The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-10
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Settling the Vexed Questions with Eng
Iand-The Dominican Commission.

| Settling the VeIed Questions with Eng
Iand-The Dominican Commission.
~ WASHINGTON, February 9.
An army officer reports that the troubles Ii
! Robeson County, North Carolina, are in NJ
way the result of political sentiments, eithe
one way or the other. He thinks the citizens
by united action, as posse con,itatAS under the
sheriff, could suppress the outlawry which i
fast devastating that section.
The British minister, by instructions from
his government and In spirit of friendship
proposes to the United States the appointment
| of q Joint commission, to sit at Washington, tt
settle the fisheries and other questions Th
government has accepted the proposition in
cordial manner, and the British minister re
plies, of date February lst, that settlemen
| of the Alabama claims will also be essentialIt ID
the restoration of cordial and amicable rela
tions between the two governments.
| Minister Schenck will sail for England OF
| the first of March. 1t is understood he vii
have full discretionary power to settle the Ala
hsma question.
There Is no news whatever from the Ten
nessee with the Dominican commissioners
The abscnee of news causes uneasiness.
The impression grows that the President vii
| allow the test oath to become a law By his in
action.
Proceedings in the House-A Georgia
Member Seated-A Large Vote.
WASHINGTON, February 9.
The vote by which the House refused to g
into committee of the whole for the repeal o
the income tax was lO3 to l07. 1t was tn,
largest cast since the commencement of thu
war. The vote, politically, was much divided
It was rather an array of the cities against tht
rural districts.
The bill seating Miller upon modified oatf
was postponed until Monday. The schoo
question was also postponed.
In the House, Whitley, lately a contestant
was seated as representative Of the Second
Georgia District.
The death of Covode was announced and the
House adjourned.
The Queens Message on the Alabamn
.CIaims-The President Nominates q
Commission.
The Senate was In Executive session from
halfpast until o'clock, on the correspond
ence between Fish and Thornton. The follow.
ing is an extract from the Queens speech: -
have therefore engaged In amicable communi
cation with the President of the United States
mode of treatment for these matters connect.
ed with the fisheries. have suggested the
appointment of q Joint committee, and have
agreed to proposal Of the President that this
commission be authorized at same time and in
same manner to resume the consideration Of
questions growing out of the late war. This
arrangement will, by common consent, in.
clude all claims for compensation which have
OF may be made by each government, or itH
citizens, upon the other"
The Presidents message to the Senate-the
contents of which have Aot tfanspired-is
based upon the above. There was no serious
opposition in the Senate to the plan or to the
commissioners nominated. Delay In the ratt
flcatlon of both, however, ls asked for, until
the documents could be printed, so that sena-
tors might have more thorough understand
Ing Of the matter.
The Senate confirmed John R. G. Pitken as
general appraiser of merchandise for the
South, vice Lucius D. Kellogg, resigned.
The President nominates Secretary Fish,
Minister Schenck, Judge Nelson, ex-AttorneY-
General Hoar and Senator Williams as conf
missloners on the part Of the United States to
act in conjunction with similar committee
appointed by England for the settlement OF
the Alabama and fishery questions. The Senate
will resume the consideration of the question
tomorrow.
In the Senate, Sherman introduced bill to
promote the construction Of the Cincinnati
and Southern Railway, giving the company
in Ohio, national charter to
construct and maintain railway and tele-
graph line from Cincinnati to Chattanooga,
Tennessee.