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Cannot Recognize the Authority.

1--WE cannot recognize the authority Of
the case III LEONARD; neither the character
Of the court in which the decision orgi-
mated, nor the manner adopted TO ascer
tain the law, BY a reference to ttCo Of the
Judges, before IrhOm no argument took
place, rs we are informed by the reporter
is entitled TO our respect"
Such was the language Of the old Su-
preme Court Of this State when AMBROSE
SPENCER was its Chief Justice. Yet this
same practice OF reference to Judge be-
fore whom no argument had taken place,
is the manner adopted to ascertain the law
in this city at the present time. Judge
DANIELS delivers written opinions in cases
where he has not heard any argument at
all. where he was absent when the argu-
ment was presented
Ii is not strange, however, that NOAH
DAVIS should introduce antiquated GUS
toms. long since condemned by the more
enlightened judgment Of succeeding times
There may be Judges who can decide
questions just as well without argument az
the same Judges could DECIDE after hear
ing argument: but such are not the kind
of men we want on the bench Of our Su-
preme Court.
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ADMIRATION ron MIR. coXKLIYG
President whites Funny Notions about tho
Press.


Mr.. Andrew ID. White has written n let
ter containing his views about Mr.. Couklinc-
both a. Senator and candidate for the Presi-
dency-which gives one an odd idea OF the kind
Of political instruction he supplies TO the youths
at Cornell. IL appears, indeed, that Mr.. Conkling
Is his Ideal public man. lie says:
led me- support him for The senstorship have been
more than net and though have differed from him
points, be has slood the hammerng Of the press
Ing The right Key note 10 every campaign that my ad
miration for him has steadily Increased.
Mr.. White seems TO entertain somewhat the
same simple and child like views about the
hammerins OF the press" "a the President of the
United States, but they are much too simple and
Conkllng has only stood "the hammering of the
press" in one particular. IL has not brought
statesmen, any charge OF actual theft or embez-
Element OF fraud, but II has brought home to
him the charge Of having been the steady and
unolushing supporter Of the system under which
and through which the fraud. falsebood and
regulation which are now being exposed ut
Washington took plsce, and of having Tor years
unfalt eringlv resisted every attempt to inquire
into u, and OF having stood by every rascal
during his term of service as Senator Of this
great commercial State contributed little OF
nothing, either by speech or legislation, toward
the solution OF the two great problems OF the
day-the restoration OF peace and confidence az
the South and the reform u the national cur
rency. II MIR. Whites admiration for him has
grown" under these circumstances, II is a most
unfortunate thing that Mr. White should be in
trusted Win the task OF teachlnk young Ameri-
cans what and whom to admire. Moreover. to
say that man has stood the hammering OF the
press noblN, is To say loose ana ambiguous
thing. Whether It 10 to "A man's credit that he
has stood the hammering Of the press" de.
peuds on how he has stood II. II
he has been enabled to stand It through
brass and impudence, as Tweed or Fer
nando Wood, for instance, have stood
II. or through conceit and thickness Of the moral
o'iicle. as. In our judgment, Mr.. COnkng or MIR.
Morton has stood It. II Is one thing; II 1t Is
through the possession Of good character and
LOFTY conscience, II IL another thing; and the
difficulty We have In finding an Illustration Of
this last form OF endurance leads us to say that
we can recall no instance OF recent date IN which
man Of real honor and integrity has had tO
stand any "hammering" from the press very
long The press often does gross injustice, but
We should like Mr.. " bite to tell his young men
who the upright men are who. during the last
ten years, have been exposed for any great
length Of time to ita assaults
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few days since, we commented upon
an article entitled Posthumous whitewash-
inx," by the Rev EDWIN u. RAIFESsPERGER OF
Cumberland, Maryland, In the New York Oh
server. The reverend gentleman spoke there Of
the frequency with which olergymen officiating
az funerals wers required to "whitewssh"
licked men after their dscease and he told Of
a In which he himself was asked to soy that
q notoriousy ungody sinner who lay In the
conn before him had gone TO Paradise. We
erred, however, In saying that this particular
clergyman had been asked to do this at every
funeral. The Rev. Mr.. RAFFENsPERGER informs
us that the instance he cited was the only one
OF the kind In his experience and as lie then
refused TO accede TO the request that was made.
he never PLAYED false to his conscience In the
matter. The Rev Mr. RATFESsPERGrR tells us
that any Misrepresentation on this point would
be unjust to his Practitioners as we'll as to him
self. Now. we are anxious 10 prevent any i'm
proper imputation against Mr.. RAFFENsPERGER.
who modestly speaks Of himself az "poor
country parson," but who has shown by his
writings that he is a learned and consc ntions
clergyman. We are equally anxious To prevent
any improper imputation against his parishion-
ers, who are not people Of wickedness, requiring
to be whitewashed " after their decease. We
therefore say that the Rev. Mr.. RAFFENsPERGER's
article In the Obserrcr tells OF but one case In
which lie himself was asked to say that a wicked
man had gone to heaven, though II does tell II
many other ministers "who serve churches IN
which funeral euiogies are expected I'm behalf Of
the vilest sinners and hardest cases that drop
out Of the congregation into perdition."
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The period Of his speakership IL regard
ed as the carnival Of corruption, prodigal-
ity, aud excess Of partisan power. Recon-
struction, carpet baggers, Jobbery In all
forms. Credit Mobilier, monopolies, spe-
cial legislation, and Rings flourished with
out restraint. lie ruled as If master OF all
he surveyed, and there was none TO DIS
pute his authority. That Mr.. BLAINE's
name was frequently mixed up with
the scandals of those times. Is well
known. Less hypocrite and more
daring than his predecessor, CoLFAx, he
had the reputation of proiiting by his OPP
portunities ON q very large scale, and
of acquiring great fortune suddenly.
His manner Of life az Washington and at
home, when oontrasted with his former
condition, perhaps favored this belief.
When THE SUN made the Credit Mobiller
investigation inevitable, Mr.. BLAISE was
shrewd enough to take the lead, by leaving
the chair and moving the resolution. He
was not ignorant that his own part i'm that
matter was the subject OF much comment,
which to this day has not been fully
explained. Although he moved the
Investigation, &c was the most active
and the most influential means Of de-
feating its professed purpose and Of white
washing the Republican leaders who were
caught with pockets full OF scrip and fabu-
lous dividends. II he had been on trial
himself, he could not have exhibited more
anxiety for an acquittal than he showed
for his friends who sought exculpation
through bold perjury. AMEs said at the
time that BLAINE had more reason than
himself TO be concerned for the verdict OF
the House. for II he was expelled, the food
gates would be opened. or course AMEs
aud BROOKS were let of gently. No
body was hurt. and by way OF rejoicing
the House passed the salary grab few
DAYS after.
Now, it is possible the ex-speaker may
have been wronged by oil these reports.
This is n good time for him to put them to
rest Mr.. BLAINE cannot afford to lose tins
opportunity TO secure astrict investigation
Of every charge or allegation affecting his
standing FOR integrity. In this way only
can lie silence distrust and deserve respect
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VIVA, Can be Proved in Les. than n Week.

We trust our delegation in Congress win
exert their combined influence to have a thor
ough Investigation Of the Federal ofhcers IN tn :
CITY. What want more than ANYTHING else
Just now Is a Congressional committee t. inves-
tigate tho New Orleans Custom House to let In
little light into the dark recesses Of that den of
thieves. We confidently assert that such COM
mtttee will find in :. u. Packard, James h. Ca
sey, and j. 4. Iieck three as unmitigated
scuundrels as Bahclck, Belknap, aud Robes n.
There has been Just as much stealing I'm cotton
aud sugar as there has heeu IN whiskeY, aye. and
more too, and " inquiry ~ pushed into these
there Will he a shaking am my the Custom House
ofici Is named above. Then the prostitution
OF their OFF 'es bv the Marshal and District At
torney for party purposes; Vilauuus jobs put
up hy them against the whites In the Parishes,
In order 10 use troops against them; the com
pounding with the tibet &. W. Lowell; mana
featuring of false afiidavits. and these are not
oue-half Of VIII Il we guarantee Will he proved IN
less than week 40 inst these WORTHLESS here,
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The new trade dollars, which at nrst
were so eagerly absorbed by Asiatio nations,
have suddenly fallen into disfavor with the
orientals. The San Francisco newspapers at
tribute this to the discovery that many Of them
are deficient iu weight, . fact which the sharp
eyed Cinnamon soon found out. II is asserted
in the San francisco Alta, that some II the
trade dollars coined at the branch mint 10 Car
son, Nevada. this year, are each four grains
short In weight, and as the fun quantity Of sill
YER OF the standard hneness has In every In
stance been supplied to the mint for coinage
the Inference Is that systematic stealing has
been practised in that Institution.
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The present Government OF Spain has
been trying hard, for months past. 10 come to
an understanding with the Pope on the question
OF religious liberty. His Holiness requires the
resstaolishment OF the law formerly existing In
Spain, by which Catholicism was recognized a.
the only religion to be tolerated. The Govern
ment Is anxious TO retain some portion Of the
law promulgated after the overthrow OF ISABELLA
IL, by which all religions are allowed to exist In
Spain, though the Catholic Church alone receives
support from the state. His Holiness has thus
far refused every compromise on the subject Of
fered by the Spanish Ministry, and at last he has
threatened TO withdraw his Nuncio II there be
further persistence In the opposition to hts su-
thority. The Spanish Government is in DIX
between defiance of the Head OF the Church and
disregard Of the power OF BISMARCK.
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The French press is enjoying an extraor-
binary measure OF liberty since the recent raising
Of the state OF siege la Paris and the other cities
where II existed. The publishers OF all kinds OF
newspapers are now permitted TO sell them
through the newsdealers and In the streets
without interference. swarm OF new radical
sheets have made their appearance, In conse-
quence. by the latest mails we learned that
several OF the extremely radical organs, which
had formerly been suppressed, were again TO be
published. Among them we ind such papers as
the Rfrcl, which was edited during the Com
mune by DELEsCLu2R who was then killed La
MdrseaIIise, Of which RocHEFoRT was editor
during tho last years OF the Empire lie Mot
dOrdre, OF which HoCHEFoRT was editor during
tho Commune; and Pdre Duchine, which was
under the edtorship, In the months Of the Com
mune, Of VERMEscH, now a refugee In swltzer
land or course, such men as RoCnEFoRr and
VKRhrScn will Dot be permitted to write, under
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-14

Az Mr.. A. T. STEWART has left a will, the dis
position Of his whole vast estate both real and persona
will ocptnd entirely upon it, provisions Hut some
curiosity has been expressed by those unearned In he
law 10 what would have become OF the many millions
n VIII had left. In that event Mrs. STEWART
would have been entitled to her dover right or TO lie
estate In onethrd Of the real estate, and the whole
surplus OF the personal estate after the payment Of
debts, "a Mr.. A I. bTKwABT left no descendant, pa.
rent, brother or sister. nephew or niece. Had Mr..
STEWART lett children, In the event Of intestacy they
would have received twohrGs OF the personal estate
and his wife onethlrd II he had left parent brother
or sister nephew or niece, nut children. the OF
kin would have taken onehaf of the personal estate
and Mrs STEWART The other moiety
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-14
ConsistencN reunire. that the Republloan

Consistency requires that the Republican
PARTY OF New York should unanimously support
Senator CoNKIING for President. ANY other
course would be turning their backs upon them
selves. They have supported Grintism with all
its revolving enormities, and In ls12 they de-
libeartely voted to II renewed lease OF power,
or Grlntsm Mr.. COSKLING has been the steady,
unchanging, consistent advocate. His admirable
abilities and his untiring industry have been ex-
pended In Its defence and extension. There is
no other man who so truly aud so eminently
represents the Republican party of the State, or
who has rendered such services to the party.
Now, let the party stand by him and make him
its candidate for President. And thee let the
people vote.
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He Want. ,PubIIcnn Mnn.


Uncle Pomp I'm Virginia" ole boss
Grant IA did de Bghtin' dev wants him de hest,
but folks say as he tint IN de field, and amt no
candicy," "Th,ts true" replied. q" 50 whom
bout IL no way" I'd the old fellow. don't
care nonhn bout IL myself; all | wants Is pub
lican man won't take away freedom. Some
ob de bows Is talkln' about Marse Morton. Some
on sm heerd as: how Marse Conkling wor Il
good man, and heap Ia ROin' for Marse Blaine,
but dey don't care much 40 deY gets publ van
data all what most on 'em care on"
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the Tr.e iuwurdn..s OF 1t.

FfOW No INscdIO0N0 TDes7
We are pleased to see that the Senate de-
clined to confirm the appointment OF Dana OF
IHK NEW YORK sun Minister at the Court
OF ST. james. After all his abuse of Grant. his
acceptance OF one of the most important Of the
foreign embassies could be nothing more nor
less than bargain and sale to the Radicals.
Butler accused HIM of being literary pirate,
and he might have added that he WAS likewise q
political pirate. Tho New York Ur, 50 have srv.
erd times accused Dana Of assaultius President
England"
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The discovery OF the SELL defalcation
causes all the moro surprise from the fact tn at
the Security Savings BANK was supposed to be
an honestly managed though unfortunate insti-
tuition. SELL It appears, was not kin to any OF
the bank oficials Nepotism Is one OF the
Rravest evils In New York bank. A bank teller
or clerk should nOld no relation to his superior
which would prevent that superior from expos
ing aud Furnishing any wrong act.
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his earlier affections He ia soon TO play Hamlet
IN this city; and our correspondent in Texas
probably could not do better than at once to
come here for tho purpose Of attending that per
formance, aud studying at short range the man
who at a distance has 50 aroused his interest.
""'iV"sance Ill ONCE was the supJect
OF powerful sermon recently preached IN san
rfshc'sco by the Rev. JOHN HEMPHlLL. The
preacher ala not Rloze over the evil with which
ne ueslt' nor did he invent excuses Tor the
wrong ooers' lie discussed the Causes OF NAL
iehsancc' It's baneful nature, It's alarming freva-
renee ana the means OF its cure; and he held
the Government and the people, "a well as the
culprlts themselves, responsible for Il. He
showed that official corruption IL the fruit OF
personal immorality. "Public virtue and per
sonal," he said, ARE twin sisters they 60 hand
In hand; they cannot be separated. Personal
virtue Ia the seed from which public virtue
springs" He described the moral laxity that
prevails In the halls OF legislation, and among
those elevated to public posts
"The extent to which the puliic treasury has bccn
nlund,red tc large number on officials who have hec1
gam the various Way direct snG inafcci in Vii
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1t is universally believed that the recent
publications against Mr. BLAINE originated with
Senator MORTON. MoRroN and BLAINE are
both candidates for the Republican nomin alton
for President. and MORTON tries in this manner
10 get rid OF Brother BLAINE. We do not know
whether this belief Is we'll founded or not; but
what Ia certain il that while Senator CoNKLING,
the New York candidate for the same nomina-
ton, has long been known az an enemy Of
BLAINE, he has never resorted to such means
for putting MIN out OF the way. Nj. CoNKLISu
strikes squarey from the shoulder.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-14

The Cincinnati Times discusses at length,
aud w,th natural earnestness, the question
whether II LAWYER can be truly good man A
regards lawyers, this question Ia certainly In
order; but II cannot be raised respecting editors.
Everybody knows not only tnat an editor can be
a truly good man, but that Cincinnati possesses
In Deacon RICHARD SMITH Of the Gazette Rlo-
rious example of an editor In whom true good
world
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"Darkies you have lost your Gcd." Such
was the remark which the coloTed preacher, the
Rev. HENRY HYLAND GARSEr told the Lincoln
Club, In his lecture before It on Wednesday
night, he heard In Washington, the day after the
assassination Of ABRAHAM LINooLN. After
quoting the remark, the Rev HENRY HYLAND
GARNET added " Yes, We had" We have no
doubt that many OF the coored people Of the
South might be led, or might have been led, TO
the worship OF their emancpator as IA god. Some
Of them have been found praying on their beud-
ed knees before mis- picture and his image has
been known 10 nRure In the fetch ceremonies
which some of the more ignorant and supersti-
tious OF them secretly carry on. Some Of the
sayings Of LINCOLN would furnish a foundation
for better religion than any OF the ancestors Of
the Southern negroes had in Africa.
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Neule-hip Under Temptation.


To estimate the value Of Ncttleship's tcs-
timony in the safe ourgl ~ invest cation, II
should be known that within few wreNs he
has been approached with the offer OF $1,000 To-
leave the country until THIS thing "blows over"
From the very FIRST, sine the meeting Of Con-
gress. he has been sui jectcd tn the Wiles Of the
tempter, tut he has wttnstood all tcWptatiOn-
even when the tempter was So influential az to
have once sat In Grents Cabinet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-14

Mr.. George William Curtis lectured last even
ing In ChckerIng Han on Women in the Old Time and
the New" The lecture given by Mr. Curtis for the
Art department 81 the approaching fair OF the Young
Momun's Christian Association. Chlckerlng Hall Ms
nled with cultured, aUprccatye audience. Mr., curtis
OF ANY past age.
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y Clsrsymep, Churches. and Religion .
Aeefinas.

Advertisements OF religious services, and
meetings for religious purposes, held on Sun
DAY. will be inserted icttholH charge In the
Sunday edition OF THE srN.
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Messrs. OLIVER AMEs and ELIJAH ATKINS,
both directors Of the Union Pacific Railroad,
were at the windsor Hotel YESTERDAY Mr.. AT
KISS Il a director OF the Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad, "a well as Of the Union Pacinc
and f. is conjectured that the visit OF these gen
tlemen to this city at the present time is not en-
tirey disconnected with the recent publication
OF an alleged transaction OF M. BLAINE In Little
Rock and Fort Smith bonds. II Is undoubtedly
true that the Executive Committee OF the MON
Pacific Railroad Company paid $4,000 for $750OO
In bonds which were not worth one-sixth Of that
sum-a curious transaction for men OF such
shrewdness as the u Mon Pacific managers; aud
Messrs. ATKINS and AMRs must know the bot
piece Of business. Perhaps n Mr.. Atkins should
properly refresh his recollection, ne may 70
memoer engaging a broker to ascertain what
could be done with these very bonds, explain
ing to him that they mad come into the pos
session Of the company through Col. Tom
SCorT, somehow, and the report OF the broker
that he could not get more than seven or eight
per ce 1t. OF their face value. In fact, the bonds
have not been worth at any time within four
years more than ten cents on the dollar. W.
trust that Messrs. ATKINS and AMEs will hgsteI
toinform an expeotJnt public Of all the oircum-
stances attending this remarkable aud unlortu-
nate Investment Of money belonging to tho
stockholders Of the Union Pacific road.
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their own names, for these papers. But they
can evade the law under which they are dsqual-
ined as criminals, by putting fictitious signt-
lures TO their contributions; and RooHEFoRr
recently had project for writing articles under
the namo OF bis young son, who resides in
Paris. We presume that GAMBErTA's new penny
paper, La Pette Rpublig,c Frdncdte, will he
the most successful IN gaining popularity among
the republican masses Of France. II is well that
they have the guidance Of a man of such sense
as GAMBKTTA
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The charter elections In New Jersey, which
took place on Tuesday, resulted In come curious
changes IN various municipal organizations hut these
elections were oohdu 'ed purely local issues, aud
have no POLITICAL slgnlncanee Whatever.
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Fancy dress balls seem at this moment to
DO the rule and the rage at British vlceregal
courts. One recently given at Ottawa by the
vceroy Of Canada, tue Earl Of DuTFERiN, ex-
cited fearful tumut In the usually calm colo
NAL veins. There. as we learned from the Cana
dian court chronicles, our brilliant and hand
some brother editor, uUmBLltr II the World
was, In the character of the Emperor WILLIAM,
the cynosure aud admiration Of every eye and
now we are told by the court chronclers Of
Dublin, that ut "a fancy dress ball given In that
most gay and gallant of capitals by its vicerov,
the Duke Of ABERcnRN, amid a host Of grace
and loneliness the fairost Of all was country
woman Of ours, Mrs. ADAGR, the daughter Of
the late Gen. WApswoHTH Of Geneseo, who fell
In the Wilderness. Mrs. ADAIR will be remem-
bered here for her personal beauty and intel
lectuul IAN and espL'viorc both as Miss WADs-
WORTH and as Mrs. RICHIE. At this ball she
REPRESENTED, in the so-called Eastern Quadrie,
the Suez Canal and her get up, to use a familiar
phrase, Is thus described; "she wore a head
dress OF Egyptian fashion, formed Of pearls and
turquoise beads, with a tiara Of diamonds; a
long, flowing robe Of rich cloth Of gold to repre-
sent the desert, traversed by azure bends Of
wayy satin. embroidered with pearls, to typify
the blue waves OF the Mediterranean. eirdled
with roses and lilies for England and France /;
the neck and arms covered with Egyptian jew
els and long, flowing veil, enveloping the whole
figure, OF tissue OF gold, like q cloud Of gold
dust. At her girdle was golden key with a la
bel attached 'suez Canal, four millions In
her hand was long wand fan composed Of os-
trich feather"
Thus, IN the vicerega courts of two Of Eng
lands chiefest provinces, American manhood
and American beauty have borne away the palm !