, 1869-10-08
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The Supreme Court.
How It Looked at the Opening.
Deseription Of the Couft.Room and ef
: The apartments Of the Iudses
Attorney General, and
L Other Officers.
Peraouaf Matters About the
s., Court,
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WARRINGTON, Oct T.
rbe.e Ii onn daJ NJ Warrington when our gov.
ernn ens 1osez ata democratic form and puts on t1a
garments and solcmutsy oI tts rnouatchlcA ostGl-
MI Thai II the opening day ot the s1pscuaa
Court Of the United ssatea. To-day waa axed lof
tnIs ceranapy, and Mnall Select party Of people
ca1ae .oxhe Capitol to sea tribunal TOO awful
for POLITICS to reach, make ln slow and stately
march, al begowned lie college Of Blsuops,
nom It's rothng+ +Iuom to it, throne.
1uB HOLY or MoI1E3- ...
The precinct Of tho Supreme Court haz m At
rnospncxe and silence 1oout IL which c4naot ISL
to atstke the stranger here, even when Corgfesa
sttinF. Al Tou pass between the senate Aud
the House OF Representatives BY tpat long,
asched corridor which trayetses the entire lenein
OF the former Capitol, you come To 8ss1es OF
roornS which ere haunted IN thelr Hobbies By no
1otteyeIs, Lighted BY one single coneaEe s13henl,
a dark md avoided place, with closed doors. Wlsa
a pohcenan neaE BY 10 saJ walk quietly, pdS
or.n ,1ne Court u ait1ing.' And, perhaqs.
While you pause tnqutattsely IN the gloom, fose-
wood door IN tne corridor opens, MARSHAL Cries:
- Make Eay for the Honorable the Judges Of me
srnrrme cnurt." And al, byetanden falling back
Inc venerable men, oil port'J gifth and aseedc
conntenapce.. led By one aancu1ed foce cross tho
rorrt1or and disappear behind q second rosewood
to1r, which il closed By .neg1p, funt1eal
! N colorct Baptist preacher on fmuess-
| inc day, The eject OF this ptocesSaon On
the casual mind Il that somebody Is going to be
tarRed OF buried alive, and have always noticed
! inst any vaR1ant negroes Ta!ssDg near sl!n< o1
with manifest perturbation, a. II they Tefe pres
| entity to b eetzed and handed over to the holy
1nqnslt.ou nrd burned up with their photographs
| In FoxA Book Of MartJIH.
The officials Of this portion OF the Capitol a.so.
| are quite different nom tne smatt, intriguing OK
pa.as lte-ooklng pc1sons WHO belong TO the fe2ts.
latye departments. The Ciet9 haa Teen aefe
foxsy-,kc yaars The Master Of The Ros*A appeat'
never 10 have teen born At all, bat 10 belong to
sort Of judicial antiquity; old coloEed men o.
tormef generation, whose lives Heaven bal
! Louutlinl}y heightened oat because 70
eytn Heaven could fepiacu them
| keep the ante rooms and 90 upon the erTand
with consistent ennn1la and with shoulder
bear1pg ynht responsibility. Zip Van W!nkle
when lie 20. up on the nounta4na anongtt tn
gray.faced pirn&es, feand Just such lot OF caee1
fuI anc.enis ~ constitute The heisu1.ss u sae su
p,eue Court. The furniture Of this part OF ii
CAPITOL, alao Of material and style not currcn
In the rest Of the bauling. We see no hlAek Va
III. ch2trs, no oiled sadehaa1ds at desks, noihln
whatever Of The amart AMI patented forms OF lro
no,able IN tho w,ngA Everything here Il ros'
} wood or ormAhoenuy, built at atIme when The WOO
WIS well eeasoned, when We had no aneetattot
, o, E,.pscau, OF modern italian, Of Arabic tortn
I and followed the c!asslcs or simplicity. Tt
, | furniture, indeed, Is what remains Of II
. ! x,A Fontto1 aun Old fife Df thh f1HuO1lC