Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-11
The Confederate Money Su;t.

The confederate Money Suit.
rule issued by the United States Court Of
Claims has been served on the Secretary Of the
Treasury by Judge Joseph Casey, counsel Tor
the Bank of Louisiana, calling upon him 10
show whether there were captured in Georgia
in April, 1865 by the Uuion army, sixty kegs
OF gold coins, partly American coins and partly
Spanish coins ar any less number Of kegs Of
such coin and whether the same were returned
to, and deposited in the Treasury Of the United
States whether any such kegs of the same kind
of gold coins were captured in or near Rich
mond after the surrender Of that city to the
United States forces, about the same time;
whether there were captured IN Georgia, ar
Richmond or at any other place, at or about
the time mentioned, two hundred and seven.
teen boxes Of silver coins containing respective
" about s 900 each; directing the Secretary
to return to the United States Court of Claims
full and true copy of the returns, reports and
history Of ownership and capture by the Uni
ted States officers or agents, given of or accom-
panying or following the said kegs and boxes oil
gold and silver coins, and the marks, names
places or other designation on said department,
also, directog him to report to the Court what
disp POSITION has been made OF said gold and S
yer coins: when and by whose order it was
made ard if the same have in any manner dis
ty the same was done.
It will be remembered that in 1866 claim was
laid to this money (about $l,00O0O0) by Ger
tain Virginia and Louisiana banks, who claim
ed that it was their property, and not the pro
erty Of the Confederate States. Treasurer
Spinner insisted upon a particular description
of the captured coin, which it seems. could not
be given. Subsequently Secretary NlcCulloch,
by order of President johnson, directed Trca-
surer Spinner to turn over the money TO the
claimants, but on consultation with Secretary
Stanton, he refused to do so, and soon alter
had the bullion coined. At the Treasurers
instance Congress passed resolution, approx
ed March 22l, 1867, ordering that this money
be covered into the Treasury by warrant. This
was done, and the captured coin and bullion no
longer forms separate fund. Secretary Bout
well has referred the rule Of the Court to Trea-
surer Spinner, and the latter in turn refers him
to the letter which he wrote in 1866, giving an
account of the capture of the property, aud
his reasons for believing it to be the property
of the Confederate States; and not the proper
ty Of banks or individuals General Spinner
claims that Congress having by resolution dis
posed of the matter, is the only power that can
grant relief - Washington Star.
Washington News.
In the Criminal Court, yesterday, the case
of Richard B. Lloyd, for an assault on /,
H. Donohue, was tried. The former, some
time since personated Claud Menotte III an
amateur performance at the National Theatre,
at which he was treated very rudely BY a por
he became involved in controversy with COS
tuner named Donohue as to the price to be paid
for the hire of the wardrobe for the OCCASION.
aud shot at Donohue The trial. which had
many episodes that excited much laughter was
terminated by the Court imposing on Lloyd a
nominal fne, and telling him that if he hal
made as good an effort on the stage as he did
in the court room he would not have been I'M
successful as Claude Me!notte
The temperance men of the District who
favor the prohibition of the liquor traffic,
met at Union League Hall last night, and or
ganized the Washington Temperance Alliance,
for the purpose of forwarding the passage Of
law prohibiting the sale Of Intoxicating drinks
in the District.
Some seven hundred feet of the pneumatic
tube between the capitol and the government
printing office are already laid, and it is OK
pected that the work will be comp leted early in
February
Delegates representing most Of the Catholic
organizations Of the District met at Carroll
I1all yesterday, anu uauc arrangements ioI
full organization of District Union Of he
Catholic benevolent societies.
CoMMENDABLE.-Those of our readers who
remember Geo. Armistead L. Long, land many
of them do) brave and gallant officer Of the
Confederate army will regret to learn that in
addition to serious pecuuiary losses sustained
by the operations of war, he is now suffering
the tortures of broken constitution, having
entirely lost the sight ofboth eyes, 1t is under
these circumstances that his accomplished wife
the daughter of the late Gen, Sumner, Of the
U. s. Army, has established female school Of
high grade, at Big Island, in Bedford county.
Va, with hattering promises of success.
DOM Mirror.
VALUE OF REAL EsTATE.-We give the tc-
tai value Of real estate for the year 1872 in the