Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-28
L.. =. Supreme Court.

About dozen cases of more or less Import
ancr which were argued at he last tcrm OF The
court were held over for decision at the present
| term. amoug them tw0 eases from Utah, enc
| of which presents the same question as was lie
! C ded III Clinton ct al. ". Engcbrrcht ct al.
some two wears Siucc-Whr;hcr 1t Is the duty Of
| the United States attorney for the Territory 10
prosecute IN the several cOurticS all persons AZ
cuscd oi uttcusGS, as well agast the laws o! he
| United States IA agaluSt the laws ii tie icrri-
tory. The cuury below sustained the district
attorney. upon the theory that the courts cs-
rabsncd III the Territory were courts Of the
| United States. If the case Is to be dccde
upon the authority Of the case ii ed above this
decision must he overrucd, for it was therein
held the late Chief Justice delivering the opin-
ion. that thcsc courts were Territorial! courts,
a:!d not courts Of the United States. The other
Utah ca-c presents thu: question of the lurlSdic-
ton OF the Probate Courts OF the Territory uD-
! der the act Of Congress organizing the Terri
| torial government.
Another important case held over comes
| from the Supreme Court of Iowa. and presents
the question whether the various State laws,
and particularly those Of Iowa, for bidding the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors, are
not in couhct with the provisions OF the four
tccDth amendment. 1t is coutcnded that, mas
much as such liquors are recognized as proper
ty by the Federal laws, no State can deprive its
| citizens OF the right to hold and deal 10 It IN
the manner sought. and that the party whose
property has been seized aud destroyed under
the law is entitled to redress by virtue OF the
amendment cited, aud to immunity 10 future.
\ case involving the constitutionallty OF the
enforcement act, from South Carolina, argued
last winter By Revcrdy johnson against the
constitulionality Of the act, Was also on the
docket for decision, but the pardon OF the party
by the President. on account OF eXtcDuatlng
circumstances 10 the case, has necessarily con
Guided the case by abatement
Mr. johnson was quite anxious that the case
should be decided last term, and was hopeful
of decision sustaining his position, relying
somewhat upon its sanction b. the then Chief
Justice.
\ number Of cases we're also ordered for re-
argument mostly tax and railroad cases, re-
sis,ing the cxactious Of the revenue depart
ment-
The docket is very full, and under the new
law allowing appeals and wrlts of error from
State courts whenever a Federal question Is
raised on the trial, it must continue to increase,
and perhaps even to the extent to require
remedy. = Washington Chronicle
TRIAL. OF BAZilNE-On the question OF
B.z,inc's ability TO leave Nc'z with his army,
and the suspicious Of trcachcry which even dur
ing the siege, were widely circulated, CONVEX
satiou occurred, with an opinion worthy Of note
President Grant and General Sherman were
present. and the former was asked what he
thought about the motives, honorable or 9TH
erwise, which prevented Bazanc from moving.
He replied that he did not, for manifest rea-
sons. wish to give any opinion on the motiTes
for inaction; "but, he added, IF | were 10
his place think should fuss around there a
good deal and manage to Wrlgglc out some
how N \. HnuM
The comment of greater General than
either Grant or Sherman on the surrender at
Sedan, was somewhat similar to the expression
above quoted. though far more dignlicd and
in keeping with the character and career of the
speaker. When the news of Napoleon capltu-
laton was received, Gen. Lee said to a friend
in Lexington that his mind failed to compre-
hcnd the proposition ola surrender with 50, 900
men. These historical instances serve to
hcightcn the glory of the Confederate arms
which maintained so long an unequal and cruel
contest, and which were never lowered IN sur
render, until the bare 5000 effective bayouets
that remained at AppomattoX, were surround
ed by Gordon OF two hundred thousand men,
most OF them fresh. all well kept and fulfilled,
and welding the most approved weapons that
the armories Of Chri>tcniom could furnish for
their hands. -i3t,rH,ur; I1,r