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An Engiishrian's Termination to Become n
nowing Deryish.

George Augustus Sala, the London writer,
recently visited a ConStantnople convent, in
which the HOwling Dcryishes were performing
their piuu- solemnitios. They We're eighteen
IN number, hrawny. unwashcd. ragged yaga-
bonds Of all mplcXions, from pasty white 10
"a deep clio 'alate hue and among them was one
T. gro Of colossal stature and II deep shiny
hlack-a Nubian. They stood up in row
against the wall. and. following the fuglcman-
ship OF the Shrik. recitcd the "Lah-illah,'
which they pronounced "Lol" and "olah!"
The principal movement on their parts seemed
10 he n violent stamp on the ground; and
they wont np and down. wagering their prepps-
ferrous hctj- waving their blny arms, and
bringing down their huge feet in alternate
thu.l j. uu the -rpuud They continued 90 tramp
and 60 linton. their Isumpiy for about twenty
five minutes; and then they began :" howl, not
lv am means "a UNISON. Nut every one ON las
own account. There we're those vino hHWlrd
bass and those who ErOwlod treble. Some
-Dfnt lowed Ike l.iuo some beloved Ike bulls
som" Spuullod lik" cats Will" 9th, rs merely
yelled and rhrieknd Ike human Bedltmit q.
,Alt.i ~ ~crihu- th.-t peculiar ulspiuk~ OF inc
lowing perNishcs Mr.. Sala speaks OF his per-
sonal feeling thus;
! should he ashamed to record-werc II not
idle 10 blush for any action that II perfectly nat
ural-that the dircst difficulty which encoun-
tered during this mad orgie of catsrwaulns
WIS 10 refrain myself from taking an active
part In the performance. There came over me
twenty times fierce and weil-nigh irreprcssi
hle desire to howl. There WIS something more
than seductive. more than tcmpting-thrre WIS
that which was absolutely fascinating and en-
thralung in the opportunity offered for pro-
claiming ones individually in q hnrhario
yawp' Ms Walt Whitman puts IT, Whom might
"a Ia another present itself as TINT offered 10y
the Howiing Place " the Agia Nanniy Who
was e. say me nay If | elected to ycpf Among
the ltooiai facilities are provided for con-
vertng mere rhetoric into logic. and you
/ may wall Yourself out II breath without scans
| another and n more deat,ly saatnd caii1s which
] M AZ ff.r fftft
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A great deal Of apprehension Is Expressed
by some OF our contemporaries lest The
inhorltor Of sixty or a hundred millions
unlcr the will of Commodore VANDERBILT
should be put to some little Inconvenience
to hold on to his fortune Suits by disap-
pointed heirs, we are told, should be- discour-
aged and frowncd upon by the courts.
Is this correct doctrno2 Is it lust2
Tho law Of this State provides the line Of
descent of property after the death Of the
owner. Bya will duly executed by sane
to-tatornot underuuduri influence, this line Of
descent may be broken, and the owner may
provide that his property, any part or all
Of it, over and above his debts and the right
Of dover Of his wife, If he has one, shall go
10 whomsoeyer he pleascs.
But in every case Of will doprlylng heirs
mt law OF what they would have inherited,
nothing can be clearer in law and in morals
than the right TO have an examination by
the appropriate judicial tribunal of all the
several questions on which the validity of n
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GrnnI.s Inst MnriIs.

GRANT spent part of ycstcrday-hs last
Sunday in the White llouse-as he has
spent part Of almost every Sunday for
n number 'of weeks past, in making
remarks, through the agent Of the
Associated Press, which he wished
t. go out TO the country. The tone Of his
words on some Of these occasions has been
apologize in respect to himself; on others,
it has been prcsumptuous and insolcnt; and
ON others, it has seemed as though he were
in maudlin condition.
1t is with sclf-satisfaction that he now sur
veys his career as President. There Is "but
little If anything, of which he complains
this thick-skinncd man. against whose
namc and ways, and conduct, the country
has such bitter cause Of complaint He is
satisfied with one thing and another, and
gives credit TO himself, in an easy
way The domestic and foreign meas
urcs of his Administration are the
subject Of pleasing reflection to him;
and he Is especially gratilicd that he
leaves the Government at peace with
all the world-as though it had been hard
job for him to stavo OF war with some for
oign adversary. His financial policy, also,
including that OF Black Friday, has been
successful, though extravaganza and folly
have been prevented from running riot, and
carrying the Government 10 tho verge Of
bankruptcy only by the policy of retrcnch-
mcnt enforced by the Democratic House.
lie does not give vent TO his selfish tisfac-
tion over his Southern policy-but that was
probably because he forgot IL; nor over his
dsgraccful appointments but that was
doubtless because they were not brought TO
his mind; nor over the frightful corruption
of which he has been the ccntrc-hut that
was perhaps because it did not seem worth
notice.
We now learn GRANTS reason for prohih-
itng the parade Of the South Carolina
militia ON WAsHISGToS's Birthday. He was
afraid that either they or the spectators
would get drunk and fall into arguments
that would end in disturbance. II he had
said this in his prohibit0ry order he would
thereby have givena reason, worthy Of him
self, for its issue.
GRANr does not intend to give us vale
/ dictory at the close Of his term. We sup
pose his effort Of yesterday exhausted his
mind.
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VIVA, the House Can Do, aud Ought to DC

We consider the Electoral Commission an
unconstitutional body. II the powers which
II exercises are political, as Mr.. CARPENTER
maintains, and as Mr.. Justice BRADLEY
holds, then they are powers which the Con
grcss could not delegate to n commission
consisting in part Of Judges Of the Supreme
Court, or Of any persons not members Of
either House. Congress cannot delegate its
powers; nor can II submit the question of its
own jurisdiction to arbitration and bind it.
self to abide 10y the award
While we hold these views with mistaken
confidence in their correctness, we do not
zee how those who differ from them, who
believe the Electoral Commission constitu-
tional, and who voted in favor of referring
the subject Of the Presidential election TO
this Commission, can consistently refuse TO
proceed with the count because an untoward
result has become forcgone conclusion. If
they have sworn to their own hurt, that
affords them no excuse for changing. 1t Is
almost literally case of honor among
thieves.
All this does not interfere at all with tho
freedom of the House to pass resolution,
nfter the whole count shall have been made,
that in its deliberate Judgment SAMUEL j.
TLpEN has been duly elected President OF
the United States, and RUrHERroRD b.
HAYES has not been duly elected. 1t is in
strict conformity with the very provisions
Of the electoral bill Itself that tho House
should pass such a resolution for the bill
provides that the findings Of the Commits
sion may be overruled by the two Houses Of
Congress, and each House, without refer
rncc to the other is at perfect liberty to APP
prove or disapproyc of the result.
The effect of such resolution will be &
establish the fact that il the constitutional
authority Of Congress in tho premises had
not been surrendered, contrary to all prece-
dent, RUTHERFORD b. HAYES could never
have become, even do facto, President Of the
United States. II will be clear condcmna.
lion of his title to the Office by the recorded
Judgment Of majority Of the popular
branch Of the national Legislature.
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A Ray of Light on the Dark Fate of
Charles G.. Kelsey.

Capt. A. T.. CARTER evidently intended that
the letter on the KELSEY case, which he adj
dressed to The sun, under date Of the sd
inst, should bc understood as a broad denial
of all knowledge, ON his part, OF circum-
stances pertaining to the mysterious and
final disappearance Of CHARLES G. KELSEY.
But when wa come to examine his state
mcnts closely, we find some which would
not only admit Of further calculation, but
which seem 10 require it. For instance:
ION Tho nsht Of Kn.fy. disappearance reached
e. illrri. Hrnlrn wa MASTER and took her AT once
is.i 10 ie i.o.. r u,c rG,f,., eff i.charins crrso
mNi morning. h'H, g bag un t,sH ih nyw with her
Wie i6,r or no, t', boat Of tio iinrr, va,
W., .. '' ,.., 'i..., it,s, me- ,iit AKA tiis
i-a-alutIN the nl, nlieauon o Tie boat having been
We'll, pray, We should like 70 know II that
was not indication enough that the boat had
been used by some one? For what purpose
should the position of the boat have been
changed, If it had not been usedt How else
Is the change in its position TO bo oyplalned2
Does Capt. CARTER suppose tho boat shifted
around of its own motion, and without the
aid of human hands} Hero We have a
schooner aground, high and dry, with her
boat convenient OF access, lying Just Where
mat boat would servo inc convenience OF
the murderers ol hELslf-Iu7t Wh'r'' ac-
cording TO tho received theory Of the drown
ing oi Inc unhappy Nlcllm' boat was re-
quircd to take him out upon the water
where his body could be- sunk; and wo now
learn, by this lcttcr from Capt. CARTER, that
this boat was mystorion-ly moved during
lh't l''Ai lliti', ana lUht inc chanSo III inc
l'"7n''uh Oh inc hoau' Wil'h - now an aso'I-
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No Moro NnYnl Wnsie.

The Senate, which Is the strong and per-
elstent enemy of economy in the public SER
vice, has had the impudence TO add nearly
four and half millions to the naval appro-
priations passed by the House. These APP
preparations already were far too large.
The House gave about twelve millions for the
navy, twice as much as is really necessary,
for We need no navy other than one for
strictly defensive purposes. The squadrons
which 90 on pleasure excursions 10 the
Mediterranean and elsewhere are Of no
earthly use to US. Yet, even one ship, like
the Franklin, for instance costs TO maintain
In commission in tho Mediterranean in the
Deighborhood Of a thousand dollars day.
II these vessels, or a few Of them, were om-
ployed as training schools for naval cadets,
they might be made Of some advantage 10
The country, for the Naval Academy could
then be run at about ono-haf tho expense
now laid out on it. Any one who knows
about the navy is we'll aware that the
officers produced bciore the formation Of
this institution are, as class, bettor than
those who have graduated thcrc. Tho first
learned seamanshlp at sea, and the second
were taught on land how TO be seamen.
The Senate additions to the appropriations
are all IN the interest OF jobs ana eNtiaVa-
gance. The great knayery Is shown IN the
enormous increasein the sums given the Two
bureaus notorious for their lncnlclency, cor
ruption, and extravaganza. These arc the
Bureaus OF CONSTRUCTION ana Repair and
OF Steam Engineering 10 the former
sl,SOO'ooO extra Is given, and to tho latter,
$4,000
This money IS to be spont chiefly on tho
double-turoted ironclads, as worthless
lot Of vessels az there is In any
navy Of the world. Whom SLc0R ROmsoN
took charge Of the Navy Department thero
were four doublo-turetcl monitors, the
Tonawanda, MOnadnock, Miautonomoh, and
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What 10 said to he u Cover for the Buying up
of an Immense Short Interest.

Tho alliance Of Jim kccne with Jay Could,
in the raid upon Western Union stock. attra Is
considerable attention in financial cir 'l,s.
Gould was so badly involved in Union Pacific
at tho time Of tho bull movement in Western
Union. several weeks 'aso. that the rise mudo
him exceedingly nervous. Keone brought n
very largo amount OF ready cash into Wall
street. without which IA" attack upon Western
outnd.
.koono soems 10 be about the only person. out
~ the NV" gentlemen u wealth elected nrp th"
lhrN to accept the position, uni as matters
stand thcre is u great deui of curiosity a- a.
whether krenc or Gould Will get the bettcr OF
the other IN covering.
The reduction IN ratios announced hv tho At
lautlr ana Pdrlll'. to take ell oct tp-iuN a. suli
hv many Ia be- the cover for nm arilNo uuNlus Of
the Immense short lines that haV" hHrn pat llt
hv Gould and krenr. Their cnfuh ned shoot
limo Is osumAl.d " nn Aulul lllull aAALo..
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will depends. And IL Is not for court to set
itself up as better and wiser than the law.
II is not the province OF court TO discourage
or to encourage such suits, or any others
that properly come before II. II rests with
parties to decide whether they will ltigate
or not, and If they choose to go to law il Is
for the court to hear the case with the ut
most impartiality.
We are told that it is something helnous
to try to break the will Of the dead. doc
trine like this was once announced by our
present shalow-patcd Surrogate, in entire
obliviuusncss to the fact that the worry quos-
ton in such a case is whether the instru-
mcnt propoundcd be-, in law, Will or not.
Surely. if over n man on this earth had
will Of his own. Commodore VANDERBILT
was that man. lie stood erect through all
his fourscorc years and more, and leaned upon
no one. He was remarkably strong man,
with intense likes and dislikcs, and al
ways knew perfectly distinctly what he was
about. and what he wanted 10 do. These
are facts Of general notoricty. Yet they
afford no reason whatever why, when an in
strumcnt is propoundcd purporting to he
his last will and testament, divcrting the
bulk of his immense fortune, in part, from
the channel whore, by tho state statute, it
would llow-wc say they AFFORD no reason
why his alleged will should not be put into
the same cruciblc and subjected to the same
tests provided for the trial Of all Wills And
both parties have exactly equal rights TO an
impartial tribunal. When Judge, hired
and paid foran unparalleled performance of
judicial duty, is resolved to mount hobby
and ride in one direction or another, he
should first permanently dismount from the
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What the Democracy should now Do

IlIGHLANp FALLS Feb. 2}.-Tho fear
less manner In which TnE Sun donouue 4
the mongrol commission now deciding tDo
Presidential question calls forth the hearty ape
rroyalofall honest montroush th'oouury .hut
the rcbukrs administered t1thnse iaithlr-s ruh-
lr servants who hart"red away ,to DOE nrndlrv
aEreni puhlintru-i roulidod to them boy an OVER
nation of tho toul attempt to make Returning
Board Hayes President
Tine thing that Is now demanded of the Demo-
cratic House of Representative is that they
withdraw 40 once, and rruoun 'e this Pres lDut-
mnkug 10y Joe nradloy but they tell Ms this
would ho revolutionary Bat the ponle sny
that samuel j. Ilirn has been elected prr-i-
dent both 10y q MAJORITY If the popular Vlt" ANA
a majority of the Electoral Colleges, and any
stiutionul and revolutionary
. All eyes are turned toward the Democratic
House of Representatives Ia suN' MS FROM an
other four years OF Idlenrss and poverty.
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preparations for the navy. II one-tenth part
of the money given in the House bill alone
TO the two Bureaus Of Construction and Re-
par and of Steam Engineering had been
awarded to Commodore JETFERs OF the
Ordnance Department, TO be expended I'M
der his supervision in the way Of efficient
torpcloce, the results attained would bc OF
some practical value. As il is, the money
will bc only thrown away like the other mil
lions which have gone down the same
slunnNNnv
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A. national gallery of art is proposed to
be erected at Washington. under the auspices
Of the Fraudulent President, the portraits Of
the National Returning Board should be among
the first 10 decorate its walls. Judges BRADLEY.
STRONG and MILLER with Senators EpauNDs
MoRroY and FnEGlNGHuYsEN, and Represent
atvcs lNAH and GARFIELD tho immortal eight
would mako a notable collection Of heads.
WELLS, ANDERSON, CAsENAyr. and KrNNrR. as
pendants To- this group of patriots. would give it
historical interest. as the founders Of a new sys-
tom of making Presidents Of defeated canii-
dates, 10y counting votes that were never cast
ana eN9unsing n'onyeniont thousands.
II there b' any choice between tho National
Board and thc Louisiana Board il ia entirely in
favor Of the hitter. They are only common
swtndlors, while tho others arc uncommon.
WELLS had cheated the State as n default'r,
ANDERSON had chentcd. mt keno and delrau l.
ed the state while in the Senate. kENNER
hnd forged dead mems names ON tho pay rolls
OF the city If New Orleans while public officer,
CAsENAyE was n hired tool ready 10 do the
work OF his employers. They were pursuing
their profession only when they altered, mu-
tllAtnd, or forged returns for price in hand.
STRONG and BRADLEY and FRELNGHUysEN
are elders Of the Church. HoAR Is snnctmo-
NOUS. GARFIELD breaches. LpMUNDs prnys
occasionally. MOTION worships the devil and
all his works and MILLER worships MORTON.
| These eight Christian Judges and statesmen
| have approved endorsed. sustained. and justi-
| He'd the work Of their four brothers in Louis-
ana, who don't trouble themselves much about
| Christianity, the Church. or the devil. They
mean business all the time. and do not affect
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Our esteemed contemporary tho Times,
has loader about A Hopeful Outlook" which
says that " the HAYES administration. II it full
I'll tho expectations OF its disinterested friends.
will mark the beginning Of a new era in our
politics" This is true and incontcstible
sentiment HAYEss administration will mark
a new political era. 1t will be an era during
which the honest feeling and conviction Of the
country Will bo lighting. by argument and pro-
test, against an administration based on fraud
and founded in iniquity. As TO tho hopeful
outlook. that is OF the time when the people will
have an opportunity to sweep away the Fraudu-
lent party with all its works.
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To the House Of Representatives Resist
to the last the efforts of the Senate to defeat or
mar the grcnt work Of economy in the national
expenditures you have so well begun, and re-
fuse to compromise with extravaganza and
,..l
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"Yaw" said the young German who had
just said "N"in" 10 the question whether no
would marry girl who had prccurcdhis arrest,
and had brought him into court yesterday for
breach Of promise. Tho couple were thereupon
married 10y Justice MURRAY. who performed tho
ceremony In "a language Of which neither of the
Victims understood word. 1t WIS a legal mar
riage undoubtedly; but AUGusr and EMMA
would have felt IT more sharply If it had been in
their own tongue.
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The very cagcrncss Of rogues To excuse
themselves is soifaccusation. If BRADLEY and
HoAR were quite easy in their minds and con-
sciences. they would not be at such pains to vim
dcate their consistency. Their laborod eX-
plantations are so many confessions Of guilt
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Mr.. Eaton of Connecticut would have been
moro or less than human If he had not re-
minded the other Democratic Senators that he
told them 30. Mr.. EATON stood up like n man
and voted against bill in which he didn't be-
lievc. and under which he detected mischief.
He was alone on the Demo'r side OF the SEN
ate and both before and after his vote. he was
made to feel his isolation. Now there are SOW
eral Of his associates who would give year 8
salary for Mr.. EAroS's record.
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Though Brother HAYES is a Methodist and
doesn't believe in Lent we advise him to devote
the timo between now and the 4th of March to
fasting and prayer. Ile cannot. il is true thus
atone for the fraud which puts him in the White
House-the only way 10 do that Is 10 refuse
to take the stolen gools--but he may chasten
his spirit 80 that IT shall the better endure the
peculiar trials which must bcs, the path OF a
Fraudulent President.
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Mr.. ELI PERKINS mentions TINT mental
tranquility and a clear conscience are among
HAyEs's pecularitics. Under existing circum-
stances these porulariies would seem to indi-
cate the possession Of a deeply phenomenal
nature which. while yielding TO the blandi,h-
mcnis Of a fraudulent election. is nevertheless
superior to the shafts Of criticism or dctraction.
In this respect HAYES il SUI 0en0'is. 1t isn't
every receiver Of stolen goods who can compose
himself to sleep at night without pulling the
sheet over his head,
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puritanical virtues. Therefore. we insist they
must all be painted together. and that WELLS h
Company have the advantage of the National
rH
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will take up the case Of the assumedly incl
igible elector from Pennsylvania. There are
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Tho Indian chief gave GRANT an old silver
modal bearing the head of GEORGE WASHING
TON. for which GRANT rewarded him with a
now silver medal bearing GRANTS head. The
Indian chief WIS a loser by that trade.
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Good Mr.. HAyEs's heart beats ms warmly
for the chivalrous cX-Confcdcratc at present ~
it did on memorable occasion for the unhappy
African. That Mortonian article in his personal
newspaper organ was a great shock to him. He
could hardly believe his eyes. He Is not that
sort Of person at all. Ask Judge MAcREY
whether he is
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lie figrcd u pit
llr di.sri 10 teen.
It, di--ciitfur his brother;
Huf, tn punish his SIN.
H. iii ialllu
Tie PIT ho disged Tor tothor"

Undoubtedly tho Democrats were sold by the
Electoral Commission. 10 which they should
noycr have consented; but tho Fraudulent
party TO which tho funny WooDwoRrH be-
longs in digging It's pit Of fraud for It's oppo-
ncnis has prepared n pit into which It will
tumble itself ono day. and never be able 10 got
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-26

When yonr liver IL ont Of order uso Dr.
JaNues shnauve flls ana you will hrnr back TINS organ
To healthy condition and get rid Of many disire.
symptOmS-Ad.
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There are men in the country who cry out
against popular suffrage. They attribute to 1t
tho evils from which the nation now suffers.
But they are all wrong Popular suffrage has
stood the test woll and at the last election it
elorously vindicatei itself. Against the mill
lions raised 10y the party in power from its hun
drcd thousand oillcoholdcrs and III numerous
rings. against arttu appeals to selfish business
and corporate interests and against the vote Of
the blacks. driven 10 the polls by carpet bag
leaders. the people won "A great and complete
victory. Even in the States whore the Republic
cans had always been strongest. their maioritics
were largely reduced. and some Of them only
saved 10y the skin of the teeth. But now the
people are To- be cheated out of the fruits Of that
victory SO gallantly won.
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also objections TO the electors from several
of the States that follow Pennsylvania In
the count
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Remember that in the last election the
white citizens Of this country gave SAMUEL J.
TILpES a majority Of oNE MILLION votes. And
yet there are fools WHO suppose that RurHER-
FORD b. HAYES can ect along a. u Fraudulent
President.