The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-12-17

Is between April 1SI1, 1871 ana ADf1l 6E
Id 1854, became payable under the term
"a of the treaty within the past year, an
to was paid upon the 2Ist day of Septen
at Der, 1874.
le In this connection renew my ret
a concentration made at the opening {
ne the last session of. Congress, that a spt
o. cial court be created to hear and deter
IN mine all claims of aliens against th
lie United States arising from acts com
N mitted against, their persons or proper
OF ty during the insurrection. 1t appear
r. equitable that an opportunity shoul
IL be offered to citizens of other States t
le present their claims, as well as thos
n British subjects whose claims were no
)t admissible, under the late commission
It to the early decision of some compe
e tent tribunal. To this end recon-
> mend the necessary legislation to or
e ganize u court to dispOse of those claim
e of aliens of the nature referred to in al
equitable and satisfactory manner, ant
Y to relieve Congress and the department.
|, from the consideration of these ques
d tions. . Is sf44, sd ~ f,s.s.f .,,..-5
The Legislation necessary to extent
: to the colony of Newfoundland certain
r articles of the Treaty of Washington
y Of the Sth day of May. 1871, n having
: been had, protocol to that effect was
q signed in behalf of the United States
4 and Great Britain on the 28th9 day ioi
May last, and was duly proclaimed on
the following day. A COPY of the
. proclamation is submitted herewith.
! A copy of the report iof the commits
1 l;sion appointed under the act of March
l9, 1872, for surveying and marking
the boundary Between. the United
: States and the British Possessions from
Lake of the Woods to the summit, OF
Rocky Mountains Is herewith trans
=
t5w Il amiyhappy to announee that the
> field work of The commission has been
completed, and the entire line from
the northwest corner of the Lake of
/ thesWoOds to th6l summit of the Rocky
Il Mountains, has been run and marked
upon the surface of the earth. It is
believed that the amount Remaining
iunexpelIded of the appropriation made
at the last session of Congress will be
sufficient to complete the Office work.
recommend that the authority of
Il Congress be given to the use of the un-
lexpended balance of the appropriation
in the completion of the work of the
commission. s' .''@ ft'i3 it.'tsi - /.
+ In making the report and printing
tue znectssszETy ma p Jne court known as
the Court of Commissioners of Ala
l'bama Claims, created by an act of Con-
gress at the last session, has commenced
its work, and it is to be hoped that all
| the claims admissible under the pro-
visions of the act may be speedily as
certained and paid Gsm 6iisn 7ofa
!. Il has been deemed advisable to ex-
ercise the discretion conferred upon
! the Executive at the last session by at;-
cepting the conditions required by the
government of Turkey for, the privi-
| lege of allowing citizens of the United
States to hold real estate in the former
1countryI and by assening to u certain
! change in the Jurisdiction of the courts
of the latter. A copy of the proclama-
ton upon these subjects is herewith
I cOnn nnmunicated. GVsaFg2 sUo]H3aHQ4a
s. There has been no lnatlriali change
in our relations with the independent
states of the hemisphere which were
formerly underlthe dominion of Spain.
Maurauding on the frontier between
Mexico and Texas still frequently takes
place despite the vigilance of the civil
and military authorities in that QUAR-
ter. The difficulty of checking such
of such length as the Rio, Grande aud
SO often fordable, is obvious. 1t is
hoped that the efforts of this govern
nltnt will be Seconded by thDseqOf
Mexico TO the eifectual suppression of
acts of wrong. From report upon |
the condition of the business before
the American and the Mexican Joint
Claims Commission made by the agent |
on the part of the United States, and |
dated October %, 1874, it appears that |
of the l,0I7 claims filed on the part of I
citizens of the United States, 433 had |
been finally decided and IS were in the /
hands of the umpire, leaving 462 to be |
disposed of and of the 998 claims filed |
against the United States, 726 had been
finally decided on, one was before the
umpire, and 2zl remained to be dis
posed of. Since the date of such re-
port other claims have been disposed
of, reducing somewhat the number
still pending, aud others have been
passed upon by the arbitrators.
Tt has become apparent, in view of
these figures and Of the fact that the
work tievOIving on the umpire is par
ticularly laboFiOus, that the commits
sioners would be unable to dispose of
the eIitire number of claims pending
prior to the first day of February, 1875,
the date fixed for its expiration. Ne
gotiations are pending looking to the
security of the results of the decisiOnsd
which have been reached, and to fur
ther extension of the commission for
limited time which it is confidently
hoped will suffice to bring all the bus
mess now before it to "a finahclose. 4
81 The strife in the Argentine Republic
n !
the parties thereto and from the prob
able effects on the interests OF those en-
gagged in the3tEadel to that sqAlarteri of ]
whom the United States are; among ;
the principal !; but as yet, 50 far as III
am aware. there las been no violation j
of our Neutrality rights, Which, as we'll j
as our duties in that spect, it Shall be
nv erideavOr to'maintain ard observe
3 It is with regret that L announce that
no further payment has lneen received
from the governmentf of Venazuela on I
ACCOUNT of awards in favor of citizens |
of the United States.z5 gshuH" fads :
i Hopes have been entertained that if
the republic could escape both foreign
and civil WARRIOR few years. its great
natural resources would enable it to
honor its obligations Though it is S
now understood to be at peace with y
other countries, a serious insurrection5 s
is reported to be in progress in an inn i
portant region of that republic, This t
may be taken advantage of as another I
reason to delay the payment of the t
dues of our citizens. The deplorable {
strife in Cuba continues without any 3
marked change in the relative advan- /
tages of the cOntehding forces. The
continues; but Spain has &
gained nOsshperiority. Six years of c
strife give the ipsurrection a signifi-
canees which cannot be .denied.F It's C
and the tenacity of its adher- t
ence Together with the. absence of man
Tested power of suppression on the 7
part of Spain cannot be, controverted, i
and may make some positive steps on t
The part of other powers a matter of U
selfnecessity. I had confidently hoped a
At this time to be able to announce the 4
of some of the important /
q questions j between this government f
andIthat of Spain, but INTERPRETATIONS y
have been protracted iaa5H le.t as i @
The unhappy intestine dissensions t
Of Spain command our profound SYM S
pathy and must be accepted as perhaps f
q cause ofsome, delay! An early set Il
Element in part, at least, of the ques- Il
tons between the governments is hop v