The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-17
WASHINGTON.
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hAshlNuTON, u. W April l6.-Th
President has received only one commu
nication from the Louisiana Commission
and that was Thursday last, giving al
account OF the progress OF the affairs M
to that time, and asking for further in
strnctions, which were promptly forward
ed. They did not modify the origina
instructions, but were merely explanato
ry OF certain portions OF them in regart
to which the Commission desired iurtheI
information.
The President has no intimation as tt
when the Commission will return L
Washington, but the opinion is cxpresset
that they may complete their business SC
a. to return here by Saturday or Monday
next. There is no donbt that the troops
will be Withdrawn from New Orleans, a.
the intimate friends Of the President IA,
that il Is not to be expected that he viii
pursue in Louisiana different course
from that in South Carolina, but It Ia ar
open question US 10 when ii will he besl
to act. II Is the desire oil the President
that the Commission shall have the full
est opportunity for the completion oil
their work.
WASHINGTON, April lG.-A delegation
OF friends called on the President to-day
and presented u petition from the Uni.
yersal Peace Union asking him 10 con.
tinue the Indian peace policy. The
President said that he was in favor Of
peace everywhere, as he fully expressed
in his inaugural address, which Indicated
what his course would be for the next
four years. He, however, was not 70 far
advanced as Quakers, and their might be
occasion some time TO resort 10 military
operations.
A small delegation OF Michigan politi-
clans had an interview with the Presi.
dent, and also colOred delegation from
Richmond, the latter in favor Of the re.
tention OF Miss Vanlcw rs Postmistress Of
that city.
APPOINTMENT.
Edward A. Thomas has been appointed
Associate Judge Of the Supreme Court Of
Wyoming.
WAR IMMINENT.
a telegram received ut the Navy De.
partment yesterday from Lieut.. Com.
mander Henry II, Gorringc, commanding
the United States steamer Gettysburg at
Constantinople, refers briefly to the con.
dition OF affairs there. He states that
war is imminent, and announces that the
Russian Embassy was to leave Constan.
tinoplc to-day.
EMANCIPATION EBAY - SPEECH OF MIR.
DOUGLASS.
This afternoon the colored district
militia paFaded in honor Of the annier-
sary ot the emancipation proclamation,
and called on Marshal Douglass, who
said he was glad to receive them, and
still more glad that they'were celebrating
q day which never should be forgotten by
their race. The war was waged in the
interest Of slavery, but it resulted in Civ
ing liberty to the negro, and the last gasp
oi the Contederacy was, "Help! Pompey
or ! sink The change had been miracu.
lous, and he hoped that they would never
prove unworthy ofthegiit. Helwas glad to
meet them, glad to see them clad in blue,
with Gag les on their buttons, and swords
by their sides, and hoped that their arms
never would be used except in the right.
DISCHARGE OF EMPLOYEES FROM THE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
In day or two 200 employees of the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing of the
Treasury Department will be dismissed,
and this reduction will be followed at
the end Of the month by an additional
OF 200 more.
THE FOX WILL CASE.
The following decisions were rendered
in the Supreme Court to-day: The Uni
ted States vs. Fox, ct. al, error TO the
New York Court of Appeals. This is
the case in which Charles Fox, Of the
city OF New York, devised his entire
property to the Government of the Uni
ted States, for the purpose OF aiding In
the discharge OF the debt created by the
war, for the suppression of the rebellion.
The surrogate held that the United States
could not take real estate under the
statutes OF New York, and that the will
was void as devise OF lands, but that the
Government could take personal es-
tate. The instrument was admitted to
probate rs will Of personal estate. The
Court OF Appeals affirmed this judgment.
1t is here said that there is no question
but that the United States may hold real
property in a State whenever needed for
the use OF the Government in the execu.
ton OF its powers and that in such case,
il it cannot be acquired by voluntary ar
rangement with the owners. it may he
taken against their will by the Govern.
ment in the exercise OF its power Of en-
lnent domain. But the power OF a State
10 regulate the tenure Of real property
within its limits and the means Of It's
acquisition and transfer and the rules Of
its descent. and the extent TO which tes-
disposition Of it may be exer-
cised by its owners, is held TO be un.
doubted. The right Of State in this
respect follows from its sovereignty
within its limits as 10 all matters over
which jurisdiction has not been expressly
Or by necessary implication transferred
10 the Federal Government. As the
statutes Of the State OF New York pro.
hibit such devises, there is no power to
make them. The judgment Of the Court
Of Appeals is affirmed.
A RAILROAD DECISION.
Miller ct al. Va. DAVIS ct al, appeal
from the Circuit Court for the District OF
Iowa. This was nm atlirmance Of a de.
,rce in an action against the Chicago &
Southwestern Railway. The court hold.
ng that where a ROAD is located in part
within district whose Jurisdiction is
INVOKED and mortgage covers the entire
property, there il authority for decree
If foreclosure, and it is said that to hold
otherwise would be disastrous not only
o those owning the road but to the hold.
FRS Of bonds secured by mortgage.
RENO ASKS DELAY.
Major Reno, recently tried by court
martial on the charge Of insulting the
wife OF a brother officer, and sentenced
10 be dismissed from the service, has for.
Warded to the War Department, n re-
quest for delay in the presentation OF the
Ease to the President, claiming that he
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