...putation of a man and a soldier. Whatever else may be said of me, I have, at least, brought no discredit upon the American name and character. I am, very respectfully, &c., Raphael Semmes. Washington city , January 15, 1866. At the time of my arrest, there was a newspaper called the Republican, published in the city of Washington, in the interests of President Johnson. There had been some littl...