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WISCONSIN AND THE UNITED STATES ST.
pREME NnITPT

NlOCONSlN AND 1hE UNl1ED STATES ST.
PREME COURT.
The following preamble and resolutions passed
both Houses of the Legislature of Wisconsin on the
18th OF March. The vote in the Rouse of Repre-
sentatives AZ to 81 and in the Senate l3 to H.
being, it is said, strict party vote:
"Whereas, the Supreme Court of the United
States has assumed appellant jurisdiction in the
matter OF the petition of Sherman NJ. Booth for a
writ OF hdbeds corpus, presented and prosecuted to
final Judgment in the Supreme Court of this State,
and has, without process any of the forms re-
cognised by law, assumed the power to render
judgment in matter involving the personal liberty
of the citizen, asserted by and adudged to him in
the regular course of judicial proceedings upon the
great writ of liberty, secured to the people of each
State by the Constitution of the United States and
whereas such assumption of power and authority
by the Supreme Court of the United States to be-
come the final arbter of the liberty of the citizen,
and to override and nullify the Judgment of the
State Courts declaratve thereof, is in direct con-
fict with that provision of the constitution of the
United States, which secures to the people the BEN
eht OF the writ of habeas corpus; therefore,
"ReolUed, That we regard the action of the Supreme
Court OF the United States in assuming jurisdiction in
the case before mentioned arbitrary of power
unauthorized by the Constitution and virtually suppressed
ing the benefit of the writ of habeas and prostrat
ing the rights and liberties Of the people the foot
, limited power.
Resolved That this assumption of jurisdiction by the
federal judiciary in the said and without process
an act of undeegaed power and therefore without
thority, void, and of no force
heSotUed That the government formed by the Consti
tuition of the United States made exclusive
final judge of the extent of the powers delegated itself
put that as in all other cases of compact among parties
having no common judge each party has equal right
judge for itself well of infractions of the mode
and measure Of redress.
ReSotred, That the principle and construction contend
ed for by the party which rules in the councils of the
nation that the general government is exclusive
Judge OF the extent of the powers delegated it, stop
nothing short of epotsm the discretion Of those
who administer the and the Constitution
would be the measure of their powers; the several
ates which formed that instrument being sovereign
and independent have the unquesonabe right judge
OF its inaction and that positive defiance by those
sovereignes of all unauthorized DONE or attempted
to be done under color of that instrument is the rg
remedy
The Legislature, having concluded its business
adjourned sine die on the 2lst of March,
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THE WAGON Roam FRA1rD

Certain charges of fraud against j. Churchill
Woods, were examined in New York on Friday by
United States Commissioner Belts.
1t appears that in the construction of a wagon
road between Ell Paso, in Texas, and Fort Yuma in
California, one James B. Leach was employed by
the Government as Superintendent; and that he in
his turn employed Woods to assist him in making
out his accounts; and the Government, in settling
up the affair, found itself With vouchers covering
expenditure of $500, 900. On this expenditure
alone, large portion of the expenditure being
made on the frontier. 1t turns out upon the ex-
animation Of these vouchers, that many of them
are wholly forged some of them in part so. bv be-
ing falsely filled up, and that the answer made
when inquiries are pressed in the matter, is that
these false vouchers are made to cover actual ex-
penditures, when it inconvenient or impossible
to get true vouchers. That the Government feel
that If such defence that can be made success
full to forgery, it is entirely at the mercy of the per-
sons disbursing the public MONEYS especially those
who are at great distance from the seat of Govern
ment.
The examination on Friday was confined to four
of the vouchers, (for comparatively small amounts
in all some 81 ,200,) on all of which the United
States Commissioner held Woods for trial. 1t is
said that he will be sent to Ell Paso for that pur-
pose. He is held in the sum of SIC, 900, and the
United States Marshal has him in custody. 1t is
said that the Secretary of the Interior has taken
much interest in the case. The United States
Commissioner delivered a long and able opinion,
concluding in the following words:
| therefore hold the defendant for trial on the
four vouchers which are recited above. 1t is due
to the defendant to state that the offence seems to
have been committed by him partly through mis-
taken views of the law, partly hroug heedessness
OF the means which he adopted to accomplish an
end which he considered proper. He was not to de-
rive any profit from the transaction directly or in
directly. | do not consider that he intended that
Government should be called upon to pay any more
than they justly ought to pay. But he aided in
preparing papers to substantiate the claims upon
the Government which were untrue and calculated
to deceive, and were contrary to law. Govern
ment, in trusting large sums of money as it must
tied to the and protection of all the safeguards
which the law gives it. One of the most reason
able and essential of those is, that all vouchers pre-
sented shall be genuine-shal correctly recite the
items of the expenditure for which they account,
and shall be signed by the parties whose signatures
thew hear
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PRICES AND SALES OF STOCKS IN NEW YORK.
BY TELEGRAPH
rough WILLIhM FISHER Son Stock and Bill Rrnk

The New York Post of Saturday afternoon says:
The business in stocks oday presents feature
The market be called steady for the speculative
rites and very firm for the State stocks and sound dv
dend paying stocks.
Though sustained at the moment, the market for the
"Fancies is evidently wanting in recuperatiye power
and derives support little the purchases
of the short interest, who in view of the rapid fall
think prudent 20 be less extended in their contracts
The changes in prices since yesterday are quite unim
porant and the closing sales striking contrast with
the excited and vacating transactions of the earlier
part of the week
The demand for State stocks is quite pressing and
many orders cannot be filled in consequence Of the scarcity
OF the various descriptions Missouri 6s active 81
ds7s.
We do not see that the money market has undergone
any noticeable change during the week
The Aago from this port to day. took SS4S 1873 in bull
lion mostly bars received by the Granada Exchange on
Europe closes firm, and from present indications
there is likely to be comparatively free shipments of spe
Gle during the month In connection with the scarcity of
bills ii worthy of note that after the heavy shipments
of cotton shall have been completed there little from
which exchange can accrue.
The North River Insurance Company has declared
semiannual dividend of per cent, payable lIh
instant.
The arrival of five six heavy cargoes this
ginning to tell upon the customs at this port
Yesterday they reached 1921 000 which 900 was in
cash, which, believe the largest re eved in
day since July 1857. The payments day we un-
derstand, are equally large.
The weekly bank statement making up to-day is ex-
pected to show material change the specie average
as the export demand absorbed nearly all the gold per
Granada
The $4,000 stolen from the Adam Express Company,
some weeks since, in Alabama, promptly paid by
that Company to the Immediately upon the dis.
covery of the loss The Adams Express Company have
established high reputation for this kind of prompnes
The following tables show the Imports of Foreign Dry
at New York for three months from Jan. 1st:
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AMERICANS IN ESGLAND.-The former WashIng gton
correspondent of the Pennsytrdnia Inquirer, wri-
ting to that paper from England, by the last steam
err says:
l owe England and the English people debt
of gratitude, which ! must be allowed to take
this opportunity to acknowledge. 1t has been the
almost inyarable custom of American travellers to
complain of everything English. Commencing
with the Custom House officers at Liverpool, or
Southampton, everything has gone wrongly with
them the railroads, at the hotels in the streets,
and, in short, through all their peregrinations and
associations. know of no reason why should be
an exception to the general rule, and yet have
found nothing to complain of or find fault with
From the moment placed my foot on English soil,
at the landing stage of Liverpool, until now that
am writing these lines, have met with nothing
but the EXTREMIST kindness, courtesy, and civiliy
from all classes of English society, and my business
has brought me in contact with all grades from
royalty down to the humblest mechanic. We're
to leave the country to-day, should do so without
a single unpleasant memory. l have come to the
conclusion that if American comes here, and
maintains the character and dignity of gentle
man, he will be to meet with corresponding
treatment. But if, On the other hand, he puts on
airs, and turns up his nose at everything he sees,
he has right to expect anything else than ma t.
ural resentment, and an Englishman knows how to
exhibit this quite well any one else. England
has sent to our shores large number of visitors,
whom we stigmatZe as "cockneys," but am very
much afraid that we have also sent hither cores
ponding class who have not only done us no credit
a nation, but who have by their misrepresenta-
tions at home, aided in fostering certain national
prejudices against the mother country, which are
unjust to her and unworthy of us. To conclude
this exordium, | love my native land with the de-
votion of a son, but also love England, for sht
has opened her arms to me like second mother.
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PRICE TWO CENTS

FROM THE CHINCHA IsLANDs.-We are indebted to
a mercantile firm for the following intelligence
from the Chincha Islands:
"At Chincha Islands, February %, (arrived the
9th,) ship Caroline Tucker, Gongdon, loading.
Sailed from the Islands, 3d. ship Rock Light, Har
dy, for Caao. There are eight American ships
loading at the Islands, and ten ships of different
nations. Laborers are very scarce at the Islands,
thus delaying the loading of ships. Capt Congdon
had bought horse and was using him on board his
ship to discharge ballast and load guano from light
ers--making him do the work of six men. Two
wharves had been built, over 400 feet long and so
feet wide, filled up with stone and panked up about
10 feet above the water. On these wharves rail
way has been erected some Is feet higher to run
cars They now have four fathoms of water at
the head of the wharves, and they will be built fur
ther out, if ships lie at the ends and load
which is considered doubtful on account of the sea
or surf. 1t is not expected that ships will lie or
strike against these warves, but be moved very
near, to four large mooriugs at angles from the
pier or wharf Small shutes troughs are erect
ed on the sides of the wharves to load boats from
They expect to commence working on these
wharves and troughs in about ten days, and it is
thought the loading of ships will then be much ac-
ceerated if everything works as anticipated
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Munetarg anb Commercial Rebitu.
BALTIMORE, April 2, lSI


The Stock operations to-day have been large but
We remark deci ed improvement in the general
the market, and adva in the leading
securities. Railroad shares in particular we're much
stronger. There was nothing done in Baltimore and
Ohio but in Northern Central there considerable
tvity some 250 shares being sold at the Board S19
l9A buyer 10 days, $94 buyer GO days, le4 regular
way and seller co days and closed S194 bid SION
asked regular way these figures being advance of
on the closing quotations Of yesterday. Baltimore and
Ohio left off to-day at $5SA bid s59H asked regular way
and $5e4 bid S59A asked buyers option 60 days There
nothing done in Canton but closed yesterday
at Sl94 bid Sl94 asked asked regular way For Gard
ner Hill Mining Company $27s bid, and $24 asked
and we note a sale of rs shares Springfield Mining at
s2.064 cash. There little inquiry for Railroad
bonds, and sales made of $500 Baltimore and Ohio
1s75s at &c. $500 do 1SsOs S54 81 900 Northern Cen
trail 1855 at 6s and of 81 $50 Northwestern Virginia
endorsed third mortgage bonds at 80 Northern Central
1855 closed at S67T bid, 6S asked and Baltimore and
Ohio 1855 at s2h bid S34 asked the latter dividend
There nothing done in State City 6's Maryland
6s 1870 closed 1o4 bid los asked and Baltimore City
do. at 80 bid 994 asked for 1855 and ssH bid 100 ask
ed for 1905 Bank stocks in demand, and the
ket for them is quite firm We note sales to-day of so
shares Bank of Commerce at S24k
Foreign exchanges continue firm at unchanged rates.
The quotations to day follows, viz: London, bank
ers bills 1895 do commercial do. 109kG1O9S; Paris
go day bills, 5f12H do short sight 5f1O Antwerp ST.
l2k; Bremen 79A; Amsterdam 4lA(d414; Hamburg
36A Cologne 72A Frankfort AN.
SALES AT THE BALTIMORE STOCK BOARD
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE


Charles Riley arrested Friday night,
charged with being one of party who stole box
of goods belonging to Messrs Fickey & Sons from
in front of the store of Messrs. Hurst & Co., on
Baltimore street. The prisoner was identified by
three witnesses as one of two men whom they de-
tected, the morning after the robbery in Green
mount Cemetery replacing the box of goods
They also testified to the fact of his having drawn
pistol them, and threatened to shoot if they at
tempted to arrest either himself or companion
The Mayor committed Riley for Court.
Riley was arrested in house on East street, near
Fayette street, kept by Elizabeth Cox. Cap
tain Mitchell, Lieut.. Wright, and officers Hudgns
and Magruder went to the house and inquired for
him, when they denied that he was there; but the
Captain not satisfied with the denial and order
ed Lieut.. Wright add officer Hudgins to enter the
house and search for him, and doing so found
him on the roof hiding behind the chimney. He
made no resistance. Captain Mitchell has been
seeking the arrest of this party from the morning
of the robbery, as information which he received
from private sources led to the belief that he was
the man.
Charles McCollgan was arrested on Saturday,
charged with kicking in the door of the house OF
Mrs. W. Z. Emory, on Somerset street, near
Madison. He was committed for Court.
John English was arrested by officer Mules,
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A New AND DEADLY PRoJEcrILE.-A gentleman,
of the name of Wary, of the Royal Engineers. has
invented gun which throws that Of Sir William
Armstrong; into the shade. The new gun, like its
rival, is breech-loader and rfed, and as long as
it is supplied with ammunition, it will continue to
pour forth torrent of shot, shell case, at the
rate of one discharge every three seconds 200
round per hour There is fitted to it, at the left
side of the chamber, lever of very simple con-
struction, which by one movement, and almost at
the instant, seizes the cartridge, cuts it, ap-
plies the printing to the nipple, Theoretically closes
the breech, and fires the charge. In precision, it
equals any gun that has yet been tried, and it has
this great advantage over Sir William Armstrong $
that whereas his, being made of wrought iron, is
necessarily, very expensive, Warrys invention can
be applied to all our existing ordnance of whatever
calibre, and at a comparatively trihing costa
very important fact, considering that there are
some $4,000 guns in the British navy. The Wary
gun was tried on Monday at Chatham, with the ter
rife missile invented by Capt. Norton, and charg-
ed with his 'Hquid fire." The result left but one
impression the minds of the spectators, and that
was that naval warfare, as heretofore conducted,
must be deemed at an end.-Daily Ne,os.
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TowsoNTowN, April 2, 1853

TowsoNTowN, April 2, 1859.
CIRCUIT Court FOR BALTIMORE CoUNTY.-Before
Hon. Judge Price. R. J. Cuttings, Esq, At
torney for the State, prosecuting.
The jury in the of the State ps. Geo. Potee,
indicted for the murder of John Armstrong, (negro
came in court this morning, and not being able to
agree upon verdict, asked to be discharged, which
was done, and the case continued to the May term
No other business transacted, and the term
brought to close. The Court, however, adjourned
until Monday morning, when it will be opened by
the Clerk and steps taken by the members of the
bar to have special Judge appointed to sit in the
absence of his Honor, Judge Price, who, under the
act of 1858. is compelled to open the April term for
Cecil county, at Elkton, on Monday next.
James Edwards, convicted yesterday as burglar
and sentenced to seven years Imprisonment in the
penitentary, attempted to break Jail last night by
cutting through the wall. When discovered by the
Warden, he had excavated several large stones and
his work was half accomplished. The only instru-
ment used was a common case knife, with which he
cut the plastering and mortar The Sheriff con
veyed him to the States prison this afternoon.
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[ From the Ne,0 York Papers. ]

NEWARK, April IA portion of large factory
at the corner of Lawrence and Mechanic streets in
this city, owned by Crane Kilbourne and occu-
pied by Messrs. Frazee, silver-platers H. NJ. Cur
tbs, last maker; the Perry Patent Arms Company,
and others, was destroyed by fire at about o'clock
this morning. Loss $4,000, and insured for s. OOO
stable in the of the Union Hotel was set
on fire Wednesday night and destroyed.
The journeymen cordwainers have established
list of prices for employers making an advance of
six cents on dollar in their wages.
The jewelers. are holding meetings to raise the
prices of their labor.
cane, made from the tiller of the slave ship
l. Amistad, was presented to the Hon. j. K. Gid
dings in this city, on Wednesday evening.
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TNDTFSTS

Coroner Sparklin was called on Saturday morn
ing to hold an inquest on the body of white female
child (newly born) which had been found in a box
at the corner of East street and Bear market COM
mons. There was evidence on the body that the
child had been foully dealt with, and the jury rem
dered verdict of "death from stranguation at the
hands of parties unknown to the jury
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FIRES.

The alarm of fire at eight O. clock on Saturday
morning was oc casoned by the burning of bed
in the house of Amos J ones, No. Is Booth street.
Several small children engaged in playing
lighted match near the bed, and the clothing took
fire. 1t was extinguished before serious damage
was done.
On Saturday evening between seven and eight
o'clock, shed on the premises of VIM. West, cor.
ner of Exeter and Pratt Streets was discovered ont
fire. Officers Burgess and Wits extinguis he'd i
before much damage done. 1t was the work
of an incendiary.
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charged with assaulting, with his fist, VIM. H.
Weige. He was held for an examination by JUS
tice McAllister.
Ann Maoy was arrested by officer Williams, on
the'charge of stealing gold watch the property of
George Sauerwein. She is domestic in the house
of Mr.. Sauerwein and yesterday morning the
watch was stolen from the room
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ANU,SENENT,S.

HOLIDAY STREET THEATRE.-James w. Wallack
makes his appearance at the Holiday street to-
night as Benedick, in Much Ado About Nothing,
with Mrs. Gladstane Beatrice. The play through
out is well cast and no doubt will be well performed.
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A few years ago the of the whip in most OF
our State Prisons abolished. 1t is ow said by
many persons that the punishments which were
substituted have not only failed in enforcing dis
cipline, but that they have proved far more nju-
rious to health than the old system of 1ogging.-
York House of Assembly, and Friday last, by
vote of 76 yeas to IA nays that body gave to the
officers of the Prisons discretionary powers in res
pect to the moce of Furnishing convicts--in other
words, permitting them to use the whip when IN
their judgment, it may be advisable.
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pEPTY OIIES

Messrs Adreon l. Co., auctioneers, sold on Sat
urday, at the Exchange Sales Room, the lot of
ground No. II Cathedral street, which has front
dence of the late Susan Henderson and is in fee
simple. Purchased by D. B. Burns for Sl35O0.
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The Norfolk Quarantine.


:, IIe NUTHOIk VUaTnhtIne
NORFOLK, March 3l.-Our quarantine regulations
go into effect tomorrow. This is one month ear
lier than usual
One hundred and thirty bales of cotton, from the
brig George Washington, ashore on Currituck
Beach, have reached here.
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THE LAST OF THE CHARTER OAK PLACE.-It is sta
ted in the Hartford Press that Nathaniel Shpman,
Esq, of that city, has purchased the old Charter
Oak lot, and will Immediately proceed to erect
first class residence thereon. Workmen
which was erected in 1887, the frame being English
oak, imported bv the steward of Mr. Wyllys for
that purpose This frame has stood 222 years, and
still shows few marks of decay. 1t is doubted
whether old house frame be found in
this country. 1t is claimed that the ballast of the
pinnace which brought over the frame used in
the construction of the well-house of the WHY'S
place, as none of that geological formation to
be found in this State,
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The inquest on the bodies of the men killed by
the accident on the Canada Great Western Rail
way, is document of formidable length. The gst
of the matter is, however, contained in the follow
ing words ''Had there been either cuvert or
efficient drain at the spot, the disaster would not
have occurred"
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LATEST NEWS.
TELEGRAMS.
LATER from New Mexico

ST, Louis, April 3d.-The Mexican mail of the
18th ut. reached Independence this evening. The
Gazette office at Sante Fe burnt on the 18th,
and was almost totally destroyed. 1t was the work
of an incendiary. The Kiowa Indians had been
driven from the station at Pawnee Fork, but were
otherwise troublesome. The people of Upper New
Mexico were desirous of annexation to jefferson
Territory. A despatch from Leavenworth says
that information had been received from Washing
ton that the Government designed placing several
companies of cavalry along the route to Denver
city for the protection of emiprants
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The French Academy of Sciences has just granted
the grand prize for physiology to Mr. Iacoubovitch
Russian, for his recent treatise on the brain and
spinal marrow.
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Fire Mt Red Bank N 7.

RED BANK, April 1.-The country seat of DR.. j.
Leathe, of New York City, situated about one mile
from Red Bank, was entirely destroyed by sup
posed ncendary fire last night Loss about 50 OOO;
no insurance.
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Destructive ConfIaaration

BosroN, April 3.-The Suffolk Flour Mills on
Commercial street, were destroyed by fire yester-
day, together with 5000 barrels of -four and a
large quantity of grain. The building was fired by
an incendiary. Insurance $500