, 1870-02-08
WASHINGTON.
The Decision of the Supreme
Court on The Legal
Tender Question.

The Dissenting Opinion Of Judges
Miller, swayne, and Davis,
The Georgia Missionaries Have
an Interview With the
President.
New Modc OF Settling Contest
ed Elections.
Special Despatch to The Chicsgo Tribune.
WAsn1sG7oE, D. C., Feb.
TIE LEGAL IEt41ER DECISION.
The great eyeLt OF to-day Is the declstou OF the
Supreme Court On the Legal.Tesder aet- The
suit came up from Kentucky, on the payment OF
Iote made before the passage OF tho LeGal-Ien-
der act. When the u,ak-r went TO pBy II, he
offered ereeLtacls, which the bans refused to
take. nc declined to paE the coin, and was
thc1eupon sued by the bsnk. The Supreme Court
the act in question Unconstitutional This brought
The caEe into the UEred S'ates supreme Court,
&hete It has twice been argued, and was to-day
nIall5 decided. and cga'n IN 'asor OF the bank.
Chief Justlce Lhase read the opl1ion for bimself
and JIsllces Nelson. CnGo!d, and Field, sddlng
that 1t also concu1red IN hy Jnasics GsIef. BE-
fore his res.gnaton. The Court holds, as wRs
s'ated last night, that the act Is constitutional In
70 fa- a. Il relatts to contracts made afcr Ftb1ua-
II ., 1867. n1 which d2se II WAS si2ntd By the
President; hut that Congress- could not make It
appl.cable to contracts cntered tntf prior to that
dare. The Court, in other words. sus:ains the act
but dct1ues It is not rct1oscuve. Justice
MllHr, Tor hiEser and Jaalices baTts
AID Sxa.ce, d!sseuted from the opinion
CT tie Chef Justice, and held that the act Is
cotst tu1iorH in ita terms, and that Greer-
backs are, rs therein epecined, legal tender IN
payment cf al debts, Hhelher on contracts made
before or after It became the law. All sorts Of
questions are at once ralsed as TO the Bco2e OF
CnBse'a det!tion- Thousands Of poteB and con-
tracts made PRIOR TO February, 1869, have, Of
course, been settled IN Rreenbacss, aud the IN
qn'ry IS mate whether 1hcse settlements can be
new recpeneu, and whether the debtor can be
cenpeied to Ecttle slter gtecnbacEs were
accepted w1tftut protest OF reservation.
There can be no 1uch thing as the TeopeniEE OF
cases All unsettled contracts, entered into be-
fore 1864, can nor, On the principle laid down to-
dsy, bc eoforced in coin. Gentlemen who were
II court duting the reading Of the opinions cay
thut that Of Judse Mixer ~as one OF the clearest
and most torc,ole tver presented.
ARMY ASs1GfAEkTs
The following Is the rea9stgutneut Of the prlnc!-
pal engineer ofl1ceFa: General II. II. Pet1am
1rtm boston to Warrington, rice Bacne, retired
Coone! ]. n. MacoHo from Cincinnati
to ST. Paul; General Reynolds from Detroit "a
St Louie, transferring headquarters from Gin,
4riF fN fhaf nix A1 Nana1
Parker, and General Poe are retained here;
General Warren from st. Paul to Detroit;
Colonel Ctaightu from Washington to Fori
Mcn1oe; General Woodrun from Washington to
Philadelphia; Colonel Stewart IRON Faliadelpha
to San Hancisco: General Wettzel renalas 81
Louisville; Colonel uoftten from Newport,
Rtodc Islart, to Milwaukee; Colonel Wheeler
from Aiixautee to Washington: Msjor Elliot
from San francisco to Washington; Colonel ".
E. Me1rtlt 1emasna ot Chicago In Ad]atant
GeLe,al's Department; Geaera1 Wlusms,
now bere, goes to Richmond: General
BECK 10 St, LOWS: General Wntppae,
now a, San Ffa1cisco; General Rugaes uow at
Or abs, ard Colonel Martin, now at St Louis, ase
all to cone here.
KILLING 4 CONTRACT.
The Secretary Of the Tres SURF, immediately
urcn the rassaee p5 the non.e Of the resolution
1eiat:rg to the k1sl contract for the Amer,cau
xeyeEce coupon books, issEed an order SUSPEND.
trg all 61raEgements mnde By Commissioner
Delano with Kisn.
tCrKEME COURT
TIC Supreme Conri, TO oag, aG1rmcd the de.
ctslon Of The Snpreme Court Of Missouri In tTo
cases Of tho Sl. Louis puotic school lauds
GEORGIA.
The papeEa showing what GeorR1a has don't
since the passage Of the last Reconstruction ac
were presented In beth houses Of Congress 10
daE, md referred for examination. Thcrt
are about twenty politicians here uQF
from that STATE Governor Bullock Il
On hand Eith eerersl OF his fe,ends
ard ttcI ask immediate admission. Captain BIT.
ant aud his friends protest, and ssy that Bullock
has violated the lax, ana Congress ought to dcal
1uFtler in The natsr. Buth Of the Seuatots. cleo,
are looklrg around to sec what their chaucea arc
for gettirg stats. Some o. the Bullock MEMBER
fas1 bten to the Fiek!uent, and he, Of course,
tells Il em be shall sthtd By what General Teu5
has DONE The tcaeme Of the Bullock party Is to
cleo new sena.orb nsx WeeI, nnd their men are
Alcl. = eauker ~ Al nu1a, and BlodEett, rostuas
ttr Z. AUGUSTA The SeDate has not yet declared
The el zion Of ELL and Miller Invalid, and soms
nemetts ths1 1 1hcy vii! be admitted this week.
The NEW HUNtSATIoks Fo1 THE surRRAE BEscu.
The Ple&idents tw0 nominations for ths
Supreme Beech we're sent IN to dsy
SirorE, tt Pennsylvania, was formerly OF
the Supfene Bench OF that S.ate, and will bt
~
.ersey; but II the Senate IL consistent Hlth Its &C
ton In Judge Hoas's cue. It cannot conurm hIu
0tcauEe he does Tot i've IL Southern ct1cQlt-
GOAT ISLAND.
Three gentlemen ttcu California hare mt in A
claim FOR Goat I-tana San francisco naroos. Tnll
island the Pncnc Railroad Company are askipl
Cotgtess to give them for use in building depo
and other buildings, and there is. prospect o
GONE litigation before the case 10 settled.
CHICAGO INVENTION.
Mesnt. Whipp1e ahd Dickersou, Of Chicago
gave ID exhibition yesterday teiore n large part,
Of engineers and buslhess men, Of .hetr Invention
add machlncry by which they conrert crude nc
uo1eum 10 the uses OF fuel and motive powe.
They have been at work here In this line for q
nunoer Of noLtns, and the1r works have upder
gone cites1! e1aulnatton b. pe1eous conpetent II
form Judgment on The merl. OF their Claims. rnos,
o. whom exprtss the belief that they hare really
good thing.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
COMMISSIONER pELANo.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-comnissloner De1ano re
euned ot1ciaI duties this morning.
... tit LEAD
n ieplJ 70 the fesu4u:lou Of the House the Sec
vii {, sesE az 1Se ooo neTssf no
81 ple aesa on hsud, At VARIOUS Arsensts. ID lna
sSs ~ 1nxssps S !. 2
cCgA.
sIeleE!ams from nasana to-day ta!ly connrn
re reports relative to tee continued advance O
Inc spanfards Though The 1t sufgents districts
cohTE>TKp ELECripNA
Tle Committee Gil Eiec'lans 10 day, By one MI
1offS, sRfceI to rephtt bill 10 tht Hcnse pIo
Tftltt tnat all cases Of contested election eali be-
uied separately bs Jury tra ~n from membert
Q! INC House, e5cd party having the right te
chaEen2c uu:l 1Here are drawn. The commit.
tee VIII ne1kiaAe up tie L.ulssna case OF I.ustlau
aRAlEst Riap- from the Fourth b sr:cI, BON aties
o1 the Argument 1arlpR been n.ed today.
GEORGIA POLITICIANS.
a delegation Of Geursiaus, composed OF Mr
Conley. tfestdent OF tue stare Senate Speaker
pro tim. T~eedy. judges GIhoop, Pa1rptL auo
Bafzo.d OF the Sopesiof Conrr, Jno. Rice and 9th.
Eff called upon President GtAut TO oar, aud mad
an lntetele" o. oser m hour, during which
thorough dhcuss'on OF the poitica! situation d
Geofg4A Was engaged H. The delegation hclua
Gestfou1 Or asceI salnog the Presidents views
the President stated that he had beeI. at f1rst in
pfeGaed with the itea That I'll acts OF the Ler3sla
tnfe made previously to The expulsion ot tha col
ofed menbe1a had been legal and binding, nnt
may The ELECTION Of Senators were Il
I3eneeuon 3sd.G a. and insesttgauon be was sat
was the nzst LegelRture, aud that iii actto,
should he commenced de noto He lcquI,ed Nh.
The Republicans HoCld elect Enlted S .ates Seua
Iof. IN resrotse 10 which the DELEGATION siatet
.a .hat 20 nontnatio1: had Jet been made, nnt ths
tnty prnhaoty would oe Oh Monday. TneJ had q
contt Of elec,lnR loyal Republicans. During th
SonEe1hAuor. the President mentioned tnat Dot
blIseH and General Sherman had entire cnnf
dence l1 General Terri e Judgment and ahi.lt7
ana maj 1ney expected HIN here IL few da{!
Wnen they wouti be 3uIly advised bY him aa +
ena1rs In the STATE The delegation ulso expreMe
confidence ID GcIeral Terry.