The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-18
Letter From Charleston.
CHARLESTON, January Is.

breaks tne ice OetWtcu mere huu
Portsmouth. But we had hard time
in getting here. We left Wheeling on
the Sd inst, with number Of gentle-
men on their way to this place; some
to attend the Court Of Appeals and
Federal Court. We reached Parkers-
burg the same day, where we remained,
on account OF the ice, till Wednesday.
the 9th. when we heard the sound OF q
welcome and familiar whistle, and the
cry went forth from the party, 1T is the
steamer Andesr And you can hardly
imagine how glad it made every heart,
az the noble craft cut graceful curve
through the chilled water, and brought
her bow to the Parkersbug wharf. We
we're all soon on board and made com.
Portable by the kind officers. The con.
slant friction of the heavy floating ice
disabled the rudder of the boat and
rendered her unmansgable, 80 that we
had to stop for repairs. This detained
us for several hours We arrived safely
at Huntington on Thursday afternoon.
The officers ofthe Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad treated US kindly, and did all
they could to get us to Charleston in the
shortest time; and with . comfortable
run OF two hours and half from Hum
tington, we reached this place, after
week out from Wheeling. We might
have walked it in less time.
The Federal Court convened here on
the 10Th, with the following named
gentlemen emnanneled as Grand
Jurors: Hon Okey johnson, foreman,
and Messrs William Workman. Sans
uel Woods. w. II. Kidd, H. n, Gal
laher, Richard Burke, John M. Greer,
Henry Newcomer, Dana Hubbard, c
H. Hog.don, T. P. Shallcros', James
Sweeney, Sylvanus W. Hall, George
Ritter, Hanson Criswell, Ed. Irwin,
Edwin W. s. Moore and John Powell
The Grand Jury have found no
indictments, as yet, though they
will make some presentments to morrow
or next day; most OF them will be tor
violating internal revenue laws. The
famous case OF Clarkson Us Slack and
others, involving the title to something
over one hundred acres of land, and
perhaps one hundred houses within the
CITY limits was called and passed. 1t
| will take a week or more to read the
dispositions in this case.
On the tenth a quorum Of the Legis.
lature met, discussed, amended and
passed bill to organize the Supreme
Court of Appeals The most important
Of which amendments made in the
| House were the following:
|. Three sessions Of the Supreme
Court OF Appeals shall be held every
year; one in Charleston, in the county
| of Kanawha, commencing on the sec-
oud Wednesday in January Prorided,
That the session in 1873 shall COM
mepce on the thirteenth day OF Janu.
airy; one in Charlestown, in the county
Of Jefferson, commencing on the first
Wednesday in July; and enc in Wheel,
ing, in the county OF Ohio, commencing
on the first Wednesday in September,
ard continue until the business is dis
patched.
The Safe shall be divided into three
judicial grand divisions, as follows:
The first grand division shall consist
Of the counties composing the first,
second, fifth and sixth judicial circuits !;
the second grand division shall consist
of the counties composing the third and
fourth judicial circuits; the third grand
division shall consist of the counties
composing the seventh, eight and ninth
judicial circuits. Each Tease shall be
heard and determined in lite own grand
division except by consist Of the parties
or their counsel in writing or unless
the parties desiring the hearing shall
have given written notice OF at least
| thirty DAYS before the commencement OF
the term to the opposite party or his
counsel of his intention to insist on a
hearing when the same NAV be heard
and determined out Of its grand di-
vision.
The Ssnate afterwards amended these
amendments 80 az to provide that the
term OF the Charlestown Court should
commence on the frat Wednesday in
August and OF the Wheeling Court
on the frat Wednesday in June. On
Yesterday Saturday the Senate amend
ments were agreed to bv the House and
the bill sent to the Governor for biz
approval.
Mr.. Camden presented a petition
signed by Arthur C. Dever and forty
three others, citizens OF the county Of
Harrison, asking that a law may be
passed restraining o'cners of hogs rom
running at large in said county. This
NAV be a stroke of the Hebrews o. that
county against the pork-eating Gen
tiles. But / can't see how the Judge
| is going to get such bill over the re-
lieious liberty clause in our Constltu'
ton. Religious liberty is greatly re,
spected here. Isuppose nothing would
be said against mans reading pagan
books; at least, I saw fellow selling
what he called q pagan own, to q Chris
tan shoemaker.
Interesting telegram, passed between
the parties named therein, which ex-
plains itself:
PORTSMOUTH, o, Jan. ii, T3 |
4o'clock, P, NJ.
To John Cole:
On our way to the land Of perennial
summer. Ice bound; send US aid.
C. F. Soorr,