Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-05-23

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The only case that excited much, inter.
est. was the case of the Commonwealth
vs.. William Met Damn. which We noticed
in former PaPert g..av slasseea ss5ii8
L The actionlof detinue brought aby Mr..
Murphy of Monongalia against Mr.. a,
Criss of this place for slave. was tried
at this term, The case was conducted on
both sides with. distinguished zeal and
ability. and occasioneds considerable in-
terest. Judglnenthwas given against the
for the slave, and for 100 dol.
lars damages, - 49, 80
No other cases ofimportance OF gener
81 interest wereyItsied5 most of the
larger causes having been continued. ~
Several Indictments y were fonpd, but it
unnecessary and perhaps improper that
We should publish them. az tsar
The County Count adjourned ION, Mon>
day evening after aHtwo days session. n
No suits were tried, The court elected
Samuel'Sheets of the Upper DISTRICT and
John B. Denham of the Lower District,
Commissioners to reassess the value Of
the lands in the county. under the late
act of the General Assembly, II was de-
termined by vote Of 1910 s not to grant
license for the sale ofardent spirits in the
county; Those voting against license
were Messrs. Stout, Lynch. Basel, Hol-
den, Stewart. Eib, Coplin, A. W. Shinn.
r. X. Shinn, Martin, Elliott and Hail.
Those voting in favor Of it. were Messrs.
Fowkes, H"ggarty, Wilkinson, Lowther
and Patton. --<
1t was ordered that all the justices of
the county be summoned to attend on the
second day Of the June term. for The pur-
pose of laying the county levy, and to,
consider the propriety of changing the
lime Of holding the court, and making an
appropriation for improving the Court
House grounds. ..-e...,..i -
It was further ordered that. Wm.l E..
Lyon, Esq. be appointed Commissioner
TO select site for a new poor house. 10 a
The court was then for some time occu.
pied in examining the delinquent lists,
which were received, when it adjourned
till the nextterm.. q fga as5ds.f b
Gg- The returns ofthe Commissioners
of the Revenue show that there are 2246
voters in Harrison county.
"rhe Chnlice Returned to his own
/ Lips.' Egg
In his " Tulip Grove" acceptance Of
the Know Nothing Vice Presidential nom
ination, Major DOnelson says:
"When General Jackson came into the
Presidency, he acknowledged in his in.
augural address The obligation Of the Ex-
cutive TO restrain the patronage of the
! Federal Government, so that it should
not be brought into conflict with the free
dom Of elections. But modern Democra-
cy stands in direct antagonism to this OBJ
LEGATION" ta
Will not the public be astounded by
The information that this same Donelson,
who promises SO fair for reform as TO
interference with elections, through the
magic workings Of Know. Nothing cul-
verts, strenuously assaulted his chiefon the
Know>Nothing ticket Just FIVE years ago,
for the monstrous abuse on this very
point If Donelson is to be believed,
how can any such proposed reform be ex-
pected from Mr.. Fillmore of whom DoneI-
son thus wrote in the Washington Union
in 1851 ST.. '1
OFFICIAL INTENFERENoE IN ELECTIONS
1t seems that Mr.. Fillmore has taken a
more active part in the New York cleo
tons than we had supposed. The Ro.
chester Democrat "a Wing paper, brings
US an account of meeting held IN that
place preparatory to the election, which
came off on Tuesday. We take the fol-
lowing from tho remarks Of one Of the
speakers, Mr.. Chauncy Tucker: ~
'Hg had piece of information for the
meeting. john T. Bush, Esq. u. s.
Marshal. was now in the city, with let
ter from Mr.. Fillmore, calling upon every
Wing and every friend ofthe Admins
tratou. TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE VINO
TICKET" q ~ -
1t seems that Mr.. Fillmore has forgot
ten the adherence which his party pro-
fessed TO entertain towards official inter.
ference in elections. His own friends
represent him as actively ihtermeddiing in
the New York elections. and by letters
addressed to subordinate officers, using
the influence Of his high position and great
patronage TO carry d State ticket.
%rb1is eunsfinglydsv scheme broaght
all the Wings friendly to the enlargement
to the support of Seward. & Co.. and even
ftherest friends of the President, and
etess the President 6imself. 6oiosd to tie isu-
pstior genius Of hte Aa6arn manager J. and