The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-19
The Washington correspondent Of tile BALI,
more Gazctt. writes:

The Washington correspondent of the BALI,
more Gazette writes:
Ali accounts, official and unofficial, agree rs
To The probable length Of tile Forthcoming
smessasc' OF President Grant II will be very
brief, and lns stated some days ago in these
icttcrs) VIII be mere compendium OF the re-
ports Of the several secretaries OF the druart
ments. Mr.. Hoar hus finished the exordlum
which learn, Is very dcvout. The conclusion
Is no. vet completed Secretary Fish has
fn ntshed ,iiIs quota, In respect 10 our foreign
relations, the mainfeatures OF which consist
OF a broad avowal Of friendly relations
with oil foreign governments, ana The
manifest iInpr0prlety OF detailing the
Individual incidents pertaining TO all par.
ticlllar unfinished negotiations. Tile nuh.
lie will, therefore, be disappointed, If il
Is expected that any definite information will
be communicated in reference TO the nego-
tations with England, as 10 tho imprisoned
american Fcnians, the Alabama claims, or the
Reciprocity treaty. The same may be said
about Cuban nilairs. 1t must not, on this nc
count, be inferred by incredlous Irlshmcn,
suffering merchants, or Cuban patriots, that
the government has been ut all dcrclict
Doubtless, an amazing bulk of correspondence,
containing any amount Of gencralities couch.
cd III the customary pomp0us and scnscless
phraseology of polite diplomacy, might be
forthcoming I.ndlS OF one thing we may feel as
sllred, and that Is that the dcspot of Russia
panegyrc. Ills accomplished minister at this
court has already commanded his sers
throughout our land (thcre are probably O
prosperity OF the United States on tho 18th Of
the current month. 1t is u riddle hard to
solve, this excessive cordiality between the
greatest ana most despotic government In tho
world, and the greatest and claimcd-to-be the
IreesL republic. Extremes sometimes meet.
is Russia to become another model republic
or America another model despotismY
But the chlef interest just now seems to be
concentrated In the report" Of the Secretary
OF the Treasury. This dignitary has again sud
denly departed for his "homch In Nussachu-
setts to revise his labors Of last summer, some
screw seeming to be loose. He has already
thus spent about three months upon his vol
nmnors report" 1t Is said he cannot mctho-
dlzc and put into Language the thoughts of his
ponder0uS mind anywhere except In certain
room of his own domcil, ''flxcd upp in u pecu-
liar manner, and hence his frequent exits from
The metropolis. 1t Is known that hc thus pre-
pared his tremendous effort delivered with 80
much effect In tho great impeachment triul. It
may be thought by some that this apparcnt
singuiarity Is without q parallel. Not so.
biography furnishes many examples Of very
great men being unable TO express their vast
or beautiful ideas except In certain situations
ana under special circumstances. Goldsmith
could not for his life make rhyme except in n
garret, with mug of beer and the remains of
splrGd by Bohea, and wrote always In tn,
breakfast room, and II Is said that the most
pthy and most elegantly expressed speeches
ol General Grant himself have been composed
Under ,. ahe Inspiration Of sixth cigar, and in
the solitude This own bed chamber
II lB not probable, however, that the clabora
ted views OF MI. Boutwell,, or any of his COM
peers, or even OF the President himself. will
lnillcncc Congress In the slightest degree this
Hlntcr. The election In Minnesota has scared
the very life of Radicalism out Of Western
They see In it O warning not to be
unheedcd. The people of the Great West de-
mand to be relieved from ut least part of the
burden which opprcsscs them unendumbIy-
faction dismcmJered.
Our adjourned Alabama difllcuiL, with Great
iiritain threatens to be further complicated by
lhe peculiar condition of things in Tiaytl. Tho
reyollltionlsts or s'patriots" there insist upon
recognition OF bcllIserent rights Sumner
would seem To bo corncred In this matter.
TWO petitions have been received here from
merchants in BostOn and New York ins!st,nC
upon recognition" The petitioners assign
as sufficient reason for the goycrnmellt's
compliance with tho petition, the long CON
tinuance OF tho war, and the fact that The fol-
lowing important towns arc In possession OF
thc reyolutlonists: Jacmel, Aux Cages, Jcrc-
Acul; while Salnavc holds but three: Port.aii-
Prlncc. Port au PalX, and Cape IInytiau. This
precise argument was used by the Confederate
government TO Great Britain and France, to-
gether with others, founded upon facts still
moro wclghty.
The Texas and Mississippi elections nrc To be
carried asrI T At the point of the bayonct il acti-
eaoe. , inc Memphis Avalanche or Wedncs-
day laccordlng TO tclcgram,) publishes list
Of persons residing In that city, who, il asserts.
nave nave been imported by General Amos into
mississippi as managers OF the election there.
IN tne interest Of the Radical party, and calls
upon the authorities at Washington to inter-
ferc: Tho authorities ut Washington kaue al
ready t,teyJered. At the Cabinet meetInr on
Friday, the Secretary Of War submitted Gen-
era hmee' regulations and details OF Officers
Ior tne election N hisaissipp, which are ap-