The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-16
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEw YoRK, TUESDAY Night
December IA, 1888


The last compromise Of which we have any record
Is the compromise Of the New York jury in the Can.
eemi with their consciences by finding the prisoner
guilty Of manslaughter when, II he was guilty Of any
crime ii perfectly clear that II was that OF wuy
and deliberately shooting policeman la the discharge OF
his duty The facts, already four times proven in the
course of this cebre show that Cancem broke into
shop robbed the till Of its contents and when retreat
ing from the of his burglary was discovered by
Officer Anderson. When discovered he ran away, but
finding himself yery closely pursued he turned aud shot
the policeman who day two after died Of his wound
If Cancem fired the pistol which shot the policeman I'M
der the foregoing circumstances, he was clearly guilty Of
murder, and ought to be hung II the jury were not
convinced beyond reasonable doubt that he fired the
fatal shot he ought to have been acquitted They thought
differently and brought in verdict OF ansaughter after
two days delibeton Legally they might we'll have
brought in verdict of guilty OF arson forgery, or bga
nv Tho case reminds me of an old story told of an
Irish jury in the times when the penal code Of Great
Britain and Ireland made horse stealing capital offence
and stealing crime OF less magnitude prisoner
was tried for the former offence and the evidence for the
prosecution clearly established his guilt The jury, how
ever did not choose to render verdict which would ne
cessay sacrifice the life OF the accused but they would
not acqut and they therefore hit ona compromise II
they found him guilty of stealing COW The dstnc-
ton between horse and a is not greater than be-
the crime Of mansaughter and that OF which Can
cent guilty, il he guilty at all shall not al
lude TO the runors which are in circulation as to the
considerations which operated on the minds OF the
benevolent jurors but it is probable that nice little crop
of libel suits will grow out OF them
Capt Cavendy, OF the steamer Hermann, which was 10
have arrived at San Juan del Sur at the same time that
the Washington arrived at Greytown, but dd Rvf 80 ar
rive has published manifesto, in which he gives his
quitting his ship and coming on to this city
He SAYS that he left this city with only three hundred
dollars in money for ships that the letters OF credit
which he received from his owners on house In RIO
| were not acknowledged that he had to borrow money
on a bottomry bond to enable him to buy provisions,
&c. to take him to Valparaiso, where he had other let
tiers of credit that when he got there he found that the
last named letters better than the first ana that
he was compelled to borrow money to provide for
his 500 passengers and take them to San Francisco
that on reaching Panama he heard that the Washington
WAS not coming at all; that his wife was about being
turned into the street aud her furniture sold for note
which parties in New York connected with the enter
prise solemnB promised to protect and that he con-
cluded send the ship to San Francisco IN charge
| of the mate, and return himself to New York IL
is true that his report is but an e1 parte statement
Probably shall have the other side OF the story to-
morrow But If Captain Cavendy story be true one,
there was certainly abundant excuse for the course that
he pursued The Office of the Joe White Company pre-
sents very animated and agitacd appearance Crowds
of the Washingons passengers, both for the trip she dd
make and for that she to have made according to
yertisemeDt the 9th Instant to be seen there at
all hours of the day and the clerks seem to nave any
| thing but "a sineoure.
The city has been all day enveoped in dense fog OF
| the kind SO familiar to Cockneydom. In many OF the
stores the rivers gas lighted during the greater
part OF the Navigation On ilfoih N'o "'ioS'
totally suspended and the boats the ferries ran
rregulary and very slowly ringing fog-bels all the
| time | did not hear of any accident having taken
! place p.
Monday 10 hear counsel for Hon Gouyerneur kemble
against the yalidyof John b. Huskns election as the
representative in the next Congress of the 9th district
| / believe that Hon. Amasa j. Parker and Hon .ohr
Van Buren, will appear for Mr. Kemble The evidence
that gross frauds committed by the inspectors
election in several election precincts is conclusive Blu
there is question whether the State can g
behind the returns Of the county oanyassers.
Money was n tritie active to-day. Stocks wer
higher and irner at the first board this morning. owing
it is believed 10 the bears being obliged to buy largely
to meet their engagements At the second board still
higher prices realized and the market lett OH steady
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