, 1870-08-06
WASHINGTON.
No Extra Session Of Congress-
to be Held,
Segar, the Bellfgerent Virginian,
Catches a Tartar.
Protest Against Assessments for
Electioneering Purposes.

fr0EeSt Agaln8I Assessments tor |
Hectioneering Purposes.
speci4! Dspateh 10 The Chicago Tribune |
ARRIVAL or THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. h-The visit OF the P1est. |
dent To-day. produced Allghi ripple In the sug-
Ettn otcial life Of " Washington. lie arrived this
morning, accompanied By his son and his Private |
Secretary, and was met nt the depot oy the see.e
tar5 Of the Mary, with carriage. In the course
of the forenoon be uaA at the Treasury Depart
ment for atont an hour, md, at noon, he called
seShiun Of the Cabinet This lasted 4 couple Of
hours, and ~aA without any special stgnlncance.
Acsszs. Fish and Boutwell, were represented By
their Asstatants, and the session wns devoteti
WHOLLY to matters Of routine, no Important question
being up for consideration. Two or three minor
appointments were determined and Announced,
several otl'ers discussed. number Of money wat-
rants approved, and a batch Of commissions sign
ell This 1s about ai1, and there was rothtux In
tae proceeding ont OF wtIcA seneanou-mousers
can make Ettr. The President dlned with the
Secretary Of the NasJ, then rode out for an hour
OF two, and LEFT this evening for Long Branch,
whence be goes on MONDAY fot \ weekn VISIT 10
ST. Louls.
THE PROPOSED EXTRA SESSION OF coxgREss
Them II good deal Of needless talk about an
extr4 session Of Congress. The Preadent sut
holds that mistake was nnie In not taking some
achon with Inference to our
Skipping interests, but also holds
that, As Congress has passed upon the question.
t iere Is no OCCASION At present for seeking IT.
rersal Of that act1on- Persons interested In the
matter have sought 10 influence hla mind, but ne
remains Of the opinion that It would not be polite
to convene Congfeas for confederation Of tho sub
ject, and there is no other issuo on which 4 ees.
sion Ia necuful ue salII, this afternoon, that he
should not call one now, AMI did not Bee any rea-
son for thinking 1t would Ae Necessary for mem-
be1s to come here before the usual time In De
ctmber. lie vas very direct and decided tn his
conversation, and MI uneasy souls MAY, therefore,
bc at rest on this point
NEUTRALITY.
The President has not SGT fully determined whas
he viii d. about issuing q Proclamation ii ntu-
tsallty between FEance anu Prussia. In CONVEX
satlon With persons at Long Branch he SAID he
thought be wsud not Issue at present, Al there
did not seem to be any occasion or necessity Tor
it, but In his ta1k hero to-day he Indicated that It
Is not settled 1uEt what shall he done in the PREM
tsee. lie has received Sapulcoas Official feeIara.
lion ot war. A notable sentence In 1t Is that tile
Emperor avows Ills purpose not ouly 10 project
the honor and dignity u France. but maintain
thc political equilibrium Of Eu.orc.. The psesi-
dent says he thinks the wat Is likely enough to be
long one, and not without aofne natural atlvan-
tAges to our country 10 SET OFT against ita dsalvat-
taRcs Tic French Minister hures he wtu Issue
proclamation OF neutrality.
TEE HELt1GEKENr FEGAR DISAPPOINTED.
Mr.. Segar, Of Virginia, has been on tie war-path
again To-day. THIS time he trict1 to use hts cane
Gil tho heal OF the law partner OF Ill. Lincoln, TIL
1nan he assaulted yesterday. He did not fare as
wei, however, IN this frUut attack on tho partner
Us in surprising Mr.. Lincoln from the rear. To-
| c2Y he vas tuinbIsd over defosu my u4muge was
| 'tstner anu taken III charge b{ SOME c1izens Ar.
l1ncoin's wounds do not now seem 10 bs Ut very
sci1ous character, though they arc yerJ painful
There Is no fracture Ut the skull.
CARE OF TIE NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
The Supcrtntcudents Of the National Cemeteries
complain that furss cents now allowed them for
rstsons is not sufficient, and those in the South
say the rations would be better than money for
| them at that rate. The War Department Il look-
| !nK into the matter, aud will probably allow III
increase in certain circumstances,
TIE GERMAN PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION
Of tnls district has finally .iccIdtd that all the
mnv,s It can raise shall bc forwarded To The Cou-
| sui Of tbs North German Confederation ut New
York. Who will forward it Immediately to the Ten
/ tr8t Sanitary Commission at Berlin. Collectors
have betn appointed for each ward.
ASSESSMENTS FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES
The Ohio Republican Association has protested
against TIT right iof the Congressional Committee
to levy nxed amount their salaries for general
campaign purposes. They claim the right to cx-
pend what they hare to spare In their own dis
tr1ct II they - tesite, or tn paying their own ex-
penses home to vote. Seary I'll the State Also
| Citations here are mixing the same ground. As a
number Of prominent officials take aides with the
| clerks the Congressional Committee does not
seem likely to realize largely. Another objection
throughout the department Is that the money
raised Ia to b. chiefly used in efforts to return the
present Republican delegations from the south,
| Ito the AstotiAtcd Prtss-l
/ FKKLlSGHC1 SEN.
WASHINGTON Aug. a.-AE. Frc,tngnuysen has
! understood that the unsettled con,itou Of lls
business ai1alrs delays response
~ PASSPORTS ruR FRANCE.
| Notice Is given that passports for France can be
yb,a,ned % applying 10 the Department Of Stale,
Passport Bureau-
ArrolsTxxs
Tho President has appointed Wm. Galley, OF
0h!o, Conso! at Hong KoMs-
GENERAL PICKLES
General SlcAles' leave Of abstnce Is cxtende'.
unt 5ear.
The WAGES OF all enlisted men In the navy are
Increased $50 rer month py ozsicE Of President
TIE CONGRESSIONAL E1Ec71oxs-r1Asa or 1nz
| DEMOCRATIC tLApkRs-1uEts ORANGES or SIC
| WAsnlsGTOS, Aug. THE Congressional can.
yass ie becoming matter for speculation here.
lhe two Conversational party committees have rot
| The Democrats aFc boast1nG Vt elec,iug 100 Rep.
| rcseutattycs1o 10 the Forty-eecond Congress. It Il
,c-e mum aiieen 10 twenty iserrrsensssirss s Tns
present Democratic vote III the House IL sixty.
;s1e Tns,s ar a4stcts IN wats1
| lso to l,ua 1u eleven districts Democratic
r1atorlties arc similar. F1se Of the small Ne'
ef the Den,oela,ic IN rcnn:ssaaia The W Object Gss
i've points Of their campaign seem to he the doubt