South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-03-21
IMPORTANT FROM FRANCE.

IMPORTANT FROM FRANCE.
The packet ship Rhone, Captain
Rocket, arrived at New York on Fri.
day from Havre, whence she sailed on
the ilth February. By this vessel we
have received our Paris papers to the
9th inclusive Comm. Ado.
THE TREATY.-Mr. CLAWS REPORT.
The Report of Mr.. Clay, from the
Committee OF Foreign Relations, Of
the Senate, on the question with France,
first reached Paris by the way of Eng
land /; and the arrival ofthe Francis l.,
conveying the unanimous vote of the
Senate sanctioning that report, was
most opportune, and produced at once
the happiest influence in favor of the
Bill Of Indemnity. The general as.
pect of the question was Immediately
changed. To quote the language of
the Courier's correspondent, "nei.her
war nor outraged dignity, nor danger
to our commercial relations, is longer
thought of. Attention is entirely di.
rected towards the fair amount of the
claims" On the S1st of January, nj.
de Rigny proposed that the Chambers
should proceed to consider the project
of the law on Monday, the I'd of Feb
ruary. But Thursday, the 9Th, was
ultimately fixed for the preliminary dis.
cussion. 1t was accordingly taken up
on the last mentioned day, and refer.
red to committee consisting of one
from each OF the nine Bureaug.
| 1t is stated that six of this committee
are decidedly in favor ofthe law. The
following is list of the committee, and
the views they entertain of the treaty,
according to the authority just cited !:
LIST bureau-M. Cameron, Ministerial.
list, favorable to the law. Nj. May
nard, Ministerialist, the same. Mr..
Delessert was one of the majority Of
the last commission, which was in ia.
vor of the indemnity Of twenty five
millions, but he now declares that he is
of very different opinion, and that
he will require further documents
Mr.. Dumon, Ministerialist, and favor
able. Mr.. Ducos requires more docu.
ments. Mr.. Dufaure, opposed to the
project, also requires more diplomatic
information. Mr.. Croissant, favora-
BILE. Mr.. Fleury de Chaboulon, for
merly Secretary to the Cabinet of Ma
poleon, favorable to the project; and
NJ. de Remusat, the contrary. 1t is the
duty Of this committee to examine the
whole case, and make circumstantial
report--a duty upon the discharge of
which they entered on the 9th. A Pa
ris journal of the 7lh, gives the follow
ing account of the first days proceeding
in the Bureaux:
"The question of the American in
demnity has been examined in the BIZ.
rea@1, or standing Committees of the
Chamber of Deputies. The investiga-
ton commenced with an inquiry into
the motives which induced Ministers
to allow the President of the United
States to suppose that the concurrence
of the French Chambers was unneces-
sary to the fulfilment Of the treaty.
The interval which had elapsed be.
tween the exchange and ratification of
the treaty, and its presentation to the
Chamber, was next made the subject
ofsevere comment, inasmuch as Gen.
Jackson, who, in consequence OF the
promises made to him, confidently
reckoned upon the adoption of the bill,
had conceived himself authorized TO
draw upon the French Government.
'In several of the bureau1 Minis
tiers were taxed with having furnished
incomplete and mutilated documents,
and with having kept back the cores
pondence which took place between
the United States and the French
Government previously to 1881. 1t
was also alleged that the meagre docu-
ments which had been presented to the
Chamber costained no memoir or other
papers, from the American agents,
clearly establishing the origin of the
claims, and producing evidence oftheir
amount. Ia reply to these charges
Ministers urged the impossibility OF
printing the immense mass OF docu-
ments that referred to the liquidation
of the accounts, adding that, if requir-
ed, they should be communicated TO the
Members of the Commission. The
Ministerial Deputies insisted on the
impolicy of alternating from France SO
old and firm an ally as America. AL,
nnst all the Commissioners named in