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'OPNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1805,
THE NEWS.
\ ores trial was resumed yesterday. The
, agreed to send subinenas, through the
I.aary commanders, for several witnesses
t be defence. An offioial, named It. G. 11.
se „,,, of the rebel War Department, identified
~,liantlwriting of Secretary of War Seddon
i N t Assistant Reeretary Campbell, endorsed
col. Chandler's report, printed several days
L He did not think, however, the secretary
gird on the subject. A Walter T. Doren
some facts, showing the products of
counties in Georgia, in the vicinity of
,iersonville, during the year Mt He had
,;11,1 that several ladies had offered to re
he of the prisoners, but they
by '. Wirz. Major Noyes, who ar
. 4 ,1 the prisoner, denied that he made Wirz
proTai4CS that he would not be prosecuted.
:tin Moore gave a report of the number of
at Andersonville. They numbered
1e thou-and nine hundred and twelve. A
Voniters told the story of a sick man who
~,t v ored to escape, but who was so torn by
~ , Ilienatis that he soon after died. The man
hid charge of the hlOodhounds ,when
toned said that Wirz told him not to
any of the " Yankee
„,, i 3 other witnesses detailed acts of emu
aleh they had witnessed, after which the
„,!:„don adjourned.
t.eneral Howard, Commissioner of the
nureart, has received a come:Lulli
.:lTh from Major W. P. Sargent, assistant
,:Anizsioner of freedmen's affairs in. Aritan
:i t , relation telt former siaveholder by the
Of pint, refusing to recognize the act of
ionclration. It seems that a freedman, a
,cur slave of this man, had attempted to
awn y come property belonging to him,
:ate master's premises, and not being
~e is fid, applied to the freedmen's bureau
o,istanee. An order was given him,
(viler was treated With contempt by
fl who retained it, and 'stated that he con-
the negro still his slave. Bird has been
a cted.
pll igation is shortly to take place, in
~,.hvalc, in regard to a detachment Which
~,,rent out by General Thomas in search of
rattle, to Alabama. While near Gales
the squad was attacked by the sheriff
mob of men. The sheriff said he was
!:11 , under orders of Governor Parson d, of
One Union soldier was killed, and
::,teen of the sheriff's party captured. The
t;!II and the murderer of the soldier
A thorough investigation is to be
of the affair.
dedication of the monument to Thomas
the father of the Order of Oddrellows,
tal.:e place in Baltimore to-day. A large
D. , :iilallec of the Order will be present. Yes
jay a delegation hail a pleasant interview
l'resident Johnson, who consented to
:e part in the ceremonies to-day.
lung Assistant Secretary of War Eckert
a , ;entod to the transmission over the
tary telegraph lines, by agents of the As
, Cana !Tess, of daily reports, not to exceed
hundred words, to and from Augusta and
agents being held responsible - for the
;ial - MtArr And tone of such reports.
Mr.3olnqya, president of the Georgia Cen
-11..i. Na:roAd, who has been in Washington for
c:lys past, has effected an arrangement
the Government, by which the latter fur
on credit, railroad iron. sufficient to
Andete the repairs of the road. from Macon
, p.rannah.
-t. Lords,•the trial of the steamboat burn
:- I.egan yesterday. The case of William
:inhy was taken up. The attorney for the
Colonel Mills, states that he will
1:flon as witnesses for the defence, Achill
- V:trragat and Porter, .left• Davis, and the
Sec-relax-les Mallory and Seddon.
rebel Indiana belonging to the varioii
have signed the Indian treaty, with a
- :‘ , .k.tandurn attached claiming that their
rhould not be confiscated. Some live or
ibou 7 and Indians on the lied river are in a
, dnr.c condition, and need relief.
A letter from John 'Minor Botts recommend
the people of Virginia not to vote for any
;.%ti!,Aonal candidate who cannot take the
tkal:iTti.cribed by the National Legislature is
pc , Ulz,lioi, A synopsis of it will be found in
tier column.
Lhamp Fergason , s trial has ended. The de-
::,!..m is to be forwarded to General Stoneman.
t,roson is still in, jail. He, on Monday, made
4itteinent of his own, but it was eupptesseci.
hi.tounsel.
A l'itt;burg despatch states that the Atli
ticc of our city have been splendidly enter
lA:led-them They have closed the series of
;a:ae; in that city. They were victorious in
..cry ease.
A dozing robbery' was committed at Blain,
l',lq county, Pa., on Sundaynight. The house
a private citizen was entered during his
, 211 cc., and nine thousand dollars, together
:fn the wearing apparel, etc., abstracted.
lne iwhole loss the fire on Water and
• •_lty streets, New York, on Monday evening,
amount to over $3,0 1 : 0 7 000. Further par
:•4l;ns itre given this morning.
Enropetin dates of the -
Sib have been receiv
'ut the political news is unimportant.
1.. French aretighly pleased with the recap
their fleet-met with in English waters.
The English Capitalists were yesterday en
::ahledl)y the citizens of Toledo, Ohio, with
:teursion, and in the evening with a ball
!....11thnquet.
40-eph E. Johnston, late general of the rebel
!ay. it Is gintsci, is about to take charge Of
of the moat important railroads in Alm-
I. ,, vethor .Perry, of South Carolina, has is
message to the State Convention
nha, y of it will be found elsewhere.
A batch of important treasury decisions
found elsewhere.
.toek. market was dull yesterday, but
wore without particular e linage. Go.
- Inh4ent Rama were firm at previous figures,
cr or two of the railroads were a shade high.
'la the general market closed steady.
roar was dull yesterday, and most holders
, t mote El to sell. Wheat is also (lull,
rtither lower. Corn has adMeal one
Per bushel. Oats are in good demand at
• Prices. Cotton is unchanged. Fish have
'vkilted. Provisions continue scarce, and
! , : - tz• are firm. Whisky is firmly held. Wool
% , ort, active, lint prices are unchanged.
OUR ENGLISH GrESTS.
ovent could have been so opportune
productive of practical results as the
of the English gentlemen, in corn
-with 31r. JAMES MCHENRY, through
-": 4 York, Pennsylvania, and the great
of the West. It is far more sig
':ant than the pageant of a foreign
ni.t• or plenipotentiary, for those who
to see us, giving the best proof that
litv.l confidence in our country, at a
when our own faith in it had been
tried, ifnot shaken, by investing mil-
In our great public works, and by
`' , vi , •. 1 . examinations into the management
z l " . * works, and with the capacities and
of the people and the States to
' r "' <t and carry ott yet more extensive
l ':)'roveinents. The reports of witnesses
these—men of vast fortunes of their
and the representatives of millions
.J?:10a2; to others . , and also connected
/ '“illy years with the British Govern-
1 - '! 1 1 as members of the British Parliament,
Le read with surprise in. Europe, and
rapidly and healthfully in the
:Inuican States. Their views are always
111, and manly ; and the reader will no
:, that they never speak of the successful
hi which the rebellion was crushed
-'hima expressing their amazement at the
thiiitary power of the Government,
- - , tl their rejoicing that slavery has been
for evermore—thus setting an ex
to those public and domestic politi
'll- who refuse to see or to join in the
" : ! ( xtiltation that all good men feel at the
of a system so criminal. On business
they often make shrewd observa-
Thus, Sir SAMUEL MORTON PETO
1 , 1 ;'-k a most responsive chord when he
in one of his late addresses, that
American practice of railroad Wl
't Qtipeuding the profits of their roads
bUy Mg other lines, or in investments of
. .a , 1 , 1 - •Etate, without consulting the stock
was a practice that might be pro
of great evil and loss, and was cer
?l4l3: ilot known and would not be tole-
T ' : `'` l in in England. He thouaht that when
road earned any money the stock
should be paid their share of
•Ihrulits, and that no such heavy expen
sliould be undertaken by the officers
first consulting those who had put
money into the enterprise. These
";1,1,, Wore courteously spoken, but they
lif• sharply felt in more than one pow
9tmrter.
N :n l r . e eminent men have now visited
Cleveland,p, Louis, @ineinnati,
1.!) Saturday last, Chicago. At each
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of these places they were received with
great distinction, and spoke with stirring
and peculiar force. The ovation at Chi
cago must have been a marvel of its kind,
judging by the reports in tli daily Palters.
In a day or two we may expect them
in Philadelphia. We will not ask
what arrangements have been made
for their reception ; but thrie is a
peculiar fitness in extending to them a
marked as well es a magnificent greeting.
It is not only because they have invested
heavily in two of our great roads, and
that the Atlantic and Great Western,
Which they mainly own, runs through
one of the fairest sections of Pennsylvania,
But Philadelphia should honor them for
the manner in which they honor a former
Philadelphian in JAains ItlellErinv under
whose auspices and in response to whose
appeal they invested so largely in these se
curities. That esteemed, patriotic, bold
and untiring gentleman never more proved
his loyalty than in the efforts he made to
show that his country could not be beaten
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clown by the greatest rebellion of any age.
What is said of him all have seen. Now
read, in conclusion, his capital little speech
at Chicago on Saturday last. It is as fol
lows :
ma. Fausiomcr.—The many years of inter.
course which I have had with you, had pre
pared me for somethinglike the kind reception -
which I have received - in this country in con
nection with the completion of a great national
work; but I was not prepared—none of us
were prepared—for this reception, which has
amounted now, almost, or altogether, to im
perial proportions. I regret very much that
I cannot answer the toast so fully as it de
serves. My friend, Mayor Mee, in alluding to
the extension of the railroads in connection
with the West, confined himself to the hope
that we might give him facilities that would
take him comfortably , to New York without
changes. I can tell him that we are prepared
now to do a great deal more than that.
oCh another
ea r sh p l re p n are dm th en ro t u on h how—but
we are prepared and determined to carry
a double-track, broad-gauge railroad, not only
to St. Louis, but also to Chicago. [Loud
cheers.] - We are determined to introduce
some serious improvements in this communi
cation, and we hope to be able, within certain
limits of time, to send, at least, four express
trains per diem from this eity to the East.
We are prepared, also, and I think my calcula
tion Will be found correct, to carry produce,
Indian corn, for instance, from Chicago to
New York, under a forfeiture, within live (lays.
[Renewed cheers.] We are prepared to do that
at a very much lower rate of freight than has
ever yet been done. [Applause.] We think n - c
can do it throughout the year, not only in the
summer, but also in the winter. We shall be
able to do It at a large pro tit to ourselves, with
out which we could not undertake it, and yet
at so mach of a reduction from the present
ordinary rates of carriage as will, I believe,
amount to a clear profit to the State of Illinois
of *100,000,008 annually. [Enthusiastic cheers.]
These are the proverbs that will prove to be
true. Gentlemen here, who know the distin
guished engineer-in -chief of the enterprise—
the r,reatest in the world at the present day—
I think, gentlemen who know the great capi
talists who are associated with me, and who
say they are perfectly satisfied with the dispo
sition of the capital which they'll:ire placed in
my hands, amounting to over $50,005,000 within
the last folk years, will believe me when I say
that I think we shall be able to accomplish the
task which we have now undertaken. [Loud
and prolonged cheers.]
HOW THE HONEY GOES.—No. 9.
The expenditure of a first-chiss European
Power is very great. Last week we showed,
even from a Blue Book itself, that the money
paid to Queen Vicrourk and her falily by
the British people, or, if not by them, of
their own free will,
_out of the taxes chiefly
raised by the sweat of their brow, amounts
to three million dollars a year, besides
palaces on palaces kept in fine repair bud
splendidly refurnished, every year or two,
out of the aforesaid taxes. Ahd all this is
independent of additional sums paid - to
some members of that family „on ether
grounds. The Prince of Wales, for example,
receives about $75,000 a year extra, as a
general, and as colonel of a crack
ment, while the Duke of Cambridge, as
field-marshal, conimander 7 inchief, and
colonel of one of the best regiments in the
service, adds about $50,000 a year to his
parliamentary allowance. It would seem
as if there was nothing too hot or heavy;
with money in it, for a " Royal Highness "
to carry off. We are not quite sure (writ
ing this where we have no book to consult)
if the Prince and the Duke are not also
Keeper of Windsor Forest and:Ranger of
Hyde Parke, also paid for.
The diplomatic service costs England a
great deal of money. The embassy to
France, consisting of an ambassador and
four secretaries, with naval and military
(Nadas, costs about $75,000 a year. In ad
dition, the ambassador has one of the best
houses in Paris to live in, near the Champs
Elysees, the property of England. The
rent of such a mansion, furnished, would
be at least from $12,000 to $lB,OOO a year.
The Turkish embassy costs $55,000 a year ;
the Russian is the same ; the Austrian a
trifle less; the United States consists of
five paid persons, the ambassador and four
others, and COsts about $35,000 a year;
and so on, ranging lower and lower until
the ambassador to Morocco, last on the list,
receives only $2,000 a year—which proba
bly goes a great way in that dark-com
plexioned empire.
The British judges receive salaries which
would be considered enormous here. For,
example, the Lord Chancellor has $50,000
a year salary, and when he leaves office,
which he must do when his party is com
pelled to resign, he obtains a life penSion of
$25,000 a year. In- the first place, he pro
bably gives up from , $lOO,OOO to $150,000
per annum, which he realizes at the bar, to
accept a position which may be of brief
tenure. Lord ST, LEOIiALDS (better known
as the Edward Sugden, who wrote "On
Powers"), was Chancellor for only ten
mouths, February to Deeember,lBs2, and
Lord CHELMgFORD was little more than a
year on the woolsaek. Now, when
CHELMSFORD, long known. as
. having a bar
practice of at least $lOO,OOO a year; became
Chancellor, he gave up that practiee forever,
it being a positiVe rule in English practice
that an ex-judge never can return to tile
bar. He gave up a steady income of double
what the chancellorship could yield him—
he was, about fourteen months in office - -L-he
never could go back to the practice of his
commission and his pension of $25,000 a
year. Though it may seem large, it is not
a great compensation for the income he re
linquished.
The Master of the Rolls in England re
ceives $1:0,000, and in Ireland has 425,000
a year, The Irish Lord Chancellor has
$40,000. The Chief Justice of England has
$40,000 a year ; of the Common Pleas,
$35,000, and the Chief Baron of the Ex
chequer, the same. > Each of the twelve
other common law judges, as well as
three Vice Chancellors, receives $25,000 a
year. There are admiralty and probate
judges paid the same, and quite an
army of stipeediary police magistrates
and county court judges, each having
from $O,OOO to $B,OOO each. A dozen
blinkruptcy judges have $O,OOO. In
Scotland, there are about - fifteen judges,
Called Lords of Session, each receiving
from .$15,000 to $24,000 a year. In ire
hld, the judicial staff is somewhat more
numerous, as well as more costly. On the
whole, however, these salaries are corn.
pensalive for work done, and generally
well done. We come now to some cases
where this cannot be alleged.
The pension list of England is uncom
monly heavy, and is swelled up with
large grants to members of the aristocracy.
Five ex-Chancellors receive $25,000 per
annum each, as compensation for losing
the salary of double that amount, which
they respectively. xeceived in office. I'n o '
Irish ex-Chancellors have $18,400 each,
and five Eng - lish judges also have retiring
pensions of $25,000 per annum each.
Viscount AvoNmonE, grandson of that
BARRY YELVERTON, who was the bosom
friend of CunnAN and Paton Of the
bibacious and facetious Monks of the Screw,
annually pockets $20,950, as compensation
for an abolished and well-salaried legal
sinecure in Ireland, which his father
before him had held for twenty-five years.
The Earl of Ellen.borough, who has been
Viceroy of India, and is immensely' rich,
receives $38,500 as chief clerk of the Court
of Queen's Bench, of which his father Was
Chief Justice. The office became vacant
about sixty-two years ago, and the Judge
instantly conferred it upon his son, the
present holder, then a schoolboy, who has
never yet discharged any of its duties.
Then there is the Rev. MOWS TIIIIRLOW,
nephew of the gruff old Chancellor, who
receives $58,670 a year, viz: as Keeper and
Clerk of the Hanaper, (whatever that may
be,) as late Prothonotary of the Court of
Police at Durham, a nice employment
for a clergyman, and as pan tentee of
bankruptcies—never doihg duty in any
of these offices, The late Duke of
WELLINGTON, besides a national gift of
. $3,500,000 to buy au estate, had a pension
of $20,000 a year, which is eolith - tried to
his son, the present, and will be Pahl to the
next Duke. Sir H. M. 11.4.vm.0cx and his
mother have $5,000 each, to which no
Englishman will be found objecting. Vis . -
count ZYEISSLEY, who had $25,000 a year
as Speaker of the House of Commons for
twelve years, has a pension of $20,000 for
life "to support the dignity of the peer
:age." The eldest son of Lord
—OLCIIESTED,
an ex-Speaker, has $15,000 a year ; and
the son of Lord RAGLAN, who died in com
niand of the British army before Sebasto
pol, has $lO,OOO a year during his own life,
which will descend to his son, and his Mo
ther has $5,000 while she lives.
Some of the large English pensions are to
endure as long as the British empire itself
shall last ! The heirs of WinmeAr Pi cx
are to receive $20,000 for ever. Whoever
may be Lord RODNEY, to the end of time
is to be paid $12,500 a year, and every fu
ture Lord NELSON is to have double that
amount. The heir of the great Jotrx
Cutincumn, Duke of Marlborough, such a
famous commander in the reign of Queen
ANNE, is to be paid $20,000 a year
through the seeing seculorum, of :ths British
monarchy. As the grant was made in the
year 1702, the house of Marlborough has
already received $3,220,000 on this account,
which is a heavy payment for glory—con
sidering also that the Blenheim estate was
a present to the first Duke, the nation also
erecting Blenheim Palace for his Grace's
accommodation. Most curious of all, how
ever, is the perpetual payment of $12,800
a year to the heirs of the Dutch Duke of
Schomberg, who assisted WILLIAM of
Orange to fight the Battle of the Boyne.
It will be seen from, these items, selected
out of scores of instances, that monar
chial gratitude is a very costly thing.
Fr WAS a pleasant thing to learn from
the proceedings of the recent convention of
" Wool Manufacturers" that Pennsylvania
is rapidly gaining upon the competitive
manufacturing States in • this branch of in
dustry. The report records that during
'the last five years Massachusetts has in
creased leer woollen manufactures from
26,271,200 pounds to 43,022,000 pounds,
and during the same time New York has
risen from 11,708,850 pounds to 17,936,000
pounds ; while in the same period Penn
sylvania lias increased, hers from 6,223,850
pounds to 12,557 , 500 pounds. This result
places our State completely in the line of
this interest, and, although far from pre
eminent in it, we were gratified to find
that We stood so well in a branch to which
public attention has not been especially
attracted. Pennsylvania's oil wells and
mines of coal and iron, with all their con
sequent and attendant manufactures, have
been a subject of self-congratulation, and
we gladly add another to the list of her nu
merous minor interests.
LETTER FROM" OCCASIONAL. 9
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 1865
While we are speculating upon contin
gent cotton, problematical tobacco, and
possible rice crops, we must restrain our
impatient desires for exemplary obedience
and model governments in the Southern
country. When a whole people madly (I
had almost said deliberately) set to work to
destroy the sources of their subsistence,
and when they too sadly accomplish the
work of suicide, the relief and the cure are
not sudden and complete because the re
pentance is quick and sincere. Nor can
we look for the sweetest temper and the
readiest submission to events from a
people so long familiar to a life of ease
and so rudely taught the keenest of
sufferings. It does not make facts more
stern to say that these sufferings were
self-inflieted. That is a consideration .for
the histmian when he comes to distribute
censure and praise, and to prepare his de
cree for the judgment of posterity. The
immediate matter is not how to govern,
but how to feed the Southern people;
not whether they are patient under their
- burdens, nor whether they will make good
citizens, nor how they intend to treat
the freedmen ; but how they are (whites
and blacks) to get through the winter, As
I look upon the case in this light I am
sometimes tempted to smile at the ridicu
lous indignation of a few of the Southern
editors at the Northern " radicals," and
the no less " ridieulons" recrimination of
some Northern editors over these harm
less explosions. The power to strike the
hand that is stretched out to help, is in
such dismal disproportion to the necessity
for help, that one is half-inclined to call that
insanity which at other times would be
ingratitude. How long it will be till
such a people can again take the Govern
ment by the throat is not now the question.
It will not certainly be before they are
lifted out of their present sorrows and de
privations. Nor need it be a matter for
crave; apprehenSion that they will too soon
appear in congress to push us from our
stools. Tbere are in fact so many matters
of immediate necessity to adjust, that po
litical dissertations sound like idle mock
eries. It would seem, however, to be
within the realms of reason that when the
sharp pangs of hunger are satisfied, and the
deep wounds of voluntary insurrection are
soothed and healed, the generous almoner
and the good physician will not be incon
tinently kicked from the door. And we
cannot do otherwise than wait to see the
result of "the experiment."
ABANDONED LANDS—ORDER OF GEN - . CANBY.—
Cien. Canby, commanding the Department of
Loul,lana, ender date of the , 6tli inst., iesues
thVollowing general order relative to C0D11,3-
cated and abandoned lands:
"The commanding general understands that
persons whose property has been seized as
confiscated or abandoned, and who have had
it restored through the clemency of the Go
vernment, have threatened the tenants or les
sees of the Treasury Department with vexa
tious suits to recover rent for the terms for
which it has been held by such tenants or les
sees, and have endeavored to harass or coerce
them into compromising these unlawful and
unfounded demands, the tenants of the Go
vernment are warned that the rents for the
terms during which they are held under lease
or demise from the Treasury or other Depart
ments are due to the Government alone, and
up plea,or excuse of a payment to a third
party will be accepted or entertained, but the
iawful rights of the General Government win
be rigidly enforced and its tenants protected."
PERSONA,.
Emerson Etheridge will be tried by Court
martial at Memphis in a few days, for sedi
tion, in villifying and holding up to public
infamy Governor Brownlow and President
SohnOon.
Dr. Craven, formerly chief medical di
rector of the 10th Army Corps, and now chief
surgeon at Fortress Monroe, reached Peters.
burg on Monday. The Doctor is accompanied
by his lady and daughter.
William Mitchell, formerly member of
Congress from the Tenth district of Indiana,
died lately at Macon, Georgia. lie was a na
tive of New York, but removed some years
since to Indiana, where he made much repu
tation in the practice of the law, and became
an active and influential politician. InlBoo he
was elected to the House of Representatives
Of the Thirty-seventh Congress, and served on
the Committee on Ipdiati Affairs. He was On
an unofficial visit to the South at the time of
his death.
Rossini and Rosa Bapheur have been de
corated Dy.t.he Emperor of MeXice.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEIIII3I3R 20, 1865.
INTERVIEW BETWEEN TIIE PRESIDENT MD
A COMMITTEE OF ODD FELLOWS.
Joint MINOR BoTTS , OPINION OF THE
't" CONGRESSIONAL TEST OATH.
HE RECOMMENDS ALL VIMIHNLANS TO ONLY VOTE
FOR THOSE WHO CAN TAKE IT.
[Special Despatch to The Press.]
JOHN Ninon BOTTS has written S. letter to a
committee of citizens of Albemarle county,
Virginia, on the approaching Congressional
election in that State. It is dated Auburn,
near Brandy Station, September 12, and like
all the effusions of that gentleman, is
very long. In regard to the oath which
must be taken by all elected members of Con
gress before they can take their seats in that
body, he says that there is no constitu_
tional provision prohibiting Congress from
impoSing ally oath they may see proper, ex
cept it be one of a religious character. If any
elected members of Congress are tainted with
former treason, there is no surety that they
can get their seats. lie therefore thinks it
advisable for all voters to east their ballots
for those who can take the congressional oath,
and for them only, as there is not theslightest
chalice for the repeal, or even modifica
tion of this oath, at the coming session Of
Congress. There is, however, a probe
hility that it will be made more stringent,
for this Congress will be more radical
than the last. There is a suspicion now and
there will be then that the South is only physi,
tally crushed—the spirit of rebellion still
living. This suspicion will be increased by
disqualified parties presenting themselves
for admission. It will create the impression
that there is Some plot in conception to give
the control of the Government into Southern
hands, and, by that means, undo all the work
of the loyal North. accomplished during the
rebellion. Mr. Berms therefore thinks that the
people of the South should not votefor any one
who hesitates to take the oath in good faith..
lie denounces all those who are endeavoring
to create disaffection by saying that the can
didates should not take the oath. Their fool
isbnesS is only exceeded by their• spirit for
doing mischief. Mr. BOTTS concludes with a
stirring appeal to the people to abide by the
law, and all will be well. It is the easiest and
best way to accomplish their ends, and will, of
course, ultimately accrue to their benefit.
Major General HOWARD, commissioner of
this bureau, has received a communication
from Major W. I). SA ntrawr, assistant cornrais
sioner of freedmen's affairs in Arkansas, in
reference to a former slaveholder, by the name
of Brno, refusing to recognize the emancipa
tion act. The communication represents that
a freedman had made an effort' to get posses
sion of some property belonging to him from
the premises of his former master; and not
being successful, applied to the bureau of
freedmen in that vicinity for assistance, when
he was furnished with a circular bearing the
following endorsement from the provost Mar
shal :
"The bearer of this circular will be allowed
to take from the premises where his family re
sided everything that belongs to him. Any
person interfering with him will be held ac
countable for the same."
The colored man repaired again to the resi
dence of his former master, who read the
circular, and gave it the following endorse
ment
"The bearer of this circular 1 consider my
property still, having seen no enactment of
the Federal Congress 'nor our State Govern
ment authorizing any one to demand him of
me, nor anything furnished him while with
me. When I ant perfectly satisfied that the
slaves have been emancipated by such au
thority as is regarded as constitutional by our
higher courts of law and equity, then, and not
till then, will I willingly, by word or deed, make
any contract with a slave, nor regard them in
any other light than as property of those who
have either purchased or raised them, Of
course, I do not propose to interpose any force
or impede in any way the constitutional au
thorities of the United States. I am, captain,
the owner of the boy who hears this note."
The assistant commissioner, upon the re
ceipt of the endorsement, had :Man arrested,
restored to the colored man his property, and
lined the belligerent former slaveholder $5O.
This prompt vindication of a freedman's rights
has had a beneficial effect upon other refrac
tory spirits.
The Wood Torpedo.
The gallant Lieutenant GUSHING, who de
stroyed the Albemarle, will get, it is said,
some *30,000 as his share Of prize money out
of that transaction. lie deserves it ; and yet
the persevering Engineer Woon, who invented
the wonderful torpedo that did this work of
wonder of death, don't get aceat for his great
discovery. Being an officer of the navy, and
not in the brilliant action that effected the
victory, he gets nothing.
Joseph E. Johnston.
It is reported that Joseph B. Johnston, late
general of the rebel army, who was recently
defeated by Dlr. Buford for the prevideney of
the Danville railroad, is about to take charge
Of one of the most important roads in the
State of Alabama.
LEy Associated Press.]
Important Treasury Decisions.
The following is a synopsis of the decisiOna
rendered by the Acting Second Comptroller
A soldier receiving advance bounty on en.
tering the service, afterwards deserted, was
arrested, returned to his regiment, and served
out his time. On settlement of his claim, ad
vanced bounty was deducted from his pay.
lie claimed said deduction to be improper ;
held that an honorable discharge is essential
to payment of bounty, and having ; by deser
tion, forfeited the right to such discharge,the
deduction was properly and legally made.
All soldiers violating their contracts with
the Government by the crime of desertion,
during the time for which they were enlisted,
or drafted, have no claim to the pay which had
accrued at the time of desertion, or to any pay
ment of bounty provided by act of July 22,
iSse ; and any payments made in conflict with
this decision will be disallowed at the Treasu
ry.
An officer commissioned by a Governor, and
doing duty prior to the 3d day of March, 180,
but not mustered until after that date, is not
entitled to three month's extra pay.
A soldier in possession of Government pro
perty, and losing the same by ' , neglect of
duty," is responsible for its loss, and subject
to deduction of the amount of its value, from
any unpaid pay or bounty due him, unleee the
Government shall be otherwise indemnified
for the loss of the same.
The accrued unpaid pension Of a pensioner
deceased, without liars, reverts to the United
States.
The Odd Fellows' Interview with the
President—lnvitation to Baltimore
Accepted.
Josern B. :Mono',sox, of Pennsylvania, Past
Urand Sire of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows ; IL L. PAGE, of Wisconsin ; L. !M.
CAMPBELL, of Indiana_; E. D. EARNSWORTH, of
Tennessee ; F. A. Ellis, of Maryland; and Ws.
R. MCLEAN, of the District of Columbia, con
stituting a committee from the Grand Lodge
DOW in session at Baltimore, this afternoon
waited upon the President to invite him to be
present in that city to-morrow at the unveil
ing of the statue of Charity in commemora
tion of the introduction of Odd fellowship iii
the United States.
Past Grand Sire NICHOLSON, in his address to
the President, said that knowing the great
interest be took in everything calculated to
restore good feeling, and believing that the
convocation in Baltimore would go far toward
uniting the people, they had come to ask his
approbation and his presence, which would do
lunch to bind the people of the North and the
South more firmly together. The Southern
brethren had today expressed in the warmest
toms their love for their Northern brethren,
and he believed the unity between the mem
bers was more complete than ever.
OCCASIONAL
The President thanked the delegation for
their visit and the invitation, expressing his
gratification that they had delegates from all
parts of the country. The order by this con
vocation showed a good example—one worthy
everywhere of imitation. If he could possibly
accept the invitation he would, but if absent
lie would be present in spirit. The convoca
tion was at the proper geographical point,
and could not fail to exert a powerful influ
ence upon the people of the country in the re
establishment of good will and harmony. In
the course of the general conversation which
ensued, the committee understood that the
President accepted the invitation. In view of
this, the president of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company has ordered a special unlit
for tomorrow morning at half past 10 o'clock.
President JOIINBON will probably , be accom
panied to Baltimore by several members of
the Cabinet, and by the Mayor of Washington.
Judge Advocate Carew stated this morn
ing, that he bad subponmed ninety witnesses
ter the defence of Captain Wiaz, and Mr.
BAKER said he had twenty-two more. lAA that
they would not be all wanted. The prisoner
to-day appeared to be somewhat improved in
health, though lie was compelled by weak
ness to lie on the sofa during the progress of
the trial.
The St. Albans Raid.
It is understood that the Secretary of State
has been officially informed by the Governor
of Vermont that the Canadian authorities
have paid to the Bank of St. Albans in. that
State $39,512.15 in gold and $30,000.10 in bank
notes, pursuant to an act of the Canadian Par
liament, on account of the amount deposited
with the authorities upon the arrest of the St.
Albans marauders.
Pardons Granted.
President JOHNSON today granted pardons
to one Marylander, Seventy Virginians, one
WASHINGTON.
Freedmen's Bureau.
The 'Wire 'irtai.
seven North caroliniom root'
Georgians, two Alabamians, five Ali?,4
ippi
ans, and one * Floridian.
Southern Mail Routes.
The Post Office Department has ordered iger
vice on the Southern Mississippi ltailrcurV 111
conveying the mails from Jackson to MOT. t
clian and tntermedtate pOints,ninety-si Inffeh
and back, daily, at the rate of seventy-five
dollars per mile per a111111%11.. Other routes am
reopened in Geotgla.
Consul Appointed.
The President has appointed RAPZIAmr. 31
eonst4l at Payla, Peru.
The North Carolina Convention.
Major General I! ut,oer, in eirmand of the
Department of North Carolina, has issued an
order in regard to the conduct of the conven
tion election whiotr is appointed to , be held on
the 21st instant. As a matter of special inte
rest we annex the rules
I. On the day of such election, no officer or
enlisted man will visit the polls; nor will per
mission to leave camp or station be given to
officers or men, except in cases of necessity.
IL Officers having command of troops will,
at the re•quest of the Civil °diem having
charge of the elections, render all needful as
sistance for, the preservation of order. If seri
ous diSturbance should anywhere occur at the
polls, such disturbance will be at once sup•
pressed, and the guilty arrested, even if such
request he not made.
ILL Any person guilty of attempting, by
force, to prevent an prderly and quiet erec
tion. or interfering tlferewith, will be punish
ed with the severity due to acts intheirnature'
essentially hostile to the Government, and to
Mils end such persons will be arrested by the
nearest military commander, and all the facto
in each case reported by him direct to these
headquarters, as well as to his immediate
superior.
IV. Commanding officers of districts, regi
ments, posts, or separate detachments, will be
held strietly responsible for the enforcement
of this order.
V. The foregoing order is not published
under apprehension that the' conduct of the
troops would otherwise be improper; or that
the election would not be orderly, dint that
the evil-disposed, if such there be,
may be fore.
warned and without exense, and the - eleetiOn
be beyond suspicion fair.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Governor Perry's Message to the
State Convention.
The President's Policy of Restoration- Recom
mended by Him,
NKR' Yourc,.Sept. I.9.—The steamer Quaker
City has arrived with Charleston papers of the
lint instant.
The Courier Contains Governor Perry's mes
sage to the State convention. lie acknow
ledges the death of slavery, and counsels the
wise, just, and humane treatment of the freed-
Men, by which they may become as strongly
tattached to the whites as whilst they were
slaves. Legislation will be required to regu
late the relative duties of employer and em
ploye. The Governor suggests changes in the
State constitution, making it more popular
and republican in form. It is the reproach
of South Carolina that it is less so than any
other State in the Union. Ile is against ex
tending suffrage to the freedmen in their
present ignorant and degraded condition, con
sidering it as little less than folly and mad
ness. He contends that this is a white mans
Government, and the white man's only; that
the Supreme Court has decided that negroes
arc not citizens, and that each State has the
unquestioned right to decide for herself
who shall vote. Re suggests the election
of Governors, members of Congress and Le
gislatures, and presidential electors, directly
by the people, and that the Legislature should
befeleeted and convened in season to order
an election for Congressmen before the first
Monday of December. The future, he says,
will be bright and glorious. As long as civili
zation continues this great republic will
'flourish and increase in numbers, wealth and
grandeur, and in less than ten years we shall
realize in the loss of slavery a blessing in
disguise to ourselves and OW ehildren , He
notifies the convention of the re-establish
ment of the civil law and courts, and the
withdrawal of the negro troops from the inte
rior to the garrisons on the coast. The pre
sence of white trooPs will be necessary for
some time, to enforce the relative duties of
freedmen and employers.
THE INDIAN COUNCIL.
THE REBEL TRIBES RCN TILE TREATY WITH
A RESERVATION.
They are Opposed to a Confiscation of
their Lends, etc.
THE INDIANS ON THE RED RIVER IN A
DESTITUTE CONDITION,
Foam SMITH, Sept. 19.—The difference be
tween the loyal and disloyal Creeks has been
amicably adjusted. The rebel delegates of the.
various tribes are represented to haire signed
the treaty with the Government with a note
appended claiming non-forfeiture of lands,
annuities, &e. A committee was appointed to
confer with the Choctaws and Chickasaws re
lative to the treaty for a recognition of
the policy of the Government.
The Southern Cherokees submitted a report
stating that a committee had waited npon the
Northern Cherokees to arrange their differ.
ences, and ask them to recommend the Chero
kee council to repeal their confiscation laws,
who agreed to lay the matter before the coun
cil. The same delegation reported that about
0,000 Cherokees are in the Choctaw and Chicka
saw nation, on Red River, in destitut<circunt
stances, and asked the council for relief.
The 'commission has refused to recognize
John Ross as the chief of the Cherokee nation,
Ob aCCOunt of duplicity and bad faith with the
Government. A paper has been submitted by
the loyal Cherokee delegation, asking the Go
vernment to rescind their action.
NASHVILLE.
A .detaeliment of ( union Soldiers At•
tacked by the Sheriff with a Posse of
Aten—The Trial of Champ Ferguson
Ended—The Prisoner attempts to
make a Statement, but it is Sup•
pressed by. his Counsel.
NASHVILLE, Sept. 1111.—An investigation by a
board Of eilicers is soon to take place in this
city, relative to a detachment sent by General
Thomas to Alabama in search of stray Govern.
ment cattle. While near Galesville, a squad,
in command of Lieutenant Thompson, were
attacked by the sheriff, with a posse of men,
who claimed to be acting under orders from
Governor Parsons, of Alabama. One Federal
soldier was killed, and nineteen of the sheriff's
party were captured by our force. The sheriff,
and the man who killed the Federal_soldier,
made their escape. A thorough investigation
will bemade by General Thomas and Governor
Parsons.
The trial of Champ Ferguson closed to-day,
and the decision was forwarded to General.
Stoneman. Meanwhile Ferguson remains in
close confinement. Yesterday he attempted
to make a statement of his case, which was
suppressed by counsel.
The New York Fire.
NEW Yomc, September 19.—Among the losses
by the fire on Water street yesterday, are the
following
H. W. Hubbell, 11,000 bags Manilla sugar ;
Henry Ayer, 1,400 bales hemp T., Waterbury,
1,300 bales hemp ; J. Atkins', 200 bales hemp ;
Tucker & Custer, 300 bales hemp ; E. Wheeler
& Brother, 80 bales hemp ; iL Laurence & Son,
43 bales hemp ; Napier & Wellsford, 400 bales
jute ; W. & Son, 1111 bales Sisal hemp ; Da,
leth & Co., all the rags in the place ; Tobias
Hendricks & CO., 300 bales gunny cloths ; W.
B. Cooper, 100 bales gunny cloths; Harbeeks &
Co., 700 bales gunny cloths ; various Boston
firms, 1,900 bales gunny cloths ; W. Roper &
Co., 300 tons junk, valued at 530,000 ; Napier &
Wellsford, 300 bales East India cotton, valued
at 00,000 in gold; Phipps & Co., a large amount
of . indigo and shellac.
The insurance on the buildings amounted to
5200,000, and on the goods about *4,000,000.
Marine Diembster
BOSTON, Sept. 19.—During the gale yesterday
the Coranthe, Hopkins, of Edenton, N. C., from
Philadelphia fat Boston, With coal, Went
ashore near the highland Light, Cape Cod,
and went to pieces. The captain and one man
were saved, but five men were lost.
The English Cnl►lfaliittq in Toledo, Ohio,
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 19,—The English capital
ists arrived hero this afternoon, and the citi
zens are entertaining them with an excursion
on Lake Erie, and a banquet and ball will be .
given them this evening.
Heavy Robbery in Perry County.
NeWPOILT, Pa., Sept. 19.—A most daring rob
bery was committed at Blain, in this county,
on Sunday night, the 17th inst. The house of
David Shuler was entered during his absence
at church, and nine thousand dollars, in seven
thirties and compound-Interest notes, were
stolen ; also, two watches, wearing apparel,
and bed-clothes.
The Odd Fellows' Celebration.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 19.—The Ohio delegation of
Odd Follows arrived this morning, aecompa
nied by a band of music. They were received
and escorted to their quarters by the commit
tee of reception. .
Till TRIAL OF WIC.
IT WAS RESUME]) YESTERDAY.
A Statement of the Products of the Country in
• the Vicinity of Andersoniille.
T b,,,, Way the Bloodhounds Carried Out
the Will of their Master.
w o rw l e, whilst on Missions of Meru, Repulsed
by ilieOlier.
w as - 20 , Bi cyron, Sept. 19,—Mr. Baker to-day
mentioned the names of several witnesses
whome
reee. hos,it
of
hf
them,e aright tt h
teyboel said,
lc provisions
for the
testify
e
e g n e t eon :n neeted with the Audersonville
e
oil another in regard to the
department,.
relation
m n a
impesSibilit sr ot obtaining medicines, oven for
the Confedesate serviee.
Mr. B a ke r askft 1 that the subpoenas be sent
for these and The other witnesses heretofore
name d, by a spe Mal messenger. Some of
thern,qierhape r comid be reached by the mails.
Judge Advocate C. hipman said that one mes
senger could not rea eh those witnesses in six
weeks to serve an subpmrsse.. lie therefore
suggested that telegr ems be sent to the near
est military posts to summon• the witnesses.
This will save a largo amount of time, and be
as efficacious as despatching a special messen
ger.
Dir. linker saline had. been infOrmed that the
railroads were now in such a condition that
the heart of. Georgia could be reached in three
The COMA, after secret deliberation; decided
that time Judge Advoenlo issue subpomas fop
the persons named to thecommandunts of the
Southern departments.
The examination of witnesses was-then ra
mmed.
15. G. U. Heamtestified that he was employed
under the Confederate Government until
April of the present yearns chief of the Bureau
of War ; he identified the handwriting. of - Sc ,
cretary of War Seddon and Assistant Secreta
ry of War Campbell in connection with the
report of Colonel Chandler relative to the
abuses at Andersonville prison ; this docu
ment was heretofore received as evidence;
the witness had a emtversation with Jmige
Campbell on• the subject, and did not know
that it was acted , upon by the Secretary. of
War, although the document lay on his table ;
he thought he Would-have known the fact if
the paper had been acted upon by that officer.
Walter I f..DayeirlialJlt, residing at AffieriCtlo.
Georgia, testified that he was the tithe agent
for four of the countiess- r and that in the year
1831 he received as tithing 241.718 pounds of
bacon, 38,900 bushels of. corn, 3,557 bushels of
wheat,3,42o pounds of rough rice, 817 bushels of
peas, 3,700 gallons of sorghum, and 1,155 pounds ,
of sugar; trom the Ist or January to the lath
of April, he received from the same counties
154,725 pounds of bacon, 13,501 bushels of corn,
SS bushels wheat of old crop, 2,777 pounds of
rough rice. 854 bushels of peas, 5082 gallorts of
syrup, and 541 pounds of sugar ;'there was also
a depot at Andersonville; the witness said he
had heard that the ladies near Andersonville
had made two successful efforts to relieve the
prisoners, but the third time they were re
pulsed by Gen. Winder with insult.
Major Noyes was called to testify as to the
faetu touching the plea of O4lluSel, which they
had pressed with gravity . , that at the time of
the arrest of Captain IN irz the Government
Wedged its faith that the prisoner should not
be prosecuted if he would consent to go to
Macon,
In relating all the eiseumstances of the ar.
rest the witness said he went to Wirx , s house
at Andersonville, where he found him with
his wife and two daughters ; it was a hard
thing to take a man from his family; the
women were crying, and there was much
trouble; the arrest was made as quietly as
possible ; be informed Capt. Wits and his fami
ly that if Gen. Wilson found that Capt. Wirz
had done nothing more than his duty, and
acted in obedience to orders, he would proba
bly be released ; Gen. Wilson did not direct or
authorise the witness to give tile.' prisoner any
promises, and he did not think that he did ;
the prisoner remained under guard all the
time, and was never on his parole ; on the way
from Chattanooga to this city the prisoner's
life was repeatedly threatened, and he would
huff
o e
h p a ro d b i Lt o li t b a . e t c h % killed
b b e y e e un n a s e e r d a s u o a ld n i t c if rs
Captain James M. Moore, assistant quarter
master 'United States army, testified that the
number of burials at Andersonville was twelve
thousand nine hundred and twelve, of which
four hundred and fifty-one bodies were un
known. The number oftswea in the small.
pox. cemetery was sixty-four; these included
all he had been able to find ; he saw no graves
in the stockade; the bodies were buried in
trenches, from one hundred to two hundred
yards long, and so closely that the tablets con
taining the names and rank of the deceased
almost touched; the graves of those last buried
were not found marked, and no disinterments
were made for reburials.
John Id. Tonker,l2th United States Infantry,
testified that at Andersonville a sick man,
who had escaped from the hospital, Was re
captured by bloodhounds; his right ear was
almost bitten off, and other serious injuries
inflicted ; the witness took apiece of his shirt
and tied up the wounds ; the man gave a like
ness to a companion to deliver it to his mother
in the event of his death, - which occurred the
next morning; the deceased had travelled
thirty-five or forty miles when he was pursued
by the dogs ; he endeavored to climb a tree,
but was unable from weakness to do so, and,
lying prostrate,the hounds attacked him, with
the result already mentioned; the witness
said he met the old fellow who had charge of
the hounds In the grave-yard, and asked the
man why he committed such cruelties, to
which he replied that it was by order of Capt.
Wirz, who told him "not to bring back any of
the 'Yankee sons of b—."
111 r. Baker asked the court to disregard the
last portion of the witness' statement ;but the
court overruled the objection.
The witness said, on the first day of his arri
val at Andersonville he saw Captain Wirz,
who was threatening and cursing, and he came
at once to the conclusion that Wirz was a
rough customer; the witness saw apiece of tin
lying on the ground, and being a blacksmith,
thought he could make himself a pan of it
Wirz seeing him reaching for the tin, called
out to the guard, " Why don't you shoot the
Yankee son of a lr—h -'" he did not get the
tin; the witness spoke of the misery in the
lowest degree; the stopping of rations, the
chain-gang, the shooting of men at the dead
line, &c.
James P. Stone,
2d. regimentyof Vermont
Volunteers t testified as to his observations at
Andersonville, mentioning SeVer4 l cases of
cruelty similar to those heretofore stated.
Geo. Conway, 3d New York Artillery, testi
fied that he saw Wirz himself shoot With his
revolver a man who was trying to recover his
tin cup from the stream, into which he had
accidentally dropped it.
D. S. Oreutt and others were examined as to
the cruelties at Andersonville, when the court
adjourned.
NATIONAL BANK NOTE REDEMPTION
MUTINY OF MINK OFFICERS IN NEW YORK.
An Organization of New York Banks to be Effected.
[F on, last evening's New York Post.]
An aejourned meeting of bank CllieerB to
consider the subject of the redemption of na
tional currency, was heldthis afternoon at the
Clearing House. Mr. J. Q. Jones presided, and
E. Baylis acted as secretary. The question of
the necessity and expediency of making pro-
Vi.qolll for the redemption of the notes of the
National Banks was fully discussed, with
closed doors. Mr. Gallatin and other leading
bankers joined in the debate. There was little
if any difference of opinion in regard to the
ogeneralbaa come
to
o f a g dr i m ption.
A P lTe p t l irel y tl o m f a tit
dcmpted was the only important question
considered. No result had been reached at the
hour of going to press.
LATER
n T e h r e o m om e e u t t in t s ,
e of
o b l
e an ar k in o g i
o e
s s
e h. e A k s l
s t o o c -
i cl a ay tw It ,
and briefly reported in our second edition,
ended before three o'clock. The attendance
comprised representatives of thirty-five or
forty of the banks, but was smaller than the
lirst meeting. It is said by opponents of the
objects of the meeting that nearly all the
banks that were not represented are opposed
to the principle of redemption. They add that
the absence was the result of consultation;
but this statement is not credited. There
was an earnest and somewhat protracted
discussion, in which Messrs. Gallatin Colonel
Burnett and Calhoun were the principal per
sons concerned. Mr. Gallatin was decidedly
in favor of a general plan of redemption ; he
did not give his views in full, but alluded
more particularly to the difficulty of making
a system of redemption which would be gene
rally acceptable.
The other gentlemen named were also advo
cates of redemption as a necessity; and they
were hopeful that the objects of the meeting
might be accomplished at an early day. The
question of the possible action of some of the
New York banks—not named-was referred
to and it was thought best to gain an expret
sition of their proposed line of action at once.
A resolution that the committee of nine mem
bers, with J. Q. Jones as chairman previously
appointed on behalf of the New York banks,
ascertain what banks will join in an organized
system of redemption, and report at a subse
quent meeting, was presented, This resolu
tion, after discussion, was adopted, and Tues
day next was appointed as the day for the
meeting.
The folloWing are the names of the members
of the committee
John Q. Jones, of the Chemical Bank.
George S. Coe, of the American Exchange.
P. C. - Calhoun, of the Fourth National Bank.
J. D. Vermilye, of the Merchants' Bank.
Wm. H. Macy, of the Leather Manufacturers ,
Bank,
W. A. 'Medea,
Blvdenburgli,
C. P. Leverich, and
James Punnett.
No particular plan of redemption has yet
been discussed by the meeting.of lcew York
officer%
The Athletics at Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 19.—The Athletic Club, of
nilladelp/tiNflnished its series of games with
three clubs of this city to-day, with the follow•
ing results :, Enterprise, 6—Athletics, 33 ; Lin
coln, 13—Athletics, S ; Allegheny, 15—Athle
tics, 65. only seven innings wore played in
the lo.st-narned game. The Athletics have
been splendidly entertained here.
Trial of the Rebel steamboat Burners.
ST. Louis, Sept. 19.—The trial of the rebel
steamboat burners before the military commis
sion began here to-day, and the case of Wil
liam Murphy was taken up. Colonel Mills, the
attorney for the prisoner has given notice that
he shall summon as witnesses Jeff Davis and
Secretaries Mallory and Seddon, of the rebel
government, and Admirals Farragut pud
rortoL
THREE CENTS.
EUROPE.
The Political News Unimportant—The
French Highly Pleased with the Re
ception of their Fleet by England—
Speculations in(American Govern.
Dien t and Private Stocks Cattle
Stock from England, Holland, or
Belgium Prohibited front Passing
through France.
I , ..N•rar.r; Pour, Sept. 19.—The steamer na,
maz , ous has Das:.3ed this point { with dates to
the Bth inst.
The political news is not important.
Queen Victoria was to return to England,
from . Germany, on the Sth inst.
The annual Meeting of the British Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science had com
menced at Birmingham.
Sattherthwaite's circular of the evening of
the eth nays: "We have again reports of con
siderable business in American seeurigeS
There was a disposition to buy U. S. five
twenties, on the expectation of lower sales for
gold, until the arrival of the Moravian, report
ing the probability of a new loan, when the
quotations gave way 1 and after being 09 ;;4,
they dropped nearly one per cent., and closed
at GFNiO„6Bg, For Erie there had been numer
ous inquiries, and prices advanced More than
one per cent. in the week. Illinois shares, on
the oilier hand, InlYe been offered for sale, anti,
although Ihey exhibit no alteration in pride
from last week, the tone of the market is not
strong. r Railroad bonds are quiet, but the At
iantiC and Great Western are hi demand and
advancing,"
The Paris 111°7:ilea? is highly satisfied with
the manner in which the people and press of
England greeted the French]lea. The friendly
relations between England and France arc
founded on mutual interests and the unifok
nifty of their principles in matters of public
law. They rivalled one another in disinterest.
edness to ensure the independence of the
Ottoman Empircs and when France had freed
Italy, England determined no longer to re.
taro the Islands, and consented.: to restore
them to the original nationalities.
The Minister of Agriculture had addressed
a report to the Emperor on the cattle plague ;
and the Emperor iii Issued a decree, pro
hibiting the introduction or passage through
France of cattle from England, Rolland ; or
Belgium.
ComMercial
LIVBIIPOOL, Sept, 1 3---r, M.—The sales of cot
ton for the week have been na,soo baT6O, Mehl
ding 21,500 to manufacturer:), and 28,500 to specu
lators. The market closed 'Miner, but scarce
ly higher for American and!4VlAd• higher for
other descriptions.. The authorized quota
florin are fair °NOM' fa l Aditiliiltiling Orleans
ma , middling Uplands, Mobiles, and .Texas,
he sales to.clag were 10,000 bales, closing
quiet and 'unchanged. The stock of cotton hi
port is 351,000 bales, of which 23,000 are Ameri
can.
The Dtanellester markets are quiet and
steady.
Breadstuffs dull, but steady,. except corn,
which is easier.
Provisions quiet and steady, Lard firm, at
Fss.
. _
LONnON, Sept. Fr—P. 111. 7 -Colsols close(' at ROM
@:3O tor money. Illinois Cientral sham, 78'/c
7% Erie shares, 5414Q51X: Five-twenties, os l 4.
The bullion on the Bunk of England has de
creased £167,000.
THE ODD FELLOWS.
THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DUEGATES
ON THE INOST FRIENDLY TERMS,
THE PRESIDENT TO VISIT BALTIMORE TODAY
[Special Despatch to The Press.]
HALTIMORD, Sept. 19.—Large delegations , of
Odd Fellows are hourly arriving. Those from
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburg, and Wil
mington are already here. The reception wag
great. They marched through the principal
streets of the city with bands of music. The
ceremonies to-morrow will be of the most
imposing description.
President Johnson was waited upon to-day
by a special committee of invitation from the
Grand Lodge, including an invitation to the
Cabinet. It is understood that the Pkaaitleht
expressed his appreciation of the courtesy,
and also fully recognized the important atti
tude occupied by this wide-spread organiza
tion, which, by the way, is the only national
society which. has preserved its organizatiou
complete through the ravages of war. There
are' now here representatives from every
Southern State except North Carolina and
Florida, tual they„nre not represented solely
because the lodges there have been almost
annihilated by the war. The President ex
pressed his gratification at the opportunity
afforded him of participating in a reunion of
topresentativei from every part of our com
mon country.
The intercourse between the members of the
order from the Northern States and those of
the States lately in rebellion has been of the
most pleasing ebaracter. The Southern dele
gates express themselves as rejoiced beyond
expression at the termination of the war.
The President and Cabinet will, it is under
stood, leave Washington to-morrow morning
in a special train, reaching here at 11 o'clock,
when they willbereseived by the Grand Lodge
and escorted to the position asAignecl them in
the line.
The War between Brazil and Paraguay
The latest intellige, nee from Brazil shows
that the Emperor is malting eXtOlielYe warlike
preparations. At Rio Janeiro the police were
busily engaged in detaining all suspicious per
sons found abroad at night, and in impressing
in the streets and shops all Brazilian citizens
who Gould not prove that they were exempt
by law, or belonged to the National Guard
and it was expected that all eiemptions would
be swept away,and the exempted classes forced
to join the army or enroll themselves among
the national guards, as the Emperor had for
warded orders twin Rio Grande that thirty
thousand men must be sent WithOet delay to
reinforce the armies in the south. Troops
continue to arrive from the north and the in
terior, and to be forwarded to the island of
Santa Catharina, which is made their depot.
The iron-clad Brazil had arrived from Toulon,
but as her draught is sixteen to eighteen feet,
she will be of - little Service for the present
war.
The Comte d , Eu left on the Ist of August to
join the Emperor at Rio Grande, and it was
understood that both he and the Duke de Saxe
will take an Retire part in the operations
against the Paraguayans.
The Shenandoah Piracies.
Adviees from the Sandwich Islands to Au-
Oust 10th announce the arrival at Honolulu of
the whalers 'Antes Maury, Joseph Maxwell,
and Richmond, from the' Arstio Ocean S the
Maury under bond, with one hundred and fifty
sailors, composing the crews of vessels burned
by the Shenandoah. She reports the - total cap
tures by the Shenandoah at thirty, of which
twenty-six were burned and four bonded.
Their names were heretofore telegrapheth
The Maxwell reports ten whalers escaped,
without givingthe names. The Emily Jordan
nod John P. West had previously sailed for
the sea of 06hotsk,
Tug GRAVE or YANG mv.—A Montgomery cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette thus de
scribes the grave of William L. Yancey •
"It is marked by no monument. A plain
marble slab lying on a level with the ground,
and enclosed by a low iron fence, covers the
ashes of the once proud fire-eater. The name
' Wm. L. Yancey,' on the iron gate, is the only
thing that tells whosebones rest here. Strange
enough that one so ambitious during life
should, when dying, request his friends to put
no monument to Ins grave—so strange, indeed,
that I ate disposed to doubt it in the ease of
Mr. Yancey, notwithstanding an old citizen
tells me that was the fact. lie was an active
member of the Presbyterian Church in this
city; was remarkably gifted in prayer, and
zealous of good works generally—at least that
is the reputation he has here, ,l - re had a small
plantation and owned a few slaves, but was,
by no means, wealthy. Still he was the recog
nized champion of slavery and slaveholddrs.
He gave his great genius to the defence of an
institution whose destruction a pity- Pro
vidence bad not spared him to see. Many
have lived to see it whom, I fear, do not moth
by the lesson as much ashe would have done."
110 x. 'EDWIN M. Sratyrom—To no man—not
excepting the lamented President Lincoln—is
the Republic more indebted, on the score of
unflinching loyalty, incorruptible integrity,
lofty patriotism,profound sagacity, and mas
terly ability in the discharge of his onerous
duties—than to Mr. Stanton. In some respects
his responsibilities have been unequalled, and
sufficient to crush any man one would think,
however physically powerl'iil or mentally
strong. It is really a marvel that he has not
long Since succumbed to the mighty pressure.
Yet, if lie had done so, where could his equal
have been found? Of course,-he has had his
fun share of abuse, misrepresentation and dis
paragement to encounter from the envenomed
lips of rebels and Copperheads, and even from
some making the loudest professions of loy
alty to the Union; but this he has met with ad
mirable patience and marvellous self-control,
never once stopping by the way to notice any
of his assailants, either for explanation or de
fence. Can this be paralleled it political his.
tory I—Boston Liberator.
To BE MrEITERED Oum.--The Secretary of War
has issued instructions for the immediate dis
charge of the let Connecticut Heavy Artillery;
14th, Infantry 32(1 infantry •
, rad
i ; Id Indiana CavaioA tigth Mira
Infantry 2d owa Cavalry ; 10th Kansas In
fantry: 11th Kansas Cavalry; Ist Blaine Heavy
Artillery; 31st Massachusetts Infantry 3 Co, D,
Ist Massachusetts Heavy Artillery ; Mary
land Cavalry( sth Minnesota Infantry; Com
panies A and B of the lA New Ilamp!ililre
Heavy Artillerg • 3d New York Provisional
Cavalry ;2d an ' 4th New York Heavy Artll
- 59tb, 72d, isith and 196th, and 7th Inde
pendent uguipapi, Ohio Sharpshooters tieth
Ohio Battery••, 3d Die& Island ArtilliWY) ,a,n.d
rind,h and Wisconsin Infantry. The 12,tn.
Bth Indiana Cavalry have also been or
dered to be consolidated, to be called the 18th,
and 17th I..rew York Cavalry, or let New YoriF
Mounted Hines, Changed to the 4th 14'0W York
Provisional Owvalis ,
TIM COklri--..A. "DOZY itI,PAIEADER."—BieWS
double comet, which in 1840 occasioned exten.
she fears, ultimately allayed by the publica
tion of Arago's treatise, is again nearing the
earth. TWO comets were Seen in Nagiand on
the 20th ultimo, but they were much brighter
than Meta's, and their position Was not in ac
cordance with its calculated place. The co.
met will, according to the astronomers, con
tinue to approach until tli.!. end of February
next, When it will 1)0 OWI, ACM MiNto
diStantt, and invisible In this latitudes
TILE WAR P11132814.'" •
(PUBLISHED WEEKLY.)
Ting WAR Prrir,gg Will be ECTIt to F.lllWertbens
111711 (per a)tnwm in 4CS 0111
F' =e 10 00
:ECU ropieb • • 00 00
Larger elei)s limn Ten 01 be charged at the sires
rate, *2.00 per Copy,
The money met (away* aecomparty the Ordet". aNdr
in nn inatancc can them tell4B be &Waled If". Isu►
they arard•ofav Mite more Man the coat DlSPaffler.
ARP Postronetera are requena to abf as agent/
for Tax Wen rAzss.
air To the getter nil of the cilia or fan or t:weatly,
la extra cot* of tot papeV W ill km obeli.
RECEPTION OF PHILAOELPIRA . FIRE
, MEN IN PIITSRURG.
riviposira
[From Monday's Pittsburg Post-1
To-clay the Good Intent Hose' anti Hook and
Ladder Company, No. 2, of Pidladelphis;
arrived in 04 City, as the invitild guests of
the Duquesne Fire Company, of thi&eily. The
Good Intent Is, as the two bells upon the rear
of their fire-caps indicate, the second oldest
hose company in Philadelphia. Theyhumber
on this neritSJOn SW.lle sixty men, all uniformed
alike—with heavy black pilot cloth oTerco4o,
red flannel shirts, patent leather belts, and
New York fire hats. They bring with- them
their splendid new hose carriage, which cer
tainly looks as if it was built for service as
well as for appearance.
The display of the visitors to our city during
the line of march was certainly most impo
sing and if there WELB anything to be indica
ted by the shower of bouquets - heaped upon
them, and the waving of dada and handker.
chiefs, they received a most striking 'veep
tion.
rPon the arrival of the company, they were
received by the Duquesne at the depot, and af.
ter partaking of a substantial mcal at a neigh ,
boring restaurant, they were- escorted to the
line of parade. At the residence of J. J. GLI.
lespie : Esq., corner of Penn and Hay streets,
the visitors were formally welcomed to the
city iVyal, ti MeCiartity, Esq., in the following
remarks
“GENTLEMEN OF THE GOOD INTENT Bose.
The agreeable duty has devolved upon me of
welcoming you to the hospitalities of Um Du
(memo hpgind and Hose Company, In per
forming it, the pleasure ig !stormed by the
high character your organization beat% is the
Fire Department of your native city for effi
ciency and promptness ; and by the many acts
of kindness und(fritindship which, on former
occasions, hi Philadelphia, you have exhibited
towards the company I represent; taking uti
by the hand, and without other thelight than
determination to make as welcomorits hearti
ness and grace gave us to feel that you were
devoted solely to our enjoyment.
You have,gentlemen, been a conspieueess
example of that fraternal feeling which
should, as it iine, animate all firemen con
nected with voluntary amlociatkila like our
own—association' prompted , by no selfish ee
mercenary consideration. You, as well as our..
selves, have combined to gather and direct to
•a useful purpose the natural promptings of
true Manliegd, whielt always sleek the oppor
tunity to be nautili to thobi by whom it maybe
surrounded. In that endeavor you have ehosen
a path that calls for sacrifices of means and
personal comfort of which only those who
closely observe and have themselves taken a
part in, CDD at all Wm a true conception. No
sluggard; none not willing fiteVently tad&
vote many hours of hardest labor) in seasons
- and out of seasons—often times risking life.
has any place in your organization, He
must, to F)e a useful member, throw com
pletely aside all considerations of ease and
comfort at the call of duty to his peat; None
of effeminate physical organization can and a
fitting place among you ; e must have bone
and musele,to stand the necessary labor which
devolves upon him. It is no common man cam
stand your severe exertions in midsummer
at high noon, or endure your trials in the dead
of night in mid-winter, co erect OftentArria*
- from head to toe with ice. These trinls, gen-
tlemen, common to you r can only be appre
ciated by those who have partaken in them.
They require strength, power. of endurance,
and self-abnegation not possessed by those
who, hearing the ery of fire, or seeing the
BRIMS painting hell on the sky,” can quietly
turn over in their Dods and again woo the
drowsy God of bleep, feeling sure that yOU,
and those like you, are on the alert.
TllO prOnlptileSS, cheerfulness, and sums+,
With winch you have performed_ year ellarOUlt
labors have given you a name you may well bet
proud of. Your name has reached among fire
men west of the •Alleghenies, and , made ua
anxious to have you among us for a time, brief
as the period may be, to welcome and extend
to you such attentions as the Circumstances of
our situation may allow,
Gentlemen, in our manufacturing eitymilieti,„
as a city, has barely emerged front its chrysa4
lie state, we cannot show yea many such insti
tutions as make the attractions of your own
Philadelphia, with its accumulated °i }entiile t
literaryinnd architectural wealth, the growth
of generations, but we do hope to show you a
hard-working and industrious people—a manu
facturing hive, various and interesting invite
manifestations that will increase your knowl
edge of and love [Cr this part of our old Com
monwealth, and prove to you that We ill the
%Vest are doing our share to advance the inte
reqs of Pennsylvania and the nation.
When we have taken you through our iron,
w
5 - t eel, glass, coer and other works, you will
have learned t ha t Under our black and sooty
mospliere there is icing traitSfoiiiiied.frOln
the raw material much of that which under
lies the truegreatness • and independence of
our national life, and serve to inspire you with
ineveased admiration for the useful resOureeS
which add so immensely to the future pros
pects of the power and influence of our native
State."
At the conclusion of this, Col. F. S. White
(one of the apostles of temperance) was intro
duced to the audience, and, in a very neat ad
dross, acknowledged the courtesies 'that had
been extended to the company of which he
was the spokesman, He passed high enloginins
upon the character of firemen, and his remarks
were received with, much. earnestness by our
visiting as well as our resident firemen in a - t.
tendenee.
After This, the parade was formed; Mayor
Lowry had kindly detailed a strong body of
police, under command of. Chief Long, who
marched in advance of the procession, extend.
ing in two lines across the streets traversedby
the procession. Immediately following came
a barOliche efintaining_the invited Bneste, Col.
Philip S. White, Ca gro„k ll ,- 11 14or - 1 481117
Young, and W. C. IlleCarthy, nisei', of this city.
Immediately following this was the Jefferson
Cornet Baud, of Philadelphia, who were
brought out by the Good Intent, They num.
bered sixteen pieces, and made a most impoa.
ing display, as Well as they discoursed moss
excellent music),
The guests then followed with theirs plendia
carriage, and they were followed by the Du.
euesne, whose guests the visitors are. The
Duquesne made a very fine' appearance. The
carriageway drawn by two andthe steamer by
four spirited black horses,
After the DuqUesne came the - Eagle Fit%
Company in citizens' clothes, their equip.
ments not having arrived. Their engine
(steamer) was without her "jacket? but the
boys were determined that under no dream.
Stances should they be necillied of discourtesy,
and, although unprepared, they turned Wit ht
strength.
The Hope, of Allegheny city, next followed,
with a strong force of uniformed men, a horse
carriage with two horses, and their magnifl.
Mitt steamer drawn by six WASPS; and, then
came the Neptune carriage, drawn by tfia ,
horses, and the engine by four. The appear•
ance of this company was very fine.
The Niagara then put in an appearance in
full foree t ilnely uniformed. They had a hose
carriage (}Fawn by a horse s and tbeir steamer
by a noble pair ofliorsde.
The Independence, with their splendid ear.
riuge, one of the finest of thepie, Was followed
by the Columbia, Hose Company of Allegheny
city, with a large force of well-equipped - men,
a hose carriage, and hook and ladder truck.
The display was a most imposing one, and
reflected great credit upon those getting it Ulf.
Among the men in the line of the Good
tent was Grandpap Jacob Triplet, Esq., of the
United States Engine Company, of Philadel
phia. We knew hi - m as a fireman in' Phihniel.
phia at /east a ouertor of a century since, and
to see him in lino with the old States+ equip.
ments on brought recollections to us of many,
g
an excitin time in our boyish days. "Bobby] ,
Elliott, of the Vigilant, could not consent to
the old gentleman's tramping the long route,
emi t preeining a conveyance, drove him In an -
honorable position in the line.
We understand that the arrangement was
that tile companies were to visit the theatre
and opera-house on to-night, and the arrange
ments have already been announced for the
beiriilCo of the time, We Will illiiko,unee,_ o l tat,
sent, however, that the Vigilant taxes nee 6E
the guests on Wednesday evening, This will
be ajete ' indeed; but we suppose that the Good
Intent gentlemen can stand a reasonable
amount of champagne and recreation when
away from home.
NEW YORK CITY.
NEIV Yong., Sept, 19,180,
THE CATTLE. MARKET.
iteeves searce,ana 1 /te. Digher, sales at 10e
Ric, The cattle were mostly geed, am the
bulk sold above Ric, The receipts wore 1,900
bead. Yeats active at 9 tol3Ne. Cows steady.
Sheep and Lambs were hi her , and sold freely
at 441,99@e—mostly at $7.500.5. Receipts, 22,900.
Swine higher, and in go9cl demand at 119 /0/LIK:
Receipts, 11,000.
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE,
SECOND WAKE,
100 Comb Coal Art, 441. i
50 Patellle MScrip „.,210
;',NIO J allway
qil 87 tf,
1 500 do
1100 do .45. AIN
300 do 2d. call, 87)
NO Erlajtallwff pt., 84
100 liturltlver R 108
500 do
200 Readinw it 1574
100 )4lgh x I it—, 074
EOO Cloy & It 11 ` ll 9i
.100 0111 &
10 0111 11 & 11, IZS
100 & P 1)u 52 , 1;
100 do 63
$70001.1 Os 5 -20 r 107:11'
050001 J S Ss -107 M
5060 T OS HO, ,r,14. 105 ,„..16
601 100000 U as 10-48... c, 87 11 S
do 84
12000 Tr N 73-10 MI s. • 903 x
4500 do ad s 991,1
15100 U 58141 y eer owls 98!11
500 Va State Os 57
131300 310 St 65 77
1800 310 es Pae 11 lssn 77
Non 0 & Cer 27X
100 Cale 3t Co 4734
100 Con Coal C 0.530. 09f. ,
100 do 5934
100 Ant 0001 64
'ig - 1 8 1; Now (Trieins,
SHIP
shilS
Markets by Telegraph.
11eu.2 , 1120aa, Sept. at—Flour is steady West.
ern extra $9.50; Ilowar.l. , street superfine *8,02.
Wheat steady; receipts of prime very light.
Corn dull, oats arm et,PrOvisfons
are held Brialy. Tile stook is much tech:Wed.
Whtsky very firna VVestern *32, Flaxseed.
Timothyse ea *Lire&
tSeTaA.llv.faut;l44s,Lept. la—Cotton is quoted at 31
4..ve. Pork advanced to +28.75@29.30. Lard
flrtn µt 2440. LOON 7}rioo7l Shoulders lic,
ci t icAoo;Sent./90—Flour dull, Wheat active
at tue opening, at 136 1 / @ 1370 for No, 1, cleSiaii
dull at 141 ; bro. 2 active within the rano!, 0
114/4118e. Corn active, anu 2e higher hsaies
at Ulc for No. 1, and 590 for No. 2, Oats kaiet
at 33%113334e. Freights, 100 for corn to litatalo.
HightrllloB steady, Provisions arra and arc.
changed, Re eeipte•
Flour, bids 8 000
•
Wheat, bush 6400 103, r 000
Corn, bush, 223,000 211,004
0at5,55,000 9400 a
AtILWAVICILE, Sent . 10.—Flour 0 , 110 100
lower, Wheat unsettled; sales 30,000 Dualele
at 133 1 4134)4c. Freights unchanged,.
Ree.l l 2to. Shipload.
Flour, bbls 30,000000 •
. 000
Wheat, 99 1 999
.... •
,
THE DAUB'S OF GNIMIRAL JOIVNBTOWS 'lad Du
FBAT.—The Richmond .Tiines of Saturday exa
plains the defeat of the ex-Rehel General Joa.
Mains the
as pr_enident of the Manvilleroad Cointiarty. RIR defeat waS
vote of the State being cast for his opponent,
Mr. Charles Buford, by his proxy, Chas. Pal
mer, of Richmond, an unflinching Unionist,
who was imprisoned by the Confederate au
thorities for big Union sentiments.
CHEBTICtrT4IIIVP.T TREATRE,—MiIta Retest
Western appears for the last time as Cerithiatlo 4
in the Flowers of the Forest t li Oils evening.
nor success in this city has been greAl. 1 4146
tuoittro is nightly ormilea.