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Show Captain-General Grant. New York, 21 Eerald's Washington: Washing-ton: A bill has been drawn and will be introduced at the very first opportunity oppor-tunity after congresa assembles, restoring re-storing General Grant lo the position be resigned when be became president, presi-dent, in 1S69. Whether the title will be captain-general orsome other distinctive dis-tinctive military tille, is to be determined de-termined before the meeting of congress. con-gress. The southern members who nave been thus far consulted are, without exception, in favor of the ! measure. As fast as they arrive in Washington they are visited aud their support of the bill solicited. Not one has yet refused to agree to a suspension of tbe rulea that the bill esay be put upon its passage on the day it is introduced. Besides the support sup-port of southern democratic members of the house, ft must also have the sa notion of the speaker, who in this case, it ia said, will depart from the rule made by himself of requiring members to give notice of their intention inten-tion to ask for a suspension of the rules. The supporters of the bill say that they will be able to find out whether republicans are really friendly to Grant personally, or whether they merely want to use his name for political purposes. The Herald, speaking of the Grant movement, north and south, says: We shall watch with curiosity this opening fight of northern stalwarts and southern Bourbons for tbe body of Grant, but we suspect the stalwarts will be beaten in tbe end. |