The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-06

! of noted Federal Generals seems to be gathering
here. Half dozen are in the city; SHERIDAN is
expected, and SHERMAN is telegraphod to arrive
about the middle Of the coming week. tis pretty
definitely ascertained that this convention Of mill
tary leaders is, with secret reference, to waiting
upon the President with the delicate proposition
that he take unto himself other advisers than those
who now surround him, and that the policy OF the
Administrator be promulgated in future more as
the matured conclusions Of these men than as the
result Of the one individual Judgment OF the TX
conceived without guile, and in spirit more or
less kindly. It is not proposed, as understand
it. that any portion of these councils shall apply to
the reformation Of the Cabinet, but merely as
Recommendation that the President select, from
pronounced more or less favorably upon ms
| course as President, and invite them to informal
considerations OF the duties that attach to the
Executive during all of the emergencies that are
of those conclaves shall 60 forth to tho country
with the popular understanding that they emanatc
at the direct instance OF well known political
sages, and may be Warred upon, not as Mr.
Johnson's policy alone, but as the deliberate action
of well-known political seers. The military gen
tlemen who pr.pose undertaking this very deli,
cate and not er-thankful mission are intrepid
enough, further, to intend presenting a list OF
present day statesmen whom, In their ESTIMATION,
would greatly strengthen the mandates and ac-
ton Of the Executive by simply accepting bis con-
fdsnce, and profering their advice. Whatever
may be the complexion of this nominated list of
Presidential guardians it ut least has the proms-
ing attribute of Leading off with the name of Sen
ator Reverdy Johnson. Practically. the whole
matter resolves itself into inviting the President
to hand over the Administration to some three or
four eminent politicians, and thus it is claimed,
escape the undivided cenBure OF the Radicals in
outo oP ThaGa Ouhtnh bile (f6nerllS
are but sorry judges Of human nature, il they do
not know that they have undertaken the most.
hopeless and thankless job that could have well
been devised. But then iho army must have.a
hand and voice in civic safairs, il only from the
precedents that have come down to us from all
countries involved in governmental distress and
Legislative iniquity. Congress has paved the way
for such an assumption upon tho part Of the army
y remodellinE the government of the country
upon the despotic system OF centralizatlon II the
nodding Of p1umes and rattle Of scabbards should
hereafter disturb the business aEd decorum OF the
Senate and Representative Chambers, consequent
desirous OF suggesting Legislative reforms, let
neither Of those bodies venture to complain.
WHERE CONGRESS FINDS ITSELF.
There is no very aatter;ng prospects opened be-
fore Congress, either in the contemplation of the
past or the demands of the future. The retro
spective view offers nothing bit beggarly &C.
count Of unimpo1tant measures, and the unfnltill-
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Radical standpoint. The future is confined to
twenty days from this date, ind into which
crowds pleas for imperative action upon a hundred
bills necessary to the commercial interests of the
country.sI say twenty Three days, from the fact
that after the 23d instant there are only nine days
elapsing to the end Of the S9th Congress- and the
President may therefore slaeket' any Bill that no
deems mex ,edent aud sopfev vent its becoming
law. There is no possible chance tor this Congress
to go out in blaze of even Radical glorifcation,
and the retiring members who are to Know these
halls no longer after the 4th of March are depress
ed and out Of temper in consequence. Unanimity
there none, In the way of tty malice such
as leads the House to cut OFT the salary Of Minister
Hsryey in Portugal because the latter endorses tho
President. On great leading questions cf restora-
tion, the majority of either body are without any
concord of action, and lapsing into more violent
divergence Of opinion every day, aud would con-
vive the calamity of their sitting Thousand years
in Judgment upon the same subject.
GENERAL GRANTS HEAD IN DANGER.
Bingham, Radical member from Ohio, and con-
testant with Thad. Stevens for the leadership Of
the House, has at last shocked that body with tho
idea TINT they were blindly connivng through tie
instrunlentality OF Stevens and Benz. i. Butler,
towards the impeachment of tho President. it
will be remembered that the resolution authorizf
ing investigation into the matter and propriety Of
impeachment, refrained from specifying more de-
nritaly as to whom the inquisition to be direct
ed against, than the mere direction to inquire !" if
tho conduct Of any officers OF the Government"
&c. Bingham, with rare cunning, has charged
that Butler and Stevens, who hate Grant to the
last degree, are here attempting to provide for his
impeachment, undor the guise of = simple move
ment against the President. The Western MEM
bers are quite'aghast Mt the base thought Of such
thing and are recoiing from the whole affair, es
if it were already irrevocably heighted with the
betrayal Of the General. Meantime, Bingham has
started this phase of the impeachment movement
upon course Of publicity throughout the West,
by securing this version of the conspiracy in the
print Of his own State newspapers. The conse-
quence lis that he has the Western delegations
duakng about him, and the whole organization of
bis side of the House disrupted that he has but
to command the slaughter Of old Thads policy ard
it ia killed in twinkling, whether in tho sinii-
tude of Reconstruction Enabling Acts or private
Bills. gi
MERE MENTION.
The late extremes of snow and frosts arc sue
ceeded by thaw of abominable muddiness and
mugginesB.
Balls, parties and receptions arc still tho order
of nocturnal pastimes Of the Washington upper
tendon. The dresses are richer, the crowds
greater, and tho general heat ind discomfort Of
these disttgue affairs, surpassos anything hitherto
known in the annals Of tho Capital. The 6c.at
monde is agtated and vol1ble over two tit-bts OF
gossip and scandal viz That the belle OF the city
is about to marry Tithered old roue Of one OF the
resident legations, and that sister beauty was
caught, but night or two since, in tho act OF
clipping with q handsome tenor from one Of the
leading opera troupes. Also, on dat, that Senator