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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

encourage the vonalty. frauds, ana pecu-
lations which have grown TO hc So enor-
nous, and are daily disclosed in one form
or another.
If ever there was n period when the
Chief Magistrate and his adv isers should,
by honorable conduct and disregard Of
selfish considerations. have given an ex-
ample worthy TO be initiated and respect
ed, il is now. when all industrial pursuits
are Frustrated, commerce is laneuishing,
enterprise is stricken down, and a million
and more of mechanics and laboIci-,
willing and anxious to work, are without
cmplO, mcnt, and in actual want. Instead
Of eXhiJ.dng the least concern for this
widespread misery, the President and the
Cabinet have been feastiug and registering
Mt the public expense, rs if there was Il
flush prosperity, aud amusement was the
first obligation of public servants.
They may fiddle in the midst Of all this
ruin and starvation, without sympathy
for the suffering poor or generous emo
ton for the misfortunes that have over
taken Thousands. A day Of reckoning is
not far distant
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

The California newspapers continue their
demands for information as to the influences
which kept PINSEY, the ASCENDING defaulter,
in his place clerk In the naval pay Inspectors
Office, when his unntnoss for tue place was no.
torious TO the public. The attempt to lay the
blame upon Senator COLE has resulted in signal
failure. for II has trans pired that Mr.. COLE
three years ago learned that PISSEY was max
ing corrupt use Of his opportunities, and en-
tered formal complalny against him at the
Navy Department, receiving PROMISE from
SRC0R RoBESON that SPAULDISG, the pay in-
spector, should he transferred to Philadelphia
as the most practicable means of getting rid Of
PINSEY, whom, II seems, the Secretary did NOT
dare to discharge. The absurdity Of Charging
the responsibility for PINSEY's r. tention unon
Mr. COLE is the more apparcr... in consideration
Of the notorious fact nat ever since EFFIGY
SARGENT appeare'. ne the extra ofIlclous de
fender 81 P0BEsoS at the time OF the sECoR
frauG l.vestisation, he has had unlimited con-
t.ol over navy matters on the Pacific coast.
The result will surprise no one who knows the
man. PINNEY, who was AN active politician aud
a member Of the Republican County Committee
| OF Alameda county, has fled the country. after
having committed frauds to the extent Of about
n milllon-perhaps a great deal more; and the
| San Francisco newspapers assert that the reason
| why such secrecy Is observed in the proceedings
| against his immediate superior Pay Inspector
! SPAULpGNG.is that II IA feared that other rns-
| calities Of the Pacific Coast Navy Ring will be
| exposed, duplicating mot IA few politicians Of
high degree" IT is not din to guess whl
these politicians are.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

1t is n singular fact that Of late years
whenever a Republican official becomes de-
faulter it is pretty certain TO turn out that his
bonus, Ii lie has given any, are Invalid from
some cause q. other. II Ia said that the bonds
given by MAGRUDks,, the late Ring Treasurer OF
the District OF Columbia, are worth precisely
their value a. old paper; and GnY II appears
that the bondsmen OF SooY, the dcfau!'ng Re
publican Treasurer Of New jersey. intend to
contest their Asbillty 70 make good his d.fllcA-
ion :. the New Jersey senate, Ia. "inter the
Democrats Objected " the acceptance Of his
bond. arguing that it could not be enforced; but
the kcpu blicans having siority In that branch
Of the Legislature, overruled this attempt to
protect the state from loss, notwithstan ding
that the most damaging reports were then in
circulation in regard TO the treasurer In fact
he was only kept in Office by the action Of the
Republican Senate, which refused to 20 into
joint session with the House, as required b. law,
for the purpose Of filing the vacancies which
had been created by the expiration Of SooY's
term of once, aud that Of other Republicans
who were holding over, 49,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

After II continuous absence of four aud
n half months ana many wandering the
President has at last returned 70 the
capital, where the law supposcs him to lee
constantly present, discharging the duties
which he has sworn to perform. He quit
Washington for Long Branch on the Sd
OF last June, and with the solitary eXcep-
ton Of half day on the 2lst Of July, he
has not appeared there since that time
until now.
Measured merely by dollars and ceut-,
this absence has cost the country pretty
dearly. The present salary is AT the rate
of s131 per day in round numbers or 1870
for every hour Of the ten estimated to be
fun days work in ordinary pursuits or
$50 for every hour of the twenty-four
working, idling, or sleeping. He has thus
drawn from the Treasury Sls0si without
having rendered any service whatever ex-
cept to sign oficiai papers at Long Branch
and to lastly the record by dpretended
execution Of them as done at Washing
ton"
II is thus seen that for more than
third OF the whole year, GRANT
has utterly abandoned the public
trusts i'll order to crafty his per-
sonal tastes for pleasure, and without any
alleged or actual cause whatever to justify
so culpnbe a neglect of duty, or TO excuse
so gross defiance Of the common law of
propriety This conduct is the more rep
rchensihle from the fact that he is now
receiving double the pay allowed to any
former President, and that it was procured
TO- nd Il
20 other emoluments which exceed three
fold those voted to Mr. LINCOLN
The effect of this example is not to hC
estimated in money only, large rs th'
charge on the Treasury is at a time of un
precedented distress, and when every dol
lar has more than its usual value. 1t ha
demoralized the public service most scri
ously. The Cabinet felt justified in fol
lowing in the footsteps of their chief, ant
during the whole past summer they hav
been gazetted rs junketng about tn
country, at horse races, weddings, clam
bakos. rcgattas, and everywhere but a
the place whore duty commanded then
% be. For several weeks together Their
was not member Of the Administrator
at Washington, and rarely more than tw
for few days couseoutvely. And re
gently, there has been no authorize
officer at all 10 sign the papers Of the Int
lior Department.
As a necessary consequence OF this glai
ing abuse, the business OF the country r.
curing prompt attention and the persout
caro- Of those charged with the chief r.
probabilities, has suffered far more tina
can be safely stated from the want Of pre-
else data. 1t has come 10 be assumed tha
the machinery Of government except fo
routine and details is stopped during tn
summer because of this abscntecisn
which beginning with the President IN
Cabinet, extends TO all the heads Of III
rcaus, ana includes the chiefs Of division
in every department.
Practically, therefore, the GovernmcI
las been ia the hands of subordhatcs fro
juno g. October. GRANT originated IN
soandalous system, and he has lived up
u since 1870, expanding 1t every year. III
temptations offered by the want Of supc
VISION and the loose modes of account
LlltJ thus accepted, L4Ye doA9 Mueb
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

1t looks rs if the perpetrators Of the out
race on CHARLES G.. KELSEY, who was tarred
and feathered, mutllated, and believed 90 have
been murdered, on the night OF Nov. 4, ls12. in
the village of Huntington, T.. l., are to escape
punishment. The jury, before whom DR.. BANKS
and ROYAL SAMMfs have been on trial at River
head the past three days for participating In the
crime, yesterday rendered verdict Of not
guilty. As this was test case, II is very doubt
full whether the indictments Tor murder against
the accused will ever be brought 20 trial unless
umeentlng efforts are made by friends Of the
victim and law-abiding citizens to press the
matter. No civilized community can afford to
let an outrage like this pass into oblivion while
there Is the slightest chance Of convictiug those
who committed the crime.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16
A correspondent asks us to explain why

A correspondent asks us to explain why
we say that GRANTS Des Moines speech ndi-
Gates perverted moral nature. Because II not
only contempates and ioretes with GOODNESS,
and without any sentiment Of horror, a bloody
war between American citizens, growing out Of
differences in religion, hut II is calculated TO TO-
ment aud encourage, with all the authority Of
the Presidential office, suoh damnable auimosi-
ties. 1t is not only intensely wicked, but hostile
to the Constitution ana TO the traditional policy
of the country. No man Of an upright mind aud
true American heart could entertain such
ideas or deliver such speech.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16
A correspondent does not agree with us
that JAY GoUID's Tribune is an uniting monu-
ment 10 HORACE GnEELEY. lie tays:

"GGEELEy drew fls words from wen Of Eng sh I'M.
denlCd. lie honest earnest philann0li st one
OF the gians that were IN our d1ys man Attended ny
the huauVl success that indirectly uut surely ful
lows those who are wise as ecipcnts hu urmlcss as
doycs what could Apty illustrate his worth than
the great falling % in these pa .9als causec NJ ms
paper by hs death HIS paper Therefore in lbs decay
ana all things merely human must DECAYS IKE the
ruined CltnuIc nbbuls la England, whose WO uis ARE
gone, whose charlie gone, but winch by the cun-
trlst and by a certain neifccable beauty attest tie
glory which has LEFT the land.'
This is fancful, but it might better be said
that JAY GOULD and his stool pigeon by Prov
ing that insincerity, tIickery, and feebleness
are unequal TO the task of sustaining the
reputation and continuing the influence of a
once great newspaper have done Journalism a
service. BY their failure they warn OF other
frauds and sharks from attempting to Ill their
pockets and CRAFTY their vanity by the pteten-
tious assumption of journalistic positions for
which they are fitted by reason of neither ability
nor honesty The disgrace which has befallen
JAY GoULD's Tribune is not a tribute 10 HORACE
GREELEY, but happy proof that "a fraud has a
poor show in newspaper which pretends 10
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

When GRANT removed SAM BARD from
the Atlanta Post Once under the well founded
apprehension that that versatile statesman and
writer might seriously impern the thrd-term
project by starting and editing several news
napers 10 advocate il, many people supposed
that the decapitated postmaster's enthusiasm in
behalf Of movement In which he undoubtedly
Is the most distinguished leader would suffer a
collapse. But they little knew the man. SAM
BARD is not TO be rebuGed by contumely, neither
can ngratitude induce him To turn back from d
path which he has marked out o pursue; and SO
we hnd him asserting in the Atlanta state Jour
nal that he is fully convinced that As the voice
of the people is the voice OF Con, President
GRANT will be forced 70 accede TO the popular
will. and allow tac Use OF his naIno As the mean,
of saving the country from bankruptcy, repudi
alton, and ruin" such devotion under the mos
dscouraging circumstances deserves reward
and If GRANT is reelected he can certainly Dc
no less than to make BARD Postmaster-Gen era
at the very least
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

A very curious volume, Interesting TO antigua
res, is THE Collection OF inward of Thirty THOUSAND
Names of German, swss, nutch French, aud other Im
erants IN Pennsylvania" of which second clit on
has just been publ hoi, with German translation by
Professor L. DANIEL kUpP.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

Ben BUTLER wants the national dollar
stamped upon some conve'. tent and cheap
material OF the le.s. possible intrinsic value,
ana never 10 ." redeemed. At the same time,
he WANT 1t quite equal to, or little better
th'.. the present value OF the ave. rage gold dol
lar Of the world" How can dollar of no Ia
trinsic value and nevcrtn b, redeemed have any
value whatsoever? The General must either
take the people he addresses for fools, or he
great fool himself, to talk such rubbish as he
does
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

1t is announced from Washington that
Lieut. Col. FRED GRANr ia expected in that
city to take al active interest In the new bank
ing house In which he IS a partner. IL must not
be supposed, however. that the United States
army IL to be deprived u this distinguished or
namont to the service. A his arduous duties
In travelling over the world at the public ex-
pense, ana improving the tone OF society in the
national capital by his residences there, have
been out inadoquately rewarded 10y hi Tapid
promotion over the heads Of deserving Officer
who have risked their lives IN actual warfare, we
are informed t.;st he has concluded not to re-
sign bis commission Ia ,he army, but will con-
tinue to draw pay usual unicr a grant Of u
years leave Of absence, which can be renewed
indehnitely-sp long as his pa remains in oiice.
Among the blessings that might be rrckOned on
as compensation Tor the excitement which
woG,a s.teud the rejection Of PRESIDE.
GRANT, We may include the certainty that a
third term Of ULYSSES would give the country
likewise a third term of FRED aud OWL
GRANT, and Of CAsEY, and OF al the DENTS aud
their relations TO the remotest degree OF con-
sanguinty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

As the liver Is easily disordered. and a great
deal OF bilious distress apt - prevail during the spring,
Dr. Jaynes SRn1tNc Pills are tt seasOuahe efficacy,
u4JVueASbs. -AAp.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16
The following communication reached
us Yesterday In the form Of postal card

US yesterday in the form Of postal card
Please stop my srs. don't want see another
copy Of New l0rk plper about my place { business.
Nol are an yet internal 'raitors f. the y mocrac
party. 900 NJ. W. WALLACE
We are sorry to decline polite request, but In
this case it is impracticahle to comply. our
correspondent has paid for The suS lis sub
sctlption has been entered upon our books. and
there is no way Of taking 1t Of until 1t regularly
expires.
But what does Mr.. WALLACE mean by saying
that THE SIN IA = traitor to the Demo attic
partyY We have never taken Al oath " ale
glance to that party. II does not own us, and
has no claim upon IA. except in 50 far rs its pol
icy and its can iijates are for the good OF the
country. when we support 1t. we do so because
such action il exactel by our convictions re-
specting the public welfare; and we remain per-
fectly free to support any other party when we
think the interests Of the country would he pro-
NOTED thereby THE SrN is an independent
newspaper. and IL Mr.. WALLACE wishes for one
Of thoroughsoing party stripe. he will have T.
look elsewhere that is to say, after his subscrip
ton 10 The sUN mas expired.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

The Rev. BLNoSI |. IVES of Cayuga coun-
ty, who has been selected nv the Republicans az
their candidate for one Of the most responsible
state Offices, In a speech delivered at meeting
OF Methodist ministers, held in Boston few
months ago. said he longed for the appearance
Of some colored man able 70 become leader
among his people, welding the sword and torch.
The man has made his appearance, and his name
Ia BnOwN. lie is the negro Sheriff Of Coahoma
county. Mississippi and. according to a report
signed by both white and cOlored citizens, In
GLIDING the United states Senator, Mr.. ALCORN,
he has succeeded In leading a good many Of his
ignorant followers on the direct road to the gal
lows. To be sure, BROwN does not WELD the
sword much. for he took TO his heels at the first
show Of resistance when he organized band Of
armed negroes to capture Triar's Point; but
he can incite others to ilOodshed aud son
even more effectively than Brother IVES him
self, as the news from Mississippi has shown.
He declared to the colOred people that while
the cotton-gin houses are in the possession Of
the whites, the torch In the hands Of the colored
men is the remedy for their grievances ;und
from the namber Of incendiary fires which have
occurred In his ueirhhOrhOod, IL seems hat his
words have not fallen upon unfruitful ground.
In the mean time all decent men, without dis
tinction 0f party or race, unite In denouncing
the ruilian who has enleavOred to put In prac-
tice the ideas openly advocated by the reverend
politician who IL the nominee Of the New Nora
Republicans for Inspector OF state Prisons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-16

lead public opinion. HORACE GREELEYs monu-
ment IL In the IrhU1c, which died with him.
and In the work he did for his countrymen. "A
tall tower Is not needed to keep green great
name though 1t may he Of service In advertising
astock gambler and emphasizing the pretence OF
a vain and shallow mind.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-03-23

A MAN became entangled in n fast
revolving water wheel in q mill at
Georgetown, Kentucky. recently, and
was whirled around at the rate of
eighty revolutions minute. He was
unconscious when rescued. but was
not badly hurt. He said that his SEN
sations while being carried in circle
at such "a velocity were very peculiar
At first he was terribly frightened, ex-
pecting instant death, but his perception
vas perfectly clear. Then he grew
dizzy, and it 'eenied to him that he was
risinS higher and higher in the air.
Next he felt as though i'll dream, with
. dim sense of imagining that he was
transported to the moon at terrific
rate. That was the last he remember
ed. A calculation showed that he had
been carried an aggregate distance of
thirteen miles in about eight minutes.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-03-23
THE FREEDMEN's BANK.

Some years since political philan-
thropists. whose professed love for the
colored race apparently knew no
bounds, incorporated the Freedmen y
Bank Mt Washington, with branches in
many of the principal cities of the
Union. The freedmen. for whose
special benefit the bank was said to be-
founded, were invited. entreated and
urged by their self-constituted guar
dams to deposit their savings in the
bank, and promised ronnd dividends in
the event Of their doing so. The in
stitution fonrish-d for a season, so far
as surface appearances indicated, The
deluded freedmen contided their earn.
ings to the safe keeping of its man
ayers to the extent of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. Suddenly, in the
crash which ollowed the failure of Jay
Cooke, the Freedmen S Bank collapsed.
and nothing was left the depositors
save the certificates of their deposits
bearing the autographs of the benevo-
lent officers. Commissioners We're ap
pointed to settle the affairs of the con
cern, but they find it so rotten that
they shrink from the task, ask to be
excnsed, and have rendered their re,ig-
nations to the Secretary OF the Treas
ury, who submitted the Legality OF the
proceeding to the Attorney General.
And now dispatch from Washington
brings intelligence that the Attor-
ney General has decided that their
designations caunet be accepted,
nor can they demand a devesti-
ture of the trust until the affairs of the
bank are administered or Congress by
new legislation comes to their relief.
Meantime there is not the slightest
hope that the freedmen will ever re-
ceive even the smallest percentage OF
their deposits.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-03-23

Iris currently reported in San Fran
cisco and in Western Sevada. that His
Excellency Governor Bradley will
shortly enter the matrimonial state.
The lady mentioned in this conuec.
ton Is the widow of wealthy Cali
fornian. who desired to hand his name
down t. posterity as great phihn-
thropist but whose charitable inten-
tons were frustrated by the widow.
who appealed to The courts. which set
aside the Will. Austin Reveille.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-03-23

THE New York Tribune contains the
following highly proper remark in re-
lation to local newspapers: Nothing is
more common than to hear people talk
of what they pay for advertising. etc.
as so much given to charity. News
papers, by enhancing the property in
the neighborhood and giving the local
tiles in which they are published rep
utation abroad, benefit all such, par
sicularly if they are merchants or real
estate owners, thrice the amount yearly
of the meagre sum paid for their sup
port. Besides, every public spirited
citizen has laudable pride in having
paper of which he is not ashamed.
even Though be shonld pick it up in
Washington or New York. A good
looking, thriving sheet helps property,
gives character to the locality, and is
in many respects desirable public con-
venience. If you want good readable
sheet you must support it-not in a
spirit of charity, but because you feel
1t is necessary to support it. The
printing press is the power that moves
the people.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-03-23

The Avalanche of last Thursday says
it is rumored that rich and extensiv.
body of ore had just been struck III the
South Chariot.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-03-23

DANIEL GREEN celebrated the ONE
hundredth anniversary of his birthday,
in the Suffolk county, New York, poor
house on the 18th instant. he was
born at Isllp, Long Island, March
~, 1775.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-03-23

THERE is said TO be but three women
in Silver ity. who can direct a lettel
straight without first drawing a line
with pin,