The Republican journal., 1869-03-04
The Cleveland George Murder trial at
Bangor.
BANGOR, Me-, Feb. &c

bANGOk, ME.3 j SC' ~o'
The trial of Howard A. Cleveland closed
this afternoon, tie jury, after an hours delloe~
ration, returning verdict of guilty. ne
prisoner, up to the very close Of the trial, mas
maintained the same stolidity which ne mas
manifested throughout. Even when the YER
dict of guilty was pronounced by the foreman
Of the Jury, he showed not the slightest emo
ton or appearance Of disappointment at the
result. When remanded to Jail after the jury
had retired to deliberate, speaking Of the
Judges charge, he remarked with coarse
gu1faw that ''the old fellow did we'll" After
hearing the verdict of the jury and returning
to the Jail to await his sentence, he said he
guessed they'd find out in couple of years
whether lie was guilty-tme would tell; but
appeared to have no realizing sense of his Sit
uation. The case has been most ably managed
by the counsel for the government while the
counsel for the defence did the best possible
with meagre material at their disposal. The
interest in the case has increased from the com
nencemeut, the court house being continually
packed to overlooking by an Interested audi
tory, who kept their seats even after the ad-
journment Of the Court, when the jury went
out, confident that they would not be long IN
making up their verdict.
THE Tariff ON SALT. The heavy tariff on
salt is getting to be exceedingly onerous to the
l.hng interest, and it is very evident that
something must soon be done to check the
monopoly, which not contented with it's pres
sent cNOrbitant profits, has petitioned Congress
for still further increase of tariff. This mat
ter should receive the immediate attention Of
our Board of Trade, and Congress be petition
Cd TO reduce the duty at once, instead Of in
creasing it,
The salt works at Syracuse have increased
their capital of Sl60, 600 to $4,000, 900 by their
!
i further increase Of tariff. This appears to
Us to be rather OVERRIDING the business, and
prompt efforts should be made to nip it in the
bud ere the monopoly assumes still more gigan-
tic proportions. While we would strenuously
adv ocate the protection of home industry and
manufactures against those of foreign coun-
tries, yet there is reason In all things, and when
The fixing of high tariff is called for in order
TO give interested parties an opportunity to
charge just such prices as they may choose for
an article Of such necessity as is salt, then We
say teach them a lesson if need be, by giving
foreigners chance for healthy competition.
The merchants Of Baltimore are moving in the
matter, and thirty-one firms have petitioned
Congress to reduce the tariff on salt. Let the
fishing firms of Gloucester follow suit.
gentleman versed in such matters, has
furnished US the following comparative rate Of
tarlI Oh this article since 1871. In 1852 duty
Of cents per cwt. in bulk was imposed in
le4G it was made 20 per cent. dd ralor30 equal
to about cents per bushel. In 1857 it was re-
duced to Il per cent, or about l-2 cents per
bushel in March, 1861, it was increased to 4
cents per bushel; in August 1861, to - cents
and i'll July, 1868, to is cents per 100 pounds.
As salt ranges from sc to So pounds to the
busbel, this duty is about ITO per cent. ad "a
i9rom. Syracuse asks for q still further increase
10 "A cents per 100 pounds. [Cape Ann Adver-
User.