Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-08-21

head of this Department and constrain me no
to resign the office before the next meeting o
Congress-" The President nextOrdered tina
no official recognition of Stanton as Secretar,
r of War be given, and addressed Col Towns
end, the Adjutant General, instead. He fnalll
appointed Gen. Grant to the War Department
and Grant accepted, Stanton gave up the of
fee reluctantly. The n. (. Herald tries tt
: make it appear as plot to spoil Grants Pres
idential prospects. In 0verhauling the papers
in the War Department, the recommendation
of mercy by the Commission which condemned
Mrs Surratt was found attached to the docu'
ments, which had been submitted at the time to
the President lnanifestly placed there since
that time Holt says that it was submitted to
johnson with the other papers in the case, but
the President declares it was not. It is evi.
dent that Holt states a frlsehood.
The jury in the TSurratt case failed to agree,
after over two days deliberation, and were
discharged. They stood eight for acquittal
and four for conviction. The charge of Judge
Fisher was very strong against the prisoner.
lie told the jury their duty was to return a
verdict of guilty. He ordered the name of
Bradley, one of Surratt's counsel, to be strick-
en- from the rolls, and fled from Court to .es-
cape popular indignation q The whole Bar
condemn his conduct 1t is thought that Brad
ley has challenged him. h63 =
| Gen. Butler shows in a public letter that
Gen. Grant refused to exchange prisoners with
the Contederates, man for man. He publishes
Grants own order to that effect g1a
1t is said Grant delays the removal of Sheri-
dan. sffgo<aggsg gfsfFf rurTT ffr%Eg
The Presidenthas determined to ask Seward
to resign. The latter objected to Stanton's
removal. s,rrt: .4erelt-rr.s4er sf ,ifgF
Sanford Conover has revealed a plot of
Ashley, Butler, Stanton. Holt and others,
against Johnson, to implicate him in Lincoln's
assassination ConoEer has Ashley's letters to
verify his statements. AAI III u #l9I I'D
The President denies that Grant opposes
Sheridan's removal
The Cabinet, except Seward, sustains the
removal of Stanton @ m
Gen. Sickles having approved the conduct of
Col. Frank, in setting aside the judicial action
of Chief Justice Chase, the President and Gen
Grant have commanded Sickles to rescind his
order IN that affair, and also to rcscind his or
der in suspending the payment of debts in his
Military District, and commanding him, in no
case, to interfere with the mandates of FEEDER
alaCourts The policy is to be of check on the
despotic military rule and of gradual removal
of all the COmmanders-Sh first next
Pope, and So on, until all bend to the Pres-
dents views. s. z sa.a-I 81
New YORK, Aug. 14-Tbe next Kentucky
Legislature will stand, Democrats, IL; Radi-
Gals, %; third party, 8. g a. q 7sa
The registration in North Carolina, from AZ
counties, gives 10000 votes, of which the ne
grOes have nearly 1900 majority 1t is said
the complete returns will give white majority
of $4,000. - -
Gen. Pope has ordered that all legal and Of
fetal advertising shall be given only to papers
which favor the Radical policy
Fourteen negroes have been appointed on
the Mobile police force. EHuE2 = Hf 2FGfE4 |
Al Democratic procession was fired into In |
Baltimore, the night of Aug. 9th, and two men
seriously wounded. ~91t@t
The latest Omaha dispatches report the In !
dams committing fresh murders, and greater
depredatiOns than ever Gen. Sully says they
are defiant. 3@i eeh TH fs ffaaa II
BrownlOw's militia are to be mustered out, |
exceptin West Tennessee. - Eas
Aomeeting of ex-F'ederal officers in Rich
mond severely denounced the recent Radical
Convention. NA-tD
The Cherokee Nation have chosen Lewis
Downing Chief over VIM. p. Ross by a large
.ab1ta i8zaas sa5 tasG aat a5iH laLla9
Cholera is raging in Nicaragua, and civil
war in Magdalena. ssgaa "a !. $500 7aE.aa
The reports that Secretary McCulloch and
Postmaster General Randall are to resign are
aIe4hL ~
Postmaster Gilmore of Chicago, it is thought,
was drowned in the Lake, Aug. 10. M q an
2 It is rumored that Holt viii be suspended
from the Bureau of Military Justice
GGen. Rosseau is to sail for San Francisco,
Aug. 21st. Heswill proceed to take formal
possession of the new Russo-American terrific
ry, andreturn to his headquarters at Portland,
Oregon. Aa 3asai'a.il4iea .a.Egcg i q
Seward and Stanton rode out together the {
of the removal of the latter
Sheridan complains bitterly of Rosseau's
conduct while in New Orleans, in late letter {
to Grant. ~. m a,5s.f s-s. = e ~ 5.s.--
The Rev. FL. Windall, Superintendent of the
Philadelphia Orphan Asylum, is under arrest,
charged with the rape Of seven little girls in
lis charge. He has made partial confession.
LONDON, Aug. 13.--The new cheap postal
treaty with the United States has been submit
led in the House of Lords
Sir Frederick Bruce is to investigate the re-
cent kilingo Capt Spear on the Missouri
river by a soldier. e 49,,
In debate, Bright said Fenian prisoners
Ire treated better than any others. n'a.Ef
Ira Aldridge, the black. American tragedian,
lied in Poland lately, while on a professional
Our as sa3 3i1e s. s3ss. 4.
At a great fire in Bordeaux, France, eighty !,
persons were killed or Injured. ~ 80 Is l.
The Prussian Government is anxious for the
afety of Baron Magnetism Mexico, who sought
% save Macmillan. = <-g-A<ss v52E@<2sI
Hamburg has agreed to sign military treaty
With Prussia. /.