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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-08
The Verdict In the Douglas Murder Case.

The Verdict I'm the Douglas Murder Case.
We must again condemn to public reproba-
ton the unrighteous verdict Of an imbecile or
corrupt jury shameessly justifying the muir
der on the Goth ult. of Archibald Douglas, by
Special Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jackson. Tho
Jury considered that Jackson used the pistol
with which the fatal wound was inflicted Spar
TALLY in self-defence." But Mr.. Spencer truly
avcrrel in behalf of the prosecution that there
was nothing whatever in the evidence adduced
during the inquest to justify such verdict,
and there il no excuse for it whatever. He
even was constrained TO add, SIN all my prac-
tce for years in criminal courts l never saw
or heard of clearer case Of murder in The
first degree than is this one in which Jackson
is the defendant. His victim was endeavoring
to escape when he was shot, and Jackson was
in no danger whatever" Mr.. Spencer might
well ask, ''What are we coming TO in this city
when such verdicts are TO be tolerated."
While it viii be seen by the full report which
we published yesterday of this extraordinary
inquest that Mr.. Spencer disclaimed accusing
Coroner Flynn Of having ''packed the jury, i"
the insolence and hot haste with which officer
Haley repealed beforehand any charge of being
guilty Of such crime looks suspicious, to say
the least OF it. Things have come to pretty
pass, indeed, when to Haley's threat that If
this should be insnuated he twill trounce"
Mr.. Spencer, the latter felt obliged to reply,
Il know very we'll you might kill me and
nothing could be done to you for it." Surely,
it is high time for the public to protest indig-
nantly against the verdicts of juries selected
for political craftsmanship and seeking to cover
up the most atrocious crimes when committed
in the midst Of political agitation
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ANOTHER ATTAoHMENT.-The property Of
the astonishing Fisk is likely to be pretty well
attached before we get completely to the
bottom of the gold pool. Another man has
fastened to it his claim for a quarter of mil
lion. 1t would seem as if Fisk must owe some
body a great deal Of money, and it would
also seem as if he would find loose places
enough. in the law to slip through. Perhaps
the fellows on the other side have sharp eyes
for law, too. We hope so, as that will make
the spectacle the more entertaining and the
trial of the law the more complete.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-08

THE REVOLUTION democratic deuge
Ia to come soon, If Hoffman knows anything
about it, and the winter will see such modi-
fcation Of our whole city government az no
ono winter ever saw before. Recent le9isla-
ton for the city has oil been done by the
State, and has been based upon the assumption
that popular government here was failure
that the people of this city could not be trusted
to govern themselves. Now the democracy
will try just the other plan, and we shall see
who ls right.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-08
Captain Higgins ind tho Hornet-That
Pious Presbyterian.

We have the secret at last of the seizure Of
the Cuban steamer Hornet at Wilmington.
The story Is from the Captains own lips as
told to our Washington correspondent, and
may, therefore, be relied upon. Itdcmolishes
the suspicious that the Hornet was taken into
Wilmington with any view to treachery, and
shows that the reason why she did not got safely
to sea was owing to the religious scruples Of q
pious Presbyterian whose conscience would
not allow him to sell coal on Sunday. Captain
Higgins states that upon reaching Montauk
Point from Halifax his coal was nearly
exhausted, only six days stock being left, but
having found means to communicate with the
shore he obtained schooner load of ono
hundred and sixty tons Of a miserable article,
half Of which was slate. 1t seems that the
parties who furnished it did not examine the
quality Of the article, but took it at a venture.
The chief engineer reported that it would be
impossible to pursue the voyage under these
circumstances, whereupon Captain Higgins,
expecting to meet Spanish man-of-war, and
knowing that he could neither fight nor make
n good run away, hailed pilot off Cape Fear,
who took the ship into Wilmington, where, he
said, there was plenty Of coal to be had. And
so there was; but as it happened to be Sun
day morning when the officers sent to negotiate
for the coal reached Wilmington, the pious
Presbyterian who owned il refused to sell or
deliver until Monday. Meantime the United
States authorities got wind Of the fact that the
suspicious Cuban privateer was lying at Smith
vile, thirty miles below the city, and pro-
ceeding there at once. they seized her. as is
known.
The grief Of the Hornet was that she did
not run into some British port. She would
have found no coal vendors there too pious to
sell q few hundred tons on Sunday. The crust
of Puritan conscience would have been broken
by tho certainty of good profit So it may
turn out after all that it is not SO much to the
delay OF President Grant or the timidity OF
Secretary Fish the failure of the Cuban cause
may be attributed-if it should fail for want Of
naval vessel on the high seas-as to the
unelastic conscience of an old, pious North
Carolina Presby terrain coal dealer. Thus is
the romance of the Hornets cruise reduced to
a very prosy fact, from all which we infer that
''pious Presbyterians" are sometimes in the
way.
Captain Higgins Indignantly denies any
intent of abandoning the enterprise when he
put in to Wilmington; for, he says, 81 would
have been made admiral of the Cuban navy,
and my officers wonld have had many pickings
in the way of prize money had they succeeded.
/ The Commodore declares that he will try it
again, provided he is furnished with better
steamer than the Hornets for she Is only eft
for blockade runner" We hope the next
time the Commodore runs out Of coal 1t will
not be on Sunday, or that he will sail into
Boston to buy his stock. And this is the story
Of the Cuban man-of-war Hornet and the
pious Presbyterian.
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CANADIAN RECIPROCITY acting
on the judgment of the whole people, author
lied the preparation of new treaty for q
reciprocal trade between the United States
and the Dominion OF Canada; and this treaty
having been drawn up, Pennsylvania has
taken the alarm. Pennsylvania says it will
never do. 1t matters not how it may suit
New York, Ohio or any other State to have
such treaty, 1t does not please Pennsylvania,
therefore we must not have 1t. We have col
lected from the Canadians, says one of the
Kelley family, in the interest of Pennsylvania,
three million dollars since the abrogation Of
the last treaty. This Kelley does not state
that the three million dollars thus paid into
the Treasury represents nine million dollars
unnecessarily taken from our people by the
increased prices the duty made. One side of
picture is not only all that tariff man cares
TO show, but all he ever sees.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-08

THE STAGE.-There is theatrical difficulty
IN London. Boucicault has given out in his
literary treadmill-is compelled to take some
rest-and the theatres are likely to stand still
for want Of plays. The managers sheer at the
idea of amateur playwrights, by which they
apparently mean every one who has not written
as many plays as Bouccault so that there is
no probability Of any other person ever be-
coming professional in that line. London,
therefore, which has lived on Paris for plays is
likely to starve for want Of mn adapter, and
New York, that lived on London, must starve,
too, we suppose.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-08
Tho Charter acknowledgements Of Poll
ticians.

Tho Charter acknowledgements of Poll.
ticians.
From one political contest we enter upon
another, but now it is from the greater to the
less. The State and county elections Of the I'd
of November involved some issues of import
ance to the State, to its future government
whether for good or evil according as the
democracy may have light and wisdom to use
their victory-and to the extinguishment of q
vast amount Of corruption in the Legislature
and in great many other places, If Governor
Hofman's promises are TO be realized, which
we hope they may be. But the Charter Elec-
ton, to come off in December, will decide
nothing except who is to have spells of office,
whether it is the democratic Tom, or Dick, or
Harry is to have the honors and emoluments
Especially the latter) of Police Justice and
Civil Justice, or Alderman, for the State
election has virtually settled the ques-
ton that democrats and Tammany demo-
Gratis at that, must be the recipients
of those favors. As the skilful manage
ment and political genius of Peter B. Sweeney
secured success for the Tammany candidates
in November, 80 also will his voice prove po-
tent in December. The aspirants therefore
who obtain the Tammany nomination may be
considered the lucky ones. The tickets con-
tanning the names of nine police justices and
nine civil justices, as well as the aldermen,
will be made out probably some time this
week, or at farthest next week. There will be
good many Independent democratic candi-
dates in the field, and some republicans. The
people will therefore have an opportunity of
selecting the best men to vote for out of the
number presented for their choice.
The machinery for running the charter cleo
ton is now fairly at work. The wheels are
we'll creased. Chief Engineer Sweeny looks
complacently on the work of which he is mas
ter, and about whose smooth running he hest
tates not moment in doubt. We have only
to hope that when the nominations are an
nounced the names of candidates for the diff
ferent city offices will be such as to afford the
people chance of voting for few honest and
competent men on the first Tuesday in Deem
Der
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this hemisphere, and, perhaps, on the globe.
II free or annexed to the United States the
trade with it would be exceedingly val
uable-that is, if our government be
wise enough to prevent the island
becoming second st. Domingo. If
the action of the United States should avert
the fate of destruction and desolation which
now threatens Cuba, and the Cubans acquire
their independence, the trade would become
in short time incidentally valuable. Look
ing at tie matter, too, in political point Of
view, the present is the most opportune time
for The acquisition of Cuba, for settling q ques-
ton which has long occupied the public mind,
for extending and strengthening republican
institutions on this side the Atlantic, for full
filling our national destiny in the absorption
OF contiguous American territory, for prac-
tcally carrying out the Monroe doctrine, and
for increasing the grandeur, power and COM
merce of the republic. With such objects in
view and such motives for action there is not
great nation in the world that would not
have made the independence of Cuba fact
long before this. England, France, Russia,
Prussia, Austria and even Spain herself would
have studied only their own interests progress
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in such case. We need
not cite examples in history--in what is occur
ring constantly with the great nations Of the
world-to show the policy all pursue. Every
one is familiar with the facts. VIII our gov
eminent and statesmen comprehend the broad
American policy that is required of them, the
destiny of the republic, and the aspirations of
the people? That is the question. Cuba is
pre-emincntly case involving these great
national considerations, and we must soon
Know whether the government can compre-
bend its opportunity and duty or not
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Mr.. STEWARDS HAMPSTEAD HoMEsTEADs.--
AS soon as Mr.. Stewart came into possession
Of the Hampstead Plains property which he
recently bought at enormous cost, with q
view of constructing large number of home
steads for the surplus population of this city,
the whole tract was laid out and the sites for
parks and squares and building lots were
designated. Several avenues have already
boon graded, and tho remainder have been
surveyed. The work of building this city Of
refuge from ovcrcrowded tenements and extor-
Tomato landlords IL under the personal super
vision and direction of the eminent architect,
Mr.. John Kellum. On Friday morning the
foundation excavation for the first residence
was begun. The work will be carried on
throughout the winter. It is to be hoped that
ere long the protector Of this benevolent
scheme may enjoy the pleasure Of looking with
his own eyes upon the monument which nc VIII
himself have thus erected to his memory.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-08
I nc Lager Beer Raid In Boston.

On Friday night the State constables who
are set over Boston ''to reign and govern"
astounded all citizens of Teutonic origin and
affiliations by sudden and general raid upon
the lager beer saloons These saloons have
been left open and unmolested for more than
six weeks-in fact, ever since it was decided
In an important seizure case that each keg in
a large haul at one Of the most extensive
breweries in Boston should be honestly
returned, in consequence Of the affidavit
sworn to by the brewer that the beer was
expressly manufactured for sale and consump-
ton outside the limits of the State. The
majesty of Massachusetts, law has winked at
the sale Of beer as it used to wink at the sale
of ell potables dispensed at bars mysteriously
hidden in the rear Of fruit stores. In holy
Massachusetts almost anything is winked at if
1t DO done on the sly. But the beer, it seems,
has been sold and swallowed openly; and the
pious prohibitionists, provoked at the fact that
the late election went adversely to the prohi-
btion law, have spitefully wreaked their petty
vengeance on lager bibbers and lager Dealers
coming down on them, In Homeric phrase,
''like night" The result may, however, JUS
tify President Grants theory that the best way
to get rid of bad law is strictly to enforce it.
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OFFICERS OF THE COURTS. What kind Of q
person to MI an Office in the Court Of Sessions
il the man Jackson, who murdered Archibald
Douglas the other day9 lie is said to have
been somewhat Of desperate even before he
fell upon this bloody business Of murder. If
Il is such men who arc selected to perform the
duties of our courts what kind of characters
NAV we expect to find in the dock2 Yet We
fear that Jackson is not the only one Of his
class 80 employed.
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TIMING THINGS. One of the government
officials in the Dominion Of Canada started
document for the capital Of the United States.
Counting by the way things move In Canada
he came to the conclusion that the document
could not possibly reach its destination before
the capital was moved to the Mississippi valley,
so he addressed II ct once to st. Louis.
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TIE FAT NUISANCE. The likelihood that
our democratic Legislature will this winter
abolish tho Board Of Health will not alarm us
much, In view Of the impunty with which tho
fat boiling nuisance is kept up under the nose
of that commission. But we doubt II that will
holp us, as the fat boilers are probably oil
good democrats,
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Colonel J. G. c. Leo Of the United States Army G.
A. THOMPSON, of Racine ana Francis Avery. OF San
| Francisco are at the Breyoort House.
Colonel w. II. Esing, l'alor Ii. X. Gibson. ID. ID.
| Morrison and John Lynch. late OF the steamship
| Cuba; Major James Foote, United States Marshal,
/ and Colonel ]. Hylier, OF North Carolina; +. w.
yosourg and Charles Folger. of Albany 4. Crowley,
| OF LocKport: Dr. Walker Weldon, or Rochester;
Judge D. Pelton, OF sandusky, and DIR. Kingsley, of
Rome, N. Y, are at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Colonel G. 4. Gardner and General Ludlow, of the
United states Army are at the Coleman House.
Allen Tanney. OF Norwich Conn.,; James Richie,
of Boston, and Charles S. Kingsley, OF Schenectady,
are at the Grand Hotel.
Senator j.. $. Morrill,, OF Vermont; Moses Emer-
son, OF Boston; A. 7. Lawton, of Taunton; H. Haut-
ing Of Arizona and General II. u. Titus, OF wash
ington, are at the Astor House.
George harrington OF washington, and Lewis
Cunningham, OF san Francisco, are at the Claren.
don Hotel.
MAJOR General Bird, OF the United states Army:
Colonel L. W. Philips, OF Syracuse; c. II. Ballard Of
Saratoga: 4. D. Harshman OF Ohio; General ]. T.
Boyle OF louisville; General J. b. Frsbee OF Cali
forna, and Ward II. Lamon, OF Washington, are at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Commander Lowry, OF the United States Navy; n.
W. Roche, of Albany; George H. Proctor. OF Cincin-
nail; : ". v ced and Z. +. Morton, of Plattsburg,
are at the Hoffman House.
j. : Campbell o, South Carollna George W.
Saunders OF Baltimore; $. IL. Baker OF the United
States Navy, and G. L. Hargous of the United States
Army, are at the Everett House.
Prominent Departures.
Colonel $. Adams for Boston; Major =. Vaughan,
for New orlsans Colonel 5. I. richardson for Bati-
more. }r r. Feruus1n for Aashiu-ton AMI Madame
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Views Of tIe Republican Press ON the
State Election.


State Election.
The country republican papers are moaning
heavily over the result Of the State election,
as will be seen by the extracts which we pub
lish to-day. They all harp upon tho one
sring-the certain abolition of all the commits
sions and the loss Of the fat offices appended
thereto. 1t is taken for granted that the COM
missions must go by the board and among
them the present canal system. The Albany
Journal bewails the misfortune which it pre-
diets for the canal interest as soon as it passes
out Of the hands of its party; while in the
abolition of the vexatious Registry law 1t sees
the destruction of order and all the safeguards
of the people. The Rochester Chronicle, on
the other hand, does not defend the commits
sions, because they are of no party value to
the republicans, but all its solictude is for the
poor citizens of New York under the rule Of
the democracy. All the republican journals
claim that the election was lost by the criml-
nal Indifference Of their own party In the
perceive that a deeper cause lay in the corrup-
ton of the party which has governed this State
for the last dozen years or more, and in the
almost universal disgust of people of both
parties. The partisan journals, however, con-
sole themselves with the idea that cit is good
to be afflicted" and that the party has learned
wholesome Lesson which may lead to i'm
provemcnt and entitlc 1t some day TO restora-
ton of power
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consideration. How is this ? Can 1t be that
the Board of Health is getting careless of its
duties in consequence of the result of the late
election, because it looks as though their dsys
may not be ''long in The land?"
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THE KING OF ITALY DYING.-The King Of
Italy remained in very critical condition Of
health in Florence yesterday morning Having
been duly informed that his life was in danger
his Majesty sent for his confcssor, was alb
solved and received the holy sacrament. In
the afternoon he was tranquil and slightly inn
proved, but rclapsed to dying condition, as
reported In our cable kilograms, during the
evening. The King, like his father, Charles
Albert, after the battle of Novara, is again
strictly within the bosom of the Church.
Should he die, he enjoys, 1t Is to be hoped, a
much more hopeful chance of happy eter-
nifty, and, should he recover, his reconcilia-
ton with the Sovereign Pontiif and the
Catholic world may have a very important
and direct bearing and influence on the de-
liberations and decisions of the Ecumenical
Council in Rome
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A Sensible idea.

Notwithstanding the bushels of nonsense
which women's rights conventions and ''par-
liaments" send out from time to time, an
occasional sensible idea emanates from them.
The latest was that expressed by one of the
ladies at the Parliament meeting on Saturday,
suggesting that young women should be edu-
Gated to some useful business, whereby they
could earn an Independent living, instead of
devoting their whole time to what are called
domestic duties and accomplishments This
would be the true remedy for the wrongs Of
woman, and, If adopted, would render unne-
cessary the advocacy of women's rights
agitators-female and male. There are
plenty of respectable and rcmunerative occu-
pations by which young ladies, and adult
ladies, too, can make good livelihood but
the trouble is that very few women have fitted
themselves to fill them by a proper course of
education. The limit of woman's usefulness
in business il not confined to the public school
room or the sewing machine; and yet it is to
these occupations that they mostly look for a
livelihood. Both are laborious and are poorly
paid The recommendation OF the lady
referred to points to great many more
branches Of employment where women could
be as useful and as well paid as men, if they
would only give their attention in early life &c
| learning some Of these branches to proficiency
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WOODS lUsEUM AND NENAGERTE, Bfoaiway. cor
1hrt stMatines daily Performance every evening
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NIRLo's GARDEN. Broaaway.-LtrrtE NELL AND TIE
MARunfQNFsS.
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Fth ag,au. and eth st.
Mucu Aro +.Eour NOTHING.
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wAvEEIEY THEATRE. No. 40 Broalway-A GRAsn
VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT.
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ACADEMY or MUSIC, 18th sreeL-IfAL1AN oPERA-
CRiePiSo "a CoIARI.
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l'torr,incnt Departures.

Colonel $. Adams, for Boston; Major \. Vaughan,
for New Orleans; Colonel $. L. Richardson, for Baln
more; Dr. f. Ferguson, for Washington, and Madame
Halller. for California