Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-02-12
Washington City Gossip.

reveals the fact that johnson interded to
embroil Grant with Congress, but the Gen
eral ''outianked'' his adversary as usual.
The Republicans received this scathlng ex-
posure of the Presidents attempts to bring
Grant in direct conflict with congress with
evident tokens Of exuitant gratItcatlon, while
the Copperheads and rebels We're cOrrespon-
dinghy de$pondent. The President has cour-
ted and deserved this terr bic and unlocked
for chastisement. He has pursued Grant
for months through the rebel and Copper
head papers, and has furnished food for et-
itorial articles for the latter. This whole
correspondence is the most damaging pro-
duced against Andrew johnson. LII reveals
General Grant sensitive horror of the SIAN
| derS under which he has suffered. not only
| now, but throughout his whole military ca
reer. His instructive hatred of treason and
| fidelity TO law are fully proved in every sen
tence of his letters. The President has not
! the power to remove or even 10 suspend
| General Grant under the late legislation. bat
| he vii! try his worst. The friends of Gen
! Grant are delighted with the turn affairs have
/ taken, and it is conceiedin all circles that the
uuequivocal endorsement OF she reconstruc-
| ton measures, contained IN his letters, will
place him more firmly than ever, II that is
possible, before the people rs Ii man capable
| OF 'withstanding the blandishnleut OF power,
and asserting his opinions regardless OF the
criminal Vaccinations Of his baffied superl
or The excitement IN political circles is
| intense, and will not abate until the whole
case has been developed In this connection
there is authority for the statement that Gen.
| Grant has In the whole Of the struggle kept
| his own counsel as usual, except IN so far
as he sought General Sherman aid in uy
ing to force the President TO admit the false
hood contained in his letter to him. He
wrote all of the letters to the President him
| self without consultation even with his most
intimate friends and advisers, and none
knew anything of their contents, except
| through the President, until the corrcspon-
dence had progressed for several days. La
addition TO the explanation of the conversa-
tion on the subject in the Cabinet meeting
on the 18th of January, General Grant ex-
pressed himself thoroughly astounded and
aba> he'd at the statement which the Presl
! dent made, to the effect that he had prom
| ised to act a. his stool pigeon, and that he
was so astonished. that fora moment he lost
| his presence OF mind which never Occurred
to him before in his life. He admits pri
vately that he commenced his reply to this
! statement 10y saying, We'll, Mr.. President,
you may have misunderstood-' bur, ,rccov-
! ering his self-po>Session, added-'you mis-
| apprehended entirely, or words 10 that eff
| feet The baseness OF the man johnson and
| his crew Of 20 called Constitutional adcisorsi in
constituting this gentlemanly pa.iation of
| his falsehood into admission Oh the part
of Gen. Grant Of the truth OF his story, re-
bounds to the Generals credit. The Cop
pcrheads, however, triumplantlv point to
! She undispuied fact that Gen. Grant $ word
stands alone in opposition to that of the
| President and four members Of his Cabinet.
| If ctnuid lo tnrstc,l gha+ ho mb Cla III
| fculty, so far as the question Of yeracity is
concerned, developed itself, and originated.
| in fact, at this Cabinet meeting Previous
| to that time there had been no collision, al
though Gen. Grant had been fortifying him
! SELF IN expectation OF it, by forcing the
/ President to put his orders letters, &c, in
writing. 1t is evident that johnson called
Grant to the Cabinet meeting for the pur-
pose of embroiling him in disgraceiul
| squabble, and that he caused the meeting to
| be opened as if Grant was amember With
| that object in view, as soon as Gen. Grant
called his attention to. the fact that he was
no longer Cabinet minister, the President
adroitly developed his intention, and par
italy succeeded, hut the old soldier, accus-
toned to attacks from rebels in the open
| field, with accustomed control of himself.
recovered fr"m this attack in ambush very
readily. The Attacks of the Itte}ifgPRcer ON
| Gen. Grant have been proven 10 came from
| the White House, and the same is true OF
the attacks on McCulloch and Seward
There is general confusion and diSmay
mong the Copperheatls, and rich develop
ments are in store. The whole affair is a fit
ting retribu' i01 on Andrew johnson for de
serting the colors and joining the enemies
of his country IN he hope of crushing its
| friends 1t Is most happy and fortunate
thing that Edwin NJ. Stanton is at the head
| of the War Department His brain aud
heart are wholly enlisted on the side of Con
gress, and doing a world of good against
| the machinations OF the confederated forces
of treason entrenched at Washington. The
| President does rot consider the correspon-
dence closed, as yet, and it Is understood
that his forth coming letter viii have affx-
| ed thereto the names of the several Cabinet
officers above alluded To.
/ In the Senate Mr.. Sherman reported
substitute for the funding bill previously in
troJucel by himself, providing for the issue
of registered and coupon bonds of the Uni
ted States, principal and interest payable in
coiu and bearing interest at the rate Of five
per cent per annum. and bearing date so as
| to require the payment of an equal amount
| of the interest quarterly. Said bonds TO be
! payable forty years from date, and redeema-
| ble in coin at the pleasure of the Govern
ment after ten years from date, and to be
| issued to an amount sufficient to cover ont
standing obligations of the United States
other than existing FIVE per cent bonds, and
to be exchanged for such Obligations in such
manner and on such terms not less than par,
as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem
most conducive to the interests of the Gov
| ernment; and the said bonds shall be excu-
sively used for the redemption or in exchange
for the existing securities of the Inited