I further argued that General Grant was at the moment engaged on the most delicate and difficult task of reorganizing the army under the act of July 28, 1866; that if the real object was to put Mr.Campbell in official communication with President Juarez, supposed to be at El Paso or Monterey, either General Hancock, whose command embraced New Mexico, or General Sheridan, whose command included Texas, could fulfill the object perfectly; or, in the event of neither of these alternates proving satisfactory to the Secretary of State, that I could be easier spared than General Grant.

"Certainly," answered the President, "if you will go, that will answer perfectly." The instructions of the Secretary of State, W.H.Seward, to Hon.
Lewis D.

Campbell, Minister to Mexico, dated October 25, 1866; a letter from President Johnson to Secretary of War Stanton, dated October 26, 1866; and the letter of Edwin M.Stanton, Secretary of War, to General Grant, dated October 27th, had been already prepared and printed, and the originals or copies were furnished me; but on the 30th of October, 1866, the following letter passed EXECUTIVE MANSION WASHINGTON, D.C., October 30,1866.
SIR: General Ulysses S.Grant having found it inconvenient to assume the duties specified in my letter to you of the 26th inst., you will please relieve him, and assign them in all respects to William T.Sherman, Lieutenant-General of the Army of the United States.

By way of guiding General Sherman in the performance of his duties, you will furnish him with a copy of your special orders to General Grant made in compliance with my letter of the 26th inst., together with a copy of the instructions of the Secretary of State to Lewis D.Campbell, Esq., therein mentioned.
The lieutenant-general will proceed to the execution of his duties without delay.
Very respectfully yours, ANDREW JOHNSON To the Hon.

EDWIN M.STANTON, Secretary of War.
At the Navy Department I learned that the United States ship Susquehanna, Captain Alden, was fitting out in New York for the use of this mission, and that there would be time for me to return to St.Louis to make arrangements for a prolonged absence, as also to communicate with Mr.Campbell, who was still at his home in Hamilton, Ohio.