Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-02-01
From our regular eerrsspoAAsnr
WASHINGTON LETTER.

and representations rs to the result
have been fully verified, A feeling o'
universal satisfaction aud congralula'
ton peryaded the Capitol Wednesday
night when the news circulated through
out the city that the Jury after being
out only forty minutes had returned q
verdict of equity" There was little
discussion IN the jury loom, aud but
one ballot to settle the verdict, All
were convinced before leaving the
court room that the miserable wretch
who had been playing his antics before
them for ten weeks was responsible "a
the law for his cruel, yillainous deed
II IL well-nigh seven months since tho
National tragedy, which reached III
second act on Wednesday, was begun
by the shot from Guiteau's pistol IN
that brief time the seat of Government
has witnessed many changes An Ad'
ministration which had but just begun
It's career, came to q halt, passed thro'
eighty days of painful suspense, and
then amid the scenes and ceremonies
of mourning gave away to n new aud
different regime. During all this no
gusts of passion were able to overthrow
the dignity and cquanimily OF the
American people, aud Government
of law and order was maintained while
one President, made by law, succeeded
another slain by the assassin
The trial that has followed is in
many respect to one ofIhcmost remark
able in the annals Of criminal proceed
ure. We have seen the cowardly rs
sassinator of the head of the Nation SIT
in open court and abuse counsel and
witnesses in outrageous terms, and
when, during the closing hours, he
called the venerable and eloquent Port
err ~ lying whclp," it seemed almost
too much for human nature to stand.-
But the verdict of the jury is consoling.
The greatest travesty Of the whole
thing is the time consumed in reaching
Justice. In what other country would
the assassin of the chief ruler live q
year after doing the deed! There is
now. however, no chance for Guitca''
to escape pulling hemp sooner or LATER
unless he dies from fright before tho
time arrives. He stapds not the slight
est chance of q new trial or Of any re-
lief from the courts. In all that has
been done Judge Cox has used the ut
most caution to prevent misfire and
his brother Judges have been consult
ed at every step, so that unquestlon-
ably the full bench will sustain the re-
suit below. A little delay is the most
that Guiteau can hope for. The hang
ing may be postponed until May, pos
sibly till July, but the performance
will eventually take place, as set down
in the bills.
The greatest life of the Capitol now
is among the Office hunters. There
seems to be no end to them, and the
slow NOV emcnts of the President drives
them from eagerness to desperation.-
MARYLAND and Cincinnati delegations
occupy the largest share of time and
attention lately, and the two localities,
in the matter of numbers and persist
ence, appropriate the pastry. If there
is Republican in Cincinnati or in the
State of Maryland who does not expect
an office, he remains to be heard from.
A statistical genius, who is himself
looking through the gates of the White
House in the fond hope that some fine
day an office will accidentally fall to
him, asserts that no has kept tally, so
to speak, of the Maryland delegations,
and that they have marched into the
White House at the rate of from four
to six solid bodies of statesmen every
working day for the last six weeks
He believes that President Garrett, of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, one
of the shrewdest fnanoiers in the coun-
try, secretly encourages these visits of
Maryland statesmen TO the WMte
House as an important help to main
tanning his dividends. A considerable
part of the adult male population of
Cincinnati has also been registered at
the Washington hotels since the LIST of
last November, and some of the prom
inent citizens talk Of coming here per-
manently so as to be on hand daily to
advise the President about the Cincin-
natl Post Office, which appears to be
one of the important institutions in the
world and one on the security Of which
our material liberties largely depend.
There is a rumor about town to the
effect that Tom Young and Murat Hal
ataod houe ahrawdlv determined tn