, 1873-10-21
WASHINGTON.
4 Review of tho Mixed Claims COM
mission.
Joe Wilson on Newt Booth.

Joe Wilson on Newt Booth.
From Our O.cn Corrxsront1ent.
WAs,f1xuroN, Oct. 10, 1873.
Tho Mixed ClcimB Commission dissolved =
fow weeks ago, little observed by my of lta. It
Ia not too Into to any something about 1t, and
something ought to 10 Hatl upon conference OF
such moment, which awarded about
=. TWO M1LL1oN DOLLARS,
wholly to English claimants. :
This aum foil bolow tho expectations OF the
British at least s3 ,o00, 900; and Russell durnoy,
the English Commissioner dopartcdwitl a sonao
Of dofent, which the English pross and bar haVo'
not failod to deepen III Ills mind. The compoai-
tion OF tho Commission WIS highly advantageous
to ourselves and our usual luclt has followed uH.
The British confidently expected to Offset about
70 per cont Of tho Alabama award with tho results
Of this Mixed Commission; but tho selection Of
tho umpire
COUNT coR1:
waa in our favor, from tho spirit Of equity md
compromise manifested by that uob1o italian,
and nlso from his general ignorance Of intcrna-
tional prcccdonts. whereby ho decided lilo "a
conscientious novice, md happily tho positions
In this inspect woro IA serted our side. Tho
English Commissioner, Russell Qurnoy, was not
adapted to advance tho interests Of Ills country
mon, being old, snnpps!i, noisy, aud violent,
md without any special training for cases Of
this Kind Title American Commissioner, James
8. Frazer, Of Indaua, WIS nun a good deal Of
the atyo md temperament Of President Ln-
coin, dry, Sly, witty, slow, Rrro, md slrewd,-
and ho managed to provoke qnruey by lia
equipoiae md Jet get tho advantage in sympa-
thy They quarrelod dreadfu1ly, aud Cortl on
ono OCCASION roso up apd said:
"By c., I will not stay hore to horo you
dispute, gentlemen"
This worthy, attentive, and right noble 1tnlian
had little apprehension Of tho dignity Of cou-
merce. md hold Tint tho fusseH Of people a1-
gagged in trnde required to bo adjustod on tho
nice Rcalo Of right and wrong. mud not as cuetm
Ind prescribed. Hq did, therefore, discriminate
like his countrywonlan Po'tta, as, for example,
In the case Of
. THE british snIp c11uAssrAN.
Thta Bhip had departed from England to run
the blockade but got to New Orleans after wo
had oponod that port, and she was not technt-
callY, therefore, q blockado-ruunor. Corti, the
umpire, held Tint ckado-running was an illicit
business, crime in point Of fact, and ho decided
thus: -. '-'<''
dentlemen, thia vossoi was started out to
commit crime. Tho intention of her owners
and crow was to break tho blockade. BY tho
law Of right, she ought to bo condemned. but
,.thore waB no blockade technically, ani, there
fore hor bud and vicious Intentions Wero attended
yth f,. sort Of accidental warrant. What can
~ vv saa IN ,, ,tcroat ~ ase
years. I award thom Just hnlf tho amount
~ s teuy, T. Wns ta ] Mlso an9 Mnymara aeelaom;
ot !uslcai W sup SloMn9 " elnul
~ pue ~ oa ~ m ,nu u,sa fe u n aaoag
t1n n,r;stisp ~ %oana1 % ~ uaoao ~ D"' ~ p1e"'oo"
'nG t nnp;o ~ u fo+,, ~ s;,o
IT, a ~ ~, a'o ~ ~. ~ ud1 ss
" the other ~ sutn ~ Mlo'tlatiun' accolul1e u
1us sat oou os ios"'Ats u 'ne ao'oie ano Juu6cs'
"naa 49,. IRE ..,-ns ~, n,.,, arx,,,.,,
7,,aa TIE LIMITS of aak coaaEAolAA sp1hiT!
o,,4sa asar. IL "@atuS n. sa;, "
hIool.Joa r. }act3 no WIZ oau ',at s'u. ~.
tlize viii tho commnrcia, su;,it ~ ~ aosa ~ ut
s.1a Mtsn ~ ~ ~ sp1.atI. ~ uoon @ uo'
~ eonmt orti n,t f n Tia an orao.
at; re[.o.ao ~ rs ~
,,orai nfsasa "ra +" ca1iod Il 1na"o ~
Frasar liyina IL Indiana and kuowinr no raore
1oro. v;fi, cona1.hn J,,.or na;I ,onoo+a
"''4 a,ad rtartas;i' b.s,a a
twoa, he,,;rNrants wcrc 6ot of niratss. md
hadno % eeuities This is fatal doctrine q Tho tho
a,sa rna ~ W.alnooa ogm;m;at,a
,,o ~, nr a,r ,aco ~ " n,ortns o.
eaed TO oxacv tue
conrsa s,d ia;5 Jowr tl,n in,r ~ 'o OffN-''
eou'so' "au @ aa.u s19 ~ ~ Wv ~ ~" - -.
-, inh hiua49 " Seu iftAla
with such clehrnesa anu Vlgoc tlAt ho recovered,
romomher correctly. ABOUT 42suoo, uoo. ~, Iho
teason Mas' nas a'nhney %as eltl2oa o. III, na1
taole hnu ta"nnpons % mt'cn Ture @ nn.un.ea VII,
mo s1lonaIa aa1ng o. WathEo 20 1ratiera, ano
Rnsnea pase ~ .ho oloeheaoa 9 81 Gar'htcna1.
~ saa y r ns eGoHr nugoS sSo poa
~; ~ ~ ~ & .uG a'o tu1el ~ tinIgu' .,i
a.eeAuca =. - Luz "nn .111f' 1tlo
n;s ;ni a'u 9In H., uspaISou 4 ~ ~ ~
titPlu4E3 WHICH AuHuuucud lHo "tA!FII oH Lilo set