The New York herald., 1869-04-27
NEW YORK CITY.
TnE COlRTS.
tKl1to STATES CIRCUIT COURT.

The District Att0rneyship-NIr. Edwards
Pierrepont Assumes the Onice-The Fuller.
ton Cause.-The Union Pacific Railroad Liti'
Before Judge Blatchford.
At the opening of the court yesterday morning the
retiring United States District Attorney, Mr.. Samue
G. Courtney, accompanied by the new appointee,
Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, entered the court room
and as soon as Judge Batchford had taken his seat
Mr.. Courtney, addressing the court, said:-May II
please your Honor, the President OF the United
States having appointed the Hon. Edwards Pierre
pont United States District Attorney for the South
ern district Of New York, and the Senate having
confirmed that appointment have now the honor
OF introducing to the Court Mr.. Pierepont, as
understand he is prepared to take the oath Of ONCE,
and am prepared to hand to him all the archives
The two oaths-the ''ironclad" and the regular
oath Of Ofice-were then taken by the new District
Attorney.
Mr.. Perrepont then, addressing the Court in his
new capacity, said:-lf your Honor please the first
duty tnat devOveS upon me Is to call up the
dictment the OF the United States vs. william
Fullerton, and to ask the Court to set down that
case at the earliest day your Honor may select.
Mr.. Plerrepont-I am informed that defendants
counsel were notified, and tnat they are now In
court.
Mr.. Clarence A. Seward-Any day the Court may
assign IN June Will be agreeable to defendant and TO
Mr.. Pierrepont-Any day in June however early
the United States Will be ready Ior trial; we will
leave IL to your Honor to determine.
Judge Blatchford-Judge Nelson, In conference
with Judge Benedict and myself, and with the
Attorney of the United States, and believe after
communication with defendants counsel, has at
the request OF the government and OF the deiance
consented to sit on the trial Of this case. In
Nesoa viii be unable to Sit nJ'''' any more a IN
court during the present term. lie has been
Obliged to return home Immediately, and there
lore all the matters that had been assigned
for hearing before him last week or this IN
cludmg the argument in the Union Pacific Railroad
case, VIII have to be suspended till his return On
whatever day he may decide on beng here In June
Will be announced, SO tnat all parties VIII be in
formed Of 1t. am instructed by Judge Nelson to
say that In the OF the indictment OF the United
States William Fullerton and Others, he assigns
it Tor trial the second Monday Of June next which
VIII be the 14th Uf June. Whether he VIII be able to
be here earlier for the purpose OF hearing the mo-
tons on admiralty appeals that are ON the calendar
IS uncertain, and WIN depend somewhat on his own
feelings and the state OF his health But this Fuller
ton case he has set down for the 14th of June, at
which time bo.h sides Will be expected to be ready.
TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASES.
Mr. Pierrepont then announced Tor the information
OF counsel engaged in the defence OF parties await
ing trial and imprisoned in the interval that ne will
on the opening day OF the May term-Monday next
move in those cases IN which the parties are now LII
prison.
In relation to any changes In the assistants in his
office District Attorney Pierrepont subsequently
said to representatives OF the press that he would
not definitely determine the matter for some days,
and that when he had arrived at a conclusion all
the names OF the new appOintees would be made pub
lie simultaneously. In tine meantime he would Oc-
cupy the time In acquainting himself with the details
OF the Office and the nature Of the duties required
OF those attached to II.
With regard to the principal assistant under Mr..
PierrepOnt In the Office II Is surmsed that Mr.. STAN
ley, one OF the members OF the law firm OF which
Mr. Pierrepont has been the head will be the man to
succeed Mr.. Ethan Allen in that post. MIR. Allen,
afer eight years OF continuous and valuable SER
vices-particulary connected for the last few years
with the most important business OF the oflce, in
the Custom House lawsults-resumes the practice OF
his profession nothing oath leave the drudgery OF
routine Official life to enter upon the more active
and profitable Of independent professor Of
the law.