The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-30
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49,. strong indications that Congress
luz ". assemble on the eth OF January (for,
w'h.;s.lly. the recess willslast till then, In
pr..ar frame Of mind AZ regards the admission
of the southern mempsI 1 Incre - an open
re h.,;U policy Of Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens.
exel" u,sments, sufficient to defeat that policy
Inc ne, I'll" House, already exist there. All that IL
u. .sa,nted is leader Tor the Moderate ana con.
ser va, that position, 1t will be cheerfnlly CON.
assam .aa 10 him. But he must hrst come out
ee' ,n, and strongly in defence Of the Presi- |
aSns policy: II he VIII not 40 30, some other
ia ns Of congress have only gone home to |
psa and the Christmas holidays. They will
sl 81 ~. here again by the middle Of Janua- !
~! ~, had an interview with the President, and
,''! xax, them such encouragement as leads
h nv, 20 believe that they will all be admitted
,n. the close of this session. and some of
Virginia, at y very early period: Soon after
no oth of January An attempt will be made to
s.r the credentials of these members to tho
ramnittee on Elections. If this attempt IL
o,f,ee will report favoraby to their admission,
Hnd The action of the House will be sure to sus-
All. ain the committee. The late message OF the
prrssideut and the report Of General Grant, by
,snrh to bring about this result All of the
n,n,erat e and conservative Republicans now
cav that the question bears different aspect
han il did before that message was sent in.
Mr. Stevens, overlook and set at nought state
veneer of such gravity, emanatinS from the
executive branch Of the Government. Before
his message there might have been q question
as 10 the status of these States; but there can
hr none now. Such was the tone of many of
the Republicans before they left for their
bones, and there can be no doubt that they
viii come back in the same frame of mind.
WHITE HOUSE.
There was not large attendance of visitors
.. The White House tOday, and none OF these
wore granted an interview with the President
until afternoon, his time being occupied with
secretary McCulloch, Secretary Stanton, and
General Grant, who came in about IL O'CLOCK
SOME OF THE PRESIDENTS LETTERS.
To-day the President received among his
,s.,ers \ number from insane persons. One
,a,fer is from An individual in New York, who
writes TO the President every week on political
TOPICS filling four pages OF foolscap, ana sign
ing himself :. Emperor of the World. - Another
Individual at Fall River, Mass, writes every
dav concerning his imaginary possessions,
amounting to many millions, and importunes
the President not TO allow certain parties to
share in the distribution of the property.
l,dy writes that she has had Il spiritual vista
lion by her son, who died in Salisbury prison,
and asks the President to send her some mo-
ney. These are but specimens Of dozens OF let
tiers received every week, and which, after
perusal. help to fill the waste basket OF the
Executive once.
Mr.. Stewards FRENCH DIPLOMACY.
While legislation lulls, diplomacy is busy. II
is probable that Secretary Seward, through his
written DISPATCHES to Mr.. BigelOW, and his
lire dispatch in the person of General SchOf1eld,
has by this time come to = final understand
ing with Louis Napoleon III regard to Mexi-
can matters The pride and prestige OF the
French Emperor are to be saved by simply
giving him an opportunity to withdraw his
support from Maximilian, without menace
from the United States, and with the under
standing that the United States Government
will leave Mexico to the Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
THE GILLIAN QUESTION.
The remonstrances which the United States
Government have, in common with othel
powers made against the unJnstlnaDle ag
erosion of Spain upon Peru and Chill, seen
to have had no effect. NO one would be sur
prised if the Spanish Gillian question shoulC
soon take the place in the public mind OF TIT
Franco Mexican question.
THE BEST WAY TO RULE JAMAICA MAY BE THE BEs
FOR RULING THE SOUTH.
The commissioner appointed by Earl Rus
sell to visit Jamaica, and there personally In
yestgate the circumstances attending the lat
instruction of the blacks, and the conduct q
Governor Eyre OH the occasion, cannot tail I
elicit some facts in regard to the subject
which will be exceedingly interesting to TIM
country. The policy which shall be hes
suited for the government OF Jamaica Is
question Stringent regulations enforcing su
bordination have heretofore been adopted, bu
now it seems that large class OF people
England are in favor of mllder system
whereby the interests, If not the lives, OF u
Il latf naa 9ryeroO.
NEGRO sUFFRAGEI IN THE DISTRICT.
The negro suffrage question still agitates tn
District-the people being on one side, an
some of the Government office holders on tn
other The vote taken i'll Georgetown yestel
day on the subject indicates the same unan
nous opposition to negro suffrage there {
was shown to exist in this city by the vo
poled here last week.
THE LABORs OF THE PRESIDENT.
The President does not share the relaxatio
from toll from official duties during the exis
ing holidays. Awaiting himself Of the treedo
from calls, he is during the day dlllgent
engaged in prosecuting much importal
business. which the heavy pressure
the past month compelled him to lay asld
\ On the re-assembling of Congress, he will
4 prepared to furnish responses upon sever
points of interest called for by resolution. y
opportunity is omitted to impress upon u
vernment the necessity and propriety OF
Il trenching the expenditures of the Cover
ment to the smallest possible limit. Anoth
heavy reduction of the army force is about
be inaugurated, the Administration bell
satisfied that restoration OF civil c0ntrol
most Of the Southern States will admit OF SUI
curtahfnent without any risk of the harm
NOUS restoration of full Federal authority.
l. REFURSIsHING THE WHITE HOUSE.
As soon as the confusion attendant upon II
New Years levee ut the White House shall
got through with, force of wOrkmen w
commence the thorough renovating and r
newal OF furniture authorized by the late
OF Congress appropriating thirty thousal
dollars for the same. The improvement
lmperatively called for all visitors to I
mansion are forcibly impressed with the
lapidated and rickety condition of the furl
ture in that portion of the building which
open to the public.
CLERKS IN AND OUT OF OFFICE.
Many Of the clerks in the Treasury Depal
ment who received notices Of dismissa! early
the month were allowed furlOughs from I
date of receiving the notices to the date wn
they take effect The number, though wen
toahundred, creates but q small vacuum IN
cannot be missed. A number OF the iem
clerks are notified that their services nre 70
dispensed with at the end of the month
diers Of the regular and volunteer ferv
have been detailed, by order OF General Ora
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