THE plet - mss. I,r igjy ß To DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) Y JOHN W. FORNEY. OryicF: No. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. IRE DAILY PRESS, c ; l7 tsubscriberg, fit NIGHT DOLLARS PER in • advance ; Or FIFTEEN CENTS PER lowable to the Carrier. Mailed to Sub ibers ent of the city, SEVER DoLLAris Tomes Dorz,AsE4 AND FIFTY CENTS FOR jaw rfrO: ONE DOLLAR AND Saviracry-riva P co goo THESE MONTHS, invariably in advance ,the ti me ordered. A dvertisements inserted at the mat rates. , xll/5 TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, lishe d: l l an iit e li e seriliers, Vous DOLLARS PERAN aii , iw,,,ravasNimmi , mmemximmamm g t rtgs IV 4 FATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1865. THE NEWS. nether medical officer of the Anderson -1,,e pri3On named Dr. Hopkins gave in testi.. 0 0- :A the Wirz trial yesterday. He also ~e - s e hted a report he made in conjunction I ,,: i i,Pr. white, on August Ist, 1804, pointing ~ the horrible sufferings of our men, the .„ ,.n t of attention that should have been paid ..:;tlaqu. the unhealthy condition of the camp, ,1 ir , ommending such changes in the diet To lii-v;pline as would conduce to the health file ~!..riners. This report Was presented ~6 e;, , nil Winder with the signature of Dr. 4, 1 ,ki, - alone, but it did not receive any c„;, ,, J,.:1 from that official. Dr. H. said he "-' - ;;e: • !:now who was to blame, but Captain , i- ~ i i ,-. —.ll immediate charge of the camp. ' •,, c ).ivocate Chipman. presented. an order lie to show that the Richmond authori :g.,. WV t (... aware of the existing state of things, Il d t i, ; .t Ge • - General W. had power to apply a iniel!.•• A shipper of supplies at Americus . :.,. , iti. , l that he did not think they were ever , ••• of bacon or meal. The provisions were ',: i .,:.alne as were given the Confederate army, pOILo- rebel surgeon gave a picture of the •,:aut. -• , of the stOClade, and of their dying oh -- • • •-• arvation and cold. The said Dr. ~e r c.,o:l in charge of the hospital had been ;, 23 ,1 guilty of embezzelling the hospital ':,op• amounting from $lOO,OOO to $150,000. A L ;ptai a Wilson said he, with others, were con ,.:ed in a small room, and would have died. ol it iFtavvation. if they had not bought pro. r , i0;.. , .. Outing the trial a witness detailed some of ~, o l warities of Wirz, which he witnessed. ;he of them was the shooting of his comrade, ;test in charge of a dead body. The prisoner • . , , t only did this, but took all the money on ...iper,son. Wirz was told to stand up before ip-:coutt f upon doing which the witness re. ; ; adi - 0.1 him as the one who had killed his fiartnie. Wirz endeavored to contradict the i ,:aa. lad he was prevented. He sank down in F , i; ,,;,1. On being told to arise again he had. )1 ,, ,pperted, but when the witness again ~ e ia' tied him he fainted away. The despatch 4; that it is probable he will not live to see ; - ; a N.,, of the trial. wiclury Stanton's order to Gen, Thomas, ; trar..3fer the control of. the Tennessee rail :lli and their continuations in other adjoin ,,,2 s tat t.'. - . from the military authorities to the :ril, has the following proviso : Every corn .sny Will be required to give satisfactory ,0, -, to the Government, that in twelve ;Nths from the date-of transfer, or such tiller reasonable time as may be agreed upon, x v:ill pare, fair valuation for Government .:01inty turned over to them ; said property t.riag first been appraised by competent tti ilk-interested parties, the Government re ,rch g all United States dues for carrying :L ai and other services performed by the gala, , ' es until the obligations are paid ; and ,f, Wl:er. the debt becomes matured, the VT , : of Government dues so retained does 91buttlate the same, the company is to pay ;:eIN,.: ail ce in money. Dr. Flancis Lieber, in a letter to Secretary 3cuu. proposes that the claims of American Ltize:. , against the British Government, for I tim,,, during the late war done by such re?, - Wr: a; the * Alabama, be referred for de . bi. :'.onto , ;he law professors of some of the best German. niversities, who would be able to :laid, upon them as experts in international ,ur.a:::i thus settle a question of some in 2.- "rt: - :ICC. i,>.- been ordered by the Secretary, of the Ay ; that whenever a court-martial shall im t: sentence, inchiding forfeiture of pay, ;,011 .11 - 5 - one in the naval service, the court ease of commissioned officers, State rate of pay a . pd time of said forfeiture, all other cases fix the amount of pay so stating it in dollars and cents. 115, been decided by the Commissioner of .11Elral Revenue that butchers who pay a tax ;filt , nay also retail other merchandise than :O.; at the same store. Those who pay a 11- , t:i:K :.f may peddle meat or fish without a 1.1,1t(-3.•? license, but cannot sell other ar ta.. vary McCulloch announces that his air :: tilia withdrawing the compound-interest ::ea:,vl:. notes applies to assistant treasurers tail depositaries, and not to banks Or private individuals. He will, however, with.,law all notes as soon as practicable. Tinr city authorities of Chicago having der tyre 7 war to the knife against the slaughter- Lone owners of that city, as public. nuisances, he butchers assembled in public meeting and Leclared that, if not let alone, they would stop Atelu/ing altogether. On Thursday the Alabama State Convention, 3inetgomery, passed an ordinance ratify ' :salt the laws passed by the Legislature du. g the war, not inconsistent with the Con- :tutiou of the United States. Lidinp Meade, of Virginia, has strongly lief Ore his diocese the necessity of re ith the Northern wing of the ehuroh. ions endorsing his views were almost ...2aLlmously adopted. Rowland is in Canada endeavoringto 1 the capitalists there to embark with la:lean gentlemen in the construction of Lake Superior and Puget Sound Railroad. llow.boat named the Nimrod exploded at ::1 , -' , l;rg yesterday, killing the captain, and cul;:y wounding the firemen. The engi kr. Li:, wife, and boy are misting. Citizens having claims against foreign Ga .innuents, other than for contracts, are no '4e(i to present them at the State Depart en. An important decision by the Second Comp. of the Treasury will be found among i)ceial despatches. 4, R, Shepherd, of Chicago, general 41rtary of the Freedmen's Bureau, is in • General A.Bird has been appointed commissioner of freedmen's affairs. Tic I,s.cal race between the Algonquin and oelci commenced at New York yesterday. zeLetary Stanton is now the only member' :fil. l z.binet absent from Washington. L,st of the fortifications around Wash gtol have been dismantled. !hierc , iting matter concerning the freedmen he found elsewhere. c.vernor Gordon, of Georgia, is at. Wash asking pardon. Wag dull yesterday, and the sales were 104, only, owing to the firmness of Wheat is dull and unsettled. Corn zqQats are in good demand at the advance. zitia is without change. Coal is more se (•• and prices have again advanced. Fish ruit are without change. The receipts of iii continue very large, and the demand I:ll,liient is good, at full prices. The prd, ;;Inn inarket continues very quiet at former whisky is more active, and prices are '!Al..:tintained. Wool is without change. 71 -cock market improved yesterday. Go bonds sold at 14 to 3,/,. higher. Read and OitaWinn, were still rising :sales at the advance. GOLD AND GEMS IN MONT CENTS. Tl.l World attempted to surprise New yesterday, by publishing a sensation um what may be called romantic, but 'IrY ha l( 11. in the nature of a romance. It five columna of small type, pro tes IT a letter from one " ARTECTII2 ;5": 1 , civil engineer, Stuyvesant place," oik, and to contain the confession [li.Leiostn'e of one STEFANO TAGLIARE t a l ' l hi:sl in jail at Suza. The ingenious of this article is the index to its 41 ' t!'-. and runs thus, in several varieties I Vily-displayed type : "A Dazzling Gold and Gems found by the ' ,ll 'd! , : yard in Mont Cenis tunnel. An Al -1:o)eonda. Diamonds, sapphires, ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst, chalee :4lY, cornelian, turquoise, opal, malachite, plaiinum, etc., etc., in Endless raguE.ion, Monte Christ() in Savoy. Work `Hie tunnel suddenly suspended. France 1 't 11 3: dividing the spoil. The Discovery 6'l ' l '"'i up. Official persecution of the un fltllfi Aladdins. TheDriginal Discoverer t . red by his Fellows. the Affidavits Itd Letters, &c., &e., ac • " Ally mineralogist can testify that it is t4 Miiie for gold, silver, Platinum' and L4 / a chite to be found together, and that it t• ' llattliy impossible for eleven different v , at ielie of precious stones, from the dia .4,tll( to the petty garnet, to be found in n;ith the above metals and with ta cLl,ther. The writer has "piled up the `''' Qa Y" much too wildly as well as too 4t ,. /b lig;) - in his description. - Desiring to , r!(: as a DumAs, he has not risen above 413 natural status of penny-a-liner. The 11ror2d fears that the "unprecedented 41h,! lifiCeILCC" of this narrative "may pass linguess of credulity," but declares i lLat it is difficult to espy a weakness in Moreover, the 'World says "It is re. : 41 : 11 )1Q that this extraordinary occurrence boundary between France and Italy 1 ,. 511111 first see light in a New York paper." Phnnot see anything extraordinary in ' t 1 much more imposing and far bet fi,,,written narrative appeared in another t z York paper, more than quarter of a uu al ago, and bears the wellanown. 7 . . • -44,. - .7, - •• : Ina * - - - • ..- • • • ebt \ \t l ,1 1 1 1 - ,;•• • -.0111111_1_• • ...;. _ , ST-1:1! • r, 7 4 Mt: . . 04 1 tic; Ps • , . - • - r1 11 l!f - • MOW, - I I 10 1 • ' • wit. - .7777 - -••4 -7 •- , . . VOL. 9.-NO. 47. title of " The Moon-Hoax." We know not how much of the weakness of credulity" may be in our mind, but we believe of this Mont Cenis story exactly as much as we believe Mr. Loos - Vs very clever " Moon Hoax "—as much, and no more. To be candid with the gentle public, we must confess, that we are not prepossessed in favor of any foreign " yarn " which is spun out in the columns of the World. We recollect how, three or four months ago, it -published what professed to be a letter from a special correspondent at FlOrenee, in which, with an audacity of assertion which would have been characteristic of Baron Munchausen, the writer told the readers of the World that the difficulty between Plus IX. and VICTOR EMMANUEL had been ami cably settled ; that the Pope and the King were henceforth to be the very best friends, and that the Pope, to show this to the world, intended, with his own hands, to crown VICTOR EMMANUEL as Emperor of Rome, the ceremonial to take place in St. Peter's Church, the glory of the Eternal City. Not one wprd of this triple-faced ertna,pd was true. The World must have immediately discovered its fafilty, but to this day has not apologized to its readers for having hoaxed them. This is one of the reasons why, dis trusting the truth of the World's foreign tales, we cannot swallow this Mont Cenis romance except with a grain or salt as big the mountain itself. GOVERNOR AND MRS. CURTIN returned last evening from a visit to New Haven, Connecticut, where their son begins his collegiate course. They leave for Harris burg this morning. The health of the Go vernor is so much improved that he has consented to address the people of the northern counties before the coming elec tion. LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL." WAsaixeToX, Sept. 22, 1865 It is always best to meet a stern reality, like a stern misfortune, more than half way. That the great body of the Southern people lately in arms against the National Govern ment will soon be restored, if not to what they consider their rights, at least to their former relations, is a fact, however opposed or denounced by mere politicians, that we should philosophically and practically pre• pare for. After thus admitting what it would be folly to deny, let us then ask our selves the question, shall these Southern peo ple come back into ae national febnily as our friends or our foes? Shall the politi cians who still profess to sympathize with them be allowed to continue to deceive and direct the Southern masses as they de ceived them when they sympathized with them before and during their insur !teflon against the national authority ? And these questions are at least as impor tant to our Southern countrymen as to our selves. The political future, whatever temporary diversions may occur, will be in the hands of the present anti-slavery ele ment, unless there should be such a fusion between the masses North and South as will forever obliterate the. passions which produced our civil war, lead public sentiment into new channels, and organize it for new missions. The Southern people will hold a subordinate position to the Northern and Northwestern majorities, un less the sectionalism born of slavery and the spirit resulting from the disputes of the last generation are buried forever out of sight. There should be little left to quarrel about between what were once known as the Free and the Slave States. Probably no people living under one Government so stubbornly, and during so many years, mis understood each other ; and yet no people have at the present time a more hearty re spect for, and thorough knowledge of, their own peculiarities, interests, capacities, and common destiny. The secret of this truth is the fact that the great war, which came as a necessity and almost as an irresistible fate, dissolved all this mutual ignorance, and substituted for it that higher and that man lier spirit to which I have referred. When John Hickman, on the first of May, 1860, in the House of Representatives, laid down the following propositions, he was charged by certain classes in the North and the South with increasing and spreading the bitterness which already existed between the sections ; and yet there is, as will be perceived by any one who reads his now pro phetic words in the light of reason and of recent and passing events, a marvellous philosophic admonition in them : "Sir," said Mr. incicman, "if ninety Repre sentatives in this hall can control one hundred and forty-sevens if thirty Senators yonder can govern thirty-six; if fifteen feeble States can rule over eighteen powerful ones ; if minori ties can overcome majorities, and weakness strength % let us not further degrade ourselves by whining , complaints against the former, but let us, in as manly a way as we may be able to do so, acknowledge their superiority over us, and have it written down in the archives of the nation, that our children may understand it, and learn their plain duty from it. If any one supposes I entertain a feeling of animosity towards my Southern brethren, let me here and now disabuse him. I com mend, I admire them for their boldness and success but whilst Ido so I have an unspeak able contempt for that pusillanimity which enables them to exercise the one and accom plish the other. Iwould have them imitated in their State pride and lack of gold greediness; in their zeal and energy, their frankness and their skill. If we were more like them we would suffer less, and they would respect its more." They would not then secure all the powers of Go. vernment and all the patronage of office. Our Northern Presidents would be full-grown men —Commanders-in-Chief of the Army and Navy ; executing the laws, suppressing incipient treason, and maintaining the spirit of our institutions. Our cringing Buchanans would be moulded into inflexible Jacksons, and the times of honesty, and confidence, and quiet good feeling would be restored." Mr. Rieliman's ideas have passed through the fiery furnace of war and the purifying alembic of blood, and have proved to be invincible and enduring. We have, indeed, learned from each other. The Southern minority has been taught to yield to the Northern majority ,• intolerant slavery has expired at the foot of robust freedom ; mil- - lions of acres of land, i heretofore owned by a few aristocrats, and tilled only for their luxurious ease, have been swept by the besom of war—swept clean—purged Of all disease and crime, and will soon be covered by new populations, in their turn to be succeeded by refluent waves of perennial, unending prosperity. Into the South will now be poured all those intelligent, ener getic, and inventive faculties which have laid under tribute both land and sea, have broken down what were supposed to be insurmountable obstacles, have Car ried the " old flag" from the shores of one ocean to the shores of another, and, even while grappling with and overthrowing the rebellion, maintained peace and comfort, private rights and pub lic order in all the free States. From the South on the other hand, we of the free States have gathered lessons scarcely less valuable. Besides being introduced into new fields of benevolence and enterprise, we may profitably imitate that which Mr. Hickman well calls " their lack of gold gree diness, their zeal, their frankness, and their skill." We may also study those qualities which created in the South a class of politi cal leaders, not such as Calhoun, McDuffie, Jefferson Davis, R. M. T.. Hunter, and William L. Yancey, filled with the devilish instincts of slavery, but leaders like Jeffer son and Jackson, who having discovered the truth adhered to it until it was carried to tomplete and practical success. If sla very did one good thing in the South in creating a special class, it was that from this Class was born a race of bold, daring and original minds, who controlled Administra tions and Congressds, and were kept in their seats by small and therefore willingsnd obedient constituencies. I look forward to the day for an admixture of the various and heretofore differing characteristics of the Northern and Southern people, that will consolidate a race which will be a new example and a new wonder to mankind. Of this race the leaders will be giants and not dwarfs, patriots and not Pifilnioi• OccautortAL. WASHINGTON. STRANGE SCENES IN WIRZ .TRIAL YESTERDAY. The Prisoner Identified es the Murderer of a Soldier. THE HORRIBLE AGONY HE SUFFERS- HE FAINTS AWAY Explanatory Circular Regarding the Compound- Interest-Bearing Notes. ONLY THOSE IN GrovEENHENT HANDS TO BE RETURNED Special Despatches to The Presed WASRINOTON, Sept. 21 Foreign Friends end Foreign Fools. The English gentlemen who have been travelling and speaking in the Western cities, are the very best set off to the foreign fools they left at home. The British Yankees, headed by Sir Monrox Faro, invested their good sense and their good money in our rail road securites at . a time when it required a deal of hard thought and brains to undertake such a risk. They are now getting back the most grateful returns in the shape of a double premium; first, in the confirmation of their own honest judgments, and next, in large fat dividends. Their countrymen, comprised in the list published by order of Mr. SeWARD a few days ago, have proved their claim to the title of fools by lending their money to the rebel financiers, and being justly chastised by their own self reproaches—the scorn of strangers, the contempt of the Union men of the United States, and the loss of everything they lent. What adds to the poignancy of this chastisement, is the knowledge that a good deal Of Spite was commingled with this gambling in rebel bonds—that many of them bought "Confederate" securities because they hated the American Government, and wished to see it broken down, and, therefore, they loved the rebel _traitors. How much better they would feel if their millions were now safely in the same securities in which - Sir MonToN and his party are concerned! No more just retribution has ever overtaken a reckless and desperate aristocracy. Honor to the Friends, and shame to the Fools! *** Freedmen's Affairs. Officers have been ecleeted to complete the medical staff of the Freedmen's Bureau. They have been selected from ah extensive list of unemployed medical surgeons, through the recommendation of Surgeon General RA.npres. The following is a list of the &deers and their stations Chief medical officer, Surgeon Caleb W. -Hos mer, United States volunteers, Washington, D.C. _ . - - Surgeort•in-chief of the District of Washing ton Surgeon Robert Rayburn, Washington, D. e. Surgeon J. J. D. Lamater. Richmond, Va. Surgeon M. K. Hogan, Raleigh, N. C. Surgeon W. It, Dewitt, Beaufort, N. C. Surgeon J. W. Lawton i Auguata, Surgeon J. N. Applegate, Tallahassee, Fla. Surgeon Charles J. Kipp, Montgomery, Ala Surgeon J. W. Ilenzer, Galveston, Texas. Surgeon E. Griswold, New Orleans, La. Surgeon T. B. Hood, Vicksburg, Miss. Surgeon R. R. Taylor, St. Louis, NO. Surgeon J. H. Grove, Nashville, Tenn. Major H. W. SMITEI, late of General AI:TOUR'S staff, who reported to the bureau yesterday, bas been ordered to Charleston,. south Carolina, as assistant adjutant general to General SAX TON, assistant commissioner of 'freedmen for Georgia and South Carolina. The following-named officers are announced in circular No. IS as assistant commissioners of this bureau, for the States respectively act opposite their Dames : Brevet Major General K. Saxton, for Georgia and South Carolina, at Charleston, South Caro lina. Brigadier General Davis Tillson, acting as sistant commissioner for Georgia (reporting to Brevet Major General R. Saxton), at Au gusta, Georgia. Brigadier General C. B. Fisk, for Kentucky and Tennessee, at Nashville, Tennessee. Brigadier General J. W. Sprague, for Missouri and Arkansas, at St. Louis, Mo. Brigadier General Wagner Swayne, for Ala bama, at Montgomery, Ala. Brevet Brigadier General E. M. Gregory, for Texas, at Galveston, Texas. - Colonel 0. Brown, for Virginia, at Rich mond, Va. Colonel E. Whittlesey, for North Carolina, at Raleigh, N. C. Colonel Samuel Thomas, for Mississippi, at Vicksburg, Miss. Brevet Colonel T. W. Osborn, for Florida, at Tallahassee, Fla. Rev. T. W. Conway, for Louisiana, at New Orleans, La. Colonel Jettu EATON, Jr., TassiStant commis sioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, for 'the dis trict, has published the following circular : All Superintendents, surgeons,and other &d -em s of this bureau, in the District Of Colum. bia, disbursing supplies for the benefit of re fugees or freedmen, will not only carefully discriminate, in each case, between those de pendent and those who are not, but ascertain Who are natives and properly citizens of the district, with arYiew to referring all sueh de; pendents to the proper municipal authorities for aid. If any of that class 'named are now aided, their names and full statements of their cases will be at once forwarded to thesehead quarters. The Freedmen's Employment Agency, , in charge of Captatu. W. F. Spurgin, in this city, furnishes situations to all out of employment and all officers in ohargo of freedmen, or others, arorequested to send there any that they may dud idle. All eases in Which employers turn off their workmen without compensation when the crop is gathered, will be carefully examined and their adjustmentsecured on the principle that 4, the laborer is worthy of 'his hire," and that he has the first claim upon the product of his industry. Military Headquarters-. The various military headquarters in and about the city present an unusual deserted ap pearance, and have ceased altogether to be objects of interest to the news gatherers. At the headquarters of , Gen. Atromx, commanding the department, there remain but one or two officers, and the absence of orderlies and mili tary visitors gives the place a particularly lonesome appearance. Nothing so forcibly illustrates the rapid transition from a war to peacefooting as the changes that have taken place in this respect within the last two weeks. The steamer S. R. Spaulding has arrived from Hilton Head, with Savannah advices of September lath, but brings no news. Six hun dred men of the let Ohio cavalry came on the Spaulding, bound home, =MEI Captain Charles H. Marshall, the originator of the "Black Ball." line of packets, is dan gerously ill, and is not expected to survive the night. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT The Commercial Advertiser denounces the new fire commissioners fiS unequal to the discharge Of their duties, and the whole department as inefficient.. Fifteen steam fire-engines artsaid to be out . .of repair. Insurers are taking less risk, and insurance companies are, on the con trary, lessening the amount of each risk. REMOVED John it Marlions, warehouse superinten dent here, has been removed. G eneral Hooker and about sixty otitis oMeers called upon Secretary Stanton to-day. COLORED CELEBRATION The.colored people of New York and Brook lyn celebrated to.daythe anniversary of Presi dent Lineolnis proclamation freeing the slaves in the District of Columbia. The Navy. The Secretary of the Navy has ordered that *believer a court-martial shall impose a sen tence, including forfeiture of pay upon any person in, the naval service, it shall be' the duty of the court, in the case of commissioned olikers, to state the rate of pav and. time of such forfeiture, and in all other cases.to Mt the amount of pay so forfeited, stating it in dot• Mrs and cents. • PerSQUAL Rev. J. R. SHEPHERD, of Chicago, Illinois, general secretary of the Freedmen's National Aid Commission, is in the city. He visited the Freedmen's Bureau yesterday. Treasury Decision. The Second Comptroller has rendered the following decision; .21 employed as substitute on condition that the principal should have ail the bounties that might become due by reason of such service. Held, that the Government deals only with the enlisted man as a principal. and that A could only collect the bounty Under n power of -at torney from the soldier. Appointment. Brevet Major General A. BAIRD has been ap pointed an assistant commissioner of freed man affairs. Pardon Seeker. The rebel ex-General Goneox, of Georgia, is in this city seeking pardon. - The Fortifications. The last of the fortifications around Wash ington, 'which so recently bristled With 411 ft non, were dismantled yesterday. Internal Revenue Decision. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has decided that butchers who pity a license tax of 11110 may retail other merchandise than meat at the same store, but may not peddle meat - without paying a peddler's license. Butchers who pay a license tax of $5 may ped dle meat or Ash without a peddler's license, but cannot sell other articles. Pennsylvania Post offices. The Postmaster General has ordered the following change the site of-Long Valley, Monroe County, and appoint Jacob K.- Shafer postmas ter. vice Jacob Kresyen, superseded by the change. Appoivatnents... Pitt AVArnatio postmaster, Spring, Crawford county, vies Orrin Baldwin, resigned. Levi Wang poetmseter, Applelmeto PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1865. villa, Bucks county, vice Henry Applebach,de• ceased. James C. Robinson, postmaster, Bentley Creek, Bradford county, vice Benjamin F. Burk, resigned. The Tennessee Railroads. • . Secretary STANTON'S order to Major General Tames to transfer the control of all rail roads in the State of Tennessee and their con tinuations in adjoining States from the mili tary to the civil authorities, contains the fol lowing important proviso : Each company will be requiredto give bonds satisfaetery to the Government that they will in twelve months from the date of transfer as aforesaid, or such other reasonable time as may be agreed upon, pay a fair valuation for the Government property turned over to said companies, the same being first appraised by competent and disinterested parties at a fair valuation, the United States reserving all Go vernment dues for carrying mails and other service performed by each company until said obligations are paid and if at the maturity of said debt the amount of Government dues retained as aforesaid does not liquidate the same the balance is to be paid by the company in money. [Ey Associated Press.] The Cholera at Smyrna. The United States Consul at Smyrna, in a letter to the State Department dated August 19th, says the cholera mortality is steadily on the increase, and its ravages- arc , alarming. It is stated in another communication that the cholera has appeared at IL:gore% and our con sul says that the Scourge is still advancing eastward, but no cases had occurred at Port Mahon. The consul at Barcelona reports to the Department that from August 24th to August 31st, the number of deaths from cholera in that city have averaged about twenty-four per day, On September Ist there were forty two deaths from this disease. The Wiz% Trial. At the close of the proceedings in the Wl= trial to-day a remarkable scene took place. The witness on the stand, an Indiana cavalry man, named George W. Gray had been testify ing to some outrage on the part of WIRZ, that bad nOt been put in evidence before. He stated that the party of prisoners, in whose company, he arrived at Andersonville, were ordered to place their blankets, knapsacks, haversacks, canteens, etc., in one place, when, an °dicer mounted on a gray horse rode up and told the Confederate soldiers to help themselves and let the prisoners have the remainder. The Confederatesbelpedthemselves and there .wasluotbing left. Ile was not certain whether Cite mounted oilleer was Wraz or not. In June or July, 1864, the witness, a young man riatrted Underwood, of the 7th Indiana Cavalry, went to the sutlers tent, Winz was there and Under wood asked for something to rub his wound with. The sutler said he would give it, when Wins said, "No he cannot have it nn. less he pays me a dollar." Underwood gave him his only money, which was a $lO bill, and when he asked for the cha.nge Wirtz kicked him out of the door., The witness was put in the stocks four days for attempting to escape ; he knew a man to die in the Stocks, in August or September, 1861; the negroes took him out of the stocks after he was dead. threw his body into a wagon and hauled it off; he knew Wirz to shoot a young fellow, named William Stewart, of the 9th Minnesota Infantry; he and the witness had gone out of the Stockade with a dead body, which they had begged, when they met Captain Wirz, who rode up to them after they had left the body in the dead-house, and asked them by what authority they were out there ; Stewart replied that they, were there by proper authority ; Wirz said no more, but drew his revolver and shot him ; after Steward was dead the guards took from his body twenty or thirty dollars, and Wirz took the money from thd guards and rode off, telling them to carry the witness to prison; it was witness' determination to escape if he could, and for that reason he had gone out, but was not attempting tO do so at the time; when the prisoners were being re moved to the ears to be exchanged, Wirz gave orders to Lieut. Davis to bayonet any men who laid down in the road, and witness had seen men who were crawling on their hands and knees to the ears bayoneted by the guards; witness heard one of the - surgeons ask Wirz when he was going to remove the Yankees, and Wirz reply was, " Damn these Yankees ; they will all be dead in a few days any how ;" witness had seen a Prisoner, who had been eanght_by the - dogs, with part of his cheek torn off, and his arms and legs gnawed, so that he only lived twenty. four hours. The first time that he had - known Wirz per sonally was one day that he heard Lieutenant Davis call his name at the gate. Col. Chipman said, Captain Wirz, will you be good enough to stand up. The prisoner, who had been lying all day on a lounge, squirmed round, partly raising him self UP his eyes lit up with a wild and haggard expression and yet glaring like those of a wild animal brought to bay, met the eyes of the witneSS. Col. Chipman to the witness. D,o you rooeg nize that man as the man who shot your com rade'? The - witness slowly and emphatically said " that is the man." The prisoner here made an effort to contra dict the witness, muttering some incoherent expressions about not having been seen by the witness with Lieutenant Davis. He was with difficulty restrained and 511enced by the offi cers having him in charge. The Judge Advo cate, apparently not satisfied with the oppor tunity which - the witness had for identifica tion, asked the prisoner to arise. Gathering up as-well as he could his loose ill-jointed frame, which appeared as if it Might fall to Pieces,.the prisoner tottered to his feet, and was supported in that attitude by the officer of the guard, while his eyes wore such a wild expressiOn that it was hard to re press sympathy with the unfortunate man. Again the Judge Advocate repeated his question to the witness, whose reply this time was more hesitating, "I think that is the man ,' Another wild and fruitless attempt at Contra diction was made by Wirz when he was partly drawn and partly sank on the lounge, where, by order of General Wallace, he was furnished with cold water, and was fanned bytlie officers. The court thereupon adjourned, General Wal lace ordering the roomto be cleared instantly, so that the fainting and apparently dying inan might have more air. The halls and lobbies were filled with persons waiting to see lyjrz as he might be carried past. The prosecution will probably Close to-mor row, but it is doubtful whether Wirz will live to serzAhe case,closed. Pardons by the President. The President taday granted amnesty par dons to six Virginians and to ninety-three North Carolinians, including ex-members of Congress KANETR RAYNOR and ALFAND Dom. Bar L also to seven South Carolinians, Mein ding ex-member of Congress Joan McQuEEN, and to the same number of Mississippians, Treasury Circular. • The Secretary of the Treasury ha,s justissued the following circular • - . • TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Sept.. a, 180.-1 e instructions contained in the circular of t s Department, dated September 16, relative to the counterfeit $lOO compound-interest notes, instructing Assistant Treasurers and desig nated depositaries, not to pay out $lOO com pound-interest notes, nor other denomi nations of compound-interestinotes, bearing date-May 15th, 1865, or prior to that time, were intended to apply to notes held by such EWEN• taut treasurers and depositaries as Govern- , ment funds, and were "not designed to direct! theaction of banks or individuals relative to; such compound-interest notes, held on their! own account. The difficulty and expense of; at once withdrawing from circulation, or ex-; changing for other notes, all compound-Jute-1 rest notes, Of the character described, nowt in circulation, make the attempt unadvisable. l The Department will, however, withdraw` from circulation the MO compound-interest l notes as fast as they may be received in the,`` ordinary course of business, and receive none of the setae impression; and it is hOped that by due care and caution, after the immediate exposure of the dangerous character of the counterfeits, any considerable circulation of them may be prevented. Assistant treasurers and designated depositaries will, therefore, forward to the Treasurer of the United States such compound-interest notes as are of the denomination of *lOO, and all compoundAinte• rest notes which are dated May lath, 186 e, or prior thereto, the same being held as. funds Of the Government and not otherwise, IL McCumocw, Secretary of the Treasury. Foreign Claims. Citizens of the 'United States having elaims against foreign GovernMents not founded on contracts which may have originated since the Bth eiFebruary, 1853, will, without any de lay which can be avoided, forward tatite State Department statements of the same, under the oath, accompanied by the proper proof. The Cabinet.. .Postmaster General DENNISON and Secretary Virla.to havingretn_rned:tothis city, &metal,' STANTON is the only member of the Cabinet now absent from Washington,. The Wheless Demean. . . JAB, W. Dvavev),who hadliii treated some of the Andersonviiie prisoners, eatusing the death. of one of them, and who was arrested in the court-room yesterday, has been committed to the Old Capitol prison. This man was sum moned hitber as a witness for Capt. Wiuzy Steamboat Explosion at Pittsburg— Several Lives Lost. PITTSBURG, Sept. 22.—A terrible seoident oc currod to-day, caused by the blowing up Of tho towboat Nimrod. Captain SicOormiekwas in stantly and the fireman was blown ashore and mortally wounded. The engineer and his wife, and a boy are missing, and are believed to be lost. The NitarOd W 55 01Yried by the New York Oil Company, and is a total lose. The cause QL the exploaloa is unlarriv, lionoro - fo Seeretiirr Stanton in New York. A srrortoto RECEPTION arm' Etra. Secretary Stanton is receiving very marked attention in New York. On Wednesday the Chamber of Commerce unanimously pasted 6. resolution inviting Chief Justice Chase and him to their moths to have a personal intro duction. On Thursday evening Senator Mi• gun gave the honorable Secretary a splendid / entertainment, which is thus reported by the Post: 4 ' It was in some respects one of the finest tributes "of respect ever paid in this city to a statesman and public officer. The entertain ment was chaste and elegant; there was but little formality; the ceremonies consisted en tirely of the introduction of some of the per sons who had been invited by Senator Morgan to meet the Secretary, and the affair was social, pleasing, and thoroughly dignified through- . out. From three to four hundred persons, representing the best classes of New York so ciety, were prekent in the course of the eve ning, as well. as distinguished military and naval officers, members of the bench and the bar, elergyMen, artists, and professional men. Among the visitors were the following: Ad miral -Farragut, Generals Hooker, Anderson, Dix Barlow, De Trobriand Cullum, Barnard; Parke, Dodge, Graham, Sil Arthur, Har vey (of Governor Fenton's staff), Coles, Howe, Bliss, Block - , Colyer, Jarvis (of the British ar my), Judges' Daily, Pierrepont, Benedict, Hoff man, Russell, Roosevelt, Bonney, James T. Brady, besides Senator Laimbeer, Preston King, George Opdyke, Moses F. Odell, John J. Phelps, S. B. Ruggles, Alexander Stuart, A. T. Stewart, Jonathan Sturg:is, J. S. T. Stranahan, 11. 11. Van Dyck, Abraham Wakeman, ldr, B. Astor, Mr. Busteed, Thomas C. Acton, Senor Romero, (Mexican minister,) Mr. Archibald, (British consul) James Brown, John C. Green, William E. Dodge, Henry A. Hurlbut, William V. - Brady, Isaac A. Bailey, J. C. Bergen, E. C. Cowdin, Abram Bell, Andrew a. Green, Peter Cooper, Mr. Jennings, (the new Correspondent of the London IDnes,) Edwin Stevens (of Ho boken), Mr. C. A. Stansbury, Parke Godwin, Abram M. Cozzens, Governor Andrew of Mas eashusetts. 'B. C. McCormick, [Henry Ward g Beecher, er_ Drs. Chapin, Adams ; Vernlilyea and Joseph P. Thompson. There were nu merous other well-known gentlemen. As the guests entered they were received by Senator Morgan and presented to Mr. Stanton in the drawing-room. The genial manner' of the Secretary Snowed that he was highly grati fied with the quiet character of the reception and the courtesies tendered to him ; and the conversations were entirely without the re straint incident to ordinary public gatherings. The daughters of the Senator did the honors. There were several ladies present, among them, Mrs. Stanton. two bands welt also present, and enlivened the scene by some very fine music. A crowd had congregated outside who clamored for speeches, but they were disappointed. CALIFORNIA. SAN' Fueuoisco, Sept. 18.—The steamer Colo• rado hat galled for Panama, with $1,350,900 in gold for New York and $670,000 for England, and takes 950 passengers, among them Judge Field and Professor Jackson. The steamer Moses Taylor has arrived from San Juan, with the passengers who left New York on the 20th of August. The State Agricultural Fair opened at Sacra mento to-day, under favorable auspices. s ta r 4 ANcisao, Sept. 19.—The great race at the State Fair, between Norfolk - and Lodi, yea terday, was won by the farmer. Norfolk ran the first mile of the first two-mile heat in 1.45, and completed two miles in 3.30. In the se cond heat Norfolk made the first mile in 1.46, and the entire beat in 3.38. Six thousand peo. ple witnessed the race. SAN Fitarroisco, Sept. 20.—The steamer Sono ra arrived last night, from Panama, with the 2d 'Malted States Artillery Regiment of regUy lars, Brevet Brigadier General French com manding. Sailed to-day—Ship Haze, for New York. CAIRO. CAIRO, Sept. 22.—Eighteen hundred bales of cotton passed up to-day for Cincinnati, four hundred for Evansville, and four hundred and Seventy-IWe for St. Louis. At Memphis, on the 20th inst., cotton was decid ed]ybetter, and the new crop was coming in at an average of one hundred bales per day. The stock on hand is estimated at 7,500 bales. Stria middling, 40@41c ; good, 42@430 ; fair 48@150. ALABAMA. MOICTOOMEIIY, Ala., Sept. 21.—The conven tion to-day passed- au ordinance ratifying all the laws passed by the Legislature during the war not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States. NASHVILLE. NASHVILLE, Sept, 22.—Major Moore, of the lOth Infantry, who was arrested on a charge of murder and arson, escaped from the county jail, last night, through the neglect of a turn key. CANADA. Mowrsuur., Sept. 22.—Colonel Rowland, corn. Missioner of the • Northern Pacific Railroad Company, is here conferring with the Cana dian Government and - others relative •to uniting British capital with the GovernMent of the Duited.Statee in the construction of the Lake Superior and Puget Sound Raihvad- Colonel Rowland is confident that the Com mercial influence of Canada will De most fully accorded to the project, as one of great inter national importanee to the people of both countries, and has no doubt that his measures will be crowned with success. Odd•Fellows' Banquet. BALTIMORE, Sept. 22.—The banquet to the Grand Lodge, I. 0: 0. E., by the merchants of Baltimore, is a grand affair. The Southern representatives appear to be particularly pleased with their entertainment. Death of Missionaries. BOSTON ' Sept. 22.—Information has been re ceived of the death of two missionaries in Turkey, the Rev. Edward Dodd and Rev. Tomer B. Morgan: The former died of cholera, and the latter of typhus fever. THE SOUTHERN EPISCOPALIANS. liguor , MEADE OP VIRGINIA STRONGLY. URGES REUNION WITH THE 141111ERN WING. ! BALTIMORE, Sept. 22.—ichmond papers / of to-day contain Bishop Meade's address to `the Episcopal Conventiomof Virginia, strong. ly urging a reunion with the Northern wing of the Church. Rev. Dr. Andrews, chairman of the special committee appointed to consider so much of the Bishop's interesting and impressive address as refers to the future Olations of the diocese with the general con. vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of !the United States, respectfully reports "that having had the documents referred to therein ;under their most deliberate and prayerful de. diberation, they recommend the adoption of ithe following resolutions: " That the Christian concilintOry course of . our respected dioettian in his correspondence with the presiding hilltop, and other members of the Protestpiscopal Church of the t ir. United States, ling a reunion with the general convent of said church, meets our cordial approbation. That this council appre. Mates and affectionately responds to every sentiment of paternal rgard, which has been manifested in the COrrespondence referred to. That this council is of opinion that its ob jects, which all the parties interested may be presumed most -to desire, will be best accomplished by referring the subject to the next general council." The report was adopted almost unanimous • and the council then proceeded to elect , :.rgy and lay delegates to the Grand Council, •hick meets in Mobile about the Ist of No vember. Robbery in Michigan. DBTROIT, Sept. 22.—The store of Charles Daw son, at Pontiac, was entered by burglars last night, and the Rafe bldWa opea d. robbed of lieo,ooo in Gov ernment Wilds NEW YO Y. , AItIIiVAL Or THE STEAMIER' FEIN: The steamship Erin, from Liverpool Septem ber eth, has arrived here. Her advices are anticipated. STEAMSHIP AT NEW TOSS. 111 e French gunboat Roland has arrived • Also arrived, steamer Republic from Orleans, September 13th. SALES AT, THE STOOK EXCHANGE. F.ECCOND BOARD. WWII B 60, 'Bl r 10776 100 N Y Con 10 109 1 4 do .... 108 100 Mich Ceu R 110 1500 U 5 5-205.. c iss 10836 100 IllEt&NI E.. ... 69 47050 1J 510-405... 9136 500 do..g. 6806 1000 7.306 T N,,a6er 99 - WO Reeding 11 108ri 7000 Mo St Bs.; 7836' .500 do bBolo9' 1000 Loutslan des.... 71 800 do 109 WO 08: M Cer 28% 800 Cler At I'lo R...:°71% 30000 do • • • 28.% 600 do 71% 400 Cure deg Prf 4636 200 d 0......:... bl 5 72 zoo Qui. Ift Co 491 E 1000 & N 100 do 48% 1000 &NW prf 8236 200 Erie Railway... 88% 290 Ch&RIR 112 600 dcE. 8834 100 8; PDu C R... 5436 MO R 10934' SO Ch prf 101 100 N een R 95% Markets by Telegraph. BAI I TIMORM, Sept. 4.-11 Our is steady; sales of Western extra at 40.50. Wheat is acts and pri'ies are Sc higher. Corn is firm* ea of whAte at 89@90e. Provisions are,,,in' oct ifde mend and firm. bacon and larder textiling upward& Wllls4 is quiet at VIZ. Flaxseed dull. Timothy arm at ed. 5083.75. 16 Crucaso, Sept. 22.—Flour active and 15e lugher ; sales at $8.76@9 for comninn te, choice spring extras. Wheat active and higher, with a speculative demand, closing firm sk $1.476 1.47% for Ne.l, and.. id.rifor No 2, Cern, active at siy,p for No 1, and 6t for No 2., Oats 'firm at 83e. Provisions dull. Nigh:Wines active at $2.22. Freights steady. . Reeeia shipmena., Flour, hbls sO, G 0.. ., Wheat,bush ~ 48,000 175,600 Corn, bus 184,000 • 285,000 Oats, bus 62,000 . 433,000 limwetrahn, Sept. 89.—Flour firm at an ad vance of 104Nbe Wheat active and 40 higher; sales at $ 144 40.45. Oats steady ,at Sic. Re. ehipts—piour, 2,000 bbls ; wheat, 000 has. Shipments-;-Flonr, 500 bhis ; wheat, 48,000 bus. ..,. Ship Newo. Bosron, Sept. 22.—Arrived—Brig Anna D. Long, Baltimore . Spoken, Aureet 29, let. 40, long. 134, Diu% Giej ft9iivl rtltlad . Gibraltar. - FEII4i MOTH HOOD The Importance with which England has Suddenly Gifted it. ITS MRTHoD OF oftGAITIZATrON, INTE?iTBrii% FIB MEMBERS, PIS CAARACTEit, WHAT THE IRISHMEN THINK AMERICA OUGHT TO DO: Whatever may be thought of the power or respectability of the it Fenian ErOtherVoOd" in this country, it has been shown by our foreign news that Great Biitain has ...very powerful sense of its capacity for trouble in Ireland. She has ordered out her ships of war to guard the Irish coast, While on the island itself her forces of constabulary and soldiery have been measurably increased, especially in Limerick, Cork, Tipperary, and Kerry, by large reinforcements from England. For a long time the London journals affected Vp laugh at the• idea of any danger from the Fe niaps, whom it ridiculed as invisible, but it is very evident that the developments here and the drillings - and saySterious meetings in Ire land 'have- taught both the Tignes and the Go vernment quite a different lesson, impelling them to quite a different course of action. The English Government has given them a promi nence, A few words of information from us about them win not be inapropos. THE FEELING AMONG. TRH ERNIAHB HERE The sense of patriotism, it is well khown, has always been an attribute of the Irish. man, whether he - treacle his native soil or finds a home and refuge from evil laws in a. foreign land, His love for the island he loves to call " green" is indestructible, only grow ing the stronger the more it is repressed. At home, with the old scenes before his eyes, and • the old traditions in his memory, thle love i$ powerful, ever-present, and is manifested as well in the turf cabin, in the bogs of Connotha ra, as in the cosy home or grand manor-house of Dublin—" only," to use the expressive, even Though seemingly ridiculous, words of'a shining literary light—" only more so." But it is a fact that those who enjoy the least bene fit from their native land like it the best, while many who have fattened did grown rich upon it, even though they be• na tives, forgetZwhat they owe, and become the persecutors and the tyrants of their lowlier neighbors, The majority of this class of people think and feel the same way, but where there is a majority there 'is always a minority. The Irishman - at home loves Erin. Separate him from Erin and he loves her the more, especially when he eontrasts her condi tion with the free land (if it is the United States) in - which be lives, or his own personal condition with that of the father, mother, brother, or aunts or Cousins he has left be hind. The feeling of rebellion towards Eng., land has always been strong. England has been three times revolted against. A fourth was attempted, but ended, we suppose, through the presence Of Mitchell, the prisoner at Fortress Monroe, in a good deal of harmless boasting and a gentle wrestle between Saxon policemen and Celtic conspirators in a quiet Dublin cabbage-garden, into which the brave patty of the second part had fled affrighted. In all the rebellions de defeat has been the portion of the revolution ists. There were divisions in the counsels ; jealousy—such as that in the first great revolu tion which lost Ireland a &infield and victory; disaffection, treason, and such a woful want of preparation as to make the " rising," as a rebellion is called in Ireland, almost a farce, if slaughter did not make, what was abstract ly a farce, actually a tragedy. Informers, spies, and traitors always abomided, but Ire land never seems to have been taught a lesson. Her people were always as full of trust as ever in every attempt. There was always some body to abuse her, and the result wastotal and humiliating defeat. But defeat and darknene were always succeeded by hope and light. They saw amid the ruins of their abbeys the graves of their oppressed ancestors, the chaos of counsels; and the, general degradation of the country, a new and regenerated land " some of these days. 7 " By Lough Neagh's banks when the fisherman strays, In the cold gray eve's declining, lie sees the sound towers of other days In the waves beneath him shining"— wrote one of Ireland's most gifted bards, and in it he expressed, in beautiful metaphor, the exact feeling of his countrymen. They re. member their 1100 greatness, and from the gloom of the past, memories of old glorleS spring up to inspire a desire for new, for which there is a constant longing. OROANIZATION TO OBTAIN THEM The first complete organization of Irishmen having in view the independence of Ireland, which has attained any high grade of unity, is the organization called the Fenian Brother hood. How old it is in Ireland we cannot tell— not seventeen years we know, for that brings us to the date of the last revolutionary failure. In this country it hashed an existence of about eight years, during which time it has made a great deal of progress, notwithstanding its leaders are men of ne great mark or intellect. It is divided into what are called "circles,' each with a presiding officer elected by ballot, who is called a " centre,mwho would, we sup pose, in case of the resolution of the "circle" into a military company, be its commanding officer. All the "centres" are Subsidiary to a common " Centre" in each State called the "State centre," and these are in turn subsi diary to a " head centre," whose headquarters are at New York. John o , Mahony is "head centre" in the United States, and James Gib bons, of this city, State centre. There are eight or nine " circles" in this city; and one in nearly every county of the State. It is sup posed there are from ten to fifteen thousand Fenians in the State, and nearly one hundred thousand over the whole Union. A revolution in Ireland would much increase this number. 'PEELING OF FENIANI3 IN TUE tINITIID SITATES. - - . The Fenians here have carefully refrained from any warlike act or acts looking to war. Their aspect is that of a peaceful gathering, although they do not make any secret of in; tention of aiding Ireland, should the Untied States engage in a war with Pngtand! There seems to be no probability just now of such a war, so that the revolution which is said to be on the point of "exploding" may be a little ill-timed. lie armed expedition can be allowed to leave our shore to attack a country with which we are at peace, so that all the organi zations of the Eenians here would be of little help to the sitter organizations in Ireland. Perhaps the Fenian intend to slip over, and thus raise a dispute between this country and England, which they hope will eventually end in war. But if they do hope so, they may quite likely be deceived. They argue, how ever, that the United States owe them a debt of gratitude, for,.by the constant hostile atti tude they held here and in Ireland prevented England from mingling in, the recent great struggle. d itlit the leaders of the order are not of much 'Munt, and will, if allowed to con trol its movements, only run it into the slough of despond, where all Irish enterprises have been run by leaders whohed only less prudence forethought and ability than the people they guided. The chief &a:lenity, however, the order has now to contend with is that pre sented by the Roman Catholic Church— namely ; All the bishops of that denomination in the, United, States have denotinCed the BrOtherhOOd " in the strongest terms, read ing it out •of. thnchurch, stigmatizing its po litical and Social objects as dangerous and un lawful, and warning all good Catholics to be ware of it. Despite this the order goes on, endeavoring to succeed, and if its pertinacity is a virtne, deserving to. The recent news makes it peculiarly terrible ; it is anxious for the fray, like .the trained war-horse, and its organ in this city, the UniveUc, teems with exclamations points and obi urgations against the Saxon, announcing a "revolution in Ire - land," blessing it, and declaring that ,6 blodd is thicker sometimes than water." WHENCy. THE OTWEn DEnitna ire NAME. pt. 22, 1805 • . . We have read a great many theories on the derivation of the name of the " Brotherhood,” some deriving it from Fin AlcCouhal, or hieCoumhal, a. Matt who had the power of making himself invisible. But the most pro bable is, that it comes from Finn or Flan, a • Gaelic word, signifying a knight or armed sol dier. We have the authority of a fine Gaelic scholar tale assertion. An order eenteta porary with the Druids bore this name, and existed for Borne time after the conversion of the island to Chistianity, figuring in the last battle of Drina Boriomho, and when .‘litaloohy were the collar of gold That he won from the proud Invader: , Thus the Fenians have a, classic derivation, Celtically at least, for the name under which they, rally. Whether they will use their name ilke Chinese warriors use their goose to frighten their enemies and conceal want of courageis uncertain. Whether they will really raise a revolution" . and properly support it ramping to be seeh— ,, only' that, and nothing more." • SPECIAL Bets OF GOVERNMENT 3113L1N3. Througbout the month of December, will be sold each Monday, Wednesday, and Satlirday, at the City. Bazaar, and at Tattersalra,ll.2o Race street, one hundred mules. The sales will commence on the appointed days, at 10 o'clock A. M. Many of the animals are first. class, and in good condition. ExasasuProrolater.s.—leromair. J. J. Cromer, 03 Chestnut street,we have the Etuatrated Lon fion Metes, Nitistrated New of the World. and Atm st Ms' Trericl, all Of Septeiper, ItND ITS "FSELIIIVS. THREE CENTS. POLITICAL., The Naar York Express having egg that General Barlow, the Union candidate for Sec• retary of State of New York, '° wofrmany If not most of his laurels under General AteClellan," the Tribune aptly rejoins as follows Goiaeafil Barlow's reputation that of an Managedsou, hard:lighting general , . If he to win any' part of that reptetation under McClellan, it le the highest possible tes timony to his ability to overcome dream btaneea by force of diameter." The New Jersey Copperheads seem to' be , unlucky in their canvass. The Trenton Gazette tells of 0, , g00d Union man, who' was a Demb erat in his less enlightened days, and who was lately !milted by a Copperhead committee to the. state for Runyon , . "What i" said the "Unionist, "do you mean te•insalt Mel Pd rather lose this right arm of mine than be heard to say one word for your '.Copperhead candidate. rbelieved in the war ; and believe in the soldiers who fought that war through. Some of the bravest of them were New Jersey bays, and one oftheir beat friends•wae Marcus L Ward, and I'm going to stump everycounty in the State for' him." About that time the Copperhead committee left. The New York Herald's Washington • cor. respondent is responsible for the MIL:Maly! Governor Bramlette's visit to Washington occasions many surmises among those who at tach great significance 10 nnimpOrtant events. Believing his State to be misunderstood:and misrepresented, it 'is probably true that begs , here partly to eon tindiet some of the unfounded rumors in circulation' arid to 'assure the 'au thorities that no difficulties need be appre hended concerning the negroes within its limits. He thinks there are not five thousand , voters in Kentucky opposed to , etaancipation: The apparent opposition' he asserts to Do' wholly due to extraneous - causes. IV - either is , there any - respectable number of individuals in the State arrayed - against the President's plan of reconstruction. Mr..Harney, of the Louisville Democrat; is almost alone in his opposition ; but Kentuckians are divided as . to methods of abolishing slavery. When the present State constitution was formedits framers intended to perpetuate the institution, and placed it out of the power of any majority to legally abolish slavery by amending the constitution in less than six years ) and by tiii&guArAntee ing compensation to the owners. The present Legislature• will probably execute a flank movement on the institution, declare it worth less or an ineunibrance, and pass the constitu tional amendment. Thei families of negro sol diers have been uniformly liberated in obe dience to law. The general drift of Kentucky politics is finally in the right direction, and the indications are that :Governor Bramlette, General Rosseau; Green Clay Smith, and other opponents will become the warmest of political bedfellows at no distant day." -- The time of election in the Southern Stater , a as follOws Virginia—CongressiOnaland Legislative elec stion,-Thursday, October 12th. North. Carolina--Delegate election. Septem ber 2I91; ecogYeAtion meets October 2d. • South Carolina--Oonvention in iegaieti. Georgia—Delegate election October 4ih; eein .vention meets October 25th. Florida—Delegate election OctoberlOth ; con vention meets Vet9Der 25th. Alabama—Convention in session. Mississippi—Election for all State officers and members of Congress, October 2d. Lomaiana—Congressional and Legislative election, November 7th. Texas—Election not yet ordered, Arkansas—Congressional and Legislative eleetion, October 9th. A Stage Tragedy in Chicago. A WONAX gg99TO HB4 HUSBAND AT WOOD'S On Tuesday night last a tragedy occurred on the stage of Wood's Theatre, Chicago, which :aas not down on the bills. Just before the perforMance commenced an actor, named Beach, was shot by his wife for the following. reasons: About twelve months ago Beach eloped with and married a daughter- of Mr. Alexander Randall, of cbleago. The girl was only seven teen years of age, with light eivrliiig hair, fair complexion, blue eyes and was regarded as very pretty. The parties only lived together for a little while, the wife going to visit some friends at Buffalo, and the husband taking the poeitiegutility man" of Wood's Theatre. Some months ago the Ilea band said that he bad been to Buffalo in dis guise and there found that his wife was living in adulterous intercourse with another actor. He came back and Bled a bill of divorce which was printed in the newspapers. She seeing it immediately returned to Chicago and expoS , tulated with him, promising if he would with draw the bill she would again live with him. This he consented to do, but a week or two elapsed and he failed' to fulfil his pro mise. She now threatened him and ex acted another progilse that he would comply with per wishes. Finding, aftet a few days, that he had not done so she loaded a pistol, put several cartridges in in her pocket, and on Tuesday night went to the theatre. Again she asked him to keep his promise, and on receiving his refusal she tired the pistol, the ball taking effect in the neck of Beach, near the spinal column. She dropped the pistol, and coolly walked away, but in a few moments was arrested and taken to the police station. On the road she chatted plea santly, and smiled as if she had not been guilty of any eyil deed. Some time afterward her father visited the tstatieii-hOtiae, and ex pressed a wish to - finish the Job if his daughter had not done so. He was locked up. Beach, although badly wounded, may recover. THE CHOLERA, ITS DISAPPEARANCE PROM T lIREBY-APP EAR ANON IN PERSIA-STATISTICS FROM ITALY. A letter from Constantinople, dated August 31, says: II For upwards of a Week a regular diminu tion of the prevailing epidemic has been clearly perceptible, after a terrible increase had taken place during the Greek fasts, but mainly among persons of that nation. The cause of the increase will be perfectly intelli gible if it is remembered that during the fasts no other food than decomposed or decompos ing substances, such as eavaire dishes, pre pared with oil, olives, salt Rah, lte., is allowed to be consumed. In some Greek quarters the number of the dead rose to so great a height that the grave-diggers were not able to per form their duties, and registration of the number of deaths was abandoned. It was singular that in consequence of putrid infec tion, the symptoms of the disease assumed a clearly typhoid character, such as had rarely previously been the case. " The Patriarch immediately gimo. isertnis. Edon that more appropriate food might be con sumed during the. fasts, but the fanaticism of the Greek population was so extreme that his right of even 'temporarily suspending so time honored an InetUntion was vehemently de nied. FahatieisK in Smgrrna was even more rampant; in that city the archbishop was nearly torn to pieces when he read the Pa triarch's order. Fortunately the fasts are now at an end, and the epidemic has also greatly abated, n still, however, makes nu merous victims in the Jewish quattera and in the Farrar, as well as in various villages along. the Bosphorus. ' , Having now to some extent recovered from the universal panic which has 'prevailed., the Turkish public is i?eginning to look about it, and count the losses which have been sus tained. The Maronite bishop who arrived here from the Lebanon with Daoud Pacha is among the dead. The Kasnadar Usta, that is Mistress of the Robes in.-the Sultan's palace, and several ladies of the harem, have been carried oft'. A conk who was attacked, and whose decease was kept secret, carried the disease into the palace. The court has in con sequence dispersed in all directions, the Sul tan having taken up his residence at the Udis Kiosk, in the neighborhood of Ortakoi. The gross total of the dead is said in the °Motel reports, to be 41,000, but the bulletins pub. lisped are all far too low. There have been days upon - which the number ranged from. 1,500 to 2,000. Our Nei" Servant. BY GRACE GREENWOOD. I think I must tell the children and their Ulanlmes Of a wonderful servant we have had for about two months past. She N not Irish, or German, or African, but that exceedingly rare bird, a genuine American servant—handy, clever, and cute. -Her virtues are manifold. In the first place, she is wonderfully quiet— goes silently and steadily about her work, doing all that is required of her " with neat ness and despatch." She is good-tempered— is never "on the rampage," never insolent, never unkind to children. She has no .follow era—never goes off without warning; never wastes, never blunders, don't drink, and don't break the eighth cormnandraent. I call her a servant, but she. seems to me more like a helpful friend, a kindly . com panion ; and yet she is but a soulless thing, after ail—a mere wonderful piece of human mechanism ; she is—one of Willcox & Gibbs' ad, mirabk Seiving Machines. I was very late in availing myself of the ser vices of this great, benifieent hanfi-maiden of modern womanhood. I have longed for one vaguely for years, and made many resolutions to procure one, but have refrained, from pain ful doubts of my own ability to manage a prom ture that seemed to me so fearfuily and won aerfully made." Being but modestly endowed with mechanical ingenuity and insignt, 1 dreaded the trouble and vexation of learning to work any machine, and mg inquiries of Alends Were always for the most SilliPle in vention. The weight of reliable evidence be ing overwhelming for that of Willcox & Gibbs, I at last decided upon it, proeured it, and am more than satisfied. I began my acquaintance with it with some trepidation, but it soonput me quite at my ease. We were capital frfeads at once, and, as yet, have had no falling out., Togetherwe fell right to work, and manufaetured an article of elothing very creditably that, very morning. The simplicity of this machine is only equal led by the Waring aqeuracy with which it works. Our little daughter, after a very few trials, was able to manage it nicely, and the two are now on excellent terms. The only trouble is that mamma cannot supply work fast enough. She laughs to see it hungrily de vour the tedious long name which Were once her aversion, and then lick up the little seams, hems, tuck , and fells with such apparent r e lish. Ah, mothers and wives, when work presses— when muslins, linens, and prints cumber your drawers, and little ~ CMOS 9htetOr for spring " toggery,e the thought that in your sittida roommaitE!, evs to, help you, a silent ` trusty friend, of forty soking-women power, is won drously sustaiaing, len , M.. And while the novelty lasts, at least, a sew ing machia444o a great incentive to industry in the family.. Meatless lihide is delight 111 5. kind of while. so..exeeefliff like plaY ; ana , _ __ boys even.uftke to it, ago, 41. It ajollY gooe. sport" to be ahle, AO, manufacture their own shirts. All ininyeelf, Illoaliat.eonfess x have not. yet come to any . Mal lusted work with Illy ;MI e. It stilt amuses 1020. lam still experimen with it, and wondering at its Puck-like. s nese. .1. , delight to set it at a long seam, and see it _go like s greyhound on the seestr-like Fiore. Templcen the warm In shor,t, I don't believe there will be any end to my cajeyment of ray machine while the dry goods hold out, , . The Little Pilgrim . DISMANTLING TEI, n N. FORTS AROUND, WASECING. T0N....Th0 consouated. Command knOWIL the ea New York 'Heavy Artillery, Major 0. F. Hulse, commanding, which was ordered to be mustered out of service some time ago, is en gaged dismantling the works which they have been OeCapyingould probably will, not get away before the 27th inst. This difaillifitlipq orts, taken. in conneetion with the mbste Out of Wilms of General Haskins , staff, in • oaten the intention of the military authorities to soon abandon altogether the defence of Washington south of the Potongie, TEM WAN& PREP. (rIJESI9MID WEEKLY.) Tax WAR PRESS *ill be sent to subseribert bV mall (per annum in advance,) at VI SO Five copies i 10 00 Ten copies • f so Olt , Larger clubsOnei Ten will be charted at the UAL. rate. 112.00 be r oopy. The money inset a /mays accompany the order, ma in no instance can these terms be dever* , 4 from- , i. 541 they %ford van/ MU More than the Wit c/t►at►er• /Mr Postmasters Ire iequeatod to Oct as Agent' to Tim WAR Paßos. To the getter-up &the Club or to or twentel7 an „ L oa etipg of thlk ViLiSdt will bo g [vim. TIIE TRIAL of WIRZ. SEFFERINGS OF THE PRISONERS: Furthef Pioof that the Prisoner and Winder' were Cognizant of them, IMPORTANT MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS UN-' HEEDED BY THESE MEN. Tlie An thornier] always Well fiIIPPILI94: With Baeoin and Meal. Wasitniort , rt, Sept, IlepkinS testified that on the ski of July, 1864, he was assigned to' duty in the hoopital at Andersonville. He, to. gather with Surgeon White, was ordered to make a tliorough inspection of the prison and hospitaii view to their improvement'. The witnese :Nero read the folio Wing letter AN' the report Whioh he had made : • Aenzesonver.An, Ga., August 1, 1864.—Briga dive General A. Winder—General : ' obedience to your Qt the' 28th of Jui7o. requesting eft to make examination of the Federal prison and hospital at tels , place, and to ascertain and import to you the eausd of disease and mortality among the prisoners, the meaeures new:effort , to prevent the same, has been op/Apnea wit , and we respeotfully submit the folic:whet Otilibell Of dineede aiiit mortality , : Ist. The ihrge number of prisoners crowded together in a small compass, 2d. The absence of all Vegetables as diet, so necessary as a preventive of scurvy. Third. The want of barracks to Sheiter the prisoners"from'sun and rain. Fourth. The inadequate isiqieily Of wood and good water. Fift n. Badly-cooked food. Sixth. The filthy condition of prisoners and prison generally , . Seventh. The morbid emanations from branch or ravine passing thrOllgh 'the neson, the coneitien of which, cannot be bettor explMltod than bynamingit a morass of h rates excrement and mild:Pre ventive measures.—First. The removal amine.- diately from the prison of not less than fifteen thousand prisoners: Second. Detail orparole. a sufficient number of prisoners to culivate' the Become gtepply of vegetables;'until this can be carried into pritfitield detnatifin„ the appointment of agents along the different lines of railroad fro purchase and forward % supply. Third. The immediate erection of bar racks to shelter the prisoners. Fourth. To fur. f i s h the eeeeseere quantity , of wood, and have wells dug to supply the deflainey. Fifth. Du vide theprisoners into squad's; place each squad under the charge of a sergeant ; families theneeessary quantity of soap, and hold these sergeants reePOPOiele for the personal cleanli ness of his squad ; furnish the - efll6lllfie With clothing at the expense of the Confederate Government, and if that Government be tin*. ble to do so, candidly admit our inability, and call upon the Federal. Government to furnish them. Sixth. By a daily ineeeethel of Pekes house and cookery. Seventh. Cover over with sand from the hill sides the entire morass, not less than six inches deep ;.board the stream or water-course, and confine the men to the use pf the sinks, and make the penalty for dine 'Wince of such orders Mere, For the hos. pital, recommend: First, Thai, the tents Ssb floored with plank ; ifplank cannot be had, with puncheons; and if this be impossible, then with line straw to be frequently changed. Second. Find an adequate supply of stool• ho;yee, awl recommend that the number be in creased, and that the MINIM be required to re. move them as soon as used, and before ro. turning them see that they are well washed and limed. Third. The diet for the sick is not such as they should have, and cessary We recommend they be supplied with the ne qua_ntlty of beef soup, with vegetables. tiourth. We al so recommend that the surgeons be required to visit the hospital not less than twice a day. We cannot too strongly recommend the me cessity for the appointment of an efficient me dical officer to the elfehielVe. duty of inspect. ing daily the prison hospital and baliere, requiring of hifn daily reports of their condi.. tion to headquarters. We have the honor to remain, General, very respectfully, your obedient servants, L. K. HOPKINS, Acting Assistant Surgeon, Dr. Hopkins further testified that he etzb witted this report to Dr. White for, his signa ture; the hitter said that it contained the truth, and that he would sign it and send it to General Winder; but he did not sign it, and the witness did not know that anything had been done to carry out the suggestions, Judge Advocate Chipman then submitted a. general order of General Winder, addressed to Dr. Hopkins, to show that the Richmond an tborities had knowledge of the condition of the .AnderBollVlllo prison; and that General Winder bad authority to apply a reined? Cross-examined Schada—The witness said he did not know who was to blame ; Capt. Wirz signed the orders as commander of the interior of the prison; he could see no great difficult in the way of improvement was badimplicit confidence Which grelleral Winder in wire that Caused the state of things tO exist, otherwise General Winder would have visited the prison. N. B. Harold, who was a shipper of supplies at Americus, testified lie did not think they were ever out of bacon and meal; there was as much there as could be shipped, Cross-examined.—He said that proviaions furnished to the prisoners were the same as furnished the Confederate army. Dr. G. L. Rice on duty at Andersonvllle,teette fled to the terrible condition of the stockade inch died from starvation, cold, exposure and other causes ; medicines were not furnished. in the professional way, but by a formula or number, according to the rules of the 'prison ; for instance, instead of mentioning the medi cine, the prescription would be for number one or two, or any Wier number, a specific for every disease being designated by a number ; there was no other way - in which medicines could be obtained ; Dr. Stevenson, who had been in charge of the hospital, was tried and found gouty of embezzling the hospital fund. which amounted from COO,OOO to gl5OOOO, Capt. Wilson French, Cotine.ettetit, teeth lied that he, with sixty-five other officers, were confined•in a room sixty feet long and twenty five feet wide ; they were there five weeks ; if they had not had the privilege of buying pro visions, they would ilaYe starved to death from insufficiency. J. R. Griffin, Sergeant J. E. Alden, Robert Tate and others testified relative to affairs at Andersonville, and the cruelties of Captain Wirz, after which the commission adjourned. BASEBALL NEWS. GAMES AT WILLIAMSPORT AND FIPTIIENTTI AND COLUMBIA AVIINTID-A VISIT PROM A JERSET ViTY OLDS-THE ATHLETICS B. ATLANTICIL It is'understood that the Athletics will play at Williamsport on Thursday next, before the thousands who will assemble to attend the State Fair. The Mountain Club, of Altoona r the Alert, of DitilV/lle ; the Williamsport onob. and the P. & E. Club, of Williamsport, will play together. To-day, at Fifteenth and Columbia avenue, the "muffins," of the Athletic Club, will play a match, tO begin at VA o'clock. On Saturday next, Bali lust, ' the Nationals, of Jersey City, will visit Philadelphia, to play the Athletics. They will arrive at noon, and return home in the evening. The Nationale are superior players, and gentlemanly young men. We understand the Athletics haVO OPPoted. , the following nine to play against the Atian. tics in October.: Moir:folder, a. ; Mcßride, p. ; Berkenstock, Ib. ; Reach, 2b. Luengene, 3b.; Wilkins, s. s. ; Smith, 1. strong ler, C. f. ; Oats. kill, r. f This is a very cast. MULE Va. ALLIANCE' A match game of base ball was Dlayed twoen these clubs on Wednesday afternoon. resulting in a vietory for the former by a score of 51toll: AbLIA 'e. NCII. IN 0. • Wlteou, 1 1 4 Duffy, 4 'Lawrence, e. s 2 3 Anderson, 1 b 1. 3 Stockbtne, 2 b 8 Tan Duesen, 3 b.... 0 8 V a n f I Howell, 0, f Walton, r. f 1 I 11. . Mer AGILE. ph y, c 5 0 5 Ecker, P 8 1 Clouds, 2 b 7 3 Robbins, S. 8 8,2 'Whalen, I b. 8 2 Mccutcheon:3 b.... 8-; 3 Vaughan,l, r, 2 8 Waples, e f 3 4, Neff, r. f 5 2i 4 612 3 3 6 2 313 61 0 00 0 1 1 4 B 0 11 'Alfier of the Myetie. s.Mr.' Freeman. mince—air. C. Linker. Agile Alliance.. Umpire—Mr. J. SI Scorer for Agile— Scorer for the All Public Amusements. Cononwr Hatt has never had such fashion% ble and crowded audiences within its walls as have been during the week, to witness the, wonderful performances of that blind, tinedit. cated negre boy, Tom his performances on the grand piano seem like inspiration, for nothing short of this would enable him to play a diet. milt piece of mimic after llearing it but once. Last evening a gentleman from the audience (evidently a professor of music) volunteered to play a piece of his own selection; as soon as he vacated his seat at the piano, "Toni" executed the. same piece, although he had never before heard it , iil a !nest masterly Malt ncr. AcAnstre OP MUSIO, —The Great Fair, at . the Academy of Music, for the benefit of the Soldiers? .and Oitilers' home, • it b lieved, will not be eclipsed iii grandeur And usefulness even by the triumph of the , Salaam*. Commission last year. hot only are our, own citizens working hard to make it a success, b u t throughout PemllaylVerktill and even in thetngland Stated, there' is a great interest taken in the cause. This is night, for the value of the ' l .llome " can.. no t ,pc measures ; its welcome is not cons iltied to kennitylvania soldiers, but ie Mended lto all deserving veterans. yet,- the last two ;years it Iles done vast. good,.but the demand lupon it has been far larger then its resource'. , Its managers—gentiemen and , ladies Welk !known for their integrity hild benevolence—. desire to establish'it upona broader and more enduring basis. For this. purpose the great. `fair will be held, and it is hoped that every friend of the soldier will contribute to, its ammo. LINCOLN MONUMENT ABBOOfATIONe.M4O OOP Meats of having contributed to the 14-imolai monmnent, Anglgation of Philadelphia ie very handsomely engraved. it bears W 1101 064 of the signatures of Mr. Alexander Henry, as Pram sident ;of hir. 'fames Claghorn, u Cashier and of W. Q. 3. 'Stine, as Beer.etarY• rn the centre IS a vignette portrait of rfgeident Liao coin, one of the best likenesses we have yet seen. The engraver's name, is not but ought to have been given. Oun thankb no due to Mr. 11, porman, Adams' Express; Company, ter late Columtnth and Athmta, Qeorgia, newspapers, alMe4 the Meg; 8 - 4 5 6 7 8 8 Total.
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