The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-05-09
WASHINGTON.
Market Reports.
Reported Expressly for the Aasus.l

HAvRE, May 8.-Nsny German merchant
men are already arriving here.
LONDON, May Sit is again runored
that Napoleon has gone to France secretly,
relying upon the disafeotions in the army
for support in the attempt to gain the
throne.
BERLIN, May Sit is stated on what is
said to be Official authority, that snlistments
of men for the support of the cause of EN-
peror Napoleon in France are being made
In America.
WAsHNGroN, May 8.-The following is
the authoritative official statement of the
result Of the labors Of the Joint High Com
mission:
The treaty is to be known As the treaty of
Washington for the adjustment of claims
for injury alleged by the United States on
account of the escape of Confederate cruis-
srs from British ports, and the depredstions
committed by those vessels during the re-
bellion 10 this country.
The tribunal OF NJ filtration is to consist of
6ve arbitrAtors-One appointed by the Uni
ted States, one by Great Britain, and the
other three one each by designated sove
reigns or States of Europe or America. The
treaty establishes special rules of neutral
duty and obligation in addition to . gener
ally received public law, which rules, al
though not admitted by the Britiah Com
missioners to have been in force ut the time.
are yes, II is agreed, 10 rstract and TO gov
ern decisions of tribunal arbitration. This
tribunal may either award damages in detail
or In gross, nc its discretion, or ID may refer
this duty TO Board OF Assessors sitting in
the United States, who also shall report from
time to time, with payment to be made &C
cordingly.~. s "a e.s zs-.--. s. .
For adjudication of all other claims Of
citizens Of the United States against Great
Britain, and of citizens of Great Britain
against the United States during the same
period-thaiis, from the 18th OF April, 1861
to the 9th of April, lo65-sn ordinary
mixed commission is provided to Sit al
Washington, with an umpire to be nomiaa-
ted, If necessary, by a designated friendly
| Power. This limitation of time is matsria
in substance, for it confines the reclaim ationl
against the United States to incidents o
actual war. 1t is accom- panied, also, with {
declaration on the part of the British Com
uissionsrs to the effect Of excluding claims
on account of slave property. Greas Britain
for seizure of cotton in cases where the,
took up their Abodes in the South az thel
became subjects to the contingen cies of ar
This com prises all points of the treaty il
reference TO the claims between the twt
countries growing ont Of the war.
Among the claims which also come befor,
this Board will be that Of our governmen
growing out of the purchase of sAltpetrs il
he Eao dpr anA so
Was seized by the British authorities. Their
are other miscellaneous claims which wi
come before this second Board. The So
Jusn question will. be referred to the arbi
trstion of e friendly sovereign, probably tn
Emperor of Brazil.
Prom the character Of the documents &C
compsDying the treaty, it is inferred tbs
D q decision cannot fail to be IN favor of th
United States. The treaty provides for th
free navigation of the St Lawrence BY vel
sells of the United States, and for the use {
the Canadian canals on the payment of th
regular toll. There are also provisions res
ulating the privilege to fish in Canada
waters, but these have not been ascertaine
with sufficient ACCURACY to justify . state
ment of them.
NEw YORK, May Judge Benedict, i
the Q 5. Circuit Court to-day, gave . de
cision in favor of the government agAinl
Westray, Gibbs q Hardcastie for extr
: amount of duty claimed on cargo of rice in
ported in 1864, with interest. The deoisio
is to the effect that, under the law, liquid
ton lhrough the collector is hHsl. Abo-
$5 900 900 is involved in similar case
The decision ia TO be carried to the ..
: Supreme Court.
A declaration 10 q suit commenced in Ii
! e. S. Circuit, by John Lawless, again
Peter B. Sweeney, as cha n berlain TO reoov,
the amount of money previously lodged
, John o. Mahoney, of the FeniAn Brother
! hood, with August Belmont, was filed t
day, The amount involved is SIS, 900.
The eaisson for the New j ork East Riv
bridge was successfully launched to-dA
The weight is twenty three thousand tons.
Speaker Blaine, after having been cor
, fued o his rooms by illness at the Fif
Avenue Hotel in this city, is sufhcien,
= recovered TO return home.
WASHINGTON, May 8.-The treaty W
; signed to-day by the High Commission
a, the Department of State. The gentlem:
d, after this was done, exchanged oongratul
y tions on the result of their labors, exprel
> ing the belief that they had done the mt
ID they possibly could for the peace and hon
id of the two contracts.
h, There are to be two Boards of arbitrati
B. or commissions; to one will be referred t
Ill Alabama and other similar claims whi
are recognized to be national, and to
=. settled on the principles of responsible
d. for such depredstions where the governm'
wo has not exercised the utmost diligence q
IS possible precsutiOn TO prevent privste'
"a being fitted out in its ports to prey upon
Ter commerce of a power with whom she Was
Al. peace; the other Board is to take oognizAr
Va Va of miscellaneous claims, British and Anne
ma can, confined principally to the periods fr
er. the commencement to the close of our |
ala civil war: Among these are the St. Alba
md Claims. for damage to property in that to
Of BY the Canadians, but no claims for Fen
Nv. iuvaaions in Canada are to be admitted
ro- to the claims of British subjects for seizu
It's of their cotton, Grsat Britain, by the mo
'Od of its Commissioners, does not recogr
49, them in GASES where subject, took up Il
i"' domicile In the South. as thereby they
,.- ieoted themselves to all risks and con
I'M gencies of war; all legitimate claims for
ish ton are TO be considered.