The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-04

EXTRAORDINARY Scene IN AN INDIANA
ouRT.-lhe Richmond Palladium of last
week gives the following account of a very
singular scene which occurred on the opening
of the Court in New Castle, Henry country, In.
J;"ua
At New Cattle we found quite an excite
ment existing in regard To the President Judge
of this Circuit, Hon. Judge A.. The court
met on Monday morning, but, before proceed
lns to business, member Of the Henry coun-
" bar presented a petition, signed by every
member of the bar in that court, asking, in most
respectful terms, his honor to resign his seat
uron the beach. The gentleman who presen-
| ted the petition stated however. that in case he
world not resign, the petitioners had agreed
among themselves that they would not do any
business IN the court so long as he PRESIDED
Another gentleman addrt sSed the court re as.
>rrlIng til" determination they had agreed to,
and urged in very plain terms the necessity of
resignation. Another followed, expressing
the high personal esteem he entertained for
the JUd e us Il gentleman and tavern keeper
bat justice required him to say that he rcgar.
dcd the present incumbent of the bench as ut.
tcrly unqualified for the place he occupied; and
hoped he wculd resign. He was followed by
another, and he by another, until every men,
her had in plain terms expressed his opinion
Of his iucapactv, &c. With nonchaance Pc
cu'iar to his honor, he told the gentlemen of
the bar he would think of the matter and in
the mean time would proceed to business
He called the cases upon the docket and every
case which had not been compromised was
continued until the next term of court Court
was adjourned for dinner, and in the afternoon
a petition signed by the jury was presented to
the Judge asking him to resign Ills honor
asked time to consider, when the lawyers pro.
posed to him that, il he would agree in writing
never to come to that county again for the pur-
pose of holding court, and send some one in his
place, they would be content to drop the mat
ter, So far us they were concerned The Judge
again took the matter. under advisement, and
we are told, finally promised never to come to
that county again for tie purpose of holding
court until he should be seht toraud would either
send some other Judge to hold the Court. or
permit the Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas to hold court in his stead. So ended
the matter for the present.
DARK lIouRs. There are dark hours that
mark the history of the brightest year. For
not whole month in any of the millions past
has the sun shune brilliantly all the time
and there have been cold aud stormy days in
every year. And Yet the mists and shadows
OF the darkest hours were dssipated and fitted
heed!essl y away. The cruelest of ice tetters
have been broken and dissolved, and the iuri.
Gus storm loses its power to harm.
And what parable is this, all Of human
life, of our inside world, where the heart works
at its destined abors Here. too, we have the
overshadowng of dark hours, and many cold
blast chills the ..|art to its core. But what
matters it ? Man is born a hero, and it is on.
ly by darkness and storm that heroism gains
its greatest and best development and illustra-
ton when it kindles the black cloud into a
blaze OF glory, and the storm bears it more
rapidly to its destiny. Despair not, them
Never give up, while one good power is yours,
use it. Disappointment will be realised. Nor.
tiIyng failure will attend this effort and that
one; but be honest aud struggle on, and it
will all work WELL
During 1858 there were exported from Pomc
@El works Of art. rarcd at $50 900 !rancs