The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-27
WASHINGTON.

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wAsmxoyos, Dec a. iseT,l
II 80 O'clock T. ~ !
Dosermfnattsu Of tho President 20 Remove
General Pope.
President johnson has determined. beyond doubt,
70 remove General Pops from the command Of the
Fourth Military District The stop was rvsoved upon
some weeks ago. and has only besn delayed by the dim
Guilty IN nnding . mpeent and reliable succsssor
This person has yet been dscidsd upon AL rumors
to the contrary Notwithstanding The charges against
General Pops numerous and daily on the increase
Tho last one Is that he the armng and pubic
displays Of armed bodies Of nsgross He blamed for
the exhibition made By she negroes Christmas Day in
Montgomery. Ala.
Tho 80. Themas and Alaska Purchases.
From trustworthy learn that the dspoption
OF the House q Representatives. previous their ad-
journment was positively inmical 70 the consummat&on
Of the purchase Of the Islands OF 81 Thomas md -
john. The recent earthquakes have had effect Of
SHAKING the enthusiasm Of many who favored the
acquisition. and the rsrsuchmsnt agitation has opsrssd
anfavoraoly In . pscuulary point Of This. is
said accounts for the hesitation Of the In
fastening the transfer until the owsring obstacs-
appropriation Of shs nscsssaEy monoy-bs either
removed or the Hsuss take conclusive action the
contrary.
Respecting ALASKA approximations entertained
% TO tho cooperation of the House, though Is generally
known many cold votes will be given IN iss favor Az
tho Unitsd States government has already taken formal
possession OF that hyperboean region il argued
negative OF the money feature the affair would place
tho government In very awkward position. Upon this
ground many viii support the measure who under other
circumstances would act Adversely Great efforts will
b made By the House Committee Foreign Affairs
carry both purchaser
Ex.Secretnry stanton Preparing IIis Defence
for the Senate-AdditiOnal ReasOns for His
suspeusion from Once.
Ex.Sscrstary Stanton has returned to this city and
busy, is sad preparing h defence before the Senate
What line he will adopt 10 unknown outside bsrba-
rans since his retirement from ONCE he has pracssed
the utmost recsnce and secrecy refusing be nterro
gated by correspondents and declining to inform
his friends what he 10 about The general impression
now scans 10 be that he has poor case aud that he
cannot muster corporas guard Of supporters In tho
Senate In this connection 1t may DO stated that tho
assigned in the Presidents Message for the
moval Of Mr. Stanton by no means the only ones
which led to that result There were others which, in
the mind Of the President furnished strong grounds for
tho decaptation OF The Secretary Among these
charges OF divulgng Cabinet proceedings and of
nvipg at the circulation OF ISLANDERS against the Pres
dent As an illustration may mention that IL vas
charged against Mr.. Johnson that he had spolated
Booths diary by tearing out OF II number OF leaves
containing positive evidence Of completely the assas-
sination OF President Lincoln These leaves, II was
said were hidden away somewhere in the War Depart
mont under the control OF Mr. Stanton Judge
General Holt Whether such leaves existed or not
II was deemed by President johnson TO be tho duty Of
the Secretary OF War make the fact known. II
story OF tho existence OF evidence Of the kind mentioned
true. Stanton ought have had the parties imp-
Gated by the evidence, brought 10 justice aud
victed, oven though ono Of them happened TO be
the President Of tho United States THAT the President
believed, duty the Secretary OF War owed the
people, II 1t we're not true, then, Cabinet officer,
confidential adviser OF the President his duty
to clear away such black cloud FROM the fame Of his
superior hr. stanton did neithcr the thing tho
other though all along that tho story OF Pres-
dent Johnsons completely in the crime utterly
founded. This alone in the Presidents opinion,
sufficient ground for stantons removal Az the sum-
meeting OF Congress General scheack intro
duced resolution calling specifically for the
President to furnish to Congress copy Of the Cabinet
proceedings unfinished and Incomplete discussions
relative TO instructions to the Ave Military Commanders
IL IN charged that Stanton penned that resolution and
mast have informed Scheuck OF the character
part Of tbs Cabinet proceedings not officially TO
the public. Tho President will be remembered 70
fused to accommodate Schsnck and Congress the
subject until such time a. tie opinion OF the Execu
tive, Il would rebound TO the public benefit 10
Notw outstanding this decision OF tue President, Mr.
Stanton Is charged, furnished the particulars OF the
Cabinet DISCUSSIONS sought for by Schenck the
respondent OF western paper, thus violating tbs good
faith deemed essential In honorable Cabinet officer.
The particulars tho President CONSIDERS leaked from
no other quarter.
Tho Reign Of Terror In the Aouth-Three MIL
lion whites and blacks on the Point OF
Observation-Disclosures and Bi0odshcd Nenr-
The Radical Equality Doctrine Taking Root.
One OF your travelling correspondence who has Just
sppi, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina.
represents condition OF the freedmen hcarrspd
ing in the In all the cotton districts OF those
States the great OF the freedmen only
the point OF starvation but possess scarcely asuhcency
OF clothing TO thor nakedness Al most Of the
railway stations many colored children collect The
arrival OF the trains and sntsr into composition with
fainshed and dogs for the possession OF the
bones thrown by passengers from the trains, while
Of lazy negroes collect about the depots specia
tore In the growing districts the prospects OF
famine not near, and whites and blacks
friendly terms lie declares tha, the negroes much
more destitute than under tho old slave yeginst In
many counties these the forests filed with
armed negroes who hunt game In day time and make
raids upon planters s,ock st night. Tho regn OF
terror general In upper Louisiana, lower Mississippi
and the cotton districts OF Georgia and the Carolinas
She destuton however Is not confined 70 tho blacks.
Thousands OF the white population have not . mouths
provisions ahead, and money with which TO lay In
supply. Many planters. Who farseeins, provided
years supply for thor families but The starving negroes
have very generally pIliassd their smoke houses and
granarss and stripped them clean. His estimate OF the
number Of persons compiled from statistics collected by
the Executives OF the states aud others who will
unless Congress provides some relief IL three millions,
two-thlrds Of whom negroes This estimate
braces Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama Georgia and the
Caroliuas He has no estimate Of the other unrs-
constructed states Unless prompt action Is
taken 70 provide for The STRIVING freedmen
and whites the pillaglDg Of the whites viii
become general, the latter will resist, and
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