Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-03
FROM WASHINGTON.

Claims of the United states Against
the British Government TO be push
ed-Important Statements.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The Worlds WASH
ington special makes the following impor-
tant statement:
The tergiversation of Secretary Seward
is available no more. Another and higher
authority has determined upon the course
which is to be pursued in respect to the
claims OF the United States Government
upon Great Britain. l am authorized to
state most confidently and decisively,
that the legitimate demands which have
been too meekly urged by the Secretary of
State upon the British Cabinet are to be
enforced at whatever hazard. The new
British Minister, Mr.. Thornton. will prob
ably be presented to President johnson on
Tuesday. Although the addresses that are
to be exchanged between the President and
Minister Thornton may be guarded and
serene, the fact yet remains that speedy
and satisfactory response must be made by
the British Government to the ultimatum
of the Executive of the United States, or
else declaration of war against Great Bri-
tain mnst eventually ensue. ss 14sit
The Tribune's Washington special has
the following, relative to the same sub
ject: 90 7.- ie3e.i E ass ,issa taE
All negotiations for a settlement of the
Alabama claims having been closed by cor
/
that OF Great Britain, the matter stands as
though nothing had been done by either
Government tending to an adjustment.
There is authority for saying that these
claims will at once be pushed to finality
with vigor. and that the Government will
demand immediate reparation for the
wrongs suffered by our citizens at the hands
of the Alabama and other vessels fitted out
in England. under like circumstances, dur
ing the rebellion.
The Public Debt.
The Tribune's Washington special says !:
The monthly exhibit OF the public debt is
not to be issued before February 9TH, owing
to the large drafts from various Depart
ments and small receipts from customs.
and the payment during the month of
about $50 100000 interest on the tive-tweu-
ties and 81 bonds. On the 1st of January
the Treasury held S10S430 600. On the 1st
OF February there will be about $50 O00, 900.
For the next two or three months the pros
pect is better, as there will be little de-
mand for gold, and by resolution of Con-
gress the immense claims tor damages by
the border States have all been stopped.
General sherman.
General Sherman will leave for the West
on Monday, going from here to Cincinnati,
where he will remain tor few days; thence
to St. Louis. - a- rs
The receipts for internal revenue for the
last month were $14.91S Si7.' 1t was ex-
peeted to raise $l5.OO0OO0. The receipts
| to-day reached $3.50, ,54l. SO f5.7 ts-~-
The Tribune's Washington special SAYS
The statement furnished through the AS
sociated Press that the internal revenue
receipts during the past year, as compared
with the previous year, had decreased near
ly thirty millions, and other statements
connected thereto, are all false and mali
cious. The Secretary of the Treasury
knows nothing whatever of the statement,
although it was represented as coming from
him. 'i sissEtfe sl ~ ',s63
Distributions to the south.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The President has
approved the bill providing for ditribution
among the people of tho South of -ana,,na.--
lated dessieated Vegetables and preserved
meats, which are not required for the use
of the armies. 70 7'as.isg asl.95-
Contracts for Stationery.
The President has also approved the bill
providing that contracts for stationery for
| the Executive Departments shall not be
made tor more than one year at time.
The Danish w est India Islands.
The following dispatch was received at the
State Department. at half past three O'Clock
| yesterday afternoons: -aEa} sao7qGis
| - COPENHAGEN, Jan. 81.
Vim. II. Se,oard Secretary OF State, Washing
ton, United States:
] The treaty in regard to the sale of the
/ Danish West India Islands, has been sent
to Washington. 1t has been ratified by the
Rigsdag and signed by the King.