Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-05-20

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The average cost in the Supreme Court
for each case exclusive of the employment
of counsel is about forty-two dollars. So
it will be seen that suitors at single term
are compelled to pay three thousand one
hundred dollars. besides their attorneys
fees, for the errors of the Judges below
Any one who desires 10 make comparison
between the average numberof cases sas-
tanned or overruled under our old judici-
ary system, can readily do SO, by examin-
ing volume of our former Supreme Court
Reports, and by so doing they will find
that our new Judges guess wrong about
five times as often as was the case under
the old sJ stem, when men we're selected
for their peculiar fitness, and not for mere
party service rendered. The above figures
ought to satisfy any one that the new or
der of things 50 far as the Judiciary IS
concerned is rather an expensive expert
ment and that nothing short of O return
to our otd Judiciary system, with compe-
tent mon to administer the laws, who are
not dependent upon the people for their
tenure of Office, will ever restore to US our
former able and impartial Ministers OF
Justice. Salisbury Old North State.
BUMM1NG.-From the Wadesboro Argus
we learn that a carpet-bag yankee, one OF
Sherman's bummers, who calls himself
Billy Patterson, broke into the house CT a
colored man named Fred Horn, one day
last week, and carried off goodly pile OF
eatableS. AS soon as the robbery was
known, pursuit was started, but, at last
accounts, the rascal had not been arrested.
STANDARD PLEASE COPY. The Western
Sentinel tells US of a case that it is to be
hoped the Standard will copy in full. On
Saturday evening last Jos. Fl. James and
Alex Merritt, two white radicals, went to
the house of colored man named Joe
Bitten, and abused him, rocked his house,
smashed the windows and forced in the
door, breaking his crockery ware
and damagingIhis furniture. OF course they
were not arrested.
BRUTAL OUTRAGE. From the Asheville
Citizen we learn that Mr.. Shelton Kenner-
by, a farmer residing in Macon county,
and Conservative in politics, was at
tackled, on his own premises, on the lst
inst, by three loyal leaguers, in Federal
uniform. They carried him some dis
tance from his home, aftea knocking his
wife down with tie butt-end of q pistol,
and beat him most numerically with
hickory thongs. Maddened with the pain,
Mr.. Kennerby broke from the ruffians and
ran some little distance when he was fred
at some fifteen times, and severely wound
ed in the arm and head. They then left
and the injured man managed to crawl to
his house when assistance was summoned.
SUDDEN DEATH Mfr. A. T. Hunt, q
suddenly in that place on Wednesday last.
Wharf.-The editor of the Asheville
Citizen has been shown some fine heads oi
wheat, which were fully developed on the
I'd inst.
PRINCEro N.-The following students
from North Carolina, are at Princeton
College-Willie Bynum, J, J. Caldwell, NJ.
S. Shotwell, G. A. Cook, G. A. Reynolds,
Thos. Glenn, B. s. Lassiter, 3. Pearson,
81. B. Short and W. B. Short.
FIRE.-The Warrenton Gazette regrets to
learn that the handsome residence of Mr..
J. D. North, at Ridgeway. in this county,
was entirely consumed by fire on Wednes.
day night. Supposed to be accidental.
IN C1ovER.-The Warrenton Gazette says
that there is clover on plantation in
bud.
To REBUILD. The Fayetteville Eagle
has seen letter from John Pickett, OF
New York, offering to furnish funds for
rebuilding one of the factories, the loan
to be covered by one years mortgage.
MAN SHoT.-The Eagle says We under
stand that Jesse. Holder, deaf and dumb
white man, was shot on Saturday night
last, near Fayetteville, by negro. The
buck shot entered the forehead and was
extracted by DR.. &. A. Black. We have
not heard the particulars, but understand
that the wound is not considered serious.
ME11sH.-From the Standard we learn
that the Governor has appointed J. @.
Duckworth, OF Transylvania county, SIS
Major General of the 7th Division. and
Erastus r. Hampton, of Jackson county,
Is BHgadier- General of the 29th brigade
of the State militia.
FIsHY.- Y.-Rockfish are very abundant now