Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-20


| ANCEs.-The Cincinnati Times and Chronicle of
Saturday evening, publishes an interview had
between Mr.. Vallandigham and one of its edi-
tors, on Wednesday, in which Mr.. Vallandig-
ham said that there can be no more political
campaigns fought on the issues of the last few
years. They are dead, and, if the democratic
party refuses to move to the front and accept
the new order Of things, it will simply pass
away, and some other party, made up Of the
earnest and progressive elements Of the old par
ties, will take possession of the government.
When asked if he did not think that the cam
paign of 1872 would be fought on the present
issues, he said: "That may be undertaken by
| our party, but it will fail. A year ago, Grant
gave promise of his intention to lead the repub
| licau party unto new departure, and he would
| have done it, but band of old politicians at
| Washington held him back, and scared him
with their gable about defeat until he went
| square back into the old ruts. Grant is an
| honest man, and would do right if the politi-
| clans would let him, but that they won't. He
took the back track on the San Domingo ques-
ton, in which, apart from the corrupt means
used, he was clearly right. l tell you, sir, the
annexation of the territory and the control
of the means of all the outlying frag-
ments OF this continent is the destiny
of the American people. We shall have San
Domingo and Cuba, Mexico and all the rest
mark that. We missed the greatest chance we
| ever had in not getting Cuba during the Span
| ish troubles; we could have had it then for the
mere asking, and in few years we would have
been owners of the richest and most pro-
| ductive piece of territory in the world. Why,
| they used to talk about me and call me dis
unionist tell you, sir, earnestly and honestly,
that | never was a disunionist, and that | al
ways did believe and now believe that this
Union will be perpetuated and extended until it
embraces the continent" Mr.. Vallandigham
thrice repeated his denial of disunon views with
marked emphasis. In reply to a remark of the
interviewer that he did not see how, with the
hatred exhibited toward him by the portion of
the democracy which cling to dead issues, he
could stay in that party, he smiled and said:
"What can do2 The republican party won't
move forward; it wants TO stick to its old
clothes. and my best hope is to get the democra-
cy to push to the front. However, there is no
telling what 365 days may bring forth, and of
one thing am certain,-if the democratic party
fails to become the party of progress and adj
vauced ideas, and |, from conscientious convic-
| tons, decide to act with any other political
party, that other political party will never in
| quire what my past political record has BEEN
Parties do not manage things in that way"
| The Mcclellan murder trial, the case in which
| Vallandigham was engaged as counsel at the
| time of his death, has created great interest in
| southern Ohio on account of certain political
| relations, and because its occurrences involved
| the exposure of many prominent men of Hamil-
| ton, Ohio, as frequenterS of faro den. On the
night of December "a, Thomas Meyers, repu b.
| loon, by one of party of five men, who, ac-
eording to the indictment, entered the place
| with intent to commit the murder and according
| to a preconcerted conspiracy. The five men
were Thomas Mcclellan, now on trial; Jack
| Carver, Daniel McGlynn, james Mcclellan, and
Ich Shelley, all democrats. The charge against
them each is identical and the latter four will be
| tried in turn after James Mcclellan. Job Z.
Owens, one of the chief witnesses for the prose-
cution, is chief of the fire department OF Hamil-
Al.
was committed. His story of the ARRAY as Civ
en- by correspondent OF the Cincinnati Gazette,
/ is as fOllows
When Mr.. Owens entered the faro-room, he
| sat at the table, and looked at the game with
his back directly turned to the room behind.
In five minutes or less, he heard a moving of
chairs and rustling at the faro-table. He then
| arose, faced about, and saw q crowd of half
| dozen persons surging between the faro-table
and the west WALL Then there appeared to be
pistol shot fired, whereupon the crowd dis
! persed, q part falling back to the east part of
| the room. While Mr.. Owens was trying to
escape, Meyers called out murder. Mr.. Owens
| then concluded to try to stop the riot, and
| touched Meyers on the arm, and said: "My
| God, Meyers, this won't do" Meyers turned
his face. Mr.. Owens discovered a spot of blood
| on his forehead about the size Of a dime. Mr..
| Owens supposed this was pistol shot through
| his brain. From his paralyzed appearance, the
| look of his face and eyes, Mr.. Owens supposed
| he was a dead man. He then fed. Before he
| reached the street door, he heard five successive
| shots.
| Mr.Pollett made long argument for the prose-
| cution on Friday. He dwelt at length upon that
part Of the evidence intended to sustain the plea
| of the defense that Meyers may have shot him
self, saying that the theory of Meyers shooting
himself was only an evidence of the straits to
which the defense were pushed; Brewers Zone
| of the witnesses) eye was on Meyers pistol
| when the fatal shot was fired, and he testified
that it was not entirely drawn from his pocket
ut that time. In the next place, the theory that
| Joe Meyers punched the hole in the vest and
pants of Meyers was combated by Mr. Follett
| Counsel for defense smiled and suggested that
| u might have been shot through after the muir
| der. The speaker then answered that the marks
man who shot those holes in the pants and vest
| after the murder must have been marvel of
accuracy. They were just where they
| would cover the wounds in the body of
| Meyers, and the mark of the ball that passed
| through the pants was on the part of the sus-
| penders attached to the button-hole torn off by
| the ball. He then dwelt upon the difference in
| weight of the pistol balls. The one taken from
the floor, and evidently fired from Meyers
| pistol, was the heaviest. Meyers pistol was
larger and fired a heavier ball than the pistol
seen in the hands of Tom Mcclellan 10 days
| before the murder. The trial would have been
completed to-day if it had not been so sadly in
| terrupted. The following words, written by the
/ correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette on Fri
| day, read very strangely now: "Mr. Milliken
| will commence his argument on Saturday morn
| ing. Whether MIR. Vallandigham will follow
in the afternoon depends upon circumstances"
j The YELLOW FEVER AT BUENos AYREs-
letter from Buenos Ayres, May II, states that
."N'eyer scourge is abating, the average num-
80 ~ VI 'saths then being about twenty daily.
nlSsu SUES Consul Clapp believes the total