The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-27

WASHISGToS, Dec. 25.-The Presi-
dent yesterday, in conversation with a
friend. expressed his unabated conf
dence i'll the final triumph of his resto-
ration policy. He also took occasion
to condemn the project Rgltated in Con-
gress for the overthrow of the present
State gOvernmentSlSOuth, and declared
it would release those State govern
nents from the payment of their State
debts, and impose them upon the Uni
ted States.
The Secretary of State to-day intro
duced to the President, Monsieur Ber-
theny, the new French Minister, who
was accompanied by Marquis ONION
tholOu, the retiring Ambassador.
Mr.. Bertheny said-3Er. President:
have the honor to place in your hands
letters which nCcredit me as Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister plenipo-
Tertiary of His Majesty, the Emperor OF
France. In Contiding to me the mission
to represent him nenr you, my Sover-
eign specially charged me to make
known to you the value he attached to
the relations of friendliness which ex-
ist between France and the United
States, and to maintain these relations,
and to draw them more close, if posi-
BILE, III view of the developments OF in
tereStS common TO the two countries,
Such Will be the constant aim of nv
effort, and have firm hope to attain
~ H. dS L tlll III dONhuCe assured, Inc
Government and the people of the
United States share in those sentiments,
of which bring to this place the sin
cere expression.
The President replied: Mr.. Berthenv,
Sir-Grateful affection towards the
French nation is among the earliest,
the most profound, and the most en-
during sentiments of the people and
Government of the United States. We
| constantly try to believe that no inter-
ests of either country can ever regard
alienation or antagOniSm between them
while the intimate commercial inter-
course tends to bind them together. AS
you have justly observed, they have ut
the same time common aim in the adj
vancement of civilization and humnni-
ty throughout the world. In express
| ing these feelings l am only repeating
what has been uniformly said by the
United States since they became
FsOVereign. We have had much reason
to be pleased with the conduct of your
predecessor, Marquis De MonthOton.
Be assured Monsieur, that no consider
alton of courtesy will be withheld which
Will tend to make the performance OF
your duties agreeable and pleasant.
Hon. Mr.. Segar, Senator elect from
Virginia, has just returned from Rich
mond. He INSERTS that the Legislature
is prepared to adopt the Constitutional
assurance that this is the ultimatum,
| and that Senators and Representatives
will thereon be admitted without de-
lay.
Warrants for the pardous OF the fol-
lowing persons under the tenth and
thirteenth exceptions, were issued by
order of the President: w. d. Reed and
Booker Reed, of Kentucky; Richard S.
Wallace, nephew of the Mayor of
Washington; G. w. Arnold, of Louisi-
ana; p. NJ. Cox, of Arkansas; and
Abraham Hirsch, of Virginia. He also,
on the recommendation OF the Attorney
General, pardoned Michael O'Conner,
| who was convicted of robbing the mail
in the northern district of Ohio, and
sentenced to five years Imprisonment.
WAsHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The dispatch
which was copied from tho Herald, yes
terday, was undoubtedly false. 1t
states that Secretary Stewards dispatch
of the end ult. was never received by
the French Government. Such bare
faced falsehOOd is apparent, when it is
stated that the above dispatch was re-
Ceived, and that Secretary Seward re-
ceived an answer on the 18th of Decem-
Der from Napoleon assuring the United
States of the good faith of France, spe-
cifying the time when the French
troops will leave Mexico, expressing
satisfaction at the Campbell and Sher-
man mission, and proposing the coop
Grafton of Fronce and the United States
in establishing a Republican Govern
Inent in Mexico, the United States to
sustain such Government after its re-
establishment.
1t is rumored that John Minor Bolts
and Alex. Rives have prepared a bill
for the reorganization of Virginia upon
the North Carolina plan.