The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-04-09
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
WASHINGTON, D. c., April Z, 1862
INDIAN AFFAIRS.

INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The Indian appropriation Dill mas
INA to a conference committee, COIL,
9osrd of Senators Fessenden, harIan
PUG Cole, and Representatives Dawes,
R;nobam and Beck. The House, Oy the
decisive vote of SO 10 81, rejected all the
Senate amendments based on the treat
les made by the Indian Peace Conia l:iiHr ails,
sion, and agreed to Dawes proposslti9nl
of giving the President the use OF wv
million dollars with which 10 AeP
peace among the Indians on the pialn'
! his SIMMER. Mr. Harlan, OF the con
ference committee, will, of course OPP
nose this. but it is believed MesSrs' eS-
senden and Cole will concur. Inc com
n,ittee meets in the morning, ana Will
nrobably make a report in the course OF
tbs dav. The scheme of Stuart and
welsh having failed, the original
Onaker proposition is now coming
70 the surface again. A dele
ao+ion of orthodox Quakers
from Philadelphia arrived here this
morning, and have had interviews du-
ring the day with the President and
Secretary of the Interior. Their idea is
TO begin on a modest scale with one su>
perintendency and dozen agents,
and if they are successful IN this effort
then branch out to larger labors.
PACIFIC RAILROAD MATTERS
Made but little progress in Congress to-
day. The pending bill for the benefit of
the Union road came up in the Senate at
one o'clock, but was by vote Of 30 to
ID set aside for the purpose of consider
ing the omnibus appropriation bill. An
effort will be made to get 1T mp again
to morrow, but the prospect OF doing
ANYTHING this session are not favorable
The Railroad committee of the House
met and heard some remarks from the
attorney of the Union Pacific, and the
chairman then announced that the argu-
ment was closed, and the committee
would meet tomorrow to finish up their
work. The session is so near at an end
that there is no time to complete the in
yestigations into the affairs of these
roads, and the probabilities are that the
committee will agree to ask that the
| inquiry be continued to next winter for
| final settlement.
THE CUBAN MOVEMENT
la Washington is beginning to assume
form. A meeting was held last evening
at the house of Senator POmerey, at
which were present some of the Cuban
exiles and twenty-five or thirty ladies
of high social standing, when branch
of the Cuban Junta was organized, with
Mrs. Senator P6merOy as President
Mrs. Senator Harlan and Mrs. General
Chipman Vice Presidents; Grace Green
wood and Mrs. DR.. Newman, wife Uf the
! Chaplain of the Senate, Secretaries, and
Mrs. Colonel Curtiss, of Boston, as
| Treasurer. President Grant still main
tains his attitude of non-intervention,
and the ladies have not yet applied to
the Secretary of War for arms and am
muDitlOn.
BEEF CONTRACTORS CASE.
The Senate committee on Public
Lands were engaged to-day in lnvesti-
eating charges against c, w. BabCOck,
Dominated for Surveyor General of Kan
sas The charges made rel2te to his
oneratiOns as beef contractor OF General
Blouot's army. Witnesses are being
examined under oath.
ASuLEY's CASE.
Governor Ashley's case went over to-
.dav. A document containing the whole
of the noted proposals for real estate
vere laid on the desk of each Senator,
ia many of whom they were entirely
new The wonder seemed general that
a man with such record should be in
dorsed by the whole Republican dele
cation from Ohio, Job Stevenson and
fan ma Nf
the House excepted, and III tho next
place that he should be nominated.
| When the case came up In executive
session, the indications of sharp de-
bate we're so strong that it was allowed
to go over.
MINISTER HALE ASKED TO RESIGN.
The President caused a cable tele-
gram to be sent TO Minister Hale at
Madrid, notifying bim that his reSigna-
tion will be accepted. There is reason
to believe that he will speedily be re-
moved, it he does not resign. The
quarrel between the Secretary and Min
lister is bitter and disgraceful, but the
cause of Hale's retirement lies chiefly
i'm the fact alluded to last week in the
Spanish COrtes. He has not been bring
ing in articles cOntraband of war, but
has been using his diplomatic privi-
lege in way of trade for his own bene-
fit and to a considerable amount. 1t is
said that he had connection with u store,
and brought in goods free of duty from
England.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Recommending legislation in reference
to Virginia and Mississippi took Con-
gress considerably by surprise, as it was
not generally known that he COntem-
plated the preparation of such doCH-
ment. The Reconstruction committee
are to meet in the morning for its con-
sideratiOn, and in the course Of the day
an effort will be made in the House to
rescind the resolution for adjournment
on Saturday, and considerable number
Of persons think tonight that the mo-
tion can be carried. The legislation
proposed by the President could well
enough be disposed of in three hosrs,
but for n general disposition to talk
everything to death.
Dreadful.
The editor of the Chicago Times is