The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-04
NEW YORK.
OhicIal correspondence between Eng.
land and the United States in
Relation to the Alabama
Claims.
NEW YORK. June 3.

! Claims.
NEW YORK, June 8.
| A London special to the Herald states
that the official correspondence between
England and America in relation to the
Alabama affairs. is published.
In February, 1868, Mr.. Seward ex-
pressed wish for the settlement of the
claims. suggesting an International
Convention. Subsequently Mr.. Seward
desired that the Naturalization and San
Juan questions should be first settled.
These were accordingly concluded in
October. Minister johnson, on behalf
Of Mr.. Seward, proposed that the Ala
bama Claims be referred to committee
formed Of an equal number of British
and Americans, with power to call upon
another power in case or disagreement,
whose decision should be final.
Lord Stanley responded that the
point on which the former negotia-
tions broke off was, that the Ameri-
cans would raise before the arbitra-
tion the questiOnof alleged peculiar rec.
ognition by Her Majesty's Govern
ment, of the state of belltgerency OF the
confederates, and would not be taken
up and thereby cause the government
10 withdraw from the position already
taken, But that he saw no difficulty
In so framing the reference that by
mutual consent, either a tacit or ex-
press difficulty might be avoided.
The negotiations thereafter proceed
ed rapidly on the basis of this agree
ment, by which both nations were to
be blended for the purpose of making
things run smoothly.
A convention was drawn up and
signed in December, England conceed.
ing that the place of meeting should be
at Washington. Subsequently Mr..
Seward informed Mr.. Thornton that
the contents of the Convention were
not in accordance with the Instructions
and his colleagues could not approve
OF certain stipulations, which at the
present time would not receive the
sanction of the Senate. Mr.. Seward as
sured Mr.. Thornton of the desire of the
United States to bring the matter to a
satisfactory conclusion, acknowledged
the negotiations, but hoped the lmpor.
tance Of the subject would lead him to
consent to notifications acceptable to
the Senate.
On the English Ministry being
changed, Lord Clarendon wrote, under
date OF December 24Rfhat the British
Government preferred to meet the
wishes of the Unitsd States, and sent
draft of Convention by which nego.
tions were to be completed.
On the 14th of July a second Conven-
ton was drawn up by Lord Clarendon.
and lately rejected by the Senate. 1t
was, in fact, proposal to cheat the
public by deceptive clause in regard
to the recognition of beligerency. and
excited indignant comment here with
all fair minded men and appears to
have fully justified the action OF the
Senate.
The Herald says President Grant
does not support Mr.. Sumner in his
views on the Alabama claims as ex-
pressed in his late speech. Ho calls the
speech good rhetoric but poor logic,
and processes to believe that Mr.. Sums
ner himself Is not sincere but actuated
by desire to oVerre4Ch Banks and
the annexationists, by putting Eng
land against all notion of ceding her
North American possessions to this
country, He saws that if we would not
go to war with England we must con-
duct negotiations with courteous
The solicitor of Internal Revenue is
in this city on business connected with
the claims of certain banks for eXemp-
ton from taxation on the ground that
the larger portion OF their capital Is
used by them as brokers. in carrying
stocks, &C., and they are not, therefore,
liable to tax as bankers.
A special to the Herald dated Havana
1st, via. Key West Sd, states that the
steamer MOnteZuma is reported as hav-
ing sighted a schooner which had land
ed munitions OF war on the Island ad-
jacent to the Bay of Nipe, just as she
was leaving. A fight took place at
Villa Clara between 200 insurgents and
a company of troops. A passenger who
arrived here day reports that he saw
% OF the troops dead there. ALI the
others were wounded or captured eX-
cept three.