The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-03 00:00:00

PRESIDENT GRANT.

In his speech at the celebration of the ratification of
the Fifteenth Amendment in Baltimore, Postmaster-
General Creswell said :—" It was not permitted that
Lincoln should survive to see this glorious consummation;
but the great Captain in whom he trusted implicitly; and
to whom, in his last speech, he attributed all the honour
of leadership in the stupendous military operations which
closed the war, now by authority of the people occupies
the Presidential chair. In his inaugural address he ex-
pressed a desire for the ratification of the Fifteenth
Amendment ; and he has ever since shewn his sincerity
by his unceasing labours to accomplish that result. His
anxiety may be gathered from the language of his recent
proclamation, where he declares the ratification to be
`the most important event that has occurred since the
nation had come into life.' To him more than to any
other living man is its final success attributable. The
leading part which he has taken in dedicating the coloured
race to freedom and to the service of our common
country, has crowned his career with the most admirable
triumph of his life, and has fully established the truth of
that saying, once applied to Cromwell, but which Crom-
well lived to verify only in part :

Peace bath her victories
No less renown'd than war.' "

A HUSBAND'S RETRIBUTION.

In the Hudson County Court of Sessions, at Jersey
City, the trial of Charles Schultz for cutting his wife's
throat, with intent to kill her, was brought to a clos e.
Schultz, who possessed a large amount of property, went
to California to avoid the persecution of his wife, and
when he returned the wife had all the property in her
own name, and threw him out of doors. He went to
work as a barber till his sight failed him, as he was 65
years old, yet the family merely allowed him "the
crumbs that fell from the table." His wife and children
were placed in the witness stand at the trial, and all
manifested the" most intense animosity against the old
man, except one son. His daughter declared she
would not call him father. The overseer of the
Poor testified that Schultz applied to him for relief, but
he declined to grant it, as Schultz had over 40,000 dols.
worth of property. The old man's reason was at length
giving way, and in a moment of desperation he cut his
wife's throat with a razor. Judge Randolph, in his charge
to the jury, delivered a withering rebuke to the unnatural
wife and children, and declared that the evidence for the
defence revealed a terrible state of things. It revealed a
feeling towards a father which, if directed towards him
(the Judge) by his children, would certainly crush his
heart. At the close of the Judge's remarks, as well as
the address of counsel for the defence, many persons shed
tears. When Mr. Rowe, prisoner's counsel, concluded,
an outburst of applause followed. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty on the count charging the prisoner with
assault. Great sympathy is manifested for the prisoner,
who stated that even if he were discharged he had no home
to go to, and he was too old and feeble to work.

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF JUSTIOE IN
BROOKLYN.

The punishment of highwaymen, burglars and garotters
means the security of peaceful and respectable citizens.
The public, therefore, know how to appreciate the hone sty
and firmness of judges who give this class of rascals their
due. We have an energetic City Judge—now on the
briny wave—who does not - spare crime when it comes
before him in a convicted form. He has set a good
example in dealing with criminals who are alike the
danger and the terror of society—fellows who would cut
your throat for a dollar, or break into your house for a
silver spoon. We are glad to see that Judge Troy, of
Brooklyn, has followed the example of Judge
Bedford in inflicting summary punishment upon
two ruffians who attacked, garotted, and robbed a
New York lawyer within a short distance of his own
home in Brooklyn. The Judge sent both of them to the
State Prison for terms of fifteen and ten years, where
they can meditate upon the atrocity of robbing a lawyer,
or any other man. Such exercise of the judicial authority
is just what we want to break up these organised gangs
who infest the community. These fellows rely as much
upon the leniency of the courts as they do upon their own
skill to commit crime successfully, and to escape its
penalty by avoiding arrest and prosecution. They should
be taught that justice is swift and sure, and that the
bench is not to be polluted by the filthy stream which
floats upon the surface of all our political institutions.
Therefore Judge Troy did well in putting these enemies
of society out of harm's way for some years to come.—
New York. Herald.