Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-19

| q GuS IueOTy anu pTdCliCe OL magic
alchemy, necromancy, astrology, custo
NANCY, chiromancy, etc, together will
directions for the making of gold, the rails
ing of the dead, and calling up of spirit,
and evocstion of ghosts, and laying bare
the operations of modern spiritualism, fol
healing the sick like magic, answering al
manner of scientific questions on Difficult,
and unknown matters, and for controlling
the elements of nature" Such was the
inscription on the box-or, rather, such
was part of it. Is it surprising such @
discovery should throw 5000, 900 people
into a state of alarm, and raise to the
TIP-ToE OF CURIOSITY,
Not to say indignation, the $4,000 mem.
bera of the metropolitan police force? But
the man is not hanged yet, nor condemned
ever, deprived of his liberty, and l am ex-
pecting every day to hear that suitable
action has been taken in the premises by
! sympathizing members OF Congress. Mean
while, sad to say, the people here, true to
their tyrannical instincts, seem perfectly
content that the man should remain in
dursnce, caring no more, apparently, for
the rights of suspected American lunatics
than of those OF our fellow-citizens who
come over to try experiments in advanced
chemistry. Speaking of dynamite, what q
dose those Glasgow scoundrels got. Be-
| tween the dynamite charges OF the Fenisns
and those which come back in response
from the batteries OF the British Courts,
| there is this important ditIerence-that
the former frequently miscarry, while the
latter never do. British law
HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
Every time, ard the blow is deprived of
none Of its force, nor are any of the solemn
consequences averted, even when the head
of the spike is creased, 20 to speak, with
foreign gold. Our Irish American fellow
citizens are probably convinced by this
time that money subscribed for defense
funds might as well be kept in their peck
cts, for 1t is not question here who de-
tends a man, or how he does it, or the
financial backing Re may have. The
Judges have q habit OF sticking pins into
the soPhist.ies of counsel, and of shutting
up the jury to a simple consideration of
the facts in evidence, and the latter some.
how dc not seem to know any better than
to proceed on these antiqu2ted lines in tae
making up of their verdict II can be
safely said that the English have much to
learn in matters Of this kind, but they are
a stubborn,
ALMOST FossILIzED RACE,
Who catch on to modern ideas very reluc.
family, and I am afraid there is not much
hope for them, and in consequence there is
not much hope, when they happen to be
caught, for those who seek amusement in
the taking off Of informers or in the blow
ing up of public buildings. l do not think
either that British judges are very easily
lntimidated by threats of personal violence.
/ have not heard that Judge Denman, the
" ermined assassin who sentenced the
slayer of Carey, has lost any sleep over the
news that some parties in America have
put high price upon his head. He re-
members, no doubt, that Chief Justice
Coleridge was singled Que for similar dis
tinction Just prior to his late successful
great American
HASH-RATING EXPEDITION,
And it is whispered that he rather chuckles
over the event, believing it to be, as in his
learned brothers case, an omen of coming
greatness. All this is very exaspera;ing
though with reference to Coleridge, the
IrIsh have at least the comfort of knowing
that his American trip made him dyspep.
tic; and dyspepsia being the root of SO
many evils, no one can tell, of course,
what this attack may lead TO- 1t has al
ready caused the Chief Justice to render
decisions which have created wide dissatis.
faction. Notably was this so in the Belt
case, and his Lordship, our Irish friends
will be pleased to hear, is being severely
J, 1aI 1, /
says at is to be feared that the air of
America, or the hattery administered to
him in such large doses, has turned the
head of Lord Coleridge. The judgment
delivered on Saturday will largely detract
from his reputation, weaken bis influence
on the Bench, and suggest doubts of his
capacity for the high office he holds" Who
knows but that these complaints may pre-
sage the coming of an earthquake of public !
disfavor which Will compel Lord Cole.
ridge to
STEP DOWN AND OUT,
And, should this occur, what is to prevent |
patriotic Irishmen from ascribing to their |
adopted country the glory of this great ty. |
rants discontinue? 1t has always been |
understood that there were more ways OF |
killing a dog than by hanging him and, if |
given its time, an attack of American dys- |
pepsia may settle the hash of an odious !
OF British despotium Just as
as pistol shot OF a cup OF cold !
poison, Referring again to the conviction !
of the ten conspirstors at Glasgow, the |
most important feature of the evidence adj
duced at the trial was the clear proof it
afforded that the explosions in that city
were connected with the attempts to injure
public buildings in other parts Of the coun-
try. Festherstone, convicted at Liverpool
some time ago, who was introduced to the
under the name of tombstone,
was identified by the witnesses as
THE Dynamite INSTRUCTOR.
He had made Elk visits to Glasgow between
June, 1882, and February of this year.
Dalton-slso convicted at Liverpool-had
likewise been in frequent communication
With the Glasgow prisoners and had only
left them six days before the London ex-
plosions took place. The probability, there.
fore, seems to be that the occurrences of
last March in this city were closely con-
nected with those in Glasgow while it is
more than likely thst the outrages on the
Railway proceeded from n
kindred organization. In Glasgow, as in
London. explosions were planned to take
place at different spots on the same even
ng. There were three outrsges in the lat
.er place-the blowing up of gasometer,
,he attempt to destroy railway shed, and
The frustrated design to injure canal
bridge. 1t is worth noting that in this case
eleven months elapsed between the crime
md the conviction Of its perpetrators, and
hat for long time every effort to discover
hem seemed to be bafled. This raises the
rope that the London police may yet sue
,eed in bringing to justice those whose
'cts have spread terror throughout the
The criticisms passed upon
he London force in consequence Of their
allure up to the present
TO DISCOVER ANY CLUE,
Are not fair nor is it just to hold them
n this account in untavorable contrast
Nth the nIoresuccessful officersof Brminc-
am and Liverpool and Glasgow for Lon. I
on is place which, from is immense c