The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-05

latter of resignation as obtained from
an official source: -r
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
June %, 1869. 3
To tie President
When | assumed with appreciative
pride the high office of Secretary of the
Navy, conferred upon me by your fat
tering prediction, / stated that feared
for reasons of o personal and domestic
nature then explained that would not
be able to retain the position long.
now come down to ask your acceptance
of my resignation, the severance oil
my official and always most attractive
relations with you, for whom / enter
tain SO much esteem and attachment,
gives me sincere pain, and the abandon
ment of my public duties much regret,
but the great confidence | feel in the
harmonious and Successful progress OF
the administration under your able,
honest and glorious lead is my great
solace, and, with the yarmest wishes
and most earnest prayers for the health
and happiness of yourself, rs well as Of
all dear to you, Iremain, most devotedly,
your Obedient servant,
tSigned,l A. +. BORE.
The following is copy OF the letter
of President Grant accepting the resig-
nation of ex-Secretary Borie:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June %, 1869.
Hon. A. E. Borie, Secretary Of the Nary {:
DEAR SIR Your letter Of this day
rendering your resignation Of the posi-
ton of Secretary of the Navy is re-
ceived. need not assure you how much
| regret the severance Of our official
connection, nor how confident am that
the high esteem have always felt for
you increased with further acquaint-
ance, and will continue while ac-
quaintance lasts. / accept your resig-
natien with regret therefore, and /
hope that the quiet you will find in re-
tirement may restore you to perfect
health.
With great respect, your obedient
servant, u. S. GRANT.
The above is a correct copy of the
Presidents letter accepting Mr.. Borie's
resignation taken from another copy of
the same sent by Mr.. Borie to the Exec
utive Mansion for the purpose of COM
pleting the files. The letter was writ
ten while Mr.. Borie was in the Presi-
dents room, and taken away before q
copy was made. But for this reason the
President would have been furnished
with . copy before.
Miscellaneous.
The President will submit to the At
torney General the question of the To-
gality of General Canby's requirement
that members elect to the Virginia Leg
islature shall take the iron-clad oath in
order that uniformity may prevail in
recognizing the unreconstructed States
under the reconstruction laws.
Instructions to Minister Sickles were
drawn up at the Department of State,
with much caution, and soon thereafter
were delivered to him in New York, I'M
der such circumstances as to preclude
the possibility of = premature disclos-
ure of the contents; but from what has
since transpired in official circles, 1t
is safe to assert that there were no in
structiens relative to the purchase of
Cuba.
General Van Wyck left for New York
tonight, having just returned from
Virginia. He reports the contest in that
State rs very excited and bitter;
that II Constitution without the test
oath and DISTINGUISHING clause will he
adopted, and that the vote for Governor
will be very heavy aud close.