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Twasr. TNs ss was ABOUT Snshs higher closed
Il Ss Spring. M,"sss',s ss s G @
sbon, Steady sales ss
Se o ea@e Sc Soc @ S%sSS No. On seS sS ps
se or anrradsd high mixed and 5e Tor ssi warm 70,
steamer S7c s' so ~sa sn,hss August sSs'' So
and soS oo' bushels soo bushels "1s' a
Oats were moderately active aud steady Sales ooI
So Tor s ' sss's sss for ss's'
a ar Se y o. for AK extra mixed SOC for No do t4c
Ss - e. ~ sas s1s 'i
w s's MALT s. sris @as '' ''oU
dssss mts s smsnd sIsS
fSo sslS sE ssS e9uss s9 10!
s1S ",' e on Sc sse. Ms.a ss &
hoLAssrs. 7Domessic was quiet aud without radical
QUIZ 1855 sss cas. 'i do I'ss% Fs1i@ ss:
an anS Das f'E'n e @ d. We s.ysS %
sovsao refining 4oc 4ac grocery 42c 4se. P.rro
leans sood SIC &c prime 5ie isssa' 5s eSose & Ne" o'
NAVAL STORES market very quiet but steady.
S IN 8 s. Ia. 3 s g g. d. Sasss, 81 ' from ih
@inEt%a fellows sosn nominal: ssrsnsd. u 20;
sooa ss.%dy d0 Tar .o ssd IS To- At 81 So 50
orLs. Cotton seed oil was quiet. The bid and asked
AUGUST. Sose bio SIC. asked sspiember, Sic bid See
@ oS s ''f Inssd o sa. s'l;i ae cr
@ 'as " 4se ?'ss SPERM ssssi
81 a dT Sesehta w,nts y So az natural 81
S."sSsa as Ss a Hsiar s1Ss so , ss extra do
@srkoi for @ rssnsd was very quiet. and
IN the absence q important trade prices nominal
eossd to-day We quote cradc' in Oak sc so "i in
PIE as nspS Ss 70, is asaars eo r.asa n
f1iisa,shia I3yss siss; ds Ssl.iasIs iass
ssay Live fowl. aais SsU"
sac nSks r"a ss,'e o ana 2 ., per S STATE and
s. la' cs Ss s % y % ' S.q Saa
s%osd sr ssIS a. state saS
ieathered flight sq"sbs PhAdclOhiA quoted 81 IS
PROVISIONS 1906 bbls Hard $50 .ierces
sS ~ 1y Ss sss, and 80 eases S se % ps,hasss
ibbL and l.aoo pors aa and closed nomnal
III ss % sa ca" yse s % 8 sS s S %
Ssi s.. I'D st 80 =. '.1Sop Ss.
sse s. soa
SasSs'd 10 a4 and also '"ssss sss 'AsS ss,
long long elsst ss s@';s sus. & %s;.-e
ss: VI 81 ft . M aS S s IS gs;ss M
ec hams were quiet at 2 tor choice wesiern Dressed
ssS s & % s % % . sd wsss
follow. July. 50 Is bid 50 . asked; august, 50 i7s
ss @ 81 50 a s ss
" sss | % & about Is 3 sr
gust 50 32S 80 35 September 50 I2 for se-
Ter yoar. spot sales 800 tierces city at $40
2 De- Western va" quiet nehned-lD tierces
America was quoted 9s+c aud Continent at 9lsc
ButterRsccips yesterday and to-day 1919 pacKaees
There was steady demand ~ unchan ged prices Va
quote ccmmon 90 Hne state. lie re. common To hnc
Zoe : ss sG
quoted AZ S,sc a9sc for state and SIC. osc. Tor Vest
ern- Eggs receipts, 933 bbis. tho market was about
sic dy aud quiet We quote; Long Island, New jersey
sss n9vs b. i,e iss state and rsnnsyv.nla iSs
lac. l5c
Rck-here . fair demand for domestic, and prices
wore steady. We quote :-Carolua, far. 6tsc. SIC.
good. 6itc 6sc. primo. SIC. ~ louisiana tar to
prime, SIC. bssc. Patua 7sc. Ike, currency: Ran
uoon. Ia bona, :ttrc 3hsc. gold.
SUGAR. The market tor quiet but ste sdy
late prccs Refined also quiet but steady Wa quote
Fair refining enc good do. y1xc Cuba grocery, fair
choIce 9xc lOxc do centrifugal hhds and boxes, No.
70 No l3 l0c iozfc do, nolasses, hhds> and boxes
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OFFICIAL Pruning IN BROOKLYN.

AT meeting of tho BROOKLYN Board OF City Works.
Yesterday, q rssou luton was adopted requiring the
heads OF bureaus submit TO that body list OF the
names aud profession or occupation OF such persons
AS may be recommended Tor employment The oh
jec, the resoutoa IS to guard against the appoint
ment OF incompetent persons 10 positions which re-
aure skilled labor SIR Alexander Cashow. General
Inspector OF sewers was removed, the duties o tho
oiicc being Transferred 70 Mr.. Philips the General
Superintendent OF Sewers
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIED.

CREMIs--FosrER.--At the Church Of St. vincent
Ferrer, s6tn It. and Lexington av July by the Rev.
J. A. kolchord. DR. Z. w. CREMiS TO ELizABErH q.
FOSTER both OF New York CITY.
hIrcuIE -GAgRErsoN Now York, on Tuesday.
July s. at Christ Church, by the Rev Albert Zapuskie
Gray, Rev. JAMES JOHNSTON kITcHIE, rector OF 81
Lukes Church, nunai OILS. \. s. 10 SOPHIA CLAuskS,
daughter oil tho late Garrett Garreson, Esq
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The closing prices OF Philadelphia stocks were as
MINING SHARES

The following were the of,clal opening prices of
mining shares IN San Francisco :-Gould Il Curry IA:
Savage, u; Choliar Potosi, 81; Ophir, 17h; Hale n
Norcross, g. Crown Point, A; Yellow jacket, 12;
Belcher, 5A; Imperial. *; Virginia Consolidated,
"a; California "a; 0verman. l3h Raymond & Ely,
8; Eureka G. w.. 3; Best Belcner, 2Oh; Kentuok,
4; Union Consolidated, 5is; Alpha, II; Meadow VAL
ley, Ia; Sierra Nevada. 5s; Mexican, III CALEDONIA,
81 Silver Hill, 2; Eureka Consolidated 10; Justice q
Julia Consolidated, az.
The following were the closing official prices OF
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NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY JULY g. ls77-wTH SUPPLEMENT-

rcntes are again strong and higher to-day, selling up
10 lo7f 35c., and exchange on London quoted at
25f lsc Tho specie In the Bank of France increased
20 0oof during the week The closing prices
don we're :--Consos for money ana the account p4ls
94h new four and halt per cent bonds, l05A a
l055<; nve-twenty bonds OF 1867, 10Bk 1907 ten
forty bonds, lo9K; new fvcs, l0sh q losH Erie
common shares, OK; Ere preferred shares 16 10
New York Central. 81 s7h Illinois Central, s2h.
UNITED STATES TREASURY.
nevenuc receipts to-day wero $500 600
Customs receipts. ...............-.... 400, 600
BANK noscs....... 9oOO0o
GoyERxMEyT BONDS
Government bonds wore quiet and fraction weaker
but closed firm At the following quotations ~ nited
States currency SKIES, 123 l23}; do do 1851 regis
tered, 1l05S Ill do do, 1851, coupon lllx 1l2;
DO do 1860, new registered, lo6x l0os< do do 1885,
coupon, 1867 . 1861; do do, 1861, registered, 100
lo9k; do. DO, 1867, coupon, lOss losx; do. do,
1868, registered. 1l2t l12x do do, 1865 coupon,
ll2x l12ss; do do., ten-fortes, registered nay
ll2s<, do. do., coupon, l1S u3x do. Gyss 1881,
registered, Ill alllx: do do. 1851, coupon nix
l1lx do. AXIS, 1891, registered l0sx l0sk; do.
do do. coupon, 1854 1854.
Tho Treasury Issued call day for $40 o0O 900 ave.
twenty bonds the following being tho numbers -
coupon-$6o n,ool 10 1900; 500, ls,ool TO
10000; $3.50. ls.00l TO $4,000; $1,000, A,V0l TO
So, 000
Rogistsred-S5o COL 70 700; 500. 4,sol 10 q, 400;
$500. 4,aSl to S2Oo $1,000 1901 1880; S. o0o
4s5l to $3.50; SIC. .ooo 7cl 447a al numbers
elusive interest to cease OctoherA
STATE BoNpa
State bonds At the Board were dull and steady, with
sales confined TO Georgia scvenA new, and Tennezgcs
skies old.
RAILROAD BONDS.
Railroad bonds were irregular and the following
were the changes compared with last previous sales:
An advance OF IN Milwaukee and St. Paul consoli-
dated sinking funds and Union Pacific sinking funds,
X in Central Pacific gold bonds, aud y In Onion Pacific
Arsts and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific sevens.
There was q decline Of per cent in Hannibal aud ST.
Joseph eixhts conver.bles. and Ohio Mississippi
seconds; IN Great Western nrsis OF 1883, and IN
Chicago and Northwest consolidated gold sevens
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific OF 1917 sold at
lo4, and Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific sinking
funds at 1861.
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
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The following were the closing official prices OF
mining stocks at San Francisco To-day -

The superintendent OF the Moose Mine reports that
tunnel No producing brittle silver oro tho richest
ever taken from the mine.
The following we're the sales of mining shares in
New York, as officially reported:-
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lO5.a71 1894 243. $50 1850
.36l 53.6i5 2oi.557 4.i6i
i7l.o43 <4.6l6 ao5.ol4 i4,I7i

~ lsIt ';..-...;... lo2.223 eOs7O 2iD.7ls l5a5
sTEAhNk-Ihe market WAS very quiet at ioSsc lO'4c
Tor city prime and lDc Tor Western do
n iALLowLheeeip's .a -. hhds, ~ opis and casks
about 2oooo lbs were sold within the range.
wniskEv.-,keceipts. 60j bbls Market giisI 80 bbis
SOLD ~ ~ l31s. bar sfterward offered at u i3.
skioTs The marxet generally quiet but rates were
nsao Meady Tor chArtering tor berth
Tor grain stronger ErgasementsTo Liverpool per steam
500 bushels grHin including 24uO0 bushels wheat AT
Azd euO bushels do 4iad 2fuOO skes OF wheat
a. ND 90 lbs and 5000 bushels eorn sd the cheese
IN our last WAS ~ 4oa which also the present
ruling rate 70 London by sail 1900 bushels grAn ID
~ lbs :" bristol per steam, 5000 bushels grain.
Cd 20 lbs ChArteIs-A Aorwegian bark, hence
5s Norwegian psrk hence IL do with 5000 qusr,ers az
os; an Italian brk, hcnce 10 cs for with 45OO
qaattors grain At f Sd Norwegian bark, Am
stsrdam With 5000 hbls refined petroleum 3D.
ncncs 70 40 with 3.oo bbis. do " rste both
Baltic With 10 bo do. at A. I'd Nor~evsn bark al
Tho Breskwatcr hence 70 tho Baltic .u range with
bhls DO AZ is 6d nm Italian shp. hence with
20 600 cases refined petroeun st 2Ssc american
and deals at 81 standa-d "
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EUROPEAN MARKETS.

|
COMMERCIAL
LIVERPOOL July 5-5 :l5 T. NJ
The sales OF cotton to-day included American
| Cotton-Futures steady.
Produce--ReBncd petroleum. 1olsd per gallon.
LONDON July 5-Evening
| Cd. per cwt.
In sugar good business is doing Medium and fine arc
AsrwEnr July 5, 1877
| Petroleum, 27s4c for fine pale American.
FORK PRopucl ExcHAsGx
p.- Am =. on. ~ hvsnro9L July ., ls7z
clear dul a, 80. sa short clear ar dal at Sos
STEADY at So extra ns.s steady a sss prime dull
81. 3D. Rosn-coumon dull at 81; aSs dull @ q; los @
49,. flo"r Essss .,..ay %. Cd wSs..%So
the market 'in S
In the m"rks- oorn-aixed soft ssssiy at 24s "a
FINANCIAL.
United States bonds new aves. iossS; Erie hallway
sccoupt
Exchange London 2st Isc. for short sight
"A. ~ &w. sELLGMAN& Co.
70 Broad 81 New York.
issue Letters OF Credit TO Travellers
payable in OF Europe ASIA Africa Australia and
draw Bills Of Exchange and make rclcerachc rransers
Money '" Europe Snd Gallo mia.
A LEX. FRorHINGHAM 4 CO.. BANKERS AND
., Il cav. wal ST. asrsrs .r !. ar.t eas Puts and
to cent send for explanatory crcasr and weekly
AT NEW EXCHANGE. % WILLIAM sr-sTOcKs
~ AZ Soash. and SOD n IN 'as lots %srs
4 r REASONABLE sArgs-MoNEY on LIFE AND
AKndownent Insurance Policies and Mortgages; same
n. HAsBI6a Co. "G s Bro.
AT THE BROADWAY ExCHANGE ROOMS. ~
New York. you can deal In i've shares active
JOHN HIoKLING a co. Propretors
A CcoUNrs OF CORPORATIONS, FIRMS AND INDf-
~ v'duas kamined aud adjusted q. c. HAI.SfED, 30
Nassau st
(yoNTiNESTAL NATIONAL BANK,
Mr.. Edmund d. Randolph Cashier. has been unanim,nsly
sec,sa pres,dens Of the Continental National Bank vice
". Bard rctrss ircu. 81 oncc his solicitation
ing September LIST tho honorable ana aborioas
spDcin,msns Of Bank Commissioner of the State Of Con
M Bard continues as Director Of tho Continental Ma
JonS I. AGNEw, vice President
ExCELsI0R SAVINGS BASK
~ corner 23f So and 9Th av.. New York
On and after n s ps,end @ ,s,,o win h. a 70
depostors semsnnus interest dividend At the rate q
l. 1877.
Interest Withdrawn will be credited ~ pr ncp In
tercst the Of tho ing
deposit Dcpots made later than July 10 will draw
interest from July 1.
h. N. HAZARD, President
II. h TnUkBER. First Vice President.
Gro. G. WALCH, secretary
EsrATE WILL LOAN Gy75 900, SIX FER CENT FIVE
IIortcn years; taxi second and lsasebod Al TOkNLy
station ID.
IJOBOKES CITY BONDS FOR SALE
mo.ss ss..s y m for Csor.a Sy BOND, % to The
Clerk until IA O'Clock Tuesday evening July TO- 1871
said bonds bonds bearing Interest the
OF SIX per cent per annum snd redcemable within
years from their dstc.
Proposals addressed TO the Mayor aud Council OF
the CITY OF hoboksn" indorscd Proposals for Bonds"
GEOkGE j. DUtkcR.
CITY Cierk.
WANTED DEFAULrED OR vALUELE,s COT ron
and price. JOSEPH, Herald onice,
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Size 5Sc. Porto Rico refining. to prime. sac
AScr do, grocery. lar 10 choice, 9fsc losc rehned
I2c powdered l.c sr.nniated lfse eut loaf iaiSc
i2i4c white extra Cs 0.c iOssc. yellow extra Cs
VSc AlOc: other grades including C's. 9lac e4c.
The following shows the statistical position Of raw
Hhds Boxes bags. Nelado
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rnE poREiGS xARKRT.

Tho London adviccs report in the specie
Il the Bank Of England during tho past week amount
NC 70 xl22, oco with additional gain oil fIOo 900
'uon on balance to-day. The proportion Of bank
serve to liabilities is now AK pcr cent against
sis weekAgo. Tho rate Of discount was redu ccd
20 DAY Ircm 3 to "a per cent Consols improved u
psr cent. selling At s4k OK. United States bonds
were nrm. with fractional advance IN OF the is
susA ~ were also American railway shares Az PARIS
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The closing quotations at three 2. N. were:-
rHx MorEY MARKET.

Money on call was easy at per cent, the cosu up
rate boing / n per cont The following were tho
rates Of exchange At the aforementioned places on
New York k:--savannsh. buying sls, selling 51e;
Charleston essy, n premium u premium; ST. Louis,
30 premium; Cincinnati steady, fair demand, buying
par selling LILO; New Orleans commercial Lie dis.
count, banE 4 premium; Chicago, Is premium
Foreign exchange Is unchanged. with actual business
At As7k a<S7K for bankers sixty days sterl,sg and
kSsx AsSx for demand.
TEE HARxKT.
Gold sold throughout the day at 1854. Ths borrow
ing rates were u, and per cent Loans were also
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Totals. s.....,...............
Sales since the 1st Of July.

Stock this day July 6,
1917
Comparing with stock Jul,
u, 1876. 80. ...........
Comparing with stock Jaly
.. 1879 ...............
Comparing with stock Jul,
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Stock tascertained by act.
ual count, including spec
ulation), July1. 1877. -.
Receipts since the ist Of
July. ............
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PRINT CLOTHS MARKET.
Providence. 4. l., July s, 1877
Printing cloths Inactive prices steady ut 4c Tor stan
dard and 64x64s - ~
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99.929 1888 235.5z0 1850
6.713 1870 l0.s2O
l0G.642 1924 24d. 800 l,csD
1871 $500 -
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WANTED DEFAULrED OR vALUELEss COT ron
w Bonds Railroad state, county wn state character
and price. JOSEPH, Herald onice,
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DOMESTIC MARK ETS.

- GALVESTON. July 5. 1877
Cotton quiet, mcdllng. llXe; low m,ddlng ike
soca sse'nsry n.sc Net receipts % bales gruss,
W,,~
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Justice, and an insufficient excuse for thrust
ing an imperfect and cxtravagant bill on tho
House. The reason assigned, too, OF actual
suffering OF officers and men," resulting
from default Of pay, applies with far more
force ~ the suffering millions OF laborcrs
and taxpayers, who have to foot the bills OF
a large standing army
ii. Here is an army authorized by law,
an army in existence, and say the Pres
idcnt would have violated his duty II
he had not maintained IT," We deny both
these confident statements. 1t IL true the
statute authorizes the machinery for an
army, tut in the absence OF u specific appro-
priatiou to support il, which may change
from year To year, this statute is II nudity
When the Forty-fourth Congress- ended, on
the 81 Of March, without appropriating
money to support IL for the present fiscal
year. the army legally ceased to exist after
the lat of July. The act Of the Fraudulent
President, which Mr.. HEWITT so Justify
commcnds, WAS fragrant usurpation Of
power, because he assumed ~ fix the num-
beers Of the army. to make Illegal contracts
extending beyond the extra and into the
regular session. and to issue certificates OF
indebtedness for pay and supplies.
Ill. Lot us provide for the support OF the
army as tre .fnd IL, rihoM qpe stion az 10
uheiher II IL tuenty thousand fifteen thousand
or hrentg;fre thousand" In other words, it il
here proposed to abdicatc the power OF the
House over the public purse, and to accept
without question ar care for numbers
an army which Mr.. HAYES and his military
chiefs have created This sort Of legisla
ton will find few admirers, and it is in keep
ing with the most reckless of the Rcpub-
lican prcordcnts which the Democrats have
SO strongly and so properly condemned. IL
is an open encouragement 10 all the depart
mcnts to exceed the appropriations, and
then to present deficiency bills for the diff
ference between the limit of law and the
rule Of their extravaganza 1t is n step
backward, against which the Speaker pro-
tested with vigur ON taking the chair.
The House voted for an army Of 1000 mon
at the last session OF Congress. That bill
came from the Committee on Appropria
tiune, and their right 10 disturb the then ex
listing organization was not seriously dis
puted. Mr.. HEWITT joined with his political
friends in supporting that rctrcnch, vent.
Now, we are told, the powers OF this COM
mittee ure limited, though the purse of the
House is in their hands, and this Ia not the
appropriate time to rctrench. On the sane
question and for the same fiscal year, this
Democratic House has rcpudiated the policy
OF the last Democratic House. That fact
stands out and will not be- forgotten.
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The View. OF New York Merchant.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sr: Since you
have been It's editor have read Tnk every day II
would have been what nobody could have moment
expected. that all these numbers should have a-r,cd
with my views Far from II But I have seen through
these years that THE sun ,a an independent pa
per Its editor whom have never had the pleasure To
really day by day printing independent pa.
per. During these years you have kindly printed my
contributions In short my articles have been.
That Grant aud the Republican party were corrupt,
and should be turned out
That those of who voted Tor Tilden whom have
never seen sponded with have been ahominahy
cheated. navesis not Presid, and knows he Is
That Indians should be treated like black men and
like white mem no better no worse on par with them
and no better
That the ten millions Of dollars We pay these lazy
rascals year is mainly money thrown away ON broken
down ministers aud politicians The Indians eot yeiy
little ofit
them work or star,e or Saint Paul saws, II
viii not WORK neither shah he eat why should white
men black men tug AMI work TO support Indians in
iaAnessi
q To call home all oar foreign Ministers and pay only
Consuls LIT Europe take car, itself aud We Ameri
cars mind our own business
Rut now. with your permission, have new Prop
Osiuuns, namely.
That We remove the English ma from the American
continent
That we the American nation, take possession the
entire continent down to the straits OF Panama.
This Is, tony view. our external duty.
Will help US to settle all remaining internal streS
| gr--s this is enough Tor one day. Is H.
r. S.-Cuba has Tor eight years su,co ,siuly fought
spain Let her Independence be aotno" lcdscd at once.
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interviewing.

The newspaper interview is of modern
invention and American origin. When
properly regulated, il is an excellent
thing. II is convenient for the public and
convenient for the man whose uttcrancc
it communicates. II puts the readers uf
newspaper IN possession Of the views enter
taincd 10y an important or prominent person
upon subjects of interest when otherwise
those views might bc inaccessible or un-
known; and IL enables the party interviewed
to express his opinions, il he 20 chooses. in
the lively form Of u conversation, and with
out the trouble or the extreme responsibility
attending the composition Of an elaborate
essay or the delivery OF a set speech.
For these REASONS the interview has be-
some popular both with newspaper conduct
ors and newspaper readers but, like every
good thing, 1t is subject 10 great abuses,
and Of those We have "a glaring example in
the recent publication by the Herald OF an
apparent interview with senator CoNKLGSG.
In which he il represented "a expressing
sentiments and declaring opinions respect
ing various public pcrsonalges and public
questions, which he found it necessary in
the session Of the Senate on Monday per-
cmptorily ~ discaim and rcpudiate.
The rule of The SuN respecting this sub
jet has long b"en that no important inter-
view should be published without previously
submitting 10 the party interviewed the re-
pOrtcrs manuscript as written out for the
press. in order that every erroneous cx-
precision, every Inaccurate phrase, and
every unsatisfactory opinion may be- strck-
on out or corrected; 81 that nothing shall
! he prlntoI excaut TINT which the prrsOn
speaking is prepared 10 make public and IL
willing to stand by.
With the unvarying application Of such a
rule as this, the interview may remain an
interesting, convenient, and easy way of
publishing the views Of leading men about
affairs Of moment; but, without such a rule.
it can too easily degenerate into an outrage
| and IA nuisan,,.
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The Slave Dealing Minister to England.

In reply Ia an inquiry which We sent 10y
cable ON saturday last to Sagua Ia Grandc
for Information from the spanish Govern
mcnt archives as to the real owners of the
sugar estate Purio, we received yesterday
by cable this answer:
"SAsvA nov i1-ruro paid for hft siN monthly
pawn, Of t,I g. 25p yud Factors, MOsa. OS, Nv
MlisH appear ON the u-aoeah-l e. the orcil
record OF property 80
The mair,cuLi in Cuba is the list Of all
landed property in each jurisdiction Of the
island and is compiled from the written de-
scriptions Of each piece OF property, which
descriptions are sworn to by the respective
owner or owners. The sugar estate Puro
could not appear in the ndiric,ttd as the
property Of r. n W. WELSH unless at least
one member Of that firm had sworn 10 the
ownership.
Either Mr.. JoHS WELSH, partner in the
firm of Mcssrs $. n w. WELSH, owns slaves
in Cuba, or the sworn record Of the Spanish
Government is false
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were soon exhausted. The whole OF this
business passoe through the hands OF the
Sergnnt-at-Arms. Certificates for mile
age and attendance were issued to wit
nessos who could not be paid on the
spot, and those who did not wish to
bc detained at Washington for nm appro-
priation were glad To get them discounted
at big margin. The trade in thNa' ccrtiii-
Gates yielded largo profits and became an
unexpected source Of revenue To the officer
who had the advantage Of being inside and
Of handling the evidences of indebtedness
and the money to pay them when voted, as
II was certain to be before the close of the
session.
There arc thousands Of competent and
worthy men who will gladly perform the
duties OF Scrpcant-at-Arms for one-half the
salary Mr. THOMPSON now receives, and ask
no assistant " hclp them. II he finds II too
hard to work very lightly five months in
the year and about three or four hours a
day for four thousand dollars and pleasant
pickings, he ought to resign and give some
one clsc chance. As Railroad Commits
sioner in Ohio he received three thousand
dollars for twelve months work.
We notice that several OF the secondary
committees have applied for clerks at 50 a
day, which heretofore have not been allowed
that privilege. In fact, there seems to he a
strong desire to grab at every form Of
patronage and to enlarge 1t without the
least justification. These signs arc not en-
cuuraging, and they are not consistent with
the pledges made by the Democratic major
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