The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-06
Observation-Disclosures.

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WAsh1NdroN, February 4. 1T is gaid
IN Official circles that our. Government
has mo- Information which exciEes fears
that the Genesa arbitration will fail of
its: object, notwithstanding the recent
comments Qf the London papers resueGt.
ing the American statement Of tho; case
before that tribuhSl;h A1d attention ia
called to, the fact thpt. iI 11eonmissibning
the British High Oommissioners, Qnaen
Victoria, ptedgad' her goyHi word, that
whatever things should be transacted
and concluded by her high commission
ers shoaldl be agreed; to, acknewledRed
aud regarded by her in the fullest man
ner, and that she would never suffer,
eathef In. whole. or in. part, any person
whatsoever to infringe upon the same or
act contrary thereto; as far aS lay In her
PpWaf. Tie ,tteaty. it ,is known, pro-
vides thnt should it.appear that Great
ihrtta3n has. failed to. ful1i anv duty or
duties as to the so.called Alabama depre-
dauohs. and the arbftrators do not award
to the United States sum in gross, it is
agfeed.that,n q board of assessors shall be
appointed 70 ascertain what claims are
valid and %hat amount shall be paid !, by
Great Britain on account Of the liability
arising from such failure, as to each YES
sci. according to. the extent of such liza.
bility as decided by The -arbitrstors. Il
appears from, the protocol, that at the
conference here on the 9Th of March.
the. American Commissioners claimed
shat Great Britain, by reason of her
,fallureiin the proper observance OF her
duties as neutral, had become iustIv
liable for the acts of the cruisers and of
their tenders, and that the claims for the
loss and destruction OF private property
which had thus far been presented.
amounted to about Sl4, 600, 600, without
interest. which amount was liable to be
greatly Increased by claims which had
not then been presented; that the cost
to which the Government had been put,
III the pursuit Of crnisers, could easily be
ascersained by certificates of the Go.
vernment accounting of3cers; that in the
hope OF an amioable settlement, no esti-
mate, was made of the indirect ,losses..
without prejudice, however, to the right
OF lndemnification OF their account, in
the event OF no such settlement being
made
FoRrREss MONROE, February 4.-The
United States; irignte Guerrero, having
on,hoard tha remains of the late General
Robert Anderson, arrived in the roads
at noon. to-day, and passed on mp to
Norfolk. i. .-.
NEW ORrRANs. February 5.-Mata.
moras dispatches atsse that the marty
under Sonchea Uriste, which pillsQed
Bagdad lately, was surprised. yesterdsv
at st. Terese, thirty miles Distant
Uriste and five others were killed thraa
wounded aud seventeen captured The
prisoners we're brought into this city
today; four will be shot tomorrow. at
daylight; the rest will be imprisoned as
rebels. Soldiers and citizens are nroh;.
bited from leaving the city. Many are
required to join the National Guard.
which has recruited 400 men. who are
under arms. Artillery was placed in the
tortifioations to-day, and manned. Cor.
tina has reached Reinos, pushed by
0oieroso III advance. Several promi |
nent Mexicans. suspected Of sympathiz. |
ing with the revolutionists, have been
ordered to leave the city; among others.
ex-Gov. Andrews, of Treyino. Every.
thing isin preparation for active defence.
CINCINNATI, February 5.-Two girls. |
while crossing the Ohio on the ice, were
drowned.
SAN FRANc1sco, February 5.-The
Moses Taylor has arrived; she brought
considerable wool. The Java and Aus
traiia cable has been successfully laid.
Valuable .plumbago mines have been
discovered. The yield of gold is in
creasing. Twenty seamen, from the
American man-of-war st. Mary's, at
tempted to break into the Government
female reformatory school, at Sidney
The ships officers arrived and captured
the rioters. The vine disease has an.
peared around Melbourne. The export
OF wool to the United States during De-
cember was s,27l bales; two vessels are
loading The wheat crop of South Aus.
tralia is heavy. There will be a large
surplus. The shipment of American
manufactured goods to Australia has %.
nerally resulted in heavy loss.
SALT LAKE, February 5-The japan.
ese Embassy are here. Delong was dis
appointed by his inability to proceed
Eastward. He says the report of the
snow blockade will drive millions of dol.
lars in travel and trade from the trans.