For the .4rkaasns .adrocate.
To the Hon. THoMAs ?. EsKRIDGE, Judge

 of tbe Superior Court of ,lrfaasas 1'erri-

 tory, aud er-o9icio, Judge of he 3d Judi

 cial Circuit for said Territory.

 SIR :-The great neglect and contempt with which you have treated our Circuit, leaves Us no other alternative, but to nals 6 known yous conduct in the public prints. 1t IS with feelings of regret mingled with pity, that the people of this Circuit charge you wltharepeated neglect of your official duties, and desertion of your Circuit. To prove the lst charge, viz: neglect of duty, we only have to refer to the records of the Circuit Court of any county compo- sing the Sd Judicial Circuit There it will be seen that from tho first day of Noyeni- Der, 1893, until the lst day of April, la2n. you held three terms of our Court, when by law you should have held six. The Le- gislature of 1898, assigned you to our Cir cult, which until November, 1899, was composed of but three counties, to wits Lawrence, Independence and lizard, and the distance from the seat of Justice of Independence to that blizzard or Lawrence, was little more than a days ride. For your neglect in not holding OUT two first :, Courts, the people seemed inclined to par don you, because 1t was generally known you were suffering from wounds and putri- flying sores. But for your neglect of our January Court in ls3o, there was no ex- cuse; your rosy and healthfal appearance forbid the plea of ill health. You left us immediately after our September Term of I629-your destination, to the lower coun- tries, on trip of pleasure.

 Charge 2d. Desertion of your Circuit The proof of this charge rests upon this sim gle fact, that from November, 1928. (the time at which you were assigned to our Circuit until the last of April, IS3a, you have spent but about four months in oui. Circuit. The Legislature of is2s, being conscious of the injury arising out of. the absence of Judge from his Circuit, and by virtue of the power delegated to them