Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-27
WASHINGTON.
Judgments of the Court Of Cla inns
A Number of Heavy Awards.
rhe Irishman,s Flea.

The Irfshman's Flea.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 26.-The
President. accompanied by Gen. Babcock
left t2,is morning for Harrisburg. He will
return Wednesday.
An Increase I'm Our Family.
Prof. C. F. Peters discovered this morn
ING a new planet of the eleventh magnitude,
in rioht ascension 161 degrees and IA min
utes south, and 21 degrees and Is minutes
declinstion. Its motion is due west.
Credit MObIIIer.
Mr.. Ashton, of counsel for the Govern
ment. left lssB night for Hartford, where
the bill in equity against the Union Pacihc
Railroad Company and Credit Mobilier is
to be filed. ,,oo,o
LEGAL ten ders outstanding $3.50, ,43S,2l6.
The Progress of Temperance
comparative statement showing the
receipts from liquor at one dollar per bar
rel in some of the leading districts OF the
United States returning the largest revenues
from this source, from the first six months
of the fiscal year ending June, 1877 ana
1879. gives q total increase in the United
St ates Of S669, ,837, or II per cent.
Claims Awarded-A HaIt-AIfIItOn Cot
ton Claim.
The Cos1rf of Claims has rendered the
following Judgment for cotton seized by
Cen. Sherman's forces at the time OF the
cantnre of Savannah and sold by the United
Ststeq in favor of VIM. BAttersby and the
.ovecntors of Thos. 5. Metcalf $485, ,242, be-
inc tbe largest single judgment ever rem
,IpTed by the Court Of Claims. Bauersoy
ia an alien, a subject Of Great Britain, who
bss resided for 80 years in Savannah.
THE cotton claim of VIM. s. Mills, an
other British subject, wss dismissed on the
ground that the cotton for which ne SUED
was purchased by him outside ofthe Union
lines aud in violation of the regulations then
in force.
Can an Alien Commit TreasOn3
Judgment wss rendered for $l55, ,654 in
g. yor OF Chas. Greene, of Savannah, also
NSect of Great Britain. The main ques-
s;o,. this case was whether an alien DOM
snGIad III !, ding the rebellion within the insur-
1e;.,1.r, Ielaeu ~ States coul be guilty of the
,s;.1,o - fra.s ID sgSiDst the United States.
The Court of c, ,lms gives the following de-
cision: = ,,..-.... %.
last term decides this qut Ston anirhiausS.yi
but also holds under the sS- oe ueNsi1n 1naV
aliens thus guilty of treason - hAs -, W
observe their obligations Of qua 'aieI alies
lance are Included anu paloOueu n
Presidents amnesty proclamation o. 0e0'
25, 1858. CUT
A Two Million Mexican Claim.
A decision was rendered in the long pen
ding csse of Eliza j. Atocha, administra-
trix of Alexander j. Atocha, deceased. At
ocha was native of Spain, but natural
lied citizen of the United States, who dld
business as banker in the City OF Mexico,
and was expelled from that country during
the revolution of 1S45, which oyerthreW
the government of Santa Anna. The Uni
ted States having, by the treaty OF Ga9oa-
loupe-Hidalgo, assumed the claims OF It's
own citizens sgainsi Mexico, Atocna pre-
sented bis claim for the losses caused oy MS
ex pulsion, and it was rejected by the com
mission appointed to examine such claims.
Subsequently, in 1866 Congress referred tne
claim 10 this Court, which now renuers
I iudoment in favor Of Atocha against tne
United States for S2,049, 800, being the bal
ance of the three and fourth millions pro
yided by the Treaty of Gaudsloupe-H Hldalgc
for the payment of claims of the citizens o.
the United States against the Government