The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-04

GENERAL SESsIONs.-As will have been seen bs
our report Of the proceedings Of the General
Sessions, the June term Of the Court was broupas
to close by the sentencing of prisoners who
had been convicted of various offences duriyx
the present month, the majority of whose cases,
however, might have been finally adjudica. d ut
the time Of their conviction. We took pleasure
few days since in noticing the fact tia! Dis
trict Attorney Waterbury and Judge Russell
were making strenuous exertions to secure the
prompt administration of justice to parties &C.
cused Of crime, and as we are anxious that eyerv
obstacle to the accomplishment Of that desira-
BILE result should be speedily removed, we would
call attention to the mode in which criminals are
disposed Of by the coordinate branch Of this
Court, namely, the practice of remapding pr;sou.
ers for sentence till the last Saturday Of che
term, instead Of sentencing them on the SCOT,
where no good reason exists for suspending the
immediate infliction of the punishment due to
the offences Of which they were pronounced
guilty by jury. This has grown to be great
nuisance, and should be remedied without delay.
1t is true that in the days of Recorder Riker all
the prisoners convicted during the term we're
sentenced together; but the rapid increase Of
population, and consequently the great increase
OF crime, render it necessary to administer the
law with promptness and energy. The evil Of
which we speak is go great that prisoners haze
better chance of escaping from the CUSTODY of
the officers than they weuld have If such large
number were not unnecessarily detained ia the
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tination; and, what is still Of more consequence,
justice would be administered more inieil,reutly
perhaps than 1t is at present. There were over
forty prisoners brought up for sentence in the
Sessions on Saturday, a large majority of whom
ought to have been sentenced when convicted.
for it is obvious that presiding Judge can i'm
pose sentence much more UNDERSTANDABLE
when all the facts and circumstances attendiog
the case are fresh in his memory than amid the
hustle and excitement of a crowded court roo,p.
The PENNSYLVANIA DEMocRAcY.-We have be-
fore us copy Of the address of the State Com
mittee of the Pennsylvania regular democracy,
issued the other day from Harrisburg. 1t is
signed by Robert Tyler icon of ex-President
John Tyler as chairman, and the document
bears throughout the evidences of constitu-
tional political pleader Of the Old Virginia
school. On the great subject Of squatter soye.
reignty the committee contend substantially that
should the necessity arise 1t will become the DUTY
Of Congress to interposc against the "unfrieodlv
legislation" Of the local authorities of Terri.
'ory on the subject of slavery SO that the rights
If Shareholders may be duly protected. Thus.
while the regular democracy of Pennsylvapi.
occupy the platform Of Governor Wise. tho
Hickman Forney boilers stick to the platform a,
Mr.. Douglas. And thus we suppose they will uo
nto their October election. And thus. riuht aaa
eft, the democracy, upon their negro abstra,-
ions are torn to pieces Who could have
ireamed Of srch terrible disasters from that
popular sovereignty" experiment Of Messrs
Douglas and Pierce, the Kansas Nebraska bill
The PRUssIAN LoAN.-The successful experi-
nenfs made by Louis Napoleon in fnancieriuu
nduced, as we recently stated, the Prussan 90.
eminent to follow his example. Finding money
fhcnit to raise In England, they appealed to the
russian people for aid, aod the response baa