Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-29
k0E9E BREYITlEs.

TIE Conpralar of the Currency has dec!are1
| O diyid .rj Of 10 rer cent. In is7or ct tht
creditors 81 lac German American Nat!ooa
Bank Ct Wa:hicgt5a, payable 90 the fist day
CT May.
Msssts. O'Neal s. Lucas will sell en- Thurs
day plight next large stock ct gold and silver
watches, &c, &c
The steamer Jane Mosely left the Shl
Yard this morning for Washington, having
completed her repairs
The Con- mon Cou1cil will hold au adjourned
meeting to uieht, TO further consider The bill tc
compromise the city debt
CoNuREssMEN's PRIVILEGES Justice Wy
lie, yesterday, 10 tho Supreme Court OF the
District Of Columbia, delivered the opinion Of
the Court 10 the case OF Messrs. r. L. Merrlck
and Y. j. Durant VS.. Hon. Dewitt Z. GId
dinss, Ct Texas, for breach Of contract. The
suit was brought to recover from the defendant
$4,000, which was the amount due the plain
tiffs from the defendant, according to the
agreement upon which they were employed by
the State Of Texas in the collection Of certain
bonds and coupons belonging to the State OF
Texas. Giddings, it is alleged, was permitted
to disrcsa ct tho bonds upon the agreement
that be would reserve 20 per cent. CT the
amount realized to tho plaintiffs. AS no failed
to do this, they brought suit against him. Sen,
htor Carpenter appeared tor the defendant, and
filed plea 10 abatement that be, being member
of Congress, and Attending here 90 Congressional
aud public business GOULD not be subj cot to civil
process villa so attending. 10 this demurrer
was fled The questions argued we're: First.
whether the d,f.ndant, unon tho ground ct
public policy, WAS exampt from the suit; and,
second, whether he is exempted under the pro-
visions OF tbs Constitution, that grants to Con.
gtessmeu freedom from arrest except TOR csrtulo
specified criucs. Justice Wylie deiseredquto
40 elaborate opinIon, mantalnlog that Con
grcssnen were rot privileged or exempted So
to civil prjcass Tho demurrer was allowed
and the defendant granted leave 10 answer.
End oB TIE TAEMAaE TRIAL The Brook
Ign Presbytery having got through the Tslmage
trial, as far as the hearing ofthe testimony is con.
cernedwll net meet again till Thursday, when the
argument will be commenced. There is very
general belief among tho fr!o1ds of the Doctor
thst he will be acquitted by the action o? the
presbytery. When the trial commenced there
WAS an expectation that the testimony would
exhibit some serious CHARGE and that II the &C.
cused could not explain it he would be made to
suffer some terrible punishment. Some thought
that his cratic movements on tho platform on
Sunday would be the ground for charge of
violating the sanctty of tho day. and others that
his visits to tho haunts of vice, SO extensively
advertised by him, would be brought up to his
discredlt Instead Of this they found that the
only charges were First, that he acted deceit.
fully in tho manner in which be terminated his
engagement with paper of which he was once
tho editor; second, that he fbbed in saying ihst
his church was free church whea he know
that it wasn't; third, that he falsely accused
certain brother OF dishonest practices, and then
denied that he had done SO. These charges
have been mostly dsproved or explained. 80
that the result of the long ecclesiastical trial will
probably lie equal to a Scotch verdict of not
nroVeD