The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-30
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Charleston CollectOrship-The Ten-
nessee CampaiGn-The AdmAntstra-
tion Favorable TO StoE
General HOar's Resignation MOoted-
Southern Steamship q m a fsSsabstfRy

tion Favorable TO s StoE Ees--At4orney-
General HOar's Resignation Mooteda-
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The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun. writes under date OF fSunday night:
Albert G. Mackey, collector OF customs for
the port OF Charleslons y; O.. was remoyedyes-
place: The principal Charge against Maokey KEY
ls that he put Conservatives In Office under him
and refused to recognize the friends OF the ad-
minlstratlon. Mr.. Clark, Mackey's successor,
is Northern man. ~ It'll.
The administration having been forced to
take sides in the contest nov Going on IN Ten
nessee, has declared IN favor Of Stokes for Gov
ernor as against Senter. Stokes as made O
eral patronage in the State thrown in his favor.
The President has responded favorably. All
federal oficeholders in Tennessee viii be ex-
pected to aid 8 okes or suffer the cOnse-
guences. Senator Browniow's course in oppo-
sing General Grant in the Senate, and in taking
sides with Senter, has neutralized whatever in
fuence he had with the administration. Here
after Stokes will be regarded by the President
as the leader Of the party in Tennessee.
It is said that Attorney General Hoar med
t9s his place in the CabnHt e. an
pointed from Pennsylvania. This is given by
some as explanation OF the Presidents con-
duct in appointing Mr. Borie's successor from
Now Jersey, instead OF Pennsylvania. PENN
sylyanla politicians, who are doubtful of car
rying the State at the next election, say no.
thing will save them but movement Of this
kind.
Senator Mod onald, Of Kansas, Will at the
next session Of Congress-, present q memorial
signed by H. q. Walbridge, of New York; w.
d: Trenholm, of South Carolina; Fl. t. Blow,
others, for the establishment OF ste amsbip
line from Norfolk, Va. and New York, to the
Mediterranean and Suez Canal. The memorial
Will be accompanied by blllincorporatlnR the
.n1, Ab~
ny shall be established by subsidies from the
Southern States. and the P0stn1 ast er- General
shall give it a mail contract for fifteen years,
ct the compensation of $12 600 per week. The
oD)ect OF the company ls to encourage immi-
grafton to the Southern States from Southern
Europe and the East. ~
Ex-President johnson I'm VVaslas n Rt0yns
b ais Opinions Of President Ora mt ana
the Observation-Disclosures COmments
upon General Grant.
Another correspondent Of the same paper
writes:
Ex-President johnson arrived in this city to-
night, accompanied by Colonel John Williams
OF Tennessee. The object OF has VISIT is to at
tend to private business, and to be present at
the commencement OF Georgetown College on
Thursday next, his son being o pupil at that
,nstitutiOn.
Your correspondent sought an interview
with the ex-President and found hlm in good
verse upon political and other topics. He still
feels very bitterly towards President Grant.
When ask I'D his opinion OF the President and
the administration he replied very Frankly and
freely, You know what my opinion was In the
past. and have seen nothing IN the conduct
OF the administration to induce me to change
that opinion" He then spoke Of the President
IN the most contemptuous terms, cnaracteriz-
ing him as nonentlty, as wanting In oh yslcal
and intellectual power, and declared that he
was man without creed or policy, and
therefore not to be trusted.
he reviewed some OF the past acts of his own
administration, especially those with which
General Grant, as q Cabinet officer, was con-
nected. He said he knew Grant thoroughly
and had on more than one occasion read hlm
s as asa was gatsed tes
own. he also spoke of Cabinet members from
whom the President had been the recipient Of
presents. sioa.
He thought it a most humiliatine spectacle
the President of the United States should per-
NIT himself to be placed under such obliga-
lions to his CONSTITUTIONAL advisers. He then
rehearsed at length the controversy between
n,msef and General Grant, and reiterated the
charge OF prevaricatiOn on the part of the lat
ter. Upon this subject Mr.. johnson became
very warm and showed greal deal of i'll tenn
per and bitterness Of spirit. ~ Mi.'
He had no favors to ask of this administra-
uons be said, and no ends to ACCOMPLISH. He
had reached the summit OF his ambition, and
ms race was almost run. All that he desired
was TO see the gOve ernment fixed upon q solid.
constitutional foundation; but he Had no hope
e5l OF thae under ;he present administration. He
TOOK q most discOuraging view OF public affairs
generally. and entertained the mosteserious
apprehensions OF the result.
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