North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star; WE BESNAED.EdltorandProp'r. WILMINGTON, N. G. FRIDAY, January J1882; (iIn writin to chance it address, atwavt give former direction as we as foil Darticulara as where yon wish yoor paper to De sem nereaiier. Unless you do )oth changes oan not be made. . i?TNotksbf Marriate or Death; Tribntes of Bespect, Resolutions of Thanfes. d:o., are cnareeu for as ordinary advertisements, but only, bait rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. ; v." ,; II B?"Kemittanoes minst be made by Check,Draft PosUl Money Order or Registered letter., Post masters will register letters when, desired., . - if tOnly such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. I "Specimen copies forwarded when desired. We copy from the Raleigh News- Wbseroer an abstract of the agree- Wnt between Dr. Canedo and the L oin-a a a t.A t.li saIa of the fcF.-.-;&;:Yi-,V. Railroad. The terms irds appear rto be, ample.. The Canedo syndicate aye time enough granted, them to ake their arrangements and carry lout their contract. If they fail after jpaying $155,000 the property will re- jvert'to the i State, and jthe loss to the Ipurchasers will be the sum paid. We" hope the road will be constructed ac- I f cording to the agreement. It must J fprove of great benefit to North Caro- bina, and when the road f rom WilT fmington to Fayetteville is completed, tf it is completed, this section must bare largely in the benefits. -. . There is nothing further from Ply-; "mouth. Governor Jarvis is reported to be on the ground; and enough rect or not , we cannot , speak . defi roops are there to meet any demands, nitely. 'y It says there are ; six of a iThe probability is there will be no I ore noting, but there may be spo- adic cases of rascality and deviltry. he Raleigh News- Observer suggests difficulty in the following v:: ';;, its j doubtless belong to the re buitc a number of hands re ordinarily engaged in getting out shin ;les and staves, LLif e in the swamp has its haracteristics. one of them being to make he swamp hand jvery independent, indiffer- nt to authority ana , reciaess oi - consc iences." If these men belong to that class d escape to the swanipswhich comprise large a portion oOVhington county. n which Plymouth situated, their arrest prove excjeepJngiy aimcuit. Augusta (Ga.) cotton mills iav& done well during the year 1881. re condense from a circular of John Cohen & Sons, ' some instructive Ipomts: Augusta Factory, ' capital $600,000; spindles. 26,160; looms, 676J paid 10 per cent, dividend; made 20 per cent., adding balance to surplus; pricJi 165 bid, asked 170. Graniteville Man..Co., capital $600, 000; spindles! 34,600; looms, .900; paid dividend 10 peri cent; made 20 j r per cent, adding to surplus: price 165 bid; asked 170. Langley Manu facturing Company, capital $400,000; spindles, 10,880; looms, 329; dividend TITl X POT1T. . Tfir: HIY lllllll I IIX ' II. i is thought it will pay as much tor the last six months; price 102 bid, 103 asked.. Two others are to start soon, ' The Sibley Man Co., capital $900,000; spindles, 30,000; looms 1,100. The John P. King Man. Co., capital $1,000,000. This makes $3, 500,000 invested in Augusta mills. Among the j dead of 1881 in the United States are the1 following who . . . i . were more or less distinguished: Sen ator Matthewj Hale j Carpenter, of Wisconsin; Hon. Fernando Wood, of New York; Hon. Nathan Clifford, of Maine, Justice of the Supreme Court; Senator Ambrose E. - Burnside, of Rhode : Island: Hon.: Hendrick B. right, of Pennsylvania; . ex-Go v. Henry D. Cook, of Washington City; en. Leslie Coombs, ' of Kentucky ; ov. Wiltz, of i Louisiana; ex-Attor- 4 ey General 1 Sranberrv, ex-Gov. Jphn J, Bagley, of Michigan ; - ex- Spnator Hitchcock, of Nebraska; ex- ii . . . 7 ...... , Senator OrvillesH. Browning, of Illi nois; Gen. J udson Kilpatrick. of New Jersey; Maj. " Gen. Emory Upton, Mj..Gem John C. Pemberton, Gen. Robt. Patterson. ' , ' ; -The Guiteau comedy, has been played through seven' weeks to crowded houses. The "star" of the company; is an ' immense success. How many more weeks the perform ance ' js".to.-: continue has not, been mad!e known, i - - Major Gen. E. A. Carr, U- S. A., was killed and buried by the Phila delphia Times in September last. Thatj gentleman writes a very pleas ant letter, dated December 19, 1881, fromj Amona, i assuring that "paper that he is alive and kicking. ;The;: Atlanta .Exposition, did not pay in one serine; ; It cost : $100,000 above receipts,! but. the money was pent jmost wisely. The ' results in the fitturewill "show this. :1: r i . The yeung man or woman who must f or ake society because of mortifying freckles, ttan, tetter, pimples and itching exoriations of the face; should use some of Dr.. Ben son's Skin Cure: ( Itejeansea the scalp and is good for thetoilet. .j j SOME ERRORS NOTED. I The New York Tribune contained recently a long . account of North Carolina's display at! Atlanta hat was written in a spirits of - kindness and laudation, but was f ult bTeff ors of one kind or another. An edito rial also, based uoon the Atlanta let-- . terjj was 'marked with the same im perfection.. We. will, take . time, to point out briefly some of these er rors. We are pleased to see that a paper which is inimical" to the South or nothing,-. has agreed, to give- its readers -snr account 'of the exhibit made by our State, even though, the account is erroneous or colored too highly, it may be, w r It is a mistake to suppose that North Carolina stands third as a cot ton ; jordduciner State. It is about seventh or eisrhth m tact. It is very doubtful it there . "are more small holdings" in North ' Carolina than in Georgia, i It is 1 a mistake to say that the small farmers , raise "most of the food they consume, and what cotton thev make counts as profit.". It is to be regretted that this cannot be affirmed generally, but the tens of thousands of mortgages annually recorded in our State show conclusively that this is not so, ak though it applies to a great many, It is not true that "more than eighty cotton factories, great and small,' are now running." There are not more than sixty, and not so many as that unless we count those in course of erection. Whether its statement as to the vineyards in the State is cor- hundred acres or more, besides other hundreds. The following North Carolina in does miustice to 9 another direction. We quote what is sLof naval stores : 'Commissioner McGehee gave me an in stance of the transfer of an important in dustry that ought not to be omitted from this letter. He was asked why turpentine and - rosin were not'amone the exhibits, and replied: Oors is the Tar Heel State no longer. 7 That distinction, I am sorry to say, belongs to Georgia. ; Our pine forests are practically exhausted, and Georgia is the great producer of naval stores. If Mr. McGehee would consult the naval stores market of Wilmington the largest in. the world he would find that although j there has , been some reduction in the business, there is still a very encouraging amount of business done, and quite enough to prevent the very sweeping remark he js credited with. We copy the ope rations in cotton and naval stores for this' city during the last two years: Total exports for 1881 : Cotton. . . . . . . . .'. . .. : . . . . Spirits turpentine. . . . . . . 121,005 bales. 87,544 casks Rosin. 485.819 bbls. Tari. ....... ...... ...... Crude turpentine. . . . . . . . . Total exports for 1880 : 59,388 4 2,437 Cotton. 106,166 bales. Spirits VunVine 102,725 casks 447,710 bbls. . . . 53,441 3,356 ' Crude turpentine. We will copy a part of the 2W- bune's letter, because of its informa tion; to those not posted as to the re sources and progress of North Caro lina! Tens of thousands of Northern ers will read what r the Tribune has said. It will do good although not correct in every particular. I i ! Halifax county owed twenty-six thousand dollars and county orders were worth about .one-fourth of their par value, sometimes "even less, under Radical rule. Since the new order of things county orders are worth dollar for dollar, and tne .Hoard or Commissioners have the debt under con trol, i The difference is plain to all who live in the county. Weldon News. j What is said of Halifax applies to a dozen or twenty other counties. iThe're are those '.who are clamoring to have the county governments placed again under the control of the negroes. In Granville a wooden fence around the court house cost some $600.' , Some eighteen paupers cost the people nearly or quite. $250 each, and we heard oneT of the most intelligent ; magistrates say that he could have" boarded the whole num ber at the Yarborongh House, at Ra leigh, for what . Radical Commis sioners made them cost the people to keep them at the county poor house. lo return the i eastern counties into the keeping of . the prepond erating negro voters is not only suicidal and disastrouSj'but is immoral and iniqui tous.-- There is not a community in the North that would submit to such a state of things. ? Suppose the most ignorant and degraded part of the population of Boston or Philadelphia in control of the finances, how long before bankruptcy would ensue, or a small revolution would break out ? ! The BapUst ministers of Rich mond, Va., held a '. meeting and ap pointed a committee of "three to ap pear before the Legislature and enter their protest against the removal of duelling disabilities. CATARRH OP - THE BLADDER - Stinging smarting, irritation of the urinary passages, - diseased discharges, :. cured .. by oucuupwya... .uruggisis. ; . uepot r J. V. JViTJKDs, Wilmington. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Proceeding of Regular Meeting;, r The Board , of ..: County Commissioners met in regular monthly session" yesterday afternoon. ; ;-: . -i - JThe. .Treasyier1' submitted his regular monthly report, for December, which made the following exhibit: . General fund : balance on hand . . $17, 922. 31 Special fund: balance on; hand. . 3, 122. 22 Educational fundf balance on - - ---- - It aisoexhibi 4 bndsf M nation of fipPi ajlso ,8 coupona r of ,the de nomination of $3 each,' and ;one coupon of the denomination of $15 j which said bonds and coupons' werel' burned'' iii he presence of the Board. r:;fv" '' The Register, of ; Deeds submitted ; his official bond in the sum of r $5,000, with Fanny Sampson, P. Foster and : S. H. Manning as sureties, which said bond was found correct in form, received and entered in the record of official bonds and filed. ; Nicholas Carr, Constable of Harnett Township," submitted his official bond in the sum of $1,000, with W. H. McDade and Geo. F. TilleV as sureties, which was found correct in form, received and order: ed entered on the record of official bonds and filed. ". ' ;'. . Annlieation of Cronlv & -Morris was Justice A.. Av Moseley made his annual report of fines and forfeitures collected, and the same was received, ordered entered upon the record of official reports and filed. ;:7--v':':----: . ' Upon the representation of the tax asses sors of Wilmington Township, that by them an error was committed in the assess ment of the property of N, Giles & Co.. it was ordered that the assessment of said property be fixed at $10,000, instead of $20,000. . It was ordered that the regular Finance Committee be requested to. settle with the sheriff on some evening of next week. The Board proceeded to draw a venire Of jurors for the next term of the Criminal Court, which convenes on the second Mon day in February, as follows: John L. Corbett, Henry Sheppard. P. L, Bridgers. J. 0. Nixon, Geo. A. Peck, W. J. King, T. B. Henderson, Jno. B. Robin son. Tbos. Henderson, W. S. Hewlett, Jno. K Robinson, W. J. Mott, Emanuel Mack, Isaac Northrop, Thos. Revera, W. H, Rob- bins, Jno. H.Pugh, Jas. L Metts, A: Lieb- man, Jos. Lucas, L. M. LeGwin, John G. Norwood, John T. Keen,- Sol. Bear, M. E. Bobbins, E. H. Keathley, J. II. Bryant, Henry R Kuhl, : Simon F. Craig, Alonzo Hewlett " On motion, the Board adjourned to the first Monday- in February, 1882, at 2i o'clock. BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Board of County Commissioners re solved itself into a Board of Education, when the following proceedings were had: The recommendation of the school com mittees for the 1st and 2d Districts in re gard to the pay of teachers, etc., was, on motion, adopted. On motion, the resignation of Win. B. Giles, School Committeeman of District No. 5. in Harnett Township, was accepted; andGeorge Hooper was appointed in his stead. The Board then adjourned. 'While playing a star engagement through .New England, writes Mr. Wm. Davidge, "I contracted severe rheumatism. St. Jacobs Oil was recommended. I used it as ordered, and was cured in four days. and have bad no return of the ailment. Capt. W. A. Robeson, for many years the popular commander of the Wave, has bought that fine steamer from the Express Steamboat Company, -and will hereafter run her on his own account. Messrs. G. W. Williams & Co. will be the Wilmington v agents. "Sandy" is one of the "institu tions" of the Cape Fear river, and he has the best wishes of a host of friends. - Long may he Wave. w V We can without hesitation say that Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup has given the best sat isfaction. We have sold an immense quan tity of it during the past winter. WAIiliACE, llnroN & Co.. f . Druggists. Lock Haven, Pa. Art Nature. The remains of a lady of Smith ville were disinterred a few days ago,, for some pur pose, when it was discovered that, though not a particle of flesh remained on the bones, much of the silk fabric in which the body was arrayed for burial, about thirty years ago, was still in a state of perfect preservation. A niece of the lady in ques tion remembers all about the dress in which her aunt was interred. HORSFORD'S ACID" ! PHOSPHATE in BiLioca TROuBiiKS.--! have used Hors- f ord's Acid Phosphate, in bilious troubles, and it did all that was desired. I think it a valuable remedy. i 1.. SCHAUB, M., D. Muncie, Ind. f First Presbyterian Cnurcb. In the last issue of the North Carolina Presbyterian we find the following encou raging exhibit of the manner in which the finances of the church are managed: "The Board of Deacons of the First Presbyterian church of Wilmington, : N. U. , composed as : it is of gentlemen of ex ceptional business qualifications, is to be congratulated on the showing of the tFea- DUiW o . DWlkCUlCUl UUW IKIUIO ' U. ' . I OB church has paid the pastor's salary in full, and all incidental ' expenses amounting to several hundred dollars, -contributed to all the benevolent causes of the church at large. (to some quite liberally), closes the old year entirely free . from - debt, ? and has enough money on hand to give it a running start on -.me new year. : , ;-. - -,; .: ,;' "The deacons themselves attribute this Bne showing mainly to the special exertions ana pruaent management of Mr, - W.; R. Kenan, the treasurer. . . . ; "Beside the current and regular financial Dusiness oi tne cnurcn, tne Sabbath School room has been enlarged and furnished at an expense of some $1,200 and the ladies have maintained a Ladies' Aid Society and ajauicB juubivnary oocieiy. lixuALTHFULNESS CAN BE PRE- mwrm m malarial- districts by the power ful tonic god atteratiye effects of a daily dose of Simmons liver Begulatojl!; the true malarial antidote.-- ' Genuine prepared only by J. Hi Zeilin ; For the Star. THE DEVIL'S TRAMPING GBOUND. GtiLF, Chatham !CaNrG' Jl 'Dec. 30, 1881: i Editoe $TB'.rrA& Hie Stab is at,:,shedding lightioji ijnanyiJ; things that are dark and mysterious, and numbering among its many read4 rers antiquarians, and scientists of .no mean "abiKties -wish, 1 through its columns, to "-make puplicBrjmetbfrTg that has interested as well ias puzzled mer In this count. v. about, three mnes irom :,inet .ijArqopo.ijmey jsa place tJmtjJ haieejilqi oldest inhabitant. ; and; his frrand parents as 5 the "Devil's Tbamping Geound." . I will give a description as nearly a as .. possible. Situated in the woods and ; surrounded by giant- trees, principally red oak and short ty-five feet inidiainetervi as perfect as though;; drawn with compasses,- the circle . ; being j - marked " by : a' path ; as clean;5 cut as ; though- used every day ; through the centre anoth-; er path, equally as clean,, about one degree to the east of north and south ; no paths to or from, and hone except cow-paths in the neighborhood. - The soil of the country, is red clay,thickly strewn with rocks, and no grass ex cept some short scrub blades1 that struggle rather unsuccessfully , for sustenance. The soil within the circle is sand, mixed with clay, and covered -with a thick- growth of long wire-grass, not another bunch of which grows within eight miles of the place,) and which never, crosses the path that marks the circle, and though large trees have grown and .rotted to the ground at the. edge of the plot not one has ventured to in-, trude within the ring. The natives have all of them a superstitious dread of the place, and it was with difficulty I succeeded in getting one of them to visit the place with me. for the pur pose of digging into it, and after get ting down about three feet and find ing nothing,1 he was so impressed with the supernatural origin that he re fused to go any further.- . & ..-. m In my reading the only thing! can find as a comparison for my ... Devil's Tramping Ground, are the fabled fairy walks of Ireland and one place in W orway. bo if any of your readers can give us any theory of its origin or use, they ! will oblige me, and any way this will have the effect of giv ing to the world that the old North btate is not deficient in -curiosities. ! May be the deflection from due north and south of the central path may give us some clue as to the date of the what is it. Yours, - - H. T. Tvr, M. D. If the mother is feeble it "is impossible that her children should be strong. Lydia Hi. lankhams Vegetable compound is a perfect specific in all chronic diseases of the sexual system of women, bend to Mrs. .Lydia K. Finkham, 223 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pamphlets. f COLORADO. Unprecedented Growth of tne State and tne City of Denver Daring tne ' past Tear Brilliant Prospects for tne Fntnre-Burled In a Snow Slide. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Denver, January 1. The growth of this city and State during the past year is un- preceoented m its history. In Denver more than $4,000,000 were expended in the construction of new buildings, : and the total assessed valuation of the city is $25, 650,000, an increase in the past year of $9,460,000. The auditor's records show the assessed valuation of the entire State to be $96,059,000; an increase of $33,000,000 over that of 1880. The lowest figures on7 the bullion output of the State for the past year place it at f 30,300,000. The total in debtednesaof the State is $330,000. More than $ 9,000,000 has been spent in the State in railway construction during-the past Jear. Denver and New Orleans expect to ave connection by the Texas roads by next Christmas, and the Chicago, Burling ton & Qumcy Railroad will have its line completed to Denver; the Rio Grande road has laid a third rail- to Pueblo; and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road will run trains through to Denver next week, i The BepubUean'a ' Silverton special says Edmund F. Ryan, Michael Ryan and Rich ard Adkins, employed on Paradise ; tunnel. on Saturday, were buried one hundred feet aeep m a snow: suae, rarues lett Oliver ton this morning to recover the bodies. VIRGINIA. Inauguratlon of Gov, Wm. E. Cameron By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Richmond, January 2. Gov. Wm. E. Cameron entered upon the duties of his office to-day at . noon. The inauguration was almost entirely Drivate. The ceremo nies, which consisted solely in the adminis tration ox tne oath oi office by Judge JS. tL. mtzhugh, of the Uhancery Court, of Rich mond, were performed in the State Library in the capitol building. This was imme diately followed by a similar ceremony in tne cases oi .Lieutenant liovernor, John l. Lewis and Attorney General F. S. Blair. The only persons present were heads of departments, several State Senators and members of the House of Delegates, and a few. personal friends of the new Governor, PREMATURe""lOSs"qF THE HAIR may be entirely prevented by the use of uuknett s uocoaine. No other compound possesses the peculiar properties which so exactly suit the various conditions ; of the human hair. Jt softens the hair telien harsh and dry. It soothes the irritated scah). It af , fords the richest lustre, i It prevents the liair from faMng off ' ,-, It promotes its healthy ;i vigorous growth. It tsnot greasy or sticky. iM leaves no disagreeable odor. - It hills dan draff. ' . : ' 4vr ft: : ; Burnetts Flavoring Extracts are known as the best. ; . ; ',. . r, .1 i' ;f.At By l.Wrts.'.s.te-''.'ZmZSi A The Norristown (Pa.) Herald in a recent; issue referred, among others, to the follows ing cases of - special interest,:: They are their own commentary.,; Mr. Samuel C. Nyce resides at 308 Marshall street,, and holds the responsible position of journal clerk in .the Pennsylvania Legislature, : at Harrisburg. While Mr. Nyce and family were in the country recently his boy, aged j three years, fell and broke his leg. He re covered, but a very troublesome iUftnessi set in and he could . scarcely use the W tThe injured limb was rubbed several times witn ist. Jacobs Oil and the stiffness was so much reduced that the boy was able to use his leg freely. Dr Knipe said it waa the use of St: Jacobs Oil , that cured the stiff ness. Mr. Nyce himself used the Great German Remedy for, toothache wifh good effect,. and also, for a sprali) and pains of rheuroafic . nature,- and always with i good effect. - Mrs. Nyce also says she thinki thel Oil is a splemlUl thing; and $he ahyaya THE TRIAL OF G UITEA U. SlUverlitg Cotrt, Jury and Audience Prls0nep JHCklces bis Usual SpeccTiV ' and Aiinonnees tnat be bad a Happy NeT.tarJpCro Examination of Hs Gray, itt Whleh the Prisoner JraJte v By feleraph to the Morning Star. Washington, Jan. 3. It was very' cold in the-court room this morning, and . the ury, court" officials and spectators ' sat" ilijering "ptercoats ndwraps. txufteaU tnadtf his tishal speech. He said evervbodv elsadid:ao tot oCvisuors. and they all expresseid the opinion that he would- Dr. way tooK tne ok tne stand and Mr. co- vHle resumed 4iis cross-examination; 't sWit- hejw hadnot, jn giyjing his opinion pn, tlve direct examination that the " prisoner was ane, taken into account the evidence of the prisoner himself.: but, takinsr that, element t i . . . i ... i . utu iuicuuui, ius opiDioa wouju eim De tne same that the- prisoner if sane ' was: sane on the 2d bf July. iUWitness. was asked E if ne was iamuiar. with the, case joi La. San born, who was killed by : Dr:? Wright, at Norfolk; ya:,! and replied, "Yes, Sir, I was Bent by the President to make the examina tion and.give my. opinion of the case.'',. ..v mow . much did you get for it V shouted Guiteau. " - - - t : ' r ' ; "Witness was closely questioned as to how; pr by what physical examination insanity and disease of the brain , could be detected. Question'Have you ever 'had patients lit your asylum who have'rexjovered?' ' i Answer ! xes, sir, I have. . -: . . :. Question "Have you seen persons who have recovered in three months r" . " Answer "Yes, sir, I have." n V.;? , -1 Mr. Scoville--' And were discharged ?".; .. Answer--" Yes, sir.". . Mr. Scoville f Well, how if voii experts were to examine such; patient immediately upon his discharge,' could ?you tell by any physical indications that he. had been in sane oniy tnree montns previous?. Witness, hesitating "Ko, sir, not with out a history of the case." - - Mr. bcovihe "I thought so." . iiuiteau lour idea, -Uoctor, that a man can't be insane unless his brain is dis-1 ased is rather frivolous. : 1 You don t agree" with the; Saviour;1 you .ought to study up spintoiogy, men you . wouia eaten some new laeas. i . n The witness did not believe in what is termed by some writers "emotional, insani ty' or "moral insanity," Kleptomania he considered simply thieving; dipsomonia, drunkenness; and, pysomania, incendiaT-; ism. These designations were simply coaA venient terms which had beeu invented to cover certain crimes. "Insanity," said the witness,H'is never transmitted, any morel than cancer.--1 never knew anyone to be horn with cancer. Susceptibility to insan-j ity is undoubtedly transmitted from parents to children, but insanity does not necessan ly follow; except from some profound mental disturbance." t '- v fc The examination progressed with tedious detail, in the effort to extract something favorable to the defence. Counsel renewed the attack upon the i witness again and again, and each time was met with an Evasive or qualified reply. Mr. Scoville desired to put in evidence certain tabulated statements from, the annual report of the witness. From these, it appeared . that of fifty-four cases of homicide by insane peo-t pie, seven of them were by persons acting under the insane delusion of divine author ity for their acts. -. At the request of the District Attorney, the witness described briefly these cases, J and added, "each cas6 was one of marked insanity, independen of , the homicidal act.' : r , ! After the recess. Dr. Gray was asked few more questions by Mr. Scoville, wheni the District Attorney announced tne conr elusion of the evidence on the part of the Government. . ; , , ,? . . i ' Mr. Scoville walked over to the dock and conferred with the prisoner a few minutes) After returning to his seat he said : "Your II nor. I am taken somewhat by surprise py the action of the prosecution in not calling several persons whose names had been given us as witnesses for the prosecu- tion. These gentlemen being employes of the Government, were in position to know something of the mental condition of the prisoner about the time of the shooting of the President. I do not now know what action in the matter the defence will wish to take, but I will inform the Court to morrow morning." I; i Dr. Bowker, of Kansas City, was then called by Mr. Scoville. Witness met Mrs.; Dunmire at LeadvilleJ Colorado: conversed with Tier; she said she had entertained grave doubts as to themen-f talcondition of Guiteau at1 the time she obtained her divorce, and thougnt at tne time, perhaps, she had better defer the di4 jVorce proceedings and await some further .developments in the mental condition of her! husband. !;-' '- The prisoner here undertook to read a letter, as he claimed, from an old friend of iPresident Garfield, in Ohio,' showing that public opinion was making in his favor. Judge Cox ordered him to be silent. I Guiteau "ItJ shows the state of public; opinion outside tms court room. j Judge Cox "Be silent- Public opinion has nothing to do with this case. ' Guiteau "When I speak Tspeak. to fifty million people, and not to this little crowd in this court room. !i ' Marshal Henry (rising and moving to wards the dock) "Keep quiet, sir.; Guiteau "I've got through, sir." The Marshal whispered some instructions' 'toaliailiff sitting in the dock. A moment later the prisoner started upon another ha rangue Jand, the bailiff put. his, hand lupon his shoulder and attempjed to quiet him. '-"i; H "-V'- r- Guiteau snarled out: "Get; away from me. or 1 11 slap vou in the mouth.",, with. this outburst he subsided, however, and turned his attention to writing autographs. i .Mr- Scoville arain brought UP the aues- : tion of introducing new witnesses, and an agreement was finally made that the de fence shall . submit in writing to-morrow morning their motion, giving the names of witnesses ana ine . iacis to ue kbuuu iu, and supported by affidavit giymg the rea son why such ' witnesses were not intro duced before. ! Prisoner Announces a Promise to Keep i iulet Defence Ask for a Reopening ' of tne , Case, for tne Introduction of ; sel on tne Motion. V '.tf-. .' - TBv Telearaoh to the Morninff Star.T , Wabhtngtok, January 4. At the Gui teau trial, this morning, before the proceedr ings commenced. Guiteau said:; "This is a :good time to make speechr but I promised the Marshal I would keep quiet toniayi and ; I will try;to do so. ; ; . , . ! Mr.; Scoville . read an affidavit, setting forth that the affiant is sole counsel for the prisoner; 'that the prisoner lias been in such a state of mind that be has been unable to ;render any assistance or suggest the names 'of any witnesses; and that affiant has, since the closing of the case, learned of the names of certain witnesses Who. can testify to ma stenal facts for the defence. i J After giving the' names of the witnesses, i and brieny stating what he expected to prove by -each, Mr Scoville moved that ;he be allowed to introduce this evidence. r Judge Cox inquired if counsel desirect; to ibe heard upon the motion." v w , ' 1 b Col. Corkhill said. T hardly think any- ! Col. Reed addressed the Court in favor of the motion He was aware that the 'matter was entirely within the discretion of .the Court. .-It was not, however, with-; out - precedent, and: that too in a United States court : He then cited cases in sup port of his argument, and said, in this coun try it, was the- boast of our free institutions that a poor man should have the same rights in a court of justice asa. denizeh of a palatial mansiqn and her felt assured that the American people would not' begrudge the one extra cay "fl "I w-' .now asked in behalfof this prisoner", in 'the name of jus tice and a fair trial. : - i ' n r Mr. Davidge replied at some length, and denied that any precedent existed for re opening this i case simply to introduce cu-. jnuiajive viaence, particularly in tne case of Dr. McFai-land; He 'believed it would be scandalous to admit the testimony of a man so reckless as to form an opinion and be willing to swear to it merely from read- iug me newspapers. ; .- -j - .K . Alter considerable discussion hyjoonaseJ.f Cox said fhatthe , coun8eTT or the defence came here a stranger4fv4he turts of the District, 1 -and even to the prisoner himself, and f ouhdhimself environed with difiicul-' ties from ?the 'outsets -The'- most serious; difficulty was that the' odium . attaching tor assassination made witnesses unwilling even to' allow their names to be faiown to the defence. . Appreciating all these difficulties' which embarrassed the defence, he (Judge. Uox) had felt disposed to off-set them with an equall latitude and more- than ordinary ; facilities I in the preparation .of their case, ijviueucBoi mauity cuum noi oe pnereu insur-rebuttal.nln histopiniontheptoof of insanity should be limited to the. evidence id chief of the defence and the rebutting jevidence of the prosecution He,; therefore; must exclude the evidence of Dr. McFar land. ''The testimony, however, of those witnesses by which the , defence expected to proye that, the prisoner asserted upon the dav of the assassination and uboh the daV after a motive, for; his; act, the Court held . snouiu oe aumiueu as. eviaence m sur- rebuttal. U : .. U '.-M -I I .J-'J. Rrnoka flhipf of the Ttpoqiitv cret Service, was 7 called.' Witness visited the prisoner at the jail, the nigtafter ther shooting: Guiteau was Fh bed atthe time "He arose in great anger and excitement," Said the! witness. : "and wanted to know What I meant by : disturbing . his rest and quiet at ' that hour of the night. I said it ill-became him a murderer to speak m that manner; that he had disturbed the rest and quiet of the whole nation. 1; He came back at' me that he was no murderer, but a Christian and a gentleman; that his mind was made up; that he ? had been moved to do the act as a political necessity, and that, it was tor the good of the country, j . Wit ness continued: "I told him I was "a Re publican and r, a, .Stalwart, .and; j he., re plied, 'then you can appreciate why I did it. ' " I The witness then detailed at. some length his conversation at that time. ; He (witness) said to, prisoner: "If you had taken the Deity into consideration you could not have done such an act.. The prisoner replied that he had thought over the matter and prayed over it for six weeks, and the more he thought and the more he prayed the more he became convinced that the President must go, and that it was his duty to remove him." --.-., a- r f Notwithstanding his promise in the mornmg Guiteau continued to;. interrupt,; and became involved in an altercation with one of the 'bailiffs, who 'tried to! silence him. .'Til slap you in the mouth," he fre-" quently snarled at him; but made no dem onstration towards' carrying hfe threat into execution. At another time he said to him: You are nothing but a miserable under ling, while I speak to 50,000,000 people when I talk, .When Judge Cox had, finished his re- marks upon Mr. , Scoville's motion Guiteau insisted upon expressing his opinion. "That's a first-class decision, Judge:; That's all I want to get before the jury; .what I said at that time relative to the causes that impelled me upon the 'President. j As for the rest, I don't care a snap. ' I would not give fifty cents a bushel for this expert testi mony. If I had money -enough I cpuld get hity of the best experts in the country to swear that I am as crazy as a loon, i That's just how rhuch that kind ? of f evidence is worth." - t ' ;: '- - ' Mr. Scoville introduced a 'letter written by the prisbner's father, in which lie spoke ot the prisoner; and expressed !an opinion that he was insane. : : .: I " Guiteau called out, sneeringly, "Was the object of reading that letter, to show that my father was a crank, or that I am? You are the biggest jacKass, bcoville, 1 l saw. If you can't learn any sense I have to rebuke you in public. " ever shall u The prosecution then submitted, a state ment1 of law points ..op .which they would rely, as follows: . . ii . . j ; 1st. The legal test of responsibility where insanity is set up as a defence for an al leged crime, is whether the accused, at the tune of committing the alleged act, knew the difference between right and. wrong, in respect of such act, herein presented. 'If the accused, at the tune ot committing tne act charged,-knew the different j between right and wrong, m ; respect of such act that is, if he knew what he was doing, and that what he was doing was contrary to the law of the land he is responsible. i . T. r Guiteau "I didn't, because my free agency was destroyed." ; f; : 2nd. If . the accused knew what he was doing, and Jhatwhat he ,was.doing was contrary to the law of the land, lit consti tutes no defence, even if it were ;true that when he j committed the act he really be-; lieved that hewas thereby, producing a public benefit or carrying out ,an inspira tion of divine origin or approyat,; . Such belief would not afford any . excuse, nor .would such excuse be afforded by the fact that in the commission of the act he was impelled by a depraved moral senset whe ther innate or acquired, or by eVil passion or indifference to moral obligation!. ! Guiteau "All of which is false." ' ; j 3rd. Insanity would, however, constitute a defence if by reason of - disease the ac cused; at the ' time of committing the act charged, did not Know wnat ne was uomg, or if he did not know that what he wjs dH ing was contrary to law. .- I! 1. . t i Guiteau "I had no choice, in the mat ter." : "-"' ' ";,v - :ry -'- : ? ! 4th. The only evidence in the present case tending to show irresistible impulse to com mit . homicide is the claim of the; accused that his free agency was destroyed by his alleged conviction : that - the death of the President was required for the good of jthe American people, and was divinely in-, spired. That such conviction, even if it really existed, could not afford any excuse ' when the party, knew what he wasidoing and that it was contrary to law;, j No mere delusion or error of judgment, not even a fixed belief that what is prohibited by law is commanded or approved by divine au-thority-rGuiteau "God's law is higher than mans law"--can exempt the accused from responsibility for breaking 'the law. To have such effect, the commission of the ;act charged must have been the result of an insane delusion, which iwas the product: of disease, and of such force as .to deprive the accused of the degree of reason" neces sary to distinguish . between right and wrong in-respect of the act, so that at the time of committing it; he either did not know what he wa doing or else he did know that the act was wrong or contrary to the law of the land. ' '-' '-v At Mr.-Scoville's suggestion the court was then adjourned till Saturday, morning, , to give time for the defence to prepare their points of law.'"' "j. " , i LOUISIANA Terrible Tragedy AlIIan Sboots Two i. Iadles and Tnen Kills Himself. . ,. ; MebjdaK, La., January 4. A terrible tragedy occurred on the 30th'of December, on a plantation four miles ; above here. Robert Lewis, son of the late Judge Lang don Lewis, and a brother ot Will S. Lewis,, shot Mrs. - Will S. Lewis and her sister, Mrs.1 ; Thompson; ' both seriously, " but not necessarily fatal, vand then killed himself The cause of the tragedy is unknown, r.-n, A COUGH, COLD, ORSORE THROAT chidl 'Troches" are : a simple remeoV,5 and : ' will generally give immediate reuei. so .j-j- .terjehtme:r ' IT? I- n to the best English authonties Sir Walter Raleigh's name is spelt without tlie t-thus Ralegh l-Jl'Th'lt.ii! A.-k? '" ,i U v ,., eiu estate papers have tafcen a holiday and we are without our nsualxchaBgea This e?piaina barren- hessof this department just now. ' " I. iP,urnarn had two contests at glass-ball shooting -.last week: S. W ' Chamberlain waa t vint i : contest James H. Southgate tying him at first;; In ?-the ftppnrfHI nnnaa finnfi,..t beati e ':, ; i- L-C Ptt Victor: The Superin f ncalth Wiiivacciaate the children" hithergied;achexu;acnKrrow at 10 To0 ie month of De-; fcemberthe; Register of Deeds issued 91' toamage hcenses 39 to white and 52 to colored people. - . . : . f- Raleigh ' Recorder: The build ng of ; the, Wingate Memorial ChapeU vhich cost about $11,000, is worth more to he college and the Baptist denomination nan $25,000 in endowment. Send us the' lelp, brethren, and let us pay off in full. Dr. Whitfield has resigned the care of the Baptist church in Charlotte. He has. peen mere over seven years. Durham Plant: A little after ark on the niirht of December thp. bsth - the store of Mr G. W. Scruggs at Flat piver was discovered on fire. The flames pvidently; caught in the roof and when dis covered some parts of , the building were peginning to fall in Everything was - lost, pfr. Scruggs was in-town "Friday and we learn from him that his stock was Worth between $6,500 and $7,000, on which there was- insurance for $4,500, . a . loss of some $3,000.j 1 I ! States ville Landmark: A friend and subscriber in Surry writes us that three years ago Aaron Whitaker bought, for $70, forty acres of .mountain "land in that coun-f ty, and the first year he raised onfa part of it a tobacco -crop -which netted ' him $400. Last yejar he sold his crop for $1,300, and .this year it will yield him $1,500. The fenne Correspondent tells tus of a Surry bounty j merchant who goesto Winston, jforty-five miles,- to buy his goods, riding bareback on a mule. He is fifty years of -age and never rode on a saddle in his life. f i Goldsboro .Messenger'. Edgar Holt, a little son of Henry Holt ; of Prince ton, was accidentally shot in the abdomen -by a pistol on Christmas . eve. At last ac counts he was in a critical condition. On and after this day all complimentary or 'deadhead papers from this office will be discontinued. Ministers will be charged half price. . We propose to improve the pa per, and our plans for the ensuing year are such as will necessitate a large increase of expenses' and consequently the strictest economy in the management of our affairs. " f -S Henderson Gold Leaf: Mr. W, ; IB. Wiggins,' of Warren county, sold, his jentire crop of tobacco for $1,200. r And it was not a large one either. Mr. D. B. Kimball, from the same county, sold a lot bn the 24th nit. J an an average of $40 per hundred all 'round, in Henderson, ,, A changej has been made in the : Oxford post office. . Dr. L. C. , Taylor, the present en cumbent, has been removed, and Mr. Man ly B. Jones apppinted in his stead. f North : Carolina Presbyterian: Death has removed from earth Mrs. A. A. Miller, the venerable mother of A. A. Mil ler, pastor of the church at Monroe, N. C. In October last a protracted meeting embracing the fourth and fifth Sabbaths, was held at Kockhsh church, in Duplin county. Rev. D. B. Black was assisted" by' Messrs. S. II. Isler, A. Kirkland and J. S. Black. " These brethren did all the preaching: Six persons were received into the church on examination. I Mt, Airy News:.: A prominent North Carolina Republican about four years ago , went to Washington strongly backed for the office of Commissioner of Agricul ture. , He failed to get it. He next applied for ' appointment as warden of the jail at Washington and failed again. After one jor two more failures he sought appointment on the police, and again failed- He is now "a messenger in one of the departments and as happy as any office-holder can be. : i He is persistent, but not more bo than the ave rage North Carolina Republican politician, i- From what we can learn several of our 'most prominent citizens are fearful that the sale of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail road is not going to ' 'pan out" much. Why the Commissioners would talk about selling this important, railroad .to a man or com pany who have nothing to. put up-asia guarantee of good "faith, is'something we cannot understand. This road will be Completed . soon. .There is no doubt about jthat. Men of means are ready and anxious fo finish the road to Mt. Airy, v J Raleicrh News-Observer .t Du ring the month of December, the police of this city made 108 arrests. The receipts from fines were much larger -than usual: l-r Over six inches of snow. fell, here on Sunday Died, in Hillsboro. on Dei- jcember 3utn, alter a onei illness, mrs. XAiz&i beth Adams Kirkland, widow of the late; John M Kirkland, in the 73d year of hen age.; ; From a gentleman just from the West we learn that the excessively heavy rains of last week did considerable damage I jto the - Western ; . North .Carolina RaU Tnad. The false, work of the bridge over the French Broad River at Deep Wa ter, just this side of the Warm Springs, and .the trestles at the mouth of Ivy Creek, near Marshall, were washed out. 4 The delay in the completion of the road to the AVarm Springs wUl probably be ten days,- in addi tion to which the snow storm will no doubt cause further trouble., . But for. this delay the road would now be completed to Warm Springs. There is iron enough on hand to lay the track. ; , The work, on . that part of the line from Asheville to the Warm Springs .will soon be completed, and trains will run over into Tennessee. -, Charlotte 4 Observer: Raleigh and Greensboro are both moving in the 'matter of providing against the appearance. ;of smallpox, f .- D. A. Jenkins, of Oas- ; ton, has gone to wasmngton .again to iook. after the internal revenue collectorship. He is sanguine of getting it, himself, or of fdef eating Cooper, , with whom he . is having the tussel for the place.. -; We have no doubt that a large majority of the people of the kins. 7 , rOn or about the 16th of, Decem ber a little colored boy .named - James .Wil son, aged about six years died in this city, 'at the house of his father John Wilson, from what was said to be-mhoid fever. Rumors were soon put s afloat that the child came to its death by starvation and brutal ? treatment, : and . the reports seemed to have sufficient truth to war rant ah investigation of the matter. Six or seven witnesses' who were examined testified to having seen the child abused on different occasions In a most inhuman man ner, and that, it; was not.properly fed or clad. The examination was conUnued until yesterday and ' after the ' testimony was taken Dr. Wilder, who -was? not prepared on Saturday to make a critical examination of the body, had the grave reopened and made a thorough investigation, which re vealed the fact that the base of the skull had been broken across and that there was an accumulation of ; pus at the break; that the brain had sustained sufficient injury to cause death. " Upoh the evidence and the facts the jury returned a, verdict charging TCmeline Snrins with the murder of James Wilson, and his father, John Wilson, with j being an. accessory to theacCj.v.. -v1" "j ' s a s I TERRIBLE LOSS )F LIFH-Thou-j sands of rats mice," cats,:bed-begs,,rQaches, j lose their lives by collision with ' 'Rough on , Rats." Sold by druggists, 15c. ' ! t ' I A - ,-1 v - i