The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-01-26

man, or thesmen, who are in favor
and will shcs their hand in that d.
rection, oftlie abolishment of the
curse ofthe @hiskey traffic, will for.
ever live in the hearts Of redeemed
drunkards and all good christian poo
pie through the ages to come. Who
will they be2
Well, to'procsed, sc took the cars
for Parkcrsburg, after remaining at
the stationfor about four hours, aud
arrived here at 8 O'Clock a. nj. and
took lodging at the Central Hotel,
and found i very good place good
beds aud plenty to eat.
No business was transacted in the
court on Monday, cave calling the
names of the jurors, and of course
your correspondent was not present,
not hayingireceived our summons in
time to be- there; but on Tuesday
morning alto o'clock we were pres
ent, answered to our name, and was
cmpauneled and ready for work.
The cQpEtas being held in the Gus.
tom House, which is very fine
building Of brick and stone, with
marble floors in the halls and in the
basement. 1t is said to have cost
some s25o,0o0, but Uncle Sam is rich,
and the only question is whether the
money went into the hands Of worthy
or unworthy parties.
Only three cases thus far (l6lh)
have been tried by jury. The judge
adjourned the court from Friday eve,
ming the 14th until Monday the 18th,
he having to go 10 Washington on
business.
The most important criminal case
on the docket is the United States
against Strauder, for murder commit
ted some eight years ago. This case
has been tried in all the courts be-
low. Strauder has been convicted
twice, but upon some pleas urged by
him it has finally reached this court,
and even nowithe prisoner is trying
to stave the trial of the case, based
on the plea mainly that he was in.
dicted by Grand Jury Illegally sum-
moned, and under laws that refused
him the rightto have some men of
his own color on the jury. But we
think this only Il wild chimera
simply made for the purpose of STAY
ing off trial and punishment, for
this reason the same laws are still
in existence aud just how the party
proposes to geta remedy is somewhat
difficult TO see. Judge Jackson, !
take it, mskPs very good good
Judge-inclined to be merciful and
yet aiming TO do justice, at times
somewhat,fshpulsive, this is owing TO
the natural temperament, but the
next moment calm and deliberate.
The Governments Attorney, Nh
Caldwell, is a bundle of good mater
ial put up in very small package.
He is not very fluent in language,
but reasons well and to the point.
The rest Of the bar, without specify
ing, is made mp of the best legal tai
ent in the State.
Parkersbug has just had very ex-
citing municipal election. License
or no license was the question, and
by bribery aud intimidation, as we
were Informed, the whiskey men
elected their ticket. Still the TEN
perance people are not discouraged,
because God will bless the right aud
the right will triumph in the end
there can be no doubt here.
All the churches in the place ex-
cept the Catholic and Episcopal,
have been holding prayer meetings
and other devotional exercises every
day aud night for two weeks and arc
still continuing, and nne indication
Of good that We see in it is that ali
the churches meet once a day at one
of the places of worship for services.
They are willing to lay the dog,na$
aside for the time being and recog.
nizc each other as christians seeking
ing after tho same God, and expect
ing to reach the same heaven, This
is as it should be, and until the
christian world brushes out Of its
portals the spirit ofbigotry and ostra
cism and are willing to recognize ev.
cry man or woman who takes the BIZ
bio Cor n r,niIn Christ Car n tnnnl,n.