Wilmington journal., 1869-08-13

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| t WAsHINGroN CRY, Aug 4, 1869. +,
/ The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald states in a recent dis
patch to that paper, that the insurrection
in Cuba furnished long subject for Cabi-
met discussion. and it was decided to &C,
cord belligerent rights very speedily to
Cuba. The Herald's correspondent has
been grievously misinformed. Cuba and
its affairs have not furnished theme for
discussion for over a month, and can in
form you, upon the very best of authority,
the administration has no idea of accord
ing belligerent rights to the insurgents
Secretary Fish argues in this wise The
population of the Island is over sixteen
hundred thousand, black and white, not
including the Spanish residents. The in
surrection has full control only over q very
small portion of the Island, and the entire
population of the districts where the re-
bellion exists is only little over four hun
dred thou sand, white and black-hence
only fourth of the Inhabitants of the
Island desire separation from Spain >
hence, again, the insnrgent movement has
not reached any such Importance as to
Justify O. recognition Of belIigerents rights
by the United States. Now, Secretary Fish
(whose views I have correctly, though sue
cinctly expressed above) is very much IN
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penetration to acquire a much more cor
rect idea about the condition of affairs in
Cuba than he expresses =; for of course do
not insult his Intelligence so far as to sup
pose he really beHeOes what he expresses,
There are about eighteen hundred thou
sand inhabitants in the island. Of these,
some seven hundred thousand are in the
Eastern Department, where the "rebels"
are entirely triumphant. In seven districts
of the Western Department." containing
over three hundred thousand inlabitants,
| the ''rebels" have complete possession. -
There are then only about six hundred
thousand people whose sympathies are to
| be accounted for, and some three hundred
\ Thousand of them are in Havana, com
pletely "under the thumb" of the Span
iarls 1t is very fair to assert that at least
one-half of the remainder are in sympathy
with the patriots. So, taking out Havana
where we know tho rebel element largely
predomlnates, we have here proven that
eleven hundred and fifty thousand out of
thirteen hundred Thousand Of tbc iuhabi
tants are anxious for Il separation from
Spain and four ffths OF them, through
their representatives, are proving their
q hO finhfiu1r in tIln fol f.,r
that separation. Secretary Fish knows
these facts l have stated. They are patent
to everybody who reads the papera, and
hence his reasoning against recognizing
the belligerent rights Of the CabalIs is
simply silly sophistry. He does not ex-
pect to be believed, but Boutwell, does not
want the island to be severed from Spun,
and some cxouse is better tts,u rome,
when men are. doing n mriil thing.
The subject of according bclligcrent
rights to the Cubans, and in fact all
matters connected with :he Island, hayo
been for some weeks stual0usly kept
from Cabinet discussion It vas said the
subject was discussed lt the last special
meeting, and myself was imposed upon
for awhile, but subsequent Investigations
have proved my former Impressions incor-
rect. would recommend newspaper cor
respondents in the future to take . little
more pains "to post themselves on mat 1
ters of political IMPORT. > .4..'- nom,
In consequence Of the spurious issues oil
the ten dollar groenbacls, or legal tender /
notes, Secretary Boutwell, has concluded
to have new issne of all denominations
of greenbacks, from the one dollar to one
Thousand dollar, note. The work Of en-
craving. the plates for this work is fast pro- J
gressing at the Treasury Department. The
1nkn nc for tI,o, ~, Ill
finished. and tho workmen are now en- !
gagged on those from Eve to one thousand
dollar notes. No living man s likeness will
be placed on the notes. These will be the
first greenbacks ever engraved or printed
at the treasury. The entire work of en-
craving and printing the faces and soals
will be performed in the treasury building,
while the backs will be printed in New
York.
There will be no regular Cabinet meet
ings held until about September 1st. i
Superintendent Clapp Of the Govern
ment Printing Office, appointed eight ap-
prentices yesterday, two of them are ne
groes. Truly the white Radical shares with
his black brethren.
There is quite stir and duttering in
the Radical ranks mere, owing to the fail
ure of Col. Jenkins, Chairman Of the State
Central Committee Of (Well's) Radicals to.
bamboozle Mr.. Gilmore, Chairman of the !
(Walker) Conservative State Central Com
mittee. Before the election the Conserva-
tives We're every thing that was wicked and
vile. After the election they propose a
union of the wings that a. few days be-
fore, were so widely different. The Con-
servatiyes don't see )" what advantage is
to be gained by dividing the fruits of the
victory with thoir late enemies. Al! the
"carpet baggers' - care for is the spoils,
and now, failing to "get their hooks in, -
are calling the Conservatives corperheads,
rebels, &C., without stint, as they did pre-
vious to the election, and show an alarm
ing array of figures to prove that the cleo
tion was carried by fraud. Notwitbstand-
ing the contemptuous tone of Gilmer's
crushing reply, these fellows are yet beg
ging and cringing, hoping to pick up few
crumbs. ''They hope that negotiations
towards effecting reconciliation are not
yet at an end" There is no "hope for
them, poor tramps. VIRGINIA casts them