Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-20

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A, one O'Clock on Sunday mornirr, Mr..
Allen moved to take Up the resolution Of.
ftred BY him yesterday. "tclaring the letter
OF the Postmaster General satisfactory to
the senate which Was agreed to, and the
resolution adopted.
The resolution to which The Pos:mas er
General had given this offensive reply was
one calling for the names ofall Post Masters
dismissed since last may, with the states in
which the disnlissals took place.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
Feb. 81.
The bill to suppress Indian hos'it'es
being under consideration.
Mr.. Cambrcl,'ng moved roinSert aflcr the
appropliating clause the words " mounting
to Sl,sOl,774." which was agreed to"
Afer the adoption ofsomc other slight
Amendments,
MIR. Everett mcvcd IN item of S. 900 TO
cover III expenses of a treaty with lhc Sem
mole Indians, should the President see Fl, to
enter irto one. Ho supported til" am.nd.
mcnt in sT=rch in which he adver,ed TO the
large sums which had boen expended in the
vain effort to expel these Indians from Flor.
ida, and stated Inc probability. rom lnfor.
NATION he Irad received, that if negotiations
were entered into, the remnant now there
would be conten to retire within an asccr-
tanned line, &c.
The amendment gave rise 10 an exter.
,led debate, in which Messrs. Everett,
Downing, Fillmore, Robertson. Crabb,
Montgomery, Mercer and Putnam took
part aud which resulted in the adoption
of the amendment.
CLAIMS ON MEXICO.
EEarch 2.-Mr. Howard, from the COM
m lee on Foreign Aft irs, TO which was re-
ferrcd the Presidents Message Of the CTR
ut. submitted the following report
The Committee on Foreign Affairs, 10
which was referred the Message ofthc Pre-.
e;lon. Of the. Uaised Sta,as Of tho o7th Feb
ruary, relating to Mexico, have had the
same under consideration, and offer the fol-
lowing report.
In the month QfSep:e,nber lost, a CONVEX
lion was made between the Governments Of
Mexico and the United STATES, whcreia 1t
was agreed ,ha, the claims ola private ma
turc upon Mexico by citizens of the Uni.
ted States should be referred 10 Baardo Of
Commissioners, two ofwhom were 10 be ap.
pointcd by Mexico and two by the United
Safes. 1t was further agreed, 'hat, in case
of difference ofopinion between the Com.
missioners. the questions should be decided
by the King of Prussia, or an arblter to be
selected by him, who should proceed to
Washington and reside there until the ter
minaton OF his functions. The publications
Of this convention were to be exchanged a;
Washington OF or before the 10th Of Feb
ruary.
The Committee regret to say that the
me thus stipulated for the exchange OF the
ra.ifications has passed away, without the
performance ofthis concluding obligation on
the part of Mexico. There are only TWO
reasons given for the omission. The first
is contained in letter from the Mexican
Minister to the Secretary State, dated on
the ll;llFebruary, 1889, in which h" says
,ha, he had been informed on the 7ih OF
December, by the acting Secretary OF For
oinn Relations ofMeXico, that the despatch
cs relating TO the convention had been re.
cciyed, but that Senor Cuevas, the Minister
! in OrJi ary, was preparing TO go 10 JaIaPa
for the purpose of treating with Admiral
Baudin, and that the Government had been
subsequently, occupied entirely with that
affair, and had not been abl' even 10 ex.
anime the said convention, No reason is
assigned for the inactivity Of the Govern.
merit prior 10 the 7ih Of d cemher, all ough
sufficient. time interviewed between Seplem.
, er and December for the reception aud ex-
animation Of the convention, the ratification
ofwhich could scarcely have occupied more
than m hour. Thu reason is altogether
insufficient and unsatisfactory.
Another reason which is assigned tnrougl,
the medium ofthc Consul IS, that the King
ofPrussa declined to act. S arblter, as Mex.
ice had been informed by the PrussIan
Charge dAffaires. But as no direct infor.
nation of this description has reached the
United States, the committee think some er.
ro,- must Lave occurred, as the good under
s,a,dI,c between Prussia and the Unite
Safes woi,d IN all probability, have induced
y COMMUNICATION to The United States as
we'll as Mexico, ii.s the arbitration had been
Jecl;ned I, is not q good reason for the
OMISSION to ralify the convention, because
another Power could easily Savc been sub
shtu,ed the place of Prussia.
in rote from the Mexican M'nIsHer &c
the Secretary of Stale, dated on the 18th :"
February, 1889, he de clares that the oppro.
ba,ion .hen expressed by hisGovernmcnt with