Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-11-03

From the Albany Argus Of Saturday
The agents New York in the different Army Corps
gathering of the soldiers for by the thousand
There rush Of the army towards its old commander
This than the partsans of Lincoln could stand
They accordingly denounced the Democratic agents they
arrested of them frivolous preences They gave
out that the army to in order to get rid Of the
agents They seized and destroyed OF the ballots
the way to the front They intercepted and changed
of the votes on their way to the State
But this did not suffice 1t was necessary that
thing should be done larger scale. Accordingly,
Tuesday night last thousand votes seized by the
military in Baltimore and the agents imprisoned In An
napos another seizure made; and another again in
Washington. Some ten fifteen agents thus kid.
mapped and carried of to military prisons, and we know
not how many soldiers ballots captured.
One has been bribed terrified into revelation!
He says he engaged in forging soldiers proxies and
sending them to New York The only evidence he pro-
duces letter he says he wrote to Commsary General
Farrell How he to have such letter, if it was
sen1 Did he keep copy for such revelation this
The following from Commissary General Farrell dsposes
Of the whole revelation" far as he is concerned
HUDSON, IN. " OCTOBER %, 1864.
So far the confession of NJ Ferry contained 10 the
New York papers of this morning refers to me- any
spect connecting with alleged frauds and forgeries in
regard to soldiers votes, it is unmtgated alsehood
have received any of the papers the letter
toned by Ferry have any knowledge or information
about them, have ever had any communication with
Ferry or heard Of him until his pretended confession ap
pesred in the public prints this moi! MOI ming
Commissary General Of Ordnance N Us.
DIR. Maxon, of Alegany, whom Ferry Names Denies ia
thelfolowiDg card any completely in knowledge Of the
alleged frauds:
ALBANY, OCTOBER %, 1864.
The newspapers contain alleged statement Of M.
Il of in tn tad
forgeries Of soldiers votes 10 which statement my
mentioned know nothing Of the matter except what
in the public prints had not been in Baltimore for
two weeks before Fery arrest and there 10 not
word of truth in his statement far Concerned.
STEPHEN MAxoN.
The arrests we're made on the 25sh The two weeks of
Dr. Maxons absence date back to the 11th yet have
two letters from Ferry after that date showing not only
the asehood of the preence but fixing the charge of fraud
upon political opponents The frst received at the
Executive Department, is dated the l4th October:
"You may depend on one thing. There will be dupli-
Democrats get have enough TO satisfy me that the
opposition set down and M up and sign for soldier and Of
fcerdo it all complete without seeing 1t will
be Of the raggedest elections held this CONT
nent Truly yours, NJ j. FERRY"
Ferry wrote to John F. Seymour, October 10Th
II have been doing just what you wished me to do.
have not yet refused soldier just ouch ballots he want
ed, when had them could get them / have written
votes when had none. The manner have conducted 1t
has, satisfied done the Governor good than to
have only given out Democratic votes M FERRY"
Here appears that Ferry had enough to satisfy
him that the Republicans forging proriesling them
up and signing them without seeing and that they
had prepared to thus duplicate ninetens Of all the Demo
cratic soldiers He had been instructed TO show fair
play to the soldiers to give them such ballots they
wanted for against the Democratic candidates, and
his letter to John Seymour shows he pretended to fol-
low out these instructions He undoubtedly bought
mp not only to conceal the frauds he had detected the
part of the Republican, but to charge these very rascal
ties upon the Democrats!
80 the Republicans have not only covered up their frauds
of which this Ferry appears to have been cognzan but
they have stopped the army voting and seized the ballots
Of Democratic soldiers and have thus dsfranchsed them
and got up cloud under which to perpetrate q vast
system of fraud such dsgraced the recent canvass in
Indiana.
1t is singular with what universal expression Of unbe
lief this conspiracy greeted Instead Of exciting the
expected Indignation OF Democrats accused of fraud il
elected feeling Of contempt at the gressness Of the
POSTURE and anger at the who could thus at trs
with the rights of citizens and soldiers and with the
duty Of the public and who dared to put the public peace
at hazard by such violence this The reas
ton Of public opinion towards the Democracy s the only
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