gbft 1-4!irtss+ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1865 JWe can take no notice of anonymous comma +Wootton& We do not return rejected manuscripts, Alp Voluntary correspondence issolleited from all parts of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. Wilen used, it will ays paid ter; TitE MONROE DOCTRINE. A masterly paper on this subject will be found in THE PRESS this morning. The writer, one of the bravest and most ex pwrienced officers in the American navy— having served with distinction in S most • edfficult post all through the rebellion— treats the Monroe doctrine from a stand -I;mila that will be new to many and in teresting to all. There is no question upon which the designing demagogue or the superficial thinker is so accustomed to expand, and yet there is none that re mires more caution, reflection, and experi ence in its examination. The facts pre suited by our correspondent show that, however much we may regret and de nounce the attempt , of Louts NAPOLEON to hold and subjugate Mexico, it is a very different matter to organize this grief and anger into an armed intervention against his usurping occupation. That enterprise 'Would have to be in accordance with the conseqttences of such interference ; and we would be worse than fools if we refused to consider these consequences. It is an amusing study to a practical man to watch the anxiety of some of our Democratic friends about the Monroe doctrine. They tire sorely troubled lest Mr. SEWARD in tends to give it up, and one of their organs, the busy gossip of the New York Express (late a bitter Whig), whose partisanship is so transparent that all men laugh at the complacency that supposes it is not understood by the people, deliberately charges THE PRESS with fabricating the late news of the defeat of the Republic to help Mr. SEWARD in this surrender ! All these charlatans were horror-stricken at the blood and death of the late war, and their daily bread still seems to depend upon incessant clamors against the debt accumu lated to carry it on. Of course, they expect to make a new war and to prosecute it without the loss of a single life or the cost of a single dollar I And these are the teachers, and would be the guides' and governors of a great country. THE NATIONAL FINANCES The Secretary of the Treasury presents a favorable report of the condition of the Na tional finances on the 31st of August. Du ring the preceding month the principal of the National debt was increased only $205,-. 000, wbile the interest on the debt has been decreased nearly $231,000. Nearly $45,- 500,000 in coin, and nearly $43,000,000 in currency, are now in the Treasury, and the suspended requisitions amount only to a little over $2,000,000. The receipts from hi ternal revenue for the last two months, have averaged nearly $1,000,000 per day= a /pm that should be amply sufficient to de fray all the em)enses of the Government— which would leave us, on the present basis of taxation, a sum equal to our entire re ceipts from customs, to be applied to the liquidation of the public debt. Thus it be comes more and more clearly evident that the American people are abundantly able and willing to maintain the burden of the interest of the National debt, and even to pay it off at no distant period. As it is pro bable an amendment will be made to the Constitution, authorizing export duties, and as important reforms will soon be inaugu rated in our internal-revenue system, we may naturally soon expect large accessions to our revenue, without a corresponding increase in the burdens of taxpayers. "'" I ' ' Our readers will find in the report of the address delivered by Hon. WILLIAM GIL PIN, which we publish this morning, an in teresting sketch of the physical geography of the Western portion of our continent, and of the mineral wealth of our new ter ritories. They are traversed by great au riferous mountains which, wherever fully explored and developed, have yield ed abundant supplies of the precious metals. This period of our national history is peculiarly propitious for the. settlement of that valuable por tion of our magnificent domain. Thou sands of the adventurous spirits, whose re sistless energies were recently employed in crushing the rebellion, are seeking new fields of labor, and directing their attention to our gold and silver mining districts. Nevada is already a well-established State. Colorado will doubtless adopt the new Con stitution, and apply for admission into the - Union in December next. Thousands of miners have found their way up to Idaho and Montana. The emigrant and freight trains that have passed west from Kansas over the plains during the past summer have far exceeded in number and importance any similar move ment ever made in our country on the Pacific slope. The Central Pacific Rail way is nearly finished from Sacramento to imnotstown, a point only a short distance west from Nevada. The management of the eastern section of this great national highway has been placed in such energetic hands that its completion to Colorado in a very few years may confidently be antici pated. Meanwhile the organization of gold and silver mining companies is rapidly progressing. The remarkable suc cess of some the original enterprises of this character—the numerous . favorable reports of geologists and other scientific observers, and the large yield of bullion from the silver mines of Nevada and the gold mines of Colorado, having attracted the attention of many capitalists. The column of American progress, with the resistless energies supplied by the labor and capital it represents, is pouring into our new territories with unprecedented ra pidity, and they will be converted into flourishing, prosperous, and populous com munities in a much shorter periOd than was required for the development of any of the old States. It is gratifying to learn from an ex perienced observer that the Climate of the new home of many of our citizens, though differing in important respects from our own, is eminently favorable, and that the natural capacities of the soil will enable it to maintain an immense population. Agriculture in the new territory will pre sent very novel features to eastern farmers. Immigration then becomes the one great secret of the fertility of arable laud, and pre cedents must be sought in the culture of Asia, the Valley of the Nile, or the customs pre wailing in Mexico. But in Utah and New deate°, the peculiarities of the system re .quired, are already well understood, and they can undoubtedly be immensely im proud II the genius, Perseverance, and industry •of the farmers of the Atlantic States. As all agricultural products find ready sale at extravagant prices among the miners, agriculture is really much more profitable in the Western Territories than in any other portion of our country, and will probably continue to be so for many years, as a remunerative home market will always be supplied by the men engaged in .the development of their mineral resources. A Base Slander - That pestilent and maligrukut sheet, the West 'Chester Jelfersonian, In its issue of Saturday, thus insults General Liartran4 and the gallant men who served under him from Roanoke to Burkesville 4, We are note aware, nor does the country -, know, of any great and heroic deeds perform ed by this General Hartotnit and Colonel Campbell, during or connected witu the recent. war, and for which they will be particularly, famous in history, udess, perhaps, the follow ing: Genera/ Harlranfi was Stanton's prison .keeper and superintendent hangman of Mrs. :gurratt, and he consented to do and did su -perintend the hanging of this woman, be lieving, at the time 01 doing so, that • she was :innocent." The rebel Hodgson's. did not follow' , old J o hnny? at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Camp bell's Station, the Wilderness, or Vort Stead molt ika braver and truer men did. They may not perhaps have heard of those exploit*, save from the grayhacks that ran away. Rut the country has. There is no portion of the loyal States where the fame of Hartran ft, the hero t Fort Steadman, has notperietrated.—Norris_ Loom Herald. MASSACHUSETTS GUBERNATORIAL PB.OSPIECTS —Catmint, BULLOCK A CANDIDATE.—The Boston Commimweeth foreshadows the following State ticket for Massachustts the coining canvass : "The Republican State Convention of Massa chusetts meets at Worcester on the 14th inst. Governor Andrew, it is well understood, has signified his purpose not to be again a candi date for the office he has so successfully filled ever since January 1861. Hon. A. H. Bullock, of Worcester, will without doubt be nominated as his successor. Colonel Bullook has been for the last six or seven years prominently con nected with the legislative department of the Government, and as Speaker of the popular branch for four 'ears past, has matte hosts of friends by his urbanity and entire fairness." EAST TENNESSEE.—TiIe editor of the Nash ville Daily Press and Times writes to his paper from Knoxville " Within the past few weeks a number of col lisions have taken place in this region between Union men and returned rebels who made themselves obnoxiouslo loyal men in 1861-0, by their violence. Some have been severely beaten, and several killed in these affrays. On last, Thursday a citizen of Blount county was shot tour times (once through the head) on the street by a young man named Foster, in revenge for Cox's treatment of Foster's father in the beginning of the rebellion. Cox, at the head of a party of rebels, arrested Fos ter's father, in mid-winter, drove him through a creek up to the waist in water, and shot hint several times, so that he barely escaped with his life. Foster's wife, a member of a highly respectable and Influential family of this county, was entente at the time of the occur rence, and was so shocked than she died in consequence. On Thursday last the young man met his mother's cruel murderer on the street, and sent him to his final reckoning, " unannointed and unannealed.” Ile was ar rested, and bailed in the sum of two thousand dollars to appear at the next term of court." A Frightfal Tragedy In Dedham, Mass. A WOMAN KILLS Hut IItr.3I3AND AND DA.ITOIITEIc AND THEN SHOOTS HERSELF—INSANITT THE A horrible tragedy occurred in South iDed ham Mass., a quiet village near Boston, on Friday. The Advertiser, of the latter city gives the following account Of it: "A trageft of the most melancholy nature occurred -early - yesterday morning, in the quiet village of South Dedham. Mrs. Marston, the wife of Dr. Carlos Marston murdered her husband and daughter by shooting them with a receiver, and then turning the fatal weapon against herself, committed suicide. The cir cirmstances of the tragic event, which there appears to be no doubt was induced by the in sanity of the unfortunate, wife and mother, are as follows : "For some time past the friends of Mrs. Marston, who has been much out of health, have detected in her movements evident symptoms of insanity, but not until within the past week have fears of serious consequences been entertained. Latterly it had been thought that shemight destroy herself or injure others, and fears of this neture were communicated to Dr. Marston onThursday, by a lady who re• sided in the family, the lady remarking to the Doctor that his wife would kill him before the next, morning, if he was not on his guard. "Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, Mrs. Marston became unusually restless, and left her own room to go and lie down with her daughter, Cora a beautiful girl, about ten years of age. Dr. Marston went to the room of the lady above mentioned and informed her of this fact, cautioning her to keep the door of her room locked, which she did, and shortly went to sleep again. She was awaken ed about an hour afterward by the discharge of a pistol, and leaving her room, went to the staircase to learn the cause. Here she met Mrs. Marston, with a pistol in her hand, who threatened to blow her brains out if she did not return to her room. The lady retired to her chamber, but left it again as soon as she Could safely do SO, and went to the other part of the /tense to arouse the family living there. ." While gone on this mission the lady, heard several other shots fired, and when the alarm ed neighbors reached the fatal rooms, they witnessed a scene of the most heartrending horror. Mrs. Marston had shot her daughter through the head and back had discharged a bullet through the heart of her husband, and completed the sad tragedy by shooting herself twice through the body. The lifeless forms of the husband and wife-lay upon the bed in the room which they had formerly occupied, and the dead body of the daughter was found upon the floor in another room. The deaths of all three bad apparently been nearly instantane ous. Dr. Fogg was summoned as speedily as possible, but on examination of the bodies he found that all the victims were beyond the reach of surgical skill. When the room was entered, after the commission of the - Murder and suicide, a powerful odor of chloroform was discovered, which with other circum stances, leads to the belief that Mrs. Marston had first stupefied her husband with chloro form. and obtained possession of the pistol and the necessary cartridges. "Dr. Marston was about 40 years of age, and. came from New Hampshire, having resided in South Dedham about three months. He was a skilful physician, courteous, and genial in social intercourse, and was highly esteemed in the community." The Alimheßy Poisoning Cftee—Ano• tiler iearge of Mu—rater James S. Caruthers, of Allegheny City,whose wife, it is believed, died from poison adminis tered by Mrs. Martha Grinder, made informa tion before the Mayor on Thursday, charging Mrs. G. with the crime of murder. A commit ment was accordingly lodged against her. There are now four charges -preferred—two for attempted murder, and two for commit ting murder. Dr. Otis Wuth, chemist, having concluded the analysis at the remains of the stomach, liver, Ztc.,of Miss Buchanan; anti informed the coroner of the fact, the inquest will be con cluded at the Mayor's Mee this evening, at half past seven o'clock. We learn that Dr. W. did not deem it necessary to examine the brain of the deceased, being satisfied with his ex amination of the other parts. The examination with reference to Mrs. Ca ruthers, whose body was exhumed at NEW Castle, on Wednesday, is progressing, and it is probable that Dr. Wuth may get through with it by this evenin Should "Dotson g. - be discovered in either case, the evidence against Mrs. Grinder will indeed. be most damning.—Pittabutv Diapuich. Attempted Mutiny in the Illinois Peni tentiary. [From the Chicago Journal, August 30.3 There was a bold attempt made at the Illi nois State Penitentiary, at Joliet, to carry out a mutinous plot to enable the eehiviets to escape from that institution, last week. The plot was originally concocted between a man named Smith and certain outsiders, friends of three convicts, to secure whose release he was to receive a handsome sum of money. The first thing in the programme was for Smith to obtain employment as a guard in the peni tentiary, in which he succeeded a few weeks ago, and had been acting as a general guard up to the time of the discovery of the plot. This man was to arrange the manner of escape fOr the Convicts, one of which was a plan for them to scale the wall while he was on it as guard. This was attempted a week ago last Friday, the three convicts whom he was espe cially interesting in releasing having succeed ed in getting upon the wall; the unfaithful guard firing upon them four times, but being careful not to hit them. Two of tile convicts succeeded in getting over the wall, bet an other guard, who was not in the secret, tired upon them from another portion of the wall, kitlimr one of the convicts, named Strong, sen tenced from St. Clair county,. the others were pursued, caught and taken back. These Mr eurost2lloss arouSed the suspicions of Warden Buchmaster and Deputy Warden Simonds, that the guard, Smith, was playing false, and plans were accordingly laid to watch and de teet him. As a pretended mark of favor, he was promoted to the position of night guard in the cell-house, where he could have oppor tunity to communicate freely with the prison ers. A convict, who had no - previous know ledge of the plot, was employed to gain Smith's confidence, and to help "work up , ' the affair. Smith bit at the bait eagerly and at once. Another guard was concealed under the detec tive convict's bedstead in the call, where he laid three successive nights overhearing every thing that passed between Smith and the con vict. Smith, among other things, told the con vict that he was engaged in maturing two plans by which to raise a general mutiny and stampede. The first was to enable the pri soners to get possession of the armory, after telling them where the key was concealed the officers of the Penitentiary were then all to be shot, and the prisoners liberated. The other plan was to secure his restoration to his former position as guard on the wall, where he always had eight or ten Fowled muskets at his command. Leaving the lower door ap proaching his tower on his wall unfastened, the convicts were to rush up, seize the mus kets, gag, and tie him (he having the gag and rope all prepared),and then they were to pro tect the escape of all the other convicts by Shooting the remainder of the guard and officers of the prison, In his private inter. view with the detective convict, these he de tailed as his own plans, and stated the amount of money lie was to receive for it. He also furnished the detective convict with a bottle of aguafortis and a saw in the cell, with which be was to make his way out and assist the others. On. the third night after overhearing these plans and confessions, and the mode of pro ceeding against him having been fully ma tured by the officers of the Penitentiary, the concealed guard gave a preconcerted signal from his hiding place wider the detective con vict's bed, whereupon iMputy. Waraon ii nionds entered the cell-house, and, in sight of Smith, unlocked the Cell and brought out the concealed guard. Instantly appreciating the circumstances of his detection, Smith fell down in a spasm of terror and consternation. lie was taken to the solitary prison, where, after the recovery of his bewildered senses, he immediately made a clean breast of the whole matter to the Deputy Warden, confessing everything as above narrated, With several additional particulars, indicating that the fellow had planned and was about execating a plot that would, If he had not been thus for tunately detected, have led to one of the most fearful scenes of massacre and horror known in the annals of Sanguinary mutinies, em bracing the- slaughter of all the officers and guards of the prison, and letting loose upon the usually quiet city of Joliet and vicinity_ an array of between FAX and Seven hundred Ot the most hardened desperadoes extu.nt. Smith was next day taken before Justice Benjamin Richardson, of Joliet, who, in de fault of bail, had him committed to the county jail of Will county. INDICTMENT FOR TREASON AGAINST PROMI NENT REBELS. The Grand Jury of the United States District Court, Thursday morning, re turned into court indictments for treason /MUM Bradley T. Johnson, Henry G. Gil mor atlas Harry Gilmer, GeOr Freaner, John. G. ,Howard, and Thomas Fitzhugh. The indict ment against Johnson is for levying war, with others, against the United States, especially on the 18th of June, 1863, in Washington County, Maryland; and in capturing and taking pos -50551011 of GettyfibUrg, in Pennsylvania; also, that on the 10th of July, he, with others, on hostile intent, invaded and passed through Baltimore county. Against Harry GiLmor there are two indictments one charging. , him with having on the 11th of i Ju4', 1864, set lire to the railroad bridge, in Harford county, over the Gunpowder river, with intent to impede and prevent the transportation of military supplies of the 'United States ; and the other, On. the atone day, at Magnolia, assaulting Mar-, ens Hook, a Carrier of mails of the United States, and with pistols and swords putting him in jeopardy of his life, and thereby ob structing the mails, &c. On motion of the District Attorney, William, H. Jones, Esq., all the treason cases were, by order of the Court, remitted to the Circuit .Court to be tried at the Novemberterm, when Chief Justice Chase will preside. The Grarid Jury had prOlOtisly found a presentment against a aptain IlenderSon, for treason. A s - the acts h C ad beencommitted in Virginia, out of the jurisdiction of this Court, the District Attorney moved the dismissal of the present ment, as also the indictment against Robert Swan, of which previous mention has been made. They were accordingly dismissed. The Grand Jury was finally discharged, and the 'District Court adjourned in course to the en suing term, which begins on Tuesday morn ing, sth inst.--Ba/Vmore Amerkan of Saturday. . . . , Govwarrole ANDERSON, OF OHIO.—LiOIIt. fJor. Anderson WM sworn into . oillee OR - Friday by. Chief Justice Brinlierho, O the gupeOWIR Court of Ohio,and entered upon the discharge of his duties as Governor of Ohio. His term of oftlee will expire on the: firs..t Tuesday in Jaztutkur, MI6. THE TEL OF WM. Additional Testimony Concerning the Cruelty, Disease, and Starvation, " Out of Their Own Mouths Shall Come Their Condemnatioi," AN OFFICIAL REBEL RECORD OF THE DEATHS AT ANDERSONVHIE Wirz and Winder in their Reports Show what One Dionth's Working of their Brutality Did, 2,993 Deaths in August-4n Average of Nearly 100 Por Day. HOW THESE DEAD WERE TAKEN AWAY-- HOW THEY WERE BURIED. WasurNoroN, Sept. 2.—The trial of Wirz was resumed to-day. 0. S. Belcher testified that he had served in the 16th Illinois Cavalry, and was a prisoner at Andersonville from the Bth of March until Sep tember, 1864; he thought that Captain Wirz assumed command about the Ist of April ; mi one occasion Wire came into the stockade, :when a crippled man, walking on crutches, approached him and asked to go outside ; the request was refused, and the cripple said he would rather be shot than stay there; the wit ness soon heard Wirz halloo to the sentinel, and told the man if he did not go back he Would shoot him; the man did not return, when the sentinel fired and shot him in the jaw ; the cripple was known by the name of "Chickamauga Wire afterwards threatened toshOot the other men if they did not go away; on another occasion, while the prisoners were being divided into squads of nineties and hun dreds, one of the men, owing to sickness, did not fall in, and Wirz threatened to shoot, and did shoot him • the ball went through the meets hat ; prisoners were kept in the sun all day, and were not allowed to procure water. If the guard could not give a satisfactory ac count of one of their missing numbers, they were deprived of their rations ; this was the case for three days early in July; there was not sufficient room in the prison, scarcely enough for men to stand upon; the Emits were enlarged on the north side ; there were forty-two thousand prisoners there at one time ; he bad heard Wirz say he was killing more Yankees than those who were serving at the front, and had seen twenty-five or thirty men shot over the dead line, and others fired into who were not Ore, the dead line, Cross•examined . by the defence:—Q. Were there not desperadoes there, men who would steal and commit other offences, and was not the cripple to whom you referred one of theml A. There were troublesome characters there, but I don't know whether the man belonged to them; I don't think that a cripple on a crutch was a good man to steal. [Laughter.] During a further examination the witness spoke of a man at whom the sentinel fired. Q. Did you see the ball hit him ! A. A man must have very good eyes to see the ball when it strikes a man. (Laughter.) The witness gave various instances of men being shot,' One was shot while he was in his tent, and for merely stretching his arm over the dead line, and another was shot at for trading over the line ; he had heard. Capt. Wirz order the senti nel to shoot the cripple; some of those shot were killed, and others taken to the hospital. :James 14. Davidson testified that he was a member of the 4th lowa Cavalry, and taken as a prisoner to Andersonville on the Bth of March. He described the filthy condition of the prison, and the great mortality among the prisoners ; for a week he drove the dead wagon; sometimes twenty-flee Men were thrown into it like wood; on the return he would bring wood or rations in the smile cart; , he had seen rebels with blankets, shoes, and shirts on, sent thither by the Sanitary Corn mission for the use of our men; Captain Wire, he knew, made a breakfast on some of the crackers, cheese, and dried beef sell - tilted:6 for our prisoners; he had seen four or five hun dred boxes at the depot, with supplies ; they were marked U. S. it was a common thing for men to be put in the chain-gang; a man died in the chain-gang with an iron collar around his neck; he had seen the hounds; there were two kinds—catch dogs and bull-terriers; one of the dogs badly, tore the fiesh.from a man>s legs; while another man was hanging up his clothes which he had washed. to dry, one of the pieces blew over the dead-line; lie stepped beyond the line to get the piece, when he was fired upon and shot in the breast; another man had reached beyond the dead-line for some crumbs of bread, when he was shot in the head ; Wire shot a man a short time after lie assumed com mand of the prison; the latter was sick, lying on the ground, and asked Wirz something,_ when Wire shot him; Wire remarked that he was killing more damned Yankees there than Lee was at Richmond ; this was said in Au gust ; Wirz was at the time with the witness in thegrave-yard, in the wagon with the dead men) the witness had seen MHO. starved to death; food was so scarce atone - time that some of the men picked up particles of food that bad already passed through the system. On cross-examination by the defence, the witness said the grave-yard comprised twenty five or thirty acres, and when he left Ander sonville, on the 11th of September last, it was about two-thirds full. • The court, at one, took a recess till two o'clock. - . On reassembling the cross-examination of Davidson was resumed. He had never seen Captain Wirz shoot more than one man; the grave-diggers were Union soldiers. By the court; The dead were buried about two feet and a half deep; some were buried with, and some without clothing; he had never seen any of the dead stripped before they were buried; men were buried in trenches; on one occasion one hundred and fifty bodies in a single trench. Captain T. H. Wright and Colonel Panning, formerly in the rebel service, taStiffell as to the signatures of General Winder and Captain Wirz to a consolidated return for August last; which was exhibited to them. Major Homer, Associate Judge Advocate, was sworn, and testified that he obtained the paper from the chief having custody of rebel Papers at the War Department. The paper was read in evidence, as follows : "Consolidated. Return for Confederate States Military Prison, Camp Sumpter, Andersonville, Georgia, for the month o.2lzigust,lBl4 : Prisoners on hand on the last of August, 1854—1 n camp, twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-five;" in hospital, one thousand six hundred and ninetpthree ; total, thirty-one thousand six hundred and seventy-eight. Re ceived from various places durino , August, three thousand and seventy-eight ; recaptured, four 3 total, three thousand and eighty-two ,• making in the aggregate thirty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty. Died during the month of August, two thousand nine hundred and ninety-three ; sent to other prisons, twenty-three; - exchanged, twenty-one; es caped, thirty •; making three thsasand and sixty-one, of ull of which there areplin the 31st of August, in camp, twenty-nine thousand four hundred and zeventy-three ; in hospital, two thousand two hundred and twenty ; total, thirty-one thousand six hundred and ninety three. The same complaint has to be made against the carelessness and inefficiency of the guard. Of the thirty prisoners, eleven escaped white on parol of honor not to escape as long as they would be employed to work outside. The ba lance of the nineteen escaped, some in bribing the sentinels with greenbacks, some simply walking off from the guard while returning from the place where the tools are deposited at night that are used on the stockade in the daytime; perhaps twenty-dve more escaped during the month, but were taken up by the dogs before the daily return was made out, and for that reason they are not on the list of escaped nor recaptured, That only four were recaptured is owing to the fact that the guard nor the officers of the guard reported a man escaped. The roll-call in the morning showed the man missing, but he was too far gone to be tracked. As wehave no general court-martial here, all such offences go unpunished, or nearly, so. The worthlessness of the guard forces is on the increase day by day. "11. Winn, Captain Commanding Prison." The endorsement on the paper is, " Respect fully forwarded to General S. Cooper, Adju tant and Inspector General.. Jao. H. WINDED., Brigadier General. September 5,1861, Thomas Hall testified that he belonged to the Marine Corps, and was a prisoner at An dersonville ; he had charge of a squad of ninety prisoners, but only one out of the en tire number survived; they gave him another squad from the new stock ; men died oil' rapidly 3 a good many sank from exhaustion and starvation, and could not getup; Wirz threatened that if they did not rise he would blow the brains out of the God d—d Yankees; Wirz threatened to fire grape and canister into them ; he had seen a mans lee that had almost been torn off by one of the hounds • men were vaccinated in their arms, and soon thereafter sores appeared twice as large as a silver half dollar, and filled with maggots; he heard a sentinel remark, after shooting a man, "I'll have a furlough of thirty days for that, and if I thought I could get a furlough for sixty days I would shoot another.) , Dr. William Datzer testified that he acted in the United States army as assistant surgeon' when at Jacksonville he attended a number of the cases from Andersonville; ho described the horrible condition of the sufferers' the larger portion of them were mere skeletons; of three thousand three hundred of the re leased prisoners whom he saw at the place, there were not two hundred who did not re quire medical treatment; that one-half of those who survive will never be fit to resume their former occupations; some of those af fected with the scurvy were idiotic, end bones had to be removed from the jaws and other parts of the body of the sufferers. James Clancy, of the 18th New York, a pri soner at Andersonville, testified to the shoot ing of men for crossing the deadline, and to other facts previously established. Oliver B. Fairbanks, of eth Row York Ca.- valry, testified that he was aprisoner at Libby, and afterwards taken to Andersonville; the, treatment at Libby was better in every re spect than it was at Andersonville. He was examined on other points, corroborating pre vious descriptions of the ftrison and its in mates. lie said that Captain Wirz generally saluted themen with, " you d— Yankee sons of the step-father of the witness was in the prison, affected with scurvy; was lying on the ground; could not straighten his arms; Wirz approaching him, said, Yon d— Yan kee son of a —, I won't give you anything to eat," and stopped his rations for twenty-four hours; Wirz kicked his steja-father, cauging him great pain ; the father of the witness died in prison about a month after the occurrence ; this step-father made a statement to him about ten minutes before he died; the wit ness placed his hand on the paper and wrote what was now presented to the court, as fol., lows? C i VP SIIMPTEII, ANDNESONVILLE, (.4" August 27th, Mt OLIVER—I die from sheer starvation, and clonit foi , the world tell your mothcr 9f the awful condition:which I am com_pelledto die in. • R ItlnAltD FM1101,01314. The witness further testified that he.refused to be vaccinated, when Capt. Wirz cursed' him and punished him by putting Min in the chain gang. • In order to be released froni the pun, ishment he consented to be. vaccinated, hut when the vaccination was performed lie wash ed the matter out with soap and water, and thus escaped poisoning. lie -told others what lie had done, and they waShed out the poison in the same way. • • The court adiournad till - Tuesday. "' On Thursday the Board of Trade of Chica go inaugurated a new hall: ihe OCCMIOII was a very interesting one. • THE PRESS.--PHILAMPHIA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1865. The Late Murder In Pitteaurg—The Mystery Still Unsolved. As yet the Mystery Surrounding the late murder on Boyd's MU remains,unvelled, and quite as little is known at this time concern ing it as on the morning of its discovery. The statements of parties concerning the returned. soldier, named George Geiger, leading to the belief that he was the murdered man, and. that two brothers, named Anderson, were his murderers, obtained additional credence yesterday forenoon, by Colonel Schoonma ker, of the regiment to which Geiger be longed, discovering, as lie thought, a stri. king resemblance between him (Geiger) and. the photograph of the 'deceased. This was strenvthened somewhat by the Colo nel's positive assertion, and demonstration of the fact by corn parison, that the handwriting of the name George Geiger on the register of the National Hotel was that of Geiger, whom he had known well. Sergeant Bell, who had been seen. In Geiger's company, was taken in custody, and permitted to make a detailed statement of his association with him. Going back several days he finally came to Wednes day evening, 23d inst. (that preceding the Morning of the discovery of the body.) Ile stated that ho did not see him that night, but met him on Thursday morning. This, it was thought, Could not be so strong was time im pression that Geiger had been murdered on Wednesday night. Bell insisted that lie was not mistaken, and stated that Captain Work, who was in the city, had seen Geiger within a day or two. So the matter rested till in the afternoon, when Captain Work appeared at the Mayor's office and put an end to all further speculation. He had seen Geiger on the streets within a few hours. This num Geiger has acted very strangely, we may say foolishly, giving much unneces sary trouble. Rather pleased at the notoriety attached to him by lus being taken for the murdered man, instead of coming forward and putting an end - to the supposition eOneerning him, he chose to have the delusion kept up, - and, it is said, jeeringly alluded to the matter amongst acquaintances. lie even mingled with the crowd in Fifth street, yesterday, and looked at the photograph of' the murdered man, at the same time well aware that the Mayor and his pollee were endeavoring to olh lain trace of him, but his fancy was pleased, and he determined to gratify it. We do not admire his taste. - . - The authorities; therefore, have not the slightest clue to the murder. Efforts to ferret it Out will be continued with energy and per severance, and we trust with eventual sue cess.—Pittsburg Dispatch. DEPARTURE OP MAJOR GENERAL JOHN P. HATCH.—Major General John P. Hatch, com manding this military district since the occu pation of the city by . the Union forces, as will be seen by General Orders in our paper this morning, has turned over the command to General Bennett, and left yesterday afternoon, on board the steamer Canonicus, for Hilton Head. As the Canonicus was leaving a salute was fired in honor of the General by the United States vessels in the harbor. We learn that it is his intention to proceed to New York on board the steamer Illinois, which leaves Hilton Head next Wednesday.—Chartes ton Courier, 28th ult. Your theatres arc naie at full work, which to the actors is play, in this city. The ice was broken by Mr. Fox, who, having completely remodelled and improved the New American Theatre, in Walnut street, first known as Welsh's National CirCUS, and alllncquently as the Continental, opened it with a good com pany, having the actor-author, James Pilgrim' as stage manager, and has done very well, hitherto. Next, Clarke and Booth, having im proved Walnut-street Theatre, by enlarging the auditorium, removed the tip-top gallery, putting In new seats, providing entirely new scenery, wardrobe, and other properties, opened it on Saturday week with the 'comedy of "Every Body's Friend," in which Major Wellinglon ds B01:113, played by Mr. Clarke, showed what an excellent player he is. On Monday, at the New Chestnut-street Theatre, the autumn and winter season was commenced; " She Stoops to Conquer," with Miss Kate Reig nolds as Violonte, being performed. Lastly, Mrs. John Drew, queen regnant at her New Arch-street Theatre, commenced the season there by producing " The School for Seandal,a and promising to appear in standard comedies for a fortnight. We now have four as hand some and commodious theatres in Philadel phia as can be found in any city in the Union. Mr. Clarke takes his benefit at the Wal nut-street Theatre this evening, playing Doc tor 011apod in "The Poor Gentleman," and the part of gYonothy 2bodles in "The Teedles." This last personation, it is announced, is "by re quest." We have a small opinion of the taste which could delight in Ibodles. When the late W. E. Burton played that character the whole play was given, without Mutilation, and the drunken scenes were kept under. But, as Mr, Clarke plays the piece, it is considerably "cut;" and, in fact, from first to last, little else but the drunkenness of Toodies is presented to the audience. Are ladies and gentlemen to laugh, when it is represented On the stage, at what would disgust them if they saw it, in re ality, in the street? We hope, very sincerely, never again to see Mr. Clarke's personation, however truthful, of helpless inebriety, as Too- tiles. We hope, too, that he will avoid the cut ting down of any drama to make any one cha racter more prominent than the author in., tended. Mr. Clarke to-night will personally express his grateful sense of the patronage which, so far, has sustained him as lessee. " The Marble Heart" will be played to-morrow evening, and "The Cricket on the Hearth" on Wednesday. These will show the general strength of the stock_company. "The Dead Heart" is in preparation, ' and Mrs. D. - F. -- Bowers, so deservedly popular in this city, will commence an engagement here this day week. Mr. Barton Hill, Mr. H. G. Griffiths, and Mr. Owen S. Fawcett, all belonging to the regular company, will perform with her. Already, when noticing her first appearance,' and since, we spoke in terms of strong eulogy of Miss Rate Reignolds as a clever comedienne. She has established herself as a favorite here, by appearing in a succession of characters—in comedy and sensation plays. Her strength is best shown in comedy, for which she possesses many qualifications—such as undoubted in telligence, a good. voice, fine figure, handsome face, and graceful action. We were in hopes that the new play, called " Piccolino," under lined for this evening, would be annttractive novelty, but find that it will net be performed, This evening (following the example of Ma dame Malibran and Miss Charlotte Cushman), Miss Reignolds will play Romeo, to Miss Corde hia capelle , s Juliet tommorrow evening she will play Camille. " The Sea of Ice" is pro; mised for Wednesday, and the fair lady, whose ability we very - frankly recognize, will have her benefit on Friday evening. Next week Miss Helen Western will be the "star" at this theatre. Sheridan's " School for Scandal," first acted nearly ninety years ago, when its author was only twenty-six, has kept the stage better than any other comedy written i'a the latter half of the last century, Mrs. John Drew, ever since she became manager, has made her own first courtesy to her audience, each season, in the character of Lady Teazle, the heroine of the play. She looks and plays this part better than any other lady now on the stage, which, is pro bably the reason why she likes it. We are always fond of what we do well. There is an other reason, a managerial reason, why she should open her season with this play : this is, because it enables her to introduce all the lead ing memberS Of her company to the audience in one play, on the same evening. There are seventeen char aeters in the cast, besides three servants, and every one of these has some thing telling to say or do. A line feeling of the ridiculous smiles throughout this comedy. The plot has little interest, but the situations, at once both natural and striking, are happily contrived. In it is a perpetual play of wit that never tires, but seems, like running wa ter, to be kept fresh by its own flow. Its chief defeat is a superfluity of wit, The dia logue is a continued sparkle of polish and point. Even Trip, that scamp of a young gal lant's servant, has several good things to say to Moses, the money-lender, As for the sarcas tic conversation of the Scandalous College, it is brilliant, to a degree. In short, as Moore . aid of it, the entire comedy is a sort of El Doratlp of wit, where the precious metal is thrown about by all classes, as carelessly as if they had not the least idea of its value. We may dismiss Mrs. Drew's Lady Teazle by Say ing that She was tastefully as well as hand somely dressed, looked very handsome, and played up to her looks. The other ladies, mostly appropriately costumed, play ed, on the - whole, better than the gentle men —Mrs.C. Henri particularly distinguishing herself in Mrs. Candour. Mr. F. F. Plackay gave us the best Sir Peter Teazle we have,seen for some time. He played the part quietly and intelligently, but not without spirit, and showed best in the screen scene, and the finale. He was well dressed, too—except that- he omitted the lace fall-cravat, which was a most essential portion of the costume of the year 1777—the period of the play. Mit, as far as we noticed, nearly all the gentlemen wore the balf-inch neckties of the present clay—which is an anomaly. Mr. Wallis, who was an excel lent Sir Oliver, and Mr. Fitzgerald, as Rowley, , alone wore the lace-cravat. The part of Charles . Surface was taken by Mr, McKee Rankin, a performer new to this city, who, apart froth the inevitable difficulty of a first appear ance, played judiciously—if not quite with the abandon which brings out the idiosyn °racy of the character. Mr. Owen Marlowe played Sir Benjamin Backbite like a gentleman. Mr. Stuart Robson's Crabtree was not success ful. His perriquier had provided him with a wig, which made his forehead appear as if it had been recently scalped, and he spoke throughout with 'a strong nasal twang. Mr. Tilton was what may be called slow, as Joseph Surface. A gentleman of fortune and of plea sure, who is supposed to move in fashionable society, who, though not a bookman is a scholar, who even sets up for a lady-killer ought to exhibit a certain refinement in his manner and decided elegance, however elms toned downto his assumed sobriety of charac ter. Instead of this, Mr. Tilton presented trs with rather an unpolished person, at, tired like a country schoolmaster of - the time, as if he, alone, who was bent on seducing Lady Teazle and winning Maria, could not purchase a laced coat, He wore a white vest of the present fashion, had a half-inch ribband neck-tie, had his hair un powdered, (contrary to the fashion and his station,) and wore a black moustache t Shade of Sheridan 1.--Joseph Surface with a moustache and witbOut - powderod hair, Ben:cool the other actors were almost as much out of the fasinois ; —but they were of less importance, while Ja seph Surface is one of the two heroes of the play. A little attention to these matters would beWell. The announcements forthis week ari— Mondayi "Faint Heart never won a PAW toa dy ;” Tuesday, "The . Rivals;" Wednesday mri*es as they were and Maids as they are ;'; Thursdayi' "The Jealous }rife;' Friday, "Know Your -Own 'Mind," and on Saturday, "How She Loves Him." Next week " Rose dale', will be produced. At Fox's NeW American Theatre, the Annum tie drama of "Mazoppa" will be presented-- Public Amusements. the part of Mazeppa by Miss Kate Fisher, who lately wade a decidedly successful hit in that part, at the New York Bowery Theatre. She IA a ghillie] and dashing rider, The Siamese Twine continue on exhibition for another week, at Market street. Had they been shown infthe Musical Fund Hall, or the Assembly Buildings, instead of in a small and somewhat out of the way room, they would have been visited by thousands instead of by hundreds. To-day, the Caledonian Club, of Philadel phia, will exhibit the national athletic games and exarelees of " Auld Scotia," at Sillwood Grove, a few miles out of the city, on the, Media Railroad. Persons purposing to be present will be conveyed from the railroad station, on the south side, near Thirty-first and Market streets. This evening, in Concert Hall, the Unknown Glee Club, assisted by the American and Me' zart Clubs, will give an original concert. The Unknown Glee Club was formed upon the battle•fleld'inthe recent rebellion, and the members have organized themselves perma nently, to continue the feeling of union gene rated amid , the thunders of war, whistling shells and bullets, and the clash of arms, but now made more perfect in harmony amid the honorable peace they helped to win. They de• serve success. There seems to be a laudable effort on the part of American soldiers to mingle In associations to perpetuate the good feeling that sprung up among them during the recent war for the Union. At Concert Hall, where the Carter Zouave Troupe and Young Female Brass Band give one of their concerts every evening, Professor Pepper's wonderful invention, entitled " Pro teus,,, from its evanescent and varying charac ter, will also be exhibited. The Academy of Fine Arts, Chestnut, above Tenth, ie[open every day from 9 to a, and, be sides other objects worthy of attention, are West's pictures of "Christ Rejected" and "Death on the White Horse." LARDS POSITIVICSALF. OF AMNON AND SAXONY DRY GOODS, &c., Tins DAY.—We desire to call tile notice of purchasers to the attractive sale of rich imported dry goods, embracing 550 lots of scarce and desirable articles, including 650 pieces French merinoes, coburgs, mohairs, alpacas, Saxony dress goods, &c.; 500 stone and Berlin wool shawls, cloth cloaks, &c.; 1,000 dozen Paris kid, Ringwood, and lisle gloves; ties ' travelling shirts, &c.; 1,500 dozen linen cambric handkerchiefs; shirt fronts and bal. morals ; also, trimmings, braids, &c.; also, a line of domestic goods, to be peremptorily Sold by catalogue, on four months' credit and part for cash, this morning, commencing at ten o'clock, by John B. Myers & Co., auc tioneers, Kos. 282 and 234 Market street. CITY IT EMS. WHEELER & WILSON'S SEWING MACHINES:. The highest compliment that could be paid to any invention has been awarded to the Whee ler & Wilson Sewing Machines, in the fact that wherever they have been exhibited for com petition they have invariably taken the high est premium. Their reputation is world-wide, find every family not yet supplied with one of these instraiiiientu abonld go to 704 Cheata% street, and order one at once. GRNTLEMEreS FURNISHING GOODEL—BinGeOrge Grant, 610 Chestnut street, ha.s a handsome as sortment of novelties in Shirting Prints, beau tiful Spring Cravats, Summer Under-elothing, and goods especially adapted for travelling. His celebrated "Prize Medal" Shirt, invented by Mr. John F. Taggart, is unequalled by any other in the world. TEE BEST FITTING SHIRT OT THE AGE is "The improved Pattern Shirt," made by John C. Arrison, at the old stand, Nos. 1 and 3 North Sixth street. Work done by baud in the best manner, and warranted to give satisfaction. His stock of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods cannot be surpassed. Prices moderate. Fon ONE DOLLAR.—AII the time spent in tying and untying, and half the silk in the tie and scarf, are saved by the use of Eshleman's patent cravat-holder. Price, one dollar each; wholesale and retail, at 701 Chestnut street. Also, gentlemen's furnishing goods—large as sortment. Amur MosourroES.—lll these nights, the following remark, which a diStinguished divine recently made, may be in season. " I don't mind so much,” said he, " about the mos quitoes biting me, if they would not always say grace before meat." The buzzing of the insects is in sooth the principal annoyance re sulting from their visits. We only think buzz ing allowable when good comes Wit ; and we would therefore buzz in the ears of our read ers, "Buy all your wearing apparel at the Brown Stone Clothing Rail of itockhill & Wilson, Nos. 463 and 605 Chestnut street, above SAISIBLIREF Pour WlSE.—This article, upon trial, we find quite palatable. It is recom mended for weakly females and invalids gene. rally.—Portlemd Argus. • Mr. -- has just received a large invoice of this wine, four years old, of which he is sell ing large quantities. se2-2t KROMBR'S (FORMERLY UPHAM'S) HAIR DYE.- 1. The cleanest and best made Dye in the world. 2. It colors instantaneous. 3. It contains no poisonous ingredients. 4. It does not injure the hair or scalp, as is the case in one preparation—Hair Dyes and stains. 5. We defy any dye or stain-maker to pro duce a better article. , 6. The price is only 50 cents a box, or three boxes for 96.21. 7. The boxes are larger than Dyes that sell for one dollar. 8. It is sold by every druggist in every town. 9. Ask for Kromer's (Upham's) Hair Dye, and don't be imposed on with a Hair Stain. Factory, 403 Chestnut street. ge2-91 Tuussas ATM uices, specially adapted to ladies' use, correctly fitted, by ladies, at C. It Needles , Store, Twelfth street, first door be. low Race street. au26-10t NEW AND. SECOND-HAND PIANOS HON RENT, and portion of rent applied to purchase. Also, new and elegant pianos for sale on accommodating terms. Govan, jyl4-2m Seventh and Chestnut FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The stock market was very dull on Saturday, and prices weak. Government loans .were in steady demand, the sixes of 'Bl selling at 106%; tbe five-twenties, at 106%; and the seven-thir ties, at 99%. State securities were inactive. The IVar Loan sixes sold at 101, which is a rise of 2. City loans were dull and lower ; the new sold at 91%. In the share list we now an in creased firmness, with an advance of Catawissa preferred, and %. in common; Beading was inactive, and prices ruled steady; Pennsylvarqa Railroad was unchanged, Sell ing at 57%; Minehill sold at 55%; Wyoming. Valley Canal sold at 52; Schuylkill Naviga tion, tit 26%; and Lehigh Navigation, at 59. Tbe sales of company bonds are very light ; comprising only Schuylkill Navigation sixes, at 70 ; Philadelphia and Erie sixes, at 91; and Passenger Railroad stocks are very dull. A sale of Ifestonville,. at Bank stocks are also very quiet ; Farmers' and Mechanics' changed bands at 118. The general market closed drooping. The following were the rates for gold on Saturday, at the hours named: 10 A. 31 11 A. 3I • 12 M 1 P. AI 3 P. AI The coal trade continues active, but prices at retail are forced up more than the facts seem to warrant.