The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-17

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In commenting on the eoscide1 R. 0kMA c.s
DONALD. who was coniiaea In alftw York Jail
on an indictment for the Jaurdsf1k VIRGINIA
STEWART. In that city. ~ July nst, a New
York journal sayst q OH -
''For Some months AFTER his uprisonmeut. Mac
psssiLp ss.o ss the 1nasnoe Of money procured
ss:% :ss
G ~ : aaa 81 assa e .sss
Of tho nswspapsrs, and thew rs@onstraled lndix
nan'iy against such u seandAlons aRusc o. autaol
nsss eos s eeShsss and placed o.
aacs. the eject OF waion on system acea..csnea
dsprssssd him 90 much that he was led 70 swallow
poasOn, in order to terminate ma sunorings.
,;.t y rcd IN our should Ions since
have been tried. No evidence that the accused
could have h,ossn SCe ts nSvs s nns
shadow vi jassikcatlon for the delays that wer?
inieI Ased g prsysnt hi. being promptly indicted s
was executed several months since. committed the
offence for which he suffered subsequently, to the
which grave provocatlOn was offered, and which
many thOuxht entitled the prisoner ~ Executive
clemsncy. Yet, because Crimmins was poor and
comparatively without friends. he was hurried 10
the galiows. whlst Macdonald, VINO could plead NO
hinseif Of every quibble and shit that the law
i,Tn,snes IN favor of DELAY, merely because ne
wa wealthy and moved IN a good position IN So
This is but one instance in a thousand Of the
undue and illegitimate influence OF money, in
defeating the administration of justice in the
Courts of New York and, with few excep-
tons, of the country at large. In no respec,
is the nagrant inequality in the admins ira
ton Of justice more marked than in the trial
Of crimes committed on shipboard, it being m
almost in variable rule that the smallest crime
of a common sailor receives exemplary pun
ishment and the most barbarous murder, COM
mitted by a captain or other officers, goes un-
avenged. Such things are a disgrace TO our
country, TO civilization, to humanity.
Declaration Of the New York Postmaster.
In discussing the defalcation Of FOWLER,
the New York Postmaster, the numerous
friends Of that gentleman assign various
causes for what, we suppose; in these days of
moral yarnish and veneering, must be called
an Official eccentricity. BY some Of the friends
Of Mr. FOWLER, his little deficit is ascribed to
a ma MIA which he had for specializing i'll all
sorts Of new patents; none Of which, 1t APP
pears, brought him any return, except his
present speculation, the idea of which, how
ever, was by no means new. Others ascrlbe
his embarrassment 20 Il generous and connd-
ing nature, which induced him 10 make fire.
qaent loans of money to hispolitical friends.
OF course, no one supposes for a moment that,
i'll sequestrating and confscating the public
funds, this respectable public functionary was
actuated IN the slightest degree by views Of 4
personal, not to say mercenary, character
His social, financial and political position,
alike forbid the idea that the sordid impulse OF
gain ever operated for al instant upon his
mind.
1t is this social, financial and political re-
speclability which has given rise to the den Sc
and inscrutable mystery in which his motives
are AT present involved. II the delinquent
We're one Of the porters Of the post-oifice, OF
one of the poor devils who sell oranges at the
corners, there would be no difficulty in under
standing that he took money because he was a
thief There would, in that case, be no pro.
found speculations az to the ''cause'' Of the
dedication, and no apology on the ground
that he loaned the money he had stolen tc
greater rascals than himself. Ii is now sug.
gested that Mr.. FOWLER has committed sui.
eide, which, in his remorse at being found out
is highly probable, and may prevent the Off
GERS from too hot pursuit.