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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sb'; In read
ing that sloriou, paper Ths svS which receive from
Mr.. Eli, daily notice good many letters from both
Protestants and Catholics IN regard 10 the PARCEL HNr
Of Cincinnati. Now l would like 10 know on what
grounds thcy base their authority to have the Catholics
the United States colocttour five million. OF dollar,
WHY not send 90 Rome fYr ~ I ann sure the fft.cut
Pope ought not refuse them since hc has The manage.
Mtut ct that 50 leu hy PuUC f. N TIE greater
part OF which contributed by the Ctr oics ol tho
United States How many Of thu~' who sent his money
e. Runc knew what - was intended Tor. or how that
thing originated VI. e. HHoGAN. Milwaukee. Wis
To uE EpiroR or TuE SUS-Si see in ruT suN the
offer hy Catholic To contribute a. toward the lief
uf Archbishop Purcell Would 81 small a sum be- nc.
ccpt'd from who deeply sympatniles hotu with the
Archbishop and the people, though she Is Protestant
GltllION. March A pNOrksrANr
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rum si' fffifH nfi1liH ~ M Bftttfft ~.
Removals for cause are dstnguishable from
removals which are IN the arbitrary rule the officer
vested with the power, and which have generally fol.
lowed the changes Of removing power parry ascend.
aucy.
Of l777 consisting OF the Governor and four SENATOR'S
hat The appointment and removal at will OF nearly an
the local officers the state numi crns nearly BOD
when our population but iuird " is present
magnitude. That Council became public opprobnum,
nnd was abolished by universal consent
Tie principle on which the whole system rests is that
removal IN such be tor substantial n ason.
able, and Just cause.
Tine power tAt7urc, exists 10 give legal eject 10 re.
mosa Without oteyiug the rulc which is binding in the
conscience OF the uncuouary making IT, Bat disregard
at that rule would be none the less violation NJ right and
duty II would be- immoral power To do wrong because
law had not disabled the officer having the discretion
h The az he Aagg soabI eII0 his, sp.o,d ~ he
HaHnss IaoraLi ig hs statute
Ihaye been thus explicit In stating my views on this
subject IN order 10 illustrate the grounds my dissent
from the construction of powers and yours which
would practically convert removal removal
at arhlirary Will ltismy opinion that the nnc-
u"nar> who initiates - removal IN such ease should
take care that all important acts and proofs writ
Ing AMI of record do not discuss the que suon
whether the reasons which the law req Tres be com
uor existence the confession OF the accused party his
denial his excuse Justification u = quite clear that
cry consideration of Justice and cf rahc policy favor
more enlarged ami liberal construction Of the ohIga
III To present all information tending elicit the truth
even where the duty Of initiating the proceedings Tor re-.
IN wal l. not imposed by law upon the tuncuona.
ries or bodies who must concur in the act
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Army Omccrs Retired.

WASHINGTON. May 20.-An order has been is
sued retiring the following officers Of the army Col ~
Palmer Second Cavalry, Col ". l. Elliott Third Caval.
~; col u L. Floyd Jones Third Infantry; Col r. Il De
rrooiand, Thirteenth Infantry, MAJOR Il. L. Beokwith.
second Artillery; Major VI Robertson Third Artillery.
Major A. laiintr, Fourth Cavalry capt B Wander.
Ntllr, Tenth Cavalry, Can't Vim. McCkaNe. Eighth Cav.
airy, Capt Herman SChrviucr. Seventh Cavalry, Cant
George y Ford, Thru Cavalry; first Lieut. R y whit
man lhiFd taNarAt Col george u, Woodward, Fifteenth
Infantry, Major Ruhert Nusent Twenty fourth Infantry
capt II. IS Bristol filth lnfantrY. cant Nathaniel
Prince Tenth Infantry; Cant T. Is. burrows smith In.
M9Lry Gam 4 larkcr, Twelfth Infantry; Cant John
Infantry. CAPT James !. Tonpkns Twenty third In.
i!ntry Cant liver, Eighteenth Infantry; Cant r r.
merritt, Twenty fourth Infantry, First Lieut. Mniian H.
Ntlson, seventh Infantry.
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COZ SMITHS FORTUNE.
The Large Estate OF n Rhode island War
0overnor In Hnnk rupIcY.

Providence, March Gothic suspension OF
the firm Of James Y. Smith. Nichols Il Rogers.
moro generally known rs the James Y. Smith
Manufacturing Company. is the uppermost
topic in business circles here. james Y. Smith
was war Governor Of Rhode Island. n man
noted for the tenacty OF his likes and HIS preiu-
dices. and for his bittor opposition to Senator
Henry b, Anthony. As a manufacturer, he was
singularly successful
Gov smith died about three years ago. leav-
ing his business in the hands OF his sons in
law Mcssrs. Rogers and Nichols. The estate
was involved to the amount OF Q0,0O0. The
subsequent disability and death Of MIR. Nichols
threw tho whole burden upon Gen. Rogers,
n lawyer by profession, with wcll-cultivatcd
literary tastes. who struggled against adverse
fortune, but has been obliged to succumb, The
property includes mills III Emwood Scituate
Ashland, and Smthville, Il. l.. and Willimantic.
Conn. The assets are stated to be between
5000 00U and 500 600 1t is hoped that. by iu-
dicious sales. II fair part Of Gov. Smiths once
handsome fortune will be saved for his heirs.
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WHERE IS PETER HOPKINS
Fruitiess Search for n Late State Senator'S
Aged Father aud HeIr-at-Law.


Aged Father aud Heir-at-Law.
SUsoUEHANNA, Pa, March ls-Peter Hop
kins. the ninety one years-old father and heir
at law Of the late State Senator Peter W. Hop
kins OF Binghamton VINO was taken from the
poorhouse OF Allegheny County, N u. on tho
9Th inst has not yet been heard OF by his sur
viying children. Young Whittcmore. the de-
visee OF the Senator. who is called Nelson Hop
kins Whittemoro in tho will says that the old
man Is kindly cared for in a boarding house
which he has provided and he will not be found
by those OF his children who desire 10 make him
their ngurehead In an effort 10 break the will.
Mr.. l.. T.. Barton. son-in' law OF Peter Hop
kins, who gave Ezra Crane his check for 1880
on Cranes promise 20 tell the place where
the old man Is hidden was directed 10y
from Corning northward TO Rochester. and he
would find him there in the house Of n Mr. Stin-
son. Crane would not accompany him because
it was. he said, very mean Of him to betray the
secret Of Keller and Whittemore. who had paid
him well for his services in helping to carry tho
old may away. Barton then sent Deputy Sheriff
Whitney back. because he understood that the
warrant for recapturlng the old man could bo
Souse wth a t6sy SbsT Of se w %
searched it. but Peter Hopkins was not there
aud. as he and the Sheriff judged. had not been
there. They drove eight miles further 10 Avoca,
and there searched the house of another Stin-
son family. but with like result. As Crane
had promised to return the check. and, in addi-
ton. give Barton the best horse no had in case
Peter HOPKINS was not where he said he was,
Barton tclegraphed to the bank at his home in
susduehanna, Pa; not % honor the check.
lawyers employed by Barton to represent the
missing nonogenarian. expect to reopen tho
probate Of the will Of the other son. Capt Nelson
J. Hopkins. who died in Beaufort S. G.. in 1865.
because the late Senator, who was the deviseo
under under Il made an affidavit at the time that his
The evidence on which they rely to break the
Captain 3 Will they will not disclose.
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State Convention. In Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE. II. L. March 20-Tho Repub-
lican and the Democratic State Conventions were held
m this city today The present State officers we're re-.
nominated by the Republicans viz a.. g. Van zandt.
NuNeruur Alert Howard, Autr unu' OOyernnr, Joshua
NJ Addcmnu, Secretary O state, william saylos, Alton
nry General, Samuel clark, Grucral Treasurer The
democrats made the following noWinauons. For GOV.
rrnur, Thomas w Scgar ut Westerly, Lieutenant Gov.
crnur, j H. Bnilcy OF Monnsocket secretary u stnte
DAVID Bnker, Dr. Of North kmgstOwn; Attorney Gen,
vral, Charles H. Page Oi Soituale
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QUIET IN THE CLERK's OFFICE
Mr.. Thompson In Undi-turbed rossessiOn--No
Move by Mr.. Gum bIeton.

No measures were taken by Henry A.
Gumbleton's lawyers yesterday to Gust Hubert
o. Thompson from the County Clerkship or to
arrest him for entering the Office by the back
door. They say that they have not abandoned
their intention to begin criminal proceedings,
but they will move slowly. Mr.. Thompson is as
eager as his predecessors counsel to have the
office He says that II Mr.. Gumbleton cannot
find Il Police Justice who will issue the desired
warrant. he will ask Henry Murray. the Anti
Tammany Justice. to grant II. He Is confident
Of his ability to show that Mr.. Gumbleton in
tended to. prevent him from taking his Office,
None Of Mr.. Gumbeton's clerks were removed
Yesterday. 1t il probable. however. that sew
eral Of them will soon DO dismissed to make
room for Anti Tammany men.
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1t is five years since Mr. JAMES s. Pixies

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huio pooA. mo iros'r"'e STATE caNeu inc
huehuoh ol the country TO inc ueploraois con-
uluoh OF inc people OF eou'h Oarohhn' meh
crushed oy enormous ana outrageous taxes
ana helpless Ia the hhnds oil hhg OF carpet
Dag poilticiahs VINO hau captured tue negro
Vole anu enaoeu themselves 10 uo'y Jaw anu
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Defence of capt. Williams.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr; After
hearing an that has been said against Police Capt vii
liams | think something should be said in his favor.
There people IN the Twenty ninth Precinct who would
like nothing be- tier than o. have cant hams broke
Of the papers spoke of can't Williams receiving hush
money from the keepers ut the gambling deus aud
houses OF ~ name that numerous lis precinct
The city uisht we'll allow CAut Williams 10 take the
money amy one else Any mauiu CAPT MIhams's Mace
would do the same thing. Az lNpiGSASr CIrizKS.
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single qualification. People might laugh
at the folly OF tho weakling, If they were
not shocked by his arbitrary assertion OF
despotic power, and the alarming and Grim
inal character of his official blundcrs.
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Capt, Williams Again Accused.

Michael Dunn. who lives at 43j East Nine
teenth st. Get made u complaint against Capt Whams
yesterday lie Gays that on the ught OF March hc MAS
rohbcd in gambling house at llib Broadway lie says
that he reported the tact to Capt Williams Whr refused
Ia Listen " han, and nnAy elected him lrVM the police
stati
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The Hon. Ell Perkins Explains aud Contra.
diets.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-S6: / notice
the following wicked paragraph going the Journalistic
rounds East and West.
The Fulton rp says Eli Perkins was once A 70 sient
o FULTON aud TODAY his "llc and handsome h year.
street here Fcw tr.its the ntilc n,mt b Tx XXX
MN can call MIN by his true name.
Now II tins paragraph is true It is time that were
arrested Tor bgawy, Tor at present pre- tending 10
occupy the position in New York devoted husband
OF the only original and most loving little wife ON this
continent
II the paragraph were true would not even shield
myself behind nephew. for il had nephew who was
mean enough to ubandonhs wife would say my prayers
and 90 out and Kill him
III ever abandoned wife in Fulton New York II must
have been some other mans wife. have done good
deal Of that kind Of thing in lie and II all our law.
yers editors and clergy men would follow my example
IN such things closer than they do they would reduce
unhappiness IN this life and the price of sulphur in the
next
abandoned a daughter years ago when was about
~ years old She was the daughter Of merchant
young, beautiful, and wealthy Idid not abandon her ON
my own account hut her father came to with shot
gun and asked Inc to doit II you had seen the man and
the gun you would have abandoned whole drove Of
daughters But even then, she had urged me to STAY
should have picked out the buck shot and continued to
board with her mthcr and mother.
Your truly, ELI PsRKRa
BNGnANroS, March ~.
p. REHABILITATION.
l. never was in Fulton, ~
II never had daughter
ILL., am now living in New York with my "only oriei.
nal loving wife and love her the angels do an hon.
est truthful JOURNALIST There is more danerr OF my wife
abandoning me than the OF my abandoning hei and
# amy editor viii insure me against bciug abandoned
| wall give HIM 500 T..
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Did the late Parson BRowNLow take n
bribe Of $4,000 in 1868? An investigating COM
mttee OF tho Tennessee Legislature has init
mated that he did; his widow Indignantly de-
clares that he did not To q correspondent OF
tho Louisville COuri0'-Jomndl she tells her
story Of the transaction commented upon by the
Committee. Briefly. at the close OF the war her
husband and the late Gen. THOMAS had oxerted
their personal influence with the Washington
authorities TO secure the restoration Of the Ten
ncssoe railroads to tho home companies. her
husband thinking this OF vital importance
To the welfare OF the State and In 1866 the roads
were restored. In 1865 five railroad men. four
Of them Democrats all ncghbors and personal
friends. called at the house, asked for Mrs.
BRowSLow. told her they were aware her hus-
bands salary did not enable him TO have his
family with him in Nashville. and handed her
an envelope containing five 81 900 bills. She
saw no improperly in accepting tho present
then, and she sees mono now. The Committees
assertion that her husband subsequently caused
large number Of bonds 10 be issued to the
Tennessee and Pacific Railroad IL Incorrect
Tho bonds in question were issued, the Par
sons friends assert. under the administration
OF Gov. SENTTR.
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A valued subscriber in the rural districts
addresses 10 us the following inquiry:

why is il that you do not publish IN your Mondays
issue of the daN SuN An arruunt OF saturday dousf
In ease ut the iurffK luNrs gulug COMMITTEE PERSONS
taking tlc laper rot all the testimony Mr lmntNs
Just what cNtrA one Cltpd most 90 secs and iu 10th
oi oItAW's walking matches that ended On saturday
We got no account oi the huish.h
All that our correspondent needs is TO sub
scribe also Tor the Sunday edition Of THE SUN
and then he will get all the nows he desires
without our roprinting what has already ap-
peared. Tho additional expense will be trining
and we assure him that he will get his moneys
worth, and much MORE Let him try it.
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Our Mayor knows a thing or two.
But wisely Keeps it In his head.
And none may judge what he Will DO
From anything that he has said;
30, when he promised to be Just
The promise was Kind OF action,
Because, II now his word We trust
lie never ventures prediction.
That he's no prophet he declares
Although worthy prophets son;
At twelve O'Clock he never dares
To say what ne Will do at one;
So, when he said his axe must fail,
Twas but vasary OF dicuon,
Because, as now Is known 10 an
lie never ventures prediction
II an OH ndor he should Try,
Wir't chopping OIL the villains head,
He might explain the how aud why
when certain that the man is dead;
Butt You modesiy suggest
That trial should prccede conviction,
lie peacefully pulls down his vest
And says he ventures no prediction.
Our Mayor many pcoplc fear,
Isadly troubled with the spleen,
And looks Al objects tar and near
Through glasses deeply unred with ireen.
II seems that when welnnic change
We only varied our atu,ruHn,.
Submitting tu tine sway >o strange
OF ON, WHO never makes predictions
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Mr.. Reginald Levin will lecture at the Union
League Club Theatre tonight COLLECTORS amt Collcc
lions VI Works OF Ar and ON Tuesday aud Friday even
inss OF next week at the same place on 1.-THE British
Pecrage" subject ntere sting in itself aud which he IS
thoroughly competent to treat
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Another fugitive has returned to the homo

Another fugitive has returned to the homo
and family no deserted. ALBERT L. SMIrH n
manufacturer OF Cherry Valley. disappeared
about two weeks ago, leaving word that he would
never return. Investigation failed 10 prove
that he had been guilty Of any criminal trans
actions. but he had involved the firm OF which
he was n member in debt in reckless and dis
honorable manner. SMITH travelled through
tho country North and South wandering from
New York TO Chattanooga, to YcksburR, and TO
New Orleans. He reached homo again on
Tuesday evening broken in mind and body
1t is an old saying that man cannot run away
from himself.
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Tho reputation of Georgia as q law
abiding State has not been increased by two
recent events there Those events arc tho
killing of Col. ALsToN in the Capitol almost
under the eyes OF the Governor, md the attempt
by masked men to lynch woman named JULIA
JoHNsoN. who had been acquitted of murder.
The authorities owe 1t to themselves and the
fair fame Of the State to prosecute with vigor
and earncstncss the criminals in both cases.
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The Brooklyn Board OF Police and Excise
yesterday resolved to Increase liquor licenses the FOL.
lowing rates. For nrstcass hotel license $40 for a
sorckepets hcense $50 for an ale and beer license.
al Inc class oi hrrnNcs heretofore granted prOprp-
tors grocery ana drug stores Is to he Discontinued after
Apr L. ami inter that date no transfer license iruln
norsun 70 norsun OF Mum nAeo % nLncn WIN No grAM.l
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case Of kidnapping is being Investigated
by the Rhode Island courts. A man named
CHAMBERLIN was arrested in Massachusetts on
an accusation of having pedded without Il H.
cense CHAMBERLAIN escaped from tho consta-
bic and nude his way 10 his homo in Proyi-
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"The Weeping Pilgrim" as tho Rev.
JoHN LEMLEY calls himself. has been expelled
from the Methodist Episcopal Church for lying
and hypocrisy. But the Weeping Pilgrim is
not without consolation. He can dry his tears
and devote his attention TO cutting coupons and
collecting his ten or twelve per cent. interest on
the thousands OF dollars loaned by him to farm
ers in Dakota. Tho Row. JOHN LEMLEY has
not wept in vain. and the remaining years Of
his earthly pilgrimage will DO solaced by tho
profits Of his labors rs n religious editor.
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A Brooklyn strcet-car driver was in
hurry on July g. 1874. md didn't stop his car
when n little boy asked him to. Instead ho
touched up his horses The boy jumped fell.
was run over, and lost n leg. Now the en-
ployers Of that car driver. after n long fight In
the courts find themselves shut up to the dis
agreeable necessity Of paying the boy 10000.
To MI up tho hole thus made in their treasury.
they will have TO carry half million pnssengers.
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II is not often that such persistent efforts
nro made to blacken the memory OF man who
has died Mt the post OF duty rs wo have seen in
the case OF the late Cashier BARRON OF tho Dox-
ter Savings Bank. First. detective preached
the ingenious theory that tho cashier. instead
Of having been murdered by burglars. had
committed suicide. Whether this theory was
based on conscientious conviction or profess
sional jealousy Of the other detective. we arc
not called upon to determine: 1t does not At tho
facts Then the surviving officers Of tho bank
announced that they had found irregularities in
tho dead mans accounts. This discovery,
II genuine, would have tended to bolster
M tho suicide theory. But tho Maine Bank
Examiner, after examining the books. reports
that the bank officers are mistaken; in other
words. that they have wrongfully accused an
innocent man. who is not alive to confute his
sandercrs. A fine return they have made for
BARRoN's devotionl The least they can now do
Is to let him sleep in peace in his honored
grave.
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Mr.. SHARON OF Nevada has been q mem
Der OF the United States Senate for four years
and during that timc has attended the meet
ings Of that body not more than sixty days in
ALL He was absent altogether from two long
sessions. Nevertheless. Senator SHARON has
regularly drawn his salary and mileage. as well
rs the tl25 n session allowed him for station
cry. The Revised Statutes of the United States
provide us follows:
The Secretary Of the Senate and the serseantat
Arm. n the inu~c respectively shall deduct from the
monthly payments of each senator member. delegate
the Of his salary tor each day that hr has been
absent from the Senate House. respectively unless
such member delegate assigns the reason Of such
absence the sickness Of himself some member Of his
family
When any senator, member, or delegate withdraws
from his NJ and does not return before the adjournment
Congress e shall in addition 10 the deducted for
each day forfeit sum equal ~ the amount which would
have been allowed by law for his travelling expenses in
returning home. and such shall he deducted from
his unless the withdrawal Is 10y the leave
Of the Senate or House Of Representatives respectively"
This is law. and should be enforced Mother
Senator SHARON. nor any other Senator. has
any right to the peoples money unless he has
earned the money
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II any one had told that veteran Republl-
can. WILLIAM d. KELLEY Of Pennsylvania. n
few years ago that he would live to vote for such
n lifelong Democrat "a HENDRlcK Is. WRIGHT
for Speaker Of the House. against tho regular
nominee Of the Republican caucus. Mr. KELLEY
would probably Layo stared in lno prophets
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No matter how severe Nuur ruus.t may be-Dr Bulls
Cough syrup MlA cure H. Twenty nNs ots Abotue-Ais
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Tho falsincr who first set alloat among tho
black plantation hands OF tho lower Missis-
sppi Valley the story that they had only to 20 to
St. Louis to secure free tickets to Kansas. n tract
Of land. n mule. plough. and little working
capital to boot. may be amused with the success
Of the hoax. But it is n serious business for
some Of the poor plantation hands and the st.
Louis authorities do not appreciate the humor
OF il.
But why are these black laborers so eager TO
get away from their old homes. and why are
those Of them who have reached st. Louis so re-
luctant TO 10 back? These are questions for tho
white planters OF Louisiana and Mississippi.
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L"ng mud Throat Disorders KemedIsd by
Jaynes ENpcctnrant -th