The Van Buren press., 1868-01-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 81.

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The President has signiled his inten,
ton Of being present at the Eight of-Jan-
uary Celebration, 10 be given here by the
Democracy. All the members of the
Cabinet and General Grant are invited,
also, Generals Sherman. Meade, Hancock,
and Others of the army, and Hon. George
HI. Pcndeton. Chas. O'Conor, Governor
Seymour, of Connecticut, and one hun
dred and fifty other prominent persons.
Several members of the National Dem
ocratic Committee are here. Mr. Belmont
Chairman, authorizes the announcement
for Il meeting OF the Committee, in Wash-
ington, on February -, rs hitherto stated.
The probability is Cincinnati will be
designated - Inc place for holding the
Convention, Notwithstanding stong eff
forts are being made by rival Western
cities
The forthcoming speech of Senator
DoOlittle in the Senate, it is said, will be
an inspiration of the Presidents, and will
indicate his sympathies and course for
the next political campaign.
Hon Jerry Black Is figuring an effort
to test the constitutionality OF the Recon
struction laws, and is preparing his argu-
mcnt thereon.
The Radicals are in trcpidation over
: the wall Of suffering ana sorrow from the
South, and the commercial aAl financial
distresse. from the North, which all OBJ
yiously originates in their party policy,
and has recoiled leariully upou them.
Ben. Wade remarked to-day TO o friend,
in language emphatic but not classic,
Everything has gone to HI"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.
Although Senator Howard, as Chair
man of the Senate Military Committee,
has prepared report sustaining eX-Sec-
retary Stanton from the charges preferred
against him under the Civil Tenure bill,
brought by the President, it is not true
that the Committee have adopted the re-
port for presentation to the Senate. The
Committee will hold second meeting on
the subject next week, and finally decide
the matter Mr. Howard maintains that
Mr. Stanton has fully answered all of the
charges brought against him by the Ex-
ecutiye. r..t
1t is stated by parties who claim to be
well informed in regard to Gen. Grants
ideas on this subject, that the latter will,
in case of the Senate sustaining Mr., Stan
ton. Immediately retire from the War
Office, assuming that the law forbids him
pursuing any other course.
The Raleigh papers received here rep
resent that the meeting held in that city
on Saturday evening, was large and re-
spectacle in numbers, and pledged to
Chief Justice Chase for the Presidency.
There are rumors that the President
will soon issue another amnesty procla-
nation which will embrace all but few
leading rebels.
New ORLEANS, Jan. ..
There is a great probability that the
checkered Convention will terminate its
existence II a general rumpus on the SO
cial equality question. BY this | mean
that the Conservative delegates eyince
disposition to withdraw altogether and
take the stump in opposition. All Otto
days session was devoted to discussion
of the mooted question, without coming
to a decision. Some speeches were very
violent and incendiary l look for the
usual developments before the question
is settled 1t appears impossible to bring
it to a vote, and even then, the result
would be uncertain ''f
jeff Davis and wife received numerous
visitors at their parlors in the ST. Charles
Hotel, ...
Gems Forrest and Wade Hampton are
at the same house. f