Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-17
WASHINGTON.
THE SAN DOMINGO SPECULATION.

THE SAN DOMINGO SPECULATION.
WASHINGTON, January l6.-The
| fortunate selections which the Presi-
dent made for the Dominican Com
! mission seems to have put an end
! to general discussion on the subject
/ which has prevailed here since the
meeting Of Congress, and the repre-
| sentatives of all parties express them
| selves willing to be guided largely by
| the report which the commissioners
shall make. II the Tennessee sails
| tomorrow, news from the expedition
may ue expected at the Navy De-
4 partment over the Cuba cable, about
the 2Sthiustant.
GRANT ANSWERS SUMMERS CALL FOR
INFORAIATION.
The President will to-day comply
with Mr.. Summers resolution for in
formation respecting Dominica. The
State Department will furnish COPIES
Of all papers and correspondence re-
lating TO the proposed annexation and
purchase OF any part thereof, etc.
The Secretary says that all the cores
DOndence in possession of the Depart
ment tend 10 show that should Presi-
NlElAN ADlEL ldLAA an AA40 C4AlAA DL dunt-A-
ing Dominica to the u. s. the popular
disappointment may find vent in
another revolution. He has no kuOwl-
edge Of any obligation which DOmin-
ica is under to the neighbOring re-
public OF Hayti, as debts and IL
abilities, unless such obligations are
shown in confidential papers trans
mitted.
MORE NIGER.
Long, cOl0red, was admitted by the
House to-day as a Representative
from Georgia.
NEW CURRENCY.
The Secretary Of the Treasury to-
day sent q letter to the Committee on
Banking and Currency, asking a re-
port of the bill giving him authority
to print from new plates National !
Bank currency of the denominations /
Of ten and twenty dollars, there being
Well-eXecuted cOunterfeits Of the pres !
ent notes in circulation.
BY NAIL.
From the Baltimore Gszette-l
THE sIAMEsE TWINS.
WASHINGTON, January Is, ISL
The Siamese twins, Messrs. Cresswell |
anu Akerman, the one hailiug from |
Maryland and the other nom Georgia, !
seem fully to appreciate their doubt |
iul official attitude. They are evil |
IDENTIFY regarded by their colleagues as !
poor relations" Neither of them |
have a particle of power, even among
the negroes OF the States from whence |
they "hail." To keep their places in /
the Cabinet, they are necessarily, !
therefore, obliged to scOur the pans /
and otherwise act as the sculliOns of |
the Presidential palace. II piece Of !
dirty linen is to be washed-if go |
between is required to press "His /
EXcellency's" private Jobs, one or the /
other of these Southern gentlemen |
forthwith volunteers! Why 50?
DEAD FAILURES.
1t is not perceived that the col
leagues Of these gentlemen should ar
rOgate to themselves any especial sU-
periOrity as to influence in their re-
spective States. Ii is notorious that /
Mr.. Fish cannot control a single vote
in the length and breadth of the great
State of New York. The same may
be said of Robson, Belknap and De-
lanO, as well as Boutwell,, as to the
localities from whence they "hail."
1t is very remarkable that the men
misrepresenting in the Cabinet the
States Of New York, Ohio, Maryland, /
Georgia and New jersey (all at this
moment Democratic to the back bOne), |
have not sufficient Influence" to
carry a single precinct in either. Mr..
Belknap never had a dOmicil any
- a.
show that even Massachusetts, at this
very mOment@i is in deadly hostility
to "his EXeeileney." AS / write,
notice that q resolution has been Of
fsred in the Massachusetts Legislature
thanking" Mr.. Sumner for his I'M
disguised opposition to the whole
programme Of the administration
foreign policy And I learn it will
'gO through" with very little OppO-
sitiOn. The rotten concern is con-
demned from Dan to Bersheba'
OUT OF ROTTENNEss COMETH GOOD.
The proceedings Of Congress for a
week or 80 promise to be quite unin-
teresting. The lobby has been untir-
ing in its efforts to rid the two Houses
of al questions having a political
bearing. 1t has, consequently, aided
his Excellency to some purpose in his
master Job, in the hope that the small
fry may come in after him, and have
some chance. 1t was impossible to
keep 50 vast a speculation altogether
out Of the political arena, and to stifie
debate upon it. Strange as it may
seem. the South viii be largely in
debted to the numerous attorneys for
the thousand rings" it the Fe-recOn-
structiOn programme to be suggested
by this Administration is not acted
npOn this " working session" The
50 rings " cannot wait. There is appa-
rent safety from that quarter. Some
has said that there Is no
such thing as an unmitigated evil,
out of the sheer corruption Of the I
times, the South may have a present
respite, and surely eventual salvation.