Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-09
WASHINGTON.
Pending Treaty With England
Official Version
Coming Session of the Senate.
Views of Msrton and of President
Grant.

Grant.
NEW YORK, March S.-The Tribunes
Washington special says the treaty nego-
tisted by the Joint High Commission has
been engrossed in duplicate, and will be
signed to-day. If the usual custom is
followed it will be sent TO the Senate
Wednesday, accompanied by message
of the'President. In order that Senators
may, as soon as possible, become familiar
Eith the provisions of the treaty, few
COPIES win be printed in confidence for
their use. The treaty will at once be re-
ferred TO the Committee ON Foreign Re
lations, who will consider it in detail and
report favorsbly or otherwise. Senator
Morton is reported to have remarked. al
luding TO the great length and important
character of the document, that it will
take the committee nearly week TO con-
slider il. The President is said to be
highly pleased with the result of the
Commissioners labors, and predicts
favorable action of the Senate
proposition, probably will be made
70 have the injunction Of secresy re-
moved in order that the treaty may be
discussed in open session. Several Sens-
tors are known to favor this, but an
agreement has been made between the
Commissioners that the treaty shall not
be made public until the ratifcstions ar c
exchanged. -
The Treaty Signed - Its Main Pro-
visions.
WASHINGTON, May S.-The treaty was
signed to-day by the High Commission al
the Department of State. The gentlemen,
after this was done, exchanged congratu'
lstions on the result of their lsbors, ex,
pressing the belief that they had done al
they possibly could for the peace ano
honor of the two countries
The following viii be found to be cor
rect:
First. There are to be two bOards OF
arbitration or commissions. To one viii
he referred the Alabama and other similal
claims. which are recognized as national.
and will be settled on the principle OF re
suonsibiIity for such depredations wber'
The government has not exercised all dill
geut and possible precsution TO prevent
nriyateers being fitted out at its ports tc
prey upon the commerce OF power VIII
whom it is at peace.
The other board is to take cognizance
of the miscellaneous claims of British ant
Americans, confined principally TO th'
Deriod from the commencement to the
close of our late civil war. Among thes'
are ST. Alban's claims for damage &c
property in that town by the Canadians
but no claims for the Fenian invasions Of
Canada are TO be admitted.
AS to the claims of British subjects fol
seizures OF their cotton, Great Britain
through its Commissioners, does not re
coenize them In cases where such subject
took up their domicil in the South, a
thereby they subjected themselves to al
the risks and contingencies OF war. Al
legitimate claims for cotton will be con
sidered. 1t has been reported withou
warrant that they will amount TO thlrteei
OF more millions, but this is conslderet
l. be great exaggeration. They VII
not probably amount TO million dollars
There will be no difficulty in ascertainins
an the particulars as the Treasury DE
psrtnent has all the dates of all seizures
of cotton, the names of the owners there
of, and all particulars concerning tn,
seizure.
The government is aware that full
list of British claims was recently pub
lished in that country, but it also has in
formation ihat many of them have al