The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 30, 1871, Page 2

FOR PRESIDENT, FARMERS’ AND MECHANICS’ CANDIDATE, INK GREAT AND GOOD USEFUL H. GREERI FORMERLY OF OREGON, ao ‘ant Take Warning from Van Buren and Pierce, One of the most effective charges made againet President VAN BuneN was that officeholders took an active part in the poli- tica and the elections of the country during bis administration, and more particularly that they used their official power to secure bis renomination. It was for this that Cay, Wester, TALLMADGE, SOUTHARD, Unayron, and other Whig leaders thunder- wd against him in Congress and on the plat- form, making somo of the most eloquent speeches of their lives. It was on this issue shat the entire Whig press of the Union, and the whole independent press, uttered againat Mr. Van Buren their sharpest criticisms and their severest anathemas, This exposure and denunciation of the frequent intermeddling of VAN Bunren’s principal officeholders with the political ma- thinery of their times contributed largely to his defeat when he ran for a second term bn 1840, But their occasional intermeddling was but as the little finger to the loins com. pared with the incessant, shamcless, and oppressive cfforta of Grant's officeholders 46 control the politics of the country and accure the renomination of their chi £ Van BuuEN’s officcholders—who, by the by, were & mere corporal’s guard in comparison with the grand army of Gravi’s train bands— merely made a few speeches and sent out an vccasional pauphlet during a campaign, and went home to vote at a closo election. Van Bunkx’s supporters were too shrewd to make up the Democratic State Committees almost exclusively of Federal officials, The tautious statesman of Lindenwald never ventured to shock public sentiment by de puting swarms of his Leneficiaries to manage she crovs-roads politics of the nation, He would sooner have cut off his right hand than accept a gift from any man upon whom he had Lestowed or contemplated bestowing an office, and would no mare have employed ihe army, under any pretext whatever, to pack a political convention with his crea. tures, than he would have marched it up Capitol Hill avd driven Congress trom their balls at the point of the bayonet. Aad yet one of the main argumonts used }) pat down Mantin VAN BunEN was the becasional interference of his officeholders, in this mild way, with the politics of the day ‘The lesson of Vax Buren’s defeat operated «#9 check upon his succossora down to the ‘ime of Pirnce, Jomn TYLER made a feeble tifort to get a nomination by means of an officeholders’ convention; but he was only Jaughed at by the people, and finally con jented himeelf by selling out very cheap to, the Democracy, PoLK was too sensible o man to even attempt to play a game in which VaN BuREN lost so heavily. FILLMORE wae nrged by his officeholders to try hie chauecs jor a renomination through their exertions, bot’ his well-balanced judgment was all the time against it, PIERCE was cast in a different mould, and never could understand that he was a mere politieal accident. So he plied the office- holding machinery to obtain arenomination, with a vigor that would have mortified VAN Buren, and a shamelessness that ought to gratify Grant. But it did not become ne. tcssary for the people to pass judgment upon Lim at the polls, Thrust into the nominating Convention by the brazen effrontery of his beneficiaries, the unpledged delegates, becom ngdiegueted at the preposterous character of PLERCE’s pretensions and ihe sheer mpudence of his eupportera, turned him out of door after running bis vote down to only four and a helf, Now, if Gon, Grant knew any more about ihe political history of this country than « wchool boy on the fourth form, he would tak: worniug from the fate of Mautin Van Buren ond FRankurn Prence, and eith wlb out like Joun TYLER, or gracefully withdraw from the field of competition lke MicLarp FiLLMone. ae c Whiskey and the Frigate Guerriere. A letter has been published from a gentle: man who was on board the man.of-war tiuersicre when that unfortunate vessel was rau ashore on the Italian coast. The letter i clear and straightforward, and the details it furnishes are important. The weather, it sppears, was lovcly, to use the writer's own expression, and everything for miles around Uistinetly visible. Dircetly ahead, fourteen tniles away, loomed up the tall lighthous Within half a mile of the Guer rere, en the starboard Low, stood the light house upon Vado rock, ‘There wag no foul weather; there were no difficulties of navi gation, Onthe other hand, however, there wore clear aad startling indications of dan wer discolored water around the Vado rock was distinctly visible, 'Thia evidence of a shoal was actually the subject of con v rsation on board a few minutes before the yestel struck. Moreover, the sailing direc Long farnished to the oilicers of the navy Let Leghom, warn ships to give Vadoa wide berth, The lead could have been heaved at any moment Te most ordinary attention could have vaved the ship, Abd yet, with all thes warming® right before the eyes of those in rommand of the Guerriere, the vessel, run uiby under full steam with all sail set, and whigh brees blowing on the port be roeklessly driven upon the reef, m, Was ‘The cilicers say that the chart indicated thirteen fathoms of water \ustead of thirteeu feet. If thie was eo, what does it say fop tho intelligence and competency of those Bat at the head of the Navy Department? n" mere assertion without proof, B, even if this was the case, there was the shoak water under the ship's bows, showing the approaching danger, and there were dirge tions warning them to give Vado @ wide berth. Can half a mile be said to be a wide berth? The writer of the letter which communi- cates these facts intimates that this accident oecurred under precisely similar circum: stances to those under which the same ill fated ship was last year run upon the Nan- tucket shoals, There was nothing the mat ter with the ship, nothing the matter with the weather, and nothing the matter with the navigation. Tho fault, or rather let us say the crime, no-loubt- lay in the condition of those who had command of the Guerriere, In this disaster, as in the former, there wi evidently too little discipline and there was too much whiskey, ‘Ihe running of the ship under full steam, with all sail set, and a topgallant breeze blowing, within half a mile of the warning beacon, and with the discolored shoal water dashing under her bows, resembles the reckless act of intoxica- tion, Pee But the people and not the drunken of. ficers have to pay for it. The removal of the ship’s armament and stores in lighters has already cost $45,000. The repairs may cost $50,000 more, If the engines have to be removed, which is probable, the bill will figure up 000, And when the ship @hall have been patched up, she will never be the same vessel in strength and sea worthiness. What do Secretary Ronrson and President Grant think of their part in this occurrence ? — How President Grant Executes the Laws in Arkaasa: The Grand Jury of the United States Court which recently sat at Little Rock, Arkansas, found an indictinent against Sena tor CLAYTON for having, when Governor of the State, falsely aud fraudulently certifled that one Joun Epwanps had been elected to Congress from the Third Congressional Distriet of Arkansas, when in fact the record showed that Tuomas Boxes had o clear majority of more than two thousand votes. To shield himself from trial and condemna- tion, Crayton had recourse to President GRANT, who, at his solicitation, removed from office the United States Marshal and the United States District Attorney for the dis- trict, end filled their places with men of CLay. TON's choosing! ‘The ground for this action was the assertion of CLaytoNn that the two officers removed had packed the Grand Jury against him ‘The result is, that CLayron has not been tried, and will not be ; whereas the Marshal and District Attorney, under whose auspices the indictment against him was found, rest under the grave imputation of official misconduct. All the evidence aud papers connected with this affair are ou file in the otfice of the At torney-General at Washingtot, who has given nia opinion that there is no ground for the charges against the removed officers ; but as yet the President has done nothing to repair the wrong of which he has been wuilty, Ae in the caso of the New Orleans Republican Convention, Le sulleuly sticks to the position he has taken, regardless whether it be right or wrong, and utterly indifferent to public opinion, The Lrutal obstinacy which seems of lato to be an integral part of his character drives Lim on to commit and to uphold any and every outrage which he thinks will help obtain his renomination to the Presidency, If the Republican party submit to his tyranny, they must make up their minde to be involved in his ruin. ee The Only Reasons why Grant should be Nominated. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com mercial comes up with boldness to state, the reasons why Gen. GRANT should be renom)- nated as che Repnblican candidate for the Presidency. These reasone are not only few, but it isa rare thing that anybody has the courage to presentthem, Ags exhibited iu the Commercial they are as follows: * Gen. Grant's undoubted honest purpose—ron sidering tie manuer a14 measures, even toose most Violently ctthexed, have Deen aavialaed in and out of Congress, Ly the intelligence ant the people of the country—we may well trast again, Besides al- lowing the honest parvose, we must renember what tb another term we may be certain he will be, Vassing from inexperience in such measnres As he an tad to deal with inexperience, t tance with the general driftot the peop iit in con tact with Ini io this new position—he will by the four years’ experience be tifinitely better prepares to act With men and measures tua ever heretolore,”” If this is all that can Le said in favor of Grawt—and nobody has yot undertaken to edy more—it must be admitted that bis is poor All that can be urged In his bebali amounts to this: That as by renson of ignorance he was not fit to Le elected President in 1863, he bas now through four years’ experience become loss unfit than he was then. ‘This is the whole of it, and on this it is proposed to run him chance indeed, as a candidate! In 1868 GuanT wae electedl Lecause the people remembered with gratituds his ser vices during the war, and fondly believed that he would prove fully a# capable in civil administration as he had been in mill tary matters, That belief is now completely dissipated, It is Grant's own hand that has struck down the popular confidence in him. His greed for moncy, his appoint ment to office of men who have given him presents, his using his power to pension his own wortlloss relations upon the ‘T'reasury, Iva violations of law at home and abroad, his lawless and dangerous employment of the military power of the Government both In n Domingo and New Orleans, his utter silliness aa a politician —these facts which render it Inpossible that the Republi aro can party should again nominate him, or that the people should elect him, even if by military violence and corruption he should succeed in making himself a candidate, The Brooklyn Hayle says that “the cot tage which the President ocenpies at Long Branch was presented to him,’ Of course it was, But can the Eagle tell us who besides Mr Joun Cuammantamm contributed to give this rich nt, worth $40,000, to the @ American Present-Taker? And bas anybody ever been ap: pointed to any olfice on a tofu? —o— The Conference of the African Methodist of Mlinoia has been in ses: Many candidates for ordination Church for the sion in Chicag ta as elders, deacons, and itinerant preachers were Bishop Quiny delivered an address giving them the wholesome advice “to have ouly one wife; to treat her kindly and not to beut ber; to black their own boots; to at: tend to their own horses; and not to He abed too Plate in the morning,” Bishop Camemare urged examined and ordained, iy the brethren to pass a resolution against the use Of tobacoo. Be said “there were members of the ministry who used tobacco, and these eould not be turned ont.”’ He wanted them turned out, and desired that this resolution should be passed accordingly. After a good deal of opposition it was adopted, so that ministers who smoke and chew will hereafter be subject to discipline, This hostility to tobacco, however, does not extend outside of the ministry; for the Conference passed S resolution in commendation of Gen, Grayr, the Present-Taker, who is probably the greatest consumer of gift cigars now living. eevee The German Democracy of this city ex- press in the following language thoir ideas re- specting the necessary reform of our city gov- ernment and the tgde of bringing it abong: . - ™ Resoloed, That wo deem & revision of the city charter (as ‘passed in 1370 and amended in 187i) Necessary, so that tho city's afuira may be with- Grawn in the fature as ‘ar as possjble from the influ- ence of oviitical partios in the Legiaiature; that » Foguiated and strictly controiled administration of the Finance Department, with monthly pablications of ts condition, and a rendition of complete annual statements of accounts, together with a strict ac. eountabllity of the officers, may be Recured; and that all such safeguar ntroduced as, In the opinion of the mo of our citizens, tm tend to enable our city wortuily vo (niGi the ‘ar Mission unposed upon her as the metropolis af the United States. Resolved, That we look to the Democratic State abont to convene to he Deino- for both branet Legisia- the reforms in the city govern- indicated. We shall watch with the greatest interest the progress of this movement, Having repeatedly devoted a great deal of labor to the achievement of the ends which the German Democracy now Propose to themselves, we cannot but sympathize with them in the struggle they are about to un- dertake. If they can succeed, they will confer upon this eity and upon tho people of the coua- try a bencfit which it would be difficult to over- estimate, Convention a eee Improbable as it may seem in the present state of the weather, the fur trade is very lively, Dealers look forward to an active demand during the coming fall and winter, and are making their Preparations accordingly. The fashionable furs will be seal skins, ermine, and Astrachan lamb skins. Of seal skins three times as many hi been imported this year as were imported last yor, and tue stock of ermine has been increased in about tho same proportion, Of Astrachan lamb skins about £0,000 have been imported, Sable, mink, and muskrat are not so popular. Taking all kinds of furs? together, the importa- tions for the year so far are nearly double what they were up to the same time last year, and the demestio manufacture is probably equally in advance, ips Extensive deposits of lead ore have been Intely discovered in Southwest Missouri, in places where none were supposed to exist, and the lead product of the State, already large, seems des- timed to be made yet larger. Sixty shafts are now being sunk arvund a new-born town called Limestone City; two miles further off, several other shafts have been sunk ; and a company has erected a smelting furnace in Neosho, to reduce the mineral ruised from these mines, The wholo ragion feels tho effect of these discoveries, and the mines are beginning to swarm with laborers lifting ore at the rate of thirty dollarsa thousand, which ia the price paid for it, The lead region begins in Newton county and extends into Jas- per and the adjoining counties, and even into the contiguous portion of the Indian Nation, At seven or eight points in this region drifts are being worked or shaits sunk, while a general prospecting is going on, Bi ‘o the many well-authenticated cases on record of kleptomania, or insanity showing itself 88 4 propensity to steal, withont vicious motives, must be added oue which bas just been brought Detroit, A young married woman, neiwed TILLOTSUN. las bean dissovered. im thetve of a pumber of small articles of no use or value to ber, such as empty cans and bottles, parts of sewing machines, and the like; and the only ex- planation she can give of her conduct is an irre: sistible insane impulse to it, Ber mortification on being exposed was so great that she has ab- seouded from home, and canuot be found, i euiglaniin Michigan has adopted the novel idea of assessing property for the purpose of State tax- ation at sometbing approaching its market price. The State Board of Equalization has fixed the Aggregate equalized valuation of the State for the coming five years at $630,000,000, or about 85 per cent, of the real cash value af the State, Heretofore from one-quarter to cre-hall of the cash value bas beon taken asa basis of adjust ment, It is time that a mmilar reform was made in this State, especially in tho rural districts. Aw it is now, farms are assessed at about the price of wild land, making no atlowanee for im- provements or buildings, while city property pays on about 60 per cent. of its value, The result is that the cities pay much more than their fair stare of State taxes Z A A correspondent in San Domingo sends us v specimen of the planking of the United States ship Sever, dug at random from ber sides with It is in the state of fine powder hie finger nail, resembling Scotch snuff, The correspondent avers that the en! planking is rotten, He adds thet Admiral Lue daro not send the ship tosea, ‘The Severn, formerly the Mosholu, was 1868, launched in She is therefore only three years old and worthless alrewly, What a navy we have, to be sure! —— The Health of Chief Justice Chase-He in Pertectly Restored, Correspondence of The Sud, Wavensna, Wis, Aug, 25.—Chief Justice Chase hos been here tor the last four weeks, He came to drink the waters of the Bethesda mineral spring. ‘The result has been really astoniviiag, When he arrived here four weeks ago he weighed 140 pounds, He was weighed an hour sinee, aud bis Weight if mow 158 pounds, His face looks ae it used to look, His step 1 verfecily frm, He goes up s two steps at a time, as Le used to do, aud it is ina roal sense that I eay he is 8 well man, Tue waters of the Bethesda mincral spring do certainly work astonishing results in diseases of 0 liver aud kidne)#, a8 Ihave myseif seen in other cates thon that of the CMief Justice since I came nud I baye no doubt that they will soon be coine famous, — Why the Colored Officera were Snubbed at the Loug Branch Ball. Mijor Lewis Gaul and Captain Watkins, of the Second Battalion Marsachasetts Colored Volunteer Militia, received cards of invitation to attend the civil mtiitary ball at Long Branch on Monduy evenings On presenting themselves at the hotel, the colored officers were met ov a Mr, Ke whe Wished to know whether they thd been post Uvely invited. ‘Tue cards of invitation Were there upon produced, Mr. Keonic, who was groatly exeited, said that it would be unpleasant to Feosive Wien aa the Iies Were much alarmed. Furthermore, Mr, Ronme ie gieally displeased at the presence of colored pes Miyor Lewis Gant and Captain Watkine retire —— C pitatiste looking for sate and profitable ine vestments tor thelr money, are recommended te in Quire into Ue merits of the Chesapeake and Onio Railroad gold bonds offered for sale by Messrs, Bish & Hatch, No, 5 Naswau street, At the rate at wig! these bonds can be purelased, they yield @ iar ereat than any United States security, While the tact that they are recommenited by the house of Fisk & Hatch guaranteos their safety. Comparatively few of them remain to be of, and the entire amount will probably soon: be taken op. income disposed io the Mat ) will arew 1 Money deposited no Saving Havk (bun Bull Beptemver lade, SUN, WEDNESDAY, AUG and as the Secret: some of his ready subordinates « change of al altered and stolen bonds by the Department, late efforts at explanation are but trivial dodges, being neither trath(ul uor sensible nor satisfactory to the impartial reader, the payment of the interest from ail persons except ing of the steamer Golden Role, or the robbery of the safe contaiping the Government treasure placed op board pr ed on that subject, and the article published in Tne Sm is true, keuers) statement, relating to a certein deputy mar. shal of Baltimore, was inserted. oF conversation with said deputy in the case of the Garvin, is not now, nor wi Baltimore, The error of your reporter in this par- small potatoes, especially when sid notice may tend to give better offleial pickings to euch charac tors, other time; to the Deputy Marshal of Baltimore 1 1 characters as th one of deal DIVING INTO THE TREASURY THD REDEMPTION OF ALTERED 4ND STOLEN BONDS, —— Paying Interest after It What the Treasury cannut Long Goncenl. Correspondence of ‘The sun Wasurnaron, Aug. 27.—Under the act of Con- erers, March 8 1865, certain Treasury notes known istered bonds were issued by the Treasury Department, showing on their face the amount tt Government is indebted thereby, stipniating ti fom a8 redeomable at the pleasure of tie United States after the Bist Jay of October, 1870, and paya- bie on the 1st day of November, 1885, with inierost (from specific date) inclusive, at six per cent, per Anaam, payable ou the Ist day of May and Novem- der in each y * These bonds or Treasury notes will prove in the hands of scoundrels to afford the means for the Most iniquitous swindle ever perpetrated on a con fiding pablic, and one of the most ingeniously con- trived Anancial franda ever put in operation to DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMENT, To give the reader @ comprehension of the eub- Jeet, we will suppose that Charles White, a man of patriotism and Mnances, invests $10,000 in a regis- tered bond, and his name is written on the face of the note; the number of the note is 6,430, letter A; all of which is duly registered at tho Treasury De- partment in Washington, He deposits the note in the bank of his town, and draws his interest thereon regularly at the stated periods. Billy Black, a no- torioas and unscropoious thief, breaks into the bank, and with other articles of supposed value, carrios off White's bond No. 5,480. Black cannot dispose of White's note {n an unaltered condition for anything liko {ts face valuation, and as he is not fuccessful as a forger he disposes of the bond at a hoavy percentage, and the note gots into the possession of John Brown, wr» A FORGER OF MUCH EXPERIENCE, Mr, Brown keeps in his employ Dick Blue, & Weil-dressed, fine-looking, altogether preseutadle young man, who is on good terms with certain bank- ¢rs of their employees, Mr. Biue purchases for Mr. Brown @ ten-thousand-dollar bond with the same letter of designation as on White's bond, bat of dif- ferent number, the surface-printed figures and ven- mansbip being the only difference. Mr, Brown ex- tracts the name and surface-printed numbers from the face of White's stolen bond, and puts on instead the name and number of the bond purchased for him by Mr, Blue, and then Mr, White's $10,000 bond is ready for redemption or exchange in Washington. ‘The bond purchased by Mr, Blue for Mr. Brown is kept for future use, being always worth Its face. Frequently the unaltered und altered bond bearing similar numbers are both redeemed or exchanged at the Treasury Department at the same time. The fraud Is then so apparent that something must be done to prevent the UDENT SUP! y has IONS OF CLERKS, failed to correct the fraud, for A uewape per man who is furnished with an item on the dapii cation of numbers printed on United States bonis, Sard item merely tends to further befool the public; while the knowing ones wink at each other, divide the proceeds, and the fraud of redemption and ex- ered and atolen bonds goes on without as White and Interruption ; and euch characte: thousands of others whose bonds have been re ocmed oF exchanged by the Government are re- ceiving an interest of six per cent. In gold for what ie already paid for by we Goverument, botigpring! pal and interest, HOW TO OPEN THB SBCRMTARY'S RYES. Auditor Taylor may be called upon by Secretary Boutwell to expiain this matter of the redemption of Mis Let the Government withhold oman actual exhibit of the bonds on which they claim and are now recolving interest, and the Sec: retary will begin to comprehend the evormous swincle now in practice under his administration of the Dopartment, I bave not written any letter relative to the wreck ous to ber leaving New York karbor OW THEY CATCH AT STRAWA, Auable correspondent collected the matter publish An item of but Litle import to the Thad no business jen Role, or the arrest of persons connected therewith, ‘The detective bavine charge of the case \b the tune of the arrest of ex-Detective Thom! he then, resident of ticular gave an opportunity to sald deputy marshal to deny the statement of lis connection with the can of the Administration declared the whole a fabrication, thereupon the partinan press in the interest tement All my publications are over my own signature, and while the humor ison me to BXPOSH THE FRAUDS and shortcomings of our Government officials, and you will pobuish, £ promise them more serious mat tere for their attention. Waitand you will see. 1 ave littte time nd lews desire to give attention to I may reply to some newspaper men at an- will now say, my general experience with deputy rsbals hus proven them to be about as worthi ¢ are, willing and fit only to do the airty jobs ineident to a U, 8, Marshal's office, AUDITOR TAYLOR 18 TO WR PITTED, poor fellow, Secretary Boutwell lia Jobe for him, is setting up and will eventualiy with him as ue aid with Genera; HMeasonton, But if the Auditor is really on bis own book, which is doabtfal, and is in evr. nest in his desire to explain, after we got through with the steamer Golden Rule (which subject wil ext receive our attention), and after we qive a fur. ther exyosé of corruption of Trensury officials, the shortcomings, favoritism, and other official impor. ‘ections of Secretary Boutwell, we shall then attend to Auditor Taylor's branch of the Treasury De partment. We will then give him some evidence of the frauds now in practice under his auditorsnip, which will require aity to explain than the faise and foolish report gotten up for him to pore | raise a doubt ax to the robbery of the Government (unds im the eafe on board of said steamer, and the connection of the present Administration therewity, Very respectfully, WM. P. WOOD, — OBITUARY, William Seaver of Couesee County. Another of the very few pioneers of Western New York—Col, William Seaver of Batavia— ied on the Bib ist., at the ago of 8% For upward of sixty yours he Was among the men of that region who too« sctive and prominent part in works eal culated to dovelop and improve its phyvical and wocial condition, He Mllea many positions of vonor and resjousibility ; way appointed Postmaster of Batavia by Gen, Jackson, and neld the office during the alta nistrations of Vin Buren, Voli, Pierea, and Buchanan, For Many yours he was eilitor of the Batavia Spirit of the Tunes, ond was agracetul and blo writer. For over forty years ne was senior Warden of St, James's Chu of service probably witheat parallel. in the ‘of the Koiscopal Chureh in the United States nin Western New Yorw enjoyed in @ higher public entecm than he Jersey ¢ rd Men Kepudiating Grant ‘A large party of Jersey colored men from Jer soy City, Paters Hackensack, L other pluces, enjoyed a picnic in Frogtown, and in the evening orgenia +9 mevting, Mr. Seud der, of Low, was powkers, He smd that colored men elected Grant, ond ie war time tor White folks to Go the wir thing and vote tora lored Presdvit. ‘Tho Jug handied arrangement o J tiat Dominic Jaues Andrews, of the Lod ed church, Wis a better man aud 9 greater tin Grant, and that Andrews ought to toa for President by the n, Pananic, adi, wn iam ne Of the Beate b te United Stes, with Benjy. Willi President Mr. Wo is trom Virgin: and could carry the Bonth, He is & colored oysterman, wi travels between Virginia snd Now York. ‘Toes, wentiinents Were enthusiastically received, and the {lluwing Weket Was auunimously adopter: Cored Rep dsicana And @iant. [eket FOR PRESIDENT JAMES ANDKKWS, of New Jersey, Fon View Presinenr BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, of Virginia, 30, 1871. 4B ADROIT SWINDLBR FOILED, —_— Uneuccessful Attempt to Defraud Washing» ton Banke—A Certificate of Deposit Raised from 9700 to $42,000, ‘Wasmimarom, Aug. 29.—Yesterday afternoon ‘Thomas 8, Cassidy presented at the National Metro- Politan Bank for deposit a cortificate of deposit ou the bauking house of John J. Cisco & Son, New York, in favor of J. B. Corcell, to the value of §49,- 000. ‘This was endorsed as follows! Pay to the order of Tuomas 8, Carsid 3H. CORNELL. The usual form of taking the signature of the depositor was gone through and the amount placed to the credit of Cassidy. He next visited the banking house of Lewis John- fon & Co., and was introduced by a responsible citizen, ® friend of one of the frm. fle deposited here a certificate of deposit for $17,600, and imum ately presented a check against that amount for £5,000 ‘This was considered as a little suspicious y the paying teller, the depositor being a stranger, And payment was’ refused. One of the firm r tmarked that it would be probably honored if Cassi dy would call this morning at 10 o'clock, but the certificate would be held for collection and be sub- ject to his cheek th a 14, 000, having pledged to pay that ammount before three o'clock, The teller referred him to the cashier, who desired Mr. Cassidy to remain for a while, as he lad telegraphed to New York to ascertain the validity of the certificate in question, Cassidy be- tng pressed with numerous engagements, could not for th Fomived to nown gen- Jons ta com- It of tho inquiry, bot accounts several weil- ‘ing bim and aro Municate to him the resait of that inquiry, ‘The certificate of deposit prosented to the National Me- tropolitan Bank proved to be genaine as far ss sig natures and indorsement are concerned, but te amount had deen raised from $780 to $48.00), The certificate left ot Lewis Johnson & Co.'s was like. Wise an akered on been originally drawn for $104, Th deen accomplished in idy was no doabt fent here as the agent ofa large and well-organized band of counterteiters —— TURF REFORM DEMANDED. thing about Trotters and Trottivg How Races are Made ‘The only way for the National Association to ttop bumbug and pat to shame the bippoarome ex bibitions of Goldamith Maid, Lucy, and Ameriean Girl,{s to handicap them, carrying weight for speed, Under ® new administration the big purses could be conducted ins style that would induce torfen from ali quarters of the world to take part in the sport, The purses free to all trotting horses are at present a burlesque. ‘There is no betting on these trots, as everybody is of the opivion that they are fixed before they start. Baroum mast imagine that the millennium has arrived so farjas the time-honor ed troiting races are concerned, The owners of Goldsmith Maid, Luey, and American Girl may hope to succeed, but they will find themrelves wip taken, Give usa race between an elephant and a giraffe, Deiween an ourancoutang and a Feejee mer matd, between the fem serpent and a sperm and the public will have notuing except that they will be glad to ace it; but to sa the idea that Now York turimen generally ‘have been candidates for a lunatic asylum, and that Gold. smith Maid, 1 Awerican Git] are to revo. lutionize the Northern trotting turf, is about the moat outrageous smd unmitigated humbug bronght to notice in this century. | Why, it Is enough almost to make the bones of Hiram Woodrag, Vi illiaw Woelan, James Wheipy, Jack Harrison, Jim Berry, apt Hor: Jones turn over in their cofhns, Maid and Lucy ares protty pair iu double har. ness to rearrance roles lor trotiing in the Nord which were established and have beeu honored by the earnest support of such gentlemen us Col, Cos. ter, Mr. Batogate. Mr. Pritcvart, Mr. Waiter Liv Mr. Carman, Mr, W. Vv ‘boone, Mes Mr, James D, ie Mav Purabul, Mr. and hunureds of oth Gistant, The owners of Goldsmith Maud are, of pretend to be, Know Nottings, of the publ would sek them the question, Whose horse t4 (/« hext race made for? It would be erattivirg (io a born) to know, as tere must be » good ume coming. ‘Trotting {s now the rage, Tt breeders and turimon—ond us Wey are ul blood stock, of trotiing, breeding, and training, and of meeting gentiomen of genia) minds and of eh: ter band Weethor and force the Varivus assuciations to ebact and eniorce such jaws and regulations as Wilt josare } ofest rivairy in the future, the admirers of speed wall teil With deli.bt ali (he vonest drivers kes, Mr ovr time-honured on the track. — Trotting at Fleetwood Park. The weather yesterday afernvon was warm and euliry, and the track was rather heavy in con sequence of the rain which fell during the morning. The sttendanee sas exceiieut, In the first race Honest Jobn won it handily, The favorite, Nelly Leland became restive beiore starting, and showed the most decided disposition to go any way but the Heht one, Jolin took the lead, and kept it tarongt out the race, ‘The next wi capital race, two mile hente, for which Belle of Oneida, Stella, Hickey, Billy Bird, and Bight Bells were entered, the former being greatly the favorite against the fieid, Oneida wor tn two straight heats, and the gallant style in which she Goished (hein gave assurance that she could go tao miles, althougl abe bud never Letore aitempted that distance. TORSDAY, August 29. ness. Peter Baggs Jt. mmuel G shieldon’s 1 FLEETWOOD PARK TROTTEXG, ‘Tuesday, August 29, AWeepetake $400, (Wo tulle beats in harness A. Paiterson'e ch, m. Belle of Ouelda, . HY Casey's *. g. Mickey... Hob Johmon's ar. im, Stel John Morphs's bg Riliy Bird Williaa + ON. g. Kigat Bells ‘Firat Heat. Second Tyme of fires mile...... 2443/Time of fret mile... Match $200, mile heats, tn bar. F i 2431 Time of recond mile. 2a Hime of fret ne | Sasi Tame of second beat... 92° siete a A NEW YORKER ABROAD, Pe gata Mr angtvied’s Eur. an Tour-llew he Netted $40,000, On the 10th of August an elegantly dressed gen theman, about 90 years of age, entered the Noyal Bank of Ireland in Dublin, and presented a letice of intro- doction from the New York banking house of August Limbert & Co. The secretary received him politely, asked what be could Jo for nim, and was cnly too happy to give bim a letter of introduction to the Ulster Banking Company in Bel ast. [is namo was Ernst Langéried, ‘The day following loft with bis two friends for Belfast, There Mr Lang ried put up atthe best hotel, and atter having rested a while went tothe office of the U.ster Banking Cowpany, presented his Dublin letter, and we kindiy received, “ What could tuey do for him?" the President asked courteously, He had a drat of £3,000 of the Bunk of Ireland on the Bank of England, he said, which he wished to. have exchanged forza draft of £1,000 on the City of ¢ and £863 in a receipt, ond £1,000 14 ter Banking Company: ‘Phe excuango was effected, and yMr. Laniried de- parted The draught of £8000 was a few days after sent to Dublin, avd to the amazement of the Uister Bonk it was pronounced to be a forgery, ‘Tho uaiie and amount had been extracted, and’ a didisrent ame and an amount a hun ired limes greater had been put in, ‘The Royal Bank of Ireland telegraphed to Aucust Limbert & Co. in New York, asking if the letier introducing Langtried was genuine, An uaswer came on the nextday," It is a forgery.” Mr. Langiried meanwhile’ went to Manchester © be presented two other forged drafte of the of Treland en the tank of Breland 000, IM He got the money aud has not beeu Heard oF e. A New and Valuable Pavement. Prof, Warta recently introduced to the scien: flo world @ new asphaltic pavement, under the name of Grahamite, It was subjected to severe ests in the preseace of eminent engineers, Tho ex perimenta proved that it would do pr twenty times greater than that required to granite, It was exceedingly tough and slightly plas te Irom recommendations mate by « witnessed these experim two hundred feet in length was ordered to be on the Battery, from the foot of Whitehall street to & point apposive the wharf where heavy stones used h building the Post Office are unloaded, as ntlemen who at nt, a pavement of abi aid pent wae finished several weeks ago, Since enormous loads of stone have been drawn over the Puvonent, during the most trying part of the year nore it Iw used t © harder aud amovther it be comes, Ibis gray in color, aud clean and pleasant to the eye, It can be made to stand a heat of 500 de without softening, A A representative of Tim 80x. in company with Mr. Grabarn, vietted pave wrday. In the sunshine the pavement Wow ao hot that it wae painful to hold the palin of tho ‘on it, Hard blows were beavy hammer on the fae Was like pounding a well ad slan of wi leather with » broad headed hammer, After vigor ously endeavoring to make #n injurious imp Upon the sephelt, Mr. Graham remarked, . ir, YOU can invite all the realers of Ime bUN to we aud pound this pavement with sledge ham. it will stand all the poun@ing your miliien of ‘sean e It med that this pave Ment, is (he cheapest and most vurnh/e ever ivent- €d, ‘Thovsaude of yarie can ve laid in a day, THAT BIG ROBBERY AGAIN, aie MORE ABOUT THE GOLDEN RULE WRECK ON RONCADOR KEEP, pootes-sAetoey Smith Bro Lined with atow, Aug. 28.—Your account in last Wednesday's SuN of the wreck of the Golden Ru And the alloged robbery ot the United States troasure on board of her, and the reply thereto tn the report of Mr. Taylor, the First Comptroller of the Treasu- ry, which was publisoed on Friday, the th inst., have excited so much attentiou that it seems my duty to communicate to you some facts within my knowledge, and the inferences which I have drawn therefrom. My name will dea suMicient guarentee @y Opportunities to get at the facts, and also of my disinierestednessin making this commanication, ‘THR FACTS OF THE CASE. ‘The facts are the I. In May. 1965, $1,000,000 tn greeenbacks, $161,860 in three-year 79.10 Treasury notes, $200 in coupon bonds, amounting in all to $1,162,150, Were sbipped for transmission to San Francisco on board the Golden Rule at New York, in charge of Victor Smith and Rafas Leighton, who had been Appointed special agento of the Treasury Depart ment to guard the money on ite pasasge und deliv: ft to the Assistant Treasurer in Bun Franciseo. IL. No record was kept at the T ment of the greonbacks, amoui IL}. The Golden Rule was weecked on Roucador Reef om the morning of May 90, 105. LV. Tho 7 $10 Treasury notes were recovered, with the exception of three noter for $500 each V,, dewas believed that there had Deen foul play on the part of some ono on board of the Golien Rule; in pinin words, that the $1,000,000 in grecn- had been stolen: V1. The Fnment employed detectives to work a ‘a large amonat of testimor was collect Bureau, VIL the theory that there was foul play on board the Golden Rule, and that the $1,000,000 in greenbacks was stolen by someboay. on fil ® That testimony support in the Secret Survi WHO STOLE THR MoNeT? ‘Tho qvestion to be determined i, Who was the thief? or rather, Who were the thieves? Your wreck of the Go! tt lends and Mon et the only guilty pa nding or of accu scommanication. My oniv wis the facts, ‘There i on file in the Treasury De Partment a letter trom Victor Swith whicu yod omitted from your narrative, with ao endorse! by Commodore Preble, that aa ideas to you and the puplic. 1 it, [bis as follows: victor suiru's Lerrel Wrox oF 8.8. Gounew Rete, Roncaoon Remy, July 26, iss, the Commander of any U. 8. Steamer calling a she Sey a ofan calling at fon J you a copy of this day for Colon, New Grana- 48, for supplies. expected urders, ae, From Colon (Asyinwall) L suall retarn he learn that Lam to proveed direet thence to We have re wrecked ih the Kule. By the terns Of a special contract. Wro. Eden, Eq. (United Bi Vice-Consul at Gand Cayman’ aud owner of the schooner Do.vhin) remaiis here to hola poeseaaion of t 0 far Aa United Sates p 7 therein ls ec crictly tor the United # With ever Ot gratitude aud cbligation for the Courtesy of your expected cal). | remain, VicTOK SMITH jal Agent 0-8. Tr. Dot P.8.—The ship Golten Kuie went to pleces on the Ath. Guy A ter Fle KUtcK. Toe outer real ie $0 seep (wat tharnip did ro: climb (ie rect. ap tie sailore ear, bu Must the wall brouds.de, aud poundiag fea: tal Passengers and crew all on clear, SU night win wt Fatver east by north, A gu the day previou COMMODORE PRERLR'S Mewwonanna —Rece ved Ret trom the han de of tat <DORSRMENT. he avove at Roncador master of small wreeait s evidently a inistake, ay Ton the ath of July Railroad and ‘took ner Of diy 1b, quent Y Wreckud on the than, on the roast of Oregon, GEO TH PREBL Commander U. 8. N., State of Ges How did {t bappen that chat letter was m au drowued, seventeen dave? for it is dence that Smith leit Roncador Reef on the #tn of Iniy, aud tuat letter was duted the 2th, Way did he nc turu to ue ref, said he should? for no orders \o return to Washingwon, what ever became of Victor Smith f there that Le was really drowned ? SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS, I do not wish anjnstly to excite suspi Vi tor Smit, but the ti is the Treasury Department who bi pected that be assisted in the roi And, What proof 18 ons against ¢ are.cficers of all along sus- 'y on beard the Golden Kule. By what influence was ue appointed 0 of the treasure? Mr. McCulloch him that appointment oo the recommendation of somebody, Woo wa mebodyt Af, as you allege, the robbery aned in Wasiington, it may be med it planned and secured the appointment of Victor Smita us Trensary agent If, against thie Dosdility to Mo cost that that uj pian ‘There is, or at least there was, another nfece of evidence on file in the Secret’ Service Bureau, which Basa bewring on this matter, It is that of Capt, Bbem, which was taken down by one of tie detectives on March 29, 1800, Capt, Bom ways : THE WOMAN WHO WAS LINED WITH GREBNBACKS. er San Fran. time the 3 on the Ned ConvEved sOUe Of the par- gers frou the isiand and wreck. se infor thats Mrs. Lavingeioa, who was taxen trom tho island ay one of th agers ot the Golaen Rule, was lined with green! ‘8 very larke amount of The doctor, who Was om the apposition, vou array Mr. Smith's Dilery Gibis, 1 beg leuve to su rent bosiility may have also been You can take Capt. Lhem's testimony for what it is worth. Ido not know who be is, Ite main vaino nthe fact (hat it goes to show thut it Was nerally believed that the money was stolen by ebody, In your narrative, It is stated, on the ty of a detective, that Mrs, Livings obs, It has been stated bh ctor simith, Waere is nd Smitu all went tw VICTOW SMITH STILT ALIVE. have heard it asserted that Victor Smith is pow a Souih Amecica, Is Mrs, Livingston there also? What bas becune of smith's fawily 2 On the Whole, this is a Very interesting case TRUTH ShewER — RAYS FROM 4 BULL'S EYE, The suv's Account of tho Golden Rule Vit lany-Gobbiieg up $55,000- The Smug. ales Crestiution. Correspondence of The Sun. Baxrivour, Aug, 29.—The Golden Rule article in THe SUN of the 23d, whieh so piurmy and truth tully exposed so great an act of daring rascality in igh places, has made your paper a name {n this community for independence, energy, and {earivas ness, which will bring its own reward, The Balumore American, a paper read only by oMceholders, politicians of smail calibre, and the coterie surrounding the whiskey and sugar rings tikes exceptions and comes to the reacae of Ui Treasury Department, aud attacks your those who in any manner contrivated to the of the Golden Rale robbery, as it apyeared in Tux SUN, in the foulest and most cowardly mauner | am informed that Col. W. H. Weigel has instit suits against them for libel in consequence pistory ‘Tue moiety money in the Uliman & Co, case has Deon settled, aud the Supervisor of Luternal Rev uiue here has received the lion's share, In this case their stock and property to the amonnt or value of $300,000 was seized for a violation of the Revenue laws; and as tbe caso was a clear one, the Interna, Whole of the property was forfeitablo under the w. The case came before the United States Court nd was beng fousnt there by the counsellor w wengaged by allot the Whiskey iting, because o) bis great personal influence with John Audec Jackson Chorpon Creswell But funding tha the Graud Jury had found atrue Dil againat the fim, he changed nis tactics, took Gen, Ross into the case, Who advised them to counge front, and ti fettion fhe case at tle Department, The’ flu Usman’ & Co, footed the bul very joyfully ‘or $55 OH), (Ik should hive cost thein $150,000, if 1 more) The Treasury Department was paid ou! o the $59,000 the ania of $20,100, while of the other $5,000 the counselor and bis Colleagues swailuas Up iho balance Tae formers in this case wete wine and line District. When Mr. tines repurtes thes the Supervisor, he was told by that unselil» mmacuiate officer toat he had better tei ty Supervisur) report his own (tie Superviso) c © the Depar!inent aw the informer ator Hines Care the moiety money much soone and the report so weut in A few nee (he moiety w ed, and Mr. Hines Went for tho Supervisor, ed his wbare of & , DUE has not pelt As | expected m of Stiriag & Ahrens have gettied (heir case im Washington, by paying a fine of €12. 000, the mort Of which goes into the pockets of the handsome Collector of the Port sad murveyor, asf he moieties, This $12,000 8 ia “ad's 25,000 which some of tho clerks of | axe und # ring beat thy frm out of; and tor got hie share thereo!, he weot Betor Congress and asked far an appropriation fo cover doBerengy alleged te have bven caused by bis a sistania, Huu eke, THE PRESIDENCY, OFFICE-HOLDERS' CANDIDAIE, For President: USELESS 8 GRANT, THE PRESENT-TAKER, ao SUNBE(MS. ati —Hand-made Jace, of all the industries of Feance, nae suffered least by the war, boing chieny carried on by women, —The Davidson Fountain, recently cast in Munteh, and intended for Cincinaatl, & pronounced “the mort beautiful and compicie fountain yet cast ip jarope.” —A nousible lady of mature years says thot it 4008 not look well for a young Iawver to pat his wm Sround @ girl at @ circus aod comb her haw with nis fingers, The Rev, Newman Hall declares that the churches of tho United Kingdom have lost no lew ‘then $00,000 members by the vice of intempersuee during the past three years, —Chicago is no longer the grain oentre of the Weet, dot divides that honor with Milwankee, Toledo, ard 86 Louie, The receipts of wheat at Miuwankes io 1810 reported as avout i to the reeeipte of chicago. —"Old Joe” Gilbert, of Atlante, Ga, bi (04 three wives, and is now living with the fourth, jo waye will @ him @ stout tussle for tbe sar- Vivorship. Old Joe has Gandied wuirty. ep cbudren upon hie knee, thirty of whom sull live and iarive dvr bis tatherly eye. —The recent hot woather and tho absence of Prolonged rains have reduced the Schuylkill to ery low stage, and Poiiadelphia ts thraatenea with another ater famine, Partios in charge of carte uscd for *priokiing whe streets have Deen notified that for the present they must cease operations, —A sohoolmaster in Bridgeport, Ct, who asked & small pupil of what the surface ot the earth cone ta, and was promptly an Varied the quostean slightly, that the fas might be Impressed 06 the boy's mind, and asked, “ What, then, do land and water make ¢” to whichcame the immodi- when it was the fashion te drank, « gentleman was ttaying in @ where they made nim very drank, Ap tne "tsober then, He rove and and looking at himself, exe make your gues’ country hous tarred and feathered him, and put him to ded inorning he wore, and wat went to ® oheval glass, claimed, * A bird, by — In the course of an editorial om the Scott Fy, the writer quoted Scott's well known lines : ftern and wild, fet it thas edonia, stern and wild, Wet uurse for @ pootic child, A graveyard ball was the tweak at Far Rockaway, It was iva: Hahtonlers of tne litde Roman Catho'le Church of At. Ary Btar Of the Bea, for the purpose of raising fucae to liquidate the debt still dae for their new eo: The idea of dancing for the denafit of the d those that are to die, 1s @ novelty which Far Rockaway can ciatm as entirely origian!. —Doring the siege of Paris 64 balloons lef that city. Of those, five fell nto tho handy of the ermans, to were lovt a Way After crossiag the Norch Sea and 1.000 miles in 48 hours. Besides tae 64 adrou (ne @ balloons conveyed out of Paria they took vt passengers, 854 carrier pizsons, and avout $0000) let ters, besides numerous despacches, —Joun Rogers, whose statuettes have made tm 40 famous, Isa native of Massachusecte, He wat Aescadry goons clerk in Boston, and afterward a ue cuiniet. Seeing ® boy modelling figures tp cay, be Urned bis thoughts to what has proved his vocation He bas produced about forty groups in all, and tus tal some 40.000 copies of his works, It ipsatd that his ‘1he comport a, and one tended ib Nore iliog About —An entirely new style of arranging the halt toon, ‘The old Freash twiet in tne ls to berevived, but rendered more graceful by o plait or cable of hair surrounding it, dropplog iow oa the nape of the ners, A coronot of hair ie to take the piace of the Pompadora roll, aud trom benosih we Coronet light curls aad {rigettos are to [91 on tae fore head, Foor long curis, two on each side, are to fall on the Meck avd showlders from beneath the Dra. oF cable, The teupic batt is to be brashed Ugh aod smooth. —The Indianapolis Sentins?s correspondent Coesn't like the way they doit in Baglead, He writes; “When the Might Howorapie the Kast Granville, ine representative of the Government tn the Lords, turnd in bis seat and in & Coarse, defant tone, shouts io the face of the venerable Karl aa he utters a ecntt ment Bari Granville does not relish, ‘Y yab, ya veh, yah, you, yal yal, ya, yan, yah’ (be said 16 (rice as nian times, at tapidiy as the voice could utier)—I say he bas done # thing disgraceful and die gasting. —A letter from Cheyenne, Wyoming, sayss Ove of our leading suffragisis, the wife of ® proms nenton e and @ Most retpectaule and ACCOMplished ndy, crested sometuing of @ sensation inet week.by proumenading about town in company with the Mayor, tHe lady smoking mosotinea fragrant Havens. 11 ia OBderstood iat tls eccestric feat was penformed ox awager. There was nothing especially wrong about it Datsome of the elders stood aghast with horror, and contemplative husoands were heard to marwor ip pathetic tomes, * What next?* —The Macon (Ga,) Telayraph and Messenger ‘tedle the following: “A colored loyal Benedict ap proached & gentleman of this city the other aay, aud aid: * Masse Wilkins, low me good in de face aca Weil me bow much white man you think I is* He was ine formed that he had poseibiy ae much as one-fourtn of white blved 19 his velus, * Weil, anh,’ said Sambo, "dat 1i L want to know; kase I bad a dangnter bern ta ely, au’ it's white as youl, Now, l'se ewine ta my old woman three weeks to turn dat chive Visek 4 ef sho don't doit, 1 quite ber on de spot) Paw 10 fool ef Ts a niggan. —Bret Harte has a very conspicuous nose Toaguin Milier’s face is atrikingly embe.lished 10 (hue envect, Col, Fisk's nose fe what frst induced Mim Meat to ani hin to ait for a bust, Gen, Butler's organ f sme l excites even more attention than his cagi@ sye. Ra loffs proboscis is suid to have been one of principal causes of (he strife among the doctors for bis body. Henry Clay aud Daniel Webster each possessed # nose that left upon the Beholder an 1mpreesion Deve to be forgotten, Whoever once saw John Cochrane’ nose would always kuow him by that sign again, Ms, Sennett, Si 's, organ Is eminently tudiestive of ibe energy and high intellectual qualities that Rave wade hw famous CASA DY ANCHOR, By Sioweus, od on the burning deck, Woald he hays stood ana roasted there With Jolly: boat And bragged about hy Nor walked off ob bis eMr? Why not give one g: Is pa for sail To waft lim toward the Mening suores ? Why say adoard nnd wali? despair, for oare? a onter standing there be ada’t whi Tuas lovey tive W v4 Din Doauat His powwow with his father 2 Meg ard ae toimpuiug Cate If he duclined w eurly die Wy shay there aud dale ? © Pa, ean't yon aneak~a little piece? JHeU try wsherge oF CoUKN My nearest Kin), Kin You beieare, Orare jou, latner, off ? And while his futher sent below The nov, he never aero’ nent a trace” whe go” alans they "wet the word He called lon, "Am Ta.owed Yourlesye tu leave? houre a Banas tre y f The thing 5 | Tourn w sf You ko W " Ite khiow ‘ t . n ‘ . bieat, Mucy'y site yards anit and snap een mane wo ebay Anil be th There came ® thundor peal Good gractous tM 4 Bey, ath, aut anenor, Bag and keh, Went ap lu a balloon And when this sound buret o'er the tide, The boy! ob Wuele was he ibor ihe eiudie tor none’ Htayed long enduch to eee, and pennon fait, With mast and hel fanod there sailor mind © a cent of eto Now. boys, don't Te Cas a-dianca The spots (rom sacl they'd ‘ Oor Youvy Ameri ce