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Grant Furious.

The utter break down of the third-term
scheme, and the Indirect rebuke to IL which
HAyEs's conscience keepers inserted in his
letter OF acceptance, have contributed,
with other stimulating causes to make
GRANT violent in his language and acts.
He has not pretended to conceal or to
temper his wrath. rs he did while he was a
candidate for reelection. and was intrigu-
ing to bring about his third nomination.
Restraints which then commanded pru-
dence are now broken, and he feels
free TO have his own way, the more so for
having been curbed by reasons OF State aud
party policy, until the bondage became
uncomfortable. OF course he feels keenly the
criticism which Is indirectly made by
HAYES letter. Because II the civil service
reform is so urgent rs is alleged, IL neces-
sarlly follows that the object is to correct
abuses of GRANTS Administration. At
least that is his construction of the Ian
guage.
The recent clearing out CT the officials
who were most trusted in the Treasury, and
who did most to redeem IL from disgrace,
is the result Of this explosion OF anger ut
what GRANT calls bad treatment by the
party. lie claims to have saved II from
certain defeat In 1858 and 1872; and there
fore ne was entitled To third term. More
than that, he complains that after bav-
ing yielded his patronage. and often
| his policy. 10 the Senate aud House of Rep
resentativcs. be was not sustained as he
should have been by those who owed him
gratitude and devotion.
At all events GRANT is resolved to be alb
solute master for "A time, aud TO turn the
| public service upside down, in order TO
| crafty his personal resentments, and 10
reward his trusted adherents. He is at last
seen IN his true character. All along he
has been wearing i mask aud playing
part At no time vas he ever in earnest
about the prosecution Of the Whiskey
Ring, Post ONCE Ring ana other thievlng
combinations. All HE sympathy, friend
ship, aud good VIII were for Nc
DONALD and his confederates, when
he wrote Let no guilty man es-
cape;' and he never expected that Mr..
BRIsrow would carry the war 10 the ex-
tremty he did, and cap the climax by
having BABcocK indicted When he came
10 see how his words mad been turned to
account, his fury could hardly be checked.
anu lnen peEhh the icN ulsIoh VI lc'ilhs To-
ward BRIsTow, which never cooled until
| he and all his agents in the prosecutions
were out OF Office and the Ring was re-
stored to favor.
This fever will subside gradually, and
| GRANT, after the heated term is over, will
fall into line like II regular, and forget his
| grievances. CHANDLER and RoBEsoS, who
are his special chums in the Cabinet,
will win him over TO their plans and bring
about an understanding with HAYES. by
which every concession will be made and
the best relations secured. GRANT is cum
ming. II is his strong point. He may have
gotten up all this furry before the public
in order to dictate terms to the Republican
candidate, after having first gratilied his
own feelings Of revenge.
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The Herald wants TO get up a crazy and
fantastic was on the Indians OF the Western
plains. 1t cries for an army of huge size to
operate against the bands and lodges OF Gen.
BULL. "Give SHERIDAN" 1t exclaimed yester-
day, 1.-The whole army-twenty, thirty, nifty
thousand men, and bid him go out and make
war and not return until he has secured peace
which can never be broken" The Herald doesn t
care about tho expense Of this sort OF thing at
full gallop, with a wild yell. "ro be sure" It
says, ITO he sure, this will cost money; but
how much better to pay Ave or even Atty mil
Hons, asd end the business" But why stop at
Atty millions. instead OF a hundred millions,
two hundred millions, or any other sum
Whether these nifty thousand soldiers, at a cost
Of 1fty million dollars, would make a short job
OF exterminating the Indians, tne Herald does
not seem TO care. But our contemporary should
not lose its senses, or talk 50 extravagantly
about these Sioux troubles, which the Sioux
were not the first to stir up.
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was unwarranted," u seems TO us they are
entirely in error.
Deliberately to take the life Of human
being, at any time, is TO assume n dread
responsibility; but If 1t is ever justiiable,
we can hardly conceive Of circumstances
making it more clearly so than those un-
der which the THIELHoRNs we're killed.
Nay, more: the killing of these three as
sassins was not only justhable, but highly
oommendable, because in all probability
II saved the lives of other and innocent
persons.
The jury further speak Of IL as feeble
attempt to exercise mob law. We see 10
such element in II. II was the merest act
of self-defence. The THIELuoRNs had set
their hands against every man, and were
killing every one they could; and every
man had right to kill them i'm return.
Had the mob first captured and disarmed
them, and then hanged them, 1t would
have been very different matter; but
the assassins had made no signs of desist-
ing when they themselves were killed.
Again, why should the attempt, what
ever its nature, be called "feebloW 1t
resulted in the immediate death of all
three OF the men, and was certainly strong
enough to accomplish all that was desired.
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nov FIVE GUILTY MEN ESCAPED
Jewell Puts the Responsibility on Fisher aud
Fisher Puts IL on Jewell.

wAsHISGroS, July Ia year ago Post
master-General Jewell instituted a prosecution
against one }. j. Kinds, mail contractor Of
Alabama and personal friend Of Senator
Spencer, Five guilty clerks In his department
were made Government witnesses, but there
was not the slightest evidence that Kinds
ever offered bribe to any clerk in the depart
ment. or In any way violated his trust us a con-
tractor. The result was Hind,'s acquittal, and
the abandonment OF all the prosecutions against
clerks who were confessedly guilty. When
Jewell was before the Post ONCE Committee,
last week, he had forgotten ali conversations he
had hau with any Of his suDOTdtuates on the
subject OF these prosecutions, aud could not
remember any Of the conversations no had had
with hinds aud the accused clerks. He at
trbuted mall results of the prosocut on to the
conduct OF Dstrict-Attorney Fisher VINO had
charge Of the Cases. Upon that official. he sand,
sted the responsibility OF the failure to prose
cute the guilt, parties. Sir. Fisher has been
summoned to appe r before the committee to-
morrow, and says ne will demonstrate conclu-
sively to the committee that upon JEWELS
shoulders rests the responsibility Of letting dye
guilty men escape.
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under his offioial patronage, give 1t the
lions share of the subvention assigned to
worship, and perhaps proclaim 1t the only
veritable and orthodox church. For three
years laws framed with this intent have
been vigorously executed, and with what
RESULT Against eight millions VINO aonere
to the Roman Church there are Mt present
not more than six thousand Old Catholics
In Prussia. The legislation OF 1873 having
called forth the Pope's anathema, an at
tempt was made TO prepare protest
against his action, but scarcely n thousand
signatures could be secured. The bishops
having refused to present to curacies
under the prescribed conditions, supple
mentary law authorized the parishes TO
choose their pastors Not one has awaited
itself of the privilege. As 10 the fines inn
posed from time TO time on refractory
ecclesashcs, they have boen paid by popu-
lar subscription, and the recusant bishops
on their discharge from Imprisonment
have been carried home in triumph.
Not only has BISMARCK s course through
out this business been wanting in his usual
prescieuce and sagacity hut the assault
on the doctrinal independence of the
Nhluohc HieIurcnJ was BluIluBiy hi-hniVu'
1t will be remembered that the German
bishops at the Ecumcnical Council had
strenuously opposed the dogma Of infalli-
bility. Their subsequent acceptance of it
had naturally exposed them to the re-
proach Of Inconsistency, very generally
attributed to faint-heartedness and Gu
pidity. Untrammelled by the protec-
ton of the Government, men like DOL
! LINGER might have COPIED not unsuccess-
fully with these disoredited prelates. BIS
MARcK's policy has rehabilitated the bish-
ops by affordng them the opportunity Of
proving that their temporal interests had
counted for nothing in thor submission to
the decision of the Council. The charge
OF recreancy falls to the ground before the
victims of persecution; and rs the repre-
sentatives of liberty of religion, the Prus-
sian hierarchy has acquired new title TO
the sympathy of the Catholic population
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ny yon public nail. al the close Of the DAY,
There stood white man ana his head IL was gray,
And thus he refused the Republican dn-
There'l never be peace al sammy comes IN.
our country's hall ruined with sectional Jars,
Though the war long over Ito debts are deep scars
Nay, wounds opened fresh BY tho vampires OF Sin
And lhey II never stop bleeding TN sammy comes IN.
The people are victims Of thieves IN nigh pace,
Whose deeds are exposed 70 eternal disgrace
SIN with Hayes they are hoping dull caule, TO win,
But their NOV VIII DC mu,ty when Sammy comes In.
a" our IA hers, ny tyrants and tories OF yore.
Were stung To the courage that ali men adore.
II the sons are free the sre4 mat have oten,
Theyll rise In their might and make sammy come In.
" All hsil to the new Revolution, whose chief,
"A honest as Washington. brings Us reliefg
The shark Of Long Branch MS friends and his KIN
Are soon going out, and then Sammy comes In
y. DAAwlS PRAsR,
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How Boss Shepherd Finds Customers for his
Ring specuistions.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE device of
shaky business men to exchange accommoda-
ton notes for the purpose OF keeping anoat
by Stimulating business transactions has been
OF long standing, but Boss Shepherd has lately
improved upon It by having sham sales Of
houses, built on speculation, duly recorded,
80 as to enable him to raise the wind by
the sale OF notes representing fictitious real
estate operations. Whenever OF late years the
disastrous consequences of the comprehensive
plan Of public plumber on plain citizens has
been commented upon, the prosperity OF saga
cious business mon, like Boss Shepherd, was
held up as refutation OF the charges. This
drew renewed attention 10 his operations, ana a
search OF the records Of the Register Of Deeds
during the term Of the present District om-
missioners revealed sales Of about 100000 worth
OF houses and lots to the sire ct contractors but
otherwise no activity worth speaking OF. Chair
man Buckner, Of the House District Commit
toe, was thereby induced to subpoena, amo nR
others. John II. Murray. q late member of the
notorious Territorial Legislature, secret partner
OF Street Contractor Matt. j. Laughlln, aud an
old customer of the Boss In the real estate line
Murray testified that his business was con-
tracing. lie had not had any District con-
tracts In his own name since ISL, but had a
half interest in all contracts OF Matt. J. Laugh
hhs Nhono no hchcihiI was bolhk
questioned about the purchase OF a certain
house from Shepherd he answered., Eyes, sir !;
no, | have not bought aDy-yes, | bought a
house from him when he started his big row
over on Mrs. williamss property. | never paid
cent on II. gave him notes for 1t. He used
my notes; one, / know, went to the Tucker
Nj iDufacturine Com any, up IN Boston or Massa-
chusetts. His egent, Dav. Il. X. Bcal told me
they were building large lot OF houses and
wanted the paper to use, and he wanted to sell
them. said, all right; that would take one
and keep ~ " was able TO. This was before
they were finished. 1t was simply accommo
dalton. lie (Shepherd) was friendly, and has
awarded these contracts TO me under tue Board
OF Public Works. 1t was not mere accommo.
dalton; | would have kept the house N had
| succeeded and made any money during tue
summer. That was the Observation-Disclosures
should keep II " succeeded"
The master OF the Ring, unfortunately, had
too many chums 10 provide for the exp nsions
and extensions of his legislative help did not
pan out SO well as expected the peremptory
stoppage Of the work and OF the auditing left
him ent ingled, and the unbuilt house bought In
the spring with prospective sDois was again ON
| the BUss's hands, fully grown, pulled, and
painted In the succeeding winter. The houses
actually sold to the contractors were not bought
by them generally for occupancy or as IN in
vestment, but mostly have the ldoel For sale,
after well az before the transaction. the adj
dress being simply changed. These cases were
accomm odations with a confederation.
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the PURCH1sIBLE PRESS.
Oh, Let the Democracy Buy Jay GouId's
Tribune with his Young Ediiort


Our contemporaries are passing around
the rumor that the tribune Is IN the market for
election purposes, and may be bought for either
HAYES OF lilden, according 70 the source from
WhIcb the money comes We know nothing
about the truth Of this report, not being sum
ciently interested in the political views OF Mr.
Mhitrlaw Reid to take the trouble to psruse
the IrtbuRes political editorials. But II the
political department Of the Tribune IL for = le
we advise somebody To buy II; Tor the indepen-
dent-Or perhaps We ought 10 say the Dependent
position Of the Tribune gives II II political in-
nuence.
Politicians do not stop to think that party
payers have. nee es-arilY. only partisan power.
No demo crat ever reads the Times; no Hepupli-
can ever subscriOes for the " OTtd /; no Democrat
spends his money for the Commercial Advertiser !.
no hepuolican buys the ErpTcSs. Win very lew
exec ptlOns, all Of the morning and evening pa
pers are either Democratic or Republican In
politics, and their readers are confined exclu-
stVeN to the parties which they represent. ANY
tutug published IA them, therefore Is seen only
by pHtisans hey win no votes; they make no
converts; they have no political power. At the
most. they are only useful IN keeping their par
t,ans up u the work OF electioneering.
We should he GLAD 10 see the Tribune support
ing Iiden ana Reform. We know now much
Horace Greeley" and we believe that Greeley
would support Iildeu now II he were alive, just
as Iildcn supported Greeley four years ago
hut having been so warmly devoted TO scampish
Jin Blaine, the Tribune cannot wheel about for
the respectable Hayes without doing him more
harm than good, whereas II ipisht help rlden
among Its Republican readers In the country.
These are excellent reasons: but II a bet
ter one can be presented in the shape Of a bag
OF htrrel Of dollars, we shall be glad 10 see the
tribune admit the force OF the argument. IA al
Baiue been nominated the Tribune would have
become the Hepuollcan organ and the Times
would have been smut out in tue cold. Fate has
decreed otherwise, and tue Tribune IS the out
slider. Bur IN party whict Is onlv repres mt ed
by the world aud The ErprcSs. the Tribune could
body VIII make IL worth Mr.. Reds while To
adopt this sensible aud JIdicious course.
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A Good Word for sam Bard.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: The
SUN Of sunday last had some amusing com
ments on ex-Gov. sam Bard, OF Atlanta. Per-
nit me to say this Tor Sam Bard Several years
ago n friendless but deserving stranger visited
the Ex-Governor to ask hls aid In obtaining EN-.
plovment. The stranger had no influence and
not even vote, and there could, therefore, be
70 selfish inducement Tor Mr.. Bard to help him.
successfully In the young mans behalf. white
II Is true that Mr.. Bard has yetred eccentrically
In politics, believe that he has done 80 from
cousoientious motiyes-that no supported Grant
sincerely, and thht his support of rilden IL
equally sincere. Certainly In advocating Grant
spectfulv, NJ.
NEW YORK, July II,
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Robeson's Piunder-TAe House Re-
port on IL.

The House Naval Committee have nm
ished their report on the plunderiug pfac-
tices of the mau robson. They hold that
he ought to be impeached. but refer the
question to the judiciary Committee.
They found In all quarters the evidence OF
his corruption, aud the telegrapho sum
mary of their report in another column
gives some idea OF the extent of their in
designations. Whether or not robson be
formally impeached before the Senate, he Is
impoached before the people, who adjudge
him a worse thief than BELKNAP, whose
guilt was proved out OF his own mouth.
RoBEsoN is man very different from
BELKNAP. He is an oily lawyer, expert
enced III the devious ways of ohicanery,
md artful in covering up his tracks; but
sly rs he Is, he has not been able to
destroy the evidences of his corruption,
practised from hts very entrance into tho
Navy Department. Working in partner
ship with his oonfederates, the CATrELLs,
he has levied toll on nearly everything
bought for the navy. He has spent hum
hred millions, and now shows navy in
worse condition than when he undertook
to manage its affairs for his private bene-
ut. But IL the navy Is in wretched state,
the ships slow, the guns inadequate, the
hrmor insufficient, the navy yards seats of
corruption, and the officers demoralzed
and disheartened, RoBEsoN and his pals,
the CATTELLs, have grown rich end fat,
aud the corrupt Secretary has SO far kept
out of Jail. He has violated the law in
turning to personally more profitable uses
appropriations made for other purposes.
His extravaganza has been of the most
reckless and unblushing Sort Only year
ago, under the pretence of war with
Spain, he spent millions in fitting out the
monitors, useless. as armed and armored,
for modern fighting purposes, and in
putting in commission his fleet of slow
tubs, which are the laughing stock OF
all well-informed naval men. lie
marched up the hill, and then he
marched down again. His ridiculous
array of vessels sailed out only to soil back
again. But he succeeded in his purpose,
enriched himself and his associates, and
took money from the Treasury that might
better have been thrown INTO the sea than
employed to enrich such scoundrels.
The Naval Committee severely GEN.
sure robson for his shameless ex-
trnvagance, violation of law, and gross
dishonesty. This will probably be a feath-
er in RoBEsoS's cap in the eyes of GRANT,
who will hug him the closer TO his breast,
but it will cover him with lasting disgrace
In the eyes of the people.
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Tilden Among the Figures and the
Rogues.

His opponents, his rivals, and his sup
porters being judges, Gov. TILDEN has
with the possible exception of DE WITT
CLINTON, been more completely the head
of the state administration than any man
who ever filled the Executive chair OF New
York. Some have complained thar he re-
lies too much upon himself. Certainly,
then, he deserves the chief credit for all
the good that has been achieved in our
public affairs since he took control of
them.
During the past eighteen months Gov.
TILDEN has originated and carried through
measures that have reduced our canal
expenditures at the rate OF two and
| half millions of dollars annually. Besides
this, he has initiated line of policy that
has exposed and broken up "A chronic sys-
| TEN of frauds whereby the State, for years
past. has been robbed OF large amounts of
its canal revenues. lie has set at defiance
and driven out of the field horde of con-
tractors who had been long accustomed to
| do work on the canals that was either not
needed at all or was performed at rates
ruinous to the State. He has carefully
watched the proceedings OF the Legisla-
ture, and his warning voice has frightened
away many jobbers, while by his veto he
has in two sessions reduced the appropri-
ations for general purposes about million
OF dollars. And during his term Of Office,
and mainly because of his measures, the
state taxes have been cut down nearly one
half.
Here is kind of reform that everybody
can understand and all honest men will
appreciate and applaud. We need this
sort of reform at Washington during the
next four years. We don't want rhetori-
clans. who deal In sounding phrases about
reform; but practical workers after the
manner of SAN TILDES, who solve the
| problem of financial reform by reducing
| expenditures and diminishing taxes.
Mr.. TILDEN hardly has his match for
wading through long columns of COM
plicated figures and discovering cxtrava-
gances, uncovering frauds, and detecting
rogues The old Tammany Ring aud the
more cunning Canal Ring Will bear testi-
mony to tins. The national Government
Will afford wide scope for the display of
| Gov. Tn.DESs genius in u field which he
has cultivated with so much success in
New York Every real friend of admins
trative reform will hail the day when he
goes TO work next March upon the Stats
tics and the scoundrels at Washington.
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The Republican Senators on the confer
ence committee have managed to use the Sioux
troubles as to increase the military expendi-
turo in the APPROPRIATION bill. The House Re
formers on the committee succeeded In effect
hog a reduction from the estimates, but gave in
to the Senate on number Of points for which
they ought u have stood up. The army remains
at 5000 strong. and 5000 additional Indian
scouts are provided for. II the Senate had not
been kept In check, It would have used SITTING
BULL ~ pretext for enlarIing the army TO the
extent Of at least 1000 men. This at least has
been prevented, and several millions have been
otherwise slXed.
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The newspaper writers who seize upon
the dis aster which befel Gen. CUSTER and his
brave comrades as an argument In favor offer
terminating every red devil on the continent
betray childshness which is not creditable to
American citizens Of adult growth, while they
show a very faint appreciation Of the dinicul-
ties Of the Job which they so gibly advocate.
when a nation goes to war with uncivlized
sayages, II is neither dignned nor just to launch
foul names at the enemy II a reverse to It's arms
occurs. II CUSTER had wiped ont SITTING BULL
and his whole band he would have been APP
plauded TO the skies. Do those editors who
rail ike ashwomen at the Indians think that
the sioux ought u have stood still and per-
mitted themselves 10 be killed without resist
ance when our troops overlook and attacked
them? 1t is true their methods Of warfare are
savage, but this Is To be expected whom we 20 to
war with savages. Besides, our own methods OF
war against the Indians are not always such IA
onght to characterize Christian and civilized
countries. For instance, we doubt If ANYTHING
much more barbarous was ever done by the
Sioux than the attack ont village belonging to
RED liORN's band made by our troops In 1870,
acting under the orders Of Gen. SHERIDAN, who
announced the engagement as great victory
which resulted in killing lIj OF the enemy, in the
capture of 100 horses, and In the destruction Of
a vllag The truth Of the matter IL that IL was
not a hostile band that was attacked, while the
VILLAGE was smallpox camp, and OF the ia
KILLED only twenty-five were males between the
ages Of twelve and sixty, the remainder being
superannuated old men and women and children.
with such record facing us, the less we say
about the oar0arty Of the Indians the better We