The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-03

WASHINGTON June 2, 1879
Award OF the Court OF Claims for Cap
tured Cotton.


WASHINGTON. June 2, 1879
Award az the Court OF Claims for Cap
tured Cotton.
The Court OF Claims to-day rendered number
judgments for suits brought under "The Captured
and Abandoned Property act" for the value OF
cotton taken and sold by government agents, the
proceeds OF which were placed in the Treasury. IN
the cases OF Bynum, Houston and O'Grady, ex-
ecutors, It was deemed that the government had
no right to withhold either the two per cent cotton
tax or Custom House fees &C.. from the proceeds OF
the sales OF captured and abandoned cotton, and
judgments were rendered for the amounts so
Withheld. Judgment Tor $3553O, the proceeds Of
captured cotton, was rendered in favor OF the Home
Insurance Company OF Savannah, and In q similar
case judgment for $27l76 given in favor OF the
Southern Insurance and Trust Company These cor.
porations were created by the Legislature OF tho
State oil Georgia while the said State was In rebellion
against the United States, and the question raised
was whether they were endowed with legal ex-
istence, by which they were capable of owning the
Gotten captured and capable Of suing in this
Court for the proceeds The Chief Justice deliv.
cred the opinion OF tine Court answering this ques-
ton alrmativey, holding that, under the decisions
OF the United States Supreme Court, that whatever
act of the Legislature OF rebel State did not tend
to further or support the rebellion to defeat the
just rights or citizens but related merely to the
uUHcsIC VI tut people Oi Iue SLhUc Hb u COms
muniJy, aside from the connection or that people
with the rebellion, Is valid act by de Jncto
though unlawful government, which will be sus-
tanned in the courts OF the United States. Apply.
ing these tests to the charters OF these companies
II is therefore, held that they have valid exist
ence and entitled to the judgments above
mentioned. The Court adjourned till Wednesday
next. when final adJ, trnment is expected to the
third Monday in october.
Judge Bingham's Mission to Japan.
The President has appointed John A. Bingham,
OF Ohio, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potenriary of the Unired States TO Japan. The
commission signed this afternoon.
Consular Appointments.
The President has appointed Louis Y. Cropsey
Consul OF the United states at Chemnitz, and Will
liam Fl. Short Consul OF the United States at
Cardiff.
The Law Regulating Bank Returns.
The impression seems to prevail among certain
collectors OF internal revenue that the act oil De-
cemDer "a, 1872, which requires persons engaged in
banking to make returns to the internal revenue
officers OF their capital, circulation and deposits
seml-annually instead Of monthly, as heretofore,
extends to the national banks, and, some in
stances, national banks have been required to
make such returns to internal revenue officers.
This is incorrect. The law in question extends
only to private and State ban kers. The duty on
the capital circulation and deposits of national
banks Is payable to the treasurer OF the United
States in the same manner mere 0f0re. The In.
ternal Revenue ONCE has issued circular INFORM
ing the collectors in question tnat their action is
not in accordance with law, and directing them
not to report Tor assessment such returns may
have been received from national banks.
The Devices OF the New Silver Trade
Dollar.
The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director
of the Mint, DR.. II. r. Linderman, to-day fixed upon
the devices for the new silver trade dollar author
ized by the coinage act Of 1873, different sets
Of Devices prepared by the Philadelphia Mint being
submitted. The one adopted has for its diverse
female figure, seated on bale Of cotton and ex-
tending the right hand, grasping an olive branch,
toward the open sea. In the left hand Is scroll,
bearing the w0r0 Liberty, and at the base OF the
device Is the motto "In God we trust" The date
OF the coinage QS73 appears upon the diverse,
together with the halo OF thirteen stars. The re-
verse is the figure Of an eagle, with the inscription,
.Unlted States OF America" and the mott II
Plurfb,ts Unun,." The weight and fneness, with
the words "Trade D0lar,' are also appropriately
inscribed on the reverse. The working dies will
be commenced Immediately at the Philadelphia
Mint, and the coins are expected to be ready
about the middle OF this month. Already there has
been deposited in New York upward OF million Of
dollars to be exchanged for the new dollar, and
this will be the first requsition filled. 1t is under
stood they will be shipped Immediately to China
and Japan.
The Union Pacific Railroad Terminus
Question.
The Attorney General, the 8th of May, in giving
his opinion on the Omaha Bridge question, said that
its determination did involve the inquiry as to
the terminus OF the Union Pacific Railroad, and,
therefore, the subject was not then and is not
before him. The Attorney General thinks, how
ever the matter can be settled by the Courts
under the late legislation Of Congress.
Important to Mariners.
The Lighthouse Board gives notice that the
range OF lights on the wharves OF Newburyport,
Mass, will be exhibited and after the LIST OF
June.
Competitive Examin alton Defen
The statement that the Board of Examiners for
the Treasury Department resigned on account OF
the failure Of the system of open competition
pronounced by them unfounded. On the con.
trary they say the system has proved successful
especially in regard to original appointments and
the Board so stated in their recent report to the
ADVISORY Board. The character and ability Of the
persons appointed to $1,000 cerkships from the
examination is admitted by the heads OF bureaus
and all others having knowledge Of the facts to be
very Superior and the success OF the recent ex-
animation for 5000 clerkships is even more marked.
Decision by the panish-American
Claims Commission.
The American and Spanish Commission has de.
cided adversely to the claimant in the of
Sonora Doria Paulina A. Mesre, at present resi-
dent OF New York city, on the ground that she
not citizen OF the United States at the time the
conhscation Of her estates and other property in
Cuba.
supply of the Internal Revenue Record.
1t Is proposed hereafter to supply the Internal
Revenue Record for the use OF all Deputy Col
lectors and OF such gaugers and storekeepers as
may be in active service, in addition TO those to
whom il Is now sent