Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-02

they approached the house, and would
certainly have been fred upon, had not
his official mission been promptly made
known. DR.. Clement and his party
submitted to the arrest.
Next morning (Friday,) about nine
Io'clock, the peaceable town was thrown
into violent commolion by the sudden
appearance in our midst, on horseback,
and with double barrelled guns, of the
entire body of men, some sixty in num-
Der, thrown together, as above stated, on
the night previous, and in the centre of
the coucourse, neiru6ile dictw the hero and
seated side by side in buggy.
Very soon after their arrival the gun
OF one of the armed party was accidental>
| ly discharged, the contents passing
through the window of the law office Of
our esteemed fellow citizen, James NJ.
Thompson, who standing at his library
1T the time, received glancing shot just
above his left hip. 1t intliots bad wound,
but we are happy to state that it will not
be attended by serious results. About
the same time, We understand, a foreign
er had part of q thumb shot off. How this
occurred, we are not accurately advised
The trial of the Clement party for alb
duction, imprisonment, &c, was postpon-
! by Justice Millican until Monday.
~ writ Of habeas corpus on the af1ida~
Wit Of James L. Wafer, Jr., was also issu-
ed By the Hon. Harmon A. Drew, Judge
of our Dislric Conrt, which was served
upon DR.. Clement, commanding him to
produce the body of Mrs. Sarah D. Glen
md e., Il 1 1,,-
OF her rights and liberties. The defen-
! dsnt failing or refusing to make imuIcdi-
ate answer TO the writ of hAbens corpus,
as commanded, was also arrested for con-
tempt of court. The trial on these sever,
al wrils came of ON Saturday. His Hon
or discharged the defendant, DR.. Clement
in both cases.
! Oh monday, the parties arrested for
the abduction and Imprisonment Of Mrs.
Clement, appeared for trial before Justice
MiIlican. DR.. Clement was put on trial
first. The sister of our heroine had lust
arrived, after whole nights hard travel
from Red river. TO give testimony. Mrs.
S., beautiful dark-eyed. intelligent and
rcso!uto woman, WAS put upon the stand,
New facts, in This strangely complicated
ChSe, "GlG JCNSdleu Oy nSF- among tnSn
that her sister Saliie had been engaged,
before her elopmcpt with DR.. Clement,
to her witness brother-in-law, Sidney
S. that Sa4iio had received letter pur-
porting to be- from Sidney in which he up
braided her for her inddelity, &c, and
discarded her forever, under the inhu>
enc= of this letter, (Which was really a
forged one) Sal|ie fastened into an elop-
ment with DR.. Clement, whom she did
not love, and whom, on more familiar
acquaintance, sue hated. Dr.. Clement,
however, WIS discharged from arrest
The council for the prosecution, on the
following 'noruiay. declined to prosecute
the Acc"mpIices of DR.. G., whereupon all
were discharged.
Thus ended the first act Of this drama.
The next has already opened, for while
the excitement was going on in Homer,
our heroine was spirited away to parts
unknown but the general opinion is that
she has been transported to Arkansas,
where she is protected or guarded by 40
dOubIe-barrelIed shot guns and howit-
zier. And hither considerable part Of
the multitude recently assembled in our
ordinary peaceabIe town, have betsken
themselves. '' armed and equipped as tne
law" doesn't direct.