New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-10
NEwyoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, DECEMBER TO- 1863

++ont,on 70 the studv Of those features Of international
law covering the question of citizenship anu nueeu
,os nm advance OF Mr. Bancroft in securing recue
tion of the claims OF the United States III thlS ny
he Govcrunent TO which he was accredited. nc re-
tmTned ON leave OF absence last Summer expecting Ony
IN remain i'm Kentucky long enough to attend 10 soho
uyivafe business affairs which becoming dernged,
Ana Lopiug 10 return his post of duty at COpcnhageh
before Christmas His present apponment ialis no
the line of ms professional studies Will OF eVnai ~
preferred, and therefore, causes vacancy III 'he DIP
lomatic Corps. -
Tho ponnee for the Seventh District is Thomas Drum
mond lie was incorrectly announced, IN the general
press dispatch az from New-York lie has been Tor
some years on the Bench in illinois, and has resided IN
Chicago, where he stands well as lawyer ana upright
judicial officer
JOHN F. DILLON
TJohn F. Dillon the nominee in the Eighth District is
the present ChetJustice Of the Iowa Supreme Court
and has been prominent awer of the Northwest
LORENZO SAWYER.
Judge Sawyer who has been nominated for the Ninth
Circuit is the present ChefJustce Of California, and Is
native Of jefferson County, in tins State His father
and grandfather among the earliest OF the pioneers
who in 1900 settled the wilderness in that portion OF
Northern York then known as the Black River cou-
try and less accessible that day than California at the
time Of its settlement He born and brought up on
a farm till 16 years Of age, attending the oru-
nary district schools during the Winters and
working on the farm during the Summers
At the age Of Is he attended for short time mgh
school at WATERFOWL called the Black River Institute
The next year he removed with his father TO Pennsy-
yania where he assisted in clearing up new farm But
having years before while accidentally present at an I'M
nortant trial AT WATERFOWL formed determination TO
adopt the profession OF law, ana at the age OF ~ rely
ing on his own for support, entered upon
more thorough course OF education ~
mencng the study Of law. The next eiRht years WIZ
devoted TO literary education and preparation lor inc
bar, at first in the state OF New,1 ork anu ~
the State Of Ohio. During this period ne earned tne
means for defrayng his expenses by teacg at nIst III
| district schools and afterward Ill academies, ana
int N
nursned ms studies first at Western Reserve College, ana
| afterward at and Columbus. lie a1tefWaIu re.
moved to Chicago where he spent year in te once vi
the late Senator McDouga OF Cahiorhla sooh aitt 1
this he entered into law partnership WIN the ato
| Leut.GOv. Holmes, at Jefferson, WIS.,, Where no was
rapidly acquiring lucrative practice Tor tnat region
In the Spring of 1850 he removed 10 Ca1ornIa Ho!nS
overland as one OF the train somewhat noted on the
plains known as the Badger Train, arriving IN Cai-
Orna about middle Of July after an nnpecedented
short trip Of 70 days. After working IN the mines OF III
Dorado County for short time, he entered upon inc
practice OF law in Sacramento. AfteTward ne opened
law Office at Nevada City. With the exception OF lew
months spent in San Francisco, from feDruay toAubuS'
1851 he remained Nevada City Till the Fan OF 1888 IN
the Fall of 1858 he returned TO San Francisco since Wlc
time resided there with the exception OF snort
absence in Illinois In 1862 Judge Alexander CampDeli
resigned his position as Judge OF the IweIth Juueai
District Of California whereupon the GOVernor by tee-
| graph rendered the appointment TO the vacancy
| to Judge Sawyer. The appointment was accepteu'
| After holding the Office some five months, the
satisfaction given such that he was unanimously
elected to the position for full term OF SIX yearsDO
parties supporting him. Upon the reorganization OF the
State Courts Judge Sawyer was IN 1903 elected as one OF
the Justices OF the Supreme Court and upon casting Os
as required by the COnstuOn-he drew the SIX years
| teTm He has now occupied JudlclaI position some
eight years and during all that time he has never Dee
absent the opening OF Court on single occasion ana
has been late As an independent State J1ugo nc
distinguished himself by Overruling decision denying
Cinnamon right TO testify In the courts on tue erouDu
| that it conflcted with the Fourteenth Amendment.