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lie opposed to tho free and fair spirit OF
English and American Jurisprudence.
Mayor Ely himself departed widely from
these principles In the case " tho Police
Commissioners. He called upon them to
prove negative before anything had been
proved afIlrmatively against them. IF there
was no evidence against them, then the
whole proceeding wa, utterly unju-tinablc.
II there was evidence, then they ought to
have been confronted with it. The Govern
or's telegram in the MURPHY case would
seem to indicate that the Mayors action
toward the Police Commissioners will find
little favor at Albany If reviewed there.
MI Ely cannot do better for his own inter-
est- or those ~ the public, than to dismiss
the charges against Mcssrs. ERrAuDT
WHEELER, and NICHOLS, for the utter lack
Of evidence to sustain the accusations.
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And now prominent Republicans who took
leading pa. in thu Presidential campaign
ant the Electoral Conspiracy. begin to shrek
Fraud" We shall not be- surprised 20 hear
VA" cry swell to tones so loud as to make HAYEss
stolen HON" IN the White House d very uncom-
Portable place 10 stay in.
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Mr.. JOIN WELSH has purchased In I

Mr. JOHN WELSH has purchased In Eng
land diorama Of Pompoii and presented it to
Philadelphia for the adornment OF Paramount
Park. Apart from the natural interest which the
people of Philadelphia will feel in a dead city 1t
is not easy to understand why Mr.. WELSH should
select Pompeii as the subject OF his gift. II he
wanted to set up diorama in Paramount Park
which should keep himself fresh in the memo
les Of the respectable citizens whom he kissed
and wept upon in parting. why did not he order
OF the artist truthful representation on canvas
Of the Purio estate in Cuba. with its orderly
rows Of luxuriant cane its overscers. with their
whips in hand; its one hundred and thirty eight
slaves toling under the hot sun and the tax
gatherer In the foreground giving a receipt for
taxes paid by $. Il W. WELSH? Behind lenses
Of suflicien, magnifying power. the effect Of so
tropical picture would be strik ing. and crowds
would visit Paramount Park every day 10 see it,
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Mr. MARK TWAIN, undismaycd by the
miserable failure II his humorous speech at
the WHITTIER banquet. has taken charge Of the
editorial columns ~ the Hartford ,oirant and
calls on senator CoNKLISG 10 " side with the
President in his great work of purifying our
upllticsn
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While the Northampton Bank robbers
have boon denied a now irial on ,lr. Indictment
Tor burglary. they are to Ice tried again on an
other Indictment accusing them OF entering
dwc.in. with concealed weapons on their per-
sous AN offence that under the wholesome
Massachusetts, law is punishable 10y imprison-
mon Tor life Their conviction under this in
dilnent WAS through the testimony Of EpsoS.
an a'oomriice who turned States evidence
IT," .ro-c 'ut,on adm 1t that they VIII hr unable
to procure the witness ggun. and that with
ont his testimony it viii he imp ssihl. to
convict. curious phase oi the ca-r is y,
d 50 Son on the part oi owners of sc'uri-
tics taken from the hank. g. force some Kind 81
a clmlromise with the robbers for tine return ~
t.r BOMBS. In this they are opposed hy the
oli rs II the law. but between the chances Of
aqu.tta lu the trial for the more serious offence
a'i tn" 2 lris To- Recover the plumber. tAe rob-
bsrs in'y y. ~ free II convicted 0f burglary
u no, i".r sent NJ" would bee ten years only. Il
ot both distmrit-. imprisonment Tor lie
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Recorder HACKETT yesterday sentenced
one unlicensed liquor dealrrto thirty days ia the
pcniiontinry. and another to sixty. and both
were heavily fined in addition. They had pre-
ViOu-ly been fined for similar violation of the
Excise law. hut had dcnnntly continued in
business. This Is the first time that anybody
has ever been imprisoned in this city for selling
liquor without license. unless the offence was
coupled with that Of Keeping disoricrly
house. The men sentenced yesterday the Re-
corder said. had borne good regulations. and
from that statement we infer that their bar-
rooms were not disorderly. Their punishment
therefore. is Just what is likely to bcfal any or
all u The six 10 eight thousand keepers OF bar
rooms for which under the approved construc-
ton or the existing Excise laws. licenses cannot
be obtained. The Society for the Prevention Of
Crime provided the evidence on which the
Grand Jury found indictments in these two
cases. aud the Rev. DR.. CROSBY recently ex-
pressed in n pointed public speech. his i'm
patience AT the slow movement Of the officers 81
justice In the matter. II Is understood that tho
society il prepared to bring all the unlicensed
deal rs before the bar Of the General Sessions
with no more delay than the District Attorney
and the Judges Of that court make necessary
Recorder ilACKEIT. although he replied tartly
to DR.. CIosBY's structures. threw Scripture at
him. and practically told him to mind his own
business said emphaticay that he should i'm
pose in all cases that came before him the pun
ishmcnt Intended by the law This Is. indeed,
u serious outlook for the illegal liquor sellers.
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GOING OUT FORiwo0l." 4"

The managers of the liberal wing of
the republican party went out for
wool and have come back shorn."
The liberal southern policy of Mr..
Hayes was willy bid for democr attic
disintegration. 1t was thought that
concessions of the character of those
made TO South Carolina and Louisiana
would have the effect to blunt the edge
of democratic opposition, and tend to
develop the feeling in the party that
II doesn't much matter about the name
so we enjoy the substance of success.
The democrats promptly accepted the
theory, taking "the bird in hand, but
now that grand old party organization
utterly refuses to carry out the balance
OF the contract, and disintegrate, as
was expected by liberal republicans;
they have come to grief in conse.
quence, and thus it turns out that they
went out for wool and came back
shorn," because the disintegration isn't /
democratic, and because it is republi
can. The old whigs in the south have
been acting in body with the demo
crafts ever since that party lost It's or
ganization; those of the north with the
republican party, as rule. Mr. Hayes
move was made with the vain hope o.
detachlng the southern wings from tbs
democratic party, and fusing them will
the liberal wingof the republicans, o
course, carrying with the move tbs
northern wings
This would have constituted thirt
party, which would also have been tht
first, so far as power in mere we ght o
numbers is concerned, and it woult
have possessed the prestige of success
because its sole and leading influence
had the advantage of an absolute con-
troll OF the federal administration for tn,
time being, and our later party leader
all know the inmense advantage o
having an army Of paid partizans t,
vote, and pay assessments for part,
purposes. This was unquestionably
well laid scheme. and one which wouls
have been entirely successful, had it no
been for the unbroken and una bashe,
front maintained by the democracy, in
cluding the large and respectable ele
ment known as the whig wing in tn
south.
IL is plain that unless some fearfu
mistake is made in our party manage
ment, between now and 1850, that yea
will witness solid south" sure enough
and just enough western and norti
western states to give practical worl
ing majority in the government in bot
the upper and lower houses.
Now, the only question for Us TO d,
termine is. il the last twenty years. wit
their lessons Of defeat, disaster and mi
government. are to be needed. Ii e,
lperiencc TO bring wisdom or are v
TO 90 on from mistakes to blunders
the end OF time?
| Nis not conoession and con- pFomi'
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THE Houston Age, with great good
taste, aud sense, too. argues strongly
against sectionalism in our state poll
tics. Nothing could be more deleterious
or work greater injury to party, us
well as other interests, than to urge
that west, east, north or south Texas
has peculiar OF overlapping claims for
this, that. or the other. OF our state
offices. Let it rather be the care of the
party to find the best man, let him come
from whore he viii, and if he happens
TO be domiciled in north Texas, We shall
be extremely glad, but should he, on the
other hand, come from the south, west,
or, even the east, we shall rejoice SIN
ceroly with that section in the distinc-
ton fairly won. Sectional seliishness is
not a good political quality, as we have
learned to our cost, on the broader field
Of national experience
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which is needed now; it is not defer
enee to the bonded wealth of the eoun>
try which is needed, it IS not the pan
dering to the leveling ideas of red or
black repuhlicanism, but firm, manly.
consistent adherence 70 the tried and
true principles of government which up
TO the good year ls60, were, under dem
ocratic handling. equal to the task OF
planting, developing and guarding the
best government which has marked the
history of organized societies since the
world was made. True success lies in
getting back by the shortest and most
direct routes to the ground occupied
then, and in this endeayor the demo-
cratic party will have the sympathy of
wings and honest republicans alike. So
Mr.. Hayes little game will have little
result, and of this we have not the
slightest shadow of a doubt.
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Father and Daaghter.

sharper than a serpent's tooth. to have a
thaDk!ess child"
A girl named Julia Scott, left her
home in Fort Worth, two days ago,
and went to Mande Dunbar's. Day
before yesterday her father followed
her TO take her back, and set the offi-
GERS after her. She hid, but her where.
abouts WAS discovered, and she was
requested by the officers to return with
her father. She objected, and said her
father simply wanted to make money
out of her, that he had lived on her
sinful earnings aud those Of her sis
ter for some time. She was tired of
it, and wanted to go set up for herself.
The father was going round sniveling
and crying, and made hypoerite of
himself generally. When the girl was
brought to him he fell on her neck,
bawled and whined and asked her
why she left him. She very quietly
said nothing, blew her nose and took
very coolly. She said she
would go back if she had to,
but she wouldn't stay, but would
leave again on the first oppor.
tunity. The family formerly lived
here, and from what We can learn,
they were precious lot, the whole OF
them. This girl looks as though she
would have been an ornament to socie-
ty If she had received proper training,
and had good example set her by her
parents. She is young and rather
pretty. The father accompanied her
to the depot yesterday, and sat there
till the arrival OF the train, and then
took her to Fort Worth. But 1t il not
likely she will remain there very long.
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NE" ORLEANS.
The New Collector Of Custams a,
stalled kiHseIia walks the Plank
s'onser,Ariy Annoiufruept.

I
NEw ORLEANS. May I6.-HOn John
f. King, the new collector al thI,
point. took charge Of the custom hous,
to-day. f. Z. Chsmplin and - V
Copeland were sworn In A. deputy col
lectors- Louis -. Esmsrsis, Of ST
Landry, will be cashier, aud Colonel
J. NJ omiiHson, corresponding clerk.
surprise Is expressed at the removal
OF Colonel Thomas J. KinseIls from
the Office of customs treasury agent.
The Times publishes a communication
saying the government never had a
more honorable and faithful servant
IN that capacity at this point.
Some days ago the United State
circuit court issued writ Cor seque-
tration Of timber cut from public ,and
in violation II law. Deputy L. =
marshals have seized large number
OF logs, and plactd keepers in pos.es-
sion.
Marshal Petkin reports having al
vices that the keepers lives have
been threatened by the log inen, ans
call is made for United states troo,..
To protect the keepers and prevent rr
moval o: the property. The r.que-,
for troops has been referred 10 Wash,
iEEtou.
NEW ORLEANS, May I7.-The fund
ing board met to-day, aud elected J.
7. Kennedy, president OF the stat.
National Bank, fiscal agent, And
adopted resolution, among Others.
defining his duty; To provide meAns
necessary to protect the credit Of the
state, In case Of deficit, ina past. pres
ent or future collections. meet the
entire interest accrued, or 10 accrue,
on the funded aud uu funded bond.
and warrants converted and a. he con
vrrtei into consolidated bond-, With
out defalcsiiou or delay, from aud in-
r.H1irR r.uppus % Interest due JAuu.
sry !, iss7, 90 and including January
l. ls1s, on inc claims and warrant,
already finde'i. and thosc which mA,
hereafter he iaudrd, and for that Iur
pose To advaBf,, whatever money NAV
be needed whichever required by IN.
board
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Ills ERAUDULENCY
speaks n Piece 60 the Ne~ Ysvk 4ev
camille Nea-TrIdea R~fuse- 90 A.
tend the Meeting.

speaks n Piece 60 the Ne~ Yevk aes
camille Nen-TrIdes Refuses 90 A.
tend the Meeting.
NEW YORK, May l5-At the annual
banquet Of the ehAmber OF commerrs
Mr.. Hayes said: "Mr. PRECEDENT, 4, /.
q qualification TO bAye this opportuni-
~ to NEE; such an Gs-emblage OF Ia.
Esinsss men of the city OF New YoIk
! wish 20 make my ackno~ iedgeneni
to them fsE their invitation 90 enjoy
with them their annual social meetius.
wish 10 Assure them that this hearty
greeting u very wslenme to me.
lCheeTs ~ peace with all the nations
OF the world; with an honest purpose
On the part OF our people and on the
part of the government lloud cheer,
10 strive for the restoration @. the
ancient concord within our own limit.
[ Hurrahs and great applause be-
lieve that notwithstanding the ubnAt
ural array Of figures which have been
disentonbed that We msy confidently
look for early, decided and encourag.
ing evidences OF q reviving Of busine-s
prosperity throughout the country"
1t has been Ascertsined. beyond 9ues-
tion. that invitations 10 attend the
cham ber Of commerce annual BANQUET
We're sent 10 Ex-Governor Tildea, Gov
ernor Robinson and all the leading
officials OF the state, but they all de-
clined, lest their presence should seem
an endorsement Of Mr.. Hayes eIec-
ton.
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RELIGIOUS.

rresbyterfaa General Assembly.
CHICAGO. May 1.-THE Presbyterian
general assembly convened here to-
day. Attendance good.
The general assembly of the Presby-
terian church OF the south convened In
the First Presbyterian church, with q
representative from every state in the
south. The convention wAs opened
with prayer by Rev. Dr.. Smith, OF
Virginia, and thereafter the assembly
Joined In singing psalm. The read.
ing Of portion Of the scriptures vss
followed by the convention sermon.
delivered by Rev. Mr.. Smith, of Vir.
ginia. In addition to the delegates.
many visitors were In attendance. In.
Guiding . large number OF ladies.
Amesiean sunday sehesa U.se,.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE fifty.third
annual anniversary Of the American
Sunday school Unio n closes the yeaI
free OF debt and the missionary force
undfminished.
the ueahoafse Asssmblass In Joan,
8essfeu.
BAIFIMoRE, May 1.-THE Method
ist met In joint session today. Ths
Rev. L. w. Boles, pastor Of the LiRh
street Methodist Protestant church
Baltimore, was elected permanent
president; Rev. ,. J. Smith, OF Ney
| York, vice-prssident, aud Rev. g. Il
AcElr0y, Of AlichigAn, and Rev. w. a
iWslis. Of North CsTolina, seorstasiss.
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Boston Post Although we should be
glad to sec Mormonism swept with a
besom, we would not wish 10 seeit done
at the dangerous cost of an iniiamina-
ton OF the popular passions. What has
been achieved in Utah by the persistent
industry OF more than score of years
rightly belongs TO its authors, and for
no reason can be- claimed that they have
forfeited IT, Brigham Young may think
he Is doing the prudent thing at this
time in lighting the fires OF what would
easily become hot fame Of fanaticism
against him, but he is an old man, and
there ir a better way OF pulling down
tho house OF Mormon than by letting
loose an infuristed army 70 10 in quest
Of plunder II is Just az much our
bounden duty 10 restrain that spirit AZ
i is TO study 10 compass the tind down
iall Of Normoudom.
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WE were glad yesterday to be able to
take by the hand that eminent soldier
and genial gentlemen, General Joseph
Z. Johnston, who is now paying brief
visit to our state. To one who has seen
General Johnston at the head of brave
army, handling it with eonsummate
skill and judgment 10 one who hears
his praise from the ablest and best of
his professional brethren of the age, it
seems passing strange that our own
government can consent to dispense
with his professional services even for
day. Yet so it is; and General J. but
honors the soldierly instincts of the
nation, when he quietly and unos-
tentatiously passes from scenes OF the
proudest military triumphs into the
ordinary walks Of business life. There
Is no true soldier. either north or south,
to whom the fame of this illustrious
gentleman is not priceless treasure
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The courthouse IN Rockford, Illinois,
which fell last Friday, buried in the
debris several human beings. The
structure was a weak brick building
not yet completed. the roof being just
begun. The tall dome was one humid
red and nineteen feet from the ground,
and the keystone of the arch of the
dome Of the building was just be
ing put in place when the walls
gave way About twenty FIVE men
were at work in the building
at the time. nearly half Of whom were
killed Immediately and the others
badly wounded The architecture was
Of the French-Venetian. renaissance
style, designed by Ii. L. May, of Chi
cago, upon whom the blame seems to
fall, as the builder had all along during
the construction of the building OBJ
jected to it as being a weak design.
Great care is manifested in taking care
OF the wounded,
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WASHINGTON.
Neies and Gossip-Bs-Prrs Grsas
Sails for Europe.

! Sails for Europe.
The president mas returned.
Count Letta has charge Of the Ital
ian mission during Baron Glaehes at
sence.
Secretary MeCrary and sta # departe,
on an inspection tour 10 the eastern
forts.
RicharI Smith, of the Cincinnat
Gazette, is bidder for furnishing pos
tai cards.
\ Philadelphia dispatch ssys thai
ex President Grant and family EN-
bGtked on the steamer Indisna, fol
Europe. The ship was decorated gaiIy.
The lowest bidder for the plain pos.
tai cards was the American photo
graph company OF New York, to
whom the contract was awarded.
The removal of fourteen hundred
Cheyennes to the southern agency, at
Fort Reno, Indian Territory, Is immi-
nent. They are ready to start when
the Indian commissioners gives the
word.
J. ii. Rives, collector of the Fifth
Virginia district, telegraphs that Dep
uty Collector Joslyn and Depaty Mar
shall Astin and three others, have been
shot in Dee county, while discharging
their duty; one mortally.
Z Paymaster May endorsed on the back
of Officers vouchers for pay the words,
The within account Is believed TO be
correct, aud would be paid by me il
had funds available for the purpose.
Forest fires in the north and south
west are raging, and many narrow es-
capes are reported. The White noun
tains have been in flames for several
days. The two hotels At Summit were
in danger, but the flames there have
been stayed.
The steamer Gettysburg, in the strait
of Boz phOrus, must proceed 10 Genoa,
or some neighboriDg port, for repairs
to her machinery, a. all the sbiI
builders and workmen in CONSTANT
nople are engaged ON government
work.
The United States merchant ship
New York, for San Francisco, witt,
naval stores for Morie island, went
ashore oil Punta Rosa, Patagonia. Sew
eral vessels have gone to her assist
ance from Monteyedio.
The state department has infnrma-
tion from the consul general a; Cal.
cutts, that Captain Small, his sister.
Chief officer Dyer and three seamen,
Of the American bark Edmund Phin-
ney, died Of cholera at Aikyah on the
18th of March. Cholera prevails dread
fully along the coast and islands inun-
dated by the great storm wave OF octo-
ber, 1876.
A Salt Lake dispatch says the arm.
Ing and drilling OF the MOrmous con-
tinues throughout the day. Gentiles,
especially those in the northern and
southern settlements, are alarmed at
the few United States troops ia Utah
Governor Emery has written letter
10 the secretary OF war, requesting that
Camp Douglas be provided with five
companies o; infantry and two Of cay.
airy, and that Camp Cameron have
two full COMPANIES.
The secretary Of war has issued or
ders notifying discussing officers that,
after the first Of July, there viii be no
funds TO buy supplies for the army,
and pseserihes rules by which articles
may be purchased by
means of vouchers.
Orders have been Issued for the
North Atlantic fleet 70 rendezvous ~
Port Royal, between the middle of
June and the first Of July, for iuspee.
tion and practice. The fleet Will then
proceed north to spend the summer in
= cooler climate.
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Commissioners. Court

Yesterday went lively I'm this honor
able body. The ball opened at tie
usual hour, with all of the commits.
sioners i'll their places. and each wear
ing u smile as bland as fresh May
morning.
The county conviets first came up
for attention, and inasmuch as some
of these lawhreakers have been dis
satisfied with confinement, and have
evidenced such dissatisfaction by run
ming away from the guards, an order
was passed instructing the overseer TO
secure balls and chains and hobble all
the disattected.
The committee appointed to exam
inc the building erected on the Poor
Farm for the colored paupers, reported
the same TO have been constructed
in accordance with contract with Mr..
Minor, and said building WAS accepted
The county treasurer was ordered
not to pay cut OF the contingent fund
several warrants issued at the last
term OF the district court.
The two rival routes leading from
Lancaster to the mann Dallas road,
WAS the next subject for action, and
many speeches were made by the ad-
voeates of either way. Indeed the dis
cussion was very animated, and some
knots had To be cut. The matter was
postponed till Friday.
Martin Y. Cole was appointed pur-
chasing agent for the Poor Farm.
George Robertson was elected Justice
of the peace to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of John
Preston, and Robert George was elect
ed as justice of the peace In Lancaster
precinct.
j. III. Peacock was appointed by the
commissioners court constable OF
precinet No
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AETIcLEs Of incorporation Of the New
Orleans and Texas Pacific road were
filed in Austin on the 10th. Five thou~
.and five hundred shares of one huns
dred dollars each have been subscribed
The road will be four hundred and iifty
miles long, and will start from Austin
and join the Ninita branch at its iunc.
uon with the Texas and Pacific. Ii is
a compromise measure, and tends to
quiet the Southern Texas aud New OR.
leans objections to Mr.. SCOTS plans
with regard to the main Texas and Pa
cihc trunk line.