The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-01-20
Cnleb Cnsling.

Inc HlSlOTN ~ tue discovery oi tue III. Z
tai letter to jeff Davis aud the consequent
withdrawal of his nomination by the /
are somewhat as follows We'd /
nesday afternoon, before the republican
senators resumed their caucus session,
Senator Sargent called upon the president .
and mentioned The Tact that he had read |
an ANONYMOUS note, 10 which it was sta
ted that on the 10Th of March, 1861,
Caleb Cushing wrote letter to Jefferson
Davis, strongly recommending Archibald !
Roanc, Il Elk i'll the attorney generals
Office, to Davis's favorable consideration,
Roane having strong southern sympathies |
and being an able scholar was a conribu-
tor to DeBow's review, and while briefly
abiding to the subject which then divid- ,
ed the North and South, Gushing spoke
of them as the cause of the final scpara-
ton of the Union, regarding this as an
accomplished fact. The president, a
short time after, applied to the secretary
Of war for the original Of this letter,
which was produced 1T being found among
the captured rebel archives. The presi-
dent, on reading the letter, at once con-
cluded to withdraw the nomination, and
caused communication to be written to
the Senate for this purpose. The presi-
dent, before he nominated Gushing, knew
that Gushing had taken the states rights
view Of questions which agtate1 the
country Just previous to the breaking out
of the late civil war, but when Fort Sum-
ter was fred upon, Gushing made a pat
riotic speech, and offered his services in
a military capacity to assist in putting
down the rebellion. Other gentlemen
had, like Gushing, declared their opinion
that the government had no right to co.
cree state. Yet when hostilties result.
ed, they were actively found on the side
of the Union, but now that this letter to
Jefferson Davis had come TO light, stating
so broadly disunion views, the president,
notwithstanding his high appreciation OF
Cushing's legal attainments, resolved to
withdraw his name, apprehonsive that his
opinion, as expressed in the past, might
have an injurious effect on the supreme
court in the event OF his confirmation as
chief Justice.
The president called an extra cabinet
meeting, to-day, which continued nearly
two hours, during which the subject Of
the enthusiastically was considered. a
short time before the presidents secretary
started for the capitol with the message
Withdrawing the nomination, the letter
from Mr.. Gushing was received by the
president requesting the withdrawal OF
his name. The president detained the
secretary, aud added to the message Of
withdrawal the postscript. As soon as
the postscript was written, the private
secretary left the executive mansion 70:
the purpose of delivering the message tC
the Senate. 1t is supposed in oflicia
quarters that Gushing will soon leave
Washington for Madrid.
The following is the fatal letter.
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1861.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, president Of the
Confederate States, Dear Sir: Mr.. Arch
bald Roane, for the last six or seven year.
clerk in the attorney generals office de
sires from me letter Of introduction tC
you, and he desires it, not in the view o
anticipating administrative favors, bu
that he may have the honor Of your per
sonal intercourse. OF this, | take pleas
ure in assuring you, he is cmincntly wor
thy A southern man by birth, famil,
,, and affection, he has carefully studied
and ably discussed in Mr.. Dcl'ow's re
u view, and other solthcan works, tn
, toiiJ unGEinnflug, afJ 'nasv'at iuBgtl
overthrow, The American Union. Wills
practical man. he is also ripe and ac
complished scholar, with indeed pardomi
nant literary tastes and habits In tn
. discharge Of his official duties he ha
= combined, in a singular degree, the pures
integrity and the most enlightened in
telligence, with modest coutentment il
= his lot, having more than once decline,
Offices Of more conspicuous employment
=, in the public service. He now resign
3 his present Office from sentiments of de
, votion to that which alone he can feel t.
be his country, namely, the confederate
states, from one Of which (Texas) he wa
employed. | most heartily common,
, him as a gentleman and man to you
confidence and esteem, aud | am, will
, the highest consideration, your obedien
servant, G. CCsnING.
E The CARTHAGENIAN INSURGENTS IN AL
dIERs.-A special dispatch from Oral
A lgiers, says on the arrival Of the Span
ism ironclad Numancia the military gov
|. ernor sent twelve hundred men to puarC
, the coast and prevent any fdgitives land
ing n body Of sailors under the captain
OF the port boarded the Numancia anC
removed part ofthe machinery to proven
, her departure. An order was received
IRON the French government to disarn
all intransigento vessels arriving. ant
confne the crews in the harbor forts
The rebel leaders and officers Of the M
mancia refused to surrender themselvo,
to the French military authorities unless
allowed to keep their swords. Three
companies Of zouaves were sent on boarC
to guard the crew.
DINNER AND TEA SETs,-Wc woulc
again refer to the advertisement + Rich
ard Briggs, 1871 Washington street, Bos
ton,which appears in our columns to day
This house was established in 1898, and
has worldwide reputation Mr. Brigc,
has, IN conformity to the custom adopted
by other branches of BUSINESS, marked
down his entire stock Of decorated din.
ner and tea sets, aud gives the public the
benefit Of his taste and judgment in So.