The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-16

under provisions OF said acts OF Congress,
and did then and there, before the said
Board of Registration, offer to take and
| subscribe, and did take and subscribe, the
| said oath prescribed by the supplementary
act Of Congress aforesaid, the said Board
of Registration being the board and per-
sons before whom the said oath was re-
quired to be taken, and who were duly
| authorized to administer the same to the
said John S. Pendleton before he could be
admitted to registration, and did thereby
and then and there make oath and solemniy
| swear, among other things, that he had
not been distranchised for participation in
any rebellion or civil war against the Uni
ted States: that he had never been a
member Of any State Legislature nor held
any executive or judicial Office in any
State, and afterwards engaged in insurrec-
tion or rebellion against the United States,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof: that he had never taken an oath
as member of the Congress Of the United
| States, or as a member Of any State Le-
| gislature, or as an executive Or judicial
officer of any State, to support the Con-
stitution Of the United States, and after
! wards engaged in insurrcction or rebellion
against the United States, or given aid or
comfort to the enemies thereof:
And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths
aforesaid, do further say and present that
the oath so taken and subscribed by the
said John S. Pendleton, as aforesaid, before
| the said board of registration, was not true,
but the same was false; and that the said
John S. Pcndleton prior to taking and sub
scribing said OATH as aforesaid, has been
disfranchised for participation in a rebel
lion and civil war against the United
| States that he has been member Of a
State Legislature; that he has held an
executive and judicial Office in State, and
had afterwards engaged in insurrcction and
rebellion against the United States, and
! had given aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof: and that he had before that time
taken an oath as member OF Congress Of
the United States and as member of a
State Legislature, and as an executive and
| judicial officer Of State, to support the
Constitution Of the United States, and
did, afterwards and before taking
said oath before said Board of Regis
tration, engage in insurrection and rebel
lion against the United States, and did
give aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof; and that the said John S. Pen
dleton, well knowing the same to be false ,
did knowingly, falsely, and corruptly take
| and subscribe the oath SO in the supple
mentary act Of Congress as aforesaid pre-
scribed. And the jurors, upon their oaths,
do say that the said John S. Pendleton, on
the 18th day of July, 1867, at the county
of Culpeper, in the State and district of
| Virginia, and within the said First Military
District, by his own act and consent, in
manner aforesaid, knowingly, falsely, cor
ruptly, and wilfully, did commit perjury
in points and things material to the oath
aforesaid, against the form of the statute
in such cases made and provided, and
against the Constitution, peace, and dig
nitv of the United States Of America.
L. II. CHANDLER,
United States District Attorney.
This indictment found on the testimony
of Samuel S. Proctor.
Tile Case of the AnderSOnS.
James Anderson and George Anderson
were arraisned on an Indictment for vio-
lation of revenue laws in distilling liquor
without paying the taxes provided for by
law. They plead guilty to the indict-
ment, and the Judge said that, in order to
give time for the introduction Of such
| alidavts and papers as might mitigate the
offence by the counsel for the defence, he
would reserve the sentence.
Tie Case Of Collector James.
General Wells, for the defence, then re-
sumcd his argument, commenced on
Thursday, and continued to its close in
the same strain Of rhetorical eloquence
and clear and impressive argument that
characterized it's beginning. In conclu-
sion, he gave notice to the court that
when Mr.. Chandler had closed, he would
address a prayer to the court for lnstruc-
tions to the jury.
General Wells was followed by Mr..
Chandler for the prosecution. He had
never, as prosecuting officer Of the Go
vernment, had the conducting of case
upder circumstances SO peculiarly pain
fnl as the one in which he was
then engaged. There was charged before
them an old man bowed down in years,
and upon whose head the snowy whiteneSs
had come, and who, though still in
one respect in the strength and Vlgor OF
manhood, was far down upon the hillside
of life. But he came as one occupying
position of importance and truStworthlneSs,
and though it had been urged in his favor
that he came thus endorsed by the 90
yernmeut, this should not for moment be
taken into consideration when they come
TO the question of innocence or guilt. II
he was vested with the power to protect
the Government, he was equally vested
with the mower to ruin and destroy. Light
ninr's electricity cleared and purified the
atmosphere, and yetit could strike prostrate
the strong man and the beautiful. Colonel
James was not for moment entitled
TO favorable consideration on account
of his high and responsible position.
He stood before the jury as any other man,
be he high or low, rich or poor. lie re-
peated the unpleasantness of his position
in prosecuting an old man when he
reflected that he was in the presence OF the
mariner of his life, whose head had reposed
by his side through a period OF years as
great as are allotted to man upon the
average; and of that daughter who, IN the
happy years of childhood, he had dangled
upon his knee. But he stood as the repre-
sentative of the United States, and OF
every man, woman, and child VINO was
protected by its banner, and he would act
in strict conformity with his duty TO thaI
country and its people.
He took up the argument offered by the
defence, that if the accused was convicted
in this case, when no evidence had been
adduced to show guilty knowledge, there
would be no protection for any Official, as
it was impossible for one to provide Ger
taiply against traps and conspiracies. On
the same ground, man found with stolen
goods e in his possession could claim ac,
1nittal without showing that he had not