The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-03-27
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WASHINGTON, March 26.

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I The Supreme Court decided to-day therease
of Noah and others of the Board of Assessors
of Albany, at the suit of Van Allen and 9TH
ers. The question was whether the shares Of
stockholders in the National banks can be sub
jected to taxation by State authorities. Asso-
ciate Justice Nelson delivered the opinion of
the Court, holding that shares held by indiyid-
uals are not part of the capital of the bank,
and must be regarded as persOnalpr0pert OF
shareholders, and as such subject to taxation
| by the State, but that the judgment of the
Court below must be reversed, on the ground
that ther was discrimination between the
shares of these banks and the capital stock of
State banks. ,'tSANs2fN@1A SlDt.i9'A 't@S
Chief Justice Chase read aminority opin-
ion, not being able to concur that State had
the power claimed, which was an indirect
mode of taxing National securities, which
were not authorized or intended to be author
lied by Congress. af r.. .s9.esl1 gs
In the cases of Cutting and Fisk and 9TH
ers, the Court held that broker is chargeable
on purchases of securities made on his own
account and for his own benefit, the same as
on his commissions when purchasing for 9TH
erS.
The trial of L. G. Baker for robbing Mrs.
Cobb of $1,000, commenced to-day.
There was a large audience in the Senate
galleries to-day expecting the Presidents veto
of the Civil Rights bill. 1t may be communi-
ted tomorrow or Wednesday. H aa
The testimony of the rebel Gen. Lee and
Others before the Reconstruction Committee,
will be reported to the House tomorrow. ;,
IL Accounts from forts Randall and Sully, Da-
cotah, represent the Indians coming in large
numbers, and so destitute and starving that
they have been compelled to eat their ponies
and dogs. --- --'---
d Two seizures for smuggling have recently
been made, one at NewbeTm of a vessel which
had landed her whole cargo of rum and mo-
lasses, which was also seized and che crew ar
rested. The other at Providence, where some
$4,000 worth of liquor was landed and secreted
in barn. The smugglers of the latter were
also arrested.
The President has revoked the order dismiss
| sing Col Mason for surrendering at Clarks-
vile, and he has been regularly mustered out.
The Loan bill was received by the Senate
to-day and referred to the Finance Commit
tee. y asaA - tsl '3Iif3l ssn'sse a.a'
Senator Foote has slightly improved since
morning, though he is not out Of danger. aetj
ia, Consul Anderson writes from Hamburg of
his refusal to certify the invoices OF hides, and
advises the refusal by Custom Houses of all
entries of hides, tallow or bone. He thinks a
perfect despotism should be exercised along
our seabOard to prevent the introduction of
the cattle disease. sasdg niiia I'd .9.s .i5 gi1, 81
Consul Dudley, OF Liverpool, gives history
of the efforts made in England for the proven
ton and cure of the cattle plague, which have
proved mainly unavailing, and suggests send
ing a Commission to Europe by our Govern
ment to examine and report upon its nature,
and the means ofprevention and amelioration.
He also recommends further legislation for
greater security. He also refers to attempts to
send hides from an infected district to this
country. rYTpTpi Fc54 Avn Afi'
| Consul Abbot, at Sheffield. writes that the
farmers who at first opposed extreme meas
ures, now demand the most vigorous meas
ures y - g. A GE
The Commissioner of Agriculture has fur
nished Congress with brief history OF the
cattle plague, which is officially declared to be
identical with the rinderpest and with the ia
tai muriam of 1916. 1t is shown that in 1862
it destroyed $4,000 of the 296 900 cattle attack
ed; in the Austrian Dominions in 1863, it ov-
erTun Hungary and other Austrian dependen-
cies, killing from 65 to 9S of those attacked. ?
Of the herds exposed the number attacked
was at first A per cent. The number that
died was In November 43 per cent. and at the
last of January go per cent. But the number
killed, which was SO per cent. in November,
was but Is per cent. ins January; and in No
vember per cent recovered, and in January
IL per cent.
The English cattle are found less capable OF
resistance to the disease than the Dutch. No
| reliable specific or mode of treatment is re-
ported. % -0'il '' 20 'l' '''.1 =
A copy of the new cattle plague law of Eng
land Is communicated, and Congress appealed
to for a law under which rigorous measures
could be applied to in case of its introduction
into this country. sGa talu sIc5Y 3 l1ii4gsb "a