Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-03-09
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

WAsnINGJoS. February 26.-Another week of
the session begins, but with as little prospect
Of the dispatch of business as heretofore
Were this the short session. it. wouli be within
a week Of it's termination. and. ~ Yet, the
wheels'of legislation are clogged by the efforts
of Congress to defeat the Presidents plan of
reconstruetion. The war between the Presi-
dent and Congress has begun in earnest, but
the Republican majority could not, at the eau.
Gus on Friday night. agree upon any plan of
hostilitiee. They took meaaures however, to
save their elections.
Some members nov say that it il useless to
pnss bills for the President to veto. and that, as
| their own measures cannet he enacted, they
care for no other. Others propuse q eontinu.
GUS session till the expiration Of seth Congress
to prevent the President from appointing his
friends to Office during the recess of the Sen
ate.
To withhold the appropriation bills is anoth-
er mode of annoying the Executive, but tho
substantial interests Of the country would re-
volt at that, and few members who resorted to
il could be elected. There remains one mode,
and only one-whereby. if the Republican
majority can recover and keep the two thirds
power of the Senate, the President can be put
down-to wit, impeachment The first thing
to be done towards this is to obtain two-thirds
majority of the Senate. Several modes have
| been suggested-ons 10 to creaie new States in
| sufficient number for the purpose
1t was reusserted to day in the Senate that
the Cabinet of Presidept johnson 10 o unit up
on all the measures of the President since his
| accession. This includes the veto. Mr. Sew
| ard indorses every word of"the President's late
| speech. and We have heard. as yet, no remon.
strapce against it from others Of the Cabinet.
It is believed that the Cabinet will adhere to
Mr.. johnson, though Mr.. johnson may not ad.
here to them. ..s.
| A Washington dispatch, dated February
22d. says: General Howard yesterday had an
interview with the President regarding the
derived from reliable source. and is believed
to be correct: General Howard said he con.
strued the Presidents veto message to mean
| that he considered the war ended, and that he,
the President, contemplated an early cessation
of the operations Of the Bureau. General
Howard further saidthat he was desirous Of
the Presidents official Interpretation of this
stance that he did regard the war as ended.
and would shortly issue proclamation to that
effect; and that his Interpretation of the act OF
Congress establishing the Bureau would au.
thorize the continuance of the Bureau for one
year from the date of such proclamation. In
addition to this. it is currently reported that
the President indicated to Senator Lane, OF
Kansas. bis willingness to approve = bill ex-
tending the operations and powers of the pres.
ent Bureau for two years. Senator Lane has
given notice of the introduction of such .
| bill" ~
CHANGES IN TEE CABIHEr-We generally
distrust rumors of changes in the Cabinet, and
give little heed TO them. But we hear now,
from q source entitled to credit thst q change
70 impending; that Mr.. Stanton has written
his resigpstion, aud thss Mr.. Harlan will FOL.
low bis example. Whether these rssiRn stions
| will be accepted, we, of course do not know.
but that they have been offered, or are about "a
be. we have good reason for believipg.-Nsu
| York Tribune.
AFFAIRS IN New :OaLzAss.-A letter from
New Orleans says: 'The amount Of property
for sale. in this city 10 really wonderful Auc-
tionesrs and real estate brokers' have thsii
hands full, and one sees their snnouncsnnent
of sales on large number of lots stores, ware
houses and dwellings AZ a. general thine
property in the.oity commands good, pr,oe,
and finds ready sale was told that one auc.-
.tioneer here sold nearly million dollars worth
Of property last month. The most Of this il
l.bonght mp by Northern men," ;'#i
WAnHnafoN, March 2.-In the House, ths
Civil Rights Bill was discussed the entire day
Lend finally postponed till nsxti Thutsdsy. z q
Ths Senate passed The concurrent resolutior
relative 70 The sdnission 81 Representative
frosa the sosshsrn States by ,vots ef twenty
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