The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-18
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
The Adjournment not Possible by the 23d-The
Passage fthe Trecdmen's Bill over tho Veto
The Cabinet Reconstruction - Harlan and
stanton Heaitatins The ReaSseau-Grinneii
Case-Dog. Days, Etc.
WASHINGTON, July II, 1866.

WASHINGTON, July IL, 1866.
II does not seem possible that Congress,
with the amount Of unsettled work on us
hands, can get ready to adjourn on TINS DAY
week in accordance with the suggestions
of the Radical caucus. The wish among
a majority of the members to get ava!
from the oycrpowcring heat OF this cty Is
In all probability father to the thought that
they can he in readiness TO adjourn oy that
time and taking into consideration the
oraor, desire of the Senators and Repre-
..n,,,;xc> TO leave the dusty capital, it is
MR.. than unfricndly on the part OF GER
tain generals and civilians Of radical stripe
who arc privileged TO enjoy to their hearts
contcn, the gentle zephyrs Of the Northern
country, while their Legislators are sweat
ing here, to insist upon Congress prolong-
ing its session indefinitely for the sake of
bolhcrng the Executive, which is scheme
which the majority Of the members have
concluded is not likely TO produce good
results. The true state of the case is that
there will be trial Of getting in readiness
to adjourn by Monday, and failure in that
respect. About the lst Of August will
usher in the recess.
The unanimity and promptness with
which both Houses passed the Frcedmen's
Bureau bill over the Presidents veto was
not an unexpected occurrence, as the
strength was well known TO exist for such
a purpose, and the disposition to so meet
the objections Of the Executive has been
frequently expressed. The President is rs
equally tenacious in holding on to the prin-
ciples of which he intends to guide his Ad-
miuistration. The points Of this last veto
message arc substantially the same as those
which characterized his first, which was on
the same subject, while the main feature
in oil bis objections to Congressional enact
ments has been the absence OF the repre-
sentativcs from the States most interested
in the matters under consideration. Con-
gress has the power at present to pass any
law it may please; and members OF both
branches unhesitatingly avow their pur-
pose 10 fight now until the bitter end;
and in this agreeable determination they
are To be met more than half way by the
President himself, who will not yield sim
gle io,a of his cherished sentiments.
The Cabinet reconstruction continues in
statu quo. Dcnnison and Spccd-who did
not tender his resignation until O'Clock
to-day-arc the only two members who are
now out. Speculation is rife as to the in
tentions of the Secretary of the Interior,
owing 10 the fact of his not having
yet retired from the Cabinet, when it had
been positively asserted by Radical friends
that he would leave before the end Of last
week. hear to-day from source con-
slider entirely reliable that Mr.. Harlan will
not resign, and il is also asserted that the
President will not remove him. OF this
latter assertion, however, there may be
very grave doubts expressed. The Sccre-
tary will in all probability hear from the
Executive when he replies to the Doolittlc
circular. Another serenade would not
perhaps he out OF place in his case and
that of Mr.. Stanton. The resignation Of
the Secretary of War need not be looked
for until there is chance Of providing
himself with another official position. He
knows his appropriately and the Radicals
know il, and when once out Of office he
will he dropped by those who now admire
his administrative ability in less time than
it takes for the execution of some of the
Secretary's stringent military orders of the
days of strife.
The result of the discussion over the re-
port Of the committee in the Rousseau
Grinncl difficulty will result in no more
than the rcprimand of Mr.. Rousseau, and
it is not probable when such is the case
that that gentleman will be in the House
again during the present session.
To-day has been by I'LL odds the hottest
Of the season, though the last four have
been intensely warm. 1t is impossible that
much activity in official circles either at
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these most formidable "dog days"
TruaN