Indianapolis Daily Herald, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1868 — Page 1
VOLUME 3.
SUftiraAKY OF NEWS. - —Gold closed In Now York yesterday at —▲San Francisco dispatch says work on the Central Facile Railroad, cast of the Sierra Nerada Mountains, is progressing rapidly. —In response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of War yesterday submitted the correspondence between President Johnson and the Secretary of War, relating to the War Office. —In New York, on Monday, a man was found guilty of defrauding the Government of *000,000 by illicit distillation. —The steamer Clara Dotson was burned at St. Louis,on Monday night. —▲ destructive lire occurred In Frankfort, Kentucky, on Monday, consuming property to the amount of *40,000. Insurance about #20,000. —It Is stated that Secretary Seward hopes to Induce Minister Adams to withdraw his resignation. —Sanderson’s steel warehouse, Johnson's printing office and Campbell’s foundry, In a large building, No. 77 Heckman street. New York, was burned this morning. Loss, *150,.
000.
—H Is stated that the charges against Judge Field, of the Supreme Court, arose from the fact that he had stated, in private conversation with Senator Stewart, of Nevada, that ho was at present opposed to impartial negro suffrage, and also thought a more conservative tendency in our Government would be bene-
tictal.
—General O’Neill, at his reception, at Cleveland on Monday night, offered to the President of the United States, In case of war with England, the servlets o! one hundred thousand Fenians.* —The fund In the treasury yesterday wa*: tractions! currency, 81.940,74(1; available t'nltod States notes,* #860,000; national bank notes, *981,270; gold and silver, :J08. —A lire In Elmira, New Y'orlc, on Monday night, destroyed property to the amount of
#15,000.
— A negro in Augusta, Georgia, made an assault on a white boy and was mortally w.utnded. — A proposition Is to be submitted to the inhabitants of Davidson county, Tennessee, to take #300,000 worth of stock in a Tennessee Pw 'flc Railroad Company. —Patsy Reardon, who killed the boy McCann, in a prize light, near St. Louis, has been tiled and sentenced to ono month’s Imprisonment in tho county jajl. His companions, under eighteen years cf age, were, sentenced to one week. The lightness of the punishment Is said to bo fn consequence of tho bt li.-f that McCann came to bis death more from overexertion than from the blows
received.
* '—It Is reported that General it msseau is to
mi. , red General Meade. I #100,IKK) in gold-with interest at six per
—The satinet.factofy of Birmingham A Bros., : centum ^annually, payable semi-annually
Springfield, Massachusetts, bun.e 1 on Mon- In gold, and (Xenipt from all taxaday. Lo-s, about #60,000. : t'on, and who now demand that their
FOKF.fUN. I bonds shall be paid lu gold. To the second ctaiii.K. ^ class belong those who, In IHf.t, had a
-Dispatches from Abyssinian expedition
INDIANAPOLIS DAILY HERALD,
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1868.
NUMBER 86.
.TIr. F.dgerton on the Bond Question. For the benefit of the Democrat we will say we did not attempt a reply to Mr. Edgerton’s article published In that paper. We simply called attention to the strange attack Mr. E. had made upon himself. First avowing himself a bondholder and then declaring In substance that all bondholders were swindlers, enriching themselves from the necessities of the Government.—imrf Wayne Ga-
zette.
The Fort Wayno Democrat thus responds to the criticisms of its contemporary: And “for tho benefit’’ of the Gazette we
will say that it misapprehends Mr. EPGKKton's article. The Lafayette Journal (on the authority of the Fort Wayno Gazette) stated tb it the Democracy ot Indiana had “nominated one of the largest bondholders in the State as their candidate for Lieutenant Governor.” The Fort Wayne Democrat took issue with the Lafayette Journal, and, for the sake of argument, a imitted the possibility of Mr. Edokrton’js bellig a bondholder, but asked, what of that, If he were willing to receive greenbacks for ihe bonds ho held—tho Lafayette Journal, in reply asked Mr. Edgf.kton divers questions, through the Democrat, and demanded an answer, and what is the response of the Democratic candidate fon Lieutenant Governor? “it seems,” says he, “the Lafayette Journal and many other Republican papers in the State insist upon making me a large bondhilder. * * * Taking the position assigned me,” continues he, “of a bomlholder, * * « I will treat the questions presented from a Democratic bondholder's standpoint.” Mark the language—“taking the position assiyved me,of a Democratic bondholder, I will argue it from a Democratic bondholder’s standpoint.” Docs Mr. Edgerton “avoy himself a bondholder?” If so, we fall to comprehend his language. Far from it. He merely assumes (lie position, for the sake of argument, asiiynnl to him by tho Lafayette Journal, and from that position answers the questions a“ked him by that journal. We have pretty good authority for stating that Mr. Edgkkton is not only not a bondholder, but also that he never “speculated from the necessltiea of the G iverumenL” And, further, Mr. Edohrton does not boljl, nor doei It stand to reason that
“alt bondholaers” are “swindlers." There arc two classes of hondholdei s. To
the first, belong that class of bondholders so truthfully portrayed by Mr. Edgcrton, who, in 1861, invested #100,000 in gold In Government securities, which they obtained at prices varying from Itiijt to 250^ for their gold, the average tiring 198—that Is, they obtained *198,000 in Government securilits lor their
represent the prospe is as very favorable, and the troop* well supplied. Gar baldi lias wiitten a very enthusiastic leltcr to Earragut, in \ which ho congratulates the United States on ! encouraging, by tho presence n Americin j licet, the national aspiration* of Italy. It is j asserted that no negotiatiens are being made between the French aud Italian Government". (
surplus of money on hand, derived either from a ssW i f real estate or Iroin a sale of farm products, and were at a loss to find a sale and profitable investmeut, bought Government soourities, but arc now willing to receive in payment therefor the same currency that every creditor Is compelled to take for all debts, and which Congress has declared tho legal tender money of the country. Only
lor a new convention on reconstruction. The ' one class of bondholders has “speculated i’opo is willing to resume negotiations with from the nee ssitles of the Government”—we the Imperial Government for tho revision of I mean that class represented by the Gazette,
the Concordat. The debate on the pre.-s bill
still continues in the Corps Lcgisiatif. Congresslonnl Siimuinr)',
Tuksday, February t.
Sknatk.—A communication was submitted
which deinanda gold for bonds they bought ! with greenbacks, and which the law creating j them expressly stipulates shall he paid In
greenbacks.
I Hut (according to the logic of tho Gazette j I Democrats had no right to invest their sur-
fmm the Secretary of War relative to the eon- plus funds In Government securities, because,
stitutionaiity of the laws ol Mar, laud. In regard to tho apprenticeship sj stem. The bill l >r the protection of pi r«ons making disclosures as parties or wilne-es was
passed.
The S nate took u;> ibe hill regulating the tenure of certain officers, the question bring on Sumner’s motion to except Hie special agents of the State Department. The bill was debated until tho expiration of morning hour, when further consideration was postponed. Tho supplementary rocon81ruction, bill was
lor-ootb, they stood opposed to the administration putting them in the market. If Datnncratic capitalists iiivcsUd in Government securitlos, and are now willing to receivo payment in greenbacks, they certainly can not be accnscd of ‘‘.-peculating from tho necessities of the Government.” They invested ihelr money in securities becusc they thought them a safo ami profitable investment at the time. Now, when tho Government is In a condition to redeem them, and relieve the tolling millions from an oppressive taxation, not a straw” should be placed in the way of their
taken up, and Mr. Williams spoke in Itsfivor. j redemption In tho currency provided for by
The tenure of civil office lull came up—Sum- i I iw as fast as they mature.
nci’s amendment lost. An amendment increasing the number of special agents passed. After lengthy debate the bid was recommitted for further consideration. Hot'SK.—Mr. Butler, from Committee on Appropriations, reported n bill to regulate the custody and expenditure of public moneys. Several nsolutlons were offered an 1 referred. The House proceeded with the consideration of the bill reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs concerning tho rights cl American citizens in foreign States. The bill was debated until i xpiration of the morning hour, when It went over, and Tho House proceeded to the consideration of ihe bill reported by Mr. Julian, frnra the Committee on I’ublic Lands, declaring forfeited to the United States certain lands granted to aid the construction of railroadsin Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana aud Florida. Mr. Kldrnlge spoke in opposition. Mr. Arnell spoke in favor of an Amendment exempting from the operations of the bill the Tennessee and Alabama Railroad Company. Mr. Shanks spoke supporting the hill, and Mr. Holman obtained the flaor, when tho bill went over. Executive communications, as follows, were read: From Secretary of War. with statement ol contracts and purchases by the Ordnance and ejuartcrmastei’s Department. From Secretary of Trcn-ury, with official copy of Instructions issued by President Lincoln to tax commissioners of South Carolina, September 10.1803. From Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence between the President and General Grant, with reforeuco to Secretary ol War. Senate bill to remove disabilities from (lovernor Patton, of Alabama, was referred. The House resumeel consideration of bill to forfeit railroad lands at the South.
mMUAJm KEP0KTS
1’or .4(t<-rno<>n Third Tin*.-.
CABLE.
FAVORAJILE PllOSPrCTU OF ABYMfilNlAN EXPEDITION. ENTHUSIASTIC LETTER FROM GARRIBA LDI TO FARRAGI T. A BIFAVY ITALIAN LOAN TO li I ! IN FOOT! ATT l>. v No .Nccotlntfona for n Near Con> vciilion Baolntr on JBrtwcrn ■'mure and Italy.
The ■•opr WlllInK tl
tiutlon^ with
He.nine Nego-
Impcnnl
Government,
A Faria correspondent tells an anecdote o( Rosa Bonbetir and a little girl, daughter of a friend, to whom the artist was much attached. The child bad atqulred a habit, tn which she persisted, of making a series of disfiguring giimaces, constantly putting her Ungers in her mouth, puffing out her cheeks, ami even bringing her tongue into play In the service ot her peculiar lino of disobedience. Naturally every means of cure was tried, but in vain. The child only grimaced the more. Madamoiseile Bonheur, unknown to her, sketcbc.1 each separate contortion, adding a cnmic expression to the features, but perfecUy preserving the likeness. The sketc-fiei were bound In an album and presented, without any observation to the young delinquent, who turned over the sxetches in silencg^and was never seen to grimaco again. From Savannah. Negro meeting—Disorderly Proceed* iaga—Polloentaa Nnot-Flc. Savannah, Tuesday, February 4. A large negro meeting at the African church advocated the election of L. Uokplus for mayor, vice Anderson, now boloro the military commission. A disturbance commenced outside, the disorderly negroes resisting the police who attempted to arrest them. The negroes drew pistols on the police, and the row became general. Reinforcements of police drove oil the rioters and captured the ring leaders. Lieutenant Bail, of the police, was shot in the head and legs. Lieutenant Howard was knocked off hfsborae with a brick. Several policemen and four or live negrccs were allghtly woundnd. From Augusta. A Nerlonn AffrayAugusta, Tuesday, February 4. In a difficulty between a white boy aud a freedman this forenoon, the latter who was the agresser, was badly wounded. From Elmira. Fire, i-i-XURA, Tuesday, February 4. A fire laet night destroyed the building on Water street occupied by the Frybusb Hoop and Skirt Manufacturing Company and two clothing stores. Loss, tl5,000; partially insured.
FromHudson.
Hudson, Tuesday, Febru*u_L
The vinegar factory of Coffin, Clark-A Co., ad steamboat office and freight home ol *eter Bogrodus, were deetroyea by Are this
am
Peter Bogrodus,
morning. Loss, $00,000
Insurance, #28,000,
DEBATE ON PRESS BILL IN CORPS I.EG I-1. VTIE STILL CON IINUES.
l-'inun.-iul :tatl Commercial.
cg<
Hon on Ueconatructlon-
Fi.Gkbnce, Tuesday, February 4. The Nrz tine newspaper, to-day asserts that no negotiation* for a new convention on reconstructii n arc going on between the German
and Kalian Governments. Debate on Prea. Bill.
I’ARta, February 4.—A debate in the corps logtslutif on tho bill for regulating the press was continued to-day. Minister Rouher made a long speech. He said h« was unwilling to oppose (be liberal tendenrlea,but the empire and people still dtmand that some restraint
he imposed on the press.
Tbo AbyaMinlitn 1-1 xpetition. London, February 4.—Last advices from
Abyssinia represent the prospects of the expedition favorable. Tho army Is well supplied, and tin* advance, under General Na-
ier, hud readied the neighborhood of An-
pler, h tatila.
Iteanme IVcgo. otcvlnlonof (lieCon-
Tlac Popo Willing tlnlloi.a for cordial. VlKNNA, February 4.—It Is reported that tho Pope Is wtlliug to resume negotiations with the Impeiial Government lor a revision of the Concordat The Debate, a veml-offiicial paper, says: Great Britain bus nquesled Ihe European power* to stop receiving fugitives from Cunilia. A Pongratiilnlory l etter from Garibaldi to FarraKut. FLOKRNCK, February 4.—Garibaldi ha* written an eloquent and cntnusiasUc letter to Admiral F'urragut, In which he congratulates the United States on encouraging, by the presence of an American fleet, the national aspirations of Italy. A Heavy l.oan to bo Negotiated. London, Februurr 4.—It 1* reported that the Italian F'lnauce -Minister ha* authorized a loan of 440,000,000 llvrc* to be ncgotlaled. ’ Financial and Commercial. London, February 4.—Consols, 9J*; bond*, TP/t', Illinois Central, 47;-a; Erie, 48j4. Liverpool, February 4.—Cotton quiet; uplands, 7^4'I ; Orleans, 8d.; sales of l,e00 bales. Breadstuff, heavy. Corn declined to 32a. fid. Wheat i* unchanged. Oats I* active. Barley i« unchanged. Peas declined to 43s. 9d. Beef, 119*. Pork, 24s. Lard advanced to 53s. 0. Cheese, 52s. Bacon, 39s. Turpentine advanced to 20s, Other markci* unchanged. Antwerp, F’ebruary 4.—Petroleum Hit at 41k£f. From Nashville. A Proposition for Taking Hallroad Niock—Application for a mandamus. * Nasuvillb, Tuesday, February 4. The county court of Davidson county voted to-day t<> submit to the people a proposition to Uke #390,000 stock in the Tennessee Pacific Railroad company. The employees of tho corporation applied to-day to Judge Carey, of the Circuit Court, for a mandamus to compel the city recorder to pay the salaries in greenback*. The application was heard but not determined. The question Involves a large sum of money.
WASHINGTON.
TllK WAKOFFICE l.nBHOULIO
Correspondence Between President Johnson and General Grant.
Signing oFBilli* by the Freaident.
quest of the 24lh, that I should repeat in'a writing form my verbal instructions W the 19th Instant, namely, that you obey no order from the Hon. E. M. Stanton, as Secretary of War, unless you have Information that It waa issued by the President’* directions. In submitting the request with which I complied on the 29;b, you take occasion to alludo to the result ot the publication In reference to the circumstance* connected with the vacation by yourself of the office of Secretary of War, and with a view of correcting the statements which you term gross misrepresentations, and give at length your own recollections of the
' • j facts under which, without the sanction of the AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN TUEASUHY. ' I’re-’UtmU from whom you had accepted tho
; appointment, you yielded the Department of
| War to the present Incumbent, as stated in
your communication some llmo utter vou bad assumed the duties of Secretary of War ad interim. AVe interchanged y lews respecting the entires that should lie pursued, la event of the noc-ccm-urreuce by the Senate in the suspension of Mr. Stanton. I sought that interview, calling myself at the War Department. My sole object in then bringing the subject to your attention was to ascertain what would be your own action should such an attempt be made f or hi* restoration to the War Department. That object wa* accomplished, tor tho interview ended with the distinct understanding that if, under the reflection, you should prefer not to become a party to the controversy, or should conclude that it would be your duty to surrender the Department to Mr. Stanton, upon action in hi* favor by the 3enate, you were to return the otfieo to me prior to a decision by the Senate, in order that. If I desired to do so, I might designate
someone to succeed you.
It must have been apparent to you that had not this understanding been reached, it was my purpose to relieve you from further discharge of tbo duties a* Secretary of War ad interim, and to appoint some other person tn that capacity. Other conversation upon the subject, all having, on myi part, the same object and leading to the sumo conclusion as the !ir*t. It is not necessary, however, to refer to any of them, excepting toat uf the lltb instant, mentioned tn your communication, as it was then known that the Senate had proceeded in the case of Mr. Stanton, I wa* anxious to learn your determination. After a protracted interview, during which the provisions of the tenure of offi •« hill were fully discussed, you said that a* It had been agreed upon in our first conference, that you would either return tho office to my possession'In time to enable me to appoint a successor bofore any final action by the Senate upon Mr. .Stanton’s suspension, or would remain at its head awaiting
advice by judicial proceedings.
It was then understood there would ba a further couferouce on Monday, by which lime I supposed you would be prepared to intormmeof yostr final deef-ion. Y'ou failed however, to fulfill the engagement, and on Tuesday was notified in writing of the receipt of your offi dal notification of the action of the Senate to reference to Mr. 8tauton, aud at the same time was informed that according to the .id regulating the tenure of certain lino officers, vour functions of Secretary of War, ud interim, ceased from the moment of a receipt ot tho u nice. Y'ou luu*, in disregard of the understanding ot the Constitution of the United States, vacated the office without having given notice of your intent to do so. Itis but just to ssy. however, that in your communication you claim you did inform me of your purpose, and thus (ultilltd the promise made in our last preceding conversation ou tiie sutj ct. The fact that such a promise existed, is evidence of an arrangement of the kind. I h t l mentioned that you hail found, iu i ur iirst conference, that itio i’rcshh ut was desirous of keeping Mr. Stanton out of office, whether sustained in the suspen-'nu or not. Y u knew what reasons had Induced the President to ask from you a
The War Office Difficulty-Corres-pondence between President Jolin-
son and General Grunt. Washington, Tuesday, February 4.
The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the War Department, in-
closing the following document:
YVar Department, February 4,1868. Sir: In answer to tho resolution of the House of Representatives number 88,1 transmit herewith copies furnished me by General Grant of the correspondence between him and the President relating to the Secretary of War, which he reports to be all the correspondence be bad with the President on the subject. I have had no correspondence with the President since the 12th of August last. After the action of the Senate on his alleged resson for my suspension from the cilice of Secretary of AVar, I have resumed the duties of that office as required by the act of Uon(frets, and have continued to discharge them without any personal or written communication with the President. No orders hav e been issued from this Department In opposition to the President with my knowledge, and I have received no orders from him. The correspondence gent herewith embraces all the correspondence known to me on the subject referred to in the resolution ot tbo Hou^o of Repre-
sentative*.
I have the honor to lie, sir, with great re-
spect, your obedient servant. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of AV*r.
Uon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker cf the House
of Representatives.
Headquarters aHmy United Status, i Washing ion. D. O., January 25, istw.)' To Ilis Excellency Andrew Johnson, Presi-
dent of the United States:
Sir: On the 2Hh instant, the instructions which you had previously given mu verb illy, not to obey any order from Hon. U. M. Manton, Secretary cf AY’ar, unless I knew It came from yourself. To this written reque-t L received a message that has left a doubt in my mind of your intention to prevent any poa-l-ble misunderstanding; therefore, I renew the request that you will give me written instructions, and until they are received, will suspend action on your verbal ones. I am compelled to ask these instructiona iu writing In con-eqUence of the many gross misrepresentations affecting tuy personal honor, circulated through the pre-s lor the last fortnight, purporting to come from the President, of conversations which occurred cither with the President privately tn his office, or in the cabinet meeting. What I* written admits of no misunderstanding in view of the misrepresentations referred to. It will bo as well to -tale the facia in the case. Some time stter l assumed the duties of Secretary of AVar, the Pre-ldena-asked my view* as to tho course Mr. Stanton would have to pursue in case the Senate should not concur in his suspension to obtain possession of his office. My reply was in substance that Mr. Stanton would have to appeal to the court* to reinstate me, iliu-trating my position by
citing the ground* l bad taken in the case ol promise. You also knowMbat iu case your the B dt!more police corami**!oner*. In that views of duly dl.i not accord with his own i a-« I did not doubt the technical right oi convictions. It was his purpose to fill your Governor Swann to remove the old omiinils- I place hy another appoliilmo it. Even grautsioner* and appoint their sUcceasor*. As the ■ tng the existence i f a p *.-ittve understanding old commissioners referred to gave no, h»»v- j b i *,—» u-, the miicluslnaa were plainly dc-I-Ver. I coil tended tti-U uo resource wai tilt | docibie Irom our various oonver-allons. Ills but to appeal to the courts. certain, h iwevrr. that even tlnderthecircuiuF'lnding that the President was desirous of , stances, you did not ott r to return
keeping Mr. Stantou out Of office whether ' the piaca t - - j - - *— * L - * -- * according to
sustninej in the suspension or not, I stated that I had not looked particularly into the tenure of c Hi e bill,but that what 1 had stated was of a general principle, an d If 1 should change my mind in this.particular case would
inform him of the fact.
Subsequently, on‘reading the tenure of offlee bill closely I found that I could not, without a Violation of tbe.law.rcluae to vacate the oflleo of Secretary of AVar tho moment Mr. Stanton w is reinstated by the Hen ate, even though tho President ordered mo to reMu it, which he usver did.
Taking this vmw of the subject aud learning | further embarrasameut. 1 did not think that on Saturday, the 11 th ins taut, th it the .Senate | in tho selection of a < abinet officer f should be had taken up the subject of Air. Stanton’s | lr*niin< led by such eouslderalions. I wa-pre- • uspen-lon, after tome conversation wlib i pared to take tbu responsibility of deciding General Sherman aud some member* of my j the question in accordance with :ny Ideas of
my possession, but
. your own ulaU-nieut, placed
our-elf iu a position, where could I have anticipated \our actiuu. 1 would have been compelled to a-k ol you, a* i ?’w»« compelled to a** ef) our predecessor in the War I > psrtment, i Utter of r< *igiialiou ^r to resort to ihe inor-* disagreeable expedient of suspending vou by tho appointment of a tuccesaor. A- stated 111 your letter the nomination of Gov* ruor Cox, of Uiilo, (nr secretary of AVar, was suggested to me. This appointment, as Mr. Mao ton’s sucoc *or, wa* urged in your nsm", and it Was said his -eieotiou would save
stilt, lu which I stated that the law lift me no discretion as to my action, should Mr. .Stanton be re-instated, ami 1 intended to Intorm the President, I went to the President lor the sole purpose cf making their decision known, and I aid make it so known, in this I fulfilled the promise made in our last conversation on the subject ol tbevlewor tho requirements of the tenue of the office bill. lie contended he bad suspended Mr..Stanton under the authority given him by the Constitution, and tho samo authority d d not preclude him, a-an act of courtesy, from repealing It. His reasons for the m-qien-aiouto the Senate: that, having t>"en appointed under tbo authority given by Congress, and not under an act of Congress, I could not be governed by the act. 1 staled tho law was binding on me, by the Constitution, and until *et aside by Ibo proper tribunal. Au hour was consumed; each reiterating bis views, until it was getting quite late. The President
said he would see me often.
I did not agree to the call again on Monday, nor at any other deiiullo lime, nor wa* I sent for by the President until (he following Tuesday. F'rom tho llth Instant to the Cabinet mooting on the llth instant a doubt never entered my mind about tho President fully understanding my position, namely,that :f the Senate reiused to concur lu tho suspen--ion of Mr. Stanton, my powers as secretary of AVar ad interim, would cease, and Mr. Stanton’s right to resume ut once the functions of his office would, under the law, be indisputable, and acted accordingly. AVlth Mr. .Stanton I had no communication, direvt or indirect, on the subject of bis reinstatement during bis suspension. 1 knew it had been recommended to the President to scud the name of Governor Cox, of Ohio, for .Secretary of AY'ar, and thus save all embarassment; a proposition that I sincerely hoped he would
entertain favorably.
General Sherman, after seeing the President at my particular request, to urge this; on the 13th, on Tuesday, Mr. Stanton re-entered the otllce of the Secretary of War; General Comstock, who had carried my cffielnl letter announcing Mr. .Stanton’s reinstatement Ivy the .Senate, ar d that I had ceased to be Secretary of War ad interim, and who *aw tho President open and read the communication, brought bock to mo from the President a message that he wanted to see me that day at the Cabinet meeting, after I had made known the fact that I wa* no longer Secretary of War ad interim. At this mectlnK, after opening it a* though I were a member of hi* Cabinet, whoa reminded of the notification already given him, thaf I wa* no longer Secretary of War ad interim, the-Preiideut gave a version of the conversation alluded to already; on thl* statement It was atoerted that in both conversations, 1 had agreed to bold on to the office of Secrvtary of War until displaced by the courts, or resign, so a* to place the President where ho would have been, bad I never accepted the office of the Secretary of AVar. After hearing the President through, I stated our conversation substantially as given luthis letter. I will add that my conversation liefore the Cabinet embraced other matters, not pertinent here, and is, therefore, left out. 1 in nowise admitted the correctness of the President’s statement of our conversation, though to soften the evident contradiction of my statement, I said, aliudmg to our first versation on the subject, that the President might hare understood mo the way he said, namely, that I had promised to resign if 1 did nut resist the reinstall incut. 1 marie no
such statement.
1 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant. [Signed] U. S. Grant, General. Headquarters Army of United States.) AVASHiNeroN, January 24, 1808. > To His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United Slates. Sir: I have the honor very respectfully to request to have tn writing the order which the President gave me verbally on Sunday the 19th instant, to disregard the orders ot Hon. E. M- Stanton, as Seifetary of War, t atli I know from the President himself that they
were hi* order*.
I have the honor tp be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, II. S. Grant, General. Tho following I* tho indorsement of the
above note:
A* requested in thl* communication General Grant is Instiucted In writing not toobey any order from tho Wsr Department, astumed to be issued by tho direction of the President, unless burh order is known by the General commanding the army of the United State* to have been authorized by the Executive. Andrew Johnson. January 29,1868. Headquarters army of United States,) AVasuington, D. C., January 28, 1868. f To His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: Fir: 1 have the honor to acknowledge the return of my note ef the 26th instant, with your endorsement thereon that I am not to obey any order from the War Department, a*sumed to be Issued by order of tne President, unless such order is known by mo to be authorized by the Executive, and lu reply thereto to gay that I am Informed by the Secretary of War that he has not received from the Executive any order or instruction* limiting or Impairing bis authority to issue orders to the army, a* heretofore has been his practice under the law and customs of the Department. While hi* authority to the AVar Department is not countermanded, it will be *atUfactory evidence to me that any orders Issued from the AVar Department by direction of the President are authorized by the Execu-
tive.
I have the honor to be, very reepectfully, your obedient servant, U. 8. Grant,General. Executive Mansion, January 31,1868. General: I have received your communication of the 28th Instant, renawlag your re-
my < institutional diitle-q and having determined upon a course winch I believed right and proper. I wa* anxious to l“»ru the sb p* you w oil l l ike should tho possession of UnWar Department •><* demanded by Mr. Mnuton. II id your action been in coiif irmlty with the und -rstaudir g between us, I do not b-lifV : that the embarrassment would hue .ttain. d tb‘- present propertied!, or that the probability of its tepetitlon would have been so great, i know that, wltn a view to an early termination ot ntate affairs so detrimental to the public interests, you Voluntarily offered, both on Monday, the 15th instant, and on tho succeeding bunday, to c.ll upon Mr. Stanton aud urge upon him that the good ol the sorvlee required his resignation. 1 confess I considered >*>ur proposal as a sort of reparation for the failure on your part to aet in aecnrdance with an understanding, more than oneo repeated, which I thought received your full assent, aud Under which you could have returned to me the office which I had conferred upon you, thus saving yotffself from embarrassments and leaving the responsibility where it properly belonged, with tipi President, who is accountable ior tho faithful execution of the law. I have not yet been Informed by you Whether, as twice proposed by yourself, you had called upon Mr. .Stanton, and made an effort to induce nitu to voluntarily resign from tho AVar Department. Y our communication with reference to our conversation at the meeting of the Cabinet held on the 4th instant. In your account of what there occurred, you my that after tho President bad given his version of our previous conversation you staled them substantially as given in y. ur letter, and that you in no wise admitted the correctness of his statement, though to soften tne evident contradiction my statt ment made, 1 said, alluding to our first communication on the subject, that tho President might have understood it in thaway said, viz: That I had promised to resign, if I did not resist the reinstatement. I made no such promise to my recollection. Of what then transpired is diametrically the reverse of your narration. In the presence of the Cabinet I asked you: F’lrst—If in a conversation, which took place shortly after your appointment as Secretary of War ait interim, you did agree to remain at the head of tho War Department and abide any judicial proceeding! that might follow the non concurrence of tho Senate in Mr. Stanton’s suspension, or should you not wish to become involved in such a coutrovorsy, put me In the same position with reference to tde office previous to your appointment, by returning it to me iu time to anticipate such action by the Senate. Thla you admitted. Second—I then asked you if, at tho time of the conference on the preceding Saturday, 1 had no», to avoid a mlsunderstandirg,requested you to state wh it you intended to do; and further, if, in reply to that Inquiry, you had not referred to my former conversation*,saying that from them I understood your position, and that your action would be consistent with the understanding which had been reached. To these questions you also replied in the
affirmative.
Third—l next asked if at the conclusion cf our interview on Saturday it was understood that we were to have another conference on Monday, before the final action by the Senate on the case of Mr. Slauton. Y'ou replied that such was tho understanding, but that you did not suppose the Senate would act so soon; that on Monday you had been engaged in a conference with General Sherman, and were occupied with many little mallets, and asked If General Sherman had not called on that d*y. AVhat relevancy G.-neral Sherman’s visit to me on Monday had with the purpose lor which you were to have called, i am at a loss to perceive, as he certainly did not inform me whether you had determined to retain tho office or to afford me an opportunity to appoint a successor in advance of any attempted reinstatement of Mr. Stanton. This account of what pissed between us at the Cabinet meeting on the 14th Instant, widely differs from that contained In your communication, for it shows that instead of having stated our conversation as given in the letter which has made this reply necessary, you admitted that my recital of them wa* entirely accurate. Sincerely anxious, however, to be correct in my statements, I have, to-day, read this narrative of what occurred on tbol4ih instant, to the members of the Cabinet who were then present; they, without exception, agree in Its accuracy. It is only necessary to add that on AVedncsday morning the 15th, you called on me in company with Lieutenant Gcueral Sherman, and after some preliminary conversation, yon announced that an article In the National Intellidencer ot that date did you much injustice. I replied that I had not read the Intelligencer ot that morntug. Y’ou flcsttold melt was your intention to urge Mr. Stanton to resign the office. After you had walked away, I carefully read the article of which you spoke, and I found its statement of the understanding between us to be substantially correct. On the 17th, I caused it to bo read to four of the five members of the cabinet who were present at our conference on the 16th, and they concurred in the general accuracy of the statements respecting our conversation on
that occasion.
In reply to your communication. I have deemed it proper to prevent further misununderstanding to be made, by the simple re-
cital ot these facts. Respectiully yours, Andrew Johnson.
General U. S. Grant, Commanding U. S.
Army.
Headquarters Armies of the) United states, AVasuington, D. C., ? F’ebruary 3, 1868. ) To His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, Fresi m dent of the United States; Sir: 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt ot your communication of the 28th ultimo. Alter a careful reading and ecmpaHton of the article over the initials of J. B. s., in the New York World of the 27th ultimo.
purporting to be based on your statement and that of the members of the Cabinet therein named, l find it to be but a reiteration, only tome what more in detail, of the many and gross misrepresentations contained in these artistes, and which my statement of facts set ferth in my letter of the 24th nit., was intended to correct, end herein I reassert the correct—qi of my statement in that letter, anything in yours In reply to the contrary notwithstanding. I confess my surprise that the Cabinet officers referred to should greatiy misapprehend the facts in the matter of adra'ssions olledged to hare been made at the Cabinet meeting of the 14th ult., a* to sufl'jr their names to be made the basts of the chargee in the newspaper article referred to, er agree to the accuracy, as you affirm they ffe. of your account of what transpired at that meeting. You know we parted on the llth ultimo without any promlseon my part, expaeaaed or implied, to the <ffect that I held on to the office of Secretary of War against tbaaction of the Senate, or declining to do so would surrender to you before such action was nad, or that I would see you again at any fined time on the subject. The performance of the promises alleged to have been made by me would have involved a resistance of the lgw> end an InoonsUtency with the whole history ol my connection with the suspension dt Mr. Stanton. From our conversation and my written protest of August, 1867, against the removal of Mr. Stanton, you must
have hnpwn my greatest objection to his removal wiks tbe fact that KOiue one would bo appointed la hU stead who would, by oppofd-
aw* «SV law TvasiAtU, srj
tlon to l|ws relating to the re*U>ratioa of the Souther# States to their proper relations to the Gofernment, embarrass the army in the performhnee of their daties especially imposed upon it by tbe laws, and that it was te prevent suiffi an appointment that I accepted the office of Secretary of AVar ad interim, and not for tho purpose of enabling you to get rid of Mr. Stanton by withdrawing it from him tn opposition to the law, or in not doing so myself, surrender to one who, as the statements and assumptions in your communication plainly indicate, was sought; and it was to avoid this danger aa well as to relieve ynu from t—personal embarrassment which Mr. Stantoi and reinstatement would place you, that I ftrged the appointment of Goveroor Cox, believing it would be agreeable to you and ah* to Mr. Stanton, satisfied that it was for thtgood of the country and not the office. The latter desired, on the 13th ultimo, in tbe preset*#* of General Sherman, as stated to you, tint I thought Mr. Stanton would resign, but did not say I would advise him to do'so. On the 18th I did agree, with General Sherman, to go and advise him to that course, and on th# 19th I had an Interview, alone, with Mr. Dtsnton, which led me to the conclusion tost any advice would be useless, and so Informed General Sherman before I consented
to adylae Mr. Stanton to resign.
I understood from tbe previous conversation od the subject of hi* reinstatement, that it waa tbe opinion that the act of Congress ehtitled on act temporarily to supply the vacancies is the Executive Department in certain cases, approved F'ebruary 20, 1863, waa repealed by the subsequent legislature, which materially Influenced any action previous to thi* time. I had no doubt but that the law of 1863 waa atilt tn force, and notwithstanding my action, a fuller examination of tbe laws lewea a question tn my mind whether it is or not repeated. This being the case I could nut n nv advise his resignation, as the same dan-g<-r i apprehended on bis first removal inivht f How. The course you would have it understood I agreed to pursue wa* In violation of the taw and that the orders from you while 5n the coarse I did pursue, and which I never doubted but that von fully understood, was In accordance with the law and not In disobedian'-e tn anv orders of my superior; aud now Mr. President, when my honor as a soldier and integrity a* a mm. ha* been so violently a-viulted, pardon me for saving that I can but regard this whole mailer from beginning to end, a* an attempt to involve me in the resistance of the law for which you hesitated to a<*ilm, the IresponHibillty. In order thus to destroy my chancer before the country, i am In a measure confirmed in
CONGRESSIONAL.
Fortieth Qongress—Second Session.
SENATE.
AYaSiuxgton,'Tuesday, February 4. The Cbalr4tfbmitted a cem inunicat ion from the Secretary of War, relative to the constttulionallty of the laws of Maryland in regard to the apprenticeship system. 'Referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Cragin presented a petition from citizens
of Colorado, asking admission in
Referred
ion into the Union,
Mr. Henderson presented tbe report of tbe 'onunlttee of the Mississippi e.onvenhe subject of destitution In that State.
tton
Referred.
Mr. F'rellnghaysen’s bill for tho pmte:tion of persons making disclosures as parties or
witnesses, was passed.
On motion of Mr. Howard, the vote passing tbe resolution requesting the President to communicate any instructions given to Generals Pope and Meade, on taking command of the Fourth Military District, under reconstrui - Uon, with copies ot the discussions and votes in the Cabinet oa tbe same, waa reconsidered. Mr. Buckalew moved to strike out the last clause, which was agreed to, and the resolu-
tion re-adopted.
The Senate took up the bill regulating the
tenure of certain offices.
The quesUon was on Sumner’s motion to except the’special agents of the Slate Dsp .rt-
ment,
Mr. Sumner advocated, and Buckalew end Patterson, of New Hampshire, opposed the amendment. The morning hour expiring, further consideration was postponed till after three o’clock. The Senate then took up the special order— the supplementary reconstruction hill, and Mr. AVIlliams spoke in its favor. Mr. Morrill obtained tbe floor. The further consideration was postponed till to-morrow, and the tenure of office hill came up. Mr. Sumner’s am-ndment was lost. On motion, Mr. Itimsay’g bill as amended, increasing the number of special agents irom 20 to 23, at the conclusion of the dc’-ite was recommitted for further consideration. Adjourned. HMEKtC. Mr. Butler from Committee on Appropriations, reported a bill to regulate the custody and expenditure of piiblic moneys. Ordered printed and recommitted. Mr. Eggleston presented a resolution of the Lincoln encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Ohio, for ttia release of Colonel Uilpin and Lieutenant James Smith, from British prisons. Referred to Committee on F'oreign Afl'dr*. 31 r. Arnell offered a resolution, reciting that
Kui
an armed organization known a* the Kudux Klaw, are committing brutal outrages and murders On white and colored Unionists, in the counties cf .Maury, Giles and Montgomery, in Tennessee, anil that great terror and unceitainty prevail there, and instructing the Commute on F’reedmsn’s Affair* to inquire into such outrage- 1 , and take moans for imme-
diate suppression.
31r. Mainford offered a resolution declaring, a* the sense of the House, that It is inexpedient to attempt by treaty to regulate duties on imports, or otherwise interfere with revenue ariaing therefrom, a* an estubluned statute. Referred to AVays and Means. Mr. L gan a-ked leave to offer a rc-s dution to tax United States bonds two par e< ut. semiannually. Ot>je®tir»n was made. Mr. Logan a-ked leave to <flier a resnltiMnn looking to the distribution of th*- West Point | cadet* among collcgi * in ddloreul State-.
Mr. Holman o j cted.
The House pro* ceded with the consideration c f the bill reported from tho C •mmiUee on Foreign Affiirs, con -* rnio- the rights of
American ett:z.-*o* of F'nretgn State-.
Mr. Beatty spoke in support of tbe present
•iUclsin cf its detail-, and -ug-
ffution that all
without having countermanded hi. authority.' ! h/. 1 ” WD ™
I am to disobey with assurance Mr. President. I mre *nd sha.l receive fro-n this (,. v - and that nothing less than a vindication of i adequate protection ci (He, Hm rt)
my personal honor and ciuraeter, could have n^0Derlv •
induced this correspondence on my part. I have tbo honor to be, very respectively,
General Grant in reference to the Secretary of AV ar. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, moved its reference to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, moved an amendment that It be reierred to the Reconstruction Committee. 31r. AAGlson accepted the amendment, and called for the reading of the correspondence. It was listened to with unusual interest and attention. 31r. AVilson then called the previous question on the motion to refer to tne Reconstruction Committee. Mr. Covode asked whether it was in order in view of the straightforward course of General Grant in the whole transaction, to move a vote of thanks to him. Tbe Speaker said not. Pending the demand tor the previous question Mr. Marshall appealed to Mr. Wilson to addu>h:- motion that tbe committee be Instructed to take evidence on the subject. .Mr. Wilson decllr.' , d to withdraw his demand for the previous queatio^to allow amendments. Tbo previous question was seconded and the motion agreed to. Tbe Senate bill to remove the disabilities ot Governor Patton, of .4 labama, was referred to the Reconstruction Committee. Mr. schoueld offered a resolution instructing tbe Committee on Public Lands to inquire Into the propriet; of giving to the Erie Extension Canal Comi ay, public lands, to enabls them to enlarge -e canal by making a ship canal from the' cio river to the harborofErie, on La..,. Erie. Adopted. The House resumed the consideration of th<-bill to forfeit therai’ ad lauds at South Hoktnan. Mr.Mullera.lv ted the bill. Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, introduced a table to show that there was not enough lands in Alabama, Mississippi Arkansas and Florida, to supply home-teaua to tne landless in these States. Jlr. Julian closed by moving the previous question on the pending molt ,n to reconsider tbe vote icommitUng th‘ bill. Mr. Gri-wold moved to table the motion to reconsider. Negatived—yeas 63, nays 80. Tbe previous question was men secondi 1, and tbe motion to recon-Ider adopted. Messrs. Arnell, Pile and Blair de-ire l to offer amendments, but 31 r, Julian declined permission. AVithout finally di-posiug of the bill, the House adjourned. From Springfield. Burning ef Ne.tin«t Factory. SPRINGFIELD, SIass., Tuesday, F’ebruary E Booninghsm & Bro.’s satinet factory was burned on Monday, wi’ta a large quantl minuf.ictured goods. It was the incendiary. Loss, #61,000; insurance, #23,009.
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g mo to Uiaobey order* from the Secretary I - 'i\ * of Wat, my tup^rlor and jour •ubordluato, | V ‘ j r ' 'i J ‘ ,Klon ^ mg countermanded hi. authority: Z*™.'!'!™'™™*;.’
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your obedient servent. U. S. Grant, General.
Nlgnlng of Bill* by the (’resident
Amount of Fund a In Trewaurjr-
AY’ashing ton, February 4.—Tbe President bos signed the cotton tax bill; tbe commissioners report on the whisky meters, and that
fur the sale of certain Iron clads.
F'untls in the treasure to-day: F'ractlonal currency. $1,949,740; United States note*. #808,000; national bank notes, $9.84,270; gold
and silver. $569,303.
CONVENTIONS. hV 7. A X : FA Tvl A . Montgomery, Tuesday, F'ebruary 4. The convention voted to day on tho question ratifying the constitution of tsr.t. Geuer ii Meade and stall'left for Mobile today. ’
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Mr. Butler suet’osted a substitute for the bill, declaring It to be a -ettled rule of public law that a citizen of auy country, not a fugitive from justice, has an Itldefea-Udo right to ixpatriate himself atni absolve his *!- legt an re to tbe country of hi* birth; that every naturalized American citizen Is entitled to all tbe protection at bomo and abroad which tbe Government can afford to any citizen thereef, and whenever s citizen shall be deprived of liberty or despoiled of property iu f ireign country by the act of tho gov
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VXILGHISrXA. Richmond, Tuesday, F ebruary 4. The section requiring the Governor to be a resident of the United States twenty years, and of Virginia two year*, adopted yesterday, was reconsidered and recommitted. The salary of Governor was fixed at #4,000. Two members quarreled and started out of the hall to tight, but the sergeant at arms stopped the affray by closing the doors. ^ A company has been chartered to run a line of steamers ’between Norfolk, New Orleans and Y’enezuela. The Supreme Court of Virginia, in the case of a man sentenced to bo bung, reversed it* decision. The prisoner has not been indicted by the grand jury.
F'X.OFtII3gV. Tai.i.aiiasskk, Tuesday, F'obruary 4. There was no quorum In the convention today, and it wont into secret session.
O JEOUGFI A.. ATLANTA, Tuesday, F'obruary 4. General Meade sent a communication to tho convention ibis forenoon, saying he would give it $30,000 by the loth of March, but that further advances would be made, nor would ho approve, or undertake any financial scheme i nanticipation of the future reconstruction of the State. A resolution wa* adopted to take a vote on the relief question to-morrow.
SOUTH OAHOLIItfA.. Charleston, Tuesday, January 4, The convention to day passed ordinances invalidating negro bonds. Y’oas, 96; nays, 17.
LOUXSIA-TSTA. New Orleans. Tuesday, F'ebruary 4. In the convention, to-day. an ordinance annexing Algiers to New Orleans, was offered as an article to the constitution. It was, however, tabled. Several articles to the constitution were adopted, regulating the school question. All children are to be admitted to the public school* without distinction, ami no special school* arc to be established for the exclusive use of any color. All public institutes of learning including universities, who are in part uuder the control of the State, arc to bo opeu to all persons Irrespective of color. Articles were adopted which provide for the election of superintendent to serve six
years.
Also, an article which provides for an
Uon from the public
apleir
propriation from the public funds for ihi
maintenance.
Warrants of members of tho Louisiana Convention, signed with a cross maik, have been discountenanced on the street.
From St, Louis.
Trial •( I’atsey Henrdon for Kllllnff IHcCaiin In a I’rlze Flgl,t->l1e is Nentenced to One month in County
Jail.
St. Louis, Tuesday, February 4.
Patsey Reardon, who killed the boy McCann In a prize fight, tn Illinois, a short time since, wag tried in Belleviderc, Illinois, to-day, and sentenced to one month’s imprisanment ln the county jail. His companions under eighteen years of age were sentenced to one week’s confinement In the same place. The lightness of the punishment is said to be in consequence of the belief that McCann’s death resulted more from over excitement than from tbe severity of tbe blows admlnlste:ed. All those engaged
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In, or witnesses of the fight, over eighteen years of age, pleaded “not guilty,” and their cases were continued to the next term of
court.
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Mr. .1 neks proposed his sub-titute as given
I y“*ten!*y.
! Mr. Higliee proposed, in view of the crest i i‘if„ ] Importance ol the sutj-et. that tbe House j nieshouid bold au evening session for debate.
Mr. Judd objected.
Mr. lltgbee then gave bis views in critieislcg tbe bill as reported from the comuiltlie, and expressed the opinion that the substitute proposed by Mr. Jencks had left defects. Ho argued that the House should be slow in the consideration of tho question, but when the policy of Congress was once declared tho whole power and might of tho nation should
bo pledged to its enforcement.
Mr. Judd explained blir reasons for obteoting to tho evening session, which were, that he deemed the question of sufficient importance to command the attention of ail members, and his experience had been that evening sessions were generally mere debating schools. Ho declared it to be the duty of Con-
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gress to fix, before it adjourned, the policy of tho Executive on the subject of the rights of American citizens abroad, and to see that that policy was enf ireed. Congress should make a declaration of tho right* ol American citizens,
and prepare to maintain them.
Mr. Judd proceeded to criticise the bill, and show iu weakness and indistinctness, declaring tbe bill contained neither tbe assertion of principles nor effective propositions for the redre-s of the wrong. He quoted diametrically opposite expressions of opinion on the subJect of liability to military service, and of the liability of naturalized citizens returning to their native country, to Mr. Everett and Mr. Cass, when they were Secretary of State, and asked which of them did the bill refer tain allusion to the principle* of public law having been heretofore asserted by the Government
of the United States?
The morning hour having expired before Mr. Judd concluded, the bill wont over till tbe morning hour to-morrow. The Senate bill for the temporary relief of the poor of the District of Columbia was re-
ferred.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill reported by Mr. Julian, from the Committee ou I’ublic Lands, declaring forfeited to the United States certain lands granted to aid in the construction of railroads In Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and
F’lorida.
Mr. Eldtidge spoke in opposition, declaring that the bill, and all kindred measures, sprung Irom spite. Ill-will and revenge, caused l>y the war. It rested on no principle of internnUonal or constitutional law; was not warranted by the internal or external policy of the nation, and bad no foundation in sound policy or Christian statesmanship; it had no tendency to effect pacification or to bring about the avowed objects ol the war, but was calculated to rekiodle tires of war, and perpetuate the malignity and hatred, and little animosities engendered by the war. Its objects were to break down the moral aud material interest otihe white race, and subject that race to the dominion of the African. Everything was being done to destroy; nothing to build up. Everything to alienate and embitter; noth!
■r;
to soften tho asperity or restore aunt
ternity.
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lug fra-
Tho bill was further opposed hy Mr. Mun-
gen and Mr. Ntblaetr.
Mr. Hopkins supported the Mil, not from auy feeling of prejudice, or of hostility to the people of the States effected by it, but because the lands were forfeited by the lapse of the grant and because a large number of men had actually settled on these lands, supposing they were now opened to settlement under
the homestead law.
Mr. Arnell spoke in favor of tho amendment, excepting that portion of the hill pertaining to tho Terro Haute and Alton Railroad
Cjrapanv.
Mr. \Y illiams asked Mr. Arnell as to the loyalty of the stockholders of that company, remarking that it appeared from tbe report of the select committee on Southern railroads, that at the recent election of the directors, five of fifteen were certified to be loyal, six of doubtful loyalty and four admitted to be rebels, tbo reason assigned for the selection of rebels being that there were no more loyal
stockholders that could be elected.
Mr. Arnetl replied that that was notcorrect, and mentioned tbe names of several loyal of-
ficials of that company.
Mr. Trimble asked whether it was cot for only the Interest the stockholders in those roads had was after the mortgages should lie satisfied, and whether those mortgages were not held bv parties living in the North, and Who wereloyal to tbe Government. Mr. Arnell replied that it was undoubtedly
true.
Mr. Shanks spoke in support of the bill. Mr. Holman gfit the floor, when the matter went over temporarily.
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Globe Insurance Co. Ca P ,,aI $15,000,000. THE BEST INSURANCE IN THE WORLD. jan23 film IiiiiiauajMjiis Insurance Company. 01FICX IN COMPANY’S UTTILDITVGt, Gor.of Pennsylvania street and Virginia avenue INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Money leaned on Mortgage, and First Clats i*aaiuci:i Discounted. WM.UENDEESON .President. At.kx.C.’TAiffnaoH Secretary. fullldlv
CORSETS.
TRADE PALACE. TII03IS0I\*S Patent “Glove-Fitting,” THE ONLY X 3 orfoot Ooi’set! COMBINES IDTT^^BIXaITY, Perfection of Finish, AND Elcsancr of Shape. IT IS The Most Popular Corset IN THE AMERICAN MARKET. soil Til, HOWARD A CO., “Trade Palace,”so!e agents for Indianapolis.
MEDICAL.
Mr. Pile asked leave to report from the Military Committee a joint resolution in reference to the Rock Island Railroad bridge, whiuh ho said bad been agreed to between the YVar Department and the company, Mr. Spalding objected. Mr. YVashburne, of Wisconsin, offered a resolution calling for reports of the Union Pacific Railroad to the Secretary of the Treasury. The Speaker presented executive communications as follows: From the Secretary of War, with a statement of contracts and purchases by tbe Ordnance
with an
official copy of the instructions Issued by Mr. Lincoln to the tax commissioners ef South Carolina, September 16,1863; From the Secretary of War, transmitting the correspondence between the President and
WORTH KNOWING! BULL’S PAIN RELIEF Wiki Surely Cure DYSPEPSIA!
For Sale 1>j- ISrugsUt* and iWerchants throughout the Country. If. Daily & Co., Kcil’cr & Vinton, Drowning & Sloan, General Wholesale Agent’, INDIANAPOLIS. fel5d*wlnx
MILLINERY.
MRS. M. J. THOMAS HAS R1MOVED HER Millinery Rooms
willbepiei with an ample Stock of Nice Goods, in alt the latest styles, at the lowest cash prices. $Qf“AU work done neatly and promptly.
TRADE PALACE,
February, 186 8.
TXIF: JLA.FX Ono I^i-iee House OHor at all times a very large and desirable stccU of Dres# Goods, Silks, Shawls, Cloaks. Cloakings, Linens, Housekeeping Goods, Woolens, Flannels, Laces, Hosiery and Glores, Trimmings, At low price*, with a determination to establish a large and Permanent Business. We luvite lour Patroiage. VniTH, HOWARD A CO.
BEFORE YOU BUY, GO TO
THE TRADE PALACE
AND SEE THE NEW
C ^-S YOTJ LIKE IT’
Hoop £Utirt.
BUY THE BEST I
THE "HARRIS SEAMLESS KID GLOVE.” Full and complete assortment of Ladies' and Gents’, and a fine quality of Mi«se«, always o'u hand. We are the exclusive agents for Indian-
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PUMP?.
STAR PUMP. E. HASSET & 00., Pump makers, WTOULD say thatthey have their shop located VV at No. 26A East Washington street, and are prepared to do Pump Work on shot t notice. Every one wishing work done, amt can’t ioee the time to call at tbe shop, an order through the poet office will be promptly Ailed.
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