New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-17
WASHINGTON.
RESIGNATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL HoAR.
THE CAUSE OF HIS wITHDRAwAL-AMOsT r. ACK-
ERMAN APPOINTED TO THE POSITION
FURTHER CHANGES EXPECTED IN THh

THE CAUSE OF HIS wITHDRAwAL-AMOS r. ACk-
ERMAN APPOINTED TO THE POSITION On.
FURTHER CHANGES EXPECTED IN THf
CABINET.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
WARRINGTON, June 16-The report of the resis""-
ton of Attorney General Hoar was to-day conhlne'
by the nomination of his successor The CITY Is '"''
with reports as TO the causes of his retiring no
Cabinet, and all sorts of reasons are aSsisnoo'
most senseless of which is the rninor '""' ~ n"'
been forced out by the President on account VI
AGREEMENT as 70 the policy of the Administrator
Tho President and the Attoney-Ueneral nave
nover been in conflict on any material question:
aud the friendliest relations have always existed be-
tween them. Mr. Hoars letter of retirement rs very
brief but friendly. He merely states that he had
determined to withdraw from public life and he
boped that the President would accept his
resignation. He chooses the present time as
the best fitted for leaving the business of
the office in convenient condition for his
successor in order to permit the latter to become
familiar with cases to arise at the next term of the
Supreme Court He also desired to close up the busl
ness of the last term before retiring 1t is the under
standing that his shall not assume charge
Of the Office until some time in August Mr. Hoar
will depart for Harvard tomorrow, where he Will
remain a week, and return to perform the duties of
the office until his successor shall qualify.
Amos T. Alderman, to-day nominated as Mr.
Hoar's successor, is native of New-Hampshire,
graduate of Dartmouth College, and about ~ years
Of age. He removed TO Georgia before he obtained
his majority. and studied law in the Office of j.
Mcpherson BeTTieT, an eX-U. ). Senator, ana also
President Jacksons Attorney General. He has been
one of the leading lawyers in the South, but has
never held public office until appointed by President
Grant L. s. Attorney for the District of Georgia,
a position which he now holds He was elected at
large on the Grant ticket. He was formerly Wing,
but since the war has been identified with the
Union party in the South. During the war, although
a Union man, he was forced into the Confederate
army and seryeg on the staff of Gen. TOOmbs, whom
he defended in his celebrated court-martial case in
1864. He served in the Rebel army until
the close of the war. He is married, has
three children, and is in humble cir
oumstances. lie had no intimation that
he would he appointed, and there is no positive
information that he will accept. He FIRST brought
10 the attention of the President by some speeches
which Inc delivered during the Presidential cam
paign. The announcement of his nomination was
received here with profound astOnishmont by Sena-
tors members, and all classes. 1t said
lie was even more obscure, if possible,
than Messrs BoTie, Robson, or Belknap
and the question was asked over and over again,
Who is Alderman Residents of Georgia Temporal
rily in the city, the only able to solve the
mystery. Much opposition to him is expressed, and
some even say that the Senate will not confirm him,
but this is mere conjecture, founded on improper
ideas as to other possible changes in the Cabinet Of
which so much has been said lately.
Nothing has vet occurred to warrant the reports of
the speedy retirement of Secretaries Fish and Robe
son, and Postmaster General Cresweu. 1t has long
been known TO fSe most intimate friends of the for
mer that he hesitated to accept the position of Sec
rotary Of state in the beginning, and that he has
Tor many months been DESTROYS Of retiring
from Its aTduous aud eXacting duties, but has
been restrained by the President from doing
So 1t is also known 10 members of the Cabinet
that lie would have been glad TO retire at any time
and that the President has always understood that
Nh Fish's resignation was at his disposal whenever
he would accept it, So far from there being now, or
having been at any time, any rupture or
serious difference Of opinion in the Cabinet
on leading subjects, there has been, on
the contrary. from the first nothing but
the most friendly and cordial unanimity.
Ii was asserted before the vote on the Cuban reso-
lutOns that if the House adopted resolutions at
variance with the policy of the Administration, the
Secretary Of State would tender his resignation, on
the grounds that his views not sustained by
Congress. As the resolutions were defeated, and the
course of the Secretary indirectly sustained,
it would naturally follow that Mr.. Fish,
if the former associations well
considered, would remain in the Cabinet Yet
there is sufficient ground for believing that he will
very soon insist the acceptance of his resignation
as Secretary Of State This belief is well founded,
that nothing is hazarded by predicting that the
name OF his successor will be sent TO the Senate be-
fore its adjournment a month hence
ASSOCIATED PRESS DlsPATCH.l
VI .s,1,ScroN .June 16-The President and