The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-29
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
NEWS FROM aHE CAPITAL.
sp cial telegram 20 the Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, December %, 1868.

sp cial telegram TO the Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, December %, 1868.
Movements of General Grant.
As mentioned in these dispatches, Gene
raj Grant goes north this week. He leaves
on Wednesday for Baltimore, where be will
remain until Thursday evening, when he
goes to Philadelphia, there to spend New
Years day.
The alabama Claims.
The Alabama claims, for which anthem
ticated accounts are filed in the State De-
partment, amount in all to something over
ss,000,OOO.
Tie amnesty Proclamation-lr. Davis.
The effect Of the amnesty proclamation
is the subject Of some speculation, and
especially as to the Indictment against Mr..
Davis. To dispose Of the latter it is sug-
gested that he must surrender himself into
custody, get out writ Of habeas corpus,
etc., etc. There is no doubt here among
officials about the process or mode to be
pursued. The proclamation has pardoned
Mr.. Davis of the offense upon which he is
held under indictment. The attorney for
the Government can move dismissal or
noHe prosequi, and he will undoubtedly do
80 or, if it should become necessary, the
attorney for defendant could make motion
for the discharge of their client, based upon
the proclamation.
about Che Pdrty to be Gicen by the Chill
afeas Of the Presidents Family.
The opportunities for invitsli-ss &c the
party to be given by the children of the
Presidents family grow with their growth.
One father writes that his son IN exceed
ingly brilliant boy, and would add lustre to
the party. Two ladies desire to be present !;
and, as they must have q male escort, ask
that invitations be sent for them and gen.
tleman, whom they name, to accompany
them, SC. If the erown-up community
were to be invited according to these re-
quests there would not be left standing
room for the Juveniles, for whom the party
is gotten up exclusively. The little ones of
the city are making their best efforts to
outshine each other, and the scene to-mor-
row evening will doubtless be one of the
most brilliant and pleasing that has been
witnessed in Washington. WALLACE.
Associated Press telegram.
WASHINGTON, December 2S.-The pro-
prietors and actors at Canterbury Hall
have been arrested for giving an indecent
exhibition. The cGn-can was on the bill.
Congressman Beck, of Kentucky, has
written to John c. Breckenridge, in Canada,
to return at once. 1t is expected that Jacob
Thompson, James NJ. Mason, and Jubal A.
Early, will all return about the same time.
1t is stated that Mr.. Davis will be urged
to surrender himself again to imprisonment,
when habeas corpus will bring him be-
fore the United States Supreme Court, where
the potency Of the Presidents amnesty can
be fully tested. 1t is stated that Mason,
Slidell, Benjamin, and Breckenridge, ell in
quire regarding the exact protection which
the amnesty affords.
A delegation of Georgia negroes is here
to protest against the present admission OF
the Georgia senator's.
Dispatches sent hence say Grant is deter
mined to root out the whiskey, railroad, and
other rings, even if he has to fill every civil
office with men taken from the army and
navy. He leaves here Wednesday to be
absent week.
Secretary McCulloch has returned to the
city.
General Butler is preparing speech
against the resumption Of specie payment