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Col PRrJEvALsRY. whose travels in China,
Thibct and Jungara during the last few years
have excited SO much interest is not yet ready
10 publish an account OF his explorations. His
materials are In an unfinished state, and he has
been prevented from working mt them by a
severe illness which overlook him in Jungaria.
and from whose effects he IL still suffering. Ia
the event VI his recovery by December. Col.
PRrjEyALsKY proposes TO start. VIA Port Iaisan,
for Hami and Sha-chan on the road to Thibct
again. The business Of digestion. collation..
and publication will hardly begin before 1880.
Meanwhile we must content ourselves with the
scanty information contained in letters con-
corning one Of the most important expeditions
Of modern times. 1t is some consolation to
learn that part Of the great work Of Baron
RrcHTHorEN on China has already appeared in
Germany and that the remaining volumes may
be looked for Mt no distant day.
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ApRAM Il. OLIS, who formerly represented
the Troy district Of this State in Congress anu
who was appointed by Mr.. LINCOLN "A Judge
VI the United States Court Of tho District OF
Columbia. has resigned his oflcc. To- take effect
in September. when. by age and by length Of ser
vice. he will be entitled to retire on II full PEN
sion. OF late years. his health has seriously
failed. SO that he was hardly equal To the de-
mands OF u place requiring a clear head aud n
strong body. Mr.. HAYES will have an oppor-
tunity to reward another rcformcr." who
helped to steal the votes ot Louisiana and
Florida. II the whole crew. in the language OF
Honest JoHS SHERMAN. have not already been
provided for"
MURDOCH. brother Of the female JENKs. was
among the latest ornaments added to the New
Orleans Custom House; but something has Ia
be- done for the malo JESKs. who swore 50 Won
dcrfuy against his own previous affidavit lie
has labored faithfully. under great din ,uties
to serve the Fraudulent Secretary Of the Treas
ury for only year ago he and his modest wife
claimed the SHERMAN letter from the Widow
WEBER as n property belonging to them In
common with JAMES H. ANDERSON. Having
changed sides since that time. he assured L. l.
WEBER. recently in Washington. il he would
testify with u.s." that is TO say. against the
existence Of the letter to which JENKs had se
up claim rs part ownor. he should have
nice appointment in the Custom House" Ton
| JESRs ought certainly to get this judicial va
| cancy. for he has ell the qualifications usually
required by HAYES.
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The People to the Front.

We want to get down to the bottom
We have heard too much from the top.
We know that the uppcrno.t limbs ol the tree
Are rotten and NJ to drop
Some want Ia get down Ia the bottom,
To reach to the root OF the thing,
To know II the people are fond OF a Fraud,
Or want to be ruled by "a king.
We feel that political virtue
Is hardly yet lost 10 the land.
Although It may seem to be sckly and pale,
And eeblc of head and OF hand,
We know that the masses are honest
Whatever the leaders may be,
And, spite OF the gliding vi Fraud and OF Force.
rhe people prefer to be tree
Not even the sayso of the Congress
We hold rs the viii OF God,
When II says that a he Is a sacred thing.
And would sancufy Fraud,
II remains for the suffering people,
Whose hearts have been tried So long,
To strike with the sword Of h~sA truAp -
And cut 10 tie heart VI ,he wrong
We know that the crimes and eXaeuons
OF great men in power ami place,
Sow mrcs in the fields We have planted with grain
And put rs in pufu case,
And 50 we have PRAYED that the people
Their sovereignty yet may assert
And smite all their with the club OF their wrath
NJ matter what heads may be hurt
We want to get down to the people.
The source and foundation OF rule,
And wish that an angel would come, as Of old,
From heaven to trouble the pool
We feel that the people are moving
Pray tod they are moving arisht
81 Force and Fraud -
Must die VI each others bite
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Roundsman SLAUssoN will certainly end
his life in the pcnitcntiary or on the galows. II
his club be not taken awny from him. SLAUs-
SON made narrow escapc n few months ago. in
his trial for clubbing to death poor TIMOTHY
LESAnAS. vino. when purchasing medicine for
his Invalid wife. happcnodto see him dragging a
woman by the hair through the streets. SLAUs-
son was again arrested yesterday for clubbing
almost to death a young man named JoHN II.
wYcKoFF. Of an old New York family. who had
manfuily tried to separate some women en-
gagged in fighting. SLAussoN was In grici that
on this occasion also. he did not kill his man
rs he believed the decd would have made him y
Captain. SLAussoS needs IN application OF the
law which he outrages.
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partmcnt and to inform you that bccn referred to
the acting Collector Of Customs at that port to whom
you should apply Very respectfully
p \ urrox. chief Clerk
1.-THE acting Collector OF the Customs" to
whom SIMPSONS letter was referred, was
THOMAS G. ANDERSON, who had been con
victed OF felony, in issuing the forged re-
turns Of the Vernon parish, only II few weeks
before and who was then awaiting in jail II
decision Of the Supreme Court on technical
plea, raised to save him from the pcnitcn-
tiary. ANDERSON or WELLS received the
money in question, II 1t was received at all.
II WINS probably divided between them, for
this was n casc whore honor among thieves
was not sentimental but obligatory. They
had acted together throughout. in tho offers
tO sell the State TO the Democrats for half n
million, and finally. after falling In New
York, Baltimore, and Washington, proposed
In New Orleans to DUNCAN i. kENNER to
take two hundred thousand cash, In advance.
When the inquiry got into ANDERsoN's
hands il was all safe. He wrote q note to
SIMPSON. which is worthy OF the model In
the Treasury, MS follows:
cr.tou IIorsr NV ORrr,Ss LA.l
corl,cIons Gff,cs. AMI 81 1875
Wa. Simpson. Ea7 5lp N0iins street. Nct Oi-,~s
DkAR sin | very much desire an interview with
you in relation some papers which have In my posses
sion.
III, will not Inconvenience you. be pleased to call at
the Office OF the Collector OF Customs today tomor
row. Please answer by bearer. Very respectfully.
TRos e. ANntRsoS.
To which Mr. SIMpsoN replied at once,
thus:
Al.
business ties me down from o'clock ~ tie morning
until O'Clock at nsht ANY interview vou may desire to
have with me viii cheerully grNm Mt my sorc. Re
GREETING the necessity which prevents my compliance
with your request very respectfully ws SIMPSON
ANDERSON did not accept this invitation.
II was inconvcnicnt. The "rcfOrmcrs' at
Washington were satisfied. They had re-
fcrrcd the charge from the White House TO
the Treasury. aud from the Treasury to the
Custom House. and ANDERSON madc re-
port which settled the business What more
could bc asked AZ the conclusion of SNIP
SONS testimony he was asked:
o-pid YOU see YOUR friend after being summoned -
did. sir, this morning IN the Custom House and he Sc
cunod to allow his name he used II was about noon
that saw him.
This "fricnd." who had been turned ont
Of Office was restored to good place in
the Custom House. when II was found he
might be called as witness TO confirm
SIMPSONS statements. The committee has
no power to enforce his attendance until the
meeting of Congress- and meantime he may
be sent 10 some remote Consulate " in "A
warm climate" rs HAYES recommended to be
done in the case Of JAMES L. ANDERSON. But
SIMPSON cannot escape giving the name OF
this friend sooner or later, SO that the
bottom fact Is only a question OF time. 1t
will be- got before the committee can re-
port at the coming session of Congress.
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A Question for China M en-.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: In the read
Ing room the Lord Industrial school, situated In the
First ward many Young men, the writer among me mum
her, assemble every evening and avail themselves Of the
advantages there presented by perusg books and news
papers We often discuss aud debate interesting subjects
aud recently the question was asked by VI our mum
her. whether Chnaman can hccon'e citizen of the
United satesr cited the decision uf Jude sawyer at
California. who denied the APPLICATION OF chinanan to
citizenship the ground that Monaghan j. not white
negro. these latter be.ng the only races men
TONED In the Revised statutes This answer was salts
factory and then naturally arose question bearing rcla
ton 10 the former one which srcsp,cuulN submitted or
consideration Cinnamon, being prohibited trun uatut
AzAuun race. their de sVcnddnt- born
Ia the United states jusihnbly debarred from citizen
shipf" We uitdy o. the opinion that persons born
In this country are entitled " citizenship
TuoaAs
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on the Columbia river shore. TO compare with
Malvern Hill and Harrison's Landing.

WILLIAM CURRIE and JOIN MITCHELL were
convicted in Hudson county. n. j.. upon an in
dictment for maintaining nuisance. The
CuRRIE family are wealthy landowners in the
southcrly part OF Jersey City. formerly known
as Grecnvie. They desired to adapt their
shore front TO commercial uses. and formed
what they called the Point Breeze Ferry and I'm
provcmcnt Company. The company contracted
with ions MITCHELL of Bayonno to dump there.
MITCHELL found that the New York authorities
were willing to pay him To take the street gar
bagc OF their hands. and WILLIAM CURRTE, the
President Of the improvement company. was
willing to have their water front filed In with It..
But both Of them. In estimating the profits.
omitted an important element on the other side
OF the account; namely. the other people The
other people went before the Grand Jury. and
now CURRIE and MITCHELL are awaiting SEN
tence.
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NEUARK,s MYSTERIOUS ANIMAL.
The Strange Beast that hit mud Scared the
TenIh Mnrders KILLED nt Lnst.

Dr. Daniel Wallace Of 2O2 Clinton avenue,
Newark was awakened on Wednesday night by
the furious barking OF his large Newfoundland
dog In vacant lot near Brunswick street. in
the rear Of his residence. When the dog was
ordered to come into the house ho redoubled
his barking, and In nm instant n peculiar saueal-
ing noise made by some other nnlmnl was
heard. Then the sounds OF struggle were
distinguished. DIR. Wallace fastened to the
scene. and found the dog with his teeth fastened
in the back OF small animal that fought hard.
biting the dog severely and keeping up strange
squealing The Doctor made the dog let 90 his
hold and pinned the nnifnnl TO the cnrth with
forked stick Then II fegned death until the
Doctor attempted to fnstrn cord about It's
neck. At that 1t suddenly sprang w and at
tackled the Doctor who Killed 1t after n two
minutes fight II turned ont to bp female
opossum. 1t had lost n portion oil its oushy
tail. II is believed to he the mysterious animal
that attacked several persons In the Tenth Wnrd
Of Newark carly in May last o,..
II bit Louis Bickeinnmeyer, o. Chestnut
street. severely IN the calf Of the leg, tore, me
clothing Of Daniel Clarity, and frightened the
wife Of John Muller so that she tainted. Her
husband fired two shots at the animal. and II
lcnpcd over the fence and fed In the direction
Of the swamp meadows. Mr.. Muller said II was
"a largo MS u cat. but his wife averred TINT 1t
WIS bigger than n tiger. Other persons were
attacked while In the streets Mt night, ma finally
hundreds Of men and boys spent lgrgc purt OF
one night hunting for II In tho meadows with
guns and reviewers. After n boy named Gem
ncr. finding 1t In his chicken coop one night
Disappeared and the Tenth Warders breathed
paatpr.
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wrLL1AM PIT KrILooo, formerly Gov

WILLIAM PITT KELLOGG, formerly Gov
ornor Of Louisiana. testified before the POTTER
Committee yesterday that after the Returning
Board had thrown out enough parishes to count
III PACKARD and Republican Legislature ii
was found that two Of the HAYES electors were
beaten. and It was necessary to throw out some
more parishes to give them an apparent major
tY. lie defended the proceedings Of the Board
in the Feliciana case. and evadcd Gen
BuTLEH's question as to whether he did not
believe that HAYES appointed two Republican
membcrs OF tho Louisiana supreme Court 10
other positions solely to obligo NICHOLS and
deprive PACKARD Of his legal redress. There
has been Il time, not very distant one. when
KELLOGG was n bitter aLti-liAYFs man; but
means have been found to change his senti-
ments. He will be further examined to-day.
and some member of the committee should call
his attention to hotcstmony given 10y eX- Super
visor X ELY at New Orleans on Wednesday. This
Republican witness swcars that KELLOGG in
1876 personally urged him to make protest
after he had told KELLOGG no could not not do
il truthfuly; that KELLOGG wrote out n protest.
which he finally -siggss. aud that some one
alterward altered this protest, added to it, and
attached false aldnyts II behooyes Mr.. KEEL
Lodd 10 explain these occurrences, II he can.
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rnc zcnl with whlch Cen. IIowAnn has ror

The zeal with which Gen. HOWARD has for
long time been rushing toward John Day val
Icy. making forty-llvr miles day" has been
rewarded 10y success. though even Gen. SHER-
MAN thinks it will take several more such battles
rs that of Butler creek to break up the redskins
But Howard still has his navy to hear from
the steamer equipped like gunboat. patrolling
Columbia river. Gen. Howard has compared
the affair at Butler creek (where his total cas-
ualte 1gala y ~ = sEa@sledl 70 Missionary
Ridge; II would DO 1ne to have a similar llght
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Phrnicians, Assyrians, Persians, Egyp-
tians. Romans. Saracens, Vcnctinns. Turks. and
English have now in turn lorded it over Cy-
prus. which hus also had n three hundred
years interim Of government by its own Kings.
1t WIS fortunate for America that ID CKsNoLA
began aud ended his borrowings in this trcas-
ure house Of many successive civilizations be-
fore DIsRAELr's day had come to hoist the dag
OF Britain over IL.
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Recent Fort Benton news was that SIT
TING BULLS camp had had it's war dance on
Medium Ridge" But since that Chippewa war
dance that turned out to be new style Of re-
ligious reel, stories Of the Fort Benton sort nre
taken with grain Of salt. Nav not this dance
Of the SITTING BULL also have been an ecclesi-
astical walk-round and Medium Lodge spir-
itnnI nirnlny
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The kiiiinq OF Peter Finley.

To THE EDIToE OF THE SUS-S1: Why is
THAT the wcn.known name of Peter Finey-the owner
OF which was murdered the bank Of the shrewsbury
river on the afternoon OF the 81 insthas quietly gone
from the recollection of the publict lhaVe known poor
Peter Finley least neen years. one of the most
industrious and successful sign PAINTERS M this ctN AMI
many brokers aud well re object hni aud
those who were accustomed Ia receive his bc neac Ons
with which he was 50 prolific sincerely regret hiS un
timely end. j. Z. u.
NAN loRK July 10.
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ing locked up in trunk. and he was made to
sign Il check for 81 900 as condition Of the re-
turn OF the articles. The surprising part OF tho
story is that Mr.. ALLEN seems to have been
willing to tamely submit to the outrage. The
affair was exposed through suspicious on the
part Of the bank officials that tho woman had
stolen the check
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The oxtraordlnary case Of blacl,mni

The extraordinary case of blaekmai re-
Gently brought to light in Cineinnati-where u
woman decoycd rich old man to her room.
threw his clothes out of the window. and made
him sign check for large amount-has boon
repeated in its salient details in Boston.
CHARLES l.. ALLEN. n wealthy lawyer Of sixty,
WAS invelgled by woman named LOUISA SYL-
VAN into u room in the Revere House. his cloth
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- Post representative this morning met Mr..
Harper the owner OF Ten Hrocck and asked him there
was any truth In the reports that his horse had been
tempered with. lie answered that he had deR that
such thing had ever been attempted lei alone being
dome Next Tuesday" said MI Harper, II shall take
Ten Brock home, he can't ~ 10 Baltimore money
making expedition Tor amy Oue long ~ he h,longs 10
me II any wants him TO 80 he must buy him. and II
WILL take 500 - to get him -
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The dazzling rise OF Lord BEAcoNsFIELD
to place and power has led 10 the ransacking
OF contemporary history for everything OF in
terest connected with the man. In Berlin the
German papers have reproduced whole chap
ters OF vivian Gray" and his earlier novels.
while in England one OF the leading reviews
has given place to series OF already famous
articles on his Political Adventures" De
cidedly the most interesting ms well MS the most
curious Of these contributions. however. Ia the
verbatim report OF the future Premer's hrst
speech in the House Of Commons OF 1897. in
which he was howled down amid ineXtinguish
able laughter The speech was levelled at
DANIEL OCoNNELL. and its concluding portion
was reported in the newspapers OF that time
thus:
~ honorshle memhers thnt # !. fair thus TO inter
rupt me. viii submit lGrent lHn1hterl would not
act So To any one na! Is a cag ,,y lLnushiSr sni
loud laughter Noihae Is - casy as to- laugh Roar OF
leassI really wish 70 rut ecloS !ng HOUSE what .
member AL mat IN suite OF me spnpn Of tn; hgnoIan'
| disciplined phalanN A. patriots, and, Ia spite o
all this. W. remomhcr !hr amntorN eclo;ue-
That took place between The noble lori the tiny
DAurNF OF l,kcaru-'lo loud aushur. and crc. of 'Qu,.
non when alleatcd HsA fresh instance nl me am,'
the same ,ine That win cn,anipatri Ireland and Ell
III. othcr gr my p"o "''u aad dTg m
Noble lord secure on the @ stal of power may WELD il
one hand the KEYS oi 81 llftE and Here Che honor
able member was interrupted viii Ill oml ami nce ssr
bursts a. laughter that It imr"s'h.' know wheiie
| he rally clnsri his sentence ur not Tile hnluruhi
member concluded IN these words Auw. MIR speaker W.
the phun,o phical prejudice, oi man liughter
cheers respect cheers even when they come from IN
| hlsoi political opponents Renewed laughter think
| sir Hear hear, uud repeated cries o QUE stun
question am not atall surprised, sir, At tie rtc'I
| uun which have received, lIontnued laughter
have begun several times many tuuls- laughter lam
| I have succeeded ~ last lfrcsh cries at Question
| An sir aud though st down NOW. the time will com
when you Will near me. The honorable member dch'
cred the last sentence very loud tone. and
| his seat amid cheers from the Opposition and niue
| laughter from the Ministerial benches
Despite the luXuriance and vehemenco Of thi
maiden speech, there is in 1t that which de
serves notice. Even out OF rdicule may emery
imperishablc renown.
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DR.. PETER CoopERs titular honors reach
him at a late period OF life. But our venerable
fellow citizen is now PETER COOPER. LID. All
his friends will OF course bore him TO day by
calling him Doctor
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The Monaghan who owns real estate In
this country and has to pay taxes while denied
the rights OF citizenship account Of his color.
is surely the victim Of injustice.
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For the victory over the Indians at Butler
Creek. and for tho account OF 1t which was so
promptly tclcgraphcd. we appear to be indebted
to the fact that HOWARD wrote while BERNARD
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Intelligence that DICK THOMPSON, the
great adversary OF the Pope. has put to sea. is
speedily followed by news OF the launching OF
the powerful Italnn ironead Dnndolo.
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We learn from tho Providence Jo,una, that

" Y IUNT IT HUH VII'' IUVIVIV' UTNWT IITNI
strong efforts are being made 10 induce HATH
AWAY. the Fall River deiaultcr. to plead guilty.
and thus prevent revelations on the trn that
would involve many respectable business men"
But If these respected men are undeservng OF
respect. the sooner thoy are brought to justice
the better II will be for the place in which they
have caused so much misery.
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REMARKABLE sUCCEss.-The sue.

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The Chicago Ledger, is truly remarkable.
Since its introduction to the reading public,
SIx years ago, The Ledger has steadily ad-
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try. It's circulation is national, and has
been obtained through the efforts of its pub
fishers TO produce paper of high moral
Character, and at the same time sell it at a
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That they have succeeded, and we'll, too, the
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from Maine TO Texas and from Oregon to
Florida will bear testimony. The CHica0o
Ledger is a large forty-eight column weekly
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the best authors of the day, and a great
variety of information interesting to every
one. The subscription price Of The Lclqty
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year. Three copies of this valuable paper
will be sent to any one who sends 10 cents
and their address to Tie Ledger, Chicago
Illinois.
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ers Go to your druggist, and ask what they
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