Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-03
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SUPREME JUDICIAL bS9uRT. OurinS iht ear
" psr, Of the prese"r week the Court room
has been the see OF profound interest.
The case Of Farnum, Executor of Tuule
Hubbard, versus Brooks, has been long pend
ing, and he amount claimed has been large;
moreover, The public interest has acc unula'ed,
in consideration of III parties concerned. But
all this would have attracted comparatively lit
tie general sympathy The grand secret of the
attraction 10 the forensic arena has been the
eminent counsel who we're 10 argue The CAUSE
al the head Of which, were the lcafnel and ao-
com lishrd late Attorney General, aided %
Messrs. Rand and Nichols, 70: the plaintiffs,
and our own w, bsler, supported bv Mrssrs
Gorham and Warner for the Dsltndau,' 1t
would be indicate to dilatr upon the TWO
leading sen,lemcn: their fame is wide, and
too deeply impressed upon the good sense
Of ihr American community % need syllable
on this topic. II was anticipated that they
were 20 speak, and FROM Monday 10 Thursday
noon The Court Ioom was crowded 10 excess.
Gentlemen no, in thu habit OF attending Court,
and men OF business, and last par ercelenaS, d
large circle Of ladies' pressed forward each day
to hrar The argumtnt Of a complicated and dry
case in Equity
1t is not our province. nor indeed within our
capacity, to give any just analysis OF The res
pcctiye arguments. Nor are We inclined TO
draw any comparison between the speakers,
where comparisuns would be inv idious, or as
Doeberry says" odorous." Suffice i, 10 say in
general terms, that they acquitted themselves
with their usual ability, and tha: no case was
probably ever more ahly or thoroughly argued
The interest sustained ior four days among The
full audience was iu,erse.
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a mass of rubbish aud Is rnercal calculations
in such hands was changed to pleasing theme
the desert was made TO blossom ike he
rose-an invr'e,a'e labvrinlh of accounts be-
come an apreeabr rambling place for the Mid.
Al one moment the attention was amus.d by
fligh, of fancv-ai another by AN apt classic
al ailusion now, il WIS arrested by q rigorous
exposition Of rule of aw--anon by an illus
,ra,ion of he eternal principles of equiv.
But we have neither time nor room 10 indulge
fur,he, in remarks upon these increasing ar
guments
With Mr. WEBsrER's eloqn, nee, this COM
MUMMY has long been familiar from esperencr:
mech was expected, and every hing was real
we'd on This occasion. The reputation OF MIR.
WRIT had preceded hi,a to our Capital TX
pee alton excited TO the slightest degres, and
his long argument OF this case has gone AL
lengths to confirm the exalted es,ima'ipn T..
which he has been held by The Intelligent par
of this community. We congratulate him or
the result, and we congratulate equally those
who have ava,ed hemselve. ofsrhe oppnr'nu',y
10 appreciate his abilities by attending to tbs
cause. What we had before 'e'd or heard
second hand we nov know and feel from actual
ohr rvalion. Mr.. WIRT has made an impress
sion here that will long be remembered, and
When he 'e'urns 10 his own State he VIII ha"
the sa,.fa ,ipr Of BIZ ring with him the best
wishes Of the penpla Of this vicinity.