an's blood by man shall his blood be shed,"
is shown by this memorable event to have not yet fallen
altogether into innocuous desuetude; and let us give thanks
to God that he has seen fit on this occasion to preserve from
death at the hands of an intolerable ruffian the life of that
high-minded, pure-handed, and excellent jurist and magistrate,
Stephen J. Field.

The Philadelphia _Times_ of August 15th has the following:

ONLY ONE OPINION.

_Marshal Neagle Could Not Stand Idly By._

The killing of Judge Terry of California is a homicide that
will occasion no regret wherever the story of his stormy and
wicked life is known. At the same time, the circumstances that
surrounded it will be deeply lamented. This violent man,
more than once a murderer, met his death while in the act of
assaulting Justice Field of the Supreme Court of the United
States. Had he not been killed when he was, Judge Field would
probably have been another of his victims. Terry had declared
his purpose of killing the Justice, and this was their first
meeting since his release from deserved imprisonment.

In regard to the act of United States Marshal Neagle, there
can be only one opinion. He could not stand idly by and see
a judge of the Suprene Court murdered before his eyes. The
contumely that Terry sought to put upon the Judge was only the
insult that was to go before premeditated murder. The case has
no moral except the certainty that a violent life will end in
a violent death.

The _Philadelphia Inquirer_ of the same date says as follows:

A PREMEDITATED INSULT.

_Followed Quickly by a Deserved Retribution._

Ex-Judge Terry's violent death was a fitting termination to
a stormy life, and the incidents of his last encounter were
characteristic of the man and his methods. He was one of the
few lingering representatives of the old-time population of
California. He was prominent there when society was organizing
itself, and succeeded in holding on to life and position when
many a better man succumbed to the rude justice of the period.
Most of his early associates died with their boots on, a
generation ago. Terry lived, assailed on all sides, despised
by the better element and opposed by the law, in trouble
often, but never punished as he deserved. His last act was to
offer a gross,