The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-06-05

date of theterminatiou ot;the reb ellion,
as fixed by Presidential proclamation Of
August 20. 1896. The Supreme Court
decides that the amnesty proclamation OF
December 25, 1853. relieved all persons
in the Southern States sof obligation 10
prove. their loyalty iu tho Court of
Claims; and Hayoroft, in fling his
CLAIM in 1872, contepded Chat, in conse.
quence OF said amnesty proclamation
aud decision Of the Supreme. Court. dis.
loyal cotton claimants. like himself. had
o right to commence their suits at any
time within six years after the date of
| the proclamation Of December 25. 1868.
under tho general statute of Limitation.
applicable to suits brought in this court.
Tor the reason that he had no standing
IN the court prior to the issuance of sand
amnesty proclamation; aud that his
cause OF action accrued ut that dste, al.
shough his property WAS taken in 1863
!ho Attorney-General fled plea az to
Jurisdiction, ON the ground that all cot
ton SUITS for cotton were required to be
brought within the two years limitation
Of the captured and abandoned property
act. BARLEY It Casey, counsel for claim
ant, demurred, and the court to .tny
overruled the denur and sustained the
plea as to jurisdiction. Counsel for
claimant then appealed to the Supreme
Court. This decision, if sustained by
tne Supreme Court, will bar and exclude
claims for proceeds of cotton to the
amount Of about Sl5.0O0,oO0.
N tho case OF Charles Hill, an alien,
subject of Great Brituin, claiming the
proceeds of certain cotton captured from
hle factors by the United States military
forces, Hill having resided in England
during the entire period Of the rebellion,
the court decided tina: tho presumption
in favor Of his having preserved his nen.
trality is not overihrown by the proof of
the nero fact that he was interested in
and subscribed money to certain adyen.
lures for running the blockade. These
adventures, the court Gays, may never
have been put afost; or, if they we're,
may never have reached the port of the
blockade. It ie, therefore, held to be
necessary to show not only the purpose
to give aid and comfort to tue rebels,
but the fact that the aid and comfort
MAS given. This fact not being proved,
judgment is given for the claimant.
in the case of Warren r. Dent, the
court decided that proportion OF the
proceeds OF the captured cotton paid bv
the Government to an informer could
not now be recovered from the United
States; this decision being based upon
the general principle OF the statute, that
claimants can recover no more than the
net proceeds paid into the United States
Treasury.
AN important decision was also rem
dered in the case of Walter D. Spratt. of
mississippi, to the effect that claimants
who purchased cotton from agents of tue
Confederate Government, knowing a.,
the time that the proceeds were 10 he
used IN prosecution of war against the
Federal Government, acquired no title
to the purchases, and therefore have lo
right OF action against the United
States Tor the subsequent capture and
sale OF such cotton. This decision GO
verns and excludes claims to the amoun.
OF So, 900, 900. An appeal was taken to
the Supreme Court.
The Court of Claims made an order
referring Claims involving the proceeds
OF some 5000 bales, to Ebea Evilith, Of
Washington, Rs special commissioner.
to disentangle the Complicated question: q
of ownership, &C.. aud report at the next
term, and then adjourned till the third
Monday Of next October
! Financial nnd oumn,ercia,.
LONDON, June 4. 4.-Weather fair. Con-
soils WIS. American securities email
snles Mt unchanged prices. Bank rate
advanced l per cent.-now 7.
LIVERPOOL, June l-3 P. M.-Cotton
opened and continues sseady-uplands
SO; Orleans91s(G9A; sales II, 600 bales /;
speculation and export 5000; Savannah
and Charleston, June delivery, S5s; july.
August en1 September. S 1916.
liyKRrco1. June 4-Evening. Got
ton closed dull and depressed; sales Of
American 1000 bales; from Savannah
and Charleston, June and July delivery,
o3i; July and August 8 1916; August
ana September So; from New Orleans,
Juno delivery, So.
NEW YORK. June Moon
quiet; sales 200 bales -uplands 10; Or
leans 1874. Futures opened: June
IS l3.lG, lo77s; July 1915. 1ol5; Angus.
~ SIG, 19!.i. Flour dull and dropping.
Wheat quiet and heavy-1.55G1.56 for
No. Aliiwaukie. Corn dull-Western
mixed 55ID59. Pork fir,n-new G. g., ).
Lard dali sad hcavy-Western stoam
97sl93 Is l6. Freights firm. Stocks
dull. Gold Grm, ut lS. Money steady,
at 5Gs7. Exchange Long SsI; short
o7g. Governmentsand State bonds very
quiet.
p. M.-Cotton-net receipts 1,1ol
bales; gross l,GS4 sales for export to.
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