The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-08
8naafh ~ JAnuary.

n sne1vsrssry al Jaekson'sa great military
snAaessuasaf y hst bssoning one Of the 'fnstltu.
sIsps. Of ibis coaassy. n 4 tAting an honorable
paAss snsug ttoa great national festivals the I'd
q February, ths sth u July and the 10Th Of oeso'
bse. Il dssseses 10 b thus oommsmoratsd. IL
asaoassrAAs1 ~ unisAfy capacity of Americans
t. dstend sAs ubarsIss and Independents which
H. Rsvolus5sa hAA sehtsSsd II showed the vaiae
ess veil ossAnizs4 militia, under askilfnl and In
ssseid sAisf ThsbassissfEew oriesss was In some
ssspaets q tks most rearkabs In the annals Of
~. Ths A0srieAn lorce was chisag militia; thu
1yseaaA ssDsstne n ssmbsrs and entirely regulars
~ AmAsicAa works were net tremendous re-
Asssss NE thess Of sssAstopol and Delhi They
were Temporary fortideationa, cast mp for the oe-
eAs1ss, ss<A - nsitiah soldiers could generally
aDss With -, skip and janp carryisg oil before
them In slssIe ncvs than IA hour sftsr the COZ
nSst osnmssc~d, two thoussnd british lay pros
tssss On TIE tsld, while only seven Americans
vses killsd Esd IN wounded; disproportion
which Aas ~ pasa1,sl In hs history OF battles.
lad wAteh eAa produce ssch warriors AZ the
Assssrs Of kentucky and Tennessee, and such
nilitssy lsaAsrs - yaekson, has IN her own popu-
isssss ~ best ofali buiwarks against foreign and
1sosseis sSxression. s
TAs As~s York Courts and the Press.
~ long sisas there was much complaint in
Nv Yorh sbeet the lAxity in the administration
u Justice, boz Il ssems that they Low have q
JaAes Rssseil, who goss to the opposite extreme
4hs New yefk Express says that during the first
ysas OF his Jsd9sship. City Judge Russell made
hinssf ooespjesous for the severe sentences which
hs passsd upon certain parties; and II has also
bsso oosiosd thse certain other parties let OF
By hin with ! nominal Punishment In his charge
70 tAs Grand Jsry on Tuesday, the Judge COM
usoesd BY peating ths fact. which he wss con-
ssrsissd tosdns, that crime, during the last year
-<ss hrst ysa< 81 HE severe sentssoee-'.is fear
fully on ths iomsase IN this city" Al the opening
81 BIZ odseiai tssm, the Jndgs sentenced to the
6ssss Prison ~ iits two garrosers highway rot
hsss, oss Of whom had stolen the amount Of elk
osats- Not long sftsrwards he sentenced to the
State Prison for forty years one Of party Of five
m,p who ssbbsd o gentleman Of seven or eight
shillinGa Those sentences were passed at period
Of mech exsitsUent, on account of garrotsrs, and
vss> q the tina ensured by the press as dispro
pOstioDsd 70 the offences, and likely, by their sx
srsorAinary severity, to defect their own object.
3hs EHDeess then mentions several cases in
vhieh judge Russell has gone to an opposite sx
tssDs Of lsnisucy, and which have elected prett,
fsss eonmsnts from The daily and weekly press OF
New York, who have pointed out In strong terms
tbs Inconsistency Of bis sentences. The Judge Is
Saits rsstIsss 1od4r the structures OF the press,
I'D . oonsiasrsbls portion of his charge TO the
osand Jury on Tuesday was taken mp with a re-
vfsw Of the csAnsnts Of the nswspspera. The
,adss remArksd, 53aes@ ~
Fer the last year have submitted to these
eRto6 and laalLcteus oxitieisms because 1t was my
dissemination when / did oct 10 the matter that
: should b sn-otcai, and n repeated shall feel
y ny dety 70 invoke your aid and the power vested
= this cssrt By law 70 pupish and check this Il
oantiousnsss.s
The Rzprsss tskes up the gauntlst which the
Judge casts Gown, and dares him to come on. 1t
insosns his HonOr that tbs Judiciary Is as open
iastiIafion a. the Legislature, and that It shall
pitch In Whenever occasion demands. The inds
csstton Of tbs Judge In provoking a contest with
tbs sswspApsss, will soon be apparent New York.
which, before ths present mode Of eleciing Judges
vas INTRODUCED, had . noth Bench, in now afflicted
viii sn imbsciss and corrupt msgistracy, the
gssstset curse that con visit civilized people.