Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-02-21
Washington Gossip.

The Removals by Gen. Grant and Han
cock-Vote on the Alabama Constitu.
tion-Another Impeachment Movement
The Financial Measures before Con.
Sress-A Continuous Session Proposed
Various Matters.
'os;ial Dispatch to the Boston Trarelier.l
New YORK, F.b IL.
Washington specials contain the follow.
ing:-
Up to late hour Sunday night the Pres
dent had not received Gen, Sherman re-
fusal of the new comm: nd. nor his declina-
ton of the Brevct Generashp.
The Ways and Means Committee will
finish the Internal Revenue Bill before
touching on currency and fiuanee.
The Senate Military Committee will re-
port n bill repeating the law allowing tho
President or Secretary of War to send in
Brcvet nominations.
"A messenger from the New O,leans
Councils has arrived and will have all in
tervicw with Gen. Grant to day. He
states that the seven colOrctl men removed
by the council by Gen. Hancock were all
the colorcd men in that body, and shows
the falsity Of certain statements by Gen.
Hancock.
The latest adviees from Gen. Meade
show that the Alabama Constitution will
not. if at all, be defeated by mora than
5000 or 5000 votes, and that he ha not
yet decided what action should he taken
in reopening the elections in certain Is
tricts.
If it is found that this can be done t
will urnl.,LI,. l,a "a. yr;n1 .,ut ,nJ ti,,o III
dispense with TIE necessity of further leg
islatiou on the subject. Sliould this not he
legal and possiblc Gen Sherman's bill is
to he passed.
A quiet but strong movement is OH foot
to open the question Of impeachment in
the House, and after debate 10 try to get a
vote without reference to any committee.
taking for the basis of the charges the con-
tracy Of Mr.. johnson to set at defiance
the tenure Of office bill.
The pressure upon the President to re-
construct his Cabinet upon a Democratic
basis is being cxerted with great yigor and
with some indications of success.
His friends will make an effort to have
the Democratic National Nominating Con
vention held in Louisville, Ky or some
Eastern City. t....
The friends of Senator Wade demand
his nomination for the Vice Presidency ON
the ticket with Gen. Grant.
There is no foundation for the story
that Jay Cooke s. Co., have made propo
siti0n to Secretary Mccullough to resign
and 90 to London to open a banking house
for that firm.
The vacant foreign missions will be filled
this week. . s--.
ITO Associated Prcss.l
II seems that the delay Of the Judiciary
Committee. OF the Senate, in not report
ing the House bill, making a majority Of
the votes cast sufficient to :atify the con-
stituiion of any Southern State. is attribu-
table to the representations made by prom
iment Southern radicals. who argued that
if this were done the rebels would turn out
aud take pc session of the pulls in many |
places, and more surely defeat the consti |
lutions than if they were left to remain a,
home, thus giving the voters. favorable to
the CONSTITUTIONS, full control o matters. |
There is a perfect willingness on the
part OF the committee to report the bill il |
it shall seem to bc necessary to more speedy |
reconstruction.
The probability of continuous session
ef Congress hence to the 4th of March
1863. is beginning to be discussed among
the members.
Nearly all the expressions point to a re
cess in June for Il couple Of month";, re-
assembling in September. if events re-
quire it, and then recess until Deceni-
Der.
The present session cannot possibly COM
plete its financial work before the last OF
June OF the early portion Of July, and
there will probably he no aljournmrnts for
the National Conventions of either party