Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-13

PERSONAL. - Baron Lederer, late Austrian
minister to this government, sailed for Europe
on Tuesday. The engagement OF Lit. Fred.
Grant to Miss Honore, of Chicago, is announced
by one OF the papers of that city, and October is
the time named tor the wedding Miss Honore
Is the sister Of Mrs. Potter Palmer, who, IL will
be remembered, was one OF the guests at Miss
Nellie Grants wedding, and is, furthermore,
one OF the Leading young ladies OF Chicago
society. The reelection OF Hon. III smilt5n
Fish, jr., who served so acceptably in the New
York Assembly of last winter member from
Putnam county is pronounced certain by the
Shepherd lett for Long Branch last evening, to
be gone everal DAYS. George Alfred seems
to have reached the point OF confidential cor
respondent in the TiltOn- Beecher mess,-so far,
at least az Tilton and his counsel are con
e SdIhi .h; d; Ciapp and family left for
GoDes leland To-Day S postmaster General
tary Belknsp left New York city yesterday
afternoon for New London, Conn, where his
family are residing; Senator WadIeigh, of
poor health last Spring, has entirely recovered
bis strength, having gained q pounds within
the last few months. Edmund Young,
from Canada, where he has been on a special
mission to make better arrangements for the
Interchange Of statistics. His mission was sue
cessful.
STATE LAWS IEoPKRATIvR IN NATIONAL
CEMKTERIEs.-AD opinion of the acting Attor-
ney General OF the United States is published
for the information Of all concerned, from
which we make the following extracts: The
following question Is proposed by Henry W.
Scott, Contractor" in his letter, dated July
16, 1874, addressed to the Quartermaster Gene
raj, which letter was referred to me by You July
"a, 1874: "Is property within the enclosure OF Q
United States national cemetery to be used for
the United States by contractor on the grou nd
liable to attachment or levy under any cfrcum-
stances, without q judgment being first OBJ
tanned against such cOntractor?D From the
Quartermaeter Generals endorsement on the
letter IL appears that the title to the property in
question is In the contractor-that the Units ID
States has no claim to IL. By the constitution
Congress has power to exercise "exclusive legts-
lation" "in al cases whatsoever" over all places
purchased by the consent of the legislature of
any state s'for the erection of forts, magazines,
arsenais. dock-yards, and other needful build
land purchased for cemeteries is within this
provision OF the constitution. And it is nv
opinion that personal property upon lands
ceded to the United States without condition is
not subject to be levied on by attachment or
any other process issued by the authority of the
state. 1t Is subject to United States process
only. But II, a. Is usually the case, the state in
making the cessiou or in sgtving its consent to
the purchase reserved the right to serve and ex-
ecute its process upon the land, or annexed anv
other like condition, Ii has been held that the
acceptance of . cession with this reser walton
amounts to an agreement on the part of the
United States to permit the free exercise of
such process as eing quodd hoe its own pro-
cess" "and upon any other construction the
eeseiop would be nugatory and void"