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lhe Stiffness Of the court
ons Interrupted by the entrance
man who came in with a shutting
uneasy step, aud with his hat in his
hand. He halted and leaned against
the railing. Nobody took the slight
est notice of him, however At last he
took courage and spoke:
"Is the Judge in p
The clerk Immediately Owoke his
Honor.
"Well, what do you want ?"
"I'm looking for job, your Honor.
I've been looking for work for over "a
month";"
There's nothing for you here"
81 thought ye occasionally gave ju.
rymen job. l don't read newspapers
any, and bein' stranger in town, I
haven't got any prejudices agin any.
body. A pard of mine wrote down To
me at Reno, last week, and said that
the jury business up here was brisk
an it would pay to come up. As I'm
stranger to you and a little hard up,
I'll start in an serve for q case or two
for half price till ye kin see what kin
do"
What are your main qualifca.
tions2"
my strong suit is maxim a jury
agree. No juries ever get hung if I'm
on 'em. / just lay low till they take
the first ballot, and then jine the ma.
jority and argue the rest into it. l can
discount any lawyer talking. | can
show 'em up points they never tumbled
to before. Sometimes | have to use
force, but seldom. Once down at
Truckee, in a murder case, there we're
a couple of fellers standin' out agin
hanging, and after arguing with 'eIn
as smooth and gentlemanly as | could
for over a quarter of an hour, went
for 'em with chairs, and by the time [
had busted half dozen pieces Of fur
niture over 'em they were glad to come
in with verdict of Murder in the
first degree and the feller was hung
not long afterwards. In these Justice
Courts l can always get on with the
jury, an if you'll just give me the
wink as to how you want the case to
60, I'll guaranty to fetch in the ver-
dict you want, or not take a cent"
The man was told to drop round in
a day or so, aud they would try and
make vacancy for him. In order to
do it, however, some regular juryman
will probably be discharged Virginia
City Chronicle.
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A gentleman is rarer thing than
some of US think for. Which of us can
point out many such in his circle
men whose aims are generous, whose
truth is constant and elevated who
can look the world honestly in the
face; with equal, manly sympathy for
the great and the small q? We all
know hundred whose coats are we'll
made, and score who have excellent
manners, but Of gentlemen, how many a?
Let us take a scrap of paper, and each
make his list.
We try to believe that nothing was
made in vain but the young man
with store clothes, who tolls not, nei-
lher does be hoe corn, sends waves of
skepticism ten feet high to swamp our
struggling soul.
A trame in Kansas who stole ride
on q freight car, was eaten up by the
potato bugs. The car'can be seen at
Topeka.
A boy read that the good die young,
and Is now going to be bad for self
protection.
Mr.. Alexander Corbet, Of Vermont,
who is eighty-twO years old, claims to
have yead the Bible through eighty
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POLITlClL AND HISTORICAL EVEkrs.

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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19
The Rorder TIonbIen.

ST. LOUIS, November IA Globe
Democrat special from Houston, Texas
SAYS: 1t Is rumored that Colonel Niilareal
: invaded Mexico, fifty mi Is above
MatamoraS, in the interest OF Generals
E,cubedo and Lerdo, and 10 STIR up Il
revolution In Iamauupas. Nil.sreal's
force Is small and iuadequate to cope with
General Cana IS, commanding IN Ia
maullpasi but be expects 10 be joined by
the aduerents OF LerdO.
The latest advIces say Lieutenant
Bulus undoubtedly destroyed the / dIan
cam aJ Sarsgossa. 1t Is certain that
p partles OF Mexicans ard Indians from
Chihuahua aud Northern Mexico have
crossed iuto Texas on the wsrpath, IN
revenge Tor the invasion of Lieutenant
Bulls. zen. Ord has cautioned the IN
nabi.ants Of the threatened distrlc. 10 b.
on guard.
The stest from III Puso county 'h.t
the entire region Is under the e.. 5000. J.
= Mexican mob, backed by the Nh y..as
south OF the river, detyIng United States
authority and claiming aiIegwuc" To the
Mexican hag. Gen. Ord declines - 10
,rrrere In matter that concerns the
State OF Texas
Majur Jones, commanding the Texan
Frontier Battalion, is st FL Paso, but has
not force enough to put down the revolt.
1t Is believed that II Genera Escobrdo
Is acquitted at bis trial before the United
States Court st Brownsville, he viii in
media!eiy attempt to precIpItate another
revolution. The Mexican situation Is
WAr.ike.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19
THE SILVER DISCUSSION.

The Psrkersburg Sentinel is not can.
did in its reply to our criticisms of its
condemnation If Senator HEREFoRD's
bill demonetizing silver. 1t says: "Im-
port duties are now payable in gold, &C
cordIng to law" but it fails to point to
the section of the United States statutes
upon which it founds its assertion. And
1t says "The interest and principal OF the
public debt are payable, according
to law, as construed by our OF
fcers of finance, 10 gold" In our
former article we admitted that the
editor of the Sentinel is doubtless better
versed in the law thsn we are, but we
have come TO the conclusion, from read
ing his second article, that he would be
rather unsafe limb to lean upon IN the
matter OF gaining accurate knowledge OF
be financial Legislation OF the country
We, therefore, turn to the acting SecFe-
LsI VI Iut 1ItasuI WIN 4aSI "SSh HAH4O
public the numbers and amounts OF the
government bonds outstanding and the
interest thereon and how payable. The
statement is dated October 81, 1871
and is officially certified to as being cor
rect. Ii the editor OF the Sentinel can
point out where q dollar of it is payable
in gold, we shall esteem It favor to
have him d. 50. A portion of il Is pay.
able, principal and interest, in coln-
gold and silver, after the mints have
coined" any silver to pay in and q
portion OF it is payable in "lawtul money"
which may include gold, silver aud
sreenbacks. We understand all import
duties to be payable in ''coin"-not gotd
coiu-and we have the authority OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury for this state
ment also. The official debt statement
70 which we refer is hereunto attached
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19
DEATH OF JUDGE HOFFMAN.

1t gives Us much pain to announce thls
morning that Hon. JouN 5. HOFFMAN
late one of the Judges oil the Supreme
Court OF Appeals ofthis State, died at his
residence il arksburg yesterday morn
Jag. de was Colonel Of the 3lst resi-
nent OF Virginia infantry il the Con
tederate service during the war, ar
made II brilliant record for per
soual gsantry and good soIdiership.
In one o. the battles near
Richmond he received wound which
necessiLated the amputation of his foot,
and his system never fully rallied from
tie shock After the war he returned to
the practice Of his profession in Clsrks-
burr, and 10 1872 he WAS elected, on the
Democratic ticket, ore OF the tour Judges
Of the Supreme Court of Appeals, posi-,
ton for which be was well fitted
by his eminent legal ability. Ow-
ing to continued i'll health, he
resigned his sea, upon the bench in June
1876, since which time his illness gradu-
sl.y increased until it reached fatal ter
m,natIon.
Judge HOFFMAN was a noble hearted
gentleman and warmly beloved by all
VINO kew him well. In his death the
State loses one of its purest and most up
right citizens. His funeral takes place
at Clarksburg this afternoon at four
Oc.ock.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19

Circuit Court with Instructions to re-
sentence the prisoner and enforce
the penalty of the law. Several o.her
points were raised and decided, a. will
appear from reading the syllabus, which
We print, but the one we have given
prominence to was the one mainly relied
upon by the prisoners counsel. On Sat.
urdsy, after the PRONUNCIATION Of the de-
cision by the Court, Mr.. DAVENPORT
gave notice that, on Tuesday next ne
would meke a motion TO take the case to
the Supreme Court OF the United States,
and asked q suspension of the entry o:
the order of the Court until that
day. The opinion covers, ninety-six
pages OF legal cap. and it Is an
unusually clear and able one. The court
gave the case that careful thought and
exhaustive research which its gravity
involving life and death demanded.
Judge GREEN, who delivered the opinion
of the court says, in substance, While it
Is true the XIV amendment 10 the Con-
stitution OF the United 5 ates gives the
negro the right to sit upon jury, it does
not inject him into the jury box. The
Constitution permits women to sit upon
i1ries, but it does not provide that she
shall do so. The State may BY law So
provide or it may exclude. A negro has
no more righ. 10 complain at
being tried before jury from which
persons OF his color are excluded
than has u woman tor being tried before
- jury upon which persons Of her sex are
not permitted to sit. The XIV amend
meut guarantees TO all citizens the equal
OF the laws, and he believed
.aere was now no law upon our statute
10 )ks coutravening this provision, what.
ever might have been said Of the leglsla-
.lon OF 1865 No di.qualifying oath or
class distinction blo.s oar statute books
aow.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19
Lively Scenes In "a Court Room.

AUBURN, n. T., November 1.-THE
case ut C5ra Young, indicted for shoot
N. her paramour, WAS gwen to the Jury
At four O'clock. The case Of Barr, tor
,ho murder Of Keeper Caster st the
prison, WAS then called, and the prison
ar, VINO pre.cnds to be Insane, WAS
brought into court. At SIX the jury en-
tered IN Cora's csse, with verdict OF
aCguttal, and i wa, received win loud
applause. Sne tainted. During the con-
fusion Barr tried to escape, and strug-
sle of several minutes took place with
the Sherif's officers. Chains were OBJ
lalned, and he was shackled amid wild
excitement, and the trial proceeded.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19
THE TAYLOR sTRAUDER CASE.

In this issue of the REGISTER we
print the full text OF the points decided
by the Supreme Court, on Saturday, in
the somewhat notorious case OF the ne.
gro wlfe-murderer, TAYLOR STRAUDER
The history OF the whole case Is doubtless
familiar 10 the mind: o. cur readers 1t
is now over five and q half years since
the commission of the murder. The CIR
cumstanCes attending it We need not re
iterate. The preparation OF the
crime created grea. excitement among
the people OF his own color in the city
at the tiRe. He was arrested, tried and
convicted OF murder in the first degree
and the death sentence would have been
executed against him had not his counsel
succeeded in getting . Suspension thereof
until the Supreme Court OF Appeals
could be heard upon the point made tina.
ne mad not had \ preliminary eXamina-
ton before the county court IN ADVANCE
OF his triai in the Circuit Court Thus
does red tape defeat justice. Some two
years after the preparation Of tue deed,
the Supreme Court decided to remand
the case back to the County Court, where
by our Constitution, 1t should have gone
at first. He was again indicted, tried,
convicted and sentenced to deatn; and
again was the execution of the sentence
suspended, until the Supreme Court Of
Appeals should decide whether he was
entitled, under the amended Constitution
OF the United SLates and the Congres-
sional acts passed to enforce these amend
ments, to be tried by jury composed
partly or wholly OF his own color. The
Court decides that the point is not well
taken, and remsnds the case back to the
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19
Attempted Assassination of EmPe-
TOr william.

BERLIN, November lS.-A Pole has
been arrested on suspicion OF intending
IL attempt ~ tue assassination of En-
Doror William and Bismarck. \ Judicial
Investigation has been Instituted.
LATER. The Pole suspected OF de-
gn on the lives OF the Emperor and
Puuce Bismarck Was arrested ut r. rul-
way station, but not at the one that wa
Al first reported. The affair caused great
excitement, as the first erroneous report
we're TO the effect tnat the man was
caught in the act of firing at the En-
peror The police received Information
the plot, which is attributed TO tho
Polish UltrsmontanCs, and are looking
ior the prisoners supposed couiederates
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19
Greaser Indians Raiding In Texas.

GALVESTON, Novembc 1.-THE Ne10s
San Antonio special says: lnformatIoD
has been received at headquarters from
the border that several large parties of
Indians, one OF them composed OF thirty
five bucks, have crossed into Texas l.
rmI. General Ord has notified the iron
er people At various points where the
ssldcrs are expec.ed, TO be on then
guard. This is tle mos, formidable IN
.4siol that has been attempted yet. The
Indians were seen twelve miles west c
fredericksburg yesterday, and have
stolen lot OF horses IL this nelghbOr-
hood. The citizens are in pursuit. Tn,
Military have been notified. This Is sup
posed 10 be one Of the large parties re-
ported to be on the rad. Ihi- party i
.oing westward.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19

tIyidu4l exhibitors, presenting tleIr
wares on their own account suI u0;
through agents o; tie government,
would not be recognized. That lacl
being granted the rest became SIMPLY
matter OF Getsi.. he spoke OF the pruc-
ucal results o: IHternatlon4l eIposI..uls
IN developing trade and commerce. TIE
question here was whether the
United states, more interested
thsn any other nation n
exhibiting her raw materials, extending
her foreign trsde and joining in the
competition in which they alwsys sue
ceeded, should on account OF the small
sum OF $3.50 900 be shut out lrom the
Paris Exposition, and whether the House
and c, untry were TO be "whIsI,ed down
the wind with any false ideas OF
economy. Without action the committee
rose and the h puse adjourned.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-19
THE EASTERN WAR.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF KAKs.
The Turks Tired OF he HaT-SerVia
vii Not Break the Peace
Demonstration Against Aus-
tria-honIencGrius Cap
Inre AuIiYarf.

LONDON, November IA correspon-
dent ~ Cons,sn,iaop.e telegrsphs the
following: A council, over which the
Sultan presided, was held yesterday. |
Am informed that general feeling wss
expressed, ani by no one % ore strongly
than the sultan. in iavOr OF making Al
effort 10 pa, M end to the war, IN which
enough bad been done on both side, fer
glory, and which, j. continued, must
lndct lasting misery upon the two
empires. l. was .c.l, however, tnat At
the present time suthc ent reliance Cau
not be plsCed upon the deC.arauoIS o,
Russia, and that even while seeking %
obtain honorable peace, preparations tor
prolonged resistance must be- earned on
l AN told that, subject 10 this determine
ton - prosecute the war il honorable
peace cannot be maintained, It was re-
solved that the time for endeavorlng 20
put IN end TO the war has arrived /,
my information is correct the Grand
NIzIer will to-day inform the British
EmbaSs sdor o. the decision OF the Coun-
cIl, IN the hope that England Wi. sld in
putting = s,ap to ,ne war which So
greatly damages her own trade and
threatens to compromise her best inter
e.ts
Special dispatches say Coun: Andrassy,
the Austro. Hungarian Premier. has de-
alared hi, belief that Srryis Will no,
break the peace.
d,sns,cb from Be',ra5e renor,.
unepsiness IN tb.t city. Erybt tbnvssnd
infantry Ard SIX bs.tcrfe. left there for
the frontier to-day. ana their movements
indicate "A demonstration a.arn,, Austria
BrCHAREsr. November l7--Gcnerrl
okobeleiI WAS slightly wounded on In,
1871. bu, retain. IN. commend
The Rnumarinu Chambers il r,ryo;.l
or the 9TH.
C0NsrAETTN.pI Noyoub,rI--Tb
Bulgarian nuabrtant. of Yralzs masss.
cred The Ma .ulual..
VIENNA, Novrmb.- lT-Tha Poitica
Correspondence publishes rumor that