The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-07
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
rBy Telegraph to the Register

WASHINGTON may y.
TIE Cuban Decentralization OF the
Administration.
Our Government has decided net to
prevent the departure of any vessels,
whether loaded with arms or not, pro-
vided their apparent destination is not
direct for Cuba. In other words, YES
sells cleared for Nassau, Jamaica, Mex
leo, or any other place with which we
are on friendly terms, will be allowed
to leave, no matter how much war ma
terial or how many passengers they may
carry. In reply to inquiries from par
ties interested, including, it is said,
the Spanish Minister, our Government
has declared that such war material
must be regarded as merchandise and
the people on board such vessels as
travellers or persons leaving our ports
on legitimate business.
Mere Spanish OuIrnges.
A dispatch received by the British
Minister from the English Consul at
Havana, gives an account of other
Spanish outrages on the high seas .Ac- |
cording to the dispatch Spanish war
vessel hailed an English brig at sea, and
the latter refusing To stop was fired In
TO by the Spainiards and sunk. This is
the substance of the dispatch, which
Mr.. Thernton immediately sent to his
Government over the cable. AS the
dispatch is extremely meagre, not stat
ing whether the information respecting
the outrages was received originally
from the Spanish nan-of-war or from
the survivors of the sunken brig, the
authorities here scarcely know whether
to credit it or not.
U. L.. A.
Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, ex-
Governor Newell, Of New Jersey, Will
liam V. Alexander, of New York, and
James P. McQuade, of Pennsylvania, a
committee of the Union League of
America, appointed at the recent meet
ing in New York, to visit the President
and Cabinet officers, to notify them of
the permanent character of the League,
and to assure them that it would con-
tinue to sustain the Republican party
and support the present administration,
have arrived. The gentlemen called on
the President, and short speeches were
exchanged. The President stated that
he would do all in his power to perpet-
uate the Republican party aud the
League. He also stated that he had
notified General Candy to order an cleo
ton in Virginia during the present or
early next week. The Objectionable
clauses are to be Submitted and voted
upon separately, and the President
deems this course of obtaining a fair
expression of the popular sentiment the
most practical.
worknen so be Removed FOR Political
Reasons.
The removal Of wOrkmen from the
Navy Yards for political reasons is about
to be inaugurated here, in order that
the Republicans may carry the ward in
which the yard is situated at the com
ing municipal election. This object is
frankly avowed by the Republican pa
pers, who demand that five hundred
Democratic laborers and mechanics be
at once dismissed. Theevening Repub-
lican paper calls on the Navy De-
partment to proceed in this matter with
great caution, so that efficient mechan-
les may not be removed simply because
they are Democrats.
The Foreign Missions.
The foreign missions still hang fire.
Ex-senator Carllle was at the White
House yesterday, urging his claims for
the mission TO Stockholm, and impress
ing the President that the charges made
against him by the Senate-that he had
been in sympathy with the Democratic
party-were untrue. Tho President
said that he had been soundly abused
by some of his party friends for some of
his foreign appointments, and he should
move cautiously in the future.
What Spain Says AbOutH.
1t is rumoIed this evening that the
Spanish Minister has informed the
State Department that should this
country recognize the belligereut rights
of the Cubans, Spain will regard it as
declara tion Of war, and authorize the
fitting out of privateers, which can't
but do great harm.
The President's Visitors.
The number of visitors at the White |
House this morning was larger than
usual, all of whom had an opportunity of
seeing the President. Mr.. Ashley, late
ly confirmed Governor of Montana, was
among the visitors, and took leave of
the President previous TO his departure
for Montana. DR.. Mary Z. Walker was
also present at the general reception.
She was attired in her dress reform
costume and was gratiied by brief
conversation with the President.