Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-20

scene language; that he has uttered such lan-
 gusge in the presence of women, and of his
 own child-a daughter five or six years old
 whom he has made repeat some of his gross
 expressions; that his conduct has given pub
 lie scandal and that, in the opinion of the
 committee, the said Moore, in accordance
 with the recommendation of the City Super
 intendent should be dismissed from his posi- tion." The testimony in the case was pro- nounced ''so indecent in it's character" that the committee refrained from submitting a request that it be printed, and it was given to the clerk to be printed with the minutes. A curiosity in connection with the proceedings
 was set of resolutions signed by number of Moore's subordinates in which they testified
 ''to his irreproachable official character, and to the high standing and efficiency of the school which he has established and main tained.''
 The fifth annual report of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is an interesting document. The officers of the society received, during the last year, 1,1SO complaints, 233 cases,were prosecuted, 199 convictions were reached,
 705 children were placed among safe sur rouudings, the padrone traffic was suppressed, the sale of liquor to minors was made legal work at home the society exerted good in- fuence abroad, and undertook to interfere in horrible case of unnatural mutilation in China. The society has saved, during the five years of it's existence, 2,O80 children. Financially, socially and legally it has an as- sured existence, and it's labors are philan- thropic in the good sense of the term. It has suppressed the street begging of children in New York, the sale of flowers by little girls in immoral resorts, the abuse of children in public shows, and it has given enforcement to the rights of children against those who abuse them. There are now twenty-one such societies in this country.
 The Democrats are very careful about what witnesses are summoned before the Ex- odus committee, but they made Q blunder when they asked R. 0. Badger, son of ex- Senator Badger of North Carolina, to testify. MT. Badger. by the way, Is opposed to the exodus. During his examination he made 6On9 ISu8Ihh hS bO tA0 Au-AkuA HI North Carolina which led Senator Windom, who cross-examined, to question him very closely on that subject. The witness said that the negroes did not have equal justice in the courts, and that they were discriminated against. When asked ahout the Ku-Klux out rages he said that he was appointed by the Governor a few years ago to inves- fhano and ba knau all ahout fheno He said there were hundreds of cases of whip ping, shooting and murder of every kind. The witness further said that there were three or ganizations in the State, the White Brother hood, the Constitutional Union Guard and the Invisible Empire; one was political, to carry the State for the Democrats; another had for its object to reinstate the Confederacy, to re- store the lost cause, and the third was one which was organized for the purpose of com- mitting murders. The first two were not dan gerous, he said, but the last was. If.a negro, as he expressed it, ''got too big for his breeches," or Republican was too active, this order would decree his death in the coun- ty where he lived, and would then send to some other county to like organization, who would furnish the executioner to commit the murder. As to the discriminstions in the courts, the witness said that if negroes were arrested for larceny they were always convict ed, much moro certainly than white man. When questioned as to the elections in North Carolina, Mir. Badger said that colored men were swindled out of their votes. For in stance, he said that when Vance was elected he got 27, 900 more votes than there were Demo crats in the State.