New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-27

Office MS q secondclass clerk The Hon. f. B. Taylor.
President of the Nebraska State Senate aud special
agent of the State to from the United States
Government large sum of money due TO Nebraska,
left here for Omaha last evening, having fully &C
cOmpshed the object of his mission by securing the
payment of the amount claimed by the State.
The Supreme Court of the United States has rem
deTed the following decision III the case OF Ellen
Kelly agt: Edward Owens, on appeal from tue ou-
preme Court of the District of Columbia, 70 VII
That any alien white woman married TO cltzen %
the United States is a citizen unuef , he
act of 10th, February. 1855, which Is IN ,r Inc
might lawfully be naturalized under existing
laws married. or who shall be married to clzeh Oh
the United States, shall be deemed ana Ikeh ~
citizen of the United States There has hllneIto
been great diversity of opinion as TO the cohsluU
ton of the above act by the lawyers OF the counuy
but the above decision settles inc hia''er OoSonN
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued an order
directing that hereafter all property belonging 10
Department offered for sale shall be sold by pupllc
auction or under sealed proposals heretofore u mas
been the custom to dispose of old furniture, carpets
| ETC.. at private sale. to chance purchasers
TIE ABBOTT-SPRAGUE DIFFICULTY
WASHINGTON April 26.-This morning Senators
Sumner and sherman called upon Senator sprague' In
order TO suggest basis Of settlement OF the dHcuy OK
isng between himself and Senator Abbott In the course
OF their conversation Senator Poole Joined the Senators
above named and produced letter from Senator ADOo
TO Senator sprague, Of which the foowingis acopy;
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 20.
To me Hon. Nm. Sprd0ue.
Senate, you uttered the following language;
Mr. PRE,lOEST: IL answer to the trade OF s SsI'.O t %
travels from th. center here into the IU ,e oa S,GHSs s
brought ne mbOu's old looking large m.,ta and
T0'E Son POP Bsh SSs BIZ my bess and ft!sned
s.: %s senate 8: S s SS. & S I %cS bs pS;
by the ma,s and embroidered to s.st from e h.Ssr
grown followed viii beth lSppsd aud S tail between BIS legs
to be applied TO me. am not aware that gave any
insulting in reply therefore deem proper Ia ask that
you state distinctly whether you intended 10 apply any
Of the above offensive language TO myself; am, OIL
very respectfully JOSEPH u Abbott
In reply to this communication OF Senator Abbott Sen
ator sprsguo wrote reply, which was placed In the
bands of Senator Sumner who together with Senators
Sherman Poole proceeded to the residence of sena
tor Abbott with authority deliver the letter upon Alb
bolts acceding 10 certain conditions in the nature of
withdrawal Of certain language applied to Senator
Sprague and involving reply from Senator Abbott 10
the letter Of Senator sprague which reply was to be sat
isfactory Senators Sumner and Sherman The follow
ing reply by Senator Sumner and accepted
y WASHINGTON. D. c., April &c, 1869.
To the Hon. Jos. G. ABBOTT.
Dir: have hesitation in at once replying to your
this morning received that the Paragraph OF
my speech referred TO was written and IN manuscript
time before 1t was delivered In the senae and be-
you participated in the debate and therefore was
not intended TO apply 20 you
Your obedient servant, W. sPRAGUE.
The following letter. response to the above, closed
the correspondence In satisfactory to all con-
cerned:
WASHINGTON, D. c., April &c, 1862
To the Hon. WIN. sPRAGUE
SIR: have pleasure in acknowledging your letter OF
this date, which shows that had rulscOneeved your
language Ny ausion TO you afterward In the Sen
founded this mseOnceptiOn, aud ask you TO
consider it as unsad. AIN, Sir, very respectfully,
JOS. &. ABBOTT.
tmay be stated that Friday Saturday Senator
Anthony called upOD Senator Abbott and begged him to
desist from committing violence upon Mr.. Sprague.