, 1864-11-23

Thc supreme Court-PItifu1 Snlnrie%-
Change of LocatIon-The Sacceau OF
the Union Tfcl1et-more Candidates
for .. S. senator.
Correspondence OF the Chicago TSihune.1
AoCST VERNON, Jefferson Co. Nov, is, ,

[CorrcsEondence Of the Chicago Trihune.]
| MOUNT VERNON, Jefferson Co. Nov, is
Editors Chicago Tribune:
The period Of our annual pilgrimage to this
pleasant village having come around, the
members of the bar from Southern Illinois
have accordingly assembled here, to meet a.
in olden time the judges learned in the law
who.came here as did their great antotJpes Of
England, In obedience to the Kings wish
commanding his lisge suitors to meet his cour
"ubieunque .Jamina In Ang7ia." AS usual
We find this quiet village a pleasant place to
sojouzn for stew days." away from the
whirl and buzz Of the business world, where
newspapers are an object 10 possess, and
where, but for the enterprise and courtesy of
the gentlemanly postmaster, we should rnrely
ret one.
Our excellent Judges arrived on Tuesday
last. and on Wednesday they organized thrir
~ 'suuremeCou Of Judicatrire''
To the old members Of this har, the rcpiol
countennnces and kind courtesics OF their
Honors Judges Walker and Brecsc are no new
things: but the place once 50 worthily flied
by his Honor Judge Cation, we found filled BY
new man. His reputation as jurist end
gentleman, however, had preceded him, and
We were prepared to find, and have found,
in him worthy and abler successor to the
Chief Justice from whose old district he
comes. No bench conld be more happily or
ganized than this, and if the members OF our
bar had to decide the question, they would
all remain the incumbents Of their high posi-
tions.
Whilst writing relative to tho Court
the idea occurs to me, to sug-
gest that Il is zery disgracaf6l
70 the State Of Illinois Zone Of the flrst in The
" 10 her high officers their pittanee Of a sai-
nry. Twelve hundred dollars for q Supreme
Judge per nnuun-a sum that will scarcely
pay the personal expenses, aud yet for his
these men, the first legal talent in the State,
labor like galley slaves the year round. Ithas
could require their salaries to be paid in gold |
and thus enable them to be better rewarded
for their labor. This have no doubt Is con
stitutional, nnd II may be well to call tbs at
tention Of our wise men, who soon meet at |
Springfield, TO the matter; +; let them, as this |
Whilst nm telling you Of the talk and !
"chat" OF the bur may as well tell it ali, |
for this is about the only news have to give !
to your readers.
You know that this place is situated about
twenty miles away from any railroad. The trip |
in old fashioned two horse hacks-uot
of comfortable kind By any means. # It
rains or storms, Or slccts, halls or SHOWS. II il
all the same, the trip must be made. OF some
body's writ Of error will so out of the court,
Now this has caused q very general desire on
the part Of "all conce1nedH to change the
place Of fholding this court to some other place,
either Cairo or CcntralIa,
Either Of these placespossesses superior ad-
vantagcs to this village. And 1t should be
done It once. win tic members Of he Ier.
islntrre make note Of this, aud "goyeFn
themselves accordingly"
Another subject Of general talk has been the
great success Of the Union ticket everywhere.
It was o glorious victory, and glotiously do
the Union men in this section feel. Wet6ank
God for the triumph in Josh Aliens, and Bill
Morrison's and stuart's dist1icts-thrce men
xl., xho ssat smlnently deserved defeat, and they
Whilst the smoke Of this contest ss Just
clearing away, another one, among ourselves,
is arising. Or course we will Be expected |
to adjust all family differences in our own wig,
VAN, in spirit Of Cancellation but the coa-
lest will be none the less spirited for all that.
sllude, OF course, to the Senatorial race. It
l4ns long been known that Gov. Yates was, or
would bc candidate for the place. he Is
worthy gentleman, but 1t go happens that
Illinois now is {nN .,-.of good men
md hence the Governor Wiu by no mesns