New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-23


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OF high lever, wialcn were more exnapsuns .ae'
any he had ever had before. The imInedlase
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s,eoranmned with aeute congestion of the kidneys.
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CAREER OF. TILE DEAD JUSTICE,
Just.es Matthews has beea generally rsckoned as
me 81 tba tnnior rnenbsrs Of the United States SUI
nsnu,e rwrs hat hls career ss lawyer runs back
eve, to,4s vsa,a Tie yes born IN Cincinnati. Ohio,
on July. 81. 1924 H,s fathsr who was . teacher BY
profession ecca removed 10 Lexington, Ky, 10 take
q place IN the faculty OF Transslvania University.
This he held uns 1884, when tbs family settled down
sgAin IN Cincinnati The early tfanipe young MaI-
thews got In Lexington ne was mus snae'ea ~
msnS ~ course ~ we ~ go ,..a, =
cfnnatL Ffvm srhDal ne Went 10 ochess' eneos,ne
Kenyon College Of Gambler, Ohio aust as 10 was DO
ginning his teens ~ 1910 ne had pecn srauua.u, :
stirling commeat either on MS piecociousnsss u o
the extresnev scaaehic qush.y ~ .e
uiun In icsz' siser years ivselus - -. ~
the young graduate arieo 70 ienhoss9o. 49,
tired his hand ct an assistant ~ !.
mary ct columtia Abandoning ms, no tufiee ~ =,
q law again. ana was SOM aaaiaeea - 1880. ~
msufy ooahss. ne eAea guy ns en- 1,o,uyahIa
nelpang 70 eais Weens NOV sR-hS'p y
-. Ss. ~ - 49,, !. raroinrat, ana admitted 10
~ 49, - ,,s ne An fhs so,th mad sp.
-s,.,tv go Am affo,,ry against slavery and his
newspaper experience In Columbia stood him 10 geoe
sssa1 =, sA 49, .s sa,,ay.r 80 Iy fyamaliel Bailey
f - $50 80 q tn ,,ponnati Herald and whom
fss. ~ 100 :, wssh,nc,op 10 establish The Ms,
f,cna Erss another anti slavery organ, Mr. Matthew'S
became I'm is4e the editor Of The Herald ana ~
NAMED in charge OF u until lack oI supPoi' ieis "
% suspend publication In 1919. .a.
BIS political career oeean wnon ny x.s.., "a .hs
iour He was elected clerk OF ths iowsr ~. ,ss,
Ohio Legislature ZOE the session Oh to.o -, - .a.,s
he was chosen Judge OF me Soart VI .oni a -.
Of Hamilton County. He served on the pepSh . ~ :"
years and then resigned 70 MI ~ v..as.asn an.
he stste senate. In 1858 President Buchanan ap-
pointed him United states Attorney fer tne
District Of Ohio. This appointmelt 70 ,',s,,rs..d
1861 as soon President Lincoin "s 80,
Fort sumter was fred on and the Fresiuehss o a
eor troops followed Mr.. Matthews at once enils.ee
and was commissioned Lleutenant-c oonei VI sho -
oh,a volunteers . regiment which took pare IN .ns
west Virginia campaign and was engaged AZ IVY"
Mountain and Carnifex Ferry. In oa'ooof. Aoe ."
Mr. Matthews was made Colonel Oh ths "s' u.,s.ss
Volunteers, and IN that capacity eonmsaoa pns,I
IN The Army Of the Cumberland under Genera Dee.s
ana in that capacity was engageo AZ Dopp fe ..'
Murfreesboro. ChIckamauga and Lookout Mountain
For several months he was Provost Marsha oi N4su-
sts ana he IL said to have got into hot wssnt WIN
fsovernor johnson during his administration Oh
law at the tennessee capital After tho Stone hVes
..,.,s,sn ro,opsI Matthews resigned his command,
eolnr back 70 cncnnaa and accepting iudgesnip N
he superior Court to which no was elected IN April
,saa This mace on the bench he resigned after
tsrm ureferrng to practise at the bar In 1854
he was chosen Presidential eleetor from onio anu
: Il, - a.. tsnco,n and Johnson In 1868 he was on
Z. soeS" - -. "a s,o,sar .lectors He
tho HIST OF Grant anu Soii~A ~ -. $1,000, A., ths
delegate from tho Ffespytery VI Nh.V'' -,oaI
frensra senbly of the Presby terrain Church IN leof
= - = ma ne one of the Committee on Bills
and 0vertures reported INC ,ieSoie .s y. -,.,,.uv
adonsd by that assembly on the snDjeos Oh ss'o.s'
rra $50. s,,r, 1as5 To 1872 we're spent py mrs
fne years iioln s'oo = -, "a l,orat,ve practice
Matthews In building up iAFse a''. 49, ~ : raosa
- 49, 49,. ,..sva nolitlcs In 1872, however,
sos.elnon ..o' ,art m the LIBERAL Republican
movement which eliminated In Horace Sreces n0.,