The North-Carolina standard., 1849-01-03

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The pay Of Jsrors seems to be regarded as a
prominent item, when fact it is but drop the
bucket compared with the other expenses ItFis
true, that this falls upon the ptbEc, while the other
comes ont Of the pockets of indiuduql. IF syouldi-
mInlsh the first the latter will eertanly be increased
Now, which is best, to diminish the public debtsa
tle, or Increase individual much more than in the
same proportion particularly, when the ends of jus
ce are concerned & Surely sound policy, and eYery
days practice point out, that if either must suffer
in this respect let it be the public. ,re- a.. :,
It would be reflection upon the Judges (nothing
is farther from my purposel to say otherwise than
that more accuracy prevails In the Superior Courts.
Yet 1t is true and being true, is not improper to-
say so that IN the county of Granville for example,
nearly if not qnite much litigation is disposed of
in the County, in the Superior Courts, and with
as much justice and satisfaction to the parties cone
cernedTthough the eaases geReIaly may be Of less
Importance And somehow other, it will appear,
upon examination, that Upon appeals from the Coun-,
ty to the Superior are Teyers-
ed than Y the same number from the SpPeF-
to many capsesfoO much kgish7ish Of eontradscte-
ry obscure character may be capse by produc-
ing diversity of opinion amongst those learned in
the law as to what the law is. The inference,
charged as to the law, and consequently nnrestain-
ed, GO for what they deem TO be Just, between man
and man, irrespective of any other
Many causes have operated to bring about the evils
alluded to in the Governors remarks, and which he
proposes to get nd of by important change in our
judicial system. By reference to them, it VIII be,
seen that the fault is not in the system before
Marked but In something else All the counties la
Dor under the difficulties in kind, but not in the
same degree as the larger, already alluded to- Now
for some of the causes 9dverted to-. -''a Is isa,
TO conform I'D every particular, to the practice laid
down In the commencement, and subsequent ini-
provements in our present system, requires a great
deal of mental as we'll as manual labor. Formerly,
most young men when they come to the Bar ts did
well ''-eyery thing was drawn out in 1s-dne-
form but in process of time. as business increas
ed, this regularity was laid aside " little by little
trusting in many cases to lazy indifferent clerks
to supply what they may have omitted or negecfed$
and who if they knew how, did not feel interest
enough the matter to do It, as it ought TO- have
been done. One set of Lawyers following IN the
footsteps Of their predecessors, until nOw-a very
loose practice is the order of the day. @'Ioo-J -"
Another cause may be traced to matters connected
with the election of Clerks and Shers by the peo-
pie. have always been warmly in favor of this ar4
rangement; but through the arts and intrgues Of
selfish and designing demagognes many Of the coun
ties have fallen with the abominab4e doctrine of
rotation in Office for the sake ofrotation, without
gard to qualifications; and hence unfit men are
frequently put into office, retarding the business,
and Introducing many errors in the proceedings Of
our OUuTCS. 4" "udteFef LHey 10 VIII % I0SdTQ6u
precedent by those coming after thef and as aeon
sequence confusion wifi be perpetuated l&S @1 9te
Another cause may be assigned to too much speqk-
tg on the part of the Bar particularly those who
fondest of hearing themselves talk: This rs cfys
ing evil; an infiction upon Courts and Juries,
too intoerabe to be borne. This practice has be4
come common, that it is of rare occurrence now
to try than or three cases, at all hgated,
during the day, in either Court ''z5q - 1851 ~
There is still another, by which much tire is con-
sumed during the sitting of our Courts and that is,
frequent political meetings Whenever one Of these
is announced every thing else must stand still. Why
disturb the Courts with them? Both can 90 on at
the same time in different places Every body knows
that what have Stated true, and may be regarded
as trifng matters; but each one consumes times
the loss of time delays the progress of business. It
does appear me, that if we can 50 manage asto
get back into old habits, there Will be but little com
plant against Old system The remainder of my
remarks are reserved for another number . .'-es,
;iser2.t = - 10 ~ - - RIP VAN 2WINKLE. e.
PLANE ROAD FROM UTICA TO MOHAWK. A gen-
enan residing in Ilion, which is miles this side
of Mohawk called upon us Today in relation TO the
project Of building plank road, to connect the Wiz
lage of Mohawk with this city. By him we were
Informed that a plank road from Mohawk to Hon
was completed, thus leaving but twelve miles to be
built to make an entire plank road from Utica to Mo-
hawk. 1t is expected that a plank road from New
port to Mohawk will be completed IN the course Of
next summer. There is now a road from fIidn 70
Cedaryille, which will probably be continued 20
Springs - sstss
=. If therefore, road be constructed from Utica to
Ilion, extensive region Of country, thicklyihab-
tied, can be easily reached from this city, and large
Increase of business at this point will be the necessa-
ry result. The twelve miles from here to Ilion
can be made at cost not exceeding $500 per mila
and gives it his opinion, that $10,
900 of the stock will be taken by persons on tho
road, and places contiguous This would leave but
$4,000 to be raised by capitalists in Utica and else
where 8, ar
The road is through very level country, with tim
Der and saw mills in the neghborhood. 1t can prob
ably be built at less expense than any other road Of
the same length; and the amount of travel upon IL
even in its present state, indicates thatwhen improv
ed, the stock would rank among the very best. A
movement will soon be made at some point on the
route, when further attention will be called to- the
subject. Those interested In the enterprise will re-
ceive information, by Addressing /. Il. u. Hanuton,
flion, Herkimer county. 0ticG Observer. =
: The. PoPuLAa. Vorr-TA TAxiLos LARGELY N TIP
MINORITY. The New York Herald, in giving the
popular vote in the Presidential election gssses at
Texas and Wisconsin,, which have no6been heard
from officially 1t gives the votes in those States at,
Wisconsin for Cass 14,440; for Taylor Is. Q96 Var
Buren, 10, I85--Texas, for Cass 8,795
Van Buren g.. The popular vote of all the States ac-
cording to the Herald, is Cass 1,216,74G; Taylor
,s55,82s; Van Barren s9l 1927 Gerrt Smith and
scattering 4,o33. Taylor over Cass l39, ,082--=Tsy-
lor less than all Others l5687S We have kept an