Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-04-05

and better employment. A few OF the lat
ter W re assigned to public lnstltu-
ton of charity in your c0llnty-the work
House.
One Alfred Green, coiOred, and LYDIA Hes
terarhite-GOd sdre the mark ! were called
up under information from the grand jury
for living together as man and wife, which
fact they admitted, and submitted that since
the said finding they had married. Judg-
ment, a penny and the cost. Where
now is the Judges boosted vindiCatiOn of
law, and the threat what lie would do in
such cases, when the State failed to con-
Wet Flora Davis and Redmond Mcdowell.
The Solicitor charged the defendants to 90
and sin no more, and admonished them
that however disagreeable to their feelings
and tender sympathies, that the vain were
not, as yet, one flesh. 81 little more grape
Captain BTdQq."
Tuesday morning the case of Calvin
Oxendine, charged as being one of the
murderers of eX-Sheriff King, of Robson
county, was called up, and after calling
long array of witnesses for the State and
prisoner, and everything ripe for the trial,
the defendant submitted al extensive
affidavit the gist Of which was that
he could not get fair trial in
Columbus. The Judge granted a
removal, and the writer thinks very
properly said-that it was time this
cause was tried, or that it had as well
be understood that at Brunswick on We'd
nesday Of the next term it would be tried
or set for trial, or some expression which
clearly showed that he regarded the course
this case was taking as delay Of justice.
If the defendant is innocent it is keeping a
large number of the good people of Robe
son from their rest, and if he is guilty it is
time he was put to rest.
Two or three trivial cases were cOntin-
ued. One civil case, McGougan against
Harrington, was submitted to the jury
warranty Of soundness at the sale of n
horse verdict for defendant.
Thus, at shutdown, on Tuesday, second
day Of the term, the Court for the want of
business adjourned until the next Court III
course.
Judge, Lawyers, Clerks, Sheriff, Con-
stables, SquireS, JuIymen, witnesses and
every SemblanCC of the Court have disap-
! pcared, making the shortcst term Of the
! Superior Court known in this county for
! twenty years.
Upon glance at the legal affairs Of this
! county your correspondent was surprised
to learn that, in a pecrInary point Of view,
all the county taxes, Sheriff7s fees, Clerks
fees, fees Of every county officer,
! jail fees, witness fees, jury fees,
I all law JCIo1 lCCS ldl,l u ICSluClII
! lawyers, or those from other counties, and
| in a word every dollar of cost incurred by
the county or her citizens for the opera
ton of law, in any and every way, will not
exceed $4,000 in population Of nine
thousand people. Upon inquiry we were
informed that the good people of this coun-
| ty had firmly set themselves to work to
| live up to every requirement of the law.
Observing the law in every respect, whether
they approve the same or not; seeking to
know it that they may obey it, at the same
time as full Of independence as the rovers
among the heathery hills Of Scotland, and
as welded to freedom as the heroes of
Yorktown. AS matter of right they de-
! mand the repeal, alteration, modification
I or amendment Of all laws that do not tend
to the welfare Of the whole country.
Everything about the Courthouse is
quiet, the usual degree Of active industry
prevails among the people-there is a
general rush into the tupentine business,
your correspondent regrets to say, to the
exclusion Of agricultural pursuits. heard
nothing Of politics during my visit, though
the county is sOundly Conservative to the
core, and when the election comes will be
found at her post. ''LOng may she wave"
March 30th. NIATOR.