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A serious charge is Drought against Gov.

A serious charge is brought against Gov.
HUBBARD Of Texas, and the explanation made
in his behalf is not satisfactory Tho original
allegation WIS that tho Governor had a draft
for $1,000 endorsed by BURNETT & FITZPATRICK.
lcssces of the state peniteniiary. and that the
draft was endorsed in consideration Of the lease
Of the pcnitcntary having been givon to the
firm in question. The explanation is that the
draft was drawn upon the commission house Of
j, II. BURNETT x Co-Mr. BURNETT being the
same man as tho pcnitontiary lessoe-that no
instructions came with the draft TO the banking
house in Galveston to which it was sent for col
lection, and that it was drawn against cotton
shipped and to be shipped to BURNETrs COM
Dllssiop house, The transaction does moi seem
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22

Rumors concerning the establishment OF
nm American line Of steamships to encourage
trade with South America have taken shape
in the authoritative announcement that tho
steamships are now building. Tho vessels
arc to start from New York. are to be OF
three thousand tons burden. are to be
seven in number. and are TO steam from
this port every two weeks. the first trip to
be made in February next The South Ameri-
can trade IL exciting interest in St Louis also .
and the telegraph has announced that meet
INK Of the business men there has been had. as
tho first step toward establishing a line from
that city. A modcrae degree Of success 10y
these companies must interfere seriously with
England's control OF Brazilian trade.
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Boston's latest case OF child murder seems
to have boon prompted by pure deviltry. There
Ia no evidence that the CRoNIN boy. aged 10
years. said or did anything to anger the HICKEY
boy aged II. yet HICKEY first threatened to
shoot the other lads sister. and then deliber-
ately fred at the boy himself as he was running
down stairs to escape. The ball entered his
head. and death followed almost instantly. The
murdcrcr-what else shall we call him ?-es-
capped in the confusion For n youngster he
bore bad reputation. having served one term
in Jail for stealing. He was persistent dino
novel reader. and was ambitious to become q
scout and an Indian fighter.
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br' oldrohauN' STATE commissioner III
Lunacy' IN ms conference with the Board OF
ApporIionm'nt about the biackwels Island
Asylum, was asked why there was n rapid IN
crease oil insanity IN the city. lie replied:
is greatly due othe aggregation oftcoIc in metro
tense I'm th, c~ntr's n II gn that te ,,,alt, II the
y system aller senerauon or Two Is dlmnished and the
disposed 10 insanity We seem To- be repr6incns In lht,
iIpSe' inc state OF 'hins' when existed III Nne'ah AMI
10 "i'"u'N' p''"'' "'u' ~ "'"io"""A
n'""'' - vi, ~ ','''''"' "'",'S i'i""'' ny
,"' "'"."H' "''''n- ""N'','SS VI '"'s ivy i'"'N
''"''"E ~ e'". "'''" VI '"'"', We ""''
~ n""V u''s pV'',nv"' p"ss"hV Ho'' iii4oA
~ '''' '"'"S u N"''"s''
a. Srain dealer found rev years aso mat NJ NINA
scu Of li,t amt the car sound ana hr tongue of
n of yG,nt a' lie r sa1 r's t ",r , a,s [
mons ta,l he AT ~ late al n m hsue at lne minus
ana amsiit i" ale ami ali' moi to tnk Sr'aH
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with personal prejudice or Partially calcu-
lated to do mischief Our foreign relations
require no secrecy, and treaties ought to be
considered openly, II they are proper ~ be
made at all, just rs other subjects affecting
the public interests are debated. So, too In
regard to nominations for office. Why
should they not be discussed freely on their
merits in broad day2 II they are not lit to
be made, the public should know the fact. II
they violate public policy, what is the object
of cOncealment
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22
Nonro1K was hanged in Annapolis, yes

NORFOLK was hanged in Annapolis, yes
terday. for wifc-murder and VASDyKE was
hanged in Canton. in this State. also for wifc-
murder. HUNT. who suffered at Nashville on
Tuesday last. was likewise n wife-murderor
DENNIS MAcKAY. who beat his wife Ia death in
Rhode Island. got of with the remarkably mild
penalty Of eleven months imprisonment
LOUISA LAWSON Of Virginia. whose sentence
was commuted on Thursday. had been party
to the murder Of her husband and one Of her
accomplices was hanged some months ago.
These facts form an interesting subject for stu
dents Of social science.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22
A San Francisco newspaper rightly says

A san Francisco newspaper rightly says
that to tax the community for the purpose Of
educating a few favored children in the classics,
in the higher grade OF mathematics. aud in gem
teel accom- lishments. Is q swndle. Society has
done It's duty when it has offered TO every boy
and girl in the State the opportunity Of a plain
English education.
What is true in California is Just az true in
New York. The education OF a favored few in
the City college at the public expense is an in
justice and an imposition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22

FILASA NJ GREiSrH, formerly d"faulting
tax clerk. died the other day in an asylum Tor
the Insane at West Philadelphia. He krmhe-
ized the city out OF sl5.uW. aud the exposure II
his crime drove him csa1y. He was evident
ly not hardened in the science Of Addition.
Division and silence.
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The rhnadelphin railway rmben1lement.

PHILADELPHIA. Dee. 2l.-Messrs. Morton.
luhn, Naglc aud Nckcrs. charged with cmholllcmcut
and consirns in connection with the ovcfissue stoc
of tho West rhlalclriN PASSENGER Railway company.
today entered pie guilty the remaining ii
ui indictment which hIlls particulars had been
called ior The other defendant, Mr. Stokes Secretary
of The company BE- ttil confined in die Iunntc Assu
gni not ~ condition ODE ucd The day n the mai
has not set hCVuuAra.
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report of Canon FARRAR's two sermons.
recently delivered in Westminster Abbey. affirming and
arguing that the eternal damnaton Of mpcn sinners
In he'll isnot doctrine scripture and should be
1ccted from among the formulas OF Christian truth, will
appear IN Tnf srN of tomorrow morning
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The Rev. Mrs. ADAMS enlivencd her lee
ture Of last night on modern inndehty 10y read-
ing a religious dsqu-ition from The SrN
She commended It's tone and expressed encour-
aRsment At the interest now manifested 10y the
daily press in the subject Of religion Then. 10
illustrate another point Of her thought. the
lecturer read from THE Sun another article
which she commended.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22

Mr.. Richard NJ. Nichols has been elected First
and Mr. D. + Knapp Second Vice President the Board
Of Trustees of the Union Dime Savings Bank Mr.
Nichols isa retired merchant. and Nj KNAPP member
o. the urn ol Majors Knapp, nthosrAihcrs. Mr.. T.
Van Valkonhurph of the firm ui Van NalNenhurgh Co.
dry goods merchants talked VI Tor President but IL Is
thVaslt that le Wall decline
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22
Director Mcdonald Proposing Reforms.

Director Mcdonald. Of the Hudson county. y
d. holders, IN message To the board says that III,
bills for duss for the county institutions in the past yeal
had been ,Aoriiant and dishonest lie returned several
Hills 10 the Committee supplies for reconsideration
lie asks the hoard hcichcr io invite proposals N COM
petition Tie also returned bills Is furui she'd Ia
Inc inmates Of the luu1uc asylum 1hcv were CHARGED
AZ - ld per dozen and could he purchased for SiiI
doom lie recommends the ,mplo, of permanent
plumber, gasiiter, nud carIontcr al the institutions an
order 10 do away with tNorbant cHntraotors' bills
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|. Even taking the best

to bc free from suspicion. Even taking the best
view Of IT, II would be bettor for Governor not
to draw drafts upon people dependent upon
him for official favors and responsible to him
for the management Of public trust.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22

There are two curious condolences in the
fleets Of the disastrous confectionery factory
fire. OF the long list of wounded taken 20 the
hospitals. there ara just two dangerously burned
or scaldod in each hospital Then the location
Of tn" burns in almost every case is upon the
upper part OF the body and the head.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22

Yesterday afternoon the boilers Of the
Barclay street candy mandatory were found
intact and the explosion Of Thursday became
more mysterious than ever. Several explana-
tons have bcen brought forward. the most
probable to date being that nflamniable gas.
collected in horizontal flue. was suddenly
ignitcd by the admission in some way Of air.
Explosions from this cause have occurred
before; one in the Bessemer Steel Works
at Troy. II this proves to be the cxplana-
ton. the Barclay street disaster may have
the result Of calling tho attention of
scientific men sharply 10 the duty Of devising
better methods Of protection against these in
visible but tremendous forces Only two bodies
had been found in the ruins up to yesterday
evening. and the proprietors Of the candy man
ufactory say that all but one Of tho people in
their employ have now been accounted for. II
Is OF course possible that there may havo been
others in the building at the moment OF the ex-
posion; but the present belief is that the loss
of life is much less than was at first feared.
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To THE TpIToR or THE SuN-Sr: Tho
chAN'he Now h ]. MellsiaWshN oncrns to walt. ATTY
man u The United states acCcft am ready tu meet
linn Whenever aud Wherever hc may see ~
MA1 hlhlII MArInm sir.ot
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Mr.. J. y. FARLEY, who has been selected by the
Democrats Of the California Legislature as the successor
to Sc nator will not add character talent 10
the upper branch VI Congress Pes
As ErrrGY SARGENT has neither character nor
talent the Senate will be- no worse of. even II
all said about FARLEY IL true.
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so 80
4 90

So that an advertisement in THE WEEKLY
SUN at fifty cents per line reaches more read
ers than II would If printed in the weekly
Herald World and Tribune at an aggregate
Of two dollars per line.
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For all lung troubles. as we'll Ms complaints ~
ne throat lr JsNir kNpec,oran sccrianiy nHiha.
tive and often curative the testimony Of thousands
Aul ITS world Wiie reputation attest For coughs or
Gods no snreI VI more ,neeuNe Teneuy be iVuId
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22
The Baltimore Sun copies without credit
he choicest productions Of q. WASH. CHuDs
A. NJ. the obituary bard. For instance, yestcr.
days siu contained the following:
II TITIT0 HOWARD Wns our 0nTTlNF,
frldr ui all our hearts at home;
But au anprl came and whispered,
Little iluwAkn, do come home.

This is one Of q. WASH. CHiLDs. A. Ms sweet
es, gems. and it is unjust for any other writer
or newspaper 10 steal it. The Baltimore Su.
should follow our example in giving due credit
for everything it copies. and above all for the
beautiful poetry OF lhiladclphias obituary
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The two wife murdcrers who were hanged
yesterday were both invited TO make speeches
after being readt and prayed over in the usual
manner. The Marylander announced that his
sins had boon forgiven. and that he was going
straight to glory, the New Yorker. who had
scandalized his keepers by his evity and who
had asked the Sheriff to hang him ut eleven
O'Clock 80 that he might be in hell in time for
dinner. so far conlormed to the conventional
proprieties Of the occasion as to inform the
crowd that he was an innocent man. and was
not afraid 10 meet his Con. Then the Sherims
officers finished their ghGstly work. and-as
happens too often nowadays-bunglod IT, Ia
neither ease was the neck broken: in the Mary
land case the rope slipped. and a sickcning
spectacle followed. The net gain TO society
from yesterdays work we confess ourselves UNI
able 10 compute.
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From these official figures it can I've seen
that the circulation of The WEEKLY Sun
exceeds that of the weekly Tribune. World
and Herdh combined The rates per line for
advertising in the following four weekly
papers are:
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The Home joiUndt the drbder ,ltgdntidrum
Of New York life. gives the following rs the cor
rect formula for an invitation TO a dinncrp party:
Mr. and Mrs HowArn PfilroRr
request The pleasure ui
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-22

The Providence journal, organ Of Senator
ANTHONY, notices the antccedents and political
opinions Of Senaior-olect FARLEY Of California.
and adds Tint is the kind Of statesman who
is 10 succeed Senator SARGENT" ANTHONY will
feel lonely after EFFIGY SARGENT has gone.
They are birds Of feather, and both were in
dustrious champions Of SrcoR Robson.
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To Advertisers and Others.

Tho following figures taken from the
official record in the Post Office Department
show the postage paid on the weekly cdi-
tions of the great daily journals printed in
this city during the year ending June 80, 1877:
Mqn ....... sc.l1e 20 rf@rs ......... se.s5s 10
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Tho Fraudulent President has taken pains
10 inform the Republican members OF Congress
from Pennsylvania and Illinois that he never
authorized the tender Of the British and German
missions TO SIMON CAMERON and Bon NIGER
SOIL and that EvAgrs acted in the whole pro-
cceding without his knowledge or consent.
These membcrs On the other hand state en-
phaticaly they were invited by EvALTs to make
recommendations for the appointments. he
speaking in the name Of HAYES when giving
the invitation. When two men contradict each
other on the same subject. they cannot both toll
the truth at the same time. 1t remains there
fore, for HAYES AMI EvARTs to reconcile this
fiat contradiction between them. or to refer it t.
the board Of arbtrators on personal honor.
consisting Of HANNIBAL HAMLIS. TIMOTHY
Howr, JOE McDoNALD. and MATT RANSOM. who
are accepted experts in that line Of business.
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II Is well known that GEAST's celebrated
Dee Moincs speech against the Pope and the
whole College Of Cardinals was conceived in the
rious brain Of the late representative Of the
United States az N,ucNeh and the Garden 81
Eden. In the absence Of GRANT. Par-on NEW
MAN IS Obliged TO hold the fort alone and un-
supported. Last week he preached a sermon
in Washington. following up the Des Moines
idea with a startling proposition. The /, nan
Catholics in the opinion Of lnrson NLwMAN.
nre secretly plotting 20 turn over the Uuitel
States 70 PalM rule. There is only one way 10
counteract their machinai.ons. 1t all friends
of religious liberty unite In q secret orsaniza-
ton under the leadership Of some eminent de-
fender Of the Protestant faith Gen. GRANT. for
instance and thwart the insidious designs Of
the Vatican by opposing cunning TO craft. Par
son NrwMAN's continued zeal in this cause is in
striking contrast with GRANTS present iniifcr-
ence. That eminent friend Of religious liberty
is Junketins abroad. Welding. no doubt. 10 the
seductons OF Roman punches. while NEWMAN
rs We have said. is forced To hold the fort alone.
II there is TO be a Know Nothing candidate for
President in 1850. rarson NEWMAN. and not
GRANT, is the man for the crisis.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS

The six principal articles imported by
Great Britain are grain and flour, about
$270,000O00; raw cotton, S2S5,0O0.GH0 wool
$125,0O0OO9 sugar, SI10,GOU,0O0; lumber,
$76,OO0,OO0; and tea, $70,OOO,G0O.
The center of population of the United
States is said to have travelled westward,
keeping curiOuslv nelr thirty-ninth parallel
of latitude, never getting more than twenty
miles north, or two miles south of it. In
eighty years it has travelled only four huns
dred miles, and is still found nearly fifty
miles eastward of Cincinnati.
As many persons suppose that the all
yer dollar is not receivable for duties, the
New York World publishes the treasury Or>
der of February, 1875, which commences
with these words: "The silver dollar of the
United States, other than those known as the
&" trade dollar" Will be received for payment
of duties on imports to any amount what
ever"
Thirty years after the death of Sir
John Franklin, and after the failure of the
numerous searches for his remains that made
his widows name historic, there have at last
been obtained traces which seem to point
definitely toward the place where he and his
companions perished. The prospect of dis
covering the remains will probably justify a
new expedition to those frozen shores, and
there is hope also of recovering, with the
other relics of the expedition, its records,
which will be of permant value.
Sitting Bull has had his home as.
signed him by the Canadian authorities, and
he has promised Col. Mcleod that he would
hencef0rth be a very good indian That lie
will have to be, as the Blackfeet and Greeks
are on each side of him, aud Will punish him
very severely if he attempts any of his old
tricks, as they do not like Sitting Bull for a
neighbOT. The Canadian mot nted police
too, will keep an eye on the White Mothers
new ward, so that he will not probably he
able to carry out his threat of making wal
on tho United States Sitting Bulls speech
to Mcleod is model impudence. He has
gone back on the Great Farther at Washing
ton in a terrible manner.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-15
Turkey Carpets.

The Turkey carpet, rs it Is made IN
Inc hand-lOoms of OuChak, il fabric
fItat i'm durability, wearing qualities,
and softness Of texture cannot be sur
..s--ed. l. IS made in square pieces OF
various dimensions, but generally OF a
size 10 cover an ordinary room. The
coIors are 50 stable that il Is sald bar
ri Of vinegar Upset on it viii not
change color. For wear, time seems
1, make no impression on 1t. Beneath
INV feet is A Turkey carpet which Is At
l..-t thirty years old. and II Il, at tins
d. iring as fresh "a the day the last
Tread was WOve into 1t at Ouchak-
There seem to be no fixed patterns, for
Ibavs never seen any two alike. The
yoaver's fancy determines the hgur5s
and arrangement of co'OIs, and that Is 'ts
fantastic as an Oriental Imagination al-
wavsis. The carpets are 20 heavy that they
ra.i on the floOr with their own weight,
and need no tacks TO tasten them down.
As they are not secured t1 the floor,
they are frequently taken up s busted,
and arc always thu7 ke-. "loau When
the staircases, as well G5 the room, are
laid in these solid hetcy carpets, the
house is as still as If it were unln-
habited, 80 far rs the movements o. lis
occupants are concerned II Is curious
fact that while everything else mas
declined in price, Turkey carpets hoid
/ their own In the east, one quarter OF q
/ century old selling near on u lI-
J original cost.-COr. I'hiladelphia i'rfss.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-15
CONGRESSIONAL.--Extra Session.
THE SENATE.

In the senate, on the 9Th, during the
hour number of bills were intro
duced and referred ts appropriate commit.
tees, among them the following: By Mr..
Matthews, bill supplementary to the act
entitled an act to provide for resumption of
specie payment, approved January II, 1879.
The senate at 1925 went into executive
session, and when the doors were reOpened
the senate adjourned.
In the senate, on the 9th, among the
bills introduced were the following: By
senator Beck, to authorize the payment of
all customs duties in legal tender notes. Re.
ferred to the committee on finance. By
Senator Davis, IN relation To the jurisdiction
of the district court in the territory of Utah
in matters Of divorce. Referred to the
committee on judiciary. The vice president
appointed Senator KirkwoOd a member of
the committee on foreign relations, senator
Ingalls, member of the committee on privi-
leges and elections, and Senator Saunders a
member of the committee on railroads, 10
fill the vacancies on those committees OCca,
stoned by the death of Senator Morton. The
senate then went into executive session, and
when the doors were reOpened adjourned
until Monday.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-15
WAR NOTES.

Ghazi Mukhtar telegraphs to the sui
tau that he is still holding ErlerOum, and
expects re-enforcements. He was reportel
the other day to have fallen back upon
Ersingian and TrebezOnde. 1t is probable
that a part of his shattered army did retreat
to those points. Mukhtar now claims TO have
repulsed the Russian attack. II he receives
re-enforcements he may be able to hold
Erzeroum a short time, but the Russians
have re~enforcements following, and it is
likely that the town, which is not very
strongly fortified, viii fall as it did in 1929
when Psskewitch advanced as Heiman is now
doing. Erzeroum is on the western EU-
pirates, eight hundred miles above the June
ton with the TigIis, and one hundred miles
from TrebeZOnde, on the Black sea- L has a
population of As, 900, and Its possession rem.
ders the entire control of Armenia possible
TO the Russians.
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Present State of virginia Battle Fields.

The battlefelds around Richmond are
quite meadows now, reclaimed by nature,
with few signs Of the days of " blood and
iron" At Cold HarbOr, Fair Oaks,
Seven Pines and Malvern Hill, one sees
little to remind him of the terrible scene
enacted there y and Is years ago.
In the woods, hillsides snd river bluffs
in Peninsula, where no attempts has been
made to cultivate the land, sloping
earthwOrks are still to be seen, but
everywhere the entrencbments have been
levelled. Below Petersburg there are
few traces even of such formidable forti-
fications as Steadman, He'll and Damns-
tion. The Crater and the fields around
it are owned by Mr.. Grifiths, who was
borns close by, and was in Petersburg
when the mine was fired. He has built
a house near the Crater, and now has
his fathers farm under excellent cult
vation. The Crater itself has been left
almost untouched, and a thick under
! brush of peach trees and sprouts has
sprung up from the pits thrown away by
the soldiers during the siege. The
ravine where the dead lay in great heaps
! on that terrible morning has been brought
under the plow year after year, unit
now only a slight depression in the tielc
/ can be pointed out. The visitor has tx
pay 25 cents for a glimpse of the Crater
and the interior of shed stocked with
| battle relics.