Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-04

The Treasury Programme.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The Secretary
Of the Treasury has authorized the Assist
ant Treasurer at New York to buy two
millions of bonds on each Wednesday and
sell two million coin on each Thursday
during the month of June, in all to buy
eight millions bonds and sell eight mil
lions gold.
Correspondence with London.
Our Government is in receipt of frequent
kilograms from London. but up to a late
h0urtO-night nothing has come to hand def
mite on the part of the British Government
concerning the proposed additional article
TO The treaty of Washington.
1t is known that the ministry desire
modification of the treaty, but of such
character as to be inadmiSsible by our Gov
ernment, and of this they have been in
formed. According to official utterances, it
remains for England to accept the article as
modified, as this is the extent to which the
President and bis advisers are willing to
go.
Views Of the President.
The President has, as be remarked TO in
qUirers, surrendered his personal views te
what he considered a proper concession in
the desire to save the treaty in behalf of
the financial and commercial interests of the
United States and maintain peace between
the two countries.
There was point, be said, behind which
further concessions would be sacrifice of
national honor; and, as we had reached
that stand, it remained for England to de-
eide whether or not the treaty should be
abandoned.
The Geneva tribunal.
Last Friday there was hope of British
acquiescence. If such had been the case,
treaty would have been Immediately ne
gotiated between Secretary Fish and Thorn
ton, ratified by the Senate the same day,
forwarded to London for further official ac-
ton, and thence dispatched to Geneva in
time for the meeting of the tribunal of ar
bitrators on the 10Th. But it is now too late
to accomplish that object by that time, as
the treaty could be sent only by mail. The
agent of each party is required to deliver In
duplicate to each of the arbitratOrs and to
the agent Of the other party q written or
printed argument, showing the points and
referring to the evidence upon which his
government relies; and this viii be done BY
our agent, irrespective Of the unsettled
question between the two governments.
II remains to be seen whether there will be
any interruption of the proceedings before
the tribunal by British ministry.
The arbitrators have power to adjourn on
the 18th TO such a day as they may think
proper, in order to accommodate themselves
TO the circumstances Of the business before
them, or TO await the further action of the
two Governments, should there be pros
pect Of reconciling the present differences.
Ii is the opinion of eminent gentlemen that
q new treaty is not absolutely necessary to
adjust the difficulties, as this may be done
by the two nations by instructions to their
respective agents and counsel. While there
is no present prospect of coming to a salts
factory understanding in the proposed new
article it cannot be said that it has failed, as
negotiations are still pending.
Summers Speech q FIrebrand I'm the
Radical Camp.
Special to the Louisville Courier-JouTnal.
WASHINGTON, June although both
Houses finally agreed last night to extend
the session another week, Senators and
members very generally declare that no
reasonable time can be counted on for an
adjournment Of Congress. The speech OF
Mr.. Sumner has awakened such a bitter
partisan feeling that it is difficult to say
when the debate to be made in reply TO il
will end. Halfa dozen Senators are already
named as intending to answer it, and some
of them threaten to make a record as per
sOnal on Sumner as the latter made on
Grant. Gen. Logan yesterday, in his re-
marks, characterized Summers speech as
brutal and indecent. The friends of Grant
by the way, are bOasting that Summers
speech has secured him Logan, who has fol
months past been very determined in his
opposition to the President. Mr.. Carpen-
ter will probably reply tomorrow. Mr..
Chandler will follow and intends to attempt
to prove that Sumner misrepIesented Stan
on when he makes the latter say tha
JGrant was unfit to govern the country.
Obnoxious Legislation Designed.
The extension of the session means alsC
the passage of the Ku-Klux, Civil Right:
and Federal Election bills. The Admins
traticn members boast already that som
of the twenty-three Republicans who votet
with the Democrats to defeat the habea
corpus extension show signs Of weakening
The philadelphia Delegations.
There are about two hundred delegate
10 the Philadelphia Convention in town
y
z effect of Mr.. Summers speech on some c
the oolored delegates is marked. Several G
them declared to-day that if it was true ths
Grant had not invited Fred Douglas to th
White House to dine with the other Sa
Domingo commissioners they should g
AGAINST him at Philadelphia. The delegate
here show quite a division between the tw
Wilson's and Colfax for the Yice-Presidenc
l.. L. 70 Iafa la
Indiana delegation arrived here to-day o
q special train.
Fred. Douglas and Grant.
Auunber of the oolored delegates to th
philadelphia Convention, now in towI
called on Mr., Summer to-day, and inquire
about the statement in his speech that Fret
DOUGLAS was not invited to dine at th
White House with the other San Doming
commissioners. Sumner replied that
was true, and then urged the colOred del
gates to insist on civil rights plank in Il
Philadelphia platform.
Andrew johnson,
WASHINGTON, June 3.-EX-Presidel
Andrew johnson has arrived to testify b
fore the House Committee on Military a
fairs relative to the missing Buell. militaI
commission documents.
LATER.-Ex-Presiden johnson arrive
here to-day in obedience to a summons
ibe House Committee on Military Affair
and appeared before that committee th
afternoon. He testified that Gen. Buell. ba
published some statement in the charact
If a defense, a notice of which be had seel
but was never able to procure q full COZ
oft. In this statement he had mentiont
his name in connection with the defense
Nashville. Thare was no personal QUAR-
between him and Gen. Buell., but merely
difference Of opinion as TO the propriety
The evacution of that city. johnson said tn
from subsequent events, his own jpdgmel