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Jbfk Davis’ Biographer Appointkd by A non tier Johnson.—Tha rao*t significant prescription since the elections, is 'exposed iu the following article from the NV.vaik (N. J.) t'ourie :Oar citizens were somewhat enrnriaed this morning by the aunonncemen: that Dr. Craven, author of Prison Life of Jeff. Davi#/' bad het-n appointed post-I mister nt Newark Some months sinre. t when print in a^ter Piioe neot in his re*ig-nation (Jen Ezra A. Curtu »n was appointed, and his appointment confirmed by the Senate. It appears, however, I that subsequently (ten. Garinm refuted : *o giva an unqualified endorsement of I •'my policy/' declining to notice a cir- | onlar invitation to the Philadelphia Con | veution, on I as a result his commission was withheld, although bis bonds were regularly forwarded immediately npou his appointment.It was nevertheless believed that Gen.( Cat men would ultimately be commissioned, especially as his relations with some of the President's advisers were known to be of an intimate and friendly character. This expectation, however, proves j to have been eironeou*. Mr. Johnson, in i his obstinate apostacy to principle, has • been nnablo to fotgiva Geo. Carmen’a t refusal to follow him into the mire and | abandon the cause for which be fought, lt;and now deliberately transfers the ap- | poiulinent in question to one who cau « present this fact only, as his claim to fa-f vor—namely, that he can swallow my ( policy with all ita abominations, with- f oat a single grimace. ^
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White Cloud Kansas Chief
White Cloud, Kansas, US
Thu, Nov 08, 1866
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