The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-01
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
New YoRK, "Wednesday night
March 40 1870
WASHINGTON, February Is, 1859.

New YoRK, "wednesday night,)
March 80, 1859.
Judge Days decision in the case of Molony against
Dow is causing considerable excitement in legal circles.
The intelligent public who take a common-sense view of
the facts in connection with the broad principle of State
rights, approve the Judges decision, and think with
him that an action for pecuniary damages for in
juries inflicted in another State cannot be maintained In
this State, The readers of the Union will doubtless re-
member that the complaint arose in consequence of al
legged violence and damage done to Molony by the San
Francisco Vigilance Committee, of which the defendant,
Dow, was a member. Molony was expelled from San
Francisco by the Vigilance Committee. and having found
Dow temporarily resident in this city sued him for dam
ages. There is no doubt whatever that Molony was most
UNANIMOUSLY treated by the Vigilance Committee, and that
he is entitled to heavy damages but the question is can
be bring suit here for injury done in another sovereign
State Judge DAILY thinks not, and / believe some of our
abest iurists here are of the same opinion. The case is
one of great interest, as involving a most important le-
gal question nearly affecting the mutual relations of the
several States.
t,ns Of the most interesting and affecting exhibitions
which has tanren place for u long time was the p~resenta-
ton to Joshua r. Giousings, ex-member OF Congress from
Ohio, of a watch paid for by a TIMBER OF admlrlng ing
gers, - in gratitude for Giddingss exers.ans In their be-
half. Everything was in perfect keeping-hyrans pray
ers, discourse, address-everything. "Free Niger" was
the burden ofthe whole song, and one of the great guns
to make the presentation, sing the hymns, say the prayers,
deliver the addresses, and pronounce the disceurses,
was the Rev. Mr.. Cheever, of the Church of the Puritans,
the individual who was recently SO terribly rebuked by
an ecclesiastical consistory, and who has made himself
unenyiably notorious as one of the most offensive, AFRO
CANT, unohristian, reasonable abolitionists to be found
in any part of the country. Mr., Giddings got the
watch, the ''niggers' cheered with their wonted cry of
exultation, iheeab, heeah) and would buy the chain if
they were properly asked to do so. Cheever howied and
whined, and the sympathizing friends exclaimed, chow
beautiful ! how edifying r. but took especial care TO give
the poor niggers a wide berth, and not allow the
" oppressed black creatures" "to come between the wind
and their nobility" BY the way, apropos of Cheeyer,
he has just been appointed regent Of the University in the
place Of William Cullen Bryant, the editor of that delec-
table sheet, the Evening Post, who declined the honor.
1t is hard to say who committed the greater outrage on
public decenoy-the men who appointed Bryant or those
who appointed Cheever to succeed him.
The inquest in the Fourteenth-street poisoning case was
continued to-day before the coroner. No testimony of
moment was elected, aud until pr. poremus makes his
report as TO the nature Of the poison employed, there is
no prospect that any clue viii be found. Margaret Burke
still vociferously declares her innocence, and cries out
against the injustice she is suffering ] must say that If
pbysiognomy were TO decide the question of guilt or Ia
nocence, she could not escape hanging. A more hang
dog-looking lady l have never had the ill-fortfme 10 be-
hold.
The Arizona Colonization Society are making some stir
here, and they have q fair prospect of making q very sue
oessful operation amongst MS. There is some fear, cree-
ted / suppose by the character and antecedents of the
chief movers Of the enterprise, That the whole scheme is
but a cloak for hllibusterism.
The record Of crimes committed In this city during the
last twenty-four hours Is more than ordinarily full aud
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