Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
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The North Paciac Land Gobbier

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE Secretary
Of the Interior to-day decided that under
the sixth section of the act OF Congress
granting lands TO aid 10 the construction of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, the filing OF
a map of the general route protects the
company from preemption settlements
within the granted limits, which in the
States is seventy miles on each side OF the
line. ..-.
Per Cents.
Of tie iorty- five millions per cent. GER
tiflcates outstanding November, 1870, all
but thirty thousand have been called in and
redeemed.
The sioux. ~ =
Hon. Felix R. Brunot, Chairman of the
board of Indian Commissioners, amt Thos.
K. Crees, Secretary, started to-day to meet
the Sioux in council, on or about the 10th
inst. They will afterwards visit other por-
tions of the Indian country.
vanaerbiIts Tax.
Crowley, United States District Attorney
for Western New York, was at the Internal
Revenue Bureau to-day, in consultation
with Commissioner Douglass, in regard to
the suit brought by the New York Central
Railroad Company against the Collector at
Albany, 10 recover the S46S,000 taxes paid
to him under protest. The suit will be
tried toward the last of this month at Can
andaigua, Judge Hunt holding the term.
The Peoples Money.
The Internal Revenue receipts for the
current fiscal year have reached $109,507,-
146, being within 100000 of the complete
estimates of the Commissioner for the en-
tire year ending with the present month.
Louisiana. r.
The twenty days given by the Presidents
proclamation to persons attempting TO in
terfere with the Kellogg Government in
Louisiana in which they were ordered to
cease their efforts in that direction, expire
think there will be any further ccasion for
interference by the National Government.
Texan Border Claims.
The government has been informed that
the list of losses made up by the committee
appointed to examine i1to the condition of
affairs along the Texan border is very great
ly exaggerated and in many cases loss is
represented as ten times greater than the
whole valuation of property destroyed.
Senator Mitchell.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial
WASHINGTON, Juno 9.-The friends of
Sepator Mitchell, of Oregon, here, state
that in view of the wide currency given to
the scandals of his early private life, be has
been advised to resign. The argument is,
that while his change Of name will not in
validate his claims TO seat in the Senate,
and also that his present anomalous domes-
tic relations may not be sufficient ground
far exp sion, still it is advisable that the
State of Oregon should not be represented
by Senator whose influence will be para
lyzed by the misfortune which surrounds
him. 1t is not believed, however, that
Mitchell will resign, but that be will endeav-
or to make as plausible statement as pos
si5le consistent with the charges made
against him. The Senators true anne is
Nipple -rr-
A Case Under the COnfiseatiOn Act.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
The Supreme Court of this district has
just rendered decision upon question un-
der the confscation act not heretofore tried.
A lawyer of this district Joined the rebel
lion early in the war. His property was
confscated and sold for $1,000. Upon his
return the person who had purchased it paid
the former owner $4,000 additional, and
received ed in fee simple. A short time
since the owner died, and his heirs brought
suit to recover the proper y, holding that
the confscation act deprived the first own
er Of all legal right 10 the property during
his life, and consequently he had no power to
sell or give the deed. The court held that
the first owner had legal right during his
life TO dispose of reveTsionsry interest, and
consequently the sale in the prese at case
was valid, and the heirs had no claims upon
the property.
The mOdOc Elephants.
Special to the Louisville Courier-JOurnal.
WASHINGTON, June lot is already
bruited about that, if Captain Jack and his
associates are tried by court martial, appli-
cation will be made by the peace men for a
writ of habeas cOrpHs, with view 10 bring
the matter to The United States Supreme
Court, that tribune having magnaDimously
decided in the celebrated Milligan case that
trials b. court-martial were illegal in time
Of peace, ard also illegal in war where the
courts were open and able to transact busi-
mss,