The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-21
WaslIngton News.


the Supreme Court cases Nos. z33
and 294, the Washington University
VS.. Rouse and the Home Of the
| Friendless, the same decision vas
rendered TO the effect that the fran
chises granted those institutions
under tae old Constitution of Mis.
souri, arc beyond the reach Of the
Legislature to repeai, or the people
to repudiate By a change in their
Constitution. The taxes levied on
those institutions under the new
/ Constitution are consequently pro-
nounced illegal By the dissenting
opinion of Justice Miller for Chief
Justice Field aud himself
| WASHINGTON, December 20.-The
President sent to the Senate TO day,
| the following nominations Edwin
I NJ. Stanton to be Associate Justice of
I the Supreme Court, vice Robert U.
/ Grier, resigned; Geo. w. Ward to be
| Sugeon IN rhe Navy Willis r. Bell,
! Surveyor OF Customs at Selma, Ala, !;
/ Jas. Shields, Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Third District Of
| West Virginia. Also, several Post
masters, Including Wm H. Needham
| at Oskaloosa, Iowa.
/ ton was read In executive session it
was confirmed, 46 against IL.
The Senate was in Executive Ses-
/ sion to-day for nearly four hours.
! After the confirmation Of Stanton,
it is understood it was occupied main
ly by prolonged discussion of the
Presidents refusal to comply with
/ the request of the Judiciary Commit
tee. that he transmit various papers
| relating TO the nomination Of Circuit
JUDGES. None of the latter have yet
been reported from the Committee
The President, &c day, transmitted
to the Senate voluminous documents
In reply to the resolution calling for
information with regard to Cuba.
There is but little that is new in the
correspondence submitted, which in
cludes Secretary Fish 5 protest against
the Captain Generals authorization
of the capture, on the high seas, of
vessels carrying men and arms and
munitions Of war in aid of the in
surgents, which was subsequently re-
voked.
The Secretary announced that our
Government will not depart from its
traditional policy of enforcing strict
"
the sympathy of our people was With
all efforts to free this continent from
transatlantic control. The Seere-
tary's protest, in the name of civiliza-
ton and humanity, against Valma-
zeda's barbarous proclamation; his
demands upon the Spanish Govern
ment for compensation to the fam
ily of Speakman, aud other citi-
zsns Of the United States executed
az Santiago; his demand for the
modification OF the Governor Gen
erals decree as to the search OF
vessels on the high seas; the Gen
erai order of the Captain General for
the conduct of the war with more
humanity, and communications from
Minister Sickles to the effect that the
Spanish ministry acknowledge The
service and legal manner in which the
Government of the United States had
fulfilled its international duties, and
announcing that the Spanish Liberals
who now control the Government
, desire to make at least ample pro
} vision for guaranteeing selt-goVern
! ment to Cuba.
: Minister Sickles also communicates
on the 10th of August a conversation
be had with Gen. Prim, in which the
latter said. with great emphasis and
earnestness: Let the United States be
assured of the good faith and the good
J disposition of Spain. Formidable a
, the insurrection may become, it ha:
not yet reached the proportions 81
any of those conflicts in which gov.
, ernments have found themselves con
strained to treat during hostilitios
The Cuban insurgents hold no city ol
fortress; they have no port, no ships
they have no army; they do not pro
/ pose to offer or accept battle, and now
before the period arrives for active on
) eraticns, whenSpain willsend the ampl,
reinfereements she holds in 1s.4diness
It is only necessary fer the Cubans t
accept tho assurance of the Unites