Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-02-17

fHE RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE. Il
lion. John NJ. Bolts. of Virginia, was before the
Reconstruction Committee of Congress to-day.
THE SUPPRESSION OF THE RICHMOND EXAMINER.
Dir. H.. r.. Pollard, of the suppressed Richmond
Examiner, is in town, and was at the White House
to-day to endeayor to get permission to resume Inc
publication of his paper.
FORTHCOMING CABINET CHANGE.
ON the fourth of March next, it is said, the Presi-
dent will announce three new member of his Cabi-
net, one, II not two of whom will be from across
the line. Meanwhile, those gentlemen who are TO
vacate are announcing in advance that the action
will be purely their own, and the cause, the refusal
Of the President to endorse the measures of the Radi-
cal party. So says the Washington correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Ledger.
~ THR FLOYD AcCErrAHCEs.
The case of Thomas. n. Pierce vs.. the United
States, pending in the Court Of Claims, and inyolv.
ing the validity of the acccptanres iSsucd by John
B.. Floyd, Secretary of War under buchanan. TO
Russell, Majors * WOodhall, and involving up.
walds of seventeen hundred thousand dollars, was
to-day decided adversely to the claimants-Chief
Justice Casey and Judge LOring delivering opin.
ions. They decide that these acccptances, being
issued without authority of law and for a fraudulent
purpose. the United States are not bound To pay
them. although they are in the hands of bona Gde
holders.
THE WASHINGTON POSTMASTER.
4 petition was recently received by the President,
signed by nearly three Thousand residents of the
District, praying for the removal of the present Post
master of the city.
THE RICHMOND EXAMINER
Was suppressed, | hear, because of its b~urlesque
Of the Union ball, given under the auspices of Gen
eral Terry. The General expected 10 give another
ball last evening, and The Examiner was suppressed
the same night, so that It's pugnaciOuS and pungent
editor was deprived Of the pleasure Of presenting
his SpYpgI readers with another spi1y dish at the py-
pensG of onr gallant heroes and their fair conpan-
ions. An effort is said to he already on foot for the
removal of the restrictions upon its publication,
though whether a fine will be- sufficient, as in the
case of Warning, of the North Carolina Times, re-
mains 10 be seen.
TnE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Congress begins to weary of them to NE a slang
phrase, they are played out" and the Judiciary
committee Of the House has already washed It's
hands Of the several proposed amendments that We're
before it. The latest one, introduced yesterday, may
possibly squeeze through the House, but its chances
in the Senate are thought to 10 dubious. They are
certain all to he vetoed, and hence the labor oil Con-
gfeSs is a clear waste of most valuable time. 1t is
perfectly safe to repeat what | have before told you,
that every measure that cannot be squared by the
Constitution, a. the President has recently explained
it, is certain either to he ~pOcketed or returned by
him.
MR.. BANCROFT AND THE FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES,.
III liIL ndN ullNuhJ ttb bHhb
MOnthOlon was not present ut the Oraticn N Mr..
Bancroft. The reason of this is said, to-day, to have
been because of a fOrcknowiedgc, on his part, that
Mr.. Bancroft intended to depart from the real subject
he was called upon 10 %eulOgiZc, and pitch into "
the conduct of foreign governments generally. As
the French Minister was unable to see what this had
to do with an. eulOgy upon MIR. Lincoln, he con-
cluded to remain at his department, where lie was
during the delivery,
SALE OF POSTAGE STAMPS TO THE SOUTH.
4 decision is expected in the House to-day upon
the bill authorizing the sale Of postage stamps on
credit to the South. The measure has many friends
in Congress.
roPuLARgNEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENTS
RESTORATION POLLCY-A NEW POLITICAL PARTY
RAnIcALISM UNREIANED IN LEGISLATIUE-THE
FREEDMENs BUREAU BuL-THE OBJECTION TO IT
ITS. GREAT COST, sc.
The proposed meeting Of citizens ut various points
throughout the Union, on the 22d Of FEBRUARY, for
the purpose OF expressing their appreciation OF Presi-
dent JOlnSOn's policy Of restoration OF the Union,
will probably lead to the Organization OF u new pO-
litical party, in which the democratic and the con-
sentative republican elements will be merged. This
is the beginning Of the popular movement founded
HpOn the change of public sentiments which PrcSi-
dent Johnson said the other day, was going on i'm
perccptibly. Those most hopeful oil such - change
cannot yet perceive it. There is no sigu Of any re-
Taxation of radical policy in any OF tile proceedings
of Congress or Of State Legislatures.
The best opinion in regards the fate OF the new
freedmen bill IS, that the President wall return II
with objections to certain provisions applying the
measure To States where the habeas corpus IS not
suspended, and depriVing Owncfs Of the Sea Island
plantations of their property. II ~ SAID that the
Attorney General has opposed the measure on ac-
count of It's illcgality. Private property cannot be
taken for pubic uses without just cOnpensation.-
Congress must obtain an amendment o! the consti-
tntion repeating that clause, before IL can leealIze
the seizure Of the Sea- Islands or other estates IN the
Sontl.
The Secretary of the Treasury objects to the
charges which the hit will impose on the govern
mcnt. It's cost no one Cal. calculate but certainly
it will be twice rs much as the whole south can re-
pay through taxation. The South viii not DC able,
under present circumstances, TO contribute even one
hundred InilliOnsa year to the revenue, and the pro-
posed measure may cost that amount.
There was a large crowd to-day ut the White
House. John Ross, of the Cherokee Indian ma
tiun, had II long interview with the President, and
II. Rivcs Pollard, OF the Richmond Examiner, lately
suppressed by military order, was in waiting 10 OBJ
tain an audience. Lately tho Senators and Repre-.
scntatiycs identified with the Radical portion Oi the
Republican party have been quite scarce in their
visits 10 the Executive. Every day The signs are be-
coming more ugnistfkahlc that the breach is widen.
ing between the President aud those vino ~rcpudiatr
his reconslruction policy.