The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-11
OUR SOUTHERN CORREsPON-
DENCE.
Pubic HeRIth-The Weather-The
Criminal Courts.

CHARLESTON, y, ", june OU, 1910.
Editors Rutland Globe: After what is
claimed here to have been an unusually |
cold spring, the genuine summer weather
is upon us. The first two days of April the
mercury rose to $50 in the shade, but again |
went down among the seventies, and not |
until June did it again reach that figure. |
Last Wednesday was the first time 1t reach
ed 900, and on the following day 1t stood |
at 92o at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. This !
is the warmest weather we have yet expe- !
rienced, while in New York, at the same
time, it reached 0G9. Yesterday and to-
day the warmest figure has been So. The
natives here say that it very seldom reaches
1909, and that it may not reach O5o dur
ing the entire summer Charleston is
favored in the afternoon with refreshing
sea-breeze which makes summer residence
here far more agreeable than it otherwise
would be. Upon Sullivan's Island (at the
southeastern extremity of which is Fort
Moultrie) is quite an extensive village,
which is made favorite summer residence
for those who are able to migrate, and it is
said to he one of the most healthy islands
for summer resort upon the Atlantic coast.
The sea-breeze and sea-batIing there we
know by experience to he very fine and
agreeable. Although the cholera has made
its appearance all around us, at Memphis,
Nashville, Knoxville, and as far north as
Cincinnati, and the yellew fever is at quar-
antine in New York harbor Charleston has
escaped. There has been nothing here yet
to frighten the nervous except two Or three
cases of yellow fever at the quarantine hos
pital. The warm season here commences
two months earlier than it does with you,
but you have as warm days as are known
in Carolina, and we think Charleston has
the advantage of New York city in regard
to hot days as well as epidcmics. If she
had good fresh-water supply-which she
has not-this would be as healthy city as
any upon the Atlantic coast. We firmly
believe that nothing but her magnificent
water supply keeps New York from being
ravished by pestilence every few years.
will try and give you an inside view of
the criminal courts here. By the very gen
tlemanly states attorney for this county, |
was the other day invited to seat irside
the bar of the court of General Sessions.
Judge Graham, jurist of considerable
ability, occupied the bench. The case up
ON trial was that of mulatto woman
charged with baking and sending a poison
ed cake to white girl whom she learned
had become engaged to be married to her(the
mulatto girls paramoul. The evidence
was most direct and positive, first, of the
two druggists of whom the prisoner bought
the poison second, of two boys whom she
hired to deliver the cake to the young lady;
and third, of the lady, Ga next door neigh
bor) whom she employed to address the
label attached to the cake. The cake was
warm when received and had suspicious
smell about it which prevented it from be
ing eaten. Still jury composed of nine
black and three white men, brought in &
verdict of not guilty.
The day | spent in this court was very
warm, and at least e-haf the persons in
side the bar beside the jury, were colored
among whom were one of the colOrcG
Congressman from South Carolina, and
among the assemblage of spectators there
was not one white person in ten; all OF
which had peculiar effect upon my olfac
tory nerves, that-well, never mind, but
when returned to my room beautiful
fresh blossom of the cape jasmin or night
blooming cereus, which kind friend had
sent me, smclled unusually refreshing
But this court they tell me is not fail
sample, that must attend the city Grim
inal court, to be held commencing the first
week in July. This court is presided over
by a colored Judge. This man was free
man, | believe, before the war,-that is
as free as it was possible for man OF
color to be with the state laws then exist
ing,-and since then has been lawyer OF
some ability, with plenty of mony, lie IL
without doubt as capable of fulfilling thu
duties of his position, perhaps as any off
cial in the city, but the officials and hang
ers on at his court naturally follow thu
color reflected from the bench, and white
man in that court would look as much on
of his element as "A pigeon in flock o
crows. The negro has one very character
istic habit of taking every possible oppor
tunity for nap. was frequently re
minded of this during my presence at TIN
Court of General Sessions, by the orle
from the bench-''Mr Sheriff, will you
wake up that juryman." w.