Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1868-01-30
From the Washington correspondence of the N w
York World.
An Official Report of the johnson
Grant fair.

ton or Veraclty that has been raised be-
tween President johnson and General
Grant in certain journals compels your
correspondent to make known the follow
ing facts, which confirm his original state
ment to the World, and which notsonly the
President himself, but four Of the most
prominent members Of his Cabinet will
positively youch for:
just after the formal meeting Of the
Cabinet On January II, the article from
the National Intelligepcer Of the 18th was
read in presence Of the President and the
aforementioned members Of the Cabinet.
The statements made in that article, which
were substantially those teegraphed after
an interview with fIr Johnson by the cor
respondent Of the World, were agreed to
By the President and all the Secretaries
present; but the objection was made that
they fell short Of what actually occurred
during the meeting Of the Cabinet on Tues
day the 18th instant. The first Secretary
or member OF the Cabinet present at the
meeting on January 18th, referred to, OBJ
served that General Grant acknowledged
that he General Grant) had promised
either to retain The Office or to tender his
resignation III time 10 enable the President
to appoint a successor He General
Grant, said his opinion at the time was,
that the ms must stay in until the outs
could get in by due course of law
make full record Of what occurred
here on Tuesday,.
The second Secretary said 1.-The Sec
retary's record, then, agrees with this
newspaper statement, excepting that it is
more full
Whercupon the first Secretary said :
Eyes, ii gives a much more detailed ac-
count Of what occurred here Speaking
Of his Withdrawal from the War Depart
ment, Grant said that he boltcd one door
Of the Secretary'5 Office on the inside,
locked the other ard delivered the KEY to
the Adiutant- General He did not pro-
fess to know what transpirect Afterwards !"
The second Secretary added 1T is not
at all surprising Chat be (dranD did not
recollect. He was evidently too much con
fused to remember much"
Then the third Secretary remarked ::
He (GranD said that the discussion in
the papers had caused him to look over
the law, and be had found. trouble in the
second and first sections. lie Grant re-
marked that he did not wish to be subject
cd to imprisonment and fine; when the
Precedent replied why, [ ID you, Gen
eral, that would take all the inprison-
ment and pay all the fines that might be
imposed upon you"
The first Secretary continued: He
(meaniug Grant, admitted all, and made
a stammering excuse that had in it no IN
eligibility. He admitted that when the
interview terminated Saturday he was 10
have seen the President on Monday upon
the subject
The second Secretary now observed
ole (Grant) admitted that if he changed
his views the President was to be notified
id season to enable the President to put
the Office in the same position as it was
when he" (Grant) twas appointed Secre-
tary ad interim"
The third Secretary then proceeded to
say: The President said to General
Grant: I expected to see you Monday. =
Why did you not call?' Grant replied that
he was too much occupied by General
Sherman and by many little matters.
The second Secretary amended as fol-
lows: Il think he was engaged in the
preparations necessary to an abdication Of
the War Office"
The fourth member of the Cabinet pre-
sent declared: ''And the fact was devel-
oped that General Sherman was here on
Monday"
The President now. pertinently said
con Saturday, when he (Grant) referred
to the tenure-of-office act, I told him that
| would take all the imprisonment and pay
all the fine that might be imposed upon
him under its provisions. When he arose
to leave the room repeated the remark
for | wanted to know. whether or not he
intended to hold on to the Office, designing
to relieve him if it was his purpose to
yield it."
The fourth member of the Cabinet went
on to say to the President: .'On Tuesday
you told him that was the object Of your
conversation with him on Saturday."
The second Secretary spoke: ssHe Ge-
ferring to Grant, did what l expected he
would do"
The fourth Cabinet member continued
after the Secretary Il did not suppose
man occupying his position would SO pre-
varicate"
Your correspondent deems it best to
omit the stronger terms employed by the
speaker to denote his evident disgust at
what he conceived to be the bad faith of
Grant
The third Secretary said my idea
is. that he supposed that the Senate would
act on Saturday, and he intended to carry
over the President until Monday. The
Senate not having acted then. he did not
come to see the President on Monday, not
wishing to see him until the whole thing
had been contaminated"
The President finished the conversation
as follows: II desired to know what he
General Grant, would do, and did not
think that he could have SO misunderstood
the agreement.
Your correspondent having commune
Gated not merely in Substance hnt literal