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TIE sENTENC EOF ANDERSON.
The Punishment Too Mia for the Magnitude
OF the Crime.


In the case Of Anderson. the Returning
Board -windlcr Of New Orleans. Judge Mhittt-
knr has sentenced him 20 two years State prison
VIII hard inhor. and tnth" payment Of The costs
of court. Considering tho crime of which Al
d"rsuu WINS convicted, this sentence must Doe
chara'tcr!zcd as mild. Tho Jud-" evidently
asking mercy for the condemned man. aud he
thus anew demonstrated that he was not en-
shgcd IN a mere political persecution. II was in
his power T. inlet more severe punishment
and in avoiding this he acted IN harmony with
hotn Justice anu puhli' opinion. The crime y
Anderson and OF his colleagues was indeed. II
such "A nature that II deserved a more extreme
sentence The forgery of election returns and
the Justification Of the ballot committed hy "a
board whose duty it was to make an impartial
and lu~i count, cannnt in any case bc regarded
~ trivial offence; What was il. then. that III
duc'd the Jury and the iudg" t. bc 50 forhOar-
ING; IN spite OF the magnitude and scope Of
And"rsons crime Was It the circumstance
that they regarded the whole affair rs u moro
politi.al necc9illo, rs u H. often described hy
certain h'Tuhhran lournal-f BY no means;
for IN that event they would have acquitted the
prisoner what, them was the rcas "a OF th"ir
iorharhncc; II WAS simply the fact TINT his
rllur Was committed at time when cheating
ana fraud werc 10 certain extent tn" order of
the day in Louisiana. and II was consummntrd
under 'lr 'umstai - NH 10 might have put 20
the ta.t better men than the Returning Board
SwinIorS. rs things are. II Is not of - great
moment that the four .ouuIrcl- should be rom
arrrH harmless for the rest OF their lives
This fho pnoplo Of Louisiana can now take care
az; hui ~ - Of inpottlnc" that they should 10
IuulShr. !. and tuut the MAJESTY ut the greatly
outraged law should he Nndi,n,rd
From these cons ldorutiuns. in which. wa sup
pos, every right link lng man will ugrer. III
hshi sentence ought To- lo received with general
am rotation. Above all, IL must now be- clear
ip"Ncry one that the pros ,cution Of Anderson
hH- nothing in common with n pOliti .ul urr-p-
some l''i uhlican journals ana statesmen will
m y, i,1o IL r"" rnnIr "mStT IN lao-e Mho
th' worry mllnrSs of the sentence they Will
uIiW t' l"Hc CON uS'pn iut inc Tomplhui H.,
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half or thcreabouts, in the event OF this re-
duction.
1t requires no argument to demonstrate
that II the rank and file Of the army be cut
down, the excess OF officers and the abuses
in emoluments must also go to the wall
One supports the other. Therefore the bill
reported by Gen. BANNING for recognizing
the army, though good as far as it goes,
stops short of the real remedy, and COM
menccs at the wrong end by proposing a
standing army Of twenty thousand. Split
this proposition in half, and reform follows
as naturally as night succeeds day, simply
because the main prop will be Knocked
away which now keeps a prodigal system up
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Too Much Government.

We are governed too much already; but
our SOLONs at Albany propose To saddle the
State with the oSnouscs of Il Bureau of La-
Dor Statistics. This bureau will not tighten
labor but will impose upon IL one addi-
tiOnal burden of no iucon dcrablc weight
The object. as set forth in the bill itself, il.
to collect assert. systcmutzc. and present
in annual reports" statistical details rclat-
ing TO all departments of labor in the state
cspfciailg il, rs rtiGiiOns 10 M, commercials
social, educational, and sanitary condition of
the i0borhg cttss x, ant 10 IT, permanent
prosperity of he prodWctire industry Of ne
Commonwealth
4 Superintendent is to he appointed. with
a salary Of twenty-five hundred dollars; 4
clerk with II salary OF two thousand: and
the entire annual expenditures are only
limited at ten thousand dollars-a sum they
are certain to reach.
Great power il vested in the Superintcn-
dent. He may issue subppugs To hc served
10y the Sheriff at the cost OF the county. and
compel the attendance OF witnesses t. Ice
examined under oath
We are utterly opposed 30 this hcaping
bureau upon bureau. bureau upon bureau
both iA the state and the national Govern
mcnt We believe with JEFFERSON that the
world is governed too much. II any new
bureau Is established it should hc n bureau
to abolish supcriluous bureaus already
existing.
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and profitable, proves that even In our
young country we are beginning to expert
enco the social evils which so seriously
alllict the ancient Kingdom Of Great Brit
ain. Here as well as there hosts of men
seek to earn their living at II small expense
of labor, and probably that explains why we
keep up an army two and II half times too
largo.
MIR. HILL represents that tho church, tho
bar and the medical profession are over
crowded in England, and very likely the
same thing might be said about this coun-
try. Tho consequence is great suffering
among the middle class, the people who are
too proud to do manual labor and who
really are fit for no other. II is reasonable
TO suppose that the subject hc discusses will
grow even more important a. time adj
Nuucps
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The way to Reform the Army.

While the Committee on Military Affairs
al the House OF Representatives are to be
commended for their efforts to correct
chronic abuses, which have grown with the
growth of the army and become fastened
on to the service a. part ola loose and costly
system. there il much more to be done 10
satisfy the public demand for reform. and to
conform to the necessities of the Treasury.
The prnccly pay and excessive emOluincnts
"a the military chiefs and their gorgeous
STATS will not stand before any proper
scrutiny
The Investigations already made by Mr..
BRACES subcommittee show that the cx-
ira allowances Of the favored set Of officers
at Washington almost double their regular
pay, and that they are habitually concealed
by professional devices. so that the aggre-
gate can only be reached 10y persistent in
quiry, directed tovarious sources Of income
altogether unknown to the public 1t may
be said that the benelclaries alone know
how much they receive, because the items
are scattered under different heads and are
settled in different accounts.
Onlya military expert can trace and figure
out the actual benefits to al officer, who,
besides his high regular pay, receives lon
gcvity pay, allowance Of horses proportion
ate to rank, transportation, quarters, forage,
fuel provisions at wholesale prices, ser
wants, and the like. No other service in the
world compares with ours in extravaganza.
A reform which shall reduce the pay to a
point corresponding to the rctrcnchment in
other branches Of the public service, and fix
the sum definitely, will be hailed with salts
faction. 1t is estimated that II million and
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NEW YORK's pUBLIC HOSPITALS.
The Good Work of New York's Women
Needed Rrfnrms = II cmedics.

NccNcu
Tho sixth annual report of the Visiting
Committee for Bellevue and other public hos
pitfalls is before Us. Tho ladies who form the
committee seem to have done their good work
thoroughly. and their names ought to obtain
for the suggestions made by them the respect
full attention ot tho peoples servants. While
they claim that " IN medical care and nursing
Bellevue Hospital stands first IN the city; that
in morality. order. anil discipline II Is second to
none. and that "A spirit Of humanity is shown
in the treatment OF tn" patients which is worthy
Of all praisc.' they nrc Obliged to state with
regret tina, nothing has been done during the
past year toward abolishing thos, evils which
are the result Of The bad construction of tho
hospital. Tho systcm Of ventilation. intro
duccd at great expense two years ngo T. u fail
urc: and til" orderly of Ward % hrs had ~
phoid fever. ctus"i. according 60 his physician.
by the bad air of his sleeping room. which Is an
acOvc In the wurd.'
Complaints. the committee add. are Inadc OF
the Incorporate habits of some Of the orlorlics,
and their excuse is tho bad air they breathe day
and night. tho POOR food and the hard work.
The committee repcut, as in former years. that
" the only remedy for the defective ventilation
and the foul atmosphere always existing in
certain parts Of Bellevue Hospital Is either to
pun down the building and cover the GROUND
with pavlions or to pull out the clos H. which
are now in the centric. and place tiru IN towers
outside the wN- An approximation has nj;
ready been nau' Tor ten towers 10 be- erected
ousdcthe building. connecting with carll ward,
and work will be- hrgnn upon them cdiately.
The report crit iseS severely the condition of
the coils for the reception Of insan" and violent
patients. lii-N entilatcd. rocking with foul air,
gloomy and damp us thcyare, patients should
be retained there only few hours: whereas
the drunken and the insane IRE crowded to-
grther into tho" narrow cells. with the par
aly2'd and the nscnsihle. for DAYS. In Novein-
Der last decent woman was BROUGHT there.
helpless and sp"cchlcSs. and on the l1th Of De-
ccmhcr She was still there. This is by NJ
means the only recent instance Of similar
detention. When u prrson supposed to- be-
insane arrives nt Bellevue Hos itui. he or she IL
placed in the coils. II violent the orderly on
nurse Immediately requests the Warden to tclc-
graph to the Tomis for the doctors vino IRE APP
pointed TO decide upon cases oi Insanity. II
the patient is not violent. he waits III tii in tho
estimation Of the orderly. enough casre are ne
cumulated 10 warrant sending FOR the doctor.
After the telegram has been sent. a delay of
from twenty-iour 20 forty-eight hours often
occurs before tho doctors visit. For instance:
On the 2ith of January the examining doctor
visited Bellevue; on the 26h three cilsrs II
supposed insanity were brought in; on the 2Ith
two moro. on" very violent: on Tho 29th the
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= Chance tor Caleb Gushing.

Tho resolution presented in the House, ON
Feb. 81. lay Mr.. Mills of Texas runs thus;
H.ifet That the President Dee requested 10 mot incom
rdiihlr with Nn lu'c interest, 60 transmit cufIt> uf tl
cflc,poni'hc" Dog tween the Governments, cd rc tutd
states and o spain. not heretofore ~
10 tAr lfurc ul the steamer Allluu- ami tie
massacre of portion o the pass, and rie,, the
same. ami 700 uinNn %" HOUSE whru N.i- Gtn Bur
rrl hn- "tu uI,d Co., us spanish authorities ~ tcruld.
an,o With iho n-r' Ourft ul the spanish government
APP lNNtI auUl4u4.
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If Pension Agent CosTER If this city had
not let three weeks slip 10y without Ming his
bond, the Senate would not havo talked about
him for several hours yesterday. The ucu-
sions fall due on next Monday. and lin had
been rushed through the House authorizing
HAYES. in case Of vacancies, To appoint al U-
te'b0 pension agents for 80 days or until the
vacancies should be filed. Whom this bill WAS
called up in tho Senate ycst orday. MosSr~.
CoNKLfSG, BLAINE. and others pointed out that.
besides being Of doubtful constitutoudity. IL
WINS wholly uncallod for; either the amount ol
CosTFR's bond could bee reduced, or II AYES could
send IA the name Of another man. In the
course Of the discussion. MIR. Ml1HHRs had
something To- say about HAYES having been ci,s-
tiEatcd sufficiently. to winch M. CoAKLINr
replied that whenever he might u4yr o'tu~lon
TO arWign HAYES. it would be- done openly and
not by indrection. Finally "a substitute aut'l0r-
ling HAYES in ease of u vacancy T., dcsinuHt
some Federal official TO perform the duties of
pension agent was pissed ~ tos. - fore this
result was reached. however. Mr. INGtIIs's
susccptibitlos had boon wound d by Mr.. Co>E-
IlNG's use of the phrase, arrnt huuil-.
which the Kansas senator thought suprrnllou,
and offensive.
\ luil in This pension agency debate gnyn w..
Wal LAcE an opportuniiy to explain h.-hIlt'
provide sl0o,0oo,o0o worth of hong, loH-rt.
Government bonds forpopUlnr investment. b,
thinks the earnings of the people wll thus poe
moro safely placed than in the savings baubt.
ana that 1ther desirable results will follow.
BY asking the Senate to vote $4,000 for the
Improvement Of the Capitol ground-. Mr.. DAWES
EaNe Mr.. CoNKLING tho chance 10 say that most
OF the so-callod improvements in the past
twenty years had been dolacements. Mr. NANCY
thinks the country needs a new military official
Senior Inspector General; and Mr. MERRl-
MON wants to have tho de Jacto SECRETARY of War
authorized to purchase from North Carolina
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and with it the bill was passed.
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started bicycle ''u9' oil''rred by u president
''pt'lh' senior sup-'apt'ln ana junior SUD
cnpW'h' IL nus no" "i@p me america" D"V-
'"g "vu"''' Whl'h - devoted l" Tue deNnor-
m'h' ol pirychc lo'"m"'lon' among mo people
o' NC uhl'u HV"'s OF Ahorlca' Ihls n"p'r
pupNsh's ''h po-slp'c routes ior pl'ycns's OUT
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VICE. IL VIII thus be evident that picycliSm ~
one Ol thc forces oi our lu1ur'.
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INV N79',i"'S commute "Il"liH INV
,n' con- communion h"' 'ro"si'l "u' h'hs5 "'
nFur's concerning thc ''S. Oh transportation
from 'ne mines 10 inc Market Ny when th.se
without combining the compnnios must mine
and deliver coal at "A loss. But Assem-
hlyman BRowNtNG who started the in
qury. SAYS that this proves lust what
he sought to establish. viz. that the union WAS
made to arbitrarily advance the price Of coal.
He maintains that If workincmon are To- be-
fined and imprisoned for combining to raise
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Apportlonmcnt committee nave agreed upon
u pNih Tor rcarrahgihE inc Assembly Dlsfi''s'
Wy Whlrh New ORR city IL To nave W'n'y-ipnr
MEMOIRS ana hlnss county Twelve IL th'y
had 'ohpwcd inc directions lald down III inc
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York and Brooklyn Democratic cities shall
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TO those EugliShmen who have felt oppressed
over tho gigantic military display Of iiussa
and other continental powers.
Yesterday wa busy day at Albany aud
the nut'cr of Eew bills kept up a breeze in both
branches Of the Legislature. In the Senate
,ir,. 'y..,. c,,I,o, ~ ,ho s,",o =, ~" h,s ".,
nu'fi,uocr unless he resides in Nn,y York nr
KINGS eount,.. or wishes 10 crv on distilled
spirits; Mr. pAyyr asked for an amended
.hnrtnr for tb. Grand IoJra If tho Anci,nt
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Harlem Railroad Company: Mr.. PoMERoY pre-
seniod a petition from Cayusa county against
changing the savings Bank law; bill pro-
posing To hei' forward the reorganization Of
railroads sold under foreclosure was passed;
me annual report "l the frisoh Association
was presented ana othcr business WAS
transacted IN inc Assembly, 'h're was
a shower oil amondatory pliis-bllls amending
the Ease law inc hural cemetery incorporation
act 'ho fuphi tdu'a'l"h act una inc "c' r'|"-
latins Tie deposit oil securities III the il"te CLASS
insurance companies prsld's o'hers oil IN
.IHtlP important or uhlhl"ru'ht 'h"racler'
MI bLoohs cam" forward Win ON To- prolerl
the H,W"h Island M adoW7' ana the old pll
browning Tor inc pihIlhE o"' oil orphan chill
dreh was PASSED.
Mr. Sluvnys's busincs.-l,ko odmini,tra-
ton # tbn on .c of Collector of Customs nj Bo..
IAN d. ,.,,,,v.i..b.l j., lt,rs.s .i,n .oryi.o r.-
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canal company the free use of its line for mill
tary purposes.
Mr.. SARGENT's plan for turning over the
management Of the lifc-saving service to naval
officers seems to have produced n commotion
all along shore. Yesterday the hardy fisher
mon Of Cape Cod. through Mr.. HoAR. warned
the Senate that its adoption would be the ruin
OF the service.
The House passed n hill declaring tho now
edition Of the Revised Statutes priWd fdcie mot
concusvc) evidence OF whit the law Is ordered
its judiciary Committee TO find on, whether
the Union Pachc lailroad Inns been violating
its charter passed the hill for the relief Of cX-
Surgeon General II AMIoND and then had nm
other season Of debate over the Mexican Vet
Grams Pension bill.
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Dr.. POLAR HAYES, tho arctic explorer #
the Assembly, said in his free canal speech that
hut for DE WITT CLINTON and the Eric canal
fhi- city would now hn only hamlet hy The sca.
DR.. POLAR HAYES ought To know that New York
was something Of "a city long before Gov CLiN-
TONS time
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The Washmgion Hotel. philadel phia. is on
Chestnut 81 kaIcsrcNuNed " S-aoU.-.i".
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JENKINS. describing n recent portrait Of
Mrs. HAYES. mentions that she f. represented
sitting on q sofa before background Of yell
low SIX curtain. which brings out nicely her
brunette coloring." 4 historical pioturc Of
RUTHrRroRD u. HAYES sitting on u stack Of bo-
gus anldaviis and forged election returns. boz
fore a background q state prison wall would
not require any Of the artificial aids Of coloring
10 h"ightcn its rflcct
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The Assembly driftcd off into short SOC
tartan debate over a bill whose provisions per
mttrd the binding out Of orphans by officers Of
INCORPORATED dsylums. Mr., BRooKs defended
the bill Mcssrs. GRADY and THAN were on
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Whllc New York is talking douhtfullv
about the cxpcdicncy ofundcreround telegraph
lines. Germany has carried them from Berlin
10 the farthcst frontiers Of the empire. The
experimental line to- Halle proving successful
others were quickly planned to Hamburg and
kicl. 10 Brcslau. % Cologne. to K0nigsbcrg, 10
Sra-bours and to Trankfort-o the Main.
Some Of these arc already down; others will BE-
laid tho coming spring. In roxy and lilly
country the work has boon hard but along the
highways it has been easy Adigging machine.
hauled by steam engine has been used to
plough up the earth lay the wire. and turn
back the soil again, all in one operation. whc
laborcrs follow 10 press the earth DOWN solidly
and evenly. II II singular that America. usually
either the first or very prompt second in de-
vices of this character. should stlll take no
steps toward putting down the underground
lines that Germany regards as alone lit for use.
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The so-callcd accident 80 passenger train
Of the Richmond. fredericksburg and po,oma,
Railroad on Monday, resulting in the killing
and manning Of passengers and the destruction
Of property. was caused hy the use Of worn
ont coupling. worth less than u dollar. Such
incidents are not accidents. bu' arr the result Of
criminal carriessncs- that should be- punished
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Are Fat People Healthy,

Why are fat people always complain
ing? asks some one who entertains the
popular though erroneous notion that
health is synonymous with fat. Fat
people complain because they are dis
eased. Obesity is an abnormal condition
of the system, in which the saccharine
and oleaginous elements Of the food are
assimilated to the partial exclusion of
the muscle forming and brain producing
elements. In proof of this, it is only
necessary to assert the well-known fact
that excessively fat people are never
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Fruit Tree Frauds In Germany.

1t seems that this country is not alone
in the evil of irresponsible and unscrupu-
lous vendors of worthless trees and plants.
We have already commented upon the
er;;, use which is made of coIored plates
on this coast says the Pacific Rural
Press. I'll seems that the business as
practiced on the continent Is not so
gIaring a fraud in its method, but no less
evil in its results. We read in the Lon
don Farmer that some of the Continental
agricultural journals are doing their best
to put a stop to form Of swindle that Is
being carried on with considerable success
in various towns in Germany. Certain
astute gentlemen 90 about from town to
town, hiring shops for short terms in the
most frequent thoroughfares. In the
front windows are displayed some genu-
inc specimens of extraordinarily fine
fruits and plants, purporting to have been
raised from seeds and cuttings such as
are to be sold within. Catalogues are lib
orally distributed, containing full particu-
lars of cherries that run only twelve to
the pound, raspberries as big as hens
eggs, Jerusalem fig trees bearing four
crops a year, everlasting asparagus, and
similar tempting wares. Frankfort-on-
Main was the last place these gentry
honored with visit, and they drove a
roaring trade for a considerable time be-
lore their impostures were detected.