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Tns Charges Against the Department
OF Charities and Correction.
1t II very evident that Mayor Havemeyer
does not intend to make any proper investiga-
ton OF the serious charges against the Com
missioners of Charities and Correction en-
braced In the late presentment of Grand
Jury, or of the gross irregularities and malad-
ministration known to prevail in that depart
ment Men who have the care Of the most
important institutions in the city; men who
have the almost uncontrolled expenditure of
million and half Of the public money and
the purchasing of large supplies men who
are ct the head of the department Of the city
charities and correction" words which are
significant of the grave responsibility Of the
position-are charged with acts which draw
down the severe censure of Grand Jury, and
the Mayor Of the city endeavors to impose
upon the people by sham investigation, con-
Quoted in q manner which brands it as an i'm
position. II the respectable citizen who was
induced to lend Mayor lavemeyer his counte-
nanoe during portion of yesterdays farce
has any regard for his reputation he viii refuse
to be again q party to such disgraceful pro-
ceeding.
Mayor Havemeyer is mourning serious re-
sponsibility. The purchases of dry goods
made through a brother of Commissioner
Stern's son-in-law may form the subject of in
vestigation before court, in accordance with
the rights secured to the citizens of New York
in the present charter. and, if rumor speaks
only half the truth, they will involve other de-
partments besides those of Charities and Cor
rection. Other suspicious circumstances con-
nected with the latter department may also be
dragged to light through the same means. If
it should appear that the Mayor has been neg
lectful Of his duty in the pretended exami-
nation he is now making into these affairs an
appeal will be made to Governor Dix for his
removal, which the Governor may not ven-
ture or desire to disregard. Meanwhile
it is in the power of the Board of
Aldermen, as the representatives of the
people, to take up this matter and order q
thorough investigation Of the whole Depart
ment of Charities and Correction. They can
instruct the Commissioners of Accounts to
make the investigation or they can appoint
committee of their own body and require the
Commissioners to act with them in the ex-
animation. They should take such action
without any delay, for the people are dis
gusted with the disgraceful conduct of their
reform officials, and their patience is about
exhausted.
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vessel month to Boston, however small il
might be, just tor the sake of appearances and
to relieve the minds of the people Of Boston.


The Northern Pacinc Railroad ON
Another Raid.
1t is q curious fact that Just as one bill ID
reported to the House Of Representatives to
make the completed Pacific railroads disgorge
something Of their earnings and profits to re-
pay in part the enormous sums loaned by the
government another is introduced for q like
raid upon the Treasury and tax-burdened
people to construct the Northern Pacific Rail-
road This stupendous wildcat speculation,
which plunged the country lately into the
gravsst financial disorder, now wants its
bonds guaranteed by the government The
cool impudenoe Of the application to Congress
under the circumstances would be surprising,
if that body and the country had not become
demoralized and if almost any plundering
scheme were not tolerated. The company
asks, through its agent in Congress, the
authority to issue five per cent thirty years
gold bonds to the amount Of fifty thousand
dollars mile, and the interest at five per cent
to be guaranteed by the government. In brief.
this railroad, which has proved such disas-
trous failure, which is not needed now, and
which could not pay for thirty years to come.
is to be constructed with the money and at the
cost Of the taxpayers of the United States
for the benefit of o set Of spectators
or another Credit Mobilier. We wonder
that the House of Representatives was not
indignant and honest enough to throw the
proposition out ct the instant of its introduce
ton. The villany, robbery and scandal of tho
Union and Central Pacific railroads, tho
Credit Mobilier frauds and the fact that the
people yet pay the interest on the bonds Of
these railroads, ought to have made any one
ashamed to introduce such bill. It would
have been too much, indeed, for anybody but
modern Congressman. If Congress were not
utterly demoralized there would be no neces-
sity for these remarks, but as there may bs
danger of the stupendous fraud being enter
tanned by that body it is our duty to denouncs
the scheme in advance. The government
should neither be responsible for any more
railroad bonds nor give away any more Of the
public land to railroad spectators.
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PAUPzRs PROM EURoPE.-It appears from
our news of this morning that the Secre-
tary of State has sent to the House o
correspondence on the subject Of increas-
ing pauperism from Europe. The Secre-
tary suggests the passage of bill empower
ing the President to send back to the countries
whence they come all paupers, Migrants or
convicts who may DO landed in the United
States, and to make the companies which
brought them here responsible for their re-
turn 1t is also suggested that heavy fine be
imposed on vessels known TO be engaged in
this trade. II will h. very difficult to pass
such bill II Ia difficult to determine
where the line shOuId be drawn. Every
poor immigrant IL not pauper Poor
men have heIped " make mp the aggregate
wealth Of the United States, and man,
simply because he Is poor, Is not TO be shut
out from the privileges o the Republic.
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The SWING TRIAL ENDED.-The trial of
the Rev. DR.. Swing before the Presbytery of
Chicago has done much to bring Presby-
terianism into contempt DR.. Swing had
been guilty Of the sin of preaching for the
benefit of q Unitarian brother. For this he
was accused of hereticd leanings by the Rev.
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DnGRAcNG JOURNALISM. Oswego Pal
ladisnn is troubled greatly because the fair
fame of the local journals is compromised by
two individuals claiming to represent the
Oswego press on the editorial excursion to the
South. The Palladium very properly disap-
proves of editorial junketing at the expense Of
the impecunious railrosds and hotels of the
South
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Tho New Ocean Telegraph Wire-Pre
caution Against Cable Eaters.

Tho New Ocean Telegraph wire-Pre-
caution Against Cable Eaters.
The new ocean cable between our shores
and England promises to defy all the subma-
rine enemies and to stand the severest strains
that may test it. The cable eaters of the deep
sea, so long despised by scientific men, are no
insignificant obstructionists to the enterprise
of modern ocean telegraphy. On the Atlantic
cable which was raised by the steamship Hi
berniaa year ago (when fault was indicated
about two hundred miles from Brest), the up
lifted strand was perforated by mollusks in its
outer covering and coated with their shells.
This cable had been laid in 1859, and in the
intervening time the marine life had pene-
trated the outer covering and had passed
between the iron wires to the gutta percha
core. Here alone they were foiled, aud in
vain made their attack on substance which
resisted their indentations and proves itself
the most important shield Of the ocean cable.
In the new cable of the Direct United States
Company, to be laid by the steamship Faraday,
this agent is to play more extensive part
than in any former structure Of the kind. The
core of the new strand is composed of thick
copper wire, encircled by eleven very fine
copper wires, served with four coatings of
gutta percha. These percha coatings, instead
Of being applied, as formerly, in long narrow
strips Of india rubber, are put on from the
soft mass of the gum while yet fresh from the
steam heating process and in o doughlike con-
dition. The pliability of the Direct Com
pany's wire is somewhat sacrificed to the su-
perior conductivity it will possess, ow-
ing to the greater thickness of the central
copper wire. To make the central
wire proof against attack it is not only in
sulated by the gum shield, but by Manila
hemp, which adds strength also. The whole
core is sheathed by ten iron wires, each of
which is hemp coated, and each hemp coating
thoroughly stepped in the tar preparation,
which seems to serve nearly as good pur-
pose as the gutta percha. These, having been
all put together are wrapped in italian hemp
for double security. The most exhaustive
tests with Thomson's rejecting galvano-
meter have been made of the splendid wire
on board the Faraday. It's immense strength
will undoubtedly secure it against any posi-
bility of strain or fracture from the action of
any submarine current, or from attrition
against the lodges of any submarine furrow
over which it may be deposited II success
fully laid it will insure, in almost any prob
ability, perfect and uninterrupted telegraphic
communication, whatever fate might befall
the present lines
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After elimpses Of Greatness.

It seems odd to read of maa
being said for the rcpose of the soul
of Napoleon l. This was among the
recent ceremonies at Chiselhurst Gen.
tainly few souls in the other world need
repose more than that Of the mighty EN-.
peror. We think Of him as of one who lived
centuries since, and yet the other day he came
as in life before an Irish judge and jury.
witness eighty-two years of age testified that
he had served in the British army under
Wellington, and that while in that service ha
was stationed at St Helena during the i'm.
prisonment of Napoleon. "Well," said thu
counsel, ''what kind of fellow was Bony?"
sHe was q right little fellow, and there ara
few like him now. We conquered him, Of
course, and he was made prisoner, and was
often out in his vessel with him." "Did you
ever discuss religion with him2" 'Like my.
sell, for long time he did not profess much
religion Qaughter)-but remember two
priests coming to the island to him. often
sat at his table and used his silver knives
and forks and drank his wine and that was
an honor. That is more than you can say,
SIR" Naughter.) The counsel must have
been bothering the old man, for he showed
temper in his answer. But this is an after
glimpse of greatness that shows how the
greatest things in life are connected with the
most trivial, and that the imperial Napoleon
may even serve to point cross-examination
in an Irish Court.
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The ADJoURNMESr.-The House yesterday
agreed to the Senate resolution for an adjourn
ment of the present session of Congress on the
22d Of June
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TRIPLE S HEET.


From our reports this morning the probabl-
ties are that Tie ,oeather to-ddy ,Oiu be generally
cloudy, cool and rainy.
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WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.- stock mar
ket was barely steady. Gold sold at 1924 and
1124, closing at the latter price.
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TIE CONNECTICUT SENAToR.--The election
Connecticut gives offence in certain quarters,
because it is alleged that the new Senator was
''rebel sympathizer" during the war which
ended ten years ago. Poor Toombs has his
counterparts at the North, who find it impos-
sible TO learn that we are at peace and united
people. The election of Senator Eaton is only
significant as showing that in Connecticut
they are disposed to adhere to the old party
lines, and that when they have the chance to
send democrat TO the United States Senate
they take care that his democracy shall be Of
the positive and unmistakable type.
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METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
No CeB Broadway.-vARIETY ENTERTAINNENT at
Ia r. n closes At 10 80 r. N.
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DALY,S FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
Twenty-eighth street and Broadway.-0LIvER TWIST
at r. NJ; closes at 10 80 r. n. Aiss Fanny Davenport
Bijou Heron. Mr. Louis JameA
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WOODS MUSEUM
Broadway, of lhlrtieth strect-FUN, at r NJ
closes 80 r. JUSTICE. at r. NJ closes ct 10 10
r. n. Louis Aldrich.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY or DESIGN,
Fourth avenue and Twenty third street-ANNUAL Elk
HlbITlOk. Open day and evening.
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THEATRE COMIQUE
No N4 Broadway.-VARIETx ENTERTAINMENT, 1t 8
7. NJ closes 1t 10 80 p. n.
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ROMAN HIPPODROME
Madison avenue and Twenty-sxth street-GRAND
Jpn.
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BRYANTS OPERA HOUSE,
Twenty third street. Sixth avenue.-NE0RO MN
STkEISY, &c. ut 3 r. NJ. closes az 10P.A
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COLOSSEUM.
Broadway, corner OF Thirty-nfth street-LONDON IN
1878 At II ~ closes ats PsA Same at r. n; closes
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WALLACk'S THEATRE,
Broadway and Thirteenth sreet-SCHOOL. At 8 r, r. I:
closes at II p. n Mr.. Lester Walack. Miss Jefreys
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Fourteenth street, of Irving place -SOIREES
nAGIQUEs, att r. N. Professor Hermann. Matinee
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TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE.
No. 201 Bow6ry.-vARTETY ENTERTAINMENT at rs
r. closes ~ 30 r n. also Ut r. NJ; closes 1T /
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CENTRAL PARK GARDEN
THOMAS CONCERTS ~ p. n. closes at 10 20 p. r.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE,
broadway, between Houston and Blocker street1-
VAUDEVILLE and NOVELTY ENTERTAINME NT, 1t
7:D T. N. closes at O,l5 p. n.
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MRS. CONwAY,s BROOKLYN THEATRE.
SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING Miss Lillian Con-
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BOOTHS THEATRE,
Sixth avenue, OF Twenty third street-DAMON
AND pyTnIAs. ats p n; closes At lO A5 r n Mr. John
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AMDSRMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
Ma m sErKoroII1AE rEEATEE
7ASP. NJ closes At 10 a30P.M
Closes sss 30 JUSTICE assf 4: CLOSES Il 10 ID
- - -1As AAeN
DALY's FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
M eo ssasss sns M
Nc. 50 s-..s-. gHHt5HH S0zs4gs
2. M. closes at 10 80 p. N.
o scsss.sy ine s s:s
OLYMPIC THEATRE,
osw .Da N aGT.c aRS Rscrs
1882. n. closes a. 80. = r n 81 AN : A'i' =
BOOTHS THEATRE,
s i 3Sas
snraF E E.s4 Lillian
NJ an TONY P.s sTeEy s oSEsA HSgsE
P.; closes a. 50 r NJ; also It r NJ; closes at Ii
BRYANrs OPERA HOUSE,
srSsIsY &C. NM H. o ia a. %
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN
THOMAS CONCERTS. ~ r. n. closes ut 10 20 p. n.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
fourteenth street. corner of Irving place -SOIREES
nAGIQUES, At . r. n. Professor Hermann. Matinee
at2P.M
NATIONAL ACADEMY or DESIGN,
Fourth avenue and Twenty third streee-ANNUAL EX-
HlbITIOk. Open day and evening.
COLOSSEUM.
Broadway, corner Of Thirty NTH street-LONDON IN
1874 at r. H. closes 1t r IL Same ut r. II closes
ROMAN HIPPODROME
Madison avenue and Twenty-sixth street-GRAND
Jpn.
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the hope of winning . party advantage by
imposing on the public. Let Mr.. Conkling
and his friends be assured that they cannot
play their card and have it too. They can
not claim the credit of attempting to
abolish the present scandalous system and
ct the same time retain all its party
advantages ON the pretence that the bill barely
failed to pass the Senate for want of time. II
II fails il win not be for want of time, but for
want Of good win.
Whatever excuse there may have been for
the introduction of the moiety system, with
its exorbitant penalties against smuggling, it's
continuance Is indefenible and intolersble.
The methods and channels of importing goods
have entirely changed since the birth of the
system. Before steam had abridged the time
and cost of internal transportation the i'm
porting business was widely distributed When
goods had to be carried in wagons from thu
points of importation, every port of entry in
every State was an original landing place fol-
the foreign goods consumed in the section Of
country Immediately back Of it In major
ity Of the ports the quantity was small, and,
perhaps, nothing less than rnoaety would
have sufaced to sharpen The vigilance and in.
spire the activity Of Custom House ofseers
and informer when the low prsoe 81 slnuggled
goods was benef. 10 tAsss aiamodlate neigh-
bors and operated 81 local exemption from
taxes. Blu. railways hsss sespAussonAeo the
importing business by communicating
in few principal porsa. The retail
dealers of the interior $50 tuus 81.
abled to select from larger stycks
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-20
A Sad Story of Suffering and Outrage.


Many are the tales of suffering among
the poor narrated by those who come in
contact with them. The World has been
canvassing the city to discover how peo-
pie live OH starvation wages, and how
they live on nothing at all. OF course
you have seen the facts and figures, but
even these give only faint idea of the
condition of things in some quarters.
One story told by an active philanthro-
pist who made careful inquiry into the
facts which he states, is so peculiarly
sad that | give it to you as briefly as
possible.
About fifteen months ago a young
Englishman and his wife, an intelii-
gent, respectable couple from London,
landed in this city. He is butcher by
occupation, and they were attendants at
MI SpurgeOn's church. Finding en-
ployment caprieious, they were obliged
10 sell oil the furniture they bought
when they went to housekeeping, and
took furnished room. In order 10 pay
expenses they resoTted TO the pawn
brokers, until their clothing, except
what they wore, was all in pawn. Then
they resorted to the next shift of the
poor TO fight the "wOlf'' a little longer,
to pledge the tickets TO some aeduaint-
ance who would not wrong them. Here
IS the list Of few:
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Designs of the Monopolists.


from the New Haven Daily Union, Jan. 2lst.
The following is an extract from let
ter received by one OF our citizens from {
well-known and prominent gentleman
of New York, Mr.. Horace II. Day. II
is important as showing the intensity
Of feeling caused by the doings Of the
monopolists:
'sThe monopolists of the East seem
madly bent rushing upon their own de
struction. The events of the last few
days in Congress and elsewhere arc full
of significance to the thoughtful stu
dent.
"Is Wall street mad, that this ruin
shall come? The people have lost hope
in the Government and their patience
is exhausted. The speech of Sherman
in the Senate is the voice of Wall street
and the majority in the Senate. This
body has its place for years, no matter
what the House of Representatives may
DO. Nothing but that madness which
is born of avarice can be so blind as not
to see the irreconciIable determination
Of the West and i'm this the South will
join 10 find a prompt solution. The
West can at any time start the cry of
secession. When this is done it will
differ widely from the former attempt
VI AHc DONlu 10 DTEah llc JULIUS Wultu
held them.
"lhe South attempted this and moved
10 force that il might perpetHdte direct
and disgraceful system of wrong. If
the West moves to obtain its freedom
from the tyranny Of monopoly it is be-
cause of the oppression of the East, and
can he compared only to closing the
door against life's resources; thus kill
ing the goose that lays the golden egg.
Already the signs are cropping out
This movement is not one to be awed
into subiection by recourse to arms, for
no arms will be taken by those in the
East who alone can bear them. Money
may indeed buy the arms, but money
to-day in such an issue will not buy the
men to bear them.
''Such a movement once set i'm motion
will he found such a positive demand
that, like an overcharged fountain, il
will shun old barriers and find new ele-
ments to the sea.
"'The great flood now rising i'm the
West, spurns the mean selfshness OF
the East, and rising in its might, will
find, ere another year has passed, 8
more profitable channel for its tide o.
gold and grain. Then the starving sea.
board may look in vain for the evi.
denee of its great commerce. POohi pooh
sneeringly cries the monopOlists; yet
just as surely as time rolls on, and the
sun rises and sets, just so surely this /,
the next great result-the outgrowth oi
causes it requires no prophet 10 disclose.
Western men who represent power nc
longer to be despised, say, we mean
business at once. We only wait with
bated breath to see the determination
of the Government at Washington, and
we have the men at work already who
will carry this into execution, while
your miserable Government is quib-
bling over straws.' Yet, in face of all
this, madness rules the hour. Nero fid-
dies while the match is being lighted.
The glory Of the nation is departing"
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HOME NEWS.
WOODS IN WINTER.


By HENRY wADswORTH LoSGFKLLow.
When winter winds are piercing chill,
And through the hawthorn blows the gale
vVifb solemn feet tread the hill
Thaf oyerbrows the lonely vale.
O,sr the bare upland, and away
Through the long reach Of desert woods,
The mbracing sunbeams chastely play,
And gladden. these deep solitudes.
Where, twisted round the barren oak.
The summer vine in beauty clung
And summer winds the stiffness broke
The crystal icicle is hung.
Where, from their frozen urns, mute springs
Pour out the rivers gradual tide:
Shrilly the skaters iron rings
And voices I'LL the woodland side.
Alasi how changed from the fair scene.
When birds sang ont their mellow Law
And winds were soft, and woods were green.
Ana the song ceased not with the day
But still, wild music is abroad,
Pale, desert woods, within your crowd.
And gathering winds. in hoarSe accord.
Amid the vocal reeds pipe loud.
Chill airs and wintry windsi my ear
Has grown familiar with your song.
hear II In the opening year,
listen anc u cheers me long.
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-, The evening after the famous raid on
ehe dance-hOuse near the Bowery,
nearly month ago, the wife was going
20 20 see an acquaintance TO pledge several
~ no. hef tickets to get a few dollars to
Sfny fnIn;sh ehe room-rent for the week and
no lu,rlsh something to eat. AT fhe
ossae oi Bowery and Canal streets an
oIl,oer oInDe , sad abruptly TO her. Scome
e'p.'S for q9 win wiz me, want you" nWbat
lOI was the reply Of the as,o,;sho5 Ia
woman "Oh, you'll see soon ,ol,,sle1 s,'n,.,l .,i
Was, was the a answer, as he marched H.
UTo Iar for 20 odjng 5Re LO@6s demanding one dol
notify her husband that She r WI nome TO
oner. She had just pawned = t,ra Prls-
three OF her tickets for 81 5O' Of SI,on OF
she paid one dollar to send the nesSa.cl
in the morning, against all her ro,1se
sentations and those of her husband sSc
was sent TO Blackwell's Island on fbs
mere presumption of the officer that shs
was a street girl. Such is life within
the very shadow of the palatiaI resi-
denees Of the rich of Fifth Avenue.