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. Daily
giving his statement of his connection
th dadersonville and the Confederacy, and
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makes au appeal for money to conduct his
defence.
Otir Generals and those of Maximilian, who
are on the Mexican border, are said to be
quite friendly. "Hobnobbing" is a favorite
paWtime.
The Queen of Spain has grantefl tO a Com
pany the privilege of laying Wsubmarine cable
between Porto Rico, Cuba, and the United
States.
Alabama is willing to return to the Union.
The people are doing their beSt to adapt them
selves to their new status.
. .
Major General John P. Miller is not to ,be
mustered out of the service. 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.