At the capital were John T.Stuart, Stephen T.Logan, Edward D.Baker, Ninian W.Edwards, Josiah Lamborn, and many others.

Among the leading lawyers from other parts of the State who practiced in the Supreme and Federal Courts at the capital were Stephen A.Douglas; Lyman Trumbull, for many years chairman of the judiciary committee of the United States Senate; O.H.Browning, Senator and member of the Cabinet at Washington; William H.Bissell, Member of Congress, and Governor of the State; David Davis, justice of the Supreme Court, Senator and Vice-President of the United States; Justin Butterfield of Chicago, and many others almost or quite equally distinguished.

This 'circuit riding' involved all sorts of adventures.

Hard fare at miserable country taverns, sleeping on the floor, and fording streams, were every-day occurrences.

All such occurrences were met with good humor and often turned into sources of frolic and fun.