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LO.ing Ground.

Cowardlcc seldom wins. Ii was coward
ly act ON the part oi the Administration to
postpone until autumn IN" extra session Of
Congress. The indications now are that
instead Of proliting by the delay, Mr. HAYES
will encounter moro Formidable oppose
tion in October than he would have met with
In June. The course az the Republicans ia
iowa and the general condemnation OF tine
arbitrary order to ollccholdcr, are signs Of
q fearful storm brewing in his own party.
When he Is condemned by the mon who
elected him, who viii hold mp hi- hands,
The. Democrats viii bee choer,l and
strengthened in their opposition by The
divisions in the Republican ranks
During the recent trip to New England.
Mr.. HAYES did not strengthen him.clfat ell.
He made no speech Indicative Of any sort
Of greatness. The impression which he
made was that Of Il very commonplace man
One or two addresses Of welcome spoken at
him were SO adulatory as to be silly and
sckening, but there was little evidence any
where of approval OF his policy.
We think, on the whole, it is quite safe to
Say that MI HAYES has been steadily losing
ground.
As to the Cabinet. II has done nothing to
make up for tho deficiencies of the Presi-
dent All its members share in the odium
Of the arbitrary order TO oficcholdcrs, while
there is n growing distru-t in TIE discretion
and judgment Of the Secretary 81 the Into
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The Troubles Of "a Millionaire.


Mrs. Gaines has had entered up n great
many lu'gmcnts pro confesSo against the oru-
pants OF prupcrties t. which she had been aliu-
dicNted a. have title. Sic has been kept busiy
employed before tho Masters in Chanccry in
pressing her ,luim to back interest. rents and
profits, while the dcicnlunie have been equally
active in produ'in. cylcu..- 81 the value OF
their improvements. Tho Masters do NOT an
pcar "a have mast red the business committed
70 them, and th"ir reports Will not he handed
IN before Ia" next torn If court. In the mean
fine the iniofutignhle piHintiN relieves and Iii
Ncris th" todium and duluess of this veXatious
and varying work uy th" leru-al Of the inuu-
morahle letters sent her from tn North sol ie.l
ing subscriptions e. various churches. chart
tahl" institutions. impoverished. hut always
Sympathl@ins and admiring friends. reverend
" lowers, poor hut loser, .ng artists soil ting
IL" pritllrg" of paint ng her portrait; and tn
erury huMmrr-, umnll pus # serving up her
Mmarkahll eNpntlul life IA sensational Skrt H..
Then tn e. ar" tu"rs of tender inquiry a- Ia
U" iranch,~ of th" frrN numerous Clark fam
ilN, and sugE"-iiOn- of cunsansuiniiy Of the
aN"ctlongtf sui rlh"r. whose great grand
mother was .oi tho Clark of ireland AMI hnd q
very tNicuoiNr .olnecton. And So. On. afford l.
ing the Jolly .iule lady Infinite mirth. and pro-
voklns frequent explosions off laughter.
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Answer Only One Thing.

The public have had enough Of the discus
sion about Mr. TwErp's confession. The
confession itself is kept in the dark, like an
unseen animal. said to DO curious but which
all the while is shut NJ in ia close cage, and
which neither party dare show.
There is nothing moro Of any consequence
10 be said except on a single point. We refer
to the following extraordinary allegation
IN Mr.. FA1RCHILD's report to the Governor:
zone practical suggestion was. however. made by
TwrEps council Mr. TowSsNNn. which was that TwEED's
old checks should he privately taken to tho-e whose
names upon them ami the check, offered To them
upon payment Of their face Mr. TOWNSEND thought that
many these persons would bc glad To Themselves
from the modification ct having the tact made public
that they hat had TwSfp checks AMI shat others might
be- made afraid tins tote Gone with all checks. no
matter what pgrro- they hal been gwen Mr lows
money For this service h. said that hc would charge
only ~ per upon fhc collected AMI fhc bal
lnce could go to the treasury 90 the rcc ted this
proportion course not only because of IT, manifest
immortality. but because it would be violation OF the
statute which say- Every lcrson who shall. either
verbally or By written or printed communication,
threaten g. accuse another % any oiicn nee with M
tent 10 eNiort any property any pecunary horcnt
whatever shah, Oh conviction be al ud-Cd guilty q
mslcm,anof. anl punished o.. a. rclnaitcr describe -
uc punishment being one years Imprisonment ana goo
hue."
If Mr.. TOWNSEND can contradict this and
support his denial by proofs which will over
come the weight Of the Acknowledgement
testimony, he will do himself a great deal
of good.
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master-Gcneral, and became attorney for
the claim. CREswFLL examined it. and
found that there was duo to CnoRpENNrNs
tho further sum Of S4i3,O1O.7O. CREswELL
drew draft for this amount on the general
fund, but fortunately n law passed at the
previous session had covered ia that fund.
So the bu1zards had to wait.
TnE SUN exposed the fraud, and aroused
such a popular sentiment against its con-
summation, that Congress was obliged to
recall its action; and on the 9th day Of Feb
ruary, 1871, n resolution was adopted re-
pcalng the resolution of the 10Th of July,
1870 In the act passed on the 81 of March,
1871 Congress directed that no part Of the
money thereby appropriated for the use Of
the Post Office should bc applied to the
payment Of what is known as the CHoRPEN-
MING claim"
CHOBPESN1NG carried his case into the
Court Of Claims which held that the sums
already paid to his firm for damages under
the act of Congress of 1857 were all that they
had been entitled to receive. The claimant
appealed to the Supreme Court which has
now affirmed the decision Of the Court Of
Claims.
Thus falls dead one Of the baldcst schemes
Of fraud ever planned against the Treasury
Of the United States. After ten years Of
hopeless cndcavor, It found new life amid the
rottcnncss of GRANTS Administration The
basclcss claim was eagerly seized upon 10y
corrupt officials looking for opportunities to
plumber. To the Independent press is due
the credit OF defeating the ncfarious plot,
and Of saving nearly halfa million Of dollars
to the public treasury. As it Is, the plotters
have lost their time, trouble, and money.
and have nothing but disgrace for their
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What Constitutes an limit



Tho recent decision of the Court of APP
strong aud spiri,uous liquors can be granted
only 20 nnkecp r. People agt Smith. Is Alb.
l.. T.. 2NOl. has led the advocates Of total ahsti-
u"nrc 20 urge the prosecution II the keepers Of
those numerous places. making no pretcncc to
b" inns, whrr" NuuOr j. sold. and this has re-
suited in attempts by the prosecuted indi-
yiduals g. 90 arrange their places that thcy AN
T. included within the meaning of the words
" inn or tavern Many 81 these places CON
SYST ~ only n room or two, ana were not orr gin
ally intended tp be carried on as inns but only
for the sale of liquor. The statute provides THAI
every keeper Of an inn or tavern shall keep
within his house three spare beds for his guests
l,dd.nc. and also stahliuG for four horses. and
also ,Aull k"'l sign indicatins that he keeps
an inn. tavern. or lotni. Tho failure 10 do
either rs punishable with fine.
Tho qut ~tIon raised j. whether filing NJ a
saloon with Nunhs which can he used Us bcds.
fog the Keeping oi tho legal number OF horses.
sill convert tnA' which WIS not an inn before
into an inn under The statute. Ii would appear
frum the req ln.s II the statute not 90 do 3d. for
That says: Every keeper of an inn, tavern. or
hotel who ia!l- 90 do these things shall for
f'r Slo. a.. int mating that the doing or neg
l"tuE 10 do Ia" a Il would not affect the
would only, n The cas- might be. excuse him
from or render him lali" tu a penalty. The
subject H. Dis us~g in Ov'rsccr- ~ Grown Point
agt. Warner 3 Hill 1j7. though the exact mean
INK { tue word /, not It. Gnod. in Wintermuie
aet. Clarke. Sanlf. -. C. pa the definition Of
oil who choose % visit it, Another definition
l. a hous, where tn traveller is furnished
with everything he has oe.ar ION Tor while on
his way" Bacon : Abr. lns. b.
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Was It impossible to give the girls Of the
Offending Columbia Opera House time to ar
range their toilct previous to thcir humllating
march from the green room to Cnpt. KENNE-
DY's ccllsY Some wore locked up with their
faces still black. and others were marched TO
the police station in half costume, just az they
were seized while preparing for q change of
scenes. And the usually dccorous Ninth Ward
crs looked on as Capt. KENNEDY led the mclan-
choy procession down the Ninth Wards side
walks In the police court. yesterday, 1t APP
pcnrcd that the prisoners who had been thus
wantonly wounded IRE girls whose wages as
singers and dancers support widowed mothers.
There are two sides TO this police raiding qucs-
tion-for there IL question " the propricty Of
many raids that are made by the police. But
there are not two sides 10 the question. Shall
wolnc after the police have made them prison
crs. be treated with decent respect to their sex
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The twenty-five og-catchers-ln-chicf Of
the twenty five dog districts into which the city
has been divided have been sworn to support
the Constitution Of the United States and the
Constitution Of the state Of New York an yet
on the very threshold Of their official career
some Of these new ofllccholdcrs have. So the
compainants before Mayor Ely aver. violated
their official oath by selling dogs that enjoy the
Mayors official license 10 live. Let the Mayor
looA aitar his dog-catchers
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rior, and the Secretary Of State and Secretary
of War together seem likely to involve us in
a war with Mexico.
II the Administration goes on losing
ground until October, where will it stand
when the first Congress since its organiza-
ton shall meet
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sv; Mr.. Jud-on
larsl.s story uni oa red myself toltn a, bal for
Richard Connolly is all nonoh / never went with
YhN 90 5000 SIR Connolly. roYtr owned lot or lot.
m either Hr,ruNuHd or calvary Cemetery, / never
n rct my amy One else Go lud-O Jarvis ga lii
MthHh r. connolly honl. NOR have cN,rr NchNl,d "a
word VAIL JARVIS uIu thr subject and why Doc dril, me
Nl0 his AirS romans ,nie~ !, past uN cHurrrhru-l DO
SALMON SklNNi %. dentist. - Iurk llale. y \.
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We have not yet heard the last Of the
Louisiana Returning Board. II the indict-
mcnts that have been found against some Of it,
members are properly prosecuted. there will be
developments that must startle even HAYES in
Washington,
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Undressing the troops whom hcrevicwcd
at Longchamps last Sunday. President MAC
MAnoN told them he felt sure they would aid
him in his mission which he would discharge to
the end. AT last" says the reactionary organ
IL P1Ds, we feel that we are ruled by a hand
that wiclds Il sword; for the chief Of the army
hns appealed to the bayonctr. and all must now
return to their duty" There does not seem to
be much necessity for appealing to the bayonets
at present in France. There has been no re-
sstance to the change of Cabinet, to the dissolu-
ton Of the Chamber Of Deputies. to the harsh
measures enforced against the press and public
assemblies, TO the percmptorv removal OF
functionaries on political grounds, or to
any of the other acts Of President IMAGINATION.
Tho Government is rcsorting TO every
available means Of controlling the elections that
are soon to be hcld hut yet the ndvcrsuries OF
the party in power propose only pcaccable ways
Of showing their strength. II is bad policy.
under the circumstances. for IMAGINATION and
his Ministers and his organs to boast 50 much
about the power Of their bayoncts.
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We congratulate our distinguished cor
respondent. Mr.. GToEGE FRANCIS TRAIN. On the
determination he has announced To writ" 10
NOR" Tor Idper- that d., not pay. The lahorer
j. worthy of his hire. and Mr.. TEAM ought to
Ice paid the full value Of his contributions by
every newspaper ia which they are originally
published. Ii may seem unfortunate that 81 "a
a resolution should bc formed hy him in the
midst If times So hard as The present. when
eNon the most cNtrayaeani Journals are cutting
down ihcir expenses und reducing their rates
of compensation. Toa person ike Mr. TRAIN.
however. this makes no difference. A ph.l, -o-
uN'r who lives upon peanuts and apples. who's
soul r. chccrod by tine praltle of children and
the song II birds, and who knows that ho r. n
man of destiny, with the whole future for his
hirthright, need not hagsle about terms even
with the most imp"ouniou- If journals W.
feel ourselves hound To- notify him. however if
h should send qny further contributions 20 THE
StN, that We are noi now paying at tine rate of
sijuup per column, which. according To- the ios-
umouyo OF GEolOE. the Count JoANNEs that iril-
lau' nohleman has sometimes received from
our u,erlnwing treasury. Times are changed.
and su,h N.un!n-cnee is Just now beyond our
nlc..~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-04

Inst nights thunder storm cleared the
atmosphere and gave promise Of n fine day for
the Fourth Of July. Let US with clear heads
ponder on the liberties that this day commemo-
rates. and resolve TO stand firm hereafter in
maintaining them at the ballot box and in Con-
Erpss
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Harvard College and every other university
IN the lana must ducatn state aud knowledge Ut
te 'cioncc ct politics must be included the prescribed
list Of studies pursued. --tafi sinus.
The American people understand American
politics more clearly than CARL ScHuEz from
Germany gives them credit for. For example,
they know that HAYES got his seat by fraud
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GRANTS oratorical powers, which have
been so often called out since he reached Eng
land. were displayed in an astonishing way
yesterday in his speech TO the workingmcn.
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A valued correspondent writes 20 cell our
attention to- the fact ihai Mr. EvAgTs lreak-
tasted ON Monday morning. at the Br'voor
House in coi pany with NJ. SAMUEL WAnD and
tho editor Of ths HDrh. W congratulate Nj.
FVArTs ON hreakio-ting At so good house and
in -ucA IL 'a-ant company. II must he O. great
relief 10 man condemned To le regularly
bored by the rlatitud of the Fraudulent pro~l-
dent. To- spend a couIl" of hours over such a
breakfast. in The society ol men so clever and
entertaining rs SAM WARD and til, editor of
the leading Democratic journal.
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They soom t. have rather loose ways Of
doing business IN Hartford. Bank officers Of
The highest responsibility make ducks and
drakos of ;1un.OUO 81 their dtpo-itor- mooney
tn, Town Collector. also eminonty re-pa ia-
he, drops siouuO asrrn of his accounts
before the public take any notice; and
now that ;2OlouOO drhit is sudden
Is discovered I'm one of the leading i'm
suranec companies. there /. an apparent
disposition IN high quart rs 70 temper the whit
not to the shotn. bur To- the -hoarcr-. The
Hartford Coni0m rcHnlrm- that Mr.. FUlRER
owns throc-tourins OF the Charter OAK -toak:
pays himself salary of sl2 ul0, has contract
with himself. as financial manager which was
worth ;l-G,ud0 to bin last year, and i- believed
10 have been simultaneously drawing salaries
from three or four other embarrassed CONT
rnnios. The CoW0W adds that the situation is
o. far from satisfactory to the policy holders.
We should suppose it would hn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-04

BUFFALO. Julg al .ph Bosk. the default
seNtnppu lnui unrut
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ing. II prices can be kept down this summer.
the Advertiser thinks autumn will find the New
England mills unable to keep up with their
ord
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The Kansas city Times. one of the most or

The Kansas City Times, one of the most en-
terprsing journals west of the Missouri offers
young women rs inducements for unmarried
masculine Subscribers. Ladies' ambitious Of
matrimony are allowed to have their names anda
brief description Of their personal and other at
fractions entered in special list OF matrimonial
premiums. Each lady must enclose her pho
tograph. and, il she chooses she can express
her preference for any one Of the manly candi-
dates for marital Joys.
Some Of the communications arc very anus
ing. For instance a lady Of Wabaunsee county
Kansas. writes:
am ~ years Of age. FIVE feet two inches in height
have fair complex n.ht hair ami blue eyes beautiful
teeth and am not handsome in my opinion. want
gentleman who can do all kinds Of Homework for am
very lazy, and one who will always be lover want
TN and handsome fellow. whose shoulders ,ha be the
socst pillow with ewes huc who will be true
and who will love omdv belong 10 the Sons OF TEN
pcrancc aud don't want man who swears, uses tobac
CO. or drinks
Another young female. whose ingenious style
IS certainly IN her favor. says:
lam ~ years of ace. 1havo got brown owes The
color my hair ch, smut brown cannot say that
am very pretty. for never hcar any onc say was
I never heard any say was very homcly. don't
dunk my photograph is - very good one
And so on through n long list
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TNTINoRr. July 3.-pt1f y. II. Smith. IN,
,Asi ,ul.' d Aul uiyli. 40 author, u.,t A,r
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Well done. Capt. BRAcKETTi

the KELSEY murder. perpetrated within few
miles OF New York
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-04

An additional reason why HAYES should
turn out Col. WILKINS in Baltimore is that he
was appointed Collector 10y GRANT.
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An outrage unusually horrible, even for

An outrage unusually horrible, even for
that region, is reported to have occurred in
Oseoola, Arkansas. RILEY CONJUNCTION, colored,
killed two men about year ago. He escaped,
went to Cairo. Illinois, and worked there as a
barber On sunday Of last week he was arrest
rcd and taken TO Oscoola. Before his departure
he said that he would not live fifteen minutes
after reaching that ncighborhood. On his ar
rival in Osceola he was seized hya crowd, which
tied his neck and feet TO ropes attached TO
mules. The mules We're then goaded in oppo-
site directions and the victim was torn to
pieces. A locality in which such an act of cru-
city could be deliberately porpetIatcd cannot be
regarded as civilized. Yet il IL no worse than
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-06-02

Discussing the future railway connec
tions Of the Northwest, and the PROPOSE
ton to secure al extension of time fol
the Northern Pacific land grant, the
Idaho Statesman says:
"Oregon--that is, Portland-would,
it seems, be perfectly willing to leave
her most beautiful aud fertile valleys,
that of the Grand Roude, Umatilla and
Powder river, bottled up and isolated
for all time, provided she could secure
advantages for her new favorite, which
she vainly hopes may bring her in com
munication with East
This is ''wri; large" large. The
effort in connection with the Northern
Pacific road is urged now because it
seems to be the most practicable thing
offering at this time. 70 get this is
not to sacrifice the other interests nam.
ed. Western Oregon recognizes the
vast Importance and value of Umatilla.
Union Baker counties. No estimate of
their future wealth aud greatness can
exceed the coming reality. \ tract of
country so large and possessing natural
resources so great cannot remain "bot-
tied up for all time" Nothing is more
certain than that it will obtain railway
connection with the Columbia river and
the western market. a road direct
from Ogden through Idaho and this
part of Ogn. would be greater ''favor-
ite' with Portland than any other could
be named. 1t would be direct route
and would give an independent road not
complicated with diversity of terminal
interests. The question is, can Con-
eress be induced to give the aid rcquir-
ed? AT present, perhaps not. How
difficult it is to get an original grant,
the whole country knows. What Of the
Northern Pacific? \ very Influential
effort will be made to get its land grant,
extended. Hope is entertained that
the effort may be successful In this
there is reasonable probability. In ur-
ying it we are not making choice be-
;wecn two routes. We are only trying
% give aid to an undertaking tina: seems
practicable. The moment it appears
hat anything can be done for a railroad
through our eastern counties and Ilaho |
Territory. to connect with the Union
Pacific, Portland will give all it's en-
rgies to the enterprise Oregonidn.
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OREGON MINERALS.

The total product of mines worked
in the counties of Jackson and Jose
phine, in Southern Oregon, since 1891
when gold was first discovered is esti-
mated at upwards of eighteen millions
of dollars. Baker and Grant counties
in Eastern Oregon have also yielded
many millions. On the ocean beach
near Coos Bay, placer mines have been
worked to a considerable extent. Rich
gold quartz leads have been partially
worked in the southern part of the
Cascade mountains. Lead and copper
have been found in large quantities in
jackson, Josephine and Douglass coun-
ties. Large deposits of rich iron ore
exist in nearl y every part of the State.
The mine at Oswego, on the Willamette
river, about six miles south of Portland
is the most extensive so far developed.
Coal abounds in nearly all portions of
the State. Extensive beds exist on
Coos Bay, in Douglas county and Oh
the northern Umpqua. Partially ex-
plored be Is have been discovered on
Yaquina Bay, at Port Oxford near St.
Helens and at different points in Clack-
amas, Clatsop and Tillamook counties.
The Coos Bay coal ranks very high in
the San Francisco market. The want
of invested capital has retarded opera
tions but Oregon is coming to the front
and the day is not far distant when our
mines will attract the attention they
deservc.-M. I. Journal.
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-06-02
NEW MINING MACHINE.

ORovILLE, May pa great deal
of interest is felt in the mining machine
at present at work on the river. and
vast re suits are predicted from its use.
The patentees have incorporated com
pany in San Francisco, and sold o-fifths
of tn, right for California for some
thing like quarter Ola million. The
company are now constructing a ma
chine OF extraordinary power at long
Bar, few miles above the town, which
when completed in June will be tloated
down on their claim just above the
ground Of the Main Feather River Min
ing Co. and set in operation. The Main
Feather Co. are also about to have one
of the machines constructed for their
claim, which old miners consider en-
braces the best ground on the river.
When the two new machines are at
work, if parties here who ought toknow
are to be believed, the production Of
gold will astonish the gamblers in Com
stock shares - Oregonion Tel.
4 Similar machine would he success
full on Salmon river.
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-06-02

PREpARED.---We understand that Mr..
Fisk, che assayer, has completed ar
raneemcuts for purchasing and has al
ready ordered, Varney's improved pa
tent amalgamator, which constructed
especially by the government, to order
some years since for use in the San Fran
cisco branch mint at a cost of seven
bundled and fifty dollars. 1t is said to
bee the finest ANAL gamator on the Pacific
coast. Mr. Fisk will use it at his as
saying works for amalgamatinc different
kinds of ores. This in connection with
a new stamp mill. soon to be erected will
look like business. III. I. Journal.