Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-24

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night Less ara1y retired behind their
iutyspehei lines. Grant then moved
bis afIbT by tne eneny's risht hAnk, Ia
isn6inx 20 pot his whole force bes-=sn
| Lse and Ricb morc; tat Lee, n1sging On
4 shisrter iin-, again checked biz pro
gres4 a. spotszYlyauis CoGrt House,
EheFs fts 9sh. lGsh sBd 1lth were spsns
70 fBhtiuz and rssnssvering without
decisive rssnits. A di@psteh Of Grant,
dated Isy II, esnrl s5es Nth this fam
.aSs sentences propDse - Sght IL o1s
"a e. ~iiossff Is tskes sli samrnss." On
tie 1g Hsneoek's corps atsarked the
siI@aiy snd esptnfsi nearly 400 prison.
srs. In ths mssuiims snSso=r sray,
igsssed b. Gea. Batter and Operating
slSzifIz; Richmond from the east. took
BIty Point and Bsrmuds Handnea on
| de Ssh - Mas. Ia conss qaence IL an
Ds.her flank uasvsEnsut made BY Grant.
.ltzDat Nj Zisz. Lee marched southgard
DsEJls tbs S0r,h AnaA River. and ag4is
oynfs9I ted the Federal srERy. Finding
L@s''i position on the North Anna very
strong, Grant again tarned il By moving
Nt0u8d the ensmY's right and crossed
tie Psmnnkey River on the 2sGh. At =
oDsna shoas fifteen miles from Rich
alOnIL
Oa thesi Of June Grant attacked the
'r9-aIy'. works 1t Cold HsrbOr. bat Was
a'gulssd with heavy lO=s- Toe srmy Of
ihs PasonsAe crossed the James River
Jane IA aud Is. formed FUNSTON Wit.
the army % Batter and commenced the
siege Of Petersburg. Having made n
oreai.b IN the works bv exploding = mine,
the L siok array assaulted Petersburg on
/ . lHa stef4 - lTstu k.rs laT a. cal q
10 SspseEnoar Aoa OstDbeF Gen sheridan
gained several deeisIse victories n tins
shenan1osh Valley. The aEIay Of Grant
nsmninod nearly inactive before Peters-
borg dufiog the winter OF l6lj4-5: bal
5hesman continued TO operate IN GeOE
gia aud Carolina With signal success,
aud moved rapidly toward Virginia.
Savannah, Charleston and Wilmington
were taken ia qalck secession by Gen.
5Rasman
TIE armies 0per Ating against Rich
ulond and Petersburg commenced q
movement on the 3lst Of March g. cut
tbs Dauville and Southside Railroads.
by uihieIh / Lee 8 army MAS sappiied. Ga
the ist IL April Sheridan and Warren
assauIuld the eorks at Five Forks and
look shout 500 prisoners. On tie mora
|
made ON the lines OF Petersburg with
great success. Having been driven from
their main line of defense, and having
lost several thousand prisoners in this
attack, Lees army evacuated Petersburg
and RFshmond In the night Of April %
and reiterated toward Danville. closely
panlue,i. The FederaIs attacked part
4 Lees force near Sailors Greek on the
tlsh, and captured aboutf0o0 prisoners
)nlthe 7th Gen. Grant opened q CORES
9Sndenee with Gen. Lee, who surren
i-red his army At Apron sttox Court
House OH the 9:h Of April. 1865. after
shiuh the insurgents eyeFywhsre gave
ap The contest.
70 reward tho services Of GFauf, Oon
zreiis passed 10 July, 1865, 4 bill 20 " re-
siya the grade of General of the Army
tn uaited States" and be vas sp
potnted to that position. He became
5s1Estary Of War adj interim about the
1t Of August, 1867. When President
Johnson ordered the removal Of Gen.
sheridan, Gsu. Grant, departing from
ais hsbitu i reticeRce, defended tue lat
Ter With spirit and objected to bis n
unEd Ia q letter which convinced toe
/ JatSlic that the writer was not an ad.
aIrer Of Johnson's policy. He ceased
| 10 be Secretary dd interim on the l4th Of
January, 1868, when DO gave mp the War
Dspaftment 81 Mr.. Stanson against the
wilt Of the President, who vainIy tempt
ID Gen. Grant to violste the Law OF Con
grelss la u letter of Gen. CIR mt, dated
Feb. 3, 1868, and addressed to President
Johns n, he writes: +" cannot bat re-
gard this whols matter rs an attem pit 90
lnFalvs me IN the resistance OF law foI
shIeh you hesitased 20 assume the re
spInsibihty, in order thus destroy my
eaAratttf hefore the cou atry." AT tbs
! NATIONAL Republican Convention, May
| u, 1858, he Was unanim Dusly nominated
candidate for the Presidency Of the
United States on the fret ballot, reeeiv
lnlg the votes of SIX hundred and fiftJ
delegates.
His Democratic competitor was Ho
ratio Seymour of New York. Gen. Grant
accepted the nomination by letter end.
ing with shis seatsnes, . I.st us havS
peace which became the watchword
Of tho campaiRn. After 4 very exciting
oanv&ss, GIANT aud OoIfax we're elected
by large majority. receiving ga eieoto
raj votes. cast by Is States. viz: the Sill
States Of New England, Pennsylvania
Ohio. North Caroliua, South Carolina
West Virginia, FIoridi !, Alabama, Ten
ns@see. Arkansas. Missouri. and all The
Western States except Oregon. Seymour
resolved si9hty electoral votes. This re
suit proved that the name Of q An. @ rAnt
wlls tower Of strength 90 the Il spabli
can party, whose asceRdency bad beer
seriously menaoed by the reaction al
1857. During the firss six months Of hi
administration the public debt was re
diieed over fifty million dollars, anc
order and prosperity were rapidly re-
stored, especially Ia the Southern States
Altar his eleoiion 10 tue Presidency hs
declared himself ia favor Of the FIT
tseDth Amendment 10 the Consultation
which osdains that no person shall b
dtsfrAnshised on aecount of color, race
etc. Having resigned his supreme rant
10 the army, he conferred the same ar
has tfiend and companion IN arms, Gen
| w. T. ShermAn.
Grant was inAuguFated President on
March sth, 1859, and on the next da,
sent in to the senate the Z llowiao uona
iElations for Cabinet ofliasrs Elihu B
Waslaburne, of Illinois. Secretary Of
State, Alexander T. Stewart, OF Mes
Yerk, Secretary Of the Treasury, Jacst
u. Cox, OF Ohio, Secretary Of che Inte-
rior; AdoIph Z. Borie, Of Psunsyivania
Secretary Of the Navy. John NJ. Scho
Geld OF Illinois, Secretary az War: Johr
A. J. ofeswell. Of MARYLAND, Posimastel
GSnormi; Z. lockwood Hear. OF Massa
elhusetts, Attorney General. Tbese nom
| uiations were at once confirmed, but Il
sas discovered that Mr.. Stewart VA
sdlsqhsliaed By an aes Of lTS9. whict
provided that no person shsuld bold tas
hise Of Secretary % tbs Treasury VIII
gas "aireotly CO indirectly eoncsrned
OF interested 10 carrying on the busines
IT trade or eommefoe.n The President
/ ID q brief message thereupou eaxeessed
" Conareas thai ar. Stewart be exempt.
cd ty joint Resolution from the action
Il the law. Fais vas objected 10 and
sIr. Stewart declined. and George \
slaut~ell OF Massachusetts, was appaiat,
81 IN HE stead. S-,8u afteruard NJ
Nkashearus gave no the ed - - Ser.
tAfy OF state. betuR appointed Ministel
70 France, and Mas snceaeiei hy Ham
tlt n Fish Of New York; while Secretary
sehoAeld retired from the War Depart
enent and wss snccceded By Iohn A
tiawlins 81 Illinois, sho died Ia Sepsem.
esT. weea the vac ipdy wa4 filed by .hs
| ippsinsaent % William W. Bslknsp AZ
4 StaE& Mr. Rsrfa rA.f.,.,s.s& a.. T..