Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1872, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | Published Daily, Sundays Excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, | Pennsylvania Avenue, corner Lith St. a THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COW 8. HB. BAUER PRMANY, PP cS THE EVENING “14K fs served by carrier to their subscribers at Try CENT# PER Wee. or Fo- | FY-ForR CeNT# PER MONTH. Copies at the conntar | Two Cxxts cach. By mail—three months, $1.00: | fix months. @3 mw, one year. $5. THE WEEKLY STAR pnthiehed s year. SF Invariably in advanc and no paper sent longer than paid for ies} Se PTR AR mat wee Mgsescuse Ps ton purpaes amd the sick. hate alcca pure old Helland or deheate pecsone snd y * A peri-etty Be a littte eat ot re QRTHER NATTANS, Drng janz tr second and D atrects, Wires, Liqaors, &c., for the Holidays More than one bundred of our citizens feei_them selves noder persed obligation ©. GAUTIER. Ne. 1217 and 1219 Peonsyivanin avenue, for by ing able. through the virtues of his celebrated Bit tere, to participa nthe festivities incident to the Any Season. Alvboneh Mr ©. takes wmch pride g & pablic nefactor, he dees not all {his business t 4 Already stock of Liquors cet selected with cap- t < patrons. Thos» in want of Whiskies. Rrandics, Wines and Liquors, shoul! favor him with scall, and be sssnred that what they bay in his line will be not uniy pure but candaulter ated decid Batenelor’s Hair Dye. This splendid Hair is the best in the word Harmison, relinbicy lastantansous: doce uot com lead eral om to iyste or death. Avoid the vaunted and Jelustte preparations Geeeting virtues they de pot genuive A. oir e fe has had The Choral Society Haye the hener foamnennee to their passive mem. Lere and the public. CONCERT. To be given MARCH 2p, 1872, ‘They will be assisted by the Eminent Vinlin ist, LEOPOLD DAMROSCH, of Berlin. Also, MISS RANDALL, C ntralto. axD MES. ELLIOT. Soprano. iil be for sale at the principal music and b and by the members of the Society Price, $1. No extra charge for reserved seats. {22 AD HisTUKIC BEADINGS BY MISS MARIE K. MYCOETH, AT LIN¢ OLN HALL, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1972 OPINIONS OF THE PRES wonderfu! talent fur the career she has —New York Herat. th, talent, and confi —Neve York Sun lock. Carriages may feared EW NATIONAL THEATER. THE EVENT OF THF SEASON’ MONDAY EBRUAGY 19. BY EVENING DURING L BE PRODUCED WITH NEW FUL SCESERY. ELEG. . FURNITUR: Circle. $1; Bo. _fig MONDAY NE JEW NATIONAL THEATER. SPECIAL ANNUUNCEMENT. BP The tale of sents for MB. SOTHERN S NIGHTS Witt conmence at the box office of the Theater on FRIDAY MORNING. at 9oclock During the en gogemont of this great artist the following scale of ices has been ade pted Mrehestra $1 8 | Reserved Orch. Cir.g1 25 Orchestra (irele "1 @)| Reserved Dressdo. 100 Drews Circle Gallery a febls Oe No.) ON 1IBIPION (New 456 AND SALE 43! 2TH St at St. MARKRITER'S, Bo. 616 7th street. between D and E streets, eight doors above Odd Feliowe Hail Ohoice Oil Faintings Engravings.( i. Also, largest Paper Wengings bel ai Fictutets wvemes,, Piature Cords and Tas- sels. Rings Nailx. &c , in the District. SF TERM> Cash Please remember Name and Number LECTURE ON MASONRY. HERLAND. p2-15* Le tess Ie SB SOUT of Baltimore. wil! diver a Lectur y nIDAY Sg o'clock, Churth, on © rat! 1 to this Lecture pub! as one of mach intercet and instruc tien GIBBS. Worshipful Master Potomac Lidge No. 5 By order of the Ledge 121 BCT CRBRES AT MOUNT VEBNON PLACE ON FRIDAY. THE 23, AND THURSDAY, THE 297m INST. The Former REY JAS A DUNCAN, D._D., Presmient of Randolph Macon College, Bubject —The Problem of Life The Latter By BEV. WM E MUNSEY, D. D.. of Baltimore, Md. Subsect —The ddeai— rt— Muste 2 res, aud of S also at the door [Chrom Rep &Patriot} A CHICAGO CHUBCH. LECTURE BY GEN. 0. 0. HOW “ OUB NATIONAL CAPITAL.” This Lecture will be delivered at the CONGRE SATioMAL CRU ROH 3 * ‘ch 10" G streets. ck OF THe 925. (Warhingrt's Birth Day) Gov. H. D. COOKE preside The entire proceeds of the lectu: wards the rebuildi . kets. $1: to be bought at Ballantyne’s, Par- a, Metzercita’, and Bwuksellors generally. or at r PeAse1n « co. OPTICIANS, No 1227 Peywrivayia Avence. Speci _ Genuine Brazilian Pebble taclee janld Sm wee INFIRMARY, DISEASES of the ioned aratuitously, be tween the of 13 anal hy tte nd | ae ELLA O. BakboWe panty BER . bank securities. Che 39—NE. 5,908. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1872. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. NerrHer House oF CONGRESS was in session te-day ALL THE DEPARTMENTS of the government (except the Agricultural) were closed (0-day in honor of the birthd: Washington. Tue TREASURY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE have finished counting the 400,000,000 national erything was found correct. the Tue Presipent lett fer Philadelphi - 1245 p. m., train to-day. He goes on private | business and will return to- orrow morning. Jvupee McKeaw, of Utah, left Salt Lake city yesterday for this city, to confer with the Attor- ney General relative to the trial of the Mormon prisoners. Fixanctat Conre: Cooke, Jay Cooke, a —Governor H. D i Mr. Fahnestock, hada yesterday im regard to Ame: Europe. an ‘TRE SOUTHERN CLar OMISSION. heard ameng other cases yesterday those of the admin- istrator of Ezra Kipp, of Alexandria, Va., for $13. and William Jone ington, tor $1,866. KAnsa8 FOR GRANT AND CoLrax.—Senator Pomeroy bas received a dispatch from Leayen- worth stating that im the Kansas republican state convention yesterday the administration wan indorsed. The delegates were instructed to vote for Grant, unanimously. Tue Warre Hovse To-pay.—The President was ‘not at home” to-day to the public. He saw, however, such persons as came on impor- tant business. Secretaries Boutwell, Belkuap and Delano. Senator Cameron and Speaker Biaine, called and had interviews. (colored,) of Wash- NoMINATION POR GOVERNOR oF INDIANA.— Hon. John Coburn received the following tele- gram this afternoon : “ INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Feb. 22—Thomas M Brown was nominated for Governor to-day, on the seeond ballot. Wa. WaLtack Mr. Brown is at present the United States District Attorney for the state. Hoy. CHartes Francis ADAMS arrived in the city this morning, and is stopping at the Arlington. Although not summoned to Wash- imgton in relation to the Alabama claims, he comes to lay before the Secretary of State such intormation touching that subject as he gatl- ered in London, and which he deems ma} ot interest to the government. He states that he was in Naples when letters reached him which induced Lim to retarn home, solely on private business. Until he reached Geveva he was unaware of the new controversy with reference to the Alabama claims matter. No CoLorrp Jvrons tx BAttimore.—A delegation of colored men from Baltimore headed by Isaac Myers, called upon the Attor- ney General yesterday. They were appointed at A mass meeting recently held by the colored people of Baltimore, on the subject of their exclusion from the United States juries. The velegation represented that none of their race bad ever been summoned on the United juries, in M 1. The Attorney General Teceived them courteously, and expressed his surprise at their statement. He said he would exsmine the law, and if it permitted them to as jurors, he would eee that they should hat their rights. If the law was not now su he would recommend to Congress such fi cat ae would secure to them the desired ob- ject os THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION. Proceedings before the House Com- mittee To-day. The Congressional Investigation into the charges against the Board of Public Works and the new District Government was resumed this morning before the House Committee on the the District of Columbia. A BEEF CONTRACT. Th mas B. Cross, Jr., sworn.—Is commissioner of the Washington Asylum; knew nothing about @ contract to supply beet to the asylum being awarded to John B. Varnell; it has been the cu: tom ty advertise for bids. Mr. Harmer—What connection is there be- tween the commissioners of the asylum aud the Board of Public Works % Mr. Green.—There is none, sii Mr. Harmer.—Then what have we to do with investigating beet contracts for the Washington Asylum Witness resumed :—Was not in town when the bee! contract was awarded. Question by Mr. Crane.—Mr. Cross, did not Governor Cooke overrule the commissioners and award the beet contract to a member of the legislature, and did you not become indignant and threaten to resign? A.—I was out of town when the matter was up; if the committee will require me to detail private conversations I will do so. (question by Mr. Crane.—What does Mr. Car- roll get for beef? A—i2% cents Ret pound. Q.—Wiat was Mr. Varnell’s bid? A.—1 co not know. @—You state here upon your oath that you de net know what Mr. \ arueli’s bid was? A—I do. K Mr. Crane—We may prove here that you do Ow. Mr. Chandler—_Mr. Crane, you will please confine yourself to the examination, and not threaten the witness. Mr. Cross.—I take no threats from Mr. Crane; I may have to do so in here, but outside { will not. THE PRICE OF BERRIN «2 —What do you know about the price paid fer rome herrings for the asylum? Mr. Williams, (acting chairman of the com. mittee.)—Well, Tcannot see what we have to do with examining into the Washington Asylum. Mr. Crane.— We expect to prove that the best beet could be furni the asylum for 6 or & « a pound, and that the commissioners wanted to award the contract at that price, but the Governor overruled them and awarded the contract to a member of the Legislature at 12); cents per pound. = Witness resumed:—Mr. Carroll was a member of the Pe ora Mr. Eldridge said it the Governor had been guilty of any such conduct it was the duty of the committee to investigate the matter, though he saw no charge to that effect. Mr. Williams submitted that there was no tes- timony nor any such charge against the Gov- ernor, and unless there was some testimony to connect Governor Cooke with this matter this Was irrelevant. uaaee ged saad berg of Public Works wre to do wit ‘ing purchases o beet for the Washin; lums than they had to do with building the 1, and he respeet- Tully submitted to the committee that these me- sor insane bad no right to _— over this District picking upeverypiittlescrap of testimony to Dring betore the committee. vadatass Question by Mr. Harmer.—Do you know whether or not Governor Cooke ever attempted to influence the action ef the ioners’? A—He said Le thought no one could furuish beet Gt to eat at 6 1-5 cents per pound. By Mr. Eldridge-—Witness would not like to give his opinion as to for what sum beef could be [orekoen tor; did not know the of beef, utcbers whom he had faith in sald they could furnish beef for 6 1-5 cents per Gov- ernor said be did not believe good beer could be furnished for that; witness WOULD NOT LIKE TO RAT THE BEEF bey To |; had wever seen purchased institution; witness knew nothing of his own knowledge; get his in- formation from the butcher. Mr. Roosevelt —Mr. Cross, will P on give us you had with the Governor? conversation ate nex 'ke to detail a private eonversa- 6 1-5 cents per with the Governor, missioners ior withdraw: Anderson and Simms are the other co. ei cree Cooke aban wrbich wituess bad with verpor Cooke about beef contract to Carroll, he (the Governor} it thing was to be given, it ds. By Mr. Poland. — Witness did not believe that 12} cents pound was an exorbitan: best, witness bad confidence in the of the Asylum who examined the beef; the com- Mr. Cotton said be now desired to raise the question WHAT 1HIS COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE. . He bad no objection to investigating any thing, but there should be some end. If new fisids wrre to be opened such as the management of the a-ylum, &e., &e. When are we to stop and where? Mr. Roosevelt.—Has any further memori:! been introduced in Congress and referred to u~ Mr. Green.— Yes, sir. He then read the lett -r or Rey. J. W. Green, presented in the House by Mr. Farnsworh, and referred to the District of Columbia committee. Mr. Cotton.—We'l, is there anything in that abcut the Washington asylum. . The letter was read by Mr. Williams. It es all kinds of charges against the Boardo! ‘orks, but has nothing in it about the ldridge said he was in tavor of receiving smony. dudge Poland said he 1 nor apy ointed the commissio but he did not think he exerci over them. General Chipman said he did not think that Governor Cooke desired testimony to be ke pt from the commtttee, asso much of it had alieacy gone in, in, he thought the Governor would’ desire the remainder to be given the committee, and he (Gen. Chipman) felt conti- the Governor would be able to sustain himselt. GROCERIES. Ht F. Davis, sworn.— Witness made a proposi- tion to Governor Cooke to furnish the asylum With groceries, in August last, at 20 per cent. less than was being paid at that time; witness had been furnis the asylum previously; the custom was withdrawn; witness went to see the Governor, who replied that he did not know that hes tirm was jishing the asytumy if he he would not have directed the intendentto Witness told the Governor he 1 to put an advertisement in the paper proposing to supply the asylum at 20 per cent. i Was being paid; the Governor got an- hat remark; witness offered Mr. Hodg- tendent. a lot of herring at $3 per barrel; witness turnished the asylum with pro- visions during Mr. Emery’s administration. By Mr. © fier:--Had no direct knowledge as 10 what prices were being paid, but knew that his irra seld goods to the parties who did furnish them to the asylum; the Governor said he would have a talk with the commissioners about it; witness asked the intendent why he had stopped dealing with them; he replied yoa will have to see the Governor; withess purchased those her- Ting tor the purpose of supplying the asylum. Mr. Williams. — Weil, gentlemen we have been bere TWO HOURS IN THE FISH BUSINESS. I thmk we had better get at something else. By Mr. Hartmer:—Considered herring perisha- ble merchandise. Dr. J.C. Heil, sworn:—Has practiced medi- cine here 45 years; had given his attention to the canal both as a physician and a citizen; TRE CANAL occupies the seat of a natural water course, es- pecially that portion of it between 3d street and Mth street; it is a dangerous thing to intertere with the means of drainage which nature has provided, and he feared that the publ would be injured if the plan contemplated and now in progress should be carried out; if the _canal be filled up and the sub-soil drainage pre- here would be a marsh there which ould be of great injury to health. Dr. Hall quoted from reports of various boards of health of other cities in support ef this theory; witness had resided upon the avenue for 45 years; be- fore the canal was made intermittent fever was prevalent, on the south side of the avenue espe. cially; since the canal had been made no part of the city had been freer from malaria! diseases than that portion along the canal; the heights north of the city were notorious for malarial die eases, caused by the malaria from the low round north of N street; Missouri avenue had en free trom malarial diseases; thonght the canal could be made a means of health, asource ot millions gallons of water could be introduced in the canal from KR k, whi aS anv epring wate Id entirely vented, uct the sub-soil drainage, provided for. By Mr Roosevelt :—Did not think the cut in F street was of any benefit to health; the plan to contract the roadway and terrace or widen pavements infront of honses was injurions to ea'th: grass plats in front of houses were simply a buge sponge in front of each house to keep it damp; witness referred. to the last report of the state board of health of Massachusetts in sup- port of this theory; witness wonld not have any cultivated soi! within ten feet of the walls of a house; the higher rooms are above the ground the more healthy they are, especially in tim of the prevalence of Asiatic agains examined wot think much of it; +8 reterred tothe plan prepared some years loss for sewering by th ; thought that report an able and sci entific one; advocated the digging of a canal north of the city to drain that section. Witness had neither personal nor political antipathies, never held an office, nor made a do the government or corporation, and spoke merely as a good citizen; but he thought a ter- rible doom was pending over thi: city on ac- count of these improvements, and before these changes be made he thought that scientific men should be consulted. In — up the canal a marsh had been covered up which would prove @ secret source of disease. All of that vegeta- ble matter should have been removed in the first instance. In narrowing the canal piles had been driven along the north side. At low tide the heads of those ples were at least one foot out of water, and would soon decay. By Mr. Green:—The simple plan for the im- provement of the canal wasto dredge it out. All thes ns for flushing the canal should not be permitted, as all matter washed out of it would form bars in the river. Once cleaned out the canal could be kept dredged at an expense of $5,000 per annum. By Mr. Chandier:—Was opposed to narrowing the canal; did not think a large portion of the island was made ground; did not believe the could be any system of drainage equal to an open canal. Joseph € Kennedy, recalled.—Thonght some of the finest trees in the city had been needlessly cut away. Witness expostulated against it; would not take $1,000 apiece for those in front of his house; did not know of any thing the Board ot Public Works did which was good: thought no wood pavement would last over ten years; bad taken no part in the movement for an investigation. Jokn Grinder sworn.—Thought the work done n F street was injurious to the property. olph Cluss sworn.—Did not have charge of the improvements to THE RISON BUILDING; audited the bids; did not remember the exact ut of the cost; measured the work, and gave an opinion as to its value. THAT BEEF AGAIN. J. T. Varnell sworn.—Submitted bids to far- nish beet to the asylum at six cents per pound, ud pork at seven, eight and twelve cents per pound; offered prime cuts at fifteen cents per pound; witness understood that he was the low- est bidder; called on one of the commissioners, who told witness his bid was not responsible: witness replied that he was a responsible con- tractor, and had been furnishing the govern- ment f € years; witness now had a contract With the government to furnish beef at teu cents per pound; contemplated furnishing the asylum with necks and shins. Gen. Chipman:— per lb. for the ment. ‘Ought to receive 15 cents beef he is furnishing the govern- Searle, sworn.—Witness was the archi- THE MORRISON BUILDING; the bills for everything, furniture, spittoons, yr | and construction of tire-proof buildin, 4 including everything, was $34,000; unt a) priated’ was £43,000; witness made Shasty estimate for that sum; when he made He ‘imate guessed at the amounts of many Mr. Rocseveit called attention to the answer of Governor Ceoko to the interr as tothe cost of the Morrison building, that 18,720 had om Propristed. which amount had Been ex: r. Roosevelt stated at that locked as if Gov. Cooke was trying to evade the question. Saidit had been char, ouarenn ‘at he was in collusion with the workmen, such was not the case; the building was put fn by days work; witness did not think any bt the ills were extravagant, no member of the Board ot Public Works intectered with witness in regard to qiroring re on the bnil: 3 ness was to receive 5 per cent. om the who! mol for his work; made out his bill tee $3 2005 audited all the Bills. honestly and fairly; ¢Kn! upp! turniture; he is furniture dealer in the city. . Ouestion.—W here is his Ee of business? A—! do not ki Mr. MeKnight purchased various other bui' ding; it nicber the bulldiog to. get thesame per Centers D the bul e same per ce on the pu oasen the work Tdone; then terial and construction of the building, repair, Xc., cost about $64,000; thought Mr. Meknignt’s b.1 was about $16,000. By Mr. Crave:—Knew that Mr. McKnight furnished other buildings; the bill of Shepherd & Bro,, for plumbing was over £F:000; knew nothing'about Mr. McKnight’s business. | Mr. Wibiams e fire proot buildin; 5 thousand dollars. Mr. ht was sent "> witness by the comm ttee ard of Pi blie Works. By Mr. Chandler — hepherd & Pro. are the largest plumbers in the city, and do work at reusonable prices. Adjourned until 10 o’clo -k to-morrow. TELEGRAMS TO THE STA This Afternoon’s Dispatches. ASSOCIATED PRFSS REPORTS. FROM EURO! TO-DAY. Cousistory of Cardinai-. Rome, Feb. 22—A consistory ot the cardinal- is called by the Pope to meet in the Vatican to morrow, to nominate bishops of the Roman Catholic church in Russia. Gen. Shermas and Lieut. Grant. Rome, Feb. 22.—General William T. Sher- m: Colonel J. C. Audenried, and Lieutenant Frederick D Grant have gone to Naples. Another Paris Newspaper Suspended. Feb. 22—A deerce has been issued g the publicat on of the Gauluis news- tended to Assaxsinate marck. BERy, Feb. 22 —There is now no doubt that a inthis city on Wednesday whose was to assassinate Prince Bismarek. It cially announced this morning that an apothecary. who resiues in the city of Pose: was arrested in Berlin yesterday on suspicion of contemplating the assassenation of the Premier. ‘The man is a Pole and afinatical Catholic, and formerly served in the Payal Zouaves. He came trom Posen to this city tew days since, and while on the way threatened to take the life of the Prince upon bis arrival here. A pistol was found on the person ot the prisoner, which shows beyond doubt that he fully medi: tated carrying out his design. ee The Day Elsewhere. Nuw York, Feb. 22 —Everything has worn a holiaay ayy is city to-day. Public business is wholly sus} 1. Flags a from the hotels, pu buildings private residen Broadway is thronged wi pedestrains. The Ame-ican Protestant Associ tion paraded quietly. accompanied by pol. The order of United Mechanics, with inv guests from Penneylyania rey. Brook- lyn and other places paraded to the mumber of four thousand. A feature of the procession was the carriage of General Washington, drawn by tour grey horses. ‘The display wax very fine, for the purpose of signing the articles ot consolida- tion. PHItaneenta, Feb. 22 ded. Busi: Breadstuffs dull, ss is general- provisions inac- . ‘The custom house and exchange and the banks and brokers board are closed. 3aLTiMorE, Feb, 22—There are no markets t Business is generally the courts, public offices, banks an closed. ew York, Charles Francis Adams t tor Washington last evening on a eummons trom the State Department. His retarn to this country was occasioned by the ill health of his wife. Upon the Alabama question he is very reticent, but thinks it reasonable that our claims should be submitted to the Geneva arbitration, Which could dispose of them according to the evidence. England, le belicyes, is disinclined for war. The Alabama excitement is due to newspaper agitation. There is nothing which warrants him believing that the Washington treaty will be a failure. He does not think Gladstone meant all he said in his hasty speech, and he subsequently took back much of what he said at first on this question. ° - Another Bailrond Leased to Thomas Scott, A Charleston Railroad this morning Tatitied the lease or that road to Thomas Scott and the Southern Seeurity Compa: wy for ninety- ‘The efticers of the Memphis and e Kock. and Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroads, having agreed upon terms of consoli- dation ot those roads, adjourned to meet in Lit- tle Kock to morrow to sign the papers e. = Bepublican Nomina Inpianaro Inp., F convention whis nated Thomas Brown, o Governor, Leonidas 5 Om erpeor, and Hon. Godlove man at large. Lieutenant Gov - Orth for Congress- The Judiciai New York, Feb —The judicial committee of the legislature still continue their investiga tion of the conduct of Judges Barnard and (Cardoza in secret, much to the Surprise of the public. . A PATERSON Taking the Totai NE H—A Whole Cor Abstinence Piedge.—Last the old arish, Pater- stor, at all the bg masses, bad read Bishop Bayiey’s len- ten pastoral, aud feelingly dwelt upon the pas- sage wherein the Bishop declares that “the spee- tacle of a strong man behind a bar, dealing out crime, misery aud death, instead of earn- ing an honest living in some manly way, was the most pitiable sight imaginable.” He announced that the old church, in which they had worshipped for years, weuld be opened that evening for thé purpose of administering the total abstinence pledge to all who might wish tocommence Lent in this praise- worthy manner, and that he had invited the resident of the Catholic State Temperance ‘nion to deliver an address, and would himself address to them some exhortatious on the sub- Ject. About 2,000 people were packed in the old church at 7 o'¢ . The altar was hidden away behind draperies and banners, 4 platform betng erected in front. Pews and aisles on the floor galleries were crowded. The pastor dolivered an impressive address, and introduced Mr. J. W. O’Brien, of the ite Union, who spoke for an hour. her McNulty then cailed upon bis people to join the army of teetotalers, and told those so disposed to stand up. In an instant fully 1,000 people were on their (eet ‘They repeated the pledge aloud, and received the priest's benediction —N. 1. Heratd, 21st, Fixep Forty-tunee Times.—A 5 Peter Murdock, was arraigned before the good Squire Miller yesterday, says the Memphis Avalanche of the 11th inst., upon the charge of wite-beating. The same man was betore the Squire a few weeks since, when the magistrate, upon his promise of future good behavior, dis: missed the charge. Yesterday, when this’ war mentioned tohim, he suggested that tke Squire should go to awarmer clunate, from whence no man has ever returned. Upon the Squire's re- monstrating with him, he again repeated it, this time using several profane adjectives by way of empbasis. ‘I will fine you ten dollars for con- tempt of court, sir,” said the good Justice. “Fine and be —." retorted this profawe Peter. «1 will fine you ten dollars again, sir,” remarked the dignified Squire. “Will you? 1 t care how much you fine,” yelled Peter. nother ten dollars tine fer that,” says the moral magis- trate.- “Go it, old grey-headed tub. You will never get @ cent,” howled out the irate paint slinger as he shook his fist within a few inches of the nasa} organ of the magistrate. In thie way it went on until Peter had been fined forty-three times, when the daring constable collared him and marched him eff to the jatl, with a $430 fine over bim. Considerable money will be required by Peter to liberate bhimselt from the unpleasant position which he nomacen pies. Mrs. Murdock will not, in all probability, be annoyed with her lord and master for many moons. SovutTs Canotina ror Grant axp Cot- ¥Ax —The republican state convention of South Carolina adjourned at a late hour Tuesday n Sa tees ge Rarer elphia convention. Among the delegates are ‘Whittemore, ex-Governor ‘fumes L. Orr, and several colored citizens. The convention adopted a resolution in rnor a true Republican ined tauthgl pene ‘oftcer, belief that such appointments of in sympathy with the republican part; of the state or nation is due tions of Senator largely tee mae delegates to the national to move and adv. [= ocate the ®& clause of national platform in favor rigid forcement of universal civil Tighe gree, American citizen on every soil, and their full and equal public privileces. for of American it of all The eden nening Star. TWO CENTS. THE LIBEL SUIT. Wm. Prince vs. The Evening Sta: THK ARGUMENTS IN THE CASR—AN EXTRAO! DINARY VERDICT. Tle case of Wm. Prince cs. The Evening Star Newspaper Company, before Fudge Mac- Arthur—in which plamtif claims $10,000 dum ages_was continued yesterday after our report concluded. Mr. E. ©. Carrington having con cluded his argument for the prosecution, Mr Francis Miller followed for defence, and exam ined the case inthe light of the law, and con tended that there was nothing in the declavation and the evidence submitted to the therize any damages whatever. 3 continued on the same side, as follows: ARGUMENT OF HON. A. @. RIDDLE. May it please the Court, and you, gentlemen of the jury: Tam aware that tlils investigation to-day has been somewhat tedious, and yet | am d to ask your attentio poments rT, while 1 offer some further views on the or my estimate of it, but you will make up your own opinion. You, of course, do not care mich what I say about it, for I only express my inti tual opinion, You take your estimate of the ase from the witnesse -! and your every-day ex, uu have had a great deal in the affairs of Lire, d you are as well calculated, after hearing the testimony, to come to a correct conclusion a8, perhaps you wi | be after we shall have spent two or three hours more m making eloquent speeches about it. For, after all, it is a little thing. It is among the small things, and per haps there is nothing more im licative of man's ability to make a great speech, than to tind him making it; an eloquent and lengthy speech out of nothing. {shall not attempt it.” Nor shall | at‘empt to make any extended reply to the able argument of my distinguished tri Carrington. Not because I feel vroper respect for him and his effort, but am rather disposed to leave this’ case with you after a tew suggestions, and the argument which will follow for the plaintiff. lonot underestimate the value of pri e reputation. Do not think fora moment that we are here to jeer at that. Some of us have not anything else, and when you think a little about fhat, you will find, doubtless, that our estates are pe not very large, for w. may not have much ot that. Bat whether it much, or little, it sours. We do not care about having our reputation trifled with, nor do we intend to trifle with the reputation of others. It doesnot require of one of our citizens, growing up under the healthful influence of our civili- zation—it does not require any elaborate analy sistoshow that a man’s reputation is of great value to him. It is one of those beaatiful things springing up way back in his boyhood, and Towing up along with him to manhood; and as he comes up it grows up also with him, until it comes to be a part of him, and frequently the best part of him. And when a man has reached the mpe aj with a good reputation, why, gentleme: paper article does not apnibilate . Why, we hold this thing that we call good reputation by so slender a tenure? Is it sofeasily demolis! that a a natured paragraph in a little matter of p! autry, or badinage in a newspaper, blows it all to pieces, leaving nothing in the worldof the man but £10,600in damages? Why, gentlemen, where have we got our notions of reputation and ot its value? But, I will say no more about that. Nor, gentlemen, do 1 ask license, as we say, for newspapers. They have come to make up with us in this country a very large element. They are usetul to us. I need not enlarge upon that Every American citizen understands exactly their value. They are not perfect. They share the ordinary imperfections ot our common law here. They are not bi tter,and neither are they worse. But they are a concentration and mani- festation of human skill, ingenuity and labor in a given direction that is very valuable and very useful tous. And we only ask in this instance that you should extend to them just the same ou would ask for yourselves. You would not like a man to go dogging along after 4 with @ writ in his hands to see where you spe: a word here, or drop one there, and it does mot make any difference whether it is written or printed, so Sar as the yiew I am now taking of it is con¢erned. it a very commendstie, or healthful process by watching newspapers, to sce whether, or not, one has not inadvertently, undesignediy, a ment that some may miscomstrue or laugh about. understand the dit ference, gentlemen, between a matter of ood-naturcd badinage in a newspaper, and a Seiterate and malicious libel. You can tell in a moment. as soon as your eye falls upon a par- sgraph. In a libellous article you will tind re ix in it the animus charging a man with a crime. Some moral derelictio nt of some good quality. orasurcharge of some bad quality, that makes the man offensive and objectionable. and holds him up to reprobation: and if false, and written and published with the intention of injuring the man, it islinellous. Newspapers Lave no right to indulge in that class of articles at all against anybody. If they do, let them be 1. It is a grave matter. It seriously im some questions worthy to be considered But, I do submit, gentlemen, where article simply of the character of in which there is no obvious intention to ure anybody, it cannot be held to be libel- us. His Honor will tell you, if he troubles you at all with ihis matter, that two or three things are necessary to constitute a libel, to make a manrespensible. Iu the first place, it must be false, and it must be published with the inten: tion to injure; and even that, if your Honor please, docs not constitute a libel. “There may be scores of articles published that are both false and malicious, and yet not libellous, for they must charge a man with something in or- der to be libellous. They must charge him with p some crime, some mora! turpitude; hold him w to ridienle, contempt, and derision; brinj ee y, or ridicale. at there must be these three qualities. The libel- lous article must be false. 1t must be malicious, and it must charge a man with some degree of turpitude, or hold him up to ridicule, scorn, infamy, or derision. These three ingredients Must in some way enter into a libel, and with- out the attendance of all three there never was a libel in the world. 1 ask the Court to charge that to the jury, and I therefore refer it to the court. The little I have to say about it, gentlemen, will be with the abso- lute ‘certainty that the Court will so instruct yon. Now then, what Ihave to say about this article is that neither of these three qualities that I have spoken of attends it. In short, that this article is not libellous atall. But that isa question which, under the rule, will have to be referred to the jury, I suppose. Gentlemen, with what does this article charge Mr. Prince? Does it charge him with any ot- ter None at all. Does it charge him with any degree of turpitude” Does it say that he bas injured anybody? Not at all. Does it say that be even offended against good morais’ No. What does itsay? Why. it says that a lady unknown to him called at his place of business, and lett. and that after she left he discovered some articles missing. Well, gentlemen, up to that point there is nothing — charged against him. He at once suspects this woman ot having taken the articies. It is the violation of no law that he should suspect her. It is the violation of no good morals that he should sus- pect her. It is the violation of no good manners that he should suspect her at all. And yet this article charges that he did suspect her, and that he followed after and called her attention to the fact. That charges bim with no crime; no sem- bianee of crime; no ee of crime. Why, gentlemen. not in all the wide, wide world, and with all the power of imagination and of ex- pression, can anybody thus far tind anything in this to charge this man with any dereliction of duty or of manners. Of course, the injured. Itis not that he appecached ber in a rude way. It is not said he was insal in his manner to her. It was not in that that it consisted. Not at all. He asked her for nothin, He charged ber with Saye that whic grew out of what he the transaction to be—a thing that he had a perfect right to do. What further? “That he proceeded te a magis- an trate’s and made a charge or complaint her; ao officer Cae upon to arrest. who refused to do it. It done. And there is all there is of it. == Now, gentlemen, im order that this should libellous vand 1 say it both forthe Crone it there had been an intimation coe no the jury. article that he did this falsely, that he gone a i in Wik ee mares of false clamor and malicious founded arrest.. But, ‘gentlemen, the article charges nothing of that kind. It does not inti mate or insinuate any such thing as that, but it simply avers the fact, and the only construction that can be put upon it is that this man Prince as a good a snmp. wri & man mistakingly. Suppose Bhat ram utter! mistaken about facts, and have been I aman has done iver ni ards the close of this winter day, Wii we want to gctout, particu larly whem the music invites ue ont, and the sun -hines in,am I, I say, tostand @ to twelve men, with yo this bench, that that ism ta libel? Youcannot write @ paragraph that shall connect any man with anything that is not libellous, i this be a libel. J stand here, yoar honor, to vindicate the ordinary usages of the English langEage. A libel means something something dar! somethin, t has the stain of falsity in it, not only that of malice, but beyond that. To say that a man was mistaken not libel him. To say thata man hada suspicion against a lady, and acted upon that suspicion—acting in perfect good taith—is not a libel mst him. say that he attempted to have ber arrested, and failed, is not a libel. It nid be libelous to say that, knowing that it was false; knowing that a lady wes a lady of high reputation, and was above the suspicion of such a thing, he does this; but the newspaper said he did not know who she was. [t guar and protect his r -putation; speaks of him with care. He dia Bot know who ~he was—a direct implication tha: it be had known the social po- tition of Mrs. Hume, the circle to which she be- longed, be would not Lave thought of charging her with such a thing. But he did it ignorantiy We give him the benefit of everything. We did not intend to charge this man with anything We did not charge him with anyth wiil dety the subtiest ingenuity, the ac intellect, to seize upon any part of this case, anv airtof this alleged libel, and with any use ot uage, good or bad, make it libelous, for it lacks one of those great ingredients, though it may not be true; it does not cl this man with anything: Itdecs not even say that he was mista! rh does not even say that the lady was innocent that charge. Not at all; but that simply he had a suspicion, which he ex} «1 to her as he might. And not that he did that in arough amd ur gentlemanly way, but that he went for an officer, as any gentleman might. Why,gentle- | men, if you think one has committed an infrac- tien upon any one of your rights cannot you to a magistrate, a police officer, aud ask for th- ordinary remedy of the law. If it is right to do tt, surely it is not wrong to say you did it. Oh! {am not going to spend time with this charge at least that partof this charge; for it 1s nothing. {t is no charge, and canuut be made to be = charge, and that is all there is or tt. But let us see what other things there are «bout it. Now. when you look at this article you see, gentlemen, that it was pot written with eis anybody named. have been 1 am not compromising ai ay or the other aboutthat. Butt reterence to Mr. Prince at all. There ix not Honor, it cc Mr. Prince in his mind as a party to b spoken abo You see that it spends it force. if force it bas, ats badinag-, its wit, its fun, its humor, whatever’ it is, on ‘quite difterent parties than Mr. Prince of the stamping establishment up there. It wants to tell astery about Mr. Hume, and there was od Teason to tell it. fitied he would have told you just how mu but really bis Honor thought this case did not Warrant us in spending three or four days, to o into anything like proof, and so exciuded us; and am not to argue this case as to what was excluded. at semetai: was to be said pleasantly about Mr. Hame, and st Was necessary that there should be somebody else with Mr. Hume, which was another Princc, another ef the royal family. (Laughter) Not this fellow at all. The truth is, he w: tell bow Mr. Hume had cal) ame Of Prince into bis store. view with him, which ended it began. [Laughter.) They wanted to teil that et ‘and there was no way in the world to tell it, except briefly in the fewest words in the world, to glance at what led to it. Well, now, the thing that led to it was that Mrs. Hume neat oe here, and that is according to the state- ment of Mr. » if, and passed a coun terfeit bill that he undertook to get back. That is what led to it, and so this article for the pur- pose of bettering this joke upon Hume and the yther Prince, relates 50 much of that. That the lady whe went there was Mrs Hume, and when ‘Mr. Hume beard of it Mr. Hume did not like it, and be feit a littie belligerent towards Mr. Prince, and he did not distinguish between the Princes. One wast rince Royal and the other the Princ it. He did not draw the right distinction. He fell into a ludicrous awistake, and in that iudicrous mistake, that comedy of errors—an¢ your Honor it was 4 comedy of terrors ora little while {laughter)—in order to tell that, and Low it came up, be simply recounted that a very pectable lady had called at his place, which admitted to be respectable, and tell under the suspicion of a man who had a right to suspect, and that article charges he had a right to suspect. All thisis related for the mere purpose of having this sport upon Hume and the otber Prince. I will not go te the length ot saying that we could get up this sort of thing. and say it is all trifling. I cannot, for the purpose of perpe- trating even a good natured joke, burn a man’s house down. If I do I ought to be held respon- sible in some way. I do not say that for the purpose of telling a goad watured story upon Themas I.. Hume and the other Princes, that these men had any right to commit a’ libel against Prince thestamper. Not at all. But 1 have to say that the artcle was not published om accountof Prince. And if it was not pab- ‘ished on his account there could be no_malice, uo intention to injure him, That is why I am pursuing this course of argament. We are charged with having published this maliciously and unlawfully, for of njuring the good name and tame of rince, And we are at painsto explain to we did not pul this article, er did not write it, at all on account of Mr. Prince: but we had to tell so much of it. We mad> no mputation — him, but we told it for the ur} purpore of telling the balance of the story. My friend argued this case an thi there was & ibel upon Hume; that the public hada great in- terest in, and Tuk STAR ought to be punished; not because they libel this Prince up here, but ome other man who has not got the good sens- to employ Mr. Carrington to bring a suit for 310,000 or $20,000 damages. I say, gentiemen, shat this article was not published on aceount of that Prince, just as was explained on this stand; that he was notin the mindsof tho writers at all. Hi did it come to be printed’ Why, it had been floating around bereon the at mosphere of Washington for some time, and it came to the knowledge of one of the young gen- demen employed in TRE STAR office—a youn, zentleman of the first reputation, known to al of you—that this thing occurred, aud he aused it to be put in writing, with noretlections apon Prince at all. He gave astatement of the facts to Mr. Col- ins, the assistant editor, and he wrote them ap n that good-natured, pleasant way in which it came to the knowledge of the public, in the next sublication of Ta® 5TarR, which has been read fo you, Now, what further’ Each of these parties has sworn to you positively and pointed!y Ur course, Mr. Young was the source of all this utormation. He swears that the subject of the niormation he picked up at some place, and gave the material to Mr. Collins. r. Collins -wears that he embodied simply what was given to him by Mr. Young in this article, and it sppeared. What followed that? Why, Mr. Prince, the plaintiff, went and saw Mr. Prince, he other party, and they went to Tax Stax fice i. _ the voy Mr. Prince reates e article as a good-natured ke. Why, think of it! Hee tthe other Me, Prince) was representedas aman called into the cellar and submitting to a flagellation, and then taking a drink, and calling iteven. ‘That Is the position that he occupied before the public, as ‘ar as THE Star is concerned. Now, you not to judge the case of this other Prince any more severely than this Prince judged his. The Lys = er, jrameeee itasa tured joke, said nothing more That was his. j Ly & H Hi j i i Er il H He L i i tt fF ' <7 HA i 3 5 €: 2 a 4 8 58 i z itt ap ESES ek i rH He i iA if i Hf rt : | i i 5 F i i i Hl uted =f : H i ! rf ; i H | E i | [ i If Mr. Hume had tes- | Rimeelf and Mr. Noyes what it sho = y both agreec that it would Lan Jed wand e ibing seriously. It was a piece tured badinage ‘and he was not the mma tntend- ed to be bit at all, and be was not hit in a man = sinabout. They charge him with je did vot come to them and say, You bave charged me here with falsely cuting & woman, with malicious! resting woman. Nothin over to go to work and prepare an article, print it. that *heuld in a way salve it over d he wrote and published thi article headed PPP Mr. Noves was willing to do any- ould be done with “Ps,” + what next ? | sweare that be « d article, W did. He is did The complainant here not go there after that we know pertectly t the dees der was at the off article + that socom article over. Did he tell Mr. X article was not what be wanted p all. Did hesay, “You attempt anation, and ven have not é Fut he « that the artic’ ast what he t wns that wanted. Me 4 Dis own cane « + and ctly what be He judged prope hed that over a something that bad taken case whete be had charged sing & counterfeit bill, and it efore the public, in a grave de- nm. to deny these facts. Hume knew 2 ated the and her friends knew bet twonfd not do. The truth was. gen pe did not ask that anything more shonid be done. There was nothing more that cou d be done Gentlemen, am Ito stand bere to argue that You will not grve damages in such a case as thi 1 am going to leave this case here with absolute confidence in you Mr. J. McD. Carrington closed the ar, tor the plaintift, urging the jury to pr | public from the lice: msness of the press. and treated at length apon the manner h the id awe da MacArthui | jury abe ructed the jury as fol- CNARGE oF THE covet. Gentiemen, the law has been so amply dis the counsel on bot jes to the jury, mpanied with chanestent as ‘eve me fromexpiaining it very tully to the By this time you must be quite well in- tal endency to hold him up to public ridicule, hatred and contempt, which is cal lated to do bim injury; to injure his reputation | by accusing him ot acts ot immoral con oi crime. Peery publi having atendency to hold a person up to ri and to make him appear contemptible, is tibei- jous. With view of whatconstitutes is for you to determine whether th plained of in th tion. case comes with If you are of opinion that le con laintift in the case it ts an y. If you come to the conciusion that within this understanding of what the law is, so tar as the article relates to the plaintiff, it is not libel- Joan, th fendant will be entitled to a verdict. Lhave already held while making rulings dar i the progress of the trial, that the declara- ion in this case (assum the article to be a libellous one) would simply enable the plaintiff to recover general dam- azes, and not dama for any special injury which the plaintif may have sustained im consequence of the publication. Now, gentie- men, general damages in @ case of this descrip- tion means such damages ax would be the natural consequence of the act complained of. If, for instance, the plaintif! in this case had suttered any special damage, as you have heard me ex- in, it would have been necessary for him to have made a statement of the particular injary which he had suffered, and to sustain that particular allegation by special proot. I have held that no special damages of that kind are in this case, and, therefore, not to be considere y. So that only such special di ages ‘as woulf be the natural con of the publication, if it be libellous, is what the plaintiff is entitled to recover in the present form of action. Counsel mented upon another feature in action of label, and that is that the article itsel’ must be malicious as well as injurious, and it is this malice upon which the action is really founded, because if there be no malice in the publication the law will not sustain the action, although it may have resulted in an injury to an individast. An innocent publication is not to be made the subject of an action of this description. Bat, it in the opinion of the jury, the article in this case ix Hibellous in its essentials the law would inter from that fact that it was malicious, that it must appear te the article is libellous. ou may infer that for the Se u in the first place that From that circumstance it is malicious, but urpose of mitigating the malice of the it iscompetent forthe jury to con~ mstances under which the pabli- J as has already been e! lice in law ich It really has not . Orin the common acceptation of When we speak of malice in law we simply mcan that the party intended to do something against the law; something that the ‘aw prohibits; or that he intended to do wrong not necessary that the jury should be satisied that the party was animated really by a spirit of animosity or bitterness, but simply that he intended to do something which amounts to what is called a iibel, or that be bas committed an act which is forbidden by the law. Now, I have permitted testimon: im this case as to the circumstances under whic! thie libel was framed and published; and atl the testimony upon that subject may be considered by the jury for the purpose of maliciousness of the publication. There is no justitication plead is case. That is, the detendant does not interpore as a defense that the contents of the publication are true. So that if you are satisticd that the article is libellous in its essentials, the plaintift would be entitied to a verdict for some amount, and the other consid- erations I have just been alluding to would go simply to mitigate the amount of damages. And if it should appear that the conse- quences which would naturally flow from such @ publication were not serious, and that really there was mo malice, no no actual malice in publishing It, the jury will be at liberty to reduce the damages to any ex- tent their sound discretion may dictate, always giving, however, the plaintif! some damage On the other hand, the converse of all these would hold true. If there was no explanation, if the jury come to the conclusion, for instance, that this 1s a libellous publication, and there is ho sativiactory explanation—nothing to mitigate the malice which the law infers from the pul cation of a libel—then the case would stand upon a footing very diferent from acoge ing ich such explanations are made: aud the furs would then be at liberty to give, not only the actual damage that would be the natural conse- quences of stich passions, but also exemplary or punative damages in addition tothe actual dam age. You will have the publieation, together With the article that was afterwards published, and I might say to you that it is competent for you to consider not only the article that was published the next day under the bead of a number of “P's,” but you may also consider the subsequent conversation which Mr. Noyes states in his testimony to have taken place between himself and the plaintift. Mr. Noyes states that counsel in popular that was to drop any further aliusion to the first article in the , and be stated the reason Prince. who is the plaintif here, any further allusion to the