The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-15


GENERAL. GRANT IN CONGRESS -MERRInfEN
OF MEMBERs-aENERAL GRANTS FINAL sHo'
GENERAL MCCLELLAN AND THE MISSION tt
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Washing ton correspondent OF the Baltl
more Sun writes under date Of February IL:
The Presidents rejoinder to General Gran
ond accomnanvinp statement Of members o
the cabinet. were read in the House this after
noon. and listened to by the members ane
spectators with undivid d att.ntlon. The
Presidents letter did not excite any sP +cial re-
mark during the reading, but the letters O.
Messrs. Wells, McCulloch and Seward were
greeted with outbursts oflaughter from the Re-
publican sideof the House. The first two ex'
cited the "risibles" by reason Of their brevity
and sweeping endorsement Of the genera
statements Of the President. and the letter Of
Mr, Seward provoked merr1ment Dy reason OF
what the members termed lts Sewardlsms, lts
diplomatic character, and here and there OF
the commital phraseology.
General Grants final reply to the PRESIDENT
WAS received this afternoon at The Executive
mansion inst as the private secretary was leav-
ing for Congress with the Presidents rejonder.
In about an hour Afterwards the President sent
to the House q copy of General Grants last
letter.
Upon motion of General Butler the House,
in committee Of the whole, to-day struck out
OF the Executive Appropriation, Dill the allow
ance for certain secretaries ana CLERKS In In the
Presidents household. Under the Law the Ex-
ecutive is allowed o private secretary, an as
sistant private secretary, phonographlc writer,
pardon clerk and three additional CLERKS Even
this force has not been found sufficient to per-
form the heavy and accumulating work OF the
Executive Office, and two military ofncers were
detailed for additional help at the White
House, one of these, long ago, upon the sug-
imperatiyelv required of the Executive give all
the above assistants ample work, and the busl-
ness is constantly on the increase.
It is given out that General George b.. NC
Clellau will De nominated to Mlmster to
England. Whilst there is no Official auth orlza-
ton for such an announcement, 1t may be sald,
nevertheless, that it has been known for some
days that the President had such nomination
under consideration.
GRANTS LAST LETTER.
The following letter from General Grant, in
reply to the Presidents last communication.
was sent to the House of Representatives, On
Tuesday, by the President:
To the House of Representatives The ac-
companyJng letter from General Grant, receiy-
ed since tho transmission to the b. use OF Rep
resentatives Of my communication Of this date,
is submitted to the House Rs part OF the cor
respondence referred to in the resolution OF
tho lOtli instant. ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, D. c., February IL, 1868.
HEADoRs. ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
WASHINGTON, D. G., February IL, 1858.
His Excellency A. johnson, President Of the
United States-Sir / have the honor to ao-
knowledge the receipt Of your communication
of the 10th instant, accompanied by the state
ments Of five cabinet ministers of their recol-
lection of what occurred IN cabinet meeting on
tho 14th Of January. i;
Without admitting anything in these where
they differ from anything heretofore stalled by
me I propose to notice only that porti N Of
your communication wherein ] am charged
with insubordnation. l think it will be plain
to the reader of my letter Of the 90th OF JAN
ua1y that did not propose to disobey any le-
cal order Of the President distinctly given, but
only gave On Interpretation OF what woEld be
regarded as satisfactory evidance Of the Presl-
dents sanction to orders communicated by the
Sc retary OF War. / will say here that your
letter of the 10th instant contains tho first in
timation I have that you did not accept that
inte4 probation.
Now lor reasons for giving that lnterpreta.,
gf Xes clear Ges Nriffen Er that the person
having more public business to transact with
the Secretary OF War than any other OF the
Presidents subordinates, was the only one who
had been instructed to disregard the authority
of MIR. Stanton where his authority was denied
as agent OF the President.
On the 9th of January I received letter
from the Secretary Of War (copy herewith),
directing me to turnish escort to public treasure
from the Rio Grande to New Orleans, etc., at
the request OF the Secretary of the Treasury to
him. ! also send two other enclosures show
ing recognition Of MIR. Stanton as Secretary OF
War by both the Secretary Of the Treasury and
Postmaster-General in all Of which cases the
Secretary of War had to call upon me to make
the orders requested or give the information
desired, and where his authority to do 80 is de-
rived, in my view, as agent OF the PresioenI.
of the President here referred to, it was my
duty to inform the President OF my interpreta-
ton OF it, and to abide by that Interpretation
until received other orders. Dlsclaimlng any
intention now or heretofore Of disobcying any
legal order of tho President distinctly COM
municated, l remain, very respectfully, your
0D'>''''-' wa ~ U. s. GRANT, General.
The letters accompanying are from the Post
Office Department, asking for information with
respect TO change of military posts, in order
to the protection of the mails. The next Is q
letter from the Treasury Department, asking a
military escort for the transitu Of public
moneys, to prevent them from Iallng into the
hands of robbers. On the 9th OF January
Secretary Stanton writes letter, addressed to
General Grant, asking him to detail force to
protect public moneys in Texas.
GRANT NOTIFYING PosrT1oN-HE COMPLAINS
OF TIE TRIoKERY OF TIE RADIoALs-sHER-
MANS ADVICE TO THE PREsDENT-ALABAMAT TO
BE RECONSTRUCTED IN SPITE OF HERSELF.
The Washington correspondent Of the Balti-
moro Gazette writes on the 11th inst:
AM ex-member Of Congress from Illinois, who
is now here, and who has been friend and
companion OF Grants from boyhood, had a
long interview with the General few evenings
since. and learned from him that he blames his
pretended political friends for al! his embar-
rassments.
he said that he had endeavored to keep out
OF their meshss; but that they had entrapped
him before he knew it, and had involved hum
in his present difficulties. If, said the Gene
ral, 1 can only manage 10 get out Of this scrape,
promise they don't catch me again. during
the recital of the manner in which he had been
oYer-reaohed by politicians, the General ex-
hibited a deep teellug, and left the impression
on the mind Of his friend that ne would wipe
his hands of Radicalism.
AS General Sherman g name has peen orought
into the controversy between the President
and General Grant, 1t may not be amss to
state that tho President is in receipt OF letter