, 1873-12-08
WASHINGTON.
Tho New Chtef-Justice---IIfs Life
Habits, and Head.
Observation-Disclosures,

1.-Two, luee h6 tno 6RfIlo gentleman got to bC At
tcrnoy. General, md as Mr.. Boutwell, got to be
Secretary Of tito Treasury when Mr.. A. T.
Stewart was found to DO inoligiblo and tho preBt-
don't Ind nobody oleo In his mind.
Tho President long wavered between Judge
Hoar md Roscoe Oonkling, and Ind decided In
favor OF tho latter, who thought it over, and,
lilo my young man fond OF an active caroor, de-
clinod it. Meantime, tho friends OF Judge Mil
ler, and Judge swayuo in person, had 30 pes-
tered tho President for tho placo that ho de-
clared, last July, TINT ho would tako no man
from tho Bench, to tho disturbance of ita har-
mony. Oonkllng's declination oamc 80
late that thore !. was little timo for
further selection, with tho work on tho
Message unfinished, and tic spauieh matter
taking up good deal Of time. In this poriod
Of iudocision, whon tho President was like a
gunner sitting on q fonce whiting for game md
seeing mono, the femalo hemisphere of tho
White House, inspired by tho vito Of tho Attor-
ney-Gcuoral, charged upon tic Presidential
sportsman, took Ills gun aud powior-flaak away,
ind
N1s8ED H1st INTO COMPLIANCE,
Mrs. Grant know TINT thbro could be no mig
take about 1t. Tile young ladiea entroated Ulys-
aes to uustring his bow. Happy az CHM ut
high-wator, tho tal orogonian found himself
blosaed with tho baptism Of total immersion,
and ho will take tho scat Of Ellsworth, Jay,
Marshall. Tanoy, aud Chase.
This appointment will 10 thought, by ma
1nrity Of public critics aud nombora Of tho Bar,
to bo bolow tho Booial intellectual, and profea-
sional demands Of the office, but perfectly iu
Keeping with Con. Grant t'smcdocro range of ap-
pointmonts. It may bo Baid however, Of tho
office, that it has no exceptional propondoranco
in tho councils OF tho Supreme Bonch; and TINT,
undor Judge Williams, who ia modest man,
without aelf-assortiou or unequal tomper, tho
harmony Of the Court Ia apt to bo continued.
His requirements In tho law and general litera-
ture aro respectable. He has rovorence with
out that undue doforonce which springs from
conscious inferiority. lie is chasto and discreet
In tho expression of his opinions; and acquaiut-
anco with him giyes ono tho idoa OF juas and
judicial mind, already woll experienced, md
capable OF higher performances In criticism and
tho evolution Of principles than he las yet had
opportunity to show,
l cnu give you al exact
PHYSICAL sKErCn
Of Judge Williams, taken from measurements
In tho year 1866; and as ho is in all essentials
unchanged, you can got good ayoirdupoia and
linear notion Of tho man. Flo was born Marcl,
26, 1923, and is Of the ago Of John Sherman.
nloas1res 1oT inches around tho chcst h h, and
22M incleB around the head,-or moro than
less than Sumner, aud tho snmo as
Eannnav Chicf-JuBtico Williams ancestry is
wholly Welsli, aud hiH name il 10 common In
Wales that 1t stands third III tho list of common
for England and Waios, md is nearly
as common aR Smith aud Jones. This Welsh
element hos boon worry common in our public lifo.
J Je1orHon had it in the nane ~ woll as tho
blood. Senator Anthony is half Welsh, ex-
Senator Morgan the saino, Garrett Davis the
same, ex-senator pomeroy ditto, and Eprngue
ditto.
10 look upon, Judge Williams is large anu
broad but not stout person, OF commanding
I nIi61 rrs rss, Ssos oossy ans n5 roh s m put oge
black dress, bofltting tho local Judge Of some
State Court. Barring his pioneer look, there iH
naturally judicial in lis faco, repoH-
ing features. and large, thoughtful, revolving
Invisible weight, as il lis faculties and mental
machinery ruled slowly to thoir work and wero
by tue mutter in hand. He has
good, fair forehead, and large undor lip aud
mouth: which is tho 1eaat inviting feature about
him. His voice is doep aud sonoroas. Ho speaks
right onward, alowly like his lools but logically,
and with iucrea8ing bnt never dramatic weight
and interest. His conyoraatioa Is dry and sound
with little anccdote and no lnughter. lIo smiles
occasionally, but never waB professional ani1er
Il any sense; and always struck mo as q liberal,
charitable, solid man, striving to got along, and
invariably commanding tho confidence aud Hup-
port Of his associates from the Pacific Coast. I
oreBlnlo TINT shall mover hnvo ohauce to roll
litter he will wear gown and bo lurninary in
2fllco 1predict for him tho growing confidence Of
ho country, and, In his own character, d steady
conservatism and emulouB scholarship, which
viii reconcile the country to his selection.
POINTS OF CHARACTER.
111rirn 1Sn<x ~.
aow @ house, commodious and pain,, bohtting his
'i1lce, which he had just finished ut al
'nly two or three weeks when
II tho fortunate receipt Of commission which
rotirod after ton years service. He has also
Investments in Washington roal estate which, If
bout s8o, 900, exclusive ii his residence tfiko
large number Of men from the Pacific Coast,
oline real estate; and may mention TINT asso-
lated with these Californiana ia Clarllo Inger-
OIL, formerly OF Pcoria, ILL.,, who il said to lave
bovo S290, 600 in property on Connecticut ave-
no, Which goes by tho name Of Honest Minors |
ustice Williams; Senators Stewart and Jonos;
losars. Sunderland and Hillyer. Of Nevada;
argent, dorham, and others, Of California; |
5 l9sooo cenkling. A. 6. Cattoll, and ,Inger-
MS boen induced to build lis permanent Lega-
lon amongst them, tho Investment amounting
. $150, ,00U and tic two houses Of Stewart and |
lillYer, just completed hayo consumed $780,
90.
TIE WIFE
t the new Chief-Justico is handsome and anil
lated woman, born in New England, nnrtured
nd wedded In Iowa, unhappy IN oarly lifo, di-
orced; and, while lnusic-teachor ut Portland,
'regon. Judge Williams. who, II is said, had be-
'londed her In Iowa, mot hor by accident, and,
eiug Widower, married her. T mention those
lattere because tho extraordinary promotion of
le husband will giyo them publicity, aud for the
urpoae OF saying that Mrs. Williams has ro-
1rned hor husbands ohiyalrio kindness by de-
otion to his interests more efficient than women
public lifo have It, in their power
ommoaly to accord. President Jackson
as, married to q lady whose. first
1lsband survived; aud the celebrated hlrs.
ladlaon Is said to hAvo kept boartling-houhe
rhiladelphia, whero Aor future husband took
p his quarters.
After long and quiet services on tho Boncl, OF
80 statos, IL the sonato for six years, ~ mlon-
Or Of tho High Joint Commission, aud as At
'rney. General it ia assuring to SEQ in thia caBe
attonce and adventure compensated at last. 30
int hAv with = v f},o 4,onf, nj |