, 1881-06-21
Wheeler Accused Of Responsibility
for the Death Of Assemblyman
Brennan.
lIaycs' Hcnrt Re1cnls Toward ConkliMg,
md lle Is Sorry Lie Kicked
Him.
Denial "0n the Highest Authority" oi
the Rumora Of Long Branch
Peace powwow. :,
AT NEW YORK.

CHANTS EXPLANATION.
NEw Yt,1lK, dune MA reporter Of tho
Times saw ex4l'rpal'leit Grant in Ills apart-
lit'nts ut tho Fifth Avenue 1lotrl, mud nskcd
HIN whether, while Ii, Mexico, Id received
letter FROM President Garfield III relation to
the rupture hctweer Curkllng alul piatt artl
ths Administration. tiei,. t'rant said lie did
receive President uari'eltl's etter III reply
to ono sent by lin to tho 1'rcsl-
'tlcnt, lin wl,!c1, 1te snvo suclt MI
expressions of l,1s Views ttpoti the p,sllfon of
Conklfhg a,nl 1'latt townrtl tho Alultniatra.
ton as le now maintains. Ills opinion III
TINT 1nattcr Inns uhtlergono IN c!Angc. Itc:
whs nh tito steamer, nbont tn icnyc tho ltarbor
Of Vora Crl.z,, when tic POSTMASTER Of that
city boarded tho yussct and lla1wtrt1 him tho
Presidents letter. 'rIls letter, ho sal,1 was
in ltesk Iii his Office tluWn town. Ills thine
had been so Inuch occupied since his uryIyal
III this city tlnt lie lntl not lntt iii opport,l.
nifty 10 writu reply TO It, rs 1t certainly re.
Qnitcd MI acknowledgment.
1r wAs CERTAINLY \ sFOsr POLITE AND
FRIENDLY 1.ETrEis,
l,o snlsl, mud lse lntundx to reply to 1t ut
length rs II deserved to bn trcatctl. The f3cn-
ctal polhied to pct, illk, ntl.l paper on tic
tab!e In tho cortro OF tho roon mud said l,e
ladaitcady hegiln Ills answer to t1le Pr,st-
duilt, Wien asked wllethcrdie WIS willing
to give tho Presidents letthr fdr publication,
le saltl lio did not feel 1t wDuld be n proper
thing for him to do. Ills attention was called
to tint part Of n Washington dispatch which
read TINT tho President wotlld decline 10
give the two letters for publication unless
the c0,iscilt OF Gen. Grant wns obtained.
- The President Inns MY FREQ a,iu full l,orms-
sion to publish tho letturs," said the (3unura!,
adding: "Aly letter to ,ltln was not MARKED
confidential, aud 1,c Ia ut perfect liberty to
give 1t tn tho press." The General
aall TINT the letters would explain
themselves, and that nothing further wns
necessary to ho said upon that ltotht. 11e
Thought, when tho Charge was publicly made
TINT ll0 was inconsistent tn lie matter Of
what is now chilled Senatorial courtcsy.n It
wns ttihg for him to say auM,etlitt1E upon tint
subject. Tho statement hatl ltcti t,arn.lctl In
soh!o of tho lapers that ho did not recogtze
st.cll n thing as Senatorial courtesy at tho
tf1Eo OF
TIL: APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM l.. s1MstoSs
Collector Of the Port OF Boston. "Irhat
statohiers," said tho General, "wns uilsup-
ported by the facts. Charles Sumner alnl
George y. boutwell, were the senatofs frb,n
Massachusetts ut that time. During MY first
AOAAs Aa !Eo4NE!Aks 4AIt 41uhlHEtl HHa IEEl&-
tary uf tho Treasury. l liad lul,g klluwil aud
admired Boutwell,, and wIun tint gentleman
beeRihe onD Ut my Cabinet otlicers, tho strong
friendship which iial existed was more
closoly co,nelltcd, aild II positive aFfcction
Tor each other was ril9onderud." Tho Gen
eral had the greatest respect for DntltWel's
opinion. lie know him to bo Il nun of
marked ability, ntil otla upon whom caluniny
could not rest. "Hu,nner had, from tho
first" continued tle General, "seen 1T not
only to harslily crltlcisa tho conduct
OF tic Administration, but lIhu ut
times 0ctgtl III tlohgtt llB wished
to tgnutu tho presiduht nltoguthpr.''
At t.0 time did Sumner consult Ail. upon
Rly subject, make II Suggestion to hiM, or
enter protcat nbot,t anything. Tho Scl,n-
tor FROM Massachusetts pint himself outside
tho pnEU Ut respect fron the Administration
bY Ills treatment OF It. lIe never personally
urged Ill appointment or tho rejection Of any
11atl, but
coxrESrED ltls.sELp wlrr WHOLESALER
ABUSE
Of tho President. During the uencral's
second term Boutwell, WIS II Sunator from
Massachusetts. Simmons was urged for tic
Collcctorship ot the Port Ut 1}oston, anil
sumner At otlcn opened Ills batteries upun
hlnl. 4 powerful! Influence was brought to
bear to bring about tho appointment al1i col,-
tlrn,atlon ot Simmons, Unnu,nbpreh phil
tlons III Ills favor wcra sent to tile President
from solno ot tic 1ost business
sllos, and others .,.of Massachusetts,
but tlHre was M eluMcnt nt
work That sought the overthrow OF Simmons,
becausa he, q nero plebc!an, III It wore, WIS
II cGnalduto tor all utUo tint llltt beon huld
hi HnR1h nu / jrur 1s,t1