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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

When the frauds and thevery Of the
Christian soldiers and statesmen who in
vented the FrccdmCns Bureau and managed
II as a partisan machine and as source
Of personal profit We're fully exposed
after several Investigations, Congress was
compelled to close ii up, and to transfer the
unsettled bountlcs and pensions to the War
Department, where, under the care Of Gen
VINCENT, this trust has for the first time
been honestly administered. The Freed
mems Hospital a charity supported lib
orally by Congress, was preserved from the
wreck of the bureau, and continued indie
pcndently.
This hospital is located outside the city
limits Of Washington, on the grounds occu-
pied by the Howard University, and has
practically, without the least color of law.
been merged into that private concern
That Is To say, large part Of the money
generously voted by Congress TO support
hospital for the sick and the suffering,
has been diverted to the maintenance of
the so-callcd university, which cannot sus-
tain itself In this indirect and dishonest
way President, professors, and staff of
dependents are billctcd ON the Treasury
while the needy and the disabled are denied
the comforts aud care which the law pro-
yldos for their benefit.
Ugly rumors have long been common that
this fund was mlsliscd and unlawfully APP
piled to objects never contemplated bv Con-
gross. They finally took the shape of posi-
tive charges, which were formally presented
to Mr., ScHuW three months ago, against
Dr. PALMER who has charge Of the hospital
| a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

Tho commission dismissed the charges and
whtewashed DR.. PALMER But when the
testimony and this report came to be com
pared by an Independent referee, the decep-
ton was transparent, aud then 1t was de-
cided To- remove PALMER.
That decision, Of course. excited the ire OF
the beneficiarics Of Howard University, who
have been proiting by the fund appropri-
ated for the hospital, and they appealed to
Mr.. HAYES against Mr.. ScHURz, basing the
defence OF PALMER upon er pdrte slater
mcnts, prepared since the investigation
closed. The prosecutor FELTON, comes to the
front to protest against this proceeding,
and winds up II very sharp letter with these
words:
1.-THE Impeachment and prosecution Of the accused
have not been actuated by personal anmosity political
consde rauuns dc sire to suppant the medical corps
or To- install others in their place bu, by the conscious
that the Government has been Systematically plan
dercd. the patients maltreatcd and deprived of their
nights aud the nation scandHhled BY the hagrant mis-
managcmc Mt Of the Pccduens Hospital and the perVer
sion Of a noble charity"
In presence Of such disclosures, the House
Of Representatives will, of course, order an
investigation before another dollar Is grant
cd First and last, more than million Of
dollars has been appropriated to this chari-
table object, n large part Of which Is be-
lieved to have been stolen by professional
philanthropists For many years sums
varying from forty to sixty thousand dol
lars annually have been voted. On the 81
Of March, 1877, the appropriation for the
current fiscal year was rs follows:
"For the Frccdmcn's Hospital and Asylum In Wash.
ngion. District Of columbia. namely. For subsistence
$500. salaries and compensation follows OF
geom 81 400 NJ aud dpensary clerk 81 2vO
OF engineer. $40, matron. $40. aud cooks
si~o fuel and lights. f3OD, clothing. $500. Of
hospital buildings. s2Oco medicines and medical sup
plies 81 500 aud miscellaneous expenses. s. iJ4-in ALL
$1,000"
II seems unfortunate that all the institu-
tions authorized by Congress ostensibly in
the interest Of the colorcd people, have been
perverted into agencies for plundering them
and for robbing the Treasury. The Freed
mans Bank was ruined by the Washington
Ring and their confcderates. The Freed
mems Bureau was broken up because Of the
frauds and faithlcss conduct Of q. o. How
ARD, RUNKLE, and that crew of plundercrs
And now the Frccdmens Hospital Is likely
to share the fate OF the others. and from
similar causes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22
Nonsense About that Connecticut Bridge.

few days ago passenger train, drawn
by two locomotives, ON railroad near
Tarinvlle, Conn, broke through trestle-
work bridge. About thirty persons were
killed, and many more suffered serious in
iuries. At first it was represented that one
Of the locomotives ran OF the track. and
that this occasioncd the accident which was
not attributable to any defect in the bridge
This, however, has been since disprovcd by
the positive testimony of an eyewitness to
the occurrence, who says he saw the bridge
give way before either Of the engines had
left the track
An investigation has been ordered. The
Connecticut Board Of Railway Commission
ers are going TO look into the matter
What is there for them to investigate I?
One would suppose it to be the nature of tho
defect in the bridge, and the responsibility
| for its existence. The fact that there was a
defect would seem To be conchsivcly estab-
llshed by the very occurrence of the dis
aster
But no--if we may judge by the Tariff
vile correspondence OF some Of our con
temporarics- these wiscacrcs are already
big with the Importance OF determining
whether there was IN truth any defect what
even in the bridge and at least one of them
is strongly prcdisposed to believe that there
| was not
OF course his notions arc entirely theo-
rctical based on a mathematical calcula-
| tion how many tons weight, according to
| Tia" opinion of engineers, iron and wood of
certain dimensions ought to sustain. This
nonscnse seems an awful mockcry, in view
..rt a
a commentary on such mere theoretical
| calculations, not based on facts. The bridge
dat break tho people hare bccn manned
and killed what OCCASION what opportunity
* there left now for going into an cXamina-
tion to determine whether it was strong
enough and safe or not
There was culpablc criminal carclcssncss
in running trains over such n bridge. The
| responsibility rests somewhere WhcrcNr r
it rests, let the guilty person or persons be
punished, civilly and criminaly.
strict administration Of justice in the
promises is wanted, and not volume of
theoretical nonsense which has already been
rciutcd at such Il terrible cost of human life.
The influence which the recent numerous
failures Of lfo insurance companies have mad
upon public confidence. ia shown by tho fact
that even so sound and doscrvcdly popular an
institution as the Mutual OF this city reports
only u ,053 policies in iOrOo Oh Jan. l. 1873
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sh-: Scvera
months aso Mr. Yates, the cham ion American draush
PLAYER, OF Fulton Market challenged the Scotch cham
rion. Mr. ", lc toa trial OF -kill the chanpon.hi.
OF The world. At the same time iepo,iung
forfeit in the hands ct certain New York gentleman
Nj NYr objected 10 the stakchudrr-ns he hnd au un
doubted rght to do-bchcvne linn TO be inimca In hi
interest. aud that fair pa, uh not be- accorded ham
" Nscss advisers niucci him 10 refuse 10 Withdraw
his sfnke ami name another holder lcst such Hon
might b. construed into an Implied admission ct Mr. W..
Now ii Mr. Yates who il probably tho best draurht
rlsNer in tho world confidence "a his ahhy van
quish the WHY old scot hmHn he should not hcsitAi.
name ltkVholdyr in viii Dee acceptable To Mr wv
lie - 90 INNS H. Rather than stand Ia the uncnviullr
hght ~ preventing match between two such acknuNt
edged nnstc fst,- ai Wylic thu stakeholder allN,
suded To should 81 onec decline To ser'e to the end thai
Nj Yates may he entirely ircc to act
Were the ,hoc ON the other foot" Americans
would be ni IN our denunciauu OF anNthin- that "a
sorcd of untHrucss BN all means let "a match l, az
RANGED. 80 that our Youthful Dsvl have an oppOr
tutifN ~ sla,lus the Goliath VI the checker board
CHICAGO. jan Is L u W4hp
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

The eminencc which the Methodist breth-
rem are giving to the dogma of hell might lend
to the opinion that they would avoid mourning
in any way the Divine displeasure. Yet last
evening in prominent Methodist church of
Wllliamsburgh. the consecratod altar was desc
Grated by a variety performance. given by two
persons whose mediocre talent would hardly
procure thcm situation in third rate theatre.
From the preachers platform buffoon sung
his minstrel songs and cracked his vulgar
Jokes. The offending Willamsburgh church
ought TO be severely disciplined by the Method
list ecclesiastical authorities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

We have had occasion TO notice the recent
failure Of savings banks in the smaller towns Of
Now England The heavy institutions of Bos-
ton have. SO far. held their ground. The Mcr-
camille Savings Bank OF Boston is now COM
PEELED To take precautions against trouble. Over
three hundred thousand dollars have been
withdrawn from it since the beginning of the
present year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22
n Significant Remark


In view Of the recent reports that senator
LdmundS was TO become the chnmpiDn Of
Hayes in the Senate. the following passage in
is being snnnrnv ,,n u al nn i''i har ''''"
Mr. Morton hni no faith that plil..orl, of govern
mcnt imputed To Lnui, Napocon when President ot
France, which lei Nu 90 suppo~ that he could dominate
nil parties hN taking Ministers who represented uono
This sentence raised smile on the faces of
Senators solonlnly attending tn funeral rites.
i9r II was generally understood to rcfcl les To-
NAPOLEON than 20 Hayes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

These are terrible accounts that we are
receiving through the cable OF the sufferings Of
the multitudes OF Turkish refugees Of both
sexes and all ages. who have been and still are
nying to Constantinople before the advance Of
the Russian armies. How wretched must he the
spectacle at that station, whore fifteen thousand
women and children are out in the snow among
the hills in Il state OF starvation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

The eighteenth annual sale of paintings con .
rhutcd in aid OF the Artist, Fund Society takes place
tonight al o'clock. at the Association Han The coec
TOMS composed OF ncar, hundred pictures Taken a,
awhoc, II T. not brilliant last years hutit con
tNins. nevertheless, some line specimens OF what our
Amcrcnn arusts able to 40 Let The attendance be
large an the prices liberal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

against 82.125 in force Jan. 1, 1877 The diml-
mutton in the amount Mt risk is from 1901 ,27s 900
to 1894. 4ss 900. That the outstanding policies
are OF class approaching maturity is also
shown by the fact that the reserve to meet them
which year ago was t77 500 600 ia now $780,.
O57.00O. The company is evidently strengthen
ing itself for the possible contingency of a fur
thor decline in the number OF new policies is
auod
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

Apostle ERAsTUs SSow. Of the Mormon
Church. gives assurance that the Divorce law Of
Utah will be amended SO far as to strike out the
dangerous and obnoxious clause that allows
the probate courts Of the Territory TO grant
divorces TO persons Wishing TO become resi-
dents Should the change b. made n number
Of disrcputable lawyers in New York, Chicago.
and other large cities will be obliged 10 seek
some new menns u mnklng n livelihood.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22
the Editor OF the Hartford Cour.n,.

Mark Twain has assumed the editorial charge
nj the Hartford Commit winch he proposes mako n
semi political, semi humorous journal supporting
HaNess Administration, ant urging Marshal Jewell for
United states senator nnt himself for the Governor
Of Connecticut In aswertn que ,ton as TO what would
be the politics OF the ftttfif under III, ma nHgurut
clemens sad " Broad views expansive sentiments.
exalted aims, hut severe suhscri who don
paw up promptly In my new position / ,hal, rnir,vof
to suppuTt-nN Interesting family"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

To Tur EpITon OF THE SuN-Sb. Suppos-
ing hat there l. mistake this time in Mr. wacfcrs
statement. made in Sundays suS OF Jan ~ ls7s thar
hi bird will As Ave miles in SIX minutes accept his
challt aud viii bot him the So he hAs not got "A
hrd that will ~, delivered from The hand distance OF
hNv miles t. lts destination in siN minutes
W. ird Bleco kcr st. Newark
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22
a Gambling Dispute settled.

F0Il NJ Tl7i'IiF NNNeifIT
Louis Hall, noted gambler. shot an killed
Dave llHl cousin. ON Bower Greet IN IlnNd COUNTY
nv, Inst MnirN ihtA hHd been drinking uud Gambling
g Gay. and Louis hat lost all hi ready cast, ami while
Ice hAd gone homo Tor N0ge Dave prt tended Ia 50
drunk he couldn't UaN LuuI- thinking tiis rather I'M
lai dw lis pistol and shot Dave dead aud then cooly
llnr several ciulcns started in pursuit and inlins IL
lmnl,..l-- W N-I.,l lne IMlluAr. slnl nm l--N
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

u~v~~ry rh-"tr~-chrr
nro.ds.ay Theatre No 1horovghfare
= tb-s t~--Hanist
q fs Avenue fh-atr~-CSmflIe.
Iuts A~~r-e Waii-rrertiirit ron.
q ~ Opera Uo.>~-The shanghtann.
New America. M"s-.s.- -curcslue-
New y.rL As.s -i",- -Broaiwsy and s'hst
Nibio'. asrf-. -rhs Dukes Motto.
Olympic rh~ssr-- Minstrels
rsrL Gh~atr~-Rlsta
San rr~--i--o Mi.st~~I--Broadwsy and 1sthst
The, ere sc,uiq.-- Variety
gh-atr~ ' r"scai--T . Barber u Seville.
Ton, Pastors Or-r. u".~--vsripty nrose
Tfsoii pb-str--vati,ty. hsuncs.
z ni.a square Ib-ntr-- The M,n Of Success
NvaitseL's rb-str--My Awful Did.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

senator Eaton is said 10 have refused 10 unit
wan niini gentlemen AZ W i>h nrfpu a. t.tin. VI loo
hcrs Ice tutr Oh Thunt. lttri .nu trrau, the luIni
politician III lis recent CURRENCY sprerh tirt t. ARA
Labor against capital
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22


Here are three rather funny questions
from three different States. which we shall an
swer together because they come to us together.
The first Ia from a correspondent in Illinois.
who asks:
"IsMr EvARrs zone NJ Ii,vrs's Cabinet a white man
TINS question because have been conadic,ed in saying
that he wasa halt breed"
Mr.. EvARrs's skin Is probably IA white MS
that of our correspondent. He was born in
Boston, OF Caucasian parentage and has at
tanned prominence IA n lawyer. It IL not 40
easy to say where he lives. He owns n farm in
Vermont. where his agricultural operations are
watched with great interest by practical farm
ers; his law Office is in New York. where he
still appears frequently as an advocate in the
courts; and he has acquired n residence in
Washington by buying IA house there. There is
no colorcd member OF the Fraudulent Cabinet.
The second inquirer lives in New Jersey. and
he writes:
ton or Investment for ~ boz IN gcenbacks recently be.
queathed me by my ~iies motherf'
There IL no such thing as an absolutely safe
speculation. An investment ceases to be a spec
uation when 1t becomes absolutely safe II our
New Jersey friend wants to increase the 81 800
left him by his mother-in law and at the same
huit NithNu' lirh, We uuNlSo MIN W put u III "
sound savings bank II he is determined TO
taste the flavor of Wall street excitement he had
better wait till greenbacks reach par and the n
buy gold and hold it.
Wisconsin man furnishes the third inter
rogatory:
You often that TnE SrS shines for everybody
What ! want e. know & thu; Doc. it shine ior X b.
THE suS shines alike on the Just and the UNI
just and for Mr. HAYES rs well as for our cor
respondent in Wisconsin. BY the charity OF
various benevolent persons in different parts OF
the country. who dubbed together to buy for
Mr.. HAYES the privilege which he wanted for
nothing. he enjoys every morning the light Of
THE SUN. and II he fails to proftby ii. II is his
own misfortune and fault. Moreover. THE Sun
never fails TO dcnounce the means by which he
became a Fraudulent President. In every
respect then. THE Sun shines for HAYES.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

oiny SUNDAY, ~ cents line. ordinary advertising
uc type, 70 cents and preferred POSITIONS % cents "
GO according u classification
wnKLr 30 cents line, extra charge for large
0Ic Preferred positions IRON 10 cents ~ s.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22
How 10 Save Corn from Rats.

Hp0 Ne fNf lim Anb insnuin
MI, Peter Xchndrr for the pAst two years
IA, Nu'l lhr-r lu.u0no las cornlu the slu Nhrn
ne housed a. AMI none n o. MAS eaten hN rat. Whl That
tut up without ,ali WIS almost entirely DESTROYED I'M,
u SIMPLE irmedN hui a, the ,hucks when ,ilirl are
g"l) cawu by cattle and horses. II ccrtail Woth
tying
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

correspondent inquiries whether tho din
eot ~ language spoken At one time by the people Ire
l1ld ann now SPOKEN By few I'll the natives Of Ireland
Ha lansnase OF ever was language" We answer that
II Is language perfectly developed. pcturcsqu vgor
ons and flexible. II IL ESSENTIALLY the same ss the Ian
en"rc OF Wales ana Of brittany IN France, aud as the Vld
Gaelic VI the scottish Highlands
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

A beautiful picture Of HAYES = civil service
reform was pr scented 10y the almost stimuli
taneous removal Of WAHLE. the faithful and
efficient Postmaster at Cincinnati. and reap
pointmont Of EDMuSps. who has always run
the Washington Post OIlice as an adjunct to the
political machine
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

purpose and somcthirs tnat would have
marked him az man able 10 be useful TO
his country in the future.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

The Wrst'hestcr Fire Insurance Company
makes showing in our advertising columns which
SHOULD comm, nj Ia the OF insurers 1t has asset,
CONSISTING Of first Glass securities - the amount S3lJ
0M ant net surplus OF Ss.looD over its capital nj
Stp,Pn policy in such company would seem to be
ms sure guarantee Tor the payment of los,, hy fire
guuli be wished for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

More efficient arrangements are needed to
inform friends and relatives when the bodies Of
missing persons are received at the Morgue.
Frequently the first information communicated
to Borrowing relatives is through the inquiries
Of reuOrterS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

American champagne will soon become rs
civnr ~ sodi water Nnnunr turcrs are prrrluur in
sell 1t 'u uunit al Gallon .phous When b0usht 10y the
gallon u NlI eOsl aDVUl siA vvnls glass.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

Mr. DAwEss bin 20 provide n permanent
building for JoHN SHERMAS's costly Bureau of
Engraving and Printing il piece 81 cool impu-
deurr. Its passage would be the loss If at least
II million dollars and It's result to make a tenn
porary evil permanent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

The chief argument put forward in sup
port Of the Washington Observatory job is the
malarous character Of the present site. The
astronomers cannot work there It is said. with
ont contracting the ague to such degree that ii
is impossible for them to hold their heads steady
long enough To- tell Alpha Lyrn from q new
comet. The Presidents OF several colleges in
various parts Of the United States have bocn so
moved by this forcible argument that they have
Joined in pctitioning Congress 10 move the OBJ
servatory TO Il healthier spot. Ii the Ring con-
tractors succeed in putting through the Job. and
then cut up Observatory Hill into building lots,
MS they want To- do. It ia to be hoped that inves-
tors in real estate will remember the character
of the locality. In the mean time. we have the
authority of the newspaper owned by Boss
SHEPHERD and other members of the Ring for
the statement that the night malaria is no
worse in Washington, right upon the banks of
the Potomac where the Naval Observatory is
located, than anywhere else.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

praise for his struggle with temptation and his
honest fashion OF dealing with his own weak
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

The birth Of twins Is not generally con-
sidered sufficient provocation tor the fathers
flight. Mr. MIcAwBER's heroic example has set
the fashion for mankind in sneh ca,es.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

Last week the Mayorof De- MonrS Iowa,
resigned his Office because he found it mpossi-
Bile to keep sober. Nearly throc months ago.
knowing how strongly intrenched was his un-
fortunate habit, but wishing to make one more
effort to reform, he drew lp "A letter of rcsigna-
ton and put it in tho hands of one OF tho Alder
mon. physician instructng him to present it
to the board the next time that he. the Mayor.
was seen intoxicated. few days ago it becamo
the painful duty of the Alderman to submit tho
paper. 1t seems TO us tlat in spite Of the dis
grace which he has brought upon himself. tho
Mayor Of Dss Moincs deserves good deal of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22
Col. Tno,1As DuNLAr. who draw fftce

Col. THOMAS DUNLAP, who draws fifteen
thousand dollars n year a. Commissioner of
Jurors, says: About one in every six hundred
liable to do jury duty pay this hno SOL and il
doesn't interfere with the Obtaining OF Jury.
There seems to be a difference of opinion be-
tween the veteran oniccholder Cob DUNLAP.
and Judge VAN lIoEsiN. The Judge fnncics
that something has ntorfcrcd with his getting
Jurors. Indeed, it was tho difficulty that VAN
had experienced in impancllng luIcs that led
10 the inquiry from which has como the con
frssion that men of wealth have boon sys-
tena,ically rccased from jury duty on payment
of $50 year to the Commissioner Of Jurors
1t is not unlikely that the disclosures will
hasten the passage of tho bin before the Lcgis-
laturo for the abolition Of tho Office Of Commits
soncr of Jurors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-22

The influence which the recent numerous
failures OF liio insurance companies have mad
upon public confidence. ia shown by tho fact
that even so sound and doscrycdly popular an
institution as the Mutual OF this city reports
only 9l,553 policies in lorco on jan. /. 1873,