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

teat of our nose. we made our way into tho
Temple of Justice-the new-fashioned jade now
phllanderine pell nell in South Carolina. lhe
negroes we're in decided majority in court.
In suppose Congo millennium at this point.
We directed our gaze toward "His Honor"
He ia a dry. adjust old fellow, looking, when
oowned mn marvellously like o performing
weasel. His lips are per etually twitch-
ing. Hardly with p!u of tobacco
The Door man has lost hls aw-cud; that's
the matter with him; HIS mouth seems
reaIly pitied him and wished he could selz,
mon the desired proboscis. It would be such
a satisfaction after 30 much OF vain endeavor.
Bnt tbat nose was an unreacbed paradise
while we were there. To the right OF "His
Honor" we're the jurymen-ten gentlemen OF
Ethiopian extraction and two white men; at
least thel resembed Csucasians. In the body
of the hail we're the lawyers. The white attor-
news sat on the left of the aisle; tie black ad.
yocates were on the right. This array Of legal
lore in ebony was novelty to Us. 1t was
worth the price of admission. In front Of all
sat Whipper, one Of the finest looking negroes
Won ever clapped two eyes on. His wool was
cropped 30 close to his scalp that another clip
of The scissors would have drawn blood. His
complexion was OF the duskiest ana glowed
ereasily rad ant. He is saiobust fellow, shapely
hroadcloth h,oa coats and immaculate panta-
looms. he Is a sensation in eclipse;
and when he strides down Beaufort
streets with common negro behind him,
groaning under green bag. you might fancy
that the King OF the Kickeraboo Islands had
come to town to have banquet OF man-steak.
Il IS said that he acquired fair common
school education at Oberlin; that he is
shrewd aud adroit man; that he conducts an
Ordinary criminal CASE passably well, but
aornders like mad p0rpolse when he quotes
tthe authoritIes.n he is said to be quite civil
to Southern white men, but does not hesitate
occasionally, 80 the story runs, to use the
Northern solicitors pocket handkerchief. At
Whlpper's elbow is spruce but not very
noticeable darkey, who hiss grown aristo:ratic
since he came to Beaufort and now calls him.
salf "Robert Barnwell Elliott" Behind these
worthless carved out Of lead pencil is
sllm. brownish negro named Wright. Like
his dusky brothers at law, he is Sou
Carolina legislator, as well as disciple OF
documents with much dramatic display, and
ever and anon looks furtiyeIy, and, we thought
mockingly. at the white advocates on the other
side. The bailiffs Of the court are all sooty,
and armed with slaves wonderfully Like rejec-
ted bed-posts. When they yel, "Cal! JOHN
SMITH at de do r." or "JoHN SMITH cumin in
de cort. it is spectacle for gods and men to
about the "Judge." One ia: "Why is Judge
PIArr like Necess,tyf" Answer: because he
knows no law" 'tAis Honor's" decisions are
put down satiricalIy as "Plotaudes." During
the time we wele uncovered before tie carca..
ture CT Justice, two dogs had difference OF
opinion in the presence. 1t eDlivened matters
erestIy, and from the perfect indifference mani
tested for such contempt. 1t must be q itiga
tion too frequent for interference and too
OF fees to adjust.