Arizona miner., 1867-09-14
LATEST NEWS.


 He Of Aug. 3O.b The tclegraphic news is l interesting:
 Sheridan ba, been rcmoscd and Hancock lao, lois place.
 Grant ha. protested against the change
 ,acrila lap ;, to report at Lea,enwor.h, ant s ..mm.uf C.. f.e pIail- i Ha"c..h'
 .crc are masJ r.mor5 oi changes in tae. Cabinet.
 Thomas retains his present commauf.
 Canby is assigned to Sicklc's district.
 A Washington telegram say. there is no authority for the rumor of a breach between Grant and the President, although many deem it inevitable.
 A Tribune special says Sheridan received ! the news of his removal very coolly. He re marked that he felt satisfied that he had done bis duty as an officer, and regretted 1 that his superior officer found fault. He had ! finished the work of reconstruction in Louis jana, and was about 10 turn his attention to Texas
 Sheridan is directed to report in person at
 
 new command The orders are signed by Adjutant General Townsend. by command of General Grant, and by order of the President, directing the changes named to be made.
 Cmc,Go, August 2Gth.-The telegraph furnishes the Presidents letter to General Grant enclosing the order for the removal oi Sheridan. He says be will be pleased Co have any suggestions that Grant may deem necessasy, respecting the assignments, before the order is issued.
 CmcAGo, August 27th.-Graut in reply to the President, earnestly urges, in the namC of the patriotic people who sacrificed mill. ions of treasure to preserve the Union, that the order removing Sheridan shall not bc in- sisted upon It is the unmistakably express } ed wish of the country that Sheridan should , not be removed from his present command This is a Republic where the will of the pco pie is the law, and he hcgs their voices may be heard Sheridan has performed his ciy s dutie, faithfully and inteIigcntly, and his re C moyal will be regarded as an effort to defca
 the laws of Congress, and will be intcrprotc, - as triumph for the unreconstructed element ] in the South, and will emboldeg them to new e opposition to the loyal masses, believing thel have the Executive with them. Grant say s Thomas has repeatedly protested against be n ing assigned 10 either of the Southern Depart Il ment, and his services entitle him Co cousid r. eration. Hancock ought not to be removed h His Department is complicated one, am t would take a new commander some time f
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 e The President replies, thanking Grant io V his promptness in submitting his views. II
 says he is not conscious that the question f removing Sheridan has ever been submitte { 10 the people for determination, and lt woul | be unjust 10 the army to assume that ! - alone Is capable of commanding tue Fit C District. He speaks in high terms of Ger ! Thomas, as an old, tried off ger, with gre;
 ability, sound discretion, md sterling patl
 otism. The affairs of General Sheridan
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 gress, and that fact alone is sufficient tO nr '- tiiy change. His removal cannot her reaart s- ed as an effort to defeat the laws 0f COngre. ,- for the object IS to facilitate their execute IF through an officer who never failed to obe 7, the law or to exact obedience from other ," The mere change of commanders cannot alt, the law, and Thomas will be as much boun d by the requirements as Shridan. and cannc S. embolden the people to renewed oppositio To to the will of the loyal masses, believing tha
 they have the Executive with them, for the i' are perfectly familiar with his antecedert ie The President knows he has not obstructe le the faithful execution of any act of COngres ,d compliments Thomas and Hancock, and fee certain to find Sheridan suitable for india
 wariarc-for the display of that energy an t- enterprise which gave him an enyiable rept SO tation in the late struggle