The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-02-03

.'.I"'H'.'A Proper Dismissal. i''tr
% NEW York, Jan .29-The Tribune's washing
ton special speaking Of Hayt's removal has the
following: Hayt had supposed he would at
least be allowed to resign. His request to
that effect was however sternly denied and
he at once began to collect his private papers
and personal effects. So sudden and uneXpec-
ted was the blow that official letters which had
been prepared for Hayt's signature were re-
turned to the clerks to have acting - pre-
fixed to the title of Commissioner. When
Hayt bad completed his preparations for de-
parture lie hastily bid one of his clerks good
bye his eyes filing with tears as he did so;
then he hurrled)y left the department. His
removal is received with general expressions
OF approx al in official circles. Uayt has made
few friends and many enemies since he has
been III office. As he has judged Others
harshly so have they judi. ed HIM said one
Senator Tonight. This event ought to cause
as much rejoicing among the friends of
Indians as the surrender Of Lee did among
the friends of the Union. Edltorially, the
Tribune says: Whatever may have been the
degree Of the commissioners guilt there can
be no question that the Indian service will
gain by his withdrawal. His usefulness was
clearly at all end some time ago. He had
incurred the hostility of nearly all the great
religious organizations who were streuuouSly
opposed to lis continuance in Office and he
had lost the confidence of the country. Even
if he could have been acquitted upon trial the
interests of the Indian service would have
made his resignation necessary. That he
was not acquitted is to be regretted by HIM
self alone. If his conduct has been such us
to demand his dismissal the country was Ell
titled to it as an act of Justice and the public
will be pleased to see that be was not permit
ted 10 make a show of voluntary retirement.
Charges Against Sherman.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.--Gencral Ii. v.
Boyuton's charges against W. /. She Tman
have been made public. General Boynton
submits the specifications, which are three in
number, to Secretary of War Ramsey for the
information Of the President. He shows the
legal right of a citizen to make such charges
is established by recognized opinions of the
judge advocate general. He then proceeds to
stale that on the 18th inst, a reporter for u
newspaper one e. II. COwles approached Gen.
w. Il. Sherman i'll the headquarters of the
army, and asked his Oplnion of the reputa-
ton of the undersigned, and explained to
Gen. Sherman that he and some other asso-
ciates with him had published the under
signed as a liar, and that Gen. Sherlnan's
testimony was also desired to add to their
OWL on that point, ''to show the public what
a fraud he (the underslgned) is"
In the course of conversation which follow
ed, in which reporter acted in his capacity as
such, Gen. Sherman said to him, with the
full understanding that what he said was So
licited for publication. Among other false
and slanderous things Of the undersigned,
he said '!He is entirely without character -
you could hire him to do anything for mon
ey." For a thousand dollars he would SLAM
der his own mother" and that lie was very
persistent and energetic in manufacturing
falsehoods.'. These things being spoken to
a reporter for publication, and being uttered
in the presence and hearing of others consti-
tute the cream of Islander as defined by the
laws in force in the District of Columbia.
This constitutes the first specification. The
second specification is in effect, that four days
later General Boynton, feeling confident that
however severely Gen. Sherman might Criti-
else the review of his memoirs by the I'M
dersigned OF which he was particularly
speaking to the reporter, he would not readily
forget What belonged to his high Office, as to
use language at once SO coarse, so false, and
so unofticerlike. therefore he called the at
tention of Gen. Sherman, in writing, to a
report in an article and asked if the words &c
credited to him were correctly stated. General
Sherman replied, endorsing them in language
IN some respects still more gross than that To
which his attention had been called.
This letter lie subsequently exhibited to
others, by which exhibition lie again violated
the law relating to the Cline of SANDER.
Specification third sets forth that Sherman
in his memoirs, i'll purporting to give AN ac-
curate account of himself during the civil wal
and having all the records within easy reach
committed grave and uneNcusablc errors in
statement, and did by these writings do great
injustice to noted officers serving with or under
him: notably to Gen. l. ;. Grant. in cOnnec
ton with the Forts Henry and Donaldso.
campaign. and the "lnarcil to the sea- TC
General II. G.. Bucl and the army Of The Ohio
III connection with the battle Of littSburn
Landing. 70 Gen. Geo. II. Thomas, thei
deceased. and the Army OF the Cumberland
i'll connection with thc battles of Chattanooga
and Nashville, ami the assault on kcucslW
mountain. To Gen. J. i. MclierS0n. ihrl
deceased, in connection with The battle o
ltrsaCa. To Generals John \. Logan ant
Francis L. Blair. then dying with paralysis
In connection with the battle of Atlanta. Il
Generals Morgan. Suuy Smith, and tin. Hon.
f.. NJ. Stanton, in cunuccliun with the Savan.
nah cotton matter. .t>prisiumS against notet
officers. and these various errors, unjust as
~srrti"nS AND untuuldcd claims and HSpcrsium
having been partially expressed hy Henry V
BOynlOi, we. of honorable character and rep
n]tatiOn, 10y comparing III" writing, Il sal,
VIM. Slrlnial. genera! If the army, with til,
official records Of The " II. and pUhli>hiIlgth,
plan iuyiUlatc SHOW my Illat In" march to til;
sea, for which Gen. ~hertnau took all Tic
credit, really WAS planned 10y Gen. GRANT
and that other campaigns of which Sherman
claimed to hav" been the ori~inatur. ere IA,
work Of other generals.
t,ulr. BoyutUu SAYS he. La, ruitrlulrG I,
afford Gen. Sherman The opportunity Of a>kin.
for Il court martial, which. If called. must q
Necessity be- mair up of officers high IN raub
AMI possessing the respect and confidence -