, 1866-12-22

LII poaAto tANo!Sso IL NJ "eAFJy stAIe. nat
and Improbable as this world H1s TO HAM
let. The law is doubtless good thing, aud
/: Is Important to the profession to know
what points arc determined but Watloce is
Of opinion that when he gives this informa-
tion he has not done half his duty. He
must keep the lawyers :" postcd"In gcogra-
ply he must give numerous diagrams ami
mnps Of machinery, streets and citjas.
IN fart, his volnmes would make Qn1tc
pretty" picture books" for the holjdays. lie
must give biographical sketches Of tho
parties iittgaut; he must - show up' the
doiDgs Of the War Department, and giFe the
world to understand, by sly innuendo, that II
tho whole truth we're known. certain Sens
tors would be convicted of dishonest p1ac-
ticcs. He must discourse On ancient cathe.
dral cities, and the baaluess habits
OF great wine-growers In France.
Above a,,, he must show thst
John William Waliacc ia poet, scholar aud
philosopher and this he does by writing IN
style which seems TO have been attained
By careful study and imitation Of G. 2. r.
Jancs' solitary horaeman and the sensation
reports of the New York Herald. Poor,
plain Wheaton and Peters md Howard, who
confnca themselves to nnsa1ntshed and pro.
fessional narration mud statement, arc CON-
piete1y eclipsed by this new light IN the
legal heavens. Let us see how be begins his
statement Of tho Fasset case e wallace.
Gl9):
49, h hhbea; tteen niles fsom The ton.hesn end Of
81 irrcrut,r moun,asn sonss 1lee rs1a s'e ,1,ss u
cInaaa & ios tapffonciilos, OF Valley oi jhs
Li's III esp1sse. AZ ne no!theE1 hps q hls r2l
prtn1eeous snSHei vita uo,hsnT si.s t. nnJ.sr us
- yer, specially to marx them. Descending Of
11Tag M .esD' ~ uasette, - IL inc sa'e'
~ euun. "Hs'het s5tsan"s cono, IT., OF
, .,,ocn oehoets. VINO "flts 'of Tue Lta9ef,
ou'u ~. ns'u ~, u .no'e s1pesp oeginnihs lor
.a'e. Aae feaee1' nc Wefo not rcfaslns a
"a" oook, "on1o certainly Listen 10 catch the
clat1cl VI Aools, expecting fhc SOLITARY Aorse-
man TO approach, turning one ofthose noun
tain slopes aud dashius into "the vale in
search of sweetheart or Of revenge. But It
was not enough that John William Vnllace
should show hlmsclf equal to Cobb or
Ned Buutlino ia the line of thc
uescrIrtiye, he snust show nlso that he Is fl
nt]lar With Mexican legends. In u refer.
epce At the bottom Of tbc porc. 7c f,r<, ti,t.
" According TO the Mexican traditions. ,bc
valley vas 6ccun,ca In cor,r 5ara h. w,ws
y,,,,.,,s - -.
hrnra~e ,,owa,,.s 49,. 49, s.'s e.a.1s' -. "nose
49, 49,, 49, w. wa ~ noleu ~ 'ii1t taen
.1..ra 80 ,ae eDa "a n's s1loe. lne name o.
n..aA. -af.a1aa eA.S tfohi .ae'". inihH
.at' Ee.'.e'neu , " 'ne oAr' lou nave oeen
'o'''eu ~ .ooh a. reporters references
in a,,,ots,tIan s,nx ' 40" e~aes' =,
;" e'ue1oallon o. point; pat all ibis
places; into romantic yalcs surrounded by
mountain f1opes and Instead of no,ptyn- ,,a
N tbc l1u,, srt,,hr. ~ = ~, .ssa 80
glimpse Of two small IndiAu captains, Who
shall say that Holm W;]13an wa1,s.e h,s :, ~,
founded sshoo, of rsnort,n. s.3 a.sf:aot u1s a..
tson a.l othess, q, Bacon's 1sa. pbtiosos
nhv ia frnm Pi,to'a -. dtf.r.nt :, e.. !.
f ,bs b s,es of h's ,a,1es aesen. s IN 'ass, -
Wv s@ u ~ 'el~e' s ~ s'''esa s,. WIN srs
published BY his preaeeessors TIM .9trar, urt
We hare given is only the beginning Of a
stxs ssn y, w., ss,s.a. pases' e9ua'5 legal IN
1saaafn.ea n.i, In n.sn az old Mexican sergeant,
h,nse1f @ sponi ISL by 1ca,. of %1e Go,srno1 a1sa
Figurcro." In what particular manncr Ser,
eT lsys esea 10 Tree sS u''
but It would appear that such
told that he "tu,1t a bausa s >, wv .na . s ,s
therefore certain that If he did attempt sui
fafled In his ,aua.b,., nnac-t,,,,nn - nu'e'Ao' nc
1a.so ~ .'s .naaAots unucFtaHlng.
a as sooa lliastrst,on 3;s Of tho peeusisrsties
~ ~ d. tsss.. ar.r ..rol,o' % touno
- ".s et'Ateaic"t " inc case OF tne efoSlucnce
Tool ConraEy rs. Norris, e Wallace, +5.) In
1861 the Providence Tool Company madc 4
contract witt the Government to de.
liver twenty-five Thousand muskets Of
a specified pattern, at tho rate Of SO
q n,usket. THIS contract was procured
through the c4ert!ons of Norris. upon pre.
vious agreement that II he should obtain a
cont5act OF this kind. he shou(a ,cce,vs rn,n
pcnsation for his scryices nnonort1onatsto, =
extent. Norris c,nimp1 AK tyo ~. a;ce,-.,,.a -
between the cnnt,ar, nrirc nr5 s...,,n.,
dull,rs , muklet Tbs To,, ro,an..,r ~"
fused In nav tba .,,,,,t a..-.,ses -
II had ,n1v promised ,ihors1 sanaa,s". aa ea'o
Norris hronrht sn5t snd g., s1a. ~ ,a"
court ohtainca ind1n,aa, g., $40 ~
The ro,1 ro,1,,,- .naa.,.s
s,,n,n,,r co,,r, III 49,. f' ss ~ NAu wv
ara;nst nvt,,c col,c~ and cnn,a ~. =. vs.
forced ~ tbc t,ourt. yow !. s,at,aS az. e.
case Mr. Wallace ia nv mn mean. cantan, @
with setting forth The fscts h. mrs, nasds
,v;rc us !, hiorrn nb5c.1 .r.t,h ~ Na,s,, s>.'.
s.tS snd ~ s'aa,n. 20 sAs.su 1s W MOTIFS MN
Washington. a whole rase i es devoted "a 10
- W. t,rd thrr, '@'' s''ne spe ''@''cs
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