Litchfield enquirer., 1864-10-20

OUR NEXT CHIEF JusricE-A very grave has devolved upon President Lincoln ihrongh the vacation by death. for the second time during the present century, of the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Couzt .of the United States. That this re sponsibili,y will be nobly met. must be the prayer of every lover of his country.
 Old John Adams, on the very eve of his retirement from office, designated John Mar shall of Virginia for this important post-one Of the many wise and patriotic acts for which adequate credit has never been given to Wash lngton's immediate successor. The civilized World mss learned to honor Marshall as one of the aDleSt and soundesJ of those great pur Jurlsts who are from time to time vouch safed to bless mnnkind After George Washington we ,ubt that any man has done so much to deserve the gratitude and reverence of the American people as did John hiarshall1r. Gen Jackson was required to designate Marshalps successor, and his choice fell on Roger B. Ia ney-not so great, not so wise man as Mar shall, but still an able, learned, upriyht-iudee. whose one single abhefation from the line of duty his surviving countrymen will now has ten to forget. Save in that instance, we doabt not that he endeavored to tread rigidly in the footsteps of his ilustrious predecessor
 President Lincoln is very likely to be per- sonaliy estimated by the Rext generation ac- cordng 10 his choice of Chief Justice If he gives us a great, pure. true, ilustrious ju- rist-ons who comprehends tAe relations of Law 10 Liberty, reverencing them both-ha will be signally exalted thereby in the judg- ment of the next age; while, should he appoint some ene who seeks the post, but is not rcoui- rcd by it-should he employ his great oppor- 'unity to the patry end of securing friend
 satisfying grumoier, or paying q political or personal deht-he will saden millions and lhdetiibty tarnish lis fame. Notoriousiy. the bench of the Supreme Court is not 80 strong l as It WAS forty years ago emphaiic4lly. il
 needs to be reeentorccd and eleva ed in the good opinion of tn" Nation. We trust the President will take ample tlme avoll all com
 initials, repel sycophants, resist impor!uni- ties, resolved that his choice of a Chief ,Jus- tlcs shall be the crowning grace of career of exalted and benehcent public service No
 man can possibly have any claim to so lofty il trust that is net wholly foundeI in preemineut ability, integrity and worth.--N. r. Tribune The rebels under Hood, who had occn:,ied Dalton, hastily left the piece on the 18th and moved otf with his whole array in the dirtction of Bridgeport. Gen. Sherman was only nine l miles from Dalton on Saturday at nooN, and had commenced moving in the same direction Of Hood, and was osay pressing tho latter'S rear. No ap2teA ensions are now ftlE for X | Ianta Chattanooga or Knoxville, G.u Sh.r- man has over Que !luD Led days ratr..s at it.
 iatitt, Knoxville h,lS AD abun tan;t. .)i pryrs. ions to sand a six m,t'hs' siege .ii { Alu nou2a the i'Hv4raHn ,nt store hOa3rs aya i,ri C! provisions. an! large supp les besides are o,
 t1v oa:., C. yeFed with tarpau'in9 Co a4l . ! I'icAlioa wih 'scn. Sherman is again oren.
 File oi Rlci.n nj papers of t4e I4u have
 been received. hut they do npt ccnt4iu nIil,.i, l news. Forrest trt~graphs lis excana from | Corinth, Mss. iaat i: not where th, rebel, have baon boas!:nr tiat he was A replli.y is aamjt:e ia t1r-:ja. iH rc4art to taa q .teit l oi ha rebel cs1. ry in fha teg, li!a Rich
 n,otti pt|:ags rci5vtitnIY a,l;a.t defeat, lat
 say they lo,t oiy five guns, when the artuai
 number w.s eleven. 'inAy also assert that ;5Ieridi.t. $ infantry wtra engaged. Not ;t m.,ti participated. l. ,ya3 purety a cayary fi~At in which the reAeI c.yyairy was mos thoroughly whppel. The !Fu;h f, thn | e rebel cavalry, oure th9sjr yaunted and bpqstcI arm Of service, h.5s hetea vTlipnpd so often that
 1t is new useless. They always break hennso , charge of our well drilled and Well d.scipis"a horSemen.
 The opposition papers seem to bo s9m"w!r! Ebewilahred over the result of tie elections tine New York Journal of Com.lerca says it publishes returns .' tron the h;.tf,' ,,F irnH syyania, Ohio a4d tniana, shomin. gre7 Democratic successe=.' On the other hats he Express pahiished at the same hour :':s Just as the news comes in of R"pu1intn e:.Ss!s. fl 'Hr zoe, up, w'!eat a 'v.suCas. aud T Courier preleM}s lo he highly s!clis h:,I with the returns. so, mach so. that 1t nutu ally claims lndana among inc Sta!es whe makes 8 IaE ore,l effort to show that Mci Cle!laa Si.l everywhere mcke d much better run in November than his party tas in Oclo are not very satisfactory. They will .li s"or ascertain tbair position. like ike man who fei out of a rlliri story win low, an.l who said he struck the l,aveAe..t h. knew where he was
 Among the alnusinr incidents iN the taking of lhI Soldiers vote in Washington. toII h} Dug Waiiac!l. Is that of the appariton of a
 pious looking, Shnm-Itam nnl Japh"t and Onesimus sort os fellow at i!arewoo,i uospi tal, where he asked permission to speak to the soldiers 'i'he officers thinking t.at he wished to mpart religious instruction, gave their consent. The soldiers were all assembled in one of the wards, and, after the clerical look ing individual had made some complimentary remarks, he informed them that his purpose v.s to obtain votes for Gen. Mcclellan? Up, on this announcement, hubbdb occurred among the soldiers, and the speaker seemed to have arrived at sticking-point when he was summarily relieved by the commanding officer calling upon all in favor of Mcclellan to rise, which was responded to by one single ,soldier The officer then directed all opposed to leave the room, and 289 soldiers went out
 leaving the pious-looking Missionary of De mocracy and the Mcclellan soldier to them selyes.-N. y. Tribune.
 It has oeen told on the stump that, on the 18th of October, S63, soon after the battle o Chckamauga, (where two thousand Ohio sol ders were prohibited from voting forever by Rebel bullets which laid them away to rest.) the Commissioners to receive the votes of the Buckeye warriors, performed their duty through hospitals in which five thousand soldiers lay with limbs shot off and wounds and scars all over them that all stretched out their hands for ballots as they were distrbuted,-aud that with faces pale, but eyes bright and detsrmin- ed, some who, before sun down, were carried out OF stretchers to soldiers graves, cast their