The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-02-14
Washington News and Rumors.

About three hundred petitions for par.
don from North Carol,nians, forwarded
by Gov. Worth, are now ready to be-
acted upon, and will probably he granted
SOON.
General Butler, ahd Senator Lane, OF
Indiana, had interviews with the Presi-'
dent yesterday, before the meeting Of the
Cabinet AT the Csbiret meeting all the
members were present, including the
Secretary Of State.
Il 10 mistake to say that the Pres.!
dent has not expressed his intention in
regard to ve,oing the Negro Suffrage
bill. His intention to veto il in the event
of its passage by the Senate has been
plainly aud frankly expTtsstu or'two re-
cent occasions.
a person giving his name a. Roby,'
from East Cambridge, Massachusetts,, wa.
arrested yesterday in the gallery Of The
Senate Chamber, for indecorous behavior,
and threatening to shoot Senator Sumner.
lie amused himself for time by throw.
ing peanuts on the head Of the Senator
from the gallery, varying the occupation
with mu,tered curses and threats.
The President, in 4 communication to
the Senate, endorsed the opinion of the
Secretary OF War, that it is inconsistent
with the public interests to give an an.
swer to the resolution Of the l7lh Jap'y.
regarding the letters of General Sheridan
and other officers Of the Department Of
Texas, with regari to the present condi,
ton OF affairs on the Southern frontier,
and especially in relation to any violation
OF neutrality on the part Of the armies now
occupying the right bank of the Rio
! G.snde.
A Washington correspondent Of The
Baltimore Sun. @fiting under date of
January 3oIh, says the Freedmeu's Blu,
reau, or Lazz uoni bill. rs i, has been
called, is condemned by many Of tho
leading journals, though il passed the
Senate by vote Of four to ono. The
President, as | learn from n good soutce,
is also opposed to it. There is uo doubt
that it will pass the House. for i, creates
Officers, which will increase tue Govern
ment patronage TO an enormous sxteL.;
and it will curse the South with popu.
sa'ion OF i'le anal pauper ree'lm,sn. 1t
gathers blacks in communities, where
they are to he supported at public ex-
pense; but, what is m ire. il di.po.sessss
white owner, from plantations. and gives
them for three years to blacks. Many
! jrdcious men consider the bill ~ ons ,h.t
will tend to provoks n war Of races in tho
South.
Politicians frealv suggest, q, the rsa.
sons OF Ge"eral Grssfs proposed visi: to
Europa, the desire Of his frisn |, to have
him away from thi, political vortex dur.
ing tho agitation Of political issues with.
10 the neSt year or two.
Major Generals Meade and Thom,s
appeared upon tue 4 'or of tho House of
Representatives, on the 81. ~i,sir's recess
was taken. and ,ss Speaker in - few
complimentary remarks introduced th on,
to the body.
A motion TO almit Messrs. Dy-rs,
kefes aud Thompson, Arkansas members
TO the floor Of the uouse, brought out
the conservative strength to day. II was
proposed merely to extend the same cour.
te'y to Arkansas AS that already extent
ded TO Tennessee. ye, the radicals argued
that Arkansas was most tainted by re.
Lel,ion, and voted the motion down bv a
reduced majority.
The immediate wi,hdrs1i o. the
French troop, from Mexico may nov 10
REGARDED a. certain. Reports con6rma.
tory Of the above state that an ex,raord;.
nary commission has been seut to Mex i.
CO, to make the Necessary prepuat,ous
Tor the evacuation.
The President as transmitted to Con l..
Sress the report Of Gen. Sherman on the
condition Of affairs 10 the So uhesa State.
iio says he found e'sryw here in the Sou,h