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Jtlifftlautong. From the Laurens HeraL. SKETCH FROM OUR HALLS OF - -JUSTICE. BY "Quiz" "Well too be sure! Naney is a weak ig. norant 'oman, but the most truthfullest cre tur I.ever saw." COURT IN SESSION. "Call Enoch Robbins, Mr. Sheriff." Enoch Robbins was called, and slowly repaired to the Court House, under a deep sense of- the importance of his situation; for he was the witness de facto for the plaintif. not a witness, but the witniess. He 'Was not recollected aifler the par ties had commenced the Irini and called on to prove some trivial poiint, but as lie expressed himself, he was the only wit ness who could'give irrcfragible testimo. njy to all the pints connected with the case "he was the only man what knowcd len." 'Squire Robbins was therefore, regularly wervcd with a snpena months! befodrehand, "commanding to be and ap pear before their hlonors, the Assrociate Judgesof the Cou-of Conmon Pleas and then und'there,to testify to the truth, ne. cording tihis own knowledge, in a cer tain cuse depending betiween Jacob But. tomwnd wife, plaintilrs; and William 'Janyd fe~ndanft." *CallEnoch libbins Esquire, at the Other~e As the dying echoes from the neigh. boring bills were faintly prolonging the' name ofthis important personage, with ineasured pace he entered the "Hall of J ustice '?-The "don't answer" was again sent up; for 'Squire Robbins said nothing. Now any ordinary nan under the cir., cunstances would have notified the prop. er officer of his presence, but Mr. Enoch Rdbbins'Esq., was not of this character, not hp-he wished to lean as far as possi. jble from the'conmon herd. His position in society-being a Magistrate of the Dis. trict, and the big mal of the neighborhood -absohtely 'emanded it, and lie endea. voedto assume a peculiarity-, digni. fled doht fare.ativeness-a sir gencris. Ii Enoch Robbins in Court? Certainly he was; bbt to answer immediately, and thus niet the apprehensions of the Attor ney, with regard to the absence of a ma terial witness, was too much like ordinary men for him to harbor for a moment any such-iatcntion. But on the other hand, too long a delay might deprive him of an epportunity of showing off; so just as the A ttorney wvas fidgetinig umnong his papers with extraordinuary diligence, and endea voring to decide betwecn a motion for con. tinusape, and the probable appearance of hig 'wltness Enoch Robbins presented himadif before him, with "in Cburt" plain. Ii marked uon his peculiar phiz. "9 "A Mr. Itbbins is in Court; go round and be sworn, sir.": "May it plerche the Court-gentlemen of'tklatfrygthis is an-action of trespass broiight by. nuiband and wife, for an as. sault and battery by the wife of the defen. dent;,and-we: will prove it to be, (by E. noch Robbrns Esq. our only witness, but a manl highly. respectable, and of undoub. ted veractty; and who fromnhis relatiot, to the'paitesd is well acquainted with all tile flet'.,). ne .ofthe most oiutrageons acts, that has ever been investigated in a court of justices an we demand from your handsisuioh a verdict, as will effectually deter him,' ani others from forgetting their duties t6the gentler sex." "AM you itciuazi,ted with the parties to this sut Squire. -'I is, I raised'erg as It war, that is Nancy Bottom lived with me end any old 'oman, nigh on to three years, and a very nice gal She was; I never knowed nothing ag in her till Jake married her, and then I never knowed nothing. Yes I might say I raised 'em ats It war, and not swear to noth'ing;" "You are acquainted .with the parties then." 'Sqdfre Rtobbinasaid nothing. 'He coin sidered his answer sufficient lucid for all practical purposes at least, and he conten. ted himself wtth a'slight inclination of the hiead,:and a thrust, with his digits at hit breeches pockets, which howvever were too well:Aflled with sundry comforts fo, the Inner, and oUter man, to effect thei complete concealment. - . hleal knowoIthis airAir."o N' Ire A6bbinlink'bi -io6uNt 0 iii of pomplainti and w614 per. '4" is dofpntericy to give a full t fpieWpr then *bol matter; for 'Nadecy Bottoi heis'elf, told him hoiv 'Bill Roberts had beat hei",uolf hus. band at the Coart Hot ianidi how Mise n. tenided to give the uisthc6ibs villain a piece of h~r mnd-thevery next time tle laid eyes on him; and when she saw- him riding by the gate, how 'he went out-and bused him for all the nasty mean things she could-think.of; and just for nothing at all, how be slapped her in tho-mouth and knocked two of her teeth out. Ofcourse, 'Squire lobblus, knew all this as well as h-knew Nicy Bottom herself, but as tis was an important question', fnd one which was likely to have an important bearing on the case, he imagined it the )art of prudence at least to give it a due degree of reflection, and- thereupon he went through various complicikted iinncn uvers-with lilk hands, and head, whicli he conceived to bethe external evidences of this process 'of the mind. Aftbrse considerable timei&lpent in this di'obus and interesting phenomenon, a'd afler -frequent well "go on's" from the impati ent advocate, 'Squire Robbins like Bul. ams ass of old, was suddenly invested with the power of speech. "Well as I said afore, I knows the par. ties, and will tell you 'all about it. Nancy Bottom as she is now,'jived with me and my old 'oman nigh on to three years, and whilq she war thar, Bill and Jake war both of'em sparkin her, but Jake came the Capt. Tyler over his reponint, and,ono night v-toed him clean out of the house; which. tuck Nancy's eye, and she married him. This made Bill wrathy, and he swore he'd lick Jake the very next time he cotched him at the Court House. So sale-day in Jinuary, about twelve o'clock, Bill commenced on him right down at the grocery." "Never mind that 'Squire,-" "Right down at the grocery, and they fit and fit all over the hill, but Bill iade him holler and sent him home to his wife, with a face more like a mashed pumpkin than a human cretur." "Never mind that 'Squire, it is settled. Tell us what defendant did to pluintiflfi wife.." "Yes this is only the preliminaries like, I was tellin' you, I know Bill and Jake settled their fracas and drunk before they left the hill, but Nancy did'nt, she's game I tell you-she's the old, blqo. hen her. self-" '*Do answer the question put to you sir." "Well as I wassaying, 'Squire, Nancy Bottom is the true pluck." After several more attempts, on the part of the attorney, 'Squire Robibins was reined into the track, and hie related with the utmost minuteness all he had heard Mrs. Bottom say about the trespass; and then, as if conscious of its importance drew himself up to his full height to wit. ness its effect. "You were present 'Squire?" "No I-was'nt; for I could'nt stood to see him h'urt an 'oman so." "You say you were not present?" "Yes, us I said before I was'nt, but Nancy told me all about it." "Mi-s-t.r-e-s-s B-o-t.t-o-rn told you alL about it, and is she the source of' your in. formation? You may come down sir. The Court may order a non-suit, I had no expectation that Mrs. Bottom's evi dence would be offered." Mr. Enoch [Robbinus lookesI blaink, and left the stand soliloquiisinlg, "Well! to be sure!! Nioy is a weak ignorant 'oman, but the most. truthfullest creter I ever saw. T'hem folks don't knmow her, or they'd believe her like preachmn'." TOM TUNWELLJ, fli, THE IARIMONIZiNG 1NFLUENCES OF ELECTION$. Tom Tunwell is a genius-a capital genius-for genius is his only capital. H is is of that clauss called by finanuciers "fleating," in contradistinction to funded, and hence he is eniabled to get swimming ly along. In aliment lie is an epicure, preferrmng fluidis to solids, aiid though not of the non-resistant or quaker creed, is frequently moved by the spirit. He des. pises a toadly, but-loves a toddy, and as a kind of satisfaction for thme slings tvhich outrageous fortune is ever moaking at him, he is in the frequent habit of tossing oft gin slings. Debts, lhe says, are the pe. culiar. privileges of gent; ,men. Thec only o'ne which lie ever means to pay- ii the deht of nature, and before doing that, he will claim as manny days' grace as 'ti, possIble for him to obitain. He thinki there must be something shamefully wrong in the structure of society,- wvher the letter of a member of Congress can g< free from one end of the country to the other. Entertaining these peculiar ideas, it ii not a matter of wonder ii Tom sometimej finds his way to the calaboose, or if some obtrusive cicerone, in the shape of a watch man, would involuntary conduct bin there. Tomi waa noticed last night, sit ting on the soft side of a phmik, oppositE the new Municipal H-all,~indulging in oniE of his peculiar h-uminations on. the eventi of the day.-"They calls this the age o Inwentions, said Tom, but why does no some feller take out a patent for prowid ing drinks on tiok: would not ho be a ben the ealted s I c-lecition-by the dul& folks put tin i 4o pbjaIinuntj0 to ry feiler 1as o ri d dam'd sight - there ai6'tfi ther, foriIf tse at 4ve awkwardent of'eni would th:nksjest pies of politeness atw'* as th' French h ng airth equal ihe me last rilght, who is a ndidate ibe derman'in my ward. He brought awe home with hiii he wan a little fred corne4 some folks call it-t s true, that was because he wanfed A.to show 4 constituents he WdB one of the peopl Well he rapped at the Joo1: he held by the arm; I don't welt see how hecoul stand straight If. he hadn't. Whe'n wife opened it, he said, 'Mr. Tunwel said ihe, introducing me to that amil lady-'Mr. Tunwell, one of my best porters,' which at the time wps lite true. 'Why, Charles, my dear,' said 21 'you seem tipsy.' 'No, I ain't-I aft tipsy,' said he, 'but I'm freh fromIA6 people,' and, my eyes! didn't he treat torn cold supper and to Scotch ale; and didift I give for a toast the unbought suffrapn of a free people, and didn't he say it Ws glorious! capital! and-so it- was the onily cupital which I was operating on at' the time. Bnt I said something about gTy ward, didn't 17 I'd like to know whpt ward is not mige? I'd like to see any one that would attempt to keep me from wotin' wherever I d- please: I'd bring any one that would before the court on a hapus corpus, on the charg. of restrictin' the right of franchise-on the charge "Having no visible means of support," siid the watchman, who just happened to come up, and heard Torm's discuryive comments. "Hello, Charley," says Tom, for he woll knew his man, "these are 'lection. times, and it ain't constitutional to su press free opinion. A feller can give hs reasons for vot in', can't he? "Come, move on to the calaboose,"ssid the watchman. "0, 1 see," says Tom, "that's movin' the previous question on me, and that cin't. no hetter than gag law, no how you can fix 'it." The watchman poked Tom ofr and, Tomn kept arguing the constitution ques. tion with him- till he entered the watch house.--N. 0. Delta. tlexican NTve. Very laportant fr-es Re l. C. THE NEW-ORLEANS ARRIVED. Proceedings of the Court of Enquiry. Renewal of the Dipciulties between Gen. eral Scott and General Worth. Gen. eral Scott soon to Leave for Home. Arrival-of General 7eiggs. 4-c. 4-c. 4-c. Twentyfour hours in advance of the Mail. [From the N. 0. Picayune Extra, 29th.] ONE O'cLocK, P. m.-By the arrival of the steamship New-Orleans, Capt. Auld, we anre in possession of dates from the city of Mexico to the 21st, and from Vera Cruz to the 25th ult. The news is very interesting, although a portion of it will be read with regret. We allude to the renewal of difficulties between Geinerals Worth end Scott, spok en of in a letter from our Vera Cruz cor respondent. IHe states that Mr. Trist is to be retain. ed in Mexico as a witnens, and that Gen. Scott wvill leave Mexico for the United States as soon as the court of Inquiry ad. jou rn. We have also the proceedings of the court of Inquiry down to the 16th inst. inclusive, which will be read with inter cst. Ged. Twiggs and a number of other officers of the army came over in the New Orileans. The Free American of the 25th, an.. nounces the arrival of the steamer Vir ginia,on the 24th, from this port via Tam. pico. Col. Henry Wilson has succeeded Gen eral Twiggs as Governor of Vera Cruz. Capt. McAlpin's company of volun. teens and a number of recruits arrived at Vera Cruz on the 24th.Intesrtso Aafrytoqk plaoeintesrtso Vera Cruz, on the 28d, between an Itall. an and a Spaniard, in which one of them was dangerously stabbed with a knife. WVe learn from a correspondent at Tim catalpam of the loss of the prize steamer Petrita near Alvarado on the 15th inst. TIho particulars will be found in a letter below. The mail from Mexico arrived at Vera Cruz on the morning of the 21st. Our usual correspondence from the city of Mexico has not, as yet, come to hand. We append, however, a letter from Vera Cruig, and one from Mexico-the latter contain Sing the proceedings of the Court of In. quiry: . .f VERA CRUp, Mar, 26.--.. had no Idea that the Orleans woan1Mai befre. evein. teobark ktd e Us Th iuawblarkop i-r - * i IeroFee isorwho a ~ 0i. ieu;edyagey has Shb&1iWisiene ormuted to twenty -years iknprisopnept I have learnedo febefouthd , tno moe supplies than . absolt: y the immediate use of Wast to the IAterIor, In view ht. withdrawal of our troope.: 11 fnid..were the order. re.I ) bthis -oi ga mail frot Mei. CITY OF A ~ 4 in runs: The-couirtoff indh short Oret Mssion A th Paw a iMdayI at, I Int., but your rep r was, un. bleto amanything wh tnspired, tuther tlan that the meeting was called for the purpose of arranging some prelimi. iary busideas, and that an order was ad. :pted reqiring reporters for 'the public press to urnis their names and evidem es of responsibility to the Cdurt; after which a motion for adjournment, to meet again this morning, for general business, was carried. In accordance with adjournment, the' aourt re-assembled this morning-all the members 'being present. After sitting a thort time in private session the court. ropm'was thrown open and Gen. Sootten. lered, accompanied by Col. Hitchcock, Inspector Gen.; Capt. H. L. Scott, A. A. G.; Lieut. T. Williams. A. D. C., and ather officersof General Scott's stafi. All preliminary business having been. arranged, the court announced sself ready to proceed in its deliberations, Gen. Scott roe andsaid that, at the proper ti'e, he wouliask of the court what persons were to'be before the court as accused parties, and what- subjects it Iesigned to Investigate. he Judg Advocate was desired by the President to read the orders for the as. sembling of the court,,the first of which was as follows: Win DaPARTmENT, Adj. Gen's Office, Washington, January 18, 1848. @snrst'0nterKto. e-Tae d- o ing oier, received ftrm the Seeretary of War, is published fbr the information and guidance of the offioe'. Oncerned: Wia1iaaaTaa IJan. 13,'*48 By' direction of thePisident o? the Uni. ted States,:a Court of Iiquiry, io. consisi of Brev. Brig. Gen. Towson, Paymaster General; Brig. Gen. Caleb Cushing, and Col. -E. G. W. 1Butler, 3d Dragoons, members, will assemble in Mexico to in quire and examine into the phars and allegations preferred by Majof General Winfield Soott against Maj. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow and Brev. Lieut. Col. James Duncan, Captain of the 2d Regiment of Artillery, and the charges or matters of complaint presented by way of appeal by Brev. Maj. Gen. W. J. Worth, Col. of the 8th Regiment of Infantry, against Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott; and also into any matters connected with the same, as wel as such other transactions as may be sub. mitted to the consideration of the -court; and after investigating the same, the.court will report the atte in each case, togeth. er with the opinion thereon, for the infor. mation of the President. Thje court will convere on the 18th day of February next, or as soon there. aller as practicable, in the cstle of Pefote, in Mexico, where It will continue to hold its sittings, unless the exigencies of the public service may require the place to be charged, in which case thecoourt lsuau. thorized to adjourn from place to place, as circumstances may render necessary, in order that no embarrassment to the ser vice may be occasioned by its sessIons. Should any of the member. nap~ed in the order be prevented from attending, the court will proceed to, and continue the business beo- ',providsd the number of members preaent be within the limItation prescribed by law.. . 1st. Lieut. Richard P. Harnmond,83d A rtillery, Is appointed td act asiJudge Ad. vocate and Recorder of the-court. In case the Judge Advocate and Re. corder should be prevented from attend ing, or unable to dischag the duties, the court is authorized to appoint some other p roper person, or devolve the duties of Recorder upon the junior member. Wsg. L. MAR, Seo'ry of War. By orden k. JoNas, Adjutant General. The Judge Advocate remarked, when he had concluded the reading of the above order, that there had been another order issued from the Department, four daya subsequently, but that it difiered from the one just read, only In the subsrdtution el Col. Belknap as a member insteadf Col, Butler, anno himself as Judge Advocate is lieu of Lieut. Hammond. Maj. Genm. Scott .then addressed the court, stating that it was his desire at the commencement of the proceedings that all the interested parties should .pres. ent in the court, though he'did aem this at all indispensale;s he wouldb per fectly satisfied with any order o rul lthai might be adopted by the court a at tar tienlsr 1Ihe as some remarkalag a 10 Conot. heN t u0 Thrde burt..; " of half in eir y ed,. l ie 161 d alnW- - ed: .4That the onduct opblaj Ga P11llow the o dee, p'ist ehtr coud b inei i a '1 conut is invol pa the - tnn h rotwsa no .p~e ohlahouv~tiidu b u g' merits of t 6omralat ofBreret Gehat th odc aj. Gen elow and ov th C h t6ild e uonducr as Tknedifto the ' h't-6s"tourA. The out ateo- i Mfbrjed MJjor G . Boowl ' dtartlil l epanto~ich te merits of tn14 be resent in .o- r to-mo t , ornng, ate be: re ho of meeting. 04 Scott lei. ros 'ad said: V-That the court, might welloonceive how how dee ly, he had been founded t inform iinjust comminicated. Far di - - tait from hitry. is hne '66 lf fkmily, he found'himself- but atcla a pital 'of the ~ 1c; struck down by the preme niitary power foms a high comm 'and command of some considerable elevatip of some.considerable glory--the highest, perhaps, in view of the numbers, the val or and progress of the army, held by, an American soldier since the days of Wish 'neton. Nor was thiis all. He foub'd himself placed as the chief jvinenl be., fore the oQurt, and was Informed that one of the parties against whom a :specifi charge had been preferred by hin, ha, been acquitted and rewarded frie by the highest costitutional miiary u thoriy o our country. The accused had now become the accuser, the ju e criminal. Deeply wo6ed continued the general,I -pause, 'but for ldeas-: ~ crowd mp want o want of Ion y IbeI" ~ eP .are not.' bow e thede - klident inie st"edthat rema~ *pt4ofrlngn O&V itb ofe' e et to.morrow morn -We find ln, M tor Ri $ licano, of the 17th, one d s l pt ceeedings; which we t I 'he of importance:- u CoUaR o IN0 s AT.-Yeit 0 morning, at ten o'clock, thememrnbers the Court Martial isin asaemhledo bein present Gen. Scottiwith his Staff, Gen. erals Worth and Pillo, C4.. Duncan, and many other officers of the arny. The ju es, afterhaving been-ostitiuted a colng to regulatin exprMssed their readiness to investigate thchairges o General Wort against Gen.Scott. The latter rose, and stated thamhe was tre to listen to what had been alledged ganst him. He then produced a letts a~w h, by permission of the Court, h7ieadhav-. ing reference to the arrest of Lt. Cot. Duncan, stating that he did not consider the court a tribunal to examine and do. old. uponr any or all'the char that1had. been brought against him. At this paint' he was Interruped by the ju' advocate, who read the fllowing 14 tr HEADQUiaXT3Xsor Tma Flsa Prvtstore, Taoubaa MexIco,) March 14, 18. Slr-. thenatter ofmy apealagis Gen. Scott, the commanderl.chiefofthe army, the JPresident has rendered me full and ample justice. For the welfare and. harmony of the service, I wish, therefow to withdrw the accusations made in nay a al netMajor Gen. Scott. I ve honor to be your most ob't mar. . vant, W .War To Gen. N. Towson, Pres. Court Inve.. tigation. A fter this letter had been perused b all, the doors of the court wereclsd When the court re.opeedthe Judge Ad. vocate announced tha he had determined to suspend proceeding for the moment, and that ifhe pattes ad no obec.o he would fix motions, rules, &c. Un. Sott opposed this decision, on account of the trouble which the taking down in writg of the interlocutory questions that ih be started in the sequel of thelnel~ tion would occasion, when the tor posed that the case should he and that it should prooeed to Pillow. Gen.8Scott then the court should tikedo obser'vatlons, that't~ ~~ the record, as wella the Court renmaed.H thud of the court in ~ 'in sy timt moed with roLieut.Ol unca,-fo wh as epared, ft. ter some remarks made by the Court, - t epeated thiat his la~s tomatter was toy rt