The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-17

Z
were pol confidence men. Angus was
the net amount that they sung him for.
TH1 NATIONS JUDGES.
PEN Pictures Of tho Men Who FIN
the 9upre No Bench.
The Supreme Court Of the United
6tates-that great harbinger, sheet-an-
chOf, safely.valve, etc., of our liberties
has during the week sat with y full
bench for the first time in three years.
dropped in on the Court u day or two
ago. What u jolly old set! There was
the Chief Justice, with ir0n-gray hair,
thi anu stiff, aud whiskem just the
same, \ zig nOye and u big mouth, wrap
ped in his black silk gown, but looking
very little like CHER Justice. But he
attends to bis buainess, leaves politics
TO the dogs, and IL respected by his a,ss.,.
cixtes. On his right, oldest In commits
sion Of any one on the bench, 10 Justice
Miller. round and fat and sixty-f0ur, 4
little bald and closely -shaven face. On
the bench he IL rs cross ~ . Ratchet,
for he hates circumlocuti0n and shalns
lana half the bal 10 made Of themC; but
of the bench he IL ~ jolly and kind and
gentle ~ any IMAM you ever saw. he
has baen regarded for ten years rs the
ablest man on the bench. The three last
appointments on the bench llay change
this, but doubt it.
On the Chief Justices left IL Justice
Field, appointed ~ y Republican, but
now y pesky old Democrat. He is tall,
Lald-headel, spectacled, full bearded,
with u Jewish cast Of countenancc.
Smart he il, tOo, as all the Fields are.
He writes strong opinions and is lNpu-
lar. lie is u .l,.,st entertaining conn sln-
ION and great Traveller an scholar.
Drink: yes, once in u while. Miller and
Field respectively are the two oldest
Judges in commission on the bench.
Justice Bradley is the next in point Of
rank-a thin, refined. c'Osc' y-shaven,
gray-haire%;, scholarly, judicially Look
ing old gentleman, who doesn't seem To
have much to say to any one. Justice
Harlan, .Ourth in rank excepting, Of
cs,ur>e, the l. hief Justice), is . specimen
kentuclan-a Siant in his way. Zig
bOdy, big head, big Lands, big feet, long
legs, long arms and long headed with
out u doubt. He il ut ieust six feet six
inches in height. lie rents u furnished
house from friend of mine and my
friend had to have made, especially for
the great kentcNian, u nine-fOOt led
stead, with mattresses, blankets, sheets,
ETC.. 10 correspond, and ;lsO one for the
s':n oi the Judge, who is as tall. .)ud e
Harlan was u strong acquisition to the
bench, and is popular Oh the bench and
oil: Chew tobacco, did you say? well,
l should say so, and he kn"wsa glass Of
bourbon when he tastes it. There is
dot much known Of } Us. ice WWNls. lie
is Il grizzly, slouching imam, whose per-
=. nal Bearing and appearance is not al
all striking. He is Il Judge by appoint
M,cnt, hut ne doesn't look like one. JUS
ticc Stanley Matthews is built on u big
model, physically and mentally. He is
sell-pOis. Il, diSnitted and fine looking.
A. an in ei!ectual force he scarcely has
Il superior on tile bench. He is quiet in
his Intercourse and does not seem toe re
H. extend his acquaintance. Justice
Gray is Il tall, wl,itc-laired l~ppery Old
bachelor, who silalss up everybody, and
would rather quarrel than win II cause.
When lie first came on the bench here
lie was nearly killed wit heavy eating
and drinking, but that time Is over. As
the old Judges are very tenacious Of the
rights Of seniors he j. not very likely t.
be popular. Justice EIatclli"rtl, the last
appointment, looks like your own Geo.
ial, uff,i.ie, we'll dressed and kindly M;l-
ture,i-else looks do not count.
WHERE TIE JUDGES LIVE.
Chief Justice Waite lives in u hand
some house on Rhode Island avenue;
Judge Miller owns Il fine house on Mas
s,,cl,uselts avenue; Judge Field has Il
large, weIl-built house on Capitol Hill
u present from his brother Cy rlIs-a lN'r-
ton OF what was once known as the Old
Capitol Prison. IN this building Henry
Clay presided three terms as Speaker Of
the House, AMI in front Of it James Nom
roe and John Quincy Adams were I'M
Il .g,,r:tcd President. John &. Calhoun
died in it. Judge Bradley OWLS and Gc-
cupic the house on | street which was
given to General Grant, and from which
he was first il,aigurstcCi. General Shcr-
man then became the owner, AMI from
him Ju.!, &C Bradley purchased it. Judge
Harlan lives in u costly rented ll"lsc;;
Judge Woods boards on {; street; Judge
Matthews is building u very imposing
and costly mansion on Connecticut ave-
nue. Opposite the British Legation; Ju' lgc
Gray boards ut WOriIii.'y's, amt Judge
IsIatch;"rd has just purchased Sb',Ws,
house Oh X street. The mutations OF
time affect even the Supreme Court, for
Of the bench twenty year a:.t, not sin
gle iu.l.c rcnlails-:lI are dead. Only
two judges Of the bench twelve years
az" remain. namely, Miller and Field -
all til. Others are dead, except Davis,
now in the Senate, and Swayne, retired.
- Wuxhinton Correspondent IMifaelct-