The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-11-14
WASHINGTON.
Facts and RumOrs.
CONGRESS.

August, was called to order at poo, nm T,..a.
'he senate by President Wade, and the House bv
Speaker Colfax. But four members of IN. g.
ate were present, and eight in the Hopse
After prayer by the chaplains. the ,,-os;d;,,,
oficer OF each house respectively declared the
body adjourned to the 7th Of December.
GRANT
All interest in Washington Just now centers
in Gen. Grant Everybody in Washington q,
poets office or political favor of some sort and
zen. Grant Is soon to be the great dispenser.
The General left Galena on the evening Of the
9th, and expressing his adherence of all show.
was allowed to proceed to Washington with the
utmost quiet. At Washington, however it WA,
hoped he would submit to the bore of f.rma,
reception" But it was no go. Saws dis.
patch--6th .'...
/ Gen. Dent has received letter from General
Grant, IN which the latter declines the proffered
demonstration on his arrival in this city. The
President elect expresses his desire to be permit.
ted to quietly arrive, and. should his friends de-
SIRE It, he will receive them formally at later
day. -
The "later dsy" will probably be after his in.
auguration, as he has declined to give . "recep-
ton at his private residence, though urged
thereto by the Central Grant Club" the " Bows
in Blue Club, and the city authorities of Wash
ington. In response to a speech of the Mayor,
| Gen. Grant said:
II hope you will spare me any public demon
strstisn. live in this city, and like to avoid
| demonstrations, as elsewhere, and with nv con.
sent there cannot be any / am always ready to
meet such gentlemen as may call upon me at my
ofhce. at any time. without public display Or
demonstration. This would BE- much more
| to you"
The Mayor replied:
I'VE shall study your pleasure in the matter
Gen. Grant then said
II am not unmindful Of the feeling intended
to be displayed by public demonstrations. and
you must take all this for granted" Laughter
The company then retired.
Naturally enough the General is already bored
nearly to death with Office seekers. He receive.
about 200 letters day relating to applications
for ottice, which no directs his secretary to open
40 as 30 ascertain what the letter is about, and
then to burn immediately. But the annoyanc.
frsm personal applicants is even greater than
that from letters
CABINET sPECULATIoSs.
Spsculations are already rife as to the proba-
bio composition of the new Presidents cabinet.
The most significant intimation on that head is
that
A strong effor. will be made to induce Gen.
Grant TO choose hi. cabinet and chief officer
from comparatively young men, like himself,
and TO throw over :he whole batch of old fogies
who have revolved around Mr. Seward and Mr..
johnson during the last four years. 1t is certain
that Mr. Fessenden and Mr. Trumbul will get
very little consideration, while Reverdy johnson
and Gen. Dix will be recalled.
The movement in favor of giving Wade, Of
Ohio, place in the cabinet seems to meet with
40 little encouragement that Wade and the ultrl
radicals manifest their iis.rust of Grant Saw
dispatch from Bohemian evidently behind the
scenes:
In Detroit, few days ago, q conference was
held by Wade, Coltax and Chandler. aud few
other extreme radicals, at the private residence
OF Chandler. AT that conference the suggestiOu
WAS made by Wade, and asseuted TO with great
sarnsstness by Chandler, that the advanced"
radicals should make sure of Grant, by requiring
from him "a written pledge to support and favor
the congressional reconstruction policy in its
every detail, with all the means at his command
And this, added the Ohio fanatic, ''muSt be done
before the meeting Of tie electoral coNeges" "But,"
said enc OF the party, suppose he should refuse
to sign Then" replied Zach. Chandler
stretching his arm half way across the table
and pointing to Ben Wade, "here is our neet
presidlntf'
TREAsURER's FORTHCOMING REPORT.
The general details of Secretary McCulloch's
annual report arc being prepared. He will show
that the receipts of the Government for the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1868, were FIVE hundred
and fifty million dollars, and the expenditures
$377,OOOOO0. The estimates which the Sscreta-
~ made for the year in his last report were for
receipts $4l7OOOO0O; for expenses $373,OO9,OOO
CONSERVATION AMONG TREASURY CLERKS.
Great CONSERVATION was manifested last Satur.
day in the Treasury Department over another
intimatOn from the Secretary that about 800
clerks would be discharged on the lst Of Decen-
Der. OF the 200 recently discharged, nearly all
are bringing pressure to be reinstated.
THE PET LAMBS TO BE NURsED.
Public attention is being called to the prospec-
tive suffering among the thousands of colored
people in the District who were deprived on
November LIST of the support of the Freedmen's
Bureau. 1t is proposed that the grading and
paving of the streets be continued during tho
winter, in order to furnish employment.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
A prominent Republican Senator (quere--
Yates !? has given out the intimatiou that he
has now in his pocket and will Law before Con.