The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-05-26
The Treaty Of Warrington.

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Eastern papers publish the text of the
Treaty of Washington. We have not room
for it. and SO give our readers the following
summary, which we find in the Chicago
Tribune:
1.-The settlement is such one as might
have been expected where both parties were
dcsirous of peace, and disposed to deal hon
orably with each other. There were num-
Der of questions between tho two Govern.
ments requiring adjustment l. The claims
for damages sustained by American CON-
mcrcc from Confederate cruisers sailing
from British ports. 2. The claims of Brit
ish subjects for cotton and other property
seized by the United States. 8. The use of
the British fisheries by American vessels,
with the privilege of landing. 4. The nav
igation Of the colonial lakes, canals and riv
ers, and curing their fish. o. The San Juan
boundary question.
The treaty disposed of all these questions
in way that will be generally acceptable to
the American people.
A tribunal of final arbitration is provided
for, to consist of five members, one to be
designated by the United States, the other
by Great Britain, and the other three mems
bcrs by other sovereign powers. Certain
fundamental principles. with rules and reg
ulations, concerning the rights and duties
of ncu'rals, arc established. and by these
rules the liability of Great Britain is to be
determined. The responsibility for actual
damages in case of tho Alabama is conceded,
and the amount Of the damages is to be as
ccrtaincd and determined upon proofs, and
in case of disagreement, to bc referred to
the arbitrators.
All other claims by citizens of both coun-
tries, arising between April, 1861, and April,
1896, are to be asccrtaincd by an ordinary
Board of Commissioners, to sit at Washing.
ton, whose decisions, when unanimous, are
TO bc final, and, in case Of disagreement, to
be determined by the arbitrators. No claims
on account of slave property are to be con.
sidercd, and claims for cotton by British
subjects who were actual residents Of the
rebel States. and subject to the contingcn.
cics of war, arc also excluded. This cuts
off all cases Of assignment by the rebels, to
unnaturalizcd British residents. of cotton
and other property. The fishery question
IS satisfactorily adjusted. Great Britain
ccdcs to the United States the right of
American fisherman to take fish on the
shores, bays, harbors, and creeks of the
Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick, and the colony of Prince Ed.
wards Island, with permission to land tor
the purpose of drying their nets and curing
their fish. The same right is extended to
the United States north of the 30,h paral.
lei of latitude; this right in neither case to
extend to sllcllfsh, salmon or shad fisheries,
or fisheries in rivers or mouths of rivers.
Fish oil and all fish caught in the sea, but
not tisll preserved in oil, are to he admitted
into the United States and to the British
possessions free of duty.
The treaty docs not determine the rela.
tive value of these concessions; but that the
advantage is largely with the United States
is generally admitted, and, to avoid contro-
versy, mixed commission to take the ne
cessory evidence, and determine whether
any sum of money ought to be paid in ad.
dition, and if SO, how much, and in case of
disagreement an umpire is to he designated
by friendly power. The navigation of the
Rivers St. Lawrence, Yukon, lin Alaska)
Porcupinc, and Stillinc is to be free to citi'
zcns of both countries the Welland and st.
Lawrence Canals, the St. Clair and other
canals, and the waters of Lake Michigan,
to be also free to vessels Of both countries,
upon paying the usual tolls.
The provisions Of the treaty are to he ap.
proved by the Senate and the British Par.
lament, and all parts requiring payments
OF money by the Congress of the United
States; those parts relating to intercourse
with British America and the fisheries arc to
he approved by the respective Dominion
and Provincial Parlismcnts. .. a.. f..
The difficulty In relation TO San Juan Is
very simple ono. The treaty of 1916 pro.
vides that the northwestern boundary shall
follow by the middle channel separating the
continent from Vancouver's Island. This
was intended to be final, but, upon cxami-
nation, it is found there are several channels
falling under that description, or, more pro-
perly. two '.r,iddlc" channels. Great Brit.
nain claims that the true boundary IL the
Rosario Straits. which gives the island Of
San Juan to Great Britain, and the United
States claims that the true boundary is the
De Haro Channel, which makes the isl,t I'D
an American possession. The facts, proofs,
&C. are now to be laid before the Emperor
Of Germany. by whom the question is 70 be
determined" Us. aisv M a aag (.
Mrs Elizabeth Small, Of Portland, Maine,
all the time lies in bed, and eats nothing
unless obliged by force to swallow food.
She is declared to be ..'in trance" yet. .
true woman il she still for, eating nothing,
keeping her bed, not knowing her nearest
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