The Portland daily press., 1873-05-12
WASHINGTON.


Judge Chase,s Successor.
WASHINGTON, May 1O.-The President will
make no appointment to fill the vacancy occa-
the meeting of Congress.
Louisiana Matters.
The following was sent hence to-day:
Var Department, May 10.-To Col. Emory,
Commanding Department of Louisiana IF
the Deputy U. S. Marshal finds it necessary in
the execution of his process to take possession
of boats or other means of transportation, and
asks assistance from you, or directs troops
which are already ordered as part of his
posse to assist him in such seizure for that pur-
pose all necessary assistance will be given him
in taking and maintaining possessio n of and
using the same. Signed,
GEO. NJ robson,
Acting Secretary of War.
No Formal Application for Troops.
The President in conversation Saturday af-
ternoon on being asked whether Gov. Kellogg
had yet made formal application to him to in
terpose in accordance with the provision in the
Constitution to protect the State of Louisiana
from domestic violence, remarked that the
Gov. had not done So and that in despatch
received from him last night he ntimated that
the prospect was that the present troubles
would pass away.
I'm Memoriam.
The body of Chief Justice Chase after arriv-
ing here tomorrow morning in charge of the
ers will be conveyed to the U. S. Supreme
Court room by the old servants of the Court,
who in accordance with time honored custom
on similar occasions, will constitute corpse
bearers
Arrangements befitting the occasion were
made at the Capitol. The bronze doors leading
to the Senate Chamber from east and north
sides were heavily drapped in mourning as
were also the doors leading to the corridor of
the Senate, the arch-way over them, and the
hall leading to the Supreme Court room, and
the main entrance to the buildings by the way
of the east and west doors. The main entrance
to the Supreme Court room is draped in black
as is that of the Office of the Court Immediate
ly opposite. In the Court room ITSELF the fun
eral drapery extends entirely around the room
in heavy folds. The Judicial bench is covered
with black, while the chair of the Chief JUS
tice, the gilt eagle overhead and the semi circle
are draped in Grape. The catafalque on which
the remains will repose, is that upon which the
the rotunda in April, 1865 Since that memoir
able event, it has been in what is Commonly
known as the washington Tomb" under the
Crypt, and is two feet and six inches high and
nine feet IN length, and will be covered for this
occasion with black broad cloth. A heavy
floral wreath from the Government gardens
will surround the casBet which will be other.
wise decorated with beautiful flowers.
In letter to the Clerk of the Court dated
yesterday, Hon. Hamilton Fish. Secretary Of
State writes from New York to saw that Gov
Sprague and the daughters of Chief Justice
Chase think it proper that the remains sb0uld
repose in the Supreme Court room until thew
are taken to the cemetery. He remarks in his
letter There is an eminent propriety in the
placing of the remains of the Chief Justice
there in the Supreme Court room and in there
proceeding to their final resting place from the
room in which but ten days since he sat at the
head of the judiciary of the United States.
The Supreme Court room will be open to Wis
itors tomorrow from ten o'clock in the morn
ing to five in. the afternoon and from nine to
twelve o'clock on Monday. An additional OPP
portunity will be given to the public to view
the remains. At twelve O'clock the Rev. o. II.
Tiffany, pastor of the Metropoltal NJ E.
Church will preach sermon appropriate to the
occasion in the Court room At the conclusion
OF f., the service the remains will be taken to Oak
| Hill for interment. At O,k Hill the reonlar
burial service of the Methodist Church Will be-