, 1841-11-27

"' N'u i'iiseti' lie tteHlUleu d. tne "a
pose of his affairs-he trembled for his heiress
"We could laugh this battery out o # court
he said; 'but what the devil can | do witt
these creditors! I'm a ruined man. And t.
come just now, the internal ~rascals! Oh
Anna Matildar he exclaimed with a love
lorn look of his crow-feet eyes, 'it's all VI
with you and your fortune now. VIVA
would the fellows Of the tenth say if they
heard of itr
"'Cheer up said his attorney laughingly
|"your case will come up among the first, and
we may yet find a way to get you of: IT.
all the result of envy. These young boys
can't endure that Mars and Apollo should
meet together in your person. and the bar.
rister winked wickedly to me, as S~lashbey,
marshalled by the sheriff, preceded US into
the hall of justice.
at was with q rueful couhtenance that he
took his seat in the court. The room was
dense!y filled with the usual motley assem-
blage at a county sessions. Loafers half liz
rags, and shopmen in the latest cut, por'ly
farmers with huge mud-stained boots, and
drovers carrying heavy loaded whips, here a
sober Quaker with a broad-rimmed beaver,
and there a gay young lawyer with more wit
than briefs, longmen and short men, fat ones
and lean ones, some with merry round faces,
and others with countenances as sour as
crab-apples, officers and loungers, attornies
and clients, filled up every vacant space out
side the bar, Willing away the time until the
appearance Of the judge, by specializing on
the prospects of a crop, or discussing the
points of a case set down for trial at the
term. At length his honor made his appear
ance, and. busting and bowling through the
assumed the bench, wiped the perspi-
from his rubicunI face, coughed with
judicial gravity, and ordered the criert to open
the court. That high functionary according
y started TO lis feet, and in a nasal twang
nulnbled overa formula which no one could
near distinctly, but which appeared to be a
recapi,ulation of the iniquities Of those in
authority generally, and of his honor in par
as it ended with a hope that God
would save the commonwealth and the homo
able court. After the crier sat down, n
very lean man, with a vary sharp nose. and
very squeaking voic,, called out John
whereupon a little fat man jumped
Up and said 'here;' but the clerk, withou,
10 notice him, went on and called
Joseph Thomson. Zerubabel Thomson, Joab
|ohnson, and the Lord knows how many
more Thomsons and Johnsons, all of whom
i~everally jumped up and said 'here.' Then,
he jury being empannelled, the case came
IN, and the attorneys got into towering pas
lions, and seemed as if they could have eaten
Zach other mp, while the jury smiled and
nodded, and their foreman-the little fat man
his chin and looked extremely
wise. After this was gone through with,
here was a general buzz through the loom.
'hcH suuueHlI Inc Iuuue CIieu 'oiuei, anu
hen the sheriff cried 'order,' and the sleepy
;onStableS and tipstaves opened their eyes
md echoed 'order' more Justify than either;
vhereupon his honor turned over one or
wo big books bound in white,-ahl this is
POrt-consulted his notes for a mo-
nent, and then proceeded TO sum up the
and charge the jury.
"The next case was that of Slashbey-
nd the same formality was gone through
With until about half Of the jury had been
worn, when the attorney general rose to
cqualnt the court that the panel was ex-
and that therefore he prayed a tales
rom the lockers on. These few and simple
words OF the encouragement acted on the
pectators like the upsetting of a crowded
ee-hive. Instantly there was a { great rush
the door. Drovers and farmers,
and gentlemen, staid Quakers and
urly topers, all started in the race at once,
and %scrambling over each other in
leir haste to reach the entrance, while the
shouted 'order' until they were
oarse, and the sheriff and his deputies sprang
the door in order TO close it before the {
.ress of their prey. 1t was a of