The Morning herald., 1877-01-20

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It appears, however, that the Morrison
committee antedated them IN the demand
for certain Of the dispatches. A sub
committee of each committee was named
and instructed. to determine the question.
Orton suggested that the Democratic des-
patches should be given to the House and
the Republican to the Senate committee.
There are several thousand dispatches, and
II will require large force of clerks to col
lect them.
MAY-BENNETT DUEL.
WARRINGTON, Jan 19.-Fred. May was
interviewed last night in regard to the re-
port charging that he ran away from Benz
nett at the snap of his pistol.
He refused to say anything about It, re-
marking that 1t was his private business
and that he wonld not deny or affirm any
reports in connection with the affair. He
does not deny where his antagonist, Bennett,
is. May left the city last evening for the
| North.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE MERIT
| e,. l,a. ING -.-s ,s e..s,5 3 .s.
| WAsH1NGToN, Jan. 19.-The Democratic
Executive Committee determined last night
to issue call for meeting Of the National
Committee on February ., to decide upon
the expediency Of holding national con-
vention, the call, however, will not be sub
ject to the contingency Of tho passage of the
bill for the settlement of the Presidential
controversy. In the event Of the non pas
sage of the bill, 1t is understood that the
convention will be held. ; -,.a,. a
SUPREME COURT CASES.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The following
cases were submitted to the Supreme Court
of the United States yesterday
| The Consolidated Fruit Jar Company vs..
Wright. An appeal from the Circuit Court
for the Southern district OF New York.
This is an action for an infringement Of a
patent, of which the company is the
assignees, for an improvement in fruit jars
The object of the invention is set forth to be
the preservation of fruit and other sub
stances by means Of rubber packing rings
or gaskets, employed in making air-tight
joints, without exposing the rubber to tht
contents Of the jar. "a.9 ID.
The Cont below decided that the patent
obtained by one Mason was void, because
of an abandonment before application for II
was made, nine years having elapsed be-
tween the invention and the application, ,and
It appearing that he had himself put intt
public use articles containing the invention
in the meantime. 1t is here insisted thai
the delay in obtaining the patent, was th'
fault of his attorney and not his own, apd
that therefore, Mason is excused for tht
lacking, and the patent is valid. It is also
insisted that mere delay will not invalidatt
a patent subsequently. J. H. B. Latlobe
for the company; George Clifford, fol
Wright
City of Omaha VS.. Hammond. Error Il
the Circuit Court for the District of Ne.
braska. This was an action on . contract
for the construction of two wells for tht
city. The defense was that the work wal
mot done according to contract. To this
reply was put in that the engineer of th'
CITY superiutended the work and the city
upon their completion, used the wells, and
that this constitute waiver of the defense
set up. The Court so held and gave judg.
ment for the contractor. The point mad,
by the writ is that the city was entitled tt
have the jury charged that if the work wa'
not done according to the contract as proven
before them, there conld be no recovery
which was refused.
The case was submitted upon printed
briefs. L. A. Strickland and j. NJ. Thurs
ton for plaintiff in errer; W. j. Conant and
G. Coakly for defendant.
DISCHARGE OF MR.. ORION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l9.-Mr. Hunton, OF
Virginia, from the Judiciary Committee, re-
ported q resolution discharging William
o ton, President of the Western Union Tel
egraph Company, from the custody of the
Sergeant at Arms. Ii was adopted without
division. ....,.-.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RESOLUTIONS PRE-"
~ sENTED IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Cameron (Pa.
presented the resolutions recently adopted
by the Pennsylvania Legislature, declaring
that the will of the people in the election Of
President aud Vice-President can only be