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A GOOD STORY of colored soldier is told

A GOOD STORY of colored soldier is told
in the SprimfeM Republican,, The event
occurred at the time that General Butler
was retaliating for some i'll usage Of our col.
ored troops captured by the enemy, and
quite n number of-rebels, both civilians and
soldiers, were placed at work in Dutch Gap,
on the James river, guarded by men OF the
l27th regiment. A continual shellipg was
kept up during the day upon the gap BY the
rebels, so that 1t was no pleasant task for q
soldier TO walk his beat in open daylight
within easy range Of the enemy's guns, One
day in particular, when orders had been is.
sued that il a sentinel was seen to dodge, he
should be shot on the spot by one Of his off,
GERS, the enemy exerted themselves more than
usual to drive. the troops away, opening a
terrific bombardmsnt, :.
The sentinel most exposed had been struck
and instantly killed; a supernumerary was
called to fill his place, who stepped boldly
Of, gun at the support, when suddenly shot
from the same gun which had killed his com
rade he heard coming on rapidly towards
him. TWAS sure death for him to stand, and
with sudden determination he threw him.
self upon the ground at full length, his gun
in his hand beside him. ION came the missile
of death, descending with increasing rapid
ity, and, with a horrible screaming noise, II
finally struck and burst. Quite number
were watching him from behind slight pro-
lection thrown up near by. The man arose
with gun in hand, rubbed his head, looked
at his gun n moment, and then cried out,
Corporal Of the guard, No.l1."
The corporal promptly appeared, and the
man handing him his weapon, said, 81 guess
you had better give me another gun, can t
shoot with that one" The shell had struck
the gun and bent it nearly double, breaking
the stock in fragments, and had not injured
the sentinel In the least, save the effect Of
the noiso upon his head. The corporal handed
him his gun and hurried back out of range
of tho shells, which were falling thickly
around all the time. The sentinel throw bis
gun across his right shoulder, and commenced
again his dangerous walk. This man is now
orderly sergeant of company q, l27th United
States colored troops, 49,
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To the Colored Men OF the District
Of Columbia.

As It Is understood that you intend asking the
next Congress, which couyenes In December, to
extend to you the right Of suffrage, allow me rs
a friend 10 make n suRgestion or two to Won
which, II approved and acted upon, will. be-
Iieve, materially aid you in securing that right.
From the best Information Attainable 1t is cstl-
mated that there are In the District Of Columbia
not less than two thousand colored men who can
rad and v,rits
The most prominent objection that will be
urged against allowing YOU to vote, is that you
are not suaicieutly educated to exercise inteili
gently the elective franchise.
To meet this obieotion, prepare and place in
the hands Of Senator suHxgR, or some other
equally true and tried friend and advocate Of your
rights, for presentation to Congress a petition,
81 gned by every one OF your nbor residing in the
District who can read aud write, asking that the
right OF suffrage be extended to you. See tina
every man who signs the petition does It with his
oi0n hand.
Then whom your petition is presented to Con
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16
ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS.

An elaborate plea, in mitigation of the
treason of the Vice Conspirator of the rebel
lion, ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS, appeared in
the columns Of one of our morning cotempa-
rarie, vssterday, which should receive some
attention. That our nation, triumphant
over the rebellion, should be governed by a
spirit of Christian magnanimity" towards
the conquered rebels is a very fine proposition
in the abstract; but We are convinced that po-
Iitical justice should be the guiding prin-
cipie now as ever in our dealings with all
men in all times or ALEXANDER II. STE
PHESs 'Justitia" writes:
His crime, gfhe comm,tted aug, UGs that he
IoILoi0ed rather than IcIs Tie author Of a great
l,oiit,coi error, tie character Of toisieh ioomh
hare BEEN changed with success, and perhaps
gerry differently regardSd by majority Of
the psopis. The manliness with which Mr..
Stephens struggled to arrest the errors OF his
people before the war the earnestness Of his
efforts to save Georgia from the ruin he saw
foreshadowed In secession, as well as the
purity of his character, are things We can
not, must not forget The more we investi-
gate his political record the more ready the
impartial mind becomes to accept for true
the assertion that Mr.. Stephens had no di.
rect agency in the folly and wickedncss that
led the people of the South into rebellion.
The writer goes on to show, from Mr.srE-
vENs' political record, that he made hercu-
lean efforts against the spirit of rebellion,
which ran high in Georgia IN 1885, that he
resisted the efforts of JEFFERSON DAVIS and
his party OF Gre-eHters, raising his voice in
the Macon Southern Rights" Convention
which followed the Nashville Convention,
battling the heresies of those who sought the
disruption of the Government and the organ.
iEation of Southern Confederacy. Mr.
STEVENS continued to battle for loyalty uE
TO n hte hour before the rebellion broke
out, and therefore "Justitia" would have
him pardoned aud "sent back to be teacher
of his people
Now, the logical inference to be drawn
from Mr.. STEPHENS record of loyalty and
his intellectual opposition to the heresies oI
secession is, that he sinned more intelligently
and therefore more guiltiIy than many other
in the South; and II distinctions are to be
drawn between the leading rebels, we should
cay that those who joined the rebellion in O
full appreciation Of its outlines and the ruin
it would bring on the country were more
guilty than those blind fanatics who renlly
believed the Calhoun doctrine that they
had a right to secede and who could not be
made to believe they would not succeed.
Moreover, Mr. STEPHENS was IN influential
leader of u class who joined the rebellion most
reluctantly, and who might have kept them
selves out Of 1t had he done 70 himself
When STEPHENS suoeumbed to the "mons.
ter" and allowed himself to stand by jar.
DAvrss side as Vice President, nothing else
was wanting for the consolidation Of the
South, and no man did more to secure that
consolidation than Allen srEPHESs, from
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the fact thaths had previously opposed &c.
cession with all his intellectual power.
When such mon as srErHEss wheeled into
line under the secession Gag, who in the
South could be expected 10 remain loyal'
"Justitia'' says "there may have been an
impsrious physical, as we'll as political, me-
ce'sity forwhat he did. ., What does thss
mean Was he obliged to become q rebel
because he was not in good health? The
truth is that there was no more necessity in
his case than In that of JoHS MINOR BORIS,
whom, all the powers Of rebellion and the in
fernal regions combined could not force into
the insurrsction, While. We would accord to
Mr. STEPHENS any lenieney that his physical
debility would require Of humane and mag
nanincus Government, we object to the YER
dict Of not guilty, or less guilty than his
oompeers, in his case. o..
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Political.

Nm. ]. ADoLPHus RosIEn, of Louisiana,
who is now put forth as the spokesman of the
copperhead party Of that State, is capable Of
better things. The last speech he made in
the secession Convention has already become
historic. Let him reflect that his predictions
have proved true. Let him reflect that when
his neighbors, BENJANls, sLIpELL, and
CorrMAN, decided to refer the irrepressiblc
conflict to the arbitrament of arms, they ap-
pealed to the last tribunal; that they were
cast in that contest, and that their logic OF
the great decision must be followed up.
Let him consult with his eloquent neigh
Dor DuRAsr-let him converse with sturdy
HoRNoR-let him listen to the voice of vic
torious loyalty, and learn from these that
the old things have passed away,
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

A fow years since Tom Marshall was de
livering an address before n large audienc,
in Buffalo, when some one IN the hall every
few moments shouted "Louder! louderv
Tom stood this for while, but at last, turn
ing gravely to the presiding officer, he said:
'.Mr. Chairman, at the last day, whom the
angel shall with his golden trumpet proclaim
that time shall befo more, 1 doubt not, sir,
that there will be in that vast crowd, as now
some drunken. fool from Buffalo, shouting
Louder! louder!'" The house roared, Tom
went on with his speech, but there were no
more cries of ''louder!"- !"-JourRai Of Com.
nieree. .,...I- -... ..7.-.4,J.
Our respectable contemporary Is mistaken
which is the rarest occurrence in the world
where jokes are concerned. The event de:
scribed occurred in Cincinnati, on the ,occa-
sion OF the opening Of the Ohio and Missis.
sippi rsilroad in hesummer of 1851.
A vast crowd hnd collected on the front
stops Of tho Burnett house, and Marshall
tolerably drunk, dressed in a seedy black
,froek coat and white hat, with q weed on it,
was caught and forced to make speech.
Some one in the throng shouted. ironically,
Henr, hear" rs the Kentucky orator
rounded one OF bis periods. he famed with
Indignation. 81 hear a contemplate voice
crying hear, hear he exclaimed. ~ have
no doubt that at the last dread day of &C.
count, when the great white throne Is set DIP,
and all tho races and families of men are
brought together for judgment, there will be,
as the Interchangeable decree is pronounced
some damned fool in the audience who will
squeak out hear, hear" The remarkable
oratorical genius Of Marshall was never more
surprising than as he pronounced this crazy
outburst; as he spoke of the great white
throne, the whole sky seemed to be glowing
with the dazzling splendor Of the apocalyptic
vision -Chicag0 Republican. %
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=, ''''' n'''"s ""' ".o '' -''" 'c"'
VI s 'r""s ''''' ~ '"'y
~, noninaon u ''H' noN,oN aS 'ue'' can
n, NJ n u,,,,.ov Ia .GIIpoo...
4 % " a'o .. t'0 i'o'h"' '''
among other things, We learn from report
in the Rsgistsr that the frst-named speaker
approy.d, tho nomination of G,en Ruxyon
-.---.--,', a, .,,,,,',,r,
anu oy WY Vi removing tne uisiike "nicn ni'l'
some men have both to lawyer and to mill
tary candidates, he said that 'tRuNros ,ea,
mn, ,o,,,,,l nj f. I,,,,,., ,,,.p =, ,,,,,h M !,
''' ~ ~ ' - "
"e"e'of as 70 DC ooeefLo"o0fe eoI o" th't score
A Washington gossip says that, Senator
Wilson will. on the firsf day of the next ses
sion of Congress Introduce q bill to give the
elective franchise TO the colorsd men Of the
District of Columbia. If he shall couple with
it the condition that every voter in the Dis
trict, Of whatever color, shall be able to read
and write, we believe he can carry the bill
through, and so not only secure justice for
the negroes Of the District, but secure the
national sanction Of the true condition Of
suffrage. ge.---SprImgfsid (IHass.) Republican.
Well, when Massachusetts, adopted the
-..a,r,, .,,d ,,.,,;u u.,.3,l, II
.,itption, aha d;a 40 a..;n., IN. .d,;o. =,
w. w,-., - a.. - ',
MI WILSON "no Inc eoitor Oh inc Sprngneid
Republican.
Exnov.o s, !. ~
TO ;.na...,;s.h, sh,nh aooa, appears, IVA was
~nS w ~ NJ 'ysssher y Ior lean hi9n- G1.
@ "onu,S n no, ~. % ;,,s ~hoa p;.pn Snysn.,on. ne
~, SonJ i ny 80 ~ snSn Has Nionmo Gnu Proposeu
but ola Demoerntio wheel. borsss nIso Ps'
,ides no vonld NAV the % arts,I. .dojr.,,i, 40
the Iast Wben Il came 10 the yo,e on In,
dorsino the Tammarv deiexatior' Sevrnn,
turned no missing. and the vote nrocsoJeJ
without him. This was the Inst opncs tbst
broke the oamells back, and NO doubt caused
the Dean 10 give him that gentle hint in the
sbana of a dad h.ad,, 49,, % la
L.I " W o',o"
Whicn was hAnueu nun py mutual iriend OF
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p.,,o,r.,,o Protest.

Petroleum v. Nasty protests. as a con.
sistent Democrat, against tno nominal ION OIL
soldiers by his party. He writes, ... .
fr'I object 70 nominatin EN- for the foiler-
ing reasons: m
~. Taint honist. In 1862 I called the
soliers iIinkin, pprps,p and the orasers
| 'sholder. .strapt hirelins, and / meant ~.
They was wagin a crooil and unholy war
agin Dimocracy. they was redoosin our ma
gorities in the suthren states Mt the rate of
sum huudr,is per day, mud now 10 no,ninate
EN- Is a flop mi never make. 49,,
"2, Twon't pay. These feiIcrs sold us out
when they took commisuns. they sold ont
the Ablishnists when they font lack 10 us,
and what euarnpty hey we that thew wont
sell US out tho, next turn Of the wheel1 II
we Good Rit sam decent wuns, IL mite do, but,
good Lord, the soljer who wood do this wood
be lower down than we Is, which wood
ootner man. Al, the vo'es tnot nen men
yUu .;wn,s SO"''o'e' W. "'' anus O'"'' '''' ~ 'e'
s.s r.;,, ;,s,,s Q m. or;o;no, oonr.rh,d,
W. aha h.ss ~ H. nsp III ~ th.
A. ss.ys, "a Jsas,s 70 S.mmoJ IoSa, -
F.,t .s.,.a,ad "a Ror, War;naJ. -.
ne vhS S,ad h; o,,r Snor. .,srds Wber. VIZ
~. Sxsa.s.. 'Na,a All tha d,r,a,,a ar,
sn,s ar ,,...,u,Sn, ,v,,, ~ S.a,sir e., ~
sa.hs ~ Wa - P' f"' '"''
90 n. r..or.,r,o,;d d;moor;oy nv fho
so.,,s .ns,, ,;Ss A. anS - ,han, o.; Al, ns
,nu', ~ e. a,ao.ss N W III "''' w
iis rh.r aeLno-Iadosd ,;r,.r .oro,;,v n,
.n..,, Syass ~ az ,.;,h sSs 80, VI -
"a We bsv coma too spr To ct t,y the ,ol;eer
49,. m.'.. ..o..a a.. =. -. -. Il IA.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

A DANGEROUS CoCSTERFEIT- "A danger
Gus counterfeit was received at the Treasury
yesterday of hundred dollar compound in
tcrest note, bearing date May 10, 1865. 1t
is much better executed than any counterfeit
heretofore presented, and requires some
scrutiny for its detection. Both the face and
back are printed in paler ink than the gen.
uine, and on,a careful examination the let
tOring on the face appears defective,
the offerings with the genuine before nc.
eepting them. No other denomination than
500 Of the compound interest notes has yet
been oOuntorfeited, and all the compound in
terest notes excepting the 800 can therefore
be taken without special examination. One
of these cOunterfets was sent from Philadel.
phia and another from New York.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

Bids for furnishing the Subsistence Depart.
nent with I, 900 barrels Of -four were opened
by Capt. L. 7, Bridges to-day. The bidding
was not very spirited, and the prices. ruled
high. Tho following bids were made: a..
Benz. Darby, 800 bbls. No. . at $40; w.B
Cooper 5000 bbls. at prices ranging from
s955 to $s.7Oi Thos. r. Dorsey, 500 bbls. at
$l1; George T. McGlue, 1900 at 1884; D.
L. Shoemaker 4 Bro, 1000 at slO.27; and
A. Ross Ray Bro, 1000 at the same sure.
The quality Of -four offered by the two
last bidders was of higher grade than that
offered by the other bidders. $40,
One thousand bbls. at $9.54 were taken;
and 500 at $1O.27. 30
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

The INDIASs,-Latest advices from the
plains say that several tribes of Indians that
have been hostile to the Government mani
fest great desire for peace. When we hear
from the council which is to be held at Fort
Rice, by the commission appointed by Presi-
dent johnson, wo can better tell whether
these pretensions are sincere or not. The
United States troops doing duty on the plains
are said to be discOntented and ineffective on
account Of their anxiety to be mustered out
and il is said that efforts are being made to
replace them by regulars, or at least by men
whose term of service expires at remote
period. If this is done, Gen. Dodge will be
able to make short work with the Indians, If
It becomes necessary, But as matters stand
now, the only troops who seem to be worth
much are the regiments composed of rebel
prisoners, who were organized for this special
service,
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

THE lOTgest months business Of dry goods
ever transacted in the metropolis was during
the thirty days ending September 10, 1888
The city was swept clear of Gotten goods, and
SO impOrtunate and inoessant were the or,
ders that the manufacturers have beon ask,
ing and getting from sixty to one hundred
per cent. upon the cost value of their goods.
But this was too good to last. and trade has
come to sudden and unexpected pause.
Retailers have discovered that consumers
won't stand the enormous advance In cotton
goods, as compared with the early summer
prices, and SO they refuse to huy. Prices
have reeeded already, and there may be,
and ought to be, tumble. With an abun.
dance of raw cotton at moderate price, and
the mills all over the country in full blast
there will soon be goods enough and at fair
rates, foOnsumers will hold up little.
Manufacturers cannot expect to get thirty
five cents per yard for prints which costs
them only sixteen cents, for more than u
month at time, Consumers do right in
striking" against SO enormous profit,
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

TAXING THE WIND 0uT-It has been re-
lakeland the story is widely circulated as a
wonderful achieyement-that on the surren-
der Of General Lee, his son, VIM. H. Y. Lee,
at once repaired to the White House, with
three young men Of his former command, Il
German. an Irishman, and two freedmen, to
raise n crop of corn, and that the eight men
had actually produced |, 800 bushels of that
very useful article. We dislike 10 spoil q
good story, but Us this has been Il remarkably
good season of corn, it may be interesting to
see how much General Lees "hopsful - has
really performed. In Illinois one hand Is
expected to tend 80 acres in corn; and this
season not less than 100 bushels are RntiOi-
pNted per acre 1t follows, therefore, that
General Lees son, with seven men, has actu.
ally performed the work of about half man
in corn grOWing-Cin. Gazette.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

REcoNsTRUCrED.-T three most valua-
bic officers under the State government of
Louisiana-and they are immensely valuable
-are the shrievalty of the Parish of Orleans
the clerkship of the grand district court of
that Parish, and the presidency of the board
of currency. They are held respectively by
CHARLES BTENvESUE, THOMAS L. II. COLT
NAS-both signers of the ordinance of sOcos.
sion-and A. p. FIELD,whose exploits in at.
tempting to propagate his political Opinions
at tho point Of the bowio-knife are not yet
forgotten.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

Il lTHEl Little Rock tArk.j G&=ehe states,
upon ssthority Of Judge Bartlett, that
throughout the entire circuit recently
trayersed, there prevails remarkable de.
gree Of unanimity as to the duty Of the pco-
pie under existing circumstances, and that
instead Of being sullen, refractory and indis-
posed to resume the rights and obligations Of
citizenship, they are heartily rejoiced at the
prospects Of peace and jealous to cooperate
with the authorities and each other in the
restoration Of law and order.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

The lectures of A. WARD, at the Washing.
ton Theatre, are nm immense success, The
intense heat of the weather, instead of keep.
ing people away, has only expanded, by q
natural law, the walls of the building, SO as
to let more people into it, The interest in
Mr.. WARDS lectures here is enhanced by the
fact that he has fallen in love with very
beautiful lady Of this city who appears
nightly in one oftho orchestra seats
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

oRpHANs' CoURT- Judge Purcell. The
will Of Catharine Smith was fully proven and
admitted to probate and record.
The first aud hnal account Of JobB CHAMPION
administrator Of VIM. b. CTaIapton, was ap.
proved aud passed also, tho balapce aud distTi.
button OF the peTaonal estate,
VIM. D. Hill gave bond iu the sum Of SO 900
as executor Of CathaTine Smith,
VIM. D. Hill aud Robert G. Chew gave bond
IN the sum OF 20, 900 as executors Of Mary L.
Allen.
The will of Henry McPhersOn WAS fully pIuyep.
The will Of Mary T. Allen was Tully proven,
admitted to probate and record.
Letters Of RdIniniatTallOn were issued TO John
Carter MSrbuTy, administrator Of William q
Carr.
Charles NJ. Matthews was appointed guarIiap
to the orphans Of John A. Ellis.
Charles Wilson was appQiptod guardian to tho
orphan Of Samuel II, Leepo.
to tho oTphaRs Of Hanson Barns, was approved
aud passed, WV
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SECOND EDITION
FOUR O'CLOCK. p. M !.
PREsIDESrIAL AProiNTM ENTs.

PRESIDENTIAL APPoiNTM ENTs.
The President this morning made the fol,
lowing appointments:
MARSHALL b. HOLLAND, Collector Of Gus.
toms for the District of Brunswick, in the
State Of Georgia .-----'s-'
II M. MvRfAr, Surveyor Of Customs of
the port of Pnducah of the State of Ken.
lucky. w
LtOSthD saErtAp,; ~ Third Lieutenant
in the revenue cutter service Of the United
States. .. ..' 90. ..... 90 woe.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

A SERIOUS and fatal collision occurred on
the Camden and Amboy branch railroad,
near Princeton, at about 2 O'Clock Thursday
morning. The 'owl' train from Jersey City
ran into the rear Of n freight train, smashing
up two of the freight cars and its own smok'
ing car, and causing considerable damage tC
the other part Of the train. A soldier named
Frederick Clinch, Of the ljSth New York
volunteers, was killed. but, strange to say,
although the smoking car contained twenty
Ave passengers and was entirely demolished,
nobody else was injured.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue this
morning made the following decision That
all policies of insurance issued by accident,
insurance companies, Notwithstanding they
contain clause of life insurance, are held
to be exempt from stamp duty under section
100 Of tho law.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

u The article on Massachusetts, and
Virginia, from the Richmond Bulletin, will
we'll repay perusal. We reproduce it on
our first page to-day for the purpose ofshow-
ing the direction which calhounist minds
are just now looking. J..
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16
Lana once settlements.

The General Land Office is enforcing strict
compliance with the regulation requiring
prompt deposits of public moneys by hll the
receivers of the United States land Offices, so
that balances may be settled up by the end
of the first quarter-SOth irst.-of the fiscal
yeur,
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

~ PEACE brings healing on her wings
Friday, the sth instant, was the first day
since the first battle of Bull Run on which
not 4 single soldier died in Washington. So
we are informed by Capt. NJ. MoORE.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-16

&C. We have found out about that Post
once business. 1t appears that the days
when we get our exchanges are the days
when the traiu don't smash up The Post
Office is all right