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The daily gazette., 1874-12-15

GaAxr q ssposte - l1rus, ll66tans
speech Of Hon. Samuel landau that be
had been publicly exposed In misrepre-
saut1ng the affairs Of the District Of Co
lqmbia.. He accuses the Commissioners
% d0eeiviug Lim In regard to theaDts-
tTact debt and ragged furiously ct them.
The 4.n, In referring to the matter, cites
the tolaowing, precedent for President
Giants consideEstion:
On one occasion President Buchan-
~, while preparing one Of his messages,
discovered that very gross errors had
been made by the Postmaster General
IN bis Hnancial settlement, and after er-
amining the figures closely Mr.. lBochan.
an began to suspect that these error,
we're Intentionally made, and thereupon,
although it was late at night, he ais
patched messenger to summon the
Rostmaster General, Mr.. Brown, to the
White House. That official hurried, and
was not O. little astonished when the
president, In his stern manner, demand
ed an explanation. Mr.. Brown was una-
Bile to unravel the figures, and after pug.
sling over them for some time, confessed
his inability to account for the discrep-
ancy, and suggested that his chief clerk
might be able to do it in the morning.
That viii not do" said the irate Presi.
dent. Send for him at once" It was
now past midnight, but the chief clerk
was summoned from his bed and hurried
to the White House at his wits end.
He was, however, able to straighten out
the confused statement. and to satisfy
Mr.. Buchanan that there was no inten-
| ton to deceive; and thercupon master
and man wero dismissed with many
apologies for the inconvenience TO which
they had been put. Ii thoy had not
been able to explain satisfactorily thei,'
errors, does any one believe MIR. Buchau
an would have allowed the Postmaster
| General to remain another hour at the
head Of that Department. His official
head would havo fallen then and there.
| Now let Mr.. Grant take the official
heads OF the men who led him into SO
gross an error that he is now forced to
stand before the world in the attitude Of
man who has made a statement intend
ed to deceive and mislead not only the
| public but Congress also. This is no
light Or trifing offence, it is one that
ought to be visited with even q severer
penalty than instant dismissal from Of
hce for cause
The daily gazette., 1874-12-15
The Shin Canal.

To tbs Editors Of he Baltimore Ga.ette
Il find In the Cambridge Ch1on'c1e OF
December 9th well written article
from your paper, on the Delaware and
Chesapeake ship canal. You say,
truly, s"The ridge or backbone of the
peninsula steadily decreascs in eleva.
ton as it passes southwark, until It
subsidies altogether into the alluviall
flats and marshes of Dorchester and
Somerset. suggest that instead OF
cutting through any part OF that
"ridge of backbone Of the peninsula" !"
you should commence in those flats In
Dorchester, at Cabin Creek, on the
Great Choptank river (which is navi.
gable for large vessels that far HpD and
take a direct line from there across 10
the Delaware Bay, just above the
Breakwater. You will find that this
is not only a much shorter line, but, in
digging canal, much less difficult to
accomplish, and, above all other ad-
vsntages, much nearer to the ocean
than any route I have heard named.
J. NJ. B.
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once seeking at the Capital.

"Wait till my Senator comes" said
fastish young lady the other day, and
YOU will soon see me holding q 5000 posi-
ton in the Treasury" But it is said,"
remarked an acquaintance. that lady
runsa great risk Of being grossly insult
ed in soliciting the friendly Offices OF
Congressmen-in fact they require tbs
promise of a qrid pro quo for their ser.
vices." "That may all be very true"
replied the young lady, "but what great
and and then he % forgetting ali about bout It when
you get into officer" That might be
safe method OF procedure in the case OF
young ladies' of q certain class, but it
would scarcely be advisable in majori-
ty Of cases. A young and fine looking
married lady went to q Senator. last
winter, to ask his intercossion in the
line OF an office under Uncle Sam. After
short conversation. during which the
Senator sat by the lady's side on ths
sofa, IN one of the committee rooms. he
became somewhat familiar and attempt
ed to entwlne his arm about her waist.
She resented the insult, when he said.
"Excuse me, madam, but you are the
handsomeat lady I ever saw" I did
not come here for compliments" she re-
Piled. "but to request your aid In get
me employment. Ii you cannot help
me ! will go to Senator -, who
know will do his best for me-" The play
full Senator, seeiug his mistake. proceed.
ed to back water. and promised to do
everything in his power to secure her
tho Office. He never succeeded, simply
because he never tried. after ascertain
ing the metal of the applicant, and the
hopelessness OF qaid for his quo. 1t IL
unnecessary to say. however, that mem
bers Of Congress do fnd plenty OF i'm
questionable material among the female
office seekers, which accounts for the
fact that tho reputation Of many Of the
female employees in the departments is
far from enviable
The daily gazette., 1874-12-15
OHANGD
IN
PRICES OF ICE.

so pounds daily, 40 cents sch delivery; 100
pounds daily. ~ cents each delivery; 500 lbs.
and upwards. at 90 cents per 100 pounds
As-We guarantee to sell as low as any one
in this city. .-Ea
PUSEY T. RICE.
Walnut SITS. apr7tf
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Miss Cushman is stated to have made

Miss Cushman is stated to have made
more money than any other American
actor except Forrest" This Is hardly
accurate. The richest actor this coun-
try has produced, and who still keeps
his fortune, is John E. Owens. who
has increased his estate by judicious
investment. tits worth nearly, II not
quite, million. Next to Owens comes
Jefferson, who is not only rich in in
terest paying securities, but has plan
tations and estates in Louisiana, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and elsewhere,
and is constantly and is largely adding
to his capital. Mr.. Barney Williams
IL also rich man, worth not less than
half a million; owns valuable produc-
tive real estate in New York city; has
governments" and 10 constantly max
ing money. There are many American
actors who have earned and saved
enough upon the interest of which they
can live handsomely--Lester Wallack,
Chanfrau, Edwin Adams, Florence.
William Warren. Maggie Mitchell,
Lotta, and others.
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4 Hsw wSaAer.
4 MAMMOTH GAVE pfs0ovEaRD IN CHEZ
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The vicinity d Howellville, this
county says the West Chester Local
Nesss, 10 al astir over the discovery of
what seems to be mammoth cave up.
on Mr.. Paxson's property close by the
village. A few weeks ago, Mr.. P. sold
his farm to Q gentlemen hailing from
Bridgeport, Montgomery county, who
at once opened upon 1t 4 limestone and
marble quarry. During the early part
of last week, while some workmen
were engaged in drilling rock pre-
paratory to blasting, there suddenly
opened a large crevice, revealing ca.
vern ofalmost frightful dimensions. To
speak OF Its extent, we cannot definite
IIy at this writing. A correspondent
writes OF the new sensation as follows:
- can scarcely form any idea of the
length, depth and area OF this suddenly
disclose cavern. Our investigations
have been staid for the present by an
tmpassablc body Of water, but which
will be bully explored as soon as we
can build q small raft or boat for the
purpose. From what / can see of the
cave and CLEAN from others who have
looked deeper into its mouth than
have, am inclined to believe it to
vary in height or depth, as you choose
to term 1t, at from 8 to 18 feet. The
water is as clear as crystal, the bottom
being easily seen, but as yet 70 one
has fathomed it. Various estimates
are ventured as to its depth, which
vary from to 10 feet. l have seen
some Of the stalactities and they are
splendid. There are several apartments
in the cave, and much of the marble
is as beautifully polished as through 1t
had just passed the hands of finished
artisan. The vault is quite beautiful
and some of the rock assumes fantas.
tic and beautiful forms, quite interes-
ing to look upon. 1t would be rather
surprising if Chester county should
rival Kentucky in the way Of a nam.
moth cave.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-15
NEW ADYERTLSElENz 3,
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The Weekly Sun, p.,.. !. '.'s:, .sa:: 3:

&6o&11 per day at home. Terms free. Ad-
yJTVdv dress aE0. sTINs0S 4 Co.. Portland
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Miss Proctor vs.. tseneral T,utler.

In connection with the settl ement Of
the Proctor.Moulton case, the Brook.
lyn Eagle states that the lady took oc.
casion to give Gener al Butler piece
Of hel mind. The interview took place
in the psrlors Of Mr.. B. F. Itillmen,
the referee In the ca se. She informed
General Butler that she held him re.
sponsible for the DR.; lgging Of her name
through the filth an d mud of the scan
dal; that he was i lwyer and the ad.
wiser Of the staten, snt, What had she
to do with the Qual trels Of Beecher and
Tilton2 And to s. ~ the least she con
sidered his (Gen. ! ,utler'S conduct in
the matter as cont smptible in the ex
treme, and utterly unworthy Of a law
yer who makes ar " pretensfons to be
ing q gentlemen. The lady is evident
ly right about Ge q. Buffers response
bility IN the case.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-15

An aged resident of Flushing, who
was present at the new water works
celebration there yesterday, was heard
to remark, after taking q sip Of the
fluid, that on the whole, he rather liked
it as beverage, aud hoped It would
some day come to be generally adopt
ed by Long Islanders.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-15
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The New York herald., 1874-07-29
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Hale wants to be senator instead of Hamlin.
Newport is 10 have a mounted police. 1t win
comprise man and horse.
Mr.. Dewitt {. Littleohn, OF Oswcgo, n Y, Is
stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Some people are troub!in !, themselves about tho
ques. ion whether Lady Amoerly was an inidel
Count Zannini, Secretary OF the Italian Legation
at Washington, Is soourning at the Albemarl0
Hotel.
Colonel J. W. Barlow, of the Engineer Corps,
United states Army Is quartered at the Everett
House.
Professor M. b. Anderson, President Of the
Rochester University has apartments at the Ev-
erett House.
Mr. william E. Chandler, formerly Assistant Sec.
rotary of the Treasury, Is residing at the Filth
Avenue Hotel.
Senior Don Luis Polo dc Bernabe, OF the Spanish
Legation at Washington, is registered at the Met
ropoitan Hotel
General I. p. Mott Of the Egyptian army, with
his wife, sailed on the steamship Goethe yester-
day, ON his way TO Alexandria.
Colonel Michael V. Sheridan aid de-camp to mis-
brother, Lieutenant General Sheridan, has quar-.
ters at the Filth Avenue Hotel
General Thomas II. Nelson, OF Indiana, late
United States Minister to Mexico, yesterday ar
rived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
TO the TWO great qnestlOnS-Wno strucK Billy
Patterson aud who Killed Tecumseh another has
been added. James A. sylvester, ofAustn, Texas,
says that he and not General Robinson captured
Santa Anna.
NJ Fontainc, jewelier OF Havre, exhibits In his
window o beautiful tobacco jar made OF polished
steel representing a capstan ana other marine ap.
paratus It was made for Mr. Moses Grinnell for
yacht race prize.
They have poet in Newport who thus adver.
tises the climate at that favorite resort
Blest Is your LOT, who draw e's breath
Here, in this tempered island air,
Where soft sunlight qulckeneth
That .shines serene, but dotn not glare"
The Prince OF Wales has had another escaps
from being injured by n headiong shorseman. A.
the Aldershot review trOop-horse, becoming
unmanagcabe, dashed ut full speed against ths
prince who was mounted, and nung both horss
and rider TO the ground The Prince, however
escaped unhurt, ana was III the saddle again In a
lew minutes.
A baby is about to make its dtbvt In Rio Janciro
whose appearances may make difference. The
Count d'Eu ana the Princess Imperial have arrived
from France TO fulfil the constitutional clause
which prescriOes that the heirs OF the throne snail
be boin In Brazil. II the child is q male he wiz
set aside the sons OF the younger sister, the
deceased Princess Lsopoldlna,
The New York herald., 1874-07-29

FRENCH INTERNATIONAL REGATTA-By our
special cable despatch we learn that the inter-
national regatta organized by the Club de
France has furnished American yachtsmen
with an opportunity of distinguishing them
selves. Although the Enchantress, represent
ing America, had the misfortune to be be-
calmed all night, she managed by clever sail
Ing to get in first Owing to time allow.
ance the race will, however, be decided in
flvor of the Coriana. We are glad to see that
the French are waking up to the importance Of
cultivating amatVr seamanship. 1t will dc
much to remove the antipathy to the sea only
too prevalent in France, and may be the
means of improving considerably French sea-
manship.
The New York herald., 1874-07-29

England Will De regarded ns INC uefinoA'1
insisted upon regarding the frdnc-tireirs in
France, as spies and mutineers to be captured
and shot II at once becomes incumbent for
England and Holland and Belgium, and other
nations, where there is not large standing
army to arm at once A principle like this
would make America powerless in the event Of
the landing of an attacking army, and give the
German columns clear and practically unde-
Tended road from Dover to London.
Furthermore, we have maritime questions to
be considered. England and France have q
large navy. England especially is powerful
enough to drive the flag of any other nation
from the seas. Suppose this Congress enacts
that no vessel belonging to country with
which another country is at war shall be at
tackled, provided she is a merchantman on a
peaceable errand and not carrying stores to
the enemy. The effect of such q law would be
TO limit and practically destroy the influence
'of England's naval power as an antagonist of
her enemy's commerce. If a nation can make
war and at the same time, continue her CON-
merce unmolested, then there is renewed
temptation to war in the removal Of one of its
most formidable dangers And so from this
to other questions These are the three rules
in reference to the rights and duties of neutrals
adopted in our Washington Treaty and result
ing in the Geneva Conference. What is to
become of them9 England has not shown
any undue enthusiasm in their behalf Will
the Congress be more consderate? So long
as the Congress confines itself to explosive
bullets and the treatment of newspaper cor
respondents its deliberations will be Of about
the same value as those of our own MIR.
Bergh and his Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. So long as its
members confne themselves to the sentiment
of war and the passage Of humane and
Christian resolutions no one will criticise or
complain. Such meetings do good in this,
that they give the essayists employment But
war is war, and no Congress can invent a
panacea by which it can be made as harm
less as peace. War means destruction and
overthrow, and the only Congress that can
moderate it is the army which has the largest
number of guns. We are convinced that this
Congress has some graver purposes in view
than any that have been alleged; that its in
tention is to commit the Powers represented
in its sessions to some new policy on inter-
national questions. Such decision, how
ever, would seem to be impossible consider
ing the jealousies and distrust that now per-
wade the diplomacy of Europe, and the reso-
luton on the part Of England, at least, to
consent to no such amendment of the laws of
war as will place her wealth and unarmed
population, and more especially her tremen-
dous navy, at the mercy of great military
nations like Germany, Russia and France.
The New York herald., 1874-07-29

Mr.. STANLEY's EXPEDITION. We acknowl-
edge the receipt of large number of COM
munications from all parts of the country and
from people Of various accomplishments and
adventurous character. These correspondents
have been inspired by the successes and the
fame of Mr.. Stanley in his former expedition
in search of Livingstone and are anxious to
accompany him in the expedition which he
now commands in behalf of the London 7ele-
graph and the HERALD in search of the haunts
of the slave trade and the sources of the Nile.
Some of these wish to attend to the astronomy
of the expedition others are physicians,
who would like to look after its health.
Two or three are enthusiastic mission
aries, who would be happy to convert the
heathen Africans. Some are journalists eager
to write the history of the enterprise, but the
majority are young men possessed with the
spirit Of adventure. One wretched person
whose domestic life is unhappy would like to
bury his sorrows in Ujiji. We cannot make
personal responses to these applications, and
we say now in a general way, and as an answer
to all such letters, that Mr.. Stanley's exped-
ton is complete, that there are no vacancies
and that it Is impossible to consider any
OF the applications with which we have been
hOnored
The New York herald., 1874-07-29

ICELAND The announcement that Mr.. Cy-
rus W. Field will 60 to Iceland for the cele-
bration. to be accompanied by Mr.. Halstead,
of the Cincinnati Commercial, shows the inter
est that is felt y-Americans in this new and
interesting country. The peculiar position of
Iceland in the geography of the world leads
US to hope for the best results from these in
vestigations. The HERALD expedition, under
the command OF Dr. l. l. Hayes, the cele-
brated Arctic explorer, will make thorough
examination of the island. The subject is one
1pon which the Doctor is we'll informed, and
his reports will be valuable contributions to
science and history.
The New York herald., 1874-07-29
state Assessors and the City Assessment

state Assessors and tho City Assessment.
The report of the Commissioners of Tax and
Assessment answers completely the complaint
so often made by country politicians that this
city is not sufficiently taxed on its valuation.
So far from this charge being true the figures
prepared by the Commissioners show con-
clusively that both personal property and real
estate are taxed in the city on much higher
valuation than is country property. The
State assessors seem to labor under the idea
that because New York is rich she should be
taxed at much higher rate than less pro-
gressive districts In fact, there is something
like desire to impose fine on our CONNER
cial activity. If New York possesses
great wealth, she has right to
contribute proportionately to the ex-
penses of the State government; but
there can be no justification for imposing a
higher rate Of taxation on Es~ York assessed
property than on property in any other city
The New York herald., 1874-07-29
he Mayor on Unfaithful Public
O0cers.

Mayor Havemeyer sent.a communication to
the Board Of Assistant Aldermen, at their
meeting the day before yesterday, the tone of
which will meet with general approval The
Assistant Aldermen had at prior session
adopted resolution requesting the Commits
sioners appointed for the opening of Seventy
third street, east of Third avenue to pro-
ceed at once and complete their labors, so
that the street might be made available to the
property owners. The Mayor in returning
this resolution without his approval reminds
the Assistant Aldermen that the Commits
sioners to whom these instructions are ad-
dressed are William Chalmers Thomas
Conan and Cornelius J. Farley; that these
persons were appointed some time ago by
Judge Cardozo; that they ''belong to an
era which has now happily passed. and
that he does not think it desirable
''to invest them with any new vital
ity." MIR. Havemeyer's letter was no
doubt prompted by the fact that one of these
Commissioners Thomas Conan, is under in
dictment for misdemeanor committed while
he held position in the city government, and
involving a violation of his oath of Office.
Mr. Conan has never been tried on the in
dictment, for the reason that he thought it
more advisable TO absent himself temporarily
from the city than to stand the risk of trial.
Nevertheless, a man over whose head hangs
an indictment for malfeasance in Office ought
not, as Mayor Havemeyer implies, to hold o
IN nd IL uorl1 t.,
interests of the city to invest such person
with any ''new vitality" after he has been
once disposed of.
1t is pity that similar sense of the pro-
lection due to the people was not realized by
Mayor Havemeyer in the case of the two Po-
lice Commissioners, Gardner and Charlick,
who were invested with ''new vitality" by
the Mayor, not only while indictments were
hanging over their heads but after they had
been tried and convicted of misdemeanor
involving a violation of their official oaths.
Every person will agree with the Mayor that
Thomas Conan is not desirable person to
be invested with a public trust, even of such
secondary importance as street opening.
But they will also insist that Gardner and
Charlick, after having been found guilty of
a violation Of their oaths of office, and with
other indictments hanging over them, were
not proper persons to be intrusted with the
control of the police force OF the city. 1t is
to be regretted that the Mayor did not see his
line OF duty as clearly in regard to his own
Police Commissioners as in the case of judge
Cardozo Commissioners for opening Seventy
third street.
The New York herald., 1874-07-29

THE ENDORSEMENT BY THE ASSISTANT AL
DERMEN of the charges preferred against the
Mayor by the Board of Aldermen gives addi-
tional force to the action OF the latter Board.
The charges now stand as the indictment of
the Mayor by the Common Council, in both
branches. Is tho direct representatives of the
people Of New York Of al political parties.
The New York herald., 1874-07-29

The ASSISTANT ALDERMEN are looking for
information from the Comptroller as to the
true condition of the city finances. We wish
they may get it.
The New York herald., 1874-07-29

appear before such tribunal, and he cannot
fail to appreciate the fact that the genuine.
ness OF the letters is to be assumed until he
traverses it. If he fails to prosecute Tilton or
to answer the charges he must accept the
popular verdict, but it would be an outrage to
drag him into police court and question him
concerning his own and another honor
The New York herald., 1874-07-29
S HE E L.
THE HERALD FOR THE SUMNER RESORTS.
To NEwspEALERs AND THE PUBLIC:

The New YORK HERALD will run special
train between New York, Saratoga and Lake
George, leaving New York every Sunday dur
ing the season at half-past three o clock A. NJ,
and arriving at Saratoga at nine o'clock
A. NJ, for the purpose OF supplying the
SUNDAY HERALD along the line Newsdealers
and others are notified to send in their orders
to the HERALD Office as early as possible.
The New York herald., 1874-07-29

From our reports this morning the probabitides
are that The neathey today ,ciN be partly cloudy
tcith light local rains.