Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-09-16

For the RnooRD.l
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND MEMBERS OF IT'S
BAR.

For the RreoRD.l
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND MEMBERS OF IT'S
BAR.
This court, as everybody knows. is
composed Of nine Justices, one of whom
is the Chief
Within that dingy, old mahogany door,
under the roof of the capitol, to the right
of the passage that leads from the Ro-
tunda to the Senate Chamber, there is a
pent-up, pinched and ill-contrived semi
circular room which is honored with the
sittings OF the Supreme court.
This was the "0ld Senate Chamber, ("
and is as free to the public as the CALLER
les Of the Senate and the House, yet few
persons who visit Washington ever 60
there.
Ranging the Justices on a straight line,
the members of the bar sit within the
half-circle in front of them.
More than fifty spectators are seldom
seen there; less than twenty, and often
less than ten, will be found an average
indeed, sometimes, none. Each of the
justices is ROBBED in long, black gown,
which flows from the neck Monk or
Doge-like) to the floor. This is about
the only one of the substantial British
fogyisms to which our people cling, and
for which they seem to care. Profound
dignity and silence reigns here, and each
sable-clad Justice communicates by whis-
per to his associate, right and left.
The faces most common within the
bar are Caleb Gushing, Jerry Black,
Henry Stanberry, VIM. NJ. Evarts, Rev
erdy johnson, David Dudley Field and a
few others. Many eminent lawyers, such
as O'Connor, of New York, Meredith, of
Philadelphia, Curtiss and Hoar, of Bos-
ton, Beckwith and Browning, of Illinois,
and Ramsey and Groesbeck, of Ohio, are
often there, but less frequently than the
regulars. There are nearly always
more lawyers present than spectators.
Imagine a quiet afternoon-say "Old
Rev" las johnson is called) has spoken
quietly, in his own peculiar way, and
taken his seat. Two or three of the
Justices incline their judicial heads and
whisper gravely to each other, whilst all
is wrapped with that solemnity which
hangs upon the approach of trouble and
the uncertainty of escape.
! herd Of Buffalo breaking for timber
before the advance of a nor'wester,
thunderbol: projected against the center
pole Of a circus tent, or blunderbuss
tmptied into the solitude of a Georgia
pigeou-roost, hath moving power of no
mean grade, but none like this; for the
door quoaks, and, OF sudden, the as
sembled wisdom turn on chairs and say
within themselves, Here comes hell. E"
And why? Ben. Butler, with hasty and
aggressive strut, comes from the House
to bully through pending suit An
ominous rustling Of papers, hats and
chairs ensues, when no voice is heard
save that
Whose noise whets valor sharp, like beer"
By thunder turned to venegar."
Except curious few who yet see
mystery in the divided honors of Big
Bethel, or stand in awe of the powder
boat explosion of Fort Fisher, none re-
main to see the terrors of Lowell poured
out upon the ermine of a lore-belabored
court. Occasionally, on the outskirts
Of the bar, may be seen a wonder-stricken
Scion from pike who, for the first
/ time, beholds
Great Orsou. famous for
Wise conduct and success in war.
This fellow very naturally falls in with
with Ben. and is packed away in the
Museum of Bomb-proof Acquisitions. ="
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