The Portland daily press., 1867-04-16
From WasIai nuu0u

rp,. WASHINGTON, April Is.
Inc oenate's Committee on Indian Affairs
tories west of Kansas, with a view of selecting
= location for the Indians of that State, and
tne1r prompt removal thither.
lie supreme Court of the United States to-
uay refused to entertain the Mississippi bill
against the President, but allowed the Georgia
piii 10 DC filed, as the same objection did not
apply.
. The Senate to-day confirmed the nominal
ION OF George e. Goodrich, for postmaster at
rrltchburg, Mass, and rejected B. f. Chandler,
Tor pension agent. J
Thomas Kilby Smith was confirmed last
M Week, consul TO Panama, but the day after
sic vote was reconsidered. To-day he was
again confirmed .ls
Its understood that the Senate has post
pohea the nomination OF Col Cahoon, as Com
missioner of Agriculture until next December.
Inc trends of the present incumbent say that
ne VIII then be prepared to resign.
To-day being the anniversary of the death of
President Lincoln, the buildings of the depot
OF equipment and clothing were draped in
mourning and the flag displayed at half mast
The flags on all the public buildings and at
Gen. Grants headquarters, and many other
public places throughout the city, were at halt
mast during the day.
The correspondence heretofore published
shows that Minister Campbell on the 9Th inst
in accordance with the instructions of the
Secretary OF State, sent a special messenger to
PRESIDENT Juarez, to intercede for Macmillan,
should he fall into the hands of the Liberals
Count Wydenbuch, on the 9th inst, in return
ing to Mr. Seward Minister Campbel's New
Orleans telegram, says, Il can but renew the
expression of my warmest thanks for the ex-
IRENE kindness and promptness with which
you have acted in this affair. The knowledge
that your dispatch will be sent at once to the
proper quarter, relieves me from very great
anxiety. have the honor to remain, Mr.. Sec
rotary, with the highest consideration, your
obedient servant,
tSigned) WYDENBucH.
j. s. Mr.. Campbelrs courier having SO
great start, l think it superfluous to send
Blr. Hatye. L shall therefore return next
Monday to the Department the passport you
were SO kind as to furnish me for him.
In the Supreme Judicial Court to-day, in the
case of the Peterhof, her tackle, etc, appel
liant, the U. s. Chief Justice Chase read the
opinion of the Court in this case, holding that
there could be no legal blockade of the Rio
Grande, that river being in part neutral, and
ordering the restoration of the ship and all her
cargo, except that which was contraband of
war and that which belonged to owners of con-
traband portions. The Court say that the
trade between Matamoras and London, even
with the intention of supplying Texas from
the former place, cannot be declared unlawful
for the reason that the general principles of in
ternational law lead to the conclusion that the
neutral trade from neutral to blockade ports
by inland navigation is lawful nor does the
Court wish it to be inferred that blockade of
the Rio Grands was intended if it was not SO
expressly declared. That river was as much
Mexican as American
A rule of the United States Supreme Court
reads as follows: Process issued out of this
Court in any suit in equity, shall be issued on
the defendant go days before the return of said
process" To-day the Court ordered subpenas
to issue against the defendants in the Georgia
Dill complaint case, as prayed by the petition
ers. The Court will adjourn in May, and as
the 60 days required by the rule cannot occur
between now and that time, return day must
necessarily be at the next regular term of the
Court in December next Further proceed
ings in the case according to this Interpretation
of the rule by legal gentlemen, will, therefore,
be postponed until that time.