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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 18G7.
DOUBLE SHEET -THREE CENTS.
CABINET RUPTURE.
Important Correspondence Between An
drew Johnson, Edwin M. Stanton,
and General U.S. Grant Tho Pro
tCRtof Mr.Stanton Against toe
Action of the Tmldcnt.
OPINIONS OF THE PUBLIC PKESS.
Humored It em oval oi" tit
Soiitliorn Comnmudcrs.
PAST CABINET RUPTURES.
Kte., Etc., Etc. i Etc., Etc., Et.
Washington, AuguRt 13. The following are
correct copies of all letters upon the subject of
the suspension of Secretary Stanton, which I
have been pcrraitd to make this morning:
Executive Mansion, Washington, August 12,
1867. S.r: By virtue of the power andautbo
rity vested In me as President by the Constitu
tion and laws ol the United State, you are
bereby suspended from otlice as Secretary of
War, and will cease to exercise any and all func
tions pertaining to the same. Xou will at once
transfer to General Ulysses S. Grant, who has
this day been authorized and empowered to act
as Secretary of. War ad interim, all records,
books, papers, and other public property now in
voor custody and charge.
Very respectfully yours, A. Johnson,
To the Hon. K. M. Stanton, Secretary ot War.
War Department, Washington City, August
12, 1867. Sir: Your note ot this date has been
received, informing me that by virtue of the
power and authority vested in you as President
by the Constitution and laws of tho United
fctatee, I am suspended from office as Secretary
ot War, and will cease to exercise any and all
functions pertaining to the same: and also
directing me at once to transter to IJ. S. Grant,
who has this day been authorized and em
powered to act as Secretary of War ad interim,
all records, books, papers, and other public
property now in my custody and charge. Under
a feu be of public duty I am compelled to deny
your right, under the Constitution and laws of
the United States, without the advice and con
sent of the Senate, and without legal cause, to
suspend me from the office of Secretary of war,
or the exercise of any'or all functions pertain
ing to the same, or without such advice and
consent to compel me to transfer to any person
the records, books, papers, and public pro
perty In my custody as Secretary of War; but,
inasmuch as the General commanding tho
armies of the United States has been appointed
ad interim, and has notified me that he has ac
cepted that appointment, I have no authority
but to submit, under protest, to superior lorce.
Very respectfully, yours,
Jfi. M. Stamon, Secretary of War.
To the President.
Executive Mansion, Washington Citv. Aug.
12, 1867. Sir: The Hon. E. M. Stanton
having this day been suspended as Secretary of
War, you are hereby authorized and empowered
to act as Secretary of War ad interim, and will
at once enter upon the discharge of the duties
of that office. The Secretary of War has been
instructed to transfer to you all the records,
books, papers, and other public property now
in his custody and charge.
. Very respectlully yours,
Andrew Johnson.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Washington, 1). C.
Headquarters Armies United States, Wash
ington City, August 12, 18G7. Bir: Enclosed
herewith I have to transmit to you a copy of a
letter Just received from the President of the
United States, notifying me of my assignment
as Acting Secretary of War, and directing me to
assume those duties at once. In notifying you
ol my acceptance, I cannot let the opportunity
pass without expressing to you my appreciation
or the zeal, patriotism, firmness, and ability
with which you have discbar&ed the duty of
Secretary of War.
With great respect, your ob't servant,
U. S. Grant, General.
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
War Department, Washington City, August
12, 1807. General: Your note of this date,
accompanied by a copv of a letter addressed to
you August 12 by the President, appointing you
Secretary ol War ad interim, and intorming me
of 'your acceptance of the appointment, has
been received. Under a sense of public duty I
am compelled to deny the President's rierht
under the laws of the United States to suspend
me irom office as Secretary of War, or to
authorize any other person to enter upon the
discharge of the duties of that office, or to re
quire me totrausferto you, or to any person, the
records, books, papers.and other public property
in my official custody as Secretary ot War; but
inasmuch as the President has assumed to sus
pend me from office as Secretary of War, and
you have notified me of your acceptance ol the
appointment of Secretary of War ad interim,
I have no alternative but to submit, under pro
test, to the superior force of the President.
You will accept my acknowledgment of the
kind terms in which you have notified me of
your acceptance of the President's appoint
ment, and my cordial reciprocation of tho sen
timents expressed. I am, with sincere regard,
iruiy yours,
Edwdt M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
To General U. S. Grant.
OPINIONS OF THE PUBLIC PRESS
ON THE REMO VAL OF SE CRE TAR Y
STANTON.
A Grand Coup d'Btat at Washington
A New Political Departure.
From the Herald.
The President has struck a decisive blow.
Btanton, as Secretary of War, has been super
seded, and General Grant, lor the present, Is
appointed to take charge of tbe War Depart
ment. We presume I hut before making this
change Mr. Johnson had a full understanding
with General Grant, and that the latter, with
out besllatioa, will enter upon bis new duties.
We know that bis appolutmeut, if accepted,
Will command tbe confidence of the oountry,
and tbat thus no apprehensions of any serious
loss to the public servloe will arise from Mr.
Stanton's suspension. Moreover, by tbe ex-
filanaiory Itecoustruotion bill, passed at the
me xtraordinary session of UonaTess, Grant Is
specifically charged with tbe general manage
ment of tbe work of reconstruction. In being
advanced to the bead of the War Department,
therefore, he will only bave a larger discretion
In tbe discharge ot these Important duties.
Bo far, then, tb President has properly met
the issue raised by a defiant subordinate in bis
refusal to resign when politely requested to
leave. But Mr. Johnson must not stop her.
He has only crossed tbeKubloon; the greatflibt
Is still before him, and be must light itout. Tne
broad and general issue between him and tbe
rampant radicals Is still between nls policy and
their policy, although reduced to the appiioa
tion of tbe IteeoDstructlon laws of Congress.
u ronoses a liberal Interpretation whereby
.k.uAnihxrn whites will have a chance In this
business of the reorganization of the ten out
eld Southern fcSKo I'ho ratUjalu propose
and bave inaugurated a rigid and inflexible
enforcement of the laws against the Southern
Whiles, and have shown liberality only
to the blacks, whereby the political
destinies of the several Stales conoerned
may fall Into their hands. The question thus
relented la whether tbe ten excluded Southern
tates, as a national political balance of power,
Bhall be ton trolled hereafter, for ten, twenty, or
fifty years, by their Ave hundred thousand
nigger voters, as they were for seventy years
before their rebellion by their three nun
dred thonsand nigger drivers. Is the country
at large prepared and ready for the transfer
of tbe political power of tbe Bouth from tbe
late oligarchy of slaveholders to their emanci
pated negro slaves? Is there no half-way
house of safety between the one extreme and
the other ? President Johnson thinks there is,
while Stanton and his radical supporters hold
that tbere Is not, and are resolved that there
shall not be.
Upon this broad and general issue Stanton
has been displaced, and General Grant, In step
ping Into the vacancy, takes the popular influ
ence with blm from Btanton and bis radical fac
tion over to the side of the Administration.
Tbls la an important point gained. But it Is
only the beginning of the work required of Mr.
Job t son to clear tbe track of radical obstruc
tions. We have beard enough within tbe last
lew day b of the want of back bone and harmony
In bis Cabinet, to satisfy us tbat the suspension
of Btanton will only weaken tbe Administra
tion if not followed up by otber suspensions,
In for a penny. In for a pound." From the
State Derartment down to tne Attorney-Ueue-ral,;a
new Cabinet Is wanted to sustain and
strengthen General Grant and the President In
tbls new political departure. The Cabinet under
Mr. Jobnson has been a patchwork Cabinet
long enongb, and, having broken ground for a
decisive reconstruction, be ought to make of It
a clean piece of work, beginning, if not already
written, with a courteous letter, embracing
many thanks, requesting Mr. Seward to retire.
Tbat old "Paul Pry," Thurlow Weed, among
otber things to be considered, will thus be got
rid of, in a similar step whereby "Honest old
Abe" was relieved of the annoyances of the
Blair family.
Matters at Washington.
From the Timet.
. Mr. Johnson is vindicating his reputation for
obstinacy. He has resolved to rid the Govern
ment of all who refuse to support his policy,
and has begun with Mr. Stanton. Warnings
and remonstrances bave been disregarded.
Tne danger of doing tbat which exhibits the
Kxecutlve in an attitude of implacable bostilily
to Congress Is unheeded. He Insists upon his
right to throw down tbe gauntlet, and must
taae the consequences.
How long other members of the Cabinet can
afford to share the odium which attaches to
Mr. Johnson's present course, is a problem
which their friends find difficult in solving.
To sympathize with the principles professed
by the President, and to concede the propriety
of tbe views on which bis policy has until
recently been supposed to rest, is one thing.
To divide with him the responsibility of a gra
tuitous and unprofitable war upon the mea
sures of Congret-s to take issue with the Re
publican party on the fundamental points of
its policy, and Identify themselves with the
enemies of that party and of the Uuion is
another and totally different thing. The
latter, however. Is undoubtedly tbe position
which every Cabinet officer must hold who,
actively or Impliedly, makes himself In any
manner a party to the purpose manifested In
the suspension of Mr. btanton. Are Mr. Ran
dall and Mr. Beward prepared toencounterthis
responsibility? Are they willing to be sus
pected of participation In a course which aims
at the decapitation of tried servants and cham-
Ions of the Union to gratify the malignity of
Ir. Johnson, and give eilect to tbe suggestions
of tbe Jerry Blacks from whom he now seeks
counsel? These Inquiries are echoed by thou
sands, who, amid tbe conflict of the last few
months, have never lost faith in the Unionism
of these departmental chiefs.
Meanwhile General Grant administers the
affairs of tbe War Department. An attempt
will be made to Invest tbe circumstance witn
a significance wholly unwarranted. Through
many channels It will be asserted tbat General
Grant's compliance with the call indicates his
approval of Mr. Stanton's removal, and conse
quently of the policy which exacts that proceed
ing. On this head, fortunately, there is no
room for misrepresentation. General Grant
has not allowed bis habitual reticence to leave
tbe country in doubt as to his position on the
great occasion of difference between Congress
and the Executive. He supports the plan of
Congress, and is in favor of its prompt and
vigorous enforcement. The Copperhead coun
sellors of Mr. Johnson will derive no succor
from General Grant. His acceptance of tbe
duties as Secretary is temporary and formal,
and will neither blind blm to the mischief
breeding tendencies of the President's faction,
nor impair the efficacy of the backing he gives
to Sheridan, Pope, and other objects of execu
tive hostility. , , ,
Other attempts will probably be heard of de
signed to damage Mr. Stanton's departmental
reputation, and produce an impression tbat tbe
suspension proceeds from otber than political
causes. 'But tbls manoeuvre will avail Mr.
Johnson nothing. It is too late to push this or
any similar pretense. For the fact stands out
sburp and clear, tbat Mr. Jobnson found no
fault with Mr. Btanton until the positive adhe
sion ot the latter to the policy of Congress
brought down upon him tbe vengeance of his
superior. No amount of ingenuity on tbe part
of ihB PreHldent or bis friends will hide or alter
the complexion of tbe act of yesterday or of tbe
programme Into which it enters. Mr. Stantou
Is removed, not lor mal-admlnlstration, or cor
ruption, or any wrong-doing ol any sort, but
solely and simply as a punishment of his sturdy
Unionism and his unyielding antagonism to
the pro-ltebel policy of the President.
Mr. Btanton Removed,
Prom the Tribune.
Mr. Stanton has been removed from office,
but tbe principles be represented remain. We
repeat that, although the President's action Is
unjustified, and likely to have evil results, yet
on tbe whole tbe oountry may gain by it. Mr.
Stanton's presence in the Cabinet may bave
iestralnedfthe President, but did not change
the policy of the Administration. It was a ne
gative protection. At tne same time Mr.
Stanton shielded Mr. Johnson from a great deal
of Indignation that Justly belonged to him, and
prevented his policy from fully working ont Its
own destruction, Now we are to bave the lines
tightly drawn. Tbe rresiaent nas resoivea upon
opposing reconstruction; Congress has resolved
that the laws shall be executed, and tbere is
no longer a power In office to Intervene. We
are well satisfied to abandon Mr. Johnson's
Administration to its own devices; it is useless
to longer hope that a Republican In the Cabinet
could patch it up, and make it worthy of the
people's confidence. "Ephralm. Is Joined to his
idol; let him alone."
We know now where we stand. There Is no
complaint tbat Mr. Btanton had not discharged
bis duties faithfully; it Is plain that he is sua-
5 ended simply because he Is a Republican. Mr.
obnson could not endure tbat the Secretary of
War should be resolved to execute the laws lu
the spirit in which they were laid down. Mr.
Blnnton's offense was that be chose to obey tbe
laws, even if In doing so he disobeyed the Pre
sident. Tbe Senate will determine whether
bis suspension was legal; and in the mean
while Mr. Btanton has put it on record tbat be
lias yielded only to superior force. He could
not resist the combined authority of tbe Commander-in-Chief
of tbe Armv and the General
of the Army. When General Grant agreed with
the President, and sent word to the Secretary
tbat be had accepted from the President the
position, Mr. Stanton had no cnolce left. Had
General Grant refused to bave anything to do
with tbe arbitrary and possibly the illegal sus
pension of an officer whose only crime has been
fidelity to bis duty, Mr. Btanton might have
taken another course. As It was, resistance
would have been useless.
Suspension of Secretary Stanton.
From the World.
Tbls welcome act of vigor, though tardy, will
strengthen tbe coufldeuoe of the country la
President Johnson's energy and firmness. It Is
a more meritorious exertion of executive inde
pendenoe by the fuct that it crosses tbe wishes,
and is understood to bave been doue against
tbe remonstrance, of some nominal friends of
t . Pnulilunl
I When President Johnson bad brought him.
lelf to the determination which he ha now
consummated, two courses were open to him:
either to remove the contumacious Secretary
outright, under the somewhat amblKuon lan
guage of the first section of the Tenure of Office
act, or to suspend him nnder the explicit au
thority conferred by another soollon of the same
act. An absolute removal would bave been
bolder; but tbe course adopted Is perhaps more
prudent and wise. As to the power of removal,
the law Is snsoepttble of two interpretations.
Had Mr. Btanton been notified tbnt bo w is
removed, he would bave contested the inter
pretation of the President, and bave held on In
a spirit of sullen defiance until a tardy (Incision
could be had In tbe courts. By merely suspend
ing blm, tbe authority of tbe President is not
open to tbat kind of resistance, and be gets rid
of Stanton at once. But in this case, the Presi
dent is obliged to communicate his reasons to
the Senate, and if that body should judge them
insufficient. Mr. Btanton will be reinstated in
his place with a sort of triumph. Tbe chances
of reasonable action by the Senate are probably
greater on a suspension than tbey would be on
a removal. Had tbe President removed Stan
ton, the Senate might have decided tbat he
acted without authority, and bave felt it neces
sary to vindicate Us own interpretation of the
law. Mo prejudicial eom plication of that kind
can now arise, and tbe Senate, which was
never in favor of restra'nlng tbe discretion of
the President In respect to his Cabinet, will
doubtless accept the reasons given for suspen
sion. If this expectation be well founded, a suspen
sion is better thau a removal, since It will ulti
mately accomplish all that could be done by a
removal without obstruction lu any stage of
tbe proceedings. This expectation Is not a gra
tuitous conjecture, but an opinion resting upon
a i-olid reason, which we will state The Tenure
of Otlice bill originated in tbe Senate, and, as it
passed that body, it expressly excepted all the
members of tbe Cabinet from its operation. The
House amended the bill by striking out the ex
ception. Tbe Senate refused to concur. In this
tossing of the bill back and forth from one wing
of tbe Capitol to the other, the House, when it
received tbe bill the second time, adhered ta lis
amendment. Tbe consequence wasacoinmlttee
of conference, which, in a crude and clumsy
attempt to spilt tbe difference between tbe two
Houses, adopted tho ambiguous, ill-worded
proviso which forms part ot the law. It having
been, then, the deliberate, persistent Judgment
of tbe Senate, at the time of the passage of the
law, that the President ought not to be deprived
of the power of removing his Cabinet officers,
the Senate will probably act in tbat sense when
they come to pass upon Mr, Johnson's reasons
for the removal of Stanton. In fact, the House
gained nothing when it extorted from the Se
nate a Committee of Conference and the ambi
guous proviso, since the Senate alonejudges of
the sufficiency of the President's reasons for
suspension, by endorsing which it cau gain the
same end It proposed in the bill.
Being thus satisfied that stantou is not merely
out till Congress meets, but out for good, we
congratulate the President and the country
that this infamous mnn is no longer In a posi
tion to do mischief. In reviewing his career
we will not go baik of the accession of .Mr;
Jobnson, for it Is only since that date that Pre
sident Jobnson has been responsible for blm.
The first conspicuous thing tbat Stantou did
after Mr. Johnson became President, was his
attempt to luln General Sherman and to lower
and disparage General Grant. Telegrams were
sent to our gent rals In the South to disregard
the orders of Sherman. He was publicly ac
cused by the Secretary of War of disloyalty
and perfidy. A most elaborate and persistent
attempt was made by Btanton and bis satel
lites to poison tbe public mind against
that illustrious soldier, who showed his Indig
nant resentment, on his return to Washington,
by refusing the hand and repelling tbe advances
of Btanton. Had tbls attempt against Sberman
succeeded. Grant was to have been involved In
the same ruin. The generosity of the terms
f ranted to Lee was spurned by Stanton, whose
ngenulty suggested a method of circumventing
General Grant's promise of Immunity to the
surrendered Rebels. Stanton sought to ruin
those illustrious soldiers In the very hour of
their triumph, as he had previously ruined
General McClellan; because he hoped that If the
prestige ot military success made anybody Pre
sident, it would be himself, whose servile flat
terers were pleased to call him "the Carnot of
the war," and "the organizer of victories."
After this Ignoble attempt to ruin the reputa
tion of our great generals, the next infamy per
petrated by Stanton was packing a Military
Commission to try Mrs. Surratt and tbe other
alleged conspirators, in time of peace, and in
violation of law. At first he bad this Military
Commission, which was packed with his crea
tures, sit as a secret Star Chamber with closed
doors; but after a few days, the public indigna
tion compelled him to throw open the proceed
ings to publicity.
When Stanton saw that the President was
likely to adopt a healing and conciliatory feel
ing towards the Bouth, be slunk out of public
view, like a snake in the grass, and plotted the
political destruction of the President and
General Grant. It seemed to Btanton in the
autumn of 1865, that If Mr. Johnson's reconstruc
tion policy succeeded, it would make him Pre
sident again, If any civilian; while if a military
man was preferred, no claims could compare
with General Grant's. In either contingency,
Stantou would not be President himself. He
therefore used his influence with leading Re
publicans to sour them against Mr. Jobnson
and his policy, in which he succeeded; and at
tbe same time he conducted a counter-plot to
get General Grant committed to the policy of
the President, in the hope of thus removing
two supposed rivals at once. General Grant
was seul South on a tour of observation, that he
might report favorably on the fitness of the
South for Immediate readmlsslon, while
Stevens, Sumner, and the radical cabal In Con
gress were fed with reports of malignant
Southern disloyalty.
All this time Btanton kept out of view, pre
tending to devote himself to merely adminis
trative duties, and to stand aloof from politics.
He did not wish to commit himself, until the
near approach of tbe Presidential election dis
closed tbe final temper of tbe publlo mind.
But he Is now suddenly flung out of oflloe
against his expectation, and all his aspirations
bave miscarried. Kven in the recent transac
tions, Btanton has disclosed the same persistent
wish to head off the pretensions of every popu
lar General. He feared that if Sheridan were
removed, tbe removal would make him the
radical candidate. Btanton therefore angrily
remonstrated, hoisted the radical colors, and
made himself as Insolent and oll'enslve as pos
sible to tbe President, for the purpose of divid
ing and weakening tbe radical sympathy for
Sheridan by drawing a large part of It to him
self. The War Department Is, for the present, In
the discreet and able hands of General Grant.
As Congress is to meet in November, we wish
tbat General Grant might superintend tbe De
partment during the short intervening period,
and until tbe Senate sball have decided on the
sufficiency of the President's reasons for re
moving Stanton.
The Plot Against the President Im.
port ant Letter from the Secretary of
Sutler's Assassination Committee.
From the National Intelligencer, August 12,
Tbe development of the conspiracy against
the President of tbe United Slates Is growing
hourly. A large portion of the evidences of the
criminality of the conspirators we do not at
firtsent deem necessary or expedient to pub
ish. There has evidently been somehow a
providential break in the great conspiracy, and
each one of tbe subordinates is trying to save
himself by an early confession. Tbe testimony
already accumulated is fearful. The paitles
implicated may seek In vain to bide their
beads behind the epithets of partisan newspa
pers, but this will avail them nothing. Their
guiltiness is acknowledged by their confede
rates, and tbey must abide the Issue and con
sent to be held up to publlo scorn and execra
tion, as well as punishment for their attempted
crimes,
Tbe Chief of tbe Bureau of Military Justloe.
the trusted and valued friend, counsellor, ami
ooadjutor of the treacherous Secretary of War,
who has been plotting tbe ruin of the oountry
In this matter, appears to be deeply and irrevo
cably implicated in this conspiracy with his
old associate and manager of testimony Con
over, alias Dunham.
The original of the following letter, in the
handwriting of the Reverend Mr. Matchett, will
be produced whenever necessary. We have
seen It, and had it Identified by more tbau one
witness as the handwriting of the reverend
associate and alder and abettor of perjury and
conspiracy, It wUi be seen tbat this letter, con
fldentlally addressed to the Chief of the Bureau
of Military Justice, shows a guilty complicity
with Conover, the great manager of perjure I
testimony, particularly In reforenoe to this
case. It is evident that there were some appre
hensions In reference to letters and docu
ments tbat might be nsed. It was desirable
on the part of the conspirators to get them
back Into their possession; therefore the
terms were made with Conover's wife Mrs.
Dunham that "the letters and documents were
to be retained by us" that is, by Matohett,
Holt & Co. Matchett is understood to be the
clerk of the assassination committee. He Is
the man who was sent to bring on tbe profes
sional witnesses, who were to be examined by
Ashley and Butler, to see If they and their testi
mony would suit the purpose. From this letter
It is evident that he was acting under instruc
tions and as agent of the Chief of tbe Bureau of
Military Justice. The letter bears Internal
evidences of Its authenticity, but If that should
be doubled, It ean easily be proved. Neither
Holt nor the reverend Matchett. the operator
and manager of the gang of perjured witnesses,
can deny Us authenticity. The letter is as fol
lows: Washinoton, August 8, 1867. Dearflr:-I rooelved
the "copy" Bute, for which I am oullKH't. Tbe cane
land as yet untouched, walling, I judge, fur llio
termination of the trial now going on. Mrs I). 8'ltl la
waltlrg the result and hop-lui. The Urmnarft as I
suited the letters and documents to be retained liy
us, and letters gotten for us lu either case Hhe visltnd
wn yesterday and seemed quit chenrful wlih uros
peels ot Uiecuse, an y ur letter aud Mr. Kiddle's has
given her great commence that you are not the perse
cutor you have been represented, and that if she
should fall there (In getting tha pardon), she shall not
fail finally In getting him out, at least under a chancre
Ot otlice.
I am trying, as ordered by Judge C, to act the, letter.
I think we shall at length succeed I think Mrs. L
begin to show symptom of "returning reason," and
that her hU'txmU was gulVu of a grtut crime, and ougut
Justly to sutler a Utile I Your endorsement seems to
have settled her mind very much, and she fewm that
you have done all iou could, and all you outlit to do.
She Is satisfied pertectlv. I think IIihv bo h leel thnt
there Is both infinity ami power in the law yet, and
thai It Is dangerous work to treat It with contempt. I
believe it will be all lor the best tbnt be has gone up
awhile. Hhe knows not how lont), I do, if the will
brmu tne the lettert.
I will Iniorm you of any movements the moment
necessary, i am, ver iruiy, w. B. fit ACH Ki V.
Addressed "Hon. Judge Holt, Judire Advocaie-Uene-
ral, present." Marked "personal."
Cabinet Removals Home Historical Ex
ample.
From the National Intelligencer, August 12.
In every administration of ttie executive
government since the Union was formed there
have occurred some differences or misunder
standings among its members, or between some
one or more of them and the President. Po
litical jealousies aud aspirations for the Presi
dency sometimes disturb Its harmony; while
ever-changing party relations are also a prin
cipal source of dissension. Social relations,
too, have not always been observed among
heads of departments, and these have, at least
in one prominent lnstauce, combined with po
litical influences to produce a Cabinet crisis.
In the administration of General Washington
tbere occurred only one instance of a personal
and political character causing the dismissal of
a member of the Cabinet. Edmund Randolph,
Secretary of Stale, was dismissed on account of
an alleged correspondence In connection of
some sort with Citizen Genet, the Frenoti Min
ister, who had placed himself In hostility to the
government aud neutral polloy of the United
States.
In the administration of John Adams dlssen
tions arose not only In reference to the sucoos
ston.but tbe President's policy in relation to
France. This difficulty resulted in tbe abrupt
dismissal of Timothy Pickering, Secretary of
State, and James McHenry, Secretary of War.
Mr. Adams' anxiety to conciliate France, at a
time when war was expected, aud by tbe Fede
ral party even courted, was the chief cause of
this rupture. It produced a great ferment la
tbe public mind, and brought upon Mr. Adams
tbe censure of the Federal party.
In the administrations of Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, and J. Q,. Adams, there occurred rup
tures on every difficulty, causing a dismissal of
every member of the Cabinet.
In the midst of these contentions the publlo
were surprised by tbe announcement that tbe
Cabinet Ministers had all resigned. The Secre
tary of War, General Eaton, led the way, assign
ing no reason. He was followed by Mr. Van
Buren, who assigned as a reason that circum
stances had presented him as a candidate for
the succession to tbe Presidency, and that It
was highly improper for one In that situation
to remain In the Cabinet. Samuel D, Ingham,
Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr. Branch,
Secretary or the Navy, then resigned their com
missions, which were accepted by the Presi
dent In a formal letter, expressing his
satisfaction with their official conduct. Mr.
Berrien, Attorney-General, was absent, but
on his return he also resigned. General
Jackson soon after stated in a publlo form,
tbat be had come to the conclusion that he
must entirely renew his Cabinet. It came to
gether, he said, "in great harmony, and as a
unit. Under tbe circumstances in wuioh I
lound myself I could not but perceive the pro
priety of selecting a Cabinet composed of
entirely new materials, as being calculated, in
this respeot, at least,, to command publlo con
fidence and satisfy publie opinion." Two
months Bfterwards Mr. Berrien made a com
munication to the public which threw muoh
light upon the real cause of the deposition of
the Cabinet. He also showed that tbe want of
harmony ending in the dissolution had ex
isted for some time, and that It was caused by
a social question tbat bad arisen respecting the
families of tbe several heads of departments
and that of the Secretary of War.
Soon after tbe accession of General Jacksou
to the Presidency, tbe question of the succes
sion to the office, at the next term, before pro
minent, between the friends of Mr, Van Buren,
then Secretary of State, aud those of Mr. Cal
houn, the Vice-President, though all were sup
porters of General Jackson's administration,
began to move on different lines towards the
next election. The occurrence of this llfflculty
In the party rendered It desirable that General
Jackson should serve a second term, and he
was persuaded to yield to the request of State
Legislatures, and otber publlo bodies, to that
eilect.
In General Jackson's second term the contro
versy between blm and tbe United States Bank
culminated In his determination to deprive lc
of tbe publlo deposits on tbe various grounds
alleged. Alter the veto of the bill reuewing
the charter, Congress refused, by a decisive vote,
to comply with the President's recommenda
tion that the deposits be removed. Mr. Louis
McLane, Secretary of the Treasury, who had
declined to sanction the removal of the de
posits, was transferred by the President to the
fctutA Department. William J. Duane. of Penn
sylvania, was appointed his successor, and it
was thought he would concur with the President
on this subject. But Mr. Duane avowed his
unwillingness to act in the matter. The Presi
dent, in Lis Northern tour In 1833, urged Mr.
Duane to remove the publlo moneys from the
obnoxious Institution, but failed to convince
Mr. Duane of tbe propriety of tbe measure. The
Secretary was soon after informed that the Pre
sident would take the responsibility of remo
ving the deposits at all hazards. Mr. Duane
explicitly reiused to be the agent of the act.
He agreed only that he would remove the
deposits when Congress should authoriza him
ThVpresldent announced in the Cabinet his
determination of removing tbe public deposits
from tbe United Slates Bunk on the 1st day of
October, 18U3. This was on the 10th of Septem
ber. Mr. Duane took the matter into conside
ration, and on the 21st of September announced
to the Piesldent his determination: first, that
he would not remove the deposits; and second,
that he would not resign.
In this dilemma, the President, on the 21 of
September, dismissed Mr. Duano from ottloe,
and appointed Roger M. Taney, then Attorney
General, in bis place. The new Secretary
promptly Issued an order lor the removal of
the deposits from the United States Bank to
tbe several local bauks that were to reoelve
t'ore'at finanolal and political agitation fol
lowed. Mr. Clay's resolution, deolarlng the Pre
sident had assumed power not conferred by the
Constitution and laws, but In derogation of
both passed the Senate. Roger B. Tauey's noml
nation as Secretary of theTreasury was rejected.
The President protested against the course of
tbe Senate, and that body refused to enter it on
l"(ord
Subsequently the obnoxious resolution was
expunged, and it has not been restored. Tue
oountry overthrew the banks and the parties of
that day, and developed and Improved Its
strength in the struggle.
SECOND EDITION
FROM EUROPE TI11S P. it.
Financial and Commercial Report to
Moon.
By Atlanlie Cable.
Lonpon. Aug. 13 Noon. Consols, Ol'i, Flve
twenlie8,74' ; Illinois Central, mi; Erie 4VZ;
Atlantic and Great Western, 22J-.
Livkkpool, Aug. 13 Noon. Cotton firm at
10'd. for middling uplands, and lOJk 1. for
Orleans. Bales of 11,000 bales. Th wea her is
favorable for the crops. Breadstuff's and pro
visions are unchanged. Linseed Cakes, 10.
Antwerp, Aug. 13. Petroleum unohanged.
Plsaster to a Boston Vessel.
London, August 132 P. M. Despatches have
been received here staling that the steamor A.
J. Ingersoll, of Boston, wnicli left Hong Kong
on May 29,for8hanghae, recently struck a rock
near Shantung, on the Chinese coast. Though
the vessel was badly Injured, she will be saved,
with her cargo.
The Kdlnburgh Arrived Out.
Qukknstoww, August 13. The steamship
Edinburgh, from New York August 3, arrived
here to-day,
two o'clock Market Report.
London, August 132 P. M. Amerlciti secu
rities steady.
Liverpool,, August 131 P. M. The sales of
cotton to-day will probably roach 12.000 bales.
Wheat declined tol3s. 8J. Oats, 3s. Id. iYas ad
vanced to 42a. (id.
FROM WASHINGTON THIS P. M.
SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THB EVENING TELEGRAPH.
The Cabinet Rupture.
Washington, August 13. Secretary Stanton
remains here. He Insists that he Is only sus
pended, and that he will be restored to bis otBoe
by the Senate.
The President will appoint ex-Governor John
A. Andrew, of Massachusetts, Secretary of War,
in the hope of having him confirmed by Con
gress, as he Is a staunch radlcaL
General Steed man will be appointed Assist
ant Secretary of War, probably.
It is generally believed that Generals Sheri
dan and Pope will be relieved of command in
tbe South in a few days.
The reports that Seward and McCullocb. were
at variance with the President is hardly cor
rect. Mr. Seward did not wish to have Stanton
removed on personal grounds. Mr. McCulloch,
Mr. Welles, and Mr. Randall have been con
templating resignation for some lime past.
The Cabinet is now in session, and It is re
ported that quite exciting controversies are
in progress. Tbe President remains cool and
determined.
The Position of Postmaster-General
ltandall.
Washington, August 13. The National In
telligencer of tbls morning says it has authority
for stating that tbe report telegraphod hence,
tbat Postmaster-General Randall entertains or
bas expressed an Intention of reslgaing, is
without the least foundatiou.
Arrival of European Steamers.
New York, August 13 Arrived, steamships
Tarlla, from Liverpool, July 30, and Perlere,
from Havre, August 1. Their dates are antici
pated. NEWS FROMLOUISVILLE.
The Result of a Family Feud Bold Rob
bery and Murder In Indiana Suicide o(
an Alleged Murderer.
Louisville, August 12. A serious fight oc
curred here yesterday betweeu two brothers
named Redding, resulting from a family feud.
Several persons were stabbed and injured by
brick bat h
A gang of thieves last night entered a farmer's
bouse, whose name is unknown, near Green
wood station, on tbe Jeffersonvllle. Ind., Rail
road, In quest of plunder. The farmer was mur
dered and his house and several other farm,
bouses were robbed.
William James, of Utlca, Ind., committed
suicide by poisoning yesterday. He was under
Indictment for killing a soldier.
FENIAN BARBECUE NEAR TROY.
Sham Fight In Imitation of the Lime
stone Ridge Battle Twelve Thousand
People on the Ground.
Tkoy, N. Y., August 12. There was a Fenian
barbecue on Green Island, opposite this city,
to-dny. More than twelve thousand people
were In attendance to witness a sham fight lu
Imitation of the Limestone Ridge atl'air. Major
General Sam Spear appeared In full Feulau
uniform, mounted on his grey charger, anil was
warmly welcomed by Major-Ueneral Wool,
United States Army, who also wore the full
uniform of his rank, aud who subsequently re
viewed the troops. There was a considerable
turnout of Feulau soldiery.
Sad Accident at Long Branch.
ONE LADY KILLED OTHERS INJUKED,
A very sad accident occurred at Long Branch,
between 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday morning.
Two gentlemen and three ladies were return
ing home from a drive, and when near the
Stetson House thehorses took, fright and dashed
off In such a way as to frighten the ladles. They
Jumped from the carriage, and where all quite
seriously injured. Tbe excitement called forth
aid from the few stragglers that were lingering
about the hotel, and soon the injured ladles
were placed on cots in the parlor. Medical
attendance was summoned, and numerous
gnests offered their services for tbe relief of the
suffering. Oue of the ladles, a daughter of Mr.
Murphy, the stage man of tb Is city, is not likely
to recover. Miss Mohn, another of the ladles,
died yesterday morning. The gentlemen were
uninjured. N. Y. Iribune.
Spurious Champagne Trade Blark
Counterfeited.
In San Francisco on the 18th ultimo, Alolne
Finke aud Gustave Vaientlue were brought up
forsentence in the Police Court, having been
convicted of counterfeiting the trade marks of
Clicquot aud HeidHieck on champagneof native
manufactures. There were two charges against
each defendant, but Judge Rix dismissed the
second, and on the first fined Finke IWOO, in de
fault of payment 150 days' ltnprisonmeut. Val
entine was fined $100, or 50 days in the county
Jail. The penalties were at. once paid by tbe
defendants. The United States authorities
took possession of Fluke's wine manufactory,
and intend to sell it off.
Convention of Journeymen Tailors.
Cincinnati, Augut 12 The Journeymen
Tailors' International Union, of the United
States and Canada, assembled here to-day to
bold Its third Annual Convention. There are
thirty-one Unions composing the body, whtoh
now numbers about three thousand members
tbtougbout the country. About a hundred
delegates from all parts are present.
SoLDlEItS AND SAILORS' MEETING AT THE
Horticultural Hall. The following cat!
for a meeting at this hall Is circulated through
out the city, as follows:
Pmiladklphia, August 18, 18C7. The undersigned
respectfully Biigsesl ibat the honoraoly dlsouaige'l
Fo idlers and Pallors of Philadelphia do aasemole lu
lown meeting ai Horticultural Hall, ou Broad aireei
below Walnut, for th purpose of expressing their
coudem nation of the act of lue President of the United
States In removing Irom the WarOmce tbe Hon. K.
M. Htanton, who during the war of the Rebel I Ion has
conducted the affairs of that llepartuieut wHh eucu
distinguished abilliy.
11 Is deemed eminently proper that those who served
In tbe army, and were cogutzaut of the etllaleuoy
witb which Mr. Stanton managed bis Depart
ment, should give pub. lo expression of their ludlgua
lion at his removal without any alleged cause, after
o lailhfully servlug the country and the army la the
extremities of war. tblgued by mauy clllceus.)
The meeting Is to be held ou tsaturday evening next,
and will be addressed by Colonel J. T. Oweus, aud
Colonel Oiveu, aud others,
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
O'vtck or tbs Kvicwmo TrxrnBAPH,
Tuesday, August 18, 1S67,
There was very little dlspo.-itiou to operate in
stocks this nioruing, but prices were steady.
Government bonds, as we have noticed for some
time past, continue in lair i em art I. 102 was
bid for 10-40s; 111J lor Cs of 1881; 107&.107i
for June and Angust 7-30j; 113 for 1802 6-20:
110J for 1804 5-20s; 110 tor 1866 6-20s; and 108
for July 18G6 6-20e. City loans were unchanged.
Tbe new issue sold at 101; and old do. at 97.
Railroad phares were dull. Pennsylvania sold
at 634, 110 change; and Reading at 52362'54, a
slicrht decline. 12tiJ was bid tor Camden and
Aroboj; 274 for Little Schuvlltill; 65 for Norrls
town;f8 forLchieh Va'lev; 28 for Catawissa
preferred; and 27 for Philadelphia and Brio.
City Pasenirer Railroad shares were firmly
held. Thirteenth and Filtcemu sold at 20, no
change. 62 was bid for Tenth and Eleventh; 29
for Spruce and Pine; 66 for Wet Philadelphia:
13J tor Ilestonviile; 30 for Green and Coates; and
26 for Girard Coiietre.
Bank shares were in goo demand for Invest
ment at lull prices, but we hear of no sales. 139
whs bid for First National; 107 or Seventh Na
tional; 1C3 for Philadelphia; (15 tor Northern
Liberties; 32 for Mechanic'; 68 tor Penn Town
ship; 59 tor Girard; 02 lor Western; 32 for Manu
facturers'; 70 lor City; 70 tor Corn Kxchange;
and 64 tor Union.
In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Morris Canal colt at 6lj. no change.
30 was bid for Schuylkill Navication pre'erred;
46flor Lebigb Navigation; aud 16 for Susque
hanna Canal.
The Money Market rules quiet, with a mode
rate demand at bank, where toe rate is 6 per
cent. All tbe reslly prime short time business
paper offered is di-duntcd. The paper that
finds it way to the street is generally irregular
in Its character, and cannot be placed better
than 7 to 9 per cent.
Quotations of Gold-10i A. M., 110; 11 A. M.,
hi; ii ai., 14U4; 1 r. m., huj.
PHILADELPHIA 8T0CK EXCHANGE 8ALK3 TO-DAY
Beported by.Deliaveu A Bro., No. 40 B. Third street
BEFOKJS BOAKDS.
12shPennaK . . . 63J
FI KMT BOAKU.
1000 CV.V s. Old 97
.i-ji.n i,i.t ....
12KI N Jer 8s '61 101
fU.M'U UIU. tf,
KiO do...t)l't 97
fHKKi Bel A Dot bs S3
tiooo Lehigh s'M...b0. nst
flooo N 1'eniia 6s 9'i
..0U do 80
f (u rtcti n (is 7 j
i7 sh Hiirrisb'git i23tf
61 sh fnnna K c.. 63)2
lubHQ Head R. bile. Oi 44
mo do siwn. 62H
W) sh Volcanic OIL... fi
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc., as follows: U. 8. 6s of
1881, 111H2; old 6-20s, 1133)114; 5-20's,
18G4, 110110i; do., 1865, HOfwlll; do., July,
10i109; do., 1867, 108ilu9; 10-408, 102
103; 7'30 Aug., 107J108; do.. June, 107
108: do., July, 107108. Gold, 140140i.
Messrs. Lie Haven A Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex
change to-day at 1 P. M.: I'. S. 6s of 1881, 111
112; do. 1862, 113114; do.. 1864, llu
110; do., 1865, UOjtSUi;: do., 1865, new, 108
109; do., 1867, new, 108tolOJ; do 6s, 10-409,
102102j: do. 7-3is, Aug., 10TJ108J; do.,
June,107J107I; do.,July,107j107J; Compound
Interest N otes, June, 1864,11940; do., July, 1864,
119-40; do. August 186. H9119i; do.,
October. 1864, 1184c2118; flo.. December, 1864,
117i117; do., May, 1865, 116I117J; do., Aug,
1865, 115i116; do., Septemner, 1865. 115
116J i do. October, 1865, 1145115i! Gold, 140i
140$. Silver, 133j135. ,
Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers.
No. 36 S. Third street, report the follow
ing rates of exchange to-day at 1?J o'clock : .
C. 8. 6s, 1881, 111112; U. 8. 5-208, 1862,
113114; do., 1864, 110110; do.. 1865,
110jS110;do. new, 108109j 6s, 10-40s, 102i
102; U". 8. 7-30s, 1st series, 107108; do.,
2d series, 107107; 3d series. 1074107;
Compound Interest Notes, December, 1864,
Philadelphia Trade Report. .
Tuesday, August 13. The Flour Market has
not yet shown any signs of returning vitality,
but holders confidently look for an Improved
demand after tbe lapse of the summer season,
but at lower figures. The demand la circum
scribed within the limits of bomeoonsumptlon.
Sales of a few hundred barrels at $7-758 for
superfine; S8'25U for old and new wheat extra;
fl1160 for old stock Northwestern extra
family; 1012-50 for Pennsylvania and Ohio do.
do.; and $1214 50 for new wheat do. do., and
fancy. Rye Flour may be quoted at 7 758 25.
No cbange to notice In Cora Meal.
There is a fair feeling In the Wheat Market,
and more Inquiry from tha minora, vhn nn.
chased 4500 bushels new Pennsylvania and
lonlViotiti a) HCiMl.or a . . .
io gj; '-o ik . "'""swm tor lair anu good, and
(U8S&2 40 for choice. Rye is unchanged. We
quote i at J130l-40 for new, and J1-40((SP45 for
old. Corn Is dull. Sales of yellow at II 21, and
Western mixed at 1-16M8. Oats remain as
last quoted. Sales of new at 75o.
Whiuliv f'nmmnn fa . f nrann .
gallon, In bona. . w
LATEST SHIPPING IHTELLlGEfiCE.
PORT OP PHILADELPHIA., ........AUGUST IS.
STATX 0 THXBMOUXTEB AT THB IV1NUIS TXLK-
. . aHAru orrioic
"A. M.......70U A. M ...82U P. If rr
For additional Marine New tee Third JPaas.
flT .IT A l vrt mtcr ru n n-T vj-.
Barque Roanoke, Hay Is. Laguayra. J. Dallett ft Oo.
bcxhr,- Wales, Leacu, Providence, Haoiuielt A
Schr David 8, BInor, Huntley, Boston, Wannemacher
Bchr J, Maxfleld, May, Boston, Penn Qas Coal Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Prus. barque Industrie, Blschoft, 68 days from Leir
horn, with marble, etc. to L. WestergaaVd o? '
last to E WesFersaaVd & Co." 5t0rt' ,n tJaI'
itr una-aoiiis, roroes, v nays from New York in
ballast to L. Westergaard fc Co. ' m
?w,.1rPifVrL,Yer,J00'' Antle. " Portland; WaS?
Ri M'in0"1,??11 "nd Ernst, fr Montevideo via
St. Marys, Oa.j Or ental and Uurlnur iV iS Ti
tVrver fnrT',nLU V"10' ,or """estou; and BenL
carver, ror Portland. JosttFrr i. a v ip-toa
Barons TJMlah. r.01
vesieidav. ' ueuoe, was DelOW Boston
yeday?ny" Turner' ,riva Marseilles, at New York
iPSiP'l.SP'-0. tor PhlUdeluh... ..n
saMn t,L?.d:.Y. d Herschell. Bird.
lUMnrst!0UteVUe' '' M below Providence
k4sV, T n IT ...
8th Inst PPieby, hence, at Portsmouth
lif,';BtlbertP1,aro-8boutd''. nce. at Provldenca
turtWnnHlRR- No- . hence, at' Paw-
tschrs wm. Burden, Adams- J t ur ....
e.ry; M.IIa.wl. Brooks A. mal'kei.l,;0rrhlnKton'
! Uiinm.n u ii 1.. l,. ' J "'. e" herif. Terrell' I
nioreland. Mice, hence, it ProJldeMonf!, .auJ Weat-
bchr M. Van buseu.OorsoB T for Phhirt ,'l'?r
from Portsmouth sib inst. Philadelphia, sailed
benr undine, Martin, hence lor Pini,i .
videuce loth Iuhl awtucket, at Pro-
Hcbrs Village Queen. Tlllottson. and A v
Hanson, hence, at Mew Bedford loih in.r 8ttffrd.
t Hchrs R H.Wilson. Mull. ua HHin.- .
befice, ai Fall River 10th Inft ' Jone8r Davis,
Bolirs J.W. Ilall, Cain: M.I). TT ax iron nr.,,.
le Hart. Low! W. U cLrglfl Kelly- v Wulmf?"! E
M. Williamson. Lake; and A.Haley HaW' KMy'
Boston 11th lust. ' "" H"ley- hence, at
rt)M EHTlo" PORTS. '
Ship Carrier Dove. Bailey from Callao
Bargue H.l), Brookmaa. feavln , troiu iiavre
Brig JUuabea, Kohn, Irom Nagasaki