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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-.Sr. | was
very much surprised read this morning that the death
had not been swclcd account Of the Elevated
Railroad l. necessary 20 die by the before
any rehcii l. worse to have t. nj hus
band and father for years langush In insane asy
lum' For this will certainly be the case with oursi he
has stand much longer he has to DO business ami
live on the Sixth avenue and therefore has day
nsht
Il did not own property we could move as our ten
ants doing. Where the money to from
taxes aud interest j. than tell there
will he little no rent coming in Have families by the
scnrr cot 90 be ruined iur M, comfort Of otlcrsf
II YOU have no friend YOU visit on sixth avenue
call amt aud spend lew hours In parlOT ami
then you Wall only realize what tits
Mas. T. h. kELLhR. N53 sixth avenue.
To uE EnfroR Tn svS-SWs since the Metropolitan
Elevated Railroad has been successful In making the
rosdcn within its locality nearly by its
sant din, would II not be- charity to capture all the
and officer. ami conml The m Ia i've along
II certainly would make them iecl the effect rapid
uanst 10 tile grave through such aiaboleal engns
l.. NJ
To rur Enron or Tnr srS-Sir So citizens must be
nuisance like The elevated railroad sixth II
l. trribic. nlA ht and day GEORsE PiLIsHvRf
To EniroK Tn SrS-S,r' | am surprised that
the death rate this city has not swclied during
the last month account of the Metropolitan
Elevated Railroad why. sir killing would be a mercy
to compared To the way tortured Sixth ave.
nue. Think OF these hot days when YOU cannot close
doors account the heat aui for every word
must strain your lungs to the utmost
air nied with ronl gas When YOU go home every night
to have rest the noise s.in- agan You have no rest
no sleep until o'clock at night when the roaring cars
the harder At ocloek ia the morning Itis cruelty 10
the human race q. W.
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The Dav We Celebrate Glory OF
the Fathers, the shame of the Sons!

We strongly approve Of burning immense
quantities OF gunpOwder on the Fourth of
July. Let the cannon bclch forth their
buried patriots Of the Revolution can hear
them In their ancient graves.
But II is more than noisy and superficial
respect that we should pay to the Rcvolu-
tionary heroes. We only pay our full debt
at once to them and to our posterity when
we preserve in all their force and integrity
the free institutions they bcqucathcd to US.
This we are not doing now. We have
basely relinquished the right To choose our
own President. Tranlcking politicians are
permitted To make our Chief Magistrate
against the will OF a majority; while great
political party, wrongcd and cheated out of
the Office to which their own candidate was
lawfully elected, voluntarily plunges into
the degradation Of proclaiming the title of
the usurper sacred"
II the thunders Of the cannon to-day could
wake the dead of the Revolution. there would
not bc found among those who remained
stcadfast to the end n single man to main
tain that President choscnby setting aside
the requirements Of the Constitution can
have a sacred title to the Office. That is the
invention Of modern Democracy.
But let the cannon roar. II the dead can
not be aroused, the living may be. How the
virtues OF the sircs contrast with the de-
gcneracy OF the sons! Once it was courage,
truth. and patriotism that were sacred now
IL IL Fraud
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A Partial Relief to Secretary sherman.

When Mr.. Secretary SHERMAN was on the
witness stand, tcstifying before the POTTER
Committee, he refused to swear positively
that the WEBER-ANDERsoN letter was not
written by him. Our contemporary, the
Neu York Tribne-founded by HORACE
GREELEY, late Democratic candidate for
President displayed a cOmmcndabc zeal
In getting at the secret motives which actu-
ated Mr.. SHERMAN in so refusing positively
to disclaim the authorship. This noble en-
terprisc OF our contemporary was rewarded
by deserved success.
The former visiting statesman, now Sec
rotary of the Treasury unbosomed himself
TO the correspondent of our contemporary
and fully explained the troubled thoughts
which filed his mind while he was testify
ing. What prevented his denying positively
that he wrote the letter. Mr.. SHERMAN de-
clared was the fear lest the original or
photographed copy might bc produced-a
reason amply sufficient, every one will
admit.
II the testimony given before the COM
mittcc ON Tuesday by Mr., T. l.. WEBER be
correct. Secretary SHERMAN may now be
relieved from the first 81 these apprchen-
sions There il no danger of the original
letter being produced. 1t is not in exist
encc. 1t has been destroyed. Mr. WEBER
destroyed It himself. He found it among
his brothers papers, and burnt IT up.
The possibility Of a Photographic copy
still exists. but We judge IL is very slight.
Mr.. SHERMAN may be expected now 10 be
more positive in his denials that hc ever
wrote such letter. To bc sure he did write
1t, or he would have denied it without quail
fication in the beginning. or course, he did
write it or he would never have feared the
product Of the original or Photographic
ed copy OF course. he did write it or the
supremely silly device of getting a super
serviceablc woman rcclllcssly to assume Its
authorship would never have been re-
sorted to. Still we expect to see Mr.
SHERMAN more bold and pronounced
in his denias now. To be sure Mr.. WEBER
examined the letter and saw that it was in
Mr.. SHEKMAN's handwriting; but 80 long "a
the original letter cannot he produced Mr.
SHERMAN may be expected brazenly to at
tempt to face down Mr.. WEBER.
1t is not given 10 men like Mr.. SHERMAN
20 comprehend how little effect amy dcnia
he may make now or hereafter will have Oh
the prevailing and almost universal convic
ton that he wrote the letter.
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MI. STANLEY MATTHEWS is generally con-
demned for not going before the POTTER In
vcstigatmg Committee and testifying. The
Republican press condemns him strongly
for this and treats ii as great mistake.
The condemnation Of HUNTER, the Camden
murderer, for going ON to the witness stand
is just auout a. general as that Of STANLEY
MATTHEWS for staying ulI.
Now, we agree that HUNTER and MAT
THEws both made great Mistakes but we
are not Of the opinion that HUNTERS grand
mistake was in taking the witness stand, or
that MATTHEwss grand mistake was in re-
fsng to testify.
We think IUNTR's fatal error was In
committing the murder, and MATTHEwsS
fatal error was in being a party to II fraud
and Il cheat. 1t IS not likely that MATTHEWS
would have improved his case any moro
10y tcs'llying than IIUNrrR improved his
MATTHEW'S is n lawyer; HUNTER Is not
MATTHEWS was capabc Of comprehcnding
in advance tine effect Of testimony; HUNTER
was not
The trouble with both Of these cases was
that they wero So bad that white they might
seemingly be married. the one by silence,
/ the other by speech nothing in reality could
have nlended either OF them.
1t is very evident, from the testimony Of
Mr.. WILLIAM T.. CHASDLER, that Senator
MATTHEWS il no such Innocent and injured
| individual as his relative, Mr.. WATrERsoN,
| would generously think him. He was one
of the prime movers in the scheme for at
| once sacrificing PACKARD and saving HAYES,
scheme 30 inconsistency wicked as to
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Posting the Books.

Considering the anomalous condition Of
politics at Washington during the recent
session of Congress- with a Fraudulent Pres
idcnt antagonized by his own party in the
Senate, aud supported by n bare fraction of
il in the other branch; with Republican
Senate proverbial for extravaganza and
with Democratic House checked by n fac
ton holding the balance oil power ON meas
ures Of reform and rctrenchmcnt like the
army, the ROBINSON claims, aud other jobs,
the results are far better than wa antc-
patcd. That il 10 say, the resOlutc Demo-
cratic managers Of the House on the com
mittees Of conference were able I'm the end
TO restrain the attempted pIOdigality in ap-
preparations, and 10 cut off numerous cXcr"s-
ccnccs which the Senate had attached TO the
supply bills.
There are eleven regular appropriation
bills, which form the basis of grants for the
public service, and for which estimate are
annually made by the SECRETARY Of the
Treasury. They are known IN legislation
under the following heads; Military AoAd-
envy; Furtncatious; Consular and Diplo-
matte; Navy; Post Onlcc; Pension, Indian;
Army; Legislative, Judicial, and EXccu-
tive; Suudry tiyil; and River and llarhor.
The table holow condcueos inn summary the
estimates, TIA" action ofeHch House separate
IS, ana the laws ON these various measures
IN the aggregate
h''"1'" d." E,.| r. !aS" L""
Sl7c-2tai. si76-LGo slol,~o9aco sa5rora3
Fooo,so ddr,nal c.unai.. we've scntin not no,udel
IA lie regular book ir"m u'c Treasury,
Itappcars by these ng,ires that the House
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-04
The Cost OF AN Examination

Examiner W. ]. Best. in reply to the question
asked By "A Dcpo,irr." whether there sany truth IN
the report tina; the examination of the Union Dime
ings Bank will cost $1,000 and that that be
taken the trust funds AMI paid 10 the Examiner and
those who helped him says that the of the oxamina
Appraising as pieces real estate 81 n5
ANIMATION 81 h25 bond, amt mortgage to.cthcr with the
praisers sl.l1o stenographcr $50, on account clerk
hire. subuWuaS. &C. S~il 80. total - ~t DO To the
above be says should be- added 81 On 10 the t,t
nogTapher part OF which Is disputed by the Acting Bank
superintendent This would make the whole cost OF the
examination 90 or but little more than would
dnHrilv been PAID To the LAWYERS whom Mr.. Rest
engaged the abstracts Mr. hest saws that as
the Acung supc neen did not Zee, usuncd in ccrtify.
a. such sum he deemed conpc nsAtiOn Tor
hls serNlNes hA has NOT rNAeLAel AWNING.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: There
90 be considerable controversy in rnE cor.
rcspondrncc. and much diversity Of opinion. To
what disposition shall h, made OF the dogs inicsung this
city Tie do- law Tar as It goes Is well enough, but
amorc strnscut enacted by municipal Legisla.
ture and strictly enforced would my opinion eiectu.
anuhiIuting the entire dog race Manhattan Island
There j. about much use Tor harhoriug dog m this
cts there II Tor ktt ping woke
Tics show that ui late years person bitten 10y dog l.
almost certain L. have attack ut hNdruuhuia Surely
' t Of one human b,ius D.. more valuable than that II
all the dogs born Therefore. the
Nou will not have the effect appreciate the value
faithful dog with the farmer druvcr AMI Sportsman
hut a. pets ~ crowded city, dogs out OF their ev.
mcnt AMI dangerous thMg Anmiilate tile hrutps
IA this city aud thereby avoid the dangers constantly
besetuus children and Older persons. SrIIz
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-04

The sensational testimony of the day at
New Orleans was given 10y WILLIAM SIMPSON.
one Of Gen. BANKss stalf officers in the war. for
several years cashier in the New Orleans Gus
tom House. a man with the highest testimonials
from eminent Republicans. lie testincs that u
friend, now in oiilce under the Government.
told HIM that he was In kELLoGG's room when
the Returning Board : returns were brought ia I;
that the signature Of one member Of the
board was wanting: that this member said
in his hearing he would not sign the
returns until $4,000 was forthcoming
half in cash and half in good notes that the
sum was made up. then and there. whereupon
the member affixed his signature, The witness
at once wrote 70 HAYES, telling him the story
HAYES referred the letter to SHERMAN. who re-
ferred /, in turn TO Tom ANDERsoN. Letters
from HAYEss private secretary. from subor-
dinRte of joins SHERMAN. and from ANDERSON
are now in the hands Of the committee. Whether
they already have the name OF Mr. SIMPSONS
friend Is not known. but Mr. srENGER says the
friend will be examined in due time unless he
fees the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-04

The following report Of the Sanitary Com
mtt.c OF the Board OF Health. upon sunsroAe ha heeA
approved and published hy the board
Sunstoke caused by excessive heat and especially N
the weather Is "mugsN II Is ant occur the
second. tifi or fourth day Of heated term tIau the
rrsi Loss u rcep. worry. excitement close -vr hing
rOuns debility ahu~e ot smulHnt- rsdispos. tuit II
l. more Rpt to attack those working IN the sun. and
pcciAN between ia. hours u n oclok IN ~, morning
aud O'Clock "a the afternoon ON hot dtVs thin
los, sleep and all unnecessary ia.uH f. WORKING i.
doors and where thcr j. atunciu hcat-laundries etc
$40 that IN" room l. well ventilated
II W. kns IN the sun wear glt hat mot black, rs Il
at-orhs heat straw Ac AMI put inside 4 IL the hcal
wet cloth large green Leaf; ire Iueny lit the hist
from the head aud that the cloth /. wet DO net
check preparation, hut drink what water need 10
overhcated. Have. whenever possible. additional
shade thin umbrella when walking a canvas ~
broad cover when working in the When much figucd
do not Ia work, hut hc excused nom work. especially
amer II o'clock IN The morning not DAYS. II the
work j. m the sun II feeling nj fatigue dizziness.
headache or exhaustion occurs cease work immediate
y he down In hNiy AMI cool place. apply cold cloths
Ia and pour cold water over head AMI neck. II
Is overcome by the heat send Immediately for the
est good physician while waiting tor The physician.
givc the person cool drinks ot water colt black tea
cold coicr. II able Ia low II the skin r. hot and dry
sponge with. Uour cold water the body hmh-
anu apply 10 the head pounded ice wrapped in towel
other cloth II there Ice AZ hand Keep cold cloth
ON the head, and pour cold water on II Us well on Ill
body.
Iihe person is pale very faint AMI pulse fccblc let
him ul lr ammonia for few seconds ar give him ten
spoonful aromatic spirlts Of ammonia two table
spoonful ut water with little
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-04

Tho California Constitutional Convention.
to which delegates have recently been elected,
will meet Mt Sacramento on Sept 2s. and the
session is limited to one hundred days. 1t will
consist Of one hundred and ffty-two members.
whose pay is limited to SO day. The Const
tuition adopted by tho Convention will be submit
ted to the people on the first Wednesday in May
next. and accepted or rejected as n whole. If
ratified the Constitution will go into effect as
soon rs the result Of the popular vote is de-
clared. In regard TO tho probable complexion
Of the Convention, last nights DIES patches claim
that the Non Partisan party will have n MAORI
ty Of seventeen. The San Francisco Chronicle
says. however that the full and final official
count will be necessary to determine the result.
MS between the Workingmen and the Non-Par-
tisans
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-04

The double hanging in Chicago, q few
days ago. has been followed closely by muir
der and an attempt at murder in that city.
PETER T.. STEPHENS. aged 20. killed his wife in
NJ Of jealousy. and THOMAS OBRIEN. under
the influence Of jealousy. bad temper. and whis-
key. also shot his wife. but no, fatally Murder
ers' row in the Chicago Jail has eight occupants
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shall the Friend. of Fraud he Reelected 60
Gongressf

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-ST: Let us
look at things they rea, and glorious
try
We have a President and n vice Pre- sident who wire
not elected by the people We have Cabinet, Custom
House officers postmasicrs, navy yard officers with
their thousands OF employees have foreign Minister'S
ami all kinds of oicchoders who have been appointed
by Hayes The people have their STATE Governments
yet; ami the people have national Congress;
was that Congress which placed US In the position we
occupy to-day
Can the people vote tor representatives like those
againi Can the intelligent approve the teton
Of these men should they come before them for re.
el,euoni NJ l. wiLgER ~ Forsyth IT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-04

WAsHISGToN. July 9-ConGress appropriated
ssUn the purpose at observing the total solar eclipse
the 10Th OF July. As as the money was available,
Admiral John Rodgers Superintendent OF the lntri
States Naval Observatory. hcean To make preparation,
tul and exhaustive observations the means At
his disposal warranted The prcparniiuus are now com
Irfrd, ami the observing parties VII soon Ak" the tri
tuY instructed H. 10 their dutps ami the work careful y
mapped uuf Hui divided NJ among the different o'.
servers The poauscopc aud thr srrrtroscopc Will re
USED to examine the corona of the during totnlN
A. the duration Of totally Will not lc moro than three
minutes IN the Nurt ani tw AMI han M I, Na nll the
oh.crNers viii lr rcqW ed 90 work very rapidly obtain
Tic rnumIINd uhsrrN MLnm.
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Still Evading the Issue.

JOIN SHERMAN has written another letter
TO Mr.. PoTTERs Committee, again propos-
ing and insisting that he should bc allowed
TO prove that there was intimidation i'll the
Louisiana election OF 1876.
This is something entirely outside Of any
business which Mr. SHERMAN has to trans
act before that Committee. The real ques-
tion for him relates exclusively to the
circumstances and the reasons for his
writing the following letter:
"Ntw Ontr,Ns Nov 81. 1879
GrNTENtN Your note Of eNendate has just been re-
ccivei N,iihcr Mr. HAYES. myself. the gentlemen who
accompany or the country AZ large cancvcr ioget the
obligations under which Non will have placed ~. should
YOU stand nrm IN the position you have taken From
long AMI intimate acquaintance with TOY. llsrfs, am
Justified u a.sumne rcspou- utility tor promises made
and viii guarantee that YOU shall be- provided tor a. soon
after the 4th March may be- practicable aud IN such
manner as will enable YOU both TO leave Louisiana,
should you deem 1t necessary Very truly your-
"JoHN sHARNAS
Mr. D. A. wEBlR and JAWS T. ANDERSON
Respecting this letter Mr.. SHERMAN has
already spoken twice: first, when he wa
examined before the Committee and would
not aver under oath that the letter was not
his; and secondly, when he stated TO the
correspondent of the .New York Tribune that
the reason why he did not dcnyit before the
Committee was that he feared the original
letter or Photographic copy of it might be
produced in the face of his denial. All this
is in substance and effect only n repeated
confession Ii such letter Of his was never
in existence, would there be any possibility
of his fearing Its production in Washington
OF elsewhere
Now, a. he says, whether he wrote the
letter or not, he wants to hear no more OF
it, lie prefers a different line Of inquiry.
But We do not think Mr.. SHERMAN can be
gratiled. The Committee cannot turn aside
| from his letter to hear his representations
on other subjects. The authorship and au-
thcntcityof the letter are effectively proved
! by Mr.. SHIRMAN's own testimony, and he
need not hope to escape the consequences.
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Taking Rest During the summer.

The Vanderbilt will contest was closed yester-
day Tor the summer The discussion OF the question of
adjournment gave McSsrs Lord and Clinton opportunity
tor another illcmIelcd squahbc, IN which charges of
bad faith, biackmal, ANA conspiracy were Freely BAN
died. Mr. Clinton desired 10 go ON with tie case now
from day 10 day Mr. Lord wanted until noNt Tuesday
p."luc' R'dhurh a.. conspiracy witness, whulsi ll lh"
surrogate snd that hr Court hud given n tNNr days
tho AMI the re- hat been ssi days He
dad not propos, tu lpcrl the health OF the Court hv s
ing during she hot weather the SURROGATE then nN,i
u, date "i adjournment Ia sept ~, the contestant tn
have ,isht daN, To conclude stlnuu1 IW,lN, DAYS
were allotted % the elt, the hc con
eIAded ON te som u Oot-h.r
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TfUOI Nf NIrdNH0N Nftf.
Putting these various things together. then. II
Is very clear that these same visiting statesmen were
nidcrs and abcttors in the crime Of iraudueny ana
trcasonaby causing defeated candidate to be declared
elected Pre- sent Of the United States Is possible that
rngleaders in reasonable conspiracy TO eicct such
usurpaton be permitted successfully perpetrate
their crime and then escape all punishment through
merely frivolous tcchnioalitiesi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-04

One OF the celebrated criminal trials OF the
age came TO an end in Camden yesterday in
the conviction Of BENJAMIN HUNTER Of the muir
der OF john NJ. ARMSTRONG. Public opinion
will sustain the verdict. The chain Of circum-
stantial evidence appeared perfect In every link
from the day that HUNTER. man OF moderate
income. procured insurance amounting TO s2G.-
600 upon the life OF ARMSTRONG. until the day
that his victim fell beneath the blow Of IA hired
assassin in an alley In Camden.
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SHERMAN PAGE, Judge of the Tenth Judi

SHERMAN PAGE, Judge Of the Tenth Judi
cial District OF Minnesota. has been acquitted
by the State Senate of the charges Of using his
office for the malicious and vindictvo pcrsecu-
ton Of persons against whom he had IL private
grudge. Of endeavoring TO intimidatc. and
afterwnrd insulting Grand Juries. and OF va
rious wrongful and oppressive acts. PAGE has
however. but little to be proud Of In his acquit-
tai. IA the vote against him lacked but four OF
the two-thirds neeessnry for remoyal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-04

China is not the only great empire afllct-
cd by famine. From Brazil comes tho news
that in three important provinces the springs.
brooks. and rivers have been dried up for many
months; that crops do not grow. and that peo-
pie are perishing by many thousands. In the
city OF Aracaty. from the 10th Of February to
the 18th no less than 66i persons died Of hun
ger. and at lenst 10000 people have persisted in
the province OF Cara alone since tho beginning
OF the calamity
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Note from "a Russian.

To THE EpIToR OF THE SUN-Sw; At n meet
ing Of citizens hoi last Monday which the Tompkins
square question was discussed, proposition made
To erect IN the projected park dairy Tor supplying chill
drcn with tree milk and gymuH Tie proposition
was laughed down hv the meeting
THIS view at the matter. taken hy meeting OF such
vcmed and enlightened ctuNus, has plunged me a Kus
sian. INTO sore pcrpoNiy In nearly all m" public parks
~ 81 fricrshurs there actually exist under the PATRON
axe ~ the Russian 6uNrrnmrn NJ aud of the city authur
uts. both Institutions which branded Tree Amer
can cuIcus l. possible that his MAJESTY the Car Aui
IN officials are crack Drained Communists
.IlN A