Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-22

General Grant, of the aisl nli, IA
following extract from the letter Il
+ according to my recollection,
I correct statement Of the converse
4 tion that luok place between th
, President and General Grant at lh
Cabinet meeting, on the lIlh a
, January, Randall then quotes IA
Presidents version,
Stewards lelierisqnite long, givinI
, adotai,od acooun, Oi his impression
Of what occurred, quoting the sub
, stance OF what the President said
, Seward says;
i did hot understand Grant Ms dc
nying, nor ms explicitly admitting
these statements, in tho form an,
full extent TO which YOU made them
His admission ofthom was ralhcl
indirect aud circuiRstantial, thougl
| did not understand IL 10 be au
cyasive one,
After further details Seward con
tinues:
Certainly General Grant did moi
at any time, in tho Cabinet meeting,
in sist that he had in tho Saturday 4
conversation either distinctly OF
finally advised you OF his dctermin,
alton 10 retain from tho charge ol
the War Department, otherwise
than under your own su,bcquent
direction. llo acquicsccd in your
statement that the Saturdays con.
vcrsation ended with an expectation
that their would be n subsequent
conference on the subject, which he
as well as yourself supposed could
reasonably take place on Monday.
General Grant admitted that it was
his expectation or purpsse TO call
on you on Monday. Ilc assigned
reasons for the omission ofScward's s
letter, which caused shouts of alter
nate der;s:on and increduality from
the Republicans rs his cautious
narrative proceeded.
Secretary Browning's letter also
quite long, and mainly n repetition.
Grant has already written reply,
opening, / have the honor to ac-
knowledge the receipt Of your com.
munication of the 10th inst, accom-.
panied by statement of five Cab
met officers, of their recollection of
what occurred in the Cabinet meet
ing on the iith of January, with
out admitting anything contained
in these statements where they diff
fer from anything heretofore stat
ed by me. lpropose to notice only
that portion OF your communication
wherein | am charged with insubor-
dination.
Grant then proceeds to argue the
point at some lenghtr.
HoUsE.-Afler some personal eX
plantations, the rights of American
citizens abroad was resumed and
discussed.
The Presidents response to Grant,
with accompanying documents, was
read and referred to the Committee
on Correspondence,
Tho President called on for
Grants response. .'i
The House went into committee
on appropriations.
An amendment striking out the
appropriation for Assistant Secreta-
ry, pardon clerk, and three-fourth
class clerks, employed by the Pres
ident, was adopted
The President sent Grants re-
sponse to the House, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Recon
struction. Adjourned.
SFNATE.-A petition from the Con-
vention of Georgia for loan Of
$50, 900, 600 to the planters of Misss-
sippi for the relief of the destitute.
Nelson presented a petition from
several citizens asking relief from
political disabilities.
Reconstruction was resumed and
discussed till the executive session.
Adjourned.
The Judiciary Committee stand
to 3 against Edmunds bill regulating
proceedings.
The Senate Committee will re-
port favorably on the bill forbidding
deposits in national banks in cities
where the Assistant Treasurers have
Offices.
1t is rumorod that the Secretary
of the Treasury intends selling fif
teen or twenty millions Of gold this
month.
Grants last letter closes by dis
claiming any intention on his part
now or heretofore to disobey any
legal order of the President. Guth-
rie has resigned the Kentucky Sen
ltorship on account of sickness
The Legislature will fill the vacancy
On the 18th inst.
The Senate has rejected VIM. D.
Bishop, Commissioner of Patents
John NJ. Johnson, Federal Marshal
,f Virginia; Leslie Coombs, Mar
shall of Kentucky.
The President has nominated III.
F. Heriat, Collector of Customs Of
Georgetown, S. C.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE British
ron clad Hercules, the largest in
he world, has been successfully
aunched at Chatham Dockyard.
FoRIREss MONROE, Feb. IL
Revenue cutter Nevada burned off
he Wycomico River. Two of the I
rev were drowned.
: WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE i'm
,eachment fever is subsiding some
What. !
The defeat of the Alabama Con-
titution causes much bitterness and
lelay in the Senate, in passing the
bill, denounced by the
in harsh terms.
1t is confidently asserted that the