, 1869-06-14
WASHINGTON.
Situation in C1ba~--Letter
from Consul General
Plumb.
The Position Of the President
and Secretary Fish Re.
mains Unchanged.

Special posrn.cn to The Chicago Tribune:
WASHINGTON, June IL
TIE s,rrar11H n erBA-
Consul General Plumb tss "satea nete IRON
fItyaus giving hfs views hfsehS Oh the s!tua1lon
in crta: but the State Department docs not deem
IT aty,saple to print his letter. He says the With
1rnwa Of Dulce has. for the time being, at least,
weakened the Spanish nnfaofttS, and that al Inc
,t,ne nf writing the Home Government Is nearly
WITHOUT head on the island. He asks for
Instructions as to the course he
stall pursue. Cuban sympathizers hcre profess to
believe that a recognition Of tho insurgents By
cur government cannot he great ray on: but
they are not able TO present my facts showing q
change Of policy or The part Of the President md
Secretary OF State. Conversations With these Off
c!als are, however, reported, from which 1t ap-
pears .hat both think the insurgents arc making
headway.
ALABAMA.
Private adyices from Montgomery, Ala, say the
Busteed Impeachment Committee arr pursuing
their Investigators there very quietly. Outsiders
do not believe thes arc getting hold Of anything
very important, anu EuEteed himself SAYS he has
GO anxiety about the uA.ter. He proIesses to be-
!tevc the inquiry will result in his triumphant
vinoi cation. The cttzcns generally let the mem.
ie.s Of the committee Et@c crely alone.
MORE piSM1ssAIs.
CpIer orders from the Secretary Of War, eighty
nne clerks were tonight dismissed from the
Qna1te1masters Bureau here Orders for the
discharge OF two hundred mo.e from other
bureaus IN the War Department, have been made
out. 70 take elect on Tucsdar; but 1t Iray be
held back TIL the Secretary returns. The force
III all the bureaus must soon be materially re-
dlced.
EIIT AGAINST 4 RAILROAD.
The husband md children Of the woman who
was Killed On the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad, near
The Relay House, last November, hare brought
suit agninsr the company for $780, 600.
GONE 10 THE PEACE 1CBnER.
Mayor Bower, Of this city, LETT tonight for Bos-
ron and the Peace Jubi1ee, intending to be gone
one week. General Croker, President Of the
Board Of Aldermen, becomes Mayor I'D interim.
GOT 4 CONTRACT.
The notorious firm, Dempsey 4 OTooe, whose
stationery contracts were cancelled last winter,
have nov got contract for furnishing 15,ooo,U ,U0s
envelopes TO the Post once Department
sCHCTzEI FESTIVAL
The grand annual festival Of the Schutzet
Eerein, Ct this District begins tomorrow, ant
continues four days. There will be q great lea
OF fun. Some handsome prizes are offered.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
DECISION n REGARD TO COMMISSION RKoKKRs
WASHINGTON, juno l".-ComMtss1one- Delano
las made q decision upoa a question submitted t1
hinl by the Board Of Brokers Of New iork, a. to
per cent upon sums received By them for negoti
ating sales. 1t Is said That he decides that They
arr liable as commission merchants on MI sales IL
excess Of $50 900 made by or for them at the ratt
Of 81 on each 1,0ou, except those made through
Other wholesale dealers who pay tax a. such, nnl
sell on commission, ard are, consequently, llabls
on 62les made through commercial brokers, ant
that commercial brnEcE4 are also liable upal al
sales negotiated by them at the rate OF tlty ceut
each q ZOO, excepting ihose made by CT through
another broker.
EEsrI1E
The Secretary of War. In reply to telegraph
despatch Of AdtutnEt Genc:sll TuTuEcnu, has dt
fccted tho Suspension OF his order for the Ills
charge Of clerks IN the War Department until ht
return 10 the city.
INDIAN DIFFICULTIES
Should the present military force on the frontie
be inadequate to promptly quc!1 the existing tlltl
cult1es With the Indians, authority will be con
fetrcu upon General Sche1cli to raise volunteer
for this purpose and secure peace and tranquility
to the border.
NORTH CAROLINA
The Bureau OF Internal Revenue has received
authority from the War Department TO us2 tht
United States troops in North Carolina, when ne
cessafy, to carry out the Internal Revenue laWE
THIS grows out OF the fact That there Is u la1g
num,er Of dsti1lerit5 iu that state, ,au The prnnr
etofs continue 10 cTade the law and put the reyf
nue. CG1ccfs at defiance.