Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-09
WASHINGTON.

/ hPECULAIIQNS ABOUT THE HIGH COM
MIssION-BANCROFT TO GO TO BER-
LIN, AS MINISTER.
WAsHINGTON, March 8.-The pro-
ceedings and discussions Of the iOint
high commission viii be kept entirely
secret until they are finally shaped
and sent to the Senate for ratification.
1t is pretty certain that a cOnnparison
OF views has thus far overcome fbe
| lnsurmOuutable obstacle 10 the settle
ment OF the question at issue, and
members were more sanguine Of
success than before the meetings be-
| gan. one commissioner predicted
to-day that the work would be com
pleted by the middle of April. If
the Senate is not then in session. IT
Is thought the President win eaIi n
together to act on the result of the
/ commissions labOrs. The commits
sion Is now engaged on the fisheries
| question, and it IS rumOred that the
matter will be adjusted by allowing
Americans to fish in an Canadian
waters irrespective Of the three. mile
limit on payment of sum Of money
to be agreed upon by the commission
ers.
1t has been stated for some time
that eX-COngressnan Ortb has ex-
pecIed the nomination as Minister 10
Berlin and as member Of the Com
mlttee on foreign affairs, he Iabored
70 nave the mission raised to a level
with London and Paris and created
as mission the German FmDire
Yesterday the President Informed Mr.
Orth that be had decided TO re-nomi.
HdI5 MI. bancroft Tor Berlin but would
Iencer MIN the mission to Brazil,
Wnieh 4r. BlOWe resigned. Mr..
Orth SAID he did not desire that and if
ne couldn't 60 to Berlin he would NOT
go anywhere, but home. He left last
night for Indiana. IL is rumored
that IN the re-arrangement Of the Sen
ate committees an ATTEMPT will
De made to remove Senator Sumner
from the Craftsmanship of the com.
mlttee on foreign relations, on account
OF his hostility to the President.
Is THIS ONE OF BOUTWELL's STORIES?
Dissatisfaction among Western Con
gressnen at the course Of Commis-
sIOhef Pleasanton is more openly ex-
pressed than heretofore, and if the
session IS OF sufficient length. iuquirv
Is promised. The latest objectionable
actIOn OF the Revenue Bureau il the
order prescribing a new lock for the
ulstlllefleSy which can only be DrO-
cured through the Supervisor of In
ternaI Revenue at New York. and at
the eXorbitant price Of SIG 70 for each
lock. When il is knOWd that each dis
tlllery will require from ten To thirfv /
locks, the cause of the Dissatisfaction
Is apparent. The lock was Dra- /
serlOeu without any opportunity for |
and it is understood to \
De a special job of prominent bank i
officers here.
Inc decision on the New York /
central tax case, although promised
some days ago, is not yet forthcoming.
As IL Is known that one of the most
prominent Republican members of
-he House, from Ohio, is praDared fo
"a 4pose tAe particular influence which
50SsIiIS Us tAaI OIncer IN the management
d u ms bureau, and viii make the New
I OFk Central his text.
Inc clerk in the division of se.
counts who was detected in a small
Ta1u, involving about two hundred
lOIlars, some weeks ago, is still re-
aimed in his place.
THE INDIAN COMMISSIONERS
WAsHINGTON, March S.-HoD. Faliv
4. BrunOt, of Pittsburg. Nathan
BISHOP LII. D., VIM. r. Dodge
md Vincent COllyer, of New YORK
Sobert Campbell, Of st. Louis. J0bn
= FarWell, Of Chicago; John ID. |
lang, OF Maine; Eli Ward Toby. of
session, and George Stuart. of PhiIa-
lelphla, the present Board of Indian
commissioners, have been notified bv
secretary OF the Interior to meet in this
lty, Wednesday, the 18th. to arrange
or accepting the new powers con
erred upon them by the recent action
j congress requiring them to audit
Ill 0llls to be paid by the Indian De
'artment, and mark out their tour Of
y ana observation in the In
nan country during the coming sum
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Republican Senate committee
o arrange the standing committees
we're a long time in session to. dav.
I Is DelleYed they have retained ali
/ the Committee on Foreign Affairs
ut placed Morton Chairman and ]
second on the list
The actiOn Of the committee will be
9Ported Tor approval at an adjourned [
leetlng OF the caucus. The Demo- {
raIs VIII be requested to designate
lch members of their party fOT va I
4ncleS reserved for them,