The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-05-06
From The Greensboropgh Patrist.

| FROM Tie GreenS0oroUSh PdTiof.
GENTLEMEN Were you ever present
at the rise, sdjourumen,, or breaking up Of
Superior Court Ii so, you must have
sympa,hized for the perPexed and tanializ
ed predicamen, to which such scene re
duces the Clerk.
Such scene once Witnessed al.
though the Court bad beeu held by one Of
our mos, learned, correct and upright judy
es, whose dlgni6ed presence alone had,
hitherto, been sufficient to restrain the out
breskiugs of the Bar, and ensure the most
perfect order amongst the assembled popu
lace ; yet the last fifteen or twenty minutes
before his Honor Iea the Bench, was a
scene Of confusion worse confounded. y
The anxiety Of the gentlemen Of the Bar,
TO take their judgments on actions OF debt
on bonds, get their fees, ard get home, was
cot 10 be restrained within any reasonable
bounds Of decorum. One gentleman calls
out "charge the Jury in No. 53:' the
Clerk begins, but before he eau flush the
brief ceremony Of empanSeling, charge
| the Jury 10 No. 40 IS baN led out bl
another barrlster, in rather ou authorize
tive tone. In the mean time, another OF
these climbs OF The law has rushed to the
table aud sna!chPd away his trial docket, To
look for teeS--whlle the frs, says, Clerk,
you have charged the Jury IN the wrong
case, A aud U are the parties" The Clerk
IN haste agiia,es the chaos Of papers that
have been accommodating on the table for
J the last half hour, looks for the docket book,
/ TO correct the mistake, and 10 ! At Is not
| there 40 throws 40 anxlous lock round the
Court, and al las, discovers hopeful DIS
pie OF Coke, turning lis leaves in U remote
corner, not having discovered that i, was
not tho book that contains the account OF
fees. 4" Mr.. Noy, Id thank you for NY
/ Docket" be RECEIVERS II, aud attempts to
correct toe supposed error IN "charglog,"
but 1t is discovered the Jury are charged
IN the right case, aud that II was the voci
ferrous call for No 49, that misied the first
lawyer. The calculations OF interest, credit,
&c. are by this time made aud submitted
the Clerk dips his pen, IN order TO enter the
verde, 10 figures on his trial docket, in the
/ brletest manner possible, but Ilst as II
touches the paper, another Of these learn
! ed gentlemen no money uiatters) wlth the
| Fl. Fa. docket 10 both hands, sienls up to
his shoulder, and 10 an audible whisper,
have q fee here, fee Of four dollars, 10 the
case OF Sneezer rs. Snee2er, want the mo
I ney." Attention now divided between the
man with the calculations and the man With
the book Of Executions, the Clerk enters
$4,000 instead of $1,000 as the verde, Of
the Jury, on which, gentleman sitting
near and overlooking, and whose ep,curenn
! appearance, told that he was quite "a IA.
mihar with roas, Turkey ns he vas with
Coke, Llileton, or even Chesterfield, ex
claims at the top Of BIS lungs, " there, there,
he's entered it four thousand dollars; = the
Clerk, then in the act Of correcting, "you
are mistaken, SIR" II an not" sad the
| first, and I'll leave Ito BIS Honor Y am. y
The Clerk replied only With ok II min
| gled embarrassment and cor .lpt, "a hlch
seemed 20 say, as uGdr5ly as a look could
speak. Squire Pettlogger, rs you have
no concern 10 THIS matter, Id thank you 10
mind your own business, If you have any
While him of i3, with some half dozen
more, we're busy With their pencils, caIcu.
lailng damages for tie jury 10 assess by
way Of interest, the Clerk begins 10 turn
! through his docket for that No. aud some
half dozen more that had been simutane
ously called--wl,h man whispering Of
one ear, take ny cogulzance, Squire A
and b will DO my securities and man
whispering AT tina other, {" LET fne prove my
attendance, live thirty miles "a. and must
70 home to night" Al lhis crisis | len
the Court room.
O, that the Judge may live long, 10 bold
with his able aud impartial hands the scales
Of Justice in our Courts, and souchsaie bis
republican indulgence 10 the infitmlles Of
the Bar, at the heels Of term;
Thu, the Bar may learn better manners
aud some Of them more law, and
Tha, oil Clerks may be endowed with the
patience Of Job.
So prays A SPECTATOR.