New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18

though there some excellent looking men on It,
Four of the jurymen are negroes, of whom has
profile suggesting the higher type Of AshaDtes. An
other is the idryman who complained the other day
of feeling very badly with misery" and said that
the noise " went through his head "lke wagon"
When he was asked what noise " he meant. he
said, " the talking and the readingD This recalls
the story of the blue-eyed and white-haired jury
man on whom a young lawyer pinned all bis hopes
of winning his case, and who rose just before the
jury was to retire TO consider its verdict, saying
that two terms had been used during the trial
which he thought he ought to know the
meaning of before he could render an
intelligent verdict-they were plaintiff and
defendant" The Star Route trial presents no
subtle questions but 1t is, nevertheless a cOmpli-
Gated case and it is of interest to wonder what
shape these endless patoOns of facts about routes,
animals and men, expedition and increased pay, as
sumo In the minds of these jurymen. The trial has
lasted just two months. and the Government though
it talks OF closing its case next week, hardly do
it. The first trial lasted about three months
and half, and this will certainly out
strip it. The situation is more serious
for the defence than it then. and they will
make greater efforts. Then the prosecution had
confession by Rerdell only at second hand and on
few general points Now they have him telling all
he knows, with the aid of such documents as were
not taken out of his Office while he was in the Dis
trict Jail through the decision of an impartial jury
that while ex-senator Dorsey had not entered into
conspiracy, his private secretary, acting I'M
der his orders, had. Rerdell in jail chalng
under the thought that the men who made him run
the risk of the p-ntentiary to earn q salary as
clerk had sacrificed him through convenient jury,
while they escaped Dorsey, with the key Of Rer-
dcPs office in his pocket; somebody slipping into
Rerdel's Office probably at night, ransackng his
desks and drawers for discriminating papers bun
ding them INTO bag and hurrying away with them
really good scene for the " Great American
Novel" which most of the cleveryoung men who will
be graduated from college next June are probably
planning TO write. There is bigger brigade OF
lawyers than ever on the side of the defence and
though they talked interminably at the former
trial, they are likely to talk longer now, with the
odds much larger against them. Mr.. Davidge who
appeared for the Government in the Guiteau case,
is with the defence now, and there are with him
Colonel Ingersol jeff" Chandler, jeremiah
Wilson, Judge Carpenter General Henke,
and number Of others of less note.
Any one Of these able men il capable Of making a
speech as long as "A whole tariff debate if he thinks
it necessary. and the prospect for an end to the
trial before some tme inApulis not bright.
Colonel Mapleson followed tle Same plan here in
selling seats for the opera next week that reused
the ire of Chicago. Two days announced for the
sale Of season tickets, without any clew being |
given as TO the nights on which |
Patti or Alban would appear. There was some
grumblng but it did not lesscp the stampede to be
first al the box Office. Over $4,000 worth of tick
cts Is said to hayo been sold the first day. some
ladies gong to their places in the line at o'clock
in the morning To-day. the third day of the
sale hut the first for single performances.
the programme of the week is an
nounced for the first time. Those who
bought season tickets got five nights and
one matinee. with the certainty that Patti and |
Albani were in there " somewhere for $50 in the
orchestra AID orchestra circle and 81 in the dress
circle.
George Alfred Townsend seems to be drawing |
larg" houses rs a lecturer. Reports from the West
are that his audiences there were very large and |
Wizards Hall was we'll flied last night.
4 little thing that was said in one Of the tariff
wranges IN the House the other day ought to be |
preserved IN the history OF retort Mr.. Springer |
had exclaimed IN a gra ldiloqueut manner that he |
would rather DE night tnan be Pre- idcnt. Mr.. Reed
looked ~ him minute m his big. goOd-uatured |
way, aud then he exploded" You'll never be |
either SAID he. d. u. L.