Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-18

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@ n Southern and w estern Life.
We make the following extract from sketch
| Of Col Archibald Yell, of Arkansas. The Judge
had taken his seat for the first time.
! The first case on the docket was called, and the
plaintiff stood ready. Ii was case that had
been in litigation for FIVE years. Gen. Smoot
arose for the defendant, and remarking in an
overbearing tone:
ssOur witnesses are absent, and therefore | de-
mand that the case be continued until the next
term, in course" Easzw
" Let the affidavit be filed, for not until then
can entertain motion for continuance" was
the mild reply Of the Judge.
h DO yon doubt my word as to the facts? :" Gen
smoot exclaimed sharply, and nvoluntarily raised
his huge sword cane.
"Not at ALL" replied the Judge, with his
blandest smile "bnt the law requires that the
facts justifying continuance must appear on re-
cord, and the court has no power to annul the
law, nor any will to see it annued."
The Judges calm and business-like tone and
manner only served to irritate the bully, and he
retorted, shaking his sword cane in the direction
of the bench.
"Whatever may be the law, l, for one, viii
not learn it from the lips of an upstart, dena-
gogue and coward
i Judge Yelrs blue eyes shot like lightning; but
he only turned to the clerk and said:
"Clerk, you will enter fine Of fifty dollars
against Gen. Smoot, as see him named on my
docket, for gross contempt of court; and be sure
You issue an immediate execution" e.,
He had hardly issued the order, when General
\ Smoot was seen rushing towards him. brandish-
ing his sword cane, all his features writhing
murderous wrath, and pallid rs a corpse.
Every glance was fixed on the countenance of
the Judge, for all who wished to see how he
would brock the coming shock of the duellists
/ fierce assault But none, however, could detect
the slightest change in his appearance. His cheek
grew neither red nor white, nor a nerve seemed
to tremble his calm eye surveyed the advancing
foe with as little sign of perturbation as chem
ist might show, scrutinizing the etfervescence of
of some novel mixture. He sat perfectly still,
with little staff of painted iron in his right
hand.
Smoot assembled the platform, and Immediately
aimed a tremendous blow with his enormous cane,
full. at the head Of his foe. At that blow, five
hundred hearts shuddered and more than dozen
voices shrieked, for all expected to see his vic
TINS skull shivered into atoms. The general as
constituent then may be conceived when they be
held the little iron staff describe quick curve,
the great sword cane flew from Smoot's fingers and
| fell with loud catter at the distance Of twenty
feet in the hall The baffled bully uttered cry
| Of wrath, wild as that of some wounded beast of
prey, and snatched his bowie-knife from its
sheath, but ere il was poised for the desperate
plunge, the little iron staff cut another curve and
the big knife followed the sword cane. He then
hastily drew a revolving pistol, but before he had
time to touch the trigger, his arm was struck
pewerless by his side.
| And then, for the first time, did Judge Yell
betray perceptible emotion. He stamped his
foot till the platform shook beneath it, and shout.
ed in trumpet tones:
| 'Mr. Clerk, you win blot this ruffian's name,
as foul disgrace, from the roll of atornies. Mr..
Sheriff, take the criminal to jail"
The latter officer sprang to obey the mandate,
and Immediately scene of confusion ensued
that no pen could describe. The bravos and
myrmidon friends of General Smoot gathered
around to obstruct the Sheriff, while many of the
citizens lent their aid to sustain the authority OF
the court. Menaces, screams, and horrid curses,
the ring of impignipg and crossing steel, alter
nate cries of rage and pain, all commingled with
| the awful explosion of fire arms blended together
of pandemonium.
But throughout the tempestous strife, two in
diyiduals might be observed as leaders in the
whirlwind and riders of the storm. The new
Judge used his little cane with terrible efficiency
crippling limbs yet sparing life.
Bill Button, initiating the clemency of his hon.
| ored friend, disdaining the employment Of his
knife or pistol, actually trampled and crushed
down all opposition roaring nj every furious
blow sthis is the way to preserve order in COURT
"a sentiment which he accompanied with peals
| of laughter. In less than two minutes the party
of the Judge triumphed, clique Of General Smoot
suffered disastrous defeat, and the bully himself
| was borne away to the prison.
| Such was the debut of Archibald Yell in Ar
kansas; and from that day his popularity as a
man, as a Judge, as a hero aud as a politician,
went rapidly and brilliantly increasing till he
eclipsed all the oldest and most powerful names.
How easy to he neat. to be clean How easy
to arrange the rooms with the most graceful prar
prietyl How easy il is TO be invest our hou
with the truest elegance! Elegance resides not
with the upholsterer or the draper; it is not in
the mosaics, the carpetings, the rosewood, the
mahogany, the candelabra, or the marble orna-
meAts il consists in the spirit presiding over
the chambers of the dwelling Contentment
must almost be most graceful it transforms
waste into garden. The home lighted by these
intimations OF a cooler and brighter life may be
wanting in much that the discontented desire
but to its inhabitants will be a palace, far out
yieing the oriental in briancy and glory.
We notice in the Rochester papers the death of
the wife Of 1t Floyd Jones' u s. A.
The Democrats of the eighth district of Masss-
chusetts have nominated Benjamin +. Butler, for
Congress
A gentleman from Massachusetts purchased,
o few days ago, the farm Of Joseph Neill, near
Newton, Frederick county, Va, containing l25
acres, chiefly slate, at $4,000.
It is not decent to spend your money in foolish
ness, when you have debts that ought to be paid.
1t is nov stated rs positively certain thai the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad win be completed to
Wheeling by the month of January next
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