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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1809.
Libel Suit".
Thhrh Is apparently an increasing teiidenoT
la soma ueotions of the oonntrj, among Indl
Tldoals who feel themselves aggrieved by
newspaper publications, to Institute libel salts,
and among Juries to conviot publishers oa la
Bafflolent evidence, or to award UDjastand
proportionate damages. People seem prone
forget the old msxlm that a free press la
e palladium of liberty, and that In the
iinltad Slates especially, where free Institu
tions prerail and publlo opinion is omnipi- i
Unt, Uifl vitally important that the newspa
pers should be permitted and encouraged to j
dlsouss with unrebt rioted freedom all mUters
appertaining to publio ineu and publlo affiirs
and to events of general interest.
Is Pennsylvania the freedom of the press la
Secured to a great extent by the following
provision in the State Cnnstitution: .
The printing pre-.w siall ba free to every
neinouwho ouuertakr ' examine the pro
etdlogsot the li Vi-i'XU'o or any brncu of
government. Ai-d uo .w li n ever be inu la
to restrain the right uuroof Tne free com
munication of thougut and opUtiius H one of
the Invaluable rlgnt. of iniiri, and every
elllen muy freely iek, wrtie, and print on
amy subject, botntc r(poiiMil far tuo ohm of
tliat liberty. In prosecutive! fur the public
tlon of papers lfl''e:ll!vlrig tlie otlloliw oou
dnokof officers, or m ;n m p. puolio repaolty, or
where the matter published is proper for puullo
Information, the truttt thereol may beelvuo in
evidence. And In all Indlei tubals for liOr-H the
Jury .hall have a rlbt to de'wmlue the Uvr
nd tbe faotH, nnder the direction of .the court,
as In other oases."
This seotion giants to newspaper publishers
nearlf all the privileges they should enjoy,
provided it is liberally interpreted by oourts
and juries. A disposition is sometimes dis
played, however, to violate the spirit if not
the Utter of this Magna Charta of the press.
It will be seen that in reference to dlsousBions
of publlo men and meat! tires, and in all mat
tar "proper for publlo information," the
truth may be given in evidence as a sufficient
' defense against prosecutions for libel. In or
dinary oases this eafegnird is suffljlent,
but occasionally matter proper for
publlo information is published which
prows, on investigation, to be untrae,
although it was printed in perfeotly good
faith, and with a full belief in Its truthfulness
on the part of the writer and the publisher,
who "merely gave currency to a prevalent
opinion or report, aud thit turles are lndaua.il
to oonviot for libel under these ciroamstanoes
mainly on account of a strained teohnioal
rule to tbe effect that "whtiw a man publishes
a writing which on the face of It Is libellous,
the law presumes he docs so from that mali
cious intention which constitutes the ofl'onae."
This presumption Is unwarranted In nine
eases out of ten, and it practically leads to
great injustice.
It should either be pet aside by positive
legislation, overruled by judges who compre
hend the spirit of the age and the charaoter an 1
requirements of modern journalism, or treated
with absolute contempt by every intelligent
jury. If there ever was any sense or reason
in this diotum, it was in the infanoy of jour
nalism, before the labors of local reporters
oommenoedbefore telegraphs were invented,
before lightning presses were constructed,
and before the establishment of the
genuine modern newspaper. It is
barely possible that the old-time editor
Who filled his columns with advertise
asntfl and. an oooasional editorial, interspersed
with official documents and carefully gleaned
item from his' exchanges, aud who rarely
condescended to print local intelligence until
it was a week old, or to publish original mat
ter of any description, except suoh artioles as
promoted the interests of his political party,
and who bad ample time aud opportunity to
read and re-read every one of the few lines of
news be furnished to the publio may not
have suffered any acousation to appear In his
oolomns without his deliberate consent, and
Without full preparation to prove the
. oorreotness of hU statements or
abide the issue of a prosecution
for Ubei. But no j udge or j ury possessed of a
grain of oommon sense oan fail to peroetve the
injustice and absurdity of the oooasional
attempts to fetter modern writers aad pub
' liahera with an antiquated presumption. The
publle now demand news of all kinds and de
' Boriptlona from tbe uttermost ends of the
' earth, as well as from every street and oourt
' of the city or town In which they reside and
they Will be content with nothing less than a
dally record of all "matter proper for pub
llo information," whether it relates to
occurrences in palaces or hovels, in
eourts or Congress; to the latest fire, the
latest fight, or the latest fashion; to murders
or amusements; to politioal movements or the
manoeuvres of polioemen. This omnium ga
thtrum must be oolleoted, written out, put in
type, printed, and distributed at the shortest
possible notice, and under such a pressure for
time that no si ogle individual exoept the
proof-reader (and in many oases more than
one proof-reader is required) ever reads, before
publication, every line appearing in aoomplete
modern journal, and he necessarily reads muoh
' t the matter mechanically, without oaring for
;' or endeavoring to comprehend the sense. The
"pnbllsber cenarallr exerulses as close a
supervision over his journal as olrcum
stances permit (and if the Dublio had any
Idea of the vaet amount of interesting and ' on the Demooratio side to 3041 on the llepub
plquant matter ottVa or proposed for publi- Hcan, with a falling off in the total vote of
oatlon which we exolude on aooount of its
libellous character, they would fully compre
hend that this is no holiday task), but he
must necessarily depend, to a large extent,
upon the discretion of correspondents, re
porters, and editors; and it is utterly out of
his power to know in advance the exact char
aoter of every line which appears In any num
ber f his Journal. Even if the writers are
perfeotly aoourate, an unfortunate typographi
cal error may convert an innocent paragraph
into an atrooiods libel, and the
publlo may read a sentenoe de
claring that John Doe is the keeper of a
bawdy-house, which was written to convey
the intelligence that he is the proprietor of a
boarding-house. There are grave lawyers
however, who oontend that, no matter how
muoh care a publisher exercises to prevent
the appearance of malicious artioles in the
columns nnder his control, the faot of publi
cation is prima facie evidence of malloe on his
part, and that oommon sense and inherent
justice must be set at deniuoe bsoause anti
quated dlctuma of antediluviau judges still
find a place In musty law books. If the Legis.
lature fails to prevent them from urging this
odious doctrine at the bar, juries should
freely avail themselves of the privilege o'
harmonizing the
modern progress.
law and the faots with
The tJnllant Pcmocrncy or Connecticut.
CiBHEr.AL Grant has not yet reoelved oflioial
notification of his election as President of the
United States, and we are already on the eve
of another contest at the polls. New Hamp
shire is the first rotate to plunge again Into the
whirl of politios, her State eleotion transplr
irg on Tuesday, March 9. The State is deoidedly
Republican, and has been suoh for years,
Grant's majority in November having been
nearly 7000, which was an inorease of 4500 on
the Republican majority of last March.
Therefore the Democracy will not be tempted
to make much of an effort. The same may
be said of Rhode Island, which holds her
State election on Wednesday, April 7. We
believe that lu tliis State the undismayed still go
tli rough the forms of nominating candidates
for the empty honor of defeat, but as the Re
publicans are just twice as numerous as tbe
L'emooratB, tbe tiht is a very tame one, and
of no particular significance.
In Connecticut, however, there is to be a big
fight, which will culminate on Monday, April 5.
Tbe Demociacy are already in the field, having
just nominated the present incumbent, Hon.
James K. English, as their candidate for guber
natorial hotora. Governor Knglish is an able,
upright, and popular stutesman. His Con
gressional leuord, on the strength of which he
attained his present position, was very fair
and creditable, ludeed, he contrived to cast
abide the claims of his party to such an extent
as to cast his voto in favor of the constitutional
amendment abolishing slavery. This was a
giievous injury to the Democratic party, an
outrageous apostasy from the true faith accord
ing to the modern standards, and under any
ordinary circumstauccs tbe indignant partisans
of the State would have thrown him over
board. But his Congressional reoord made
him the only available Democratic candidate
for Governor In the State. In 1865, the
Democrats had no' yet learned this faot, and
placed in nomination such an arrant Copper
head as Orlgeu S. Seymour, the result being
bis defeat by 11,0'Ju rotes in a
total of 73,713. With this exemplary
defeat they took wisdom, and in 1866 General
Hawley suoceeded In beating Mr. English by
a majority or oniy a-ii votes in a total of
87,407. Tbe virtue of English's war record
was so potent here that no member of the
Seymour family dared aspire to the Governor
ship in 1867, and he was again placed in the
field, this time carrying off the prize against
General Hawley by a majority of 987 in a
total vote of 94143. This triumph of Eng
lish effectually killed the whole race of Sey
mours, who formerly abounded in Connecti
cut, and at the expiration of English's first
term he was renominated as a matter of course,
and re-elected last April by 1765 majority, in
a total vote of 99,318, over Marshall Jewell,
who could not boast of having served the
country in any capacity other than that of an
enterprising manufacturer. By this time the
Connecticut Democracy had been lulled into
a blissful state of confidence, and oa the basis
of the "reaction" foreshadowed by thefr vio
tory, tbey and their confiores throughout the
Union even permitted themselves to predict,
and for a time candidly to nourish the bsllef,
that any sympathizer . with Rebellion who
might be run for President against any sup
porter of the Union would be assuredly suc
cessful, lint behold their discomfiture !
Grant was triumphantly chosen Chief Magls-.
trate of the United States, in spite of all cal
culations to the contrary based npon the
wonderful Connecticut "reaction," his ma
jority in that tate being 3041 in a total
vote ol 98,241.
On the strength of this showing the Age
facetiously declares that "the gallant Demo
cracy of Connecticut will re-elect their old and
tried leader and the whole ticket by a glorious
majority I" The AgJ notions about glory
are not very precise, and we suppose that if
English reoelves a bare majority of 100 it will
be proclaimed by that journal as the glorious
thing it now has in mind. It is curious
to observe the manner in wbioh it arrives at
suoh a positive and satisfactory result. "Since
the November contest the Demooraoy have
been hard at work in perfecting their organi
zation, and the same labor will be sontlnued
until the eleotion In April." If the Connecti
cut Demooraoy did not engage In some re
markably "hard work" during the interval
between April and November of last year,
our advices from that not very remote
locality have been exceedingly untrustworthy
And the sole result of this labor was
the shifting of the popular majority from 1765
nearly 1100. Bat the Age not only count 4 on
activity in the Demooratio ranks; it relies on
the apathy of the Republloans as well. "Be
fore tbe State oontest in Connecticut takes
place," it says, "General Grant will have dis
tributed the offices In his gift, anS as the
radical party is only held together by the
ooheslon of publio plunder, It will melt away
like snow before the summer suu I" It
would be downright oruelty to disturb the
symmetry of tbis very elegant and rather
novel metaphor, and we forbear farther
remark exoept the expression of our belief,
founded npon the figures analyzed above, that
the gubernatorial days of James It. English
are numbered, and that his gubernatorial
hopes will flicker out on the 5th of Ap 11
next, leaving the Connecticut Demooraoy
again In total darkness.
A Junt and Needed Imw.
Thrrb was introduced into the Legislature on
Friday last a very proper bill, making provi
sion for the license of pawnbrokers. Iu addi
tion to the requiring of the license, it also
provides for the punishment of any of that
class of tradesmen who seek to extort money
or to aid thieves. The law, in the first place,
compels every pawnbroker to pay to the
Mayor, for the city, $50 per annum for a cer
tificate of authority to transaot that business.
This is a fruitful sonrce of revenue, and will
not fall heavily on any citizens. - Bat not only
does it thus give a permanent fand to Phila
delphia, and thus do good, but it also gives
the authorities a hold on these dealers a
check on any of their misdeeds which oannot
but be beneficial in its results. Thus, if any
suspicion of receiving stolen goods be shown
to lie well founded, or if, under the disguise
of a pledge, valuable properly is reoeived and
disposed of to tbe disadvantage of the owner,
the Mayor can revoke tbe license granted, and
either thus cause restitution or prevent
the parties implicated from exercisicg
their business in the future a power of
suspension in case3 where suoh transactions
are notexaotly oriminal, yet are certainly great
wrongs. There are many such cases which
are not sufficient to convict a person in the
dock of the Quarter Sessions, but are suffi
cient to cause a revocation of his license. In
this light, therefore, we see muoh good ia the
proposed law. Then, agaiu, it makes it a
penal offense to charge more than 1 per cent,
a month for money loaned, or to sell the arti
cle pledged nntil after nine months from its
being given as securi y. Both of these pro
visions would have a salutary effect.'
A stringent yet not'uujust paragraph is
also inserted in regard to the receiving of
stohn goods knowing them to hare bseu
stolen. We all know right well that, were It
not for tbe pawnbrokers, two-thirds of the
amount of tmeak-thleving which is done
would not be attempted. The parties who
engage in the business of petty laroeny would
have comparatively small inducements to do
so were there not some parties who would
take their plunder off their hands. If they had
to sell it themselves, the risk of detection
would be too great, and few would run it.
But if in league with a pawnbroker, then he
will take the goods cheaply, keep them a
short time, aud then dispose of them. By
this means the thieves oan with comparative
safety ply their trade. The bill, as intro
duced by Mr. Mullen, makes all who are con
victed of receiving stolen goods liable to a
fine of from $500 to $1000 and imprisonment
for not less than six months nor more than a
year. We see much good in the proposed
statute, and hope that it will be speedily
passed.
A. Pension for Mrs. Lincoln.
The Committee on Pensions in the United
States Senate have reported adversely to
granting to Mrs. Mary Llnooln, widow of the
late President, a pension. They base their
decision nominally on a teohnioal ground, but
in reality it arises from the adverse sentiment
felt by the American people to any suoh pro
vision. The conduot of Mrs. Lincoln, not only
since the death of the President, but long
before, has been suoh as to utterly estrange
all those feelings which a people so gene
rous as our own would naturally feel for a
grief-stricken widow. If one tittle of the tales
told be true and where there is so muoh
smoke there is generally some fire then she
has acted as a spendthrift, and oertalnly not
as a mourner. ' While, in case she should be
in actual want, it is probable that she would
be saved from starvation, yet at present, as
the only claim to the gift of $3000 is that she
writes on deep mourning paper, we think the
committee did right in refusing, anyhow
nntil the faots of the case receive some in
vestigation. Tub Age, In response to our insinuation that it
is addicted to the use of harBh words, deolares
that it "will never be mealy-mouthed when
an attempt is made to assail the rights of
Pennsylvania." This Is an excellent plat
form, and we can only express our regret that
the Age does not always adhere to it. When
the grossest fiauds were being perpetrated
upon the legal voters of this oity by a Demo
cratic judge, last fall, the Age never once lifted
up its Toice, except to assail those who at
tempted to prevent an utter perversion of the
will of the people.
Tbe Washington correspondent of the Age
ia a youth of unusual brilliancy. This morn
ing he astonished the Demooraoy of Philadel
phia by styling the proposed amendment to
the Federal Constitution extending the right
of suffrage to all the oltizens of the United
States a "scandalously unconstitutional mea
sure 1" This is "an opinion as is an opinion."
Tub FitKKcn BubGsrs have been submitted
to tbe Kmperor by his Minister of Finance.
The report opena with a brief history of the loan
of 1808. In the beginning of thai year it says
that there were before the government three
necesBitlee. The Crist was, the neoessi.y of
meeting the floating debt lnoreaaed by the
political events of 18G7; the second was the
neolty of keeping up tbe land and naval
armament to tbe standard of otber countries;
and tbe third wai tbe neoetalty of enoouractng
tbe national commerce end Industry. To oaMt
these requirements a law was panted by tbe
French Chamber, in Augnat last, authorizing
a loan of four hundred and twenty-nine millions
of franca, to be appropriated I o the objects above
named. The snbsoriptlons to this loan opened on
tbe 6th and closed on tne llith of August, with
the entlreamount taken np. On the 1st of Janu
ary, 1869, i he Treasury had already reoelved
one bnndred and nlny-slx mllllousoash. The
remainder la payable In fourteen Instalments,
conformably to the law. In the budget of 18ST
tbe tottl expenses, ordinary and extraordl.
nary, were fl if d at 1,905.15,0 X) francs. The re
osipia or every kin.1 amcnn'eito 1 7li).S96,000
f .inrs. Thtl ft a itefliit of 175.iW2.00U francs,
whlob had been mt by an appropriation from
thelnBU of 1m8. I he budget of lt63, as Anally
aljuHUdby law, fixed l hi ttlarn mnt of the
o olLeivand extraordinary expenses of eov
em nunt at l,721,'M5,i 95 fianos, and est limited
tbe n mount ol receipts at the same figure. The
remit, says M. Magne, has confirmed and even
Improved I bete estimates. The returns from
tiie indirect taxes alone for 18IW exceed those
of ti e prev.ous jear by thirty-lour millions,
and exceed the eslmted re'.urns by thirty
millions of iraice. The estlma'.CH for the
bnCset of 1 69 are larger trai tboae of
li68, owing to the triors eel expeixe Htte d"
mg tho reortfnlzitlcu of the army, the
creation of a National Uarde Mobile, an
Id crease In I ha pay of officers, aud Improve
ments In other departments of government
service. Nevertheless, If tbe estimates of M.
Magne are correot, there will be a small earplns
or revenue over expenditure. Tnese eHtlmate,,
are ns follows: Total receipts, 1,722,411 90 i
francs. Total expensed, 1,722.(161,7.12 francs
leaving a surplus of 381.171 franc. According
to the budget of 1870 the expenditure will bo
thirty millions greater than la 186!'. or
1,630,000,000 franca. Tbe revenue, Judged by
those of 1868. will be 1.736 000,000 francs, showing
a eurptus of 86,000,000, wblch will be transferred
to the extraordinary budget. It is this extraor
dinary budget which will have to bear the
expense of reorganizing tbe army and navy
aud continuing the publio works. The ap. li
cit Ion of an importani portion of the loan to
the redaction of the floating debt will. It Is
expected, "gradually'' bring this debt down tJ
700,010,000 Ira ecu.
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AMl':ttIUa.N ACADEMY OF Ml'SIO.
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JCebruary 1, 1369. tin
1'OLTllY ABOUT MAN AM) UKA3T.
The beasts of the field are clothed with hair,
Tbe birds of the air with feathers;
Both birds and beams have plenty to wear,
Exposed to all sorts of weathers.
Tbe reason the birds and tbe beasts go thus,
It Is certainly now decided,
Is because no Ololblog U furnished by u,
Buch as for man is provided.
But human critters would deem It a sin
In feathers and fnrs to dress, so
And so each human covers bis skin
With pants and with coats, and vests, oh I
And men, by the thousands, are clothed with
goods
which we rnn tome tremendous mills on,
And tbe men of the nation crowd to bay
The Clothing of KOCKHILL A WILSON. ,
BOCKHILL A WIL&ON would mention, by
way of pavsiufr remark, mat tbere are still a
few Clothes lell of the same sort, going, going,
going, at tbe same nnpreoedentedlp low prleea.
Man eelng superior In understanding to the
beast of the held, or the fowl of the air, will
show his understanding by takpg advantage of
tbe present condition ol affairs, and hastening
to bny at tne
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ROCKHILL & WILSOM,
Nos. 008 and 60S CUES NUT STBKET,
PHILADELPHIA.
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CABINET MAKER,
Tos. 1301 aad 1303 CUESNUT St.,
JUmrp PHILADELPHIA.
FOR SALE.
51 COUNTRY SEAT AND FARM F')R
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daalilngs to let. Apply on tbe premise! or at Mo. ttiO
LO.V'BTbireoU Hi) it
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fm TO RE NT-SECOND FLOOR OF
building at 8, K. corner BIXTKEXTH and
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Vteting Room, l'ubin nail, -or Beading Roam.
Apply between 1 and I o'olock In ths afternoon, and
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lOOO MlHalSS
NOW COMPLETED OF THE -
Union PaciflaRailroad.
The Companj vfUI hare the entire line
HnlBbcd through to California, and
ready for this summer's travel.
WE ABE NOW SEL1XNU
The first Mortgage Gold In
terest Bonds
AT
PAR AtND INTEREST,
CMIL FURTIIER NOTICE.
Government Secnritlcs taken In exchange
at full market rates.
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KENT SECURITIES,
Ho. 36 South THIRD Qtroet,
- PHILADELPHIA.
P CI FIG MiLRCAD NEARLY FINISHED.
I05O MILES BUILT.
The Union Pacific "Railroad Co,
AND THB
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Have added KIgbt Hundred (gno) M Ilea to their line.
durlriK tie current year, while doll c a large local pas
senger and freight buslntra, Thettnousn connection
wtil undoubtedly be completed next (arnmer, when
tbe through traffic will b. very great. Forty thousand
men are now employed by the two powerful corupa
Dlt. In; pressing forward th. great national high,
way to a speedy conu letlon. Only 200 mile, remain
to be bulit, wblch mostly are graded and ready for
the rail..
First MortgBge Gold Bonds or th. TTnton Paolflo
Ballroad Company for aal. at par and Interest, aud
Jltst Mortgage Gold Boot!, of the Central Pacific
R.llroad at 108 atd Interest.
Tt e principal and Interest of both Bonds art para,
ble in gold.
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Itt
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Dealers In all Gorernment Securities.
Old 520s Wanted In Exchange for Men.
A Liberal Difference allowed.
Compound Interest Notes Wanted.
Interest Allowed on Deposits.
COLLECTIONS HADE. BTOCKS bought and sold
on Commission.
Bpeclal btulneaa accommodation, reaarred for
ladles.
We win receive applications for Polities of Llfi
Insurance in tbe National Lift Insurance Company
of the United State. TuXi information, gtren at oat
office. 118m f
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I1Y AIFltEO NEVIN, D. D.
THIS COMMENTARY,
Whloh la mainly ol a Devotional and Praottoal
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by the same author.
" CONTENTS.
I. The Text, with parallel passages.
1L Aoleuraad comprehensive exposition of
the Goepel, based on the Interpretation
received by all Kvangeiloal Christians.
. III. A division of the Gospel into Lessons of :
"Nji'opef length, with appropriate Ques
tions added to each.
IV. A Harmony of the Oospels.
V.-AChromlogloalTable, giving the leading,
events in the Saviour's life.
VI. An Appendix, with a more minute ex
planation of persons, plaoes, and things
referred to lu the Gospel than would
be proper In the Notes.
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