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NEW-y YORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, JANUARY %. tS7S
double murder, as well as crime against
mankind, is committed. This shorld be madc

double murder, as well as crime against
mankind. is committed. This should DC maze
n felony, classed with the gravest crimes.
Still. there are various considerations which'
in varying degree, aggravatc or modify the
cr;m;politv of the offense. II has been Thought
wise to leave with the courts the discretionary
power of fixing the term OF Imprisonment !"
each case, fixing its minimum SO that con
yiction will, in any event, insure some PUNISH
ment, but taking out of the hands of the jury
the opportunity Of determining the MAXIMUM
by specifyine the denomination of the crime.
There ia now pending in the Legislature pn'
nrcnorcd bv the New-YOrk MedicO- Legal So
ciety. assisted by Judge Bedford, whose hrIn
ness in managing several OF theSe criDhii'"i
cases before him has been generally com
mcndcd This bill repeals portions OF existing
statutes relating to the crime OF procuring
abortions, and leaves the law substantially Us
follows:
"Any person who shall administer TO any woman WIN
child or prescribe for any such woman or du'iSc vi IN
cure her to take any medicine, drug. suDsn'c vi ,o ]
whatever or shall use employ, or advise OF PIoc,u
her submit to the use or employment OF any % Va
mpnt other means whatever, WIN lutthb urLy .bo
produce the miscarriage OF any such woman ne s % nv
same shall have been necessary 10 g, inch child
or of such woman thereby Produced DE GeGhed ied
guilty OF felony ana upon CONVICTION shi % m Pat los
By Imprisonment in State Prison ior 'eim ho' "''
than four years" -,
This is certainly explicit; it defines the
ofiense clearly; it fixes the responsibility allke
on each of the parties who may be implicated
i'm committing, or causing, or advising 10 DC
committed the crime Of abortion. Some such
provision is imperaively demanded III order
IN check The frighthl waste OF life now going
90, :, +b;o State The bill gives fair promise
of doing what is expected of it, and we nope
it will receive early and thoughtful consldera-
ton in the Legislature.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23

The very last of the New-Orleans political
inflammation went out yesterday with the ex-
tinction Of Mr.. Carter. That ludicrous Bonn
bastes, after ma king a prodigiOus ado about
his pretended marches on the State House
seems to have discreetly subsided; ard, in
order to break his fall, his last dying confess
sion is that Gen. Emory has won the fight.
So long as peace and order have won, what
Carter says is not of much account; but the
truth of history compels the statement that
Gov. WarmOth is left master of the field.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23

Barnard g. Co. have received many hard
blows; but none harder than{the one Judge
McCunn deals them. He entreats The TRIB-
UNE not TO connect his name with theirs |!
make any charges you feel warranted in
"making against me-" he adjures u.s. "but
"don't speak of Barnard and McCunn in the
(" same sentence" Since the fresh and tender
concern of Mr.. John c. Heenan about the
danger to his reputation from the unwar-
ranted connection of his name with some of
Mr. ContSlsr ConnOllys operations, we
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23
NEBRASKA.
THE GOVERNOR DEPosED-ADJoURHMEAr AND
READJOURNMESr

THE GOVERNOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND
READJOURNMESr
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. Ex-senator Kennedy
having been sent for. arrived at Lincoln to-day. and
quorum obtained in the Senate. The Office OF Gov
declared vacant, and resolution was passed
providing for the election of Governor by joint Con
yentlon The six Senators who had ourned tho Sen
ate on Saturday had left for tier homes alsOs many
meHbers OF the House.
The House assembled al m. and ordered the Ser
geantat-Arms 10 arrest ChiefClerk Cropscy who wss
absent compel the return OF the Journal Of the House.
Mr. Cropsey refused to respect the warrant at 80 this
afternoon Mr. CrOpsey liberated on writ of baboas
CORPUS There is no quorum now In either House
Senate. Kennedy returned to his home. leaving the
Senate without quorum. or the 80 members OF the
House, only present and OF the 10 Senators only
six were present. The roll not called In either
House. Gov Jones refuses to recognize auy act u; The
Legislature, having adjourned that body on saturday
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23

est and wickedest prostitution of the
machinery of justice since tho age
of Pontius Plate. Are you thieves, as
so many of your predecessors have been
If so, you will earn the wages of iniquity, and
give these robbers of the widow and the
fathcrloss another lease of power. You can
earn and secure these wages by simply doing
nothing. But, if you mean to bold the esteem
of honest men, yOu must act and act prompt
ly. The Erie Railroad cannot earn less than
$4,000 per day beyond its necessary outgoes
This money now goes into the pockets of GER
tain managers and their cOnfederates instead
of those of the stockholders. How long shall
il retain that direction i? Speak ont
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23
NEW..IERSEY.
AN EVENING SESSION OF THE LEGisLATURE-THH
FIRST BLOW AGAINST ERlE-A SCHOOL DU-
REAU-INsURANCE COMMISSION.


GBY TELEGRAPH TO THR TR.BuSEl
TRENTON, n. j., jar. 22.-BOth Houses held
short sessions this evening but transacted very little
business In the Assembly there perfect flood OF
bills the most important presented By Mr.. PlImp-
ton repeating the law exempting the property
Of the Erie Railroad, I'm Jersey City, from tax
tion, and subjecting It 10 the same rate OF tAxnr
ton as all other real and personal property IN that
city The friends OF Erie claim that the second section of
the BILL which subjects all the real and personal properly
of the Company to taxation, IL too sweepine ami VIII In
consequence defeat the bill An act Is uhuoe way
contemplating the establishing OF Bureau OF
Education in Jersey City, consisting OF i3 members
six OF whom should be chosen FOR six years. SIX Tor four
years and six for years The Bureau will have power
TO elect superntendent OF Schools, and to have tho
general super vision of all educational interests.
Mr. Beesey introduced in the Senate bill placing tho
Insurance interest State in the hands nsur
ance COMMISSIONER who will have the execution OF all
laws relating to everything apperaioing 10 Insurance.
Said Commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor
shall reside in Trenton and receive salary OF 5000
He shall b. appointed for period of three years. and
shall exercise all the power enjoyed by tho Sccre
tary OF State in matters OF insurance
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23

Representative Merriam's bill, introduced
yesterday, is a good beginning in the work of
prohibiting discrimination in favor of foreign
goods by the officials of the Government 1t
is to be regretted that our people have not
more generally overcome the prejudice in
favor of far-fetched and dear-bought articles ;
but it is a shame that any department of the
Government should need legislation to correct
its gr0undless favoritism.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23

The Hon. II. II. Hulburd, Controller of the
Currency, whose term is about to expire, has
been somewhat injured in public esteem by the
malfeasance of Examiner Calender. We are
satisfied that this impression is unjust-that
Mr.. Hulburd was wholly ignorant of Callender's
borrowings from banks over which he exercised
supervision. We trust, therefore, that hlr. II.
may be reappOinted.
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23

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have seen nothing so touching BY all means,
let Judge McCunn be gratiied. Award him
such censure as he may be found to deserve.
but do Mt associate him with a Judge he 80
thoroughly dslikes and dcnounces as George
G.. Barnard.
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New-York tribune., 1872-01-23

The tilt Of London mlnstrels concerning ieshly
poetry" grows picturesque and exciting Mr.. ID. G.
Rossett taken unawares by Mr.. Robert Buchanans
pseudonymous lance, apparently lost breath aud the
COURAGE du dable altogether. UnhOrsed he lay in the
dust of silence, and of his wounds, his sorrow, and
his indignation only his faithful, dropping tailed
Pegasus might tell. But now that the critic takes
off his concealmg helmet. Rossetti RECEIVERS and
rushes to the charge with all the grim gallantry of
Don Quixote. He seeks to annihiate Nj. buchanan
In n letter headed 1.-The Steathy School of Criti-
cism"-a letter seasoned generously with the
tender vanity characteristic of poets of his
serious and sensitive turn OF mind lie
specifically denies his critics accusation of undue
poetic worship of "feshness" all the while keeping
up amusing undercurrent of assertion that the
charge is neither worthy nor necessary to an
swer. He makes out rather good case for himself,
and sticks the critic mercilessly nnder the fifth rib
when he declares with airy contempt that he has
not read the poor fellows poems Sir Dante Gabrers
valor while it is exhilarating, is assuredly mis-
placed. His defense Of himself is as uDgrace-
full and ungraciOus, though not quite so
mean business, Us Buchanan's onslaught. 1t
is not the poet who decides the question
as to tho feshliness" of his poetry, but his
readers to whom also may be left defense and re-
elimination. 1t is not lovely and melodious pro-
ceeding for trOubadours to claw each others eyes
out and call bad names in print. What, alas! be-
comes of ideal of the gentleness the justice and
forbearance instituted and refined by ardent study
and practice of that highest of arts-tbe Poeticf il
every poet should take mp against the criticism
of another, what an awful spectacle would horrify
the world! There would be loft only the people oil
sense, "who live on eighteen pence a day., 10 col
lect the little pieces Of poet. For no famous vers-
fer cordially admrcs and approves another VINO IL
not at least three centuries older than himself-and
then il is with a somewhat patronzing air. Gentle
songsters Pray you, dwell together in harmony,
and let us have no more such absurdty as the crlt
cism of dreamer of the Italian school by dreamer of
the Scotch Puritanic. There is little that Buchanan
coming out of the mystical pollcal-religious atmos
phcro of his queer Drama of Kings" can touch and
approve In the warm and delicate verses Of Rosseti
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23

Now, John Thomas, this is too bad. THE TRIBUNE
is tho only paper which has printed an absolutely
full report Of the Custom-house Investigation, and
yet you accuse us Of wholly concealing' from our
readers certain points in the testimony which, we
dare say, you would not have known yourself II
you had not read them in our columns. Your paper
as you well know, does not contain half the evi-
dence. and as you say yourself. what good can
possibly result from deliberate misrepresentation
Are these your " genlmnIy tastes y
New-York tribune., 1872-01-23

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Advertisements for this weeks issue Of The
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New-York tribune., 1872-04-27
4 fISTAKEN REFORMER.

Col. Rush C. Hawkins, though not a great,
is capable, and wo judge an honest man. He
was chosen to the Assembly last November,
from that district of our City which embraces
in its electoral body more wealth than any
other, with large proportion of intelligence
and devotion to the public veal. Though not
personally popular, he was chosen by an over
whelmng majority, having 1883 votes to 2,433
for all others. We were somewhat instrument
tai in the withdrawal of Republican COM
petitor, who was in tho field before him, ex-
pressly to make Col. Hawkins's calling and
election sure. AS the type of a class, we have
felt a special interest in his career, and regret
that it has not been more successful. For the
admonition Of future Legislators, we will indi-
cate two or three of its more palpable errors.
Before the Legislature was organized, Col.
H., in the caucus which nominated the AS
sembly's officers, made speech GDtrinsically
hazardous Oh the part Of new member)
wherein he broadly intlmated that the honest
members would vote with him in organizing
the House, and that the candidate for Speaker
whose election he did not favor, was the tool
of cOrrupiOnists; that the success of that can
didate would be the triumph of peculation.
This shaft did not help tho Colonels favoritc,
who was, nevertheless, nominated and chosen
Speaker. Col. Hawkins received, by that
Speakers favor, the Craftsmanship of q most
important Committee. which gave him large
opportunities for usefulness.
Have they been improved to the utmost
We think not. Col. Hawkins was i'll hot water
in the Assembly from first TO last. repeatedly
New-York tribune., 1872-04-27
PROGRESS IN IOW1,

Iowa has deGnitively abolished the Gallows.
Here is the act rerbdtim:
BE ii epacted by tie General Assembly Of the State of
Iora
"sECros /. The peualty of death punishment for
crime is hereby abolished.
"SEC. O. All crimes heretofore punishable with death
shall punished by imprisonment fol lie hard labor
In tho state Penitentiary.
"sEC. In all arising under the preceding sec
ons the Governor shall grant pardons except ON
ommendation OF the General Assembly"
The State Register (Des Moines) says of this
act:
"No measure OF amendment In law has swept on to
success during the present session with such popular
strength this Its might developing itself silently
accomplished Its work without strained ado. When the
public mind to think OF IT, and to think of II ser
ously cordially, and honestly the work done. The
boy who lived but yesterday to the hangmans rope
cut, will live to see the day when his children shall
wonder that the gaows per formed Its brutal work
in Iowa. the his father wondered that In early
American times the law hanged for theft tho same
as he himself wonders with shame for tho century that
the whpplngpost remains in Delaware As we express
our Christian pity over the spectacle OF Engands
Christian Queen noggng the boy OCOnnor with twenty
brutal stripes shall not stand In the shadow Of
the gallows TO do It,"
The Register pays the following tribute to
one of its generous cOwOrkers in eifecting this
reform:
"a good word just now, should be said, for justioes
sake In unpaevering praie Of MIR. Marvin II, Doyeo.
New-York tribune., 1872-04-27
4 PROSERIRED P1INTnR.

Courbet the artist was in Paris at the time
of the nsurrecticn of the Commune and. like
most of the eitizcns, Joined III 1t. Ills reputa-
ton gave him prominent position among
the Bohemians and literary Arabs who, III
company with some thinking and devoted men,
formed the government of the city. He sup
ported, during the short reign of that curious
fanatcism, everything which was improbable
and sentimental and impractcable, and took
an active part in the demolition of that
brazen column of the Place Vcnd0me
which was regarded by those crazy phil
anthropists as u "negation OF the cos
mopolitan fraternities." When Paris fell
Courbet was caught in an undignifed
attempt to escape, and was tried for treason
and murder and various other crimes Of which
he was as innocent as any cab-horse OF the
boulevard. He did not cut very heroic figure
on his trial. He was mOrtally nervous about
being shot, and even made the fantastic prOpO-
sition to rebuild the Vend6me column at his
own expense, ii the Government would let him
off. In moment of good nature he was
released chiefly because it was impossible to
feel any malignity toward so grOtesque an
offender and poor COurbet had the humiliation
to reflect when he saw Rossel and Ferr6 shot.
and Rochefort banshed, and Preau do Wedel
butchered in cold blood, that he escaped only
because he was considered a less serious revO-
lutionist than they.
He clung to life, however, adopting, as one
of his critics said, tho words of Panurge after
the storm, "An goes well. Let me land first.
/" / must go about my business" He went in
dustriOusly to work, and produced several
pictures for the exhibition of this Spring.
One was study of the female form, of the
kind which gained him such wide notoriety
several years ago, when his Femme au Per-
"roquet" delighted the public and divided
the critics; and the other was q remarkable
piece of still life--a reminiscence Of his prison
days. The jury, composed in great part of
artists devoted to the Empire, refused both OF
these pictures, ON the ground it is asserted
that NJ. Courbet's conduct during the insur-
rectOn was such as to render him unworthy
the association OF men of honor. One of the
jury was NJ. MeissOnier and when we con
slider that he had for several years frequentot
the Tuilerios, and recognized NJ. Bonaparte a'
o friend and patun, it must bo admitted tina
it seems rather an Mflectation for him 10 rails,
| tho question Of honor at this late day.
New-York tribune., 1872-04-27

irtimating that those who differed from him
were either knaves or FOOLS and at length re-
SIGNING his seat while measures of the gravest
consequence were still pending, and while it
was very doubtful whether measures of neces-
sary reform might or might not fail for want
of his vote. Is this the role of Reformer par
erceIlencef
Col. Hawkins stigmatizes the action Of the
Assembly in indOrsing the Vanderbilt sink
the-track project respecting Fourth Avenue
as grossly corrupt. We presume this incuIpa-
ton well founded. That our taxpayers gop-
orally should be made to pay several millions
of dollars to defray the cost of that operation,
by vote of the Assembly which is not pur-
chased, we cannot realize. The sinking and
partial walling over are right; but whatever
part of its cost is not justly chargeable to the
Railroad should be assessed upon the property
directly benefited thereby. Suppose barely
sixty blocks on each side of the Avenue OF
ten lots each to be thus benefited to the ex-
tent of $4,000 per lot "a moderate estimate),
there would be 1900 lots increased in value to
the aggregate extent of $6.O00,0OO That sum
would fully cover that portion of the cost OF
sinking the track which is thrown upon the
City; and why forty y-nine fiftieths OF 1t should
be charged upon property which Is not Dene-
fited by the process, we cannot imagine. III,
therefore. Col Hawkins had been content with
dcnouncing such q vote as tlagrantly profii-
gate, and holding up those who cast it to
general scorn and rebukc, we should gladly
have proffered our columns as medium for
diifusing such denunclation.
q 4 70 Ion ia
seat. Why7 Because this Reform Legisla-
ture is the rOtteneSt, most rascally concern
which has plundered and disgraced our State
for the last twenty years. Admitting the pre-
mise. we deny the legitimacy OF the deduc-
ton. If Col. Hawkins, after leading hls
Zouaves in one or two gallant fights during
our late civil war, had resigned and come
home, alleging that the Rebels were con-
temptible set, with whom a gentleman could
have no intercourse whatever, we should have
deemed him most illogical if not absolutely
insane. So the fact that he found himself
surrounded in the Assembly by corrupt
villains, ready to sell their souls for
a large enough mess of pOttage, afforded an
excellent reason not for rcsigning, but for
holding on. If his constituents had not ex-
pcctcd that rascals would find their way into
the Legislature, they could not have been in
duced to vote for Col. Hawkins. They chose
him expressly to fight coiruptionists, not to
run away from them. Says the Apostle to
the Gcnties, "a great door and efiectual
" is opened unto me, and there are many dd-
" rcrSarieS." That was a good reason Tor
pitching in, not for pegging out. We are
confident that Col. Hawkins will think so, the
next time he is sent to the Legislature.