Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-02
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The New British Minister and the
Alabama CIaims-The Public Debt
and Internal Revenue Receipts, etc.
New York, Feb. L. The Worlds
Washington special makes the following
important statement: The regeneration
of Secretary Seward will avail no more.
Another and higher authority has decided
upon the course which is to be pursued in
regard to the claims Of the United States
government upon Great Britain. Tam au-
thorized to state that the legitimate de-
mands, which have been too weakly urged
by the Secretary of State upon the British
Cabinet, are to be enforced at whatever
hazard. The new British Minister. Mr..
Thornton will probably be presented to
Mr. johnson, although the addresses that
are 10 be exchanged between the President
and Minister Thornton may be guarded.
A 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 must
eventually ensue.
The Tribune's Washington special has
the following, relative to the same subject
All negotiations for the settlement OF the
Alab-ma claims having been closed by cor
respondence between our government and
Great Britain, matters stand as though
nothing had been done by either govern
ment tending to the adjustment. There is
authority for saying that the claims viii at
once be pushed to fnality With vigor, and
our government will demand immediate
reparatien for the wrongs suffered by our
citizens at the hands of the Alabama and
other vessels fitted out in England, under
IKE circumstances, during the rebellion.
The Tribune's Washington special says
the monthly exhibit of the public debt will
not be Issued before the 9th of February,
owing to the large drafts from various de-
partments, and the small receipts from
customs, and the payment during the month
of about 10000, 900 interest on 5'20s.
On the 1st of January, the treasury had
sos, ,430, coo; on the LIST of February there
will be about $S0,000,000. For two OF
three months the prospect will be better, as
there will be but little demand for gold,
and, by a resolution of Congress, the inn
mense claims for damages by the Border
States have all been stepped.
General Sherman leaves for the West on
Monday, going from here to Cincinnati,
where he will remain few days, thence 10
st. Louis.
The receipts for internal revenue, for the
last month, were S14,9I8,847; and it was
expected to raise to $l5,000,000. The re-
ceipts to-day reached $160,541.
The Tribune's Washington special says /:
A statement was furnished the Associated
Press to the effect that theinternal revenue
receipts during the past year, as compared
with the previous year. had decreased
nearly thirty millions of dollars, and other
statements connected thereto are false and
malicious. The Secretary of the Treasury
knows nothing whatever of the statement,
although it was represented ascoming from
him. tr e8
The Hsrald's Montreal special says
An anti-Confederate repeal movement in
Nova Scotia causes come sensation here.
1t is believed that the government hasmade
overtures to Hon. j. A. Hawes TO induce
him to renounce opposition to the new
order of things but they failed, Mr.. Halves
remaining faithful to the interest of his
province. -