New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-25
Capital Punishment.

80. esrs from ls36 till 1896 there four con-
victions murder under the capital s, %
the present law compare the relative popusnon o @
several years during the two periods VIII De oanu soS
- on excess of murders committed during the iomef pe'ioS
over the latter other words there was greater per
convictions for murder when the penalty was hanging Aan "a
II uas solitary confne at hard labor Tor NE - .,h
There an interesting fact connected with this suoeeI va"
we will state The persons spoken OF ABOVE, 49, -,
FENCES were commuted TO imprisonment Tor me- nave -
erts;ned 10 have been innocent OF the crime OF when ~
were convicted and both have been pardoned anu .
earn iSo for livelihood one of them was WINE ana
the other coored men, Had the penalty OF banging ssn5
cases been enforced two innocent men woui" ha' ''
death - 49,. .. -oLo .r,ics,a pun hmsnt
men than all the reasoning that can DC 49, one innocent
that ninety and guilty men escape th.n nal o syom
nan should suffer- is the legal MAXIM anu II ss 10 he
vii be long before Michigan should have recOu''
% s5e 70 this subject not only because s ,ss
Lrov the results Of important change a. a 10 oter
h heen the first 10 adopt but for the reason to ssd
state ms peen W. orc in nrooress to test law which e1
for by very considerable portion oil tne ve st east
erience far as it goes and az pulling down
mere In other states where the death pensy ss
retained murder has increased TO an errors .hsn SOLITARY
can judge by resulb, Ne giOoe' 10" ....
confinement os ,bst crest change nae t@s TX neion
ltcsnno be dsgufeu and not only upon tnS 9i,
public ha ad subject OF punhnen seDeas 20 rssa
. the space of years tos ,t Of te duty Of State
the criminal mas pee. ever been still further degrsae S a
Ser Than seek elevate sso S onp these we msy pro
l.,A Vufe1-Nt
tons OF Jew erseyerng Mise Dx-have done IuI
neniy mention S cpTren Of public opinion Not c .ons
much 70 change are furnished but most OF inc os1e
and moral ,oyided with libraries and all prop.t odd
IN this nd the unfortunate criminal OUT ,bs,e vet
are ueu VI ser man He Is taught 10 oehe,.
pe tsf he lot utterly lost lac erpr better order
hopeIo Il fell In the prisons, octn ~ 5,cb naturally
in discipline v and In that cheeruness "n 5ye ,aL
smoDg ne d;s,sion Of religious and moral s eanno,
flows from e 90 The thousands Of DISCHARGED r p,sss
utary consequence lDeuo' f'''1
be estimated. - a-t;ss
xr-The State nominations o. oS.r hps BEEN
he presented Gen n n the Nash.
are aDou. 70 b Wing candidate for Co1gres' decaieto
nGmi mir.,ic q Gen H. is an editor anu was
W. Wbr National Convention c,,, VIM. Cook. Of
une "N7 ,,.u,,xG-We learn from Cap- U1-oin. and
sHoIh ,,, that schooners H. T. OOo uasdy for sperm
m Cook the former OF "hi ,is sst news having
StyCne,u Iet Proyncetown on rrd "a heen seen near
whae ,o,eral humpback whales naa II Cook hay
come Ine TLcy returned next day u "re making thirty
kact o'' ron barrel whale the QUIZ and the Sey-
ng taken to,b lrt again on Monday lo, With humpback
barreh org into ProyncetJ",oo make upward Of 80
cIeIe ,ow ON each side exPecRHn Adv Thursday
barrels ,.nr ~ WEST HESRiErr ,au including
Mandatory and o'eI Inssnh Williams wers
sve fas ,ace and Store OF % avvJnes3ay morning. 2sm
also the foa..,rcyed by fire on onertv both in buildings
entirely I,ine heavy loss o. work The entire 'e
machinery az $4,000 Insured SOW Of WlEa
is esmaIsu Parks, the supposed murderer sss
II 1a nr Cnyahogs Falls OHIO, mas u YEA suspectds
Beston Ms parks and her brother WIN pssn srrsmd
t Bgn1 Concerned in the murder nave ''' WV -