The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-08
Letters from the People.
CEREDo, WAYNE Co, W. Va, 1

CEREDo, WAYNE Co., W. Va, .
.ask,T March 30; 1867. 4
Editor Of t6e Register.
The spring term. Of the Circuit Court
closed it's work to-day. A few cases
were hurried through, and a great many
continued to give place for the great
suit for damages, Hiram Bloss rs. John
Plymale and others. The damage was
in the suffering the plaintiff endured
while . prisoner and lying on the dirty,
sinking, contemplate floor of Castle
thunder,r a. one of the counsel express
ed it. The jury were half an hour in
rendering Judgment for the defendants.
It is believed that no moro suits of this
Kind win be attempted here" Laban
T. Moore, Of Boyd county, Kentucky,
and Charles Moore, Of Mason county,
counsel for plaintiff, and James H, Fer
gtison stid WITH. Tomlinson' for defense.
A very strong point in the defense
Vas The fact that Bloss had settled With
one of the original defendants in the
snit and Asfecsipt for SIS as pay
ment in full "of all debts, dues and de-
pspds;gp to. the day, and date thereof,
It being In March, 1856, The suit as to
this defendant was dismissed at the
next term Of Court following the date
OF the receipt. An attempt was made
by the phintif4ss counsel to'offer parole
evidence to destroy the effect of the re-
ceipt, but it Has not DO admitted. This
case has been on the docket about two
years, and has occasioned q great deal
Of talk sfid considerable ifl-feeling.
The decision Of the Jury is regarded as
just according to the law and evidence;
and causes general rejoicing, ,as syIs
All who were not in the secret were q
good deal surprised ON Thursday oven
ing, to see . company Of soldiers come
to the Court House. Those who bWere
instrumental in getting them there
looked as guilty a. whipped ours or
sheep thieves. 1t has been so quiet since
the war, and particularly ut every court,
that il has been Q subject of general re-
mark. There have been no rows of any
kind, no disturbance in the village, and
no man has been interrupted at any
time these two years in any in any
manner There have been less personal
quarrels during the time than, in the
same tinie previous to 1661.l The ,Sher-
iii and his Deputy, both Of whom were
in tbs Union army, come and go 'any-
where and when they please in the per-
formance Of their duties, without a
thought OF suspicion of ofinterference. ~
The religious revivals in different sec
tions of the county have produced
very gratifying result, in the drawing
together and uniting those who had
been for six years divided by the ex-
citementOf the times. @ , BUH 2 -
Carrolrs two horses were stolen and
recovered. and Carroll and others tried
to shoot Bill Smith, and man who con-
cealed or fed him was released from
Jail, and these are the only exciting in
cidents of the past twenty months.
All these doings are confined to three
individuals, and no other parties have
had anything to do with the matter
directly or Indirectly, and no one. e1-
cept themselves approves of the viola
tions OF the law in that or any other
manner. But the soldiers are here in
compliance with the wishes of two or
three, whose object in having them
brought here was to insult better poo
pie than themselves. But they will
fail in all this, and lose the respect of
the whole community, and repent in
shame-if they have any manliness left!
Nat.