The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-06
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
A Cabinet Meeting and What was
Done-The Hornet not to be Releas-
ed-The Policy OF President Grant
Cheering News from Ohio, &C., &C.
rsprc1.1, rRLEeRAM TO THE NEws.I

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE 'NEws.]
WASHINGTON, October 5.
There was q full and important Cablnel
meeting to-day, to consider the subject OF tns
seizure of the Cuban privateer Hornet. Some
of the Secretaries favored her release, but ii
was finally decided that her case came clearly
within the scope of the neutrality laws, and
that she must be detained. The Spanish
Minister is highly elated tonight at the re-
suit of the conference.
1t has been ascertained from authentic
sources, and may be definitely stated, that the
following are the views, in substance, enter
tanned by the President, and sure to be car
riedout by the administration, with reference
to the questions involved. The shipment of
arms and munitions of war to either party en-
gagedin the Cuban struggle Is not prohibited.
The yevolutionists have an equal right to buy
and ship arms with the Spaniards. 1t is upon
the fitting out of naval or military expeditions
that the neutrality laws operate. 1t is an en-
tire mistake to suppose that the United States
officers have ever been instructed to stop:the
shipment of merchandise, even though it be in
the form OF articles contraband of war. The
owners and masters of vessels must in all cases
take their own risk. But If any expedition,
whether Of armed men or of armed vessels, or
if any vessel fitted out and intended for naval
warfare, Is started from our ports, then the
question of our duty as neutrals, or as friendly
power arises; and even if we had cknowledged
the independence Of Cuba, our duty and our
rule could be no different until we had directly
and publicly espoused one side of the quarrel
by making war upon the other. 2
Aspecial dispatch from the Office of the Gin
cinnan ENQUIRER says that the returns from the
Ohio canvass show that the election Of the
Hon. George q. Pendleton as Governor is now
certain, by larger majority than the most
sanguine of his friends had anticipated.
The Recent Panic I'm Gold-Statements
or the President-Audacity OF Fisk, Jr.
[FRoN THE ASSOCIATED PREss.l
WASHINGTON, October 6.
As comments have been made in the news
papers affecting the administration in connec-
tion with the recent gold panic, and much in
L.. fha ho oh
ington agent OF, the Associated Press called
upon the President to ascertain whether there
was any foundation for the ilsinuation or d.
rect charges against the administration. The
President conversed with the utmost frankness
on the subject, and said he had not thought
proper to publicly contradict the statements
concerning himself, as he had done moth
ing whatever to influence the money market
or'to afford any advantages to private parties.
While in New York he had many voluntary adj
visers, but he repeatedly said to them that the
administration always held itself in position
t6act as it seemed best, and free to make any
change of policy for the public interest. In
the course df conversation he stated that,
while on the eve of going to Newport, James
Fisk, Jr., came on board the steamer at New
York and said to the President that Gould had
sent him down to ask that he would privately
give them little intimatlon as to what the
administration was going to do on the financial
question. The President replied that the giving
ofsuch information would not be fair, and asked
Fisk whether he did not think so himself. Fisk
admitted 1t would not be fair. The President
then informed him that, whenever the admins
tratioH was going to change its action or policy,
the Secretary ofthe Treasury would give notice
through the newspapers as usual, so that
everybody might, at the same time, know
what it was, thus excluding any possible
charge of fayoritism. On the morning Of the
panic, Friday week, Secretary Boutwell, com,
municated to the President the situation OF
affairs in New York, when the President said,
s.sen IS, ,oO0, 600 Of gold" The Secretary said
that he had come for the purpose Of sugges-
ting sale of 5000, 900, the idea of selling
gold thus appearing to be in the mind of each
at the same time. few minutes thereafter
the order was telegraphed to New York to-
sell four millions Of gold. 1t may be repeated
that the President had informed no one whom
soever Of the purposes OF the administrator on
financial subjects, and the same remark is
equally true as to the Secretary Of the Trea-
sury.
There was full Cabinet meeting to-day, but
no developments have leaked out,
The Supreme Court met, but there was no
quorum. The court will probably hear the
Yerger ha6eas corpus on Friday. The case in
volving the constitutionality of the cotton tax
will soon be argued.
Benz. B. Elroy has been appointed collector
of the Third Mississippi District.
Hoar decides Sherman's recent order eX-
cluding claims against and attorneys from
prosecuting claims before the War Depart
ment, to be illegal.
Supervisor Presbnry reports forty stills
seized, thousand gallons captured, and thir-
ty-fve men arrested In the Virginia mountains,
by squad of Federal cavalry.
Samuel Bortue, q negro member ofthe North
Carolina Legislature, on trial here for'iarceny,
b as been acquitted.
VIRGINIA. ,
Meeting OF the New Legislature.