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a 11H iDutcUincncct q™0j Jurjr ^ iQand reburied a long list5 of iadieimrota for Ire moo. The Ceurt U,cn rate rued ils (tinukg to (be Grand Jury and adriied tbo members that they were discharged fromTussday Morning, AprH 16. 1862.■\ott«e to Mali Subicrlb«ri. ,„„fc iuWe wish our1 friends who are aendrag us | farther se7vlce!l aubseriptjons by wail, for leas than a year I Mr rUM..~ii to cut out and, boar in mind this tariff ofrates, and go avoid Misunderstandings,00c,Weekly 6 ,,** 3 *J nm 4 •m ■IP,,Dailj 6 months *..... ~$t,75-..........................-1.50Tri-Weekly 6 months,....................$1 753t “ 1,001 - 35c.*4U3141(IInvariably in advance.Public Sale of Horses.T'iPFi Vll ho *°1d* *} Fni^tc S***- lt;*» TimtmJmt,l tho 16th liwrt , »t twft o'clock p. M., on the y,1r Cl ruiiii’ls of the Pftarlli Western V(hf in hi Agricultural *rir«y TWKLVK CONNKCnUUT H0KI. «*„ thrm b*luj5 mure* with fcmt.TtaHfl or S*tB_C**h -in deJWory.„ v tV, It. IiftWMNO.lt;nrH-2t ■ Oept. «ml A. q, M., If. ^ A.Prize Envelopes, i ,ilng 13 ehecia Unioneloped 1 Lead Frail,' one article oi Jtfwoi,SKVKN VARUtTi;Note Paper, Ifttfal 1 Pfti'holder, 3 ry, rithied at from £5 .Hetall price. -5 Cerit«; fto ehtlrra and pwtlaia, *12 per hundred; at It. URATES’ Book ami Xowi le*^ aprl-2tKeaiile'fi Dime Books,CIIKAP I‘qbile*tfon■, Song tkxkn, Union Kiit*.Note Paper, wbo|lt;eel«sat R.c.tiaari*’Huuk and Nevre Depot, No. 78 Marfctt-etreet,p-ohU, olFedxbal Court.—The case of Jacob Varner indicted for robbing and stealing the mail, was continued, Messrs, A. B. baidwell and G. L, Cramner, conducting tbe defence.A rule was issued against John H. Wetzel, an absent witness. When the witness appeared be was interrogated by the Cour t.He said be had jnsigot up out of bed—bad overslept himself in couaequenca of drinking too much whiskey. Besides be wasrick. The Court imposed a fine of $10upon Utowitnesa andehta^elled him to eater hiSjjah^ranl recognisance in the sum of $100 to behave himself hereafter and attend upon the sessions of the Court,John II. Wetzel testified that he ran awayon the night the Moccasin Rangers came to Ripley. Jfo had his gun cocked but concluded the safest plan was to leave, lie considered his life in jeopardy. The Moccasins took about a peck or a half a bushe* of letters from the Post Office, only leaving three papers. WiineBs thinks the majority of the people of Ripley are Scceeh though it was hard to tell. Many menwho pass for good Union men arc scuea-Biooists at heart, and run verm,Daniel Dusky, wlfo is indicted with Varner lor the offence above charged, was called and examined en the part of the defence, Dusky testified that tbn crowd of which he Varner made two, went to the post offiyefrbr the purpose of obtaining news in reference' to new movements oftroops. They codid find no key, when oneof the party aqdd he had a key that had never failed .to unlock a door yet, saying which, be kicked the door open with liia foot. The party then went to the Court House and jail, both of which they opened.One of the party, named Marcellos J. Rosier, knew mostot the persons to whom the letters were directed, and promised to remail them accordingly. The party was composed of the witness, Daniel Dusky,George Dusky, Alex. Goff, Marcel lea J.Kester, Thomas Goff, Jacob Varner, Ben.Wright, Ephraim B. Carter, Geo. W. Tanner, Geo. Gibsoc, and three others, thirteen in all. The party took quite a number of guns from the Court House, some tobacco from a store, (which they bad charged,) and other articles from other places. The witness seemed to think that, the operations of the Moccasin Rangers were of highly commendable character. Their range was unlimited. They went wherever they thought they could do the most good.The company of Moccasins was a regularly commissioned company, and acted under the authority of Gov. Letcher.Here the evidence closed.Col, Smith, the District Attorney, in opening the argument read the act under which the indictment was found. It provides that any person robbing or stealing the mail shall be punished with imprisonment, If, by effecting such robbery, ihe robber shall put the officer having charge of the mail in bodily fear by the use of dangerous weapons, or endanger his life, such person shall suffer death. If, therefore, it shall appear, that the accused, in effecting the robbery, endangered the 11 fe of Wetzel, it will be the duty of the jury to find him guilty, and the duty of the Court to pass sentence of death.aptshkoon iieshion,Mr. Caldwell, in reply to a remark of Col. fcJmitb, that the object of the defence in Inquiring of a witness whether the Moccasin Rangers acted under commissions from Governor Letcher, was to defend Varner upon secession grounds, said his loyalty was above suspicion. He intimated that the District Attorney, Col. Smith, went as a commissioner with Judge Summers to Induce Gen. McClellan not to bring Union troops into that county ?Mr. Caldwell said there was nothing done in the post office at the town of Rip-Icy, on the night of the 13th of December last, which jeopardized the life of hi9 client. If Yarncr was guilty of treason on that occasion, as stated by the District Atto- ey, he could uot be convicted of robbing the mall. The felonious intentsare entirely distinct, ft is not the act I a^-Moius Pbisonebs,—About a dozenwhich constitutes the essence of crime. It prisoners arrived last evening from Hamp-Mr. Caldwell continued at some length arguing warmly in favor of bis client.Mr, Cranmer followed Mr. Caldwell. Do appealed to the Jury to giro the prisoner the benefit of all the extenuating circumstances which appear in the case. He proceeded to give defenttion of the crime or robbery, and contended that this definition did not attach to the crime with which the prisoner stands indicted. The law under which this prisoner is indicted never contemplated the existence of such a political condition of things as at present. There is sufficient evidence to convict the prisoner of treason but he cannot be convicted of larceny. The offence was a political offence and not a criminal oflence, in the common acceptation of the law.Ir. Cramner occupied something over an hour in his argument. He concluded bysaying that Varner occupied precisely the same position as any other traitor, liehad been deceived like thousands of others, and it is now proposed, merely from his accidental connection with this post-oF-iice affair, to incarcerate him in a prisonfor ton year*, or hang him by the the neck, while thousands of others eqoally guilty will go scou Iree,[The prisoner wept freely during theprogress of the proceedings, and seemed to lie very much affected.]Col. Smith, in closing, alluded to Mr. Caldwell's charge of dialojalty against him as an oft-repeated slander. The actalluded to was one of the most excellent acts ot his life, and he was proud of it. He threw back the intimation of disloyalty with scorn and conlempt His loyalty was not questioned by any one. lie then proceeded to a discussion of the cause, nnd replied to all the points made by tbo opposing counsel.Judge Jackson charged thejury,the members of which retired, .but returned again in an hour or so with a verdict ol guilty as charged in the last three counts of the indictment, which will consign the prisoner to n terra of imprisonment of not less than five nor more than ten years.J^rhi'tPADi.K Case ok Poisoxtaa »t a DiiuaaisT Seluhc* a Poison koii a Siuplk Medicine.—We heard yesterday of a most singular case of a lady, the wite of ono of our merchants, nearly losing her life twice within a few weeks, by taking a most violent poison, known as the extract of Stramonium. The circumstances are somewhat as follows: About six wreks ago,tbo lady in question asked the druggist for some of the extract of Dandelion, as she wanted it for her children, knowing it to bo a simple and mild medicine, audTbought it upon his assuranee that it was gebuin^ as he stated that he bad taken it several times a day himself, and derived great benefit from it. A short time afterwards, abe took a moderate dose of it herself, when stio was almost immediately taken with most violent pains in the chest, loss of sight, extreme burning of the throat, and a general sinking and prostration of the whole system, and it was only by prompt and active remedies that her life was spared. Stilt there was at that time no suspicion of poison, owing to the peculiar situation of the lady. But last Friday she took another dose of the same medicine, still supposing it to ha simply extract of Dandelion, when the same symptoms at once set in, and her life was again in danger. This time the physician had his suspicions aroused that all was not right with the medicineohe had taken, and upon his iave9tigatijt^jj matter at the druggist's sto*H^t^f Otikfbat he had sold the deadly w((5t|tjo poison known as Extract of Stramonium, instead of the simple Dandelion, It further appeared that it had been discovered some time before, by another physician, in the case of another lady who had been affected in a similar manner, and the druggist duly notified of the article he was selling. Notwithstanding this, he failed to notify the family ot whom wo are writing. We forbear making any comments at present, os we understand legal prosecution is to brought against the druggist, when nil the particulars will be elicited before a court of justice.*SF“A Used cp Max.—On Saturday evening u man by the name of Edward Moreland was guilty of some disorderly conduct, when officer Vaii attempted to arrest him. The man resisted the officer andsucceeded in getting away, bat he was the worst used up man in tbo engagement that we have seen for a long time, lie bad numerous holes in bis bead from which tbs blood flowed freely and he was too drunk, apparently, to see to getting himself patched up. lie was arrested yes ter day at his house and taken to jail.^^BaATfNo it is Wipe.—Early on Saturday morning a man named Martin• * IT* • P ■■ d A ^ 41, 1 1* |B • ' _ 1. ' IRouse, being much intoxicated, commenced abasing bis family, and the consequent outcry caused some excitement in the neighborhood. Officers Pender and Scroggins, upon going to the house, found Rouse kicking his wife,,who was lying upon tbo floor, in most hruUl manner. He was1 * * I W « 1 a* 1! I v*. Varrested and Aid. Robertson sent him tois the intention. These men acted upon the authority of commissions from John Letcher, as the defence had proved. He didn’t allude to this because he thought the the dictum of Letcher was worth a straw, but to show that these men were at Ripley in the furtherance of the canse of rebellion, They were there as rebels to aid and abet the canse of secession. They didn’t go there to rob tbe post office. The only felonious Intent is a treasonable intent, and for that alone can they be punished. Robbing the mail is not treason. Th«offences ore entirely distinct.shire county. They are the deceoteat• a • • . • *4 * a j jtm, 0 v* »looking set of men of the rebel persuasion that we have seen yet. They are principally young men, very badly uniformed. The Athenenm ia rapidly filling up. It contains more prisoners mow thanat ojiv one tffle rince *QU ARTER-WASTlUt O ENREAL’S OFFICE. I Wiiqixetos Ott, March 2*. 1M1 j rtar-mastj*r*» Dtpu-tufeat will pay for no ippliea parchBMd by any one not an offl-lapartaient duly aatborlxed to roE* voch In avcovdapoa with th«. Regulations of the Army. • « ‘ • * *Bj ardor ot Vk* S*ar*t*ry ot War.«. C.MBIOS. tpl-«od3v Qr, St. General.purchmate, Army.
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Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, West Virginia, US
Tue, Apr 15, 1862
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