New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-02


MILLIONS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE
THE REoPENING OF THE FAMOUS GAINES
CAsE-THE PRINTERS AND YOUNG DOUGLASS.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUSRI
WASHINGTON. Thursday, July 1, 1869
The statement OF the public debt for juno issued
this afternoon IL shows decrease in the debt of &c.
holS2 S. This wasa great surprise TO Secretary Bout
well, for only "a hours since he did not expect the de-
crease to be over sl0OOOOO0 1t not known till yes
erday that the decrease would be large Within the
last 30 hours over have been paid into the Treas
ury from miscellaneous sources which unexpected
When Secretary Boutwell, read the statement to Gen.
Grant to-day he expressed himself highly pleased and
remarked that the receipts OF the Treasury continued
to increase and the public decreases he satisfied
as TO the success OF his Administration and cared not for
the oroaklng and sneering Of the politicians and their
representatives the partisan press The payment the
miannual gold interest due the public debt began
today The total amount payable at all the offices Of tho
Treasury is about II is estimated that in adj
dton to this amount other dividends payable In
the principal cities to-day will amount to sOOOoo more
These payments with the purchase Of 100000 OF bonds
ordered by Secretary Boutwell, to-day, WILL is thought
relieve the strngency of the money market.
1t that Mrs. Gaines yet from the law
It thought that when the Supreme Court the United
States, year snce rendered judgment in her favor
for the land claim in New Orleans she done with the
courts, and the decreeo that Court final 1t now APP
pears however that persons New Orleans have
ery she claims. These suits will up for trial
before Justice of the United States Supreme Bench In
anticipation Of early trial. Mrs. Gaines publishes
card defining her position She says SO years since her
first husband was thrown into prison In New Orleans,
during the most afictiug period OF cholera in
Summer for nearly month, on the false charge OF
frauduently attempting to obtain property belonging to
her the heir OF her father Daniel Clark and also for
charging the pretended executors OF his estate with
corrupty administering It, Since that period, the su
peme Court Of the United States has most emphacay
declared her to be "the only legitimate daughter of
Daniel Clark and entitled TO his estate" This decision
Of the highest tribunal in the land from which there
be appeal, sets at rest forever her legal
status and her rights Independent OF this, the
civil code OF Louisiana provides that the judgment
OF the Supreme Court OF the state in her favor acqu
esced In for IS years has become hna and the suppos
ton that the judgment OF that Court be revised
and reviewed preposterOus and IL must be manifest
those who bnild homes such expectations
deceive themselves. In an evil hour men have been
found regardless Of truth honor law and justice and
Of the DEGREES OF the Supreme Court Of the United States
10 trnmpo upon these repeated decisions re-
Gently instituted against her the District Court New
orleans, which compes her seek redress through the
Courts OF the United States The involved In tho
suits nearly s9ooOOO She has secured the 20
Of the most prominent lawyers Of the country her
counsel
The printer Douglass difficulty sim agitates the
craft here. Tho Government printers expect to
bring tho case before special meeting OF tho Columbia
Union and say they will elect their man. the agitation
grows weaker daily In consequence Of the scarcity Of
work IN the private oceA Davis the leader OF the anti
Douglass printers In the Typographical Union, was Su.
perutcndcut OF the Rebel Government printing Office
during the
Tho Alabama correspondence, which win make ak OF
seven volumes OF COO pages each; the diplomatic
correspondence for 1885, three volumes the Patent ONCE
and Agricultural reports will DO issued from tho
public printing once.
Mr. Fraucs A. Osborne, formerly Naval officer at Bos
ton to-day appointed Supervisor Of Internal Rev
for the District comprising the States Of Massachu
setts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.