Washington telegraph., 1858-07-28
[corre.nondenee Of the Telegraph.
LILLE Rnrr nj ooh. 1s5s.

was INC "ay the supreme Court shphfa nave
met, to have disposed Of at least a portion Of
the business that now cncumbcrs the docket Of
that Court. Owing "a Affections in their fam
Ines, aud other circunstane possibly beyond
the control Of any one. Judges Scott and Han
ley were not at their post. This failure 10 hold
the regular term of the Court il no just cause
OF complaint against them. for circumstances
over which they had no control was the cause.
am no apolcgist for the Juiges,-I am not
their censor; but / mean 10 speak plainly VI
the Supreme Court. it, organization, practice
&c.
| In the first place there "a a fooiirh political
notion that the Supreme Judges must come
from dgcreHt portions Or tile State 80 if jiif'irs
was confined 70 amy particular locality. Thi-
is ono Of the great errors attendant upon the
selection Of Judges upon the just noticed dog
ma II Judges Scott and nanley hal resided
near this place the Court could have been open
Ell, at least, AMI an adjourned term provided
for. There are now, say near tNo hundred
/ cases the docket-soInc or them reHrraJic
for their years, anil ridiculous for amounts anil
principles involved, while Others Of great i'm
portance stand with thcm-untricl. undisposcl
Of The reputation, the rights ana the financial
ability of many OF our citizens are held up
from year to year, owing 10 tile amount of
business hand, and for cnuscs vet to be
noticed.
The Judges Rof sg5friaaty paid Nm heir
serriees. We expect them to perform more and
important duties than Any other class W oiicers
under the Government. What lawyer Nc rcpu-
] faf-
double. than u now paid u The Supreme JudEcsg
Here is the great difficulty, and should bc at
once rcmediel.
II Judges Scott anl HAnlcy resided near
here, to work with Judge English-who T..
believe. always ready w at wUrk-thc docket
could sooa No cleared and kept aa. But, paid
a they now are. to remain here a. business re-
quircs, their salary would fill mort w paying
their and their families expenses; fnr whn
wants 10 be always separated from his family
Can this Ne expected III them. Would il hc
reasonable to ass a.: Give the CHIEF Justice.
say $500. anI cach Associate S3. 700 pcr an-
mum. and them anil net till then. will jus-
tice be done in that behalf LIT provision bc
made by the ncxt Legislature fnr nn increase
Of salary I'm the opening MI tic Court M aAv
| time after the regular day -iall have passed
this would ob1iatc onc great cause M cviI af-
ready noticed. l. ia not absurd q think that
justice cannot bc a- wen mgtstl out by thc Court
commencing NM thc second third. or fourth
Mondays q Jnly a. at any other time Why
gur' it be tha yty-, HaHKags WY January anI
July. that rhj-ction can hn raised tn tli. prnT-
| osiiiou None what,ver We claim I, IVY Y
progressive people. lnt IN ou- Court matters
VIC are falling behind. and have suggested
some of thc canscs. VIII thcy n-yt uith any
| rcIucdy. that IN tlc question.
| have noticed matters over .ich tie iuslgcs
I have no rnutrnl-uuuc whatever. Then n1
blame or complaint can attach On them. viii
now fpcak W matters over which lcy have
ere'rsir' control, amt aec if thing progress nny
better in their department
y" a. '..- Ii---- -nl gncr fUr all. n s.ty tlat
/ the present Supreme Court i- composed M lnn-
est. intelligent, ami abic mcn-go9d IlWycrs
besides; hut thia 4. uot ali. fur thcy arc pniI
for all that. They. faiat-I INSIST. d1 busi-
ness upon wrong principle aui that | may
10 thcm np injustice. | will review them
l Upon the principle the Cour; now ac.-. fcg.
quite sure ID lucs not adopt thc rulc hgat calgu-
lated To kccp down liiisation,-appeal= many
Of which taken purely tar dyily, w0ulI Ivy
avoided.
What would Pc said Of the Circuit Courts ia
forcing tile submission w Gases, aud thcn uut
dispose Of them for from fr-o In fonr years or
more. The Circuit Court would be compelled
by mandamns N decide promptly after submi.-
sion; and this would bc right. The SUI rene
Court Of The United States adopt thc rule ~
decide the cases in thc regular oriar I'm which
they stand upon tlc docket. This is good au-
thority," ana 5I01id Je gLssrrsd. Our supreme
Cour; likely decides in the same morning. snv
cases :, -. -, liz. sc. This. | must insist.
Is not as g3ad rHle w adopted wv tic Supreme
Court Of the United States II the Unitcd
States Court is passed by, then will plgzraiiy
give other authority. when nnr judge were
boys they doubtless went 70 the grisi mill. that
terror of All boys; there they took thcir
turn, first come, first scrvc.f anil even at a
later day, when they present their Judicial faces
to the barber fnr his lathcF aud steel they Win
expect the same gool old rule 20 be applied.
first come. first serve Then why not them
selves adopt ti- rule? Here arc three .-author-
tiles cited hone against il. think il II true.
in all candor, that another Brief should not w
called FOR, nor another caac submitted. until The
present docket is disposed q. This can be
done at once by tie assembling " Tie Judges at
this place, and preparing opinions to be- dcly-
cred at the next regular term Of the Court
There is now a. much business before them " W.
disposed of, or mere, than can be determined by
the next term OF the Court. emitting tie pre-
sent docket entirely. ! know of nothing that
prevents this from being done. Ir the judges,
as doubtless they will. sct 10 work. We may. W
the first of February next, have all those old
cases disposed ola matter to be a. much de-
sired by the Judges themselves a. by lawyers
and litirants.
| may, with your permission, refer 70 this
subject again, il il one clear of political hias
or rreitfiire in which the rissl,ss r ,.,or,- ,I