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ALABAMA CLAIMS. The Olive Branch Passing Between England and America, PROSPECT OF A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. The American Government About to Pro- pose a Compromise. How the Consequential Damages Claim Will Be Determined. A NEW PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. ‘The English and American Governments Approaching Solid Ground. Wasnrnoton, April 24, 1872. ‘There has been a good deal of excitement in dip- ‘Jomatio circles in reference to the new phase as- sumed by the Alabama question. While the Presi- dent and Secretary of State have been eager fora peaceful settlement of the question they are still resolute to defend the honor of the country, and not permit the English to force us into a false post- tion, A very strong lobby has been and is now at work to force a withdrawal of our case, as presented at Geneva. This lobby is peculiarly constituted. All the business interests of the country, especially those interested in foreign securities, and the em- ployment of foreign capital in this country, have been urging the administration to settle the ques- tion upon an amicable basis. In the last few years, especially since the laying of the Atlantic cable, the business relations between America and England have known a prodigious inorease. Tho success of the Syndicate national Joan was altogether owing to the good feeling that followed the signing of the Washington ‘Treaty. As English feeling now is, the Americans Cannot sell a bond. Mr. Boutwell, who is anxious ‘to continue his work of funding, finds the work arrested, and if the misunderstanding con- jinues will be compelled to fall back upon Germany. Private enterprises, although backed by the strongest houses, are dead. A few days since, to give an illustration from a letter addressed to our government by an eminent New York banking house—a bond was offered in the London market, being a first mort- gage gold bond upon a Wisconsin railroad. Although fm ordinary times the bond would have floated ‘easily, there was not a single bid, and the loan was withdrawn, and the Northern Pacifics are faring no better. In fact all business of a financial character is at anend, and the representatives of these in- fterests are pressing the government very strongly Aor a settlement. In addition to this the liberal republicans are Making a vigorous effort to unite the discontented ‘business elements with them upon the basis of dis- satisfaction with the treaty. Mr. Sumner, whose speech against the Johnson-Clarendon Treaty was regarded as the strongest possible presentation of the case against England and the argument in favor of indirect damages, now insists that he meant his speech, not in a literal, but a figurative sense—that he urged the indirect damages as a rhetorical reason for the direct claims, and as rhetorical reasons for demand- ing the largest possible indemnity from England, The distinguished Senator expresses great surprise. at the claims as presented in the Geneva case, and is open in his declaration that they will not be sus- tained in the Senate, Some of the administration Senators, headed by Mr. Carpenter, take the same view. Mr. Cyrus W. Field, of your city, was here for several days zeal- ously urging the withdrawal of the case, and bring- ing the most doleful accounts of the anger and Mortification of the English. Mr. Field had a long interview with Assistant Secretary of State Hale, urging the absolute withdrawal of the case. He had fortified himself with opinions from many ‘eminent lawyers, and was busy in advancing his plan of settlement. In thia state of public feeling the HERALD sugges- tion came like water upon a parched and sandy soil. Mr. Fish says he is willing to accept it if offered. This is, as you will remember, that both nations agree to the principle of international law that no neutral shall be liable for con- sequential or indirect damages for the in- juries inflicted upon the commerce of friendly Powers at war with each other; Upon the acceptance of this declaration as a part of the treaty the United States will withdraw Its | case and England will proceed with the arbitration, Mr. Fish urges in support of this view that, with six thousand miles of sea coast and the diMculty of watching all the ports, it would be a material advantage to the United States to have the whole question settled, so far as mari- ‘time nations are concerned, by the withdrawal of the whole principle as an issue at any future time. The President has expressed no opinion upon the ‘new point, He is resolute on the whole question ‘ana disposed to resent the imputations made by the English statesmen upon our national frankness and ‘good faith. He has been very decided upon the ‘whole question ever since the outset, and is espe- cially sensitive about the warlike threats against this country. He is also known to have very de- ‘cided convictions upon the subject, and it is stilla Matter of doubt whether he will permit Mr. Fish to assume the position. Sir Edward Thornton is expected here to-mor- row. The Secretary of State especially requested him to return, as he was anxious to consult with him upon an important matter. It is known that the proposition to be considered is substantially ‘what was printed in the HeraLp. } Advices received here this evening inform the government that the subject was broached to Sir ‘Edward yesterday informally, by a friend of the ad- ministration. The Minister expressed his hearty Acquiesence in the proposition, and said he had no doubt the British government would consent. When this was known a cable despatch was sent by an Indirect friendly source to Lord Granville, to know ‘what the Gladstone Cabinet would think of the compromise if it took an official shape. No reply has been received, although one is expected to- morrow. In thatevent Mr. Fish will submit the whole question formally to the Cabinet at its meet- ” {ng on Friday. “Impossible a§ the whole thing seemed a day gt NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1872 —~— wa: |WASHINGTON. two since, it now seems probxble that the whole matter will be settled at an eary day upon a basis highly honorable to all nations. The articlpation of such a result has given universal satisfaction in diplomatic and administrative circles. The demo- crats, who have said nothing thus far, are pre- pared to denounce anything but an absolute pressing of the Bancroft Davis as an ignominious surrender to England, FRANCE. — President Thiers’ Health Restored—Cabinet Re- organization—Judicial Sentences for Communist Crimes. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, April 24, 1872. President Thiers’ health has been completely re- stored after his temporary indisposition from an attack of cold. CABINET REORGANIZATION. A despatch from Versailles announces that M. Goulard has been permanently appointed Minister of Finance, and that M. Teisserene has recetved the appointment of Minister of Agriculture and Com- merce, COMMUNIST MURDERS, CRIME AND CAPITAL PUNIRH- MENT. The trials of the persons who were charged with murdering the hostag:: in the prison of La! Roquette during the reign of the Commune have terminated, and their sen- tences have been promulgated. The woman Gayart, who was the principal actor in this tragedy, has been sentenced to death, and thirty other per- sons who were connected with the crime have been sentenced to imprisonment for various terms. LEGISLATIVE FORMATION OF THR COMMITTERS. ‘i The periodical re-election of oMicers of the bu- reaus took place in the Assembly to-day. The Duc d’Aumale was not re-elected chairman. GERMANY AND FRANCE. Imperial Diplomatic Assurances Against the British Press Sensation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, April 24, 1872. Count Von Arnim, the German Ambassador to France, has arrived in this city. It is reported that the Connt is instructed by his government to assure President Thiers that the recent alarming reports relative to the relations of France and Germany are groundless. THE ENGLISH TURF. Race for the Great Metropolitan Stakes at Ep- som—The Blood of the Flying Dutch- man Victorious. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 24, 1872. The Epsom Course was well attended at the meeting to-day, the second of the spring assem- blage. The event of the moment was the race for the Great Metropolitan Stakes (handicap) of 25 sovs, cach, with 200 sovs. added, the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. Ten horses started. The race was won by Mr. Lefevre's brown horse Dutch Skater, six years old, by The Flying Dutch- man, out of Fulvie (bred in France). Fordham, Jockey. Lord Falmouth’s bay horse Kingcraft, five years old, was second, and Mr. R. Sutton’s chestnut colt St. Aubyn, four years old, third. THE ATALANTAS. Their Arrival at Queenstown—The International Boat Race. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. QUEENSTOWN, April 24, 1872, The Inman line steamship City of Montreal, Cap tain Kennedy, from New York April 13, for Liver. pool, arrived here at eight o’clock last night. The Atalanta Boat Club, of New York, are passengers by the City of Montreal. The International Four-Oared Race. foo the London Daily News, April 13.) The long-talked-of four-oared_ match between the representatives of the New York Atalanta Boat Club and the London Rowing Club may now be re- garded as definitively arranged, and though the event will scarcely, perhaps, give rise to the same amount of excitement and enthusiasm ag was created by the memorable contest between Oxford and Harvard three {howte ago, it already bids fair to create a very lively Interest in rowing circles on both sides of the Atlantic. According to the latest advices from America the Atalanta crew have made arrangements to leave New York to- day by the Inman steamer City of Brooklyn, and consequently may be expected to reach Putney by Thursday or iday week at the latest. eit names are as follows:—l. E. Smith. 2 T. Van Raden. 8 J. O'Neill. 4. R. Withers (stroke). Three other members of the Atalanta Boat Club will, we hear, Soa. the crew to Bngiana as “spare men," and will nay themselves in train- ing, 80 a8 to be to fill a vacancy in the boat in the event of any of the four being unable to row through illness or accident. The American repre- sentatives are by no means a heavy crew, accord- ing to our notions, their average weight when in condition being considerably under 154 ence but from all accounts they are very powerful men, and have had long experience as oarsmen, We understand they will bring over with them two new boats, or in Yankee parlance, “shells”—one for ractice and the other for racing purposes, in ad- ition to which they intend on their arrival to ordera “ship”? from one of our leading English builders, so as to ensure being properly suited in this important item. The Londoners will in all prob- ability be represented by Messrs. G. Ryan, F. S. Guiston, A. de L, Long and W. Stout—all oid hands, and two of them—viz., Stont and Long—ex-ama- tenr champions. The above four, it will be remem- bered, carried off the Steward’s Challenge Cup at Henley Regatta, im 1869, and were justly considered at the time to be one of the finest four-oared crews ever seen, but as they have not rowed together since that year it is Levegog | tobe expected that they will turn out quite in their oldform. The race wiil be rowed in the recognized American fashion— without coxswains—the boats being fitted with a steering apparatus which one of the crew— the bow oar in the American, and No. 2 in the London boat—manages by means of his feet, The date of this race has not yet been definitely fixed, but it will probably take place about the 10th or 11th of June, 80 as not to interfere with the Henley Regatta, at which great aquatic ring the American crew may possibly be tempt to put in an ere more especially as the tee have this one offered a prize for four-oared boats without coxswains. When the above was written the withdrawal of Mr. J. O'Neill from the crew, because of the serious illness of his wife, was not known in London. The positions of the four onthe day of the race will, doubtless, he:—Dr. Russell Withers, stroke; Theo- dore Van Raden, No. 3 (starboard); Alexander Handy, No. 2 (port); Fdward Smith, bow oar and steersman, Mr. Leander Waterbury went out as substitute. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Loxpox Moxry Manaer., Consols closed at 92% for United States five-twent —Lowpon, April 24—4:30 P. M.— Money and the account. 90; 1365's, old, 9154; 1867's, 9044 ; ten-forties, 804. sean URSE.—PARIS, ori %—P, M.—Rentes closed at + ITe. ANKFORT BOURSE.—PRANKFO) %M—A, M.—United, States flve-twenty bonds for the issue of 1862. i orton MARKET. —LivERPoot April 24:30 Lgvanroo, Corton Mane wod duit, middling, planter middling Orleans id wld. The. ation ot tng Wet have been 12,000 bales, Ineluding’8,000 for export and speculation. nsturrs Manxwr,—Livenroor, April 4— AI TOOh Pane Tite: Hd. ads. 4d por cental for Califor. nia white; Ls. Id, ‘is, Sd. for red Western spring, and for red winter, The market is quiet. Lis, 10d, t.—LIYERPOOL, April A—4 :30 2 eet Propuce Manne Wha ate aie so He PS aonvew, Manawe.—LOXDON, April2t—1 30 P. gar active at 38, 61. a 3éq per.cwt. for No. 12 Dutch Fd on the spot. Turpentine, 17s. per cwt HAVANA MARKET. Havana, April 4, 1972, egarded as favorable. ir active; foreign news Is reg ROR ig ici April at 3 ve; on United States, a TiS premiums short sight. i a 13 premium’ vn Paris, | O40 ¥ premium Ti? SPANISH REVOLUTION. Amadeus Proclaims the Insurrectionary Provinces in a State of Siege. Carlist Strategy in the Field and Claims of Vietories Over the Royal Troops. Concentration of evolutionists at Certain Points—Don Carlos’ Personal Movements—His Family and Aids—French Opinion of the Contest and Neutrality of the Repub- lic—Cortes in Session with the Car- lists Absent from Their Seats, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MapRID, April 24, 1872. Aroyal proclamation has been issued declaring the provinces of Navarre, Serida and Biscay in a state of siege. THE SITUATION IN THE FIELD. It is stated that the Carlist bands in the three insurrectionary districts decline to risk engage- monts with the government forces in the open field, but harass the troops sent against them by marches, countermarches and ambuscades. Contrary accounts received by the Minister of War declare that some of the bands have been dis- persed and that the others are rapidly retreating before the government troops, who are in close pur- suit of them. The Department of War is tnformed that a band of Varlists, fully two thousand in number, ts con- contrated in the province of Navarre. A smaller band, consisting of only 200 men, is in the neighborhood of Bilboa, the capital of the pro- vince of Biscay. The bands in La Mancha and Andalusia are insig- nificant in numbers, REPORT OF BATTLES—OLAIM OF CARLIST VICTORIES OVER THE KING'S TROOPS. Intelligence has been received from the Spanish frontier in Paris, and telegraphed from the French capital to Madrid, which asserts that the Carlists were victorious and captured forty carbineers in two engagements which they recently had with the Spanish troops, near Bilboa, Department of Biscay. © COUNTER OLAIM OF TRIUMPH. The Madrid Iberta newspaper of this evening announces that the “Monteagudo” band of insur- gents has been defeated by the government forces and thirty of them made prisoners. THR HERO DONS AND THEIR PERSONAL DOINGS. Don Carlos has disappeared from Geneva, and his present whereabouts is unknown. Don Alphonso, the brother of Don Carlos, who was notified by the authorities of Marseilles to leave that city, has reached Geneva. The arrest of Don Alphonso at Marseilles a few days since was the result of a prearranged plan of the Carlists to divert attention from their leader, The wife of Don Carlos accompanied her husband in his campaign, and has resolved to sharo what- ever dangers he may meet in his movements. NEUTRAL TOWARDS THE NATIONAL STANDARD, The Paris Patrie of to-day says General Cathell- neau is not with Don Carlos, as has been stated; that he is still in Parts, and will not join in the pres- ent movement in Spain. The Cortes Reassembled in Session—Car- Hst Abnegation of Parliamentary Duty. Maprrp, April 24, 1872. The Cortes reassembled in legislative session after the recess on Monday, the 22d inst. The Carlist deputies, in obedience to the request of Don Carlos, did not take their seats in the Par- Mament. All the republican and radical deputies were present. French Anticipation of a Severe Strug- gle—Thiers’ Neutrality Towards the Belligerents. Paris, April 24, 1872. It is believed in this city that the struggle about to take place in Spain between the government and the Carlists will be a severe one. The number of the insurgents now in the fleid is estimated at 10,000, REPUBLICAN NEUTRALITY AND DENIAL OF REFUGEE SHELTER. The French government has adopted measures for the prompt arrest and severe treatment of Spanish insurgents found on French soll, A cor- don of troops has been placed along the frontier, and all refugees who are taken will be immediately sent beyond the Loire. Many of the adherents of Don Carlos have been interned in Angouleme. King Amadeus’ Specch—His Majesty's Declaration to Cortes—The Home and Foreign Relations—Armed Opposition to “Modern” Legitimacy and Electoral Right. Maprip, April 24, 1872, King Amadeus delivered his speech in person at the opening of the Cortes. His Majesty first alluded to the relations of Spain with other Powers and stated they were of a cor- dial nature, Venezuela, he said, had made a most satisfactory explanation of her conduct towards the Spanish Consul at Caracas. The policy adopted towards the South American republics {s peaceful, and the relations betwecn them and Spain are mutually respectful. The King anticipates that he will soon be able to announce an agreement between the Pope and the Italian government. THe says he intends to give his utmost efforts to the protection and develop- ment of the sacred and constitutional rights. The reform in the army is announced, and the ful- filment of the promises of reform in the colonies is promised. In 80 doing he will endeavor to avoid everything tending to impair the integrity of Spanish territory or which would put arms into the hands of the enemies of the Spauish name and race. In relation to the movements of the Carlists the King says:—“‘A party denying the legitimacy of modern right, and a stubborn enemy to the national institutions, after its defeat at the election, rises in arms in some of the provinces. The government has taken ef, fective measures to promptly crush the insurrection. Tanght by experience of the fu- tility of a policy of clemency, it will be inexorable in ita punishment of the constant enemies of liberty and disturbers of the peace. If ordinary measures prove insufficient, the government will ask the sanction of the Cortes for others which may be necessary to restore the reign of law. The King expresses hope of the prompt termina- tion of the insurrection, praises the army and civic guard for their courage and loyalty, and says he asks in the Cortes a guide and means of identifying himself with the nation. The speech concluded as follows:—‘While I will never impose myself against the Spaniards against their will, I will never desert the post to which they have called me, the constitutional duties of whieh I will fulfill with the loyalty and constancy due to the honor of my name.” THE JAPANESE EMBASSY. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. PaRIs, April, 24, 1872, The members of the Japanese Embassy, who recently came to Europe from the United States, are at Lyons. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Congress at Toulon. Wasuinaton, April 24, 1872. The Navy Department has received advices that the United States steamer Congress, Captain Daven- port, arrived at Toulon, France, on the 3d instant, four days from Gibraltar, Naval Orders, Assistant Surgeon Streets to temporary duty at the Naval Academy; First Assistant Engineer Olsen detached from the New York Navy Yard and or- dered to the Wasp, of the South Atlantic fleet, tak- ing the place of First Assistant Engineer Wella, Wo ia ordered Lome, | BENGLA Levislative Testing of Premier Glad- sione’s Official Sensibility. The Irish Universities Question—Cabinet Defini- tion of the Miniserial Position Toward Trinity Colloge aud Against Ro- man Catholic Baudowment. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 24, 1872. During the session of the House of Commons this evening, immediately after the Speaker had taken the Chair, Mr. H. Fawcett, member for Brighton, asked Mr. Gladstone whether the gevernment would regard an aflirmative vote on the amend- ment offered by the Marquis of Hartington to the Dublin University bill as one of confidence in tho government? Mr. Fawcett also asked whether the government would fix a specific time for the con- sideration of the Dublin University bill ¢ Mr. Gladstone replied ‘no’ to each inquiry, and further stated that it was the intention of the government to have public business transacted by the House before it proceeded to the consideration of Mr. Fawcett’s bill. Premier Gladstone’ Position Towards University Education in Ireland. The question of University Education in Ireland under the aspect presented by Mr. Gladstone's words of ‘concurrent endowment” has excited the very deepest attention of the members of the prin- cipal dissenting bodies separated from the Protest- ant Established Church—the Presbyterian, Inde- pendent and Baptist congregations, particularly— least the Queen’s Cabinet contemplates to endow a Roman Catholic University co-existent with Trinity College, Dublin, which was established by Eliza- beth specially for Protestant propagandism., A letter protestin, against Concurrent Endow- ment, under “the p nce of educational sub- sidies,”” was sent to Mr. Gladstone by the united English Nonconformist bodies a short time since. In his — rep! he describes it aaa “just observation” that the endowment of a Roman Catholic Mtahyy would be “opposed to the Pane declarations of Her Majesty’s govern- men The memorialists said “that the distinct’ refu- salof the Roman Catholics of Ireland to partici- te in any redistribution of the revenues of the hurch Establishment, or to accept any other en- dowment, greatly aided the settlement of the Church question in Parliament. That the rumor of an inten! of Her Majesty’s government to endow a Roman Catholic university or college in Ire- land filled the memortalists with apprehension and alarm. That, should such rumor have any foundation in truth, it would, in the judgment of the memorialists, be a complete rever- | sal of the policy ‘of Parliament in 1863, as shown by the disendowment of Maynooth College, a8 well as by the disendowment and dis- establishment of the Irish Church, and as distinctly opposed to his own emphatic declaration ‘that the government, in dealing with the religious bodies in Ireland, would deal with them strictly, impartially, and equitably, on the principles of ctvil Justice, and on the grounds of citizenship.’ That, in the opinion of the memorialists, the University of Dublin (Trinity College), is a national institution, and, being national, should be freely open to all classes of the people, and should afford in mixed classes the advantage of association to students of all religious communions. ‘That the appointment of professors, the choice of books, and the control of studies should not be in the interest of any sect and that the students should be trained as good citizens, and not brought up under the exclusive management of ecclesiastics as the adherents of any church or party in the State.” MR, GLADSTONE'S REPLY, The Premier of England replied from Whitehall, through his secretary, in the following words :— “With reference to the paragraph in the memorial, hh states that the rumor of an intention of Her jesty’s government to endow a Roman Catholic M university or college in Ireland has filled the memo- rialists with apprehension and alarm, I am directed to express Mr. Gladstone's regret that they should have suffered alarm on account of rumors which as is justly observed in the following paragraph, are opposed to the public declarations of Her Ma- oan government, and which, therefore, it is aR, hecessary to add have ‘no foundation in ct. THE WAR IN MEXICO. Reported Occupation of Saltillo by the Juarez Troops—The Expected Attack on Matamoros. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MaraMoros, Mexico, April 24, 1872. Arrivals from the interior report that Saltillo has been reoccupied by government troops under Gen- eral Ochoa, second in command under General Rocha, who are concentrating there for an imme- diate advance on Monterey. Each day revolutionary sympathizers assert that Generals Treviiio and Quiroga will be before Mata- moros within twenty-four hours. The indications are that the revolution is about expiring, and that the leaders will scatter through- out the country, with small bands, to plunder, CUBA. Attack on an Insurgent Meeting and Massacre of a Number of Cubans. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, April 24, 1872, Rains are threatening. MANZANILLO, April 18, 1872. The insurgents had a meeting last week at Sagu- nestrada for the purpose of electing a new Presi- dent, José Estrada is the probable candidate. The Spanish troops got wind of the meeting and at- tacked the insurgents while they were assembled, killing a number. Nine of the Spaniards were killed. AFFAIRS IN UTAH. Deputy Attorney High Shows the Evil of Liberating the Mormon Prisoners— The Reply of the Attorney Gencral of the Territory—Shall Brigham Young Be Released? SauT Lake Crry, April 24, 1872. Deputy United States Marshal High has addressed an important letter to the Territorial Attorney General in regard to the discharge of the prisoners under the decision of the Supreme Court. He says that many of these prisoners are charged with the gravest crimes, and the abundant evidence in his possession points strongly to their guilt, and that every consideration of justice and humanity re- quire that the evil consequences of such an unpre- cedented jail delivery should be avoided if possible. He suggests that steps be taken for their rearrest and trial, and offers his co-operation. The Attorney General replies that he will take such steps in the matter as are authorized by law, and wil thaisfully receive assistance from Mr. High. pe official copy of the Supreme Court decision is expected to-morrow, when Mr. Hempstead, acting on behalf of the prisoners, will proceed before Judge Hawley on habeas corpus. Arrangements are making for two large excur- sions next month, one to California and one East. Subscribers are already numerous. Among the departures East to-day were Mrs. Goy- ernor Woods and Mrs, Judge McKean, The followers of Mra. Stanton publish to-day an address to the People’s Convention at New York, in which they express the belief thas the period has arrived when the peonie of the United States re- quire that the National Legislatare accept as its binding duty the solution of all the great social and industrial questions of the age. ‘The United States Marshal was before the Probate Judge this evening, on a writ of habeas corpus, to show cause why he held Brigham Young in custedy, On the argument as to jurisdistion, the Court de- cided it had jurisdiction. The case was continued until to-morrow. ‘The weather continues warm, and crowds are, going to the mines, , THE ACCIDENT TO THE PERUVIAN, HALIFAX, N. S., April 24, 1.872, The steamer Peruvian continues to leak, badly, She will be temporarily repaired and sent to Eng- land. The pilot has been dismissed. The steamer Moravian, which arrived yesterday, gers. ib SALE OF THE BUCKEYE RACE TRACK, Cuvuinnatt, Ohio, April 24, 1872, ‘The raco track of the Buckeye Club was sold at auction yesterday ta Golonel lL. A. Harris for $110,000, takes forward the Peruvisn’s freight and passen- .-TRIPLE SHEET. ao The Drake Amendment Resur- rected in the Senate. ——_ The Goat Island Steal Passed by the House... DR. HOUARD'’S CITIZENSHIP. Twenty-one Thousand Copies of Our Case at Geneva. FINAL ADJOURNMENT. The British-American Mixed Commission. WASHINGTON, April 24, 1872, Morrill, of Vermont, Worming in the Drake Amendment. The amendment of Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, to tho Deficiency bill, which is substantially a re-enact- ment of the famous Drake amendment, declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, was the topic of interest in the Senate to-day. It will be remembered that in 1863 Congress gave jurisdiction over captured and abandoned property in the rebel States to the Court of Claims, but in addition to the other necessary proofs upon which recovery could be had was the proof of loyalty. Out of this sprung the Drake amendment, the Supreme Court having previously decided that amnesty under President Lincoln's proclamation was equal to apardon, and that pardon put the claimant in the position of a loyal man. The gist of the Drake amendment was to direct the Court of Claims and the Supreme Court to dismiss all cases where the amnesty oath was pleaded by the claimant. Since this amendment was overthrown by the highest judictal tribunal in the country there has been a determined purpose in the Senate to substantially re-enact it. Mr. Morrill has a bill for this purpose, but It had no chance of passage through the House of Representatives, and was, besides, in danger of meeting with the fate of the Drake amendments. To | gain the assent of the other branch of Con- gress, and, if possible, to avold the adverse decision of the Supreme Court, were the purposes of making Morrill’s measure an amendment to the Deficiency bill. Substantially it is that no judgment in the Court of Claims for any property seized by the United States shall be pald without a special appropriation by Congress. This would be tanta- mount to the repudiation judgments obtained under | @ previous act of Congress, or a provision for their partial payment by favoritism and special legisla- tion. The debate to-day was not confined to a close argument of these points, but was rather a discus- sion of the condition of the South since the war, in which Bayard, Sherman, Hill and Alcorn particl- pated. The Senate went into executive session while the new Senator from Mississipp! was speaking, and he holds the floor for the conclusion of his speech In the morning. The question will be dis- posed of to-morrow, and came so near being de- cided to-day that the casting vote of the Vice Prest- dent alone saved the amendment from being tabled, the vote in the Senate standing 25 to 25. The result will probably be the defeat of Mr, Mor- rill’s amendment, but the vote is so close that it 1s impossible to predict its fate with certainty. The Goat Island Grand Larceny Passed by the House—The Case of Dr. Houard. The Goat Island bill was disposed of to-day after several hours of voting, Mr. Holman insisting upon the yeas and nays upon every question in regard to it. But the Job was too well “put up” to be affected by any consideration, and the bill or the substitute offered by Mr. Wheeler passed, as the indications have been from the first that it would, Two prominent citizens of San Francisco, in no way interested personally in the defeat of the bill, said, in conversation to-day, that the success of the scheme would cost the republican party the State of California, so bitter was the feeling there against it. During the present session the lobby has not been so reckless or so daring as it was to-day. The hired adherents of the measure usurped the places of the doorkeep- ers of the House and prevented members who were pledged to its support from leaving the chamber—a glaring wrong, for which the country will hold the men who voted for the bill responsible. The success of the Goat Island job was the success of gross corruption, and the Congress of the United States was bought up to pass it, just as the Legista- ture of Callfornia was bought before. The action to-day is the saddest commentary yet on the hon- esty and decency of the Forty-second Congress. Mr. Dawes suffered another defeat to-day, and one little to his credit in the refusal of the House to go Into Committee of the Whole on the Tariif bill to the exclusion of a report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs in regard to Dr. Houard. Only twenty-seven members sustained his zeal for con- sidering the finances of the country to the exclu- sion of the case of @ man in chains, sentenced to penal servitude, who claims to be a citizen of the United States. General Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, then reported the case of Dr. Houard and made a brief speech on its merits. He went over the whole subject of Dr. Houard’s claims for citizenship and showed the in- justice and cruelty of his treatment, and urged the necessity for action in the matter. Mr. Ambler, of Ohio, followed with the State De- partment view, and, in a learned legal argument | attempted to prove that Dr. Houard was in no sense an American citizen and had no claims upon the United States for protection, There was so much of the pettifogging element in his statements and arguments that Mr. Ambler failed to carry convic- tion with his effort, After Mr. Ambler finished sey- eral points of law in regard to similar cases of citl- zenship arising in the Southern States during the rebellion of Englishmen claiming the protection of Great Britain and owing allegiance to that govern- ment, and afterwards bringing claims for loss of property and damages for imprisonment against the United States government, were discussed, pending which the House took a recess till half-pas‘ , seven o’clock, when the subject af pensions wr.g again considered. The Senate's Privileges. In the Senate to-day the Committee on Priviy »ges and Elections made a report touching the cry se of the Tea and Coffee bill, which the Senate amengé ied by appending to it @ Tariff bill. This the Houso resist- ed as unconstitutional. TheSenate commit! ce goes the Senate touching revenue-raising bills, and con- cedes that the amendment tn question Wi is not con- stitutionally within the province of taat House. Jaot lawful. Printing Our “Caser—=A House. There was quite @ scene in je House this morn- ing over the proposition for tl.e printing of the case and counter case of the Us,ited States, under the Washington Treaty. Tho concurrent resolution from the Senate for priating 21,000 copies of the case, with an amendmysnt substituting 10,600 for 21,000, was the excitvag cause, Mr. Cox, of New | York, thought the counter case ought to be printed | Mr. Butler thought the case a gone case, any; could not see the neces sity for priv.ting it at all, Mr. Banks decidedly objected to this view and insisted upon the case bel7ig printed at once, and urged that the people we've anxtous for information upon the mat- ter. Mx, William R. Roberts spoke in favor of print- foe the largest pumber, as proposed by the Senate, atthe same time, Se into a long detail on the amendatory priv ileges of Altnough the Tariff bil might not incroy ise the reve- nue, it was an original proposition to r aise revenue, without reference to whether it Was of a grade higher or lower than the existing ‘aw, and hence Stir in the 7 He belteved tt was of far more interest to sne amer< ican perple than the agricultural history of pumpking and squashes, and that it was of vital moment that ‘ey should have the real case as presented by our “-. nent instead of the opinions and views of govern. eh corey and subsidized newspapers. After "sap and sparring over the matter the some controve:” . ‘ amendment was rejected and the resolution adopted, The Brit, & Case The President to-day sent to “We House of Repre- sentatives five targe printed volum.”* Of the British, case before the tribunal of arbitrators, “Mech were referred to the Committee of Foreign Affau* 3 The British-Amorican Mixed Comm 4z sion, The British and American Mixed Commission was in session three hours yesterday. Besides the ad- mission of one new British claim and the extension of time in one or two cases—several parties being, allowed to extend their memorlals—two awarda were made—namely, Eleneanor W. Turner va. the! United States, No. 34, for $5,700 in gold, and Peter John¥on vs, the United States, for $3,060in gold, | In t.Xe case of the Executors of R. 5, C. Alexander va. the “United States, No. 45,on demurrer, the fol; lowing dcclaion was rendered :—“We are of opintom that the Commission has no jurisdiction in this claim, and tNerefore the demurrer is allowed." * The Commb sion then adjourned to meet at News port, Rhode Is: nd, on the 11th of September next. Thomas 0, Cox;,Secretary to the Commission, hag been appointed a wotary public by Governor Cook. Mr. Russet Gurney, of the Commisston, loft Wash- ington to-day, and w Vl sail from New York on Sat- urday for Earope, He’ (lined with Secretary Piste last night. During the’ recess of the Commission, the Secretary will be e1ygaged in arranging cases for the fall seaston, , The Senate Anxious ‘for Final Adjourn< ment. The question of an early* adjournment of Con- gress is beginning to elicit a ,yood deal of attention among Congressmen. The Ho wae has succeeded im pressing forward its business sc) that tt can adjourn on the 29th of May at the latest, The Senate, as la usually the case, is far behind the House; but there is a strong disposition to finish th & work of the sea sion before the meeting of the Philadelphia Conven- tion. A caucus of the republicant Senators wae called in consequence this eveniug, at which forty Senators, including, Fenton ama. Trumbull, were present. Sumner, Schurz, Tiptcwand Alcorm did not attend. The chief object of the eaucus was to arrange the order of business, so thas an early adjournment may be reaehed; but it was*found im- possible to agree on any fixed plan at the first meeting, and a committee of seven was appointed) to prepare the order of business for the reabof the session and report at another caucus, which will be held to-morrow evening. This committee consista of Senators Scott, Conkling, Morton, Hamlin, Mor- ril, of Vermont, Sherman and Sawyer. An agrée- ment was arrived at to finish the Deficiency bili-to- morrow, even if its consideration ts prolonged far into the evening. The Tarkish Budget. Oficial information received here shows that, ac cording to the last financial statement published by the Turkish government, the budget for the year 1872 is settled as follows :— Receipts. . 4,127,442 purses, or $80,978,235 Expenditures 890 Purses, OF 93,323,404, Deticit » 163,443 purses, or 8,545,166 While in 1871 the settlement of the same was this:— Celpts, «s+. enditures. it a 840,163 purses, OF $83,715,553. 552,067 purses, Or 99,246,86@ 712,904 purses, Or 16,531,307 From these figures it appears that although the expenditures still exceed the receipts yet the dif ference was considerably reduced since last year. It Is also to be observed that through the steady en- deavors of the actual administration this balance will be easily covered by @ superior value of the revenue and the new tobacco excise which was re~ cently inaugurated, Senator Sumner and the District Schools. A large meeting to sustain Senator Sumner'’s Mixed School bill was held here to-night at Union League Hall. The attendance was com- posed of many loyal politiclans, white and black, and a mass of colored citizens. Ex-Judge Fisher presided, with a long, mixed Ust of Vice Presidents, including Governor Cooke and A, R. Shepherd, of the Board of Public Works, most of the members of the Legislature and other omicials. The speakers were all colored men, and were emphatic in theirdemand for the utmost equality everywhere, especially in the public schools, and their remarks were received with wild enthusiasm. A demand was made that Presi- dent Grant should use his efforts to seoure the pas sage of Senator Sumner’s bill, under a penalty of a forfeiture of the support of the colored people in the coming election. They demanded the passage of the bill a8 a matter of right, and not of favor. Treasury Balances, Balances in the Treasury at the close of business to-day:—Coin, $129,400,531; currency, $9,214,2203 coin certificates, $26,889,000, Refunding the Cotton Tax. The Sub-Committee of Ways and Means’ to-day heard arguments from F. P. Stanton and H. Johnson, the latter of Georgia, in favor of refund- ing the cotton tax. They directed their arguments mainly at the unconstitutionality of the tax hereto fore imposed. Presidential Approvals. 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