The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-29

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The Sun Of to-
day says of Grant, johnson: OF the lat
ter, one OF the controlling facts in the
history of Andrew johnson, is ne was
an opium eater, and to this cause his
most extraordinary ecceniricIties should
doubtless be attributed and among them
the schemes he proposed 20 General
Grant was perhaps the most irrational.
His career had several startling out
breaks that were Inconsistent with Q state
of perfect sanity. At the same time
they were presented with Q great deal OF
Intellectual shrewdness. aad this is one
of the characteristics of an opium eater.
The Herald has an interview with sew
eral persons on the subject. General
Sherman at st. Louis hatly refused 70
open his mouth further than to say that
he was perfectly Iamillar with the con-
ditIon Of affairs at the time referred to,
but he thought the events had best re-
main unWritten. that they might sooner
be buried in oblivion. To all direct
questions, the General returned . fiat re-
tusal TO reply, His manner of refusing
made it very evident that he thought
Depaw wrote the truth but only part Of
1t. why" said the General, ST have
papers and letters, . great mass of docu-
mentarY evidence proving just what
TRANSFERRED IN relation to the matter, but
will never allow any one but
myself 20 read them and the Informs
ton possess l will never lmpart 70
living soul. Col. Fred Grant said IL had
been asked by the Herald why this ac-
ton OF General had not been brought up
at the impeachment trial. He said
he knew of no reason definitely,
but he did know the General
was very much opposed 10 the
impeachment proceedings and his father
mad told him the only great difficulty
that occupied the minds of thoughtful
men at that time wes as to who was TO
take JohnsOn's place If he were i'm
peached. He further said he
knew OF documents in exist
ence that were absolutely
ccrrobOrative of the facts of the CONVEX
sation Mr.. Depew had with his father,
but ne had no doubt there were some
public men yet living who were contem-
pOraneous with the period referred TO
and who we're made acquainted private
ly with the action of President Johnson
There is no one who could speak !"
said the colonel, "with greater con-
fdence and more reliability
than General Horace Porter. General
Porter generally corrObersted Depew's
story and said Secretary Ward and Gen.
eral Sherman praised General Grant for
not accepting the mission TO Mexico, q
curious complication IN fact. General
Sherman bad already been ordered TO
" ashington to take General Grants
place, II being taken for granted that
General Grant would would go upon this
mission and Sherman was already on his
way TO Washington. General Grant
communicated with him and asked TO
see him as soon as he arrived in Wash
IngtOn. General Sherman arrived in the
morning and went to General Grants
| houee, where the general told him OF his
| alarm in regard TO the state of things at
Wash ington, saying what had trsDspIred
with the president and the stand he had
taken 10 the matter. General Sherman's
| patriotism was at once aroused and
with the pr1mptnesss and frankness
Characteristic OF the man, said: "You
did right, Grant you did exactly right"
The question with the executive then
was what excuses he could make for
| having ordered Sherman to Washington.
AS be had arrived there he was ordered
90 the mission TO Mexico, accompanied
if remember rightly, by Lew Campbell
of OHIO. That is about the secret history
of the matter There is no doubt that
| General Grant by his force OF character
and determination and strength had
on account of the confidence of the
people in him, prevented occurrences
at that time which might have
been very disastrous. General Sickles
SAID he had read Depew's letter
| with great interest It Is not 9
surprise TO me-" SAID he. "tor President
Johnson's attitude towards the south
and congress was looked on with great
uneasiness by General Grant and Secre-
tarv Stanton Z"
| The Tribune says an ugly
snsg was struck yesterday In de
Liberation of the railroad managers look
Ing to an advance in thorough passen
ger fares. The Baltimore s. Ohio re-
fused to assent to any advance or TO any
pooling agreement, unless it was recog
nized as a New York line.