The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-12

WAsHINGToN, August Ill am informed to-
night that one cause Of the delay on the part OF
the President in removing Mr.. Stanton Is q dis
agreement among his Cabinet members as to the
propriety of the step. You will remember |
telegraphed last week that Messrs. Seward and
Weed were opposed to the removal OF Mr..
Stanton, and have reason to believe that state
ment was correct. 1t is said that Mr.. Seward
has taken 80 decided a stand in the matter as to
have occasioned bad feeling in the Presi-
dents breast. Mr. Seward all along has
been the chief adviser of the Cabinet. He
has enjoyed the confidence Of his master
and has had nearly everything his own
way In the matter 81 appointments. The delays
and cancellations that have so often dsgusted
the friends Of the President are supposed to have
been the result of Mr. Stewards unwise counsels.
Mr.. johnson now, perhaps, sees his mistakes,
and is anxious, even at the eleventh hour, to
remedy them by something like decision of
character and promptness of action. 1t is said
that he has resolved to request Mr. Seward to
resign, IN note of somewhat equal politeness
and brevity to that delivered to Secretary STAN
ton. Should this be true-and do not ptetend
II is, for cannot make the statement d au-
thOrity-it is believed Mr. Adams Wall be
recalled from England, and offered the portfolio
OF Secretary OF State.
II is said, moreover, that Mr. Randall and Mr.
BcCulloch are not altogether TO be depended
upon in their fidelity to the Johnsonian policy.
People say that the former contemplates resign
ing at an early day, and that he desires to do
something that will enable him to regain the
confidence of his party. AS to Mr.. McOulloch,
sident believes his Secretary of the Treasury has
brought discredit on the Administration by
appointing improper men to office, and that his
management of the national finances has not
been all that was expected of him. The rumor
as to the difficulty between the President and
Mr.. McCulloch places matters at such an ex-
Teme point as to mention the name of a proba-
BILE successor, in the person of Moses Taylor, of
New York.
Mr.. StantOn's Reason for Refusing to
Resign-AnOther Southern Rebellion
to be Crushed Out.
1t has been stated here on very good autho-
rity that one of the reasons which actuated Mr..
Stanton when he refused to resign at the Presi-
dents request, is that he received information
of a scheme which 1t is said is on foot for arm
ing military organizations in the late insurrec-
tionary States, whose ultimate object is another
assault upon the Government; and he has deter
mined TO remain at his post to thwart their
designs. 1t is further said that of the causes
of the late rupture between the President and
the Secretary OF War was the refusal OF Secretary
Stanton to assign to militia company OF
Maryland, composed mainly of returned Rebel
officers and soldiers. battery of light guns for
which they had applied. The President is said
TO have directed HIM to furnish the battery, but
that Mr.. Stanton declined, and still refuses to
do SO.
The Alleged Plot OF the Impeachment
COnsp1ratOrs.
The absorbing topic of conversation in this
city at the present time Is the development of
the alleR ed plot to manufacture evidence against
the President with view OF securing his i'm
peachment. As might naturally be expected,
public opinion is nearly equally divided as TO
the real object of the conspiracy, as.well as to
who are the real consprators. Many persons,
principally radicals, believe that the disclosures
just made through the application OF Conover
Tor pardon are part of the operations of plot
between the President and certain of his friends,
with Dunham and his satellites, to create a re-
vulson of feeling in regard to impeach-
ment, to bring contempt upon the efforts
OF the leaders of that movement, and in
all probability work very bene6cially upon
the next Presidential election. They say
they cannot believe that politician so shrewd
and crafty as Ben Butler would ever be guilty
of so egregious u blunder as to compromise
himself by plotting in company with criminal
convicted OF perjury, 70 concoct false evidence
against the President of the United States.
These people are confident that few days will
suffice 10 clear uD these charges against Ashley,
Butler Co., when the true character of the
plot will be made manifest. On the other hand,
the number of those who entertain no doubt
whatever of the genuineness of the revelations
is very large, and it is claimed by them that a
few days, instead of revealing a conservative
plot, will lay before the country developments
still more startling than any hitherto.-M z.
Herald