The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-13

man rendered the Position OF Secre.
tary of War; Reasons for Mr.. Stan.
toms Refusing 10 Resign his Port
/ IOIIo--.ImPeachment Matters.
NEW York, August IA Herald
Washington special says: 1 am in
formed tonight that one cause of the
delay on the part OF the President in
removing Mr.. Stanton is a disagree
ment among his Cabinet members as
to the propriety of the step. You viii
remember telegraphed last week that
Messrs. Seward and Weed were opposed
to the removal of Mr.. Stanton, and L
have reason to believe that statement
was correct. II is said that Mr.. Seward
has taken SO decided a stand in the
matter as to have occasioned a bad
feeling in the Presidents breast. Mr..
Seward all along has been the near adj
visor of the Cabinet. He has enjoyed
the confidence of his master and has
had nearly everything his own way in
the matter of appointments. The blum
ders and cancellations that have so often
disguised the friends of the President
are supposed to have been the result of
Mr.. Stewards unwise counsels.
Mr.. Johnson now perhaps sees his
mistake, and Is anxious even at the
eleventh hour to remedy them by some
thing like decision of character and
promptness of action. 1t is said that
TO resign in "A note of somewhat equal
politeness and bearing to that delivered
TO Mr.. Stanton. Should this be true,
and do not pretend II is, for can't
make the statement on authority, il is
believed Mr.. Adams will be called from
England and offered the portfolio of
Secretary of State. 1t is stated moreover
that Mr.. Randall and Mr.. McCulloch
are not altogether to be depended upon
in their fidelity to the Johnsonian poll
cy. People say that the former conteIn-
plates resigning at an early day, and
that he desires to do something that
will enable him to retain the confidence
of his party. As to Mr., McCulloch
there are many rumors, one being that
the President believes his Secretary of
the Treasury has brought discredit on
the administration by appointing inn
proper men to office, and that his man
agement of the national finances has
not been all that was expected OF him.
The rumor as to the difficulty between
the President and Mr.. McCulloch places
matters at such an extreme point as TO
mention the name of a probable sue
cessor In the person of Moses Taylor, of
New York. a.re
1t has been stated here on very good
authority that one OF the reasons which
actuated Mr.. Stanton when he refused
to resign at the Presidents request Is
that he has received Information OF a
scheme which II is said is on foot among
the military organizations in the late
insurrectionary States, whose ultimate
object Is another raid upon the govern
ment and he has determined to remain
at his post to thwart their designs.
1t is further said that one of the rea-
sons of the late rupture between the
President and Secretary of War, was
the refusal of SectAry Stanton to assign
to a military command, mainly of re-
turned rebel officers and soldiers, a
battery of light guns, for which they
had applied. The President is said to
have directed him to furnish the battery,
but that Mr.. Stanton declined and still
refuses to do so.
The Herald's Charleston special says:
A committee appointed at a Republican
meeting have addressed letter to Gen.
Sickles, protesting against the appoint
ment and retention OF ex-Goy. Aiken,
as register of voters, stating that in
their opinion he is Ineligible to any
position of honor, profit or trust, having
aided the rebellion by contributing,
through the blockade, ammunition and
guns to the Confederate States, and
having received and entertained during
the war, at his residence, JEFF. Davis.
The Tribune's New Orleans special
says: President johnson has rendered
10 Gen. Steedman the position of Score
tary of War. Gen. Steedman left, Sat-
urday night, for Washington.
II is said that Postmaster General
Randall is anxious to leave the Cab
met, and that he will soon tender his
resignation.
says: The absorbing topic in this city
is the developments of The alleged pro-
ject to manufacture evidence against
the President with view to securing
his impeachment. Public opinion is
nearly equally divided as to the real
object of the conspiracy, as well as to
who are the real conspiratorS. Many
persons, principally Radicals, believe
that the disclosures just made through
the application of Conover for pardon,
are IA part OF the operations of plot
between the President and certain OF
his friends, with Durham and his
satellites, to create a revolution of feel
ing in regard to impeachment; TO bring
contempt upon the efforts OF the lead
ers OF that movement, and in all prOba-
bility work very beneficially upon the
next Presidential election. They say
they can't believe that politician SO
crafty as Ben. Butler would ever
compromise himself by plotting in
company with a criminal convicted of
perjury to collect false evidence against
the President of the United States.
These people are confident that few
days will be sufficient to clear up these
charges against Mr.. Ashley, Butler 81
Co., when the true character ofthe plot
will be made manifest. On the other
hand the number of those who enter |
tain no doubt whatever of the correct |
ness OF the revelations is, very large, |
and 1t is claimed by them that q few |
days, instead of revealing a conserva- |
tive plot, will bring before the country
still more startling than |
any hitherto.
The Times special says, there Is no |
in the rumor that Secretary |
McCuIloch is to be removed, and that |
Secretary Randall had rendered his