Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
The order Tran.ferring Hancoc


The Order Transferring Hancock.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S-The Times Wash
ington special says: The President gave
out to his private journals last night the
full text of his order transferring Gen.
Hancock to the Fifth Military District
The order itself has not yet been promul-
gated by Gen. Grant, and has, therefore,
not taken effect. There are numerous re-
ports af1oat Tonight to the effect that Gen.
Grant has refused to promulgate it, but
these are incorrect. There are, however,
both grave and important reasons why the
order is held in abeyance, as l stated yes
terday.
General Grant Writes n Second Letter
, :. TO the President.
On receipt of the order, General Grant
wrote another letter to the. President.
This letter, not being ready for transmits
sion until to-day, did not reach the Presi-
dent until after the Cabinet meeting this at
ternoon, and he has not yet replied.
Gen. Grant regards the last order of the
President as entirely superseding General
Order No. ", including his instructions to
Gen. Thomas, and there is little doubt that
a serious difference, not to say conflict of
views, has occurred between the President
and Gen. Grant regarding the powers of the
latter under the Reconstruction acts, and
the purpose of his letter to the President
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to him certain further suggestions and
points for his consideration, not touching
the propriety of Sheridan's removal, on
which argument has ceased, but the impor-
tant questions as to whether the order of
the President is not so framed as to conflict
directly with the powers granted to the
General in-Chie by the acts of Congress.
There is also good ground for the belief
that the order, when issued, which may
DnScihlu hp will hn no
MED by instructions similar to those which
accompanied the first order. The situation
of matters before the executive mansion
and the War Department Tonight is eX-
ceedingly delicate. and speculation is rife
as to the result. Predictions are made that
General Grant will refuse to issue the order
unless modified or accompanied By instruc-
tions of his own, and that as aconsequence
he will be relieved from duty in the Wal
Department by the President. Should thi'
occur, and the latter undertake to transmit
orders through any new Secretary of War
the issue is then direct and unavoidable
for General Grant is acting under the fol.
lowing timely law of Congress.
Section two of the army appropriation
act, approved March 2, 1865, under protest
is as follows:
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, Tha
the headquarters of the General of thu
army of the United States shall be at tht
city of Washington, and all orders and in
structions relating to military operation!
issued by the President or Secretary O
War shall be issued through the General o
the army, and in case of his inability
through the next in rank. The General O.
the army shall not be removed, suspended
or relieved from command, or assigned tc
duty elsewhere than at said headquarters
except at his own request, without the pre-
vious approval of the Senate, and any
orders or instructions relating TO mill
tary operations issued contrary to the
requirements of this section shall
be null and void, and any officer who shall
issue orders or instructions contrary to the
provisions Of this section shall be deem6 d
guilty of misdemeanor in office; and any
officer of the army who shall transmit,
convey or obey any orders or instructions
so issued contrary to the provisions of this
section, knowing that such orders were so
issued, shall be liable to imprisonment for
not less than two or more than twenty
years, upon conviction thereof in any
Court of competent jurisdiction.
The Preside mt in Conference with the
Negro Langston on the Freedman's
Bureau.
The President last Saturday sent for Jno.
M. Langston, colored orator of Ohio, to
inquire regarding the views of colored
OhO DudCau.
Langston told the President he thought the
interests of the blacks demanded the reten-
alton of General Howard. The Pres
ident spoke in very severe terms of Gen.
Howard, and intimated very clearly that he
must remove him and put in some true
friend of the colored race, and if the colored
men here would agree upon one of their
number he would surely appoint him. He
asked Langston to take this under consid-
Grafton till the close OF the week. Langston
and his friends seem wholly averse to the
proposition.
The Tribune Reports a Quarrel he
tween the President and General
Grant
The Tribune's special says: That Gen.
Grant and President johnson have quar-
relied, there is not the slightest doubt. 1t
is well known the President has made
several orders which Grant, as Secretary
of War, has refused to issue or counten-
ance. This, it is stated, he does for the
purpose of being relieved from the War
Department, and al order relieving him
is looked for hourly.
The Cabinet Resignations.
The Times special says: The Cabinet
session yesterday lasted till near two
o'clock, but no results were reached. The
President has not yet signified to the mem
bers which of their designations he will ac-