Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-05
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WASHINGFOa CORKEss ONBESCE.
WAsHrNGroN, Nay 20, 1867.
Editors Memphis Appeal:
The failure of Fraser, Trenholm & Co.
4 ia Liverpool, eXcites much remark here.
In ohiniaI circles there is a disposition
/ to suspect tnst this failure is more for the
/ purpqsf of getting ria Of the suits insti-
! tutRsd'v the United States in EGrOpe,
/ than anything else, Sild the attorney
general has advised the treasury depart
meut 10 institute proceedings in equity
/ to hold the partners in this country La
/ BILE, as trustees Gf the Confederate gov
/ grnmeut, on the ground that the firm
I received immense assets Of the COnfed-
! eracy never yet accounted for. This
/ suit, of which we may say there Is no
| doubt, will ventilate extensively the
/ blockade business, and show the extent
/ of the fortune realized during the war.
The state department are very uneasy
about the fate of Macmillan. The i'm
/ preston In tbs department is that he will
/ be shot. Juarez has informed our gov
! ernment, unofiicially, that he is N favor
/ of sparing MaXimilian but that as the
! order to shoot the prisoners originated
with the government of Macmillan, he
/ lJuarezj cannot run counter in this mat
7 ter 10 the wishes of his generals. 1t is
/ we'll known, that some of these generals
/ have no pity. The expectation, there
! fore, is that MaXimilian will not only
/ lose his empire, but his life. The ad-
| vices from Mexico are by no means en-
/ couraging outside of military matters. 1t
/ is said the greater portion of the wealth
! Of the country, together with the church,
/ is opposed TO the liberal govern
ment, ana that ss soon as MaXimilian
| is OverthrOwn, new aisselslqns VIII
arise Whoever is defeated at the
! first election will be prepared for pro-
nunciemento. If this condition Of popular
chaos does continue in Mexico, the Mexi-
can question will become one of real pFac-
I tical importance in the politics of that
country. I have heard three opinions eX-
pressed here recently as to what the
poiiey of this country should be. One is
! to let Mexico alone another to assume
protectorate; then to acquire several Of
the northern provinces, which are but
thinly settled. The impression Of some
OF the most sagaciOus observers here is
that this iast policy will be adopted. A
prominent public character, said, re-
Gently, the greatest chance of fortune
was to acquire property in the northern
provinces of Mexico, as they would GER
tainly be annexed to the United States
in few years.
The voting population of Washington
is in quite stir at the coming municipal
election. This is the first practical test
of black suffrage, where the blacks were
in large numbers as compared to the
whites. The republicans are indefatiga-
BILE, as they are evidently anxious to
carry the first election in which uni-
versal suffrage prevails. If they carry
this election they will be more hopeful
about their success south.
Surratt's counsel speak confidently OF
acguitting him. The United States
attorney, Darlington, is considered to
have made rather an ass of himself on
the motion Of pOstponement OF theitrisl.
He stated, as reason, that the term
would soon end, and the jury could
not be continued over to the next
term, when the statute law has ex-
pressly provided the contrary Of what
he said. The truth is, the tendency 20
put men into impOrtanto offices, or a much
lower grade of qualification than used TO
be thought necessary, is one of the signs
of the times, one OF the fruits of the ex-
element and upheaved of the country
which seems to have unsettled every
thing. a conspicuous illustration of
this is the appointment OF Mr..
Hay, the former private secretary
of Mr.. Lincoln, to the Austrian
mission. Now, in the better days
of the republic, no one would have
thought of Mr.. Hay. and indeed Mr..
Hay would not have thought Of himself.
One reason Of this state of things is
that no person OF decided political status
with any prestige, can get the confirma-
tion Of the senate. However, it is a
millennium for new men, or old politicals
who have been dead sometime, like Mr..
Bancroft.
ARKANSAS ITEns.
The spring term OF the court for Phil
lips county began on the last Monday in
May-Judge Hanks presiding. HIS hon
or's charge TO the grand jury is quite as
lengthy as the presidents annual mes
sage to congress usually is; it is
full of instruction on their political du-
ties, snd altogether a very hiEaluting,
homhastic document. The criminal
dSeket would consume the week, and
the civil docket is also very full.