, 1873-04-15
NUMBER 239.,
WASHINGTON.
Important Decision Regarding Civil
Rights Under Tho Fourteenth
Amendment.
Further Proceedings in the New York
Central Railroad Tax Difficulty.
Miscellaneous News Items from
the Cnpi tnl.


tho Cnpi TIL.
Spettat Dtapatch to 1A< Chtcaao Tribune.
WAaH1NaroNi Airtl II.
NAVAL MATTERS. &.
Sensational dispatches from horo have indi.
cato1 TINT tho Navy Department was hnstoning
tho construction Of tho eight slonps-of-war all
tlorizcd by the inst Congress- on account Of both
III tho mattor nro, tha. tho oAicerA Of this Do.
pnr,tmIont are ongasod IN perfeotlng plans and
making estimates for tho building Of theBo 'vos-
tho right Of determining wlotllor thoao vosso1B
should 10 constructed Of iron or wood WAS loft
with tho Secretary Of tho Navy, rs waa also tho
question rs to wlother euell vohaels should be
ao R 1 R,gaa or n yari i,,n HndSr @
played IN tic matter without the regular publi-
cation by Advertisement for bids. No auoh noti-
fc9tion has yet heon giyon, nor ~ likely to be
until Tho Department ,I has m edo tho nos.
in naval vcssols, au their atnptability to Anori.
can nocosHitios. Tho disposition of tho Depart
mont Is to give n fair distribution Of tue con-
tracts to tho various nayai Atlantic porta.
THE NEw YORK CENTRAL AND THE BOR1p DIvI-
DEND TAX.
The New York Central nailrond, which, in
common with Bovernl Western railroads, ,haa
re 1T s% tG sSnt9s Ne hs % s of ths s sn G
dond case, haH hnd it's property aoized, such as
rolling stock etc., to sntiBfy tito demands Of tho
Government i'll this direction. Tho otllcers Of
tho New York Contra! have commenced suit
with d WOW. Of ropleyyng their property, whcro-
upon Commissioner Douglass to-day tologrnphod
to tho responsible. oft'cor in charge to
him, and to soil tho Ban1o az advertised.
It will provo interesting in this connection to
print tho law on this special subject. 1t says
TINT ill property taken or detained by any off,
nno law Of tho United SatcB, shall DO irroploye-
ab1o, and shall be doomed to be in the custody OF
tho low, md at,bject only to tho orders md de-
crooa OF tho Courts Of tllp United Statos having
5urediction thereof and any person who ahell dis:
cd as aforesaid, or shall aid or nsBgt thorcin,
shall be deemed guilty Of misdomeanor, and
shall bo liable to such punishment aB ia provided
by the act Of 1890, for tho tho punishmont Of
willful obstruction resistance OF officers in
tho service Of procosa Tho United States Dis
trict Attorney for tho Southern District Of New
York has boon directed to proceed criminally
against tho officers Of tho Now York Central
aud Hudson River Railroad Companies under
this statute.
tTb The Associated Fress.l
WHITE HOUSE VISITORS.
WASHINGTON, April 1i.--Tloro aro yory largo
number Of visitors at tho Executive Mansion to-
day, many Of whom called to pay their respects,
md nearly all proscnt had intorvicws With the
don't Wilson, ex-senator Wade, Senator Sargent.
and others. Thoro WIS reference mAdo by all
these gontlemon to tho prevailing topic Of tho
Indian !, murdcra, and tho President waa asked
for additional information, but beyond that al
ready published there arc no dotailB. The ProBi.
dent also received call to-day from tho soldiers
aud sailor8' orphans, WHO mako 1t custom to
pay their respects to linn on Easter Monday:
Tho children Wero received in the ea8t room, and
shook hands With the President.
p03T1IABTEns.
Tho following Postmaators have been appoint
ed: Lucins Whitney, Morris, ILL.,; William
Tracy, Flint, Mich; David O. Atkinson, Virginia
GnEENpACKg
Legal tondora outstanding, $3.50, 100, ,aos.
GOING VISITING.
Tho President will 1oavo On Wednesday e7on.
ing for 1T. Louis.
CLAIMS AWARDED.
Tho Court OF ClAims to-day rendered judg-
ment against the United states in favoF Of Jesso
D. Bright, for g. 427, for rent of land in Indiana.
In the case Of Theodore 3. Sans and others,
comprising some 600 clainants for 20 por cont
additional compensation, voted by Congress in
TO- al e eoyest ~ ct IT. hs s
8ionor WAS submitted, aud Judgment ordered to
bo entered in conformity thoreso. The report is
in favor OF the claimants, who will rcceiro be-
tween $4,000 and S80, 900,
, EAND OFFICES DISCONTINUED.
The President today iRauod an order dBcon-
tinuing Tho lnnd Offices ut Council Bluffs md
Fort Dodge, Iowa, and the land distrcts Of tho
game nano and transferring their archives and
business to The Dos Molnos district.
THE FOURTEENTH aiENoAEsT-APoRTAST DE-
clsloH; ,.,,, 49,. =
Ihe supreme G9nrt to:aay oeGaaeG mlas ID
cases in error from tue Supreme Court M Of Louis
lana. me batchera c.anaea T;et enas sho o 1nooeo
noratfon q tno Groacent olty saugatot;tt1ousse es
company oy tne noglsiasute, nlu S.sanH 1 ~ soeo "
exclusive privileges as TO compe. ~ q tnom 70 u,
ohey lte feqnlfoments, waa @
slavery forever aoonahoo oy .no amd
Amonamoht 20 Inc ooass''usiom; tn Mar; oonth nuo
also n n;,,, 0o9tion mtu uonimont .h1 thnrato
inssmuoh a. It places oil 5ueheFs i Ct The mercy ,
Of tho ncoroIatora and 70 t 1hem OF 1nG
eou o beom ia Sds ss tbo @
the deolaredpurposo Of protecting tho health OF
tho city, an object within the iawi sGopo 81 OF