Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-27
RRARsEAT WASHINGTON.
TnE ARLINGroN EsrArE.


THE ARLINGTON ESTATE.
-, near that further efforts on the Sort e
the friends of Mrs. General. Lee for tbo -
covery of the Arlington estate, now held IL
the Government as captured ana confsr,,cS
property. have been abandoned. there bs;nS.
no chance whatever that the efforts w,uId be
successful. 1t is not the inrentioa of tie
Government to sell the property.
THE suUTuEHN STATES.
1t is rumored that the joint Commits:
on Reconstruction have agreed upon n report
which resumes that the eleven seeded StateS
are out OF the Union, and are foreign States
1hey propose to admit TenSNeSSee into the
Union by legislative net, as Texas WINS ,J-
mittcd OF course E1l foreign Stntss ,bm,
admitted: instead Of bringing dowry hrin,,
debt, which the Federal Government e
bOnud to pay.
GENERAL GRANTS OPINION.
Gcperal Grants position upon the adm;..
sion of the Southern members, MS tSpressctI
in u late conversation, is, that those Who are
loyal AID who are elected hy lyyal constituI
cuts, aud can take test oath, Should be re-
ceived. This, he said, would admit six, and
possibly sevCh in all. On being told that
there were eight from Tennessee, ut once he
replied that some from that State should not
be received. He heartily approves OF the
treedmens Bureau bill, except tina, he
thinks that only army officers should be em-
ployed by the Bureau. in order to save OK.
Pensc. lie is in favor of trying the editors
of the Richmond ErumiMcr for treason. liz
is firm in his opposition to the Withdrawal OF
troops Washington Correspondence Ned
FORK Nc'cs, (semsdtionGL)
THE c&BINET
1t is now definitely a;Scertdinci that Afcsssffss,
Harlan, Stanton and Sf5eed opposed ,bs
Presidents veto HTcssagS ehiFe Mcssrs Nc.
Cuiloch, Wclfes and Seward have been in IA
vOr or it all nlohs, and Mr. Dennison gave in
his adhesion to the measure but few DAYS
since. No designations OF members of tho
Cabinet have been sent iii yet, nor is there
any Immediate probability Of any.
TiE zero MESSAGE
Rumor says that portion of the veto mes:
sage was prepared by Secretary Seward, and
Il part t.y MIR. McCu'locl, but the general
draft Of the message was the work Of the
President himself.
THE SENATE VOTE.
Senator johnson came over from Ral,i
more this afternoon in special train to vote
But Senators Wright and Foot were both
SICK aud unable TO attend. 1t was hoped un-
I'll the last moment that Messrs Morgan aud
Stewart would vote for the bill. But Mr.
Morgan especially disappointed all his old
friends. Mr.. Norton surprised no enc.
THE VIRGINIA TERRITCRIALIZERs.
The petition presented from citizens ~ Of
Virginia. praying for IL territorial form If
government Tor that State, are very well un-
dcrstUOd here. Some of the sigucrs Of these
documents are aspirnn;s for Office under the
h"Pcd-tUr territorial government Their as
piratsons are vain. The President will not
suffer his progress in the work Of restoration
to be lmPcded, even should Congress and rhJ
Reconstruction Committee evince a DISPOSE
ton to PalIer to the desires Of this bakers
dozen Of newly fcJged Virgiuiaus. e.
THE JAcoRISs PLOTTING MISCHIEF.
The Radicals arc turning heaven and earth
to ALLEVIATE johnson aud Grant.-Nctc York
Herald
sUpPREsst6H OF NEWSPAPERS.
WASHINGTON, Feb IS, 1S66.-The fol!
lowing circular letter to commanders Of mil
ltary departments has been issued by Cen
eral Grant:
HEAD QUARTERS ARMIES OF THE
UNITED STATES,
Washington, Feb. II, 1866.
You will please send to these hcadquartcrS
as soon AS practicable, and from time 10 time
hereafter, such copies Of newspapers published
in your department as contain sentiments Of
dislOydIty and hostility 10 the government in
any Of its branches, urd state WHETHER such
paper IS habitual in its utterances Of such
sentiments. The persistent publication Of
articles calculated to keep up a hostility of
feeling between the people Of different sec
tiohs of the country cannot be dictated
This Information is called for Nth view 90
their suppression, which will be done from
these headquarters only.
BY command of
Lieutenant General GRANT.