The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-07
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i FR0M ALLsPARTs or THE wOE.L.D:
j Il q = {; ~ mo ,
,lTHE COLD WEATHER AT NORFOLK: lkTIIE
HARBoR FROZEN; AND PERSONS CROSS.
ING ERoH SHORE TO SHORE ne
TON MATTERS; = IMPORTANT SUPREME
I COURT DECIsIo FAILURE OF 4 STs, LoU-
Is SHoE-HOUsE-sIU MUNICIPAL AFE,AfRs OF
NEW Works. PREiME-o oURT DE;CI-
sroSs-TaE FEMALE wALKER-INArGu-
eGRATION OF. BOSTON MUNICIPAL OFF,
,CERs-FuNERAL OF GENERAL CUSHING
/, FATAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT EXPLo
! fsIoNs-MARINE DIsAsTERs- THE PL AGUE
BROKEN OUT 1NsAsrRAcnAN, 60, &c.
1 ~ .,,s..,.,Ga 5s':, WasninSt0n. .'",,,!n.,as
THE PowERs OF PROVOST MARsHALs AZ LAID
DOWN BY The SUPREME CoUgT-AN EXTRA
SESSION oFsTrIE SENATE--ARCTIC WEATHER.
From Our Regular Correspondent :.
I WASHINGTON, January 6.--The Supreme
Court to-day,in q Vermont case. decided
virtually that there's no limit to the power
OF provost marshal. 1t seems that An
drew j. Bean, was arrested in 1854 In Yer
mont upon frivolous charge by Beckwith
and Henry, provost marshals. He was kept
| in prison for months, and denied a trial,
until his business was ruined, his property.
squandered, and bis family scattered. The
court below decided In his favor, but the
Supreme Court reversed It's decision, though
| 1t was shown that these officers inIquestion
only claimed to be acting under the general
orders OF the President. -
The feeling tonight is. stronger than
heretofore that -.
49," THERE WILL DE AN EXTRA SESSION.
OF the Senate after the 4th Of March. In
fact, I have the best Republican authority
for stating that the President declared to-
day that unless his New York nominations
and others Of Importance are confirmed he
will call an extra session. This threat is
AIMED at Conkling & Co., and it remains to
be seen whether it will have the desired
effect.
The weather is Arctic, and congressman
are coming in slowly. IL ..-. ..
ASSOCIATED Press Report. by telegraph to the Dis
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| SUrRHME-COURT DECISIONS.
WASHINGTON, January Ga decision was
rendered to-day in the United States ST.
preme Court in the case of A. II. Stewart a.
Co., appellants. against Never Souneborn.
Somehow instituted 4 civil suit for dam
ages in the United States Circuit Court for
the district Of Alabama on the ground that
Stewart had malicouSly forced him into
bankruptcy without probable cause, and n
Judgment was rendered in his favor for
100000. This court now reverses the iudg-
ment on the ground Of error in the charge
to the Jury in the court below, and remands
tue case for a new trial.
4 decision was also rendered in the case
OF the United States Us. the Union Pacific
Railroad Company and others, commonly
known as 'the Credit-Mobilierc case" The
decision Of the lower court, sustaining the
demurrer to the bill OF equity, is affirmed
and the Governments suit is therefore or
dered to be dismissed. g.
A DECISION AGAINST PoLYGAMoUS MARRIAGES
IN UTAH.
WASHINGTON, January Ga decision was
rendered in the Supreme Court to-day in
the case of George Reynolds, plaintiff in
error, rs. The Unite States, in error 10 the
Supreme Court OF the Territory Of Utah,
brought up by appeal from the Supreme
Court Of Utah to test the constitutionaity
OF the acts OF Congress prohibiting polyga-
my. Reynolds. the plaintiff in error was
tried in the Third Judicial Court OF Utah
for bigamy and fouLd guilty, and the Su-
preme Court of the Territory affirmed the
Judgment. The case comes here on
\ 80 ffa ME n u
tile unconstiLutonality OF the law prohib-
iting bigamous marriages, the justiica-
ton Of religious belief, and various unim-
portant legal techmcalties. This court, in
q long and carcfulIy-prepared opinion, de-
llivered By the Chief Justice, holds that
polycamy is not under the protection of the
clause of the Federal Constitution which
prohibits interference with religious belief ;
that the plea OF religious conviction is not a
valid defence; that Congress did not step
/. outside the limits OF IFS constitutional pow
. ers in passing laws for the suppression OF
polycamy IN Utah and that the Judgment
Of the Supreme Court Of that Territory
must be affirmed.
Justice Field dissented as far as related to
the admissibility of certain evidence intro
duced in the lower court. but upon the
main questionable constitutionaiity Of the
act OF Congress prohibiting polygamous
marrlages-the was perfect unanimity.
i oTHEE ITEMS. ...... -..
WAsHINGToN, January 6.-The Treasury
!, to-day issued the 18th call for the redemp-
toni OF $40 bonds Of 1865. The amount
called for is S10,0C0,0OO.
; Secretary Sherman has returned and re-
sumed his official tlnlieS.2. .-u.. ....,
Senator Thurman this afternoon address.
ed a letter to the Columbus, Ohio, ban.
QUOT committee, saying it willnot be in his
; power to attend the Democratic celeDrs.
ton on the Sth instant, as he is just begin
! ming to recover from Il seEere cold, and can.
not but recognize the fact that it would be
imprudent for him, in such extremely cold
iNseather, to make Il trip requiring 500 miles
OF travel and twice crossing the mountains.
He offers few reflections upon the toast,
ssThe Jackson Democracy" the theme upon
4 which he was appointed to speak. and con.
fines himself solely to that subject.
Justice Hunt, OF the United States SUI,
preme Court, has been stricken with paraIy.
sis at his residence, in this city. and his
} friends despair Of his recovery. One side
is entirely paralyzed, and he is tonight un.
able to talk. 1t is attributed to long-con
tinued enreeblement Of the system in the