The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-29

sue the order transferring Gen.
hancock 20 New INSTRUMENTATION
Between the White House and the
war DEPARTMENT Exceedingly Deli.
eaGe-.-Gen. Grant SIRster of the SIt-
uaCiOn Under the Act OF March 2d.-,
s.Moses'' tn Consultation with N Col
ored IndiVIduaI.--Gen.H Howard TO be
brought 10 the BIOeE---QunrreI Be
tween johnson and gen. GFRut.--
C.FOm and Jerry" Black on the
boards ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Com.
pIeI d TN GeOrE la .--Escape from Fort
Pulaski.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-The Times
Washington special says: The PreSi-
dent gave out to his private journals,
last night, the full text of mis- order
transferring Gen. Hancock to the fifth
military district. The order itself has
not yet been promulgated by General
Grant, and has therefore not taken Ell
feet. There are numerous reports atioat
to- might 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 allegiance, as sta
ted yesterday. On receipt of the order,
Gen. Grant wrote another letter to the
President, This letter not being ready
for transmission until to-day, 1t did not
reach the President until after the cabi-
net meeting this afternoon, and he has
not yet replied. Gen. Grant regards the
last order OF the President as entirely
superseding General Order No. n, in
Guiding his instI uctions to General
Thomas, and there Is little doubt that a
serious difference, not to say conflict OF
views, has occurred between the Presi-
dent and General Grant regarding the
power OF the latter under the recon
struction acts, and the purpose OF his
letter to the President to-day Is be-
lieyed to have been to present to him
certain further suggestions end points
for his consideration not touching the
propriety of Sheridan's removal, on
which argument has ceased, but the
more important questions as to whether
the order of the President is not so
framed as 10 conflict directly with the
power granted to the General-in- Chief,
by the acts OF Congress. There is also
good ground for the belief that the or
der when issued, which may possibly
be tomorrow, will be accompanied by
instructions similar to those which &C
com panied the first order. The situa-
ton of matters between the Executive
Mansion and the War Department, to-
night, is exceedingly delicate, and
speculation is rife as to the result. Pre-
dictions are made that General Grant
will refuse to issue the order, unless
modified or accompanied by the iu-
structIons given in his order, and that
as consequence, he Will be reviewed
from duty in the War Department by
the President. Should this 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
following timely law of Congress. Sec
ton 2, of the army appropriation act,
approved March 2, 1867, under protest,
is as follows:
.SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That the Headquarters OF the General
of the army of the United States shall
be at the city of Washington, and all
orders and Instructions relating TO war,
shall be issued through the General OF
the army, and in case of his inability,
through the next in rank. The General
of the army shall not be removed, sus-
pended or relieved from command, or
assigned to duty elsewhere than at SAID
headquarters, except at his own request,
without the previous approval OF the
Senate, and any orders or instructions
relating TO military operations issued
contrary TO the requirements of this
section shall be null and void; and any
officer who shall issue orders or instruc-
tons contrary to the provisions of this
section: shall be deemed guilty of II
miedsmeanor in office; and any officer
OF the afmy who shall transmit or con-
vey any orders or instructions so
Issued contrary to the provisions ofthis
section, knowing that such orders were
SO issued, shall be liable to imprison-
ment for not less than two nor more
than twenty years upon conviction
thereof in any court of competent iuris-
diction."
The President, last Saturday, sent for
John Langston, colOred orator of
Ohio, TO inquire regarding the
views of the colored people con-
corning the Freedmen's Bureau
Langston Iold the President he
thought the interests of the blacks
demanded the retention of Gen. How
ard. The President spoke in very
severe terms of Gen. Howard, and in
timRted very clearly that he must re-
lieve 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
consideration till the close of the week
Langston and his friends seem wholly
averse TO the proposition. &c.,.
A Tribune special says, that Grant
and Johnson have quarrelled there is
not the slightest doubt. 1t il we'll
known that the President has made
several orders which Grant, as Secre-
lary of War, has refused to Issue or
countenance. This, it is stated, he does
Tor the purpose OF being relieved from
the War department pOrt-lOllOl anu hu
order relieving him is looked for
honrly.
The Times special says the Cabinet
session yesterday lasted till near two
o'clock, but no results were reached.
The President has not yet intimated TO
the members which OF their resigna-
tions he will accept. Jerry Black had
an interview with Mr.. Seward yester-
day.
The President still refuses to give to
the press his correspondence with
Grant on the removal of Stanton. he
regards his reply to Grant on Sheri-
dams removal as q reply TO both.
The registration In Georgia has been
completed, and, contrary to expecta-
ton, the blacks are some two Thousand
| in the majority. 1t was expected the
whites would have a majority of three
thousand.
James Duncan, commissary to the
rebel Wirz at Andersoville, escaped
from Fort pulaski last week. He was
sentenced for fifteen years. He has
gone to France.
From Nashville.
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Convention was held at the CapitolIhis
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