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ma, yOu Will lluulrG whether or ROT o.
late IN assembly OF PERSONS assuming
to themselves the right to perform
certain duties under the laws Of thc
State, did conspirc to overthrow The
lcnal government Of said State, by
sriZinE upon all her powers and sub.
verting the will Of the people lawfully
expressed. And that some overt ACT
was done or attempted to be done by
"them, with force, to execute or to.
"wards executing that purpose. 1t is
necessary that the assembly be in
"condition to use force if needed TO CT
fleet their trcasnnobIe design. If the
":lssembly is arrayed in Il military
"manncr for the express purpose OF
"~ovcrawing or intimidating the pub
"lic, and to attempt to carry with cf-
eject the reasonable design, that will
"of itself amount to 4 levy of war, al
though no actual blow has been
"struck or engagement has taken
"placc.'
Gentlemen Of the Grand Jury, I
have endeavorcd briefly to define the
crime Of treason, and if you should
find after careful investigation that an
assembly of persons lately so demcan-
ed themselves in this State, a. to bring
them within the meaning of the law
as given you by the Court, you will so
find and present them for indictment.
HOPE OF ESCAPING PUNISHMENT.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury / am
fully convinced that the hope of csca-
ping punishment, greatly encourages
the commission of crime; especially
among the depraved and wicked.
There are but few persons 30 dcpraved
and lost to every sense social duty to
their fellow men, as to commit, for i'll
stance. the crime Of murder with the
full! knowledge before hand that the
judgment of the law would certainly
ovcrtakc them. Hence the necessity
for prompt and Il most efficient dis
charge OF every duty and power per-
tanning to your office. ~ rigid exer-
else Of those duties and powers will
have not only the effect of checking
the desperate and wicked from the
commission Of crime, but it will have
u wholesome effect upon all your coun-
ty officials. Even they will take les
son ,EEand learn the importance of dis
charging faithfully to the public, the
duties OF their respective offices. You
may rest assured, that tho failure to
discharge your consciences fully under
the oath which you have taken. will
not only emb0lden the enemies Of
law, order, peace and good govern
ment, but perhaps afford them the
opportunity to laugh when your ca
lamity comcth, and render every
laudable effort of the court TO suppress
crime intellectual.
EXAMINING WITNESSES.
You will remember that you are not
to try the cases handed you by by Mr..
Solicitor. Your duty i'm that respect
is simply to hear the testimony OH the
part of The witnesses for the State, and
upon that you are TO determine Wheth-
cr or not there exist p%rOhablcor reason-
able cause to support the otirnse Or
crime charged in the indictment. If
you should find that the same is prob
ably or reasonably supported by the
evidence, you will return, ''True Bill"
otherwise, you will return "No Bill"
It is necessary that twelve Of your
body should agree to make q legal
finding.
You need not examine all the wit
ncsses sworn and sent before you in
any case. If you should he satisfied
from the examination of II witness
llrat the 0t;rnse or crime charged is
probably or reasonably true. you may
stop there and find ''rrue Bill" But
you find "No Bill" it
will be your duty to, examine all
the witnesses sworn byNLr. Solicitor.
Proceeding to Business.
At the conclusion of the delivery
of the Charge, the Solicitor handed to
the Grand Jury the following indict-
THE BACON BUSINESS.
The State against Lewis Allen, in
for grand larceny. True bill.
THE I.OWNDESVILLE HORROR.
The State against Gilbert Burton,
Edwin Prince, Edwood Prince alias
Edward Prince, Capcrs Allen, Hntson
Jink Whittier, William John
son, Whitcman Allen, Palmer Cozhy,
Eli Hunter, Asberry Allen, John Al
len, indicted for the murder Of Clay
Allen, ut Lowndrsvillc. True
bill. Trial set for Friday. Gen. Nc
Gowan, McSsrs. L.. w. Perrin, w. G..
NJ. p. DcBruhl, appointed by
the Court to defend the prisoner.
The Solicitor entered Il muUc prose-
qui as to two of the parties, which
Us il they had turned States evil
dcncc. The other twelve were ar
and plead mot guilty.' Gen.
Mct;owan gave notice that he would
move to V as 70 six. This is the
L~owndesvillc horror, and is expected
to be Il very interesting ease, as much
has been said about it in the papers all
the United States.
TIE GREENWOOD HOMICIDE.
The State against Eiuford Jones,
Mack Jones, Mary Jones, Barbara
Jones. indicted for the murderof john
Burt Riley, nj Greenwood. True bill.
Trial Thursday. Mr.. Thomson for
the defence.
YOUNG LAWYERS FIRST SPEECH.
The only criminal case tried SO far,
was that against Lewis Allen for bur-
ylary. The offence charged in this
instance was that Lewis had broken
into Mr.. j. G.. Douglass meat house
and distracted thcrcfrom about three
hundred pounds of bacon. The pris-
oner was well defended by Edward
jr., iISq., who acquitted HIM
self very crcditably in his first casc.
The young luwer made the best Of his
and showed tact in assailing the
weakest part Of the evidence, but the
proof satisfied the Judge and jury
of the prisoners guilt, and it would
have been impossible for any LAWYER to
clcarcdthe Lewis of the charge.
The Judge sentenced him to one year
in the pcnitcntiary at hard labor.
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE.
This is Il %peaceable and law-abiding
county. Murder cases are Of rare oc-
here. This Court is remark
able in this, that eighteen persons will
be tried for murdcr-not eighteen cas-.
cs however, but two cascs-fOurteen in
one batch and four in another.
VISITING LAWYERS.
Among the visiting membcrs of the
Bar present we observed: Col. II. g.
Donaldson and Maj. w. +. Earle, of
Capt. Jessie. Rock, of
New Market a.; Capt. w. Is. Blake, Of
Election Of Offices in Lebanon
Grange to serve the present year.
JNo. II. LYON, Master.
DIR. J. w. THOMAS, Ovcrsecr.
JNO. II. LlGDN, Lecturer.
TIlus. MCNEILL, Chaplain.
WILLIAM MAGIL, Stewart.
SAMUEL EVANS, Asst. Stewart.
y T. RARKSDALE. Treasurer.