The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-04
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ing have not tfanspffed.f IN 1;r
Boutwell, has employed counsel to pro-
tect, the inserests OF the Govarnment, in
the matter Of prize money claimed by
Fssragpt's Aest for, tho capture of New
Orleans. TKet sAse involves 81, 900, 900.
The suit EiS pending IN the District Court
of?this Dntrice. The Court grants She
sFa paffpe twenty sfaay days R to prepare de-
.atstnai revenue receipts to-day.
EHVirsipia Gov. Wells Interviewed
the President to day. -
The iron -olad Miantonomah has been
ordered tc the West Indian squadron.
4 Goyernnaent reeeipts OF gold at Bos-
ton are short of disbursements; there
fore, Boutwell, declines selling gold there.
The delegation appointed by the Lou
isville Commercial Convention called
upon the President. The Chairman,
Gen. Walbridge, spoke as follows: Be-
fore adjournment, the late Commercial
Convention at Louisville deputed to the
Committee I have the honor to repro.
sent, the high and delicate responsibility
ofi,expfessing to your Excellency the
sentiments, of gratitude aud reciprocal
Gon' Of hearty good will, for the views
commanioated ip your dispatch, for their
'auccesssi The great objects for which the
Convention was originally convened
to discuss the interests of the Southern
States as q theatre of usefulness-subse-
lcsnsly enlarged :.ntil it embraced the
material ptespsrity of every section of
the country Delegates were in attend
anoe from Vermont and Texas, Georgia
.end fMiunesota.a Thusl national in its
ohaIacter, at .was pleased to receive en-
Coufagetnent ct the hands of the national
Exseuhye. =, fts deliberations were con-
fined mainly to the great questions of
'hnance,l taxation, immigration, internal
improvements, transportation and ne
cessary measures by which the industries
aud great natural resources of the South
could be brought in harmony with the
new era OF progress upon which the Re-
public has entered. One sentiment ami
mated the entire Convention, namely:
To stand by the plighted faith of the
nation in the full payment of public se-
ourities, as stipulated, and forgetting all
differences past. The desire was uni
versal that all sectional interests should
be ignored, and the citizens of the United
States should hereafter be homogeneous
nation-one entire, united and indivisi-
bic. In conclusion, We desire to con-
gratulate your Excellency on the success
istratton. Enough has transpired to de-
monstrate that before the expiration of
your second term, the public debt may
be more than half extinguished, and
American securities command premium
in every part of the globe.
Grant, in reply. said he was very much
gratlhed to receive such delegation,
representing not only the great CONNER.
cial interests of the nation, but also the
new condition of affairs. The good fell
lowship which ought to unite q common
brotherhood, and which was so happily
inaugurated and invigorated at Louis
vile, he hoped would extend and perme-
ate throughout the entire Union, till
every vestige of bitterness or unkindness
should forever be eradicated. He be-
heved, within year or two, that the
South wonld be far richer and far more
prosperous than ever she was before, and
the people have it 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 Gen. Walbridge 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, as everybody knew.
The Hon. d. w. billiard. of Georgia,
was glad to have the opportunity of say
ing to the President, that he concurred
in the cordial appreciation which all par
ties must give to the sentiments inst ex-
pressed by him.
The President laughingly asked Col.
Duncan, of Kentucky, what the people
OF his State thought of the administra-
ton. and whether there was any hope of
Kentucky ever turning from her present
politics.?
Col. Duncan assured him that Ken.
tuckians, with rare exceptions, fully ap.
preoiated the Presidents honest inten-
tions to do what he could for the good of
the country, and that the telegraphic
message 30 kindly sent by the President
to him, for the Convention, and the now
renewed assurances Of kind feeling to-
ward the people of the 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, however,
that even the fifteenth amendment would
create very little difference, as the CO.
lored vote would be divided and 20 very