Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-29
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NOON DISPATCHES.
The President and His Cabinet etc,
NBw YeRK, August 29.AThe Times
Washington special says the President gave.
out TO his private journals last night the
true text Of his order transferring Gen.
Hancock to the 6fih military district The
order itself has not been promulgated by
Gen. Grant, and has therefore not taken
effect There are numerous reports aAoat
tonight to the effect that Gen. Grant re-
fused to promulgate, but these are incor-
rect. There are, however, both grave and
important reasons why the order is held in
obeyence. As l stated yesterday, on re-
ceipt of the order Gen. Grant wrote an
other letter to the President This letter
not being ready for transmission until to-.
day, did not reach the President until
after the Cabinet meeting this afternoon,
and he has not yet replied. Gen. Grant
regards the last order of the President as
entirely superseding' General Order No.
", including his instructions to General
Thomas, and there is little doubt that a
serious difference, not to say conflict of
views, has occurred between the President
and Gen. Grant regarding the powers of
the latter under the reconstruction acts;
and the purpose Of his letter to the Presi-
dent to-day, is to suggest certain points for
bis consideration, not touching the proprie-
ty of Sheridsn's removal, on which argu-
nneat has ceased. Bat the more important
question as TO whe.her the order of the
President is not so framed as TO conflict di-
rectly with the powers granted to the Gen.
eral-in-Chief, in the acts Of Congress. has
not yet been decided There is also good
ground for belief that the order. when is
sned, which may be tomorrow, will be ac-
cpmpanied BY Instructions similar to those
which accompanied the first order. The
situation of matters before the Executive
Mansion and War Department, tonight, is
exceedingly delicate, Fsnd speculation is
rife as to the resulL Predictions are
made that General Grsnt will refuse
to issue the order, unless modified
or accompanied by Instructions of his own,
and that as a consequence he will be re-
lieved from duty in the War Department
by the President. Should this occur, and
the latter undertake, to transmit orders
through a new Secretary of War, The issue
is then direct and unavoidable for General
Grant is acting underline following timely
law of Congress. Section I'd of the army
appropriation act, approved March ID,
1865, under protest as follows: -
Section 2. And be it 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 military opera
tions Issued by the President or Secretary
of War shall be issued through the Gener-
al of the army, and in case of his inability,
through the next in rank. The General
of the army shall not be removed, suspend
ed, or relieved from command, or
assigned to duty elsewhere than at
the said headquarters, except at his
his own request, without the previous APP
proyal of the Senate, and any address or
instructions relating to military operations
issued contrary TO the requirement Of this
section shall be null and void, and any
officer who shall issue orders or instruc-
tions contrary to the provisions of this sec
tion shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
in office; and any officer of the army who
shall transmit, convey, or obey any orders
or instructions so issued, contrary to the
provisions of this section, knowing that
such orders we're so issued, shall be liable
to Imprisonment for not less than two and
not more than twenty years, on eonvie4ion
thereof, in any court Of competent jurisdie-
ton.
The President, last Saturday, sent for
Jno. NJ. Langston, a colored orator of Ohio,
to inquire regarding the views of
colored people regarding the Freedman's
Bureau, Langston told the President he
thought the interests of the blacks demand
the retention of Gen. Howard. The Pres
ident spoke in very severe terms of Gen.
Howard, and intimated very clearly that
| he must relieve him and put in some true
| friend of the colored race, and if colored
men here would agree upon one of their
number, be would surely appoint him. He
| asked Langston to take this under consid-
Grafton till the close of the week. Lang
ston and his friends seem wholly averse to
the proposition.
The Tribune says, that Grant and John
son have quarreled there is not the slight
est doubt. 1t is well known the President
has made several orders which Grant, as
Secretary Of War, has refused to issue OF
oountenance. This, it is stated, he does foI
the purpose of being relieved from the
| War Department folio, and an order re-
lieving him is looked for hourly.
| The Times special says the Cabinet ses
sion yesterday lasted till nearly two O'Clock
but no results were reached. The Presi-
dent has not yet signifed to the member;
which Of their designations he will accept
Jerry Black had an interview with Mr.
Seward yesterday.
The President still refuses to give to the
press his correspondence with Grant on tbs
removal of Stanton. He regards his re
ply to Grant on Sheridan's removal reply
to both
Registration in Georgia has been com
pleted, and contrary to expectation, th'
blacks are some two thousand in the ma
| jority. 1t was expected the whites woulC
have majority of 10000.
James Duncan, commissary to the Rebel
Wirz, at Andersonville, escaped from For
Pulaski last week He was sentenced fo
fifteen years. He has gone to France.
A series of gigantic whisky frauds OF
revenue have recently been discovered
which, it is said, implicate merchants O
high standing in this city and Boston
names not given.