North Carolina Newspapers

5 f The Weekly Star. 7IL H EEHITAUD, HditcrandPrcp'r. WILMINGTON, jst. a Friday, - January 13,' 1882. t3TIn writing to change lyour address, always give former direction as well as full particulars as where you wish your paper to be -sent hereafter. Unless you do both changes can not be made.- .. tSr"Notice8 of Marriage or Death, Tribute of Respect, Resolutions of manis, &c, are charged fof as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate GO cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death, j . - ,-; i . "Remittances must be made by Check,Draft Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Post masters will register letters when desired. (- tOnly such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. . , v.-,.; ,:- f5fSpecimen copies forwarded when desired. " ;j THE ONSLOW RAILROAD. - (The Fayetteville Examiner con . siders favorably j the proposed roacl from Wilmington to Onslow county. 1 thinks the road will be easy , of construction, as the country is level and bridge : building . will, be -very lierht. It describes, the soil of New Hanover, - Pender and :- Onslow and sljows an intelligent familiarity with the same. It says of the Onslow oyster trade: . ' I The lower waters of New River " is the home of the oyster. There he .thrives and fattens, rivalling in size and flavor those of the most favored localities of. Chesapeake Bay. These oysters find their - principal market at Wilmington, to reach : which - point they are transported in carts over a " sandy road a distance of about forty miles. With facilities for cheap transportation this business could be immensely extended, " as there are more than five thousand square acres in the bottom of New River, between the Sound and Sneed's Ferry (above which theWter becomes too fresh for the habitat of the oyster) suited in all respects for -. the profitable planting of these bivalves. .:.--. v-Jf Wilmington should extend her aid to this road so as to insure its construction, we havq not the. least doubt that it would be found a: good : investment The - develop - ment of the country through which it passes would bring a great number of: good, cus tomers to the dealers of that city." That the road "ought to be built, andlthat it would -prove highly ad- vantaweous to ( Wilmington no one can doubt. The trucking business, I as the J&caminer mentions, could be and would be stimulated immensely I if tms road was built.1 It says r I Ajready the tracking business is pursued I to some extent along the route of the pro- posetL Tuau, uuu, wnu j.ik;iului lur inuuj- portaiion, immense quantities - of sweet potatoes, cabbages, green corn, melons, turnips, peanuts and other products, could . be made and shipped to Wilmington, and thence sent forward to the Northern mar kets,! ., 1 . " v Judge Tourgee says' that in his judicial district in North Carolina only five voters werefwhite men, and yet it was frequently carried by a large i Democratic majority. PA&JiVes, Bep.. f Whew! We read, what Tourgee said and our understanding of it is altogether different, l He said, ' his ( . . f . ' , k"f...' . ' . ; ' ' .... ; district-had some. 1,000 majority for the Republicans, although,there were 'but Jive .'Republican tohite voters in: the district. Look here, Mr. Press,' "tote fair. Tourgee was elected in tha j district and by. negro votes. Do you see. - , - - " , J Mr. Abram S.i Hewitt,an ;able man, is engaged in getting iron ore exten sively, and is also interested in man lifacturing. steel -rails. ' He . says he favors the abolition - of duty n the ore. , He says:, - ; ":- - ' 1 r'The - duty acts as an obstacle 'to the best interests of the industry, yet if the 1 A . J- t A. ill A. proposal is maae.to aoousu ii it wiu meei with active opposition from the mining lurnaces of : Pennsylvania, Virginia and TVest Virginia, ..because of the popular ig-, liorance on the subject," i . 1 , . intendeds to introduce a bin in the House to reduce the duty. , He thinks should not be more than f 14 per fton." He says this, and mark it: I - ! ' 'This reduction: would not interfere in - I the slightest degree with the growth of this manufacture. One mill for the manufac Jture of Steel rails in this country, with a I capital of $2,000,000, made a profit in one J year of. $5,000,000. " L". I " That will do. j' Who would not put ;$200 in ; a business f that in one year if pays $5o6j or $2,000,00ft if it pays I $5,000.000? "That beats the "tiger' I or any other popular? game all hol I low."' '" - . The resolution of Gen. , Vance in the House prohibiting the sub-letting of contracts forjearrying the mails is needed and proper: " The revelations in the. Star Route: frauds show that when sub-letting- is - allowed it1 is a -' source often of much corruption and; rascality. Mr. Beltzhoover,of Penn-: ylvania,;. has introduced a bill that .should be very carefully j oonsidered. It is to provide for a "direct vote for President and the representa,tion of theminority vote - in each State.' A ; system - that elects, minority candi- ; dates, as in the case of Lincom, and almost in the case of Garfield needs 'overhauling. In fact,the reasons justi-; fling the present system seem to have beenr superceded by( the changes that bave .taken place in the Tcountry. Mr. " Beltzhoover t proposes that the electoral vote of each State shall be divided in proportion to the popular vote. .- A. - receives 200,000 and , B. 150,000 votes in a State. ' The elec- 'toral vote of 12 shall be divided on " this basis! Such is the proposition.; , BED-BUGS, ROACHES, rats, mice anf iT. mnsnnitvy? insects. cleared nut bv' i'Roush on Rats.''' THE BEHATE ON THE MORRILL RILL. 'y. The Finance Committee, through Senator Bayard, report in fayor of Morrill's bill to raise acomnxissaon of nine, to be ipomposed of civilians alone, to report on the tariff revision. Members of Congress are cut off en tirely. , The Star" heretofore urged" that this bill was objectionable, espe cially for two reasons : first; it ;W0uld be composed of a majority of high ,tariff protectionists; second, it would be to their interest to-delay -report- -.mgy ,anaLi,na$ w was airnosjt ceruua no steps to" reduce the tariff practi- cally .would be taken beforev1884, 1 thus giving the protectionists .two more' yearsnn which to reap a har-1 vest of gold. Mr. Hewitt tells of a i firm' manufacturing steel rails that in one year t made five million dollars profit on an investment of. two mil- lion dollars. That firm will nor de sire any alteration of the tariff, as far as steel rails are concerned, f In- two years more they pan mate , ten mil lion dollars. There are other cases in point- other firms to gather-their tens ;of thousands,- possibly millions, by delay. , - T - ' :-.;- Mr. Bayard, whilst ;f avoring the -I Morrill commission, took occasion to 1 utter some just remarks upon the'ab- surdities of the'present tariff, and de nied that "what is wanted ! is a tariff tor protection, with incidental re-; venue, but insisted that the tariff : needed was one that vwould raise re venue . to meet the expenses -of the Government, and incidentally foster the industries - of the country. He said that the "controlling motive in laying the taxes (imposts) was .not to foster the industries,' but : to foster them "was to be "one of its inevitable results.' JOur ' Teaders will see that this is in accord with what ;the Stab this is in accord with what ;the Stab nas urged as the true theory for our I country at present. We have .said J in these columns that the theory of ree trade was abstractly correct, but j not wisely practical at this time.': i;A' tariff for revenue is necessary, just as- the revenue from the internal system; is necessary at this time, to meet the. enormous demandsupon the United States Treasury.1 ' " - ,v ; r v"-" " . " ; the really able mem in the august j body of which he is so useful and dis- tinguished a member; if we may Judge . . .. . . . . . ' " , . I irom tue aostract oi t tne speecn ne delivered at the conclusion of Sena- tor Bayard's. remarks, made, a -very? able effort : and pursued a judicious- and safe and intelligent and proper line of thought in connection with the: I commission and the tariff. Of course- J then he opposed the Morrill bill. -He-1 "opposed the bill as a cunning scheme of monopoly for delay, to which they; had resorted not only as a means of; preventing legislation by the present! Congress, but of whitewashing all the! enormities of a high protective sys-s tem.'- In six weeks a -committee ofi the" Senate would be ready for report,' but not so under the Morrill bill. Thei object is delay. He is reported as; saying: v - " The nine men whom it was proposed to! nave tne resident select might refuse to hear whatever did not suit them, and would not be accountable for : misrepresentations in tneir. report .. me: eyident purpose of the declarations of their organs and con-U venuons, was to nave a commission, wmcn would be committed to their interest. -The declaration of the Senator from Vermont' (Mr. Mot ill), that the changes should be made by inendly hands, and not. by ill miormea ana recaiess revolutionists, was easily understood. This, however, was an impeachment of the integrity and capacity of Congress, on& House of which was charged by the Constitution with the dutv of originating bills for raising revenue or ciianging taxation, upon the theory that the: accountability of its members every two years would make them careful' Mr. Beck, able and sagacious, did. not fail to discover the meaning and intent of the proposed abolition of the internal revenues. He said such: a purpose such an effort was "ab surd," and why? Because of the urgent wants of the Treasury at this' time. Just sol" and the Stab for weeks has taken i that very nosition Senator Morrill, the Vermont highj protectionist, after whom the present absurd, unequal, ' burdensome ' and! immoral war tariff is named, and who is the introducer of the bill favored by Mr. Bayard, that looks evidently to delay and to fostering the interests of manufacturers-this Senator Mor- rill attempted a reply to , Mr. Beck. In the true Conkling style of mis- representation, he. said the onerous1 cotton tax levied upon the South in the past by which sixty million dol-1 larsfr was . . collected from Southern; planters, ','was about the; only tax paid by the South," ?. A man must be: an incorrigible story ; teller Or 1 must think the people of t the " country all i fools -. who ' would sav deliberate! v such an , untruth." JThis f same; MrJ Protect-My'OWPeopbdeclaredthatr if he had the' power, " and ' were a Southern man, he would levy aa in- ternal revenae tax upon every pound ! - - 1 - - -; 1 ot cotton produce He wolild be- apt to do this, doubtless, if he thought it would line his own pockets at the expensed of e'iers for Mr.Mornll believes ia highly moral, hibly judicious, high?y fair o makev laws Lfor,the p.ecial benefit of himself iand his friends, however much it may bur- don and oppress the other millions oLLVP00 thegallows .if something be not done the country. . , 4, . ?- , f We trust the Morrill bill "will not T)ca36pted. The Louisville Courier-Journal is j iiot a paper we. would take as a model or adopt as a leader. Ithas ability and influence, and in the fight against -a war tariff it gives out no; uncertain sound. In fact it is so outspoken that the half-and-half Democrats and the recent converts to protection ' of thVVoorhees ' stripe find;'- but", little rest or cQioit.-llierei!i8'iciiii:; mis taking the meaning of theliouisville Kentucky, paper in the following ey- j tract from a recent editoriajL It says: '-The tariff is a coming, not a going ques- j tion. Jii . i The issue is ? organic and irreconcilable i and, Jn contending! for the . right, we shall ask no quarter and shall give none. We win navei no aisguises. j tariff . tor revenue, and 'only' for-revenue, ia to the informed revenue reformer - axiomatic, and expressesnhe uttermost length he is willing to go in the direction of 'incidental protec- he would not eo around the corner to elects a Democratic dog-pelter, yBtilljless a Democratic rresiaeni. commuieu ,j u less. -:. .. ; As for ourselves, rwe would not vote for our nearest friend forour next . kin. who should chatter the balderdash and propose the iniquity concealed : under, that rascally ana irauauiem pnrase, . ine proieo tion of home industries.'. ! It is a lie out .of whole cloth. It is a rogue's device to cheat . the people. As the catch-cry of an economic principle, it was obsolete long ago! ' Its only use now ia to misieaatne careieaa ana nooa- wink the ignorant.! in-order that oligarchs J bucn reading is stimulating; wnen three tariff conventions have been in session and the Congress1: is "halting between two opinions. Ay The contested election f case r.from Utah in the House was disposed of by referring it ; to th4 Committee "on Elections. , ; Mr. McCord, -of Iowa, made a speech on a resolution he pro-' posed to introduce declaring' 'that it was inconsistent with the rights and: 'dignity of the House for , Utah to be- ; represented in that body. Mr. Has-- kell also desired .to offer a resolution 'to the effect that ! no polygamist - "v.- w v u0. delegate.5 The; reading of this reso-; lution was received with applause. ! May we' hope that this is an omen f or: j r- ... t. ; , .... , .. j. , , . i . gooa t juay we now expect that tne House will take the :Mormon bull by J the horns and drive him pell-mell r from the fat Congressional pastures ? Or shall it Continue to be a reproach vupon - all ; concerned -, that whilst, the iaws 'fof 1 the country' condemn' and punish "polygamy in the; States, ,thei J House of Representatives honors it: J by patronage and association ? The Washington correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch says there is not' the slightest "possible chance of all change being made in the tariff during! I .the next t wo years.'. A Democrats and I Republicans are split up and the; I .monopolists , are happy. ' The people should compel a change. - Meetings: demanding it should be held through-j out the country, irrespective of party.' : ,ine people are. the sufferers. w :-v: , 1 ! -,! the ,lar?e and excellentlv executed; atlas belonging to-' Dr. AndersonT - there is but on outlet; to the sea i at the mouth; of the Cape Fear river.; There is noKew Inlet laid downj; al- i .though " the sounds are. -Theatlas; was made 173 years ago. -1 We published a 'Pable" testerdavi credited to ; Bret fHarte.: A ; book "seller in England pirated some fables that appeared - in the :. New York World and palmed them off ' aa Bret iHarte's. :' He had nothing, to ;do with 'their authorship. " ;,.: ; J. , The Havemeyer sugar refinery . .... . . .wa. -aB . . . . t was insured in 276 companies. The! largest in any was.. for $5,000. ' ' 4 ?t i II I I l l III .f-il iTbvwBt'jBdftUpj.-.,;Hi j,)ji( j , The AlaUcnal Republican . seems ' to- be; iriost decidedly Of the 'opinion' that Hon.! D. L . Russell will f jeventually "receive thel appointment, to the vacant Judgeship of the U. S District Court for the Cane Fear.i Jhj io.Wt fcW very gener-. CT penances to oe oetter tnan. tion , We als0 a romA JZL but well-informed ioufee' iff Washington l yesterday, which stated that Judge Russell wpuia nave no trouble' m securing the ap-j pointment - He has nodoubthada power-i ful influence at work. - , s.t i , j. l . Illness of JTndse Prenen. " 1 ! ' We greatly regret to learn that Judge R.j 8.. French , was stricken with paralysis last evening abput 7 o'clock and vis considered! by his attending , physicians tp fbe danger-i ously llx hii entire Jeft side being paralyzed. '' At last account, he was resting comfortably and w trust . that his condition may show? a decided improvement thjs morning,'- f j - BRAIN AND NERVE,-Well Health : Renewer, greatest -remedv on earth for im-l potence, Jeanness, sexual flebijityj &c, t $1,1 1 at druggists; y Depot Jf C Mjsns, ,Wil4 ! Canulutes for tie Penitentiary. . Wilmington and ; New Hanover county need a regular. House ofTJ.CorrectipjaliQut: as urg ently as the; can need anything,-n which to place soir e of trs-yjuth whiae well a Jvance-l on t le ha?!! ro id ts-destru 4- and Vo- will heiafier-11 &whe-jaik. and penitentiaries or expiate their crimes aye 4 large jnufeiet" J1 foJs here,) mostly ofA on the lookout for an iOpppjtujjtQ cpmj mit some depredation. , These are imostly boywho are nas yet too small to r send ..P6.- bl??9Dm ing for tnat institution as , last as .nature will . let them ,Ua , Saturday night last, about ( 9 .'o'clock, , four of .these precious youtlis, known as Tucker Townsend, ;Tora Titt,; ""Hard-Tack?! and. another tWhpsj name or appellation is not .now- kp9wnf went into a millinery itore on Mavkestreet and, ampng them, stole .two hats and per haps other aj-ticles; The police were palledj when one of. theboy jstJio had the hats, rail fcurriedfy ilp 'the1 street ian6W,escapea'i The' other three b6ysf werb" caughi' in the store; 'but rs " the - proprietors,'- who 'are ladies, declmed to maKe affldavit against them'on account of the' unpleasantness: of bavifag-t testify vinl cotirt,' theyJ werer n 'Hi " , v fuu, who 'i carried T off ' the hats, accompanied by ; the others, 'entered Mr. P. H. Smith's store; bn Fourth 'street,: near Bo'ney Bridge,'- and tried to dispose of the hats' which are of the 'l)erby style'; Mr. "Smith; who had a suspicion' that the boy 8 did notrcome 'honestly by' !the';natsj managed 'to send a - message ' to" OfQceir Scharff, on the opposite corner, but as soon as the boys saw him coming they all : broke and ran, leavingMthe bats behind: them', which were subsequently taken to the City Hall. oi?, i ,';.", ? it i , ." 1 rH1?.?.?!!?? ai the.Natijral Bridge in .Virginia; alluded jto'rin our. tost, -are the handiwork of Mrs. J. J. Jackson, of Chatham "county, and a sister of our townsman;'- Mr! David Q. Worth.'' ,'The same lady executed a similar piece of work which was on -exhibition at' the Philadel phia Centennial' Exposition and. which is now in the possession of Mr. Worth. - This is a beautiful representation of a scene on the French Broad rfver, " very' justly cele brated for its handsome and varied scenery, and - .made from-., mosses, ; etc taken from: the ' locality where repose he re mains of ; the.' lamented ' t Prof. Mitchell, on what, is now known as Mount Mitch ell. " Another v equally " beautiful f scene, 'representing a cotton mill, with all its para phernalia and surroundings and which was on exhibition at the recent Atlanta' Expo- gition, was the handiwork of Mrs. Elvira 'iffo Randolph county; anothersister of Mr. Worth,' and attracted much atten- tion. The Pro.poae4 Clinton and Point Cas- well Railroad.' ' The subscribers to the proposed' narrow gauge railroad between Point CaswelUPen- der county, and Clinton, Sampson county, to connect with Wilmington oy- steamers, have appointed Messrs. J. ' C. Heyer and "Owen TehneTl,' 3"f . . "a (commTttee: to 'canvass this city for, .subscriptions maid.of ,the proposed enterprise, which is expected to prove of f. great : benefit to Wilmington These gentlemen are, well qualified to speak of the merits "of the, scheme know all about the country through. which the road :will pass, if built,! andwill be likely to ' ac complish more than any pther two men could towards interesting our people in the proposed roadJ. 'f ' " ' "t y"vf .': . : We learn that Messrs. . Heyer . and Fen- neU will commence the work of canvassing without delay, ! and it is to be hoped they will succeed in securing subscriptions U sufficient extent to assure the success. of the enterprise, i." ' " . ' ; ' ,'i -!. Foreign Shlpmenjts. i , r u The following comprise the foreign ship- mi.a nthA: eHtvM9i . er;;Mi''teftftrfr Capt: Ingraha? for ra0 "fvithlleO- fet Of umbej, nd;2obd, n gleL valued-at $l,065i2Qtt the German barque LydiaiPeschav; Oapt.- Bremersj'f or Bridgetown-, Bartoes.'tfy Messrs. "Edwird Kidder & Sonswifh '250,000 feet of lum-! ber,. valued at' $4,973 20; the British ichoon er Mabel Darling, ; ECapt u Ranger f dr Nas sau, by Messrs. Cronly & Morris,;with 23, dries, valued at $1460; and the Norwegian barque 2?feifcra;'Capt Iversew, for 'Liver pool, by Mr, E, Lilly; with 2,288 bales. of ,cotton, , weighing 1,084,284 pounds." and Valued at $123,770,. Total value of foreign : exports Tor tne two days, 130,U6S 40. ' ; Ex-Judge. RusselL and Gen. -Manning have been in Washington' for a day or two past looking after the interests of t the Cape Fear Districts and trying to get some ' 'good man" in to succeed the lamented Brooks; By the way, we hear .that several have actually expressed a willingness to sacrifice themselves and their interests 'so far as to accept the ' .vacant ';' Judgeship; Jn case , it should be packed off on them." Among ! Judge Seymour. Ex-Judge-,f Buxton; : Ex Judge Moore.Ex-Judge Tourgee and others. Forelsn Shipment.. , r ,J . vifc-w ) : The following comprise the foreign ship- "mentS; from this" port yesterday: ' .The Cfer- man Darqueounnanvupi. iMiemann xior Hamburg, by Messrs. DeRosset.&'Co. ' with'ri, 07T barrels ' of rosin, valued it , $7, 825 rand 'the, schooner Mary E. Van Cleat. Caot. Thorndike. for Ponce,. P R by Messrs.. Edward; Kidder & Sonwith . IfSfl fWU fppt rvf lnmhpr nrid 47 RSn Bhino-loc valued at $3,829 59, Total yalue of foreign exports tor tne aay, $iu,604 oy ., . Ttoe Winner. ' " . - ' "ij The flne " Carpenter Organ,' which ' has been " on exhibition at' HeinBbergerV for some time past,' 'and which was, : raf&ed 'off! .on oavuxuay nigni lot tne peneniroi tit. conn's icnurjonr was iwon. -by Jttiv O.iB. Johnson of Clinton, 'K.; C,j who? thf ewf T. There 'were about ,125 chance t -f i per Chance, , .r i,nK- !,., -T1IETIUAL OFGUITEAU. Ojenlr of 1 j Nlntlt Week Court Roor -till iwded-Prlone! ..lak j an enlr Harangue lie Thanl the adle -f the Country for te't" Syr path j ana Roasts ol llarng i: : celved. , 1 fteen Hundred w from the Stalwarts of New Xork and Brooklyn Mr. Scovllle Resumes his Argument. - - - --- -- By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ;- JWabhutgToit! vaiury 9. When the Court opened its ninth week of the Guiteau trialTfhis'tiOmi.grtLe-Cx trciTl:Jfetcfft0fTr,Tr'!WPtl -tiHws nook and cranny of - thei chilly room, and the ladies were decidedly in; tne majority. The prisoner arrived at tne court nouse about $.80 o'clock; and. i was taken, to .his waiting room. He appeared rather nervous. and his ' countenance vindicated' anxietyt When- he had taken bis seat in the,idock,he glanced around stealthily over the audience and immediately 'began to ' harangue,' evi dently, intended f or the jury j ,r, -, , fn--. j "'I have received,",he. said, . "some ight hundred letters ? a great majority of them from ladies. When: I get time: I, shall at- tena to mem. i want to.sena my greetings to the ladies of America; ahd thank f them for their sympathy ..vrThey, don't want, me to be hanged. Public opinion is j list chang tng. l received -caturaay 'a):hecK: for one thousand: dollars ,froml the. Stalwarts of Brooklyn, and another for five hundred dollars from the Stalwarts' of - New .York. I want this jury to understand how public opinion is on this case.' 1 ' -.-v." A baiunhere tned to silence. Mm, .when he turned - upon him in the most vicious manher antl snarled Vxit ! You keep' quiet ana . mjna.. yourt own business. Don t terfere with me' when I am tatkinsr:" If you had any sense you .'would i understand With this opening breeze the proceed ings, in due foimwere begun, and Mr.-; Scb vine resumed nis argument. ; v - r He proceeded without' interruption for an hour,! and his remarks 'were listened to with marked attention. He laid stress upon the proposition that insane men often know the difference. ..between . right, and wrong, and .for that reason conceal their plans; that the oenent oi tne' count; snouia attach to the plea .ofy Insanity, j whenj t jaised4 : with the same force as when urged in connection With the commission of crime.-'''"" i ' '. Mr. Scoville continued his argument at 12 o'clock, and in conclusion desired to make a few remarks of a personal character: - Al luding to his controversies with Judge Por ter, ne disclaimed any intention of trans gressing -the -bounds, of - propriety or -the rules oi practice, but. he should crticise the conduct of counsel 'when it merited criti cism, and the . threats of the 'prosecution would not, intimidate him ., Citing the cus tom of counsel upon the other side of bow ing to tne jury upon .entering, Mr. scoville said : "Sometimes it is three bows all around ; sometimes more, never less : than threej It has never been done by counsel of this side, and I do not hesitate to -criticise the proprie ty of it.", it S,r. , "-I ..r Judge Porter "The gentleman is simply instancing bis lack of politeness." ' If he has -no apology, to ,offef, shall; certainly .fcpt apologize for him." . , ... i:: " ' A recess was tnenf tafcen. Alter tne re cess Col. Corkhill stated that he had -not expected to speak on the legal points, rely ing Upon the assurance Of the"1 defence that the question of jurisdiction would - not be raised ; but as the last two prayers of the de fence distinctly made that issue, he i felt S it his duty, as the,, prosecpting . officer . of the government to address tne court upon tne -question, to which he had devoted much careful consideration. He then proceeded to read from printed slips ' an exhaustive argument upon the subject 'of 'jurisdiction. The argument.of the pistrict. Attorney! oc cupied tne attennon or tne rourt tor one , Mr. Davidge then - addressed the court upon the general proposition contained in the prayers, v I do not deeavit necessary, he Degan, to advert to tne question oi juris diction at this time."' n "A ; very-1 wise : decision," piped . in ; the prisoner. Mr.! 'Davidge then discussed the" question of malice, which, he said, in its legal sense, meant the intentional doingjof a wrongful act: and not as the defence seemed to claim. In this respect . he thought they had. fallen into a grave error. Mr. Davidge discussed seriatim - tne -prayers of tne defence, - and pointed out their sophistries and inconsisten cies.' "The object of the prosecution," he said, "is to obtain irom hour Honor a plain. clear ,and direct ruling upon ; four distinct propositions. The apparent object of the defence has been to befog all that may be clear in this case in the vain hoie that thev may get to "the' jury with some uncertainty attacnea in some way upon wmcn. to - build np a plea tor acquittal.:: Why, your Honor. in the course Of thirty years' practice I have never, seen such a prayer as this one offered by the defence.. -.It has ( no justification, it has no excuse. We don't 'want obscurity in this matter; we want flight. We donh mean to let this prisoner escape in a cloud. But we want from your Honor a clear and perspicuous ruling, so- that .twelve; average mep sitting upon the jury cannot possibly "go astray." ; Mr." Davidge severely handled the eleventh and.twelf th prayers of the de- ience, ana cnaractenzed them as mean at tempts to cast aspersions upon experts 'who had testified for the prosecution, and; upon counsel tor tne prosecution. , , , . ' The prisoner followed the argument with the closest attention and indulged in. fre- : m. J i - r -r-k .: . j . queuv uuu noisy comments, air.. .Lmviuge concluded his argument at 2. 55 ,- o'clock, and the. Court then adjourned! till to-morrow morninar. ' ' n ' .: -.:' i' Judge J Porter'wUl make the; concluding argument immediately upon the opening or tne Court, after wnicn Judge Cox will render ms decision, f -. - i Tne: Oenrt Room : Densely t Crowded, Mostly TOltn New Comer Judge Por ter AXakes bis Argument Grand and ' Masterly Effort Tne' Prisoner Com .. j pletely Overawed wltn tne "Wltnerlne denunciations of nls Great Crlm '. The Decision 'of Judge Cox on' tne 1 0 Uv Points Raised The: Prayers or . .tne Defence Overruled In Eaeb Par ticular. u 'Washington, January :10.-The Court rroomj was densely , crowded this morning when Judge Cox made his apperrance, the great majority being new comers, ; as was evidenced by the - general movement to catch' a glimpse of 'the prisoner as' he passed oeiore them on his way tor the docke t ; As Guiteau passed, his brother, he, whispered to him,' "Come -bver to the dockj I want to see you about somethings rof great import ance," aqd on taking his seat, the prisoner laid ' down a- large bundle of papers, and spreading out his ; manuscript busied him self in looking it over. - Judge Porter began his argument shortly aiier iu ociocs, and at oncenaxed the at tention, ,pfeyerv ,one in the, Court room. Uuiteau pretended to be engrossed in his manuscript but Soon laid if aside and lis tened with wrapt - atteition Jf; is believed that Judge Porter will speak until the hour of recess. Nothing like it has been seen or heard-'duringthe last ninevweeka in ! the. Guiteau .trial. , As Judge,; Porter reviewed the conduct of. the prisoner and the con duct on the part of the counsel of his cause in the 'Court, the Crime - in all ' its' hMeous ugliness was .held ; up to the detestation of his r. hearers, f The. .silence . became oppres sive, and the. presence of an . avenging jus tice in thee near future1 Was suggested with ar force of conviction that swept from the Court room every vestige. nof . that,, levity .which has so long danced attendance upon every utterance of the prisoner,' and like a veil densely obsoured from; the conscious ness ofijthe spectators the. horrors, of the crime and what should be the solemnity of Its judicial atonement,,' ' -"' The prisoner wineecl ? and - nervously .twisted in his place, and for several minutes - - - was unable to - say anything that in any sense could e pro r4 an interruption. Gradually t .j pi aner Twined ms usual med ma daily habit of Dntradictions and deni--vever, the insufferable risonerwas completely is noise nor his abuse a?"iran"r'and re: in sirup .ng with 3 once, ii ixt pudei je of the oTjrawe ; neirnei eould-inuemipfr-ertoiieece the avalanche of condemnation that swept .from the lips of the eloquent counsel. . .. . The prisoner is mistaken, your Honor, said Judge Porter, "if he believes by his unseemly bawling he ctit prejrent nmvpiej! wm Demg nearaDy tne jury, -me puppet he sat with his connsel, and by his outburst? now he is fast, tightening the hangman s noose- about his neck i l ? -! ; ' ' 1 1 .With, a nervous twitching of tha mouth Guiteau muttered, "We'll see about that." HerdoforeaddaciouS' al wholly fnnai bashed, the prisoner seemed ill at. case and, at a loss to' understand 'why' 'his would-be sallies of mit and impudence wholly failed with the audience, ! While the more severe became the denunciation of counsel, the more frequent and marked rwere the' demonstra- tions .of approval. ; v. Finally-, v like a wild beast brought to bay, Guiteau yelled out, "I staked my, life on. the issue,: and I'm willing to go to the gallows to-morrow if it is the Lord's wilLj I'm sick of this bosh. Judge Porter I: wish .you ; would t get j your five thousand dollars and go home." -. V.t- ' Judge Porter concluded Jns' masterlr ar gument at ll;40,rby reading the now famous letter of President Garfieldto Judge Payne, in which he complimented and thanked him for brushing awayr the,- net-work of sophisi tries with which it has of late years been customary td envelop the ' plea of insanitvi when setup in excuse for crime. , v ' . , . - judge cox. at 11.45 o clock, beean the reading: Of Ms decisiod, which f begins with' a lengthy, review of the subject of jurisdicj UUU. lAKr uccupiuu - iiiiy-uve IU1UUU iU reading that portion of his' decision toucht ing upon. the question of jurisdiction, . He reviewed the progress of opinion, and cited an ot the .important rulings from i the early days of common; law (in England, and de cidedvagainst the prayer of the defence. "He 8unrmed up the question, ; that the. jurisdlet tion is complete in the place - where, the Woiirid is.-' conipleted ' consequehtly ' this Court has f full - cognizance' of the 'offence Judge Cox next took up the question of the legal test' bf ' insanity; and'" decided that a knowledge and appreciation of -jLhe differ ence between jight and wrong j must' be taken as the Correct testA1! -mi -'' . Judge Cox concluded his decision at V2$ P. M., having consumed an hour and forty minutes with rapid speaking. : 'Upon every material -pomt hiS iiings. rwere directly against the prayers of the defence. 'The Only grain of comfort for the prisoner was offered when Judge Cox reached 1 the ques tion of reasonable doubt. Upon! this sub ject he said,' .""I shall not charge the jury to acquit if they find.; a reasonable douty as to an v One element, ''but I shall takfe' into con sideration and charge-them relative to all of the elements j and that if from all the circumstances and all the evidence, they have areasonable doubt of the commission by the defendant of the crime as charged, then they shall acquit." As Judge Cox finished speaking Guiteau called out, , "I am perfectly satisfied with the exposition of the law." - ' After consultation i between counsel .the Court adjourned till Thursday morning,, when Mr. Davidge will make the opening argument to the jury for ,the prose Tne Prisoner Conferring:"; with his Counsel Mr, - Davidge to . make the - Opening Argument for the Prosecn tion. ,-'u "' :u' r t 1 "ji " '. , 1ByT?elegraph t6 the Homing Star. : .Washikgton, J"anuary ll.Gulteau sent for. his. counsel, Col. Reed, to-day Jo. visit him at the jail..- , He says he, does not care to see any one else, until after 'he has made his speech, to the uryhut.he desired! to confer with'Col..Reed, in whose judgment and ability he pretends to ' place more Reli ance than Scoville's. He says Scoville takes the; wrong. view of his, .case, temrely and loses a good point when he mates one by talking about it.- Col. Reed visited the jaU this afternoon.. . Mr - Davidge will make the opening argument td the jury in behalf of the prosecution to-morrow morninar..; Jttar shal Henry has been besieged to-day with applications for tickets for the court room to-morrow. - . i-i,- it : -i f V i i i NOJITH CAROLINA'S BISHOP. Consecration In the Cathedral, Raltl- ,: more,- of Rev H. Plnckney Northrop 7 . as Bishop of this See Imposing Cere monies Immense Crowd - In: Attend ance. , , . t , . 1 ' ,J' ByTelejrra'phto the MorntoSStarJ1 Baxtimore, January 8. Rev. H. Pinck ney Northrop, for some time past .yicar Apostolic of North Carolina;5 was to-day consecrated Hishop oi that eeeatthe cathe dral m this city, wnicn was niied to its en tire capacity, and thousands of people stood in the streets m the rain, while the proces sion passed from the Episcopal residence to the Church: Grand ' High Mass was cele brated hy Archbishop Gibbons, and tiie ser mon was . preached ' by liishop 'neane, oi Richmond. i The consecration was by the Archbishop,: assisted by Bishops Becker) of vv uiningwn, anu' vrross, oi' oavaunau. Among the other distinguished visitors oresent were BishoDS Moore of St. Aucrus tine, McCloskey of Louisville, O'Farrel of Trenton, Chatard YVatterson of Columbus; Monsignor Uuinn. Y icar. General of . . N ew York: Father John. Superior of Passionist Order,' and" Father Shaner;' Superior of. lle demptionist Order. Several hundred priests and seminaries participated m the ceremony INDIANA. i Assassination and Suicide Near? St. ,. .rani.,, : !. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. : CnscnmATi, Jan. 11. A ' Gazette special says;v Andy; razier, a negro; was. arrested to-day charged with the assassination of J ohn Walton,- a farmer, near St. Paul, IndV. last night' Frazier;confessed and, said jhe" had been promised a larare . reward bv O. M. Garrett,! neighbor Mving near him,: if Jie would kill Wawjn. Garrett was arrest ed ana taken to a Justice's office.' where. before the trial began, : he obtained permis sion to go to. an puthouse with a guard, and suddenly drawing a revolver, shot himself in the head, inflicting a mortal wound. He retained consciousness long enough to make a dying statement and denied that he hired Frazier to do the killing, but he' intimated that Walton'srwtfr was 1M hkely to be the one Itls- stated hat?arreft and Mrs. Walton haves been I suspected , xf i intimacy for some time. ..The citizens .are much ex- Rather 'Enthusiastic'. ' " y Th WUmiUgton (Del.) DaUtf Republican lately contained the following f tem of pop ular interest: Dr. J. F. Speck, who is con nected with the Wilmington Boery 'Evening, speaks rather enthusiastically of St. Jacobs Oil. Dr. Speck states that he uses the Oil in his family as a household remedy; a sort of universal panacea for all aches and pains, and has always found it to act most happily. -His attention was called to it by the many testimonials in its favor, and he one day used it upon 'himself for sore throat.-: Two appli cations were sufficient to effect a cure. : He also used it on his little girl for sore throat with'gratifymg success.' -The same child had -scarlet fever this winter which left the tea dons of one leg' much contracted. The little prattler coukjn't walk without assistance and suffered. nrach.. inconvenience: and pain. Several applications of St. Jacobs Oil re stored her limb to Its normal condition,' and she has not experienced any trouble, since. Dr. Speck states that he has also seen the Oil act charmingly in toothache. He thinks .St Jacobs Oil is a sterling remedy, and does not hesitate to recommend it "for :rheuma 'tism, &c.""' ' " ,"'"'. Lexington items in KernfiTvill ' News:. We hav6 two tobacco fantrifo gnd - two tobacco 0'arehouses,an4 Jiexington bldsfaif to M a gooa .tbbacco'market.-1- Several dwelling houses have been erected here recently. .Mr. C. A. Hunt is build irfg alarge tobacco factory nfeaf the depot; sdanbury Reporter: At a shoot- match in Danbury last week' Mr. Reuben .oruwTi arove centre three times out Of five, - sixty yards. The whiskey .we noticed in our last issub as having been seized and sioreo: in ianburyfc was sold on Saturday before,Christmas;, ,It brought about $1.25 per gallon, average. J 1 " . - ht Tqisnbt ;JHbme::We :learn that an engine a"nd iron sufficient to lay 40 miles oi ; uie new - rauroaa irom w illiamston' ti Tarboro; tuns .already arrived af 'Williams ton, and the track -has been cleared Off within, a few miles of Tarboro. , Two brothers bf Battleboro, Messrs. W. B. and T. W -Bullock, spent a. couple of days hunting in Halifax bounty' during the Christmas hohdays. Mr. -W.- B. killed;! deer- 2 - wild turkeys; -23 partridges, 1 fox and a - number of rabbits. Mr. T. W. killed 2 wild turkeys,' 2 foxes, 20 odd partridges and a number of rabbits. I Warrenton Gazette: The average yield of lint cotton is not one-half a bale per acre in the xounty. Z All of our farmers can easily make their lands produce 1,000 pounds pf good, Jneavy . tobacco per acre; ! jChis'atflO per hundred (it is almost double that price now) is $100 per acre, while ,cot-, ! ton at 12 cents (half bale per acre') amounts i to only $24.. During the recent holl- I days.jt) iyrn Iyangfordi anagediandniost j respectable citizen ot Smith's Creek, went ! out. hunting, and while attempting to-walk j a log across a creek, fell and his gun ex- j ploded and sEe-t off most of his hand and a I part of the flesh from i his arm. He lin- ered in great pam until the next day, when - i eath relieved -hiaaf-hia-euffermg. - I ! si ---Raleigh sFartner and Mechanic i While inYirgUiiaJastweek, . we-. heard it. i as coming from Gov. W.. E. Cameron, that . a well Known and eloquent ex-member fof i congress.; would uplift the banner oft a 'Litjerar'. movement. in North Carolina. As-the name has not heretofore been men tioned in print, . we refrain from doing so. sar. itooen. vv, acott, a wide-awake j young fanner of Alamance, twas in Raleigh yesterday, en rotate for llaughton Model Farm, in Orange county, New York, where he will spend six or eight monthB, studying the methods of the finest farming' com munity in America. M He will enter upon regular work,- as a farm 'hand,? and : go through the several, branches of practical plowing, sowing, reaping, mowing, together with the -housing and- handling of crops and ihh !, .-J-: ; Kinston Journal: ;The custom bf "shooting matches" wherein a chicken or turkey is tied to a stake and shot at by the bystander, is yet observed at Kinston du ring the Christmas holidays. Sheriff Davis captured six turkeys out of eight,at a shooting match during Christmas" week. The ! Chatham 'Record -came to jtime Christmas: week and -.doubts . any : other weekly paper in the State doing the same thing. .The Journat has never lost an issue. -r--A-subscriber writes us from Maysville, Jones county, that the. barn and gin house of Mr.: Thos; S. Gillett were burned on the night of December 27th, and that it was be lieved to be the work of an incendiary. The loss falls heavily on Mr. Gillett as it was only last sping that he lost his dwelling a. house worth about $2,000 by fire.: . The County Superintendent visited twenty eight schools in December. There are about sixty-eight m the county.1- - -f - - Sta,te8Yilie landmark: On Mon day,, December 26th, Messrs. s- CaL-i Brown and. Henry Morrison,-: of .Shiloh township, were running - a .horse-race t for : 50 cents when Mr. t Brown's horse broke an artery and ' shortly thereafter died. Some thoughtful: : soul, whose - kindness -: shall never be forgotten, hung on tho Landmark's door-knob, the -night before Christmas, a stocking about so long, filled with apples, candy, a tinhorn, a jumping jack, a toy pistol, a sweet potato, and what not; From the 1st of September, 1881,. to date, there have been sold on this market, accord ing to the books of Welghmaster Barron, 2,142 bales of cotton. This is more than double the amount of cotton marketed here during the same period of any preceding year; -. r Mr. Jesse Campbell, near Nichol son's mills, Eagle Mills township, killed a hog a few days ago that was twelvemonths and ten days old and weighed 413. pounds.. Among the interesting rumors floating . around Washington, ; concerning North Carolina affairs,- is ; one that Dr. Mott has an eye on the United States Senatorship to -succeed Gen.-Ransom.: i Several Democrats have been suggested as suitable persons to Mahoneize North Carolina, but the trouble is that none of them would be able to get along in a race alone,, much less to carry any weight - While Senator Vance is prodding the Richmond, &JDanville people to make them complete the Western North Carolina Railroad from Asheville west, we wish he would prod them a little to make them do better on the part already finished. For a month past trains have been regular, in their irregularity. . . ;. i -ri-T-Haleighr News-Observer:;. Gov ernor Jarvis we found in his office yester-. day,- exceedingly busy, with a mass of cor respondence to read and answer.. His Ex cellency gives an interesting account of the recent j riot : at Plymouth. ; The ; Governor says he-? was never before so fully aware what : a strong aid to the civil authorities the State troops are. He .giyes an interest ing account of his long trip of sixtyfive miles, from ; Greenville via Washington to Plymouth, on Friday. Leaving Greenville at 7 A. M., he reached Plymouth at 4 P. M.-i He found the negro rioters entirely -subdued and troops .already in the town. The prompt and complete quelling of the riot has had the happiest effect, - &ays the . Governor, and there is : no reason to appre hend another trouble of the kind m Eastern North Carolina. A part of the trip back from Plymonth was made on Sunday, in a blinding, show' storm. v""-We regret to learn of thfe death ' of Rev., Clayton Moore, Of Martin county, who died at his home, near Jodesyille, on Tuesday evening. " De ceased: was f: about i.72 : years "-old.; - He was a member of , the Primitive Bap tist denomination' ahd eminent for his great devotion to his ministerial duiies. -- Judge Brooks was born in Pasquotank county about the year 1818. r In -early life he perhaps had dot a great: many advan tages, but choosing the law as his profes sion, studied ' "under Mr. Charles R.' Ken ney, , who was one of the most accomplished lawyers of his day. Engaging in the prac ticey he soon became ' very successful his earnestness, reliability and attention, sup plying the place of those greater parts Which often win reputation ' without win sing cases. :u He represented his county, in: the Legislature in 1852-53, and Was a mem ber of the convention of 1866 J In 1865 he was appointed District Judge by President . Johnson, and held the fall term of the dis trict courts. fl" His present commission bears date, January-22-1866 ..For the, last few years his health had not been robust; al though last spring he' seemed to have ; en tirely .regained , his former, strength, rile died at his home, at Elizabeth-City, on yes terday; at 10 :40 Ar: M.y and will be ? buried on Sunday afternoon. Judge Brooks leave a wife and five children to mourn the losss of one whose excellencies of character made him admirable in all the relations xt life. 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