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THE PENNSILVdNIA CANViSS.

~ is said that the "Molly Maguircs" in the
schuykill coal region are all for Gov. Harrant
Judge Pershings severity in Furnishing such OF
their awess comrades have fallen into the power Of
his court.
The Republican torclllight procession in
Philadelphia il said to have $4,000. A. long "a
there are rich contractors to divide with and poor letter.
carriers and clerks to ASSESS. the hard times will
affect tLa ring politicians who organize such parades
A report comes from the anthracite regions
that the six great coal companies have agreed upon
partial suspension mining operations after tho FIST OF
November. aud total stoppago on Decemberl /. II this
prove it viii probably be worth 10000 to the
Democratic state ticket. The Pennsylvania miners have
always shown readiness To hold the party IN power
responsible whenever they feel the pinch Of hard times
Some of the Pennsylvania Democratic organs
appear think that the general resumption operations
by the mills and factories in Pittsburgh Trick Of the
Republicans 10 the vote OF the thousands work
ingmen Tho deserted them Last Fall This must be an
expensive way OF conducting campaign but the liz,
Will stop nj 10 defeat them
The Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia ia
busily engaged in purging the gstry list. About
usual number OF fraudulent found upon them
and the Ring Republicans responsible for thrive
fourths oi them, usual. The game appears TO he q
load the lists heavily with fictitious that the
Court cannot possibly finish the work OF publication be-
io," election and viii have to leave ~ r.. thousand
names Tor the Use OF repcaters.
lnerc are tWel'e State senators 10 eject III
Pennsylvania tins year, eleven to NIL regular vacancies
in place of United states Senator Wallace Among
the few nominated for these positions who rise above
the level OF ordinary country politicians the Hon Geo
" Lawrence Of Washington. who for four years a
member OF Congress. Mr.. Lawrence belongs to the
form wing Of ia, Republican party and headed gallant
but Intellectual hight against the Ring In the Harrisburg
Convention IN 1874.
The Democrats of Senator Wallace's dis
rict have nominated as his successor Mr. Thomas Jee
Boyer, who enjoyed uncnyable notoriey IN the
Legislature OF 1868 OF the Democratic members
who betrayed their party and sold TO Cameron MI
Boyers share in this business proved and confessed
His that he dealt with Camerons agents In
order to get evidence TO convict them of bribery His
constituents appeared To lack confidence in his state
mouts and until now have shown deposition
him 10 public life.
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As 10 John II. SELhREG.

Among the constituents of John II. Sclkrcg
there is, outside of those parii.anS who would
srpport Mr.. Schuyler OF Mr.. Selkreg simply as
party representatives, a large class OF intelll-
gent and conscientious voters who VIII not
willingly support any man whom they know
to be corrupt or corruptiblc. Ii is to this
class that We have few words to say.
They make the natural and perhaps not un-
reasonable demand forprooft that Senator Selkrcg
has sold his vote and blaclinailed measures. both
good and bad. 1t is this demand that in every
case like this serves to shield the thief. The old
provcrb is rcvcrsed-the giver is as bad as the
thief No man who has wife and children and
wants tn look his ncighbOrS i'll the face will con-
fess that he was guilty OF bribery merely by that
confession to ruin the brbcc. Indeed. thou
sand devices guard the professional striker
There are no checks, no receipts, even perhaps
10 visible evidence. The money passes in
lump from the hands of the victim; il is fiji
tered by the close -mouthcd lobbyist into yari-
ous pockets. The bill passes and lis rcpfescn-
tatiye, while he might check off each
purchased vote rs il Is given, might he
Obliged To confess that his knowledge
is intuition and not evidence. Sometimes these
men are holder. as in Mr.. Selkrcgs ease, and
vet proof is ms far off as ever. The sum he
received, and the bill which he DISTRACTED To
force payment. who paid the money. and how
all these may he matters of common talk,
but common talk has not the legal value of
an affidavit. OF one thing, however, Mr.. Sell
kreg's constituents may rest assured. No wholly
innocent man ever so generally and tlatly
accused az Mr.. Sekreg has been.
But this adroit legislator has another protcc-
ton. Except where the inducemcnt was too
tembting to refuse, he has voted often for
good bills and against bad ones. Exactly 40
That is the commOnest trick OF the lobby. The
striker votes for good bills, but he often black
mails them first.
Another thing will show how well such men
are fortified. In rare moments of imprisoned
and needless avaricc, Mr.. Selkreg has written
letters demanding money, asking when settle
ment was to he made on certain bills, &c,
&c OF these letters Democratic state Senator
holds eleren "a we'll known lobbyist and iepub
lcan politician holds nine. We could
give, if we chose the names of half dozen
men prominent in public life who have en-
delvored to obtain these letters for publica-
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POLI1ICiL NOTES.

Gen. Banks and the Hon. s. s. Cox ar" cx-
pected to speak Il Democratic mass meeting in Boston
tonight
The project for holding IA National Hard
Money Convention in Cincinnati to-day has been aban-
doned. There never seemed TO be AIRY particular reason
for its meeting anyway.
1t is no wonder The Cincinnati Enguiyer
keep. up the cry for money" IL has the best Of
reasons for it, During the campaign a gentleman OF
Chllicothe accepted bet Of ~ 900 which member Of
The Enquirer Company offered Allen. and he is now
in Cincinnati looking after he money. When he went TO
the bank where IL had been deposited. he informed
that notice had been given TO refuse payment. lie
threatens 10 for IT, Meantime The ErqluT6r will
doubtless yen for soft money more vigorously than
There are signs of luminosity between the
friends Of Gov Hendricks and Congressman Kerr in In
diana The former thinks his prospects for the Presl-
dency would lie injured by Mr. krrrs election the
Spcakershp. and Is said 10 be- making strong efforts TO
prevent the Indiana dele Cation from giving the latter
united support The Governor friends say that while
he went into Ohio and abored manuly for the cause.
Mr. Kerr soiunrnng in Colorado for the benefit Of
his health And what they consider worst Of all. Mr.
Kerr has made attempt to disguise his pleasure AZ the
Ohio defeat The Cincinnati Enquirer IL standing on and
crying ST boy to the Hendricks faction
Whittier talks with the freedom of an indie
pendent voter when he speaks of prescn political lead.
ers. He has written this letter to the Hon. Elur
Wright 81 notice in the papers thy rs a
candidate for the State senate am Glad Of IT, and hope
the people of thy district will have The good 10
vote for thee irrespective of party. We need brains
sadly in that branch of the Coz ernmen; and sharp
eyed. brave and honest TO look after the Rings,
and protect the people from frauds, will be amiss
Aside from all this confess should like 10 see one OF
the old ,boon leaders In the Senate of Massachusetts,
where the eleventh hour men have hitherto been
spicuous"
About the meanest specimen of a campaign
SANDER has just been exploded u Wisconsin Several
weeks ago the Republicans, instead Of working honestly
and zeSlousy for the ticket they nominated deliberately
attempted to defeat the reelection OF Gov Taylor by
starting ridiculous story that in 1864 while Chairman
OF tn Board OF Supervisors. he had dshonesy appro
prate to himself 5000 OF the money voted for soldiers
bountes The story fortified by All affidavit OF a
man named Fsrr. who sworo that he was himself the
Governors partner IN tho stealing. Gov. Taylor has
made affidavit that the whole statement Is false and his
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is notoriously unfit for the place, and he is
the representative of all that is vulgar ana
violent in tho politics of his party. But no is
not personally infamous, like some OF Gen.
Grants favorites. He is not thief and q
swindler; and gentlemen can afford to meet
him in social and Official intercourse without
sacrificing their sclf-respect Now, II 1t had
been Shepherd or Harrington
Messrs Bristow and Jewell have something
to think of besides their own feelings or what
they NAV conceive to be their individual
political interests. They owe their best
services to the country. Since they have been
in the Cabinet there have been two or three
emergencies in which it is popularity believed
that their influence with that of Messrs. Fish
and Piei1epont has avertcd very serious mis-
fortunes 1t is not at all unlikely that during
the next eighteen months their good sense, IN
tcgrity, and instincts of proprcty may be
sorely needed to save the President from ms
own Observation-Disclosures and his mischevous and
dishonest advisers. They have only to look
AT Mr.. Chandler and reflect what solt OF men
Gen. Grant would probably put in their places
if they went out, and then We think they VIII
hardly reconcile it to their consccnces to go.
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CfBTNET RTNDH.S.

Rumor is running about Newspaper Row at
Washington chatterinG of further changes i'll
Gen. Grants Cabinet. If the busy dame tells
the truth there il intense dissatisfaction among
the leading statesmen of the capital in conse-
quence of the appointment of Mr.. Chandler /;
and Mr.. Brstow and Mr.. Jewell are about to
send in their designations. No doubt the selCc
ton of the new Secretary of the Interior has
Disguised very large party of the Presidents
friends The Hon. Simon Cameron has re-
marked. in his frank and engaging way that
this is purgatOry of IA time, and it is under
stood that he feels very much as the Hon.
Hugh Gardner did when that eminent Commits
sioner o. Police was refused the trihing favor
of the release of q professional burglar who
had made himself useful to the Custom-bouse
party. Others are displeased with Mr.. Chan
der's presence in the Cabinet for reasons of an
entirely different character, and Messrs Fish,
Brstow, Jewell and PicrrepOnt can hardly feel
Aattered by the companionslip of the colleague
whom the President has thrust upon them.
Nevertheless we see no reason IA yet why any
body should resign, and We are not disposed
to put much trust in the stories of an impend
ing crash.
The appointment of Mr.. Chandler as we have
said already was disgracefully bad one, and
the people will resent it whenever the Oppor-
tunity presents itself. But it is not an ap-
pOIntment for which the other members of the
bound TO make an issue OF it. Mr.. Chandler
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WITH SUPPLEMENT.
THE NEUS THIS MORNING.

FoRrIGv.-Count Won Arnims sentence is to be
commuted TO a fine. = The Prince of Wales and
annie were at Port Said. - The Emperor Will
liam was to leave Milan on Saturday. -= The
Spanish Government refuses to allow Republican
electoral meetings. - Ex-Minister MarfOn was
arrested and sent to Cadiz
DoMEs1ic-Gen. Pickett was buried at Richmond
with imposing honors the colOred militia joined in
the procession - Col. Joyce convicted at st.
Louis upon the whisky fraud Indictment against
him. - IIri Carruth of VDeland n, j.. shot by
Iandis last March, died. - Gen. lleth, Marshal
of the Day for the unwilling Of Jackson's statue,
issued circular on the subject of the colorcd men
paradng favorable to il. == Several changes III
the Government bureaus are promised after the
annual reporis are compiled. - The Boston and
Albany Railroad proposes TO take of the Now
England fast mail train to Albany.
CITY AND SUBURsAN.-The evangcllsts Moody
and Sankey began their revival labors at the
Brooklyn Rink The attendance was very large and
much interest was shown. - mass meeting of
BROOKLYN Republicans and Independent Democrats
supported Frederick A. Schroeder for Mayor. -=
Some disaicction was disclosed by designations in
Tammany District Committees --- Tie number
of names registered in NewYor; is II 93 against
l4621s last year. == Peter b. SweenyS answer
10 the States suit for over $1,000. 900 filed.
- Gold 1854, 111ab 1l14. Gold value OF
the legal-tender dollar at the close 81 10 cents.
TIE WEATHHR.-The Government report predicts
warm weather, with clouds and rain. -- In this
city yesterday. the day clear and warm; Their
mOmeter 81, 60, 5So
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amnsemeuto amo alestiuas Go Might.

ACADEMY OF MvsIC--' The Iewcss" wachtcl
Ro rms TnE BATTER" Humpty Dunpty." Fox.
BRooKLYN THE,rEa.-" Abound the World IN Egnty
Days"
EIGIR THRATER.-varicty Performance.
FIFTH AVLNUE rHgATER- Hamlet Booth
GRAND OPERA HOUSE," Uncle Toms Cabin
I1CEUn IAsATER.-" Lc Petit Faast"
Tony PAsToE's NEW TIIEATEG-variety Performance
OLYMPIC THs ,TER.-Narictv Performance.
PARA THEATEE.-" Mighty Dollar"
San FRANCISCO MINsTRTIs.
TmRD AVENUE THEATER-varicty Performances.
TUEATER COMIoUF.-Variety Performance
UNION SoUARE TuRATER.-' Led Astray.'
WAIIACK's THF ATFW.-" Overland Route"
AMERICAN INSTITUTE. Exhibition.
COOPER INsiITt TE-Iecturc Col. ". VI. Grosyen0r.
MKTRoPoLITNN MUSEUM OF ART.-Paintings, etatuhry'
.kN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-25

The Anti Ring demonstration i'll Brooklyn
last Saturday night was an event of note-
worthy political significance. When leaders
like Gen. Socum break with the managers OF
their party, there il chance for the success of
better class of men at the polls. It's to the credit
of Brooklyn that both her candidates for the
Mayoraty are respectable and upright citizens.
There is a prevailing feeling, however, that
one of them represents chiefly Mr.. Hugh
Mclaughlin, while the other would represent
the taxpayers. We advise the Taxpayers to
vote for their own man. His name is Schroeder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-25

District-Attorney Phelps made proper haste on
Friday to explain the serious charge made before the
Assembly Committee on Crime that ho had arranged
with certain "CustOm-huuse politicians" not to
bring Michael Norton, of the Ring plundeTcrs, to
trial on condition that he worked for the party
but with a stupidity not creditablo to candi-
date The defense was furnished only to the papers
which had not published the charge. Justice
10 Mr.. Phelps however. requires even
after his story is several days old to say that he
shows concusiv,y that T.. Delaiield Smith and
Controller Green were the officials who urged the
non prosecution of Norton condition that he
would give testimony for the city ia an important
suit Mr.. Phelps seems to he fully justified by the
evidence he las produced. Possibly the result Of
the suit alluded to may justify the Controller and
ex -COrporation Counsel Smith.-Wc do not that
Recorder llackett has been equally successful thus
far III dealing with some of the recent revelations
We see no adequate explanation for his extraordinary
series of suspensions of judgment in the of con-
victed and often of dangerous criminals. The list
reveals serious, in fact alarming looseness of
practice, and needs extraordinary rcagons for its
justification.
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his business to carry him out Of town during
election day

There can scarcely he much cause for tho
fear that a riot may occur at Richmond if the
colored militia take part in the ceremonies OF
unvailing the Stonewall Jackson statue. III. on
account of so absurd a fear, the colored
people had been refused permission to join the
parade, the Richmond authorities would have
SIMPLY made themselves q laughng-stock.
Gen. Hetl's proclamation puts the matter in a
proper light White citizens cannot afford to
shun compettion in the matter of honors to
their dead hero.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-25

Some idea Of the difficulty Of reporting Mr.. Moody
verbatim may be gathered from the fact that
one of Tux TRlDUNRs swiftest stenographers
yesterday took down from his lips 2,2OO
words in ten minutes, by the watch. This is at a
rate four times rs rapid that of Mr.. Evarts, and
third faster than that OF Mr. Bcecher, two of the
most difficult of speakers to report An hour OF such
rapid talking would ill five columns of The rEIr-
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ton. They might as well have attempted to
squeeze juice from o cannon ball. Among
these men there are ties stronger than party
bonds, and no instinct is SO strong as that OF
self-preseryatiOn.
These arc the facts as to John II. Sellreg.
VIII the honest Republicans of the AAlVth
District return this miserable hypocrite and
rnpue 10 the Senatef
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-25

Mr.. Samuel Walker has written letter on the
Report of the Red Cloud Investigating Commission,
in which he charges the Commissioners with sup
pressing important testimony relating TO the alleged
beef frauds. Enough testimony on that head how
ever has been published through the special reports
Of TIE TRIBUNE aud other sources W cast very
grave suspicious upon the verdict of the Commits
sion and to justify the demand that Congress shall
make thorough investigation of the subject. Ii is
certain that the discrepancies between the provision
returns AID the cattle actually on hand at the
Agony rave not been accounted for to the public
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The defections i'll the Tammany organizations
of the various districts in the WITH Senatorial
District are very serious-all the more so that
they help to make the election of John Morris
sey possibility. 1t is bad enough that the
voters of that district are compelled as an
alternative to take such a man as John Fox
the election of MOnissey would be an out
rage which cannot be patiently contemplated.
Whoever in the Fifth Judicial District wants
a pure judge, will find just the man not to
vote for, by reading the Syracuse letter we
print this morning. The man who can give and
get accepted mortgage on property he
doesn't own to reimburse trust funds no had
no right to use, is too smart man for the
bench There have been men on the bench
who would have told him that he would shine
better behind the bars
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Bneiness Notlees.

LIFE INSURANCE ON THE Stock PLAN.-Amplt
security; low cash premums-THE TRAVELLERS, Hartford
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Peter Il. Sweeny's answer to the city's suit
against him, denying all knowledge of and par
ticipation in the Rings robberes, will not go
very far toward imposing upon those familiar
with the thorough manner in which the shares
of himself ard brother have been traced in
the banks of this city. The facts that Mr..
Sweeny is still fugitive and that his answer
is made by his counsel, would at least throw
doubt over his innocence.
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whatever the Commissioners may have learned
about them-and the testimony OF the army officers
has not been satisfactorily explained away
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-25

The large registration of voters in this city
on Friday and Saturday makes the total a
rather unusual figure for an off year. So far,
80 good there is always greater danger when
our citizens are neglectful of the privilege of
the ballot. than when they are wide awake to
the issue Ten per cent of the numbers regis
tered have in previous years neglected to vote.
The worst class of voters made very small
proportion of that ten per cent If respectable
citizens do their duty at the polls this year,
the ten pei cent can be cut down to three or
four. Let no man who has registered permit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-25

At last Indian Commissioner Smiths resig-
nation is under way. There IS little ambi-
guilty as to the whereabouts of the document,
as stated in our dispatches but it exists. Its
publication may, however, be delayed little. as
it doubtless takes time to prepare the touching
correspondence that should accompany it, set
ting forth the profound confidence of his supe-
riors in Mr.. Smith, and describing the years of
toll which lac shared with Mr.. DelanO.
The Morning herald., 1875-09-22
, THE sUlCEDALiMANIA.
4 skull in The wrong Place. n

PHILADELPHIA, Sept s1s-Richard iLu-
ther, German, about t1irtyy;lye years r. Of +
age, committed suicide in franklin Square,
about eight O'Clock tonight, by shooting
himself in the head. On card in his pocket
was found the reason, which was, because
the right skull was IN the wrong body ,.,rp
.saoa yq!A. woMAN's Suicide. gr'haaI
LEBANON, Pa, Sept. 2l.--A woman who
arrived here last evening and registered her
name at the Lebanon Valley House, as Lulu
,Gfeen, from Phhadeiphia, was run over and
killed IL about one mile East Of this place, by
4 Westward bound freight train, at 2 p. m,
to-day. She was seen 10 cross from the
down track over on to- the up track and de-
Hberately laid her head on the rail about
thirty yards ahead Of the engine. Her head
was completely severed from the body.
The Morning herald., 1875-09-22
The EngIehardt-O'Neil Race.

SARATOGA, Sept. u "a meeting was held
to-day between the' friends Of Englehardt
and O'Neil, the former being in favor of
postponing the race until tomorrow, and
the latter quite anxious to have It come off
before 8 O'Clock this afternoon, should the
water permit. It was finally decided to
come off between the hours of ten and two
o'clock tomorrow, both to start at whatever
time the referee shall name. The lake up to
hslf-past one was apparently as smooth as
elass, and O'Neilwaited nearly 8 hours in
readiness, The water since Is quite rough.
The Morning herald., 1875-09-22
Gathered with tho Scissors

Paunc!cous Piollet is the name given to,
the Democratic candidate for State Treas
urer by some of the irrevcrent country
papers. He weighs about 25O pounds,
"Clara Morris has been doing Cork"
says a newspaper note. Are we to infer
from this that she has turned negro min
strel? ~
Grant must visit his farm in St. Louis
to see how his Short Horns and Aldernevs
his Southdown and other blooded stock T.
getting on. In the meantime the Govern
ment will get alsng as best it can,
Watermelons are two dollars each IN
Hamilton, New, and none but people Of
the best society can indulge in cholera
To be let. The Bloody Shirt Senator
Morton left in Maine. Apply to Speaker
Blaine.
), GOV. Ames' cook having given warning
thae eshe intends to leave his service, he has
applied for United States troops to resist
her purpose. e.-Bostoas Post (Dem.)
When Professor Marsh fred his first shot
at the Indian ring, the corruptionists com.
posing the latter tried to laugh him down
ss mere scientific bone-hunter, and the
'esult Of his work is fearful rattlinp
'moag the dry bones in the Indian De.
,artment.