The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-08-24

tafssa ait mas ifam tHf
ssii osff ihs 81 mfa sa.l Ohio
ltsigosd. by Say ~ lsftsHbufa
anl Harper Fap, ST. There
.ams vefj has snsfy alauR ihs
muis. especially If llhTefs Very
tie alratf risiug mountains ssefp
ing high ~ On either bank "a ihs
blae. lssbing waiefs II the Potomac
% II usbes In its cgafae over the
rocky. broken leitlm. mu loubi
keeping . funeral march wi,h ih'
spirit ~ "0h John Bregn ~ "his
.mI gps. marching IN in Ia sicked
course n o msnicd punishment IN
tbc other world. The historic re-.
~mini.ceuce- ~ the place are enough
10 attract tie travellers attontiou,
and recall the adead memories ot
the past.
We naturally sought the capitol
building rs the first object Of infer
est upon our arrival, and we spent
the greater portion Of the fret day
OF our stay In examining the many
attractions OF this magnificent pub.
lie building. The Senate aud Rep,
r~esen,ative hall are denuded other
furniture, preparatory to being ro-
fitted for the winter session of Con
gress. The old Senate cLamb r is
now used as the chamber Of the Su-
prame Court, and as we beheld the
covered, heavy cushioned chairs and
theempty desks ofthc absent justices,
and the statuary and portraits Of
great men that qdorn the inches and
walls Of The room, we could not but
recall the associations of this room
with tho past. First in the train,
the Senators WHO had been honest,
capable, public servants, whose
honor. integrity and brilliant intel.
lect had 80 well established the doc.
trines Of liberty and independence Of
the American people, aud to the
judiciary who hid, by their learning,
advanced the science of law to the
highest human perfection, and whose
erm'ne was never tralled in the mire
OF political corruption, when worn
hy sucl, men MS Chief Justice Mar
shall or fancy. And in this dark
hour OF the liberties of the people,
we have one, II not more, justices
who has remained true 10 Il c teach.
ings Of the doctrines in the constitu.
tion-Salmon L. Chnsc, ChiefJusticc
who is au honor to the judiciary Of
the nation. So long as the judicia,
ry department of our government
can he maintained independent oil
the influence OF the two other
branches, there is but little fear OF
tho constitution being subvcrtcd,
but we regret to say that this cannot
be said since the war IN every in~
stance. Blu, the Supreme Court
has been far in advance Of the spirit
Of the government IN awarding to
the South justice since the war, and
We hope to see its iniluenc, brought
TO bear the coming winter, with all
of its deserved force 10 bring about
further benefits to the Southern
people.
We went, in company with Judge
7. W. BARLEY, to visit the White
House, and found a thlrd.elass SUBJ
altern "doiug the honors' Of the
place, and so we were forced to
leave sour card for the absent fig.
ure.bead OF the nation-afgure.head
and nothing more, who smokes,
drinks aud cares tor his "bull purps'
and horses, and let's the government
"run %l-ose," and very loosely II
moves, since it takes a wonderful
amount Of grcasirg in the way Of
stolen funds to pay the hirelings
who steer the affair. We certainly
did not expect to find Gen. Gran,
at the White House, although the
papers said he had come to the city
the day before to hold a so>called
cabinet meeting, for we knew thai
be could not stay twenty-four hours
away ir>m Tom Murphy and his
gang" and so it was--the Presi'
dent had paid a four hours visit tt
the city, but vas of to the Branci
again.
The White House is an Anticipated
concern and does not present as at
tractive an appearance as it should
We visited the different publ
buildings, and:in the leash room
Of the treasury building We wer'
particularly moved, since we saw
quite a number OF very pretty girls
with an occasional hard visage,
Puritan maid, having seen au uncer
tain number Of summers. counting
the agreenbacks" BY the thousand