The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-14
From Warrington.
WAsHINaToN, Sept. u, 1866.
zee rnRs1pENr,s AsslsrANrs.


natl ettesuggests that Congress shall
pass law giving the President n corps
of assistants with salaries, to aid him
in his laborious duties. The idea is not
n bad one, if it is to he temporary, but
when we are through withthe rebellion
and It's results, the President Will have
very little work TO hand over to Sec
rotary. The law allows him u private
| Secretary with IA salary of 81, 500 IL year
II would be well 10 make the first named
salary 5000 and the second $500. This
would enable the President Mt all times
to mann0nd an assistant of first-rat0
talents. Use might be made of u third
assistant nj 81 moderate salary. At pres
ent the President really needs badly n
dozen men to do his work, aud because
the leading men of the South are upon
their knees before him, asking for par
dOns. II is not that they are penitent,
but they desire to secure themselves
from trial and their property from con-
tiscntiOn. Nobody can blame them for
this, but it makes II vast deal of work
for the executive. Every President
should have one good newspaper clerk,
The duties of this assistant should he to
read all the leading papers and every
day Gull from them such articles aR lie
ought to see. A good President certain
~ ought To understand public senti-
ment. Ashe cannot be expected to read
many papers, he should have some one
to read them for him, and give him,
every day, q fair idea of their contents.
When MIR. Marcy was Secretary of State
he employed clerk for this purpose.
The clerk was ordered to cut out the
most striking editorials which had any
reference to the government, and paste
them upon sheets for reference. Every
day Mr., Marcy gave this clerk an hour
, in which he gave his master as good an
idea as was i'll his power of the driGl OF
public sentiment as indicated i'll the pa
: perS. The most important criticisms
or suggestions We're read aloud in de-
tail. In this way Mr.. Marcy kept up
fully with the times, understanding
them thoroughly.
DULL TIMES AT THE CAPITAL.
Washington just at present is unusu-
ally dull. The weather is hot, and
every body is out of town that can get
out. The warm weather of early Sep
TENDER is always the hardest to bear OF
. any that falls to our lot. The health OF
the town is good, but September is usu-
ally month OF sickness here. Two
thirds of the boarders at the hotels and
boarding-houseS are Southern people,
come here on various errands, but d
majority to negotiate for pardonS, They
have generally been unsuccessful. The
President has been so badly deceived
I
Men who got their pardons went home
and began to spout treason, and to talk
i'll AN ugly fashion against the Govern
ment. The President, in one of these
cases, has undertaken to ''revoke' the
pardon, but lawyers say it won't hold !.
If even he should be tried in u court,
the offender could plead his PARDON
On the other hand, there are those who
hold that the President cannot pardon
n man till he has been tried in the courts
and brought in guilty, and that the
pardon given before n trial in reality
amounts simplytOa promise motto pros
ecute. If this theory is the correct one.
then the President can 'treyole n par
dom" That is, ii is granted condition.
ally; he promises not to prosecute the
man for his treason, upon the under-
standing that he conducts himself like
a good citizen. If he rushes into fresh
treason Though it he by the mouth
only and misbehaves himself. then the
President Is mt liberty to try him for
treason. If the pardon is really valid.
precisely as if the man had been tried
certainly it cannot be revoked.
i The troops remaining around WASH
ington are leaving rapidly, regiment
amer regiment, and soon there will he
but few left. The Government is abnn-
dOning large number of buildings in
different parts of the town which IL has
occupied during the war, but rents do
are still very high, as they We're last
winter, or nearly so. We shall not get
permanent relief till buildings can he
erected a good deal cheaper than at
present.
APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON,
Between six and seven hundred ap-
plicatiOns for pardon were received at
the Adjutant Generals office yesterday
and to-day. The President is granting
| nNffiOnG a n "a fNNr..
day.
FosToFFlCES REoPESED.
During the month of August one
hundred and forty-One postoffices We're
Te0Pened in the States recently i'll re-
belliOn.
FORCED SOLDIERS CERTIFICATES.
1t has been discovered by the Paw
master Generals Bureau that consid-
| cradle number of forged sOldierS' dis
charges have recently been presented
and paid in this and other cities. One
oil the most efficient Paymasters in this
department has been victimized in this
manner to the extent of several thous-
and dollars. The bogus certificates, in
every instance, were presented by per-
sons wearing United States uniforms.
MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.
Capt. o. NJ. Eddy, of the 9th Ohio,
has been assigned TO duty us Acting In
sPector General for the sub-district of
, South Anna, and Lieut.. Leroy Doad. of
the 39th Illinois, TO a similar duty for
the District of Southeastern Virginia.
DISMISSED.
Lient. w. w. Thomas, COMPANY
l9lth Ohio Volunteers, tried and con,
vieted by court martial, on the charge
of disObedience of orders, has been SEN
fenced to be dismissed the service,
BURIAI.s AT ANDERsoNvILLE.
r. Capt. Moore, the Assistant Quarter
master who commanded the burinI
party recently dispatched to Anderson
vile, informs the friends of the soldiers
who died there, who are requesting in
formation US tOwhether the remains can
be found and removed, that the record
OF the burial, together with such other
information as was obtained, will be
given to the public in printed docu-
Inent, on or about the first prOximo.
CoLoRED TROOPS DISLIKED by THE
REBELS.
A large number of letters are re-
ceived every day by the President, re-
questing the removal of the negro
troops from the southern States.
CONVERSATIONS.
i Over five hundred citations in coses
OF eOntiscation have been issued in
Richmond. -
THE VIRGINIA FREEDMEN.
The Richmond Times saws the me-
groes are beginning to come TO their
senses, and are less insolent and mora
industrious than formerly.