The New York Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1870, Page 6

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B—Washington: The First Ovteiat Opinion. of Attorney General Ackerina Appropriations fmt 2d; More stoners of the Pension Burcau Ralemg m Agents—The Nathen Morror: Belief that Superintendent Jourden Knows the Mur- derer; A Strange Letter to the HeraLy—The Coil ig Murder—The Newark Contractors? Wa The Sisters of tho Stranger—Drowned w Bathing—New York City News—The Sulciae of Mr. Monahan—Fire im Hohoken— Fire Murshaits Monthiy Report. Naas earopeas Mall: War Dew hes to the 24th ort of ihe Action and Attiy tiam’s Addresses to ine » Parlia- ment and Reichstag; F iu a Flame; leet Victoria's Progani of Neutrality; iginm Gloomy and Anxtons; trish Demou- stra’ for France. S—Euro; Mat! News (continued irom Fourth P Nations! Game—Long_ Bre neh ‘ond day of the Ina Large and Briiilaat Atvendan ‘i pi- tal Kaces and Good Time—The Hoow of Sohn Real—Another Outrage—~A (0s! Hollander— Effects of Heat, G—Editormis: Leading Article ¢ Gontingencies of the France Amusement Anpouncement —The War: Battle al Saarbrick u the Aspect and wsian War— 0 Defeat of the NEW YORK HERALD, Srance-Preasian War. France has gained a victory, Napoleon has invaded the soil of Prussia, and with effect. His Majesty led the French troops against Saarbruck in person yesterday. A sharp engagement ensued between his troops and the Prussian soldiers, The French fought with their usual vim and dash, using their artil- lery with great effect, After a fight which lasted some few hours, the Prussians were driven from Saarbruck. The Prince Imperial of France took part in the battle, He was by bis father’s ide, and received his ‘first baptism of fire’ on the field. This news reached us by cable telegram last night, after the Emperor had returned to his headquarters at Metz, A very serious battle is expected to take place before Sunday. There are movements of fleets and equipmenis of armies still going on in England, Italy, Austria and Denmark. ~ ~ Nothing has however ocourred yet in the movements of the French and Prussian armies to give us any clear idea of either the frst result of a great battle or the consequences thereafter. The few skirmishes that have taken place throw little light upon the fighting quality of the soldiers or the com- parative merit of the implements of war used by the belligerents, What little we do know seems to be equally favorable to the Prus- sians; for notwithstanding the superior pre- parations of the French and their ability to concentrate a large force more rapidly than their enemy on the Rhine border the Prussians have been able to gain time and to destroy some important works, such as that of the via- duct at Bitché, for example, which may prove damaging to the French, The first Napoleon | was famous for the colerity of his movements and for striking heavy blows before his enemy had time to make preparations. Such, too, has been the war policy of other great com- manders in the history of the world. And this appears to be the kind of warfare that suits the impulsive and fiery character of the French people. They have shown themselves to be most effective when they come down with sudden aud terrible force like an avalanche upon their enemy. But Napoleon the Third is feeling his way cuntiously. He may be right in this and we have to wait for resulis to know whether he is or not. Still there is little doubt that he bas given the Prussians the advantage of time to concentrate their forces directly in face of his own army. The French commenced an aggressive cam- paign by marching directly to the Prussian border, The Prussians have assumed a de- fensive attitude on their own soil and appear Prussians; Napole on Prussian Sout; Tlie Prt from the Town; in Action; italy and Austria {1 av Moy ements British Diplomacy rench troops cord Forces Driven gium— Miscellaneous ‘Telegraphic Srooklyn Clty alerfeit-r—Kings ablican General Oommiiree— sola Man Platr: interview with the Sage of ‘Su- ver Springs; His Views oo Home and Foreign Amairs—Our River Fronts: inspection by the Political Intelli- Mopment of Metho- Bargiars and Robbers in Lreuton- Fire. men’s Pigat a a Hiounstield, 3.—Fire in uy Foc at is Li ate Transfers— 10—Mikicu: R President's Cabmme way; Watering Pla Among the “ Unknown ence— rtisements, ¢ Progress of the embers of the a—Ad vertisements. W2—Adveriisemenis. Tae Woir .--ltaly is to keep orer in Kome after the withdrawal thence of the French troops. Infallivility, in this event, will hardly keep the Holy Father in Rome to assist in the reception of Garibaldi and Maz- aini. Watt Sezer. News.—The Long Branch races have drawn away the speculative ele- ment to the seuside, so that, like the anturalist who wrote a very concise chapte concerning the snakes ia Ireland, we can say. ‘There is | 20 news.” ' Genera AN acfompanied the offi- | cials of the Public Dock Department on an inspecting tour through East river yesterday, from the battery to Hell Gate. He saw enough of the rotien and hideous wooden piles along the route to comprehend at once what a job is before him to replace them with somethiug substantial and becoming. Dererainey to Peess Ox.—Johnoy Clem, the “‘dinmmer boy of Chickemangs,” who was rejected at the recent examination at West Point, attends to cle 1 duties during the day and goes to a night school, being deter- mined not to fail at the next exemiaation. [t is stated that President Grant bas determined to give the plucky little tellow another chance for West Point honors. Vhatis oll right and proper. But what about the colored youth who failed in his examination ? FLaGs AND As Kiag Williom of Prussia feft for the front the other evening, attended by the Queen, multitudes of enthu- siastic people collected around them, ‘and the flags and flowers were without end.” Such sre among the beginnings of a sanguinary war; but we know, irom our late experience, that “‘flags and Howe stera array will give place to mangled wen, blood, tire and sword, rags, ambulances, hospilais and new graveyards : and strangely enough, too, when gentle woman sttews the sold with flowers he knows tiat it is to in the work of slaughter. glories of war. FLOWKRS. ~ ” in battle’s re way to war » inspire him i Tax Lone Brane ro Races continue to draw | the metropolis to the seaside beyond all other attractions, and the Long Brane! h camp meet. ing is quite ss populer iv the Barro ng country; but if it be true thst Satan is the prime minister of the race course then he is | Jersey seacoast than the stronger on the saints—a couclusion which we sho to confess, General Grant, we nuderstand, is a champiou of both the race course aud the camy ground, and he considers each an exoelleat (hing in its way. He likes the Methodist Church, but he is also au admirer of fine horses, and in both respects he is having @ rare time for recreation 0 the Jeceer goal But such are the ; ould be sorry | to wait for the advance of the French. Napo- leon may be confident that he can overwhelm the forces of Germany in one tremendous battle on or near the border, and that may be the secret of the delay. He may hope to end the war by a decisive baiile at the commencement as he did the Austrians at Magenta and Solferino, and as the Prussians did at Sadowa. Yet this would searcely seem consistent with his ad- dress to the French army on assuming com- mand. His language was :—‘‘The war which now commences will be long and hardly con- tested.” Jndging from thig he does not ex- pect to end the struggle by one decisive blow. It will be long and hardly contested, were bis words. Nor is there any rex to think the Germans would give up the contest if even they should be defeated in the first great battle. They are too united, too determined, have too many resources, and have too much at stake for that. Besides, the Germans, as history shows, are tenacious, dogged, brave and per- severing to the bitter end. No people have ever suffered more from war from great sur- rounding Powers or been more eut up and divided in consequence, yet, 80 far from being crushed, they have risen again, like the pho- nix from its ashes, and have become stronger. We need not go into the detuils of history to show this, Every one knows the fact. Such a people are not likely to give up at one dis- aster, or after many, especially now that they are united, and the aspi- rations = for for consolidation are about io be realized. The people of the United States know what it is to fight for union. They have felt the enthusiastic inspi- ration. {is not difficult to realize, then, what the Germans must feel, who have endured the evils of disunion for ages through the strata- gems and power of surronnding great nations. To fail in this war would throw them back into the sume disintegrated and disorganized state. The object of Napoleon is to destroy the power of Germany by breaking up the present union or confederation, ft is evident, therefore, that the Germans will fight to the last for a cause they hold so dear. The Ger- man hegrt is fired from one end of Fatherland to the other. The French are powerful, brave and full of ambition, and the Emperor Napo- leon bas everything at stake. Under these cirenmatances the probability is, as Napoleon seid, that the war will be long and hardly con- tested. ‘The aitustion of the two contending armies indicates that a great battle—such @ battle, probably, as the worid has never witnessed agos before—nmst be fought within a few days. it may be going on, perbaps, while our renders in this city are perusing this avticle. The vast French army that is massed in and around the valley of the Saar cannot remain long hemmed in there. It must advance. Of course we do not know yet the plan of the French campaign ; but it appears to have been to penetrate into Baden and the other States of Southern Germany, with a view of demoralizing and detaching (hem trom Prossia in the struggle. The ardent and geveral feeling of the Southern Germans with the cause of the Fatherland in I this war seems to have modified the pro- gramme of the French. Should a battle take piace in or near the valley of the Saar, to two armies have approached, } which the ithe Prussiaus, in cade of a dis- j aster, can fall back = to Maing, | Coblentz, Hurenbreitstein, Rustadt and the | other strong fortifications on the Rhine, | Should the Prossians gain a complete victory | the road would be open to them into France. | However we have no data at present to judge of the result, Much will depend upon gene- ralship, as well as upoa the strength of the | armies, anda great deal upon the quality of the arms and the spirit of the troops. But can the war be conflaed to France and Prussia’ Ut is doubtfel Weorly all Gurope spark may set the whole train on fire and the old Continent in ablaze. If the French should be victorious will not the other Powers deem it necessary, to prevent the dismemberment of Germany and to check the ambition and aggrandizement of France, to throw their weight Into the scale? Would not something like the old Holy Alliance be revived again? If Prussia should be the victor will she not demand the deposition of Napoleon and the destruction of the Bonaparte dynasty as & guarantee for the future peace of Europe? This would be in accord- ance with the reported declaration of the King of Prussia. In such a case it is hardly likely that Napoleon would find any sympathy or support from the other great Powers, though King William did not say as much in his able and dignified address on the war to the North German Parliament; but he uses strong language against Napoleon, who, he says, has ‘dragged two great and peace- loving peoples, both equally enjoying and de- siring the blessing of s Christian civilization and of an increasing prosperity, into a san- guinary conflict of arms.” But it has been said that Napoleon threatens, in the eventof an overwhelming disaster, to proclaim a univergal republic for Europe. Such # prospect would terrify the dynasties, and that of Prussia among the rest, and they might hesitate before proceeding to such an extremity as that of blotting ont the Bonapartes. There is all the appearance of fearfnl complications growing out‘of this war. From our standpoint in America we can only deplore the dreadful slaughter which is brought upon the people by ambitious rulers. The thought that hun- dreds of. thousands of people are to be slaugh- tered like cattle to gratify the ambition of a tew men is appalling. As Mr. Disraeli said in the British Parliament, a war for such pur- poses in this nineteenth century and civilized ; age is adisgrace. Let us hope that Providence will make this fearful conflict conduce in the end to the liberty, enlightenment and progress | of the peoples of Europe. ‘e® Davis, Andy Johnson aod 1 Brown.” Soft Davis was last week at Lookout Moun- tain, his first visit there since, as President of the ‘“‘so-called Confederate States,” he went up with General Bragg to take a look at the army of General Rosecrans in the plain below. On this last visit, on his return down the mountain to Chattanooga, he was serenaded and called out, and in deference to the expec- tations of the assembled citizens he made a little speech. He was affected to the bottom | of his heart by the compliment paid him. He had retired in a double sense—for the night and from public life. ‘From public life!” What a volume of instruction lies embodied in those few words; and also in these :—‘‘In | view of the past, no mar can blame me for my determination to let those who have power dictate how the country shall be goveraed.” A little of the old leaven here, bunt none to hurt, And he has good advice to give withal ; for he says :—‘‘li is not the part of brave men to brood over the sorrows of the past, but rather to look forward with bright hopes to the future ;” and here he speuks like a statesmsn and » philosopher, i What a world of changes a few short years have wrought in this country! It seems but ; the other day that we were reading the pro- clamation of President Andy Johnson offering a hundred thousand dollars reward for the capture of Jeff Davis, and now we find both these men withdrawn from public life, and probably nearer to a perfect accord in their political opinions than ever they were in their lives before. Johnson, however, continues to fight the radicals, while Davis has had enough of it. There is something to admire in the pluck of Johnson, but there is much more to approve in the sound philosophy of Davis, tbat Southern men, upset in “‘the lost cause,” should look rather to the bright hopes of the future than to the sorrows of the past. In this connection the example of this man, as president of s Memphis insurance. company under the flag of the Union, is an immense improvement on his position as President of the Southern confederacy. So wonderfully, too, has the old war spirit of the North against the ex-chief of the rebellion died out that he might travel now from Maine to Kansas with- ont hearing the once popular Union warning--- We'll hang Jeff Davis on ® sour apple tree, As we go marching on. For the ghost of “Old John Brown” is appeased with negro suffrage, his knapsack is laid aside, his ‘‘whiskey bottle lies empty on the shelf” and he has retucned quietly to his grave, where, it is to be hoped, he will be dis- turbed oo more. “Od Jone THE REIGN or “MurpEr: —We seom to be just now in this community resting under the crimson shadow of murder. While the whole pablic Is appalled by the fearful tragedy in Twenty-third street, murder in a less sensa- tional form is stalking abroad in our streets and avenues, On Monday there were no less than three murders. committed in this city. They were all the result of violence-—-of dronkennees chiefly, the free use of rum on Saturday night and Sunday. Nearly every week for some time past shows a similar bloody record. We are living under a reign of murder, in which the Coroner seems to play a more active part than the police. The latter must not allow a great sensational murder to shut their eyes and ears to the prevention of | less attractive crimes, Tae Durrezence in a sanitary point of view between the melting of fresh tat and of rough or unqualified fat is a maiter of which the general public probably knows nothing ; but the Board of Health is presumed to know, and, therefore, its decision yesterday, granting per- mits to several fresh fat melters, ought to be conclusive proof that fresh fat melting is not deleterious to the general health, nor especially offensive to the public nostrils. We cannot be sure, hows So many actions of the Board of Health ‘‘smell to heaven” that we cannot rest complacently aatisfied as yet that the odor even of fresh fat is fragrant as the rose, Ovr Rep River ‘Comuatposinerts indicates that Fort Garry is the dullest neighborhood imaginable at present. The sudden peace that accompanied the acceptance of the Mani- toba act has left Riel and his coadjutors nothing to do but await patiently the arrival of the Cenadinn expedition } mained it was held precious. ‘Gis: alee 494 tho Contingencies of che FLEE Es pelebinh for Seuiedactie A | The mystery of the Twonty-thted Street Murder. But five full days have elapsed since the moat atrocious and appalling murder that has ever horrified New York was committed in the very heart of one of our most populous city neighborhoods, and already we see in- aidious and determined efforts made to mystify the public mind and browbeat public opinion. Precisely in this spell of social influence lies the secret of public insecurity. If any indi- vidual can, upon this pretext or the other, be held absolutely sacred from the most search- ing inquiry in » murder case, then what is called “detective” business in New York is simply a sickening imposture that insults the common sense of every thinking man. There are beings capable of counting upon precisely this kind of impunity. “No one would believe it possible for me to have done this deed!” has been he language of criminal after criminal to himself, as the ela- borate records of Great Britain, France and Germany show. The famous volumes of the “Causes Céldbres” present soveral cases anala- gous to this Nathan horror; but French jus- tice is no respecter of persons; it instantly fastens the seals of the State upon all papers, implements, articles and depositaries in the house of assassination; it holds every inmate and every associate therewith connected under the most rigid surveillance, day and night; it takes each man and woman apart, in silence and in secret; it prevents their conference and possible collusion; it questions again, again and again, sometimes reiterating the very same inquiry over and over, at different and at unexpected times; it confronts, com- pares and scrutinizes; it accepts all sane material and rejects nothing; its touch has the terrible strength of the finger at the end of the elephant’s trunk, which can alternately toss aside hundred weights and pick up a cam- bric needle. Then, slong with this width of range combined with minute intensity, deli- cate science, culture and educated informa- tion are brought to bear in their most attrac- tive as well as in their sternest forms, The hand is of iron, but the glove is of velvet; the contact is artistic, but the grasp upon the throat of the felon is inexorable and deadly. Let our readers recall the processes of de- tection in the Traupmann murder case, which horrified all France. What indefatigable ac- tivity, what keen foresight, what patience, persistence and yet what rapidity of move- ment; what breadth of view and yet what | microscopic minuteness of scrutiny; no testi- mony was rejected; no theories were pom- pously scoffed at by inflated ignorance ; no de- cent agencies were slighted; no influence, one way or the other, was tolerated for the twin- kliog of an eye; all things were taken in and sifted, the chaff only was thrown away after | winnowing, and if but one grain of fact re- And the result? ‘The soil of all Europe seemed alive under the feet of the murderer; the very stars watched him at night; the whistle of the locomotive when he tried to fly denounced him with a voice like the shrieks of his victims; the sea alone yawned ready to receive him at Havre ; ip his utter despair he sprang into its billows and—found himself in the clutch of the law! fe was tried, he confessed and was executed. This is ability, and this is detection. The police of New York and of the United | States have now a conspicuous and an irrevo- cable opportunity before them. This is their Waterloo, and they will nobly discharge their duty. We verily believe that to real skill and science, armed with adequate authority, the solution of this so-called mystery is at the door, ‘The individual or set of individuals who may attempt in the slightest degree to clog their progress or to throw either golden or common dust in their way must be regarded as hostile to society. The sum of twenty-five thou- sand dollars is large, but if is not enough for the expenses of this search. [ft is a mere trifling exponent of the overwhelm- ing importanse of the detection and punish- ment of the culprit. No combination must be left strong enough to oulbid the cry of justice. That would be to leave the throats of every banker apd merchant or of any other possessor of a home and means exposed to the knife of the midnight assassin. A state or a nation, a commercial board or a mercantile body, would better spend a million in ferreting ont all the mysteries of this crime than in half of the pur- poses to which they do apply their money, It is a case of the “public in danger,” and public paid officers must now, once for all, do their duty, and their whole duty, or themselves be utterly undone. MOVEMENTS O¥ v Our Pou. (TIOAL PARTIES. — Republicans and democrats, here and there, throughont the country, are moving in their nominations for the next Congress, and in the declaration of their principles, which are all pretty much the same old story, From ail these movements it is apparent that the next House of Representatives will be largely made up of members of the present House on both sides, and from republican apathy, especially in New York, the chances are in favor of democratic gains. Senator Fenton has been down to Long Branch without seeing General Graot or Collector Murphy, and Murphy is, perhaps, too much absorbed in the Long Branch races just now to care much about Fenton or his followers. Nor will the season of politics fairly set in until the summer fashionable season is ended and the seaside moths aod butterflies have returned to, town. Then, whatever may be the excitements of the European war and the bustle of the fall trade, the fuss and fury, follies and tlummery of our wrangling politicians, in their struggles for the next Congress, will K ile some rare sport in { showiog them up. —— Governor HorrMan’s letier declining to commute Real’s death sentence displays the cool, clear ability of the lawyer and the just, unswerving resolution of the Executive. It is a clear case made out against the murderer, unbiassed by sympathies or prejudices. It is a plain statement of what the Executive, who is sworn to execute the laws and to preserve the peace, should do under the circumstances, and that he does. ‘‘I realize my responsi- bility solemnly and fully,” says the Governor. “Tho life of a fellow man isin my hands. [ need not say how gladly I would heed the ory for mercy and spare his life if I could. The case presents a clear and distinct issue be- tween law and lawlessness. The law must be vindlowted.” , bad idea. ‘fate of war should WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3, 1870.—-TRIPLG SHHET. Tho English Postal Telegraph System. The letter which Mr, Scudamore, who has charge of the postal telegraph operations in London, lately wrote to General Washburn, points out several mistakes in the speech of Mr. Orton before the Congressional committees, One of these mistakes consisted in forgetting that the city of London is but a very cireum- scribed part of the British metropolis, with. its population of nearly three millions, covering an area of about fifteen miles radius. Mr. Orton alluded to the number of messages dis- tributed during a single week in the ‘“‘city of Eondon” as if it had been distributed amony the entire population of ‘‘London the motropo~ lis.” The comparison which he made on this erroneous basis between that number and the number delivered in the city of New York by the Western Union Telegraph Company was manifestly incorrect. Mr. Orion also mistook the figures that numbered the answer to a special complaint as indicating how mavy answers it had been necessary to make to complaints of a similar kind, whereas they only indicated how many replies had been made to all sorts of applications to the Post Office during a particular period. Mr. Orton insinuated, or seemed to insinuate, that Mr. Scudamore had made statements that are not credible from motives of ambition. Mr. Scuda- more earnestly protests against this impu- tation, and, appealing to the weekly statistics of work done by the managers of the postal telegraph and of the complaints received from the public, he thinks he has a right to claim that the public are reasonably well satisfied with the manner in which the work is ‘done. He demonstrates that the very complaints of the public and the “immediate and courteous attention” which they secure afford strong evidence in favor of the new postal telegraph system. The British public, through their representa- tives in Parliament, have 1 now, ‘be says, such a control over the working of the telegraphic system as they never had before, and they exercise this control from day to day in the most vigorons manner. Under the régime of the private telegraph companies there was no lack of complaints of delays, inaccuracies and irregularities. But “the telegraph companies cared nothing whatever for the complaints of the public, and paid no sort of attention to them.” Now, however, “the Post Office is compelled to pay immediate and courteous attention to all these complaints, aud to apply an immediate remedy to every proved defect.” It is folly to deny that the postal telegraph system has worked so well in England as to render most desirable its speedy introduction into the United States, Kontacky Accepts ‘Nigger Maffrage. On Monday last they had an election in Ken- tucky for county officers, and at this election, for the first time the blacks were admitted tp vote. It appears, too, that notwithstanding this horrible radical innovation upon the ‘“constitn- tion as it was,” and upon State rights as they have been in Kentucky, there was less excite- ment in this election than in any preceding one for many years pastin Louisville; that quiet and good order prevailed; that no inter- ference with colored voters was attempted, except when they attempted the dodge of re- peating; that, in short, nearly all the negro voters voted, and that no disturbance oceurred. ‘This is good; much better than, we had antici- pated from the first experiment of negro suf- frage in Kentucky, for of all the States of the Union Kentucky has been the slowest to give up the “constitution as it was,” and to submit to “the constitution as it is.” ‘*Honest Old Abe,” they say, was puzzled to tell which gave him the most anxiety and trouble during the war, the State rights of Kentucky or the belligerent righta of Great Britain. But it is all over now, and Kentucky, gracefully accept- ing the fifteenth amendment or negro suffrage, is open to the sixteenth or woman suffrage. ‘Yes, indeed, the world does move, even in Kentucky. A Question for Detectives. Bas it never strack any of our criminal detectives that the appearances of a room as if a terrible struggle had occarred between a murderer and his victim might not be pur- posely arranged by the assassin after the death of his victim, in order to make it appear that the murderer must have received scratches or bruises or wounds of some sort in the fatal conflict? From the indications of a desperate conflict it seems incredible that the murderer of Mr. Nathan could have escaped without bearing some marks of the encounter; and yet, after all, the murdered man might bave been knocked senseless or killed outright by the first blow from the instrument employed in the commission of the bloody crime, und the condition of the room, the blood-bespattered walls, bedding, wain- scoting, carpeting, &c., been but a service of the assassin to give a false impression in regard to the ganner in which the bloody deed was sctuaily committed. Under this idea it woud seem that the detectives might be usefully employed in seeking for the perpe- trator or perpetrators of this horrible crime from among others than those who have acratched faces at this particular time. Smvverson Davis as a MARSHAL oF Vranok.—A Missiasippi paper says it has some reason to believe that Jeff Davis has been invited by a crowned head to visit Europe and engage in a certain “‘little onpleasantnesa” now going on there. {t thinks that in such an event thousands of ex-Con- federate soldiera would follow their late chief, and expresses the hope that Jeff ‘‘may be made « Marshal of France.” That is not a But Hamphrey Marshall, of Ken- tucky—fighting weight three imndred and fitty~-should accompany Davis in order to maintain the balance of power wherever the lead them. We rather think, however, that the ex-Confederate chief would prefer the peaceful waters of Biarritz to the more warlike fluid of the Rhine. Tar CRNTRAL BaNk oF BRookLyn has been compelled to suspend payment on an in- junction from the Supreme Court restraining the officers from doing any further business until the affairs of the @bank are in- vestigated. One shameful feature of this sus- pension is that at the moment checks for money were being returned by one clerk to the holders unhonored deposits, were being readily ag- copted by another wt the next desks The Drestwall Cane—A Novel Verdict. A curious caso was tried in the Oourt of General Sessions, before Judge Bedford, on Monday, which exhibited extraordinary eyi- dence of the folly and stupidity into which juries, who sre supposed to be intelligent, can he guilty sometimes. Samuol Broadwell was indicted and tried for 9 felo- nious assanit. The evidence showed that om the 18th May he had some words with his wifo, and immediately drawing a revolver, fired, shooting his wife in the abdomen, confining hee to her room for ten months, An eye-witness, indignant at the dastardly act, exclaimed “You rascal, you have shot your wife.” The pri- soner coolly exclaims ‘Yes, and I meant to de it,” thereby acknowledging his design to com- mit murder. Upon this evidence the jury brought in « verdict of ‘assault with intent to kill,” st the samo time recommending the pri- soner to the mercy of the Court. Judge Boed- ford said that he concurred with the jury in the rendition of their verdict of an assault with intent to kill, for had death ensued it would have been « clear case of murder; “but he was at » loss to conceive how twelve men could recommend the prisoner to the mercy of the Court.” Judge Bedford regarded ‘the prisoner guilty of dastardly conduct, and for the futare protection of many wives in this city cursed with brofal husbands he deemed it his duty, notwithstanding the re- commendation to mercy, to mete out a severe punishment—seven years in the State Prison.” The Judge evidently understood the jury as well as he did the criminal, and he measared the intelligence-of the one with the probable guilt of the other in delivering this judgment. What can be more absurd than a jury who have convicted s man of attempted asaaasina- tion, the nearest crime to the commission of the terrible offence itself, recommending him to the merey of the Court? Mercy for what? For the accident of failure to take the life of a human being? For the mere chance that an unsteady hand was not just then eqnal to the intent of a black and criminal heart? We are glad that Judge Bedford did not heed the re- commendation of the jury—as indeed how could he? Actions like this on the part of petit juries stimulate and embolden the lawless class und make the administration of justice little better than a farce. It is impossible for the authorities to stem the current of crime unless the law-abiding citizens aid them im every legitimate manner. And where can they aid them better than in the jury box? Haytien Finances. ‘The little republic of Hayti is just now in a flutter about financial matters. Continnal dis- turbances have drained the national treasury. Haytien paper has depreciated to such au extent that it would almost take a small for- tune to buy what a hungry man might call “a square meal.” However, such is the state of affuirs at present that money is wanted and money must be had, even though a commis- sion has to be sent to Europe to “make a raise.” Two millions in gold is the sum now wanted by the Haytien nation. A most modest loan. The security for the payment of the principal and interest is guaranteed by pledg- ing the revenue receipts of the country, How Enropean capitalists will regard the loan it is impossible tosay. Only a short time ago we had news that Hayti was preparing to go to war with St. Domingo, but this contest ‘‘is off” for the present, and recent news assures us that the two million loan is to enable the govern- ment to establish a bank on a specie basis for the benefit. of agriculture and commerce. We shall gladly welcome the day that will give peace to these turbulent and irritable West Indian republics, and, if a conple million of dollars will secure to Hayti peace and “a national bank on a specie basis for commer- cial and agricultural purposes,” we hope the commission about being sent to Kurope may. be successful in its endeavors to achieve a result so desirable. THE Oxaore or ‘Sui VER “Sprisga.—Mr. Frank P. Blair, Sr., familiarly known as Old Blair, spends the golden sunset of bis life in tranquillity and happiuess at his country seat, near Washington, called Siiver Springs. His peaceful life there is occasionally broken im upon by visits from political pilgrims who wish to exhibit their veneration for him or to obtain counsel on the questions of the day ; for Old Blair was an authority on politics in the past generation, and maintains much reputa- tion a8 2 sort of oracle in the present. A cor- respondent of the Heratp recently visited Mr. Blair in his rural retreat, and, after the man- ner of interviewers, obtained from the oid gen- tleman his views upon the questions of Enro- pean war and of American politics. A graphic account of the interview is published tn our columns to-day. ‘Tnx Save Canpenrers’ Dog, so apparently unaccounted for in the residence of Mr. Na- than—the weapon in fact with which the foul murder was effected—has been recognized as having been in the stable of Natban’s house for a year or more. If this statement of the builder of the house be true—and he seems to have been # constant and familiar visitor to the premises—-one cloud of mystery, and that not a amall one, would seem to be removed. If thie story can be verified it will be another evidence in favor of the theory that the mur- derer did not come from the outside, and that, in all probability, he did not leave the honse on the night of the murder. Tre Parat. Quesrion.—Ift is evident cow that the evacuation of Rome by the French troops is to be at no distant day an accom- plished fact. We print this morning a cable despatch which shows that the Italian govern- ment is making vigorous preparations to be ready to occupy Rome the moment the French begin to leave. This is « funny conclusion to the Ecumenical Conncil. The poor Pope says nothing. Bot what about Garibaldi and Maz- zini? Our eyes are as much toward Rome as toward the Rhine. Tax Wear inpia CABLE. —We publish on another page an interesting letter from our correspondent on board the Dacia, now engaged in the jaying of the West tadia and Panama cable. With the successful laying of the cable we shall be placed in communication with aoearly alt the prominent islands of the West Indies and the isthmus, This will ba the inauguratory step towards a tolegraphio connection direct with South Ani consummation devoutly desived.