The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-21
oslnp rround and be WAS decidedIY Of the

losing ground anu he was uectdedlY OF III
OplniOn that no good would rcsulLfFOm
I recognition Of beiligcrency. In the SenatI
J. Foreign Committee, Mr.. Cameron Is th
only member who shows any serious dis
position to push things for the Cubans
and It Is by no means certain tint hl
would vote for belligcrent rights. ThI
House Committee Is nearer recognition
LhRp the one on tho other side, but Is no
likely TO do more thll report Tor stric
FneutraTty between the Cubans and Span
iarls.
ANOTHER YERGER CAsE.-AnOthel
case involving issues Of law, and In fact
like those in the Yerger case, y coming
before the Supreme Court. George r
Kennedy, q citizen Of Texas, was arrested
and tried by h military commission Gol
murder, and is,now held in military Gus
t0dy. Tho United States Judges In Tex
us refused his application for writ d
hdbcGJ corpus, and r. n. C0rwinc, OF Gin
cinnati, Inns made application to Chiei
Justice Chnse and his associates for such
u writ, and the argument Is TO be heard
next week, Friday. 4, Nh ~ / (
SOCIETY," IN lRAsnNGTON,-Col. john
W. Forney gave, Thursday night, n gen
tlcmen's party, andhis spacious, cOmfOrta.
BILE mansion on Capitol Hill was crowded
for hours with mon Of note In politics,
business, and society. It was q deserved
but most handsome compliment to Col.
Foney personally, and q graceful ono to
the Fourth Estate incidentally, that the
President honored the affair with his
presence; thus setting aside the senseless
etiquette tliat would prevent the occupant
Of the Presidential chair from taking any
part in the social life Of Washington, ont.
side Of the White Housc.-;StGr. % ,..,,5 a5,..
APPRopRIATroNs.-!The bills before the
Senate and House calling for the appro.
priatiOns Of money for internal improve
mcnts arO more numerous and askttOr
larger sums than have been offered In
some years. Tho amount asked for by
the State of New York alone amounts u
millions Of dollars; and the Western
country clanors for large appropriations
Tho Southern States, too, put in large de
mands. But New England appears "a, "
unusually modest tho bills from that sec
tio1arG very few, and the amount gene
rally small. oruf sGnt Gl'l
FEMALE CLERK&-A very spirited do
bate occurred in the House Friday, during
the consideration Of the Appropriation bill
and the items relating to female clerks
The debate came up on an amendment 70
make their pay equal 10 that Of the male
clerks. wLenIttIe same Work was perform.
cd. TheIdebate was participated In by
NIessrs. Kelley, Dawes, Benton, Of Now
Hampshire, job Stevenson, Hear, Of Mas,
sachusetts; and Rogers Of Arkansas. The
debate was very exciting, 0ntt at times
very IauglablG Kelley testified That his
mother was o woman, and that le lad d
daughter Z Benton, also, that there are
many things women can do better than
men. HOar attacked the men, and Rogers
the women! Hoar held that men were the
most inefficient clerks, and that The
women were faithful and deserving. Rog'
ers said lie was opposed TO them, unl tllat
they Ind q bad name. Job Stevenson
said Rogers was not born Of women,
which Rogurs did not deny. OF. course
no progress was made OH the bill, md U
will DO continued tO.morrow-rol iGiai
THg SALE OF CunA.lThe question, ol
the sale Of Cuba 10 the United States il
again slightly agitated. Thursday an UNI
Official letter was received In Washington
from Madrid, dated january l, giving In
formation, which it claimed 10 have rIll
the very hest Of authority, that the Span
ish officials orc willing 10 enter into Heg6'
tiAtiOns for the sale Of Cubn TO The United
States for 800 100000 in gold, free from
all claims for indemnify Of whatever char
actcr, but stating that tic public scnti-
mcnt in Spain is sOstrOng against this TINT
Il would 9je uhsd[c for the Regency tp en-
ter upon any such negotiation. III contlr.
nation of this statement II Is understood
that similar information is In possession d
member Of the Senate Committed on
Foreign Relations.
h TINS FUNDING BLLL-ThG,r reported be-
lief Of the Executive and members Of the
Ways and 4TcaHs Committee that no fund.
Ing bill canIIJe put In successful operation
during the present year snotpafticinatetl
in either hy Secretary Boutwell, or mem
bets o. The Senate, Finance Committee,
and tllcinfercnce drawn from certain tcl.
egrams TINT tile Funding Bin has been Or
Will be postponed for q year Ii wholly In
correct II willbG tho very next measure
pressed for the consideration Of the Senate.
Tho Secretary still adhereS 70 his views III
iInling the public debt as expressed In
his annual report, and he hopes that hc
1tlly, be given tho authority substantially
provided Tor in the Senate 6ill.l Members
Of both houses have expressed their will
iiigiiess to vote for a bill DC ,tliis character,
lgiSlng tliG Secretary discretionary power
TO enforce It's provisions, asTyls the case IN
the Legislation some timc since passed un-
dor the administration Of Secretary Nc
Cullocll.s ~ i i 1L q'e,a7. si,,l9l ,..,i 4.
TGE signing Or tllo Mississippi bill viii
be DELAYED some dAvs, nj tho request nf