Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-30
CONFISCATION.
U. S. CIRCUIT COURT FOR VIRGINIA.
Important Decision Of Chief Justice
Chase-Writ OF Error Granted.

In the Circuit Court of the United States for
Virginia, in Richmond, Chief Justice Chase
presiding, last week, the DEGREES Of confscation
In the cases of Semple VS.. the United States;
Mallory VS.. the same; and McVeigh VS.. the
same, rendered by Judge Underwood, sitting
as District Judge, were affirmed.
In the case of Semple, the Chief Justice de-
livered an elaborate opinion, in which he de-
cared:
lst. That the confscation laws were consti-
tutional.
2nd That when there was no appearance and
plea by the defendant, the admiralty side OF
the District Court had full jurisdiction to make
decree of confscation and sale.
The Chief Justice indicated desire that the
cases should be carried to the Supreme Court
of the United States, and on motion OF Col.
G. w. Brent, counsel tor Mr.. McVeigh, writ
of error was granted by the Judge in his case.
In the case of the Adams Express Company
VS. Dawson and Marbury, &C., the motion to
dissolve the injunction was argued on Wcdnes-
day and Friday by Brent & Brent, OF Baltimore,
and W. H. Dulany, of Alexandria, in support of
the motion, and by II. Fl. Wells, of Richmond,
and ]. Dean Smith, of Baltimore, in opposition
thereto. No decision has yet been rendered
in this case.
THE POLLARD TRAGEDY.-At the police
court in Richmond on Saturday, Mayor Cha
hoon presiding Mr.. Edward A. Pollard APP
peared, according to appointment. He said
that since giving notice of his intention to apply
for a reconsideration Of the decision by which
Mr.. Grant has been admitted to bail, he had
been advised by the Commonwealth S attorney
and other lawyers Of the legal doctrine OF bail,
aud had altered his determination. tie now
proposed to withdraw the motion for q recon
sideration, and would leave the question to his
Honor's own responsibility and sense OF right.
Mr. Slower, the witness who, 1t is alleged,
represented MIR. Grant In an interview with
Mr.. Pollard previous to the publication of the
article in the Southern Opinion, was recognized
to appear before the grand jury. ut was re-
ported that Mr. Pollard had retained the SER
vices of those eminent legal gentlemen Messrs
w. w. Crump and John Howard, but we are
informed that the first named gentleman de-
cned to act on account of his personal relations
with the family of the accused, and Mr. Howard
requested to be excused on the ground that the
employment Of assistant counsel without con-
sulting with the Commonwealth Attorney
would be unprecedented and impolitic. '-Eten-
ing NearS.
j. Marshall Hanna, the associate editor OF
the Southern Opinion, in card, makes the fol-
lowing statement in reference to his connection
with the article which is generally believed to
have been the cause of Mr.. Pollard's death:
Il was the associate editor of the Southern
Opinion as such [ wrote the most of the orlgl
nal articles that have appeared IN It's columns.
Much | wrote ofmy own vohtlon, and more
wrote by special direction OF the editor In chlet.
| prepared that article which cost the editor
his lite. 1t was prepared by his direction.
Afterwards convinced thatits publication would
be impolitic If not unsafe, asked that the arti
Gle might be modified, expunged altogether, or
the names left blank, or filled with initials that
would have left the case without local habl
tation' The article had passed from the con-
troll of the associate il was then the property
of the editor-to print or withhold He was
responsible, not and no matter how much
had desired the assumption Ii. Rives Pollard
always assumed, and never evaded, the respon-
sibiity of every line and paragraph printed IN
the Opinion. i am responsible ! was his IN
variable response to applicants for redress.
''No; the blood of II. Rives Pollard, our
ate associate, is not upon our hands. We are
innocent in the sight of God, and shall prove
ourself innocent in the opinion OF men. never
consented to the descent of the Southern Opin-
ion from the lofty pinnacle it once held. [ never
willingly prostituted It's columns, though have
at times prepared paragraphs for insertion that
[ know caused me keener pain than 1t did
those for whom they were intended" (!!)
The remains of Mr. Rives Pollard, were taken
to Nelson county, on Saturday last, for inter
ment in the family burying ground IN that
county.
C. & o. r. r. Co-The following was the
vote on the Presidency of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company:
Wckham. Fontaine
Privata Stockholders POS 4,642
Individual proxies ............. ,90l 9,498
County and city proxies. 70 Q00 2OO0
State proxies. l4U
Totsl ..47,244 1910
Majority for Wickham......3l, lO4
Mr.. Page, of Hanover, named the following
gentlemen as the directors:
II. G. Cabell, Franklin Stearns, Horace L.
Kent, John S. Milford, DR.. Alexander Sharp,
and Charles T. Workman, of Richmond Jno.
Wood, Jr.. of Albemarle John Echols, of
Augusta, James G. Paxton, Of Rockbridge;
Dr. John @. Hunter of Greenbrier, w. Va;
Alexander r. Humphries, of Monroe, W. Va;
John Slack, Jr., of Kanawha, w. Va; Ii: G.
Parsons, of Putnam, w. Va; John s. Wit
cher, of Lincoln, w. Va. All friends OF Gen.
Wickham.
The rules were suspended for the purpose of
taking the vote. After some discussion, the
vote was taken, viva yoce, and they were
elected. ..-og