The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-03

The Mixed oi.,s, 2 CemmI.sloa-rn,
SAm.rfcsn Claims DIsaliowsd- d-Brlti.h
FS plains Reduced.
The British end American Commis.
! ! son: which hAa been in seseic. et IGss..
por, a1ring the snmmer, completed its
S %olS thursday evening, 25th .ultimo,
a, ne Com mission began it's session at
washington. September 90, 1871, and
" 'ne terms OF the treaty, it was to
complete its work on. or before the oeth
OF September. 1873. The number of
Gs:aas Ds:.:H, @hic.: :'aTo beer presented b7
Dtitisn SUBJECTS against the Goverr ment
OF tue United Suites is Ats, and their
a aSgIegate @ amount is not fur from S95. :
ooo,ooo inese claims were for damages
iIou aots OF either Government between
april 1901. and April, 1865, other than
m,' 1mose known as the Alabama claims.
lucy ranged from loss of clothes in
Hsn oneImans march to SIG. 600, 900
~. qu,oHslver mine in Santa Clara,
Ts., ana included losses by the Legal
o.uel ace' oy oonfiscation of vessels,
instruction .'.1 OF property by Union and
aeGel troops Tor unlawful arrests, for
the British claims, lSI have bean ad;n.
dlcated III favor of the claimants and
the amount allowed upon than ~
Sl.929.8l9. Iu very few instances how.
ever, has claim beer allowed tn ;ts fnll
amount. by far the greater portion Of
the ISL which have seoured a favoro,,Ia
decision, have been reduced to an ins;o.
nlhcnnt fraction OF what wns set fort,, ;n
the papers that were fled by the claim.
ants. 297 have been wholly feiected
On the other hand, only nineteen claims
of all kinds have been brouoht haforo
the Commission by citizens OF the
United States against tho British Go
vernment. They wcrc for losses sus.
tained by the ST. Albans raid. by the
capture or u vessel on Lake Erie. by the
detention OF cnrgoes Of saltpe,rc at
Calcutta, DC. These claims amount to
Sl,OOO, 900. and not one of them has
been allowed The decision is tinnl
and the money. by the terms of the
treaty, must be paid within q wear. rbe
full text OF the final decree is us follows.
OFFICE MIXED Con- on AMERICAN AND
BRITISH CLAIMS. UNDER TREATY. MAY
.. 1871. NEWPORT. T. l., September
25, 1873. ~
The undersigned, Commissioners Cd.
pointed under tho twelfth article of the
treaty signed ut Washington, on the Sth
day OF May, 1871. between the United
States Of America and her Britannia
Majesty, do now nuke their "tipal
award OF and concerning the matter re
ferred to them by said trenty, as follows
that Is to say:
We award that the Government of
the United STATES of America shall nav
TO the Government of her Britannia Ma.
]esty, within twelve months from the
date hereof, tue sum of 81, ,929.SI9 in
gold, subject to the deduction provided
for by Article XVI OF the treaty aforr-
said, for and in full satisfaction of the
several claims on the part of corpora-
tlons, companies or private individuals
subjects OF her Britannia Majesty, upon
the Government Of tho United Stntes
arising out of acts committed against
the persons or property Of subjects of
Her Britannia Majcsty, during the be.
Rod between the 18th day of April.
| 1861, and the 9th day OF April. 1865. in.
olnsive; said sum being tho aggregate Of
the several separate awards upon such
claims made in writing, in duplicnte
and signed by US or such of us as as.
sented to said separate awards. aud all
other such claims on the part of sub.
lects OF her Britannia Mujesty against
the United States, which have been
presented and prosecuted for our award. b.
have been and are hereby disalIowed or
dismissed in manner and form as will
appear by the several separate awards in
writing concerning the same, signed as
aforesaid. Certain other claims on the
part OF subjects of her Britannia Majesty
against the United States wero also pre.
sented, but were afterward, and before
my award wa. made thereon, Withdrawn
by the:agent of her Britannia Majesty.
as will appear by the record of the pro
ceedings of the Commission kept in du.
plioate, and which will be delivered to
each Government herewith.
And we award that all claims on the
part OF corporations, companies or pri.
vate individuals. citizens of the United
States. upon tho Government of her
Britannia Majesty. arising out of acts
committed against the persons or pro.
perty OF citizens of the United States,
between the 18th day Of April, 1861.
and the 9th day of April, 1866, inclu
sive, not being claims growing out of
the acts Of vessels referred to in The
first article of SAID treaty, have been
and are hereby lisalowe,:; separate
awards npon each of said claims having
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