Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-01-24
Washington Items.


Theatre II has been in the custody of tile
War Department since the night OF the as
sasSination The chair is I'm arm rocking
chair, covered with maroon morocco colored
cloth
The House Military Committee have re-
ceiycd n letter from Gen. Grant. renewing
Ills recommendation Of last wear for the cN-
animation, by Il competent board, Of all Off
GERS in the Regular Army before their pro
motion To higher grade in case they fail
to pass the Board. their appointment 10 go
over Tor Il year, when, il they fail 10 pass an
cNaminaionat the end Of that time, they are
TO be dropped from The rolls of the army
Representative Thomas Of Maryland.
member of the Judiciary Committee, is con
Quoting the examination ofwitnesscs in GER
tain cases OF attacks made by whites upon
freedmen, and especially the attack made ut
n camp meeting held in that state
The whole Pennsylvania Republican del
cgation in Congress, headed by Thad. Ste
vens. have united in protest to the Senate
against the confirmation Of senator Cowan
as Minister TO Austria.
Sidney Andrews of the Boston .itlUertisc,'
says of the Impeachment Committee -
Ii will serve no iactous OF partisan ends,
Its inquiry will be carefully and patiently
conducted. It's report will hardly be made
before The beginning Of March, judge and
| II will not recommend Impeachment proceed
lngs unless the case against the President
appears strong enough to sustain itself, not
only before the high court of the Senate, but
before tint higher court, the moral sense Of
the country"
The Democratic politicians are actively es-
saying to conciliatc the colored vote. The
first election under the new suffrage law will
occur in Georgetown next month. when Il
mayor and some minor officers are TO be cho-
sen. MIR. Addison, the present chief mngis-
trate OF the old and sleepy borough, has oc-
cuplcd That position for many years, and is
not at all avcrse TO occupying il for at least
one term more. lie sees. as every other man
Of Intelligence sees that the negroes of the
city hold the balance Of power, and he and
his friends are nursing the negro vote us
carefully and tenderly as ever the Tammany
politicians nurscd the Irish vote. In this
city no election will be held until June, but
the democratic leaders are already "hcdg-
ing, most industriously. Negroes get work
under the city government far more easily
than they did last last fall; and, IN Il quiet
way, the whole brood foflce-holders is cul-
tivating amicable relations with the freed
4 men.
\ letter from Governor Holden speaks en-
ceouragingly of the movement in N nth Caro-
lima for the organization of the State on a
loyal basis, in accordance with the bill pres
ented by himself, Mr.. Pool, and others. He
says memorials in favor of that measure are
circulating in many counties, particularly in
the western part of the State. He has alrea-
dy sent on large number of signatures, and
estimates that by the 10th oi this month he
will have forwarded at least 10000 names
The Presidents action in the case of G. b.
l.amer of Georgia has just come to light. -
lie was arrested and tried in October and
November, ls65, for fraud and bribery and
FOR stealing government cotton, found guilty
and sentencedto five years'imprisonmcn and
a fine OF T25,000 The sentence was set
aside by the President, and Mr. Lamer goes
at large unmoested
The Associated Press reports of the test
oath decisions, made in the Supreme Court
yesterday, give much annoyance to the en-
tire court, particularly to Justices Field and
Miller, by whom they were delivered. They
give very little idea Of what were said, are
calculated to do great injustice TO both Judges,
and are progounced by them utterly incom-
prchensiblc.
One afternoon last week, Mr. Seward
was IN the House for half an hour. and sat
ncsidc Mr.Stcvens the whole timp-probably
10 LOOK alter his items in the civil appropria-
ton bill
The proper congressional committee have
come into possession of the diary of John
Wilkes Booth, which, it will be remembered,
was not used in the trial of the conspirators.
IL shows conelusively that he was an agent
Of officers high in the Confederate govern
ment, and received money from them ON
more than one OCCASION 1t further shows
that the plan of the conspiatoIs il! one time
; was simply TO kidnap Mr.. LINcoIN, and il
duplicates only Booth and Herold, directly,
, in his assassination. In the entry of Friday,
April al n week after the murder he speaks
, OF himself as an outcast and assassin, with
a broken leg, alone in n swamp, weighed
down by guilt and possibly beyond the for
giveness of God.
HE New Orleans investigating committee
, have ii is understood, come into possession
of some correspondence between the Presi,
dent and persons in Louisiana relating &c
! the riot, which has not yet been made pub.
lie, They have called on the War Depart.
, ment fora copy Of all the evidence taken be-
| tore the military commission in August last
: Their report will not lie ready before the last
Of this week.
Hon. John Hickman, formerly NJ G.
from the Chesterand Delaware district, Pa.
is in Washington and will remain some days
The first levce of the President, this
i winter, took place on Thursday evening. II
, was grand affair, both as regards the mem
bers present and the magnificent wardrobe
] OF the visitors At an early hour the callers
commenced to arrive, and after disencum
+ bering themselves of their outer coverings
4 passed in regular order through the Rec
room into the Blue room, where they were
, received by the President, Mrs Patterson
{ and Mrs. Slower; Marshal Gooding intro
| Ilupipu tlnp, a.. In, n,,I ID
b. French to the ladies. The President wa.
e dressed in plain black dress coat. Mrs
/ Patterson wore manve silk, with lace man
: tic. Her hair was plain, with single ca
S melia on the right side Mrs. Stoycr wa.
: attired in dress of lilac-colored silk, hand
t somely trimmed. Bnt few of the ladies an
r peared in full dress, a majority wearing theil
e dresses high in the neck, and many of then
: being without trimmings olany description
$ The principal rooms of the White HOUSE
j have been handsomely reliticd.
. In the event of Senator Doolittles obey
! ing the instructions Of the Legislature O
', Wisconsin, and resigning his seat in the Sen
i ate, it IS stated he will he sem to Russia a,
:, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
! Tertiary to the Court at 81. Petersburg, vic,
Cassius NJ Clay.
Ii Should the President veto tho bills adj
n iittiiis tllc ilcW STATES Oh INcbfdbkl anu COl
s orado, the former will pretty certainly, TIN
!. latter probably, be passed over the veto.
/ Horace Greeley gives some Of the infor
h nation gained during his Washington visi
Il in an article on " Prospects at Washington
r. lie Says
; "Thc idea OF impeaching aud removin,
It President johnson has more strength in tn
Ii House than we had supposed, and seems Il
G be gaining supporters. However, it is no
!. likely to be deiintivcly acted on at the pres
ent session.
: "A prominent Southern editor, who wa
J. during the war an officer in the Rebel army
l. made the remark TO a number of prominen
&c congressman a few days ago, that he fel
J. convinced from his experience with the in
e fluental men of his State that they inten,
d soon making movement toward hayin
1t Congress declare the Southern States in til
d condition of Territories, thus allowing then
Of delegates TO Congress. This, they think
h will give each State a hearing, will hastel
IL reconstruction, and will be equally beneficial
n to all concerned,