The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-08


from Fulton to Morris He suggests that the work DO.
| gin on the LIST of May
| Recorder Hackett yesterday fined Q conductor and
driver Of Blocker street $3.50 each for cruelty 10
| animals in overlooking their car
The General Transatlantic Company's steamer Vile do
Paris Captain Lamont will leave pier SO North river at
2P NJ to-day The mails for France will close at the
| Post ONCE at IAN
The stock market was strong yesterday. Govern.
| mont securities we're firm. Gold was buoysnt and
closed at 142X.
Tho Grant.JohnsOn Correspondence - Tho
House Investigation.
The GrantJohnson correspondence seems to
have thrown the politicians on both sides on
their beam ends. The radical State Conven-
ton at Syracuse nominate BY reclamation
Grant and Fenton as the New York ticket for
Chicago but the radical organs have no hal
lelujahs to sing over this harmonious achieve
ment, while the "arfand-arf" republican pa
pers look upon the proceeding with suspicion
or denounce ii as snare. Grant Is apparently
not strong enough to compose the quarrels OF
the New York Guelphs and Ghibellines; for
in going over, "body and breeches," as they
say, to the radicals, he has soured the Seward
Weed-Raymond clique, and has so perplexed
the radical Fenton faction that they are
dumb-dumb as oysters. The imperturbable
silence of Grant is at last broken, and, in
bringing the oracle to speak, his alleged in
trinity of reticence has fallen upon his late
aceusers, and the wonder now il what they
will say with the return TO themselves of the
faculty Of speech. In all this envcloping
smoke and fog there may be deep design for
the slaughter of Grant in season fog o solemn
wake at the Chicago Convention. We cannot
tell till this fog rises and is cleared away.
On the opposition side, a copperhead journal
which assumes to speak for the universal
democracy assumes also that this Grant-John-
son correspondence and the Syracuse Republi-
can Convention settle the question and make
Grant the republican candidate beyond per-
adventure. Accordingly the democratic war
upon him has commenced in earnest Thus by
the same authority which recognized in Gene
raj Grant, short time ago.. o great soldier
and a sagacious and patriotic statesman, he is
now presented as "narrow, sluggish intel
lect whose dearth of ideas" has been called
prudence as an army leader "who sacrificed
nearly twice as many men as the enemy had
in the field" accomplishing everything by
numbers and nothing by skill !" as man of
"no dignity Of bearing "dull in conversa-
tion," "no geniality and popular warmth of
manner !" "a cold, narrow, commonplace, IN
attractive man." remarkable for nothing but
siolid force Of will" And yet again we
4oIl ,Lat a. H. Loc l.
honor by unmanly duplicity !" that he has
never been seen inside of church, and that
nobody remembers anything of his kindness
to sick and wounded soldiers, &C., &C., and that
before midsummer he will be badly damaged
candidate.
date, however, elected General Jackson,
General Harrison and General Taylor, and il
followed up against Grant will only operate to
bring Fort Donelson, Shiloh vicksburg,
Chattanooga and the grand campaign from
the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House
into the boldest relief In favor of General
Grant But "to return to our mutton"-this
Grant-Johnson correspondence. 1t has been
referred in the House Of Representatives 10
.sOld Thad Stevens" and his Reconstruction
Committee, and the question is, What will they
do with 1t. They have appointed subcom
mittee OF investigation, whose special duty, it
is said, il to find out all the facts and
circumstances connected with this Johnson
Stanton imbroglio not yet brought to light
After searching through the executive depart
ments, including cross-examinaton of all the
members OF the Cabinet, this subcommittee
will report their discoveries to the Committee
on Reconstruction, from which "Old Thad"
will make report to the House with such
recommendations as the facts and testimony
may seem to require. BY some of the Wash
ington newsmongers 1t is supposed that the
subcommittee will report TO "Old Thad" this
evening, and that he will make a report to the
House on Monday, and that he may conclude
1t with trcnchant recommendation for the
impeachment Of Andrew Johnson as guilty Of
high crimes and misdem eanors," calling for
the application Of the constitutional remedy
provided for all such cases of official infidelity.
In this view this GrantJohnson correspond
| ence may eliminate in events and movements
of the highest and grsvest Importance to the
country. We may be sure that If q second at
tempt is made for tho impeachment and re-
moval OF President Johnson, 1t will be from a
distinct understanding that this thing, II pro-
posed again, can and will be DONE In each
house Of Congress the radicals have two
thirds majority. They have only, therefore, to
unite upon this last resort Of impeachment in
order to carry II through. They are In bad
condition for the Presidential fight while
Andrew Johnson blocks their line OF march.
His removal will clear away host Of obstruc.
lions. The temptation, then-nay, the urgent
! nee sssity--for his removal, Is 80 great that .