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The Constitution provides that the Presi-
dent shall nominate, and, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, shall APP
point all officers Of the United States whose
appointments are not therein otherwise
provided for.
The advice of the Senate on the subject OF
n change in the Office of Collector of this
port was recently taken by Mr. HAYES. and
the advice Of the Senate was that Con.
ARTHUR should be retained. The late Mr..
ROOSEVELT, who was nominated and re-
jected at that time, was Il gentleman OF the
highest character and standing, and there
is no reason To suppose that a more accept
able nomination could have been made; but
the Senate, by rejecting him. advised the
President to retain Gen. ARTHUR.
The appointment Of Gen. MERRITT, there
fore, SO far from being made according to
the requirements of the Constitution, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, is
made directly against the advice of the
Senate, and at variance with the plain
meaning of the Constitution.
And this is the boosted civil service re
orm-reforming the Constitution away!
Well, it is consistent, and in keeping, at
least. A President who got into Office by
setting aside the provisions Of the Constitu-
tlon can hardly be expected to regard the
requirements Of that instrument in making
his appointments
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Al MnhliingtOn.

Tho beauties of civil service reform con
I tinue To bc lily illustrated Mt Washington,
| in all branches of the public service that 49,
vulvo around the White House small
| number Of not rics public for the District q
| Columbia had 10 DO selected the other do =
| by the Franduk mt President. He placed al
the head of tn, list GEoRaE W. BALLOON.
whose notorious Dealings with tho funds III
the t'rcedmcn's bureau have been the sub
jet " repeated reports to Congress by Gen.
VINCENT, to whom its affairs were turned
over after q. o, Howard and his cronies, of
whom BALLoCH YVES one Of the chiefs, had
perverted and prost,tutcd IL to their corrupt
uscs.
The rserganized Government Of Wash
ington want into operation recently, with
the old machinery l,ot as legacy by
Boss SHEPhsRD, HENRY j. COOKE, and their
associates. Several sanitary inspectors had
80 be appointed. Among the few and first
chosen were THOMAS NJ. SHEPHERD brother
Of the Boss, who appeared On the scene the
night OF the safe burglary. when the con-
spirators were waiting at the Washington
Club House for the news of tho success Of
that viilainy, and JOHN p. DENNIS, who was
ting fire to his own house. Another
brother of the Boss is serving under Re-
former ScHURz in the West, 50 that the
family Is well taken care Of
The Ring rules in Washington under an
Other name, with almost as much power as
in the days of its greatest vigor. The OIL
cials who Allotted the frauds and forgerics
and false measurements, and colludcd in
the rascalitcs that made SHEPHERDS rule
hardly second 30 that Of TWEED, are still
ilourshing in the same places. The three
Commissioners appointed by GRANT were
little more than creatures Of the Boss. They
were WI. DENNIsoN. JOIN II. KErcHAM,
and Capt PHELf9. neither OF the three n
resident Of the district. After SHEPHERDS
rejection 10y the Senate KETCHAM who had
been a servant Of the Ring in Congress, was
appointed, at the Boss's suggestion. That
commission which Congress had created af-
ter the exposure Of the Ring as n temporary
reform government, expended five millions
the first year Of their existence.
When KETcHAM was returned to the
present Congress Mr.. BRYAN, formerly of
Chicago, was appointed in his place, and for
tne nTel time tnerc WIS un lnluSlVn vi cll-
ergy and integrity among the Commission
ers He declined to serve longer. and Con-
gress reconstructed the commission at the
late session by requiring one Of the men,
bers above the grade Of captain to be taken
from the engineer corps. HAYES reappoint-
ed PHELPS, whom Congress had intention
ally leglslatcd out Of Office, ana he is at the
head Of the commission, and is mostly re-
sponslble for these disgraceful appoint
mcnts. which, though local in the range OF
duty. are attracting great deal of atten-
ton from their personal and political con-
nections, since the people OF the United
States under the lete law, have to foot hall
the bills for tho District Of Columbia.
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statement wh.ch he ppbished denying what
tained In the rftlnvit
Q-Picasc ek the dato NJ tho anidavit Of q surri.
which Is named in the rrotc.tof Wea~a A-s'c, ~
lsix day. up the protcst-LnI
Q-what time u,a Tic Rcturiog Board promuisAto the
retHrnsf A-AbYut Dec. ..
Q-Yot conc g. -, G Ill wits are dated Dec how
ing that the W. made ny 10 toe time Of tn rroDig1
uon oi the rctutna
Besides furemg intcthncati0ns IN the p,o-
test of WEBHH hey went on manufacturing
anidAvits for three weeks aitOr the day ON
which it was sgocd. his protest and other
papcrs rudurud ~ WOOLFLLY should have
been deposited VITA tho secretary Ot State
where thcy would have been accessible TO-
scrutiny. But that would have exposed the
couspirators 10 tho urvng eyes of Congress
sional committees. Ave quote again from
1hc report OF WooItLLy's testimony.
Tile witncs s. displayed h. 'e bundle OF PAYERS relating
tohc election. which he rE0ncsd nnlcr srOpUna He
the parers beonsirs to his Office were some
d-rens which should have tVs deposited IA the Office
OF Ike Secretary n STATE
Q--rhen tor nearly year you lsve had these papers
aud nave returned themf Al Wily discovered them
a lew Gays ago VIII. II looked over tn, 'cofds.
Q-Hsye these papers ever been prov Get before any
committee hefetotOref A-N0. 81, IN kma
Q-was not subpoena dur,' ,ua issm Il by tho House
committee Tor these document and not copies
furnished Al have no rcco,eto OF tBc factT .uch
he the Copies OF papers were made tor Nj
SHERMAN
Qwcrc ans rnitcd states soldiers engaged In the prep
araton OF ami. yitsf Al think 10. sir. believe cis
u0e mud ~ odtrs 10 Mr. snhRaAN.
1t IL thus established that forgeries
were made IN the protests Of ANDERSON and
WEBER; that the aiildavits accompanying
the latter were in the hurry bunglingly
dated days and weeks after the protest was
made; that these forged and altered pro-
tests, with the fabricated allldavits, were not
deposited in the Secretary Of States Office
where they belong, but secretcd away in
WooLFLEY's Office; that when the original
papers were called for by n committee Of
Congress copies were furnished, and that
copies of all the forged and fabricated afll-
dayits and protests were made for JONI
SHERMAN, with which he rushed to Wash
ington and induced GRANT to send them to
Congress as regular public documents
1t Is remarkable that there is no phase Of
this conspiracy however dark. and hardly
II necessary detail however small, IN which
JOHN SuENNIAN's hand is not seen.
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How Grant Himself Would BE Changed

There is so much probability at present
that Gen. GRANT will be the Republican
candidate for President in 1850 as to make it
worth while to consider what would be the
probable effects of his nomination and cleo
tion.
Not the least important Of these would be
upon the personal character Of Gen. GRANT
himself. His mere nomination would make
a changed man Of him. He is very different
now from what he was when nominated the
first time; but third nomination would
make him still more changed. Even admit
ting that he is man of equanimty; still
he has good deal of human nature in him,
and the compliment would be OF SO ex-
traordinarya character that it would not
be in human nature not to be affected by it.
Gen. GRANT would say to himself: 81 have
received from the American people such
homage as they never paid TO any man be-
fore. The meaning is that they want me at
the bead OF their GOVERNMENT tVg Life Why
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Hayard of Delaware.

And now it appears that even Senator
BAYARD is put upon his defence. Some of
the people of Delaware ore disposed to look
into his conduct more narrowly than here
toforc and TO require an account of his
stewardship. This is a good thing to do at
all times and in all cases. Nj. BAyARD is
endowed by nature with fair talents, and
has earned for himself an irreproachable
private character. But no Senator Is above
answering to the people for his public acts
and MIR. BAYARD has some things to answer
for that he will find it hard to vindicate to
the satisfaction Of a genuine Democratic
constituency. He and senator THURMAN
are largely responsible for the success Of
the Presidential fraud. They assisted
In framing the unconstitutional Elect
oral bill, in profound secrecy and
behind the backs OF the House mem
bers Of the Joint Committee. To the latter
the bill was n complete surprise when pro
duced but they were told that the Demo-
cratic members ON the Senate side had
! already agreed to it, and they werc-to their
lasting shame be it written silenocd and
overawcd by the authority OF THURMAN and
! BAYARD. 1t was the influence Of THURMAN
anu ill'l' IMAM any NllihE 'ANN Ahhe
/ carried the unconstitutional swindlc through
the House, and secured the submission OF
the Democratic party in the country
| Nor has Mr.. BAYARD been forward on tho
Democratic side of the fight since. Having
helped to consummate the electoral fraud
| by as gross blunder as ever statesman
committed, he has advised accomplishing
submission to il. Nor Is that all. In the
| struggle of the Democratic House TO cut
| down cxtravagant appropriations, and con
| fine expenditures to the necessities of the
Government, Mr. BAYARD has never lent tn,
slightest assistance to his political friends
| His sympathics We're evidently previously
engaged by the Republican Senate. Ever
under these circumstances il was surprising
that man of his Democratic lineage ano
Jelfcrsonian education should vote in favol
Of maintaining a military establishment
absurdly beyond the wants Of the country
and absolutely dangerous to its liberties
as has been amply demonstrated by the use
made Of it. Yet this Mr. BAYAKD did, anC
If there is, from the orthodox Democratic
standpoint, an objectionable political sin
| Mr.. BAYARD committed II then.
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Patehogue's Unlicensed Hotels.

There is no decrease In the excitement In
Patchogue regard to the between the Board Of
ENcisy " the town OF Brookiayen ard the hquor deal
The Latter .uli selling Openly, in defiance Of the
Commis noncrs and Notwithstanding frequent arrests OF
bnrkcepcrs At the last meeting Of the board Mr. Austin
Roe and others made formal application for hotel Il
cencs and rendered fee the greatest that can
be demanded $50 their petitions being also signed u
each by twenty reehoders bat they were refused
The DENIAL q @ license to Mr.. Roe great inlgna
ton. even among prohhidonsts. many of whom openly
express themselves IN favor Of licensing AL prrsr per
sons but especially Mr. koc he AMI h- father having
been the hotel business IN iatchVguc tor the last
seventy years and never having been known to >o 4
glass ui iquIr the sabbath otherwise tn violate
the law by selling Ia minors or % drunkhds He owns
at least s2suD worth ot hotel property IA the town.
which he seriously damaged hy this Pcion ~ the
EAcse Board aud hi, welknown hbc atty clue u
adds To the iuli-uaton IA lbs behalf Pacho1uc. IN
former years hns been very lively place ~ the summer
season. Hlc's Hotel generally crowded has now les,
than dorm hoardcrs. and the huatmcn who dc mend
upon pleasure sailing the hay 20 add To their NcEry
Income are much disappointed at the results OF the SEA
thus
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A Victory for the Importers.

In the years 1872 and 1878. Lahey 4 Co. i'm
ported from France certain articles OF k manufacture,
Oh which imposed aud collected duty OF % per
ccut Among the articles 50 imported wasa quantity OF
laccS which the importers insisted were commercially
known thread accs and 10 he liable TO duy Of only
yer cent al ,aurcm Having paid under protest the
duty Of 80 per cent hese laccs the importers brought
action recover the ynnd 30 per cent
covered in the Circuit court The Judge at the trial sub
nf,d 90 Tho iur f'o question whether the articles
rcinv known 20. thread nccs. ana the Jury found
that tiry were. Collector Arthur appeal to the Su
lrcmc Court the United Stnio~ ami this court, after
l,n-thy review Of the authorities affirmed the .utg
mtnt for thc following o. lsOust
I. The CONNER lll designation OF an article among
traders ind importers. When .'hrN c,in htd fixes IT.
character Cor the purpose of The t1nu laws
when tun-rt~, hns designated an article 10y u, spc
cite name. amt imposed duty upon 81 10y s'oh name
general icfm- 90 suites, ucut act ~ Later part of
tic same stt aliN u-h efficiently broad o. cuuliehc nd
rur u article. att mot apple able tuit
q IifIt Tire tNfts.li, " not otherwise provided for,
in the t- Do .,rt.n the act o !~li does MOI deprive
ties. rules ct thcirordinary application.
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P.ICTEFC MITL.



Loose frum Jay Gouid'- Company.
| Shortly after Congress repealed tho law
granting u subsidy 81 100000 year to the Pa
cn' Mail Steamship line. that company got into
financial trouble It's former Pros dent Mr..
Stoosw'll, had boon an adventurous Wall street
Spectator. After Stockwrl,'s failure the man
a0ement tried to regain the favor of the Gov
eminent; but tho company was in bad odOr.
ami their efforts. although backed by large
sums 81 money. and Reinforced by dinners such
as old Sam Ward alone could devisc wcro OF
no avail. The directors returned to this city
discouraged and disgustod.
just ut that timc jay Gould began TO look
upon the Pacific Mail line as n desirable adjunct
TO his Union Pacific Railroad. Could he cstab-
lsh uniform freight and passenger rates by
rail teight dnysl. and by sea and the isthmus
tower thirty days.. tho natural result would be
that the steamships would carry the unperish-
able freight only. and the passengers would. ms
n rule, seek the shorter although possibly lrss
comfortable route. Aceordingly. contract was
entered into by which this WIS effected. the
Panama Railroad having been brought into tho
Arrangement by some hocus- pocus known only
to Gould ana his cO-labOrers. This road held a
large claim against tho Pacific Mail line. and ii
may haYr been the hope ot payment, otherwise
dim and distant. that secured It's consent to the
trans cOnfincntal pooling scheme 1t must he
said. however. for Mr.. TrenOr w. Park and the
other managers Of the road that they made lit
charges, which hav0 always eaton up u lnrge
proportion of the profits Of the Pacific Mail
Comnany.
Under the pooling arrangement. the Pacific
Mail line has been running more Tor the bene-
fit OF the Jay Gould rniroad than for that Of its
own stockholders, Tho percentage Of the Joint
earnings was nhnitesimal. and ns expenses
about rs great as IN the days when II WAS an in
dependent hnr. The stock was the snort Of
Wall street. and seemed 10 be- handled by
clique Of bear spectators who were contentcd
with quick sales aud small profits.
n lew Wpifn Is MIR Henry Hart. the owner
OF 10000 shares II the stock. backed ly q fol-
lowing Of other stockholders that practically
gave him control Of the company resolved to
rescue the company and enforce the interests
OF tn stockholders. Like hundreds of the lat
ter. he held his stock for Investment At the
late election ticket in the Hart interest was
nominated and elected by Il large majority. The
new administration at once began rctrcn hing.
As they have held oiflno hut few weeks. no
definite figures a. to the savings can be given.
Yesterday they took a decisive step. which. 1t
IL thought Will largely benefit their line. THIS
was the serving upon jay Gould's Union Pa
clils Railroad Company OF tie required sixty
days notice of the termination Of the pooling
ARRANGEMENT.
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An engineer" says Broad Arow, "who
is too gcntlomanly or refined to crawl through
the manhole of a boiler and examine its in
terror, is of no uso on board a steamship; the
fact Of his wearing the Queens uniform should
not stand in the way Of his putting ON overalls
or solling his hands" The same indignant au-
thority cries out that the first qualification Of a
naval engineer is not to be gentemany. but to
know how to replace and repair all the parts of
Government engine; and that hence. instead
Of training engineer students in factories where
engines are never made. with fictitious notions
OF their future aboard ship. they ought to be
brought up to their business in the shops where
engines are made, rs is the case with engineers
OF the mercantile marine.
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4 recent violation Of the territory of New
foundland by a force of French marines raises
a grave issue for settlement by the British and
French Governments. Certain rights Of fishing
are secured by treaties to French ctiz,ns on
the western and northern COASTS Of the island.
The French claim that the right TO fish on the
s. ores designated 10y the treaties is exclusive.
This the Ncwfoundlanders have never admitted.
and tho imperial Government has never sane
toned. In October Of last year JOHN GLANCE,
an industrious Newfoundland fisherman. set
tied NJ La seize. part of the sO-called French
shore. intending to cultivate tho land. and
also to prosecute the fishery at certain sea-
sons. He built house. stage. and
fake. altogether away from any place re-
qured by the Frcnchmcn for the prosecution OF
the fisheries. On the "a of June the commander
Of the French man oi-war engaged in the pro-
lection Of the fisheries sent pcremptory order
To GLANCE to leave tho harbc within eight days.
The settler refused to comply unless compelled
to do SO 10y British authority At the expiration
of the eight days fifty French marines landed
and tore down the stage and flake, stating that
they did 50 by the orders Of Capt, PIQUoRS PRU-
DENT. They further threatened to remove
CHANCES house. and the latter thought 1t pru-
dent to quit the place He appealed to the New
foundland Government for protection and COM
pcnsation, and n British man-of-war was de-
spatched to La Seize 10 Investigate and demand
an explanation.
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not settle IL that way, while they are in tho
mood for II, by proclaiming myself En-
peror Z"
Some people may think this extravagant.
We do not third term Of tho Presidency
Is so at variance with all our traditions;
there Is almost us vide difference between
that and anything We have had before as
there is bctwoon thot and Impartial power.
The sooner the peonlc make up thclr minds
not o. be persuaded into the first step to-
ward empire the sooner will their safety be-
assured. We h,ar fewer warming Voices from
loadin0 Republicans against the renomina-
ton of GRANT than might have boon expect
ed before that party became deinOralizcd
under HAYES. There il no dependence 10 be
put anywhere but In the mass Of indopen-
dent voters. They understand enough OF
human nature t. know how greatly for tho
worsc GRANT would he changed by q re-
nomination AMI reelection.
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Perhaps Sherman used his official position ms
Chairman of the senate Committee Finance Tor his
own personal proht and perhaps t'Is accounts ior the
fact that although he entered Congress few years ago
poor he is now worth several millions OF dollars II is
no secret that man occupy his position exercise
powerful influence ON the money market, especially
during times such - then existed. and unscruuuous
man could use that influence In such As To
hs bank account by hundreds thousands dol
lars the nf n wear rorhaps John sherman
would dAin To- Use his influence Tor such purpose hul
the probabilities in view at his past suuois conduct
and his nmNnIlA Aml MNAlih Inc
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We have watched HAYES attempts to
stir up war with Mexico. ScHLEICHER Of
Texas. one OF the HAYES Democrats in the late
Congress. l. reported by a correspondent of
the 81. Louis Globe- Democrat to have SAID that
" in the end. war would result " from the course
OF action decided upon by HAYES.
The McNicans are evidently not prepared to
tamely submit to HAYEs's policy OF invasion.
and the III Irogresso Of Malamoros echoes
popular sentiment when it says;
I'VE protest with energy aid patriotism against the
INVASION oi tie soil ui the republic. and thc pretended n-
trrrreucc ct MAtktNzf ia our local affairs hN ii~hauiug
McNiran tore" on Mexican soil Its the duN u oul
Government send 90 the frontier sufficient tu
our territory
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The charge against an Italian padrone OF
holding two girls in involuntary servitude was
not sustained in yesterdays trial: but he Is now
accused of having inveeled them away from
Italy, 1t IL evident from their own story
that they were not brought here by force.
and that they left their italian homes
with the consent Of their parents. The padrone
had made up gang OF children in Italy, and
brought them here to he employed as musi-
clans. This kind OF business has long been
tolerated in Italy; and though the Italian Gov
eminent passed laws against it some years ago.
the laws are not enforced.
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That titled patron of pedestrians. Sir JOHN
ASHLEY. who presided over the O'LEARy walk
ing match at Islngton. lent his friendly Offices,
on the LIST Of the month. to a one-mile run. Mt West
Brompton between sundry famous leet-footed
athletes. CUMMINGS of Paisley the winner Of
the belt. made his mile in four minutes twenty
eight seconds. HEscoTT his nearest rival. being
twenty-one seconds behind. Perhaps some
American runner would now like to 20 after
CUMMINGS S belt and his title to the worlds one
mile championship.
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The results Of the recent skirmishes with
HowARDs forces have not been such as to
brighten the hostile Indians into a less agrees
sive attitude. or to deter heretofore peaceful
Indians from joining the hostile ranks. 1t
appears from to-day's dispatches that number
OF the Umatilas. wealthy and Industrious
tribe, have gone on the war path. while
even the despised Piutes have furnished aux
iliury bands TO the hostile camp. 1t is evident
that a serious disaster 10 tho forces nomnally
commanded by HOWARD but invariably Tod into
conflict by some subordinate officer might kim
die an Indian war OF unusual proportions.
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One Of the first, if not the first Of the Eng
fish scientific journals that mentioned Prof.
HuGHEs's claim to the invention that rightfully
belongs TO EDISON. was the Engineer. That
journal is now not disposed to commend either
the action OF Mr.. lIuGHEs or of Mr.. PREEcE and.
in relation TO the latter's assertion that the
American press is making wild statements
about the controversy. il says:
say. extremely crcum,tanual charges which, II not sat
ishctnrN explained away, must gfieNuusIN Affect the
reputation. a. man of honor, of an English Government
servant, holding high official position
The Engineer further says that " it would be
deporablc II the chief electrician Of the Eng
lish Post ONCE allowed himself to remain for
one hour longer in the position for the moment
occupied by Mr.. PREECE." 1t is crodtablc that
this English scientific journal should give Mi,
EDISON fair play.