Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-21
FIRST EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA.
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THE HBuossrITUrIoNAL ooEyEsrIaN Agp THE LIBEL |
lLAw--INJUsrIoE TO NEwsPAPEBs-NovFLrY IN |
TEMPERANCE .HEFURh4LH0RDER TRIALs-THE, |
FuLMER MYsTERY-THE soHUYLKILL REaArTA--A |
sEBIEs or RINh ROWING MATCHES - ANoTHEA |
J" MKRY MoHBSAN AFFAIR -sHoeKJSa, BARBARfrY |
TO TWO YOUNG cHILDREN-&c 10
Special Correspondence ofuae Commercial
-1' .-,..,,,, PHmApELPHIA, June 20.
{. After the ample discussion that has basn had
upon the Libel Law Of Pennsylvania, in the
Constitutional Convention, it was hoped that,
some better substitute for. the article as H. nov
stsi1ls in our code might be made than was
offered in theconyeption this week, The reasons
able part of the public ~ we'll as the press, al
agreed thar the present law is Unjust and fh-
efficient and the proposed amendment "or
modification does little or nothing to remove
the wrong complained Of After some ''glittsf,-
ing geheralites," complimentary to the free
dom OF the press the amendment euects that
no conviction shall be had for libel when the
fact that-ths pubircatfuu was mot mziiciUus shsii
be proved to the satisfaction Of the jury. But
this gives the publisher very little leo-way in
fact it Is no protection at ALL Every one knows
how difficult it will often be to prove to
Jury that statements and criticisms
made 10 perfect good faith. aud under the. sin
cerest belief, were not malicious. 1t ts not pos
sible for a newspaper to know every fact OF
CO Sc which sense of it's responsibility to ths
public impelB it to crlticiBe. ln the Horton ht-,
fairso ast weak, for plst anees there may possi-
L bfy be D ride which has not been made knowh
Enough WAS known however, to lead the papers,
to say that Horton was guilty OF forgery AMI
bond 'raring ~ In some partiotlars,of that inI
diciment there may have hqen mistakes. bit
should Horton expect verdict for sliuh ltbelN
or should il be- properly incumbent on the pa
pers who commented on the case to prove q
they were not malicousiy actnatedT How cdnpl
they prove it If1oR the onns were on me
| party HbtLied 10 prove malicious iutentl Gu the
| part of the publisher the case would be proper
| ly altered. That provision would plsiDl cover
| the ground and more could not be asked l
spoke Of HOrtotE hshn sNatnple, beoaube iticaiAt
| fret to mind but stronger instances might easi-
I ly be givbfi. Matters hrB continually 'atfhtTg
which Il islneumbent op the press q investigate
/ and which Investigation cannot ~ reas4n De,
| DELAYED nDtilthe pros and cons, OF the matter
| are all made cseaF. In fact, WithOnt the nswsr
/ aper they would not be cleared up at all Nat.
ursly such work There will be mistakes but
the person, misrepfeAented should prove that hb
was detiguedly iieeleda ANY oIneI N ;pFoNlu
| or course Sou remember Penistan, the lucky
| saloon keeper Who drew prize OF half million
4 dollars in the Havana lottery Penlstan keeps
| or kept. one Of the moHt Irespeetaele drlpklls
| AZ Fifth aud Chestnut Sts, and also did large
hneinees in the family 4" lne. that is IN hotthg
ale, porter, &cf, which he delivered by wag9p T.
| customers in all sections OF the city, BnL since
he has come into thla fortune. PeEistan designs
turning over a new leaf Tin fact he has already
| turpedi it, lie is now temperanee teformer "
r do nnt know when have encountered a piece
| of news in which absurd entirely proper ana
a0fiia pltiful elements were 30 blendsd AZ "
solid man Penistan desires TO cut loose from his
tathrn afiliatieBsr--This is we'll enough hnt In
conversion itself partakesot ne eomlcsl, "
| rid himself OF the uDlhaxwuH buspess the nRs
i instance then he gave S2OOO to the ue0Tis!e uorn
l aAvlnm ; more recently he has donated s2OuO "a
\ the Fountain Society for the erection OF fe"
| street drinking place OF the pure and unde-
HIed !" and it is announced that he has other lik,
humanitarian sche mes III view IL Is never t%o1 %
4 late TO mend to he sure. and vet the picture Oh
| A asloor- keeper cutting the business simply be
| cause lie has made II raise III the world, ls prop
ably as dubious qHnPimet tsaa eser wac naS
/ the Fumsellihg fVAtetntty% lle~ to-ths 3so'
! briate asyum il a peculiarly fellcitous one, to'
= rsaaons which need not be dwelt upon. ana the
proylsion for street fountain ID the worst DacS-
Il handed blow the venders OF strychnne anu
peppermint Lave ever Teceiveir 4he oltS ,1i Won
dar ia that a man OF such fine impulses cOnlu
| have brought himself to the point Of poisoning
his fellow creatures. for whom he had such a.
| affectiOuate regard, 80 long
l. The week has been more than usually oppreh-
aiys in criminal matters The Horton forserles
rave occasioned mpGh enpment.13 ~ H.get Y
L debated dAestfon -ulretherthe loss VIII faH upoi
| Petarson the Philadelphia broker, or upon the
| New York firm which paid the gold on the ordei
from Philadelphia. Both parties oner stroig
l. arguments and equally sure that they are u
II lie right There have been two murder trlAst
during the week. In the case OF Charles >
Cloak. charged with killing his wife the Jury
/, | rendered verdict VI murder IN the SECOND ue,
gree. accompanying it with a recommendation t'
L msrey "a rather singular finding tn' atnofouBh
| " brutal and cruel affair Lucinda Gun wa'
| also on trial on Wednesday, for the kiilng o.
her nephew JosephAPrice. ,rha InlA t9pna tn'
8 | pfieoner not guilty it being proved to their sat
= isfauton that the shooting was essenllsllH ~ az
cideptal one as it was thought that third de
gree" at least. would be reached. The case OF th'
r Young man George l.. Wpq was iound ON
: | morning last week lying in trout OF the ultare
: Rank with bullet hole in his head remains a.
d mnch A nsstery asAvert Fplther was carlffdt
Q the Penbsylvania Hospital: where ne r1inSihe'
Il unconscious a few hours when he dled "nelhe
il was murder or suicide no } one! Gan deter
IL mine 1t was thought at one time that me s oe
tectiyes were ON the proper track when they uls
= eoyered proof OF Fnlmer's colhPdnidhshtp =, o.
q the fatal night. but it came to nothing, II IT
n Cnroner'a iiiry after being in SESSION neariy
Il | ueaL fnuId n verdict that the manner OF deaf
was unknown to them, nor from present ap
Il psAranccs is it likely TO be known tae a u
mar Case" will 1Hut AhlSs fensait one ef the sa
mysteries winch swell the BLACK record ol al
" The Schuylkill Regatta has been one Of our I
10 cal events. IL was haldiOn Saturday and IN
9 4 Park and River Banks we're thronged Tor milei
~ n is supposed at least 60,00O people viewed tn
races This sport Increases in favor yearly VII
y us, and the Park improvements have done
el great deal towards fostering interest ~ H. e
ty more charming scene than he Sehuylklli ps
~ .ents on the occasion of n boat race OH IN
,I5 | day. one would have to go far to see The mr.
ID race of the Regatta was for singie shells, d
oy one of the oarsmen having been capsIzed, ana
r charge Of foul" being raised at the end Of II
or race the Judges, Determined to call it d ara'
to This race will borrowed Againtseme hmedn1i
ne tine numtner The next contest was Tor lou
n cared shells and was won by wiper, time
nd min 25 sec The third Eaeefg glfs9eEs / u
won by Falcbfi+ ia q rs, Though -s,MIsehfe
So wa splendid second time 2l.S6 The Tour
4 and concluding race between toui-oareu 9i
u, u, | was won by .'Phanom" in 20 min sec, II
~ u, racas throughout seemed to give grcat PIE
w snre. The six-oar race was the best contes91
and eansed the most excitement The course
10" three miles long and the average OF thie ma
In IL considered very fair by rowing men, ailhoug
halter has beeh done over pho eanle course;
as distreasingly painfuf affairtn the so'n war II
ey in the Northeastern part OF tue CITY Is u
III of Inc principal topics Two little klFls ~
or Sour and half and Ave years, had been Inssl
y / | aimee early Wednesday morning, and were OIL
to found in an upper story of an empty house
3D. midniaht yes1efasy II One Of ths scmldren y
S2; dead And the other thought to be dyl
lAaakf hplD brought