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A crever Reason for that order.

Let no guilty man escape. When tins
order was given, what did II meanf IL
meant just the opposite of what it said
TAILEYRAND once remarked that the true
use Of language was TO conceal ones
thought. And this was n striking illustra-
ton OF the cunning diplomats idea.
Let no guilty man escape. No guilty
man in the cases to which the order was
Intended to apply was likely to he con-
yicted without the testimony OF accom-
plices. To encourage such witnesses II has
been customary TO exempt them from
punishment. The order was designed TO
interfere with this long established prac-
lice In the administration Of the criminal
law. and Its object was TO give the
greatest criminals n chance to escape.
The latest Developments in reference to
the safe burglary mt Washington throw
additional light on this order. They show
IN occasion and necessity for issuing II
not before suspected. Ii seems that i'll
mates of the White House even were con-
cerncd, actively concerned in that dctesta-
bic crime; that confedcratcs, IL they could
be assured OF immunity, were willing aud
ready to como forward aud tell the whole
story. But these confedcrates were OF
course likewise, though not equally, guilty
and II no guilty man was TO escape, then
lips would remain sealed.
Verify the history OF the city OF Wash
ington under GRANTS administration puts
one in mind of the Seldom and GomorIat
OF ancient times.
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To THE EDITOR OF ruB SUN-ST: read your
paper daily, and being Impressed with your wis ON aud
gard to matter in which feel much iltcre.t Recent.
" mace profession OF rehOI, and have conncc, ed
the regular evening mectngs-whicn, by tae wuy, are
very interesting. Some of The members, who are lead
ardCLt, u Of zeal ana arr dcslrOus
yancns tn OF Christ ~ remarks aud singing,
aud appear to hinA ali should manifest the same sort OF
Now. do believe heart all right, and with NAL.
ice toward none but WIN charity for AL am disposed
daily pursuing the even tenor OF my way with.
out making any PARTICULAR flourish or speeches, since,
a.id5 from natural 0ASAw arIaess anu Ie,eIve my
think AL hould do some talking persist in having all
10 40 so. but their persistence lcads 10 Is IL
Can not show my Christian character by my daily
tulness, as wen as by making speeches and ing
one, on he she had such abeautifu experience while
feel annoyed as have none TO II late. Please give
S yosk % w ana oS aTso couvs
Ifthe young convert has not the gift of 3 eakina
It is not reasonable to expect him to talk in the
PRAYER meeting. The gift Of listening Is a very
valuable one, aud often far transcends that OF
speaking. Experience shows that the brethren
who talk the most in prayer meeting and pray at
greatest length, are not always those who
when you meet them outside, are fullest OF
Christian graces. The trouble with these dissat-
isfying brethren is that they think II they fee
very pious in the prayer meeting, that is evi.
dence that they are pious. Nothing could be
further from the truth The way they act out
side Of church affords a better criterion OF their
religious character than the feryency they dis
play within. II the young convert above prac-
tees the precepts OF Christianity in his lite, his
Lack OF the gift Of talking In prayer meeting
need not cause him unhapplness.
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most lavish expenditure in this direction,
till now the startled taxpayers are CON
fronted by bill in Congress to secure to
these officers, in addition TO their pay as
captains and first lieutenants, annually
the sum of $1,000.
And for whati The average daily work
performed IL comprised in four hours hear
ing recitations aud making up reports,
with occasional service on boards OF sur
vey at the post, not comparable for n mo-
ment with the duties any one OF these OH
Gers would be called upon to perform
every day when serving with his company.
Neither Is IT claimed that officers SO de-
tailed are subjected to any greater ncccs-
sary expenses than are their brother
officers serving at such posts as Governors
Island, Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth,
the forts in Boston harbor, or any
garrison stations near our large cities.
Why, then, should the captains aud licu-
tenants on duty at West Point be paid
more than are the captains aud lcutcn-
ants serving at other postsl
True, II Is understood that officers sta
toned at West Point are TO spend
more money than officers in other garri-
sons; and here is one OF the worst evils
resulting from this extra pay. Con-
tcmporaneously with the advent and in
crease OF this unnecessary allowance, there
have been contracted among officers on
duty at West Point habits OF extravagant
living which should be sterny discouraged
We particularly refer to the entertaining
of transient visitors. The extra one thou
sand dollars per year allowed the Superin-
teudeut for the entertainment of the
Board of Visitors and distinguished for
eiguers may he all well enough, but why
the other officers should be expected TO
maintain an expensive meas and keep on
hand a supply OF liquors and cigars for the
horde OF visitors is hard to understand. II
would be far better for the discipline OF
the Academy If these hospitalitios were
dispensed with, West Point made TO con-
form its customs in this respect with those
Of other military posts, and this ANIMAL
and unnecessary drain of $4,000 saved TO
| the Treasury.
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AAfERTC4,s Pride.
How Chiids. A. M. Met an Emergency-Tho
Latest Offspring Of bis Muse.

How Childs. A. M, Met an Rmergency-Tho
Latest Offspring Of bis Muse.
To THE EDITOR or TIE SUN-Str: My
nephew, who, a. you will remember. has the fe-
icty OF being the ONCE hoy Of CIV. Childs A. NJ,
Americas pride, has told me more concerning
that wonderful poet, which hasten TO lay be-
fore your millions OF readers. 1t appears that
the obituary clerk OF the Lciycr was appointed
to serve on some Centennial committee, and
asked for weeks absence. Mr.. Chllds was In
distress. lilo could got no substitute for this
man-in all Philadelphia there was no one ca
pabie OF carving out the system which the gre at
poet devised, for promptly serving his patrons
With obituaries. Bat there was the Centennial J
lie did not hesitate. When aid Geo w. C1ilds,
a. NJ, ever. permit private good to stand IN the
way OF public interest Never!
"Go! he sad, and do your duty by your
country as you have by me-"
Ine man went, and new and Inexperienced
clerk WAS put In his place. But things worked
badly. The new man mixed everything, and
frequently It happened that the poet was COM
PEELED TO howl down the pipe twice or three
times to get the name and age Of the deceased,
which, as II WIS IN tho midst OF very I'M
healthy season, occasioned a great loss of time.
This was the more TERRIBLE as, owing to the poet
having devoted a great deal OF bis time to the
Centennial, he was rather short of poems, and
was working very hard TO catch up.
What did g. W. Chlds, A.. NJ, dor why he
went down to that desk him self, and took
charge Of II in person, not Only taxing In the
money with his own hand, but VIII " the
poems at the same time. lie would dold out
his left hand aud say, One dollar and seventy
Ave cents" making change accurately, while
with the right he was putting upon paper the
very lnes he was taking pay Tor.
need not say that with his accustomed gen
erosity he gave what he saved In clerk hire to
the Centennial fund.
give a few specimens OF the poems written
under these pee Iliarly trying circumstances, as
An act OF justice to the poet. IL tue puoltc see
any falling Oh IN the quality OF the obituaries,
| the public ought to know the reason therefor.
Faie thee well dear, gentle susan
Thy Affections were too Sore
=
Your SOU Is ON the golden shore.
Gone to meet nye sisters.
Diphtherla took our gentle Lily,
In Its cruel cruel utch
She's IN heaven VITA anyel Billy,
20 We do net mu ura her much.
Gone " meet her aunt Snediker
stll in death doth lie our Hannah
She was too sweet, too good 70 i've,
But she died IN cruel manner,
Kerosene did us D. reave.
Gone where lamps Is unknoan.
Long he fought-life was not barren
| To keep on his late 20 ghlst-
Ly, out. alas the fearful .ryn.
| Ghtla fetched him at the last.
Gone uut not forgotten.
These are sufficient TO show the wonderful
| power OF the great poet. even under the mos
| dscoutaGing circumstances. Is not his Veniui
| cause for national rejpcingf An ADMIRLR.
PHILADELPHIA, April 4.
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The Assistant Professors at West
Point.

Whatever may be urged as to the justice
OF continuing the present rate Of pay to
the professors at the United States Mill
tary Academy, there is no argument
worthy OF n moments consideration, that
can be presented in favor of giving the
ARM officers on duty there as assistant
professors single dollar more than they
would receive were they serving at other
stations with the regiments or CORDS to
which they belong.
In "a less extravagant period the honor OF
being selected for any special service was
considered a sufficiently powerful incen-
tive for all officers who, DESTROYS Of such dis
tinction, took pains to qualify Themselves
FOR It's peculiar duties. As for the Military
Academy, there has never been any lack
Of officers well qualified and anxious to be
detaI,,.'"' whether Us STAFF officers, iustruc-
tors, or assistant professors as they are now
sailed. Indeed, officers stationed on the
Plains or in the South have always looked
ppon billet TO West Point rs a most well
some release from the arduous duties OF
Damp life.
In an evil hour, but in a liberal spirit
Congress voted to pay the first assistant pro-
lessor in any branch ofstudies about twenty
collars month, Ia addition to his pay q,
IN officer OF the army. This precedent
'nce established was but too quickly fol
""eu' ANA the doors thrown opep TO thu
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An OId-Time Beccher characterized.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-SH: The
whip Of scorpions with which you pursue tho
lingering In the pulpit of the Rev. II. W. Beecher,
meets the entire appreciation Of all readers Of
The SUN In this town. The poet Cowley thus
speaks ~ a periured and noted contemporary,
whose rising sun fun OF JOY and gladness. like
Bcochcl's declined amid black clouds and hor-
role dtrknes'' " The ilet thing TO be no
ted" says the old English bard, " in this per
iured scOundrcl as striking Hld toward the
belief II his sincerity, was certrin extraoidi-
nary luXiOnh faculty of tears with which bis
c.nslitution Wa happily endowed. Had he not
had faculty. t. be fluent IN his tears and clio
quGnt la his eXeclations had he not had
-nougie eyes and u supple conscience ; md be-
sides to ~ with people VI erelh fqVh, but lutte
wit his courage aud the res, - IS NOR, 49,
tues, with the help OF his iNni2lries, had never
been able SO far to advance him out Of the
reach Of justice that we should have need to
cal Tor any otner hand to remove him but That
of the hlngman. lilo hath founu indeed, that
IN COdnCss there ts great gain aud III 4 preach
Ing and praying. well managed, will Obtain other
kingdoms as well as that Of heaven. His, in
deed, have tocn pious arms, for he hath con
aGercd most By those Of the Church by pr4ycrs
and tears" CHENANGO POINT.
BINGHAMrOS, April Z.
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The Testimony Against Gen. Mcigs.

DAVID WEBSTER OF Concord, New IIamp-
shire, testified before the Committee on
Expenditures in the War Department that
he went TO Washington in 1874, TO sell to
the War Department n moth extermi-
nator and that Gen. MEIGs asked him.
"How much viii you give me II put II in
general usef" Gen. MEIGs denies this.
II this testimony is true a character
which has stood fair and high for great
many years Is destroyed. Is it truei
We very much doubt 1t. We do not be
lieve il. WhyI Because there Is opposed
to it long life, passed in the public view,
and heretofore ummpeached. Secondly,
Gen. MEIGs would never have made this
corrupt and contemplate proposition TO a
moth extorminator, without also making
similar attempts TO oxtort money from
others. We shall, there fore, maintain our
unbelief in the accusation until other evil
dence from trustworthy sources is brought
forward showing that Gen. MEIGs has
done such things before.
There has been corruption enough nj
Washington without resorting to false ac-
cusatlons of frauds.
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now KTTTLE DID 1T.
Detected in an Attempted Fraud on the Post
Once Department.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE story OF the
crime for which W. ID. Kittle has been indicted
by the Grand Jury Of the District Of Columbia
Is as follows; On opening the proposals for
III II service in Florida, 1t was found that one
John Y. Reynolds was the lowest bidder on
about three-quarters OF all Of them. w. ID. Kit
tic. who was detected In attempts at fraud upon
the department last spring, appeared as one OF
the sureties upon his bond, and Albert q. Ryan
of this city as the other security. Mr. Ryan APP
peared In the department with an AFFIDAVIT set
ting forth the fact that when he signed the
bonds there was no name upon the proposals a.
a bidder, and that his understanding was That
Mr. kittle was to be the bidder. lie claimed
that lie had never known Mt. hey olds, and
had never signed his bond, and therefore asked
to be released from his obligaI ion thereon. The
proposals showed that Mr.. RYAN had sworn to
MS MS, r tse AZ s1Je'y, in acso,dsnSe
puzzle In this city, aud Mr.. Ryan promptly filed
an AFFIDAVIT that be had never taken such an
oath. The Postmaster General Fsked the Post
ONCE Committee Of the House 10 take the c lse
up and Subpoena witnesses, which they did. aud
the testimony developed the fact that John +.
REYNOLDS resided In Kalamazoo, Michigan.
special agent OF the Post Office Department
was sent to Interview MIR. Reynolds, who
ascertained that he was a lad under SIX
teen years Of age, brother OF Mr.. Kittcs
VIE, that he had never been In Washington,
and had never signed any. proposals for mail
the signature OF "JOhn f. REYNOLDS" as the
handwriting Of his young sister, VINO was at
tending college at Georgetown. On the return
OF the special agent to Washington he found
That ki;tle had fed, having been notified by
telegraph that tective was on his track, but
the special agent called on the young lady, Miss
Reynolds, at Georgetown College, and obi ined
from her written certificate to the effect that
she had signed the proposals In the name of
"JOhn +. Reynolds" at kittles request. A coin-
parlson Of the handwriting m which she drew
M the certificate, With the Signature upon the
propo ais, was fully convincing VI tue fact that
her certificate was correct.
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Rum aud the Centennial.

FTUHI-IfF II tNVDTFIIII.
A man will not see III Paris n Tavng
drunkdrd on the streets once a week. Ituay Ue
from better police regulations much the
better that the ruinOus example n restrained
bur we believe that while drnking is more gen
ernl, weaker stimulants are taken, ana less of
them. Certainly no such shocking cxhtbitions
are seen, unless II be ~ Britain. liut We are in
Il fair way Ia lose all sense " decency here. The
city OF the Centtnnlai teens with ~ the park is
liter.lly girdled by rdm houses and there
seems no one to speak or act for the weak
when tempted. Oar statute books are loaded
with tnactments, which are OF no more restrain
lng power than a dam OF striws. We blush for
our national jubilee when we think Of the
shocking EXHIBIT OF our seryitudc.
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There is a great gathering Of distin-

There is great gathering of dstin-
guished journalists In this city. Field Marshal
MURAT HALsrEAD leads the column; SAM
BowLEs commands the right wing, HENRY
WATTEnsoN the left and the guard Is
cared for Nv the wary and prudent HORACE
WHITE, while the entire army IS under the COM
mand of Gen. CARL ScHURz. We are going
to elect President, and 1t is time
to see about II. Some OF these gen
temen want BRIsV)w; hut SAM BowLEs,
his eternal honor be It reported, is still fifth
ful to CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS while HENRY
wArrERsoN. most accomplished and courageous
Of them all, looks with a longing recollection Of
allegiance toward the camp llres which flicker
around the biyousc OF the Democracy. 1t is an
interesting gathering, but no reporters are in-
vited FHNToN and WALDO HUrCHISs es-
peclally left out.
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ZINC opnosition mnde 10 the TURNING

The opposition made TO the turning OF
Cozzens's Hotel at West Point into hospital
for convalescents, on the ground that sick peo-
pie are not desirable neghbors for wealthy
owners ofproperty In the vicinity, is a. unicciing
as II Is unreasonable II II could be proved that
the situation was bad one for convalescents,
that would be another matter or II the New York
Hospital corporation has not the funds to con-
duct the summer hospital there, that is an argu-
ment worth consideration. Mrs. Osborn set out
to do a humane and noble thing for tn sick need
ing country air, and she should not be defeated
in carrying II cut by land owners who think that
a fashionable hotel at West Point is better for
their property than hospital. The truth is that
this is spot every way calculated to advance
the recovery Of those inyallds who are fortunate
enough TO he taken there All the shoddy In
the world is worthless aud coutemptlhle COM
pared with such u charity as Mrs. OsBoRN's.
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70 THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str; Under
what law, or by what authority are the u. S.
Corps OF Cadets, together with the Military
Academy Band and an endless retinue Of off
GERS, ordered to Philadelphia, to remain during
the months OF June and July next. and this, too,
at the expense of the Government for transport
tation and board at some frst-class hotel at
about 81 so each per day.
ask for tins information, knowing THE SUNS
unalterable opposition TO the practice OF trans
porting public officers over the country on pleas
ure eIcursions at the peoples expense.
HIGHLAND FALLS, April 7. ECONOMY
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IL grows more and more doubtful whcth-
er any Congregational tribunal. which VIII Sc
cure the respect Of that denomination as q
whole, OF the fair aud intelligent public at all,
will ever thoroughly try the Of l5EECuER
The game OF BEECHER and SuEAHMAS IA to dis
courage the Plymouth pastors accusers from
making M their case, to be presented to the dis.
trusted scandal bureau OF the Advisory Council,
and then themselves to make up a case on which
they can get for BEECnER new den )minatiOn-
al whitewashinG. The resolutions offered by
the Rev. DR.. HENRY NJ. s1oRRs at the meeting
II Congregational ministers last week, and
passed by them, are step in that direction. I'm
less new testimony to his guilt IL brought be-
fore tits scandal bureau and sustained to their
satisfJc elton, BELCuER IL t. be declared 0s white
as the driven snow, and II brother minister de-
serving to be embraced Us n prosecuted martyr
Of the church. But all this will do no good. II
will leave BEECHER lust where he WAS, chang
ing no opinions and presenting no defence
against the charges which have practically de-
stroyed hie reputation. II IL plain that tho best
way to get at the bottom facts and to bring the
impudent offender t. due punishment, Is a judi
cial Investigation In a civil court which shall 20
to the seat OF the trouble. BEECHER himself
has had many opportunities to bring about such
an inquiry and vindlcate himself II Inn acent
tut, being guilty, he uses every effort to thwart
the attempts Of his &C cusers to secure fair trial
u the issue.
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wehave been trying too long to GALL upon the
sons OF lieal - h9;p on the Cnulch. We can get On
ere 70 lee tnst the Cnurcn esndo Without them You
without it.-Broihsr NoOts'S sermon.
People cay, on, know It Is not lust exactly rghf,
e ,oc an mus W. snr . 40 R b an u my
colleges or build cnurchcs winit tiey hnk II Is good
dsn1ncstly tlat ne vii dvstloos IL Tm lie Sec
II lie wlll-tTo'a another " MS sermons.
stll Brother MOODY is troubled over this sort
OF thing. still he grinds away at the work Of
showing that the Church should not accept the
money OF men who have got their money by
dishonest means, or in the Wall street way
which he has denounced. He would not take il
for the building of churches, nor for the enGow-
ment Pathological colleges, nor, we must sup
pose, for the support OF the clergy, the main
tenance Of religious societies. or the advance
mtnt Of the missionary cause. lie desires that
the church shall refuse all help from tue " sons
Of Belill," and obtain all the meaus IL needs
from those Of its own rcgenerated members
who earn their money honestly and honorably.
Brother MOODY is aware that " his system had
been carried out, there are churches aud col
leges which would never have been built ; there
are clerGymen who would have to be satisfied
with smaller salaries than they now draw and
there are sundry societies which would have
less cash In their treasures. But these things
do not alarm him and every day or two he re-
ittratcs emphatlcally the notions he holds on
this subject. 1t would es Interesting TO know
how many Of the clerGymen who sit on his plat.
form uphold him In this matter, and how far
they uphold him In 1t. IL would be Interesting
to have some OF them tell how often they have
refused contributions from the sons OF Bellul,"
and how large were the offerings thus refused.
II a day were given up to their experiences on
thls subject, we are sure the public would get
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Scientific men appear to be Of The opinion

Scientific men appear to be Of the opinion
that the project, now so much discussed, Of con-
yerting the great Desert Of Sahara into an inland
sea would simply he to restore it to what was,
seemingly Its original condition; that the
wastes, now so dry aud desolate, were once an
immense gulf, communicating with the Atlantic
ocean by a narrow strait; in course OF time
sand drifted in and choked up the strait; the
water held in the vast bed was absorbed under
the torrld sun; and the area where the water
had been became the desert rs It now exists
Its level is much below the level OF the sea, and
by simply digging a channel for six miles where
once the strait Joined 1t to the ocean, the waters
Of the Atlantic would sweep over its whole
extent To an age which has witnessed the con-
structlon OF the Suez canal and the Mont Cents
and Hoosac tunnels, and which holds In con-
kQplaUon ths construeti0n OF the Darlen ship
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T-TTTF W. NT7FTFTF7T7T
Can anybody name a relative Of Mr.. or Mrs.
GRANITE that the President has appointed TO an Ollie
given post lradership ?-S. Lids Nmes
Yes. there Is Il cousin up In Liberty, Missouri,
who Is an honest man and Democrat, ana who
ms been allowed TO remain In Ohecurlty, I'M
noticed aud unproyided Tor, but he has main
Mned MS INTEGRITY and cef-respe,t, as wei IS
,Ie goou 49,. az esteem 90 .,s hcisa 5Ors, d
hing he never could have done II he had mixed
up with Grant ard bis brothers in-law.
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1t is remarkable that the Republican
State Convention at Syracuse did not select Geo.
JONI A. DIX for one Of Its delegates at large.
Gen. DIxis the rpest scholar In the Republican
party OF New York, and he certainly might be
relied on to give a vote at Cincinnati In accord
ance with the wishes Of the party. We hope he
may yet be added to the delegation. SO that he
can exert his Influence there In favor Of nc nj
mating ROSCOE CoNKLIN0 for President.