The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-01
COURT DAY IN BLACKVILLE.
The First Meeting Of Ceurt-PIatt in the
Pulpit-The Colored Lawyers-A Queer
Case-The Weather and Crops.

The FIRST Meet1nS O1 SoO5S-ESeSsA AZ sAA>
Pulpit-The Colored Lawyers-A Queer
Case-The Weather and Crops.
IrRoM ouR OWN ooRRE, ,PoNDKNr.l
B1LoxvnLE COURTHOUSE, August S0.-This
has been the frat time since the removal o.
the courthouse of the ''keouuty" to this place
that the blind goddess has made her deout
We might well nigh say We had forgotten
whether the blindfolde1 female is supposed
under the new regime, to preside especially
over Justice or Liberty. or whether she has not
given slight change to her base and om'
braces them both. At any rate. ne may safely
infer thst she leans rather much to the dark
side in both respects, whether her eyes be
blindfolded or not.
Everybody and their uncle came to town,
influenced no doubt BY as varied emotions as
sway the human heart. Hope, fear, curiosity.
cupidity and whiskey, all contributed their quo
to in swelling the throng. The vendors Of
watermelons and cakes were ss happy set Of
individuals as an August sun ever shone upon,
as they smilingly Witnessed the dimuniton oi
their piles of edlbles and q proporhonate In
crease of fractional currency.
"H1s HONOR" TAKES TO THE PULPIT.
The court convened 10 the Baptist Church,
which has been secured for that purpose, bis
Honor, Judge Zephaniah Platt, presiding in the
puloit. We wondered and smiled, and smiled
and wondered still. if his Honor perched up in
the sacred desk imagined that by virtue Of his
position, his words might not be considered as
happy combination Of the ''law and gospel,
and thus convey additional force. It seemed
to us queer place for q Radical judge, that
Baptist Church s1
The weather has been intensely warm, and
Judge, jury and all with one accord, tried the
efficacy Of ice water, fans and possibly other
sustainers ard invigorators Of wearied nature,
and bore their suferings like martyrs.
MIXED JURY.
There is something novel, II not interesting
and calculated to produce scent-sdtion IN thif
psrti- -colored jury, which is without distinction
Of race, color, odor or previous condition; and
there were many present who desired, from
motives of curiosity, to witness the new order
of things under Radical reconstruction.
TAKEN IN AND DONE FOB.
One unfortunate individual, led by the afore.
sad spirit of curiosity, to squeeze his rortly
form within the precints Of his Honor, was
forthwith seized and placed on the jury in the
stead Of recreant juryman who had not sufd
cient fear of Judge Platt before his eyes to in
duoe his attendance. The moral to this little
court episode is simply that, by mindiny ones
own business, We may avoid much trlbulatiou,
especially that Of being placed on o mixed
Jury In the heated term, from which We may
reverently cay, "Good Lord, deliver u.s."
coLo9ED CELEBRITIES.
Among the gentlemen Of the legal profes-
sion who contributed their talent towards q
proper administration Of justice, appeared the
honorable senators from Barnwell and Beau
fort, Elliott and whipper, who afforded their
legal brethren and outside barbarians an op-
portunity Of measuring their mental calhre.
The general impression seems to be favorable;
and although the stomach Of your corespon-
dent may not be as thoroughly reconstructed
as those Of cthsrs upon whom he might place
his finger, and becomes little nauseated in
taking these black Radical pills, yet it must be
admitted that the easy politeness and general
good bearing of these gentlemen Of color
has impressed the community with no other
feelings thsn those of good viii, and we may
say, respect.
coTpr AnJoupHED-JJrrIE DONE
The juries were discharged on Friday. The
only case Of much interest was one OF rape, in
which the prisoner was found ''gullty;" but
strange to state, after the jury bad returned to
their homes. it is stated that the foreman had
an interview with the Judge, hal the finding
reversed, and new trial ordered. This must
be something novel in Law, and should be
placed on record for future reference.
TIE CROPS.
The farmers are busily engaged in picking
cotton. Owing to the rust, the cotton opens
more rapidly than usual. The impression is
general throughout the county that the CROP
has been cut short at least one-third, some
think one-half; but though it is undeniable
Llat In bOIn6 UebSpC6o uAli CTOP ouiy Wall oe
made, we do not think, Oh general average,
that so large percentage will be lost as some
persons imagine. Few men, comparatively,
will estimate their crops, and the disposition
is rather to make too low an estimate; heuce
the expression OF the opinion that the cotton
crop will fall shcrt one-half, must be takeI
cum grano sails
We noticed the shipment from this place, on
Saturday, OF two bales new cotton, which were
consigned respectively to Messrs. George b
Waiter Co., and Messrs. Pelzer, Rodgers 4
Co. Sunday, it is conceded by many, was the
hottest day OF the season; and We so much
wished that our honored female ancestor 81
Paradisaical notoriety had only restrained hel
curiosity, so that We, like her, might appear
p.uris nattirolibus, and have no breath Of scan
dal assail us. MEDICUs.
RADICAL POW-WOW IN EDGEFIELD
The correspondent Of the Augusta Constitu
tonalist, writing from Edgeheld Courthouse