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The Failure in PENNSYLVANIA.

Some OF the Pennsylvania papers describe
the refusal OF the Legislature TO expel the
men found guilty OF corruption as "WoLFE's
failure" We cannot see it in this light at
all In the face OF tremendous odds, and
with a Committee appointed to obstruct,
Mr.. WOLFE has succeeded In uncovering
these iniquites, and dragging the offenders
to the bar of the House. There, having
done his whole duty, his responsibility
ceases, and that of the House and the party
which shield and protect the guilty men
begins.
1t was just as we'll known before as It is
now that the Republican party, which ac-
knowledges the very King OF the BOOSTERS
as its valued leader, would not willingly with
draw its sheltering wing from him or his
brood. WOLFE was bitterly assaicd first
FOR disturbing the od-established order of
vcnalty and corruption, and now again be-
cause no lacks the miraculous power to
compel a lot Of sympathetic BOOSTERS to turn
on their own kind The people have the
remedy in their hands. They can have de-
cent and honest government by eXpclling
the Ring from power; but If they prefer the
state of things disclosed by this invcstlga-
NA'i'i 'Ai'9 'Nii W. N'''ii9 iAb hbNh " T.
and eXalt KEMBLE at the polls, as they
have done for many years past.
The Republican majority of the present
Legislature, like its predecessors, Is the
property OF tho Ring and the railroad.
They were not sent to Harrisburg TO serve
the public; and they behave just as they
were expected to behave. Mr.. WOLFE doubt
less knew very well that he would be cruelty
malgned at every step Of the great work
before him; but he could hardly have
imagined that ne would over be abused for
the failure of the Rooster members TO per-
form their sworn duty in the expulsion Of
the BOOSTERS found out.
1t Is some comfort, however, to record
that whom it came to tho case Of KEMBLE
and his corps OF procurers, who undertook
to debauch tho House by wholesale bribery,
the compact array of the BOOSTERS was
broken, and resolution naming commit
tee to procure their indictment and punish
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dent only de fdcto, and not by virtue OF
lawful electiOn2
still, it was consistent enough in Mr.
HAMPTON. The proud sons OF the sunny
South cclipsed their Yankee rivals In the
aptncss they showed for q political trade
the moment JOHN SHERMAN and CHARLES
FOSTER, in behalf of HAYES, and in his
name and by his authority, offered them
tempting terms.
HAYES ratified the bargain, and for time
lived up to it's terms. Lattcrly, however,
he has turned his back upon the Southern
huckstcrs; and FOR this reason Mr.. HAMP-
TONS undcscrvcd praise of him. while it
may be consistent, seems n little out Of time
to say the least
But when respect and esteem are talked
about, politicians like soldiers, who only con-
tend until they can mako advantageous
terms Of surrender can hardly expect to
command the real regard Of any one.
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VIII Gen. Ewing be Elected,

When a nomination is the spontaneous
action Of the people it is very apt TO be sue
cessful The nomination OF Gen. EWING for
Governor OF Ohio appears 10 have been ac-
complished by that instinct OF the masses
which is unerring, and which surpasses in
wisdom the cunningly devised plans Of
astute politicians, which it often over
throws. !%ING was nominated because he
was the strongest man, and because the
great bulk OF the Democratic party were
resolved on having the strongest candidate
and carrying the election.
Undoubtedly, had it been n candidate for
the Presidency who was being nominated
EwING's soit-money proclivities would have
told heavily against him with large sec
tion-probably n majority-of the party.
That would have been because in the Office
Of President the opportunity exists largely
to influence the national legislation In re-
gard TO finances. But no such power Is i'm
posed in the Governor Of n State As Gov
ernor Of Ohio, II elected, what can Mr..
EWING do, one way or another, TO affect the
management of the national finances?
We are not In accord with Mr.. EwING's
views Of financial questions; but II he were
a doctor that would not prevent us from
employing him professionally, II We had
confidence in his skill, nor would IL prevent
US from retaining him as a lawyer. Why,
any more, should his financial vagaries-as
they seem to us-cause any hard-money
man to hesitate TO support him for an office
whore those vagaries cannot come into
play?
The Republicans themselves have made
the issue by asserting the right to station
armed troops at the polls. On that issue
Gen. EWING is sound; and consequently he
deserves the support OF every man who
wishes TO preserve the freedom and indie
pendence Of the ballot box.
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A Chapter of Military biography.

We have received two letters, from widely
separated parts Of the Union, asking for in
formation ON matters that may proltably
be treated at the same time. One Of our
correspondents lives in this State. at Ma
lone, the home OF WILLIAM ALMoN WHEELER,
He writes:
WADE HAMPTON announces that there are twenty-five
eK Confederate soldiers IN the Senate OF the United
states only who fought in the army OF the Union
Is that true and n true what do you think Of its gnih
cancein
1t signifies, We suppose, that civilians are
relatively more successful in Northern poll
tics than in Southern. Beyond that unim-
portant statistical fact 1t signifies nothing.
The eX-Confederate officers are not now in
arms against the Government. Most Of the
Republican leaders who are endeavorlng 10
persuade the country that that Is the case
kept well away from the front during the
period OF actual hostilties. An excellent
illustration on this point is afforded by the
war record Of Mr.. JAMES G. BLAINE, about
which our second correspondent writes from
Nevada TO inquire.
To Enron THE sUN-Sir In the Congregational Re-.
ooi OF the 18th the following bitis printed.
Mr. WuLnNs-I should like TO ask the Senator did his
Mr. FlArSF-So / found out auerwar1 mat llr va, a
Democrat Laughter was hveigled into hiring him
without known. who he WAS
NJ b99sS,-Ia he sen himself for G"i FGGli e, hin,
more than an average Democrat was worth in the
Great laughter
Is there any means Of ascertaining who Mr. BlASF's
substitute was and what Kind Of soldier hc made It
may be that he brave one and that the man for
whom he did the fighting has been willing to backen the
memory OF a departed hero though humble and hghung
under the disadvantage Of being Mr. BLANEs substitute
for the sake Of repartce.
II might knock large hole In the Of the Zero.
cious warrior Of the Senate II that substitutes record
could be hunted up ARTHUR McEWEN
NRGiNIA, New, May 81
Early in the war, Mr.. BLAINE's name was
placed upon the military rolls Of Maine, and
he, like other ablc-bodied citizens of that
State, became liable TO CONSUMPTION. A
great many OF his fellow townsmen in
Augusta did not wait for the draft, but vol
unteercd and went TO tho front to fight for
the Union. Mr.. BLAINE was deeply con-
.cerncd during the dark days Of 1869 for the
fate Of our armies and the fortunes Of the
nation. We know this to be tho case, for he
himself has publicly admitted, in speech
in Congress, that "even after the lapse Of
thirteen years he could never recall that
period without a chill Of horror" He was
also concerned in a contract for furnishing
Spencer rifles TO the Government, and he
did not volunteer TO do military duty.
The necessity for troops being urgent and
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The Removal OF Soldier. from once.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: OF all tho
hollow canuns raised by the rump tonly the rump
remains Of the once powerful nnd Intelligent Republican
party this about Democrats removing Union soldiers
from once Is the silliest let who removed the
most Union soldiers from ONCE
when Grant took up his abode In the white House. on
the 4th day Of March 1859 tho following soldiers the
Union removed by Grant and lis Secretary
State II Fish. Gen Dix. Minister, Paris, Gen Bartlett
Minister SiockhUlm Gen Ewins. Minister the Hague,
Gen kilpntnck Minister. santiago. ten Rosecrnns
Ivan. Minist quito. cot GLEASON. Consul Bordeaux.
Cant X , Farrell Consul CtdiI col Dun Chicf uf Ar
utry on Grants stNn Army of the reuuessee Consul.
Ga-guw. Lieut. king. T. : ~ Consul. Canton.
put out in make room for such men as Mclean. Eastman
Irwin. and Campbell ut Chicago, fouds Siephen sou.
aud Pullman 10 CINCINNATI Rulcsnn In New jersey .
Murphy. Cornell Latin. and Gen " Arthur At New
York; hntic ~ Philadelphia, Longse at New OTean
and Tom - tile ia North Carolina
The rum NJ the Republican party Is on record from
1877 to lS7H ler suUerlltivoly Indifferent 10 Union
soldiers claim Tor place IL he lacked political backing
Ana there are TODAY, and were during the whole the
eight NenTs uf Grants miserable Administration fewer
Union soldiers IN office than under tie Administration Of
Honest Andrew johnson
The Republican rump has a great deal 10 say about
Union soldiers when elections hand but neither
in their state conventions In their district
lions have the luon soldiers show with the blatant
dcmaguguc. tuudhplier. or shoddV contractor
gress the mon Who went In battle Tor them but the
rump of the Republican party, with Its Grab red and
Nransn Is conspcuuus Tor fuorng the claims of the
Union soldier The nrst TO turn his back upon the odd
soldiers WAS Grant who had been exalted by them from
obscurity to lame, and from Indulgence to aiildenee
TN
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THE SUN, MONDAY, JUNE 0, 1879.

Mr.. BLAINE not coming forward, President
LINCOLN proclaimed q draft. The draft
proceeded at Augusta without interruption.
One OF the first names taken from the box
was that OF the present Senator from Maine
But oven then Mr.. BLAINE did not join the
army. Io procured the substitute whose
military record our Nevada correspondent
is anxious to learn, and continued to defend
the Government by means Of ablo speeches
at Augusta and in Washington.
In replying to the questions OF Senators
EATON and WILLIAMS, Mr.. BLAINE implies
that his substitute did not fight, because he
was n Democrat. II Is well to be exact in
historical matters, even OF trining import
1t was not because he was n Democrat that
Mr.. BLA1NEs substitute failed to render any
assistance In supprcssing the rebellion. He
did not go to the front at all. Political in
iluCncc OF n potent sort was cXcrtcd at
Augusta i'm behalf OF the man who
represented Mr.. BLAINE in tho Army
Of the Union, and he was put to
peaceful and casy service I'm tho Provost
Marshal's Office in that town. Soon after.
Mr.. BLAINE's substitute was detected i'm
forging soldiers certificates OF discharge
and draft exemption papers, and selling
them for $50 apiece to other patriots who
preferred to remain at home Upon this
discovery, Mr. BLAINEs substitute was
locked up in tho county Jail. through the
iron bars Of which he watched the varying
fortunes Of the war and saw his principal
grow rich and famous.
Mi BLsiEE', memory is ut fault IN another
particular. lie informs Mr.. EATON that he
paidfull price for his Democratic substitute.
That statement is hardly accurate. The
substitute was paid for out OF the funds Of the
Augusta Loyal Mutual Alliance, an organ
ization of patriots who formed n pool to in
sure such Of its members "a might be
drafted against the expense Of procuring
substitutes. Mr. BLAINE was n member of
this interesting association, and had sub
scribcd to its fund. Several years later the
city OF Augusta undertook TO reimburse the
subscribers to this fund, and did go in Ave
per cent twenty-year bonds, to meet the
interest on which. we suppose, the people Of
that town are still taxed. There also APP
pears on the record OF the city's contingent
expenses for 1866 the following entry:
-. q. BLANF, for substitute acknowledgements. 500 o. r
We have quito as little charity for the
Republican politicians in Congress who go
on fighting the battles that ended fourteen
years ago as we have patience with those
cx-Confcderatc acknowledgements and col
onels and majors who delight TO exercise
their rhetoric in parading the rrors of their
past One class is doing about as much as
the other to keep war passions alive. The
main difference seems to be that while the
Northern warriors Of 1879 have something
to gain, politically, 10y prolonging the hcti-
tious strife, and therefore proceed dclib-
erately to that end. the Southerners have
everything to lose by yielding 70 provoca-
ton. The exc Confederate brigadicr-gcnerals
and colonies and majors ought to know this
rs well as Mcssrs BLAINE and ZACH CHAND-
LER know it.
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While Hannah Dohbs and Kato Webster arc
be ING tried Tor their lives Catherine Churchill woman
Of %, has been scntenced and executed at Taunton
nmersctsic. for the murder ot her husband. Samue
Churchill and his wife had lived together before mar
rage, during which time they had son. The Old maj
had property, and hsi made will Ia favor u thi,
boy, In March Of this year he had been known
10 express his intention II altcTtng the will n
g. alter u he was dead The wife one day called one
Whatlcy into the house and told linn that the old man
had fallen into the IRE in ht The body burned be
vond recognition No indicatons Of violence were found
upon II Mhatleys wife, however, inferred III AT III,
day before she heard in tie house, as she wa.
Voice the EXPIRE ssion' as II uttered In man nam
You're n brute" She stopped and saw Mrs
Churchill dragging something TOW ard the IRE She told
THIS to her husband before Mrs Churchill called him (,
show him the old hnan dead. The police stcd IN,
woman, they found of her fingers cut blood ON III,
screen near the hre where her husha used To sit bloo
on hAtchet blood on the woman's clothes and on 4
cloth which had evidently been 10 mop blood IRON
tie moor She admitted Ia Mrs Whatcy cries of muir
dnt, bat sali II was nothing-Churchill only grum
hhhg ON tts testimony the who prutc sted he
lnnocenee 10 The last. was hnnged NeAleTh
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The Ruler of the whole rartee.

A. Sung By Sir r. r. Hayes, P.r.
when first counted in thought could see
The speedy downfall OF the Stalwart idee,
so started 10 play game that was new.
And the truol from the South I then withdrew.
iwiihdrtw the troops 50 gracouscc,
That soon WAS dcspiscd hy the whole pArtee
lquickly proceeded 10 raise storm
With lovely scheme Of official REFORM
And ordered the ohcchodcrs everywhere
or all political work 10 beware.
issued my orders with hand so free
That gained the disgust OF the whole partee.
Around the circle so eayly swung,
And '4ten At random shot on my tongue,
TIL found myself so fiat on my back
That had 10 start on ON another tack
Winch tack | have trei So successtullce
That now am the ruler OF the whole partcc
The party, saw, was coniumod By fears
or the terrible schemes OF tie Brigaders
And nothing NJ all could preserve it, spine
But the vctocs that alone could sign
The Netocs signed so vigorouslcc
That now am the ruler VI the whole partee
Though Conkling may fancy that Grants To be King
And others may boast Of the Senators ring,
They will all yet discover that alone
Am the veto man On the White House throne
MY cards viii play so sagaciouslec
That the candidate sure 10 he sherman or me
All Coughs, Colds, aud Throat Dlsenss.
Removed by iAyne's ExpeetvranL-Adr
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ment was adopted. Perhaps this result is
attributable more TO the general impression
that KEMBLE cannot DO brought to justice
In the courts, and that his prosecution will
be mere sham, than to anything else. 1t
is difficult TO see how the committee Is to
serve any serious purpose without the
hearty aid Of the Attorney General or Of tho
District Attorney Of Dauphin County; and
as these men are members In full fellowship
Of the political party owEed and managed
by KEMBLE, CAMERON, and QUAY, their cor
dial cooperation can hardly be counted
upon And even If the guilty should be con-
victcd what then Snail Ring Governor
and Board Of Pardons sit in vain Will
they suffer their creator to pass behind tho
bars? 1t was probably because Mr.. KEMBLE
felt secure in the fidelity of those whom he
and tho Ring have put into Office, that his
friends in the Legislature permitted the
passage of this apparently dangerous rcso-
luton.
1t will be remembered that in 1863 tho
House passed resolution requesting tho
prosecution of SIMON CAMERON john J.
PATTERSON, and one BRoBsr for alleged
bribery and corruption in the Senatorial
election, but no proceedings were ever had,
and nobody dreamed that the parties wcrc
in real danger
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San FrancI.co the Centre.


Wehster's eloquent dcscription OF the British
emfe lahhht every reader hut we doubt whether
n IL generally realized that have
which the sun never IL will hardly be believed
perhaps without an examination vi the mars that san
Francisco, instead of being ut the western limit Of th
dominion Il only about midway between our caster,
ana western limits; and Nettisa fact that the farthcst
Acuuan isle acquired IN purchase oi Russian
America Il as Tar To the of that CITY - PASSPORT
Me, Is O. the east at H. Between the nurthw m
limit oi Washington Territory aud the suuthca,tern
Unit " Alaska there i ltenk of few degrees hut.
win the slightest deduction. territory extend,
through lg dcglecs oi longitude, seventeen degrees
more Than han way round the globe Hence when the
sun j. givinS It's goodnight Kiss 10 our wrsterunos .
on the confines Of Bchrng II i already flooding Tie
Fields ana forests Of Maine with It's morning hight aud in
uc eastern part Of that ate is more than hour high
Al me very moment when the Alentinn fisherman.
ls canoe toward NE shore. the wood chopper OF Name
music OF his axe. '''
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not mention tho date OF tho pardon the natural
presumption is that tho latter was purposely
held back until after tho expiration OF the am
nesty; that is that BLANoUI merely reRains his
personal liberty but remains under the pro-
scrption OF the law, stripped Of his civil rights
and Ineligible for any Office. In that caso tho
"BLANoU1 question" survives in full vitality,
and this shrivellcd man Of "a years. who Inns
seen the inside Of twenty-ono different prisons
on account Of his politics. may yet be a dis
turbng factor in French affairs. Suppose.
after his Bordeaux constituents again elect him
Deputy-as nobody in France doubts they will
and the Government majority in tho Assem-
bly, again annul his election. he were to reap
pear next at the doors OF the Assembly ns n
Deputy elect from Paris That is not only pos
siblc but probable.
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1t appears that tho Conservative Republic

1t appears that tho Conservative Republic
cans who at present rulo the roast in France
have Mt last made up their minds to unlock the
cell door Of Mr.. LOUIS AUGUSTA BLANQUI, Rad
ical Socialist Had BLANQUI's pardon been
issued before juno 3. the date of the expiration
Of tho Amnesty law. no would have regained his
cll and political rights. and there wou ID have
been IN end OF what is known to our French
contemporaries M the " BLANQUI question. "
Although the cable despatch OF Saturday did
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The s,x,y.N,n,h'. Visit to Canada.

Tho proposed visit Of tho Sixty-nnth Regi.
ment TO Canada II interest among Irish Nation
hhsS Dominion Day the LIST July will be celebrated
In Montreal by monster picnic Of the united st Patrick
societies under the pre- >dcncy ui Mr. Il McNamee,
wealthy contractor Of that city. who built the greatest
part at the aehne Canal for the Government To rem
der the occasion OF more than local interest the Mon
trea organization has invited Gems. sherman and shcri
dan, with their respective stats AMI 'nie sixty ninth
Regiment OF this city 10 participate In the cereinonies
In private letter received In this city Mr. McNAme,
writes; II u cur intention To givv the sixty ninth
grAndcr rccepuon II possible than accorded 10 III,
Thirteenth brooklyn Regiment II Will be the gTandes
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A good deal Of complaint is made in GER
tain quarters OF lack Of Difference and re-
spect shown toward Mr. WADE HAMPTON
during the delivery OF his maiden speech on
the floor Of the Senate. But how much def
erence and respect Is due TO South Caro-
lima Democrat who sees fiji TO begin his Sen
atoriAl career with fulsome eulogy on a
President who occupies the White House
only by force OF corrupt bargain, and not
by legal and constitutional right-a Presi-
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The shin bone OF mammoth WAS found twen
~ eet below he surface q the earth. the pre-
OF Iohh fnhn AT dllans In Madison County Texas this
week The bone ne its smallest part over ten inches
IN diameter An examination of the place whence this
part OF the fossil mammoth taken. shows plainly
un me r,>t OF the rcmans Of this huge anediuvian
are Close ~ hani This well NJ Mr. Fuhn ull of queer
fossils At ten feet below the surface the fossil remains
Of dnnnuuvc horse were found The skeleton was
perfect anu measured eighteen inches in length and six
inches IN hest this being the smallest fossil horse yet
discovered There were other fossil remains found but
We pgA ana shower of the well digger broke and crushed
them beyond all recognition or classification
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District Attorney Ormshy. Attorneys " c.
Moah amt T. II 'owcn ana others visited Fort Miller
budse ON wednesday. the anniversary ot the Billing,
tragedy, anu made observations 40 $ o'clock f. NJ the
honr q" the murder. Ia ascertain how thr objects could
Dc discrrned aud recognized an that cuty at that time
The state OF un weather was about the same ana tie
observations Will far II is said 10 dispru,e Tho test
mnlA ILlIns nnI nihnrs - ~ ~.
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BY way OF keeping their hands in per-
hnps two policemen dubbed each other SO Wig
orously yesterday morning that one OF them is
laid NJ in bed. and the other is not as handsome
as he was. II there is anything in the homDo-
pathic maxim about like curing like. these two
policemen will be moro chary OF using thor
clubs on civilian skulls hereafter.
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There are several thousands OF colored
Republican voters in Ohio. At the time, they
felt as colored voters elsewhere felt about Mr..
CHARLES FosTER's part in the negotiations which
ended in the turning over Of the State Govern
ment OF Louisiana TO the Democrats rs a Q,tid
pro quo for Southern Democratic acqulescence
in tho seating OF Mr.. Fosters friend. the
Fraudulent HAYES. Have these colored Ohio
Republicans already forgiven and forgotten?
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An imperial ukase Just issued from St. Pc
tershurg orders that the Russian army shall undergo An
important transformation. There IN Russia ~ rcgi
ments of infantry. each consisting at three hatnlions
suhuiNidrd INTO Ntc companies Now each regiment 10
consist ~ tour hataions ,uldviicd into companies
ms measure Increases the Russian uruy by gnUl men
I'm time Of peace ami nv 10000 men IN time of var Tho
IoorsanMuon OF the army Is 10 begin at once and must
be pushed on rapidly. 1890 w
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Seventy-hve dollars is small sum Of
money 10 receive for voting for n Senator Of the
United States. but that is all that J. w. DELAcEY
says that he got for voting for KELLOGG in the
PACKARD Legislature. Two hundred dollars
had been promised. and DELAcEY understood
that that was the standard price paid Tor a vote.
but in his case the corruptionIsts failed to keep
their engagement Those who have made n
study Of Louisiana politics Of late years will
hardly be surprised at DELAcEY's frank ac-
Acknowledgement that no did not think il dis
honest TO sell his vote in this way.