The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-06
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\ Poor Showing-The Young De
mocracy The TS geographical Dele
gates-Iianquei- English Thief
To be Watcl,cd-Justice Nelson.
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| iOOR SHOWING.
New YORK, May j.-The committee
appointed at the last term of the Su-
preme Court of this district to to exam
Inc applications foradmission TO the bar,
have reported that only thirty-cight out
of a class of seventy-seven are suffi,
ciently qualified to entitle them to prac.
tice.
THE YOUNG DEMOCRACY
The pirate conference was held YES
terday in Sheriff o Brien's Office by the
leaders of the Young Democracy, for
the rmm"red purpose OF agreeing upon
the terms Of coalition to he offered to
the other wing Of the party. Most OF
the prominent among the Young De
mocracy party were present
TYPOGRAPHICAL DELEGATES
The following delegates to represent
the New York Typographical Union at
the International Union to be held at
Cincinnati on the first Monday in June,
have been elected Alfred Burton.
James F. Thornton, JohnN mccnt and
David Kelly.
BANQUET.
The military order of the Loyal Lee
gion had banquet last night at Del
monicoS. Among those present were
General Hentzelman General McMa-
hon, the Paraguayan Minister, Colonel
Langdon, of the regular army, and sew
eral other prominent army and naval
officers
AN ENGLISH THIEF.
The English cracksman Jno. Viii
liams, who was arrested in New York
on Monday, on the charge of stealing
$4,000 worth OF diamonds and bonds
in Paris, had a further examination in
New York Yesterday, and was com
mitted. The voting girl who claimed
TO bc his wife was arrested Yesterday
1t was sworn that she is not Williams
wife, but had lived with him as such.
and that she was the servant who as
sisted Williams in the robbery of the
diamonds and bonds in Paris, and that
they had come to this country together
roEE WATCHED.
Superintendent Jour,lon has directed
the police captains TO make list of the
gambling dens in their precincts, and to
set patrolmen 10 watch them and To
warn victims from entering
JUSTICE NELSON.
The venerable Justice Nelson has ar
rived in this city from Washington. He
will lit in the United States Circuit
Court for this district to-day and hear
the arguments in the celebrated case OF
Jas. Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould against
the Union Pacific Railroad COMPANY
THE NFiGLANp TRIAL.
On the opening of the Court this
morning, Mr.. Graham, referring to the
cross examination of Junius Henri
Browne. read from Barkevs COmmen-
taries that a man can be cross exam
ined as TO his religious belief or belief
of after punishment Mr.. Browne had
frequently expressed his disbelief in
the Deity.
Donald Nicholson re-called-Re
ceived a package from Richardson
which think was pistol, on the 25th
of November; Immediately after the
shooting | gave it to Junius Henri
| Browne.
Mr.. Graham was about to examine
the witness further in the same strain,
but the Recorder ruled it inadmissable.
Mr.. Melchoir p. Mason testified
remember when Mcfarland was in my
house; never saw him drunk; he and
his wife appeared to be very happy: |
did not receive night key from Browne;
he rather refused to give it TO me this
was before the first shooting.
The ross-eXaminatiom elected moth
ing material
Mr.. Davis Shay recalled. Was III
court when Howell was examined;
Howell said to Mcfarland that if he
! (HowelD was in McFarland's place he
would shoot Richardson; this was in
DecembS, 1867.
Mr.. Graham was about to examine
the witness on the meeting of Mcfar-
land and Richardson in the Astor
House, which Mr.. Browne testified to
Yesterday. Some argument was had as
to the admissibilitv of this evidence,
which was intended to prove that Nc
Farland merely went in there on busi-
/ ha arIs
Isaac G. Reed, journalist, writes for
the Tribune and Days Doings. Met
Horace Greeley five or six times; had
an interview with him Immediately
after the occurrence on the 18th OF
November; published it within four
hours of the meeting; used in many
cases the exact words and always as
near as possible; in many cases mod
ifed the language: when Mr.. Greeley
used God damn" l simply put down
damn" out of respect to Mr.. Greeley;
Mr.. Greeley used that language. This
was the paragraph.
The report was read by Mr.. Graham.
! Recess.
On reassembling Amos j. Cummings
| testitied-In a conversation with Ju-
MUS Henri Browne he told me Rich
ardson would shoot Mcfarland only
he was afraid he would shoot some
BODY else in the Tribune office.
Did You after the first shooting have
conversation with Richardson when he
said he was prepared for Mcfarland?
Much argument arose in regard to
the admissibility of this testimony. Mr
Graham holding that it was right that
Richardson's sentiments toward the
prisoner be made known to the jury.
Recorder think the question III
competent and must be excluded. IA,
Several letters of Mrs. Mcfarland s
yyare road and q number Of witnesses