Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume III

XIV.—Tables presented by the agent of Her Britannic Majesty on the 19th of August, 1872, in compliance with the request of the tribunal.

[August 19, 1872.]

Preliminary statement.

In presenting the subjoined tables to the Tribunal, as required by the Arbitrators, the Agent of Her British Majesty has the honor to present the following points as deserving their attention:

I. Great Britain should not be considered bound to make compensation to the United States for the sum total of the losses occasioned by any of the cruisers in regard to which the Tribunal may be of the opinion that there was remissness in the performance of duty on the part of Great Britain.

II. The following principles should be observed in estimating the amount of compensation:

A. All double claims for simple losses should be rejected; such, for example, as claims presented simultaneously by owners and insurance companies, simultaneous claims for loss of freight and loss of charter-party, and other similar claims mentioned on pages 10 and 11 of volume VII of the British Appendix, and which amount to a very considerable sum.

B. Claims for prospective gross losses of whalers should be rejected, for the reasons stated on pages 12, 13, 26, and 27 of volume VII of the Appendix. It is, indeed, not even attempted to sustain these claims in the Argument of the United States; they should, therefore, be considered as virtually abandoned.

C. It is impossible, for the reasons stated on page 13 of the same volume, to admit the claims for gross acquired profits without any of the necessary deductions.

D. Claims for gross freights of merchant-vessels should be rejected, for the reasons stated in extenso on pages 14, 15, 16, and 17 of the same volume. It will be seen that it is not even attempted to sustain them in the Argument of the United States, and they should therefore be considered as virtually abandoned.

E. Profits which it was expected to gain on merchandise in the ports to which the vessels were bound are not, for the reasons stated on page 17 of the same volume, a proper subject of compensation.

F. The reasons stated on the pages aforesaid of the same volume of the British Appendix, as well the firmly-established principles of jurisprudence, which are recognized by the courts of the United States, England, and other countries, require, as a suitable means of compensating claimants for the loss of vessels, outfits, profits, and freights, that they should be allowed the full original value of these vessels and of these outfits at the beginning of each voyage, and that they should, moreover, be allowed so much per cent. of this value, together with a sum for wages, to be calculated from the beginning of each voyage up to the day of the capture, as has been stated on pages 13 to 17 and 26 to 29 of volume VII of the Appendix.

G. The proper method of indemnifying the claimants for the loss of [Page 611] their merchandise, and of the profits which they expected to realize, would be to allow them the value of such merchandise at the port of shipment, together with the interest on this same value, calculating from the commencement of the voyage up to the time of the capture.

III. It is impossible, for the reasons stated on page 17 of the aforementioned volume, to trust to the value placed by the claimants themselves upon their property; and, after having applied the above principles, it will be proper to make a suitable deduction from these claims, in order to reduce them to the sum to which they would be reduced if they were referred to assessors, or to the sum to which the Government of the United States would reduce them, in case, a gross sum having been allowed, this Government were to distribute it to the claimants.

IV. The necessity of this new reduction will appear from the following considerations:

A. The United States now admit that these claims have never been carefully sifted. It is hardly necessary to call attention to the capital importance of this admission.

B. It has been clearly shown that the claims are exaggerated, and that the statement of the claims contains very considerable miscalculations.

C. The information furnished by the revised statement of the claims is not sufficient to permit the value of the property for which compensation is claimed to be estimated with sufficient certainty.

D. There is an entire absence of the ordinary documents which might prove the value of the merchandise and freights, such as bills of lading, manifests, policies of insurance, &c.; and, although it is asserted that these documents have been recorded at Washington, the Government of the United States has never compared them with the claims.

V. The amounts of the claims being almost always stated in paper money or paper dollars, and the ninth article of the Treaty requiring that the compensation should be allowed in gold, it is essential to establish the relative value of the paper dollar and of the gold dollar at the time when the claims were first prepared. It is evident, judging from the relative values stated in one or two of the claims, that this is a question of very considerable importance.

Table No. I gives a list of double claims prepared openly and expressly, and which are obvious to any one reading the statement even cursorily.

Table No. II gives a list of all the claims for gross prospective profits and gross freights in the case of the Alabama.

Table No. III contains an analysis of the claims connected with whaling-vessels captured by the Alabama; a note has been appended explaining the table.

Table No. IV contains an analysis of the claims connected with merchant-vessels captured by the Alabama.

Table No. V contains a recapitulation of the provisional claims and allowances connected with the Alabama; a brief explanation of these allowances has been added.

Table No. VI contains an analysis of the claims connected with the vessels captured by the Florida.

Table No. VII contains a recapitulation of the provisional claims and allowances connected with the Florida; a short explanation of these allowances has been added.

The following are the cases in which double claims or other unjust claims have been openly and designedly made in the statement. In almost all cases double claims are advanced tacitly or by implication. Some of these claims will be searched for and enumerated elsewhere.

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Table No. I.—List of double claims.

Pages of revised statement.	Name of vessel.	Amount.	Remarks.
	Levi Starbuck	$23,350	It is admitted that this sum should have been deducted for insurance received; it has, however, not been deducted.
		1,000	Sum which Osgood & Co. admit that they received, but which they have not placed on the credit side of their account.
82		2,150	Sum equivalent to $1,565 in gold, which Mr. Rollins admits that he received, but which he does not place on the credit side of the account.
68		49,420	That is to say, twice $24,710, which sum it is admitted ought to be deducted, but which has been added.
80	Sea Lark	54,500	Claim actually advanced twice by the same owners.
74	Rockingham	50,000	Double claim explained on page—of our first report.
76	Sea Bride	37,000	Rufus, Greene & Co. refuse to place the sums received for insurance on the credit side of the account.
91	Talisman	16,000	The owners acknowledge that they received this sum, but it is not placed on the credit side of their account.
111	Union Jack	8,000	The owners claim the full value, without making allowance for the sums received for insurance, and the insurance companies claim it at the same time.
115	Virginia	13,550	The owners claim the full value, without making allowance for the sums received for insurance, and the insurance companies claim it at the same time.
253	Martha	34,200
227	Brunswick	24,200	The owners and insurance companies openly claim the sums at the same time.
237	Edward	19,875	Do.
238	Euphrates	9,750	Do.
240	Favorite	50,000	Do.
243	Gripsey	24,000	The necessity of deducting this sum is admitted, but it is not deducted.
244	Hector	31,875	Double claim, as above.
	Howland	69,500	Do.
248	Isabella	22,650	Do.
255	Nassau	72,500	Do.
258	Nimrod	28,000	Do.
260	S. Thornton	27,050	Do.
263	Waverley	31,250	Do.
264	W. Thompson	54,500	Do.
241	G. Williams	89,346	The sum of $44,673 has been added here, instead of being deducted.
175	Golconda	25,734	Double claim, as above.
	Total	869,400

Table No. II —Claims for gross freights and expected profits in the case of the Alabama.

Pages of revised statement.	Name of vessel.		Claim for—		Amount.	Remarks.
5	Alert	{	Loss by interruption of voyage.		$30,000
			Loss of probable catch		144,868	A new claim presented in the revised statement.
6	Altamaha		do		19,940
7	Amanda		Loss of freight		33,000	The value of the freight is not distinguished from that of the vessel.
8	Amazonian		Loss on charter-party		11,000
13	Anna Schmidt	{	Loss of freight		6,300	$10,000 are also claimed as advances for the owners of the vessel.
			Insurance on charter-party		20,000
25	Benjamin Tucker		Loss of expected profits		100,800	See the original list, p. 434.
26	Brilliant		Loss of freight	{	16,531	Do.
					18,000
27	Charles Hill		do		11,733
29	Contest				61,500	See the first statement. A new claim presented in the revised statement.

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Table No. II.—Claims for gross receipts and expected profits, &c.—Continued.

Page of revised statement.	Name of vessel.		Claim for—	Amount.	Remarks.
30	Courser		Loss by interruption of voyage.	$19,845	A new claim presented in the revised statement.
31	Crenshaw		Loss of freight	6,721
32	Dorcas Prince		do	15,000
34	Dunkirk		do	3,936
35	E. Dunbar		Loss by interruption of voyage.	88,200	Claim increased in the revised statements.
37	Emma Lanc	{	Loss of charter-party	26,438
37	Emma Lanc	{	Loss of the commission on charter-party.	1,324
38	Express		Loss of freight, (at least)	31,129	The value of the freight is not distinguished from that of the vessel.
40	Golden Eagle		do	30,000	Do.
41	Golden Rule		Loss of freight	8,207	Do.
46	Highlander		do	68,402
47	Jabez Snow		Loss of charter-party, (half agreed upon.)	9,408	Vessel in ballast. See first report, p. 9.
49	John A. Parks		Loss of charter-party	42,306
51	Kate Cory		Loss of probable catch	19,294
53	Kingfisher		do	12,600
54	Lafayette		Loss of freight	18,978
55	Lafayette 2d		Loss of probable catch	49,896
57	Lamplighter		Loss of freight	8,780
58	Lauretta		do	3,000
59	Levi Starbuck		Loss of freight and prospective catch.	189,312
61	Louisa Hatch		Loss of freight	15,000
62	Manchester		do	15,000
65	Nora		do	15,000	There is distinction made between the value of the freight and that of the vessel.
65	Nye		Loss of freight and prospective catch	30,342
68	Ocean Rover		do	37,800
70	Ocmulgee		do	165,510
71	Olive Jane		Loss of freight	15,000
73	Parker Cook		do	1,625
74	Rockingham		do	78,128	See the first report, pp. 23 and 24.
76	Sea Bride		do	21,000	There is distinction made between the value of the freight and that of the vessel.
78	Sea Lark		do	23,500
69	Sonora		Loss of charter-party	33,244
90	Starlight		Charter-party	1,720
91	Talisman		Loss of freight	38,579
95	T. B. Wales		do	15,165
99	Tycoon		do	33,739
110	Union Jack		do	6,000
115	Virginia		Loss of freight and prospective catch	103,950
116	Wave Crest		Loss of freight	4,772
117	Weather Gage		Loss by abandonment of voyage	18,900	New claim presented in the revised statement.
118	Winged Racer		Loss of freight	24,000	The value of the freight is not separated from that of the vessel
	Total			1,878,422

Much more than the total claim prepared in relation to the Alabama.

The claims for expected profits amount, for the thirteen whalers, to $980,975, or to more than one-eighth of the entire claim prepared in relation to the Alabama.

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Table No. III— Claims relative to whaling-vessels destroyed by the Alabama *

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Page.	Name of vessel.	Tonnage.	Number of days of voyage.	Claims for the vessel.			Claims for expected profit.		Claims for profits earned.			Claims for personal effects.			Claims for damages and sundries		Total.
5	Alert	400	20			$27,858		$174,868									$202,726
6	Altamaha	120	122			12,000		19,940						$816			32,756
25	Benj. Tucker	350	129	{	Double claim.	52,000	}	100,800			$25,200			1,835			179,835
						7,000
						45,000
31	Courser	125	189			12,312		19,845						150			32,307
36	Elisha Dunbar	260	23	{	Double claim.	57,375	}	88,200			4,095			1,225			150,895
						21,375
						36,000
52	Kate Corey	135	245	{	Double claim.	28,212	}	19,294			8,268			700			56,474
						8,212
						20,000
53	Kingfisher	120	184	{	Double claim	16,700	}	12,600	{	Double claim.	2,652	}					31,952
						4,700					324
						12,000					2,328
59	Levi Starbuck	380	5	{	Double claim	63,360	}	189,312						860		$16,000	269,522
						23,350
						40,000
66	Nye	215	273	{	Double claim	37,660	Double claim	30,342	{	Double claim.	36,934	}		2,023			106,959
						7,660		11,442			5,750
						30,000		18,900			31,184
68	Ocean Rover	315	1,220	{	Double claim	103,025	}	37,800	{	Double claim.	50,825	}		2,016			193,666
						53,025					2,000
						50,000					48,825
70	Ocmulgee	460	215			40,000		165,510			77,572			1,903		35,000	419,985
115	Virginia	350	22	{	Double claim	63,550	}	103,950									167,500
						13,550
						50,000
55	Lafayette, 2d	310	330	{	Double claim	40,775	}	49,896	{	Double claim.	48,359 5,068 43,191	}	Double claim.	2,326 1,050 1,276	}	500	141,856
						16,775
						24,000
811	Weather Gage	110	36			10,053		18,900						692		800	30,445
				Gross claims		564,870		1,031,257			253,905			14,546		152,300	2,016,878
				Double claims.		155,647		11,442			13,142			1,050			181,281
	Gross tonnage	3,650		Net claims		409,223		1,019,815			240,763			13,496		152,300	1,835,597

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Table No. IV.—Claims relative to merchant-vessels destroyed by the Alabama *

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Page of statement.	Name of vessel.	Tonnage.	No. of days of voyage.	Claims for the vessel.			Claims for freight.		Claims for cargo.			Claims for personal effects.			Claims for damages and sundries.		Total.
7	Amanda	600	49			$35,000		$33,000						$1,853			$69,853
8	Amazonian	480	41	{	Double claim.	68,544	}	11,000			$53,758			2,601			135,903
						36,544
						32,,000
13	Anna Schmidt	785	166	{	Double claim.	50,000	}	26,300	{	Double claim.	216,479	}		1,875			294,654
						5,000					38,078
						45,000					178,401
23	Ariel, steamship		6								10,000					$423	10,423
26	Brilliant	840	20	{	Double claim.	84,245	Double claim	34,531	}		5,187			1,250			125,213
						9,245		16,351
						75,000		18,000
27	Charles Hill	700	41			32,000		11,733						1,543			45,276
28	Chastelaine	295	5			10,414					1,157			100			11,671
28	Conrad	350	12			10,000			{	Double claim.	84,241	}					94,241
											23,669
											60,572
29	Contest	1,100	28			45,000		61,500			30,522			4,638		1,206	142,866
31	Crenshaw	280	4			20,000		6,721			753						27,474
32	Dorcas Prince	700	44			27,000		15,000			13,776			3,439		600	59,815
34	Dunkirk	295	8	{	Double claim.	25,467	Double claim.	3,936	}		19,508			2,374			51,285
						8,000		2,350
						17,467		1,586
37	Emma Jane	1,100	8			51,039		27,762				{	Double claim.	5,556	}	2,200	86,557
														1,200
														4,356
38	Express	1,075	123			50,000		31,129						980			82,109
40	Golden Eagle	1,120	90			56,000		30,000			27,522			1,165			114,689
41	Golden Rule	255	9			10,000		8,207			68,913			1,060			88,180
46	Highlander	1,050	9	{	Double claim.	114,000	Double claim.	68,402	}					8,769			191,171
						30,000		6,000
						84,000		62,402
47	Jabez Snow	1,075	43	{	Double claim.	76,200	}							3,500		3,100	146,208
						6,200		63,408
						70,000
49	John A. Parks	1,050	19			56,501		42,306			25,700			1,933		360	126,800
51	Justina															7,000	7,000
54	Lafayette 1st	945	3			80,000		18,978			21,537			1,280			121,795
57	Lamplighter	365	2			13,875		8,780			3,450			1,845			27,950
59	Lauretta	285	3			15,140		3,000			12,200						30,340
61	Louisa Hatch	855	29			67,250		15,000						3,130			85,380
62	Manchester	1,065	7	{	Probable double claim.	111,660	}	15,000			27,316			1,075		6,105	161,156
						47,500
						64,160
63	Martaban	710	12			35,600					15,000			2,322			52,922
64	Morning Star															5,614	5,614
24	Baron de Castine															1,500	1,500
65	Nora	920	40	{	Double claim.	65,000	Double claim.	15,000	}					1,700		1,800	83,500
						15,000		5,000
						50,000		10,000
71	Olive Jane	360	27			35,000		15,000			17,529			2,000		1,000	70,529
73	Palmetto	175	10			100,000					12,400			433			22,833
73	Parker Cook	140	17			9,493		1,625			14,281			665			26,064
74	Rockingham	980	58	{	Double claim.	148,573	}	78,128						8,755			235,456
						90,000
						58,573
76	Sea Bride	450	79	{	Double claim.	39,500	Double claim.	21,000	Double claim.		82,445	}		3,393			146,338
						9,500		10,500			37,000
						30,000		10,500			45,445
78	Sea Lark	975	36	{	Double claim.	125,500	}	23,500			215,197			1,250			365,447
						74,500
						51,000
88	S. Gildersleeve	850	65			35,000											35,000
89	Sonora	710	30			55,800		33,244						2,595		2,875	94,514
90	Starlight	100	31			4,220		1,720						580			6,528
91	Talisman	1,240	35	{	Double claim.	101,950	Double claim.	38,579	}		90,371			2,455			233,355
						33,025		22,488
						68,925		16,091
95	T. B. Whales	600	143			20,000		15,165	{	Double claim.	190,870	}		2,946			228,981
											3,000
											187,870
99	Tycoon	720	39	{	Double claim.	$67,375	Double claim	$33,740			$333,763			$1,471		$11,050	$447,399
						3,375		1,680
						64,000		32,060
110	Union Tack	485	36	{	Double claim.	53,000	}	6,000	{	Double claim.	89,886	}		2,400		26,888	172,174
						18,000					32,014
						35,000					57,872
116	Wave Crest	410	8			29,000		4,772			24,092			550		850	59,264
118	Winged Racer	1,770	33			56,833		24,000	{	Double claim.	276,983	}		7,952			365,768
											20,000
											256,983
				Gross claims.		2,001,179		847,166			1,984,836			91,433		66,571	4,991,183
				Double claims.		385,889		64,549			153,761			1,200			605,396
	Gross tonnage	28,260		Net claims		1,615,290		782,617			1,831,075			90,233		66,571	4,385,786

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EXPLANATION OF THE TABLE.

I. As regards the fourteen whalers the table shows that the sum of $564,870 in paper is claimed for the vessels and outfits; hut $155,467 must be deducted from this sum, as constituting double claims, which leaves a balance of $409,233 in paper.

Moreover, the sum of $1,031,257 in paper is claimed for expected gross profits, from which $11,442 must be deducted as constituting double claims, which leaves a balance of $1,019,815 in paper.

For gross earned profits the sum of $253,905 in paper is claimed, from which must be deducted $13,142, as constituting double claims, which leaves a balance of $240,763 in paper.

The claims for the vessels, outfits, and probable and earned gross profits, therefore, amount, after deducting the double claims, to $1,669,811 in paper.

We estimate the losses for which this claim is made at $458,538 in gold, of which $365,000 represent the value of the vessels and outfits at the beginning of their voyages, and $93,538 represent a profit at the rate of 25 per cent, per annum, together with the wages from the beginning of the voyage up to the time of the capture.

The table also shows that there is a claim for the personal effects of captains, (and in one or two cases for those of the mates of vessels,) which amounts, after deducting the double claims, to $13,496, and for the damages to $152,300 in paper.

As to the claims for personal effects, we have allowed them in full.

As regards the claim for damages, it is composed almost entirely of the following items: $9,000, claimed for the first time in the month of April last, by the mate of the Levi Starbuck, for loss of time; $7,000, claimed by a harpooner, for personal injuries; this claim, however, which is only based upon a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, is supported by no affidavit, and is advanced without any explanation. The other item is a claim for $135,000, in the case of the Ocmulgee, which, it is asserted, is for losses of merchandise on board and profits. We can demonstrate that these claims should be rejected.

II. As regards the forty-four merchant-vessels the table shows the following facts:

The sum of $1,615,290 in paper is claimed for the vessels, outfits, and provisions, after deduction of the double claims.

The sum of $782,617 in paper is claimed for gross freights, after deduction of the double claims; which makes a total of $2,397,907 in paper for the vessels and freights.

We estimate the losses for which this claim is presented at $1,171,469 in gold, of which $1,130,400 represent the value of the vessels and outfits at the beginning of the voyage, and $41,069 the interest on this value and the wages from the beginning of the voyage up to the day of the capture.

The sum of $1,831,076 in paper is claimed for cargoes and profits, insurance and commission on these same cargoes, as well as for damages arising from the non-arrival at the port of destination, after deduction of the double claims, which can be easily shown for the moment We have reduced this claim to $1,626,043 in paper, and we are able to show that this reduction is, in all probability, far from sufficient.

The table shows, moreover, that the sum of $90,233 in paper is claimed for personal effects of captains, (and, in one or two cases, for those of mates likewise,) and $66,571 in paper for damages and sundry losses.

As to the personal effects of the captain or of the crew, we have allowed them to pass in all cases save five. We can show that, in these five cases, the claims are evidently exaggerated, and we have, therefore, reduced them.

As regards the claims for damages, &c., most of them are composed of extravagant demands advanced by the captains of the vessels for wages or for the loss of about twelve months of their time; of a claim of $10,000, presented by a traveler on account of delay; and of another claim of $10,000, also preferred by a traveler for the loss of his position as consul, together with other claims evidently inadmissible.

The estimated allowance for loss of personal effects, damages, &c., is $77,803 in paper.

So that the total allowance, provisionally estimated, for vessels captured by the Alabama is $1,630,007 in gold for the vessels, outfits, freights, and profits, and $1,717,842 in paper for other claims.

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Table No. V. —Claims of provisional claims and allowances as regards the vessels captured by the Alabama.

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Vessels for which claims are brought.		Object.	Claims.								Allowances.
The 14 whalers destroyed, (tonnage, 3,560,) viz:
Alert	}	Vessels and outlays		$564,870	}		$409,233		}	$1,669,811	$365,000 + $93,538 = $458,538 for vessels, outlays, (gold dollars,) and profits earned and expected.
Altamaha			Double claim	155,467
Benjamin Tucker
Courser		Profits expected		1,031,257	}	$1,019,815	}	1,260,578
Elisha Dunbar			Double claim	11,442
Kate Corey
Kingfisher		Earned		253,905	}	240,763
Levi Starbuck			Double claim	13,142
Nye
Ocean Rover		Personal effects		14,546	}	13,496	}		165,790		$13,996 for personal effects and damages, (paper dollars.)
Ocmulgee			Double claim	1,050
Virginia
Lafayette 2d
Weather Gage		Damages, &c			152,300
The 44 merchant-vessels, (tonnage, 28,260,) viz:
Amanda	}
Amazonian
Anna Schmidt
Ariel, S. S
Brilliant
Charles Hill
Chastelaine
Conrad
Contest
Crenshaw
Dorcas Prince
Dunkirk
Emma Jane
Express
Golden Eagle
Golden Rule		Vessels, &c		2,001,179	}	1,615,290	}		2,397,907		$1,130,400 + $41,069 = $1,171,469 for vessels, outlays, (gold dollars,) and freights.
Highlander			Double claim	38,889
Jabez Snow
John A. Parks		Freights		847,166	}	782,617
Justina			Double claim	64,49
Lafayette
Lamplighter		Cargoes		1,984,836	}				1,831,075		$1,626,043 for cargoes, (paper dollars.)
Lauretta			Double claim	153,761
Louisa Hatch
Manchester		Personal effects		91,433	}	90,233	}		156,804		$77,803 for personal effects and damages, (paper dollars.)
Martaban			Double claim	1,200
Morning Star
Baron de Castine		Damages			66,571
Nora
Olive Jane
Palmetto
Parker Cook
Rockingham
Sea Bride
Sea Lark
S. Gildersleeve
Senora
Starlight
Talisman
T. B. Whales
Tycoon
Union Jack
Wane Crest
Winged Racer

The entire gross claim, including the double inadmissible claims, those for gross expected profits, gross freights, gross profits earned, &c., amounts to $7,009,129 in paper The total allowance, provisionally estimated, amounts to $1,630,007 in gold for the vessels, outfits, profits, and freights, and to $1,717,842 in paper for the other claims.

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Table No. VI.—Analysis of claims relative to the Florida.*

[Page 623]

Page of statement.	Name of vessel.	Tonnage.	Number of days of voyage.	Claims for the vessel.			Claims for freight.			Claims for cargo.			Claims for personal effects.		Claims for damages and sundries.		Total.
125	Aldebaran	190	11			$20,500						$476		$4,057			$25,033
126	Anglo-Saxon	870	4			35,500			$1,711			5,500					42,711
127	Avon	950	116			67,000			40 000			45,701		3,700			156,401
129	B. F. Hoxie	1,390	80			72,000			26,000								98,000
130	Clarence	255	19			8,000						11,400					19,400
130	Commonwealth	1,275	29			55,000			24,250			370,704		2,088			452,042
147	Corris Ann	570	13			20,000			1,000			4,400					25,400
148	Crown Point	1,100	39			58,200			10,100	}	Double claim	324,771	}	4,842		$20,000	417,913
												16,044
												308,727
162	Electric	810	1			166,000				}	Double claim.	283,229	}				449,229
												40,000
												243,229
171	Estelle	300	6			18,000											18,000
173	George Latimer	200	20			12,034			683			27,000					39,717
179	Henrietta	440	36			25,000			7,140			32,131		1,536			65,807
180	Jacob Bell	1,385	96			50,000			22,783			308,290		2,333		20,280	403,686
184	Lapwing	590	19			30,000			15,000			30,000					75,000
185	M. J. Colcord	375	1			24,624			10,000			65,867					100,491
187	Mondamin	390	11			18,129			3,800			5,000				1,143	28,072
188	Oneida	420	90			21,802			1,294	}	Double claim.	433,588	}	4,500		4,942	466,126
												17,017
												415,571
192	Red Gauntlet	1,040	23			60,851			15,188			32,678		5,059		25,000	138,776
195	Southern Cross	940	77	{	Double claim	55,000	{		10,000					450			65,450
						25,000
						30,000
197	Star of Peace	945	88	{	Double claim	88,000	}	Double claim	41,884	}	Double claim	368,176	}	550			498,610
						32,000			17,500			33,815
						56,000			24,384			334,361
202	W. B. Nash	300	5			9,950				}	Double claim	51,850	}				61,800
												10,000
												41,850
204	W. C. Clark	340	14			5,000											5,000
204	Windward	200	150			12,000						3,953		500			16,453
205	Zelinda	560	26			36,000											36,000
205	Mary Alvina	260	8			11,000			3,216					304			14,520
206	Tacony	295	10			25,350								772		13,500	39,622
208	Byzantium	1,050	38			45,000			5,787			2,548					53,335
211	Umpire	295	11			6,100			2,200			21,155		150			29,605
		17,735				1,056,040			242,036			2,428,417		30,841		84,865	3,842,199
				Double claim		57,000	Double claim		17,500	Double claim		116,876
						999,040			224,536			2,311,541
185	Margaret Davis					16,100								904			17,004
178	Harriet Stevens								1,000			9,500					10,500
209	Goodspeed					35,000						1,293					36,293
172	General Berry			Vessel, &c		31,576								1,267			32,843
178	Greenland	550	2			6,500			7,200			1,600		1,065		360	16,725
																	113,365
207	Ada																5,300
210	Marengo																7,296
212	Wanderer																7,839
208	Elizabeth Ann																8,100
210	Rufus Choate																8,325
207	Archer																4,300
210	Ripple																8,805
																	49,965
175	Golconda	330	85			38,000			4,536			118,865		680			162,081
195	Rienzi	75	37			7,700			787								8,487
																	170,568

Claims, total, $4,176,097.

I. In regard to the first 28 merchant vessels. The first column on the left shows the page of the revised statement where the claim is found. The second shows the name of the vessel to which the claim refers. The third shows the tonnage of the vessel. The fourth shows how many days the vessel had been on its voyage. The fifth shows what is claimed for the vessel, its outfit and provisioning, including insurance. The sixth shows the claim for probable gross profits, including the insurance on the same. The seventh shows the claim for profits earned, including insurance on the same. The eighth shows the claim for personal effects presented by the captain or first mate. The ninth shows the amount claimed for wages and certain damages and losses which are not losses of property, together with the claims presented in some few cases for the loss of travelers’ effects. The last shows the total amount of the claim presented for each vessel. In cases in which it is evident that double claims have been advanced, it has been so stated, and that which is called net claims at the end of the table, is the difference between the gross claims and the double claims.

II. In regard to the 5 following merchant-vessels the columns show similar details.

III. In regard to the 7 fishing-vessels the details are not given because the claims have been allowed to pass in full.

IV. In regard to the Rienzi the claim has been allowed to pass in full, and as regards the Golconda the details are the same as above.

[Page 624]

EXPLANATION OF THE TABLE.

I. As regards the twenty-eight merchant-vessels the table shows the following facts:

The sum of $999,040 in paper is claimed for the vessels, outfits, and provisions, after deduction of the double claims.

The sum of $224,536 in paper is claimed for gross freights, after deduction of the double claims, which makes a total of $1,223,576 in paper for the vessels and. freights.

We estimate the losses for which this claim is advanced at $734,386 in gold; of which $709,400 represent the value of the vessels and outfits at the beginning of the voyage, and $24,986 the interest on this sum, together with the wages from the beginning of the voyage up to the time of the capture.

The sum of $2,311,541 in paper is claimed for the cargoes and profits, the insurance and commission on the same cargoes, as well as for the damages, resulting from the non-arrival at the port of destination, after deduction of the double claims which can be clearly demonstrated for the moment. We have reduced this claim to $2,034,156 in paper, and we can show that this reduction is, in all probability, far from being sufficient.

As to the personal effects of the captain or crew we have allowed them to pass in all cases, save four. We are able to show that in these four cases the claims are evidently exaggerated, and we have therefore reduced them.

As regards the claims for damages, they are mainly composed of the following items: There are two new claims brought for the first time in the month of March last by the first and second mates of the Crown Point, for wages and damages; they amount to the extravagant sum of $20,000. There is a claim brought by Martha Williams, a passenger on board of the Jacob Bell, for personal effects amounting to $20,280; we can show that there are sufficient reasons for rejecting this claim. There is also a claim for $13,500, brought by the owners of the Tacony for losses in consequence of the interruption of their business; we are of the opinion that it should be struck out.

II. As regards the five other merchant-vessels we can show that there are special reasons requiring the reduction of the claims to the sums inserted in the table.

III. As regards the seven fishing-vessels and the Rienzi we have allowed the claims to pass in full.

IV. As regards the Golconda we have reduced the claim of $162,081 in paper to $71,005 in gold, in the manner and for the reasons stated on page 27 of the seventh volume of the British Appendix.

So that the total allowance, provisionally estimated, for vessels captured by the Florida, is $805,391 in gold for the vessels, outfits, freights, and profits, and $2,174,585 in paper for other claims.

[Page 625]

Table No. VII.—Claims of provisional claims and allowances as regards vessels captured by the Florida.

[Page 626]

Vessels for which claims are brought.		Object.	Claims.							Allowances.
The 28 merchant-vessels, (gross tonnage, 17,735 viz:
Aldebaran	}
Anglo-Saxon
Avon
B. F. Hoxie
Clarence
Commonwealth
Corris Ann
Crown Point
Electric Spark
Estelle		Vessels, &c		1,056,040	}	$999,040	}	$1,223,576	{	$709,400 + $24,986 = $734,386 for vessels, outlays, (gold dollars,) and profits earned and expected.
George Latimer			Double claim	57,000
Henrietta		Freights		242,036	}	224,536
Lapwing			Double claim	17,500
M. J. Colcord
Mondamin		Cargoes		2,428,417	}			2,311,541		$2,034,156 for cargoes, (paper dollars.)
Oneida			Double claim	116,876
Rod Gauntlet
Southern Cross		Personal effects			30,841		}	115,706	{	$22,710 for personal effects and damages, (paper dollars.)
Star of Peace		Damages			84,865
W. B. Nash
W. C. Clark
Windward
Zelinda
Mary Alvina
Tacony
Byzantium
Umpire
Jacob Bell
Five other merchant-vessels, viz:
Margaret Davis								17,004
Harriet Stevens								10,500		$10,000, (paper dollars.)
Good Speed								36,293		$22,000, (paper dollars.)
General Berry								32,843		$17,267, (paper dollars.)
Greenland								16,725		$10,000, (paper dollars.)
Seven fishing-vessels, viz:
Ada	}
Marengo
Elizabeth Ann
Rufus Choate								49,965		$49,965, (paper dollars.)
Archer
Ripple
Wanderer
Two whaling-vessels, viz:
Golconda								$162,081		$71,005, (gold dollars.)
Rienzi								8,487		$8,487, (paper dollars.)

The entire gross claim, including the double inadmissible claims, those for gross expected profits, gross freights earned, &c., amounts to $4,173,097 in paper.

The total allowance, provisionally estimated, amounts to $805,391 in gold for the vessels, outfits, profits, and freights, and to $2,174,585 in paper for the other claims.

Claims relative to vessels destroyed by the Shenandoah after the month of January, 1865.

[Page 627][Page 628]

Page of statement.	Name of vessel.	Tonnage.	No. of days of voyage.	Claims for vessel.			Claims for expected profits.		Claims for profits earned.			Claims for personal effects.				Claims for damages and miscellaneous claims		Total.
225	Abigail	310	44			$60,000		$169,849			$1,544			$23,303				$254,696
227	Brunswick	295	52	{	Double claim.	73,200	}	38,625	{	Double claim.	13,379	}		1,080				126,284
						23,200					1,000
						50,000					12,379
229	Catherine	385	84			48,677		196,807			18,329			8,295				272,108
232	Congress	380	755	{	Double claim.	97,000	}	53,075			33,845			982				184,902
						41,000
						56,000
233	Covington	350	218			32,251		61,507			25,010			9,196				127,964
238	Edward Carey	355	68			42,983		66,600						1,170			$10,000	120,753
238	Euphrates	365	63	{	Double claim.	59,750	}	100,875			17,814			3,213				181,652
						9,750
						50,000
241	General Williams	420	155	{	Double claim.	142,350	}	196,807			36,292			1,485			30,000	406,934
						77,173
						65,177
243	Gipsey	360	115	{	Double claim.	84,000	}	49,075			10,664			9,034				152,773
						24,000
						60,000
244	Hector	380	135	{	Double claim.	81,875	}	99,750			21,347			939				203,911
						31,875
						50,000
245	Hillmann	385		{	Double claim.	91,250	}	54,675			10,490			1,762				158,177
						31,250
						60,000
247	Isaac Howland	400	90	{	Double claim.	125,500	}	196,158	Double claim		57,554 9,000 48,554	}		3,937				383,149
						60,500
						65,000
248	Isabella	315	270	{	Double claim.	81,650	}	174,600			27,765	{	Double claim.	13,222	}			297,237
						21,650								1,000
						60,000								12,222
250	J. Swift	455	72			60,000		138,088			25,500			2,293				225,881
253	Martha	360	86	{	Double claim.	94,200	}	192,062			9,906			7,690				303,858
						34,200
						60,000
255	Nassau	410	67	{	Double claim.	152,500	}	78,750			9,924			900				241,574
						72,500
						80,000
258	Nimrod	340	62	{	Double claim.	79,000	}	158,500	Double claim		36,782	}		1,638				275,920
						19,000					9,000
						60,000					27,782
259	Pearl	195	63			27,000		60,890						6,150			6,200	100,240
260	Sophia Thornton	430	41	{	Double claim.	86,333	}	51,100						2,851				140,284
						27,050
						59,283
262	Susan Abigail	160	57			24,397		95,975									107,476	227,848
240	Favorite	295	61	{	Double claim.	110,000	}	87,250			41,070			2,659				240,979
						50,000
						60,000
263	Waverly	330	73	{	Double claim.	81,250	}	110,876			34,655			1,732				228,513
						31,250
						50,000
264	William Thompson	495	56	{	Double claim.	144,500	}	131,250			15,093							290,843
						54,500
						90,000
265	W. C. Nye	390	93	{	Double claim.	$75,000	}	$218,125			$7,087			$625			$5,000	$305,837
						20,000
						55,000
				Gross claims		1,954,666		2,781,269			453,550			104,156			158,676	5,452,317
				Double claims.		628,898					35,292			1,000				684,190
	Gross tonnage	8,560				1,325,768		2,781,269			418,258			103,156			158,676	4,768,127
241	General Pike	315															76,149	}	386,751
250	James Maury	295															73,039
255	Milo	400															144,648
257	Nile	2															92,915
																		5,839,068

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Claims for expected profits in case of the vessels captured by the Shenandoah after the month of January, 1865.

Page of statement.	Name of vessel.	Loss of expected profits.	Amount.	Remarks.
225	Abigail	Loss by interruption of voyage.	$169,849
227	Brunswick	Loss of probable catch	38,625
229	Catherine	do	196,807	See the original list, p. 436, and the beginning of the second report; it is a new claim.
232	Congress		53,075
233	Covington	do	61,507
238	Edward Carey	do	66,600
238	Euphrates	Loss by interruption of voyage.	100,875
240	Favorite	do	87,250	See the original list, p. 438, and the beginning of the second report; it is a new claim.
241	Gen’l Williams	Loss of probable catch	196,807	See the original list, p. 437, and the beginning of the second report; it is a new claim.
243	Gipsy	do	49,075
244	Hector	do	99,750
245	Hillmann	do	54,675
247	Isaac Howland	do	196,158	See the original list, p. 426, and the beginning of the second report; it is a claim increased by $43,000.
248	Isabella	do	174,600
250	J. Swift	do	138,088
253	Martha	Loss by interruption of voyage.	192,062	See the original list, p. 438.
255	Nassau	do	78,750	See the original list, p. 438.
258	Nimrod	do	158,500
259	Pearl	Loss of probable catch	60,890
260	Sophia Thornton	do	51,100
262	Susan Abigail	do	95,975
263	Waverly	do	110,876	See the original list, p. 436; it is a new claim.
264	Wm. Thompson	do	131,250
265	W. C. Nye		218,125
	Total		2,781,269

Double claims in the case of the vessels captured by the Shenandoah after the month of January, 1865.

[Page 630]

Page of statement.	Name of vessel.	Loss of expected profits.	Amount
228	Brunswick	Columbian Insurance Company	$8,000
228	Brunswick	Commercial Company	16,200
232	Congress	Atlantic Mutual Company	35,700
232	Congress	Metropolitan Company	5,300
339	Euphrates	Commercial Mutual Company	9,750
240	Favorite	Metropolitan Company	10,000
240	Favorite	Atlantic Mutual Company	40,000
241	Gen’l Williams	Columbian Company	22,500
		Sun Mutual Company	2,500
		Atlantic Mutual Company	7,500
		Erreur de calcul	44,673
		Atlantic Mutual Company	23,792
243	Gipsy	do	10,000
243	Gipsy	Columbian Company	14,000
244	Hector	Union Mutual Company	17,000
		Commercial Mutual Company	4,500
		Mutual Marine Company	10,375
245	Hillmann	Atlantic Mutual Company	26,250
245	Hillmann	Metropolitan Company	5,000
247	Isaac Howland	Columbian Company	16,500
		Commercial Mutual Company	15,000
		Atlantic Mutual Company	38,000
249	Isabella	New England Company	1,000
		Commercial Mutual Company	1,000
		Columbian Company	3,050
		Metropolitan Company	800
		Atlantic Mutual Company	16,800
253	Martha	Mercantile Mutual Company	$1,000
253	Martha	Atlantic Mutual Company	33,200
256	Nassau	Sun Mutual Company	10,000
		Metropolitan Company	9,000
		Atlantic Mutual Company	47,500
		Union Mutual	6,000
258	Nimrod	Atlantic Mutual Company	28,000
260	Sophia Thornton	Ocean Mutual Company	3,050
		Commercial Mutual Company	15,000
		Union Mutual	9,000
263	Waverly		31,250
264	Wm. Thompson	Commercial Mutual Company	15,500
		Ocean Mutual Company	16,500
		Union Mutual Company	22,500
265	W. Nye	Atlantic Mutual Company	20,000
	Total		662,690

EXPLANATION OF THE TABLE.

I. As regards the claim of the first four whalers, which were simply detained, we have reduced the claim of $388,951 in paper to $67,446 in gold.

II. As regards the twenty-four whalers destroyed, the table shows that the sum of $1,954,766 in paper is claimed for the vessels and outfits; but $628,898 must be deducted from this sum as constituting double claims, which leaves, a balance of $1,325,768 in paper.

Besides the above, the sum of $2,781,269 in paper is claimed for probable gross profits.

For gross earned profits $453,550 in paper is claimed; from which must be deducted $35,292 as constituting double claims, which leaves a balance of $418,258 in paper.

The claims for the vessels, outfits, and gross profits, both expected and earned, therefore amount, after the double claims have been deducted, to $4,525,295 in paper.

We estimate the losses for which this claim is presented at $1,023,318 in gold, of which $856,000 represent the value of the vessels and outfits at the beginning of their voyages, and $167,368 profit at the rate of 25 per cent. per annum, and the wages from the beginning of the voyage up to the day of the capture.

The table also shows that there is a claim for personal effects of captains (and, in one or two instances, for those of mates of vessels) which amounts, after the double claims have been deducted, to $103,156, and for damages, $158,676 in paper.

As to the claims for personal effects of the captain or crew, they have been allowed to pass in all cases, save six. We can show that in these cases the claims are evidently exaggerated, and we have therefore reduced them.

As regards the claim for damages, it is composed almost entirely of the following items:

In the case of the Edward Carey the captain’s claim, first presented in the month of March last, amounts to $10,000 for damages, in addition to his claim for personal effects.

In the case of the General Williams the captain and mate claimed for the first time in the month of March last the sums of $20,000 and $10,000, respectively, for the loss of their probable catch, in addition to their claims for personal effects.

In the case of the Pearl the mate and one Gardener, a cooper, claimed, for the first time, in the month of March last, the sums of $5,000 and $1,200, respectively, for the loss of twelve months’ time, in addition to their claim for personal effects.

In the case of the W. C. Nye the captain claims $5,000 for losses in consequence of the abandonment of his voyage, in addition to his claim for personal effects.

In the case of the Susan Abigail there is a claim for $18,716 for merchandise placed on board for commercial purposes, and a claim of $88,750 for the profits which it was expected to realize in such commerce.

We think ourselves able to show to the Tribunal that there is ground for the rejection of all these claims for damages.

[Page 631]

Table of provisional claims and allowances as regards the vessels captured by the Shenandoah.

Vessels for which claims are brought.

Object.

Claims.

Allowances.

The 4 whalers, viz:

General Pike

}

Damages

$386,751

$67,446.

James Maury

Milo

Nile

The 24 whalers destroyed, (tonnage 8,560,) viz:

Abigail

}

Brunswick

Catherine

Congress

Covington

Edward Carey

Euphrates

Vessels and outlays

$1,954,666

}

$1,325,768

}

$4,525,295

{

$856,000+$167,318 = $1,023,318, for personal effects and damages, (gold dollars.)

General Williams

Double claim

628,898

Gipsy

Hector

Profits expected

Double claim

2,781,269

$2,781,267

}

3,199,527

Hillmann

Isaac Howland

Earned

453,500

}

418,258

Isabella

Double claim

35,292

J. Swift

}

261,832

$46,175, (paper dollars.)

Martha

Personal effects

104,156

}

103,156

Nimrod

Double claim

1,000

Pearl

Susan Abigail

Damages, &c

158,676

Favorite

Waverly

W. Thompson

W. C. Nye

Nassau

The entire gross claim, including the double inadmissible claims, those for gross expected profits, gross freights earned, &c., amounts to $5,839,068 in paper.

The total allowance, provisionally estimated, amounts to $1,023,318 in gold for the vessels, outfits, profits, freights, and the profits earned and expected, and to $113,621 in paper for the other claims.

[Page 632]

Total of the claims compared.

	Amounts claimed in the following tables.	Amounts granted in the report added to the English argument.
ALABAMA.
Class A	$1,314,286 99	$460,893 00
Class B	1,396,430 83	618,538 00
Class C	3,309,876 10	2,004,376 00
Class D	413,288 33	136,021 00
Class E and F	123,807 78	47,850 00
	6,557,690 03	3,267,678 00
FLORIDA, COMPRISING CLARENCE, TACONY.
Class A	228,941 92	108,564 00
Class B	539,179 10	644,709 00
Class C	3,339,410 02	1,776,357 00
Class D	138,929 17	44,570 00
Class E and F	278,618 62	61,350 00
	91,225 10
	4,616,303 93	2,635,568 00
SHENANDOAH.
Class A, and supplement	3,981,175 55	4,171,464 00
Class B	118,554 43	29,630 00
Class C	149,635 06	99,582 00
Class D	107,075 04	37,560 00
	4,356,440 04	1,338,236 00
RECAPITULATION.
Alabama	6,557,690 03	3,267,678 00
Florida	4,616,303 93	2,635,568 00
Shenandoah	4,356,440 04	1,338,236 00
	15,530,434 00	7,241,482 00
We here add all the claims arising from the interruption of voyages and losses of expected profits	4,009,302 50
	19,539,736 50	7,241,482 00
Present claims of the United States for expenses caused to their Navy by acts of the Florida, Alabama, and Shenandoah	6,735,062 49	940,460 24
	26,274,798 99	8,181,942 24

The United States claim interest on the whole amount at 7 per cent. per annum up to the day of payment, according to the terms of the Treaty.

* The first column on the left shows the page of the revised statement where the claim is found. The second shows the name of the vessel to which the claim refers The third shows the tonnage of the vessel. The fourth shows how many days the vessel had been on its voyage. The fifth shows what is claimed for the vessel, its outfit and provisioning, including insurance. The sixth shows the claim for probable gross profits, including the insurance on the same. The seventh shows the claim for profits earned, including insurance on the same. The eighth shows the claim for personal effects presented by the captain or first mate. The ninth shows the amount claimed for wages and certain damages and losses which are not losses of property, together with the claims presented in some few cases for the loss of travelers’ effects. The last shows the total amount of the claim presented for each vessel. In cases in which it is evident that double claims have been advanced, it has been so stated, and that which is called net claims, at the end of the table, is the difference between the gross claims and the double claims.↩
* The first column on the left shows the page of the revised statement where the claim is found. The second shows the name of the vessel to which the claim refers. The third shows the tonnage of the vessel. The fourth shows how many days the vessel had been on its voyage. The fifth shows what is claimed for the vessel, its outfit, and provisioning, including insurance. The sixth shows the claim for probable gross profits, including the insurance on the same. The seventh shows the claim for profits earned, including insurance on the same. The eighth shows the claim for personal effects, presented by the captain or first mate. The ninth shows the amount claimed for wages, and certain damages and losses which are not losses of property, together with the claims presented in some few cases for the loss of travelers’ effects. The last shows the total amount of the claim presented for each vessel. In cases in which it is evident that double claims have been advanced it has been so stated, and that which is called net claims, at the end of the table, is the difference between the gross claims and the double claims.↩