Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-30
THE NEW OREGON SENATOR.

THE NEW OREGON SENATOR.
As our readers are no doubt aware,
Oregon recently elected new U. S. Sem
ator-and Judge Williams was the lucky
man. We are slightly acquainted with
the Judges history. About eighteen years
ago, Williams resided in Iowa, and was
considered perfect " brick among every
body-partaking good deal of the char
scteristics of Uncle Abe and Stephen A.
Douglas-and which made them all quite
popular among the plain, hard-working
pioneers of the West. Judge Williams,
ike Lincoln and Douglas, is self-made
man-their education being almost wholly
obtained BY the hard knocks which poor
but honest men receive in fighting the
great battle of life-and whose learning
generally consists in big fund OF good,
sound, solid common sense, and practical
ideas in whatever they engage In. In the
year lS47, if our memory serves US cor
rectly, Judge Williams was one OF the u.
S. District Judges in the Territory OF Iowa,
and Judicially organized Des MONIES coun-
ty, on the nver of that name. The coun-
Try thereabouts then was a wilderness
few inhabitants, and the shire town OF the
new county was but village OF log
houses. The court-house" was one
story Lighthouse, about twenty by thirty
feet-and furniture in that country being
extremely scarce, the fixtures IN the
courtroom were anything but attractive,
consisting of large store-box, and small
box as the Judges allowance-the large
box being the desk, and the small box his
seat. At least dozen lawyers were IN
attendance when the Court first opened
and each one repaired to the courthouse
carrying with him a small box or an
empty key as their seats. But Judge
Williams was a jolly old fellow-and
ike the lawyers enjoyed the prim-
tive temple and its adjuncts erected
to justice, and the expounding of Black
=, stone and Coke, as well as any one.
Judge Williams them days had fiddle
and if there was anything in the world
he loved it was that hddle-it seemed
almost as near to him as a wife, for he
almost invariably had it by his side. He
knew all the different dancing tunes
among the farmer boys of the West-snd
as a general thing was considered the Ole
Bull fiddler in Iowa. When court ad-
iourned. night after night the Judge would
have the store-boxes cleared out OF the
"court room," except his judicial bench,
and the dance would be kept up TIL mid
night-letting up only half an hour at
time TO enable the Judge, the jury, the
LAWYERS, the witnesses and the women
folks, to refresh themselves with red
eye" or genuine kentucky corn7juice
from tin eoFee-pot-for in that country
furniture was extremely scarce. That was
life in the far West-and now we find one
of its principal actors just elected U. 5.
Senator, to represent one Of the great
States of the Pacific in the Congress Of
this great UuiOn.
In letter written at Portland, Oregon,
dated September 2Sd, to the Aka, we find
the following mention made of Judge
Williams
Judge Williams is now our good lord and
Senator for the next six years it is really
refreshing TO see how quickly man makes
friends after he has been elected Senator ;
the Judge is now the idol Of the people, and
all parties are vieing with each other to do
him honor: but think he cares little for any
of them. His antecedents are Democratic,
but the straight forward and manly assuran-
ces which he has publicly given since his
election, Of his full determination to support
Mr.. Lincoln, and his emphatic endorsement
of the Administration, has convinced even
his opponents, that he is the fttest man to
represent Oregon in the Senate Of the United
States. He is no charlatan politician, or
minion Of local clique, but strictly loyal,
honest, and honorable man, and shall be
greatly deceived if he does not prove himself
the Star of the Pacific.