New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-03

Judgments in the Csurt Of Claims RE.
| sults OF the Presbyterian Convention
A General q 65eunisn Of she Church Con.
tempPaied.
| WASHINGTON. June IA brief official let.
! ter from Post Fort Clark, dated May 20,
! says. alluding to Colonel Mackenzie's opera.
tons against the Kickapoos ard Lipans:
! The march was over one hundred miles.
| The fight, destruction Of two villages, and
| the return to camp with all the captured
! stock and prisoners were accomplished be-
| tween noon on the seventeenth and dayli ght
| on the nineteenth. forty one hours. with a
I loss 70 Colonel Mackenzie Of only three
men wounded, one it is supposed mortally.
The Presiden, is sndisposeI. No visitors
! admitted today.
J. X. Hamilton. formerly Of Cincinnati,
pairs upon public buildings. John A. Bing-
ham has been appointed Minister to Japan
Debt acknowledgement $500, 600:
coin i'll the treasury, $1j.5O0,000; currency,
$1,000 600.
The Court Of Claims to-day rendered
number Of judgments in suits brought
under the captured and abandoned proper
~ act. for value of cotton taken and sold
bv governner: agents, the proceeds of
which we're placed in the treasury.
IL the eases Of Bynum, Houston and
O'Grady's executors i, was decided that the
government had no right 70 withhold
either the two per cent tax or customhOuse
fees and two per cent from the proceeds of
the sale Of captured and abandoned cotton,
and judgments were rendered for the
amounts SO withheld. Judgment for
So, $50, the proceeds Of abandoned cotton,
was rendered IN favor of the Home In
surance Company of Savannah, and in
similar case judgment for $27 l7G was given
in favor Of the Southern Insurance and
Trust Company.
These corporations were created by che
Legislature Of the State Of Georgia. while
said Stats was in rebellion against the
United States, and the question raised was
whether they were capable of owning the
cotton captured, and capable of suing in
this court for the proceeds. The Chief JUS
tice delivered the opinion Of the court an
swering this question attirmatively. holding
that under the decisions of the United
States Supreme Court, that whether
an act OF che Legislature of a
rebel State did not tend to further or sup
port the rebellion or defeat the just rights
Of citizens, but related merely TO The do
mestic affairs OF the people Of the State as
a community. aside from the connection Of
that people with the rebellion. is valid
by de facto. though unlawful government,
which will be sustained in the courts OF the
United States applying these tests to the
charter of this company. 1t is therefore
held that they have a valid existence and
are entitled to the judgments above men
toned.
The cour: then adjourned till Wednesday,
VIXEN final Adjournment is expected to
the third Monday of October.
The following, prepared by leading
elder, a member Of the Baltimore Pyesby.
terian General Assembly. will interest the
Southern Presbyte!ians. This. large and
influential body, consisting Of between tive
and six hundred ministers and elders from
all parts Of the Union. after remarkably
harmonious session OF two weeks finally
adjourned on Wednesday night, the TWEEN.
ty-eighth ult!mo. to meet mex: year in st.
Louis:
Its preceding Office. or moderator was the
Rev. Howard Crosby, Of the Fourth Ave
nue. Church of Brooklyn, and chancellor of
the University OF New York. Many i'm
portant subjects were discussed and de-
cided, the details of which will be found in
the religious papers. What will be most
interesting to Southern Christians was the
broad, liberal action Of this assembly in re.
latiOn 20 fratefnal organization at some
early day with the Southern General As
sembly and other branches Of the great
Presby terian family holding the same taith
and aiming az the same results.
The unanimous adoption Of . report and
Of sundry resolutions submitted by DR..
Nichols Of St. Louis, would seem to remove
the differences hitherto existing 90 union
with the Southern General Assembly and
the Old School Synod Of Missouri. After q
preamble, the resolutions declare:
First-Thas all The former deliveYanees
of the assemblies representing the Old and
New School touching the Southern General
Assembly or The Synod Of Missouri are now,
and have been eiGce the reuaion, Hul! and
void.
Seccni-Iha. :he Assembly express fui.
confidence IN the soundness OF The docti ne
and Christian character Of She brethren,
and can not doubt that more Intimate
communion would iead 70 the speedy re-
| moyai Of the barriers that now separate
! those Of The like, and 10 a practica. mani
fe.tation Of their belief in Christ, etc. 1t
was understood this action was sat
! isfactory. and approved by leading meE in
| the Southern church, such as DR.. Stuart,
Robinson and Or. Wilson. Of Louisville.
| Kentucky; Dr.. Palmer OF North Carolina;
| DR.. Seyburn and DR.. Bullock. of Baltimore.
etc. and it is hoped tha: the sentiments ex-
! tending The olive branch may be
adopted ana perpetuated in all parts
| Of our common country. D. Baird
Of Nashville, representing tho Cum
berland Presbyterian Church. made
an eloquent and able address to the as
.embly saying their one hundred and five
! Presbyterians, with one hundred and thirty
! thousand members, with all their colleges
! and schools were ready and willing, to
return 70 their mother church II
reunion was considered desirable Tht
moderator replied in fraternal ant
eloquent terms and a committee TO
conference was appointed Similar PROPOSE
/ tions came from the General Assembly Q
! the Welsh Presbyterian Church and othe
bodies, and it seemed as if the era of goo
feeling had returned. The intention {
these resolutions, and the action of th
! Assembly, is to remove all imputation 4