The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-22
WASHINGTON.
War With the Montana
Indians i'm Prospect.
The Canadian Privy Council on Reciprocity
With the United States.
Commercial Relations With the
Argentine Republic.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 81, 1850.
Indian Affairs In NIOntaua.

Indian Affairs In Montana.
Mr.. ". P. Longford. OF Montana Territory has
arrived In this city for the purpose OF bringing to
the attention Of the President the condition OF Indian
affairs In that region. number OF murders are
reported ana 1t ia the Intention authority having
been obtained from the Executive 10 try the Indians
under formal Indictment, and If found guilty to
punish them according to the laws In the case Of
citizens. The condition OF things In Montana Is not
considered satisfactory, and the antcipations Of
grand outbreak among the Indian tribes at an early
date grows stronger every day.
Reciprocity With Cannda-The Fishery License
Systom.
telegram from Ottawa, dated November IS,
published on Friday morning, states on what is
termed good authority that there Ia no truth In the
report from Washington that the government of the
Dominion had threatened retaliatory measures II
the present restrictions commercial intercourse
was continued by the United States" The report
from Washington, as contained in the Washington
telegram Of the 14th instant. and to which the
Ottawa despatch refers, made use of no such words
as ''threarened" or retaliation" The exact ex-
preston was as follows:-
The Canadian authorities have notified our gov
eminent, through official documents that unless the
trade between the two countries is arranged
be somewhat reciprocal. they fear they will be
unable to Withstand the pressure from all parts OF
the Dominion. urging them to do away with the
system OF fishery licenses, and compel American
fishermen to remain outside Of the three mile limit
or the shores OF Canada to establish duty foreign
COAL so as to give the market Of western Canada to
Nova Scotia COAL instead OF having 1t supplied as at
present from Pennsylvania and Ohio; to place an
export duty on pine lumber and an import duty on
American breadstuffs, large market for which Is
now found IN Canada, under the present Canadian
tariff the returns from the last year showing the
value OF oreadstutfs, barley, wheat &c. imported
from the United States into Canada Of $2 1882 SOL.
The authority for the above statement is ample,
md n in hud of fhn
Canadian Finance Minister in the Dominion Parlia-
ment on the tn OF May last, In which he said,
speaking Of the commercial relations between the
United States ana Canada:-
We may now fairly say to our neighbors the
United States, this state OF things has gone on for
three or four years but you must understand 1t
not continue The time may soon come when
we may require to have national policy Of our
own, when The exceptional interests to which have
alluded, which are now suffering with special sever
ity, will have to be considered this House. But
do not think the time to do this Is when we may be
on the eve Of opening up negotiations on the whole
question.
These remarks were made 10 depreciation OF the
attempts by Members Of the House to impose duties
on American products. With special regard to the
fisheries, return has just been published by the
Dominion government in reply to an address OF the
House OF Commons and which is to be laid before
that body In February next, containing reports OF
the Minister OF Marine and Fisheries, which embody
several strong declarations as to the temporary
character Of the fishery license system and urges the
government to yield to the prayers Of the Nova
Scotia fishing interests by abandoning the license
system and thus excluding American fishermen
from their waters The Privy Council Of Canada
fully endorsed the Minister'S VIEWS saying that the
license system twas adopted the distinct under
standing that unless some satisfactory arrangement
between the two countries be made during the
course OF the year this privilege will cease. and all
concessions made in the treaty OF 1854 Will be liable
to be withdrawn" And they continue
The Privy Council cannot refrain from respectfully
impressing upon his Exceency the Governor Gene
delay to the American government the course de-
cided they feel, should this not be DONE ad-
vantage may be taken to continue the present sys-
tenn for still another year. Already has decisive action
been deferred the hope that certain indications
OF returning disposition towards renewed COM
mercial intercourse, which were perceptibe in the
United States would lead to proposals ObvatIng the
necessity for any special policy on the fishery ques
ton. These however, have not as yet led "A any
thing definite and the subject being In this instance
more urgent than when, two years ago, it was
pressed on the decision OF the Canadian govern
ment by Mr.. Secretary Cardwell (the British Colo
NAL Secretary it is OF the highest Importance that
no further time should be lost.
The entire pamphlet is full OF expressions OF a
similar character, including the following from Mr..
Mitchell, the Minister OF Marine and Fsherles:-
Under all OF these circumstances 1t is respectfully
but earnestly submitted whether the system OF
licensing United States fishing vessels, ayowedly
provisional one and implying no principle, should
now be absolutely discontinued, and tnat SHALL in
the future give place to definite policy OF exclu-
sion, agreeable TO colonial interests and consistent
with national dignity and rights.
The Argentine Republic-The English Diff
culty-Important Reduction American
Imports-The Wool Trade with the United
States.
1t has been ascertained from an official source
that the report recently published concerning the
English claim against the Argentine Republic is
misstatement Of the facts. The truth that there
was no confscation OF British property and no
menace of force on the part Of the British govern
ment against the Argentine Republic. The question
at issue was discussed solely through diplomatic
notes, and is merely OF claims for damages
preferred by a coal dealer on shipment OF coal.
Reverdy Johnson, 1t Is true, has been selected as
the arbiter sin the case.
The Argentine customs law reduces the tariff on
some OF the American imports and exports for 1870
Importers OF lumber ana ploughs to the Argentine
Republic will be interested to learn that the reduction
OF duties on those articles Is from twenty three to
fifteen per centum-a reduction equal to an average
OF four dollars in gold per thousand feet on lumber
and sixty cents In gold on plough. Export duties
on unwashed wool and sheepskns have also been
reduced from six to and half per cent for 1870.
A pamphlet has just appeared. entitled "Remarks
concerning the means to re-establlsh the declining
state OF commerce between the United States and
the Argentine Republic, by the proper reduction OF
the present tariffs" The fact is stated that the
quantity of Argentine wool purchased by the United
States was only $780, pounds in 1867 having been
nearly 49, 900 previous to the adoption of the
tariff. The pamphlet concludes by pressing upon
Congress the necessity and proprety OF q reduction
OF some rates OF duty. on the GROUND that
reduction on import duties on wool and hides
will be profitable to everybody interested In the
commercial prosperity OF the American manufac-
lures and trade, rs well as beneficial to national
income and Argentine producers and consumers of
American commodities.
FINE ARTS.