The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-05

sum demanded for compensation.
USpRE-n you leave the papers, we viii read them
The case stands for Judgment
THE TEXAN BONDS.
We recently gave report of the arguments on the
claims Of the Of the late Mr. Hoford upon the
United states government, heard before Mr. Joshua
Bates the umpire appointed under the convention
land and the United States. The claim preferred In
respect of certain bonds given by the Of the
Mr. Holford the Texan government at the time it
engaged In hostilties with Mexico. For the payment
of these bonds the fath and revenues Of the republic
of Texas were solemnly pledged'' No payment how
ever has ever been made account OF principal or in
terest On the annexation Of Texas to the United
States the whole of the import OF Texas toge
ther with other property OF the republic were trans
fered the United States. By agreement between the
United States and Texas 1t provided that in consd-
GRAFTON of the concessions made by Texas the United
States should gay the os sum Of 600, TO Texas
mains in the United States treasury, as a security
against the liability for the debts Of Texas which the
United States government had incurred by admitting the
new State into the Union and taking from 1t its princi
which the debt Of Texas including that of Mr. Holford
secured. II argued in support Of the claim,
that as the import revenues had been specially mort
gagged for the payment Of these bonds the United States
could not take the funds without becoming liable to dis
charge the debts which had been charged upon them
report by the Secretary of the United States Treasury
adopted by the President produced from which 1t
Of these bonds OF Texas had been admitted by
the United States government The having
umpire. He has since given his Judgment. that the
clam cannot be sustained against the United States gov
upon the ~ that i claim the
the Union.
On the 10th the umpire and commissioners held
other meeting, at the office of the commissioner, No
Lancaster place. Mr. Hannah represented the English
government, and the American government was repre-
scented by General Thomas.
CLAIM OF MESsRS. MILLER AND ,M'INTOSH.
This claim was heard by consent before the commits
sioners and umpire.
value Of certain quantity Of wine imported from Ma
zatlan in Mexico French vessel to San Francisco,
and seized the 2oth of December in that by the
order Of the Collector the ground that it import
ed in foreign vessel from foreign port protest was
made against the seizure the ground that breach
Of the law committed The value the goods seized
stated to be $13 and the claim for interest and
expenses raised the amount to $1S,SF0 No portion of
the amount had been returned to the present ciaant
but 1t appeared from authentic document furnished
by the Treasury Department in France, that French
subject having made similar claim received, through
of his cargo. Since his friend General Thomas) had
received notice Of the claim he had sent for instructions
to the United States to enable him to answer IT. and
that there law of the United States, namely the
4th section of the act of the 2sth September, 1850,
by which provision was made for the satisfaction of
claims of this kind; but he (Mr Hannan) contended
that such an argument fallacious, because the
law referred passed in 1850 and til seizure was
made in 1849 1t also objected that the claim had
been filed in the United States and that nothing further
had been done in the matter in that country The fact
40 ,t Az; 90 ; au RloIeeaou W ,ew aotA, WIN
in New York. and obliged to return to England And
his claim under 3he comm;ss;on no would no bared hv
the Convention from snhaanmantI oes;na raI,os hs nS
,;tted bs cia i'm En- tha .nn,n,;ss;, rhasa ~ Ia Ia
a. - - 100 80 .a.a: ~. ,, .,.I, VIC go 'aA
tendance to nrove the fact and the original Hill S lad
ing There also certificates to the value OF the
8cates we're given st the nlae from, which tbe Goods
were exported by merchants who had nv What
syar IN tha matter ami nh" ,.nro sa,a,ad -. ; ~
hscanss tbav ,yar oon % 49, 49,
Of the goods Mr. Miller did not object to nav proper
,he at h ,atad ,ne souu, ~ ~ a. as
law The duty sbould he cacnate ted unon the yolna of
the wine at the place of the producon and that was
the value of the goods Mt the Mace In which thew were
imported There were yanons charges for hgbteraee.
wharfage &c: but no amount was axed and he aid moi
see how they could be charged He submitted that the
claimant sSould receive the amonnt az his cla;m ;t
such deductions only as il was fair to make ana with
such rates of interest as he should receive
the claim should nat he brougbt before Tho
The party had ed his claim before the Treasury Denort
in October 1853 and the excuse given for not pro-
ceedng with it satisfactory. This was an at
tempt TO evade the decon Of the proper department of
the United States and to bring this claim before the
commission away from the evidence and the person en-
titled by law to adjudcate upon IT, with the hope of
getting more out Of the commission than could BE- OBJ
States He had the Secretary letter TO show that this
claim, established would have been settled; and be-
fore the party could claim under the commission he
of the country provided for him. There was law of
Congress which afforded this party remedy and yet he
came before the commission TO seek for relief.
Mr. HANNAH again urged that this claim had arisen be-
fore the passing OF the law referred to-
General THoMAs-The law was passed to provide
remedy in such cases.
Mr.. HANNAH No person could say that the claim was
nonexisten against the American government because
that government said they bad appointed their own
agent TO decide the claim according to such princ
pies as he should think fit On what principle was IL
that English claimants we're to be placed different
General THoMAs-They are not but they do not pur-
sue the same course
MIR. HANNAH begged again to refer TO the case where
the evernment OF the Emperor of the French had made
reclamation the part of French subject who re.
ceived the money II was never said that it
ary for that claimant to go to Washington to establish
his claim before the United States government.
UMPiRE-Is 1t stated upon oath that Mr. Miller il a
British subject and that other person has an inte
resti