The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-24
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

THE CENTRAL nIRECToRY--lTs COMING RE-
poRT--GrNrRaL GRANT AND HIS RADICAL.
woorrS--THE QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT
STATEMENTS ~ \ REPUBLICAN STATES
MAN--RrNAINS or COLONEL. RARKSnME.
WASHINGTON, April y.
As the members Of the Reconstruction
Committee have been particularly careful
not to let anything get out respecting the
secrets of that notorious institution, 1t IS
fair To presume that the majority OF the
statements which have been made with re
gard 10 the anticipated report of the seen
trail Directory" have been mere spcC"'",
tions. Tina, nothing will I've >uh'','''"
which will he agreeable 10 the S'","'' l."
States seems 10 he very gen. 81
sion. The committee itself y III ">''
universal suffrage, and Wl'i' III an i'I,'
bility. make those one oi Tue ''>'> ~ ''H""!
though the majority o. the prc>'"t W.
rress have. ~ have before mentioned.
agreed in caucus that II i best not |" press
his cp,rintcc. hut he content with the
nas<ao, Of a hill IL try the experiment III
H. District. The report Of this Committee
ON Reconstruction, which has been the
ruliug power in Congress since the opening
of the session. i hooked FOR with great in
tcrest, and will hr ot much greater i'm
por,ancc than the report OF tine famous
Committee OH thc Conduct Of Tie War.
The Radicals have tried hard I" win
General Grant entirely over 10 their con
victionS. and for the purpose oi success
have presented the offer 81 The next res
dcncv. which they declare shall be his gilt,
if desirable: and though many OF them
claim that the General Is qua
ctlv in the Stevens traces, yet Other cyl
d,nrr> make il very sure that The utmost
harmony exists between the President ANA
The Commander al the Armies al the
United States. General Grant Will not
embrace the insane dogmaS Of the Radical
Republican party. and lis very well known
that the feeling ne has toward the south Is
very different from that OF those who cry
solDudlv for hemp and comt>cati"n. Gran,
is not a politician. nor j. it probable he can
he made one.
The question Of a final Adjournment
seems 10 have been laid over indefinitely.
There was some hope and much >prcnIa-
zion ON the probable reconciliation he
tween the President and the Congressional
majority short time ago: bHt tt'i h'>
NOW gwen way. IN Il certainty; "'lI'''- ~
advocates of good feeling, ~ well '> al
Others. that such healing process Is posi-
lively impossible. Consequently n" one
thinks Of an adjournment. Congress l.
anxious 10 chcckmatc the President nov
in every effort to preserve the rights OF his
position. -.
A very distinguished leading RcPuhll-
can remarked only day or Nv" ~" that
the people must Of necessity fall III 10 the
>,1nrurt al the President. hc"an>r hc liad IL
defined policy, while the Radicals had not.
ana added that in his own Statr-Prm-
Svlvania-thcy were certain /" 1t" 50. IL
is a fact that the extreme party reads the
handwriting on the wall. They En"" that
their days are numbered; but before Civ
ing up the ghost, they will make all The
mischief possible, and are doug 50 with
mexamplcd energy.
The remains al Colonel R1rk>dal". 81
Mississippi. late Of the Confederate army,
are in this city. where they have been Tor
long time, awaiting a disposition on Tia
part of some Of his friends, who are daily
expected here 10 take charge OF them.
TIMoN.