The Portland daily press., 1869-10-06

| election of Andy johnson to the Senate, says
'the old veteran Is likely to ode in harness."
| Well, he ought to die in harness. He is more
mule than man.
AT County Convention of Democrats in
| Flushing on Saturday evening, there were two
| sets of delegates, over the legality OF winch
| should hold seats row took place. Ihe
| Chairman of the Convention was dragged off
| the platform and badly pounded. Joseph
| Rice. delegate, was thrown out of q window
and fatally injured, and about twenty others
| received broken heads.
THE Republicans of Mississippi are thor
ouchly united. The Conservative fraud has
made no break whatever in their ranks. With
liberal platform, embodying impartial suf-
frage and universal amnesty, with candidates
who are above the reach of adverse criticism,
with thorough harmony among themselves
and with the appreciation OF the Federal Exec
utive, they will redeem and reconstruct their
| State upon secure basis of loyalty and pat
| riotism; at the same time inficting defeat
| upon that ambitious carpet beggar Mr.. Dent,
| which will prove a most salutary lesson.
The Albany evening? Journal says Judge
| Alcorn, the Republican candidate for Cover
nor of Mississippi, is a native of the State,
| planter of large wealth, an incorporating
hater of secession Democracy, and Union
| man to the backbone. When reconstruction
| was attempted under the Andy johnson pro-
| gramme, he was chosen United States Senator
in accordance with compromise; represent
ing the Radicals while Governor Sharl,ey was
elected by more Conservative element. 1t is
significant of the tremendous changes wrought
by the war in Southern society, that this gen.
| tleman, a member of the old aristocracy, and
formerly owner Of many slaves, consents to
run upon ticket which presents a colored
| man for Secretary of State.
| THE Hartford Post says that the political
| campaign in Pennsylvania seems to be a very
bitter one. The Democrats in Philadelphia
| have really suffered very bad luck in being
compelled to change their candidates, and feel
| somewhat testy. The Republicans are not
| themselves in good humor they ought to
| be- and are very sensitive to brick-bats, flying
| stones, clubs, etc. An Irish Republican meet
ing was assailed with these arguments on
Thursday evening, and seems to have borne
the attack with much less patience than would
be expected of brow-beaten Republicans. The
Irish Republicans instead of taking such an
occurrence as they ought to, and usually do,
with cheerful resignation allowed their indig-
nation to rise so far that they pitched into
| procession of the Democratic club the next
night and dispersed the processionists to the
| four quarters of the wind. Somebody should
remind the Philadelphia Republicans that such
spirit is wholly contrary to Republican sem
timents. .. s.fsy "a
-,se-.. Paper Credits. e,.E sr.t, g
| In a letter to the Advertiser, Col A. B. Far
| well of Augusta, denies the statement so in
dustriously circulated, that suits have been
brought against him by the towns of Mon
mouth and Readfeld to recover money paid
out during the war, for "paper credits" or
| sham substitutes for drafted men. He says
| that be never had dealings with either of these
| towns to the amount of one cent. He then
| explains his connection with the enlistment
of men. by which it appears that at the urgent
solicitation of agents of various towns in the
State, he proceeded to Washington for the
| purpose of procuring men to fill town quotas,
| thereby enabling the able bodied men
of said towns to "vote for. Cony and
| avoid the draft" Before Starting he
received authority from the Governor to enlist
men for towns in Maine, and upon his arrival
| at Washington made his business known to-
and received the approval of, the Secie-
tary Of War. He succeeded in procuring
| some sixty or seventy men, to each of whom
was paid from $500 to 500. The money was
paid directly to the men by Col. B. III. Kinds,
then the military agent for Maine at Washing
ton, with whom the money had been deposit
| ed He then says: ~ 's' @+i''-R
| As fast as / obtained these men forwarded
| their muster-in-papers to the Office of the Ad-
| jutant General at Augusta, and followed N.Y.
| self, just before September election.
found to my surprise that many of the men
enlisted by me, had been assigned to the gen.
eral credit of the State or to towns of their
original enlistments. I called the attention of
the State authorities to this fact and they pre-
posed to, and did, make good the loss to me,
by giving me a number of unassigned and un-
claimed credits, sufficient to reimburse me for
my enlstments which had been thus wrong
fully and by mistake assigned. By this ar
rangement the State suffered nothing, and
UdS only enabled to get back the naonev Which I
pad out. never had to do, directly or indi-
rectly, with any of the class which purported
to be Marine Corps" or paper credit men"
This statement exhibits my entire connec-
ton with the whole subject of substitutes,
ton, and that the matter may be now put at
rest submit the testimony, bearing on this
matter, which was laid be fore the Legislative
invest cation. ... .r-l.F5.e..s -. .-I a. |
The copy of a letter from Col. Kinds shows
that Kinds paid these men from $500 to $625 |
each, and he thinks Mr. Farwell paid VIM.
Emery 800 in single instance.
Adiutant General Hodsdon wrote to Mr..
Farwell under date of A1g. 81 1865 saying
SHAT in the summer or fall of 1864 muster-in
Rolls of some 60 or 70 men at Washington and
vicinity, were received by mail at this Office,
and the men at once credited to the places of
their respective residences as required by the
statute, who, it subsequently appeared, from
receipts &c., in your possession, were enlisted
and paid their bounty by you, to fill such quo
tas as you saw fit, or assumed to fill. Under
these circumstances, the Governor directed
that of unassigned general naval credits, a
sufficient number be placed at your disposal
to make good the transportation of your
enlistments as above specified, and no more
than sufficient were appropriated by you. No
other men have been assigned for your benefit,
or at your suggestion, or placed at your dispos-
al in any way or manner whatever.
In word, the extent of your business or
Office in this State is fully herein set forth"
A copy of a letter from R. NJ. Sitter, A. A.
P. M General, shows that Mr.. FarweI1 trans
acted no business at his Office and none with
his predecessor. ,ss assr .s7stf --vs,ssE
He also publishes a letter from Hon. G. w.
Woodman and Gen. G. T.. Shepley, chairman
of legislative investigating committee, saying
that in their opinion, the evidence introduced,
did not even tend to prove any dishonorable,
illegal or improper conduct on his part, in con-
nection with enlstments or naval credits.
The Colonel thinks that the statements above
alluded to are circulated for the purpose of af
fecting his chances for the Speakership of the
House of Representatives, for which position
he more than intimates that he is a candidate,
WE don't think that any body will be anx-
ious to try a case in the Municpa curt room
at Saco, after reading the following vivid de-