The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-20
waahington Now. and Rumor,.

The Freedmen's Bureau bill was
sent to the President, late Tuesday
afternoon, and it is expected to be
laid before the Cabinet on Friday.
The report that Seward, McCulloch
and Welles advised against its ap-
proval, in last Fridays Cabinet meet
ing, Is now authoritatively stated to
be untrue. Those most en- rapport
with the President are confident he
will return it with his reasons for dis
approval.
A military guard is still in possess
sion of the Richmond EXAMINER. Of
fice. The further publication of that
sheet Is discontinued indefinitely.
The recent attacks upon the Govern
ment and the officers of the United
States army stationed in Richmond
are supposed to be the reasons which
compelled Gen. Terry to issue the
order: Public opinion is said to sus-
tain the military authorities in their
action in the matter. Gen. Terry has
the key to the Office, and unless his
action Is counIermanded by the Co
vernment, the paper will not again
appear under the old ,'eqime.
The fact has already been stated
that Mons. Montholon was not pre-
sent at the Grafton of Mr.. Bancroft.
The reason of this is said, to-day, to
have been because of foreknow-
ledge, on his part, that Mr.. Bancroft
intended to depart from the real SUBJ
Ject he was called upon to eulogize,
and ''pltch into" the conduct of for
elgn governments generally. AS the
french Minister was unable to see
what this had to do with an eulopy
upon Mr.. Lincoln, he concluded to
remain at his department., where he
was during the delivery.
The Constitutional amendment.
changing the basis of representation,
Is thought to have no chance of sue
cess IN the Senate, as & fair count OF
Its advocates and opponents has been
made, and the result, if the count be
correct, shows that it will receive Sc
venteen nays, including eleven Demo
Gratis and six Republicans.
On the 4th of March next, it is said.
the President will announce three
new members of his Cabinet, one. if
not two, of whom will be from across
the lire. Meanwhile, those gentle
men who are to vacate, are announc-
ing, Ill advance, that the action will
be purely their own. and the cause.
the refusal of the Presiden. to en-
dorse the measures of the radical
party.
The Ateuigencer, of the 18th. re-
athrms the statement I gave you on
Mo 4day. that the President will pro-
badly veto the bureau bill. The main
objection of the President to the bill
have already been stated in the Led
ger.
The proposed meetings of citizens
at various points throughout the
Union, on the 22d of February, for
the purpose of expressing their ap-
probation of President Johnson's po-
hey of restoring the Union, will pro-
badly lead to the organization of a
new political party, in which the De-
mocratlc and the conservative Re-
publican elements will be merged.
This is the beginning of the popular
movements founded upon the change
OF public sentiment which President
johnson said, the other day, was 90
ing on imperceptibly. Those most
hopeful of such a change cannot vet
perceive it. There is no sign of any
relaxation of radical policy in any Of
the proceedings of Congress or of
State Legislatures.
The best opinion in regard to the
fate of the new freedmen s bill is. that
the President will return it with OBJ
!ectlons to certain provisions apply
ing the measure to States where the
hd6eas corpus is not suspended, and
deprlvlng owners of the sea island
plantations of their property. It is
said that the Acknowledgement has
opposed the measure on account of
its illegality. Private property can
not be taken for public uses without
Just compensation. Congress must
obtain an amendment of the Consti
tuition repeating that clause before it
can legalize the seizure of the sea
islands or other estates in the South.
There was large crowd, to-day, at
the White House John Ross, of the
Cherokee Indian nation, had long
interview with the President, and II.
Rives Pollard, of the Richmond Eca-
miner, lately suppressed by military
order, was in waiting to obtain an
audience Washington Cor. Baltimore
San.
FROM MA1NE.-A despatch, dated
14th inst, says that in the Leeisla-
;xaro Of. Ibot Gfofo NEr Do-,o,> r..