Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-29
WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Between Will
hams and Grant.
Edwards Pierrepoiht flor AttOr-
hey General.
Attorney General. Williams Cor
venient Opinions.
Attorney General VEiIIfanls' ReSiEna
tfOu and its AeeeUtauGe.


is the letter OF resignation of Attorney
/ General Williams, and the reply Of the
/ President:
! Department Of Justice, WGSbfngt0S,
| Aprii 22.-To the President-Sir. / hereby
resign the Office of Attorney General, Of
/ the United States, 20 take ef-
/ feet on TIE 18th prox. I cannot dis
/ solFe our official relations without thank
/ ing you for the many acts of Friendships and
confidence with which you have honored
me, and expressing for you persOnaliy my
/ very high regard and esteem. Very re-
specially GEO. II. WILLIAMS.
Eseas,tt6e Mansion, Washington, April
zo.-To Hon. g. II. Williams, Attorney
General United States: Dear sir--IR ac-
/ cepting your resignation Of the Office Of
Attorney General of the United States, TO
! take Ell Ct the 10Th Of May, as rendered BY
your letter Of the 22nd Of April, allow me
70 eEp1ess my appreciation of the ability,
zeal and efficiency with which the trust
/ contided to your charge has been perform
ed. Ny sincere friendship accompanies
you in the new field of life you have
chosen, and best wishes for your success.
Very respectfully, L. 5. GRANT.
ATTORNEY General williams Sue
cessOF.
The President having rendered the posi-
/ tiOn Of Attorney General TO Judge Edwards
PieHepOnt, of New York, that gentleman
has accepted it.
ECOmmIssary General Appointed.
The President has appointed Maj. RObt.
hacFeeley COmmiSsaTy General of Sub
sistence, vice ShiraS, deceased. Maj. Mac
Feeley is a native Of Pennsylvania, and is
at present on the staff Of Lieut.. Gen. Sheri-
dan, in Chicago.
No Information TO be Given.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
a circular prohibiting the clerks and other
employees Of the Treasury Department from
giving any information relative 10 vacan-
cies, under penalty Of removal.
The Bill King Perjury Case.
To-day the grand jury Of the District
took up the case of VIM. s. King with a
view Of inquiring into the charge Of peTju-
~ against him, preferred by the Commit
tee of W2ys and Means IN the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company investigation. The
following witnesses were examined: Hon.
Henry L. Dawes, Hon. NJ. G. Kerr, Ellis
DumOut Clark, John 5. Carr, Geo. 5. COe
and c. B. McDOugal. The summons for
Ben. 3. Stoclwell and R. B. Irwin were
returned, In EUrope-nOt found"
The Government Water Cure,
Special TO the Chicago Times.
Some time ago the Court Of Claims had
before It the question Of the title 20 the
Hot Springs OfEArkansss. This court de-
cided that the title lay in the United
States. Following this decision came a
motion to appoint a receiver. There was
no end Of applicants for the position, as it
was considered a fat one. The property is
very valuable, and 4 good active receiver,
it was thought, would be able to pick up
enough in a short time to keep him from
want. The case was appealed, however,
from the Court of Claims 10 the Supreme
Court, and to-day the Court Of Claims de-
cided that it would not entertain any mo-
ton to appoint a receiver until the appeal
case in The Supreme Court is decided.
This has OccasiOned no end Of wrath among
the impecuniOus office seekers, who have
been borrowing money on the strength Of
securing the appointment.
Edwards PferrepOnt.
SpeCialt 10 the Cincinnati Enquirer.
It is positively asserted tonight, by
those protesting 10 be advised Of the pur
kNctr VI tAleA- AAN AAt2 t
the post Of Attorney General to Hon. Ed
wards PierrepOnt, Of New York, and that
there is an understanding that he will ac-
cept It. This appointment will not in
vOlve any change in the Department Of
State. or lead 10 Mr.. Fish's withdrawal.
Mr.. Williams will practice law in this city,
and it will be in the power Of Government
officials to throw a good many fat things in
his way, which they will undoubtedly do.
Ex-senator Carpenter.
There seems to be no doubt that the pO-
sitiOn Of Attorney General was offered to
ex-senator Matt. Carpenter, Of Wisconsin,
and declined, his expectation from private
practice being much greater than the salary
of the Office.
An appointment Criticised.
There is a good deal Of criticism to-day
over the appointment Of VIM. N. Mayna-
der to be paymaster in the army. Itseems
that this appointment was laid on the table
by the Senate. After the body adjourned,
the President inquired Of the Attorney
General if he had the power to reappOint
Maynadier, which question Mr. Williams
answered afiirmatively, though inthe case Of
Pardee, nominated for the Office of District
Judge in Louisiana, whose nomination
was laid on the table, a precisely similar
case to MaynadieT's, Mr. Williams had eX-
pressed an opinion directly the other way.