The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-27
United states District Court.

vi AOl GAAC AO4OAUS VI BNSANA
sessions of the United States Circuit
Court at New Albany and Evansville,
are certainly not very wise ones, 1T Sc
riously made. indianapolis being
centrally located, it is accessible from
all portions of the State. The Difficult
ty of removing the necessary rec
ords, papers, &C., saying moth
ing of the danger of losing
them, or having them mislaid,
as compared with that of requiring
parties and witnesses to attend at the
Capital is certainly far greater, and
must be obvious to all. One of the
cities proposed, has but two cases at
the present term of the Court. 1t
might be able to furnish more mate
rial if term should be held there;
but this, if anything, would be an ex-
cellent reason for keeping 1t away,
and keeping people out of law.
IF the Gazette's correspondent had
been actuated by more earnest de-
sire to be informed of the necessities
which gave rise to the movement, and
was less jealous for the interests Of
indianapolis, he would not have writ.
ten so slightingly of the proposition
before Congress. Aside from other
considerations, the rising importance
of Evansville as a commercial and
maratime port would justly entitle it
to equal facilities with Indianap-
oils, in the Federal Courts. We
are not informed as to the number of
cases from New Albany now pending
before the United States Courts for
Indiana, but we know that the num-
Der from Evansville is much nearer
fifty than that mentioned above. In
addition to the eases ! generally
arising in commercial city having
trade relations with various States
and foreign Feopntriesg and. also the
operations of the recent Bankrupt
Law, the suits which must ! neces-
sarily go into the Federal Courts
from this city, on account Of our
large shipping or-steahboat interests,
are very numerous. Evansville is by
the regulations of the Department.
made the Registry portoof one ofi;the
United States Maratime District, with
resident Supervising Inspector and
there are now registered at this place
thirty nine steam boats. These boats,
with thelafge interests connected with
them, are regulated by United States
laws. And under a recent decision of
the United States Court the State
statutes in reference to steamboat
attachments and other processes of
like character have been declared in
valid. Under the operation of these
statutes heretofore, large portion of
the fdackets of our State Common
Pleas and Circu Courts was made
up. All such cases must hereafter
be brought in the United States
Courts. The costs of suit before
the District Court as indianapolis, IN
Guiding mileage of officers and wit
nesses, travelling expenses and hotel
bills of parties and witnesses, theloss
of time, &C., are, in most cases, al
most equal toshalfthe value of an or
binary steamboat Under existing
circumstances it amounts in effect, in
all minor cases, TO a complete denial
of justice.
1t is proposed, in order to meet the
necessities, especially increased since
the decision alluded to, to make in
Indiana the same provision as has ex-
listed, with much less reason, In Ken
lucky for years-authorize the hold
ing of sessions Of the u. s. District
Court at Evansville and New Albany,
the two leading maratime cities Of
the State. Itcreates no new judges,
is a great saving of expense, and
almost a necessity to these places and
the commercial communities connect
ed with them. La Kentucky. the
United States District Court, the off,
GERS of which make their headquarters
az Louisville, holds sessions both
at Covington and Paducah, land
formerly at Frankfort, also), all
smaller in population, and with
less important mercantile and
naratimee interests than either Ev-
ansville or New Albany. A meeting
of the attorneys of this city was held
last night, to- consider this subject,
a notice Of which will be found in
the City News
= Forfeiture OF Land Grants.