The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-28
Letter from Gibson County.
PRINcEToN, July ~, 1868.

PRINCETON, July "a, 1868.
EDITOR JOURNAL - Our Common
Pleas Court adjourned last evening
Judge Ritchie presided and Ellis Lewis,
the District Attorney, acted as prosecu-
tor. The following attorneys were pres
ent James E. Blythe and James Reed,
of your city; JAS f. Welborn, of Posey;
Hon. VIM. E. Niveack, of Knox; De
Wolf of Pike; and A. C. Donald, Andrew
Lewis, 0. NJ. Welborn, Jas Wickersham,
Chas. G. Bennett, Napoleon B. Risinger,
and Jacob Bird, of Gibson. Our crimi-
nal docket was soon gone through with.
The principal cases were State ct al
VIM. Jefers, charge larceny. Attorneys
Ellis Lewis and A. c. Donald for prose-
cution, James E. Blythe and j. Wicker
sham for defense. Verdict five years to
States prison and disfranchised State
ct al Samuel F. and Spencer +. Cooper,
charge larceny attorneys Ellis Lewis
and A C. Donald for prosecution, Ma
poleon.B Risinger for defense. On appli-
cation of defendants attorney, separate
trials were granted, and Samuel +. was
put on trial The jury returned ver-
diet of Imprisonment in the County Jail
for sixty days, fine one dollar and dis
reimbursement for eight years. The at
torneys for the State then entered a
nolle prosequi, as to Spencer F., and he
was discharged. We had eight or ten
cases of assault and battery, the war
spirit working out in private hostilities.
Our people should be encouraged, if they
will fight, to 90 to war, where they can
have free scope for all their warlike pro-
pensities
One old lady testified that when an
assault Has made upon her, "she was on
no mans land, was sitting on a stump
about four feet over, when the defendant
made violent assault upon her, seizing
her by the hands and pushing her off the
stump. She struggled to get her hands
loose, telling him he might have the flesh
but she would keep the bones" AS she
left the witness stand she remarked,
Judge, for Gods sake do not give him
justice, for if you do you will hang him. 4"
Her situation reminded me of the return
once made by a Kentucky Constable,
that the defendant was ia-sWampibuS,
up-StumpibuS, non-c0meatibuS. During
suit respecting the purchase of guam
tity of Raccoon and other skins, in this
County, learned the following There
are annually about L., 900 r .t Dor, mink
and opossum killed i'll this County, and
200 foxes Of this 10000, about 600 are
raccoon, 800 mink and 800 opossum.-
About the same amount are killed every
year, but some fear there will be more
raccoon and less mink and 50 Of opos
sum. The prices Of skins vary in differ
ent years. but as some change in price
when other kinds do not, l am told thai
! the annual revenue to the County from
the sale of these articles is about the
same, and nor far from $4,000 A fur
: dealer of your city told me that about
SCI, 900 worth of raccoon, mink, opos
sum and fox skins were collected in and
about the southern third of the States OF
Indiana and Illinois last winter There
is some trade in other kinds of skin, as
wolf, musk rat, &c, but few of such ami
mails are found in this locality.
Several divorces were granted this week
One lady petitioned for divorce 1t was
granted, and application was made for q
marriage license, The Clerk in the
court room was making up the record
and his Deputy at the same time below
! stairs was issuing the marriage license
They passed over to the Justices office
and were actually married before the full
proceedings attending the divorce were
completed.
In this fast age, when the world news
read in New York at nine reaches US al
eight, and telegraphs and railroads are
bridging space and annihilating time
what is the use in waiting for the
wagon" But l would suggest that a
| portion Of the usual marriage ceremony
| be changed to read" those whom Coo
hath joined together let no man pu
asunder," unless it be done according tc
the Revised Statutes of Indiana AnC
that to the seven causes for which oul
courts can grant divorces, No be added
for having cold feet Then no man o.
woman viii be welded to one when thei
soul bankers after " another, and NJ
grass widow will be found signing lik,
lone bird without a mate.
Charles g. Bennett, Esq. of your city
has recently taken up his residence here
and opened law Office. By special al
rangement l shall be assisted here il
important law cases by Hon. William I
Niblack, of VincenneS
Ishall now and then at times give yo
few items from our thriving village
| Princeton.
NAPOLEON B. RIsINGER
DaSfin0 fha DnoGc