Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-06
HEADQUARTERS.
CALEB CUSHING SUED FOR
5000, 900 FOR LIBEL BY MRS.
CLARK GAINES.

CONGRESSMAN pelham AR
RESTED FOR AN ASSAULT
WITH INTENT TO
KILL.
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION.
SPEECH OF SENATOR CARPEN-
WA8HIEGToN, March Mrs Gaines
has sued Caleb Gushing for $500, 000for
libel. Tn dispatch III Sundays New
| Orleans papers, in which the words she
| quotes were used, he says: The
following funny thing is from tho New
York World, in regard to Mrs. Gaines
| charges 1.-The writer yesterday call
ed on Mr.. Gushing. and asked him
what he thought about the quasi
charges brought by Mrs. Gaines
against Judge DurelI. Mr. Gushing
said that his position as counsel i'll the
| case, prevented him from revealing
professional secrets, but he felt at
| liberty to state that he knew of moth
ing ia Durell's conduct in relation to
Mrs. Gaines, that was dishonorable or
unbeftting an upright Judge. He
wondered that any importance had
| been placed on Mrs. Gainess state
ments. 1t was mistake that she had
any money In her control, and all her
story amounted to, was this Stone,
who had no money, told Mrs. Gaines
who also had no money, that unless
they put their purses together and
gave Judge Durell the money which
neither of them had, Mrs. Gaines
would lose her case. They did not
attempt this rather impossible feat
There was no proof that If they had
offered bride to Judge Durell, that
he would have taken it, aud Mrs.
| Gaines won her case despite of the
stories and prognostications that
bribery was the sine qua non OF her
doing so. Clearly. according to Mrs.
Gaines story, the only guilty person
ed purchasing justice and obtaining
the judicial ermine. Mrs. Chimes
reasoning which induced her to bring
the charges she had made against Du-
rell, was Il specimen of woman's logic.
Stone told her to bride Durell. If she
had been in position to take
| Stones advice, which she was not,
Durel would have fallen like another
Adam to the temptation OF another
Eve. The only possible sequiture, of
course, was that Durell WAS even more
guilty of inaifeasance in office, from
the fact that he did not take bride
which was never offered him than he
would have been had he accepted one.
As to the alleged statements of Mrs.
Gaines that he (Mr. Cgishing) had also
advised her to bride Judge Dure!l,
they were an entire fabrication. He
! never thought necessary nor contem-
/ plated any such arrangement ANA he
certainly would never have advised
her to put what she did not possess
where it would do the most good
| When asked whether he had been or
would be summoned rs a witness in
the impeachment of Judge Dureli, Mr.
Cushing expr, ssed great alarm at the
prospect of taking the two days iourn-
ey 10 Washington, but comforted him
| self with the assurance that as his ties
timony would be III favor of the Judge
those who We're conducting the i'm
! parchment would take good care that
he was kept out OF the way.
4 warrant was issued this morning
for the arrest Of Congressman Pelham,
/ of Alabama, for an assault with an
attempt 70 kill.
Til. Re-. Jacob KNAPP, famous rs a
revival preacher, died at Rockford,
Illinois, aged II years
WARRINGTON. Marcl 1.-The SEv-
ATE considered the l.I1or traffic com
mission and the transportation GG2s-
tiom. No action.
Senator Carpenter beat Cameron
who wished to push the Cent enniaI bill
end r as5e Hf l Welt st asG2ed sanasor Carr
/ .e,ter II he proposed to follow up this
speech by motion TO refer.
Mr.. Carpenter replied that he WAS
aware of the fact that the Senator from
Louisiana wanted 20 speak and l:c
wuli:d no. Il 'privo him ni tn t prlvIl-
eSe. The motion of Mr.. Carpenter to
lay aside all pending orders ;,ilI tax"
/ up his bill was agreed to.
Nh Carpenter said that he proposed
20 GO directly to business auIuOs waste
the time Of the Senate III any glowing
speech. That he would repeat nothing
he had said on former occasions, but
would endt avor to SINGLE out matters
in connection with the Louisiana case
upon which both himself aud the Sen
ator from Indiana had agreed, aud
would enlcaVOr to show that all the
circumstances required the passage of
the bill proposed by him. He retrieved
the election returns and said it was
| clearly shown TINT NcEuery bad re
ceived 1850 majority, though he did
not hold that tic election was fair
one. Is Congress had already au,lor-
lied one Investigation into Louisiana
affairs, it seemed TO him a5 If It lad
gone SO far IL those matters that 1t
must proceed and settle them. He re-
fDrraG tn tb. nj Of I,n
from Indiana (Morton) as to the SD
premc Court of the State having dcci-
ded i'll favor of Kellogg, and said the
testimony before the Senate Com nit
tee, showed such state of fraud as
would set aside the decision of any tri-
bunal. The Senator (Mortonl froln
the Committee on Privileges and Flee
tons, in his report III regard to the
! Presidential election in Louisiana had
stated that the Lynch board in making
the count and declaring the election of
the Electors, had no legal evidence
upon which it could count the votes.
| The Senator had shown that no valid
| ity attached to the action Of the Lynch
board in the count for Presidential
Electors and both Houses of Congress
acted upon that report. The Senator
| (MOrtOD now claimed that the Supreme
| Court of the State had decided that
the Lynch board was the legal board,
but he (Carpenter) called attention to
the fact that that decision was made
before the report q the Senator from
Indiana, above referred to, and he (Car-
pentcr) regretted that the Senator
| (Morton) was not III bis seat to-day,
and would pass from that branch OF
his argument, emitting many things
which he intended to refer to. How
would Congress look before the count
ing after deciding that the election
was void as to the Presidential cleo
ton, but legal as to the State officials :?
The Senator (Morton) having led the
Senate through the first phase, now
seeks to lead it i'll a counter moveme nt
The Supreme Court of Louisiana was
| n part of the State Government ap1