The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-25
WASHINGTON CRY, March G, 1857.

~ - "ci"ck ana immediately went into NJ
executive Session, To act upon the nomlna-
ion Tor The Cabinet. II continued in Sea.
MOI bat Il very short time. aud then nd.
leurncA until tomorrow. 1t is the opinion
% some of the senators with whom | have
converted, that the extras Session Of the
SHnatc may c~oniinpe until list April. SIEVE.
raj Important treaties, and various anm;ua.
Ions OF 9!!HiS;ers, ConsUls, and other gov
eminent officers are expected t. he acted
upon. The Senate confirmed all IN. nomi.
nations presented for the Cabinet. The
pubic have been correctly advised ,s to
the appointment Of Grnl. Cass, rs Secreta.
~ of State, Ex-Gov. Floyd, for the War
Department, Howell Cobb, of Gsorrio for
the Treasury and Jacob Thompson of Miss,
("ho arrived here t" day. rs Secretary of
The Interior. II row turns out tha, Mr..
ioucry of Connecticut takes tie Navy
Department, and llr. Brown, of Tennessee
f"I'-N"ster General. Qhe former L was
supposed would be The Attorney General,
and The LATTER, Secretary Of the Nayv,I and
Judge Black Of Penn. the Attorney Gene.
raj. The Hon. J. Clancy Jones, il seems
gets no appointment rs yet, Il fact which
has surprised n good many, and among the
number your correspondent. for he was
lola by . gentleman, to whom Mr.. Jones
had communicated it, thut he was Ia he
Fost-Mastcr General. The Cubi.ct seems
TO give re'y general satisfaction. They ar.
all ab'e and experienced statesmen four
OF whom are from slHvchoiding States, and
are besides slave Owners. The o;hcY three
are pro.siavcry, constitutional and cunyrr.
v"tire statesmen. Gov. Floyd is n rradu.
ate o! the South Carolina College. He
was about graduating when your cores.
pondent entered College. | fully intended
calling to see him and renew our acouoir.
tance, but understand he is not vet in The
City.
was in the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States to-day. 1t is composed Of .
bench Of nine Judges, each and all cyncri.
enced aud learned in the Law. In point of
appearance and looks our W judges, when
sitting MS the Court Of Errors will com.
pare very favorsbIy with them. and ] have
no doubt will also compare wiki them i,
icga! lore and ability. II may be, my State
pride, ut this distance from home, NAV prob.
ably prejudice me in favor Of our State
Judges, but | hardly think it does ! really
L.li.,, tpn most nr r,r I,j,. ,,II -
pare flvorabiy in legal acumen, and in their
profound legal knowledge, with the Judi.
ciary Of any other State, or The United
But must stop ills, else | will
get back TO s. c. before the cars take me
The opinion of the Supreme Court
was delivered TO day by Judge fancy (thc
Chict Jus,jce) in the somewhat celebrated
'Drcd Scott" case the reading of the
opinion occupied about two hours-thc
Court room Was crowded, every person
seemed anxious TO hear Judge Fancy 10
now over 80 years of age, his voice is some.
what feeble, mud therefore he could not be
heard distinctly. ] caught enough TO salts.
f. me, he was on the right track, and was |
"Dred' back again into slavery
and awarding him his proper status, that
Of 4 slave. The papers will soon be filed
with abstracts of the opinion, and your rca.
ders no doubt will have read the same DC,
fore you receive this. The extension Of
the Capitol appears to be progressing as
us so large a buiIding will admit OF
When completed, it will be the most grand
imposing and magnificent building in the
; nited States and probably in the world
The cost will be ~millions--the Cupola and
Dome alone " i'll cost over one million
The Agricultural Committee room in the
rev part is completed, and finished 30 as
give the locker on, an earnest of what the
whole will be. The walls end overhead
are painted in rich and beautiful Fresco.
representing the different seasons. There
is also n painting on one of the walls rep.
resenting a large we'll made man, with his
heavy pEow and stout sleek yoke of oxen.
us though he was engaged in blowing, but
just then had stopped to listen TO what
men on horseback was Communica-
ting to him. II is designed to represent
Cincinattu's being called from his plow 20
the coasuiship of Rome. History saws
Cincinnattu's went and obeyed the call, but
from the the appearance of the painting I
doubt whether the man | saw, would 90.
bat never having seen Cincinattu's, I may ,
be mistaken in supposing the painting does
to the original. But seriously the
paintings and s]tatuary intended for the
Halls, buildings, and grounds of the
Congress of the United States, should be
a American; why go back for centuries to
aRd Rome for designs? We have
abundant materials aud facts too, to repre-
sent fully the spirit of our Government
AXE for instance some Of our former Pres.
who have actually followed the plow
and represent them. this would hc life
IKE American. Take Genl. Washington,
he has IObored, mas plowed, and was also n
suryeyor-represent him, that would he A