Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-03-27
LETTER FROM Ripley CO UNITY.

VERSAILLES, IND, March IL, 1868.
Ed. MISUNDERSTANDING few days
10 this high and healthy locality, Thought
il might not be amiss to drop you a few
lines from this, the seat Of justice of"0ld
Ripley" Versailles is good town, for
many things--good for as clever q set OF
County officers as can be found anywhere.
good for sharp young lawyers. who stick
like leeches to their clients, especially
their pockets--good for churches, school
houses, hotels; and good for aost my thing
that goes to make 6rst class inland
County seat of some one thousand inhab,
iiants. s.s
| would not omit TO make mention Of
the new Court House. This structure
does great credit to the people OF Rip
ley. 1t is large and commodious-aII
the County Offices on the first floor. The
large and magnificent Court room and all
the jury rooms occupy the second floor.
/ is of modern style of architecture, the
Court room neatly freseoed. the Offices all
large and commodious. This edifce cost
tho people Of Ripley between twenty and
twenty-five thousand dollars.
Common Pleas Court is now in session
here Judge Cullen, Of Rush, presiding.
The people Of this Common Pleas District
are certainly fortunate in their selection
Of Judge. Judge Cullen, while repre-
seniiog the County Of Rush iu the State
Senate, distinguished himself as ar elo-
qucnt and cogent debaier. and soon be-
camc leader in that body. But on the
bench he has become more distinguished
as an able an impartial Judge. Quick Of
apprehension, irm, yet courteous in oil
OF his decisions, he seems TO possess in
an eminent degree the faculty Of making
himself perfectly understood by both at
torneys aud jurors in few words When
he decides law point, all seem perfectly
satisfied that he is correct; aud thus his
decisions, whether correct or not, are gen
orally accepted as the law, and all seem
satisfied. Judge Cullen is yet quite
young man, aud il he eschews politics and
pursues the even tenor of his way as a
lawyer and Judge, We predict for him,
at no distant day, an eminence as jurist
that will be coveted by much older mem
bers Of the profession than he.
The lawyers at this bar are principally
young men, and all seem to have plenty
Of business. Ed Ferris, in my Judgment.
is No. l lawyer. Jones, Wilson, aud
others with whom the wriior is not per.
sonally acquainted, do credit TO the pro.
fcssion.
The docket Of this Court is very heavy.
was informed that there are some three
hundred liquor cases for trial at ilis.term.
They are after the liquor sellers with some.
thing worse than sharp sticks.
TURNPIKE.
The citizens here arc trying TO get up
company TO build pike between here and
t,-rsvs -tss- 4 -te+ ~ ftutfruuu. yyfen
this is done, Versailles may rest easy on
the County-seat question. IL IL is not
done, would hate TO take risk on its
at this post many years. Os-
good has "heavy" preteosious in that di
rection.
col. fAnQUHAn.
This gentleman has very many warm
friends 10 this place, who would like very
much to see him nominated and elected
rom your District. The Col. was always
popular with the Republicans Of this
County, ns in fact with tho entire old
Fourth District. The writer OF this joins
n the wish above expressed.
= Yours, OUR