Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-22
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Star Route Trials.-A Day of Legal SeuabbIes--The Mission of the Coryyin-- Other Happenings at the Capital. WASHINGTON, June 21.-In the Star route trial to day there was much wrangling be- tween counsel as to the admission of certain testimony, and Judge Wylie said he had
 passed upon this question before at an early stage of the case. It was necessary to havea proper regard for the scheme of the prosecu- tion where the introduction of evidence was concerned. Even one overt act well estab lished was sufficient for the purposes of the prosecution. There was no requirement that the indictment, after charging evil purposes should set out every evil act. ''Now as to
 the conspiracy question" said Judge Wylie
 '' in my opinion, the conspiracy has not been
 as yet proved We are perhaps getting to- wards that end, but with what success the government will make out their case I am
 unable at present to say. Certain frauds
 have been proved against certain contractors,
 but not enough evidence of the connection
 has yet been presented" As tending to
 prove these frauds the evidence was good in the opinion of the court The afternoon ses- sion was spent in verifcations of maps and diagrams showing the routes in Oregon. Lieutenant Healey, commanding the reve- nue steamer Corwin, which was sent to the relief of the burned steamer Rodgers, tele- graphs the Secretary of the Treasury from Port Townsend, the 20th inst, that he rived at St. Lawrence Bay, Behring's Sea, May If, where he found the whaler North Star with the Rodgers people already on board and leaving port The people were at once transferred to the Corwin and taken to Onnalaska arriving May 23. TEey arrived at Sitka June 8, reached Fort Wrangel June l4, and then sailed for Port Townsend in Puget Sound. He will proceed to San Fran cisco with the Rodgers crew. All are well. The Senate to day made the following con- firmations: Utah commission, Alex Ramsey ! of Minnesota, Algernon s. Paddock of Ne ! braska, George l.. Godfrey of Iowa, James R. Pettigrew of Arkansas.
 The departments were flooded to day with circulars from George William Curtis threat
 ening to bring to the Attorney General vio- l lations of the law by employees in paying ! money for campaign purposes.
 l Dispatches from Lieutenant Berry received here state under date of January that the ! fire on the Rodgers originated in the fore | hold, probably from the heat of the donkey engina The crew battled with the flames with extinguishers, but had to abandon say
 ing all the ammunition except shot. All the
 records, months provisions and bales of l blankets, and the boats were with difficulty
 removed ashore on account of the young ice. The Rodgers burning three days before sink ! ing, the crew slept out doors the first night. 1 Natives then found and took them to viii
 lage, where the people gave them warm lodg- | ings and plenty of food principally walrus. | The crew were divided subsequently, between l four villages, each desirous of extending hos | pitality. Mir. Berry says that he expects to
 charter the first whaling vessel arriving in l the spring to go to St. Nicholas and thence
 to take an Alaska companys steamer to San l Francisco.
 The tariff commission will organize imme-
 diately. It is expected that MT. Robert P. | Porter will be designated the secretary | member of the commission. Plans for work i will be immediately made. It is stated with
 some confidence that Mir. Hayes, of Boston,
 chairman of the commission, will recommend
 that the tariff on wools and wool goods be
 reduced from thirty to fifty per cent. This
 is said to be in accordance with the National Association of Wool Growers, who believe
 their interests can best be served by @ mod crate reduction of the tariff.
 The Condemned Assassfn-How He Ac- | cepted Hts Fate.
 | WASHINGTON, June 21.-Guiteau is weak
 ening. A gentleman who was present when the letter of Justice Bradley declining to
 grant tHe writ of habeas corpus was handed
 to him at his cell door says: "The letter
 struck him to the heart. It fell from his
 hands to the floor. He seemed to lose cour-
 age, but as I watched him very intently he
 nerved himself up with good deal of resolu
 tion and began to pound table in the old
 way and to talk about his theory of inspira-
 tion' Then taking Mir. Reed his counsel
 one side he whispered very earnestly in his
 ear, and among other things he was heard
 say You must now force the theory of in