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THE ARMY yENruRIKa TO EsrABLIsn GOVERN
MENTAL EspIoNAaE

lsrEo1AL CORRESPONDENCE CT TIE DAILY NEWS
| THE ARMY yENTuRIKo TO EsrABLIsn GOVERN
| MENTAL ESPIONAGE.
WASHINGTON, February Am Informal Congress
| OF notod Federal Goncrals seems TO DO gathering
| :ierc. IIaf dozen arc in tho city !; SHERIDAN il
! expected, and SHERMAN is tolographcd to arrive
| about tho middle Of tho coming week. Il is prott,
definitely nscortainod that this convention OF mill
tary leaders Is, with secret reference to waiting
upon tho President with tho dolicato proposition
that he take unto himself other advisers than those
who now surround him, and that tho policy of the
Administration bc promulgated in future moro as
tho naturod conclusions OF thcso mon than as the
ccutiyo. 1t is probable that this proposition Is
conceived witho,o guile, and in q spirit moro or
less kindly. 1t is not proposed, M / understand
L, thnt any portion Of those councils shall apply to
tho reformation Of tho Cabinet but merely as n
recommendation that tho President SOLICIT, from
among tho great minds Of tho Capitol, which hnye
pronounced moro or loss favorably upon his
course aB President, and invite thpm to Informal
considerations Of tho duties that attach to tho
Executive during all Of tho emergencies that arc
eirse upon It by congress and that the decisitls
with tho popular understanding that lhoy oma,iato
at tho direct instance OF won known political
yhnsons policy alone, but as the deliberate "a action
Of woll-known political seers. Tho military gon-
men who pr pose undertaking this very doll
enough, further, to intend presenting q list Of
present dny statesmen whom, in their estilnation,
would greatly strengthen tho mandates and nc
ton OF tho Executive by simply acceptIns: his con-
6dsnce, and profforing their advice. Whatoyor
may DO tno complexion Of this noninstod list Of
ing attribute OF leading OF with tho naino OF Son.
ntor Reyor1y johnson. Practically, tho whole
matter resolves itself into inviting the President
to hand over tho Administration to some tlreo or
four ominont politicians, and thus, it is claimed
escape tho undivided consuro OF the Radicals in
md out OF Congress. These redoubtable Generals
not know Sat Goy havo n dortaIeS % ho h.hGs most
hopeless and thankless job thar could hnvo woli
been doyised. But thcn tho army must havo
hand and voice In civic affairs, II Only from tho
prcccdents that have como down to us from all
countries involved in governmental dIstross snd
legislative inquity., Congress has paved tho way
for such on assumption upon tho part OF tho army
by remodelling tho government of the country
upon tho despotio system Of centralzation. II tho
nodding Of plumcs and ratio Of scabbards should
hereafter diaturb the business ard docor,m Of tho
Senate and Representative Chambers, consequent
upon the visitation, Of n delegation Of chiefnns
dcsirous OF suggesting Legislative reforms let
neither Of those bodies venture to complain.
WHERE CONGRESS FINDS ITSELF.
There Ia no very fiat tcr'ng prospects opened be-
foro Congress-, cithcr in tho contemplation OF tho
past or tho demands Of tho future. Tho retro
spcctive view offers nothing but bcggnrly nc
count OF unimpoltant measures, aud the Ilnfuf-
nept Of any rian Of rcconstraction, eron from tho
twenty-three days from this date, and into which
crowds ploas for imperative notion upon hundred
bills necessary to tho commercial interests Of tho
country. I asy twcnty.thrce days, from tho fact
that after tho Esd instant there are only nino davs
elapsing to the end Of the S9tl Congress, and tho
deems innI sedient, aud so prevent it's becoming a
law. Thore iB no possible chance for this Congress
TO so out In o blazo Of even Radical glorifcation,
halls no longer after the 4th Of March arc dopress-
cd and ont of temper IN consequence. Unanimity
there is mono, savc in tho way Of pity malice suoh
Harvey in Portugal because the latter endorses the
President. On great leading questions Gf restora-
ton, the majority Of either body arc without any
concord OF action, and lapsing into moro violent
divergence Of opinion oyery day, and would con
tinuoto do go SHOULD tho country DO ablo to sur
in Indignant upon tho samo subject. '.I
GENERAL GRANTS HEAD IN DASoEn.f
Bingham, Radical membor. from Ohio, and con-
testant with Thad Stevens for tho leadership OF
idea that they wero blindy conniving, through tho
instrumentality OF Stevens md Bonj. +. Butler,
towards the impeachment Of tho President. It
will BIO remembered that tho resolution authoriz-
ing investigation into the matter and propriety of
impeachment, refrainod from specifying moro do
hritey as to whom tho inquistion to bo direct
ed against than the nero direction to Inquire il
tho conduct OF nny officers OF tho Government, I"
&c. Bingham, with rare cunning, has charged
Inst degree are hore attempting to provide for his
Impeachment under tho guise Of simple moye-
ment against tho President. Tho Western mcm-
bers arc quito aghast at the base thought OF such
thing. and arc rocoilng from the whole affair, as
II 1t were already irrerocably frelghted with tho
betrayal of the General. Meantime, Bingham ha 8
started this phase OF tho impeachment movement
upon course Of publicity throughout tho West
by securing this version OF tho conspiracy in tho
print Of his own State newspapers. Tho conse-
quence is that ho hnB the Western delegations
quaking about him, and tho whole organization Of
his side Of the House disrupted that he has but
to command tho slaughter OF old Thad's policy and
a twin yuha ~,
tude Of Reconstruction Enabling Acts or private
Bills.
MERE MENTION.
Tho late oxtromes Of snow and frosts nro sue
ceedcd by q thaw OF abominablo muddness and
mugginess.
Balls, parties and receptions arc still tho or6o
of nocturnal pastim,s Of tho Washington upper
london. Tho dres sea aro richer, the crowds
greater. and tho general heat and discomfort Of
those dstin9e Affairs, aurpasses anything hitherto
known in the annals Of tho Capital. Tho bcIu
monde is agitated and volublo over two tt-bits OF
gossip and scandal, viz That the belle Of the city
is about to marry o wiered old roue Of ono Of tho
resident legations, and that sister beauty was
caught, but night two sinco in the act of
cloping with handnome tonor from ono OF tho
leading opera troupes. Also on di, that Senator
and Mrs. Summer are asserting the. strength Of
their respective tempers upon the discussion Of
Mndnm's intimacy and pcncaant for certain hand
somo Foreigners OF the respective legations. IS
YIDEX.