, 1869-04-27
WASHINGTON:
The Abbott-Sprague Core
spondence.
Their Little Difficulty Ami
cably Adjusted,
Rumors Of Cabinet Changes
Without Foundation.
The Cuban Question.
Naturalized Citizens Visiting
Cuba to be Protected,

Special Despatch to the Chtcago Tribune.
WA-Mls&1F.'S, April &c
ABBOTT AMI Rr1sAGlE sr&xE n.SrA
The condition rf thr Abbott ca::pa!rn wRs satls-
factory to Senators tbs morning. S7-acuc had
not retsactel my tnE, a1,i uftrs At,otts blow tn
the Senate, md norr crrc1atls After HIS .nt!ma-
ton Of Win: ht1is-ionett North Cu:''lInans wouhi
think Of hin, II fr hour wftsnut rttractton
mud With b!oo.ls ~ hRls, iliosc SENATORS on the
RrUund aEfred that II tFagssr refused tn npolo-
pixc Abbott would harr III 1ttrlnEt IN thrush hiul
bltl At the tlrst demonstration In that .ilrcCtton
SpraKuc would s4ppt Abbott, aMd NJ the a1asra OF
the stna.c rnt ltolu hId IL wore.. ~ m
early hour this morning Senators Sum.
mr. And Sherman visited SprnEur
~ nsccls of peace, though tar lu,l. conversation
~hirh fuIlowts! ~sA nut in uny angelic
frghgpe wRk brought 10 have a lltElc regard for
1T" 1'nor Of ttsr Senate al ll.clat:n u,ly lntcutlun
Ut itnlting Abbott, ;i,at the latter could @ce
ht.1': large clloush to wal ou1 Of with heal erect
When. iii response, SrlEttt' informed them that
his puppy dog illustration t!a,l hc"n written
awuk, eni c,'El! nut possibly have tAcn intend
t.! for Abbott, 10th Ira.vtnakcEs haw daylight
A1trr arranging that Si'r.Hue Ehuut
write this 10 Abl,ett II the latter
addressed moderate Mute OF inquiry,
lit; i..:;:tt on tn Abbott to help him fix ur M
e;'!s'e ".,lch should roar Us gently As possible.
TITS Mas despatched to sIrar1le. The latter re-
1f!cd a. t'al t"'cn ngtrel tos.Tch Al'hott maize
uA.wtr virtually that he glad TO lie out Of tic
kCI1l,c, Aud so ends the farce.
TIE CrBAS QUESTION.
The St1te Department Is nnIc.s:0ol t. t,t ir..-
Tattnc letter which has sntIe bearing On Cnttan
oEalrs- 1t Il basgl on an application for protc.-
titn l} certain persons nuw ID tulA who were al
tiulr residents IN this country, and have taken
OFT american naturalization papers. The ''epart-
ICE: hds that the government il hound to protect
every L,''a .Ie citizen whoever he may be, but
says IN substance that It cnnno1 regard citizens
losc foreign hy birth, whn after naturalization,
Law LETT the CA:tctl States with The intention Il
not returning, anu thereafter have put themselves
under the laws OF other countries THIS Il te-
lieset 10 be In accordance with the opinion ex-
p:tssc III ConsrcSs during the citizenship debate
uI lust summer.
SECRETARY FISH.
The srirnor that Secretary Fish ls ABOUT to retire
from til, State department tlovs not Seem to be
well founded. lie has leased Il house here,
AID will return from New York shortly to
I1nt tie force Of hls department In nrde7,
uud he said IN Saturday last that III July or
EECEst he expected tu revise tile cu1isiilAr list,
md get really fur changes tn I've made In he
latter III the fail lie has even spoken Of certain
things he intends doing Just before the next ses-
Sion u Congress begins
srHAGrE's CORRESPONDENCE
The GIet*, to-day. contains esJ more private
letters TO Spragne, most Of them from men entirely
unknown here, asking for copies Of his speech.
They ill twenty-one columns in 6.u2ll type. aua
end with The remark: "To be continued" As
the f;tol~ will suspend fur several days nng-
cuc can get printed III the archives Of the Senate
by writing to Sprague ii once.
THE INDIAN AND PENSION BCnEACs-
General Parker, Commissioner Of Indian Affairs,
and Judge Fisher, Commissioner OF Patents, cn-
tered Gil duty to-t1Ay. Ut. Van .Acrnau,, com1nts-
EloEer Of Pensions, takes charge OF his Office on
the first Hrox. Their are sure to he quite ! num-
itr Of removals III these n:slceS particularly in the
1iian Bureau. Judge Ednuu,is, present Post
mastcr OF the Senate. Is ts.ins tn tst the othel
interior bureau, n31llcly, Commissioner Of thf
Land Utt.cc.
GREE1Eg'a Arrn1S1,tEST.
After tue settlement OF the Sprague troubles
The great question uf the ,iay WAS, viii Hnracs
Greeley accept The ofrCr rendered hin as Exam
1ner u the Pacific EaIrtril: lie urriyed carry Ii
the morning and had The matter Under advise
1ncni till Night. lie says he c..unnr nrt ut once bu
Is i1IclEnrI TO serve With this answer 10 Secrc
far, Cox. he star,cs1 for New York, AMI t~gan hi:
ra:s;uad experience by missing tho irain-
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
pEpEEs RELATIVE TO TIE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
IEulEETf-
NASuINGToS, April 2G--The Scrrctcry OF the
T7casur. has issued an order directing that here
after MI property be1o,lgn. 10 the department,
t.tiercs io5 sale khull ft soi'l bv public auction
OF under sealed proposals Heretofore II has been
the cCstnE, to dl; I,ose VI old furniture, carpets
ctc., ut private sale to chance pnrrhaseFA
THE sTHAGrE-AEBcTT IMPLICITLY SETTLER,
This morning Senators Sumner ulld Sherman
called upon Senator s..4Ic in order to suggest 4
lass Of sct1en',It Of int difficulty existing he
tween hil,lst1f a.. Abtut- Iii thc cuufse Of their
conversation Stt!auF Pool JOINED tile senators
Rl'ore ltanc.i a produced letter from Senator
Abbott to Senator sp7as11e, u which tue following
tsutolS:
WASHINGTON, D. C., April &c
To Hon. TIN. Srrn.'Ht:
ScnItc, you ufierc,l the following language:
Mt. President, III answer IN The tssue Of the
Senator from Nevada, ami the Senutus 1run North
Carolln1, an reminded Ut Il LITTLE Illustration: In
my travels from thr centrH herr, niu The rural
districts, through the Wols AMI fatzns Of the eur
ronnaiilc nefshLvrhool+ chance at one time
M large inastitI ami 4 mongTel PUPPY dog. The
lnt!r do. mo. CT nj lie with rapidlty irom behind,
LIT at iny heels, unt when faced hina, he became
fF1sh'rnvd at his te1nettts and ran bowling away,
senate viii observe that the nl"',srsl, whining
% a;aet f1na Inc - yuM 1I u h.s s rkrr nm
Iaptlly awuy alA11uet3 at Ills te1neriiy white the
oycrgrown cur followed with botll ears topped and
his tail aHtwecn Ills ltgs to place VI eafety tx
This Language kl:.s l,eca unlerstuol a. meant In
1or. TO bc APPLIED to Me mn nos nwar; that .t;
to lie offensive OF tllsultlg IN your tepy. there.
fore Diet IN prneF 10 usk thIt sou Stale distinctly
whether you intended TO ap,'ly any oi the ahovt
Offensive language to myself am, htI. very 1e
III reniy to this communication senator Sprague
tsr,te . reply which Was placed iii the hands O.
Senator Sumner, who, together with Messrs- Sher
man and Pod, proceeded 10 the residence o.
1cr, upon acccdng to certain conditions IN the M
tnrc Of a Withdrawal Of certain laHEuaxe applied
to Senator SpraRue. aud in'ols!nx reply from
Senator -Asdx'tt to the letter Of Senator Sprague
which rGrly to 1t satisfactory to Senators !>u,une
and Sherman The tutlnu ins, reply was sucgc-tc,
b Senator sumner and accepted l'y Senato1
"WAsulsG1o>, u. C., April 26, 1863.
s'1Io7,. Jos. {. .it'.tt. t'"ifi Stltts Senate
"nEAK SIR; have no hesitation In at once re-
plying IL .tl1r note Of this lnoFc, just received
1hat the paragraph uf nly slwecl scfcrrtal to We
llycr, in tie Senate a,nl ,eto.e .ui participate.
in the debate, au therefore waS mt in;en',ed t,
alrly to you. Your ofcden1 ssr,Sapt, ~
The following letter in response Il, .:,t abby
Closed tie correspondence IN a nanne1 sa!stactor
foaa cVncefncd: ,r-..,,. ...,
1itn. Ern. Syraout:
SIR: have pleasure in acknowledging your LET
ter If this date, which thuws that haA 1uiscon
cci'ttl your language. 1ly uwn allusion to yo1
conception, and ask you consider 1t as unsad
lam, eli, very Eespec1f4ilE-
It uny he stated that on Fris1a. or SATURDAY Sen
ntuT Anthony called upon Senator Abbott AM
1EfCri htTn TO ucslst 1Iptu cutunuttlng flolepc
Ipon Nj Sp1assue
OCK FEST INDIA eQCADRof.
Statements hAse recently sHeen published fha
The government was making extensive prc1aEa
lions to enforce respect To American interests Il
Cuban watcrs. 1t has now been asctEtaincd fror
m authentic fourct that the humber OF Fessels
be employed In the public service IN TINT slirce
tion, Will not protahls lie more than six4 or TN
1e+s than heretofore IN that squa Iron, th
Iunlber being Necessarily limited by tn
fact that Congress has nsde very erca
but apart from TIL. the vessels to be sent to tha
coast arc deemed sufficient for all legitimate pul
noses. as no trouble with The Spanish authoT1tc
fsapprcheuded- The hitting cut Of several iron
cIade has no Significance, but IL part Of tho plan
The Nayy Department to sase them and othe
similar vessels aud especially the machinery fro,
HesaT. to which they are now exposed 1rum bcin
oM Of commission
THE rCn11c pEBT STATEMENT.
tn be ,ssued Saturday next. Will accofh!nr u u
nresent prospect, 4hlbt decrease OF Two Ill
ltnA .-.-vrxr
12enorts Of sys, or more thiin oo1.na.. o, .. :, :,
Ha;innai fiauke, showing their conulttonM 20 On !!
15th instaut, hare been received Al tnc o!'.ce ;,
the Comptroller Of The Currency In ans"es ~ II
NO APPOINTMENTS
No appointments we're made ~ toe Fte@sst'e :;
TO-DAY. Tbc Secretary Of Statc7 SeSlctaTJ o. o., y
Treasury and Postmaster General bcluc anseut.