Al session Of the Circri, Cou't Of the Un,et
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Al a session Of the CircGit Cou't Of the United
States f., the district Of Arkansas. which was
commenced AT Little Rock on the 9Th Instant
tho Hon. PETER V. DANIEL, ore ot the Justices
of,bc Suprernc Cont, and Hon. Il. JOHNSON, Di,.
tr;c, ,!uGrc of Arkansas, on the Ecnch-amorg
n. frs, cases presented was one o! some Imp0f.
l,ncc To the people Of that region, involving The
oues,ion of jurisdiction by the Court over crimes
committed by Indians, IN the indian territory wes,
Of the State. upon citizens Of the United States
and AGAINST winch jurisdiction the Court fit
10 be It's duty 20 decide


The case which elected this decision gas that
of tlLcyfi. an Indian who was arra!greG on an
indictment for the murder Of white man within
the Indian countrv, and without Tie Limits oi,he
State and the district Of Arkansas The cues.
ton of jurisdiction, on the suggestion Of tie
Court, havinr been fully argued, tho Court came
70 the conclusion that no power exists by l4wln
the Circui. Couyt Of the district Of Arkansas
which does not appcrtaiu toO,ieT circuit ccu's u
The Union that Tie power and jurisdiction nos
claimed for the Court is a peculiar and ex,rao,.
dnary po;ccr, and does not belong To It regularly
by its Constitution, nor has been bestowed upon
it BY any special legislation and, Therefore,
cannot be legally and properly exercised, and The
Court cannUt take cosnizancc OF the prisoner,
case


In consequence Of THIS decision the Disac,
Attorney OF the United States entered ToI!s
yrose{m in each of about twenty hvc criminal
cases, in some Of which the defendants, beng IN
custody, were released from prison.


Judge JOHNSON, the District Judge, Statcdtha,,
although he had previously maintained the Jlrs.
d!ction of the Court in such cases, he had, upon
reflection, become entirely satisfied OF his eHor
and that lie concurrcd enurely wI.h fudge Dis.
lei. in his opinion.


The Arkansas Times says that there is nox an
Obvious necessity for the passage OF law by Con.
gress. as soon as possible, which may give the
Court chat jurisdiction which was: heretofore
snmrh, 10 be Conferred upon II. Nat Intel