Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-03
LEE FOR HABANA.
HE WILL DE THERE IN A MONTH
AFTER PEACE COMES.
BIZ WILL BE- MILITARY GOVERNOR.
HIS Corps Will he with Him-This
Programme from the First-Why
Shouldn't the Texas Have been Sent
to Norfolk for Repnirss

wASHINGTON, d. c., August 2.-(spe'
cial.)-"If the pending peace negotiations
90 through" said prominent army ON
Ger, land think they will. General Fitz-
hugh Lee will be in Habsna within a
month. AS soon as the Spanish troops are
Withdrawn the island will have to be
occupied by our troops. and General Lees
corps VIII be thrown into Habana. and
he will be Military Governor Of that city
and province"
This will be carrying out the original
programme. 1t had always been intended
by the President and the War Depart
ment, as was stated in this correspond
ence months ago, that General Lees corps
was reserved for any operations that
might be rendered necessary in the
vicinity of Habana. owing to Lees tho
rough knowledge of the situation there
1t was further determined upon as a
fitting rebuke to the indignities put upon
Lee by both Weyler and Blanco that he
should be made the Military Governor OF
Habana.
1t is now confidently believed In official
circles that the peace terms offered by
the President will be accepted by Spain;
that further hostillties will cease. and
that Cuba. Porto Rico and Manila will
be occupied by United States troops in
less than two months. In this event, an
extra session Of Congress will be called
perhaps by the 1st, or at latest. by the
middle of September, to ratify treaty OF
peace. and to enact the necessary legisla-
ton for the government Of the surren-
dered possessions Those who are best
informed on the situation anticipate that
IL will require several years Of occupation
by our troops before the Island OF Cuba
and the city of Manila can be recon-
structed, and turned over to governments
elected by their own people. OF course,
Porto Rico will remain permanently in
the possession Of the United States.
r. D. BANKS COLLECTOR.
Among the appointments to-day was one
predicted by me several weeks ago-that
of Richard D. Banks. to be Collector Of
Customs for the ports Of Norfolk and
Portsmouth, to succeed George l.. Bowden.
who will resign upon the qualification OF
Mr.. Banks. This is said to be the only
personal appointment asked for by Bow
den. as the Republican national commit
teeman for the State. Banks is the par
ticular personal friend Of Bowden's. and
the latter only accepted the collectorshp
his man.
1t is now understood that an arrange
ment has been made by which Mr.. Bow.
den will be given much better position
and one that will not be subject 10
change by any incoming administration
What this will be is not clearly known,
but people who are on the inside or Vlr-
ginia Republican machine politics predict
that it will be place under the Depart
ment of Justice-perhaps circuit court
clerkship, when one of these shall become
vacant by the retirement Of an incumbent.
WHY NOT THE NORFOLK YARD?
The return of the Texas for repairs OF
the injuries she sustained in the engage
ment with Ceryeras fleet of Santiago
brings UP the question why she should
not have been sent TO the Norfolk navy
yard, where she was constructed, and
which is near to Richmond. where her
machinery was built Why should she
be again sent to the Brooklyn yard, where
there is evidently an antipathy towards
her. which will now be intensified because
of her grand fighting qualities and her
successful achievements in the greatest
of modern naval battles?
The channel at Norfolk is deep and wide
enough for the Texas, so that is no ex-
cuse. The people Of Norfolk, Portsmouth,
and Richmond would have given the
Texas a grand ovation in the Roads, ana
the naval workmen who constructed her
should be allowed to do the repairs.
CLARK-ALLAN.
The parlors of the Metropolitan were
yesterday the scene of very pretty
Virginia wedding, the contracting parties
being Mr.. r. S. Clark, of Alexandria,
and Miss Mary Belle Allan, Of Culpeper.
Mr.. CT. w. Hulfish, Of Alexandra. was
best man, and Miss Della Wiltshire. OF
Haymarket, maid of honor.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. George Summerville, of Haymarket,
in the presence of a number of friends
of the bride and groom, and large ma
jority of the guests and STAFF of the
hotel Among those from distance
were Mr.. James Burgess, Jr, Of Culpeper;
Raymond Hulfsh, United States army,
Camp Alger; G. A. Hulfsh and wife. of
Haymarket; G. w. Hulfsh, Alexandria,
and others.
The bridal party were heartily con-
graduated. They left this evening on a
tour North, and will reside in Alexan-
dria.
ARMY ORDERS.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Silas B.
Post, United States army. will proceed
from this city to Jacksonville. Fla, and
report in person 10 Major-General Fitz-
hugh Lee. United States Volunteers,
commanding the Seventh Army Corps,
for assignment TO duty.
Acting Assistant Surgeon ]. r. Shan
non, United States army, will proceed
from Fort Monroe, Va. 10 this city, and
report in person TO the surgeon general
of the army"
Among the officers of the pay depart
ment ordered TO Santiago de Cuba by
steamer Breakwater is Major George e.
Pickett, additional paymaster, United
States army.
PERSONAL
G. j. Burney j. C. Stevenson, Whining
ton, n. c.: n. c. Harrison, Richmond:
w. Z. Ancarrow, Acknowledgement
tan.
A. r. Courtney, Richmond; c. A.
Brown. ]. c. Winston, Danville-The
Raleigh.
]. b. Anderson. waynesboro': j. H.
Taylor, S. Dalton. Richmond; c. G. Tay-
lor, Virginia; w. W. Cooper, North Caro-
lina-National.
POSTAL.
Among the appointments OF fourth-class
pcstmasters to-day were the following:
Sarah /. Hooper vice Henry NJ Hooper
dead. at Big Ridge, Jackson county, N. c.;
Franklin G. Frazier vice Hiram c. Swain
resigned. at Gladesboro'. Randolph coun-
~, N. c.; Esther r. Bell, vice Mahalie
q Holmes resigned at My Samnsop