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A Name Made Glorians.

To live in story il the fondest dream of
the soldier. A few years more or less of
this life-what boots in comparison with
enduring famef The name OF CUSTER is
now enrolled with those to be remem-
bered.
The peculiarly tragic incidents OF his
death, the desperate courage which put
him and so many of hls relations at the
head Of the assailing troops, the merciless
manner OF the slaughter and mutilation
which closed the scone-all these may sur
vive in narrative and tradition the re-
moval Of the last OF the redskins from the
face of the earth.
The youth. the dash, the intrepdity, and
the patriotic ardor of CUSTER had COM
mended him TO public favor; and IL is not
in the heart of the American people soon
to forget those whose blood is shed in their
name.
Though the war against the Indians is
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Did RObberson Grab This. Tool

Early In 1872 the merchants of New York
procured Congressional appropriation of
SI5,OOO for survey of the coast and gulf
OF Lower California. The existing charts
OF the Pacific were incorrect. and the
growth Of commerce and increased nayiga-
ton in that quarter required this work
To construct u new and accurate chart
was the object OF the expedition. The
original appropriation was enlarged from
time 10 time until IL had reached nearly
or about s20O,O00.
The United States steamer Portsmouth,
Commander SKERRErr. sailed from New
York in 1872, and Tor time did excellent
service in the cause of autobiography. At
the end OF year, for some unexplained
reason, the ship was withdrawn from
the survey. In April, 1873, the United
States steamer Narragansett, Commander
GEORGE DEWEY, left Panama TO make a
running survey of the Gulf of California.
For two years the Narragansett had been
engaged ia the work, when, in June, 1875
she was suddenly ordered northward and
month later went out of commission be-
cause. as her officers were informed, the
appropriation for the survey was ex-
hausted.
This was the end Of the North Pacific
survey. Neither the Portsmouth nor the
Narragansett employed outside help. ex-
cepting an occasional pilet and tw
drsughtsmen, whose combined pay WI .
less than $500 year. The vessels we n
supplied with steam launch each, cost o,
not quite $4,000 for both. Draught' M,
materials and scientific Quilt cost far lcs
than 5000, and n deep-sea sounding az ,pa
ratus, furnished the NarTagansctt toy rar,
the latter part of her cruise. and co stin,
about & 0OO is the last item among u ie ex
penses of the survey. The total do - no
reach S25, 600.
All the provisions COAL officer q nm,
mems pay, and ordinary expenses OF tn
| Portsmouth and Nafrugansett duri az the
cruises came out On, or should ha re com
out of, the regular naval approx rsatieBs
There was q special appropriation of emo
Oes for the survey; and yet, after spending
less than one-eighth of this su %, Srco
ftoBBERsoN, Secretary Of the kavy, dc
clared that the money had been Exhausted
and the work must stop.
What became of the remaindo r of the an
preparation, $4,000 or moref This is on
OF the questions which SEcoR RoBBKRsol
probably never will answer rhtil anothe
fire in the Navy Department, building hn
destroyed the papers which aight give tn
lie TO his explanation.
Between the time that Congress vote
the appropriation and the time of tn
Narragansett's withdrawal .sEcoR RoBBEF
son deposited on his privrae account wit
RIGos & Co., bankers, of Washington, no
less than S175,00O
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too, that he had just conception OF pub
lie duty when he took the long aud tedious
Journey TO Washington, rom his post near
the Rocky Mountains, u give his testimony
before the committee, OF Congress which
unearthed the corrv. pton Of GRANTS man
BELKNAP. He had. hearty and sincere
desire to cleanse the Indian atiministra-
ton, and thov,gh he wore his hair
long ON the Plains in order to
defy the scalping Of the savages
ana dealt With them sternly, yet so fair
was he that he won their respect, and we
hope that 10 died as became soldier, by
hostile bullet, not through the slow pro-
cess OF f.avage torture. GRANT displaced
him fro IN the command of the column he
was &c, lead in this manufactured Sioux
war, nd he entered the flght at the head
OF hv regiment Perhaps and probably IL
he b ad been left where he belonged, and
barI not encountered Presidential malig-
nrty for his testimony against corrupt
Secretary and n peculating brother, he
would now be adjoining the place he filed
III our milit Arv service, and not be the
mutilated victim of savage revenge.
From the start this Sioux war has been
disnstrous. Gen. CROOK, at Rosebud
creek, was worstcd and compelled to re-
treat, nn' now the savages exult over
their mas saore Of FIVE companies of one of
the best cavalry regiments Of our service.
Unless /ou whip Indians in the opening OF
war sainst them, you stimulate them to
greater. efforts. IL you suffer them to
whip fou, their fondness for war Is inten-
sifed rs a tigers appetite for blood Ivy O
taste of his first victim.
III D. Centennial year will witness one
OF the most sanguinary Indian wars in
our annals. We have only begun oui
sa' Tifioes in the slaughter Of these brave
M en- in the ravine below the Little Big
iorn.
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<'e" fW" NWFesp OHaehce fhiiddslDhfd nmes.
One of Uncle Daniels favorite Dlaces
down town WIS the once OF whitley a Nell-
son, IN Exchange place. Both are young men
ana still in business whheley Is tail. thin
una sedate. Nelson, rudy, das hing and well
pressed, can move as quickly and shout us loud
y as any man IN the street. He lives In Jersey
tity ma IL Police Commissioner there. Wnite-
icy nelson's ONCE IL MALI under ground. The
front END Is partitioned on for the accountants
In the rear OF this enclosure Is a large open
81 zee, with u stove on oue side aud "A stock in
dioAtor on tle other. Here gathered one set
OF Uncle DanieIs followers, mostly young men.
VINO talked stocks and followed the figures on
once secluded by partition from floor to cell
lug. There Is a table in the centre OF the room
ana IN winter blazing fire ON an old-fnshioned
hearth. Here Uncle Daniel used to sit
III AN arm chair at tue end Of the
table, feet high In the air against the
Tilted chair, chin resting In his hands, and his
ewes on inc IRE. When he was hungry "A waiter
rom DelmOnlcos brought him food. He sat
quietly mere aud lost a million dollars the week
tnat Gould put Northwestern TO 80. He sat In
Tue same chair when Gould's genius dsyelo ned
that most brilliant Of Wall street schemes. the
RESTITUTION 10 Erie, whereby Gould ana others
~ iue vast fortune In the rise OF krle stock.
Ducle bdillel was on the wrong side Of the mar
ktt, ana every thrOb OF the indicator marked
the ehbing away OF thousands OF MS life-earned
dollars. out he Sat quietly there and lost a mil
hon that week without moving a muscle, be-
traYlng outwadly no further Interest In the
tumuitnous events OF the time than occasion
ally careiessly asking of Nelson, waiter, how
II Erie nov r 10 a reporter who asked for his
views ON the present aud future Of Erie, Uncle
Daniel replied, with paternal kindness 81
manner which was always with him. and with
That regard for truth which never fOrsOok him,
" My son. don't know anything about It,"
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The Louisiana Plot.

The nomination of Marshal PACKARD
Tor Governor of Louisiana proves that the
Republicans intend to use the bayonet for
carrying the election in that State
PACKARD is a shrewd, active, bold, rasoally
carpot-baggor from Maine. He has been
Omitted States Marshal of Louisiana during
the whole OF GRANTS administration.
The military raids upon the State, the
'election frauds, and other villainies which
have prevailed there for years, are due to
PACKARD more than TO any other man.
Not being brother-in-law, he has
not been so warm u bosom friend
OF GRANT as CASEY has, but GRANT
has trusted him rather than CASEY in
perilous enterprises, because GRANT al
ways regarded the brother-in-law as
something closely akin to fool.
After a turbulent contest in the Conven-
ton, the scheme to make WARNoTu the
Republican nominee for Governor was ex-
ploded. The Administration would not
stand wARMorH, for he had heretofore
told too many disagreeable truths about
GRANT. CASEY. and their tools In Louisiana.
This was disappointment to PINcHBAcK.
who was deep in the wARNorH plot; but
PIScHBAcK has been consoled by getting
go, 900 under the guise OF pay and mileage
as "a bogus Senatorial oontestant-a sheer
swindle-and now the ambitious mulatto
will fulfil his part of the bargain by trying
to rally the colored element for PACKARD.
PACKARD is the very man for the emer-
gency. He knows how to set the outrage
mill agoing, for he has run it often before.
Once in full operation-on paper-all that
will be needed to again wrest from the
people Of Louisiana their rights by fraud
and force will be TO call in SHERIDAN and
the troops.
Well, If the supporters OF HAYES in the
North can afford to carry elections In the
South by such methods, we think the
friends of Tu.DEN can afford TO have them.
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Of millions Of dollars to the national debt,
and the sacrifice OF innumerable innocent
lives, as among the results Of the war into
which GRANT has heedlessly plunged the
country.
There was no good cause for the present
difficulties with the Sioux. They grew
out of gross violations of treaty stipula-
tons upon our own part, instigated by
motives OF greed, and promoted by the
Rings in the Interior Department. and
elsewhere in Washington. All the cost
and loss Of life and misery that may accrue
from the war will spring from no other
cause than the desire of the Admlnistra-
ton to GRITTY the avarice of spectators
and political jobbers. This war is but one
of the results of Grautism.
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The Defeat and Death of Gen. Custer.

The scene Of CUsTERs misfortune was
the narroY.ynlley OF the Big Horn, trib-
utary OF tho Yellowstone, near the confiu-
ence Of the Little Big Horn; or it was in
the narrower valley Of the latter stream
near its mouth. The meagre accounts
which we have received by telegraph
leave q doubt Us to the exact locality
where the dashing cavalry offioer fought
the unequal and disastrous battle. The
bloody field was in the land grant of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, in the centre of
the Territory of Montana, and on the south
side of the Yellowstone river.
II the number of lodges In the Sioux vii
lage Ii correctly stated, CUSTER was out
numbered FIVE TO one. II the length of
the Indian village up the valley Is correct
ly stated, the nature Of the ground Is
mapped to the eyes OF all who know the
country. II was wooded, steeply slopiDe
ravine, practicable for q cavalry attack
only on a narrow front; river on one
side, hill with good cover on the other
side; the Sioux, emboldcned by their num-
bers and their absolute command of the
situation, firing from shelter downward at
first, but soon rushing among the helpless
cavalrymen and finishing the fight ut close
quarters.
1t is with profound sorrow that we con-
slider this gallant soldiers misfortune. He
evidently acted under the impulse of his
troubles with the President. which subor-
dinated him in the command of the ex-
petition. He meant to fight before TERRY
came up, to fight alone, and alone win u
great battle and harvest the glory OF VIC
tory which should put an end TO Sioux war
fare. 1t was great stake, CALAMITY but
madly played for, and ruinously lost. Tho
dashing cavalryman, charming gentleman
and accomplished scholar paid his life and
the lives of his male relatives, and the lives
of over three hundred OF the best soldiers
in the army, Us the penalty of his rash
ambition.
This disaster, following upon Gen.
GRANTS violation OF our treaty with the
Indians, makes great war with the Sioux
an inevitable necessity. Its cost and its
bloodshed will be enormous.
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While we have IN abundant, almost SUI
perabundant. supply Of iamp-post letter boxes,
there are far too few ofices for inquiries, post
ONCE orders, STAMPS, aud the postage OF pack
ages In fact, many people have to walk a mile
or more to reach their district Office, and this of
course Is the reason why we see newspapers and
packets placed, often at considerable risk, out
side the lamp post boxes. In London, besides
tho district offices. there are numbers OF shops,
generally stationers', which serve ~ sub Offices
for the issue of stamps and orders. These are
10 be found within aquarter OF q mile OF each
other all over tue town.
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A large, long. and stiff Indian war will

n IHIEcI IUHE' anu FUN IhuIHH WAT VIII
OF course scatter money over the frontier settle
ments and among the traders of the plains. 1t
will induce demand Tor supplies, and create
market for the produce raised out there.
Horses aso will be needed and likewise mules.
Wagon drivers, too, Will be required, besides
many other hands. Millions OF dollars will be
disbur-ed for these things among the hardy
pioneers who live In their primitive cabins,
ana think how hard it lie to get hold Of money.
The money expended will of course come out
OF the Treasury-that is. out OF the peo ple-that
is, out Of the business and the labor Of the
country It's expenditure Will make our taxes
higher, and times tighter, and 50 on. We have
been struggling for some time to secure re-
trencnment and economy In the public admin
istration; but more money will be wanted In
years war with the Sioux than can be saved by
all the Reformers In Congress-
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. 1HE Sun expects that Gov. TILDEH, " elected
Ptteioent Will begin his career Civil service
former by removing nearly every officehoder IN the
couDtfy.-N. i. EtetssH0 f1si.
WE'LL let the Evening Post. which has become
a HAYES paper, be equally frank 10 expressing
its opinions on the same subject, and tell US
whether HAYES would begin his career ss a
civil service reformer by keering a majority of
GRANTS appointees in7 We suppose that Is the
course HAYES would pursue. Let the people so
understand IL, and we have no further anxiety
about the result OF the Presidential election /:
we think that by very large majority they
would relieve MIR. HAYES from all re responsibility
upon MIR. TILDES.
The very large number OF public officers, ap-
pointed 10y Gen. GRANT, who are now serving
out their respective sentences IN the several
penitentiaries, II and West, OF course Pres
ident 1ILDES would not remove. He could
not do II without pard oning them and he would
not do that Those who are not yet In the pen
itentiary he would relieve from their public du-
ties To attend to their private defences.
IL there were any kind OF a punlic bath in
vented. by immersion In which public officers
could purify themselves from past corruptions,
MIR. rILDEN might take into consideration the
cases Of such penitents; Dut no bath with such
properties has Yet been constructed. Mr.. III
DEN would perform mis- FIRST great public duty,
not by cleansing an Augean stable-AuRean
stables do not abound IN America-but by
promptly turning out of office the horde OF cor
ruptioni-ts appointed and holding places un-
der Gen. GRANT.
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The Turkish war would become YER

The Turkish war would become very
much more formidable II Roumania should ioin
the allies according to the terms OF the latest
report. But such step would indicate a very
sudden change in the policy OF RounAnia.
Prince CHARLES, In addressing the Chambers at
Bucharest ON Monday last, said that the neu-
trality OF Roumania was guaranteed, and that
he hoped the war would stop at bis frontier.
IL Is perfectly true, Notwithstanding these
words, that there is a strong demand for war
In Roumania, the people OF which are anxious
to take part with their co-relieionists Of servia
and Bulgaria. 1t will be difficult for Prince
CHARLES to withstand the popular feeling, II
the war be maintained for any length OF time.
II the weight OF Roumania should be thrown
against Turkey un Ter present circumstances,
the whole OF the sultan's European dominions
will quickly be in a state OF civil w4
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THE POSTAL SERVICE.
The Provisions Of the New Law with Re-
spect TO Third Glass Matter.

WARRINGTON, July 0.-The section In the
Post Once Appropriation bill In relation 70
third class m after is Us follows:
Transient par and magazines regular publ.
CATO Designed primarily for Advertising purposes or
ana all printed matter OF the tAird Glass; except IN.
sealed crcuars snali he ADM ted 20 ID
IN Tue mails At the rate OF one cent for every two
Ouhcet or rac ionAl part thereof ana
the sender " ice OF the class mall mat.
ter may write hts her address therein or on
the outside thereof, with the word from" above or
preceding the same or may write leglDly print ON
an1 pack the number and the articles en-.
cloeed.
Publishers OF newspapers and periodicals may print
on the wrappers or magazines sent from the ohf.r OF
publication 10 regular subscribers the dine 20 which
the subscription therefor has oeen pad and addresses
upon postal DIS unsealed either
written printed. affixed 10 at the opton OF Inc
sender
From the above II is seen that all printed mat
ter Of the third GLASS except circulars unsealed,
ts restored to the old rate. In other words, ali
utDsient newspapers. magazines, hooks, all
printed matter with the exception Of circulars
unsealed, will he restored To the former rate Of
one cent for every two ounces, while meroh an
disc and unsealed circulars will remain al the
present rute.
The dill sppropriates in the aggregate for the
trans portItion of the mails $l5.s37, ISL. That
embraces the star routes and The steam boat
lines at $6.I3I,e51, and the railroad routes az
$a,lOO.0Go against the estimates of the De Do TT
ment OF little more than Sl1, 50O.000. reduction
upon the item of transportation of the mails OF
tLo6s.As. There 10 nothing IN the bill which
Affects last mills, such being by special arraRe-
ment between the Postmaster-Ge General and the
mi
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THE HOUSE STANDING FIRM.
Salaries Mat be Reduced and tho Owl Ser
vice Reorsa nized.

eaiaries Mat be Reduced and tho Civil Ser
vice Reorsanized.
WAsHINaToH, July 6.-The conference on
the Legislative. Executive aud Judicial Appro-
priAtion bill held protracted session tina
morning, but failed 20 agree and the bill will be-
reported TO the two Houses with recommends
tons that new conference be appointed.
One OF the Senate MON hers OF the conference
says that two OF the House conferees sQuarely
took the position to-day that the Senate must
consent to the proposed changes In the law re
garding salaries and the orRanzati ON of the civil
service, or else the House will refuse any and ali
interpretations Tor the several branches OF the
public service covered by the bill. The same
authority STATES that the Senate conferees
offered TO inset the House half way on the re-
duetion OF the force and In other discretion ary
matters, and TO leave all questions OF a read Just
ment OF salaries TO the next session, after AN in-
vestigatton by n joint committee during the re
cess. the salaries thus agreed upon at the ne II
session 20 be retroactive 10 the comm en ce NJ ent
OF the Fiscal year. These propositions being de-
cifned, and position assumed which the senate
conferees regard ms coerctve, the conference
Terminated IN radical disagreement, and the
PROSPECTS, for an adjustment Of the differences
between the two Houses IRE now us discourao-
Ing as they have been at auy time
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The Res,ing Place of nornee Greeley

In speaking Of the alleged neglect OF the grave
OF Horace Greeey the Superintendent OF Greenwood
cemetery said yesterday that Mr.. Greeleys remains
were deposited IN suoteraneam vault on Locust mn
which Mr.. Greeley 1ad built when his son died The
entrance 70 me Psu Is Concealed beneath the sod and
can pc Easily lNcated ny the cemetery engineer The
rough condition OF the plot IL due To the nasons
VINO are laying circular granite coping about IT, M tae
midst oI winch Tie feszed 81 tue 70 be erected by
the printers ID 70 De placed he statue ready Tor
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The Colossal Statue for New sorL narsor.

~.
The colossal statue of independence.
which Is being executed by NJ. Bartnoldi for the
purpose q serving az a lighthou In the harbo or
Of New York, will De nnished, It Ia hoped, IN
time to be exhihited ia Paris during the pro-
posed exhibition In 1873. The wrist OF this FL
gantic statue has oeen moulded lately. 1t took
~ sacks OF plaster for It's composite and IL
weighs b,Og5 kiloerammes. The ChroRtqls states
that II is Intended To send thus preIty little
this summer. After the sxhipition IA viii he
brought baek to franes.
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Mr.. CALEB p. MARSH, of this city, who
nrst brought the charges OF bribery against BEL
KNAPP. and furnished the evidence Of II, was ON
hand yesterday when witnesses were called, at
the resumption OF the Impeachment trial be-
fore the Senate. Many witnesses were absent,
but Mr.. MARsH was re adv for his work.
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The contractors are now crying for an
enlargement OF the army to carry on the Indian
war. rney say 1t ought at least to be doubled,
so that fighting force OF fifteen or twenty thou
sand men might he sent to exterminate the saw
ages. But we think the war can be brought to
an end much more advantageously, In a far
cheaper way.
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The following is an extract from @ pri-
vatc letter, written by a very prominent mer-
chant OF New York, who has hitherto acted
with the Republicans:
LONDON. June ~ have had an opportunity
OF spe KING with the people here. and teel sure
II would pie 80 you To know how completely
public opinion points 10 Gov. Iflden as the man
who ought 10 be the choice Of the American
people. irrespective OF party lies. out the en-
closed flom the London Standard OF this morn
ing The Times had an equally good article on
saturday IN the same strain. II the lie pu oil cans
had any chance nj all, | think they threw IL
away al Cincinnati
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1t seems To US That the game Is now In the
hands oil the Democrats: that every thing de-
pends upon the course which they may take. II
they 70 Mili II their enemies are delivered into
error committed al CINCINNATI, aud To appeal TO
those higher motives aud better Instincts OF tire
people which the Hepubhcans have ra her In
suited ana dehed than simply neglected, In
ORDER 10 insure signal victory. 1he Repub-
lcans nave disgraved themselves--h by the
system Ito misrule, joboery aud dishonesty Of
fourteen wears; next by tho decision which viz
tuailY binds them 70 cling To their past COURSES
The election OF Mr.. HAYES would DO the Triumph
OF proven aud convicted immortality and prohi-
Racy, not because the IN IN hihself is guilty. nut
De, husr ne represehts and 10 supported by the
guilty Of lis party. The victory Of such "A Dem-
ocrat as lilden would Oe tue nrst step TO the re-
assertion Of such purity anu hlnesty as are CON
slstent with American institutions and com pat-
ible with Government based on universal
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A Yachtsmap's CHALLENGE

Mr.. II. ID. Spain, owner OF the new sloop
Pluck and Luck OF the wnhamsburgh Yacht Club, and
winner In her class In the Centennial Regatta, chal-
lenete any yacht In Americ 20 feet under 10 sail
Isoe ten miles 70 wndwsrd and return. for glory cup
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GRANTS Indian peace policy involves a
great deal of saneuinary fighting. GRANTS hon
est Indian policy involves great dead Of costly
swindlng.