l otp DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) r:t * Irp JOHN W. FORNEY. ;go. 11.1 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. TICS DAILY PRESS, ots , ou b s eriners, is Bloat DOLLARS PER e „ , ip advance or Mr - aaN Cziktra PER payilhie to the Carrier. Mulled to Sub. , gitaf Dan e 6 A S N E D " F I i t P i ) 1 - 1 °- L C L E. A N T I T S s " B .Wro08; ONE DOLLAR AND SIMENTr-FIN CI 015 E r . 16 t on Triaas.MONTRS, Invariably in advance C s ' ove ordered. r:s;.)l.4tertlsenatilts inserted at the usual rates. 0 T gE TRIONEERLY PRESS, dill ed so SubseriberS, irons DOLLARS PER AN tr, WARM . . .lorress. ':ratiRDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1865 THE NEWS. v •„ yet:terday applied to the court for two Aolic clergymen, Rev. Fathers Wheelan '.., ;14.1niiten, who had been chaplains at Au atillte in the summer of saying, " It I lniow myself full well that I am accused ; that an all-seeing, an ° God knows my innocence, still I encouragement from others not to „ • m ho the heavy burden which is placed The court did not at once grant ..':request, but referred it to the War Depart hat tag no doubt, however,that it would • ceded to. The prisoner's health was still gave rise to some discussion concern coinfOrt While in the court-room temporary adjournment of the sea- Everything was decided by concluding '.. • the court and give Wirz eonve i, for lying down. A witness, Lieut. • testified that he vast seen a man ,To approached within sit inches of the dead to get water (the water within easy reach ,t..,ng muddy), shot by order of Wirz, who ~J:ed the action a very opprobrious name. r,..niam Krouse, of the 7th Pennsylvania Ile .ayes, saw Wirz knock a man down,with shut fst epithets as in the first instance. The Judge inoode, in order to prove that the authori • - at Richmond bad knowledge of the condi of Andersonville in May last, read a let ;;:,ftnin Howell Cobb, dated May 6,1861, Ma rjo. in which he spoke of the prison being less nail eighteen acres in extent, and having de lve thousand prisoners in it. Cobb „. m ed particularly anxious about prise ,u.•. escaping, and recommended that for ilileati3llB be thrown up all around prison and amply manned. He de y.ccated any increase of the number of r!soncrit, as the "approaching summer" vo uld but en tail " a terrific increase of misery red death," and proposed another stockade ' future arrivals, lie lauded Colonel Par aw Csputin " whOse place it would ;itticutt to mi.' , Accompanying Cobb's Inct was a medical report from his surgeon, 1 ~.:, thlrWgo, also dated Macon, May 6th, 1861. , a t.l, among other things, that the prison were too much crowded for the promotion ,ven the continuance of their present aith—an artfully worded expression, but of meaning when read with the right key. A:!er dose. documents a letter from Wirz to N.io Turner, C. S. A., dated May 8,1864, was lie stated that he found the prison in coalition, and seems anxious that it ',llbuttl be enlarged, bewailing the want of tools Qlltt later- Re also asks for promotion, and r;vc, tie number of prisoners up to that The number of dead,” lie says, "from z !, April to the Bth of May, was 728, the zr ;.,pvs u. leaving 12,213 in the prison. A t,u,r from Winder gives the number of tsrds over these men as 1,1767. However , 1!1.2 inert important document produced • a letter from Acting Adjutant and 1::-pector General Chandler, dated Ander* July 5,188-1, addresSed to Colonel IV li.riiltan, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector. 4.;. , :10ra1 at Richmond. After describim , the t'oltisl Le adverts to the marsh, and says that imti been used as a sink ; was awfully filthy, tsil would surely breed a pestilence if not ::I;ised out. Captain Wirz, be says, had tried to remoly the evil by the construction of a • with the lower end as a sink and . the -upper 8-4 a bathing pond, but seemed destined to Pb I.c cause of the want of tools, lumber, tabor. General Chandler emuleranS, in most unmeasured terms, the misery to vhjoh the prisoners were subjected—raw, rations, insufficient, shelter, &c. He had rn twenty carted out dead the day before, as e result of this horror, their hands in many tufees mutilated with 1.1. - N.es to set rings off ringers. In a supplemental report the same to,r praises Wirz as one properly qualified v - rhis position. The fault at the prison was, :ecoraiug, to another letter from Chandler, of Gen. Winder, who was characterized a- it cum without feeling, and failed to impress food and comforts for the prisoners when he Lad the power. A letter from the Confederate ;rgeon, Gm. Moore, ascribed the fault in the r.osrital to Dr. White, who (neglected to make , l ukitions for medicines. All these dom• of which we have given a summary, sere captured documents. They were all Sworn to as genuine by Capt. Selph. The court the adjmnued until to-dap. The ,:teatuto Minnetonka arrivol at this tkrt yesterday, with Savannah dates to the 7:1:i. The most important news they furnish An order by Major General Steedman, coin zatdiug the department, ordering all the except those who will receive special nutb3, to give up their arms. His order has made necessary by the discovery of a rebellion-plot—a contemptible minia- V:n, of the one Sherman squelched in that •;tte. Although such a venture would be even if carried se far as to diapute. our ~:ery, it will not have a chance this time. •neral Stecdman , s discovery and action were :most simultaneous. of vast mineral wealth, in Ari are accumulating. New lodes, rich in gold, and copper are being discovered over the Territory. But there are difficul t in the way of development. The Apaches L rampant, and we read that the people of Ii eott, the chief town, are on short rations— "::m. a pound of bacon, flour, beans, or sugar .1z , ale in the toan”—says a correspondent. CLn. Mason ii in command of the troops of the and when he gets hisplans to work, ltiiian scourge may be removed and Ari• zola onened to emigration and prosperifk. Montana territory is rapidly filling up. Long Thvans of pilgrims are arriving every day at . . The agricultural interest is =MEE ,- i nF up, and nt,, , nlehes” are beine; disco 7ered everywhf:re. The only difficulty now is the Indian difficulty; but these red gentlemen, who persistently haunt the Platte, are to be t,kan Li hanii soon by General Conner, vide a .I).9stell in another column. "Vroop6 urn DOW = r,t•te from Sioux City to Virginia City, and ::....vnli•monthly escort will soon be given the trea,ure, freight, which will have to move GI et lI At plains and down the river. 3 ;rigadier Generel Fish has Just returned to lua , l,ington, from a tour through portions of states of North Carolina, Kentucky, and 2 .lou.ssee. He states that many oi Ale people those iliStriet4 gre entirely dependent upon Government for support, and but foe its !<.l Duni surely perish, and that the freed are in many eases inhumanly treated by former musters, who still cling to the .;t a that slavery is not dead but steepeth. It has bean decidcd by the Secretary of the ':easury that all those appointed collectors customs, and cannot take the oath, in con ;ueuce of having, in some way, joinad in the lon, mill be allowed, without pay, to per the duties of the oltlee until the session [l. CengreBs, nu , ' running the risk of that providing for the payment of their Sala• The Memphis Bulterm, of the 22(1, says: It • expected that the Cara On the Memphis and lihrieslon Railroad will, on and after nest :'..turdayi • run through to Corinth, front Alienee it is Supposed there will be no ditlicul. 'Fin running as far as Itika. The completion the road, even as far as Corinth, will bring Memphis a large amount of trade that etberwise go north. The people of !texas, under the new order of are looking forward to the coming year • one of unexampled prosperity, although u frontier' is nor; pestered by prowling In parts of the interior infested with gus t:lila-robbers, and the cotton crop much injured Lc the worm. Some of the prominent men ' , we sent a delegate to Washington to interr t" , •e for Jeff Davis. The examination of the affairs of the Yir• banks, by the commissioners appointed 1-1 11;e purpose by Governor Peirpont, shows a I , ineetble condition of these institutions. 7"'lr resources in some cases consist of mil ]"'it. of rebel beinds, and only a few thousand , t..%rs in speeie. An important report on the 1 0.Xet will shortly be issued. ithn Ilcbbins, who had been a merchant in - York for sixty-six years, died in that a war dap, ago. He was very rich, and many ways very eccentric. It is said he ro . l* Was in a railroad ear or steamboat, and 1 4 `5111 not drink - Croton water until the last 1,1 1 , was taken from the street in which he lle was eighty-Hvo years of age. ThoEe who have found fault with Governor i I.:because he granted " so malty pardons," ~/ ght to know that while he, in one year, from 4 .` 4lll trY 1, WA, to. January 1, 18415, granted tnany of them of soldiers eon '''ed of offences committed in discharge of .heir duty, the Governor of New 'York granted e hundred and sixty-one. Washington, according to her snperinten , of police,-is suffering under an nlarmi ~. crease of thefts, robberies, and burglaries. Ili , says that many of the perpetrators of the 13,, ine4es find the rum-shops that keep open 4 " night olives of refuge and conveniences; ` l aying their plans. i lnichel Chipman, Judge Advocate of the Ali itary Commission trying Wirz, said yeater 'lhY, that the Government would also hold re .l4lt=ible those officers higher in authority than the present prisoner, who were impli ':ated in treating our soldiers so brutally. I ' l ' l Y-five millions, nine hundred and sixty 1 ) ,011-4 and dollars of the compound-interest L t ,- F , have been printed by the Treasury De to replace the game amount taken • 4 ' . st the treasury and cancelled. ,' - ` 4 lebatri Young, according to the last Salt '"'ke City Vedette we have received, has . l,rinsed himself with openly denouncing the ' ,, erranent in the streets of his city. "Store 5 1) wrath against the day of wrath;" 6tc.' 'resident Johnson has sent a letter to Presi th"q pumas, of San Salysidor, congratulating 21: . . " • Lt Ttlit _ • ".. 4r "frlbi - orgamm. _ : • -.11.776,":('' 1-11111111.7.;-:-1/141.5r— • • . • VOL. 9.-NO. 35. that official on his accession to the Presidency, and assuring his Government of the kindly feelings of the United States. Our Washington despatches give the names of a number of regiments and batteries which are to be discharged from the service of the United States ; also, a statement of the amount of prize woney to be distributed to those in the naval 'service. Barios, e4-President of Salvador, is now on trial, with the likelihood of losing his life, even though that be in violation of the agree ment with Nicaragua when that country gave him up. some of our troops who arrived at Panama on the 25th lilt., in route for San Francisco, are said to nave "acted diogradefally )) on land ing. The exact nature of their acts is not stated. All the country between the Atlantic and Chattanooga is said to be a desolation. Ma rietta, Georgia, is an instance. It Was a beau tiful little town once, buti is now a mass of weed-covered ruins. Georgia is gradually coming back to quiet and order. The people are fast taking the oath, and the white troops are gradually leaving. They have left Macon. The various brigades of the Veteran Re serve Corps non• stationed a%Washington, have been discontinued by order of the War De partment. . _ General Palmer, commanding in Kentucky, has organized ten regiments of colored troops in that State into a division, to be commanded by Genera Brisbane. Returns from California show that the Union party bave carried the State. The vote was light. The principal officers voted for were candidates for the Legislature. Preparations, it is presumed, for the trial Of Davis are now making at Fortress Monroe. Carroll Hail Building, inside the fortress, is being fitted up for his quarters, By the explosion of an ammunition train on the Northwestern Railroad near Nashville, on Thursday, several persons were killed and nearly two hundred more or less injured. Deers' is the champion billiard player of America. Ile won the match at Buffalo yes terday by thirty-six points. Ms average was 1,04 points. No disinterments can be made in the de partment of North Carolina until the ISt of December, and none in the other departments until the Ist of October. A tire in Toronto yesterday, destroyed a Methodist church and. other valuable pro perty. Loss $60,000. General Connor is daily expected to have a battle with the Reeky Monfitain Indians, He has been hunting them for a long while. 'The insurrection in Panama is insignificant. The combatants are said to number but three hundred each. Since the Ist of May, the rarymaster Gene ral's Department has drawn from the trea sury, U93,546,095;19. Twenty-five bales of cotton were shipped from Alexandria, Va., to New York yesterday, the first shipments in four years. Callao, Peru, is menaced by a rebel fleet. The revolution is as yet uncertain in its re sults. Competent soldiers are being rewarded with el erkshipS in Washington. There were, in 16G0,3,505 manufactories in the Southern States for the sawing of lumber. Twelve indictments have been found against Edward B. Ketchum for larceny and forgery. The Indians on the plains do not interfere with the working of the overland telegraph. Ex-Governor Page, of New Hampshire, died yesterday at his residence in Haverhill. On Thursday the First National Bank of Ore gon was chartered. General Longstreet is in Afissiasinrit The stock market exhibited no new features yesterday, except a slight falling off in some of the Government loans. The old five-twen ties are , still in nigh favor, and advancing. Brendstufrs have been rather and and un settled during the past week, bat close more active and firm. Cotton is in demand at the advance. Coal is also in good demand, and prices are looking pp. Iron is firmly held at full prices. Nayal stores have declined. Pe troleum is in demand for shipment, and prices have advanced. In provisions there is no change to notice. Seeds are better. Whisky is less active, and prices are unsettled. Wool is in fair demand at former quotations. THE NEW YORK DEMOCKATS. Probably the severest rebuke that ever one portion of the Democratic party admi nistered to the other portion is contained in the resolutions of the New York Demo crats, at their State Convention at Albany, on Thursday last. These resolutions are not only antagonistic in style and doctrine to the passionate language and pernicious sentiments inflicted by JERNAUA.II S. BLACK upon the recent Democratic Convention of this State, and by such men as VALLAN TUOILAY, upon the recent State Conven tion of Ohio, but they are the sub stantial sundering of all possible future connection with such politicians and such sentiments. BEN WOOD, FERNANDO WOOD, SEYMOUR, the New York News, and the New York World, can no more stand upon the platform laid down by the Democrats at Albany than VA.LLANDMITAM or BLACK themselves; and if there is any consistency or spirit in them, we expect to see a gene ral revolt against doctrines so unusually patriotic and sound. Let us trust that this action is serious on the part of the New York politicians. They have in dulged in so many patriotic impulses, and immediately regretted them, that we patiently wait to ace how long the - present one will last. Should they be true to what they assert, their representatives will appear in Washington, in December, and assist President Jonieson and the Union party in carrying out his policy of restoration and reconstruction. If their sentiments are genuine, and are intended to be made practical, the Southern people will see that there is no party in the free States that will tolerate any resistance to the laws, and any hesitation in accepting the remedies offered by the Executive. These resolutions, it will be perceived, cautiously avoid taking ground against negro suffrage, while they protest against forcing upon the Southern States that or any other objectionable condition, and go to the length of congratulating the South upon having accepted the condition in which they have been left by the war, including the abandonment of slavery. There is an emphatic assertion iu favor of maintaining the public faith at all hazards, and a double endorsement of the much-reviled administration of ANDREW JOHNSON. That a soldier should be nominated upon such a platform, has more consistency in it than the selection of a soldier to stand upon the so-called Demo cratic platform in this State. Whether General SLocum will accept the New York nomination, remains to be seen. His brave comrades in arms will undoubtedly look with suspicion upon this eleventh hour manifestation, and we, of course, prefer to trust the men who have at all times stood firm and true. Taken as a whole, we accept the utterances of the New York convention as probably the strongest tribute that could be paid to the consistency and courage of the great Union party of the Republic. LETTER FROM " OCCASIONAL.” WAsTruceToN, September 8, 1865 The venerable Elijah P. Purdy, for more than forty years a leader of the Democracy of New York, never doubting the infalli bility of his party, even when the blackest turpitude was proven upon its leaders and endorsed by the rank and file, told his political friends the other day, in an open letter, that they could do nothing until they recovered power, and that to do this everything must be sacrificed. The old man was heart-broken at the exhibition of frantic rage in the De,mocratic conventions of Ohio and Pennsylvania, in which the controlling elements were the bitter hatred of-Jeremiah -S. Black in the latter, and Clement C. Vallandigham in the former. Because defeated parties like these bad lost place, their party was forced to countenance their dangerous and repulsive sentiments, as if the, surer to continue the as yet unbroken line of "Democratic disaster on the day of election. It was un der the influence of such counsel as that of Mr. Purdy that the Democratic State Con vention, just held in New York, has made a vigorous effort to recover the ground so madly lost in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and to turn the current in another direction. Bence the nomination of the brave Major General Slocum for the leaning office to be elected in November, on a platform some what modified in its language and its de nunciations. But the generosity of a dozen men as brave as this soldier would not save the Democracy now, The immediate impediment of that party, in its aspirations for ascendency, is the distrust of the American people. It is not going too far to say that acre is more doubt and distrust of the Democratic leaders than of the recent heads of the rebel army. This would not be if they had not made the occasion of peace the beginning of new party war ; if, instead of uniting heartily in support of the fpolicy of the President, they had not relighted the'fires of faction in the South, attempted to dictate a change in the President's Cabinet, and so scandalized the motives of the great body of his supporters as to show that they were incapable of rendering the de mands of the country upon the services of the people. But there is a method in this madness. The Democratic leaders keenly feel that they cannot correct their blunders short of a long penitence, and they, there fore, prefer to take the chances of success in a continuance of opposition to every thing President Johnson's Administration may do. It is hard to conduct a campaign on such a theory, but the leaders cannot help themselves. Indeed, to do them jus tice, they could not safely and respectably do right. As was shown in Ohio and in lowa, the moment an effort was made to give up the bad doctrines of the past and to ad vance to a new and manlier course, then was division, and a ticket composed of the conscientious supporters of what may be styled the Copperhead ritual. The New York World, indignant at these signs of quarrel in a household already decimated by vile associations and viler e x amples, stigmatizes such recusants as Long and Cony, in Ohio, as " The Phosphorous and Vitriol Faction," a title even more offensive, coming from their leading mouth-piece, than any yet bestowed by their natural party antagonists. And hence the straits of these leaders for new issues. They dare not oppose President Johnson's re construction plan without proving them selves false to their own pledges ; and if they approve it, they only strengthen the hands of the great organization that sup ports him. It is even so with the financial system. After three years of abuse of it, they find that it is the most successful sys tem on earth, and that the millions who are interested in it behold in it the safe custodian of their money, and the pledge of a redeemable currency and the bulwark of the Republic. They are now afraid to maintain the feeblest assault upon the reve nue system, and the national bank notes and securities, lest these millions may de tect their secret designs in favor of repu diation Even when they nominate a soldier like General Slocum, it is like saying that they were hywerites in opposing the war in which he fought. Driven in utter despair by the absence of a good war-cry, the Democratic leaders have finally settled down upon " negro suffrage." They are, indeed, to be commiserated. For, unless I am greatly mistaken, it will turn out that this, the last plank of their platform, will not save them from sinking amid the re joicing and laughter of the American people, North and South. OCCASIONAL. WASHINGTON. TILE ANDERSONVILLE ATROCITIES CIIARGA.- BLE TO OTHERS BESIDE WHIZ, THE 00VERN/CENT TO 'HOLD THEM ALSO RESPONSIBLE Another Order Mustering Out Troops. INTERESTIND REPORT ABOUT THE FREEDMEN IN NORTH CAROMNA,KENTUCKY. AND TENNESSEE. A TRUE ESTIMATE OF THE PRESENT SOUTHERN FEELING. [Special Despatches to The Press.] WASHINOTON, Sept. 8,1885 How the Southern People Feel. Notwithstanding a good deal of bitterness exists among the politicians of the South, the people are so absorbed in their sown coeeerns and sufferings ethat they talk about no thing but immediate assistance. On this subject Northern benevolence cannot be too active and quiet:. Whole districts in Virginia. are net only destitute, but threat ened with starvation. There is no meat, and if it were not for the products of the Soil and the fruits of the season they Could not live. The wealthy and charitable people, whose exertions were so visibly and generally felt during the war in support of the Union soldiers, and their families, should at once organize, and out of their abund aece, and from their experience, assist the demoralized and disheartened south ern people. While there is a strong feel tug, which is more than general in the South, against negro suffrage, there is, not withstanding, an equally strong sentiment , amounting to a conviction that unless the most thorough measures are adopted to pro tect, educate, and otherwise benefit the freed men, nothing will be done for those who come to Washington asking to be re stored to their rights. I take it for granted, then, that, while Southern men will not consent to negro suffrage, everything else will be accorded freely to him. In gain. ing thus much, therefore, a vast deal is gained.-3: gather, also, that notwithstand ing there is a disposition here and there to create a feeling injavor of assuming the rebel war and State debts, the fact that it is so re pugnant to the loyal people of thc free States, and especially to the friends of the Govern ment, induces the candidates for office all over:the South, with the exceptions referred to, to take ground against it.—The reopen ing of the Southern railroads and the re storation of them to the hands of their recent owners, is having a good effect in the South ; already all the lines of travel are being repaired, and wherever they are in run ning Order, ire constantly occupied.—The news from Alabama and Mississippi to the effect that both Governors SHARKEY and PAR. seats are doing better than was anticipated, and will present a much more favorable re port in a few weeks than they themselves expected when they lett Washington,— There is an immense amount`of cotton un disposed cf in the South, and very large operations are on foot for the purpose of turning that which is on hand into gold. Some Of the Cincinnati, Chicago, and New York capitalists haverealizedenormotm sums. Agents collecting this and other Southern staples are at Jackson, Montgomery, Mobile, and in the interior towns of South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina.—ln Maryland— especially the counties near Washington— Governor Bradford, preparatory to the elec tion which takes place in November next, has appointed commissioners of registry, who are taking down the names of all the loyal citizens, and no person whosese name is not upon this registration can vote. A good deal of opposition is made to this registration by Blexecsomeer BLAIR and his partisans. It is now evident that if they could succeed it would enable all the returned traitors to vote, and lose Maryland to the Union cause. Fortu nately, Gov. BRADFORD is not only heartily himself against such tricks as this, but will be succeeded by Gov. SIV.A.:TX, who is no less de termincd in his devotion to his country. On the whole I regard the lookout upon the South as highly favorable,. considering the break up of_ the whole social system, the re moval of many of the vast elements of polities, and the general decay and downfall of what threatened to be the despotic crime of the age• There is of course controversy and a good deal of bad blood, but it is surprising how facts are doing their appointed work, and how the power of the Government and the fixed detera mination of the North that there should be no future rebellion, are inducing people to give up as hopeless dreams any idea of restoring what should long since have disappeared. The Freedmexo , e Bureau. Among the number of reports received by Major Gen. How Ann, Corundssioner of Freed men's Affairs, relating to business of his De pertinent, is a communication from Brigadier General Cr III . roz: F.-r, Assistant Commission or for the States of North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The Assistant Commissioner has just re turned from a tour through portions of his dis triCt, and gives an account Of the condition of the Southern people in that locality. Many are entirely dependent upon the Government for subsistence, and but for its generosity would perish. Great injustice is being dtme the frdednlen in some localities. Mang wasters treat tixelr PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1865. armor slaves with great inhumanity, and the assistant commissioner has been compelled in many eases to resort to extreme measure, tO protect the inoffensive freedmen.,' General Frsrr submits a report of the number of whites end freedmen subsisted by the Government on July 1, RM. From it we deduce that the number subsisted at that date were 7,151 freed• men, since 'reduced to 971, mcstly aged and infirm. The white refugees, at the same date, numbered 5,9139, and at the date of the report they were reduced to 11. On the whole, the report indicates a prosperous condition Of reedmen's affairs in General Fl.sK't3 district. The General also represents that it is la mentable and astonishing with what tenacity the unsubjugated cling to the old barbarism. The freedmen's courts are crowded with ap plicants for justice—scant and hard-earned wages are withheld from the colored man, and the crack of the whip and the jingle of the shackles, in many localities, are as common as in the days of Uncle Tom andi Torar. Bat the right is steadily progressing. Tennessee and Alabama will, without doubt, provide for the negro's right to justice, at the approaching sessions of their Legislatures. He adds that there is a class of rum shops in the city whose entire custom and support comes from thieves and. desperadoes, who are allowed to keep their dens open all night, there being no law to prevent them. The amount of robbery that is perpetrated upon this community through these resorts, espe cially those that keep open all night, is truly fearful. Important Letter from President John. The following, dated Jackson, Mississippi, September 5, has reached here! Governor Sitannirr publishes the following correspondence: "It is believed there can be organized in each county a force of citizen militia to pre serve order and enforce the civil authorities of the State and of the United States,•whieh would enable the Federal Government to re duce the army, and withdraw, to a great ex_ tent, the forces from the State, thereby re dueing the enormous expenses of the Govern ment. “If there was any danger from an organiza tion of citizens for the purpose indicated, the military are there to suppress, on the first ap pearance; any move insurrectionary in its clia mter, One groat object is to induce the pee' ple to come far W 61.1 In defence of the State and Federal Governments. General Washing ton declared that the people, or the militia, was the arm of the Constitution, or the arm of the United States, and, as soon as it is practi cable, the original detlgn of the Government should be resumed under the principles of the great charter of freedom, banded down. to the people by the founder of the Republic: - The people must be trusted with their Government, and if trusted; my opinion is, that they will act in good faith, and restore their former constitutional relations with all the States composing the Union. The main object of Diajnr General Carl Sebum's mission to the South was to aid, as much as practicable, in carrying out the policy adopted by the Govern ment for restoring the States to their former relations with the Federal Government. It i 8 Loped such aid has been given. The proclama tion authorizing the rcatoration of State government, requires the military to aid the Provisional Governor in the performance of his duties as prescribed in the proclamation, and in no manner to interfere or throw im pediments in the way of the consummation of the object of his appointment, at least without advising the Government of the intended in terference. Armaaw Jonicsozr,” Post Office App►oint&oents. Postmaster General liwzinisou to-day issued orders making the following appointments: Ilawann H. GOLDSMITH, route agent on the line between Philadelphia and Belvid ere, New Jersey, at a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum; STEVENS 111. Born, agent on the route between Gordonsville, Virginia, and Selina, Alabama, at a salary of seven hundred dollars per annum. The following postmasters have been ap- pointed At Chester Mills, Maryland, JAMES li, ItonoAa 5 Valley Read, Randolph County, West Virginia, L. D. CIIILICENVE llunteraville, Pocahontas county, West Virginia, WILLIAM Kawry ; Richie Court House. Richie county, West Virginia, JAMES M. DAVIS; Eastville, NOrthampton county, west Virginia, GEORGE W. WIDGEON; Pine Bluff, Arkansas, HARRY NEWMAN. The following contracts have been awarded: To EDWARD Ammonia:, for carrying the mail from Johnsonville to Fenton, Tennessee, three times a week, at a Compensation per annum of $1,500. TO ELISHA Dtsxxy, for carrying the mail from 'Knoxville to Cumberland Gap once a week, at a salary of $750 per annum. Findings or a Conrt•Martial Approved. Major General Anoun has nppre,ed th find tugs of and sentence of Lieutenant IV. W. THOMAS, CO. I, 195th Ohio, nho was found gull. ty of having disobeyed orders, and sentenced to be dishonorably dismissed the service of the United States. Decision. The Secretary of the Treasury has decided in the case of the recently appointed collector of customs at Georgetown, South Carolina, who could not take theprescribed oath hi con sequence of having participated in the rebel lion, that he and similar appointees may per form the duties of the office without pay until Congress assembles, they running the risk of Congress providing for the payment of their salaries. The Conference with the Indians. The Secretary of the Interior is in receipt of intelligence from General Coxwan, who was appointed to negotiate with the Indians Of the Southwest, with a view to the permanent es tablishment of peace between the hostile tribes and the Government. All the tribes of Indians were not represented, and at the first session of the council no important business was transacted. It is expected that in a couple of days the preliminaries will be ar ranged, and the council will proceed to adopt measures looking to the adjustment of all difficulties. When all the tribes send in their delegates, it is expected that over four hun dred thousand Indians will be represented. Itenry Senator WILSON reached Washington last night in flue health and spirits, and will re main for some time, arranging his business preparatory to the coming session of Congress, which he regards as the most important that ever met. The New York IteßolutiOns. The resolutions of the New York Demo cratic State Convention are regarded here as a very hold bid for Federal patronage, and a full confession of repentance and repudiation or all connection with the Woons and Sny morns. It is a pity the good work had not been. commenced two years ago. "Bishop on Criminal Law." National lawyers and students of politics are greatly delighted with the new edition of "Bishop on Criminal Law," just published, because of its powerful chapters on " The Trial of Jeff Davis," " Civil War," " - Treason," &e. These arguments shed a clear light of ecientilie inquiry upon pending questions. Troops to be Blustered Out. The Secretary of War has ordered the imme diate discharge cf the following regiments, including all additions which have been made thereto from recruits Or other sources: Connecticut-10th Infantry Delaware—AltPs battery. Illinois-13th Cavalry. Indiana--Eight companies of 93d, all of 146th, 152 d, 13th, 123 d, 124th, 129th Regiments of In fantry, and 24th Battery. lowa-36th Infantry. Kentucky-54th Infantry and battalion of 14th Infantry. Michigan—Battery L, Ist Light Artillery. Missouri—lst Cavalry. Minnesota-3d Infantry. Maryland-sth Infantry. Massachusetts—Company I, 3d Heavy Artil lery, still in service; Id Heavy Artillery. NeW Hampshire-4th Infantry. Nev York-61st, 99th, 100th, 192 d, 211, 47th, and 48th Infantry 6th, 14th, and 64th Battery, re eently known as Company L, Artillery. Ohio-22d, 191st, 192c1, and 196th Infantry; Battery G,lst Light Artillery, and 6th Battery. Pennsylvania-55th, 74th, 104th, 10 , 1 d, and 97th Infantry; 6tb (consolidated with the 16th) Ca valry, and Battery A,lndependent Artillery. Vermont—lst Heavy Artillery. Wisconsin-44th Infantry; Company B, Ist Heavy Artillery. Ready for Distribution. The fourth anditor has decided that the fol lowing prizes are ready for distribution : Captor: Bienville—prize, Ann Sophia and Pet. Captor: Princess Royal—prize, do. Cap tor : San Jacinto and tenders—prize, Mail. Cap tors: Sea Bird, Fox, Two Sisters, and Ariel— prize, do. Captor: Honduras—prize, do. Cap tor t Itssea—prizo s Carrie Mier. Captor: Hen drick Hudson—prize, Fannie Mcßae. Captor = Osage—prize, Volunteer. Captor: Champion —prize, do. Captor: Chocta w—prlze, do. Cap tor Fort Hindman—prize, do. Receipts from Internal Revenge. The receipts from this source yestentuß umounted to $1,143,147.93. Returned to. Duty. lion. B. E. Feetice bas.returned from a, tOOP through the Weatern States, and restuded 4 4he duties of second auditor of the treasury. ManaramAtires. The volume on manufactures, now beingpre pared at the Genomal Land and Cenaus Offices represents that there were in 1860 3,598 estab lishments in the Southern States for the saw tug of lumber, employing 13,*4 male and Sfil female (slave) hantla, the total capital ins vested being *13 3 437,080, the cost of raw mate rial $7,241,131, annual cost of labor 113,864375, and the annual value of, products amounting to 018,658,436. National Banks. 'Yesterday the Filet National Bans of Oregon was ouartvresl by thg Comptroller of tile Gull rency. The total national banks now doing business is 1,64. Discontinued. Orders were issued from the Wm-Depart ment on Wednesday discontinuing the vari ous brigades of Veteran Reserve Corps now stationed here. The commanding officers, have been ordered to their regiments, doing away With a number of stairs and staff offleers, which will have the effect of greatly reducing the expenses of the garrison of Washington. Colonel GILD, brevet brigadier, commanding the Ist Brigade, goes to the eth Regiment, and Colonel DE WITT, brevet brigadier, or the 2d Brigade, to the 10th Regiment V. R. C. The Payment, of Troops. The Paymaster General's Department has drawn from the United States treasury, since the ISt of May, $193,54.6,095A.9 to pay off the troops of the army. Miscellaneous A Cabinet meeting was held to-day, and all visitors were excluded from the White House. The First National Bank of the Pacific coast has Just been autherized for Portland, Oregon. Several diseharkka, soldiers have been ap pointed to cleritshirls• in the Treasury Depart ment. [By Associated Press.l ' Tile Wirz Trial. Colonel CHIPMAN, tile Judge Advocate to the Winn Military Commission, said, toglay, that while this atrocious criminal is responsible for a great many crimes, there are others above. And bigner than he that the Government will seek to hold responsible foe greater crimes, This was the theory of the Government, and the purpose of introducing the recordevidence this afternoon. Among those present today at the trial were lion. Atvrann linNNAnn, M. P., and L J. JIHININGS, correspondent of the London Times. Crime in Washi The superintendent of Metropolitan Police, in an official report, says that theft, robberies, and burglaries are alarmingly on the increase in the District of Columbia, and that the dis banding and paying off of the armies has left here, and has drawn hither, large numbers of desperate characters, who make a syste matic business of robbing soldiers, stealing horses; &C. Postai Affairs. The Postmaster General, to-day, made a con tract with ROBERT Oniucx, of Winchester, for conveying the mails from that town to Lees burg, Melilla, and intermediate points, twice aveek, at $525 per annum. The accepted bid der in this case, is the Erst colored man to whom - a contract for carrying the mails has been awarded since the department WAS or ganized. Of his own free will and accord, Ending no line of stages en the above road, ho came forward, with corn mendable enterprise and industry, and tendered a proposal of the service. Shipments of Cotton from Alexandria. Yesterday about twenty-five bales of cotton were shipped from Alexandria, Va., to New York, by the New York steamship line, the first cotton shipped from this section of the country for four years, and about the fourth shipment of the staple ever made from Alex• andria. The Mfssissippi Constitution. The following has been addresied by the previsional Governor of Ati,sissimA to the Secretary of State: EasonTiva OFFICE, JACKSON, 'Mississippi, Aug. SS, 186,5. Hon. 'Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of mate: SIR: 1 have the honor to lay before you a Copy of the Constitution of miksissippi, as amended, together with copies of the several ordinances adopted, which I hope will be satisfactory. Respectfully, W. L. SHARKEY, Provisional Governor of Mississippi. To this the Secretary of State replied: To his Excellency, Was. L. Sharkey: Sin; Your letter of August 28th, accompa nied by a copy of the amended Constitution of Mississippi, as adopted by the recent Con ention of the State, has been received, and will engage the early attention of the Presi dent. I have the honor to be Your obedient servant, IVx. H. SEavAnn. THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION. THE UNION PARTY CARRY THE STATE SAN FRANCISCO, September 7.—The State election yesterday passed off .quietly. The principal counties return Union men to the Legislature. This city elects seven People's Independent Union members and seven Demo. erats. The vote was 9,000 loss than last No. veixiber. The result is regarded as unfavora ble to J. 33. Felton and F. G. Phelos, both aspir ing to succeed - Mr. McDougall in the United States .-!-etinta, anti hoping to receive the dale. gation from this city. Neither of them get any votes here. A despatch from New Westminster, B. C., says the telegraph is now completed three hundred and seventy miles northward from that place. FORTRESS MONROE. Preparations Being - node, it is Pre sinned, for the Trial of Self Davis. FORTRESS Mozraos, Sept. 7.—The Government carpenters were set at work, a few days ago, to convert the old telegraph office inside of the fortress into quarters for Jeff Davis; but yesterday orders were issued to stop that work and prepare Carroll Hall building,which is inside of Fortress Monroe. It is presimaed that the trial of Jeff Davis will take place here, and Ilene these preparations. THE LAST RAILROAD " ACCIDENT." EXPLOSION OP AN AMMUNITION TRAIN NEAR NASHVILLE-SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND ,"Sk M , WUNDWED MO'E•. :•; 71, Nesuvrts.r, Sept. B.—The explosion yester• day on the Northwestern Railroad was a ter rible airair. The train consisted of eight cars, and there were nearly two hundred passengers on board. The two foremost cars contained po wdcr, shot, and shell, and it is supposed that sparks from the locomotive communi. cated through cracks in the ear, causing the explosion. Seven persons were killed out right, and nearly all received more or less injury. All the cars 'were destroyed except two. Terrible Explosion in New York—Two Persons Killed and Three Wounded. Nsw Yons, Sept. B.—The boiler of the Man hattan Soap Company's manufastory, on Stone Street, burst this afternoon, killing two per sons and wounding three others. The building was much damaged, ive also the one adjoining. An lEVPIORIOn in Taunton, Mass. TAUNTON, ItAss., Sept. S.—By the explosion of a boiler at the Old Colony Iron Works, in East Taunton, this morning, John. Powers, a puddler, was instantly killed, Owen• Drum dangerously scalded, and another workman slightly injured. Organization of a Division of Colored Troops in Kentneky. LorrisvGJA, Sept. B.—Major General J. M. Palmer has organized the ten regiments of colored troops, now serving in the Department of Kentucky, into one division of three bri gades. Brigadier General Joseph S. Brisbane has been assigned to the command of the (IF - vision, with Brevet Brigadier General J. F. Wade, Co]. S. A. Porter, and Col. J. M. McCarthy for brigade commanders. All the white troops in the department are to be mustered out. Pal mer and Brisbane are the only general officers now on duly In Kentucky. The Teleitraph Line to California—A Battle with Indians Expected. OMAHA, N. T., Sept. 7.—The overland tele. graph line to California is in excellent work ing order. There are no Indians on the route,. and no further troubles from that source are anticipated. News is expected daily of a battle between General Connor's forces and the Indians on or near Big Horn river. a branch of the Yellow Stone, in the Rocky Mountains. Yrom San Salvador. Nnw Yomr, Sept. S.—Advices from San .Sal vador to August 28th have been received. The Republic is tranquil. An autograph letter of President Johnston to President Duenas is published in the San Salvador papers. It is dated July i'.oth, and, in reply to a letter to President Lincoln, congratulates Duenas on. his elevation to the Presidency Of San Salvo,' dor, and assures him of the kindly feelings of the tinted States towards their sister republic. Fire in Toronto. TOROZiro i C. W., Sept. S.—A large fire occur roil here to-day, commencing . in Dodge, SMelds, & Co.'s grocery store, corner of George and Temperance streets, which was entirely destroyed ? together with Edwards , stationery shop, several dwellings on Temperanee,atreet, and the new Methodist church. Thek loss is over *60,000. Death of Ex-Goversior Pace. Hos Ton, Sept. S.—Xx-Governor aohn Page died thin morning at Haverhill, IS. 11. Twelve Indictments found Against Itatehum. Nksll Yorew, Sept, Grand Jury cams in to tho Court of General Sessions tO•day Mad presented twelve indictments against Edward 8., _Ketchum for larceny and forgery. Ketchum will soon beealledlupon toplead to the charges. A Hoax. New TORN, Sept. a,--The mysterious box story from Fortress Monroe proves to be a hoax. The box really contained oarpentera , tools. as represented by those who shipped it. Marine Disaster. New You, Sept. S.—The steamers Margaret and R. L. Maboy collided toal#}Yt and were somewhat damages). TB TRIAL OF WOE. IMPORTANT REBEL DOCUMENTS PRO DUCED IN EVIDENCE YESTERDAY. Letters from Surgeon Generals, Inspector Gene rals, and Brigadier Generals. THE PRISON ADMITTED BY THESE AUTHORITIES TO BE A LAZAR•HOUSE AND A TOMB. THE REBEL WAR DEPARTMENT WELL AWARE OF ALL THE HORRORS IN MAY, '64, THE EFFORTS OP WIRZ AND WINDER FOR THE DISCOMFORT AND TEE COM FORT OF TEE PRISONERS. Wirz Discovers his Necessity for Reliance on a Higher Power, and Asks for Clergymen. WASHINGTON, 'Sept. B.—The Wirz trial wag resumed this morning. Judge Advocate Chipman read to the Com mission the following letter from the prisoner ; OLD CAPITAL PaiSox, WASHINGTON ; D, C., Sept, 8,1865. (Monet P. Chipman, .Ttidge Advocate: You will, I hope, excuse my liberty to ad dress you these lines, but not knowing to whom to appeal I refer the matter to. you. I am now a prisoner since the 7th day of May, 1865. I have been deprived of all the chances to receive the consolations of religion even necessary to anybody, and truly more so to a man charged with crimes so heinous, so terri ble, that the mere thought or them makes me shudder. Although I know myself full well that I am wrongfully accused, that an all-see ing, all-knowing God knows my innocence, stir; I need some encouragement front others not to sink under the heavy burden which is placed upon me. Under these circumstances I most respectfully ask that permission be granted to Rev. Fathers Wheel an and Il.s,mil- LOn to visit me, and administer such spiritual comfort as my unfortunate position requires. They are both men of integrity, and win not profit the Qv - Aston to ode to ao anything but what their duties as ministers of the Gospel will permit. Hoping that this, my humble re quest. may be favorably received, and the per-. respectfully missionbgr r a u n r t n e b d a , dI said s a e i r n ian C t o l l u on t e l i v , Colonel Chipman said that the reverend lrart g Z e o n t - Lumen mentioned were here as witumee for the prosecution. They were Roman Catholic chaplains at Andersonvillo in the summer of 1864. He did not think they would abuse the privilege asked. The court certainly had no objection to the request, but they had no pow er to grant the permission, as the prisoner was not in their custody. Colonel Chipman said he would then refer the communication to the War Department for its action thereon. Major General Thomas remarked that, if the prisoner was mere ill than he was yesterday, it might be a question whether they could not ~•- e t along. better by granting a little respite. lt might be desirable to have a days rest. Assistant Judge Advocate Hosmer said, so Ifir as cam fort was concerned, the primer was as well off here as he would be in prison' , If he was not able to sit up he could lie down. If he was not able to lie down, but required medi cal attendance all the time, of course, the trial could not go on. This room, he repeated, has more ventilation, and is certainly preferable to the prison. The court, in reply' to the suggestions of a member, said it would not be proper to put on the face of the paper an endorsement of the approval of the court, but there was no doubt the request would he granted. Lieut. Prescott Tracy testified as to his ex perience and observations as a prisoner at Andersonville ; he, never saw Captain Wirz shoot a man, but heard him give the order to shoot a man named Robert A. Treshfish, or Ne*.vcomer ; not knowing the rules, the latter n )a e n n k t s t b o ei g n e g t ino a t d 4r, rink from the stream; the I he went within six inches of the dead line, when -'Wirt helloed to the sentinel, and asked why lie clidutt shoot the d—d son of a —! the sentinel fired ; the ball going into the top of the head and coming out of the back of the neck, and the man died ; this was in August, 1864; some men died from the effects of being put in the stocks, and. from the consequent exposure to the.stocks, weather ; Cap. tarn Wire never gave the prisoners a good word • the witness having asked the prisoner for Vetter rations, the latter replied he " would race the witness into hell." Cross-examined by Mr. Baker.—Nover knew of a prayer-Meeting or the reading of the Bible on Sunday. The witness was further interrogated, eour.- eel wishing to show that the stocks were never erected within the stockade. There was no means of telling one day or one hour from an other. all the watches having been taken away by " our worthy friend." Question. Do you mean to say you don't know of a watch being-in the prison? Assistant..ludge Advocate Hosmer objected to thus resuming the examination in chief, and the point was sustained. William Krouse ' 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, testified that he Saw Captain Wirz knock 'a man down knew that a man who had been in the stocks died the day after being relieved; stated the particulars attending the shooting of five men at as many different times; the sentry said shoot the son of a b—h." Colonel Chipman said he now proposed to introduce some documentary evidence to show that the Department at Richmond had knowledge of the condition of the prison at Andersonvillo in May last. Captain C. M. Selpli, who was in the Confede rate States army, and four years in the Adju- Lent General's dud Inspector's Department, identified the handwriting of General Howell Cobb in the following letter, namely: IIEADQUAICTERS GEORGIA RESERVES, ALicox, Ga., May 5, 1865. Genera S. COOper, Adjutant General, Rich mond, Yet. GENEItAL : Under your orders to inform my self of the condition of the prison at ander sonville, with a view of furnishing from the reserve corps the necessery guard for its pro tection and safetv,l made a visit there, and have just returns a; and now submit the remit of my examination. There are now in the .pri son about 12,000 prisoners, in an area of less than eighteen acres, with a stockade around it about fifteen feet high. I presume the charac ter of the prison is well understood at Rich mond, and therefore give no description of it. The danger of the prisoners escaping is.nOt SO great as I have supposed. With a guard of twelve hundred men, four pieces of artillery, and a cavalry conipany,. all apprehension of escape would be quieted. I have ar ranged to send two regiments of infantry there within the next week,;which, with the detached companies of Colonel Parson's regi ment, will be an ample infantry force. Captain Gamble's battery is there, but I would record mend that it be returned to Florida, and Cap tain Tiller's battery' sent in its place. The reason mainly for this recommendation is that Captain Gamble's battery is very well sum plied with horses, and they are not needed at Andersonville,whereas Captain Tiller's horses have been so reduced that he is unable to move his battery hi the field. The exchange of these batteries would be of decided advan tage to the service. I recommend the cavalry company because its presence would have a salutary effect in restraining the prisoners from any attempt to escape, knowing the means are at hand to pursue them, and in the event of the escape of any considerable number, the cavalry would De absolutely necessary to their successful pursuit. I took the liberty of making several suggestions for rendering the prison more secure, and if the tools could be bad, I would recommend that the entire prison grounds should be sur rounded by fortifications, which could be put up by the troops, whose health would be pro moted by the employment. The most im portant change is •the one suggested_ in the accompanying report of my chief surgeon, Dr. Eldridge, that is the erection of a hospital building outside of the prison. Upon that point there cannot be two opinions among in telligent men. It ought to be done at once; and such is the opinion of every sensible man that has examined the prison. The prisonis already too much crowded, and no additional prisoners should be sent there until it can be enlargedi. The effect of increas ing the number within the present Area must be a terrific increase of sickness and death during the summer months. I understand that an order has been given for enlarging the prison. If it was possible to make. another prison It would be much better, for I doubt very much whether the water will be sufficient for the accommodation of the increased num ber of prisoners. The general management of the prison under Colonel Parsons is good, and he manifests a laudable desire to discharge his duties in the most efficient manner. The duties of the inside command• are admirably per formed by Captain Wirz, whose place it would be difficult to fill. I still think the rank of the commanding officer of the post should be a brigadier general. In view of the number of troops that will be under his command, it seems to Inc lie should have that superior rank over those who may he ordered to report to him. I take the liberty of enclosing a copy of Dr. h'ldridge's report I am, General, very respectfully, . , irowatt Conn, Maier General Commanding, /te. Dr. Eldridge's. report is dated Macon, Ga., Nay ii, 1864, and is addressed to Major Lamar Cobb, of the Georgia Reserve Corps. Speaking of his visit tothe camp at Andersonville, tin der instructions from General Cobb, be says he found the prisoners, in his opinion,. too roue)) crowded for the promotion, or even con tinuance of their present health, particularly during the approaching summer months. The condition of,the Rene isle prisoners, on their arrival, was such as to require more attention to their diet and cleanliness than tothe actual administration of medicines, very many of them suffering from chronic diarainna, com bined with the acorbutic disposition, with ex treme emaciation as the conseqaenea. The ' hospital being within the enclosure, it has been found impracticable to administer such diet, and give them such attention as they re quire, as unless constantly watohed snob diet as is prepared for them is stolen and eaten by the other prisoners. In ermsaqueneo of the state of affairs generally, ho suggests various improvements, and the writer pays a compli ment to Dr. White's medical - aulnistration. The following paper was also put in evi dence ; (t.e.up ANDRRBOIivaa,34 Ga, May 8,1814. MAJOR: I have the honer.to make the folicnii-. ing report in regard to the Confederate States. military prison at this post: I was assigned, to the command of the prison by Colonel A. 'W. Persons the comumndaot of the post, on the 27th of Dlaroh, 1861,haying reported to him for duty by order of. General J. IL Winder, commanding Confederate States prisoners, I found the prison in abed condition, owing to the want of tools. such as axes, spades, and lumber, to erect proper buildings. The first commandant of the post Captain W. S. Win. der, and his sumsassor, Coionel A. :l W inc . b. P ris e i rs nh o cto us aile ,. Lad left nothing untried to supply these so important articles. Only two weeks ago re caenidvewdeaxntetao' w aP o ad rk e e i4 u a tt e ag fr rteh C es to have evoutking in the interior of the prison completed in two weeks. The bakery, which could not be completed for want of Inmber, is now In operation. The necessity of enlarging tke stockade la unavoidable. Isbell cow.- THREE CENTS. mence as Soon as I can gather a sufficientnum. ber of negroes. I would mostrespectfully ask you to present to the authorities at Richmond the impediment thrown in my way by having the hospitals inside of the prison. In conclusion allow me to make a few re marks concerning myself: I am here in a very unpleasant position, growing out of the rank which I now hold, and siaggest the pro priety of being promoted. Having the full control of the prison, and, consequently, of the dai]y prison guard, the orders which I have to give are very often not obeyed with the promptness the occasion requires, and I am of opinion that it emanates from the re luctance of obeying an officer who holds the same rank as they do. My duties are mani fold, and require all my time in daytime, and very often part of the night, and I would most respectfully ask that two commissioned officers (lieutenants) would beassigned to me for duty. I am, Major, most respectfully, your obedient servant, Wiaz, Captain commanding prison. Major THOMAS WIIIINER, C. S. A. The number of prisoners on the first day Or April was seven thousand one hundred and sixty. I received up to to-day, from various ppints, five thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven ; recaptured seven. Total, twelve thousand nine 'hundred and fifty-four. The number' . of dead from the flit of April to eighth of May is seven hundred and twenty eight, and escaped thirteen, leaving on hand twelve thousand two hundred and thirteen. I consequently lost six prisoners. I would also call your attention to the danger of having our present guard forces withdrawn, and their place supplied by the reserve forces of Gov. rown. The following letter was also offered in evi dence : CAMP SIIMPT.IIII, ANDERSONVILLE, Ga., July 21, 18.61. [j 1. S. Cooper ! Adjutant and _lnspector GENERAL; Your endorsement of the letter of Lieutenant S. R. Davis, relating to the strength of the guard at this post, contains a very sa ve re censure, which ram sure would not have been made if you had a clear comprehension of this post—Of its wants, and its difficulties. Reflect, for a moment. Twenty-nine thousand two hundred and one prisoners of war, many of them most desperate characters; a post a mile long by a mile wide. The stockade for prisoners within one hundred and sixty yards of a mile in circumference; numerous avenues leading to the post to be guarded; public pro perty to be eared for; guards for working par ties, and the ordinary camp groutids for the troops, and you can form some estimate of the number it would require for these purposes. The following are the daily guards required, and they cannot be reduced, but ought to be increased Stockade, sixteen hundred yards around, fifty-two posts, 10 supernumeraries, 168 enlisted. men, 2 commissioned oMcers, Hospitals, two unmelosed, 1,735 patients and attendants ; guard, 73. Twenty-three posts, 69 men, 4 supernumeraries, and 1 commissioned officer. Pickets around the stockade, 206 ; this picket is indispensable, to prevent escape by tunnelling. Outlying pickets and railroad bridge guard, 43 men and 6 commisSioned officers. Guard with party cutting wood, daily 100. Guard with working parties, 25 does this not include accidental guards and camp guards. Total, 513. Strength of guard July 2, - 421, including the prisoners' guard de tained here, from which dOilUOt 517 Sigk, daily duty 227 _and the artillery company, 12.6-970 leaves 1,551. You will observe that sineeLientenant Davis , report, the detained prisoners' guard have been added to the strength of the guard. This gives the most favorable report at this Post and the duties required of it. You speak in your endorsement of placing the prisoners' properly. Ido not exactly comprehend what is intended by it. I know of but one Way to place them, and that is to put them into the stockade, where they have between four or five square yards to the man. This includes streets and two acres of ground about the stream. Respectfully . , your obedient servant, JOHN H. WINDER, Brigadier General A letter tray also I'o4 in evidence from Ac ting Adjutant and 'lnspector-General Chan= dler, dated Andersonviile t July sth, 1854, ad dressed to Colonel R. H. Chilton, Assistant Ad jutant and Inspector-General at Richmond. He gives en account of his inspections of the prison for Federal prisoners of war, and post AntlerSollyille. lie says that under the ores sure of their necessities, they have dug nu .lu erous wells within the enclosure, from which they obtain an ample supply of water to drink, of good quality, excepting the edges of the stream. The soil is sandy and easily drained, but from thirty to fifty yards on each eicle of it the ground is a Minitlymarsh, totally unfit for occupation, and. having been con stantly used as a sink since the prison was first established. It is now M a shocking condition and cannot fail to breed pestilence. An effort is made by Captain W ire to 1111 UP the marsh and Censtruct a sluice, the upper end to be used for bathing, etc., the lower as a sink; but the difficulty of I procuring lumber and tools very much retards the work and threatens soon to stop it. No shelter whatever, nor materials for construct ing any, have been provided by the prison an lhoritice, and the ground being entirely 441 . 0 of trees none is within reach of the prisoners, nor has it been possible t for the overcrowded state of the inclosure, to arrange the camp with any system. Each man has been permitted to protect Mansell as best he can, by stretching his blan ket, or whatever he may have, above him on such sticks as he can procure. Of other abetter there has been none. There is no medical attendance withinthe stockade. Many--twenty yesterday—are carried out daily who have died from unknown causes, and whom the medical officers have never seen. The dead are hauled out daily by the wagon load s. and buriedwithout coffins, their bands, in inithy instances, being first mutilated with an axe in the removal of any finger rings they may have. Raw rations have to be issued to a very large portion, who are entirely unprovided with proper utensils, and furnished with so limited a Supply of fuel that they are coin pelled to dig with their hands, in the filthy marsh before mentioned, for roots, &c. No soap or clothing has ever been issued. Alter inquiry, the writer is confident that, by slight exertions, green corn and other anti seorbuties could readily be Obtained.-The Present hospital arrangements being only in tended for the aecommodation of ten thou sand men, are totally insufficient, both in cha racter and extent; for the present needs, the number of prisoners being now more than three times as great. The number of eases re quiting medical treatment is on an increased ratio. It is impossible to state the number of sick, many dying within the stockade, whom the medical officers have never seen or heard of till their remains are brought out for interment. The transportation of the post is also represented to be entirely insufficient, and authority is needed by the quartermaster to impress wagons and teams. when not employed by the Government t are kept diligently occupied, and instructions given to the quartermaster in charge of trans portation to afford every facility practicable for transporting. - .lumber and supplies nem: sary for the prisoners. A supplemental report was made by the same officer, in which he says that the conduct of Wirz is entitled to commendation, and that he is properly qualified for his position. Capt. Wirz is recommended for prOtnotion. It am pears, from other papers, that the Assistant Secretary of War (Campbell) endorsed the re ports, saying, "they show a condition of things which calls for the interposition of the De. pertinent ; the prison being a reproach to the Confederates as a nation? ..e.c. Judge Advocate Chipman offered in evidence the report of the rebel Surgeon General Meo2o, to show that the fault at the hospital was owing to Dr. White, the latter having failed to send his requisitions direct to the medical purveyor- not having received supplies was owing to his own neglect, Cf49.11e 1 Chandler., it appears from another document, suggeSted the removal of General Winder as superinten dent of the prisons, and the substitution of some one who has feelings of humanity, and who will not, like Winder, suffer the prison to remain as it was in order that the excess of prisoners may be removed by 'disease and death. The discomfort and suffering are re presented to be almost incredible, with a frightful per centum of mortality, thus showing a criminal indifference on the part of these charged with their care and comfort; Capt. Salph also swore to the official character of other. rebel docu ments which were offered in evidence, to show that General Winder had power to make im pressments for the comfort of the prisoners. This, Colonel Chipman said, concluded the chapter for to-day. The Witnesii i Capt. Selph, was CrOSS-Uftnlined by Mr. Baker, and mentioned the name of. the bureaus to which he sent extracts from Colo nel Chandler's report; answers were received from all; that he only recollected that the one from. he Surgeon General's office was to the effect that the hospital at Andersonville should be placed. in the same condition as the hospi. tabs for the Confederates. The Commission adjourned at four o'clock till tomorrow. TEXAN.. A State Convention to be Called— , Indians Murdering People Within Thirty Miles of Austin—The Cotton Trade Very-Brisk. NEW Yong, Sept. B.—The steamship Meteor brings New Orleans advices of. September Ist. The papers contain the following from Texas Governor llsonliton has ordered the neces q3ary steps to call a convention. Ex-Governor liinrragli, of Texas, died at .311onterey, August 4. The Houston papers are tided wail notices 'of robberies.and burglaries. A band of despe ,radoesinncler one Frazier, are operating ex. :tensively in. Goliad county. They had cap tured a wagon train containing merchandise valued at 160,000. The goods were taken to 'Golfed, put in store, and sold in open day by the robbers. The Indians . have come within thirty miles of Austin, and higher up they are murdering men, women, and children indiscriminately. The capon, Orpp is seriously injured bythe worm. Ex-Senator Wightll has gone to Mexico. Thoorenerable Judge Barnetb,firet President of tho Republic of Texas,.lla.s consented to go to WashingtOti to tßolte a4l , aPpeal ip behalf of JeM Davis. The request. was inade by tacit, nearly all of whom wore , giants when. Texas struggled forindopendonaa. A Houston letter,to the. true Delta says that the opening . of,tlio POLti 9f Galveston Bas given vigor and life to *Welty branch of trade, r ton has been rollingtawough the streets to the oars, and the er0W...,.d.d Oettou shede liay. o b e "' emptied. Largo quantitigitOf fancy grogel'ies have aS. rived, and founda s steloy sale. AN the troogs, except a provost! guard of Gave hundred, have left the city. 'the appointatent of. Goveattor Hamilton gives onoral satisfaction.. year of waraltampio(l propprity ina the State is looked forward to. Emigration from the Nortk is solicited. The richest lands in the State are in the market. The freedmen gave some trouble by violating their con tracts, leaving the planters at the catamence• went of the picking season. The Rebel general Longstreet, NEW Yeas, Sept. B.—The Eutaw (Ala.) Whig gays Gent3l3l LOagstroat passed through that place last wee )r, to visit relatiVe in Mi881t• sippi. TILE WAR, PRESS. (PUBLIOI11 1 .11) 'WEEKLY.) THs WAS Muse vitt .enl to stibSeeibera Wif mall (per annum in aavance,) at 112 50 Five copies to 00 Ten copies 20 00 Larger NO* than Ten ttlll be charged at the tome )2 ' o ‘ o , lie.oo per copy. rj ' e ThOtiql must aticaye accompany The order, aunt in no inetance can these term? be deviated from, a? tkey afford very tittle more than the coot of paper. Aar Postmaatere are requested to get ae agouti for Tux WAn Palm. ifie` To the getter-up of the Club of ten or twee?. an extra Copy of the paper wilt be given. DISAFFECTION . IN GEORGIA. DISCOVERY OF A LATENT REBELLION. Anus and Munitions of War being Secretly Aistributed over the State PROMPT ACTION OF GENERAL STEDMAN, THE DEPARTMENT COMMANDER. THE PEOPLE ORDERED TO• GIVE UP ALL ARMS. BiOtOlig; Interference with Free Labor by Savannah Negroer By the steamer Minnetonka, which arrived at this port yesterday morning, from iksvan nali, we have papers to the sth Thin b trio first trip of the Minnetonka, which 13 intended. to ply regularly between this city and. Sayan.. nah. General Steadman, has issued the following IMPORTANT ORD= HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF GBOROTA, OFFICE Or THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL, .AUGUSTA, Ga., Sept. 1, 1865. PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL'S ORDER, NO. 5. —lnformation having been received at these headquarterli that large numbers of Confede rate and United States iiro-arms are 0411. buted over the State in the hands of deSigii ing persons ; and it appearing that the peace of the State, the lives of the eitizeng, and the security of property, are hereby greatly en dangered,. it is ordered— "int._ That within thirty days next hereafter, all such arms of every description, together with all ammunition and munitions of war whatever, now In the hands of private persona, in this State, be turned over to the nearest pro vost marshal. second. That after the expiration of said thirty days, al) assistant provost marshals within this department are directed to Mid's all such firearms and munitions of war found in the hands of any one within their respective district, and all persons found with such army will be arrested and forwarded with the arms to these headquarters. Third, Assistant provost marshals are here by authorized to grant permits to such per sons as in their judgment, are entitled to them, to retain private arms for sporting purposes, using their utmost discretion to prevent im proper persons from enjoying this privilege. By command of major General STREDDIAn C. ii, OlVOSTo.sktou ? Brevet brig, Gen. and Vily Marshal General. The Savannah Republican, commenting Ott this order, says : Major General Steelman, havin received of a co lam paturs 4Uh .ote the in terests of Gorhenste»t render it not advisable for us to publish at this lime, lino wisely, we think, ordered all arms and almond - ion to he turned over to the provost marshals, except in cases where responsible and orderly people have received Special permits tO Main 011aarms, STRIKE AMONG NEOGO tAROREREI (From the Bavannah Republican, 6th.] Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, the hour at which the stevedores and laborers Commence their work on the wharves, in load ing and dllobarging steamers and other yes sets, a crowd of would-be independent negroes concluded not to "let well enough alone," and accordingly struck for higher wagesol emend ing two dollars per day for their labor. The demand was very justly, we think, treated with as bold a reran]. from the employers as the unjust and unreasonable request deserved. It seems that a few ignorant 11$- groes, who were receiving *1.50 per day for their labor, succeeded in enticing about forty colored laborers to join them in a strike, and, upon finding that there was no prospect of thelpeettutna being acceded to, they gathered in a gang and threatened to shoot and kill every man who was Willing to work for the just compensation Of 81.50 per day. These outrageous proceedings for a time Inter fered with the important business on the wbaves, but in a short time an officer ap peared on the scene with a squad of soldiers, and the turbulent leaders Were pm vided with a military escort to the guard house, where they will repose for a while, until brought before the courts to answer to the charge of lawlessness and disturbers of peaee. The arrests OZtOrteaa SiPlitary In fluence on the balance of the Misers, who speedily dispersed when they witnessed the fate of their foolish leaders. We should be glad tol'bave an example made of just such men as these strikers, for a favorable' oppor tunity. is presented to teach ignorant negroes that the law wilt not allow a man to demaipj compensation for labor " of of armis,ll NORTH CAROLINA. Important Decision NEwmgaN, N. C,, a opt, Robinsoni loyal widow lady, living in Beaufort, N. C,, having made application for the back rent of a building occupied by the Government, a decision recently arrived from Washington ralteerse to her claim, on the ground that ikau fort was a captured city, and that, therefote, all property, including personal, in the town is a lawful prize of war. This decision will apply to all property and persons in ipsurrectionwry states, which are also conquered territory. GEORGIA. A Greet Number of Citizens Taking the Oath—Dedeinttett Of Some Parte of the State NEW YORK, September B.—The Mobile DI. bane says : The beautiful little town of Mari• etta is still one mass of ruins, and the greater part of those who ;Welt there in happiness are now homeless and almost hopeless. 5 , 5 it is with the entire section of the country from the Atlantic to Chattanooga. The Macon, Georgia, correspondent of the Augusta Tranderipl says, judging front the number who have taken the amnesty oath fa that country, nearly the usual vote will be polled at the coming election. Almost all the white troops have been removed from Macon. Thecaer has become compttratiVeiy quiet i lvith few offences against the laws. The Charleston flouter, of the Ist, says a daily mail North was commenced on that day by the Northeastern Railroad and Wilmington. and Manchester road. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. ==l RENI'OLUTION IN PETtti PROORTISSIIvG Now Toxic, Sept. B.—The steamer Costa Rica, from Aspinwall; has arrived r iVith dates to the list ult. She brings , t 938,000 in gold. Much needless excitement has prevailed at Panama concerning the revolutionary move mewl in the interior, 'which appears to result in nothing. The present avernMent party may be over thrown, but there is no danger of an outbreak occurring in the city. The contending parties hayg but about three hundred men each, and both appear afraid to fight. Someexcitetnent has been caused by the Go vernment appropriating a couple of American vessls for transportation. The American Con• sul had blundered into giving them papers to trade on the east when they had no 414419 such documents. The steamer Arid arrived with troops for San Francine, on the :sth ult. The conduct of the troops on landing was disgraceful. The Spaulding also arrived with troops on the 30th, From Central America the Only important item is that Barios, ex-President of Salvador is on trial with a likelihood of being convicted. and in violation of the agreement not to take his life, given to Nicaragua Wileg given up. /Business is dull M Chili. Exchange on Lon don at Valparaiso 453,4046 d. The revolution in 'Peru is still progressing, and the rebel fleet has entered COW% Mat ing a reply from President Pezet to their ulti. team before attacking the town. sun it is not certain that the revolution will. succeed. Exchange at LIM on London, 37d. Some forty buildings were destrOYO4 by flea in Guayaquil on the 27th ult. Miss Adelaide Phillips is a passenger on UM Costa Rica. From Dedford, Penna. BEDFORD, Sept. K.—John r. Reed, Jr., indiet4A for the alleged murder of Jacob Crouse, has been released on bail. Reed's counsel were ready and anxious to go on with the trial, but the prosecution refused to do so, and obtained a postponereent. Mengel Roca, arrested for treason, on the oath of a brother of Crouse, and carried to Pittsburg, has been returned to this pace. Billiard Match for file ekaniPlOseabilll. Itoonzwrati, Sept. 7.—At the billiartt match Bo the championship of America, Decry woa by thirty•six points, Fob wade a run of two hundred and seventy-six points. There,was much elCClteMenti Fox Dying the favor player. The winner's acarEgo we slatesa hundred and ilfty.four. NEW YORK CITA, ARRIVAL OP THE CITY OP HAHO.I3IBBTER. . The steamship City of Manchoster, from Liverpool August 24, has Her ad. vices are anticipated. SHIP NRIVS. Arrived, Steamer Ariel, fronyokspinws4 brings no news. THE 61'00g SxOHANGE-45aciottr• noUtp. 22110017 $ es 5-2 o e....1073fi 201t0Aid eafailnHef... 49 90000 S6s 'Bl 10716 Wiet Miu - Vo• • 50, 70001T585 lyr of ni. 99 9 do oo 15000 Ty DI 7 8-101 d s.. 99M Y Centk, 92, 1000 Tenn State 78 • do ....,, gt WOO do " • 79 Erie Ritibiny 87, 5010 do' •Mi 100 do 11000 do:.:. • ' .400 lib b 5000 Worth or 65.... 7A 106 Len Ain Te C 0... 36 10000 Missouri State 69,72 110 MI& Central R.. 110 300004) & Miss Cur.... 98 Markets by Tetefcratidu BALTIMOILE, Sept. B.—. Float 11l dull; Rowan', street superfine is quoted at etf.504180 2 , 1 4. Wheat is steady ; the supply of prime quo its tions is scarce. Cora is dull at 860. for yellow.., and 88e for white. Oats are very dull at 420 oe, grroceries are very firm. Provi sions kre firm; Bacon 62101411, vrtiglBo. - W44141. Arm At Nsw Yo pr, Sept. 8.
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