THE NEWS. the opening of the. court for the_ trial of yesterday,,lp it was stated that the de ut has been h a ndcuffed everynight since incarceration. General Thomas, a mem. of the court, and maker of the statement, a that the handOuffing was unnecessarily err. s Mee the prisoner requires the use of ilsisls to attend to any business that might ve cessary in the course of the defence. Advocate Chipman said the handcuffing - " T el:,- precautionary, and resorted to at i s r.tance of the counsel, who feared that, v •ould commit suicide, he having said as much when they (Messrs. Schade and -,w) retired from the case, on Monday last. the counsel desert me, and do not return, I I n ever again come into the presence of the al !" _Although the prisCoMP had often pled handcuffs to punish many of those ler his ban, the court had no desire to re :Ate, and undoubtedly, Colonel Colby, the per, would cease the infliction. Mr. Bar , .diributed his suggestion of manacles to • excitement of the moment, and hoped it use would be dispensed with. The evi.- , ce taken was partly favorable and partly f„vornble to the defendant. Lieut. Colo , far6ens, formerly of the 55th Georgia re ,ent, s regiment, by the way, composed on,it who had a ,seeret respect for the on, according to e the testimony of Spring, who had been a prisoner filiersonville, said that the smallness and olliciency of accommodation• of the priso ls were not faults of Wirz, but of those who id it out and of the Confederate government aerally—its "high officers." He command the prison in its " earliest and best days " a very good, we think; even at that best—and otiC time tried to abate the thronging nua nces of stench and fllth, but was prevented General Howell Cobb. The legal proceed- vs necessary for such abatement were cha eterized by the General as nnofficerlike. 41{1%9,1 Winder, it Was further testified, had apretne control over the prison." The "dead , came to he an institution after Captain in assumed conunancl of the post, but this ~e, the Colonel held, in principle, differed .thing from theimaginary " sentinel line, ,, or at. Two Witnesses were examined concern ,' Ills supplies of food and medicine ; one, a skient near Macon, said that the crops were w ays good in the section of country in which e stockade was situated; another, A. J. ,ring, a Union prisoner, thought there was enty of green corn, peaches, etc., in the .untry, and he had seen a storehouse three four hundred feet long filled with supplies, o•thirds of which seemed to be corn meal. len guy - of the prisoners did get food from aside the stockade it was taken away from cm and given to Wirz. The same witness saw Iran shot by guards for rolling under the end-line” while asleep, but had never seen ire shoot anybody, although he was very abu- o.ometitneu,and made a great many threats. if , eant Cornet, the executioner of Booth, Stag rdiSed Wirz as a most atrocious man; he /(.1' 11011 e more so; but could not question at discipline in the stockade ought to have en strict on account of raiders and malcon tts among the prisoners themselves. :Dr. Mdiu, a Confederate surgeon, admitted the Hi, misery, and deaths, but did not know at Wire was to blame, although he saw the •feadted strike a man who had, from sheer ability, once fallen out of the ranks, and, on other occasion, set dogs on a man who had "ed to escape, and allowed them to bite him. testimony closed the session of the court, hilt then adjourned until Friday morning. Our New York correspondent sends us a Nt important special despatch, widen row , o. little light on the real state of affairs Nes iCO, hitherto so muddled that we do not s.ember to have seen a really reliable ELC- =l, lie announecs the struggle between Iciq. and 111mUmiliao as over. The itennb• sns Lave been slowly driven from the ilia ands—their line of defence and offence— til last army is Cooped up in a small :lion of Chihuahua, there to make their final maphops, hopeicies defence, for the last stages its retreat are said to have been passed over pssic. Our correspondent appends to this t.nattent other interesting and corroborative ttts, together with a few reflections as impel , nt as logical. This information, if entirely ,Trect, means the triumph of the Latins and ~ w nfall of the Mexican Republic. Oar foreign newskhy the Africa is up to the and deals chiefly in laments, on the part : the English journals, at the failure of the ale, and rosy hopes that the next trial, with nearly gained experience, will be eminent• zieeessful. The lost cable, some believe, .n be underrun and recovered, while others ter that impossible, felicitating them. - !wss the while, however, with the conscious. H•that not more than a million of dollars be lost, /Ma that the "success of the equine is only a question of time and It is not know how soon the at attempt gill be made, although the of the Great Eastern having been or ercd to Sheerness looked upon as evi we that the expedition will not g 0 Out ain until next .May. The cholera is another of hews. We find our foreign files full accounts—alarming most of them. The wines' Government has decided not to lie any measures against its approach, pre- Ming to trust in Providence. Bat its aP -Itance at Marseilles has compelled ever• tie action on the part of England. The I , ieswig-Holstein dispute between Austria .1 Prussia has been announced as settled' t smallest but not the least important m in this same foreign news is the an. mleement that the Suez Canal is a success— at a vessel has passed through it from the 'nerranean to the Red Sea. The Isthmus .1 , 4,x, which this canal cuts, is the colinee n between the cozrLinentg of.EUTODO Bad fa, and is almost level. There is a gentle descent from the Red Sea the Mediterranean, and the canal, twenty irt deep, and three hundred and thirty wide, akes:' a sort of circular sweep over the Isth from Suez to the Gulf of Pelusimm, giY- it a length of about ninety miles, while t breadth of country passed over is only rout seventy miles. It has been six years in ote:b of earacation, and cost about $30,009,000. the Red 56a can be reached p,nd na,vi qtd—the same Red Sea through which Moses Aaron led the chosen people—the same a that swallowed up Pharoah and all his ( "b , Thus modern enterprise is taking 'ay the kindly romance with which Seriptu blitory has invested the famous inland tan, by opening it to the sordid, careless Istile of the world. Frog, Fortress Monroe, and from 'Raleigh we despateheS about the conduct of the 1111 h Cat°Hun freedmen, The officers of the Irving, whicharrivea at the fort nie,day evening from Roanoke Island, say k , 4arkies do as they please on the island, Int it not safe for a white man to laud. Per • , wre Lieut. A. W. Hahn, who has just re_ '4llO from a special mission through North pmlitia, says: there is a perfect 6, reign of in those portions of the State where en , , is no military force. The freedom of i blacks is not recognized, who are in many cs treated moat fiendishly. :..ether revolution has broken out in San ''.lningo. The capital and some other towns " , vt pronounced for General Cabral, in oppo :tion to General Piinentel, as " protector ",of eepuhim. Cabral has accepted the call of LIJJ people, 'Who are disgusted with rimentel rGt tumbler, in complete detiance of law: and ['4cr. In Hayti the war still continues. The r..lels in Cape Hayti en are determined to hold ["! :.',B-compelled the raising of the siege, L , the capture of Fort at. Michael across the riutr, and have reduced the Government array if _vary small force by deaths, desertions, 6 1 the destruction of war. iz ederick Garner, li. 53. Rhoads, and John v , : , Atner have been nominated for Assembly Befits county Nominating Convention, !, Tuesday. Delegatee to the next Democra t Convention were elected, and diroototl to 'lPport lion. Ifiester Clymer for Governer. A meeting was held in Richmond on Tiles ' siternoon to make arrangements for the e"'•!}tion of President Johnson. The people '' ,,, 1-osing it embraced_ the opportunity to 'he their ideas on the reconstruction of the tate, etc. fashion has proclaimed the season ended ; fashion is powerful. The pleasure-seek rs, and those who have fled the city's heat for lit country's greenness and coolness, aro all ' as tvnivg back again from mountain, and 'rest, and ocean-shore, to their cosier houses. ape Nay, Saratoga, &c., &c., are fast de .?pulating. of the Provisional Governors in the oath have been charged with favoring Origi• 'al Secessionists in appointments to office. his statement is denied. The Governors are arrying out the President's policy, and ap ointing such men as best comport with the • terests of the South and of the country. .The ship Sam Dunning, from Rangoon to iverpool, was lost at sea, together with twin), y.live of its passengers. The passengers were ast adrift, and had to eat:pitch, and leather belts o live. A meeting of respect to the memory of the Ate Governor Brough woe held in Washington ist night by citizens of Ohio. Chief Justice base presided, and, with others, delivered PPropriate panegyrics. Appropriate resoln ons were also passed. Major General litinyOn was nominated for overnor by the New Jersey Democratic State mvention at Trenton yesterday. Strong solutions were passed, which the General , dorsed in a speech of mucliOrce. Wirz has written a letter to the N. T. 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His name ap peared by mistake in the published lt t. Flour was less active yesterday, but prices continue firm at fully former rates. Wheat is unchanged. Corn is dull and rather lower. Oats are better. In cotton there Is very little doing, and prices have declined 1,22 cents per pound. Sugar is in demand, and prices are well maintained. Previsions are very quiet. Whisky is selling in a small way at 226 Mita per gallon for prime barrels. LETTER FROM 46 OCCASIONAL.” WAntmoTON, August 30, tan The testimony of Tecumseh Sherman— as the brave general who marched at the bead of his splendid hosts from Atlanta to Savannah, and from Savan nah through the Carolinas to Golds borough, has sometimes been designated —has been quoted with rare unction on several occasions by the men who call themselves Democrats. He has, in fact, been elevated by them into some thing of a sympathizer with their plans and principles; and notwithstanding he refused to allow them to make him a candidate for Governor of Ohio, and even went out of the way to decline all politi cal offices, he continues to be a kind of standard reference. They will not object, therefore, to the following striking and valuable points, contained in a short speech recently made by General Sherman at a soldiers' festival, near Lancaster ; Ohio : When the rebels ventured their all in their efforts to destroy our Government they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors to their cause. The Govern ment accepted their wager of battle. Hence, when we conquered, we, by conquest, gained all they hod—their properly became ours by conquest. Thus they lost their slaves, their mules, their horses, their cotton, their all and even their tires and personal liberty, thrown by them into the issue, were theirs only by oar forbearance end clemency. By this right of conquest we own this ground we stand on to-day, conquered from the Indians—the. Shawnees, I believe. The State df Ohio is ours by Conquest from the French and Englisb. So, soldiers, when we marched through and conquered the country of the rebels, we became owners of all they had, and I don't want you to be troubled in your consciences for taking, - while hit our great march, the, property of conquered rebels. They forfeited their rtatittg to it, and I being agent for the Government I to which belonged, gave you autliorityto keep all the quartermasters couldn't take pos session of or didn't want. I quote the above words for a double pur pose—to show -where General Sherman him self stands at the present moment, and also to illustrate as well the justice and the magnanimity of the course pursued by the Government towards the South, as the ne cessity of persevering in that course, while the right to resort to the extremest mea cures cannot be denied either in the light of law or in the sense of retribution earned by the recent rebels against the Govern ment. The liberality and tenderness of the Government towards these people, are among the marvels of ancient and modern civilization. Now that the clash of arms has subsided, and the bloody pageantry of victory and defeat no longer dazzles and startles the world, thinking men every where are.watching with amazement, the peaceful, the forgiving, and the compre hensive policy of President Johnsen to wards the masses and most of the leaders of the late formidable insurrection. Pre cisely as that insurrection was with out parallel, so would the punishment of all concerned in it have been equally without parallel, had the attempt been made upon nay of the old-established governments, and followed by such a procession of casual ties and catastrophes. The very influences that have preached moderation to us in the case of Jefferson Davis—the very journals that even now insist upon the restoration of what are called rights to the conquered States—would have been foremost and loudest in demanding the summary trial and execution of all those concerned in the conspiracy, had they been found in arms against, for instance, the English Monarchy or the French Empire. But here, where the provocation is vast, because the conspi racy looked not to the overthrow of the dynasty, bit to the destruction of institu tions upon which millions of self-governing men depended for the maintenance of their franchises, and where the power to punish those - who have been overtaken and over whelmed in this attempt is now almost without limit, there is a degree of sublime leniency and religious solicitude for the welfare of the deluded but honest, or less gifted multitude, who have been hurled in infuriated masses against the National au thority. As I contemplate the mercy and the forbearance of the Pretident towards the Southern people, I desire to keep before the eyes of my own countrymen and the civilized world the fact that we have the rower to enforce the rights so eloquently and so nervously set forth by General Sher man in the extract above quoted. Pitiable, without parallel, as is the condition of our Southern fellow-citizens to-day, it is proper that they, too, should realize and remain. ber this important fact. In truth, from the Potomac to the Gulf, with the ex ception of such Southern States, or such portions of them, as have adhered to the Government, there is widespread des titution, penury, and despair. Winter is rapidly approaching, and hundreds and thousands of people heretofore without care and generally looking for sustenance to their slaves, and all unused to the expe rience of common hard-working life, will be without support and will be necessarily thrown upon the charity or their distant and formerly much hated Northern friends, The only almoners of these people, the only physicians to cure their diseases, the only good Samaritans to come forth and alleviate their sorrows, are to be found among these same Northern people, and it is a sight worthy of the contemplation of the gods that those - who have toiled with such de moniac energy and fury against the Govern ment of their fathers and their political as sociates and fellow-beings, and have thus caused the death of nearly half a million of men, should now be eared for, forgiven, and, indeed, sought after by those who have proved themselves suffici ently strong to put down their heaven daring rebellion. And all this magnanimity and unbroken humanity are exercised and displayed when the whole world admits, and when even the subjugated rebels ad mit, that we have abundant authority for pursuing an almost directly opposite course. OCCASIONAL. GOVERNOR RROIJGH. Meeting of Respect in Washington— Panegyrics by Chlefinstlee Chase and Others—Resolntlons. IN'Asnus r omort, August SO—A meeting of °biplane was held to-night at the Ohio State Agency rooms to take suitable measures to testify their respect for the late Gov. Brough. There was largo attendance of citizens of that State. Chief Justice Chase was called to the Chair and delivered a brief but feeling speech; and several other gentlemen, including Postmas ter General Dennison and Judge Carter also rendered touching tributes to the memory of their deceased friend, Among the resolutions reported from the committee by Whitelaw Reid, and unanimous• ly adopted, is the following: " That it is with almost exultant grief that we bear our testimony to the patriotism with Nadel', when the country was in danger, he broke the bonds of party and of interest; to the eloquence which he consecrated to n ion and freedom; to the sagacity with which he saw the need of every man in the fortifies_ lions to ensure the aueeess of Grant's move• meat upon Richmond, and to the tireless en ergy with which he hurried forward to the Na tional capital the tens of thousands of cue hundred day volunteers, whose presence made that indispensable reinforcement Practiea bleY MEXICO. DOWNFALL OF THE REPUBLICS Defeat aid Retreat of the Re- publican Army. THE DEFEAT THOROUGH-4HE RE TREAT A PANIC. COMPLETE TRIUMPH OF THE TROOPS OF MAXIMILIAN. The Mexicans Driven from the Rio Grande into a Little Corner of Chihuahua. A LAST DESPERATE STAND TO BE MADE LOWER CALIFORNIA IN . COMMAND t , OF THE FRENCH. [From our Special Correspondent.. 3 rolex, August - 30, 156 i Intelligence, upon which I fear full reliance can be placed, impels me to state that the Im perialists have forged the army Of the Repub licans from the Rio Grande, and are now occu pying the whole country, with the exception of a small portion of Chihuahua, in which Juarez and his government were at last ac counts attempting to make a last stand. My informant, who is a Mexican gentleman of high character, has no doubt that the intelli gence is correct. The retreat of the Mexicans was rather a panic than otherwise. By a ves sel which has just arrived from Guaymas, I have the statement which, taken into connec tion with the above, looks as if the move ment of the French was a simultaneous one. Guaymas is a seaport of the State of Sonora; in Lower California, on the Gulf of that name, and is now held by the French, Who have recently tightened their hold on that important maritime point, Taking advantage of our war with Treason, Louis Napoleon pushed his forces into that province, and has now quite a naval force in the harbor, which is one of the best on the Western coast of Mexico. Whether Juarez will be enabled to recover I cannot tell. I do not think he. can. And I will not, there fore, be surprised if he should try to obtain entrance into the friendly ter* ritories of the United States. Quoting still further from my informant: "We cannot be too grateful to Mr. Seward for keeping us out of this complication. Had he not acted from the first with more than caution, with almost Prescience, we should now have our own great triumph over the pro.slavery! insurgents di minished probably by our connection with the defeated Mexicans, and involved, through the mad counsels of plotting politicians and 'brave but impulsive soldiers, in what might have widened into an European war.” The Mexicans themselves even • the Most ardent in the cause of the Republic—fully ap preciate the noble action of our Government. They know that many of the Mexicans, alas ! too many, have been approached and really Seduced by French money, and that with the conjoined power of England; in a naval sill- Mice with France, American interposition would not have saved them from the direful Catastrophe. What with Santa Anna's early and entire surrender, and the co-operation of Miramon, and the poverty of the people, and the influence of the clergy, it was impossible for them to hold out." MONTRZEMA. WASHINGTON. WAsuitioTox, August 30 Meal Contracts. The Postmaster General has entered into a contract with the Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Company—Rani J. Ron, President —to carry the mails in suitable and safe steam boats on the Mississippi river, from Cairo, Ills., to New Orleans, La., and back, every Other clay—three-and-a-half times a week— making the following landings, viz: Cairo, Co lumbus, Hickman, New Madrid, Memphis, He lena, Mouth of White River, Napoleon, Green ville, Skipwiths, Lake Providence, Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, Rodney, Natchez, Mouth of the Red River, Bayou Sara, Baton Rouge, Pisaquemine, and New Orleans, and ten other landings on the river, to be designated from time to time, with substitutions therefor by the Post-office Department, from the first of September, 1865, to June 30111, 1809. Route agents are to be em ployed and provided for on each steamboat without expense to the department. The sum to be paid for the above service is $27,300 per annum. The Postmaster General has also accepted the Offer of the Wilmington. and. Walden ItaiL road Company for the conveyance Of the mai/e between Welden and Wilmington, I. C., and the intermediate places. In accordance with the law of Congress of May 28, 1864, and the advertisement of the Post Office Department, a contract was signed to-day by Postmaster General DENNISON, On the part of the United States, and by J. P. NAVARRO on that of the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company, to carry the mails for the next ten years between the two countries. The service will be monthly, in first class American seagoing steamships, Of not less than 2,000 tons burden each, between New York and Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, touching at the intermediate ports of St. Thomas, in the West Indies, and Para, Pernambuco, and Bahia, in Brazil. The compensation to be paid by the United States is at the rate Of 080,000 per annum. This company having also obtained a corre sponding acceptance from the Government of Brazil, in aecorilallee with the law of Congress, the mail service on this important route will be inaugurated at an early day, the first steamer of the line leaving New York with the mails for Brazil on or before the 29th of September. The departureS will be from New York On the 29th, and from Rio de Janeiro on the 2d of each month. The average rate Of speed per day will not be less than two hun dred miles. The total grant of both Govern ments will not only amount to three hundred thousand dollars per annum, but the company will have complete immunity from all post charges and custom-house dues. The estab lishment of this so much needed line has been in contemplation for the last fourteen years, but the conflicting interests of the different parties seeking the contract, and also the un willingness of this Government to grant sub sidles to any one, has precluded its going into operation until the present time. It is antici pated that the line will be highly successful. The United States will be placed in a regular and rapid CoMlnlillication with the Spanish and Portuguese countries bordering on the northern and eastern coasts of South Ame rica. This is the only company which receives a subsidy from this Government for mail ser vice. The agency very properly will be in the hands of a house uniting among its members both the Americaii and Portuguese eleMent. Alabama. A gentleman recently occupying a prominent position, who arrived here to-day from Alaba ma, says that the provost marshals have been appointed in every county of the State to ad minister the Oath of amnesty ; that the people everywhere, with comparatively few excep tions, express much anxiety to take it; that the election will doubtless pass off quietly and with satisfaction to the loyal people, and that the best possible feeling exists between Governor PARSONS and the military authori ties. He mentions, as an observable fact, that the men who wore recently in arms 'are now most in favor of the Government, while some of those who were too cowardly to take part in the war are still the most blatant against it. Reconstruction A statement has been circulated that the Southern Provisional Governors have favored original Secessionists in appointments to office and in - recommendations for positions, thus entirely ignoring the claims of Union Men, SO far from this being true, it Is ascertained that the Provisional Governors are now acting ac cording to the policy indicated by the Execu tive authority, and are therefore pursuing such a course as will best comport with the loyal sentiment of the country. The original Union men will not be ignored or overlooked as agents in the great work of pacification, and whatever errors may have been committed in this respect will doubtless soon be remedied. The Wirt Trial. The Wirtz Military Commission adjourned to-day, until Friday, at the instance of Judge Advocate Ctursrecr, who said that this accom wedation would serve to shorten the trial at " A, DAY, AUGUST 31, 1865. 9.eilsVoiir„ days. Ills object is to occupy to :r.M.rreTin classifying the witnesses, and ills '. Demob* with those whose testimony would be merely . communicative or unimportant, in View of the facts which have already been General Miller, of Indiana The name of Brevet Major General Joan F. himr.r.e., of Indiana, was erroneously placed by the War Department on the list of General °dicers recently mustered out of service. General Mmtnix was for a long time on duty hi Nashville, while Anenaw Jorutisozr was Mili tary Governor of Tennessee, and recently corn mended the district of Mobile. NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC CONVEN. NOMINATION OF MAJOR GENERAL RUNYON FOE GOVERNOR-T)IE RESQLITTIONS-THE WAR THE RESULT OP " THE ELECTION OF A SECTIONAL PRESIDENT AND THE FANATICISM OF A SEC TIONAL PARTY"-DEMAND FOR HARD CURREN or-GOVERNMENT FUNDS OUGHT TO BE TAXED, AND rEGRO SUFFRAGE DENIED, ETC., ETC. [FIRST DESPATCH.] Tasrvroxi, August 80.—The Democratic Stats' Convention met to-day. The attendance is very large. Colonel Robert Hamilton was ap pointed 'temporary chairman. Committees on resolutions, credentials, and permanent organization were appointed, and the Convention then took a recess. General Runyon, of Essex, at this moment stands the best chance for the nomination. . [SECOND DESPATCH.] TRENTON, N. J., August SO.—The Democratic State Convention re-assembled at two o'clock this afternoon. General Charles Height, of Monmouth, was elected President, assisted by a Vice President from eacheounty, and a Seere tarp from MO Congressional district. Nominations for Governor were made as follows: Major General Mott, of Burlington; Major General Runyon, of Essex; Theo. F. Randolph, of Hudson; Moses Biglow, of Essex, and Samuel J. Bayard, of Gloucester. The balloting then commenced with the fol lowing results: FIRST BALLOT. Randolph 15CoBigelow Runyon 19518 a -yard. Mott__ .139 ecet , ,wry to ft choice BECOIVD DALLer. 213 t Bigelow ......1471Bayard 140 THIRD BALLOT. 169 Bayard 1141 Runyon--; Mott Rando4AL.. Runyon.. Mott Randolph Thename of Mr. Bayard was withdrawn, and Somerset county changed her vote s which ga.vo General Runyon 322 votes. Other coun ties followed suit, and he was tianimousiy nominated. The committee on resolutions reported a series of resolutions charging the conse quences of the war on the election of a sec tional President, and the fanaticism of a sec tional party; favoring a return of the Govern merit to its original purposes and objects; fa voring a return to a gold and silver currency; declaring and insisting on the rights of the States; oppoilag negro suffrage; emphati cally agreeing. With President Johnson, that this subject must be left with the States; opposing the exemption of Govern meat bonds fromtaxation as unequal; expressing sympathy with, and' gratitude to, theP soldiers ; insisting that the Government shall pay the:soldiers the full bounty pro mised to them ; opposing military arrests fa voring freedom of elections, and the restora tion of the habeas corpus, and regarding the national debt as onerous and improperly managed. The Convention adjourned after a speech of much force by Gen. Runyon. HAYTI. Compelled Cessation of the Bombard ment of Cape Haytien—The Rebels Still Successful and Defiant. NEW Yonu, August 30,—The gunboat State of Georgia, from Cape Haytien. August ua, brings adviees that the rebels had captured by surprise Fort St, Michael, on the opposite side of the river,causing Geifrard's troops to evacu ate Petite Aure, and to stop the bombardment of the town. The town had been relieved by blockade-running, and a blockade-runnerfrOm Nassau had run in with provisions, arms, and ammunition, after many of the citizens had died from fright and starvation—but few had been killed. The rebels had enticed three of Geirrard's officers from the American Cons„uPs house, where they had taken refuge, and shot them dead in cold blood. Flour was $25 per barrel; rice, 30 cents per Pound; sugar, AD cents. The rebels are determined to hold out, and the Government forces are reduced to a small number by deaths and desertions. • liy the steamer Columbia, at isiew York yes terday, we have further news from St. Domin go. It announces that a revolution is going on in the island, the Capital and other towns having pronounced against General Pimento', and declared in favor of General Jose Maria Cabral, naming him protector of the republic, and authorizing him to take immediate and supreme command until a new government Can be established. General Pimentel is charged with conduct in complete defiance of law and order, prosecut ing members of the provisional government, loading citizens with chains, and threatening death, setting aside the elections of delegates to the. National COnvention, ordering their ar rest, and causing new members to be elected by open bribery ; publicly offering a reward for the -head of General Polanco, who, before him, - was at the head of the Government; threatening the Government Of Hayti, and en dangering a war with that country. These and many other like elzargeS are preferred against him. General Cabral has accepted the call upon him, and appointed his secretaries and other Civil and military officers. At the last accouh is Cabral, at the head of a body of troops, had gone to put down the opposition to him in CUBA. NEtv "roux, August 31).—Tlia steamer Colum bia arrived at this port to-day with Havana adviees to the 20th. Indications of petroleum have been discov ered in Cuba, and a company formed. The weather in Havana is remarkably warm and sultry, with but little rain for SeVera]. weeks. General Dulce, it appears, will remain in command of the island. The ram Stonewall is still at Havana, Kirby Smith is still near Matanzas, on a plan tation owned by a planter from Florida. A company has been formed and obtained a grant from the Queen to lay a submarine cable between Porto Itico, Cuba, and the United States. GEORGIA. NEW YORK, August 30.—The steamship Ne 1110da, from Savannah on the 2Gth inst., has ar rived here. The Savannah Ifeoald contains no news of importance. General Brannan has issued orders for a tax on the citizens to defray the expenses of clean ing the streets, .4:c. ; and also an order that all STIES and accoutrements belonging to the Go. vernment be turned over to the QtArtermas. ter. Business is apparently reviving in Savannah. 2,300 bales of cotton had arrived there during the week ending August 26th, CAPE MAY. NEAR. APPROACH OP THE - END OP THE SEASON EXODUS OP ,PLEASURR-SREKERS AND THEIR CAPJ ISLAND, August M.—We have every sign and token of the winding up of the season here. The United States Hotel closed last evening. Congress Hall and the Columbia House close to-morrow. The steamer Manhattan started for Phila delphia, on her final trip, this morning, with a full toad of passengers and their hetongrogm. The scene at the landing was quite exciting. Many of the flitting mortals were tenants of cottages, and the steamer received her full complement of he rs es,carriages,boxes, trunks, and other baggage. Beck's Band, which has been delighting the Patrons of the Columbia House, gave the foal grand hop last evening. It was well attended, and everything passed off charmingly. Daring the season, this unsurpassed band has added greatly to itO reputation ; and when the leader begins their engagements in your city, it will be found that their stay at the Island has largely increased its fame. Destructive Fire at New Haven. NEW HAVEN, August 30.—The saddlery and hardware establishment of the Lindsay Fire arms Company was destroyed by fire to-day. The loss amounted to $30,000, On which there is an insurance of $28,000. The lire communi cated to a large brick building, occupied by the Paraumlee Pianoforte Company, de stroying the interior of the building and a large amount of valuable Stock. The loss of. the company was $28,000, on which there was an insurance of $20,000. The cause of the fire was accidental. Fire nt St. Louis—Loss $320.000. Sr. Loris, August 30,—Two hemp warehouses, at the corner of Ashley and Second streets, containing ten thousand bales of hemp, were burnt last evening. The loss on the stock and building amounted to about $325,000, on which there is an insurance for $250,000. The princi pal losers are B. W. Lewitt & Bro., Branham it Hopkins, Lewis & Co., Carr & Lake, South. worth & Co., and P. Randolph. Detection of a Plot to Release Pri• CHIC AOO, August:lo.—A startling and murder ous plot to release all- the prisoners in tile State Prison at Joliet has been discovered and frustrated. NB TER OF WM. Tender Treatment of the Defendant by the Government, EVERY FACILITY EXTENDED TO HIM. Favorable Testimony in his Behalf, Yesterday, by a Confederate Colonel. GEN. WINDER IN SUPREME CONTROL AT ANDERSONVILLE. The "High. Officers" of the Confederacy Responsible for the Misery and Bath. MORE DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING WIN'S GENERAL TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS. TESTIMONY OF VIGOR SOLDIERS" AND CONFEDERATE OFFICER& A Statement of his Case from the Prisoner him- self, and an Appeal for Aid. A nistory of his Connection with Andersonville, and with the Confederacy. WASHINGTON, August 31.--The record of yes. terday baying been read, General Thomas, a member' of the Commission, said he under stood that the prisoner bad been kept hand cuffed at night while in prison. The accused should he at liberty to prepare his businesB previouS to attendance before the court. He did not know who had charge of the accused, but as he. was attended constantly by guards, -he could see no necessity for continuing the rigid - treatment. He made this suggestion with a view that the condition of the prisoner might be ameliorated. Judge Advocate 'Chipman stated the rigor alluded to was adopted as a matter of precau tion, at the suggestion of the counsel for the defencetwho said that Otherwise the prisoner might commit suicide. This conversation oc curred the stone day the gentleman retired as his counsel. Acting on the suggestion of the counsel, and upon his own judgment he asked the keeper to put the handcuffs on the priso ter. It was not that night ? because the sentry constantly attended him, but it Was SHIM , quently done. It was not unusual for persons accused as the prisoner was to be kept m plose confinement and handcuffed. He was snre.such treatment was well known to the prioner him self. It seemed the Court should not dictate what tresttmentthe priSOnkeeper should adopt. The Court was responsible for him Only while he was here. He did not want to subject the prisoner to cruel treatment. He did not pro pose to apply the Lex tationis. If the court thought that no such treatment as that com plained of should be continued, he felt satis fied that Colonel Colby would accommodate himself to their wishes. It repeated the hand. cuffing was only a matter of precaution, for the reason stated. He was sorry to learn that the handcuffs last night injured the prisoner, but it was certainly unintentional, and could to C titt C lV b st y lite that the rib er t e h n tt . v i O h l o )e m e as n known matter was brought to his attention by the counsel for the accused. Mr. Baker said on that day the prisoner was so distracted in mind that he himself (3lr. Baker) did not know What he would do. The Pris On er threatened frequently to him that if counsel did not return, or deserted him, he would never again come into the presence of the court. During the confusion and the excitement of the prisoner's mind, in speakin g to the Judge Advocate, he made the remark what the pri toner would do unless the counsel returned.. He did not know but that the prisoner might be confined closely. From this the mistake arose. Last night, however, when there was no necessity for it, the prisoner was hand cuffed. It was only intended for temporary circumstances. If he had had more calmness at the time he might perhaps not have made the suggestion. It was proper to say the pri soner made no complaint of harsh. treatment. From what he had seen of the guards in at tendance, they bad given the prisoner every attention. There was no necessity hereafter to put him in any unnecessary confinement. He was rather sorry that his associate sug gested anything of that kind, If it had come to his knowledge he would have legit pass. If the prisbner had: not been in an unhealthy condition no injury would have occurred to him by the treatment. No one, however, is to blame for it. • . . The Judge Advocate. The Government must take its own course. Mr. Baker presumed that the placing of the prisonerin handcuffs would not again occur in consequence of any statement of his own. Alexander W. Persons sworn, said that he had served as lieutenant colonel of the 55th Georgia :Volunteers she was on duty at Ander sonville from some time in February, 1551, till the first of June of the same year ;be was first sent there to command troops, and afterwards was aes igned as post commander; Capt. Wirz came direct from Richmond, by- order of General Winder s to command the prison ; the latter, in his letter or order„ said that Captain Wirz was an old prison officer, relia ble, and therefore capable of conducting the prison ; it was dated some time is February or March; the witness, as commander of the post, made a requisition upon the' commander of the troops for soldiers to guard the prison these soldiers thus passed under the control of Ca wain Wirz ; the prison was laid oat by W. 5, Winder, son of General Winder,_and its capacity was for ten thousand Men 5 Richard Winder was the quartermaster of the prison; the number there was from fifteen to twenty thousand prisoners ; the witness took steps to erect shelter ; he was about to go to hauling timber, when he was relieved, and never went back cnept as counsel for sonic of the men; the timber then bad been eut down for the Within prison; he commanded at And ersonvillo in its earlier and better days e the witness drew a bill of injunction to abate the prison nuisance, owing to the stench and effluvia, and. unhealthy Influences; the judge to whom he applied said he would 9 ppoint a day to hear the argument in chambers, anti Ole wi tunes m ade his- prapa. rations accordingly; General Howell Cobb, who commanded the Department of Georgia and the Georgia militia, sent him a communi cation asking him whether the bill was to be charged to him against the Government; he informed General Cobb that he had drawn the bill, which was to lie charged to himself ; Cobb replied, through his adjutant general, that he deemed it inconsistent with his duty as a Con federate ("Meer to take such legal proceedings; discovering that he would be court-martialed if he 'persevered, he said to General Cobb, "If yea deem it unofficerly like, I will abandon the ease ;' , .be chore to do this rather than be driven from the case ; this was in July or Au gust, Md. Cross-examined by Mr. Baker.—The capacity of the prison was for ten thousand men and have beenthat number no more ought to been placed on the ground, even after the en iargement ; Captain Wirz was not to blame for the size of the prison_ ; one of the reasons for desiring to abate the prison, as a nuisance, was the almost insufferable stench and filth, caused in part by the nearness of the grave yard ; the green flies were as thick as locusts ; the great blunder was on the nate, of manyon federate Government. in Sending so pri soners there without proper preparation. Question. Do you think some one or more individuals were responsible 1 If so, who were they? Answer. I think some of the high officials were responsible; I sent a communi cation to General. Winder, saying the prison was worked beyond its capacity, but no atten tion was paid to the remonstrance an order came from General Cooper, Adjutant and In spector General, addressed to General Winder, the purport of which was to organize aprion department ; an officer was put in charge on the other side of the Mississippi, and General Windorput in charge on this side; no officer had a right to interfere with him, furnishand it was made the dut of commanders of the adjoin ing posts to troops for the prisons ; General Winder had supreme control and do minion ; I read the order, but do not recollect whether is was issued by direction of Presi dent Davis or net; it was, however, signed by General Cooper. By Mr. Baker. There were not more than eight hundred OTa, thousand troops when I was there, and the greatest number of prisoners from eighteen to twenty thousand. Ey :fudge Advocate Chipman. The dead line originated after Capt. Wirz took command of the prism). By Mr. Baker. it was called the dead line because if a person went beyond it he would be shot; there was no difference in principle 'between this and the imaginary line of a senti nel ; the reason forlhe dead line was to pre vent prisoners from undermining and making their escape. Benjamin F. Clarkovho bad been in the Con fcderete Medical Purveyor's office, was ex. amined and cross-examined as to the supply of medicines. They had to resort to indige nous preparations ; white chemicals were ob tained by blockade-running, or importation. james * Van Valkenburg residing ten miles from Macon, Ga., testified that the crops were more than an average in 1861; Macon is sixty five milet , from Andersonvllle, and Anierleas nine mites from the latter place; the provi sions were more plentiful than in previous years, because no cotton was planted. The Court at one took a recess until two O'clock. On reassembling, James Van Valkellburg Was Cross-calm - hied by Mr. Baker. What he knew of the crops was derived from observation and the Macon newspapers; he believed the sup plies for the array wore plenty in Georgia for the last two or three years, although in 1863 there was sOl2lO failure In the crops; he could count five or six wheat mills on the route from Macon to Americus. By the Court. The witness had seen large piles of Government flour at Macon. Sergeant Boston Corbett was recalled by the defence. He could not name any individual shot, but had seen prisoners shot every month he was in prison', desperadoes from among our own prisoners would knock down men for the slightest offence; the mon would be taken to what was called the barber shop, and their hair shaved around the wound ; when he first arrived at the depot he was told that hung the the raiders or desperadoes had been hung the day before by 'peaceable prisoners; men were thrown together promisenously, and killed and maimed one another as they chose. Question. If Captain Wine had been more careful to protect the innocent from the des peradoes would he not have been obliged. to be more strict in his discipline? Answer. I never kneW a Man more atrocious than Cap taM Andrew J. Spring, a prisoner at Anderson- I'M, testified [to the filthy condition of the place and the bed quality Of 'NO, Some of which was full of maggots ; vegetables were not issued with the rations, but he succeeded in smuggling some in, which he had ,procured from a - Georgia regiment; he thought plenty of green corn was in the neighborhood, there being a farm of soVenty-five or a hundred acres ; there was a strict order seal lig. trading issued by Captain Wirz; peaches, hr jthigod, were plentiful; the guard would seize peaches and vegetables which had been smuggled in, and take them to Captain Wirve.headq - parters ; the effect of the treat ment made idiots of acme of the men and crippled others ; one of the prisoners ventured to ask Captain Wirz to give him employ ment outside, in order that he might draw the additional ration ; Captain Wirz replied, "You Yankee of a —, if you don't go in I'll starve every one of you to death." This was a common mode of reply to prisoners; on another occasion he said to a man who had en deavored to make his escape, "if you ever do that again 1 , 11 shoot you as sure as go to —, and I know 1 shall go there ;" rations were furnished to the dogs fronr the bakery; be saw a man brought in by these dogs, at tended by Capt. Wirz and Turner; he had seen men working in the Chain gang ; one of them was so reduced that he was taken to the hos pital, and died ; the witness had seen men in the stocks • about the lath of May he saw a ironsm asw i re s ai l i t pe o p t ße.oeldd a sentry-box, and Capt. Wirz , ki a l y e d ve d r r y a r wi na n n g his revolver, who did not get away from the gate; another man, who was asleep, rolled under the dead line,lwhen was shot ; had seen one of our negro sol diers whipped fifty or seventy-five lashes ter refusing to work. he being Sick. Creieatrecbithe defence. aboutv t ntavgresilthsmadnoo saw Capt. Wirz shoot anohody; Captain Wirz might have been attracted to the ground after the shooting to which he had referred ; did not know that the prisoner remonstrated with the sentry for the shooting, and removed him ; the men were put in the chain gang because they had attempted to escape. Question. Did you ever see anybody shot who was not committing an offence against the regulations I Answer. Yes; the man who, when aslecperolled over the line, and was shot, was not violating the regulations. The Court said to the witness that they did not want his opinion, but simply au answer. The witness replied to the ellOrition that if the offenders had been promptly punished and divided from the others, such scenes would not haye occurred. Question. In order to lira tection would not Captain Wirz have been obliged to arrest them more frequently, ac cording to your ideas of discipline) Answer. Yes, sir-. Question: Then it would have been necessary for him to be more stricti Anautcr. Yes, in reference to the few, but in kindness to the many. Question. You say that on one oc casion, when you lay concealed, one of the bounds rubbed against your nose; why did he not bite youl Answer. The same Power that kept the lions from tearing Daniel in pieces is the same in wham I trust. ['Laughter.] Dr. Catlin testified thathe was for two years in the Confederate army, and from May to Sep tember last in service at Andersonville ; he saw Captain Wirz, at the time the prisoners a h n im w o h n o ce ha o d r fallenwere Acing o g f r t e h in e i o n v n e d z e a t a r k m e twice ; on another occasion he saw a man bit ten by dogs ; the man was in a tree ; he was ordered to and came down, when the dogs seized him; Captain Wirz was there at the time. Cross-examined by__ the defence. Did not know that Captain Wirz was to blame for the awful condition of the prison ; aia not know that Captain Wirz waded up to his knees in water to keep the dog from biting the man, and did not see the prisoner seize the dog; the dogs were common fox-hounds. In the course of the examination the witness said the 55th Georgians were good Union men, and friendly to our prisoners, allowing things to be smuggled in ; they told him that every sentinel that shot a man received as a reward a furlough for thirty days; there are members Of that Georgia regiment in court who can verify this assertion; six or eight times he had been to the storehouse, which was three or four hundred feet long, and always found it tilled with supplies, two-thirds of which he supposed was corn meal ; there were at the time about thirty-two thousand prisoners, and from fifteen hundred to two thousand Con federate troops there. The court then adjourned till Friday morn. ing. A PEP.SONAL STATEMENT AND A NEWEST . FOR (From the Nen• York Daily News.] OLD CAPITOL PRISON, WASiinvOTON CITY, D. C.,. August 27 1865 the Editor of the New lork News: Although a perfect stranger to you, I take, in my unfortunate and helpless condition, the liberty to address you this let ter, knowing that as a friend to the downtrod den South yen cannot but have sympathy for a man who, as he believes, le innocently about to be sacrified—a sympathy which, I hope, will Prompt you to interest yourself in his behalf. I am a native of Switzerland, and having been for years before the war a resident of Louisiana, could not do otherwise than take up arms to defend the State and counti:y of my adoption - when it was invaded. I joined the Confederate army in 1861, and Served. faith fully the cause I considered to be a rightful one ; in 1862 the United States troops de stroyed my home, and my wife and three children had to seek shelter among friends. I lost all ipossessed but a fewnegross, who still remained faithful; be 1861 I was ordered te report to the officer of the military prison at Andersouvillt, Georgia ; by this offi bt e ee e; vinl wa og s r put in command of the prison, and remained in that position from April, 1864, until 186.5" ; when the South ceased the struggle, I was still o w te i e th ted my by rain tl i t ' tminhleArBelf fully agreement between Generals She r man and Johnston, and never dream ing that I, a poor captain and subaltern officer, would be made to answer with my life for what is now alleged to have been done at Anderaanville. I was, in violation of a safe conduct which was given me by a staff officer of General Wilson, arrested in Macon, Ga.; was kept there in confinement for two weeks, and then sent on to Washington, and am now, by order of the President of the United States, brought before a court to be tried under the most atrocious charges; I have no friends here; I am helpless; and, ttuless I Can get help, will have to lose the last things which I possess in - this world—my good name and my life ; my conscience is clear ; I have never dealt cruelly with a prisoner under my charge; if they suffered for want of shel ter, food, clothing, and necessaries, I could not help it—having 110 control over these- things—things which the Confederate Government could give only in a very limited quantity, even to our Own men, as everybody knows who will bejust and impartial. My legal advisers, (Messrs. Schade and Baker,) seeing my helplessness, have un dertaken to conduct my defence. They both are doing it from generosity and compassion, knowing full well that I have not the means to remunerate them for their trouble. But I cannot expect them to furnish the means which it absolutely re. quires in the conducting of a cause of such importance. Copies of depositions have to be made, messengers have to be sent here and there to get up testimony; and how can this be done without money? I have none to give •; and, no doubt, my case will be lost—my life sacrificed—for the want of the money to defray the expenses of such a trial. But alrm m tv y counsel believe from the evi dencein their possession, that, if the necessary means call be obtained, my ac quittal must be the result. In this condi tion I take the liberty to appeal to you to as sist me, and let me not he the victim of in justice. Your influence is such that it will not require - very great efforts to collect the ne ceseaty Melte for aligorons carrying on of the defence. I am, myself, without clothes, without any means to alleviate the hardships of a doge Confinement. My health is bad, and the -pri son fare is not calculated to benefit a sick, or at least a suffering man. Still these things I have borne without murmuring, and hope, with the help of God, to hear yet for awhile longer; Hoping that this petition will receive a favorable reception on your part, and at suring you again that nothing but the direst necessity could induce me to address you, I remain, sir L , lte c with the greatest respect, your obedient servant,, IL Wirtz, Captain and A. A. G., C. S. A. THE PiTATE. SUICIDE OF A PHILADELPRIAN AT PHILLIPSBURG -THE REQUISITIONS FOR SWELL, IPCAUSLAND, BAnnisnuno, August 30.—Jacob Lebo com mitted Stliehle in Phillipsburg, Centre, County , on Tuesday. lie bad been accused of robbing a store on the night before, and in desperation cut his throat. Lebo was well known in Phila delphia some years ago as the keeper of the City hotel, On ClieStllllt street, below Third, and latterly as the keeper of an extensive boarding-house at Alexandria, Va. In the ease of the requisition on the Gover nor of Virginia for the traitors, robbers, and assassins—Jenkins, Ewell, and others—lately issued by Governor Curtin, no return has yet been made. BEANS COMITY POLITICS READING, August 3P.—The Democratic Nom!, rutting Convention of Berks county was held yesterday. The following county ticket was nomintteecl ! Assembly—Fredgt Harmer, Henry D. Molds, and John Missimer. Sheriff Tobias Barto. District Attorney—Wharton Morris. County Treasnrer—lsaae It. Fisher. County Commis sioner—William .9, Young. Jeremiah Hagerman, Geo. K. LoVati, Daniel L. Batdortr, and Levi Templin were appointed delegates to the next Democratic Convention, and instructed to support the nomination of Zion. Mester Clymer for Governor. The Condition Or the rreeanieli in Mississippi. An interesting report has been received at the Freedmen's bureau from Colonel Samuel Thomas, Assistant Commissioner of Missis sippi, dated Viclisburg 2 August 15, containing p,n account of affairs in that State. He says railroads wke being rebuilt, roads and bridges repaired, telegraph lines extended to the cities and interior towns of the State, and in a short time communication will be easy and rapid. The colonies of freedmen working the land assigned them at Davis Bend, Camp Hawley, near , Vicksburg, De Salt Point, opposite, and at Washington, near Natchez, are all doing well ; their cropS are maturing fast ; . as harvest time approaches the number of rations issiied are reduced, and they are compelled to rely on their own resources. At least ten thou sand bales of cotton will be raised by, those people who are raising crops on their own amount. The number of idle people around them is constantly , declining, as labor 18 abun dant, and good prices are offered feral" kinds of work. The Treasury Department has turned over to the bureau all lands, houses, and tene ments held by them. This included houses in Vicksburg and Natchez, which were being rented from month to Month, and plantations leased January 1,1805. Claimants are making great exertions to have their property re turned when it is leased but not used for the benefit of refugees or freedmen. They argue that the President's proclamation secures to them right of property, and implies that all the property held oy Government should be restored. This Property is a source of con siderable revenue to the Rerun. The Gene , ral commanding department has returned a large amount of property to citizens, which has been in possession of Government. The feeling against taking property of most vio lent rebels is strong. The amount of rations issued to whites is about the same as issued to feeedmen. Not less than 5,000 people are cutting wood for steamers on the Miesissippi. I River, and more people arc engaged in this business than ever, but they support them selves. The total number of freedmen in the State is estimated at • ato,coo, of whom only 3,000 arc receiving eUkigAnce from eovern =cut. THREE CENTS. EUROPE. HOPE YET FOR THE AT LANTIC CABLE. The Enterprise not to be Given Up Without One More Attempt at Success. ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO START NEXT winzu OR'SPRING. SCIENTIFIC, ECONOMICAL, AND MECHANICAL DISQUI . SITIONS ON THE CABLES FUTURE. The Cholera at Na.rseillea and Exciting Alarm in England. Opening of the Suez Canal—Europe and Asia at Last in Unlink, WRECK OF RUSSIAN IRON.CLADS- COMMERCIAL DiEIiVIS, IlAtirex, August 30.—The steamship Africa, from Liverpool 8.30 A. M., 19th, via Queenstown the 20th, arrivedat Halifax late last night. She has twenty-pine Halifax and one hundred.and twenty Boston passengers. The steamship Scotia arrived at Liverpool on the morning of the 18th, The steamship Tupelo left Liverpool on the 19th, direct for Halifax and New York. Moorings had been intd down for the Great Eastern at Sheerness, and inference was dtatan •that she would not go out again this season. The Times says the experience of the expedi tion is full of encouragement for the future ; the only discouraging circumstance is the ap parent inability of eleetrieiallB to) diScover serious faults in the cable before it is payed over the side of the ship. The Africa makes the following .report: August 21st, passed the steamship City of New York, in latitude 61,53, longitude 18.35, bound east. On the 22d, passed - Bremen ship E. A. Gabain, in latitude 51.52, longitude 18.35, bound west. On the 24th, passed a steamer supposed to be the Asia, bound east. On the 27th, passed the steamship Cuba, in latitude 47.50, longitude 49, bound east. The Africa sailed for Boston at two o'clock this morning, where she will be due on Thurs. day afternoon. The Daily News' special correspondent says: Xt is more than probable that the Grea.t Eastern will be despatched. to piCk up the severed cable as soon as she can be re dtted with stronger ropes and grapnels, No formal decision can be taken until the meeting of the various boards on the 21st ; but it is tolera bly certain that the expedition will restart at once?' The prospects of the Atlantic Cable were the prevalent topics. The report of the Great Eastern had a fa vorable tifect on the shares, which rallied from 1% to 2 1 / 4 . There was muoh difference of opinion as to the prospect of recovering the cable, but generally feeling was tbAt it would be done. The Times says that the result of the pro ceedings on the Great Eastern demonstrate the complete feasability of the Atlantic tele graph. The principal difficulties of the enter prise are OVereOnae, Failure ensued from ac cidents which may be called provoking, from their littleness. Explanation 18 required why the hauling-in apparatus was defective ; but the experience gained' ay enable the compa ny to redeem their error and accomplish the great work. The delay for abether Vearwill notbe Orown away if it enables them to 11017190 better tests of excellence of cable before it is sub merged, Though, - whether they do so or not, - we must believe the possibility of an Atlantic telegraph established, and look forward to the day as certain, even if dietant ) when England and America will throb with one pulse of life. The Daily News censures those who were re sponsible for not having on hand a sufficient quantity of hauling-in tackle, but says: "Al though the facts warrantelisappointment,they do not cause dismay, but, on the contrary point to ultimate Success; and assuming that the three companies intereeted can make the - necessary arrangements at once, it is even now not impossible that attempts at tele graphic communication with America may be commenced before autumn has 'passed.. Other journals also regard the prospects of the cable from a hopeful point of view, al though soiii4 express lean that it will not be , recovered, and that the enterprise will fail for the -present. The opinion, however, appears to be general that ultimate success IS only a question of time and money. The Daily .News says: Nothing will be defi nitely known as to the future proceedin in connection with the Cable Until after Monday, the 21st instant, on which day the different boards will meet and settle on the future course. Fresh contracts will have to be made and new arrangements entered' into, in the event of the Great Eastern being sent out again, WV" between her owners and the con tracting company, and between the latter end the Atlantic Telegraph Company. So the question, as may be supposed, will mainly re- Solve itself into one of finance, but it is confi dently relieved that the great ship will be again despatched without unnecessary delay. Meanwhile, she proceeds to Sheerness, where she is expected to artlye on the Sot. She passed Plymouth on tile afternoon of the Mb, bound up the channel. The Times, of the 19th inst., publishes a diary of the expedition, occupying seven columns; and, in a leader on the subject, remarks that although the results are very encouraging for the failure, still, even if perfect machinery were at band, it would ilow, we fear, be too late to lay the cable this year, althetigh gam guine spirits may remind us that atter the equinoctial gales are past the month - of Oc.. tober is generally calm; and further delay must cause a total loss of the position of the cable which has been payed out. One ma i:pious injury was discovered. A piece of iron wire was run through the OoYering, causing dead earth. The prospectus is published for the new fortnightly steam line with vessels of 4 000 tons burthen between Southampton and New York. The title is to be the Transatlantic ship Company. Capital 800,000 pounds, in fifty pound slerea. Passages to be Performed with in ten days. Two subsidiary steamers of Sit hundred tons to be employed to connect the service at Southampton with Antwerp, Havre, and London, through rates of freight being established between these cities and New Fork: The enterprise is said to be supported by 'OW London and South Western Railway Company, Southampton Dock Company, and other im portant concerns. A Fenian demonstration on a small scale had taken place near Scaroa, county Down. Ample police and military preparations had een. Made by the fulthOritiee and order was not distrprbed. Apprehensions of the approach of the cho lera were increasing. in England. The epi demic had reached Marseilles. At an important meeting of medical officers and otliers in London, resolutions were adopt ed nayising Elie Utmost care and all pQMPfe Pre cautions. FRANCE Weekly returns of the Bank of France show an increase of cash of about one and three quarters millions of francs. The Cherbourg files continued until the 18th, when the Freneh and English Squadrons left for Brest. All pasSed off well, although the brilliancy of the ettilier proceedings were marred by stormy weather. The 'Emperor and Empress arrived at Stras• tiourg on the 18th. Bourse flat, closing firmer tit OA AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The official Vienna,Zeitung reprints an article from its general correspondence, in which it states that an understanding has been arrived at between Von Besswork and Count Biome, Gastern ' which will very soon receive Im perial .notation. All collision . 4?etweeu the Powers has been avoided by this understand ing. in which mutual reclamations and federal rights have been vindicated, and union be tween the German Powers insured. Later despatches say that the question of the Duchies has not received a definite solm tion. The negotiations only resulted in the continuance and regulation of the Commission of the two Powers in the Duchies on a new basis. UIISSIA. Two ships of the Russian iron-clad squadron were wreeked on their wsy to gockholm. The Czar had gone to 'Moscow to present the Czarwiteh to the Senate and the people. INDIA. BODIDAT, August 11:Cotton is quiet. Ex change 2f%d. CALCUTTA, August u.--sheetings unchanged. Exchange 1f LONDON MONEY MARKET.---Oonse 8 are firmer, and advancing. The discount market is unchanged. Shipping Intelligence. Arrived. from New York, August 10th, Tejuea at Malaga; lath, J. Cammingo, at Antwerp. Arrived, from Philadelphia, August 16th, Cheva lier and Alnalla, at Antwerp• Arrived, from Windsor, Alignat ink; AnnWl dew, at Queenstown. salled, for New York, August 16th, Gilbert, from Hamburg; 17th, Tollens, from Dunginess. Sailed, for Boston, August 17111, Wallace, from Glasgow. LATEST PER AFRICA. LIYEIIPOOI . O Ape. 20, VIA QURENBTOW2C.—Capt. Anderson, in a letter, ear it will require Wit months to provide proper gear for lilting the cable and make the necessary repairs to. the Great Eastern. He suggests that a new cable should be made, and laid in May nest, and the old one then bepicked up and repaired. He has every COntiCielieo In filture success, but thinks it useless to renew atteMpts during the winter months. The Suez Canal was opened On the 17th, and a vessel laden with coal passed from the Me diterranean to the Red Sea. The convention between Austrittand Prussia is COnelnaoa_ Concerning the Duchies, Prussia gets Lurmbrug, paying Austria a pecuniary indemnity. The Provisional Government of the Duchies continues. Prussia rules S c h i es" wig, and Austria Holstein. Atlantic preference shares are quoted at 2 1 4 430 3 4. litt. Russell's diary of proceedings on the Great Eastern Was published by all the London papers on the Morning of the 10th. Commercial intelligence. rrhe weekly Liverpool Cotton market was re ceived per steamship North America.) O ManeheSterrnarket was heavy, with a deMine of idon guO(le andyiirus. my sttpooL BIIEADSTUFFS MARKET.—The arket lsenerullt dull, with a downward tendency, weedier is Improving. Messrs. Richardson, Spence, & Co., and Wakefield, Nash.. ' I Co., report: Flour mat. Wicat dull, and Tuesdays advance is barely sustained, owing to liner weather. Corn easier: mixed. 31S 04/14328. idyEurools ritOvistozi KAIIKET.--Ths pro- TIM WAR PRESS. crumatiamp WEEKLY.) '; THE WAR 'PRIM will be sent to sobsoritonitt mall (per BOO= in ativan,,o,) nt SS PI vn coptek 10 00 Ten copies so 00 Earor clubs than Ten will be charged at the same per copy - . rata, av„00 The tn." , ' . IIITIV4 olmoyS accompany the order, in no instance can these termsi be deviate from, air they aford wry Utile more than the coat of paper, itirrostmastere are reqtteeted to act as agentS am TRH WAR PRESS. /kr Ty the getter-op of the Olttb of cm or trientrl all extra copy of the paper will he given. vision market Is generally more buoyant. Magma. Bigland—Athya, & Co., and Cordon, Bruce, & Co: week t 'l buoyant, ;tftvance or 251'45s on the week. roer k and adranord ajtaiil 94, Phr con upward, and advanced awaits. Lard quiet tura steady at 78@i80s. Tallow active, and advanced 99. Butter' grin. LONDON MARKETB. — (Baringi—Breadstitfis up. ,rand. Red Western Wheat is nuoted ut 434g1i95. Ton 9ulet and steady. Sugar has it downward LL'll4.l - Cofret hoary. anti denried fld. Toa steady. Mee etyu. TanOw steady tit 446. %Melts of Turpentine dun attd dortuant at 455. Detrolenni scarce; crude 2a Bd. sperm Oil upward; quoted MS PARIS, August 19.—The Bourse is quiet*, Routes close at fist. 15e. Lateht Shipping InteAlinenee- Arrired Iron) Note York—. Newton, ai 3 Ooxlinven: Lynx, at Malaga; Dent - will, at Buenos Ayre; Pro= grvss, at Rio Grande; Theopilte, at Rio Janeiro; Ornisar, at Pernambuco. Arrived from Philadelphia-100i and John Bot. ton, at Rio Janeiro. Arrival or the steetekee Tripelia HALIFAX, August [lo:—The steamship Tripdg, from Liverpool on the 10th instant, arrived. this morning. She reports having experienced, strong westerly winds. On the 21st she passed the steamship Tarifa. bound east. On the same day She passed the. steamship City of Dublin. On the 24th she passed the steamship Asia, and on the 27th exchanged signals with the steamship Cuba. NEW ORLVANS. R'hereabonts of General Sehurz—Good Feeling on the Mexican Border—Maxi. inillanYs Officers and our Own Rob- . nabbing. NEW ORLEANS, Augtibt 80.- ,, T11e steamer Aar dalusian, from Boston, arrived here to-day. Carl Schurz has arrived from Vicksburg on his inspecting tour. Tile steamer B. E. iilll was sunk in the YazoOr River on Ssturctsy night. The beat and cargg vere a, total loss, Advices from the Mexican border to the 19th represent that a curiously fraternal state of affairs exists between our generals on the Eh, Grande and certain dignitaries of the Maxi milian GovornnlOt t whoilt seems, have been hobnobbing together and fouling 60.6 h ether , in true convivial style. Our generals are re• ported to be expressing friendship for the Empire. TIRGINIA. Meeting in Richmond—Proposed. Res ception of President .Tohnson—Reso• - intions—Opinions of the Poop Nlavery Dead; &c. BALTIMORE, August 80.—The Richmond pa pers of this morning have been received. A large meeting of citizens was held on Tues day afternoon, when a series of resolutions. were adonted relative to Making arrange. , ments for the reception of President Johnson. The first resolution expresses the loyalty of the people of Virginia, and denounces the wicked efforts of a portion of the Ipress aid people of the Northern States to brand the people of the South with perfidy aild cerity in their attempt to re-establish alle. glance to the Union. The second resolution declares that the peo. plc acquiesce unreservedly in the absolute abolition of slavery, and desire nothing but if/ resume the duties of citizenship in the Union, The third resolution pledges the meeting to support the reconstruction policy of the Pro sident, which proposes a restored equality of rights and privileges ttk all the States, includ ing the power hi each to regulate the right 4 5f suffrage for itself as distinguished from the reckless and pernicious theories of the so. called radical party. The Wirth resolution recommends the-hold. , ing of meetings throughout the State, and the adoption of similar resolutions to those of the Richmond meeting, that no shadow of suspi, Won may rest on the people of Virginia, The fifth resolution compliments Gov. Pier pont for his copolliatory bearing, frank and manly manners, and nrm and well-oottaidered statesmanship. A committee was appointed to extend an in. v Ration to President Johnson to visit Rich.. mond. Speeches were made, and the action of the Gov eminent in rotation to th 6, late election in Richmond commented upon as wrong and uncalled for. PRO AND VON. OUTRAGES BY NEGROES ON WRITRB ON ROANORii ISLAND-OUTRAGES D' 'WHITES ON NEGROES IN NORTH CAROLINA-A REIGN OH TERROR RM. FORTED IN THE LATTER SECTION. FORIBBSS Atoxaor, August ce.—The steamer W as hi ng t on tryipd 15,Nrived last evening. at Norfolk from Roanoke Island. The COMM reports that on the eve of their departhre from - Roanoke Island his engineer went ashore for the mails, and when returning to the boat was attacked ny two uogrocs, who pushed and liirked Min from the sidewalk, Wberenpon ho defended himself by knocking one of the m• gross down, for which ho was arrested and kept in the look-up over night. On the morning of the 24th he was brought before Colonel Holmes, of theist United States Colored Regiment, tried, mid acquitted, ,• , The officers of the, Washington Trying tal the darkies do as they please on the island, and that it is not safe fora white man to land there. • The get NdW York Infantry, now at camp Hamilton, will beenustered out of service next Thursday, and return home. General Ludlow has been relieved of his command, at Williamsburg, and assigned to duty at Danville, Va.. riALEieu, N. C., August 210—Lieitteliftilt W. Hahn has returned from a Special mission through the northeastern part of this Stateb where there is no military force, and report* that three negroes were shot in Northampton comity, by the county police, for refusing to return to their masters after engaging in em ployment elsewhere; that the poopie :erne!) to recognize the freedom of the blacks, who are whipped and tortured most fiendishly for even expressing a desire to be free. Ile also states that a Union man in Hartford county was driven from /41.9 home for employing colored girl as a servant without &moulting hen former master; and that a perfect reign of terror exists in that portion of the State.. A Report about Sergeant icrumiston ContrOgieted. The Baltimore papers last week, k4BS published An Affecting Story Spolled,toia Sergeant Humiston , s asserted return to hie home and family, the following note has been remind Dy px r Bourns from the Um Isaac. G. Ogden ! roamViLVE, W. Y., August .6, 1865. J. F. Bourns, M. D., Philadelphia : DBAa Sin t Your letter of the 23d,• maklus inquiries as to the truth of the rumor that Sergeant Ilumiston is alive and at home with his family, is duly reetliVed. In reply, let me say that there is not a word of truth in the absurd rumor. Ile has not been seen here since he enlisted in the 154th Itegi— ment New York Volunteers, and I have no 110144 that the Sergeant fell at . Gettysburg and died with his last look upon the ambro typo of his children. Truly yours, The following Is an extract from a letter of the 10th Augast, NON written by Dvid WlllO, Esq., of Gettysburg, to a go:AlM:hail who had made incidental inquiry in regard to the die. covery and burial of the fallen. soldier : " Sergeant liumistonts body was found on Stratton street, ill gratysburg, along the pro. Peri: ) , of Judge Russell, by Dlr. t i etut Battler, who took from his lifeless hands the • =bro• type of his three children. Lie was mortally wounded on the retreat of the 11th • Corps through our town on Wednesday, July let. His hotly was buried on Judge Russell% lot, and o i bad it disinterred Mid buried ill. the Soldiers , National Cemetery." NEW YORK CITY. NEW Yong, iii.Pgt 30 1 1866. FROItt FIAVA.N.A. The steamer Columbia, from Havana, is at the quarantine. Late English papers an11941P.9 the loss ) by sinking, of the ship Sens. Dunning, from Mtn goon for Liverpool, by which twenty-five iiveg were lost, The survivors were obliged, to cat leather belts and pitch to keep from starva tion. . - THE aTOOR raellAnea — P. o ollD BOARD. .. 7000 15 06s 'Bl a 107 1 500 Reading it , iikv4 MVO do.. . .... 10714 000 do sia.DA 700011 0 fis '81......i.4.10fg aoo P.Ft w & oit ~. 07 Iwo Tenn State es ... 78;4 , 1100 DI 0 & N IR 21 1000 N Carolina Os •.. 71 100 do ~,,, _ „ ~„ loose o & miss C 00.... 04% 100 do .. , Can . 1- WO W Y CeD W 92/n 100 Illinois Cleu R.... 123 400 Brie it oso ow 200 do 123 X, RRIP xisvd Arrived—Enited States - Doric ..-Aloo! from Pensacola; ship Can:wens from Havatia ; brig Frederick from Amoy; Star of Faith from Mobile; Ellen Edge from cienfuogos; Louisa, from Havana • Sarah Peters from Aloblle. markets by Telegraph. BAL.rwortie, August , 30,—Wheat ill firm ; 81110, of red at $.2.20@f1.30. Flour la Steady. Clorn dull at 92/03e for yellow. Sugar firm, with an upward tendency. 'Whisky firm at 8.244 62.25. NEW 0.1M11*216, August is quiet; anise of 1,400 bales at a Sugar and biotinism arc dull, Freights unchanged. Gold• is quiet at 143 , V314 , 3 3 1,.. Cuiemio, .Augnst 30,—Flour is dull, and nOtaj, unity lower. Wheat dull, and declined Siiii4e.4 sales at i11..2V1,80% for No. 1, and 5t.22%01.241 for NO, 2, Corn dull, and declined 2630; sales at WA° for No. 1, and (AIM for No. 2, eats steady. rrovlsions dull, Illglmlues. eltdolt, and unchanged. Freights steady. Receipts. 8 1dpraeuts. Flour, bbls 5 , 500 4700 Wheat, bush 210,000 whew Corn, bush. 248,000 180 00 paw, bush . 6 4,000 > 70 doo MiLwArxr,a, l l o ...Flouris dull, Wirt dull, and clad ned 3e; sales at $1.8101.81 Oats steady. Receipts-34000 bus of Wheat. Tim Sr...amen Twins..—Our readers should re• member that the exhibition of these persona only cent/LOS three days longer, AtJl who have not seen them should 40 40 at once. The exhibition rooms are on blarket street, below Ninth. • ' I. G. OGDEN.
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