, 1873-01-31
From Our 0,csa Correspondent.

escape the gallows. They have pretty nearly
!come TO tic conclusion of jack Reynolds, that
hanging is "pIayed out in New York, aud they
n-e waiting for good opportunity to distinguish
themselves with revolver or knife
Murders are steadily on the increase, espe-
,cislly those of the deliberate sort; and their
effect On the community ls guch that no citizen
has the least sensa of security. Their alarming
freaueecy in tho metropolis, during the past
three years. has materially 1ossened the oppo-
11ents Of capital punishment. Those who were
most earnest in denounclng it have begun to
:belieye that the scaTold is tho sole terror to
,many r,1itians and that, without it, human life
,is not safe. Nearly everybody would now be
glad to see every one Of the murderers shut up
hn the Toubs taken out tomorrow, and hanged
.oue after the other.
The feeling is, that such Wholesale execution
would have q wholesome effect, by inspiring the
dangerous classes With d dread Of taking; Afo.
'The following il, doubtless, correct: Most as
asuredly, ne need series of examples. #. after
Foster, Stokes, 6cannell, King, AIagruder, Nixon,
fand nn the rest had been strung up, twas found
tLat murder did not diminish hero, we might con-
k1ude capital punishment to be without influence.
tBut, until thon, ellould believe, much as dis
'1Eo to, that, in great city OF mixed population
like o1ra, hanging is the best means OF render
Iii indications are that Jack :Ketch
will be busy In this vicinity for tho
'next twelve months. We shall need
TO have nearly one execution 9 week to exhaust
.our present stock Of muzderers~ Though many
..of them will probably cscepe by bubbles Of the
,1aw, q considerable proportion must go to their
doom. Terrible as hanging is, it is better that
there should be hanging than that innocent citi
Dies from insult. or merely because summoned
to rive evidence against brutal husbands. II
tue law cannot and will not protect, protection
1aust be sought by natural means, and that is
anarchy.
TIE DAILY GRAPHIC
The ns:ne OF the new eight-page Scent even-
ing Llustrated paper-wil make lts ap.
pear=nce, It i nsid soon after a,-a1bs the - 1st
eapita1isrg. % = most Of them from Montreal (Cans-
,da). who have already paid in $500, 900 gold to
sustain their cnterprise- One side Of the paper
lis to be Autographed by new process pure;
.College at Quebec, wishing to reproduce an old
hook Of Ohamplain, containing many autographs,
diagrams, and pictures, applied to the Queen's
Printing Office to hare the job done. -Four
undertook tbs task, and, aftor long labor and
eoultless experiments. occupying four years,
got out the volume. Tho Leggos died some time
since, and George E. Desbarats, who was
queen'a Printer. succeeded, With hlh ,son, h to
:process-it is called the graphic-was perfected
about two years ago, and promised so we'll that
they determined to establish it here. Tho result
ii tic Graphic, the illustrations OF which can be
made by the artist he being his own engra7cr,
IA quickly as reporter can write upan account
aof nnv notable occurrence.
Supposing that 8 whole family should be nnur-
dersd In Forticth street, Or that q North River
fo7ry-i;oat should be rnn down By . passing
gtelmcr; at II o'clock this morning. Ths first
edition of tho Graphic this afternoon would
contain pictorial aa we'll as written de-
sc1iptions Of tho terrible scenes; thus
anticipating the illustrated Weekies, ana revo-
The Graphic Company has leased = large mar
Gle and iron building in Park Place. and ia pos
.eesscd, it is understood Of ample facilities for
all sorts OF photographing, engraving, htho-
they can make their journal pay with daily cir
;culation of 10000, though they expect ono much
larger.
photography; and have tried to give YOU =
!crude, but early, outline Of what 1t is proposed
rESsysox AZ i Pomous pn1a.
Those who have heard James T. Fields lee
Z, tnre on Tennyson have, probably, been struck
with the enthusiastic admiration which the lee,
,turcr evidently feels for his subject. There: is
,epn1ething OF the Boswell in Fields, who may be-
tieve, with VauEenargue that measured praise is
"a au1e sign Of mediocrity. Tennyaon. it will be-
generally conceded, is very clever. poet - but
,sLat lie Is great man, few who have met him
5,ill be willing to admit. Nearly al accounts Of
americans agree IN pronouncing linn Al ill-man-
sTfa 4Sa eEt }o Thomas aa eas esa intro
'3uced to him in London, ono evening, At: the
!. .house OF friend, and, as Read was the only
zone Of onr countr5Inen present, tho Poet-auIa-
's's singled him out, and addressed Linn in@this |
syiue: = Kr. Read, hare heretofore had conBid-
-ersble respect for your country this. was
'iuat after the RebellionJ; Eut now ;;you- have
brought on your own ruin; and I {
must Say, sir, that have not particle Of SYM
fbadl5, tir, rery badly, and altogether forfeited
pni hssd ssip responded; "Dont trouble yourself,
1l-. Tennyzop, aboat our country It il very |
rngratefn lsnd, no doubt; but it doesn't really
thinks Of it, It doesn't expect to win its bat--
tlea By European sympathies, hat By unfinching /
courage md hard blows: So, I beg Of you,
NJ. Tennyson, not to give .youIsaH: any mors
une.siness On that subject. We can get along !
quite as well without your esteem Is with it..
At this, Mr. Tennyson, feeling offended, e1- |
claimed Il Umph!" ind stalled away With: his
ncse in the air. 80. -.<,I, ':.:
70 speak OF American affairs. Tho poet grew
evidently restless, Is he la wont to do Then the,
shame is anything. but himself. Sumner, per-
ceiving this, soon dropped his topic, and TOMMY
I'll open book in his hand, presented it. to- Sum
asr, and said dramatically and imperatively,
"a Read inatt" ,..-. n
Sumner, looking as the opsn page, saw that it
III. Tennyson, an very familiar With this, and
l consider it one Of tho best OF your poems" l.:
" Re1d It aloud, exclaimed the conceited au.
Enor, Mnaraupon the statesman, though feeling
Interpret it as he thought it should b.: IL had
t1srdly gotten through with q page before Tan-
nyson almost matched the volumn from his hand
sir" and he recited nearly the whole p Of H.
poem in the d1awling, monotonous, artificial +
p annar for which hs is famous: conveying to