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PIE tnat q valid mafrisge belueen lie partiss
bad taken place. TIE decision 10 us looked
BIKE strange usurpa,ioh ~ The Gear, Of The
provinces ofthe Jury, which isio weigh the tri.
dtnee iof themselves. Ore Of the jhrsrs per.
emp,oiiiy refused 10 give . verdlst Seainss The
uartisse, nader ,he distinctions Of ghe coart,
alleging that !. would be 10 his opinson sio
lANoa q bis oath. By eonssa, be "a. with.
IetAWss nd assfdies rendered sby The ether III.
seven, sf phom stated Than they were in favor
lofestasfiAhing he marriage between Mrs. Con.
ger, The plaintiff, and the late Gsnsral Van
Ness.
Fsom the following card published in ihe
Washington papers, ii viii Be seen that The
fons Tsgony" i not ye, over, aud ,ha. The
ease may be Is pro,rseted as The siese OF
Troy wherein lady Ofrsno~n wa slso inter.
Eested:
/ "A CARD.--As counsel of Mary A
Van Ness. 10 the case Just tried and de
cided against her by ,he associate Judges
Of the circuit Court Of tbs District, We
feel il to be our professional duty. in ibis
public way, 70 slate that j: is her ae,erni
na,iou, under our advice, 10 prosecute 40
| appeal from ibis decision 10 the Supre d.
sCourt.
We do this, thai oil persons whom il
msyecopcern may not suppose her suitto
be ended, or her claims abandoned.
/ We believe THAI her case is Just. and
have The satisfaction to know that MIA
Jority Of tbs jurors sworn 10 the case are
fol the same oplhion.
II nnst, therefore. finally prevail :
gainst eyeEy obstacle. judicial or other
wise.
Happily for the rights Of our isais.
she is not quite triendless; and touts
Of the BIZ CHEST Judicial tIibuaalis laad
are open 10 her. where her claims will be
fairly and impaf,;slly heard and consider
ed, and the wrongs she has suffered be
fully Iedressed. To This tribunal, ane
this result, we look with every conf
dence.
/ |. is q sourse Of regret that The sssoci-
ate judges who tried This issue should
thave signed, sealed, and enrolled en- ex,
csp,ion after the plaintiffs evidence in
chief was closed; stating that she had
given evidence by various facts and cir.
cutnstances tending to prove THAI she uqs
lawfully rried'to the defendants mites.
tate. John p. Van Ness, Al Philadelphia
ia the State Of Pennsylvania, on The 9Th
day Of August ilS45,' ! instead Of then Stat
ling. as they did after all the evidence as
closed,in The form 81 an instruction 10
the jury that upon. The whole evidence
aforesaid. il the same shall be believed
by the Jury to be true, there is no epi.
dsnce from which The jury can find tia,
the said petitioner (plainhf0 was lawful
| " married 10 The said John P. Van Ness
10 bis life Time" SC. By this course,
nearly one months waste Of time and IA
Dor would have been saved, as well as an
enormous and rlinous amount of costs,
both 10 the United States and The plain,
td, upon whom they are cast--to say
nothing offcharscter, "a well OF the per-
ties as Of The Witnesses. tibet would 10
this way have been protected from
unnecessary and painful amin diversion. /
The court withdrew the facts from the
Jury. aud decided them, BY Ills unpre-
cedenied act the associate Judges have \
in our opinion. overs'eped all Iegal and
constitutional boundaries, and usurpedl
the powers ofthe jury.
Along withihis statement, il is plea
ing part OF our duiy 10 SUBMIT the follow.
ing certificate. Id vindicalion Of the char
acier Of the three principal Witnesses ioI
the petitioner, (all other means of.vindi
eating them having been denied by the
Court against whom The hardest denua
Citations. and most sweeping accussticns
were launched during the trial. =
BRENT & MAY.
Washington City, Dec. 81 1916.
Here follows voluntary certificate OF The
steven jurors, lba. there vas nohing IN the ,es!
tinony 10 impreach the crsdibility Of Miss sere-
IA Conner, Of Miss Virginia Fowler, Of Miss
Elisabeth Fowler, Or to impleats either Of Them
10 any charge offsaud, conspiracy, forgery or
perjury or any other chsrgein sny degree in-
jurious 70 their regulations d truthful. upright,
virtuous and religions perssoas.- Rich Eng.
Episcopal tiergy.-I. appears By The
list Of clergy 10 the church almanac for
1917. that there are now 10 the Episcopal
Church Of The United States, one thou
sand three hundred and ssseDty three w
The number Of candidates. for holy orders
is one hundred aud eighty eight.
.Krginia Bark:-Robert W. Bowden,
ESQ.,. Teller Of tie lBankof Virginia, II
Norfolk. was yesterday elected By the
Board Of Directors Cashier. 10 fill ibe ~
cancysin that office. caused by the death
Of Thomas Williamson. Efq And At the
sane lime Geo. w. Camp. Esq, was d
lecied Teller ID lbe place " Mr. Bowdrn,
sAloJsk HERALD, Dee. 80.
IN .4ttjfciol Hin. The Memo,isi
tBofdelsis says, abs' near ST. Sewer there
lives an old soldier. win false leg, =
false arm. glass eye. ! complete sci 81
false teeth. nose Of silver. covered with
= Substance resembling fiesb, and silver
plate replacing par, Of hisscrsl He VA
soldier under Napo.eon. and these afs
4 his trophies.
49,
The Society oE Friends with that spiri
of humanity which has ever characterize
Them. his entered into q subscription 3
$4,000. 10 Dublin, 10 relieve the wants .
the poor ihrohs bout The kingdom a.,
llhe same bsdy u England have also sob
scfibed Seo. 600 for .be same purpose. /