Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-13
SMITHYILLE.
How Judge Fife Pushes Business
PersonaIs--The Canvass for Chan
ceIIOr-A KnOtty Case.

ceIlOr-A knOtty Case.
Correspondence of the Union and American.
SmTHvILLE, Tenn, July s, lS72.-
Thinking fe v lines from DeKatb would
not be altogether uninteresting to your
readers, venture TO send you a short com-
munication.
Our Circuit Court Is now in session and
has been daring the past week, Hon. Sam.
Fife presiding, and .dispatching business
Just precisely as fast as is necessary. Judge
Fife is nots, slow, plodding judge, norris he
one Of that galloping glass who go staving
through business with kind of a rush, rat
tie, clatter and bangl But he m owes stead
lily and certainly, advances fairly, eau
tiously and patiently, and promptly and
thoroughly investigates business, and after
all cleans up the dOckets more etiectually
and does more work in a week than is
usually done by one Of those busting
Judges who ride through the courts under
whip and spur to the intense delight Of the
''dear tax-paying people" who stand behind
the bar and say, one to another: '1s,f't he
a whale?' doesn't he do business with
r1Ish?" etc. viii here add that Judge
Fite's opinions are seldom reversed.
Judge Fife viii, to-day, give place to Mr..
i. Z. TarVer, Of, Lebanon, who has been
commissioned to tiy a large number Of
cases in which the Judge is incompetent.
lis incompeteDey for the most part rises
from his relationship TO various ltigants.
The Judge has many relatives
in this county, probably more than
any lawyer who attends our courts, unless
it is Col. L. Cautrell, of Lebanon, who,
suppose, is a few hundred ahead Of him.
But seriously, if either Judge Fite or Col.
Cantrell were in Grants place, and desired
10 90 so, be could ill the Cabinet, supply
all civilization with ministers, consuls, ETC.,
man the custom houses and lick up several
of our latest poSt-oifices, and to prove that
am correct in what say, 1 would, among
others, refer to George II. Morgan, our
gifted and popular attorney General. By
the way, he has robbed our county of two
voters at this term Of the court, or in other
words, he has been instrumental in send
ing Evins Allen and Banks Evins, two col
ored gentlemen, to the penitentiary, each
for three years, for borrowing ten or twelve
dollars from Iii Wick (Without his knowl-
edge or consent) with which to pay poll tax.
A Joke comes in right here-Mr. Wick was
the tax collector.
Mr.. James S. Burton, of Woodbury., and
11Is Lus UIllGAg Vi AdAbAlds5C3 dAS LtNAC NAAA
looking well. Col ". 3. Stokes is here,
and, think can safely say, is fol the
Cincinnati ticket. ..rh -.r.--r -....r
The Democratic parry generally are for
Greeley and Brown. in fact have talked
to hundreds of Democrat and Conservative
voters on the subject and have heard but
one dissenting voice in our ranks, and quite
a large aud respectable number of Grants
4 fNVallnTr fia-af
also. VIE .r- ...
We have a run for Chancellor in this
Cthe fifth division. The candidates, of
whom there are six, spoke here on Thurs
day last. The most interesting feature of
the occasion was the speech OF Col. S. IL.
Collins, Of White county, in which he held
up the political and judicial record of Judge
Goodpasture for public inspection. HIS
speech'damsged Mr.. Goodpasture seriously,
for the truth is il was one of the most
powerful and telling efforts Of Col. Collins
life. and was most heartily appreciated by
the Colonel's host of admiring friends who
were present and giving the best attention
ever saw given any speaker.
Crops Of every description look timely
our people are healthy, provisions are plen
iiful, but money is scarce.
Gail NODNlAAC AllAb OCAAAl4AIAl4N<A IN
without again mentioning the name Of
George II. Morgan. wish to say, partic'
ularly to the people of jackson county, thai
George is a success; he has made favora-
BILE impression on our people;we appreciate
his good moral character, his talents, hi!
qualifications, his untiring energy, in short
lie is universally popular with our people
Now to conclude, / will relate a little
consultation" L overheard the other day
An old gentleman itching for lawsuit
stepped up to one Of our lawyers and talked
thus: "Suppose afeller was to trade with
mans wife to the amount of chick
en- or two, OF SIGH matter, and il
the rounds was TO get in debt to her nearl
a dollar, and she was to agree to take IL i
the store, and be was TO take book lea
and pretend TO write her an order on it an
she was to take the supposed order t
the store, and the merchant should look a
it and fnd it kivered with ships, pot-rack:
hooks and one thing and another, and ate
that be CHE feller who traded for the chick
cI.sl was to come into the yard toing
basket with rock in It, what o that now?
The lawyer was overwhelmed, he couldn
answer, Tor could Judge Brien, Of you
city, and the rest of the old lawyers coul
not assist him in coming to conclusion.