The national Republican., 1862-05-31

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GRovrs's sTHElrsx.--.variety Is the established 4
opera last night, and this evening triple
comic entertainment. 6etohell, the fAvortte,
appears In every piece 10 his choice ohafao.
tsls, sustaining four in all. The performances
aganza Of WANTED. 900 nilliners." This
piece 10 highly ludiorous, and never fails 70
keep the audience In stats Of ofinoss.ant laugh.
ter. The second piece IL the highly amusing
only sstohell appears, but also Mrs. Housh and
Miss Climber. The evenings entertainment win
conclude with the most laughAbls Of all Of Bur.
toms farces. entitled the I" Mummy, or the
this character last evening, and We never saw
an audience so much delighted. The costume
adopted by setchell In this character, in our
estimation, far exceeds that introduced by the
The management are now busily preparing
wsllack's beautiful comedy, " The Romance Of
Poor Young Man"
CASrKRBUxY. There ia certainly no place Of
amusement In our midst which is more worthy
Of publ patronage than theCanierbury. AT.
II is a pleasure to know that we can 60 TO the
Canterbury and enjoy the rich fun there pre-.
scented to tho public. The great farce, entitled
the " Haunted HOTEL" keeps the audience In u
throughout, and no one can witness II without
being amused. The astonishing Lewis and
Christie appear again tonight In their great
feats, and the other members Of the talented
company appear in their favorite acts. This
afternoon, matinee will be given for ladies
and children, and this simple announcement 10
sufficient to MI the house. Let's see who will
get the splendid silver cake basket this after.
noon. ..-. ".
FoRD's ATHEsEuM will be opened on Monday
ers, in \ series Of very attractive musical and
amusing entertainments, when the attract.
iveness Of the occasion will be enhanced by
the performance Of two lilliputian comedians,
Commodore Foote and Colonel Small, for whom
the double distinctions are claimed OF boing,
nj once, the smallest and most intelligent
dwarfs yet exhibited in public. Their mimiory,
and other initiative cfrrts, are said to be .ex-
ceeding y mirth.provoking and to abound In
genuine hnmor. Tho entertainments 70 be
given, during the summer months. will be
characterized by II vivacity of humor and
carelessness Of Legitimate " dramatic propri..
cites, which will admirably adapt them TO the
popular liking. The company viii include
both especial favOrites in this city. g.,
The prices will be graduated 10 meet the re-
quirements OF the times. ...
ACADEMY OF MUsIC.-Free concerts every day
~ OClOCK, WIN tnP BEST ana mDSt attOntiVb
walters to supply the finest refreshments to be
found in the city.
The Habsa. Corpu. Case-rhe Writ nc.
fuscd-in appeal.
Before tho Circuit Court of the District of
and j. s. Morsell and VIM. N. Merrick, associ.
atea:
In the matter Of Wilson Copeland, claimed rs
aiugitivs slave by Ignatius Waters, OF aontRom
CRY county, Maryland. the question being on
the petition of Daniel Breed, OF tsis city, for u
writ Of habeds corpus for the discharge Of the
fugitive. -
The court mot At 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Dean presented his argument In favor OF
granting the writ. His points we're many Of
them as already stated In our columns. He also
considered this writ AS peculiarly applicable to
this case. He gave some interesting points in
the history of the writ Of habeas corpus. The
greatest eloquence of the bar and bench had
olung to II as u sacred right. Where II had
been violated, the name of the Judge was handed
down 10 posterity in infamy. Il WAS highly
important that this case should be decided
on this case. The nation looked with interest
on tho decision Of this court In this .case. He
submitted the case with the hope that the do
cision would be just one. He felt that this
writ ought TO be granted. r,.
After due consultation, Chief Justice Dun
lop gave the decision of the court. II WAS the
duty of the court to doodle this matter at once.
II is singular fact that for the first time In go
years this matter has been contested In this
court.
Tho court WAS established in 1901. Three or
four days after, the law Of 1893, In regard to fu
gitive slaves and fugtives from Justice, was
made applicable to this District. From that
time this court has decided all cases, both of
fugitive slaves and fugitives from justice, es
Gaping from State into this District, and No
contest has heretofore been made. The law is
precisely the same in regard to fugitives from
Justice, rs in relation to fugitive slaves. Co.
temporaneous expositions Of the law will bear
us out In this decision, that the law as applied
to States Ia applicable to this District. Cover
nors of States, including some OF the free States,
have always put this construction on the law
and msde demands upon this court for escaped
fugitves. -tr...'
ed to eide so rs to make this District not only
refuge for all the runaway slaves but for all The
criminals and fugitives from justice Of ali the
States In the Union. Judge Story says that the
Union could not have been formed but for the
principle which this law allows. This was In.
Corporated In the Cons tuition by vote of all
the States. Maryland and Virginia would not
have consented to the Union II this District
was to bo refuge for their fugitves. The one
gave the whole northwest territory to the Fed.
eral Government, and both ceded ten miles Of
territory, in the centre of the United States,
for u Federal capital. II would require Ian.
guage Overbearing and powerful to cause US to
make n decision which would deprive these
States Of the right TO take their fugitives here.
1t Ia our duty to conform to the unanimous do
cision of the Supreme Court, and insist upon
the enforcement of u law which has been en-
forced for sixty yoars.
The court insisted that not only the spirit but
the letter of the law Of 1850 rendered 1t striotly
applicable to this District. The language IL such
as to place 1t beyond AL dispute that Congress
intended to embrace this District 10 the pro.
visions Of this act. 1t would certainly be au
Objectionable construction Of the law that all
slaves which we own are to be brought hero
and all slaves escaping here shall stay. In re-
gard to tho appointment Of comm issioners, we
contend that our right Ia clear, under the law
of Congress, which makes this circuit court
of tho United States. The first section of tho
law of 1850 authorizes the appointment Of com
missoners by any circuit court Of the United
States. Tho man Copeland Is now In the law fu
custody Of y lawful officer, for \ lawful pur-
pose, and we do not feel authorized to interfere
In this case. Therefore the writ ofhdbeas corpus
ia refu,e
Mr.. Dean gave notice of an appeal, and the
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