The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-02

WASHINGTON, March The Su-
preme Court of the United States to-
day decided the Russell, Major Il
Co, Floyd acceptances to be Illegal
The court also delivered an opinion
sustaining the gold contract case
from Maryland, on the same principal
as that involved in the case of Bron-
son vs.. Boden. =
Senators, members of the House of
Representatives, officers of the army,
eleTgymen aud civilians, were present
at the headquarters of the army
ing, were Senators Nye and Stewart,
and a delegation from Alabama !;
Joshua Hill. Of Georgia; Represen-
tatives Loan, Anderson, Slower and
others of the Missouri delegation in
the House; j. FL. Ketchnm and
Thomas Cornell, of New York; +.
w. Kellogg, of Alabama, and Hon.
G.. @. G0rham, Secretary OF the SeuAte.
The city is rapidly filing with visi-
tors from all sections of the country.
Admiral Farragut will arrive to NOR
row, to participate in the inaugural
ceremonies.
All applicants for Office under
Grants administration meet with
positive denials. Eraaa
2eneral Sheridan is devoting the
greater portion of his time to the con-
sideration of matters connected with
the army. faAE ala Sd
Gen. Comstock, of Gen. Grants
staff, who has been South on a we'd
ding tour, is expected to return to-
morrow.
The President has ordered Assist
ant Paymaster General, Nathan w
Brown, to assume charge of the Pay
Department until the successor t.
Gen. Price is confirmed by the Senate
and commissioned by the President.
The President has nominated j. c
Slower for Register of the Land Office
at St Paul, Minnesota; b. b. Hooks,
of Pennsylvania, Consul at Barba
does; Th0+. l.. Tulloek, Jr., OF Ken
tucky, aud Z. Marchett, Payinaster
in the Navy; also, K. Tumler, Of the
army brevefs. -...
| WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Su
preme Court decided the followin
cases to-day:
VIM. Sheets, appellant, VS.. Henr
r.. Selden, I'll. Woodruff, and N. Z
Paine. Appeal from the Circuit Q
Indiana. Decree affirmed, with costs
) Board of County Supervisors o
Lee County, Iowa, VS.. the Unite
= States. Judgment also affirmed.
The Chief Justice announced tha
!, the Court would not hear any fur
ther arguments this week until afte
Wednesday.
t Intelligence was received at tn
/: Treasury Department to-day that tn
! celebrated wine case, which has bee
: on trial o month in the United State
d Court In New Orleans, before Judg
o Durell, resulted in a judgment for tf
Governtment against the wine IN
. porters on all points at issue. III
amount involved in cases, dependau
? on the issue in this case, is near
= half a million dollars, and the judi
ment settles very important question
: of revenue Law. which have been
Is controversy for many years. I'll
# court overruled an extraordinal
,s opinion of the Treasury Departmeu
cited by the defense, was that fal
and cheap wines invoinced, labellI
and represented to be genuine win
of high grades, are not limitations.
The Senate galleries will eoHfort
bly, seat, exclusive of the diplomat
Ia and reporters apartment, 1,200 pc
" sons, and only this number of ticke
= for admission to the chamber on j
p auguration day, will be issued. s,s
- . Gen. Grant will not, it is said
. his intimate friends, resign his Off
a of General of the Army, as he GO
= siders it will expire on his inaugur
ton as President of the Unit
States.