Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-12-26
Capt. Thos. A. Goodman Granted New
Trial

CAPT. mos. A. G00dman Ufanteu new
Trial
1t will be seen by the following spe-
cial to the Richmond State that Capt.
Thos. A. Goodman has been granted a
new trial.
CovINGToN, Va. Dec 19-Argument
by counsel in the case of Thomas A..
Goodman VS.. the Commonwealth of
Virginia upon a writ of error to a judg-
ment of the County G .urt o. Allegheny,
upon an Indictment for the killing of
Colonel H G.. Parsons, before Judge
William Mclaughlin, sitting in vaca-
ton al Lexin2 ton, Va. was concluded
last Thursday by r l.. Parrish, one of
the counsel for the plaintiff
The court was called upon TO deter
mine whether or not Il new trial should
be granted the prisoner, who was con
victed OF murder il the second degree,
the jury fixing his punishment at eigh
teen years in the peniteptiary. The
grounds specially dwelt upon by conn
sci for the prisoner were the inadmis-
sibility Of the evidence of Staples and
wife and others tending to damage the
moral character of Goodm man. aud thus
to establish the allegations of improper
conduct set forth in the Parsons letter
to the railroad superintendent. and the
instructions l;y the court in favor IT ri.,
Common wealth
Judge Mclaughlin reserved his de-
cision until to day, WHEN he granted
the accused a new trial upon the fol
lowing grounds:
For the erroneous admission of the
Staples evidence for excluding evil
of = n, hai hi # IF
firearms; for refusal to give proper irr-
structlons asked for Goodman. and for
the giving of Improper Instructions ask
ed by the Commonwealth
The reported Investment of u half
million dollars in q beet. root sugar
plant in Nebraska is in every way
gratifying. The one defense to be
made of Federal bounties to sugar, or
to any other product, is that snch eu-
couragement would in reasonable time
make this country independent of
others for the particular article so
favored. We do not say that even
this justiiies bouD.ies in time OF peace,
but the good TO be gained is 50 great in
respect to sugar that we have no doubt
the people would look with slight dis
favor upon the party proposing such
bounty. 1t may he however, that the
aid is not really necessary. and this
large Investment OF money in Ne
brasha, where the beet root sugar ex-
pertinent was tried largely one and
two years ago. seems to Indicate be-
| lief that the industry can be made
self-sustaining.
The consumption of sugar in the
United States is much greater than
else where in proportion to the number
of people, and about seven eighths is
imported. We pay far more for it
than for any other imported article,
and most OF it comes from countries
which purchase from US very few of
our own productions, SO that enormous
sums of gold are sent abroad annually
for the article. To stop this out put
of money, and to give employment to
many thousands of our own people,
would be long steps towards national
independence and wealth. This is
what, it was claimed, the Mckinley
low bounty would do III the fen years
assigned to it. But it will be far bet
ter If the same end can be achieved
without the direct Federal aid. fer it is
unfortunately true that business or
industry built up on bounties will find
reason for their continuance long after
the necessity for them has ceased
Indec appeal.
The Commercial Club of Birlning-
ham, Ala. has on motion of Col. r. D.
johnson, introduced and adopted a res
olution proposing that Congress enact
d statute ablishing a consular school
similar to West Point and Annapolis,
from which all applicants must be
graduated before they can be appoint
ed by the President. This is a timely
suggestion and enc full of foresight.
In many instances the consular ap
poiDtees are i;itiiv dualS who are iguo
| rau1 OF this country and its resources
They 10 not know how to represent the
country in tie best way, that il, how
to give the foreigner an intelligent idea
| of what it is Nor are they versed i'll
that knowledge so necessary TO the sue
cessful performance Of tie consular
duties = Richmond State.
VERY SIGNIFICANT.-A great deal
has been said in church circles recently
about Christian unity. Some clergy
men have Il led to formulate plan
by which the hurches-Protestant
churches at least-could get closer to-
gether. No! hing has been done in this
line which has seemed quite so signifi
cant and encouraging 10 the Christian
world as the appearance of a Catholic
priest in a Presbyterian seminary. Rev.
A. P. Doyle of the Paulist Fathers,
addressed TIE members OF the. Honilet-
ic Society Of Union Theological Semi,
nary, New York, the other day, on
! "Methods o. Preaching"
Nal II Il !