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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

llEApqrAEIERs ARMY L. s., WASHINGTON,
Jan. -, lSGS.--l Exccllcncy, Andrew
johnson, President of the United States -
sir; | have the honor TO acknowledge the
return OF my note of the 10th inst, with your
endorsement thereon that am not TO obGa
any order from the War Department assum-
ed to be issued by direction of the President,
unless such order is known by me TO have
been authorized by the Executive: and in
reply thereto to say that am informed by
the Secretary Of War that he has not receiv-
ed from the Executive any order or instruc-
tions limiting or mpairing his authority to
issue orders Il. The army, as has heretofore
been his Practice under TIE law and the Gus
toms of the department While this author
ity to the War Department is not counter
mandcd, ID will lie satisfactory evidence tc
me that any orders issued from the War De
partmeDt by direction of the President arc
authorized by the Executive. Ihave the hon.
or 10 be, very respectfully, your obedient
servant. U. 5. GRANT, General.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
CoKoDE IND EEN1OM.

The late letter of '.lIonest John Coyode,
OF Pennsylvania, the great author of five
volumes Of investigations, to Governor Reu-
ben L. Fenton, Of New York, the author of
Il recent letter in favor Of buryng the rebel
dead at Antietam, side by side with the
Union slain, in the National Cemetery there,
is a sockdolager. Reuben has been cherish
ing ambitious aspirations after the Vice Pres
ideucy, but this communication of the old
war horse Of Westmoreland lays him out be
yond hope Of again coming TO time in this
fight
The honest Johns letter is patriotic, earss
nest and affecting, lie dispuscs of Reuben's
prospects completely. lie does so in il very
simple manner by referring 10 the sacrifice
Of his two sons, who fell in the service Of
the Republic, one of whom was shot ny the
enemy, stripped naked, and left to die after
he had been wounded, while tile other, rem
lercd almost idiotc by eighteen months
Imprisonment at Andersonyille, is but the
wreck of his former self, utterly broken
down and shattered in health
Governor Geary Of Pennsylvania, puts the
whole case in nutshell, when he says j.
''While there is no reasonable objection to
giving decent seputare TO the rebel dead.
''those who consider them deserving ofhon-
"orablc testimonials may give them. Ii is
''our duty 10 render honor only 10 whom we
'believe honor is due
OF course there is no ono who will moi
feel a sad regret for The misguided men wht
fell in their attacks upon the Republic. NGl
Is there any man who would deny them de
cent and proper burial, although in the cas-
of the Union soldiers at Gettysburg, til,
Democratic majority in the Delaware Legis
laturc utterly refused to vote d cent of tn
quota of the State toward the Cemeter,
fund. 1t had to be raised by private sub
scription among the Union citizens. Their
being, however, no parallel with this, any
where to be found, in extent of partisan
jackalism, we are safe in saying that til
people everywhere will willingly pay 70
burying the rebel dead, but not in the M
tional Cemeteries.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
Union Pacific RaiIroad Bonds

We have several times stated, upon the
strength of representations from the officers
of the Company. that the price of the Union
Pacific Railroad First Mortgage Bonds
would be advanced at an early day. 1t is
now announced that so rapid has been the
sale of these bonds, and so great the demand
for them, that on the 3lst of January the
price was advanced from 30 to % cents on
the dollar. Ten million dollars of these
bonds have been sold already, and so active
was the demand that five millions more
would probably have been sold during the
first week of February if the price had been
permitted to remain at 80 Those purchas-
ers who needed the advice to buy at the
lowest figures while they could, can now
congratulate themselve upon the handsome
advance already realized. The Company
has large surplus of cash on hand for the
vigorous prosecution of its work, and its
financial condition is entirely satisfactory tc
all concerned.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
uur narr.v roararERCIAL

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every Thursday morning, and contains
principally reading matter published IN
Daily. His the largest paper, d''ef
contains by far the most reading mater
ofthose published on the Peninsula
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THE COMMERCIAL JOB OFFICE
Is amply provided aoith printing mater
ial of the latest styles, and our aoorH %
done equal to Philadelphia offices, t'''a
at no higher rates.
THE OFFTCEof the COMMERCIAL
nd TRIB UNE is at $40 Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware. Entrance od-
joining the City Hall.
JENKINS g. ATKINSON.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

TIE A. T. STEWART ORGANIZATION, which
desires to nominate General Grant by a no
party, spontaneous movement of the people,
is sending its circulars in all directions.
They set forth the great features Of the
Cooper Institute meeting, III which this
movement originated the Responsibility
and wealth oftliose who now urge it, the
necessity for the people to break lose from
''merc political traders, &c, &C., AID urge
the calling, in every locality, Of meetings,
regardless of party to nominate Grant.
Mr.. Henry Hilton, 2G2 Broadway, y. Y,
is Chairman Of the Executive Committee,
and would like to hear from everybody,
everywhere, what they think about things
in general and the New York mercantile.
political movement in particular. For oul
part we shall send Mr.. II. this first rate no
tice, some of our files, and the proceedings
on Wednesday evening, Of the Grant Re
publican Club of Wilmington, The New
York gentlemen want man; for our par
we will take no man without he brings
plattorm-and good substantial one--like
wise. Ifthis makes us what our New Yor
friends call ''mere political traders, the
we suppose il will have to be so, thong
whether a knowledge Of dry goods ensure
good understanding of politics, is not S
certain
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

A MOVEMENT is in progress in Pennsyl
yania TO increase the legal rate of interest to
seven per cent. A Philadelphia member
has introduced into the State Senate bill
for the purpose, which seems to be more
fayorably regarded than the proposition,
when heretofore made, has been. 1t is
urged that New-Yor now pays per cent,
and gets, on that account, great deal OF
Pennsylvania capital. The Philadelphia
Board of Trade have been urging this view
for long time, and at their annual meeting,
just held, the report of the Executive Coun-
Gil directs renewed attention to it.
The people of Delaware cannot be unin-
terested spectators of this measure. II
Pennsylvania should adopt the change. il
will greatly increase the difficulty of obtain
ing loans upon mortgage in this State
Thisis already not easy, and the growth o.
new obstacles must be regarded with anN
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

good of the country, and not theiollice, the
latter desired.
zOn thcsl3th ult., in the presence Of Gen.
sherman, stated to you that Thought Mr.
Stanton would resign; but did not say
that r. Mould adyfse him to do So On
the 18th / did agree, with Gen. Sherman,
to 10 and advise him to that course, and on
the 10Th had an interview alone with mr.
Stanton, which led mo to the conclusion
that any advice to him Of the kind would be
useless, and so ] informed Gen. Sherman
Before consented to advise Mr. Stanton 10
resign, understood from him IN CONVEX
sation on the subject, Immediately after his
reinstatement, that il was his opinion That
the act of Congress entitled IAN act to sup
ply vacancies in tho Executive Department
in certain cases." approved February 20,
1868, was repealed by subsequent legislation,
which materially influenced my action.
Previous to this time hadn doubt that
the law of 1868 was still in force, and not
withstanding my action, fuller examine
ton of the law leaves question IN my
mind, whether it is or is not repealed. This
being the case, / could not now advise his
resignation, lest the same changes | appre-
hcnded from his first removal might follow
The course you would have it understood, ]
agreed to pursue was in violation OF law,
and orders from you, while the course did
pursue, and which Inever doubted you fully
understood, was in accordance with law, and
], not in disobedience to any orders of my stl-
perior; and no,o, lfa'. President, aoiich
n,y honor as a soldier and integrity az
a man haze besa so Viotentiy dssditod
pardon me for saying that 1 can tatt re
gard this Wholc matter, from beginning
10 end, as an attempt TO inrotoc me u
the resistance Of tau, for Which you hes
itdted 10 assume the responsibility IN or
ders, and thus to destroy my chardcte,
before the country.
am, in a measure, confirmed in this con
clusion by your recent orders directing mt
to disobcy orders from the Secretary o
War, my superior and your subordinate
without having countcrmanded his au
thoriy.
With assurance, Mr. President, that moth
ing less than vindication of my persona
honor and character could have induced thi
correspondence on my part, have the hon
or to be, very respectfully, your obedien
servant, (Signed) U. S. GRANT, General.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
WHO CAN RA1IFY AN AMEND
dTEMT9

An ;mnortant ouestion of law has been
raised in Congress, by the action of the |
Temporary maio.ity in the Ohio Legislature,
pretending to rescnd the approval given by
that State To what is known as the sl4th
amendmentn to the. National Constitution.
While the primary inquiry NAV be whether
State can withdraw her consent. after IL is
once formally giyen. the more interesting
one win heels the ratification OF an
Apendp,en, bv tbree- fourtbs of the States.
whose Representatives in Congress- proposed
il. sufficient Although we should be quite
as well satisfied if this 18th amendment were
never ratified at all-since il contains one
most foolish feature utterly inconsistent
with the body and spirit of the whole Con-
stitution-still it is unfortunately for us in
this instance, perfectly absurd to require
ratification by tbree-fouIths of I'LL the States,
| including those which do not for any prac-
tical purpose exist.
For instance, it is evident that during the
five years of war, from 1860 to 1865, there
was no Legislature in all the rebellious
States. competent to consider any amend
ment proposed by Congress. Yet these re-
belious States comprised more than one
, fourth of the whole number which at differ
: ent times have been members of the Union.
IF then. the consent of enough dead States
is necessary, in order to make the action Of
, the living legal. it is evident that however
, necessary il might be. there could not be- SC
; long as the war continued, any change in
. the National Constitution, In other W lords
, 80 long as the rebels were able to carry OF
their war. they would prevent, legally, tn,
. first and most important function of til,
Government Ii It had continued for twent,
wears there would have been. during al
that time an entire susnension of the abilit,
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
MARYLAND.
SWAMI REFUSES TO GIVE SENATOR HAMILTON
HIS CERTIFICATE.

SWAMI REFUSES TO GIVE SENATOR HAMILTON
HIS CERTIFICATE.
BALTIMORE, Feb. "a serious trouble has ari-
sen regarding the recent election of the Hon.
William 7. Hamilton as U. ). Senator. Governor
Swami refuses to issue commission for him, ON
the ground of his illegal election. The law pass
cd at previous session of the Legislature, re-
qairing the next United States Senator to be a
resident Of the Western Shore, has never been re-
peaed and, therefore, Mr.. Hamilton being an
Eastern Shore man, cannot be United States Sen
ator. 1t is believed-is almost certain, in fact
that the present Legislature must repeal the law
and then go into II new election, or elect another
gentleman, who shall be resident of the West
ern Shore, under the existing law.
Mrs. Pollard continues in Jail, her husband
| most of the time with her.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

The Wilmington Post, referring to the on
cry attempted to be raised at the expense" o,
the Southern Constitutional Conventions, remind
its readers that the same parties who cry the
loudest were those who carried on the Secession
Convention of 1861. What cost the people, the
following hints at -
Desolation, want, quaint famine, stalk abroad
in this bowling wilderness. Who did IL? Con.
veniion of 1861. Who inaugurated the rebel
government in this State of North Carolina with
its conscriptions, representations, confiscations
and maltreatment of those opposed to The war
Who dragged you hon your homes and families
unfed, unclad, uncared for-food for powder
Who but the Convention Of 1861?
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

NinformatIon has been received N.
Senator Guthrie refuses to resign l,is so. ,"a'
ting United States Senate, notwltbs,anI,. IT.,
ms health Is such as to preclude the nro,a
pillity Of his presence in the Capitol $50"
!, Mayor Hotfman's friends allepc ,,,.,
has no desire to be the candidate # ill., 'i,al he
ty for either President OF Vice u prn mS par
put that he will he again run, Ills , ven,
Governor Of the State. ''''e Soa', Tor
The Republican friends Of Gen ~.
in New York city, are making a,,an, , mlani
for a grand meeting in Union So,nrS e ~, !,
22d OF this month, to warm I'M ,hc NM, nn Tue
favor Of the Generals claim for ,h p'd pl N
dency. Members Of Congress bv Tho i ll
are engaged to speak, and Tie ma a,s ;uozen
designed TO be the formal opcnnn " Is
campaign. ~ ''"s ol Tue
Two candidates for the Ren,,,,.
nomipation for Governor of Genr";u o'cah
prominently named. The race L La m aie
II. b. Bullock, Of Augusta. and II Ypp'I p.
row, of Atlanta, with the chances lar..l La \
| favor of the first. sVly III
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

WE PUBLISH, to-day, the correspondence
between General Grant and Mr.. johnson
concerning the action of the former in Civ
ing up, according to tho provisions Of the
Act of Congress, the control Of the War
Department to Secretary Stanton. II comes
out at a most opportune time, and is to us,
as it no doubt will be TO our readers, en-
tirely conclusive. In an issue of veracity
raised between Ulysses s. Grant, and An
drew johnson, it would be scarcely possible
to induce us even to listen to the claims oil
the latter. Indeed there scarcely could be
an issue of the sort.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
CURRENT NOTES.

wv fsSs
How will this do' II is from the New York
Dispatch Can some of our musical friends adapt
it to good ARP
IInrrah! for Old Appomattox! llurrah for General
Grant.
With him we whipped the rebels, and a song for him
we chant.
Well rally round his batilc-fag, the flag Of Union
true,
And drive the Rebel Gray again before The Loyal
Blue;
Oh. he knows the Boys in Blue. Yes he knows the
Boys in Blue.
And with ballots as with bullets he will find them
ever true;
And the Graybacks as the copperhcads will learn the
truth anew,
That orr Yankee lads will meier forget the wearing Of
the Blue.
they eiill may vaunt
While we shout for Old Appomattox, and vote for
General Grant;
They may sympathize with Davis and uphold his
| beaten crew,
But no rebel Gray shall ever stay tn loyal Boys ii
Blue;
o! we trust the Boys in Blue. On. we know thu
Boys in Blue
And they'll never finch or give an inch, while work
they have to dos
So, bring on yonr Rebel Gray again. and give lis bu
view,
And we'll show you that don't forget the wearing
of the Blue.
Very uggestive-though not above Do
ver"-is an article in the Gasene ON Drunken
ness in Congress- Delaware holds herself al
ways ready to respond to that sentiment. As thu
toast at the Norfolk dinner said she ''les her vol
leys roll, when " inuddled Senators" are til
theme Of discussion.
Professor Blot thinks it a very wrong custol
in this country to have the marketing attcndc
to by the only person in the family who is INF
for 1.-THE head of the family, the husband an
father
The National, published at Munndsvir, "
Va, dominates Chief Justice Chase for the Pre-
ileucy
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

AvoID all quarrels. OF all quarrels avoid
interfering in family quarrels. We take this
advice fully. But we venture, from our
safe distance, to suggest to our friends in
Maryland that unity, harmony, and undi-
vided effort are necessary in order that the
Republican party there may continue to
have an existence. 1t is now skeleton ;
would it not be better for the Baltimore
Post to put flesh on its bones rather than
break the spinal column?
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
--77----74'---4-s
Things In Kent County.

MEssbs. EpIToRs Owing to the dull weather
and dull times very little is transIirins in old
Kent except talk. The latest of which is the talk
Of raising joint stock company To build decent
Hotel at Canterbury Station. Such an improve
ment is very desirable as there are great many
cmigrants coming to Delaware To seek homes
in our beautiful little State, who find here no
place to stop except at private houses. 4 meet
ing has been held and the iutiatory steps taken
to further the object. Among other things, it
was resolved to give n new name to the place it
the enterprise shall prove successful Ii is to be
called Swanendalc, I" in comnlrmuratiun Vi the
first name ever given to what is now called Deli-
ware.
History informs us that in 1861 Capt. David
| Petersen DE Nries, u Dutch navigator arrived in
the Delaware with two ships and about thirty
colonists He was associated with Godyn Blor-
mari, and Van Rcnscan, wealthy Dutch PATRONS,
in the enterprise Establishing colony on South
river for the purpose Of cultwalins tobacco and
grain, prosecuting the whale and seal fishing, ii
or near the bay. He built Fort Oplandt neal
where Lcwistown, Del, now stands, about thre,
miles within Cape Cornelius; and extended
around it his little settlement, which lie callct
Swanendalc or the Valley Of Swans, from til,
great number Of those birds which he found ii
the Bay "The voyage Of De Vrics, " says Ban
croft WAS the cradng Of State. That Della
ware exists as separate State, or Common
wealth, is due to the colony Of d. Nrics."
What more appropriate than to commemmo
rate this historical fact by giving name to at leas
one place in Delaware in honor Of the event Ma,
the enterprise prove successful. II was also re
solved to remove the church cdiiice from Ply
mouth to Canterbury Station. where ii was origin
ally intended to be- by the First Congregations
Society of the State of Delaware unless the Bal
lists now worshiping there will purchase til
building, in that event new church will be bull
at Canterbury Station. A. L. OsMoNp.
january % 1868.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

SOMEBODY, in Saturdays Deidaedrean,
published weekly at Dover, for the Sauls-
bury family,) pours himself out in two col
umnsfull OF an Address ITO the President
OF the United States" What it is all about,
we cannot quite make out, but infer that it
consists of three parts, the first being chat,
and the third chat, and the second or ker-
mel being an appeal to Andrew to remove
the remaining Republican oflioe-holders.
This is a proceeding not so thoroughly ap
preciated ''above Dover as in that latitude
but we imagine that this being understood
30 further explanation Of the object of til
two column address need he given.
Who the author may be we cannot state
but his solicitation of the Presidential atten
ton TO Zone so humble, reminds of tina
celebrated embodiment of humility, Trial
Heep, and though we freely allow his CLAIM
when he tells Mr.. johnson that he is doubt
less as fit to give advice as many who nov
possess his (NTr. J's) confidence, that is no
saying great deal.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
THE WEST.

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
CiSclSSAri, Feb. 5.-A meeting OF officers Of
the Army of the Cumberland will be held here
tomorrow for the purpose of organizing a so
clety of the Army OF the Cumberland. Lieut.
General Sherman, Major-Gencral Thomas ant
staff, and a large number of other distinguished
officers, will be present.
The proceedings will close on Saturday with
h1nu,tpf
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

IT WILL BE an appropriate matter for the
CONSTRUCTED mercantile interests ofthe South
and West to notice that the bill passed by
the Republican Congress TO check McCul-
lochs Contraction Of the Currency, will mot
be signed by johnson. McCulloch wants
him to veto il, which he would like to do
but dare not, SO he will let it lie ten days,
without action, and allow it to become u
law by that means.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

THE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF
North Carolina, have issued a call for
State Convention 10 be held at Raleigh, ON
the 26th of February. 1t is confidently ex-
pected that the Constitutional Convention
will be able to complete its labors by the
2sth or Goth Of February; and that in thirty
days from that time the Constitution will be
submitted to the people, and elections held
for State officers and members of Congress.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

In reply 10 General Grants letter of the
2Sth, Johnson writes on the 3lst.
lie says that las stated in your communi-
cation, he, q } sought an Interview with
Grant, at the War Department. ''some time
after he had assumed duties there John
sons ''sole object in then bringing the sub
'ject TO your attention was to ascertain de-
''tinitely what would be your action should
tan attempt be made for his restoration to
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

THE Ono DEMOCRATS chagrined and CON
founded by the great Republican increase
in the Sth District, undertake to account fol
it upon the theory that Vallandigham refu-
sed to enter the canvass. This looks well on
paper, but the Republicans have simply to
say that if Mr.. Val. only had made few
speeches in the district, Beatty's majority
would have been t,oo thousand, instead o.
one. The fact is there is 'reaction." The
clans are mastering, as they used to dc
when there was call for three hundred
thousand more
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
WASHINGTON.

THE AUTHORIZATION LAW PROMULGATED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.--1he act Ia suspend the
further reduction Of the currency Ne, has been
officially promulgated AS having bccomca law by
the failure of the President to return il within
ten days after its passage.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06

THERE is hitch in the Maryland Sena-
torship. The plucked Swami pretends he
cannot issue Hamitons certificate, on ac-
count of the Eastern Shore law. Let him
continue of that mind. So far as we are
concerned he need never issue it.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
TIE ANNAPOLIS CORRESPONDENT of the

TIE ANNAPOLIS CORRESPONDENT OF the
Baltimore american says;--
Iii gratifying to announce that there are
indications Of a very broad split among the
Democracy of Maryland 1t is said that
Hon. Montgomery Blair and the family
are dissatisfied with the management of the
party and its present leaders; that he OPP
poses Maryland sending a delegation to the
Democratic Convention in favor of Pendle-
ton, and urgently advocates Johnson's
claims for denomination, and hence his en-
deavors TO effect split in the Democratic
party for this purpose. He (Blair) drove
Swami into the Democratic party, as he
boosted that he would do, and will now
drive him out again, if the statement be cor
rect. Let the fight go on.