The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-15

! Gen. Grant ana HunntOu~-sNO CnanEe
| in Grants Views ON Reconstruction
..-PrOvIstOns of n Southern COnfls-
cation BIII-..Order 10 Gen. SIekles---
| o. y Courts must not be Interfered
wIth--JudSe Holt, sheridan, Pope
aud all who do not adopt A. IFS Pol.
| icy, TO he Removed.
| NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE Times
! Washington special says: All impor-
\ tant questions relative to the army are
to be referred TO Gen. Grant, who looks
upon his assignment to the War De-
| partment as a military order whlch he
had no right to protest against or de-
cline obeying. A full understanding
exists between him and Stanton, and
the present position of the General can
not be accepted as an Indication that he
has changed his views regarding recon
slruction,
II Is asserted that the attempt to have
/ Holt removed is prompted by adesire of
certain parties in New York TO obtain
possession OF records in his office en-
braclng affidavits inculpating politi-
clans with ex-Tebels. Some of these
atfidavits, associating member OF Con-
gress with Sanford COnover, are soon
TO be made public.
A bill Is being prepared by promi-
nent loyal men in the South to enforce
the present confiscatlon laws, ard so
| modify them as to re-surVey all of the
| seeded States ia the same manner AS
| public lands are surveyed, and to
| grant preemption rights TO the freed
men and Union soldiers. Three hun
bred millions of dollars of the pro-
ceeds realized from the sales are to be
used in re.embursing loyal men for
property destroyed and conflscated
| by the Confederate Government, and
the balance win be set aside
for paying pensions to disabled Union
| sOIdiarS The hill nrpyidpa that "a tfar "a
survey is made the land shall be offer
ed Tor sale to the freedmen who are dis
| charged Union soldiers at the rate 81 %
per acre, payable in twenty years at an
interest of six per cent. per annum;
other parties to be allowed to purchase
at twenty-five per cent. cash and equal
annual installmenIs, or three years al
six per cent. interest. The last section
provides that disloyal persons shall be
allowed to retain property to the
amount of five thousand dollars, pro-
vided the limits of such property do not
exceed one of the legal subdivisions of
100 acres.
! The Herald's Washington dispatch
says: The first step toward a develop
ment of the new liberal policy for
Southern reconstruction, was brought
forward il the Cabinet yesterday, and
General Grant favored 1t. This was the
adoption of an order to Gen. Sickles.
commanding him to rescind his orders
suspending the payment of debts; and
also his other order by which the exc
cution of n process ofIhe United States
Court in Wilmington, N. C., was inn
peded. 1t was agreed in the Cabinet
meeting to instruct Gen. Sickles that he
was in no case to interfere with man
dates of the Federal Courts.
1t is believed by the President that
reconstruction can not go on without
abolishing every trace of civil govern
ernmen. In matters of local legislation,
not opposing the theory of RECONSTRUCT
lions it Is considered that the State
legislatures should be allowed TO have
their own way. This new order, there
fore, is the result of these views, and
to despOtic administration in
the South since the suspension OF
Mr.. Stanton. 1t is believed that Cen
eral Sickles will resign, but others as
sert that he will not. No doubt Judge
Holt will be removed In time. The
policy towards military commanders
Will be one of gradual decapitation.
Sheridan will probably be the first vic
tim and Pope the next. Should the
other commanders profit by the fate OF
these two, and fall gracefully in with
the Johnsonian policy, they will be al
lowed to remain in office for a long time,
and they may not be disturbed at all il
their support Is given heartily and in
reality. But if, when Sheridan is re-
moved, the rest tender their resigna-
tions, no obstacle will be thrown in the
way of their retirement. 1t has been
stated that the General does not con-
template making any changes in the
officers at the war office, but some few
changes may be looked for among Of
ficers in the lifferent Bureaus OF the
| Department.