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Show A PRAISEWORTHY SELECTIOI. Our respected townsman, llon.J. W. Jl tjd, formerly associate justice of the 8iiiv!iH coiiil of I't.ili, and a former Tennciseeau, speaks in terms of hlghesl praise of Hon. J. A. Washington Wash-ington ul Tennessee, who was recently appointed ohaifman of ihe house committee on territories. Judge Ji ' i i says that Mr. Washington is comparalivelv a voiing man whom be knows as a gentleman of integrity of character ami line ability; one whose career he has watched with interest aud whose course has fully justified the most sanguine anticipations of Iiis friends. The judge furthermore says that the new chaii man is a man of broad and comprehensive views, well posted and keenly alive to the needs of the great west, and that for the important position posi-tion assigned him by Speaker CBI8P, he is, emphatically speaking, the right man in the right place. |