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NEWS OF TEE WEEK. |The Kemoval of Cten. Sheridan— Correspondence Betrt'etn the• Washington. August 2:'.—The following was issued to-day: ,gj IlE.fD3TAUTERS Vt THE ArMTT, jel Adjutant General’s Office, V*; Washington, Aug. 27, 1867. )j General Ordor No. 81.] e ; First, the following orders have been received from the President:Executive Mansion, 1 Washington, August 26. j Sir : Iu conseqnenc of the unfavorable condition of the health of Mnj. v. Gen. Thomas, as reported, to me in e Surgeou Harrison’s dispatch of the 21st it instant, my elder dated August 17th, j 1867, is moditied so as to assign Major L-! General Winfield S. Hancock to com-lt;r j inand the Fifth military district, crent-^ ■ a.i in- out rtf r?nnMflrchPRESIDENT JOHNSON TO GENERAL GRANT.Executive Mansion, 1 ’Washington, I). C. Aug. 17, ’67. (I Hear Sib—Before you issue instruc-j tions to carry into effect the enclosed i order I would be ploased to hear ar.y suggostions you may deem necessary respecting the assignments to which tfie order refers. Truly yours,ANDREW JOHNSON. General IT. S. Grant, Secretary of War ad interim.od by act of Congress paised March il 1867, and of tho military department e comprising the States of Louisiana and it: Texas. On being relieved from thetue order of removal.Executive Mansion, 1 Washington D. C., Aug. 17, '67. ) Major General George H. Thomas is hereby assigned to tho command of the Fifth Military District, created by the act of Congross passed on tho second day of March, 1867.Major General P. H. Sheridanit ‘ Texas. UIi Doing ren«\eu iioiu me —.v-- -------- - -V i oommand of tho department of the j hereby assigned to the command of if | Miwmtri by M.ijor G,,,crel P. II. Sheri-111 : ««j» «»»?■ !«« S. Hancoelie ' command to which he is hereby assign-nlel, and will, when noceisary to the if j faithful execution of the laws, exercise d ! any nud ull powers conferred by acts e ■ of Congress upon district commanders it j and any and all authority pertaining v to officers in command of military do-n partments. Maj. Gen. P. II. Sheridan 3 I will at once turn over his present corn's I maud to tho officer in rank next to y , himself, and proceeding without delay ,t; to Fort Lcavnworth Kansas will relievo •s Maj. Gen. Hancock of the command h of tho department of the Missouri.— h Maj. Gen. G. H. Thomas will, till fur-- ther orJors, remain in command of tho •e I department, of the Cumberland.,o I Very rospctfullv, yours, Ac.,A. JOHNSON, Jo Gen. TT. S. Grant, Secretary of War, ad interim.give the necessary instructions to car-ry this order into effect.A VTlDVWANDREW JOHNSON.GENERAL GRANT TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON.Headquarters, Armies of U. S., )Washington, D. C., Aug. 17, '61 His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States :— Sir—I am in receipt of your order of this date, directing tho assignment of General G. II. Thomas to the command of tho Fifth Military District, General Sheridan to tho Department of tho Missouri aud General Hancock to tho Department of the Cumberland; also your noto of this date (enclosing instructions), saying, “Before you issue instructions to cany into effect the enclosed order I would be pleased to‘ • .. ... .. enclosed order 1 would be pleased toi ccoml. In compliance with the bear any suggestions you may deem foregoing instructions of the President ( necpssa'y respecting the assignments to wlreh the ortler refers. ”of the United States, Maj. Gen. P. II. w w^herid“n 1 I Please to avail myself of thisi , . . * j Min iiivumju iu a wui nnseu ui iuwi‘ i i°r, turn oyer his present command to , iuvitati^n to u earnestly urge-s.; Brevet Major General Charles Griffin, ur^ the name of a patriotic pe-.ple' ! A „ i, c„ir i 1 uroe 1,1 luo ,,aluu » patriotic people wish of the peoplo that General Sheri-S i SLfr. T'^:°5- r'L I havA -lt;■*** bandroda of .boo. L %. removed from hi.onworth Kaosa and will relieve Mai -'O'l'f. ofloyal lives and thousand, of prevent command, yon remark lhat*1 1'lI lL^V t ‘ (to iniH'ons of treasure to prcservo the in- “this is a republic where the will of■d Gen. Hancock, in command of thu 1egrity and union of this country—that Hm nonnln In n,n lnw nf tim kml ” nml department of the Missouri th? 0^er be „ot in81-9ted on - h fa'ihml. On being relieved by Maj uimiigtakabl the expressed wish of the Gen. Sheridan, Maj Gen. Hancock ^ th^c^neralSheridan should will proceed, without delay, to New n£)t bc'romove(1 from his prcsont cora_Orleans Louisiana, and assume com- mand ,n - . . j t ,mand of the Fifth military district and I ymana oi me rmn military ui. mcc arm wiU ofthe lo if) A law of tho of the department composed of the Iand l 4g that their voice rnav be States ot Louisiana and Texas. ° -:Ltho people is tho law of tho land,” and “beg that their voice may be heard.” This is indeed a republic, based, however, upon a written constitution. That constitution is the combined and expressed will of the people, and their voice is law when reflected in the j manner which that instrument pre-of its provisionsscribes. Whilo o.ii aa w,n mmmnnn nr mm General Sheridan has performed his | makes the President Commander-in-ri I tmartment of the Cumberland t . i civil duties faithfully and intelligently. Chief of the army and »ftvy, another ; ’ | a nf (Vn Vrar ‘ ‘ 1Ii9 reraoral wi!l W,I-V be 8*** ** 1 requires that “lm ‘shall take ear* thatj pi) rpoWNSFXI) \ \ Gen an effort to defeat the law- of Con- the laws Le faithfully executed.” Be-I ‘ ' ' V;.-; ,»•’••• • | grass. It will bo interpreted by the j lieving that a change in the command j The Removal of tien. Sictles— , unreconstructed element in th« Bouth | 0f the Fifth Military District is abso-tiie OUU ial Or«Ier. j —those who did all they could to break ! lutelv necessary for a faithful execu-| The following is the order removing up this government by arms, and now j tion of the laws, I have issued the or-, Con Sickles: 1 wish to be the only element consulted dor which is the subject of this Coras to the method of restoring ordor— -------1------ —-1 — —---— -Executive Mansio:Brevet Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Can-1 us a triumph. It will embolden th : h ■ is hereby assigneil to the command j to renewed opposition to the will of the( f the Second Militaiy District,’**' ted by the act of Congress of March *i(’1 2d, 1867, and of the Military Depp’t of I the South, embracing tho States of | North Carolina and South Carolina. ,s | He will, as soon as practicable, relieve 3(j I Maj. Gcu. Daniel E. Sickles, and, on j’ 1 assuming the command to which he is f|e | hereby assigned, he will, when ncees-j sary to fifithful execution of the law. 'r ! oxcrcise any and all powers conferred n [ by act of Congress upon District Corn-0 j j manders, and any and all authority : pertaining to officors in command of ! military departments..' j Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles is here-* ’*»v relieved from tho command of the t Second MiUtary District.! The Scerer^cy °‘ ''ar, ad interna, e will give tho necesb.,'r'' instructions to carry this order into effect. VT21 (Signed) ANDREW J9H-N- ON. id ; 2d.—In pursuance of the forego.’-'5„ al masses, hclieving that they havo tho Executive with them.The services of General Thomas in battling for the Union entitle him to some consideration. Ho has repeatedly entered his protest aginst being assigned to either of tho five Military districts, and especially to being assigned to relieve General Sheridan.General Hancock ought not to be removed from whero he is. His de-ipondenee; anrl in thus exercising a power that inheres iu tho Executive, under tho constitution, as Commandor-in-C'hief of the military and naval forces, I am discharging a duty required of me by the will of the nation, as formally declared in the supreme law of the land. By his oath the Executive is solemnly bound, “to the best of his ability, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution,” ami although in times of great excitement it may Iks lost to public view, it is his duty, without regard to the consequences topartinent is a complicated one, which j himself, to hold sacred and to enforce will take a new commander some time : any and all of its provisions. Anyto become acquainted with.other course would lead to the de-Ihere are military reasons, poenni- struction of the republic; for, tho con-‘V reMAflA. And. fthnro nil rmfwi/rtJn I _1 _ i!.. i _ i aL ____ __ . lt;iary reasons, and, above all, patriotic roasons, why this order should not bet0 j order of the Paesident of tho United a | States, Brevet Maj. Gen. Canby will on receipt of tho order turn over his present command to the officer next in rank to himself and proceed to Charleston, S. C.,to rolievo Maj. Gen. Sickles of tho command of the Second Military Dirtrict.;t. J 3d.—Maj. Gen. Sickles on being re 0.1 lieved will repair to New York city, n_ j and report by letter to tho Adjutant ,;i; General. By command of Gen. Grant. (Signed)E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G.IHOM NASIIMI.I.E,I beg to refer to a letter, mat ked private, which I wrote to the President when first consulted on the subject of the change in tho War Department. It boars upon the subject of (8is reT7*°TaI, and I had hoped would have prerentev.A I have thlt;* iijpor to be, with greataspect, your obedient servant,u. s. Gi^r,General United States Army, and Secretary of War ad interim.PNESIDENT JOHNSON TO GENERAL GRANT.Exectivb Mansion, 1 Washington, D. C., Aug. 19, ’67. jGeneral—I havo receivedstitution once abolished, there would be no Congross for the exercise of legislative powers, no Executive to see that the laws are faithfully executed, no judiciary to afford to the citizen protection for life, limb and property. Usurpation would inevitably follow aud a despotism be fixed upon the people in violation of their combined and expressed will.In conclusion, 1 fail to porceive any “military,” “pecuniary” or “patriotic | roaT?n8 ’ by this order should not be carried into C5?ct* Y°n till remember that in tuC first insiu”fe ^ did not consider General Sheridan the moo!. suitable officer for the command of the Fifth Military District. Time has strengthened my convictions upon thiscommunication of the 17th instant,, P°*nt and bns led me to the conclus-atid thank you for the promptness!10n patriotic considerations de-ith which you have submitted your views respecting the assignments directed in my order of that date. When I stated, in my unofficial note of the 17th, that I would be pleased to hear anv suggestions vou might deemi*v C..-VS5 r? “*al report, but rather to invite a verbal statement of any reasons affecting the| Nashville, August 30.—The Chat-! public interests which, in your opinion, 1 tanooga Union of to-day reports a j would render the order inexpedient.i mand that he should be superseded by an officer who, while he will faithfully execute the law, will at the same time give more general satisfaction to the whole people, white and black, North and South.I am, General, TeryRespectfully vours, ANDREW JOHNSON. Goncral U. S. Grant, Secretary of War ad interim.be [serious collision between whites and j Inasmuch, however, as you have 10 i blacks in Washington, Rhea county, I bodied your suggestions in a written | East Tennessee, on Wednesday, which j communication, it itThe sinking of the shaft at the Hornbock silver mines is steadily pro-«, ■ . . proper that I 6r®®8IIJS-ulted in tho negroes being driven ! should make some reply. I '' 6 learn that a former State Geolo-! out of town. Securing the assistance 1 f * of the Loyal League, they returned I1' and renewed the fight, which was kept up for some time with varying sue-I cess. A number were wounded.— ,.j Fears are entertained of a general col-lision in that neigborhood.Tho Mayor of Franklin has address-g* . cd a letter to the Press and Ti re nying in toto the [y | outrages on black esjinthattov re j that not alumu mane Buniu repiy. i , t . ... , -------Yon earnestly urge that the order ' wap, at the m’nes dnrinS the 2°ck : not insisted on, remarking that “it! and “besitatingly prononnees them unmistakably the expressed wish of to be valuab!o- IIe «aJ9 tbere 13 but o country that General Sheridan should not be removed from his present command.” While I am cognizant of the efforts that havo been made to retain General Sheridan in ommand of tho Fifth Military Dis-nus charges about j friet, I am not aware that the qucs-d white Unionists tion has ever been submitted to the He emphatically asserts people themselves for determination, t savoring* of tlid»J It certainly would be unjust to thee charged havo been committed. 1 army to assume that, in the opinion i ( Denials equally emphatic and iudig- j of the nation, ho alone is capable ofer nant have come from other quarters ' commanding the States of Louis; charged with’ lawlessness.j and Texas, and that, were he for sA sickly man named Wright was cause removed, no other general ir struck w i'll ft rock yesterday evening! the military service ofthe Unitedi by ado named White, causing States would be competent to fill hish of the former. The assault: place. General Thomas, whom I havoising j designated as his successor, is wellisail- J known to the country'. Having wonI high and honorable distinction in tho field, he has since, in the execution of the responsible duties of a departmentptcd by ill feeli _ i!-. from a legal suit, in which tho a:! ant was defendant.! CoL B. M. Edwards, an ex-U r” qffiqer, charged with uttering seditiilanguage in the late canvass, has been j commander, exhibited great ability, tried and convicted in McMinn county, sound discretion and sterling patriot-East Tennessee, and disqualified from i ism. He has not failed, under the holding any office whatever for three most trying circumstances, to enforce!o-. years. The jury was composed exclu-1 the laws, to preserve peace and order,sively of loyal leaguers.j to encourage the restoration of civil j authority aud to promote, as far as - Yellow possiblo, a spirit of reconciliation.j His administration of the Department of the Cumberland will certainly com-ii, Gold Interest on IO-10'Fever at Galveston,,r. [ Washington, Sept. T. -ro A warrant has been issued from the pare most favorably with that of Gen-c. Treasury Department for $1,317,0651 oral Sheridan in the Fifth .Military 190, in coin, inpayment of the interest j District. There, affairs appoarto be | due on 10-40’s np to the first instant. j„ a disturbed oondition, and a bitter — i The Socretary of tho Treasury has spirit of antagonism seems to havo re-received a dispatch from Special Agent suited from General Sheridan’Boll at Galveston, stating that the yel- agement. I , 1 low fever there is bej'ond precedent, j exceedingly c ! Cut of twenty-six officers connected j—i t f-Copper has been found in the county as pure as the best Lake SuperiorMr. Kennedy on whoso place the first discovery of silver was made has commenced sinking a shaft, others are preparing to prospect, and we suppose the whole country will soon be perforated with holes made in search of wealth. So mote it be.—Stockton Tribune.Gold Discovery in Fairfax County, Va.—Mr. Charles A. Arundel, a few days since, brought into this city and exhibited specimens of gold found on his farm, which is located on South run. about ten miles sonth of Burke’s Station, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The lumps are about the size of a pin’s head, and on being tested, were found so pnre, indeed, as to have the appearance of having gone through the refining process. The sample brought here—about thirty eents worth—was wahsed out ofa single handful of ertb, which indicates that tho diggings are rich and valuable. —Alexandria Gazette.“Am I A Radical!'Wo clip tho following response to this question from the New York Journal of Commerce:Am I a Radical?—God forbid! Call me any other name, “but as thou lovest me,” call me not a Radical, what! a trampler upon and a despiser of the Constitution of my country'! a villifier and an abuser of the section of my _________e______Ho has rendered himself e., obnoxious by the mannero , j —------------------- which he has exorcised even the,t with tie Cnstom-nouse only three are p0wer„ conferred by Congress, and , birth—an oppressor of my people—an0 fit for duty. The remainc-er arc either still more so by a resort to authority , avowed enemy of my own race and’ sick or dead. Tho Department has is- not granted by law nor necessary to collor, and a worshipper at the shrine of1 le sued instructions for the removal of its faithful and efficient execution. • Affrioa! No, no, not a Radical. Callthe custom house to a point further Hjs ruie has, in fact, been ono of abso-, mo anything else, but for goodnessthe citv lim- , lute tvrminv withnnt. In ILa 1 enlrn rlnn’I not! mr. a; down the Island, outside the city lim- lute tyranny, without reference to the sake don’t call me a Radical. ° , its, said to be free from tho epidemic. ! principles of oui -------— Down upon Grant.—A State C'on-in An Indiana paper tells of a case lately state of affairs which has resulted vention of nogro cqual in SC3.it, tried m one of the courts there, where from the course he has pursued has sc-! • .pi ,. -r. , „ig it was found, after proceedings had riously interfered with a l.armonions, ^0n at Leadin^ Pa-* Enounces Gen. e been begun, that the defendant had satisfactory and speedy execution „f ^rant 118 tmtfortlty of cDnfideiicc. A a-1 been sworn as a juror, and was actually the acts of Congress, and is alone similar convention in New Jersey had j sitting in his own case, sufficient to justify a Change, llis re-, previously'done the samp thing.
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