The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-24
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WASHINGTON.
By Mai
WAsH1SGToN, D. c., April %, 1869.
CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFLECTIONS.

there was decided opposition, some
Senators not liking the man and others
thinking him hardly competent to deal
with the coming Spanish question. The
nomination was finally tabled by thirty
to twenty, and that of Russell Jones, oi
Illinois, for the Belgian mission, next
followed suit by general consent.
This leaves Sanford at Belgium, where
a large majority of Senators are willing
he should stay. An effort may perhaps
be made tonight or to morrow
morning, If the session continues SO
long, to again take up the proposition
for transferring him to Spain, but 1t
can hardly succeed, in which event the
President will probably make some
other disposition of Jones, whose nOmi-
ported on the belief that Sanford could
| be confirmed for Spain. The nomina-
ton OF Hurlbut, of Illinois, for the mis-
| sion to BOgota, had been reported
against, but Messrs. Trumbull and
Yates succeeded in securing his contir
nation without division, though there
was something of contest. There was
considerable opposition to WadswOrth,
| of Kentucky, for Commissioner under
| the Mexican treaty, but he. too, was
finally confirmed without DIVISION
| Among other combinations was that OF
Hudson, OF Iowa, Minister to Guata-
mala, and Col. True, of kentucky, Con-
sui to st. Thomas.
MR.. MOTLEY'S INSTRUCTIONS.
There is further warrant for repeating
| that no elaborate or significant in
structions are in preparation for Minis
| ter Motley, and the belief is quite gen.
eral among those most in the confidence
| of the administration that he will not
leave for England under couple of
months at least, and that future nego-
tiations on the subject of the Alabama
oIo
| Washington rather than in London,
and that no new step will be taken for
some time.
CUBAN AFFAIRS.
Advices from Havana received here
| to-day, report great excitement in the
citY on account of the news of 1nsur-
gent successes in the interior. To allay
this, the Captain General on the 18th
| inst. issued the following proclamation:
"InhnbitGntS of HdUdnG 1T Is Ger
tain that the news from the theatre OF
war is highly satisfactory, from the fact
that the rebels are flying disbAnded and
that their situation in the central de-
partment is compromised and difficult.
But the news which is circulating that
Cesepedes, the incendiary OF your pro-
perties, and assassin of your families
and YOUR friends, is now in the Principe
Fort is an utter IalsehCOd, invented by
those who are interested to keep alive
the anxiety here in order to make cap
ital with it in foreign countries, by ca
Illuminating and offending your dignity
as Spaniards, and the honor OF your
fatherland. / announce to you now,
and without fear, that the result will
not belle my words. The triumph OF
the Spanish cause in Cuba is inevitable,
certain and imminent. The insurrec-
ton is overcome and conquered. Woe
to those who attempt to reanlmate 1t.
siyely, the credulous and impatient.
See, Yourselves, to those who spread
rumors which, though they be pleasant,
NAV contribute to excitement and an
outbreak of passion. Have confidence
in me, as have in yOn.
Your Captain General,
[Slgnedl DOMINGO DOLCE.
LIBEL SUIT
Has been commenced here by McGar.
rahan against the Express and IntetLi-
gencer newspapers. 1t is based on an
article which appeared two or three
weeks ago In these journals In regard
to the California land case which he
has before Congress, in which he was
charged with fraud and bribery. Dam
ages are laid at thirty thousand dollars
in each case. Able lawyers have been
retained.
WASHINGTON INCOMES.
Partial income returns of Washing
ton for the present year are published.
Riggs, the banker, heads the list with
thirty-seven thousand one hundred and
sixty seven dollars. Next to him Is
DEMPSEY, the stationer, and Govern
ment contractor, lately notorious for
case of assault in connection with his
exposure before Congress, who shows
S36, $50, while o. ToOle, his partner In
business, renders 1872. 800, W. w. Cor
crran returns $26, $40, Marshall Brown,
-. NE,nr rHytN n
the hotel bearing their name, gas, lol
Jointly; the proprietor OF the EoOltt
House, Sll,1lO; proprietor OF the Ma
tional Hotel, 10, 1872; K. +. Merrlck leads
the lawyers With S16.8 $50; Thos J.. Du-
rant, formerly of New Orleans, follow
ing with $40. .767, while e. George ,pH W. w.
Adams, of the World. leads the cor
RESPONDENTS with 81 ,O8S.
THE HALE PERRY CORRESPONDENTS.
The Senatorial COMMITTEES, OF which
Crapiu is the head, met this morning 10
begin their work of trying to find out
how correspondents get hold OF their
news. Those of the New York Tribune,
BOSTON Transcript and Cincinnati COM
7nercidL were questioned where they
obtained the Hale and Perry correspon-
dence lately published, but declined 10
tell. and the Committee adjourned to
consider the matter. The theory or cor
respondents is that the Senate mas no
right to compel them to tell where they
got the documents given them to pup
lish, and the Com mittee is not likely 10
get much information by this inquiry
ATTEMPTING TO DEFEAT THE QUAKER
INDIAN POLICY.
The first thing in executive session
Tonight was an attempt by Thayer,
Pomeroy and Harlan to defeat the
Presidents Indis policy. They secur-
ed a report of the Committee against
the two Quaker superintendencles and
three or four Quaker agents. These
Senators, with a few others, were
promptly on hand at the close OF the
recess with purpose TO rush the whole
thing through while many were absent,
but the design was in part defeated by
the arrival of absentees. Friends
Richards, agent of the Delawares, was
tabled: TYSON for WinnebagO, and
Andrew McNaulI, for the Sioux and
Fox were rejected; Howard White for
the Ohama agency, and Newson, Tor
the Kansas, were reported against. An
attempt is making by Senator wilson
to upset this trick.
THE SPANISH MISSION.
1t appears to have been the UNDER
standing when Sanford's case was up
this afternoon that in case he was not
confirmed for Spain, General Slckles
would again be urged by the President
to take it.
HEALTH OF SENATOR MORTON
The report that Senator Morton had a
stroke of paralysis during the evening
session is incorrect. He has been qulte
unwell for two days, ana t9e ert;e nea;oi !