Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-13

addressed to each of the persons, and al
the dates respectively named, and stated
| in "a schedule containing also the form
ofthe letter marked ga" is herewith
transmitted. These gentlemen'I + under
stand entered upon the duties designated
at the times respectively indicated in the
| sch hedule, and have labored faithfully
theIein ever since.
t Z therefore, recomend that they be
| cbm pensated at the same rate as Chap
|lains in the army. I further suggest
that general provision be made for Chap
hins to serveat hospitals as well as with
Regiments.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NAVY.
II The Report of the Secretary of the
Navy presents in detail the operations
LOT that branch of the service, and the
activity and energy which nave charac-
tterized its administration, and the re-
suits of measures to increase its eff
cheney and power Such have been the
additions by construction and purchase,
that it may almost be said navy has
been created and brought into service
since our difficulties commenced.
Z Besides blockading our extensive
coast, squadrons larger than ever before
assembled under ous flag have been put
fafoat, and performed deeds which have
Increased our naval renown. I would
invite special attention to- the recon-
mendation of the Secretary Of the Navy
for more perfect organization, of the
Navy by introducing additional grades
In the service.
The present organization is imperfect
and unsatisfactory and the suggestions
submitted by the Department will, it is
believed. if adopted, obviate the diff
culties alluded to, promote harmony and
increase the efficiency of the Navy.
THE JUDIcIARY.ssa
There are three vacancies :on the
bench of the Supreme Court, two by
the decease of Justices Daniel and
McC1ean and one by the resignation of
Justice Gampbell ] have so far for
borne making nominations to- Fill these
vacancies for reasons which Twill now
state. Two of the outgoing Judges re-
sided within the States now oyerrun by
revolt, SO that if successors were ap-
pointed in the same localities they could
not serve within their circuits, and many
of the most competent men there prob
ably would not take the personal haz-
ard of acceptingsto to serve even here upon
the Supreme Bench. have, been un-
willing to throw all the appointments
Northward, thus disabling myself from
doing justice to the South on the return
of peace; although I may remark, that
to transfer to the North, one which has
heretofore been in the South, would not
with reference to territory and popula-
ton, be unjust.
During the long and brilliant judicial
career udge eGlean, his circuit
grew into an empire altogether too large
for any one ,udge to give the courts
therein more than nominal attendance
rising in population from 1;470,000
in 1881 to 6,151 ,405 in 1860. Besides
this, the country has generally outgro~n
our present judicial system. If uni
formity was at all intended, the system
requires that all the States shall be ac-
commodated with Circuit Courts, at
tended by Supreme j Judges, while in fact
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas,
Florida, Texas, California and Oregon
have never had any such courts Nor
can this be we'll remedied without a
change of the SYSTEM because the adding
of Justices to the Supreme Court, enough
for the accommodation of all parts Of
the country with Circuit Courts, would
create a court altogether too dangerous
for judicial body of any sort, and the
evil of it be one that will increase as
new States come into the Union. Cir
cult Courts are useful or they are not
useful If they are useful no State
hould be denied them. If not useful
no State should have them. Let them
be provided for all, or abolished as to
all. Three notifications occur to me
here, which [ think would be an i'm
provement upon our present system
Let the Supreme Court be of convent
ent number in every event; then first
let the whole country be divided into
circuits of convenient size. The Su-
preme Judges to serve in number of
then corresponding to their own num-
Der, and independent Circuit Judges be
provided for all the rest; or secondly,
the Supreme Judges be relieved from
circuit duties, and Circuit Judges pro-
vided for all the circuits; or, thirdly,
dispense with circuit courts altogether
leaving the judicial functions wholly to
the District Courts and an independent
Supreme Court. -
THE LAWS OF CONGRESS.
| respectfully recommend to the con-
sideration of Congress the present con-
dition of the statute laws, with the hope
that Congress will be able to find an
easy remedy for the many inconveni-
ences and evils which constantly en-
barrass those engaged in the practical
administration of them.
Since the organization of the Govern
ment, Congress has enacted some 5000
acts and joint resolutions, which fill
! more than 5000 closely printed pages,
and are scattered through many vol
umnes Many of these acts have been
drawn in haste, and without sufficient
caution, SO that their provisions are
often OBSCURE in themselves or in con-
fict with each other, or at least so
doubtful as to render it very difficult
for even the best informed persons to
ascertain precisely what the statute law
really is.
1t SENS to me very important that the
statute law should be made as plain and