New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-25
BY TELEGR APH
WASHINGTON. w
Decoration Dnv.

Decoration Day.
WASHINGTON. May 24-The Secretary D
War nas given formal permission to tn,
Southern Memorial Association to decorat,
the graves of the Confederate dead at Ar
lipgtOn, on June |.
Resigned.
John Goforth has resigned as Assistan,
Attorney General.
The Court of Claims.
The Court of Claims to-day confirmed
the reports of Special Commissioner Eve
! leth, with several amendments. These
cover number of claims, involving large
| amounts of cotton. The first fund, consist
ing of Vicksburg and Natchez cotton,
which was so intermingled as to destroy its
identity, was ordered to stand at the sum
of $9lS,3OO.
In addition to the above, Judgment was
ordered in about thirty eight separate
cases, covering $50 bales of cotton, which
| at the sum fixed by the court gives total
Of nearly $l,000,O0O.
Colonel Robert NJ. and Stephen A.
Douglas, sons Of the late Stephen A.
Douglas, of Illinois, received an award
for l457 bales of cotton, or about $3.50, 600
seized in the State Cf Mississippi on the
! maternal plantation.
The Attorney General.
Attorney General Pierrepont on the first
OF June will inaugnrate the following
bureaus: Supreme Court, Court of Claims
legal investigation, official correspondence,
chief clerk of criminal law. The chiei
clerk of each bureau will be designated.
A Boston Bank Case.
The Court of Claims to-day gave judg-
ment for $4SO0OO in gold in favor of the
State National Bank of Boston, which
brought suit to recover that sum from the
United States. The amount was paid into
the sub ub-treasury at Boston to cover the de-
falcation of Haverwell, the cashier therein,
in 1867, the bank c0ntending that the
United States having secured the money
through Haverwells knowledge and par
ticipation in fraud, could not hold the
money.
The Union Pacific Case.
No opinion was, as expected, delivered
in the case of the Union Pacific railroad
transportation. The amount claimed ia
about $5O0,000. 1t may be delivered next
Monday, at which time the court will ad-
journ for the summer. There is authority
for stating that no intimation whatever has
been given by the judges as to which way
they will decide the question, therefore all
statements heretofore published on the sub
ject as to the character of their opinion were
mere conjectures.
The Elgeo Claim.
The Elgee cotton claim was discussed on
the motion of the government for new
trial The Assistant Attorney General
claimed that the cotton, for which q large
award had been made, had been sold to the
Confederate government, and several aft.
davits in support of this position were pre-
sented. Counsel for Elgee referred to
atfidavits and private information in order
to chow that the claim was justly allowed,
but that impediments were now thrown in
the way of the payment of the award by
persons endeavOring to extOrt blackmail.
If the court should reopen the case it could
not be tried before the fall term.
Assistant Attorney General.
Thomas Simonds has been appointed
assistant attorney general, vice Goforth.
Young Mems Christian Association.
The Young Mems Christian Association of
this city held it's annual meeting in Lincoln
Hall, The annual report shows 2lO new
during the year. The total mem
bership is $50. Receipts for the year $780,
Disbursements $7S4l. The association has
made arrangements to attend the conven-
tion in Richmond. On Thursday special
train will leave here at 6 A. NJ, and return
by the next morning.