Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-02-22

vagrant, ez be Good testify himself to the
I fact that he Gabriel he'd iu his house $500
in Greenbax-a sufficient support for a time
at least
There wuz a immense excitement in the
court.
''Where duz he keep n2 asked the
Squire, visibly agitated-
In his ehist, at the house where he
boards, sez Pollock
This court stands adjourned for thirfy
minutes, said the Squire, boundin over
the railin in front US him Hold ON,
sed he hold on, Deekin, fair start il ali
| want. Don't take advantage nv my age
to get there first, and pell-mell over one
another the entire audience, 'ceptin Pollock.
the nigger and me, started on a keen run
for the house In a few minits they return
ed pantin, and out Nv breath, when the
Squire called the court TO order agin. wich
beiu restored, he remarked
Eff 1t Good be established that the niger
he'd $500 in greenbaX it wood necessarily
discharge him, eZ no man with that sum
Good be considered a vagrant but be rath-
er thot that If the prisner at the bar sho0d
look in the direction Nv his house he d find
It HuZn there any more, ez a house, the
the material Nv wIch it WuZ built wUz lying
around permiskus. Likewise, probably. he
woodn't be able to fnd the $500 he he'd in
his chist. The place that knowcd il wunst
viii know It no more torever-it he'd been
couhscated BY the euraged citizens. He
wanted it understood that no sich trifin
lmpedlment IN the way Nv iustls as the pos
session Nv 500 Good be allowed in the i0o-
risdlctI0u Nv this court The nigger Tot
Haf, 1Ff to l.
and ez the court knows Of its kuoIedge.
that be amt now got any 500 the court
wood ASK the criminal counsel what other
nonsense he hez TO plead.
Sed Pollock, the ElInoy st0rckeepeF
wood beg leave 80 state TO this court
that, under the Civil Rights law, lhe defen-
dant cannot be arrested ez a yagrant ez the
law under which the accused Is arrested on
" menshUns persons Nv color, making
distinction agIn him.
Never, vile memory retains her seat. shell
| forget the scene that ensood FiiIeI with
a sence Nv the responsibility restin onto
him, the Squire rose slowly from his scat
hIs face w deathgy palenIs, wich he'd the
effect Of heightenIH, by contrast, the in
tense rednls Nv his nose, and risiu 20 his
full height, remarked that the court he'd
expected tha ito be urged aud he'd therefore
prepared for it. That law d0seu' bind this
court to any alarmln extent, cousiderjn il
eZ infringing onto the reserved rights Nv
the States
VIII the court be- go good cz To manshun
sor the information uv yha populace, wat
the reserved rites ~ the States are o. sed
Pollock.
The Court insists that il shell not be in
terrupted when its deilvcrin Nv opini0u
ConslderIn II ez Infringiu upon the reserved
rights Nv the States. NV whom heucucky Is
the cheefest and the luvliest amoag ten
thousand-at this pint his nose glowed red
der and redder, and II seemed to me ez tho
a halo Nv lite encircled his frosty he'd, ez be
fearlessly coatinugd-"tte a1urt k0lE that
lac 10 be Wac0HStjtlsbaeL and cz sch shel
not regard it. Has the counsel anything
more to remark
Nothin, sed Pollock and KNOWN the
court ez well ez I do, wonder at my maxim
sch an ass Nv myself ez 20 hev remarkJ any
thing at all. =
Hez the counsel for the State anything
to say
Nothin, sed I. Il am williu to trust
the case in yoor hands, f2eIin confident that
justIs-genooIne Kentucky justis-wiI be
done
Wareupon the Squire he'd the prisoner
stand up, and drawn 90 a black cap, In a
very impressive manner. sentenced him %
eighteen months hard labor breakin stone
for the tuanpike wich we are buildin from
the Corners 10 the station. at the conclusion
Of wieh Pollock very prrsto.+v added
And may the Lord have meJey on your
soole
The Niger wuz immeiirely stript Nv bis
good close, which the Squire thot would
Just fit HIM and a suit az vagrauts close
wuz given him and be wuz to wunst put to
his labor
We hev hopes that this vii end the mig
ger schools in this vicinity ez well gz the
discomfort that hez existed among the mig
gers ever since the distarbin G5abre hez ben
here The Corners Is now enjoyin a holy
calm-m0re SO than any period for a month
PETRoLEUM v. NAsBY, P. N.
(N hich Is Postmaster, and Likewise Pro
tess0r w BIbIkle Politics in the Southern
ClassikIe and Military Institoot.