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with revenge. At last they sent him away, promising 

 to see him again that evening. At the hour named he 

 again appeared, and, after waiting their convenience, 

 for they spared hi in no humiliation, he again appealed 

 to them, offering them great sums if they would issue 

 new stock or lend him of their stock. He implored, 

 he argued, he threatened. At the end of two hours of 

 humiliation, persuaded that it was all in vain, that he 

 was wholly in the power of antagonists without mercy, 

 he took his hat, said, ' I will bid you good night,' and 

 went his way. 



" With the lords of Erie forewarned was forearmed. 

 They knew something of the method of procedure in 

 New York courts of law. At this particular juncture 

 Mr. Justice Sutherland, a magistrate of such pure char- 

 acter and unsullied reputation that it is inexplicable 

 how he ever came to be elevated to the bench on which 

 he sits, was holding chambers, according to assignment, 

 for the four weeks between the first Monday in Novem- 

 ber and the first Monday in December. By a rule of 

 the court, all applications for orders during that time 

 were to be made before him, and he only, according to 

 the courtesy of the Bench, took cognizance of such 

 proceedings. Some general arrangement of this nature 

 is manifestly necessary to avoid continual conflicts of 

 jurisdiction. The details of the assault on the Erie 

 directors having been settled, counsel appeared before 

 Judge Sutherland on Monday morning, and petitioned 

 for an injunction restraining the Erie directors from 

 any new issue of stock or the removal of the funds of 

 the company beyond the jurisdiction of the court, and 

 also asking that the road be placed in the hands of a 

 receiver. The suit was brought in the name of Mr. 



