The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-02 00:00:00

FEMALE INGRATITUDE.

We have already announced the overwhelming defeat
of the suffrage women in Vermont, but here is a little
incident of the campaign to which we fear the attention
of the sisterhood has not been carefully enough invited'
Just for the fun of the thing, a special canvass of the
woman population was made in one district (that of
Royalton), and the following was the result :
Number of women in the district
Wanted the suffrage
Didn't want it
Didn't care
Not at home
The fact that only one woman out of 82 was not at borne
indicates, we believe, that the Royalton district is one °
the best and most virtuous in the State. The Royalton
women must be accepted as representatives of the noblest
and wisest of their sex. If they don't want suffrage, w„,.11,„Y
can't our fair friends here let their sisters alone ?--ar"'
York Tribune.

THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN VIRGINIA'
We.do not suppose that such a contrast was ever e);"
hibited between two rival parties in this country as vi°
shewn in the contest for power last year between the
Conservatives and Radicals. In numbers they were n')
far apart. In sentiment, in character and intelligence
they were as distant as to the antipodes. On the one
hand, the great mass of the white population of VirginiilL
comprising an accession of moderate Republicans,On
their coloured allies ; on the other, a set mainly
The
luded negroes, led on by designing adventurers.
result was a triumphant victory for the Conservatives',
the election of a Governor acceptable to the people c'
Virginia and the Administration, the admission of the
State, and a rapid advance in the value of her bonds'
Not satisfied with letting well enough alone'
and endeavouring to harmonise the conflicting elements
as much as possible upon measures of State policy, irre-
spective of parties, some of our journals have made a per-
sistent attempt to force the issue of Federal politics on ir
at an unreasonable time, and to revive the old Democratic
Party. The result has been that it has played into the
hands of the Radical Party most effectively. It 1135
driven off the moderate members of that party from the
Conservatives, healed its dissensions, and made it a Nl*.
different organisation from what it was last year. e
hope that the Conservatives, in the election soon to tale
place, will repair these evils as much as possible, by Wt
enlightened policy of conciliation and kindness. The -wor,i
injury that we could inflict upon the coloured race wow'
be to give them power, which they are incapable of using;
and which would soon pass from their grasp. But th
course of the late Senator Bland shews that some of then.may be intrusted with office without injury or loss of dig
nity to the Commonwealth.—. Richmond Whig.

THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE
LEVEES.

We see the question of reclaiming the fertile flats of the
lower valley of the Mississippi is attracting the attention
of Congress. It seems that the State of Louisiana, acting
on the recommendation of the Louisville Commercial Colt"
vention, has chartered a joint-stock company, charge'_
with the duty of reconstructing the embankments of the
river, in order to secure this prolific region from overfloWi
The law incorporating this company gives it an wall,
revenue for twenty-one years, derived from taxation c't,
the protected lands and their productions, which is to 1"6
collected like State taxes and placed in the treasury
the credit of the company. The main idea in the la v/
is to bring to bear on this matter of the lever'
of Louisiana the energy, thrift, and economy of prisr
enterprie. ,In its connection with the cotton supplY
work of protecting the rich savannahs of the lower ,„
sissippi becomes a matter of absorbing interest. Whe:
we consider the immense effort which England has made'
especially during the last ten years, to grow cotto',
throughout the world, we may well regard with favourei,
enterprises to preserve that monopoly in the plant whl
our Transatlantic friends are trying so hard to wrest fro
ll
us. It is computed that an efficient system of levee'
would reclaim and protect from inundation in the State If
f
Louisiana about twelve million acres of land, one-113 r
of which is suitable for sugar growing and the othet
half adopted to cotton. All the developned
that this fertile territory needs is to be gunr"ed
rom the floods of the river. With such protection assure ,
this region is capable of producing one million five hull
dred thousand hogsheads of sugar, and three million ba4u,
of cotton. Protect this country from overflow and tn
labour question will settle itself. In a few years it
become the most densely populated portion of Amery
We hope Congress will lend a helping hand in twt
matter. For now over eight years this magnifieole
empire—for it is one in its resources—has been at the
mercy of the Mississippi floods, and all who cultiva„,
there have have had to do so at their peril. It is not only
the duty of Congress, but it is the interest of
et:
Government and of the people at large, that ever'
aid should be extended to accomplish the great work."'
New York Herald.

ACQUITTALS ON THE GROUND OF
INSANITY.
The citizens of New York are petitioning Govern°.
Hoffman, to place M'Farland under the restraints of nn
Insane Hospital, on account of the evidence of his in
sanity given in defence at his trial. They seem to nrg6e,
that when a man charged with murder pleads unsound'
ness of mind, to free him from accountability to the in/it
for the killing of his victim, that he should bo taken
his word, and be placed in such custody as will protect
others against the repetition of such insane acts. This:l
logical enough ; but why not provide by law for such
cases? ? Here, iu Pennsylvania, we have made s°3lB
wholesome progress in this direction. The insanity Plea
was rather overdone here as well as in New Vtriii
but, at the instance of the Medical Faculty, "vje
Superintendents of our Insane Hospitals, and s°w
other citizens who had studied the subject, our Leo ps.
ture, in 1869, reformed the law applicable to such nos".
The act then passed provides that whenever any persothel
acquitted of homicide or attempted homicide, on
ground of insanity, the jury shall declare that fact in t"or
verdict, and the Court shall order the prisoner to be °fa
mitted to and detained in some place of confinement ,11
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treatment and safe keeping, from which he or she s'l;
not be discharged for at least three months, and not aid
unless in the unanimous opinion of the superintendent,nie
managers of the hospital, and the Court which trio' At
case, the prisoner has recovered and may be safely setae
large. In cases of acquittal on charges for inferior got.
of crime, the prisoners are to be confined, under tre,ls,
went, for at least three months, and not then to be ",
charged unless entirely recovered.—Philadelphia Ledge'

4.. of
There are complaints of drought from all pa-
being
the country. .In several counties the hay crop is
burnt up.
A child, ten weeks old, has been poisoned
.f.'ite
Brampton, near Chesterfield, by an over-dose of pareg°'
incautiously administered to it by its mother.
A man who had been fined several times
succession for getting drunk, coolly proposed te
tha
magistrate that he should take him by the year
reduced rate. h
THE REVENUE.—From April Ist to May 28t1
national revenue amounted to £9,270,428, or more tL
£2,000,000 short of the sum received in the o"' correspoo r
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period of last year. The expenditure was £10,087,8' to
£1,000,000, short of the issues from the Exchequer tsveAr
months ago. The interest on the National Debt alre the
amounts to more than £6,000,000, The balance ill
Bank of England on Saturday last was £6,999,878. ood
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