Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-06

ance, and compensate the owners for their loss.
There is bill now before Parliament the subject,
for the week ending February 10th shows $50 new
cases: Number a attacked since the commencement of
been killed-Wash Star.
THE CASE OF THE SHIP CHESHIRE.
The Supreme Court of the United States to-day de-
mt against the United States, on an appeal from
the Circuit Court of the United States for the North
orn District of New York, The Court held that the
shin and cargo rightly condemned by the Court
below; and that although the vessel was loaded at
Liverpool, and the destination professed to be Mas
sau the intention to break the blockade was to be
presumed from the place and circumstances of the
capture, It had been uniformly dacided that YES
SELL as in this case; is not permitted to go to the
mouth of river under plea of making inquiry as to
the continuation of the blockade, the fact was
known previous to the sailing. The Court said there
was prima acia evidence of intention to rum the
blockade.
RIGHTS OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
= Tic Court delivered an opinion on an appeal from
Iowa, reafiirming the one heretofore pronounced.
that county or municipal corporation has inher
en power to subscribe for railroad stock. They
exercise no such power, unless authority be
given by the Legislature for that purpose.
INTERCOURSE WITH INDIAN tribes.
Two cases, one from Michigan and the other from
Minnesota, we're decided. They relate intercourse
with the Indian tribes and involved the legality of
Ing seR % or Of @ 6 9u9S @ to dPGs d6 I6o
sales were for their better protection.
The Court affirmed the laws as warranted by the
clause in the Constitution giving Congress power to
regu ate commerce with the Indian tribes.
An important treaty between the Creek nation
vas signed On Saturday afternoon at the Office of In
dian affairs. The Greeks. among other important
spulatons, cede the west half of their large domain
and admit there emancpated negroes to equal and
civil rights convey the rights of way to construct
railroad through their country. and also agree to
such legislation on the part of Congress as may be
necessary to establish jndic al system in the Indian
Territory. and general council with defined legisla-
tive powers composed of delegates from each nation
a new treaty has also been c0nSummated between
the United States and the Shawnee nation of Kansas
Their principal chief, Charles Bluejacket, headed
the delegation Treaties are also being prepared, and
viii soon lee completed. with the Cherokess, ChOc-
laws, Chckasaws Semiuoles and two bands OF tho
Chippewas of Lake Superior, the Boisfort band and
those of the Lac du Flambeau.
a report received by tho Commissioner of Indian
Affairs from uperintendent Leiby, of Arizona,
gives an account of his recent visit to Prescott in
his superintendency. Captain LedyRrd. of the Sec
ond California Volunteers. with thirty-iive men and
thirty-fve days rations sent ont to bring in
certain Chiefs of hostile bands belonging to the
Apache. Captain ledyard and his men suffered
great prvatiOns in the course of their march, having
for eleven days been obliged to subsis on horse and
mule meat They returned WITHOUT meeting the In
Superintendent Leiby mentioned many depreda-
uons and murders by bands oftte Navajo in that vi
Glnlty, and recommend tho only remedy that they
He placed on areserVaton, and that the commanding
general OF tho department and the Superintendent
az Indian Affairs be supplied with power to enforce
the intercourse act.