Senator Morgan's bill for recognizing the belligerency of Cuba has been
debated in the Senate.

No progress has been made with it, however.

Some of the Senators spoke very warmly in its favor, and reminded the
Senate of the time when we, too, were struggling for our liberty, and
needed and obtained the support of other countries.

Other Senators tried to get rid of the bill by sending it to the Committee
on Foreign Relations, which would mean a long delay before it could be
brought to a vote.

The chances are that nothing definite will be done for the present, and
that the Cubans will not receive any help from the United States.

The Navy Department has refused to send any more vessels to patrol the
seas for filibusters.

There are now three ships detailed for that duty, and more have been asked
for.

Mr. Long, the Secretary of the Navy, says that he thinks three are plenty,
that the rainy season is at hand, and very little fighting will be done in
Cuba after it once sets in.

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The death of the Duke d'Aumale has just been announced.