Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is crumE of comfort to know that Phipps. the Philadelphia almshouse plum derer, did not have 8 shining reputation for piety and good deeds. He was & thief when he was 8 boy and there have been various crooked acts in his life
 There is chance for interruptions gam blers to make money in Massachusetts. law of that State makes the owner of a house liable for treble any loss that may be sus- tained by gambling therein with his consent. A saloon keeper at Lowell has just been con- pelled to pay $1 500, the money going to man who had lost only $6O0 in playing poker on the premises.
 The Pennsylvania railroad company dses not do things by halves. It is to construct in the city of Baltimore a new general pas senger station, at cost of $2, ,OOO, ,OOO, simi- lar in architecture and internal arrangements to the Hilbert street station in Philadelphia, which is believed to be tho best in the coun- try. The Baltimore station will receive and accommodate one hundred and twenty-five daily trains of cars.
 The Utah commissioners report that under the Edmunds act the names of about 1O, 900 Mormon voters will be erased from the poll lists. The voting population of Utah is about 23,OO0, of which not over 5, 900 arc Gentiles. This leaves the Mormons 8 major ity of 5000. Had the commissioners con- strued the act SO as to disfranchise the wo-
 men, as the Gentiles claimed the commission had right to do, the Mormon voters would be in & minority.
 The English anti-slavery men are not satis fled with the convention concluded between Great Britain and the Shah of Persia with reference to the slave trade. It is found that by this agreement it will be possible for the owner of slaves to obtain certificate from British consul and take his slaves to the mart in Mecca, or pretence of pilgrimage. Then he may return with an equal number 1 from the market, and he will not be required to prove their identity. Thus, at & profit, the owner may exchange the naturalized slaves for blacks brought taere through the l slave hunts of the Soudan, thousands coming to Mecca through Judda and other Red Sea ports. This matter will be called up in Par liament, and also the existence of slavery il Hong Kong.
 The Rev. s. F. Green, an English clergy
 man, is suffering under peculiar circum stances. He prescribed under the Pub ] lie Worship Regulation act for refusing ts
 abstain from such unlawful practices as wear ing chasubls when at the altar instead of , ! surplIce and eventually was sent to prison. | There he has remained until the three year after which defendant in his ,,osition ia de- prlVed by sffiuxion of time have expired. H, 1 Is no longer the incumbent of his living, nol | can he thrust his unlawful ritual upon hi congregation. Nevertheless he remains ii
 prison, and there is no way of getting hin out unless those who prosecuted him appl for his release. The matter is no& mende l by tha fact that the law officials of the Crow, l held Tot long ago that if MT. Gresen woul' l resign his living there would be no need fo l Continuing his Imprisonment. To all intent
 and purposes the same end has been reache by his deprivation, yet he remains in jeil.
 It is said to be conceded by men who hay
 been leaders of the Republican party in .Pen1 ! sylvania that Cameron's candidate for G~,ve,
 nor Is hopelessIy beaten. PhiladeIph
 correspondent of the New York Sun sa ys
 Goverr.Jr HoYt has been in town salking oy.
 the situation with Matthew S. Quay, who h been heretofore tae organizer of the Camer.-