Washington telegraph., 1865-12-13

From the PaRto graph.
T. W CAN'T.

4 from liz 1fAo A'Fi-
e. W. CAN'T.
/ We had occasion to refer 10 this fel-
4 low, in a brief notice. some days ago
! He h 5 recently reformed from a visit "a
Washington ity. whither he had gone
as Ambassador or Minister pienipoten-
tiary for the bogus Murphy Government
He barangued a small squad OF state o.
/ 6cials. few nra roes, and dozen er III
t.en Idle spectators, from the steps OF
the Anthony House, a few evenings
ago.
1t is Disgusting TO the people Of Ar-
kansas to see or hear the name OF Dantt
and would never mention il but for the
fact that people abroad should b- kept
posted as his true character For the
past two years he has const tu;ed him
s-if \ travrliin. committee, 10 represent
at Washington aud elsewhere, tbs = nti-
mems and wants of people OF this tate
I X i known to all ten III this country.
/ ihar he represents no sentiment and no
party, save tile little handful of usnrpers
who, for plundtr and profit. have seized
the reins Of the State Government, fir
the oppression of tie people and the
committai Of fraud upon their common
rights
s!r. Gantt's history for ,he past FIVE
years, il siHply this: in the commence
ment of our troubles he was a blatant,
I fol mouthed. vulgar and intolerant se
cessionist-wifh large quantity Of CAB
and bat little brains. lie Was impudent,
insulting and utterly unprincipItd. His
! syrade Of abuse aud vulgar epithr's,
heaped 6ron The heads Of ihe Conserva-
i've ard Union men of tile State. haTe
rendered him forever the object of their
dfsdain and contempt. All honorable
men oi Southern synpathies, feel equal
In outraged BY his recent e1treme and
dishonest changr-so that there is 10
party with which he can affiliate, except
The lew extreme secessionis;s. who, like
himself, As scavengers for pelf and plum
drr, became extreme aboliti rniats
CAN'T has practiced fraud and decrp
ton upou every cause he has espoussd.
He came, after the capture Of Little
Rock. to Gen Steele, representing him
SIT NY Rebel Brigadier General who
ha deserted and come over ~ the Union,
asking a chance to display hs talents
not " fighting for the Union but by
writing and speaking. At Memphis;
when he frs: turned up in the Union
/ lines, hr told the >ecessionists that Gri-
erson had captured him in Mississippi,
and TINT he was e prisoner, but could 80
up to Cairo and get released The faC;s
are these: Early in the war he raised
rebel regiment, ami was Colonel. at
/ Island len, by cowardice and incampe-
tency, liz waS made pris ner lie t.
ported himself to his captors as Brisa-
der, which was false; and DAVIS would
F.. only exchange him as z Colonel and not
then until his reg g.ment was recrganzed,
aud another elected Hence. when
( CAN'T got home, he had no office; and
Ferguson, IN discharge of righteous
duty, conscripted the. gail amt CAN'T
I Then he got Gen. Holmes to detail him
W lecture III favor Of the conscript law,
which appointment was sooHrannullcd
F. and anti was nrdergaeTa the lines at
that time he made f7fs way across the Mis-
sissinpi river, under pretensc Of having
there 4 place Of duty. He turned up in
Memphis with a lie On his lips He
came from there to Gen steele, with
liz on his lips He went through the
Northern States, ltcturiug with Miss
Dickerson, with lie on his lips. He
goes to Washington City with lis on lis
Iips-and comes back ditto. tie was
born lying; lives lying; aud will die
'yirg Ii i known 10 everybody, that
tie Murphy bogus Government was
ma q by ton specu ators and real es
tate Cd oni~cators. and that Can't il en-
plorpd to DO their dirty work Hence.
he " always posted oif to Washington
City, when there is trouble anticipated
When v gets there his cry i ''loyalty!
that's the Murphy Government'--
the aurphy Goverument-thati il, cot
ton
4 co-laborer with Gantt,i is J W Dem
by. an rx-watch carpenter who. for crime
got away from Georgia before the sheriff
was satisfied An ex-i aptain who re-
signed his position, for embezzling Gov
eminent funds--who was ordered out of
ihn.Depar;ment Of Al kansas. for passing
counterfeit Confederate money, gobbling
up horses, and putting common prosti-
tutr into tire house Of gentleman Of this
city for his own convenience, anu many
other things quite as mean and disrepu-
table.
Such are The main springs of the Mrrr-
| phy Government Ii must b. shocking
concern, not to command better support;
and 1t is evident that until il does, it can
never have the confidence and support u
the people Of Arkansas = =
| w Two white men. namoa John M.
Brown and Chris opher &. Rease. having
! been convicted bv D military commission
\ NJ the murder 81 a negreSs named Neiile
f! West in Tafifrrrr couni Y, "a were sen
Il.