Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-11-12
OUR WASHINGTON GETVER.

"t4 N-NSN PAOAulBdLluB the sew
eFal sections of the Constitution of NTissis
slppl, to be voted for on the Both instant
and LIST proximo, and directs the boards of
registration to commence the revision &c
the poll lists on the 10Th inst. The dpt;o,
of canvassers, Commissioners &C.. 40
and list Of officers TO be voted for, arc olso
given.
The President has written a letter 70 .bo
Chairman of the Society of the Army 80
the Tennessee, stating that the approoch-
ing meeting of Congress and the attend.
ant accumulation of public business will
prevent his being present at the reunio,
to be held in Louisville on the 18th and
18th Of the present month There nrst
be some weiGhty reason to induce General
Grant to decline jaunt and feed Tho
reasons assigned are all stuff, Grant DOM
attend to business of public nature
Probably his bull pups OF his trottcrs ara
out of keller and require NURSING and 60
the President can't leave them.
The Committee having in CHARGE tbo
erection of the equestrian statue of Gen
Grant have obtained sufficient amount of
subscription to warrant them in procoa1
ing with the work, and to-day directed the
sculptor, J. A. Bailey, Of Philadelphia f.
proceed with the statue. Tho statue will
be of bronze, cast from cannon canturrd
by Gen. Grant. It is to be of colossal
size; the pedestal is to be single block Of
granite. 1t viii be erected on the torroco
on the South front Of the Treasury bnild-
ing. The full height of the statue will bo
about twenty-five feet, exclusive Of
the pedestal. The total cost, in.
Guiding pedestal, will be $4,000. Nj
Mallett. the supervising architect of tLe
Treasury Department, will have the south
front of the Treasury repaired and ready
for tho statue by the first Of January next.
If this statue is intended to commitment
the soldier Grant there should be in
scribed on the pedestal, in letters OF gold.
the following ''ALade great by his Gen.
erals--Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, Raw
Inns, Schofeld and Meade. II the wisdom
of tho pure and unsulied name of the
statesman Grant is to be perpetuated. /
would suggest that four figures be added
the statutes of Jim Fisk, Prince Of Erie, in
full Admirals costume Jay Gould, with
a handbook under his arm and two checks
one for $4,000 and one for 500, 900 in his
hand General Buttertield, in full Major
Generals dress, with 4 quill behind his
right ear, and our brother law, COrbin,
arrayed in it white neck-tie, nm open
psalm book in ono hand, while in the
other he holds the quotations rryu the
Gold Board, which he is eagerly reading
This group would Lot require any oxplana-
ton the story IS well known, and if ar
tistically arranged would have very
striking effect. l would also suggest that
the additional figures be in brass.
Secretary Fish and the Hon. John Rose
Of the Canadian government, have, after
protracteG deiiberation, prepared u recip.
rocity treaty, which Will be submitted to.
Congress at She ensuing session.
During tho fiscal year about 1000, 600
acres of public lands were entered under
the homestead and other laws, yielding
the Government between four and five
millions of dollars.
It is said that the recent visit OF Solicit
or Banfeld to New York was as much for
the purpose Of assisting in preparations
for the trial of parties just arrested on the
charge of being concerned III the counter
feitins and altering Of United States iu-
ternal revenue stamps and government So
curities as 1t was to investigate the charges
against Assistant Treasurer Bu.tcrfeld.-
No action was taken by the Cabinet yester-
day III relation to the appointment of
successor. 1t is now thought that Butter
field will receive very thick coat OF white
wash and will emerge from the gold ring
nj I,y
There will be no scapegoat made. Bout.
well will, through the power Of his De
partment shield the President rs much as
he can from the results of his inordinate
desire to amass money, rs charged by his
friends of New York, Jay Gould and
James Fisk, aud if Butteriicld is not re-
moved tho truth of those charges are
proven to tho satisfaction of every one.
From late intelligence received through
Mr.. Thornton, the British minister, it ap-
pears that her Majestys Government is
to reduce the single rate Of post
age for prepaid letters between the United
States and the United Kingdom to three
pence. It will be remembered that Post
master General CresWell submitted pr0pu
sition to the British Post Department, OH
the 18th ultimO, to reduce the letter rate
OF postage from twelve to six cents to
take effect On and after January LIST, 1870:
of which two cents would be for sea post
age and two for inland postage of each
country. There is little doubt, therefore,
of an early adoption of this measure of
postal reform so earnestly desired by the
people of each country. At the Patti Con
cert the other night the social equality Of
the 'E moke " was demonstrated General
Sherman was honored with a conspicuous
seat near an African couple OF darkest
hue and most odoriferous perfume. NIessrs.
Spalding & Rapley, lessees Of the Nation
al Theatre, deserve great credit for testing
the law which allows the blacks to minge
with the whites in the Theatres, and all
places OF amusements. The case will
shortly be heard The rule Of the negro
in Washington and the lawlessness that is
daily exercised by them without fear Of
punishment is one of the stlong reasons
for removing the Capital to g. place where
strangers can go with safety. As an evil
dence of what say, we have had SIX IN.
cendiary fires here since last Sunday, all
done for the purposes Of petty plumber by
the lazy negroes. Ex-President Johnson
gave a banquet to the members Of the Leg
islature at the Stacey House last night. Gov
ernor Senter, Senator Fowler and q num-
Der of other distinguished citizens were
present. It was one of the most agreeable