The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-07-28

tendents of various railroads in the South
ern States convened in Columbia, South
Carolina last week. On motion of VIM. A.
Smith Col. VIM. johnson, President of the
Columbia, Charlotte and Augusta railroad,
was called to the Chair. He explained the
object of the meeting to be to arrange the
schedule to meet the opposing lines from
New Orleans and Mobile to points North,
and, as far as possible, to harmonic the
conflicting interests of the various lines.
Delegates reported from nearly all the prin-i
cipal connecting lines of Virginia, the Caro-
lnas, Georgia and Alabama. A committee
were appointed to frame a schedule SIS soon
as practicable. A committee were also ap-
pointed to devise some plan to protect grow
ers and shippers of vegetables from South
ern to Northern markets against fraud.
Resolutions favorable to reduced rates for
immigrants were adopted. A resolution
was also adopted relative to the appoint
ment Of a committee to consider the propri-
,ety of tickets at reduced rates to land
buyers nE 81 .bha iEfr t.a' 'HA
Secretary Fish has addressed commune
cation to the French and British Ministers
in Washington and to the Government of
Massachusetts, in relation to to French cable.
He says the Government has no doubt of its
right to control the whole matter. and the
Cable Company not having received or
awaited permission to make the connection,y
he deems it proper to call attention to the
subject, and says the proceedings of the
parties must be taken in submission to the
authority of the United States. He calls at
tention to the bin which was before Con-
gress last session, and which failed only
through want of time, as amountingto to the
policy and purpose of Congress.
The Cabinet Postpone the Yerger Habeas
Corpus Case until December-Chlef
Justice Chase Acts Without AuthOr-
Ny. a. g3tiiiJssi ID a iEgoH9l uaqi
a, ,..ss.7 s..rt WASHINGTON, July 18.
lUeTe Is TeitSOu IOuclltfC ludL tiic dITduSc-
ment concerning the Yerger habeas corpus
case was discussed in the Cabinet session,
and that posponement until December,
not October, asihas been stated, was agreed
to, in order to head off Chase and have the
matter decided before full bench of the
Supreme Court. There was no intention to
give Yerger any advantage by a postpone
ament, but it, was considered desirable to
avoid any. decision by the Chief, Justice
alone as to the consti utionality of acts done
under military rule authority in Southern
States, as such a decision might have in
yvolved the constitutionality of the recon
struction acts BY represent arrangement,
the case will be postponed until after Con-
gross meets again. when, If necessary, addi-
tionaI legislation can be had. It was he'd
by members of the Cabinet that The Chief
4 Justice had NO Jurisdiction of the case what
ever; that it was in Justice Swayne's Cir
cult, and the application, if made at all,
should have been imposed upon him of
granting or refusing the writ 1t is beliey-
. ed that the Chief Justice felt that he would
be exercising u doubtful ppwer to decide
the case under the circumstances, which ac-
counted for his acquiescence in the postpone
ment. igseai' os2 3'5fciG9i iiiiaa eai,a