Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-13
WASHINGTON.
FACTS AND FANcIEs.

H.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-The state.
ment that Caleb Cushing has been
! or is to be appointed Commissioner to
Mexico in relation to claims, commits
siOns, or for any other purpose, is
! incorrect.
Nelson, our Minister to Mexico, has
! been charged with the subject. 1t is
possible the Mexican Government, in
acting upon it, may get information
/ from Cushing 10 their Consul, either
/ in writing or by personal c0mmunica-
/ ton, which latter consideration may
/ give occasion for his going to Mexico.
The Commission viii expire the 3lsi
of January next. There are Z00l
eases on docket and only forty have
been decided, hence the necessity for
/ extension Of time in which to conclude
I the business.
Private advices from the City OF
Mexico say President Juarez has eX
pressed his willingness to conclude
an additional convention with that
view
Judge Giles, of Baltimore, to-day
decided that the Government cannot
tax the interest on city bonds issued
to railroad companies, because they
are issued by the municipality as a
part Of the sovereignty Of the State.
The receipts at the French fair in
Boston last night were $685..
SOUTHERN CLAIMS-WHAT WILL BE
PAID FOR.
The Southern Claims Commission
held a second public session to-day.
Several cases were set for future hear
ing, and the Commission then took
up the claim of Sixth Auditor Martin,
of the POstOfiice Department, for
mules, wagons, and various articles
taken from his plantation during
GriersOn's raid through the States of
Mississippi and Alabama.
The question of their jurisdiction
over claims for occupied buildings in
the Southern States was presented by
an attorney present, but the COmmis-
sion declined to answer until a case
involving that point came up for con
sideratiOn.
The Commission gave public notice
of their desire to have petitions ad-
dressed to them for allowance Of claims
accompanied by all the written evt-
deuce of whatever character in posses.
sion Of the claimants. They also de-
cided that the rules did not require
the iron clad oath attached TO petit
tiOns to be wholly in writing, but that
a printed form may be used.
GRAND IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT.
It is expected that q large immigra-
/ tiOn to the United States will take
place during the coming summer
/ from the French population of Alsace
| and that portion of Lorraine annexed
! TO Germany. Letters received by the
! French residents at Washington from
! friends in these provinces, state that
/ the desire to emigrate is strong, not
/ only among the poor, but also the
middle classes, who possess prop
erty in town and country districts,
/ With q view to encouraging this
movement, a number of French gen
1 tlemen in New York and Washington
/ are endeavOring to form an OrganiZa-
! tiOn and raise capital, buy large tracts
/ of land, and settleOn them agricultural
and manufacturing colonies Of their
| cOuntrymen. Their attention is chiefly
directed to East Tennessee, Northern
| Georgia and Alabama.
THE FIGHT IN TEXAS
The War Department has not yet
received any advices relative to the
reported fight between the United
States troops and the Mexicans on the
Texas frontier.
In consequence Of the illness Of
Justice Nelson, the legal tender cases
in the United States Supreme Court
have been postponed,