The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-04-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
OF the Jeffersonian.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,l
April 3, 1869. {

April 8, 1869.
The House Committee on Naval
Affsirs has reconsidered its determi.
nation to postpone all further bust.
ness until December, and at the
meeting Tuesday morning, Messrs.
Archer and Stevens were appointed
sub committee to examine and
report upon Secretary Borie's letter
recommending the repeal of the
eight-hour law.
Attorney General Evarts decided
that q reduction of hours in Govern.
ment labor did not carry with it Q
reduction of wages. His successor,
Attorney General Hoar, now decides
that it does. Gen. Banks, the author
of the law. being appealed to by a
committee o: workmen from the
Washington Navy Yard, stated that
reduced pay was not contemplated
in reducing the hours. The Com.
mittee is expected to report on this
matter this session.
GRANTS SPEEDY JUSTICE.
Exactly as anticipated would be
the case, by my Virginia informants,
Gen. Stoneman has been removed
from the command Of the First Mill
tary District, and Governor Wells
falls back into his place of Governor,
from which Stoneman had removed
him. The Generals abuse of his
power in removing Governor Wells,
eeems to have been the immediate
occasion of his own speedily follow
ing removal; yet it is pretty clear
that his conduct prior to that could
not have been over satisfactory to
the President. B-evet Brigadier
General Granger, Lieut.. Colonel of
the 10th Infantry has been ordered to
take Gen Stoneman's place; but as
Colonel Granger's Regiment has
been ordered to Mississippi tor duty,
it Is probable that this appointment
is but temporary. Stoneman, who
is General by brevet only, has been
ordered to join the 2lst Regiment,
of which he is Colonel, bound for
California.
MANIFEST DESTINY.
AS slavery was abolished in this
by undersigned and unfore-
seen means, humanity speaking; so,
while all the designs of former pro.
slavery politicians and fillibusters
have come to naught, Cuba is still
destined by unanticipated means to
become a possession of the Great
Republic. Who dreamed
Of Cuba falling into our arms by rea-
son of revolution in Spain and the
expulsion of her monarch, and the
.hus suggested severance from her
Of her most valued possession Yet
his Is unveiling itself of the distant
blue as near incident in the great
,ver-ruled march of events. / am
ed to this reflection just this minute
BY recurrence to the action of the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Thursday, in agreeing to report
'esolution of sympathy with the peo-
,le of Cuba now striving for it's in.
dependence, and pledgins to the
resident the constitutional support
If Congress whenever he may deem
expedient to recognize its indie.
and by a petition, pre-
ented at the same time in the SEN.
tie by Senator Sumner, from Jose
v. Casanova, acitizen Of the United
tates, asking protection for himself
nd his brother, also an American
itizen, against the persecution ofl
he Cuban authorities. The Cassn.
vas have liberated their slaves and
re the proprietors Of q Republican
ewspaper; hence the hostility to.
ard them of the authorities. II
DIscoURAGING TO APPLICANTS. 9
The Secretaries of several Depart.
ents are aiming to reduce their
'rces considerably. They think
any more have crowded in than
e needed, and more than they have
preparations tor, and they want to
It down to . minimum workingl
rec before beginning to think oil
aking vacations for applicants.
/ am sorry to have occasion 10 savf
At Secretary Rawlins is in veryl
or health. JE.