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The New York herald., 1879-03-30
THE PoINDExTER MURDER TRIAL.
DISAGREEMENT OF THE JURY-THE CASE SET
FOR NEW TRIAL IN APRIL-How THE JURY
VOTED.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALDl


VOTED.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALDl
RICHMOND Va. March 20. 1879.
The jury in the Foindexter trial, failing to agree
upon a verdict, were discharged. and the
continued until the next term of Court, which CON-
menccs April 2. The case was given to the jury
on Thursday evening at ten minutes to
eight and was under consideration until
half-past ten tonight, period Of nearly
hfty-one hours. during which they were brought
into Court eight times. each time announcing that
they had failed to agree. The Court continued to be
densely packed up to eleven p. NJ. when it adj
journed tire interest remaining unabated in the
up to the last mement.
now THE JURY STOOD.
canvass of the jury asccrtained that they
mainly divided on the question of punishment. Two
were said 10 regard the homicide involuntary
manslaughter. and to fix the punishment ut twelve
months in jail and the imposition of q heavy
fine. The remaining ten were unanimously for
from three to eighteen years. Five Of latter
reported as ssceraining the crime to be voluntary
manslaughter the punishment for which is not less
than two years in I'M the Penitentiary nor
the prisoner guilty of murder in the
ond degree. the punishment of which is
not less than hve nor more than eighteen years in
the Penitentiary. Several Efforts were made among
jurymen to compromise on term OF i've years in
the Penitentiary, failing in which they agreed to
disagree upon any other verdict.
REFUSED.
When the Jury was discharged motion was made
by counsel for the defence to allow tho prisoner
bail, which was briefly argued and overruled by
Judge Christian. Poindextcr was then remaudcd 10
Jail until the April term Of the Court.
The next jury will have TO be obtained from some
other locality than this city where the panel has al
formed and expressed opinions as to the merits Of
the case.
The New York herald., 1879-03-30
THE CATTLE DISEASE.

Reports having been circulated in Brooklyn 70 tho
effect that number OF the cattle killed by direction
Of the state authorities were not afflicted with
pleuro-pneumonia. General Patrick yesterday
ordered post mortem examinations to be made
of the remains Of the three cattle condemned by ID.
Mclean. the veterinary surgeon. and which were to
be- slaughtered yesterday. lie invited 10 be
present at these examinations Professors Liam
tard. Robertson and Hopkins. of the Amcri-
can Veterinary College. this city. Tho post.mortem
examinations made OF the three proved be-
yond . doubt that the animals had pleuro- -pneu.
mona.
The New York herald., 1879-03-30
CLOSE OF THE SECOND EXHIBITION OF THB
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS
A SELF-CONFESSED MURDERER.

The police authorities have been busiiy engaged
for some time investigating q confession of
murder which was made some time ago
to the English prison authorities by
man who had been arrested in
London charged with felony. This alleses
that. tempted by poverty. he drugged gambling
acquaintance In this city In August last with the IN
tention Of robbipg him. and that becoming fearful
that che dose had killed the man, he
threw him into the river and left him TO
drown. This story seems to be borne out by tho
books Of the Coronors ONCE, as there Is record
OF the hnding the nth of August, 1878, Of body
corresponding with the description givon Of his vic
tim by the self-confcssed murderer.
The New York herald., 1879-03-30
THE MUANN MURDER TRIAL.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.

NORWICH. N. ". March 20. 1879.
The trial Of Felix McCann. aged seventythree, for
the murder Of j. Morris Hatch aged fifty three. last
December, at Niger Hollow. sherburne.
Chenango county. closed here to-day before
Judge Follet and the submitted to the jury at
1--WE o'clock this evening. Ex-Congrcssman 4. II.
Prindle made powerful plea on behalf OF the pris-
oner, speaking three hours. District Attorney John
w. Church presented the case OF the people in
of the ablest addresses that has ever been
heard In Chenango county. Judge Follet
In thirty-fve minutes, gave remark
ably clear and impartial review of the
material points OF the evidence and stated the law
concisely. He charged the jury that their verdict
must be hrst second degrees of murder not
gailty. Before six +. M. the jury took one ballot
nine votes going into one box and three into the
other. At that hour they went to supper. The bal
loting indicates q disagreement second degree of
murder. Judge Follct will receive . verdict until
midnight or Sunday.
The New York herald., 1879-03-30


HAVE BEEN MADE IN PHILADELPHIA-A LET
TER SIGNED ''w. A. WALLACE"
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1
PHILADELPHIA. March 30, 1879.
Apropos Of the charges which senator Wallace
has made regarding the republican management of
elections in this city, the following letter which he
is said to have written far back 1867
will be found interesting. It will be seen that the
Senator, who then chairman Of the Democratic
State Committee, directs the county committees,
to each Of which copy Of the letter was sent in
strict privacy to how to increase the democratic
vote in their districts. The paragraph about en-
lareing the vote by contract and paying "active
men" "hxed sums the day after election" for every
vote, will be found particularly valuable:-
[Privatcl
No. 7ss SAMSON STREET
PBLADxLPHIA, Sept IL, 1867.
To - -. Esq, Chairman OF the County Committee.
DEAN sIR-hs necessity attention details in
nos but should b. made S u as
% p gh s~s % Tho sf "ps % e Is
e learn The st all the aem9crs,. and doubtful
% have S % me The ss Ss ,snS
s.aSs
ysa copy ;SsrsSs Sass bushes: s%pey these
and for election day, :, and provide the means
money in this way than by meetings; II you have any
doubt Of the men you employ tell others Of friends
your detailed vote for lass and for 1885
trcts likely to be slow Give them special attention
1t important to get reliable In each district
Do devote attention making specific majority
bns look TO getting your whole vote When this done
the majority follows In very slow. districts / would
suggest a special contract with active Thus. in
1885 the district polled 100 democratic votes in 1896
12O democratic FOR every democratic
ITO polled will pay you fixed sum the day after the
election. This Is simply an incentive 10 bring
for the of 1867 shows they there. See that
have all democrats assessed naturaxed and
their taxes paid. Let me know what l do for you
Send forward this list rapidly. Be very careful of this
paper. Keep IL entirely private Respectfully yours.
A XAII1ACE mi
The New York herald., 1879-03-30
TENNESSEE'S DEBT.
NASHVILLE, March 20, Is,

NASHVILLE, March 20, 1879.
The state Senate to-day concurrcd in the House
amendment TO the bill to compromise the State debt
AT atty cents with four per cent interest. TO be sub
mittcd to the people for ratification IL the bond
holders accept the proposition.
The New York herald., 1879-03-30

As good proof as could be desired Of the popu-
larity Of Carmen" given by the size of the
audience which collected at the Academy yesterday
afternoon in spite of the weather. and by the unus
ually large proportion-for matinee-of men.
The opera was sung and acted in excellent style.
Campanini and Del Puente were in excellent voice
and spirits. while some who had heard the opera
several times before declared that Miss Hauk had
never rendered the title role more perfectly. The
favorite number, as usual, Escamillos ''Tor-
reador" song. which Del Puente gave three times.
The part Of Michaela was well sung by Nine.
composer had made more OF the possibilities of this
interesting character.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13

Milk SICKNEss.-The death of an whole.
family in Watauga county, by what is called
'milk-poisoning' brings to mind the theory
of DIR. S. l.. Love, and perhaps others, that
this disease arises from arsenic in the soil.
It is well known there are deposits Of arsenic
in various parts of Western Carolina. Re
Gently we copied from the Charlotte Obserrer
an account Of an arsenic spring in Iredell
county. Several similar springs exist, east of
the Blue Ridge. West Of the Ridge, in Hay
wood, Macon, and other counties, there are
a number Of Poison Beds, fatal to cattle,
and IN some cases to man, if the arsenated
gas therefrom be too long inhaled. This ar
senous exhalation, it is thought, leaves
sublimated or sediment upon adjacent veg
citation, which when eaten by COWS produces
the milk poisoning. Indeed the cattle are
very fond of eating the earth itself, so that as
soon as the poison lick is discovered. the
%neighbors have it enclosed by a high fence.
DIR. Love mentions a case where some of the
arsenic earth was dug up to be brought for
examination by Prof. Kerr: but being left on
a plank in the yard was eaten by calves. caus-
ing their death IN a short space. The Doc
tor says, however, that .milk-sickncss' is
never considered fatal in his section. WELD
Ing readily to the ordinary antidotes for ars-
enic poisoning, if taken in time. 1t is we'll
that this fact should be widely known inthat
region.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13
NOVEMBER g. 1872.


III 'a4t.-
lotte, at the residence of Miles p. Pegra,,
Esq. By the Rev. Dr.. Harding, Mr.. CHAR
y. Vance, eldest son Of Senator Vance. ana
Miss Katie. daughter Of Thos. R. Tate. do
ceased. 4 small circle Of friends were pres
cnt, and the voting people took tie atr--
noon train tor Baltimore and New YorL
Happiness and contentmeEt 60 with then
and abide with them, and never depart FRI
them,-On the 9th, ult., at the resjdenra
Of the bride : mother, near Clinton, By the
Rev. j. L. Stewart, Mr.. X. +. DeEane. A.
Cumberland, and Miss Belle Ashford
youngest sister Of Col. John Ashford. Pres
dent of the Sampson Agricultural Soeietv
The FARMER AMI MECHANIC ask. to rre.
Salisbury, W. Y. Revelle and Miss FsteI1a
Bacon.---In the Presbyterian church NJ
Haywood, y. c., on Nov. 9th, By the Rev
z. r. Law, Mr.. 7. 81. Gross and Miss Ma
W. Scott; and Mr., J. F.. Bryan and Ms,
4. l.. Parham.-From the Daily Ners
we take the following:-At St. Matthews
church, Hillsboro, at $50 y. M, 9Th inst.
Captain w. B. Shepard, of Edenton. IN
Miss Pauline c. Cameron, the highly accom-
plished daughter of Hon. Paul c. Cameron
The Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson oficiatinr.
assisted by Rev. {. J. Curtis. The walters
were Miss Mildred c. Cameron and Ste-e
Rufhn. Kate Hamilton and Captain B. Cam
eron, Rebecca Collins and W. ). Roulha,
| Annie Collins and q. b. Anderson. Annie
lR. PEBBLES and Paul c. Graham. Miss LIZ
zie Jones acted as o~rganist. After the cere-
mony the happy pair took the train for
Northern tour, while the remainder Of the
party returned to the palatial residence Of
Major John w. Graham and partook Of q
most bountiful repast that was there await
inc them.-At Henderson. Mr.. Y r
Bilisoly and Miss Fannie W. Choate. iii
Granville, Mr.. 4. Crews and Mss Molie
Stark.-In Durham, Nov. 4th, at the res
idence of Mai. W. r.. Blackwell, Or. n. Nc
johnson and Miss Bette Blackwell, sister
Iof the host.-In Baltimore, Mr. Frank y
Polk. son of the late A. Ii. Polk, of North
Carolina, and grandson Of Bishop Polk, to
Miss Maggie, daughter of Rev. Cha>. Gala
way.-In St. Mary's Chapel, Raleigh.
Nov. 9Th, BY Rev. Bennett Smede>, John /.
Presley, Of Abbeville, South Carolina, and
Miss Josephine lie Gal, neice Of Mile IL
Gal, Of St. Mary's School At Moore
vile, DR., ]. r. McLe'land and Miss Mary
Rankin. Near Louisburg, Oct. Both. DR..
b. L. Whiteside, of Bridgewater, Burke
county, and Miss Minnie |. Edgerton. in
Wilson, Nov. 9th, Mr.. Henry ). Hat. Of
Rocky Mount, and Miss Jessie Adams
in Wake, by W. D.. Haywood, Esq, Mr..
Walter Stevens and Miss Bette Ford
In Franklin, to-day, by Rev, DR.. PritcharI.
DR.. Thomas and Miss Mary Mitchell.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13

-Tourgee has published another booS
called sTThe Fools Errand. by % ne o.
them !" which>is designed to tell the tribu
lations Of the typical c~arpet-bagger IN
North Carolina. It r%ecites tie Chicken
stephens" mystery, Outlaw murder, etc.
and the Observer. who has seen the advance
sheets fears It will eQIal Uncle Tom CablD
in sIandering the South.
George T. StroDach, Esq, has repeated
his annual Gift Of thirty cords Of wood to
the Young Mems Christian Association, for
the benefit of the poor. On cold nights,
our clever young towrsman can wrap the
drapery Of his couch around him, and lie
down to pleasant Dreams, conscious that
he has kept suffering from more than one
door.
The Southern Coast was unfortunate
last week. Besides the Champion of Char
lesion. the Falcon bound for that city was
| sunk by a collision with the Tryon. The
| Wilmington Reriew says the 3-masted
Schooner W0OlcOH twice in the same night
collided with unknown vessel, suffer ing
damage which required her be towed to
port. Truly there is peril 'for them that
go down to the sea in ships.'
The Brooklyn Eagle says Gen: Han
COCK has all ILullltuSc pOpui6lll1 III tiO
South Well, isn't this proof that we are
| not embittered against the North, nor the
| government, but against those who wanton-
| = and brutally misuse and defame Us? No
Yankee Generals hit harder licks against the
Southern armies than Gen. Hancock. Gen.
Hooker, and Gen. Mcclellan, yet no North
ern Democrat is more esteemed.
The wonderful Mrs. Smith, of West
moreland county. Va. is dead. She meas
ured thirty-four inches acress the shoulders.
weighed within a fraction Of 6lO pounds.
The coffin was of immense size, and before
it was delivered two ordinary men lay in it
side by side on their backs, without crowd
ing each other the least. When it was
brought to the house it could not be got in
the door. and it was necessary to leave it
outside until the time set for the funeral.
when the corpse was carried out to the cot
fin.
The triumph Of Sectionalism at the
North in a recent elections was complete.
The Republicans gained thousands and
tens Of thousand IL every State. What
next? Well, you may look oat for a crop
OF southern time-servers, who will tell YOU
the South ought 70 ''change her course
get lower and still lower on her marrow
bones, and confess her sins in sack cloth
and ashes. Anything to propitiate those
who having robbed and ruined us, still
continue to hate and Cypress Anything
to get ''otiiS !" For shame on such crea-
lures. Truth, honesty, and manhood are
the same whether it suits the North or not,
whether we hold office or not.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13

THE WEATuER.-The month of May new
er witnessed more balmy weather than
during the past week. Fires have been out
of the question bedroom windows open
night and day; and scores of school chill
dren, chiefly colored, running in their bare
feet. Indeed the warmth has been at times
disagreeable. How will this do for a con
trast . ~ severe snow storm prevailed
throughout the North last week. At Keene,
NJ H., it was fifteen inches deep. At Lee
>banon, n. H., trains were blockaded. The
storm was still raging fiercely Monday night.
At Battleboro VT. 20 inches fell. and at
other points from s to II inches. From 10
to II inches fell in New York State about
Champiain.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13
THE SITUATION IN VIRGINIA.

On the 2Sth of May, President Davis and
family reached Richmond, which by request
OF Virginia, had become the capital of the
Confederacy. Gen. Beauregard followed a
few days later. He was assigned to the COM
mand of the army gathering at Manassas to.
confront the Lincolnite column moving out
from Washington. Gen. Jos. f. Johnston
had been placed in command of the forces
opposing Gen. Patterson's column at Har-
per Ferry. Gen. J. B.. Magruder, with a
very small force, was assigned to watch the
column under B. T. Butler moving out
from Fortress Monroe. Gen. r. +. Lee was
sent with a fragmentary force to watch the
movements of the Lincolnites in Western
Virginia, who had advanced from Wheeling
to Grafton, and were organizing small camps
of ''Loyalists" in all directions. Batteries
were also planted at Acquia Creek, on the
Potomac, to defend Fredericksburg, and
blockade the river. | soon afterwards had
to run the gauntlet Of these guns, but the
stream was too wide for them t. be effective,
though they forced the Federals to keep a
small fleet of gun boats cruising up and down
the river.
CUTLER sTARTs TO BIG EETHEL.
Picayune Butler, in command ofsome TO-
900 Lincolnites, encamped near Fortress
Monroe, had shown his customary vigor in
brow-beating the inhabitants of the vicinity.
Having sent emissaries to bring in slaves
from the adjacent plantations to help him
throw up Notifications, he impudently re-
piled, to the demand Of their owners for
their return. that all negroes owned By reb-
els were ''contraband u war,'-a phrase
which ORIGINATED the term, "C079rsl Con-
traJands."
(TO BE CONTINCEp.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13

MILTON CHRONICLE ITEMs:-O. II. Blcca-
er, and a deputy Marshal named Watson.
intoxicated, after searching the dlstliery OF
b. Walker in Person county, without find
ing a drop of illicit liquor, proceeded t.
search, without warrant every house Tor
miles around, including even ''the domIcl.e
Of a poor widow woman, totterlng with age,
of character above suspicion. HOY long
are honest and decent people to be insulted
and outraged by drunken Revenue officers
who take the law into their own hands.
The estate of Hon. NJ. McGehee, lI+o
acres, exclusive of 90 acres homestead.
with mill, gin, store, etc, sold for about 81.
600, a low price. The stock, grain, etc.
also sold low.
J. Note. Although Blocker is a Radlca. Of
the ~crookedest sect, aud stopped his subj
c ription to this paper last year b~e1ause ,.
its politics, we give him the benefit Of bis
denial, as te~legraphed to the OJs@'t@--hh
/. x NJ.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13

\ RIDICULOUS THREAT.-A great many
big little men came up TO the Fair. Some
of our State papers have alluded to the
political log-rolling. Of which BY the way,
there was enough to crOsS-tle the North
Carolina system" from Mud Cut 70 More
head city. We have heard some amusing
things III respect to personal Blooms.
Divers plans 10 harmonic the press were
discussed. one or two gentlemen came
to tell us Of mysterious threats of certain
small ~cLaQeuYs for the STRENGTHENING Bu-
reau to break down the FARMER \ HE-
CHANIC-' because ofour criticism upon the ex-
travagant mis-management OF the Agrlcultur-
al Department. The scheme proposed was to
have Col. Polk use the agents ofthe Bureau
half a dozen in each county, to distribute
documents against U.s. while the State Ad-
ministration should put forth its strength
forthe same ~purposel-between them 70
crush US %as.-hat as pancake! Possibly
the crushing process embraced other pa
pers which have had the temerity to inquire
for the practical fruits of near t~ttythonsand
dollars worth of salaries, etc. We have heard
that lengthy resolutions, rejecting uponthe
portion of the press referred to. were intro
duced in the Agricultural Society meeting,
but were promptly and sensibly laid on the
table, by the 3ozen or so of members pres
ent: Simple resolutions of thanks to Messrs.
LedOuX and Polk being substituted, when
was well enough we suppose, as both had
taken pains to assist the Fair. As . rGoy.
Jarvis, we have no idea he ever thought of
such a thing as the proposed ..crushing pro
cess II he is hostile to this paper We do.
not know it; and if he were its bitterest en-
envy, he IS too sagacious not to know that
the people will rally around a paper which
speaks its honest convictions IN relation TO
the public servants, and that any attempt
to 1n1uTe such a paper viii recoil on the off
cial attempting it: The press cannot be
~Bull-dozei" IN that style. However, We
repeat we have-no idea GOV. jarvis IS re
sponsible for or approves OF. the l02se tak
of the clique corners. The matter IS men
toned merely to smile at tie sublime sillineI
Of Fair-weck-gossip. -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13

CHAPEL HILL ITEMs-rePorted to TIL.
Duly Neers .-Sykes, the blockade dlsuIe.,
who broke Jail recently, and resumed Ill.
sales, was re-arrested about day-brcak OIL
Saturday. The students have sIaa7-'.-
shooting club. Don Gillian won the
medal. At the students walking match,
w. c. Phillips won, by covering ~ mics
and go yards in two hours. This is neaIy
as good as Geo. Harward's - miles IN sam
time at Linkc's Rink the other night. me
Durham Plant has this to say Of the recent
Railroad meeting The c)rporators met Oh
Thursday, Nov. 9th, in Chapel Hill. I1et
resolved to run the road from Chapel I'LL.
to the town Of Durham, and apPo.Lt-"
committee to open books and receive
scriptions to the capital stock The c-a-
ter authorizes the building of the -.*
whcn SO, 1000 shall have been su0scIio--
the State giving gratuitously one Ldaa."
convicts, The subscription Of about o--
third of the capital stock has already
given by the people of Chapel HUI, "l--"-
effort Of inducement. They will give ---
when the subscription list shall have .--
handed around. The country pcop-- .-
not as yet seen. Two of this people, l.
ever, one east, and the other seven Ill.
west Of Chapel HID, gave three A-.
dollars.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13

A New VERSION The venerable Kris
kingle, of the Roam Mountain Repubhcan,
tells anew the story of three men in the
frey furnace. As it is no doubt a personal
reniniscense we give his words verbatim:
Now de king had a CRATE big Dutch
oven dat he uscn when he make q barbecue,
an IN dat oven he cad ro's' a hull oxen an
Gle king he tole lem carpet baggers dat he
Wu'd chuck en- in dat oven ef da didn't
make a bow ter de gol'cn image, an de stiff
necked critters didn't bow wUf a cent.
Den de king he dun got all de ole tar bar'ls
an al de pitch dar WIZ in de Ian an he
made dat oven bot enuf ter ros Il hull
drove Nv steahs, and he put Shade Rack
an Mike Shack an Abel Negro inter de oven
wild der carpet bags an all der sto' clos on,
an shut de oven til de de mex mo'nin. An
when de king cum dar de mex mo'nin wild
Gle oils holders. ne foun' Shade Rack an
Mike Shack an Abel Negro a sittin dar wild
der listers on, an der teef chatterin wild de
cold, and hoIlerin fer q%uinine ter break de
chill. Den de king he sed desc carpet bag.
gers tn smart fur common forks an he jes
@iv EN- I'll de otfiscs in de Ian.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13

CASUALTIES. Mr.. n. p. Jones injured
his hand by the accidental explosion Of a
shell cartridge. Mr.. Isaiah Riggsbee, Of
Chatham. says the Neus, was killed last
week by the overturning of his vehicle.
His body was found under two feet Of wa
ter. Miss Nellie Hamlin died suddenly at
Rutherford College of heart disease.
Dwelling of Capt. Stanhope Anderson, at
Hayesville, Clay county, burned last week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13
Lemon Topic: A correspondent inform:

Lemon Topic: A correspondent Informs
Us that there are more than q hundred car
penters constantly employed at Durham
hat the sound Of the axe, hammer, and
mallet Is heard in every direction.-Wa-
tauga items: Protracted meetings are in 81.
Grafton IN various parts Of the county. One
at Boone's Chapel has been going on for
more than q Teek. Fifteen persons were
baptized BY immersion at Three Forks
Church last Thursday. B. I. Pitman
was arrested last week on suspicion of mn
der. He was lodged in Jail. He fills the
description Of q man who committed murder
in Rockingham county a short time aro. and
for whose arrest a reward Of three hundred
dollars has been offered.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-13

NoTEs, COLLECTED. = Capt. Sam. S.
Kirkland, the State says, has been appoint
ed assistant engineer G. F. & Y. Y. rail
road.-Maj. Julian s.. Carr, has gone
North to be absent several weeks, the Plant
says.-W. y. C.R.R d re ctors meet to-day.