Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-04-25
In the Philadelphia Court of Quarter ses.

In the Philadelphia Court of Quarter .Ses.
sions on Saturday, the following decision was
rendered by Judge Parsons:
Important Decision. The Right Of an Occu.
pant of House 10 compel Persons 10 leaue The
Ground in Front of i.-On Saturday, David
Vondersmith was before the Court oil a writ
Of habeas corpus He was charged with an
assault and battery on Andrew Kee, the keep
er Of a hackney carriage. The facts are, that
Kee was standing in front OF the United States
Hotel, when he was ordered to leave by MIR.
Snider. The latter called the defendant to ar
rest him, which he did, and took him to the
Mayors Office. 1t was for this that the pros
ecution was brought. Kee alleged that he.went
to the hotel to look for gentleman who owed
him money, and that he was not inside Of the
hotel. Judge Parsons said he would decide
the question presented upon the first principles,
so that the rights Of parties should be CLEARLY
understood Every man owns the ground in
front Of his house. He has given to the public
right to pass and repass over it, but in all
other respects it is as much his property as any
other part of the premises No one has right
to stand or carry on any business in front OF
any mans house, and If he is thus annoyed and
notice the party to leave and he don't, he has
a perfect right to use sufficient force to compel
the offender to 90. EIfsuch was not the law,
person might set up fish stand under anothers
parlor window, or any other obnoxious bust.
ness man keeps public house to enter
tain strangers and travellers, aud no one has a
right to come about his premises to interfere
with his customers or guests. ithas been held
by the Court that men and boys have no right
to collect at corners Of street. At the last
term of Court, case where arrests were made
by an officer, Of persons who had collected a.
round hoase where an unfortunate female who
made noise resided, it was laid down that the
police had right to disperse them. When kee
was told to leave the place by the p oprietor,
he ought to have done So His refusal to 60
gave the proprietor right to take him by the
collar aud put him off the pavement, or call
public officer to do it, which was the wiser
course, Nondersmith having done nothing but
his duty, be was accordingly discharged from
custody. ..
GThe glitter of riches often serve to draw
attention to the worthpssness of the possessor,
just as the light emitted by the glow-worm be-
trays the insect. IL, .r..7...r 4. y,
GTA newly married individual, just enjoy
ing the first bliss of the honey moon, adver-
tises in, one of the Eastern papers for a ''slna,
second handed locomotive" that he may lose
as little time as possible in going home from
his basiness. fs.a.,.-
6IIumility is the shading which gives lus-
tre to excellence. The actor who applauded
his own performance would run u risk Of being
laughed at or hissed by the audiance.
r"What did you give for that horse, negh.
Dor any note" "Well that ,oas cheap
Nsw CoNuNDRUas.--What occupation would
you recommend to very small mans Gro~
Sir. Grocer.
OF what nation is the laughing Khan Of Tar.
taryl Merry Khan. American.
When does the carpenter put the wind in
debt when he makes the ,ciad oV.
Why is an old man like one under directionsl
Because he i maa aged. Boston Trans.
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@Freedom from pain is Of itself pleasure,
but TO know this one must have suffered.
JHave nothing to do with those good-na.
tured friends who make practice Of letting
you know all the evil which they may hear
spoken about you.
What blessed order Of nature it IS, that the
footsteps Of Time are inaudible and noiseless,
and that the seasons Of life, like those of the
year, are SO iudstinguishably brought op in
gentle progression, and SO blended the ohe with
the other, that the human being scarcely knows,
except from faint and not unpleasant sensa-
ton, that he is growing old. r
A man might have dozen pairs Of hands,
and keep them all engaged, yet if he neglected
to exercise his brains, be would very likely con-
tinue poor through life. Every ones prosperity
in worldly things, depends more on calculation
than hard work. One dollar in the hands Of
some persons, is as much as five in the hands
Of others.
Singular Way Of Courting.-Deacon Mar.