The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-09

avowed purpose of communicating to
him the sentiments, plans, and combl-
nations Of persons in the North, who
synpathized with the said Davis, and his
cause, against the United States Govern
ment.
Witnesses. Hon. John w. Broken
brough, ofLsxington, Virginia. and Will
lam NJ. Peyton, of Staunton, Virginia.
Specification 3d.-That he, the said
Harrison, during the late war made two
distinct and separate applications Tor
Office under the so-called Confederate
States, to-wit; For the Office of commits
sioner for the exchange of prisoners,
With the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
and for the Office of Captain and Aide on
the staff of Brigadier General Fl. Heth.
witnesses Nat Tyler, of Richmond Har-.
~ Harrison and Andrew Beirne, OF
Greenbrier. 81. -,
Specification 4th=-That he, the said
Harrison, insthe year 1862, called upon
A. A. Chapman, in the town of Union,
Monroe county, aud demanded of him q
formal retra1it Of declaration supposed
to have been made by thesaid Chapman,
which declaration impugned the loyalty
of the said Harrison to the government
of the so-called Confederate States
Witness-L, D. Rufner, of Kanawha,
Specification 5th-That in the spring
of fs62 General Crook defeated General
Heth at LeTisburg, and the said Hetn
,retreated to Salt Pond mountain, and
the said Crook advanced to Salt Sulphur
Springs, where the said Harrison resia'
ied. That the said Crook, after remain
Ing at that point few days, fell back to
the Kanawha Valley, and the said Heth
advanced to Salt Sulphur Springs 9
That he the said Harrison, met the
said Heth.and his army with great friend,
ship and cordiality, and declared that
Crook had conducted himself with great
carelessness while at that point, and had
laid himself liable to total destruction i
that he the said Harrison, had made
great efforts to give Heth information OF
these facts, but Crook::had watched him
SO closely that he was not enabled SO TO
do.
Witness, Richard Laidley, of Ka-
nawha. 49,
Specification 6th-That the said Har-
rison voluntarily ofhis own free will, on
several different occasions took the oath
of allegianceto the so-called Confederate
States. --i "A, 49,.
Witnesses William Skeen, of Coying-
ton, Va; Thorn as J. Mickie, ofStaunton,
Va; W, NJ. Glasgow, of Botetourt Va;
and Bahlman Of Fayette, West Va
I'd Charge-Perjury.
c.o:eoa3;o, ~ irI,ot not Uithstand-
ing the facts and circumstances narrated
in the first charge and specification third
aforesaid, that he, the said Harrison, did
take an oath that he has never given aid,
countenance or comfort to persons en-
gagged in hostility against the United
States, that he had never sought office
from persons engaged in hostility as
aforesaid. I'D
witness His excellency, Arthur l.
Boreman.
Third charge.-Maladmini cor
ruption and neglect ofduty in his office
of Judge. .I .
Specification lst.-Thatin the ease Of
the State of West Virginia against John
Snyder, that he the said Harrison said
that at the first trial of the said John
Snyder he, Harrison, did not know who
was before the Court, but that when he
knew it was John Snyder it gave him
great pleasure to deliver the said Snyder
on the second trial.
Witness A G.. Snyder, of Lewisburg.
Second Specitication.-Tha the said
Harrison promised Mrs. Ednie V, White
a divorce if she would move into his
Circuit, and this before bill filed and
evidence taken
Witness, Ednie Y. White
Third Specification That he the said
Harrison was appointed Judge in the
Winter of August, 1865, of the Ninth
Judicial Circuit, but has never yet held
court in the counties of Monroe and
Mcdowell, counties of his circuit
An additional specification under
charge number one against n Harrison,
Judge, SC,
Specification 9th under charge lst-
For that the said Harrison in the spring
of the year 1861, voluntarily took the
oath of allegiance to the Confederate
States before Provost Marshal Bahlman,
at Lewisburg, in the county of Green
brisr; and that he the said Harrison
passed through the Confederate lines to
tie town of Charleston, in the county Of
Kanawha! Upon his arrival at the latter
place, he induced Brigadier General
Obey, commanding at Charleston, not to
require of him the said Harrison to take
the oath of allegianceto the government
of the United States, upon the ground
that he the said Harrison intended to re-
turn to the Confederate lines, and that
he would by taking the OATH last afore-
said subject himself to pains and penal
ties. I
Witness -Bahlman, of Fayette; Brig.
adler General Obey, of Charleston; Ben
jamin 81. Smith, Esq of Kauawha.