The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-22

OF the Circuit Court came to conclusion
on Tuesday morning last-practically, a,
least, although technically it remains in
session until the 31st of January, and the
crier may be heard every morning at
o'clock, calling "Oh yes oh yes! all per.
sons having business in Cecil County Cir,
cult Court, draw near near and give your
attendance, for tho Court is now in session.
God save the Court and the Honorable
Beach" An easy way, the crier thinks,
of making 81 day.
Our report Of proceedings, last week, left
the jury out, in the case of Richardson
against the Corporation of Port Deposit.
A verdict was rendered for the Corpora
ton, and tho costs to the county for the
tumble of drunk man are about $3.50.
w. c. Crew VS.. the Executor OF Rev. H.
B. Mitchell, for store account and balance
on promissory note for 5000. The jury
were out on this case two days and one
night, when they rendered a verdict for
Grow for $1.71 Grow to pay the costs Of
the suit, which are about SO, the Court
not having jurisdiction in cases where the
sum is less than 500.
The session has been very long, and the
character of large majority of the cases
which were disposed of, was most trivial
and "pestiferous," as one of the Judges
it.
The petit jury were in attendance 81 or
90 days, and hosts of witnesses, waiting
for days, whose testimony often was Of no
account in the case in which they were
A great deal Of time seems
to be wasted in the examination of wit
nesses in very trifling cases. Two-thirds
Of the little, scurvy cases, growing out Of
squabblss, should be disposed
of before less expensive tribunal than
the Circuit Court, and if tho contentious
parties were not satisfied, let them be re-
quired to give security for the costs in case
of appeal. A great many witnesses were
forced from their business to attend the
peration of Port Deposit, and the case be-
ing decided in favor of the town, and the
plaintiff thrown into the costs, the proba-
bility is that the witnesses will wait somo-
time for their fees. The present law, regu-
lating the fees of witnesses attending Court,
is great hardship, inasmuch as the pay to
witnesses being but 81 day, their expenses
exceed their per diem, and their fare on
the railroad is often as much, or more, than
two days attendance will amount to. A
reform is badly needed in our judicial sys-
tenn. Witnesses should at least have enough
to defray their necessary expenses and one
set of jurymen should not be compelled to
attend the entire term of Court. A week
at session is enough for one man to be
called from his business to attend to the
settlement of the public contests between
his neighbors.
Conowingo.-A sketch Of Conowingo
Mr.. AbUah Fem, which appeared in the
Wig last week, has drawn the following
rsmin.scenee from another cor
partly in correction of some
errors which were published in the former
article. The errors referred to were not
made by the writer, but were printers
prrors, owing ia some measure to the man.
lscript being somewhat obscure, though
not sufficient to have caused the errors,
had it been closely scrutinized. The name
% Fense," as printed, should have been
Fem, and Quaker" should have been
Yankee:
As your correspondent says he was dis
posed to be little tricky, but not so much
as to take very undu-advantage Of his
fellow man. He only aimed at having the
better of the bargain, an instance of which
I will here cite for illustration:
A Pennsylvania farmer called on him to
purchase yoke of oxen, of which he com
monty kept good supply. The purchaser
selected very handsome pair; the price
agreed on, and the money paid. He want
I'd to know of Mr., Fem their ability in the
draft. Fem replied, "Sir, you may hitch
them to yonder big log, and they are
there" So the purchaser took it for
granted that they were all right. The
next day he brought them back to Fem.
saying that the oxen would not pull half
as much as he represented, and wished to
have his money again in place of the cattle.
Mr.: Fem looking astonished at the man,
aaid: "What did tell you? Did not say
that you might hitch them to yonder big
log, and they would be there; and so they
would; but did not tell you they would
pull it off. So deceived you none, by CAD.
Consequently you will have to make the
best of your bargain, for me- And this
ended the matter. This know to he
fact boarded with Fem at the time.
Isaih Brown was more prominent and
business man Of the village, than Fenn.-
He was the owner Of two large saw mills,
which he ran day and night, employing
great many hands, and paying them rig
ularly every week. After he died the place
gradually began to decline; business par
TALLY suspended; and after Mr., Fem died,
things At once assumed , worse condition.
until Conowi.gs BECAME almost extinct.
In those days of Brown and Fenn's flour
tsh, and at the time Of the Old Conowingo
Bridge; the making of the new cut road
to Lancaster and the successful operation
of the old Maryland canal, Conowingo pre-
sented lofty appearance; everything
seemed animation and life, each one trying
his best to keep up the interest of the then
thriving village; but now as contrast,
what dove sees Nothing, as 1t were, but
a wreck of ruins; but sincerely hope that
Mr.. Bell will before long brighten things
up again.
WA, +; EAGLE, s. o., whe are large
dealers in Lumber and Timber, at Williams
port Pa, have established an extensive
lumber yard at Chesapeake City, in oonnec-
ton with their Steam Saw Mill at the lat
ter p ace, where they propose to supply the
trade with all kinds of building lumber at
very low figures.