Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-17
TIE NEW YORK pRE.s.
Editorial Er,rne,- Prom the Great Dali


rnE sEw LicESsE Law ~ nLsom
From the n. Z. Tribune.
The license art which las inst pasraI the Leg
ihlaturs Of Illinois II remarkably stringent. IL
leading prOyislDnH are an fOllOwH
]. No selling without licenns.
= No license until tie applicant shall lave
given bond Tor o. UN with tNO freshDl1sTs a.
Hnrsties, that he will pay all damGgss which any
emo may Huffsr by reasYn If lin selling
3, Suit 10 be brought IN behalf ~ tho Etats
aganht any seller of hqupr whereby INJURY m
Iuhicted-whai sum may be- TecYysrsd ~ b. ap-
pTOpnatsd fur the rsdresH NJ rurh injury
II this act shail bs faithfully enfOrcaI as
why should Il not b. Il must shut up the lsWsr
stratum " gTogshOpg and salDsb-, festIc,ing
tho lqunf traffic ~ dsalefs WIN XOui1 be cgH-
strained by pecuniafy lutrrGst W say h1tAlty
~ mpTM puHDpls ~ -Hl e.fCufnspsci4Y la4-
cloudy. No OhG lcenFHd under this M cau.l
hnDrd ~ Ee m a tiprlsr NJ a minor feu would
take tho NIX ~ selling N a yH0I fellow Nho
was trItt!ng down tho rOad 70 run ata 2 40 gait
Of course, We understand ihs digestion ~ prn-
cpls urged by lrphihiIpnlst4 against any form
Of IAcsnHs yet counsel the IsmpafAhGs men
~ llhnpls ~ give tina act a far tual hy aiding
tts enforcement
ORR ErsHiAS EgLAripse
From the r. :. Standard.
We have nothing ~ common with tho MuHct,-
vito except that 40 both have rather more land
than other natiOne. There Ia no agreement bg-
tWceH uh on nlih1f fshXlJH Of government. and
AZ customers 10 each other, ws do not reuiife a
very large rot ~ books 10 keep our arcuuntg in
In short, there ~ nothing 10 biud uA together,
and tho only reason why ws have boon trying to
like each other IN becauHh wo had, ur thought we
had, the same enemy. England waH ncither the
friend Of the United States nor Uf tho Runsian
Empire. The aInity betw0en the two countries
sprAnY from THIS ono source now wo have Het-
tied onr disputoB with our English cousins aud
tho Autocrat Of all the l,lbHins, after having
done hH utmost 10 prevent such hettlemsnt
makeh no secret Of hiH dislike for nR.
THE TRIAL or BToKEa
From the N. !, Timca.i
Edward r. blOkoA will probably ba arraigued
for the murder Of James FlHk, Jr tD.dav Fnl
thlB man, M for all others tho public simply dc.
mAnd a fair trial, The air has been thick will
strange rumurs during the past week about som,
incident connected with the murder which arc
surrounded with great mystery. II wond be
improper TO repeat them at tins moment but
~ tho lnteroH of jurticc, it Inny hH raid thai
tho efforts Of some journals to make ont that
Fisk wRs much lll-uHed by Stokes for two year,
past, very unwiAe, Equally mprndont ar,
tho bOnstH Of tho Huryiying members OF thu
Eric Hing that they will spend .2jO 900 in NO
curing tho conviction Of Stokes
VINO II REsroNsfnLE ron THE CUSTOM HOUSE
Trom The N. :. Times.
Whhtoyor abuse this examination Inns revealed
whatever unjust Weighing Of goods or black
mailing, or bnhing, or compromising, have oc
cured, no more touch Gen. Gra.t than thry de
tho mqmpry ~ Mr.. Lincoln or Mr. B1chanan
Ihey have existed in tho Custom House oI
tins port alurr tine tune" whereof tho mcfuur,
OF man rxlendoth not 10 tho contrary They ar,
RbOminAble aud diHgrhGrful. But Hcn. Grant il
no moro roHpnnHihlo for thom than he IN f0
tho ltoyonue laws Of the First Congress