Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-05
WASHINGTON.
THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.

THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The Iri-
5Hie's Washington correspondent tel
egraphs the probable termination of
the work of the Joint High Commits
sion about the last Of the present
month, and says there is still a wide
spread impression that the result of
the Commissions labors will be
treaty which, OF the part of England,
will be operative the day it is signed,
as its representatives have plenary
powers, but on the part OF the United
States, the Senate will have to con-
firm the treaty. 1t is thought the
treaty will contain a clause for the ap-
pOintment of a Joint commission to
adiudicate all claims, under conditions
to be decided by the present COmmis-
sion, and the present body will name
the persons to have the settlement of
the cases. The sitting of these last
named officers will be very long, as it
will require a years labor to settle
The claims coming before them on any
basis which can be established. The
Senate will probably adjourn before
the last of this month; in which
event the President viii probably call
an extra session in order to consider
the treaty before next December, and
thus enable a settlement to be begun
as soon as possible.
KU.KLUX.
The Ku-KIux debate progresses in
Washington with terrific savagery.
The South is proposed to be made ar
other Ireland.
A large number Of members of the
House will be disappointed in not
making long speeches on the Ku-
Klux bill. At least half of those al
ready delivered were read from man
Uscript. An opportunity will be af-
fOrded tomorrow for brief speeches of
ten minutes duration, which OppOr-
tunity many gentlemen will avail
themselves of. The final vote will
probably not be taken until Friday.
1t is now certain that the bill cannot
be passed without material alteration.
FRANK BLAIR GOES FOR NEGRO SUI
FRAGE.
While Sherman's Ku.KluX bill was
considered in the Senate, Blair said
no remedy for the shameful condition
of the South, under Radical rule,
could be of any avail until men OF abil-
ity, intelligence and character Of the
South are allowed TO have some con-
troll in its affairs. In regard to negro
suffrage, he said, If after fair trial it
was found necessary to abolish it, as
a means of saving the free institutions
of the country, it would be done by
Constitutional means. Congress had
confessed that the experiment Of
negro suffrage in the District OF
Columbia was q failure, by providing
a territorial government, in which the
President appointed the principal Oth-
GERS. Property owners and response
BILE men OF the District had gladly
hailed the change, as being a relief
from the government of the rabble,
which was largely made up Of poor
negroes and concluded by saying the
reconstruction acts were originated by
the same class of men who passed the
Alien and SeditiOn laws, and their
power was rapidly waning.
BUTLER AND GARFIELD.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Mr. Gar
field, of Ohio, said in the House, to-
day, If this bill proposed to punish
persons for violations of State law, il
was going beyond the legal line, and
he could not support the measure. |
1t was designed to suspend the privi-
leges of the writ of habeas corpus and
authorize the President to declare
martial law, where there had Occa-
sion risen to "cTy havoc and let slip
the dogs Of war"
He was ready in the defence Of the
Government 20 send dOWa an army
to enforce the laws, but he did not |
want to alarm the people of the United |
States by calling into exercise all the |
tremendous powers Of war.
seMr. Butler, of Massachusetts, said |
let the Democratic party proclaim |
that it is necessary for the SUCCESS !
of the party that these murders,
Outrages and wrongs should stop and |
life, property and all the rights Of cit |
liens must be respected, or they could |
not choose a Democratic President in |
1872, and from that hour profound |
peace and quiet would reign in every |
county in the Southern States. Even |
the hated Yankee schOOl-marm might |
teach, undisturbed, negro children /
from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, |
Yea, even how to read the scriptures,
But it is too painfully evident, from |
course Of debate on this floor, that we |
cannot hope for any such sublime eX-
hibitiOn Of virtue OF patriotism.
BANKERS WILL READ.
The Secretary of the Treasury has |
directed the Assistant Secretary OF the |
Treasury at New York to notify the |
holders of the three per cent. bonds |
and loan certificates, issued under the |
acts OF March 2, 1867, and July 90,
1865, to the denomination OF $4,000 |
each, numbers 100 to 1901, inclusive, |
and the denomination Of $4,000, num-
bers 1912 to 1889, inclusive, that they
win he paid On presentation at the
sub Treasury from and after the 3lst
of May next, and that such certificates
will cease bearing interest and be no
longer available as portion Of the law
ful money in reserve and in possession
of any national banking association.
KU- -KLUX IN WASHINGTON,
This morning George Schneider
Matthias Heints in the breast,
twisting the knife twice OF thrice
around in the wound, Schneider died
almost Immediately.