Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-12

Indirectly, levaiise or attempt 10 egalise o. re-
cognAe the existence Of Slavery within thi: Ter.
ritory are hereby repealed and declared null ana
Sec. .. Every person who shall bring within
this Territory any other prison held as save
United states with intent % hold such person |
as a slave within this Territory, ana snah assert
or maintain any right Of property in such other
~a Of .ns ana shall on eonsc
tion thereof, be punished BY hne not exceeding
FIVE hundred dollars, or by imprisonment In
county Jail not exceeding sin months, or BY both
such fine and imprisonment. Nsi
Sec. 3. Every person who shall, within this
Territory, restrain or attempt to restrain the lib.
erty OF any other person, upon Pretence Of own
deemed to be guilty of msdeineanor, and, on
conviction thereof, sh all be punished by nne not
exceeding i've hundrsa dollars, or by impftson-
e ,, IN coz )a'l not exceeding six months,
or by both such fne and imprisonment..
!, Gee, g. All persons who may heretofore have
oeen brought into this Territory, or may here
alter alter be SO brought by Per,ons claiming to hold
and persons On!y; they may sue and be sued, in
the Courts Of this Territory, in their own names,
and shall be deemed capable Of entering into
trane,e ana oina,ng contract and Of acquiring
may marry persons Of their own color, aud shall
be entitled to the custody Of their own children.
sec. 5; II any person asserting or claiming any
tight OF property I'm any other person In this
Territory, shall separate such person from, or
denv him or her access to his or her father or
mother, or his or her wife or husband, such per-
son so offending shall be deemed guilty OF q mis-
demeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be
punished by fine not exceeding three thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment In a county Jail not
exceeding two years, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment s.... .s..r..
Sec. 6. All fines paid or recovered for violation
OF any provision Of this act shall 60 to the county
in which the offence shall be tried.
This act shall take effect Immediately.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
The following promotions have boon made in
the Marine Corps, in consequence of the de-
cease of the late Brevet-Brigadier General
Henderson, and the commissions issued to the
parties
Major James Edelin, to be Lieutenant Colo
mel, vice Lieutenant Colonel Harris promoted
to the Colonel Commandment.
Captain Benjamin Macomber to be a Major,
to I'LL the vacancy occasioned by Major Edelin's
promotion.
First Lieutenant John c. Grayson to be
Captain, to fill the vacancy occ asioned by Cap
tain Macomber's promotion
Second Lieutenant Edward Jones to be q
First Lieutenant, to fill the vacancy OCCASION
cd by Lieutenant Greyson's promotion.
Lucien L. Dawson has been appointed a
Second Lieutenant, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by Lieutenant Grayson's promotion.
Frederick n. Wise, of Kentucky, has been
appointed Purser in the Navy.
The NAPIER BALL.-We have rarely wit
messed more excitement in fashionable circles
OF the Federal Metropolis than is just now
being manifested with reference to the ball to
come OF ON the evening of the 18th instant,
complimentary to Lord Napier and his esti-
mable wife, both Of whom have endeared
themselves to society here, perhaps more than
any other sojourners ever did in tho Same
nmo Lord Napier possesses q geniality of
character, acuteness OF intelligence, simplicity
OF manner and habit, refinement of taste, and
fund OF conversational information, which,
together, have made him deservedly as pop-
uiar In W ashington, if not more popular, than
any other representative Of q foreign govern
ment ever was. So there is really great deal
of heart in the magnificent preparations being
made for the ball in compliment to his wife
and himself. We advise all gentlemen de.
string to attend to apply without delay either
to some member of the executive committee or
at the Office of Willards' Hotel for tickets, as
the number is necessarily limited
IHE VERY LAST characterization the Star
went to press yesterday, the Senate disposed,
summarily, of the application of Messrs Lane
and McCarty for seats as the Senators from
Indiana. The whole subject was laid on the
table by vote of 81 to 2O-as follows
YRAs-Messrs. Allen, Bayard, BENJAMIN. Bixler.
rex Gxin HanmOnG Honston Hn sy Ft ysIppa
5 Jon ct Arr; Johnson of Tenn Jones, Ken,
sesa:tia9 sas Stuart Thomson Of Ky, Toom SSs
ciNAIs-Ms.sts. Bates. Bell. Broderick. Cameron,
Chandler, Clark, ColIamer. Doolittls, Douglas, Dur
e Simmons ssseHden, %Gp Hsas Harsp King Seward,
1t was agreed that that should be a test vote
should dispose Of the whole subject. 1t is
well, In the existing condition of the real bust
ness OF the session, that it has been SO early
settled. No one dreamed that the bogus claim
Of MeSsrs. McCarty and Lane would meet any
other fate, though many feared that it would
be made the means of wasting much more Of
the Senate's time.
The ACQUISITION OF CUBA-The speech de-
livered yesterday by Senator Benjamin on this
subject, can hardly fail to make deep impress
sion on the public mind, for we question wheth-
or an ADLER argument ever graced the forensic
history Of the Senate of the United States
Judging from tho impression it has made upon
public men of all parties and nations now con.
gregated at the Federal Metropolis We may
not appropriately add that if the passage of
the S3O,ooo,Oo0 bill by the Senate was problem
aticsl before, the speech in question will insure
its adoption by the Senate.
APPoISrED.-JOhn II. New has been an.
pointed District Attorney for the western Dis
trict of Louisiana, vice Floyd Waldron re-
signed.
VIM. NJ. Harrison, Collector of the Customs
at Richmond, Virginia, has been reappointed