New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-11

ofthe JURORS, b. DEMANDING a1'''ii'~'' "NN "
tore which seems 10 defy refusai-hhe, impflsoh-
ment, suspension, disgrace. Inc Jufg aAo" 'ne1'-
,.ve 10 be led by the nose They do not render con-
s;.nt,ops verdic,s Their private opinion, If they
dared EXPRESS it, IS the other way But az the De-
49,. rred,cts reaction will follow this state Of ten
sion the Government; Is abusing its power, and re-
bound must soon succeed
The Arsnement VIII Lot be discontinued As me
r,b editor enters the Conciergere the frs, leaves
=, N Erden was SET At liberty some days ago.
The recent tragedy a, Lyons has furnished this
;o,,yrsl with another and powerful argument IN
favor Of the abolition Of capital punishment You
will remember that some days since man named
Ioba,d vhile a, the theatre at Lyons, witnessing
Tho concentration Of AGrisRe LecourreT, rose from
his seat. drew poignard and plunged II into the
~, ~ = voung and beautiful woman. who was
,,esent with her husband and party OF friends. l.
has since been proved that this Jooard tired Of life
and ANXIOUS to nut an end an existence that was
a buythen to MIN. chose this method of accomplish
ing his design He had al FIRST contemplated suicide,
hut recoiled from the commission OF an act which
precIuded the possibility of repentance. TO take
ones own life is a sin, and sin for which no atone
ment can be made committed as II Is at the very IN
slant Of giving up the ghost But when you shed
anothers blood the State before, IN Its turn, she'd
ding yours gives not only time bat opportunity and
announcement 70 repentance. Jobard determined,
then TO break the sixth commandment and straight
wav to receive absoluton, and die IN the bosom OF
the church. Several hours before ne entered the
theater he had lifted his weapon 10 strike, but his
courage failed him and he deslsted. Two mon
strous though logical differences, are to be drawn
from this catastrophe Had not Jobard been devo-
ted and bgoted Catholic, he would have committed
suicide rather than murder and had II not been for
the pain Of death, his victim would be AZ this mo-
ment alive and well, instead OF filling premature
grave at Avignon. Such is the Arenements reason.
ing and certainly for this particular case, 1t con-
conclusive and unanswerable There can be no
doubt that Jobard shed mans blood that, by the ter
tahonis, by man might his blood be shed. But an
isolated instance Ike this cannot be made the OASIS
of any general principle. Events OF this KIND are
too rare 10 affect IN any way the penal code. Inc
most that can be said Of the Lyons tragedy IS mat
the pain Of death ought TO be abolished III TINS par
tcuar case The State should withhold boon
sought by such a tortuous path. 1t ~ould be bur
leSquDg Justice to visit upon tins wreiched maleiac-
tor a retribution meant as vengeance, but which
viii be to him a welcome and most desirable con-
summation. The hulks for life, and the prospect Of
hard labor for a goodly number Of years would be
most desoalmg crime. can but hope that on this
OCCASION at least, the gullone VIII be cheated OF
MS victim.
On Saturday last a comedleita In verse entitled
Under the Vine. Leaves" was performed for the
first tine at the Odeon. II had previously undergone
rather curious treatment at the hands Of the Cen
seur. The following passage was struck out, and Is
forbidden TO be spoken al the representation
1
Which renders a State tranq ui and a people strong.
To the day marked with white when civic virtue
When the Chief Of the State, the Savior Of Liberty,
Deserved wen Of his deary-loyed country,
In returning his bTOws bound with OAK leaves
To prune his blooming vineyard, and cultivate his
field
NJ Leon Faucher doe. not think that the Chief Of
the State deserves TO be complmened for returning
to the plow when his work is done and rs WI" Is
W. On the contrary, he considers II the bounden
duty Of every Chief and President to have their con-
stitution revised and their powers prorogued. The
commission made anSineY trivial alteration. The
author of the play, NJ. Lorin, spoke severa! Zines
rather disparagingly of Augustus Cesar, giving him
his title of Emperor. This word emperor, the Cen
changed 10 dietateU, which neither INJURIES the
rhyme nor the II Is DESTROYS that the people
should not acquire prejudlces against emperors IN
general, we may have one ourselves enc of these
fine mornings At least so 1t would seem from the fact
that the commission ioists upon the dictator all the
short cOmIngs OF the emperor. The comedy would
have been better left alone for the circumstances Of
its treatment by the Censeur have been spread
through the country by the Prssse the Ndtlonoi the
Steele, the AvtnemtRt, the RpujqHe, and the PAS,
while but few would have heard the incriminated
lines had they been pronounced before the sparse
audience. that attend the gloomy heater Of the Left
Bank.
At the session OF the Academy OF Sciences, yes
terday, NJ. Arago announced that hereafter the
Havre clocks will be regulated by the Paris 0bserya
tory, by means of electric telegraph This VIII be
great advantage TO navigators starting from Iavre
whose chronometers have hitherto suffered from the
want Of such All arrangement.
The Academy has lately been overwhelmed with
communications upon the disease under which The
vines aTo suffering This has become quite serious
IS that OF the potato. Most Of these communica-
tons describe IN detail the circumstances and pc
culiarities Of this scourge few only attempt to
account for IT, VI. Robineau- Desyoidy seems to
have discovered the secret lie opposes the theory
Of the microscopic fungus, and declares that the
cause Of the maady mite acdrus furnished with
aprobSsclS, by means of which he extracts the sap
destined for the hourishment and growth OF the
plant. With powerful magnifer, It's eight feet ITS
Read II the form OF a beak, It's shield and abdomen
are easily clsimguishable. One reason why It has
never been discovered before may be that it has al
ways been sought for upon the affected leaves, and
upon the blackened and decaying grapes. These
parts, afording no more nourishment to The insect,
It leaves them for more succuent localities Il Is %
he looked for upon fresh leaves and at the points OF
Their insertion INTO The stalk In thus discovering
the probable cause of the destruction Of the Crane
vine, NJ. Robineau explains away the mystery OF
the diseased potato. lie has discovered mites and
0earus upon the potato as well as upon the vine lie
has followed them throughout an entire season, and
Attributes 10 them TO that OF the ylne the aStonish
ing devastation which for the last ve wears has ac
companiod the growth and maturity OF The potato.
The remedy Is NOW a be ID scnrnrea IL .....-,.-