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OF EFFIay SARGENT, who offered II as a sub
stitute for the one already referred to, but
preserving the deceptive title. II was passed
without suspicion, with less than third of
the Senators present In this shape the bill
went to the House, and lay on the Speakers
table, waiting for n chance such as was
found In the morning before the adjourn
ment. The bill was not printed according
to usage. 80 that one of the avenues to in
formation in regard to pending legislation
was closed, and, Of course, not by accident.
On the morning OF the 10Th OF June, with
less than half a quorum present, Mr.. HEN
DEE Of Vermont, who, with others in the Sc
cret, had been on the lookout for this oppor-
tunity, called up the Senate bill from the
Speakers table. Mr.. ATKINS objected and
one objection was fatal at that time. But on
the assurance from Mr.. IIENDEE that It had
the unanimous sanction Of the Committee on
the District, which was literally true but
morally false, for Mr.. BLACKBURN had been
deceived, Mr.. ATKINS withdrew the objcc-
tlon, and 1t was passed. When published in
the Record, wholly different bill, which
had not been acted upon at ALL was substi-
tutcd, and doubtless to mislcad the unwary
enacted
subsequently, on the same dey, when the
trick was discovered, Mr.. SpRIiGER sought
to get the matter reopened But it was then
too latc. Time was pressing, and every
member was urging some particular meas
ure of his own, which would be showed aside
by a reconsideration. But the main facts
were exposed to view, and Mr.. BLACKBURN
purged himself Of any responsibility for
lcgalizing fraud in this case, as he man
fully did by his vote ON the surrender OF the
Judiciary Committee upon the Presidential
title. After years of labor, the Ring carried
its point and the First National Bank OF this
city. which advanced the money for the
" 1--WE tourists to New Orleans. will be COM
fortcd by the acquisition of several hundred
thousands If this law is allowed to stand.
while others who united In the pool will
pocket their large shares IN barefaced
job, made successful by Addition, Division,
and Silence.
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Some persons think the Fourth OF July
should not be celebrated with gunpow-
der and noise They would have nothing
but silent meditation and gentle discoui seq
= soft, diluted essays, like the editorials in
we'll in some of our contemporaries.
We entertain different notions on this sub
jcct. We believe In burning gunpowder on
tho Fourth OF July. We delight in the roar
Of the cannon louder than pcals Of thunder.
The more noise the better, the more bon
Ares the better; the more fireworks the
better.
or course, city ordinances should be care
fully observed and rigidly enforced. The
public streets are not the proper places to
fire off guns and pistols, or to explode fire
crackers. Even in appropriate places great
caution should be practised to guard against
the accidents which are always liable to &C.
cur in burning gunpowder.
There Is something wholesome, inspirit-
ing, and invigorating I'm the mere noise and
din OF an old-fashioned Fourth Of July celc-
bration. 1t speaks of courage and strength.
Fraud advances with etoalthy step
through a purchased entrance. Its pro-
gress Is not marked by salutes from the
Iron Threats Of cannon. 1t is necessarily
cloaked and still, while Honesty can afford
10 march openly in the face Of day, accom-
panied by every noisy demonstration.
While the republic lasts we trust that old
JOHN ADANs's prophecy that the day Will
be celebrated by boniires. the ringing OF
bells, aid the firing Of cannon Will continue
TO be annually fulfilled.
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After the fall OF shipka he VIVA

After the fall OF Shipka he wes rou,.,
Suleiman Pasha. ''"oeo by
France is represented by her Mris,..
Foreign Affairs. William Henry Wodd,n..,"
and by the Count de Saint Waller, Tho tasyOu
Is Fronchificd Englishman educated n, r"'
bridge. and thoroughly En- glsh in his bos..-
and views. He is a profound student of mus nus
MATES and literary man of distinction NJ.
entered political life only in 1871 Thiers a.,
pointed him Minister Of Public lnstruotior
post which he has since occupied several ,in,,s
He has held his present Office only since les.
October. s'
The Count dc Saint Waller ia a diplomats, \,
the routine kind. Ho Is young t43J. Handsome
elegant, and man OF social culture. Uebo.
always been in the diplomatic service. Ma
gained distinction IA q Commissioner Of ,ho
French Government with the German armv a,
occupation.
The two Italian representatives are Conn,
Corti and Count dc Launay. The former /.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs; the latter Ambas.
sador at Berlin. Count Corti knows Turkeyspd
the Turks we'll for he has lived at Constant.
nople for many years. The role Of both in ths
Congress Is a secondary one. All they have IN
do il to look out for their country's interests in
the Adratlc. The fate OF Turkey does not con.
Germ them at all. N.LT
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After a single fruitless sitting, tho
select committee of the Senate ap-
pointed to whitewash STANLEY MATTHEWS
concluded 10 postpone that somewhat ar
duous task until cooler weather 1t is not
likely that they will hold another meeting
until after the reassomhling of Congress in
December. We learn that extraordinary
efforts have been made to capture the
doubtful mombors of this committee by
personal appeals ON behalf of MATTHEWS,
urged 10y MCDONALD, RANSOM, and other
Democratic Senator's who say that he is
"a good fellow" and plead the baby act
for his completely in the Louisiana fraud
This committee was made up specially in
the interest of MATTHEWS, as follows: Mr.
EDMUNDs, Mr.. ALLISON, Mr. INGALLS,, Mr.
liOAR, Mr., DAVIS of Illinois, Mr.. WHYTE, and
Mr., JONES of Florida four Republicans, ono
Independent, and two Democrats. Most OF
these seven men may be relied upon to
stand by their order, and not to cross-ox
amino MATTHEWS in n way to hurt the feel
| ngs OF "brothor senator Mr. DAVIS
Mr., WnYrE, and Mr.. JONES desired 10 be eX
cursed from service at the outset and were
relieved but that action was subsequently
reconsidcred at the suggestion of Mr.. Ed
! MUNDS, who wanted the moral support 0
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Mrs. AGNES ID. jerks continued to furnish
much amusement and little information to the
POTTER Committee yesterday, Her answers
were even more flippant and her manner more
discOurteous than on former days. She seems
to have been recalled chiefly that she might
produce ANDERsoN's letters 80 her-and this
she did. Then another unsuccessful effort was
made to obtain from her the name Of the per-
son to whom she says she dictated the letter of
which JONI SHERMAN does not sluarely deny
the authorship.
Then SAMUEL ?. BUTLER occupied the COM
mittec's attention with IA narration Of his CON
versaton with Mrs. jerks in Washington last
winter. He remembered that she then told him
that she had the SHERMAN letter in New Or
leans. This is the third witness who has con-
tradirted her testimony on this point
WILLIAM L. CHANDLER let additional igh,
into til, dark corn rs of tho bargain 10y which
HAYES went in and PACKARD and CHAMBERLAIN
went out. STANLEY MATTHEWS. it seems only
helped t. carry out what EyAETs GARFIELD
and KAssoN had assisted in arranging. MAT
rHEws became confidential 10 CHANDLER. tell
ing him that Democratic governments We're &c
be set up In the two states aud in return Repub-
lican Senators were To- be elected.
Gen. THOMAS G. ANDERSON was rigdly qucs
toned as TO the sending of the electoral certin
Gates to Washington lie knew nothing, h,
said. of the forged ones.
Gov. PACKARD assured tho Louisiana sub
committee in New Orleans that no doubt oX
listed as to his election; that tho MACNEAGr
Commission persuaded his Legislature to de
sort him. and that. had the aid Of Federal troop
been given until July /, he could haya maii
tanned his Government
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Tho strand TO replace the siNteth strand Of
h' cahlc of the Fast RIVER bridge, which broke from its
iasicnin-s two weeks ago was completed yesterday
afternoon at ! ocock II was finished in the quickest
time ON record. having been begun oy four days ago.
Tut the mae hncry was all u perfect trim, and the work
men began a. sunris and worked until dark IN order
tat the accident might not delay the ultimate compile
ton Of the bridge The siNA.nrst ard sixty secund
strands of the cables are ready 10 be lowered wire
rlpe with clamp the end ia to be- attached To each
strand before IL lowered, that IN ease there
NVcldput 90 the tackle In the future this
Will prevent the fan of The wire Noally all the wire
ct the nlcn strand has been recovered from the river
amt except whttc the couplings frequently occur, the
Wlre Will be used a. ain
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Legalizing a Swindle.

Legalizing a Swindle.
huge job, involving several millions,
was smugglcd through the House OF Repre-
scntatives on the eve of the adjournment.
when only fraction Of quorum was pres
ont, and vigilant members had been tagged
out with a wearisomc session, which had
extended nearly to day dawn. During the
rule of the Washington Ring, one of the
great frauds practsed on that community
was the assessment on private property for
eo-callcd special improvements. This was
q part of the comprehensive plan for
swindling the people and the public treas
ury, and which, in proportion to population,
far cxcelled the achievements OF TWEED in
this city, and OF the carpet-baggers in anyof
the Southern States Fifty millions of dol
lars would not foot all the bills for the three
years reign of Boss SHEPHERD, COOKE, and
their confcderates.
The taxpayer was assessed directly one
third of the cost OF the Ring jobs. chris
tened special improvements and his pro-
portion Of the remaining two-thirds III the
general levy, exclusive OF his regular taxes
The Ring Legislature passed the act Aug
TO- 1871 declaring II the amount assessed
against the property was not paid thirty
days after tho notification Of the assess
ment to the owners, then the Board OF
Public Works shall Immediately thereafter
Issue certificates OF Indebtedness against
the property assessed, which certificates
shall bear Ten per cent. interest until paid,
and If not paid within one year, the said
board, upon application Of the holder Of the
certificate, shall advertise ana sell the prop
erty' This monstrous act to coniiscate the
property Of thousands Of poor people was
partially defeated in its oppressive operation
by mjunctions and other processes. which
are still pcndiug in the courts. But the GER
tincates Of indebtedness, amounting 10 sew
eral millions. were issued, and finally fell
into the hands Of banks, brokers. and spccu-
laturs, who since then have been seeking
legislation to make them good
The Joint committee OF investigation in
1874 which overthrow the Ring Government
thoroughly explored these special improve
mcmts" with the aid Of a scientific engineer,
brought from a distance 10 be entirely i'm
partial. The streets for examination were
Unfortunately chosen from different parts
Of the city, and in every instance the most
galing frauds 10y false measurement, over
charges raised contracts, and other modes
IF winding were clearly proven. That was
the principal cause for aholishing II local
government which Was designed by its au-
thors a. an instrument of plumber.
Under the Commissioners. receut inyesti-
CATION has c-lubli-h"d these frauds on a
stlll larger -rale IN every instance where an
honest engineer has applied the tests. Mr.
THOMAS i. BRYAN, who alone Of the three
Commissioners has gained honorable dis
tuction for the discharge OF duty and f"r
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While there was hero and there q man who
believed sherman innocent, or AZ least entertained
doubts a. To- his guilt il the universal opinion that
lac did write that letter OF agreement to weber and An
derson and only tins but his extraordinary efforts
escape the responsibility OF It plainly shows that the let
ter carrie, with it the and most damaging con.
struluon VI N. mo lne ro..hle % be Apnlel % II
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Tho Cherokee Indians complain through
their delegates Of the theft Of timber belonging
TO their nation by lawless citizens Of Kansas.
The CEited States officials have taken no steps
whatever to prevent the robberes. for which a
severe penalty is prescribed by the Indian In
tercourse acts and already all along the north
ern boundary line for several miles into the
Territory every valuable stick OF timber has
been taken. The Chcrokees have as much
right OF ownership in the stolen wood az :,
settler has in the trees on his land, md their
rights should be protected.
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Real estate is usually regarded rs a solid
investment. but that is not the opinion Of the
people Of Sioux City. whose busy streets are
crumbling into the muddy Missouri In one
day. recently. the river advanced inland fifteen
or twenty feet. and more disasters Of the same
kind are impending. Not long ago the people
Of Ncksburg were in dread that their city would
be left inland by a sudden freak Of the Missis-
sppi. and for some time there was n serious
panic. The danger passed away. however. and
Nicksburg is yet a river port.
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SfNBEIuS.


Ex-senator Revels. pastor of NIetho.
dist church OF coored folks in Indiana. has paraus
Morality and religion may yet prevail
In Brooklyn. An officer OF the police Of that ,ty
has been dismissed for lying
--Pere Hyacnthe who is lect urinp in
Paris, draws only small and inferior audiences lis
popularity Is thing OF the past
Mr.. Mongiardino, an agent of the British
and Foreign Bible Society in Buenos Ayres has been
stoned to death for selling Bibles
Bishop Seymour of Illinois will admin.
lister the affairs OF the Diocese Of New York while Bho,
Potter is at the Pan Anglican synod
Three Judges of the Supreme Court Of
Pcnnsy recently addressed Bible anniycrarr
at Harrisburg Pa They said to be good udges@
Biblical truth
Some Of the churches In Yonkers ring
their bells half hour after the other churches
begun services yonkcrs is excited about IT. Tile lst
bell ringers that the other churches begin hall
hour too early.
After much delay, the edition Of the Book
OF Common Prayer In the Dakota language j. finished
1t is the fret instance OF the publication Of the entire
PRAYER Book In Indian tongue. 1t bound in 10th,
and has red edges to the prevailing Indian taste
In one of the frccdmen's schools q lad
was to receive prize banner for recins the Ten cen
mandments lie advanced the PLATFORM and th super
intendent asked him his name His reply was, Wen.
sab masr calls me Capn. but my maiden name sNo~S'
The school smiled
The colored Baptists Of New England
much concerned 10 their relations with other Bap
lists They have appointed two committee one Of
which is To inquire about their relations with white Rap
lists while the other will investigate as e. how they
stand with other Baptists Of color
The Church Missionary Society's onora-
tons among the Africans NJ Nyanza Progressing
favorahly hoped. King Mtcsa has turned The
cold shoulder them, and sent Mr. Missonar, Wissa
away Mr. Wilson is irving to convert the natives 10
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F1077 NJ NTTITW ~ Ii1If'
Mollio Mccarthy showed two miles i'm n trial
in 81 Juno n Many kcntuckian~ Witnessed H. and
A. She was pulled NJ coming down the home stretch and
galoped by The post under u+htly drawn rim they
lOotd second time NJ their watches 20 be There
mistake then shook their heals nui said The
horse viii have race Two DAYS after June - Ten
HrncCk ran the same distance In Hit which revived
the confidence ~ his friends and hc viii doubtless be
sim iANu.ltc u ia, betting
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times the amount of tho loans. When the break
came. the nominal owners had to bear the brunt
OF the loss. while the life insurance companies
remained secure. 1t would be difficult to find
any other branch Of business that can make a
showing as favorable for the last three years
While their Investments have thus been in
creasing the average decline in value OF other
investments in property in New York is esti-
mated at 40 per cent.
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The Long Island Railroads.

The late OLIVER CHARLICK-peace be to
his memory. for he had not much peace on
this earth-apparently made 1t the chief aim
Of his life to render himself unpopular; and
seldom has q man succeeded better in any
undertaking.
Gen. THOMAS r. SHARP, the present man.
agcr Of the Long Island Railroads, is, In this
respect, the very opposite of Mr. CHARLIcK.
while in his different aim he is no less sue
cessful. One 2; the village journals already
speaks Of him as the most popular man on
Long Island He has reduced the exorbitant
charges for freight; he runs fast trains TO
accommodate the travel; and finally he has
extirpated the long established and chronic
mcanness which characterized the manage
mcnt OF the freight business on the New
York side OF the river. This amounted 20
almost a public nuisance. shippers all over
the city hated the Long Island freight de-
partmcnt SO they were very reluctant TO do
business with it, Everything is SO changed
there under the benign influence Of the re-
ceiver that people think he should have been
named CIVIL instead Of SHARP
In the conductors department tho receiver
found no room for improvement-tho con
ductors being all as good rs can bc.
| 1t would be pity TO have Receiver
| SHARPs excellent management marrcd by
n terrible accident, but we fear it soon may
he. For miles along the lines of the roads
herds of cattle are pastured with no fence
between them and the track. Sometimes
these cattle are watched by little urchins
knee high to toad; sometimes they are not
watched at all We fear they may sool
give occasion for the services Of Coroner-
and District Attorneys.
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In the three years ending with 1877 the in
vcstmcnts Of life insurance companies, nreord-
ing to the last report, increased in value upward
of 80 100000. While two or three of the weaker
vessels have failed, thore are thirty-four conf
panies in the State which, a;tcr very rigid in
vcstigation. are reported to be stronger than
they over were, with Si00.OO0000 securely in
vested and surplus above all obligations Of
s61 000,0O0. A large share of the speculation in
Now York real estate since the war was founded
upon loans from tho life insurance companies.
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Mr.. MORRISON in his letter to JOIN SHER-
MAN gave the latter another opportunity. a chal-
lcnge indeed 10 say in so many words did
not write that letter TO ANDERSON and WEBER"
" II the committee correctly understood your
statement you denied writing such letter this
was Mr.. MoRR1soS's suggestive way Of putting
it. But JoHN SHERMAN doesn't make haste to
clear up the committees doubts by making his
denial explicit and emphatic. He contents him
self with saying that whether he wrote the letter
or not is question Of secondary Importance.
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Considerable excitement was caused yes
terday afternoon by Iumor that the pow
der magazine on Governors Island had eX-
poded fatally inluring three men, What actu-
ally happened was that three mon at work
cmptying old cartridges became careless, firod
some hot metal into a little loose powder, and
were slngod and burned enough to make them
moro careful in future.
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Monmouth Park was reopencd yesterday
under the new administration. Many veteran
turimen were present the races were fast. and
they were conducted in satisfactory manner.
At least three thousand New Workers were pres
ent at the course. The only local stable of note
that did not appear in the contests was Mr.. Az
GUST BELMoNTs. As Long Branch fills up. the
races will doubtless become very popular
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All day long the husband and brothers Of
the missing Mrs. WERIHEIMFR sat on the bank
of the Hudson watching tho men engaged in
tho work Of dragging and diving for the body
but no body WAS found. Tho mystery Of her
disappearance is still to be cleared up.
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mated at 40 per cent.
JOHN SHERMAN wanted the POTTER COM
mittoe to summon hundred witnesses. nearly
or quite all Of whom have testified once and
some of them two or three times before, in or
der TO enable his counsel to question them
about the alleged intimidation in the Feicana
parishes The committee declining TO acccde
to this request. JOHN SHERMAN favors the
country with the opinion that tho committees
proceedings are "ludicrous buresque and
travesty on justice and fairness" No lawful
Secretary Of the Treasury would ever be guilty
OF such language toward n committee OF the
House Of Representatives; in the mouth of q
fraudulent Secretary II is sheer insolence.
-
A commission OF eminent Judges and pub
lie men. appointed by the British Government
TO inquire into the working Of extradition
treaties, has made report to Parliament. The
report sets out with the assertion that the OK
tradition Of criminals ia desirable. partly be-
cause II lie for the benefit OF mankind that
offences against tho general being Of so
ciety should be repressed by punishment. and
partly because It IL against the interest OF a
State that its territory should become refuge
for the indicators OF other countries. The
commission are OF opinion that the failure OF a
nation to grant to Great Britain reciprocity OF
cNtraditon is not sufficient reason why Great
Britain should refuse to surrender the fugitive
criminals Of that State.
In regard TO fugitive criminals who are also
British subjects. the conclusion arrived at is
that It is inexpedent for Great Britain to make
any distinction in that respect between its own
subjects and foreigners. At the same time. II is
recommended that offences OF political or
local character should not be made a ground
for extradtion. and that the operation OF
treaties and s-in-council should be con-
fined to offences against person and property.
including cases OF fraud for the purpose OF
obtaining property or money. offences against
the bankruptcy laws. forgery. and offences
relating to coinage. An accused person.
1t Is held. should be allowed TO fur
nish evidence that he is in danger. II sur
rendered. OF trial for some offence for which
he could not be given up. and should such an
averment be sustained. tho Secretary Of State
should have power either to retain the crimi-
nal, or to make such stipulations before sur
rendering him as tho circumstances might APP
pear TO call for. No distinction should be made
between felony and misdemeanor. the nature
Of the offence not the degree Of criminality
alleged. being the test 10 be applied.
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The cheap wit that rehashcs threadbare
tests at the expense OF New Jersey and her peo-
pie. is dumb in the presence OF the memories Of
IT7s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-05

Gov. Holidays message" is TOO lons-soo
verbcss-contsins too msuy rhetorical fl u;Sh.
es, "sme!ls TOO much Of the midnight lamp, "
and is TOO personal. As an DID, practical man
orcs said to pro!ix speaker: "a toaraby
smart man would have said what yen did 10
sboas half the line smart man would have
said i. 10 about Que quarter of the time, bat
very smart man would not have said is az 81. .
"Brevii5 is the soul Of Wit" aud with all due
defferepee 10 His Egcellency, 10 these degeoe
rate days people are too practical, aud have tco
much TO do to wade through 50 much verhiage
to reach such conclusion. Art is loug. but
time is fl citing