The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-28
u. 8. District Court.

The August term of the United States
District Court commenced at Clarksburs
last Thursday Hon. J. J. JACKSON, Jr.. pre-
siding The following is list OF TIE
grand jurors:
Nathan Golf, John Gather. L. Z. Davi-
son, Leroy Kramer, Sylvester Phillips,
VIM. Sexton, E.J. Colerider, N. Dunling-
ton, c. Ross, Mordecai Smith, WIN f..
LYON, VIM c. Fitzhugh, Walter Ebert,
David Cunningham, Floyd Medley. J, G..
West, John Peck, Mansfield McWhorter,
Judge JACKsoN's charge to the grand
inry was delivered on Friday morning.
and was highly conncnaahlc III both
spirit and expression Ii was iii harm"
nv with the declared policy of the seno'-
al government, and urged the dismissal
az all feelings of passion or revenge
against those of our citizens VIII" w"ie
la,cly in rebellion, and the cnltiNati"' II
!, kindly feeling towards those Ii" have
embraced in good faith the prov iNi"''a Ut
the amnesty oaths; that these "aiha r"-
titled those who had taken them I" the
immnnities afforded by pardon 10y the
President and that no proceedings sh"r'd
Ice had against them in the civil courts
The court was mainly occupied driing
Thursday and Friday in the c"nsidrta-
ton of the cases of varions citizens OF
this State who have, during the past fottr
years, been indicted for treason A num-
her of persons OF this class appeared aid
either took and subscribed the oath III
amnesty or furnished evidence of having
taken the same, aud, upon giving their
personal bouds in the sum of one th"ns-
and dollars each to keep the pear~ during
tho period of three years, q nollr proseqm
was entered in each case and the cause
dismissed The proceedings against the
following named persons, several "i 'I''m
formerly among the most distinguished
citizens of the State, were thus disposed
of:
Gideon d. Camden, Hugh H Lee, Alvin
VI. Bastable, VIM. j. Bland, Tillotson
Janney, Marcus W. Hughes, Washington
Summers, Uirel NJ Turner, David Golf,
Alfred Cochran, Augustus J. Smith. Rob
crt G. Shackelford, Charles w. Hammer,
Daniel Basel, Samuel Summers, Jmes
IL, Hardcsty, Minter Jackson.
A large number OF similar cases re-
main upon the docket. They were called
over in succession and cdpiGs was issued
for those parties who have returned to
the State and who failed to appear at
count, and, where no information of the
whereabouts of the accused could be OBJ
tanned, the case was continued. Suits
for the con6scation of real property
which had been commenced against AL
YIN MBAsTABLE aud TILLoTsoN JANNET
were dismissed upon the payment of
costs by the defendants, and process was
issued to stay waste npoE the property
of Mr. JANNEY
The case OF Mr. ulRpEsIT OF Marion
county, who appeared and took the oath,
excited considerable interest AID eom-
mcut 1t appears that he had been ar
rested at an early.stage of the war and
placed under recoguizance to appear at
court to answer the charge of treason
lie afterwards went beyond the Federal
lines and remained during the war, thus
forfeiting his recognizance and, at sub
seqaent session of the court, Judgment
had been rendered against him and his
bondsmen. He now appeared in Court
ASKING relief from the consequences Of
the judgment and produced evidence to
show that he had been driven beyond the
lines by some persona who threatened to
kill him ii be remained. Mr.. STuRas, who
had been Captain Of q company Of Home
Guards in Marion county, testified that
he had been ordered BY Colonel NYE. who
j held some sort Of comsnAud in The niti.