The Van Buren press., 1859-08-24
Css'svsadesee q tie Esn Bxsea P,..,
Circuit Court, Thsasre, akc

GREENWOOD. Ark. Aug. 20.
The Circuit Court began its session on
Monday last, with full docket Of misde.
meanors, petty fslonies and unnumbered
c1vi cases. and fair share Of murder ca.
ses. The able Judge Wilson made the lit.
tie cases hump themselves." and get of
the " boards" in double quick time Cases
were disposed of 50 rapidly for the first three
or four days that the Clerk had to trim his
midnight lamp in order to get the record
ready for the coming morning. There was
conviction in every case during the week
l think, saving one, and most of the con.
victions, it was strongly suspected, were
brought about by the arduous efforts of the
attorneys. Be this as it may, the Judge
grew very tired of long, windy nothing.
ness. and made rule limiting his own pun.
lshment to fifteen minutes worth of gam.
mon for plaintiff, and the same for defend.
ant in misdemeanor cases, much to the de.
light Of the jurors and the numerous attor.
neys in attendance-I need not call them
numerous, however, a. there were on]v
~ IN attendance, and some 35 or 40 on the
roll. How they " live. move and have q
being" ask of the winds at all events
they managed somehow to work off a bro.
digious amount Of gas. All things went on
pretty well until Thursday evening, when
the judge was taken sick and could not hold
court until the following morning, when
still nnwell he made the attempt. and kept
apparently we'll during the day, but was
taken very ill in the evening. The proba
b'l:ty is now that the Court will adjourn nm
til the session in course, or until November
Judge Batson was taken sick at this cour.
try seat on the same day, last year, and !
am told during the investigation of the
same case. Again the people of Sebas-
tan are without their quota of court time.
There seems to be fatality hanging over
the beautiful city Of Greenwood. Every
other man you meet is either sick or expect
ing every hour to be So All have com.
plant on their lips, and berate the citv 10.
cality most numerically. Indictments
were preferred against Pitman and Stowe.
PItman has been in custody for some time
Stowe was at large until Sunday. when he
was arrested under an Indictment of mur-
der in the first degree Neither of them
will be tried for six months to come. Much
feeling is manifested in both these cases and
some say that the cash has been flowing
pretty freely among certain kind of per.
sons for the purpose of creating a preju-
dice against the parties defendant.
The Theatre, under the management Of
Messrs. Huntley and Mulholland, are max,
ing plenty of fun and having full houses
every night. Mulholland is making many
sides sore in his Irish characters Huntley
does his parts very well. Miss Pierson and
Miss Rosa Bowlden arc making sad havoc
with the hearts of the young gents Of this
city Miss P. does her parts finely. and
Miss b. is improving all the time and prom
ises to make fine actress. She narrowly
escaped being burned on Thursday night.
During the play of the Omnibus, her dress
took fire from the footlights, and in an in
slant she was all ablaze. Prompt exertion,
however, by some of the audience and nc.
tors, succeeded in extinguishing the flames.
without doing her the slightest injury
ihe play proceeded as though nothing had
happened. AS Court has adjourned, i sup
pose they will return to your city, prepara-
tory to going to Fayetteville, where they
anticipate great encouragement.
Very truly yours THuG.