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big Mistakes.

Gen. JEFF. G. DAVIS who reported. fort
night since after the rcpulse and killing Of
Col. LEWIS. now know where the Indians
are. and can begin to operate intclhgently-
prospects good for capturing. has returned
somewhat chagrincd to LcaVcnworth.
Pores headquarters. from which place
comes the information that big mistake
has been made somewhere IN the pursuit Of
the Indians"
Big mistakes have been made somewhere
aud everywhere in this business. II was
big mistake when the Northern Chcycnncs
were moved last year from a region they
liked to region they did no, like; big
mistake when they were kept ON half RAJ
tiuns on no raiious until they dcvuured the
iloeh Of horses that had died from disease TO
appcaso their hunger; big mistake when
the only proposition offered 10 them after
they moved out OF camp, and paused before
taking the war path. WIS to come ia and hc
counted viz mistake when not "a hostile
Indian ia Kansas was reported from Topeka
al the very time its frontier was in flame: a
big mistake when. with three weeks warm
ing. the entire force Of two military depart
ment-. running 10y steam up and dowistho
Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads.
could not prevent the Indians from crossing
as If There We're neither rails nor soldiers
there, Il zig mistake when u hundred Chey-
oiinc-. with their wives and children
threaded their way four hundred miles
through the watch and ward Of thirty com
pauies Of infantry and cavalry. IN front. in
rear, aud on either hand, and reached the
point they started for. Ii would be- the big
,ye-t mistake Of all if now. breaking up and
scattering among the thousands Of Sioux.
who have every reason to regard thoir own
treatment with anger and contempt. they
should lcaven the whole lump to hostility
Abundance OF beef and bread. OF agents
traders, and troops for Indian administra-
tlun, is Supplied at great cost every year:
tut there L. woful lack OF head. Mr.. HAYES
-clNic" d~ nominal mead il limited to posing
as Great Father before Washington omba,-
-ic-. and making promises that he does not
Keep. Al % consequence. three needless
Indian Ware, cD sting hundreds Of lives and
millions Of dollars have already marked
the HAYES Administration. and the next
one will doubtless take ii as much by su.-
Prise a. these three.
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The New southern Policy.

The NtW YORK Times, the leading Rcpuhli-
can paper in commenting upon Mr. Attor-
ney-Goncral DEvENS' : order 10 United States
Marehals nj the South, 10 which we have al
really called attention, says:
There may he room for criticism az 10 Tho wording o
Attorney Heucial nvvtsss instructions to the rnitcd
Sutes District Attorney certain souhcrn States hut
the nsht "r popn'S ol As act,n,aunothe questioned
The Times Further remarks, in reference
to the condition Of things in the Southern
States:
"Some If INC H''''s 'nl oycd down the orod
vote are, sc aWt' hond toA oud tlapa,h "a H., ruiUd
states Marshal or the psnct ATTORNEY. lui these unc.
uouar,cs may impose some check mon the imam. u.
means which are being employed under the direction a.
llANr1oss aids To silence Republicans aud drive ui,ir
candidates from tho ded The Attorney GcncraI states
that similar methods are "a fan play In tc northern ana
middle districts II Alabama
Now, suppose that, as our esteemed con.
temporary anticipates, the purposes onl-
cially ayowcd by tho Administration cannot
be accomplished by the aid of United states
Marshals alone, whit then? Is tho Admin
istration going to stop with this mere proc
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HEdCONSrIEGD's SUCCESSOR.
The Ambition OF Lord aud Lady Salisbury
Their IInired OF L.nrd DeIhN.

Lord Salisbury, urged on, like q second
Macbeth, 10y the ambition OF his wife is drtor-
mined 20 bee Lord Beacousncld's succe,-,r a4
Prime Minister If England. Lady Salisbury ~
the daughter Of the late Baron Anderson ono II
the Judges Of the Court ~ fNchequor IN Eng
land. celebrated no less for his classic graccs md
kaoelai7ian wit than for l~ legal lcrc and -he
mas Inherited many ftAo qualities OF her father.
few days after the death of the last Mar,uis,
the father of the present one, Lady Salisbury was
met 10y gentleman in tho Albany ut tn" door of
the chambers of MIR. Cook the editor NJ the sat.
"fsdH h'ri"r, 10 which she was contributor,
having written some articles On the vaultics and
Weaknesses ~ her own sex which excited much
schsH'i,n. Sho was IN deep mourning and in
te 'h Mr, Inok Inquired Il his visitor knew
VINO the lady Just leaving was. and h"ing an
swercd in tho negative. said. THAT IL Lady
SdllSlniyi and sh" is wccpng and pot TO Ia
e.nsul,d because her husband has become a
MARQUIS and hRs been elevated from the sphnre
81 ambition. the House of commons. 10 tho priIn
benches II me upper school
Lord and Lady Salisbury have long feared
and hntcd Lord pnrhy. IA their prohnhl,. c0nl-
pctiior although he il married IL Lord Sllis-
hurys -tepnother. the late Lords second w,iei
ana when Lord lrlhy reerufly left the Gu,ern-
mont Salisbury showed himself not oulv yin-
~ his rude remarks. ilr w 10 n circular which
irow lortl lmmrnse laultnons until i WIKI
discovered THAI ho hat hron secretly stunning
distinct declarations, lie lost the couiilun.r 4
H"h'Itui1 men ny lll~ ,wt Wn'h' WIN" u ! r"'
,ess.l 10 ne IN a.iu' d'Y go ilr winning j. We.
resulting IA doloat While roaring ~ q
llon. me was really running like a iltc
and lr i"ats that When p,-rnoli roliro- .ni a
new ilr-t minister i~ to h' chosen. tho -'. Il
mus net wall rise up against him. ~ 10 Dr.. .. ~
VIII. To nllude g. The ~"'rot mpn0rnuiIlin ir.-
fore HIM rs said 10 be like waving u rcl Fra. N
the lace OF "a Spanish ndl. II ir NOT i.i.. urn
mat LIri salisbury 1IuNo of L0ld L. .ns-
Held. after desrrting no. "a lmini-.i.i ., IN
ln"r'lurn question, with cy 'u -router h,t. osa
ana contempt Than he spuko of Inrl N.,iN.
notwithstanding their muiun pbli.. o'uirur-
m"nts tnrS both dislikound lstrustoa'l. 't'or,
nnd LORD and .auS Salisbury. especial, ma
lHteI are very q .stasteiul '0 tho QU..n. WWi
now Is held In universal respect AMI r'rHrd.
ana hhs the advantage Of hoiug IN the t.uurusi
10y ihus, VINO would forecast lhu pulif. u iu,Dtt
OF par, e., in England.
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WAGON LOADS OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Noble Hespoa.es TO Appeal. for CIotb,rs n.
the Sufferers In the sou,h

The tour OF the Committee on Clothin, ,o.
the Yellow Fever Sufferers was attended vos,o,
dry with great success. At 9 o'clock t,v.r,,
five trucks and drays and wagons from the q,
press and transportation companies, from Stow.
arts and Clahin's. and other mercantile housn.
were drawn UP in limo In front oi Association
Hall, Mt Twenty third street and Fourth avenuo
A score Of boys from tho American District Tol.
egraph Offices danced impromptu jgs and
played pranks on ono another while awaiting
assignment to duty In vacant s,ors.
room under the Young Mems Christian As.
sociation rooms Superintendent Saunders was
giving Instructions to forty delegates who had
Se ny 70 outsidnr S wb n9@ UanoS
TO aid in the collection. IL was nm hour and n
half before everything WINS In readiness ami the
relief brigade moved The work Mapped oHt
tor the day was the canvassing Of that part Of
the city between. Fourth and Thirty-fourth
telegraph boys acted rs a pioneer corts ami
moved in advance OF the collectors to give no
tlco OF their approach. On most 81 tho rips
the driver.
Bog inning on tho enst side. the wagons vera
driven slowly westward. giving time for visiting
every house and sometimes every floor of A
house. The printed calls of the committee had
been widely circulated and IN almost all Of tho
houses ncnt paper parcels strongly tied wcro I'm
readiness. In very few instanccs did the coll
lcctors meet with rebuff. and in most of such
cascs tho occupants II the house had not hcnrI
Of the appeal, and suspected the visitors were
impostors. Although tho names OF the givers
Were r9lucStedi only, iew gave them, Some
some were marked with initials. As soon M n
wagon was loaded II was driven to tho aseucia-
ton building, whore tho goods were assorted
and sent to the FOrwarling Committee At "a
Hudson street. In the first two and half
hours 1000 cubic feet Of material were gathend
total collections for tho day. from Fourth sirrct
To Thirty-fourth street. made 1000 cubic feet
Of space. There were about 5000 parcels and
boxes. Tho goods were generally wrapped in
strong paper. and the character Of the contents
OF the parcels were known only 10y tn" marks
on the Wrappers. Asa rule. persons n hunthG
circumstances gave more Literally than thu
wealthy. and the greater number Of parcels
wore from flats and tencments.
The committee will continue their collections
IN the unvisited parts of the city to-dny. SupeT-
intendent Saunders requests that those who
have rendered the use OF wagons have them Gu
hand at o'clock this morning.
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Water Metres In RrooLIyn.

To THE EDITOR or THE Sun Sir; In tho
eats u MookNn the occupant Of any builliug in which
'oil' led 10 USE water metre The other day user
o one ct these metres received noucc mat he must pas
ahe water roar deposit 90 500 against possible do
mut IN me rHymtn Of an extra water rate fen the en-
SUNG ~ months Nodouht similar notice WAS Ia
su'h m't's Wt iu use 90 htonkNu tat let mr take a
Wnh'f MAT lrulllN - 10 tc whole number the
ire i- tO the rlrruuierN lot Suppose that there
hut h.e thousand such metres Here deposits called
Tor. then Amounting 20 uut hundred thousand dollars
lht interest on ihis rum TOR "a months at seven itr
cent - thirty Use hundred dollars A. thorc is not a
-ralu ol UfoulllN that tho consumer Will get hls
money hack m any other way than ~ making default
here Dr. steady revenue seven thousand dollars
lost Co vac consumers and gaiuod iy whomf
In what sthVlun of co., water Board revenues win
ms item hc 1T doWu 10 what purpose Is tlls new fund
tu lc doNoi.df CtvU
HhouklAh oar O.
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People who iudul.,rd the idea that the Re-
publican party was dead have discovered
their mistake when they have looked at the
results OF Tuesdays elections. Tho Ropub-
lcan party still exists 1t is still vigorous.
compact. and on the alert. The Republican
party Will go into the next campaign for the
election OF President with more than mere
possibility, with fair chance. II we may
Judge from present appearances, Of success.
They may be beaten; hut il is too much To
say, at present, that they are certain 20 he
beaten.
While, however, Tuesdays elections afford
evidence of great vitality in the Republican
party IL would he an error We think. to
cunStruc them as Indicative OF any personal
strength in Gen. GRANT. If the party is
strong enough to elect candidate. il is
strong enough to elect some one bcs ides
GRANr Should there be any chance at all
with him ~ candidate, that chQucc would
D., s,,e....y enhanced 10y different nomina-
ton.
The Republicans will grow moro cautious
rather thnn less so. with the improvement
in their prospects. They are not going in n
spirit Of foolharinc-s, to throw away u
reasonable chance. In u race which begins
10 look as II II were an oven thing they
will not run a horse heavily handicapped.
When II comes to the actual selection Of n
candidate. the tremendous tradition feeling
against u third term will shut GRASr out.
lie {, far les likely to- r nominated than
he would be il the situation Of the Rcpubl.
cans were more desperate Just in propor-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-10
The Circulation of The sun Interesting
Figures.

We publish to-day a series of tables which
have n very remarkable interest. They
give the number Of copies IL TIE Sun which
have been printed and sold on every day al
the two years and nine months. from the lst
Of January, 1875. TO the Goth II Scptcm-
Der 1873
These tables are we'll worth the careful
study of everybody, and especially Of the
newspaper profession, a. the first authcn-
tie publication within our remembrance az
the circulation Of IA daily paper during 80
long period; for none 81 our contempora-
rics has over venturcd to print such state
mcnt. great as its value is In showin.. the
condition and progress II a newspaper and
the varying demands Of the public fox the
news Of the day. II we did not know that
our words would bc wasted. We should
urgently appeal to our friends. the pub
fishers Of the other journals of the motropo-
liz, to grant both ourselves and the public
the opportunity of comparing heir crcua-
ton during the period covered by our tables
with that Of THE Sun. But they seem to
think it more for their interest to leave the
public TO guess at their sales than TO inform
them exactly what they are
An examination Of the tables will show
that the highest average circulation of THE
Sun in any month since Jan. /, 1916, was I'm
september 81 that year, when II reached the
great figures If 1885, 30 though from Fcbru-
airy to November, 1876, IL maintained itsclf
at very near that total, the lowest monthly
average hcng less than 1000 short Of the
highest The largest number # copies sold
on any on" day was Of TIE SUN for Nov :.
which contained fha r,.turua .l,.uuip., th.,
election Of Mr., 1ILDEN.
This was the year Of the Presidential can-
paign, during which THE Sun printed and
sold more copies daily than were over be-
fore purchased Of any newspaper In the
United States One Journal in Londonaud one
or two in Paris are the only daily nrw-papeys
Ia the world which have ever enjoyed cir
culatlon equal 10 that, or greater than that
during the same length II time Until With
In comparatively recent years it would have
been impossible to print 80 many copies of "A
paper and furnish them to the public at an
early hour Of tho day.
II will be Observed that after November.
1876, after the conspiracy Of Fraud had be-
gun TO carry ont its plots for setting aside
tho overwhelming verdict Of the country in
favor If TILDIN and against HAYES. the cir
c..-,.~" # IT. Sun declincd many thou-
sands daily. The 700" 500; +, i,.riod - -
moral and business depression throughout
the country, and all our newspapers expert
encod its hlightinR effect. 20 disastrou-
TO all commercial enterprises. The public
was in n sort Of stupor, from which it
stood in desperate need Of an arOusing. The
heaviest blow our constitutional privileges
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-10

MoRWrrowN Oct. ar. q. Rolston and
other purchasers Of ne Mst lin, Rnrod met ~ tho
Manson House IN Tins city today, pursuant to notice.
and oY"m.'t u new 'orromtnn under the n0me Of the
iHssait AMI lriHwnr' hWlt0Id Company Ihoy rirctrd
sam 81 sloan lrs lt n si Samuel ~irau Moses TuNinr
4 a. Rolstom benjamin e. tslke. iuhn hr-ilu, Jacob
NanAtta fric} x ftur. Andrew kisoncr, amt Solomon
'rith directors Tia, capital .iork II the new CORPORA
uunl elu0uN, ~ shares Of s,Ott,h.
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We hear that II messenger from Lord
DrtfERlS waited UPON tho victorious HAsLAN.
the other day TO give him a gold medal from
his Iordship and twenty guncas. In Canada
rowing means something, and ranks high,
When tho HANLAS-CoUkrALS match was made
II was taken charge of az once by IL large citl-
zens committee in Montreal including MGR
chants, railway men. and member Of Parlia
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We print In another column tho reply Of
Mr.. JonN II. IYpBcKER. late Deputy Collector Of
this port, TO tho recent publication Of tho Treas
ury Department accusing him OF completely in
Custom House frauds. The many friends Of
Mr.. LYDEcRER will find It very interesting road
Ing. Tho alleged frauds in connection with
which Mr. LYpEcKERs character has boon ut
tackled occurred ten years ago.
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Tuesdays disaster on the Old Colony
Railroad is the most serious Of the kind that
New England has known since the South Nor
walk horror. OF course there will be rigor-
Gus investigation; the killing OF fifteen men.
women. and children. and the mangling and
bruising Of between hundred and hundred
and nfy men arc not regarded us light matters
In that part OF tho country. Tho conduc-
tor Of the Inflated excursion train. which
consisted of twenty passenger cars and
one baggage car. drawn by two locomo-
tivcs says that he had the right Of way and that
neither he nor any other Of tho train officials
can Justly he blamed for whnt happened. His
o'clock should the raco ho over nj that hour (;
hut there was tho usual delay and he did not
got on until CHS Tho engineer Of tho lead
ing locomotive says he was running NJ
tho rnte of twenty miles an hour when
ho saw. 900 ynrds ahead. freight car
emerge from n siding concealed by trccs
and glide upon the main truck. Then he whis-
tied down brakes and rcvcrscd his engine. hut
II was too late. The frat thing in order will be
10 ascertain how that freight car camo To- got in
the way Of u tram carrying over u thousand
human beings. unsuspicious II danger. A. 4
rule, the leading Now England railroad
companies are careful OF the lives Of their pas.
scngrrs. But there seems 10 have been crmi-
nal carccssncss somewhere in this ease. and
the responsibility for 1t should be definitely
fixed
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lamation from the head Of the Department
OF Justlce1
We oplne not.
The order means change OF policy to-
ward the South That is just what it means.
HAYES may hesitate and may give assur-
anccs TO the contrary; but it Is to such n
change that n majority of his Cabinet have
made up their minds.
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ment. and II was presided over by Sir HvoH
ALLAN ns Chairman. When our New York
Aldermen passed resolutions over the Column
bia College crew, and offered public reception.
II was thought an extreme official tribute to
Craftsmanship but it would evidently have been
a nero trinc in Canada
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1t is a fine sight to see the great Sound
steamers swing round the Battery mud up tho
East River at fun speed. But one II these days
ty one of those accidents which happen in the
best regulated river. some Brooklyn ferryhoat
will find itself Ia the way Of one # these steam
ers' and VIII toe unable To got out Of the way IN
time, That will be bad business for the ferry
boats passengers.
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To THE IDlToR or THE SuN- ST., |. the
gnd'f.t ned, do hereby CHALLENGE Hughes To walk toro
ddfs one lhuif.i dollars a. 5000 sldr 10 come on
ln tire, wrecks from dnir
tR.sN 'mrcuAsp ~ Hudson ~ lIohokcn
liz rotf ttt
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The BURcHARD and HARTRIDGr rcsolu-
lions have asphyxiatcd the Democratic party.
There can bc no dispute about that after TUGS
days elections
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ELIAS W. HAYES, Boston letter carrier who
Mhs lhrl1 uunl fhlil IN an Indictment charging hui
WITH 'ul' ffiug lhrs from ulc mails Wac to-day s,u.
tt'I o. lurrsf iNt 40 40 hand Labor ,t tlA months l
the AL ut Utdham. hrhn, Inf
Judge kNowre may hive had reasons for
lenioncv in this cns" hut six months in lal is q
very light penalty for one Of the most dangerous
and monnost of crimos the theft Of letters from
tho mail.
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II Is easy TO understand why IlAYrs should
ike 20 visit cattle fairs but il .s not easy 90
understand why ho should have received or
accepted an Invitation 10 visit tive grave oi
JAMES Madison. JAMES MADISON WAS q patriot
and a statesman. Moreover hc was elected
President by the pc1plo Of the United States.
and would have scorncd To- hold that or any
other oNire If thcrn had been fraud IN his title.
What has HAYES 90 do bos ido the grave a such
man as that His presence there IS desc
rrai.NM.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-10

The election Of Senator VOORHEES, to sue
coed himself seems conceded by both parties in
Indiana Tho Democrats claim just one-half
OF tho votes on Joint ballot. and OF tho four
Nationals probably elected to tho Legislature,
two Mt least It is asserted, are pledged to vote
for Mr.. VOORHEES, As tho Democratic party
is unit in support OF tho Tall Syca-
moro Of the Wabash by which title Mr..
VOORHEES, has long been pleasantly known in
Indiana. these two votes will secure his election
beyond question. Unless. indeed. the Nationals
should take 1t into their heads to make use OF
the balance OF power they seem to hold in tho
Indiana Legislature to better advantage than
Senator VOORHEES, might be able to offer them.
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II appears that the new evidence, on the
strength Of which the states lawyers procured
the rcarrcst OF the Rev Mr.. HAYDEN. was tho
alleged discovery in the stomach OF tho dead
girl. MARY STANSARD. OF largo quantity Of
arscnic-large enough. our report says to have
killed MI the people OF tho hamlet. Mr.. HAYDEN
bought arsenic In Middletown on tho morn
Ing OF the murdcr-as he says in order
to Kill rate. Ilo admitted tho purchase
on tho witness stand and said that
he had concealed the poison in his barn, lest tho
children might get hold OF IT, Search was then
made for 1t. we believe. but II could not be found
or course, the theory of tho prosecution il that
he bought this arsenic intending to give It 10
MARY STANNARp. md carried out his intention
But now II ia reported that neighbor and
friend OF the licv. Mr.. HAYDEN found the arsenic
In the barn whore the latter said he had plnccd
1t; and that this original package ~ 1t was put
M by the Middloiown druggist. is at this mo-
ment in the hands Of the Rev. Mr.. HAYDEN's
lawyer
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The authorities Of Derby Conn are de-
termined To punish vigorously the would be
murdercrs Of tho negro EpcAK FREEMAN. who
u turns out, may possibly bo innocent Of the
crime for which Ia. In IA Jail. The rlngloaders
Of the mob arc 10 be arrested and prosecuted
with all duo energy. 4 severe lesson is tic best
WAY 30 nInNent u rnIntllInn OF Mo .rImn
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The fact that the Australian eleven played
against % Toronto twenty two. Yesterday and
the day before. indicates that thoy do not rate
the latter SO high as the Philadelphia eleven or
the New York eighteen. II is ~ little remark
able that none Of their games against English
twrniy-twos and only two or throo ct those
against English cighteens were lost. though
several Of tho lattor were drawn through want
ol time To- finish them Tho games in which
they suffer Il the most defeats were against
oleycns This sugg, sts that. with all the differ
encc caused boy putting SO many additional op.
puncnis IN the Hold. their games against info
rlor cightaens and twenty -twos wore not 80
hard TO win as those on even terms with
players of the first order Tho philadolpha
experience Of tho Australians illustrated the
.amo iacL Indeed when tho best eleven are
carefully cullcd from the erickctcrs Of q district
Ike tho Province Of Ontario. u second eleven
do nol add the strength that their numbers i'm
ply. IN bowling and batting. Tho addition 10
the ilcd. however il all that tho numbers inn
ply. If the second eleven are roas lnably good
ilclders.
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We present oar compliments To the Hon
SIrrHfN PRESTON Of the liaytan Legation nt
Washington, who las kindly sent us u letter
correcting n current error about lIaytan
finances that found IT. way into paragraph Of
The SuN. Since the year 1872" says Mr.
rR.-IoN thcro has been no paper money in
circulation In ll1yti that republic having re-
sum"d specie payment; ami the currency there
is American silver. rs for the wages Of the
nhoring mon. they are $3.50 per DAY Of eight
hours In tAc cities"