12 DECEMBER 1868, Page 2

President Johnson has sent in his annual Message, now a

docu- ment of very little importance. He hopes all differences with England will be settled, apparently scolds Congress for its recon- struction policy as heartily as ever, and wants the army in the South still further reduced. The Senate, in a natural but undignified fit of rage, has refused to hear the Message read, and the House of Representatives has demanded the recall of Mr. Reverdy Johnson. It seems clear that the Alabama difficulties must wait till the accession of General Grant, Mr. Seward being apparently resolved that the question of the British right to acknowledge the South as a belligerent power shall be included in the subjects of arbitration to be laid before the Commissioners.