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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

Fifteen street railway companies owe the
city Of New York at this moment between
one and two millions of dollars a good deal
nearer two than onc-which ought u be re-
covcrahlc in the courts. The companies also
owe the city large aggregate debt that IL
probably outlnwcd. the statute of Limita-
tions having run against It, For this loss
the city has 90 thank the predecessors in
Office of Comptroller KELLY and ol Corpora
tiun Counsel WHIrNrY. Whether their fault
went beyond official negligence We shall not
now inquire.
Suits have been brought against ten Of the
delinquent companies 10y the city; the other
five We learn. are To be- sucd at an early day.
only one Of these suits. that against the
Broadway and Seventh Avenue Company.
has been pressed to trial. This is. and il
understood by all concerned TO hc. Il test
ease On the trial before Judge DoSoIIuE,
last spring. ii was decided against the city
An appeal is to oc argued before the General
FERN, possibly at some time in the coming
month II tn, city il again worsted, the
ease will doubtless be taken up to Tia" Court
Of Appeals. SHOULD the tribunal Of last re-
sort decide for the company. the other suits
will probably Toe dropped. and all effort 10
recover the city's dues abandoned.
Yet that this money. or the greater part
of it. Is honestly due the city. there is no
question. The equity of the claim docsn I
need arguing These companies enjoy valu-
able lucrative franchises. That they should
make some return for these franchises, that
they should do their part toward paying
the expenses Of the city which has allowed
them To lay their rails and run their ears
through its streets and avenues, stands to
reason. More than that, the franchises in
question We're granted only upon the dis
tinct understanding that this should be
done.
Why. then. haven't the companies hcon
compelled To do 1t Why have they been
allowed to withhold payment of license
fees. &c., until the still litigable arrcaragcs
loot up nearly two millions OF dollars while
Il largo sum has. in all probability, been ir-
rccovcrahly lost What is the explanation
of the fact that lawyers who have looked
into the matter predict that the city will
never recover a cent?
Simply that 10y gross carclo-sncss. or
something worse. the charters were So
loosely drawn that the technical legality Of
l. clear. The companies were required Ia
pay such license fees on their ears rs wcrc
already paid. But there were no fee, of
that sort fixed 10y law at the time these
charters were granted. aud Judge DoNoHUE
decided. IN the ease of the Broadway and
seventh avenu" road. that these fees could
not be subsequently, determined. either by
ordinance or Icy the courts. Thanks to this
bunglng, the one chance now of getting
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars actually
due the city lies in the success of the at
tempt To- cOnvinc" the courts that. for pur-
poses of municipal taxation, street cars are
stages.
II is only one more illustration OF the way
in which our public servants have been in
the habit of attending To the public bust
ness.
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when 1t fails 10 fulfil its destiny something
is wrong somewhere. No kcencr rcproach
could he made against our politicians, than
that while they were wrangling over the
spois Of Office. their constituents should be
dying out for want Of opportunity to earn
brcaG for themselves and their children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

ON" DrJ. G STONE Of II North Ninth ,trcrt,
pAilaielphia. Penn - Iua 'k. has boon ennling
Advertisements - IN" country press FAR and
wld', ON credit referring t. THE SUN rs to hi-
r*p'nslhlliU "" don't know DR.. Stone. 90
ms advertisement, from its terms. shows that
hc is of doubtful chara ter. Our advice To- all
country newspaper rruprictors whom hr socks
I" u,N is To have n.uin. to do with him. So
Tar ~ ho pr 'aumcs to refer to The SuN, he il
beyond question an mitigateI swindlor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

The man who raises a false alarm Of fire
in crowded theatre il either fool or a scoun-
drcl. In either ease the offence calls for cNcm-
plary punishment. Fortunately. there were no
lives lost in the rush Of tn, panic-strickcn mob
from Nihlo'S Garden on Saturday evening but
lives were endangered. After the first excite
ment had spent itself. the lessee conldcd To- the
audience his belief that The man VINO started
the false alarm had been employed to do 50 by
rivals in the theatrical business. Upon rcilr'-
tion he must see that this is n very serious
charge. and that only the prompt production Of
evidence can Justify it. Until proof is forth
coming, the public will rightly refuse to share
Mr. FLEMISGs suspicious.
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MONDAY. 0CTOBHR %. 1877.


-nt~rs, of rr"si- ftnf conccrt
r-~tit"t- t.hib ttop stgd avs ISL Atuh Oh.
t.~ths Theatre Rir VAN wrse
power, gb-st---As SIN
lt.ondvn, tbrntr- , Bile H'lsn'.
r,,uot'~ pr.r House il. anl go BfomwV Mn.ttflfy
s"iu.nhin OgDrr. Ito.~r- va,'V
.sir Theatre -Mstamota
ir.rtinp usis- s.t sud ~ ~.
! rth NN.n.- theatre HDnsnt,u "itl.
s,im.r-'s s..ri-n- Cneu- and Mentf'us.
s.,nad oyr,a n"s~- Un.ie Tom cstin.
r s.nrd~u Nsssn,io
r.~ N"-k = ."sr .brnei~V and lithst
New psrL Theatre. urooLts. ttnry TIE PIN
l.,L theatre Ine Crushed Trssrdisn.
san ira.ei. ui.>t.-i-- broadway aud s,thsL
y s,nts- so,uiI.r variety
= ny I's@t"r, opera s""~--Vaueiy
q tt.,. sqosr- Theatre PINS nouiAce.
vNnitarL'. th-., M.rrlsrc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

Mr.. EvARTs's astutencss at the bar seems
to havc deserted him in the State department.
ward politician who should exhibit such a
woiul lack Of discretion rs the CAMERON nasco
reveals would be promptly black ballod in the
eau, Us aud reduced to the ranks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

II is not crcditable To the police force that
wcll-known and veteran swindcrs like those Of
Bond street mentioned els, where. should be-
permitted 10 ply their fraudulent trade rs boldly
and openly Is these have been doing it. Their
latest trick Of notifying folks in the country
that they have drawn lottery prizes. upon which
a percentage Is to lie paid before having
them forwarded. IL so ingcniously contrived
that many who at some time within the past
ten years have tried their luck in a lottery
ticket will doubtless Ice deceived hy IT, and, upon
forwarding thcir money. will receive a quantity
oi worth - flash Jewrlry for II. II appears that
these sharpors remain unmolestrd because
they ply their trade 50 deNtcrousy that the
police profess e. bt unable to fastcn any offence
upon them; but the experience If Sun re-
porter who called AZ their office shows pretty
plainly that nothing hut the wish IL needed To
break W their business. The ropr .sentation
that their worthless iewciry is a lottery prize
drawn in New Orleans. or TINT 1t has any con
nct ton with any lottery whatever and that II
has a certain value and can be sold at n certain
price. constitutes n casc Of obtaining money
under false pretonces that may bo punished in
New York hy Imprisonment in the State prison
Tor a period Of three years. One such sentence
would probably rid us of knavcs Of this kind
for some time to come; and II Is the business Of
the polieet s"e that the opportunity il provided
for applying the law TO them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29
The speech Of Mr.. TILDEN on Saturday
night shows that he intends to give his hearty
support TO tho candidates or the Democrats
State ticket. He said:

Gov RosssoN's Administering has been character.
Dcd hN uCufruphlc integrity. hy wisdom and ability
ani by un~wcrving hici To the reforms that have re-
duced tile stat tNcs OnchAlf, that rapidly cNtin-
halt million, year ct the expenditures upon public
works AMI have purified great Official trusts lie
needs AMI has riLt have the cordial cooper
those officers. winch In the Government ui tie United
states hni other N<rms form the Cabinet the thiri
Executive In my Judgment the gentlemen IN noiunf-
ton viii cooperate III the reform policy which had the
honor 90 inauguratc and which koHfNsoN II con
sunlmaun. think that their election viii give him n
united support in the 'ans Board than able
g. receive during nv administration have the more
satisfaction IN aNowg this conviction because believe
that any nominations that did promise such cour.
GRAFTON, would be usowncd hy the Democratic masses
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

Mr.. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS should take
an early sunday To read 10 his Staten Island
flock beautiful sermon on the sin Of hearing
false witness against ones ncighbof. There is
no more timely or important topic in these days
OF vtrolic reform.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

that Mr.. GEORGE W CURTIS. Mr.. john JAY, Mr..
DoRhAN b. Eaton, Mr.. Il. l.. FANcHER, and
others spoke. These have not usually been sup
posed to be mon OF hmsinnss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29
The story told by Editor TrLLlxanAsr Of

The story told by Editor TLLrNGHAsT Of
Boston certainly calls for investigation. 1t is.
IN brief. that he was arrested on Broadway last
Saturday for non payment Of n judgment for
costs of court and counsel fees in an action for
hhcl which he had begun against another editor
of an insurance newspaper and aftcrward de-
cided to drop; that this WIS his first knowledge
Of the existence Of the judgment: that he asked
the Deputy Sheriff to give him IA chance 10 con-
suit friends before taking him to Ludlow street
Jail that the deputy at first demanded s2j for
the favor. but finally closed with an offer of $40
aud that, after a long negotiation. he was LEFT at
liberty upon the payment to the deputy Of s25 ior
the service Of the writ. and an additional sum
for poundagc whatever that may hc. ON
its face the affair has an unpleasant look Of ex-
tortion
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

Several morals are pointed by the tosti-
mony given ly Mr.. ions $. MORTON brforc the
Philadelphia Register in Bankruptcy on Satur-
day. one j.. TINT It is meyer safe in business
matters 90 take anything. or anybody. for grant
ed. Another Is. that il is very unfortunate
AMI costly affair for n corporation to have nm
und"tccted ind universally looked W to rogue
for lis President. MIR. morton tcstics that the
directors Of the West Philadelphia Passenger
halfway Company were not nluisitivc rs to his
management of its affairs. They usually took
II for granted" he says. that what did for
the company was correct" one thing that he
did for the company, as these too connding di-
rectors subsequently discovered WIS to iraudu-
lcntly issuo stock without one OF them being the
wiser. But the company's treasurer Mr..
liUHN, in some way found out about
this ovcrissuc. lie told his partner.
Mr.. NAGIE. The firm Of NAGIE Co..
through Mr.. HUM. thercupon proceeded TO
wililo their knowledge II President MoRToN :
little irrcgulnrity by helping themselves at Diff
l"rcnt times, to $4,000 of the money of the
West Philadelphia Passenger Hallway Com
pany; AT least that is MoRToN's story. lie says
that he demonstrated with them. blended with
them: there was even "a pretty angry inter
view about the matter. But he didn't Say n
word TO the directors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29
The trouble with STANLEY MATTHEW'S

The trouble with STANLEY MATTHEWS :
hotel bill probably is that XAcH CHANDLER or
some good brother Republican. advanced the
money for IT out Of his own pocket. the National
Campaign Committee having by that time run
short of funds and now. rs it isn't value re-
ceived to have put Matthew's man HAYES
whore he il. the out-of-pockct patriot peaches
on the Ohio statesmans olcphantine hotel bill.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

crcditablc to him personally, officially, and
as one of the shining lights of civil service
reform
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

This time. brethren, it is Mr.. EDWARD
SouTHwoRTn Of North Bridgcwater. Mass
After living highly respectable life, Mr. Sou1H-
WORTH died last spring in the odor Of eanctiiy
Then the trustees ~ the local savings bank 81
which he had been treasurer began to investi-
gate. They have been investigating ever since
and the expert now tells them that the deficiency
will not fall much. II any. short Of $4,000. The
late Mr.. SuuTHwORTH, it appears, was member
~ the firm Of DUNBAR 4 Co., brokers having
nm Office in the bank building. This firm re-
ceivcd deposits. giving dcpositors in some cases
the regular savings bank book. with n letter
" l. - stamped on it. and uaying them six per
cent. whereas the bank paid only five. DUNBAR
4 Co. shaved notes and did n mortgage bust
ness in Wisconsin and Dakota. Becoming cm-
barrasscl. the late Mr.. SoUruwonTH helped
himself to- bank funds. d,uo-iting notes Of DrN-
BARN Co. rs security The community " which
he was an ornament is much astonishcd Mt these
revelations So are the trustees who put i'm
picit confidence in him. So are the unfortu-
nate dcpositors OF tho North Bridgewatcr Saw
ings Bank.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

While other cities were occupied with
various subjects of war and politics. Boston
concentrated it, mind last week on a baby show.
There Were babies of all hues. hairs eyes. and
Sizes at this show the champion apparently
being II sold youth from RoNhury. two years
old. vino pulled down the sab nj nfty-rieht
pounds There were Jewels is przos for the
h"aNy-wcil;ht baby and the lightweight. and
lor the lanisomcst mother. Their was Il ST of
tfir'tS and plenty of twins. BYEoN says:
Happiness Was born twin" in which case
tire Boston baby show WIS well stp krl Wit,
happiness. Upon the whole. Boston passed tho
We h well over her baby show but thin, OF the
NERVE "a man must have to serve on the pr1,
committee
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

Tomorrow HAYES takes the circus t.
Richmond for cheers and laughter. Tho pre-
lminary slualblc between the city. State. and
agricultural authorize, H. To- who shall open
tlc cir MS, is, as an ADVERTISING dodge. worth,
of BALSUMs best days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

Tho variety and multitude OF last weeks
public athletic contests illustrate the extraor-
binary change which has taken place within
few years in American devotion to opcn-alr
sports and physical culture. At Crccdmoor
there was long range. mid range. running deer
and skirmishng rifle practice; on the Hudson
there was ~ work ing boa, match. and mt Bergen
Point, sculling. pair-oarcd and ur-oarcd shell
rowing; Mt Hampstead. two fox hunts by the
Gu "ns county hounds at llobok"n. football !;
on DOZEN different grounds, baseball at Mott
Haven. walking. running, hurdle loaping.
vaultng, and hammer throwing; Mt Dexter
Park. trap shooting. in BROOKLYN. roller skat-
ing contests at Baltimore. the great race oi Ten
Brock. Tom Ochiltrcc. and Parole, with steepl"
chasing and other racing all over the country.
trotting matches; in New York streets. on sat
urday. the October meet of the Coaching club.
aad in Central PARK. on the same day. the
fall regatta OF the Miniature Yacht CLUB; III
tho racket ANA tennis and handball courts,
plenty OF contests in the gymnas ums, GRECO
Roman wrestling; and when We add to these
our lately imported polo. pallonc. lacrosse.
mustang racing. and 50 on. il is clear that
America can no longer 30 rcproachcd with neg
lcct Of outdoor games and athletic exercises.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

No man who believes in the American
Democratic principle Of Government can vote
for scheme that abolishes universal suffrage
and establishes an eccentric olisarchy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

All Republicans who would bc sorry to soc
thcirpnrty go out ofcNi-icncc in disgrace should
vote against the ncfarious scheme to destroy
universal suffrage. and establish an olgarchy.
not Of intellect or OF virtue but. pshaw pshaw
II money
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

The sublime confidence OF the average
young American WAS manifested at Saturday
nights splendid demonstration in Gramcrcy
Park Whom Gov. TILDES imprcssiycly said.
Young men. in the ordcr Of nature We VINO
have guarded the sacred traditions Of our frce
government will soon leave that work 10 You"
"a CHEEKY voice from tho crowd sang out We'll
tend To it," No doubt it was an immense relief
10 the Governor TO find somebody already con-
tracting to tend 10 that little matter during the
generations u come and in truth We doubt not
that il Will get itself tended to in some sort Of
fashion. for better or worse Still. We must
wnrn our young friends that the traditions OF
free government will have To- bc tended 10 more
sharply hereafter than during the past twelve
month. in order 10 be worth much.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-29

Gen. HOWARD, in his final report of the
Ne2 Pcrcc campaign, says that on the surrcn-
der at SNAKE Greek. "A few Indians. iuc.ud-
ing WHITE BIRD. crept out through the lines
during the night Since that report was writ
ten We have had more explicit statement from
an undouhrd source. MAJOR WALSH writes To
Col. MclEoD. commanding tho Northwest
Mounted Police Of Canada. TINT. while he w.ls at
SITTING BULLS camp party of Ncz pcrc;r
came in from the Snake creek battlefield; Il
awaited their arrival. and found the party 10
consist of ility men. forty women. and a large
number of children, besides about three hum
drcd horses" Thus horses also must have
crout out Considering that only about 100 Me-
Puro's warriors surrendered. with rather more
than that number Of suuaws and children, the
fifty warriors and othcrs who escaped were not
80 proportonally few rs Gen. llowAEDs re-
port might lead the reader to suppose But this
report AT least supplied marked d'il'it in the
Nariuns reports Of MILES, not one of which gave
hint that any Indians at al! had -tapcl.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-11
A STRONG INDICTMENT.

The New York Sun says: That MIR.
Hayes manitests so great a concern for
the men who unhestatingly committed
forgery and perjury in order to give him
the electoral votes OF Louisiana, is "proof
strong as Holy Writ" that he was a con.
sentlng party to their crimes. 1t has
been claimed by his friends that he knew
nothing ofwhat was done in Louisiana
or Florlda-that he cannot be held re-
sponslble even for the acts of the "yisit-
ing statesmen" who went thther at the
request of President Grant. But one of
his first acts was to appoint as collector
of the port of New Orleans man who
was named by Anderson, and who was
known to be the alter ego of that mem
Der OF the returning board. At the same
time he gave Wells the assurance that he
and his son should not be disturbed in
the two important Federal offices which
they held in New Orleans. Then he sent
his commission to New Orleans to nego-
tiate with the Nichols party as to the
terms upon which that government was
TO be recognized and Packard abandoned
IL Is now claimed that among other
things stipulated was indemnity for Wells
and Anderson, as well as their two ne
gro accomplices on the returning beard
AND as soon as it is learned at the White
House that Wells and Anderson are
about to be prosecuted for their crimes.
Mr.. Hayes inquiries of Nichols as to the
truth OF the rumor, and insists that il is
breach OF faith-that immunity for these
scoundreis was one of the conditions on
winch Nichols was recognized,
The daily gazette., 1877-07-11
--'-------T--
LOAN ASSOCIATION.

The ninth annual meeting oftheFrank-
lin Loan Association, was held last
evening and the officers Of the previous
year, were re elected.
From the report of the Secretary, il IS
shown that there has been received dur
ing the year from all sources including Il
balance Of S5S3.0S from last year $50 .12595
and expended S59,6i291, leavinga a bal
ance of $453. .04. .,
During the niue years that the loan has
been in operation there has been received
S40S, 1865. The assets of the association
amounts to S336, ,35014. The amounts
paid on each shares, LIST series, $l08; sec
ond' S36; third, S24; fourth, S12. Value
of each share, first series S194 80; second,
S52.Q8; third, S3l SO; fourth, Sl5.23.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-11
Glass From Grass.

A curious case of giass making is
published in the Proceedings of the
Newcaslle-on-Tyne Chemical Society
A large mass of esparto grass was
burned by accident. Lumps which
might be called grass clinkers were
found among the ashes, and these, on
being properly treated ia kiln, pro-
duced glass, which is described as "a
very good sample of bottle glass"
From this it is easy to understand and
that 10 past ages some great bonfire of
vegetable matter may have led to the
discovery of glass. Farmers who are
unfortunate enough TO baYe their
stack yards burned, might possibly
find straw clinkers among the debris
This would be worth nothing for silica
enters largely into the composition of
all grasses and cereals.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-11
MALEVOLENr WIT.

Malevolent wit is that kind which will
lose friend sooner than joke. To be
captious and contradictory is offensive
enough, but not so provoking, so unbear-
able, as the spirit of mockery affected by
Writings and coxcombs; for that. like a
blighting east wind, wthers up every liv-
ing and heartfelt sentiment sprineina nm
IN conversation, and especially chills and
dlsheartens the young in the earliest in
tercourse with the world. The weapon
inillctlng the wound is so fine as to be
scarcely perceptable, but the point has
oeen dipped IN poison. A breeze itself
invisible, often makes whole lake shiy-
er. Yet one would rather be cut by a
Keen than by blunt lancet, and course
superclllous way is almost as hateful as
The freezing irony of more subtle ill-hu-
NOR.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-11
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

The grand jury OF Nsw Orleans seems
to be bigger thing than the Electoral
Commission; it is going behind the re
turns.
Mr.. H llstead's silver dollar thunder
is being st len by unscrupulous gr zen
hack conventions, for instance, that in
Wisconsin.
The Democrats in the Twenty tiild
]udiclal district OF Michigan have just
elected jonathan b. Futile circLit
judge, although the district mas hitherto
been Republican.
The people of Mississippi will vote up
on the question of abolishing the office
OF Lieutenant Governor at the election
thus fall. A constitution Il amendm ment
for that purpose has been submitted.
The Cleveland Platn-Dealer says taat
some OF the nervous postmasters Of
Ohio, connected with central comm nit
tees, are resiG ming. There are some sly
ones, though, who Seem to know too
much for that.
The father of the dollar of the fa-
thers, Mr. Murat HAlstead, announces
that the publicans cannot take Dea-
con Richard Smith for Governor of
Ohio, because he is becoming in a great
measure an lnfiationist.
The Erie Gazette announces in a maj :
ner that seems to indicate authority.
that the Camerons have made no threat
to let Pennsylvania go Democratic this
talI. Probably it was the Democrats
who made this threat.
Ex-Congressman Sherwood, of NJ Chi
gan, was as warlike as Chamberlain in
uis Fourth of July oratiou. He took
some steps in advance of any Fourth of
July orator yet heard flom, by predict
ing that Grant would be called to the
Presidency in 1880.