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Gen. Meig- mn Homes, Omcial.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir !:
Scarcely any one, presume, IS better able than
myself TO speak from knowledge rs TO the char
acter Of Quartermaster-Genernl Megs. Through
out the war was occupied as special counsel,
and commissioner of the War Department and
Navy Department. l was in confidential rela-
lions with the secretaries and assistant secre-
taries Of both Of these bEanches Of the Govern
ment.
The inspection Of arsenals and navy yards,
which involved the necessity of acquainting my
self with the business Of contractors and the
manner in which army and navy officers per-
formed their duty, was my constant care, me
witnesses / examined under oath numbered
about two thousand per anuuin. They INCLUDE
ed contractors, ntructOrs' clerks, unsuccessful
bidders, commissioned and nOn-commissiO red
officers and priyatcs Of both branches of the ser
vice, civil employees, politicians, attorneys, and
dlsiuterested private citizens | received CONF
plants against many Government servants, Of
high and low degree had many arrested, tried,
some convicted and sent 10 prison.
During my whole professional relation with
the Government. | never received ono particle
of evidence impugulng the integrity Of Mont
gomery G.. Megs. IL II Just that | should say
this. Although all my connection with public
affairs ceased year, ago, and have not eNchang,
| ed IA word with GEN Meigs since 1870, still feel
| the same interest with every good citizen To de-
| fend the character Of blameless public officer,
No. I BREKMAN STREET, n, Y, April 3.
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What May be Expected this season In the Lit
erary World.

From the following announcements II Will be
that the opening promises to be busy
enc In many departments OF literature;
Soon after Iasier, MIR. James Gordon Bennett viii
publsa his latest work OF felton, Dancing In High
Lsttudes" Tie story TO be dedicated TO Lord Duf'
ferin whose BOOK suggested the title
Mr. George Washington Childs, A. NJ. IA engaged
lpou a. essay The He4rte In Modern Lltera'
ture."
Mr.. samuel Bowes Is looking up material for His.
tory II the Adams Family, from the Adams OF Eden 10
the Prcseut y"
Mr. sunset Cox Will supplement his entertaining
book, why WeLaugh," wilma second volume, entitled
Why the Republicans Don't Laugh The Two vol
umes. taken together. Will throw much isht on tue
conditions necessary true appreciation Of humor.
Brother shearman Will open new nut parallel vein
In his forthcoming essay on " Why We Weep"
Mr. Bergh viii BRING out narrative version ~ his
successful play "Ihe Hard Sex" which recently at
tintd in Brooklyn m unprecedented run Of one nRn
copous notes viii be furnished by e1'BroIhei Joseph
| Howard. Jr.
Mir. Jay Could viii publish volume OF Intervio VS.
on journalism, held al various times with the young
| editor OF the TtUHs.
Mr.. Julian Hawthornes " Saxon Studies will be fol-
| lowed by Bayanan Brewdiugs."
| Nj. Joaquin miller has nearly finished two new vol
umes Of poetry which will be respectively entitled
Songs Of the sarahs and The Canal Boat OF TomD
kins Square" Current gossip has Il that the hero OF
each volume is none other than MIR. Miller himself
| Attorney.Genera fierrepont has In preparation
new edition Of HIS " Complete Letter Writer" with al
| explanatory preface by Gen, BabcOck.
The most important publication OF the year Will b
Deacon Richard Smiths How TO be Truly Good Al
Elementary Treatise IN Six Short ana Easy Lessons
which will be issued earll In the summer provided h'
| wicked partners do not spike the presses.
Among the events of the year IN periodical literature
| It may be confidently expectedi
That Mr. Eugene Lawrence VIII speak very harshll
OF tie Jesuits.
That MIR. Francis Gerry Fairfield Will conclusiyell
prove IN het5nes that his own genius Is only an epl
leptc form OF insanity.
That Mr.. Richard Grant White viii be delivered OF
new AdJec i've some time In June.
Tia, Dr. Topper Holland will begin new serial story
from which everything improper aud everything In
terestlng will be strictly excluded.
| That more newspaper letters describing the Centen
NAL win DO written than printed.
Thst THn SUN viii shine win undiIinishsd bril-
! iisncy every morning unul further astiOa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-09
MIN or ENTERPRISE.
Many Irons In the Fire, and the Amusement
CuuIdron Bubbling Over.

"Mr. Shook" said visitor 10 the lessee
Of two tuea res aud a Hippodr,ms, "they say
that you have bought brewery. Is that cor
rectf'
"Ycs, that's true" said sheridan " and be-
cause seem to have two or three irons In tho
frs some people think that am ready 10 make
additions to the stock without limit. One man
is after me TO buy an interest In gridirun fac
tory, aud really believe that some other luna
tic Will, before long. pounce down upon me for
an Investment In m e~ta snment tOrthe manu-
ficture OF goose bttdles.'
IS, eaking II euolrons, when does the Hippo
drome closer
MOODY aud Sankey retire on the 10TH sharp
noon"
Then. what comes next"
ION the evening Of the 10th II will be o"cu
pied by the Twelfth Regiment, CO... SCOTT. who
then give promenade concert, and atterward a
TeglmentHl drill.'
10 you mean to say that the Hippodrome
can be prepared between noon on the lHth nd
s p. NJ. on the 10Th the partitions hli removed,
and all the other work done to make II 1T for AL
Entertainment OF that characterr
Come and see. i have promised TO have II
ready. ard that's enough. On the following
night the Eighth Regiment " Ill have their pronl-
enadr concert ana reelmental drill in the build
lug, and then It Will be put III order for Onen
BACH
"When does he Gomez"
"On the 18th Of May he will give the FIRST con
cert. lie brings with him rye proportion %
his own orchestra and we sh III furnish the rest
lie will have about 40 performers, and Is en-
gaged for thirty days. Gilmore plays at tb
Centennial for thirty days, apd when that tint
expires he taxes the Iiippodrome again. Lew
Is now with Gilmore In California He vii
/ probably play at the opening OF the Garden"
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A Great Robbery In London.
From ne London Telegraph, NarcA 81

IRON me LoNdOh Ie4eOIdpHf hdit" 80
Between half past 2 o'clock on saturday
afternoon and midday YESTERDAY Messrs. W IL
lnms & son were robbed OF jswery valued ht
e25,0JO. When ,he principal partner Visited bis
business premises yesterday afternoon, looking
toward one Of the front Windows he was startled
by perceiYiug n number Of jewel eases on the
counter They were placed there, not In any
confusion, but as by "a person accustomed TO
handle such things and they were hidden from
an external view Of the snop or office ny m
Opaque glass screen. Finding the cases to he
mostly empty Mr. Williams tried the safes,
which were all locked. One OF the cases, CON
tanning "A number Of watches had been Tincd
only of two or three Of the most valuable, show
ing that the thief knew what was best wor b
taking. MIR. Williams was Obliged TO return
home Tor the keys OF the safes, and when he got
back again to the house Of business, he was sbe
to open all the safes as easilY as II they mad not
been tampered with. In fact, II then became
perfectly evident that not only these Tecepta-
Giles Of costly property, but the front door and
door OF the counting house had cen opened
with false KEYS m7ds from moulds which must
have been taken from tne true ones. Two Of
the slfes had been robbed; hut FROM them mad
been Abstra, ted jewels Of the large Aggre gate
value above mentioned.
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HORSE NOTES.
will not trot this season.

Mohawk will not trot this season.
The prep ratlons for the Cenichi''
racing are nearly comp eted
The great Jockey fordhrm viii roe '"'
brated hors All Heart In the p'tby' ,..o.
Thomas Canary has bought Of MI
the nne bay male Belle Of tue kasi iol H.
2;2i. l.b
for 1876 and 1917 haN e been sisned 10 J.""
Der III. fl
MIR. W. W. Adams Of Lex ugtDn. ~" h. h..
the lay lis AOn Anton to NJ. {. las VI 4s'@'
for t3,O0O linn.
Cspt. Rynders, "a a mark OF rcept 'a,al.
blc,opian dram. the stable of ~ sou -"'
Aberdeen and Killarney, no uiouimhf' ,,,
Goldsmith Maid Il matched for ssf" .irgs,i
mi c IN harness while the uhy uiN Nui"' j. 1
mile and $50 ards The race IS 90 D.. a, ilf..h
81. II. Sanford has sailed for Liver We
poets TO arrive IN time ~ svr lIt".r ~ m Al Sc
Handicap OF SO each, Lalt furit4i1l " "a /, AllI
mOrSet, oyrrtne Rowley Nile, IA SA's 10
! sspped 81 10 voupds.
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High Art In the New Jersey LEGISLATURE.

The picture job made its appearance In
Joint committee appointed To procure a paint
ing commemorative OF the valor Of the New DER
seN troops IN the late war, reported that they
had received II proposition from Mr.. Julian
Scott, u historical painter agreeing to execute a
within the term OF three years for $4,000. to be
paid In three yearly installments. The report
was accom- panied by Joint resolution, provid-
with Julian Scott TO make the painting upon
his giving satisfactory security, the subject 20
be selected by the New Jersey Omcers' AssOcia-
ton. Mr.. Dodd asked Mr.. Herring II the artist
referred TO was the one that painted the picture
on exhibition outside. Mr. Herring replied in
the Affirmative. Mr.. Dodd then said he would
vote against the resolution because the picture
he alluded to was u daub, tho background beng
very poor. MIR. Herring said that Mr.. Scott was
qualified TO get up good picture, but the back.
ground Of the picture outside represented
Of tSaI Kind. EhS rssoiutiOn Was referred,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-03-18

A WELL SELECTED CARGO
English, GERMAN { Trench GOODS
Consisting in Part of the Following;
A Full Assortment of Prints, all styles. new
and desirable patterns,
White Cotton, Horrock's White Long Cloth,
A. II. and B.
Brown aud Blue Cotton Drill, Brown Cotton
Blue Cotton, Heavy Denims, Hickory Stripes,
Bed Ticking, Turkey Red Cotton,
Blue Flannels, White Linen, assorted widths
and qualities.
Waterproof Cloth, White Moleskin.
Fine French Merinos, Reps, Bnckskins,
Fine Cassimeres, Black and Blue Broadcloths,
Mosquito Netting,
Linen and Cotton Sewing Thread,
Alhambra Bedquilts,
A Splendid Assortment of Clothing
Fancy Flannel Shirts,
Denim Jumpers and Overalls,
Fine Merino Undershirts,
Merino Socks,
Cotton Socks and Stockings,
Silk, Linen and Cotton Handkerchief,
Heavy Blankets,
Fine Silk Umbrellas,
Linen Sheeting,
Assorted Burlaps and Woolpack, Sail Irvine,
Imperial Navy Hemp Canvas, No. 90 to G,
Hair and Cloth Brushes, from j. Gosnell Il Co.
Fancy Soaps and Hair Oil,
Shawls, Ponchos, Plalds, Needlework,
Imitation Jewelry,
Loekets, Rings, Chains, Ornaments,
P. & P. Knives, Scissors.
Corkscrews, Timed Spurs, Axes,
French Calfskins,
Wrapping and Printing Paper,
VERY FULL ASSORTMENT OF
GERMAN, ENGLISH & FRENCH
Steariu Candles, Ultramarine Blue,
EPSON Salts, Castor Oil,
Fence Wire, No. 4, 5 and 6,
Galvanized Iron Pipe, ] and I inch,
Hoop Iron, I, I, 1 and II inch, Rivets,
Paints and Oils, White Zinc, White Lead, &C.,
Caustic Soda and Palm Oil,
Hide Poison, Market Baskets,
Brooms, Casks and Barrels,
Casks Blacksmiths' Coal,
800 Tons Best Steam Coal,
Also a few Music Boxes & Regulator Clocks,
A Fine Assortment of Havana Cigars,
English and German Ale,
Bavarian Beer, in OTIS. and pts.
Champagne, Ruinart pere and fills. qts. & pts.
Champagne, Heidsieck & Co, qts. and pts.
Champagne, Thoreau, OTIS. and pts.
Sparkling Hook,
Rhine Wines, Claret,
Gin, in green boxes,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-03-18

GROCERIES, HUBBUCK's PAINT OIL,
White Zinc, White Lead,
Venetian Red, Yellow Ochre,
Caustic Soda, C. C. Tin Plate, Sheet Lead,
Sauce Pans, Tea Kettles, Sheet Zinc,
Galvanized Tubs. Fence Wires,
Refined Iron, White Bros, Portland Cement,
Gunny Bags, Burlaps Bags,
Printing Paper, Petroleum Barrels,
New Oil Shocks,
Vienna Furniture,
Boutelleau & Cos, Brandy, in glass, one to
four diamond,
Boutelleau & Cos, Brandy in Casks,
Gin in Cases,
Norwegian Ale,
Cordage,
Window Glass, &C., &c, &c.
se25
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-03-18

PER r. C. WYLIE, Direct from Europe.
90 BBLS. BEST PORT
wv LAND CEMENT,
100 Coils best Russia Hemp Rigging,
Coils Russia Bolt Rope,
Gases English Pie Fruits,
Cases do. Pickles,
Cases do. Ground Pepper,
Cases do. Mustard,
Gases do. French Peas,
Csks Table Salt, in bottles
For Sale at the Lowest Prices by
$50 BOLLEs & co.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-19
Questions and Answers.

With what can we mix white paint for
marking numbers on woolen clothingY
The ordinary paint rubs off in the course
OF manufacture. Answer. Try the fol-
lowing Macerate Gin mortar) oxide of
zinc with sufficient gum dammar and
turpentine to give the proper BODY.
This, we think, will obviate the difficulty.
How can remove grease from seal
skin cap, which has worked into the fur
by contact with the hair2 Answer. Try
n little warm naphtha or benzole.
Is there anything that will settle or
precipitate dirt i'll flowing varnish2 I
am using a varnish that has good lus
ter, but after it has flowed, it appears to
be specked with fine dirt. Answer.
Thin hevarnish down and filter through
small plug Of cotton wool.
I am building an ice box, inside box
one inch in thickness, composed of black
walnut, and lined with zinc. The out
side of this box wish to cover with felt
ing one-half inch in thickness The
outer box is to consist of one inch in
thickness of black walnut. Would this
make good family ice box3 Answer.
An air space of two inches thickness be-
tween the outer and the inner box is as
gooo Tor the preservation of the ice rs
would bea packing with some filing like
powdered charcoal or other material, but
the space must be thoroughly alright.
Place the ice near the top, and the arti-
cles to be preserved lower provide
means to catch the drip from the ice-a
sheet of zinc, perforated from below with
holes to pass air down but not water,
will do-and set small pipe in the bot
tom to carry off the water. Make the
lid OF the box to contain an air space as
we'll as the sides.
AT what time in the year should cut
timber for wagon lumber, etc., SO as to
prevent the worms from getting into the
lumber? Answer. The proper time for
telling trees Is that in which the largest
Quantity of hard and durable wood can
be obtained as free from sap as possible.
Timber is felled during the cold months,
when the natural juices are most mac
tive, and the tree, ina measure, dormant.
To properly season the wood, it is neces-
sary that it should he exposed for about
year to the influence of dry air.-.Scien-
tyfc american.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-19
Hints for Lovers.

In the first place. it is an imposition
on any well bred girl 10 keep her up later
than half-past ten o'clock, when you
have the opportunity of seeing her often.
Ii you always leave her with the wish in
her heart that you had staid longer, you
gain so much. Never run the risk of
wearyiug her with your presence. BE
just as earnest and straightforward as in
your honorable dealings with men. I'M
press your friends with the worthiness
and seriousness of your love, SO that vul-
gar and senseless bantering will appear
to them as such. Love is religion-the
supremest happiness; wear it manfully
and proudly, but holly. Woo a woman
bravely. If there is anything humiliat-
ing to woman, it is to have lover
whom she wishes to honor, weak and
vapid, ever yielding and half afraid of
her. She longs to tell him to "act like
man !" The man who conceals or de-
MES his love Tor fear of being laughed
at, is a coward. A love that has no
divinity in it is not love, but passion,
which, of itself, has nothing ennobling.
That was beautiful inscription on an
engagement ring: each for the other
and both for God"
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-19
Military Resources.

In O new edition of the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica the following tribute
to the patriotism of the United States is
found In the article on " "Army," by
Colonel Colley The military history Of
the United States is as strange as the
rise and rapid growth of the nation. In
1790 the rank and file of the army, as
fixed by act Of Congress, amounted to
1,216 men and in 1914 an English ex-
petition of $500 men was able to seize
and burn Washington, the capital of a
country which even then numbered
100000 of inhabitants. In 1861, at
the commencement of the war, the
whole regular force amounted to only
1000 men. In April of that year tho
President called for rs, 900 volunteers for
three months to defend the capital,
which was threatened; and in May a
further call for $4,000 was made. In
July two calls for 500, 600 each were au-
thorized by Congress, and as even this
vast force proved insufficient for the
gigantic struggle which America had
now embarked in, it was found neces-
sary to introduce the CONSUMPTION. In
October, 1868, levy of 100000 was
ordered, and in February, 1864, a
further call for 500, 900 was made. FL
nally, in the beginning of 1866, two
further levies, amounting to 5000
men, were ordered, but were only
partially carried out in consequence of
the cessation of hostilities. The total
number of men called under arms by
the government of the United States be
tween April, 1861, and April, 1866,
amounted to 2, 1852, ,O49, of whom 2, $685.
053 were actually embodied in the
armies. If to these be added 1.1O0, 900
men embodied by the Southern States
during the same time, the total armed
forces reach the enormous amount of
nearly 1000, 900, drawn from a popula-
ton of only $4,000, O,OOO-fgures before
which the celebrated uprising of the
French nation in 1893, or the recent eff
forts Of France and Germany in the war
of 1S70-71, sink into insignifcance.
And within three years the whole of
these vast forces were peaceably dis
banded, and the army had sunk to o
nominal strength of only 80, 600 men.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-19
American Jurisprudence.

Horace White, in one of his letters
from Europe, writes as follows The
disclosures Of rascality in public life, of
which the American press has for long
time been full, have not escaped notice,
though l must set it down as an extraor-
dinary mark of international comfy that
l have not seen any, except the most dis
tant, allusion to them in any newspaper.
either English or Continental. A more
prolific source of disfavor arises from the
growing distrust of our judicial proceed
lngs. 1 have been asked over and over
again why it is SO difficult in America to
punish rascal or recover stolen prop
erty. The hardest thing for our peo-
pie to understand" said Frankfort
bank ker who has large interests in New
York, "is, why justice cannot be de-
pended on in your courts. I know of
several cases at this moment where large
sacrifices are being made in the way of
settlement with sharpers, rather than
run the risk of long delay, heavy costs,
and uncertain verdicts in American
tribunals. 1t is this uncertainty, quite
as much as the failure of recent specula-
tive investments i'll America, that deters
German capitalists from putting more
money at risk on your side of the water.
ooppSoC you biCttU us dS WSll aS YOU
treat each other. In fact, 1 know Won
do; but you must reform your code,
weed out your technicaities, and find
some way to get better juries."
MIR. White says our eminent legal hair
3plitters will be shocked to learn that
In the efete monarchy where the above
colloquy took place flaw in an indict-
ment Is of no advantage whatever to q
criminal; that the efforts of courts are
directed to expediting rather than
hindering the course of Justice; and that
man worth 800, 900 is as liable to go
to jail, If guilty. as q tramp without a
groschen in his pocket. He adds:
An Antwerp merchant worth some
10000, 900 francs and having influential
connections was recently detected in
some heavy frauds upon the revenue.
Within a fortnight's time he had been
indicted, tried by jury of his peers,
and sentenced to fifteen years imprison
ment and to pay a fine of 1,0OO, 900
francs. How the foundations of society
would be shaken if this had happened
in Chicago, and what public-spirited ef-
forts would be made to secure the poor
mans pardonl
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-19
The Average ParlOr.

There are parlors belonging to rich
men who are the sons of rich men. who
have been educated carefully, and who
have travelled and seen all that there ia
to be seen of splendid and beautiful.
and yet, though their rooms are full Of
the external evidences of wealth and
travel, the things seem unhappy; the
colors all swear at one another" as
the French artistic slang has it: the
chairs and tables, like people too early
at country party, are waiting for an in
PRODUCTION, and the taste, If taste it NAV
be called, in the pictures and bric-a-
brac, is 30 discordant, that If the owner
really Likes one-half of them we cannot
understand how he should be able to
tolerate the other. OF course, it is not
fair always to Judge the owner of one
OF these multifarious drawing rooms by
what he puts forward as his own taste.
In nine cases ont of ten it is not his
taste at all, but the taste of the town.
and he has meekly put himself into the
hands of the fashionable furnisher. We
might as well lay the charge of the the
atrical, vulgar paraphernalia of q mod
ern frst-class funeral at the door of the
dead man upon whose unresistiug body
all these hideous floral emblems" are
piled. The fashionable undertaken sits
on him when dead. as the fashionable
furnisher sat on him when alive. We
cannot judge Of his taste until he shows
it; until he takes his house into his own
hands, and makes it to his mind. 1t is
to persuade people to do this that these
papers are written, but the writer is not
very hopeful of persuading any but
young people and those who have q ns-
tural independence. Rich people are
for the most part 80 bullied by their
money, they don't dare do what they
would like. And people who are we'll
on In life do not, as rule, take enough
interest In the subject. They find the
Old shoes easier to the seet.-Scri6ner
for january.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-19
sCHENCK's DIANDRAKK Pills

win be found to possess those qualities neooss. 70
the total eradication of all bilious attacks promp. to
art the seoretions Of the liver and give healthy .one
to the entire system. 1t s no ordinary dt.oovsr II,
medical science to have invented remedy IN, th...
complaints. which develop all the results
duoed BY heretofore free Of caIomsl n minsr.l
Justly dreaded BY mankind. and acknowledged to be
destructive Ia the extromo to the human system That
the properties Of certain vegetables comprise ALI the
virtues OF oaomel without Its injurious tendencies Is
now an admitted faot rendered indisputsbs by soan
uno researches; and those who the Mandrake Pls
will be fully satisfied that the best medicines are tho.e
provided by nature in the common herbs and roots OF
the fields.
These pills open the bowels and correct all bilious do
rsngements without salvation any of the injurious
effects OF oaiomel other poisons The secretion OF
bile Is promoted by these pills. as will be seen By tb.
altered color OF the stools. and disappearing of The
saliow complexion and cleansing of the tongue.
Ample directions for accompany each boz Of Mill.
Prepared only BY j. II. soHRNOK q SON, at their
principal ONCE corner Sixth and Arch Streets Phils
deiphia. and for sale By all druggists and dealer.
Price 30 cents per boz.