Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-01

RumOred Appointmnt of Jas. w. Dem
yer as Bcigadier Generai--His Anti
Government Letter finished BY his Bro
ther for Publication in the California
Secession Organ.
j. W. Denver has been appointed Brlga-
dier General Of the California Volunteers
Washington, Dispatch. Aug. l5
We are inclined to doubt the truth OF the
above announcement, for two reasons. First:
Although Denver did write an eleventh hour
Union letter, he could not have obtained the
appointment in the face of his strange silence
upon the National troubles, last winter, while
rabid Secessonists in the Legislature formed
q portion of his support for U. s. Senator
Secondly: He could not, without total loss
of self-respect accept euch an appoint ment'
and thereby become party to the crimes he
charles upon the Administration. in the fol-
lowing extract from letter. which was pub
lished in the California Express, of August
10Th. We copy the extract entire. and also
the introductory remarks by the Express
THE following is an extract from pri-
uate letter from Gen Denyer to his BROTHER
who has kindiy permitted as the use Of At 1t
was not intended for publication but Is very
valuable, inasmuch as it shows what we are
coming to, and how the matter is regarded
from an Eastern stand point. We Invite par
tcular attention to it:
WILMINGTON. Ohio, July 20 1860
Dear Frdnk-I wrote to Arthur several
days ago, and expected to have been IN
Washington 10y this time and TO have writ
ten you thence. but the news from tn re de-
TERED me from making too much haste,
where nothing was to he gained ly it. Ere
you receive this. you will have heard of the
battles at Bulls Run and Manassas Junction
The U. States troops under Mcdowell. from
some cause. took a stampede, seemingly at
the very moment victory was in their h nds.
The Confederate loss has been, according to
their own account, quite as heavy as the Fed
| eral hut no matter what may nave been
said, they have won great victory
The war engrosses the attention of every
body here Business of every kind is a. II
stand till-mechanics have little or nothing
to do-farmers can find no market for their
produce-horses, cattle. sheep and hogs are n
drug at half last years prices-while oil ar
ticles of import and mahufactures of wool
and cotton are greatly increased i'll value
| The necessaries of life, or such as have be-
come necessaries by common use. sucl, ms
coffee. tea and sugar. have had the new tariff
put upon them, while there is a positive Ger
tainty that the taxes will he doubled for the
ensuing year How the people are to M e.
these extraordinary demands God on y
knows. for they have not been able to pay
up all the taxes for the current year
Before the end of the present year the in
terest on the National debt alone will be very
little, if anything, short of fifty millions. The
necessary expenses aside from the army. will
be as much more. These must he met 10y
duties on imports. 10y direct taxation, and Ivy
the thousand other modes resorted to in Eu-
rope, hut never before known in this country
to squeeze money out If the people. From
present appearances we are to be as tax
ridden people us the subjects Of Britain
/ If we succeed in getting out of our present
difficulties indeed. with ms much freedom ms
is enjoyed 10y English subjects. we may deem
ourselves happy. On every side disasters
stare us in The face-a most formidable re =
belion, an Executive usurpation of power,
a venal and subservient Congress, a bank
rupt Treasury. an enormous debt, pecuniary
ruin among the peopl-, and great danger of
the free Government given us hy our ia
theirs, being turned into military despo-
| tism'