Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-12-24
THE CHIEF JUsTICEsHIP.

We clip the following editorial allusion
to the nomination of Attorney General
Williams to be Chief Justice, taken from
the New York Times of Wednesday:
The nomination of Attorney General
Williams for the post of Chief Justice was
re-committed to the Judiciary Committee
on Monday, a fact which seems to indicate
that there is great opposition in the Senate
to his appointment. This is one of those
cases in which II serious responsibility is
thrown upon the Senate, and which it can
not evade without doing itselfgreat injury.
Very little Is known by the general public
about the Attorney General, but it cannot
be denied that his fitness for the high Of
flee Of Chief Justice has been in1pugned,
on grounds which are apparently very
strong. The Senate must have in its pos.
session full information in regard to his
character and abilities, and If that infor-
nation is unfavorable to Mr.. Williams his
nomination ought to be rejected. The Bar
in this State is opposed, almost to a man,
to Mr.. Williams. The Bar of every other
State seems to be of the came mind. The
President, there can be no doubt, has acted
mistaken in his selection of this particular
man. If so, he will doubtless find it out,
and we trust he will then make another
nomination, which will prove more ac-
ceptable to the Bar and to the country.
The country will be glad to know that
Senators feel the "serious responsibility
devolviDg upon them in this matter, and
that they are determined to consider well
the qualifications ola man before they pass
upon him forsuch an important position.
The fact that the Bar all over the country
is disposed to look with disfavor upon
Judge Williams confirmation, is thing
that ought to be regarded.
The number Of hogs slaughtered at Gin
cinnati since November 1st is $40 900.
Same time last year, 200.
A boy in Centre county, Pa, accidental
ly cut the roof of his mouth with his rem
knife, and bled to death.
Brigham Young has ordered nineteen
sets of muskrat furs for his nineteen wives
as Christmas present, and each of the
children is to have nice drum.
a Louisville lady is truly cosmopolitan
in her tastes. Her first husband was a
Yankee, her second an Italian, her third a
Swiss and her last German. She likes
the German best.
The late Seth Adams, of Boston, left an
estate valued at 81, 700, 900. and provided i'll
his will for the establishment, nea Bos
ton, of a home for the treatment and ac
commodation of those afflicted wi tn hyp
ochondria, from which malady Adams
suffered for years.
A statement of losses on the lakes, care
fully prepared by Louis Bfever, of the
Daily Wisconsin, at Milwaukee, gives the
total damage for 1873 at SIS, 976, 900, or near
ly $1,000, 900 more than in 1872. The num-
Der of vessels of all kinds lost or damaged
in 1878 was 1878, and in 1872 the number
was 745, being 573 less than this year.
Mrs Francis NJ. Burling died in Mil
ford, Pa, recently, aged SO. Her maiden
name was Hurst. She was belle, in New
York society nearly so years ago. On one
occasion, at a public reception in that city,
she was Gen. Waskington's partner in a
dance. She was on terms of intimate ac-
quaiutanceship with Lafayette, Aaron
Burr, Alexander Hamilton, and many of
the great men and women Of that day.