The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-16

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believe that a clear majority would favor
according belliSerent rights to the Cubans.
But after Senator, Sumner read n dis
patch from New York to the effect that
eighteen of the %gunboats are now at sea,
manned, and flying the Spanish flag, there
seemed to be q concurrence in the view that
all is lost, for the present at least, and that
the insurgents must be o~verpowered.
The argument of Mr.. Carpenter was very
plausible. and to come conclusive that the
Cubans have a de facto government, and
that, according to the law OF nations, their
status is such as to warrant accordance OF
bclligerent rights if our Government so
wills it.
Mr.. Sumner, in reply. disclosed his Oppo-
sition to acceding ~belligerent rights, ana
made known the fact that he was sustained
in his views by the Administration, and
that evidence in the State Department from
our consuls in Cuba clearly shows that tho
insurgents have not such a standing MS Will
entitle them to recognition rs belligerentS.
The subject comes up again tomorrow.
The BankinR and Currency Commit
tee Victorious.
The Banking and Currency Committee of
the House has now obtained charge Of the
main financial propositions, such rs specie
payments, imitation and contraction, etc,
and next Friday will meet to give n pre-
liminarv consideration of the various mea-
sures.
The Sava Surveying Expedition.
Secretary Boutwell,, in accordance with 4
request of Secretary Robson. will detail
four officers Of the Coast Survey to accom-
pany the naval surveying expedition to the
Isthmus Of Darien.
The Case of Surgeon Greene.
The President has transmitted to Con-
gress q full record of the court-martial trial
Of Surgeon Greene, tried and convicted on
the charge of refusing to take a sick man
off the Sick-list upon the order Of the COM
mander, &c. The trial will now be reviewed
by Congress-. and the indications are that
Greene will be sustained.
About virginIa's Admission.
Senator Morton proposes to call up in the
Senate tomorrow the joint resolution to adj
NIT Virginia. II called. no doubt it will
pass with but little debate. WALLACE.
Associated Press telegram.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, December 15.-Scn0te.-A
resolution was offered authorizing the Com
missioner OF Internal Revenue to offer re-
wards for the apprehension of persons as
saulting revenue officers.
mn c.: ,o.,l,t;,, Cor oIiprrpnnpt
from December I'D to January 9Th was con-
Cured in.
Mr.. Sumner presented the petition OF the
Colored Labor Convention, lately in session
in Washington. praying for q division OF
the Dublic lands of the South among them.
In opposing the resolution to adjourn to
the 10th instead Of the 9th of January Mr..
Sumner said we had Georgia, Virginia, and
the cable connection with France, all press
ing on us.
Mr.. Pomeroy And Cuba.
Mr.. Sumner The least said about That
the better.
Mr.. Brownlow. of Tennessee, had a long
personal explanation read from the Clerks
desk, in which. speaking of Stokes and
Butler, he said "thcy We're two beautiful
pinks to be assailinc him" and9lso that the
rejection of the fifteenth amendment by the
Legislature of Tennessee was an act OF
pertidy.
Mr.. Carpenter argued against the depart
ure of the Spanish gunb0ats, maintaining
that an actual war existed between SPAN
and Cuba, and that our proper attitude was
absolute neutrality.
Without any action the Senate adjourned.
Eouso.-A resolution was introduced for
| the raisingof COMMITTEE on Public Safety,
10 take cogniZance Of steamboat, mining,
and other disasters.
The census bill was taken M, and dis
| cusscd till adjournment.
The AGtorney-Gcnernlship.
WASHINGTON, December 15.-The report
| that Acknowledgement I1oar has resigned, IN
view Of his appointment 10 the supreme
, bench, is probable. but not yet officially an
| ncuuced. There are wild ~spcculatlons re-
garding his successor.
North Caroline Bonds.
WASHINGTON, December Ij.-The holders
| of North Carolina bonds are urging Fcde-
raj interference with North Carolina
finances on the ground that the Federal
Government must enforce the Constitution
adopted under the reconstruction acts.
miscellaneous.
WAsu1SGToS, December 1j.-The nomi-
nations of Acknowledgement HOar Tor Ars0-
riate Justice of the Supreme Court, and
Mr.. Puryiance, of Tennessee, as attorney
for the western district OF tlat State, we're
sent III to-day.
The revenue receipts to-day were $3.50, 0OOs
The Balioting in the Kentucky Lesis-