Diary of Gideon Welles

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Fremont nominated to the Presidency by the Cleveland Convention ? An Estimate of Fremont ? General Cochranc, the Candidate for Vice- President ? Rigorous Dealing with the Confederate Leaders advocated? Gathering of Delegates for the Baltimore Convention ? The Abduction of Arguellis ? The Republican...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Fremont nominated to the Presidency by the Cleveland Convention ? An Estimate of Fremont ? General Cochranc, the Candidate for Vice- President ? Rigorous Dealing with the Confederate Leaders advocated? Gathering of Delegates for the Baltimore Convention ? The Abduction of Arguellis ? The Republican Convention nominates Lincoln and Johnson ? The Relations of Secretary Welles and Vice- President Hamlin ? Hamlin and Johnson and the Vice-Presidential Nomination ? John P. Hale defeated for the Senate in Caucus of New Hampshire Legislature ? Admiral Gregory's Unfavorable Report of the Light-Draft Monitors ? The Smith Brothers of Boston charged with Contract Frauds ? The Case of Henderson, Navy Agent? The Presidential Excursions to Army Headquarters ? The Verdict of the Court Martial in Charles W. Scofield's Case ? Chase's Management of the Country's Finances ? A Letter from William Cullcn Bryant in behalf of Henderson ? Bryant and Godwin and the Evening Post ? The Resignation of Chase. June I, Wednesday. Called on the President relative to the appointment of midshipmen. After looking over the list with some care, he finally designated two sons of officers and] one apprentice, and desired me to complete the nominations. When I called on the President, Major-General Schenck was with him, and, as I went in, was giving the President a list of names of persons to be selected to fill the board about to be appointed on the question of retired officers, his brother, Commodore Schenck, being one. It was a cool proposition, but characteristic of General Schenck, and I think of the Schencks generally. We have to-day the results of a meeting of strange odds and ends of parties, and factions, and disappointed and aspiring individuals at Cleveland. Fremont is nominated as their candidate fo...