Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-12
Our Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON. D. c. MI

The treaty just made by the Joint High
Commission will be signed at noon to-day at
the State Department. The treaty is believ-
ed to be favorable to the United States, both
with regard to the San Juan boundary an6 to
the fishery question, but at what sacrifice in
other matters, do not know; suffice it that
England does not purpose to humiliate her.
self by any acknowledgement of wrong. on
her part, as to her course during the rebellion.
The treaty will recognize the claims of British
subjects of the United States, and also those
against this Government which arose during
the war. These claims are to be settled by a
mixed commission. The list OF British claims
is said to considerably exceed the total amount
of the Alabama claims, which, according to
the records of the State Department, are over
Sis, 100000, without including interest. The
British claims are said to be over $50, 600, 900.
In pecuniary point of view I'VE will have
gained loss, while, .faI our wounded national
honor, instead Of not only apologies, but also
cash, which lack Chandler and Sumner in
sisted on, we get neither. The people will
find that the Grant administration has assist
ed the Engishers to jockey US through their
stupidity and lack of experience. But of such
is Grant made.
Ben Butler now appears in another new
character. He announces himself as advocate
of Southern loyalists before the Southern
Claims Commission. As these Radicals al
ways play into each others hands Benny may
be success 10 bis new role. The great draw
back will be the fear that he might get the
amount of the award in his clutches, and
then long farewell to the loyalst's cash, as
there is no give back in Benny.
That the San Domingo scheme is only put
on the shelf for time, is we'll known. Pro-
minent Radical Senators, as well as Ulysses,
claim to have letters informing them that
Spain is intriguing for the overthrow of Baez
while Sumner and Schurz have letters from
we'll known gentlemen warning the United
States, in the friendiest manner, to let San
Domingo severely alone. Senator Sumner.
we'll knowing that Grant has no idea of aban-
doniug his pet scheme, has prepared speech
on San Domingo, Grant and Fish, which is
now in the hands of the printer. This speech
Senator Sumner proposes to deliver as a final
crusher to the San Domingo project, and as
parting blast to Grant and Fish until next
session. An attempt will be made to have
the proceedings of the Senate on the treaty
question take place in open session, which
will give Sumner an opportunity to deliver
his speech, which is the sharpest, severest aud
most personal that has been delivered in the
Senate III number of years. It is personal
to the extreme limit allowed by parliamenta-
ry usage. 1t is terribly denunciatory, and
gives the whole history of Grant and Motley
as connected, not only with the San Domingo
business, but also the removable of Sumner and
the recall of Mr.. Motley. Should the martyr
ed Sumner get a chance to fire off his trebly
loaded blunderbuss he will create not only a
oCuootiOuy Out Will OlOW Odu DOuluSO On
high.
The great contrast between the discordant
and jarring elements composing the party Of
high moral ideas, and the solid and compact
column of the Democracy, is gall and worm
wood to the Radical leaders, and by combin-
ed effort of their organs they are trying to
cast an apple of discord into the ranks Of the
Democracy, by charging that Tammany con-
trolls the National Democratic party, which
the New York World Indignantly denies,
Tammany having no such aspirations. The
Grant organ here, the Republican, reiterates
the charge and adds that the withdrawal Of
Governor Hoffman's name from the list OF
Democratic asprants for the Presidency 'is
all pure humbug, intended to deceive the
masses of the Democracy" How kind and
generous, in the Radical journals, to neglect
the trouble in their Own party to take care Of