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Tn discussing the financial question and
the complications come ted with it, the
primal cause Of the existing difficulties
must novcrho forgotten. The supreme Court.
IN memorable Judgment with Chief jus
tice CHASE presiding. substantially held
that the legal tenders were only justliablc
on the ground Of a great public necessity.
wherein the safety Of the Union was in
volyed; and that this necessity having
passed away, the obligation 10 return to
the honest and sound money of the Consti-
tuition wac resumed.
That decree was resumption II specie
payments by judicial process, and Ink" Il
lire bell in the night il suddenly awakened
certain great corporations, with interest
md obligations accrung which under it
would have to be paid in gold. then at
large premium, instead 81 a deprecated pa
per currency, as they expected This was
Especially the case with the Pennsylvania
Railroad and its connections. The difference
In the form Of payment Ia their creditors
would have been a matter OF hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars.
Moved by this pressing consideration, and
by a general desire to antagunzc rcsump-
ton, Col. Tom SCoTT and his confedcratcs
and friends set to work to reverse the iudg-
mcnt Of the Court They and others like
them We're growing ostcn-ihly rich, and eN-
panding their operations, by means OF " the
best currency the world ever saw" Any
check would also be disastrous to the inter
ests OF largo specializing class, who in
1859 were floating vast schemes and pro-
jects that four years afterwuid collapsed
like punctured balloon.
Gen. GRANT was then in the first year ~
his Presidency. Ho had from the start ex-
hibited a remarkable fondncss for the chiefs
Of great corporations, ior men Of money
and for the representatives Of material
power His personal associates all sym
pathizcd with this taste. Therefore,
when he was approached in the beginning
OF 1870, on the subject Of the Supreme Court
reversing itself, he was willing listener
and he became an obcdient instrument in
the hands Of the jobbers who swarmod
around the White House, seeking TO direct
the policy and the appointments Of its occu-
pant.
BY the death Of Justice GRIER, and Of
Secretary STANTON, who had been nomi-
mated and confirmed in place Of Justice
WAYNE, but never took his seat on the
bench, two vacancies occurred in the Court.
The first to be filed was that Of GREER.
Pennsylvania claimed the appointment, and
the Pennsylvania Railroad dictated thenom-
nation and the only test made at Wash
ington WAS whether Judge STRONG was
sound on the question Of upsctting the do
cree for resumption. When appealed To
personally no referred TO an opinion given
lV him ng a Stotn Iud 70 vuhf.h 10,
doubt about his action if transferred To a
higher sphere. Mr. Thompson, then Presi-
dent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with Col
Ton SCOTT as his chief Of stan gave posi-.
tive assurances that STRONG WAS sound
and under those circumstances he was con.
irmcd ON the 18th of February, 1870.
The same sinister influences prevailed
when Mr. srANToN's vacancy came to be
hllod, JosEPH =, BRADLEY had long beer
Lie counsel Of the Camden and AmUpv and
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Nell Bryant.

To mU PrVSsstWni qnd other HisHts
Since my confinement here. I have been in
constant receipt o letters OF sympathy containing Kind
offers Of assistance for which my whole heart goes ont
In gratitude TO my many friends Yet must beg you an
to refrain from further action in this direction The de
mand against me is unjust and would do great wrong
20 my own feelings were tu allow ITS payment LIDO
not seek 20 become mHrvr hut would much prefer 10
remain m confinement the fail time liked by law, than
thHt dollar Dee paid 90 the grHspng claimant MY ar.
rest and imprisonment are unfair and hcevc for pur
poses which the law was not designed 10 further. hut
only object IN THIS card = 90 request that steps be
taken toward SATISFYING pretended debt which 40 not
owe My stay here Is not attended with the tiscomfnts
which might naturally bee ASSOCIATED with h. Although In
one sense prisoner in Jail the treatment receive
that which kiuiheartcd people accord 90 man whom
mrN believe to be wtnnged Nail BRiANr
GOLSTY JAN. No
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Ashamed Of hi. New orlean. appointment.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s-A number Of indica-
lions show that the Administration T. beginning TO
that It, appointment. in Nev Orleans are di-gracc
They we're necessary ~ one time hut Hayes ant shor
man appear 10 think that the time has gone By when
hcy are necessary sherman especially Is severe IN h.
criticisms of NV orleans Republicans who ir.t two
lnneft --reh t the state hN ruuhln4 r. Publican cHnll
dates instead "i uniting with thr Int, rud. mt Just
now Nar-ha NhHrfu is 900 more dt-rr man utlID
NHNrl flU rhuiHf ORLEANS rIl
ucNcns has u"rUmptnrly refused Wharton the periuis
ZION Toe a-hcl 90 appear u Washington iu hts own dt.
nee. AMI wharton D. much worried go the PROSPECT
collector sni. l.eiu in- bufni apprentice nnd Hahn.
~urcfini' ni'nt 90 thr Nut two other ni'crhucrs
Who's NuuHg the lass election has hCtl scNt 70 Is
.rluciscd ty uit uiisrs ui the Cabinet
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MAINE POLITICS.
The GrsenbneR Party Dsad-A Democratic |
Governor TO be Eiected.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Llewellyn Powers
OF Maine one Of the defeated Republican Con
gressmen HALE was the other onel, has reached
here. and is decided in his opinion that the
Greonback party ls dead in Maine. and the
State again Republican. He has no hopes Of
the two opposition Congressman, Ladd and
Murch. both OF whom. he says. will go into the
Democratic caucus, and act with the party on
all questions except. possibly. come financial
issues This has boon known all along us to
Murah, but the Democrats have felt less certain
of Ladd. Powers announces and he appa-
rently speaks from direct Information. that the
scheme to elect the Grecnbacker, Smith, as
Governor. has fallen through, as he refuses to
give IN his financial views. 50 that the Republic
cans will probably elect GarcolOn, Democrat.
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The surr For, Gaze. 60 be Inye..lgnt.a.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-Nearly month ago
District Attorney Wells with the consent and advice Of
the Court nolc pressed tie criminal prosecution.
against Rodcrck Butler. Republican cN Congressman
tni others m what are known - tho Surs Fort cases
udr uts found for the coee uuuu fraud claim
Earlier iu civil suit n T'uucs>sr upon the
We uoNernmcnt had obtained Judgment SINCE the
ltiun taken here ln uir criminal pIu~t Duton the
ct nuni 900 tho civil suit has been .rt l-if hN the order
ni the Court so that the cruucnt Ia. .a.ucd NOTHING
hN long AMI expensive inNn.ti-iou amt prosecution
Aresoluuou viii he introduced A. the opening oi CON
-rcss directing ct the standing committee invest
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HoNEsDAIH, Pa. Nov. 27.-Thc school officers
u thu and other districts have been nqurins why their
-harc OF the annual APPROPRIATION Of 81 OoolO by the
state has not been distributed them this year. and
recent investigation made by Prof Wickcrsham has
elected the TACT that there IL no money m the state
treasury The explanation given fortts Unprecedented
STATE AFFAIRS b. that the revenues u The state have not
been -uhiccut u meet the dvmaSi~ nu the treasury.
Ihi.- manly due o. the tact that most 90 tho corpora
lnn- u thr STATE paid 30 taxes last wear OWING o. the de-
PRECISION in business lev 3oars age real estate was &c.
NJ. Ntf from pHf mruf u state taxes 30 ,uu- wanna. and
fr divide i~ 60. corporations taxed instead Tngu
VIII e drhcit 90 s2uuintn the state treasury az tAc
.fII .sH FNtH
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The Opera supernumsrarIe..

To THE EDrToR OF THE SUN-Sr; II Col
Napeson OF the Academy ut Music pays 90 cents TO little
girls 10 and ~ years DID, why cannot he nay the poor
supes' the same amount There are only four per.
ornances each week, ami the "supes" only get one
dollar, and they must be present At each rehearsal
lh'lr Captain, Billy Marshall often after making
them attend rehearsal tails to let them Oh az uisht.
anu ~ cents ot their pay is lost u Col Maucson would
Nc susNie the matter hc would confer favor ou them
All, anI one who WAS once one OF them
Nav lokg. Nov ~ MILm MmuNAlH
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Besides Major MARCUS A. RENO Of the
Seventh Cavalry, whose conduct at the battle Of
Little Big Horn is to he the subject Of official in
qury, two other officers Of tho regular army
are before the public in an unpleasant aspect
A despatch from Washington to the Cincinnati
commercial says that charges have been pro-
ferred against Capt SAMUEL X. ScHwANK. re-
tired. for conduct unbecoming an officer aud n
gentleman, ono Of tho allegations being that
Capt SCHwANK has not repaid to the washer
woman OF tho Twenty-fOurh Infantry con.
siderable sum Of money borrowed from her. A
despatch from Washington to the Chicago Times
save that report has been received at the De-
partment OF Justice accusing Lieut.. Col BUELL..
Of the Eleventh Infantry. commanding At Fort
Custer, in Montana, Of aiding one SEIGENUER.
who kept Il restaurant at the post. to deiraud
the revenue, and of protecting sEIGENUER from
arrest after indictment by a Grand Jury. II
acems t.., whom q deputy marshal went to
sorry" tine Sc "i.ui he was ordered or 10y BUELL..
Tho deputy took the prisoner along, however,
Aferward the deputy had occasion to return to
tho post with SEIGFNUER in his custody and
BUELL. put the officer across the river in a boat
at the point Of bayonet. and without blanket
TO shelter him from the bitter weather, while he
retained tho prisoner at headquarters. This Is
but an instance OF how military authority may
be abused to override the findings OF iuries and
Of civil courts, by members Of tia great military
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WASHINGTON. Nov. est will be remembered
that al the close OF the last session much comment and
some scandal caused by the omission oi the vital
portion of an amendment OF the sundry civil bill relating
TO the Arkansas Hot Springs during the last enrolment
w the hul At the opening OF the next senator
Dorsey who was member o. tho cont, renee committee
on the b will present rcsolutoun the senate asking
for an investigation into the circumstances attending
omission clerk Adams hns written letter 10 speaker
Randall 60 be lid before the House also asking
inquiry. the omission House
room under charge
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Mumford's Widow.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s- Whatever the motive
may be, reform Administration dmiied is carrying it.
determination 10 remove Gen buffers friends oextraor.
binary lengths one OF the appointments that he pro.
cured some month"; ago was Tor the widow Muminrd
me man whom Butler hanged when he occupied New or
leans III lS63 She came To Washington IN want and
hutrr hesirrcd himself to her place with success
since the election she mas been removed hut place ha
teen fouui tor her in another department where M,
draws a mere pittHucc-stu month
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Not so Great a Demoernlle majority.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s-At best the Demo-
cratic majority n the next House over ALL both Green
hackers AMI Republicans will not be over six ana may
not be more than three one man whom the Democrat.
nav, conhdrhuy counted ON sccing In The Dcmoo rauc
caucus, Col Low of the Eighth Alabama District 10 has
been learned from letter. has announced that he wi
not act with Che Democrats in organizing the House on
many questions hc Will act with the Republicans
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Academy ~ Na.t- pot.ri 3. ristie.
uooth's Theatre mat tass g. tosriea
uo~ery rh-str--whte Roy Of o.
broadway Ihcntr--otto. oefmtu.
GhtckerinE tsnI' Girnis.s fths Arabian FishtA
Iifth Avr"a~ fh-"tr~- hi.tatd a.
Grasa Or~rs uo-~--Yihe
apmor-'~ serter- Hafuum. shov Matinee
u,~~un Theatre Joshua wht,omh
Rev yorL aq"nrirfr -Hraiwsy sud asthsN
Nihios tssri-"- ths vtriisniss
pnrL rh-strr- Comedy e. trfofs.
eRnFrRneisco uiustr~is una,fwAy, cor 79th IT,
standard Theatre Almost a tie
Ioas Pr>sor'. Op~rs "aa~~-v,fieiy Matinee.
Theatre s"r,iq"r variety
SETON S4-Nr~ thertr~ w.iher sni son.
~ aIItsrL's GLentrr-ouf Ciui.
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Nlnety.Nlue Year. In state Prison.


FTTTT ~ ~ JUN TI7 W HIE7WF
. In the District Court on tho 7th the case Of tho
Nthtt OF TWAS Ag jam summers Tor the murder OF
INTO Martinez was callcd The hearing ot the case con.
stunned motut the day. The went 10 the Jury about
O'Clock ad about one hour thereafter they returned
reriicto guilty o murder in the second degree ana as,
sessel We uunlahmeul ~ w years ID The state FTlsOn
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Shooting alta Whale.

On Monday. whilo Capt Oakley OF Babylon
was hshnS IN the ocean OF Fire Island he saw right
and two nm back whales The right whale headed straight
Tor ms boat when the whale was within f feet Of tile
boat cant oakley hrei two charges Vi buekslot at hin
AMI iha pbAls diIfd pnl VI slght
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The Canadians cannot help feellng ratho

The Canadians cannot help feeling rather
proud OF the comforts they have thus far Law
ished upon the Princess LOUISE and the Mar
quis Of LoRNE, prominent among which were
the more than royal Injuries Of two whole
rooms and bath room in the Halifax Hotel
But II the illustrious pair almost lost them
selves in this reckless Srofusion of space they
had also the variety Of snug quarters soon after.
since. according 10 the dispatches during their
journey to Montreal, both on Wednesday and
Thursday nights the train was pushed out on n
siding, but the whole party slept on board.
Perhaps the Princess and the Marquis have be-
fore enjoyed the pleasure Of sleeping In a rail-
road car but we venture TO say they never be-
fore voluntarily slept two nights in succession
on train not in motion, provided a cottage and
@ cot could be had outside the train.
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II seems that ANGELL, the absconding
Secretary If tho Pullman Palace Car Company
was identified by his teeth he having pccu-
liarly shaped front tooth. a full description Of
which was forwarded 10 Lisbon as soon rs the
Pullman Company had been Informed that a
person In shat city was suspected 81 being tn"
fugitive. The Identification OF the remains OF
murdered persons by pccularities Of their teeth
is not unusual in criminal trials. The remains
found in Prof WEBsrEH's laboratory were
proven 10 bc those Of Dr. PARKMAN by a dentist.
who recognized his own work upon a set Of false
teeth raked from the ashes
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A strong woman il the Widow VAN Corr
strong In body. strong in faith. strong in voice.
and strong in gesture When. in the character
If DAVID. she whrls her imaginary sling and
launches an invisible stone ut n supposittious
GOLIATH. tho heads Of her auditors duck in
voluntarily and every one feels that 1t is all up
with the giant This physical and spiritual ro-
business has not a little To- do with the Widow
Van CoITs success rs reyiyalist. She takes
sinners by storm.
Perhaps il ia only natural that woman Of
this sort should be- addicted 10 the use OF strong
language. But let rs say To- the Widow VAN
CoTr that when she publicly denounces the vast
minority OF the Clergy Of her own and the other
so-called Christian churches as worse than
ypers. because they use termentcd wine in the
ceremony Of the eucharist she GOES too far.
Possibly St. PAUL may have had some earlier
Widow NAN CoTT in his minds eye when he
wrote; " suffer- not woman 10 teach"
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Previous to the civil war; writes Mr. Thomas Conol.
~ from Boston 10 the London hne large majority OF
the operatives in the factories OF Lowell and Lawrence
we're nauvo.born Americans. chiefly from the VILLAGES
and farms OF New England, but now nearly sixty per
cent Of them are foreigners" The Boston tir,h.er.
however denies his implication thatit is harder for a
factory operative 20 live In comfort than before the
war FACTORY operatives who have regular work and
i've prulrnty are better situated than they were eighteen
years ago. They have become accustomed to more OF
the convcnicnccs ana luXures OF life, ami they have
them Their condition Is steadily improving and their
savings are steadily increasing To-day the deposits of
operatives aud others who depend upon daily wages in
our savings banks taken togcthcr constitute the largest
single moncyed mtcrestin New England
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JOIN S. MORTON. one Of the representa-
tivcs Of Philadelphia Phariseesm and snob-
berry. gave some peculiar testimony on Wednrs-
day in the trial 81 his fellow conspirators in the
cmbezzlemcnt of tho funds Of the West phila-
dclphia Passenger Railway Company In ac-
counting for money raised on frauduently
issued stock. MoEroS stated that he had used
$4,000 at Harrisburg trying to defeat bill in
troduced in the interest Of rival street rail
WY corporation. Tho following question and
answer show how this wholesale bribery was
endorsed by the highly respectable Phiadel-
phinns who formed the Board Of Directors II
MoEroNs company:
"Q-Dh the Roari II Director. ever SOC statement
A-Ncs. sir They Paw me full authority I'm tho mat
ter AMI knew how much spent dd not klNt them O.
detailed statement uf how 10 spent bot blsar ffs
t"fofa re af nHiHk l'o' N' h'Uh
We doubt IT, in the ralmicst days Of the TWEED
Ring. an instance could be found Of the Board
Of Directors OF a New York corporation thank
ing lobbyist for his success in corrupiing n
Legislature. II Is no wonder that the rotten
ness which must exist beneath the surface Of
society where such thing could occur. occa-
sonally breaks out in u murder like that Of
ARMSTRONG. and an exposure like that Of Mon
TON.
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establishment for whose support the people
are taxed millions OF dollars every year.
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"You cannot imagine the terror with which tho ad
vanccmcnt OF American industries Is filling British manu-
acturers" said Prof shman in recent address I'VE,
A. you know took the leading prize at Paris for the best
steam engine IN the world and it is not denied in Europe
to-day that America heads the list In the manufacture OF
agricultural machinery
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Al meeting Of the New York Produce Exchange last
week Mr. frankn Edison the Pr sident IN referring to
the growth Of that Exchange. called attention the
facts that whereas the average value OF the annual
ports of all kinds from this port the i've years pre-
vious 20 1851 had been little more than slO2 100 90
she amount in 1872 10 s2Tn t3oo aud for tile last
nscal year to 1851 saooD even at the greatly reduced
Valuation Of all articles domcstc produce In 1851 the
average cost OF Transporting wheat from Chicago New
York hl lake and canal 26a cents busel in 1872
twas24's cents and during the of 1877 II was
only ia cents bushc AMI It will be reduced consider.
ably below that point The current year.
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An increasing demand for print cloths is encouraging
the Fall River manufacturers The stock hand there
the clese OF business Saturday night i32oOO
pieces Sales during the week, $4,000, production,
80
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rAcrs AND OPINIONS AMOUR TRADE

Alta meeting at Cooper Institute on Saturday
night the Hon Abram Hewitt is reported to have re-
marked, amid great applause that we on the dawn
Of Of prosperity such the world never saw"
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The total cotton spindcs the North estimated
at about 10000 and in the South at GOOOOO or total
in the country Of say iO.jOoOo OF She 6s,ooOs spin
dies employed in the manufacture Of cotton in 1879 the
United States had In round numbers 100000 and
Great Britain 100000
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Very little introduction" remarks Of citizens
travelling abroad In letter to the nan ~, " needed
secure for an American IRON master any iron
ana steel works 100 England So much, am sorry add
Ic1nnot the result my experience, say In re-
.pcct OF an industries which work NJ iron AMI steel
Herein oar competition has been most felt Let the Amer
can seek for admission At certain Of the establishments
n sheffield in Manchester in Birmingham orin wolver
hampton, and my own experience Will be his II is
significant that among the works recently closed 10
strangers are Those o manufacturers, certain of whom
are known by their ncghbors 20 have lately made visits
10 the Cmted states"
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ROBERT HELLER, whose life and death are
elsewhere described. will DO remembered for
his second-sight trick more than for anything
else. That feature OF his performances. con-
sisting Of the description. by blindfolded wo-
man on the stage Of articles touched by him In
the audience was not new with him. but he car
red it to a greater degree Of mystincation than
any Of his predecessors. The late Mr.. AMBER
BON and his daughter used TO do il clevorly, and
many others have used 1t with more or less sue
cess. Tho widest explanatory theories have
been gravely advanced. but 1t IL altogether like
ly that the celebrated French iuggler. RoBERT
HoUDIN. by whom the feat was performed gave
in his autobiography tho correct solution.
HouD1N said that. 10y q complex system OF new
meanings for letters. syabes. and words. he
was able to tell his confederate on the stage
what the articles were. while using language
that 10 the audience conveyed no hidden intclli-
gcnce. That Is to say. a language within a
language was constructed, so that the question.
what is thls2" might mean. This is a gold
ring with one stone" II is easily conceivable
that man Of llELLER's quick intelligence
could. In II dozen years or moro of constant
practice. elaborate such system 10 n wonderful
extent. and devise varintions-likc the touching
Of n few previously arranged articles without
saying aAything-that would mislead n casual
observer. one point seemed to prove that he
used HoUDINs method He would never per
nit anybody but himself TO put the questions 10
the blindiolJcd woman.
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Could Puritan Of Gov. BRADPoRD's day,
breaking his sleep Of two and half centuries
have opened his eyes yesterday on the queer
mixture Of services with which his descendants
observed their day Of Thanksgiving and praise.
what would not have been his astonishment
Circus. church and cockpit, preaching. pray
ing. pugilsm and pigeon shooting. turkey
rafiles. tableaux hymns. hops and horse
races blended in the celebration Of this anccs-
trail anniversary. But happy even this stern
critic Of an older ago would havo softened in
his Indignation on viewing the feasts spread
yesterday by charitable hands for the poor, the
suffering and the imprisoned.
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Under circumstances common, in many respects, to
both countries the bankers Of the United states seem to
rs the Bmke Mgisipe to have been far more prudent
than the British bankers They apprehe earlier the
pending difficulties confronted and charged On losses
and reduced dividends sooner and have thus mitgaed
the force which they could not wholly avoid"