Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-05

Honor was the bull, CORY Andalusuial
monster, while Messrs. Barker, Stron
and Ballinger were the trembling ant
quailing Matadores. =
Mr.. Youmans now rose and read affi
davits from Sheriff Wall and Clerk-of
thesCourt Ramsay. terribly terminating
Barker, Strom and Ballinger in the jury
vilianfes. And then this attorney said ;
word, and that attorney said word, ant
the other attorney said,a word, his Honor
tomahawkihg in numerous words all be-
tween. And then. his Honor, with the
manner Of man used to dealing with
rasoals, ordered the Sheriff to go ane
fetch him the Jury Box. This the Sheriff
quickly did--bringing it from the Audi
tors office, where 1t had rested since the
day OF the hugger-mugger drawing.
And upon being placed before his Honor
and opened, 10! well nigh half the tick
cts were found ayolded! Great sensa-
ton! Astute Judget Nefarfous Com
missioners! And after this, his Honor
asked the Solicitor what he designed do
ing in the premises, and the Solicitor,
religiously maintaining an air of having
nothing upon earth to do with it, replied
i'll substance, if we mistake not, that he
didn't know what to do. Hereupon the
Judge gave Barker, Strom and Ballinger
until o'clock P. NJ. to make showing,
and adjourned the Court.
Promptly at2 o'clock his Honor again
entered the arena, and roared for the
combatants.. They entered, led by Messrs
Gary Il Gary, their counsel. The audi
ence was crowded, and intensely inter
es;ed and amused. The counsel Of the
miscreants-wc mean defendants-now
read elaborate counter ailidavits, in which
Barker, Strom and Ballinger werepurged
with hyssop, and the damning onus
thrown upon Wall and Ramsay. And
then the judge announced that all the
and others. pro and con,
might be riddlcd and ripped up in cross
examination. And they were ripped
and riddled! Barker, undoubtedly leaky
before, was so perforated that he can
never hope to hold water again; while
the County Auditor, who is also hya-
ciI,tIiinc, and with like air of having
nothing upon earth to do with it, made
the. astounding revelation that he had
mover read the[Act defining his duties.
The whole thing was intensely astoniSh
ing, intensely amusing, intensely ro-
tR1'ier..
And then the counsel for the defence
spoke lengthily, vauntingly and ingeni-
ously for their clients-being slaughtered
every now and then, in very amusing
style, by the presiding officer. And i'm
mediately upon their winding up, the
Judge, with the air and manner of a
nam in menagerie, with long iron
spear, stirring up the animals, gave a
huge bite at the thing, and snapped it off
rs if it had been dessicated bulrush.
He stated that he-had been endeavoring
to find out if there were grounds for in
dictmcnt and prosecution against the
Jury Commissioners, and that he clearly
saw there 'cerc such grounds; and furth-
ermore that he had found these jury
villanics in three Counties out of the
four forming his Circuit, and that he was
solemnIy determined that no man or set
Of men s.:ould further clog the wheels
of justice. Here the audience applauded
him, and We're fesrfully slaughtered for
their pains He next ordered that Bench
Warrants should Immediately be issued
against Barker, Strom and Ballinger, to
appear at the next term of the Court OF
Sessions for Edgetield County, and, upon
ii being represented 10 him that these
worthy gentlemen were paupcrs, pill
grims and strangers, set their bail at
SsQ0.- The loY figures Of this bail prove
that even a sanglier may sometimes un-
wisely have:bowels of compassion. The
waErants wereissuediand THE bafl giveI,.
And at the next term. Of our Court
which wtll,probably besnaerged.into the
great assizes of the Day of Judgment
Messrs. Barker, Strom. and B:.llingel
win be ridtHsttalhd ripped up by a Grand
Jury. In the meantime, Barker, the
Jury Commissioner, the ring-leader and
prime-mover of all this jury; rascality
ought most assuredly to be instantly re.
moved from office. Will Gov. Moses
remove him? That's the question. And
SlroIn, lwho seems to have been present
Wit Barker. at the tiiae the Jury box
must have been taInpered with,) We dom
believe can be removed from the Office
by the Governor, inasmqch as he was
elected thereto, ,-Gut he certainly shoult
70 on. and commit suicide, and judgin.
from his appear;mcco on Monday, we ratls
er thias he will Whilst Ballinger, th'
,lamblil<c and innocent young man, who
in our opinion. is far less implicated II
this jury business than either OF hi
compeers. will undoubtedly if he is al
'honcstman and gentleman-forthwitl
resign an Office that forces him in com
pany with such accomplished scoundrel
as now constitute a portion OF the Jur.
Board.
And finally, TO speak without badinage
Judge Carpenter, by his fearlessnessr in
dependence and determination, no les
than his ability and extraordinary quick
ness, produced in Edgefeld an extreme
ly favorable impression. He decides
that in the present state Of the jury mat
ter, he could conscientiously hear n
case requiring jury, and departed 10
Columbia. On to-day fortnight (Tuesda,
3rd) he will return to Edgefield for tn
dispatched equity. business.
2.Ds-s Il
sr- For fifteen years suffered from
disor,lered Liver: but since used on
package of Simmons Liver Regulator
totthts day, Which is now several years
I hays been comparatively sound man
MAYA. 4. W0hEYa