, 1869-10-08

Il nr o'ctoek, reading upon case or writing 4 q
ec1Acp, feel constant fear Of failing to sloepn
On the dido Of the courtroom opposito the j.
Iar1hAlh ot1re IL the "JudEes' Walt,n "a softly- FL
azpeted haI, without furniture or crna- /
nent, through which, preceded by 4 Deputy | 6
dasah1l, The whole bench, In hngie nle,
inter upon or depart from the!r sittinga Tns >
lhspe Of th4t hail u poygonal with the aide near-
at the Court convex 4 rosewood ooor closes
;hts walk from the great corridor Of the Capitol,
ac1oss which we arr led BY the NarshAl, and .
befl It tho rosewood door oppostte calls Up tho
Master Of tho Robes, negro geutieman OF the
plder time, with law and frost sho wing veuIahy |
In his oonbed wool. He n dressed In statesnAnb
black, and known 1AwJc, nom any other sort OF
gentleman, and judge from q lawyer, It Ii !
needless TO zay that ha does not kuow politicians
n all Ae recognizes them - necessary evils;
tbelr salatattons he may reply to but .heze an
expression IN his eldez1y, wrnkled flca and demuru
eyc which sAJa plainly ~ q sermon: Thh |
acquaintance goes no rurthef!" what reporter
Or authof ever held IN "interEtew." with this
reyetent old bachelor In the lAwf He probably
never spoke to a Newspaper mau or literary mau
IN ha2 Ute: lor he has descended 10 u ttora thss
period when the journalist tnEebore this icono-
elastic hand from turists and from Statesmen,
when due1s were fought without puhllshea CON-
ment and etEurs Of speech OF appetite found no
Ce1oertAn scribe near BY 10 bark The 1railltes Of
greatness rornl the world. Tet what delicious
ptnehea Of original anecdota hc may hare to tell:
what titbita OF he0t8ay, and mDESela and gtbltt8
Of incident TO enliyeu dozen books Of biography:
for he has 4mooshed With his oxn haud the |
wrinkles from the tohes Of thirty yeata Of Justice
and Justices.
Behind the door OF the rnom which We haze en-
tered nang The long etlken gown8 OF the Judges Of
the Supreme Court There Il one learned Judge, |
l.lng In one Of the leading Western Statea whose
robe requires fourteen yafds Of black SIX to en-
compass his ample form, and, NJ all the JodseS
pay Tor the.r own gowus, here IA small uatter Of
seventy doars to come out Of The sslarJ OF blind
nan-an Judges being blind Every coort-dsJ
morDipG the st1udald.ocarers Of our jur1sprn"
dence must hare this hlack nag run up on them bf
their coloret attendant The gowns are butsoned
up the eack, and reach 10 the boots, and their Ca
pacspus h1eetes fail In many 4 learned fold to the
wrtst.* The lIkcneis they be1f in these clerical
garmenta to the College OF Csrtitnals led An Irish
gentlemAn 1roH, Ai!x xa1tee TO say that he saw the
President and the rest o! the Rosernment going to
mass As "ilisart" III Cardinal WIsenan himself
Not less extlavaK&nt have been the ult1A-dem0cra-
tic ucexpresaona Of some Republican partlssus, Who
during the Impeachment tr1al. and While The Su~
pteue Court RA& con1lisriDX the Rec0natrncsson
cases brought before II, were loud IN thelf de-
nanctatIor of this beech az a Get Of atssncrass,
| wearing "noparchcal costume" The cosmo~
| poli,an and nhtlokophlc mlud Of General Butler
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| that expected daily 10 hear Of q mob Tu.linG on
/ the Judges as they went 10 open court, throwing
!! them down On the marble noor, and then and
| 1fere stripping them TO ther boots and brcecheA-
There Is really no need for this cos,une but what
! J,ago cares To lead 10 movement for tta abo-
ltons The Judges Sit for life, 50 that there IL no
new bench coming In at any one time; tho old
| Luogcs are tins used To the costume, and the new
one does not Wish 10 be meddier. 1t Ia too small
subject for jurtst 10 cons!det Ana too big 8
one for an outsider to indnence.
Tne room into which we have cone II the
Jcdees "rotng rnom," a long, lofty, aud iu-
posIng apartment, carpeted BY large-bgured
tapc1y In toleranly bright co1orS, and lighted By
| three lofty Windows which are shaded with cGiul.
aon dAma.k EuTtalns. a beautiful marble 1nartel.
piece, OF an old pattern, stands In The middle Of
o. c OF tho wide edca, and fAcpg this, across tue
Width Of the roon., Ia the high backed hair-cloth
chair Of the Chief Justice. At his right hand y q
long table, With chairs reaching down tt, and sta
tiouery, paper knives, eh., for each J1d<e- Tns
Judges are carelul Of their stationery, unlike Con
, gvcapnen, Hna DanJ Of tho utensils NE 4nitt
, | worn, while never saw q Congressman resume
his old Implements a. the beginning OF = new res
st"r. Thus 1t happeus that. excluding The salaste
Of the Judges, the expenses OF tho Supreme Dercl
, Of the United sln1cs azr lcss Than those OF M.
. | Cnitcd States Circuit Court which e1islA-
, Between tho Chief Justice and tho 1re Is
ha!rcIoth dAta, or borietet lounge, low and with
out bnct, and each OF its three seats IL nearly
. good squire In 1u1iacc. This accommodates thu
= three Daniel Lanbcrts Of tho bench, and, Ut
told, that the Supreme Court has never been with
, out = large proportion OF C0tossuses upon It
! Wanted, somebody to explain tie reciprocal na
ture OF vlctras and Law, appetite and Justice! u
the nnntcl IL IN ebony ctoct; on tho other a:da o
the 1.e are two other huge !oangea; couple Of an
= tcduuyiau cscstto1rs such Noah might haze lnE
!. nlshed tho ark with, occupy oornets. TIC ca
/. bangH respectfully.
:. This Is tho rcsis.ng room Of the judges, thel
= PLACE Of asaenblage. and ther pa1los. It's en-
!. window commands tho terraces and INC view Q
: | the city Of Washington This roam Nas tnuG II
!, chamber Of the Vlce pfesidenta OF the Cnise
!. States. md It l'cass cut the air Of that ns1dci
period OF our history between the atlsoctasto sn
a tho commercial age.
= Opening on tho robipg. room Ia tho ONCE c
= tho Cicrk OF she Supreme Coufs, Daniel EeA,o
= Middleton NARROW apartment. ornamenied VT
= AL oil painting Of na pseecoasor in the clerkahli
q nnI \ portrsis Of . long departed Justice uert
al,n and IN the next and larger rooiu where ID
- half dozca assistant cjefk8 have deak4, tho ioru
IL l,re Ia old aud picturesque, md Much Of Il W.
tosmes!y used ~ tbs secreta.!ea ot the SenAl
- This series Of routu8 looks our upon the city an
~ tho ter1accd gardens Of tho Capitol M. Alddl'
~ Ton Il tho bsau IDEAL OF an old ofcaholdeE aut
:, AZ hare said, he has been hers forty.tWo year
= or arcc the era ol Van Bnrcn. Hc has kaTed
pleasant fortune. IL highly respected. ss fui' I
i..a Aossmie and 1cmtnLscspce, and seetus c*pab
nj OF surviving forty-tNo JcaE1 Of jurisprudeuee
In come
=, COURT orKKs.
All the aboye rooms lie upon tho second, or ma
door Of the capitol, and form square, cut IN hi
:, by The great corridor; bat, under these ruous,
-. sill, another sc11es Of judicial npaltments-a Ia
,v lnrsrJ, 4 large room where the Judges retire
"a zead law, AID to sota upon thctr dects.oua, ii
y. apartments Tor battling, ETC.
~ The "dcc!dtng room" Is large, catpe:ed, tole
II ably gloomy, AID furnished with tue sarne mari
. pattern Of nIcplace and furnituse. uhiIe she1yes
a books surround It, aui large tabe extends dos
a the ccntre. Seated Al tho hesd Of tho table u
-, Chief Justice rrrsdet, while decisions are Tel
L.bated. Scarly 10 decisions were teuden
H. during The last session, beginning In Deceub'
mn 1855, and tho 1ulecs have tn the words Of IN o.
Ia c.a,, 10 wetk "Nkc do1.,' reading, hearing, VIZ
IN tps, cou{etrg, 60 that they hste tcn at Iast
H. lie. cd iron their mmenke circuit iatT, and vi
In hereafter, sit fcven menths Of the ycar At Was
M ington-
1h1l tDtende. 70 enteS Into the peEsonsl Mey
m OF tie Judgea, AID Indicate preclacly the caIra
n, ter Of ther labor. but this must be left for 20
a.. eequent letter. shalt merely saT that, at I!
N, novel time Of opening court, tho Justices MED
Of thctH cha4st and the Ssser Made ANNOUNCEMENT;
''-OJEAs 1yt4! aA rt@SOHS uaaFLbK OaHiHEs9
,er fore the eupretre Court OF the Unlted States
nj. requested to draw near and stro attention;
~ their nonoIa, The Justices Of the Supreme Con
m. ale approaching 10 take their places up0p
ar ! bench, Cod save the United States.'
"a Here the Deputy Marshal bora II tho Cau
n gravity takea The place Of hustle, and the high
.1v tribunal u wttt!n9 fo5 qtotom. GATH
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