Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
w..n,nxtor N.w. and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip
i The President has pardoned John H
Eagan aud Nicholas Henry, both o.
whom We're convicted AT the November
term of the District Court New York
of defrauding the United States by ma.
king false and fraudulent papers thereby
lobtaining bounty money aud back
pay.
The letter book Of General Halleck
containing all the correspondence on til.
subject OF the removal OF Gen. Grant
when at Viksburg, including the order
tor his removal, has been found. The
order was signed by Gen. Halieck. but
was inspired 10y Secretary stanton, who
at that time, directed the correspondence
of General Halleck. General Bank I
friends ale urging him TO give all the
papers i'm ispessession on the subject to
the public, but he still refuses TO dc
/ so.
! A Washington letter writer describes
! Mr.. Motley, who was recently on the
floor OF the Senate, as a man above the
middle stature, slim in figure. seems to
be nearly fifty years of age, has a long
head, well forward of the ears the type
of pioneers whether in letters, science
travel or material life; greyish mass of
hair, heavy eyebrows and full peaked
beard aitogether.a man of Travelled, re-
Elective and distingue appearance. ~
was remarked by several, before it was
known who the stranger was.
i ANDREW JOHNSON has pardoneu de-
serters, murtferers. counterfeiters, rebels,
assassins, and every conceivable sort of
scoundrels and villains, and the Demo
cratic press have had nothing but praise
1 for his pardonings, until short time
sence he pardoned Sanford Couover,
when the whole pack turned on him.
And whye Simply because Conover,
once i'll the course of his illspent life,
| felt II >pasm of honesty or patriotism, or
/ pc; haps only fear, and so testified as 10
the doings OF certain traitors plotting
| for the overthrow oi their country. For
| this these Democratic journals can never
orgive him,-[Joafnal. ..-
Says u Washington letter: There were
never SO many SOutberners in Washing
ton as now, but they keep themselves
alooI," said my friend, and he seemed
To blame them most heartily for not
mixing more freely with tile northern
people, and learning the true sentiments
OF The Yankee. AT the Ebbitt House, II
hotel owned by Willard, ami which
differs from Wiilara's in being less ex-
pensive and more comfortable the
Southerners make themselves at home.
Most of them have some project which
they wish to present to Congress. or are
corresponding with reference TO the in
vesting of capital in the sections TO
which they belong.
The Special Committee To make pro
vision for the taking of the next census,
held special meeting to-day General
Garfield presiding Numerous plans and
suggestions were discussed but no def
mite action was reached. A compilation
of the vaLious State census is being pre-
pared, and will be submitted to the
Committe at their next meeting. It.
appears TO be the unanimous desire of
the Committee that the new CENSUS
should be completed in time to make
new apportiorment for members of the
House of Representatives in time for
the elect on to occur in the fall of IS7il,
for the Forty y-secOnd Congress. The
proposition to arrange. the appOrtiOn
ment in order that the number OF Rep
resentatives may be increased to three
hundred, was favorably received
In conversation at the Army Head
quarters, with Senator Thayer, General
Grant remarked: II want you to say
that l shall send into the Senate the |
name of Maj. Gen. Schofield as Secreta-
ry of War, but it is likely that he will |
decline and return to his position in the /
army. L shall then nominate a civilian |
for that office, and | want the Senate to
know this" Turning to Representa-
tives Dickey and Morrill, of Pa. and Ro-
berts of Ark, who were at short dis
tance from. him. he said he had no OBJ
lection to their hearing what he had to
say Oh the question of the Cabinet, he
remarked: l am opposed to appointing
officers of the army and navy to civil
offices, and shall therefore have a civil
ian at the head of eaeh Department.
This statement comes from members of
Congress who Were present, and they
express their satisfaction at the senti-
ments of the General, and believe from
the conversation that he will have al
straight out Republican Cabinet.
- The Senate Committee of Conferencet
on the Constitutional amendment ale
Stewart. ConkliEg and Edmunds.
The Washington correspondent of the
Pittsburgh Commercial says:
Gen. Grant, in conversation this
morning, said the Array bill new
pending goes about as far as he thinks
Congress ought 10 go at present. He
said 10 enlistments had been made
and no new commissions issued for six
or eight months, and that whether any
plan OF reduction became law or not, no
increase in the force would take place;
but the present policy of decrease by alb
sorption would be continued during his
He hopes by this pro
cess, and by the accepting OF resigna- Il
tions and ordering discharges, to reduce {
the army by the time Cengress meets Il
next winter, to 22,0tl0 infantry, and he {
thinks that these, with reconstruction
practically accomplished, and better |
state of affairs in the Indian country. I
and put our military service on a strict
ly peace feoting He is decidedly oppos- I
ID to any such arbitrary and permeptory i
reduction as Buffers proposition con f
and his Influence would
doubtless secure favorable action fr IN
,he Senate, upon the Dodge Blame I
or something of u similar I
character. @-l' s- a
The Army bill originally appropriated !;
orty-three millions of dollars. lti be-
eived the amount is safely reduced to
lbout thirty-four millious. "a
80. New York Items. fr
Letters from South Carelna. say Thur i
ow Weeds health is mt improving. He I
emains about as when he arrived there. |
Nearly all bets on the race between the :,
Russia and City of Paris are held for de- :
;ision when the log books arrive. 1t is a
umored that another race between