New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-11
of the good old Quaker poet, of George Will
liam Curtis and James T. Fields.


The rejection by the House of Representa-
tivcs of the William and Mary College ciai'h'
which has passed the House several times
before, is significant indication that Northern
sentiment has made itself felt upon the SUD-
icct OF Southern claims. While Mcssis. Lorlhs,
Cox and Monroe, Northern Republicans, V"ted
with several Southern Republicans for the DILL
the handsome majority of 40 votes against II
WAS due TO the course of more than 70
Northern Democrats who took issue Win
their party friends from the South. Inc
in dependent action of so many members VI I"
u.u,lly subscrvicnt section of the party cannot
be- considered as without meaning ana Is uoupt
less a tribute to the distinctness with when
the North has spoken upon Southern claii"S'
Furtbcr investigation of the legality OF sun
dav anIuscmcnts 70 which THE IRIBuNE mas
Air c;cd public attention, reveals curious
stat, Of .hn-s with respect TO licenses held
o. rather nor held. by various thea
ire. From the "a appears, according TO
I'm. oMla record, that number OF
tlc most respectable theatres in the city are
d..u- business without licenses and that the
whole tumier of theatres and places OF
anu...ou. holding licenses Is less
Gap tru. TIL. explanation doubtless Is
iAat managers have contrnted themselves
Sil paying the Zee required by law, to the
Society tor the Reformation OF Juvenile
uc:iuqucnt9 and getting a receipt. his
j. surely rather an unsafe method OF
l. ,,iucs, for the theatres, ana one
wholly imDroper for the city, which should
hay.al records of licenses upon is books
instead of trusting the list Of houses that
have paid the fees to the fidelity OF the
attorney Of "a certain charitable society. That
gentleman must himself admit that this loose
,v- .m is an unsatisfactory one for him as
wei. as for the city, when it allows an East
SIDE Snowman to say, as he does to TRIBUNE
reporter, .nIt he has "a little private arrange
"urat" with the attorney of the Society Tor
ia. Reformation of Juvenile DellnquentS.
Ttr ary.. cement may not be an improper
ore. uu. The. should be no "private arrange
ncnts iD Official Transactions.
A. tuc execution of Benjamin Hunter, at
Camden, ~ j.. yesterday. the ncw-iangled
GLOW, dill not work well. The Sheriff, who,
II appears, is of a mechanical turn, bad de-
>I-n,L an entirely new apparatus OF death
W. shall not attempt 10 dcSCrlDc II. OIr Oh
it, promised advantages was that ii was to do
il, work with humane CELEBRITY; but this was
precisely what il did not do. Indeed 1t was al
most a total failure, in spite Of all lis inScnd-
ity; for when the culprit should have been
raised enough to Kill him, he was barely lifted
from the floor aud falling back, was caught
by one of the ate. dants; and finally, Hunter
was only executed by employing number OF
persons to hold the auxiliary rope until life was
extinct. The machine had not force enough
to secure cervical fracture, and the mans Sut-
fcring> were only ended by sheer strangula-
ton. The next time a Sheriff i'll New-Jerscy
has any work of tins kind to do, II would be well
TO restrain his passion for novelties. and 10 con-
fine him to the use of some apparatus OF
approved efficiency. The law gives the right
to hang, but not to torture Revolving incl
dents of this kind are becoming altogether
too common and for the sake of decency, as
well as of the dignity of the law, measures
should be taken to commit the execution OF
its extreme penalty to more trustworthy
hands