The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-27
TELEGRAPHiC NEWS.
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON
T ptcill telegram 10 The Dispatch.
WAsHISGTOS. May 2G, 1878
The President Gone n a.FisI,sng.

The President Gone n a-FfsIisnR.
Callers at the Executive mansion this
morning were surprised to find its chief oc-
cupant out of town. He departed at an
early hour this morning for the trout-fShin.
region of Pennsylvania, where he proposes
ndulging in harmless recreation Of three
or four days duration. The last official act
of the Executive before his departure was
to suspend the sentence Of the negro Tom
Wright. sentenced to be hung next Friday.
k,r one week, 50 that the execution would
not take place on decoration-day.
Discovery Of New Planet.
The Smithsonian Institute received this
mcrnug dispatch from Professor Peters,
the celebrated astronomer of Hamilton Col
iegp. New York, announcing the discovery
of Il new planet in sixteen hours fourteen
minutes of right ascension, south twenty one
degrees eighteen minutes declination mo-
ton, due west eleventh magnitude.
Increase Of Revenue from Fcrmented
Liquors.
a comparative statement, prepared at the
Internal Revenue office. showing the receipts
from fermented liquors ut one dollar per
barrel in some of the leading collection dis
trictS returning the largest revenue from the
source for the first six months Of the fiscal
years ending June so, 1928, shows to-
tai increase of s6G9,S37. or II per cent.
TlMoN.
Court of CIalms-Judsment ent I'm Cotton
Cases.
WAsHISGToS, May 26.-The Court Of
Clims la. rendered the following iudg-
mcntS for cotton seized by General Sher~
mans flrccs at the time of the capture of
Savannah, and sold by the United States
VIZ. In favor Of William BatierSby and
Andrew, S3,940 in favor of William Bat
tersby and Octavus Cohen, 1851; 10 favor
of William Battersby and the executors Of
| Thomas s. Metcalf S4S5,242. The latter Is
the largest single Judgment ever rendered
| BY the Court of Claims. Battersby is an
alien subject of Great Britain, who has re-
sided for thirty years in Savannah. The
other parties are citizens Of Georgia.
The cotton claim of William :. Miller, an
other British subject, was dismissed on the
ground that the cotton for which he sued
was purchased outside Of the Union lines
and in violation OF the regulations then in
force. Judgment was rendered for Slo5 .1Ji
in favor of Charles Green. of Savannah, also
Il subject of Great Britain. The main que>-
ton in this case was whether an alien, don't
ciled during "tbe rebellion" within "tbt
insurrcctionary States" could be guilty o
the crime of treason against the Initct
states. The Court of Claims, following ;
decision of the United States supreme Coui
mt its last term decides this question attirulG
lively, but also holds. under the sane dcci
sion, that alicus guilty of treason by failing
to observe their Obligations of Qualified allie
glance were inclrd d in and pardoned by
the Presidents amnesty proclamation .
December II. 5SGS.
A decision was rendered in the long-pcnd
ing case of Eliza j. Atocha, administrators
of Alexander }. Atocha. deceased. Atoch'
was native of Spain, but Il natnralized citi
zen of the United States, who did bushes
AS banker in the city of Mexico, and wa
expelled from that country during the rcyo
luton or 1856 t!), which overthrew the GOV
ernmcnt of Santa Anna. the United State,
having. by the treaty Of Guadaloupe ilidaISo
assumed the claims Of its own citlZcn
against Mexico. Atocha presented his claim
tor losses caused by bis expulsion, and i
was rejected by the commission appointed tt
examine such claims. Subsequently, III 1860
Congress referred the claim to this court
which now renders judgment in favor o
Atocha against the United States. for S20I,
45937, being the balance Of three and quar-
ter millions provided by the treaty Of Glad;'
loupe Hidalgo for the payment of Claims o
citizens of the United States against tD'
Government of Mexico, which now remains
unapplied to that object. Judgments Wcr'
also rendered for S92 ,j98 in favor OF William
w. Couas, of Memphis, for cotton seized b,
the Cover nlncut, and in favor Of Harncy d
Layi.c:' for Slo 1906 for work AMI dam*Se
in buSding the bridge for the Cover nmcn
ut Rcck Island.
In the case of the executors OF John }
Piatt-a claim for supplies furnished tn
army in the war Of 1Sl2-the court fouut
thst the Government was justly indebted tt
Platt 10 The amount of Sl3,O27. but wer
equally divided upon subsequent qles
tiOn-namely, whether Judgment for IL par
of the debt under aprlrate act OF Congress
does not bar recovery for the balance now
Mr. Piatt, after pressing this claim upon
the Government for many years, died IN LII
debtors prison Of lh, city.
The court. after hearing the argument II
the Hot Springs eases. adjourned till mex
Monday, When I'D adjournment will pro
badly be ordered until next Ocsober.
aDyoint,nent of United States Depu
~ Internal Revenue Collector FOL
Virginia.
WASHINGTON, May 2G.-Captain Sd. Quinn
of Fredpli lex ,burs. has been appointed depl
tv United States Internal Revenue Coilrcto
for the counties of Srot>y lyania, Stafford
and Hanoycr, in the Old Dominion. Ih
salary Is about 81 200 per annun.
Various Items.
W.su,suroS. May 28.--ihe Weathcr BtI
resi-, las established n risnal Office oD Pike
Peak. a.,
rle special Indian agent to Idaho report
two Tribes of their reservation, but says the
seem peaceably disposed.
The President has gone to Harrisburg
Pa, where be will reDun till Wednesda
, night. N.
The Attorney General has received dis
patch stating that the supreme Court G
Louisiana has just decided two cases OF con
test for nthce under tie intrusion act, aud II
both uses the legality Of the officers holdn