The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-06-04

he dare nos isiHse 10 ssen aay pal,ci
she prescnir 'o hila. sAn hrF bow
MANY parslot sus i,asl Fsocursd. Sho
said she oon ] at tel. bat : afeat
many, she Lad GOT tisfse il s1nssla
day and vets indignantly claimed that
slre hAd e. pch nghitn a. ~ as ether
htkers | asked her Who among her
acquaintance we're engaged IL The bns-
laesA sho mc8t.oned ilsa nalno q
Mrs Ella y Naslungloa. sisss anil oro
IT The rebel ruloao,s and eihCsSs she
ssia that Mrs Masllngton had OBJ
tanned ten partions where she Nra
Cobb bad eltained enc. she did not
see why she Abould bo seicctosh iur ar
rest While Nm Washington ailli others
we're allowed 70 he unmoleutc,l, adding
the remark Aoar action in arfesling
me VIII cosi ycn your comnaiasions |
/ shall sec the President Tomorrow. and
and have you Mustered ont 81 service"
/ | replied 70 her The rrusislant will
probably require some other feason for
my dismissal from service than the
statement oi vie creature like yoa."
/ To satisfy me of her intimacy with
The Pre'i lent and With ahn attaches at
the White Housa, aha catered into
long. minute statement ol ebnyersations
she had had with him. assuring me thea
be had informed her that was 10 b
mustered out III service on tho I6lh AZ
November; that Mr.. Stanton would not
be retained in the cnhinet beyond fho
lst Of January. that many "a the Black
Republican and Abolition Office holders
were 10 be remoted, and she knew Who
they were; that the President had in-
formed her, on one occasion, that the
Detective Bureau was To be broken up,
aud that Stanton's friend Baker, would
retire TO private life After listening
for more than an hour 10 conversation
Of this character decided Immediate
ly 70 see the President, I took the
pardon. as deliscted hy Mrs. Cobb to
Capt Hine. Mrs. Cobbs written con.
tract with Capt Hine for procuring the
same, the marked $50 notes paid by
Hine To Mrs Cobb and by her returned
70 ine, and, leaving Mrs Cobb in charge
of one Of my officers, went to the Ex-
ecutiye mansion about 3 o'clock. Hound
the President alone in his room, and,
after the usual salutationa, said, Mr..
President, ] have somo papers here that
| desire TO show you He said "Taks
a scat, sir" / Immediately unfoldcd
the pardon and laid 1t on tho table be-
fore him. He put on his spectacles.
looked nj it, and said Sir, where did
you get this (" got il from Mrs.
Cobb" then handed him Mrs Cobb's
written contract for procuring said par
don. lie read H. when | exhibited to
hmm the money, and began a detailed
statement Of all the facts connected
with the case. He interrupted me In
moment, and said, 1Whero did you get
this paper j replied, From Mrs.
Cobb !; F" and was proceeding to rarrato
the circumstances, when he again inter-
tupted me, and added, Wen, what is
this all about? / began a third time
TO relate the circumstances, when he in
terrupted me with rising passion, "This
is detertiye job, isn't it2 r. / answered.
Yes, sir and il you viii listen TO me
a moment / will explain it," He raised
the pardon from the table andssaid,
But what business have you with this
pardon When / again attempted to
make an explanation, he broke in by
saying, Well, this is very strange
aflair This pardon has not been re-
corded. You have no business with ii,
sir There is no oath Of amnesty at
tachcd to it. !" ! then politely requested
the President to listen to me, stating
that ! would explain the whole matter,
] had not proceeded far, however, when
he became very much excited, rose from
his chair, and said, Sir, what business
have you TO interfere here? " hat bus
ihess has this woman TO use my naine
in connection with this matter? How
did this pardon get out Of the Attorney
Generals Office without being record
ed2" Looking at the pardon, be re-
marked this IL my signature. did not
sign this pardon until very late this af-
ternoon, and here | find it retnrn-
ed, as you say, through a pardon
broker He called his son Robert
and inquired, Robert, do you know
any thing about this pardonf" Rob-
ert answered, "Yee, father: that il the
pardon you signed for Mrs Cobb this
afternoon He took the pardon from
his drawer, unfolded il, and remarked.
This is pretty business Where is
Mrs Cobb 2" ] replied, cat my head
quarters" did You arrest her, Sir p
] replied, "No, Sir; simply asked her
to go to my headquarters to make an
Again he became very
much excited, walked the room 10 and
fro, and suddenly turned ferocionsly nf.
on me and exclaimed, who employs
YOU to interfere with the duties Of ths
President or the Attorney General 2'--
Ny answer was, / certainly intended no
did not conceive ii to be poe
sible that he could know the real char
acter o. this woman; my only desire
was TO exhibit to him the character of
the persons engaged in procuring par7
dOns, and the means employed; aud IL
| bad done wrong ] was very sorry
He became more composed, and wanted
b know who this Mrs. Cobb was
stated to him, as far as possible, who
she was. He then asked me il | would
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