New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-04
GENERAL NOTES.


Affairs
Tba EMPLOYERS of coolies, in India, have a
ieht 70 whip them for negectng work one planter
recontly killed coolo by hoggng him. The evidence
was technically defective and he was sentenced 10 Ou
IA months imprisonment
Ballot-votiug in England, when it is practlced,
differs somewhat from baot-votng in America lhs'e"u
Of dropping paper with only the names OF the coS.
candidates upon IT, each voter Is gwen plIn'u 10
containing the names OF all the candidates no
out such names as he does not support Poius
are erected by the returning officer IN dnele, 800 in
BY law each Of these booths is Il luired 10 DO
20 two sections; the righthand DIVISION caHeu ~.
lot room" il private and persons eA'ep'
actually engaged in voting are above" " ~ "
division,
Ono mayor secs in the criminal prosecutions
n, Franco horristcrs speaking for the @iecuseu ~
now for the prosecutions once enLs'eu ~ O ~
thesa two coptending armies, Dartls'f 10 49,
life TO see and convict guilt in every cSe' Ui az, 30
,r,rv IN support and protect innocence At"' " -.
nlt Of the Governmental system OF enploSi"E -
for life 10 serve In al its courts Each I'oce
or ProeureUr- Imperial is surrounded D! std" "a
hov,n es oroeas 0enerqlLr or substitutes Aneso arc
h vered from the Bar, and enlisted Tor NE ID inc
hlc service 1t is from this class OF lawyers 'nH' 'e
judges are chosen
rho Irish still insist on O grand parade when
~ Tord Lieutenant takes up his residence in Dublin
II is ont OF the question: says The London Star for an
Irish official to creep into the seat of Office by the back
door or simply TO walk into tho hail. unwind his COM
forter and that he is ready to begin The Earl
speucer accordingly, who has just assumed the duties
and honors Of the office pranced through the streets on
gallant steed at the head of band of horsemen in all
the eolors Of the military rainbow and went in with
power Of noise. II, some English people contend the
IordLieutenanCy is little better than show Office the
Irish may be wise to insist on having the show.
The hostility between the Governments of
Austria and Russia is constantly increasing printed
pamphlet OF ten pages. written in very popular STYLE
has been distributed among the Russian troops on the
Galician frontier This pamphlet, which could hardly
have circulated the army without the permission
Of the Russian Government, calls Austria the natural
enemy OF Russia. The Austrian Government Is making
every preparation for possible conflict, and engineers
busily foryiDg every weak point. One Of the most
important tho works in hand is the strengthening
of the Of PrzszOw, which is to be made fortress
Of the stcass PrzeszOw lies at the junction OF all the
roads from Western Galicia into Hungary and would
the natural point app,i of army between Cra
and Lemberg. The Importance Of the place was
shown in 1919, when the Russian columns were concen
trated there before marching into Hungary.
The North German military organization is
complete, according to the Prussian military Ga
see. million of soldiers can at any moment be placed
under arms by single telegram from Berlin. The Prus-
troops consist Of S25 bataoDs Of infantry 2s squad
Of cavalry II regiments Of artillery with 11i6
guns, and u battallons Of engineers making 10000 sol
dies in all To these should be added the federal contn
gents follows :-saxony % batalions squadrons &c
batteries and guns; Brunswick, battaion squad
rons and guns Neutrality-suspicious., battalion and
Hesse Darmstad 10 battaonss squadrons "a guns and
battalion OF engineers total 5000 But this force
Of 100000 men only represents the standing army OF North
Germany. In Of emergency Prussia can also COM
mand the services Of the troops Of Baden Wutemberg
and Bavaria, and Immediately order levy Of her
serve. army Of $4,000 men, while st another force Of
100000 is at her disposal for the occupation Of towns
and gaisOns The above figures do not include officers,
military trains military laborers, special corps of
any kind.
The following is one of the echoes of tie
Cole verdict from over the water:
We regret the demoralzng lenlency with which crime
Is regarded parts OF the United States During
the last few years eminent commissioners partcu-
iary-have been convicted IN NewYork only TO be par
doned or Imprisoned only to enjoy luxurious leisure
even judicial bench has been occasionally occupied
have been described by American writer as "oscil
latng between the legislature and the peDitenary OF
course all this has ended IN that deoTazng lenleney
crime Of which tho recent acqutal Of murderer on
absurd plea insanity which there was no attempt 10
prove, is but ore more symptom; III 49, nov
ever. more dangerous symptom, for 1t is one
which proclalms In way which bTutes can best
appreciate the immunity OF brutality In NeW-Hotk Not
even the toughest rough can fail TO see that plea OF in
absolutely unSusfalned
ness OF the criminal act tse could only nave nnuenced
jury anxious to find preteXt for acquittal One
Is debarred from suppOsng that the jury Influenced
by hostility 10 capital punishment for IL IS now the Gus
tom in the United States IN all procedures yOr murder OF
the first degree, to nterrogate each juryman that
point and to retain only such as are favorable to capital
punishment. The vital tissues OF society reached
when judicial integrity is corrupted, but where 10
Judicial and municipal corruption that OF the jury Is
added 1t is question whether tho recovery OF the COM
muny must not be through things becoming worse,
I'll they become intoeraOe. London star.
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be called model advertisement: ITO the Founder, Fac
ulty and Friends Of Cornell University: II is not the
profits Of my goods insgae to address you upon
this OCCASION but the undyng gratitude Of the hearts
that make happy by furnishing goods to them that
far superior 10 anything that has been offered this
ket before, and at prices that defy competition have
goods that the % old sat all night aud prayed all
day for but found Goods that the Rosicruciaus
sought for centuries but never found They the phos
ophers stone that turns all into gold it touches have
known whole families TO live with hearburnngs and dis
sensOns the old scod all day, the old women scod
ali night. the babies cry all the time life becomes pest
business falls them friends desert them the very
the heavens refuses 10 shine upon Them murder and
death gmly their face and it's all because they
have not found the place buy good substantial Boots
and Shoes. My friends, wherever l 80 whole commun
ties pour forth their praises Of Old women knee
down in the street and pray for me. widows call
benefactor, and little children father 10 forth like an
angel Oh mercy upon my celestial mission have and
Keep constantly ON hand good assortment Of all
sary arteesto protect the pedal extremues from the
nmpid clements"
The San Francisco Railroad "infernal ma.
chine" described by the California papers and referred
70 by MS few days ago. proves TO have been a Joke
reporter elaborate description Of the new nyen
ton and got up the accident from his Imagination
The suggestion from practice in England and IN
Of tho countries Of Continental Europe where dense
gineers the railroads TO the lights at the station
from a distance OF even q few hundred yards. Ever