East Saginaw Courier

Chief Justice Taney.—The report that Justice Taney had sent his resignation to the President has been very emphatically denied, and probably was without foundation. The Boston Post publishes an extract from a letter written by a distinguished gentleman, dated at Washington on the 30th of November, as follows: "Yours of the 28th inst. is received. I see the Chief Justice often, and talk with him by the hour. He has no intention of resigning. His general health is good, and his mind is apparently as vigorous and clear as ever. His life is devoted to two leading objects: the performance of his duty to God and to his country; he worships the one and venerates the other, and desires to serve both in the best possible manner. He is rather amused than offended at the apparent wish of partizans who manifest such indecent zeal to have him vacate his seat. A more pure-minded or patriotic man never lived; and I have no knowledge of one more able or learned in all that concerns our institutions. In manner and thought Chief Justice Taney has all the simplicity and directness of a child. But when you touch the Constitution and laws of our country—whether of the intercourse between nations, or matters on the sea as in admiralty or on land—as in applying the common law of the statutes of Congress or of the States—he has now no living superior. God grant that he may long live for the benefit of our country."