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POSITITE F.iCTS.

Among the English aristocracy Earl Granville ranks
the best ngust he is master OF twenty languages
In appearance he look like an oiled and curcd Asyran
bull The parting OF his hair has never been known TO
change one hmr's breadth
Tie Lord chief Justice Of England Sir Alexander Cock.
burn Bart offered pecragc but declined H. lie is
bon viVant and eats asparagus all the round NJ
dinner party Is organized In London without asking
HIM 10 grace the board. lie qua1s port
The Duke of Buckingham and chaudos is scroping up
all he TO pay oil his inherited debts Queen Victoria
admirng his integrity. gave linn the Govoruorship Of
Madras His Grace has brought up his daughters the
sensible way and dinner cooked by then dysnps IS
worthy OF Francatelh.
The Marquis Of salisbury from old stock he is
tall thick set man and grows full black beard, he
prefers riding In cab 10 his elegant brougham II
anxious to whether you have any defects IN Your
personal appearance walk behind his oriship and his
coat Will serve you looking glass Ills tailor bills
were never large.
The Duke Of Portland even In London IL not much
heard Of ON subscription lists he nuts down the figure
and after II, nos two naughts but three. This Is an
inVarabe rule When there has been great distress in
England he has employed pO aborcrs At time to Zig
pit, and ordered them TO MI II up again lie is martyr
to host Of bodily ailments
III kenealy is thick set sun at Erin lie once unon
time held the position ~ Queens Counsel hut when he
applied offensive rplots To those in authority and re.
fused 10 retrac them, he di,barrpd. II would Ina,
been better Tor him II the rchhnrno Claimant Ind never
been horn lie Is now Gator OF the III HN from whence
he has derived golden harvest He is in Parliament
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one man, and 1t has reached n point now
when any clerk might complete it without
difficulty.
This tax Of nine thousand dollars year
on the beggarly assets OF the broken bank is
a shameful imposition on the suffering de-
positors, for the benefit OF sinecure COM
mission, which has neither their confidence
nor that of the public. Experience has dem
onstratcd in the case Of the Freedmcn's Blu
reau, when II was transferred from the cor
rupt management of the pious HOWARD and
his associates, like RUNKLE, to the honest
hands of Gen. VINCENT, how order may be
brought out OF intentional confusion, and
the rights OF the colored man can be pro-
tected against pretended friends, who were
picking his pockets and stealing his bounty.
Turn the affairs Of the bank over to the same
officer, and, with the system established for
the bureau, economy and upright direction
will be insured, without any expense to the
depoeitors, and with no cost to the Treasury
beyond, perhaps. an additional clerk. The
present Commissioners have at the very
least, personal interest in delaying settle
ment OF the accounts Of the bank, and pro-
longing their own official existence They
care nothing for the sufcrings Of the unfor-
tunatc victims OF the Ring. with whose
chiefs they were In active sympathy and
concert during the era OF Grantism, when
CREswELL, as Postmastor-Iicneral,w was the
outspoken and efficient champion Of Boss
SHEPHERD. Congress has u remedy within
ready reach for this glaring wrong, and 1t
ought to be applied at once.
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the necessity Of pardon, which, In the last
resort, he stood ready to grant, but with the
dread Of popular resentment to be surely
confronted.
1t is not consistent with any theory OF inno-
cence that these unprecedented steps could
have been taken by HAYES, SHERMAN, and
the rest OF them, almost to the exclusion for
a time OF every other subject, TO block the
wheels OF justice and TO rescue ANDERSON
from the clutches OF the law, II he had been
an ordinary criminal. There was nothing
in his character or his antecedents to at
tract the least sympathy or respect or
to justify in any degree such exception
al interpositlon In his behalf Early in life
he was known as Keno ANDERSON" from
having been detected in cheating at
cards. He was among the first Of the
scalawags to join hands with the carpet
baggers In outragng and plundering the
people OF Louisiana. Through his agency
large appropriation for improving the
Crocodile and Bpuf bayous was procured
from the Legislature and stolen. He was q
member Of the Returning Board which per-
pctrated the frauds that the WHEELER COM
mittec and others stigmatizcd as Infamous.
And he was one OF the chiefs in organizing
the negroes against the whites, and perfect
ing the machinery by which the state was
converted into a satrapy under KELLOGG.
His last achievement was In stealing the
eight votes for HAYES. after having offered
through WELLS to sell them to the highest
bidder for ready money.
In seeking to save ANDERSON, the con-
spirators at Washington, who obtained pos
session OF Office through his crime, were
striving to save themselves. All the public
facts point conclusively to a bargain and to
collision between the managers who repre-
scented HAYES at New Orleans and the Re-
turning Board. They are all in the best
places. and welding immense power in the
administration Of the Government and its
finances. BY signal from the Treasury
JOHN SHERMAN can make or unnakc for
tunes whenever he pleases, and with far
greater ease than when he operated as the
head OF the Finance Committee in the Senate
ANDERsoN's case Is one of the greatest
scandals of the times 1t stands out as an
astounding exception; and from its connec-
ton with the most important political event
in our history it cannot be treated like a
common crime The country is entitled to
know the whole truth in relation to IT,
and this can only be reached by a thorough
and impartial investigation through com
petent Congressional committee.
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The Democrats OF the House OF Reprcsen-
tatives and the Republicans OF the Senate
are both alike interested in knowing the
nature and extent Of the negotiations be-
tween the Fraudulent President and the
Governor Of Louisiana, in regard to the pro-
posed pardon Of ANDERSON, after his con-
viction for uttcring and publishing the
forged returns of Vernon parish, which was
only prevented by the extraordinary de-
cislon OF the Supreme Court.
Immediately after the verdict became
known at Washington, the whole influence
Of the Administration was secretly and
openly exerted to defeat the ends Of JUS
lice and to save ANDERSON from the pen
Rlty OF the law. JOHN SHERMAN, who had
personally participated in the action of the
Returning Board, and who is believed to
have given WELLS and his confederates as
Burances OF protection for perpetrating the
Great Fraud, publicly denounced the finding
Of the jury and proclaimed the innocence Of
ANDERSON. That demonstration was made
10 silence ANDERSON, and 10 encourage the
hope OF interference from Washington that
would rescue him from the penitentiary. The
chief beneficiaries of the Fraud feared that
he might weaken and confess the crimes and
agencies by which the vote OF Louisiana had
been stolen, and thus not only impcril
HAYEs's seat, but bring SHERMAN and the
other managers into the criminals dock, as
advising accessories TO all the iniquity.
Meanwhile private agents were sent to
Now Orleans TO confer with ANDERSON and
WELLS, and to inspire them with faith in
eventual impunity from any punishment
And while they were thus assured against
any personal harm, except the temporary
Imprisonment OF ANDERSON communication
was opened with Gov. NICHOLS and the
leading friends Of the State Government, TO
procure pardon on the alleged ground that
The prose eution of the Returning Board was
violation Of tho agreement by which
NIcnoLLs became Governor.
Every means which Mr.. HAYES and the
men who surround him could employ was
brought to bear upon Southern members of
congress, with view OF operating on
NICHOLS Independently Of the personal APP
peals that were made directly TO him. And
Mt the Same time, in order that no effort
might be loft untricd, the de fdcto Attorney
General was directed to seek for mode Of
extrication through the Intervention Of the
Federal judiciary if there was a possibility
of intorposng q technical plea. But no re-
lief could be found in that quarter.
Finally tho services of Gen. HANCOCK, who
had boon tho classmato and friend Of Gov.
NICHOLS at West Point, were called into
roquisitlon, and he was sent to New Orleans
as n mediator in behalf Of ANDERSON at the
solicitation, as is understood, Of the Fraud
ulent President. Thus a soldier high in
command became the accredited agent OF
tho Administration to arrest the course of
criminal Justice, and 1t may be assumed
WIN confidence that tho Judgment OF the
supreme Court was tho consequence of that
ha'ss'oh' NY which NICHOLAS was SHARED
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THE FRAUD A CONTINUING FRAUD.
Tho Demands Of Honor and Justice in the
Case of Hayes.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN--SW There
arc Democrats who have for some time been
trying to persuade themselves that. rs Hayes
has become possessed Of the symbols OF power.
1t is no longer wise or profitable TO inquire into
the means by which he got them. They oven
Hout the efforts OF Judge Blair in the Lcgisla-
ture Of Maryland to have proceedings instituted
to ascertain and determine who is the lawful
President OF the United States.
Both branches Of the Legislature Of Mary
land have now approved OF the investigation
proposed by Judge Blair. And why is
tho sovereign State Of Maryland inscnsible
to the motives presented in behalf Of
acaucscence and sllencc2 Simply because ac-
quiescenco and silence mean not only APP
proval of. but repetition by each several ac-
quiescent in. the crime which resulted in the
installation Of Hayes.
No one longer believes that Hayes was elected
President No one longer doubts that Hayes
occupies the Presidential chair by virtue Of a
stupendous crime. 1fthis were an irreparable
outrage; II 1t we're like the apple which Eve
gave to Adam and no did eat. and there was
nothing to be done but TO make the best Of il
IL there were no reparation possiblo II the agi-
taton and exposure Of tho nagti1us processes
by which the crime was plish I'd must nee
cssarily prove sterile or abortive. the policy Of
silence would be sensible. But the difficulty is
that the offence OF Hayes and his co-conspira-
tors is continuing offence; they repeat 1t
every hour and minute that they consciously
administer the Government under a fraudu-
lent title. and every man, woman. and child in
the country commits the crime as often rs he
she. or they deliberately and consciously ac-
quescc in 1t.
1t is this terrible conviction that has brought
the Maryland Legislature to the support
OF Judge Bair's proposition; II is this con-
victon that is gradually but irresistiby lcavcn-
ing the moral susceptibities OF Congress- IL
is a conviction from which there is no escape
The example OF Maryland will be followed by
other Legislatures Just so fast as the people OF
the respective States realize that acquiescence
is completely: that acceptance OF the wages OF
iniquty Is Ubiquitous. and that every time we
wink at a crime we commit that crime. To dt-
vest themselves OF this shirt Of Nessus. Hayes
and his co-conspirators have but one resource.
They must submit his title TO a thorough scru-
tiny: they must open the volumes OF testimony
which the Electoral Commission so unwiscly
sealed up. They must consent to let all the
facts connected with the electoral returns OF
Louisiana. South Carolina, and Florida be
| known, and they must. further. demonstrate
| their readiness to give unto Cesar that which
| II Cwsars. and unto God that which is God b.
NEW YORK, April ]. CITIZEN.
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Mr.. ALvoRD reported in the Supply bin
yesterday an item Of 100000 for the further
construction Of the new Capitol building at Al
bany. As the sum OF 1900, 600 has already been
appropriated this session, it IL thus sought to
make tho total for tho year round million OF
dollars. TWAS expressly stipulated in the llrst
appropriation for this work that its cost was
not to exceed four millions Of dollars. About
nine millions have already been expended. The
Capitol Commission early in tho session report
cd that they belicred the building might be COM
pleted for S. 1913 ,G25, il advantage was taken Of
certain favorable circumstances. But the com
mission very well knew that the State could = 1t
avail itself Of them. The experience Of the last
ten years teaches that this building will cost not
less than eighteen millions Of dollars before ii
can be completed on its present site-a sum
nearly three times that required to build the
Eric canal. The cost OF heating. lighting, and
caring for these acres OF empty space after the
structure is finished must quadruple the pres
ent expense to the State Of maintaining a legis-
lative building.
The people are enragod at this sort Of ex-
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he N I1NN GFNs- DfDl07FnL
We have upward Of 1900 drinking saloons
In this city. Allowing the average income
daily OF each TO be sl0-a very low figure-we
ind the aggregate receipts to be 100000 daily.
or sl4.GO0O0O annually. Reckoning the ratio
between malt and alcoholic drinks ms four to
$50 daily. or 81 1893. 600 annually Large as
tl/s amount il, we do not believe that II II
more than half what our total receipts would
be. Why not try III The bell-punch Is COM
ing. as sure rs fate. and we may IA well recog
nize IL. Nothing can be said against IT, No one
need pay his taxes in this way II he doesn't
If the load OF S2OOO.OOO ycar could be lifted
from our overhurdencd property and placed on
the consumption Of liquor. Rents would be
lower and the cost Of living cheaper in consc-
quencc. and then. perhaps the authorities
would feel that they could afford to improve our
streets and settle the binding dust We recon-
mend this matter to the attention OF our local
Legislature at its approaching session. Give us
the hell nunnh.
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For the Paris Exhibition.

What shall We send to Parisf
An army made Of officers.
costly ornament. messicurs;
Colonies and Brigadiers in nocks
Ten Captains 10 each cartridge box.
What shall VIC send 10 Parisi
A fleet Of crazy men OF war,
Ola hunks that we pay millions for
Leaky, slow, and rotten all.
From ironclad to Captains yawl.
What shall we send to Parisf
Our patented Returning Boards,
Whose pens are mishtier than swords,
And IN Frauds cause more potent far
Than plots Of deadly civil war
what shan we send to Parisi
How would a bankrupt trustee dot
brigand savings hank or twof
scnd Tweed, or Smyth. or better yet,
Send, II we can, our city debt
what shall we send to Parish
our diplomats ana minisprsf
II costs US rather high. mcsseurs,
To dine and wine and dress these gents
They're quite expensive ornaments
What shall we send to Parsi
The man who sits in LincOln's place.
Through fraud and crimes and bargains base.
Exhibit Hayes in I.incoln's chair,
Aud the lelon crew who put him therei
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To-day the voters of Rhode Island will
elect a Governor. other State officers, and Gen
cral Assembly. VAN ZANDT is the Republican
candidate for Governor. and ISAAC LAWRENCE
is the Democratic. Last year,VAN XANDT was
successful by the small majority OF 554 but the
Democratic nominee expended several thou
sand dollars in election expenses, and was sup
ported by large number OF disafrected-that
is, ant-ANTHoNY-Republi This year Mr..
LAWRENCE will probably receive some OF the
same support, but he il not likely to invest n
large sum Of money in the contest. VAN ZANDT's
chances of election are. therefore. excellent
The Republican Convention which nominated
him ignored HAYES entirely.
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The womcn's Hotel was opened last night,
and great throng OF people inspected IT.
Judge HILTON and Mrs STEWART have labored
to make the house comfortable. and IL good
cookery clean and well-furnished rooms. am
pie halls and corridors can make the inmates
happy, they have them in that large structure.
The bill OF fare Of the Womens Hotel. which
We printed yesterday. compares favorably with
that offered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel the Met
ropolitan. and the Windsor. No reasonable
person could find fault with It. Very few work.
ing women. indeed. have the opportunity to en-
Joy daily such breakfast and dinner us they
may get at the Womcn's Hotel
Yet, unhappily. this establishment can never
BIO inhabited by the women who most need Its
comforts. Its price of board and lodging is six
dollars week. Now, the wages OF tho majority
Of working women in New York are not as high
as that.
1t remains to he seen whether there will be
found thousand women in bettor circum-
stances to avail themselves OF the new hoto.
which Is n novelty.
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Canadian Statesmen ut Fi.ticuns.


OTTAWA. March 2q.-n the Canadian House
Of Commons tonight. while Mr. Bunsier, member tor
British Culuuhis. was speaking. Mr. thcNa French
CANADIAN member, began PLAYING lcwSharp. aud imi
taiing the cry of cat IN distress The British toum-
ban became outraged AMI dared the owner oi the mu
steal instrument To meet him outside They mot shortly
atcrwart IN one at the corridors, when the hrsUie
British Columbian struck thcVnl savage blow the
side 81 u' head The nuckN lulc Frnchm9u s.Hei
M. hurN a.~atut 10y the bear with his lest hand uud
vigorously struck out with the right Ihr noise attrac
the members. who rushed out AMI separated the pu-
glsts. The Frcnchman carving OIL a. hs trophy huge
bunch OF Bunster's hair Runsier * the mcmbcr who
broulht in the resolution that no Whose hair was
over aud a halt inches long should be employed On
the NAnANA PAcInc HALLWAY.
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travagance. The State does not need so costly
q Capitol What the Legislature should do is to
stop work on 1t at once, and for two millions OF
dollars construct in New York city q building
that will be convenient. and that may be main
tained at moderate cost.
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Mr. FIsH's substitute for the Salary bill,
which passed the Assembly yesterday, prepares
the way for sweeping changes in the pay OF city
officials As applied to New York city. it pro-
vidcs in brief, that the Board of Apportonment
is authorized TO fix all fees percentages, allow
ances and salaries, and at discretion to reduce
the number OF city officers and employees. The
board, however. is checked by a requirement
that no officer shall receive a salary or allow
ance Of more than 10000 a year. and that no
subordinate in a department shall receive more
than $1,000; also, that the aggregate amount
raised by tax after this year shall be a sum at
least SO O00. 600 less than the sum required to
be- raised in 1873 1t also repeats all acts estab-
fishing u rate Of fees. percentages. and allow
ances payable directly or indirectly out Of the
city treasury. The cities Of Brooklyn and Now
burgh were excepted from the provisions Of the
act.
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PHILADELPHIA. March 5.-Mr. Thomas A.
HcndUcks OF Indiana a. be NJ the lnfauunst
candidate tor the Presidency In 1850 hv the controlling
mfauunist wing Of the Democrats After long rest
upon the fence, Mr. Hendricks has finally got down upon
tile niauonst side ana has appeared the political
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Mr. Patterson keeps out Of sight-it Is no
lon-cr prot, indeed That re Il sick and uuahe tn bee pre-
rni-auI ~oms In - lair way nkr.p llS scat until the
expiration ul his tenn ut Il MARCH Tie intends remain
away during the present session. only coming into ms
scat IN case ms vote l. necessary to carry some party
measure Thus hr holds the balance ut power ia the sen.
ate, ana purchases immunity from both sides.
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A Frauds Insult to the Country.


Mr.. Hayes has been cXcaVating among tho
forgotten Rubbish ut tnc Credit Molcr Congress Tor ma
tral with which To nh the vacant office Register OF
the Treasury. and has drawn ont Nj Gcuul No, III Of
PENNSYLVANIA. whose constituents have had for
him since the dhN cot Oakcs Amcs ably memorandum.
book The President should try 10 tcc ashamed u him
sell tor llsulunR the country with such ln appointment
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The Department OF Buildings has sum
moncd Mr.. JAMES c. DUR. proprietor OF Booths
Theatre before Judge DoNoHUE. to show why
he should not be restrained from admitting
into that theatre so many persons rs TO I'LL up
tho asies. The departments affidavit ayers
that during the matinee on Saturday last all the
passagc-ways were filled with chairs. and many
Of the gcnter sex sat on the stairs. The de-
partmcnt. in insttuting this lawsuit. has taken
n proper stop.
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A prudent Investment for any one trOu-
hed with slsh cold, hunrNncss or sore tlront u
bottle at Dr Jayne sENrCtoun as IL may save you from
much suffering md no little danger II Is ud tab
hshcd curative, whUsc remedial qualities have been
kst,o Nv MOusands.-AdE
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To almost every point and feature OF the
treaty of peace between the Russians and the
Turks. objection IL made by the British Gov
ernmcnt. The Marquis Of SALISBURY, in Off
cially presenting these objections to the
powers OF Europe. uses language too
plain to be misunderstood. He goes far
beyond the ground that was taken by Eng
land last year whcn the Queens Government
proclaimed that It looked to the protection only
OF Constantnople, the Bosporus, and the Suez
canal. He objects 70 the Russian project for con-
sttuting the new State OF Bulgaria to the Rus
sian acquisition Of Bessarabia Datoum. and tho
Armenian stronghods; to the indemnity i'm
posed upon Turkey; and to the political subec-
jurisdiction over geographical positions
that are OF the deepest interest TO
Great Britain. He complains all through
the official circular OF the way in which
by the treaty OF San Stefano. Russia has secured
her own ACKNOWLEDGMENT and extended hor
power and authority. He declares in fact. that
the British Government objects to the treaty as
whole. and he points out the dangers to Eng
fish interests and to the permanent peace OF
Europe which would result from the state of
things which the treaty proposes to establish
1t is evident. therefore, that. to satisfy the
British Government Russia must entirely abro-
gate the treaty she formed with the Turks at
san stcfano, and surrender all the advantages
she has gained by the war OF ls77-7s. Russia
will not. OF course. do anything OF the kind {;
and. therefore. we do not see how peace is TO bc
maintained between the Queen and the Car.
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Much has been said against Brother KIM
BALLS methods Of raising church debts but
this must be said in his favor he has stirred up
the brethren. A year ago hardly church on
Manhattan Island was making any serious
effort to pay its debt. KIMBALLs work has
aroused such an interest that to-day hardly n
church can Ice found that il not trying % free
itself II burdens II is likewise true that
almost MI of them are achieving substantial
success.