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1t seems that the venerable THOMPSON
found time, during his late yachting excur-
sion at the expense of the people, to indite
an order changing the date Of the beginning
OF the academic year of the Naval Academy
from September 20 to October /. 1t may have
been well enough to do this, and Of course
the boys will be glad Of tho extra ten days
away from school. But II Congress had
done its duty, the order Of the ancient mar
liner would have gone further and directed
the closing Of the Academy for an indefinite
period.
The Navy Register for 1873, which is Just
out, contains the names OF 2,OG7 officers Of
the navy who are now drawing handsome
pay for work which is not enough TO occupy
the time OF one-ilfth Of that number Of men.
1t Is true some Of these officers are on the
retired list. and are chiefly engaged In kill
ing time, while 1t takes regiment, more or
less, OF the active young fellows TO lead the
german at Newport, Saratoga, and the
other watering Places and the bureau OIL
eos at Washington require large supply
Of loafers to ornament their sofas, and be on
hand to wheedlo favor5 out Of Senators and
Representatives when Congress Is In ses-
sion. But for actual professional work-for
the sailing Of vessels and the charge OF
navy yards-two or three hundred officers
would be more than enough. Even that
number would crowd one another In the
available ships, and swarm in the two navy
yards for which we have any use.
Just think Of it! We pay over two thou
sand officers high salaries to command a
navy Of $500 scamen and about score Of
vessels, for those are all tho ships fit TO go
to sea the aged THOMPSON can find In his
legacy from SECoR robson. That Is, we
furnish one officer 10 three seamen and
three quarters. But strike off from the list
the old fogics who have been retired and
who are nursing their equity toes in idle
ness, and we yet have left about 700 officers
who are nominally on active duty. Even
then we keep up one officer to between four
and five seamen, and pay the needless crowd
over 50, 5oO,0 900 year.
Yet, with all this supply Of officers. in
these times when millions Of tho people arc
lighting to keep the wolf from the door. we
maintain an academy at Annapolis at n
total expense Of between six and seven hun
drcd thousand dOll.rs a year, to manufac-
turo further lot OF naval oilers, TO be
maintained in comparative luxury through
out their liveel
Our ships, though crowded with officers
educated after tho most costly fashion, and
making voyages which do little to strain
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BY blunder which we regret, the name
Of the Hon. WILLIAM KISiMEL Of Baltimore
was on Wednesday included in the black
list OF members Of the last House who voted
for the HARTRIDGE resolution In the same
paragraph he was spoken Of as one who
lodged the BURCHARD resolution.
Our readers were already aware OF the
fact that when HARrRIDGE presented his
resolution Of June H. declaring the Fraud
beyond the reach Of Congress, Mr.. KIMNIEL
Of Maryland was among the fourteen Demo-
Gratis who hOnored themselves by saying
No! 1t is less than month since we re-
called attention TO the manliness and fidel-
ity shown in that vote OF Mr.. KMMELs.
Mr.. KININEL assures US that he was alb
sent on committee work at the tmo the
BURcHARD resolution was sprung upon the
House, and did not know OF 1t until too late
10 vote. We have not the slightest doubt
that, had he been present, Mr. KIMNiEL
would have voted against the BURcHARD
resolution, as he did against the HARTRIDGE
resolution. No Democrat In the last House
was more consistent in his hostility to the
great Fraud or more persistent in his en-
deavors TO have it punished. Mr.. KIMSIEL
OF Maryland is one Of the few members Of
the Forty-lifth Congress who deserve TO be
IN the FOrty-siXth.
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We make. therefore the following proposition
pt nv o T M nr Min The eSmGon
that this sum shall be paid by them tn the Metropolitan
agreed on in the report Of inc H,'f. circ
bc es S B w an" " pt I'm S @H n
twenty Ave thousand dollars which 1t will agree shall bc
public charity that may be agreed on in is sworn
as R"wS cd a chd oe one nhS sS" ss
pert to make an examination OF press rooms, books
two shall select Third and the three shai forthwith
make the examination and report which they shall
use the Language Of Western sporting men. will now
EITHER put up or shut up
The last circulation report furnished by the
New York Herald to the american Newspaper
DIRECTORY claims an average daily circulation Of
l22 400. And those figures appear in an adver-
tisement Of the HerdM for that edition, for which
advertisement the Hn'did paid us our price,
$50. The written claim furnished bears the
name Of the same w. II. Henry. Business Man
ager, who signs the late aflldavits put forth by
the Herald In the edition OF the Directory for
which this report was furnished we estimated
the circulation OF the Herald at an average Of
60 900 copies daily.
For the purpose Of putting to n test tho COM
parativc value Of their claim and our estimate.
we make to the New York Herald the five follow
Ing propositions:
orr FIRST PROPOSITION
We will forfeit $1,000 the Metropolitan Museum n
Art against an equal amount to he pail 10y the Hefa
the committee appointed according the Reuhr. stun.
auon does not pronounce the Hf,fs circula on claim
as furnished 10 Us to be In excess OF the facts.
ouR srcOSD PROPOSITION.
We will forfeitsloon rs above II the committee m.
pointed according 10 the H,iakrs supulauons does not
pronounce the Hsnthfs claim TO be more than 1000
copies In excess u the facts
orR rniRp rRorosiroN
We will forfeit 500. above. II the committee an
pointed according to the Uefihfs stpulAuons not
pronounce our estimate the actual facts than the
Hodkfs written claim.
ouR TorHrH PROPOSITION
We will forfeit Si.onJ. above II the committee an.
pointed as above do not pronounce that the circulation
d1pb copies daily average. estimated hy Us IN
excess u tc actual circulation OF the Hdd that time
orr PROPOSITION
We will forfeit So, ms above n the committee m.
pointed according to the HrLr strulaons pronounce
that the actual daily sales u the HsrItf that time
averaged rs much one halfhe number claimed hv Mr.
W II Henry IN the written statement furnished hy HIM
for the guidance oi the editor vi the NeuaJe.
Duecinfl.
We submit the above propositions to the Her.
aid. and shall be glad to know at an early hour
which one it elects to accept
Gro. I. HOWELL n Co.. 10 Spruce street.
NEW YORK. Aug. Is. 1878.
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The Untold Part.

We make no doubt that Col. ROBERTS OF
Louisiana is a truthful man. We do not
charge him with having Intentionally kept
back anything in his testimony before the
POTTER Committee. And yet it Is evident
that much more passed between him and
Mr.. HAYES, at their meeting in Ohio, provi-
Gus to the Presidential count, than lie has
related.
Col ROBERTS went to see Gov. HAYES, and
frankly told him the object Of his yisit--very
naturally promising his statement with the
remark that it was a matter Of great del
icacy;" We should think it was. He put it
Into the form Of brief, clear inquiry: IN
case you are President of the United States
@hat do you propose to do respecting tie state
Government Of Louisiana"
HAYEs's reply was
81 beliere the Intelligence Of the country
ought 10 run It,"
Now, we believe that In the course Of the
conversation there must have been some
thing said to explain the specific meaning
Of that very general expression. Sub
sequent events show 1t meant that II
HAYES was President, NICHOLS, the white
mans candidate, would be sustained. In
deciding who was elected, the intelligence
not the numbers Of the voters would be re-
gardcd, so far as Mr.. HAYES should exer-
else any power.
We say that this was Mr. HAYEs's mean
ing, and must have been made very plain
The facts prove this, Col. ROBERTS went
home perfectly satisfied, and made the most
cheering reports to his friends. lie certainly
would have not done this ii Mr.. HAYES had
left any room for doubt about the specific
application to be made Of his cOmprchcn-
sivcly expressed opinion. II Is placed be-
You'd doubt, by Col. ROBERTss subsequent
conduct, that there was sufficient fulncss In
Mr.. llAYEs's explanation Of his purpose 10
give him the strongest assurances that the
NICHOLS Government would be upheld be-
You'd peradyenturc
Two things arc to be remarked about this
FUst-IIAYEs was here making a bargain
wholly inconsistent not only with law and
morality, but with the political principles
Oh which he was nominated.
Second HAYES, with the assurance that
he had not received tho vote of Louisiana,
was willing to make the most abjcct terms
10 have II counted for him. RoBERrs Legan
bu telling hin, mat the Democrats had carried
The State By al least 1000 majoruy and after
that the trade was made
We have the main features Of the bargain.
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Mr.. Evar,s for the Court of Appeals.

According TO our well-informed Albany
correspondent, Mr. CoNKLING and his
friends have decided TO hold a State Con-
yention to nominate candidate for Judge
of the Court Of Appeals. This decision may
be reversed, but is not likely to be, by Mr.
CoNKLING in his other form under the name
of Mr.. JOHN L. SMYTH, who is now absent
in Europe.
The resolutions Of the Convention will
probably be Of the CoNKLINa pattern, and
not complimentary to Mr.. HAYES. That
cannot be changed. But unless the Rcpub-
llcal party in the State Is to be permitted
20 fall to pieces, ought not something to be
done at this Convention ohold II together 7
HAYES Is taking possession Of the Federal
Offices and must have a party, which, though
small, has the strength derived from the
disposition OF patronage it Is called
though that is a word for which there ought
not to be any use in America.
What can be done for the HAYES wing OF
tho party? II CONKLING il to have the
sentiments OF tho Convention, would II be
anything more than fair to give HAYES the
candidate
II HAYES Is TO have the candidate, the
namo Of WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs at once sug-
gests itself as the most fitting to be placed
upon the Republican ticket.
Gratitude alone, II there were no other
feeling In his favor, should prompt tho Re
publicans to nominate Mr.. EvARTs. The
sacrifices he has made in taking office under
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their tlmbers or impair their steam ma
chinery, are constantly on the docks under
going repairs. The great passenger steam
ers arc exercising their full power month In
and month out, and yet the cost Of their re-
pairs is a comparatively small sum but, as q
rule, naval steamer is locked after every
voyage, and the money spent on patching
her up amounts in few years to fully as
much as shc originally cost The vessels
OF the Cunard, Inman, and White Star lines,
for instance, cross the ocean and return
with almost unvarylng freedom from acct
dent, and n small force OF officers, engineers,
and seamcn Is competent to keep the ship
and her machinery In order. A naval
steamer, which does not have to make fast
time, which has an abundance Of sailors at
hand to meet every emergency, which is
supplied with every requisite to keep her in
order, which Is half laden with officers. and
whose engine room Is filled with engineers
and hrcmcn, is lucky II she sails five hum
drcd miles without something breaking
down.
or course the vessels are miscrably built,
for they were handed down TO us by SEcoR
RoBEsoN; but another trouble with them
10 iildl llltl dit llN nDdllllB uOIltS vi a lOJ
of fancy sailors and engineers. These were
bred at the Naval Academy, the graduates
from which do not compare in practical
seamanship with the officers who got
their training on shipboard before
that costly institution was established.
The line officers are often sailors of
the study and the bureau alone, and
not of the quarter deck; and the engineers
are kid-glovcd fellows with n delicate hor-
ror Of grease and cotton waste, who run an
engine by algcbraic formulas and away from
all coal dust and oil cans. Not one in a score
Of our naval engineers could get place in
the engine room Of one OF the ocean passon-
ger steamers.
Yet the Government goes on yearly turn
ing out such idle, finical, prggish officers
by the hundred, and the people have to sup
port them as long as they live and give
them higher wages az they advance in their
grades. The Naval Academy should be
abolished
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Newspaper observation-disclosures Letter of
Expert.
Rock ISLAND. H.. Aug. 70. 1873

Rock ISLAND. ILL.,, Aug. ~ 1873
Com, Roe,H g. C.. Nee Iaks
read with pleasure your letter In THE
SuS Of Aug. g and can suhstantiate your asser-
ton in every instance relating 10 newspapers
and their circulation.
In reference 10 your Directory you say: We
are obliged 10 confess that the book is unpopu-
lar among newspapers that claim moro circula-
ton TO advertsersl than they really possess"
! have been a circus and theatrical advertiser
for years. and ilnd your Directory the only
practical and authentic one published. have
several methods Of obtaining the circulation Of
each paper in every town Visit. such IA stand
ing in excuse the depravityl with the fore
man, prcssman. mailing clerks carrier boys
news rooms and Postmasters by politely
presenting them with one or two tickets for the
circus and other acts OF Kindness To them and
Invariably find their combined statements 10
correspond with your report, leaving. Of course
a slight margin.
consider your Directory tho only authentic
ono published. and my only object in writing
this 10 you is To acknowledge the value Of a
great and honest enterprise.
In compliment. 10 THE New YORK Sun will
say that have visited every principal city and
town in tho New England States. New York
Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana. Missouri. Kan,
sas. Michigan. Iowa, and Illinois and In every
city and town can get The SUN when no Other
New York paper can be obtained. Very respect.
dully, CLAUDE De HAVEN.
"-nrs ho'd Excursion Assent and special rress Of
the Great London show. -
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: II there
was any efficiency or integrity in the Administration AT
Washington. an example would be made OF the com
mander OF the United States schooshp St Marys which
reached New London last week and boarded by the
revenue officers who found large and a great
variety Of duuahlc merchandise from the island Of Ma
deira slowed away to be smused ashore whenever an
opportunity should Offer The commander pleaded il
norancc u the law AMI the articles governing the Navy
a. an excuse for this attempt to deiraud the revenue
An officer who is ignorant the rules Of the service e.
which he Is attached Is unit bee inrustcd with anv
command or duty imposing responsibility And he must
Ice more than ignorant who does not know that the law
j. uniform M it. operation aud makes no exception
among pltfeu~ whether M ur nUt u the Ills
a. rather rrct"Nt than reality. and Will hardly >,rvc
lhr purpose Tor which IL put forward Smuggling
Nh. been carried On 50 eNtc~NcN In the
ana tslt cituy since tie close oi the civil war when
ni'i states ships openly used hy spcor Rulcson
a. TRANSCRIPTS for wines and other uNurcs from foreign
ports Tor the US o Grant and his cabinet members VI
congress and The Rings that surrounded them
access to Washington. where the snurgl,i wares were
anftd under the ewes NJ the tvuuths Naval Acnd
cniy, ana with the lu knowledge that the rev, niue
wa. mus defrau'rd. The penalty for this offence
cashrting supeus sion AZ the discretion the Executive
ana loss OF pay But lit viii not be- enforced the Fraud
IN the White House The most that has heretofore been
.Nacicd IN such cases was u require the payment II
duties On the articles intended ~ be SNUG siel The
crime llseH was NOT punished Custom HoUsR.
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The Wandering Californian.

From iar Caliiorny has come Denis Kearncy
To night the monopolist pack,
But looking things over he cannot discover
Just where or just how to attack.
lie finds no Chlneses to scare ashe ploases
And no special trouble atail;
Hard times without que ston but not suggestion
To aid him in starting the ball
So when In old Faneuil he airs his tine flannel
The stranger scarce knows how To talk,
Instead of leader, he's only feeder
For Butler, the cock Of the walk.
Hard words out of season without rhyme or reason
He tnys as he pulls on his vest
Ana such cpithcts fires a. scalawags liars,
And robbers, and thieves. and tie rest
such taxi, Mister Denis to sensible mems
Just nothing at all, but a bore;
AMI something more pointed, more sound and Wc ointcd
Would smt the Atanucs cold shore
Hno politicians can meet the conditions
winch you Tor your lcadors have made,
Iheh why Denis kearnoy, bestow all your blaIney
On Butler A." statesman by trader
No armed men will muster to hinder your biuslor,
And still you may curse as you please;
Bat All your decainiing Is little but blaming
The nee'eaung, heather Chinese.
ioG ought TO remember from now 70 November,
One point you have not understood;
That eursing and swearing don't prove you are daring
Or brilliant or honest or good
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He Represented III. own County Best.

To THE EDrToR OF THE SuN-Sir; under
stand that Mr. Miles Ross conducting his canvass for
denomination as Congressman for this district the
basis of his services in securing large appropriation for
1t in the River and Harbor bill What were tho sc ser.
vicesf lie got for the Improvement the Raran and
Railway rivers and Woodbridge creek. In Nidde~,x
county ana for lighthouse AT Amboy ahout S25u sd
and the plan Of Improvement Of the Raritan will ne
coriing Ia Gen. Newton. cost millions tu complete IL
FOR improvements Elizabeth Tver and at Elzahcth
port In tnion county he got sbpn For the improve
mont of the shrewsbury and ManasQuan rivers IN Mon
mouth county. he got s2S 90 Mr. Ross has
MddleseN county pretty well DO nents he secured
for Monmouth and Union Justly them voting to waive
Meir lust claim Ia the nomination and 10 give Mr. Ross
third term 10 look after the interests OF Mddlesex
what became ~ the petitions that went 10 Congress for
lighthouses in Raritan bayf suRIW snuRy
Ran HAN
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Milwaukee and ~. Paul Large Sale. OF
Bonds.

The rumors in regard TO the financial con-
dtion Of the Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad
as.growng out Of the failure Of the wheat crop in
the Northwest became OF n still more unpleasant
nature Yesterday II vas given out that since
March of the present year the company has
sold t2.4s0,000 Of their last issue Of bonds.
Upon inquiry it was asccrtained that the rumor
was correct.
In March last the company sold 81 $50 600 ut %.
In June. 100000 more We're disposed of at %.
few days ago 81 900 900 more were sold at 81.
This. too. while the. company was paying dlvi-
dends upon tho preferred stock and promising
them upon the common The last 81 900 OOu oi
bonds were sold ostcnsibly To build new limo
ninety miles long. which ia now in course OF
construction. Only twenty-five miles have been
built and the road is mortgagcd at $4,000 per
mile.
1t Is the puzzle Of Wall street why the road
should he represented 10 investors M earning
dividends and yet continue the sale Of bonds in
large mum bsrs
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When BEECHER's relative, the swlndlcr
GILMAN, was caught. BEEcHER preached a tear
full sermon. in which no dwelt upon tho neces-
sty and salutarness Of confession. In ono Of
tho pews sat heavily yelled woman who cried
with the rest. So much effect did the sermon
produce upon her that she went away with a
quickened conscience which gave her no peace
until she confessed the sin Of her own lfe--to
wit, adultery with HENRY WARD BEEcHER
Thereupon the preacher said the confession
was a lie, and Plymouth Church dropped the
woman's name from its rolls
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A second failure to sell the White Sulphur
Springs Hotel occurred Yesterday. tho bidding
being again too low. And yet II cannot be said
that any efforts were spared to attract buyers.
The Springs have been well written up this year
by itfnerant journalists; tho Army Committee
was Induced TO hold It's session there, thus
bringing the place into daily telegraphic notice
for fortnight; one or two great balls In aid.
we believe, of tho LEE monument and the
WASHINGTON monument. Or like PURPOSES. were
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Yesterday the Hamburg steamer bore
away from us the champion of the big. round
silver dollar. tho friend OF BISMARCK. the gal
liant handsome, and accomplished editor OF the
Cincinnati Commercial, Field Marshal MURAT
HusTEAD. Before taking leave for a season Of
his native land. the Field Marshal informed an
inquiring friend that. in his opinion. the effort
to secure the Republican nomination In 1850 for
GRANT will not b. successful. and that the lib
eral Republicans will probably rally around
BLMSE-not because they love BLAINE more,
but because they love GRANT less. Carry the
news 10 Augusta
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To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sr: Deacon
Richardson's steam railroad on Atlantic avenue. Brook
lyn was built in defiance Of the property holders along
the line 1t has borne within the last eleven months the
following crop OF violent deaths.
sent II, 1877 Margaret Kinner aged TO- Sent o.
1871. Patrick Gaetons, aged = Dec TO- 1877 Emma v
harnes aged ~ and James Donlon aged II Jan 20,
1875, Henry Dutch, aged So, June II. 1873 John II.
laycry; July g. 1878. John Hanson. aged "a. Aug :
Bogne. aged "A
Here We have an average Of one month, pretty
large tribute TO pay to the cupidity OF lew men,
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arranged there for this month. one OF them. we
think. being even fixed for the exact date Of the
first attempt at sale. We must. therefore. con-
cude that the times are inauspicious for such
transfers OF property at the terms on which they
would be pleasing to the sellers.
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Itwds Grant ON Whom they Split.

II Is TACT which the managers Of tho now
Grant movement should bear steadily IN mind ami which
we mention because our observ alton assures us ~ A. that
WINE ne Grant nomination could gain no Democratic
Nuw7 heIe u lltt ana independent class Ut Rtpull
cans VINO, as between Cen Grant and the Denot rats
would prefer the Democrats We are merely reporting
an uhst iNAuon ~ the field II was really upon tien
Hfah nat M republican party divided What has &C.
CURED ~ enable Il a. gnte upon himt
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Mr. HAYES and identifying himself with Mr..
HAYES Administration have been very
great. Indeed. they have been dreadful
something sad to contemplate-an such as
Mr. EvARTs himself had not the slightest
conception Of when he embraced the offer Of
place In the Cabinet.
OF course, Mr. EvARTs would not be willing
to relinquish his practice for scat on the
bench But the entire safety from the re-
hottest possibility Of an election precludcs
all occasion to consider that point.
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Torn EDIToR OF THE SuN-Si,': notice in
today's sunbeams reference to J. J. Audubon, my
grandfather The statement IS incorrect He was never
separated from his wife, except when quest OF birds
or animals Then Is said he spent his leisure
IN painting birds and animals But in fact snent
his life, rs did also his two lie was as Won saw
noted swimmer, but AS TO his WIFE she could not swim
stroke. H. r. AupugoS
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-SH. The
Poole Morrissey affair seems To have caused Aerinony
among some Of your readers. think IT is rather bad
precedent to the growing rake up old sores
mat are calculated to foster spirit amino sty the
elimination OF when this oaAe is one Of le darkest
pages IN the history Of this city. PkAtt