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. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The Official Correspondence Between England and the United States. The Question Thoroughly Diseussed. . A Mixed Commission to Adjust Gen- eral Claims Proposed. Secretary Seward te Mr. Adame, * | DEPARTMENT oF Stare, Wasuinctoy, Jan, 12, 1867. Gir—A copy of a despatch wriien by Lord Stanley on She S0:h of No. ember last has been submitted to mo bi “a Majestv’s Minister Pleoipotentiary here, Sir Frederick |. A orucer, It contains a review of my despatch No. Mou wil plese lap before Lord Stantsy th ‘ou w:!l please lay before tanley this reply. The Presid.nt appreciates the consi ae @ourtesy manifesiod @ball be content, on this occasion, with de ding such of my former statements as Lord Stantey bas disallowed. J think it unuecessary to disclaim a purpose of Pugving the motives of ti late or of the present Winsiry, Governments lke tndividaals necessa- rity take their measures with reference to tacts @nd circumstances as they at the time appear. The @spect often changes with further developments of events. It is with ascertained facts, and not int »ntions, ‘Shat we aro concerned; and it is of Great Britain as a @, and not of any Minis.er or ministry, that we com- 2. Lord Stanley justly reminds me that the Sumter was @f American, not of British origin, and that she began ber career by escaping from w Orleaus, and pot from ® British port’ 1 think, ho , that the correction does uot substantially affect the case. The Sumter, Belonging to loyal owners, was employed in trade be- tween New York and New Orleans, Insurgents seized and armed her there, and sent her out through the Dicckade. Sho captured several Uniied States mer- thant vessels, and rent them into Cienfuegos. On the Mth of July, 1861, she entered the British port of Trini dad. in the West Indies, ostentatiously displaying an msurgent flac, which ‘Rot then, nor has it ever since, Been recozu'ze; as “e national ensign, either by tho ‘United States or by Great Britain or by anv other State, ig Challenged sho pr’sented a pretended commis- sion, sigued, vot by the President of the United States, Bat by Jefferson Davin, av Insurgent chief, The Gover- Bor of Trividad exhibited the British standard as a com- Pliment to the insurgent visitor, The Sumter was @utertained there six daysjand supplied with coal. After renewed depredaiions, 8.@ took shelter, on the ‘Asth of January. 1862, in the British port of Gibraltar, $a Continental Europe. Being effectually locked in there for months by United States cruisers, she was, against the protest of this government, allowed to be sold to British buyers tor the account and benefit of the lo- Surgents. She then hois‘ed the British fag, and un 3 was received at Liverpool, within the British realm. dt is, indeed, true, as Lord Stanley has observed, that Alabama, w! she left England, was wholly un- @rmed snd not juliy equipped as a war vessel. 11 is aleo frne tbat she received am armament, a further equip- Ment, ac mmander and a crow io Augra Bay, Azores— @ posses ion of the crown of Portugal—where the British Petrramoenc ta no jurisdiction and could exercise po wful control, even if they had an opportungy. But, en the otber hand, it 13 to be remembered that, not only ‘Was the vessel built at Liverpool, but the armament and fhe suppi+mental equipmeat was built and provided there also, simultaneously and by the same British Dands, and also that the commander and crow were gathered and organized at the same time and the samo Place; the whole vessi rmament, equipment, com- Mander and crew were adapted, each part to the other, and all sere prepared forone complete expedition. ‘The parts were fraudulently separated in Liver- pool, tu be put together elsewhere, and they Were fraudulently conveyed thence to Angra Bay, and ther? put fraudulently together by her 'y’* subjects, not less in violation of British than ef Portuguese obligations to the United State, The offenders wee never brought to justice by her Majesty's vernmen! or complained of by that government to Queen of Portngal. The Al from the laying ber timbery in Liverpool until her destruction by the reaze, oT Cherbourg, never once entered any port or wa: of the United 3. Whi er pretended she ever had been acquired forei:n country at peace with the United States or on the high sous, Novertheless, the Alabama was received, Protected, en'ertaiued and supplied in her devastating ‘eareer in the British ports of Capetown and Singapore im the Eas', aud when suo was finally sunk in the British @hann®}, ber commanderand crew were, with fraudulent @onnivance, rescued by British subjects and ostenta- Mlously entertained and caressed as meritori Seesnnts beroes at Southampton. With thes 8, 1} ave the affar of the whi Placed in the representation of Mr, Adams, Lord Stanley says that t°e Florida, undor the original 6 of Oreto, teft England unarmed and unequi . must not be forgotten, however, that while ding she was denounced to her Majesty's government by Mr. Adame, Lord ttanley also says that the-Shenan- dosh left England unobserved, and therefore unques- thoned, and, for anything that had transpired on a Jegitimate voyage, and that she was only armed, ipped and manned as a war vessel off Fonchal, with- m Pcriuguese dominion. I am sure that it must be wanecessary to refer here to the fact that the building @f the Fiorida, the Georgia and the Shenandoah in British tind and the arming and equipment ot them @utside British jurisdiction, were fraudulent in the sabe Mpavner that has been specially described in regard to the Alabaina. The Shensudvah was received. protected ‘and supplied, in detauce of our protest, at Meibourne, im Australia, She proceeded thence to the Arctic @eas, whore she destroyed twenty-nine United States morchant vessels, and fluatly, after the end of the rebel hostilities here, ehe returned to Liverpool, the piace from ‘which she bad first ye forth and there surrendered herself to her jesty’s government us to an ally or supersor. Lord Stanley excuses ber Majesty’s government, in rt, the ground that suffc ent evidence or notice ly presented by (he Ucited Siates, im part, upon the ground of accidental hindrances or’ embarrassmenta, ‘while in one place he seems to imply that the only de- vastating 's of which we complain are the Sumter, the Alaboina, the Florida and the Shenandoah, In re- to the firet excuse, Ihave to say British com- Plaints of lack of vigor on our part wonld, under any @ircumstances, be aareasonable, International, as weil as municipal laws, depend for their execution in Groat Brian upon her Majesty's gove nment, and not upon @urown, Ageio, I think that Lord Stanley will flod, by referring to’ unpublished records in the Forsign Olfice, what cortainly appears in gor confidential archives, tha; at the time when the fraudulent building, arming and equipping of those vessels were going on in Engiand, We. were requ red, out of tondersess to British sensibiii- ties aud wiih the approval of her Majesty's government, to re ax rather than incroase our wigilance, then called by the repulsive name of espionage. In relation to the socond excuse 1 think that the al- feged |indrances and embarrassmenta were nothing else thanite skilful machinations of the offeuding purties thomecizer, In enumerating certain verses in my former communication, I wrove of them not as all the Wesse!s complained of, but by way of describing the Glass of which we coroplained. There were many others, The Nashville, stolen from loyal owners at Charleston, ded the blockade and after having cap- vey Biroh, arrived at Southampton on the Be of November, 1861. She was entertained there un- February 2. 1862, and thon lett the harbor, protected m the United Siaves cruiser Tuscarora by her Majes- ty’s war frigate Shaunon, She was afterwards hospita- Bly entertained at tho British ports of Bermude and Nassau in wie West Indies. The Alabama improved her evn crafty expenence, Having ia one of her cruises ‘ated States merchant snip Con the Cape of Good Hope, on the 2) 1803, sue commissioned the Conrad & “Confedera'e’’ pirate on the bigh seas, unde ‘the name of the Tuscaloosa, Tn like manner the Florida @aptured the merchant ship Clarence upon the ocean and commirsioned her, and gave her ap armament, force and equipment of a tweive pound howitzer, twenty men and two olficers. Afterward the Florida transferred the same @uthority, armament and pment to the Tacony on the high seas, which vesee! captured, bonded aud de- sara United States morchaut vessels off the Atlan- coast. Having recalied these facts, I must now beg leave to feailirm as substantially correct my former eiatement, the statement to which Lord Stanley has excepted, mameiy:—The Sumter, the Alabama, the Florida, the Bhenandoah and other ships of war were built, armed, @qvipped and Aited out ta British ports and despatched Sherefrom by or through the gen A of British subjects, end were harbored, sheltered, previded and turuished as @ocasioa requir d during their devastating career {n porte @f the reali or in ports of the British colonies in nearly all paris of the giobe. Lord stanley excuses the reception of the vessels com- er of in iritwh porta subseqoently to their frandu. it @ capes armamens, on the ground that when ‘the vessels appeared in tuore ports they did so in the @haracter of properly commis-loned cruisers of the Werminent of the so called Confederate States, and that yy rece fo more shelter, provisions, or facilities thad was due tothem in that character, Ibis position fe taken by his jordsbip in full view of the fact that, ‘itv the exception of the Sumter and the Florida, none S wamed were ever found in any place ul belligerent commission could either be eonferred or received, It would appear, therefore, that fm tho opinion of her Majesty's t, a British veesel, in order to acquire a belligerent charactor ® the United the Brivish port where si0 and to bo frauda- Peutly armed, equipped, and ned anywhere in © Britain or in any foreign couniry, or on the bigh seas, and in some foreign country or Spon the high seas to set ua id assume the title end Privileges of a belligersat, out evem ontering the so- @ailed confederacy or ever c within any port of the tates. i inust confess that if a lawful dolligeremt er can bo acquired in such @ manager, then I am fanable to determine by what different course of proceed- Sng & vessel can become a pirate and an onemy to the peace of nations, ‘The Secretary bere replies to Lord Stanley's citation of @ertain utterances of the courts, that olvil law existed in ph aan teagan de the Queen’s neutrality oays:— Bus 1 must insist, first, that neither of Jadicial Gent's block: ‘expressly declared ognized the existence of civil war; and, im the place, toes both of these Judinia) if fi | S552 5 Ze Be i ets ek Ba ie E53 forepaess of the ae penny ming = nts could become knewn UPone, wit, the 13th of May, 1861, the Queen of England Der proclamation of neutrality, izing hostilities as. exicting between the goverament the United States of America and certain States styling themselves the Contederate States of America. is was immediately followed by similar declarations of silent acquiescence by other nations.”” The issue between the United States and Great Britain, which ts the subject of the nt correspondence, is Rot upon the question whi acivil war has recently existed in the United States, nor is the iasue upon that other question, namely, whether such a civil war was actually existing here at the date of the Quecn's procia- mation of nevtrality. Certainly there is a stage when a civil commotion, although attended by armed force, is nevertheless in fact only a local insurrection, as ‘it is also trae that local insurrections ofton transcend mi cipal bounds and become civil wars. It ia alw important, and geuerally difficult and perplexing, to recognize and definitely determine tne transition stage ‘with absolute precision. The disturbed nation suffers a loss of advantages if recogoition is prematurely The insurrectionary party may suffer a serious loss if it be too long and unjustly withheld, Sirangers who may be dealing with one or the other may F case. Now, what is part of the United States ts that the Queen’s proclamation, which, by con- i premature, ‘ . . * . . ° . ‘The President earncatiy y's govern- ment not to intervene in any unfriendly way tn the do. mestic covcerns of this Sesnty. le distinctly stated farther that he would take care in every case to render any possible injuries which foreigners might suffer as light as possible, and fully to indemnify them. In answer to this iatter communication, her Majesty’s government, on the 8th of April, 1861, said that the matter seemed not yet ripe for decision, one way or the other, and this was all that at that moment they could say. They added, how- ever, a statement that Eaglish opinion seemed to be tending to the theory that a [ay Aie! separation of the Americao Union might work eficially for both groups of States, and might not eionaly se the rest of the world, It was then made known that tho subject was to De debated on that very day in the House of Commons, and that six days thereafter motion for absolute recog- nition of the pretended confederacy, otherwise called there a new nation, would be pressed in Parliament, When these facta becama known to this government care was taken to reply that the answer of the Foreign a3 by no means satisfactory, and ment was therefore advised that her Majesty's gaverament would take the precarious benefits of @ different course, It was not long left in doubt in European circles which alternative Great Britain would elect, Her Majesty’s principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs baving invited a conference onthe 2a of May, annoaneed to the United States Minister in London, Mr. Datlass-hat three representatives of the so- called Southern Gonpderacy were then in that capital, and that be, Lord Rug @!!, was willing to see them un- officially, 6 Ynen mz1@ the important announcement that there already exist9d an under-tanding between her Majesty’s government apd that of France, which would lead both to take the same course a3 to recognition, whatever that course might be, The United States Min- ister, of course unprepared with instructions to meet these revelations, replied that bis appointed successor, Mr. Adams, was then on his voyage, and might be ex- pected within ten or fifteen days, The Secrotary ac- quiesced in the bag yaad of waiting for the coming of the new minister, The proposed movemoat in Parliament for recognition was, at the ingiance of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, postponed. When the President received an account of the last mentioned interview, he then was unable, as the Uhited States are yet unable to perceive how it was thought by her Majesty's government entirely considerate in regard to the United States, to consu't and agree with France upon a question vital tothe United States, without afford- ing them a hearing. Moreover, the United States were then unable, as they are yet unable to porceive how it is justly considered by her Majesty’s government any more lawtul, just, or friendly to entertain traitors against the United States, with a view to business negotiations with with them, unofficially and privately, than it ts to enter- tain and negotiate with them officiaily and publicly. Be thie as it may, Earl Russell's explanations rev: we United States the fact, that even thus early, before any effective military advantage bad been gained by the in- genta, and even before any meditated blow ‘been given by this government in its own defence, the British government, Parliament and people were entertaining privately, and not unkindly, det Dates with the insurgents and with @ foreign power, which involved nothing less than a direct and svecdy sanction of the rebellion in the United States, and a dis- solution of the American Union. They are yet unwil- ling to believe that Great Britain would take such a course with unconcealed arene Mr. Adams, the new Minister, in the meantime, nad on charged with the daty of counteracting the appeals of the disunionists, and was to answer every argument which they could advance, either on the score of British interest, or under the pretext of zeal for the freedom of trade, or for the freedom of men. The insurgent emissaries reached London on the 30th of Apri), The President’s blockade proclamation, which was issued on the 13th of April, reached London on the 4 of May. On the 4th of May, only two days after the conference of Mr. Dallas with Lord Russel, he favored the In- surgent _emissaries with an unofficial inter- view. He patiently, it ie not tor us to my. confidingly, heard them disclaim slavery as a principal cause of the incipient rebellion, while they el- igged that ite real cause was thes high prices which the so-called South was obliged to pay for manufactured goods, by way of protecting so-called Northern manufac- turers, [hey favored him with giowing statements of the South, and {ts exports valued by millions. He answered that when the question of recoguition should ‘come to be formally discussed, inquiry must be mate on two oints:—Int, Whethor the body sceking recognition could maintain its position as an independe! and 2d, In what manner'it was proposed to main’ tions with foreign States. After reviewing this conve: sation, is itto be wondered at that retiring from this interview, assured his Lordship that they would rest in London in the hope that a recogaition (of the sovereignty) of the Southern Contedeoracy would not long be delayed. Two dave later, namely, on the 6th of May, the principal Secretary for Foreign Altairs announced in Parliament that the Ministry bad consulted the law ofticors of the Crowa—the Attorney General and the Solicitor General and the Queen’s Advocate—and her Majesty’: ern: ment had come to the opinion that the Southern Con- tederacy of America, according to rine ples which seemed to them to be just principles, must be treated as @ belligerent, The Queen's proclamation, which went half the way towards recognition of the so-called South- ern Confederacy, waa issued at London on the 15th day of May, in the moruing. Mr. Adgms arrived there in the evening. He was officially received on the 16th, This is the history of the Queen's proclamation of neutrality. What I wrote concerning it in the despatch which Lord Stanley has received is as follows:— While as yet the civil war was undeveloped and the msargents Were without any orgauized military forces or treasury, lo or to put an armed ship or even a.merchant vessel upon the eea, her Majesty's government, acting precipitately, as we have always insisied, prociaimed the insurgents a belligerent power, and conceded to them the advantages and privileges of that characver, and thus raised them in regard to the prosecation of an uniawful armed insur- rection to an equality with the United Stats, Tho United States remain of the opinion that the prociama- tion bas not been justified on any ground of either Decessity or I right; that, therefore, it was an act of wrongful intervention, a departare irom the obliga- tions of existing treaties, and witnout sanction of the law of nations, The defence which Lord Stanley rests upon the deci. sions of our courts i¢ again reviewed, and Mr. Seward eays:— The recitals from the courts sustain the historical view of the case which I bave presented. Before the Queen’s proclamation of neutrality the disturbance in the United States was merely a local insurrection. It wanted the Dame of war to enable it to be « civil war and to live, en- dowed as such, with maritime apd other belligerent nghts, Without that authorized name it mast die, and was oxpected not to ind be a flagrant civil war, but to perish a mere ingurrection. It was, therofore, not without lawfal and wise design that the Presideat declined to confer upon the insurrec- tion the pregnant Daptiemal name of civil war, to the Prejudice of the nation whose destiny was in his hands. What the Presideut thus wisely and humanely declined to do, the Queen of Grent Britain too promptly per- formed. She baptized the slave insurrection within the United States a civil war; and thus, so far as the Britieh nation and its influence could go, gave it a name to live and flourish and triumph over the American Union. By this proceeding the Queen of Great Britain inter- voned in the purely domestic and internal affairs of the United states, and derogated from the authority of their government, Reference to the events of the time will show that she misunderstood entirely the actual situation, | * ° * ° * e TL pass, without comment, Lord Russell's jastification Of the Queen's proclamation, by assim Jating the situation here in 1861 to that of the Greoke rising ag Turkish oppressors in 1825, Itcould hardiy be expected that this government would be ‘convieced by an argu. Ment that assimilates them to the Ottoman Power in reascen Lord Stanley thinks that the Queen's pro: clamation could bave no tendency to encourage and into a civil war a political convulsion whch jse would have remained a mere jocal insurroc- Tf it were trae that an insurrection acquires no olvilization, tion. pew powers, foout and attributes when it receives from its own or @ foreign = the bap. th mame of civil war, the poiat which Lord ey raises might fequire grave consideration, Such, however, Js not gonerally the cass, and coriatuly It was not the case in the late contest bere, Proviions aud treasures, arms, ordnance, and munitions of war, and even ships of war, began to pour forth from the British sbores in support if insurgent cause, as soon as the Queen's recognition of it ns @ beliigerant wae claimed, and they constantly tacreased until it was ne\ly euppreased by the vigor and energy of this govern- he commercial losses of the United States, meow which are the immediate cause of the jence, are only # small of whe = tcwunity hes twunainnd ot we tors of he refer: to ie pith reat Sz before they pretended to haven flag. HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1), 1867.-TRIPLW SHEEN ? § te the uced the issue of the Queen's Broramation, that her Majesty’s governusent had to provide tance for tbe loss and interests of Britian subjects i Bat who required British au! Jects to be there? Who obliged them to remain {i danger? If they persisted im remai Britain extend in e our country, to protect its Citizens sojourning here from accidents and casualties to which our own [citizens are equaily exposed? Lord Stanley continues, Her Majesty’s government had to consider the rapkity with which events were su ing ene another on the American continent, and the delay which must clapse be ore intelligence of those evente could reach them, and the pressing necessity of definite instructions to the anthorities in their colonies and on their naval stations near the scene of conflict, On the contrary, it seews to us that prudence and friendship, had they beea deliberately consulted, would have suggest d to her Majesty’s government to wait for the lopment of events and itive action of the United States, The plea that the British government had but two courses open to them, either to acknowledge the block- ade and proclaim neutrality, or refuse acknowledgment and insist on the mght to trade with Southern ports, is cretary asserts that recognition of make necessary @ declaration of nt rights to the rebels, 1 do not deem it necessary to reply at large to the re flections which Lord Stanley makes upon the conduct of this government in regard to the proceedings of the s0- called Fenians, Tho Fenian movement neither begins nor ends in the United States; tho movers in those pro- ceedings are not native citizens of the United States, bat they aro natives of Great Britain, though some them have asenmed naturalization in the United States, Their quarrel with Great Britain is not an Amer'can, but a British one—aa old, I sincerely hope it may not be as lasting, as tbe anion of the Unitod Kingdom, Their aim is not American, hut British revo. Yatton, In seeking to make the territory of the United States a base for the organization of a repablic in Ire- land, and of military and naval operations jor its estab- lishment there, they allece that they have followed as an example proceediags of British subjects in regard to our civit war, allowed by her Majesty's government, ‘The policy and proceedings of the two governmente in* regard to these paralle! movements have not assimilated, The United States government has not recognized the Irish republic as a belligerent, and has disarmed ite forces when found within its territories and waters, ‘With regard to the manner In which this protracted controversy shail be brought to an end, we agree entirely with the sentiments expressed by Lord Stanley. We should even think it better that it be brought to an end which might, perhaps, in some degree disappoint the parties, than that it should contin 0 ationate ths twi nations, each of which is powerful enough to injure the other deeply, while their maintenance of conflicting Principles in regard to intervention would be a calamity to all nations, United States think it not only easier and more desirable that Great Britain should acknow- and satisfy the claims for indemnity which we have submitted, than it would be to find an equal end wise arbitfator who would consent to adjudicate them. If, boweve., her Majesty’s governtnent, for reasons satis‘actory to them, should prefer the remedy of arbitration, tho United States would mot object, The United States, in that caso, would expect to refer the whole controversy, just as it ts found in the correspondence which has taken place between the two governments, with such furtker evi dence and arguments a3 either party may desire, with- out imposing restrictions, conditions or limitations upon the umpire, and without watving any principle or argu- ment on either side, They cannot consent to waive any question upon the consideration that it involves a point of national honor; and, on the other band, they wil) not require that any question of national pride or honor shal! be expressly reled and determined as such. If her Majesty’s government shail concur in these views the President will be ready to troat concerning the choice of an umpire, Iam, sir, your obedicnt servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD, From Lord Stanley to Mr. Bruce. Forzicx Orrice, March 9, 1867. Sm—I transmit to you herewith a copy of Mr. Seward’s roply, which was communicated to me by Mr. Adams on the 28th of January, to my despatch of the 30:b of November, on the subject of the Alabama claims, In this reply, as you will perceive, Mr. Seward re- states and enforces the allegations made on the part of the United states in previous correspondence on the subject of these claims, and agrin discusses the charac- ter of the veasela in whose dgpredations on the com- merce of the United States the claims originate,. the re- sponsibility of the British government for the equip- ment and proceedings of those vessels, and, above all, the liabilities incurred by the British government by reason of its recognition of the belligerent character of the so-called Confederate States, It appears to her Majesty’s government that no useful result can be obtained by following Mr. Seward over these grounds, They have been fully discussed in the course of a long-protracied corresp»ndence. No new light can be thrown on the subject matter of dispute by reviving an exhausted controversy, or by reiterating statements and arguments elaboraiely maintained or disputed on either side. Sach a course would be calculated rather to defeat than to promote the object which the British gov- ernment and, doubtless, that of the United States have most at heart, pamety, the amicable adjustment of the existing points of difference. I will abstain, therefore, from any detailed examina- tion of the statements in Mr.-Seward’s despatch of the 12tn of get | and will only, for tue sake of historical accuracy, spect Acaily allude to two points; in regerd to the first 1 18 to be observed that whatever may be found im the confidential archives of the United mtates, she unpublished records of the British Foreign Ofiice, as Seward designates t e do not, as far as T am able to discover, bear out th legation that any influence was exerted by the Bntisb government to induce the authorities of the United States, in any yuarter of the world, to relax thelr vigilance in detecting and bringing howe to suspected parties atrempts or intentions to in- fringe the munioipal laws of England, or to ovade her internasional obligations on the gecond point I must repeat,1n accordance with my former argument on the subject, that the President of the United States and not the Queen of England, is primarily responsible for the acknowledgment of the belligerent character in the so- cailed Confederate States, and that in recognizing the status of the so called Confederate Stateans belligerent, the British government found Itself, associated with the greater part, if not the whole of the maritime powers of Europe, But I will not be led any further into a renewal of controversy on these or other points raised by Mr. Seward, and that not because I feel nny doubi as to ti peesibility of maintaining the ground on which the British government have hitherto taken their stand, but becaiwse I feel that by doing so I should be more likely to retard than to advance a settlement of the real ques tion at issuc—namply, that of the tiabiliiy of the British government to make good the losses occasioned to American commerce by the Eye of Confederate sbips-of-war, in whioh British subjects are alleged at some time or other to have had more or less intercst, and which in their charactor of Confederate ships-ol-war were at different times admitted im the ports of her Majesty's dominions. ¥ In my di=patch of the $0th of November I explained to you the grounds on which her Majesty’s government coald not consent to refer toa foreign power to deter- mine whether the policy of recognizing the Confederate States as a belligerent power was or was not suitable to the circumstances of the time when that recognition was made, but f at the same timo expressed the willingness of her Majeaty’s government to entertain in @ friend. ly spirit any proposal which might be made to them by th government of the Uniied States, to refer to arbitra- tion other questions which micht bo at issue between the two governments in ra‘erence to the late and I desired you to invite Mr. Seward to state what were the precise points which, ta his opluion, might be and ought to be so dealt with, spatch of the 12th of January, would be ‘not only easier but and satisfy the claims for Indemnity which mitied, than {t would be to find an equal trator who would consent to adjudicate them,” goes on to any that if rnment sholild prefer the remedy of States wou! object, but im that cas ps controversy, just as itis found im the correspondence which has taken place botween the two governments, with such further evidence and arguments as either party way Meroe Without imposing restriction, con. ditions or limitations upon the ampire, end without waiving any principle or argument on either sido," To such an extensive end unlimited reference, her y's government cannot consent, for this reason, jong others, that it would admit of and indeed compe! he submission to the arbiter of the very question whi T have already said they cannot agroe to submit. The real matter at issue between the t Cer onnrge | tone, josses of American citizens, plain and simple question, earily to be con~ an arbiter, and admitting of solution without raising otber end wider bey ‘and on thie Vad ber Majesty's government are fully prepared to go rae tion; Sith te farther provialoe. that if the decision of the arbiter is unfavorable to the British view, ox. amination of the severai claims of citizens of the United etates shall be referred to a mixed commission, with & view to the settlement of the sums to be paid on them. But aa they consider {t of great Importance, for the maintenance of good understanding between the two countries, that the adjudication of thia question In favor of one or the ocher of tho parties abould not leave other questions of claima, im which their respective subjects or citizens may be interested, to be matter of further dsagreement between the two countries, her M y's government, with » view to the common intorest of both, think it necessary, as you @ niready apprised Mr, Seward in your letter of the 7th of January, “in the event of an understanding being come to between the two gov- ernment, as to the manner in which the special Ameri-+ can clams’ which have formed the subject of the cor respondence of which my present despatch ia the sequel, + should be dealt with, that wu & convention, to be separavly but simaltaneously concluded, the general claims of the rubjects and citizens of ‘ha tion carawtries ariving out of the eventa of Vee late war, be submitted to a mired commistton, witha view to their eventual payment i them, goverment that be. responsible, yaneh, then, ie $ rapt which ber td sidered = Jones ang, 04 slegad, made another demand for reply rot earl at fhe EiAeoress by the Cabinet of | tained injures of a Es Proposal will be accepted wngebeds y+ gare oe The Hovorable Sir F, W.'A, Hmoos, @. 0, By kc, eo Lord Stanley te Mr. Bruce. Forgion Orvice, May 24, 1867. Bm—I abstained in my despatch No, 99, of the 24 instant, {rom making any observations em the commu- nication fiom Mr, Adis, to which that despatch re- Jp the expectation that I might receive from you some jauation, as given to you by Mr. tew- = Il of the American government on this fot having heard from you, I must conclude that Sew has not made you acquainted with the nature of bis reply, aont thrqugu Mr, Adams, to your communication te hin of = des- patch, No, 64, of the Oth of March. have mothing, therefore, beyond the brief statement made to me by Mr, Adams to guide mei dealing with Mr. Sew- ard’s reply, In that reply Mr. Beward says clearly enough that the government of the United states cannot consent to a special and peculiar limitation of arbitra- tion to regard to tho ‘Alabama’ claims, such as her Majesty’s government suggest; but, from his next ob- servation, it might be inferred the offer, as regards arbitration, made by her Majesty’s government, in my dezpatch of the 9h of March, was understood 1o bave applied ouly to ciaims arising out of the proceedings of the ‘Alabama,’’ to the exciusion of those arising out of the like proceedings of the ‘‘Fiorids,” “Shenandoab’’ and 'Georgia,”” It is important to clear this point, and you will therefore state to Mr. Seward that the offer to go to arbitration was not restricted to the claims arising out of the proceedings of the Alabama, but applied e aay to those arising out of the ihe pececsdiage of the other vessels that I have named. In the words of my des- of the 9th of Marcu, the matter at issue between the two goveraments on which Great Britain was ready to go to arbitration, was ‘whether, in the matters con- Rected with vessels out of whose depredations the claims of American citizeus have ariseu, the course pur- sued by the British government, and by those who acted under its authority, was such as would involve a moral responsibility on the part of the British government to make good, either in whole or in part, the losses of American c.tizens,"”” It 1s most desirable that there should be no misunder- stand ng on this point; put toasmuch as Mr. Seward says that the government of the United States cannot give apy preference to the Alabama cisiins of ouhers io regard to the form of arbitramout suggested, you may inform Mr. Seward that there was a0 iotention on the part of her Majesty’s goverament to give any such prefer. ence to the Alavama claims over ciaims i the like cate- gory. That some such misapprehension exis's on tne part of Mr, Seward may, indeed, be furtuer deduced from his statement that while the government of the Ualted States agree that all mutual claims which arose during the civil war between citizens and subjects of the two countries ought to be amicably and speedily adjusted, they mu-t insist that they be adjusted by one and the samo tribunal, with like aud the same forms, aud on principles common to all. Now, the question of disposing of general claims in Contradistinction to the specific claims arising out of the proceedings of the Alabama, and vessels of tuat class, bas not hituerto been matter of controversy between the (wo governmenis, but has been mooted in ite present ahapo by her Majesty’s zovernment aione; and there is no euch similarity betwoon tho two classes of claims a3 would admit of their being dealt with by the same pro- cess, Tt may be, however, and her Majesty’s government ‘Would gladly learn that it was the caso, that the govera- ment of the Untied States agroe to waive the question of the alloged premature , recognition of beilizerent Tights, and are satistiedt to go to arbitration on the irst, or Alabama,” class of claims, provided that all claims whatever, ou either side, aris.og out of the events of the war, are eqrally s.binitied to arbitration, so “that they may be adjusted by one and the same torm of tni- bunal, with like and the same forms, and on principles common to all.’? This, however, from the nature of things, is impracti- cable, ‘The ono class, or the specific Fearing such as those arising out of the proceedings of the Alabama and such ve sols, depends for their sottiement on the solu ioo of what may be cailed an abstract question, namely, “whother, in the matters connected with tue vessels out of whose dopredations the claims of Ame! can citizens have arisen, the course pursued by the British Government, and those who acted under its authority, was such as would involve a moral resvonsio lity on the part of the British government to make good, oither in Whole or in part, the losses of American cit.zens;" tue other, or general Claes of claims admits of uo such narrow restrictions, The number of ciatius In thie class on either side may be great, the circumstances of eacn more or loss different, and the points involved in them compiicated in th nature aud bearing; and on these grounds alone it Obvious that they cannot, like those of ihe Alabama ciags, be comprised wishin a single proposition appli- cable in principle to all, and bringing ail within the compass of a single decision of an arbiter. The reply which Mr. -eward will re.urn to your com. munication of this despatch will, it may be huped, clear up the obscurity which seats upon the answer received through Mr, Adams to my despatch of the 9th of March, Her Majesty’s government, you will say, abide by their proposals as set torth in that despatch, Within the Limits set forth in that despatcn they ure prepered to go to arbitration in regard to the Alabama aud sucd tke claims, on the condition that, simultageousiy with the Tefervuice of those claims to arbiiration, an agreement is entered iio between the two goverumenis for the ad- Jastinent of general claims bya mixed commission, 1 am, &¢., STANLEY. The Hon. Sir Fexperick W. A. Broce, G, ©. B,, &c. Mr, Seward to Mr, Adams, DEPARTMENT OF SraTs, Wasuixatox, August ‘sor. } Sir—I have now to recar io Lord Siani de-patch to Sir Frederick Wright Braco of the 24h of May, con- cerning the so-called Alavama claims, a copy of wich paper he placed in my hands during our recent visit st Auburo, Yon are authorized to inform bis lordship that I did not understand his provious over of arbt:ration to apply alone 10 the claims arising out of the depredations of the Alabama, to the exciusion of those a:laing out of the depredations of tue Florida, the Suenan- doab, the Georgia, and other vessels of tat description ; and that, on the contrary, Lord Stanley's offer of Timited arbitration was understood to apply equally to those ciaims arising out of tue depreda- tons of the soveral vessels last nained as to those aria- ay oi the depradations of the Alabama, is lordship now observes that the British govern- ment is ready to goto arbitration upon the questiun whether, in the matters connected with all those ves- sels out of whose depredations the claims of American citizeus havo arisen, the course pursued by the Britis government and ihoze wno acted upon its authority was such as would ii @.a moral responsibility on ths part of the British government to mate gocd, either in whote or ia part, tho losses of the American ci\izeos, The Pres dent considers these terma to bo at once comprehensive and sufficiently precise to include all the Ciaims of American citizens for depredations a; their commorce daring the late rebolilon, which been the subject of complaint upon the part of this g: ernment. But the United States goveroment in thi view would deem itself at liberty to iusist before t arbiter that the actual procovdiugs and lous of ti British government, its oflicers, agouts and subjec towards the United States tn regard to the reveliion the rebels as they occurred during tue rebellion, among the matters which are connected witn tue ves- seis whose depredations aro complained of, just a, in the case of general claims alluded to by Lord Stanley, the actual proceedings end rolations of her Majesty's bayer ar ita officers, agents and sub- jects, in regard to the United States and in regard to the rebellion and the rebels, aro mecessarily conuected with the transact! na ont of which those genera! claims aruse. Lord Stanley's pian seome t» be to constitute two do. scriptions of trib:nals—on+ an arbiter to determine the question of the moral responsibility of the British gov- ernment in respect to tho Alabama, Florida, Georgia and other vessels of that clase, and tho other a mixed commission to adjudi-ate the so-calied general claims of both sides, and a contingent reterenco to the same or other mixed commission to ascertain and deiermino tho amount of damages, for indematty, to be awarded in t eases oxamined by the first tribunal, in the event o! decision, upon the qaestion of moral responsibility in favor of the United States. No distinction, as w pri l¢, betweeen the tribunals seems to the Unied Stata to le necessary, and in every case the United States agree only to wwestrict-d artatra- tim, Convenience may require that the claims should be distributed between two tribunals, doth of which, however, in the opinion of the United States, should proceed upon tho same principles and be clothed with the same powers, The President will bo gratified if this explanation shail conduce to remove aay of the difficulties wiich bave heretofore pre @ two go iments trom coming to the amicable and friendly understanding aud arrangement which 1 so siacereiy desired by bow, I am, sir, your obedient meevens, ILLIAM H, SEWARD. Coannes Francis Apama, Esq, &e, BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Beno artvs,—The residence of Thomas EF. Thompson, No, Tl Heory street, was burglariously entered at ao early hour yesterday morning and robbed of $170 worth of goods, The thief was seon and chased by an officer of the Forty-first procinct; but he managed to make G00d his escape with the property. Yosterday morning the lager beer saloon of Mr. ©. Kiscoman, No, 128 Wyckot street, E. D., was burglariously entered aud of meme of cigars and tobacco, Entrance effected through @ rear window, Drarenats Cuaracrans in Costont.—At about half. Past one o'clock yesterday afternoon officers Lowis and Adamson, of the Forty-fifth precinct, found two men, banred James Adams and Martin Corrigan, trying tho doors of the dwelling house at the corner of South Tenth and [bird streets, The officers took the men into custody; but while conveying th to the station house Adams suddenly drew a revolver and attompted ry oficer Lewis, He was clubbed pretty sovercly and the pistol was taken from him, in men were locked up to await examination, An Esoarsp Paisor@e Pwcero vr ix ran Riven.—A man who gave bis oame as Morrie Haildt, was picked up in the East river yesterday by tho crew on board of a Moop, tn tha vicinity of Blackwell's Island, As the man bad escaped from the Penitentiary waa handed over to the police of the Forty-frth procin’ An Arraat Wits a Dounarig.—Mra. FP, W. Jones, re- Aiding at No. 6 Willow place, recently discharged her servant girl, Mary M, Aime, without paying her tho en tere amount which she eiaimed was duo her, Last even. ing, adoat eight @olock, the gir called spon Mra dangerous character. She was tak to the hospital by the police of the Foriy-firet preciacs,. Snor Lartiva,—A German, who gave his name as Fred- eric Beaufail, was arrested about eight o'clock last night 2 goods from the store of Charies Mallenbi 197 Atlantic street, Ho was arrested by an officer of Forty-Girst precinct, and locked up to answer, THE INTERNAL REVENUE FRAULS. AMdavit ef Robert Filetcher=-Card from Deputy Collector Allen=Excit: at Amoug Offiiciale=More Trouble Ahead. ‘The affidavils and statement published exclusively in yesterday's H naup have caused amall excitement in this city and Brooklyn, among both citizens and reyenue officials, and has calied forth the following card from Mr, Allen, deputy collector, who was arrested and appeared yestorday before Commissioner Newton, with his sureties, F. W. Kalbflelech and Edgar McMullen, who entered into bonds of $20,000 for his appearance when called oa to auswer the charge now pending against bim:— In the absence of Collector Callicott at Washington, I may be pardoged for earnestly protesting against the partial reports which have appeared in print respecting this office, The charges made are malicious, and avy impartial investigation will show them t) be unfounded, Whatever of responsibility attaches to the collector or myself in the abstraotion of whiskey upon alleged frandu- lent bonds taken during the tirst few days of our adm:n- istration of this office, wil! b> cheerfully met, But what shall bo said of a United States district attor- ney who has known of this transaction for months refusing to prosceute the bonds, which will fully in- demnify the government, and only now makes this Pretendea expose and these unwarrantable arrests to cover “internal revenuo frauds’? which have been per- petrated by officials not attached to this oflice, bus who follow thelr trade under the sheltering wing of the law officer of this district, When Mr. Callicott returns from Washington and a tine of policy both offensive and de- fensive, is determined upon, the public will be furnished with tho other side of thia controversy. Respectfully, JUHN 8, ALLEN, Deputy Collector Third district, New York, BRooxtyy, Sept. 10, 1867, The affidavits of Messrs, Tracy, district attorney, and his assistant were mainly founded on the sworn state- ments of inspector Cocheu and Robert Fletcher, who sold a portion of the whiskey in bond, av agent for Mr, Wilson, to A, Cunningham, INSPECTOR COCREU'S AFFIDAVIT in to the effect that he inspected the premises of Wi)son’s distiilery, on Floshing avenue, and found the spirits in question had beon removed, and that there was ne such number as No, 614 Fulton strect, the number mentioned im the bond of removal as the recidence of R. H. Hand, the alleged principal named in the bond, and that the principal and sureties were myths and nownere to be found, AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT FLETCHER, Eastern District of New York, Kings County, s,:—Rob- ert Fletcher, of sald county, being dwy sworn, deposes and says:—Thbat he is, and for many years last past has en, the superin‘endent of Joho Wilson's distillery, ated on Flushing a 10, Brooklyn; that said disti!- lery stopped operations January 1, 1867, since which time no spirits have been manufactured therein; that on that day said Wilson had on hand about 85,000 gal. lons of spirits im two bonded warehouses, class A one of said bonded warehouses the spirits were in bar- rels; in the other they were kept in large tanka; that in one of said bonded warehouses he had about 917 barrels of spirits, contain- ing about 50,000 gallons; that all of said spirits have been sold by deponent to diferent parties, in bond, for forty cents per gallon, except five barrels that wero sold for $2 40 per gallon, depouent removing the samo from bond and paying the taxes thereon; that the bal- ance of the 917 barrels have all been removed from said bonded warehouse, in bond, uoder permits of the col- lector of the Third district of New York; 300 of said barrels were sold to one R. C. Edwards, 200 barrels to Colonel Enright, five barrela to Jobo Farrel, and 411 to Alexander Cunningham, of said city; that 505 of eala barrels were removed before T. C. Callicott, present collector, came into office, and 411 since; that the spirits sold to Cunningham were sold and deliv. ered as follows:—200 on the 16th day of May last, and 211 on the 24th day of May | that the spirits sold to Enright were removed on or April, 1867, and were selzed by order of the di attorney the same day, and, as deponont is informed, bave since been forfeited; that it is weil known and un- derstood that the information on which said spirits were seized was given by W. C. Robinson, storokeeper of said bonded warehouses, and that immediately after said seiz- ure said Robinson was removed as storekeeper by T. (. Callicott, collector of the Third district, and one Augus- tas C. Dayvon was appoiated in his stead, and continued to act ag said storekeeper down to the time when ail of said spirits had been removed; that the first 200 barrels of said spirits sold to A Cunningham were remot under @ permit to one Hand, signed by said Callicott; that said permits are direct to the storekeepor, and are re- tamed by him as his authority for the removal of said spirits, And deponent further saye that the last two bundred and eleven were removed on a pormit signed by said Callicott; tnat deponent saw said permit, to the visual form, signed by said Caliicott, but did not read the game, and alse an order directing said Dayton to su- perintend the removal of said spirits from said ware. house to a lighter in the East river, the name of which deponont doos not now remember; that Cunningham Waa present during said removal, and at the inspec ion of said spirits; that the samo were Mee gro yy one Bacus, General Inspector, assisted by A. J. Philips; that said Cunningham was present care. said inspection, and took the amount of said spirita from said Bacus, in order to have the same inserted iu said permit, and drove away from said warehouse in a carriage, and soon alter returned with said permit and order, aud deiivered the same to Mr. Dayton. And deponent further says that carts wero present waiting for said Canninghaim’s return with eaid permitin order tocommence the re- moval of said spirits, and that sald removal com- menced immediately after his return; that about ove hondred barrels were rewoved on the 24th of May, and the balance on the 25th, and that deponont heard of the seizure of twenty-ono barrels, a part of the one hundred and eleven that wore removed on the 251), and of their subsequent release by the District Attorney. And doponent farther says that one Louis Fancher was engaged with said Cunning! in tue removal of said spirits; that the same was removod on carte, and that aaid Dayton superintended tho removal of eaid spirits purchased by Cunningham; that ou the 17th inst. depo- nent made up bis account of whiskey sold and removed from said bonded warehouse and delivered the same to the assessor and to the collector of the district, whereby the sales of said spirits, together with the names of the parties to whom sold were correctly given; that on sending said report to sa‘d Callicott, said Catli- cott, on examining tbe ea: said he had noaccouat in his office of the last 211 sold Cunulughaim; that.deponeat said to said Callicott, * That is strange, a3 some of it was seized on tho 25th, and stood half a day ia the street before the District Attorney's offico until Canningham came from New York, at about ti o'clock P.M. 5 that Mr, Cunaingham came to bie (the collector's) office, with the Assistant District Attorney, to learn uf the whiskey was all right, and tho samo was after wards released, and Dayton wns sont away in charce of the ey.” To this said Caliicott made no roply. And deponent furthor says that be knows ine handwriting of said Caliicott, aad Is familiar with bis signature; and he knows that permit brongnt by raid Cunningham and delivered to raid Dayton on the 24h day of May last was the signature of said Callicott, and said pormit was plainly endoreed, “Permit for the re- moval of 211 barrels."” And deponent farther says that one J. R. Reed was mterestod with R, ©, Eoright in the 200 barrels removed by him and paid deponent tor said spirita, And deponeut further says that on the 25th day May, and after the twenty one barrels of spirits had been od, one Cornelius Stagg, Deputy Collector of the Third district, Now York, sezed the other bonded warohouse of said Wilson; that said Stagy assigned no reason for eaid seizure, except that he did tt through orders from General Hillyer, and deponent further says that he never know and wo ways vnable to learn the cause of eaid seizure, and that no came whatever existed for sald eo-zure; and depooent further says that be has inquired at the office of coliector of the ‘Third district to ascertain the reason of said seizure, and could never learn anything except that deponent was keoping the spirits in tanks instead of in barrels; that deponent had permission so to keep hia spirits from the Commissioner of Interval Revenue; that the samo was entirely Inwful, and eaid permit to koep said spirits was on file in the collector's off) that on the day of band- ing in said roport deponent applied for the return of sald spirits, and wae informed by said Cal- heott, In tue presence of Stagg, that he could not release the samc vail he beard from Hillyer; that within an hour after this, deponent received a mossage from said Stagg that be would release the spiriis if the District Attorney would discontinue or drop the whole thatter about the removal of sald spirits; that ho was “pot golug to furnish a elubd to knock his own braing out.” ROBERT FLETCHER, Sworn to before me this 2ist June, 1807. Cuantas W, Newros, United States Commissioner, This whole affair was the cause of much speculation and discussion yesterday, especially among the officora of the Revenue sagan many of whom expect their turn next, ae * is weil cz ‘that it the system by which ‘a alleged Cal. bas defrauded =the rament has carried on to @ great extent by many others now holding high positions in the service, Groups rather and talk over the affair, some taking part with allicott and others going against him; rf he arges, the developments d 9 in the heat of excitement by ti he public, it would then be y opinion of the class of men who have of the coliection of tho immense Inter. of New York and Brooklyn. Proba- present “internal” warfare in the dopariinent 4 to some good and realize the truth of the adage that says, “When certain people fall out honest men come by thelr own,’’ gs giv easy to form an now the chi Jersey City. SiowaLs at re Bencew Cor—The Now Jersey Rail. road Company are about to employ the lelegraphic sig- nal at the Bergen Cut, Ono of the telegraphic stations Will be at the West End atacion, ead the other on the eaat C4 of Tho cut The advantage of this {6 to prevent trains following each other too closely, Similar signala are ip operation at the Passaic bridge ia Newsyk aud ow the Delaware bridge a Trenton, Woodntde. Tae Ausosp Arteurr to Mvapen.—Mr. Redding Mares o statoment denying the allegations of Trigier es POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ALLEcED Ropusny iv a a ser ae youths, named John Sweeney and Joba A. the latter of whom lives in Jersey City, room, inthe Frankfort Hotel, William street. Duringa wed Versation which ensued between them, Sweeney ask his companion if he had avy money, to which aa affira ative anawer was given, Witbout further ado Sweeney, as charged, seized bis room mate by the arms and shoulders and threw him down on a bed; after which‘ he placed ono knee on Latourette’s ebest, by torce and violence attempted to rifle his pockets of gold waich aud chain, wortn $45, and abonb $41 in Treasury notes and fractional currency, The Yiotim screamed luatily for help, and through fear Sweeney released him, but attempted to prevent him from leaving the room. In this, however, he failed, and officer MoGuire, of the Fourth preciuct, bein, called, came in and arrested Sweene, The The | was subsequently taken before Jns'ice Hogan and come mitted to the Tombs for trial in default of $1.000 bail, Sweeney Is only seventeen years of ave, a native of Ire Jand, lives in Kiizabeth street, and by occupation is @ walter, Latourette, who is about the name age ag the Prisoner, was sentto the House of Detention asa wit- ness, Stanprsc Arvray,—Renry D. Perry, of No, 126 Cherry street, aud James Murphy, & seaman, had a quarrel on Monday night, during which it is charged that Murphy drew a kuife and stabbed Perry tn three places on ond of his arms, tnflictiag severe wounds, Murphy way arrested by officer Mahoney, of the Fourth precinct, and after being taken befure Justice Hogan, at the Tombs, confessed to cutting Perry, but aot with felonious in tent, He was committed for trial, Murphy lives at No, 90 Cherry s:reet, Savace As:AULT ON AN OrriceR.—A disturbance occurs red in Water street on Monday night betwei party of rougha, who were somewhat under the influence of Nquor, and conspicuous in the melee were Michael and Jobn Considine, Officer Boleman, of the Fourth prew cinct, attempted to arrest the parties pamed, when th turned upon, struck and knocked lim down. While Prostrate on the pivement the aseailants attempted to wrench the club from the officer’s hands, but in this they were uccesst ul, he jamped to hia feet, and by a vigorous effort arrested both Mietaecl and Joho, and took thom to the Onk street police station. Yester- day morning the prisoners were arraigned before Justice H gan, and committed to the Tombs for trial, ANOTHER COMPLAINT AGAINST AN OLD OvrENDER.—OD@ day last woek William Smith was arrested for obtaining possession of @ poor servant girl's clothing and dig- posing of it for bisown benefit, Yesterday Catharine | Burns, of No, 100 Clermont avenue, Brooklyn, appeared at the Tombs and /fentified Smith in his cell as the man who, about three weeks ago, obtained from her a valise containing clothing valued at $10 smith represented that he had a good place at service for her on Staten Island, and ed with Catharine to meet ber at Ful- ton ferry. He thon took charge of her bagcage, and started towaras Staten I d ferry, but on the way he gave her the slip and rat ay with hor clothing, Jus tice Hogan committed Smith for trial, A Cass ov Snoriierixc.—Yesterdiy afternoon Cath- arine Leonard, a middie aged woman, hailing from New Jersey, entered the storo of Messrs. North Brothers & Co., No. 12 Murray strset, to solicit alms, and on leaving the premises she was seen to ali a box of gion valued at $17 under her shawi. Her nimble finger operation was discovered by one of the clerks, who pursued Kate and caused her arrest by officer Quacken bosh of the Twenty-sixth precinct, witn the stolen gloves in her posession. The acciwed was taken before Justice Hogen and committed for tral. Hicuway Romery.—Oo Monday vight as Mr, Charles Fisher, a resident of the Twenty-second ward, was abous stepping into an Eighth avenue car, he was assailed by a German, aged about twenty-five years, who gave his name at the Yorkville Police Court yesterday as Joho How or Tuck—writing it one way and pronouncing I$ the other—who, in tho struggle that ensuod grasped and succeeded in getting out of Mr, Fisher's pocket a double. cased silver watch of the value of twenty dollars, Ip the molée the robver’s coat was torn from bis and his victim was thrown down and had one of bi ankles sprained so severely that be was unable te ap~ pear in court until last evening, when ho testified as to the assault and larceny from bis person. Just as the rob- ber was about to get away from Mr. Fisner with his booty, police officer Files pounced upon bim, giving How barely time to. throw the watch to the ground, where it was aubsequently found by the pa'roman. “Can you speak English, sir?” said Justice Kelly, ad- drossing the prisoner. “Oh, yaw, yese, butty goots, T guess.’” “Have you any xp anation to offer in your defence ?'* ‘Waw! I yas geddin into der car ven ho bushed again me ont; den I busbed again hin; don dakes mit do gollar of mine goat bis fla; I dried do gets avay, 0 lets me, saying Adried do robs him, vic! at h CI Foo i yaw, I shwears id, shudge; unt mit dat joost as der boifcernaa vas goming’ ub do vhere ve vas standing, do vatch v ell to der strasse, untdon der iceman be grabbed me unt say I vas hish brisoner, Dat vatl hash god vor do say,’? ‘ “A very probable story, Mr. How,’’ remarked the magistrate; ‘a very probable story. I shall commit you unless you can give bail in $500."? “Vat! You be going do gommt me mitoud a drials, ist you ?”” “Oh, no,’? replied the Justice, “we will send you down stairs and have you tried before a jiryat the General Sessions.” With this assurance the Dutch highwayman seemed satigfod, and walked down stairs to tne cell withous ma.ing, as it was at Ors: feared ne would, adisturbance, Wroirrep axp Anngstep.—Jotn P, Frank, the proprie: tor of a restaurant in Harlem, complained before Justice Kelley, that a German named Martin Neubaeur, got inte a political dispute last night with him, when becoming angry, hedrew a knife and cut the deponent, only slightly, however, on the forehead, Noubacur, the defendant, who was brought into court, om the other hand, presented a terrblo spectacle, His face had been so hammered, kicked and jammed, that it was difficult to distinguish the poor feliow's features, Iny deed he had been go unneco-sarily and brutally punished by Frank or some other person, that, in the opinion of those who were present in court and saw the condition of the nofortunate Dutchman, woo seemed a tho best .of times to be outa siow, stupid, harmless sort of a lager beer drinking animal, that the legal status of Frank and Neuhaeur ought to have been changed, and tho first named placed at the bar as the person to be puntsned. Judge Kelly was of the opinion that justice would best be served by setting aside tne complaint of Frank and sendiog Neubaeur to his homo—there to remain untd his face once again becamo huinao and therefore divine. AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. The fiftoonth annual mecting of the American Phar- maceutical Association was held at four P, M. yesterday, 1m the «mall chapel of the New York University, cornes of Waverley and University places, The members of the association mustere in strong force, and dolegations from the Colleges of Puarmacy of New York, Massa. chavetts, Phyadelphia, Chicago, Cinctonati, Maryland, the Poarmacontical Associations of Washington, D. C. and Maino, and so Alumni Association of the Philad College of Vuarmacy were tn attendance. he President, Mr. Frederick Stearns, of Detroit, Mich , belag absent on account of i! healto, the chair was taken’ by Pro essor Edward Parrish, of Putladelpnia, Pa. who read a letwor from Mr. siearns enclosing hia annual address to be read to the association, aud explaining the cause of his absence, Tue following geotlemon were appointed a Committee on Credentials, and reported ata tater period of theevene inv:—R. J. Brown, of Leavenworth, Kansas; ML. M. Sel- frie ige, of Bethlebom, Pa, ; C. Lawis Dienl, of Louisville, K, ‘The Secretary thon read a letter from the Executive Committee of ihe Long Is\and Historical Society, exiend. ing @ general invilation to the associaiion to visit their rooms during their stay ia the ety, and tendering to them the free use of their hbrary and reading rooms, ‘On motion of Dr. Edwart R. Sqorsn, of Brook yn, 1, L, the invitation was accepted and the thanks of the as- sociation roturned to the society. Dr. A. B. Tavion, of Philadelphia, moved that the Proy fossors of the med cal schools and of the Colleges of Pharmacy in this city, and the medical profession in gen> eral, bo invited to attend and participate ia the discug~ sions of the association. Dr. Kinesreo, of Now York, and a few other member opposed the motion, when it wns amended so as to invitq them to seats, and a amended adopted. \ The clection of new members was then proceeded with, when forty-nine persons balloted for, and unanimously electe: Reports were thon received and filed from the Exeen~ tive Committees and frm Comrmrttess on Scientific Queries, on (he Drug Market, Internal Revenue, of Pharmacy, and of the del ‘rom the Nati lege of Pharmacy to the Paris Exhibition, All thesg reporta will bo road at the seesion to-day, ‘A comrnittee op now{nation for officers for the ensuing year was shen appointed, consisting of the following gentlemen :—R. J. Close, Now York apr he Phar, macy ; J. B. Taylor, Philadelphia College of ; EB. H. Sargent, Chicago College of Lameirey da ‘4 Lincoln, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy; Gordon, Cinergnati College of Pharwacy; J. Cheanay, Maryiand College of Pharmacy; J, N, Callan, Washing« ton Association; C. K, Patridge, Maine Association ; Thos, I. Wigand, Philadelphia Alamni Association. AG large—C. H. Dalrymple, jorris, N. J; P. ©, Candidus, Aberdeen, Moss.; W. H, Saunders, London, Ww, This committeo will report at nine A, M. to-day, wheo the officers for the ensuing year will be elected, The address of the abseut Fehr ad was then read by tne chairman, and the meeting adjourned, to meet st pine A. M, to-day, An exhibition of interesting articles used in chemistry snd pharmacy is open to the public daily, (rom Dive A. M, to five P, Mia the room formerly oooupied by (he Voltege of Pharmacy, LARGE FIRE AT WILMINGTON, DEL. Witanwator, Det., Sept. 10, 1997. The oxtensive spice inilis of G, J. Fol! & Brother, whe 4o business io Philadelphia, were burned to-day, mill, which wax ono of the largest in the country, was stone, and four stories ia height There ‘was a stock of manufsctured goods . ia on et Of the milla, wot s particle of wee The origia of the fire 180 Sear seardeataly cought Bre i ‘one of We grinding