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duct was 1906 Of muskets rifles, and car
bines, 1862 At twelve dollars, the outside
cost OF finished muskct, and five dollars,
the outside cost OF a revolver, these small
arms could not have consumed over Si20,000
OF the 81, 49, 40 which the ordnance branch
Of the military family got away with last
year Is the balance Of this immense sum
Of money to he charged to the 10 GArLING
guns, the MoPFAT'r Hank defence hOwitzcr,
tho IIorcHKIss revolving cannon, the
HoTCHKIss mountain gun, the l 3-5 inch
bronze field gun. and tho cost of converting
~ s-inch rincd guns aud the l0-inch, which
the ordnance sixty-four accomplished last
year If it il, we beg leave to assure the
House Military Committee and the Commit
tee on Appropriations that it will be great
economy 10 abolish the Ordnance Bureau.
and to buy cannon Of kRurp and muskcts
rifles. and rcvOlvcrs of the REMINGroNs. or
the New Haven Arms Company, or the Prov
idcncc Tool Company And why nctY The
Turks had cannon foundrics and gun facto-
ries Yet they bought largely OF rifles in
the United States and field guns in Prussia
The Russians did the same thing. Both ma
tions made the equipment of their armies u
question Of economy We should do So too:
particularly in this protracted period of
financial distress.
1t is II political duty to abolish the costly
and useless Ordnance Bureau. to stop the
Governments wastciul manufacture Of
arms, and to buy Of American gunmalIcrs
the weapons required by our few troops.
REDUCE THE ARMY TO 10000 MEN
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where Acknowledgement should Begin.

The fanatics for wealth and respectable
ity who want to have our local government
ntrusted solely to houscholdcrs and proper
" holders, basc their views upon the notion
that the more money u man has tho more
likely he il to be honest and intelligent.
Their dclusion must have received severe
shock from the revelations Of rascality
made during the past two or three years.
So far as facts can prove anything, they
prove that more and greater crimes against
property are committed by the rich than by
the poor and that II the poor are some
times taken In by plausible sharpcrs. the
rich are also quite as often deceived by their
trusted agents II we are going To dlsfran-
chisc any class because of their want of in
tcgrty and capacity we ought to begin
with the rich. because they exhibit the lack
Of these qualifications in greater degree
than the poor do.
Fore example. the Ring Of thieves. TWEED.
SWEENY. CONNOLLY, aud their accOmplicee.
from whose clutches the city has only re-
Gently escaped were all OF them rich. and
until they were found out, respectable. They
paid taxes and rent enough 10 ontitlc them
To vote under the proposed constitutional
amendment Thousand times over They
succeeded, too. in humhugging some of our
woalthlcst citizens into giving them Ger
tiii,dtc for ability and integrity which ma
t"rially prolonged their hold upon power
UFNRy NlcoLL, WILLIAM G. BARRrrr. aud
Otis d. SWAN, who robbed widows and or
phans of the patrimonlcs conillod Ia their
Keeping, were also rich and respectable. So
were the officers of the security Life lnsur-
ff..s. . ...f
ing the reward of their villainy in the pcni-
Tertiary. So WAS WILLIAM G. GILMAN, So
was GABRIEL METER; 50 was JOIlN Bon
SER: 50 was WILLIAM Il. bend; and So were
three out OF every four of the hundreds Of
dcfaultcrs and swindlcrs whose names filed
nearly four columns Of recent number of
THE Sun. In fact, that list and that list
alone IL "a conclusive answ cr TO the snub-
bish sophstry which would fam exclude
from the polls voters who possess every
other qualification for the exercise Of the
electoral franchise except IL rec ipt for taxes
or a lease of house.
There is not the slightest chance that the
proposed constitutional amendment re-
strlctng the suffrage will ever bc adopted
10y the people of this state. In It's stead.
however it might ho desirable 10 substitute
another am, ndmcnt Furnishing the commits
sion Of the frauds which are 50 peculiarly
the character-ticof the rich. with the Same
loss of civil rights rs now attaches TO con
victions for felony. We cunccdc that "A want
of honesty should prevent men from taking
part in municipal government. and wr would
extend In" rule so a. 10 include not merely
the poor devils who fail to escape the ma
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IN %%1Gioenh to Cengre7s. Nov 10. l79i, ha said


To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-S0. More than
forty years ago, when very ,oung man. tcuom-
her sVeiu- on the walls q the ROYAL Academy winch
then exhibited the works ol British nrsts at the old
somerset House ~ the strand portrait of Mr.. Deorse
Jones, the then ai' ady famous uugcian the portrait
Icpicsonung am exceedingly handsome Nonng prince ut
about Yl habted ia the conventional co.iuuc Vt Hnlt
lremcmhci well that n Lohdon Nj Jonc, at thal time
,nio,tl an enormous i,putaton an e. mcut m sue.
cess that lN WnuN is considered Indispensable but the
liics of Inslant appreciated hshi, his u..r worthy
Efforts wh,h Ultimately obtained tor himself ,,c honor
shakespeare" A. / aim uniouhiciiy an, Il man. i ran
only tosntd the Count h i,r,,t wonder. lolaisc
i,m. nnri whenl Na, am exceedingly ,luu. man re-.
MODS oNl~n.uec u'i his varied ic ha, supplied linn
However ln rr present day of humble artistic a-plra.
uuu, sur "a Nl lunrs--Nt must not mind tn, Count
--h"llN ir tli'iNNd Too hs evident 20, -rr tl hf
sail' a. "n artist A. ON rlAi.oLil
~ rni Erron 1i" Suns. READING the lnictrc.a
tory M to-day st> rc-arlm- the antiquity of Tim, count
Juaunc, ,ulmlt for thc information OF Nuurr,at,rs tc
suhonN quotation, winch not only houors the Count,
but sets at o. all douht regarding his ,.e.
lost. 90 ois' ihe sclt,t,l,d Count loann,. wa,
orl Street Theatre Bo-lon Mndr hi, fr,t ,n,,riu,.
W iiuai,lphf DO :. 1854 at the oh,,inf N .ct ihr
arp,er,d ~ tlU Wauut "a, Va M lie wn The nri .innl
,'n'e v k r., =, bn'ion Mith Mr. Md9 Im,. '- iaa
the old Naiinntl, MN lu ISIS lu ~cptuuh 4, l~H he
wa, manager oi u!t Mtr,nell Ihcuu". R'iNNud Va.
anI NN"n lngaitc, So ih Visited ENGLAND "ui dgiN.
MN lOhh, Jan ~
Don't irrilalc your. lungs with a euhlorn
Aide.
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Fridays experiments at the Blackwclls
Island Asylum go to show that there are vary
ng degrees Of susceptibility TO music among
insane people. Just as among sane people; that
in some cases rhythm produces an instant and
marked effect on the insane patients pulse,
even though the patient seems wholly unmovcd
by and Indifferent 10 it, that this effect is most
marked in cases whore there is the least mind
to be affected; that melody is less potent than
rhythm, and that harmony has no effect what
ever. Tho question Of the possible value Of
music in soothing manacal paroxysms is left
an open one. though violent patients were re-
leased from their strait jackets on Friday
while Mr. PATrIsoN was at the piano, without
any mischief resulting.
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We believe that great good may be conll-
IDENTIFY expected To result from the investi-
cations to bc made under the GLOVER resO-
luton. Charges Of fraud which have been
preferred against different departments Of
Gen. GRANTS administration but which the
parties implicated have been enabled 10 par
TALLY conceal heretofore, will now be 40
completely uncovered AZ 10 be apparent TO
the most skeptica Some Of The guilty per-
Sons may possibly be brought to condign
punishment and at all events their evil
gains will be exposed and turned into curse
In the hands Of their posscssors. This will
serve AZ protection to the property of the
people IN the future, for the bad lives Of bad
men will be converted into salutary warn
jngs and admOnishing examples to those
succeeding them in Office
AT the same time the inconsistency of the
Democrats IN the House OF Representatives
~ 40 glaring that IL must strike every one
While they pursue the lesser wrongs with
relentless determination, they let alone the
great wrong which overshadows the whole
Government and the whole country. There
has been no ether fraud, no other crime
equal to that by which the Office of preei-
dent, according to the open co'.ossion of a
leading Republican, was "wr 4 cd +" from
the candidate lawfully elected and given Ia
RUTHERFORD u. HAYES Indeed, all the
other public frauds, now about to be- invcs-
tigatcd, If combined together sink into com
parativc insigniiicancc by The side OF this.
Ii viii be difficult for the Democratic
members Of the House To make their con
hlltuents believe that they are actuatcd by
principle in pursuing course ~ utterly IN
consistent Purge the White House first,
and the dopaI tmrnls niterwardl
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oiuco, and who sworc vigorously for him in
tho last investigation. The subordnatos
were the Instruments with which he worked
To pcrvert the records and to falsify the
facts. They are bound TO him by the ties Of
mutual protection which connect wrong
doors together; and they laugh In their
sleeves at their present employer, who. with
these same agents. Assumes to play the part
sf "a rcfOrmcr,
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rs OUR CLIMATE INFLUENCED ny 7HE
SUy-SpO1Sy

ls the weather IN the United StaNe
affected by tho spots on the SUM- This qucs-
ton Is suggested by the prominence which has
recently been given to what may be called the
sun-spot theory OF rainfall. in reference to
India. II has by this time come to bc tolcraby
well known that spots varying greatly in num-
Der and magnitude appear and disappear from
| time to time on the surface of the sun. Ocra.
sonally one il large enough to be detected by
| the unassstcd vision at other times there IL
| scarcely spot visible on the solar disk These
spots wax and wane in regular periods OF about
eleven years each that il to say. about eleven
years elapsea between each period Of greatest
spottedncss Scientific observations of these
phenomena date back moro than three hun
dred years but those which afford n trust
worthy basis for general conclusions are prob
ably comprised within the present century.
The literature OF sun spots is quite extensive.
but not readily accessible because il is largely
contained in pamphlets and separate serial
uuhli.ntio,a A n,ncr in tbo Novo,uh. NM
Der of the Nineiee,,h Cent,yy gives the best
popular nccount of the subi.ct we hnvn w., soon
II il n careful collation. and rovic,v of tho rns,l,s
of sun-snot rnspnrch mn Ia tho nrnennt Inv by,
Dr. william w Hunter Director GnncrL uf
Statistics 10 the Governm,nt of Jn1in and Mr.
I Normnn Io.kvcr II n ,ba v,nn. ur,,,
English astronomer Mon 81 scion,o accord !.
inc IN these autbors arc now o,,rn.I in r.,,ord.
inptbe sno,s no poniscs,o,io,s - s,,Iar .,,ii,,,
The rrenter This activity the gr.n,or ,hn nrna
Of sun.snots There IL also nm .,norcr, ,,ni.
formitv Of seiontinn oni,ion In ro'o,,ni,i,,y
connection hct,vccn rho ,Iec,rici,,. 81 ,L,,n,,,l,
and these movements I'm tho SIM The noc-
netic needlo we mr., told vibr,,cs rosno,siy.Iv
to the chnngos ,rhicb tbn .,o,a ro,r.u,,,, src,,
year To vear nnd nrobnbIv avcn from, do, IN
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what services he rendered the Kansas Pacific in
securing subsidy. and why he was aftcrward
showed and let slide by the ungrateful managers
Of that corporation. Told in his own artless
language, the story would be a deeply interest
ing one. and we have no doubt that Foundry
Church would he filled to OVERLOOKING by ma
rincs anxious to hear II.
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Too Clever for His Sons.

Old Mr. LORD, at all events, has thus far
proved too smart for his sons IN the pro-
ceedings to have him declared lunatic, for
they have been unable, as yet. to serve pro-
cess upon him. Well, after all, this il not
strange, for he has greatly the advantage
over them in experience
Should the ease ever actually come 10
trial, some novel and curious is-nc- may
arise. Insanity on lunacy is proved by
showing that the conduct of the person ac-
cuscd IS different from the conduct OF sane
persons. Whatever prctences may be set IN
the public Will not cease to believe that the
marriage of old Mr.. LORD to Mrs Hicks j..
both the occasion and the cause Of the pro-
coedngs against him. Now in thcir de-
fence ON this point his counsel may raise
some embarrassing comparisons, They
may put the SONS 10 tho necessity of point-
ing ont a more beautiful or accomplished
woman whom Mr.. LORD could have married
even II he haI been rs young rs they Aye,
more assuming that 50 devoted Il wife as
Mrs. lllcKs'LoED IS reported to be Will be
present in court with her rcycrod spouse.
They may challenge the sons and each Of
them 10 produce a superior bride or wife Of
their own! 1t will evidently be pretty
knoity trial.
','"' "..r reporter must have
''''" med when told that MIR.
n.y. t roREsr Lolp, one Of the fam
~ 'sWyors, was clo-ctcd with Judge
rNNthER, the senior commissioner in luna
ty, yesterday, but ioiuscd 10 give the result
of the interview" MIR FANcHER was for-
morly a Judge of the supreme Court, and it
would hardly be in keeping with his high
reputation 10 he holding secret conferences
with the counsel for one Of the parties 90 80
important controversy which Ia To- be- co.-
duelnd hnfurn him.
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Mr.. Joux Youye BnowS Of Kentucky has

writ,"na letter denying that his course regard
INK the electoral count was influenced 10y a de-
sire Co grtthe Texas Pacific subsidy through the
Foriy-fouuh Congress. That denial is not at
all To- tho purpose in Brown case although il
might be Interesting ii it came from Mr.. LvCIu.
.. C. LAMAR ~ Mississippi A good many people
are waiting 10 see whether Mr.. joins YoVSG
Blows Will deny that he has drawn from the
Treasury .ll.2ll.20 on the strength Of snug
gled appropriation bill which could not have
gone through had the session expired before
the count Mas completed.
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SCHUYLER CoLrAX does not put the case
accurately whom he says that THE Sun killed
him. He killed himself by taking bribes and
swearing falsely about it. 1t is well this Chris
tian statesman knows he is dead. but he should
ut least recognize the fact that he persisted by
suicide not murder
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Hell was again th'f leading pulpit sensation
yesterday. furnishing a theme to the Row Mr.
FRoIHISGHAM Bishop Snow. the Row Mr..
PvLLNrAN. the Rev. ~. KNAtr. the Row Mr.
JUTrrN. the Rev NJ McCAn1ur. the Rev. MIR.
SWrrrsEH. tue Rec. Mr.. ROwELL. the Row
Dr. HARrzELL and the Row. Mr.. IIrpvo Rru
In lighter vein. the Rev Mr.. MORGAN treated
social Amuscmcnts. the Rev. Mr.. EGBERT
Social Duties AMI the Rev. Mr. NEWTON
" Woman in Society" The Rev. Dr. ARMIIAGr
dos ribbed Bible Po''s.' and the Roy. DR..
WORCESTER Bible Fruit Treos." The Rev.
Mr. GEIcHrLL portrayed jacobs Dream"
and tho Row. Mr.. PLUMLY jacobs Death"
Tho Roy. Dr. CROOK discoursed on The Re-
newal OF the Covenant AMI the Rev. DR. Nc
KIM On The Renewal Of the Universe" The
Kev. Mr. MOMENT dis 'ussed Gcntlcnos-," and
the Rev. DR.. BuRcHAnD justin cation" Tho
Row Dr. king asked What Shall We Have.
Thercioref' The Rev. Mr. LLoYDs subject
was The Walk to Emmaus;' the Rev. Mr..
JoHNs's. The Only Door" the Rev Mr.. Coz
CORDS. " The Accepted Time the Rev. Mr.
lluLL's. The Nightless World The Rev.
Mr.. HATFIELD preached on Gods Sword"
and the Rev. Mr.. HoUdH on " Great Men" The
Rev Mr.. kSArr's topic WAS Clothed" The
Rev Mr.. ADAMS set forth The Elements of a
Successful Lite and the Rev. Dr. TYING. Jr..
showed How to Make the Most Of Two
Worlds"
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From the rich -torchousc Of lis orudition
GEoHGE. the Count JoANNEs. draws forth a num-
b.rof proccdcnts that may ho Of usc 10 tho ven
cradle Mr. THOMAS LoRp's counsel. when it
comes to summing uI-if it ever does come to
summing NJ. GEoGor, the Count JoANSEs
touches no subject which ne does not illu-
miuuta
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We learn with pleasure that that simple
hearted sailor. DIck THOMPSON Of tho Navy De-
parmcnt, has consented todeliyer II lecture to-
morrow might at the Foundry Church in Wash
lh"ton. The subject announced is a suggos-
tive ono Personal ilccollcctions of Deceased
Statesmen Mr. THoMlNONs previous efforts
ON the lecture platform have bcen confined to the
hrld oil Theological controversy and have not
been such as 10 attract large audiences. Now
That has come down 10 personal "reminiscences
OF recent statesmen. Christian or Otherwise, we
hope that he viii take opLcrtuuity ~ explain
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On another page of to-day's SrN will be
found the story Of one Of the most recklcssly
daring exploits. or rather series of exploits. of
the civil war. In n profcssed work of fiction
such a narrative as this Of the score Of devoted
men who undertook, with n stolen locomotive.
TO cut of BEAuREGARD's army from its base.
would he ccnsured rs wildly improbable; but 1t
is n part Of the history Of the country. and
eight of the brave fellows scaled their devotion
with their livcs.
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HAYES and the men who had his fortunes
in hand seem TO have believed in the applica-
ton To- the Southern Democrats of Sir ROBERT
WALroLE's maxim that every man has his price
Fraud bought il way into the White House by
bargaining for the acduiesccncc Of Congressman
who could have defeated it. JoHS YouNG
Blows price is already known. The books Of
the United states Treasurer show that 1t was
sll 900; or To he exact. eleven thousand two
hundred and forty-onc dollars and twenty cents.
The amount Of purchase money paid 10 other
Demo rattle members to botray their party WILL
no doubt. appear in luc time. Whether the con-
sidcrWi0n was ia patronage. in or office. or in
cash. as in BKowN's cas-. it Will sooner or later
Dee known 90 the country There would be some
thing coin parat,eiy respcctahlo in all this
bribery il it had been done nj tho expense Of
the hriuins party; but in every instance il was
done at the expense OF the people.
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OF course the stipendmrics Of the New
Yora College are prompt To- oppose the moy'-
ment a. abolish that -upcriuou- institution.
The apathy II the public VITA regard to IA"
subject show- how false ir the clalm that it is
tie people College
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During several months Of each year this
metropolis resembles Canton in having float
ing population-not 20 numerous. indeed. hut
then on the other hand good deal more desi-
rallc. The glimpse elsewhere given of the
life led by thousands Of our fellow-ciiizens. who
are born. grow up. marry. rear their children.
and finally die on board the canal boats. will
have for many roaders the interest OF novelty.
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In the midst of his interesting labors rs
editor of the Hartford CoWdnt. Mr.. MARX TWAIN
has found time TO write n circular letter OF
apology to LoNGFELLow. HOLMES. and EMER-
SON. whom he ridiculed in an extravagant
speech at dinner given to the contributors to
the atlantic Monthly in honor Of WHTrTIER's
birthday. The Boston He'dh gives tho sub
stance OF the letter as follows:
IT, mid to them that he was fool that he knew it,
nut mat ,iop made him afool that lie tool AMI
couldn't HELM him self ana that they ought ~ have little
com assion On linn iOr GODs sake, not Tor his own
1t strikes us that this apology is sufficiently
ahicct to satisfy the outraged feelings Of the
Boston people. but the rcparation would have
been moro complete and generous If MARK
TWAIN had made II more public by printing it
conspi uously IN his neWsnaner.
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noteworthy change has occurred in New
Mexico. For the first time in the history OF the
Territory the records Of the Legislative body
are being kept in English instead Of as hereto
fore. in Spanish. The Governors message was
printed this year in both English and Spanish.
lie has deeply offended the natives 10y rccom-
mending the abolition of the Alcalde courts.
which lac denounccs as intolcrahly corrupt.
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The Commissioners Of the new Capitol at
Albany report that it Will take something near
I've millions and quarter Of dollars to finish
that mOnstrous cliife. the Legislature had
better appropriate two millions 70 erecting suit
able state buildings in New York city. takin.
down the materials piled up in this great Albany
structure, and bringing; them here for use This
VIII not cost the STATE half So much. and the re-
sui Will BE- thousand tlmes better.
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Stockholders and lawyers is received with in
dignaton and scorn,
Ii is absurd to- say that the Park Ia 0niehed
and therefore he is no longer required To say
nothing the new constructions demanded by
the progress and development of public taste
nature imposes. by each seasons growth. con-
ditions OF perpetual change. To meet these
varying conditions. and direct them to har-
monous results IL the work for which Mr.
OLMsTED's unrivallcd attainmcnts and expert
once are still needed. and always will be-. Do
tho Commissioners think themselves qualified
for such task2 II they do it Is impossible for
egotism TO make itself more ridiculous.
We hear that Mr.. LANE the Commissioner
last appointed, has the good sense to differ with
his colleagues. If Mr.. WETMoRE will stand
with him. Messrs. WEsMAN and CoSovER will
not be able to turn Oh MsTED out
The Rev. Mr. FRorHfNGIIAM, who thinks
the Bible no better than any other respectable
book is naturally astonishcd that anybody
should be found at this late day preaching Hell.
II is, he says. rs though some monster Of by
gone agc-an ichthyosaurus. for instance
were TO turn up alive and vicious. on
the banks Of the Hudson. On the other
hand the Rev. Mr. RocHFoRD. Roman
Catholic. afllrms that it Is tho thought
Of He'll that has pcopled Heaven. and
maintains that the doctrine Of everlasting
torment is taught not only by the Church and
the Scriptures hut by human reason itself Tho
Rev. Mr.. HEpwoRTH. formerly Unitarian. but a
present Congregationalst. is troubled in soul
10y some aspects Of the doctrine and thinks 1t
imprudcnt to be dogmatic us to the duration Of
the torment when there is such wide di-
vcrscnce OF opinion among scholars on that
point To the Rev. Mr.. LUDLOW Reformed.
the endlcssness Of punishment seems deduct
bile from analogy as well Us revealed in Scrip
tnre. and the Universalists impress him rs ab-
surd PENSIONERS. That He'll will continue forever
IL also the belief Of the Rev. MIR. Mann. sweden
borgian: but he explains tina, II will continue
by the choice Of the inmates and that IL is real
ly hospital. in which the self-innicted suffer
ings of the wicked will he mitigated. as far ms IT
is possible for divine love and pity to mitigate
them. OF the Univcrsalist preachers who dis
cusscd the subject yesterday. the Rev. Mr. PULL
Man was sarcastic. and the Rev. Mr.. NYE was
scholastic.