Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-05-30
Rrom our ChIcngo Correspondent.

From Our Chicago Correspondent.
Rock ISLAND, May %, go.
Mn. ExPREss You will observe that the
present Chicago" letter is written from
Rock Island. where your correspondent
happens TO have been called by professional
business, and, while sitting IN court await
ing my turn. as 1 did afortime. for the
grinding OF my grist, when a mill boy,
appropriate few minutes to the Express
aud its readers. In the matter Of going TO |
mill aud going TO court there is not so
much difference as might be supposed
The noise and confusion" in these two
institutions bear some resemblance. Just
now learned limb is gravely enlightening
the court upon the variance between Cor.
doua. 10 the date OF a note, and Cordord, as
he insists the plaintiffs attorney has writ.
ten the word 10 the declaration, strongly
suggestive 10 some enterprising pedagogue
OF the expedieDcy Of opening writing
school. for improving the chirography Of
Illinois lawyers. For be IL known, the
old.time practice prevails in this State TO
the present day. tina, If lawyer in writ
ing the word in question should through
haste or inadvertence. happen 10 append
downward stroke or flourish TO the o, or IL
In attempting to make the he should
duplicate the last stroke, and so make
what the court should decide upon inspec
ton 10 be an n, the consequence would be
that the plaintiff would be non suited upon
the t-ial, and would be amersed for his
false clamor, aud the defendant would 90
hence thereof without day, aud recover
against the plaintiff his costs aud charges
by him about his suit i'm that behalf ex
pended, and the plaintiff 10 mercy, DC
On the other side Of the Wabash, IL the
court should find the trial that the
lawyer had been guilty Of 80 grave de.
linqueney. in drafting his paper. his
Honor would simply direct that the extra
tail TO the letter be incontinently docked,
cut of, removed or expurged. whereupon
the cause would, IL in other respects all
right, proceed TO final judgment ia favor
Of the Plsintiff. which. you perceive would
make a very material difference In the
result to depend upon so slight distinc.
tion.
Besides all this. " hen you 90 TO court
there is great crowd ench awaiting his
turn, aud there 10 the clack. clack, Of
declarations, pleas. replications, rejoin ders,
surreioinders. rebutters, surrebutters, de-
murers. briefs and speeches, having no 70.
lation to briefs or brevity. You do not
meet With all these when you 90 to the mill,
but there is the clack. clack. Of machinery
the crowd awaiting their turns to get
ground Though not quite as effectually
perhaps. as in the law-milI.) the disap-
pointment in the yield, and particularly the
shorts which the patron Of both institu.
tions often finds in the bag when he
gets home Hence you perceive resem.
blance.
This part Of the world has been recently
visited with q tornado similar to the one
you had n month ago. 1t occurred on
Sunday evening last On approaching
the Mississippi, through the Valley Of
Rock River the path of the storm was
marked 10y hostility TO houses, fences, trees
&C., and on arriving at Rock River W,
found the railroad bridge heap of ruins
lying in the river. IL had been lifted from
Ito ahuimaata aud thrown ,,Don IL. -.
current side, where il was held against
the piers by the force of the current, and
we crossed with dry feet, upon the ruin,
distance OF more than quarter Of a mile
The movements Of the tornado, as indicat
ed by its tracks, were by succession oil
leaps, progressing frog fashion ,demoishinf
all it touched when it came down, and then
leaving a space unframed.
There is another breeze, at the resent
time sweeping over the prairies Of Illinois
quite as noticeable as that have mentioned
though it appears to be doing no damag,
whatever.
The late Chicago nomination for the
Presidency takes, as We say, like wildfire
There can be no doubt, that all thing.
considered, this is the best nomination
that could have been made. On the score
of ability, siace the canvass Of 1858. il i.
simply ridiculous TO claim any superiority
for his adversary in that contest, Mr.
Douglas. In specializing upon the efTec
Of this nomination we are led TO consider
the attitude which the various persons
named as probable nominees occupied il
the party. and before the country. Jud q
Bates had many warm friends, and, had
his position, qualifications, and the princi
Piles he represents been more fully under.
stood, he would have had many more. His
eminent abilities are known 10 all. The
purity ofhis character, and the guarantee il
would have furnished OF an honest admin.
istration OF the government after the
shameful disclosures recently made OF
fraud aud corruption 10 that quarter, would
have been peculiarly refreshing. But there
is one fact which has not, owing TO the short
period he has acted with the party, been
properly considered and that is, that he
is the representative Of a principle Of
which no other man was who has been
named in connection with the nomination,
and that is emancipation in a siaUe State
Although strictly conservative, aud al.
though he would not favor any measure
which would have even the appearance of
injustice TO slave belders. yet he il in
favor by legal constitutional and Just
measures. Of Kidding the people of Missouri
by their own voluntary choice and action of
the burden under which they are now
suffering.
Southern men profess to believe that
Republicans have Interior designs upon
slavery. They allege that although we de.
clare that the rights Of the States shall
guaranteed. yet these professions are
false and that We intend, when we