Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-07
INDIAN coUNcrL.

Treaty--Hoar.
INDIAN COUNCIL.
Superintendent Hoeg, Central Superin-
tendent, writes that he has called grand
Indian council, to meet on the Canadian
river on the 25th of February, from which
he expects the best results.
MRS. GAINES.
Mrs. Gen. Gaines has received notice
from the holders of her property in New
/ Orleans, that when she obtains her pat
ents they will be ready to accept her eff
! forts to compromise. She was informed
at the General Land Office to-day that her
patents are now being prepared, and will
be issued to her in a few days.
THE FUNDING BILL.
Notwithstanding the facts as to the feas-
/ ibility Of four-and-a-half per cent. loan,
/ Secretary Boutwell, intends to push his
Funding Bill through Congress, at as
early day as possible, with view of its
being put upon the foreign markets, and
the matter fully tested. In this he ap-
pears to be backed up by good majority
of both Houses Of Congress.
TAX on FARMERS SALES.
Some time since, the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue issued an order to as
sistant assessors throughout the country,
! in regard to the tax on farmers when they
sell their own products, taxing them as
produce dealers. Gen. Schenck has filed
his objection to the continuance of this
system OF taxation, and enters his protest
! to that effect.
ST. THOMAS TREATY.
Statements published in Washington
render it certain that the present admin
istration is for the ratification Of the St.
Thomas treaty. Its members hold that
the national honor requires this course,
and to reject it would be unjust to DEN
mark. It is also held that we had better
have sll three of the islands instead of
two, and the President so expressed him
self in conversation on the subject.
GRANT has NO USE FOR THE SOUTH.
A western Senator, who called upon the
President last week, to urge the appoint
ment Of some Southern lawyer to one of
the vacant supreme iudgeships, says that
Gen. Grant intimated his intention of fill
| ing both Of the vacancies with men from
the northern or western states. He also
expressed great dissatisfaction with the
manner in which the Southern Senators
tried to influence him in the way of ap-
pointments, and thought less per8iStency
would accomplish far better results.
OPPOSITION TO JUDGE PEARRE.
George 4. Pearre, the nominee for Cir
cult Judge Of tho Maryland Circuit, is
still bitterly opposed by many Republi-
cans from his own State, and they are
using means to defeat his confirmation
which he cannot afford to ''pooh pooh"
They impugn, in the first place, his ortho-
doxy as a Radical, and, 10 prove their
words, quote from an alleged address
made by him in 1866, in which he opposed
negro suffrage and equality, ths Civil
Rights bill and other cardinal principles
of simon pure Republicanism.
IMPROVEMENT OF wASHiNGTON.
It is proposed to ask Congress to furnish
the funds for improving Washington in
every respect, but principally by the
establishment OF parks, paving the
streets, completion of the Wator works,
obliteration or covering Of the ursightly
canal, and the erection of statues in every
suitable location in the city. The gentle
men who are interested in this movement
have been talking over the matter with
President Grant, and state that he Is not
only favorably disposed, but he intends to
recommend to Congress improvements Of
this kind and the apportionment ora suf-
fieient amount to cOmmeaes the work.
Mn. WELLS REVENUE REPORT.
It is the intention of some Of the ex-
treme protectionists 10 insist on smoth-
ering the report of Special Com
missioner Wells. Their hostility is
very bitter. but 1 think the Honse
viii scarcely permit it to take that shape.
Several members Of Congress have stated
that they never had so many inquiries for
any single document as for this last
report. AS yet they can not supply the
demand, because none have been ordered
printed. Some of the extrmeists are
even considering the expediency of driv
ing the Commissioner from the Republ-
can Party, and of arrayrng both the Ad-
ministration and the Iarty against his
views.
DENT AND MISSISSIPPI.
The Baltimore American has the follow
ing from its correspondent in this city:
On Thursday, Judge Dent had an inter
view with the President, and was cOrdi-
ally received. The Judge acknowledged
that he was fairly defeated in Mississippi,
and spoke in high terms Of Gen. Alcorn,
the successful candidate. Gen. Grant, in
his conversation, remarked that he felt
sure that Mississippi, Texas and Virginia
would be States in the Union in a short
time. and that then the entire nation
would 90 20 work and settle our national
debt. The President said: 1.-The Ameri-
can people know that they owe the debt,
and they are just going TO work in good
earnest 10 pay it,"