North Carolina Newspapers

S SO M s The Weekly Star: ' PUBLISHED XT AT 1 ISO A TEAR, IN ADVANCE. ssggssiissiiilss 1 fi: B ssssssssssssgggss S88SS88SSSSS8S3S S3 ID " " 8 w 5 ai B 8Sg8gS8&S88888S8 WE! I 1i -u 5$oooo5ooog8ooS3S a o 8 URScniPTioir frice. iThe subscri6tion . price of the "WkekIt S4ir is as follows : ! i ' Single Ctopy 1 y0ar, postage paid, . . $1.50 '. 6 montns, " 1.00 . 3 months, " " .50 JBAI.OUS OF THE SOUTH. - The fact that cotton will not grow the Northern States where manu- f actures abound ought to make the op e of that section who live by tanufaeturing more friendly than ev have shown themselves to be tfwrrds the South. But now. that the 'outh is advancing in the line of r lanufacturing and: the prospect is t ef ore the century ends there will be r tifousand factories at work in the i outh, we mair look for greater dis mays of jealousy and possibly of in- justice. A leading JSew Jngiana pa per, the Boston Commercial JBvMe- ..... ) :'.' j . .tin, says of the opposition to., cotton icfiillinc' in the South of the New Eng- J -.' 1 .--':'' j iland manufacturers : t 1 j- i J 'There is, in fact, a striking similarity in tne position assumed by the cotton lords of 3Caaeliester aiid Lancashire towards the cot-; tfea factories 6f Bombay, and jthat of cer tiia csea in the Jforth toward the experi ment of cotton manufactures at the South. -' Selfishaess, aot nature, is at the bottom of. this assumptioB. : Whatever - may be the final economic ruli of the encouragement M cotton inanufpjuyes , both in India and It the South! in our owa country; of one hiflg we are sure, and that is that while the South will be enabled to provide itself with f ottou goods1 of its own j manufacture, the Northern cotton manufacturers have a vast foreign field ; before them in which to dis pose of their goods, and this, too, right mi ller the nose jof afore-mentioned Manches ter and Lancashire cotton lords. We have Ireferenoe to Chiaa; Jess than 50,000,000 ipeople are supplied by foreign-made goods, pnd over 350,000,000 as the j "home-spun" article." - - , , ; This is welL But suppose China prohiW or suppose a tariff is levied that shall tnake American goods too highland the "home-spun" article is relied upon to clothe the 350,000,000, how will the New Englanders be ben efited? They want a protective tariff to keep oUt the other goods from our shores, but they hanker after free trade when they jship goods abroad.; The Life Saving Service ought . to be well eared for by the Congress. Superintendent Kimball; will ask for an increase of salaries in tljis depart ment, and we hope it will be made. The pay, considering the life of great. exnosure, is very poor. ' The station- keepers -the head men-r get but $400 annually. The subalterns of course receive less. Think of men risking; their lives weekl after week to rescue' the wretched and the drowning and being pai(d only enough to keep soul and body alive. The result of a course that is to niggardly is to compel scores of the trained men to resign. It is thought all of the j station-keepers will resign unless tliey are better paid. T ley are ; far more : exposed every ' way than lighthouse-keepers, and yet they receive $200 less - annu ally. In fact some lighthouse-keep ers get as much as $l,0)0i Mr. Kim ball saysp . . j:.', ':.'. " . -. "The service has 185 stations, and has. since its organization, reduced the loss of life on the! coast 90 per cent. ; the number of disasters in the coast line covered by this department, is about 250 to '800 annually,! and the number of lives endangered, on an ; average, is about 2,000 of this number but ' nine ! were lost last year. A large! amount of property is also saved by the; service. The annual cost of the life-saving service noW is about $500,000, against $4,-j 000,000 for the lighthouse board." j. The . North Carolina Conference, M. E. Church, is the largest .body of the kinc in the connection, we bej lieve.- Is it not about time that one .of its members should be raised to the Episcopate ? i Virginia has had I Early and Doggett ; South Carolina lias naq vipers ana t lgnimaiu Why should not North ' Carolina have one ? It has ' as good material, tvo are sure, as some we have seen manufactured into Bishops. It is amderstood that at least three Bishops are to be elected at the Genera) Con ference of 1882. We have noticed in the 'papers' speculations as.to who they will be. One from Virginia is Among the number but ''nope from Uorth Carolina, .A. hint. 3- , i "W i.iil 1 V : f .HI .r f - ;i i - - . jVOL. - vXIII. I It is stated on good authority toat i Governor wi)J,-?onTene the General Assem- Diy in extra session aDOUi toe ursi ot.next WSireh. Pilteboro Record, j.-j . -: 'r:;? i.i;. ;3 As extra sessions are costly luxu ries they are inot ! desirable. The ! twenty or thirty . thousand; dollars that an extra session will cost proba I blyi oan be judiciously ; expend jjn educational purpcsesi The last extra r . - - . " ! J 1 session might have been avoided with! benefit to the State.? ' The Stab 'ho'p posed its being called as unnecessary;, and it has seen no cause to change its view. "It wilt not favor the calling; ioff ans lextra sesstonMn ; 18821 unlesd there be the greatest necessity for it, i and delay shall o;, impossible under the,piiS8poA: R6ptesentatiyea snoulETnaC change ? in the apportionment of its members and thereby necessitate the calling- of an extra session of course the Governor will ,have . no Mother ! ...... j . - - course Open but to issue his proclama tion. , , But .it is Vof Very ; doubtful propriety . to call 1 the ' .Legisla-1 1 ture together : merely to Derfect 1 nm ' rHrn Ur 1 iL'Av- : rrn .x'l x- wic 4. tu; people tf Norths Carolinain regard 1 VV! KUUU4U.BA1CB 19 BUCU bUUt, 11U - j UUl- I ciou niind vill j look with entire fa vor upon the calling of -the Legislature- in extra . session merely to sup plement the action of the previous Legislature ;. The regular. session meets in January, ' 1 883.- :: We sup pose the Govenior will hardly assume the responsibility of calling the Le gislature together, nnless the reasons for such a course be imperative. The new Governor of Virginia is to be inaugurated with the least pos sible display. Te Washington letter to the Baltimore Sun of the 29th says: ; f "A confidential friend of Gen.;Mahone and Col. Cameron, who left for Petersburg to-nigh to confer with the new Governor, says the plans and the purposes , of the Re. adjusters are much more comprehensive and far-reaching than has been imagined, and that the session of the Legislature will be characterized by more interest and ani mation than has been the case for vears." , Rumors says the Republicans and debt-paying Democrats of Tennessee and Arkansas are to coalesce. This is better for the Republicans than to act as they did in Virginia, when tney joined Mabone and his tribe in a grand repudiation scheme. j . Sarah Bernhardt's health is failing. She has had several fainting fits, con sequent upon the exertion necessary J.n playing. ' She persists, in spite of the doctors, in having her way. j The "city of London?' proper has but ;261,06Iinhabitarits-.l The put- side population however makes Lon don a "nation" as .De Quincey long ago called it nearly 4,000,000. i ; , ! The trial of Guiteau will cost the Government, it is said, over $100,000. Organization ' ' of tHe Wllmlngrton, Wrlgbtsvine and JaeKsonvllle KH : road Company ' , '. ' At a meeting of the friends and promo ters of the Wilmington, Wrightsville and Jacksonville ; Railroad Company,', held in this city yesterday; , the 29th inst., the fol lowing were elected directors: E. C. Mc Lenden, Robt. E. Batts, Jos. T. Foy, A. R. Black, F. M. Wooten, G so. M. Crapon, Geo. T-, Wassom, E. F. MarJin. ;v; At a subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors the following were elected of ficers: Jos. : T. Foy.aTresident: F. . M. Wooten, Geueral Superintendent; .Geo. M. Crapon, Secretary and Treasurer .. . .. .r . I Thefollowing were appointed a commit tee to secure the right of way of the lands through which the road may run: E. C. McLenden, . of Onslow,;. and A., R. Black E. F. Martin, of New Hanover. - ? ' The President was directed to appoint suitable persons to open books of subscrip tion along the line of the proposed road. Onjnotion, the meeiing then: adjourned to assemble again, in the city of Wilming ton, on Saturday, January 7th,. 1882. Business Change.'.'' . With the new (year - some important changes take place in the business houses of Murchison & Co. , New, Toi k Williams . & Murchison, Wilmington, and it D. Wil liains &' Co., Fayetteville., The particulars are given in oar advertising . columns to day. : We are glad to note that Mr. Henry C! McQueen has been admitted as a partner Kin the house or v. it. jiurcnison z uo. We have no doubt the- oldworkers under their new firm" names will fully sustain their formereputation,,which is good enough Gettlncr too Pamrilar Twlth Other Peo ,v pie's ifoA' March Campbell, a colored resident of Cape Fear Township, in this county, wad brought j to this ' city yesterday, under a conimitment ' from Justice A. J. Grady,, charged iwith: the larceny of hog, the property of one Willis Jordan and in de-' fault of security m the stun "of $100, justi fied, he was committed to 'jail to await his trial at the approaching term of the Crimir nal Court. . ' ' 1 V H'.l -i .u.i'rL.iUV ( , - t 1 ff miwuitturjuf r. Mi , Receipts and Exports From the Port I of ITUmlnston for the Tear ISSlm AIs Number Wf Vesseis Arrived itvi ring tbe Tear, Kte u ''v-. The iTcceipts of cotton at this port for: the year ending the Slst of December foot up i29fQ&6 bales-as against 108,155 bate ifor last ypaT-Spirits !rpentine 84,873 basks, ,as- agaiit 8d,954 caslss for Jast year;; ' - j.-.'.'--.. H J 1 ' -m rosiri ? 431121 barrels; as S against 1480,984; barrels fot.last 'year; tar t50,540 barrels,, as gainst 54,188 barrels' for last year; criidej j turpentine 91,444 barrels, as agauist Wn1 Tn1ief iri ' -ft f-JiH '-iu !'' ': Tt " iuuy j 5 V .' , V'" EXPOKTS. The exports 'Iroja; this port fpr the year ending December'Slst, 1881 foot up as fol lows: ::y':',r.- .;:..;:r.;; ! Trt HnmAstiri Tnrt--fi3 Sit ' halftfl fiotton. 840,348 balesi for last year; 29,067 casks sSlflts turrjentinei'as "against 83,272 pasks for last year; 40, 160 .barrels rosin, as against 48361 barrels for last year,-44,479 bands tar. as against 39,409 barrels for last year; 2,335 barrefs crude turpentine, as bgainst 3,356 barrels for last year; . To foreign porta 57,664 bales cotton, as iagainst'65,718 bale8 ;for last 'year ; 58,477 casks of spints turpentine, as against fiv,-., 3casK8 lor last year ; 440, oow oarreis 01 rosin, as against 399,349 barrels for last Jr ; iH909 , barrels; of tar, as against 14,032 barrels fort year; 102 barrels of tnide turoentinc. as aiiainst none for last. yeai. - : Total exports for 1881 : Cotton. ........ ; J . . Spirits turpentine Rosin.. ..vv.;.;.::. Tar......... Crude turpentine. J ; . . T . I Total -exports for 1880;; 121.006 bales. 87,544 casks 485,819 bbls. ' 59,388 " 2,437 ' ' OltOQ.. ....... . Spirits turpentine Rosin, v.i.,... Tar..,. Crude turpentine. , 108,166 bales. 4 102,725 casks 447,710 bbls. 53,441 3,856 V ; -; r - ottb sHnrrnQ-. '' Durine January: 1881. the arrivals at - i. , . this port consisted of 26 American . vessels. with a tonnage of 8,492,? and ; 80 f oreign vessels, with a tonnage of 9,047; February, 27 American, 9,211 tons, and 26 foreign, 8,785 tons; March, . 37 American, .13,953 tons, and 83 foreign, 10,929 tons; April, 30 American, 10, G70 tons,and 25 foreign, 8,644 tons; May, 18 American, 7,099 tons, and 20 foreign, 6,422 tons; June, 26 American,; 9,356 tons,and 14 foreign, 4,428 tons; July, 18 American, 6,736 tons, and 8 foreign, 1,794 " i tons; August, 15 American, 6,692 tons, and 14 fore'gn, .4,814 tons; Septem ber. ) 19 American, 9,858 tons, and 14 for eign," 5,856 tons; October, 81 American, 12,807 tons, and 21 1 foreign, .7,719 tons; November, 27 American;. 9,777 tons, and 24 jforeign, 11,404 tons; December, 32 American, 15,363 tons, and 25 foreign.8,480 tons. Total number of vessels arrived during the year, 306 American, registering 119,414 tons, and 244 foreign, registering' 88,292 tons. Grand totals : 604 vessels, registering 207,- 706 tons. A Ratner Unpleasant Adventure. i . Quite an , adventure i befell one of pur country friends, here on i a shopping expe dition, as he was about5 departing for his home yesterday afternoon,', about 3 o'clock. He came to town in an ox cart and had almost literally filled the vehicle with the purchases he had made, when he drove down to the foot of Market street with the view of going across the river on the ferry flat, and thence to his home in Brunswick county. In the meantime our friend occu pied a seat- hi the cart: and awaited the return of the flat, .when the ox, suddenly becoming impatient at the de lay, marched deliberately into the dock, cart and all, before he could be restrained by the driver, who jumped off into fthe water, where it came up about to his arm pits; and returned to the wharf. ; ; The or, however, kept steadily on, commencing to swim as soon as he got to the proper depth, and had" reached a point nearly half way the; river, " when he suddenly changed nis i nouon, ana turning arouna, r swam back : to the;.. east ; side t of !';;the ': river agaiiy making his way' out on the wharf as best . 'he '. coold. In the meantime, while out on the river, the wheels . came off the: cart' nu Seveial bundles floated out, and,' after drifting i short, distance, 1 until thoroughly saturated with water, went to the bottom all but trotf 'glass bottle, containing some- kmd of & fluid.'fwhieh 'sailed - off majesticallyddwn the'Tfver,' head and neck erect and bobbing' upland down among the little wavelet ; it followed ithe. current ocean ward. The wheels, were, subsequent ly recovered,: with the assistance of some of the sympathizing but . amused ; spectators, and our rural friend finally got safely across the river and ; wended his ) way - nomewara.: Foreign Shipments! .h'-v -w I i . Tbe following comprise the foreign ship ments f rom this port yesterday Q The Schr. Chr. omo. Cap. Good win; f,or Po; t-ap-Priace, Hayti. by Messrs. Edward Kidder & Sons, wi-h 116,130 feet . of lumber and 28,364 shingles.. valued at $2,212 93; and the' Ger man barque Anna Von . Klein, : Capt. Schwermer, for Montevideo,., by Messrs Edward Kidder & Sons, with .263,738 feet of lumber, . valued at $4,747 28. : Total valuation of foreign exports for the. day. $6,960 21. New Toilt Stock Market Irregular ; -;; . ,. :::.and Lower, , ' 7 '-, f ' IBr Telegraph to the Xornine Star, , i Nkw Yoke. December 81. 11 A. M. The stock market t opened very irregular, but in the main to 11 percent, lower than yesterday's sclosing prices, 1 the latter- for Ohio & Mississippi. ..' la the eariy-oeanngs a. deriine was recorded ransrine from i to li per cent.; Wabash preferred leading the downward, movements i At ll o ciock a fractional iwnvflnr ocraTred.' ' '" ' ! vm I flThe Prisoner Pleads fir more Protec- Continuation of Expert Testlmbn s By Telegraph to tlie Morning Star. tif - . j . Tm - ii Opened this morning some delay mjthe pro beedings ensued, and Guiteau made his usu al morning speech i Hb complained- i that- e usual, gu ard or , policemen , nad been withdrawn rom the prison van, aud that. there is more danger of his being shot When . I w I M I M fill ll'M idmg to and from ; ' the --jaily4 than 'at any ! itner time. He requested tne Judge to or-u er the usual guard of policemen to accom-i ny flie van; that it would only take one rank with sufficient nerve to shoot iim' in e van: that the only danger he'.anticipa- d was from cranks. ' . ni.i. , .':.! :Dr Callender was called. ; - t.,, Judge Cox said the , statement had been, tade yesterday that the Court had sur rounded the pnsoner with unusual guards nnd protection, He Would' state that' the prisoner was in the custody of the Marshal,' and not of the Court, and whatever-extra- guards have been furnished had been sup-, pliedbyhim. : V ' x : ' I Guiteau Well; ' then,' your ttpnor, ff she Marshal, won t do his duty i appeal to she Court.-J If the Marshal refuses, to fur- - J x. ; A 3 inusu a proper guuru iuuji mm oui aiiu ci ihave a new Marshal." - "". .'- Judge-1-"! have no doubt the Marshal will do his duty in this connection. " - 1 IMr. , Scoville. read' tovwitness a letter'' written by. , Guiteau about ten , days ago, to ibenator JJon uameron, asking ipr nve nun- dred dollars, ! and asked for his opinion ' iwhether such .a letter, to a man he did not !know. : does : not indicate unsoundness of mind." ' , ; . ' .... ,:. Answru."I(1n not tliinlr it inriinAtoa nn. soundness of mind. It seems to me con , sistent with ' his character- and habit of so-' liciting money from sources where he had too reason toxpect it :i ? ; -: . , : ; -. . n .Bcoville then read to. Dr. Callender the. hypothetical case of thie defence and the ,witness!replied, "Upon that "hypothesis his? insanity s a self-evident proposition. ' ' ! : f ur. v alter, jvempier, oupenaienueni oi the VY lsconsm state Hospital , for the.. in Sane, had devoted his attention to the study: of insanity for the past fifteen; years. , Wit-, Bess was tamiiiar witn tne process of taKing the conformity of the head, and did not be- Jieve much importance as a -rule could be: attached to the shape of the head; in . deter-.. mining sanity or insanity. Witness exhib ited a number of sups ' showing shapes as taken by conformation of the heads of a number of prominent men, including Trea-; surer Gilfillan, Col. Ingersoll, Judge Porter. and Col, uorkhill, Considerable, amuse iment was created by the illustra tions of ' witness' running comments of Guiteau. ; Not a . single diagram : disr closed a symmetrical head. , Witness , remarking that ', possibly not a single per fectly symmetrical head might be found in the court room.1" In the case of , Ingersoll, J 1 . 1 1 : !. T.1 ' 5 me witness remarKen, pointing wun . nis finger, "this side appears flat as compared with the other." . . Davidge "It bulges on the wrong side?'" Witness' 'Yes ; some would say so. " ' 1 Guiteau "That shows that both he and I are cracked in the same direction. "Col. Corkhill's head;JKsaid the witness, "has a very marked depression ron one side.". - , -' - ' i Guiteau'-finterruDtijirV "Til" bet' vouV Jou can put your foot in the depression in is head."1 i i j.u " ' --i Witness (continuing) "The- depression is very similar to that noticed in the prison er's head.", fLaughter.l . -i Guiteau 'Oh, yes; cracked a great deal worse than I am." The witness was then asked if he had ever seen a case where a person committed a crime and claimed divine inspiration; and if so, howi such persons deported them-: selves before and after the act. ; He replied that in such-cases the delusion, or inspira-. tion, as they claim it to be, comes suddenly. and with intense pressure, and that such persons act quickly and upon a sudden im pulse, delaying neither to consider, oppor tunity nor weapons. : That it would, be im-; possible to conceive without witnessing it the energy, impetuosity and determination with which persons acting under an insane delusion carry out their purposes. , Wit-, ness did not believe inn distinct type of insanity which could be called "moral in-, which had been invented to excuse ; the commission of heinous , crimes.1 Witness had never seen a case where an insane . man after committing a crime boasted of bis insanity, and urged it as an excuse for his ; crime. , Insane murderers : do not ; parade , their acts, but on the contrary very rarely will allude ' to them, unless a great . deal of ingenuity .is used to draw them out. ; Wit-. ness, until he entered unajcourt room, naa never heard of a case of ialleged inspiration that came from withiii. Always such per sons claim to have heard the, will of God, or seen nis image, or sonieuung 01 me son. Such an inspiration is never a conviction arrived at after mature reflection on j'the part of the person so affected, t-', " " Witness was asked if he believed that the; belief 1 of the prisoner's father, (G. W. .Guiteau) that disease could be cured by prayer, should be taken aa an evidence 01 insanity, and replied,' yJ 'By no means;' we all know that thousands and . thousands of ,ane people prayed daily for: the .salvation They would hardly have done . so if they had not a strong belief in the efficacy of, praver." ;i- :iir- '':'? ' ' ' : Guiteau "It shows that, the Lord . arid the people don't agree ori . this business. : People are beginning to come over to ; my side and the Lord's tool" ' ' Corkhill then read the hypothetical ques tions of the prosecution, and witness replied to each,! taking the facts set forth 1 to be 1 true," "In my ppitiicn he was' sane." Wit-i ness had visited Guiteau in prison and had 1 there asked him if he considered ; himself insane. The reply was, 'Not what you ex perts call insane; but legally insane." When asked what he meant by the term,'' the prisoner said that if he could ; get the jury to believe that he was acting under an inspiration from the Lord when he shot the President that would be all he wanted: and would acquit him. , ; ! tt; Guiteau had been engaged with his mail for some: minutes and ihe" called out, "I would .like to have you know,; ladies and gentlemen, that my ' letters now come ad- -dressed 'Hon. Charles Guiteau.? - Quite: a change from last summer." w , i Witness wascross-esammed by Col. Reed,'" who produced a pamphlet report preparedi by witness as Superintendent of the Wis consin Insane Asylum, and read . er tracts i from it ; Duringthe reading a dispute arose between counsel; who seem to liave gradu ally developed a vast amount of bitterness.' Some fifteen minutes had been consumed in ,the dispute, - and the Court I admonished: counsel that the trial must proceed without consuming so such, time in discussing mv material dnputes. c 'rn- .li lv,! The cross-examinationwas continued by Mr. Scoville with an occasional outburst on the part of the prisoner until adjournments : "He came here,'' said Guiteau,1 referring to ' the witness, "as an expert for' the defence That's what he said whenhe was in my cell; but good living at Willard' and Corkhill's money have been too much for him."- sill '2. ft v5:H'.r 7 ti'-r-v yLS' Court Room . Literally Packed Prlso ner Reads a Telegram of Sympathv 1 and Announces that he 111 Submit I his' Name for the Presldeney before ; the .-.Next , Republican Convention -: I Defence wants Time for Sur-RebuttaJ ; j Evidence. ',' . , ' ' '' ; :" By Telepaph to the Morning Star.J n '' I ASniKOTOK, December 30: The Court room, Was literally packed this morning. .'': i As soon , as Guiteau reached his seat in theu dock he shouted out,' ''Some' of the leading ' yajjcis 111 iiiucnui coiiaiuei me uue greatest fellow they have met in some time. 'r At 8 d'clocktnighVuIf rec?iyed , a -telegram,, which will read for the edification of this audience and the; American' 'people." ' He then read ittiffti-.."--ui : fy-tiUunUi-r, i-,Axjh-!' 1 !'Mr.Chaa. J-Guiteau, Washington City,; D. .C- i ,:A11 Boston, sympathizes with you. You ought to be President. Signed, Ahost' of 'Admirers ;.'v. hui .Pausing a tooment. he then branched off into a wild harangue, ending by saying, "I shall submif.my name to the next RepubJi- ban Convention'- I shall expect to be before U. There are only two men in the country who want me.hung ; one , is Judge Porter, cd . a .j j 4 1 - Jnrrirt 'YTnrta t trot Pi IHU1 fiAm thrt nAnAim I Cbrkhil, whoi ospbets to get bounced,' ! fend nrhft lrr rv-rrTO I anv rlra 'mmw. m-F 'f . 'jr --. . .... ,a. auy, o , -f44 44 voudq jVi.Ab.' tr J Jn,'f!1 i' ut. Jxempster then toot the stand, and Mr. Scoville resumed the cross-examination.--'Witness did not believe in temporary insanity in the 'sense that a person could be insane and wholly recover in an hour. He believed Sickles was sane, but Coles,' who shot Hiscock at Albany, was undoubtedly insane.- Mr, Corkhill announced that he had but one more witness to introduce on the part of the government, and inquired of ilr. ' Scovule how much time he would want to consume Jn his sub-rebuttal. 4 . - 7 i Mr. Scoville replied that he had seyeral Witnesses', whose ' names ' were 'presented since the close of thef case,: and he would ask the Gourt to permit them to be sworn , on the ground of newjy discovered evidence material to the case.' P'! '"' ' -'';' ;' j Mr. Corkhill :wa't)ed -to know what he expected to prove! .-.;,Lh -. . , . ; , S Mr. Scoville replied : ','We have evidence to offer relative to the state of the prisoner's mind just- before the' shooting."-v He also stated that he would probably! require all of next week upon the rebuttal. .." , ' I Mr.J Davidge objected to a reopening of the casei ;and Mr!' Scoville insisted ' that he did not . desires-to delay the trial, but the prosecution had 'consumed weeks with ex-, pert 'witnesses and he did not propose, to be-cut short in the matter of time. ' j Mr.: Scoville suggested that the jury be auowea tQ., separate f anct go home upon parole not to speak of the trial during their. absence trom court, giving as a reason so licitude' f or' the; health of the jurymen, which is -likely tp become affected by the close confinement. Considerable discussion arose, which was cut short by the foreman saying that the jury did not care to sepa rate, but desired a reasonable opportunity for fresh air and exercise. ! The discussion between; opposing .counsel 'continued for some time, with considerable acrimony. when finally Mr. Scoville in reply to CoL Corkhill, ' surprised f everyone by making one of the ; best and most ; impressive speeches that has been heard in the court room since the opening of the trial. In earnest and impressive language he vindi cated the conduct of the defence, and se verely rebuked the course of the District Attorney in his "unseemly efforts to muz zle and drive the defence from the Court." Some manifestation of applause followed the conclusion of his speech, but it was quicKiy cnecKea by tne uouru -1 Dr. John P. Gray, of the New York Lu natic Asylum, thei took the ' stand. Wit ness had made - the ! study ! of insanity his business since 1850, land ' in that time had treated or investigated 12,000 cases of insa nity.. 1 He had never seen a . siagle instance1 where the only indication of - insanity was an exhibition of immorality or wickedness. He did not believeia what had been called "moral, insanity." I It was impossible to dissever ' mental unity so as to locate any impairment of 1 moral nature that was 'not accompanied by an intellectual - determina tion, . Insanity in , itself , had. - no more ten dency to excite to crime than . neuralgia or any other disease, f It ' puts ; nothing new iuto a man's head: it only perverts what is already therev. f Dr. Gray stated that he made a thorough, complete and satisfactory examination of the prisoner at the jail, and at the request 'of the District Attorney gave at some length the details of MsJexamUfllxand of his con versation with the prisoner.,- -Witness had inquired of the prisoner in , regard to his al leged inspiration,' and asked him if it came to him in the f onn, fof a voice or, vision:, or direct command, anip his reply , was, JN o ; 11 came into my Jieai as a conception, auu I reflected upon it untill jresolved that it rwas justified by the situationiYBWitnessf then asked the prisoner how this statement accorded with his theory of inspiration,; and Jus reply was, . The inspiration was in tne form of a pressure! constantly upon me to commit the act," i Guiteau That's all there is in the case. Short and to the point you can talk about ;it six years if you want to. 1 . ' n ! . Dr Gray continued the story of his ia terview with Guiteau, with occasional com ments bv the latter; of assent and dissent,. but not to the extent or an annoying inter ruption, until the adjournment-f Dr. Gray on the Witness Stand Inter- L cuptlons by the Prisoner, r JB? Telegraphto the Homing Siar.l i ' WASHXtrTOiir ; Dec. 31. In the : Guiteau trial, to-dav. Dr. Gray took the stand and resumed the story of his conversation with 'the ririsoner in iail. He said the prisoner, sion, "wnen x maae up my muiu. . f Guiteau Shouted; "making up my mind iwas the result bf grinding pressure. That's iwhere the inspiration , comes : in.-, Please 'o-Pt that straie-ht while vou are about it. I Witness was interrupted frequently, both by Guiteau and Mr. - Scoville, and finally said : . 'Thef e have been so many interrup-i Itions I don't' know where lam.'' He got sturtftrl fiirain. and said he bad seen a dum ber of cases where persons laboring under noonn Vlnlnci Ann Kflrl flftOTW&ltf 3f i rE . mwuc uc:uowiia - " , miTOTwl , their sn n SiVr bntdid not lecall an instance of recoveiy within, a shorter period than -three months..?: Witaessi nea, never heard ' the' word 'pressure" used in an in sane? iase ;ntbf?r. than in a physical j sensed He did not think! a mAtf actingunder divine . . - . .1 J ,..xlnSAa ipressure, wno snouiu1 cummu imnun,iu Iwould be apt to appeal to the law and) civU iauthorities ;for protection ' from the conse- quencesojms acK.1 -He : ueuevea tne pn- . soner to be Bane, j'.i' ,.-!..--. ,j.:j ' ;d v '- 1; . After tl-e recess the.:cro83-esaroinaion progressed without incident, the afternoon passed wearily," and the: counsel for the prosecpiion I devoted .themselves td ithe preparation and arrangement of points for tne - tortneommg arguments, r wmiei' mr. Scoville seemed to be -asking questions to Kill time. At -Hwee Jclefe- the ourt au- joorred Ui?til TaesdayiH y. .1 ? IT-A J -1-y5.V'f (ii' li iS 'Si i4H J 1 i' 1 1 ii x. (The French commissioners appointed to continue the negotiationafor a commercial treaty between England and France include M.i Gambetta and Mr Spuller; UnderlrFor- eign becretary. it-) f. ') J i.n: NO;' 10 '4 ;3 ,ti Armed .Neaxoes Take Possession of the J i xown oriPiymouth, . i c, and Threaten ' Destruction to - - lilfe ' and Property The Town Officers Assaul ted , and;? Stabbed One ;. Mortally WoundedThe Sheriff Attacked arid1 .Prisoners Released Gov Jarvfs, Ap-y pealed to for Aid Several Companies -Ordered to; the Town.1 ' ' f ,j - '' ts-d By Telesrafth tothe matetag Star.l i 1 1 . Noetolk, .Va. .Dec. ,29.r-InfonmationH has been received heie of a threatened riot 1 jat Plymouth,? N, Ci Hundreds5 of ''armed i negroes are in town sweating destruction, to life and property.' ' ' The r Mayor tele-' grapnea to i .uoverner Jarvis today roriav military force to suppress violences. sThe trouble grew out of the shooting of a cOn stable by two negroes who were resisting jarrest for a breach of the peace Jast; Satur- J day.'when'one man' was'.stabbed attd sbme1 1 others more, or. less injured in the 1 ensuing affray. Great fears are felt (in the. town. . . ) 'Raletoh, :N. 'C?j! December 29Later dispatches to' the 'Nmk-Otierter from. Edetii' xl - . 1 ) '"On Saturday some negroeW were fighting! a among inemscives. wnen tne,tpwn constable iirciicicu wj atop tttem-jtis.wag wousaeu,. pbs 01 nis posse was mortaii-y wounaeti ana l another stabbed. On, Tuesday. arreststwere 4 , A .3 '4? . : T 1,' ..-a 1 pizuic auu some uj. vue parties were oouna , over by a magistrate'5 On 'therway to -jail ine snenn was attacKeu.oy negroes and the prisoners'released. : They are still at large. The doctor attending the dvinsr man was Attacked, The rioters are armed and defy the civil authorities j Great excitement pre ' vails in . Plymouth; and Gov, Jams has; ordered several companies tq the town." THE RIOT AT FLYMQ XJTU. Further Particulars No ' Further Vlb- lenee Reported but To wn I Still' In State a of Intense Excitement Got, Jarwls and Troops en Route for the Troubled Uoeailty Quiet Restored and No Further Trouble Anticipated. By Telegraph to the Morning Siar. " RALEienr'N. C., December 30.7 The fol-' lowmg telegram from Mayor A. D. Gav-. lord, of Plymouth, has been received at the Executive Department herez-i-imiliwr: "Ihere is' an unprecedented not m this1 town and I am unable to suppress it by the; civil authority of this county. I earnestly: appeal to you to order several military com panies to be here at the earliest time, possi ble to , suppress it , There; are now three hundred negroesiere, all armed withgunsy and they are defying the law all around." Uov. Jarvis being : at: (reenville,im the eastern part of the State, the telegram was at once sent to ' him ' by Private" Secretary Dudley, Later,, a, telegram, .was received from Gov. -Jarvis, stating that he had or dered Lieut. Col." John W. Cottonj of the First Regiment, and two -infantry compa nies of the North Carolina State Guards, to Plymbuth. f A telegram was also 'received tendering the services of the Pasquotank nines, of Jiz&beth City, to quell the riot Uov. Jar vis may possibly go to i'lymOuth in naiwnTi i 5 ? onAinl nnnH eVtAnl4 nicm in person,! if t special need should arise. Troops to the number of five hundred from k.1 the eastern part of the State can be sent. Matt Wilson, leader of the black J rioters, was tried for a similar offence at; the last term of the Superior Court. NoKFOLfe, Dec. 13.-No further reports of violence from the rioters have been re ceived from Plymouth, N. C, but the town is still in a state of intense excitement and apprehension.1 Gov. Jarvis l is en route thither, and has telegraphed the! proper officers in that section of the State to repair to the town and institute an immediate and thorough investigation. The services of the Pasquotank Rifles, of Elizabeth City, have been accepted to aid m suppressing trouble. 1 This and other military com-; panies -will arive toj-day. - . f; -lfi l Raleigh. N. C December SO.The Pasrmotank "Rifleal of Elizabeth Citv. who were .ordered to Jfjymouth by. a,. special steamer, have doubtless reached there. The Edgecombe Guards have gone from jTar- boro. vine military wiu be under tne com mand of Lieut Col. Cotton: of the First Regiment) State Troops, an officer of cool ness and capacity J .The rioters are thought to be men from the immense shingle swamps of that section. : Gov. Jarvis I is at, Green ville, Pitt county., j-There is no telegraph line to Plymouth. ' ' - ; lATEB.f-A Ciwpateirtothfretes-wserjjer savs : rroops have.arnvea.at-nymouth. bheriff .opruil, with auu armed . men. , re-r stored quiet. . .Jj ive arrests were made and. the parties sent to the iail t in, Edenton, across the sound, i Other arrests will fol low.! ,The murderer, of Mr.. Butler is still. Gov. Jarvis has gone, ..to ' Plymouth and iSolicitor Grandy has been requested to meet mm mere. - 1 I CONFEDERATE GOIJ), j , And What Became of It The Story of - a Confederate Treasury , Clerk. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Washington,' December' 30. The Post to-moiTow will publish a; letter'over a ficti tious signature, the writer of which claims to nave 1 been a cierK m tne ijonieaerate .Treasury at- Itichmond, , and as such, ac- couiua-uieu tue bpcuic xruiu 1 w ; J 1. I DinhmAH tn Charlotte. IS. C. leaving acpmond on tne night of April 2, 1865..., The amount taken the writer does not know, but thinks it must have been very large. ! -At Danville, V., the treasure was, on April 3rd, taken irom-inexar ana piacea in , a Dans, vauit, ; where it remained until after Lee's surren der. Then! Secretary of .the ; Treasury Trenholm. knowing there was ho further hope of the success of the- Confederacy, or dered that a portion of the specie be used to redeem Confederate notes ' at the rate of one dollar in specie : fory $70 in! currency and the writer claims that he saw immense sums of specie thus paid out, being himself one of the fortunate ones.r After liee a sur render what remained - of. the, specie was sent to Greensboro, where $39,000 was paid to 1 Johnson's army. : Here! also,: all the officers and clerks of, the government were paid 05 in gold, in sums' ranging from $50 to $250 each,, the writer having assisted in- preparing pay-rolls, for this . purpose, and himself again I a beneficiary personally; as he describes - the methods - he and ; others used ta conceal their treasure.. What then remained was taken I southward, but the writer parted company with it at Charlotte, and thereafter had no personal knowledge of it But he scouts the idea of ex-Presi dent Davis having profited by a single dol lar. The writer, in a private note, gives his name and address as J G.' Addison. Prince, George county;: Md.. ." I 'The ftbrth Carolihiv colleges are not good enough for some of the boys, -so their cn awav from home to eet . their edu cation, i State pride is a goaf thing to keep, in the house. : -'.utHUy r,?lP.rsiii-'V? Mr.; CL3&rrT Greensboro, thA Risrfo atttrfedtoeoinmit suicide I Wwinesdav. while in the delirium oj fe ver. . His wounds are, aouKiiv!u, w necessarily fatal, -i.:.,.-: V .-iE Pittsboro Jip.f.nrtJ' On last. iMonday night' the heaviest rain fell in fthis seem W we JtChajJisin(last .wioler In a iew hours all the streams were t over flowing their banks, and m Deep river we hear that there was quite a freshet ' - Charlotte Observer: A dwellinsr house on ! a plantation belonging to . H; f Bryan, five or six miles from Pinevflle in " the Providence neighborhood,- took - fire on -the night of the 19th and J was burned to the, ground. :. Nobody; was : living in ; the ? house.- at, the .time. .'Last Saturday ; night, three prisoners, one white and two colored, escaped from the jail in- this i city. : tie seems inai one or more was . lert out . of . the pells during the night to wait on 'two J prisoners ;who are seriously sick, and some- ime:aunng me nignt succeeoea ia wrenchr ing apiece from the irou railing' within the J pafl, with which a hole sufficiently large to 1 admit a man's; body' was drilled through., the, waU-pf the building near the ground. The prisoners who escaped were John Cald well and Quinn, colored and a young (white man hamed McManus.1 who ' was' in for;,pbtahing goods from some of. our meM cnanis pn iorgea oraers. rJxothinghas been heard df 1 them since their departure.' -' i i ! -' ' ! H SVashington M-esif We leani that lseveral?of ihe prisoners confined in the iaLt ab jy imams ton. last weea. manacea to es cape 'by pulling themselves through '' the " hole inithe ceilinff used for the stove. :ninft.- One had been senteneed to the penitentiary J nn fK'rt ' 41. I J 1 1 . . . puu iuo uiuers mj vub uuunty jaii oy ine last jweekfc Court. We also bear that two mules V and carts were stolen on the night of their escie; ahd it is supposed that they niade4 quiuK, .uieir exiii srom nac piace. 1 w et hear that ."a . colored man named Jaonh Thompson" 'froze to death on last Wednes-'1 daymght near Leachviller f-lt.ia-surmbsed r that he was iinder the influence bf .liquor j and lftT "Out with tifl nhnvw fMirfiiliivarilt'i", Mverff' JaclMOnMnn nii thiawmntv nn- two acres oats, not weighed but very good; 1 for $1.10 per bushelsjseyeriteen andaJialf I hnroo J1 iVfVt nW;.nn i. i.J 44 V ' - i uwvo ,UW UUUUU9 Ul KXU uutiuii: scvcu- een ana a ntui acres uu:Tvnsneis ot corn.' -The suddUjdthQt Mrbbw Waters, , a'st week, aroused suspicion, and. after much-talk, a jury was summoned, the body exhumed on Monday, the 12th inst, and. a Dost-mortem examination rnaria hv Tr. Mrt.' pofiflld,) when a verdict was rendered that I peaaj was - caused by, Mr. .Waters f ailing fr'ih.his bed,, striking an earthen vessel, 'severing an artery and bleeding to death. Kinston Journal: Hon. J. W. Shackleford introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, on Friday. December l7th, to provide for the survey of New and White Qak rivers, which was referred to the committee on Commerce. One after j another of the "exodusters" to Indiana' last K year return to their old homes. Some, bring! paies oi suitenng and woe, while others give j a more if avorable account, and say that byj Industry; and economy one can Uve in -that '. country, If a living ,.is what is wanted it is no use to leave North Carolina, !'; for many obtain it here without economy, and with but little labor. There may be a political significance connected with the re turn as well as with the leaving.? The; Re-i publicans would , like to master the situa-j tion in! Norw-Carolina- the coming year.j ' -Mr; E. B. Isler, of Jones county, sums; kip his prop of cotton and corn for the year! wun seven plows, to be 65 balea of; cotton and 490 barrels of corn. - La' Grange items : ; A meeting expressive of the, sentiments, of the citizens in regard to the, proposed railroad from Glinton via Faison's ' and White Hall taThis place, was held here:, on fWednesday night of last week.,, Tho -meeting, was very largely attended,' and showed that the people were in full sym4 patny wwh tne movement. A delegation, was appointed to attend a meeting at White Hall the next day. The meeting at that place, I learn, was attended by nearly - -ii 4-u . : a. . F - ui mo piuuiiueui. citixcus ui tue communi ty, and a disposition was shown to encour- age, tJe work. , -Flenty r of Twaterr m Neuse river. The steamer Neuse will make Tegular trips., i) 4 .' t.?t -- i- t i - I ; ' ' "-' ": '- . ' : t '. ; "' I Greensboro State, Hep.: At the coal schute of the North Carolina Railroad, - near Concord, a serious accident happened ;to conductor Albright, on the freight train going west,, on Thursday night. ; It is said , fthat he was standing near the schute when ; at was opened, and a large lump of coal; fell against his leg and broke it - A colored . ibrakeman 'was also injured by the falling' Scoal.ii Mr. Alhriebt was taken tnf!nnfnrri lapd his injuries attended to by physicians. ! Out citizens were grieved to learn on 'Monday last of the sudden death, in Rich- -unond, Va., of Miss Sally Potts, , the only . kiaughter of Capt.' R. JL Potts. She was a' bandsome and intelligent young, lady the -idol of her parents and brothers, i She had -' igrpwnr up m ureensooro, ana was Known -jto all pur people, young and okL ! For two years past she attended school in Richmond; ; 'There is quite a stir among the Federal office holders ; in North , Carolina.; , : The "Holier than thou" brigade is on hand, of course, and strange as it may - seem they1' 'never did it" ' They were Grant men all the time. TThey have some slight r ecollec Itionof "having helped John Sherman to' misrepresent North , Carolina a,;Chicago liut it seems like a dream. There is trouble r in every-district m the State. ' Thepast' two years have- brought us a great change -in our railroad system. . We are, not now, subject to a little ring in Ricnmond which; Jgrew; .fat by bleeding our people., VThe ireilroads in Western North (yrolina are now a part off a great trurk line operating? over 2,000 miles of road, and representing , probebly $60,000,000. It will be. to the in- terest of - W. P. Clyde and his associates to ; make-jieasonable. rates which will yield a if air profit, and it will also be to their inter-: jest to- develop as rapidly as possible,' and by . every means; the territory which" their , Imany lines traverse. " "- j Raleigh ' News-Observer : 'The -i"Vokes Family" is billed for Tucker Hall. Governor Jarvis is at Greenville spend ing the holidays! The negroes will have but a poor celebration of the first of i January, "Emancipation Day,"; it is said Tbere is much dissension among them in regard to some of the persons chosen to take part in the exercises of the day. , IRevi H. M. Tupper requests us to say that iat present , there is no sickness ' at Shaw jTJniversity. r,i - 3fonday evening, about ;dusk, as "Fab. Fowle, son of Hon. D. G. , 'Fowlc, was walking in company with aeon , of Mayor Manly,- a burly negro suddenly' ran up, and,, grasping a watch chain. worn; Iby the former lad, jerked it away, pulling the watch with it The watch was of gold land quite handsome, and was the property of .Mrs. Fowle, who prized it highly, The thief made good his escape, though pursued On Monday night Mr. John Harp,- a ,farmer who; lives about eight miles from' this city, on the road to the FaHs of Neuse iPaper TMillSj indulged in the Christmas ;sport of fooling with fire crackers, his sons -assisting. The night being exceedingly 'stormy; with wind and rain, they used the second floor of the ' house as the scene of action. When they had "popped" all the fire crackers they went down stairs and sat by the fire. After a time they heard a sud- ' den crash and roar and saw a bright light. , Rushing out doors they were astonished 5 at seeing that the entire upper story i of the ; house was in flames, and that parts of it had fallen in. Above the noise of the wind they . could hear the Toar , of the flames : wlule the rain-which-iell ia torrents, seemed not to be able to check the fire in the least The . terrified family were only . able to save & little bedding from the house, which,, with all of its. other , contents, was v totally destroyed. - The loss is .estimated at about $2,500, with no insurance. - ; a i'- Hparles an44Rori5,Jordan.wi1i bvX-i little, lpit.hemselvesJ'isMiae on fifty ' y acreB'of labd.T oW the.f arm of ! lft iju r