Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-08

IMPORTANT COTTON CLAIM SUITs-Str1tgJls
q Secure Port Of aR A,rdrd Of tie British Hi1sd
CCmmissi0H.-TO-day Messrs. Barley, II ay aud
Jenner filed in our courts, for John W. Robert
sen, a bill for an injunction and fer iud gment
for S51 COO against Augustine r. Mcdonald
Gilbert M0Jer and Henry Howard. The plain
I Il l. q citizen Of Arkansas; Mcdonald is a na-
tive OF Great Britain, now d resident OF New
YORK; Meyer a citizen OF Tennessee, now resi-
dent OF Washington; ana Howard a native OF
Great Britain aud now a resident OF this cty
The libel states that Mcdonald in December
lsT2, lad claim for 4, ,g92 bales of cotton pend
ing before the American and British mixed
camInlss:on; that Moyer was employed as atsor-
ne by Mcdonald, and they employed plaintiff
-upulaung to pay him cut of the proceeds OF
SAID claim S6I COO (Sl5 900 for money adVance11
DE charges that Mcdonald has refused to pay
the same, although An award was made in Sep
tem ber, 1913, OF s19I ,1J0 and has left the cOal-
Try IN order to prevent plaintiff from recovering
the amount due, ana that he intends to secretly
draw the money through an agent from Henry
Howard, the fiscal agent of Great Britain. HE
therefore asks q judgment and an order direct
iRg said Howard to pay the amount due.
The following suit is also based on this award:
MIR. j. ID. Mcpherson, for ThOs. j. Phelps
this morning entered q suit for an injunction
against Augustine II. Mcdonald, aud a tempo
humphreys, restraining defendant or his agents
from collecting the amount mentioned in the
ca above named. MIR. Phelps brings the suit
a. assignee in bankruptcy of Mcdonald, under
an appointment from the southern district court
OF the state or Ohio, and he states that on the
18th OF December, 1868, Med. filed a petition in
bankruptcy, and In January, 1863, complainant
was appointed assignee. On the 18th of Febru-
airy, Following, he received an assignment OF the
estate OF McO., ''includlDg all the property
Whatever kind OF which he was possessed, or IN
which he was interested or entitled TO have, on
the 18th day of December, 1853, with all
bis deeds. books and papers thereto"
On March 18th, 1852, final certificate of dis
charge was issued 10 him, (McD.) That at the
tine Of filing the petition Med. had a Just and
valid claim against the government for damage
and injury TO his property between April 18Th,
ls6l, and April 9th, 1865, he being British
subject, winch claim was allowed in Septem Der
last, and will be paid Immediately after the
10th instant, unless prevented by the. interpo-
sitlou OF the court. He charges that McDouaId
IN his petition mentioned the claim, aud CON-
piainant, on the order OF the court SOLD the
uucollected accounts Of Med. for so, and he
charges that the claim against the United 3 tates
was included in the sale, and White, the pur-
ch aser, afterwards assigned the claim to Nj I'D
Complainant states that Med. reported his
de bts at SIT $50, and on the schedule Of asset
there were ten items, including ''claim against
Gen. osborne and the United States and the
officers thereof for burning and stealing cotton
reported ''wCrthless." He AYERS that of the
assets Dut twenty Collars was realized. he
charges that without the interposition OF the
court the award will be paid, and therefore asks
relief. The rule was made returnable on the
24th inst