The New York herald., 1869-11-04
AshlNoToN.
E view Between the Commercial Con-
' lntOn Delegation and the President.
SPEECH OF GENERAL WALBRIDGE
The President Not Anxious For q
Second Term.

TIE FARRAGUr PRIZE MONEY.
WASHINGTON. Oct q, 1862
Interview Of Delegates from the Louisville
Convention with tho PresIdcnt-Addrcss by
General lWalbridge-President Grant Not
Candidate for Reelection.
The delegation appointed by the Louisville Com
mcrcial Convention called on President Grant this
morning In accordance with previous arrange
menk The chairman, General Wabrldge, spoks as
ioIlows:-
Before It's adjournment the late Commercial Con.
vention at Louisville deputed to the committee that
4 have the honor to present the high and delicate
tments OF gratitude ana reciprocatiOn OF hearty
good wLl for the view communicated In your de-
the Convention convened. Originally called to dis
the exclusive interests OF the Southern States,
iarged until embraced the material prosperity Of
every section OF our extended country. Delegates
were N 9r1 from Vermont ana ex Texas
yond expression 70 receive encouragement a.
alions we're confined mainly to the great questions
Of finance, taxation, immigration, internal
aures by which the industries and great natural
resources OF the South could be brought In harmony
has entered. = One Sentiment animated the entire
Convention, namely:-TO stand by the plighted faith
of the nation IN the full payment OF Its public securl
ties as stipulated when they were created and, for
getting all differences in the past. the desire
universal that all sectional interests should be igno
red. and that the citizens OF the United States
should hereafter be q homogeneous natlon-one,
entire united and indivisibe. In conclusion we
desire TO congratulate your Excelleacy on the sue
cess which has thus far marked your administration.
Enough has transp1red to demonstrate that before
rican securities will command o premium In every
part OF the inhabitable globe.
President Grant in reply said he was very much gra
titled to receive such delegation, representing not
only the great commercial interests Of the nation but
also the new condition Of affairs. The good fellow
ship which ought to unite O common brotherhood,
ana which was SO happily inaugurated and invl1or-
ated at Louisville, he hoped would extend and per-
meate throughout the entire Union until every ves-
tige OF bitterness unkindness should forever be
eradicated. He believed that within year or two
the South would be far richer ana far more prosper
GUS than ever she was before; and the people have
1t within their own power, by judicious policy and
wise acts, to advance their own interests and those
Of the entire country with marvellous rapidity AS
TO his second term, he could assure General Wal
bridge he felt now very much as he did at West
Point in his cadet days. when he counted every
month with eagerness to get out OF his position. lie
had not sought his present position, as everybody
knew.
Hon. H. W. Hilliard, Of Georgia, was glad to have
the opportunity Of ssyng to the President that ne
concurred in the cordial appreciation which all par
ties must give to the sentiments just expressed by
him.
The President Qaughlnglyl asked Colonel Duncan,
Of Kentucky, what the people Of his state thought
Of the administration, and whether there was any
hope Of Kentucky ever turning from her present
p0litlcsf Colonel Duncan assured him that Ken
s9ckians With rare exceptions fully appreciated the
Presidents honest intenMons - =. DO Wnat he cenlG
for the good Of the country; and that the elegraphc
message so kindly sent by the President to him for
the Convention and the now renewed assurances OF
kina feeling towards the people Of States lately suf
fering so much, would augment and strengthen the
respect which they already entertained for the Chief
Magistrate. As to Kentucky he would say, how.
eyre, thar even the fifteenth amendment would
create very little difference, as the colored vote
would be divided and so do very little towards
breaking down the 5000 democratic majority OF
the State
After an informal and pleasant conversation Of
half an hour the delegation withdrew
Tho FarraGut Prize MI0ney-The Case 60 BE
vigorously Defended.
Congress passed law last March authorizing the
institution of proceedings any court having uris
dction Of like matters to recover such prize money
~ the Farragut ees engaged IN the capture Of New
Orleans, might be entitled 70 for captures then
made, and providing that such prize money as might
be awarded should be paid out Of the Treasury OF
the United States General B. F. Butler, acting as
the attorney and prosecutor for the oalcers and
sailors in that feet, has died libel Of Information
against the vessels &c In the DISTRICT Court OF ths
District, praying judgment, &c. The attention OF
the government havIug been called to this suit by
the District Attorney, General Darlington, and ask
ing the Treasury Department to assign hum asso-
ciate counsel, In view Of the magnitude Of the case
ana the important principle involved.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has employed Ricp-
ard N. Corwlne. Of Cincinnati who has had consld.
cradle experience In prize cases and In admiralty
proceedings. The Secretary has Instructed these
attorneys to make . thorough defence both on the
law and the facts. Several interviews have already
taken place between the counsel and the officers Of
the Treasury and every preparation is being made
70 that end. Thirty days have been given the gov
ernment to prepare It's defence More than million
dollars are involved In this suit
The Capital Removal Question.
The EFFORT to countsract the influence OF The agita-
ton OF the capital movers In the West Is beginning
to assume form. paper has been prepared to be
handed to the President with the request that he
viii take some cognzance OF the matter in his forth
coming annual message discountenancing the pro-
1ected removal; and to use his executive influence
In stopping an agitation calculated to DO no good.
The document alluded to mentions the project with
extreme pain; calls up the fact that the site was
selected BY the Father Of his Country; that enormous
appropriations have been made and expensive pub.
lie buildiugs and gardens have been built and laid
ou.; that the city Is rapidly growing in popuati,l
and beauty, and within few years VIII be worthy
OF the capital Of great nation. This VIII be handed
to the President within few days. 1t remains to be
seen what action the President viii take. He has as
yet given no expression on either side or the contro.
versy.
The Tariff Observation-Disclosures Among PENN
syIvanin Protecttonists.
The announcement IN fneeo deanatches n few AZ ave