MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A report from the Secretary of State, with the British case, and papers which accompanied it. APRIL 24, 1872.-Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. JUNE 3, 1872.- * * * Ordered that 3,000 extra copies be printed: 1,000 copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate and 2,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives. To the House of Representatives of the United States : In answer to a resolution of the 22d instant, I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with the British case, and papers which accompanied it. WASHINGTON, April 24, 1872. U. S. GRANT. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, requesting the President (if not inconsistent with the public interests) to communicate to that House the case presented by the British government under the Washington treaty, with accompanying papers, has the honor to lay before the President the documents called for by the resolution. Respectfully submitted. HAMILTON FISH. The PRESIDENT. List of accompaniments. Case presented on the part of the government of Her Britannic Majesty to the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva, constituted under Article I of the treaty of May 8, 1871, between the United States and Her Britannic Majesty. Appendix to the same, Volumes I, II, III, IV. CASE PRESENTED ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY TO THE TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION, CONSTITUTED UNDER ARTICLE I OF THE TREATY CONCLUDED AT WASHINGTON ON THE 8TH MAY, 1871, BETWEEN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GENERAL CONTENTS. The case now presented to the arbitrators on the part of the government of Her THE CONTENTS OF THE CASE ARE AS FOLLOWS: I. A statement of the matter referred to the arbitrators, as it is understood by Her Britannic Majesty's government, Part I, pages.. II. An introductory statement of the events which attended and followed the commencement of the civil war in America, and of the course pursued by Great Britain and the other maritime powers in relation to the war, and particularly as to the reception of belligerent vessels of war into their ports and waters, Part II, pages.. III. A further introductory statement on international rights and duties; on the powers which were possessed by her Britannic Majesty's government of preventing unlawful equipments; and setting forth the manner and circum- stances in and under which these powers were exercised during the war, Part III, pages... IV. Considerations proper to be kept in view by the arbitrators in entering on the cases of the vessels specifically mentioned in the four following parts, V, VI, VII, and VIII, Part IV, pages.. V. Statement of facts relative to the Florida, Part V, pages. THE APPENDIX TO THE CASE CONSISTS OF FOUR VOLUMES, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH Vol. I. Correspondence relating to the Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Shenandoah. Vol. II. Correspondence relating to the Sumter, Nashville, Georgiana, Phantom, Vol. III. Papers relating to the commencement of the civil war; proclamations and FOR OTHER TABLES OF CONTENTS SEE : Vol. I, pages 219-228, 231–233, 413-418, 653-655, 737–740. Vol. II, pages 3-17, 21-25, 119-121, 171, 183, 189, 213, 233, 265–267, 359-365, 533-535, 613-614, 643, 657, 681, 695, 707-708, 773-775, 827. Vol. III, pages 3-5, 165-166, 237-233, 279, 399, 403, 461, 525, 547, 569, 769, 825, 937, |