The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-31
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

A PROCLAIM alton OF Amnesty to be Issued
by the President-The Full History OF
the SIckles Affair.
WASHINGTON, August 30.-There is reason to
believe that in few days the President will
issue an important proclamation of amnesty,
supplementalto to that issued on the 10Th of May,
1865. 1t will not proclaim universal amesty,
but will enlarge the fourteen classes named in
that proclamation. Among the classes excepted
by the latter, but which, am assured, will be
persons who shall have been military
or naval officers of Of the the COME, COME,
the rank Of in tSs
army or captain in the navy; also all persons
who are or shall have been pretended civil or
diplomatic officers, or otherwise domestic or
foreign agents of the Rebel Government; also
who have been engaged in any way in treating
persons found in the United States service as
officers, soldiers, seamen, or In other capacities
other details are yet to be arranged, which may
delay the Issuance of the proclamation for at
least week yet, but 1t is probable that 1t will
officials who may be on bail for trial, before or
The Cabinet to-day had before them a COM
plete record of the proceedings between Gene
raj Grant and General Sickles relative to the
latter's course In North Carolina in interfering
Court, and which eventually led to Sickles'
prompt removal by the President This record
out in Mondays papers. The The correspondence CO.
however. with General Grant, which is spicy
same time, though it was read at to-day's
Cabinet meeting; It appears from this that
hibited the execution of civil process
from the United states Court, the
the fact to the Attorney General, and
General Grant was informed of it. Believ-
ing at that time that he had the power to annul
or modify the orders from military conn mmand ders
General Grant telegraphed to General Sickles
to modify his Order No. 10, under which his
subordinates obstructed the United States
COnTIs To ODV1at0 BuCl ODStruCtlOQS in
future. General Sickles replied to Grant ask
ing that the latter's order of supervision might
be held in n allegiance Until he sckiesl could
arrived it appeared to be a plausible state-
ment, showing that Order No 10 protected
debt, and that it gave great satisfaction to
the States OF North and South Carolina.
General Grant thereupOn telegraphs Sickles
the important fact that he withdraws his
order to him to modify Order No 10, thus leav-
ing the latter in force. AT this remarkable stage
of affairs the United States Marshal of North
Carolina steps in and again attempts to serve
the civil process, but is resisted by Sickles by
virtue of the continuance in full effect of his
Executive directed the United States District
Attorney to procure an Indictment against one
hal laws Sc Of the United States IN obstr1ctine
United States Court. General Slckles, hearing
OF this, at once telegraphed to General Grant in
spirit OF fierce denunciRtion of the STEP declar-
ing that he (Sickles), as commander of military
dis rict created by an act OF Congress, was not
amena6le 10 any grsna Jury or United States
and intimated that he would answer 10 no in.
dictment founded on that charge 1t does not
appear, 1 believe, that General Grant answered
This but IL does appear that the President of
the United States gave an order on last Monday
which removed Sickles and thus vindicated
the judiciary OF the Government, and secured
the execution OF process issued by the highest
| judicial officer in the land. The full CORES
pondence of which the above is an abstract
win probably be made public in due time
| ~ Y. World.