Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-03
CLEAR is MUD.

1t seems to me that it's most too soon to
make President, but there's less harm in 1t
than in specializing in cotton futures. The
newspapers are very busy about It, and have
settled 1t up very satisfactorily to them who
can understand it. Now, If Seymour can carry
New York. and amt too old to run, and Hen
bricks will run with him and carry his State
and Bayard can carry Delaware, and Alex.
Stephens will stand UP to the party, and we
| can elect our man, and Hewitt don't trade him
OIL and Gen. Grant concludes to run the canal,
| and Lochrane gets reconciled, and DR.. FELTON, is
satisfied to stay in Congress the balance OF his
| life. and everything works smoothly and we
make good crops next year, why We Will all be
happy and no loss on our side. But If Gen.
Grant runs. and Gen. Hancock and the bond
holders put up eight or ten millions, and Penn
| sylvania goes for Hancock and New York for
Grant, and the other States go some other way,
and nobody knows how the thing Is mixed up,
and Mr.. Stephens goes for Grant and nobody is
elected, why we can't tell very much about 1t
nohow. The whole business is very much like
|, Uncle Pete StroZheir's charge to the jury. Cox
was suing Wilcox about horse trade, Cox said
that the horse he bought from Wilcox had the
had the distemper and that he would get well
If he had been properly doctOred. About forty
witnesses s were examined, and half Of EN-
other half swore he died of CHAMBERS. 50 the
Judge charged the jury at great length, for
for said he: Gentlemen, the Supreme Court
says that more than half the cases that comes
up there never would have come If the Judge
had SC charged the jury as to make 'em under
stand the case. Now I'll try and make this
case as luminous to you as the MONDAY sun.
Now you've heard all the evidence more or less,
and l charge you that If the horse had the
CHAMBERS and died after he got over it, then Cox
is entitled to recover the value of an unSOund
horse; but if wilcox had the CHAMBERS, then the
horse can't recover; and ii Cox and Wilcox had
the glan derS, then the jury must say what Is
the measure of damages; and If the horse had
the distemper and cox cured him of it, then
wilcox Is liable for rent and occupation; but
the whole case depends on how old the horse
was, and whether he had ever had the blind
staggers or not,-all of which you are to deter
mine according to the evidence, counting the
number of witnesses on both sides, whether
they are even or odd. but charge you that If
neither Cox nor wilcox nor the horse had the
CHAMBERS nor the distemper. then the jury can't
recover, and you will be obliged to bring in
verdict for the witnesses in this case. Retire,
gentlemen, and make up your decree"
The next case was about a COW that was I'M
ruly, and had TO wear yoke and poke and got
hung in grapevine, and was chOked to death,
and the plaintiff sued the man he bought her
from, and. after all the evidence was submitted,
Uncle Pete charged the juay that il the:.eow was
''Sold to Higgins as sound COW, and she was
unruly and had to be yoked and poked, and by
reason thereof got chOked to death by grape
vine, and wasn't tit for beef nor pork, nor NUT
ton nor milk, and was total loss except as to
her hide and tallow, and Higgins put the cow
in the field where the railroad run over her, and
the COW was on the track in the trains time or
the train was on the track in the cows time,
then the plaintiff can't recover anything more
IMAM consequential damages, ana charge you
that this is the law Of this case, but you can find
for the COW OF the railroad just as you please.
But, gentlemen OF the jury, l charge you that
you must find for the plaintiff in this case, pro-
vided you don't think the defendant ought to
recover"
Jesse. Now its occurs to me from reading the
newspapers, that the whole thing about the
next President Is as. clear as sunbeam, and II
any man wants to be on it, why there's no
trouble about making up an issue. If Mr.. TIL
den lives to see the next convention and Is not
nominated. why then you may set 1t down that
somebody else will be, and If Gen. Grant don't
beat him. and Sherman and Blaine don't run,
in1fon ChiIds viii have to wife fn5era, a1e
and wait four years more for an Office, and then
not get it-provided we elect our man and he
amt cheated out of it, and we don't have a
king put over us in the meantime. My opinion
is, that some of the newspapers have put 1t ex-
actly, but which one it Is am not prepared to
say at this time, and think the whole matter
ought to be referred to Uncle Pete Strozhier.-
l'BiU Arp" in Atlanta (Gd.j Constitution (teh,.)