New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-15
THE UTE INDIANS THREATEN WAR
TERRIBLE TORNADO TWO MILES WIDE
WASHINGTON.


Gates Of Chastity for Chinese Women
Water Gauges ON the Mlssissippi-
Consulate AZ Port Sald-Misslssippi
River and Lake Debate In
the House ON Cuba-Banks Introduces
a Strict Neutrality Resolution.
WASHINGTON, June 14.-Internal revenue
receipts to-day S500,000.
Secretary Boutwell, will return on Friday
Red Cloud and his companions departed
to-day without being conciliated.
The naturalization bill, which passed the
House, leaves naturalization with the State
courts, but empowers the Federal courts to
punish fraud. The time of residence requi-
site to naturalization is unchanged.
Senators Anthony, Of Rhode Island, and
Cragin, of New Hampshire, were reelected
to-day by their respective legislatures.
Senate-A resolution of the California
Legislature was presented, asking the
passage of law requiring Chinese females
to bring with them consular certificates OF
chastity.
On motion of Mr.. Casserly the President
has been requested to inform the Senate
whether during the progress of hostilitles
| in Cuba, any American citizen has been ex.
ecuted without due process of law. and any
American vessel unlawfully seized, or the
property Of any American coniscated, or
| laid under embargo and what steps, If any.
have been taken by our government for re.
dress.
The bill authorizing the building of
bridge at Little Rock, passed.
4 Joint resolution authorizing water gauges
to be established and observations to be made
upon the Mississippi river and its principal
tributaries, with the view of obtaining in
formation required for the protection of
alluvial lands against overflow, and for the
improvement of navigation, passed. The
bill goes to the President for his approval.
An amendment establishing consulate
at Port Said, was adopted. The Suez Canal
requires consulate there.
The bill for the improvement of water
communication between the Mississippi
river and Lake Michigan passed.
The Committee on Public Lands reported
bill without an amendment granting lands
to Alabama for q road from the Tenpessee
river to Gadsden.
House-This body has been engaged all
it Tonight. Mr.. Banks several times
reflected severely on the Presidents
message, eiciting applause from the
galleries. and laughter from the Democratic
side of the House. The debate has taken
wide range, but has developed no new fea-
lures.
Banks, the chairman of the Committe on
Foreign Affairs, reported a joint resolution
directing the President to maintain strict
neutrality between the people Of Cuba and
the government of Spain, and directs the
President to demonstrate against the man
ner in which the war in Cuba is waged.
Mr.. Orth, of Indiana, from the minority
committee, reported joint resolution
making it misdemeanor to fit out ships of
war to be used by European power in
making war upon American colonies.
Mr.. Logan, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment to the resolution Of Mr.. Banks, giving
to both parties the same advantages of in
tercourse and trade as is consistent with the
international law.
Commissioner Delano is preparing new
regulations for Installations from fruit. The
amount of bond will be reduced, and other
relief afforded.
WASHINGTON, June 14-Mr. Banks speech
to-day was general plea for Cuba, and
mostly made up of well-known facts.
The debate tonight was quite bitter. the
Masonic fraternity coming in for their share
of praise and abuse. Mr.. Wilkerson, an
other member Of the Committee on For.
eign Affairs, said he would not have joined
in the debase were it not for the mes.
sage which the President had seen tit to
send Congress. He regretted that message
very much because he was friend to the
President, and intended to sustain his ad-
ministration so long as he was true to the
party that elected him. 1t was exceedingly
embarrassing to members for the President
-
a report made by a committee.
He, himself, did not propose either to be
Inundated or driven out of the party Ill
that way. He then went on to argue in
favor of the report of the committee, taking
ground that the Island of Cuba should be-
long to the United States, and that govern
ment should stretch forth its arm and seize
all those West Indian Islands, and control
their commerce.
He referred to the letter of October 13,
1869, from Secretary Fish to the Spanish
Minister, as complete answer to the Presi-
dents message declaring that there was no
war in Cuba. Secretary Fish had said in
that letter. "The civil war in Cuba has con-
tinued for a year; battle after battle has
been fought; thousands of lives have
been sacrifced;" and now came the
President and said, There is no war and
you are very great fools to believe one word
of what Fish wrote to the Spanish Minister.
Had there been any change of facts in Cuba
to warrant this change of views on the part
of the administration Not at all; the mur-
ders still went on there. There were as
many marshalled to-day under the Cuban
flag as had followed General Scott to the
halls of the Montezumas.
He secuted the idea of the government De.
ing restrained in its action through rear Oh
war; rather, said he, have war with SPAN q
hundred times over. Yes, with Spain ana
france combined than thaI tnls SoVernuens
should abate one jot of the title OF Its al
hesion to Repu blican liberty.
He argued the commercial policy OF 90.
tanning the control Of the West Indies and
Mexico, and mentioned the fact of General
Rosecrans saying to him the other day that
the United States ought to control the COM
merce of Mexico, and that when he was
Minister to Mexico he had eaten Westphalia
hams at one dollar per pound when hams
from Cincinnati and st. Louis ought to have
been procurable there at'twenty-ive cents
per pound, and yet the government would
not aid General Rosecrans to go down there
and seize hold OF the commerce OF Mexico,
in legitimate way, and hold it.
Referring to the Presidents allusion to
Cuban bonds, he remarked that that was
contradiction to the rest of the message.
If there was no government i'm Cuba,
what could these bonds be but
myth? Who could be bribed by them? But
it naturally raised the question whather
there WIS not sxn influence Of some KIND
used on the other aide Of the question. He
should like to know whether the suo, com,
mitteo that was inquiTiD8 into the use Ok
Cub6H boadas had made any inquiry into.
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