waste.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17
Buslness Notlres.

P,INFR's NEW PATENT LEG, safety socket.
n, n Ps1yx PAtKER / coo UheslDutst, Philadelphia
BACHELORS HAIR DYE is the best IN the
- usand perfect instantaneous AaI Dye AlAu aIasss
Has PAID 1900 CLAIMs-eQual to $3.50 per
As f,- nrt y-rra Travellers. Hartford.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17

The authorities of Biddeford, Me-, are at their
wits end. They have the Liqnor Law in all It's
length and breadth with all its ingenious provisions
aud stringent penalties, and yet they are forced to
confess that drunkenness was never so common in
Biddeford as now" SO tho authorities aforesaid
solemnly consult together and conclude that if hard
drinking is to DO suppressed it must DO by enforcing
the law against the illegal sale of intoxicating
fluids. We do not know when We have heard OF IA
more notable instance of municipal sagacity. We
assure the Bid loford magistrates that nobody will
drink what nobody cau got to drink. We axe posi-
lively certain VI II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17

Juniata had already been in port eight days
when last heard from. Both ships will soon
disappear into the frozen regions of the north.
and many months may pass before we shall
receive tidings of what may there befall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17
Whoever shall these boots displace, bedad,
Shall meet Bombastes face TO face, bedad!

At Richmond, in Maine, last week died Frederick
Bates, an extremely old person. There is a dispute
about his years. whether he was lO2 last March or
nos, but during the war of 1872 he was exempted on
account of his age from military duty We are told
nothing about Mr.. Bates, except that he was a
money-lender aud until within six months did his
own figuring Why are misers and money-lenders
always or almost always oldi We say old miser'
naturally as longevity and usury nseparable
No painter ever depicted miser except as white
headed and snowy bearded. wrinkled and be-spec-
taced. Is it because it takes great many years to
turn out perfect Old Gripesi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17
DIAMOND POINTED GOLD Pens.
IILnr-.r A


To fose engaged Hercsns pursuits any invention that WI eh
ts e labor ia worthy Of loce W IS oi extensive Httron
Que lions Of the present age that OF
pen possesses The oeaJ QUALITIES Of hInaes II marx ana auA
biitT ~ - -,.-.- - a..
COD Pens snc No Aston House Thcr superior Vsoe
l0lg time be has been engaged IN or city ~ ef mAnua
We tie sss hers Who value Of FoLEIs PMS from
slant humber Of yesu ChrefT recommend tJe ~
tso.e uho pefeei Cold Pen ever made
Sguei bf Tie following geuil snd over 900 others;
J. Williams Pre- en- Metrop ita1 National BANK
Geo Coz Pres lent Aver eau Lr~'Grge National Bank
A Braf.ssisv Cashier National Bank of Norh America
Wa A =. is Pres cent Cori Exchange Bans -
X ~ Iowrv President National BInk Of the Republic
D. D. Taptsu. President Galatu NauOasl Bank.
E. 2 T1mIslr. Cashier Continental National b'ak;
Isaae g. Oreu Cashier New-lo rk Comfy National BANK
Wm. l. jenkins Pres lsnt Bank Of America
J. w. LEWIS. CASH Union National Bank
Mu Mee.sr Cash Bank Of n Y. y. Banking Association
J. l. souilwoft1. Pres eat Atlantic National bank
Nm " cor Vssaer M,casnics' National Bank.
james Buell. Importers ami Traders National Bsnk
] AZ Crsnr. Cl.l 20 shoe and L satheT NSt0nd Bank.
C,rte D,.re a Co. Wells Fargo Co.
IIovcs Nov Untei States Express Co.
White. MOIns a Co Barclay d Livingston -
Vsfmti - 4 Co Il. J. Raymond & Co. NsvYork
Wins.sW, Lanier h Co Dsiv limes
Geo ID. Arthur A ". a. Gori0n Cashier Neh-loIA dsI'
H.t 4 Hatch. I'D
N. r. N0ga4 ( Go. u. heeham q 20.
Ararirsr FYrress Co. :. r. Chit ends3 Co
Adams Crgres.Co Johusou Higgins
Cha. Dennis. Vice President Atlantic Nufra I1A 90.
DANIEL d. Smith urfs4eft Commercial Mutual lBs Co
Feoo4 WatT President Mercantile Mutual ms. CO.
A. y Wilmarth, Y.ce-P1esttnt Home Fe ms Ca
Morris Fr-ukh1. President heF-fnk Lie lls Co.
W. y ions FOXY Gold Pen Manufacturer.
No 2 Asor Honse, opposite the Herald once.
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The law prohibiting the iutermarriage of Black

The law prohibiting the iutermarriage Of Blacks
and Whites still exists and is still enforced in Nc
brasla. This gave Probate Judge there Town
send an opportunity TO indulge in little bit Of fun
On the Fourth of July he was asked to grant mar
rage license to a black man and a white woman
He refused, and Endorsed his upon the appli
cation. Things" he said, are badly mixed. The
Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska has de-
cided that negroes cannot be excluded from juries
any more than red-headed people, people five feet
high. Yet when, in accordance with this de-
cision, the Legislature of Nebraska was asked
to repeal the law forbidding tho consumma-
ton of happiness between negroes and whites, the
God and Equality Legislature killed the oill.' And
then this sharp Probate Judge went on as follows:
:" trust the time will soon come when equality
will mean equality in all things, political, civil
religious mo African NJ. L. Church,, social and
especially matrimonial" Judge Townsend con-
cluded with a bit of advice gratis. He recommended
the parties to cross into Iowa, where negro
can marry the Governors daughter if she is willing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-17

"And this as Mr.. Sampson Brass observes, "is
tho world that turns upon its own axis and has
Lunar influences. and revolutions round Heavenly
Bodies, and various games Of that sort" These
turnings and various games naturally keep the cir
clio of IDEAS moving and we are not surprised when
we find that question which has agtated the phi
losophers Of New-York is now conyulsing those Of
Auckland A writer in that distant and savage land
is in a state Of mind concerning a kind Of being
which, he is told is giving grace aud beauty 70
colonial merry-makng, and eeiat to another. who"
he inquiries piteousIy, "who the dickens are the
6Hef Where do they liveF How do they get their
incomesi And did they come down from above to
bless us poor working mortal5r Perhaps it will be
a consolation to this troubled person TO know that
the inhabitants of more civilized regions have never
yet solved these weighty questions; and that OPP
pressed by the society newspaper" and the average
popular novel the said questions still enwrapped in
mystery, will in all probability so down the adyanc-
ing ages.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-01-01
The Next MayoralIy,

TO the Editors Of tho IntellIgencer.
Presuming upon the interest which all
classes OF our people must feel concerning
the result Of the next charter election,
and, particularly, upon the acknowledged
duty Of every citizen to lay aside all feel
ing Of mere partissuship, ifby SO doing
faithful representation and good govern
ment can the better be secured, l beg the
use OF your columns for q moment to aid
in accomplishing the desired end.
Forgetting craftsmanship, We should next
consider integrity of character and busi'
ness competency and energy, and add to
these important qualifications, ii possible,
long and entire familiarity with the city's
affairs. Such qualification, and such
knowledge and acquaintance were never
more important than will be absolutely
required during tho next official term,
There is no lack Of serViceable and per
Gcctly reliable men in our midst, but these
must be sought.
Those acquainted with the doings Of
Council will remember that there are men
10 both Branches who are always at their
post, and have the ability and the moral
courage to uphold the right and denounce
the wrong wherein and whenever the
question Is presented. Among the mum.
Der Of such men in the First Branch OF
Council no one is more worthy than
Thomas ]. Blair. During his long service
as Councilman, no trust ever imposed
upon him was disregarded. He has been
one Of the best of public servants, and be-
ing capable, Aenest and faithful, would do
credit to the city Of Wheeling as its
Mayor. NoN-PABTIsAN.