Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-04

nouncing the frauds in South Carolina, and proving his assertions. Mir. Campbell is one of the authorities cited by MT. Hale in his late speech concerning Democratic doutrages in that State. He is a native of South Caro- lima, an able lawyer and man of high char aoter, and would undoubtedly poll a strong Republican vote. He is as thoroughly com mitted to the independent movement as Ma hone is, and is too strong and influential to be ostracised.
 The New York Times complains of the growing lateness of the dinner hour in that city. It says: The regular dinner hour for 30 years past has been p. m., but re- gently it has been steadily growing later. It is now generally 6:3O, often z, and not infre- quently 7:3o, even 8 o'clock, which makes the evening too short for pleasure or recrea- ton, since most persons sit at least an hour at table. As the theatres, operas, and other amusements begin at 8, people cannot get there in season unless they make g particular effort. At 8 o'clock places of amusement are usually, as must have been observed, not one-third full, frequently near empty. From then until 8:3O the audience continues to stream in, causing great annoyance to those already seated and desirous to enjoy the per formance. As . consequence, many of the theatres, the operas, and concerts, while keeping the hour of beginning nominally at 8, defer it from 20 to 30 minutes. thus avoiding disturbance and interruption. There is no reason why dinner should not be promptly at 6, and extension of the hour causes inconvenience all round.
 It is hoped that the resolution of the Cor poration of London to take a day census of the population of the city may be so fully carried out as to supply much information which it is now desirable to attain. In 1866 nearly three-quarters of million of persons came into the city during the twenty four hours. The area of carriage way at that time was 39O, 900 square yards, and that of foot way BIO, 900 square yards, giving space of IA acres. out of the 631 acres forming the area of the city, for traffic. But in 1851 the area of carriage and footway was 77O,000 square yards, or ten per cent. more than in 1866. It will be important to- ascertain whether the area allowed for circulation has continued to shrink, while the Representation of the city has continued to increase, or otherwise. Of the great number of visitors, it is uncertain how many would be in the city at the sante time Those frsquenting it between 6 g. m. and p. m. were 549, ,615 in 1866. Those in the whole twenty four hours been considered chiefly as demanding room for passage. But this pressure on the actual breathing space in the city is not to be disre- garded. If half million out of the three quarter million of visitors were in the city at the same time, it would raise the density of population from 433 to ,24O units per acre.
 An important decision concerning the ex- clusion of negroes from juries has been ren- dered by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of William Neal against the State of Delaware, in error, from the Court of Oyer and Terminer for Newcastle county. Neal, who is 8 negro, was indicted, tried and sentenced to death by the State court for the crime of rape. His appeal to the Supreme Court is based upon the fact that the State court refused to grant a motion made by him that the indictment and panel of jurors be quashed, for the reason that colored men were excluded from the grand and petit ju- ries by which he was indicted and tried. The Supreme Court holds that the exclusion of colored persons from the juries, which is complained of in this case, did not as a mat ter of law result from the Constitution and laws of the State. The case, therefore, could not have been properly removed to the Federal courts. Since, however, there was an improper exclusion of eolored men on ac count of race from the juries by which Neal was indicted and tried, the State court erred in refusing to grant the motion of the accused to quash the indictment and panels of jurors. Its judgment is therefore reversed with costs, and the cause remanded with directions to set aside the judgment and verdict, as well as the order denying the motions to quash the indictment and the panels of jurors, and for such proceedings upon a further hearing of those motions as may be consistent with the principles of the opinion of this court. Jus tice Harlan delivered the opinion, Chief Jus tice Waite and Justice Field dissenting