The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-28
Open Hostility Between General
Grant and the President.
Refusal Of Grant to Execute the New Or
derS Removing Sheridan and Sickles.
He Claims that tho General OF the Army
Alone Has Control Of the Military
Districts in the South.
The Cabinet Unchanged, but Not
Harmonious.

wAsHR0ros, August 81, 1s6T,t
III O'Clock T. II.
The President and General Grant Reported In
Open uostility-The Latter Claims Entire
Control Of the Southern Departments.
II is believed by prominent gentlemen that the d1er-
between the President aud General Grant In rela
ton to the removal Of Generals Sheridan and Sckles
irrsooncabs The orders issued by the President yes
terdAy, directing General Hancock to relieve General
Sheridan and General Candy 10 relieve General Sckles
have not yet been executed. Il said that General
Grant, In letter 10 the President declines to direct the
orders to be executed and states his refusal in strong
terms virtually denying right OF the President to
interfere In any Of the i've military districts created
By Congress asserting that the entire control Of the de-
psrtmenis by the Supplemental Reconstruction act
in the General OF the Armies Of the United states: and
that therefore he is not At liberty TO- and will not trans
Nr II 10 another
The letter has moi been made public, but the above
statement is believed to DO reliable derived from
Usually vol informed sources
Tho Cabinet Crisis.
The action OF the Cabinet In verbally rendering their
designations to the President has created great deal OF
misrepresentation and the matter appears TO present
itself to the minds OF even the veteran politicians Of
Washington In very complicated form. The vast i'm
poriance Of tho question secures 1t much greater In
terest than 10 usually manifested In movements Of po-
cai character at tho present time aud makes 1t the
I'm yersal thems Of discussion In oil circles There
those here who believed TO be deep In the confidence
OF the President who affirm that al OF the Cabinet mem
bers have formally rendered their resgnaons and there
are others whose opportunities for being correctly in
formed are quito as good who contend that not resg
nation has boon placed In the hands OF the President
Both assertions are In the main correct The simple
truth s that all OF the Cabinet officers have verbally
Informed Mr. johnson that their rssignations may DO
rdo al NV him, hsv hoau
tho President has not In his possession the written
res goaons. II he should at any time deem it proper
to accept either or all OF them he has but give The
usual notice OF acceptance whom the receipt Of tho
notification would be Immediately followed by o written
resignation In short. the President now has IL in hs
power 10 make any change In the heads OF departments
that msy to him necessary for the welfare OF the
government 1t Is highly probable that the work
formation In the Cabinet will BE- resumed at distant
day; in fact other Cabinet changes are daily, even
hourly. expected.
II is said that the Cabinet meeting today not o.
harmonious a. these meetings have thus far since
tho accession Of General Grant, indicating that the topics
under discussion were OF character 10 bring forth
earnest argument and emphatic language. There are
however no alterations in tho composition OF the Cabi-
net TO mention tonight whatever TO- morrow may bring
forth.
Recruits Ordered to the Military Division Of
the Missouri.
An order from the War Department has Just been
ssued directing the Superintendent OF the General Re.
crutng Service to forward the Military Division Of
the Missouri soon practicable two hundred aud
eighty recruits for the Fourth United states infantry two
hundred for the Eighteenth infantry two hundred for
the Twenty seventh infantry two hundred and eighty
for the rhirtieh Infantry and two hundred and Atty for
the Thirty. nth infantry.
Movements Of the Turkish Minister.
The Turkish Minister accompanied ty his secretary OF
Legation and Generals Mott and Hillyer Of New York.
visited the Arsenal to-day General Ramsay received
the Minister with salute OF thirteen guns His Excel
iency inspected the arms and munitions Of war with
great interest," and expressed great admiration sKh
btou The party Afterwards visited General Grant at his
residence and received 10 the most sorda! man.
ner
'ChicNGe Postmaster.
Ths President to-day appointed r. r sherman Post
master Chicago TO all the vacancy oocAsonsd By the
death OF Colonel Gilmore.
COudition OF tho National Treasury.
The following 10 the oicia statement Of the amount
Of money In the national treasury
tq3 $50, 900
currency 81, 81 90
TOTAL .et6f 0f1, 900