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u VOLUME XIV. u -i . J . ". ' ii-j. - . <Jr. F. TOWN E ai. Ei>lTOIA J. 0- BAILEY, Pro'r. and Associate Editor. Agrammatism inserted at the rntca of one dollar per square of twelve Mimott lino* (this sited type) or lets for tho first Insertion, lifi.v cent* ea?li for tbe aeeond and lliird insertions, and twenty-five cents for sul>s?<|ueu' insertions. Yearly contracts will l?o mode. AII advertisements must have tho number of insertions marked on them, or they will be inserted till ordered out, and charged for. Unless ordered otherwise. Advertisements itlH invariably lie V displayed." Obituary notices, end all mutters inuring to to tho benefit of any ouc, are regarded ns Advertisements. ? Tho Ufa. Tiatia .Iwiawt YliAanHM AUV VT ?? VV^OIVIuouv 1/IU1VUIVJ - Correspondence Between General Grant and the President?Grant's Statement of the Affair. General Grant Instructed not to OAey rtM.V Order I**nrrl iy 1/r. Stanton, tcilh hi* Ilejdff TM*r<to~?The Preevlrnl's Statement of the Conferrntion* with U?a. Grant, fbe., &c. Wasnntatox, February 4, 1888. The Sptukrr laid before the House toihy a communication from ilie War Departmeat eneb sing the following documents-: Wsa Dtti'ARTMtnt, February 4. 1888. Sir?In answer to a resolution of the Hime of the 8th nit., I t.ranamit herewith copies furnished me l?y General Grant aT corrrpunilrnce between him an<l the President, relating to the Secretary of War, and which lie reports to be all the eorrcs"pondenee he has had with the Pr< sidciit on the subject: 1 have had no correspondence with the President elnce the 12th of August last.? After the scM >n of the fi-nate on his alleged reason for nty suspension from the office ?l Secretary of War, I re-timed the duties of that oftica as required by the act of Oongres*, and have continued to discharge them without any personal or writ. . ten communication with the Presid nt. No ordera hae? been Issued from this Depart> msnt in the name of the President, with my knowledge, and I have received no or <lar? from him. The correspondence sen, herewith embraces all the correspondence known to me on tue subject referred to in the resolution of the House of Ilepr- sent tires. I have (he honor to he, sir, with greet respect, your obedient servant, EUVARI) M Sta-WOX, Sccr tary ??f War. TI>n. Schuyler Coifs*, Speaker of the House of lteprrsentativca. ITsAtxj'its Aawr or thk XT 8.. ) VfAsnisafo*, D. &, Jan, 23, 18?>8. 1 To Hit Krf?llt?ey, A. JaAnaou, Pnt'ulenl of th* Vni'ul Slate* 8in?On the 24th instant t requeued you, In writing to give me I lie instructions which you had previously given me verbally not to obey any orders from lion. E. M. Stanton, Secretary wf War, unlers I knew that it cams from yours*-!'. To this written request i received a message that left doubt in mv mind of your intentions ? To prevent any possible misunderstand in-/, therefore. I r?n*#' the rw|inet, that, you will give me written infractions, and till thay are received will stppcnd action on your verbal ones. 1 am e< ropel'ed to ask these inrtmetions in writing in consequence of the many gross misiepr<-*ffttaiinns affecting n>y personal honor circulated through the press for the last fortnight pur porting to come from the President u' conversslions which occurred either with lie President privately In his office, or in Cabinet meeting What it written admits . of no mUnndrfatanding. In view of the misrepresent at to na referred to, it will be 4- ^ well to stele the faets in lbs case. Sometime after 1 assumed, the duties of jjr Secretary of War ad rtite. /?. the Preshlei | asked my views on the eotorse Mr. Stanton Would have te pursue In ansn the Senate should not eoneur in hia suspension to obtain possession of h|s ?fflc.e. My reply w-s in substance that Mr. Stanton would have to appeal to the courts to reinstate him. iiwwrnunK III J |MMIIK?n I py CUIHg IH6 ground* I Sad taken tn tha ease of the Dal tin>or? Felice Coraroi*4aner?. In that cane I did not doubt tlie right of Governor Swann to remove the o'd Commissioners and to s| . jtelnt their auce<iMur*. As lbs old Commissioners refused to gU? up, however, I contended that no recourse was left l>nt to appeal to the c>urla. Finding that the IVesi dent was desirous of keeping Mr Stanton Ut of office whether surtuiotd ia the ru? pension or not, I stated that I liad not looked psrtieulnrly into the Tenure of Of flaa BilV but that wbioh I had atat-ed wae a general principle, and if I should el|snga ? toy mind iUlhrs particular case I would ininn htm of ths fact, . Hubsequenliy oa reading Uie " Tenure nl OriNe Bill," I found that I could not, with out Violation of tha law, rehire to vaeste fHfc office of Seeretary of War the moment Mr. Stanton was reinstated by tha Senate, ftan though ths President should order me to reUfln it?which ha never did. Taking this flaw of tha-auhjeat, and learning on Saturday tha ITlit Instant, that tha Senate had takan uf> the subject of llr. Stanton's easpeadon. After some conversation with Lieutenant-General Sherman and euiuo of thu tkambe* af say staffc in whiah 1 elated that tha law laft ma m diacrstiou aa to my nation, should Mr. Stanton be reinstated, aud that I iu ten dad U luterrn tha Preside lit* IP REFLE I w ?nt to the IVnflilcnt for lite oh* pwrpon I of making litis decision known and did eo i make it known. In doing title 1 fulfilled the promise made in oar last preceding eon v creation on the sulject. The President, however, instead of excepting my view of t the requirements of the Tenure of Office i mil. contended that lie had auspendetTMr. i Stanton under the authority glv<rdd>y the Constitution, and that the tame authority , did not preclude him from reporting as as ' act of courtesy his reasons for the suspension to the Senate. Tlist having appointed me under the authority given hy the Constitution. and not under any act of Con gresa, I could not l>e governed l>y the act. I aiited thnt the lew was binding on me, Constitutional or not, until set aside by the proper tribunal. An lionr or more wan , consumed each reiterating his views on < this subject, until, getting late, the Plrsi- i dent laid he would ree me agn'o. 1 did t no' ngres to call again on Monday, nor at, any other d.finite lime, nor wns I sent for by the President until the following Tues doy. From the 11th, to the Cabinet meet ing on the 14th, a doubt never entered mv bead about the President fully understanding my position ; namely : That if the Senate refus.-d to concur in the suspension of Mr. Stanton, my powers as Secretary of War rtl interim would cease, and Mr. Stanton's right to rmnme at once the functions of his office would, under the law, be India- ( potable, nnd I acted accordingly. With Mr. Stanton 1 had no eemmnnicatlon, dl rect or iudlrcet, on the sulject of his r? ln statement, during hie suspension. 1 knew it. hod been recommended to the'President to ?end in the name of Governor Cox, of Ohiot ae Secretary of War, and thus enve all embarrassment, a proposition that I sin cerely hoped he would entertain favorably. General Sherman seeing the President at mv par'ieulnr request, to urge this, on the I'dlli Instant. On Tuesday, (the day Mr. Stanton reeo tered the office of the Secretary of War,) General Comstock, who iiad carried mv official letters, announcing tiiat with Mr Stanton's re instateincnt by the Senate, I bad ceased to lie S. crciary of War ail interimand who saw the President open and read the coninsnnieation, brought hack to me, from the President, a message that lis want' cd to sea me that day at I lit Cabinet meeting after I bad made known the fact that 1 was no longer Secretary of War ad interim After this meeting, after opening it as though I was a mem tier of his Cabinet, when reminded of the notification already given him that I was no longer Secretary ? ' War ad interim, tl?a President gave a ver sion of the conversation alluded to already. In this sln'emeut it was asserted that in both convc.nations I had agreed to hold on io uic onice 01 aeortiirjf im ? nr until til#placed by the Courts or resigned, no a* t place thf PrMldfUt frhfM he would havr been bad I a?r?r accented the office. After hearing the President through, I atated our conversation substantially an given in till* Utter. 1 trill add I hut my conversalion before the Cabinet embraced other matter not pcitinciil here, and is, therefore, left out. 1 in nowise admitted the corroctneaa of the President's etutemeiit of our convena. tions, though to soften the evident contra diction luy^e'aicioent gave, 1 raid (alluding to our flirt con vernation on the subject) the President might, have understood me the way lie said; namely: That I had promiaed to res:gn if 1 did not r?ai?t the roiuslatemeiit f made no Mich promise. I have the hontfr to bo, very reapcclfullj, y??ur obedient, servant, [StjIK V. S. Omast, flenerai. I I'k viKj'aa Ammt on tiiv. US.,) Wamii.noton. Jan. '24, IStlS. f Hi* R-rttUtxty, A. JvAm*on, Pretident of the Uxitfd Slatr*: Sir?I liave the honor v? ry reapeetftilly to request to have in writing the order which the President gave me verbally on Sunday, the tOttl inatant, to disregard the i orders of the Hon. K. M Stanton, as Secre tary of War, nutil i inew from the Prcsi dent himself that they were bis oiders. 1 have llie honor to bo, very respectfully, your nhvdb nt server t, [Signed] U. S. Gsast, General. The billowing is tha endorsement on the i ul.rvuo nnl A * ^ A* requested in lids communication Om- 1 ,*rtl Orantk instructed in wilting, not t? obey any order from the iV?r T)ep<rtment, 1 timed to Ira Imucd by the direction of the 1 President, utile** ?n*h order Is known by the General commanding the armies of the United Stele* to hare l>een awllioi iced by the Kxseutive. (Signed] Axor.Kw J<>nw*o*. 4 January *V, 18(18. Hrtuc'wi Amr TTmtm? Ht*w, f Wasiiixoto*. Jnnunry H?l. 18*18 V I Hi* Ksedleney A. John ton, Premilrut of Ik* 1 V*Uml Stat**: < Bin?T have th? honor to acknowledge I the return of my note of the 2+th Inrtanr, 1 with your endors-no-nt (hereon, that I *ni 1 not to obey ai y ordVr from ilia War T>c I pnrtrtient, araumed to be iraued by direction 1 of the President, uidemsiich order i? known 1 hy me to have been authorized by. the Fx. 4 ecuiive; and, in reply therato, to My that 1 I. am informed by. tha Secretary -f War I that he Wi not received from the Kx> ' ?eu?iv* any order or instruction* limiting or ' impelling bis authority to irsue orJsis t m 1 " ? !?*? ?-?-? < of i>c GREENV1LI E. SOUTH ( Lh? finny 11 ha* heretofore Wen lit* prae- ' lice uud'r III* law, and the cuatoin* of Uie ? Depurtrnrnt. While thi* authority to the | War Department i* not countermanded, it will l>e nUthdory evidence to ml that < my order* Word from the War Depart- 1 vent, l>y direction of the President, ate 1 uithorixed l?jr the Executive. ' 1 have the honor to be very respectfully, , l our obedient servant, I [Signed] U. 8. Grant, General. < Fxr.ctmv* Mansion, Jan. SI, 18B8. < flriKnAi.?I have received your eemtmi- | nicati?n of the 28ih iostunt, renewing your < e. ..I ll.a OJi4. . t -k,.1*1.1 I in a written form my frrlml instructions of I lie 19th inst.; via: That von nlicy no or- ' dors front the Hon. Kdwin M. Stanton, M ' Secretary of War. unless you have informs- ' lion that it was issued by Uta President's 1 Sireetion. In suiiaiittlng tit is request (Willi which I , complied on tlie 29? It instant) yon take o? nation to allude to recent publications in rcferenre to the circumstances connected with the racation, by yourself, of the office i of Secietary of War n<i interna, and with i the view of correcting statements which yon term "gross misrepresentations " give at length yonrown recollections of the fact* 1 under which, without the snnction of the 1 President, fiom whom you had received ' and aecepted the appointment, yon yielded (lie Department of War to the present in* cutubenb As stated In your commduicstion some lime after you had asmmed the duties of i Secretary ot War ad interim, we inter- ' clianged view# respecting the course that should bo pursued in the event of non-con* ettrrence by the Senate, in the suspension from office of Mr. Htanton. I sought that interview, railing myself at the War Department. My sole o'joet in then bringing the subject to yonr attention was to a?eertnin definitely what Would he your action should such sn attempt be made for Ma restoration to the War Department That object was accomplished, for the interview Irtminnted with the distinct understanding that if, upon r. flection, y?u should prefer nat to become a party to the contruTersy, or should concli.de thai it Would be your duty to surrender the Department to Mr. Stanton upon action in his favor by the Senate, you were to restore the office to me (iflor to a decision by the Senate, in oider mm ii i nuirrii 10 u-> mi l mtgni designate aonte one lo succeed yon. It must have been apparent In yon lluit liu-1 not this und-r.-landing Wen retched it wti ir?y purpose to relieve you from llie fnrtlier discharge of the duties of Secretary of War ad interim, and to appoint some other person in that capacity. Other conversations on the subject enI'lul all of them having, on my |mrt, the same oljeel and leading to the sain* con elusion at the fir?t. It ia n??t necessary, however, lo refer to any of them, rx-ept that of 8a'nrday, the llth instant, mention' eil in yonr eornmunicaiion. As it was then known that the S-nate had proceeded to consider the case of Mr. Stanton I was anxious to learn yonr detrrminatl >n. After a protracted interview, during which the provision# of the Tenure of Office Bill were fully discus 0-1, y6u said tl.at, a? had been agreed upon in our first conference you would either return the office to my poa aceaiou in lima to enable nio to appoint a a iceesanr before fintl action by tbe Senate upon Mr. Stanton's suspension, or would r. main as its bead. awa*f?iig' a decision of the rptestion bv judicial proceedings. It i was then undrirtood that there would lie a furtlirr conference on M-mday, by wldeli time, I supposed, you would lie prepared to inform ms of your final decision; Yon fillet, however, to fulfill the engagement, and on Tuesday notified nw, in writing, o' the receipt of your Official notification of the action of tlie Senate in the case of VlrStanton, ami at the same time informed me that according to the act regulating the tenure of certain civil officers your functions aa Secretary of War a*l interim ceased from the moment of the receipt of the notice. You thus, in disregard of the understanding between us, vacated the office , without having given me notice of your in i lention to do so. It ia but just, however to s-iy that, in yonr communication yon claim thftt yon did inform ma of jow pur- , pose, and thus " fulfilled the promise made , at our last oreeedintr conversation on tl>ia 1 ulgoct." The fact llml r??eh n |>riiniis? ex I Ixted U evidence of en arrangement of the kind 1 hare mention? i. You had found 1 iu oar flret eonfer?oce Mthattha President 1 wna detiiou* of keeping Mr. Stanton out of 1 office, jrhctker euataiued in the anrpenaion 1 ?r not." You knew what reawne had in. j I need the PreeMewt to aak from you a ' promise. You aleo knew that in ca?e your riewa of duty did not accord with hie own ' son riot l?na, it waa hie purpoae to fill your * place hy another appointment Keen ig? ' soring the exieteooa of a poeitir# under- '1 Handing between ue, thc*c oonclu-ione were ' plainly dcdunible from our *nri??ia con\or latione. It ie certain however, that, even j under theae elreumetaneee. you did not ?ffer to return the piece to my poaeeadon ; k>ut, eeeordltig to votir own atetement, j placed youreelf in a poeltion when, could I , have entieipetcd your aeticn, I wonld hove , tutn eemprlltil to a?k of yon, a* I was corn*- | I tiled to nek of your predeccaeor in the I "A" a 11 )FXJ]LIA-R CAROLINA. FKBRUARY 1 ^ r Dtp?rtm?nl, a letter of i Mlgn.tion, or < rlre. to reaort to the more riWagiMable ts*. I trdirftl of v??u l>? a a?iece??ior. I As Mated in jour letter, the nomination of (Jotcrnor Co*, of Oh Id; fhf thd office of 8cc- ' otnry of War, wna suggested to ma. Ill* 1 ippointinoot, aa Mr. Stanton** aucecaaor, was ' irged In jour name, and it wna said that hie election would *avu fhtthcr embarrosSmedi. I did not think that in the acted ion of a Oat- ^ net officer, I should he trammelled bj aucli considerations. I was prepared to take the reaponiibility of deciding the quostion in ac- ] ronlnnre witb my ideusof Constitutional dbty, and having determined upon a course which I i ileemod right and proper, was anxious to learn the steps jou would tako should ttio possession of tbo War Department be demand- , ?d by Mr. Stanton. Ilud your actions been , In conformity with tho nndcrstaanding be- i tween us, I do not believe that tbo embarrass- , mont would hare attained its present pr<>por- , lions, or that the probability of its repetition , would have been so great. ? I know that with a view to an early tcroii- , nation of a state of affairs so detrimental to | the public interests, yon voluntarily offered, | heth on Monday, tbo IStb inst., and on tlx succeeding Sumluy, to Cfflt tfffon Mr. Stauton , snd urge upon him that IHe good of 'ho ser- , riec required his resignation. 1 confess that I considered your pr?|M>sal mi a sort of reparation for the failure, on your part, to act in ( sccordrsnee with an under*titndlhg iboro than , once repeated, which I thought bad rcce ved your full assent, and under which you could ( hare tctffmod to ine tl?o office which I bad | conferred upon you, thus saving yourself troin , embarrassment und leaving the responsibility , whero it properly belonged, with tlio Prcsi- ( dent, who is accountable for tbo faithful cxc- ; cation of the law. I havo not boon infonffed VJ fon, whether, as twice proposed by yourself; jf<nt bd'! Cfrtlcif upon Sfr. 8'nnton, and ifiadc an effort to induce bim voluntiiril/to resign from the War Department. You conclude your communication with a reference to our conversation at the meeting of the Cabinet held on Tuesday' the 14th inst. In your account of what then occurred, you say that after the President bad given you bis version of your previous conversations, you slated theui substantially as given in your letter, that yon in nowise admitted the correctness of bis statement of (hem, " thrrflgft to doffed fhe etident contra dict'on my statement gave, f mid (alluding to our first communication on the subject) tlie i'ro.-i .lent might have understood it in tho way be mid, via.: that I hnd promised to resign it I did nut resist the reinstatement. I uiade no ucb pfoftHse.'' My recollection of what tlien transpired Is diametrically the revorso of your narration.? In the presence of tha Cabinet f asked you : Fitst. If in a conversation wliicb look place shortly nftcr your appointment at fasreta'v of Wat ml interim, you did i.ttf agfetf 6ithcr to remain at the bead of the War t)\ partuicnt and abide uny judicial prococding* that might follow non-coucurrvuco by the Semite M Mr. Stan tor.'s suspension ; or should you wish not to becouto involved in snch a controversy, to put ino iu tho same position with respect to the office as I occupied previous to yonr appointment, by returning it to me in time t j anticipate such action by tho S.uate., This you admitted. Second. I then asked you if at the conferrence on the proceeding Saturday I had not, to avoid misunderstanding, requested you to state what you intended to do, and further if, iu reply to that inquiry, you had not referred to our former conversations, saying that from thorn I understood your position, and that yuur action would be consistent with tho un derstanding which had bean reached. To these questions you also replied iu tLa affirmative. Third. I next asked if at tha conclusion </ your interview on Saturday it was not understood .that we wcte to have auothor conference on Monday before linnl action by the filiate in the case of Mr. Stanton. You replied liiat such Was the Understand* in*, but thw? you did not suppose the Senate , would act ao soon } that ?U Monday you bad been engaged in a conference with Gcncru' Sherman, and were occupied with "many littlo matters," and asked if Ucneral Slirfrrtau had not called1 <id tbat day. What relevance General Sherman's visit to mo on Monday hail with the purpose fur which you were to have called, I am at a loss to perceive, r"? he cer. taiuly did not inform mo whothcr you hail determined to retain possession of the oflleo, or to afford me an opportunity to appoint a sueccssor advance of any attcinpMtk reinstatetuont of Mr. SUntoa. This account of what passed between us at the Cabinet meeting on the 4th instant, widely differs from that contained in your eniiimnniration, for if shows that insttsf of having " stated our conversations as given in tlie lets i tor," which has mado this reply necessary yon admitted tbat my recital of rbvui was en. i tlrely accurate, Kineerelv anxlons, to be correct in my statements, I have to-day read the narration of what oecurod on the 14th instant to the members of the Cabinet who were then l>rosent. They, without exception, agree In ts accurary, ' It is only necessary to add that on Wedncslay morning, the lath, you called on mc, in :ompany with Lieutenant General Sherman, tflrr some preliminary conversation, you renarked that an article In the National Intelligencer of that'ditto did you ranch injiis'ice. I -c plied lbat I had not read the Intelligence if tliat morning. You theu ttrrt told me that t was your intention to urge Mr. Stanton o resign his office. After ynftfnd'withdrawn I carefully read He art tela of which you bad spoken, and bund tbat its statement of the understanding ' retween us suhetawtbrNy correct. On the 17th t caused It'tb be read to lour of the live memMrs of the Cabinet* who were present at' on ( V E'VEINTT* i _ ?_ i_'_'_j_;_"... _. i._ 9? 1868. conference on tb? 14th anil tliey concurred in (he general eeeurHoy of it* statement* re.pect1?K ?nr eonrrrutlon npon that occasion. In wply to your communication, I bare learned U pnijhr; tn order to present further misunderstanding, to make thir simpla recital if facta. Very respectfully, yourSj (St^heM) anl/kew Johnson. Icneral If. 8. Orant, tumntniUnj United omicb aruiK'l. llr.Amir anmns Armik* 1'xirrn Status,) WaiiUX?TV!I| P. C.( F?b. 3, 18(18 ) Hi* Kxrrll*nrg A. Johntnn, Pft*id*Ht of (A* I'nitrti Stnlet : Sin?1 haire tho ttbiiof f8 kfclshoffUrtge the receipt of your communication of the 31*t iltiuio, iu auswvr to nine of I He 38th ult.? After a careful reading and comparison Of it eith the article in the National Intelligencer >f the iith ulti.no, the tfHlele orer the Initi. lie " J. It. S.," in the New York World of the f7th ultimo, purporting to be b**6d opotl jOttf tnteincnt and that of inctnhcre of the Cabinet, therein named, I found it only to be hut a reiteration, only somewhat more in detail of the "tunny and grot* misrepresentation*" contained in theso rtrlieW*/ and which my statement of the fact* act forth in toy letter of the Z9tb ultimo war intended to correct, and here I reassert the corrcctne** of my statement* in that letter, anything iu your* in reply to it to the contrary uolwitbstanJing. 1 Confer* thy surprise that the Cabinet officer* referred to should so greatly misapprehend the fucts in the -matter of admission alleged to hare been made at tiie Cabinet trtoeting of tliu 1 Ith ult., a* to suffer their names to be mado the basis ol the charge* In the [tewspapcr article* referred to; or agree in the accuracy, as you affirm they do, of your Zeeo'tmt of What occurred kt that meeting. You know that wo parted on Saturday, tlio 11th nit., without any promise on my part, sither expressed or implied, to the effect that | I would hold on to tho office of Secretary of | War ml in I trim against the action of the Senate, or declining to do so lwy?elf Would surrender it to you before such aotiou wad hod, or that I would see you ngniu at any fixed time > on the subject. The performance of tlio promises alleged by you to hato bw-?t frride frf ific >ould have iovolved a resistenec of the law and an inconsistency with the whole history of my connection with the suspension of Mr. Stanton.? From onr conversation, and my written protest of August 1st, 1967, against the removal of Mr. Stunton, you must bare known that my greatest objection to his removal or *. pension waft the fear that some one would be appointed iu his stead' who vfould, by opposition to the laws relating to the restoration of tlie Southern State* to their pro|>er relation to the Government, embarrass the army in the performance of the duties especially lltftWa upon it by the laws, and that it waa to prvrent such an appointment tlmt I accepted the appointor cnt of Secretary of War n<f interim* and not for the purpose of enabling yon to rid of Mr. Stantou, by iny withholding it from him, In opposition to the law; or not doing so myself, surrender it to one who would, as the statement and assumption in your communication plainly indicate was sougtrt. Aud it was to avoid this danger, as well as to relieve yon from the fefsonsl embarrassment in which Mr. Stanton's reinstatement would fAltee fitn, that I ftrged the appointment of (lor. Coa, tielioving that it would be agreeable to yon and aleo to Mr. StantoW/ satisfied as f Ufrt'a that it ws* the good of the country and not tlio office the latter desired, On th'o 15th ultimo, in the presence of General Sherinah',' I staled to you that I thought Mr. Stanton would resign, but did not say that I would advise him to do so. On the 18th I did agree with General Sheridan to and adVise him to that course, and en the 19th I hat? an interview alone with Mr. Stanton, which led uio to the conclusion that any advice to him of this kind woUht b6 useless, and so informed General ^henuan. liefore I consented fti advise Mr; Sfenton to resign/ I understood from Lift, in eodversuTon o? ffto fdfjH't immediite'y after his rvlustatemrnt, that it was his opinion that the Act of Congress, entitled " An Act temporarily to snpply varaneics in the Kxeeutive J>ep?rtment in rfftsis rases, approved February 20, 1803, was repealed by subsequent legislation; which materially influenced my action. Previous to Ibis tunc { had no tlouto that the I*w of 1803 was still io force, and notwithstanding my action, a fuller examination of tlie law leave* a question in inj mind whether it i* not repealed. This being the eaae I could not new adviae hia resignation, list the name danger I apprehended from hi* fir'ft removal might follow. f he course you wotild have it understood1 J agreed to puraue wn in violution of law and without order* from you; while the eour "1 1 ilid puraue, and which 1 never doubted you fully underaiood, wa* in accordance with law ind not in diaobcdiviiee to any order* of my lupurior. And now, MY. l*re?ident, when my ouor a* a soldier and integrity a* a man have >een so violently assaulted, pardon nie for sayng that 1 can but rdgarit Iho whole matter, rum beginning to eml, as au attempt to in-otve me in the resistance of law, foe UK ou hesitated to asaumo the responsibility in >rders, and thus to dustroy my character %e?r? -he country. 1 aiu, in a measure, runiruied in this conclusion by your recent irdcra directing me t? disobey i r!?ri fr m he Hecretary of War, my snperior and pour subordinate, without having counternanded his authority I attt' to disobey. With tssurance, Mr. President, that nothing less ban a vindication of my personal honor and haracter Meld hava indueed this eomsponlenee oB By part, 1 have the honor to be wry respectfully, your obedient servant)Signed) V- Si Otaxi, General, ?-~r iini P m n'li" rnw HMB , t t > ...'TwJ < fl i # . V. . *^. NO. 39. ;? "--Tna A I.iokral CAt^jj, pmonn.?The !* liglous community ol Srt#Kr# been atr^nco\j igltaiM b1 lata by a preaetiet edll^l Father Hyacinth*. Th? au?4 *p?ak?-n of ilia two chamber*, the *jot? celebrated judge, the Diwt tanowned to iUten to hia e toque no*. F.i4,?r llyacintb*, afeoording to a writer in he tendon Timor, if a member of the otrter oli^is.. tooted Carmelite*, the reformed branch %) the original Cflrmelitea." harrted from Mount Carmet ami J*-1? "1 ' *' ? ?nna (lieir (WWWWWW ' Elijah. H? n rema-Vahle fur hie liberal opinions In pbllliclH, and Hie tolerance lit religion* m*lt*ri In liia recent sermons at Noire Dame. Father Ilyacintlie confined himself riufinly to the task of combating the delusion that mora'liy can take the ptafiii ?f religion, or exist ind-pendent of It. A d- rout adherent of the rope, aa head of the Church, he drew a marked distinction between his temporal and his spiritual authority: For a perfect liherty of conscience . he contended eloquently. He stigmatised poiS'CUtion for couacirnro sake fj M odiou crime. If it lias sometimes been slotted to the ewbr<1 to defend justice and | weakt.e s, and uphold religious faith against { as-null from heathen powers, It cannot be its part to inspire in people the taitli whielt they rej-et. " The wiee man." he said "should proportion the tMrirlS to the end J and this end is faith, conviction, and the free adhesion of the tnind and the heart.? Do you "eslt e ?i?d do you habere that the sword can obtain such an objitct I It la ma Iness, but it is also a crime ; because 1^ there he next to the maj-sty whieli la inrio. labie, It is ills ntdj-sty of man's oonscifenOe;* I lurfnivKMEXT or tiik Mixn.?We do fltffc like to he loo forward in urging the young ncoplo of the present day, to the adoptlou of a curse of study which will fend to i their mental elevation, unless IMy will hare the candor to admit of its juAn6tt and future valuei Nor Would rfre h'a^e offselves considered cynical censors of tha irfnoranie of the age, hy our reoomtnendations but pvompted, solely, by a desire W ben. fit our people. The improvement of tfie mental faculties; the enlightenment and elevation of tha bu man intellect should not be igriofM by <K? rising generation, b??i it should bk d hoHslant study with them how is the best ltd} ; an<l t h- shortest method t6 atcom^Tifli to great a desi lera'um. When iht advanfagV* of M-h'K>1? and eoi leg-* are denied by the condition of Hid ti mi rices of 1 ft'A parents, a course of hmA's study will soon exhibit a most bencficisf improvement in the intellectual aMIitira of , the student*, w I rich being closely and energetically pursued. m*y leatf to fame, fvrfp^?ness and wriltt. It therefore, is most proper for evrry young man to connect himself with a good Literary Society^, H withirf his reach, and mate its labor of love to improve his mind. Ignoring tfie mnny frivolities of life, and devoting time and attention to HChlj, the 6nd *llf be M't enrsd; ?' ... .. Tntri.ivo Hot*.?The reason why thero are so many worthless mon in the Wofld, Is because there were on'Cc so many frifttdg boys ' and t^'c cAanoss are there will be many more such men, if the amount of lasy boys no at growing up are taken into consideihltion. Wo prefer to <f<V our own work, run our own er. rands, bring our owu witter, build our own fires and sweep our own office, rather than depend upon an unmannerly, careless, indolent imd sleepy -"headed boy to do there services fo/ u*. They rlVInk it beneath their dignity, an<f fear they WoWld lose caste fcy performing such duty a* they are paid to do. Trifling boys are only fit to eat cold victuals, and saaoke cigar eturtlps.?Grijfi* lltrdla. True us Gospel, Mr. Herald". We hare teen hundreds of just rush boys. They consider , thetnseU'c* too good to dirty their hands by I tl.e Mrf, .,... of I- ? -?? " !- ? , ? ....uv.v iniii it ?pp?ars to tliPDi in the slightest degree bordering oii neuial office*. We Imvr seen boys who, when apprentices, were required to sweep out the office," get on ft High horse about it, declaring that they Would sooner li'nve than do nigger's work. And they loft, bill' sltcr airing tlieiV dignity till they grew up, Wore glad to accept even menial situations to earn enough to keep sold ami body together. Earning an honest livelihood, no milter in what occupation/ does not bemean any one, and the dignity that shrinks from the performance of the duties required will not j lit clolhas on the baele or food iu the stomach.?S?ran*ak Advert iter/ I" How m llavr. a Ki*? Hihmamo.?A eori e*pendent of tl>? llonte Journal'gWcs a recl|><? l??r. making ??r keeping a good' nattired husband : "Keep Ills linen In piimh enndi lion, w ith the r- ijnbltt tl glVe of t'lffneet ' naver let him ku w the want of a button . y give him well ' roiled b< ef steak, whole, some bread, and sparkling cup of cotf. o for III* break'k* cp sqt tilling babiea and broken crwksr) olll* of hit sight ;' do" not annoy him with the blunders and extravagance of "Biddy;* greet hit svtning arrival with a e!ean, lightsome face, wet? combed hair, and a welcome kiss; lists ready a cheerful supper, a bright fire in the grate, an easy choir, with comfortable gown and tlippcra; be mm v. and tell him some agreeable new-; finally, give him ? well-made bed in a cry chamber." An Krutern editor n-kt liia tuWrih?r? io | l him up that lie m y piny the ram jo';e w'uli I.is fNtli'ors, We would like to have the j<>k* plated in tlii* local ty