Evening star., 1863-03-23
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THE Ju dietary OF THE DISTRICT,
First Sitting of the New Court.
They Take the Oath OF Allegiance
Practitioners at the curt Required to ak /.
- the same Oath.

This morning, shortly after II o'clock Hon
ID. X. Carter, Chief Justice, and A. b. Olin and
Andrew Wyle, Associate Justices, entered the
courtroom. City Hall, and were then intro
duced to the members of the bar by Deputy
Marshal Phillips. sas. Il ~
Anew minutes before ~ the judges took their
seats on the bench, and Judge Carter stated
that they had assembled to organize the court
by the appointment of a clerk, so that the bust
ness Of the District might be transacted until
the regular term.
Hon. Return J. Meigs, who had been ap-
pointed clerk, was qualified by giving bonds
in the sum of two thousand dollars Messrs.
Hugh Mccormick and Roger q. Weightman
being his sureties) and taking the following
oath of office at the hands of Judge Carter:
81, Return J. Meigs, ha wing been appointed
District of Columbia, Clerk Of said court, do
solemnly swear that have never voluntarily
borne arms against the United States, since
have been a citizen thereof; that have voiun-
tarily given no aid, countenance. counsel, or
encouragement TO persons engaged in armed
hostility thereto that have neither sought nor
accepted nor attempted TO exercise the func-
tions of any office whatever under any au-
thority or pretended authority hostility to
the United States; that have not yielded
voluntary support to any pretended govern
ment, authority, power, or constitution, within
the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
And do further swear that, to the best OF my
knowledge and ability l will support and
against all enemies, foreign and domestic that
/ will bear true faith allegiance to the same
that take this obligation freely, without any
mental reservation or purpose of evasion and
that will we'll and faithfully discharge the
duties of the off1ce on which I am about to
enter: So help me God
Judge Carter stated that they had in cham
bers resolved on a rule for the admission of the
members of the bar. They did not regard the
oath they had taken to support the Constitu-
ton of the United States and to do allegiance
IN ha GayQrpmppt nndar whnSa ar III
they living, as calculated to in lure the sem
sibilities of any gentleman, and they had re-
solved that the members OF the bar whose pa
triotism is proverbial should take the same
oath No man could regard himself degraded
by subs scrbng TO such an oath, and he had no
doubt that it would afford them pleasure TO
bear this testimony Of their loyalty before
the world.
The Clerk read the orders of the Court, which
directed him to take possession Of the records
of the office and to make a roll of the members
of the bar during the vacancy, and conyening
a special term Of the Criminal Court to b. held
on the first Monday in April, TO be held by
Justice G. p. Fisher, who is at present absent
from the city.
Mr. Darlington called the attention OF the
Court to the fact that prize commissioners
should be st once appointed; and the question
as to the powers of the Court in the matter
discussed, and after cons sultation the justices
stated that they would consider the matter,
and ad louTned.
The oath to be taken by the members Of the
bar is the same as that taken by the Clerk, with
the exception that it is to be stated that they
have heretofore been attornies in the old courts
At the special term Of The Criminal Court
Justice Fisher will have his hands full, there
being now 260 cases in Jail and 100 asas on tho
appearance docket.
There was quite large attendance of per.
sons, among them the jurors of the last court,
who took great interest in the proceedings, and
in common with the mem bers of the bar, seemed
much pleased with the justices. BY direction
of the judges the jury was this morning dis
charged from further service. Before the
judges entered this morning, flag, which was
used in the Know Nothing lodge in the Fifth
Ward several years since, was hung above tho
bench, giving somewhat unusual effect 10 tho
room.
HEAVY RoBBERY.-Last night, Mr.. c. Furey,
wholesale liquor dealer, discovered that his
store, corner Of Third street and Massachusetts
avenue, had been opened and his trunk broken
open, and $1,000 and a silver watch valued y,
$50 stolen. The msn"y was in gold, silver,
copper and paper. The store was apparently
opened by nsing Spanish nippers on the key of
one Of the front doors, there being two TO the
store. James Shields, Edward ODonnell and
Cornelius Kennedy, are his clerks, and have
their trunks in the store. After the burglary
was discovered the trunks were examined.
O'DOnnelfs trunk was found unlocked by
keys; Furey's was broken with a chisel; the
others were untouched. Roundsman EckloG
and patrelman Grown went Immediately to
work to arrest all parties suspected james
Shields, Edward O'DonnelI, Henry Carroll.
Jeremiah Digging, Michl Byrne, w. E. Kelly
John Madden and Cornelius Kennedy wars
arrested during the night by patrolmen Crown
and Doane. There is no positive evidences
against them, but all are held for a hearing
tomorrow at IL O'Clock, by Justice Ferguson
MELANCHOLY DEATH.-Mr. Jesse Corwin of
Hamilton, Ohio. who has been occupying q
position in the Interior Department, came TO
his death In manner very afiicting to his
relatives and friends on Friday night last Hs
had been boarding at Mrs. McCauley's and
was taken Ill recently. and hp of
proper nursing, was removed to Douglas Hos.
pltal. Friday night, in moment of sudden
arrangement, he fell or leaped from n window
of the building to the pa avement below so frac.
turing his skull as to cause speedy termina-
ton of life. The deceased was a fine-looking
young man of about twenty.one wears of age
and a nephew of Hon. Thos Corwln, of Ohio
The body was taken charge of by his friends
and taken to DR.. Holmes establishment to be
emhalmed. subsequent post mortem exam
inauon by surgeons, however, rendered the
eE balmlng process impossible, and the body
was placed in 4 metallic case, to be Transmitted
to the family in Ohio.
ANOTHER OF THRM-Saturday evening a.
the six O'Clock train was about to start for Bal
tmore, Sergeant Reed and Roundsman TAFT
noticed a fellow working about in the crowd,
and Reed identified him as one of the two
s'sharps" whe escaped arrest at Growers on
Friday. when MunZbo Shaw and Harrity aiias
Carroiton' were arrested. TAFT took charge Of
him and conveyed him to the Second Ward
station. There he gave his name to Bis!ey, the
.'mug photograper," rs HI. Whitney. But Big
ley remembered a smug' in his collection taken
a. former sitting of Whitney, when be gave
the name OF "Wm. Jsnes." Bigley accordingly
entered Whitney with the alias "Wm Jones'"
in his blotter, and the prisoner was turned over
to the superintendent to be dealt with in the
same manner as his chums who were locked
up in the Guardhouse
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