The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-26
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Herald Special Report from
Geneva.
The Arbitration Between Great Britain and
the United States Drawing
Rapidly to Close.
Official Experts Calculating the Items Of
the Money Award.
POINTS OF ISSUE FOR THE COURT JUDGMENT
The Case of the Shenandoah Still
Knotty and Difficult.
Compensation for the Whaling
Ships a Cause of British
Complaint.
Legal Tits and Professional
Excitement.
The Bill for the Georgia Prac-
tically Abandoned.
WAITING FOR THE VERDICT.
international Fetes and Bril-
liant Festivities.
The Herald Banquet to the Members Of
. the Court, the Counsel and Other
Eminent Personages.
A Musical Jubilee and Glorious
Gala Day in the Ancient
Swiss City.
The Herald Banquet to the Members Of
/ the Court, the Counsel and Other
Eminent PerSOnages.
A Musical Jubilee and Glorious
Gala Day in the Ancient
Swiss City.
The Weather in Harmony with
the Friendly Sentiment.
TELEGRAM 70 the new YORK HERALp.

The following special despatch to the
HERALD has been received from our CORE
spondent in GENEVA
GENEVA, August 25 1872.
The arbitration between the people and
government Of the United States and Her
Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,
for the settlement of the Alabama
damages claims bill, draws to a
close rapidly. The work of the counsel en-
gagged in the conduct of the national cases, on
either side, is practically finished, all the legal
arguments having been submitted to the
Court.
CALCULATING THE LOSSES BY EACH CRUISER.
The tribunal work which is just now being
done is actually in the hands of the account
ants, who are engaged in calculating the ex-
act amount of damages occasioned by the
operations of each one of the Anglo-American
rebel cruisers.
THE FINAL ISSUES FOR JUDICIARY JUDGMENT.
When the accountants have completed this
will render Court decision, made up on the
following issues-
Erst-Whether England is responsible for
each cruiser.
Second Being responsible--if declared So
what sum should she pay in recompense for
the American losses.
There is an earnest contest maintained re-
garding the case Of the privateer Shenandoah.
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WHALING SHIPS.
Some considerable amount of feeling is
shown by the English agents and counsel as
to the pertinacity of the Americans in pressing
the case and asking compensation for damages
sustained by the destruction of the whaling
ships. Some Of the scenes which transpired
just lately in presence of the Court were of a
very exciting character.
THE CASE OF THE GEORGIA.
The American plea which was based on the
case of the Georgia has been practically aban-
doned.
WAITING FOR THE VERDICT.
1t is expected that the Tribunal of Arbitra-
ton will render decision upon the whole
subject within space of two weeks from the
present day. a.
| AN AMERICAN BANQUET AND BRILLIANT FESTIVE
| Mr.. j. Bancroft Davis, the American agent,
gave splendid banquet to the arbitrators the
counsel of the arbitrating nations and the
members of their families present in the city,
on Friday last, the 23d instant, ct the Hotel
Beau Rivage.
The banquet was succeeded by brilliant
ball, to which many resident Americans So
journing in Switzerland were invited.
Citizen Jacob Staempdi, representative of
the Swiss Republic in the Court of Arbitra-
ton, and the Right Honorable Sir Alexander
Cockburn. Lord Chief Justice of England,
were not present.
COMPLIMENT FROM THE AMERICAN PRESS.
Saturday evening, the oath instant, the
New YORK HERALD entertained the arbitra-
tors, counsel. and attaches of the tribunal at