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DERKsLGV CoUSrY.

s"s oas veek. Ills Honor kicHARp Pan
sEa. presiding Its oc,cdipxs seem to
have possessed spusoai interest, judging
from the h,se crowds which every day hllsd
the Cvur,-iious..
The Criminal Docket vas large and has
soosanst the greater part Of the sitting Of
tho Court up 10 the present tine.
The Commoov-sltn 70 John Hsrreesn.
James Brady aud Joha Shsuuoo. three
youths from ~ TO i6 yss,s Of age. charged
.'h the murder, GU the 27tA Of Jsly isss, Of
jacob Sislss. excited . great deal Of issesess.
The prisoners elected 20 DO tried separately,
aud on n ondsy last . jury vas I'm p.uoeIl.
Cd Tor the trial Of Hsrrcgsn The Jury we're
unable TO sgrse on their verdict, and on
Wednesday we're discharged. IL 10 under.
stood that there vcrs ten for acauisi.l sad
tvo for condemnation. Ga Tbursdsy the
second trial Of Harregsn took place. aud re-
suited IN verdict Of not guilty. The
Commonuesl'h's Attorney then entered mol.
II pro.equiss ~ to Brady aud Shannon. In
all Of the above cases, the Common wealth
.as sepsssssssd by George Il. Murphy and
Aodrev Hunter, Esq,s. aud the prisoner,
dsfsIded BY John b uogs, Robert Y. Con.
rad aud Charles J. Faulkner.
The Commonwealth vs.. Jlhn w S.mp-
son, charged With the murder Of Mar,s.
Armstrong. resulted in . verdict Of not gull,
~ lie ~ss Indicted for q urder in the ara,
degree, IN csa'iag the death Of Martha Arm.
strong, girl VI ~ years Of eye, BY advising
her to take corrosive .ublim.nt 10 DESTROY
child Of which she vas pregnant BY him =
The ding declarations Of the Girl fully e,,
tsblishei the guilt o. the prisoner, but from
some Misunderstanding Of the Jury 10 not
eo"prehendisg their right to discriminate
smoaes. the DIFF rent g,ades Of bonicid.
tue prisoner vas acquitted. As there uss
no other proof but her dying declaration.
and as they could not DO introduced in sy,
deuce under t.s iudie,mssts tor psoiucioy
abortion, The prisoner uss discharged. Much
Indignation vas excited ip the community
by the result Of this c,se. Georg. Il Mur
phy usn aided IN the prosecution by Me,-rs
Eiwin u Lee aud WIN Lucas. Jr OF j, f.
e,son, aud tho prisoner was def.uded by Mr.
Pendl-tou
Tbs case Of the Com monweal,h vs. Levi
Porter for passing eouu,e,f, il coin. was con
unued In Consequences of the inability If an
important witness To attend aud the prison.
er released from imprisonmen. on bail.
Amongst the civil causes, several Of much
interest aud iDportaece have been argued
aud disposed Of
schraeder aud Wife VS. Johu c. Hedges
heirs &c, vas argued by Andrew Hunter
Tor tho Plaintiff, aud by Charles J Faux
ner for the defenders. The pi.lu.iff.
claim dover and distribution in the estates
OF the defsn tant, she bavin, been MANY
years ago married TO him Her right to
dover resisted Gu the ground Of adu terry.
No decision.
Dare & Mcclure vs. E,m,-.u;, 70 -.
cover - go gu oerotiabie note. Defend.
ed on the grouad Of alteration Of note from
s|oo to $1,000 subseqent to endorsement,
No decision
The case Of John Order VS. T. i,h, Sny
der, ~ progress OF ;.is, when our p,pe,
goes to press. Ii involves inportau, oae.-
lions OF water rights. to explain which some
nifty Witnesses have been summoned. job,
hose AID Aodre~ Huut-r for pl,inud
Robert CoDrAi aud Chas. j Faulkner
for defendant
many DEGREES 10 plain eases have been
made by the Court
ISD.oSArIoS Meeting Much ;nd;,,,
ton being felt IN this community A. the .s.
quit'sl OF John w. Sampson, elsewhere mo-.
ticed IN our paper. . call va. made for .
meeting With the object Of appointing com
mitiee to notify him to leave tho pl.c.-
Pursuant to this call large number Of m.
eitizeos assembled at the Court IIou.. an
Thursday night last, aud Mr.. X chart " eb
ST. vas called TO the chair aud Mr. WIN p.
kerfoo, appointed Secretary. A preamble
aud resolutions expressive of the guilt Of
sampson, aud Of the s,rocity Of his crime.
we're adopted, and . committee Of ten .p-
pointed TO noiify him TO lave within t~ca.
~ four hours. or abide the eobseaeuces Of the
indignation Of an outraged coumunity
The committee promptly sough, to .orve thi.
notice upon Sampson, but were unable 10
nnd b'm Sabsequcnt TO ,be adjournment
OF the mcsting, large crowd collected 10
tho vicinity OF the Farmers Hotel, and
burned Va efhgy the jury by whom Sampson
vas tried Afa'fins5-yg RrP
ACCIDENTS --Lssper Viewer. Esa. wa,
thrown from his horse, on sunday evening
week. ADD bad his shoulder disloc.ted aud
was slso considerably bruised. Hi, Injuries
were sufficiently serious 20 c1nhne lin t.
his bed Tor several days afterwards.
Aud ~ Mr. Frederick beck. ADD his sister
OF Martinsburg. we're returning home from
winchester, oa Saturday see.. ;G0 horse
attached TO the buggy vas hish,ene4 By 3
dog, aud ran of, up.ettiog the buggy aud
throwing them out. Mr. Beck "a. but
slightly injured, but his sister beside. bay.
her forehead severely cut, hal her pose bro
ken. Both Mr.. Beck AMI hi. .,.,s, had
Just recovered from Q severe a,taet Of k,l-
uogs fever - TARIFF