The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-18
SPIRIT Of THE PRESS.
The English Papers Of This Morning

pOSSlnle Ctltck ~ may allOru 10 tn6 use ol
deadly weapons in avenging real or fancied
| injuries. Price was employed in the ware
house vi Mr.. Black, and O couple OF hogs
! fell on him. 1t was said the evidence of
the theft existed. but though he had only
two or three days' detention in jail-.his
employer refusing to prosecute. and direct
ing his discharge-Price resolved that Black
should die if he did not retract. There
was no retraction, and Price car
ried out his res luti"n. - The
tenor of Washington dispatches in
dicates that, after the holidays, there will
be sharp debate on financial questions
The contest will not hinge upon the Presi-
dents recommendation to retire and cancel
the greenbaoks; neither party seems pre-
pared to take that ground, though it is the
true one; but upon Senator Rayards prop.
osition to take from the Treasury notes
their leeal-tender quality. Events will not
wait for the slow decisions of the Supreme
Court and Congress must meet the respOn-
sibility.-It l. no more likely any Young
lady in Indiana will be constrained to ac-
cept husband of color than it is that those
of Mississippi, where the negroes are in
the majority, will be compelled to do it.
The addition of few hundred blacks to
those already in the State is not likely to
effect social or political revolution. TAX
ing the number already reported as there.
and those on the way from North Carolina,
and they will not amount to more than
eight hundred men, women and children.
OF course no intelligent person is disturbed d
by such an accession TO the population of
the State. Politically it counts for moth
ing, and socially it can havesno visible ef-
feet. after the immigrants have been dis
tr,buted through the country in the em.
ployment of farmers. There are tens of
Thousands vf acres Of as fertile land
in Indiana as the sun ever shown
upon, lying neglected and untitled for the
want Of manual labor. As for the Demo-
cratic notion that this small exo,ius from
motive, we don't believe a word Of it. The
negroes are bound to leave the South sooner
or later, unless more fairly treated. They
will DO it for the same cause that has infln-
enced the tides and currents of human mi
grafton in all times-the desire and hope of
lettering their condition-and the stream
will flow into one State or another as they
offer the better inducements for employ
ment and requirement.
The Gazette says: Mr.. A. c. Sands has
declined the appointment of Chiet of Po-
lice which was rendered him by the Police
Board. Mr.. Sands shows due appreciation
of the importance of the Office of Chief Of
Police. But he mildly points out that be-
sides the party shape in which this has
been put by the course of the Board and
Chief Wappenstein's expressed reasons for
resignng, the various EXPIRE 'sions of Chief
Wapp pensteim, of the late President of the
Board, Mr.. Sutton and of Mayor Jacob,
taken together, show that there is not any
where any legal power BY which the
police could carry out the ref rms now
popularity demanded He erefore de-
clines to assume an Office whose powers are
80 uncertain and 80 much disputed
The situation of the British force at Cabnl
made inevitable the stoppage of commnnica
tons, which is now announced in our ca
Diagrams In short, the army is in state
of siege at the Shirpur cantonments, and
will be helpless until relieved by forces
from India. These, by either route, must
termlned resistance even by irregular
troops. can make very difficult, and which
the winter season alone may render impas-
sable. Relief may not be possible before
spring. General Roberts force is stated at
five thousand. The statement is also made
that it has supplies for several months.
The manner in which this advance was
made from Candahar renders this iDcred-
ible. Even If it had provisions, 1t is in,-
probable that it has forage or fuel. Besieged
as it is, it can not take these from the sur
rounding country. The English papers are
trying to prevent alarm by putting good
face on the matter, and assuming that this
will be only a delay and inconvenience,
but the circumstance show that the stu
alton is much more serious than this.-Just
az the Shelby und.) County Democracy
we're about to secede from the Union be-
cause of contemplated appropriation in
aid of the newly arrived North Carolina
immigrants, the discovery was made that
the negroes were all at work making liv-
ing, and would not accept charity. Thus
Shelby County is saved to the Union.--As
to the requirement that the Southern
Railroad shall be run in the interest ol
Cincinnati, the way to do that is to get
the largest amount of carrying,
and that would be the interest o!
the owners. whoever . they. might
be- We presume that none are so simple
as to think OF making Cincinnati an OBJ
struction to the railroad in prder to run il
in tie interest of Cincinnati. There is
much to do besides building. the roadway,
to create railroad and to secure the trade
to which its position entities it. and to pro-
vide terminal and other means for carrying
on a great railroad business. A city is in.
conpetent to do these things. A part 4
the original idea was that the city would
sell the completed road. The question tt
be considered is whether this shall be the
policy and whether this is not the time.