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flow Necro Justice of the Peace Helda gritish Vessel With a Writ of “Ne Exeat Republicum” The Writ Was Dissolved
In Liquor and a Laugh Went Around,
During the reign of the carpetbag-
rs in Georgia 2 very black but brainy old negro na ied Tunis G. Campbell came down from the north and became one of the leaders of his race.
In the course of time Campbell was made a justice of the peace at the port of Darien. Then the trouble began in earnest.
Justice Campbell had no use for the whites because he knew that they cor- dially hated him.
But he did not confine his animosity to Georgians or to Democrats. He em- ployed @ number of negro constables, guthorized them to carry weapons, and jn a short time made his court a terror # the commuuity.
So much by way of introduction. One summer a British sailing vessel came to Darien and took on a cargo of naval sores. Before getting ready to sail the captain settled everything due from him and his crew—that is, everything in the way of a just account. He secured his papers, when several negro traders of the lowest class unexpectedly put in claims for goods that had never been gurchased.
These cormorants alleged that the captain and his sailors were indebted to them for meals, merchandise, lodging and other things.
It was evident that these claims were fraudulent, and the captain continued bis preparations for his departure.
The afternoon he was te weigh anchor Justice Campbell held a consultation with a shyster lawyer.
“IT want to hold that foreigner here,’’ said Campbell, ‘‘until he settles these bilis!’’
“In England,’’ replied the lawyer, “when you want to prevent people from kaviug the country, you issue a writ of Be exeat regnum.’’
Justice Campbell came near falling to , the floor.
“Just say that again,’’ he said ex- titedly.
“A writ of ne exeat regnum.’’
“Isee—I see,’’ said Campbell. “Well, Iwant you to draw up one and keep that fellow here.’’
The shyster’s resources were limited, and he explained to his friend that reg- bum meant kiugdom, and as this coun- there would have to beachange in the verbiage. _ “Change it,’’ commanded the black justice.
The lawyer then admitted that he knew very little Latin, and for that rea- ob Was somewhat embarrassed.
"This is a republic,’’ he said.
All right,’’ was the prompt reply of Campbell. ‘‘Draw up a writ of ne exeat S%publicum.”’
‘Tam afraid it is bad Latin, ’’ object- td the lawyer.
“Tl make it stick,’ answered the justice. ‘‘I’ll sign the paper and swear iu six special constables to enforce it.’’
This was enough, and the lawyer pro- seeded to druw up the most remarkable document ever seen in America.
The writ covered 20 pazes of foolscap aud ordered the Knglishman, under the everest vuins and penalties. to remain
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with his ship at Marien unt ne sertea all claims.
It was a sultry August afternoon, and the vessel was about ready to depart, when it was boarded by Justice Camp- bell and six negro constables armed with gucis.
‘Lhe justice read the writ to the cap- tain, and after informing him that the
constables would remain until the mat-
ter was adjusted the judicial tyrant went ashore again.
The captain retired to the cabin with the niate and talked it over.
Finally a plan of action was agreed apon, aud when the ship’s officers reap- peared they were apparently in a good humor. They told the constables that they were welcome as the representa- tives of the !aw and requested them to sujcy the freedom of the vessel.
The coustables were overwhelmed With tobacco anc cigars and an occa- sional dram until their suspicions van- ished.
Then the captain and his crew dis- played still more hospitality, and ‘the botile was freely passed around.
At midnight six negro constables were in « drunken slumber, the effect of their drugged liquor, and the captain and his men were wide awake and perfectly sober.
The blacks were carefully deposited in a boat and set adrift in the harbor, and then the British slocp quietly weighed anchor and left th« port at an hour when Justice Campbell was dreaming of his new and wonderful writ of ne exeat republicum.
The constables were picked up next day and sent to jail for neglect of duty, but the vessel was then beyond reach.
The British captain went straight to Savannah, where he laid his case before his consul and demanded an apology and an indemnity from the United States government.
The consul found it difficult to keep his face straight when he heard the story.
‘‘{t isan outrage,’’ he said tothe cap- tain, ‘‘but it is a peculiar one and of a ludicrous nature. If I were you, I would not hold a friendly government respon- sible for the conduct of a few ignorant persons, who have not been free long enough to know their own rights and respect the rights of others.
It reoyired a good deal of talk to ap-
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been wined and dined by the merchants and had told his story a score of times, wnid roars of laughter, he began to re- gard the affair as a good joke and agreed to Jet it drop.
And thus ended what threatened to be a serious international complication. «Chicago Times-Herald.
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THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
He Tells of Some Very Unpleasant Expe- riences With Mirrors.
*‘T have had,’’ said the retired bur- giar, ‘‘some very unpleasant experiences with mirrors, how I once fired at my reflection in a mirror, mistaking it for another man— a mistake that I thought I should never make again. But within two years after that I struck at a man in a mirror, and smashed the glass and smashed my hand and made myself yncomfortable gener- ally. It may seem strange to you that a man could make such mistakes, but in a dim light, and where everything is strange to him, and he’s all sort of keyed up himself, I don’t know as it is after all. Still, after that last experience I did think it would be some time before I had any more trouble with mirrors. But within a year I had an experience that was a great deal worse than either of them.
‘‘When Icame out of a room ina house I was in one night, on the second floor, looking down the hall—this was pretty near the front where I was—I saw the figure of myself in a mirror at the other end. It was plain enough,
little at first, and I threw up my gun at
) it. Of course the figure’s hand went up |
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even in that light, but it startled me a
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and It made me kind of laugh to think of it, and I could imagine the shadow laughing, too, at aman who was afraid of his own shadow.
‘*Then I went into the next room, and when I came out of that into the hall again my eyes sought the mirror again. It wasn’t very pleasant to see yourself in the dark in that way, but it would have been a mighty sight less pleasant not tc. But then I was all right, and 1] stood and looked at it a minute and threw up my arm at it same as before, just up and down, a sort of unnecessary test, but it made me feel just a little easier, and up went the arm in the mir- ror with mine, but this time, when mine came down, the arm in the mirror staid up.
‘**Now, don’t raise your hands,’ the man said, covering me with a gun in his upraised hand, voice kind of drawl- ing, but meaning business, you know. You know when a mau means business, and this man did mean it, and I kept my hands down.
“*Oh, Bill!’ be says, not moving a muscle and not shouting it out, but just kind of drawling it out like the other.
“Then a man appeared beyond the man that was holding me up, coming toward him and me. He walked right through the mirror, past the other man, and kept coming. It was all plain enough then. In fact, I’d guessed at it before, as may be you have. The mirror wasn’t a mi*ror at all, but a doorway, an opening raidway of a long hall, and the frame was the frame of the door- way. There were rooms beyond, just the same as those on the side where I was, and it tvas the doors of those that I had seen in the mirror and not the re- fiection of those on my side. And it was out of one of those doors that Bill came. The man with the gun had been ready for me the first time I looked, but it must have been that Bill wasn’t then. But Bill was ready now, and he came on past the other man, careful to keep out of bis range, of course, mak- ing for me, and he came around behind me and took two er three turns of a rope around my body and arms. Then the man with the gun came up, and be- tween them they tied me up good and strong. And that was a matter of some four years.’"~-New York Sun.
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How 2 Newspaper Man In Hard Lac" Managed to Exist.
Six mcaths ago a bDewspaper men game to Chicago to get work on one of the big papers here. Like many another man fror the country, he thought that the fact that he was head and shoulders above the other newspaper men in his little town was proof that he was able to stand the keen competition in Chica- <o. But he found that the places were tlled, and that there were at least 50 per cent more pegs than holes. He was determined not to go back to his little town, so he remained in Chicago in the hope that he would get a place.
Meanwhile he had no money what- ever and had to practice the closest economy. He wrote five or six columns of copy each week and tried to sell the stories to the Sunday papers. Now and then he sold something, but his income during the six months was about $2.50 per week, his total earnings for that period, in fact, being only $70. Never- theless he managed to live without bor- rowing any money, for he had no friends in Chicago from whom he could borrow, and he was too proud to write home for money. Instead he wrote home glowing tales of the progress which he was making and told of the advantages of newspaper work in a big city and its consequent rewards.
Few people would believe that a man could live in Chicago for six months on $70, but he did it. Of course he did not dine at a fashionable restaurant. He ate his meals on Clark street at some sacri- fice of his pride, but without the know!l- edge of any of his acquaintances. No one would know where he ate, for none of the men whom he saw during the day would go to such aplace. His meals usually cost him 5 cents each, and they were good meals, in quantity, if not in quality. é
You can buy a luxurious breakfast on Clark street for 5 cents. It will consist of three eggs, bread, butter and coffee, and apy one inclined to doubt the state- ment can go and try the meals. The places are easily found. There are al- ways big signs outside of them contain- ing names of the articles of food and the prices. For 5 cents he bought his dinner, which consisted of any kind of meat, potatoes, bread and coffee. A similar bill of fare at the same expense formed his supper. Sometimes he would pay 10 cents for his dinner, and then he would get two more vegetables and some pie for dessert. Thus his wvals cost 15 cents a day, or $1.05 a week.
He slept in a 10 cent lodging house in the same room with a half dozen oth- er men. The beds were small, but he always slept soundly, and none of the inmates knew him. They were not in- guisitive and were too much bothered by their own troubles to care to as! his. Seventy cents a week was the ccst of his lodging. This was atotal of $1.75 for a week’s board and lodging. Eis other fixed expenses were for tobacco, newspapers and writing paper. He smoked a pipe, the tobacco costing 10 cents a week. He had to buy a couple of newspapers each day, which meant 25 cents a week, although sometimes he would look at those in the reading rooms of the libraries. His copy paper cost him only 10 cents a week, leaving a margin of 30 cents.
The only drawback about sleeping in a 10 cent lodging house was that there was no place afforded in which to write, but he used to gq to the public or New- berry library and do his writing there, where there are ample facilities. Most of his time was spent in traveling around on the streets looking for good Sunday stories.
Such was the life he led for six months. A few weeks ago he was given a@ place 98 a spare writer on the city staff. Now he earns $10 or $12 a week, and he is able to live more luxuriously. But the reporter is now willing to be- lieve, as he knows by practical experi- ence, that a man whocan make $2 or $3 a week need not starve in a big city. —Chicago Times-Herald.
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