The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-26
NEW YORK.
The Claims Commissions.

respondent of the New York Time
from Washington says: The Join
Committee, for the adjustment of claim
other than the Alabama's, provided TO
by Article II of the Treaty of Washing
ton, will meet for organization in th
city, at the State Department, on Tues
day. Hon. Mr.. Russell Gurney, th'
British Commissioner, with Mrs. Cur
ney, has arrived here. Mr.. Gurney il
accompanied by Mr.. Archer A. Cline,
young London barrister, and a son of SiI
Stafford Northcoate, as his associates
james 8. Carlisle, counsel for the Brit
ish Government, is here; and the Hon
Robert S. Hall, counsel for the United
States Government, will be here to
morrow. Count Corte, Italian Minis
ter, the third Commissioner, jointly
chosen by the two governments, is also
here. They will organize at the State
Department, but will hold their meet
ings in some building yet to be selected
The organization ofthis Commission
will make three mixed claims commits
sions now in session in this city, viz
the Mexican, the Spanish, (Which has
organized but has not yet proceeded to
business), and the British.
The adjustment Of the matters over
which those commissions have juris
diction, together with the conclusion oI
the Geneva tribunal, will, substantially
clear the docket OF the United States
Government, so far as the nations Of the
world are concerned. The enforcement
Of the award Of the Venezuela Conven.
ton is the only other matter likely to
provoke hostile action on the part oi
this Government.
1t must be remembered in regard to
the commission which meets on Tues
day, that by the terms of the treaty, nc
claims can be considered which did not
arise with either Government between
the 18th of April, 1861, and the 9th Of
April, 1865. The Convention Of 1853,
of which the late Joshua Bates was
umpire, closed their proceedings in May,
1865, having considered seventy-seven
cases presented by the British
and forty by the United States Govern
ment. A large majority OF the csses
were rejected. Written opinions were
rendered in TWENTY-FIVE from the close
of that Convention up to the period
named, which fixes the Jurisdiction Of
he present commission. There are no
recorded claims for adjustment and they
could not be considered by the terms
of the treaty, even,it there were. AS may
be supposed, the number of claims on
the part of the citizens Of the United
States Government, to which this COM
mission is confined, will be very small,
both in number and amount. The
claims of he British subjects, however,
will be disproportionately large, for they
will include indemnity for all acts done
by every department in the war and
navy, during the war. This will in
volve a great deal of arduous labor
upon the commission, for great ma
jority OF these claims will involve a
political question or have a political
basis, and must, therefore, be strongly
resisted by the representatives OF the
United States Government.
The Haggerty.BauIch Case.
The examination of Haggerty and
Baulch for stealing the vouchers from
the Comptroller's office, consumed the
whole time of the court this morning
mostly in speeches made by the counsel
in the case, after which the examina-
ton of Haggerty's cook was resumed
and progressed very slowly. All the
efforts OF John Graham, counsel for
Haggerty, have failed to shake the orig
inal affidavit.
The Berlin correspondence Of the
New York Evening Mail, dated l4th Of
September, says that the German Gov
ernment has been questioned by NJ.
Theirs, as to the admissibility Of ap-
pointing German surgeons and hospital
attendants to the Legion Of Honor, for
eminent services in the war. The gov.
ernment, 1t is affirmed, has given its
consent to the decoration.
The University of Strasbourg is to be
remodelled on the German system, and
the government is prepared to lay out a
large amount Of money on the task OF
Germanization. Many professors have
applied for the vacant chairs, and es'
pecially the Swiss from Zurich, who
have suffered persecution at the hands
Of the pro-French mob during the riot.
The Strasbourg Official Gasstts an
nounces the ordering OF law courts in
Alsace and Lorraine. They are ex-
pected to be opened and to resume their
functions about the beginning Of Octo-
Der. 1t is supposed that the disputes
between the authorities and private
owners of land appropriated for fortify-
ing works will be settled.
Advices from the Austrian frontier
state the rinderpest to be raging among
the hogs Of Galicis, Friebance, Slupor
and Konigsbers being chiefly visited =
The Government Of Prussia has there
fore prohibited all cattle traffic over the
frontier, and has stationed troope in the
border, districts OF Nudich, Berther,
Pluess and Rodzum. One battalion
has been stationed in every circle.
Semi-official journals contradict the
current report that the French Govern
ment proposes in bill to abolish the
tax of newspapers. The newspaper tax
has nothing to do with the proposed
bill, and the official papers deny taxes
coming within the functions Of the act.
Meeting OF the Tammany Demo
cratic Commi ttee.
At the meeting of the Tammany