North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star, " PUBLISHED AT ' W ( L M I N OT p N SI .lo A YEAR,! IN ADVANCE. i 8SISSSSSSS?SSS3S SSEisiiiliiiiills O'OO'OOOOOOOOCOO i ' ' " 5 5553SSSSSSS8SSSS i 5Kgggs8gSSi81SSS 1 SsSSSSSSSSSSSlSSS -V,.V f at'eoao i-jooo jje wjojowggggj gf I I I jsooneoooooooooog S W : M M V as z M ' M B a m ji .: .. - . . a !.. --. Enter t at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. C, as Second Class Matter. , . - sxtisscription price. The subscri6tion price of the Wkeki-y .rn ; Single! Copy I year, postage paid. $1.50 .1.00 .50 " v . 6 months, " 3 months, THE SIXTH DISTRICT. The fight nowLgoing on in Wash- inrtarr over the internal revenue col- : lectofsliip of the; Sixth ; District of North Carolina has some interest to . a . . . . - . . - the cpuntry as well : as to the people of tH nt section. It is revealed that therd is -real corruption in the man- agenlent of the office, if we may form . . ..... an opinion from the statement that it eostil $270,000 to collect $500,000. Howl could this he if all the officials connected with , the , revenue-service "I-'" -: 1 i . - --- -- in the Sixth District had clean hands? It isfhiffhly important that a change should be .made in. the collector. The contest is between Tom Cooper,: the big flistiller, and -fit? 0-. ' m iex-oiaie xreasurer Uavjd A. Jenkins We can say this, that Mr. Jenkins bore a good name onesty while he -was - in office he retired leaving:. as far as we evr heard, an excellent. record. .We ild, therefore,' suppose -that the people ot tnat district iwouia much tpr(fer'him to the distiller. lie New - York Times, Repnbli- cai vnf oiiin Jrk. the manner of ad- mipistering 5 the collectorship m the Sijtb District, says: . ; j To 'spend'dtCKKr'a yjjair'foT'the obi- lecfioa of SoOO.OOQ lis, fortunately, a rare illilstration of the iiMJom Defence op corriiD- tioa of internal revbnue administration1, but it il scandalous enough to require a prompt nna raaicai remeny. j i It is very scandalous,' and the re cords of the office! onsrht to be over haaled severely.. Such unfaithful ness is a reproach to the Republican palry. The necessity of refonn,rad- icaj and speedy,! is apparent, and. no man should be appointed in- place of Molt unless he aii untainted. has a character high It costs almost as mneh in proportion to the amonnt t to 1 collect the 1 internal revenue in North Carolina as it does to col- lectlthe tax under the 'tariff at some oto ports. Both are j extravagant and iostly. : .Both, need the pruning 'knife. : The Times says: "It?,is argued that fls all this scrambling lor patronage. Vituoxu reterence to inc. in terestlof tlic government or the rights oi thepiple, wold cease, with the abolition of theinternal revenue system, its existence is ano.ner argument lntavor oT that step. . As thd same line !pf argument would lead to theil)olitioTi; of all Government service whateter, it may She stnrgested that the emancipation of puhlic employes from po litical Kontroi may pe enected vniiumt re- liecinggchukei and tobacco ff-am taxation.". There ', is much corruption in the Sixth J District, and, therefore, must abolish the whole internal yon rev- enne system in the United States. There! is much extravagance in the custom house system in North Car olina,! an" therefore, you must get rid of i the system' every where. Logic, that! I A 8ad Case of AMnetlon. Thai is a sad case of abduction of Mr. L. Cartwright and Wife, Columbus couniv. living near Whitevifle, who had their little daughter taken Worn them the latter part of December last. It seems a man bv the name of Wheeler had been at work for Mr. Cart- wright who had taken the man in more out t ,ot DUh?nr mA.A! so before Christmas the man suddenly dis appeared, and with him the little child, nei- ! ther of whom have since been heard from.; As soon as the child was missed Mr. Cart- i . i wright started out to look for it and its ab ductor, armed with a shot-gun. xHe visited this. Icity. and numerous i "other points,- also ; traversing tne swanms which are I traversing between here and ! Whiteville. ". but ' has nevetljeen able : to come up with the miss- ing couple, and in the .meantime he has reached a state bordering ' on distraction,! andj his poor wife is said to have partially, lost :;ner minai ironi brooding over her ; trouble. - The Utile girl answers to the : name oi manic, is i a little over iu years . old, ana nas long. aarK nair and a some- ' what red face, i Her alxlnftrtr a nhrmt. 21 years of age and has his name tatooed on . his arm, together witn various devices. 1.- . Forelstt Sblpmenta. ' -The Russian barque . Ravma. Captain Gronblom, was cleared from this port for Bremen. Gcrmanv. vesterdav. by Mr. A. D. Cazaux. arent for Messrs. Russell & Potter, with 850 bales of cotton, weighing 387,336 pounds, and valued at f46750. forli -1 and! if 1 woi VOL. XIII. . THE JUST JUDGE. 1 The Philadelphia Record devotes an i elaborate " editorial to " Judge Brooks. It has a singularly correct view oi tne condition ot anairs in North Carolina during the Holden regime and the exploits of the infa mous f Kirk. ; We have copied so much : concerning: the excellent gen tleman: and'pure jurist deceased re cently that we can only make room for the following, that shows that the -Pearson , and. . Holden matter is well understood in Philadelphia. i It gives some information; besides. It says: . "Wim no pretensions to unusual' elo quence or learning m-Jus : proiession, ne . was Known as a quiet ana : moaesi genue- man, caretul, conscienuous ana uisereet, and of estimable jwrate4aaraeter. -Wi- ,When Chief JusUce Pearson; of the Su- preme uonrt oi jxortn , wasoima, naa seen his writs of habeas corpus contemptuously torn ; up and used .for, gun warding, and had despan-mgly declared that his powers were 'exhausted', General Ransom, now a United , States Senator, . visited Judge Brooks with a faint .hope that he might be f able to intervene" in behalf of Kirk's prisoners. '' Under the Judiciary., act i of. 17au tliere was no autnomy ior a eaerai Judse to take anv iurisdiction in the. mat ter, : As it fortunately happened, however, . Congress had in 1867 enacted a statute witn the intent to enforce the ' Fourteenth Amendment " so as : to control the action of the Stat Courts in cases where the freed men were concerned. This statute so en larged the powers of the United States Judges as to make it their duty; to issue the writ of habea carpus - whenever .. it was formally and properly alleged that a person was 'held in violation , of . the Constitution and laws of the United States.7" i , Judge Brooks responded promptly to the call made upon him and the result is known to all North Caroli nians. Judge isrooks was not as oia as reported neretoiore. ne was born in Elizabeth City, on 'the 16th of March, 1821, so he was in his 61st year. ; In . 1850 " he r. married Miss Margaret CostenA and he leaves five children to her motherly .care and de votion. The able editor of the Econ omist, published where Judge Brooks was born and died, says of him: i "Physically and morally he shrank from no danger or responsibttity, , We have never known, a roan -wno was more inorougniy brave or of more inflexible mtejjnty. lie was a conspicuous representative of that type of men, now; alas! so rare, ; who are 'inflexible to ill and obstinately just.'; As to ; him; that noble quality was unques tioned and unquestionable. Judge Brooks was not always in accord with the popular sentiment of the community in . which he lived,, nor with the., friends with whom he -was intimate, hut no man ever questioned the honesty or sincerity of his convictions." We again ' urge - that the grateful and , appreciative people " of North Carolina take steps at pnee to raise a sufficient fund to erect a: fitting mon- rfnient to his memory in capitol square, Raleigh. Let the incorrupti ble and the just Judge be remem bered. - , ? - Not " Tle Mtktkon9.n The Hon..A. Waddell prints the fol lowing card in the Daily Review of yester day afternoon: ... ; A i: . Josh. T. James', Esq., Editor of the Daily Review: i , . r . i Dear Sik ; I , have received your note of this date, and thank you : for its direct ! ness and candor, ' .While kindly I disbeliev ing it, you ask if I am, what "rumor'' sas in the, Raleigh J&tc and Gbterner, what is 'called th "coming Jtlahone'of Iforth Caro lina." 1 might answer in a monosyllable, but -1 prefer, .firak to ,inauire,iKhat this phrase means. V Mr, Jlahone was elected a , Senator from- "Virginia by a Democratic .Legislature, andi after voting,with the. ,14e ' publicans in the organization of the .Senate, organized , a ' campaign, in; yh-gmia on. the question of readjusting 'the state aeot, which lesulted inthe defeat of the Demo cratic . party in-that StateL .There are hut two parties in the country, the Republican ana . me jjemperauc parue& vmue x believe : t&at ;:in jthei contest in ;Vlrginia there was room, for ; argument, and while I know that .the Governor-elect is a .gentle man of .remarkable talents, of unUemished character : and unquestioned , courage, , it would be trifling to deny that the victory was a Keouoncan tnumpn.. , to .oe; , rm& 3fahohe of .North Carolina.', therefore,, is. as I understand; it, tp he the Organizer and .leader ox a movement, py which the . state his. to be turned : over , to tne itepiiDUcan 'party; and the question put to me, there fore, is. whether 1 propose to do this, thing. What have 1 ever said or done since l entered c public life to justifyf such, an. inquiry ! 4 once, had a proposition made to me, when I the, Republican party was . omhipotenL in .its gift, and decuned .it, (. 1 subsequently toot a - nomination rtrom tne iemocrauc 'party when, its banner was hi the dust, . and when,' in this district, .tiiere was "noneao poor to do, it; reverence' and.fpreight vears carried that banner to victbrv bv ever f . Ti. - t nci ' l: : - i mcreamng luajuriues. j xu xoo uie fcpre-; sentation from this district was transierred, ; by , no jaua . oT r mine to - otner nanos, ; and since then, excepting five months ot wor& lor naucociL, in ioou, j, nave, oecu a verv - Drivate citizen, trvine - to make.' an honest living. -2fbw, the. occupiers of the anxious bench are exercised about the new deal, and "feelers" are put out in the news DaDers. to ascertain the Dosiiion of others. As far as I am concerned they need not be disturbed. Ihave been toId thatXam too can did for a politician. - The - charge may be true.' At anv rate I will run the risk of iustifving it bv saving". that I have fre- I; ouentiv criticized ., the , management of, the jemocrauc pany, anu.wui prooauiy up n again; hut that when I want to . sever my: connection with it 1 will do it URe a man, and not., under false pretences. . v I'believe that the .best, interests of the people of North Carolina will be served by the reten tion of that .party in power, and when I change this opinion the first knowledge the people will have of it will come from me, and not from anonymous newspaper correspon-' J" , , f , ; ,Jpm t ; , ' ; E." Ihnianaii.Qlothier, ;at Memphis; Tenn.g assigned yesterday; Iiabilitie10,4 000 ; assets $5,000. . ;: V.. V , II A H VIJL W JI' Tl.: ; WILMINGTON, FROM WASHINGTON.' , Nortb Carolina Polities at th National Capitol. 7 v , ? We have information direct from Wash" ngton, to the effect that the excitement and. war over the several appointments in . dis pute in this State has been temporarily ; quieted, though the fight over the Collec- i torship in the 6th District and over- the ap pointment of Judge-Brooks' successor is by no means ended. - It is generally' under-: stood that there will be a' protracted Strug-,- gle over the appointment of a U- S. Dis-f trict Judge, button iaskiAiew of .the situa tion as thus 'laTdeyeiopea'-piaceS ' judge itusseu aay-afteaa, w,ua Juagejwauui and Judge Seypbur .teell in frpnt of all. other applicants. ; ' Judge Seymour' is 'said, to have-the almost unanimous ' support of the Democrats. -The flight oyer the Collec-; torship -of Internal Revenue; in the 4th Dis- r trict is very bitter and . fi!teely waged, ; hut Cooper is fflnrodgd to tbe" the coming" man. . The .opponents , of ,Mrv. Canaday, l Collector of Customs here,vhav.e .'-hauled off,M.at least for the time being, and in the absence of any hew develorjenients ."or! mi j expected reinforcement oi the enemy he is likely to '-'Hold the Port indefinitely,- As far as we can ascertain the leading men of ! the party in this district are in . full accord and warmly support : both Russell and Canaday. The only person mentioned "for the Collectorship is friendly to the continu ance in office of the present incumbent and is hot a candidate.' ' ': ' ; - 'y . ' ' ia a" ' ' ' Exports of Rosin to ForelcnPorts, &c From a circular issued: by Oscar Meier, No. 2ft South William street New York, we learn that the foreign exports of rosin; from the United States for the last five' years have footed up as follows: In 1881, 920,943 barrel, in 1880, 751,179! barrels; in 1879, 809,639 barrels; in 1878 956,)4 barrels; in 1877, 815,863 barrels. 5 The stock of rosin on hand on the 1st day of January, at New York, Wilmington, : Charleston and Savannah, for the periods named, footed rip as- follows : - New Tbr--i882, 27,264 barrels; 1881,- 67,657 barrels; 1880, ,56642 barrels;ri879, 28,071 barrels; 1878, 36.Q91 barrels. A J TFMtor-1882, 60,767 barrels; 1881, 122,895 barrels; 188093,193 barrelsi 1879, 81,919 barrels; 1878, 61,851;barrels. - CutrksivnlSSO, :. 31,404 (barrels; .1881, . 33,076 barrelsr 1880, 19,566 barrels; 1879, : 13,520 barrels; 1878, 25,95r barrels. Savannak 1882, .55,863 barrels; 1881, 58,618 barrels; 1880, 33,067 barrels; 1879. ; 8,755 barrels ; 1878, 25,170 barrels. Total stocks; at the . ports named ; ' 1882, 1 175,298 barrels; 1881, 281,746 barrels; 1880. 202,468 barrels; 1879, 132,265 barrels; 1878, ! 149,463 barrels. . , ; Railroad matters. The -.last New Bernian has. an article headed "The Best Railroad of them All,' in which the editor sajs:.. . W ashington, ; by the short and imperfect railroad stretch- ' ing from its. precincts to Jamesville - on. the Roanoke, is.brQught-by.-steamboat hayiga-i tion within two , or .three hours' travel to, Edenton. , Thus.we .may say that a direct Northern line of -railway suitable to all the necessities of shipping..and travel .has been established, for the northern : half , of .the eastern, part of the 8tate. Now what k needed to coiiaplete one" of the most splen- j did, popnlar and successful raijrpads of the! country, .is to continue this road from Washington to JNew Berne thence on through Oh&low'dpwn. to Wihiungtoh. It is true, thai .the .country ; between. New Berne and Washington is not rich in agri- i cultural productions' though it only needs eapitai and enterprise, to make it attractive! in this particular, r Hut from Hew Uerne to "Wilmington,-; through Onslow a railroad would, penetrate i and - traverse one of the richest, most productive and enterprising sections of the Stijite. Tb Comity Poor-lfo'teae : The, total; inmates of' the County Poor! Boose, under, the aupciintendence , of Mr. J. .IL Ssxage, for u the past year, was 77. Of this number 12 died, 1 (colored) was Bent tp the . Insane Asylum, ahdc2T were ,dis-j charged, makimj a total of ;40; but 3 of the; latter were subsequently - Compelled to re turn, which reduced the number removed from the institution during: the year, to 27, and leaving a total of 40 in the same on the ,1st day of January, 1882; : . '; ; : ...There hasibeen a gratifying improve-. ;ment in everything ' connected ; with .the; Poor House during the past year, audit is- now an , instituUon ! of. which the county .mayweil feel proud, r t t 3 :; ForeJUzn SnJpments. .. ; .'uiv id ':U JV ' The following comprise the foreign shipj ments from this , port yestecday : me JHpr-i wegian barque Jkaqfet, Capt. Tellef senf Qr; Hamburg, by Messrs. E. G.Y.Barker & Cd., with 2,405 barrels of rosin and 550 x&ks spirits iurpeatia Bakwd-t , $19,910,76; the German 'barqtewMYi -Pw, Capt. Kipp, for Bristol, England, by Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Col, with 2,741 bar rels, rosin and 400 casks spirits turpentine, valued at - $16,589.06; the .Norwegian brig Queen , Yicteria, Capt. - JOlserf, for London, ; by,Messrs.! D. R. -Mnrchison & Co., with 1,957, barrels Tosin and 500 casks spirits , turpentine, .valued at ..$16,326; thejNorwe-; gian barque Abraham Skaue, i Capt Gre gersen,-'ior LiiverpooL by Messrs. p. it, . Jlurchison Co., with i,33i ' bales of cot-t .tQn,wtghm 6J,73tj pounds,and,yaluedat $78,054 and the schooner Annie R; Lewis, Capt. ;Lewis. for ' Ponce, Porto Rico, by Messrs. Edward Kidder A Son, .'with 177. 000 feet of lumber and.54,600 shingles, val ued at $3,173:70. ' Total, valuation of for eign exports for the, day, $129,053. 52. . . , 'At the recent ale of. the Duke of Marlborough's UbTary in England ft.eopy of the Bible printed in J462 soki for. $8,000. v WW. ? Vi , W , 'X j AY N. G.;- FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 18821 THE TRIAL OF G UITEA Vi Large and Intelligent Audience Open Ins Argument to (he Jury, by Mr. - Davldse Studied -vAttempt of Pri soner to Interrupt Counsel He Falls . In XUs Effort and ublde. .': , By Telegraph W the Morntog'Star.l ! . Washington, January 12. The audience which assembled, in the court room this morning to listen to the opening argument -to the jury in the Guiteau case was a: large and mtelhgent one, wmch, entering the room at an early hou waited patiently the arrival of the Court, counsel and prisoner.' .The marshal gave the spectators due notice that no one would be permitted to leave until the hour for recess, and, for the purpose of emphasizing his remarks, f Ordered that the main door should be locked. m 't-f At 10 o'clock sharp, the jury entered and '- a few minutes later the uourt was called to order. 1 t . " - i 'v v- :' .'' : Mr. Davidge then took a position in front of the jury, and opened his argument with a disclaimer of any intention to make a set . speech, but expresseo-tas- aunpe desire to render the jury whatf&d he ewujd 1m their present ana solemn ; duty.; The .time had now come in this trial when the jury were to become the factors. Whatever disorder or levity may have characterized the trial, there was out one . sentiment in: respect to the conduct of the jury, . All commended their dignified deportment -and closer and patient attention to evidence, and he could not doubt i that, s tiiey had received the commendation of all in the past, they, would continue to deserve it in the future by their decision of the question before them. r ' There is here, gentlemen," he continued, ' 'but .a simple point fordiscussion and con siderationthe subject of insanity. The Court will tell you that in this land of law, it is not allowable for a man coldly and de liberately.and treacherously to slay another, and then to say he , had no malice. ' The Court win tell ypu,rwhen it 'comes to charge you, that to constitute the crime of murder, the existence of : malice is wholly unneces sary, and that, indeed, crimes are committed which are infinitely worse in the absence of that element than if it were present R "In the beginning' of the trial,as you will all- recollect,, an. ineffectual attempt was made in the direction of showing that the death of the President was attributed to the . malpractice of the surgeons who attended him with spmuch fidelity and ability.: That attempt was short-nyed, however, and was very speedily abandoned. So that there is now but a single question for you to deter mine, and that is the question, of insanity In the progress.of the trial very many vague and general expressions have crept into the case. We have heard of crazy men; of men off their balance; of insane men; and hence it was necessarv to.amlv to the Court for a f .- - ------ clear and perspicuous definition as to what is insanity in the legal sense. Medical ex perts have d enned . insanity from the stand- Eoint of medicine, and it was necessary to ave it defined from the standpoint of law. Even if a man be deficient in intelligence.it does not follow, that he shall be permitted to commit murder with impunity. It takes one . degree of intelligence, for a man to make a contract:, another to make will, and another to do. any- other act ; but when you come to crime, such a crime as we have , here, murder Vmurder most foul and unnatural" the law requires a very slight degree of intelligence indeed. It was; gentlemen, in order to make - the ' Question perfectly jclear, and to abridge Jrour labors so fares to prevent your being ed astray by the introduction of irrelevant matter, that the prosecution asked the Court to state succinctly what constitutes malice and insanity in the legal intent. .The Court has spoken; and it has not spoken in any vague or ambiguous language. It has laid down two instructions for your guidance, which 1 will now read. (Here Mr. Davidge read . Judge C x's instructions, " numbers one and two.) "'"T?; :;:.Y ' ' xu. 'commenung on uie nrst uuu tseconu instructions Mr. Davidge said: That is. gentlemen? of the jury, If any human: being has any degree of intelligence, whieh'i ena bles bun to understand the act he is doing, and if he has sense enough to know, and does know, that that act is in violation bf the law of the land or wrong, then no fren- 7.v. no nassion wui anord anv excuse what ever ; . then ho disease of his moral nature will constitute any excuse whatever; then no belief, ' however profound, though the man, , through reason and reflection, may reach the conclusion that the act is the sug- gistion of and commanded ; by -Almighty od, will afford .any excuse whatever for the perpetration . of -the crime. His sole and exclusive excuse is disease of the mind, obliterating the sense of difference between right and wrong, and-absolutely controll ing the judgment and reason pf the party. Thus you wul see that, the degree of reason necessary to make a man responsible is very limited indeed ; thus you will see that a man may be- here who has. been styled a crank orott hia balance, or even partially, , insane, and yet may be abundantly responsible for a crime. ' What is the act committed here? Murder, murder, murder, by lying-in'wait; what is commonly caued assassmation. : As Mr. Davidge , traced the process of reasoning by - which the prisoner gradually reached tne conviction tnat nut one nine life interposed between, himself and possi- bly great benefits. Guiteau : became restless, and for the first time since the opening of the Court, indicated by his nervous twist in? about the ' usual oreliminaries to the series of interruptions which m this m-. stance quickly followed. , . -. :- - . "Not ofteh," said Mr. Davidge, "in the record of hiehous- crimes do we have such; plain and pointed evidence as . to the first concention of the crime. In this case the conception came to the wretch hi thenight, as he was lymg m his- bed - It came to me when the Lord got ready. to send it " snarled the -prisoner. - - ,;Mr. Davidge . continued, .'This thought or suggestion fme-toihim on the 18th of May, but still thinking that he might ob tain an office, he sought to keep his hands clean, and he .made anolfter 1 effort' on the 28th of May. to induce tiie'President-- Guiteau then called out from the dock "I would'nt have taken a foreign mission after the 1st of June If it had been "dffered tome! 4 .1 ' ! ' ' Mr. Davidge, apparently a not heeding; . Guiteau "I am-talking about the 1st, of Mr. Davidge, pausing a moment-" Just listen to him" . ; ' - Guiteau.' sneeringly 'They would listen to you, but your talk is so weak it is hardly, VHVliU UBKUlUg 1J. i ?! . . .. . .. . ! : ' For several minutes Guiteau continued to interject his comments, - with the evident: . a - r ... 1-v 1 m ... intention oi annoymg jut. uaviage, nut finding he could,no4.efEfiet- this, he gradu allv subsided into complete silence, y,-- ,' 'How great a degree off intelligence does it take to-inform a man that that is wrong? what desnree of intelligence was necessary to make a.lawTCrkhow that it was in viola tion of .the law, of the land to kill ?,what .degree of mtelljgence was necessary to make, a religious .map know that an everlasting 'edict had ,gom forth from Alnnghty: God," 'Thou shalt commit no. murder' ? There is no hardship inholduog a man to a responsi-v bility when he has sense enougn to Know the, , act he is doing and that it is wrong It is that element which gives such great im ti tiif tti-.l ia(' L"' A riv il In i o1 1 - ,...i. tit portance to the present case. Ifl conceived ! it possible that by yoUr verdict you were to assert . that, the . degree.; of, .intelligehoe re quired by -these instructions did not exist herey I would deplore that result more deep- j T than l have - language to express! 1 ; would regard a result of that wrt . as tanta- mount to an invitation to every, weak- brained, ill-balanced man, with or without a tnotive, to resort to the knife or to the pistol, and to slay a man for party purposes; or, it may ,be,; without any. purpose what ever." . . : .' ' -i--' After recess.' when the Court Teasscm- bled, the attendance was even greater than ' in the morning, and for,evry -pne that left the Court - room', half a .dozen .hew appli-; cants pressed for admission.' " ' : " : r i Mr. - Davidge resumed his argument at I five minutes past 1 o'clock. -.Touching the I evidence' produced of the existence of in-' insanity In the Guiteau "family as" bearing ; sanity, Mr.. Davidge summed up-the force oi - una argument with the. remarK, VUut the unanswerable testimony' of experts set tles the- question of how much' effect this oollaterak insanity could jhave-'unon ' the mental .condiuon of xhe prisoner. It but,, in ' view of the : undoubted ability of ' this man. to distinguish between right- and wrong." , , ; , , .; ' , .. Guiteau . mternroted and shouted out: T have; always been av Christian man and for six years have been strictly virtuous. Don t forget that. Don't forget that, either,? jot., uaviaere then passed to a-review of the evidence offered by the defence as to the habits of life- and history - of the1' prisoner from his birth un, saying "It will be for you, gentlemen of . the jury, ,to determine iether there is a single jot or tittle to show that this prisoner was not! perfectlv responsible for his act on the 2nd of July. i ou . will find that they have carefully picked out and held up to s your view every thing in the entire career Of this man which may be considered odd or peenliar,' and ' it is for you to consider how much value can ! be attached to this evidence when you come j to consider wnetner this man did not Know on the 2nd of July that, it was wrong , for him to kill the Chief Magistrate of the na- UOU. .. .. ... i - . ..- - '.. Mr. "Davidge then took 'up the Oneida Community, and spoke of Guiteau as wal lowing there for six years i ; , n umieau angmy shouted "And l sav it s false. : I didn't wallow. 'Tm just as pure as yon are, Davidge,' and a good deal purer; went there to save my soul, not from lust. Put that do wn,,Davidge, and don't vou. for get it."; -v: r . Rain and Sluan Fall to Thin tne Crowd of VIsItor-;The Prisoner ' makes an Apology or His" Offensive ' Remarks to JXr. 1 Davidge Argument of Mr. Davidge ; Continued' Interruptions by tne Prisoner' .r ..'. ..:'..".'.; .- , . .' JBv Telejrraph to the Morninit Star.l Washington, January .; lS.-'-Rain and slush had no terrors to-day for 'those who had secured tickets to the trial. At an early hour tne court room was crowded,- and at 10 o clock possibly two hundred persons were patiently waiting upon the outside, j upon the opening of the uourt Guiteau said, "Injustice to myself andMr. Davidge,!; l desire to say tnat j. received a letter yes terday severely denouncing Mr.Davidged I my remarks against him : were based upon tnat. j. nave louna out, nowever, that i was mistaken, and j that Mr. Davidge is a high-toned Christian gentleman and a sound lawyer.; I; desirey theref ore, ito;. withdraw ? anything l said against him. . I still enter tain the same Opinion of ColCorkhillhow everl" I' am satisfied I was wrong about DavidgbutrightonCorkhilL'l --j i: I Mr. Davidge resumed ius argument, and a review' of the ' evidence. He showed up by the evidence of JW. "Guiteau and other witnesses of the defence, ' the fallacy and absurdity, of Mr, Scoville's pet theory, that j the prisoner was an imbecile. , J After his opemng speech Guiteau re mained a quiet . listener ; for. an hour, but Mr. , Davidge. . haying used ; , some . pretty j strong language m alluding to Guiteau, such ; fto -"this nnsnpat-nhlA liar thh. -nriunnpr t- i as "this unspeakable liar, the prisoner re torted, "0 you are: making all that fine; talK for money ;: following it up with fre quent comments "That happens to be false,' "that isn't true," and similar expres-1 sions. - s "l- -. !- ' - ;1 f Mr .Davidge passed to an examination of I the prisoner ,himself, his appearancenpon the stand, what he had said, and what capa- eitv'cof intellect he had showh-r Provinff conclusively that what had gonahefott had ? H 1 1 1 Z 1 If- J i - . ... . . s ville had dilated upon his .morality, andhad asserted "that a ' lacfcs 6f intellect was his failing. On the contrary, he had shown upon, the stand a wonderful memory, logic ; J 1,vl.!1!i . Til T f reason ana lnuuieciuai numiy. uu-ewise, as tne aeience-'naaiciaimea ior mm virtue and .morality;: the prosecution had availed themselves of their right to show the con trary, and what had been the result ? Me had been shown to be such a monster of corruption, deceit; depravity and wicked-? ness, that tne . country loosed on with a shudder,", ' -... . .;-; ;:;.;? .V Guiteau, "in Jttly.i but it is not the case now. If you could, see some of the letters I have been receiving you would see that a good many people think I am one of , the best and greatest men in the country." ' rt , - r . tv J l -1 ? n - J vjonunuing, jar. 5 .-xsaviuge sKuiuiiy anu witir Wonderful' effect reviewed that por tion of .the testimony -bearing -upon the prisoner's life ' 'All this time, . said, coun:. sel. "no one accused him of insanitv. In the estimation of 1m Mends and his family, he was sane enough for all the transactions ox life,, but -when his hand w red with blood and the outraged law claims him as a sacri fice on the altar of Justice, we first hear of his insanity.' ' y'-ren ; Alluding to Guiteau's schemes in relation: to the Inter-wean, Mr. Davidge said: "We have to deal here simply with jthe plans of an audacious mind; but there is nothing in; - J ; -. T T such u tjcueiuc iu lizuicaw insanity. is a. fact. .. tunderstandJ. that the stock, of .the paperones worth J $75,000, is now worth f l.OOO.wO, and It was by putting into sue cessful operation the j plans trst; suggested by the prisoner i . ;; , ''Yes," shouted; Guiteau. "the pape: never was anythmg until I put some brains; into itand they have been running ever sincft o my bialns." ... .:.;;;. a ; -!';' i Summing up this incident, Mr. Davidge said: "It was not ah indication of insanity.' It was simply -in keeping with his idea. of that great, , moving brain, . and - the one; central figure of the day, was that of Chas, J. Guiteau.' ' ' - ; " ' ' i'Tiiank - you Davidge.'; called, out -the-Tsnsoneriu'I m glad you are begmning to think so, .Agreat many, other people tninK l m tne greatest man ui me day; lit I 'doht fcare1 af!shapri what-ithey tiuidbr'J.Iiavn,fe &&itvt-.egotiiiat.":'.- - Mr. . Davidjre. alluded brieflif, to the . testi mony of .Mrs. Dunmire, the divorced wife of the prisoner. ''The prosecution were de-j barred from ientering those confidences which exist between .husband" and wife. The defence could have done , so, but they did-not -"Jttrs.-1nnmire did not hesitate," said Mri Davidge i'to testify emphatically -that be was, a sane man." - ' . ' "She don't know anything . about me. called out Guiteau.' .T haven't seen her for eight years." - r. Mrs.. 8cavffle,Vwhot. had" been busily if 4' l O - ' 1 ' f v FTH A TT NO. 12 writing all the morning: shook'- her "head angrily and ejaculated, "he's a - liar any way." - - , ' - . Mr brother whispered a warning, t hut she repeated the comment still ' more em phatically.' - - i:-:,!f;-:;;,'---.; Uommentmg1 upon the -testimony of Dr. Spitzga, Mr. Davidge said : . 5 Notwith-. standing ' some of his remarkable .state ments; Spitzga never denied the prisoner's 'resrjonsibiUty-Accebtinffall his evidence. even Spitzga brought, the prisoner within J the reach of . law and punishment. " ; : 1 After the recess Mr. Davidge resumed his argument with a review, and discussion of the expert testimony. ue said "More than two experts have been summoned forthe defence. Many of ..them men whose names were known : in -everv household . .they came here; they watched the prisoner; they lestened to his evidence, and what was the . result? With two exceptions; ther vanished from bef sre the - light of evidence tit j " , j - iitte a ciouu oeiore me wina, - ana nos one of them could come i upon the stand and swear that the man was .legally, insane. They met tand - compared ; hbtes, aind they could- not testif f to-his insanity.; " The men and I regret to" say it neither of them would or could admit that they believed in God ;; they vanished before you, and were permitted by the defence to withdraw "With out testifying." . in answer to the prisoner s claim of divine inspiration, Mr. Davidge read with impres sive -enec. irom me nrsi cnapier or me Epistle of f James, - the 13th td 15th verses.. inclusive. 1 -" - i - " - v .' - ; - . . The . -prisoner continued' interruptintr. when Mr. Davidge, partially turning to the Judge, said: "Let him go onl I will haUg him on his own testimony," This predic tion seemed td have no horrors for Guiteau, and he continued his toterrupfiohs.i; "K;'. Alter disposing of : the . insanity ; and in spiration theories, Mr. Davidge" continued; l here is not an element in this case that removes it;fromrthe"cateeory "so carefullv provided against in the courts .Here' was a daring, audacious boy who in the Oneida Community gave way to a life of ; lawless vice; later 4 as a man, as a. theocrat who would overturn all law ,and churches; later, when 1 he " proclaimed ' himself of the ; xfirm i of ';. 'Jesus CJhrist &f Co.' You see? the legitimate outcome of his ' wicKed egotism, and it is lust as legitimate and logical to find a true explana tion of this crime in the same traits of the inordinate j calamity a desire of notoriety and rreckless egotism. . As I conceive, the true and only theory of his crime is this : Me conceived the idea of this monstrous crime believing that : others were as wicked as himself and those who would be bene fited by it Would in some way interpose Tto save hun from the damning consequences of his most heinods crime." 1-' , ; Guiteaur continually interrupted with a constantly increasing exhibition of ;Ugiy temper. "j'Youll get the Deity down on you for the way you are conducting this case," he shouted: . v And he will eternally damn you, Davidge. ' - ' ; Tne Court . Room . Again. Densely Crowded Prisoner 3ts Off" a Speeeh Aoout the Reception of Cheeks He does not Want Worthless Ones Be lsvnts own" Hanker Court Rules Against Allowing Prisoner to Speak In his Own Derenee Opening Argu ment of Mr. Reed In Rehalf of the Aeeused. - j - - r - rV - 5- - Washington. Jan. 14. The Court room was densely crowded to-day, in" anticipa tion of the opemng argument lor the de fence. It '... - I -A ' At 10 o'clock the prisoner was brought in, and as soon as he had taken his seat he opened the day's proceeding with the fol lowing speech:;! received three ; checks yesterday; , representing , about $15,000." Some of them, I suppose, are worthless, and many of them are no : doubt good. ;1 don t want any one to send me worthless checks. I do my Own banking business,; and my checks should be made out to my , order. Any one who desires to send me money can do soi but I do not want any worthless checks. " ; Mr. Reed took a position immediately in front bf the jury, awaiting the signal from the. Court to begin the opening ; argument for the defence. .' All eyes were, turned in that direction when Mr. Scoville arose and addressed the Court, stating that he "de sired to know whether the prisoner would be allowed to speak in his own -defence. If the Court proposed to-aecerdhim that pri vilege, both he (Scoville) audi his associate (Reed) would prefer that he should speak first.";-, t :.;i.-.v ;::i::4:-'L;:,i-;i,i Guiteau "I want to be heard on that question, your honor. ' I -want to close the argument, for the defence. I would not trust my case in the hands of the best law yer in America.' ; ' " ' ' Judge oox "i should be loam m a capi tal case to deny any man the proper oppor tunity to, be heard, even if he is represented oy counsel; out in uus case it, is su.e uj as sume that the prisoner will abuse the privi lege, as he has done all through the trial, and that what he would say. would be high ly improper to go before the jury.- I shall, therefore,' deny him the privilege. As I said yesterday; however, if his counsel desire to a . . !A ts i. " reau irom. jus mauuscripc anyuung wiuuu they deem proper to be laid before the jury they can do so." : '.' v --'-'. i- - Guiteau protested that he appeared as his own counsel, and claimed the , right as an American citizen to be heard m his own de fence, imding that Judge Uox could not be movedhe shouted "Let the record show thatr I appear here as my own counsel, and that I take exception to your ruling. Judge Cox, 1 shall appeal to the American people, and they will overrule yoii, and you will go down to future ages with ahlack stain upon your name." . ., .. ,,.;f . . ,. s Jndre Cox made no rcblv to this tirade. but simply noddepeej tpejui his argumeni. ,,- , ..... :v ,f - -.r Mr; Reed then rose to address the 'jury on behalf of the prisoner. - He commenced: by paying a eompliment to. the jury for the seriousness, solemnity and care which had: Characterized ; it during .this long trial; a; trial unparalelled m the -history Of criminal jurisprudence. . He Should not endeavor to, make any statement , of the , evidence,; to draw a gilded picture r any scene, but he- would simply talk with them as between neighbors; . Mr. iJavidge, .counsel; for the rjrosecution had occupied two davs in . ad dressing the jury, and that effort and con4 sumption of time ' on his part showed : the trrave apprehension felt bv . the prosecution lest something might have appeared in the case which would make the jury say that the poor man was a lunatic and irresponsible. The prisoner haftrtahtfr Sustained a re cord for impartiality in abusing and contra-! dieting every one who has had anything to sav upon the case. from. Judse Cox. on the bench to the 'humblest witness on the stand.; i -. ' r Before CoL Reed had-been speaking half an hour-the prisoner began to comment and contradicts 42ontrastmg the mercy of the Saviour towards those afflicted with devils - finsanel with the demands of : the prosecu tion in this case. . CoL Reed said, "They say hang him." - i. Guiteau shouted "And the American people say. 'Let him ro: " The American people are on my side. Mr. Reed, now you go on with your speech." :i y Soon after the speaker had .occasion to allude lojthe evidenccof i J. W. Guiteau, : when the" prisoner, again? interrupted, and. caned" out.disparagingly," Well, he ain'tmy : reference.-; l ye. got better men than he js or my reference. '1- & V- r --'. Col.Reed commented upon the incident ; related by several witnesses when Guiteau struck his,sfather, at ,th supper table, and -Guiteau calldd" out,' vehemently, "That warn't true I never struck him ; never- intended to strike him. I don't fight any one. " I'm peaceable. '. If I don't like any " one I tell them so, and -tell them to get out of the way; and thatsettles them." t " ''This act," continued the speaker, "was the first indication of his insanity. He do- nies it; probably he don't remember it." Guiteau,. sneerinely ' 'That is . owing to my poor weak mind and disordered intel lect." Col. Reed continued-r-"Mr. Dayidge con- descended to read yesterday a portion.of ; the evidence in relation to this incident, to. show, as he "claimed, the depravity of the prisoner, and Judge Porter kindly suggest- -ed to him that Guiteau struck his father in the back. The full- record says, 'or neck or shoulder J 7 ju.r,uavidge, laugningiy - uon i - go back on the witness:' Col, Reed "I am ireading from the re cord, sir. " It says" - ; " -Guiteau, (with an air of satisfaction ht his .superior discernment) "Why, that' was'lntended for a: puh,! Reed;- bat you don't seem to see. it;" I.doht know as that ' should be wondered. atr for it would require a microscope for an: ordinary mortal to see - lti"- ,t-:v -'r-' ; ' ' . . i After the recess, Mr, Reed continued his : CTgument reading two letters 1 Written by y Guiteau at the -time-he- left the Oneida ; Community, randcohtended that ho man" could read these letters : and not reach the-' conviction that the writer was of unsound ' mind. ' This evidence was not manufac- tured for s the occasioirHt.Was on record years ago.- Many; of the experts for the government who had watched this prisoner closely for weeksflworevherc that they did -not think the prisoner by his -looks, by his -talk or by his actions here in this court room, has endeavored to .feign ; insanity. This" mill Onl- Dluul lia 'Iia nninf Yrf.nl r Ya case, and I ask you gentlemen, if half a dozen of these experts- swear, that he is playing a part here, . and as - many more swear to the contrary: and all of them wit nesses for fthe government; if, I Say, these experts disagree,' so positively upon this , point, hotf much weight can you attach to their opinion upon his sanity ? ; It does not require an expert to pronounce him insane. ; You have seen hun, day after day, shuttling in before you; you have seen : that strange, unnatural look of his.. "Yes, and it requires theopinion of nd expert to convince you that this is not the appearance of a sane man." ;"' ; . r; ' , ' Continuing in this, strain. , the sneaker . ijaid, 'In my opinion,- if this poor creature -is sent to an asylum he will be a drivellin? idiot within six months." v - i r -,, Guiteau had been quietly I listening with his elbows upon the rail of the dock. : and . his chin , upon his , hands, his back being turned to the audience and his attention apparently fixed upon something in the streeUfiThis startiiug prediction amused T. . i ' m T i . i . j. mm. imenseiy. xurning arounu ne looaeu - Over m the direction of the speaker and en joyed a quiet laugh for some seconds.- t . "Their experts' said the speaker, "do not swear, to a fact, for none but the inscru table Deity can know .what there is in the frame j of a man. They swear only to an opinion, and -you have a notable instance how far from facts the' opinions of the most learned doctors may be in the Bad ease of the late President. -We had bulle tins every T day , giving bis condition.; We ' had an announcement that a probe, (what ever it '-may be) ' had been; inserted twelve inches into the wound and. yet the wound really led in ah exactly ; opposite direction. I say it would be a shame to send a man to the gallows upon an opinion of doctors." - : uoi. need concluded, 'Gentlemen, ' 1 am very much obliged to .-vou for your atten- : tion. -I I only ask you pray do not do that which shall, fn after years, bring shame to your chaekB.?j4b-x.-''--i3'is-; ;' . Guiteau called after him, f'Hecd is a good fellow.' s; But I would ''not give, a cent a basket for that rubbish, .If I could only have one hour with that Jury I would give them the right theory and fixt his matter." ; (The court then adjourned, till Monday, v TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, A Train Pilled witn ISen of Note Tele-- seoped Between Albany and New . York Several Persons Killed Out jrlgbt and. Burnt to Death About Forty More or Less Injured. : fBy Telegraph to the Morning jStarj', J ' New Yoex January 14. The Express from Chicago to New York reached Albany twentythree minutes' late" yesterday after noon.- : Owing to the great crowd? ot legis lators and others who desired to leave the capitol fifteen additional cars were put on, ' -eight of them being palace ' coaches. : Two extra engines were also attached, ' and the train got under way. 1 It was filled with men of note and prominence of both the Republican and Democratic parties, in cluding almost the entire New York city- and. JirooKiyn, J-ong, fsiand ana taten Island delegations in both branches of the Legislature, which had adjourned over- till . Monday. At Spuyten Duyvil the train be came, disabled, and owing apparently, to a failure on the part or the rear flagman,-' the engineer of the Tarrytown special, which -followed at an interval of a few minutes, - knew nothing of thedanger until he was al most upon the disabled train, and, running at high speed, the two rear' drawing room cars were telescoped and immediately . caught fire from the overturned stoves and -lamps. Some of the passengers were caught . in the wreck and burned to death. .- The wounded were promptly cared for and are scattered among houses in the vici-. nity and hospitals. .About forty were more or less injured- - The accounts vary, as to . the number of killed, but four bodies baye been recognized and five were,. burned be yond; recognition. . The recognized dead - are Senator Webster wagner; lian som, of the Hoffman t House Park . Valen tine and wife, of Bennington, Vt. ; , Oliver B. Kelly, of Pennsylvania; a man supposed to be Rev, F. Marichal (a book of sermons bearing his name was louna in ms enects;, and Miss Maud Brown, Of New-York. . .The railroad officials say the cause of the stoppage of the train was a derangement of the air. brakes. . As soon; as. the train stopped the rear brakeman, named Mclins, was sent back with the danger' signal to' warn other trains, and had time: .'enough to ' go half a mile, but seems to have gone but a short distance He disappeared imme diately after the accident, and has, not been seen since. - , ; v - - : . . ..... - Later. Orders have been issued for the ' arrest of John Mclins, the brakeman whose negligence to ; signal the Tarrytown train, when instructed to do so, - caused the ca tastrophe. . . Telegrams have been sent in all directions f or.his apprehension. -. . . " TENNESSEE..,' The Flood In the Cumberland Rall : road Bridges Endangered anA-Trafo flcImpe4ed:VV';.;:--i . ' By Telegraph to the Morning Staf.1 Cinctnnati, O., January 14.--A special from Nashville says: The rain ceased last night, but the river i - still-rising. ' It rose thirty feet at; Point Burnside last night. One million feet Of lumber are afloat here. .but the lumber is not out of the, yards. Work shops are abandoned on both banks Of the river' Steaniers -'cannot pass under the suspension bridge. The Louisville & NashvffleHRaifrTmd-r bridge is endanger ed by.tlie lodgment of ; drift and floating sawjogs against its piers.- . Jlany families have bn driven from home by backwater; but no lives lave been; lost, as yet. . The damage cannot be estimated at present ;;. v