The Washington union., 1857-05-29
LOCAL NEW 8.

TuE RIGHT TO yorE.--It will be recollected by the
public that the city corporation recently passed act
providing for the registration Of voters This law gave
rise to considerable discussion among the voters in the
different wards In order to set the matter right before
the day of the election committee of the citizens of the
Second Ward addressed to tho mayor letter this sub
ject which referred to the corporation attorney Mr.
Carlisle who has promptly replied that citizen who is
otherwise entitled to vote be disanchsed account
of omission to enrol his by the assessor
account of the failure Of the citizen to apprze the
poration of change of his residence We cut the fol-
lowing passage from the letter Of the corporation attorney
"It cannot be denied that the right to vote for mem
ber the corporation must be entirely independent Of
the will of the corporaton otherwise the present incum
bents prescribe such terms and conditions as will in
their continuance in power which is an absurdy
The mayor his letter enclosing to the committee the
letter of Mr.. Carlisle, says:
tThe right of American citizen to his vote is con-
ferred upon him by the organic law which makes the
will of the people supreme and, as that will can only be
expressed through the it would be absurd to
say that ours of the people if any power
existed anywhere which could deprive the people of the
right of expressing their will by their votes
The letter of Mr. Carlisle proves conclusively that the
corporation had right to make law regulating the
elections Of the city, and feel that the members
who thrust this law upon citizens will be relieved from
the burden of lcgslatng for the city Let friends
then bear in mind that an persons who have resided
within the limits of the city during the time prescribed
by law and who twenyone years of age, entitled
to vote whether not their appear the regis
ation lists and whether not they have changed their
places of residence.
TuE CRcUrT CounT.-In this court yesterday morning
the decision on the motion to dissolve the injunction
to Holfor in the case of Spain Hamilton, adminstra
tor, was delivered by Chief Justice Dunlop the court
overrung the motion The next taken up was that
of Edward Lockett James G. Berrett and Henry d. John
son u.s. Hon. VIM. L. Marcy and John Pernberton, qui-
daors of the Merchants Insurance Company of New Or
leans in chancery During the progress of this case Mr.
Key the United States district attorney Appeared in court
and obtaining leave stated that he had been notified
that writ of hbas corpus had been issued by this court
in the case of Jonathan s. Jenkins in prison on a
charge of piracy that he knew nothing of the case Off
ciay that the arrest had been made without any con-
sultaton with the proper officers of the United States
government and that United States district attorney
he had nothing to say on the subject Mr. Bradley the
attorney of Mr. Van Camp, the prosecutor replied that
he considered Mr. Key the proper officer to take the
prosecution in hand, but If he declined to do so,
he considered It nevertheless the duty Of the court
10 detain the prisoner ON the affidavit until proper
judicial examination could be had and so the matter
was dropped until just before adjournment when it
again called up by Mr. Maury; counsel for defendant and
n motion made by him to dismiss the prisoner on the
strength Of the disclaimer and nonappearance of the
United States district attorney Mr. Bradley again urged
that the duty of the court to take judicial cogni
zance the matter and detan the prisoner for examina
ton on the strength Of the affidavit Of respectable
prosecuting witness Notwithstanding the executive gov
eminent of the United States declined TO become party
in the prosecution The court TO the conclusion to
take up the case for final disposition this morning