Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-04-11

The U. S. District Court closed its seS-
sion in this place on the Sd inst. It's bus
mess, we believe, was embraced in the
trial of few civil cases, and the finding
Of several indictments.
1t is always matter of regret with us.
to be compelled to find fault with our
friends, either personal or political
but there are some things connected with
this Federal Court that we really cannot
refrain from giving passing notice
When jefferson T. Martin. Esq, was
was appointen Marshl for the Western
District Of Virginia, the people of this
section, and especially the Democratic
portion of them, congratulated themselves
upon having. not only W"1ItTn man,
bit a sound Democrat in that Office. For
our own part. although we favored the
applications of another gentleman. we
were peril oily satisfied. Nor do we now
orstend to say that Mr.. Martin is not
what he was represented to be; but we
do plead guilty to no l;ttle disappointment.
not to say chaGrn.
For some unaccountabie reasons Mr..
Martin has been most unfortunate in his
selection of Deputies. For while profess
ing to be radically sound on the Know
Nothing question, in some inexpiicable
manner his deputies in this section OF the
State arc all recognized as members of
hat organization. We mean in Clarksburg
Wheeling and Charleston. The Jurors
summoned to this place at the last session
Of the Court are believed TO be three,
fourths Know-Nothings. Last August a
majority were Know Nothings; and many
who came here opposed TO the principles OF
the order, went home members of it. and
busted themselves in propagnting their
new political senets in their own counties.
We could enumerate localities which have
been filled with this secret order through
this fundamentally. We do not object
to the act Of selecting political opponent
Az iuryman there can be no impropri-
ely in that but we do object to call!
ms together the leading members of tbs
opposition, at the expense OF the United
States government. for the purpose Of
consultation and maturing plans 10 break
down our own party. 1t is true, some Of
the jurors whose position was too notori-
GUS to allow the deception to BIZ longer
maintained. were discharged by MrEMar.
tin but they were summoned by his rep
resontativeS who could not possibly have
been ignorant Of their Jealous opposition.
Even the delegate to the late Know Moth
ing Congressional Convention at Par
kcrsburg, was summoned as n juror to be
paid for his trip by the United States
government. We learn. however. that
his name was afterwards stricken off the
list. and his pay withheld. upon the re-
monstrances of a number of citizens.
1t is common boast that this and the
Wheeling district. are the two strongest
Know Nothing Congressional districts in
the St3Le, anu lne cause Is AtlrlOI.eN. ON
many, to Mr.. Martins deputies. Their
opportunities Of disseminating their doc,
trines while travelling through the coun.
try on this official business, are very
great. and there is no doubt but Rey have
awaited themselves OF them. II, there fore,
the Democratic party should be defeated
in these two districts, at the approaching
election. let the fault rest where it proper
ly belongs.
We do not wish to be underst God as
charging Mr.. Martin with prostituting his
Office 20 the destruction of the party at
whose hands he has been fed but that
it is done by others under his control, in
the face Of re representatives. amounting to
almost absolute knowledge Of the fact
Whether the Democratic party can afford
to nourish and sustain those most active
ly engaged in its deStrucEiNn. We will leave
for others to decide.
AS this subject is distastefuI to US. We
have said as little as We possibly could,
under the circumstances. We hope that
we shall have no occasion to revert TO it.
In THE FIELD.-Wm. G. Flournoy,
n brother of Ehos. S. Flournoy, the