The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-07

i AZ SaErnmenf0. Anderson y II1tHus Hisut =
ATTEMPT to rescue him. from jail, but faile
and the ringleaders were arrested.
/ VIRGINIA Cry, NJ. 7.
IA serious affair occurred at Lorrainess o.
Monday, ID which Thomas Lynch was fatal.
injured b q man named John O'Gonne1
The latteris now here under arrest awaiting
an examination. Lynch died last evening
The affair originated from ~ old quarrel i
regard tor ditch.
The Alabama Claims Question.
NEr sYoRK, Feb n. 1
The Tribune publishes IN abstract -Of the
British case submitted K, the arbitrators a
Geneva. LII this staten4nt Her Majesty =
Government complains tlSa it has had to re
ply to arguments not syetl presented. When
these shall have been press nted and the claims
OF the United States slAll be defined pre-
cisely. Her Majesty Goya.rnment will exer-
else the right conferred OF it by article Of
the treaty to submit to tha tribunal an aidi-
ton / or more extended state OF facts as the
case may exact Until comparison OF the
cases presented by both parties shall deter
mine the points really in dispute besween the
two Governments. it will refrain from all dis
cussion intended to sustain its own position,
and will limit itself at present to submitting
10 She judgment Of the tribunal the follow
ing Considerations
AS ships, whatever may be the circum-
stances, were procured IN British ports for
war purposes, and wer employed as pellig-
erent cruisers against the United States white
Great Britain herself remained neutral, these
events have been cause of displeasure and
regret to the Government OF Her Brifanic
Majesty. This regret exists despite the fol-
lowing facts, which it must be conceded are
important. TO arrive at q just appreciation Of
the question:
The vessels were procured by cunning and
clandestine means which baffied the vigilance
Of government officers. Not one had the
least armament. Some had been constructed
as ordinary merchant vessels, having nothing
which would adapt them especially for war.
Iii number they were very small; and finally,
the persons who obtained possession and con-
troll Of them and employed them for bellig-
erent purposes, were themselves American
citizens. which the United States Government
has always admitted. such facts should seri-
ously affect in the mind OF every impartial
man the question II lative to the res possibility
of neutral. The ,iovernmenIo OF the United
States processes TO have Il right to pecuniary
indemnity for claims which it says resulted
from the acts Of these vessels, that il TO say,
warlike operations carried on By means Of
these ships by persons who had them III their
possession.
Its evident that pretension Of this is SUI .s
that Her Majesty's Government, animated Is
it IL with the most anlicabIe sentiments to-
wards the United States, could not I'M virtue Of
the respect it owes to its own rights and those
Ut neutral nations IN general, consent TO ed
init, since it believes that it is not founded on
justice. 1t devolVes ON the United States to
establish the propositions it has advanced; TO
state clearly and explicitly the duty or duties
on which they are based, and to demonstrate
the violations Of which it complains. Acharge
against sovereign government having evinc
ed culpable negligence IN the exercise Of one
Of the powers OF sovereignty, is an imputa-
tiou which should be sustained by strong and
solid reasons. A nation ought not to be held
tor delay or omission which
may be due simply to accident, aud not to a
want OF foresight Of reasonable care.
Finally, it does not suffice to demonstrate
hat an ACT has been committed which the
Government shout have foreseen. What must
,e advanced and proves Is, that the govern
nent tailed to exercise the same amount Ct
ARE 1t usually employs i Internal affairs,
ind which it may be reasonably required 70
use iii matters affecting internal interests and
iuties. If the tribunal decides that Great
Britain has incurred any responsibility WHAT
yer towards the United States, the question
will then arise as to what will be the just
Measure and extent Of that responsibility
Ter Majesty Government abstains 1t present |
rem entering on this question, and reserves
or almors advanced period OF the discussion,
ii observations Tat it shall determine TO sub
nil on this point III the nameof Great Britain
/ claims Of this kind were admitted without
belligerent could ask to be indenl-
liiied by neutral for results which justly
,ugnt not to be- laid to acts 81 the latter, but
houl! be placed to his own ineapacity and
naclivi ).
Her Majesty's Government is obliged to
Joint out that in regard to ships, which form
he object of the preceding statement, the /
United States Government, or it's OF GERS.
WINGED extraordinary tardiness iii employing
lie naval forces 1t Its command, and that il I
ordinary activity we're exercised to capture
intercept these vessels. the losses of wlaicht
be United states complain to-day would |
ave been ii u great part aVerted.
Whether the decision Of the tribunal Is or t
not favorable to her, Great Britainis ready
b yield To- the decree. She has only one
sish--that II be jnst. She raises only one
that 1t be founded on faithful |
I'd equitable interpretation Of the rights Of /
nan, and Oh principles which herself and all /
ther Powers will not repent recognizing and
deserving, either as neutrals Oh belligerents, /