The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-27
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WASHINGTON, April 26.-The Sec
retary of the Treasury has issued an
| order directing that hereafter all
property belonging to the Department
I offered for sale. shall be sold by pub
lie auction or under sealed proposals.
/ Heretofore it has been the custom to
| dispose of old furniture. carpets, &C.,
at private sale to chance purchasers.
WASHINGTON, April 26. = This
morning Senator'S Sumner and Sher-
man called upon Senator Sprague, In
/ order to saggesta basis Of settlement OF
| the difficulty existing between himself
and Abbott. In the course OF their
/ conversation, Senator Pool j0ined the
/ Senators above named, aud produced
/ letter from Senator Abbott to Sen
ator Sprague, OF which the following
/ is copy:
WASHINGTON, D. C., April %, 1859.
| To Hon. William SpragIse: -
! DEAF SIR: On the I'D inst, in the U. 3.
J Senate, you uttered the following Ian
I guage: Mr.. PRESIDENT, In answer to the
/ TIrade OF the Senator from Nevada, aud
/ the Senator from North Carroll IA, am
/ reminded of a little ilusiratIon IN my
| travels from the Centre House into the
/ rural distrtcJs through the woods and
/ farms of the surrounding neighbOrhood.
/ Chance at one time brought me to a farm
/ house j found, ON lO0kin2 up, q IarS0
l mas16 and mongreI puppy dog. Ihe
/ little dog made on me with rapidlty. from
behind, blt at my heels, and frightened at
/ his Jemsrity, ran hGwltng away, folloWed
| by his large com pAni n. The senate VIII
| observe the M gel whining puppy, en-
| cOuraged by the ma tl1, and embolde ened
1 to attack rom the shadow Of his b1cker,
! ran rap1 ily away, alarmed at his temerl-
4 ty while the overgrown cur followed with
| DOth ears Topped and his tail between his
| legs. TO place OF safety, beside MS men
| aced mpantOn."
IN 5 language has been understood
meant in part TO be applied to me am
| not awate tnat gave any occasion n my
remarks Tor You TO wish 70 6e ofIenslye or or
insulting in your reply. therefore deem
it proper to ask that you state d distinctly
ABOVE offensive language 10 myself.
: "in'sl , very i9ai iJlosEPH5G. l9SsaTs5G ABBOTT.
In reply to this communication
Senator Sprague wrote a replys which
was placed in the hands of Senator
Sumner, who, together with Sherman
and Pool, proceeded to the residence
of Senator Abbott, with authority to
deliver the letter upon Abbott's aG
ceeding to certain conditions IN the
nature of withdrawal of certain
language applied to Senator Sprague,
and involving a reply from Senator
Abbott to the letter of Sprague,
. which reply was deemed to he salts
factory to Senators Sumner and Sher-
! man. The following reply was sug
gested by Senator Sumner, and ac
ccpted by Senator Abbott:
WAsHINGToE, April 26.
: Hon j. O. Abbott:
SIR have no hesitation in at once re-
> / plying to YOU note of this morning Just
received tnat the paragraph of my speech
referred TO was written and IN man uscrtpt
some time before delivered in the senate
, and before you participated in the debate,
and therefore was not intended to apply
= to you.
: '- '>''''' ~ 90 W. sPRAeUE.
; The following letter, in response to
the above, closed the CORES pondence
: In manner satisfactory to all con-
cerned:
WAsHINGToN, D. c., April g.
! Hon. W3n. Spragtse:
SIR take pleasure in acknowledging
your letter of this date. which shows thal
e I had misc nceiv ed your language. Ny
own allusion to you afterwards ia the Sen
ate vas founded on the :, mi59onet9dPtion nj
am, sir, very respec fully,
G 1t may be stated that on Friday OF
G Saturday, Senator Anthony called
!, upon Senator Abbott, and begged hin
: to desist from committing violence
upon Mr.. Sprague.
Statements have recently been pub
I lshed that the Government was max
r ing extensive preparations to enforce
" respect to American interests In Gu
:. ban waters.
q 1t has now been ascertained from
an authentic source that the numbel
of vessels to be employed In the pub
lie service In that direction will not
l. probably be more than two or thre'
| 1 L r.. Al, Il
the number being necessarily limited
e, by the tact that Congress had made /
u, very great reduction in the p3rS9Rne
OIL of the Navy. But apart from this
as the vessels TO be sent to that coast ar
* deemed sufficient for all Legitimate
10 purposes. as no trouble with tn
t, Spanish authorities is apprehended
The fitting out of several iron clad
has no significance, but is part Q
l. the plan of the Navy Department t
i save them and other similar vessels
~ and especially the machinery, from
s. decay. to which they are now exposed
Y ! and from being out of commission.
A The public debt statement, to
n issued Saturday next, will, aceOrdin
to the present prospect, exhibit de
crease Of 81, 900, 900 Reports Of SO
or more than one half of the Nation
.es al Banks, showing their condition o
la, the 18th inst, have been received +;
lis the office of the Comptroller of Cur
"a rency, In answer to a recent call.
us No appointments were made by tn
President to-day. The Secretary {
on State, Secretary of the Treasury an
'ut Postmaster General have been absen
on It is not thought any important az
ed; pointments VIII be made in their re
eo spective Departments untll their re
9st turn, unless the public interest sha
n " render it necessary.
=; j. o. Green, of New York, ha
nal been appointed Chief Clerk in th
Ie- Office of the Solicitor of the Treasur
na vice F. NJ Peasants, who for mar
IN years has held that position. He Wi
lay be retained in the Office as secont
zen Hon. E B. Taylor, President
snS the Nebraska State Senate and sp
cial agent of the State to recover fro
the United States Government
he large sum of money due to Nebrask
nd left here for Omaha last evening, ha
ery ing fully accomplished the object
I'M his mission by securing payment
mn the amount.
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