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Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

SENATOR WILSON, at Philadelphia on Sat.
urday evening, spoke thus:
do not say that the men of our party are
all good. They are all human; but the ideas
embodied in their policy are such as you may
borrow from the sacred pages Of the New
Testament and the declaration of American
Independence, [continued applause Il and
while there are thousands of honest men be.
longing to the Democratic party-and while
the men are better than their party-llaugh-
ter II say that the Democratic organiza.
tiOn is the wickedest party that ever cured
this planet. l make this assertion boldly.
will meet any man in Pennsylvania upon
this platform to discuss that question, and
will prove that there cannot be found in any
spot of the globe at this day any political or
ganiEation that has made n record so false to
liberty, justice, and humanity, as tho Demo-
cratic party of the United States has within
the last ten years.
Why, gentlemen, don't you know that tn Q
rebellion was n Democratic one? Don't you
know that Of the sixteen States that voted
against Mr.. Lincoln thirteen went into re-.
belliou? Don't you know that two thirds Of
their Senators and Representatives left their
seats in Congress and went into rebellion
Every shot fired against the flag of our coun-
try and into the bosom of its defenders dur
ing the war was fred by the men who will
vote the Democratic ticket now.
If Pennsylvania stands firm; if New York
stands firm, we shall have the Union strength
ened, and the sentiment of the people of the
Southern States divided. We shall have
Louisiana and Mississippi, as we have Mis-.
souri, and Maryland, voting side by side with
US as our friends.
You will forget your dutyif you allow the
men who last year stood upon the Chicago
platform, and who have already forgotten
where they did stand, to take possession of
the Government or any part of the United
States. If you do so the result will be that
the Democratic party will again make the
impression upon the mind that they have
only to vote with the Democratic party in
the future, as they did in the past, and they
will govern the country as they did then.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20
POLITICAL.

Tho Richmond Mrs. Commercial ToodLes
thinks Gen. BUTLER was candidate for the
Republican nomination for Governor of
Massachusetts,, which is about as near right
as she generally gets, being as far as possible
from the truth. #t.A - -
The next Legislature Of Indiana has n
United States Senator to elect, to succeed
Henry s. Lane. Governor Morton, Speaker
Colfax and his colleague, Godloye S, Orth,
are already named for the position. Daniel
W. Voorhees, is said to be the Democratic
candidate.
The following correspondence recently
passed between the Union candidate for ov.
ernor of Iowa and Col. Benton, the candidate
on the "Possum" ticket:
September l, 1865
Hon. N. O. Henderson,, Marshdlnolon!
Please say to Col 7. II. Benton, Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor. that shall be
gratihed to have him meet me at Boonsboro
tomorrow, at Toledo 9Th, Vinton 9th, Wat.
son 9th instant, and other appointments, for
joint discussion Of the issues Of the day upon
equal terms. W. M. STONE,
"Union Candidate for Governor.
"MARsuALLrowS, September 2, 1865.
"Governor W. N, Stone, BOonSboro:
II am not the Democratic candidate for
Governor.
"THoNAs II. BENTON, Jr."
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

HoPE.-Prominent among tho British cot
ton.bond sufferers is the name of BeresfOrd
mot Besford) Hope, the prominent capitalist at
the head of both London and Amsterda
banking house. This gentleman is bitten to
the tune of two hundred thousand dollars,
which considering his penurious disposition
misfortune must prey very heavily on his
spirits. Long years ago, Hopes father was
known as the homeliest man in England who,
notwithstanding his natural deformity, how
ever, welded the handsomest woman in
London.
Not long after his marriage he ordered II
fine painting of his wife. When the artist
called for his pay, however, he objected to
the price, and after considerable higgling re-
fused to take the picture. ThereupOn the
artist, returning to his studio, painted por-
trait of the hunchback," with hOOfs and
claws added, and suspended it in one of the
public galleries, alongside of his wife, label
ing them respectively, Beauty and the
Beast.n
Learning of the fact, Hope proceeded
to cut the picture to pieces with his pen
knife. The artist then sued for damages,
and was awarded by the liberal English
court the cost of the canvass. Though the
son has inherited all the cGvetousness OF the
father he clearly has not his financial shrewd-
ness, or he would have never yentured on the
Cotton Loan.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20
The Torrid September.

onr citizens are rejoicing in the fact that
the heated term is like hand-organ ex.
hausted of its tunes, played out" wes sup.
pose the GOODNESS of the atmosphere is due
to the approach of the autumnal equinox.
We can now sleep o'nights, which was an
impossibility during the first seventeen days
of September. The record of the weather
for years past presents no parallel to the heat
Of the first half of this month. For instance,
the mean temperature in Philadelphia for
seven days, from the llth to the 18th, inclu.
sive, was 77.43 deg mean temperature for
same week last year, 63.46, making differ.
ence of about fourteen degrees.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

ARrBMus WARD. having performed very
successful and profitable engagement Of six
nights at the Washington Theatre, has bidden us
"Adoo. " and goes TO Alexandria this evening
GIDEoN ]. PILLOW. of Tam. and Hon.
Clarence A. Seward are a, wiu.,a.,
ExrRAopp,SIpy w,,,v a,,r, 4. Al,
willards,
no.
h'oNS, vi huhno' anu
NJ o MI Ol ind' are al .he NanohAi
MR. Dk BOW has received his pardon from
the President As indicated In his letter, the
Reufep will support the policy Of reconstruction,
and devote itself to national interests, with a
view to which object the eminent statesman has
negotiated loan OF an elementary treatise on
English Grammar.
HARRIET PREscorT the authoress, Is dc.
scribed as a tall, slender. litt,e nvurs. of an.
parontly thirty-odd summers. plainly. vat taste.
fully dressed, with eyes full Of expressiop. va,
without beauty Of features. and with ouiet.
every day manner: looking as unlike n dreamer
Of passionate and romantic fiction as Won eap
imagine.
TIE "Flapeurr writes In the I,ondon Stoy.
"Mr, pIekeps 4. AT nj. co,,,rx hor.a o.a,. mn
Mr.. wilkie colIi,, 4. Al Trnb,,ava wa,I.. NJ
Anthony TrolIops !. ahon, 10 .t.,, On Too, ,.,,h
his brotber. M, p A Trol,or. ~. -. -
spending the summer i'm EpUIans a sv.l,,hrro
the Tyrol and Italy: Mr. a N Lsvos 4. ,,.x., /,
ing through BRITTANY vhsoos n. .and. ,ho,.
charming n,,.,. srb. p,,.w.u ca.,.,nu,.s,, -
the Pail Mall Gasstte: Mr.. Shirley Brooks /, at
Scarborough, where also are Messrs. Firth. X. A..
W. Creswick, r. A, Gradually recovering from
his ilIuess) aud W. o'Neil, A. R.A. Mr.. web.
ster is in Wales, Mr.. Charles Mathews goes to
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

RICHARD GRANT WHITH.-No English
journal has shown more ability. knowledge,
and earncstness in the defence of the Ameri
can cause than the London Spectator, and
none has had more intelligent, judicious,
and trustworthy American correspondent
The New York letters over the signature of
"a Yankee, which appeared weekly in that
paper, were written by Mr.. White and were
not only admirable in statement, argument,
and tone, but were skillfully adapted to the
minds they were intended to inform and in
luence. That they did have great effect on
English opinion we know from indisputable
evidence. We have seen a private letter
from an Englishman, whose business ii was
to watch the changes and fluctuations of the
public mind, in which the effect produced by
this correspondence is very pointedly de-
clared.
Abiding to the period when "the Union
cause was very little understood" in Great
Britain, the writer says: SIN those days the
letters of "A Yankee, as | know, had great
influence upon public opinion, anu dm very
much t0Dard strengthening the haHfs Of tie
government IN its determi'latiOn 10 resist tie
Overtmres ofthe French Emperor to recOgmi=e
tie southern c0nJsteracy Appearing where
they did and being manifestly the views of
a moderate man, do not know of any wri-
tings on American affairs which had more in
auencei and it is not too much to say that
they helped the northern cause as much as
an army could have done"
In another London journal, "IHe Reader"
with which Herbert Spencer is connected,
and which, while it leads all the English
weeklies in matters relating to science, is
hardly second to any in respect to the excel
lence and vigor of its literary criticism--Mr.
White wrote the series of letters signed " A
New Yorker" These appeared at time
when many English newspapers of influence
were echoing the ibels on Northern morals
and manners, started by such renegHdes as
DR.. Nichols and Manhattan and that
thoy did something to change the tone Of
feeling toward us on social matters is proved
by the fact that the misrepresentation and
falsehOods they exposed soon ceased to ap-
pear in decent journals as foundation for as.
sault on American socisty.-BO'tOa Tran
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20
Odd Fellows In baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 20.-The city presents
gay aspect this morning. Everywhere flags
and stresmers are displayed. The weather is
bright and propitious, and tho various diyi-
sions Of the great procession Of Odd Fellows
are now marching to the various positio ms
assigned for them preparatory to marching to
participate in tho ceremonies Of unveiling
in the streets is very great, and the process
sion promises to be the largest and most i'm
posing pageant ever beheld in the country
It is reported this morning that President
johnson will not be present, but II Is hoped
that the report will prove to be incorrect.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The procession moved at eleven o'clock, and
occupied just one hour in passing q given
point The column moved four abreast, and
was preceded by detachment Of the police,
and fnnked by policemen who kept the
streets clear Of all distractions. Most Of tho
Lodges appeared in new regalia, and there
were many new and elegant banners dis
played. Fine bands of music wero inter-
spersed throughout the line, and gave spirit
and zest to the display.
In the body of the procession there ap-
peared some half dozen large wagons, hand
somely decorated, crowded with young or
phan children, mostly girls, who bore uumer-
Gus decorated shields variously inscribed
with the names Of the various States and Ter
ritories, mottos, &c.
These cars were each drawn by six horses,
led by colored grooms dressed in Turkish
costume. Following these cars came large
number Of orphan boys, who, like tho chill
dren in the cars, are being educated at tho
expense of tho order. The rear Of the pro-
cession was brought up by the Grand en-
campment, arrayed in their costly regalias.
A conspicuous feature Of this portion Of
the procession was the tent Of the Grand En-
campment, in which was seated the High
Priest Of the Order. arrayed in hisvostments,
with two guardians on either side Of the
door clad in black velvet and bearing
moulded helmets and black velvet belts,
studded with gilt buttons.
Last of all came the members Of the Grand
Lodge of the United States in carriages.
To the disappointment Of the vast body Of
spectators the President Of the United States
was not present, having been prevented by
official duties from accepting the invitation.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

PROFITABLE DEALING IN SPURIOUS Cur
RENCY.-One day last week an operator in
counterfeit currency was in this city with
some of the new one hundred dollar Treasury
notes which have puzzled the bankers else.
where. He dealt with a citizen, passed a
note for 800, received goods, cash, and
check for $i5 in exchange. The party gave
his check because he had not the money at
hand. suspecting that the note might be
wrong, he took it to two banks and the tel
lers expressed doubts as to the genuineness,
though neither would say that it was not
good On calling upon third banker he had
no doubt. but remarked that he would give
$40 for the note. The ofer was accepted
and the cash paid, Meanwhile an order was
sent to stop the payment Of the check for
si5, which had not been presented. As the
holder has not yet appeared to demand the
money, 1t may bs inferred that he will not
take the risk, Il
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

tured and put In the stocks kept there nye or
six hours Just before he was put in
the stocks heard wiu giving some orders.
Witness bad seen persons shot ai the dead line
on several oecAsions Two OF the men shot be-
longea 10 the l4Oth New York voIunieers Saw
The sentry when no shot them. One OF them
died the other was shot through the arm aud
recovered, Had heard the sentries say y was
the orders ef Capt wlrss and they were TO re-
ceiye thirty days furlough for every Yankee
devil they killed. On one occasion large crowd
had gathered around the brook. witness
reached over the dead line to get some water,
The sentry fred at him and the bullet passed
near his head, striking two other men, one OF
whom, in his tent, was mortally wounded. Wirz
planted range Of flags inside the stockade and
gave the order that II a crowd Of 200 should
gather In any one spot beyond those flags he
would are grape and canister upon them.
Cross -examined: He told the prisoners he
would Are II they got inside OF those flags In
crowds. ..hl
CHARLES n. RUSSELL %
testified that he was In the military service Of the
United States, company L, First Wisconsin cav
airy was taken to Atlanta stayed In the hos
pital two weeks; was then taken to Anderson
Vile arrived there on the 27th Of May, 1854.
Was taken TO Captain Wins Headquarters, Wirz
told his orderly to take everything that Yankee
cavalry son of abb had. q wirz threatened to
shoot witness because he spoke to him about the
bad bread. He had his pistol in his hand pre-
sented It to witness head and threatened to shoot
him. Had seen men shot by the sentinels. One
man fell and his arm went under the dead line
the guard fred and killed him dead Saw Cap
tain wirl go up to the sentry and shake his hand
after he had shot man he called him bully
fellow. Tho guard was relieved.
Witness had seen men vaeclnated. One man
belonging to the same regiment as witness was
vaccinated; he died about the FIRST Of Septem-
Der had no other disease; sores were all over
him. In his arms and legs Had seen cases Of
vaccin alton have similar effect. The swamp was
IS inches or two feet deep with maggcts. Men
had to pass through there frequently; saw men
In there digging roots. Heard wirI, about the
4th Of June, say Johnston had cleaned out sher-
man and taken him prisoner. wirr said he had
been an orderly sergeant In an Illinois regiment
and was under seigel.
Cross examined: Seven men were taken to An
dersonyille with witness.
BERNARD o'nARB
Was the next witness called. He was on the
stand when our report closed.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

Governor RANDALL, Acting Postmaster
General, this morning ordered the following:
Reopen the following post Offices, and make
appointments:
cady's Tunnel Bath county, va--Heury Mar.
shall, post master.
Skin Quarter, Chesterfield county, Vas, s,
GoOde, postmaster.
winterfock, Chesterfield county, va.-Joseph
Z. Cox, postmaster.
Bath Alum, Bath county, va.-Joseph Baxter,
postmaster.
Fairfield, ROckbrdge county, Gabriel
Silley, postmaster.
Matthews e. H., Matthews county, Va,-wi-
liam +. Pugh, postmaster.
Swooper Depot, Augusta county, ya.-Mrs.
Bette 4. Dull, postmistress.
Cross Keys, Rockingham county, ya.--Joseph
u. Webb, postmaster.
Conrad's Store, Rockingham county, Va
George W. SANFORD, postmaster.
Brdgewater, Rockingham county, va.-David
7. Seibert, postmaster.
Mount Sidney, Augusta county, Na.-Andrew
II. Ross, postmaster.
At Frederiekshall, Louisa county, va-Ap-
point Mrs Fannie A. Talley, pOstmistress, in
place Of =. g. Talley, deceased
Reopen Fort Gaines, Clay county, Ga-Geo.
W. Brown, postmaster.
Limestone Springs, Greene county, Tenn
John Love, Postmaster.
Florence, Laudordale county, Ala, - Josiah
Pollock, postmaster.
YazoO city, Yazoo county, Miss. T. Pearce,
postmaster.
Walden, Carroll county, Miss.-E. Rappo, post
master.
Durant, Holmes county. Misc. c. sproles,
postmaster.
NernOna, Itawamba county. Miss.-H, W.
Noe, postmaster.
Raymond, Kinds county, Miss. John Barden,
postmaster.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

The most thoroughly American humorist
now actively before the public is Charles I.
Browne, whose sobriquet "Artemus Ward, ~
enjoys a reputation on both sides of the At.
lantic. He, too, has wisely avoided the mis-
take Of forced prolihcity, and has been for
tunate enough to use a certain awkward
talent for public speaking to place himself
far beyond the necessity Of writing for his
daily bread.
1t is difficult to read his occasional letters,
published hther and thither, without wish
ing that he had begun his career as humor-
ist independently Of the rather cheap and
very hackneyed popularity Of photography
which distinguishes them. The old Eng
lish humorists exhausted this species of &C.
centricity, and If 1t still retained any show
Of vitality Tom Hood and Thackeray GER
tainly left nothing further to be done in that
way. 1t is true that in some cases "Artemus
Ward" points a joke by his mis-spelling
which would not be joke without; but it Is
also true that for every b0H-DlOt thus origin
ated, ten are injured by the same process.
Apart from this blemish, the simple drol-
cry of his writings is irresistible. The char
acter of the old Hoosier Snowman, from whom
the letters are supposed to emanate, is admi-
rably delineated, and one never loses sight of
him, nor confuses his identity with that of
Mr.. Brown for moment. As lecturer
this gentleman continued success is an evi-
dence Of his merit, and of his sympathy with
the national feeling for exaggeration and
burlesque. His quaint, grave, half-hesitant
manner upon the rostrum, has quite as much
to do with the liberal laughter and applause
he receives as the words he utters ane both
together have been the source of much pleas
ure, of rOllicking and unthinking sort, to
many thousands Of persons of all classes and
conditions, between Maine and California.
Of more subtle and sarcastic nature is
the humOr of Robert II. Newell, who has
produced several volumes of more or less
political significance, under the title of the
"0rpheus c. Kerr Papers" Mr.. NeweIls
theme is the political inner history of the
conduct of the war; about which so much
has been said or written by more dignifed
and less entertaining authorities 1t can
hardly be imagined that work bearing SO
closely upon one phase of historical event
can njoy the continuous popularity of such
books as "PhGnixianan or "Artomus Ward,
His Book but their present celebrity is
widespread, and the author has as yet given
no evidence that his vein of humor is in any
degree exhausted.
Although his style is more polished than
that of "Artemus Ward, >" it is not the less
truly American. He soizes the acme of the
ludicrous as directly as Crockett himself; and
when he wishes to describe the rapidity with
which general officers were at one time turned
out in Washington, he AYERS that "a small
boy threw a stone in the street lately and
hit six Brigadiers; and it was mt II good day
for Brigadiers, eithorn'-R0uMM Table.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20
Parions by the President,

The President this morning granted the
following pardons: JAMES P. BorCE, S. c.
THOMAS R. PRICE, R. II. CUNNINGHAM, Va.
The President also granted an unconditional
pardon to Francis BUCHANAN, who was tried
by the District Court of Wisconsin at the
July term, 1859, for robbing the United
States mails, and was sentenced to ten years
imprisonment.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20
From the southwest-Appoint Of
Provisional Governor for Louisiana.

CAIRo, Sept 20.-Itis expected that Mem
phis will soon be abolished as military post.
The New Orleans Delta learns that Presi-
dent johnson has appointed j. Madison
Wells the Provisional Governor Of Louisiana,
and given him the same authority as is vested
in Governor Sharkey.
The Data thinks that members of the State
Convention can bo elected in thirty days, and
that the State election for members Of the
Legislature, State officers, and for Congress
can take place before November, and hopes
that new Senators can be sent to Washington
in time for the meeting of Congress.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

ACCIDENT TO GEN. DRAPER.-A lettor to
the New Bedford Mercury, dated, Brazos,
Santiago, Aug. 81, says:
A sad accident occurred here yesterday at
4p. IN. As Brevet Brig, Gen. A. q. Draper
(COl. seth U. s. G. T.) was riding leisurely
along, attended only by an orderly, he re-
ceived a bullet in the back, from gun ac-
cidentally discharged. The ball touched the
spinal column, and it is thought the wound
will prove mortal. Gen. d. is from Massa-
chusetts, and first commanded n company in
the lst Heavy Artillery from Lynn.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

WITH much gravity and solemnity the
Chicago Democratic Convention declared to
the world that the war for the suppression Of
the rebellion was failure, and the Penn
sylvania Democratic Convention has also pro-
nounced the war a disgrace" And yet the
Democrats, with their usual Inconsistency
and duplicity, select soldiers for their candi-
dates whenever they can induce one to stand
the nomination.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20

90 A Friend In Need - Those re-
quiring confidential medical assistance should
apply to some regular educated physician who
has made certain diseases his special study;
such man is DR.. DARBY, who is daily curing
numbers OF both sexes, and every age, who have
been to all the self called doctors In this city,
and spent valuable time aud money, with no
benefit until he took charge Of them. His terms
are more moderate than those OF mere boasting
pretenders whose only purpose is to fleece the
unfortunate, and then advise them, when 1t is
almost too late, to apply to him.
Call on him at once or you NAV reRret Il avar
afterwards. Dr. DARBY,
No 400 Seventh street, between D and K
streets, Washington city. fsl6-n
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20
Strategic Movement Of General sher-
nan-IIe Flanks General Grant.

We find the following extraordinary state
ment in the Chicago Republican,:
" The reason why General Grant had no
public reception on his arrival ut St. Louis
was, that General Sherman had informed ths
committee that he had no doubt that General
Grant would prefer to enter the city quietly
and without ceremony"
From the above It would seem that General
SHERMAN is making himself generally useful
in St. Louis, and that his kindness Of heart
Is hardly exceeded by his strategic talent.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20
NJ The New York Nsys is the mos

% The New York NetoS is the most
plain-speaking rebel paper now published in
the country. In describing some exploits of
Ben WooD's partisan" friend in Virginia,
it uses this language:
"Previous to the sth of March, 1853, Col,
Mosby had put himself to much trouble to
discover the strength and position Of the
enemy in Fairfax county, with the design Of
making n raid in that direction