Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-08

LUZ sih 10 characIeflstlc, ana gentle
men of the legal profession who would
be willing to break up and destroy
their neighbors for large fee, (and
there are some such lawyers esteem
the Judge an enemy to their profess
sion (which he is not.
A M. Champion is a merchant in
Darlington and has done large bus
mess; there, and times had hard
look'las fall, and he could not col
lect. His creditors put their claims
in lawyers hand to the amount of
$4,000 to $1,000, for goods furnished
IN Chicago and elsewhere. Suit was
brought against Champion on these
demands, about 40 days before the
lst Monday in December, whom
Court began in that county. Mr..
Mag2on was Champions lawyer and
being suddenly called off to Wash
ingttn City, instead Of answering
within the usual 20 days, he procured
an order extending the time to an
swery pending Mr.. Magoon's absence,
the plaintiff 3 attorney procured the
extension order to be set aside, and
entered up judgment in vacation
against the defendent Champion for
the entire amount. On such iudg-
ment execution cannot issue till q
term Of the Court shall pass so as to
allow the defendant TO make o de-
fence if any he has. Mr.. Magoon
made q motion in December on aft
davit, stating the reason OF his alb
sence, and that the defendant had a
defence on the merits.
There was no pretence that Mr..
Champion was trying to put his
property out Of his hands, nor any
evidence to show that he was in
solvent. So far as the papers show
ed no was in the position of any
other business man who could not
cash his paper on particular day.
The Judge summarily set the iudg-
ment aside and allowed Champion
time. to collect and pay his debts
The disappointed practitioner was
cheated out of his prey, and it has
aroused against Judge Mills the op-
position Of tho few skin-aint attor.
neys to be found in the Circuit.
We have the above statements
from. Judge Mills himself. We dc
not see, nor believe any whole souled
attorney sees, any judicial crime in
Judge Ms conduct in this and like
cases. AS far as he has discretion
everybody knows he will use that
discretion TO protect and not to de,
stroy persons who are free from
fraud, and are risking their capital
and labor in developing the country
We remember q practising lawyer
who has long resided in this county
A large number Of Grant Countys
best and most industrious citizens
had mortgaged their farms to the
railroad, and suits were commenced
against them, and they were threat
encd with expulsion from theiI
homes This lawyer refused with
sc0rn 10 be employed againt his fel
low citizens for any fec or reward
and by postponement and continu
ancCs those farmers have saved then
| hOmsItaads with little sacrifice. L
is supposed that the conduct, princi
pies and notions OF this eccentric
individual are too un-lawyerlise fol
o Judge. Let the people decide.
CADETsHIp SALEs.--The work o.
purging Congress of members proved
to have influenced by unworthy mo-
tivee in their appointment Of cadets
is much simplifed by the resignation
/ Of those members. Thus Whittemore
of South Carolina, took refuge and
thus. too, John 4. Devices, of North
Carolina, and Jacob S. Golladay, Of
en.ucky, have taken refuge. 1t il
said Butler wanted to resign, but
Gov. Senter would not let him, and
he had to stand and take it. Mr..
Mungen, of Ohio, is the latest cadet
ship seller caught by Logan's Com.
Others in the last Congress, and not
within the reach of this, are S. New
ton Pettis, of Pennsylvania w
Jasper Blackburn, Of Louisiana; J
Hale. Sypher, of Louisiana and John
b. Coils, of Alabama. All the often.
ses were committed in the appoint
ments made q year ago, before the
term of the Fortieth Congress had
expired. Chicago Republican.
TIE CAUSE OF THE DECLINE IN
GoLp.-The New York World, speak.
ing Of the decline in gold, says "The
uselessness of gold under our present
lawful money system is the rea
cause Of its steady decline in price
There is really but little Legitimate
use for gold in the city Of New Y ork
The stock of gold in the city is enor
nous. The only relief for this glut
of gold on our market-namely, its
export to foreign countlies-seems
to be remote, owing to the large ex
ports Of cotton and our bonds anC
other securities to Europe"
s2-A New York paper thus sketch
es the gradual rise in value of oul
bonds in home markets during thu
last six years
"Our long six per cent. bonds were
worth, upon the average, in gold, il
1864. less than so in 1865, 81 il
1866, rs; in 1867, 79 in 1868 81 /; il
1869, IS, and already in 1870, they
are worth l00."
sES-Hon. Horace Rublee, oul
Minister to Switzerland, writes tt
General G c. Washburn, commend
ing postal telegraph system through
ont the United States. He says be
went to Switzerland an opponent o.
this measure, but observation of tn,
working of the system in that coun
try has fully satisfied him that il