The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-01
The Washington Post OF the twenty second
ultimo has the following report OF celebrated

ultimo has the following report OF o celebrated
old cotton case, recently on trial In that city
The general term Of the Supreme Court
heard argument yesterday upon an appea.
By the plaintiff from y Judgment rendered
upon the report Of the present Judge OhOate,
as refereee IN favor q inc de,enaang y 1ne
William w. Cheever, against Gazaway de II.
Lamar executor OF Gazaway b. Lamar In
1860 William w. Cheever and GazaWay =.
Lamar formed partnership With Charles a.
Lamar for the purpose OF selling g,lano In
the Southern States, and 100000 tons Of that
article were sent South and sold on credit
to planters to Do paid for In November,
1851. The breaking out Of the war of
The rebellion put On enc ., 70 re sales
nah and was ruined by exposure. The notes
given by the planters were not paid and the
Joint transaction was almost total loss.
Chesver and Charles A. Lamar went into
In In the iieId when, in 1854, Gazaway B. Lamar
paid for substitute to take the place OF
Uheever and formed partnership with him
for the purchase of cotton LII the COnfede rnte
the expenses, and Cheeyer, as agent pur-
chased the cotton and sent 1t to Lamar for
sale. Afterwards @. A. Lamar was brought
Ia as partner. .Cheever died In July, 1868.
The cotton he had bought was kept stored
until after the war, when g great part Of It
New York to tie late Simeon Draper, who
sold 1t for the government This sale occurred
several months after the proclamation ~ o.
Department had instructed agents not to
touch any more cotton. Mr.. g. B. Lamar at
tempted by process OF law to replevln the
cotton and was arrested by the military au-
thoIltes tried BY sad dh SEN he
United States, and was q prisoner IN the Old
Capital Prison at Washington for q long time.
Afterwards he instituted 9 suit 10 The Court
of Claims and In June, 1873, succeeded LII re-
at law against the trespasgers who took o
portion Of the cotton, and the case was car
ried to the Supreme Court Of the United
States and decided against him, on the
gound that 1t was q military capture. The
against GaZaway B. Lamar, then living, for
On accounting Of the partnership. Mr..
Lamar, In defense, yet up the losses IN the
guano partnership as an Offset Pending the
Suit he died, and his son was appointed his
revived revived. Tne referee found that at the time
of Mr.. Cheevers death, In July 1868.
the excess OF advances made by
g. B. Lamar on account oil the guano
partnership over all receipts amounted to
1851, 783, all OF which was paid by q. b. La
mar, and that there were no remaining assets.
30 that Mr. Cheever owed Mr. Lamar one
third Of that sum, being 5120,594 go, and owed
1 besides on the COLLOn IfhlGaCJlOlS $3b I15 OIL
which amounts the interest up to April. 1874,
footed S118, 100, making total Of $312, 722 85
In currency. Mr.. Cheevers share Of the moneys
recovered from the United States government
was $751;, g73, which, taken from the $4,000
due on the guano transaction, left Mr.. Chez
yer indebted to Mr.. Lamar In the sum Of
STATS IN, on which the interest to April,
1878, the date OF the referees report, amount
Ell to $4B,657, making total Of 3.415, for
which Judgment was awarded. One OF the
items Of expenses was $4,000 paid to Benjar
min e. Butler as counsel fee. The court re-
served Its decision.