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Friday Morning;, February 21, IMIH.
WE print, this week, to theexclusion
of our usual variety, the powerful
speech of SENATOR DOOLITTLE, deliv
ered in the U. S. Senate a short time
ago, and the John-on-Grant correspon
dence, in which Gen. Grant is so com
pletely used up. The editor is also ab
sent, which will account for lack of or
iginal matter.
GRANT'S DISGRACE.
Hon are tiie Mistily Fallen !
Falsehood anil Duplicity explicitly prov
ed upon F. S. Grant !
I'be President's Last Letter to the I>e
m funet Ulysses!
Five Members of the Cabinet. Messrs.
Welles. McCnlloeli. Randall. Ilrou niiis
and Kenard, testify to the Lying;
and Donble-dealim; of the Great
Military Pretender!
A Complete Showing Fp of that Consn
inate Impostor, "Grate-yard" Grant 1
Read ! Head ! Read !
The charge having been made that
Gen. U. S. Grant hud made a distinct
promise to the President that he would
either hold on to the War Department
and let Mr. Stanton test his right to
that office in the courts, or would re
sign in time to permit the President to
appoint some one who would hold on,
and that Gen. Grant had promised the
President that he would call on him on
a certain day fixed by them to let him
(the President) know whether he would
hold on, or resign, he (Grant) wrote
the President a letter denying that he
had made any such promises. The
President replied that he (Grant) did
make thaproraises and that he (Grant)
knew he made them.
Grant rejoined in a reiteration of his
denial and wound up by charging the
President, in an insolent manner, with
trying to ennmit him (Grant) to a vio
lation of the Tenure of Office "Law."
The President now comes in with his
rebutter and produces in support of his
statement, the evidence of five mem
bers of his Cabinet, who were present
when Gen. Grant acknowledged that he
had promised to hold on to the \\ ar
Department, or resign, and also that
he had agreed to meet the President
and apprise him of the course he in
tended to pursue, on the day specified. ;
We give below the letters of the Presi
dent and members of the Cabinet. Here
are six of the most eminent and hon
orable men in the whole Union whose
testimony proves that Grant has not
only acted treacherously, hut in deny
ing that he had made the promises a
bove described, he uttered a xcilful and
deliberate falsehood. Read this corres
pondence carefully and then hand to
your neighbor:
EXECUTIVE MANSION. Feb. 10, 'GB.
General: The extraordinary cliamc- j
ter of your letter of the 3d instant
would seem to preclude any reply on
my part; hut the manner in which
publicity lias been given to the corres
pondence of which that letter forms a
part, and the grave questions which
are involved, induce mo to take this
mode of giving, as a proper sequel to
the communications which have passed j
between us, the statement of the five
members of the cabinet who were pres
ent on the occasion of our conversation
on the 14th ultimo. Copies of the let
ters which they have addressed to me,
are accordingly herewith enclosed.
You speak of my letter of the 31st
ultimo as a reiteration of the many ,
gross misrepresentations contained in
certain newspaper articles, and reassert
the correctness of the statements con
tained in your communication of the
2Sth ultimo, adding, (and here I give !
your own words,) "anything in yours.
In reply to the contrary, notwithstaud-;
ing." When a controversy upon mat
ter of fact reaches the point to which
this has been brought, further asser- 1
tion or denial between the immediate ;
parties should cease, especially where,
upon either side, it loses the character
of a respectful discussion, which i.-> re
quired by the relations in which the
parties stand to each other, and degen
erates in tone and temper. In such a,
case, if there is nothing to rely upon j
hut the opposing statements, conclu
sions must ho drawn from the_ stide
ments alone, and from whatever intrin
sic probabilities they aft'ord in favor of
or against either party.
I should not shrink from this test in |
the controversy, hut fortunately it is !
not left to this test alone. There were I
five Cabinet officers present at the con
versation, the detail of which, in my
letter of he 28th ultimo, you allow
yourself to say contains "many gross
misrepresentations." These gentlemen
heard that conversation, anu have read
nay statement. They speak for them
selves ; and I have the proof, without
a word of comment- I deem it proper, j
before concluding this communication, |
to notice some ot the statements con- j
tained in your letter. You say that a j
performance of the promise alleged to;
nave been made by you to the Presi-;
dent "would have involved a resis-;
tance to law and an inconsistency with i
the whole history ot my connection
with ttie suspension of Mr. Stanton,"
You then state that you had fears the
President would, on the removal of
Mr. Stanton, appoint some oue in his
place who would embarrass the army
in carrying out the reconstruction acu,
and add: "it was to prevent such an |
appointment, that I accepted the office 1
of Secretary of War, ad interim , and
not for the purpose of enabling you to
get rid of Mr. Stanton by mv with
holding it from him in opposition to
law, or, not doing so myself, SUIT ti
llering it to one who would, as tiie
statement and assumptions in your
communication plainly indicate was
sought." ... - |
First of all, you hereadmit that from
the very beginning of what you term
"the whole history" Bf your connection
with Mr. Stanton's suspension, you in
tended to circumvent the President. It
was to carry out that intent that you
accepted the appointment. This was
in your mind at the time of your accep
tance. It was not, then, in obedience
to the order of your superior, as has
b?en heretofore supposed, that you as
! sumed the duties of the office. You
knew it was tlie President's purpose
i to prevent Mr. Stanton from resuming
i the office of Secretary of War, and you
j intended to defeat that purpose. 4
You accepted the office, not in tiie
interest of the President, but of Mr.
Stanton. If this purpose, so entertain
ed by you, had been confined to your
self; if, when accepting this office, you
had have done so with a mental reser
vation to frustrate the President, it
would have been a tacit deception. In
the ethics of some persons such a course
is allowable. Rut you cannot stand
upon that questionable ground. The
"history" of your connection with the
transaction, as written by yourself,
place you in a different predicament,
and shows that you not only concealed
your design from the President, hut
induced him to suppose that you would
carry out his purpose to keep Mr.
Stanton out of office by retaining it
yourself, after an attempted restora
tion by the Senate, so as to require Mr.
Stanton to establish his right by judic
ial decision.
I now give that part of this 4 'history,"
as written by yourself in your letter of
the2Bth ultimo: "Some time after 1
assumed the duties of Secretary of War
ad interim, the President asked me my
views as to the course Mr. Stanton
would have to pursue, in ease the Sen
ate should not concur in his suspension,
to obtaiii possession of his office. My
reply was, is substance, that Mr. Stan
ton would have to appeal to the courts
to reinstate him, illustrating my po
sition by citingthe ground I had taken
in the case ol the Baltimore police com
missioners."
Now, at that time, as you admit in
your letter of the 3d instant, you held
"the office for the very object of defeat
ing an appeal to the courts. In that
letter you say that in occupying the
office one motive was to prevent the
President from appointing some other
person who would retain possession,
and thus make judicial proceedings
necessary.
You know the president was unwil
ling to trust the office with any one
who would not, by holding it, compel
Mr. Stanton to re>ort to the courts.
You perfectly understood that in this
interview, "some time" after you ac
cepted the office, the President, not
contented with your silence, desired
an expression of your views, ami you
answered him that Mr. Stanton
"would have to appeal to the courts."
If the President had reposed confi
dence before he knew your views, and
that confidence had been violated, it
might have been said he made a mis
take ; hut a violation of confidence re
posed after tnat conversation was no
mistake of his, nor of yours. It is the
tact only that needs be stated, that at
the date of this conversation you did
not intend to hold the office with the
purpose of forcing ;Mr. Stanton into
court, but did hold it then and had ac
cepted it to prevent that course from
being carried out. In other words,
you said to the President, "that is the
proper course," and you said to your
self, "I have accepted the office, and
now hold it to defeat that course."
The excuse you make—a subsequent
paragraph of that letter of the 28th
ultimo—that afterwards you changed
your views as to what would bea prop
er course, had nothing to do with the
point now under consideration. The
point is that before you changed your
views you had secretly determined to
do the very thing which at last you
did—surrender the office to Mr. Stan
ton. You may have changed your
views as to the law, hut you certainly
did not change your views as to the
course you had marked out for your
self from the beginning. I will only
notice one more statement in your
letter of the 3d inst., that the perfor
mance of the promises which, it is
alleged, were made by you, would
have involved you in the resistance ol
law. I know of no .-tatute that would
have been violated had you, carrying
out yourpromises in good laith, tender
ed your resignation when you con
cluded not to be made a party in any
legal proceedings. You add; "I am
in a measure confirmed in this conclu
sioy by your recent orders directing
iue to disobey orders from the Secre
tary of War, my superior and your su
bordinate, without • having counter
manded his authority to issue the or
ders I am to disobey."
On the 24th ultimo you addressed a
note to the President requesting, in
writing, an order given to you verbally
five days before, to disregard orders
from Mr. Stanton as Secretary of War
until you "knew troin the President
himself that they were his orders."
Oil the29th, in compliance with your
request, I did give you instructions in
writing "not to obey any order* from
the War Department assumed to he Is
sued by the direction of the President, |
unless such order is known by the gen
eral commanding the armies of the U
nited States to have been authorized by ;
the Executive."
There are some orders whi -h aSeere- j
tsry of War may issue without the;
authority of the President; there are ,
others which Jie issued simply as the,
agent of the President, and wnich pur
ports to he "by direction" of the Presi- !
dent. For such orders the president
is responsible, and lie should thereibre
know and understand what they are!
before giving such "directions." Mr.
Stanton states, in his letter of the 4th
inst., which accompanies the publish
ed correspondence, that he "has had|
no correspondence with the President
since the I2tli August hen;" and he
further says that since he resumed the |
duties of the office he has continued to j
discharge them "without any personal
or written communication with the
Presidentand he adds!, "no orders
have been issued from tlii- department
in the name of the President with my
knowledge, and I have received no
orders from him."
it thus seems that Mr. Stanton now
discharges the duties of the War
Department without any reference to
the President and without Using hjs|
name.
My order to you had only reference
to orders "assumed to he issued by
direction of the President." It would
appear from Mr. Stanton's letter that
you have received no such orders from
)llm, However, in your note to 111e
President of the 30th ultimo, in which
you acknowledge Hie receipt of the
written order of the 29th, you say that
you have been informed by ijr. Sjian-|
ton that iielias not received any tiKH-r
limiting his authority to issue orders to
theariny according to the practice of the
Department, and Mate that "while this!
authority tothe War Department Is not j
countermanded, it will be stisfuctory
evidence to me that any orders issued
from the War Department by direction
of the President are authorized by the
Executive."
The President issues an order to you 1
to obey no order from the War Depart- j
ment, purporting to he made "by the
direction of the President," until you
have referred it to him for his appro
val. You reply that you have receiv
ed the President's order and will not
ol>ey it, but will obey an order purpor
j ting to be given by his direction if Tt
| Ctmes from the War Department. \ o;i
will not obey the direct order of* the
President, but- will obey his indirect :
order, if, as you say tliere has been a
practice in the war Department to!
issue orders in the name of the Presi-1
dent, without his direction, does not.
the precise ord< r you have requested
and have received change the practice
as to the general of the army? Could
not the President conn ermand any
I such commands issued to you from the
; War Department? If you should re-j
; ceivean order from the War Depart-
I ment, issued in the name of the Presi
i dent, to do a special act, and an order
from the President directly, not to do
the act, is there a doubt which you
ought to obey?
You answer the question when you
say to the President, in your letter of
the 3d instant, the Secretary of War is
"my superior and your subordinate,''
and yet you refuse obedience to the
superior out of deference to the subor
dinate. Without further com ment up
on the subordinate attitude you have
assumed, I am at a loss to know how
you can release yourself from obedience
to the orders of the President, who is
made by the constitution commander
in-chief of the army and navy, and is,
therefore, the official superior as well of
the General of the Army as of tiie Sec
retary of War.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Genera! U. S. Grant, commanding
armies of the United States, Wash
ington, D. C.
Copy of letter addressed to each of
the members of the Cabinet present al
the conversation between the President
and General Grant on the 14 of Janu
ary, 1808: KXECU'IUVE MANSION,
Washington, D. C\, Feb. o, 1808.
Sir: The Chronicle of this morning
contains a correspondence between the
President and Gen. Grant, reported
from the War Department, in answer
to a resolution of the House of Repre
sentatives. I beg to call your attention
to that correspondence, and especially
to that part of it which refers to the
conversation between the President
and Gen. Grant at the Cabinet meet
ing on the 14th of January, and to re
quest you to state what was said in
that conversation.
Very respectfully yours,
ANDREW JOHN ON.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. ,3, iscs.
Sir: Your note of this date was hand
ed to me thisevening. My recollection
of the conversation at theCahinet meet
ing, 011 Tuesday, the 14th of January,
corresponds with your statement of it
in the letter of the 31st ult., in the
published correspondence. The three
points specified in the fbtter, giving
your recollection of the conversation,
are correctly stated.
Very respect'y, GIDEON WELLES.
To the President.
TREASURY DEPT., Feb. 9, ISGB.
Sir: 1 have received your note of the
oth inst., calling my attention to tin
correspondence between yourself and
General Grant, published 111 the Chron
icle of yesterday, especially to that pail
of it which relates to what recurred at
"Cabinet meeting" on Tuesday, the
14th ultimo, and requesting me to state
what was said in ttie conversation r'e
ferred to.
1 cannot undertake to state tlie pre
cise language used, but I have 110 hesi
tation in saying that your account ol
the conversation, given in your letter
to General Grant of the 31st ultimo,
substantially, and in all important
particulars, accords with my recollec
tion of it.
With great respect, your obedient ser
vant. HUGH MCCULLOCH.
To the President.
POSTOFITCE DEPA RT.MENT,
Washington, Feb. 6, 18G8.
Sir: I am in receipt of your letter ol
February,calling my attention to the
correspondence published in the Chron
icle between the President and Gener
al Grant, and especially to that part 01
it which refers to the conversation be
tween the President and General Grant
at the Cabinet meeting 011 Tuesday,
the 14th of January, with a request that
I state what was sai l in that conversa
tion.
In reply, I have the honor to state
that 1 have read carefully the corres
pondence in question, and particularly
the letter of the President to General
Grant, dated January 31, 18G8.
The following extract from your let
ter of the 31*t of January to General
Grant is, according to my recollection,
a correct statement of the conversation
that took place between the Preside n
and General Grant in the Cabinet meet
ing 011 the 11th of January last. In
the presence of the Cabinet the Presi
dent asked General Grant whether "in
conversation which took place after
his appointment as secretary of War
ad interim lie did not agree either to
remain at the head of the War Depart
ment and abide any judical proceed
ings that might follow tiie non-concur
rence by tlie Senate in Mr. Stanton's
suspension, and should he wish not to
become involved in such a controver
sy, to put the President in the same
position with repeet to the ojfice as hej
occupied previous to General Grant's
appoint ment,by returning it to the Pres
ident in time to anticipate such action
by the Senale."
"This General Grant admitted. The
President then asked General Grant ii
at the conference on the preceding Sat
urday hp had not, to avoid misunder
standing, requested Genoflll Grant to
statewhat fie intended to do; and fur
ther, if in reply to that inquiry he (Gen
eral Grant) had not referred to theii
former conversations, saying that from
them the President understood his po
sition. and that his (Genera! Grant's)
action would be consistent with the un
derstanding which had "been reached.
To these General Grant replied in the
affirmative. The President asked Gen
era) Grant if at the conclusion of their
interview<;H 'Saturday it was not un-1
derstood that they were tohaveanoth J
er conference on Monday, before IF;
nal action by the Senate in the ease
of Mr. Stanton. General Grant replied
that such was the understanding, hut
that he did not suppose the Senate
would act so soon : that on Monday he
had been engaged in a conference with
General Sherman, am} was occupied
with "many little matters," and asked
"ifGenera! Sherman had riot called on
that dav."
I take this mode of complying with
the request contained in the President's
letter to me, because my attention Inc
hed! called to the subject before, when
the correspondence between the Presi
dent and General Grant was under con
sideration ,
Very respectfully, your obediant ser
vant, AI.EX \NDKR W. RANDALL,
Postmaster General.
DEPARTMENT OE THE INTERIOR, I
Washington, D. C. Feb. G, 18G8,)
Sir: I am in receipt of yours of yes
terday calling my attention to a corres
pondence between yourself and Gener
al Grant published in the Chronicle
newspaper, and especially to that part
of said correspondence-"which referred
to the conversation between the Presi
dent and General Grant at the Cabinet
meeting on 1 uesday, the 14th of Janua
ry," and requesting me "to state what
was said in that connection."
In reply, I submit the following
statement: At the Cabinet meeting
on Tuesday, the Mill January, 1868,
General Grant appeared and took his
accustomed scat at the board. When
lie had been reached in the order of
business, the President asked him, as
usual, if he had anything to present.
In reply the general, after referring toa
note which he had that morning address
ed to the President, enclosing a <o>y
of the resolution of the Senate refusing
to concur in the reasons for the suspeie
sioti of Mr. Stanton, proceeded to say
that he regarded his duties as Secretary
of War ad interim terminated by that
resolution, and that he could not law
fully exercise such duties for a moment
aft< r~ the adoption of the resolution
reached him last night, and that this
morning lie had gone to the War de
partment, entered the secretary's room,
bolted one door on the inside, locked
the other on the outside, deliv
ered the key to tiie adjutant general,
'and proceeded to tiie headquarters of
the army and addressed the note above
mentioned to the President, informing
him that lie (General Grant) was no
longer Secretary of War ad interim.
The President expressed great sur
prise at the course which Gen. Grant
had thought proper to pursue, and, ad
dressing himself to the General, pro
ceeded to, say in substance, that he had
anticipated such action on the part ofthe
Senate, and being very desirous to
have the constitutionality of the ten
ure-of-oflice bill tested, and his right to
suspend or remove a member of the
Cabinet decided by tl e judicial trihu
nnlsof the country, lie had, some time
ago, and shortly after Gen. Grant's ap
pointment as Secretary of War ad inter
im, asked the General what his action
would be in theevent that the Senate
should refuse to concur in the suspen
sion of Mr. Stanton, and that the Gen
eral had then agreed either to remain
at the head of the War Department
till a decision could he obtained from
the court, nr resign the office in o the
hands of the President before the ca>e
was acted upon by the Senate, so as to
place the President in the same situa
he occupied at the time of his (Grant's)
appointment.
The President further said that the
conversation was renewed on the pre
ceding Saturday, at which lime he ask
ed tiie General what he intended to do
if the Senate should undertake to re
instate Mr. Stanton, in reply to which
the General referred to their former
conversation upon tne same subject,
and said "you understand my posi ion,
and my conduct, will be conformable
to that understanding:" that he (the
General) then expressed a repugnance
to.being made a party to judicial pro
ceeding, saying that lie wouid expose
himself to tine and imprisonment by
doing so, us his continuing todischarge
the duties of Secretary of War ad inter
im after the Senate should have refus
ed to concur in the suspension of Mr.
Stanton would beaviolaitonoftheten
ure-of-offlce bill.
That in reply to this he, the Presi
dent, informed Gen. Grant he had not
suspended Mr. Stanton under the ten
ure-of-office bill, hut by virtue of the
powers conferred on him by the consti
tution. and that as to the tine and im
prisonment he, the t resident, would
pay whatever fine was imposed, and
submit to whatever imprisonment
might be adjudged against him, the
General. That they continued thecon
versation for some time, discussing the
law at length, and that they finally
separated without having reached a
definite conclusion, and with the un
derstanding that the General would
see the President again on Monday.
In reply. Gen. Grant admitted that
the conversation had occurred, and
said that at first conversation he had
given it as his opinion to the President
that in the event of non-concurrence by
the Senate in the action of the Presi
dent in respect to the Secretary of War,
the question would have to he decided
by the court; that Mr. Stanton would
have to appeal to the court to reinstate
him in office; that the im would re
main in until they could he displaced
and the outs put in by legal proceed
ings; and that he then thought so, and
had agreed that if lie should change
his mil d "he would notify the President
in time to make another appointment;
but that, at the timed' the first conver
sation, lie had not looked very closely
into the law; that it had recently been
discussed by the newspapers, and that
this had induced him to examine it
more carefully, and tiiat he had come
to the conclusion that if the Senate
should refuse to concur in the suspen
sion Mr. Stanton would thereby be re
instated, and i hat lie (Grant) could not
continue to act as Secretary of War ad
interim without subjecting himself to
fine and imprisonment; and that he
came over 011 Saturday to inform the
President of the change in his views,
and did so inform him; that the Pres
ident replied that he had not suspen
ded Mr. Stanton under the tenure-of
office bill, but under the constitution,
and had appointed him —Grant—by
virtue of the authority derived from
the constitution, <kc.; that they contin
ued to discuss the matter some time,
and finally tie left without any conclu
sion having been reached,expecting to
see the President again on Monday.
He then proceeded to explain why
lie had not called 011 the President 011
Monday, sayiegthat he had had a long
interview with General Sherman ; ttint
various little matters had occupied his
time till it was late, and that he did
not think the Senate would act so soon,
and asked "Did not General Sherman
call on you on Monday?" I do not
know what passed between the Presi
dent and General Grant on Saturday
except as I learned it from the conver
sation between them at the Cabinet
meeting on Tuesday, and the foregoing
is substantially what then occurred.
The precise words used on the occa
sion are not, of course, given exactly
in the order which they were spoken,
hut the ideas expressed and the facts
stated are fuithlully preserved and pre
sented.
1 have honor to he, sir, with great
respect, your obedient servant,
O. 11. BROWNING,
The President.
Mr. Seward writes a long letter
which substantially corroborates the
statements of the president and Messrs.
Welles,McCullocli, liandalland Brown
ing.
To all of this, Gen. Grant Ims noth
m answer exeem, 1J..0 - ()lj
to quote his own language, "admitany
thing in these where they differ from
anything heretofore stated by me." In
other words, in Gen. Grant's ethics,
"a lie well stuck to is as good as the
truth." lie winds up in the follow
ing craw-fishing style:
"Disclaiming any intention now, or
heretofore, of disobey ingany legal order
of the President distinctly communica
ted, 1 remain very respectfully your
ohediant servant,
U. S. GRANT, General.
Ah ! ha I
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
SENATE— Mr Trumbull, from the
Cominitteon the Judiciary, reported
the bill to s pp'y vacancies in tie ex
ecutive department, in certain cases.
He gave notice that lie would call it up
at an early day. A memorial was pre
sented by the Chair, and appropriately
referred, from the New England Man
ufacturing company of Massachusetts,
asking an entire revision of the reve
nue department. Also, one from eer
tain citizens setting forth reasons why
the Constitution should he so chan
ged as to acknowledge God and relig
ion.
Hou.sE-*-Tlie House proceeded to the
consideration of the bill concerning the
rights of American citizens in the
i foreign States. Mr. Jencks addressed
the House in advocacy of the substi
; tute proposed by him. Mr. Wilson
I (Iowa) moved that tiie bill and pend
; ing amendments lie referred to the
Committee of the Whole on the State
of the Union as a special order. Mr.
Bauks stated that the Committee 011
Foreign A {fairs had had a regular
meeting this morning, and desired to
have (he bill re-committed, with all
the above amendments, and he asked
the gentiemen from lowa to substitute
that motion for his. Mr. Wilson said
he would allow the motion to be offer
ed as an amendment, so that the sense
of the House might betaken upon it.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.
SENATE— Messrs. Trumbull, Conklin
and Williams presented memorials of
officers of the volunteer army protes
ting against the passage of the bill in
troduced by Mr. Wilson, relative to
communication for pay &e., setting
forth that their claims are equitable
and grow out of a law of Congress, the
decision of which is now pending in
the supreme court. Referred to the
Committee 011 Military Affairs.
HOUSE. —Mr. Wood offered a resolu
tion directing General Grant to furn
ish all correspondence, by telegraph, or
otherwise, between himself and Gener
al Hancock, relating to the removal
of council men in New Orleans., A
dopted. Mr. Logan introduced a joint
resolution providing that from and af
ter the first of June next all United
States bonds shall pay an interest tax
of two per cent, to be collected by de
ducting one per cent, semi-annually
Jrom the coupons at the Treasury. Re
ferred to the committee on Ways and
Means.
Mr. Covode presented a communica
tion giving the history of whisky frauds
in New Orleans. Referred to the COlll
- Ways and Means. Mr.Clark,
of Kentucky, introduced a bill to abol
ish and forever prohibit the system of
peonage and Indian slaveay in New
Mexico. Referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.
SENATE. —The Senate is not in ses
sion to-day. k
HOUSE.— Mr. Miller presented tiie
petition of sundry citizens of Pennsyl
vania, asking for an adjustment of the
revenue laws so as to keep the balance
of the trade in favor of the United
States. The House resumed the con
sideration of the election case from
Kentucky, the contestant, Mr. Samuel
E. Smith, being entitled to the floor.
Mr Smith addressed the House, insist
ing upon the public importance of the
question involved, and disclaiming be
ing interested by personal motives.
Wvn. tlTlt'lliin and tlic Mission to Fll-.
loud.
WASHINGTON, February 16.—There
seems to be no doubt that the appoint
ment of minister to England has been
tendered to General George B. McClel
lan, but nothing definite has yet been
heard from him as to its acceptance.
Tiie resignation of Mr. Adams, it has
been ascertained from an official source,
takes place in April,
Qteitt Democratic Victory >\t Itcndinjj:
The Clly .Swept: A (i:|in of Four liuud
rod and One.
RKADIXG, Feb. 15. —The election for
Auditor, Council men, and others, took
place yesterday. The Democrats swept
the city and routed the Radicals, horse,
foot, and dragoon.
The Auditor, Hiester M. Xagle, was
elected by a majority 0f382. Last year
the Radical majority was ID, which
makes a clear Democratic gain of lui
over the vote of last fall.
There were no local issues to influ
ence the election. The battle was
fought out squarely, on the gruitnds
of principle. Rknit sets of candidates
werp trustworthy.
There Is great rejoicirtg here over
the result, The majority will be in
creased when the great and final con
test comes,
A WAR ox HUMANITY.—The New
York World publishes a letter from a
Georgia correspondent which presents
a very dark side of the reconstruction
policy. It appears that in Mississippi
a trifling gift of sugar and tea by Gen.
Gillem to the State Insane Asylum re
veals the i'act that such articles are al
most unknown to the patients in that
institution, and that it is only by the
most rigid economy that the bare ne •
essaries of life can be furnished them,
After detailing a similar case in Geor
gia, the editor adds i
♦'As no power is given these com
mandants to fully relieve such necessi
ties, and MS .state appropriations areex
hausted, it is not impossible that the
most painful distresses may be felt by
just those very classes that in any de
cent community are the most fully
provided for and watched over. That
lhese disgraceful probabilities are the
legitimate result of congressional re
eonstruction cannot be denied, and we
beg any man who has the honor and
fair fame of his country at heart to re
flect if tlie existence of these wrongs in
two States does r.ot argue for their per
petration in all the other States where
j the same general cause is at work."
—A specific against falling on ice
may be found in the old penitential
recipe, sackcloth and ashes; sackcloth
for the soles and ashes for the streets.
SEWS ASD OTHER ITEMS.
—A planter, residing near Beaufort,
S. C., went to recover his mules, which
were stolen by a party of negroes, last
week. lie was met by a large force of
freed men, who wrested his gun from
his hands and shot him dead on the
spot.
—The New Orleans colored Alder
man Dumas, who refused to accept the
nomination for Lieutenant Governor,
on the ground that he was "a candi
date for Governor only," is among the
persons just removed from office by
General Hancock for "contempt of or
ders from headquarters."
The following prices are paid for
labor in Austin, Nevada: Ordinary j
labor $3.~i0 a day, or $(5O and found per
month; skillful miners, $1 to $5 per;
day; carpenters, s."> to $7 per day; wood ;
in quantities, to mills, <fec., $6 per cord;
hay, of which there is plenty, $3O per
ton ; flour, 11 cents per pound; bacon,
30 cents; good board per week,
poor board, SO.
—The men's boot, shoe and gaiter |
makers in New York have been on a!
strike since last Monday week, and
some 600 men are idle. They have 1
struck against a reduction of wages of I
20 per cent, proposed by the employ
ers. '
—A gluttonous Rhode Islander, nam
ed Hudijah .Make, devoured a turkey
weighing nearly eight pounds at one
sitting, last Monday. It only look
half an hour to complete the job, and
his price was fifty dollars.
—The daughter of a Maine clergy
man eloped the other day while her
parents were at a funeral. The bride
groom was arrested immediately after
the marriage on a charge of horsesteal
ing.
—The Mahometans are excited over
the fact that the Sultan went out to
dine with a subject, a mark of conde
scension which is utterly at variance
with all the traditions of the Moslem
faith.
—The underground railway of Lon
don, during the five years of its exis
tence, has carried eighty millions of
passengers, at an average speed of six
teen miles per hour, and without the
loss of a single life.
—Snow and strawberriesseldompome
together. On January 29 the editor of
the New Orleans Picayune had on his
table snow-balls and strawberries, the
latter raised in the open air.
—The annual report of the Idaho
territorial treasurer places the territor
ial debt at somewhat over $13,900.
Utah, on the contrary, owes nothing,
but has $lO,OOO in the treasury.
—The Wisconsin Legislature has
passed a law to prohibit the locking of
ears while in motion, and prohibiting
the use of kerosene in lighting cars.
The Washington correspondent of
the radical Chicago Republican says
that Mr. Washburne wrote all General
Grant's letters to the President.
—The Raleigh (N. C.) Standard says
there are five hundred persons in Wake
county who are "suffering the most
acute pangs of cold and hunger."
—A Lancashire woman recently
starved to death because she was a re
lation of a member of Parliament and
wouldn't go to the poorhouse.
—The Boston ice crop this season is
the largest and best ever gathered.
Ice twenty-two inches in thickness
was cut at Wenham Lake on Satur
day.
—ln the late large fire at Wilming
ton, N. C., twelve persons are supposed
to have perished. Five bodies have
already been recovered from the ruins.
—New Orleans claims to possess
more miles of street railway than any
city of its siae in the world.
ANOTHER REVOLUTION.— The New-
York Journal of Commerce, which has
all along been hopeful that the troub
les which now beset the country, as the
fruit of radical policy, would blow ov
er, begins now to take the alarm, So
we infer from the following note of
warning which it place* conspicuously
ai ihehoat| ofits leading editorial col
umn :
"it looks as if the zeal of those who
care more for party supremacy than
for the most vital interests ol the coun
try, and who would rather ruin the
land we love than resign their rule ov
er it, wtis about to plunge them head
long into a cuui'ae that must end in
revolution. Those who have hither
to been the most hopeful are now
gloomy and despondent, for madness
seems to rule tin hour, and the fully of
our legislators appears to be without
restraint. If the country must pass
through the fire before peace and uni
ty can be restored, perhaps it may as
well come now as ever."
CHILD KEN'S LIVES SAVED FOR 50
CKSTS. —Thousands of Children die annually of
Croup. Now, Mothers, if you spend 50 cents,
and always have a bottle of Dr. Tobias' Venetian
Liniment in the house, you never need fear losing
your little one when attacked with this complaint
It is now 20 years siuce I have put up jay Lini
ment, and never heard of a child dying of Croup
when tpy Liniment was used ; but hundreds of
eases of cures have been reported to we, and many
state if it was $lO per hottle they would not be
without it. Besides which, it is a certain cure for
Cuts, Burns, Headache, Toothache, Sore Throats,
Swellings, Mumps, Colic. Diarrhtea, Dysentery,
Spasms, Old Sores, and Pains in the Back and
Chest. No one onoe tries it who is ever without
it. It i 3 warranted perfectly safe to take inter
nally. Full Directions with every bottle. Sold
by the Drugists. Depot, $6 Cortlandt Street
New Y<>rk- feb2luil.
SUDDEN DEATH is the late of every
fihre upon which the
Caustic Poison
of an ordinary hair dye falls. There is no
* Ressitrrcction
for the filaments thus b.igbted. But. as it were,
in the Twinkling of an Eye,
hair of nny obuoxious col. r is changed to a
Rich and Glorious Hue,
and at the same'time vitalized and improved by
the use of
CRISTA DO LLO'S lIA IK DYE,
nature's s ife ally, and beauty s regenerator
Manufactured by J. CHISTADOKO, fid Maiden
Lane, New York. Sold by all Druggists. Ap
plied by all Hair Dressers. fob2lml
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FACTS.
That we have unequalled facilities for conduct
ing business to the advantage both of ourselves
and patrons, we submit the following TRUTHS —
well known as such to the entire business commu
nity.
Ist. We have abundant rash capital, therefore—
2d. We are enabled to Buy for Cas^ridutive
ly, consequently at the lowest possible prices,
with the markets of theentire world toselect
from.
3d. In this particular WE ITAVB ADVANTAGE*
shared by tio other house in our business.
4th. We sell for cash exclusively—therefore t
the lowest possible prices—having no losses
incurred by selling on credit, to provide for.
6th We have a business experience of a quarter
of a century, having been.longer established
than any house in our trade in Pbilad. lphia.
6th. Our business is thoroughly sys'etnaiized, the
result of long experience, which has taught
us what the wants of the public are, and how
best to meet them. £
7th. We employ the best talent in all departments,
our garments are therefore unsurpassed in
style, fit and workmanship.
Bth. 0 r business is large and constantly, increas
ing, enabling us to keep at alt times the lar
gest. best assorted, and most complete .stork
oj MEN S, YOU'IHS', and BOYs' CLO'lil-
IXti in Philadelphia, to which large daily
additions are made of fresh goods, replacing
those sold.
9th. For reasons already enumerated we can. and
do sell clothing in every respect superior—
surpassed by none, equalled bv few—at pri
ces guaranteed in alt rases lower than the
the lowest elsewhere, or the Balecunuelled and
money refunded.
10th. If buyers should for any cause become dissat
isfied after a purchase is made, if reported
witbiu a reasonable time.we pledge ourselves,
by exchange, refunding of money . or other
wise, to give full satisfaction in every case,
and request thut all such may be reported to us
for adjustment.
CARD. —Our stock of Fall and Winter Clothing
is full and complete, and selling rapidly, but is as
rapidly replenished each day wi'h fresh and desi
rable styles of new goods, purchased recently, for
cash, at great sacrifices, enabling us to sell at pri
ces lower than have beeu known for years. Con
gratulating our patrons upon the decliue of prices,
which enables us to offer superior garments at such
low rates, we request the favor of a call.
Halftoty between j BENNETT A 0.,
Fifth and > TOWER HALL.,
Sixth streets \ 518 MARKET ST.,
PHIL VDKLPHIA.
jan3m6*| And 600 Broadway, NEW YORK.
ADDRESS TO THE N EKVOUS AND DE
BILITATED whoie sufferings hire been protracted
from hideous causes, and whose cases require
prompt treatment to render existence desirable.
If you are suffering or have suffered from involun
tary discharges, what effect does it produce upon
your general health ? Do \ou feel weak, debilita
ted, easily tired ? little extra exertion pro
duce palpitation of the heart ? Does your liver, or
urinary organs, or your kidneys, frequently get out
of order ? Is your urine sometimes thick, milky, or
flocky, or is it ropy on settling' Or does a thick
scum rise to the top? Or is a sediment at • he bottom
after it has stood awhile? Do you have spells of
short breathing or dyspepsia ? Are your bowels
constipated? Do you have spells of fainting or
rushes of blood to the head ? Is your memory im
paired? Is your mind constantly dwelling upon
ihissubject? Do you feel dull, listless, moping,
tired of company, of life 7 Do you wish to oe left
alone, to get away from everybody ? Does any lit
tle thing make you start or jump ? Is y.iur sleep
broken or restless? Is the lustre of your eye as
brilliant? The bloom on your cheek as bright?
Do you enjoy yourself in society as well? Do you
pursue your business with the same energy ? Do
you feel as much confidence in yourselt ? Are
your spy-its dull and flagging, given to fits or mel
ancholy ? If so, do cot lay it to your liyer or
dyspepsia. Have you restless -nights ? Your back
weak, your knees weak, and have but little appe
tite. and you attribute this to dyspepsia or liver
complaint ?
Now, reader, sell-abuse, venereal diseases badly
cured, and sexual excesses, are al, capable of pro
ducing a weakness of the generative organs. The
organs of generation, when in perfect health, make
the man. Did you ever think that those bold, de
fiant, energetic, persevering, successful business
men are always those whose generative organs
are in perfect health ? You never hear such
men complain of being melancholy, of nervous
ness, of palpitation of the heart. They are nev
er afraid they cannot succeed in business ; they
don't become sad and discouraged ; they are al
ways polite and pleasant iu theoompany of ladies,
and look you and them right in the face—none ot
your downcast looks or any other meanness about
them. Id t not me m those who-keep the orgaus
inflamed by running to excess. These will not
only ruin their constitutions, but also those they do
business with or for.
How many m n from badly-cured diseases, from
the effects of self-abuse and exce.-seg, have brought
about that state of weakness in those orgaus that
has reduced the general system so much as to in
duce almost every other disease —idiocy, luuacy,
paralysis, spinal affections, suicide, and almost
every other torui of disease which humanity is heir
to, and the teil cause of the trouble scarcely ev
er suspected, and have doctored for all hut the
right one.
Diseases of these organs require the use of a diu
retic. HELMBOED'S FLUID EX lit AC! BUClll"
is the great Diuretic, and is a certain cute for
diseases of the Bladder, Kidneys, Gravel, Dropsy,
Organic Weakness, Female Complaints, General
Debility, and all diseases of"the Urinary Organs,
whether existing in Male or Female, from wnat
ever cause originating and no in tier how long
standing
If no treatment is submitted to, Consumption or
lusauitymay ensue. Our flesh aud blood are sup
ported from these sources, and the health and
happiness, and that of Posterity, depends upon
prompt use of a reliatle remedy.
llcluibold'a Extract Buchu, established upward
of I!l years, prepared by
11. T. HELMBOLD, Druggist,
594 Broadway, New York,
lUi South 10th Street, Pnitadclphia, Pa.
Pkick — sl.2s per bottle, or 6 bottles for $0 50,
delivered to any address. Sold by all Drug
gists everywhere. iuarh,'ti7yl
To CONSUMPTIVES.— The lie v. ED
WARD A. WILSON will send (free of charge) to all
who desire it. the prescription with the direction*
for making and using the simple remedy by which
he was cured of a lung a Beet ion and that dread
disease Consumption, liis only objeot is to bene
fit the afflicted and he hopes every sufferer will
try this prescription, as it will cost them nothing,
and may prove a blessing Please address Rev.
EDWARD A WILSON. No. 165 South Second
Street, Williamsburgh, New York. epl3tnB
ITCH ! ITCH !! ITCH !!! — Svtxtich .*
Scratch ' Scratch ■' ■' ■' —ln from 10 48 hours
WH BATON'S OINTMENT cures THE ITCH.
WHKATON'S OINTMENT cures SALT RHEUM.
WHEATON'S OINTMENT cures TETTER.
WIIEATON'S OINTMENT cures Barbers' Itch.
WHEATON'S OINTMENT eures Old Sorer.
WHKATON'S OINTMENT cures pvery kind
of Humor like Magic.
Price. 50 cents a box ; by mail, 60 cents. Ad
dress WEEKS A POTTER, No. 170 Washington
Street, Boston, Mass. For sale by all Druggists.
sep2o,'67yl
INFORMATlON. —lnformation guar
anteed to produce a luxuriant growth of hair up
on a bald head or beardless faoe, also a recipe for
the removal of Pimples, Blotches, Eruptions, etc.,
on the skin, leaving the same jolt, clear, and beau
tiful. ean be obtained without charge by address
ing TUGS. F. CHAPMAN, Chemist, 823 Broad
way, New York, sepl3mB
CANCER, SCROFULA, <fcc., CURED. —
l AT" Persons afflicted with Cancer, Scrofula. Tu
mors, Eruptions, Ac., are CURK.D by the use of Dr.
GREENE'S ELECTRO-MEDICATED BATH-and
Indian Vegetable remedies which cleanse the blood
of all Humors, Mercury, Lead, Ac., and restore
health to invalid* afflicted with every variety of
disease. A book describing Cancer, Scrofula, Hu
mors and other diseases, with their proper means
of cure, may ue obtained free at the Medical Insti
tute, or by mail. Address Dr. R. GREENE, 16
Temple place, Boston, Mass.
ERRORS OF YOUTH.— A Gentleman
who suffered for years from Nervous Debility.
Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful in
discretion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity,
send free to all who need it, the recipe and direc
tions lor makipg the simple remedy by which he
was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the ad
vertiser's experience, can do so by addressing, in
perfect confidence. JOHN B. OGDEN,
mayl7.'67-ly Cedar Street, New York.
♦ ■ ■ -
THE HEALING POOL, AND HOUSE
OK MKRCV. —Howard Association Reports, for
YOUNG MEN, on the crime of solitude, and the
errors, abuses and diseases which destroy the
manly powers, and create impediments to mvr
riage, with sure means of relief. Sent in sealed
letter envelopes, free of charge. Address Dr. J.
SKILLOX H'UGHTOM, Howard Associates,
Philadelphia, Pa. jun7, 67y1.