Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-10-17
NEW VOL. 4---N0. -.
The Last War Tresspass Suit in This
CIrCult


D.. Circuit
The isst suit IN ;his ludicisl Circuit.
growing out OF the Incidents of ;he war.
VAS brought 10 close Al The term Of our
, Court jest ended, end !, j. worthy Of a
, Posing notice. On the l9ih of March
: 1864. Joseph 5. Wheat. lhen . member
o. he House O. De! ss,,es Of the new
4 Stale Of West Virginia, was arrested ry
Col. ChariesT. o. Ferr'll. then IN com
mand OF detachment Of rebel cAV.lry.
sud scln, urici Gen. IGboJen. Nhca.
WAS c-rrici Up tic valley. and thence
sent on 10 Richmond, where lie was de-
tanned some ioVr months IN Castle rhun.
der. Some three years ago. he broueh,
an action Of tresspass acainst Charles J..
O'Ferr,ll, J. Il. Leopard and George ".
Hunter-the three prominent military
officers tiec y concerned ia his arrest.
and also against some i~cnty Of IhO most
prominent Southern sympa!hizers IN tho
county Of Morgan, Lying hs damages at
( twenty thousand dollars. The case was
tried twice in he county Of Morgan. hut
/ the juries being unable 10 agree ~ their
verdict, on he motion ol Zoe P,ainnh, the
cause was removed 10 IUis county for lTI-
, al Atour last May term Berkoley lu-
~ was empanclled IA Ihr case. bu, they
/ being unable 10 agree, N,Te dItchargrd.
/ In the meantime the cause was dismiss q.
as TO eishtrea Of the party sued. but re-
: tancJ against be ihtce ufircr. Who made
. the arrest, and sl.o ~ aInsI JOS. ). Duck
well, PsymasIeF m the Confederate sor-
vice, snd George W. Shcrrarj member
} Of the rebel Legislature oi Virgins, from
the cOnIroveIIcd question IN the case was
to the liability OF NheuSrd and Duckwc.l,
it was conceded, that under The doctrine
established by the Supreme COuu OF A
pesls OF tins Stale, rejecting OF the plea
oi belligereni rights, that lhr persons &C.
luslly parilcIpsuu. IN the arrest, SoIo lie
bic to the scion. bul W5s denied, Ih1i
the other defendants. who had no pGulcI.
patton IN the arrest, could because rt
their official rol1WOG 10 tie Confedere''
! Government, be held responsible ID the
! plaintiff. The csuse excited much inter.
est. aud wac elSboralely argued, on tho
law and facts, both before the Court and
jury. The Lt,eE insolvency Of the lhreo
persons concerned IN the arrest, their non
residence IN the SIAies, and The ability VI
the other defendants TO pay any dam
msges that might be jointly assessed a.
gslnsi them gave It's principal interest 10
the cause Tn jury found verdict a
gsinsi O'Ferrali, Leopard and HuuIer OF
$1,000 damages. bu, discharged Duck
wall and SAcuorJ. by verdict ol not
guilty Whesi his thus annoy cd tho
/ Court and iures for nearly three ycsr..
with a complaint OF his wrongs. has sab
jecIed himself to some 5000 cost, that ho
could very III afford to bear, and has
reSped as the fruit Of al his lsbors, yer.
dict " hich he would be glad to dispose Of
for the sum Of FIVE dollars Thu cause
was conducted on behalf OF the plsihud
by Mr.. Allison, of WAorIinF, and by NJ.
Blackburn, OF this place. 'Gd ou bchsG 81
the defendants, by M Fsu,knrr
We rejoice TO chronicle this a. lie
lss, Of those pesuicrous suits, which ha'c
ANNOYED our citiZen. Tor the Iasl lew
years, and we sincerely hope. hat We
shall never have another upon our dock
eL-B1keley Era.
Extracts from the Vision Of MlIzl.
We commend the following beautiful
SlIegory By Addison. II was first pub
lshed IN the year III !, aud II TurhIulIy
represents tho actual fact. Of a table of
mortality:
"ihe bridge lhou sco'l," ,ad hr. "ls
human life : consider It Susnllyrly
Upon . more lcisurey suTry Of Ill found
that it consisted Of r'Tec FcoGe and ten
arches, with several broken aiches. y hlch.
added 10 those that were entire, made W
The number about one hundred. AZ |
was counting the arches, lhe genius told
me that this bridge consisted al Grsl Of a
thousand arches, bui that great food
swept away tho rest. add IelI the bridge
in the ruInous condition row behold
II.
"BuI tell me further" .ad he. what
thou discoverest on II = IL sec mvlu.
iudes Of people passing over IT," a, I
looked more sItenrively, saw several Of
the passengers dropping through tho
bridge into the great tide that flowed on
derneslh II; /; and, upon further c1amina-
tion. perceived that there were lnnumera-
bic trap doors uat lay eoncesisd in the
bridge, which the pas'enger. no sooner
lrod upon but lhey fell IhroUgh them IN.
10 the tide, and Immediately dissppesrod
These hidden pitfalls were Get very
thick 't the entrance Of the bridge. 90
that 'bIoDgs Of people no sooner
break through the cloud but many of Ihem
fall Inio them. They grew thinner 10.
ward Tho middle. but multiplied and laid
closer together Ioxsrd the end of the
arches that were rnlire. They were IN
ceed some persons, hut iheir number vas
small. that continued q kipd OF Lobblins
march on The broken arches. lot III ihrO'
one sfIsr another. beIEg quite tired and
spent with 20 long walk.
What Beautiful picture Of kumsr llfo
ss il exists and dice out IN the Sssxtni
age y
A duiehmsD once wsbiSd 10 we'd
widow. and his msnner Of making known
his feelings was - follows. III you ish
sop.ent 10 get peter for worse, TO be
J Lappy Tor a miserable and n voa srnoL cs