The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-06
DEATH OF LuDGE MCLEAN

Judge John Mclean, ILL., D , died on Thursday
morning, at Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 76
years. He was born in Morris county, n. J. March
II, 1855. Four years afterward his father, a poor
man with large family, removed to the West, set
thng first at MorgantOwn, Va, afterward near
Nicholasville, KY, and finally in 1893 in what is
now Warren county, Ohio. Here he cleared
farm, upon which be resided till his death 40 wears
later. His son, at the age of 49, desiring to study
law, went to Cincinnati, where he maintained him
! self by writing in the office of the clerk of the
county, while he pursued his studies under the d-
rection of Arthur st. Clair, eminent counsellor,
| In the spring.of 1907 he was marrisd n Ms p ~
! becca Edwards, and in the autumn of the same
| year was admitted to the Bar, and commenced
| practice at Lebanon Warren county, Ohio. In
October. 1872, he elected to represent in Con
gress his district, which then included Cincinnati
receiving large majority, a Democrat in favor
! OF the war with England, and supporter of Presi
! dent Madsons administration. In 1914, be was
unanimously reelected, receiving the vote of every
| eiector that went to the polls
In 1873 he declined to be a candidate for the
United states Senate, though his election was GER
taln and In 1916, the Legislature of Ohio having
! unanimously elected him Judge of the Supreme
Court OF the State, be resigned his seat in Congress
at the close of the session. H remained upon the
| Supreme Bench of Ohio till 1922 when he was an
! ronted by President Monroe Commissioner of the
General Land Office. In July 1928, he was ap-
pointed Postmaser-G General, the Post Office De-
| partment being then in very disordered and in
! efficient condition. Under his administration this
| branch of the public service was restored to order
| and managed with a VigOr, method and economy
that soon secured an almost unexampled degree Of
applause and public confidence. By a nearly unan-
imous vote of the Senate and House, the Postmaster
Generals salary was raised from 81 900 to Sc 600
! year. John Randolph who voted against the in
crease, said he would vote for it if the salary
could be reduced to its original amount whenever
Judge Mclean went out of office. In 1929 having
declined the War and Navy Departments, which
were offered him by President Jackson Judge
Mclean resigned the office of Postmaster-Gen
ana accepted seat upon the Bench of the Supreme
Court of the United States, entering upon his du-
ties as Associate Justice at the January Term of
| 1890.
In this capacity his charges to Grand Juries while
on circuit are distinguished for ability and elo-
quence. One OF the most noted of these was deliy-
cred in December, 1885, in regard to aiding or ia
voring unlawful military combinations by our cti-
zens against any foreign government or people with
whom we are at peace, with special reference to
the Canadian insurrectiOn and its American abet-
tors In the Dred Scott case he dissented from the
decision of the Court given by Chief Justice
Tanev, and expressed the opinion that slavery has
Its origin merely in power, and is against right,
and in this country is sustained only by local law
Judge Mclean has long been identified with the
party opposed to the extension of slavery, and his
name was before the free soil Conv at Buffa-
10, in lS40, as candidate for nomination as Presi-
dent At the Republican National Convention at
Philadelphia in 1885, he received 1876 votes for the
same office, to 359 for Col. Fremont At the Re.
publican Convention at Chicago in 1860, he also
received number of votes.-N. Y. Tribune.
Mrs. BURDELL IN CALIFoRYIA-Another Victim
Mrs. Cunningham Burdell has turned up in a senti
mental role in California. We quote from the Sar
Francisco Mirror:
During late ball season, gentleman who il
his native city had figured one of the "pnks o
, fashion" determined upon creating a sensation.
, For evenings Muffy haunted the various
!, concerts and ball rooms without attracting any
thing like the attention he had anticipated At
length Muif is conscious of an improyement. one
evening a ball of the Sons of Celibacy or some
such Order, as he stood in a graceful attitude aloo
, from the throng, during the promenade, he oh
served that the eyes of every LADY fastened
him in passing, and that whispered conversation
ensued. with backward reference to himself. He
I increased his attitudes-they redoubIed their at
tentlons An elegantly attIed lady, "iair fat, an(
forty, who had been sitting by herself for somt
time one of the benches, attracted his regards
! He made desperate shove and introduced himself
In a moment they entangled in the mazes o
' the Ldncers. The lady well informed and vi
. vaciOus, and belonged to of the first families
as he felt assured 5v the manner in which she man
+ 9uvred her fan. They INDUCED in conversation
and more dancing, descended together to the suppe
t room, and, in fact, passed the evening together
! | being the observed among the observers
# The lady professed to be wealthy-a widow trav
elling 10 wear off the melancholy impressions ex
cited by her bereavement. An invitation ensued
e and at all the balls of the season this enamore
| SOuple NcIt 10 Ue seen, attracting all the aJteu
: tiOn of the bathrooms, and the crowd actually
;, making room for them wherever they passed. Evi
g IDENTIFY the men and women all dying OF envy
f Once, even, an intimate friend, with an air o
: pity, had asked him whether he knew with whom
he dancing, when he put on a knowing gril
= and replied, "Don't |, though! y At which tn
friend shrugged his shoulders and passed on. Thi
= went forward for some weeks, when one evening
- having penned his partner in a cOtllion in a cor
~ ner of the extensive pavilion of the Institute, h
y was gratfed by observing that crowd of eight
- or hundred persons had collected about them
~ The gentleman was deghted-the lady was not 9
much so. Presently, Doctor Burke, the affabl
Chief of Police, made his appearance among tn
g. spectators, where he remained for some twent
N minutes, gazing upon the lady, as if smiten by ht
- attractions
- "a chiel amang 'em takin' notes"
Young Mutf was Mortified on that same night b
of the information that he had for some weeks bee
v vigorously making love to Mrs. Cunningham Blu
il dell!
Destructive FIRE IN VlRGINIA-A disastro,
D. hre occurred at Nit. Solon, Augusta county, Va
le on the Z9th ult. 1t commenced in the Fellow
" Hall, and was caused by the putting of hot ashes
s wooden box; and before its ravages could b
I'd stopped, about one-half of the town was laid j
1e ashes. The Alexandria Sentinel says the folown
I'd is list of the principal sufferers: The OddFell
ne and Masonic Halls, with all their furniture, wet
ut entirely consumed; S. Crawford, one house; Dr.
q T. Clarke, two houses; s. F. Hoffman, one nous
10 w. Cole one house; DIR. John i. Blakemore, 10
"a "a his residence all of his books, papers, furnitur
ris &C.; S. Paul, one stable: B. Carcope, all of h
rs furniture; = Blair all OF his furniturne. Besid
n, those named. several others lost large amounts
furniture and other property. The total loss is su
~ posed to be about ten eleven thousand dollars
lal The School Board of Cincinnati on Mond
di- night contracted for any amount of coal betwe
ur twenty-five thousand and thirty-fve thousa
tn bushels, to be delivered at the schoolhouses
he and eleuen-sirteenths cents per busbel VIII
py it is considered that portions of this coal has to
US hauled great distance, some idea of the cheapn