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rance of naval requirements, and such
barefaced corruption, as the management
of our Navy Department since GRANT
came into Office.
In spite OF some one hundred and nfty
millions spent in the seven years, we
have now no navy at all worth the
name. II we should drift into n war, our
only hope would be In torpedoes, to-
ward perfeoting which SpCoR RoDE-
SONS maiu contribution was TO lobby the
Lay torpedo bill through the House.
Fortunately his job was detected in the
Senate and the bill relieved Of that bur
den. Without that the bill was ofno use to
him, and he has since done nothing about
IT, His achievements in the way Of tor
pedo boats transcend in their folly his
worst attempts at naval construction. He
has built two of them--the Intrepid and
the Alarm-neitber OF which is Of any use
whatever, though from first to last, IL the
truth could be known, about million OF
dollars has been sunk in them. The In
trepid, which was to have high speed
without which cardinal element torpedo
boat is useless-is slow tub, and II she
undertook to use " torpedo against n re-
spectacle itorclad, the probabilities are
that she would he riddled with shells be
fore she got anywhere near applying her
pole torpedo. With only five inches Of
aiinor she would offer about rs much re-
sistance to the feeblest armor-pieroing
rife of Europe as Stilton cheese would TO
n ncedle-gun bullet. One of the medium
sized guns would send its shot through
Il. A
the other side, leaving a hole that you
could stick n -four barrel through. The
Alarm, we need only add, is worse than
the Intrepid. she H. in fact beneath naval
criticism. Two more melancholy failures
never illustrated the history Of naval
architecture.
SECoR RoBEsoN merits the closest scri-
tiny of the next Congress. We only hope
he can be kept in Washington until he is
thoroughly Investigated.
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ages who he tells us will "never be
canonized." We should say not, unless NJ.
should perform the Office. Are
we n write OF nobody but saintsT' he
asks. Certainly not; neither do we wish
TO be always reading the romanoes Of proc
titution; and these are what NJ. HoUssAYE
invariably furnishes I" II has always been
my delight 10 represent virtue struggling
with temptation" he tells us. We know
that. That Is favorite device with the
writer OF obscene literature. He pretends
TO criticise vice, but he takes care TO paint
II in such attractive colors as 70 seem bright
aud gay beside sombre virtue.
"Most women" according 10 NJ. Hous-
SAVE, would not want 10 go TO Paradise
but for the pleasure OF descending TO
Paradise Lost" 81 had 10 relate their
This heroines'l exploits 10 account for their
victories, the temptations to explain the
sins" What safeguards OF virtue NJ HoUs-
SAVES stories of prostitution must bel
at Is the lapses of certain women which
set In relief the virtue Of the rest" con-
tinuea this bulwark of virtue. After the
storm the lily rises purer and whittier, the
pcnrly dews of heaven in its calyx." "In
the eyes OF the philosopher Il. C., ARsESE
IIoussAyEl the woman who traverses for u
quarter Of a century the pleasures Of Puris
without moistenlng her lips at the cup is "A
saint" but he is ready to canonize those
who do take sip, for he says that 1.-The
woman who repente OF her first transgres-
sion is already pardoned Of heaven"
Is this the sort of man decent people wish
TO Introduce TO their families7 DO they
agree with him that the way to inculcato
virtue Is TO exhibit vicel III that Is so, we
might as well go into the slums to select
teachers for our children. II is II disgrace
To an American newspaper that it pub
fishes such vile stuff as this letter Of IIoUs-
SAVES. But the Tribune seems to have
lost the power to detect vicious writing
since the advent of JAY GOULD and his
young editor,
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We Turn the Brooklyn Ring Over I,
the Law.

The facts which The SUN has for months
been publishing in regard to the depreda-
tons Of the Brooklyn Ring, and the cutlery
we have kept up as to thieves, have at last
borne fruit. The facts in the cases against
KINGSLEY, KEENEY and FOWLER, the Ring
Water Commission, have been put into
shape for legal use, and have been, or soon
will be, laid before Gov. TILDEN and the
Attorney General OF the State.
II need not be feared that Gov. TmDEN
Will fail TO give the documents immediate
consideration, and 10 apply the proper
remedy. What he has done to bring the
canal thieves TO punishment he viii not
hesitate 10 do for the Brooklyn Ring
thieves. We hope, however, that better
legal advice will guide the assault upon
the Ring across the East River than that
which has baked ana almost defeated the
proceedings against our own Ring.
The exposure of fraud committed by
public officials does no good unless II is fol-
lowed mp by the prosecution OF the cor
rupt administrators of the peoples work
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wa.hinaton's WORTHLESS. Police Force.

WAsHISGroN. Nov. S.-Complaints OF the in
eccncy Of the police force Of this city heard from
every quarter Thieves abound ply their avocation
without detection save m isolated II house
lett unoccupcd for twenty four hours stripped Of
lie gas nxtures, lead pipes aud everything Is NOV
able This materia nnds lite way 10 the Junk SHOP and
u rarely reeo, cred. Fences are nuuitrvus anu
known, yet they are seldom nUlested. The sup neness
OF me police force Is generally attributed 10 the Iuan
" aud lnt hcency Of the Police commissioners, VINO
are part ~ an expensive humorous, wholly useless
nachlnerl, aeNised solely VITA .ne pensou,ns
VI iucaplO e..
Congress appropriales a large sum yearly for the
maintenance OF THIS washington Illce force on
ground that upon II devOlYcs the rOcction
ernmen property Ia this city In reality docs notlng
81 the KIND Inc Government guards It's LrJpCTy
by night ana day wulchnen, ahd tue Capitol building
mas an independent police corps The expediency OF
supporting large. Costly ami Inefficient police e.laO
,shnsnl IN NasnngI N al me expense ~ tnc nation
therefore questionable and II IL Understood that during
tue coming session Of Congress attempt VIII be maue
pOae.
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viii Gran, Really Play the Cuban Card,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Would
IL not be strange coincidence to see Grant run
ming for a third term on the platform Of THE
SUNS Stranger things than this have happened
within the last fifteen years
am no prophet, nor the son OF prophet, hut
l will wager q bondholders dollar against any
bodys rag OF equal denomination that the
great accumulation viii inaug lrate foreign pol
Icy with reference 20 Cuba, looking toward a
recogn lion Of the same as a belligereut, II not
To annex tttOn.
u. s. q. Ia sly--devillsh sly-and before YOU
arr aware of IL he Will steal all your thunder.
knowing your strong an steatfart attachment
to the cause OF CuOan Independence. | am Gu
rinus To see how YOU can possibly reconcile your
self TO a support OF hiW On such platform. Tor
the reason til the success OF the platform with
him would virtually Involve the overthrow Of
popular govcrnneni
FRANK Bla'r was n0oted AZ for hls Bradhead
letter. PnbliSh u to-day, and you Will nnd thou
sa dis Of believers ~ the trutl Of his prophecy.
Mark my words: The man on horseback " Is
here. He will use Cuoa as pretext To retain
power; and with continuance Of the present
depression In all productive industries, ne will
have no trouble In getting recruits wnen the
spring opens. FRITz
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30.
Our correspondent Is more hastv than Logical.
GRANT Ia bent upon a third term, AMI will do his
very utmost to make himself a candidate; nut
he never run on tho platform OF rHE SIN.
That platform Ia the destruction Of Grantism,
anu tho poimauohb oi 10 private
life. We believe In the freedom OF Cuba, and In
the removal of European domination from every
part Of the American hemisphere but we are
not 80 impatient tor the attainment OF this end
that we would be willing TO aid In riskng the
lib rites OF our own country In order to accom-
plish II more speedily.
tits true. FRANK BLAIR's letter was hooted
at, but not for the reason given bv our CORE
spondent. The absurdity In that letter WAS the
proposition that the Democratic President,
whom FRANK hoped TO see elected. should. by
a revolutionary proceeding, overthrow the re-
cent amendments TO the Constitution and set
back the work of reconstruction In the South.
That proposition every sensible man regarded
with scorn; but while his statement about
GRANT was not believed, II was not thought
worthy OF ridicule.
II certainly Is possible that GRANT will use
Cuba as means 81 retaining power, Just as he
would use any other means that might promise
to heln him in that direction; but Cuba Is not
what he will esteem as his best card /; and II he
should play It, 1t will be an accessory and not
a. his maln reliance.
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The more that we learn about the whis-
key frauds In st. Louis, the moro apparent be-
comes the fact that they have been carried on
with the full knowledge OF high officials in
Washington, who have protected the rogues en-
gagged In the conspiracy against the public treas
ury. The Cincinnati Gdzttte publishes several
letters written IN 1874 hy = very prominent law
yer In that city to J. " DOUGLASS, then Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue, In which the
operations OF the ~. Louis Ring were fully ex-
posed, the names OF It's leaders being given
without concealment. This lawyer wrote that
he had a client who mad himself distilled during
the years ISL and 1872 over 100000 worth OF
whskey, OF which amount some t20OOCO was
crooked" and paid no tax to the Government,
and he gave the names Of the officials through
whose agency his client was enabled to evado
payment. lie offered snidavits and other evil
dcnce In support of these allegations, vet he
found It Impossible to induce Commise ioner
DOUGLASS TO take any steps 10 the matter. Even
when he told that ofhcial that the ~. LOUIS dis
tilers boosted that they had their support In
the Administration In Washington, and that
DOUGLASS himself was In the Ring, the latter
meekly pocketed the imputation and refused to
proceed against the men who were robbing the
Government.
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Tomorrow viii be the great day in the
proceedings OF the American Public Health As
ISOLATION, now holding its annual meeting In
baltimore, for u " then that the distinguished
savnnt, Boss SHEPHERD. " to appear before the
association and discourse about sewers and the
like. lis understood that DIR. c. O. Cox OF the
Washington Board Of Health has bestowed
great care 10 the preparation Of the paper which
his patron, the Boss, lie announced TO read on
this occasion, and we trust the doctor will in-
ject into his production something about the
influence Of rotten wood pavements upon the
public health. II could be done without viola
tion Of propriety, for the subject OF the paper
IA announced 70 be, "sewers ana Sewer Con-
neotions," and everybody knows how intima ate
has been the connection between the oonstruc-
ton of defective sewers and the laying Of
worthless pavements In Washington under the
riio Of that piundering Ring Of which SnEP-
HERD Ia the chief. By all means throw in few
chunks OF wisdom about the pavements. Doc
tor, and II read with due emphasis by your
Bose, wo dare say that they will be received with
deserved appreciation by the audience.
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Ofiicial thievery is rather encouraged than
otherwise u the thieves are pointed out
and then not brought to justice. They feel
that they can defy the press and pub
lie opinion and yet escape the penalty of
thor niisdeeds. THE SUN has done Its part
Now we look TO Gov. TILDEN and Mr..
SCHROEDER, the incoming Mayor, TO do
theirs. If they work as persistently ns we
have done, they will, before many months.
got back for the taxpayers Of Brooklyn
good part OF the money which we have
shown has been stolen, and by whom.
Unless this il done we shall expect nothing
from the reform movement In brooklyn.
Reform, unless II takes practical shape,
and not only secures better future admin
istration, but also Furnishes the deielictione
of the past, does not amount to much. We
might as well have the old state Of things,
as reformers who only talk reform and
fail through ignorance, inefiiciency, OF COR
rupt connivapce TO ferret out and punish
the public depredators.
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II has been asserted and reiterated by
GRANT newspapers that one Of the nrst fruits
OF the overthrow Of the oarpet-bae Government
In Arkansas was the closing OF the public
schools. Itwouid be diiricult to imagine more
shameless misrepresentation. Owing to a lack
Of funds for school purposes, resulting from
the robberle- aud announcement OF the car
pet bagsers and their confederates. many OF the
public schools OF Arkansas were temporarily
closed about year and a half ago, or fully six
months before tho Democrats came into power |:
but under the new Constitution more liberal
provisions have been made for schools than ex-
isted under the rule OF the CLAYTON Ring, while
the money! applied to the object for which IL
IL ostensibly collected, instead Of being stolen
or sauandered. The new Cons titution makes it
obligatory upon the Legislature to provide a
system Of free schools for all persons In the
st,te between the aRes Of six and twenty one
years and the last Legislature took the neces-
sary measures to effect that end.
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A Question In Grammar.

To THU EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: The rail
ROAD conphntee Ia TINS part Of STATE Or.crd
tIc nrekV zen, On atr. IN leaving station,
10 the pnrseugers tue me ~ me statun ANA my
Quesuoh - Whtt form OF rase they ought To empin.
knouid tles call OUT, "lte ncXt satoh viii he Mnl-
vile, or - the next station l. MlNIle?" imam ain
mat tAc lAtLT s corr CT, educated
men are ugalnst me, and asa your de.l.lOn.
Yours very resDecuuay. h. T G.
NEW BkTHLLHtM, ia.
We think either ~ these phrases is correct. 1t
depends on the idea In the mind Of the speaker.
In the one case ne means 10 say that the next
sta ion toward which the train is moving will oe
hillyille when II gets there. In this phrase, the
idea which gives the color is that OF the future ar
rival In the other phrase he means that the next
station Is Millvllle absolutely, and without any
reg I'D to the future arrival OF the train. In
Speaking he has no ioea OF the future, and &C
oordiney II Is right To speak exclusively In the
Tense.
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Gov. CHAMBERLAIN OF South Carolina
has been making a speech to the citizens of
Charleston, In which he talked as sweetly OF the
Importance OF strict integrity In the adminlstra-
ton OF public affairs as he did when he was on
the stump In 1870, vOuchng for the purity OF the
extraordinary financial operations which dis
tinRuished the administration OF Gov. SCOTT,
when the Ring robbers were rioting in plunder,
and CHAMBERLAIN himself, with his friend
KNProN, was plotting the seizure OF the rail
road system Of South Carolina Meanwhile,
movements are taking place in the politics OF
that state which will result In opening the eyes
OF that portion Of the Conservative party who
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PEDRO VALDEZ, who ran as candidate
for delegate in Congress- In New Mexico against
+. II. FLKIss who has received cert acato Of
election from the Secretary Of the 1erfitory,
bas served formal notice upon the latter that
he intends to contest the election There Ia no
doubt that VALDEZ was legally elected, and In
the notification which he has served uDon his
opponent, he specifies In detail great number
Of frauds committed In several different coun.
ties, through which a pretended ma ority was
Z 'bTcated for ELKINa me most outrageous OF
these have already been described In THE SUN
and the means of proving them are so easily
attainabe that tho new House Of Representa-
tives will have no difnculiy In arriving at the
truth Of the matter. Mr.. VALDEZ says that he
Ia Democrat but he does not claim his cleo
ton az a Democratic victory, since thousands of
honest Republicans voted for him. The late
canvass, he says, was In fact n contest against
1.-THE most unnrnciped, INSCRIPTIONS, corrupt,
and dsspotic Ring that has ever existed in the
linked States;" and he hardly Overstates the
case. The rasonlities OF that Ring we're fully ex-
posed IN THE SUN previous To the election, and
the defeat OF ELKIHs at the polls will ave the
complaining people an opportunity To he heard
In Congress- next winter through a representa-
tive OF their own choosing.
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The Cincinnati edi or who said the other
day that MOODY and sASKEy had not been sue.
ces,ful In "soooping Sinners" should study the
present Developments In Brooklyn. The reports
Of Monday night were surprising, and many
clergymen told how they we're reaping the re.
vval fruits. Deacon HAwLBY grew particularly
iubiiant when telling about the masses Of pros
trate souls" at one Of the inquiry meetings.
There were souls" said he, ain front Of US,
souls back Of us, and souls on both sides OF us,
all ready to be saved. II was easy to turn them.
They were all ripe to fall Into our hands" Such
was the triumphant language Of Deacon HAw
LEY, whose JOY hardly surpassed that Of other
laborers. when this sort Of thing has gone on
some time longer, we snail begin TO look around
Brooklyn for the genuine results OF II all In the
life, WAYS, and conduct Of the people. Those
results must 10 visible, palpable, and unmistaka-
BILE. When we see them, they will not be con-
cealed.
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The Galveston Ne,os very properly urges
that the ownership of the Texas debt by Texas
taxpayers would be for the benefit OF the State
No doubt; and IL would be wise for the state
the next time II may borrow money, to sell its
bonds at home. But in the mean time Texas
and every other Southern commonwealth will
best maintain credit at home and abroad by set
ting f4irly and eautahly with those who hold
their obligations, most OF whom are residents OF
hA
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have favored nm alliance with CHAMBERLAIN, TO
the faulty Of their course. This adroit trick
ster has succeeded in doludine many we'll mean
Ing men; but the Conservatives who have been
usod by him have only themselves 70 thank "
they remain In subJection to corrupt rulers long
after all the other Southern States shall have
accomplished their complete deliverance.
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l.sss-y 81 Musle M,rihs
A-srfean Institutc Pair AL II ~ ~ ~.
rem, Theatre Hesp, pumriy. h.us.s
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~ esuw III stre g,,sd. Dsoh.ss hsus.s.
cbrpe Theatre v,fsty. Msln,,.
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fafk Theatre, rrsokiys Ns,siy T'oup.
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Third Avenue Theatre Lot ofFun M va's1y hauh'
Theatre Comaue New Atrs non, Msuo,s.
Tsry FASTER. Theatre comhns,isn II star.
tnien sausre Theatre La A.S,v hsusse
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BEEcHER nan LETTER CONFESS
TeII-Taic Pumpkin seeds-An illustration
from n Farmer.


To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: How
the FRANKS OF our boyhood come back 20 us !
Memory, that wonderful faculty that keeps all
and loses nothing, reproduces its pictures with
astonishing vividness. More than nfty years
ago my brother George and were set to stick
pumpkin seeds between the nils OF corn. We
both wanted TO go a nshing. Our father told us
we might 20 when we had stuck all the seeds
we had.
So we both worked az smart ms we could. But
the sun was sinking fast In the west, and we
decided that our only chance to 90 a-hshing vas
To get rid of the pumpkin seeds In n more expe-
ditious manner. Near by Was a big. fiat stone /;
the stone was raised and the pumpkin seeds
put safely under II, aud tue stone let back again
To prevent all future exposure. Never, We
thought, had two boys more safely buried their
secret.
A.n-hine we went and had good luck brought
home trout enough for ALL Strange TO say,
when the seeds came up between the hills OF
corn, about one third OF the neld had no vines.
One Sunday afternoon we stroLed with our good
father past said Held and around said fiat Stone
on every side was Que mass of pumuk,n vines
We stood cJniounded these seeds hal all
grown out from under the hat stone, and our
fault was IN infested The thlng was 80 ridicu-
Ious, our kind hearted father fOfgave us ON our
owning up the truth and the whole truth, and
asking his forgiveness. II was 10 us warning
never TO tTy to conce ! fault.
The good book says, " lie that covereth
bis sins snail hot prospect but nc that conf esseth
aud IOisake.n MS SIN Oh Ill und mercy. In tne
"Vedas" we read; Z" Inc great lord OF the
word sees - n he we're 1ear. IL mn thinks
he is walking by stealth, the gods know It ali.
II "a man stands. or walks, or hides Il ne goes to
lie down or To set ~, wuat Two people sitting to.
getner whisper, King Varuna knows 1t. lie Is
tnero rs a third"
IL seems to me our friends In Plymouth
Church must have very large flai stone under
wnicu they sees To nIuc the secrets of their
church and the very serious secrets Of tuetr
pastor, MIR. Henry Mafd Beecher. One would
think that having tried t Win suoh poor success
they would tire If II 10y this time
All moral actions nave tendency to sprout,
and In vain do seek To hide or CLOAK them
from His eye or even tue eyes Of our fellow men.
fAuNkH
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Prof. JOHN NORTON PoMERoY of Roches-
ter, the well-known legal author, would make
an excellent commissioner to revise the statutes,
iu place OF Judge ALEXANDER S. JOHNSON,
whose place on the commission has become va
cant in consequence OF his appointment as
United 6tates Circuit Judge. We understand
that Prof. PoMxRoY Is strongly recommended
for the once by the bar OF Rochester, and by
many of the leading lawyers of this city. His
thorough knowledge OF legal literature and his
tory, added TO his practical experience rs a law
writer and at the bar. constitute high quali6ca-
tions for the appointment.
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The attendance upon their meetings IL on the
decline Cincinnati CoD,iaereAsL

The attendance upon their meetinRs IL on the
decline Cincinnati C0DsiaereAsL
1t Is not from The Sun that distant papers
get such Information "a the above about the re-
vival meetings Of MOODY and sASKEY in brook.
Ign. The statement Is entirely incorrect. There
has a. no time been any decline, though the
outside crowd has been greater on some ocoa-
sions than on Others. 10 fact, the interest seems
to be greater than ever, and deeper. The tnree
meetings at the Rink last Sunday-the morning
service for everybody. the afternoon service for
women, and the evening service for unconvert-
ed sinners-were mtrve lous In their magnitude
aud earnestness. IL has now been determined
TO hold four meetings every day, for the accom-
mediation Of the multi 'udes. We know of
nothing like this in the history Of any previous
religious revival in this country or in any other.
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When your liver Ia out o. order, use Or. JAyne's
NnptOms.- AaV.