The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-12-03
From the Delta.
The Arkansas Justice.

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cotton for the planters Of the back counties,
on commission. One Of the most respectable
merchants Of said town--whom we will call
Smith--rcccivcd, last year, eight bales of cot
ton from one OF his customers from n neigh
boring county, Jesse Morriss by nainc and
gave his receipt therefor. In due time the cot
| ton was sold, and the merchant wrote TO Nor.
ris to come In and settle their accounts, which
Inc did, and, ON settlement il was found that
Morriss was still indebted to his merchant six
ty-cight dollars---havng ovcrtlrawn his crop
to that anount,--ior which lac gave his note
to Smith.
Some months aflerwar,!, the note having be.
come due, and remaining unpaid Smith sent
IT, amongst others, to one Stokcy HeAin, n
justice of tho peace in Morrss' county, for col.
lection. The justice accordingly brought suit
on it, but, before judgement, died. and the SAID
Jesse Morriss was appointed his successor, and
took charge Of his docket papers, &c.
| In due time his courtday came on. After
disposing of several small cascs..h Inc reached
the case Of Smith RS Morriss, and Nlthough hc
was party to the suit himself, he decided that
Ms his predecessor had commenced the suit, hc
had, rs his successor, the right to finish it,
and called OUT
| - Mr.. Constable call the plaintiif,".--who of
course, was not present; and the case proceed.
cd as follows
Justice Niorriss)--"I want you all to take
notice that l try this case by the strict rules
OF eternal justice, not tho rules that these
yonng lawyers have brought up here to fool
honest men ont of their rights"
Young Laicyer (modestly looking on)-"
would take tho liberty of respectfully suggest
ing to your honor, that, under tho law as laid
down by blackstone and tho statutes of Ar
kansas, you are not authorized to try your
| own case"
Justice (ficrccly) Blackstone and slatutese
H--l! Who cares for thcmg know more
about this cnsc than Mr.. Blackstone or Mr.
Statutes either; and I'll he id ir don't in
tend to try it, too or whip every lawyer with
in the jurisdiction Of this Honorable Court"
/ Ldtcyer very modestly retiring, with Black
stone under his ARM" Well, proceed, sir;
have nothing moro 10 say"
/ Justice (pompously) y)--"Mr. Constable, noti-
| fy the crowd that, in this case, Smith has my
note for sixty-cight dollars, aud have his re-
ccipt for eight bales Of cotton, which, at thir-
ty dollars per bale, is two hundred and forty
dollars, which plead as mn offset, and give
/ Judgement against Smith for one hundred and
i scycnty-two dollars and my costs; and, Mr..
Constable, If you don't collect that amount
and have 1t here before this court forthwith, III
make you smoke; dye hear mce And Mr.
Constable, IL Is also ordered that Jenkins and
Jones, who owc Smith fifty dollars each, b,
: garnishccd and commanded to pay to me o,
: pain of imprisonment for life. Adjourn Court
. Mr. CONSTABLE"
Wilson (excited) -" Stop, stop! Mr.. Court
Q you've not tried my case yet, That snrne d.,
I. fellow, Smith, has sued me for scventy-two dol
!. lars.
1 J,tsticc (mcditating)--" Here Wilson, II
!, assign you this receipt for valuable consider
alton there's inst sevcnty-two dc liars left OF
!, fif, which you can plead as an offset, and III
give yos. jsisikement against Smith for costs =
: Constable, adjourn tho Court, sine doy, ant
bring that bottle under the bench there dowr
70 Squire Higgins tavern; and i can beat an,
fellow In this crowd Mt game of seeen.up for
tho best COW and calf in Arlsansaw! llurra
for Squire Morriss, Justice of the Peace |"
And thus ondcd the case in II general treat
but am glad tn say, for the credit of the co,,n.
try, that tho Circuit Cour. promptly awarded
a writ OF ca,tieiari to bring the proceedings
up for revision.
nsscsMAriax. Tho Now Orleans Delta OK.
| presses tho following opinion as regards the
dreadful mortality attending the yellow fever
epidemic In different places this year:
As mn average calculation, We believe Il
would lee fair to say that the yellow fever has
dccinatcd all tho communities II has visited.
This estimate, if erroneous, may be considered
as below rather than above the mark The
/ ptoportionatc loss u. perhaps smaller In Nav
urleans, than in any other town. but lsra L may
bc considered IA embracing A,ly ts,c-tcnth 81
our population. This was our loss Ii less than
three months and a l,a|s Mobile was dcslns-
atesl IN one month, So Of Galveston, vicks-
hars, rhibedsux. and other towns Matches.
/ with population estimated during the sntn.
mar below ttrve thousand, host, Ia two montl,s,
three hundred and my, Iiat perhaps, the
scscscs' lcas WAS Ia the small Village of Lake
Providence. whew . populstieu, never e<t{-
,nssesl over two hundred. tho less was ess
itaasirvsl and twenty.
I The Galveston News says "Thss lasa Ir,
stasee II mer'slity eSceetis amy we have heard
oi IA any ether plsess We have no reisahte
data as to the se,,ssi population Of shsS city
but iaixes ny comparison With the ceusas
whoa isss taken, and tsklag laso consideration
the large improvements mzsio slssss hat t;nan.
and sise tscs sha, there were pos. Al the susn.
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