The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-07
r FOURTH EDITION
WASHINGTON.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO EVENING TELEGRAPH.l
WASHINGTON, February 7.
General Grants Reception Last Night.
There was an immense jam at General
Grants reception last night. The guests we're
received by General Grant, Mrs. Grant and
Miss Virginia Grant, sister of General Grant.
Mrs. Grant was dressed in q pink silk dress,
cut with low neck and short sleeves, and trim.
med with white lace, her hair being orimped
and dressed with flowers.
Miss Virginia Grant wore brocade silk dress.
with low neck, short sleeves, and white lace
cape, her hair being plain.
The General wore black cloth suit and
white vest.
About halfpast O'Clock General Phil.
Sheridan arrived accompanied by Colonel
Crosby, OF his staff, and he was the hero OF the
evening. He says he felt sorer after last nights
hand-shaking than after hi, toughest raids in
the saddle.
The father of General Grant was present and
was made much of by the guests.
There was such a greedy scramble by the
crowd for refreshments handed round by walters,
that numbers OF the ladies had costly dresses
ruined by lemonade and cream split upon them.
The Tariff BIZ.
The House Committee of WAYS and Means
will finish the revision of the tariff TO-DAY
| whisky and other prominent matters remain
unchanged, but penalties for evasion are made
! more stringent aaar
/ The President and the New Jsrsev,
SenatOrshIP. -AsS.
! Hon. James NJ. Scovel, of New jersey. has
| given the House Judiciary Committee iutorma.
! ton concerning President Johnson's action re-
harding the New Jersey election last year.
A ARecOnstructtOn Debate.
Mr.. Stevens has consented to give scope to a
| general debate upon the Reconstruction bill.
| and the House will hold u session to-night for
! speech-making upon it.
| Mr.. Stevens gives notice that he win call the
| previous question on his Reconstruction blll at
2 ?. NJ. tomorrow.
The Impeachment of Grant Denied.
Mr.. Ashley, in a personal explanation TODAY
| denounced as a stupid falsehood the statement
in the Washington correspondence of the Ciucip.
| natl Commercial that the impeachment move.
ment was levelled against General Grant as well
as Against the President, and that Ben. Butler
and Thad. Stevens instigated the plot against
Grant. Mr.. Stevens made similar denial of
the story.
General Fremont was Iii the House reporters
gallery to-day. Mr.. Pleasants, the Pardon
Clerk of the Attorney y-General's Office, was be-
fore the Judiciary impeachment Committee
this morning.
TObaecOnlsts' Convention.
The Convention OF Tobacconists have reas
sembled, and the committee on orgauizatio,
have made their report which was adopted. AZ
follows:-For President, f. A. Prague. Ohio
Yice-Presidents, }. D. Evans, New York: w
Rninehart, Pennsy ylyama; G. W. Gail MARYLAND
K. A. Mayo, virginia; Judge Buckner. Missouri
b. Lowentbal, Illinois; l.. J. Bugby, Michigan
James B. Casey, Kentucky; D. Bronson. OHIO
G. j. Whitlock, Brooklyn. New York Secreta.
ries A. Mcdonald, Lynchburg, Virginia; w
A. Nassau, Philadelphia Treasurer, D. H. Mil.
Ter, Baltimore.
Mr.. J. d. Evans offered a resolution, as the
| opinion OF the Association, that the tax upon
manufactured tobacco, whether manufactured
of leat stems, or imitation of tobacco into plug.
| cut, smoking, or snuff, should be uniform, all
and each Of them bearing the same tax. This
| is still under discussion.
r. w. Stewards Mysterious Mission.
Assistant Secretary of State Frederick w.
Seward returned to the city on Tuesday night
from mis- mission to Hayti, on the gunboat Get
| tysburg. The object of his visit has not been
settled, and the matter is still under considera.
ton. Various reports are circulated as to the
nature OF the visit, but nothing will be divulged
| until the object of the mission shall have been
accomplished.
Land Office Retarms.
The Commissioner Of the General Land Office
has just received returns in part for the month
of December last from the local officers at San
Francisco, Stockton, Marysyille and Bisala, in
California, showing an aggregate disposal of
1882 acres of the public lands, under the cash
and homestead systems.
The sales for cash amounted to Sl5,ll2.
Returns received for the month of January
show an aggregate disposal of ls,9O3 acres at
the following local offices, viz.;-East Saginaw,
Michigan, 1852 acres; Taylor's Falls Minnesota,
1896 acres; Falls Of ST. Croix Wisconsin, 1885
acres; at Topeka, Kansas, 2O2O acres.
The greater portion of the land was taken
under the Homestead law for actual cultivation
aud settlement.
The Commissioner during the past month has
transmitted for delivery to the patentees, 1855
patents Tor land sold and located with the mill
tary bounty land warrants and the Agricultural
College scrip. The patents were for entries
made at omaha Nebraska City, Dacotah
Cuy. and Brownsville, Nebraska; Verml.-