The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-13
THE sPOILs IN LOUISIANA.
Dunn Wanted the Liberian Mission.

wAsHNaroS, April 12--MorniDg "A misappre.
hension exists regarding the Banks Cuban resoIu.
tion. II is merey.s resolution OF the House, not
requiring the concurrence Of the Senate or the
signature Of he president and has no legal force.
The act Itself, however, is complste, aud was
intended 10 support Gent In Cuban affairs during
vacation by assuring him Of subsequent support
In the House.
The Senate met, and after appointing com.
miuee TO inform the president Of the fact. con.
tiDuiDg the committees of last session. and re.
eolviDg TO meet daily at noon, went into executive
session.
ing nomina ious were made to-day:
Dpomatic-M Motley 10 England; narkreit OF
Ohio, 10 Bolivia; Partridge OF hsrylsnd, to
Ncarsgus; Pile OF Mssourl, to Yeuezuel..; Jas.
r Jonts o. Illinois, 70 Belgium; John =. Carlisle
Of West VlrRinis 10 Stockholm j. r. Clay, (col-
ored) consul general 10 Liberis; Kirk Of Ohio,
mins'er 20 the Argentine Republic; Hudbu't OF
Illinois to Bogota Hudson OF lows, TO G1ate.
msls; Il. ID. Bassett (eQlOred) 10 Hsyti; Cnftin
of Pennsylvania, to Russia, and Jay OF New York,
to Austria.
Ma-sbal-Evsns. East Tennessee.
Attorneys-Adsm, South Mississippi, and Whip.
Arsessor,-whitehead, I'd Georgia district, and
Sparlipg, I'd Tennessee.
CollecIors-Morrill, "a Georgia, and Peabody.
9th Tennessee.
Postmssteu-Ayer, Petersburg, Va; Rhodes,
Abingdon, Va; Mrs. Drinklove. Monroe, La;
Young, Fredericksburg. Va; Mrs. Livingston,
GreeDville. Ala Wheeler, Eufsula. Ala; Hamnh.
reys Penshcola; Libbettt Tallahassee, Fla; Warn,
Key West, Fla.
The workir gmen OF the district serensdsd
Sprsgue TO night as manifestation Of approval
Of his late course.
The IDoisn appropriation bill provides that none
of the treaties negotiated since June, 1867 be rat
flied, and places the control of 81 900 90 10 the
hands of the president. TO be used as he at in
sei1ing difficulties between the government aud
Ten treaties of various kinds, including the
Alabama treaty, are pending before the Sen
ate.
take line soundings on the coast OF Cuba aud the
negbboring islands.
In the Supreme Court Chase dismissed the ap.
peal in the NcCardls case for want OF jursdic
lion.
The case Of the steamboat Belfast VS.. Boone
from the Supreme Court OF Alabama, the de-
cision Was reversed villa costs, with directions TO
dismiss the libel. The court 10 this case claims
federal jurisdictiOn In nBarlne aud admiralty cases
from q sea 70 the head OF navigation OF rivers.
The case of B. +. Hair Va. Geo. CapDel, from
Louisisna Judgment was reversed with cOsts
Ibe court decided that a foreign consul engaged
In trade during hag no more rights in busi-
pess than q citizen OF the United States.
Justice ChEte delivered al opinion 10 the Texas
bond case, holding that the annexation OF TEXTS
made II State In the Uniqn aud that no act OF the
citizens and government Of Texas alone has, or
could dissolve that relSiaI that the ordinsuoe
of secession and all legtlsuon acts Ia aid OF the
rebellion were void; that TIE Legislature was an
Illegal body; that the Vnit9d States bonds in CON-
troversy we're the propartVbf Texas at the time
of secession; that the law OF Texas which re-
qured their transfer vas Illegal aud, therefore,
the State OF Texas bas, q right to recover the
bends and perpetuste the injunction. Decree
accordingly. The court hetd tnst Congress had q
right to adopt measures OF Feconstruction.
Grier ssented as 10 she merits and juri'diction
of the case, holding tbst gexas WAS not 10 fast
State in the Union. Justiess Swayne and Miller
dissented as 10 jurisdiction only.
The Atlantis delegalioN leaves for home to-
night. The Augusta delegation left yesterday.
These delegations, with otbar Conservative Geor-
Risps present, have the ere at OF defeating Buffers
GeorRis bill.
On dit that Locke, L0ckeood and Ong are sp-
plicsnts for the Louis,sna ssupervisorship Ong,
the fsvorite. Hiesssnd ard Long are after the
attorney gerersship of ssoui lana; Long, the
favorite. NorcrOss and h6sey are after the Lousi-
ana msrsbalship.
Among General SbFridbn's memorands is an
item that Joubert and Clay, colored, should bs
taken care Of.
Dunn was sn spplicbnt for the mission TO LII
IBERIA also Dumas. All tahuentisl parties deny
having urged Pinchbsck's appointment.