Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-01-20
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: tell bett er than l can. (Here Hicl
5 left.j However, if this case is to
1 decided by, the populace here, ii
gentleman will allow me the benef
/ of writ of error to the regiment'
/ muster, to be held next ut Reil
hert's distiliery.
But SUPPOSE he meant to fright
en- you into Il verdict, by intimatin
that the mob, frenzied by his eIt
iquence, would tear you to pieces
you gave a verdict for defendant
like the eqaally eloquent barriste
Eoat West, Who, concluding case
said: aGentlf men, any client are a
innocent of stealing that cotting, a
the sun at n Jon day, and if you giy'
it agin him. his brother, Sam Ketch
ius, next muster, will maui every
mothers son of you. / hope The
Sheriff will 5 De to his duty and keer
the crowd f1pm you, gentlemen, il
you should give us verdict!
"But,genl lemen.I ] am tired of win
moving chatfj | haFe not the reward
paid by Gratiano for sitting his dis
course; tie two grains Of wheat to
the bushei. 1t is all froth--all wind
all hnhhlef,
Kasm left me here for time, and
turned upon my client. Poor Hig~
ginbotha m chpght it thick and heavy.
He wooled him, then skinned him,
and then tJpk to sllinnipg off the
under cuticlH. Hig never skinned a a
'beefs SO thorPughly. He pat together
al the iacts about the witnesses
hearing the hogs sauealing at night;
the different marks of the hogs; the
losses in the neighborhood; perverted
the testimony and supplied omis-
sions, until you would suppose, on
hearing hill that il had been fully
proved that poor llig had stolen all
the meat hi had ever sold in the
market. lie asseyerated that this
suit was malicious conspiracy be
tween the lIethodists and Masons
TO crush bis client. But al this ]
cave out, lis not bearing on the
o.. !
main subject + myself.
He came back to me with a re-
newed appetite. He said he would
conclude by paying his .valedictOry
to his juvenile friend--as
this was tile last time he eyer ex-
pected to have the pleasure Of meet
Ing him.
THAT p oetic young gentleman
lad said, that by your verdict against
ais client, you would blight foraver,
lis reputation and that of his iaRlily
that you would bend down the
spirit Of bis manly son, and dim the
,adiance of his blooming daughter
beauty. Very pretty, upon iny word.
But, gentlemen, not so fine, not 50
ooetical by half, as !, precious m0rce- /
u of poetry which adorns the col
INNS Of ths village newspaper, bear
ng the initials j G Il. As this all
niral production has excited a great 7
leal of applause in the nurseries and
boarding schools, ] must beg to read I
t,,not for the instruction of the gen
,leman, he has already seen it, but
or the entertainment of the jury
t is addressed to L. B.. a Young
ady of this place Here it goes.
Judge MY horror, when, on look I
ng up, / saw him take an old news
,aper fiom his pocket, and pulling
IoWn his spectacles, began to read
q, in a stage actor style, some rer-i
es had written for Rose Bells Al
'um. RoSe had been worrying me
or some time to write her something.
70 get ril Of her importqnities,
iad scribbled off a few lines and cop
ed them Into the precious volume
lose, the little fool, took them for
omethi ng very clever-she never
ad more than a thimble full Of
rains in her doll baby head--and
1as so tiqkled with them, that she
ot her brother Bill, then about four
cen, to COPY them off, as well as be
oufd, and take them to the printing
flee. Bib threw them under the
DOR; the printer, as big fool as
ither, not only published them, but, 4
q his internal kindness, pufed them
4 some critical concentrations Of
is own, referring to the "gifted an +
bor' as Some of the most promising
f the younger members of our bar. Il
The fun, by this time, grew fast 4
nd furidusi The country people, (
ho have about as much sympathy I.