BaATn <>i' Judob BtACKFOKD.—The Hon. j laaae Blackford, senior .1 ad,.;,' of the Court of Claims,died in Washington Ofty on the even- : , ing of the3lst nltimo. II" wns appointed to but honorable and important trust by Presi dent Pierce in !-',:;, and was indefatigable in ; . the diacnarge of his laborious duties. The I National Intelligencer says lie was a resident of : tae State of I udianaat ihe time oi his appoint