, 1869-05-28
THE Alabama Claims Cues
ton. -
A Review Of our Diplomatic
Correspondence in 1861.
The idrisory Indian Commis-
sion Laying out its
Work.
Interviews Between Secre-
tary Fish and the
Spanish Minister.

spanish minister,
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
WAsn1NGrpx. D. C., May q.
p1I1GxATIc CORRESPONDENT KETEosrEc1.
AL Of our early diplomatic correspondence with |
-prc!cn snyeGruent8 IL undergoing close e1Amlna-
ton BY the administration, and IS result men'-
bets Of the Cah1aet ere questioning whether, n |
the Ioalt;on We may ass:n1e concerning the hes-
Element Of the Alabama cl4luB, we can rest oSr
demands upon England to any great extent on
her carly recognition Of belhRcrenc!. without n
the Crit plaza rrnnins great r1sk In being beaten
In the Argument, and, In The second place. Inn=c-
essat1ly ehacli.ng o1rseye5- The cvrres2an-
,tenoe fefe1red 10 shoEz that on the 18th
OF June, 1861, Lori lyona explained to
Nj. Adams tsat England, IN &ss1lng the procanas-
ton Of tie month before, really intended 10
be as1ic,ty neutral: that Nj. Adams wrote Oh TIC
z1xt thAt desire to he perfectly neutral Inspired
Hef Majesty Is Minister, and that Mf. Eewazd, In
reply, virtually declared thAt there special
cause tor trouble on account Of the proclamation
1t tina. time. On the 17kn Of June, 1851 The Spanish
proclamation Of neutrality was Issued On
the 5tt o1 August Mr. 6chuS7 1Rota TO Ar.
seward:
In q :he tn...ast.oss seqt.ne4 r. ss.
.sspy q E!.ieh ht5rly aanssed would 4 4axs -:
u e9riaia:aE = IL ihe .as.tasti3a xph Thle4 the
1Etf had he nd2 terI x6ttHt 1fpto %at t1ptLat
The note Of Iii. Scuurz to the Sp1nfsh 6tcee-
tary Of State, to which he refers contained the
following regarding the proclamation:
"LnuAHos Or The y. $. A4Dnlp July =. lssl;
& sss u sSxsd Uaea ss aln
sh,t tss Fs:an Ia III Ttn H.
the uni.sd sss:ss I'd sdsrss tse sinesfest ice
%hish + 6 f1s.idsi - ! ss M.,s.,.
E,ss E.ags decision and friendly action upon 'hh oes'
In thus ca. .fully renewing Nil the Arguments
which have teen late1y brought promtscuonsly to
public notice, the only purpose Of the adm!n!st:s-
sson Is to nnd the strongest position which the
government can tsks and successfully noatntstn
CLAIM AGA1Nsf GENERAL HEACEEoARD-
Third Auditor Clarke, nnd.ny an old clalm OF
The government against Geuc.A Bea1.egasd Of
ten dollars and a half, wro.e asking him to Bettle.
Beaurcgart, IN reply, sends q hill against the
government Of SIC, 80 for transportation upon an
order or the War Department tn Jannaz5, 1851,
10 proceed from Wes: Point to Few Orleans lie
also communicates Information thas his Eesi9na-
rsou rs o:1cer OF the arms was regularly accepted
IN February, 1851.
ruE CENSUS COMMITTEE
The Sub Committee on the Census had meet
ing to-day. Five members wetr present. They
found matters well advanced. Dr.. UoIsh, o1
New York. Who TOOK the censua Of that State for
cWo yea1a, znl who VIE put IN charge Of ccn-
specl4l occaAon, hAs prepared NUM-
h-r Of very va1uao1e schemes for
the consideration Of the committee.
Commissioner Cap1on has submitted plans for col
4ectnE ali Information pertaining to the agIcuI.
tutal tntereslk Nr. Walker, OF the Treasury, as
Atzsed By pcrton detailet frnrn the Internal Rev.
enae o1cc, has prepared methods for that part Of
the work concerning all unaaris1 affairs Of the
nat4on-
TIN 1tAEEH CRY Gaze.
At m tntesrtcv Of the Spanish Minister, As.
Roberts, with Secretary Fish, the latter commuui-
Gated tic decision that the libel Of the court In tho
c1se OF the Quaker City took the Case out Of the
Jurisdiction Ct tho departments here At tsss Ms.
RoteIts was Gui.c dissatisfied With tie co1scc he
supposed Was 10 he taken. and xpreasea an oItu-
TON tht, our neutrality laws kaonld he more strict
" enforced but tho Secretary soon convinced hin
that the department vas doing I'll !n It's power In
The matter. The fact il, expressed b. high on
cta2 to-day, thA! the bearing Of the question upon
the Alabama negotiations has 1ade the strlcs en-.
torccm.nt Of our neutrality laws matter Of inter
est Ii well rs principle, With the
administration Tic Spanish Minister made
hts complaints upon the 6upposliion
TINT the vessel WAS to be released Some co17c-
sponacuce haa passed hetwccn Secretary Fish and
MI. Roberts, ws!ch shnws that :hc administration
hcsca vigorously to the Monroe doctrine, aud in a
recent communication Nj. F1sh wrote Ii eject
that while our authorities woold do their utmost
10 enforce the neutrality laws, be would not
-Au. To Disguise the fact tha;, 70 iaS rs Cuba ls
concerned, the rtmrathica ol the government
wc.r al with the eeyoluttontst4
AVIATION HEARD FROM.
Inc government has 1t last received lntoI1la-
ton from M. Webb that Minister McN2ho7 was
under the protection OF the A1iles NJ Asunciou,
about M4tth 10
A41cABEr eErr1Ep
H4ffjr
sna.u viii uAIc formal apology 70 tho United
states for the capture and imprisonment CT she
American clstzrn Ann1bel, and n1so make proper
cpupensaton u him.
70 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
WASHINGTON, Mag ~ s:.1Tnc Trcsidcn. has ap
potnsed asmnel il Ii. n5elA Consul u z1neh: l,,,.
The Following PoEma9@ssfs ter ha.e oeen 8cro'ni H y
IondeTxen, Cumberland, Nd; q. A. NceI ~!
ahsn. Mich Jno~ Chandler, Cold~ater, Mich
James Il Need, sseapcsmc, D.; l. H. Cox, Thorn
"'1. H.iaa t pruper na. been sprente., Reeelses .
Table Moneys n West Point Sch;; 5o5a aesa 70
The 1hIrd District; George Moore; COLLECTOR q
Internal Reyeuur, Tenth hls;Eci, lEA NcEto
Cooper. Collector Internal Rc'canr' "es' VII
c.utA
Internal revenue feceiPts 70: ne month T.
sidtc, s95: customs receipts for the tn Il
the xsd inclusive, ss-t'A4aI.
pe+rAtctes were received at the EaTY ltpaff
1rGut to-d4y from Admiral {to1. dated anynul
NIas u, hut they make no tc1ercnce 70 rolltca
aH1,,s, nc!ng confined e1clnstyelr to tsc maEf
ueats Of tie squadron Itt* silence conccrnin
the reported taltle between tile lnspTggps IN
Spantsh troops Il construed q: tbs SaEy Depasi
Incoi as an Indication thA. these reports We1
nsnufactured outside Of cuba for effect
THK Apr4sokT INDIAN cnAA15~luS PREPARING 70
WORK.
The Indian Commission has passed. rss.elu.ioE
.lrc,u.1rR It c1pedicnt for It's Iucntt:s 70 srcon
mend pcrxpps for appointment In 1ae Indian D.
rsartmcp1. Messrs- stuart, faTweli, Iodkr aI
tamplet1 were appouteh u committee to c0-oPe
ate With the government otnccrs IN the pufraA
-of goods and supplies tor the department II
hosru resolved 10 dlrtle into three committee
fus the purpose Of visiting the tndnns, VIZ: Mort
western Uistston-Welch, Faswel, and I0b,
Western u.s1sion-Canp!r:n. Stuart. and Hal
Southern utrt1ton-BTuot, E!shor+ anu uodc
xErpRT cP 1NKr.cT1c kA1LKnAn coXkiss!nsEE
II appears from The report Of the EFeS'al COZ
ulskoncrs appointed By th. President 70 r1anlE
The two Partdc railroads. that e, II. 10 T1l he
uuyed to bring the Cn!nn I:ci1c up TO a 1ES:-cla
road, measured ny the standard Of the hest Eas
cru roads, or &G,:s9 rer ui!t, ah taas "a, =! !,
Will be rrqui1td b. the Central Pacific Road to =
samc end, or e, ,nse pcr nile. The d ! exfenaeh
each company w3s: Cnion Pacific, ssttfeo,oV ~,
m average or ,ee.E PCT n1lc: Central racit
fa6076t0g or n average OF ssa1c9 per mile Ia
company has, or course, issued cfsr rsur:E1
bonds of an equal amount