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mission. The counsel for Great Britain made
an argument 10 their favor; the commission
ruled them out on the question of Jurisdiction
The very suggestion that the United States
should pay the Confederate cotton loan would
cause greater excitement here than now pre-
walls In England; yet, 30 secure did onr peo-
pie feel, that the feeble attempt of some
Democratic journals to alarm them in this re-
spect utterly failed.
Among the claims which our government
does expect will be awarded are those for ex-
penses attendant upon the pursuit and capture
OF the Alabama and other anglo-C Confederate
pirates. Careful accounts of all our expenses
of this kind were kept at the Navy Depart
ment. and payment has been asked for.
Finally, nobody In Washington who knows the
feeling of the English people, believes that
England would, under any circumstances,
allow the proceedings under the treaty to be
suspended. She gained more Indirectly by its
negotiation than what was simply accorded by
the text Of the treaty. 'For years." said 8
Cabinet officer, this afternoon, ''she had been
under bonds not to meddle In the politics Of
Europe, and the dissolution OF those bonds
was worth far more to her than all the con-
cessions which we have made. If heavy con.
structive damages were awarded to US, as Is
not at all probable, she might be driven by
popular excitement into refusing to pay them;
but you may rest assured that she will hold on
TO the treaty until the award Is made"
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4 QUEER EXPERIENCE.
Mark Twain's First Lecture.

was home again, In San Francisco, with.
out means and without employment. tor
tured my brain for saving scheme OF some
kind, and at last public lecture occurred 10
me. I sat down and wrote one, In fever
of anticipation. showed it to several
friends, but they all shook their heads. they
said nobody would come to hear me, and !
would make humilialing failure OF 1t. Ihey
said that as had never spoken In puollc 1
would break down in the delivery, anynoW.
I was disconsolate now. But at last an eaitor
sIapped me on the back and told me 10 go
ahead.n He said, ''Take the largest mouse III
town, and charge dollar ticket me auaa,
city of the proposition was charming; IL seemed
franght with practical worldly wisdom, now
ever. The proprietor OF the several tneatres
endorsed the advice, and said might have
his handsome new opeI1-house at hali-price--
flly dollars. In sheer desperation took
ton credit, for sufficient reasons. In three
dsys did an hundred and fifty dollars worth
of printing and advertising, and was the
most distressed and frightened creature on
the Pacific coast. l could not sleep-Who
could under such circumstances For other
people there was iacetiousness In the line Of
my posters, but to me 1t was DlaintiVe with a
pang when / wrote It:
''D0cr5 open at halt past seven o'clock. The
trouble will begin at eight"
That line has done good service since. I
have even seen 1t appended to newspaper
advertisement, reminding school pupils In va
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LONDON, February s

LONDON, February 8.
The excitement over the Alabama claims is
unabated, and Parliamentary speeches keep
the public mind agltated. Anxiety In regard
to the action of the Washington Cabinet pre-
walls in all circles, and business at the Ex-
change is seriously affected.
The press Is still moderate, but maintains
that Parliament is unanimous against Ameri-
can demands. The Times this morning in
reviewing the debate In the Commons yester-
day says 'it is evident the House favors the
reputation of the American claims tor direct
losses, and approves Gladstone's language In
regard to the demands.
NEW YORK, February s.
The Tribune's special from London says:
"Granville's dispatch contains no threat, but
simply calls attention to England's understand
ing of the treaty. Several me@bers Of the
British Cabinet dlsapprove of the passionate
tone of Granville's speech. The situation is
regarded as grave in the highest English and
American quarters, but not hopeless"
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

WASHINGTON, February s.
In the House. to-day, Hoar's education bill
was passed to third readfng-ayes, liz; nays
81. The bill was originally introduced by Mr..
mittee on education and labor. 1t consecrates
the public lands to public education. One
half of the proceeds OF the sale of public lands
are distributed annually among the different
States during the first ten years upon the
basis of illiteracy, as shown by the present
census; the other half Is invested, and the IN
terest to be used for educational purposes.
No State loses its share of the fund by legal
enactments forbidding mixed schools. Alter
ten years the distribution will be upon the
basis of population instead of ill!teracy.
In the Senate Sherman's bill for retiring
three per cent. certificates was passed. The
consideration Of amnesty was resumed, and
the motion on striking out the seventh section
of Summers amendment failed by vote of Is
to SO. Trumbull eald he would vote against
every amendment, thus, upon the final issue,
leaving the bill as obnoxious as possible. The
amendment erasiDg the allusion to churches
was passed by 80 to %. The amendment to
strike out the clause regarding jurors failed,
u to AZ. Adjourned.
The sums awarded to American citizens by
the American-Me1ican commission to the 5th
instant are over halt million. The amount
Of claims aggregated eleven and halt mil
lions. The awards to Mexicans were only
$4,000. Their claims aggregate eighteen mil
lions. Four hundred cases are decided and
over thousand are pending.
The secretaries OF the navy and treasury,
before the committee of commerce, urged
subsidies and bountles 10 encourage Ameri-
can shipbullding. The committee OF ways
and means to-day had conference on the
subject of spirits and tobacco. Although they
have not positively come to conclusion. there
is probability that they will agree upon q
uniform tax Of twenty-four cents on tobacco,
lers' stamps, and provide for the removal Of
the present distractions, go as to facilitate
the expectation OF spirits.
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PREPARING TO BACK DOWN.
The Constructive Damages only Claim
ed as an Offset to the Confederate Cot
ton Bonds-No Expectation in WASH
ington that the Arbitrators will AL
low the Claim.

The we'll posted Washington correspondent
of the New York Tribune, writing on Sunday
last, explains that that portion of President
Grants little bill which has aroused 30 much
Ire In England is only a bit of diplomatic
"bluff." He says:
The London dispatches Intimate that the
British Government objects particularly 10 the
claims for constructive damages which the
American case contains. 1t was impossible
for the American Government to omit these.
The very language with which the treaty
opens makes it necessary for us, at least, to
urge those claims before the Geneva Confer
ence. The treaty provides "for the amicable
settlement of ali points of difference between
| the United States and Great Britain" These
claims tor constructive damages constitute
one Of those points OF difference. They have
been urged by American statesmen ever
since The close Of the war, and Golden even
Informed Parliament, as long ago as 1864, that
| Great Britain would surely be called upon TO
pay them. Had the United States omitted
these claims from It's cose, all points Of differ
ence would not have been settled by the
treaty. Nobody now expects that they Will De
! allowed by the Geneva Conference, but It Is
settled principle in international, as well as
In other law, that claimant must always ask
for all that he thinks his due, even though ne
may have no good reason to expect to re-
| ceve 1t.
To show that Great Britain has no right to
complain because claims for constructive
damages are asked for in the American case,
it Is necessary only to remember the proceed
ings of the commission which is now sitting
in Washington in relation TO the payment Of
the Confederate cotton bonds. 1t was one oi
the conditions insisted upon by our govern
ment that 1t would not negotiate with re-
gard to those bonds at all; and Secretary FISH
Inserted In the notes which passed between
him and Minister Thornton phrase which II
was supposed would entirely exclude them
from the Washington Commission, notwith
standing Minister Thornton protested that II
was not possible for any such claim upon the
United States to be laid before that com mis-
sion, under any circumstances. But those
claims were brought into the Washington
Conference, and had 10 be acted upon. The
counsel for the United States refused to make
any argument on the merits of these claims
but objected to the Jurisdiction OF the com
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A CARD.

OAKLAND, KERsHAw COUNTY, February 6.
To the Editor of the Sumter Wdtchmdn::
DEAR S1R-It has come to my hearing that q
report is current, that In the lale race between
my mare and Mr. Brch's horse, at Sumter, on
the 26th of January, system of jockeying
was resorted to, by which the horse was made
to beat the mare. brand this report, so far
as l am concerned, as base, malicious lie.
In justice to the public who were present at
said race, would state the facts, 80 far as
was connected with them, not as vlndica-
tlon OF myself but simply because, as owner
of the mare, deem it due 10 them. On or
about the first of January, Mr.. William FIudd
made up a race with Mr.. Birch, between
"Belle of York" and horse said to be named
"Bulet." Mr. Fudd sent for the mare about
the 10Th OF the month. did not see her again
until the morning of the race. Mr.. Fludd in-
formed me that morning that he had given
Mr.. Burch one hundred dollars to substitute
..'Wild Arabn for "BuleL" In the race. /
agreed 10 IT, thinking 1t was good thing, as
the mare had before beaten the horse. You
may Judge of my surprise when the race end
ed by the horse winning It, bet my money
on my mare. aud advised my friends to do the
febs-l r. G. ELLERBE
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THE SCREAM OF THE EAGLE.
Tone OF the Leading New York Papers.

The New York papers are making quite a
stir over the reported difficulties in relation
to the Alabama Claims Treaty., and reply
edltorlally to the comments of the London
papers as transmitted by cable. The Herald's
voice-as might be expected-is for war. 1t
says:
The representatives OF the British Govern
ment at Washington have been instructed to
make proposals of accommodation and COM
promise to our government, the very mention
Of which is an insult to the nation. There is
no doubt that great deal of this British
clamor arises from political causes. On one
side stand the Tories, eager to create public
sentiment against Mr.. Gladstone and his sup.
porters; on The other side, the partisan organs
and orators of the administration stripe,
anxious, by The adoption of bullying tone
towards America, to force q concession from
our government that shall suffice to satisfy
the popular whim.
The American people have confidence in
President Grant, and will be satisfied to leave
the honor of the nation In his hands. Of one
stern fact the English Government and the
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SALE OF TIE GREAT ATLANTA HoTEL.-The
Atlanta Sun, of Wednesday, says: Yesterday
the Kimball House was sold by the sherlf at
public outcry, before the courthouse door,
under builders lien, lor purchase money,
and fur State, county and city taxes. Or.
.Iosenh M Thompson was the purchaser, paying
sI5'0l0. G The Stale, county aud city taxes taxes
Smnnnt Sr TO sSOsO, and The builders lien $4,000.
pr THOMPSON Is liable for s54, 900 OF purchase
NJ, nnonev for The lot also, making his outlay ag-
@rsrate v about 1000. Considering that the
6SliSding cost about 100000, this may be con
sidered. at first thought, handsome ne outlay;
course emu it viii require much litigation to re-
Iu isase III It of this incumbrance. Mr.. B. H. Hill,
co1,nsel ls for Dr. Thompson, paid the sl5,olO to
the sheriff, and secured the titles to tue prop
erty."
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JOTTINGS ABOUT TEE STATE.
se-The citizens OF Abbeville have formed q
hook and ladder company; William 81. Parker,

x-The citizens of Abbeville have formed a
hook and ladder company; William q. Parker,
captain.
wears old. OF Mr.. Allison Buddln, the railroad
agent at Lynchburg, was accidentally caught
In the running gear Of his gin and terribly
mangled, causing his death in few minutes.
MIR. John Mason, worthy aud industrious
citizen Of Spartanburg, residing three miles
north of town, while cutting down tree. on
Friday last, was struck by falling limb,
from the effects OF which he died on the fol
lowing Sunday. He leaves wife and large
family of children to mourn his untimely fate
We learn that on Thursday night last the
stable of Captain J. G. s. Brown, living about
nine miles from Newberry, was set on fire,
and seven valuable head of horses burnt to
death. Five of the horses belonged TO Captain
Brown and two to DR.. Bates.
The Lexington Dispatch says that on sales.
day quite crowd was In the village. Que
tract, fourteen hundred acres, near Sandy
Run, brought $500, a very low figure. Far
mers say that the people are going to work
with good will preparing for the coming
crop. Fertilizers are again becoming the rage,
though not quite as much 80 as In 1870. They
also say that, as general rule, they gel
enough labor, though there is some complaint
In some localities.
The Spartan0urg spartan says t9at on
sales-day nothing occurred besides the land
sales, which were at fair prices. The follow
ing shows the lands sold and the prices given
One hundred and thirty-two acres Of land, be-
longing to the estate OF G. W. Farrow, de-
ceased, bought by Captain F. N. Walker. for
s5l7. One hundred and eleven acres of Mrs.
Cassaudra Farrow, deceased, bought by A. 7.
Farrow. for s735; seventy-four acres, by W.
q. Rhodes, for STATS. One hundred and ftty
,,,;lI Io \ bo1o MI fn 0et0ta 0f
Martin Otis, deceased, bought by R. NJ. g. W.
J. Rhodes, for $4,000. Furty-fve acres, be-
longing to the estate of Jonsberry Green. de-
ceased, bought by Jackson BULGE, for 1901.
Seventy acres, of estate of Garland Foster, de-
ceased, bought BY Benjamin Woford, for s2Ol
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hereof to the president of the Senate, and
also copy to the speaker of the Honse OF
Representatives Of the Congress OF The United
States.
The rest of the time of the Senate was oc-
] cuped as usual bY passage at arms between
J Messrs. Leslie and Whittemore, the subject
matter this time being the latter's resolution
to provide for the registration Of all bonds
and securities OF the State of South Carolina
at the Carolina National Bank in Columbia,
or the New York Commercial warehouse
Company in New York. Mr.. Leslie, however,
| In his remarks to-day, came nearer the point
than he generally comes In his attacks upon
| the gentleman from Massachusetts, and Dar-
| lington, and he explained why that gentle
mans measures never do happen to pass the
General Assembly. he said that IL was the
| universal custom In political parties to have
all questions that were to come up for legis-
lative action previously considered in party
caucus, and adopted or rejected In such cau-
cuses so as 10 show In public united front to
the common enemy, but that Mr.. Whlttemore
had preferred instead to paddle his own inan-
cial canoe-to so it alone, In fact-and he
must not complain ii he got euchred on some
OF the tricks. The measure was finally post
poned, with the consent of its author, to
await certain developments in the lower
House, which Mr.. Leslie declared were about
to emanate from the financial officers of tthe
State.
By the way, there is slight correction to be
made. 1t is, perhaps, not 10 be wondered at
that NEWS correspondent In this microcosm
of rascality should be constantly treading on
somebody's coras, but where this Is done un-
intentionally, 1t may be we'll enough to cor
rect the mistake. In o recent letter describ-
Ing the designs and doings of Scotts Ku-Kiux,
or the I. o. U. B., the name of q. b. Myers,
an intelligent colored member OF the lower
House, was mentioned as one ofthe incorpora-
tors of the grand council in Columbia. Mr.
Myers now desires 1t to be stated that he Is
not United Brother, and that his name was
stricken out OF the bill at his request. before
Its passage by the House. This certainly ex-
hibits pralseworthy desire on the part OF MT.
Myers to clear his skirts from completely with
an yceedingly vile concern, and entities him
to this ample and public correction.
PICKET,
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SIPPINGS FROM PUNCH.
COMPLIMENTS OF THE sEAsoN-sCENE IN A BA
RER SHOP

COMPLIMENTS OF THE sEAsoN-sCENE IN A BAR.
BER SHOP.
Fond Parent. III hope you will be very
careful, Mr.. Simpson. have always been
accustomed to cut their hair myself"
Mr.. Simpson. $50 should have thought,
madam"
'sCHEEK"-sCENE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
Commercial Gent ito Swell who was smoking
y fragant Havana ''Would you oblige me, sir,
BY changing into another carriage, or putting
you: cigar out pro tem."
Swell (nonchaantly.) 30, certainly"
Throws his cigar out of The window.)
Commercial Gent (complacently producing
and filling his meersehaum.) "Sorry to trou-
BILE YOU, but never caD enjoy my pipe when
there's bad weed agoin!"
THE RAINBOW
May be accurately described as the real
Noah'5 Arc.
SAT UPoN-A DINNER TABLE SCENE.
Hospitable Host. "Does any gentleman say
Precise Guest "No, sir. No gentleman says
pudden."
DUTIES AND 1MPosTs- IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
TRAVELLERS.
Any person arriving from the Continent Is
nermIIIed to clear his throat at the Custom
house free of all duty.
NOTE By FOREIGNER.
On Eneland's possessions the sun never sets.
True; and on one OF them, London, the sun
never rises
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THE AMERICAN CLAIMS.

The New York World makes the followin
estimate OF the modest bill handed In to tn
Geneva Conference In behalf of the Unite
States:
I. For the destruction of vessels
and property belonging 10 the Gov
ernment of the United States. Is $500
II. For the destruction Of mer-
chant vessels, cargoes and property
States NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1890, SO
III. For other damages or injuries
| to persons, growing out of the de-
structlon OF each. class of these YES
sells.
lin respect to this item the ''case"
says it Is Impossible at present for
the United States to present de.
tailed statement, but the amount of
claims cannot be less than hundreds
of thousands, and possibly, millions
| of dollars, on account Of hardy, help
less seamen and their families.]
w. For national expenditures In
pursuit of the cruisers. s............. 1850, AZ
V. For loss In the transfer OF the
| American commercial marine to the
British flag.
rim respect 10 this item the United
States asks the arbitrators to esti-
| mate The amount which ought to
| be paid to them, after we submit
statistics In respect to our tonnage
before and after the rebellion.l
vi. For enhanced payments ofin-
surance by citizens OF the United
States, 80 far as now known. 1,l20, ,79t
VII. For prolongatlon of civil war. the ad
dition of large sum to the c3st thereof and o
the suppression OF the rebellion.
[As 10 this item the United States claim thai
after the battle Of Gettysburg offensive opera
| tioDs by the insurgents were conducted only
at sea, through the Anglo Confederate
cruisers, with the hope Of involving this coun
try In war with Great Britain, and that the
latter ought in equity to reimburse the United
States for the expense thereby entailed upon
them.1
VIII. Interest upon all the claims up to the
day when the award is payable by the terms
of the treaty, which ls twelve months after
the date OF the award, at the usual rate of in
terest in the City Of New York, where most o.
the claims of individuals are held, which ie
seven per cent. per aunnm. The United States
claim that interest should be computed from
an average day, say July l, 1863.
According to the foregoing statement, 80
far as 1t goes, the figures reach the sum Of
$26, 1885, 1896. 1t will be observed, however. In
the reading OF the exhibit, that the amounts
for damages or Injuries to persons growing
o,-t, er ti,t dastrnottnn of uoaHala by the Con
federate cruisers. the loss in the transfer o.
the American commercial marine to the British
flag, the prolongallon OF the war, due to the
continued offensive operations of the Confede
rate prlvateers after the battle of Gettys-
burg, and Interest upon all the claims up tc
the day when the award is payable, according
to the terms of the Washington Treaty, are
not enumerated In this schedule. The amount
of the claims will vastly increase the Ameri
can demand.
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THE oLD.WORLD's NEWS.

PARIS, Februarys.
Minister Washburn returns to the United
States on leave. Colonel Hoffman has charge
Of the legation.
LONDON, February8.'
The steamers Colorado aud Arabian collided
lust outside the Mersey, when the Colorado
was run ashore to prevent her sinking with
all on board. The Arabian was comparative
ly nninjured, and rescued the Colorado's pas
sengers except FIVE steerage passengers, who,
through fear, jumped overheard.
The new company which proposes to lay g
telegraph direct to New York has been regis
tered. One of the features is to fix the tolls at
twenty shilllngs per ten words.
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TIE WEATHER THIS DAP.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. February 8.
The low barometer off the South Atlantic
will probably move norLheastward on Friday
along the Cult stream. Northeast winds, with
clouds and rain, will. continue 10 the Cult
coast from North Carolina to East Virginia;
Northerly winds and clearing weather will
prevail from Texas 10 Alabama. Dangerous
winds are not anticipated tonight.
Yssterday's Weather Reports Of the
Signal Service, U. s. A.-4.47 r. NJ,
Local Time.