New-York tribune., 1885-07-12

There are now nineteen murderers under SEN
tence of death in France This is large number for
q country where the sympathes of jurie, are so
easily excited on behalf of prisoners at the bar,
and where there Is so intense repugnance to de-
Gliding that n guilty man must die. Seldom has
French President been compelled to exercise his
supreme authority so frequently upon the question
of life and death. The last celebrated case of
which the Paris journals have supplied copious de-
tails is that of Marchandon, dishonest servant.
who murdered Madame Cornet. after he had been
detected in midnight robbery. The evidence for
the State established the fact that he had made q
business of getting situations in the fashionable
quarter and retaining them long enough to commit
robbery on q large scale. The sympathies of the
jury in this case were where they ought to have
been, with the household which had been deprived
by violence of an affectiOnate wife and mother
Extenuating circumstances such as the prisoners
confession. his youth and the absence Of premedta-
ton were not considered. and an absolute verdict
of guilty was speedily obtained.
The civilization of London-would not some of
the barbarous tribes whom the English have been
butcherng during the last decade be heartily
ashamed of it, if foreign travellers were able to
convict them Of the practices common at the West
journeys through tho great Congo Valley discovered
that is as cruel and m0nstrous in its treatment
of the gentler half of humanity as civilized Lon
donf Is there morality in English religion, no
mercy in English blood The Pail Mall Gazette may
end by convincing all that the Caucasian is well
nigh played out a moral agent.
When Boss Mclaughlin sold the Brooklyn dele
CATION TO the State Convention to Governor Hill.
he perhaps did not count upon the disfavor with
which that act woud be regarded by his old ally.
Boss Manning But he now seems to appreciate
that fact. Speaking of the sentiments of the
Brooklyn Democrats, Tie Eagle says that they now
believe that the Administration does not intend
to make good the promises which Secretary Man.
ming scattered so lavishly when he WAS looking for
the votes OF the Kings County delegation to the
National Convention" Perhaps after while we
shall learn the exact promises W hich Manning made
when he got the Flower delegates sent from Kings
County to vote for Cleveland Boss Mclaughlin
appreciates Mannng's present purpose, as witness
the following in The LaJ'e from "one of the
leaders" probably the Boss himself: In bnldng
up his State machine, Mr. Manning will make q
grievous error II he overooks the temper of our
people. Mr.. Manning may capture q State Con-
venton, he may nominate a Governor, but if defeat
should overtake that candidate on his shoulders
will rest the responsibility" Perhaps the WASH
ington Boss will take the hint and " come down..
though Mclaughlin has not much reason for cOni-
paint unless he wants the earth and the fulness
thereof"
An energetic attack upon the mschcvous prac-
tlce of deer-houndng in the Adrondacks is being
made by he Little Idls journal. Strangely enough,
The adirondack Tourist defends the practice. which
is not only illegal, but unsportsmanlike and mani
fest cruel The truth is clearly with The Little
Falls Journal. which is right in denouncng hound
ing and in demanding the enforcement of the law.
In the natural course of things. and notwithstand