The New York Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1871, Page 6

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Homicide — ibany Nationa: Game—Brookiya Affaire—Pall Pashions: Home Versus Fores; Modistes—1ihe Fruit Crop in New York—G. News for Spe itormais: Leading Article, “The Procress of Repablicantam in Movemeut of the Engitsn Reds—Amnsement Avnoancementa. F—EPitorial (Continued from Sixth hy ed ol@siasites—North Getmany and the Pope— wie OColhery Accident tn Bngisna— ‘The mituation in France— News irom Germany, fale Spain, Turkey, and, Ireland ana the West lnvites- Pirates In she Guit—Miecel- lancous Telegraphic News—Views of the Nese Notives, bose B—The Public Schouls: Reopening on Monday Next: Changes and Improvements—Pinancial ane Commercial Reports. Domestic Markets— yo rare uo yy ge a Death an Old New er in Chicago—Marrtages and Deains, jorable Dirt: Frightfol Condition of the kets; Sauitary State of the Cily—Adver- tisemeon's. eae ow A Clever Practitioner Caged at si—News from Washington—Herrmann’s sons Shipping luteliigence- Auvertisawents. } Advertisements, aver Usemenuts, Tue Demooratio State Converrion is ealled to mect at Rochester on the 4th of Ov. tober. Sastanta anp Bio Tres, the two Kiowa ebiefs who were recently sentenced to be hanged, bave hed their sentence commated to imprisonment for life—a punishment doubt- less tenfold severer on the hardy chieftelos than banging. Tax Sasitary Inspgcrors who have been fospecting the tenemgpt houses report that they Gpd these houses in on unusually cleanly tion. It ise wild aod almost | ble idea, but it may be that the bouse owners themselves, frightened by cholera and the plague, bave actually teken to cleaning their houses unordered. Tux Avyti-Dramsnor Coxvertioy was held at Syracuse yesterday end o full State ticket was nominated. Of course the antl dramshop men know that they won't got six thousand votes in the whole State, but they take a great interest in their party, evinoe the greatest care in thelr plaiforms aud show the utmost zeal in thelr epeeches, al! the seme Tas Crrusxs’ Commrrret to Oo-ormeaTs with tbe Aldermen and Supervisors in ex- swining the accounts of the city enthorities met yesterday (only two of the gentlemen re- quested to serve baving deciined to do #0) aod joined the Aldermen and Supervisors. They declared their readiness to make @ full aud exhaustive examination of the books aod to render an impartial and fearless report The Comptroller reported that the books end accounts would be ready by Monday semi, aod they consequently adjourned wot! Tres day, Tur Carrunep Perro.ecess oF ie Vane Communz who fired the peblic belldings by means of petroleum, as a sort of monster illumination to the last tablean of (he bloody drama, have been tried and sentenced by court martial, This type of female flends ie one of the many curlous phenomena engea- dered by the Paris insurrection, and may be taken as a specimen of the women's rights school at its best, or, rather, at iis worst, The sentences are a8 severe as might bave been expected. Four of these tewale incendiaries bave been doomed to death aud others to varl- ous terms of imprisonment. The sentences will probably be commuted to « merciful penalty, After the very recent sanguinary carnival there is now a reaction ip France and a general horror of blood. captured heroes of the insurrection have already been disposed of, and with the trial of Rocbefort and Rossel will close the last chapter of the tragic transaction, now « part of history as the Commune of 1871. Nearly ali the | NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 187L—TRIPLE SHEET ‘The Progress of Ropablicantom in Kagiand— Mevemost of the English Reds, The republicans of England have issued « manifesto, setting forth the principles for which they are prepared to contend and upon which they claim the support of the country. From the brief summary of their imposing programme brought to us by the cable this morning it is evident that they have no intention to rest satisfied any longer with half-way re- forms, but are ready to sweep away, at one fell swoop, the whole machinery of monarchy, including palaces, thrones, crowns, monopo- Mea, titles, standing armies and “privileges,” and to establish in its stead the principles of federation, compulsory education, State work for the able-bodied, State food for the helpleas, the nationalization of lands, popular legislation, and, though last not least, the diffusion of re- publicanism, This is the language In which their demands are conveyed to us over the wires; but, in plain English, ‘tha nationalisation of lands” imeans « general division of property, and “popular legislation” contemplates universal suffrage and the abolition of the House of Peers. While there is much in this programme which savors unpleasantly of the Communism of which France has so recently afforded an example to the world, there is at the same time a marked importance in the bold movement of the reformers at the present moment, and great probability of the active agitation of some at least of the planks in their progressive platform. There are many persons in England not to be numbered among the chronic alarmists who apprehend serious trouble of a revolutionary character in that country on the death of Queen Victoria and the accession of the Prince of Wales to the throne. The dangerous agitators among the laboring classes have done their best to create an impression unfavorable to the Prince in the minds of the masses of the people, and their efforts have certainly not been wholly unsuccessful. There is no doubt that the present precarious condition of the Queen's health bas induced the Republican Committee to put forth its manifesto at this time; and when we bear in mind the vast pauper, idle and criminal population of London, it is easy to conceive that very dangerous and lamentable, if not successful, outbreaks, mig!:t readily be induced upon a sudden change ic the head of the government, In this view the ;ubli- cation of the document at the present moment is full of significance, and implies a deliberate design on the part of the radical leaders to seize the moment of the apprehended national calamity to advance their revolutionary schemes. But, apart from the visionaries who dream of a socialistic republic in Great Britain, there are many honest reformers who are just now greatly incensed at the failure of the Ballot bill and other promised reforms in the recent session of Parliament, and who are looking round for some vent for their disap- potntment. A great number of them are disposed to saddle the blame upon the Peers, who put the Ballot bill asido after its passage through the Commons, on the plea that there was not sufficient time left before the adjournment to enable them to give to the measure the attention it deserved. Meetings have been held at Birmingham, Leeds and other places, at which, both in the speeches and resolutions, the abolition of the House of Peers has been demanded, or at least such an alteration in the constitution and powers of that body as would prevent it in the future from blocking and defeating the lezislation of the popular House, In fact, it is evident that the priaciple of hereditary legislation is about to be put to a severe test in England, and be- tween the Odger extremists and the Dixon Mberals it is not at all unlikely that the old House of Peers may have to go to the wall. It will be remembered that when the Irish Church bill was threatened with defeat at the bands of the Lords Mr. Gladstone did not hesitate to declare his inteation to bring the contamacions House to reason by the creation of batch of new Peers numerous enough to overbalance those who were opposed to his pet measure for the pacification of Ireland. That moment was one of vital importance to the higher House; @ question of life and death was involved in the position it then took. The Peers gave way before the im- petous Premier, and their doom was sealed. it was known that thenceforth they could never venture to exercise the power vested in them of the rejection of any popular meas- ure wdopted by the Commons without vringiag rain apon their heads, There is no doubt that the real respousibility for the fall- ures of the resent session of Parliament rests with the Ministry itself, bat this does not render the assaalis now being made upon the House of Peors the loss daagerous to that body. The Ballot bill bas been defeated, and the cry hee gone forth, both from the Republican Reform Commitioe and from jess «extreme bodies, that the Lords are the offenders, and must pay the penalty of thelr rasbness. The question is, in what way la legislation to be popularized? Is the upper House t© be swept altogether ont of existence? is an enormous batch of Peers to be brought ready cooked out of the ministerial «oven to override an un. friendly majority whenever the oocasion requires? Or i# the more moderate preposition, seid to be favored in many quar- tera, to prevell, and an elective body of Poers to take the place of am hereditary body? There is no dowd that some method of over- coming the obstacie of an obstinately conser. vative aed irresponsible Mouse will be dis- cussed freely all over Eogland this winter, aod there are many who belleve that the topic will not be distasteful to the present adminis- ‘ration As to the other principles edwanced by the English reds Wt tx oot kely that they will just yet Gnd enficient fevor ly Bugland to carry them to & successful issue. The anion, ac complished by trescbery and corruption, will, po doubt, ove day b» repealed, ond Ireland be again left free to lodulge in Parliamen- | tary fights om ber own soll over her own local affairs until she tires of the sport and again demands » change. But at present | we do not bellewe thet the Guelphs will be driven into exile avd Buckingham Palace be changed into » British White House. A stand- ing army could well be dispensed with, as it is not orobable that the Boglish gation uaoless active who have just now issued their reform manl- festo. But the probability is that the Odger progressives will fail to persuade Englishmen, In thelr present benighted condition, to abolish the titles for which they display such profound reverence upon every possible occasion, or to divide the estates now unbappily accumulated in the hands of the few among the landless multitude. At the same time the proclamation of principles made by the solf-styied English republicans is one of the striking signs of the day. There is no doubt that the wheels of real reform which have been set in motion in England will continue to move in an onward direction, and there is as little doubt that the dangerous revolutionary elements now seeth- ing in that country will ere loag cause serious trouble to the authorities. it may bo Terrible Colliery Explesiee te Eneland. Another terrible disaster is reported to us through the Atlantic cable emanating in the “black country” of England. At Wigan, tn Lancashire, yesterday morning, some fifty miners were at work on a seam of coal when the roof of one of the snb-divisions gave way and shut them off from all communication with the outer world. Actuated by kind and brotherly feelings « party of miners and others went down later in the day for the pur- pose of either ascertaining the real position of affairs and returning with reliable inform- ation in case they were unable to render any assistance, or staying down and relieving the poor fellows who were not only shut out from the glorious light of day but from all that was hopeful as regarded the preservation of thelr lives. Instead of either rendering any assist- ance or returning with the news to the dis- tracted fathers, mothers and wives who were exhibiting the utmost grief and consternation at the mouth of the pit, up toa late hour last evening they had not returned, and as no signal could be received from them it is supposed that they penetrated too far into the seam in search of the others, who were encased in their living tomb, and had perished. The latest despatch was {o the offect that sixty. nine people had perished, and conseqaently the additional nineteen, added to the first fifty, must have composed the brave exploring party. Itis a singular lesson for the govern- ment of Great Britain. They have for years been talking about their excellent supervising officers in the mining districts, from whom every month they receive volumes of foolscap literally covered with examinations and certificates from mines and officials. But however well the government may mean, it must by this time be convinced that, with all the stringent measures passed by the Legislature for the regulation of light and air in these workshops of death, they are practically useless if an inspector will stand at the mouth of the pit instead of going down to examine for himself, make out a false report, draw his money from the treasury, and set the well-defined rules at deflance. Like our own governments and inspectors of boilers, &c., the British people will only learn the insufficlency of their safeguards after igno- rant officials who are permitted to bold in their hands the lives and property of the populace have been all put aside, Thiers, Baznise and the French Assembly. President Thiers and Marshal Bazaine, the hero of Metz, have had a conference at Ver- sailles, and, according to our despatch, the conversation was almost entirely on the sub- ject of the disaster with which every one now associates the name of the Mexican gene- ral. What a number of singular reflections must have resulted to the two veterans of war and politics! Bazaine could look back to the day when he started from the French capi- tal as Marshal of France, feeling all the im- portance in bimselfof s man who had been led by the excited and thoughtless French people to believe he was a great strategic general, and that despite his failure in Mexico no one really treated it as being his fault. He went, he saw, he failed. The venerable old President of the republic must also have remembered the manner in which he had been reviled and snubbed by the gallant gentlemen of the red cloth and the sword because he had dared to counsel mode- ration to the populace of Paris. Bazaine, after having received an audience of the President, received permission to make a state- ment before the Investigating Committee. Here he made a speech in justification of his conduct during the war, and maintained that the cause of the fall of Metz was not owing to cither lack of men, mental courage or discipline in the forces under his command, but simply for lack of ammunition. The Mar- shal knew perfectly well he was talking agaiost time; for after the action of the nation for months past it Is certain the statement was taken only for the trifle it was worth. Bazaine has certainly seen the plotures reversed, and we hope he will profit by the lessons he has received. In the Assembly a bill was brought in charg- ing the entire nation with the cause of the war and the direful disasters carried out sub- sequently in the fleld and at home by the Com- munleis, and ordering the sum of 160,000,000 france to be raised and distributed among the sufferers throughout the country. A state. ment to the effect that the Duke d’Aumale had been created Governor of Algeria is au- thoritatively denied. Tie Broox.yn Street CoMMIssionAR bas formally notified the Superintendent of the Union Ferry Company that unless the new ferry Louse at Fulton street, Brooklyn, be removed within flve days he will proceed to demolish it. As the stubborn corporation that rans the Brooklyn ferries is not used to submitting to law or threats we may expect to see a lively ‘‘shindy” in the neighborhood of the vew building about next Tucsday. Asx Exreavagaxt Prorte.—During the fiseal year which ended at July 1 we imported of foreign goods seventy-six millions of dollars more than we exported of domestic producte. The year before we had been con- teot with an excess of only forty-three millions, But we paid for onr extravagance like princes. We shipped to foreign countries during the same year a little over seventy-six millions fo specie, and more than settled the accouat will ever again make use of one, | Tee Petitical Mevemouts of the Day—Tho to stop the | September, October aed November Elec- operations of the gentlemen | tleas—The Outlook for 15972. In the California State election yesterday, from the returns so far received at this office, the repablicans have certainly gained and the democrats have lost ground. Indeed, it is intimated that the republicans have even suc- ceeded in carrying the State. In the Territorial election of Wyoming on Tuesday last, like- wise, the republicans made some remarkable gains in a comparison of the results with those of their last preceding election; and ia the municipal election of Wilmington, Del., on the same day, they secured heavy acces- sions to thelr vote of last year. So far, then, the general drift of the elections of Sop- tember is that of the August elections, and is in favor of the party in power and of another term of four years to General Grant's administration. On Monday next tho State contest ja Maine will be dotermined, and, from all the indications before us, the results will show that in the far East, as in the far West and the South, the lines of the national administration party remain unshaken, The probabilities are the same in regard to the October election in Ohio, though fu Pennsyl- vania the battle will evidently be sharply con- tested; for while in Ohio the republicans are united and enthusiastic, and the democrats are somowhat divided and demoralized, in Pennsylvania this state of things is reversed. Of all the autumnal elections of this year, however, those of November in New York and Massachusetts will bs the most sigaificant and important, from thelr pecullar bearings upon the great Presidential contest of next year. The question of equal rights and religious liberty, and the sanguloary riot connected with the Orange procession tn this city of July last, threatened for a time to become the con- trolling agitation in the city and the State and throughout the United States; but it has ap- parently died out, and the new issue raised of the alleged outrageous administration of our city government in its expenditures of the public money now overshadows all other poli- tical questions in New York, from this metro- polis to the remotest corners of the common- wealth. Nor is the agitation of our municipal affaira confined to thiy city or State; but in every State it forms a leading specification in the general indictment against the democratlo party ag unfit to be entrusted with the impor- tant responsibilities of the national govern- ment, But it is still upon this issue in this State that the most disasirous consequences menace the democratic party. The Fenton-Greeley republican faction are apparently resolved, if possible, because of their exclusion from the fleahpots of the Cus- tom House, to cut off General Grant with one Presidential term, Under ordinary circum- stances a Custom House defection auch as this would divide the republican party of the State into two hostile camps, as a similar defection divided the democracy under the administra- tion of Pierce. But the extraordinary charges made of corruptions involving millions of money in the administration of our city affairs have apparently brought the Fenton-Greeley faction to the decision that they will stand by the proceedings of the coming Republican State Convention, Grant or anti-Grant, Murphy or no Murphy, in order to make “a long pull, a strong pull anda pull all together” against Tammany Hall. And suppose by this pull they carry the State Legislature—and they may do it—what then will be the outlook for 1872 to the democratic party of the Union? It will be exceedingly gloomy; for New York is the democratic cenire bomb-proof magazine and base of operations, and so, in losing New York in November, 1871, they lose their last visible chance of victory in the great general engagement of November, 1872, Hence we cannot be far amiss in the pre- diction that our coming November election will be the most exciting, the most bitterly contested and the most important in its results of any purely local election in the history of the State. We say the most important, for, considering the extraordinary charges raised against the democratic chiefs of the city and of the party in the State, if they are defeated in this contest they are defeated for the Presi- dential succession ; while if they hold the State they will secure » strong position fora gen- eral rally of the party throughout the country for the Presidential battle. In a word, this New York contest of November next will be hardly less decisive as to the depending Presi- dential election than was that of October, 1856, in Pennsylvania, upon which rested the Presidential hopes of the demucracy. They saved that election by a slender majority; but it sufficed to save Buchanan. In the same way, if they save New York this year it en- larges their prospects for next year; bat if they lose it they are gone, Next in importance to New York io its new political complications bearing upon the fature comes the good old Puritan State of Massachusetts. Here, under General Bulter, greatly to the relief of the visionary and impracticable Wendell Phillips, the labor reform agitation is coming into the fore- ground. It appears, too, that Butler, to the republican party of Massachusetis, has become the white elephant, and they are puzzled what todo with him. If they nomi- nate him for Governor they fear that in driving off the orthodox men of the party he may defeat it, while if they fuil to nominate him they fear that in running as the inde- pendent labor reform candidate he may carry off the balance of power and throw the whole State into confusion, Jt is a matter of little consequence whether the Massachusetts repub- licans in State Convention upset Butler or Butler upsets them in the election. It is that new labor reform movement that challenges our attention, because of the elements of political power which lie behind it and around it and within its reach. This new party, wielding only a few thousand votes, as a third party, turned the scale in New Hampshire last spring in favor of the democrats, and if it abould even approach a similar result this fall in Massachusetts we may look for a general organization of the party for the impending Presidential campaign, which may materially disturb the calcalations of democratic and republican politicians. This labor reform party—looking at the present inciptent stage of this labor agitation throughout the civilized world, the fearfal International included—may perhaps not be sufficiently organized to wield the balance of political power in this country (in 1872: but. nevertheless, it pay become our most powerful political party {n 1876; and this is doubtless the underlying idea of General Butler's “now departure” in Massa- chusetts, So far, however, while the State and Terrl- torlal elections of 1871 indicate that on the platform of General Grant's adwinistration and with General Grant as their candidate the republicans are rather gaining than losing ground, there is nothing in the side issues, or disturbing cliques and factions of his party, here and there, threatening any serious resist- ance to his nomination or his election for another term. As we anticipated at the out- set, the “new departure” of the Northern democracy has fallen like a wot blanket upon the Southern fire-eater, and, instead of harmonizing the party in any section, has operated to demoralize it more or less in every section. But as there {is no safety in retreating from this new position the only alternative left to the party is to maintain it, and to prove their sincerity in it by adopting, not only the sound advice of Chief Justice Chase on the subject, bnt the Chief Justice himself as the living embodi- ment of the party in reference to the constitu- tion as amended in the matter of equal rights, civil and political, to white men, yellow men, red men, negroes and all, In short, the democracy want a man as their standard bearer on their ‘new departure” whose record will satisfy the country, and Chief Justice Chase is that man. the Enstern Have Another The Imperial Conferences Question—Are We Te Gigantic Wart The cable this moraing reports the second meeting of the Emperor of Germany and the Emperor of Austria as having taken place at Salzburg. What importance ought to he at- tached to this meeting time only can reveal, but that quarter of an hour's con- versation may prove to have very impor- tant bearings upon the relatious of Turkey. Periodically the public mind of Europe, and, indeed, of the whole world, is disturbed by what is known as the Eastern question. It represents one of those chronic diseases of which there are not a few in the body politic of Europe, The Eastern question has long been identified with one of the two sick men of Europe. Practically one of the sick men has been removed. The march of modern progress has almost made an end of the other. The shadows, however, if not the realities, still re- main; and it is by no means impossible that the Pope and the Sultan-may yet both give trouble to Europe. A few days ago we called attention to the Gastein Conference, and foreshadowed some of the troubles to which it might lead. We were not without grounds of alarm when on the same day we learned thut an alli- ance had been formed by Germany and Austria; oo the one hand, and by Russia and France on the other. The imme- diate objects of the Gastein Conference were not so intelligible then as they are now. As thlg Conference is as likely as not to finda place in history, it is well that our readers should know what were its immediate objects. What, then, was it that led to the meeting at Gastein? The story is not long or difficult to tell, Quite recently the Parliament of the Principalities (Roumania) for railroad and other purposes borrowed some ten millions sterling. Suddenly the Parliament, finding it inconvenient to pay, repudiated its obligation. The larger portion of this money was bor- rowed from North Germany. The North Ger- mans, whatever their faults or foibles, cannot be said to be unfaithful to money obligations. Naturally they felt indignant, and naturally Bismarck felt ag they felt. To add to their indignation, it was found that Prince Charles, the Hospodar of the Principalities and s member of the great House of Hohenzollern, had been compelled to sign the act cancelling the debt by the threat that if he did not every German resident in the Principalities would be mas- sacred. Bismarck, not anxious to precipitate a war which might assome dimensions broad and wide as Europe, appealed to the Sultan, who is the Suzerain of the Princi- palities, The government of the Sultan re- plied that by the Paris Treaty of 1856, whilo its superiority was recognized and secured, it was positively debarred from interfering in the internal affairs of the Danubian provinces, As it was impossible to submit to insult, and as it waa inconvenient Immediately to rash to war, redress for Germany had to be sought through some other means than ‘‘diplomatio remonstrances.” An entente cordiale with Austria was the one arrangement in the prem- ises which seemed likely to bring the Rou- manian government to its senses, With Austria neutral and jealous Germany could not afford to rush into a conflict which would most certainly bring Russia into the fleld, and which would give France an opportunity to repudiate, and to seek by an alliance with Russia, to win back what she had lost when fighting single baoded, It was known that Austria was in trouble; that her German prov- inces were feeling their isolation from Father- land; that Bohemia was clamoring for au- tonomy; that Russia was encouraging the spirit of disintegration, and that, judging from the kindly words of Baron Beust, Austria would not despise an alliance with Germany. The Gastein meeting bas secured that al- liance. The meeting which is now taking place at Salzburg will perfect the arrange- ments already made, and probably reveal the plan, Within the lyst few days we have learned that Ronmania has promised to pay, and that Italy, which ts in sympathy with the Austro-German alllance, is to arbitrate on the different claims, and yesterday we learned, by a cable despatch, that President Thiers had had a little scene with the Italian Minister for the part which bis government took to the Gastein affair. Such is the history and such is the result, so far as at present we know it. At this point speculation is justifiable. The presumption is that Germany and Austria are, or are about to be, united in an alliance, offensive and defensive, and that this alliance contemplates the occupation of the entire valley of the Danube on to the Black Sea. Austria and Germany can bring into the fleld, at am hour's notice, not fewer than a million and a half of men, well supplied with all the appliances of modern war. The presumption is that Russia is indignant, for this alliance makes an end of all her plans to break up plecemeal the Austrian empire A Rople, We know that France ts angry mataly, on account of the attitude assumed by Italy.’ The great question now is, will Russia submit? Will she allow this alliance to take shape and so shut her out from the cherished hopes of centuries? Will she not, counting upon the assistauce of France, suddenly make a dash, and then test hor strength in trying to: keep what she has won? Great Britain, we may rest assured, will stand aloof unless Egypt be in danger. No such alarming com- bination has taken place since the days of the First Napoleon, It would not be difficalt ta show that the chances are great on both sides, Germany and Austria have most cer- tainly the vantage ground. But Russia has, much to lose by delay, and France might wim by prompt and immediate action. Are we or. are we not on the eve of a great European’ conflict? If we can say no more, we can at least say this—another portentous war cloud has appeared in the East. - The Malpractice Murdere—Judge BedforWs Charge. In the dark catalogue of sins aga'nst nature there are none which exert so terrifying an influence over the mind as those which write a murder epitaph over the unborn babe. If there is one sacred love which humanity cherishes as defying the storms of fate and the stain of crime, which outlives the poison of cynicism and nestles in the heart when alt else of affection is blasted and dead, it is the love of the child fur its mother, the love of the mother for its child, So fixed in the roots of our nature has it been deemed that maternal affection, of the few passions of mankind, haa been named “‘instinctive.” To what chilling influence, then, must we turn to ask why this holy fount is frozen at its source? Tave wa not churches enough? Are the ministers of Him asleep? Cannot they watch a little while? Is the schoolmaster a demon in dis- guise? Wearied at the fruitlossness of tha questions, we turn to the law and its guardians, and from them to the mass of the people themselves, for a solution. ; Asin has grown up in our midst whose hu- man sacrifices wipe out the horror of the myth of the monster Minotaur and the virgins he de- voured, which reduces the slaughter by Herod to the rank of a criminal expediency—whioh has built the bloody altar of a flercer Moloch in the heart of what we call olvilization, The crime which brought the monster Rosenzweiz from the reeking recesses where his beastly slaughter-work was carried on bas opened up a record of kindred enormities which curdle the blood at their bare recital. Already, within the space of fortaight, three additional abortion murders have come to light—one which happened months ago at the house of Rosenzweig, Mary Carrol ; a second in Brooklyn a few days ago, that of Augusta Post, and the case of Mary Russell, the story: of whose death came to light but two days ago. When the evil stares us in the face, with its deathly eyes there is need of more effective measures than appeals toa weakened) sentiment. True, the real cure of the disease must come through s moral revulsion among! the community; but in the meantime the scalpel of the law must cut the social cancer out as best it may—and what is more, if needs be we must puta keener cutting edge upom that surgical instrament. ‘ There are cheering evidences on every hand! that those in power will unite to drive this “black plague” from among us, The voico of, the press is distinct and emphatic on the matter, and the Heratp’s call to the police’ that something more than bungling was ex— pected of them has already had good resuits.. On this head we congratulate them on the’ success with which Sergeant Brooks did » real piece of detective work in the house of the abortionist, Mrs. Burns. It should have been done before in otherinstances. The rusa of personating the “‘practitioner” for one night brought stx cases of intended malpractice light. The pursuit of these wretches to their lairs will doubtless bring to shame many a sister and daughter who, like unfortuna’ Alice Bowisby, was thought by all who knew her but one to be a ‘good, modest cirl, that’ would not do anything wrong.” This is pain-, ful in the extreme to contemplate; but it is am absolute necessity arising out of the danger: From the Bench, too, comes the assurance: that where conviction Is attainable the highest penalty of the law will be meted out to the offenders, The charge delivered yesterday by our brave City Judge, Gunning S. Bedford, to the Grand Jury, is full of point on the atrocity. He agrees with the utterances of the Hzrap and every thinking man in the community when he says ‘‘the deed itself strikes, as it” were, at the very heartstrings of society.’", “We have been living,” he says, “‘in an atmos- phere of abortion.” Good words, Judge; an it wants something of a social storm to clear the air, Ho affirms that ‘‘the majesty of thet law” will be vindicated. But almost in the - same breath comes the acknowledgment that’ in this regard itis a shrunken majesty indeed; « in other words, he admits that the law on suck crimes is not adequate in its provision for pun- ishment. His entire remarks on this point are worth quoting :— And now, genticmen, in conclusion, let me ex. reas the earnest hope (shared in, as I fee! confident K will uu and all other right-mtaded citizens) that tno” pagialaiute at ite next will ‘AN: he ait end the statute book that ‘Any person who s adminiater to aay woman with child, or prescribe take any medicine, drug, sabstance or thing what- ever, ‘oF alsa use ‘or employ ee ies or other means whatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of any such Woman, unless the same to preserve her life, shail, jeanne death: of such child of of such womat f juced, be aeomes. Seley known 1 be declare! to be and punishable a4 suck ‘aa now, but manslaughter tim punishable by imprisoument.not exceeding seven years. When that law was put upon the statutes there was no dread in the public mind that ite penalty would be dealt upon other than excap- tional cases, It looked to preventing odd, consclenceless members of the faculty of medicine from attempting to ‘‘relleve” preg~*, nant women by other than natural means, except, as stated, actually to save life, It did! not contemplate the possible existence of a tribe of wretches whose profession was murder. ty evidently evaded tho point of the murder of the waborn, aud, taking away from the execa- tioner the “intent” to kill his or her patient, made it wild manslaughter, as a waraing to , him not to allow such accidents as the death of the moter to recur, In view of this state of the law it has evi. dently been looked on as a tolerably sale and to oush ber way south toward Constanti- ¢ bnsinens. apd the suggestion of Judgn Bedfore,