The Union and journal., 1869-01-08


held out as an inducement to female immigra'
ton.
There have been few better illustrations o.
the spirit Of blind, hunkerish conservatism thar
that given by TIE fierce iconoclast, Paul Louis
Courier. son the day OF creation" says he oI
some bigoted defender Of existing institution,
.what hubbub he would have made ii,
would have exclaimed, 20 God, let US save
chaOs'
The result ofthe vote Of the electoral colleges
will not be officially announced until the Sec
ond Wednesday in February.
IL has been ascertainei that the four South
American Republics ON the Pacific coast have
accepted definitely the proposition Of our Sec
retary Of State to meet in Washington with the
Spanish Envoy for the purpose Of putting an
end to the war.
Gen. Grant wrote a letter Of thanks to col
Ored man in Maryland who sent him larg
turkey for Christmas.
The Boston Journals correspondent tclc.
graphs as follows:
Gen. Grant in n conversation with Western
member Of Congress, three or four days ago,
very freely expressed his opinion Of The New
York Worid. Referring 10 certain articles in
that paper, intimating, if not directly asserting
that the President-elect would eventually split
with his party and pursue course similar to
that pursued by President johnson, he Of course
denounced the whole statement rs false, and ad-
del that he considered ''The New York World
one Of the most traitorOus and disloyal papers in
the country"
A telegram was sent to Judah p. Benjamin,
at London, last night, advising him that il
may not be well for the rebels in Great Bri-
tain, who are under indictment for treason
here, to return home under the belief that the
Presidents amnesty pardOns them.
Gen. Grant has received a report from Gen
Meade in relation to the difficulties on tn,
0gechee River in Georgia. He instructed
Gen. Sibley not TO permit the organization O
any armed bodies, whether white or black, t
preserve the peace at all hazards and to cooper.
ate with the civil authorities IN case he find,
them acting in good faith for the preservation
ofpeace.
An exchange says; Judge Edmonds has 70.
Gently had communicated to him prophesey
from the spirit of Abraham Lincoln in relation
to our President elect. Whether this prophecy
comes from spirit in the body or out Of the
body, we have no doubt, but portion Of it, at
least, win be literally fulfilled. 1t runs thus
81 shall prOphesy that the next President will
astonish the world. as well as the nation over
which he has been chosen to preside, by his pc
culiar ssgacity and the selection Of his cabinet.
find him entirely free from the control Of
magnetic influences, which too often hold the
weak and destroy individuality by merging or
attempting to merge through imitation into an
other. He is thoroughly himself, as the world
has it, and he is iron-elad spiritually-being
helped and held by organization aad a class of
spirits who, as have said, are invulnerable.
Universal suffrage will be handled wisely, II
not apparently well. And as Shakespeare has it,
To this complexion must We come eventually,
50 perchance while II seems premature, it will
also be seen by you to be the only way to settle
an unpleasant matter to the South.
lie will be far Tore judicious adjudicator
than could have been, for he knows vastly
more. And can lift you above the miserable
forbOdings which selfish men praise Of, by as
suring you that no man could have been select
ci through whom so just and apprcciating a
power could flow to his fellow-man.
The subjects of taxation and finance will be
mastery handled. and the close Of his admins
tatiOn viii show degrcc of progress entirely
marvellous. for the keynote Of his popularity
will be economy and equality"
In view Of President JOhnson's amnesty proc
lamatiOn, 18th Decembcr, Jefferson Davis, John
Slidell, James NJ. Mason, A. Dudley Mann. and
other e1-COnfederates are preparing to return
to the United States.
Hon. Z. b. wahburne had long talk with
Gen. Grant yesterday. Mr. washburnc callcd
his attention to the alleged conversation report
cd in New York papers in which Gen. Grant
was put down as advocating the repeal of the
tenure Of Office act. favOring an extra session in
March, and intending to retain in Office capable
men, without regard to politics. Gen. Grant
pronounced them such garblei misrcprcsenta-
tons Of what he had said that he repudiate,l
them all. and said he wondered how any respec
table paper could give them credit or circula-
ton.
Virginia really seems to be receiving some
new light. The democratic committees have
thus Gar refused to recognize anything as settled
by the reconstruction laws, and their Ouly poll
cy has been one Of obstruction. Now II is pro-
posed by some Of the more progressive demo-
Gratis to take the best they can get, Organize a
ON the basis Of universal amnesty and
universal suffrage, pNPose a new constitution
and adopt il. thus bringing the State back into
the Union. The movement is slid to be started
by e1-ebcl officers Of high standing, and per-
haps win succeed, though Virginia is afflicted
with plsgne Of old fOsies to an extent equalled
only in Kentucky.
Gov. Wells Of Virginia has written letter
the opinion that the State viii soon
be in the Union again as the result Of the hbors
Of the Virginia Republicans.
The removals Of eivil officers at Richmond,
ia'ey ssie by Gen. StOneman, have been in
consequence Of Chief Justice Chase's decision
that the Fourteenth Amendment has become n
part OF the National Constitution.
Senator POnerVy has received letter from
Georgia, in which il is stated tha, the recent
troubles on the Ogccchee River were cauSol by
the refusal Of the planters TO share the crop-
equitably among the negroes, which they claim
cd, pursuant to last years contract. Similar
difficulties have occurred as to previous crops.
The negrOes this time dcosr~i the crops shouLl