Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-07

tribunal under the third article Of the treaty,
and the questions as to whether the demands
made are eXtrava9ant or reasonable, and wheth-
er they are within or beyond the intended iuris-
diction Of the tribunal, are questions to be de-
CldCd and announced at Geneva. In the opinion
of officials here in Washington, there would he
no more propriety in the foreign office opening
up a diplomatic correspondence with the United
States concerning the Cease" of the United
States just presented to the tribunal, than there
would he in the pursuing by the state depart
mcnt of the same course toward the British
cabinet for calling on its journalistic support in
London to torcstall and break the dreaded at
tack Of the tory enemy in the opening paria-
ment.
In spite of dcnials that no communications
have passed between the United States and
Great Britain in regard to the excitement over
the Washington treaty, member of the house
foreign affairs committee has positively asserted
this morning that he has seen at the department
OF state cable telegram couched substantially
in the following language:
To Hon. Hamilton Fish, S.cretdry Of State,
Washington, D. c.:
Sir:-ln view of the expression of opiniGn as to
what the action Of Great Britain should be in
reference TO the Geneva conference on the part
OF Chief Justice Cockburn and the general tone
of the English press, l desire to be officially in
formed whether the government of the United
States will in any degree rcccde from its claims
l0r indemnity as recently presented.
Your obedicnt servant,
BoBERT NJ. SCuENCK
TO this the following reply is said to have
been made:
To Hon. Robert VI S,heack, London Englan6:
Sir:-You are authorized TO affirm that in no
event will the governm ent Of the Unit States
recede from the position it has taken in relation
to the Washington treaty.
Your obcdicnt servant,
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of State.
THE COMMITTEES
The committee on banking and currency this
morning had under consideration the matter of
fees of bank examiners, aud will probably report
d bin to regulate sach fees.
The commerce committee of the house Is still
hard at work on the steamboat bill, and there is
prospect now that 1t will he completed and re-
ported TO the house in n few DAYS.
Gen. Boudinot, Cherokee, barangued the In-
dian commttc in favor of the establishment of
Il TERI itofidl government Of Oklahoma, in aC-
cordance with the recommendation of President
Grants last message.
The Cincinnati dstlcrs' association was rep
resented before the ways and means committee
by large body of men from the west who
urged the consolidation Of the tax on wniskey.
The whiskey men are busy.
Charles Hale appeared this morning before
the senate committee on foreign relations, and
commenced a statement Of his official action at
Alexandria, winch was not concluded when the
hour OF the meeting of the senate arrived, and
will be resumed at a special meeting of the COM
mlttce tomorrow.
M oo GianstrGctpr Hanson was before The
of war; and the committee decided TO report IA
vorably for the immediate building of ten new
steam sloops, with formidable ornaments.
Postmaster General Creswell was before the
post office committee this morning, and eS-
planned the whole system of postal contracts.
Mr.. McKibben, who brought the charges, seems
TO have abandoned tue case entirely. having
failed TO put in an appearance for several days,
The committee Cannot, therefore, do otherwise
than report complete exoneration of the post
master general.
MINOR MATTERS.
In the departments among the clerks who
served in the rebellion, hardly anything is
talked of but war and privateering.
Mr. Rutter of Memphis insists upon his charg-
es against Controller Hubbard, and the commit
tee on banking and currency this morning de-
termined to summon witnesses in relation to the
charges.