The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-10-11
MORE ABOUT THAT LETTER.
Whg u S. Grant did MT become az o.
.fcer Il. The Confederate drmy.
From the Chicsgo Times.

tpps s6S SD'S~ES esS's
st. Louis, Sovt. 26.--Jclf. Chandler.
heretofore one of tho leading Republicans
vf this State, has been called upon by tho
Republicans Of tho Third District TO ac-
cept the nomination for Congress. lie has
written letter, which will be published
to- morrow. in which be declines 10 be a
candidate, and says: 4 am not IN sympa-
thy with the Cincinnati platform, and cun-
not support its nominees
Chandler Is from Michigan. and is rela-
tive Of the notorious Zach. de is a gradu-
ate ~ Michigan University. and served with
the Michigan troops during the late war.
rising irom the ranks to be Colonel Of bis
regiment. lie settled in Missouri after the
war. and up to this..tiiDe has been leading
mau in the Republican party. lilo was on
the ticket as Attorney General. which Gen
John u. Henderson headed four years ago.
The district IN which he is asked to run is
that in which X. q. Frost is::the Democrat
ic candidate. Frost is ths son Of Gen. ID.
NJ. Frost, Who commanded the State troops
here At the out break Of the war. and WINS
captured at Camp jackson by Blsir and
Lyon ut the head Of tho home guards. on
the ground tLat Frost intended TO tuhe the
troops into tho Confederate service.
Frost now has tho original letter written
70 himself aud Gen. Sterling Price when
the Missouri troops were organizing. before
the attack on Fort Sumter. from Ulyrses 3.
Grant. then at Galena. asking for CON-
nissioo iu the force going south. aud offer
ing 10 osl.ouso the Southern Cause. Zen.
Frost desliues 70 make public tho letter,
claiming that it would not be honorable.
l.. however. au attack is made upon young
Frost by reason Of his fathers Confederate
record the letter will be produced. The
existence Of this letter is Nh iudisputable
fact, aud neither the President nor bis
friends dare deny il.
Grants personal habits during bis resi-.
detce with the Dents had been so bad that
his offer was not accepted. aud about live
months afterwards he went to Springfield
and offered lis services to Yates for the fe-
dsral army.
Washington. Sept. 30.-The New York
Herald makes :ho following omeale.
We spoke severely the other day of
x-Gov. Vance. Of North Carolina. in the
belief that he had really uttered some
brutal words which were imputed TO him
local newspapers. and wo we're led 10 trust
IN these reports by some passages in Judge
Settles rsply to Mr.. Vance which see med
to refer to the language imputed to Mr..
Vance. A dispatch. which we print else
where this morning. shows on the the tes-
timony Of Judge Settle. Mr. yance,s o..
poncnt, that Mr.. Vance did not uso the
language imputed 70 him. but that he
quoted from one Of the bloody.shirt'
speeches Of Mr. Ingersoll. a Republican
speaker who is doing good deal TO make
sensible men votc the Democratic ticket
all over the country. Dir. Vance and Mr.
Settle are siumping North Carolina iozcth-
er. They are rival candidates for the
Goyernorship. Judge Settle heard and
replied to Mr. yance's speech, and he at
once. on being asked IL the report was cor
rect. said IL was not. That Is sufficient.
and the best evidence Mr.. .yauce did
not say wha: was imputed to him. aud Of
course our remarks had no cause. aud fall
10 the ground.r