The Portland daily press., 1869-05-04

WARRINGTON.
NO HAsTY RECOGNITION OF CUBA.

NO HAsTY RECOGNITION OF CUBA
NEW YORK, May 3.-The Worlds Washing
ton special says member of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee declares that the
announced intention of this Government to
surgents is without foundation and is inspired
by desire to influence the gold market. This
senator, who enjoys the confidence of the
PRESIDENT more than almost any other man.
declares the latter is much incensed at the gra-
tmtous use to which his name has been put in
connection with this business, nor is he at all
satisfied with the disinterestedness of the al
legged agents of the insurgents in this country.
He begins to suspect them of being anxious to
impose false state of affairs on the Govern
ment, and he commits the whole question to
Secretary Fish, who is known to be opposed to
any hasty action on the premises
MIR. MoTLEx's INSTRUCTIONS
Mr.. Sumner, and Mr.. Motley who has re-
turned here, are jointly laboring to have the
latter receive definite set of instructions,
mainly prepared by Mr.. Sumner. The bellig-
erent thunder from England has only in
creased, in Mr.. Summers opinion, the necessity
of our Ambassador taking out specific instruc-
tions: 1t is certain that Secretary Fish is op-
posed to giving Mr.. Motley other than general
instructions to- propose that the Alabama
claims be considered by special commission
on the part of England to be accredited to this
Government with extraordinary powers over
tuls question, Wnlcn MI. FISH desires to be dis
cussed in this country. Mr.. Motley and Mr.
Sumner will certainly oppose this to the Pres
idsnt.
THE MEXICAN MISSION.
Hon. Thomas III. Nelson, Minister to Mexico,
has received orders to embark by May 9th for
his past.
GEN. LEE Q INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT.
The TribuHe's Washington special says the
conference between the President and Gen.
Lee at the White House Saturday was longer
than reported, lasting nearly an hour. While
the interview was polite ard courteous in
character, there was manifested on the part of
each certain reserve and the utmost dignity
preserved. No reference was made to their
relative positions during the war, but after an
tion turned on the condition of the South and
the present aspects in Virginia. Gen. Lee
made several suggestions at the request of the
President respecting the submission of the
new Constitution to the vote of the people,
and thought it important that they should
nave right to separate vote on the disfran-
chising clause, and that there should be sep
arate votes On the clause affecting local inter-
ests, when railroads and other internal i'm
provements are to be made.
Gen. Lee favors the 18th amendment and ap-
proves the action Of the recent Conservative
Convention at Richmond. He does not be-
lieve the enfranchisement of negroes will work
such prodigious harm as has been predicted.
He holds that it is of the first Importance that
not only Virginia but all the Southern States
should be in practical accord with the Federal
Government and have full representation in
both houses of Congress, and when that is ef-
fected all collateral and minor questions will
adjust themselves satisfactorily.