Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-06-21
The Attorney Generalship Resigna-
ton Of Gen. Hoar-The New
Attorney General.
Tho following correspondence
passed between Judge Hoar and the

Tho following correspondence
passed between Judge Hoar and the
President
ATToRNET GENERAL a lyvtoK !,
WAsHIssros, De- June,I5.
Sir II resign the office of Attor-
ney General of the United States.
the resignation to take effect upon
the appointment and qualification of
my successor. Very Respectfully.
tA- Err HoAR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 10, 1870. :
My DEAR JUDGE lin accepting
your resignation as Attorney Gem
eral upon the appointment and quail
incatlon OF your successor, | take the
occasion TO express to you my high
appreciation of the able, patriotic,
and devoted manner in which you
have performed the functions OF that
Office. In no less degree do / APP
preciate the pleasant personal rela-
tions which have existed from the
beginning of our association official
ly in public place. Hoping that you
will carry with you nothing but
pleasant recollections of your con-
nection with the present Administra-
ton, and with the assurances of my
personal esteem and friendship, re-
main, with great respect, your friend
and obedient servant,
u. S. GRANT.
TO the Hon. L. X. Hoar Attorney General.
A Washington special says The
new Attorney General, Amos L. Ack-
erman, is originally Portsmouth,
N. I'll. He went to Georgia when he
was 81 years of age, read law with
Judge Berrian, the most noted coun-
selor of that State, and lives at Ell
berton, the county seat of Ebert
county, some seventy miles up the
river from Augusta. He is about AZ
or AS years of age, and has long been
regarded one of the ablest lawyers,
as he is one of the most modest and
unassuming gentlemen in Georgia.
Before the war he was Wing, and
thoroughly national man. he OPP
posed sece ssion in the most decided
manner, and was held in Surveillance
by the rebels for his hostility. After
the Consumption act went into rigid
operation, he avoided going into the
army by taking nominal position
on the staff of Robert Toombs. This
brought him under political disabili-
ties, which were removed this win
ter, by Congress. He holds the po-
sition of United States District At
torney for Georgia, to which he was
appointed by the President, on the
recommendation Of Joshua Hill,
warmly Endorsed by Mr.. Hoar. If
Mr.. Bradley had been rejected, the
Attorney General would have urged
his appointment to the Supreme
Bench, and the, President would prob
bly, have nominated him for the va
cancy. He was at the head of the
Grant electoral ticket in his State
during the last canvass, and is spo-
ken of by all who know him as a
man of the highest integrity. He
was member of the convention
that formed the present Constitution
OF Georgia, and distinguished himself
therein for his advocacy of the claims
Of the colored men to hold Office
Ex-Governor Brown and Governor
Bullock opposed him, and it was
their influence that led to the defeat
of Ackerman's effort to get clause
into the Constitution putting the
question at Issue beyond all contro-
versy. If his advice to the colored
men in that convention had been
followed, all the late troubles in that
State would have been avoided. He
opposed Bullock's elevation to the
Provisional Governorship, and is now
among his friends. His course since
he was made District Attorney has
been such as to win for him high
praise from the President and Attor-
ney Generals office. He was not an
applicant, either himself or by his
friends, for either position, and will
not know of his appointment to the
Cabinet until he learns it by mail or
telegraph.
MORE LAND GRANTs.-It took the
Senate, Monday of last week, half an
hour to give away about fifteen or
twenty millions of acres of public
land in Dakota, Nebraska and Color
ado, to three railroad companies
One of the endowed lines is from the
Yankton Valley of the Dakota river
to the northern boundary of the
Territory. Another isfrom Browns
vile, through the Southern Nebras-
ka, out to Denver, with a branch line
from Lincoln, capital of Nebras-
ka. The three roads will be at least
thirteen or fourteen hundred miles