, 1865-04-10

nomination Of Mcclellan at Chicago
se,nn. s p17ps Pea M 5 ,a b, he sees 4
17ngth into the condition Of parties IN he North,
assures Governor Smith that notwithstanding
Sen- Neolellan's letteI Of aesePtaacs. he T. aL
how The fail Of Atlanta made 1t Necessary to give
| that letter its warlikc lone IN order tu prevent
Feason ts. nGo!ps the
only elected all will go right; com mnunicates all
news Of n1Dy movements. progress OF recruiting,
and prospects for future operations that be thinks
EIchmcnd, and significantly closes with The eue-
gesuoa that after their old intimacy Gov. Smith
a 10 hfs san AZ written
familiarity with public afairF, dated as tar back
s1En of eivsng 1fs up MehmoPd and abandonias VI
gfnta. 4 design, the writer ex.lalus, which I
Enow and which ron, Goresaor Smith, Likewise
mond.' continues the writer, much. 10 The strain
which month ln'er John II. Daniels pursued IN
the Eramiatr--*' riye up Richmond and on give
up the Confederscy."
.. AFTER OFFICES AID CONTRACTS. 80 ~
Gov. Smith was not exempt from the torment
Of nil polit1cians, old friends who he]ptd him when
he: was candidate, and now claimed their
sfsfe' e Ss s'eF' ef tsPE Ppea sl,es s,
which the rebel government was supposed to
have need, and insisted that his great influence
eliza a1RS RH arn oa oaGrs
services to get sou fnroughed, or brother ex-
emPted, q = friend promoted, but The most pain
R2G5 e1e e. sss s
lhat the government for whose fakc they were
tuferfnE might give them something to do. Pre-
Sr te:s ehoe pratty s eeaess!reig X that
he bed been extensively engaged in 1unninc the
biocka!e With caEgoes e. eottop, Sc, having The
Wilmington seems to have been his faynrfte
PSta P,, tos sacn vsa14les. and there arc numerous
for Instructions and reporting pfogrea5.
nEsrnu11oH MISCELLANY.
letter trem Mrs. President Davis sayk she
would be elad to ser15 as one medium for the DIS
charge for the poor oi Richmond
4 letter tom son Of Gov. Smith, from the
rebel army, appeals for clothes, dnd Gays he is
into the state Of his wardrobe, and shows that ho
n has nearly cio1h enough for coat II he only had
Hon %1ee ia 16P staes Collector o
tcruaf ReFenue at Louisville, KY, appeals to Goy-
ernor Smith, on the score OF old friendship, to
find and some OF means e sending through the lines
M95a WhetheT ea hts the coectors> aged mother
another, andet due Of September I'd. 1851,
snlt; others show tb.t the Govcsno1 had i sen sent "a
Sats afens To- LT5nehhuE viii hat point Tas
patches disclose the great weakness OF the force
defending Lynchbure, md lead 10 the Suspicion
th tast HUE more energy on our part might have
Governor Brown, Of Georgia, writes reeretttne
that be cannot furnish the railroad transportation
Governor Smith has requested, and makes the
most dolefal complafpt about the condition aud
necessities Of the Georgia railroads.
virginia otacers seem 10 hare been In the habit
every little skiImish IN which they were engaged.
The files are full Of such correspondence. 4 Gu
fons 1l4stfation Of The tenaclty with which to tho
last the Goyetnor held to the extreme doctrines
o! State lights, and Of the scrupulous care with
which the 1cbel government was compelled to re-
fpcct their claims iE found in an autograph letter
q Jae. 4. Seddon, Secretary Of War, requesting
Cor. Smith to allow him to dotail a man from
the Virginia Militia for special services to which
he was peculiarly adapted, ut the War Depart
ment.
aflll another elaEs Of letters Consists Of CART
fully medc up lists Of the Tories, l. C. UnIonIsty.
in various local1t1e=.s II the Government Is ia
hot haste to begin th& dangerous business Of re-
rebel lists Of suspected parties.