A COURT ROOM AT PHILADELPHIA.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2558, 19 March 1877, Page 2

A COURT ROOM AT PHILADELPHIA.

An American correspondent writes :-?■ " Upon entering the rotunda of the new City Hall one.'sy££tentrpo£is ty^ectiately challenged by an array otspi£tborispU<^a with geom&trica^preo^aivo, as to.make the corners an octagonf Tney are piunted igWe:a;TC.itlK»ut and white within. They are made of iron, and consequently although not a<|h|ng,;pf; beauty, are nevertheless calculated to be ' a joy for ever' to the tobaccophagist, A^rj^eggJar/jinter* vals along the passages leading from'the rotuqdft'JO; the v^r^ous cpur^ gooms, upon the landing of the staircases'on either side of all .thft.doqr^it fact in every conspicuous position all over the building, are lothej-8,. of jthese „.cusnadors. It requires an' exercise of'tbe greatest .c&xq on ithe j>art of; those walkinff &rdagh " ' tEe purprises and ' precincts i or-ibis ' place of justioe '.^^oid falling over these municipal spittoons. -Even in the Court-rooms there, is. no lack of those use* ful but unornamental articles. Ample profusion ;k made]fpr the^omjfbrtrof expectorating counsel, jurymen, / clerks, criers, stenog^a^hefls fl witnesses, and visitors. Nor is it for one moment to be suposed that' his Honor' is without his awn 4udiciaLcuspjtdor,_.. The wants of a prisoner at the bar are not entirely overlooked. c T^e^his joonyeniepoe is not oon-. .' suited so carefully,as is tihat of the other parties above ttentioned.v^-He^ in ppint - blank; range ti howeverix>f the "sßittofi? ♦/_ the^ prosecuting: attorney. land* that-otißisfT own counsel, and ifJie.be' tolerabiy (! a«fU- ' rate-;a't -long-range firing he UttfafcUwe away with a fair 6banceof scorin^An occasio.ri^l , outer., or .•'buli'sieyfti oQne would::9tfppose''tnat£where^:-tifalerei?ifee so many, spittbottsi '<hp-;:ffobrs mij^htiwiMpt clear of thj'e evidences of tobacp^phkgism. Such, however"' fis'"'- noV tfie cafeJy £o« ward the. plQse r o/, a^.-busy;l'^r&: t"he .pavements,' . .sjtaifs." ~.anj3f'V f^oKbi« l^ are " spotted with' : "f", ri^tb^i^ers of the day's expec(torati6n. 'So jSc'rujp.utous seems to ibe 1 the,care taken,toavoid\ppij|ng the CHspadorsj thai this idea is : * suggested to the" mindfthat were>;the : f|iimber;Qf;^ese articles de'ldxe increased, those -for/mbosc toh veriidnce it i s supposed the cuspidors •were/originally intended-wbuld beabliged ' to <leatne the building to findiideneuinbeied sp'fcfceto spit upon; "Occasionally a imildldoking person may be seen approach dne of the "cuspadors, andwitfarhand upouhis bwast,;and:bowed head, make use;, .of^he utensil iara modest, unoxposXveijjicdipj»rpendieular manner—-unostenjjafeKijia]jr t £as ifyh«^M : dfo^io^^^t^,w^4.fi^p. tion box A , ..This Eipd of person is regard* ing^by* the' vonicials! and' htinf wk-Snf ittio are generally loafing about the building, as being ' too dirty in particular,' and it is easy to be seen that they are not accustomed to be in the neighborhood of Courts of justice."