New-York tribune., 1872-06-21
IMPORTANT DECISION IN REGARD TO THE Eff
Feet OF PARDON OR AMNESrY-CLARK OF
TEXAS GETS A PosT-oFFICE-THE COST OF
T. : COURTS IN ARKANSAS.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHl

GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHI
The Ouartermaster- General has transmitted TO Con-
troleT Brodhead for his decision claim from par
doned rebel for military supplies furnished in 1860 1t
was claimed by the applicant that by recent decisions Of
the Supreme Court, pardon or amnesty reinstates
rebel claimant in his right TO recover for property for
feted to- or cOnfscated by, the United States Govern
ment That such act Of pardon IS not merely pros
peotive; not only restoring man peIsOnay 70 iu'9re
credit, but returning TO him or reimbursBg nm Tor
goods, effects, credits heretofore forfeited or COINS
Gated as the property OF pubic enent' tlio tio
deduction from the decisions OF the supreme Court
aud remarked thai while deierrlng aWays 70 the l9dg
existing grounds on which claims OF THIS character must
present lie rejected by accounting and dsnursng OF
hcers The lrst u Jbe genera puueIpe tha1 u'ey Sr
credits which have reverted to the u s. treasury Dy
force of law, International martial or statute, cannot
be Withdrawn except by the action O COhgtss iuaAlh
an applicable appropriation This Is a Constitutional
provision Ariice Section q. The seconds found m
The Joint resOlntlon Cf Congress OF harch = lco uf
state 5ll) which has been repealed OF modned
and which forbds the Government account Officers to
pay any claim which accrued pilOr to the l3th day OF
April 1861, in favor Of any pe2son who was not oya
The papers in this case show he present claimant ana
claim 10 come within the inter0lcted class ana lne calm
never 10 have been assigned az cOnteDplaef Ia tie Es0
luton Even IL the decisions OF the supreme Court were
rightly construed as Bulfyng the law IN pect OF the
legal rCht Cf lately Rebel creditors 20 demand pnJ ment
the Government IN consequence OF tber pardon OF
amnesty Is stn binding upon the Executive officers 20
far rs their action concerned nor can they 40 what IL
thereby forbidden -
That Congress itself supposedthe Act OF March 2, 1867
10 he still force sufficiently appears by the debate III
the senate the 5th inst I'm regard to paying certain
mail contractors for services rendered prior 10 MAY 81
1861 IN States latOy rebellion The Controller advised
the General therefore, that this class OF
claims cannot be paid out until Congress shall rst nave
made an appropriation Tor that purpose; and second
until Congress shall have repeated or modified the pro
vision in the joint resolution Of March Q 1861 which
makes it unlaN Nful Tor any Oilccr Of the United States
Government TO pay any account, cldim OF demand Oi
this character.
The President has appointed exCongressman VIM. T.
Clark TO be Postmaster Galveston, Texas vice James
A. Mckee, suspended under the Tenure-Of0 0tiee act
The for the suspension by the President OF To-
gan H. Roots Marshal Of the Western District Of Arkan
sa was that during year he expended nearly s240
900 for the expenses Of the Court than the
penses attending all the United States Courts in the
State of NeWYork His last TequisitiOn $l20Co
the Department Of Justice ordered $4,000 tObe sent to
him, hut afterward withheld the amount.
The Treasury Department has decided that when
captain ship brings in OF stores and re
fuses to pay duty thereon, the Collector shall take fine
equivalent 10 the value Of such xees but not seize the
stores
The POst-Ofice Department is now examining various
designs for the postal cards authorized by the recently
enacted law upon the determination Of their STYLE
&C. proposals will be publicly invited for their manufac
tuTe.
Acknowledgement Williams returned TO Washington
this morning.
The President has recognized Friedrich Hinkel as
Vice-Consul OF the German Empire in New-York.