Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-13

In 1878 52, 124 barrels were shipped, valued at $393, 3,061. In 1879 the shipments aggregated 90, ,663 barrels, valued at $453, 306. During
 the past winter the shipments abroad have
 been unprecedentedly large, partly because of the inadequate supply of the English beds.
 but due in greater measure to the fact that
 the English are finding out the superiority of our oyster over their own, which has the dis
 agreeable metallic taste of the channel. The
 weather has been so mild during the past sea son that the domestic demand has not been as heavy as it at first promised to be. Still, the season has been fairly profitable one to the dealers, and the trade have found the foreign de. mand more than enough to balance the check in the demand at home.
 The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has just dealt with case in which the rights of negroes in theatres were involved. Some time ago Mir. P. A. Peer, negro, bought two tickets for an entertainment given in the Arch Street theatre in Philadelphia. On the night of the entertainment MT. Peer and his wife went to the theatre, and were about entering the door when the ticket agent called to an employe, "Clear them niggers away" The employe pushed against them. Peer and his wife resisted, but finally they were hustled outside. It was claimed that Mrs Peer was injured, and verdict for $90o was gained in the lower court, and the court of last resort, in an opinion by Justice Sterrett, sustains the judgment of the lower court. The judge, after remarking that the right action had been brought, says: Whether the tickets con- ferred merely license or something more, is immaterial. If they gave only license to enter the theatre and remain there during the performance, it is very clear that the agents of the defendants had no right to revoke it as they did and summarily eject Peer and his wife from the building in such a manner as to injure her. We incline to the opinion, how ever, that as purchasers and holders of tickets for particular seats, they had more than mere license. Their right was more in the nature of lease entitling them to peaceable ingress, egress and exclusive possession of the designated seats during the performance on that particular evening""
 Judge Sinnott, of the Marine court of New York, denied, upon ''the sanctity of his of- fcial oath" the truth of charges of drunken ness upon the bench and incompe tency as a judge made against him, but this denial did not hinder the progress of proceedings against him A report of these proceeding has been made to the bar association, and in this re- port specifications of Judge Sinnott's alleged misconduct are given. It is stated that on one occasion when case was being tried be- fore him he, after hearing the evidence on the part of the plaintiff, remarked that he had entered on his minutes of the testimony that the defendant had used & blaokguard epithet towards the plaintiff. On being told that no testimony to that effect had been taken, he said that the witness probably said SO whether it was testified to or not, and that the evidence should go down. On be- ing further remonstrated with Judge Sinnott insisted that it should remain on the minutes, remarking that if the witness did not say so he certainly thought so One Pelsw was the plaintiff in this case, and it is charged that the judge addressed Pelew as follows: 'Pe- lew Pelew, come here. Now, Pelew, don't be afraid of any of these people here ; be as calm and quiet as if you were on shipboard. want to have you tell me if these lawyers are humbugging me I think they are hum bugging me. If you tell me whether they are humbugging me I will pay you the judgment which I am going to give you out of my own pocket. I will give you my own check. will pay it myself. Are they humbugging me, Pelew ?' Tol which the said Pelew replied: "Yes, sir they are." That thereupon Sinnott said: 1T thought so." It is also alleged that he insist ed on signing bond upside down, saying that if he signed it rightly he would be taken for notary public; and that he had referred to the General Term as ''the nincompoops.' These and other words and actions are con sidered by the Bar Association as calculated to bring scandal and contempt upon the Court, and the executive committee is author ized to take such other measures against Judge Sinnott as it's members may think proper.