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Gen. McClcllan's Nomination.

Gov. ROBINSON has nominated Gen. Nc
CLELLAN as Superintendent OF Public Works
Of tho state, very important onlcc Gen
MCCLELLAN Is an experienced engineer, a
good disciplinarian, a man Of approved in
tegrity and enyiahle reputation. His re-
moyal from mere machine politics is also in
his favor, and II he shall be confirmed in the
Office and administers it with irmness and
decision, he will render tho State important
service.
Gen. MCCLELLAN has adequate knowledge
touching all questions Of transpOrta ton
and as the functions Of the Superintendent
Of Public Works will require him to handle
the canals, that information will he useful
10 him and may be made valuable to the
state. Our canal systcm has long been
rotten and source OF much corruption in
politics. Here in New York we know little
and care loss about the canal political inilu-
cnco; but tho people in the interior Of the
state, along the line Of the Erie canal. are
well informed in regard to it, and the honest
men among them will welcome the advent Of
amy Superintendent who will cleanse those
highways " commerce Of the evil associa-
lions connected with them.
The canals ought to be sold They are a
property which would he best managed by a
private corporation, which might make
money out of them; whereas now they cost
the taxpayers n handsome sum yearly. But
30 long rs We have them, II is desirable that
they should be kept in the best condition
and made as useful as possible II Gen.
MCCLELLAN gets the Office 10 which he Is
nominated he will have n hrst-rate oppor-
tunity to display his abilities rs an engineer
and m organizer This city is vitality inter
estrd In the proper management OF the
canals, for transportation by them can be-
effected at n much less cost than II can be
done by railways. Tho low price at which
grain Is sometimes carried by the trunk rail
ways when they are engaged in strife to get
traffic does not dsprove this statement.
These cut-throat prices are at best only
spasmodlc, and they are so unremunerative
that during the prevalence Of the late rail
way wars some Of the lines were brought to
the verge Of bankruptcy by reason of them,
II the Erie canal is kept in good condition
and managed with skill and honesty, this
city will be n great gamer from its facilities
and from its low rates for transportation.
We hope Gen MCCLELLAN is the man to do
this thing.
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WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs and STANLEY MAT
TuEws, who chiefly conducted the case of
the Fraudulent President before the Elccto-
raj Commission, have received their re-
wards. One is Secretary of State. and the
other is elected Scuator from Ohio entirely
through the influence OF HAYES, and against
the accepted usagcs OF the party FRELING-
HuYsES and the other patriots who consum-
mated the great crime are to get their pay
gradually, SO that public attention may not
bc too much attracted TO the scandal. Now
that the Senate has adjourned and restraint
upon Executive action is removed for the
time being, provision will be made for all
who contributed to complete the work of the
Returning Boards, and t. steal States from
TILDEN
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tho 4th OF March, have been appointed
again, though some Of them had attained n
national notoriety for corruption In Office
and for INSCRIPTIONS partsanship.
TyNER, one Of MoRToN's chief managers,
who openly prostituted the Post Office De-
partmcnt during the last campaign, and is
nothing but scurvy politician at best, is
made First Assistant POstmastcr-Gcncral.
In his Office some thirty thousand appoint
mcnts in the Northern States and Terri
tories are made, with the understanding
that he Is todiroct that immense patronage,
as Mr.. KEY has commenced his career by
restricting his authority to the South alone.
The new Senators will get the benefit Of
vacancies which may occur hereafter, If
they conform to the viows and wishes of the
Fraudulent President, as they are all likely
10 do, reasoning upon the experience of Il
single fortnight, during which the old and
the new have alike signalized their zeal in
competing for HAYrss favor. Even while
GRANT was in the White House, vonal Job
bers like SARGENT were regarded with n
certain degree of distrust; but no is among
the favoritcs of the present regime and was
of the first TO take the opposite direction to
BLAINE. This whole thing is trick and a
sham, as the country will discover before it
is two months older. The vicious influences
Of the past are seen to be moro powerful
than ever before.
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How the New Machine Works.

The Fraudulent President was u-hercd
Into Office Two weeks ago, with IA flourish of
trumpcts about civil service reform, To-
which Messrs. EyAgTs, ScHURz. and SnEH-
MAN have since then tuned their windy in
Btrumcnts.
Under GRANT the Republican Senators
formed close corporation among them
selves, and disposed Of all the patronage
within their States, not concedod to the Rep
rcsentativos from the Congressional Dis
trlcts, who had their own organization.
which co0peratcd with the other for the
success of the party.
When GRANT went out, ali tho Offices at
home and abroad worth having with the
Exception Of those ol his family and some
personal friends, We're filled by the ap-
ponteos Of Republican Senators aud Repre-
Bentatiyes. Many Of their commissions
have expired since HAYES came in. and in
order to get rid of crushing Importantly.
Rnd to be- relieved Of the responsibility Of
deciding between aspirants OF equal claims,
be has decided not to remove these incum-
bents, except upon charges, as IA general
rule.
Now, charges are usually made by Office
seekers, and rarely attract much notice.
Hose affecting the honesty and capacity OF
lncumhoats have hitherto been buried ont of
sight in the official pigeon holes, or thrown
into the waste basket. Practically they do
not exist, and if they did, they would not be
preferred by those who are now running the
nachno of government. If new charges
Should be brought forward, they would al
most necessarily be referred 10 the senator
or Representative upon whose recommended
ton the appointment was made, or through
whose influence the Olllceholdcr was re-
tancd.
II Is thus seen that instead Of being re-
form ia any sense, the plan adopted by
HAYES nld his advisers il nothing more than
s'h'ne to prolong the tenure of the APP
po'ntments made by the old Senatorial
hihH' ana Is substantially II continuation of
thn worst phase Of Granti-m All the
rlend7 OF Mok1oN, SARGENT, OGLEsBY. and
others, whose commissions expired since
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IIaycs's Policy.


corruption Is the natural ally OF fraud
MIR HAYES holding the Presidency by
fraudulent utlc ana having against him
nearly nan the senate with majority OF
the House Of Representatives, elected as
Democrats. is compelled by the cXigcncies
of his situation to endeavor to bride
enough 81 the hostile majority In the House
u give hlm ana ms party majority In that
p"dN'hhu enough 81 the minority III the sen
ate To weaken the opposition there anu
enable MN To deiy Inc spirit Oh antagonism
Wnlch l. active against nm among some OF
'hc most powerful hepubllcah senators.
me hrlhery on which he mas to rely Is
'W"l"id' II consists IN tho first place in the
appointment TO Office OF men known us Dem
oc'ats in all parts II the Southern States;
and for this purpose he has selected n
Democrat and a former rebel as his Post
n.astcr-Genrral, to manage the patronage
II that great department throughout the
boundaries OF the former Southern Com
lr,leracv But bostowng Offices lavishly
ulun Southern men, while ii might possibly
un-vsr the purpose of controlling the
fu1y-liith Congress- cannot be sufficient to
hring ovcrany large proportion of the South
rgn Democracy: and. if other means could
notNchrousht to bear. Mr.. HAYES would still
be- exposed to 1.-THE certainty of an entire over
throw in the Congressional elections OF 1878
Toohviato this danger the second part of his
scheme Of Wholesale bribery is designed
II consists in an immense scheme OF subsi-
dies for such public works as the Southern
Pacific Railroad and the James River and
Kanawha Canal. BY literally applying the
credit and the money OF the United States
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Zachariah's Grief.

We are not surprised to learn that Mr..
IAcH CHANDLER IS not in u cheerful state OF
mind, or that he begins to despair of the
republic. But for the desire TO promote the
advancement of little HALE Of Maine, his
son-n-law AMI member Of BLAINE's
efficient stan, he would be inclined to
speak out in netting He does not con-
ceal his disgust ut the turn things have
taken, or his want Of esteem for the Dc fdcto
Cabinet, Notwithstanding the mutual admi-
ration speeches that passed betwc,n him
and CARL SCHURz
lie dined the Fraudulent President, it is
true; but that was only To keep up appear
anccs. and 10 make uoOplc ut Il distance
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Our Jersey City ncighbors are busyng
themselves with nominations TO nh their com
missions. which are no longer the subject Of
legislative appointment. A Fire Commissioner.
Police Commissioner. and u Commissioner of
Public Works are 10 bo elected in each OF the six
Aldermanir districts for the first time and this
makes "a good deal more Of a stir than is usual
in the spring election. The ordinary set Of ma
chine politicians are after the nominations, and
viii probably get them. In practical ward poll
tics the office doesn't sock the man very much.
The election Of administrative officers by the
people IS one degree better than the system Of
legislative appointment; because the people are
less likely 10 continue a corrupt iii'ial in Office
than the caucus If Assomblymen. But the re-
sponsibilty Of this class Of ON 'nholders il not
direct enough in either case. The present law
is n mere makeshift, and cannot be cxpe ted to
work better than any other piece of tinkcring.
The Jersey City charter Of 1871 was modelled
upon the TWEED charter In New York, and with
a like purpose. The Legislature ought to have
taken THE SUNS advice aud amended it. lock
stock, and barrel.
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In Anahem, on the I'd inst, n very largo
rnilt Wlal" WAS found in the creek unable 10
make his cscnp", owing 10 the cbh tide All the
shptgllns and rifles were Immediately brought
into r'quisitton and II was fired upon from land
a party of sailors in n small skin tried 10 hook
i with nrge hook used for grapplng lighters
Int We're barely able 10 cs"npe with their lives
Thr whale then attacked one of the lighters
lashlng the water into u lathcr of foam and
od. As tn" tide came 10 It's hood. however II
had sufficient strength Ia work its way ont t.
sea- The length of the monster was estimated
at over forty feet.
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believe he was still power ut the White
House, where he has been supplanted by the
now Corners, who intend to make the most
OF their monopoly. What troubles ZACH
now Is a round sum Of twenty-five thousand
dollars, which he claims to have advanced
for tho cause" and which nobody seems
inclined TO restore to his purse.
Although millionaire, old ZACH Is man
of business, and when he invests money in
Scnatorslip or Fraudulent President he
expects to get some return for his green
backs. He had hardly recovered from his
sad experience in seeking n reelection to the
Senate, which made u large hole in his
income Of that year, when he liz again
visited with misfortune. He tells his friends
defeat could have been endured, but after
capturing three States that voted for
TiLDEN, and putting HAYES in the White
House, who was never elected, II IL hard to
see the spoils grabbed by gang of Ohio
politicians and crew 81 sham rcformcrs,"
who always required TO be paid in advance
for their services To the party.
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The old, defunct Goat Island job, one of
the most notorious of tho schemes to rob the
Government which was pushed by the Central
Pacific Ring in the Forty-second Congress is to
be revived. This was u cool proposition 10
make pr sent 10 the Central Pacific Railroad
Of ono-half of the Island of Yorba Buena-or
Goat Island, as it is commonly callod-in the
Bay OF san Francisco to De used as II terminus
OF the railway The value Of the property IT
Wac proposed 10 give away was estimated at
s2.5OO,O0O, ana the eilrontcry OF the proposition
was all the more apparent from the fact that
commission Of engineers had reported 10 the
War Department that it would he disastrous for
the Government To part with the island. ms II
WIS n"ossnry for the defence Of the cily Of San
Fran ls'o and its harbor. On this ground the
hll Introduced in tho House by W. 4.
W HELLER 10 authorize the gift WAS
strongly opposed 10y Mr.. WAsHDURN Of Wis
'onSin and others. ana u still moro Ell tive
opposition was brought to bear in the indg-
nant circumstances Of the citizens Of San Fran
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Tho spectacle OF n number of cx-Scnators
OF the United States struggling for places. after
being thrust aside by their constituents. is far
from being refreshing or creditable. Mr.. NOR
RILL OF Maine is pensioned on the Collector
ship OF Portland. in open violation OF the rule
announced by the Fraudulent President. and
applied to numbers of other cases. Mr.. BOUT
WELL is 10 superintend second edition Of the
Revised Statutes. which any good proof reader
could better do. though perhaps no might not
take the profitable libertiesl with the statutes
that Mr.. POLAND and his committee did. to pro-
mote various interests when preparing the
present edition.
Mr.. CRAGIS has been hanging about Washing
ton. seeking TO b. Commissioner Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. or almost anything else that
promises to pay well. Mr.. LOGAN has bcsieged
the White House with petitions and influence
for an appointment. and is said to bo silenced
10y tho promise of n secondary mission. All the
discharged carpet-bag Senators are Of course
seeking office. and will take whatever they can
get. All these pace-hunters are Republicans.
and most OF them have been prominent in the
councils OF the party.
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Senator MARTIN, of the committee sent
here from Tennessee to confer with the arbiters
appointed TO arrange for a compromise OF the
State debt, is back In Nashville, and says the
committee will make n report to the Logisla-
turc. recommending neither the acceptance nor
rejection Of the proposition Of the arbiters. The
proposition IA TO issue bonds. at the rntc Of
sixty cents on the dollar Of the present debt and
payable In thirty years. The Tenncssceans
seem 60 be sure that they cannot Offer over nifty
cents On the dollar. though a contrary opinion
prevails among the bondholders North and
West
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II Is we'll to moderate the shouting The hattie
tor civl service reform Is not yet and It may he
better u postpone celebrating the victory I'LL the night
over The new Administration has started OIL beauii-
iully.-JIy Gogds Htbiae
Beautifully said young editor. and spoken up
like man. or. rather. woman. There is a great
deal Of humbug about this civil service reform
business, as time will demonstrate.
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II was queer notion, that Of tho Chicago
editor who sent a reporter to interview the
ghost Of STEPHEN S. JONES. of the Spiritualist
organ there who was murdered last Thursday
Serious charges had been made against JoNEs's
moral character. and II was thought fair to
give him chance TO defend himself. Mr.. JONES.
however, must have been upset by the events Of
the day. for his ghost when summoned by a
medium. failed to east light on the clouded in
cidents OF his career in the flesh.
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Academy 81 w.>ir -raunhnuser.
uosth's Theatre rip TO the Noon
hover, Theatre Smie jun
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ury,~ Theatre NINE tttchiinc
Ir,pt,.- usII -s'th -, "esr ~ ".
tifth A....- Ts-strr-London Assurance
s.rs.a Opera tso.~~ The rwp Orphans
u-ii~r's wonder rh~rtr--opr. Ncv York Hotel
N~,. Nnrricsa wu.e"n -io' nowcry.
N-w broadway rhestr~-MeieA
New York Aquarium broadway ami 1ittN.
New Park Theatre. urootsi,n-Varleiy.
Olympic rhestr--Jack and jim
Park rbcstre-Onr Boarding House..
r-st-t-. t..i-,s.- utcat AttO.ttinn, Matinee
San Ersrci~co uirstrrts -Brosiway and l5tnit
Theatre Ccaip"--varietN
Tony rs.tsr'. New fhrstr~-vWlei,
Third Avenue rhcstrc- saved ~ Seven.
uaio. square Theatre The nlnlciefs-
~ sii.-L'S Theatre Ny Awful nal
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a constant cough. with shortness Of breath.
,a,nns 'uSnsn ani Nasuns OF flesh, all hcoSen lun.
n'nt bN nsins Or JnS mes ENl"ctotaut s,rious re-
nlis may BIZ either avoided or paliatcd. -AicI
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for some years carried on against Achcen. has
directed attention 10 Sumatra. and reminded us
how little is really known respecting the north
ern part of that great island. One district how
ever. the so-calod Batta country has now been
partially explored by German missionaries. and
we find the results of their researches as well
az his personal observations Of the Dutch set
Elements along the coast, reported by DR.. A.
ScHnEIBER. a German scientist who has lately
visited the Malay archipelago
Tho wcst coast Of Sumatra as far az the port
OF Bnros is controlled by the prosperous Dutch
colony of Padnng. which has displaced the
once famous Malay kingdom OF Mcnangkabau.
1t is the interior uplands lying north of Padang,
which are occupied by the Battas. people I'M
ill recently less known to Europeans than many
tribes OF Central Africa. and Of whom nothing
could be affirmed with certainty beyond the
fact that they were cannibals. II now appears
from the data collected by DR.. Schneider. bear
ing on The language. origin. and customs Of
this race, that the Battas are sept or offshoot
of tho Malays, both peoples. however. having
been for centuries completely sundered. the one
accepting Mohammedanism and a rude form
OF civilization. while tho other remained
heather and savage. The cradle of the latter
nation seems to be n densely populated
region surrounding u largo inland basin called
the Tobn lake. from which in historical times
-, M, ~ wv pn." oonuuy To-
49, So, "Pp'""'o Da''" ~
" na'e ','sen,ou ny 'lie
NV :, - ","nEy nuop'e" ny 'nc innau
''''s VI .u9 oy' VINO possess 80 ''ie
p,,.o ,'ia' mnen 'ney WISH " s'ien"-
-. -. - .u.opea" ny '"y io -
territory has been repeatedly laid waste by ex-
peditions undertaken by the Malays OF Bondiol
.. s''o VI ,ana'.,a' No
a, y. . re-. a.. ','s '.o soa
~, -, ,,,,,a ,I i,'i,'
Wv, .,o 'u.,s VI ,,, .'t, anu ospo'",v
-. - -, ma -, 80 w., 70 sno u'e
- ,, ., 49, ''' ~
~ -
Inc iona STRIP Oh snore from the Padang pro-
Nlhcc horln""ru " olopHa' anu US pr DICK 's
the nrst coast ranRe' Is an almost uhlnhaDltaDle
swamp forest. only mere ana there In the val
Ieys OF small rivers lie n lew llsning hainlets
completely cut OH from the word. Inc SOIL Is
extremely rlch and well adapted to rice fields,
put the nerds oil elephants Illustrate all attempts
nj image. In thehe woods moreover abounds
'he famous caihpnor Tree OF Sumatra. whose
camphor commands the highest price In China,
but there seems t. be no practicable way Of
turning the treasure to account. Passing this
coast-tract and climbing the first ridge OF noun
tains you come upon the so-called heavens
door,. the spacious and fertile plateau Of
Mandheling. one OF the regions best
suited TO coffee growing in the East In
dies. This country has not yet recovered
the teeming population OF former years. but is
now reviving since the Holanders have annex
ed Mandheling by treaty TO their colony.
Among the subject Battas. Dutch influence has
not only put an end to cannibalism and the in
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As has already been noted, the PROPOSE
ton is seriously made to form a sea Of the
desert of Sahara by cutting a channel to let in
the waters OF the Mcditcrrancan-an enterprise
regarded rs entirely feasible more So in fact
than the cutting Of the isthmus of Darcn
which may be said 10 he nm assured project. A
German scientific writer. however. goes SO far
a. 10 assert that the Sahara project. if carried
out, would eventually turn Europe into another
Greenland. He alleges that the diversion OF the
Gulf Stream, by the cutting Of the Suez canal,
has already begun to have an influence on the
climate Of Europe and that the covering Of the
burning sands Of the great African desert with
water would destroy the hot winds, which are
necessary for the melting Of the Alpine snow
and ice and would finally result ia glacial
formation that would ovcrwhelm Italy. He in
stances the changes in climate in Australia and
New Guinea by the deviation Of n warm current
Of water which formerly ran through Torres
Straits as practical illustration OF his theory.
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II has been the fortune of all the recent

TT mas doom the fOrtune OF All the recent
Presidents of Mexico to get into trouble with
the Church. JUAREz disputed it's claims and
undertook 70 repref0 It's power LEgDo the
exile did the same thing. And now President
DIAz who enjoyed the support of the Church
party when he drove out LERDo. has broken
with it, Under the circumstances. he will
hrn'clorih have hard work 10 retain himself in
office.
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In yesterdays Sun We printed an account
OF n shocking affair which occurred in Justice
MLEY's court in Brooklyn. A giant Of a fellow
named KINNEY. who had just been convicted OF
hrutally beating his wife. slight woman. who
WIS rs helpless M an infant in his powerful
hands. after receiving his sentence watched his
opportunity and right there In the court room
knocked the poor creature down. after which he
savagely kicked her in the face with his heavy
boots. 1t is probable that many who read the
account Of this outrage regretted that We have
not in operation in this State n law. similar Ia
that which has been urgently advocated in
ENGLAND. for the Punishment ~ wife bcatcrs
providing that such cowardly rufians shall not
only be imprisoned but also severely noggcd
upon the bare back with tho cato -nine-tails
At any rate, II will be generally admitted that
six months Imprisonment is an entirely made
quate punishment for such IA brutal and fer0-
cious assault upon fragile woman.
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The present attitude of Mr.. HAYES toward
the Fraudulent Governors. CHAMBERLAIN and
PACKARD. brings to mind the story Of the good
little boy and his grandmother. The little boy
was the special pet Of tho old lady. and the two
were discussing the relative degrees OF arec-
ton Of each toward the other. Finally the old
lady resolved on a test Of her Rrandchild's devo-
ton. " JOHNNY" said she. " ii either you or
had to die which had you rather it should bop"
JOHNNY pondered the question fcw moments
and thon suddenly Frightening up. replied
chccrfully: well. grandma. l think l had
rather you should die. for I think I could stand
the loss better than YOU could" This is about the
caso with the three fraudulent Executives we
have named. II is death to PACKARD and CHAM
BERLA1N TO 60 out. and 1t is death for HAYES to
have them stay in Though the latter still has
an ardent admiration. closely approaching af-
fcction for both the others. he thinks he can
stand their loss good deal better than they
could his: and therefore he blandly asks them
to commit hari-kari in his behalf. PAcKARD
and CHAMBERLAIN. however. do not seem to view
the matter in this light.
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The revival Of business Is slow to come.
Capital and labor find but littlo encouragement
in tho Inauguration OF Fraudulent President.