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ERIE CITY BONDS.
Reticence Of tho City's Financial Agent In
New York.

Two years ago the city of Erie, Pa, au-
thorized by the Legislature, issued a new con-
solidated bond for the purpose Of retiring
number OF local Improvement and water bonds.
There was, moreover, large surplus to be sold
or to be exchanged for an earlier issue Of city
bonds. Henry Rawle, Mayor of Erie, and now
the Cameron-Mackey candidate for State Treas
urer, came to New YORK, aud In his Official capa-
city as Mayor secured tho Fourth National Bank
to be custodian of the new bonds. He then
authorized George ii. Holt, young broker In
.ne Office OF Hill, Head y Co., Ii Wall street, to
negotiate the bonds, and introduced him to the
bank as an accredited agent. II IL now said
that Mr.. Holt, the agent placed with the bank
$4,000 Of counterfeit bonds Of the old series,
and issued In exchange 10000 Of the new con-
solidated bonds, to the direct loss OF the city
OF Erie. The officers OF the bank say that
they were aware that counterfeit bonds Of
the old series were in circulation, but that they
had no means of knowing whether Mr. Holt had
been caught with any.
MIR. Holt refused to give any direct answers to
the reporter, and declined telling the exact
scope OF his auth ority. III YOU want to know
anything about the matter" said he, you
IN ust get positive facts from the person who put
you on the track Of the story"
81 wish, though, 10 give you the benefit OF a
denial" said the reporter, "if YOU have one to
make" ,-,...,- l., NJ. G..
will serve any interests. except those of the
political opponents OF MT. Rawle," was the
"But are these forged bonds OF the city in cir
culationt
II don't see how any one could have told you
that, and at this stage OF the proceedings II
would he injurious TO publish IL. IL there are
forged bonds, Of course some one uttered them
criminally, anu there Is no use in putting the
forgers on their guard"
1T argues, though, laches on the part Of
Mayor haWle and his agent to have exchanged
good bonds for forged ones"
How do you know there are any forged
bonds Z" asked Mr.. Holt.
IL have been told that there are by some
bankers who deal in PENNSYLVANIA securities"
" Have they ever seen any? Are YOU sure
II Is something that Is not known ON the street,
and IL Is my opinion that no benefit will be done
by publishing It,"
"Dut II the city has suffered loss, the people
think they have a right to know it, and II there
are forged bonds, 1t is a proper circumstance to
publish"
1T is not known by any one positively that
the city will suffer loss, said MIR. Holt. " Even
II there are forged bonds, and good ones have
been exchanged for them, how does anybody
know that the loss falls upon the city, and that
Mr.. Rawlo Is to he beiu responsible politically -
e That's just what wart to find out" said the
reporter
and" replied Mr.. Holt, ait Is something
about which have nothing TO say"
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Miscellaneous squandering.

From the manner in which the report OF
Che Secretary of the Treasury il made up
and the figures which are given TO the pub
Lie, it is wholly impracticable 70 trace
In detail tens of millions of dollars
which are annually expended and swal-
lowed up under general heads In order
70 reach anything like an approximate
idea OF how these vast sums of money are
actually applied, it would be necessary TO
snalyze the appropriations made by Con-
gTess, and then TO follow them through the
books of the Treasury.
The Treasury report tells us specifically
che cost of the War Department, Navy
Department, Indians, pensions, and inter-
est on the public debt. There the details
stop, and no account is given separately of
the cost Of running the Treasury, State,
Interior or Judicial Departments. They
are all thrown together in a solid mass,
with hundreds of other items, and in this
aggregated form are published as "other
eivil and miscellaneous items" No human
being outside the walls of the Treasury,
and few inside, can tell of what these
miscellaneous items are composed, except
In vague way that they cover civil ex-
penses not enumerated under other heads.
This very concealment OF suppression
has led to the most prodigal and corrupt
legislation, 30 that millions have been
voted and stolen every year, because there
was no check but the Appropriation bill,
the discussion of which could always be
cut of by the previous question, or the bill
bo forced through by the operation of a
conference report in the closing hours of a
session, when one or more leaders abso-
lutsly command the votes Of al obedient
and reckless majority.
How this system has been extended, and
how these very miscellaneous items
have constantly increased in growth, es-
peoially since GRANT came into power, are
revealed by the official returns OF the
Treasury, and therefore cannot be oontro-
Verted. We take for comparison six years
before the war and six years OF Grantism
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THE SIN OF SINS.
A Catholic Priest is Found Guilty.


DARLINGTON, Wis, Oct. 19.-FatheP
Fitsgihbon, tine priest OF the Catholic Church.
has resided here for the last twelve years.
ministeTing to his large congregation with great
fervor and acceptance, and was respected by the
members Of all denominations OF Christi ans UNI
I'll last week. when an event TRANSFERRED which
ba- led to his disgrace aud Tight.
Mr.. Thomas Gleason, an auciioneer and con-
stable residing here was married on sep
Catherine O'Nei, by Father Fltzgibbon. Ths
lady had been housekeeper for Father Fitzgib-
thirty years old, comelv and good looking. Mr..
Gleason was a widower about forty years old,
and the match was thought to be very good
night or two after tho wedding he heard HE
wife talking In her sleep and speaking IN en-
dearing terms qf Father Fitzgibbon. He also
discovered that his wife was frequent ysilor
to the priest. lie then formed a plan to catoh
them II there was any truth in his suspicious
Last Thursday, Oct, IA, he stated TO his wife
that he mad business that would call Nun away
from home for two or three days, AMI he drove
out of town IA on his usual business. He re-
turned 10 Darlington early In the evening, went
to his house, aud found that MS WHO was ao-
sent. lie instantly procured witness, and they
hastened to Father Fit2gibbon's residence, and
proceeding there poor CLEMSON and his friend
made a discovery which turned their suspicious
into a teTrit le reality Mir. Gleason returned To
his now desolate homo to which he was soon
followed by his fathless wife. She stoutly de-
niod anything criminal between Father F1tx'
gihbon aud herself, but her husband soon OBJ.
tanned a confession from her that the criminal
intimacy was Of long standing. This, however,
she denied again next day.
Early ON the following morning Mr.. Gleason
took steps TO cause the arrest Of Father FtD
glbbon, but met with good deal Of dlfhcultT
as the friends Of the priest tried TO prevent legd
proceedings. lie also intercepted the following
note from his wie
DEAR FATHER FlTzGmnoN Tom has caught "a
All Is discovered / am fulutu anu y1u are lusc rru
ny for my cake, for GoIs sake n.y. Your loving
During the forenoon Father Fitzgibbon took
his team and drove To Mineral Point, wnere ne
waited at the priests house there for further de
VelOpments. Friends went up TO him by tralh
and used their utmost eXertiuns TO obtain set
Element with the injured husband. On Friday
night last Mir. Gleason succeeded IN obtaining
warrant for the arrest of the priest, and the
sheriff was directed ON Saturday morning to ar
rest him. but Information had been conveyed 70
Mineral Point, and the guilty priest left for parts
unknown The miserable wife Is STAYING with
a charitable lady here, and IL Is rumOred that
she will 90 to her relatives In California In few
days A suit for divorce has been commenced
by MIR. Gleason against his wife.
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Ohio and Pennsylvania-The Differ
enCc.

The Republicans, or rather some Of them,
mink that because they carried Ohio in
October they Will carry Pennsylvania in
November. The premises warrant no such
conclusion.
MANY years ago, and on occasions when
national issues alone influenced the result,
the October elections in the great central
States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana
were wont TO exert powerful effect upon
che doubtful States which voted in the
succeeding November. This was especially
true of New York, which almost invariably
followed the lead of those three states.
But times have changed since then. Penn
ylvania now votes in November; and al
though Indiana continues to vote in Octo-
Der. her elections are OF little national inn
portance, except when she chooses Gov
ernor, which is but once in four years, and
occurs in the same year with the contest
for President. Ohio, therefore, stands
alone in this particular and her voice i'll
October produces very slight effect upon
the November elections, compared with
what was produced years ago by the united
voices Of Pennsylvania. Ohio, and Indiana.
Accordingly the recent election in Ohio
will have very slight influence upon the
result of the pending contest in Pennsyl-
vania. But there are other reasons why IT
should exert none whatever. The ques-
lions at issue in the two elections are
wholly unlike. The Ohio Democrats fool
billy drew into the contest a controversy
about the currency. 1t did not belong
there at all. Moreover, though the Rcpub-
money rs the Democrats, the latter so con-
Quoted the campaign as TO allow them
selves TO be assailed ms rng-monoy party,
and to permit the Republicans to palm
themselves of as the exclusive champions
of good money; and the upshot was that
the Democrats were worsted in the fight
on the currency question. In addition TO
this blunder, the Democrats allowed the
Republicans 10 drag into the arena q Sec
tartan wrangle which appealed strongly
20 prejudice, and by this the Democrats
lost, directly and indirectly, several thou
sand votes. Indeed, except for this bitter
feud over thorny subject which had no.
thing whatever 10 do with the points
really at issue between the two parties
the Democrats would have carried the
State Notwithstanding their blunder on
che currency.
In these particulars there is no identity
between the Ohio campaign aud that in
Pennsylvania. But when viewed in an
other aspect, 1t would be impossible for
them 10 be conducted on grounds more
widely apart. In Ohio there were no State
Issues No fault was found with Gov
ALIENS administration. Hence it wa:
easy 10 force into the field quarrel over
The currency and the Catholics But in
Pennsylvania there are State issues OF
tIanscendent Importance, which equal il
they do not surpass those in New York
And quite unlike those in New York 1t T.
the Republicans alone who are the robber'
90 be exposed aud punished by means Of I
Democratic victory.
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A Philadelphia publishing house an
nounces book entitled "1he Kiss Its His
tory" Such a work properly edited might prove
OF value to lovers requiring tuition In the oscu-
latory art. But is the Philadelphia volume the
compilation OF the man best fitted for the deli
cate task 10y reason Of knowledge Of kissing aud
wide experience in all Of It's varieties Weregret
to say that It is not MIR. BoMBAUGH, the editor
may be a student Of kisses as written about by
other men, but be has no general reputation
himself as a klsser. The only ut editor for
"1he Kiss" is HENRY WARD BEEcnER, the
champion American kisser. Let Mr.. BEECHER
get out his treatise, docrinal and analytical, on
the kiss, and the Philadelphia volume will be
nowhere
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Trinity Organ RecitnIs.

Mr.. Henry Carter, the accomplished or
Ranist OF Trinity Church, proposes TO give series
OF thirty recItas on Thursday afternoons OF the
present fall and winter, commencing this week.
The Tecitals will commence Immediately after
the usual three o'clock service. The great organ
will be used, and the programmes Will be made
up OF the great works of the composers for the
instrument from Bach to Ihiele, together with
many arrangements for the organ OF songs and
other attractive compositions Of less scope than
those Of the more legitimate class, but to many
more pleasing, because more simple in their
structure than works written in the fugue style,
aud better calculated for the use of the solo
stops. No tickets will be required for admission
To thesO TeCitals.
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We have frequently had occasion to warn
the young editor against writing on subjects
about which he knows nothing or regarding
which his information is defective. The Rossa-
mer web Of fancies which he weaves right out
of his soul is very thin, but it is also quite pretty
Let him confDe himself for the present to
weaving those airy n0things, When he has
stored his Powerful Mind with knowledge then
he may undertake to construct a more enduring
fabric OF thought. These friendly warnings we
are moved to utter by reading his ponderOus
article on IN. RoUHER ut AJaccio." He calls
Prince JEROME lioNAPARTE-PLoEP LoN, as the
French nicknamed hin-the Red Prince" You
wrote without knowledge, young editor. PLoN
PIoN Ia not the Red Prince at all II would be
absurd to call him so. He Is q STRAIGHT and
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We are sorry to hear that Mr.. CLEVELAND

We sorry to hear that Mr.. CLEVELAND
JAY GouLD's financial editor, was for seyeraI
weeks rushing about Wall street at the bid
ding OF bis master and the stool pigeon, trying
to induce the financial writers OF other
daily papers to assist him In circulating lies
about Pacific Mail JAY GOULD was bearing
the stock. The willy stock gambler, having got
the stock down where he wished 1t, let out the
news about the asserted successful sale OF the
ships OF the company 10 the japanese Govern
ment, put the stock up eight or nine points, and
hauled In his profits. II Is painful TO think that
a man Of Mr.. CLEvELAND's honorable antece-
dents should be used to do the bidding Of JAY
GOULD aud his stool pigeon.
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AM USEM ENTS.
MR.. Gilmorc's Benefit.

During the past summer Mr.. Gilmore
has gyen pleasure and refined entertainment to
many thousands Of people. His concerts have
been well managed, the programmes have been
selected and arranged with judgment and taste,
and have been rendered by the large and excel
lent band under his direction with skill.
On Thursday evening the public, so benefited,
will have an opportunity OF showing its appre-
citation OF MIR. Gllmores earnest efforts. That
evening Is the occasion Of his benefit, and the
programme presents an unusual variety OF strik-
ing and Interesting features.
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And Yet he is not Happy.


from ne washington Sentinel
The Hon. Fernando Wood lectured last
week in New York. His subject was " The Land
we Live ill.," In that lecture lie used the follow
ing language.
But said the speaker, think we have also great
many faults as people, as nationality. one thing IL
that we have too much 10 40 with poilcs TIE license
OF the press Ia too great IN ATTACHING pubic men. An
other ut the Persistent INSTRUMENTATION OF
public officers after they are elected. This policy
Causes public esteem for authority to depreciate As
soon people "a taught to LOOK with contempt aud
suspicion upon the lawgyers they very soon come TO
de sneCl the lnMh.
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Some uniformed journal the other day
said that DIR. HAYES the frozen old bachelor,
would have a walk over for the Legislature in
the seventh District. This was before his gal
liant aud blooming young rival Col. BARTLETT,
had been nominated. That event changed the
whole aspect Of the canvass, aud gave HAYES
what be had never felt even when standing close
70 the North Pole In mid-winter-a sentiment Of
terror. Our advice TO DR.. HAYES Is to resign,
withdraw, 60 to some other district. He can't
be elected from the seventh.
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annually for those eight years. After i've
years OF peace, II might be supposed they
would Fall back TO the ratio that formerly
existed, allowing for any new necessities
created by the growth of the country.
Not so, however. Instead Of diminishing,
they have augmented beyond all parallel,
"a the following figures show:
"oruER CIVIL AND mscrLLsSKous ExPEyprTurrs."
ls7o....... t53?37iol % lS5s..... t73,3?s 10 20
1S72....... CO,VSi757 So ls75..,.... 7i'O7O7o2 Vs
Total six years under Observation-Disclosures 81
Annual average. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. soi79o76o So
Or, with the aggregates compared, thus:
Total from 1866 1901 i6i 652.oOd as
Total excess under GRAsT .........tes7 ,oseSA -
Or,
Annual average under GRANT. toi7po75 IS
Annual average from 1900 to 1s6i...... 260i3.G67 a.
Annual excess under GR.ST."...... s37.sl7,os9 ~
Under this miscellaneous head are COW
cred up all the stealings OF the Washington
Ring and others not directly connected
with the War and Navy and Indians; the
cost of special commissions; the increase
OF Offices; rotten claims of all kinds; q
legion of frauds in different shapes per-
sonal allowances not authorized by law,
and n host of contrivances by which inn
mensc sums of money under fabricated
pretexts have been drawn from the Treas
ury.
While the cost Of the army, navy, and
Indians has doubled under GRANT the mis-
cellancous charges have augmented nearly
one hundred and atty per cent, as COM
pared with 1851 A demoralized Civil Ser
vice; thousands OF supernumerary officials
standing In each others way; appalling
corruption i'm every department; neglect
of duty, and defiance of public opinion are
among the visible consequences of thi:
wanton extravaganza and prohigacy.
How is the evil TO be corrected? The
plain answer is, put the knife to it. Cut
out the cancer root and branch. stop the
supplies, suffer who may by retrenchment
and bring the appropriations down within
the actual needs of the Government, hon.
estly and economically administered, with
out one dollar of extras or margin for So
called contingencies. Upon the basis OF
outlay for the average period closing with
1sGl, tho reduction would exceed thirty
seven and three-quarter millions year
Upon the basis Of the outlay for the aver.
age period closing with 1869, including the
war and reconstruction, il would exceed
twenty five millions year.
Adopting, therefore. the lowest figure
covering eight years of civil war and alb
normal dernngement il is practicable by
this showing to retrench twenty-five mil.
lection of items in the civil expenditures,
Add them to the proposed reduction of the
army, navy, aud Indian expenditures, and
there is a total Of nfty -eight millions OF
economy plainly 10 be seen and easy to be
made If there il the spirit to undertake tn,
work resolutely, the determination to per
feet ii, and the intention TO probe every
iniquity to the bottom.
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Tho Wnshinp,on Con.plrntor,.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2].-In the Criminal Coun
to-day, the cases OF Charles Il. Fisher b. Leighton,
VIM Al. Evans, and Jno Green. indicted for conspiracy
10 the release OF Schneider. tho burglar,
taken up The counsel for the defendants, having
failed IN their efforts to require the Government
elect which OF the three indictments they would aaG
the accused to plead, hed plea IN abatement, chAS
longing the arry OF the Grand Jury which found he
indictments on the grOunu OF llegallty. Tie algunc
was postponed until Monday week
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Our Able and Faithful DIsrric, Attorney.


Mr.. Phelps is a powerful man in mind
and body, and Is carrying on heavy tour OF
duty. He has three assistants and nearly twenty
clerks. One of his rooms Is marked mo admit
tance," this being the place whore especial pri-
vacy Is required. 1t Is the custom TO bring to
this office all witnesses the day before trial and
TO have them thoroughly examined concerning
the matter to be proved.
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Total for sir years .tlol ,o6s OO6 43
Annual average. ................,." &o,0i3G67 "A
During tho war and subsequently under
JOHNSON, when reconstruction and other
oostly experiments were rushed along
without regard 10 consequences, these ir-
regular expenditures rose TO an average
IL about thirty nine and q half millions
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We are not much surprised TO learn that
DR.. ISAAC /. HAYES Arctic candidate for the
lie gisature IN the seventh District, has cut OF
his black side whskers. This makes him look
more youthful and tends to predispose the
ladies' in his favor, but It is OF no great use. He
cannot run aeainst the youthful statesman, Col.
BARTLETT. He had better withdraw from the
Seventh District. Perhaps In the newly annexed
parts Of westchester county he might stand a
better chance. 1t is much further toward the
North Pole up there, and he had better 60 up
ana explore. Everybody in the Seventh Dis
trict is going 10 vote TOR Col. BARTLETT.
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dark haired Corslcan. The Red Prince is FRED
BRICK CHARLES Of Prussia, whose flaming head
gives him claim to the title. BE more careful
hereafter. young editor, about matters Of fact
like this. What would JAY GOULD say II when
he told you to concoct a stock iobbing lie about
Pacific Mail you should call 1t the Cunard line
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At meeting of the Legal Tender Club
on Thursday evening a resolution was adopted
endorsing FRANCIS Il. SPINNER for Comptroller
and his "Seeping Dog Letter" All the lnha-
tionsls will vote for the old gentleman.
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The distrust everybody has of JAY GOULD
Is shown in the refusal Of the stock brokers to
have anything to do with Union Pacific. Though
one of the chief speculative stocks on the list,
only two hundred shares were sold on one day
last week, and on no day did the sales reach
above Il few thousand shares. II JAY GOULD
should once begin to unload, the tumble In
the price Of Union Pacific would be something
startling. The spectators are wise In refusing
to lit the burden on the shoulders Of HORACE
GREFIIY's successor.
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Col. CLIFFORD A. II. BARTLETT, Esq,
candidate for Assembly In the Seventh
District, is OF old New England Yankee stock.
He is destined to a brilliant future as lawyer
and a legislator. On Tuesday, Nov. 2, he will be
elected to the Assembly from the Seventh Dis
trict. And the people Will be glad OF IL ever af-
I'd
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We are sorry 10 oppose DIR. ISAAC l.
HAYES In his aspirations TO become member
Of the Legislature. lie is gallant Arctic navi-
gator and has added TO our knowledge OF the
North Pole. If he were running in one Of the
northern districts OF the city, there would DO
propriety in 1t but in the Seventh District he
will not do. Col. C. A. IL. DARTLETT is the man
To bo elected there
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WASHINGTON, Oct. "A. - Dr. Lindeman, d.
OF Mint from his late personal observations
thinks the total OF the gold product next year win
be tiOOOo0O0O, Of which amount the Comstoek lode
viii furrah nnehalL
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A.e.nandIe smilh for A..embIy.
Tho mechanics and workInsmen Of the rwel

The mechanics ana worklngmen OF the Twelfth
Assembly District met on Saturday evening and nom.
mated Daniel @. Smith, the celebrated American
axe-handle maker, for member OF Assembly. II Mr..
Smith shows as much proficiency I'm making laws rs he
does In making axehandes the people Of the district
will not be- ashamed Of their representative.
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The appearance of JOHN MoRnssEY as q
candidate In the Fourth Senate District has
already had great effect. The people are en-
couraGed Tammany Hall Is alarmed. wethink
MoRRIssEY will be elected. 1t 10 great thing
to get AN honest man for Senator.