The New York Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1865, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. @FFIOCE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS folume XXX. iva =e 3 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. cuEErio THEATRE, Broadway.—Jussis Brown. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Tas Piowmss Pa- ‘waoT—Loan or 4 Loven. - BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Seven Casrims OF THB Passions—Tux Baicaxps—Teppy Rox. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tas Lirtis Barsroor. WINTER GARDEN, Brosdway.—Evapxe; OR, THB Graton. WALLACK’S THEATRE, way.—Tas Inow Masx. NEW_BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Mystanious Maz- mucé—Taw Jewess—Baxngy THe Banon. BARNUM’S MUSEUM, Broadway.—A Living ALL @ston—Far Woman—Guantess. Davouten or ras Rxci- wenr—Junxy Lixo. Open Day and Evening. BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 473 Broad- way.—Ermorian Songs, Daxcxs, Buacusquas, £0.—Tus Srauets or Naw Yous. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Brmorian Gs, Dances, 4¢.—Gneunsakia, Tas Palace or Soar. HELLER'S HALL, 585 Broadway.—Sax Francisco Mun- sTuxis—Cross Ong JORDAN. HOOLEY’S HALL, 201 Bowery.—Sam 8: Mun. | = — aaa Concgrt—CarnivaL of Fux—Tux Biack TUR. AMERICAN THEATRE, No. 444 Broadway.—Bacunrs, Pantomues, SuRieeques, &0,—Tux Scout or tux Potomac. STUYVESANT INSTITUTE, 659 Broadway.—Tax Travian Manionzrts anv Mixiatuns Tueatee. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. Open from 10 A. M. tlL10 P. M. Seco New York, Thursday, June 22, 1865. = NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. ~ Our city subscribers will confer a favor by reporting ‘any of our city carriers who overcharge for the Herat, Country subscribers to the New Youe Hemaxp are re- quosted to remit their subscriptions, whenever practi- cable, by Poat Office Orders, It is the safest mode of transmitting money by mail. * Advertisements should be sent to the office before nine e’clock in the evening. RECONSTRUCTION. After considerable delay in deciding upon the claims of the several aspirants for the position of Provisional Go- vernor of Alabama, President Johnson has, as announced {n nis proclamation published in this morning’s Hxrarp, appointed Lewis E. Parsons, of Talladega, to that im- Portant position. The fact of his selection, to the ex- clusion of such men as Judge Humphreys, D. H Bingham and W. H. Smith, is of itself sufficient @ssurance of the unfinching loyalty and ability of the appointee. This proclamation of the President virtu- ally restores another seceded State to the Union. The following is the present status of the Southern States Seven States are governed by regularly elected officers, as follows :-— Kentucky. Arkansas. Lo. isiana. - —Provisional Governors under the same instructions have been appointed for five States, as follows:— William W. Holden. James Johnson. Mississippi . William L. Sharkey. Texas . Andrew J, Hamilton. Alabama. . Lewis E. Parsons. —Provisional Governors are yet to be appointed for South Caroliva and Florida, when every State in the Union will prin be in possession of a civil Executive loyal to the )stional goverument. THE TRIAL. ‘The papers read yesterday before the Washington court partial by counsel in defence of some of the assassination conspirators were of a very interesting, and in some re- pects important, character, Mr. Doster, the counsel for Payne, did not attempt to deny that bia client had been proved guilty, but endeavored to palliate his crime on the ground that in attempting to assassinate Secretary Seward Payne was merely doing what he believed to be right. A sketch of Payne's life was given, to show that he waa a pro-slavery fanatic, and that his endeavor to mordor the man whom Bé looked upon as one of the im- portant exponents of anti-slavery doctrines was a natural result of his Southern education. Mr. Doster did not, of course, approve of Payne’s act, but insisted that he was not a hired assaszin, and that the court should consider how far he was acting from honest conviction. Mr. Doster also read a eonfersion of Atzerott. This prisoner confesses that he entered into Booth’s first con- spiracy to capture President Lincoln, but says that when afterwards that became impracticable, and assassination ‘was proposed, he declined to have anything further to do with the plot. He states that Booth wanted him to mur- der Vice President Jonnson, but that he refused to do 80, Another argument in defence of Mrs. Surratt was read by Mr. Aiken, after which the court adjourned till to- morrow (Friday). THE SITUATION. ‘The fugitive rebel general and Secretary of War, John ©. Breckidridge, has at last been heard from. By the Jteamship Kagle we learn that he was in Havana on the J7th inst., where he had arrived from Cardenas, in com- pany with Taylor Wood, formerly commander of the pirate Tallahassee; Colonel Wilson, one of Jeff. Davis’ Isto aids, three rebel soldiers and a negro ser- Those worthies were all near Jeff. Davis when he was captured, but managed to eludo the national troops and travelled across the Biates of Georgia and Florida to the coast, where they secured a small boat and put to sea, arriving at Cardenas on the 11th inst., after three days and nights passed ‘almost entireiy without eating or sleeping. At Cardenas they wero serenaded and received marked attention from the Spanish Governor and people, They expected to in in Havana for some time. The rebel General cant lately in command at Brownsville, Texas, was tm Havana, having arrived on board @ steamer from ey vant. " General Gordon Granger, on Saturday last, at Galves- fasued his oMcial order assuming command of all 6 troops in Texas General Weitzel, commanding Twenty-nfth corps, with hie staff, arrived at New jeans on Friday last, and left the same day for Bra- Santiago, Texas, Genoral Custer reached New loans on Saturday, and was to leave the next day for joxandria, La., where his cavalry has been concen- ted, and whence he will march with hia troops inje Monday inst was the day named by Gov+‘rnor Pierpoint Ue assembling in Richmond $f the Joyal Logialature Virginia, and a number of the members wore present; t, owing to the Constitutional provision requiring ten % between the calling and assembling of ‘ortra session, no business was transacted. There wae quorum in the Senate; but in the House of Delegates temporary organization was effected. General Gordon was relieved from command at Nor- folk on Monday last, and the city was restored to civil rule, his successor being { nstructed to act merely as mill: téry commandant of the post - ‘ It was oxtensively reported in Toronto, Canada, on the 18th inst., that President Johnson bad been poisoned, and the rumor caused immense sensation, until tidings wore received from Buffalo to Detroit that the story was without foundation. The following discharged troops arrived !n the city yes- terday:—The Twenty-ffth New York cavalry regiment, a portion of the members of the Thirtieth New York battery, detachments of the Ninety-firet New York and Second Rhode Island mfantry, and six hundred Vermont soldiers. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The steamship Eagle arrived here yesterday, from Ha- vana on the 17th inst. The announcement that General Dulce is to be recalled from the position of Captain Gene- ral of Cubs has caused much dissatisfaction among the people, who have forwarded a long and influential peti- tion to the Queen praying for his retention in office, Yellow fever is prevailing in Havana, Additional ves- sels had arrived from St. Domingo laden with Spanish troopa, Previous reports of the rapid progress being made in Haytl in suppressing the rebellion against the government of President Geffrard are confirmed by this arrival, From Venezuela it is announced that General Falcon, who had been re-elected Prosident, had arrived ‘at the capital of the republic, and would goon assume the direction of affairs, The law of the last Legislature establishing a paid fire department for this city was yesterday, in the Court of Appeals, the tribunal of last resort, declared to be consti- tutional, in a decision in which all of the eight Judges, excepting Judge Brown, concur. This is a reversal of the decision recently rendered in the Supreme Court, and establishes the right of the new Commissioners to take possession of the city Fire Department property and to enter upon the discharge of their duties. A mecting of the new Commissioners was held last evening, at which an address to the members of the present Fire De- partment was adopted. It announces that the new de- partment will be immediately organized, and that appli- cations for service in it will be received from members of the volunteer force. The firemen are generally disposed to acquiesce quietly in the decision of the Court of Ap- peals and the consequent disbandment of their organiza- tion. The Court of Appeals yesterday denied the motion for & reargument of the case of our city Tax Commissionots, The Ohio Union State Convention met at Columbus yesterday, and nominated the following State ticket:— For Governor, General J. D. Cox; Lieutenant Governor, A. S. McDurney; Messenger, 8. 8. Warner; Attorney General, J. Brinkerhoff; Board of Public Works, James Moore; Clerk of Supreme Court, Lieutenant Rodney. Mre. Seward, wife of the Secretary of State, died in Washington yesterday, at the age of fifty-nine years. The body of the deceased lady will leave Washington for Albany this morning. At the meeting of the Aldermen yesterday afternoon & communication, in reply to an inquiry of the Board, was received from the Comptroller, stating that the full amount of the appropriation for advertising has already been exhausted, and that no further payments can be made to the newspapors on this account for expenses of 1865, A resolution was adopted directing the removal of the rails laid by the Second Avenue Railroad Company in Forty-third street, between First and Second avenues. The resolution making appropriation for celebrating the Fourth of July was amended so as to make the sum twenty thousand dollars, and then laid over. The Board adjourned until next Monday. The meeting of the Board of Education last evening ‘was one of some interest. There were charges of neglect of duty against the trustees of the First ward; one of an attempt to defraud the widow ofa soldier of one hundred and twenty-nine dollars against a trustee of the Nine- teenth ward; a charge of drunkenness against a teacher of the First ward; an announcement that a teacher in the Fourth ward pleaded guilty to an indictment for assault and battery; the report of the committee on the severe punishment of a child in the Fifteenth ward by a female teacher, und a variety of other business. An important insurauce case, involving the legal tender question in a new form, came up in the special term of the Supreme Court yesterday, before Judge Miller. The action was one brought by the frm of Charles Luling & William Toe! against the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Com- pany for some twenty thousand dollars, being the dif- ference claimed by the plaintiffs between payment in specie and paper money on an insurance paid for by them in gold. The’ plaintiffs contend that, having paid the insurance company in gold, they have a right to be paid in the same, or its value in paper money at the time of the transaction. The case is stil on At the chambers of the Supreme Court yesterday, be- fore Judge Ingraham, an application for a confirmation of the report of a referee, ordering the sum of five thou- sand dollars asa temporary alimony for Mrs. Susan F. Marsh, in the divorce suit against her husband (Sylvester Marsh), was made by the plaintiff's counsel. The Judge heard the application argued on behalf of the contesting parties, took the papers and reserved his decision. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday Leo San- chez pleaded guilty of an attempt at burglary in the third degree, and was sent to the State Prison for two years. Frederick Schaf, charged with stealing three hundred doliars from George Rupprecht, pleaded guilty, and was remanded. John Burke was convicted of pick- ing the pocket of Mrs. Rebecca Morris, in Broadway, on the 30th of last December, and was sent back for sentence. Mary Mooney was convicted of petty larceny from the tion yesterday, from Boston, on board steamship Africa. Edmund Ruffin, of Virginia, who signalized himself by his seal in Governor Wise’s militia dumng tho John Brown excitement, and by fring the first gun on Fort Sumter—the opening shot of the rebellion—committed suicide near Richmond on Saturday last by shooting him- eelf in the head. His reason for the act was that be could not live under the government of the United States. The following were among the commitments made by the police magistrates yesterday :—A man who gave bis name as John Fowler, on charge, in company with others who escaped, ef breaking into the house 175 West Forty- seventh atreet, on Tuesday, and stealing therefrom about six hundred dollars’ worth of wearing apparel; Jobn Greene, on charge of attempted burglary at 282 Bowery; Michael Cunningham, on charge of firing a pistol at an officer by whom he had been arrested; Sarah Simpson, & denizen of the Five Points, and Thomas H. Lawrence, charged with stealing considerable sums of money from two discharged soldiers named Christopher Roberts and Sidney V. Baker; Ray- mond Carr, John MoCabe and John Hays, on charge of knocking down and beating Peter J. Quinn, in Grand street, and robbing him of two hundred dollar, ‘and Garrett Forshay, proprietor of a saloon at 412 Sixth avenue, and Maria Murray, his cook, charged with rob- bing Richard 8, White in said premises, Ford’s theatre, in Washington, the building in which President Lincoln was assassinated, was sold to the Young Men's Christian Association yesterday for one hundred thousand dollars, Two accidents occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad, in the neighborhood of Johnstown, between Saturday morning and Sunday evening last, by which fourteen re- turning soldiers, belonging to the Sixth Pennsylvania heavy artillery and the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio regiment, were injured, several of them soverely. Among the number was Henry Witt, of 58 Gouverneur street, New York, a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio, whose ankle was fractured. ‘The stock market was higher yesterday. Gold was also firmer, and closed at 14234 on the street, The closing quotation at night was 143. The commercial status was unchanged yesterday, though the firmer gol prices begat a rather better feel- ing. Foreign merchandise was quiet asa general thing. Domestic produce was without decided change. Cotton was dull and heavy. Groceries were quiet. Petroleum was ashade off. ’On Change breadstuffs opened dull, ‘but closed firmer under a fair demand. Provisions were irregular, Pork was $1 a $2 per barrel lower, owing to the reported absconding of s prominent operator, Lard was the turn easier. Whiskey was dull. Mr. Seward and His Diplomacy with England and France. The Secretary of State, under date of June 17, addressed a letter of information to the Secretary of the Navy in reference to the with- drawal by France of “the character of bellige- rents” from the late insurgents of the South; and on the 19th he addressed a letter to the same person touching the same proceeding on the part of England. Some of the public jour- nals, of the order of copperheads, in the diffe- rent tone which marks ‘these two letters, have made the remarkable discovery that it is the policy and purpose of Mr. Seward to foment a rupture with England on the one hand, and to secure the friendship of France on the other, even to the extent of the sacrifice of the republic of Mexico and the Monroe doctrine. A superficial view of the two letters in ques- tion, we must say, too, naturally leads towards this conclusion. In the letter relating to France, Mr. Seward, after announcing that the imperial government had “removed all restric- tions heretofore imposed by it upon its naval intercourse with ' the United States,” and after noticing the withdrawal of rebel bellige- rent rights, goes on to say that “these pro- ceedings of the government of France have been prompted by the express desire of aeviving the old sympathies between the two nations, whose interests and traditions constantly invite them to cultivate the most friendly relations.” There is a sugar plum for Louis Napoleon. Next, in his letter relating to England, the Secretary of State informs the Secretary of the Navy of the official information, received through Sir Frederick Bruce, “of the withdrawal of the pretended concession of belligerent rights to the insur- gents,” but that as England has not withdrawn “the twenty-four hour rule” absolutely, “there- fore the customary courtesies are not to be paid by our veasela to those of the British navy.” - There is the cut direct for Lord Palmerston. But the presumption, plausible as it may seem upon its face, that Mr. Seward has thus shown his hand and betrayed his diplo- matic game is very wide of the mark. Justice demands a rigid and comprehensive settlement on our part with England; but touching our political affairs and balance of power on this continent there will assuredly be person, she, in connection with Ellen Bruce, having picked the pocket of Mrs, Herschberg on # Houston street ferryboat. She was sent to the Penitentiary for six months. Auguste Arnold, charged with stealing two hundred dollars from Edward Coullard; Clara Lewis, in- dicted for stealing three hundred dollars from Issac T. Perkins, and Patrick Collins, charged with stealing twen- ty-three dollars from Timothy Casey, were placed on trial. The testimony in these cases was so slight that the jury acquitted the accused parties. In the Surrogate’s Court yesterday the will of James M. Wilson was admitted to probate, and testimony was taken regarding the alleged will of Peter Vredenburgh, involving an estate valued at about sixty thousand dollars. A reception and festival were given yesterday at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, by the citizens, to the re- turned soldiers belonging to Richmond county. During the festivities, at about five o'clock in the evening, some trouble, brought om by too free indulgence in intoxi- cating drinks, occurred between some citizens and the soldiers, which soon led toa fight, in which there was extensive use made of guns, pistols and stones. A num- ber of persons were wounded, one of them, Lieutenant Nelson, of Company I, Sixty-sixth New York regiment, it is thought mortally. The riot was finally quelled by the crew of one of the government vessels lying in the bay. The ship Empire, of Liverpool, which left Sagua, on the 4th inst, with a cargo of sugar, for New York, was found abandoned, on the 13th inet,, on Hatteras Shoals, by Captain Greenwood, of the steamer Andrew Fletcher, and brought to this port, where she arrived yesterday. When picked up sho had five feet of water in ber hold. ‘There was nothing found on board the Empire to indi- cate what had become of her crew. At the meeting of the Hudson River Baptist Associa- tion yesterday the Committee on the State of the Country progented a series of resolutions expressing @ 4esire that no morbid and dangerous sympathy should be permitted to shield rebels and assassins from the full legal penalties attached to their crimes, and that the time has now come for colored people to enjoy every right and privilege of American citizens. Tho resoly- tions were unanimously adopted, and copies ar to be forwarded to Presfient Jobneon and Hop ‘William H. The annual commencemep? of the Law School con- nected with the New ‘ork University was beld last evening. OTAHOr% wore delivered by the graduates, and an apPrepriate address was made to thom by Professor Popr roy. ‘The annual exhibition of the grammar school of the New York University was held yesterday in the chapel of the University, The audience was quite large, and was composed principally of Indies, who showered bouquets upon the heads of the young orators who most distin- guished themselves on the occasion. The programme ‘was a very elaborate one, and consisted of orations, ma- sic and declamations. Chancellor Ferris presided, and at the conclusion of the exercises distributed a number of Prizes among the students. A committee consisting of Eiljah F. Purdy, Henry Weston and Samuel & Doughty, ‘was appointed to award prizes for the best declamatious, Bx-United States Senator John P. Hale, of Now Hamp. shire, our new Minister to Spain, sailed for his dostina- & broad and decisive settlement with France. We know that the Mexican question has re- cently been under consideration in Cabinet council, and that the administration is fixed upon the Canning-Monroe doctrine. There is nothing inconsistent with this fixed purpose in these two side-scene letters of Mr. Seward. He is simply playing the coquette. He is very sweet in his dalliance with France; but he hopes thereby to spur up sluggish England to that peculiar frame of mind for which he is mancuvring to pop the question. Lord Palmerston having failed in all his labors of thirty odd years to break up this country—first, for over a quarter of « century, in the active agitation of the horrible curse of American slavery, and then as the bottle holder of Jeff. Davis and his rebel confederacy, resting on the corner stone of slavery—must now change his course. He must be for us and the Canning- Monroe doctrine or against us. The United States will now prove a more powerful ally of England or a more dangerous enemy than France, and this is the point for which we be- lieve Mr. Seward is playing. The administra- tion is aware of ite strength, and that it pos sesses every advantage for playing off England and France against each other, without being in any particular hurry with either. The copperhead journals of the North under- stand the popularity, North and South, of the Monroe doctrine, and how immovably Presi- dent Johnson stands upon that doctrine. If they can show, therefore, that Mr. Seward is fin for its abandonment and the recogni- tion Of Maximilian in Mexico, they may expect s popular reaction which will compel the re moval of Mr. Seward. But when it is known that the agreement between the Barlows and the Belmonts with the Blair family requires, first, that one or two of the Blairs shall get into the Cabinet, up stairs or down stairs, be- fore the Barlows and Belmonts can get « sop of the spoils of the kitchen, we have the explana- tion of these copperhead attacks upon the Secretary of State. They began with a hideous hue and cry against Secretary Stanton, but, finding that they could not budge him, they have turned upon Mr. Seward. This is the narrow peep-hole through which they discuss his diplomatic movements. Louis Napoleon and Lord Palmerston, on the other hand, whatever may appear in the diplomatic side dishes of Mr. Seward, will do NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1865. Johnson fs the master of his Cabinet and domestic and foreign policy, and that while, in his own good time, he will exact a definite ad- justment with England, he has no more the idea of recognizing the spurious and offensive empire of Maximilian than he has of rein- stating Jeff. Davis and his exploded rebel con- federacy. What is Treason !—Jef. Davis and Ben ‘Wood, Under the English law @ very great many offences were recognized and punished os treason; but the suthors of our constitution, framing law in » liberal spirit, purposely ex- cluded the greater number of those offences, and distingtly declared that there were but two offences that the United States would punish as treason. These offences were chosen because they were, of all, the really heinous ones—be- cause they were the only ones that must be punished to save society and maintain the ex- istence of a government. None but these were considered to aim at the very life of a nation. These offences are:— 1. Levying war against the United States, 2, Adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort. An open, specific act of war must be charged and shown as the basis of e prosecution. Such open acts of war, for intance, as the battle of Antietam or the last attempt to take Washing- ton, come sufficiently under the head of “levy- ing war,” and it is not necessary that the alleged traitor should have been peraonally present at the battle to make him guilty of treason. On the contrary, “if war be actually levied, all those who perform any part, how- ever mfhute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are traitors.” Such is the judgment of Chief Justice Marshall. It was on this point of presence, however, that Aaron Burr, tried for treason, was declared not guilty. The indictment had charged the assembling on Blennerhassett’s island asan act of war, and had alleged Burr’s presence there. But on the trial it was admitted that Burr was in fact in another part of the country on the alleged day. The necessity was to prove that there had been an act of war,and then that Burr had been present and part of it. All the assembling was proved; but when the prosecu- tion came to prove Burr’s agency, Burr moved to exclude further testimony, because, as it was admitted that he was not present, no further testimony could sustain any other allegation of the indictment and must We irrelevant. The Court sustained Burr’s motion, and thus the evidence that was to show his connection with the unlawful assembly was put out, and Burr was declared not guilty on a legal point. But indictments need not be framed 80 stupidly just now; and if they are not, Jeff. Davis will be found guilty of high treason against the government to which he owes allegiance. That will be under the clause against those who levy war. If the other clause does not include Ben Wood, it was absurd to make it. Correspondence with the enemy, giving them {ntelligence, are. criminal acts under that olause; and when a properly constituted court has fully sifted that correspondence with the enemy, which resulted in transmission of a check for twenty-five thousand dollars from the rebel murder money, there will be enough known to settle Ben’s case. But the first clause applies to him too, inas- ‘much as an insurrection, large or small, to op- pose the execution of any statute of the United States does, if it employs force, levy war. That covers the draft riots. The conviction of these two men will furnish instances that our law is fully competent to deal with the highest and lowest of traitors. The punishment of treason is thus stated by the act of Congress of 1790:—“If any person or persons owing allegiance to the United States of America, shall levy war against them, or shall adhere to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, and shall be thereof convicted, euch person or persons shall stand adjudged guilty of treason against the United States, and shall suffer death.” It now remains for a grand jury in this county to indict Ben Wood for treason on the evi- dence already brought out at the Washington trial. Finayorat Rinas.—The benevolent financial system which has for some time been in vogue in the vicinity of our City Council, known as the “ring,” which has so benefitted its mem- bers, is being copled by other parties. The internal revenue officials of this city are said to have suddenly become converted to its pecu- liar philosopy and great admirers of its science and beneficial results. It is rumored that they have recently tested its practical operations by levying a fine of ten thousand dollars for the failure of one of our citizens to make his re- turn, and pocketed the money themselves. A very good commencement for the first applica- tion of the science, we should judge. Secretary McCulloch should investigate this matter at once and compel these officials to pay the money over to the government without delay. The Secretary of the Treasury is constantly in need of money, and should see that the funds collected by the revenue agents are all paid into the Treasury. These ring combinations should be nipped in the bud and not allowed to get the foothold which the Corporation ring has secured in this city. Repuce tus Exrenses.—We again call the attention of the government at Washington to the necessity of reducing its expenses. A reduc tion of at least one-half can be easily made without any detriment to the public service. The expenses of the army, navy, and other well to adopt the conclusion that President ' thelr facea to the wold gad gilvor regions of Colorado, fiisho, Territories, instead of to Mexico; and it would be @ much wiser determination on their part. They have had fighting enough for the present, and, of course, if they go to Mexico they will have to carry on their soldier trade for some time to come. In the gold regions of the West, on the contrary, they can renew the occupations of. civil life and make a comfortable fortune by thelr industry within » few years. The gold and silver territories then are the places for the veterans who have not any immediate oo- cupation at home. fate surmel RUE Soest The Work of the Washington Military Commission Not Yot Ended. . The arguments of the counsel for the prison- ers are now being read before the Military Commission at Washington, and it is expected that the trial will be concluded early next week. We hope, however, that the Judge Ad- vocate General will not present his summing up of the case without calling a few more im- portant ¥ int to the scope and extent of the rebel conspiracy, of which the as- sassination of President Lincoln was one of the most hideous details, The close of the war has placed the proper witnesses within the reach of the Judge Advocate General, and we propose to call his attention to.at least one point which requires thorough elucidation, and which it is within the province of the Commission to in- vestigate. The official reporter of the late rebel Con- gress was prosent at all the secret sessions, and has a recollegtion, more or legs olear, of all the proceedings. This feporter “has been North, and his presence before the Military Commission can easily be secured. He is, we believe, prepared to testify that, as s part of the general rebel conspiracy after the battle of Gettysburg, propositions were made in the secret sessions of the rebel Congress to buy up leading newspapers and leading poli- ticians of the North, The idea of this was to divide Northern senti- ment, obstruct recruiting, cripple the ad- ministration, break the war spirit and strengthen the copperhead peace party. The rebels hoped that with its border towns robbed by raiders, its chief cities in flames, its popu- lation decimated by imported smallpox and yellow fever and by poisoned water, and its leading officials assassinated, the North would be very ready to listen to the pleas for peace put forth by a purchased press, and that the recognition, independence and permanent establishment of the so-called Confederate States could be thus speedily secured. Now, we know that all the other details of the conspiracy were carried out, and we ask if it be not reasonable to suppose that the idea of purchasing Northern newspapers was car- ried out also? Our border towns were robbed by raiders; attempts were made to fire our principal cities ; infected clothing was imported into the country, but providentially failed to spread the contagion, and the lamented Presi- dent Lincoln fell beneath the assassin’s bullet. At the same time copperhead papers in this city and elsewhere clamored loudly for peace, and openly advocated the rebel cause. A prominent abolition organ, whose loyal chief editor is notoriously duped and de- ceived by his subordinates, wheeled about suddenly and also called for peace, as it EATH OF MRS. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Her Remains will Leave Washington fer Aubura this Morning—Olosing of the State Department im Consequence of the Affliction, dc. Wasmincron, June 21, 1868. Mrs. W. H. Seward, wife of Secrotary Seward, died at forty-five minutes past tem o'clock this morning. The physicians pronounced her case hopeless yesterday, and her decease has been hourly expected since last evening Hor disease was originally bilious fever, though the im- mediate cause of her death was hemorrhage of the howela, Her body has been embalmed by Drs. Brown and Alex ‘The State Department was closed at eleven o'clook im Consequence of this sad affliction. ‘The funeral services of Mrs. William H. Seward will take place at St, Paul's church, Auburn, New York, hee lave home, on Saturday next, at three o'clock in the afternoon. Her remaing will leave Washington im @ special train for Auburn, via Elmira, on Thursday morm- ing. Secretary Seward will accompany the remaing The Secretary of War has designated Major General Hancock and staff, and the Surgeon General has detailed Major Norris, Surgeon United States Army, one of the physicians who attended the Secretary of State during his recent illness, to accompany the Secretary to;Auburm, Mrs. Seward was fifty-nine years of age. Her maiden name was Frances Adeline Miller. Sho was the youngest daughter of the Hon. Elijah Miller, who at the time af his daughter's marriage was, @ business partner of Mr. Seward, and the first Hudge of Cayuga county, in this State. Four children are the fruit of their union—Am gustus, Frederick W,, Clarence A. and a daughter, Phe Light Guard Anniversary; ~*~“ EXCURSION TO NBW ROCHBLLE—TARGBT PRAOCTION— The Light Guard (Company A, Seventy-first regiment, New York State National Guard), one of the oldest mil tary organizations in the United States, celebrated their thirty-ninth anniversary yesterday by an excursion te New Rochelle, where the day was agrecably spent t= target practice, feasting and drinking, aa in days of yore, Unusual interest was taken in this celebration by the members, for the reason that there had been no similar demonstration of the kind for the last four years. The war— “Grim visaged war?— had called the company away to Virginia and Pennay® vania in 1861 and 62, and some less important obste- clea prevented them from having their anniversaries im 1863 and '64. It was determined, therefore, to make up this year for lost time, and the most extensive prepar tions were made to render the reunion as complete an@ pleasant as possible. The steamer Sylvan Grove was chartered for the occasion, and the proprietor of that fashionable resort, the Neptune House, was engaged te furnish dinner for the Guards and their invited guests, of whom there were a goodly number on The company, which assembled at their armory, Lae fayette Hall, about eight o'clock, A. M., wore ola Light Guard ‘uniform, namely, white coats, blue pants with white stripes, and the inevitable bearskin hats They looked remarkably well, and marched up Broad way to Dofworth’s music in fine style, At the foot of ‘twenty-third street, East river, the party embarked om board the Sylvan Grove, and in the course of an hour or so thoy were landed safe and sound at New Rochelle Half an hour was spent in washing and changing a2 uniform, then the company all ‘fell in” and pi to a shady grove in the rear of the hotel, where they ta dulged in target tated for a couple of hours. e shooting having been ee through with to the satistaction of the “Guard,” they adjourned to the Nep- tune House and arrayed themselves in their best clothes for dinner. About one hundred and fifty persons, includ- ing the invited guests and the musicians, sat down te dinner, and the work of eating, drinking and sp then commenced, lasting for three hours. Annexed is list of the regular toasts:— First regular toast—The day we celebrate—the bit of our patriot, Daniel D. Tompkins. Drank in silence, Second regular toast—Our victorious armies who have restored to us an undivided Union. The Rev. Matthew Hale Smith responded in an able and stirring speech, in which he paid a high tribute te the valor of our citizen soldiery, and announced himself in favor of chokti ey Tebel who would not be willing legiauce. lar ur regiment: the Seventy-first bp ne jew York State National Guard. ponded to by Lieutenant Colonel Coles, who pald @ handsome compliment to the members of Company A fer the gallantry displayed at the battle of Bull Run, and more cane under General Meade in tho Pennsylt campaign. The speaker referred in feeling terms to father of the Seventy-first regiment, Colonel Vosburgh, who offered his services to the government ab the very outaet of the war, and died from disease com tracted in the field. now calls for @ universal pardon. Here we the taht Coa toest—W. 'W. Tompkine, the tather @f i. ded to by Colonel W. W. kt have evidence, not only that the rebel Con: Pr -% a ears t aivatie nee ins, the gress proposed to buy these papers, but that they afterwards acted precisely as if they had been bought. But, as a connecting link be- tween these two facts, we have also a check for twenty-five thousand dollars drawn by Jake Thompson, the rebel agent in Canada, in favor of one of our copperhead editors, then a mem- ber of Congress, This completes the chain of testimony which we desire the Military Com- mission to take up. The proposition, the pay- ment and the result are equally clear, and the Judge Advocate General can prove them as unquestionably as he has proven the guilt of the other conspirators. If this appendix to the evidence already presented shall lead to the hanging of a copperhead editor or two nobody at the North will object. Increase or Euraration.—The retarns of im- migrants coming from Europe show @ very large increase this year over last, and it would appear from statements in the foreign journals that there is hardly transportation enough to be had for those who are waiting to come to this country. The seaports are crowded with this class, all provided with the means to travel, and only deterred by want of sufficient vessels. It is estimated that before the end of the year we shall have received upwards of two hundred thousand immigrants from all parts of Europe. Every one of these brings money with him, say on an average twenty dollars a man. This would be four millions of dollars. Every able- bodied man is worth, according to the inter. nal revenue calculation, ten thousand dollars. What a vast addition to the value of labor, then, will this accession to our industrious population be. Many of these people will go to the Southern States, and there furnish a most important piece of machinery in recon- struction, as far as the difficult question of labor is concerned. went into the early history of the Light Guard when they were known as the Tompkins Bluea, and attributed the prosperity and ——,, of the ent organization to the fine military qualities of Riote first commander, Captain Edward Vincent, who bas since been numbered with the dead. In conclusion proposed that they should drink to the memory of thelr old commander. Fifth regular toast—The past officers of our come pany. Captain D. D. Hart responded to this toast in his usual felicitous manner. He paid a handsome tribute to the fercaaton 10 maintain the eps du core for which they ganization in had so long been noted. Sixth regular toast—Our sweethearts and our wives, to whose the soldier bas always to surrendeg, Responded to by Sergeant Byrne. ‘The ceremony of tere fae successful shots at the came off on board steamer lg . F. Moore. “The presentation Jonas B. Phillips and Jerome Buck, in afew remarks, which drew forth three cheers and a The Sylvan Grove returned to the city about six o’clock, and landed the Guard at the foot of third street, from whence they marched to Fifth and Broadway to their armory, where th missed. Annexed is a list of the present oi eee i in—William G. Tompkina, Firat Liewtenant—James Davis. Second Orderly i iit: He re Sale of Governme: oe at Philadel phiae. r 00p rascis cor aceam. ey ‘rom the Philadel, jane The Pl inededng ry end ans Meet ‘govern- ment vessels at the Navy Yard yesterday drow a number of shipping merchants, aad others por penny hd to the - ie vessels announced to be sold were side-wheel steamer Quaker City, two hundred four feet long and thirty-six feet beam; steamer Ladoua, one hundred and ninety-seven and twenty-seven fect beam; th i Hl ig York, for $36,200; the steam Tas Pam Fra Derartumyt to Go Into the steamer Catnbeidge There raga good tel ome Orunartox—The Court of Appeals gave a de- | was'scld'to sir “tameate Whitaey,of Brosklya, Re cision yesterday on the constitutionality of the | [°". the steamer Quaker City, © Fae Paid Fire Department law which came before them from the Supreme Court of this city, where the law was declared to be unconstitutional. The Court ef Appeals has reversed this de- cision, and as there is no higher court to pro- nounce upon It the paid department is now a legal institution, We trust that it will be put into immediate operation. The disgraceful scenes of riot and bloodshed at Flushing, on Tuesday, render the necessity of « paid fire department more apparent than ever. Jay Cooxn’s Mopaay Divonrr—Jay Cooke anys that the national debt is ® blessing, and The tat Lng ae en ae ent be Se ee loam to-day as telegraph amount to $8,100,400 including the following: alt to Jay Coste, Eee. ‘Louisville, Ky. + $500,000 ate i wes 6 institution, According to Jay Cooke the national debt is @ “Divine institu- | yaited states Circuit Court of Pennsyl- ton” tao, £ vania. id — States Ciroult Court 'f tie Wanlorn die. Gurmas Qaurt.—In the window of a | ,. The United ‘a now in sossion here. The Pitts- ef may be sete e splendid detionay, trot of Penney vieville Railroad ve. The couthern, Pom intended for oa to Gen. Is a one of W. Railroad is now ‘argued. Among the coum i umbridge edition, and ie magnidceait? | sol are Reverdy Johnson and Mr. Latrobe, of ‘Baltimore ‘and on the interior of the front MeYaiaid uns | Much Intorest in manifested in the case, © _ Diep ov Han Ixsuntms.—Margaret L. Heraphy, the "1 move works. of rho fell from the fc propens mors Leryn: Apt hey a little girl, four years of age, wi fourth story window of promises 863 West Houston fo {7 propose to fight it out om this line if it takesall | tho arms of her aunt Cathorine Hossion, «few summer.” yesterday at the re , an previously reported, died shines of bor paronts, 03 Baxter street, from the offootg of internal injuries received on that oocasion, ‘The book isa + from the printers and publishers, ba a Gols bali a Ln aaah 9m Map, bode, Proprictors of Riverside Presa, of i