Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-09
PURCELL.
Our Old Friend of the
Bladensburg Baths
Before q Senate
Committee.
A QUESTION OF CHARACTER.
SHALL THEORPHANs' COURT
BE ABOLIaHED7
COL. THoMPsoN's DEPENoE OF
PURCELL's CHASTITY.

morning the Senate Committee on the District
upon the question: Of vssIaSilsSiss a Probsis
court fot the District and the abolishmeht OF
the present OrphAna' Court, quite a number
o. men S ws,s pTsssG; = ne eom% ,so
present were aotlecd General MusseY, Y. y.
Robbins, esq M. Thomplon,eaq, Mr. Jno. u.
jS G 6Ss. wsitsP br h SS,,si ssh ISiSdn
Judge Robert Leeoh. Judge Pureeli and
OF the committee there were present, ssna.
and Howell. rhe members Of the committee
were quite tArdy In their attendance, and II
was few moments after eleven when Senator
Howell, the fourth member, arrived, and Mr..
HAmlln called the committee to order, saying,
" Now gentleman give me your attention. We
have quorum here, and desire to lay before
place, there IL petition signed BY four hun.
specifically ask that no law shall DO passed
fnn:nSss .ss Prs,sSt ,9,ph,n1 ySs,. q The
the arduous duties performed, the salary Of
the present inoumbent, Hon. VIM, y. Purcell,
be Increased to i've thousand dollars. Then
ment OF such laws az may establish = Probate
Court for the District These last arc atgDed
BY three thousand two hundred and seventy
Mr.. Ylokets. Arc there any good reasons
given why the change should be madei
Mt HAmlin. None at ALI they merely state
ne sns Isquyps. ~ to.9Ay hAs peen ~ lot
IRE W. bsd bettsr Al n1se nrasssd 10 hn,Ins.s
Let those who desire to speak In favor OF q
change DO so, and then those opposed can be
Judge Purcell, (Arrayod In black cloth pants
and cost, with yellow vest, hat In hand,
advancing TO the table meanwhlle, smiling
WV IN Sn nm sy n,, Auu 'peothot"I
MI. Hamlln. Oh, I merely Indicated what
eonfse this bearing should taEs. -,
lust VI Al Shonid sHpest rom sn.h p Sn hpn,
orso L ssnusmsn 81 sour honor, having known
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present their Srau%sStS g.S.ps GIg M1,s SSu'
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ness meas o. dignity aud seltimPott,ose, until he
sSosta ~. ,,sie,t n,.st,.S - NJ h.
h,o,1.rn yovr Hon. dnn,, naosr ~.
mere mere are any eharges preferred agAinst me
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al ,hst az tssy imS ~ ~. 'p hseS nt,sf.
mss,ins "a sao az IN ne hsl MARI ,hi th
NJ, ~ ~ Nas o. Wy thM sehAIe
:, ~ wiIh pIto,su ~ ne appointmeht
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~ AZ n,ns SS1 cana on so reg 'he Sessions
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Comnittse on the Judiciary. lie then pro-
49, ~ Ss1,, ~ III ,s,lhs IN nv
of Inc SnSgens uonSt vs,s IN AZ, ~ ~ Nv.
ssss Of Xxi Mn III pEess.aea ~ sSI,s w 70
pesisd 70 Judge GARTER, who Ssd entered red ~
Ssle 9,tss auIsty ,,1sh n g ~ nsoo nss
tloP. -. ,,-,...,,,, 49,.
m.ds Az a.. fsynp III ,hn.. A ,,nsu,I. ~ 70 pe
be sent back 10 the Sen1te, with The rsoueSt
IndIsisIy W ''' "O""''''e" on 'ne
General Mu,scy. eoneIudIpg ..Id that n.
was frank 10 .Ny mai Win ths sncsntian NJ az
ms y, ~ i,,hnh' tne present inenm-
Wby II abogid be sbaIi,hsS m b
feellnE .monG the dsesnt nconis ~ eh ns,,,
<. os n as should be ou''sd from the
senator Howell, We have not got Tho ana,
tIon Of ehHJSeteI bsioIo ne nav ko' tns ques
bad = ma. .hsI. Is I, way e SCI ia q him; II
Gen. MuSsey. Their h no oths, Ssy - v AZ a,
Mr.. Howell. why YOU can impsaeh him "'
Mr.. MuRaRV. No we canfl zach hIrn ~.
Vsv Ills Isnot a Ii,ttcd sts,s. ,,nt,n, .,t
he eannot he imnesobsd N'u''' anu
Mr Woweu Whv a. n. ,,o, .n,ot.,., A.,
hoid M nosiiion Jnring 200 Nh .frtS.'s ."
Oen. Mnsnev YES, an5 th.1 a. ,shs,r
10 thow-hi1 bsd behaVior "H"'
Jndre CaTtter Intetr1ntsd IN. r,o.. Ala.
by sSfinT Information IN SevspS ~ tha s1nys,
~ The bifi ior he nnIies eanst ~ .nh w.
sertnIn asts fat ~ M ~ ~ nnG Iu W.,
Ne HHmiln Iniormsd MIN tbst . III
been reported. whereupon The Jndgs h.da ~,
oompany good morning, And len ihs Sam,a ~
Tee room. '''
MI UAmlIn and M Hawaii ho,h .,,,.....a
their oninion that the InhIci 10 a,oni,,It,s
had halter be CHARGED vim tbs d1ty ~ ~.
AminInE into the prSbate eoutt busins.. "
Gen. MusSey aid that tbe Senats nm h h.a
read eoptemblated mAinIsIninV thc nss.,s,,
hIy' Thomnaon now Toss 10 sbdr... IN. ..r.-
miitse and Sftsr agrcoins ~ ~, me oSm,
been saId 10 regard 10 the nsoeS.itv al a. n ~
ditionni Iustiue on the sunreme So0,t ~ AZ ~.
DiItriet. took the ground thnt The nrnnn,I,,ns
vas totAilv independent IN ana anelpion ~
me Aboiishment n the C)rnhAnsi uo"rt ~
Thomp1On Welt on thia linz m arSnm.n, ~.
about ten minutes, then auddeniy ehangsd
addressing himself 10 the question Of the ss-
tabliAhment Of a Probate Court, The present
Orphans Court Of the District 10 one OF the
inheritanees from Maryland to which we have
chung. The great majority Of the people OF