, 1869-07-29

conrt, II I rcInrm.sor rightly, recommended the
pEtsontr 10 alter tho plea. or Ut al eycntx sent In
such nndlng ~ enabled tho prisoner 10 cacapc,
Then VA Aakod the man, DO you know tho nature
OF TITS Charge against Jouf' lie pnii, 'Yot, l
made . complaint Yea NC said. but ii 10 =
: frivolous AID gEouudjcAs complaint sOn, 'he e.
clAlmed, X don't know What that mcnns." -.
a largo number Of men 70 hnta the service that
ono commanding on1cef after another complatued
10 tho conmlts1ou that Ao!dlc11 commit offences
rhich they know Will be followed by sentepces
of penal segTltndc In order that they NAY b dls
infused Tho army. FloggiDg In timo Of pcace has
busn abolished BY Parliament, but the oolce. ex-
hnlned declared tho stsylca without It would 60
10 the deuce. Not 30 some prtyateA An artillery
nsn VINO gaze evidence, WA sddrcsJed hy The
Chairman IN these words: "Tne commisslon'
wiih ne 10 request you to give Jour eyldencn with
Inc utmost independence, md to state your opln-
Ion uron tho question put you without the teaat
ftar or 1ts being noticed .hefealtet. Your natuo
viii not he given, and Wo do this In tho hope that
Jou will speak With tho utmost freedom aud IN.
dependence Tho private thu1 addressed, said
Plainly: ~ think corporal punishment should
IA done away with; II dcgradcs . mau and be
never thinks anJtniug Of himself afterwards 1t
takes nNsy his pEfde In himself" American
practices wcrc thought worse thnn logging. u
only tho other day" snld Colonel ]. Il Layc
t. heard uf punishment e1lAting In tho Amer
Ictn army, which was that the man was lied Up
bJ his Trtsts to tha ceiling. tho tips Of hIs toes
touching the ground, for verJ 1t1yial offence"
Nns thnf IN time Of peace :" asked III. Russell
Quincy " 1t wht within the last twelyc months
was the reply. And the commission was duly
shocked.
A NARTEILQCs C11NCKEKT-1nE gFECyGoStorR
The use OF the Bpectfuscope By European aS-
troE EontKb ptImisca 70 make known quite o new
order Of InctA This instrument carries the as
tronome1. IN an Instant, to the remotest object
thaI u r,slbla in The SKY, and conveys h{u frum
etnr TO planet, from planat 10 comet, from comet
to galnxy, nntll the tour OF the whole heavens Ii
mndt. II fs As available, fema1kA An 4dmIrtny
rossessor for tho gfartng beams Of the Sun III 1t Is
tor the Interpretation Of the falat misty llghc Of
eone nebu.ae. whose phosphofesepce Is not equal
to tho H,oooth part Of the lustre Of q fa..hing
candle, even when gltmmertng 1t the distance
u quarter Of mile, and when pointed In suc-
ceselon 10 the many wonderful forms that stud tue
Ornament, has told NJ more tn a few moments Of
taes nature and constitution than centuries OF a..
Economical research have douc. When Joe Smith,
saJs the fame Grille, found the gulden plates which
contained the text of the Book Of MUimons, writ
ten 10 character utterly unknown to nortals, ho
discovered In Tho same depository. he said, pair
Of lenses, or epcr.AcleR, which enabled him 70
trrnsiale The htetogIJphtea into t1it own bAllye
tonKue. An equally sfrpp1e E,asa instrument vast-
II more honest ln its functtou1, haa enabled the
philosophers ol our day 10 ronder celestial tele-
gtamA 1nio plain English. md 10 gIta ts Il 1est
physical revelation from the sklc4.
AR wuIHrku Ar cuiuAro.
Tho renowned county genueman'a ne ewspapey.
she FtelI-pno of tho best newspapcr properties
ii Eur0pc-has long teller ihts week fruu, Mr.
r. WhJtrr~f. hcfcriblng TITS journey from Now
fttk 10 Chicago, Gy tie Allentown route After
referring 10 the nrhtnsErs which Illinois oers 10