New Orleans Republican., 1872-11-29
: THE COURTS.
United States ircuft Court.

! Ihe cases OF w. Van Benthuysen, n. Mar
| tin and W. p. Blackwell against S. A. Stock
| dale, were all brought up on a writ of
certiorari by the defendant who alleged:
That he is collector of internal revenue,
an officer of the United States. and prays
| that writ Of certiorari issue, requiring the
| court to send up the record and proceedings
! IN said cause, in conformity to the sixty
! seventh section of the revised acts" Tie
| suit of Martin was for Sl33l 60, of Van Ben
$3i557. " " = D'''0N "S-' l0l
There are now on file in this court about
| 1900 athdaVits, evidence in the case Of w
| 2. Kellogg vs. Ii. c. Warmoth ct ais, being
| those of persons who swear they have been
| denied registration and the franchise, and
! more Of these are constantly arriving to
| swell the grand total. The parishes in
| which votes have been denied consist Of
Bcssier, Baton Rouge, East and West, and
the town itself, Jackson and Natchit0ches
from the latter parish there are several
hundreds. Each affidavit IS stamped
:" fled " and requires to be endorsed with
the name of +. A. WOltey IN writing. and
the labor Of doing the latter service is some
thing like that Treasurer Spinner has 10
perform that he may make bank notes :; &C
for what they were worth In many Of
these documents the ticket offered to vOte
is filed, while in others is the simple aver
ment of being refused registration. The
series Of bundles make mp pile that would
overflow an ordinary bureau drawer, ana
though the most are written on q blank
form the labor OF writing out the spaces is
an immense one, giving tolerable idea Of
the stupendOus nature OF this ChanceTy suit
which in size resembles the desGfiption
given by Dickens of the celebrated suit OF
Jarndyce and Jarndyce, where sacks full OF
documents were, at the conclusion Of the
Caurse, tumbled out i'll front Of the bench
i l. liz
although the cause had been decided in his
favor the . amount in dispute" had been
swallowed mp in costs.
The third ward of this city also is reDre-
sented by a number of these attidavits, and
ii is,said by those who know that when all
the testimony comes in there will not be
either parish or poll that will nor be IN
cluded as among those where voters were
refused on account of race, color or pre-.
yiOus condition, in which event the aft
dayit filing is the only means by which the
remedy may be reached. The lawyers in
the case have now a breathing spell. ]: is
expected they will come into court OF Eri-
day and set to work again. = cOiOTeG cSti-
zen remarked the other day. as Dis
trict Attorney BeCkwith took his seat that |
'Dis whole case done dislocated now" |
which word, if it did not convey the pre-
else meaning desired by the hearers. carried /!
the ideas OF the citizen. and this was !
enough. For days the lobby has been filed !
with colored men, and no lawyers argu- /;
ment ever took shape SO interesting az the !
looks Oh deep attention and interest they |;
manifest: rs the trial speeds on, the anxiety |
with which they look at che face Of the |
judge and the hand-to-ear intentness with !
which they take up all the gentlemen Of The |.
bar have to say, In conversation they 0x- |
press the general idea that their fate hangs
in these judicial scales; their rights a. citi-
zens and their freedom as men. They be
ieVe it, whether it is true or no:. IheT
look upon the late election as conducted SO
as to permit just enough 0! their number TO
register to avoid avoid She iInpu:ati0n Of {. !
bare-Saeed fraud, and whether this i. true
or not, future Investigation must settle: and !
put the saddle on the right horse" Manv !
Of these men have come from the northern-
most part of the State, and arrived clothed :
IN rags; others have watched the details Of
he case At the risk Of starvation at home;
but that there is deep and settled feeling
IN the NATTER which is intensified every
hour OF the hearing, there is not the slight
aRt dOub". Tales of what they may expect
when they 60 back home. Il "els case is
settled in a way which will cast them
40 doubt eXaggcrated-are told on all sides
"haser Joe done tofe me an's ggile 10
rave mother niggeg in office" one saws
we've had il all on? way, an !ss white
OlkE turn now
, What good can you 'io hers e in., Gred
he reporter.
You'd do the same 81 your ricfe 70 vote.
n yonr right to 60 about your own bizpe.s.
n your right 20 go an come when YOU
hoose, when y"H feel like il. your right
0 be q free man was TevolveG II dat case.
ou'd be tlsag. TOO: s'as yor would"
Fr0m the first day after clre election these
sople nave some 10 the neighborhood Of
he mafshal's office and che clerk : office Of ;
be Circuit Court. and. LED By superyj4ors |
ave i)eeTLlovering around men v ho write
nd dictate their atfdaTits And If their
yermenJs and statements outside routine.
iav be taken as true. ana they very often
re wholly frce, il il not 900 large L tigare
; PIT down rejected votes q severa! thou. :
,nd more than the current report. :
And the cause keeps on turning round ans; ;
,uDd, while they sit and watch its revolu-
on, wondering when the mill Will stop au4
q grind I'a conveyed away. :