New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29


larceny committed while visiting his wife, re-
Gently iadulged in the luxury of libel suit.
He considered that his wife's reputation
had been impaired. while she was i'll jail
under the circumstances aforesaid, by the pub
lcaton of certain newspaper article. Inc
jury, however. failed TO agree with him, ana
the burden upon this sensitive soul OF the
sentence for larceny will be Increased 10y the
costs of the libel suit.
II is apparent from our London cable dis
patch that the House of Lords Is bent on
political suicide Rendered holder by their
rejection of the Irish Compensation bill,
the peers have made yalueless the meas
IRE to determine the liability OF en-
povers in case of accident. They are also
intent on modifying the Hares and Rabbits
bill so as TO make it as profitless as
possible without actually rejecting it. This
disposition to thwart the popular will is likely
to provoke strong remOnstrances and lead to
radical reforms. The hereditary system Is Il
poor bulwark against the fat of an indignant
people.
Ii cannot be said that the death penalty
has deterrent effect in Kentucky. though 1t
might have, perhaps, if there had been llttle
more of it, In the midst of murder trial.
the other day. brother of the accused man
took offence at some remark of the prosecuting
counsel, and started for him with revolver,
leaping over the railing to reach him. Half
a dozen Ievolvers were drawn, and general
CONSERVATION ensued. The arrest of the
brother with the revolver prevented any blood
shed. Ii is stated that this little social dis
agreement has created much feeling among
all concerned If the hangman would do o
little feeling" around i'll that community, it
might be benefited.
General Grant admits that he has never yet
voted Republican Presidential ticket. During
one campaign he was in the field leading the
armies of his country. During two more he
was himself the Republican candidate. Dur
ing still another he was President, and his pest
of duty was in Washington. 3ut now General
Grant is private citizen, and he told his fellow
Republicans Of Galena on Friday night that he
proposed, even at the cost of personal incOnven-
fence to himself, to be with them on the I'd Of
November and to help Galena " cast round
"Remblican vote such as it never cast before.
THIS is good example for all voters who may
he in danger of losing their votes 10y absentee
ism.
Mr.. Rcdpath's letter to-day describes a fea-
ture OF Irish life the like of which will hardly
be found in any other civilized Countrywide
despotc and barbarously cruel rules by which
class Of Irish landlords govern their tenants.
If tl,o nj
under these rules would seem fairly incredible
if they were not embodied III the records of
the courts. Lord LansdOwne is the text Of Mr..
Redpatb's discourse, but, as he says. this igno-
ble Lord is only type OF a class, who exercise
a tyrannlcal and irresponsible power, unknown
to the law and revolving to every sentiment
of Justice. A witty Chinese diplomat said at
the time the anti-ChineSc bill was pending in
Congress that he shOud recommend his pcO-
Die to emigratc to Ireland, which was the only
country the Irish race did not rule. The rev.
Citations made in Mr.. Redpatl's letters have
been sufficient proof why Ireland is the one
country which the Irish do not care to live in.
The Indian of fiction in the past generation
has usually been believed to be very little
like the Indian of reality. 1t is equally GER
tain that The Indian as he exists in the fancy
of some of the philanthropists of the present
day and the Indian as he presents himself to
the eve of fact, to the practical vision of the
War Department and the Indian Bureau, are
by no means in all cases one and the same
person. A correspondent gives elsewhere,
however, picture of certain Northwestern
tribes who satisfy all the ideals of those who
still cherish the Indian of the nOvelists, and
at the same time afford encouragement to
those who hope to see the whole race civil
lied. 1t is pleasant for those who are still on
intimate terms with Uncas, and who hold
with Thackeray that Misunderstanding is one
of the half-dozen great men of fiction, to be
assured that the oratorical powers of the red
man have not been exaggerated. 1t is far
more important and gratifying to have this
glimpse of a genuine civilization and Chris
tianizatlon among once warlke tribes.
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