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Tuesday Morn;no Nav 7 1867
Tuesday Morning, May 7, 1867.


WASHINGTON, May g.
In the United States Supreme Court this
afternoon, Attorney General Stanberry closed
the argument in the Georgia and Mississippi
injunction case.
The following is the substance of Attorney
General Stanberry's argument in the supreme
Court this afternoon: Mr.. Stanberry spoke is
to the general principles involved, and deni-
ed as heretofore, that these cases had any
place in this Court They were not IN the jul
risdiction of Court of Equity, such as the
Constitution provides. There was IN them no
basis of property on which relief could be Civ
en- Georgia and Mississippi. According to the
bill filed which undertook to speak for all the
people of those States, where was the evidence
of this fact? Besides, of the ten Southern
States, over which the reconstruction octs
were To operate, only two of them were here
1t was not known to the contrary that the re-
manning States Were dissatisfied for they had
not presented any bills of grievances. The
law gave the citizen right to vindicate him
sen, ana ne could do this as successfully as a
state could do for him. The counsel ON the
other side had invoked the Court to preserve
Their liberties from destruction and to pre-
serve the integrity OF the States for whom they
appeared, but said the Attorney General there
was no inherent power for that purpose IN this
Court, for Congress might so act as to destroy
the efhclency Of this Court by impeaching its
Judges on false accusations or by denying their
salaries for their support. 1t rested with the
people, however, to secure the honesty and
right doing of the Legislature. and on this
basis We must look for the preservation of the
rights of citizens and of the guaranteed rights
OF the States. No further proceedings took
place on the question before the Court, which
ADJOURNED immediately on the conclusion of
MI Stanberry's argument.
In the Criminal Court, to-day, the appeal OF
nlessrs. Lander and Gooding, In the case OF
sanford Conover, alias Charles A. Durham,
convicted OF perjury in connection with the
conspiracy trials, was allowed, and the Court,
at the instance of the counsel for the criminal,
granted stay OF the execution of the sentence
ten years i'll the peniteniiary, until the first
day of June. tt ..fs-t
In the Kansas case, before the Supreme
Court, to-day, it was decided that the lands OF
the Shawnees, Miami and Wea tribes in that
State cannot be taxed by the authorities there
OF, on the ground that these Indians are by
treaty under the protection of the United
states Government and still preserve their
tribal organization.
For the week ending ON Tuesday, Nav 18th,
there VIII be issued from the Patent Office 223
patents. During the past week about $40 an
pncations and 80 caveats were filed
Information has been received at the Aori-
cultural Department from all parts of the
country, which indicate that the wheat crop OF
this season will be the finest produced in this
country for many years.
The receipts from internal revenue sources
to-day We're $73S,572
The House Committee on the Judiciary held
a meeting to-day and was engaged on matters
connected with the impeachment question.