The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-20
spatches, from Tuesday Mornings Daily !.
FROM WASHINGTON.

w AsIItSGros Jan. l9.-~rhe: President sent TO the
Senate yesterday, protocol fully recognising the nat
nralisation Of tic United States and abolishing the
legal principle maintained by Great Britain, 0F die
indie feasibility OF native allegiance and treaty for tie
jlst,neht of ell claims, including The sabtu,a Claims,
by commission stat Washington with Stipulation
to refer, when necessary, individual elans the head
OF friendly natipnr
Gen. Sherman telegraphs from St. Louis q letter
from Sheridan representing the destruction Of the CO.
manche village, on Christmas DAY, rs the breaking 81
the backbone OF the Indian war. Eight chits cAEe
10 camp Begging fer peace and permission for their
people = come in asking 10 terms beyond paper
protecting the RON troops willie coming They re-
port their people starving all ther dogs eaten, and no
buffalo. Sheridan aeni. sthat Black Kettle friendly
or that the fight ecef..red On his reservation.
The N!rsifa committee has been receiving official
visitors 10 day at tEer ICONS. Great importance at
taeed to interviews, though details have been pub
shed. The committee visit Judge Chase in body
tonight The committee are with the concurrence OF
leading members Of both Houses engaged III the
preparation Of the bill designed to caf the ar
rangcment ag2eed ppoa, They will retlaia here until
HE work in which they are engaged shalF assume an
entirely satisfactory aspect.
kel!oges South Western railroad and telcgrapg to
the Pacific bill Incorporates a company nnder the
name Of the SoathsWestefn Pdcfc Rafoaa5 SoE panF
with capital stock Of slbo, 9Qo,oou, 10 construct
railroad aud telegraph liie from Fnlton Arls., c.oss
ing the Trinity iser between the q and asi p'ra-
feles to EPa $50 on fF:e Rip Grande, thence through
New Mexico AID stzsna to point on the lie s9iofi
do near the southeastern boundary o California, ana
thence to San FFaReisco with branches from the cross
Lag Of tile Tr,Iit river to railroad cunning from
Iouisian1 through Marshall county, Texas, afad from
some point in California to San Diego In aid at tile
enterprise the 5;ll proposes 70 grant twenty sections
per mile on each at the li0e and six per cent
thirty asstonss of tie Government sostle anaaa.t OF
81 zoe O00 per mile ia New Mexico and Arizona and
slG eco per mile oathe rest Of tie line to be scared
ny second mortgage.
Committee Of the National Coorel Mems Convcn-
ton called on the Judiciary Committee. fhsy appeal
for suffrage III North and West TIE ChaEasln Of the
judiciary Committee, reply ing, said Congress Was ias
alive 10 the 4iest: Of eqha rights, and would not
fai! to take action III tie latter III short time
Agricultural report. shows last years yield ?050QC
COO bushels corn, ard 2,30 eos bales cotton, dSFip
uted as follows. North tatoina l49ea.t soutilC Car
olina, 18oooa Georgia, 4aoa9oa Florida, 45.oo1
alabata, 285,0oa; Mississippi, 100000; Louisiana,
250,UG0; Texas, "a GEE tennessee, 209GQ0; other
Sta,cs IS 02o bales The report states this estimate,
which is nssufedy below rather than above the actual
Weld is rot made for disriets Or cotton ports, but
Tor States, separately.
WasHIsGTos, jan. lS-aIseapri aasces indicate
boiling from Carl scurz, though his election IS con
stiered probable
Gonenr4nt resolution introduced in Kansas Lesis4
tura asking constitutional amendment extending sui
fr8ge regardless of sex or color. $3.50
President johnson sent message to DR.. Nudi's
wife favorable to his release. ss So e5-
Reconstruction Committee examined witness connect
cd with tile srcedmen's Bareau in Mississippi, contra
dictory of Gen Gillem's evidence. -
Slprcme Court decides greenbacks and certificates
Of Indebtedness net liatoieto State taxaton.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.-Bnshan's bill provides for
the admission of Mississippi when its Legislature rati-
ies tic 4th amendment shall remove disabilities I'M
posed by the 5f section It'll article of the constu
or; des lscs void disabilities imposed by Sd section
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