The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-12-30
The Installation Of Chief Justice
Chase

The correspondents M, Ot the Paiurs.
willie Tsicg,oPh, gives the following graphic
account OF tho ceremony ei installing Chici
Justice Chasc;
The room in which tho Supreme Court
now holds its sessions was iurmciiy the cd
SeUato Chamber, 10 Itself historic lor there
Benton aud Clay won much Of their fame {:
there Webster pronounced bis celebrated
Speech in reply to llaync; ia il Calhoun
began to instiI into the mind OF the South
those poisonous doctrines of secession that
have culmnutcd in its ruin rs Il political
power, aud will rnd iu tho oradica,luu ut
tho institution they were designed Ia build
up; aud there for moro than halt century
Slave-v, hy its conuol of the Senate, bad
ruled tho po!i,icg OF The nation in lis own
interest. Tho room is in form half of an
oval with an oval ceiling. lighted mainly hy
circular windows at tho tcp--l long desk Of
dark m,hognny runs nearly ucrDss tho
straight end OF the room behind ~ hich were
ranged upon q platform, somo two aud u
hal; feet above tho floor. row OF high
backed. capacous mahogany chaus In
front OF tho Judges Bench an area cores
pondng with tho torn OF ;hc room, and
occupying the larger part Of II, and enclosed
by an open rafting. on tho inside Of which
hung a crimeun curtain, was for the mem.
bcrs of tho lar. IL was furnished with tour
plain mahogany tables aud plain arm chairs
OF the same wood. Outside the railing wcrc
two rows Of seats. CIRCULAR, to accommodate
the form of tho room. with crimson cush
ions, Tor the use of spectators. A carpt,
completed the turuituro. Tho toom is not
ss large as that of tho Court Houau NJ
Painesvilo. and the gallery, which was there
when il was used us u Senate Chamber has
been removed. Busts Of the former Chief
Justices. except that of Judgo fancy which
has not yet boon put in p'Ccc. oi Ellsworth,
Jay, Ruticdge, and Marshall. Uccupy panels
in the wall-whie gIIdud 1ug!c spreads
his wings ovor tho chair of tho Chief
Justice.
As II o'clock. tho honr 10, opening the
Court, approaches, tho room rapidly fills up,
ard many Of tho seats arc occupied by t.
d'cs. The venerable Thomas Ewing. with
his clean, bald head is seated within tho
bar Occupy ing soar. near him nro Roverdy
Johnson. and the fine locking Samuel
Hooper. Geo. II PondIe,on, and Senator
Spineue in looks boy. stand near them.
Mrs. Sp,ague and hor sister occupy seats
within the bar. Senators Fuoto aud Wadr
stand vt Que end OF thu Judges deck. Thou
thCre is the rev Senator from Name. Far.
rell, Judge Spadlug. tho new Attorney
General Speed, tho former Assist.n. A,tor.
nUy General. Mr.. Coffee, whose taco is ike
that OF Napoleon the Great. The r,sem,
hlarc Co is peculiarly striking. Near tho desk
stands splendid looking Chss Sumncr, tt
proudly happy man, tor to day he witnesses
one of tho great revolutions OF the times.
VIII, u one who loves liberty and will decide
tor Liberty is 10 take unnn himself tho ju
dicial orminr. IN this he secs great STRIDE
'oward tho truition OF tho lubUls OF bis
lite.
The hour arrives; ciier announces "thc ,
of tho SupreNc Court of the Unit.
cd States. Styoightwsy from Il door lead. !
ing into an antcronm appear eight vcncra-
bio men. in black silk gowns, like those worn !
by Episcopal Bshopa, sayo the flowing
sleeves they pace themselves in front ot
the groat chairs, Mr.. Chase in the center - I.
Tho bar, which with tho audience roso In
their feot upon the entrance OF the Judges. ,
bow to them and tho Jndgcs bow in return.
The crier opens the Cunrt. Mr. Chase /
reads the oath; his hand trembics; his voice
indicates slight embarrassment, but pro. /.
nouncos il socmnly US brcamo the occasion. /
The senior Justice WAYNE administered the
and the Clerk read tho Commission of the ,
President. which adv srS all persons thut
with the consent OF she Senate hu had ap.
poiutcd Salmon =. Chase Chic; Jusuca OF
the United States during good behavior
Then tho business of shu Court commVucud.
An attorney entered upon an argument rel
ative to tho title of some lands IN ksuNns
growing out OF a treaty with some Indian
tribes; aud whilo no is spreading out his
maps tbs maj ajor part Of the audience DIS
porse. and tho Chief Justice is already sb.
sorbrd in tie duties of his new office. shut
out from the Iifo of active politics he has
so long been leading.
A REMARKABLE WonAY.-Mrs Peggy
Fite, who died few days ago in Wilson
county, Tenn, was one hundred and
three years old. She wRs born on the
lsth of April, 1861, ard was conscquenr
" one hundred and three years Old on
the l9'h Of April last Her husband,
Leonard Fte, was a soldier in the rcvo-
iutionary war, and fought through that
struggle as n private having steadily Te-