, 1875-02-22

cnndtdateH named Tor thu Otiico Of HcuatOr In
Minnesota 1ndgo Mcmillan IL The saiost aHd
perll&ps tho most nble.
| a COTTON ROMANCE.
| The Victssttuics of n Clnin Against
| thn GOvernnlcne-Oncc Anfh for $40
| ami Aftorsvnrd Worth. Bl97.lOO In
aaotd.
II. award Il So = oysr "'; @ n %.ds by the
brIti.l, una American Mixed ooInlns.ia to Augustine
years resilient y Louisville, has 6eos. raid BY our
tlosernM'rit This claim was brought for los.es
va Va. e slRss es ps s ss G +
!ic lsse Committee. Tho claim was originally fol
s2so1 QUO. witnesses wero examined, aud tho teutl.
1nouy eoser1 001o printed pages Of record Ut thu Cum
+! lnlsson.
This insellsgaucs whlcl, was flashed oyor tho
{ wires of tho Western Asnociatcd rrcnh from
startling Ut Of nova to quito = number Of por-
sons In nnl shout ttfs city. It romtnded tho
court reporters Of tho press and tho vnrious
ofl'cnla engaged in tho United atatos courts OF
an old bankruptcy case long sinco adiudtcated,
accumulated but which have boen influenced by
ilo Groat political cvonts Of tho last four years.
The facts In the cass may not be now to all our
readers, but they are exceedingly interesting.
In 1851, Augustine Iia1ph Mcdonald, Britlal,
subjcct, and for three preceding years resident
Of Montreal. csnada East, 1uado application
In Washington, and received promise OF
projection and tho necessary nartnita from
tue Treasury Department Of tho United Stascs,
authorizing him to purchase cotton in tho innr-
rcctionary States. lfo alao secured m autograph
lotlor from President Lincoln 10 THO oilccls
OF tho United Btatea army aud navy, directing
them to nesist him. lie appeared to hayo fabu-
| lous wealth, mud nude enormous purcllagcs Of
cotton in Louisiana anu Arkansas thon n In
surrection aEaLrat tho Government. Before lio
could remove lis nowly-acqutrod property to
marriott Congrcas, by a Law. prohibited tho trans
fer of cotton from within tho Confederate liues,
| 1a January OF February. Of 1Bc5, Con. Osbor,lo
or 5000 bales of cotton belonging to Mr. Nc
Donald. IN 1.oulsiana nnd Arkansas, ovos wl,ic!,
TIC british tlag was flying, and burned \: Then
tho Confederate soldiotB in turn gok hold OF Mr..
goes, nlato him pay ado, QUO for his life.
| Mr. Augustine 1taIph Mcdonald no1t nYpcars
III Cincinnati, sud hR member OF tho tirn of =.
pC: cl9rkp & Co.. Of Mcmphls, Tenn. illcs
tho Southern Diatrut Of Ohio Judge II. II.
Loayitt presiding, nn tho 18th day Of December
1868, PRAYING to be adjugod bankrupt. mud
Offering to surrender all his assets for Tho boue-
IT q Lily creditorn. 1o ropo1tB his liabilities 1t
7,3so, md l's aHacta consist III multitude OF
claims agal'tsk vatinua parties In tho South so,ns
lhisHtcd, ouk all indot6cd elther "WorthlcBs - or
"dnubtful.' On tlo eciscdulc, ciasscd IN tho
| oGnitast Gen. Obborne, Of tho United Statca
Army aud othcre, for tho burning, III Jauu.ry or
February, 1865, from 1000 70 8.tEs0 6alos OF my
| cotton In Arkansas md Louiaiann."
AT tho tiuo Of films this petition, he still owed
allegiance to hor britannia Majesty. Queen Victo-
rim, lhc clause ia tho printed forlne, containing
the uBusl oath Of citizonbhip, being erased. Tho
proceedings in bankruptcy took tho usual coursc
nn1 o1clte<l no unusual interest. It was referred
! to Flamcn Ball, Esq, Reglster ~ bankruptcy for
tho Second District, and at moctius of tho
erodtore hold on tho 6th Of February, 1sG9,
TaomsB 9aea jetlo5son 1a rhsfp. Ea va chosen ns.
ssca s mentioned dSoys a.a sss ss s9a q IT, ho
| William White tohncco dealer Oh Front street,
| traueactsoua with Mr. Mcdonald, for $40.
| lhc bankrupt applied for lIs dschaEge, aud, ao
ob|ections being urged. he was discharged Of lirs
% debts on the 1Gsh Of March, 1861. aud took thu
Tho month OF May. 1871, witnesBod tho croa-
zion Of tho treaty between England and thu
United States uuilor which tho Mixed Commits
aon on Dritlsi aud American claims WAS orga1s-
| lied. 10 this Commission Mr. Augustine liaIph
| Mcdonald submitted claim for decentralization
In tho sn.n Of ca. 600, ,00t. It WAS tho snmc old
claim which Mr: White had purchased from tia
Anaigneo for $a0. but whtes, now again appcarod
in tho llauds Of 3It. Mcdonald. About tho sa1sa
time tho orders Of sals, under which Tho calm
hid been aoll, disappeared from tho files OF lilo
United States District Court. as also tho rot,lEn
OF aac. and tho cntrlea upon the report aubnlit-
ted by tho llogistrar relating to tho sale vore
erased by the narks Of pou. This lesueuod Tho
LABOR Of tho claimant boforo tho Mixed comn.is-
sion. slnco tho law creating 1t compelled Tho
Of tholr claims. Mr.. Mcdonald, who lad dianp-
peared from this city, pushed lia claim diligons-
ly, md In September, 1873, the following award
wns raado by tho Commissions
0Ps1cE or THIS MIXED CoMM7Hs1oN or Iutctau
AMI AMERICAN UL4.us, UspEa rlts TnxsTr o. sfAx
8, is1l, hrwronT. Il. scpt. as ls73.Aaa4tl1ls IL
HD aWard thu init and 1,t1
thousand hundred snd ninety dollars, 10 be paid
Y e9a II S e. Fs, Ct .s ntsa
tsiguaa, L. Corr,
ltUssEL 0uRxuv,
ComntYsaou,
Wheu tho intelligence Of this suard reached
Clncinuati, there wan ruttng OF dry boncs and
asis:y pal,ors, mud legal documents began to rain
Clerks oilco. First ou tho 17th OF August OF
last year Moaarn. porry l. Jonnoy, as AttornoyY
for tho hrm Of D. A. January & Co., Of MiY-
sourt, ono of the original creditors Of augustine
davitH, for tho removal OF Thomas Jcs1orson
Phelps, the ABsignro In bankruptcy, u, the
ground ti,at to 1lad removed from The atntc Of
d 0l'so' and WA now resident Of Kentucky.
Ahsgnoe, Phelps who filed a petition against Nc.
Donald to socoyer agsots aud for an Injunction at
tho sanlo tln.o moving tho Court for III order to
restrain Mcdonald from collecting, or resolving,
~ A'nshi'ul5t VI ~aAhto1I!AEt OE WRkluG ANY
di1pDstlon whatever Of tho amt,uut of I
tho award made by The Mixed Commission on
Claims. numbered IA ANIL 8H. Judge swing, on
tho same day, Issued an oGdcs requiring Tho de-
lehdantto ahow cause against tho Ernyl,l Of tho |
patl:ion on the hrst day of tho October term of
kts court. and restraining order ~ prayed Tor.
The time within which thls was to bo done sras
aftcrWasl o1tonded, as tho defendant waa not to
10 found. Finally, on tho 81 ot Noycmbos.
James Z. 3faguiro, Esq,, an attorney. .at-law III |
WashlnEton., p. O.. aerrea . copy Of tho oraor
on Mcdonald In pcrson, In law office In Wani,- |
ingEon. Tho parties then hogan 10 arbitrato 4
colnpromiao, With what SUCCESS has mot YET e1,- |
pearol.
MISCELLANEOUS.