The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-16
umportant Paper = The Indictment
Against Mr.. Davis.

The United States of america, District Of
Virginia. TO nit: In the Circuit Court OF
the United States Of america IN and tor
the District Of Virginia, at Norfolk, Nay
term, 1866.
The grand jurors of the United States ol
America in and for the district OF Virginia,
upon their oaths and afrmationS, respcc-
lively do present that Jefferson Davis, late
of the city of Richmond, in the county OF
IIcnrico, i'm the district of Virginia aiore--
said, woman, being an inhabitant of and
residing within the United States OF Anne
RIGA, and owing allegiance and fidelity to
the said United States of America, not
having the fear of God before his eyes, nor
weighing the duty of his said allegiance,
but being moved and scduced by the instl-
CATION of the devil, ana wickcdly dcviSlng
and intending the peace and tranquility OF
the said United States of America to dis
turb. and the Government ofthe said United
States of America to subvert, and to stir,
move, and incitc Instruction, rebellion,
and war against the said United States
of America on the fifteenth day OF
June, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and siXty-iour,
| in the city of Richmond, i'll the county oi
! Hcnrico, in the district of Virginia, aforc-
said, and within the jurisdiction OF inc
| Circuit Court of the United States Tor the
| fourth circuit in and for the district OF
| Virginia aforesaid, with force and arms,
unlawfully, falsely, maliciouSly, and tral-
| torously, did compass, imagine, and intend
! to raise, levy and carry on war, lnsur-
rection, and rebellion against the said
| United States of America, and in order to
fulfil and bring to effect the said traitorous
compassings, imagnations, and intentions
of him, the said Jefferson Davis, he, the
said Jefferson Davis, atterward, to wit on
the said fifteenth day OF June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four, in the said city of Rich
mond, in the county of Henrico, and dis
trct of Virginia aforesaid, and within
the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court Of
the United States for the fourth circuit in
and for the said district of Virginia, with a
great multitude of persons, whose names
! to the jurors aforesaid are at present I'M
known, to the numbcrof five hundred per-
sons and upward, armed and arrayed in a
warlikc manner; that IS to say, with can
non, muSkcts. pistols, swords, dirkS, and
other warlikc weapons, as well offensive as
defensive, being then and there unlawfully,
maliciously, and traitorously assembled
and gathered together, did falsely and
traitorously assemble and join themselves
together against the said United States of
America and then and there, with force
and arms, did falsely and traitorouSly, and
in a warlike and hostile manner, array and
dispose themselves against the said United
States of America, and then and there,
that is to say, on the said fifteenth day OF
June, i'm the year OF our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and siXty-four, i'll the
said city of Richmond, in the county of
Hcnrico, and district Of Virginia aforesaid,
and within the jurisdiction OF the said Cir
cult Court of the United States for the
| fourth circuit in and for the said district of
| Virginia, in pursuance Of such, their tral-
torous intentions and purposes aforesaid, he,
the said Jefferson Davis, with the said per-
sons SO as aforesaid, traitorously assembled,
and armed and arraycd i'll the manner aforc-
said, most wickcdly, maliciouSly, and
traitorously did ordain, prepare, levy, and
carry on waragainSt the said United States
of America, contrary to the duty Of the
allegiance and fidelity of the said Jefferson
Davis, against the Constitution, Govern
mcnt, peace, and dignity of the said Uni
ted States of America, and against the
form of the statute of the said United
States of America in such case made and
provided.
This indictment found on testimony of
James F. Milligan, George =. Scarburg,
John Good, Jr., J. Hardy Hchdren, and
Patrick O'Brien, sworn in open court and
sent for by the grand jury.
l.. ii. CHANDLER,
VIRGINIA.