Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-03-12
Stauntult Spectator.

Stamntult Spettator.
Tuesday, March 12, 1872.
Auction Sales.
MARCH l5TH-Jas. Bumgardner it, commits
sioner, 40 acres known as the Carey land.
MARCH 15TH.-The personal property of the
estate of Robert Craig. decd, near Craigsvliie,
will be sold by the executors, Messrs >. d. Col
lison and j. o. McCutchan.
MARCH 15TH-By Cochran Trout q Hanger,
commissioners the farm of Col u. y. Robert
son dec'd containing 355 acres, In Augusta
county. "a
MARCH 16TH.-By w. M. Sommers commits
sioner, four tracts of land IN Highland county.
MARCH 16TH.-By Bell q Fultz, commission.
ers, a farm near Mt. Scion.
MARCH 2lsT.-The tract of 1872 acres on Mid
die River, the property of VIM. ID. Dixon, by
A. 81. H. Stuart as agent.
MARCH 22ND.-N K. Trout Trustee will sell
$50 acres purchased by Jas. W. and Joseph F.
Gibson of Gerard b. Stuart
MARCH 23RD.-Geo. M. Cochran, jr., and s.
T. Phillips, Commissioners will sell 206 acres on
South River, now In possession of Jno. l.. Conner.
MARCH 23RD.-Jas. II. Callison, Commission
er, in Middlebrook, Lot No. %, known as the
Hess property.
MARCH 28TH-N. K. Trout and John B.
Hope, two tracts of land belonging to Jacob L.
Humbert one containing 1853 and the other 100
acres.
APRIL SRD;-That valuable property in this
county. long known as the 'Mossy Creek Iron
Works." will be offered for sale by the repre-
sentatives of the heirs of Daniel Forrer. dec d.
The personal property of the estate will be sold
at the same time by the executors.
APRIL 4TH-Cochran, Phillips and Bumgard-
ner Commissioners, will sell two tracts near
Staunton, known the Smith" and 'Burwell"
places-containing respectively, and Is acres.
APRIL 4TH.-Trout and Bumgardner. Com
missioners, 304 acres of land three miles south of
Greenville
APRIL 4TH-By Watts & Bell, commission
ers, 584 acres of land near Fishersville.
APRIL 5TH.-Commissioner Bumgardner,
Trout and White, will sell 347s acres on South
River, four miles East of New Hope.
April 6TH.-E. M. Cushing, auctioneer, will
offer for sale house and lot on Lewis street,
lately occupied by John Finn, decd.
CIGARS AND SMOKING ToBAcCo.-The tobac-
co store of Kinney Bros. near the Spectator of
fee has been made bright with paint on the out
side, and quite attractive and tempting with
good tobacco and fine cigars on the inside. This
new store contains cigars and smoking tobacco
of the best qualities. Among the cigars are the
''John Thomas, )" "Our Sammy 'Yara Bou-
quet" "The Club" "La Flor de Baltimore"
and Little Henry and among the different
kinds of smoking tobacco are "The Best'' and
the famous Lone Jack.''
The firm of Hooe Wedderburn & Co., in Al
exandria has been dissolved Wedderburn hav-
ing withdrawn. The new firm will do business
under the name and style Of Hooe & Johnston.
This is a good and reliable business firm.
CARSON TRIAL.-During the past week our
County Court has been engaged in the trial of
Charles G. Carson for the killing of d. P. Cline
bell near Greenville, on the 2lst of last Septem-
Der. We gave in our last issue an account of
the first days proceedings, which consisted of
the empanneling Of the jury and the commence
ment of the examination of witnesses for the
Commonwealth. The witnesses, both for the
prosecution and defence, were numerous, and
their examination was not completed until the
afternoon of the third day, wednesday,. This
trial has been an interesting one, on account of
the respectable position of the partes--the i'm
portant issues at stake-the variety of the evil
dence and the peculiar circumstances surrounds
ing the case. The Courtroom was denseLy
crowded from the commencement of the trial on
Monday, until Its conclusion on Saturday. The
prosecution was conducted by the Common
wealth's Attorney, Capt james Bumgardner,
Jr., and the defense by Col. John B. Baldwin,
Capt. Geo. NJ Cochran and Maj. Thos. G. Elder.
On Wednesday afternoon, Capt. Bumgardner
opened the case to the jury in an able speech Of
three hours duration. His exposition of the law
and evidence was clear, forcible and logical
His speech was one Of the best we had heard for
long time He expounded the law summed
up the evidence, and maintained that Carson
was guilty of murder in the second degree At
the conclusion of his speech, the Court adjourned
until 10 o'clock the next day, when the defense
was opened by Capt Geo. NJ Cochran.
Capt. Cochran never makes very long speeches,
but it is remarkable how much he says in short
time. His style is terse, vigorous and earnest
He spoke for about an hour and was followed
by Maj. Elder in speech of nearly three hours
duration, In which he fully sustained his repu-
tation as a sound lawyer and able advocate.
Col. Baldwin followed Maj Elder, and spoke
for about two hours, and, not having time to
finish that evening, the Court adjourned until 10
o'clock the next day, friday when COL Bald
win resumed his argument, and spoke until one
o'clock. His speech was marked with that power
OF analysis-that sledge-hammer logic, and that
aptness of illustration which characterize all
his speeches. As he is acknowledged to be one
of the ablest lawyers and most forcible speakers
of the State, it is needless to say more of his eff
fort on this occasion than that it was one of the
ablest of his life.
On Friday afternoon, after an earnest speech,
three hours in length, from the Commonwealth
Attorney, the case was submitted to the jury,
and the Court adjourned until 10 O clock next
day.
On Saturday morning large crowd gathered
at the Courthouse door, anxiously awaiting the
opening of the Court At little after 10 O. clock
the jury entered, but not having agreed upon
their verdict they were sent back to the jury
room. In about half an hour they returned and
rendered their verdict of guilty of murder in
the second degree, and fixed the punishment at
ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary.-
The counsel for the defense seemed to be taken
wholly by surprise, and, after short consulta-
ton, moved for a new trial but the Judge over
ruled the motion, saying that the case was an i'm
portant one, involving variety of evidence,
and that, although the verdict was harsher than
he had anticipated, yet he did not see any
grounds to justify him in setting aside the YER
dict of the jury. The counsel then requested
that the verdict be not entered until Monday, to
which the Judge assented
On Saturday evening the following petition TO
the Governor was circulated and numerously
signed by the citizens of the Citv and Conntv.