The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-04-20

MIR. Cole moved to lay the amendment
on the table, on the ground that it was not
germalne to the bill. Lost--yeas 16, nays
MI. summer, at this point, called for the
diminished business-the bill prohibiting
dlstlnctlon on account of race or color in
the public schools of the District of Cslun-
bia. LAID aside by vote of 16 yeas to 25
nays.
The Texas Pacific railroad bill was
called up, and Mr.. Hamilton, of Texas,
made speech in opposition to it.
HoUSE.-The civil service bill was
taken up. The discussion occupied the
whole day, and the bill was finally recon-
mitted by vote of 96 ayes to 70 noes.
United States Supreme Court.
Washington, April 19.-The following
proceedings took place in the Supreme
Court to-day, in the case of Newman and
others against the Prussian bark "Elwin
kreplin," !" for scamen's wages. Motion was
now made fora mandamus to Circuit Judge
Woodruff, of the southern district of New
York, to compel him to assume jurisdiction
OF the case, and to hear an appeal from a
decree OF District Judge Benedict on the
merits. Judge Benedict having entered a
decree for the wages claimed, Judge Wood
ruff, on appeal, reversed the decree, hold
ing that no court of the United States had
jurisdiction of the case, because under the
treaty of 1929 with Prussia the Prussian
Consul has sole jurisdiction of such claims,
and that officer having actually decided the
case against the appellant they were bound
by that adjudication.
1t is here maintained that the treaty stip-
ulations are unconstitutional and void, be-
cause they strip the Admiralty courts of
the United States of the jurisdiction con-
ferred upon them by the constitution be-
cause the treaty has no reference to pro-
ceedings m rem, and because the treaty is
with the kingdom of Prussia, and there
are no Consuls or Vice-Consuls Of that king
dom in the United States only those of the
North German Union, which, it is urged do
not come within the treaty stipuations.
Many minor points are also urged, and it is
submitted that to maintain such tribunals in
our midst is to create many tribunals inde-
pendent of our national courts, and is con-
trary to the spirit of our institutions.
Thirteen nationalities are cited which have
treaties with similar clauses, thus establish
ing l30 other tribunals of the same class.
The War Department has just published
the opinion OF the Supreme Court of the
United States for the information of all
concerned, denying the jurisdiction of state
courts to issue writ of hobeds corpus for
the discharge of a person held under
the authority, or claim or color of
the authority of the United States
by an officer of the government, when that
fact appears upon application for the writ,
or to continue proceedings under the writ
when issued after the information in this
respect has been given in the return of the
writ by the officer having the custody of
the prisoner.
The Alabama Claims-The American Case Not
.E tr#a to be ModidiGed alg
Washington, April 20.-Mr. Banks,
chairman Of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs, has been assured by Sec
retary of State Fish that the Cabinet was
unit on the Alabama question, and that
the American case would not be modified.