The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-13
Signs Of the Times.

ssa. Overlapping one smother, ana tlc sP'o-
satan :, snjtc of tho closest observation,
!. confused as 10 their order ana S"cce'-
.;,, The signs Of ,he times relative 10
49,, Presidency are not very clear. GRANT
Ia c,yorite with many; but none can say
,ra, he Is the peculia- favoritc OF a party
Dur neigGbor the Wing rather CONSIDERS
-. summation Republican. But he is re-
,.Njy.a fsvorahly by both Democrats ana
,,se..,ndeuts. while Mr.. MONTGOMERY
BIG plainly offers him as the nominee OF
,,.,.,,. cry prominent and far from uninilu-
nn,ial siatcsmcn who have left the Repub-
lean :,lr,v rs tyrann al and destructive
~ ,lsrspng for Congress the powers OF the
coordinate branches of the Government,
and setting At defiance the constitution
and ia:s, OF the nation. The New York
fErolG, .ac most p ointment advocate OF
GpAx1% claims, is now directing the fire OF
;,s h;e g-,ns upon the ultra Radicals and
nev.ophn .s.s, and boldly accuses them OF
design :, subordinate the thirty millions
of whit N this country to the four NIL
lions Of southern blacks, by placing IN
their han.!s ii, jalonce Of po'oer.
Jus. !erc, too, the President at last
takes PLEASURES relative TO the very car
h,,nclc O, yadicalism which had been fixed
u,,on III, MISUNDERSTANDING STAN
Tox. IL goes further, and indicates pur-
pose 20 s,movc SHERIDAN, the crystaliza-
ton Of raG 'a!:sm in the army. These mea-
surcs cxt...c the hittcrcst dcnunciatlons OF
extreme Radical papers, while those OF
more COS, :ryatiyc Republican type are
rather 81 AT. The Herald, whose Keen
scent fo':DHs the popular track with re-
,naykablc sngacity, has boldly come iorth
IN dpf.uc. Il tho President and dcnuncia-
iI,n Of S7..<TuN for holding on to his 0lllce
in spite o. the manifestation OF the aver
sion nj lie Who'll. Cabinet and the positive
and emphatic rcqucst of the President
that he should resign.
The clunsrrs relating to the case Of
General Sm:mpAS arc somewhat quoted
hy the grav. discussion of the attitude OF
STANTON nnt: mo rights of the Executive.
Still, there ,rc not II few Of the political
backs aud .,aty organs prospecting Tor
Jobs and tsp who are working industri-
ously t. ya.,e breeze in his behalf, with
wha, effect ,3mains to be seen.
Meantime the advocates of Chcl-Jus-
,ice Cuhsk are not idle. Mr.. GREELEY
has calmly hut decidedly indicated his
orsfereuce ~ civilian" and waived
hach the i%.rulsiyc President makers as
out Of time and out Of tune. THuRLow
WEED, the cid gray fox of partisans, con-
cr;ying il ,,plitic, has cssaycd to cut the
ham. strings of the CHASE party by an
adroit s,roi from behind. He cnumc-
rates the sroat wealth suddenly acquired
hy Judge GaAsE-that he went into the
s;ab;nc! in laGO worth about $l0,O0O-that
while the.s ,ith u salary Of $4,000, and an
expenditure which kept pace with it, ne
,ai,, nst,i. in four years 100000, though
how he cclld "honcstly" swell the
amount Ia tt is large sum in that time Mr.
Wggr saws in not quite clear ;" and Mr.
w. has experience in these matters
,,'.,,,. -, ,,cor;o,s and doubtless]v
,"N",""' a,,aoL or Tho oc.d M.
l;a;esl ,eickster has drawn forth from
''''t .,,,,,,.., c.iand. . torrent If ndic-
'""e~ ,.., :,, 49,, r,r,h d;s,rrh tho
,n.u ao,,>,;ro N
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arc h'' "'e'' "P'0' y
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Ihn redemption OIL tue puoic oeot oy
Ill" ISSUE % sFi'hoaeks-" 'op'c Oh hucn
shae's>t-'h"heh sun discussed IS partially
dropped for these exciting themes.
In he midst OF these significant events
the exact significance of which cannot be
1ea; -:iv.as1 ii:;st now-come the develop
ns,,s of DuxuAN alias CoSovEn. They
are sustained to good degree by circum-
sancss and documents but for which the
world could place no faith in his assertions.