North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT I I. M I N O T O If. C AT A TEAR, IN ADVANCE.' 8S8SSSSSS8SS88SS8 OO! "-liiuow 9 gSSSSiSSSBSgSgggg. 8S8SSSSI mi'I'W 8 .3:! i gS383SS388888S88 S8888SSSSSSS8S88S 88888888888888888. 14 mow I z id SS8Se88SS88S8SSS.S 8SS8S8S8S8! jS8oS8 2:" ?!! Si 03 r Entered at the Post Office atTWllmtagton, N. C, 1 as Second das Matter. . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. A, - "X Tiw.' QiiTvarifituMi rice of the Wksklt- 1 - - Stak is as follows :. i . Single Copy! year, postage paid, $1.50 ttmontns, , SmAntha M n" .50 THE SOUTH AND . IMMIGRATION. ti.o PhiladelDhia JPress undertakes" I IIV " : X to frive the reason why immigration does not seek the South, and why. Northern-papers, like the Press, can not rpcommend emigrants "to go o ,.tv" Tt irivfis the reason to' be the extreme lawlessness of the South- . em neople. To this we reply briefly: i?irt thp South is not more law-' HiAir'the North. 1 Here "is -as r.n,-i -rimo to population in the lU'i'-'" .14 '!.... -r. . i North as in the South and the statis tits of the country show this. - Second, the very fact that men. in tlie Sonth combine to hang - murder-. ers ami rapists shows that, they "are resolved to protect life and to protect tlie nersons of the white women of .i the South. , .....I - Third, the ten thousand lies that Northern Radical papers have manu fariuicil -out of , the whole cloth have poisoned the nnuds fof the Northern people, and the' ,in turn poison the --"minds, of foreign immigrants, and it is not a mutter of surprise that but few immi grants come thnf way. ' Fourth, the social condition of the South is much healthier than .that of the North, in spite of what the Press and papers of its stripe may sav to the contrary. The thousands of Northern men living in the South, if put upon their conscience, we-, believe won Id bear testimony that as far as "tliey know the social life among the Southern whites is purer and nobler than among the people in the North. Look at Massachusetts and Connecti ..-cm, wiiero nivorees nave oeoome so ciiiimon as to' excite the alarrh 'of all -pliihinihrbpic and virtuous people.- lMlth, the. way the fcouth was y - rohhed by the carpet-bag govern . ineiits and the consequent repudiation have done much to keep out . capital aim Hilling! iiUOIl. t . But in spite of all adverse causes' tlie South has recuperated wonder 1 fully and has grown 50 per . cent.- in population in the last decade. It is true it does not have many immi ; grants from the North or elsewhere, out for, the most part' they, are ; very desirable, citizens. The ; Northern men we are acquainted with who re- side in the Soutti are with few excep tions worthy, intelligent' men who are belnin? to devploh our resources and build up our country; They i .v.. . . -" . - aiiow mat tne south is mucn misun derstood and maligned.'' -:-'; The chairman of the; Board of County. Cnmmissinnora : rf 'WAet' combe, Col. W. II. Knight,' has pub- lislied in the-i.TaThoro'v.':-A Trri- 1 parative statement of theNfinancial '''"k. - operations of that TicE "county under the manipulation and management of the two parties. We have given al- eaay some facts from Col. Knight's report, but as Edgecombe, like: that other fi ho nniint.. tv studiously misrepresented we more attention to the matter than we otherwise would i ne great question for the East is county government. ' We would ra- "er lose every member of Congress, and everv .Iniltvo nn ta Ttoiii.li than w nave the twenty-seven negro coun-i lies asrain nlitol Tlllnk of the past,' ye ; men of New; llannvof TJ J .'. J u TiurL j ; r-kf .; .i, j cimci ttim uie xiiiiu JJ1S trict. Col. Knight gives the expenses for each year under Radical administra- 4 ! . , n beginning .with. December 1, 1868, and extending for ten years, : December 1, 1878. - Tlie total waa ; 228,9ir.03. The average each'year" was $22,891.80. t - - - - "uc" gives ine nguresunder VOL, XIII. the Democratic administration; be- i ginning J-ec.y i, xovo, ana enamg Dec'l, 1881 --three years. They ex-" pended in all $30,42 7.09--an average of but $10.142.39 or less than one-7 half that the . Radicals spent. Mark that. The Radicals received $3,516.07 due before they came into power. When i the Democrats came into power Dec. 1, 1878, the" county debt was $24,719.23. i .'..- On Sept. 1, 1882, they had reduced it to. $2,5 00. ; Comment perfectly un necessary1. Voters look upon Radi calism and. despise its corruption and its incompetency. But more yet, Col. Knight says: - . - ; "When the Republicans were in power in 1878 taxes lor countypurposeswere brought from 50 to 60 cents on the dollar At the present time, under Democratic rule. the taxes for county purposes are 19f cents in the siuu, and county orders are paid on presentation to the county treasurer." r Jurors look' upon the "Radical bun gler and (waster and say whether you like him or not. Do vou like him well enough to give him control again ox - your pocket-books . and county finances? Bad county gov ernment invariably and , ineyitably makes high taxes. DESERTION OF PARTY . DOES NOT INCREASE CONFIDENCE. : ; J The most conspicuous failure in the history of North Caroliria poli tics is the attempt of a few score of disappointed - office-seekers in ; the Democratic party to set t up a party of their own under the leadership' of Mott, Ike Young, Moore, Jim Harris and a few other wool-dyed Radicals.', It has been a fizzle from the start, and ithe Centre and West, wherejit was I thought it would develop considera ble strength, it is almost extinguished. and like an "old-time tallow-dip, it will - expire ' about November ...2d with much spluttering and stinking. Where, the. 1 Radicals ? will gam one I vote by . such an unnatural,' unholy,-1 and . unwise - alliance, thev will lose two votes. And, this ought to be the case.: .-Why should .the long: tried men of that ' party be. . set 'aside to give prominence ana omce, it rine people at large shall be stupid and blind and corrupt enough to consent, to such hoary-headed Democratic office-seekers as Clingman, Johnston Leach and Edwards ? Why shall the goslings of Democracy who go limp ing into the Radical preserves be fed. by - the tender hands -of Mott and Young and Jim Harris, the bribe-: taker, to the exclusion of -the stout ducks of the Radical party who have been "quacking" and spluttering for so many years, trying to get their heads into the great National Radi cal dough-trough? ' - But this .is not all. . The fellows who deserted look the r people of North ; Carolina for fools,, and lo I their mistake. They 1 went masque rading in the thinnest, gausiest of all possible coverings, and as they pranced :" around,- -pirouetting V and. gambolling this; way; and that way j iney inougnt au ine ume me peopj '1-ll : -f . -It .1 i .1 -1 - who looked on took them- for "Libe- ,la'fr VnOTnliorii ftnVl ftvantnnri- - ' . .it ;v'ii!j - e u,?'.u,w '-J? 1U'1H ciples or ideas, that was to regenerate ann nisentnrai and make or an tn& and disenthral and make the hearts of -mankind. - But ; how mm- taken they were I WThe people gazed at the cavortings and - at .the very, thinnish' guise,' and then they laughed as they saw the tail of -the old Radi- cal ? party hanging out behind, and ca - fyrt' Kftfs and horns -of thaJ same old animal that had wrought so much mischief in the years gone by, t So the only persons that have been fooled are the fellows who tried to. deceive the people. But why should any one be de- ceived bv the "LiberaF farce? Who -! " , compose the company who are -play-4 ing it ? jMen mainly who have been "acting", with . the i Democrats since the war; and some - long 'before the war. Thev have helped all thev catt to make" the Democratic nartv. what it -is. lhev- have spent -their best years in helping to build; up pre- ocratic party, ? Why haye -they; left it ? Can there be but one answer ? What is there in their 'antecedents1- in their wisdom, unselfishness, r devo-: tion to principle-rto make.; any . one believe that a new party - composed of such men will be anv; better than the party they -have ; served ior so long a time arid deserted i and ; which contains so much material so infinitely 1 sounder than they .arer s JJoes; a ... ., ... .r.., , , -:v;-.c -.r-..-;...v-.--;- -j. -v ;-.- v.-V .:;-T'c:-: - " -;(.vt.3ji;..i 'l- ' 'V ' ( - i, ; ; TYILfflff GTQN change of party cause also a change f v.o" U'kiv' T3.i a t f I mant or Folk , or . Edwards changed t heir trne characters by changing po- party their'allegiance, their prbfessed I ouppvib, tue iaoor 01 ineir oest years. They went ofi! after office -and set up a little concern of their own,' leadingt Radicals and of thcT Revenue "stamp at tbat .being ; sponsors and parents l of the new-fangled - clap-trap affair So no one ;: is deceived bv the "Libe- ral dodge. ;The nickel-plated Demof crats would do well to take down the sign.- Let the old Radical ; garment be donned and Tthey : will be better thought of if not better understood. .-Benator Garland of Arkansas,, in the Democracy of his. i.State,; placed the question of desertion of party in this light. ; He asked: ' - 'Be who crosses ; the . ocean changes his sky not his soul; he who takes his hat and leaves the domicile of a party, after ; years of service in it, and, .crosses to the threshold of another part v.- to -combat his old nartv. changes his base or location, but not neces sarily his heart , or his convictions or his methods otttctiouu Tbe - pretence to ' the contrary is too etheral, if not- too thin, to preach to flesh and ; blood. Therefore, be not deceived in being asked to turn over to any new party . , A new broom may sweep clean, but the- old one knows best where the dirt is." , .. . t . u So do-not allow yourselves to be deceived for: one -moment, by the De mocratict d eseV ters in ,th eir persn asi v e blarney in behalf of a Mongrel Com bination. 'When you: vote'for a! Libe- fire towns in the neighborhood of Benning ral voii Me voting for a. Radical to t tott irt8 heGa carr5ed by Democrats .- ... . I air practical intents .and purposes. Do not 'desert .the old - ship in the midst of the storm. ' " ' ' ' ' , i The. jocund, Colonel; Back Parker Canaday is now runningyhia "third heat in the Congressional race. . ; But, really,' why dont our.ninibld Yieighbor-in-law save his wind and heels?.; Hav ing been distanced, in tHe first two heats, what earthly- chance has the Canadayan pony ! of winning the race? Col. ' Willie Canaday is the coming ,man-7Coming to grief. ;. , ; HORRIBLE. Tne , SSntllatfidURemalns of an Old Colored r Blan Foand 1 In Bis Own Yard. , f Old man Primus Young lived by himself on tne liooper plantation in uape if ear Township, about six- utiles- from this city. Some persons who visited his house yester day morning were, horrified at the spectacle which met their gaze. The house was open; and in the 'yard close by lay what remained of the body of .old Primus Young, mutila ted beyond all possible chance of recogni tion except by the small portions of cloth ingwhich were still attached to the remains. There were indications, to snow tnat L tne body must have been dragged from the room in the house into the yard after death.' or after deceased had been stricken down by the hand of Providence .or the blow of an assassin. " We understand that nothing was missed from' the house. .. though there was no one to tell- exactly what the build ing contained.. ' ,y':K'i u:f There' is no clue at present by which any one can form the slightest .conclusion as to the. cause i of his death. - A colored man named johnsonho; Iiyw(rabout one hun I i .v:.. i. . . x. . .';-.-. t area yards from tne , nouse( iormeriy occu t pied by the. deceased, is the onlysperson re- I siding any wherein the 'immediate neigh I borhood. and although i the old man must i,.C;;f, . ti,. I hgpa two or lhree jaygbef6re the body r -.i.L.v..' i.7TuUAi.itnt-tlAti: 1 VltKn vpi'rtTFbe t .TohnstonV 1 kne W both- I tag ot It-accorame 10 ms owu ueciaraiipns, Until yesterday mbrnihg: Coroner He wlett was notified of the find-: ing of tlie remains. , and ;Wili. probably.hold an inouest over them..vl Wif ja4 J;.s; Remains Interred No Inquest, 'v-4 Coron?r .Hewlett .visited, the ; house of the late Primus ;YoUng.L in Cape Fear Town ship; whose mutilated remains were! disco-veered in his own yard, 911 ; Friday morning," mention of -which was made in the Starv and found "what remaine' of the ; body ,ou uic ; bpot . tuiu in (ne- conuiuon . uescriucu. The greater portion of the remains had been carred off by dogs 'and hogs together,'' but I what' was left of the poor old man was gath- toother ' under Coroner W I lett,g direction ftnd buried the pTemiaeti. I There is no means of knowing liowjie met his death, and as no one. came forward to make an affidavit no inquest rwas held. Deceased, who . formerly belonged; to Mr; Armond iX). ' Young," was well.known.in this city and throughout the surrounding country. : ' ! ' : ; ,J New Hanover County. - - 1 1 - Mr: S. A. Currie, who runs & plantation near this "city, hadsome.very fipe cotton in market yesterday, the first from his field Of twelve acres in the staple for which' he re cei ved cents per pound in the seed) which he says is about equivalent to the present market value: of the middling grade of - the articlein its -prepared : state. Some have argued that the soil in the neighborhood of Wilmington was -not -suitable for the culti vation of the.cotton plantIrat Mr Uunte a exrrimentis a complete refutaUonof no extra pains m its cuiuvanon. N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1882. The specimen Colorado justice. a. iewoays iigu, uu tuc tuini page 01 me btah, appearea an amusing eara irom one Qeo wPIenand. ft Colorado Justice of the Peace, which had been received by the him furnished to the press. We have be fore us the business card of the same Geo. W. Clelland, though it does not bear the sarad inscriptioa as that -received by the Chicago man. Mr O. B. Myers, of this city,' who -80601-80016 time in Colorado, made the acquaintance of the somewhat ex- centric individual referred to, and - the ac- quaintance subsequently 5 ripened into friendship. 5. He gave Mrr flyers his card,' and-we give the contents oD the bit of pasted board for the benefit of -our New. 'Hanover, justices, who may be ambitious to do things in the ''way-up style." On one side is 'Geo. W.'Cleilandi Alcalde of thd police Court and Justice of the Peace, Preciat No.: 1; Canon City, Fremont County, Col 'jado. -'Iiltiead on- you don't bite " On thew- reverse side we Tead : " 'Fiat Ju-sfitia' Bunt Caelum. Marriages - performed in ' way-up. style' Special attention paid to pretty brides, and indifferent bridgegrooms initiated with a club. Boozers ' given excursion tickets to the 'cooler good for ten days. Fans and ice water furnished free on application to the city marshal- The' grand hailing 'sign of distress is not recognized by this ' Court.1 No trouble to make change. Come early; before the rush, and I may let you down easy. Good News from Away Down f n "Ver- mAllt. -. . V " t i T ..-.."' ;. From'a letter received by a gentleman of this city from ' a -. friend in Vermont, we learn that there has been quite a political earthquake, revolution,' or whatever it may be called, in at least a portion of that State, .i .. - i . '. : i . i at uie rectjiik eieciiou, - wuereao prcviuuaijf they had always gone Republican Of course the "boys'-' up there had to burn a little powder and have a jollification over the happy result ; and ' right here a friend at - our elbow exclaims, 'we know Alf Robinson is happy, and don't we wish we were in Bennington to enjoy it with them!" Killed on tne Track. - r Two colored boys; aged about 15 and 20 years, respectively, were run. , over" and killed by the up train on the Carolina Cen tral road Wednesday night. , l he acciaeni happened at what is known as Edwards Crossinsr. between Jarvis and Rosendale.v It appears that the boys lived close by the point where the accident happened, and that they had not long left the house. ' It is supposed that they had been lying down alongside the track asleep.' and being awaked up suddenly -by the approaching train, had jumped online" track in front of the locomotive, instead of getting out of the way of it .Their bodies were badly mutilated. Raise More Porlc. ' Farmers everywhere should raise all the pork they can from this time forth "uptil further orders," -as the price is already very high and is constantly advancing.' Besides this . the indications point .to a probable scarcity in the West, whmce a large pro portion of our supplies' are now received. A letter to one of our ', wholesale dealers,5 from the : West, says the indications are tbat the stock "will be . ate up closer by November 1st than ever before." From present appearances stock raising will - be a profitable business; and, as before remark-. ed, we hope our farmers will turn their at tention to it more closely than they have ever done heretofore. Fire In Monroe. . : Conductor Gardner, of the Carolina Cen tral, informs us' that' in" passing Monroe Tuesday morning i he discovered that the Vfire fiend' had been 'atwprk: irithat thri ying.town. -It originated -Jn - as. wooden building belonging to M. hi Stevens and filled with groceries belonging to Stevens & English! j Tlie budding and rcqnten were' destroyed, together with ; the bar-room of J"S3 Ricbardsoh. Other buildings in J the leighborhood were damaged to some ex- Row Between Clreusmen and Citizens. One of our citizens' '-wbd 'passed thrprigh Lincolnton, in this Stato, on Tuesday last," says a big row occurred there that day .be tween5 some :of -the showmen of .Barrett's chcus and a 'numberso ; totrTBiend1: nng which several ,-persons were badly in jured. - Abouf thirty of "the ringleaders of the disturbance,- including 1 three or- four showmen,' wfere- lodged -in ' jail, s Whiskey was at the -bottom of the trouble: A Fall From a Train, . r A young jnan,. said to. be a tramp, was stealing a ride on, the r W '& W. Railroad on' Wednesday nighChen he felL'off. the train somewhere between Sixth and Seventh streets, and cut his face badly.' It is thought he got to nodding ana tumbled on. - Be last seen of him he - was searching for a doctor. , it - . -An Kxtraordlnary Haul of Mullets. -- We met a gentleman from Onslow coun ty, yesterday, who- infQrms r us of an ex traordinary catch of mullets. He says that seven hundred barrels were , taken at one haul on Tuesday last," the . 5th inst,, at the fishery near the mouth of New Rivera mv der the management .of Mr. John. Lewis. Fish are said to be unusually plentiful on that part of the coast for so early in the season. Snlpplne Rice Birds. ' a new enterprise has : been started on the .wharf by a colored . barber- named . Edens, who; with a patent refrigerator, is engaged in preparing rice birds for shipment north.; 11a nova hn JITI "neck, and e-et read Wot shipment about jone mmdred bunches per day. At this rave - rice uirus wiu uo m uct mand, ' and ; prices .will consequently be high - " THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL. Attorney General Brewster's - Argu ment for the Proeeentloa A Sens tlon In Court Dlsclosnre of Attempts' to Bribe Jurymen Judge "Wylle's Seatlilnic Bemarks. ; , . Washinqton. September . 7. Attornev. General Brewster closed his argument to -day in the Star Route case, for the prosecu tion, and the case is virtually closed. The Judge will probably deliver .his charge 6-i morrow, and the case may -go to the jury on tne same aay. isrewster s argument was listened to with the same - close attention as was given to Ingersoll's; -The closing part, of the argument was well worth recording, but at its conclusion , an incident occurred" which was wholly unexpected to all eX cept tbe: immediate, actors m it; and which dwarfed everything that has occurred du-j tins the trial. . - --' '.:''- , ;1 The Judge had announced that a recess would be taken, 'that the prayers of counsel' for instruction to the jury should be argued before the Court alone, and the jury .could be excused unui to-morrow. - men ensuea the scene of the: day, and one'; which has fei4f anv.T)aralleia.ul the indiailiistory nf timjnwmtTL Tlw nmrfl-wpm airain An court room, when Judge Wylie stated that he wished to devote a moment to another mat; ter. The significant tone in which he said this warned the spectators that something important was to follow, and instantly there was a dead silence.- "Several of the mem-.; bers of this jury,"" continued His Honor; calmly, Vhaye coine to .me with informa-: tion that they have, been approached with propositions most manifestly or a corrupt . kind. - The first intimation I had of this- thing was several weeks ago, : Several more. -70 'i interrupting himself j I cannot call then t intimations, they are square and direct mf or- I Fii iv j . of asking me what they, the jurors, should d.VVlMy vk wm ,tor.sajr notlungr -about, f il v .xne uoun aia noi wisn 10 interrupt t the progress of arguments - of tne case by any such -side Question as this; but I a 104 vised them to be careful., This thing has grown, becoming more and more ndig nant as he proceeded and within the last twenty-four hours' it seems that these' wolves which have been around this jury, have become fiercer, and more determined. . I felt so much indignation that I : was al most ready to advise the jurymen to shoot the man on the spot That is the way 1; felt about it; but I gave no such opinion. But villainy of this kind, -and scoundrelism of this degree deserves no mercy;- I do not say in what interests these suggestions have been made. " . I do not want to convey any information on that subject; but I want to' advise this jury to repel with scorn and in dignation any base attempt -of this charac ter on their virtue and integrity. . The in sult is of the last intensity, and I do hope that when we get through this trial fairly you may have information enough to ena ble the uourt to lay its nana on tnese men who have approached you in this way. ; I have called your attention to this subject with another view;- to give a warning to men of this kind of what they are about, and that the officers of . the ? law will do their duty. - If it is possible to ferret out these scoundrels it shall be done. . Give them . no quarter; spurn them with the end of your toes. ; No baser vermin infest the earth than men en gaged in this kind of business. .And the insult to you is that they suppose that you are just as base, just . as .. low, as mey are themselves. , iMo man snouia allow a wms per of this kind to be made to hun without spurning it with; the utmost scorn and contempt, I go no further., I do not ad vise' violence at - any tune of course 1 do not. But next to an insult that is given to a man's wife is an insult of this kind to a juror his honor ' should be sacred : and carefully guarded as he would guard the honor of his wife. - Having said this much, collaterally at this' point-we can now take a recess." v;. v- ' '.':r Jiido-e Wvlie's remarks, which were de livered with great earnestness and an in- dignant tone that- showed that, he meant every word he said, with perhaps , the ex- . i.2 j s-s : T .... cepuon oi jus uepreuwuuu. ui viuicuuc, created a profound sensation, and the fore man of the jury, Mr. Wm. Dickson, who is probably one 01 tne jurors approacnea, rose and said that after the disposition of this case; he would lay the whole matter Then Hunkle. counsel ' for Minor and Vaile. rose, and on behalf of himself and of his clients,' demanded ah investigation of the charge that had been made. - , ; The Uourt we win see about inat. we will probably have it. ; . . Mcaweeny yve, too, wani an invesuga-; tion. 'iii'-rvv":';! '-.-.Vi 7 .-' "...'-.' ; Wilson emphatically We want it all around. . . :- ' ' X-pX&J: ,c - A -recess was then' taken.; . ; .";"v: :! Washington','5. September 7. A!; great many reports are .afloat to-night as to who it is that has attempted to bribe the Star Route jury. The name of a:former attor ney. Of this1 city is connected with kthe attempt, but not authoritatively : Merrick,1 of counsel for. the prosecution, is quoted as saying that he, had been aware for . some time of attempts at bribing 'the jury, but'did hot know that Judge Wylie was so informed. A So Judge ; Wylie's ? utterances to day . were a surprise to iim. Merrick is also quoted asi; saying that heU knows , who had offered bribes and the .amounts. : One of the jurors was interviewed to-night, and is reported as saying that he had been ap proached r on two?oceasitns by parties on behalf of the defence. Counsel for the de fence haVe been also mterviewed, -but pro f ess entire ignorance, ;---;:,.-r Jude' :WyUeCharKe ,Tne'f.J Agree ai to Only One of tne Befen . dants and are Again Ordered to Be- tire Rumors Concerning tie "At- ' tempts at Bribery,, "'i- ' ?.!;':7';1':;:';'' ' - ' WAsnTHGTONv September ' 8. In - the Criminal Court this morning another large audience assembled to hear the proceedings in the Star. Koute cases. The large' attend ance of prominent -members of the bar' at tests the interest taken in this last stage of the trial. - All .01 the defendants were present, . with the exception of Stephen W Judge j Wylie'. began - his charge to the jury with an. expression of the difficulties attending the summing, up of a case of such a magnitude as this, r He said' he would not undertake ; to dehver 1 a; profes sional lecture upon law, but it .wouldbe his endeavor to travel over the case from one point to another so far as it was neces sary to do so. taking care . not to trespass upon the province of the. juryr-The law maae me jury vuo ultimate, unai power, even upon the law-itself; at the same time the tradition and practice of law authorized the Court to talk to the jury with, regard to facts.! The opinion of the Court was not, however, to be taken as obligatory upon the jury as to questions of fact, nor should he insist upon their accepting his construction of the law. v He wished them to be guided by their consciences; he wished it. under Stood that i he- was wholly- uncommitted as to the guilt or innocence of the defendants.' Some of the reporters f 6i newspapers' had evidently misunderstood his utterances du- ring the trial, ior tbe jury must be ' aware NO. 46 that he had carefully abstained from ex pressing any opinion upon that subjects When Walsh's testimony had been offered the Court had said; that in his judgment there was enough evidence of conspiracy to be submitted to the jury, and it was upon that ground that his testimony had been' admitted. .4 That was tas far as the Court had gone. - t , " The Judge gave " a brief history of the' events out of which grew this ; prosecution, and then addressed himself to the law;r Re ferring to the- prayers,' Judge Wylie said that the conspirators were j jointly , united for some purposes and severed for ".others. Each man stood on his own defence.: The jury could not convict one5 man of conspi racy, but they could convict two kof the defendants. - If there - had been any one overt act committed, and the jury acquitted the , party commiting it then the defen dants must all be acauitted: for instance, if the jury - acquitted ; Brady, who had beetr cauea tne Key ne master key to the whole conspiracy, and no overt acts were shown to have been committed bv anv other defendant, then vlbey must all be ac- l . rri .. . . - - . . . - quiucu. ; , position i tasen . Dy me defence, thaM.all of the. defendants must : be shown. - to have;:bein intrest-! in all of the"contracts.-"was false.- If , it-1 9W4hat tliev -wn 'rinMnaIlv interested in only one, that was sufficient and a conspiracy was estebHBhed; Sur-i plusage, in any indictment would not vi tiate it This indictment - charged but' one offence, one conspiraeyr it 'could not comprise two conspiracies. . Part of the de fendants might be wholly acquitted and a x part convicted, but if the. jury, found two conspiracies, three of the parties euiltv of one and - the remainder of the four guil- w oi anotner, then the indictment, failed. So much for. the frame of indictment Now usiuiue -prooi ; conspiracy is seiaoni T8 I duced to writing; it is generally entered into I ia a very informal way. Theparties might I as to the proof ; conspiracy is seldom re- reside m amerent parts or the country,' out r it Dv anv means. even bv dumb show' thev t entered Into auairMiuGit.- tn -.defwrnS th-1 riAmn.mi.i.t fnOT an .t i,ot r wasa conSDifacv'.'1 TheFlawi reanired a ver- I diet of o-uiltv onlvafter'theinrvente.rtainfld 1 no reasonable doubt of "the euilt of the de, E fendants. Doubt,' to be reasonable, must be oasea upon evidence not upon mere con-) jectuce. , The axiom was that it it was bet- ter for" ninety-nine guilty 'men to escape- than tor one innocent man . to , suffer. : it would be a very happy condition of affairs if One innocent man could be protected; and ninety-nine guilty..men punished. , An old Latin proverb said that it was the fault of. the jury it the wicked escaped. . That was true. ., He would now take up one of the routes and see if it could be connected with any rational theory of innocenccf -; If it could. , the' defendants " were- -enti tled to the benefit of " that theory.J lie would select a small route, the route from Vermillion to, Sioux Falls, Da. The date of the contract was March 15th,' 1878; to run four years; John W Dorsey, con tractor; trips were twice a week; the dis tance fifty miles, to which k two" miles had been added. The time was fourteen hours, There were nine postofflces, but no: towns I oh the route.!: Soon after ; the service was put on, It was discovered that - the actual distance was about seventy miles, and that the information had been distinctly and re peatedly furnished to the second Assistant Postmaster General. On Dec. 23d,' 1878,; the number of trips wasdoubled. iiOn May , 3d, 1879, the route was practically assigned by sub-contract to vaille. J On? July 10, 1879, the number of trips was increased to. six and the tune reduced to ten hours; in creasing the compensation to $6,133.50. - Deducting an hour for delays at postofflces, the carrier was required to . travel seventy; miles in nine hours. Petitions ana letters. T I Kaam Binr in itvt f - via! n VtOrtlntnl tt- uau UTOU ocu iu aisL in uiu uui ausuiuij j XVXSW D1M4U (110. VAMUIIIVU T C7 A & AJm VA UtV U V. . If the lury could reconcile it. with any theory of innocence, thev must do it. A' Congressman of influence,; Mr. Bennett.had asked for it, and that must be considered. Soon after, every postmaster on the route united in a protest to the department, say ine that the j time t was impracticable; and askme to have the old fourteen hour scned ule restored. ; and Mr. Bennett endorsed this protest and sent it to Brady., Just at this point the member of Congress ; seems to have lost his influence, for he was informed. that it could not be done. , After reading the law relative to productiveness, Judge Wvlie inquired . what the; productiveness had been in this instance.. Reading from, the, record, he said that? for one year it had been 261.61. . ; Me had called attention to the route because it had been asserted that members of Congress were responsible for expedition; yet. m tnis , case, wnen it nad been expedited at the request of a member of: ; Coneress.' its reduction . had "been refused to that samer member. THen kle interrupted at this 'point to remind the Court that French had made the order in Question. But Judee Wvlie said posi tively that French had made the order by Brady's", direction. - Herat ' he contended,, was an increase made when7 it was shown that the revenues were Actually decreasing.' If the jureould reconcile that with a pro-: per exercise oi innocence, let them do it. It could hpt have' been done through igno rance; manifestly r it was purposely done. The thinei to be decided was whether it had been.doh9 through' a' mistaken exercise of discretion or purposely, and through wrong motives. . AJoncermne false papers, said ne, it had been argued that if they resulted in gdod to the public then no criminal act had been done in making the orders upon them. Thiswas no crrect view of the law. Proof of conspiracy might; be made out from proof of the conseauences. following the conspiracy.- said - Judge .' Wylie. Ta king up another branch of the sub- iect '-' he read .from . an English , au thority in ; support of this -proposition reciting the circumstances of the operations of: what, are known .as "the three card monte men" in this city. He said that the only way in which their conspiracy could be made out was by .the circumstances fol lowing the. actual swindling operations, There was a further topic he wished to refer - a .m A. . it - to. Among tne prayers was one w ine ei feet that if it appeared that a genuine pa per appeared among the fraudulent papers filed in connection with the route, then the order for expedition or increase must be attributed to the Influence" of the genuine naner. Snch a doctrine could not be to! erated. Bad could not be saved by good. and vice vena. 'Parties committing frauds often found it to : their ; advantage to use some truth in their operations. Yesterday's occurrence required a passing remark. v If his information was true, then, there were men engaged in "fixing" the jury. r It was natural that lurors so approacnea snouia feel indignant, but they must not, let that interfere with their : calm, dispassionate indgments. Let them be so true to tnem? selves as to refuse to allow themselves to be influenced bv these considerations. Col.- IngersoH rose and asked the Court if it was within his power to: direct the luron to f reel v and fully ; communicate to one another all of the information they posr ses8ed touching these attempts at bribery. Judge Wvlie answered that he . did. not wish that inquiry started in the jury room. Defendants' counsel called attention - to the number . of . their ; prayers for instruc tions which had only been touched- upon generally, and asked for specinc lnstruc tions, but upon ; all of these requests the Judge ruled against them, and exceptions : were taken by the defence; f f At 5 o'clock the juryretired, after having been instructed to. come into court at 6 o'clock whether theyound . aJverdict or not. At that hour they returned and re- -ported that they had reached only as to one of the defendants. Judee iijruo uwauicu w near anyining iurtner " from them, and ordered them to again re-" ' tire, and come into court to-morrow at -10 J o clock. ..... --iv .--.-"; ; All sorts of rumors are afioat m Ia th bribery.! LOne jurymaa has settled the fact mat attempts have been made by parties in the interest of defendants. There does hot J appear to have been any concert of action among tlus bribers, who seem to have been numerous.' Four; jurors are named as hav ing been approached, but only the oneJtts ' iaieu puouciy in wnat interest. The efforts of the corruptionists seem to have : heen ill,' - rected to securing a disagreement of the jury' Attorney Bliss is Quoted as havina- know. ledge of the names and amounts. JFriends 01 tne aefendants have asserted that attempts at bribery Jaave come from the prorecution, in the shape of official position or employ ment in the departments. iTr r - A Partial Verdict Beporte4-Tne Jary asub , ordered to Hetlre-gpeemla-tlons and Rumors Expenses of tne Trial, Etc. " ' L PByTeleTraphtothe Mornlne Star.l : WAsnnfGTOs. Sent. 9. At 2 o'clock tin Star Route jury acam came into court and reported that thev had failed to amA They were directed to return , and report again at o'clock. . When they came into court at the latter' hour they; announced that they had reached an agreement in re- -Card to some of the defendants, hut not m- to others. Judge Wylie stated that he. was bui prepareq, as yet. w accept a partial yer diet, and the jury were toul to' retire for ' the night and come into court aiain at 20 o'clock to-morrow morning. - - -The sessiou of the court has' been can tinned from day fo day since-Friday by re-. .. cess, no aujoummeni navmg been taken. One of the prosecuting counsel was Inter- viewed to-night, and" he ' exDresses the1" opinion that the jury x have' reached a ver dict of guilty as to Brady, Reudell, Menir, ana vaiie, and possibly an acquittal as to Turner, and that they are still considering' x the case of the' two Dorseys. . - It was ascertained at the"- Treasury De partment, to-day, that the payments already - j"""-"" mo mo juicuwaucauv made on account of . expenses m the prose-, cution of Star Route cases: are as'fol- J""o; ur-atsrviues ana expenses 01 o. a. Brewster, for his appointment as Attorney General,; $5,000; W. A. Cook, services and expenses. 58.703: Georere Blisa. serrtces and expenses, $19,251.60;. W. W Ker, ser Vlces and expenses, 6,526; R S. Merrick. services and expenses, $5,000; A. M: Gib- son, services and Expenses, $5,000; total, $47,480.60. It will be seen that the above expenses include ofily lawyers fees and ex penses, only so much of that class of ac counts as has been passed by the accounting , officer 'of the Treasury. None of the other accounts 01 expenses incurred in this trial,; such as witness ; fees, compensation of spe cial agents, current expenses, etc., have yet been presented at the Treasury., ,It is esti-( matea tnat tnese expenses, together with the additional amount to be 'paid as coun sel fees, will swell the. total expense of the mar Koute trial to about $200,000. y SOUTH ; CAROLINA. 7 P - Tne Trial of Capt. Halle for KJllln Col. Blair, tbe Greenbaek Leader, , ; . . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. , . , CirtT.rrxrRT Rpnt 7. A snorinl tt ' thi iifegrwfcr from Camden, S.: C, says that the trial i of Capt. J. L. Haile, for; killing ' L. W. R. Blair, ' the Greenback leader, on July 4th,- becan fthis morning,' judge - ilershaw presiding. The court house was packed. ' The prosecution was conducted by Solicitor Bonnam, assisted by ex-Judge T, J, Mackey, independent can-" didate for Congress in the Fifth District. A plea of "not guilty" was entered, ? ,Ther . jury was drawn, composed of whites. Several " State's-witnesses made impor tant variations from the -1. evidence given at the inquest, greatly weakening the prosecution. The killing by Haile, with a Spencer rifle, was fully established. There were three Shots nred; one through tbe heart, one through one lung, and one in the side. Blair fell at the-third shot, with out speaking. - The State's witnesses said that Blair called Haile a damned liar. Haile . walked to the tax office, followed by Blair, who had a hand in his left breast Haile came to the door with a rifle and went out on the sidewalk; Blair advancing toward him. Haue nred and Blair moved around between Haile and the court house. ' Haile moved back ; towards the outside of the sidewalk, : and ' fired ' : again. "'' Blair moved out towards ; the ! sidewalk and at the third fire fell on his side, turned on . his back, and died. The State failed to es tablish the language of Haile ; after, the killing, showing premeditation of the deed. The day was cohsumed in taking testimony for the prosecution,- all the' witnesses pres ent being examined. Counsel announced that but one or two more would be exam ined to-morrow. There was no direct tes timony as to malice. .. Counsel for the de fence wiu take ail 01 to-morrow, i ne case will not close before Saturday. "-... THE STATE CAMPAIGN. ' ' Capt Swift Galloway -spoke at Wilson on Tuesday last. - Jim Leach has gone. If there is any more Democratic timber of that kind the sooner it goes the better. Strift.. Galloway. Cocke, chairman of the Mongrel tribe. has announced himself as a candidate for the TJ S. House. : Hit in the belly.' with a violent hankering after grub. . - , r Charles R. Jones was converted a . few- days ago in r Charlotte under . Zeb Vance s preaching. , Vance will convert the worst, unless he is given up to reprobacy of mind and hardness of heart. XmrAp? neeoraen From a letter in the New Berne Journal:. Price, the liberal, has been to Swan Quarter. -- lie made his little speecnes, con sisting chiefly in arraigning the Democratic party. ? We thought he was a Liberal, but judging from his speecn ne is a ivaaicai. Wednesday was .a big' day in . Concord. Besides the circus they had a big speech by Gov. Vance, and it is stated honestly to us that Vance drew a larger crowd than the circus , did. The .people , were capu vated, and some, of them were heard to swear that Vance must, shall and will be our Governor again, for the fourth time.. Charlotte Observer. , . j We hear it whispered around that Col. L. C. Edwards, of Oxford, who is wanting to be Judge of this district, met Sherman's army in Raleigh in 1865, and made them a speech in which he said it was the proudest day of his life when he saw the Federal flag floating from the top of ; the Capitol of his native State; and that he never heard of a Federal, victory but what he was glad.- Henderson Gold Lurf. i - fUmntar Ransom's sneech last night was an eloquent and dispassionate : vindication of the Democratic party in the State and nation. It was the speech 01 a statesman. Quite a number of ladies heard Sena tor Ransom last night. One, a little more expressive of .her . admiration than the others, said, asr she was leaving" the court house, "isn't he just: too lovely for, anyr thing I If I were a Republican I'd join the Democrats sure." Greensboro Patriot, r An investigation into the circumstances of the alleged abortion on Mrs. Davidson, by. her '.husband . and . Dr. Eenne, at the Fifth' Avenue hotel. New York, took place yesterday, i A verdict 1 was rendered tnat the child died from natural causes, and Mr. and Mrs. Davidson were discharged from custody. ' ' " , ' i t .V r . i-1 fl -ft 53 3.1 ?; k -1 ft hi i n' X it ii i'l f I i i J. - t 4 1 i I It I 1 . '' " -f.' --'it I r ?! I