The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-18
Important Decision.

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Important Decision.
The ItigAts Of tie C.,,ited States to the
Cotton md Other Property Of lie late
lo3feoerute 1stttoriltes in Europe.
III the Ltndon Court Of Chancery,
July 26. before .Vice-Chance,lor Sir
W. ?. Wood, the important case OF
the United States Of America rs
Prioleau was decided.
This WIS a motion on behalf of the
plaintiffs. suing under their corporate
title Of 'sthc United States OF Au,e-
l1ca,' for al injunction to restrain
the delivery TO the defendant
2lio!eau and Others, who mold the
bills Of ladin;, OF certain bales Of cot
ton, shipped by ti..e -A1lilc from EeSas,
IL ,Ae lrst instance, and recently ar
rived 1T Liverpool from Havana. Tho
motion ALSO sought to RESTRAIN the last
.4amcd defendants 1roln obtaining
possession OF or parting wi.h the cot
;on, and iro11 negotiating or enrting
With the bliIs Of lad:ng thereof, and
generally from dealing With The cot
ron Otherwise cham t.n-;es tie direc-
ton q the pain tihs-the United
States OF America.
TIL: POINT Al I5IH.E.
The case was onu OF. great public
interest. and rai::cd the following
most important question, viz: wheth-
er the United States Government, i'll
scSulning their authority over the
Confederate States. are entitled to the
property iH specie Of those States,
wherever found, without regard to
any agree1ucnts entered into by citi-
zcns oi this country with the lie ffuct0
Confederate Government, or rights
acquired in respect OF sach property
Tue bill, after stating the rebellion
against the United Stales Government
aud tne usUrpation OF the authority
Of the plaintiff by divers persons
forming themselves into q pretendpI
Government, under the style Of the
Government OF the Confcdcrat :
States" $tatcd that such pretended
Government, under their usurpcd au-
shortly, possessed themselves Of mo-
neys, goods and treasure which were
part OF the public property of the
plaintiffs, and employed them in aid
~ INC 1CoC1iioil. ho't.ii fltcseuO1tl
Govcrnmant-scnc time since caused a
large quantity Of cotton which had
been acquired in exercise OF their
usurped ssut nority to.be shipped from
Texas to Havana, with u view to its
being shipped thence to England. and
sold IN this country Oh behalf of the
Confederate Government.
HISTORY OF THE DIsPCTED slIIplENT.
Among other shipnloA: and that
which formed the subject matter OF
this suit, WAS one of 1850 bales [. I
cotton in the Alinc.s On the 10th OF
June, 1865, the Aline sailed unacl
English colors from Havana, with this
cargo Of cotton, which was consiSne,
to the defendants, Priolcaa and Others,
who carry on business at Liverpool a>
"Frsas:r, Trenholm & Co." The ship
which was consigned to the defend
ants, (Mcssrs. ldalcol.,Son,) has re-
Gently arrived at Liverpool, and is nov
lying in thegM Jersey Decks. The biI
proceeds to state that sAc rebellion
being now at an end, and the so-calleo
Confederate Government dissolved
all the joint or public property Of the
persons constituting sucn pretended
Government Gncluding the cottol
{ shipped by the Aline,) had been ex
pressly ceded. to the plaintiffs, anG
that the cotton thus consigned tt
Fraser, Trenholm a. Co., was now the
absolute property of the plaintihs, ane
ought to be delivered up to them
Notice has been served by the Unitei