Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-09-06
Federal Court at AsheviIIe.


Carolina, the courts to be held twice in
each wear at Greensboro, Statesville and
Asheyillp. and at such other times and
places as the Judge may appoint. The
Circuit Court Of the United States is also |
to be held at the same times and places.
Week before last a special term of this
court was held at Asheville by His Honor,
the newly appointed, Judge Dick.
Virgil S. Lusk, late State Solicitor for
that Dis, riot, is United States At
tornev, and has entered upon the discharge
of his duties. Lusk has made himself
prominent Of late, in the various ways that
Radicals adopt in order to prove their 10y
altv. As special United States Attorney,
he has for months past been acting conspic-
uous part in the Ku-Illux cases before the
court at Raleigh.
The Assistant or Deputy District AttOr-
ney is also a character not unknown to
fame. He rejoice III the name of ''Justice,
Of Rutherford" This is the same man
who, when detailing in a speech in Wake
county the terrible treatment he had re-
ceived at the hands Of the kII-kluX, was
interrupted by plain countryman with
remark no less pointed than PERTINENT
Said he, ''strangcr, you must have been a
ID mean UIan for theIn to have done you
thuf mean" Justice is a lawyer, Only
nv virtue a. Hadiralisgr and the payment
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follow, cove and mountain gorge had beer
rans1cI,-d; every Little dirty hFanch haS
L>oA H"eg rom ~ SolLce' liiio's5ilo.'o a.
~ Iict'i"-i TT, ~ ',,'>i, VI ~ 60
with inIid. these poor, lhiSeraole crea
lures are brought Ht'!i'ItuS vi i!lll ! W al
@Ntr NIUE PetiE cIS'i 3'S VI uI9lllIl I . %
very HiSigmdraht iiltL 10 Court ought !o'
mone1iI l." entertain mem w P cUi II
many instances $40" NY no "C! Vi
iiut because the fClnh;tlto Oh an o4tt 81
mouse afc ioUni, or lew dl!apluateu on
barrels &7nfU Of SinGtiHgS' or 'R0Sh
many OF these parties have been brou9ii
TO Court at much Inconvenience, at''
finally acquitted, or sent home and tod t
90 and sin 40 more
1t seems, too, that parties are not Above
even the poor privilege Of &ubmUHg, bu
are required to be formally convicted be
fore a formally emparnellad july. This
done because a '.verditt' is necessary t
enable the District Attorney to draN
twenty dollars from the United state
Treasury for every " conviction"
When we state that Of the forty or lift
cases tried not more tia" two or tire
parties were able To pay the costs, on
readers will form some idea of the petit
The Citizen further says:
Out of the many hundred witnesses IL
tttendance not onG-Ihlr4 VI tlelh Nto "
ara all naid nv No oovarnmenr EVarI,
latitude is allowed in the summOning Q
Witnesses Inns host OF Deputy Marshai
a." N1ll!Scls, "lio oN
witnesses Ind avarv sshanrar onS,>,1,f tb r
courts who intimates that he knows any
thlng, IS forthwith made a witness. And
is paving thousands of dollars, every day,
- these officers, and party sycophants, and