The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-16
CELEBRATION DURING TWO HOURS.
The Work Of the Judiciary and Probable
Time Of the Proceedings.
Direct Damages and Heavy Award
Anticipated for America.
The Principle of the Treaty Of Washington
To Be Discussed for Exact Definition.
TELEGRAM TO the NEW YORK HERALD.

TELEGRAM TO the NEW YORK HERALD.
GENEVA, July 10, 1872.
His Excellency Count Scopis, President of the
court OF arbitration commissioned for the settle
ment of the Alabama claims difficulty between the
governments Of the United States and Great Bril-
tain, arrived in this city to-day, prepared for the
reassemblage ofthe tribunal, in accordance with
the ruling adopted at the moment Of its ad-
journment for recess.
Baron Itajuba, representative OF His Majesty Dom
Pedro OF Brazil and Messrs. Waite Caleb Cushing
and Bancroft Davis counsel on behalf of the Ameri
can people, were in town previous to the entry OF
the Italian functionary
The representatives OF Her Majesty Queen Vic
toria, including Lord Teuterden, Chief Justice
Cockburn, Sir Rounded Palmer and Messrs. Der.
nard, Hamilton and Macheim, were looked for
during the morning, but did not put in an appear
ance until an early hour OF the afternoon
PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS WITH THE PRESS OUT
SIDE THE DOOR,
The proceedings before the Court to-day will be
OF purely formal character, and the minutes Of
record are still strictly CONFIDENTIAL The efforts OF
the newspaper press correspondents have not, at
this moment, availed to remove the seal OF secrecy
from the resolutions adopted by the members OF
the board during the first session.
DIRECT DAMAGES AND BRITAIN's PLEA IN ABATE-
MENr.
During the course OF the present pleadings the
English agents will make strong contest against
the American claims for direct damages, but the
prevailing impression is that the award in favor Of
the United States Tor compensation OF the direct
bill will be OF large amount in pounds sterling
DURATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS
AS to the probable duration Of the arbitration for
purposes Of legal argument and judicial delibera.
tion 1t is believed that the sttings of the Court will
continue during a period which Is estimated va
xiously ut from six to eight weeks.
There will be four sttings OF the Court each week.
The Session Complete and OF Two Hours
Duration-A Point or Treaty Principle,
OF What Was Evolved in Washing
ton.
GENEVA. July 15--Evening.
The members OF the Court of Arbitration in the
Alabama claims convened in regular meeting
to-day at the hour OF two O'Clock in the afternoon
and remained IN session until four O'Clock in the
evening.
All the members Of the Board were present as
were also the agents and counsel for the arbitrat
ing nations with the exception OF Hon. William NJ.
Evarts, Of the counsel for the United States.
CALCULATING A BASIS OF ACTION.
Although the Court sat with closed DOORS there
"a reason to know that the session occupied
from the beginning with the consideration of the
basis on which the deliberations Of the Board are
to be conducted.
WHAT DOES THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON MEAN ?
The first subject OF discussion will be 1.-The Prin-
ciples Enumerated by the Treaty OF washington.w
CONTINUOUS WORK CONTEMPLATED.
system Of daily assemblage will probably be
decided upon by the arbitrator for the present.
At the sitting tomorrow Tuesday) a special plan
for the future course Of proceedings viii be dis
cussed.
ENLIGHTENED, BUT UNRNLIGHTENING.
The Court again resolved, for the second time
since its opening, that absolute secrecy shall be
maintained with regard to the proceedings.
The Amount OF Claims Filed In WASH
ingtOn.
WASHINGTON, July Is, 1872,
The claims filed at the British American Claims
Commission exceed It is stated s51, 100000. or this
amount It is estimated that between one-ourth and
one-nfth will be allowed, or, dollar for dallar, the
amount that the Alabama claimants are likely to
realize.
The British-American Mixed Commission
to Reassemblc in Newport, r.. L.
WASHINGTON, July Is, 1872.
The Commission which adjourned on the 23d Of
April will meet at Newport r. l., on the nth OF
September. During the interval vast amount OF
labor has been performed by the secretary and the
Prospective agents, and the records have already
become vouminous. When 1t is known that there
are 42s British and nineteen American claims, some
of which, with testimony, will make from
five hundred TO eight hundred pages of
printed matter, filed with the Commission,
idea Of the work OF the Commission
may be formed. The memorials and all the
testimony are, under the regulations, required to
be printed the proof read and compared, all in
voving much care and labor. SO rapidly are the
cases prepared that AIS OF the British memorials
and all the American have been printed and are in
Che hands OF the respective counsel The Secretary