The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-21

adjudged to he murder without any palliar
tion or recommendation to mercy. John l.,
Hoare, native of Ireland, but an adopted citi-
zen OF America, in previous good repute with
his feliow-men, Industrious and well to do,
being the proprietor Of some four or five
liquor stores in this city, is charged with the
murder of woman named Susan McAnnannv.
with whom he had been living in illicit inter-
course. 1t appeared that these paramours had
recently INDUCED in habits of excessive drink.
ing-the balm for the perturbed conscience:
the woman followed, haunted, annoyed, threat
ened the unhappy victim Of her wiles,-he be-,
came jealous. as it was quite apparent that she
was no niggard Of her charms and dispensed
her favors to more than few. Her ostensible
protector and supporter, thus inflated with
the green-eyed monster" and goaded on by
her annoyance quarrelled with her in the back
part of one Of his stores. where he stabbed
fatally stabbed, the unfortunate woman in the
neck, and she died shortly after. 1t did not ap-
pear that the prisoner premeditated the deed
1t did not appear that he was armed but it
was suggested, though not actually proven,
that the woman herself came armed with the
weapon-a dirk-pistol, with blade some five
inches iong-that an attack was made by her.
and the rencontre resulted in the fatal wound
being inflicted on her by her exasperated para
mour.
The jury found him guilty Of murder;--he
may perhaps, be hanged,-he must, at all
events, be sentenced for execution. Yet what
is the difference between the two crimes-the
| homicide of man who expostulates with you,
aggravates you because be supposes you have
robbed him of his wife, and the homicide Of
an Incorporate, upbraiding woman whom you
! "loved not wisely, but too wells" We have no
conscientious scruples against the punishment
ofdeath believing as we do, in the divine edict-
"Who sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his
blood be shed;' but we must say that the tribu-
nails which send one of these men to prison for
brief term, and consign the other to an igno-
minious DEATH countenance an unequal judg.
ment and legal murder.
| PUFFING MADE UNEAsY-After every election
we are generally inundated with requests and
prayers from the friends of the successful can
| by themselves, desiring putting notices of the
new men brought into action, and promising,
| without any conscience, that they will become
some of the greatest men of the coming age.
We are tired of this business. We have seen
too much during the last thirty years. Of the ras-
caity of politicians These fellows, of all parties
wings, democrats, soft shells hard shells, barn.
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nationalist, all-without exception-are guided
by the same system of morality and selfishness.
and they never hesitate at any moment to use
any editor or any newspaper for the purpose Of
praising themselves, when they will probably
| at the next moment 60 round the corner and
| abuse the very editor and paper that eulogized
them. Twenty years ago-in 1892 when wei
were stationed at Washington as editorial
correspondent of the Courier and Enquirer, vel
aided and assisted, in that connection, in the
! advancement of Marcy-now in the State
Office at Washington the position
| of Senator which he then occupied j
to that of Governor of New York. We took
| great pains to puff him. to praise him, to work
| for him, and to bring him forward as candi- !
to the Van Buren, influence Of that day. Att
the very same moment while we were endea-|
voring to aid and assist in the advancement of
| Marcy, he was ridiculing and traducing us to|
those who were opposed to the course which,
we were pursuing in his favor, and to save|
| himself from some of their reproaches. Wei
never forgot or torgave Marcy for this mean
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to him yet, which we mean to pay before he
leaves the Office of Secretary of State at Wash !
ington.
We have had experience of the rascality and
unprincipled nature of politicians, of all sorts
and sizes. They will use editors and newspa-
pers and agents and supporters, and abuse
them at the very same moment. We are not
going to be humbugged any longer in this way
Few are the politicians Of any party whom we
mean to praise or puff hereafter. We think it is
much more popular, and far more just, to criti1
else severely every public man of the day
from the President down to o tile waiter; and
we think we shall do it hereafter, without any
shrinking or hesitancy. Let the would-be
great men, therefore, ask no puffs from us.
THE Posi- OFFICE OF New YoRK-VIoIATloN
OF TIE Posi- OFFICE LAws.--We call the atten
tion of the Postmaster General at Washington
to fact OF some Importance in connection with
the management of the Post Office in this city
A very useful and necessary Post Office law
enacted by Congress two or three years ago, il
now violated weekly by the present Postmatel
General Of this city. The violation to which
we refer relates to the advertising of the letters
as prescribed by the law in question, in ond
daily Journal within the jurisdiction of eacl
Post Office Of certain description, Throughout
the country.