The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-07
FROM WASHINGTON.

- FRSOm WhSHlN0IONs
WASHINGTON January 5.-Brigadier-tienerTaIl raj 8: 3.
G.. FRENCH, o. Mississippi, graduate OF West
Point, has been pardoncl.
RoBEnT BRooM LONG, in the clerks Office OF the
Supreme Court, died in Baltimore.
1t is said that yesterdays repenl OF tho amnes-
programme. The best loyal talent declaring that
the Constitution gives him the power, and that the
section repealed was originally mere Congressional
flourish.
The veto message takes strong grounds, making
the point that Congress- has no power to force ne
gro suffrage upon any State, Territory or District.
It has not yet been made public.
Fractional currency. printed s275, ,04, issued S
sS0S, 719; National Bank currency issued Sl8 400;
actual circulation $685. 609 49, Securities held by
stroyed, s26a, 1928; internal revenue 81, ,955 297.
Part Of the Arkansas delegation visited MI.
STEVENS to-day. The interview is described rs
somewhat frosty. Mr. STEVENS asked number OF
questions, and inquired OF his visitors If among
them they had seen his enabling act He fur
nished copy, and advised them to study it, as 1t
woulRbe the policy of Congress-at least, ne said,
as the ruler Of the Radicals, it is the policy which
!. shall support. The interview closed with an IN
zritation to call tomorrow. Tho Arkansas delcga-
tom found little to comfort them in Mr: STEVENS
words, tone and manner. MIR. RICE, OF MAINE, was
also visited He received his visitors very politely,
and talked quietly Of the condition Of the country
The dinner at MIR. SEwARD's is described as bril-
liant affair. In addition to the delegation, num-
Der of invited guests and Colonel SEWARD were at
table During the evening every member OF the
Cabinet and General GRANT visited the delegation
in Mr.. SEwARD's parlors.
The conversation was mainly political, but Of a.
non-committal character. General GRANT cX-
pressed himself more heartily than is hls custom;
hoping for speedy restoration OF poi1tcal and
social relation. The members Of the delegation
are much encouraged. They. find affairs more
hopeful than they had expected without receiving
absolute assurance from any member: They are
satisfied that the Cabinet is q stubborn unit
in opposition to Radical measures. They have no
doubt of violent action in Congress, but they
say the Republican party is by no means uni,
and they have confidence in returning power,
more potent than two-third rules and Presidential
;vetoes. The reduction Of sovereign State to the
condition Of territorial dependency they thlK Is
rapugnant to law, justice and the Constitution,
and shorld the Radical policy find two thirds OF
Congress in its favor, it viii find potent check ID
the Supreme Court.
It is stated that STEvENs Will introduce on Mon-
day q resolution instrncting the Judiciary Com
mittee to prepare q bill declaripg. the Southern
Districts in state Of siege, suspendng the hdoedS
corpus, and providing military governments until
the States are regularly admitted.
The Committee on revenue frauds are here, but
will return to New York in q few days. They re-
port frauds Of the most astounding character as
regards number and amount-many OF them so
covered as to be past finding out. The Committee
say their labor is endless, and they will recon-
memo F6UUC6u IdfS6 bO do W 1OodSo e3S seiAfo
ton.
WASHINGTON, January 6.-The Texan members
of Congress publish, in to-morrows lntelhgencsr
five columns Of an address to the people OF tho
United States setting forth the condition On OF IeAan
Notwithstanding the action Of the caucus last
night, many Republicans urge the presentation OF
Ashley's resolution, and its pressure to vote to-
morrow.
NJ incnQnt1nn through T6QQoSSee
Georgia and the Carofnss represent the antlpathy
to the Constitutional Amendment as almost uni
yersal ,:and general disposition to abandon poll
tics, and not even send Senators or Representa-
tives to Congress, but devote themselves 10
a petition to: the President in behalf of Edmund
Spangler at Dry Tortugas states that the evidence
against him for completely in the ASSASSINATION
many Witnesses were deferred from testfylng Ii
his behalf from terror.
The Grand Lodge of Virginia recognizes tbe
Union Lodge of Alexandria, which has heretofore
been working under dispensation from the Grand
Lodge Of the District OF Columbia, which was held
to be clandestine
Thad Stevens leaves tomorrow night for Har-
risburg to be present at the Senatorial election,
the result Of which is considered doubtful
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Janunry 0.-The Finance Com
mittee Of the Senate considered the appoint
ments to-day, and made proposition to reject
them e, ndsse, which was lost by one vote.
The committee fearing it would look like spite,
have finally concluded that those formerly OF
the Republican party who abandoned IL II &c. 70 tho nu
appointments had been given to those who had
served in the army or navy, or were -conalstept-
Democrats and good officers, that conf1r alton be
recommended.
The House went into Committee on the Whole.
SpAULDNa, Of Ohio, took the ground that the
adoption of the Constitutional Amendment BY
-fouths Of the loyal States made it part OF
the Constitution, and its ratification or relecGon
by the South was only important as an m@eataon
mission Of Southern representatives on the lncor,
poration OF the amendment. SPAULDNe could
not be driven out Of the Republican party, but
warned the President that a resort to extreme
measures would produce reaction.
The discussion then turned on the IarlH and the
resumption OF specie payments. STEyENs recur-
ring to SPAULDNG'S propos ltlon OF ADMISSION on
tile incorporation Of the amendment, sud the doc,
trine was wrong and mischievous. II it was agreed
the adoption Of the amendment by three-fourths
OF the loyal States was sufficient Congress stulti-
fed itself by asking the rebel districts to ratfy the
amendment. He did not recognize the organlza,
tiop of the Southern States as governments; that
Congress proposed saving to those states you nave
ments 20 on and form such governments as Con-
gress orders you to form.
He had voted for the admission OF Tennessee
without regard to Amendment, but added that
the dialoyal States were not States they were our
conquered provinces, having in their CapitolS Ger.
tain municipal institutions not yet disturbed but
which Congress could and would disturb. ae would
vote for the admission Of no State whose Gonstlto
tion forbids negro votes. Referring to exclusion OF
negro votes in Pennsylvania and other Northern
States he said they to blush for the infamous
exclusion. He had said nothing IN the House
looking to the impeachment Of the President, but
he regretted, however, that he had been held back
go long, because ths President was an obstruction
TO all ioyal action and an eyesore to all loyal men
except the gentleman from Ohio, MIR. spAULpHa.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.