Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-26
WASHINGTON.
The New FiveI Per Cents.

l. A large number or letters are ually TO
ceived at the Treasury Department on
the subject of the new loan In many
cases parties say they are ready to make
exchanges of their five-twenties for the
new five ger cents and in some instances
these bonds have been already sent by
their owners direct to the Treasury De-
partment for exchange. ...
| The English members of the joint
High Commission, with their secretaries,
accompanied by Messrs. Fish and Thorn
| ton. called at the Executive Mansion at
noon to-day, and were formally presented
| to President Grant, who was assisted in
receiving the distinguished visitors by the
Secretary of State, the Attorney General,
the Secretary of the Navy, and Gems.
| Porter, Babcock and Dent. The inter-
view was entirely unofficial and had no
reference whatever to the questions to be
considered by the High Commission.
The Alabama Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-The English
members of the Joint High Commission
visited the State Department and were in
troduced by SIR Edward Thornton to Be-
cretary Fish. An informal and entirely
personal conversation ensued. They will
be introduced to the President to-day by
Mr.. Fish. A preliminary meeting will
probably be held Monday, but they will
not organize regularly until the arrival of
Macdonald, Northcote and Mr.. Hoar.
The sessions and discussions of the Com
mittee will be with closed doors.
The Judicial MIXTURES UnfIedRsd.
The bills creatingnew Judicial Districts
with additional judges, marshals, clerks,
etc., are likely TO be lost in the Senate.
Senator Trumbull, Chairman of the Ju-
dietary Committee, says he is opposed to
making any more United States Courts.
He thinks there are already enough to
transact the business properly coming be-
fore them. The Senator has made him
self unpopular with some score of gen.
tlemen ambitious to fill the offices pro-
vided for in these bills. Among them
are half dozen members of the House
who go out March 4.
Our Portuguese Relations.
The President today issued procla-
nation suspending the discriminating
duties on merchandise imported in Portu-
guese vessels from any country other
than those of which such merchandise is
the growth, product or manufacture, on
account of a similar suspension by the
Portuguese Government. The suspension
will take effect on the 18th, and continue
so long as the reciprocal exemption con-
tinues in the Portuguese ports.
The Coming Congress,
Members of the new Congress are ar
irving every day. Many spend much
time on the floor of the House watching
the proceedings and endeavoring to get
some comprehension of the rules. They
are almost unanimously in favor of a
complete organizing of the new House by
the appointment of standing cDmmiItees,
in order that the necessary businers may
be transacted promptly in a regular way,
and members may know the work they
are to be assigned TO, and prepare them
selves in the leisure of vacation.
The FrRnkIng Privilege.
Mr.. Ramsey, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Postoffices and Postroads, has de-
twice passed by the House abolishiDg the
franking privilege. He will for the
present take no further action on the
postal code, prepared last year and
by suggestion of the Postof1ice
and at the beginning of the
present session passed by the House.
Abuses of the Indian Bureau.
Mr.. Sargent, from the Committee on
Appropriations, made report to-day or
tho char0oe r,rafarraJ byv tho pay- NJ
Welch against the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs in letter to the Secretary
of the Interior, containing allegations of
fraud and improvldence in the conduct of
Indian affairs. The Committee say they
have not found evidence of fraud or cor
ruption on the part of the Indian Com
missioner with much to critiCise and
condemn, partly from the virtues 2 of
the system inherited from the past and
partly from errors of judgment in the
of the statutes passed TO in
sure economy and faithfulness in the ad-
The Committee found no
evidence of any pecuniary or personal
advantage sought to be derived by the
Commissioner, or any one connected
with bis Bureau. The COMMITTEE are
Lot aware that any thing can be done to
punish those who have heretofore extOTt-
ed money from the Indians or aided 9TH
ers in 50 doing, except to cause a strict
inquiry into the conduct of such as are
still in the employ of the Government,
and dismiss from the service all who
knowingly violated the law.
The San Domingo Project
A special bearer of dispatches has ar
rived here from the San Domingo Com
bringing a preliminary report of
what they have done. Il is learned that
the commissioners substantially confirm
the hint thrown out by the correspond
ents that the greatest obstacle to the an
nexstion of San Domingo is the thr, aten-
ing attitude of Hsyti That Republic is
giving its moral, if not its physical, sup
port TO the revolutionary leader Cabral,
in his incursiODs along the Dominican
border. Hayti seems to think thst if San |
Domingo is annexed, the United States |
will attempt to secure the rest of the
Island, and thus swallow up that little
Republic. 1t is intimated that she will
fight first, and thus compel the United |
States 10 make an armed occupation of |
San Domingo from the outstsrt. Other-
wise the prospect is favorable to annexa-
ton, and the commissioners will proba- |
bly, report in favor of it.
1t is stated that the San Domingo Com
mission will return by April /, and that
Congress will undoubtedly remain in ses-
sion long enough TO set on the report.
This is said to be the Presidents desire |
also.
Special to the Louisville Ledger.
The English Commissioner.
Three of the English members of the
Joint High Commission are now here,
namely: Sir Edward Thornton, Earl |
DeGrcy, and Prof. Montague Bernard.
Lord TenterdOn. the SecTetarH 70 the