The sun., 1873-09-27
WHAT UNCLE SAM MUSTPAY
THE MINED BRITISH- AMERICAN
COW NISSION'S WORK.
Thrrc Hundred Nii,ions Of Dollars Asked
Tor, bu, only s2,JOO,OOO Awarded.


Tor, bu, only -, 800 900 Awarded.
The business of the American and Brit
ish Claims Commission was concluded ycster-
day. in Newport. X. J., where the commission
had been in occasional session for several
months. This commission was one Of The or
shoots - the Treaty or Washington. aud was
provided fr 10y the following article of that
convention:
Arri,t, r. cM-h contracting parties agree mat
al 'n",' on '"r AT O.. s9t,,,a ns 'o,ji r, m ~
tnco ,crs'ncnt ot hr rtarnic tnics'y. am. lg cut
otc,ius,, tac ru'tssd' 'ltcs dGfme uS oltG
cllsvo. not neng clas growing out Of the dcts 1i ie
sfeis referred TO in article OF this treaty, and all
tous companics. private individuals sub r's oi rcr
Lrlternic Naic4ty upon The Govcrumcnt oi q. ln'd
tohs ~ property Of subjects of her branhc Majrsty
"hcr and Sbc W., tcln un.m,t az We'll "s sny
Other such claims Which may be prescnted within thc
& ,p'f9eG &SJrcd % 10 GT'S' iGrSc f' tS"' ~
to sry one conT ioner Ss o,ls5 a na%cd aca
iy her lriann Majesty and third by tlr President
janiy atd in ca,s uc, third tomqis ioa,r ,l.l 20,
from ie dsic o. hc c1chsnge of the raiihcations oi
this treaty thea the third comns Toner shs BE- named
hing o pam. la OF the death, absence. or ucr
cy OF any Conn ,t,ontr or 10 lhe even, , oi 9hy h
vaciuc, sha ho nlcd IN the manner her,inheiorc pro-
Of three ontns case OF subst being calculate
commissioner. 80 named slsl meet ut washington at
the ear ,st convenient period after hcy have been re-
bu.iu,s. make aud sunscribc solemn declaration thot
to the bcst OF their judgment aEd according to Justice
and equity all s"ch c.im- - sall be LAID oetor' h
che ,sr, Of the GUy,rilhents OF tho United stats
hId ~ her Brtauuc Majesty, resp tCtyey and such
d,ri,-i ol shall be catered on lac record tncir
the COMMISSIONERS.
Under this article the British Government
named MIR. GucInoy, London barristcr one
of { g Commissioners President Grant named
cN-ConcressnGn Frazier, OF Indiana. and after
s"mc diplomatic correspondence Count Cort,
of italy, was ortrcd upon as the dlsinterested
third Commissioner. Robert :. Hale, member
Of Congress elect, was appointed agent and at
torucy ~ the United States Government aud
Nr. carlisle, Of the law Grm Of Mcpherson X
tulislC, Washington, ID. G., acted In a similar
capacity for tho British Government.
Ihe commission organized in Washington on
the @j,h Of Scptembcr lsil, and at the 'utsct
aLrecd that the business should he tunc'uuDd
within Two years. -Four hundred auD I'AtN-
cieht claims OF Brltl-h sNnlc''s ~, .'si our
GpNprn,lcut were presented to II, tie sums
claincd amounting IN the assrega'c 10 about
three hundred million dollars. Tine doctrine Il
Cou-equenti'l damages was III this N
stance reversed az TO application WIN
, a vengeance. and the losses OF British sub
jccts were Exaggerated IN degree fat sutuassing
tuc Alabama claims presented TO the arhitlators
az Geneva. Onc-f6urth lin amotnJ of the
Hiti~h claims presented referred 10 the Illegal
capture aid condemnation In przc courts II
hui.sn ships, charged by the United Stat"s
ll .D,.4 .. :I..lilDr with other a~sericd Viuia-
ii1at ~ iu,efnatIunal law alreg tim. Brtsh mcr-
ch.u'mfu iu Calcutta aud other ports.
THE COTTON CLAIMS.
The uthc- three-fnurths II the claims were
inhtniN Tot tue seizure ol cotton ana personal
property hV the nited States authorities In the
III. class % Of 1ams Mere disailowcd because the
seiIing authorities held commissions from the
Confederate states instead # the United states.
J II was also determined early IN the delihera-
/ tiunr Of the Commissioners that they would not
touch eases In which the claimants had not ex-
J hAuStcd their ordinary legal remedies for tres
passes or damages inflicted upon them. The
cases, therefore, In which the claimants had not
/ appealed from adverse decisions of the L nited
/ States District Courts were all dismissed.
/ Among those that were finally adJudicated 10y
! the courts, and which were presented TO the
commission for revision, may be mentioned the
/ condemnation as prizes Of the Hiawatha. the
Science. the Nolant, the Dashing Wave, the
Empress, the sir William Peel the Adela, the
Pctrrhuf, tine Sprngbok, the Georriana, the
/ GeZienI Halilenda, the CirCassian. and the Ma
bella Thompson. Ihe awards IN these and 9ther
utcd states Supreme Court, amounted to
TIE BLoCKApE.
The legality Of the blockade established hy
. President l. uculn was under discussion, and
IL" de, zion was faN cradle to tins Government
In iact. the British ciaimants seem 10 nave been
ruled "ut dt aIln"ste ~ point ne tutti awards
3 To- them amounting to only S@.lVp.uO. lhry
! were partially avenged, however, ny the totAl re-
lection ui all the claims against the british g, v
7 .rnment exhibited 10y American citizens. These
tluliu- we're bat nineteen In all, and related g.
b tue damages sustained 10y American citiXcu- III
. tI.r 81. Alhan, raid and other Confederate do
mou-tr4tiuti- on the Canadian border during the
4 war The Ouututrsiuu decided that the dam
az. don" hy mcu Wur, ~ for the Cuufederacy
Nuo awaited thcW-eiycs II neutral British terri
tory to organize their raid was not churgeahle tt
GreHt Butain. Nith the same reasoning tn,
, Canadian claims founded upon lenlau raidr
were Wlp' out, much To- the DISCUS; ~ the an-
I.f ia lnf 4 r. ftt |ftfll f.-I4
iuc Commissioners, in rendering decisions
fled no written oI Unions, and IN most cases lcf
the claimants entirely in the dark as tu tl,
grounds Of their lion. II Is presumed, how
ever, that the frat rep n Of their PROCEEDING
4 which they will submit TO both Guvcrnmeut,
viii contain "a detailed statement of the ground,
ot their action upou every Ct-e. The none,
they have awarded is payable one year lrUu tan
date.