New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE NATIONAL ELECTION LAW.

room with temporary Illness and Judge Benedict was
Obliged by indsposon, TO adjourn the Circuit court
after a very brief session None or the repea'erS INV
under indictment will be tried until Judges "ooui' anu
Benedict can together, which Will not Dc uhtli Mon
dav or Tuesday next No new complaints were received
or warrants issued yesterday, and no additional arrests
were made although there are Is warrants now In inc
hands Of Deputy Marshas The vigorous proceedings 81
the last few days have frightened the Repeater
that is not easy task to lay hands on Que vi '
MORE INDICTMENTS.
Tn the Circuit Court yesterday before Judge Benedict
the Grand Jury appeared and presented bills OF indet
ment against owen Cannon, Lucus M. Sawyer and
three other "repeaers" for whom benchwarants were
issued Cannon. who belongs to one OF Mike Nortohs
gangs Ia charged with forciby assaulting
named Eyelnd Sawyer is indicted for falsely claiming
residence and rapdneIty te ses men are
locked up in Ludow-st in default OF ball $1,000 Delng
demanded for Cannon and 5000 for Sawyer; Indet-
ments have thus far presented against repeat
ers, as follows John Mclaughlin Iamuel strauss Her,
Schroeder, Terence Quinn Henry Bn.'' ho.e
names are withheld. The II remaining cases, IN which
the accused have been arrested art now before the
Grand Jury the two having been sent In yesterday
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVIS DEFINES HIS PO-
sITION.
The cases of John Mclaughlin, Samuel
Strauss and Michael Schroeder indicted for violation OF
the Election law, came up yesterday In tine circuit
Court before Judge Benedict. DistrctAu0rney Davis
appeared on behalf OF the Government, and l.. W.
stoughton Geo. Ticbnor Curtis, and Joseph Bell for the
defendants The Judge announced that he would not
90 on with the Clarke account OF temporary Ill
ness which would compel him TO adjourn the court .o
but desire that the parties who were araged
yesterday for violations OF me law OF en If conn
sci desire that the pleas may be entered wi.nou, py
the indictments If they wish have understood that
II intended to raise agnesona 10 the validity G VIC
indictments and the validity Of the law by ouon 10
| I will
ton be fully recognized but must insist that inc peas
those ne en eaSes to triad. and am frank to state
that | am actuated by the belief that convie-
ton Of these parties, If aconvcton may be justly had
hundreds Of crimes under this law. No man who feels
rightly fail to feel that onepf the highest OF crimes
is charged against those parties care not what ms
political egs or oa %ay a we OF no the country
touching the purity OF election ana tsat Is dhe very
that es Chat the emit Ra Of G,@s il iSS
he had Of the proper parties VIII prevent the com
For these feel it my duty to urge most ,
ously the necessity for speedy trial Tor ohehses OF ts
iondants put their pleas II your Honor Is mot able
To sit tomorrow for the purpose OF the tra trust lat
earliest possible day may be assigned Tor the ta o
Jndee Benedct-It has appeared to right owing to
the novelty of the law and the fact that 1t s TO be
enforced In various districts all within the Second DIS;
That there Tasr snI should be present
municated that view to the presiding judge, ana nc
seTny. but he was Detained away by temporary Illness
and be still detained from Court from the same cause
Involves discussion until Judge Woodruff is able to be
with will receive plea na Of g1 inter- or mS. can be-
brought up until Judge Woodruff l. present t. ,...,,,
District Attorney DayisII concur heartily In desiring
| f. w. Stoughton-I am glad, your Honor that we are
the case can then go directly the supreme Court which
will be in session next Monday We would , put mo he
no necessity in this for plea OF guilty or not guilty
at this When the two Judges are Oh the Dehch,
A irpe
mode OF raising these grave questions. me parties arc
urgency hope your Honor will permit the cases to
stand until Monday morning. when counsel VIII Dc lh
e so@shton af paused and rowned pressyey
must add however, that the learned cAttorney
n" anf eG0t that at H' have heard
pressed by prGsecuti9g Officer his ,r purpose ,ew IN
tiacker and Judge Dayiss brow began to wriiR1kel
ccnnne this discussion Shall put the until
Monday morning, with liberty 10 the DistrictAttorney
TO call upon the defendants to plead.
Attorney Days-Will yonr honor set the cases
down for Monday morning for trial
Judge Benedict make no order. You can move them
on at the earliest day, when Judge Woodruff viii be here
PERSECUTION OF CoLORED MARsHALs IN THE
EIGHTH WARD.
The Tarnmany leaders, through their mInions in the
PAIGE negsiiaen are doing their best to nauglrate
reign Of terror among the cUored people Of the Eighth
Ward by way revenge for the appointment OF about
negro citizens to as u g Special Deputy Mar
shals at the coming election The persecution began last
Monday evening with the arrest Of 10 co0red men who
were quietly engaged in dining playing cards at
Wilson's eating house on Grandst, near Sullivan TINS
the place was disorderIy house The victims were
locked up and afterward brought before Justice Cox ut
bonds or to pay fines Of $40 or SIS in order to secure their
release Several Of them expected to become Special
One e Of these Deputies VIM r Wmgeons is a coi5red
of much respectability, and hadmerey stepped into
Wilson's for few minutes 10 hire man TO come and put
| coal in for him the next day.
On Tuesday evening at Kincad's billiard saloon, No CO
Deputies, arrested similar bsseless charge
against the house, and five others who escaped were
shot at but received no injury All those arrested were
fined or compelled to give bonds before being released,
and three still In prison. being too poor and rendess
10 pay fines or obtain securities.
| On "Wednesday evening Charles Allen and Joseph Ham
ilton industrious c0Ored labOrers arrested without
the slightest prOyocation In front OF Their own house. at
No. % Thompso-st, and are still locked up on prepos-
SICK segrayste 81 M bar%Sry Of 6 hi WIG
On the same evening another jealous policeman mad
against the colored people, by attempting to arrest
negro Deputy named Charles Wilson, as the latter
passing peaeeably along Broome-st, with his u s. COM
Come along here" cried the officer selling Wilson.
| what fort | liant done anything" responded the
astonishcd negro
"Never mind" reioned the policeman, you're mig
'"N .no! ant" was the terrified reply
Yes yon aTe and cers going to arrest all Of yon mig
The fanthearted Wilson was so thoroughly scared and
protested so strongly that he was not marshal that
/ the policeman finally let him go.
Ins hghhanded oppression working its natural re-
suit among the c0OIed people, who scarcely dare 10
ure on the street while many Of the deputies afraid
TO confess their oice or even to carry their commissions
about with them.
The record at the Eighth Precinct Station show that
saturday 20 whites and ten blacks arrested On
Monday when the raid began the figures changed to Is
whites and Il blacks, while Tuesday 10 whites and II
blacks were arrested on Wednesday the negroes had
taken alarm, aud kept out OF sight wary that 10
! whites were arrested and only blacks.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Commissioner Davenport will keep the United States
Circuit Court open to-day until O'Clock this oven