, 1873-05-17

will lhyo itR vn1ue IN libraries. hIttcli hns boon
writton hgailiet 1T. otlaalns tor litsAoyerc nr.'
Of Admiral Sir George Cookbnrn, who rayagqd
ingtons, There Is 10 good roaaoh why 90 Amer
ioen hstoran slonta i,2t nayo apoton Of tlte 70.
Coo'sbnri, very olosoly ta1os with tho Hsotol,oa
Of Admiral C0ohbl,tn wrltton noariy sixty yonrs
ngo.hy Jarod spartn, Joseph dalog, nntl o.l,cts
who lad communicated with tint tlrunlton Eng
tisl barbarian. 0ushtng'a ncoonnt Of Coohburn
npponrg to bo consistent. It certainly will Btlok
lol1gcr thin tho nowspapor Of; Cnshtng'e
book.. = >.::t. a. .#-,. ,s,:,,.
hf qashrg nst M ss %9 30 ;nEry Il 10 70 aeoySFs
tics and diplomacy brings upoti him eono a,it-
inadyoraIon, A Democrat who followed tho star
Of gtaVory as pctslato,,t}y as Tho Who Mon Of
ito' Enat followed tho" Star Of Bothlohom md
wllon It proposed to DO King Of our FREQ Terri.
toriod, Ile forwarcss In: tile onttao Of personal
goyorl,tnont and legal eqpvooation ut Washing
Ton di,ninislos tho stature Of Ills lator years.
Bancroft Davis yoro 80 ti,klod with tlar oxtrny-
ngnnt rendering OF tl1a Amoricnn caBo tint t]oy
lid It sNrroptilionsly trHstBlatod' into ttfroront
1an8angos and disseminated ovor E1ropo,' to
asl tsr Spnad vtos 1os reneat i
oyon :by Count Fretiorio selopss','to whom Mr:
Gushing dodicntes hiu book. :" In Testimony Of
profound rospoct."
-''- " 'FASr CHIEF JUBT1oEs,
And here, nk Cus}lIngB nArno, wo como to tito
question OF our next Chiof Justice, The prenf-
don't, It tiH said, will make no selcction until Con-
gross moots, In December. This will show dis
eroton, II 1t leade to selection OF tho ldghest
clnaD, Tho United States has boon remarkably
Hucccsaf,,l In tho limo of ita chief jurieta Con.
Washington appointed, nfter tho deepest mcdita-
tion John Jay, In the year 1880, md nasoclated
with him william Gushing, probablya connection
Ss Gsse "s2 1ade * No 6ss
lima. and John Nutlodge, Of, South Carolina.
Four years afterwards, jay. took tho reapo.1sl-
bllity Of proving TINT Oitizon Gonot Ind inH1ltod
President Waehington;;;,tJay retired from TIC
know who borato M. Ohnao Tor aspiring to tho
Chief hIngistrhoy, that Chief Justice Jay was
competitor for Ada1ns' place, and In 1891 he re-
ceivod ono vote from Hlodo Island. Tho Bec~
John Rutlodgo, who denounced tho British
troaty, aud was therefore not conflrlnod while
Jay, his predecessor, was denounced BY Charles
Pincknoy aa worthy Of impeachment. Ihon
Cnslling, OF hfaaaaohusottg, Was nominated Chiof
Oliver Ellsworth, Of Connecticut, who held It tor
mora than Stfroo years. and thou resigned. John
Marnhal thon hold tho office Of Chief Justice and
Secretary OF sato ct the sano time nl1d ro1nod as
Roger Brook Taney became Marshal1's SUCCESSOR.
Marshall n,anifestcd strong dislike to Jefferson
iuhilo chief Of q co-ordinRto branch. Taney WAS
rejected by tho Senate, both for Justice Of the
but ho flllod tho place Of Chief Justice for twe1
ty-otght' years, or until 1864, whom Chnsa took
LIS place.: .The1e arc statues oxtant Of Marshall
and Taney, and tho busts Of MI but Taney havc
beon placed In tho Supreme Court chamber. htr.
Chase expressed Ills appreciation Of hiH prodo--
cossor by having bis portrait painted aud placed
III his residence.
This royiow Of Chief Justices shows that tho
nation has been remarkably fortunate in its pre-
&1Sn+
pointmont has always been made or hold without
political feoling. Ellsworth waa a man Of strong
provincial proiudlces, and his writings show TINT
ho dislikod Ponnsylvanians, frontiersnon, and
ygnissns t =; tWR4uSn
ington as ft for tho first position Of wisdom in
tho land, and who had actually asoendod tho
Bench, diod insane; and EllanoIth'a days we're
closed by = distressing malady, Tho position OF
Ing. Removed from faction, reminded Of ro-
Bponsibility by tho oonsoiouBnoss Of standing on
trial before tho great bnr Of tho country md
posterity, and compelled to sobriety and industry
by the demands Of tho oflco, the place is ono Of
umph. Tho Bar Of tho United Btntos hns euffer-
ed, like commerce, literature, and public life, by
prosperity. Lawyers now 1.-Two i'll tho days
OF iuordfuate foes; and, IN tho conflicts OF
corporate wealth, as over railroad. or mining, Or
from lis siionte. TO ohtain.a. 0hiof Justice Of
adequate learning nowadays, is to ask Bacrifico.
Mon have bocn namod nlroady. In tho public
prints whose inconlob at tho bar range from,
a60, 900 to e100, 900 per annurn. Some Of these
may play with tho compliment Of tho appoint
mont, and ro1inquish It In fow years to resume
Mammou, aud 6tickle for q statue In tho FAt1-
opinion expressed That to discover successor to
mr. Chase, OF purity, simplicity, and habits equal
to tho rank, tho Bar and bonch Of tho country
parts should be polted, and tho pampered Bar OF
Mar, ,H1.o I.oSsa 13NtaT
With gontlo incomes and on reasonable fees, who
have urea Of mind moro notable than brilliant
faculties, md persuade loss thafl they reason,
such has been tho olaBa Of Caiof Justices hera-
tofore; mon who could 1.-Two country l1vGs like
John Jay, or bear indigonco like Roger .Tancy,
| or bear domestic aflliction like John MarBhnli.
| , ITEMS At WASHINGTON.
| Ono Camp, whoso initial ought to DO 8, haf
takon advantage Of Alr; Whtolaw hoid's visiting
have him arrested for lbol, tho counsel capable
Of advising this pieoo Of meannoss being, ol
| ,course, Benjamin F. Butler, author Of the back
| salary grab To rHe tho capital OF tho country
for ontrapping gentlemen who como to bury r. tht
! groBs Inns exclusive jurisdiction the scat Of Mur
.fells gamo. To stop over night here with char
| actar Or effects may become as dangerous as tt
| lie up at Seymour, or Mo1tgomerys Point, o.
with tho Bender family at Cherry Vale.
The Dahlgren family is aaid to contemplate
! putting in clam for Inventions in ordnance
only with tho design Of erecting monument tt
tho late Admiral and his son Uric.
Tho loss Of the steamer Po1aris, withthe Hall OK
pedition, has called little expression Of opinion
except that 1t ia timc these appropriations forth
purposes of amateur reconnaissance in dangerou
places should coaso.
Talking with tho Hon. Samuel ]. Randall
Philadelphia Congressman, tho other day, b
expressed tho opinion that tho peudng costo'
crop would got tho South out OF straits, an'
| tho noxt oue would mako it rlch.
| Washington Is duller than usual nt ths poriod
although aon1o buildings arc going up. I'll
Capitol cdiflce ia annually rebuilt to some dc
greo, apparently for tho purpose Of never com
plotting It. h1ullett is rushing up lis State De
rartment with such speed TINT ho will got til
wing up to tho roof before wlnto1. This oxtraol
dinary chnracter is said to boputting up thirty thIir
five great buildings at once Az Artemus War
told tho artist who came to seo Lis daughter, t
20 cut and throw Bomo Ho1ll into fonco, 1t IL t
bo hoped TINT Mr.. hIullott will throw Bono Aor
into these arohitooturea. GATH.
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