The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-05-25


gate, you want her out Of q garden, in spite
of bricks, brooms or brushes, and will set on
another hens nest, and do many other things.
One Of the reasons for this is that her tail is
erect, and she sometimes crows Like q roos-
ter, in imitation of the woman's right move
meuS. Talk not about hens. The COW is
different altogether, she is "gentle and kind"
for the reason that like old dog Tray, "HER
tail hangs down behind" Let the Wayne
County man try the juniper berries by all
means.
Old JoE.-Not the colored individual
made immortal by the poet, "who kicked up
behind and befo," but old Joe of Beth Eden
Sligh-memory, whose highest ambition
in the "good old daze" was TO rccline before
the fire and toast his shins, in the exercise
ofwhich pastime he lost his toes and the
| best part of his understandings, and has ever
since been stumping it, or to sit in the sun>
shine and brush away troublesome flies, and
in the soft nights Of late summer and fall, to
60 in quest of 'possum, VIC are. pleased to
see, is now filing another role. Looking iu>
to the Court House we find Joe sitting as
juror. Little did Joe ever dream that the
wheel of fortune would place him so high in
life, and well might he say tits better to be
born lucky than rich. Joe is O. picture. -
Look at him. His forehead seems to have
had Mt some early period a misunderstand-
ing with the other features Of the face, and
getting frightened had made Bull Run re-
treat to the rear, not before, however, fatten-
ing the nose, aud doing lasting injury to the
lips, which are of unusual thickness and
breadth. Both face and form look like they
might have been knocked into "pi." Joe
cannot play the part of the wolf in little Red
Riding Hood, for the reason tha. "whst
makes your eyes so big?" could not apply,
he being blessed with remarkably small
pair of eyes. Old Joe is not director yet,
and he thanks bis stars for that, for the rea-
sake, but he is jury-man, and is getting q
dollar and hny cents per day, 20 sit and doze,
and dream of the 'possum and coon. Joe
always showed remarkable intelligence
when the dinner horn sounded, and now
when the trumpet tones of the bar and bench
are sounded in his ears, if he can be walked,
we hare no doubt but that he will 'be dar,"
and if be should happen to say "Shoo fly,
don't bodder me, we hope the Judge will
excuse him. Poor Joe, he's not so fat and
sleek as he used to be-
CoURT.-The Court Of General Sessions
has been in session one week and the busi-
ness transacted has amounted to almost
nothing. It is farce, and not farce either
for there is nothing about it which might
provoke smile; it is rather diSgraceful
burlesque, and in keeping with the times in
which we live. The court house has become
sort Of market place for all the idle negroes
of the district, and there is scarcely room for
the few lawyers in attendance to display |
theirpowers. ItInight be better if they were
crowded out altogether. This idle, ignorant |
that while on the one hand crime is shown !,
to be crime, on the other hand it is made |
to look like virtue itself. This Of course is |
highly relished ,and against law and evidence,
is believed. 1t is to be regretted that some
restriction can not be interposed to check q |
license of speech calculated to work so great |
harm to society. Murder and theft cannot |
be less than the crimes which they are, and |
though reasonable effort should be made, |
and all lawful chances given the criminal, o |
regard should always be had for what is right |
and true. The courts had letter be closed st |
once than that crime should be- held up to an |
ignorant mob as virtue.
The only case of interest so far is that of
the State VS.. John Singley, Lewis Berry and
wife, aud Steve Coleman, indicted for the
murder of Samuel Dunwoody. This case is
still in progress.
The empannellng of a jury is at all times
disagreeable- the gathering together the |
jury upon the murder case was disorder |
worse confounded; juryman should be a
discreet person and one at least capable OF
reading and writing. Some of those upon |
the jury are known to be most incompetent,
andmore than this they sleep during the pro-
ceedings Should the opinion Of such be-
ings be taken where the issues are life and
death? Whittier are We drifting? Does it
not indeed look as though humanity is rap
idly retreating to british beasts and that for
a verify man is losing his reason.
A few other cases Of trifiDg character have
been disposed Of How many more there are
and how much longer court will sit, it is i'm
possible to state now.