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comic. Emulous OF sothern, he went in for
quantity instead Of quality Of laughter. The
artist condescended TO be a bunoon. and we
felt sorry TO see it-sorry that an experienced
and accomplished actor should retain In the
scabbard that fine small sword OF comedy he
can WELD so brayely, so cunningiy, so elegantly,
and prefer to brandsh stick with an inflated
bladder ut its extremity. Let Miss Lotta, Mr..
Emmet, and Others raise themselves by such
means to the level OF the Idiotic Drama. but let
no one with the name Of wallack descend to II.
But these lapses were only momentary. The
good, sound comedian rem ains-a better the
stage knoweth not. 1t Is not our ofice to criti
else him as an actor, but to record that the per-
formance Of "she Stoops to Conquer" decided
the fate Of he Idiotic Drama. 1t was executed
on the spot OF Its crime, fairly smothered by the
cheers and laughter of the old comedy; and the
triumph was the greater, for the old comedy was
not well played throughout. MIR. Gilbert was tho
best Hdrdcdstte we have ever seen, and we have
seen Dowton, Farren, BARLEY, Strickland, and
Chippendale In the part. Miss Katharine Rogers
was, II we except Mrs. Nsbett, as good as any
Mtss Hdrdodstle within our recollection. Mrs.
Hoey used to make a charming figure OF this
character. The steadiness with which she
joyed Young MdrloU's discontinue was piece
Of rare comedy acting. Miss Rogers conceives
the whole character In the vein OF Rtrlish
fondness for fun, and she obliged us to re-
feet whether indeed this was not Goldsmith's
intention. Mr.. Beckett and Madame Ponisi
read their parts with discretion but the rich,
unctuous, luscious, sensuous qualities OF Tony
Lumpbin and his dotlng mother are not within
the limits OF their artistic natures Mr.. Beckett
was a square man in round hole. Madame
POnlsl was showing how the old woman ought
to be played, but the original was not there. The
rest is silence. Mr.. sherwood appeared In
very 6ne moonlight landscape. There was no as
sistance Of sensation scenery. Goldsmith was
fond Of fine coat he was only decently dressed
on this occasion. But he was there, with all his
good nature and kndliness Of heart-so gentle
toward the faults OF others that IL he had
known the ignomlnous defeat and 1ight Of the
Idiotic Drama he had caused. the dear old fell
low would have run after the fugitive to console
and bring hm back again. Shade OF old wallack,
forbid
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THE PHELPs DErAKCfrrov.


Thousand Dollars Bail.
ALBANY, oct. 2s.--At the examination OF
Charles II. Phelps, the defaultng cashier OF the
state Treasury, to-day, Treasurer Raines testi-
fed that the $1,000 draft Phelps was accused OF
stealing had never been entered In the books to
the credit Of the State, nor did 1t appear on the
deposit tickets. All checks are prepared by
William Wood the check clerk. These are al
ways signed by the Treasurer and counters gned
by the Comptroller. The Deputy Treasurer has
no authority to sign checks. With regard to
said his instructions were that they should re-
ceive the endorsement OF himself or his deputy.
Treasurer Ranes further testified:
on the 27th OF September left word with Mr.. wood
70 have the books Of deposit written up, because
arrangement, ana did not want II appear that
fayoring one bank over another. .ust at that dine
large amount OF money received, tnd II was di-
cult 70 Keep the equalization exact. had suspicion
A. that ne that there had been any diversion OF the
states funds. very found that the account Of
some tSpyU. then at once commenced the examif A.
ton which developed the diversion. Phelps was ab-
sent. learned Of his whereabouts, aud At pro-
cured the requisite papers aud had him arrested Twas
Obliged to proceed promptly and with great secrecy.
Justice Mcnamara said he would x the bail
for the prisoner at $4,000, with two sureties,
and the case was thus disposed OF. The pris-
oDer was committed In default Of bail. mis- ooun-
sci saying that he stood no more chance Of get
ting bail than Of pawn. the debt OF the United
states Government.
IL Phelps had given the s150C0 bail required
OF him he would have been arrested on six
other charges, two Of which are for forgery.
The District Attorney had already procured
brought before the Grand Jury early next
month.
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GOV. Powrps OF Mississippi has sent his
message to the Legislature. II argues against tho
holding Of an election, and contends that the
terms Of the present State officers continue un-
I'll January, lS,5 and until their successors are
duly elected and qualified and that their sue
cessors cannot be constitutionaly elected until
the 1rst Tuesday succeeding the first Monday In
November, 1874. lie says that the emergency
of having two full sets Of stac officers and tho
threatening contest between three thousand
county oficals. would entail a calamity on the
people ofthe State whose evil Consequences can
not bo foretold, and he recommends, as a solu-
tion ~ the dificulty, that the unconstitutional
provisions Of the election law be repealed, and
that he Legislature provide for general cleo
tion In ,,i, and hiennlally there after. The Gov
ernor also declares that the authority granted
to Judges and Chancellors 10 appoint Regis
trars la In violation 81 the Constitution, and rec
ommends that unless Registrars be made clec-
tive th,ir appointment should be placed under
executive control.
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An InduisltIye Fellow.

IL ne Editor u ne sun.
sR: While pursuing your inquiry into the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing At Washing please
ask;
l. What became Of the abortye hy ydrostatlc presses
that cost the Government sAlOU
g. How many tons q printed STAMPS ild they .pon2
s. DIDN'T they keep apapcr mil gong with spoiled
sheets for puip2
4 How many bureau officials are paid more than Cab
met MnistersT
s. How many detectives? What is their pay? What
do they detec,?
when Laneion caught selling coni's u Gov.
crnmeut plates 10 Countcriecu. Sly w-s Le not pun
lshed2
T. Isn't the Government nhre paper more a ncll than
hiudraucc 10 the cuunterfelter2
g. Isn't the best work credited 10 the bureau really
done outside the bureau by private p4rti..Y
" Masut tho $50 counterfeit note produced from tie
genuine plates IN the bureau?
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frauds upon the Government by providing
against keeping lands out Of market for
the purpose Of enabling corrupt officials to
speculate upon their increase in value.
The regulation of 1896 never was regarded
as having any reference to prejimption or
homestead settlement; but on the con-
trary, il has been decided over and over
again by Secretaries of the Interior that
IT applied only to sales of land, and that II
had no application at all to settlements
made under the Prejmption law.
ON sept. 81, 1866, Mr.. JosEPn :. WILSON.
then Commissioner of the General Land
Onicc, informed the Registers and Re
coivcrs in the state of Iowa that thenOticcs
previously published, by which 1t was in-
tended to restore to market some two mil
lion acres of lands in that state. had been
suspended by order OF the Secretary of the
Interior for one year; that the lands
would not be restored 10 private sale until
after the lapse of such timc but that
nevertheless they wcrc IN the mean time sub
Ject TO homestead and prctmptiOn. Here
the operation of the Regulation of 1890
was practically illustrated. The notice of
restoration TO market being suspended by
order Of the Secretary, the lands could not
be taken at private sale until 1867: but MS
the regulation did not apply to settlements
under the Prcjmption and Homestead
laws, the lands were subject to such settle
mcnt Immediately.
And yet III defiance Of usage, and OF the
rulings and practice of the Interior De-
partment for thirty years, Mr.. WILLIS
DRUMNoND, rs If anxious to prove himself
the tool Of the railroad monopolists and
land grubbcrs, prcsumcs to disregard all
precedent, reverse tho decisions of higher
officials, and trample upon the rights of a
vast body of our most industrious and en-
tcrprising citizens. Using the regulation
of 1856 IA n prctence, in one instance he
held nearly one thousand settlers at bay
for more than year in the state Of Iowa,
refusing TO allow them TO make settle
mcnts, ns they had right To do, on "a
large tract of land claimed by the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Com
pany. lie kept the land vacant for the
benefit of that company until II succeeded
in smuggling through Congress a corrupt
ana profligate bill investing il with title TO
those lands, 10 which in reality IL had not
the shadow Of IA right. And this case
affords a fair example of the way in which
the laws are systematically perverted in
the Interior Department for the emolu-
mcnt Of monopolics and speculators. and
"gainst the clearest rights of private cti-
zens who have no influence at court.
The evils Inflicted upon the settlers OF the
West by the unjust decisions and rulings
Of The Inter Department VIII not always
Toe borne in silence. day of reckoning j.
sure to come; and when the fun niquity
Of the wrong pcrpctruted on this class OF
citizyns under the present Administration
becomes generally known, the public in
dienation Will be excited TO such u pitch
that nothing but the oondign punishment
Of the principal offenders viii satisfy it,
demands
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A California Republican journal ou the Pail
ndelphia Ring.

In Pennsylvania the contest was over
the election of state Treasurer, Judge OF the
supreme Court, and n Legislature, with the eX-
ceution Of some huld-oNer Senators. There
seems to be no doubt whatever about the rr-
suit, and, on the whole, there is not much IN II
10 call for congratulations ON the part of those
who are desrOus Of seeing thorough reform Ia
our politics
The candidate Of the Infamous Philadelphia
hlng Tor supreme Judge went INTO the keuuh-
l'an Convention and was defeated and the Ring
has retortcd by cutting down his successful
councillors majority to 900, some 10000 less
thnn that which his associate ON the ticket re-
ceives. Mackay, the Republican and successful
candidate FOR state Treasurer, * an out-and -out
lhng man, and one of the most corrupt and dis
honest politicians in the state. lie IL intimately
Identified with those scnndalOus transactions in
the state Treasurer's otico I'm which public
opinion and strong evidence implicated Hart
lanii, tho present Governor Of the state, and
winch made the campaign in Pennsylvania last
year stencil In the nostrils of decent men.
The Ring candidates for municipal offices in
Philadelphia are all elected by large maiOTities,
inc reform party mastering only between five
and six Thousand votes. And so poor PhIlddel-
pha IL To be again robbed, cheated and cursed
by a. INSCRIPTIONS pack of rascals As ever dis
graced municipal government.
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Tho Democrats of Kings county have set
an example Of real civil service reform in the
nomination Of Mr. WILLIAM BARRE for Register
~ Deeds This nomination has been endorsed
by the heformcrs and all other political organ
izations except the GRANT Republicans. Mr..
BARRE has been Deputy Register under different
administrations for twenty years and has Riyen
so much satisfaction that the members OF the
bar, without distinction Of party have signed a
complimentary card urging his election az Regis
ter. He will doubtless be elected despite the
opposition Of the New York Custom House.
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On the yellow Fever nt shreveport and
Memphis.
ny DEACON RIcHARD SMITH
Iyo,u N, Ciuciuu1fl f,1s,ff,.

Doubt II not, good people, II has actually come,
DetN 10 not, Il Is be- Ond our power;
Iaae the recoru Of death for the work II has done
Americas dreaded visitor, tAe Aslauc cholera.
with Imagination, reasoning. and sophistrv away.
Let us perform each little duty no matter what may
come.
We cannot the strides Of the Terror stay,
Let Us humUA say, Ihy vii be done.
Why try 10 pluck the evil ana not touch the root7
We know no phytlcal Cause, but SIMPLY tne physi.
cal cdccti
Then let actions the supreme cause suit,
NOT ~ our God AID II mandates duties neglect.
There goes something, frequently now, long line
OF carriages,
Following another victim OF the vsitants ravagesi
shudderhgy We look at II AZ a tlung 10 le drca4eG,
Why fear thils by Divine love o,QdeathcdP
We have nothing 20 fear but the works - the Devil
therefore let Us reform, and be delivered from cv
v I'm one who has dour this, all Vii he vel.
lbe germ VI all trouble Is nOurlAhed IN Hell.
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Judge rancher on Personal Rights.

MIR. SnANKs was brought before Judge
FANcHER again yesterday. In reply To
some remarks of Mr. BGrrroS, Judge FAN-
CHER said;
A habeas corpus case Ike this s Of very great
dent. and 1t should be most fuzzy and carefully
considered. While viii never fail - Issu.cl
To the Court " oyer and Tcnnner. and an ufher
courts. will do nothing u apridge or res,rct
the T-ht which every citizen of this state has To
his personal liberty"
We have nothing TO say on the merits of
the motion which was pending before the
Judge. Although, Tor aught that we can
discover, the commitmcn, OF Mr. SutNWs
10y Judge GILBERr WIS an imperative,
though We doubt not an unpleasant duty;
yet there may have been an uformality i'm
the order sufficient to vitiatc il. We have
not examined that POINT. Bat what we
wish 10 speak of to-day H. the souudness of
the views ON haheas corpus and personal
liberty expressed by judge FANcUTR.
They ought 10 commend him strongly TO
the support OF the voters at the approach
ing election. We are inclined 10 think that
Judge FANCIIER is IA mnn in whose judicial
Keeping tho rights OF the people may bc
safely TpDospd
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II Gen. GARFIELD should introduce into
Congress, aa II Is said he means 10 do, the bin to
set the COOK ~ upon their legs by assuming the
payment Of interest ON the Northern Psc1c
bonds, we trust that nobody will suspect tho
General Of holding any Of those bonds by gift,
or of having ever received any dividends on
them. 1t Is true he mag haze borTopei a trine
from JAY COOKE y co. hut II this Is the case,
are quite sure he has repaid It, or win do 80
promptly before there IL an investigating COM
mittee on the N. p. r. Il.
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Having thus bcnevolently taken care OF
the Cabinet and the braves of the capl-
tai, Gen. GRANT suggests that each state
shall also build and furnish houses for It's
Senators, and he adds with delightful art
lessue-s: This, of course, would bo fol-
lowed by the erection of fine residences by
members of the House Of Representatives
lnhO hare ldrqc fortunes ana can AFFORD H."
UnluclIly for this part of the Generals
argument, II happens that members of the
House Of Representatives. have not re-
quired the excitement OF emulation with
the general Government and tho States 10
set them building fine residences. The
mere plethora OF pocket incident TO Il few
years OF law making Mt Washington has
driven many OF these estimable public SER
wants TO the erection of palaces already,
and the good work is likely to go on until
stealing stops, which may not be until
signal from the Angel GABRIEL. The Hon.
GEORGE IL. WILLIAMS Attorney-Genenl,
Is putting into brick and marble "A solemn
attestation of the fact that Cabinet officers,
10y honest industry and close economy,
can save n hundred thousand year or 80
out Of salary of eight thousand; and Gen.
BABCoCK, on behalf Of the military, has
demonstrated that new quarters are not
necessary TO enable army Officers 10 live
somewhat above squalor, and even to pave
their way to fortune over tho streets of
Washington.
III members of Congress had only been
content to put their stealings at Interest
until the bounty of the general Govern
ment and the States should have furnished
them, in the stately mansions OF Senators
and Secretaries, with architect ur,l mod els
tor their own: il the vulgar DISPLAY OF
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The Havana Rank Robbers.

The case Of the Havana bank robbers, An,onla
Quero Alvarez and Enrique Cacares called In the
Kings county General Sessions yesterday. Jury was
selected aud the witnesses were examined At a ate
hour the Jury reTed la the Jury room OF the ju
rure announced that he unable to pass upon the
case, not having heard word OF the testimony The
deaf man was taken before Judge Moore who sharply
reDufed h for allowing the to 20 on The Judge
hen ordered nm to appear today and show cause Willy
he should not punished for contempt. The Is 10
be again tried before a new jury this morning.
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II appears that MAcKHy, the KEMBLr
candidate for state Treasurer OF Pcnnsyvania.
had only es majority outside Of Philadelphia
which indicatcs that the rule of addition, d.
vision and silence Is not Popular In the rural
districts. But for repeating ana the sale OF Dem
oc'auc votes, MAcKEY might have been defeat
ed eYen In Ihiadelnha.
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stokcs-Ground for a Fourth Trial.
We extract the following from the Sum
day morning Hcrdlds report of the pro-
ccedings in the STOKES case:

uuf morning HCTutuS Teport VI tic pio-
ceedings in the STOKES case:
"Recordcr Hickrrr recalled Recolccted walking
he place Of lusness Of his tailor under the Grand Cen
.w she Prs1acs 9acs ss rnssd ne spore e
hn, but he iid not answer me; knew him very we'll
ruled"
II strikes us ms somewhat remarkable
that Recorder CKETr-himself u lawyer
should have given such testimony, and
still more remarkable that Judge DAVIS
should have admitted IL.
"Saw the prisoner standing at the curb
stone as If anticipating; his face icds er-
cited" This was clearly inadmissble. 1t
was testifying TO an inference, aud an in
ference, too, which was liable TO take away
SroKEs's life. Mr.. HACKETT might prop
crly have testified that SroKEs's face was
flushod--if il was flushed-or have stated
any other fact about its appearance; but
when he sworc that his face was excited,
that was wholly an inference, and not, il
seems TO us, legal testimony.
So, too, the Recorder had right TO state
just how STOKES stood: with his left foot
foremost, or his right foot; whether he
looked up toward heaven, or down to the
earth, or at lady in the window; or up
or down Broadway; but he had 10 right
10 testify that he stood as II anticipating,
any more than he had that he stood as if
remembering, or any other inference.
The learned Recorder is entitled TO be an
actor, hcreditarily we should like TO see
him go out on the plaza in front OF the
city Hall at twelve o'clock tomorrow and
a .
cdiy entertain the crowd TO see how he
looks.
Meanwhile we stand as II anticipating n
new and fourth trial, in the event OF
STOKES conviction, on the ground Of the
erroneous admission of tins material and
most damaging testimony.
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For the accommodation Of upt own residents sdver.
nsemcnts for rnE sun will be- received at our re- uar
rates at the up town advertisement oiccs 81 ~ West
Thirty second street, Junction Of nroadway and sixth
svenue, and 3OS West 1wentythlrd street. opposite
Irand Opera House, from - A. ". to iJ0P NJ. Also.
for residents of Harlem and vicinity at 1.3S6 Fourth
syenue between iseth ami ienh streets. west side.
from A. NJ. TO SP NJ, aud on sundays from 3 to q
4
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Mr.. OLIVER T.. BrEL is the Democratic
candidate Tor the Assembly In tho Eleventh Dis
trict Of this city. lie IA "A gentleman, and an
honest man. when such one Is willing TO take
seat In the Legislature the people will do well
to give IL 10 him.
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The TrlnI Of the Detectives.

The Police Commissioners have invited Messrs.
Rachford, seward, Griswold and ia Costa, counsel
for the Bank OF England to appear before them
row with their testimony sustain tho charges against
capt James Irving and Philip Farley The Comnlsslon.
ers M also the POst0 Office clerk testify con
eeriiing the letter 10 Friend PM" The trial may
hnweysr Re postponsd as the detectives lawyer, ex'
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THE Consultation says that nii trials shalt
he by jury, mud the accused Is entitled. not TO
be- first convicted by n court aud then to be nc-
auittcd bv II jury, hut To be conNictcd or nc-
guittcd ~ TIE FIRST INSTANCE by ~
lnry."-SAMuEL BLAr,nfoHu
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Another countcrfeitcr has been par
doned by Gen. GRANr. This one is WILLIAM
ADAMS, who has served four out of seven years
In the Western Penitentiary .of Pennsylvania.
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Homes for the Homeless.

Con. GRANr, according 10 the Washing
ton correspondent Of Col. FoRSEY's Press,
thinks that the Government should build
and furnish houscs for the members OF the
Cabinet. The General also favors tho erec-
ton OF elegant and substantial military
quarters for those powder-smellinS dare
devils who serve their country at the capi-
tai in span new shoulder straps and uni
forms which make the heart of tailor
swell with emotion To behold, who do
picket duty about the White House, rough
iton champngneando oysters nj WoRwLEY's
and biyouack, regardless of the weather
ut exposed outposts like WIlLAED's AMI
the Arlington. For this worthy and long
suffering class Of warriors the General has
a feeling heart, aud he wants to get them
under roof ~ soon rs possible. The vericst
miscr IN the land will hardly object 10 this.
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now stand together without fraction TO
separate their cordial compact. Mr.. ALI
son coolly blots out all the figures that he
reported for those years and substitutes
others, just rs If official responsibility was
II farce and deception public duty. Here
is the contrasts
DEBT AtttsoS's sPrcT. DEBT HY ms RFroAr %
pic REPORTS NT2
1850 .. g. lsgOq is0 is6q .... 1858 ii2ei1 q
50. 8. 40 ....... 2.t,ftt.,tEt II
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Here 's difference of t6s l5l, ,74O. %, not
between ia" Secretary and the Ropister
but between boutwell, and Bourwrtr
Who can say which OF these stnt,m.uts i.
trustworthy, or that either is correcty
The report OF tho Register of the Tr.o.-
ury for 1872 has been subjected to a s,,nior
process Tor, In spite OF the huge chasm
winch divided tbela IN 1850 and 1870, they
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of his white nei ghbor, and thus by an
interchange of candid opinions, preju-
dices entertained by both races may be
obliterated-a new and brighter career
opened up for both people, and the an
tagonism now existing will give place
to mutual forbearance, and the destiny
of the two races, SO indissolubly united
with the fate of Louisiana, will be plac-
ed in higher scale of advancement
than at present appears to be the out
look for poor, oppressed and unhappy
Louisiana. sa.,-s ~
While am not permitted to fulfill the
functions of the high position to which
the voice of my countrymen elevated me
by large majority, yet I willremain at
the capitol Of the State, promising re-
newed energy and zeal in behalf of the
people of the State in their endeavors to
obtain from the Congress Of the United
States that even-handed justice which
once was, and trust will again be, the
pride and glory of every American citi-
zen. JOHN MCENERY.