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l have the honor, &C.,
L. $. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 81.

y. ~. NkAN1.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 81.
| GEN: received your communication
on the 2Sth inst, renewing your request
of the 9th that | should repeat in writ
ten form my verbal instructions of the
10Th inst, viz: You obey no order
from Hon. F.. NJ. Stanton, as Secretary
Of War, unless you have information
it was signed by the Presidents direc-
ton. AT the same time you informed
me that according to the act regulating
the tenure Of certain civil officers, your
| functions of Secretary Of War adj inte-
rim ceased from the moment of the re-
ceipt of notice. You thus. in disregard
of the understanding between us, Vaca-
ted the office without having given no.
tice Of your intent to do so. 1t is but
just to say, however, that in your COM
munication you claim that you did in
form me of your purpose, and thus full
filled the promise made in our preced-
ing conversation ON the subject The
fact of such promise existing is evi-
dence of an arrangement of the kind
that L have mentioned. You had found
in our first conference that the Presi-
dent was desirous ofkeeping Mr.. Stan
ton out of office whether sustained in
the suspension or not. You knew
what reasons had induced the President
to ask from you a promise. You also
knew that Ill case your views of dutv
did not accord with the Presidents con-
victions, it was his purpose to fill vour
tplace by another appointment. Even
Ignoring the existence of a positive nn-
derstandlng between us, the conclnsion
was plainly deducible from our vari-
Gus conversations. 1t is certain. that
f even under these circumstances, Won
did not offer to return the place to nv
possession, but according to your own
; statement placed yourself in opposition
Could l have anticipated YOUR action
would have been compelled TO ask ot
you, as was compelled to ask of Won,
: predecessor in the War Department 9
letter of resignation, or to resort to tbf
more dlsagreeable eXpedient of ,sns.
pending you by the appointment Of 9
: successor. AS stated in YOUR letter tbe
nomination Of Governor Cox Of Ohio
for Secretary of War, was SUGGESTED
to me. His appointment as MI Stan.
tons successor was urged in yonr name
0 and 1t was said that his selection wonld
save further embarrassment. 7 did nor
= think that in the selection of a Cabinet
officer, L should be trammelled hv SucI
, considerations. [ was prenared to takf
the responsibility of decidino the ones
llon ~ accordance with my ideas O.
constitutional duties, and having deter
: mined upon course which [ deemed
c right and proper, was anxious to lear1
: the steps you would take should posses
SION OF the War Department be de
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-02-14

ETERNAL vigilance is the price of lib
erty. Never in the history cf our coun-
try was vigilance more necessary than
to-day. Each opponent of the destruc-
tive heresies of Radicalism should at
once consider himself detailed for guard
duty, and desert not his post for an in
slant so long as the bugle-calls of the
enemy are heard at the portals of the
temple of liberty. The gap caused by
the absence of one sentinel may leave
open gate for hostile army to march
through. Duty now; rest after the bat
| tie is decided
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-02-14
pseauent " S9YRODY.

u6seqaedd' ,nSkacRYBODH-
~ the law Of ) u
anu anu nat;on % of the ,E STOCK OF
aliii,,' ~. Lli1 1D mind whethl ltly receiving
in my yoilia ra;. being thtside PUBLIC
ed. ms misc his re-, Atlee a.
sam same danger apP1re pPE1orr He vii.
removal might 1oi5Ow. 5ors stock OF
Tould have 1t unoGi un4;Sn - =
Nnrsue was in vlolalotii - 4
4 9ers from you, Wh11
uT nursue, and whict nee z
tully understooh; >, T d;soS
: Nth law, and 1ot III o,s0
+ orders of my H1p ~ PUas;depS
al Anu n q soldier, and into
L honor - isen so violently asst
4 man ha1 IN laying tlsst can u
: ms W.T. matter, from begiEfE<
If end, as an attempt to involve me
Y resistance of the law, for which
Y hesitated to assume the responsibility
r in order thus to destroy my characfN'
:, before the country. am in a measure
% confirmed in this conclusion by your re-
< cent orders, directing me to disobey or
N ders from the Secretary of War, my su-
u perior and your subordinate. Without
l. having countermanded his authority,
E. am to disobey him. With the assurance
d Mr.. President, that nothing less than &
T. vindication of my personal honor and
s. character could have induced this cor
l. respondence on my part, have the hon
st or to be, very respectfully, your obe-
re dient servant,
=
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-02-14
The President and General era

The correspondence between PREF.
dent JOHNSON and Gen. GRANT is I1ss
lisked at length in the daily papers
1t is too extended for our limit, AM
we content ourself with copying ssaef
portions oft as are necessary to a prop
er understanding of the present statu
and merits of the controversy:
~ WASHINGTON, January "a, 1858.
To has E,rcet{ency, Andreao .Jot4ssoz.
President Of the United States
SIR-I have the honor very respect
fully to request to have in writing tt,
order WHICH the President gave nlea
bally, OH Sunday. the 19th instl
disregard the orders. of Hon. assx
/ St. ST, ~ on, as E9ecfet4ry of s,af,
know from the Presto cnt hiynsi.ss 90
| thay We're his ordel.A
. Y1laVe The honor to be, very feSpEE
fully, your obedient servant, ~
49,. . Z. S. GRANT, General.
The following Endorsement is on tn,
above note:
AS requested in this communication
General Grant is instructed in writing
not to obey any order from the War De
partment assumed to be issued by di
rection Of the President, unless sucl
order is known by the General com
manding the armies of the United
States to have been authorized by the
Executive. ANDREW JOHNSON.
January %, 1868.
In a communication of the 31st
the President in reply to a communica.
ton from General Grant, requesting q
OF IN Stontnntc
ders, alludes to an interview wherein
the proper cause should be pursued in
the case of StantOn's reinstatement
1t was fully discussed, and the inter
view terminated with a full understand
ing that if, upon reflection, Gen. Grant
should prefer to become party to the
controversy, or conclude it would be his
duty to surrender the office to Stanton,
he would return the office to the Presi-
dent prior to acting by the advice of the
Senate, in order that he might designate
a successor. Had not this understanding
been reached, it was the purpose of the
President to relieve him and appoint
some other one in that capacity.
The Presidents letter is very long
and throughout shows that Grant acted
contrary to his repeated pledges.
w ASHINGTON, January ~, 1868.
HIS ErceUency Andretc johnson, Pres
adent Of the United St0teS:
SIR-I have the honor to acEnowl-
edge the return of my note of the 9th
inst, with your Endorsement thereon
that am not to obey any order of the
War department assumed to be issued
by order of the President, unless such
order is known by nIc as authoIizet, by
the Executive, and reply thereto that ]
am informed by the Secretary of Wan
that he has not received from the EX-
ecutive any order or instructions limit
ing or impairing his authority to issue
orders to the army, as has heretofore
been his practice under the law and Gus
toms of the Department. While his
authority in the War Department was
not tcountermanded, it will be satisfacto-
ry evidence to me that any orders OF
his issued from the War Department by
direction of the President is authorized
by the Executive.
I have the honor. &c.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-02-14
q. S. GRANT, General.

The editor of the Natire VtrgtniaB
doesn't seem to be smitten with very
enthusiastic admiration of the Virginia
Convention. He says:
Very little space in these columns has
been or will be devoted to the doings of
the assemblage of chinch-bugs, weevils,
snake doctors, seed-ticks, chigoes, bed
bugs, cockroaches, dog-ticks, rear-dicks,
grub-worlns. ller-jackets, black-gnats,
tobacco-worms, wood-lice, back-snapp-
ers, fiy-blOws, maggot-skippers, dung
beetles and pismires, which now defle
our ancient capital.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-02-14

THE North Carolina Convention has
decreed that the word negro" shall
no longer be used in that State; and
that the reporter Of amy newspaper
adopting the offensive tern shall be ex-
cluded from the hall, the galleries, OF
tl5y floor of that august Body. The Con-
vention does not say what shall be an
acceptable synonym of the forbidden
word, Negroes have the majority in
that Convention.
4 FRENCH editor proposes to connect
England and France by bridge, bear
ing 4 double line of railway, carriage
way and a footway, with shops and
restaurant! The bridge would rest
on thirty-two iron piles, would be S35
feet broad and SO feet high-5S5 feet
above sea-level. All for the moderate
sum of SSO,oO00O0
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-02-14

IT having been stated in Detroit pa
per that large numbers of young men
in that city were out of employment, a
gentleman just across the Canada line
writes that he will employ one hundred
of them in cutting wood, at five shil-
lings a cord, in gold. But the young
men do not want to cut wood.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-02-14

THE Lehigh Valley Daily Ne,cs re-
lates good story of a young darkey in
Allentown who was sent to get some
thing to smoke the meat in his employ
er's smoke house. The darkey went
out and invested the money in cigars,
and seated himself in the smoke house
under the meat, lighted a cigar and
pulled away. He had disposed Of six
teen cigars in this way before the blum
der was discovered by the family.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22
Let Us Have Peace"

Dir. Hassaurek, the German edito
and orator, Of Cincinnati, preached
very effective sermon from this tex
at Cincinnati few evenings since
He said:
Il believe shall select text from
little document which probably
every one of you have read, the let
ter of acceptance Of our candidate
for the Presidency. As it is said
preachers must have their text |
will select mine. | will take as a
text the last line from Gen. Grants
letter OF acceptance, Let us have
peace these memorable words which
the Republican party has inscribed
on its banner this year, and in which
the whole issue of the campaign is
presented, az it were, in q nutshell
The Republicans say Let us have
peace, and the Democrats say, let
US have trouble and there is the is
sue OF this campaign.
Now, fellow citizens. how shall
we have peace? That is the next
question OF course the country
wants peace. We have had war
enough; we have had excitement
enough; we have passed through all
the agonies of a period of transition.
We want peace. How are we going
TO get it? Why, gentlemen, we
cannot have peace by intrusting with
the power of the Government the
party that made the war. We cam
not have peace by placing these in
power who have brought all those
troubles over the country. We cam
not have peace by making the fox
the custodian of the hen roost.
1--WE cannot have peace by APP
pointing the wolf as guardian of the
lamb. We cannot have peace by APP
pointing the hawk as the tutor Of
the canary bird We cannot have
peace by putting those very men in>
to power who have made the war.
who prolonged the war unnecessarily
by their factions opposition to all
measure necessary for the purpose of
carrying on the war effectually; the
men who, even, after war, tried TO
keep alive the animosities and the
passions excited by civil war Of
four years duration.
Hence, then, for the pur pose Of es>
tablishing peace, it is necessary to
keep the Democrotic party out Of
power for what it has done. But /
m,uot going TO rehearse a twice-told
tale. | am not going to arraign the
Democratic party tonight for what
it has done during the past. know
Mr.. Vallandigham don't like to be
reminded of the past. | know that
all our Democratic speakers object to
being reminded of the history of the
last four or five years. They say
that we must let by-gones be by
cones, ! am not going to arraign the
Democratic party tonight for what
it did during the war. | am going
to arraign it for it's present position,
which is 3 standing threat against
the peace and tranquility of the coun-
try. 1t is the present position Of the
Democratic party with which | am
now concerned"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

SALARY OF THE GOVERNOR GENER-
AL.-rhe people of the dominion
are growing at the enormous salary
of the Governor General, who gets
$50, 900 a year in sterling coin, OF
three times as much as the President
Of a nation ten times as populous and
powerful as the dominion. The
Legislature of Canada has attempted
to reduce the salary, but the British
Government has vetoed the bill on
the ground that the right kind of a
man could not be had for less money.
What is meant by fit man, or the
right kind of man is man of aristo-
cratic rank. lie must be Duke, Lord,
Count, or something of that sort, and
must be paid salary sufficient to
support the dignity OF his title rather
than for the work he has to perform.
A cotemporary says that this is the
rule (which also regulated the saIar-
les of officers in France before the
Revolution, drawing from Claviere,
the Swiss fnancier, when he took
office, the remark, shat it was like
employing a Dutch florist instead OF
a common gardener to raise pota-
toes"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22
MATT. III. CARPENTER.

Box Your TUMBLING RoDs-We
recently called attention to the im>
portance of boxing your tumbiug
rods of threshing machines, and to
the great danger of neglecting it
The Watertown Republican records
shocking accident which occurred
in the town OF Emmett on the Goth
ult., in consequence of this unpar-
donable neglect. A woman named
Nym, went to call the tbreshers to
dinner, and in passing over the tum>
bling rod, her clothes caught in the
knuckc and she was wound around
the rod till both her arms, one
leg and back were broken; and
though lingering in life there was of
course, no possibility of her recovery.
Such neglect is positively and highs
ly criminal and if we have not laws
to adequately punish such reckless
disregard of human life, it is high
time We had Wisconsin, Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22
wait until we hear from Maine. +"

The New York Herald, in com,
menting on the Vermont election,
two weeks since, said
1T does not appear that the great
financial questions of the day were
brought out in tho canvass. The
people were not made to understand
that now was the time for them to
attempt to seek relief from the terri
BILE burden OF taxation. Instead, the
old raIlying cries Of the war were
raised, aud the Vermonlers went to
the ballot box as i they expected to
be called upon TO fight their old bait
ties over again. This sentiment was,
no DOUBT, accelerated by the nicely
concocted stories of rebel outrages
upon Union men in the South, by
the reports af an actual collision in
at least one of the Southern States
and by other means always at the
command of the radical leaders 0 in
fuence the tender aud patriotic sen,
sibilities of the New England people
The chief issues OF the Presidential
cam paign have, however, been dis
cussed in the State of Maine by the
champions of both parties and it il
proper to await the result of the cleo
ton there fortnight hence before a
safe Judgement can be formed of the
tendency of the popular mind in tbs
New England States upon the grave
| questions now before the whole
| American nation. Wait until W.
hear from Maine"
Well, how does the Herald like tht
resalt on tho schief issues" in Maine
aud the tendency ofthe popular mine
in New England ?
ssg Horace May of Knoxville
Tenn, is renominated for Congress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22
The Origin of Petroleum q New
Theory.

A correspondent of the Pittsburg
Commercial says:
A few days since | heard gentle
| man ID the Duncan House, at Oil
City, give M entirely new theory as
to the formation Of crude oil, so new
and novel, indeed. that think it
worthy OF publication His theory
is, that immense quantities of animal
and vegetable deposits in the ocean
find a channel or channels, with
proper currents Of water, by which
they are carried great distances I'M
der the earth or through tho earth,
and, being mixed with the salt water
Of the sea. and the various salts, ak.
aliCs. ana other chemical properties
of the earth, are infiltrated through
the eand and retorted with the great
heats OF the interior or the globe, f.
rally become crude oil Sometimes,
he says. The retort or still becomes to
hot, and, in consequence, the distil-
late is scorchtd and burned, in proof
OF which We oQ@n pump dry black
SCOT, which floats upon the surface of
water, and has every appearance of
that obtained IL u chimney Salt
water, also, is always found with the
oil, and the oil never without 1t. 1t
is now well,known and settled fact
that salt water from the ocean, after
being infltrated thorough the earth
becomes the puEest, freshest, sweet
est spring water we have, and that
nearly all the springs Of fresh water
on our mountains are supplied from
the Atlantic Ocean. Why not crude
oil come from the same source
What has become Of all The amin al
and vegetable creation which has
persisted in the Atlantic Ocean since
the 'the morning stars sang togeth-
err" PHILos.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

s%The Democratic platform re-
commends payment of the public OBJ
legations in strict accordance with
theirterms. They learned that phrase
while they were running the Con-
federate Government. They paid
the Confederate notes in strict acc
ordance with their terms, viz: one
year after treaty of peace shall be
signed between the Confederate
States and the United S.ates.-N. Y.
Trjbune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22
H1-One of the marked fa.t,ros

H1-One OF the marked features of
the pending campaign is the extreme
solicitude of those recently in arms
against the Government for the I'm
ion and Constitution. Four years
ago these men were very anxious
for the election of Mcclellan, and for
precisely the same reasons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

EE Governor Curtin thinks that
Pennsylvania will give Grant heav-
Ter majority than was ever before cast
for Presidential candidate, and that
Seymour will not get single North>
ern State if the tide keeps on rising.
lie believes the vote of Vermont will
be the key mote Of the final result.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

Boston, Sept 15.-J. G.. Blaine,
Chairman of the Maine Republican
State Committee, teIegraphs from
Angus q ave have carried every
Congressional District, even where
the vote is closest, by over 1900 ma.
jority. We have carried every coun.
tv, regaining the three that were
carried by the Democrats last year.
We have elected every Senator, and
seven>eighths of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and have rolled up pop
ular majority for Governor Cham
pertain of 10000"
Augusta, Me-, Sept. l5.-Returns
from 298 towns, embracing more
than four>f ifths of the entire vote of
the State, give Champerlain 60, 149
Pillsbury, 44.650. The same towns
last year gave Champerlain 46, 907 !;
PiIlsbury, 37,423. The Republican
majority this year, 18,498; last year,
9,484. The towns yet TO be heard
from gave last year Chamberlain,
II, 1S4 Pillsbury, 8,204. Should the
same ratio OF relative increase be OBJ
tanned in these, with those already
reported, their total vote would be I:
Chamberlain, 14,912; Pillsbury, TO-
254 ; which would give a total vote
of 1872, $50. of which Chamberlain
would have rs. 100 and PilIsbuiy 81, :
800, giving Chamberlain a majority
of q 800. 1t is not believed, how>
ever that the towns to be heard from,
viii maintain the ratio of increase
exhibited in those that are reported
Judge Rice and other leading Dem
ocrats here claim $4,000 votes for
PiIlsbury, bnt concede the same rela.
tive increase TO Chamberlain.
Mr.. Blaine, Chairman of the Re
publican State Committee, has only
claimed 10000 majority, asserting
that Cham berlain's vote would ex
coed $4,000. Mr.. BIaine's canvass o
the State was most thorough, and BIZ
figures have thus far proven very
accurate and reliable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22
ssFLohn Morrissau writes 70 II

John Morrissey writes to tho
World that he sustains Seymour and
Blair, and does not bet on Grant
Right in the same line, zone of the
passengers" sends the following straw
TO the New York Sun.
"a vote was taken on board tho
steamer carrying passengers from
Washington and Baltimore to tho
scene of the late fight between Coll
yer and Billy Edwards, resulting as
follows: For Seymour and Blair, 81
for Grant and Colfax, 4.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

FAST TIME.-On Saturday last a
special train on the Wisconsin Divis-
ion of the Northwestern Railroad
was run 242 miles, from green Bay
to Chicago, in eight hours and thirty
three minutes, or thirty-five miles
per b our. The "run" from Wood,
stock to Chicago, fifty one miles, was
made in forty-nine minutes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22
nsn- The primoreniture law i

esa-Thc primogeniture law in
England is pretty sure to be abolish
ed. The working classes express
their determination to obtain access
to the soil on fair and easy terms,
and the land question is the absorb
ing one in the elections. Candidates
are Intercepted very closely as to
their sentiment on the subject of
land monopoly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

A CoNFEssIoN.-The Pittsburgh
Post Dem makes the following con
fession
There is no trouble about the
money this year with the democrats,
there is slasEins of t--and why not
The democrats StGid at home during the
cdr and got the mule and other fat con :
tracts chllStthe republicans pere getting
killed in the army. That's what's the
matter"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

The Richland County Republican
reports very large crops thereabouts
from 1000 to 1000 pounds an oore
Everybody is engaged in picking
figures. Nv
the Mansion Star says most
yards Whereabouts will be cleaned out
THIS week. The hops are mostly of
q. good quality, a few injured by
lice.
The Oshkosh Northeastern says
tho yield there, in nearly every in
stance, equals and generally exceeds
expectations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

s@-The Sank city Pioneer reports
the ops in that part OF Sank County,
gathered and cured in the best mann
er, and says that as the Germans in
that section have not gone headlong
into hop culture, to the exclusion OF
everything else, they will not suffer
so much as where the people have
devoted themselves entirely to hops.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

ESlt seems that the Democracy
had quite time, after all, to get An.
dy to agree to support Seymour and
Blair. Our kilograms indicate very
clearly that only few days ago, An.
dy told the Democracy to take their
platform and their candidates and 90
to Halifax. 81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Post Office address, Lancaster, Wis.,
Judge of Circuit Court. 7. MILLS.
Judge OF Probate C0urt-WM. Mc90NIsLL,
Treasurer--V. Y. KINNEY.
Sheriff.. p. Cox
Register OF Deeds-JosEPH Book.
clerk of Circuit Court. W. BLArpING.
Clerk of Board of Supervisors +. II. PARSONS
Chm of Board of Experimentation BURR.
Superintendent of Schools. 2. HUBBARD.
County SurveyoT-J0EL BARBER.
District AttOrney-G. O. HAZELToN, (P. o. B0scobei.)
Coroner-CHAs. DIcEEY. (P. o. Dickeyvle)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-22

no. There are 80 cardinals, 90 pat
riachs, archbishops, 1872 priests, 100
seminaries, 2,947 monks, 2,191 nuns.
4,602 Jews, and 488 Protestants in
Rome.