Communications?
FOR THE FREE PRESS.
Mr. Editor There is no sub
ject which can more properly
claim the attention of the ap
proaching Legislature, than the
better arrangement of the Eastern j
Judicial Circuits. There is no
person who has observed the pro
ceedings of our Superior Courts
at the Fall Terms, but must be
convinced, that there is some de
fect in the present arrangement.
It is a lamentable fact, that the
Eastern counties are unhealthy,
and more particularly so in, the
month of September. It is in my
humble opinion hazarding the
lives of many valuable citizens, to
confine them for several days in
succession, nay for weeks toge
ther, in a crowded Court-house,
enduring great labor of mind and
body in this unhealthy month.
During this month Jodgcs and
Lawyers contract diseases that in
capacitate them from attendance
on their duties for the most of the
Fall Circuit. The administration
of justice is thereby impeded, and
the law rendered odious to the ci
tizens, which could easily be pre
vented, if the Courts were so ar
ranged as to avoid this unhealthy
month. From my experience,
and it is not the experience of yes
tcrdav, I have lon entertained
the opinion that the great com
plaint of the law's delays, extrava
gant bills of costs, and of the un
willingness of men of talents ' to
accept the office of Judge, pro
ceed in a great degree from the
circumstance of our Courts being
holden in the most sickly season
in a very unhealthy climate. Such
is at present the state of.things in
those counties where the Courts
are holden in September, .that no
one expects or can expect, with
substantial reason for it. , How
ever great may be our veneration
for the .present arrangementqr
however fearful we may be of in
troducing confusion by an altera
tion, we must forget the one and
encounter the other to remedy
evils which are so destructive to
the best interests of the commu
nity. The present arrangement
if venerable from age is not for
its utility, and no arguments can
be adduced which can demonstrate
that confusion cannot be avoided
in introducing a new arrangement.
This alteration does not involve!
any innovation on the principles of
our excellent Court system, the
effect of which 'might be problem
atical, but is a mere matter of fact
question, whether it is better that
the laws "should be administered
in a healthy or unhealthy season
of the "year J A question which a
large majority of the eastern - citi--zens
are prepared to decide by a
continuation of their suffrages to
those Representatives who shall
effect an alteration which they
consider will prove so beneficial.
But, it will be asked, how is this
alteration to be made! Simply in
tlus way let the Circuits com
mence on the first Mondays of A
pril and October, and then pro
gress as they now do, leaving all
the Superior Courts in the same
relation-to one another as hereto
fore. This can produce no con
fusion, for in the few instances that
it will interfere with the County
jfrimgrt
From Europe. Our dates both
from Liverpool arid Havre are to
thc 20th August, Whether in
fact there has been any change
for the better in the general situa
tion of affairs in Great Britain, as
confidently affirmed in the latest
letters and papers, wc think ad
mits of some doubt; altho' there
are' decided indications that the
government 'intend . to-. take no
steps of its own in the matter, not
even to call Parliament together,
the Ministers concluding that as a
radical remedy was beyond .their
means, they were bound net to en
courage false hopes, but to. tell
the nation in plain terms that the
evil must work ittf own cure. Up
on jthis determination, Lord Liv
erpool, Mr. Canning and Mr. Peel
have actbd with becoming candor
in "all their recent interviews with
Qtnnp.ft of her, having receive
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new 'Uonsntution irom the &ra
cious hands of her legiti
Lord, Don Pedro of Brazil,,,
companiea Dy uie gut ui ms mfaill
daughter, Maria Gloria, aged a.
bout seven years, to reign overt
Portuguese. JLho Jrloly Alliank
Ijad exhibited signs of displeasure
not that the Queen was too yoUlfJ
irw n II A vrv oil I ir1irfct -u ,?
tor rulers, as any oiners in thtir
eyes-r-but because the Charter
although framed by an Emperor
was deemed by the royal brother!
hood . much too liberal in its fea.
tures. There were r umors in fact
of an intention on the part of
France to put it dotcri; and it wag
whispered that the King of Spain
himself, in his palace at Madrid
had uttered sflrne indistinct ex
pressions about the prcsumption
of his neighbors but we think
Charles X. not disposed at this
time to emulate the fame of
predecessor, in undertaking j
kingdom. These gentlemen were' l u l"a" ,
certainly in the rigjit they doubt-;clicck ic banditti cYi
less now scc the malady of their !Satcy of Madrid, it will mde
Courts, that mischief can be re
medied by changing the time of.quenccs the most to be deplored
holding those Courts. The time
of convening the Legislature hav-
tlir envnr.il rrmmittnrs nnnnintnd
on behalf of the commercial and!FX0llc expecuuon across inery.
manufacturing interests of the'renee1s5 'aiKV'lS Fernand, if
kingdom. These gentlemen were' "uiu iu u ... . 1 KtPlri
d the
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lv nf their!aiGS o luaqrija, n win muecdbe
country in its true form and all its surprising.
alarming realities, it is a gan
grene, in the shape of the cnor
mous National Debt, which has
long preyed upon the extremities,
and is at this time approaching
the vitals of England- to attempt
to cut it out would indeed be too
hazardous an experiment; but yet,
permit it to remain, and conse-
TUESDAY, OCT. 3, 182G.
ing been changed by an Act of!
the last Assembly, will make this
a r rangem en t p er fe ctly p ract i cabl c ;
andthe advocates of that change
will have the consolation to know,
that in its effects it will prove
more advantageous to a large sec-
tion of the State, than any other
follow with lamentable certainty.
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i lie Avorm looivs wun awe on me To Correspondents. We must dc
suflerings of a great nation, and clinc publishing the extract from the
awaits the result 111 anxious soil- ."Reformer," as requested; as it wouii
CJ1; C probably lead to a religious discussion,
1 liming to .the European con- which h(nvevcr gratifyinS to some,
tincnt, hnssm appeared , quiet m doubt not would Wdispleasing to the
the north, and the Emperor Ni- gcncrality of our readers. We are led
cholas, having punished capitally to this conclusion,' by a determination to
.i-iiumui i ui uiu cuiibpiiuiuis a- avoid as much as nossible ;nterferin?
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any kind of certainty, that a cause law they could have passed. This 'gainst his government, , seemed
firmly seated on the throne. Be
tween Russia and Turkey, all dif
ferences were in a train of amica
ble adjustment; and the Emperor
and the Sultan, who for the last
ten years have been at "dagger's
draw," .will in future be good
friends, if not allies in the humane
work of butchering the Christian
Greeks. Of the.lattcmamed peo
ple, brave tho' unfortunate, there
has been but little said recently;
though we trust that Lord Coch
rane, on his arrival in their seas,
will .create a stir by doing some
thing which will add new lustre to
his own name and prove benefi
cial to, their cause. If, as a Paris
Gazette hints, it is his intention to
blockade Alexandria, or to land
there, the movement would doubt
less lead to the recall of Ibrahim,
the Hannibal of modern times,who
for two years has carried fire and
sword .through the Morea and
this would be a great point gained
at once. The Pacha ' of Egypt,
who probably loves his cotton
bags as much as he does the Grand
Seignior, would Jiardly think of
continuing the war so far off for a
secondary object, when he found
his commercial operations stop
ped, and iiis power threatened in
its strong-hold.
In the south of Europe, Portu
gal appears to be the principal ob
ject of attention, from the -circum-
which requires the attendance of
several witnesses will be tried at
the Fail Term. It is known to
many, that suitors in those coun
ties frequently consent that their
causes shall stand continued from
one Spring Term to another; thus
having, and from necessity too,
the benefit of but one Court per
annum. In addition to this,
Judges and lawyers are frequent
ly prevented by sickness from at
tending to their professional du
ties. This subject is of great im
portance to the citizens of the
Eastern counties, infinitely more
so than any other which will claim
the attention of their Representa
tives. The administration of jus
tice, and the speedy administra
tion of it, is of vital importance to
the prosperity of every country;
and that Representative is inat
tentive to the interests of his con
stituents, who makes it second to
any other subject. It is admitted
that the principle upon which cur
Courts are organized, is as well
calculated as any other to protect
the rights of the citizen; why then
is it that .this beautiful system
should not realize in .practice the
expectations which it so fairly
promises in theory! Why, in
other words, convene the Courts
at a season of tho year when they
cannot attain the great end of
their design? There can be no!
arrangement will avoid confusion
and meet the wishes of all inter
ested, except probably some one
or two County Court lawyers,
who may be under the necessity
of exchanging one County Court
for another, and this can only hap
pen where they are not sutlicient
ly serviceable to the citizens to
induce them to change the session
of the County Court to suit their
convenience. This. Mr. Editor.
is of little consequenccto you and
me, and the other plain people of
the country, it is indeed a mat
ter of indifference to us, whether
we are wheedled out .of our mo
ney by Lawyer Clip-purse or by
Lawyer lake-all, lor certain it is
that some of the fraternity will
scent out the game.
iseing unaccustomed to scrib
bling, and having an aversion to
seeing my productions in print, I
have to request that you will give
the subject some reflection, and
bring it to the nGtice of our Rep
resentatives in a more appropriate
style; as I am induced to believe
that the suggestions of an able
Editor will have more weight with
them than those of
A FARMER.
Hooping-cough. .It is said that
a plaster of gum galbanum, appli
ed to the chest, will cure the
hooping-cough.
with the division of sentiment which so
unhappily distracts a numerous bodycf
Christians in this vicinity.
We cannot present the subject allud
ed to by "A Farmer," in our preceding
columns, in a better manner than by
giving his own words. We will only
state by way illustration, that during the
Fall Term, 1623, of this Circuit, Judge
Norwood was prevented by sickness
from attending many of the Courts; and
we learn, from the last Raleigh Regis
ter, that in the present Term, 4 Judge
Magum was prevented by indisposi
tion, from holding Court in Nash and
Johnston counties;" and doubts are en
tertained whether he will be able to at
tend the Court for Wake county, this
week.
Washington, Sept. 22. In an
nouncing last week, Gen. Wm. A.
Blount, as a candidate for a scat
in the next Congress, it seems we
were mistaken. We wrere led in
to this error by a, misconstruction
of some expressions which un
guardedly fell from the General;
those expressions were unfortu
nately construed by us into autho
rity from Gen. Blount to an
nounce hinf, and near half of our
paper was struck off before the
error was corrected. It is un
known tO US wllOthpr flirt Or.nr.rnl
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will yield to the solicitations of
his friends in becoming a candi
date or not, to say the least of it