The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-24
OUR .vAsrrNaroN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

An EXODUS op noNoRADLrs-TuE USUAL PARTING
Observation-Disclosures TOO WEAK ro .REspoSp--
srEaKEE CoLFaN on TIE LIVING IssUEs-ASrIRA-
TIoSd fon THE NEXT Observation-Disclosures ALI.
POWERFUL. on THE RECONSTRUCTION THgonY-
TIE WEST TO III TlIE AuENr OF RESTORING CIVIL.
LAW IN THE sorTu-TnE LAST VETO MEssAaE-
coSTINuANCs or r,iE BuRnATT TRIAL, ETC. ETC.
WRsIISaToS, July 21.-J}oth Houses of Congress
adjourned yesterday, pnnctually at tho appointed
hour, and by this time nearly nil tho nlembers are
route to heir homes, or else to places of sum-
NOR resort, from whero projected visits were
brokon into rather I1dely by the iron mandate of
party power calling for tho summon session and
the Supplemental Reconstruction BILL As III gen.
orally the cnso whom tho members Of Congress aro
Bercnado WAS tho order of the adjournment night
and MIR. Speaker Colfax, with Clerk sIcPhorsnn,
to tho Sratory WHICH Snimates tho cso dnrins. i,
aCongresslonal session, improved tho opportuni-
ties offered them Of atl,ressng their friends Oh
was designed to have speech from Mr.. Stevens;
hut the ago and niirmtes of that goniioinan pro-
m alter Eht ad Uin tha as ,ren Mera
plensed to bo content with tic responses to thom,
and compliments made by tho others in whose
whose benefit tho star spanglcl Danner'
and columbia tho Gem of tho Ocean," woro
night Tie remarks Of the Speaker If III the i' ionso
Of Representatives wore tho feature of tho eve
nings entertainments. Tho speeches Of Mr.. Col
fax, TINT hu is generally conceded to bp among
tho foremost Of tho nspirants in the Presidential
rnce Of 1885, could not To Otherwise than interest
ing, ns they most conclnsively npscrt for him tho
principles and political platform upon which his
hopes for tho next Presidency arc cast. Other
mon, high i'll the annals of Republican party his
tory, who aspire to succeed Mr. johnson as lrcsi-
dent Of tho United States, hnvo less show for tho
nomination than Schuyler Colfax, wlhio thoy are
than that % soncmnn D' ID seers o aI onefg
The lattor IL nominated thero il doubt but TINT
mneh OF tho support ho rccoivcs will bo duo to his
abroad aong peea friends er or ononos aa nSf Is OF OF
no small cxtcnt. II may bo thought that this is
dates for tho noxt Presidency but tho fact is Ger
tsn that although the wire-pulling and political
engineering to secure that nomination has not
Leen 30 PLAIN to public view either tho efforts at
boon tho subject Of widespread comment since
S h1S Ps Saen among ffas j"
pirants conccrned in wishing the high honor q
Yery considerable amount Of spcculntions, discus
as yet, however, have led to any definite result
private ,,i1 agreement however as to probable re.
Of November, OH which lato wo shall again have in
the capitol.
not subject OF much comment, and creates no c1-
citemont In nny political circle It is not thought
that the very determined stand taken by the Presi
dent-in which il is admitted on all sides ho Inns
nothing particularly 10 gain, it is only tho proof
OF previous assertions TINT ho will not abandon his
position-wi haye any effect III making tho slight
eat change in tho policy Of tho administration.
Possibly tho President may construe Tho paragraph
in that document, wherein lio states that ho can
never willingly surrender tho powers given him by
the Constitution to that all the lnwa aro faith
fully executed, very dbiTcront 10 tho meaning put
Mossrs. Boutwell, and Butler, Of NIassachusctts,
Williams, of Pennsylvania and somo others
who called particular attention to it, Immediately
after tho clork had concluded it's reading. That
sentence in itself wRs grand itom for tho inn
peachment men, that Is, for those VINO arc stiil
rs SeSnP bo taEsn rhG IN soy ad sEnd @
there will DO additional fuel ncred to them for llso
in NovemIer. But rs I have remarked thoro is
little ldea that tho President will depart from tho
limo ho has markell out. 10 will furdIy ronloyo
any Of tho military commanders. That would nei-
far have roeoyed cd 0 no peGG OF oaG S south @ who 10
cy OF tho Administration Mt any time. Their rclicf
must como when reconstruction, according 10 Me
plan Of Congress- for no where clac does pocer cx-
ist, IL practically settled, and when civil law will
be restored It will not rest with Now England to
adjust everything; but n sober thought from tho
West, when thcro is no more rccoIslrlictioi meas-
nrcs under consideration, must pav0 tho why for
beneficial results to tho spirit OF acquieacenco
which manifests itself in the Souhcrn States,
The only thing that makes Washington n place
OF interest nolo, is The Hurratt trial. In that
there is no abatement, and tho result IL looked for
with impatlence Last night Tho first evening
session of the Court was Lcld; but tho witness,
who it was expected tho d.fcnco wunld have pre-,
sent, was not on la ID. None Of The great .devel-
oPmcnts' which tho conntry ut largo has bccn
promising itself would he mailo on tRs trial nye
como 10 light Perlap1 they aro LEFT for buffers
AssaHsinatiun Committee, where il is stated other
'Ercat things" nro to ns,Unish tho world
1 must not neglect to state in this corrcspon-
denco that tho com, incnt aii by Mr.. Colfax last
night, in his Sercnado speech to the Secretary of
War, as being tho only nlcmbor of tho Cabinet who
had not denounced Congress, is regarded with
como Significance M Il is known that Ar Stanton
is being put forward with great energy by Bo,no OF
tho most prominent members of tho Republican
party ns their canditatc, and IN case lle Should
succeed in obtaining the nomination, it is deter
mined II possible, not 10 allow his past llpi .ar-
ity, eyon among members of his own = is, to
stand in tho way OF his SUCCESS
Matters aro likely to DO remarkably quiet in
Washington Tor tao next month. Every one WHO
can will got out oi tho city, and TINT Wilt not havo
atcndency to mako allira lively. Members of tho
various committees Of CongrGss will hnvo ccca-
honai demantla on their presence hero between
now and tho ncxt meeting of Congress. Tho 1ues-
ton now is, whnt will DO tho next source of pop,l-
lar excitement, and where will it emanato from?
the Executive Mansion, tho headquarters OF Tho
,nt m,tnia5y districts iE tho South, or will it await
uhtn the November sesBion aud consist in fnl-
minhtion iro,n tho Impeachment COMMITTEES. or
from Bntors investigations in relation to the as-
sn'Sii'ni ioh oi 'o iate President. JIAL.