The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-12-17

| from acts committed between April Is
1841, and April 9, 1865, became practica
BILE under terms of treaty within the pas
year, and was paid upon the 2lst day o
September, 1874 In this connection
renew my recommendation made at the
opening of the last session of Congress
that a special Court be erected to heal
and determine all claims of aliens agains
the United States, arising from acts com
mitted against their persons or property
during the insurrection. 1t appear.
equitable that opportunity should be of
+ fered for persons of other States to pre-
sent their claims as we'll as to those Brit
ish subjects whose claims were not admis
sible under the claims of the late Com
mission, to the early decision of a compe
tent tribunal, and [ recommend the nee
essary legislation to organize Court tc
| dispose of those claims of aliens who are
referred to, in an equitable and satisfac
tory manner, and to relieve Congress and
the departments from the consideration
of these questions.
The legislation necessary to extend the
colony of New Foundland, certain arti-
cles of the Treaty of Washington of the
Sth day of MAY, 1871, having been had, a
protocol to that effect was suggested in
behalf of the United States and Great
Britain, on the 29th day of May last. and
was duly proclaimed on the following
day A copy of the proclamation is sub
mitted herewith.
A copy of the report of the Commission
appointed under the act of March 10,
1872, for surveying and marking the
boundary between the United States and
the British Possessions from the Lake of
the Woods to the summit of the Rocky
Mountains, is herewith transmitted. l
| am happy to announce that the field work
of the Commission has been completed,
and the entire line from the northwest
| corner of the Lake of the Woods to the
summit of the Rocky Mountains has been
run and marked upon the surface of the
| earth 1t is believed that the amount
remaining unexpended of the appropria-
| ton made at the last session of Congress
will be sufficient to complete the work.
recommend that the authority of Con-
gress be given to use the unexpended
balance of the appropriation in the COM
pletion of the work of the Commission
in making the report and printing the
necessary map.
The Court known as the Court of Com
missioners of the Alabama claims, created
by an act of Congress the last session has
organized and commenced its work and
it is to be hoped that the claims admissi-
BILE under the provisions of the act may
be speedily administered; and it has been
deemed advisable to exercise the discre-
ton conferred upon the Executive at the
last session by accepting the conditions
required by the Government of Turkey
for the privilege of allowing citizens of
the United States to hold real estate in
the former country, and bv asserting to
certain change of the Jurisdiction of
the Courts in the latter. copy of the
proclamation upon these subjects is here
with communicated.
There has been no material change in
our relations with the independent States.
within this hemisphere which were for
merly under the dominance of Spain
Marauding on the frontiers, between Mex
leo and Texas, still frequently takes
place, despite the vigilance of the civil
and military authorities in that quarter
The difficulty of checking such tresspases
along the course of q river of such length
as the Rio Grande, and so often fordable
is obvious 1t is hoped that the efforts of
this Government will be seconded by
those of Mexico to the effectual suppress
sion of acts of wrong. From a report
upon the condition of the business before
the American and Mexican Joint Claims
Commission. made by the agent on the
part of the United States, and dated Oc-
tOber %. 1874, it appears that of the H.
the United States, 1888 had been finally
decided and seventy five were in the
hands of the umpire, leaving 400 to be
disposed of; and of the 998 claims filed
against the United States, 726 have been
finally decided, and one was before the
umpire. and 271 remain to be disposed Of
Since the date of such report other claims
have been disposed of, reducing somewhat
the number still pending, and others have
been passed upon by the arbitrators. 1t
has become apparent in view of these fig
ures, and of the fact that the work de-
volving onsthe umpire is particularly Ia
borious. that the Commission would be
unable to dispose of the entire number of
claims pending prior to the 1st day of
February, 1855, the date fixed for its ex-
piratlon. Negotiations were pending
looking to the securing of the results of
the decisions which have been reached,
and to further extension of the Commits
sion for limited time, which it is conf
IDENTIFY hoped will suffice to bring all the
business now before it to final close.
The strife in the Argentine Republic is
to be deplored, both on account of the
parties thereto and from the probable
effects on the interests of those in the
trade to that quarter, ofwhom the United
States. are among the principal As
yet, so far as I am aware there has been
no violation of our neutrality rights,
which, as well as our duties in that res
pect it shall be my endeavor to maintain
and observe.
1t is with regret I announce that no
further payment has been received from
the Government of Venezuela on account
of the award in favor of citizens of the
United States. Hopes have been enter
tanned that if the Republic could escape
both tOPaIUn nd oix, fo,.o fav-
its great natural resources would enable
it to honor its obligations. Though it is
now understood to beat peace with other
countries. a serious insurrection is re-
ported to be in progress in an important
region of that Republic. This may be
taken advantage of as another reason to
delay the payment of the dues of our
citizens.
The deplorable strife in Cuba contin-
ues without any marked change in the
relative advantages of the contending
forces The insurrection continues, but
Spain has gained no superiority. Six
years of strife give the insurrection sig
nifcance which can not be denied. Its
duration and the tenacity of its adher-
ents. together with the absence of mani
tested power of suppression on the part
of Spain, can not be controversial and
may make some positive steps on the
part of the other Powers matter of self
| necessity
had confidently hoped at this time to
be able to announce the arrangement OF.
some OF the important questions between
this Government and that of Spain, but
the negotiations have been protracted.
i The unhappy intestine dissensions of
Spain command our profound sympathy,
and must be accepted as, perhaps, cause