Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-05-05
TIE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME
rz COURT.

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Chief Justice Chase is The eenlrsl a.
traction. both from his ptesent ellicial no
sition and the numerous promineat ones
| he held prior to this. With hia hand
some chir bearded "a winter protection
only aud sitting ia the bsdly falling l;eht
Of the court room. he realisas II uoseSse
the idea a stranger has iormed ct him
from pictorial and new<psper acocunts.-
But then he could hardly evcr have beeiii
q strikingly handsome nan. His fea-
lures are too small and reRuiar FOE that.
But he has noble 6gur and from nd
der his large brow as cles md brix6t =
pair of blue eyes look out = you could
End in a schoolbov. Hes y qniss bald. !
but looks hale and vigor& 8 - ~ lshra-
ry. where he is seen at q lssss Hc 4
social. very kind in his hanuers. natural
and wholly unaffected. 1f you are young
You think Il must be pioe 20 have such a
father: He keeps house With his unmar-
riei daughter. -Nettie; IN plain brick
house. neighbor t. Secretary Creswe.l,
on [ street. Senator and Mrs. Kate
Chase Spragu, for soue time resided
there, and not until recently has Miss
Chase assumed the entfe charge of her
fathers house Il need hardly be added
that she acquits herself - the gra,i6casion
Of her friends. The Chief Jus,ic Is man
sion is veil and tastefally furnished. With
out any show Of extravagance. 1t is quite
possible that the Chief Justice reaped no
large financial profits from the emolu-
ments Of his various positions Of trust.
His library is quite extensive, lining two
sides OF the room, except space over the
man:el, devoted to engravings ef men.
one of which is a 6ue one os Lincoln, aud
one Of his uncle, Right Reverend Philan-
der Chase. At one end Of the room il
fine marble bust Of himself, made by
Jones, Cincinnati sculptor. during his
guberaatorial- -tsEm- in Ohio. Tha-libra-
ry opens from the let side of the hall, is
lighted from both ends. and Is his work
ing room. On Sunday he occupies pew
in the Metropolitan Methodist church,
while his daughter wcrships at St. john.
Episcopal. He spends She summer with
his children upon the mountains of South
Carolina, where Senator Sprague has
charming place. He vas bora in New
Hampshire iu 1908, and removed to Ohio
when twelve years Of age. where his ed
ucation was superin:cnded by bis uncle.
Bishop Chase. People are familiar with
the history Of Simon Portland Chase. =
man whose record Ias teacher, author,
lawyer. Senator, Governor. Secretary of
the Treasury. and finally Chief Justice,
is something for the nation as we'll as the
mau, to be proud Of.
SAMUEL NELSON.
At the right Of the Chief Justice sits
Justice Nelson, the oldest Of the judges.
He was born in 1892, is native of New
York, and has been Judge OF the Su-
premc Court since 1s45, having been ap-
pointed by President Tyler. He has
shining white hair, without badness. and
side whiskers running down under his
chin. He has a rather large mouth, but
an exceedingly pleasant face. figure of
medium size, and quaint enough in his
manners to suggest the olden times. He
has been jsdge foe forty-seven years,
belongs to Cooperstown. N. Y, and ,lu-
ring this present session has rooms at the
National Hotel.
NOAH II. swAYNE.
was appointed from Ohio by Lincoln. but
is native Of Virgiria. He is Of Quaker
descent. was early orphaned, began the
study Of medicine but drifted into law
His face is smoothly shaven, showing ths
strong lines Of command" down from
prominent Roman nose. He has strong, +,
square jaws. with firm chin. dark hair.
somewhat bald, and good sized. we'll set
on ears. / aver that cars signify as much
as the nose or the hands. Great. fappy
ears, or little. unfinished. cramped ears.
indicate something wrong always. JUS
tice Swayne has an ample figure. and a
soul to match. Socially he is very ge-
nial, and is happy in an interesting fami-
ly OF children BY whom he is surrounded
in cheerful home on Thirteenth street.
At the age Of twen:y-eight he married a
Miss Wager, an accomplished Virginia
lady. who was heiress to q large number
Of slaves. These were Immediately set
free. This act was only in keeping with
the generous nature Of the man-a large
ness Of nature that wins him 4 warm and
popular regard from all who know him.
He is sixty-six years Of age.
DAVID DAVIS.
is Marylander BY birth, but was ap-
pointed to the bench Of the Suprem me
Court from nlinsis By Lincoln in 1862
In physique he is aldcrmanic. His weigh,
leaps through the hundreds somewhere,
and his friends affirm that his heart is as
big as his body. He is hardly as con-
| ventional on the bench as bis confrrres.
He has strong, dark, well lined, full
! face, with long upper lip and row o.
iron-gray whiskers around under his
chin. His hair is full. is,reaked with
gray, and his eyes are dark. He has q
jolly, easy.digestion look, is ffty-ive
years Of age, and has apartments at the
National Hotel. p-a
xKTHAS cLlIHoRp,
Of Maine, vas appointed in lS4S by
Buchanan. He Vas born in 1903. and
! has been growing ever since. Physical.
lly he carries everything before him
Judges, tho world over. are partial to ro-
tuudity. A few are cf moderate lean.
ness, bat they are as scarce as baid-head
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