The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-15
r. 10 II M o N D.
President Johnson and Secretary
Stanton to Visit the City.
a opand Military Council to be
Held There.
GOVERNOR PIERPOINTs POLICY,
!. &C., &c, &c.
Our Richmond Correspondence.
..t,.t. RIcssoSD, August 1S, 1895.


RIcssoSD,' August ls, 1895.
raE PRESIDENT TO VISIT mcanosD
The President Of the United States, accompanied by
Hon. Edwin N. Stanton, Secretary Of War, it is con-
ddently asserted viii Dvisit Richmond during the last
week In August The main object Of the visit will be to
attend q council Of the leading general ofncen Of
this and adjacent military depot in reference 10 the
condition Of affairs in this section affected BY the
policy OF President Johnson's administration The coun
Gil win be held in the, OF the JeG Davis
mansion, where the late President Lincoln met the
prominent Southernes during his stay here, and which
is at present the official Of MAJOR General Terry
commanding this department Among the distinguished
officers who WHY meet the President and Secretary on
this occasion will be Major General Terry Major General
Turner, Major General Curtis Major General scho-
field, Major General Howard of the Freedmen's
Bureau at Washington General J. b. Hawley,
Chief Of STAFF to the commanding General and
others. This interview originally down 10 be
held at Fortress Monroe but the confinement al that
post Of the State prisoner Jefferson Davis 10 alleged
renders the holding of great civil and military council
within Its walls mpracticabe and impotc There can
be but little doubt that anal upon grave issues Of
State policy with reference to the attitude Of this people
growing out OF the recent anomalous election held in this
city will be determined upon after the return Of the
pcctcd that effect Of this will be
erfaly placate the approaching Congress which assem-
would not prove very iractabe upon several ISSUES Of
national moment
special agent Of the Treasury Department NJ Waeb
iagon is now n town charsed with the rigid inyessiga
on OF The Affairs Of the special Treasury Agency In this
city, established soon after the surrender Of Lees
GOVERNORS FoloY. y.
The policy heretofore pursued by Governor Racrpoils
in essus the restoration Of h s TO undergo =,
satisfied that the intentions Of the leading men VI the
STAT expressed to him upon his accession 10 power
he row has sSepy reason 70 the
Of cir loyalty 90 prousely made TO him in the earlier
III shs be Would sd acong 70 the
OF his power in restoring them 70 the franchise, they
would see that none but consistent Union men were
elected oces The result has been otherwise 10 such
an extent as 70 impcratvey compel him TO change his
policy In which action be will have the cordial endorse
ment OF President johnson, who views the perndy OF
these chivalrc Souherners in the same light his EN-
celency.
large number Of negroes now being contracted
for the Freedmens Bureau In this city TO proceed to
Cayuga Wayne county, New York, for the purpose Of
telling large tract Of valuable timber in the marshes Of
tha, section. This is q direction for negro labor
ArrucA1IoSs ron PARDoNs.
ssc dsy 70 be- Forwarded 70 the general
ment through Attorney General speed
PERSONAL I'd tf f
Colonel Vim. L. James, the able and efficient Chief
Qaacrnaser Of the Departments Of Virginia, iscontp@d
70 his residence by Illness. ss4
G0nelA kOOcrt -. ice mas Dceh Snoereu. tne Tfes
depcy Washington College, situated at Lexington, in
this State Il ~ known tba, he has declined The positton
He eti continues In the country ....ls--l.
Hon. Martin y. Conway, formerly . member OF Con
gress from Kansas and present counsellor ~ law 10
this city, has takon up his permanent idence ~ the
slsshes short distance from Ashland, Richmond
and the birth place Of the immortal Henry Clay.
Colonel Augustus Sage, OF New York city, has been
appointed by Governor Perpoint commissioner for vr
GINA 10 reside in the metropolis Colonel Sage IL IN the
once Of Hillycr Kellogg Broadway
MAJOR General Chas Owens has left Fredeficksburg
Va. route for his new command In South Carolina.
RIOTS
are prevailing in Petersburg growing out OF contest
between the blacks and the poor whites as TO which shall
! have the monopoly Of cleaning the bricks
wAaHISGTok's WILL
The original will Of General George Washington was
delivered yesterday 70 he Clerk Of the County Cosrt at
! Fairfax by Colonel O. n. Lewis Secretary Of the Com.
monwealth Of Virginia. The writing s In the own hand
OF the ilvstrious "Father OF bis Country, p,6lR ana
ogibe and signed at the bottom OF each page showing
the precisencss and promptitude Of business which
always distinguished him. This will preserved from
the destruction attendant upon the evacuation OF the
city by the former Secretary OF State, Colonel Munford,
who secured IN the safe OF the capitol thereby
showing the veneration which he held the name Of
that great man The mention u which the heart OF
| every true American 10 swell with gratitude and love,
| hnilng him a. the deliverer of the country.
| The city grows aud more dull.