The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-24

test OF our. poSe, we mado our way into tho
Temple OF Justico-tLo new-fashioned jado nov
philanderine peIl moll III South Carolina. Tho
negroes we're in a decided majoritr ih court:
II would not he great stretch of Imagination
70 To- suppose a Congo millennium at this point.
Mo :; arecisa sI our o ga5G , toward His Honor"
gowned up. marvollously iiaol q performing
weasel: His lips are per stually twitcG.
iE,s: lns: aardiy with "a plu OF tobacco.
the matter with him. His mouth seems
to be i'll desp liring search Of his nose. We
really ptied hinl and wished lie could seiz,
upon the desired proboscis. It would DO such
Subtraction alter go much of VAN endoavor.
But that noso was an uureached paradise
while we were there. ., 10 tho right OF "His
Honor" were tic jurymen-toU gentlemen of
5Esi,,oP1ian extraction and two white mon; at
OF the bail wero tho lawyers. Tho wlito attor-
ueys sat on the left of the aisle; tic black ad-
vocatcs were on the right. This orrsy,of legal
worth tho price of admission. In trout Of all
sat Whipper, one Of tho finest 'loolting negroes
you ever clappedtw eyes. on. His wool was
ofqRpea SO Sess do5 bis clip
oompiexlon was OF the duskiest and glowed
Ereasily rad ant. Hsis robust fellow, shapely
TithS effects clean ans ssAifs paper collars,
iuo,,s. Ho ,s II sensation in eoiipse;
and whom; he strides down Beaufort
streets with a common negro behind h'm,
EioaulbE uu'eT green DaB. you Nliput Iuucy
that tho King OF the Klckerab0O Islands had
como TO town to have banquet VI nan-steak.
1t Is said that he acquired fair common
school education at Oberiin; that he is q
shrewd and ndrnit man; that he oGadncts an
ordinary criminal case psssably VOL, but
1ounders like a mad porpoise when ho quotes
''the authorities" He is said to be quite OWL
to Southern white mon, but does not hesitato
occasionally. SO tho story runs, to use tho
Northern solicitors pocket handkerchief. At
WMppsr's Is elbow ia q spruce but not very
noticeable darkey, who has grown aristo.ratio
.since he came to Beaufort, aud now calls HIM
Holf Robert Barnwoll Elliott.ns Behiud these
!worthles carved out NJ lead oencil is a
slim, brownish negro named Wright, Like
HE dusky brothers at law, lie is a Sou h
Carolina Legislator, as well as a disciple of
lBLAoK--very back-sToNE. He turns over his
documents with much dramatic display, and
ever and anon looks furtively, aud, We thought
'mockingly at the white ai vocates on tho other
side. The baillhs OF tho court arc AL sooiy,
aud armed with slaves wonderfully like rejec-
ted bed-posts. When they yel, "Call JOHN
SMITH at de do T." or JOHN SMITH oumin in
de cort," il is spectacle for gods aud mon 10
contemplate. They have some conuudrums
abont tue "Judge." Ono is: 'Whs is Judge
PLATT like Necessity2" Answer: "Becsuse he
knows no law" "His Honor's" decisions are
put down satkically as "P1dtiiiles" During
the time we wele uncovered before tne carica.
turo CT Ju ,tice. two dogs had difference of
opinion in tue. presence. It enlivened matters
greatly, and from tho perfect indifference mani
tested for such contempt It must boz itiga
tion too frequent for interferenGe and too
unpromising o: fees To adjust.