The American patriot., 1855-05-19

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Some months ago, the gentleman to whom
special reference is made above, and who may
be called Col. Dash, was retained to defend
most terrible assault with intent to murder
IN county north Of his own, which may be
designated as the county of Blank As it was
very bad case, Col Dash advised his client,
who had entered INTO bond with good security,
in $4,000, that it Wa. well enough to forfeit the
recognisance by failing to appear, and to take
the chancegaf sanashing it because it because it
was done on Sundays happened to have
been the fact. I
Ihls course was taken, and at the proper
time, Col. Dash, whose mouth is one Of real
oratorical extension, moved to quash the bond,
because it appeared to the court here to have
been entered into and signed on Sunday--aies
non juridicus. q-se'ss -.,
In the course Of the argument which he
made for the motion, and the phrases came out
several times-dies non juridicus-so often
indeed that even the unlearned and altogether
untechnical came all to know by the context
that dies non juridacus meant Sunday, or that
Sunday meant dies non juridicu, which
was not very essentially different, and that
the law did not recognise the social apothegm,
" the better the day the better the deed"
"All?" did we say! Not exactly! There
was one present, country justice of the
peace, who did not understand what dies non
Jursd'cus meant, or rather he got peculiar
view of its force and effect. He marked the
phrase, however, and invested it in his own
mind with monstrous potency, as the sequel
shows
Some weeks after the motion to quash-
which was entirely successful, thanks to dies
non juridicus?-Squire Hobbs the Justice
aforesaid, had in his own beat, case before
him in which citizen was charged with steal
ing pig, or some other chattle under the val
ue of $40.
The examination, if it did not establish the |
guilt of the accused "beyond reasonable
doubt" raised some ugly presumptions; and
his lawyer, aware of the fact, remarked to the
"so0rt'-squire Hubbs aforesaid-that in |
view OF the rieidity Of the statutes regulating
preliminary criminal trials, he wouldn't inter
pose any defence at that time, but that his
client was ready to make bond, to appear at
the next term of the circuit court, when he
would satisfactorily establish his innocence.
Bond" exclaimed Squire Hubbs, "bond!
Yes, say bond; and, at the next term of the
Circuit Court, have that big mouthed lawyer
from s. to come thar and holler Joe Ridi.
Gus! Joe Ridicus! two or three times. and
away goes your bond! Constable! tie the do
fendant up to that tree, and see what Joe Ri
dicus can do with that"
And they say that the thing was SO well
done, that even "Joe" himself would never
have had the face to plead muz tiel record to
that recognisance. Mail
A Touch STORM SroRY.-The Peru Ollinois)
Chronicle, Of the 7th instant, learns from a
farmer who resides on the south side of the
Illinois river on the Bluffs, some particulars Of
The storm of the Goth ult:
His cattle, though they were inclosed in q
circle Of straw stacks and hay stacks, were so
much affected by the driving blast that they
refused to eat The snow was driven between
their hairs and, coming in contact with the
skin, was for moment melted, then frozen.
until the whole covering of the animal seemed
'ne unbroken armor of ice, which did not dis
appear on many for four days after. The
snow melting on their foreheads and running
lown, formed huge icicles that passed down
over the face, and reached far below the nose.
giving them tho appearance of the beast with
he ten horns-in many instances the broad Q
'heet Of ice falling over the eyes, blindfolded
hem effectually. Their nostrils were filed 9
With frozen snow that had been driven into
hem by the violence of the wind. The ouails i
lat had gathered about his barn yard, as q
asst resort, were frozen to death. Prairie I
'hikens were either frozen to death, or so be.
,umbed that he could take them with his
lands as they sat on the fence, sleeping with
tupor. Ills barn-yard chickens were manv c
If them frozen, and, what is singular, in nearly
very case they were found with their bills as v
vide apart as they could be sundered, and the u
mouth filled with solid ice He has driven his b
atte and teams over his fences, the snow be- n
ng on level with them, and SO compact as to
ustain heavy load
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ilk, at the Worlds Fair, "have the goodness n
inform me if there are noblemen in the Uni. :,
ed States? "Yes, ma 'am," answered a full u
ed Jonathan. ~ am one of them"
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