The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-24
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Washington News and Gossip.

NbHhlhktoh NSWS hnu GOSSips
WASHINGTON, May 28.--The President
has accepted Of the invitation of the citi-
zens of Raleigh TO visit that place on the
lth of June next. The President win
leave here on the LIST or 2d of June, and
contemplates returning Immediately after
the ceremonies Rt Raleigh are concluded.
General Grant was present to-day at the
extraordinary Cabinet meeting, called TO
lear and consider the opinion OF Attorney
Generpl Stanbcry, IL Is understood the
opinion met with unanimous approval and
Apers.
The ten thousand stand OF arms which
Congress required to be furnished to the
Brownlow government of Tennessee, were
sent. The President has since been urged
by many citizens Of that State 10 Interfere
and require the arms TO be placed In the ar
senal, and that an armed Organization of
the militia night be prohibited. The citi
zens so applying stated that if the arms
were distributed they would he used for an
improper influence In the political canvass
In Tennessee. The President has decided
not to Interfere In the premises, This will
afford Drownlow n full swing, In carrying
the State for himself and the Radicals, or
organize civil war.
The rumor mentioned in dispatches from
this city that the subject of tho removal of
Sheridan was discussed In Cabinet session
last Tuesday, Is a fabrication out Of whole
cloth
The Herdlds special says petition for
the pardon of JEFF. DaVisis being circulated
by Southern men In Washington, and II Is
said Davis Is no longer averse to suing for
clemency.
Advices received here from General Sher-
mau's headquarters state that Indications
of general Indian war may prevent the
General from making his contemplated
European trip.
Among the Judges of elections for the
twenty eighth precinct of this city are Is
negroes.
After all the denials, It IL now certain
that the President did, last summer, offer
Mr. Greeley the Cabinet position of Post
master General, which the latter declined,
on the ground that he couldn't support the
policy"
Especial Dispatch To the Cincinnati Gazcitcl
Ben Butler says In his late letter;
Again let me examine the assertion that
the story That eighteen pages had been
taken from Booths diary Is also an inven-
tion. Booths diary has been before the
committee, and eighteen pages are careful
ly cut out, being the pages down to the
very day of the assassination. The only
question raised was when and by whom
were these leaves cut out. Booth, while
hunted for his life, through swamps and by
ways, after the assassination, would hardly
have leisure for such amusement. Besides
on horseback, with one leg broken, IL might
be difficult 10 get n ruler or straight edge
by which to tear the leaves rs nicely as IL
Is done. Everything taken from Booths
person was put In evidence on the trial
of Mrs. Surratt. Even to II bin of ex-
change taken out of this same diary, cx-
cept this diary itself and valuable dia-
mond pin which he wore. These alone
We're kept back. Why cannot eighteen
leaves Of the diary and the pin now be
foundp Until those having had the custody
of articles taken from the body can account
for all of them, must be excused from be-
lieving the testimony that the articles are
ali now In the same condition as when
found. lfthe witness eau be found who
has got the pin, perhaps he can tell us who
has the missing leaves. Do you really
think that missing leaves are m invention?
JUDGE UNDERwooD's GRAND JURY.
Judge Underwood's Grand Jury have
taken recess for two weeks. They were
charged not to make known what they had
done but IL Is understood they did not, rs
has been stated, find any Indictment for
treason. They made great efforts for fer
reting out frauds upon the revenue by
parties largely engaged In whisky making,
but they were not very successful.
THAD. STEVENS ON CALLED SESSION.
Gentlemen who saw Thad. Stevens last
week, report that he thinks there will not
and should not be July session of Con-
gress, unless the articles of impeachment
are to be brought forward. OF this there
does not now appear to be any probability.