National Republican., 1876-03-25
The COURTS.
sa2rsns coar. Of ras United States.

| o12rsns Court OF tae United otatss'
| FRIDAY, March "a, ls1s.
On motion Of Mr.. Assistant General Smith
m wIiiam q. Choate, esq., Of New York city, wal
ssIal tiea as 70 practice a. an attorney and coaR
No; lse; Rooer; A. Phillips, plaintiff in error
csrs. c Snaass w. Payne. The argument Of this
nse cause vas as Mospmenced By Mr.. W. willOughby, Of
BY Mr.. r. 7. Daniel for the defendant IN error
fHa,nsr sa argument postponed until Monday.
No. iSI. The Steamship Hammonia, Sc, sp-
Passed. anu '0Hu
No; iss. John P. Yerres and william A.
=. Mnsnen, M piaintiHs IN error, Va. ]. WILCOX Brown
No. 1se. Jos. Hobson and Jose NJ. Hurtsdo.
piaintias IN , error, ys: Daniel W. Lord; The
error.
Adjourned until Monday at Ie o'clock.
THE RETEoCEssIoS OF ALExASDRIA-wAs IT
VALID?
In the supreme Court of the United States yes
tertay the case of Phillips against Bsyne was
taken up, involving the question Of the validity
ofthe act Of retrocesson OF 1916 Of Alexandra
error insists that the taxes laid BY the State upon
his property In Alexandra are invalid, because
ne property is in fact st within the District Of
The principle upon which the theory proceeds Is,
that legislative functions arc Incapable OF being
erai one In its nature. and. ike other 1snsTai
laws, AFFECT the body Of the people, It is unconsti-
tlonal to submit TO vote Of either all or part of
policy Of the law upon which the law-maker
votes in the passage of the law, and to make the
result OF that vote the condition upon which the
measures becoming q law is TO depend. In brief,
II is insisted that the passage of the law subject
10 approval or rejection By a popular vote, was
constitutional, and the vote Of the people did
net cure the defect, and therefore there was no
Tetroeession, and no change OF Jurisdiction fol-
lowed On the part Of the tax officer, It Is con-
tended that no action lies; that the individual is
not IN position raiRa the m ha
tested. both soyereign:Ies uaited in upholding
the Ietrooession and the authority of the icer,
Messrs. W. wIlIoughby, SheIIabarger aud
wilson, appeared for plaintiffs In error, and Mr..
II. L. DANIEL Tor defendant. -aaa
THE FoURTEENTH AMENDMENT - HAVE THE
STATES AUTHORITY TO MAKE LAWS PROTECT
INC THE RIGHTS OF COLoEED PEOPLE.
In the case of Walker against SuIvsnt, now be-
lore the Supreme Court OF the United States the
question ts, whether the States can pass laws 10
protect the colored people in their civil rights
suiTant recovered, under a louisiana statute
s,ego OF Walker for refusing to give him refresh
tended on appeal that the States can pass no suck
laws; that the subject Is exclusively under the
authority Of Congress, and that any such laws Of
states are void as being in conflict with the four
shall make no laws a6ritging the privileges, Sc.
oieltizens Of the United States. --,----S
Circuit court-Chief Justice CarttsrJ
Jones, ,dministrator, vs.. KeIser. Juror Win
case continued at cost of plaintiff.
Jones, administrator, VS.. Hughes. Verdict for
plaintiff, SiS4 J3, with interest from Februarv 81
1895, as in declaration. ~
Sl6l.s5. ''1
Talbot vs.. Potomac Steam Navigation Com
pany. The facts In this case are these: On the
18th Of August, 1874 the plaintiff purchased Of
the aboyenamed company a round.trip ticket for
BiackistonS Island, and went there on the
steamer Pilot Boy. The captain o. the Pilot
Boy stated to plaintiff on the passage that his
boat would losTe tho island at a. m tne next
day. By some means she LETT Blackiston's
Island at a. n, and the plaintiff. being unad-
vised OF the change OF schedule, could not return
10 washington By that trip. On the next trip Of
the boat the plaintiff endesyored to reach home
on the ticket he had previously purchased but
the captain had him forcibly elected, requiring
his walking ten miles through the broiliug sun 10
the nearest landing. He now brings action for
the recovery OF such damages as the court NAV
see ut to sward him. The case was respitei and
will be resumed on Monday.
ASSIGNMENTS FOE MONDAY
Nos lS5, H. 19T, l2, 1885, leS 49, IL: u.s. l,g, lso
lS, l?l 1872 laS, l24, 1885, l95, l9s, lgg 2OI POS so
zoo, 2Q7 and 2Os.