New-York tribune., 1868-09-07
WASHINGTON.

,s.t,SATrON CONSPIRATORs-"AN go
As'NS'' u,s,,rNGroN Sept. g. lsgs
.I.a:.,r of The PoStOfice
.-.o,,nt ras inst returned from Ioiou'y' r, ronrt
.,. '. decision of the Canada OI.l,s Liam. St,u,n
l.,o.,f .le United States in the go nf
20 ,rl,i. iupoftant suit has Deen !" 49,. ror
90. ..,, f,r over two years. ana n'is''N c,,- -
t,s been spared to secure" - 49,, -
H., 10, Caleb Cushing W.
-.,..,,,,,eut as counsel. Ny. "uo n@s n''N
he preparation of the evidence oo'h III 'nAS
'-....,,ol in England; indeed, the Whole manage
NJ, ,be case has been in his hands AI' oooito
r, n Toronto has conducted the case De4oIe
y r.,rt The principles involved are Oh great I'M
.., ~, tbe United States, and have direct
.-., o, the status and the bclhgerent rights ol
49,, Copfederacy As this is the INST o. many
~;.,clving the same questions pendlhg III LII
,,,l France which has como TO a hnal nearing
IN, ,,.,yer. and proofs il Isl valuable precedent
,.t, r,.ulr is worth the money expended Whieh'
II is not equal 10 the value Oh the properly
I'll These stamps to the amount Of Sl%OW' were
I'm .Iulv 1861, by the Rebel cruiser florida
-. sold nv the purser of the Florida, W. H.
i.r noo, President of National Bank IN VIZ
I'.. at,rt five months after the surrender OF Lee
10. downfall Of the Rebellion, to one WOODS OF
lr~.,,ool who bought and paid for them IN good
Irh and consigned them TO Toronto for sale WheIe
T. were ,.uionod 10y the United States Like ali
I.,.rnr,rcr.y captured by the Rebel pirates, these
-. were concentrated by the first or best man
lrbolsid , hands upon them, for amone tteSe chlV-
ou, thicyes there never any DIVISION c.ther Oy
60 ,,,,r. or otherwise OF money or the proceeds OF
Ia.esptlr,d property. The testimony on tbiS point
4. ,o1.iarlar'y interesting. After plunderng I'M
Irn.d vessels they defrauded each other as far as
Asv couM The theory of the defense was that these
,p. were lawfully captured; but even ii not, they
Irre sold in market and bought by an lnno-
ont ,urchascr for a bona fide consideration.
To decide for the defendants therefore, was Ia say
dat the piratIcal cruisers of avOwed Rebels against
heir sovereign having no standing in any prize
surt. NAV roam the seas at will, plunder the mer-
liant vessels of their sovereign country, divide or
1ot divide .he proceeds among themselves ana carry
hr .apors tc some iOreigu country, sell then there
,7d pass a good title to the innocent purchaser and
this even when the property captured in fact belongs
% the sovereign and not to a private individual.
lch decision as this would manfestly raise no
small eommotion among maritime nations; never
.heess this declson or something equivalent might
have been rendered if the chain Of evidence had not
been perfected so as to leave the court lOophoe
10 escape the consideration of the broad unequvocal
issue There are many minor points of deep interest
which are thoroughly and eaGOrately discussed in
long and able opinion by the Vice Chancellor The
stamps will arrive here i'll the course of
few weeks
The Department of State has received official mo-
tee that the Spanish authorities OF Cuba have
adopted new regulation concerning passports. The
regulation requires al passengers arriving at the
ports OF that slaad to present authentic official pass
ports properly vis5d by the Spanish Consul in the
ports Of departure AID in case Of passengers failing
to exhibit such passports required they are not to
be permitted TO lard without compliance with special
conditions which VII be found yelY inconyenient IN
many cases. and impossible IN others Notice has
also been received by the State Department. that the
papers purporting to be passports, issued by the
Mayor of New Orleans and vised by the Spanish
Consul there are re- ,cted under these new regula-
,ions Notice has also been received that persons
residing in the United States seapOrts who call them
selves passport age - have given certificates in
which It : set forth that they have applied to the
Department Of State for passports, and that those
certificates being vised by the Spanish Consul are
presented as passports in Cuban ports and are re-
iect there under the new regulation.
The Of resistance to the deputies of the United
States Marshal IN Kentucky, while serving pro-
cesses OF court in Internal Revenue suits, having
beer referred to the Secretary of War by Assistant
Attorney General Ashton with the request that such
might be given to Gen. Thomas would
enable him TO furnish for the protection Of the civil
officer an adequate force Of cavalry OF mounted in
intry, the Secretary of War. it is understood, has
given the necessary directions, and force of
mounted is to be at once sent to Nelson, Marion
and La Rue Counties 10 enforce the delivery of the
processes in time for the next term Of the court
from a report by the QuarteTmasterG General il APP
pears that the average cost Of Government trans
poatou on the Union Pacific railroad is ten and one
half cents per tun per mile The rate previously paid
for similar service by wagons was 2s 40 cent IN
1896 and 80 40 in 1861. The total amount paid the
railroad on account of transportation OF army freight
IL lo65 was Sc99CeS 81, which, at the price named
would pay for carrying 6G63.7Ss tuns one mile. The
same service by wagons at -be contract price named
above would have cost $2C2j5S6 A. so that the Coy
ermcnt saving in transportation in one year by the
railroad was S1,92j,S57 CO.
The Government on Saturday, received the an
nouucement by telegraph that Judge Boynton of
III nited States District Court for the Southern
District Of Florida, had denied tho application for
Snt OF haoeas corpus made some days ago, for the
release OF Audd Spangler, and Arnold, assassination
eon,o.Iaiors. confined at the Dry Tortugas
The Commissioner of Pensions has turned his at
teHuon 10 the glaring frauds that have been com
lnited in the payment OF the semi-aunuai pensions
tsmcrs and ciMm agent, have paid needy pensioners
. ts.ing advauce OF their seni-annual payments
aud received nom them power Of attorney to draw
tie whole amount which, Of course they pocketed
- themselves. lhe law is that every agent present
ing power Of attorney shall make affidavit that he
D. Lot pccumariy interested This clause has up to
'i' ptee .ilae not been enforced and thc Commis-
sone' mas instructed the officers paying pensions to-
cay or oa No2day next 10 require the prescribed
oatA 20 De taken.
MIS- SchuIemm, bright mulatto, was held 10
bf!, on saturday on charge OF havi,i, naqsad a s5O