Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-16
FREE LUNCH


John ESsINGKR, at the Post Office EXCHANGE
Saloon, wil set frat class Free Lunch, On
Thursday, at 10 O'clock, TO which he invites ali hIS
friends and the public in general. 1he best OF Vinos
and Liquors viii be seryed at the counter.
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b9 FEDERAL CoURr-Tbe Court wa,
engaged yesterday, in the trial of Peter
Beaver, charged With uttering and attempt
my to pass counterfeit coin. The offeuse
is alleged to have been committed in
ROwiesburg, Preston county, on the Balti.
more aud Ohio Railroad, in the fall of
50, aud the testimony was about as follows:
James G. Campbell testified that Beaver
offered him counterfeit gold dollar. which
he refusedto take. Sir. Hickman met Bea-
yer on one occasion. Beaver had three
ouuterfeit quarters in, his hand. Witness
remarked "Peter that looks bad"-Beaver
replied, "by Cd eau beat that
Mr.. Webb testified that Beaver showed
him a mould for casting ten cent pieces
and half dollars. Beaver said that all the
blacksmtths III the State of Ohio had SINH
lar moulds, aud made their own money
He said further that there was an old man
in MoundsviIle, Marshall county, who kept
a pair of these moulds, and whenever he
wanted drink, he run ten cent piece
Beaver complained to witness that the peo-
pie around Rowlesburg were entirely too
particular about counterfeit money.
a Mr.. FELTON, testified that Beaver showed
him pair of moulds for making counter
teit money, which he kept in his (Beaver,s)
blacksmith shop. He also showed witness
pair of moulds on the railroad track in
the presence of half dozen persons, and
laughed and joked about them.
Itappears from the evidence that Beaver
is not the most sensible or discreet fellow
in the world, and Mt. the time the offence
was committed was pretty generally
drunk.
Col, Smith and ]. G. Chandler spoke to
the jury in favor of conviction and N.
Richardson argued in favor ofthe inno-
cence of the prisoner.
The jury retired, and after an absence of
few minutes, returned with verdict of
not guilty.
Mr.. Richardson made motion for the
discharge of DR.. James H. HUFF, now in
custody of the Provost Marshal at this
post.
Mr.. Chandler read an affidavit from Mr..
Armstrong, Of Point Pleasant which set
forth that on the occasion of the late raid of
Jenkins into that town the said DR.. Huff,
exclaimed-to the marauders-'Go in boys
Il am a good Southern mani have a
brother in the Southern army and can
prove my attachment to the cause of the
South by twenty men in this town. This
is alleged, in the afidavitt to have been said
in the presence of deponent aud while he
was prisoner in the hands of the rebels.
Mr.. Richardson then read an affidavit
from john Hall, of Point Pleasant stating
that DR.. Huff was good loyal man and had
been SO regarded ever since the breaking
out of tue rebellion.
Mr. Richardson also read a letter from
Mr.. Macky, of Point Pleasant, corrobo-
rating tue affidavit of Mr.. Hall.
Judge Jackson then directed DR., Huff
to be sworn aud the doctor proceeded at
the request of the Court to detail the cir
cumstauces of his arrest. He admitted
that he did say some things to the rebels
with view to defending himself but he
drew it somewhat more mildly than did
the affidavit of Armstrong. The doctor,
however, Insisted that he was a loyal man
not ouly from principle but from inter-
est
The Courtthen administered to DR.. Huff
the oath of allegiance and required him tc
give bond inlthe sum of $1,000 TO answer
any indictment that may be found against
him.
The case Of 5ohn Bender, charged witt
em6ezsling pair of shoes aud an over
coat from Government wagon train, was
called.
The evidence of the Government wa
Insufficient and unreliable and Judge Jack
son iutbe midst of the proceedings prompt
ly requested Mr.. Cranmer, who appeared
for the prisoqer, TO write out his verdic
of not guilty and let the jury sign it.
The Court then adjourned till this
moruiuglat O'Clock.
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B9- ARREST OF a FR1sT CLASS HORsl
TaIEE.-Esquire Bell, of Cameron, yester
day arrested on the steamer Eagle, between
here and Sunfsh, most noted and sue
cessfdl horse thief, who has been operating
very extensively in this part of the cOuu.
try and in Penusylvania for years. III
calls himself Johnson, sometimes Brown
aud sometimes Mcclellan, on the Goth o
March last Mcclellan stole a couple o
match horses, buggy and harness from
a Mr.. Barton, of Meadville, Pa. Mr. Bar
ION followed the man TO this city. bnl