Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-11
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The following is the statement of the public debt mp to April lst: Bearing coin interest, Sl,944,440,s4l SO; bear ing currency interest, S2Sl, ,766, $50 ma tured debt uot presented for payment, s4.036,3s3 64; debt bearing no interest, s4o6,i75,476 94; total debt, S2,64l, 719,- 332 3S. Amount in the treasury coin, S90, ,279,6l7 6S: currency, S23, ,330,- 027 34 total, s122,5O9,645 02. The amount of debt less cash in the treasu- " has decreased during the moath *6l9,935 4S.
 The Supreme Court this morning affirmed the decree of the United States District Court for the Southern Dis trict of Illinois in the cases of the claims of l.. F. Morse, Wittenburg < Doyle and Gruffati & Zant, for nine hundred and thirty-five bales of cotton captured by Portcr's fleet on the Qua chita river in 1864, and dismissed all the claims. The opinion of the Court was read by Justice Swayne, who placed the decision exclusively on the non-intercourse act of July l3, 1861. The Court says that prohibition was the rule and license the exception, and military permits were consequently void.
 An opinion was delivered reversing the judgment of the Circuit Court of Louisiana, and re-afiirming the legiti- macy of Mrs. General Gaines, and con firmirg her in all her rights of property in the State.
 An official proclamation has been made of an agreement between the Postofiice Department and that of Italy for the regular exchange of closed mails.
 For the week ending the 4th instant, 3Ol patents have been issued from the Patent Office.
 General Sherman was before the Pa- cifc Railroad Committee to-day, and made statement showing that large sums would be saved by the Govern ment constructing the Pacific Railroad.
 Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, arrived here to-day to testify for the defense in the impeachment trial.
 The Secretary of the Interior has sent a communication to the Senate, showing that one tribe of Indians, more than 1000 in number, were in q suffering condition, and recommend ing an appropriation for their relief.
 The Spanish Government has redu- ced all duties on foreign flags.
 Twenty miles more of the Union Pa cific Railroad (Kansas branch) is fin ished and waiting for inspection.
 In the Supreme Court to-day apeti- ton was presented from Hamilton Martin and William E. Gillispic, inn prisoncd in Florida for the murder of freedmen, asking for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari, returnable at this term. The petitioners hold that the State courts alone can take jurisdiction of the subject. Alter a discussion be- tween the counsel for the petitioners and the Court, this being the last day vI Inc present. term, the asKeu Tor were | granted and made returnablc on the first day of the next term.
 The action of the Court in the McCardlc case has been generally mis- understood. The case was argued on the day originally fixed, and the con- ference day is Saturday in each week, and the other working days had been occupied in hearing the arguments in the case, in their order on the docket, and on the first conference day after the argument the case was not reached, although the conference occupied all the day, and on the next conference day Congress had already passed the act to repeal it's jurisdiction in such cases, and before the President had sent his veto. The practiti oners at the bar, without regard to politics, say the Court could not have anticipated this legislation, and if it had, it could not possibly have now a race with Con- gress. That it would have been ridicul- ous affectation to have taken notice of it, and would hardly have been con sistent with the courts dignity or the respect due from it to the other branch es of the Government, to proceed with the matter until the President had ci- ther approved or vetoed the bill and on the reception of his veto it was passed by the required majority in both houses.
 Mr. Black, for McCardlc, moved to be heard upon the question of the ef- feet of the law.
 The Court although it had several weeks before fixed the 3lst of March for closing the docket, agreed to hear the case on Wednesday, the 1st of April. | Of that. however, the Court did not take notice, he not having appeared in court until the subject had been post poned.
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