The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-06
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Saturdays Dispatches
NEW YORK.
The Slave Trade.

NEW YORK, January IA special
dispatch from Washington to the Iimes
saws the demand OF Captain Wilson, Of
the steamer Yantic. upon the Sultan Of
Zar zibar, or Muscat, has doubtless been
misre presented in it's transmission to
this country. By the treaty OF lS45
between Great Britain and the Sultan
OF Muscat, the slave trade was ab.o-
lu,ely prohibited in the dominion of the
latter, except as to vessels transporting
slaves from one part Of the Sultan 8
dominions TO another. This reserva.
tion has been grossly abused by slave
traders who, in kidnapping and ship
ping slaves from the lower coast would,
when out to sea, pursue Their voyage
to Arabia and the countries on the
Persian Gulf, where they were sold
This practice has been going on many
years, and OF late has grown go bold
that Great B.itain, by whose consent
the reservation was made in the first
instance, could not longer overlook 1t,
and called on this Government TO join
in an effort to abrngate this reservation
OF the treaty. This was acceded to
and ins,ru tions given to the fist vessel
paesipg in that direction; hence Captain
Wilso, s communication to the Sultan
and the latters replv. The correspond.
ence nm the subiect will shortly be
made public.
Mayor HaycmJerN Message.
Mayor Havemyer has prepared his
mesa ge 10 the Common Council and
will send it iu Monday. 1t recon-
mends, it is said, changes in the city gov.
ernment 80 az to render the Chief mag
istrate a respon:ible head Of all depart
ments. The message also adverts to
the re cent municipal revolution and the
benefito it has conferred on the city In
the cause of reform. 1t is also said
that Havemyer's inter ton is to admlpI..
ter his office in the interest OF the whole
people, and not for the benefit OF any
class or parry. He recommends such
legislation as will make the city gov.
ernment conform to that which existed
when he was elected mayor many years
ago.
Apology Demanded.
The mauagers OF the NV YoIk
Tribune have sent 8 note to Henry Z
Bowen, of the Brooklyn Union. this
morning, demanding an apology Tor
the articles published in that paper,
the apology to be made within TWEEN
ty-tour hours, or suit for DAMAGES to
begun. The managers Of the Tribune
claim that the articles publ shed in the
Union were calculated to iIjure their
journal, and are false.
The Stokes Trial.
The attendance at this, the fourth day
of the Stokes trial, was larger than any
previous day. From an early hour the
crowds swarmed in the neighborhood,
and on open ng the court it vas almost
i'm possible tor the police to maintain
order aud admit any Of those having
business inside. Trema;ne in resum-
ing his ar,ument tor the defense, called
attention to Harris testimony and ar
gued to prove him perjured and cor
rupted witness, whose testimony should
be set BY the jury as wholly worthless.
he next took up the question OF pre-
meditation and claimed that the jury
could not, in the face OF the evidence OF
the accused himself, that he dii intend
to kill, had DO idea OF meeting Fisk,
6red with no definite motive al all, de-
clare him guilty OF murder in the first
degree. With regard to the theory that
tine killing was in self-detense, Mr..
rremsine told the story OF the shooting
"A related by the prisoner, and asked
the iurv If his manner on the witness
stand did not convince them he was
telling the truth. He continued hls
argument at much length, and toward
the close his address became most pa
tbetic. He spoke OF the happy season
of the wear Just passed, and asked the
iu1y if tbov would, as their Christmas
and New Years present TO the fsther
and mother Of the prisoner, give a
Ieadly verdict against their son. He
,elt confident he would come out Of
his troubles free man. honorabiy se-
Quilted bv a verdict Of his peers. Dur
| ING the las, part Of Tremaines address
several OF the jury and audience seemed
,ery much affected. After concluding
his argument the court took recess.
After the recess Beach promptly
began his arsument He alluded to
the appeals to sympathy that had
been made in behalf OF the pr soner.
He called the attention Of the jury to
the fact that the prisoner bad had
twelve months to prepare mis- story, as
told on the witness stand. He ought
not and would not appeal to any un-
iustitiable feeling to prejudice them
but he had, as they had, a solemn dpty
to perform, from which neither they or
he could escape. The law decided the
c,ime It fixei the penalty, ard the jury
only had to fnd the facts Beach then
sketched the course nf Stokes as de-
scribed BY himself until the shooting
] occurred. He deserted him standing,
firing bis first shot, seeing his victim
shrink, firing his second sho, and
then, as bis victim began to seltle
! down. he turns snd fees. He called on
the jury to Judge by the prisoners ou
1 story whether this was not murder
Mr. Beach here proceeded to discuss
/ the statutes OF murders and homicldes'
claiming that premeaitated design was
merely. A. intention to kill st the IN
slant OF killing, and that such intent
sss sufficiently proven By the deadly
| 90 t,,~e I the weapon used.