The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-08-02
SCENE IN A GEORGIA COURT.

SCENE IN A GEORGIA COURT.
After we'll known Georgia Solicitor had ad-
minstered the oath to the grand and petit juries
and bailifs, he turned to the presiding Judge and
said:
"May it please your honor, l do not remember
any form of oath administered to tho lobby bailifs
but by your permission think can frame one
that will be satisfactory to the court.
| Judgc-Proceed sir ...
Soticitor-Put your hand upon the book.
Whereupon a tall, lean, vinegar-faced son of
| Anak stepped up and promptly grabbed the book
| Solicitor-Do you solemnly swear in the pres
ence of this court, and US lawyers, that you will
take your position in the lobby, and there remain
with your eyes skinned, during the entire session
of this court. That you will not allow any one to
| speak above a low Whisper and if any one shall
dare to do so ia the presence of your royal high
ness, you will vocitorously exclaim, "Silence in
the lobby! !" and if order is not Immediately re-
stored, you further swear that you will, by
ponderous blow of your fist planted between the
peppers of the offender, knock him down. All
this you will do to the best of your knowledge and
skill, so help you God"
The bailiff took the position assigned him, and
! Immediately after the court was organized, Tom
| Diggers, who looked as green as young gourds,
walked into the room, wearing broeans No. II,
with his hands thrust deep into his pockets and
enquired:
'Hello fellers, where in the thunder is Jim
Snellings?"
''Silence in the lobby" roared the official
Brogans-You must be an alfred tarnal fool,
Jim Jarvis; I'd like to know who's a maxim any
more fuss than you and eff ye jist open that bread
trap of yourn agin, ye nanny wont know ye.
Whercupon Jim Jarvis, the bailiff, let fly the
dogs of war; and greeny fell fiat on his back, with
his pedestrians at an angle of about forty degrees
in the air lie grabbed greeny by the seat of his
trousers, and dragged him wrong end foremost into
the presence of the Judge, and said:
"Mr Judge, here's that Internal Tom Diggcrs,
that warn't never in courthouse atore and he
undertook to over this chicken, but cording to
my OATH fetched the tarnal critturup stoodin, by
! giving him jerk atween the eyes cording to law,
and now say the word, and I'll maui the dogwood
juice outen him atore you can wink your eyes
| twice"
| Judge-Turn him loose, Mr. Baliff, and accept
the thanks of the court for the prompt discharge Of
you official duties.
Exit greeny with eyes large sauccrs.
| THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE AT QUITO-On
the 22d of March violent earthquake was expe-
rienced in Quito, South America, and throughout
the country. No pen describe the of
terror confusion, and dcsolation which followed that
awful convusion of Nature A great part of the
city, including churches and public buildings, was
overthrown in ruins. The same earthquake was
still more severely felt to the north of Quito,
in the province of Turbabura, and particularly in
the environs Of the two extinct volcanoes of Tur
babura and Cotacachi. Two towns, ten villages
and more than two hundred hacendas were almost
entirely destroyed. In the month of April last I
travelled over the theatre of the lamentabe deyas-
tation The strongest shock was suffered by the
villages of Cotacachi, San Pablo, and Perucho,
which are now but heaps of broken and shapeless
remains. In the last named place the curate
with great part of the inhabitants, was buried
alive under the ruins of the church. The earth
quake spread from Popayan to Guayaquil, an ex
tension almost unprecedented in South America
->~->-
INCREASE OF FREE BLACKs.-From commu-
nication upon this bjcct in the Frankfort Com
monwealth, we learn that in 1890 there were in
the United States SO, ,466 free blacks. 32,357 of
this number were in the slave States, and q, 100
were living in what termed the free States
though at that time most of those States had
slaves living in them. The difference at that time
in the number of the free blacks in the slave States
over those in the free States, was but 5,424 In
1900 the number of free blacks was 108, ,395. In
1910 it was 386, ,303, giving to the free States
17072S; to the slave States POI, PA; and to the
district of Columbia S,361 Only 2,01o slaves
emancipated in the free States during the pre-
ceding ten years. and yet there was increase to the
free blacks of 80 ,199, from some cause besides
natural generation. Some OF it may have been by
"fugtives from service" But it must be remcm-
bered 81 296 were added to the free blacks in the
slave States. In 1850 there were 434 ,495; in the
free States 196,3O8; in the slave States 228, 1885,
and 10,059 in the District Of Columbia The in
crease in the free States p, ,52l and in the
slave States 20,914.
ESCAPE OF A PRIsoNER-An Amustag Fore
aceU Cord.-We copy the following from the
Yorkville Enquirer:
John Jonas, alias John Able, who arrested
and lodged in JAIL some weeks since a charge
of stealing saddle from Mr. John D. Mcconnell,
made his escape. He cut through the ceiling of
his cell with knife, broke off the plastering,
passed out into the passage, and descended to the
GROUND by means of blankets.
He left behind him the following rich document:
"gentle men when you put hog up to fatten
always put abot tom in your pen for fear yore hog
might root out never build your pen out of corn
stalks or else your hog will knaw them in two an
when you put aman in Jail never build your Jail
out of clab boards and bird trap sticks if You want
to where j am just down to york shire
there you will find me pieken chinkapins to pay
tax and law yer to plead for all the cracks and
when the lawyers finds afaw then the Judge like
any Jack daw will lay down what is law this place
york is mighty fine place for they will skin afee
for the hide an tallow want you to answer my
letter if you please direct your letter to lincorn
tink tank where the frogs Jump from bank to
bank doant speak of eny place But this one horse
town you can't get this fox eny more you can't