The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-01
Things In Washington.

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Things In Washington.
THE MILITARY REMovALs-eENERAL MEADE AS
GENERAL PoPE's sUocEssoR-aENERAL oRDs
Pos1TIoN-NEw YEARR RECEPTION AT THE
WHITE HoUsE-PRoPosED FINANCIAL MEASURE
GENERAL sHERMANs REPORT.
The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun writes under date Of Sunday last:
| AS foreshadowed il these dispatches some
| DAYS ago, the President has renewed General
Pope from command of the third military
district, and named General Meade as the
successor in that command. This action can
o. readily understood by all who haYe been OBJ
servant Of the course pursued by General Pope
| in the matter OF removals Of State officers, who
were decapitated without the assignments OF
facts constituting obstruction Of The law but
especially has General Pope's conduct been OBJ
| jectionable tO the Executive In 30 far as that
military commander, whilst in the exercise OF
| his official duties, has sought to identify him.
self rs q political partisA :, and in working
openly and avowedly in the interest Of the
Radical party. -.
1t is not expected that General Meade will
give himself over to the interest OF any party,
and certainly no understanding OF any kind has
been entered into between that officer and the
| President as to the course that shall be pur-
sued In the conduct OF affairs in the third dis
| triot. haze it from unquestlonnbe authority
| that General Meade Ii selected to succeed
| General Pope simply upon the belief that the
| former will execute The reconstruction laws to
| the letter, and at the same time in such manner
as 10 give to none just cause for complaint OF
| tyranny or partial exercise Of the almost nm
\ limited powers conferred upon district COM
manders. There is no foundation in fact for
| the reports in the papers that General Meade
demonstrated against his appointment in the
command, aud that he at the same time indi-
Gated that If appointed he would exceed Gene
raj Pope in rigorous execution of the law.
General Ord not long since requested that
he might be relieved from command OF the
fourth district, and on that account, and in
the nope that new officer in charge Of that
district might possibly avoid some OF the erroIs
committed by the late commander, and gov
ern the district in q more consistent and sys-
tematlc manner than it has heretofore been
managed, General Ord was relieved.
It was shown satisfactorily to the President
hat General Wager Swayne has been making
use OF his Official position in Alabama for his
(Swuyne's) own political advancement, and
therefore the order that he be relieved from
duty in that State and join his regiment in
Nashville.
The official order for the usual reception at
the White House on New Years day will be pro-
mulgated tomorrow or next day. The order
of exercises will be the same as last year on
similar occasion. After IL o'clock on Wednes-
day, the members Of the Cabinet, and General
Grant, and their several families will receive
visitors. ALI the Senators and Representatives
having their families here are expected to keep
.open house" on New Years day.
Senator Henderson has prepared bill, to
be introduced next week in the Senate, provld-
ing for consolidated loan of three and o half
per rcent. interest, payable In gold, aud Tor The
repeal Of the limit OF three hundred million as
the circulation OF the national bank currency,
80 as to make the banking business as free as
other business.
General Sherman will remain here until
about the middle OF this month for the purpose
Of getting up his report OF the Indian ,peace
commission. He says the accounts Of the In
dian war have been greatly exaggerated. The
war was principally fought In the newspaPere
and in Congress, and the c0st or the real war
in the West was very much less than has been
represented.
DISTRESS IN TIE SOUTH.
Letters received here yesterday and to-day
from different parts Of the South lay great
stress ON the destitutivn and suffering now ex-
isting there among the freedmen and others.
General Gillem is still here In conference with
the authorities as to what course ls best to be
pursued in order to alleviate, as far as possi-
bic. the present suHering:s The regions most
afflicted are those where the crops fell short.
The absence of Congress renders 1t almost I'M
possible to carry out any practical measures OF
immediate assistance, as there Is no authority
to use any funds for such purpose.
SOLDIERS NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The committee appointed at the meeting Of
the representatives OF the Soldiers League
throughout the country, held here two weeks
ago, to communicate with various military
men as to the propriety of holding Rational
Convention OF soldiers and sailors Eoxt a. ay,
to nominate Presid> initial ticket report that
responses have been received, approving the
plan, from numper Of prominent officers, in
Guiding TWO or three who are Governors OF
States. Another conference is to be held here
on the 9th OF January next, when an address
is to be prepared, and the time and place for
holding the convention decided upon,
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM DEAD LETTERS.
The PostofRoe Department has on hand,
taken from the dead letters which accumu-
lated during the late war, more than ten thous-
and photographs of Union soldiers. Although
it Ia believed that many OF their relatives
would be glad t., obtain such pictures, espe-
cially of those who have died since the pic
lures were taken, the Department has not yet
been able to decide upon q plan by which the
qualification may be afforded.
THE sHERNAN's SETTLING DOWN.
Lieutenant-Genera Sherman and Senator
Sherman have jointly made purchase of 119
acres Of land Just north OF Columbian College,
for which they paid $4,000, and upon which
they propose to Greet handsome residences the
coming season.