The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-31

ANTWERP, Aug. o.-Evening.-Pe-
| troleum firmer, and advanced to 46f.
RnmOred Friendly Relations between
| General Grant and the PresIdent-..
| Secretary seward not going out of
| the Cabinet, until Important HegO.
| ItAtiOns are COmpleIetI---HIs Ser.
vices Can't he Dispensed WIth'--
| Jerry Black Don't See 1t.
! NEW YORK, Aug. SO.-The Heral DIS
| special says: The truth in regard to the
! various rumors afloat relative to rup-
| ture between General Grant and the
! President, is, that no rupture has taken
place, that the two are on the most
! friendly terms, and that Grant has not
! offered nor has the President asked hiul
| to resign his office. The General did
| protest against the removal of General
| Sheridan, the grounds for the protest
| being that it was unjust TO remove
General Hancock to New Orleans while
! the yellow fever WAS raging there. be
| also suggested that he alone was em-
| powered to control matters In the
| Southern departments, but alter a
| lengthy interview with the President,
| which was carried on in the most
| friendly and unimpassiOned manner,
he asked permission to Withdraw his
! protest, which was granted. The Presi-
dent, in his conversation, confessed that
! congress udu luNGSlGd WIN AhS
| control of the Southern districts, but
contended that his powers were neces-
sarily subject to the supervision OF the
supreme Executive head. The General,
| without venturing to offer any refuting
argument, assented TO the Presidents
views. u. .. .aa-
| The Tribune's special says: Grant,
| it is understood, has recently come to
the conclusion that he had misaPplied
| his powers under the Recons tructiou
act, and that his last letter to the Presi-
dent, with reference TO the removal OF
| General Sheridan and the relieving oil
| Hancock, was based upon II misunder-
| standing of his functions. II Is stated
| by those W no are well advised as to the
\ movements at the headquarters of the
army, that Grant, on Tuesday last, ad-
dressed note to the President, with
I drawing the letter first above mention
| ed, and IL was Immediately surrendered
| by Mr.. Johnson. The only correspond.
! ence now remaining unpu blished is the
\ first letter OF Grant, upon the removal
! of Stanton, and marked private, which
! the President still refuses to allow to
be published. General Grant, however,
| by his referring to IL in the correspond.
| ence on the removal OF Sheridan, al
ready published, the privacy is re-
moved, and he has no objections to its
\ publication; but, at the same time, he
can't give it out for such purpose for
the reason thatit would be "a breach of
military etiquette. When Gen. Granite
views on the subject were communi-
Gated to the President, he said that If
General Grant thought it was no longer
| private he ought to give it for Publica-
I lion, but he would not do so. It now
| looks as though neither this letter nor
| that written by Grant, on the 9th, on
| the SUI ject of assigning Hancock to re-
| lieve Sheridan, will be made public I'M
! less Congress meets and calls for them
| Secretary Stewards friends say he is
\ not going out of the Cabinet, as his
| presence IN the State Department is alb.
| solutely required, at least for some time
| to come, for the completion OF the nego-
| iiatiOns with Great Britain concerning
| the settlement OF the Alabama claims,
/ which are in fair way of progress,
| upon the basis of the cession of British
! Columbia. Important negotiations
! with other powers, Involving the cession
! OF territory to the United States, have
| also been opened by MIR. Seward. and il
! is believed that he alone can bring
| them 10 favorable conclusion. The
| continuation of his services as Secretary
| of State is therefore deemed AS trans
| cending in public Importance all tenn
poraTy political issues growing out OF
| The late proceedings of the President.
! Jerry Black, Coyle & Co. don't think
80, however.