The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-10
Grant-Cox CoTresDondeEee.

-, --.roz. November re.-Considerable !
,,iscna-fon b Sying taken place In the news
papers gelas'vec Cox nom 5ne tse esiI8a. Cab.
net and an aliusiolc having oeen Inade 70 |
the exlstenee oi lt otneI "a M n ~ BESIDES
+hat oyerfng the resignation OF tnas gen
fieman. a. 81 thought proper, in justice 10 |
- - P--I p '1s 10Tscht5a the Withdrawal OF Cox
rom Ths Cabinet. It hiss been tntimated
1l,aI among the reasons for the RESIGNATION
~ NJ Cox. was a difference bstween the
President and himself at TO tne pTopIlety
Of issuing patent from "a the Lana o111 IN
ITpOn TINS point the following correspond
ence viii explain itself;
LONG BRANCH, N. j., Aug. %, 1870.
Hon. J. D. Cox, Secretary OF the Interiors
mn sIR:-I understand that you have
d, ,1I---3,,s led one day this week 10 hs2r an
apR,s-1er,1 In the McGRrEahan case. That 1s
-sfI Isnoneh because II Congress shoulo Iaa
Wet,Ie wen Shio tSa1a Csc we may have 1t Co do,
- 80 the sooner We know the points Of the
tIa,I .Ss.SI q, hsnd by Congress before the in
eOuaiuC Of this ADMINISTRATOR, anu as = -, 81
much fraud has been cnargeo5 anu anu et De
ueyed 10 exist, on both sldss, -Ln - IoS ~
yTIiliua that my name should be signed 70
a patent for either party until Consrs@ss 81
has either ds ctded or declal ca tnelI II II
ablIIfy TO d so. ] wish you would say 10
Mr.. " mite, Secretary for signing Patents
not 70 put my 4 anne 90 that one, except on on
nnust not take orders from &1r Neison ~ u :
th0 matter pave aye tesi eSGi%o you Wbv linen
90 V PoaTS. y risiiI1 truly ~" Us. GRANr.
DEPARTMENT. OF THE ISTER1oR, |
WAsHINGToN, d. q Aug. 2S.
Nv DEAR SIR: Yours of yesterday is this
uaornlng received, aud 1 have given your
Injections. IN regard 10 signing pateht
OF the New Idra Company 70 Mr.. " mite,
r by letter, he peiDg confined TO has bed by
sickness, as I am informed.
On the subject or the McGarfahan Dusl-
meas itself, L think you must have been
= ru 10
According TO the lorna, opinion. given by
the Attorney General last year, the case Is
ferrupt or impede the action of the De-
1arLmeut, under the laws, but parties
-fn'e. and a deosion here, a. they have
any other case where they
finder tie explicit provisions of The
statutes o. Congress, ne mas assun a.N e
90 juEisdict,9si9, 9L TN bee as e4Gress 5.
- had the two p Jeceding congresses, e
Make him grant ei lanes 10 In Cnil 0E I'll - i,
1ncluu.lL.S I'D grant 70 one kSeonz, Wnict
pIsLS-l~ pIsLS-s-,e a Court OF tae Y nltsa states de
cared voio a a y, Al the last session 1t wa
CongIeass $500 ~ 'ft,,s judiciary Committee 2
the Hsuse Of Reprt ~ : am tcsf AZ, III
Es1eTfmenf TN that Comr3is ,. .LsDua @ - -
pass Il. and by vote Of - me 1etItion
80 ~ 6tTectSsd Mr. Peters Of hat 20 oTnInlttSS
10 draw up their report. Mr, EeGeIs = sSaS
vsrnn Il p
in fhi3 department The New Idra MINI
Csr utvxv claim that their busln e~s should D
takeu up and disposed OF. MeGafTaaa 81
eEInaE. On the other hand, that the fac
mat the committee old not ind the or
r-ortunftv to make their report to tn
House should hold the other parties 10 sti
fuTther delay, until the next session c
congress. To this the other side reply
fhst Il was the acton OF the committe
sNaI fhey consented TO await, and quot
ehe uYfufed statement OF McGarrahan
counsel before the committee 10 the effsC
rbat II the committee decided aRa1n'
f5-uo fhey would make 30 other cOntes
rrhe Dapartnent, "a the Attorney Genert
5sd decided that 10 was not authorized I
Selav its performance OF duty under the IA
- az except by the common consent
fna partfes IN in crest, has only taken u
TeeconsibIiIty OF delay in cases Whel
manifest equality required II, and Whel
action by Congress IS probabi9. All
carefrl INQUIRY and investigation
fbink that neither OF these conditioI
exist with the present case McGsrrahsn
decided by the supreme Court 10 ha
F,aen utterly fraEduient and void. Fly
-,ears of most industrious and, I believ
ACRIMONIOUS efforts have been futil
Fseut;.nS these petitions TO Congress, he G
farnpted to obt IN patent from the Depal
Tnafst on The ground that the Ian
we're only agricultural iants, and did .
Contain gold. silver or quicksilver min
md might Therefore DC D9ughb at 81 . p
acre This was Tefosed by SIR. BroWnfn
ST5v bred deesssor, on the ground that q
lads were mining lands, ana the ~
Idra- silver Mines was potoTiousiy Z