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GETTING RIcn UNDER GRANr


KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 1G.-All through
this mountainous country there is carried on an
INN ense deal Of Illicit dstling by numerous
small concerns hidden away among the bills and
vines Of a very rough section. To break up
this nest Of small pirates on the revenue, large
numbers of marshals, deputies and others are
constantly employed under direction Of the
United States District-Atturney at this point
securing the country and making captures
whenever pos sible. And here begins the pros
titution Of Office To corrupt uses. Hundreds Of
poor men, whose sole offence is that they have
made IRE under kettle. or cut a cord Of wood
It may be, sinuly as employees Of others. the
principals in the case, are made to share with
their employers in the jailings and acquisitions
for bail consequent upon discovery and arrest,
though perfectly Innocent Of any intentional
wrong doing.
These men In nine cases out Of ten are so Door
that even In the immediate neigh orhood Of their
own homes they would be utterly unab 10 to fur
nish bonds for their appearance to any amount.
But. lest they might II Is the practice usually
to take them "a far away as possible from any
means OF 50 doing. Thrown into Jail. away from
home. ignorant, poor to ragRedness. and utterly
unable To escape the process, these poor devils
are then subjected to system OF terrorism for
weeks, which has this result-when brought To
trial they ere induced through fear OF the
mighty name OF the United States Court. and
the strenuous efforts OF the District Attorney
and his assistants to induce them TO do. to
submit their cases W.T. a plea OF guilty. and ask
for sentence without the fOrmality OF a trial by
| jury with the houe n a lighter sentence.
And here comes in the profit OF the oficals.
| For every tril by jury, ending In conviction,
| the District Attorneys fees are fixed by statute
AZ $r. For a submission without trial, on "A plea
| Of guilty. his fee Is go only, and the records
| OF this one court alone for the past five years
| show that over thousand cases that were
| submitted without trial are entered Of record
| ~ having been tried by jury, and bills
for services NJ the District Attorney and his as
| sistants. audited and paid by the department at
Was ington tor these hills are so paid since,
ninety-ninc out - ahuudr,d executions issued
| for costs are nccessarily returned unsatished,
accordingly This record Is made up and sworn
| to by the clerk, aud then signed by the
Judge. Thousands Of dollars have been made
In tbs way. The present District Attorney,
George a. Andrews, has risen fom poverty To
| anuence, while his predecessor In Office revels
| In wealth.
The per ons implicated do not even deny
these facts. but seek Justification In the nsser-
| ton that 1t Is the practice with United States
| Courts all through the South.
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A Famous Case squnrclv stated.
nom ne Cincinnati Enquirer.

nom me Cincinnati Enquirer.
The case of Christianity vs.. Henry Ward
Beccner l. not yet con GUIDED. When Plymouth
Church munihcenty rewarded man who coul1
n I, after a six months trial be found innocent
of adultery, the crime of which Beecher WAS
accused became the crime 81 the Church as
well as Of Beecner. A member of the church
might fall from grace under sore temptation
and the great cause of the Christian religion
suffer no harm. Hut when a vast Christian or
ganization endorses adultery and perjury, and
pays pre- MUM of a hundred thousand dollars or
such a matter for those offences the Christian
religion uners an irreparabIe injury.
The Beecher case has passed beyond Deecher.
IL now covers more than Plymouth Church. 1t
reaches to the Congreg dional churches OF the
country, ana especially affects the standing Of
the Congreg4 tiOnal churches OF BROOKLYN and
New York. They, II Inactive, appear as parties
to the endorsement OF Beechers CRIME. or at
least are covered with the suspicion of evil.
The action Of Plymouth Church In dropping,
ton from membership IS most singular. She or
Beecher Is guilt Of perjury. But this charge
- not brought against ner She Is only charged
with absence. sue answers that she Is absent
because the pastor Of Plym luth Church II IN
auulterer and periurcr, ana she properly dc
nj the right ~ a Christian Con -regatioual
,nurch to practically eNpel u nleubar for alb
seucc ON such grounds
Plymouth Charch should cXpel It's pastor or
Mrs. Aioulton Tor perjury. II dare not attempt
tXpcl airs Noul ON ON that ground. II viii not
eXpel IceChcr. Now. II toe Congregational
churches dc not eXlcl Plymouth Church they
become - a denomination either the advocates
Of adultery or of perjury.
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their order to MI possible vacancy. Or
in other words, that there shall be a Presi-
dent Of the Senate aud n Speaker ~
the House OF Representatives regularly
elected and qualified, TO assume these
grave responsibilities should the emergcn-
cy arise. Let us see how the present state
Of facts applies TO the actual situation
In the first place is there President Of
the Senate as the law requiresf AT the ex-
ira session of the Senate last April, Mr.. Y.
W. Ferry OF Michigan was elected Prcsi-
dent pro tcmDOrc Ivy n majority OF one,
after long and animated struggle in the
Republican caucus, over HENRY b. An
TuoNY Of Rhode Island. That election
was for a special occasion, and In certain
sense exceptional TO the regular session.
There are conflicting opinions, well sus-
tanned on both sides, rs to whether Nj.
FERRY holds over by virtue OF that
election until u ina jority OF the SEN
ate shall reflect or supersede him,
or whether his authority rs Presi-
dent pro ten. expired with the ad-
journment of the Senate. Neither the law
nor the rules determine this point, which
in the event OF GRANTS sudden death
would become one of the greatest gravity,
involving necessarily the very highest
political interests.
At this particular time il may he said,
there would he only two weeks of delay,
aud the Senate would then settle all doubts
by II new election. But in tvs interval
serious mischief might he done. judicial
proceedings might be initiated. and the
struggle to secure the great prize of tho
Presidency. with the power and patron-
age, might be attended with consequences
wholly unexpected.
The second contingency contemplated
by the act of 1102, Is ia even Il worse condl-
ton than the other; for there is no speak
en- at all. Since the recent abolition OF
the law which required a new Congress to
assemble Immediately after the close OF
its predecessor, there Is, every two years,
"A blank space between the ith of March
and the first Monday in December in
which House Of Representatives exists
by election. and may he summoned by the
President, but is wholly uuorganized. Con-
sequently, if there should be no President
of the Senate from any cause, and II thus
| the first succession to a vacancy In the
Presidency should be cut Off, the altcina-
tive to MI it now would have no legal eX-
istence. With q doubtful President OF the
Senate, and no Speaker at ALL II must be
admitted that the supposed provision for
the reno val, death. resignation, or inability
Of the President is wholly inadequate, un-
certain, and requires prompt amendment.
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making sure Of q monument while you are
here to look after IL yourself. Capt.
JONAS SMITH of Long Island died few
years ago, leaving Il fortune of, we believe
half a million or upward, nifty thousand
dollars of which he bequeathed to erect a
monument to himself JONI LAWRENCE
SMITH was consulted about The will, and
under his advice the relations gobblcd ~
the main part of the fifty thousand dollars,
aud the remains of Capt JoEAs repOse to-
day under cheap and unpretending SHAFT
of granite After ALL CHiLDs, A. NJ, may
he right-that the fun of n monument is
having Il early In life.
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F'eihg StcOfs
nom tAe Cincinnati Enquirer.

nom INt tWcInnIh hNQuIrtr.
The following incident was related to
mo 10y well known New York gentleman: lie
called not long ago at the Navy Department to
see Secretary RuDesOn. Tho time OF his call was
about llD A. NJ. The messenger In tho ante
room told him tho Secretary would see no one
nut members Of Congress, except between the
hours of " and ~, VI, Al this ne sat down and
waited, with half dozen other unfOrlunates.
moment after sam Ward came up. The mes
senger bowed him in with flourish, ~ II he
were the President, without keeping MIR. Ward
Inomen in waiting. An hour later Mr.. Ward
called again with a cornwall party Of friends,
and they were bowed in III the same way. The
New York gentleman had important business
with kobeson. lie sat In the ante room until =
Y, NJ, ana then was informed that the Secretary
would no longer receive that day. lie went
away blessing God that they lived in a simple
hammered lren ropubllc.
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The examination in London OF some Of
the parties to the Emma mine fraud, testfying
as witnesses under oath, uncovered the dis
creditable fact that JAY COOKE. MCCULLocH &
Co., and Mr.. PULEsroN, NJ. p" took Of tho
corruption fund the large sum Of $4,000. Tn
less MIR. PuLEsToNs constituents are IA loose In
their morals is their represent tive In Parlia-
ment, he will be requested to resign his seat in
the House of Commons. The testimony IN this
case may also furnish Mr.. MCCrLLocH with a
theme for new letter on finance TO JAY
GOULD's Tribune. The public would read with
interest a luminous exposition from him OF tho
advantage to the credit Of an American banking
house in Europe Of adding to Its capital t55.0O
by promoting the sale Of shares in fraudulent
silver mine. The letter II written might appro-
priately appear in the Tribune with one Of Ar
sENL HOUssAYIs.
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The Rev. DIR. ARMIrAGE, VINO preached
In his Fifth Avenue Church last sunday about
the revival, said he was astonished 10 see our
newspapers, backed hy such immense wealth
and governed BY men Il learning and influence,
aiding this revival" We ourselves are not
astonlshed at the course Of THE SUN In regard
to the business, and DIR. AnNIrAGK need not be.
The SUS, representing its own ideas, and thur
speaking In behalf Of the virtuous community,
is exceedingly DESTROYS TO secure genuine re-
vival OF true religion. We desire, In fact. the
universal prevalence and performance Of that
pure and indebted religion which leads men 90
virtuous lives and just conduct, to truth, hon
esty. sobriety, chastity, and unfeigned piety.
We labored TO give the BROOKLYN revival its
proper direction, to indicate what Its fruits
ought to be- and TO show how the genuineness
Of its results might be Judged. We attempted
to assist Brother MOODY by pointing out some
OF the errors INTO which he fell, and sought to
encourage the revival by trying to strengthen
Its weak features. The SUNS position has
proved mpregnabe, and we are not surprised at
its eceNing the support Of many OF the clergy.
Instead Of INDUCING in the astonishmcnt ex
pressed by DR.. ARaITAGR We should have been
astonished TO see the press ON the side Of ire
| liRion ana immortality. II is the duty Of the
press to improve the moral tone Of the COM
munity. and to sustain all efforts that give any
hope Of such Improvement. The press possesses
a vast influence over the public mind. There
are tens OF thousands OF people who look to THE
suN. Us an organ OF thought, to give them ac-
curate Information, to guard them against de
lusions, to warn them against pitfalls, TO en-
tighten them regarding their practical duties, To
assist them in taking proper views Of men and
things. and to lead them in the true way. This
involves much thought, great responsibility, ana
Itful attchtion TO all the passing ALL ana in
cidcnts Of the day. 1t is an editors duty TO
| justify his right 10 hold the position he has as
sumed, and to be so sound in his teachings that
all hl- Intelligent and honest readers will recog-
uile the wisdom Of his course. If Or. ARMlrAGr
VA. consider these things, he may see upon
Whist PRINCIPLES our treatment Of the revival has
| been grounded.
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1t is now evident that MOODY and
sANKEY can draw their tens of thousands, daily
and nightly, Sundays and week days, wherever
they make their appearance. The recent scenes
IN Brooklyn are surpassed by those of the pres
ent day in Philadelphia; and there Ia no doubt
that similar scenes will be reSnacted, during the
winter, in Chicago, Boston, and the other cities
TO be visited by the evanGests. The sermons
that Brother MOODY Is preaching In Philadel-
phia are repetitions OF those he has preached in
BROOKLYN OF are just like them in scope and
quality. The Phiiadelphians seem to be about
as much moved 10y them as the BrooklJnitos
were.
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The sunday Edition OF the sun.


FT0in nc D0FeT, Y, J., Tldfr,
THE NEW YORK sun will commence the
publication Of n sunday edition after tho lst Of
December coming. Those who wish The SUN
to shine for them all the days in the year can
have II for 500 postage paid, which is by all
odds tho cheapest and best Sun we:know OF. Be
sides, II Is one Of the greatest daily newspapers
IN the country, and we are glad to chronicle this
evidence Of its Intention TO sin further increase
its usefulness in the dissemination OF the news
Of the day Go where YOU may, In any part OF
this country, you will ilud The SUN In the hotels
on the cars, and IN private dwellings sufficient
evidence, indeed, for the most skcpticul that its
claims for its immense circulation are not
merely Boosting words, but facts. Truly doth
The SUN SHINE for all.
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A sharp contest may be expected for the
Presidency Of the Senate a few weeks hence,
when the rival factions OF the Republican party
East and West VIII again confront each other.
Mr.. FERRY, VINO Is an extreme inllatonist, Will
he urged by the West, while Mr.. ANTHONY, who
Is contraotonlst. will he supported by the
East He is peculiar fayorte Of the White
House, and may count upon whatever iuAu-
ea q GRANT can command ia the caucus, sun
FrWY MS aqual led possession Of tina pla,e,
and II will not lie easy 90 unsc.t INN.
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The President-If lie should Die,
There is no Legal Successor.


The death Of the Nice-Prcsidont Tcvivcs
q question which the Constitution and the
only law relating to the subject leave en-
barrassed for want OF explicit provision to
meet all reasonable contingencies, namely,
in case Of a vacancy in the Presidency who
would now succeed to that Office? Article
H., section l, of the Constitution declares:
"lo case Of the removal OF the President from Office
OF Of us death. r,siguauun inability 10 discharge
the power and dutirs Of the said office, the same
shall deVoNe IN M, Weep ut, ami the Congress
may by aS proylGe for the case q removal dcath
lgnatOn, or inaOiity, both ~ the President and Vice
Pre- ident declaring what ocer shall then act Pree
dent and such Otctr shall according y until tho
disability be removed, or Presdent shall be elected"
1t is thus seen that the Constitution only
provides for q single contingency, by de
volving the powers and duties of the
President upon the Vice-Presdent, i'm case
OF the removal, death, resignation, or ina
bihty Of the former. The provision was
further extended by the act of March /,
1872 intended to meet other probabilities,
but as will be shown, II does not cover the
existing case at all Section lag, Revised
Statutes, page -, reads rs follows;
of hoth Inc Frc.ioci nd VIZ +, esi"ii If Inc n.
tscs ne retdent o. M senate or there is none
me time being, ahal act ms Pros ont untl III ois b
" Ia removed. or a. Iesdcnt Il eiocted.'
Tho mode Of temporary succession is
thus defined clearly enough, but the law i,
entirety deficient IN providing hat he two
""''"a n4me4 SHALL W always ready IN
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while DR.. SroRns was consideII

While DR.. STORMS was considering the
call to tho Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church,
more than two hundred Of lrooklyn's nAuen-
tial dergymen, politicians, lawyers, aud mer-
chants signed a protest against his departure.
Sister churches sent resolutions or committees,
aud scores OF residents personally urged him to
stay. 1t Is difficult TO conceive a more aattering
expression Of esteem than DR.. SroRRs received.
1t would be interesting to know what the poo
pie Of brooklyn would say II they knew that Mr..
BEEChEn contemplated leaving them.
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Childs on Monuments.

Lord TIMOTHY DEXTER, an eccentric but
wealthy individual who lived ut NcWbury-
port many years ago, took it into his head
to have funeral during his lifetime; so
he got mp mock funeral, long process
sion, ana an immense pageant, which has
been the town talk ever since.
MIR. GEORGE W. CHILDs, \. NJ, OF phila-
delphin is apparently III ful! accord with
this Ccccutlcity of Lord TIMOTHY DEXTER.
lie seems to think there Is fun i'm II funeral
and monument, if a man can only have
them during his lifetime.
A few days since when some admirers OF
EDGAR ALLAN POE erected monument TO
his memory ut Baltimore, Mr.. Guilds adj
dressed them letter in which he gave free
expression to his regret that what they
were doing then-crectlng monument
had not been done in PoE's lifetime
He thought il was too late TO do the
poet any good, but IT might benefit the
survivors-thus showing keen eye to the
main chance in erecting memorials TO the
dead.
Mr.. CHILDs letter ran rs follows:
"what is now being done by ahectionate friends and
ny those VINO Zee. lnat inlustoe mas been done to his
and Iuster view Of his lie and character fhhough Il u
mn o Le 10 be o seTpce % him is not too late 10 be
Of beueht to ourselves and others"
We believe it was on Thanksgiving day
n few years ago, that Mr.. CmLDs made Il
present, not of turkeys, but of lots in a
cemetery to all the numerous persons in
his employ; and we should not be sur
prised 10 learn of his being engaged to-
day in setting up monuments and inscrib-
ing elegiac verses for hale and hearty fcl.
lows still living.
PoE's life was seemingly drcary enough
as it was; but just think of his hay ing
been doomed to the actual ownership OF
CnlLDss monument 10 him in addition tC
all his other sorrowsl
After ALL there is certain dc"rco OF
shrcwlnesl exhibited T. CuILDs's iloa Of
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The indianapolis sun makes the follow
ing gentle remarks:

"THE NV Yonk suN publishes Treasurer sriNNKEs
receipt for ihe bach pay refunded by the Hon. NJ. C.
kerr of This state, aud s.ys: We wish there were
several more Of thcm. We do not with 30. scfcon.
fcs-cd marauarrs on the punc treasury not
ui-pcutAbe 20 good pure government that We
should wish their tihe Increased. Those who refused
tue back nay In the inst pl have clean haf d. at All
events. Those VINO took II and kept H. believing II was
Justly their cue. have defence" but thuse whO took 10,
thieves
These observations are foolish because they
are uufoundod. The money was never taken
by MIR. kerr at ALL and accordingly never re-
funded. The receipt OF the Treasurer simply
shows that whereas 10y act OF Congress so much
cash had been put to Mr.. KERRs credit. he had
caused II TO be turned back into the Treasury,
SO that II could never be taken under that act
either by him or by any Of biz heirs, SUCCESSORS,
OF assigns. That Is all.
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Accident to Pauline Lucca.


Madame Lucca, having been engaged for
series Of six opera performances AZ the ROYAL
Theatre de la Mounaie at Brussels, left her cOun-
try seat al Goldenbcrg, In Swilzerlmd, on the
nth Of October, intending to drive to the rail-
way station At Zurich. he horses, becoming
frightened hy the WAY, became unm1 ndgeabe,
and dashed NJ rlnid pace toward the lake, near
which the c1ringc was overturned ana Madame
Iuccl thrown out. She slstained severe bruises,
and was taken o. ID motel near hy, whore her in
iurie-, II Is said, Will Ortdn nor for period Of
Xix weeks. II q hus lunI, WHO was with ner,
ned uuhQrt
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THE DIILT SJN


Commencing ON sunday, December s.
Tue suN will henceforth be- regularly published
svery sunday the same as on other days.
The price of the sunday edition OF The SUS
will be three cents copy.
The price Of Tvs sCN to subscribers receiving
IT by mail Will he $3.50 per wear or 50 cents per
month, postage prepaid while to those who de-
sire the SUNDAY edition also, ths rate will be
f7.dO per year, or s. cents per month.
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TO Ciergymcu. Churches, and Religions
MrcIings.

Advertisements " religious services and
meetings for religious purposes. held on sum
day, VIII he inserted WdliOW charge in tho
Sunday edition OF TIM srN, the 1r-t number
Of which will appear Oh sunday, Decd ..
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We do not suppose that Rovivalist
MooDY eau have authorized anybody to an
nounce that he holds such notions A. BEECnER
attributed to him the other night, in these words.
Mr.. MOODY ID believer in the second advent; lie
eontngay wan 10 de ana .ays mere 10 10 ufs II,
blasted that there Is no nep for It 50 lar vs. human 10
build The Oh thing 10. lie says II Ia wreck and y
oadnd to sink and the only thing to be done 70 get
aud at therefore,. the osiness Of every Cnrstnn |. TO
Ter CONES there shall be dcstrurtion OF the wicked,
aud the earth SHAH nled with righteousness and the
It's no use TO attempt any Of those large crcattons u
society, as they are useless before CHEST comes"
II MOODY really holds such notions as these,
they are elements Of weakness, not OF power ;
grounds OF failure, not Of success, In the regen-
Grafton Of the human race. II this world OF
ours Is an old blasted thing, that can never be
built up, wreck that is bound to sink, we
should think Brother MOODY would stand
TO one side while the Creator demo he'd his
own handlwork, which has turned out so badly.
" Let her 60" yes, ut once, and without any
further ado. IL is hardly worth while to try to
get OF mere handful Of the twelve or fourteen
hundred million passengers, white. black. red,
aud yellow. Such notions are not only notions OF
despair they are not merely narrow, shall
low, and rt-sighted, put they are unscrlp-
tural. They could only be held by man who IA
unfamiliar with the history Of the world 8
growth, and has not attained philosophical
view Of the Provdential order ana scheme Of
human development. Though We may be una
BILE ~ discern the original design aud ultimate
object of tho Divine Being In the creation OF the
human race under existing conditions, we can
rest assured that the foundations OF the world
were laid in wisdom and goodness. But We
must not 60 tito metaphysical questions. though
Int 4 afu ho N.
tions attributed TO him by BELCHElt, he must
be following In the footsteps Of the German
essimst, SCHuPENHAUER. There H. much evil
In this world, and a melancholy proportion Of
wicked sinners in its population; but It Is the
part of religion to reduce the evil, transform
the sinners, and rc-crcate the race. when
this is done, mankind will live ioyously and
bounteously on their beautiful. pleasant, succu-
lent, howery, airy sunny little planet.
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A report on the Brooklyn frauds, M to
their existence aud whether there Is ground
OF action against the thieves, has been forward
ed to the Acknowledgement. There is reason to
believe that the beginning Of legal proceedings
against the Ring is not far OF. The success Of
tho war on the canal and whiskey thieves gives
ground for hope that the men who have SO long
been fattening on Ring plunder in brooklyn
may also receive their deserts. II is not likely
that Corporation Counsel DE WITT will he called
from his other duties to prosecute these suits.