The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-27

the latter being the largest single judg.
scasntaae~sr~.xendere bye tbss~O ~Oouss-,of
ClaimaA BattersbYsissans alien -ssl.jset of.
Great Bfitai1, whd hssrs>idsdH Hor Thirty:
years in Savannah. The other ,parties
citizens of Georgia. Tue cotton claim
OF VIM. 8. Miller, anotheF. British sub
jsct. was dismissed, on the ground that
tho cotton for which he suedswa pur.
chased by him outside OF theS*Uniou
lines, and in violation Of lhe regulations
then in force. Judgment was rendered
for $l55 1854 in favor Of Charles Green,
OF Savannah, also subject of Great
Britain. The main question in this case
was whether an alien, domiciled during
the rebellion within the insurrectiouary
States, could be guilty OF the crime OF
treason against the United States. The
Court OF Claims, following decision of
the United States Supreme Court, last
term, decides this question affirmatively;
bat also holds under tho same decision,
that aliens guilty of treason by failing to
observe their obligations Of qualified
allegiance, were included in and par
doned by the Presidents amnesty pro.
clamation of December 25. 1868, A de-
clsion was rendered in the long pending
case Of Eliza J. Atocha, admin,stratrix
OF Alex. j. Atooha, deceased. Atocha
was native of Spain, but naturalized
citizen of the United States, who did
business as banker in the City of
Mexlco, and was expelled from that
country durng the revolutions of 1945,
which overthrow the Government OF
Santa Anna. The United States having
ny treaty OF Gaudaloupe Hidulgo as
sumed the claims Of its own citizens
against Mexico, tocha presented his
claim Tor losses caused by his expulsion,
and 1t was rejected by the com IN mission
appointed to examine such claims. Sub
seqaently, in 1865. Congress referred the
claim to this Court, which now renders
Judgment in favor Of Atooha against the
United States for S207, 459.3 81. being the
balance Of the So, ,25U, QUO provided by
treaty OF Gaudaloupe Hidalgo, for pay
ment OF claims OF citizens of the United
States against tho Government of Mexi-
90, which now remains unapplied to that
object. Judgments will also be rem.
dered for $92. 1913 in favor of VIM. W.
Cons. Of Memphis, for cotton seized by
The Government, and Harvey and Levi
Sey, for $42. .306. for work aud damages
in building bridge for the Government
at Rock Island. In the CASE of the exc
cutors OF John J. Piatt, claim for cup
plies furnished the army in the war Of
1872, the Court found that the Govern
ment was justly indebted to Piatt to the
amount Of $l3l 500, but we're equally
divided upon a subsequent question
namely. whether q judgment OF part of
the debt under q private ACT of Congress
does not bar q recovery for the BALANCE
now. Mr.. Piatt,.: after pressing this
claim upon the Government for many
years, died in the debtors prison in this
city. The Court, after hearing argu.
ment IN the Hot Springs cases. adjourned
III! next Monday, when an adjournment
Will PROBABLY be ordered until October. q
Financial and Commercial.
NEW. York. May 6-Noon.-Cotton
dull; sales GIG bales-uplands 1917; Or.
ieans l9A; futures opened: June l8h@
ls is; July 16 l1-l6@18 Is .l6; August
IL ll.l69lSA; Septsmber II ll.16; o.
tober II ll-l6. Flour without decided
change. Wheat and corn quiet and
steady. Pork quiet and weak-new
10 62H9l6.75. Lard frm-Western
steam 1.l6<@9b. Freights frmer.
Stocks dull. Gold steady, at 1s2S.
Money firm. ut 67 Exchange-lonp
81; short 9zs. Governments and State
bonds very quiet.
III. .-SOtGOn unCnhQHeU: sales U6
bales-uplands 1914; Orleans l9A. Flour
dull and drooping-oommon to fair extra
= 6.50I0S so; good to choice 8.55(01l.5O.
Corn firm and in moderate demand
yellow Western 641G065. Rice steady.
Pork unsettled, at Is 70. Lard firmer,
at 3 6-16(99l9. Freights firm. Net re-.
ceipts of cotton 692 bales; gross 1884;
sales for export to-day 354; last evening
400; sales Of futures 1890; the market
closed: June 1875; July 18 Ills; August
1917; September l75S; October IL Is 80:
December lG7s. Money easy, at 5M7.
Sterling !ower-8la@S5S. Gold 1874
Governments dull but steady. States
very quiet Tennebsees frmer; 6's 49,;
new 49,
BALTIMORE. May 26 Cotton dull
niddIings 10; net receipts 80; gross 39:
exports continent Alt; constwisu So;
sales 502; stock 1853.
BosroN. May 26-Cotton dull-mid-
ding l9ia; gross receipts LOTT bales !;
sale 200; stock 1000.
CnARLEsroS, May 2G-Cotton quiet
middling l734@lS; net receipts 33l
bales; exports coastwise 1851; sales
2UO; stock %, C39.
CINcINSArI, Muy 26.-Flour dull, ut
7.G0I0S 90. Corn stenlv prnvisions