The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-07
WASHINGTON NEWS.
THE PRESIDENTS RECEPTION.

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THE PRESIDENTS RECEPTION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81, 1S66.-The Presi-
dents reception this evening has been, in
| point of numbers. the most remarkable OF
| any in Washington this season. 1t was sup
posed the climax had been reached the eve
ming preceding Ash Wednesday, when all the
carriages in the city were put in requisition
and throngs were arriving and departing fol
hours but the political excitement incident
| to the veto of the Freedmens Bureau bill
and the speech from the White House on the
ed of February seems to have been the sig.
nal for more general expression of public
approval than ever before Perhaps no pub
lie reception held at the White House fol
years has had more political significance
| By eight O'clock this evening the rooms OF
the Presidential mansion were nearly filled
| with people eager to meet the Chief Magis-
trate, and by squeeze of the hand and a
hearty God bless you," assure him of their
undiminished confidence and steadfast sup
port. In addition to those crowds which
| filled the sidewalks on all the streets and
avenues leading in that direction, carriages
were rattling and dashing through the
streets in every direction in all quarters OF
the city.
By nine the crowd could not be estimated
by hundreds, and by ten no estimate could
be made of the number present except by
calculating the dimensions of the building
and the smallest number of cubic inches a
human frame could be compressed into
| Even this would fail of representing the Wis
! iforc f,r crovrdc rvoro 6ovo rfiur ofhorr
arrived, and long lines of carriages stood in
front of the main entrance filed with those
| who preferred retaining their seats and
| awaiting the exit of the crowd. Policemen
were distributed throughout the rooms and
! passageways to maintain semblance of or:
der, but were finally compelled to abandon
all attempts at restraining the avalanche OF
| human beings by which they were overborne,
excepting at some of the principal door
ways The rush for admittance degenerated
into jam, in which the weak were pushed
onward or aside by the strong. Once in the
living current there was no extraction; deli
cate ladies were crowded to suffocation sew
eral tainted and were extracted from the
crowd with the utmost difficulty, and ele-
giant dresses innumerable were ruinously
| crushed or torn to pieces. The President
and family stood in the Blue Room to re-
ceive, and each visitor was presented by
ma me by Assistant Marshal Phillips.
The political complexion was closely scan
ned by nearly every one, and each seemed to
draw the conclusions most agreeable to him
self Among those noticesbly present were
Secretaries McCulloch, Stanton and WeEes,
the family of Attorney General Speed, the
staff of General Grant, the heads of nearly
all departments and bureaus, Senators and
Congressman of radical proelivities as well
as conservative, and a very large admixture
of the rank and file from civil life from all
sections of the country. The spontaneous
character of the gathering was Enthusiastically
shown by the comparatively small number of
persons attending in full dress. There was
no real falling off in the latter, but the num-
Der of those who came in ordinary walking
costume exceeded them ten to one. After
exchanging the usual salutations with the
President the citizens passed on to the East
Room, and either promenaded to the excel
lent music discoursed by the Marine Band
or conversed in knots and groups according
| to their acquaintance orpolitical inclinations.
Endorsement of the President was uttered
by all and condemnation by none Individ-
uals were occasionally inveighing against his
| long suffering and forbearance with contu-
macious members of his Cabinet. Beyond
this censure or criticism was not indulged.-
As an evidence hearty appreciation by the
people it was all the President could desire,
and as an indication of the popular political
pulse it cannot be disregarded.
CABINET sEssIoN-RUMoRs OF CABINET
CHANGES.
A full Cabinet meeting was held to-day,
and remained in session until nearly four
o'clock. Secretaries WefIes and McCulloch
left somewhat earlier, but others remained
later. Of course the streets are filled with
rumors concerning the days deliberations,
and several changes are confidently announc-
ed by the respective friends of certain would
be incoming members. Stanton's exit is
positively set down for the first of March by
some of these, while Harlan's friends assert
that he has 10 intention or desire of remain
ing longer than is necessary to close up some
unfinished business connected with Indian
affairs. Successors to both these gentlemen
are thick on mems lips, but nothing positive
appears to be known by any one.
The propriety ofthe people of Franklin,
johnson county, Indiana, is greatly shocked
by the marriage, near that town, last week. of
John Landers, we'll TODD farmer and white
man with negro woman named Abba
Family. Landers was formerly a citizen of
respectabillity, but has for many years been
a violent Abolitionist. He has probably
acted with more honsty than most ofhis Abo-
ition brethren, and has practically demon
strated his faith by his works Much excite
ment prevails in the neighborhood in regard
to the marriage, and Landers and his sable
bride viii probably find that it is necessary
for them to yanfose the.ranch in order to save
themselves from serious injury
/ Mrs. Jane Swisshclm, publisher of ths
Reconstructionst newspaper in Washington
has been removed from her clerksliip in the
Quartermaster's Department, by order of tht
Secretary Of War, it is alleged, for an article
In her paper charging that the President wa,
plant tool in the hands of Southern Sc
cessionists. Mrs. Swisshelm has been a cler}
in the Department for several years.
The friends Of the Mexican Goyernmen
held secret meeting ut New York ON Fri
Gay evening to devise means whereby ait
may be secured to the Liberal cause.
There was great meeting in Baltimor
Monday night to endorse the course Of Presi
dent johnson. Governor Cox, Of Ohio. spoke
The best men of the city were there. and I'll,
! assemblage most enthusiastic.
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