We have received the fuller accounts of the proceedings with
respect to the reinstatement of Mr. Stanton, by order of the Senate, in his office of Secretary at War. It appears that General Grant promptly retired in his favour, and continues to hold the most friendly intercourse with Mr. Stanton, and that Mr. M'Culloch and the other Secretaries do likewise, though Mr. Johnson does not see him, and he had not, when we heard, attended any Cabinet meeting. General Grant, who evidently thoroughly understands the temper of public feeling, is not in the least disposed to fight Mr. John- son's battles, and we cannot observe the slightest indication any- where that Mr. Johnson is acquiring that great honour and favour as the champion of a well riddled and now quite impracticable Constitution, which the extraordinary letter of our Yankee Corres- pondent published to-day attributes to him.
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