The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-03-12

Ian MINISTRY NOT YET FoRMED-HoNoR
TO GENERAL GRANT AT ATHENS, &C.
Washington.
THE CONTENTION BETWEEN THE NEW ENG
LAND AND BRITISH AMERICAN FISHERMEN
PROGRESS OF THE TARIFF BILL-THE WAL
LACE FoUR-PER- CENT. LONG-TERM BONDS
MARSHAL RAMSDELL TO BE CONFIRMED
CAMERoN's neutrality-suspicious. CASE-vA-
RIOus COMMITTEE MATTERs-PERsoNAL--
THE wHIsKEY TAX-vARIOUS ITEMS OF MI
NOR INTEREST, &C., &C.
[From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 11.-For at least
forty years prior to 1871 there had been
contention between New England and
British American fishermen as to their fish
ing grounds. BY the treaty Of that year
the New-Englanders were permitted to fish
in British waters and their British neigh
bors in American waters as far down as the
39th parallel. In addition, the latter were
allowed to bring their fish and fish-oil into
the United States free of duty. A board
OF three commissioners was provided
for, with power to arbitrate the open
account between the two parties. Well,
last spring the commission met at Halifax,
and after session Of six months declared
that the United States owed the British
Government five and half millions of dol
lars for damages, the American commits
sioner voting against the award and the
British commissioner and Belgian Minister
in favor Of it. Our Government and pco-
pie alike thought it excessive in the ex.
IRENE, but the President is preparing
| communication to Congress in which he
will take grounds that it must nevertheless
be paid, and that Congress must make pro-
vision for paying it. In the Senate to-day
Messrs. Blaine, Dawes, and Hamlin, dis
cusScd the matter-Mr. Blaine contending
that the "award was uni Just; that we Yankees
| were outwitted, and that the concessions 10
New England were worth nothing" Mr..
Dawes said tue award was unjust, but it
must he paid. So said Mr.. HamIin. Now
the true inwardness OF the thing is that these
New England senators don't want it TO go
to the country that the other sections are to
be taxed S5,500,000 for New EngIand's sole
descendants of the Puritans reap substantial
advantages.
THE TARIFF BILL.
The Ways and Means Committee did not
make much Roadway with the Wood bill to-
day, because OF other matters Of pressing
importance. The duty on fans and fire.
screens Except palm-leaf fans) was fixed at
| thirty-tive per cent; ostrich and other orna-
mental feathers, sixty per cent; oranges,
lemons, and grapes, twenty per cent; ba-
nanaS, &c, ten per cent; green, ripe, and
dried fruit, twenty-five per cent.-when
preserved in own Juice, twenty-five per
cent. at Ualorem; furs, thirty-fye per
cent. ad Ualorem. 4 number OF manufac-
turers were in conference with individual
members of the committee to-day.
| INTE RESTING FINANCIAL MATTERS.
The Ways and Means Committee discussed
to-day the Wallace long-term four-per-cent.
bond bill, and will report it in shape that
will do away,.lt is said, with the objection
that it is merely to come in competition
with savings banks. The committee, in
fact, will so amend it as to declare that it is
intended for refunding the siN-per-cent.
bonds in four-per-cent. bonds.
The House Banking and Currency Com
mittee will be called before the expiration
of ten days, when General Ewing says the
postal-bond bill and the bill exchanging
national bank currency for Treasury notes
| will be reported.
Secretary Sherman was before the House
Coinage Committee to-day, and while be
does not approve OF the proposition to issue
certificates on COLA AID silver bullion de-
posts, thinks that If it is to be done these
certificates should be issued by no assistant
treasurer except the one in New York, and
then that they should not be receivable for
| custom-dues.
Mr.. Allison continues to keep the House
bill for the repeal OF the resumption act
sleeping in the Senate Finance Committee.
MIR. RAMsDELL TO BE CONFIRMED.
Senator Withcrs appeared before the Sem
ate committee this morning and gave the
reasons why he and his colleague object to
the confirmation OF Mr.. G. 2. Ramsde!l as
United States marshal for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia. He said they had no
| charges to make either against his honesty
or his capacity, but did object to his having
United States troops brought into Virginia
to influence elections when there was no
necessity whatever for the presence OF the
military. Mr. RamsdelPs friends had eX-
tracts favorable to him read from the Rich
mond Dispatch and Wing, the Petersburg
Post, the Norfolk Landmarks, Fuyintdn,
and Ledger, the Warrenton hdeT, and
other Virginia papers. The committee Will
report fayorabIy, and Senator Conklng told
Colonel Pepham to-day that there was no
doubt OF Mr.. Ramsdel's confirmation, and
that he could go home satisfied OF the fact.
Colonel Popham was assured by several
Democrats that they will vote for conflrma-
| ton.
THE OTHER MARSHALsIIIP.
The name OF Hon. G. 7. Thomas, OF
Henry, is prominently mentioned as Col
onel Gray's successor, and leading Vlr-
ginia congressman bore testimony to bis
honesty to-day. while several prominent
Republicans said his appointment would be
frst-class one. Senator Lewis's friends
contend that he has number one chance,
ood that oil tho PRESIDENT saws in regard to