Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-17
THE COURTS.

CIRCUIT CUURT.-Ye sterday being mo-
ton day in this court, nothing of much
public interest was transacted. A. Hamil-
ton & Co. VS.. l. louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company; judgment for Tire de-
PENDANTS. VIM. q. Massey, admin strator, vs..
VIM. NJ. Gleaves; judgment for S575.2S for
the plaintiff by motion. s. +. Glass, eX-
| ecutor, vs.. F. P. Davidson, ct els; new
trial granted. Bowen & Shelton vs.. James
Sloan; judgment set aside. Margaret f.
| Cummings VS.. Comfy Trigg; judgment set
aside. Motions were also made and granted
In other cases, but nothing of much i'm
portance. The court viii commence to-
morrow morning and call the docket from
No. 90 to No. 116. The suit of A. Hamil-
| ton & Co. VS.. the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company, was for damages
alleged to have been sustained by reason Of
excess in charge Of transportation of cotton
| by that road. 1t was decided there was no
ground for such action on the part of the
plaintiff.
COUNTY CoURT.-Y esterday Bennajh
Gray was appointed and qualified as adj
ministrator Of the estate of Susan a. Will
liams, deceased, and as administrator de
bOnis nOnswith the will annexed Of the
estate of E. W. Williams, deceased.
FEDERAL CoURT.-The court concluded
the business before it and adjourned. The
Grand Jury presented the following ad-
dress:
Hon. c. F. Trigg, Presiding Judge Of the United
States District Court Of Tennessee:
Dear Sir:-Having just passed through the te-
dunn Of patient, and, we think, faithful per-
Torrance of the duties incumbent upon us as
Grand Jurors for not only the regular, but also
the adjourned term just ended, OF the United
States District Court for the Middle District Of
Tennessee, and coming, as we do, as well as re-
presenting every grade Of political sentiment
common to this people and country, we deem 1t
proper to present this as testimony of the fact
that peace and quiet pervades this division Of the
State.
We feel this statement more incumbent on US,
in view of the fact that much has been said
abroad, through the press and otherwise, calcu-
lated to create a different impression upon the
public mind.
Having been, by virtue of our oath of office,
constituted for the time being, vigils Of the pub
lie peace, and specially charged by your Honor,
with the investigation of such infractiOns of the
law as had come under our own observation,
and such as might be brought to our knowledge
through the legally constituted channels, and
having at our command the aid Of willing and
efficient officers to execute every process Of the
Court, feel that an opportunity has been
offered and a faithful effort made to know
whereof we speak.
1t is worthy of remark that the peace and quiet
Of this section of the country now, will compare
favorably with any former period Of its history,
notwithstanding the sad upturning of social ele-
ments, which, of necessity, follows such civil
strife as for four years so recently ragged in our
country, and which, from force of circumstances,
made this locality of the chief theatres Of OPP
Grafton.
As lovers Of peace and good order, and as citi-
zens who have W. tch with interest and anxiety
the various phases presented by people emerg-
ing from dangerous struggle in which the bit
teTness of fraricidal strife too often written
in blood, We feel that much Of the present quiet
as well as the increase of fraternal kindness
among this people, is due to the firm and even
hand with which your Honor has, in
these precaTiOus times, held the scales
of justice. Turning neither to the right
nor to the left, neither Welding to that tempta-
ton to Cypress, which too often accOmpa MES
judicial power, nOr-tOO leniently execute a trust
reposed in you by the National Government,
you have gone right on in the pursuit of duty,
eXerting q salutary influence within the borders
of our State, until good effects are seen and felt
by all classes Of our people, which Is acknOwl-
edged to be largely attributable to your course
as judicial representative Of the Government
OF the United States.
It is part of the public history of the perilOus
times through which the people of this State have
been passing for the last few years (and we claim
the right occasion like this, TO refer to it,
that while you maintained the Government in
all its rights with hrmness and dignity, you pro-
teeted the citizen, regardless Of race or color,
personal or political status with equal tenRctty,
and have thus contributed, in no small degree,
TO the present peace and quiet Of this State.
Thanking you for all this, as well as for the
uniform courtesy in your bearing towards us
while thus associated, and through you, thank
ing the officers of your court for their prompt
ness and efficiency in the discharge of their du-
ties TO US, as Grand Jurors during our service of
near two months, we respectfully ask that this
be received, entered upon the records OF the
court and published as a testimonial from us.
With profound respect,
Edward L. Jordan, Foreman; A. b. Robert
son, Coffee county; P. A. Cartwright, Nashville;
r. B. Cain, McMinnville; G.. A. Farmer, Rob
ertsOn county; Z. r. GlascOck, Nashvillei Thos.
A. Keith, Franklin county; John Meeks, GTun-
dy county; j. NJ. S. Mays, Maury county, J.. l..
Stone, Lincoln county; II. Burns, Nashville;
John McClelland, Davidson county; A. Powers,
Tullahoma; n. E. Alloway, Nashville; Hayden
March, Franklin county; A. Moore, Williamson
county; w w Berry, Davidson county; Massey
Hill, Coffee; G. W. Jones, Lincoln county; JAS.
Mclaughlin, Nashville.