Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-12


a Committee on Elections, it will stand a
! good chance Of being pressed. 1t is very
? long, and its provisions are clearly stated
and well organized.
COTTON GROWING.
Commander Truxt0n, of the United
States ship jamestown, writes TO the Ma
= Wy Department from Ma1quiso Island,
dated-September SOth, that an attempt is
to be made by a company of Englishmen
to grow Sea Island cotton on WOokeeva
Island, and a grant of several thousand
acres OF land has been made by the
French Government to certain French
citizens in Tahiti, who temporarily vaca-
ted the claims to the English company.
GEORGIA.
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, tele-
graphed TO Washington on Friday, to
prominent Senator, saying that the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee had held
meeting and decided toprevent the Demo-
cratic members OF the Legislature, who
are oSalifed under all the acts to hold
their seats, from resigning, in order to
prevent a Legislative quorum. Aquorum
is therefore assured, and the XVIII
Amendment and the immsdiate sdmis-
sion Of Georgia is rendered certain.
MULLENs, THE "oRAToR OF THE HOUSE."
On Saturday letter vas received at the
Internal Revenue bureau from James
Mullens, late member of Congress from
Tennessee, Collector Of the Fourth Ten
nessee district, giving an account Of the
outrages recently perpetrated in Shelby
and Rutherford counties, and appealing
to the Commissioner to have squads of
United States soldiers detailed fer the
purpose Of assisting the Collector in en-
forcing the revenue laws in his section of
the State. He says that without such as
sistsnce the Government; expects to sup
press Illicit distillation, which prevails to
q greet extent.
AN INTERFERING QUESTION.
An interesting question has arisen out
Of the recent sale to private parties of the
! Government property at Harper's Ferry.
/ The purchasers claim that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company have no legal
right to run their road through what was,
until the recent sale, a Government reser-
vation. Permission TO run their track
through the Harper's Ferry property was
given the Company by the Secretary of
War thirty years ago. It is claimed that
this sale vitiates this permission, and that
two miles Of the railroad track, beng on
the main road to the West, Is By mere
su1erance on the land of private par
ties.
CUBA.
The news reached Washington the other
day, from Havana, that the Cuban Junta
in New York had advised the insurgents
TO lay down their arms, aHd that the revo-
luton was consequently at an end. The |
New York Junta Indignantly denied the |
assertion of the Havana telegram, aud /
protested that the Cuban cause. never |
looked more hopeful, and now We have a /
dispatch from Madrid stating that &" the I
Cuban instruction has ended by order OF /
the Cuban Junta in New York" II seems 1
somewhat difficult to get at the truth in 1
the matter, but at any rate, 1t cannot be |
denied that the friends of Cuba are con- /
siderably depressed by these rumors of |
disaster to their cause.
TIE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
While the treaty which is to be sent to |
the Senate for the annexation Of the Do |
minican Republic to the United States
may be ratified, there seems a difference 1
Of opinion among Senators to going bs- |
yond Territorial Government for new /
acquisitions. As telegraphed last night, |
parties who are interested in the annexa-
tion state that the fulhllment Of the 1
scheme viii be the formation Of a State /
with two Senators and representatives in /
Congress, as the population of the Island /
is over six hundred thousand. She would |
be entitled 10 several representatives in 4
Congress; hence, as soon as the treaty is
ratified, it is the declared intention of par
ties to go TO San Domingo to establish a
National Bank and introduce other Amer
lean institutions.
MR. BOUTwELL's NEW LOAN BILL.
Secretary Boutwell's new loan bill viii,
it is understood, get into Congress this
week. He adheres to the scheme laid
down in his annual report, but there are
not many members of Congress who be-
lieve we can negotiate loan at pay for
four and half per cent. A good many
are willing enough that he should have
chance to try it; but the opinion prevails
that the rate of interest had better bs
fixed at higher figure. Most of the out
side talk is to the effect that nothing can
be done at less than five per cent; but it
should be remembered that the Secretary
has not vet presented the reasons which
induce bis belief that we may negotiate
al the rate he has named, and a statement
Of the reasons may throw some light on
the problem.
DEPOSITORY NATIONAL BANK.
The following is an extract from let
ter from the United States Treasurer to a
Depository National Bank: ''The Treas
urer claims and viii exercise the right TO
oyerdraw his account with a depository
National Bank by drafting OF otherwise
TO such an extent as to bring the indebt-
edness of the Bank of the United States
within the limit of its securities, when
ever its aggregate Indebtedness 10 the
Government and its officers shall exceed
such securities. 1t Is evident that In no
other manner can the Government be
protected from the risk OF loss. The risk
is the same whether the defaults stands to
the credit of the Treasurer or of disburs-
ing officers; and the Treasurer is in both
cases equally bound TO protect the inter-
est Of the Government by bringing the
indebtedness Of the bank TO the United
States within the limit of it's securities.
TRoUBLE BREWING BETWEEN GRANT AND
TIE SENATE.
~ believe The President has at last
i, y ! seIl-, X up" with the Senate 1t is
Z - ~ I,o boaad ot 'east, that the opinion re-
" De opou' a. = him by Sen. Frank
Gently expressed O. :, the case of Mr..
Blair may be verified 4 ~ -. - ooo5
Hoar. Indeed, learn from es.
source, that he dehes the refral lSoly '''-'9
tors, will insist upon final actl,h' al't'
threatens reprissls upon rejection. 90
objection to Hoar, that he Is non-resi-
dent Of the South-never, in point Of fact,
having set foot upon soil south of the Po-
at this day, supremely !
ridiculous, especially coming, as it does,
from the mouths of the carpetbsggers
and scallawags who misrepTesent that
section In Congress. Other matters have,