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Humphrey Jackson, Alcalde of San Jacinto
suggested the New Orleans price as the equitable one by which
to compensate Cartwright and Nelson. The only issue remaining
was the price, which was left to future determination. Cartwright
and Nelson afterwards went to the ship to obtain goods sufficient
to secure payment of their losses. The ship's officers refused to
deliver any goods, whereupon the plaintiffs requested an attach-
ment. Jackson set the trial for May 21, 1825. Carrico and Allen
readily agreed to their responsibility, and Jackson instructed the
jury to set a value upon the lost goods. The jury determined
$542 and costs of suit, and Jackson issued an attachment for that
amount against the schooner. Instead of settling the difficulty,
that apparently only aggravated it. Carrico charged that he was
obliged to pay for goods not listed on his bills of lading, and the
plaintiffs countercharged that he had carried off flour, whiskey,
and a bolt of domestic. Carrico then complained to Austin that the
deputy constable had failed to give proper notice of sale, and
Austin agreed to review the case. That was the first attachment
Jackson had tried, and he was glad to be rid of the entire matter.9
In the winter of 1826-1827, Jackson was absent, serving in
Austin's campaign to quell the Fredonian Rebellion.o Upon his
return, John Richardson Harris, who, as first lieutenant of militia,
had acted as alcalde, turned over to him a case that proved as
trying as that involving the Mary. Dr. Johnson Hunter had sued
Margaret McCormick, widow of Arthur McCormick, for payment
of his bill for medical services and also for payment of a note her
husband had given him for surveying the McCormick league on
which the battle of San Jacinto was later fought. William Scott
got into the fray on Mrs. McCormick's side and impeached Hunt-
er's motives.11 The disposition of the case is not clear, but the
*Jackson to Austin, April 3, 1825, ibid., 1o64-1o65; Robert Lewis to Austin, April
11, 1825, ibid., 1074; R. M. Cartwright to Austin, May 25, 1825, ibid., 1102-1103;
Carrico to Austin, June 3, 1825, ibid., 1115-1116; Carrico to Allen, June 3, 1825,
ibid., 1116; Jackson's memorandum, ibid., 1116-x117; Jesse H. Cartwright to Aus-
tin, June 5, 1825, ibid., 1121-1122.
x0Petition of Settlers along San Jacinto and Trinity rivers, November 26, 1827-
August 27, 1828 (MS., Spanish Archives, General Land Office, Austin), LII, 247-252-
"1Harris to Austin, November 9, 1826, in Barker (ed.), The Austin Papers, II,
1498-1499; Jackson to Austin, January 13, 1827, ibid., 1577; Hunter to Austin, April
12, 1827, ibid., 1628-1629; Harris to Austin, April 15, 1827, ibid., 163o-1631. A
case, Scott Appellant vs. Hunter, went on appeal from Jackson's court to Superior
Court of Austin's Colony, where the appellee obtained a favorable verdict in 1827.
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