New-York tribune., 1880-02-17

l2l responses received yesterday, 1oo speaf>
tor him. and only Is for General Grant Inc
canvass thus far shows that OF $50 commit
teemen, or one-third of the whole number.
Mr.. Blaine is the first choice of 67l, Generai
Grant of 14S. Figures like these show what
consummate political tact Senator Cameron
must have employed to win the victory ne
did at Harrisburg.
The evidence has all been taken In the case
of Mr.. Cowlev, and the summing up VIII De-
Gin to-day. The defence resisted the attempt
OF the prosecution to present, in rebuttal, eV-
idence as to Mr.. COwley's character, but the
Recorder decided that the issue had been
raised by the defence in placing the Rev. Drs.
DIX. Potter and others upon the stand. Mrs.
Cowley's evidence concerning the condition OF
the child Louis Victor and the statements
made by her to the physician at st. Luke's
Hospital were fatty contradicted 10y him.
The prosecution closed with the evidence OF
the physician who examined the children after
they were taken from the Fold.
Justice Davis did some good work yester-
day in making both the Italian stletto ana
the American pistol odiOus. In passing SEN
tence upon an Italian assassin he caused the
Interpreter 10 make il plain that the penalty
was to be warning to tho members of his
nationality against the habit of carrying still
ettoes. The sentence, which was for man.
slaughter in the 1irst degree, was one of i'm
prisoDment for twenty years. The second
case was brutal wife murder by fellow
whose nationality is not stated, but who used
the favorlte American weapon. Justice Davis
made no address here, but the sentence OF i'm
prisonment for life, after the prisoner had
voluntarily pleaded guilty of murder in the
second degree. was sufficiently eloquent.
Mr. Nugent, formerly n member of the po-
lice force. is a person of pleasing assurance.
He was lately on trial on a charge of com
pliclty in the Manhattan Bank robbery, aud
his acquittal was so unexpected that 1T was
received with expressions of Indignation even
from the bench. Now, Mr.. Nugent brings suit
for his pay as a policeman for the six months
during which he was in charge of the force
and not on duty on it, 1t was Mr. Nugents
misfortune that he was so strongly suspected
of completely In the burglary, and he must
suffer for it. Certainly if the general verdict
is to be accepted. instead of that given by the
Jury, he is much better off at this moment
than he ought to be. In any case, it is OBJ
viously impracticable to set the precedent of
putting our prisoners salaries.
1t is perhaps a poor compliment to our CIV
ilization that we should actually be merely
beginning to care for the abused and forsaken
children whom even our charitable asylums
and the like do not include lit their
kind jurisdiction. They are the help
less remainders of humanity, left over
after even benevolcnce itself has made its cal
culations. But it is real compliment to our
rapid growth in true civilization that such "A
work once begun has been instantly recOg
nized and supported by the public and the
press, and has been so successful. The report
of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, of which an abstract is given else
where, is most encouraging. There is scarcely
a form of mercenary vice and wrong Of which
children were once made the slaves. that has
not been destroyed in.this city. Few realize
who have not given the subject attention how
great the evil was. The Society is now able
to show that it has accomplished n vast
deal, not only In its immediate work, but
also by stimulating the formation of similar
associations IN other cities. The appeal which
il makes for the means of constructing tenn
porary house of relief for children will COM
mend itself to all those who sympathize with
one Of the purest and noblest forms of charity.