New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-27

SpOndent tells the story on announcer P"S' W.
this mans sutferings under treatment OF
almost Incredible cruelty. and his present des-
ttution. This is genuine case OF anu
slavery martyrdom. and it Is time that 1t
ceased to deserve that name.
"a. murdered u. at - on -" This Is
the startlncly brief way III which indictments
for mur,lrr will hc stated under the new Eng
lish criminal Code which IL likely 10 pe
adoptcd. aud winch correspondent discusses
elsewhere. The work which Sir James fl"'
lanes stephen has accomplished OF eVoiVilS"
simple lust and vet rgId system oi criminal Ia"
out of the vast accumuatlonS 81 IeEiHia'N"
and iudiclll wisdom and toollShncs' "hi'h
have been pilIug up i'll England century a'"
century. almost deserves TO he called Wofh
Of genius. The brCyity Of the Code IL
self, the curtneSs aud simplicity OF tue
forms to he used as compared with the
vcrbo,ity which centuries OF use have madc
venerable. the boidncSS Of the change made,
must be 50 formidable 20 people CLOSELY
welded to precedent that the adoption OF
the Code VIII he a remarkable tribute
To lis merits. Perhaps one Of the greatest
Of these is its recognition OF thc tact
that whereas in the early days OF the
law the odds were always against the criWi-
nal ;hc system which was then designed 10
give him more than half a chance Tor NE Is
still substantially in usc, though the odbN are
now AGAINST society and justice and III favor
OF the criminal.
Our correspondent in Louisiana discusses
the tendency toward reputation in that
state, upon which THE TRIBUNE bad occasion
70 comment recently. The movement has
taken tie form Of intense hostility to
the present Constitution, which contains
provision lcyying an annual tax
10 pay the interest upon the State debt. 1t Is
feared chat if the convention me Is winch
is now loudly demanded on al hands, this
movision will b. stricken out in framing
Il new Constitution, and the annual IN
tcrcst will be left at the mercy OF the
legislature. In that case, there Is only
100 much reason TO fear that there would be
successive defaults, until THIS fresh accumu-
lalian Of debt would create an irresistible de
mand for either total or partial reputation OF
the debt. For a state which is easily able TO
pay all that it owes. the more so that
tie debt has already been scaled once
this seems a strange course to follow.
But when it is remembered that Virginia
and Tennessee are also well able to deal justly
with their creditors, and that they have al
ready travelled far upon the road to which
Louisiana is Just taking, it must be sadly
admitted that whatever else may be said Of
the course Of that State. ii cannot be called
novel
The advocates and the opponents of a trans
fer of the Indian Bureau to the War De-
putmpnt will stand upon an equal foot
ing before Congress, the Joint Committee
to which the subject was referred being
equally divided. An outline of Mr.. Boonc's
report as the representative of that half OF
the Committee which favOrs the transfer, will
be found in the Washington dispatches. Senator
Saunders, who seems to lead the opposition,
favoIs a makeshift policy, which the test Of
experience would probably show to be painfully
Inadequate. If the President were vested
with authority to place under control of the
War Department any tribes which he con-
sdcrcd to he III rebellion, he would have the
right to do just about what he does
now The evils of the present lack
of system would probably be intcnsi-
fed, and there would be added the GER
taia prospect of earnest controversies between
the Var Department and the Indian Bureau.
These branches Of the Government would be
likely to entertain very different views as to
the precise point at which once rebellious In
dams had become thoroughly degenerate and
ready once more for the peaceful and sooth-
inc supcrvisiOn of the Indian Agent