Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-08
WASHINGTON.
The United States and Canadian
Reciprocity Trerty.
CAban Affairs---The Spaniards San
guine of Success.
Seizure Of Internal Rev.
enue Stamps.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
WASHINGTON.
FROM OUR EXCHANGEs.

FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
WASHINGTON, November 6.-At the
last session of Congress a resolution
was passed empowering the President
to confer with the Canadian Govern
ment for the purpose Of securing I
new reciprocity treaty. The President
authorized Secretary Fish to meet the
representative of the Canadian Gov
ernment and act for the United States
Government. Mr.. Rose was delega-
ted by the Canadians, and he and Mr..
Fish have completed a treaty, which
will be ready for submission TO Con-
gress Immediately on the assembling
of that body. Judge Kelley, OF Phila-
delphia, arrived here to-day, and had
Il long interview with the President,
tonight, in relation to this new treaty.
lie, a the representative of Pennsyl-
vania, is strongly opposed to any re-
ciprOcity treaty with the Canadian
Government. He has given the sub
ject a careful investigation, and in the
matter OF cereals, -four, lumber and
coal alone the Government has col
lected three millions of dollars of duty
since the last reciprocity treaty was
discontinued. The President will give
his views on the subject in his forth
coming message.
AdvIceS received here from Havana
state that matters are exceedingly
quiet in Cuba. At no time within
the last twelve months have the Span
iards felt 50 confident OF suppresSing
the revolution. This feeling Is based
a good deal on the course Of this Ad-
ministratiOn, in 50 fully enforcing the
neutrality laws, as evidenced in the
detention OF the Hornet and the arrest
Of parties in New York, who were en-
gagged in getting up expeditions for
the insurgents. 1t is further stated
that if Congress acts in equal sympa-
thy with the Government, that the
latter viii be entirely pat down by
the lst Of February.
TreasurereF Spinner to-day received
forty books OF gold leaf, with Il letter
saying that the gold from which it
was made belonged TO the Govern
ment. The lettec was received from
an officer Of internal revenue at the
South, saying he was over one hun
dred miles from the railway, and
that it was dangerous To try to col
lect, and beside the roads had been 50
bad for several weeks he had not done
anything, but hoped to report a bet
ter state of affairs after awhile.
The important seizure OF internal
revenue stamps and Government note
cOunterieiters, made recently at New
York and other places north of here,
are to be Immediately followed up,
and the operations of the detectives
will extend over Il wide range OF
States. The authorities are disposed
to believe that they nave at last got
hold of 4 clue which Will successfully
end the operations of cOunterleiters OF
Government stamps and notes in this
country.
The Postmaster General has ap-
pointed three officials OF his depart
ment to examine the postal laws as
cOdified by the commission appointed
by Congress, with a view 10 ascer-
tanning whether the work as COM
piled covers all needed legislation
upon postal affairs. This examination
is ordered with a view TO recOmmen-
datiOns TO be embraced in the forth
coming report.
In the case Of the appeal of the
pOrk-packers against the decision of
the Revenue Bureau, taxing them as
manufacturers, the decision was sus-
tanned by Commissioner Delano, but
he agreed to order the Collectors to
suspend the collection Of the tax until
January l, because he does not believe
that Congress intended to tax provis-
ions. Orders were issued to Assessors
to-day TO suspend the tax till the time
mentioned.
Some days ago an item appeared in
the Washington correspondence Of
New York newspaper, saying that the
Comptroller of the Currency would
recommend, in his forthcoming anng-
al report, the removal Of all restric-
tions on the national banking system
in the West and South, with TWO con-
ditiOns, tO-wit: |. Authorizing the
unlimited establishment Of new banks
on gold basis; ,. Authorizing new
banks with a circulation in green
backs, to be issued i'm the same pro-
portion that the new national bank
notes are issued. This second eondi-
tion is simply absurd. 1t should be
authorizing new banks with eircula-
Of green5acks retired.
The President viii probably send in
his message to each House ia writing.
The object of this is to prevent its pre-
mature publication. The Secretary of
the Treasury is also contemplating
the same course.
The Secretary of the Interior has de-
cided that the lands withdrawn for
the use Of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company, in California, and sub
sequently declared by Secretary
enormously withdrawn,
were not the lands to which the
company is entitled By its char
ter. The company was chartered
under the State laws of CalifOr-
rnia to construct a line, from a
point at or near San Francisco, through
certain counties to San Diego; thence
70 the Eastern border of the State,
theFe 10 connect with the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad. Congress granted
lands upon the line Of the char
tered route, and the company
tled with the Secretary of the Interior
a map OF an entirely different route.
whose nearest point 10 San Diego was
one hundred and fifty miles, and upon
this route the lands are withdrawn.
The withdrawal was revoked and the
revocation suspended until now, when
Cox has ordered the revoca-
ton 10 be carried into effect, and the
lands TO be restored 20 the status they
held previous to the withdrawal in
1861. 1t is well to state that this COM
pany has no connection whatever wit
The Southern Pacific, commonly
known as the Memphis and FL Paso