Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-08-03
KANAWHA VALLEY STAR

We have sometimes, very amusing
scenes enacted, and singular decisions.
given, Ii our magistrate's zone horse U
courts A few days since, constable
TIERsnpERcER had acourt rs hia ONCE,
Justice Es11lL presiding. which proeaced
considerable amusement. 4 was case
lin which one Wade Hampton Lacy, an
exceedingly tall specimen of humanity
represented by the whole Gommonwea
was complainant. and family by the
name Of Bostwick, consisting Of father,
mother, and three grown daughters, were
Defendants. Tie charge vas !" Assault
and Battery It appeared that B''st-
wick IL 4 tenant on Lacy's land, and did
moi work the fsrm quite as wen as Wade's
nice ideas about farming required. and
Ia andaayered to coerce bis tenant into
rood husbandry. BY telling tho women
That he would disposssss them ~ Ten NJ
ants, but not always clothing his IDEAS
n The choicest oflanguage. He repeated
Ethis several times, and atIlength Bost-
EIwiek met him rear BIS bouse, and
d pa,beredo him, as Wade hampton
I.swore when tho concentrated wrath q
All Tie BostHicks was poured upon bis
devoted head, snd . general melee too oi
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plaee, in which Wade come oR SIKH
hast Wade swore that when the l6ld
man ..gathersd'' him, t.lhe White angcl,P
I(old MIS-. B,l /" drew up all old musfet,
and list kirered me with it land the gals,
Efbsv filled theiraprons with rocks, and The
foeks list aew 1t me- aWeII, what did
you do {" !" Whatdid I1d5? Why, !
list busted.p tWhy, did you run Z
/. RUM Ireck9a Ibid run, and you would
have run, too, If you had had all those
women after you--the old- woman jisi
kiycrine YOU with 4 musket and the gAIs
making the rocks fly" Well ,1you
said YOU were On hersebackAd ypu
ret off !? J. No; yous seelwhen Twas
gathered, the gals made the rocks ny
against the old mar. and Iiisst let her 60
and the old mar. she busted too" 4
lis ISLANDER here remarked that lie should
|inot have supposed as large man as
Wade would have run for sokmall a mar
Is Bostwicks { Well, Sir did run,
and / don't consider it any disgrace eth
er 4 great many other great men have
run Gen. Washington retreated when
lie was ina tight place, and ! considered
I was ina htIpAce, and soII jist bust
ed," The Bostmieks proved themselves
10, DO poaceabld citizens, except in this
case, aud after hearing The evidence prc
and con, the Justice dischsfggeea the girls
and fheld /" the old man !. and f'she whitt
angel, each ii se5 bonds. --
"a cross suit now took place,in whia
the Commonwealth represented tlNi
white angel. = and Wade Hampton lacy
was defendant. This also offered /
great deal Of amusement, and resulted il
Waae's being bound over toIkeep the
peace with the whole Commonwealth il
general, and the !" white angel" in par:
ticular. On one Of the girls being asked
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If she was afraid Of Wade, she said
No, Sir, ! am not afraid q any sncf
specimens"
Not long since. a decision was given
in one Of these courts, which shows thai
the wisdom Of Solomon aid mot go ou
OF the world with him, and thatithe won,
derful methods adopted By the calipt
Haroun Alraschi5l, 10 administer justice
are yet in vogue in these modern times
One man sued another for the ownership
Of an animal of the bovine species, some
two years old !; seven witnesses testi6ec
toits having been born and bred /" on
the premises 81 one party, and being thu
offspring Of 3 particular COW, while 81
others testified that the same things hal
transpired on the other party's premises
and that he still had smother. Liz,
Solomon Of old, the Justice ordered tina
both Of the maternal boyines Should b
brought before him whether he intended
| to order the juvenile to be severed ],
twain. and secIwhich Of the two DANES
would exhibit..the most maternal, solici
tude, and below tie loudest, We canno
say, as we have not heard The result,
Young American Drummer.
Master wv. FRANKLIN FlsHER, tn
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