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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-02-14
GRANT 70 JOHNSON.

H.';,-i nave The honor 20 a"NHoWt-
,..-" tine rec ut OF Your communication
IL. lN.a instant. accompanied liy tic
'"mDn'~ OF five cabinet ministers e..
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AHh'nt admitting anything contained m
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ga ''Ij n"' accept That Interpretations.
N"N iof reasons .'r giving that l-tcr-
f''"'''"' IL was Gear 10 me before my
"i'cI "l J''-W'fE 81 was written, that
line person having more p"hhc business TO
transact with the secretary OF war than
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'",''-"'t t"c authority OF Mr. Stanton,
where H!e authority was derived ~ an
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-02-14

"CoAsrING."-Ihe Burlington Free
Press refers to Mr. Bccyhcr's essay on
sliding down Hill, ana gives the way ii is
done in burlington:
Cur young loIi.s do not coast" ON
the coast OF highway, but in the centre.
Two smoothly -hol sle'i>. tandem, are
connected by Il pine plank twelve or tit-
teen feet long. On this the lads and
las>cs. . dozen or more in Il row. be-,ow
themselves, closely packed, Of course.
y single pilot in the rear guides the con-
cern. Starting from the head Of Col
lcge or Main streets. away they 90, down
the hill half a mile in length, with the
speed and about the noise OF 4 lightning
train VI the bottom a long sleigh with
butl:ilo robes and two or four horses. rc-
ceive> the s!ileis, and takes them t. the
top of the hiiI-a degenerate, but luyu-
riouS inuovation-aud tie process i re
rcatyd, with an occasional aliournmrn:
to the house ut - friend for coffee amI
calolir, till the youthful moon -u:> pro-
per example hy -n.n@ TO bel, behind the
hills Such i cua~tirg with the modern
Improvements.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-02-14
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-02-14

\ Lone EXcHANGE.-AIr. Eaton OF
the Danville Star, noticing the coming
retirement of Hon. Z. T. Walton from
the Waterman says:
With one exception, the Waterman is
the only newspaper in the State, that has
been for Il long series OF years tower sky
in the hands Of the same iamily. That
exception Is the Star. During all this
logg period of time the two journals have
regularly exchanged. When boy, we
remember seeing the Vermont Watch
man in the Star office, and used to read
the political tits which the two papers
world sometime, have with each other.
This was under the odd regime and
we presume, was well relished and en-
,joyol by the actors and writers, and
readers too, perhaps, As similar pen and
ink mills uow-a-d:y@. In retiring
from the tolls and responsibilities vl
journalism. W. wish the editor of the
Waterman much JOY. and a long lille.
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14
The Grant and johnson Cor
resp0ndence.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 1868.
The Speaker laid before the House
communication from the War Depart
.nent, enclosing the following documents:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Feb. 4, 1868.
SIR = In answer to the resolution of
the House of Representatives Of the Sd
inst, transmit herewith copies furnished
me by General Grant Of the correspond
enc e between him and the President re-
lating to the Secretary of War, which he
reports to be all the correspondence he
had with the President on the subject.
have had no correspondence with the
President since the 18th of August last.
After the action of the Senate ON his al
legged reasons for my suspension from the
office of Secretary Of War, / have resumed
the duties of that office as required by the
act of Congress, and have continued to
discharge them without any personal or
written communication with the President.
No orders have been issued from this De-
partment in the name Of the President
with my knowledge, and have received
no orders from him. 1853 r>-...
The correspondence cent herewith en-
braces al the correspondence known to
me on the subject referred to in the reso-
luton of the House of Representatives
have the honor to be, sir, with great
respect, your obedient servant,
EDWIN III. STANTON, -
Secretary of War.
Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of
Representatives. .l8--s4,E, ItL.l% II.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14
JoHNsoN's PROMISED REPLY.


The friends of President johnson have
been anxiously awaiting the appearance
of promised "rejoinder by the Presi-
dent to the emphatic letter of General
Grant which concludes the above CORE
spondence, but none such had made Its
appearance up to the morning of the 10th.
A Washington special to the Chicago 1Ti-
hume Of the 9th says:
"The President has not yet sent his
much talked-of letter to General Grant.
1t was finished on Thursday, and CORE
spondents were given to understand that
evening that it had been delivered. There
is hitch in the matter somewhere, and
hints are made that certain members OF
the Cabinet, who have been quoted by the
President, do not remember things as he
wants to have them, and that the present
difficulty is to reconcile the President s
former letter with what he must write
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14

eY- For the first time in ten years Pal.
myra, N. Y, at its recent charter election,
went Republican. "Straws," etc.
e General Grant received, at noon on
the 10th, the Presidents reply to his last
letter. A motion was adopted in the
House calling for its transmission to that
body. 1t is said to have been, toned down
considerably from the first draft.
eY 1t is said the defeat-if it is defeat
ed--of the new constitution in Alabama,
is owing not to the votes against it, but to
the tactics of the ex-rebels in not voting,
and the terrorism they exercised over the
Union whites, who did not dare vote
gS The Annapolis correspondent Of
the Baltimore Anaericgp says there is
strong probability of a split among the
Democracy of Maryland, in consequence
of an effort on the part of Montgomery
Blair to force johnson ON the party as
candidate for President.
~ Two colored men at Madison, Wis,
who had fought in the Union army, have
taken endowment life insurance policies
payable to themselves on becoming forty
years old, or in case Of death before that
time, to the United States Treasury, show
ing that they regarded the nation their
nearest friend.
gY The Philadelphia Neaos, one of the
most decided Democratic newspapers in
Pennsylvania, declares that Vallandigham
has been a milestone around the neck of
the Democracy; hopes he will not continue
his efforts to disorganize the party in
Ohio, and asserts the Conservatives Of the
country neither need nor desire his SER
vices. e-4-ssl- = EC2
cY- The Copperhead papers have
claimed that the recent municipal election
in Cheyenne resulted in the victory of
their party. The fact is the contest pos
sessed no political significance. If it did,
it was certainly against the Copperheads.
The Cheyenne states the result as follows:
"The Democrats elected City Treasurer,
City Marshal and two Councilmen, while
the Republicans elected the Mayor, City
Clerk and four members Of Council"
CB- On the 4th instant an ex, Confcd-
crate soldier in Marshall county T"rr
named w. AIKEN, muir. ~ ------..-.--.-
named Robert Hogg, in the most open and
ld-blooded manner He then forbade
any one to bury him, and the murdered
man lay three days unburied, the hogs
meanwhile eating a portion Of his body.
No attempt was made at the time, OF has
since been made, to arrest AIKEN. Hogg
was sixty years old, and highly respected
colored citizen.
eE Mr.. Johnson's ill-success IN his con-
test with MI. Stanton, leaves no doubt
that the same perversity which animated
him then will be signally rebuked by his
discontinue now in his assault upon Gen.
Grant. That there may be a real misun-
derstanding between the two men, is prob
able; but that Gen. Grant has been guilty
of deliberate falsehood, the country will
not believe. Of Johnson, it is well known
that the truth is not in him. He is the
greatest liar in North America, not even
excepting jeff Davis. The alleged sup
port Of his Cabinet, which does contain
men not as wholly lost as he is, is the
only thing that makes his story worthy of
moments attention. Chicago E0e7aSng
Post
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14
Congressional.

In the Senate, on the 4th, communica
ton was submitted from the Secretary of War re
latng to the consttutionality of the Maryland APP
premiership law -. Mr.. Cragin presented petit
ton from the citizens of Colorado, asking admis-
sion to the Union The bill for the protection of
persons who make disclosures as parties or wit
nesses was passed. The vote passing the reso-
luton requesting the President to communicate
any instructions given to Generals Pope and
Meade on taking command of the Fourth Military
District with copies of the discussions and votes
in the Cabinet on the same subject, was reconsid-
cred, and so much of the resolution as relates to
discussion and votes in the Cabinet stricken out,
and the resolution again passed. The Supple
mentary Reconstruction bill was discussed, and
the Tenure. Office bill came up and after bate,
was recommitted for further consideration.
In the House, on the 4th, resolution
was presented from the Lincoln Encampment of
the G. A. R., Department of the Ohio, for the re-
lease of Colonel Hapin and Lieutenant Smith
from British prisons. A resolution was offered
concerning an organization In Tennessee, known
as the Klux Khan, and instructlng the Committee
on Freedmen's Affairs to inquire into its alleged
outrages. and the best means for their suppress
sion "A resolution was referred declaring 1t In
expedient to attempt by treaty to regulate duties
on imports The House proceeded to the con-
sideraton of the bill on the rights of American
citizens, the farther consideration of which, after
debate, was postponed to the 5tn. The Speaker
laid before the House the correspon 1ence between
General Grant and President johnson, in refer
ence to the Secretary of War, which was read and
referred to the Reconstruction Committee The
Senate bill to remove the disabilities from Cover
nor Patton of Alabama was referred to the Re-
construction Committee.
In the Senate, on the 9Th, several Exec
utive communications of no general interest were
referred -. A bill was passed authorizing the Sec
rotary of War to employ counsel in certain cases
to defend the military commanders at the South,
when proceeded against because of the Recon-
struciion acts "A number of bills and resolu
tons were introduced, when the Reconstruction
bill was called up and debated "A substitute
bill in addition to the Office act was re-
ported, but without action the Senate adjourned.
In the House. on the 9Th, Mr. Beatty,
the new member from the Eighth, Ohio District,
appeared and took his seat. The bin for the
protection in certain cases of persons making dis
closures as parties or testifying as witnesses was
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14
'Efne South.

A fire at Frankfort, KY, on the 4th, de-
stroyed 100000 worth of property.
The Georgia Reconstruction injunction
case has been dismissed by the Supreme
Court, for want Of jurisdiction. f1.ff
There was general belief at Washing
ton on the 10th, that the new Constitution
of Alabama has been defeated fra .:f
B. d. Eggleston, President of the Mis-
sissippi Reconstruction Convention, is the
Radical candidate for Governor of that
State.
A riot took place at Fayetteville, Tenn,
few days ago, resulting in the death of
one man and the wounding of several
Others @ el&f@
The Titusville Herald states that two of
the Benninghof robbers were recently
arrested in Memphis, Tenn, by an officer
of Westfeld, Chautauque county, N. Y.
The Florence Trober, from Little Rock
for Memphis, with five hundred bales Of
cotton, sunk on the night of the Sd, OLE
Pine Bluff. The boat was total loss. ~ (
There was considerable excitement in
heHpHls, 1oHn., o'ei INC TWIN SusPCA-
sion of the Gayoso Savings Institution,
and Lynch law came near being resorted
to-. The bank was the depository of. the
working classes. .a4-.s Is
The resignation of Senator Guthrie, of
Kentucky, because of ill-health, was COM
municated by the Governor to the Legis-
lature of that State ON the 10th. Tuesday,
February IS, is the day appointed by the
Legislature for balloting to fill the va.
ca1lcv p 20 .--.a -. --..
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14
The ~ eat,

The village Of Rochester, Oakland
county, Mich, was mostly destroyed by
fire on the 9th.
d General Pope, on the Sd, entered upon
his new command of the Department of
the Lakes, with headquarters at De-
tr0it.
By the act Ct the Utah Territorial Leg
islature the name of Great Salt Lake
City" has been changed to "Salt Lake
City"
A letter from Boulder Valley, Montana,
January 16, reports shocks Of earthquake,
lasting five minutes, and doing considers
BILE damage to property.
A man named George Dixon has been
arrested near Coldwater, Mich, on sus-
picion of beating his son, aged fourteen
years, to death with club.
AT Leavenworth, Kansas, two convicts
escaped from the Penitentiary, after bur-
rowing for three hundred yards under
ground. They were almost Immediately
recaptured. ~
A young lady at Wooster, Ohio, named
Miller, on the 9th, carelessly used kerosene
oil to aid in kindling fire, and the natural
consequence was she was burned, and died
the next day.
Attorney General O'Conner, of Iowa,
has delivered an opinion that the Legisla-
ture has the power to regulate and restrict
by law the passenger fares and freight
tariffs of that State.
During the melee Occasioned by the
attempt of prisoners to escape from the
Jail at St. Joseph, Mo-, few days ago,
Sheriff Craig and his wife were severely
wounded-and q Mr.. Fish, brother-in-law
of Mr.. Craig, and one of the prisoners
named Leland were killed.
A mysterious death occurred in Chicago
on the 9th. A young man named Charles
H.. Gordon, employed in bindery, was
found dead in the packing room of the
establishment. shot through the heart.
The coroner's jury were unable to deter
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14

Admiral Farragut arrived at Florence
from Genoa on the 18th.
The Fenian Captain Mackay was ar
rested in Cork on the 18th. He is charged
with leading the attack on the Martello
tower at Duncannon. L ca
1t is reported that a strong Canadian
force of regular troops is to be stationed
along the Niagara frontier on the opening
of navigation, with view to any possible
Fenian movements.
A London dispatch of the 18th, says that
later advices from the British army now
1. operating in Abyssinia are very discourag-
ing, and forbid hopes of a successful or
safe move this season.
An Aspinwall cigar dealer was recently
murdered by his partner in the room of 8.
hotel which they jointly occupied,' his
body cut up, nicely packed in one of his
own boxes, and carted away.
One Of the most terrific storms ever
known in Newfoundland has been expert
enced within the last few days 1t is re-
ported that thirty people have persisted
from cold and in the snow.
An attempt has been made to assasi.
nate the King and Queen of Portugal.
They were fired at while returning from
a hunting party. The assailants were
fired upon and some killed and others
wounded
The London Times, in an editorial on
the 9Th, on the arrest of rish-Americans,
admits that the Imprisonment of Train at
Cork was mistake, but says it should be
distinguished from the arrest Of Irishmen
who come cover there with the secret in
tention of creating revolt against the
government.
At a meeting at Birmingham, on the
9Th, John Bright made a speech. He
pleaded the wrongs of Ireland in part ex-
tenuation of the late Fenian outrages. He
only begged for Church reform. Mr.
Bright said there was nothing the United
States Government could do, if Ireland
were part and parcel of that country,
that England might not do also, if she
would
One of the gates Of the city of Cork was
undermined on the night Of the Sd, and
blown up. At the same time all telegraph
wires leading into the city were cut.
" Prompt action Of the police prevented q
further demonstration. Two brothers,
named David and John Barry, have been
arrested on a charge of robbing one of
the gun shops recently of large quantity
of powder. A man named Fitzpatrick has
also been arrested. 1t is thought he had
something to do with the gate explosion.
The police, while examining him, found q
bottle of phosphorus, or Greek fire, in his
pocket. Telegraphic communication was
generally restored on the 4th.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14
Winter i'm California.

There are two kinds of winter in Cali
fornia, a wet and dry WRITER. The pres
ent season has been a wet one, and its phe-
nomena are peculiar This wet winter
opens with a severe rain-storm in Decem'
Der, which interrupts mining and travelin
the interior, floods many of the valleys,
and does more or less damage to shipping
and buildings along the coast. During
this storm there falls upon the great
watershed of the Sierra Nevada from
twenty to thirty inches of rain, which is
thence drained into all its gorges, and
poured at last into two principal valley
channels of rather narrow and shallow
dimensions. The flood that follows is
simply inevitable. i-s 5sra
The food Of the present season has not
been quite as disastrous as that of some
previous winters, but the destruction has
nevertheless been considerable. Probably
thousands of square miles of bottom land
along the Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers, and their largest continents, are I'M
der water, and will remain so for consid
cradle time. p
The mountain streams have risen from
ten to twenty five feet, and many bridges,
fumes and dams have been destroyed and
mining claims filed up The experience
Vi ioImCI stasOnS mas IaugHb ZIG people Vi
these regions to adopt various precautions
against disaster. Horses and cattle have
been saved on mounds, and towns pro-
tected by levees That of Sacramento has
proved complete defense this season, and
other towns have also escaped the food
through the same means.
So that, taken altogether, there is reason
to hope that the present winter, though
nearly as wet, will not be nearly as de-
struC~.ve as those of some previous years,
notably those of 1851 and 1852. xls
What is the difference between ones
mouth and handbook Not much; either Is a
good place to put muffin.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14
HEADQUARTERS Q. s. ARMY.

HEADQUARTERS q. S. ARMY,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 25, 1868. {
His Excelency, Andrew johnson, President of the
United States; - t.;v -.,t q. r.
SIR: On the oath inst, I requested you
to give me in writing the instructions
which you had previously given me ver-
balIy, not to obey any order from Hon. E.
M. Stanton, Secretary of War, unless /
knew it came from yourself. To this writ
ten request I received a message that has
left a doubt in my mind of your intention
To prevent any possible misunderstanding,
therefore, / renew the request that you
will give me written instructions and until
they are received, will suspend action on
your verbal ones. ] am compelled to ask
these instructions in writing in con-
sequence Of the many gross misrepresenta-
tions affecting my personal honor circu-
lated through the press for the last fort
night, purporting to come from the Presi-
dent, of conversations which occurred with
the President privately in his office or in
Cabinet meetings. What is written adj
mits of no Misunderstanding In view of
the Misrepresentation referred to, it will
be well to state the facts in the case
Some time after | assumed the duties of
Secretaryof War, adj interim, the President
asked Iny views as to the course Mr.. Stan
ton would have to pursue, in case the Sen.
ate should not concur in his suspension, to
obtain possession of his office My reply
was in substance that Mr.. Stanton would
have to appeal to the courts to reinstate
him, illustrating my position by citing the
grounds / have taken in the case of the
Baltimore Police Commissioners. In that
case did not doubt the technical right
of Gov. Swami to remove the old
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14

instatement of Mr.. Stanton. This account
OF what passed between us at the Cabinet
meeting on the 14th inst. widely differs
from that contained in your letter, for it
SHOWS that instead of having stated our
conversations as given in the letter which
mas MADE this reply necessary, you admit
TED tnat my recital of them was entirely
accurate. Sincerely anxious, however, to
pc correct IN my statements, have to-day
read this narration of what occurred on
the 14th instant to the members of the
Cabinet who were then present, and they,
without exception, agree in its accuracy.
IL only necessary to add that on Wednes-
day morning, the 18th, you called on me
In company with Lieutenant General Sher-
man. After some preliminary converse
ton, you remarked that an article in the
National I1atelligencer Of that date did you
injustice. l replied that l had not read
the Intelagencer of that morning. You
first told me that 1t was your intention to
urge Mr.. Stanton to resign. After you
had withdrawn, l carefully read the arti-
Gle of which you spoke, and found that its
statement of the understanding between
US was substantially correct. On the 18th.
caused it to be read to four or five mem
bers of the Cabinet who were present at
our conference of the 18th, and they con-
Cured in the generalaccuracy of the state
ment respecting our conversation on that
occasion. In reply to your communication,
deemed 1t proper to prevent further
misunderstanding, to make this simple
recital of facts. .3'@e' 1852 81
Very respectfully, yours,
,a- ANDREW JOHNSON.