The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-27
FROM WASHINGTON

The President Confident Of the Final
Triumph Of his Restoration Policy
! -Prcsentation Of the New French
Virginia Ready TO Adopt
! the Constitutional Amendment rs nm
Ultimatum.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The President,
Yesterday, in conversation with friend,
expressed his undated confidence In
the final triumph of his restoration pol
lev. He also took occasion to condemn
the project agitated in Congress for the
overthrow of the present State doVern,
ments South, and declared that IT would
release those State Governments from
the payment of their State debts ana
impose them upon the United States.
The Secretary of State to-day intro
duced TO the President Monsieur Ber-
thepey. the new French Minister, who
was accompanied by Marquis de Mon
tholon, retiring ambassador. Mr.. Ber-
tbeney said: "Mr. President, / have
the honor to place in your hands letters
which accredit Inc as Envoy Extraord-
mary and Minister PlenipOteptiary of
his majesty the Emperor of the French.
In confiding to me the mission to repre-
sent him near you, my Sovereign special
| " charged me to make known to you
the yalle he attaches to the relations OF
| friendship which exist between France
and the United States, and to maintain
these relations, and to draw them more
close, if possible, in view of the devel-
opmcnt of interests common to the two
countries. Such will be the constant
aim of INV effort, and have firm hope
TO attain it, as ] am in advance assured
that the Government and people of the
United States share in those sentiments
of which | bring to this place the sin
cere expression.
The President replied: Mr.. Bertheney,
! Sir: Grateful affection toward the
French nation, is among the earliest,
the most profound and the most endear-
ING sentiments of the people and Gov
eminent of the United States. We con-
stantly try to believe that no interests
of either country can ever regard alien
alton or antagonism between them.
While their intimate commercial inter-
ests tend to bind them together as you
have Justly observed, they have at the
same time common aim i'll the adj
vancement of civilization and humanity
| throughout the world. In expressing
these feelings am only repeating what
has been uniformly said by the United
States since they became sovereign. We
have had much reason to be pleased
with the conduct of your predecessor,
Marquis de Montholon. BE assured,
Monsieur, that no consideration of cour-
tesy will be withheld which may tend
to make the performance of your duties
agreeable and pleasant here.
Mr.. Segar, Senator elect from Georgia,
inst returned from Richmond, asserts
that the Legislature is prepared to
adopt the constitutional amendment, If
Congress will give assurance that this
is the ultimatum, and that Senators and
Representatives. will thereon be ad-
mitted without delay.
Warrants for the pardon of the fol-
lowing persons under the tenth and
thirteenth exceptions, were issued by
order of the President: W. ID. Reed
and Booker Reed, of KY; Richard 5.
Wallach, nephew of the Mayor of
Washington G.. w. Arnold, of La; 7.
VI. Cox, of Ark. and Abraham Hirset,
of Va. lie also, on the recommendation
of the Attorney General, pardoned
Michael O'C0nner, who was convicted
of robbing the mail in the Northern
District OF Ohio, and sentenced to five
wears imprisonment.