Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-15


cases, from which appeals were taken by
the government. To day the records were filed
IN the supreme Court, and on the motion of
the Attorney General the cases were set for
argument on Wednesday, the 22d inst.
NAVAL ITEHs.-The examining and retiring
boards, Rear Admiral Leroy president, which
have been en- duty at Key West, returned to
New York on Monday. They will resume their
sittings at the Navy department on the 22i inst
The Wabash arrived at Boston this morning
from Key West The U. S. ship Guard arrived
at New York yesterday, forty three hours from
Gibraltar. The health Of the officers and crew
is good.
A Pension FOR Mrs. CAPT. THoMAs.-The
House Committee on Pensions has agreed to
give q pension of $50 per month to Mrs. Jo-
sephine ID. Thomas, widow of Captain Evan
Thomas, of the 4th artillery. Capt. Thomas
service, was the son of Gen. Lorenzo Thomas,
the former adjutant general of the army. He
was KILLED in an ambnscade last summer while
operating against the Modocs under Captain
Jack.
The BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS
TIE INVITATION TO ATTEND THE CENTRN-
NAL ExHIBITIoN.-The following telegram
will explain itself:
PHILADELPHIA, April Is, 1874
Hon. VIM. Bigler, Washington, d. c.:
The following has been received by the con-
sui general of Brazil:-"The Brazilian govern
the international exhibition, and an appropri-
alton will be asked from the national legisla-
ture. e. b. NORTON"
GOOD NEWS FOR THE SCHOOL TEACHERS
The Senate at half-past 1 O'Clock p. m. to-day
passed without amendment the House bill pro-
vidipg for the payment of the school teachers of
the District Of Columbia from September to the
LIST OF March last The act now needs only the
signature of the President to make it opera
tive. 1t may be proper to state that the feeling
In the Senate was decidedly in favor of q relief
billof some kind, but that several Senators hon.
estly believed that the bill might be amended
to advantage. The general feeling was, how
ever, that any amendment would not only de-
lay but endaDger the bill, ana consequently it
parsed without much opposition. Tie debate
on the bill is reported in our Congressional
column.
TIE SANBoRN CONTRACTs.-Nothing special
was developed by the Ways and Means Commit
tee at their session this morning relative to the
Sanborn contracts. Assistant Secretary Saw
yer, OF the Treasury; Mr.. Leopold, chief of the
independent treasury; and MIR. Totten, supervi-
sor OF int rnal revenue for New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Maryland, Delaware and the District
OF Columbia, were examined. Mr.. Sawyer read
direct or indirect, in the passage Of the law
under which the Sanborn and other contr acts OF
a similar character were made, or in any of the
contracts; asserting that the Solicitor of the
Treasury is the legal adviser of the Secretary,
and that the former is mainly responsible for
any errors of judgment made in the terms OF
the contracts. The testimony OF Messrs Leopold
and Totten was not specially in teresting.
THE following paragraph in yesterdays Press
was spoiled by the omission Of the italicised
not:
SIT begins to be very clear that none of the
charges against the intrepid Governor of the
District of Columbia, Alexander X. Shepherd
have been proved. We accept this as fortu
nate circumstance, because to arrest the un-
m N int a fatin al or.ff
would be unmistakably disastrous, while not to
continue them uDder the patronage Of the ma
tonal government, so as to relieve the people
from debt which ought to be borne chiefly BY
that government, would be to impair the credit
OF the District, and to ruin hundreds of honest
people. Our municipalities delight in spending
herd Is building monument to himself in the
marvellous benefits conferred upon Washington
byihis perseverance and courage" -Philadeiphia
Press, 14h.
TAE COTTON CLAIM INJUNCTION CASE
To-dayin the Equity Court, Judge wyiie, the
case Of Cheever against G. b. Lamar ct al, was
heard on a motion to dissolve the restr aiming
Ray for plaintiff, and Generals b, F. Butler
and j. W. Denver for defendant. This case was
referred to in TIE STAR o few days ago. La
mar recently obtained Judgment from the
and Cheever as administrator of his deceased
brother, who, 1t is claimed, had an interest in
the claim, hled bill to prevent the money from
being paid out Of the Treasury. The defendant
moved that the restraining order be discharged
and the motion was discussed at some length,
the defendant claiming that service had not
been made on Lamar, and the service on Dem
yer and Peck, who were not properly In the
case, was not sufi cient; that the contest between
citizens Of another jurisdiction, and the res not
being in the District the action OF the court was
wrong in granting the order.
Judge Wylie said the questions involved had
been heretofore decided in the courts OF the
District, and If the court entertained jurisdic
ton Of this kind-attempted to restra ain the pay
ment Of money by the Treasury they would
have little else to do, and they would bring here
people who had never seen the city before. 1t
lie only where service can be made personally or
against the real or personal estate of the party
that the court could act. The law limits the
jurisdiction of the court to cases in which there
Is specific claim. In this the res Is not
within the District. A claim in the
Treasury is not local assets. This claim
was awarded by the Court Of Claims and Is now
pending In the Treasury. He would be obliged
to follow the presidents set and rescind the
order. The fact that Denver and Peck are
brought In as defendants does not give the
court jurisdiction. So far as this case is con-
cerned, MIR. Lamar, the claimant, being q cit
izep of New York, the Treasury must be re-
garded as in New York. He directed that an
order be drawn resembling the restraining
order.
Judge BARLEY desired to note an appeal to
The court decided that the General Term
had decided that no appeal would lie in such q
case.