Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-12-17
Published sEH,-WEEKLl--
Tuesday Morning & Friday Afternoon

Tuesday Morning & Friday Afternoon.
rsa-Thc Union County Court common
ced Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock when
the Commissions of Judges Woods and
Simonton were read, and those Officers
took their seats.
One Constable and one Grand Juror
failed to respond.
Schoch, Nesbit. and Quinn, tirstaycs.
Jas W Sands was appointed Foreman
Of the Grand jury, and Cd Roland, Con
stable After 4 Charge from the Judge,
the jury retired, and returned one Bill
before dinner.
As usual, nothing was ''rcaly," but by
Industrious perseverance the Court had
one Jury impanneled, and after hearing
a variety Of motions. and making several
orders, adjourned until , o'clock.
Hereafter, W. understand, Court VIII
be opened at 81 o'clock in the morning,
and use the time to the best alyauta-a.
Those wishing to prosecute or to defend,
will do well To be on hand with their VT
nesscs, or suffer the consequences. TEN
DOLLARS THE HOUR l. too much for
.he County to pay for the carclcssnc,~ or
laziness Of any man.
Thus FAR, Judge Woods pushes business
considerably, firmly, but exueditiousIy-
and the farmers all say "iIt iN recht!'
RATHER SMALL Before Election, ii is
right enough to give ones clud dates all
due praise, aud urge any fair argument
against an opponent. But when a contest
is decided, the public good requires that
the cobfict also should end Had the
majority chosen to select Mr.. Sieuker fur
Judge, We should have sought to render
his administration Of justice as ,f1 Give
and as agreeable as possible. There Is 10
officer who should receive more Of hearty
goodwill and confdebce by the people,
than President Judge, for no one has
greater hold upon the property, reputation,
liberty and life of every cirzsn. Judge
Wilson's opponents extended to him every
courtesy, and Mr.. Slenker's would have
done the same if needed. But the people
chose another caudi1ate-aDd instead Of
manly, frank acqulescance IN the verdict,
his Argu"eyed opponent has not ceased
to draw inyidiOus comparisons, or TO uu-
settle the public miui by hints of "c,n-
testing" election, "Brady township &c
Aud when these all failed OF eiEect-jI-r
the week before Nj Woods is to 'ak- Li,
seat as Judge in Union couuty-tLe lryns
undertakes to arouse little partiz1n preJl
dice against him by thi, paragraphs:
"Rumor says that Woods Charge to The
Grand Jury Of SNYDER county was strongly
seasoned with Republican snatsm.'
We suspect Rumor' is one of the three
or four editors of the Argus-for from DO
other source have We seen or heard this
slur, and We heard one prominent Demo
cratic friend of SleDker in Union, and
another in Snyder, praise Judge Woods
first session 10 Snyder county, without an
exception. Isit the wish of the Argus to
keep people from attending Court, and by
prejudlcing its party trleuds against hlm
personally, to embarrass his Judicial career .
Of ten years? If so, We believe from all
We hear it will have . contrary effect.
crowd such as that Court House never saw
was in attendance yesterday to hear that
same Charge. 1t will be printed in due
season, when it can be read at leisure By
all, and will be circulated. Tue Argus
will tiud it hard to fad any dltfercuce iu
principle between the Charges Of Judges
Jordan aud Woods. As far as we know,
the latter harmonizcs with the Declaration
Of Independence, with the Us. Coustiu.
ton, and with the teachings Of Jefferson
and Jackson among the dead, aud Of Holt,
johnson, Dickinson, Csss, COchrane, and
other living Democratic Leaders, Oh the
great question oi the day.
We are sure all fair-mnded citizens Of
both parties are disposed to give the new
Judge fair play, aud not condemn without
a trial. And he has magnanimiiy enough
to overlook such an uucailed-for, uutimely
assault, and by treating bis assailauts as
we'll as though they had treated him de-
Gently, shame them into better manners. ,
nG- 4 friend says We "bOre down pret-
~ hard on the Jurors-for they make but
little if anything-and there are good I,
mary other leaks in the Treasury"
Now it is not intended that Jurymen r
shall "make" anything, and yet the pay :
and mileage they receive will meet proper
expenses, aud many save money by it. A
man desirous Of being Jurymau is not c
generally esteemed the most ft-yet the d
duty should not be made burdeusome TO
any good, suitable citizen.
As to "o,her leaks" point them out b
and then all hands trv tn ston them