Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
A History of the Breach between t
Preaid emf mud SecreIarK nf War.

hUM wv WAOnlNtIUNs
| A History of the Breach between the
Fresid emit and secretary of War.
NEW YORK, August 6.-The Herald's spe-
cial says of Secretary Stanton's removal !:
1t appears that for more than year, and
this we have from the best authority, the
resignation of Mr.. Stanton has been looked
for week after week and month after month.
The President waited, expecting each new
day to hear from the Secretary; but no
word came. and at last letter was drawn
up by the President asking Mr.. Stanton to
resign. This letter was also held back tor
some time, because the breach between the
Secretary and the President was daily
growing wider and wider. This hostility
was so decided that it was thought Mr..
Stanton could not go on much longer with
out rendering his resignation but Mr..
Stanton did go on in spite of hints and the
evident desire for his vacating.
The President Believes tho Tenure
of office Law will Sustain Him IN
Removing Stanton.
= As have already stated, it was not until
this morning that the letter was actually
sent. Should Mr.. Stanton decline to yield,
have authority for stating that the Presi-
| dent will undertake to remove him, and
the tenure of Office bill itself, it is claimed.
will sustain him in this exercise of power.
| The President believes that the first section
of the bill does not take away his power of
removing Mr.. Stanton, as the latter was
appointed by Mr.. Lincoln. and not Mr..
johnson. 1t reads thus: provided that
the Secretarys of State, of the Treasury, OF
War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and the
Postmaster General and the Attorney Gen
eral, shall hold their offices respectively
during the term of the President by whom
they have been appointed, and one month
thereafter, subject to removal by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate"
The President takes the ground that he
can remove all his Cabinet except the three
appointed since his accession to office.
| General Grant 10 Act Temporarily.
| AS to who will succeed Mr.. Stanton moth
| ing has yet been decided. 1t is probable
that General Grant will be summoned to
act temporarily. and the President consid-
ers that it would be the wisest choice for
the present. General Grant, being famil-
lar with army affairs and the Chief of the
army, would undoubtedly be an admirable
selection. In making this statement about
General Grant, 1 am but giving the i'm
preston of people of all shades of opinion
here.
| The TriBune's Account.
The Tribune's special says: The rupture
between the President and Secretary Stan
ton is still the chiet topic of conversation
here. Stanton's friends, who have been
that he will not resign. He says if the
President wishes to get lid of him he will
have to do so by violating the law and re-
moving him; that he will never yield. On
the other hand, the johnson men, who
claim to be posted as to the Presidents
opinion, assert that the President will re-
move or suspend Stanton If he refuses to
resign.E isi 81. tH
The contemplated removal of Sheridan
is lost sight of, since it has become known
that johnson has stated that Stanton must
go first, and all interest is centered in a
climax to the Johnson-StantOn quarrel
Stanton has been run down with visitors
lmost of the day. Certain friends of Mr.
Stanton who called on him to-day say he
assured them he would not resign. He is
preparing written response to the Presi-
dents note.
The PrSSide ent and tn G Recommends
| ton for Communication in MRS. Sur
| ratL's Case. ~
1t is understood that Mr.. johnson un.
lequivocally denies that the papers and fnd
ing of the court in the assassination tria
were first submitted to the Cabinet. HI
signed his approval OF the action of the
lcourt. He says the official record was pre-
lsented 20 him by Gen. Hall, and it wa;
signed in his presence; that at that time NJ
recommendation for the Communication o
the sentence of Mrs. Surratt was attached
to the papers.
The approval of the sentence by tht
President was commissioned on the next tt
the last page on the last sheet of the aver
ment and finished on the other side of tht
same paper, instead of only writing on ont
side of the sheet, as on the other sheets, ant
this was done because there was no othel
sheet remaining and fastened to the docu
ments presented for his signature.
AS the document is here found in th'
War Department, the recommendation TO-
the Communication of Mrs. .Surratt's sentenc
follows all the other matters, and is tn
conclusion of the documents. In the Off
cial report of the trial by Benn Pitman
who had access to the records and docu
ments by permission of Mr.. Stanton TO
the purpose of making up book, every
thing appears except the recommendation
of the Court for commuts ton of the sen
tence. Mr.. Pitman says in the introdu uc
tion to his book that it contains all the or
ders, findings, sentences, documents, etc
connected with the trial.
/ l. appears that the papers were not pre-
sented to the Cabinet until the application
for habeas corpus was made and after tn
lsentence by the President. The recon
tmendation for Communication was not in tn
handwriting of Mr.. Bingham, as alleged b.
lsome.
The Times special insists that the Pres
ident did know of the recommendation fo
mercy to Mrs. Surratt, previous to her eX
ecution, and that all the Cabinet voted fo
the execution.
Decree Given by Justice Carter.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-Justice Carter
sitting in equity, has given a decree on
motion to dissolve the injunction restrain
ing the defendant from withdrawing Ger
tain funds standing to his credit in the [
S. Treasury. The complainant had ad
vanced respondent $1,000 for the purpOs
of prosecuting the claim, and in consider
alton the respondent assigned to him $500
out of the claim when recovered. Th
Court held that while the $1,000 advance
was advanced at such risk as to justify
much larger profit on the advance than tn
legal interest. it did not justify so large
profit as the 400 per cent. involved in So
600, and accordingly gave adecree in favo
of complainant, for $4,000 with interest o
$1,000 from date of advance.
The official statement of the public del
for August shows the following: Bearin
coin interest, Sl,67S 906. .961. so; bearin
currency interest, $574.964, sos; mature
debt not presented for payment, $l5,636
Sl5.S7; debt bearing no interest, 1868 l64
S64; fractional currency, S2S 554. 1881;
gold certificates of deposit, 81, 1856; tt
tai debt $2,6S6, ,6S5, ,S96.39. Amount in til
Treasury-coin, $l02,905.l74; currenc.
$72,474, ,296. 10 ''t
The amount of debt less cash in tn
Treasury has decreased $4,309, ,5199S; del
bearing coin interest increased $7,626, 75
while that bearidg currency interest hs
decreased $S0,726,910. The matured del
not presented for payment has increase
S5023 79555, The debt bearing no intere