9CI-1-10 PRESS, BT DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) r;;;5 ST JOHN W. PONINEY. CiTOE. NO. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. TOE DAILY PRESS; Katy Subscribers, L 3 EuiiiT DOLLARS Pis advance: or FIFTEEN CENTS PER vEgg, payahtc to the Carrier. Nailed to Subfr fErgler6 Oat Of the etty, SEVEN DOLLANS FAD 3,,0f: TRIMS DoLLARS AND ITIFTY CENTS FOR tx movillS; ONE DOLLAR AND SIMENTY-FIVA t E szt „ T s You THREE 2102irrin6, Invariably in advance Syr the shoe ordered. ! or AtiVertisementa Insuipted at the usual rates. los Tra-wwitHLY PREss, Matted to Babscribetl, TOUR DOLLaus rate AN. advance. tip 111155, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1865 THE NEWS. A despatch from the Associated Press corre- Spondent says that there is good reason to Deneve that a part of the Cabinet are anwill, jag to try Jeff Davis for treason, but that preAdent Johnson is persistent in having him Ivied before a civil tribunal. Justice Chase will arrive in Washington in a day or two, be will be consulted. The advice of the pmaiinent lawyers of the country has also l„ en requested. The despatch says that the ;President has determined that the arch-traitor mill i be tried before a civil court, and also Oat itlr.Johnson contemplates withdrawing iic op p.- —.pending the writ of habeas cot tends soon to dispense with t of the New Orleans Times. . _ _ 1 corresi , num 'Mexico, s. les that the Imperial fetes were Xll the west gorgeous kind. The Esicifeta, Mar dial Bftzaine's organ, says that one hundred thousand more men - will be wanted to put down the Republicans. In other quarters it is stated that this number would not be suffi cient. Nany of the victories claimed by the :French are stated to be totally unfounded. The Liberals care but little for death. Corti alejia's division close on Iltratamo , and would immediately occupy should Nola evacuate. A proclamation has been is tined by Cortinas, setting forth that unless the citizens of Matamoros cease their allegiance to Maximilian he will confiscate their proper ly and pronounce them traitors. YeSterdny the payment of interest on the first series of the seven-thirty loan, due Au k:llA 15, was begun in New York, at the Sub ireasury. Several hundred were present with coupons. The people formed in single tile, nd the line ran out of the office into Pine sheet, and, at One time, extended as far as Nass.an street. The amount of the interest ott these bonds payable now is about 89,000,000, of which it is estimated that between six and seven millions will be paid in this city. The city and county Conventions of the De mocratic. party met yesterday, and nominated the following officers: For Mayor, Daniel DE. fox; City Treasurer, John Johnson; City Commissioner; David P. Weaver; City Solid- Inr, Charles J. Diddle ; City Controller, Jesse lodges ; and District Attorney, I. Newton Brown. In the Second Senatorial District, ;littluel IL Davis, Jr., was nominated, and licorgC W. 11. Smih in the Fourth District. Candidates for Representatives and the van. ens city (minor) offices were also placed in no- Inination. Their names will be found in ano ther column. In West Chester, yesterday, the Chester many Union Convention was held. • It was largely attended. Wayne McVeigh, Stephen M. >kredith, and Robert Park*, were appointed etlegates to the Union State Convention, which i: , to assemble in Harrisburg to-morrow. Ize=clutions were adopted endorsing the policy President Johnson. Yolerday afternoon Several politicians en• a_ed in a riot in the neighborhood of Eleventh 11.1 .ansoin streets. Several men had their and faces cut,hut beyond this no serious mnilty is reported. A disgraceful affair amenc the Eame class of men occurred in the s even teeah ward. Reliable reports.of both these occurrences Will be found in one local colinnn:?. Internal revenue receipts since the organi 2ation of the system have been nearly $4.00,- (~,0.0030. Not a dollar's loss by dishonesty of em ployee.: is said to have been sustained from the outset, although there have been defaul -1a& as the case of Stone evidences. flare is yet some doubt about the Atlantic (able'S failure. It is asserted that the cable 1 , a, parted of necessity, and the sea end buoy- Ep. The only difficulty, it is said, will be :ay to find the buoy. The Solicitor of the Treasury has organized clivision for the detection of counterfeit Go vprinnent notes and bonds. It is under charge o: Col. Wm. P. Wood. - Cong,ress has provided hirge rewards for the detection of thes*couu. rkiters. From iiew Orleans the steamer Mississippi ;1,3, arrived in New York, bringing dates to the tith. A Texas refugee had at.tiva. in Glal. reston. He states that the people, from Austin to Galveston, are perfectly satisfied with the new Efate of affairs, and are perfectly willing to adopt the policy of the Government. Dekizates to the Union State Convention, to b in Harrisburg tamorrow 3 bave aireaay tilted in that city from the northern and western counties. It is generally believed that two soldiers Will be nominated for Sur veyor arid Auditor General respectively. Another frightful and fatal railroad accident UCCUITCCI yesterclaymorning on the Housatonic Ewer Rattrop,d, Seven_ persons were instantly lined, and many others mangled and other viie injured. The President of the road was en the train at the time of the accident. t;eneral - Mower commands the Eastern divi lon of the Southwest; General Stanley the Central, and General Steele the Northern, The stock market yesterday was active, but price; were invariably lower. Reading, which closed on the previous day at 53, opened yester day at 51, and -there were numerous sales, h0ne1..4 generally being weak. Gold also de awl the market is evidently ins, transi tion state. There was little demand for flour ymerilay. Cotton brought forty=five cents• sugar was quoted 12.@13 cents, on time. Whis- • Y Iv as firm, Gold e10 , ,.ed at 149.4 last night in New York LETTER FROM " OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, August 15, 1865. The joint resolution which has passed Joih Houses of Congress by the required wo-thirds vote, providing for the Consti qaional abolition of slavery, reads as fol- litrEt Remdred, be the Senate and house of Repre ,,ootim United Slates of America, in Con etwecnbktl, (two4hirds of both Houses con e,rriaoo that the following article be pro- Poied to the LegiQlatures of the several State an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three feurths of said Legislatures, shall be valid, to a,i intents and purposes, as a part of said Con flui namely: ARTIGLI; iiil, Neither slavery nor involuntary sex vitite. except as a punishment for crime, 'whereof the party shall have been duly eon shall exist within the United States, aaYplace subject to their jurisdiction. Sy.c. Cum - gess . shall 71 . ave power to enforce this 4idebN C9Trct)riote Approveil February 1, 1865. I have italicised the second section ofthis :3 . licle, soon to he a part of the National Conqitution, for a-very important purpose. ThP fiTt here setforth, has escaped the at t'lnirra of many who feel solicitous about Zile We of the colored freed people—that crulgrCi clothed with " power to f. -force, by appropriate legieZation," ' 11( ' 11 rules, regulations, laws, &e., z , will make them and keep them 1 - r4ctically and perpetually free. Under this 1 4 1:!1 the destiny of the freed people is mi ll!, in the hands of Congress. The fears nta the Southern States would not pass laws as would harmonize with the lllendment of the National Constitution, ll)l'ever abolishing Slavery, need no longer If: entertained. The utmost ingenuity of diese who have expected to degrade their j.- slaves, by depriving them of the rights 41onging to liberty, and probably for i*iag them into a sort of semi -servitude, Liss been anticipated and baffled by the ar t'-lc above quoted, which defines the plain o!' Congress.' Hence, while the South hi Shift's may assist, they cannot retard 11 ' , efficient execution of the manda 7rq amendment. Under it, all that 15 l '''ary to give the colored people their l '`''''‘`ni—the same that is secured to the r "loled people of Pennsylvania—will be without the assistance, and, if he, in spite of the opposition of 11 !ri1' late. tyrants. The value of this -tirance can hardly be estimated. It , 14111111 Y removes another stumbling out of the way. Many of our men hav apprehended that after 1 !* removal of the military from the the liberated blacks would be left Juirfully unfriended ; that the present is a !li(Te interregnum between real slavery and serVitUde almost equally infamous; and ilft the whites would inflict untold wrongs irt on the poor freedmen the moment they l i:It that their old control had been given 1 2 , (.k into their hands. Late news from (Miss„) where a Convention is to be held under Provisional Governor ,hrtrkey's proclamation, leads to the ex- If r itatiou of a fierce demonstration of in c,,..nation and ingratitude on the part of of the returned rebels who have "" , iflit themselves delegates. But they only harm themselves. Now that their to persecute the freedmen can be :ei:essfuliy prevented and severelypunish 'tl.if they will insist upon torturing each ,:7 1. 1 tey Must be indulged even to their Lat's c hontent. . VcOAsioNAL. VOL. 9.-NO. 14. THE 4, INTELEIGENCER" ANATOSII - CALLE CONSIDEEED. (Froui yesterday's Washington Chronicle.) "Yon have your hand on my purse, you scoundrel," Says the gentlemen to his neigh bor, in a erowd. " Bly dear Is the trem bling reply, "pardon me ; I did it by mistake; it was an error;' I thought you were another man i" Who has not seen precisely such an in cident as this in the daily papers, and laughed heartily at the miserable excuse of the de tected plc:lF:pocket'? While the virtuous Na tional Intelligencer is amusing itself with the character it has drawn for "Occasional," it does not clear itself of the dark accusation of having deliberately falsified the record in order to do injustice to that writer. The extraet, the text upon which its chief and unprovoked charge against " Occasional" was based, was coolly taken—we will not say stolen—from another source (and gar bled at that), and credited to "Occasional." A very curious " error " for so honorable a controversialist, To cut out the words of one writer and to deliberately charge them to another, and to make them the ground of attack upon that other, is certainly no very honorable expedient, and bears a suspi cious resemblance to the frequent feat of the chevalier Winclustrie above referred to. Now this "error" happened on Friday, and was doubtless pointed out to the perpetrator, who refused to correct it on Saturday, and only admitted it after it was exposed by 77te Chronicle, and then in a manner that showed it would never have been voluntarily corrected. We are not complaining of this sleight-of-hand ; only that where there is such effrontery there should be some skill. It was a bold blunder at the best, and so equivocally explained as to show that the man who committed it regarded it as "a fair business transaction ;" was, in fact, proud of his achievement. The Intelligences is driven to a strange sort of self-defence when it says Now, we suppose, of course, that the intelli gent and high-toned Chronicle is not aware that the intelligencer, under its present pro prietorship, from the beginning until his death, gave to the lamented Mr. Lincoln, and to his policy a warm, and, what will suit the Chronicle perhaps better, an almost " unhesi tating" support. Fromthis it would seem that the fideffigencer has severed all connection with the traditions of the old newspaper, and that "its present proprietorship" " gave Mr. Lincoln's policy a warm support," &c. We are also called upon to regard it as among the "warm supporters" of President Johnson's "policy." Welled never heard either of "the present proprietors," whose names appear at the head of that paper, classed among the " warm supporters" of- Mr. Lincoln's policy, much less of the . policy of the present Executive ; but we are glad to be informed of it now. It will be news to the country. We have yet toned . a single decided friend of the test or present Ad ministration who has not always regarded, and does not now regard, the National Intelligencer as an insidious and unfair opponent of the great tTnion party, and of the great measures enun ciated and Carried out by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Its opposition to eman cipation and confiscation under Lincoln may not have been exhibited under "the present proprietors ;" but what one of P resident John son's bold demonstrations against treason have ever they Sustained? When the disaffected papers of the North bowled against the trial of the assassins, by President Johnson's or der, and when again by his order four of them were executed amidst another outburst of rage, did one syllable of protest against these denunciations find its way into the inletli geneerf When the Suspension of the writ of habeas corpus• was declared to be essential to the safety of the capital and the lives of the Executive and his Cabinet, the intelligeneer Persisted in demanding its restoration. When the patriots of the South called for the strong hand of President Johnson to protect them against the rebels, and when .ho gave his protection to Erownlow in Tennessee, and his approval to Palmer in Kentucky, as he had previously done to Terry in Richmond, no word of encouragement to the President was proffered by the lntelligeneer. Even now, un der its "present proprietorship," there is hardly it disaffected journal in the North, the editorials of which are not aired in the conve nient columns of our conservative, and, as it would seem, - our "Democratic" cotemporary. It is, we repeat, a little strange that " these warm supporters" of Lincoln and Johnson should be classed by all the known friends of both Administrations among their most dam gerous and unfair opponents. In the present attempt of the Inteiligeneer to do injustice to his contemporaries, it has sim ply been caught in a discreditable transaction and exposed to a sharp humiliation, both of which it mignt have been spared, had It not gedie out of its way to provOke unnecessary controversy. Like the bull that attempted to run down the locomotive, it has not found the experiment either a pleasant or a profitable one. WASHINGTON. President Johnson's Attitude Towards Conrts-martial. HE DESIRES DAVIS•TO BE TRIED BY A CIVIL TRIBUNAL. Military Courts Soon to be Supplanted by Civil Ones. SECRETARY SEWARD AGAIN WIND TO CAPE tAY, A PHILADELPHIAN SAID TO BE APPOINTED GO VERNOR OF COLORADO. $400,000,000 thus far Accruing from Internal Revenue. THE POSTPONEMENT OF TRIAL OP THE Al. LEGED ANDERSONVILLE TYRANT. (Epecial Despatch to The Press.) WASKIWC4TOtt, August 15, I,W The Mexicali Aspect. The moral effect of the overthrow of the re bellion proves to be greater in South Ame rica, and especially in Mexico, than invading armies and navies. LOUIS - NAPOLEON'S con tract did not include the defeat of the slave conspiracy ; it took birth, shape, vitality, and vigor from the hope of Its success. His legiens in Mexico feel the failure, of his theory terribly. No Frenchmen emigrate there; the soldiers long to get back to Paris, and . his German levies or contingents are run ning over into the fat lands of Texas as fast as their legs can carry them. The French have all left the Rio Grande, lest a collision should take place between them and Sunup. DAN'S boys; some of whom are a. little too ea ger to "go on." Hadthe French stayed on that line, the Mexicans, iired by the news of the downfall of the rebels, would have risen be hind them and probably cut them t 9 pieces. The guns carried over by the retreating rebels were never used by the French, but were avoided as so much poison—and when they were demanded as our property they were found covered with rust, and gladly handed back. The weak part Of the whole French fiasco is not in Mexico, but in Paris, anti the Most anxious man to get the Frenchmen out is not JUAREZ, in his mountain home, but LOUIS NAPOLEON in his palfole. *** 6, A Stormy Cabinet Sesosion." This is the phrase in a late despatch of the New York Herald, referring to a meeting of Mr. JountienN Cabinet On the reconstruction policy. Now the truth is, there never has been even so much as the slightest jar at any Cabi net meeting since Mr. LiNoovs's death, and there was notoriously no dispute before. Tim meeting alluded to was peculiarly plea sant and peaceable. Mr. Seward at Cape May. The Secretary of State left on his gunboat this afternoon, after Cabinet council, for Cape May, intending to return - with his family by Saturday or Monday next. He is anxious to anticipate the September storms. Mr. SEWARD is very grateful for the kind attentions of the good people of Philadelphia to himself and his family during their sojourn at the Capes. Governor of Colorado. It is currently Stated and believed that ALEX ANDER CUMunras, of Philadelphia, has been appointed GOVerilOr of the Territory of Colo• redo. My Associated Press.) President Johnson's Policy. Publications have recently been made of re ports, speculations,and inferences about differ ences of opinion between the President and his Cabinet with regard to the policy proper to be pursued in restoring the Southern States to their former relations to the 'Union, and particularly in solving the question of negro suffrage in the work of re-establishing civil government, the initiatory measures to se cure which have already been taken through the agency of the Provisional Governors. The proceedings of the Cabinet are strictly private, and it is not known that any of the members are in the habit of improperly re vealing them; and,.therefore,the publications professing to give reports of what takes place in the Cabinet council, are, to say the least, unreliable. But it may be said with confidence, as an an swer to many of these speculations, that there is not now, nor is it believed there will be, any substantial difference 'between the President and his Cabinet with regard to the restoration of the Soutliern States, One of the reasons for this assertion is the fact that all the proclama tions appointing the Provisional Governors are in precisely the same words; founded on the Tennessee arrangement, and maturely considered by the President mid approved by the Cabinet, showing a carefully considered plan t the amnesty proclamation being in ay corg with that document. The President, it IS known from the repre sentations of his intimate friends, is deter mined to pursue substantially the reconstruc tion programme thus laid down, having rea sonable evidence from the South that it will be successful. Many of the accounts from that section are exaggerated, and misrepresent the true and favorable condition of public opinion. • The Trial of Jeff Davis. As the result of careful inquiry, it is be lieved there is an unwillingness on tile part of aportion of the Cabinet to have JEFF DAVIS tried for treason, while there is reason for as serting that the President is persistent in having it brought before a civil tribunal. Chief Justice CHASE is expected to arrive here in the course of a few days for consulta tion, with the President as to the time, man ner, and plan, which shall be designated. The ablest counsel in the country are also being consulted an the subject. There is a fixed de termination by the Executive that there shall be an immediate and fair trial by a Jury Of the country for high treason. It may, in addi tion to the abovejbe as confidently asserted that the President has determined, as soon as practicable, to withdraw the order suspend ing the privileges of the writ of habeas cor pus, and to dispense with military courts. The Trial Of the Anderson - v - 111e Prison Keeper. The trial of Captain WERTZ was to have com menced to-day, but has • been further post poned until to-morrow. This morning several Government witnesses were in attendance, and there are others in the city who can at any moment be sum. ZnOned. The accused has for counsel, Judge HUGHES, General 3. IL DENVER, and Messrs. PECS and SCRAM. WERTZ is a Swiss by birth, and when the United States forces captured New Orleans he deserted hlB plantation and negroes' iu Louisiana, and with his wife and three chil dren, went to Vicksburg. In 1863, the rebel Government sent him to• Europe as a military commissioner, and after remaining there eight months, he came back to Richmond, by running the Wilmington blockade, and was appointed an Assistant Ad jutant General, with the rank of Captain, and. assigned to the command of the Audersonville prison. The Detection of Counterfeiters. , The Solicitor of, the Treasury has issued a Circular in relation to counterfeiting, stating that Congress has appropriated a considerable sum of money for the purpose of meeting any expenses in detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons engaged in counter feiting Treasury notes, bonds, or other securi ties of the United States, as well as the coin of the United States. It being expected that further appropria tions of a like nature will be hereafter made, the Secretary of the Treasury has directed that the administration of the fund thus cre ated, and the prosecution of the measures contemplated by Congress, shall be committed to the SolieitOr's Mee, and that there be or ganized therein a division, under the direc tion of a competent head, to have immediate charge of the measures in question, which has accordingly been done. Col. Wm. P. Wood has charge of the division, under the supervision of the Solicitor, WhO WS: "The mode of opc ration adopted by the office is two-fold, First, by the offer of rewards for services or informa tion tending to the suppression of counter feiting; and secondly, by direct efforts to col lect information and make seiz ores and arrests through the instrumentality of persons acting under the direction of the Chief of the Divi sion.Ml In order to receive the rewards it is not es sential that parties asking them shall act to any extent under the direction of this office. They may may proceed with their operations on their own account and in their own way until they shall reach their consummation, when they may present the results to the office and claim proper rewards, which will be given with fairness, and on the most liberal scale. But it must be borne in mind that in such eases the parties can only look for reward fOr what they actually accomplish, as the office will not undertake to remunerate them for loss of time, or to reimburse any expenses which they may have incurred in unsuccess ful efforts. Neither is it necessary that such parties shall perform any acts whatever, be- Tend the mere communication of in formation which shall be found to be of value, and no person possessing such information need apprehend that his just claims will Usk, overlooked or - disregarded, since books will be kept in the office in whiCh will be entered every item of information re ceived, together with the name of the party by wheal it is sent; and before any reward is awarded a Careful examination will ha made of the whole ease, in order that each person who has contributed to the general result shall receive his proper share of the reward. The Solicitor has also issued a circular to dis trict attorneys, marshals, and clerks of courts of the United States, specifying the particular services which he requests of them, and the kind of information to be furnished. Returns of Internal Revenue. Nearly four hundred millions of dollars have passed through the Internal Revenue Bureau since its organization, and so far it has not sustained the loss of a single dollar by miscon duct of any of its officers. The last day's re ceipts for Internal Revenue are about one million five hundred thousand dollars. The Defalcation of A. P. Stone. A. P. :Amin, collector of internal revenue in Ohio, was, it is ascertained, a defaulter to the amount of nearly SSO,OOO. His sureties are bound in the sum of $lOO,OOO, are perfectly responsible, and will satisfy the Government. Commissioner of Patents Appointed. The Hon. THOMAS C. PIEAKER, of Ohio, one of the Chief Examiners Of 00 Patent Office, has been appointed Commissioner of Patents in the place of HOLLOWAY, resigned. Presidential Appointments. The President to•clay appointed FRA.NKLIzq 11/.AuTIN collector of internal revenue for the Seventh ,district of Ohio, and FRANCIS FULTAR surveyor of customs for the district of Wil mington, N.C. Paramus for Rebels. The President to-day amnestied a number of rebels, principally from Alabama and North Carolina. T_ SOUTHER, Of NOW YOrk, is in cluded in the list. The New York Collectorship. The appointment of PRESTON KING to the collectorship of New York was known to but few officials here yesterday, and for some reason not given was purposely kept a pro found secret by them. NEW ORLEANS AND TEX4S. The People of the Latter State Being Reconciled—Military Changes. Nnw Team, August 15,--The steamer Missis sippi, from New Orleans and the bar on the 9th, arrived here to-day. Our files contain the following items of intelligence : Judge Hancock, a Texan refugee, had ar rived at Galveston. He reports that the people, from-Austin to Galveston, were per fectinTeoneded to the new order of things, and willing to adopt the policy and measures of the Administration. The army worm is ravaging acres in What , : ton county, Texas. Major General Mower has succeeded General Granger in command at Galveston. Judge Paschal, of Austin, is mentioned as a possible appointee to the vacant seat of the Supreme Court. lie was a Union man through the war. THE SOUTHWEST. Departmental Commanders—Alleged Outrages by 'United States Troops. CAIRO, August 15.—The steamer Pauline Car sail, from New Orleans on the ftth, has arrived, with one 'hundred and twenty-five bales of cotton for caird, and one hundred anti eleven bales for St. Louis. The military divisions are commanded ae follows : Eastern, General blower, headquar ters, Galveston ; Central, General Stanly, headquarters, Victoria ; Northern, General Steele, headquarters, Brownsville. Alstexlean rancho, on July 28th, which the New Orleans rimes says is rather doubtful au thority, reports the sacking of Corpus Christi and the desecration of a family vault, by United States troops. General Lopez has left Matamoras for Mexico. MEXICO. The limperisl Fetes—llnfavorable News from the Franeo-3lealean Army. NEW YORK, August 15.—The New Orleans pa, perslurnibb the following: Tile City of Mexico correspondence of the New Orleans Times says'tliat the Imperialfh/es have been of the most gorgeous description, and dm display of diamonds of fabulous price was redundant. Marshal Bazainels organ, the Estorfela, de clares that One hundred thousand more mem are needed to put down the Republicans, and the Era Nouvelle says that number would be insuillcient, as the opinion of nearly the whole population is against the Emperor. The vic tories claimed by the French are unfounded in fact. The Liberals show the utmost disregard for death. Mejia , s division is kept close in Matamoras by Cortinas, and the latter would occupy it at once were the former to evacuate. Cortinas has issued a proclamation that unless the citi zens of Matainoras cease their adherence to Maximilian he will pronounce them traitors, and coefiseatq their 'property. pu:oseranDinuostwirt 1 - , A $ :1 THE CABLE. SOME LIGHT ON THE CAUSE OF THE "LOSS OF INSULATION." The Cable Broken, but the Sea End Sup posed to be Buoyed. A err' BAY, August 16.---A large vessel. hove in eight at six o'clock this morning, and at this hour (half -past nine) she is within three orfour miles of the shore. rings are seen gayly flying from her. SECOND DESPATCH HEART'S CONTENT, August 14, via ASPY BAY, August 15.—The schooner First Fruit, from Cardiff, arrived in Harbor Grace, N. F., this morning. She makes the following report On the 6th of August, at four o'clock in the morning, saw the steamship Great Eastern and the British war steamer Terrible. At' six o'clock in the morning saw a beacon buoy marked " Great Eastern, No. 5." The Great Eastern and the Terrible were then about five miles southeast from Beacon buoy. The weather was quite foggy at this time. The First Fruit then laid her topsails to the mast and hoisted her ensign. At noon the Terrible came near the First Fruit and re ceived information from her of the bearings of the Beacon buoy. The Terrible reported that the cable was parted on the 241. of August. The position Of the Beacon buoy, by the account of the First Fruit was hi latitude 5140 North, longitude 38 West. The weather here this morning is quite mild, but a thick fog prevails. The Herald's special despatch from Heart's Content, dated August 14th, says : " The Cap tain of the Terrible informed the Captain of the schooner First Fruit that the cable parted on the 2d, and the buoy was the mark where the cable was last seen. The Captain of the schooner is not Certain of the exact location of the buoy, having had no observation for several days. We do not give up"the expedk tion as a failure, as when last seen the steamers were endeavoring to discover the location of the buoy, showing they have not abandoned all hope of eventually laying the cable. Mri _Mackey, superintendent of the Newfoundland line, is yet hopeful that the Great Eastern will arrive in a few days with the cable all right. I cannot deschbe the deep feeling of disap pointment that prevails among the people here. The general feeling is that the Atlantic cable is a thing never to be 411000esfulig ac complished. At the time the cable broke, the ship was about six hundred miles distant from the coast. Anotker Vassal arrived at ltanbor Grace on Friday last, and reported Seeing four days previously a- large buoy, two miles distant from a vessel:• The captain 4fA* the First Fruit reports that he asked the Terrible whether they consider ed the cable recoverable, and the answer was " Could not sayfi FRIGHTFUL COLLISION. A LOCOMOTIVE RUNS THROUGH A PAS- SENGER TRAIN. Seven Persons Ki110(1 and Eleven Wounded. NEW RAVEN, (Conn.,) August fpightfal railroad disaster occurred this morning on the Housatonic River RaiLkoad. The morning freight train going up, the Housatonic Rail road became disabled when several miles above Bridgeport. The 1n.30 train following, finding it on the track, hitched the freight train on, and backed toward Bridgeport with it. A new engine was out for trial on the track, and when about - three miles above Bridgeport ran into the rear of the passenger train. The locomotive, struck the hind car, and split it'in two, passing directly throngh, and the- holler burst just as it reached from second ear frO _the rear, 'Linking awful havoc. Seven--persons were killed outright, and eleven were terribly mangled and scalded. The President of the Holmatonic Railroad, Charles Hunt; was on board of the train, at the time of the accident. Everything is being done for the relief of the 1 - Sumengers. At a curve in the road, this engine came sud denly in collision with , the train which was hacking down. Several oflthe ears were en tirely demolished, the engftikgoing literally through the nearest passenger .car. Six per sons, three of them ladies,. were instantly killed, and twenty others were. severely in. jured. Many were scalded by steam issuing from the locomotive boiler. 'Mrs. E. 0. Wakeman, of Westport. Mrs. Henry LambertOn, of New - York. Miss D. A. Smith, residence unimown. Mr. Cropet, residence unknown. - Thomas 0. Bond, aged six. years, residence unknown. Another boy, name unknOwn, residence an known. DIED AFTER TILE COLLISION Mrs, Tboinas Thorne, of New York. Mrs. Cahill, residence unknOWll. WOUNDED. Charles Davidson, of Milford. Miss Eliza L. Tucker of New:York, slightly. Mrs. Richard Marshall, of Bridgeport, se verely. Mrs. EL B. Taylor, of New York, scalded. George W. Mansfield, 2d Conneoticut Heavy Artillery, severely. S. B. Deming, of New York, badly scalded. Juliet Hurlbut, of Milton,. Conn., badly bruised. Mrs. Hurlbut, of Norwalk,.sealded. Mrs. Eagan of Newtown .leg broken. Tinicthy ; arrell, of Ilawleysvine, foot crushed. Maria Prunty of New York, leg broken. James Ward, brakesman, face badly cut. Mr. L. A. Lamed of Philadelphia, scalded. Mrs. Mallory, of Bridgeport, severely hurt BRIDGEPORT, CONN., August 15.—An extra freight train Whieil was sent up the Housatonic Railroad this morning, was stopped by an ac cident to the engine cylinders, and the train halted about three miles from this city, and a flag was sent back bythe conductor to warn the passenger train of danger. The latter train Came up and bitched on to the freight train, and was slowly drawing it hack tdßrifigeport3 when near Pequonneck Mills, it was met by a new locomotive coming up the track on a trial trip. TENNESSEE. A NOTED GUERILLA ARRESTED, AND TO BE TRIED TICE TOWN OE STEVENSON BURNED BY INCENDIARIES. NASHVILLE, August 15.—Major Dick McCann, formerly of the rebel army, and who made himself conspicuous as a cavalry Icada , in Dila state, was arrested yes terday, on a charge of being a mem ber of the court-martial width hung several Union citizens, at Knoxville, during the war. He will be taken to Knoxville to stand his trial. .. • The scaffolding of a now banditti , on Market street, in this city, fell Tastertlay, precipi tating five persons to the gZ3und, one of whom will not survive. The town of Stevenson, Oil the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, was almost entirely de stroyed by lire, this mailing. The fire was the work of incendiaries. NEW YORK CITY. IcEw YORK, August 15,1364. THE PHOENIX BANK ROBBER. Jenkins, the Phcenix Bank robber, waived an examination this morning, and was fully committed. THE FOURTH NATIONAL BANE INVOLVED The Fourth National Bank announces that it is involved in the gold-check forgeries only $250,00 0 , which the earnings of the past six Meths will MOTO than cover. L'eef declined 34@1Y 2 c. Receipts, 6,000 hen d • sales at F@l6 l 4e. STieep lower; sales of 18,000 at .61:::.@7 1 ,61c. - Swine irregular; sales of 12,000 head at 1134@12e. THK STOCK EXCIIAI.. 10,600 US 66 'Bl c 106 M 7,000 U 8 65 5-20....0 104% 42,000 do .c ..n Is 1017 i 10.000 410....e..n Is 10.57f i 20,000 T DI 7 3-10s.2(1 se as,v, 20,000 do 4isg 10,000 Term State 65.. 73 5,C00 Alo Stale 65.... 71 25.000 Amer G01d.... 140% 500 Cum Cl Pf 39% 400 quick Mi. Co.. 13 ..200500 1Z Y do Central R. 90)- 100 Mar Min'g Co.. 12 100 Erie Railway... 81 1000 Erie Railway.... 813$ 300 do 8196 1003 do 813 k 100 do .... •.• s6O 80)4 100 Hudson River 8.10134 200 do 104% 1000 Reading R' 102 200 do s 15.1019( 100 do 960.101 1000 do 10194 100 Mleh Central ....103 100 d go do 030 11033 i X 2240000 M So do 62 & N R.... 6196 THE EVENING STOOK BOARD. Gold, 141%; New York Central, 89%; Erie, 76141; Iludson,lo3; licading,oo ; Michigan South ern', ix% 5 Pittsburg, 6414; Ronk Island 102 6 8 ; Northwestern, 58%; Fort , Wayne, 92'4; Ortle and Mississippi certificates, 21; Cumberland, 39%; Quicksilver, 52%; Atlantic Mail, 125; Ma riposa, 11%. Stocks active and lower. Gold thin, and sold after call at 1422%. Personal. Governor G. P. Morton, of Indiana, is stopping at the National notel, Washington. fie is in fine health and spirits. Mr. J. S. Clarke will be the first star at Winter Garden. -- James E. Murdoch will return to the stage this season. His first engagement will pro te,uly he at Pike's Opera Howe, Cincinnati. The Way the Re bels Abuse theilLenien ei of the Govel 'nwnent—Statements of . . IIALEIGII,.. C Aug t nit 9.—J. L. Pennington, eattor or the -R a l e igh p, •opre...es, who is standing up manfully • for the D. nien, and who knows more of the secret design s and evil intentions of the rebel leaders that, ' any other man in this State, is a candidate, fora seat in the coming State Convention. A man of this stamp has the same chance of `being elected to offree in one of 'the insurrect ionary States as Jeff Davis has of being elected Governor of Massachusetts. Milk and wate r Union men and rebel sympathizers are the 4 - inly class the ruling aristocracy will trust: Judging the true cause of the a, ”Preaching danger, the Progress, of July 27, say - s : " Rere, as in Tennessee and elsewhere, as A , on as the leading rebels are pardoned, they het some in solent and arrogant, and, if we have trouble, it will arise from too much leniency ti -, those classes." In referring to the rapid increase of rebel papers, and the growing disloyalty at Wing from mistaken leniency, the Progreso of . July 17 again sounds the fdarm,i.in the following ' ap peal to the Administration: The fact is, that with the exception of live • o r six, the whole press of the State•showaelearl. V and unmistakably its sympathy with the rg • hellion, and its affeetion for its fenders- These men in North Carolina; who a little over n. year ago arrogantly styled themselves ," pa triots , and property-holders r and' who ex torted money from a trembling people, who they had helped to enslave, take courage from the extreme leniency of those in authority, and are starting their organs- here and there for the purpose of making war, covert* and Judas-like at first, but eventually ,open and violent, on the Governnient and'thoge who adi, minister it; and if allowed to go on, and! the leaders be pardoned and placed upon a footing' with men who are really loval, the end of the. strife and trouble in North barolina is not yet. We ring these truths in the ears of the authori ties at Washington and Raleigh 4 and appeal to. them to save those who are friends of the' Government from further rebellion and blood.- shed ; and we appeal to the loyal people throughout the State, should a mistaken le , niency grant the mercy of amnesty to the' traitors, to show them no favor at the ballot box. 11.0.1CP.IRIBILTICOV, August 15.—Delegates to the Nationid TericherS' ASsoolation are arriving here by every train, and it is expected by to morrow that the largest representation of teacheks ever - assembled on any occasion in this cetinti.y will be present to participate in the proceedings of this Convention. The 14tionnt Northal School Association meet in the gollooi Depot at eleven O'clock this morning, President Edwards in the chair. The regular:business of this body will commence this afternoon: Among the distinguished persons present are D. B. Hagar, Principal of the Normal School of Massachusetts ; Prof. Green, of Mhode Island ; Messrs. Greenleaf and Valentine, of New York Profs, Wieker sham and Thompson, of the Pennsylvania Normal School ; Prof. iiencell, of Ohio ; Har lem, of Kentucky ; Prof. W. F. Phelps, of Min nesota ; Prof; E. A. Sheldon, of Oswego, and Messrs. Steams and Sheldon, of Boston. The National Teacher's Association will as-' semble to-morrow morning at nine o'clock, at the courthouse, and Governor Curtin will de liver his address of welcoine at eleven o'clock. On Thursday themembers of the association - will proceed to Gettysburg, where speeches will be made and other proceedings had, ap propriate to thathallowed locality. Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, will arrive in this city, and take part in the proceedings of the association on Friday. GE-SICCOND BOARD NOR),TH CAROLINA. ft union Editor. FORTRESS MONROE. FOnTRESS XONRO2, August 14.—The propeller Triter' sailed for Hilton Head yesterday, and soon after passing outside of Cape Henry her machinery became disabled, and to-clay she was towed back to this point. The United States frigate "Constitution' , (Old Ironsides) sailed hence at five o'clock this morning, going to sea. Arrived—Propeller William P. Clyde, from Philadelphia ; do. Norfolk, from do.; steamer Decatur, from do. A sale of +overnment horses took place to day at Camp Hamilton, at prices varying from twenty-five to one hundred dollars. These horses were turned in from the 11th Pennsyl vania and the 20th New York Cavalry, The case of William Evans and John Bel cher, Who were arrested about four weeks since - On a charge of stealing five hundred dol lars from Seargent Miller, Company B, 3d Pennsylvania Artillery, has been investigated by the military authorities and the parties have been honorably discharged. HABRIsBuRe. EXTERN- OF GOVERNOR CURTIN-THE COH/NO UNION STATE CONVENTION. .T.I.A.REUSIYURG, August 15.—Governor Curtin returned! from Centre county last night, and Was at the State Department this morning, much improved in health. Delegates to the Union State Convention from the remote northern and western eonn• ties have already arrived, and the contest usual prior to the meeting of such political bodies has already begun. It is confidently predicted that the honors of the 'Union Convention will be disposed of by nominating two soldiers for Surveyor and Auditor General respeetively. National Convention of Teachers. A LARGE ASSEMBLAGE EXPECTED-DISTINGUISR. ED PERSONAGES TO BE PRESENT Chester County Polities. DrEETMG OP TILE UNION COUNTY GINPVENTIOW APPOINTMEDT OP DELEGATES TO TEE. STATE WEST CHESTER, (Pa.,) August 15.—The county meeting of the Union party was held here to• day, and was largely attended, and very bar MOniOnS in its action. Wayne McVeigh, Ste phen M. Meredith, and Robert Park wore ap• pointed delegates to the State Convention. Resolutions . vere adopted approving the course of President Johnson, and declaring Oat the results of the experiment prove that the people of the robellions States cannot safely he trusted with suffrage until they as cept the lessons of the war by incorporating thorn in the constitutions of their respective States. • Maine Polities. MEETING OF THE oßm'cidttA.T.l.o FTATF CONFEN- PORTLAND, August 15.—The Democratic State Convention met at half past ten o'clock this morning. Paul S. Morrilly, Chairman of the Democratic state Committee, called upon Mr. Z. Pilisbury, of Farmington, to act as tempo rary chairman. Dlr. Pillsbury addressed the meeting, and congratulated them (the delegates) upon the restoration of peace. He said if the principles of the Democratic party had prevailed there would have been no war. But, notwithstand ing the great bloodshed, peace was again re stored, and a greet responsibility now rcStS upon the Democracy. An attempt was being made to destroy State sovereignty, which the Democracy must frus trate. The policy of the Republican party can only be forced upon the South at the poluttkof the bayonet; and but for, one man that policy would have been adopted at alt hazards, and that is the present President of the United States. [Great applause.] For this we owe him a debt of gratitude. The Demo untie party, which is the real party of the Union, seeks ascendancy, not for power, but for the good and welfare of the whole country. John R. Hutchinson, of Paris, and. John Varney, of Bangor, were appointed Secre taries of the Convention. The Committee on -Credentials was then ap pointed, and Vice Presidents—one from each county in the state—were chosen. The Com mittee on Credentials reported the whole number of delegates present as dye hundred and seventy-four. The temporary organization was then made permanent, and a committee of one from each county appointed to prepare a set of resolu tions. JAMBS MOIVAUD UOMIHATIED FOR (tom/runt— THE RESOLUTIONS. The Maine Democratic _convention met again at two o'clock. The lion. Biron Brad bury presented the report of the Committee on Resolutions The first expresses profound gratitude to God that the war is over. The second resolves that we should cherish the memory of the fallen dead. The third asserts that with the close of the war its bloody and barbarous spirit should be banished from our midst, and hatred and vengeance should yield to Christian charity and magnanimity. The fourth asserts that it is the duty of the rederalGovernznentto re-establish Attie ea ri f est moment, and with the least possible inter ference, the true constitutional relations be tween itself and the late revolted States. The fifth resolution resolves that the Demo cracy of Maine reassert the fundamental prin ciples of equal and exact Justice to all men of all nations and entangling alliances with none. The sixth resolution resolves that the ballot is the right of every i .American Citizen, to be restricted only as t e public safety demands, and that each State possesses the constitution ally organized right of prescribing the quali fications of electors. The seventh pledges the party to demand ea ual taxation. The eighth asserts that the sums advanced by towns, cities, &e., are a legitimate charge upon the Federal Government. Then inth resolves that banishingnarrow con siderations, we will cordially support Andrew Johnson in the policy he has taken towards placing the rebel States in their proper situa- VI on, and harmonising eonttioting questions. The tenth congratulates the whole country that, among the acts of the President, we find him returning to the first principles of our Government, in refusing to accept gratuities. The eleventh resolves that the assassination of President Lincoln was an act of barbarism. James Howard, of Portland, was unanimous ly renominated for Governor, and the Convert. 'Lion adjourned sine dte. ' Fire in Troy. Tam', August 15.—The machine shop of the Troy and Boston Railroad Company, in the upper part of this city, was totally burned to-day. WIN Woo is about ta:I,QOQ fully timgrod, A FAILURE AND DEFALCATION IN NEW YORK. One of the Firm of Morris Ketchum & Co. Implicated. Enormous Forgeries Perpetrated, and Immense Amounts of Money Abstracted. A BARRING-HOUSE THE LOSER OF OVER TWO 'MILLION DOLLARS, Thc New York journals of last evening con tain the following startling news. The Express says: " The excitement in Wall street was intense, and the astounding disclosures in regard to the gold cheek. forgeries completely eclipse the operations of Jenkins and Earle, the wildest rumors were afloat on the street early in the day, but the whole thing began to as sume some definite shape at the first session of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Cutting announced the failure of Charles Graham & Co., and stated that they desired all their contracts closed out and statements sent in to them. Mr. Graham then stated that he had been absent from the city for some time, in consequence of ill-health, and. events had transpired about which he could give no explanation at present. It ap pears that Mr. Edward Ketchum, of the firrnof Ketchum Son, & Co., had Mr. G.'s confidence, nd partially his large operations in stocks ni Id gold during his absence from the city. c. Ketchum paid sl,ooo' to the Bank of Kew y Q r h and n to u o rn k be o r n e t a a fro g m old check-book, with checksthe 58,501 to 59,000. The f or a ed gold-checks were taken from thia - bbbk, an d' the names of Hallgarten and Herzfeld, a tn e, kelman, Unger & Co., awl Lockwood" & Co. were ,forged, and the bank certification also. These , checks were used as collaterals; and, so far as known, have not circulated. - • 11r. Ch ar les Graham denies all knowledge of the exi s t ent , e of the book in his house; and the only conclusion that the public has come to is, that mr. k ldward Ketchum has committed for gery. He is not down to-day, and it is an nounced tl , at Ketchum, Son,- Co., for whom Mr. Graham did considerable business, were not honorintt their drafts, and turning over their remittances to the Fourth JJational Bank."' The Post says "The raereamtile circles were thunderstruck this morning by the rumor that the eminent and respectable' house of Morris Ketchura , ./ Co. bad suspended payment. " The earliest reports ran to the effect that it had been concerned in stock SpeCillatiOne beyond its ability to carry the balance against it, and that it had been compelled to stop. These rumors soon, however, took another shape, and it was said that one of the mem bers of the firm, Mr. Edward Ketchum, a son of the senior partner, had abstracted bonds and other securities from the vaults of the bank ing -house to the amount of two millions of dollarS,Wl I iCh the firm were unable to make good. Another - version of.the story was that he had forged gold certificates, to the incredi ble sum of. two millions and a half of dollars, which had been passed into the coffers of. the banks, which will be the principal sufferers.. On inquiry at the proper place, we learn that there is more or less truth in all these re ports. Mr. Edward Ketchum is a defaulter to a prodigious amount—not less than two Mil lions of sliars, whieli he is said to have pro cured partly by abstracting securities from the house with which he was connected, and partly by fraudulent gold certificates. He has been for some time entrusted with the man agement of the affairs of the concern, his father, who 14441 . managed them so prudently and Successfully, being absent from town, and lie has been enticed into speculations that have resulted his-disgrace and ruin. "No house in. the city was supposed to be wealthier, or possessed a larger share of the confidence of the community than that of Ketchum & Co:, which has been thus pros trated by the criminal folly and iniquity of one of its members. The guilty person, WIMP character and conduct had won him a most prominent position in the commercial world, and whose operations-bad been carried on so adroitly and mysteriously that his own part ners did not yesterday suspect their losses, has disappeared from- the city. He left his home last evening; and has not since been traced." The haulm - IAI editbrof the Post says: The gold check forgery, the discovery of which we announced yesterday, has assumed larger proportions thanhave as yet been dis closed. It is believed to• have been going on for several months past. The counterfeit checks, however have none of them been offered at the Bank of New York for payment, and the signatures are such imperfect imita tions that they deceive no one aeoustomed to the scrutiny of paper, though they might, perhaps, fail to be detected by a gold clerk. For such gentlemen, though extremely skilful in detecting base coin, are less practiced re specting counterfeit signatures:lt is also remarked thatnone of these checks have ever been offered for sale, but only as collaterals. And on the deposit the special agreement was made that m each case the gold cheek was not to be sold. An extra " shave > 1 was of course submitted to in conse quence of this condition. The check-book from which Mr. Edward B. Ketchum obtained the blanks for these forged gold checks has not been recovered. It was obtained by jam in. June lastaprofessedly for Mr. Charles Graham, who denies that he ordered it or has any knowledge of it. lie claims to have been the innocent tool of Mr. Ketchuni. The checks in this book are numbered 58,501 to 59,000; and as three hun dred and eighty-live of ,them are believed to have been used, it was supposed that the amount 011 t would be $1,900,000. Some of the checks, however, are for email sums ; and we have heard of several as small as live hundred dollars. A number of the checks have also been withdrawn and cancelled. The names which have been forged are among the most respectable in the street, in eluding Lockwood & Co. Vermilye & Co., Lipstein & Rosenfeld • and'theyWerehypOtile cated in the name of Charles Graham & Co., 42 Exchange Place. Of the seven-thirty coupons, today, the Frist National Bank paid *139,000, and the National Currency Bank $115,000. The pressure and crowding attendant on the payments at the sub-treasury are much relieved by the pay ments at the national banks, Where there is less delay. C=! The Post, in a later edition, contains the fol lowing additional particulars, It says: Many excited and false rumors are afloat with respect to the forgery of gold certificates issued by Edward B, Ketelmin to the amount of two and a half millions of dollars. The truth, as nearly as we can ascertain it, is about as follows The gold brokers some time ago adopted the Bank of New York as their depository, receiv ing from it certificates, which were registered and signed in due form: by two of the officers. These eertifidates °initiate from hand to hand like a bank bill in the channels where they are used, and may remain out an indefinite time. They are all of the denomination of live thou sand dollars. It was discovered yesterday that a number of forged certificates were in use as collateral to leans obtained, and eir cumstaneeB Made it manifest that Mr. Edward B. Ketchum, of the house of Ketehutu, son, Co.,bfid issued them from a book of blanks similar to the genuine forms. Five hundred of the blanks are missing, and it is presumed, though not positively known, that each one was filled up for five thousand dollars. If so, the total forgery of certificates amounts to two and a half millions. The forgeries began to be presented to Graham, the broker of Edward Ketchum yes terday, and with the hope of getting rid of them, he paid, as we learn, about two hundred and eighty thousand dollars of them, at which point he stopped; finding the amount greater than he anticipated. There the case rests. Mr. Ketchum is not to be found. The house of Ketchum, Son, CO., is not otherwise involved than by his being one of the partnore• We learn that it has suspended, which it would tic) of course, until the exact truth is ascertained. None of the forged certificates have been paid by the Bank of New York, and we have not been able to learn of a single bank that holds any as collateral security for loans. If the banks do hold any they have margins, and the responsibility of the borrowers, to fell back upon. It is not at all likely that thUy will suffer so as to interrupt their regular bu siness. The shock is distributed mostlyamong private bankers and speculators in that par ticular business of gold dealing. There is no ground, therefore,for apprehending any gene ral disturbance of the markets outside of Wall street. The forgery is very clumsily Medea, and would have been discovered instantly if any of the certificates had got into circulation. But they were adroitly used as collateral se curity only, and hence escaped detection. Mr. Morris Ketchum, pending the investiga tion into the affairs of the firm, has ordered all drafts arriving by man from depositors in the country to be placed in bank to the credit of the senders. NEW Yong, August 15,—Edward Ketchum, who has absconded, is twenty-five years of age, and has been marriedtwo Years and has one child. Before departing, he left a letter for his father, in which he admitted his crime, and asked his father to provide for his wife and child, saying he had provided for himself. it is reported that he abstracted bonds from the safe of the firm, but to what extent is not now known. The Fourth National Bank, it is stated, is involved by this transaction to the amount of 055,000, having negotiated some of the forged certificates. The last seen Of Ketchum was in a trunk store in Broadway, where he had some fifteen packages of money, thought from a glance to be $60,000, and where he bought a travelling-bag. A card from the President of the Fourth National Bank says it is perfectly sound, and the earnings for the past six months largely exceed the amount of forged eertifieVes held. Movements or Admiral Farragnt. PORTLAND ' August 15.—Admiral loarragut% reception to-day was attended by a large crowd of titieene. He sailed for - Portsmouth in the Agamentieus at noon. The Steamer Asia. nos'row, August 15.—The steamship Asia's mails will close at seven o'clock to-morrow morning, but she Will not sail until about ten A. M. Markets by Telegraph. CINCINNATI, August 15.—Flour and Wheat steady : Whisky dull, with small sales at $2.19. Provisions dull and nominal. Eastern de spatches have created great excitement, and have -unsettled business, ST. Louis,_ Aug. 15.—COtton receiptsl4obales., Sales of 'Middling 38 cents. Flour closed with a declining tendency. Spring extra $7.50018. Double extra 19010.50. Wheat unchanged. Corn heavy. to 83©86 cents. Oats un changed. Rye 80 cents. Good Tobacco s9.lo(fp 9.19. Shipping Leaf $16.25©18.50 for common to good manufacturing. Whisky unchanted, Dinwauute, Aug, 15.—Flour steady. Wheat dull and 50 lower ; sales Ito. 1, $1.24 1 ,4@1.25%. Oats firm. Freights dull, at 6c onwheat, to Buffalo. Receipts—Flour, 1,800 bblsy Wheat, 51,000 bus. shiptgess—nnix, 1" bus; Wheat. gs,ooo THREE CENTS. THE TRIAL OF THE ANDERSONVILLE PRISON KEEPER. THE CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS AGAINST WNETZ-A LONG LIST OF RIB UNPARALLELED ATROC/T11313 The following arc the charges and specifica tions against Wertz, the Andersonville Prison keeper, whose trial commenced yesterday: Cltare , c,--Violati.on of the laws of wan „specific a ti on this that Henry Wertz, at Aedersonville, in the State of Georgia, con tinuously from the Ist day of March, 1861, to the loth day of April, MM. then and there be lug an officer in the military service of the so called Confederate States of America, of the rank of captain, and as such officer, and then and there being commandant of a prison there located by the authority of the so-called Confederate States, for confinement of pri soners of war taken and held by said so called Confederate States, from the armies of the United States of America, was, as such commandant, then and there fully clothed with competent authority, and in duty bound totreat, earn, and provide ler ,such persons be• longing to the United States as wore or might be placed in his custody as prisoners of war, according to the laws and usages of war, which, he then and Were welt knew, but lie, the said Henry Wertz, wilfully and maliciously, de signing and contriving to impair and injure the health and destroy the lives of such per sons in his custody as xtrisoners of war, did, during the time aforesaid, in violation of lus duty, in that regard and in furtherance of his said evil design, confine a large number of such prisoners of war, belonging to the United States, to the amount of thirty thousand men, in unhealthy and Unwholesome quar ters, in a close and small area of ground, wholly inadequate to their Wants, and de structive of their health, Winch he well knew and intended, and while there confined du ring the time aforesaid, did, in furtherance of his evil design, wilfully and maliciously neglect to furnish tents, barracks, or other shelter sufficient for their protection from the inclemency of winter, and the dews and burn ing sun of summer, and with such evil intent did take and cause to be taken from them their clothing, blanketfi, Arid camp equipage of Which they were possessed at the time of being placed in his custody ,• and with like malice and evil intent, did refuse to furnish ) or cause to be furnished, food, either of a quality or quantity , sufficient to preserve health and sustain life, and refuse and neglect to furnish wood sufficient for cooking in sum= men, and to keep the said prisoners warm in winter ; and did compel the said prisoners to subsist upon unwholesome food, and that in limited quantities entirely , inadequate to sus tain health, which is well known ; and did compel the said prisoners to use unwholesome water, with the filth and garbage of the prison and prison guards, whereby the said prisoners became greatly reduced in their bodily strength, and emaciated and injured in their bodily health, their minds impaired, and their intellects broken; and many of them whose names are unknown sickened and died by reason thereof, which the said - Henry Wertz then and there well knew and intended, and so knowing and evilly intending, did refuse and neglect to provide proper lodgings, food, or nutriment for sick, and necessary medicine and medical attendance for restoration of their health, and did' knowingly, wilfully, and inalielously,.in furtherance of his evil de signs, permit them to languish' and die tier want of care and proper treatment; and when dead, the said Henry Wertz, stilipursu tug his evil purposes, did permit to remain in the said prison among the emaciated sick and languishing living, the bodies of the dead, they became corrupt and loathsome' and filled the air with noxious effluvia, and there by greatly increased unwholesomeness of pri son, insomuch that great numbers of the pri soners whose names are unknown sickened and died by reason thereof All whiehhe the said Hwy wprtz there and then wen knew, and evilly and mafieleniely designed and in. tended. The second specification, charges the prisoner with "wilfully and malicieiously in. tending and designing to injure thehealth and destroy lives of the prisoners under his con trol, to the end that the armies of the United' States might be weakened and impaired there by .0 • In the third specification he is charged With maliciously' ordering, causing, procuring and inciting soldiers in the service of the so-called Confederate States, to shoot and , kill such per sons as were in his custody as prisoners of war upon slight, trivial, and fictitious pretences, by means whereof large numbers. of soldiers from the armies of the United States were wantonly killed and murdered while pris• oilers of war. In the fourth specification, Wertz is accused of wilfully,. and with malice aforethought, killing and murdering defenceless prisoners. The fifth and last specification charges him with keeping and using ferocious and blood-thirsty beasts, dan erous to human life, called blood-hounds, to Runt down prisoners of war whop had made escape from his custody, and did thus and there wilfully and maliciously suffer the said beasts to seize, tear, mangle, and maim the bodies and limbs of fugitives which they there and then did, wherebv large numbers of prison ers of war who did during the time aforesaid make their escape and were recaptured, were cruelly and inhumanly, injured, and great Milphers died by reason of such inhuman treatment, which !said Henry Wertz then and there well knew and evilly intended. About Pardons. A very strange doubt or misconception ex ists in regard to the effect of the President's pardon upon the property rights of the party gardened, The language of the proclamation seems to be as explicit de possible on this Point. It is as follows: To the end, therefore, that the authority of the Government of the United States may be restored, and that peace, order, and freedom may be established I, Andrew Johnson, Presi dent of the United States, do proclaim and de clare that I hereby grant to all persons who have, directly or indirectly, Partielpated the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, amnesty and pardon, with restoration of all rights of properly, except as to slaves, and except i n eases where legal proceedings, un der the laws of the United States providing for confiscation of property of persons engaged in rebellion, have been instituted; but upon the condition, nevertbeleßS, that eYery such person shall take and subscribe tile following This is the general pardon, which tens of thousands have taken. The following is the tenor of the special pardons, granted in con formity with the same proclamation, under the list of exceptions, viz: That I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, divers other . good and sufficient reasons me thereunto moving, do hereby grant to the said - - a full - pardon and am nesty for all offences by him committed, arising from participation, direct or implied, in the said rebellion, conditioned as follows, viz: this pardon to begin and take effect from the day on which the said -- shall take the oath prescribed in the proclamation of the President, dated May 29,1885, and to be void and of no effect if the said --shall hereafter, at any time, acquire any property whatever in slaves, or make use of slave labor; and that he ,first: pay all costa which may have ao &Plied int my proceeding' hitherto itiso4ted against his person or properly. pardons,The special and general, are granted in conformity with a clause of the confiseattion act itself, approved July 17th, 1862, and entitled "an act to suppress insur rection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes." Tile clause is as follows: - - SUCTION' 13. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby authorized, at any time hereafter, by proclamation, to extend to per sons who may have participated in the exist ing rebellion in any State or part thereof, Pardon and =Mean with such exceptions, and at such time, and on such conditiOnS as he may deem expedient fOr the public welfare. It thus appears that the President has the authority of Congress for granting amnesty and pardon for all offences against the United States committed during the late rebellion, and that he has exercised the power thus con ferred by restoring all property rights to the parties, even where legal proceedings had been instituted, but not consummated. If the proceedings are begun under this act of colitis cation, in any court of the United States, the pardon has the effect of quashing thereon pay ment of costs by the party pardoned. • We have been induced to make this state ment in consequence of doubts and misappre, hensions in regard to the effect of a pardon which tend to throw suspicion npbll the Set veney of Southern men, and to prevent the re• vivai of business and industry. The whole country is interested in the speedy restora tion of peace, order, and confidence in the South, without which there can be no healthy trade and intercourse between the sections.— . jroanngton Chronicle of yesterday. . - Auction Sole of Government ireStiehl in Brooklyn, New York. Another auction sale of Government vessels took place at noon to-day at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn. The attendance was very large, compared with that of the previous sales, and bidding decidedly brisk. As the bell struck twelve the auctioneer DCg4n to sell the vessels in the following order Prize schooner Savannah. Length, 56 feet; breadth, 17 feet 3 inches ; depth 6 feet 7 inches. Sold to Griswold for $7OO. Centre board schooner Orvetta. Length, 95 feet; breadth, 27 feet 2 inches ; depth, 7 feet 5 inches. Sold to Housman for *8,400. Centre board schooner W B all ruen. Length, 105 feet 6 inches; breadth, 2 6 feet 7 ihalleS) depth,9 feet 1 inch. Sold to Rheinhardt for $12,500 Centre board schooner Samuel Rotan. Length, 109 feet; breadth, 2S feet 3 inches; depth, 7 feet 7 inches. Sold to Stimers for SS3OO. brig Robin. Length, 100 feet; breadth, 21 feet 9 inches; depth, 9 feet 4 inches. Sold to David Trendy for $7,200. Propeller Dandelion. Length, 86 feet 9 inch es; breadth, 19 feet 0 incites; depth, 7 foot 9 inches; diameter of cylinder, 27', inches; stroke, 26% inches. Sold to C. R. Pollion for $7.000. Propeller Camelia. Length 11.1 feet;breadth, 19 feet 10 inches; depth, 11 feet; diameter of cy linder 30 inches; *trek° 30 inches. Sold to John Potter for $13,900. Screw steamer Honeysuckle. Ldngth, 121 feet; breadth, 21 feet 8 inches; depth, 0 feet 7 inches; diameter of cylinder 30 inches, stroke 30 inches. Sold to Barmore for $21,300: Screw steamer Valley City. Length, 133 feet, breadth, feet 5 inches; depth 7 fe.et 5 inchee; diametet of cylinder, 24 inelleS ; tinTl:gre inches,. Sold to Mr. Clyde for $3,000. Side-wheel steamer Fort Henry. Length., 151 feet 4 inches; breadth, 32 feet; depth, 11 feet 8 inches; diameter of cylinder, 38 inches; stroke 10 feet. Sold to J. B. Brown for $18,500. Screw steamer R. R. Cuyler. Length,.233 feet 6 inches ; breadth, 24 feet 6 inches ; depth, 15 feet 9 inches ; between decks, 7 feet, a inches ; diameter of zylinder, 72 inches ; atr*el 41000. Sold to Russell Sturgess fOr mow. The prices obtained were higher than that expected, and public opinion seems to think that they will still be higher. At the conclu sion of the sale, the auctioneer offered a small steamer, the property of private parties, and said that he would positively- sell it to the highest biddM. , . It was knooliefi down to G. McCready for $6,400.--/Vete Yorit Erprowe ke;sl evening. Death of a Telegraph Manager. BALTIKORe, August 15.—T. G. /aattingley, Esq., for the last ton years a manager of tho Ameriean Telegralill 01Ilea iri this city, dust this morning of oonsumptim, after a thiget!- lug illness. FETieIIEION'S 00IIIITZIIIIPT1T DETECTOII.... The sera -monthly number, issued yesterday, re., ports twenty-four now counterfeits put into cif-ciliation in the last 111Onth, of which the only ono in this State is on the fen of the Bank of Northumberland. No business house can get on without a reliable awl, 'vigilant De• teCter, TRH WAR PRESS. (PUBltlialig) WEE/S.IJY.) Tag WAS rttittlß WtU he sent co subscriber► rtr tu :per Aaauci advance,) At SZ copies ILO 04 %009 Caret Clubs than Ten pill be charged. at the strum rate. $2.00 per copy. The Inemea , VAG attbays accompany the order, and no Instance Can Mae terms be &rotated from, at: affara very Mk , more than the cost of paper. go • Postmasters are requested to act as sante forT JJ.ry WAR rases, or 1 0 .the getter-up of the Web of ten or tweet?, an extra fol,"v" or the paper will be given. ( STATE ITEMS. The °twat , ille (Crawford connty)' Repter , /lean says.: A s aid many potato holds are (i > 3 l , l i g n h g t . This is h blighted . i na ppe t ar:n vi c , o o , m a c n o d f the sm a l i c l av in es sec a t rz similar ix si z e a nd li a opearance to the flea. They are fotind in stranns on some fields, and the leaves and stalks bees7Me black at first and then Wither and die. Thcatr ravages sire very destructive tO thelOps, but 'W'ffether the rote is caused by them is exceedingly doubtful. In some fields they made their appearance fully six weeks ago, but not in sufficient numbers. to do serious damage. —We learn from the . Oil Oft ylßegister that' business in that stirring town is Quite brl*, and that everything argues well for a heavy fall trade. Oil City has now between twelve and fifteen thousand inlurbitants, the popula tion having doubled within the last year. It has four churches, a fine new sohool.house, and IS provided with evcrytbing necessary for the wants of the citizens, The Pittsburg Post says: home years since an act of Assembly was passed requiring each county to erect at their courthouse a sun-dial. One was put up at our courthouse and then. surrounded with a stout iron railing, making it impossible for any one to' sew or get to it. Have it open, Messrs. Coulmissitniters. Two hundred and sixteen thousand per sons per month, or 6,0213,000 per year, pass through the city of Pittsburg by railroad. These figures are entlemoiis, but the Pittsburg Chronic/a Anita oUt 01101 a result. Brevet Brig. General W. IL U. Lewisburg, having served pis country faith fully, has been discharged; and is now home, resting upon his laurel& We see by the DaMillle papers that the "strikers" in the iron works in that place atilt hold out. eonsequoutly tile mills are alt silent. • - Beaver cemetery' is said to be a poi , foot wilderness of weeds `d td slitubbery, and requires immediate attenttaa. The first nuniber of the il'inver Counly Lo. cal, a sprightly sheet, publightid in the town of Beaver, lies Mt, been issued. —A new and veyy fine Catholic church in t be dedicated in Pittsburg this mouth. —Three pickpockets weie I/Pleated in the quiet town of PottstoWn" on Saturday. -- The Yellow Springg, Chester 'county, are to be sold by the ,Sheriff. --The publibaien: offthe Ordetteastle nig Ims beeri resumed. —A shoe-tack fadtory is being erected in Reading. -- Tile courthouse at Meadville/410 be re =edema. vranta a new town hall, BOXE. ITEMS. In bfiliVl'd,tft a performaneent" Fanelion," one evening-last week, a young man, with hie 'sweetheart on life arm, attempted to pass the ilgorkeeper With the oeuenaeoment "She goes In on a hem's "Whet?" exelahned the astonished officer. " She goes in on a hen l was the encmetle'repty. It finally turned out that the young .woman had furnished a hen to be used on the stage during the evening, and so the couple were allowed to pass in. A large 14415' 91 workmen aro briskly en, gaged getting tilV old , Chinese Building ready for Barnum. Already the first and second tiers are up, and the stage is well advanced. The stage has a depth of forty-five feet, and is forty-five feet 1r width between the prosee• niuni, ;e dressingrooma will be under the stage, and there are' to be two private bine.", Tberewill be a parquet; and one pair of attars leads from the parquet to the first circle. The thieves of Brooklyn have adopted a new mode of robbing ,stores at night. Cover ing a pain of glass in the window with a paper saturated with InUollagO, they flnit , the pas sage of some noisy vehicle, and then by a quick blow, the pane is shivered, but no glass falls as it adheres to the paper, which also deadens the sound of the blow. The rogues then cut the pane out, and take what they can get, A • Saginaw (Mich.). officer started in the ears f o r potrot, the other day, with a female prisoner who had been sentenced to the pent. tentiary. While he was absent in another oar, the conductor came along for the fares—fe male culprit refused to pay—conductor threat ened to put her off the train—female culprit dared him to do it—conductor did it. A pictorial history of the United States armory at springiiehl, thise,, it to be pull, lished. It will contain several fine photo graphic views of the armory grounds, some of the principal buildings on the hill, and the water-shops, with elegant letter-press descrip• tions, and a brief history of the armory from its foundation, , salt is obtained' in Arizona in beautiful. transparent crystals, and in largo quantities. The salt mountains are located some sixty miles above El Dorado canon, up the Colorado, and arc said tobe a great curiosity and wonder to travellers who have visited them. The packers chop the San guy Of the mass with axes. A fellow known as «Old Jim Smith,” who had been a leader in outrages upon Union. men in Tennessee, was recently arrested near Nashville. The Sheriff stepped aside to give sem curious persons an opportunity to look at the outlaw, and instantly ;Waal bullets went buzzing through Old Jim Smith's hotly. Two young competitors for the love of the same girl at Fort Edward, N. Y., met the other evening, when one proposed to drown their en mity in friendly drink, The invitation Wf‘s) accepted, but there was poison hi the cup; and the poor girl finds one lover dying and the other waiting to be hanged. A pretended famous optician has been selling the people in Exeter, N. It,, dollar•aud a-half spectacles for $7, plastering their eyes with brown bread and I)eaupOilitlQQ l 3l and eon• fining them to their liOilaeA till he should call again. They see that they have been cheated, but that's all. Lieut. R. C. Loveridge, provost marshal at Jacksonville, Fla., administered the oath to Faync's father, George C. Powell, of Lawrence county, PIM, ea the 18th ult. Mn Powell hid started for Washington, D, C., in response to a summons from his wretched son to visit hint. A German servant girl fell out of a third story window at Cleveland, 0,, the other day,. mid would have been killed had not a gentle man caught her in hie gum, .She asked him if he“ wasn't ashamed of nimself,” and to bo off "with his impertinence." A fellow named Nugent, supposed to be the originator of garroting in this country, was arrested in New York the other night, while assiiiiiing the role of a acintiVo Mori to carry out some plan of rascality. Chicago, it is said, is at the mercy of rats, which infest the large granaries of that ty. In many portions of the city the founds tiong of the largest buildings are mined by the rate, aid in danger of A wholesale dealer in Metallic coffins DI New Orleans recently sent a lot to a customer in Baton Rouge, one, of which was found to contain a body in a full army captain's uni- form. A gray snake, between two and three feet I,ong, supposed to have escaped from Barnurais Museum, Is crawling arennd Neer York. • - John Slidell's New Orleans - property won't have been worth $2,000,000 ,but ter the war. Pleasant for John. Political parties in California aro known as Long Hairs and Short Hairs. The term in Witicoll6lll latcl waste two hundred farms. -- Flora Temple has been sold for $15,000. FOREIGN ITEMS. A correspondent writes from the Austrian watering 21406 of eastern ; that a rich Engim,. man has for some days taken up his , abed() ott the Malnitzer Tauer, a mountain mere than six thousand feet high. Ho lives in an. ex tremely comfortable tent, but the Cold obligee him to warm it with a stove. He has thirty two horses at his disposal to 90. 1 1 1 9 1 4 1 1 1 eate with the lower earth, He chooses this singular dwelling place in order to enjoy at leisure and for some length of time the spectacle of sun rise in midsummer in a warmed tent, sur rounded by snow and ice. A grand musical festival is to be given at Gloucester, England, in September, senorts "Last Judgment," Idendelesohnis " St. Paula and " Elijah," Mozart's "Ii " I ,nnlem and "The Messiah" will be the principal %arks per formed. The singers engaged are Miles. Vet. fens, Louisa ryne, and Element Wilkinson; Madame Rudersdortt,,Dr. Ganz, Messrs. Cum- ThOlnas, and SailtiOY , MadttuW Ara bella Goddard wilt bathe plittliSt, The Madrid journals state that , the num. 'ter. of American families opining, front the • South of the United States to seek repose at Cuba is augmenting overt' day. Maay of these voluntary exiles aro capitalists, others excel . l en t workmen; sine, again, are porfoolliy quaintea with agriculture, and. alt can bring an important, eontrlbutien.to , the prosperity or the island,and to its wealth, already. so re. markable. Some newspapers are tryjng, to make out that litadawa Euphrosyne Parepa.,.who recent ly a rty / Atom Europa, ip Et,ballet dancer. On the eontrarY. she is going to give concerts all through the United. States, singing with her high soprano voice at each entertainment. eFi g earo i l: of the New York Saturdo Preas, says. she is one of the priest donnas living. The first thlrtY 1/00ormanees of the "Aid mine at PariS produced a receipt of 015,444 francs (nearly £14,000 sterling,) averaging 11,533 francs (SW sterling), nightly—a success, we believe, unprecedented. Before leaving Paris, the Emperor Napo. leen signed a decree ordering four iron.clads to be built, after the model of the Tatirealit A respectableSco.. to .twoman in London has been brought before police courts over three hundred tittles for drunkenness. The favorite drive in Hyde Park, LoadOn, is called "The Lady's Mile." Boudeault is abollt , t 4 dramatize Van Winkle." Mr, hares, the horsQ4411101) is 111 in To. rixlllo.
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