Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-01-04
Au,eh-Handed Outrage.

reference 10 certain receD' Pioseeu'nks !"
the Valley Bank case. together with
concise statement Of The legal questions
in isspe. Il is our province 10 deal WIN
the question from moral point OF view.
if one can be said 10 deal from moral
standpoint with a transaction entirely de-
void Of morality. The whole Thing, &C.
cordipg 10 our understanding of the mat
Ter. has been conducted en- the "grsb-
bag" principle. Knowing ibs, Judge
Parker had issued an injunction restrain
ing MIR. A. Vance Brown, (lhe Receiver,)
from interfering with the Valley Bank
funds, Thief Justice Understood, insiiga-
ted by wilylcounselers, al once changed
the appointment and conferred The Re
ceivership upon an individual signing
himself Hamilton G. FAINT. Hardly had
The ink become dry on the parchment
containing Underwood's order, before the
Receiver was in The Valley Bank, accom-.
panied By United States Marshal Dun
can, and Generals Wells and Bradley /.
Johnson.
Mr. Fan,, we understand is a paper
shaver and Speculation who drlfied with
The crowd Of adventures 10 Richmond a.
ter the war and is now engaged in "nsk-
ing his Jack" from lie struggling mer-
camille classes of tina, impoverished city,
u. S. Marsha! Duncan IS only known
as having been appointed 10 his present
position st the INSTANCE Of the Thief JUS
tice. We are not informed whether he
is "bird OF The same feather" but the
fact that he does The bidding o! INC
Weighs tenant" is against him.
Gen. H. Fl. Wells was. we believe,
Military Governor somewhere during The
war, and won his star in the rear, by the
oppression OF those within his reach.
Our information may be incorrect; bot
the simple fact that he is one Of The vol
unteer counsel to prosecute President
Davis would cause suspicion OF the
man, were his other acts clear as the
mondays sun.
Our cit zens deeply regretted 10 see
with this group Of worthless. the talented.
brave and chivslrous gentleman. General
Bradley r. Johnson. He seemed to feel
that lie was in bad company. and the dis
gust oil the people was mingled with sym.
pslhy for him. Why he was caught in
such questionable company we cannot
imagine, unless in his earlier years. while
engaged in the polemic tilis Of Debating
Societies he happened 10 appear on The
affirm alive Of the question: ''ls law
yer justified in defending client charg-
ed with theft, whom he knows 10 be
guilty 7"
The party arrived in Winchester on
Friday evening. aud found Judge Parker
absent from town. They at once visited
the Shenandoah Valley National Bank,
and with indecent haste seized The funds
of the Valley Bank, over which they
placed guard for the night. Indeed, the
funds Of the Shenandoah National Bank
were for twenty -four hours al the mercy
of the raiders. Being assured that Judge
Parker would be al home on Saturday al
lernoon, FAINT grabbed hard aud fast. and
BY o'clock had gotten together, we IN
derstand. between $4,000 and 100000
in greenbscks and specie, with which no
departed on the same train from which
Judge Parker had a few moments before
debarked.
Taken in all its aspects, this robbery
may be classed amongst the bodies, on
record. Whether the assets Of the Bank
are 10 be appropriated for the beneh, OF
the piebsld Convention, under the direc-
ton Of The President, or 10 beused as a
fund for the dissemination Of radical doc
umeris in the coming campaign, we have
mol learned. A simple fellow suggests
ths, the bes, use tina, could be made OF il
would be in psymen, of Mr.. McVeigh
for the fine house that this Honor Judge
Underwood now occupies, and for which
he has no legal title. but the suggestion is
ridiculous. II will not 60 for any such
good object as that.
The more probable destination Of the
Bank assests is the First National Bank Of
Richmond-lhe ruling spirits OF which
are, Messrs. a. Vance Brown and II. @.
FAINT. After the Receiver gets his 5 per
cent. anc the counsel and other strikers
are paid their fees. the balance will, doubt
less, be added TO The cash account Of the
First National Bank, 10 be loaned at Is
and 90 per cent.
LArER-Yesierday Tuesday morn
ing Messrs. Fan, aud Duncan returned TO
Winchester, and demanded the remain.
ing assets OF the Valley Bank. but Judge
Parker had in the meantime issued an or.
der, restraining Mr.. Brent from giving
them up. The "raiders" then appealed
to the military, and the assets are now in
the possession OF Colonel Franslin.-
Hinchester Times.
Murder ola Hotel Keeper in Rom.
ney. Vest Jirginia.-We have just
learned from a friend OF a murder com.
mjt,ed al Romney, Hampshire county,