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Ash Wednesday.

Yesterday was the first day Of Lent, and
fashionable society has seized the opportu-
nifty OF the penitcntial season TO take a rest
for about u month and half. The times have
been hard but the winter, now happily over,
has been gay one for those people who
could afford to pay for their pleasures.
Now for forty days the devout will
be frequent in their attendance on di-
vine services. The priests and pastors
will instruct their nocks how vain is
this life and its ambitions, and they will
tell them Of those treasures which truth
and integrity lay up in heaven. While the
brokers In Wall street hustle about, seeking
to gather in percentages. the Roy. DR.. MoR-
GAN DIX will intone the sublime liturgy in
the venerable church which overlooks their
worldly operations. Meantime thousands
of women will be Frustrated in worship at
the Roman Catholic and Episcopal temples
OF the metropolis
All this Is well for men should stop In the
hurry Of material business TO think about
their immortal concerns. Life Is neither n
holiday nor a period OF brutal labor II is
very important that the people should be
instructed In the spiritual side of existence,
and that II what religion does for them, at
the same time that IL informs them as to
their obligations. We trust that all the
readers of The SrS will fast in spirit at
least, during the present forty days
Since the occurrence OF the last Lenten
season, the country has suffered from the
efforts OF a Fraudulent President to justify
his tainted title to Office by a sham reform
His failure has been disastrous. The Ne,c
York Times, the leading and very able organ
of the party which stole for him his high
Office, the other day reviewed the first year Of
HAYES. II showed very plainly that 1t was
not satisfied with the results OF the crime
against the people HAYES not only proiited
by the great iniquity, but he has also swim
died the conspirators who worked in his be-
half. Without intending any dsrcspect to
our esteemed contemporary, we are forced to
say that thieves often quarrel over their
| plumber.
The Times, considering the aillction Of
Fraud phllosophically, remarks that lit
may be that our folly and wickedness as n
nation will be ovcrruled by forces which
cannot be forcseen." Undoubtedly that will
be the case, because righteous men will
raise their voices in unccasing protest
against the crime which put HAYES into
Office, and the consequence will be that it
will seem so odious to the people that they
will never again permit ii TO be temporarily
successful.
The Times has little hope for the three
years that are to como" and therein it diff
fers from The Sun, which hopes that be-
fore that time has elapsed Fraud will be Sc
punished that it will never again try To get
into the White House.
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nous costllness. Our population is about
million, and allowing even ten persons to
q household gives one hundred thousand
households. Surprising each household TO
pay twcnty-four dollars a year for street
sweeping and the removal of ashes and gar
bagc, the total amount comes to a., 100000,
which is about three times what we arc pay
ing now. On the other hand, the work Ia far
better done than IL is by public officials,
and. no doubt, tho expense OF 1t might be
greatly reduced. How to combine the clll-
cheney thus secured with due economy is u
problem which We hope may be speedily
solved.
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An Answer.

Mr. JOHN LEWIS WARREN Of Clear Lake.
Wisconsin, submits for our judgment the
following questions. which he tells us have
been argued there in public.
l. Was the decision that placed uAYrs in the White
Hous, constitutional under the circumsunccsf
~ II IlAvrs was truly scctcd. VIII, not PAoSAnu'
III A. nhas been regularly proved be, ond a doubt
that IN, Louisiana HeturuA Board guilty of iortry
aud pcrur, the transactions through which the votr
Of that state was counted tor nA,rs. can Congress At
late day it, action and give riptS his nights
A. President Of the United statcsi
Tho decision which placed HAYES in tho
Wlitc House was not constitutional under
the circumstances. and could not be consti-
tutional under any circumstances The only
constitutional way Of making "a President
II, first, by the election 10y the people of
electors in favor of particular candidate (;
secondly, by the voting of the electors thus
chosen; and thirdly, by the counting and
declaration Of the votes by the two Houses
OF Congress. If either of these three elc-
meuts be wanting, the man is not constitu-
tionally entitled to the Office but OF the
three 1t Is the first, or the election by the pco
pie, which gives vitality to the others, and
without II there can be no rghtful President.
As for HAYES, electors In his favor We're not
chosen by the people, majority of the Elec-
toral Colleges voted against him and not
for him; and instead Of the constitutional
Joint declaration of his election by both
Houses Of Congress, he was only declared
elected through the decree of so-called
Electoral Commission, unknown to the Con-
sttution, unauthorized 10y II, and made
effective only by the previous agreement Of
the two Houses that il should require the
Joint action of both to set this decree aside
an agreement OF most doubtful validity. At
the same time, the House OF Representatives.
s)lcmnly recorded its declaration that TIL
DEN was the man chosen and not HAYES.
In reply to the second question. we sa y
that the same process which pretended To
give the vote of Louisiana to HAYES also
made PACKARD Governor OF the state, =,
that when HAYES, acting as President, re-
fused TO recognize PACKARD as Governor, he
thereby proclaimed that his own title was
unreal and fraudulent.
Whether and how'at this late day Congress
can give Mr. TILDEN his rights, are ques-
tions with which we do not now trouble our
selves. One thing is enough at time. 1t is
certain that HAYES is the creature of fraud
and that 50 long as he is allowed TO remain
in the exercise Of that great Office without
feeling any blow of avengng justice, oul
free institutions and our right OF self-gov.
eminent are annulled set aside, and over
thrown. For the gravest reasons, the first
duty is to do justice TO HAYES and to punish
his fraud. When that Is thoroughly com
pleted, we can consider more advantageous
ly what ought To be done next.
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THE 4LLEGED GREIr. FORTUNE or
pffS ~.
The Truth About the millions he Left Behind
Him.

To THE Error OF THE SuN-Sr. re-
port has been pretty widely circulated to the
effect that Plus ~ ofta private fortune of some
500 1000 600. and that this large fortune il in
hcritcd 10y his family
Tho truth X. that the good old Pope did leave.
by cconomizing out Of the generous offerings
made to him. ever since 1870. 10y his two hun
drcd millions OF children. n sum large enough
to enable his successor. Leo MIL. 10 dispose Of
a revenue of 3.jOO.0O francs. or 100000. for
the expenses OF his vast admin istraton Of the
universal church.
Plus IN. who. "a all know. lived with the
sirictest economy. employed the yearly revenue
OF the Peters pence. and the liberal donations
Of wealthy individuals in supporting first. the
numerous congregations or boards aiding him
in governing the Church. ms we'll ms the repre-
sentatives of the Holy See near foreign Govern
mcnts and next in maintaining many insti-
tutions Of education and benefcence. whose
funds were suppressed 10y the Pedmuntese Cow
eminent. with many thousands of destitute.
aged. and inilrm priests. monks, and nuns,
thrown on the world by the present masters Of
Rome
In tho will of the Pope. which thus leaves to
Leo Mi. a fund So providcnty placed beyond
the reach of family greed or OF governmental
rapacty. there are two other dispositions
worthy of notice-one bcqueathing 3uO.OuO
francs. or nhout 500 900. to the poor Of Rome.
and another securing To- his surviving servants
and employees n modest annual allowance.
With regard to his own relatives, Plus lN. has
been to the last what he wis from the beginning
of his rontificate absolutely free from the stain
OF nepOtiSm.
Thus in death as we'll ms In life. the grand old
Pope deserves the unqualified reverence OF all
who love personal purity and disinterestedness.
and unbounded devotion to the Church and 10
Gods poor. Very respectfully yours:
NEW YORK March q. b. OREILLY.
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The building contractors and the disciples
OF MuLLETT around Washington are in nutter
over the proposition TO enlarge the accommo-
dations OF the Congressional Library bill
providing for the appointment OF acommssion
to report a plan has Just been referred e a com
mittec of the House and of course the atmos-
phere of the lobbics is heavy with plans and
specifications for doing tho job Tho big
gest of these plans could not be car
ried ont short of rebuilding the CEN
trial portion of lthc Capitol extending it into
two east and west wings like the north and
south wings, whore Senators and Representa-
tivos now talk to their constituents through tho
Congressional Record 1t is truly claimed that
a work constructed on this plan would AFFORD
ample room for the library but il the cost is
not worth counting the same result could be
reached by putting up a brand new building
bigger and broader and whittier than the Capt.
toll with taller dome surmounted by statue
Of the Librarian smiling at the Goddess OF
Liberty on her diminished perch. A second
plan Tor enarging the Congressional storehousc
Of literature is that tho Government purchase
the grounds adjoining the Capitol Park
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No man worthy the office Of President should
he willing to hold tit counted IN, placed there, by any
Fraud L. + GRANr
Icoud have been rcconciled 10 the elevation by
the smallest aid mine OF person. however respect
In private life who must forever carry upon his brow the
stamp OF Fraud first triumphant in American history
No subsequent action, however merollous, can wash
away the letters Of that record
CHArLrs FRAScIs ApANs
Under the forms Of law RrTuFRroRp HAYES has been
declared President Of the United Stats HIS uue resls
upon disiranchisement Of lawful voters the 'ase
tihcates OF the returning officers acting corrupty and
the decision Of commission which has refused to hear
evidence OF alleged fraud For the first time the
American people confronted with the fact Of fraudu
lenty elected Pre- sdent Let II not be understood that
the Fraud will be silently acqesced in by the country
Let hour pass in which the nsurpauon Is forgotten
ADDRESS or DiNocRArc MKAplRs VI CoSGR1ss,
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Gen. sbcrman's Pinching Limits Of
want.

"Thc army regards this hin Of Mr.. BAN
x1NG's." SO said Cen. SHERMAN publicly
week before last, Gas reducing 1t to paupcr
establishment. II Congress reduces the
army and the pay to the pnching limits Of
want the result may be that army officers
may become like some Of our civil officers,
and be accused of grasping for immediate
and dishouorablc gain to provide for future
wants In plain English, If these cpnucttcd
gentlemen do not get what they think they
ought to have they will st"al IT, The
threat thus uttered by tho General Of the
Army Is significant indeed.
"Paupcr establishment" iorsooth. and
"pinching limits Of wantr Here il the
money pay given 10y the BANNING bill, in
addition ia "A allowances.
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Are There Senators in the Post Office
Ringf

The so-calcd star or coach mail route,
from Fort Worth, In Texas, to Yuma, in Aii
iona, is the longest OF that kind i'll the
United States, and has been among the
most profitable. II Is a daily service, and
under the last contract cost nearly a third
OF million a year, when it is notorious that
three times week would more than
meet the wants Of a thinly settled popu-
lation along the line. At the recent let
ting the bids ranged between $4,000 and
$4,000 for this service, and under the law,
JOHN I. CnlpIsHER, being the lowest bidder,
is entitled TO the contract.
But the next lowest bidder has raised the
point that the bonds proposed by CHID-
IsHER are insufficient and Illegal, because
three of the nrincinal sureties are Senators,
y. W. DORSEY of Arkansas. j. p. JONES OF
Nevada. and w ii. BARNUM Of Connecticut,
forbidden by law 10 have any interest
in or connection with contracts. Hence, 1t
il cuntendcd, they are not good bondsmen.
As to their suiliciency, DORSEY Is irrcspon-
eiblc, JONES, according to his own state
mcnt in the recent debate on silver, no
longer owns that productive mining prop
erty upon which his once reputed wealth
was suII"S'u W i'9N an" 'AHNN" - w.
iron manufacturer who is believed to be rich
Here are three Senators from the extremes
Of the country-one from New England one
from the Pacific coast, and ono from tho
Southwest found uniting in bond for a
mail contractor in Texas! The fact Is ex
traordinary in itself, but 1t is rendered
far more so when we consider that these
Senators may be called upon to vote oil
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fat comfortable, soft place is n pay
mastcrship in the army. There is avacancy now,
and the Fraudulent President has nominated for
1t q sleepy old gentleman of about sixty, named
j, L. c. SMITH. who is said to be neither men
tally nor physically competent. SMITH has
been ut the head Of the Appointment Bureau OF
the Treasury where he has exhibited about as
much capacity for business MS an aged and de-
caycd oyster. 1t is reported from Washington
that he is being stuffed into this snuggcry Of the
paymastorship only because he is IA relative OF
the White House Fraud. and, inasmuch as wa
never heard of Mr.. SMITHS having forged any
election returns. or qualified himself by per-
jury or otherwise for Office under this Fraudu-
lent Administration, we presume the relation
ship furnishes the true reason Of tho appoint
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Persons who become accessory to crime in
order to expose II, may find that they have dam
aged themselves more than they have those
whom they We're anxious to bring into oppro-
brium. Mr.. c. c. BRANDT, n member Of the Min
nesota Log islature. agreed to accept and did ac-
cept bride of $50. and aiterward nourshed the
fifty dollar bill in the House and denounced the
brbe-givcr. His time has since been actively
occupied in proving that his motives were pure.
and that he ought not to be indicted rs brbe-
taker The House after hesitation. exonerated
BRANDT from suspicion of wrong intent. but
the case is yet in the hands OF the prosecuting
authorities.
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To THE EDIroR OF THE SuN-ST: Why do
you desire ia abolish the College OF the city OF New York
and yet allow the Normal College to remainf make
the latter Inference because you make mention Of
abolishing the young ladies' college.
II the former insutuuonis burden taxpayers.
and unnecessary the education OF graduates the
public schools. and should, consequently. be abolished
eNcmpihcd In the very able and exhaustive aVu-
ment OF AsSemhlyman Grady before the Committee
,ucssurcy the last named institution stands IN SINH.
lar position and Tor the same reasons should be swept
out of existence.
The Young ladies' not entitled IN this matter 70 an
educational rtVtlcecif may be- Permitted 10 call it.
Of which young men to be- deprived Both colleges
should be abolished and n legislators act consist
entity aud regard the Interests Of both sexes alike II Will
b, done THosAs ! bRosSAS.
Mr. Brosnan is right They should both be
abolished.
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In the ducls OF the students Of the Ger
man universities q cut or thrust that draws
blood Is usually considered sufficient atone
ment for wounded honor Two students in the
university at Huntsville. Ala. who fought last
week. did not follow the custom Of the
German students. W. W. ALsToN and X. j..
HARRISON. both Alabamlans. met with pis-
tolls, and fired eight or twelve shots at
close quarters. ASTON was wounded In
tho neck and shot through the heart.
and HARRISON was shot through the shoulder
and arm. Wounded as they We're. one OF them
MORALLY. they threw down their pistols and
grapplcd. ALsToN lived but few moments
after tho ARRAY. According to the account in
the Alabama newspaper they were both brave
young men. but judicious parents will feel in
clincd to withhold their sons from the college
society Of such brave young men.
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The Brooklyn and New York milk dealers

The Brooklyn and New York milk dealers
held mass meeting yesterday and appointed
committee to look after n bill now before the
Legislature. II provides that all the railroads
which have their termni in New York shall
deliver the milk they transport in the city ut
tariff Of one cent per quart or forty cents per
can OF ten gallons. this charge to include the ro
turning Of the empty cans to the station from
which they were shipped. The railroad COM
pany must also give the shipper Of the milk a
receipt therefor. the same as for any other class
of goods. Much Of the milk consumed in New
York is Drought over the Erie Railway. which has
its delivery in Jersey City. and the milk dealers
are compelled to cross and recross the ferry. at
the cost Of annoyance and delay. The Erie
Railway charges ilfty-lye cents per can for
trans portation which is forty-three per cent Of
the cost OF the milk. and by the Hudson River
or Harlem Railroads. which charge sixty cents
per can, the percentage is nearly forty seven.
Is there any other kind Of freight for the trans
portation OF which the railroads charge half a.
much as the article itself is worth? The milk
dealers bill before the Legislature ought TO re-
ceive proper consideration.
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4 handsome pocket copy OF Cccros Tusoulan Disru.
tauons Is published by the Messrs Harper The text Is
that OF keinhud klOtZ
very compact school " History Of Rome abridged
from Dean MeuNales great work, IL published by the
Mcssrs Harper, with satisfactory maps and suitable IN
dVN
The HalfHour Series u the Messrs Harper is enriched
by George Ehot's " Poor jacob and lilud Nth, hN
Mary Cecil Hays Shadow on the Threshold and by the
" Bride OF Landeck n short story by the late q 4 Il
James, which has been appreciated by thousands who
did nOt know the secret nj It's authorship
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The financial question Is up for action In
the State Legislature as we'll as in Congress
Tho adverse report upon the bill making all
State taxes payable in gold coin has been
adopted by the Senate, and the bill to repeal tho
law providing for specie payments in this State
has been favorably reported to the same body.
The bill relative to savings banks is in the way
Of passage and has been amended.
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1t was DE GoLyER GARFrELD's turn
yesterday. and the way in which he went for
KELLEY Of Pennsylvania suggests that some
thing in KELLEY's speech Of tho day before
touched the cx-preacher on sensitive spot
KELLEY was not present to hear himself ar
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Unanr>vern BILE Questtons.


How can Gen. Anderson he u two years con
Wet in southern sing Sig while his Stolen vote mate
your fellow town.man PRESIDENT sensation aud Az
plansc How Nichulls he Govcrnor there and HHmp
ton carolina. WHEN the vote that put Hayes
the Whitc House elected Chanh. Rain and Packaril
thecrs How can pemtcnt thief be- sent 10 jail wllc
the Government burglar visits III. old home IN Tom
Scott Dcndh, nd 1cNaniac palace ear to carry uui
Vivii in Reads against old soldier III I'll,
Toledo Post Oillccf Loud auEhurl
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1t appears that Superintendent Of Insur-
ancc SMyTH. who is under trial by the Senate
for misdemeanor. makes light Of the proceod-
ings and trusts TO the Republican majority to
vindicate him. But the Republican Senate can
not afford To do this. even though Mr.. SMYTH be
ono OF the partys shining lights.
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Clerical Erro~ stoushton.

II may he remembered that Mr.. f. ". Slough
ton. de itco Minister at the United states to RUSSIA.
discovered clerical IN the returns from De soto
parish Louisiana IN The iact that protest dated Nov
- found enclosed IN a registered envelope whHh
had sealed registered po>tnarked and directed To
the Returning Board Nov Il II j. now pubic OF
legal proof that this envelope broken open IN the
New orleans Post on G. with the prlNity oi Deputy
Postmaster. and also uf the visiting
La e.r, not oay jstry cae adrisi ,,iansi,i
a. nai pforei immunity ad rfd,d 10 the Iei,oa Hho ob.-
"a.
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WASHINGTON. March G.-Sam Cox has had n
bushel basket OF consratulaory letter, and kilograms
his remark N the House branding Hayes fraud
These communications come from all over the country,
and are about equally diNidrd between the men who
praise Inn Tor telling the truth aud who approve
sticking " the truth when II Is tnld.
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Mrs. Col c. Mex. Leoser died at Whitestone
l. on Tuesday She III. daughter OF the late IsaA
n smith. a known importer Formerly she
well known belle, but since her marriage has devote
herself entirely to her home and family
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the acting Chairman Of the National Demo-
cratic Committee, on the bond Of Post Or
flee contractor. heretofore connected with
a Ring, is very singular indeed.
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The Emigration to the south.

During the past nine months ono thousand
seven huircd and eighty nine persons mostly from Tho
and Indiana have settled this state. ana priu,il ally
and middle Tennessee. butiew O them cunlns o
the western district OF III, STATE
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HAYES


TIE Sun is terribly mad because Representa-
tvc- Randall and swami AMI senators Gordon, lll, and
Randolph attended the last stat dinner AZ the White
House TuH doesn't undc rstind the situation There
i movement. on foot IA Dcmocrauc circles Ia eat Mr.
HAYES out Of huusr and home At prt,cnt there seems
10 he other method OF getting him out Of Mr. rdens
Am. t..l.
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The Senate yesterday passed the Long
Bond bill. having FIRST amended 1t at the in
stance of Messrs. EATON and BLAINE by making
the rate of interest per cent. instead Of 3.G5
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n.uy,i PAGES, hy mail. 55c a month. or $3.50 q
ytat postpaid with sunday cdiuun, $40.
stNrW - pages Si.2O PEG year. postpaid
Nu~iY ~ pages 81 ger year. postpaid.
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The country has no use for more than two
navy yards-ii 1t has for two even. The sooner
the others are sold for what they will bring the
hAifnr
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Tho authorities charged with expanding
Englonds extra war grant OF s30oOo.oOo are 50
busy at il that there Is ground for anticipating
that it Will be all gone before the end Of May. at
which time PERHAPS Europe will be profoundly
peaceful. What England has thus expended on
her share in the war is Just half the money in
domnity cxactcd 10y Russia from Turkey.