The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-07

The United States that the Captain OF
Lne IrlRAte In making the capture had
. acted without law, that he had heen
repfimanded for the lrregularlty of Ills
! conduct and that the Spanish authOri-
! liea In Cuba would not sanction anv
act that could violate the rights, or treS,
win dlarespect the sovereignty OF this
I nation.
THE MARY LOWELL.
,. The question OF the seizure Of the
Orig Mary Lowell, at one Of tho RahR.
ma Islands, by tho Spanish authorities.
y more The subject OF correspondence
between thla Government and those OF
spain anu Great Britain. The Captain
General OF Cuba, about May last, ia
sued proclamation authorizing search
; 70 DO male OF vessels on the high seas,
Immediate rem0ustranoO7 was made
against this; Whereupon the CAPTAIN
General issued a now proclamation
limiting the right Of search OF vesSels
ofthe United States, 80 far az TO oot1.
form 10 the authorities under the treaty.
; OF 1896 This proclamation, however,
was Immediately withdrawn, l have
always felt that the most intimate re-
lations should he cultivated beIHeen
the republic OF the United States and
al independent nations on this contI-
nent. IL may be well worth consider.
ing whether new treaties between The
United ShaieA and them NAV be not
prohlably entered into to secure more
intimate relations; friendly, CONNER.
cial and otherwise.
TIE DAlIBN CANAL.
} The subject OF an inter. oceanic canal
10 connect tho Atlantic and Pacific
oceans through the lsthmus OF DarIeu.
IL ono In which commerce Is Vreatlv in.
terested. Instructions have been Siven
TO our Minister and representative Of
the United States 10 Colombia, 10 an.
deavor to obtain authority for asurvey
by this Government, In order 10 deter
mine the practiGability OF such an un.
dertaklnR, and charter for the right
or way to build by private enterprise
such work, 1.-THE survey proves II 10 be
practicable.
Is THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
In order to comply with tho agree
ment OF tho United States az 10 n
mixed commission at Lima for the
adjustment Of claims, It became neces-
sary 10 send Commissioner TO Lima
In August last. No appropriations hay.
Ing been made by Congreat for this pur.
pose u Ia now asked that one be made
covering the past and future expenses
Of the commission.
Tho good Offices OF tbs United Slates
10 bring about peace between Spaln
and the South American republics,
with which she Ia at war, have been 40.
copied by Spain, Peru and Chill, A
congress has been invited To be held In
Washington during the present winter,
A grant has been given 10 Europeans
Of an exclusive right OF transit over
the territory OF Nicaragua, TO which
Costa RiCa has given lLn assent, which,
1t IL alleged, conflicts with th9 vested
rights OF the citizens OF the United
States. Tho Department Of State has
now this subject under consideration.
The Minister OF POru made represent
iRtiOnS that there was u state OF war
between Peru and Spain, and that
Spain was constructing In and near
New York thirty gunboats which might
be used by Spain In such way IN to
relieve the naval force at Cuba, 80 HI to
operate against Peru, and orders were
given 10 prevent their departure. No
further steps having bean taken by the
representative OF the Peruvian GOys
eminent 10 prevent the departure OF
these vessels, and I,uot feeling author
lied TO detain the property OF nation
with which we have peace on mere
executive order, the matter has been
referred to the courts 10 decide.
The conduct OF the war between tho
allies and republic OF Paraguay, has
made the intercourse with that country
so difficult that 1t has been deemed al
ylsRble 10 withdraw our representative
from there.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Towards the close OF the last admins
istratiOn convention was signed ut
London for the settlement of outside
claims between Grent Britain and the
United States, which failed to recei 70
the advice and consent Of the Senate to
Its ratification. The time and the cir
oumstances attending the negotiation
OF the treaty were not favorable to lts
acceptance by the people OF the United
States, and its PROVISIONS were wholly
Inadequate for the settlement OF the
grave wrongs that had been sustained
by this government rs we'll as by It's
citizens. The In urlea resulting to the
United States by reason OF the course
adopted by Great Britain during our
late civil war, In the increased rates OF
Insurance; In the elimination of exports
and imports and In other distractions
to domestic industry and production; In
Its effect upon the foreign commerce OF
the country; In the decrease and trans
fer 10 Great Britain Of our commercial
marine; In the prolongRLlon Of war
and increased cost both In treasure
and In lives, OF Its suppression could
not BIO adjusted and satisfied as orii-
nary commercial claims which con.
tlnually arise between commercial
nations. Aud yet the Convention
treated them simply ms such ordinary
claims, from which they differ more
widely In the gravity of their character
than In the Inagnitu6e OF their amount,
great oven Us ID that difference. Not u
word was found In the treaty and not
M inference could be drawn from 1t to
remove the aensesof the unfriend-
illness OF the course or Great
Britain In our struggle for ex~
isteuce which had 81 deeply and
universally impressed Itself upon the
1 people OF this country. Believing that
Il convention thus mlsUOnGelVel In Its
scope, and made inadequate In liz pro
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hearty, cordial settlement Of the pend
ing ques llons which alone Is consistent
with the relations which ieslret 10 have
established between tho United States
and Great Britain, regarded the &C.
ton Of the Senate In rejecting the Iea-
ty To have been wisely taken, In the
interest OF peace and "a necessary
step In tue direction Ol perfect and
cordial friendship between tho two
countries. .-,..........-..r.
A sensitive people conscious OF their
mower are more ut ease under u great
wrong wholly unatoned for, than under
the restraint OF settlement which sat.
lsties neither their ideas Of justice. nor
their grave sense OF the grievance they
have sustained. The rejection of the
treaty was followed by U Estate OF public
feeling on both sides which thought
not favorable to an immediate attempt
at renewed negotiations. l accordingly
so Instructed the Minister Of the United
/ States " Great Britain, and found that
my Views In this regard were shared
BY Her Msjesty's Ministers. hope
that the time may soon arrive when the
two governments can, approach the So
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