New-York tribune., 1872-03-11

|, ~ Boston, gave handsome sum for the foua.S
,ti8,, and endowment Of Methodist Univer,,,.
R,.ton. TO include a College, Theological School
School a.. Law. Now. we are told that W. a ps'
made Bosfon, the seat Of the institution vbiSe
created. because,.ssar Boston there was no Cn,S.
tan College Are'ws u understand theteiors ~
it was the opinion Of the benevolent donor S,,
Harvard Uniye vsity is Heathon University, N.
words used seem >to>admit of no other ir.crprs.,.
tion and yet we 10 nJl believe that Mr.. Rich ps,..
to say anything of tue klld; and 1t is possible b,,
the uncharitable mediumA through which whs, 4.
did say has passed. has gfy.n to 1t an unfair cola,
ing. Generally, think tito be at least extremeI,
ill-bred for sect to derry to another, against i,
express protestatlon TO tie cOnhary the title
christian" 1t is mounfully ridiculous "a,
one-tenth, We will gay. Of al the pro
fessors to lbelieve that the O,her nine
tenths must be damned, as trey .mnst
according to all the creeds with which We arese
quaDted, il these not Christians" yrhhs d.
claring themselves to he such. We Object ,c,any
such monopoly of an appcllation which cmpAa
sense and common justice must cOncede TO an whn
love the character and reverence the teachinr AZ
Christ. Besides, not one good man iu ten. who re-
peats by rote the formulas Of probable damnatics.
believes what he says or takes the trouble to in.
He may condemn great masses Of bis fellow CREATURES
with whom he is not personally acquainted to end.
less misery, but he always makes a reservation in
favor of neighbor Il. neghbOr G., although neither
of them thinks in matters Of faith as he does. Itb
like DR.. Swifts hatred of the human in general
and his love for Tom or Dick in particular So much
we may say even as a secular newspaper, in the in
teress of wholesome social feeling and in defensed
the commonest kind of good taste.
We have been under the impression until ate,
that judicial proceedings were conducted in England
with greater celebrity, at least with less unnecessary
delay than in this country; but the Tichborne
has dispelled the Illusion. No lOng-winded Yankee
lawyer argued cause TO jury with the proix.
ity INDUCED in by the AttOrney-General IN the
| matter of Tchborne. A paragraph states that Sr
Charles Wetherell once argued cause before the
Lord Chancellor for eighteen days. We may takeit
for granted that such verbose indulgence IN any
case is quite superuous. In the first place, as
inries are ordinarily constituted, it would be rex.
TO impossible for twelve men all of them to listen
for such length of time without apsing into con-
dtion Of intellectual botheratiOn. In the next place
we cannot imagine any judicial cause, however com
plex, which can require such verbose elaboration
and we go further and say that We can hardly I'M
aeine u cause that is a good one, which would not
be damaged by it. If we are to- have the vice Of
eouitv proceedings in common law actions and that
TOO without the compensation of the equity method,
litigants will be in worse plight, from the laws
inteTminablity, than ever.
The Massachusetts, House Of Representatives. has
killed the Senate bill which put cider and beer
strong and lager into the category of prohibited
liquors. The prospect" comments Boston news
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- ture Will not be governed by few fanatics, but
pay some heed to the voice of the general public"
1t does seem hard that the sale Of liquors of which
it takes q prOdigiOus quantity TO intoxicate the
drinker should be made legal 'offelse, but expert
ence has shown that where ale is sOld the stronger
fluids are sold also. The great cause of Inc.
briefly is to be found. not in drinking this or
that but in drinking for the sak0 Of drinking.
Those who have had experience in such matters
assert that the main difficulty in keeping reformed
men steady to their resolution is in making them
understand that the presence OF alcohol even IN
minute proportions, makes any beverage dangerous.
The percentage of alcohol in lsger-beer Is extremely
small and numerically seems insignificant. bat it il
sufficient in many cases to arouse a dormant appe.
tie which, revived, may be difficult of CONTROL
while beer saloons are lust as much tipplingshOps
as bar rooms stocked with spirits
If people must smoke tobacco land we suppose
they must, why can't they smoke it decently! Why
must they create nuisance There il complaint
that the Massachusetts Legislative Committee
Railroads have made their room in the state House
sort of smokers retreat, that the atmosphere OF
the apartment would disgrace grogsbop. Even q
prominent lawyer, the other day. who vas engaged
in an argument before the COMMITTEES tainted away;
and railway lawyers are usually considered pretty
| tough subjects. There is suppose, such thing
possible as taking tobacco" neatly; bat Chester
tieldian delicacy is not usually observable among
| the votaries of nicOtiue.
| There is a yerymuch married man in Texas, OSeal
by name. who, even for an l.shmaa. is IN exraord-
| nary prOpagator Of his species, FOR, having been
married eight times, be has forty-one children He
is sxty-ive years Old and his personal ambition is
to bring the number Of his wives up 10 fifty dong
| in legitimate that which the Mormon pltrlarcs
do in an illegtimate way Perhaps Mr.. O'Aeal does
not intend TO wait for the opportunities afforded W
bereavement but proposes TO try the shorter cut
of divorce, II So in of our Stares. he need no
| limit himself 20 such an insignificant number oil
| spOuSes as halfa-hundred.
Mr. Judd's bill to abolish The sAsurdities Of the
present Jury law has passed the Assembly. ami ougnt
| to pass the Senate without any further delay We
| have wasted since this bill hTst presented III
| the Legislature nrany thousand dollars worm oi
the time of our Courts in the attempt 10 hno l9hoit
I iurynen who have not formed and eNpTeSssa
| opinions about subjects that all Intelligent men a'e
discussing, and t is high time Tor IA 20 ieI"''n"
| statute which virtually excludes from our Jui'es
| nearly all men who are competent 90 rFe Just
| yeIdicts.
There is an american doctor In MarsciI!e, ft'''
who is curing all kinds of diseases by 'he "dn'''
istration of "mesmerized watHr.' Ot course IN
probably scamp. aud not even an oughu s'''""