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The preaching swindler OF Boston, the
Rev MIR. wfNsLow, has worthy mate In the
pious embezzler IIEDpEN, who is In night after
plunderlnR the Marine Bank Of this city. to the
tune OF t2S0O. HIDDEN IL an orthodox hypo-
critic. an unctuous church mem or, and sleek
faced SUNDAY -%chool to lcher. lie kept up his
religious pretcnslon white carrying on his derrc-
dations, and would go to the prayer meeting
with his bootv in his pocket This case fur
nlshcs another OF those ever-recurrlng ilustrd-
lions of the powcriessuess OF the most correct
and orthodox creed when unaccompanicd by
traciical religion HrpurN and WiNsLOw aud
the rest OF their Kind agreed with every word
Of theology uttered in the Hippndrome; hut
they failed to understand that that sort Of
thing does not necessarily bring forth the fruits
Of righteousness.
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Marsh.

MARSH the bribe-giver, is a man who
means to tell the truth. We know h.
does, because he tells us so. He is quite
right in telling us so, because otherwise
we should not now it. He seems TO be
aware of this fact, ana not content with
telling us once, he repeats the assurance
over and over again. If he had been silent
on the subject, this view OF his intentions
would never have occurred to us. Indeed,
from his manner OF testifying we should
have inferred quite the contrary. He for.
gets so readily, forgets so often, and for
gets so much, that we wonder he had not
said 1t was all drean-as We have no
doubt he wishes 1t was.
But while this incuipated witness for
gets nineteen things out of twenty that lie
would be expected to remember. he stu
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The Progressive AGgravation of Spring
Floods.

The foundations enecndercd by spring
rams are fast becoming. in our more thick
lv settled States, an evil of grave moment
Such statistics rs we possess respecting the
Susquehanua aud other eastern river, re-
veal n notable increase in the frequency
and intensity of their destructive oyerhows
Since the beginning Of this century. Now,
rs the valleys OF our larger water cours =
are rapidly gaining population, aud thus
the area of disaster is widening simulta-
neously with the aggravation of the
pcourge, il is plain that the question of
pauses and remedies requires serious and
prompt attention.
II is true that the damage 10 property
Ind loss Of life occasioned by the freshets
of last year in Massachusetts, and central
Pennsylvania dwindle TO insgnlhcance
when measured with the calamity which
prostrated Languedoc during the same
season, or with the havoc lately wrought
IN and about Pesth. The proportions Of
4he former catastrophe were at first ex
aggerated; yet, according to the final
pfllcial report. some six hundred persons
Rere killed, and seven thousand buildings
demolished, which, together with the
crops ueslIONtu, were Nuiutu Ut nllttH
millions of dollars. Here, too, its steadily
progressive violence is the appalling fea-
ture OF the phenomenon, the maximum
height of water above the normal level
during periods Of cataclysm having risen
al Toulouse from eighteen to thirty feet
In nifty years. With such record and
outlook, the timely adoption of preven-
Gives was seen TO be a condition of exist
ence. 1t is TO be hoped that we may profit
by French precautions and cxpedients be-
fore the valley of the Susquehanna has
become as populous aud perilous as that
Of the Garonne.
To prevent the recurrence OF inunda-
dons IN southern France, and arrest at the
proper moment the surplus waters Of the
Garonne and its a0luents 1t is proposed to
construct in the foot hills OF the Pyrenees
aVnst system of reservoirs, equipped with
Oluces and locks, for the double function
OF protection aud irrigation. Although il
will be possible TO take advantage Of those
contiguous ravines and abrupt depression:
Of the soil which constitute sort OF natu
sal cisterns it is not denied that this un
dertaking Will involve q tremendous out
Jay. That it Is practicable. however. II
demonstrated by the familiar precedent O.
lake Morris, which performed the same OF
Noe ior the Nile. and whose circuit exceed
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II is Identical with thc rIny OF Another Man
Nrstten Ten Years Ago.


To THE Enron OF THE SUN-Sir: notice
In late Issue Of 1HE SUN an article descriptive
Il play written by MIR. Bsrgh. and produced In
lrooklvn Monnal night.
II seems 10 me singular coincidence that the
"Okto Society" II this city now tave play in
preparation winch Is identical with MIR. Bereh's
The name Il the play which the said society are
20 produce is " he Two Pudd,foots," written
by Mr.. j. ". Morton, author Of many other
play, aul.nc wh!' y re Is \ and Cox, and the
" Double B"dded Room
"The Two Pud.ifuo,s was FIRST produced at
the Royal Olympic lno ire, London, under the
management II MT. hcnJ min Webster In Octp-
Der. lSb,. IL Is published IN this country 10y
Geo. Ne. Baker & Co., f Boston, and was pro-
duced IN that city az Selwvn's Theatre in 1865.
Ia mr. licrgh has never seen the play produced
or had Yccess 10 cory OF the same, then II Is q
fact that his Thoughts must have been guided in
the same channel ~ those u MIR. Morton nearly
ten years previous. BIt II, on the contr nv, Mr.
HeIgh Is IN fun knowledge Of the plot and gem
eral ia ding of "'lhe Two Puddifoots," then We
must dctract from the credit given him for his
production, and pronounce him guilty of steal
Ing from another author.
In behalf Of and for the Okto Society ~ this
civ. ;. CLARK, Chairman EX. Com.
HARTFORD, Marcn -.
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There is new warning IN recent events
to those men who gain money through dis
honesty, cheatery, bribery, Gift taking, cor
rupuon, fraud, Belknapperv, or Grantism. They
soc how III gotten gains bring shame, torment,
and ruin. There l. old story OF a man who
thought dirty money rs good az clean money,
but the man VINO had this thought came to a
bad end. How much better OF would BELKNAP
be TODAY " he were man OF honor instead of
a man Of wealth. How much happier would
SCnENCK De II he had never gone into the En-
ma mine. How much more respect would he
due 70 JAY GoULD as poor and honest man
than IA sharncr and millionaire. This is ser
monlzinR. Welt We must preach in these times,
wncn tic devil i going to aud fro In the earth,
aud walking up and down In Il without being
put in chains by the Clergy.
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ADencon ON lie Fencc.


From ne SprmgfsH Esprbh-In.
There Is a deacon IN Cleveland who is training
~ present with the noble army oi nGepcuGtAl voters
The other dAy party man tWitted hlu Nllh Otu- GA
the Cucc. Yes, snd our deacon, ai on the fence,
sud there propose Go say H. long as lits contouLi
edly uuQaY on hD'h sQrs.' can Schuik himself
couldn't lave put tAe uae nwarducsso VI TIE sltuAu0n
uCtr neatly,
This may be thought smart but the Cleveland
man Is a poor specimen, The noblest deacon Of
them all Is never on the fence. lie Is ever lead
ing the forces on one side or tho other, without
regard TO the muddy condition Of the soil. We
refer, OF course, to Deacon Richard Smith Of
Cincinnati He is truly good man,
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THE cHIcAGo unI>KnY rRIA1s.
Revenue OGiccrs Testifying TO Having been
Brbed by Di-iiiIers.

CHTCAGo, March 24.-In the case of Pohl-
man. Rust 4 Co., this morNne, Herman Becker,
the former storekeeper ~ the firm, VINO re-
turned from Canada lately, testiued that he had
teen coguizant OF frauds committed by them,
aud that he had allowed such frauds. The usual
method pursued was to use the stamps a second
time. The distillery was sometimes run bevond
It's taxed capacity. and the surplus was put on
the market without the payment of tax. lie
produced a note fur $l1OO. winch he testified
was given him in return for allowing these
frauds
Earnest Mattorn. testified that while store
keeper for pohlman. Rust 4 Co. he had winked
az frauds, and during less than year had re-
cciyei $500 from the firm us compensation
therefor Inc frauds committed were in rum
ming the distlllefy beyond IT'S taxed capacity.
and In using stamps "A second time. BOtn the
proprietors understood this and made the bar
gam with him.
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fsett'r Theatre Ju'r' Csnt Msutee
pewery theatre He'r, ~ T'nuP,
prraLfyn Tientr. H.. IL Msttss.
ckatesu M-bule variei'e. 80 y, aus hV hsus,s.
feel, III, atrr- r,.ssd Ma
Inti A,,nus Theatre r.,o. Natto.
Iyeun. III, atr,-Nftsty.
olyprie Theatre var,y Msrase.
Psrisian varietic. -ien 1t. nfo.d-y hsns..
Perl Theatre Bf,s Mstns.
tsn Ftanci.eo nstrc. v,t.'. Marns.
steinwny Haii-Tts0dcfs louNi'' Concert
5ony Pastor's Theatre vansiy.
Ttvcu 1hratre-Nnrv
1hirty fourth street Theatre -P'''n s'i" "'ro'.
Twenty second n, eiment Armery rfon sn'd' Vonesl
Irior square Ihertr Isva1i ntrnss.
MaiiseL'. Theatre he Wo Mttfss.
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undulations analogous 10 those Of sound. In
consequence OF this, he devised an arrangement
composed Of electro-magnets and tuning forks
by means Of which particular current passing
through tuning fork pitched to certain note
does not become merged in or COMPOUNDED with
other currents which. after passage through dii-
ferently pitched tuning forks. are simultaneous
ly transmitted along the same wire Many mes
sagcs At a time through a single wire are there
fore possible.
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MIR. GUsTAvUs THANKENsTElN Of Cincinnati
has made mathematical discovery OF < eat beauty
and winch have douDt vii prove ultimately be
Of great utility also. Ths discovery he Illustrates 10y
figures new alike 10 mathematicans and artists which
he terms Ms-ic EccprOcals number Of prominent
ct1tns of Sew York have invited Nj. FKASgENsTKIS
10 explain his discovery puoicy in TINS city. and
lieyc De intends 10 do at carly day. Minds cult
vlteI n mathematics as well minds cultivated ia
ART viii md " their advantage 10 hear thus eApnIa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-25
A TICIOUs POLITIC1L SYSTEM.
How the Government Patronage Is Used on
the Pacific Coast.

CHICAGO. March 23.-The Hon. ID. L. Phil
line. who spent some months In California in
vestigating the revenue and customs service,
reached this city from Washington to-day. Col
Phillips has made a full! report Of his ouserva-
tions to the Secretary Of the Treasury, and the
report will douhtiess be made basis Of import
ant action looking for the n formation OF abuses
on the Pacific coast. These abuses are the ineVi-
table results Of vicious political sVstcm. which
gives 10 local loli'lci ms the control Of appoint
nents which should rest with the executive.
II Is more Objectionable on tho Pacific coast
than rl.ew here on account OF tho remoteness Of
the states from the National CAPITOL The olices
have been used by senators AID Representatives
To secure their reelection t. and continuance in
them instead OF the mead of the Government.
IL is understood that Col. Phillips has not made
charges against Individuals, but has placed the
Treasury Dep irtment In possession Of facts es-
tahlis ing the corruption OF the present system,
AL Of which are backed by reliable testimony.
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To CIerEymep, Churches, and Religion
Meetings.

Advertisements of religious services, and
meetings for religious purposes, held on sun
aay. Will bs inserted riihout cbdrge Ia the
Bunday edition OF TuE Sun.
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BLAINE intending to take himself out of
the Presidential race and give his support to
BRlsTow or to CHARLES FRANcrs ADAMS! Non
sense. Ask us next to believe that the gentle
man from Maine practises politics from purely
Iheal mnilXca
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DAuY q pages. h, mail. 5Jc. month. or $3.50
syear. postpaid, with -und edition S7.su.
SUNDAY lSparcsn 30 ger year. po.tp id.
wGHKLY \ pspesi. Si.2O per yest. pos paid
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remembers enough 20 condemn his guilty
accomplice, Gen. BELKNAP. He forgets
great DEAL but remembers enough to cut
OFT the fallen secretary's forlorn hope of
eapape
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The FI,.t Gun for T,Iden.

DESIGNATION, March 24,-The Democratic Con-
yenuon held here to-day nominated Alyin DeyereuI J.
wes. and Mayor RanSin delegates 20 the Utca Con.
yeuu0u, ketlutiOr' were adopted recommending
honest moLey' endorsing Coy. Ildcr, aud recon-
usndug his nomination for the PresldeacY,
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men,s agslust Royal and Rulopl sammt Tor uiraer
IN he second degree, fouui agAcN them tor the slp
posed murder OF C1sr'ri G.. k.iey, At h4luas, T.
the supreme Court al RNsTheai. Judge pgGusl prs
Sll.Lg tAls April term.
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INC possIbilIty OF TRANSMITTING dos.

The possibility OF transmitting des"
patches between two telegraph.' stations
through one wire only, and by means OF many
instruments, so that transmission by ono IN
strument cannot impede the action Of the other,
now appears, after various tests in France to le
no chimera. The inventor, 1t seems. while en-.
engaged In investigating the passage Of electric
currents through conducting media, found cleo.
triciY TO pa transmitted from place 10 place "
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Den,u of CousuI.GeueroI DnhIerep,

RolE March A.--Paul DahlRren, Consul-Gen-
era, OF The Uusl siaes TO Italy, and sou Of the late
Rear Adm!TA DaAlgEsn died here yesterday.
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We are sorry Miss HosMER docs not state how
much those gates will weigh when flushed in
tue valuable metal OF which they are to he com
posed. An ounce OF gold is worth tl6, and u
pair of gates such as she describes must weigh,
we should suppose. not less than two thous nd
pounds each, supposing the bars to be made
hollow. This would make the value Of the
metal about eSCO.O0,, exclusive Of the Workman
shin. We trust Loru BNOwNLow will not set up
such gates anywhere out doors EXCEPT in tin
cinnati. where the moral Influence Of Deacon
RICHARD SMITH might make them safe.
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The young editor wrote n rather pretty
letter when no declined to be reelected Pres'-
dent OF the lotos eaters. He had great deal
Of night work to do, he said In substance. ana
therefore could not he forever hanging round in
a locality where 1t was always afternoon. We
quote the young EDITORS graceful words:
at s'il n me that tits better, 10th for the
club and tor myself that should retire now from tue
Pr sdcucy Tor the club, because any gentleman whom
you would select ny place would he able to serve YOU
bcttcrfOr mvssf. b"causr ia tins year OF COMBINED
Centennial and Pres campaign, shall be pro
f. toni Ally ovcrask any way, and must spare myself
wherever can"
How much better II would have been for the
young editor and for the public " he had adj
dress ed his pretty note to JAY GOULD, and
made 1t read like this:
n s,il seems 10 me that tie pctter moth for tho
~ hiiYf and Tor stlf mat should retire now IT
the tall 0wcr-flf the NbuHe, because au too Dung
and ighthradcd for So lofty rous-for Inysclf. be-
this centennial year shan be professionally
ovortassc n making speeches TO q edsuugushcd for
elgucrs VIII vii throug 10 wing place. ana must spare
myself where eau pest he spared.
II the young editor had had the good sense to
see whore he could best be SHARED, we should
not have been Obliged TO say that he has made a
bluuder.
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The Liberal party Of the British parlia-
ment voted to the last against the addition 81
" Empress OF India" to the Queens titles; and
even az the third reading of the bill, wnen ITS
passage was certain. aud opposition to it could
only be In the nature Of a protest, 1874 Liberals
recorded their names against It. Mr. DIsRALII.
who has won the title for her, will stand higher
than ever in the graces Of the Queen. lie Is her
fiyurite among all the Premers OF her reign,
much more agree ible to her than the ausiere
and economical GLADSTONE, because he is q
consummatc courtier. He ALWAYS resorts to the
most Romantic language In speaking OF he's Maj
esty he always stands up for the most eXttdv,-
CANT emolunents TO all the members 0f the
roy al family; ne got up the East Indian tour OF
the Prince Of Wa'cs aud he Will presen.ly lute
his sovereign ms Empress OF In ia. Old time
courtiers have their best modern repres" native
in BENJAMIN DIsRAEII the "Asian mystery"
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We should say that 1t requires some courage
for Brother MOODY thus to hit OF the manners
that prevail in so many OF our modern churches,
Th1t any church Of any creed called Christian
should PROSTATE itscH in the presence Of Ill
gotten gain, Is melancholy enough; but Brother
MOODY says itisacommon thing. Such churches
do not comprehend the spirit. the Ideas. or tho
requirements OF that Kind Of religion which Is
found in the Scriptures. II Brother MooDY
keeps on talking in the above fashion he will
become unpopular with some of the clergy Of
New YORK, those Of them VINO play eddie to
wealthy rogues. and smile unctuously upon men
who put unclean money into the contribution
box.
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Miss HARnIEr HoSMrR, the sculptor, in
Rome. has written a letter telling what she will
send to the Centennial Exposition, from which
We make the following extract;
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II Is the same old sfory-the story OF the
present diy There l. great deal ~ that row. owe
in the most prominent place M chufcn; e' MN
have the best pew and the one furhtst M IN Clcn'
bee he u worthy H. has quit the church pef
hars or his endowed seminary. Monitor wh"teh.
money came from He my have got n Ranlldrg u
stucKs DONG something else Of Ike character nut
h. has II to Make room Tor him he has sot
pnIh II I'M = AunIn,A elInLOn.
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And now it appears that man who
wanted post leadership made present to the
President of q pair Of Iadlan ponies, They were
littlc ones. and very likely nothing Will be done
about II. In ike manner the watch given to
MR.. GRASr by Gen. INGALLS, siguiaed nothing
because II was a very small watch.
These things remind us OF the scene between
the mother OF Midshlpman EASY ana a young
woman who applied for the situation Of wet
nurse, as described by Capt. MARRYAT;
"Pra.. Dung WOMAN" said Mrs. EASY what Is our
"rAEAu II you please uiaam."
"loN ons hNr' Won tcrr maTried?"
VI rritd. ma am
"A's married."
~ you pi ase. nla'afn had misfortune, ma'AIn,"
re- Ell nc rlfl, casting down tere
What. nave you uUt been ulafrludy'
:" 40, uiaum. not y -
GOOD heavens hr NtuDLN TON what can you mean
hr hrin.rrg tins person herr2" excl lined Nrs EASY.
"lf yuu please, HA'am." interrupted the Young
woman dropping Curt.cy, i vas very little one
d" 4 very Ntte one" exclaimed Mrs. EArY.
zee, Ela'au, very sauSl. indeed"
Perhaps Mr.. BLLKNAP will plead In his defence
that la selling post tradetships 1t was avery
small business THAT ne was engaged in; tn ugh
II seems to nave paid Aim very handsome sum
in the aggregate.
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We disclaim any purpose of rejecting on
the Secretary OF War or any lady Of his family
beyond the public facts In the case and II any
recent remarks IN our columns have been inter.
preted IN such a sense, We disavow the interpre-
talon.
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a copy Of LORD BkoWNLows Gates, which of them
solves are ten tee; wld md seNentr"n feet hin d.
You vii they are ~ considerable dn, nsioue and
have been the sofk of yc.r-. containing seNeutyonr
figures not TO mention anundsut fatinns of the
animal aud Neertarle kngduus II II does not cost
ttunc shall have them eiied 10 represent the orti
nal. which are ~ be Ia gulJ.'
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The helplessness of the Sultan IS seen in
his inability TO suppress small in erection, IN
his tolerating such Interference Of the Christian
powers In his affairs, in his Unprecedented con-
cesstons to their demands and In his granting
reforms which arc. in then very nature, destruc-
tive to Mahometan supremacy. His humiliation
has never been great as IL Is at this time, and
the sense OF It has never been so keenly felt by
his subjects, who, however, can nut look on and
do nothing. At last the Sultan must submit to
something which none of his predecessors would
have listened to. The great powers are about to
take charge Of the finances Of his empire This
is ominous 1t looks like the closing scene.
Having thus relieved him from nearly all the
functions Of government, .he only remaining
thing for them to do is to take possession OF his
European provinces. Never was the ruler Of a
great empire more completely paralyzed than
the Sultan IL.
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In not few Of those prominent trials In
which perjury Il charged by one - o' tie
other, we hear of threuts to pursue the ALLEGED
perjurcr after the case in hand II disposed Of
hut we nave got accustomed to seeing these
threats end In nothing. There IL the most
pressing need. in the administrator o. law IN
thesc times, that the legal penalties against rer-
Jury should he nnnnchinGly enfor IN every
case In which II can tie clearly T.. 5ed. This
widespread prevalence defeats tho ends OF JUS
tice oftencr TIA II can be told. and m any times
works Injustice most cruel and disastrous. ono
way TO stou It Is TO make 1t very dange Gus to
those who commit II. There are many men who
realize that n thing is wrong only when thtY Dad
that II renders them liable 10 punishment. A
man who went so far as to admit In one of our
courts the other day that he had been practising
perjury, ~ 1wingly aud for gain. seemed taken
aback when he learned that ne had been guilty
OF crime which might land him la The peni-
Tertiary. W. ought to say could llnd him there (;
but he has not vet been sent M. The English
courts are far sureT in their punishment OF per
Jury than ours are and one such sentence rs
that which fell on the head of the detected PER
jurer In the TICHBORSE case, IL n lesson OF ,rn-
ing to such offenders more memorable than a
thousand moral ESSAYS on the subject. We
must quickly adopt Elective mean, fer tue pre-
yention and punishment OF perjury IN our courts.