The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-02
Se'zGres OF Private Property During
t:ic Wharf.-The Clark I'scxnor Case
EaHcgt:c;3 "A ,sEsss@sNc,3; ter EsG,si~s;fa

iT.aia the -. LoUi, Times, oct. ..
: H. was stated yesterday that The suit Of
- li!iam e.. Glar. O.. Myron Iickno2, ,ir.
Charles j.. Robbins. ana edwin TiuNn0r,
growing ont Of the &ciHur" Gi lis buildings
hy TIE military authorities during the war,
was compromised in Circuit Court no.
by entering Judgment tn: the PLAINTIFF in
, IL" ,IIn ni Si3H.Si. This we find, however,
! 10 uG Il mistake. n the settlement Of the
/: suit WAS not il The nature OF :: compromise.
It.- Government. BY its Secretary OF
State. William i. Seward, having author
iZcU the employment O! counsel i'll the case,
iIr. George i. strong, ~ such counsel, used
every cXcltion to defend iclinor d Co.,
and the judgment was rendered, without
compromise or quarter given on either side.
This suit aud TWO al three others Of Il
similar character, by the same plaintiff,
against Ticknur & Co. robert II. Frank
lii. and Mitchell, Eaml:ial,bHg X Co., ali
turn upon the same points, ana rs one goes
81 will. Of course, 20 the rest. The partl.
ula.S are quite familiar 70 4 number OF orr
! citizens. bat not. perhaps, generally iilit!cr-
:tu0G. General Schuilcid. while III COM
mund ut It. Louis, III 1862, issued IN order
u assess i've hundred thousand dollars
upon the scccSsioni:tS" Of this city and
their friends. 10 pay and equip the Missouri
! militia, then being called ont by Governor
Gamble, and appointed as board Of assess
! ment our late Mayor. James :. Thomas, rs
president oil the board Giles L. Filcy,
! Daniel L. Garrison, and others. When the
! board organized oue Of iici" first acts was
TO notify >uinr ct Mr.. Claik'S tenants not
to pay 10 him OF 10 any agent Of hlS any
rents !; but TO James 5. Thomas or his
agent, acting for the board Of assessment.
| AS funds were needed at once, a'visit was
made to the tenants named, who declined
Z T.. L.,
! nerSGded General SGhOileid III command Of
{Ir department, with headquarters at st.
Louis. and the tenants We're brought before
him, who directed them 10 pay az notified,
or he would enforce payment, which meant.
If -gufse business" (Gratiot street, for iIlp
siuii,,.i and as consequence the money was
promptly forthcoming. This continued for
Several months, until President Lincoln Or
dered the discontnuanCe OF proceedings I'M
der the assessment order; not, however, until
Mr.. Thomas had collected from the Messrs.
Ticsnor, sir. II. II, Franklin, and Mitchell,
RGinuelsberg Il Co., the very handsome sum
IL oil of three or four hundred thousand
dollars,
TIE tenants were all occupying Mr..
Clark's building under written leases oil
some five Years uneXpired time. After the
discOptlplance of the assessment, MI.
- :" his agents were allowed to com.
e''a N The COLLECTION Of his rents again. IL
u! III nn,onnstiva circumstance IN Ihls cohnec-
- - - hoTever. that while the assessors were
IRA nino their lists, amounts, W; Inc
t,a', ,If,,fir had witnesses brought before lhe
hoai,i,--a;nong others the wife OF tic p!ain=
tiG:-of whom many inquiries were liia'lc rs
fn me size OF his family, their ages, &C.
and as they had seized ana stopped tue GU
fire revenue Of this gentleman, II was pro
nosed very literally to allow the family (hT.
! CLARK being th3H aaG Tor year, istgI Maslls
sant in Minnesota the sum VI gov Aloh,h-
: " for their support, when was feslec'i.als
/ declined. ,oo. "a oo
nommenceI srits against Ticknor & Co., X.
!. II. FranElin- aud Mitchell, Johannesburg. "
| Co. for rents due and unpaid for the months mn
|. of August, September, and October, lso2,
| WITH Interest. The defendants at&onee saw
! MS Honor. eX.Natsyor srhOlnas. who wrote
! 10 Air. seward. byrNhein the employment
If George Z. Strong rs counsel was istlthoE.
| lied, the plaintiff employing Coy. Folk ana
| Gloycr& Shepley. The first OF these cases
4 was nnaily decided on Wednesday IN Judge
| Rombaucr's court, who gave, judgment IN
| favor OF Nh. Clark tor the whole amount
sued on.
IL was not Jury case, but, on agree
ment, was LETT to the court, who, afrer re-
peated arguments for the last two or'ti1 1,
! wears, decided that no lesaf payment had
! been made to Mr. Clark, or, III otherWordis,
that the Government, nor its agents, nor us
! officers, had authority to give receipts Tor
| MIR. Clark. How now with MeSsrs. Thomas,
Garrison, aud Filiey? Whether they arc to
eseape responsibility by the statute OF I'm
Eitations or not, viii doubtless be hereafter
determined.
OF course the Government has ample
means. and will probably take the case up.
1t is toe: good thing fot% the lawyers, with
q client Of this kind TO stop here. Mr.
Clark may as well overhaul his money bags $,
If he has any lest, for he will doubtless DE
! kept well worried until he il better recon-
structed. The plaintiff in this suit has never
] been politician Twas not in the southern y
army, nor has it been proven thlf ne -ain- !
| single disloyai act during the Wa; !; though,
always sn9 nat o'i sw epenies A