Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-13


so,nc Of the newly appointed magistrates Tor
the county of Prince William returned IN tneir
annual lists Of Jurors, the names, in the agsfe-
cate of fourteen colorea men. These peope
in the Jury box is a "bran new feature 10 me
administration OF our State laws, and ITS noVrI
~ AZ we'll as illegality, deserves more thah OF
binary comment. ,hs salec. |
,;on of nersons to serve during the year a.
;nrors on the civil side OF our courts maSes 1t
The imperative duty Of magistrates 10 choose
1rL,te men over the age OF t"entyiTThe 'eals
and under the age OF sixty years. ne saue
stotrte also prescribes that such white men as
a,e liable in point Of age to be chosen as Jurors
shoiI also be- "of sound mind and tree FROM t.
9n1 errention." (See Code Of Va. 1860 CHAP
Ter l62, Sec lst and Atm. u,.r..
The latter section also declares that the lisl
sboll include at least twenty persons Tor every
thousand rhite inhabitants in such county OF
onrnoTation." Now, these justices soemnly
swore they would perform with fidelity the au-
ties Of their Office. How have they done 1t
the primary duty OF court OF justice is 70
administer the law and the highest duty OF q
county or circuit court 10 this state Is 70 au
minister the lars Of Iug'ala., Not 10 auhiln
lister that which man in the heat OF MS ppl...
jcal prejudice thinks ought to be the iaW' Out
| if is the oath bound duty OF every court III
| Virginia to administer the laws OF tn's Io"'
monwealth as they are.
T. there any excuse for such misconduct
perhaps they haven't seen the Law or couldn
-c.d II il seen. or couldn't understand 1t il they
we're able to read it. Must the people OF the
county suffer because two men don Know ther
duty or in utter ignorance, thus prefer TO tlcKlc
the vanity of fourteen ignorant colored men
II they disregard the statutes OF this state IN
one particular why do they regard them in
another? What makes Que chapter or one
section of our State laws more worthy OF 3D.
servapce than any other? All men are pre-
sumed to be acquainted with the law Even
these lately appointed justices arc humanely
included in this presumption. but i'se o'h'
Prescriptions, when the contrary Il proVcu'
The nresumption ceases; and we know the con
trarv in this case has been clearly proved. The
few cases that have come before the Court Tor
its judicial settlement have in the main been
decided impartialy and justly. The Court de-
serves credit for its administration OF the Ia"
in every other case that has yet arisen, except
this selecting of Jurors, and all the Court do
nor hear the odium of that There is partcu-
larIv an old gentleman, and 4 member OF the
Court. who was, at the last election, the choice
of his constituents for tie same position, who
under the late lease Of power hasn't forgotten
that the people who elected him once still live
and that the County Court Of Prince W lam
is not the only judicial tribunal IN the land.
There are some occupying our bench VINO
are totally obliv.ous OF everything except
themselves and the Iron clad oath ana OF
these leaders and protectors OF the hosts OF
radicalism. and the representative men OF that
great party OF moral IDEAS, with which we
are so cordially invited to coaiesce, some no
!, tice has already been taken. They are hardly
worth an additional showing up. would pre-,
fer that the white men OF the county should
nav the fine which the Court might impose Tor
failure to serve on iufies, rather than counte-
nance the violation OF law ot which have
spoken. ,o,u.
Of Pavia, ia which his forces were beaten and
himself taken prisoner, wrote to the Duchess OF
Anpoueme, "Madam, IRE hare lost erefgting
JM honor" In these memorable words let
me say, in our late heroic struggle We lost all out
honor. Would to God that ere long. We may
feel the inspiration that Francis lett when alter
the cessi0n of Burgundy, Flanders, and ArtolS
and the Welding # his two sons as hostages,
he emerged iIuui the prison walls OF Madrid,
sprung upon u spirited horse and exclaimed IN
the tullness Of his animation, 81 am yet 4
King" TYRONE
BRENTsvILLE, May e, 1869.
THE JEALOUSY OF GIRLS. Girls are awtuily
Jealous OF each other. | should call this the
girls distinctive fault. See them when they
are introduced, or when they first meet at ball
or crOnuet party; see how coldly critical they
look ut each other, how insolenty their eyes
rove over every part Of their rivals dress read
in their faces the outspoken scorn as the result
of their scrutiny. You think you nave done
it very well, but you have made fright OF
yourself, and | am much better than you -
Watch their disdain Of the more admired
among them and how excessively naughty tor
attracting so much attention they think that
Ada or Amy is, about whom the young men
cluster. How bold she is-how affected she IS
and, oh! how ugly she is! Sometimes II
they are deep, they will overpralse her enthu-
siasticallv, but tho rusc is too transparent to
deceive any one, and simply counts what it is
Ia clever feint that doesn't answer. 1t is
quite q study to watch the way in which girls
shake hands together, or shake hands in the
dances. The limp, COOL impertinent way in
which they Just touch palms, then let their
arms fall as paralyzed tells volume to those
who read the lettering. -Erery SATURDAY.
| WHITTIER DRIFrINo THE journal Of
Comu.ercs, in thoughtful article on the
changes through which the Constitution and
the country lieve been aud ere now passing,
observes
"a wise u great, snd coed man, now gone
to his reward, once declared in our hearing
that the great strength OF our form OF govern
ment lay in the fact that it was the nearly
unanimous choice of the peopl e; so much so.
that if by any sudden CONFUSION the machl-
merry should be disarraugcd, the rcoplc in con
vention assembled would rc.cstabi.h It pre-
ciseIy upon the original model Can this be
said Of the government Of to-day? Does any
thoughtful man believe that contention OF
delegates elected for that purpose would re-
produce Us their choice the present Const!tu
tion even adorned with the patches recently
added, and including also those now prepared
for application2'
MGs. ''DR. MARY WALKER. This Ioted
advocate of womans rights came up from
Washington yesterday. Attired as she was in