New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-03

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when O enc improyements to be met with In 'ho oes
tcAny .ouers-steam launch, hfeooa'S' "pI
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u ~ =. sound on board the Plcardle' inc 49, Tbo
not however to be one sIe San professors OF
trip n.y. NO. nnmber on her soehuho physOg-
vessel Is 70 5oeeying industry ara Sanisfry and
raphy and meteor0logy @ eminent French able has
natural history. flnalL}{, ~
been retained as chaplain. A. ham arOund
A old china case has receh'y Oo0 nGoseIize
80 tbe civil tribunal Of Nancy poris for
100 an advertisement from NJ Duche' IT., for sale
800 ~ art Of various kinds, ohereo W b,cb he
80 Eases alleged 70 be Of seyres ,fer some
statsd were valued by experts at $500 tor 81 OoO
o"rrespondcnce the vases were purVna ero not real
~ - eos discovered that the vases "ol0 - ~
anu 'n'A = 80. Tho seller had commitIeu "u -,
,,,,r, tbem as such. claim WIS iI'N o.rr,.d.
a,n cancelled and the purchase 80 vero " OH
oHts c, d,Iyodelize maintained tu"' 'H'' ~, 800,
pu' :, ddtne that "they were gwen W $500
6evres' sns,oe elizabeth" ~ DUchene thcn asNe"
no'nel 1 ~ NJ Robert director OF the SeVIeS manu-
o and thar Rentlemans reply vas IH Hi .Iy agarc
Se az HE mandatory OF the hurr which IN
maue as ~ SGo nv HannOng OF SiIRobuIs, ~ C,rnf
founded III laced under the patronage OF the ,
dArfojs This reply was the suit was be-
Ian refnsed 10 refund the money pau The niaintG
sun d he tribunal gave judgment ior tho pl""
The London press is CONCENTRATING nStiL
al.Dse NJ public feeling in the Uh''eu 0''''s
ranectibg the Eastern Question II Is ann - ,
,hot far more respect is expressed loI Ens' -.
Coonrnent have given up harpng Oh brIt'Sn
and taken their stand as the deieh'oi "a
80, ,,o ypscrupulous attack of single POWER
Asaiu'' - aton tits thought has been gong on Tor
some time and the people Of the Uhiteo oV"'eS ei'
,ire 70 see what Russian civilization really means
cnora,ulations like these are premature AuericdS
80 nor blind to the faults OF Russian administration
INT they have no sympathy with British diplomacy III
tb East The Pail Mall Gazette, however Is rlght Wieh
sovs that it is absurd TO suppose thai the America"
-ycrnmort would sanction the sale or equipment o.
in the ports OF the United states IL
= a1so sac ciOus when IL suggests that ALTHOUGH
Fans a Pa for The 6eneft Of Russia alone they wond
oot he sorry II the result OF war were 10 th Wy ~
~ british trade into American bottoms, ana IN tAlS
ssnect GERMANY probably is at least equally anxious
Cardinal Manning and DR.. Newman have
,oor as4ed by good Catholics whether persons
bose conscience might dictate that England was enter
inc mon an unjusnabe war would be Douhd' even al
NE risk Of death for refusal, TO take up aims
rha Cardinal through his secretary, says; Ia
,enlving. it IS hardly necessary to say that
~ one vyould be justified in going forth to
av others merely to give expression TO the yndlcuVe
tssnes Of dplomatsts. But this is not likely to be on
of our Government the object OF any war with
prssio into which England may possibly he drawn
n, Newman has sent the following reply: Soldiers
have engaged In profession and promised service Shu
LOYALTY to the Queen They cannot leave 1t suddenly al
their own will IT, indeed, they were called upon by
virue of their profession to SIM of course they must not
bbey they be put TO death rather than obey but
ev ust be certain that 1t is sin before they can Te
rousy refuse They have duty. no liberty to refuse
10 serve now in q war against Russia, unless they
ana perfectly sure that the war is unjust Til
then their duty TO tAe Queen is in force and
believe though they may have strong grounds for
thinking that the is unjust They cannot release
themselves from their duty on doubt or an opinion
And ucn as J. for one disapprOve of the war, and de-
plOre IT, certainly am not sure that there are not jus
but by the Russians. 1t Is not and out clear
hat the Russians altogether right and we altogether
wrong"
The bar Of Pennsylvania is very much con-
,erned atpresent with remarkable decision by county
udge Last Fall the Labor party in Iuzerne County
elected as Judge OF one OF its courts man who had
bracticed but little law and that little in police court
Ind who when once in the state Legislature, had orei
hated BILL the object OF which was TO restrict the hold
ing Of property to $4,000 for each individual His
rst case was the which is now under discussion
geltO-do merchant in Scranton, named PAUL. leased
he upper part Of his TO another named Johns
tom dispute afterwards arose about the right OF
PanlI 10 remove porch from the second-stOry, and
suit AGAINST him wasethe outcome Of It, Johnston
claimed that the clause in the lease which permitted
the removal been inserted after the lease was Signed
while PAUL. said it placed there with the knowledge
md consent Of Johnston suit was first brought III
criminal court lOE PERJURY OuV II "a9 ui9is'' %
without merits. suit. this time FOR forgery,
then brought in the court Of this judge, Stanton,
who was electedby the Labor party. To the surprise
OF every one who saw the evidence, PAUL was found
guilty. motion for new trial was made and IN few
days IT was argued. Judge Stanton thereupOn mme-
dlately drew from bis pocket a written opinion
ruling the motion, ana called upon DstricAttOrney
Rice to for sentence al once. Mr. Rice refused TO
do so. reminding the judge that bis Honor was not sit
ting in open court but in chambers. The next day IN
,JuQQe 4.
for sentence Mr.. Rice told the judge he had carefully
reviewed the but found evidence OF importance
in IT, in moving sentence as II was his duty to do,
he said IL the most painful duty be had per
formed Judge Stanton then tOOk from his pocket
long document and proceeded to read IL TO the prisoner
reminding him in plain words that wealth posi-
ton could lind favor IN his eyes. He then sentenced
the innocent 10 solitary confinement in the county
fail for years. and to fine of $500. air. PAUL
then taken to prison. but writ OF error granted
last Wednesday by the supreme Court and the prisoner
has been released on ball