The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-05-13
nGr Correspondence.
LETTER ER05l NEw YORK.
correspondence Of the Potter Journal.
New York, April 20, 1853

New YORK, April 20, 1853.
The Orsiai demonstration has been the
event of the week. The hrid flames Of
the revolutionary torch and European Red
Rey yublicanism, threw their gastiy glare
athwart our thoroughfares to give impos-
ing significance to the occasion. Five
thousand refugees, exiles and their sym.
pathisarS, with lighted lambeaus in their
hands, and tie fires OF vengeance in their
hearts, marched in procession down Broad
way and the Bowory to tle Park, where
a rJstrum had b92n erected, and 2D,J09
people assembled 10 honor the memories
of tne several conspiratorS WHO have suf-
fered death for attempting the life OF the
French Emperor. The exercises were en-
gineered by John Allen, an American,
who called the vast assemblagc TO order,
made the opening speech; read the resolu
tons, aad introduced tie speaker OF tue
evening, Alberto c. Mazzi. who discours-
ed in Italian. X i = X
We have a one horse court in this city,
cll.o,i the Marine Court Horse Marine)
,ancituly SO called, because there Is very
little marine business transacted in it. It's
decisions are made mainly to tell tc the
marines, but never to be respected on set
up as precedents. Well, one of the horse
hair wigged judges of the court, the other
day, trotted out Drcd Scott. the cgac',est
nag now on the judicial course, gave him
an airing in high blood style, an rode
him rough sh0d over the complaint of i
poor Old coorcd woman who has 10 rights
that one OF eur wuite car-conductorS "a
ona donkey car at that) felt bound to re-
spect. The old woman wanted to ride
aud pay her Eve pence like white folks,
bat the Conductor would not let her, push.
Cd her Oil the car, and did her material
personal damage. Hence her complaint
upon which Judge Thompson charged the
Jury at much length, and laid down the
following rules OF law:
That uegroes DO not possess the same
rights and privileges as white men; re-
marking that the Dgcd Scott decision was
not only sound law, and should be obeyed
BY every good citizen of the community,
Bat thai 1t was founded on principles Of
justice, reason, and Christianity. That
the plaintiff, being negro, had no
right to Il seat in the car In question:;
that it was the duty Of the conductor TO
expel her, under the rules and regulations
OF the company; that the company had
the right to establish such rules aud reg
ulatlons; that negroes might ba permitted,
but were not entitled to a s3ao in public
conveyance. That the only question for
the jury to consider was whether the de-
fendant used any more force than was ne
cessary to put the plaintiff off the cars.
That il he did she was entitled to a verdict;
otherwise it aust be for the defendant.
The jury retired, and in short time re-
turned with verdict for the defendant.
The hat-shop Windows in Broadway arc
displaying the new regulation army lat.
1t is modelled after the style known AZ
" k0ssuth,' . color black, ri,n turned up at
one side to furnish sticking place for
black ostrich feather, goll-Iace bugle and
other ornaments, according 70 the rank Of
the wearcr. it looks exceedingly trim
and picturesque, and must be great re,
lief 10 the nead Of the soldier, though
cannot think it altogether betting his
profession, rs | remember soft hal turn
eth away wrath, and how can soldier do
battle unless he be brimfuli OF vengeance?
The artistic brush and chizeiing IF our
National Academy Of Design are now in
the full tide Of annual exhibition, and Q
taIrer, rarer showing is seldom seen than
tl9magnlfoont series oIslly- y-jighted rooms,
whose walls are adJtEad with every yarie-
y vi Landscape, sea-sketch, social, reral
and domestic grouping, with here and
there " storiel urn and animated bust"
On fine afterao9ns, stro!hng though these
gaily crowded Ar. Halls. one Knows not
Whish to admire aos., the pic.Ies OF the