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Show TRAIN- tu h'iH re:cut trial, George Francis Train routed his prosecutors prose-cutors and persecutors, ''foot, hor&e, and artillery." Saturday, Way ;M, was the last day of tho siege and judge, jury, witnesses, and spectators; in short all hands, but Train himself, expressed thcmsolvcs anxious for the scene to close. Tho jurymen objected to listening to the testimony of another :trmy of witnesses, and alter tho exami-nutuon exami-nutuon of Mr. Gcorgo P. Bemie, of Omaha, private- secretary of the prisoner, pris-oner, his testimony touching upon Train's ini prison rueut in Paris and Dublin, and other general points, tho irreprcssiblo genius himself was called upon by justice Daly. Of his remarks, a lengthy report is given by tho New York Sun. Mr. Train adjusted the flowers in his lappcl and stepped to the stand, llo smiled upon the jury i and tho spectators, and then looked up at the justice. All eyes were upon tho man who was to testify concerning his own sauity. Tho court room was silent aa tho grave Tho witness received re-ceived permission to tell hid story in ; his owu way. Thero was the most broathlea attention. The spectators and jurymen seemed entranced. His voice rose and fell in a continual current cur-rent of eloquence. "Never did man speak so fast and tell so much in so little time," says tho reporter; "nothing "no-thing was forgotten. Dates were given for every oircumstanoo without refer ence 10 memoranaa. lie was Drougat up by his grandmother as a Methodist taught not to drink, smoke, ho, or cheat; and these commandments com-mandments ho had religiously obeyed to this day. He was told by his grandmother if ho heeded this ad-vice ad-vice ho would surely become a great man. And he beiicved it all until he went to Washington, saw all the great men of tho day, and learned that none of them followed their grandmothers' advice, and then ho thought tho old lady had swindled bim. He had crossed tbo Atlantic forty-two times, wad master of twenty languages, had been everywhere and seen everything, endjavored to do right, and was always al-ways ready to brave the world, and that was why bo was accused of insanity. Tremendous iheeriog interrupted him at several points, and tho justice was compelled to threaten to clear the room of spectators, before quiet conid be secured. He told cf his education in a g cce:y in Massachusetts; his ship buildinir, giving names of vessels and dates of building, how long ho owned them, and when they were sold, who to, and at what price; epoko of his business connections in Australia, China, Japan, Europo and America; his travels ; bis newspaper work ; his prophecies; his helping tbo Atlantic and lircat Western railroad '"out of the mud;" his union speeches iD England when Fort Sumter was fired upon ; told how he was laughed at and ridiculed ridi-culed when he first proposed a railroad across the Hooky Mountains; recounted his Boston ovation ; hi? running foi coDgress ag3in.t Horace Greeley and Morri;.Hy; an! asserted his belief that ia the lx-t Presidential election he would have been elected President U Gree.'ey couM havo been induced to withdraw. Juilge and jury were held wrupt, and all agreed that it was thf most remarkable speech ever heard in a jury room. Tho caso was finally adjourned ad-journed utiiil Tuesday, tbo sixth, when, an the tilfgraph has informed us, Train was decided sane. 1 bo whole trial on the part of the prosecution has btien one broad farce from bcffinniDK to end, aod tho priE-ooer priE-ooer comes out with fl;iog colors and an ibcrcised amount of notoriety Which is his great stock in trade. It in not generally known that Canada Can-ada onumora'.os atujag he industri ea ihe raising of oyitera. But it is a :'a:t that she does so, although by her recent fishing reports it is ehown that ihe beds are rapidly becoming depleted. deplet-ed. These reports show that the consumption con-sumption is estimated at some $140,-OOO $140,-OOO annually, while tho production reaches but $43,000. This fact has caused considerable alarm among our neighbors of tho Dominion, and tho inspeotor ot fisheries fur Nova Scotia and New Brunswick urges prompt action ac-tion in tho matter, advising the leasing of tho exhausted grounds to private parties who shall restock them; and ho prohibition of all fi-ihing during he next throe year . |