The New York herald., 1869-03-20

premises be In charge Of the doorkesper and the
three police o1lcers
TIE Dlstrics ef Cslunbsa Dsaal Rishss BU
b signed by tie President.
the President informed the Senate to-day tnat he
had approved and signed the bill for the further -
carfty OF equal rights In the District Of Columbia. Is
ID therefore . law and IL - follows:-
Be It enacted. &C.. That the. word "whitsn
wherever 1t occun in the laws relating to the Dis
Of the cities Of Warrington and Georsetown, ana
operates as limitation On the night Of any elector
Of such District or Of either Of the cities 70 hold any
once, to be selected and TO serve - Juror, be
and the same IL hereby repealed; and It shall be I'M
lawful for any person or 0cer to enforce or attempt
70 enforce such limitation amer the passage OF this
act.
This law removes altogether the distinctions here
tofore existing between whites and blacks as to civil
Secretary BoutweIps Views ON the Sale Of
Gold.
The Committee on Ways and Means called in Q
body to-day upon President Grant, Secretary Bout
well and the Commissioner ofInterna Revenue. They
had long talk with Mr.. Boutwell, upon money af-
fairs in the Of which the declared his deter
mination to sell gold publicly never in private. He
believed he had the power to invest the surplus gold
In bonds, and thought he would do So He informed
the committee that the income from customs was
luCKcdSlu8s lut COuVcIbaliOu Wltu UcucIul uAout
was mainly Of q social character.
Decisions by Secretary Boutwell,.
The following decisions were made by Secretary
Department yesterday
The United States should not assume the RESPONSE
bility OF acting the redemption agent OF the ma
tional banks, and power has been conferred upon
the Treasury Department to do So nor will the de-
partment become an indirect agent in assisting TO
keep anoat and In circulation national bank notes IN
they they would be al once cancelled and destroyed; and
assistant treasurers and collecting ofcers OF the
United States therefore instructed that the same
reasons which would cause assistant treasurers TO
withhold from circulation and send to this depart
ment for destruction notes OF the United States will
them to refuse receive notes OF the national
banks which no longer 1T TO be Kept in circuar
ton.
Pearls and pearl shells are to be regarded as pro
duty under the twenty-third section OF the oct OF
March 2, 1851 when the whole operation OF the
sss o S nea e S
Pacific coast they may be shipped from such ves-
sells to Atlantic ports across the Isthmus, If due
proof Of their origin be given under regulations,
section II, chapter 2.
The prohibition hitherto resting upon the fhpor
tation Of firearms into Alaska Is hereby removed
subject however. to such restrictions upon the dis
p0sal OF the same, when so imported, as shall be im
posed BY the military authority.
Customs Receipts.
The following are the customs receipts from March
8 to Is inclusve:-Boston, $s2e,2S2; New York.
$2,58o.s09: Philadelphia. s12s,5e7; Baltimore,
$207, ,2os; San Francisco. from February / to 15,
$23s, SAT. Total, $a,5oe, sos.
Inventory Of Government Property iu the
Treasury Building.
superintendent Rice, OF the Treasury Building, is
engaged in taking an inventory Of the stock and
ing
The Tobacco Trade in Richmond, va.
During the month OF February, 1884, 473 pounds Of
chewing tobacco were shipped, In bond, from the
city Of Richmond. The tax was prepaid, however,
on all the smoking tobacco shipped except 4So
pounds
United States Supreme Court.
The following gentlemen were, on motion, to-day
admitted to practice attorneys and counseors OF
this court:-Henry B. Hammond and Clark Bell, OF
New York; Obadiah r. Strickland, OF Utah; VIM. A.
Richardson, OF Massachusetts,, and James b. Under
wood, Of oregon.
The following cases were before the Supreme
No. 223-Es par1e william n. McCarlc, appellant
The motion to enter Judgment In TINS cause was ar
gued by Mr. sharkey IN support Of the same and oy
Mr.. Carpenter In opposition thereto.
No. 2i7-The Providence Rubber Company. appel
liant, vs. Charles Goodyear. ct a.-The motion
this cause was argued by Mr.. Evarts OF counsel in
support Of the same, and by Mr.. Carlisle and Mr..
Cushing OF c0unsel IN OppostiOn thereto.
No. 13-Original eL pdTte Samuel Arnold, petl-
toner; and No. a. original, pdrte Edward Spang
ler, petitoner.-Petiti0ns for habeas corpus. Mr..
Phillips, OF counsel for the petitioners filed certi
cate or the granting Of pardons by the President OF
the United States to the petitioners, whereupon 1t
was ordered by the court that the petitions be dis
missed
No. l17-Wiliam Ward ct al, plaintiffs In error,
vs. Francis L. Smith.-The argument OF this cause
was continued by Arthur G. Brown, OF counsel for
plantins In eHor, and by L. Brent for defendant in
error and concluded by Frederick w. Bruno for the
plaintlns In error
Adjourned until Monday morning.