The New York herald., 1874-09-30

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 1874.
civil Rights at the National Capital
Suit gainst Rcsta mt Proprietor.


Civil Rights at the National Capital
Suit Against "a Restaurant Proprietor.
In the Police Court. before Judge Smell to-day,
hearing was had in the case OF Harvey & Holden,
VINO were charged with refusing, on the 23d OF
september, to accommodate In their restaurant
certain wen-behaved and respectable persons
namely. Charles b. Puryis and james NJ. Lang
ston-although requested then and there by said
persons to accommodate them with lunch The
complalnants are slightly colored. The testimony
showed they were informed by persons connected
with the restaurant that they could not be served
at the particular table where they had taken
seats. as the seats were pre-engaged by regular
customers. One OF the complanants remarked,
II they could not be served there they would not
be served at all. and declining to take other seats,
they left the restaurant. The Judge said the re-
iusa to serve these men appeared to be absolute
and imposed the defendants fine Of 500.
They took an appeal to higher court The
prosecution was under a legislative act passed in
1872, making 1t misdemeanor for Keepers OF
restaurants, hotels, ice cream and soda saloons,
barber shops. bath houses, &c, to refuse on any
pretext, to serve any wel-behaved person. with
out regard TO race, color or previous condition OF
servitude.
The Duties on WOrsted and WoOllen
GOOds-Statement from the Customs
bureau Or the department.
The following statement has been obtained IRON
the customs Bureau of the Treasury Department.
The law now on woollen and worsted goods is pre-
cisely the same 1t has been since March 2, 1857,
and is enforced in the same manner. The ostinc-
tons that are important TO merchants are those
relating to the designated classes of such manu-
iactures and those that not designated The de-
signated manufactures are described as "women's
and childI ems dress goods and real or imitation
Italian cloths which pay square yard duty and
an ad valorem duty combined. But If over four
ounces in weight these same goods pay fifty cents
per pound and thrty-Gve per cent ad valorem."
The other class Is simply described as "aH other
manufactures composed wholly or in. part of
worsted, the hair OF the alpaca goat
and other like animals except such as are
composed of WOOL" On the last named of which
the duty is fifty cents per pound and forty per
cent ad valorem, whereas on the worsted it
ranges from twenty cents per pound to eighty
cents per pound with corresponding ad valo.
rem the average, however, being almost exactly
the same as If they were wool in distinction from
worsted. The result is a somewhat lighter duty
on "wOmen's aud children's dress goods and 3ai
or imitation Italian cloths" and consequently an
effort to bring other goods OF the class known
as serges and Innings within that limit; but the
distinction heretofore. made and now required
women's and chdren's dress goods and real
or imitation Italian cloths anything which is
not specifically so described, the difference of
DUTY being alter all not great. Serges, Innings and
all goods Of this class and for similar uses are
dutiable under rhe provision above cited in rela-
tiOn to NOrsteds which are not women's and
chdren's dress goods or real or imitation Italian
cloths.
The claims above referred to are as follows:-
First Ciaa.-0n women's and childrens dress goods
and real imitation Italian cloths, costing not
20 cents per yard the duty cents per
yard and 35 per cent ad vaorem; If costing over 20
cents square yard the duty is cents per square
yard and 40 per cent ad valorem.
Second CtdssOn wOrsteds above, II costing
over 40 cents per pound the duty is 20 cents pound
and IS ad valorem If costing 40 cents and
not more than Go cents per pound. the duty is 80 cents
Per pound and 80 per cent "a yaiore m II costing more
duty s ~ cents per pound and IS cent ad vaorem
costing over 80 cents per pound the duty Is 5O cents
per pound and Ks per cent ad valorem
Third Cfass-On wool1ens, wOrsted and not dress
goods the duty Is 80 cents pound and 50 ad
vaiorem.