New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-16

WARRINGTON Monday, kIfoL IS, 's6s
Among other POstmasters, rOce,Dtiy corillned
BY the Senate, are the fooTCLsI POM D. I9cu'aS
M Huntington, Galena IL y. Il. Jennings, Saf hcl'
hor aud Ilmon NJ. ClePp bA!'aIo, n. Y John Speed.
inusyile Nv. and Wileyh II. Howard. Detroit.
The amount appropriated by the late Congress for the
rrobase of cavalry apI artillery boTscsi II S2lGOW;
aud for the purchase Of gunpoWder and !oad so1Voy
(Iicers Of the volunteers, now IN comioission bepjW
ale rank Of BrigudicrG eaersl WHO shall con'U1 ~
iIo military service TO the close of the var Y, r.
stive, upon being mustered cat Of service, pnco
~, otis pay Sfoper.
A COTTON CASE.
The Suprcme Court Of the Cnitrc Sia'eS,
,rtyicns % It's Adjournment irdors,d 9Vfioh ~ ,ue
ga Of the United States appellants a72hs' s.,eo!
ty,O bsles % cottonEizsb BETH AleAaif~e. Vh's'uI,'
oil appeal from 5ho United States bis's- No-i.
southern District of Illinois, which Ae1 a~aId~>fosi
.uiicn q the SAID cotton. -, II
A,it inyoSed many interesting international ana
vunienal questions in tbs law of T-iaes perhaps DO
ease has H., decided IN Nhls country a Moe lupr
,nnoo in respect 10 tho principles ana nahoef o' III
'erest is sn,ur Of 1885 Genera Baulss Expedition
en, rto he Red River County, the resut of which u
well known According 10 tie order al General ha
'eek appointing GoneIei Bsnts 20 the command OF ~
Department OF tho Gulf one "eet Was 10 release -
cotton ard sugar ~ that port Of Lousiala, 50 thEt
thov might find market. 1he naval sutGoI!iieS ac'.
ibr wthou. orders from General Baaks, 6c'1ed vast
amounts of coteon on land snd earned 1t otaro IL
Inos where they had Il labeled Is Pro OF Mar. .
For tic most qaIt IL cwneG by private citH9s OF
trument II was seized during the period cur Siny
was In poss,s lion Of the l.cd Rivcy COGntrY.
Tho argument or behalf az the AtiOFney%'en"'o. oi
Abe Government, and of Charles yamoS q tie city ~
Washington Tor the ptOIs was uaseC upAa ~ ionts
az substance a. follows: .
H. at ;he tine the cotton cs,eud tie pacs was the
su.mys country tssn the core-ci property 81 ne inaU
snts without regard 90 personal syay ds.oS atty vns
fsnad the high seas Liable 70 ctlfe sna corosnnsoh az
Of war.
Bot in The cae assumed Of tss enemy eha-s;er ~ he
,enury through v, l Red hiv.I fG~, then slch coInrer
,i property friior lawful In1e captured eho-t cr
Ned River by the navy. e,
But IT, wholly contrary view E~d Fiv'r was "
Of prize the tine OF the ceptuss mercy IN
nsvgate Eivf of TIE nied sat"s then the lst e."
the commercial property fouc nott on
internal rivers was gff >-d uiqles'io.s ~
aud that property, captures, the is Cad pze OF wei
H. al the tt%s Of tn cotton wa The 'fe'V
sommercii rrcperty and csptued tseeneuys roenry
ns,a ,oces engaged il b,uecIt oporeious. t-l ne
rapture houVh made sid laval and the rs7ety
awful prIse Of wal. :.
At tre time this csyre The ~<e rcrfen o. horsr1t
the enemys cOtry and the properly was tir enc
ansde property IL condrmusbe - lnzc OF Nar
The character al The ccuntrv Is ~" rohIohuc
et in ths cause and this lat supported by tho acton Of
s Goysrnent hence conclusion that ID" decree oil s
Court should be sud tbe property ccLc' he
4" Prize ofWaY.' =.
The oral argument Of tie Government wa ondneieN
nv IL Ashton ESQ. assistant AttorceyG eoers, ard
by Mr.. Esmes FOR the captofs.
The following points we've nsre by Nsjor r. u.
Corwino OF Cincinnati, ofcounsrl fUl -he claimants;
l. The navy cannotoappr Gnc hold - =" ff!Te Of Wa,
sneuy property end sach property never Lssos
teep on Eayig.ts the vessels Of tie nTvy au
been shost bat which foand ard captured