The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-27
WASHINGTON.
msCovRRY OF A NEW PLANET.

INSCovRRY OF A NEW PLANET.
WASHINGTON, May 2G.-PrOressOr G. F.
Peters this morning, discovered a new
planet of the eleventh magnitude, right
ascension, 1Gl deg. IA min. south, and 2ll
deg. Is min. deClinatiOn. lts motion Is
due west.
The President has signed commissions
as Postmasters ol Samuel A Snyder, Ere.
mont Ohioi Joseph Bableter, New Ulm,
Minnesota.
Legal tenders outstanding, $350, ,425 .S7S.
Mr.. Ashton, of the counsel for the Gov
ernment, left last night for Hartford,
where the bill in equity against the Union
Pacific Railroad Land Credit Mobilier is
TO be filed.
JUDGMENTS OF THE COURT oE CLAIMS.
The Court Of Claims rendered the fol.
lowing judgments for cotton seized by
Gen. Sherman's forces at the time Of the
capture OF Savannah and sold by the Uni.
ted States in favor OF VIM. Battersby and
his executors and Thomas 8. Metcalt for
$4S5 ,2.49, being the largest single judg-
ment ever rendered by the Court OF
Claims. BGttersby Is an alien subject Of
Great Britain, who has resided for thirty
years in Savannah. The cotton claim OF
William S. Mills, another British subject,
was dismissed on the ground that the cot.
ton for which he sued was purchased by
him outside OF the Union lines, and In
violation oil the regulations then in force.
A judgment was rendered for $lG5, ,554 in
favor Of Charles Green, Of Savannah, also
q subject Of Great Britain. The main
question in this case was whether an alien
domiciled during rebellion within insur.
rectiOnary States could be guilty OF the
crime Of treason against the United States
The Court Of Claims, following the decis.
ion OF the U. =. Supreme Court at It's last
term, decides the question alllrmatively,
but also holds under the same decision
that aliens thus guilty oi treason by failing
10 observe their obligations ot qualified
allegiance were included in and psrdoned
by the Presidents amnesty proclamation
OF December 25;h, 1868.
A decision was rendered in the long
pending case OF Eliza J. Atacha, admins.
iratrix Of Alexander J. Atacha, deceased.
Atacha was o native Of Spain, but was
naturalized city ofthe United States; who
did business 8s a banker in the city Of
Mexico, and was expelled from that Coun.
try during the revolution Ol 1915, which
oVerthrew the government OF Santa Anna.
The United States having by the treaty
Of GAudalope Hldalgo, assumed the claims
of its own citizens against Mexico, Alta
cha presented his claims for the loss
caused by his expulsion, and 1t was re.
iectel by the commission appointed to
examine such claims. Subsequently,,
In 1865, Congress referred the claim to
this court, which now renders judgement
in favor Of Atacha against the United
States for $207, ,45O, being the balance Of
the $3,250000 provided by the treaty for
tho payment Of claims of citizens Of the
United States against the government OF
Mexico which now remains unapplled TO
that object. Judgements were also rem
deled for $925 09 In favor Of William Nc
Cones, oi Memphis, for cotton seized by
the government, and in favor Of Harvey
d Lcveson for 81, ,30G Tor work and dam.
ages in building q bridge for the govern.
ment at Rock Island. In the case of the
executors OF John J. Piatt, claim for
supplies furnished the army in the war Of
lsl2, the court found that the govern
ment was justly indebted TO Piatt to the
amount of $131 500; but upon the subse-
quent question, namely, whether pay
ment OF a part of the debt under q private
act of Congress does not bar q recovery
OF the balance now, the court was equal
ly divided. Platt, after pressing this
claim upon tho government for several
years, died in debtors prison in this
city.
The court altel hearing the arguments
In the Hot Springs cases, adjourned until
next Monday, when an adjournment will
probably be ordered until October.
Special Agent Ingalls, telegraphed the
Comm issIoner of Indian Affairs that the
Shoshonos and Bannocks, belonging to
the Fort Hall reservation, are off their
reservation, and near the settlements TO
the west and northwest, but are there
with peaceable intentions.
A comparative statement, showing the
receipts from fermented liquor at one
dollar per barrel In some Of the leading
districts in the United States, reaching
the largest revenue from that source Tor
the fiscal years ending June 1879 and
1873, gives total increase in the Uuited
States Of 5000, ,SS7, or II per cent.