The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-08-21
From Richmond.
Correspondence ". Y. Herald.]
THE PRESInENr To VISIT RICHMOND

THE PRESIDENT TO VISIT RICHMOND.
RICuMoNr, August 13.-The President Of the
United States, accompanied by Hon. Edwin NJ.
Stanton, Secretary Of War; it is confidently assert
ed, will visit Richmond during the last week in
August. The main object Of the visit will be TO at-
tend council Of the leading general officers OF
this and IN adjacent military depot in reference to
the condition Of affairs In this section as affected
by the policy of President Johnsons administers
tion. The council will be held in the private par
lors Of the JEFF. Davis mansion, whero the late
President Lincoln met the prominent southerners
during his stay here, and which is ut preset the
official residence of Major-Gencra1 Terry, COM
mnntllnB this department..
:, Among the distinguished officers who will meet
Inc In Tresdent and Secretary on the occasion, will
SH Terry Major General Turne5
Major General Howard, of the Freedmen's Bureau
nj Washington; General j. B. Hawley, Chief of
ST. stan TO the Commanding General, and Others
Mt Fortress Monroe, but the confinement ut that
post OF the state prisoner, Jefferson Davis it is
military council within its walls impracticabe and
lmpolitic There con be little doubt that final &C.
tion upon great issues of State policy with refer
s hea IN s su e
VIII pc determined upon after the return of the
President and MIR. Stanton to Washington. It is
expected that one effect Of this movement will be
to materially placate the approaching Congress,
which assemblies in December, and which, were it
traCtabfe
npon- several issues of national moment.
''~ THE aovEREon's POLICY
The policy heretofore pursued by Governor Pier
point in efecting the restoration of Virginia is to
undergo an immediate and radical change. The
Governor is satisfied that the intentions of the
leading men of the State, expressed to him upon
his accession to power here, have not been carried
out in good faith, and that he has every reason
to distrust tho representations of their loyalty so
profusefy made to him in the earlier days Of his
occupancy; These men promised Governor Pier
Of his g aia fer e the
they would see that none but consistent Union mon
were elected to Offices The result has been other
wise to such an extent az to imperatiyely compel
him to change his policy, in Which action he will
have the cordial endorsement of President John
son, who views the perfdy of these chvalrc South
cFners In the same light as his Excelcncy
NEGRO LABOR FOR NEW YORK.
large number Of negroes are now being con-
trncted for ut the Freedmen's Bureau in this city
to proceed to Cayuga, Wayne county, New York,
for the Of fsng aarge tract of valuable
new direction for negro labor.
PERSONAL,
Col. VIM. L. James, the able and efficient Chief
Quartermaster Of the Department Of Virginia ia
confined to his residence by illness
General Robert r.. Lee has been rendered the
Presidency Of Washington College, situated at Lex
lngton in this State. It il known That he has de-
clned the position He still continues in the coun-
try. -, -.
Hon. Martin F. Conway, formerly a member of
Congress from Kansas, and at present a counsellor
atlaw in this city, has taken up his permanent resi-
dence at "the Slashes," short distance from Ash
fnnd, near Richmond, and the birthplace Of the i'm
mortal Henry Clay.
Colonel Augustus Sage, of New York city, has
been appointed by Governor Pierpont commission
or for Virsinia, TO roaido in tho r,atrnpnliu FOL
Sage is in the Office Of Hillyer & Kellogg, Broad
way. ~ f.tB =. :tifs it, sStt .tI
&ajor-Gener Chas. Devens has loft Fredericks
lurg, w., en- route for his new command in South
Carolina.
- = = SERIOUS RIOTS e., -. =. 80 r
are prevailing in Petersburg, growing out of a
contest between the blacks and the poor whites as
to which shall have the monopoly Of cleaning the
bricks.
~ wAsHINGToNs WILL.
The original will Of General George Washington
was delivered yesterday to the Clerk of the County
Court at Fairfax by Colonel c. II. Lewis Secretary
OF the Commonwealth of Virginia. The writing is
IN the own handwriting Of tho illustrious Father
OF his Country" plain and legible, and signed Mt
the bottom OF each page. showing the preciseness
and prompttude of busineJs which always distin-
guished him. This will preserved from the
destruction attendant upon the evacuation of the
city by the former Secretary Of State, Colonel
Munford, who secured it in the iron safe of the
capitol, thereby showing the veneration i'll which
he held the name of the great man, the mention
OF which causes the heart OF every true American
to swell with gratitude and love, haing him as the
delverer Of the country
The city grows more and more dull
FEATs OF THE YANKEE BLoNDIN.--Harry Leslie,
the great American Funambulist- st-for his friends
scout the idea OF his being styled the american