The New York herald., 1868-02-24

whatever duty ] had In the government He said,
however. that ! should remain In the custody
OF the Marshal until furnished an amount
OF bail equivalent to the nne attached to the offence
with which was charged The man 70 whom ] looked
for furnishing the necessary recognizance lived in
Georgetown. and told the Judge would be necessary
TO send for him Fortunately he happened 10 be In
town 10 hear what was going on. The messenger met
him in the street. and In company with another gentle
man, came to the Judges and gave the requisite
bonds Shortly afterwards, when what hap
penlng became better known. over twenty gentlemen
made their appearance and volunteered any amount
Of bail that might be demanded. Among these
several republicans, who said If o million dollars
necessary It would be furnished forthwith. The
Marshall who never for moment allowed me to quit
MS sight, apologized when all for having such
dlsagreeable duty 10 perform, and remarked that
unless he executed II faithfully cry might be raised
against him by the radicals In the interim, however
While waiting for the bail. asked and received psrms
sion to go and cquant the President OF what had taken
place. The Marshal accompanied me- and both OF us were
ushered into his Exceencys presence The President on
being acquainted with what had transpred, simply told
me 10 retlrn and give the necessary bonds and employ
counsel to conduct my case This was done and when
the proceedings were repaired to the War De.
partment to enter upon my duties This was about
eleven o'clock Communicated TO Secretary stanton
tho purport OF my visit, and the conversation which
ensued, as published in the papers, Is entirely correct
When Stanton decided not to surrender up the Office
and when concluded it useless to say any on
the subject, we both sat down and had bref, but
plea ant conversation on other topics ! remarked
jocossly, that had eaten no breakfast that morning
and that i, cruel thing Of him the Of
deprving me Of it. lie replied that nothing so inha-
man was contemplated, and that the circumstance
IA nlt IN Zanl0 0n he uaf
one else. That was my las: interview with Stanton
but Tomorrow suppose We meet again"
"And then General, how will you actY
SWELL shall 60 down to the War Department at the
usual hour Secretary of War ad interim, to all in
tents and purposes without reservation doubt that
my powers such perfectly legitimate, as were
those OF General Grant shall SET about the business OF
the department, orders in the OF the Presi
dent give instructions TO subordinate officials and direct
the general work of the department OF will
be very unpleasant for to nd officers there who
be prepared to disregard my orders II may
perhaps, happen to be some personal friends Of
my own but have no other resource than to the
power erred upon and order them under arrest
If they refuse to obey the legitimate authority
''But what about the Great Mogu hmselff Is Stanton
TO be left severely aloneYn
'That's the question. He has already refused to
vacasc and suppose he VIII persist in his refusal On
my option should decline 20 any for ce but II
the President instruct to employ forclbe persuasion
must. to be consistent do However, shall await
the further development OF this disagreeabe business
before saying what shal do
Bidding the General adeu a. his hall door, he
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asacn,,,,, ar,,nd ,ho cr,ar villa ia cana tina
cas,ino fur,o IN, scniacon, ,,ance IN our drec,on
s,rnat ~, s,,d be s.hos nos,,d ~ ana aowns nara
r,rlv ,i,,es III, norr r.nc ana . oraen,tv :
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IN, !, ~ c,,,s, or ,h aay !, So,eo.
IN nossh. ,y,e,hr oay ~ ma p-estaan,,s snnporers
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nsnr stanton ~, per,,aos he nav have some other
ho, !, ,t .,.,, -, !, ,.,so, ~ ,o,h, ~ H., ,a.a
a. 10 TIA. pe,i.man.s s,o.io no,,yes n aophpg ,ha
corner - tre,uents ,he ,onera, Withdrew serene and
,o, h,n,ora, as-
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The war p.psrimeut has been ali dav tho resort of
not opy radical senators and Reoresen,a,yes bu, of
-, IN, leading oocars of Tho ooyornm,c, Who a,a
troubled with liyely an xety To 10 taenlIaed with he
SIDE which ,hu. far has the appearance OF being
lul in The great contest now pending--among ,hom,
Generals Grant, Dent, Rawlings Rucker and Howard,
una Jndy, Fisher and host OF smaller d,gnares Tho
instructions given 10 the doorkeepers we're much the
-
admitted excep, membcrs Of Congress AMI others
known to the guard as personal friends and
admirers or the great man in the War Department
Numbers Of earnest radicals, who werc, however 40
unfortunate as 10 be unknown 70 fame applied In vain
for admission 10 the select circle OF sympathziers
Among the unsuccessful app cants at Tho door OF the
War Department during the day we're numerous news
paper correspondents, all OF whom with ono or two
exceptions went through the well known formally or
despatcning cards 10 Mr. Stanton oply 10 have them
returned with the familiar red tape eyason-"rhe
secretary is very much engaged and regrets tha he is
unable TO see YOU"
or tns latter number this morning was your CORES
pondent, who, approaching the doors OF the
War DEPARTMENT under convoy OF a brace Of CON
gressnen actually penetrated beyond the outer baY
rier and the triple guard the latter srppong the party
10 be Congress sioua trio within the nan however,
comm m,ssioncd sentinel mounted with ratr of starry