Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23
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Little Phil Sheridan would rather
I have no doubt, be attacked with sabres
and cannon than with red tape and law
books, but he meets the latter as brave
ly as the former. A very important
suit is now pending against him in the
Circuit Court here, growing out of
claim made on him for something like
half a million of dollars for seizing
somebody's cotton plantation down in
Louisiana during the war. | dropped
into the courtroom the other afternoon,
and found it crowded with notabilities.
The gallant General was present in per-
son, looking cool enough, but little
as though he would liked a chance to
ride at the head of his old cavalrymen
into the ranks of the other side, which
is marshaled in this instance by his old
companion in arms, General Ben. Butler,
who was the cynosure of all eyes. | am
afraid Benjamin never was really pretty
and he certainly don't seem to improve
in looks very rapidly. He has grown
enormously corpulent, SO that he waddles
most absurdly, and has lost all signs of
a neck /; and as he pranced heavily about
before the bar. keeping one of those ter
rible optics on the jury, while the other
steadily inundated the witness he was
examining, he looked more like great
big turtle than anything else I can
think Of. The trial promises to be a
long one.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children has distinguished
itself this week by interfering to stop
the exhibition, by its parents, of a baby
eight months old, and weighing just one
pound. This exhibition has attracted
crowds for several weeks, and don't
seem to have damaged the microscopic
infant but the feelings of the Society
were outraged, so it arrested the parents
and ruthlessly cut off the yield of their
bonanza, with about as much reason as
that other busybody, Mr.. Anthony
Comstock of the Society for the Sup
preston of Vice" lately forced picture
owner to take out of his window copy
of Hans Makart's magnificent historical
painting, Charles the Fifth's Entry
into Antwerp" on account of some par
TALLY nude figures which it contains.
Such "Jacks-in-ofice' are an annoying
nuisance.
A cheerful state Of things in court
of justice is now being discovered in the
impeachment trial of Justice Walter S.
Pinckney, of one of the City Police
Courts. The evidences clearly estab
fishes the fact, we'll known to all fire.
quenters of his court room, that Justice
Pinckney has for couple of years Oh
more been an habitual drunkard, fire.
quently absenting himself from his pos
for weeks together, and very often hold
: ing court when too drunk to stand, OF
to comprehend what was going on. /
, has also been testified, that he has FIRE
quently rendered openly corrupt judg
ments, taken brides, black mailed sub
) ordinates, and, in short, about every
thing which man in his position coult
, do to lay himself open to Impeachment
and Imprisonment. He has even beer
: arrested on the street for disorderly con
duct, and locked up over night. Thi
sort of thing has been going on for man
months, and yet this incompetent drunk
ard has been permitted to keep on hi
disgraceful way, hindering justice ant
drawing salary almost as large as tina
of a United States Supreme Court Judge
Even now during his trial he continues
to hold court after his usual style.
: any one asks why this is thus, shal
: be obliged to give it up. Perhaps W
shall find out before Pinckney's trial j
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