The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-07-26

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Chas Fl Drummond, = ~ ~ "a
! MILITARY COURT We dropped 10 at this
Court, yesterday afte noon, and was surprised
| to discover the amount of laborious duty de-
vo wing on the officer conducting it From
morning. until hight, Capt Stephens sits
patiently at his table dispensing justice to the
colo ed population FL 8 Office is no sint+eure,
nor are his duties, at ali times as peasant
he might desire. j visit to this court Will
do much toward overcoming the prejudice to
military courts, FIR one can discover in a few
moments that Capt. Stevens lisa L wye as
well as soldier, and hat his legal knowi dge
enables him to conduct business in a reg,l4r
and conrt.like manntr, His decisie % are,
generally the result close investigation,
| and matu 9 refectigR, ANA hayosa contributed
no little to disabu-e the mind of tho Q cola,s
ed p#'ple who thongbttbey could do astbey
pl ased, whether right or wrong, now tha
hey are fee While be will at all times see
hat u e negro has his rights. Woe betide
tn wrong doer! for while he dispenoes jus,
nee to all mea, white OF black, who come bes
fore him he s DO fris nd to either, ifguilty of
wrong, 4s-5s@ -
Yesterday was occupied until late hour
in the afternoon, ia the patient Investigation
| of number Of cases of miner Importance
| among which was ode colered girl who was
| sentenced TO 6ftesoodays solitary con6ae ment
for street walking. 1t was. a desperate case OF
moral depravety and not likely to i'm prove
As she left the court room, she remarked
SKA don't set me back bit'' aad with assancy
impatient air she marched off, under guard
to the prisoners Hotel. ,sla a.o.
Caleb Pitts the old and vel. kbown Hack
Driver had a case in this Court, but it had NO,
been decided when we left. 1t was an $ ctiou
for the recovery Of a team that was held by
the city OF Purt smouth for a fne of ten dol
lars that had been imposed on Caleb In
spite ofthe warm wea her there were three
or four legal gentlemen present, trying, all
they knew how, to play the very ----l with
| the patience Ct tbs court witness follow ed
witness and speech after speech and still the
court, debonala' and attentive under this bea-
| Wy tnfiction, wiped the persperation from his
face and listened With deep felt, but inauda-
bic thanks, that we we're not the Judge OF
that. OF any other court this warm weather
| we refined, amidst a burst of burning elo,
Gus nee from one of ,he Legal gentlemen who
| were SO a0arns III the Cause 143h
CORPORATION CoUar,- City of Norfolk =
Simon Stone, Esq, ittcly elected 10 fill a va
cancy in This court. appeared, qualified and
ftfsd one OF he eeats on the hench
Saml D'ummond, who had been appointed
commissioner examine Pilots declined to
qualify and D W, To 4 was appointed to fill
| the place F ss IL at
The Ruls against w. Hhitehurst for non
attendance as grand jufy san was Dismissed
| w d Turner, and S,th March appeared
TO answer 10 Ru for non attendance as
grand Jnrymen and we've fined five dollars
aud costs ~a - f. s3 ~
Us Tucker, Wesley Todd, and G, W. Bat,
ley quallh as Notories Public tx
Thos Dobson and Jno Smith al, Aligned fol-
for fellowny were discharged
Jao 8. Long charged with felony wa Sc Mt
on and In d4iault of three hundred dollars
bail was remandsd, ~
LOCOMOTIVE LANDED-A Locomotive, in
| tended for use on the Norfolk and Pr tiers ! re
| Railroad, has been landed on Tx whari, foot
of Wide Water street, and will soon remind
us Of old tim's by steamiug through The city
to the Depot.
NEEDS Attention. -The cutters in trout u
the Day Book office needs looking after; aad
grading 100. that the stsgnant water and
debris of the street may pass off. They are
unsightly offensive and miasmatic