The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1865, Page 1

’ “ THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,585. THE WIRZ TRIAL. Commencement of the Proceedings of the Military Commission in the Case of the Keeper of the Andersonville Prison. Horrible Crimes with Which He is Charged. How the Prisoners in His Charge were Maltreated. Exposed and Starved, Wilfully Shot, Poisoned by Foul Vaccine Matter , 2nd Torn to Pieces by Dogs. oo HORRIBLE CATALOGUE OF CRIMES. eneral Lee, “Hog” UFinder, &. D. Morthrop and Others Ar- raigned with Wirz. hey are Charged with Having Couspired with * Hith to Murder Our Soldiers, &ec. &e. &e. 1 ; Wastitxaton, August 21, 1865. The special Military Commission convened this after- on in the Court of Claims room, at tr,e Capitol, Major sneral Wallace President and Coloy.c) Chipman Judge At half-past one o’elock Capta!ia Wirz, the prisoner to ) tried, was brought into ‘’ae room, guarded on each de by a soldier. The pr¥soner was requested to rise, hen Colonel Chipman #aid:— “Captain Wirz; you ‘are to be tried by this Military Com- ion. Have you any personal objection to any of ite mbers?’? Judge Hucues, one of the counsel, said he proposed to yake no objection of a personal character. They would, owever, at a subsequent stage of the proceedings, ask » be heard on the plea of general jurisdiction, especially bjecting to the mode of constituting the court, But if pe prisoner was'to be tried by a military commission be pould as oon be tried by this one as any other. ‘The members of the commission were then sworn. | The Jova Apvocars informed the prisoner that he was Fraigned for trial undor the. name of Henry Wirz. Vas that the name? * ‘The prisoner replied that it was. Judge Hucurs desired to say that the charges and were not delivered to the prisoner until day afternoon, and were not seen by his counsel thie morning; therefore they bad not sufficient time examine them. THE CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS. Oolonel CaarMan said the counsel could ask for delay the arraignment, and then proceeded to he. and specifications preferred against Heury Wirz, follows:— . arb, 1 adn bd ofthe then exisiag armed, raveliion ngainat United 8 of America, on or before the first day atday nnd the toni day of Apri, 1805, combining, Cet Wing. together with Robert. F James A. Seddon, John H. Winder, Lucius D. North- Richard B. Winder, Joseph White, W. s. Winder, Stevenson, — Moore, and others unknown, to ure the health and destroy the.lives of soldiers in the nilitary service of the United then held and ners of war within the lines of the so-called nfederate States, and in the inilitary prisons thereof, the end that the armies of the United might be ened Jeers impaired, in violation of the laws and ms of war. Sprcification.—In this, that he, the said Henry Wi mccine, colbebertis py the Ee with them, the d Robert E. Lee, James A. Seddon, John H. Winder, clus H. Northrops Richard B. Winder, Joseph White, mall trait and, fering, by confining in ‘unhealthy and un- iis urnlag sun of ume, by compelling a unwholeasme’ food, of large aombers of rederal pit: service of the Ng | as _ prisoners the State of Geor- Confederate i &. as the law of war, did, in in his custody according to ce of such combination, confederation and con- incited thereunto by them, the said Robert james A. Seddon, John H. Winder, Lucius H. B. Winder, Joseph White, W. 8. — Moore, and others whose unknown, , wickedly and traitor- confine a number of such prisoners of war, rs in the military service of the United States, to ‘thousand men, in unhealthy and nce of design cy, wilfully and maliciously negiect to furnish cks, or other shelter sufficient for their pro. from the inclemeucy of winter and the dews sun of and wit such camp ipage and other , of which they were possented, ce the time of oles in bie con Ai ‘and with like malice and il intent did refuse to furnish or cause to be furnished ood, either of a quality or quantity sufficient to pre- je health and sustain life; and did refuse and neglect ‘urnish wood sufficient for cooking in summer and keep the said prisoners warm in winter, and did com. the said to subsist upon unwhole-ome yater, reoking With the filth and garbage of the -prison d prison yard, and the offal aud drainage of the cook use of said prison, whereby the prisoners became ‘ly reduced in their bodily strengib, and emaciated nd injured in their bodily health, their minds im- red and their intellects broken, and many of the: : ten thoussd—whpes names are unknown, dand died by veason thereof, which he, the said ary Wir, then ‘and there well know and’ Mmtended; so knowing and evily intending did refuse and ne- et to provide proger lodgings, food or nourishment for siok and and medieal attendance the restoration heir |, and did knewingty, iciowsly and wilfuky, in furtherance of his evil de- permit them to nish and die from want of cave treatment. “S an ae babies = ening his evil purposes, rmit to remain in the 4 Pine sroveiated sick and languishin; od the bodies of the dead until they became corr) m their clothing, blankets, ‘and filled the air with fetid and noxious - thereby itly increased the unwhole- prison, insomach that great numbers said prisoners—to wit: the number of one thousand— ‘names aro unknown, sickened and died by thereof, And tho said ‘Henry Wirz, still ia. the ing wicked and cruel wholly disreg of civilized wertare, di at the time and place and wilfully subject the prisoners ‘whusual and infamous punishment elight, vy Se nw oye fastening the prisoners aforeeia a “with chaing around their necks and they with the groatest difficulty ; go con- being without food or drink, in many, to wit, the number of thirt known, sickened and died, And wickedly pursuing his evil cause to be designated within the penny aed risoners a dead lin ‘a line around the inner face oft the stockade or one said prison, and about twenty feet distant from and within said stock- ‘ade, and having so established said dead line, which was line, and in many other consequence of which , Whoge names are un- the said Wirz, still did establish and enclosure con- places marked by inseoure and shi strips of boards ait or ead Boe eat ope eee » prison guar ‘stationed around the stoskade to fire upon and kill any of the prisoners aforesaid who might touch, fall upon, pass over, or under, or across the said dead line, pursuant to which said orders and instructions malleiously and needlessly yen oe said Wirz, the said prison did fire wy) and a larg ber of said i wo wit: the amber of about three hun- dred, and the said -Wira, ia evil purpose, did Keep and uxe ferocious Ln ‘dan? gerous to human life, called nds, to hunt down itive prisoners of war, which the ald beasts, in- cited as aforesaid, then and there did, whereby a large number of said prisoners of war, who, during the time aforesaid, made their escape and were recaptured, and were by the said beasts then and there cruelly and inhu- cer injured, insomuch that many of said prisoners— it, the’ number of about fifty—died; and the said still pursuing bis wicked purpose and still aiding carrying out said come ntreey did use, and caused be used for the pretended purposes of vac- sination, impure and poisonous vaccine matter, which said impure and poisonous matter was then there, by the direction and ieiniaaly, cruelly and wickedly deposited in the arm: of many of said prisoners, by reason of which large numbers of them—to wit, one hundred, lost their arms, and many of them—to wit, about the number of two nanee, ore 80 injured that they soon thereafter died. All of which the said Henry well knew and ma- liciously intended, and in aid’of the then existing re- bellion against the United st with the view to assist in weakening and impairing the armies of the United Baton, and in furtherance of the said conspiracy aud with the full knowledge, consent and connivance of his conspirators aforesaid the said Wirz then and there did. Charge Second.—Murder, im violation of the laws and customs gf w: i in this, the said H. Wirz, an 0. PF in the malty Serv the so called Confederate States “f Americay ac Andersonville, in the State of Georgia, on ~€t about tie th day of July, A. D., 1866, then and E tl being commimndant of a pricon there Sten Gh the authority of said 90 called Confederate fo finementt of prisoners of war taken and Salen J The cont ‘DB ioe of the. paited Staies of a is we e4i4 commandant feloniously, America, while acting as — ~are¢bought, dia make an wilfully and of bis malice a. =Smaiy pisiot cart assault; and he the said H. Wirz, au. + with gun- a revolver, then and there loaded and chargeu ~)'~§"2- der and bullets, which said pistol he said nenry irzin bis hand then and there bad and held, to, against and upon a soldier ing to the army of the jnited States, in his (the said Henry Wirz’s) custody as a prisoner of war, whose name is unknown, then and there feloniougly and of his malice aforethought did shoot and discharge, inflicting upon the body of the soldier aforesaid a mortal wound with the pistol afoze. said, in consequence of which said mortal viound, murderously inflicted by the said H. Wirz, the said toddler theron dU0d a sald. lene Specification 2.—In tl ‘denry Wirz, an oflicer in the military service of the 50-called Ceafederete States of America, at Andersonviile, in the State of Georgia, on or about the 20th da ‘of September, A. D. 1864, then and there being vozninandant of a prison there located, by the authority of ‘the said so-called Confede- rate States for the continement of prisoners of war, taken and held as such from the armies of the United States of America, while acting as said commandant feloniously, wilfully and of his malice aforethought, di jump upon, bs kick, bruise, and otherwise injure with the heels of his a soldier belonging to the army of the United States, in hia (the said Henry Wiraz’s) custody as a prisoner of war, whose name is unknown, of which said stamping, kicking and bruising, mali: ciously cone, and inflicted by the suid Wirz, he, the said soldier, soon thereafter died. ~~ ificatim 3,—In this, that the said Henry Wirz, an officer in the military service of the so-called federate States of America, at Andersonville, m-the State of Georgia, on or about the 18th day of June, A. D. 1 then and there being commat it of @ prison there located, by the authority of the said go called Confederate States, for the confinement of prisoners of war, taken ‘and held as such from the armies of the United States of America, while as said commandant, felo- niously and of his aforethought, did make an aseault, and the said Henry Wirz, a certain pistol, called a revolver, then and there loaded and chai with, gany and bullets, which said istol the said Henry Wirz in his hand then and there fad and held to, Inst and upon a soldier belonging to the army of the United States in his the said Heury Wirz’ custody as a prisoner of war, mame is un- ~— A oe en A, there for aas ran his meals aforethought t and discharge, upon the body of the soldicr aforesaid « mortal pote Lin the pistol aforesaid, in conseqnence of which said mortal ‘wound murderously inflicted by the said Henry Wirz the Gpeidcation ot thls: that. the said Henry Wire, —In this, that the (es , an officer in the military service of the so called. Confede- rate States of Ladd Semy a in the paieon Georgia, on or about the 30th day of May, A. D. then and there being commandant of a prison there lo- cated by the authority of the said so called Confederate confinement of prisoners of war taken from the armies of the United States of hile acting as said commandant feloniously his malice aforethought did make an assault, and the said Henry Wirz, a certain pistol called a revolver then and there loaded and charged with gunpowder and builets, which said pistol the said Henry Wirz im his. band then and _ there and held so upon a soldier belonging to the army of tn his the said Henry Wirz’s custody as @ of war, whose name is unknown, then and there felomously and of his malice afore- thought did shoot and discharge, inflicting upon the rye aed en aforesaid a mortal Pg Myr ist in consequence of wi sai Found, mt inflicted by the said Henry Wirz, the said ne Sereier, thin ee ie + <i feation .—In th 6 said Henry an officer In the’ military service of the so-called Confede- rate States of America at Andersonville, in the State of Geor on or about the 20th day of August, A. D. 1864, there and then being comimandaut of a prison there located, by the anthority of the said so-called Confederate States for the confinement of pris- oners of war taken aud held as such from the armies of the United States of America, while acting as said com- mandant feloniously and of his malice aforethought did confine and bind with an instrument of torture called “the stocks” a soldicr belonging to the army of the ‘United States, in the said Henry Wirz’: custody as a prisoner of war, whose name is unknown, in conse- quence of which said cruel treatment, maliciously and pesip pn inflicted as aforesuid, he the said soldier soon th died, ication 6,—In this, that the said Henry Wirz, an officer in the mili service of the so-called Confede- rate States of America, at Andersonville, in the State of bey oe on or about the first day of February, , then and there being commandant of the authority of the said so-called Confederate States for the confinement of prisoners of war, taken and held as such from the armies of the United Btates of America, while acting as said commandant, feloniously and of bis malice aforethought, did confine and bind within an in- strument of torture called the ‘ » a soldier be- longing to the army of the United States in his (the said Henry Wirz’s) custody as a prisoner of war, whose name is unknown, in consequence of whieh said cruel treat- ment, maliciously and murderousiy inflicted, as afore- said, hie, the said soldier, soon thereafter died. ‘Specification 7.—In this, that tho sald Henry Wirz, an officer in the military service of the so-calied Confederate States of America, at an aa ae in the State of Geor- gin, on or about the 20:h day of July, A. D., 1864, then and there being commandant of a prigon there located by the authority of the said so-called Confederate States, for the confinement of prisoners of war, taken and held as such from the armies of the United’ States of America, while acting as said commandant, feloniously and of his malice aforethought, did fasten and chain together seve. rul persons, soldiers betonging to the army of the United States, jn hia, the sald Henry Wirz's, custody as prisoners of war, whore names are unknown, binding the necks and fect of sad prisoners closely together, and compel- Ming them to carry great burdens, to wit:—large fron balis chained to their feet, so that in consequence of the said cruel treatment inflleted upon them by the said | Henry Wirz, as aforceald, one of sald soldiers, a prisoner of war, as aforesaid, whore name is unknown, died, yication 8.—In this, that the said Honry wi, officer in the mflitary service of the so-called, Congederate States of America at Anlerronv ge, in eof Georgia, on or abort the fifteenth dy of A. D., 1804, then ad there bemg a commandant of n there W- cated by the anthority of the safd Copfaderate States for the confinement of prhoners of War and re Ne 3 from the armies of Unttted States of America, While aoting as said conn! dane, Felbaivesly wilfally and of his malice afovethought, di ra rebel soldter, whose name is unknown, then on duty as a sen- tinel oF guard to the prison of whieh aatd Henry Wir ‘was commandant as aforesaid, ys upon a soldier be- longing to the army of the United States, in his, the said Heury Wirz's custody as a prisoner of wat, whose name is unknown, and in pursuance of said order, so as afore- said, maliciously and murderously given as aforesaid, he, the eaid rebel soldier did, with a musket loaded with gunpowder and bullet, then and there fire at the said 80) fe aforesaid, held as a prisoner of war, inflict- {ug upon im a mortal wound with the musket afore- |, of which the said prisoner soon therealter died. ogee this, that the said ry officer in the military service of the so-called 5 erate States of [owneonye Andersonville, in the Btate of Georgia, on or about the first day of July, A.D. 1864, tien and there being t of a there located by the authority of said so-called Confed- erate States for the confinement of prisoners of war taken be ern ad ae ree the armies of the United : erica, wi My aa said commandant, feloni- and of his malice did order & rebel i NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1865. sald rebel soldier, did with a musket loaded powder and bullet, then and there fire at the said 80 as aforesaid held as a prisoner of war, inflicting upon him a mortal wound with the said musket, of which he, the said prisoner, soon thereafter died. jon 10.—In this, that the said Henry Wirz, an officer In the military service of the so-called Confederate States of America, at Andersonville, in the State of Georgia, on or about the 20th day of August, A. D. 1864, then and there ow commandant of a ay there lo- the authority®f the said so-called Confederate States for the confinement of ers of war taken afd held as such from the armies of the United States of America, while acting as said commandant, foloniously and of his malice aforethought, did order a rebel soldier, whose name is unknown, then on duty as a sentinel or Ereforeaid, Lotro cpon aslaes Belcogne eee 4 ire upon a soldier belonging to the arm: of the United States, in his, the said He ‘ire’s, custody as a prisoner of war, whose name is nown, and in pursuance of said order, go as aforesaid, and murderously given as aforesaid, he, the said sol- dier, with a musket loaded with gunpowder and bullet, then and there fired at the said soldier so, as ba inhpon ce held a prisoner of war, ene upon him a ich he, the said pris- wound with the raid mrsket, of wi oner, soon thercafter died, ion 11.—In this, that the said Henry Wirz, an the military service of the so-called Cont id soldier office federate States of bmg 8 Andersonville, in the State of Georgia, on or about the Ist day of July, A. D, 1864, then and there being commandant of a prison there lo- cated by anthority of the said so-called Confederate States, for the confinement of prisoners of war taken and held ag such from the armies of the United States of America, while acting as said commandant, feloniously and of his malice aforethought, did cause, incite and urge certain ferocious and bloodthirsty animals called bloodhounde, to lin ge attack, wound and tear to pieces a soldier belong- ing to the army of the United States in his, the said Henry. Wirz’s, custody as a prisoner of war, whese name is un- known, and in consequence thereof the said bloodhounds did then and there, with the knowledge, encouragement and instigation of him, the said Wirz, maliciously and murderously given by him, attack aod mortally wound the said soldier, in consequence of which said mortal wound he, the said prisoner, soon thereafter died. Specification 12.—In this, that, the said Henry Wire, an officer in the military service of the so-called Confederate of America, at Andersonville, in the State of Geor- ia, on orabout the 27th day of July, A. D. 1864, then &and there being commandant of a prison there located by the authority of the said so-called Confederate States for the confinement of prisoners of war taken and held as such from the armies of the United States of America, while acting as said jandant feloniously, and of his malice aforethought, order a rebel soldier, whose name is unknown, then on duty 42g sentinel or guard to the prison of which said Wir? Wag comma. dant, as afore- said, to fire upon a soldier belonging to ¢ United States, in his, the said Hen: @ prisoner of war, whose name {s »- ny suance of said order, so - | bcc agaist ‘d murderously ¢!+-~ ~ es aforesaid, maliciously, an did. wi --wu' ae hforesaid, he, the said rebel soldier, then we talaket loaded with gunpowder and bultet, h en and there fire at the said soldier, so, a3 aforesaid, eld aga prisoner of war, inflicting upon’ him a mortal wound with the said musket, of which said mortal wound be, t‘ne said prisoner, soon thereafter dict, Spectfic’.tion 18.—In thie, that the said Henry Wirz, an off ser ia the military service of the so-called Confederate States of America, at Andersonville, in the State of Georgia, on or about the % day of August, A. D. 1864, ‘hen and there being commandant of & prison there lo- cated by the authority of the said fo-called Confederate States, for the confinement of prisoners of war taken and held as such from the arm'es of the United States of America, while acting as said commandant, feloniously and of his malice aforethought did make an assault upon a soldier belonging to the army of the United States, in his the said Eenry Wira’s custody asa prisoner of war, whose name is unkown, and with a pistol called o revolver then and there held in the hands of the said Wirz, did beat and bruise said soldier upon the head, shoulders and breast, inflicting thereby mortal wounds, from which beating and bruising aforesaid, and the mor- tal wounds caused thereby, the said soldier soon there- after died. N. P. CHIPMAN, Colonel and A, A. D. C., Judge Advocate. Colonel Carman asked the prisoner—What answer have you to make? Judge Hvcues replied that the charges were delivered to the prisoner only yesterday afternoon, and were not seen by his counsel—viz: Messrs, Hughes, Denver, Peck and Louis Schode—until this morning. He submitted the question whether a reasonable time would not be given to the prisoner to prepare for defence or not. ‘What made an extension of time still more important ‘was that three or four weeks ago a totally different set of charges were served to those who proposed to defend him, and on which preparations to that end alone had been made. The charges just red were different in sub- stance and form, and certainly twenty-four hours’ notice was not sufficient to consider them. Colonel Currman felt it to be hi: duty to state that the charges served two or three weeks ago embraced pre- cisely the substance but not the form oi these just pre- ferred, The only addition is the charge of A custody 2 and in pur. which @ acts herefore all Th ec counsel be prepared to mect them. There shou!d be no unreasonable delay. We had sul anumber of witnesses from the South, and a hundred witness:s for the government were now iu attendance, Indge Hoaurs replied thut the counsel designated no time. They asked no tndue or mnnecesary indulgence but wishe:! to facilitate the business of the ‘commission, As to the substance of the chargee—to which the pri: soner pleads not guilty—thes e different from those heretofore prepared. One set called upon him to defend his own life onlv; but the other, just read to this court, required him not ouly to defend his own life, but that of General Lee and ha!fa dozen others, Colonel Cuirua® desired the gentleman to indicate for whom he appeared. Judge Hccnes replied—We appear for the prisoner now on trial. ‘The Judge Advocate was, no doubt, aware that when the proof of a conspiracy isonce made out, the prisoner is responsible for the acts of all engaged in it, Colonel Cmemay desired the entry to be made that these gentlemen appear only for the prisoner, and it should be understood whether, w’ authority, they shouid defend anybody else. Judge Hvcurs—We only desire to defend Captain Wirz, We may object to the form of the charges, the first of which is a conspiracy, aud not only a conspiracy, but actual crimes under it: other charge is murder, with thirteen specifications, If theee specifications of murder come under the civil law, then we propose that this court cannot toke jurisdiction; but if they come ; under military Jaw, this court might take Jurisdiction. I wish to submit to the court that they lay down some rule by which they are to be gov erned during this trial. This isan order emanating trom the President of the United Statos, appointing a military commission, not to try a particular caxe, but any care that may be’ brought before it, and it does not appear that this case has been went here, The one statute gives military courts jnris- diction over civilians in cases where persons are found lurking about as spies, No Jurigdiction is conferred in cases of conspiracy. The prisoner is chaged with trene onsble conspiracy and murder. Then do we know that it was the intention of the President to send such a caso here? We have no evidence that the charges emanated from any other source than the Judge Advocate of this cou! rt. Colonel Cuirmay said, while not des gning to answer the fallacy of Judge Hughes, he would merely remark that the practice has been to try any case properly coming before the court. The order reads ‘for the trial of such prisouers as may be brought before the court." the books lay down the rule that the Judge Advocate shall prepare the cases for adjudication. Several cases have already been decided; the nt is not a new one; the case is not required to be a dy! and sent to the court. The court is constitu’ for the trial of such prisoners as bn be it before it, and the prisoner is here to be tri The Court, with closed doors, decided to overrule the plea of the counsel for the acoured. Judge Hoones, in order, as he said, to facilitate pro- ceedings, filed several pieas:—First, denying the juris. diction of the court to try the prisoner, i paving Se authority to do so, either by statute or well established usage. Second, that this case ts not brought before it by competent authority, Third, that the prisoner {s a nati- ralized citizen, and was never in the land or naval ser- vice of the United States; mow being at peace, and civil war ceased, there is no authority to punish him, The prisoner protests he ought not therefore to be tried, but discharged from custody. He also claims that just before the time of his arrest at An- dersonville Captain Noyes, on duty near that place, ap- plied te him. for information which he cheerfully com- municated to him, and he Neo Captain Noyes to General Wilson's quarters, the former promising hin safe conduct, and giving him an aasurance that he should not be arresied, The prisoner relied on the good faith of Captain > , bot notwithetanding the above re- the prisoner was seized, held {n con- rougit to Washington, "The prisoner further protaets that he ought not to be held any longer for the reason as set forth at length that he came within the tarms of tye capitulation between Genaral Johnson and General Sherman. The defendant also aske the court to quash the several charges and gj ons, because they are cach ard every one uneertain and in- definite as to the time and the offence; and the allega- tions are so indefinite and vague that he ought not to be tried them; and further, that they do not charge him with any offenge panishable under the laws of war, Mr, Dexven inquired what rales were to ern, whether the rules of court martial or some other rules? General Wat. the President of the court, replied that the court would serve the counsel with a copy of the rules relative to the argument and the motions. The court adjourned till to-morrow, The British Provinces, Qurpec, August 21, 1866, Hon. Darcy McGee is afflicted with cancer, and is quite i. Surveys and estimates for the intercolonial railway have been submitted, from which it is learned that the route recommended is via rtver Du Loup, bay of Cha- leur, Frederickton and Pictou, to Halifax, and wil? cost about twenty-five millions, or forty thousand dollars per mile. Sam. Whitney, of New York, is dunning the govern. ment for his reciprocity clafmn. i Dr. H. Dehawrowits, of the Ozar’s Privy Council, and Inepector General of the Russian navw arrived in the > WASHINGTON. The G sident’s Future Policy in ting Pardons to Rebels. Recovery of $140,000 Government Funds from the Wreck of the Steamship Golden Rale. Promotion of General Hancock in the Regular Army. ke. &e. ke. : Wastunatoy, August 21, 1865. POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT IN GRANTING PARDONS. ‘The President's door was thrown open at the usual hour to-day, and the room was soon filled with a motley crowd of both sexes. As usual, two-thirds of those present desired pardons for themselves or friends; but the bearing of the President towards such applicants has been noticeably changed of late. His sense of justice revolts at the bare idea of bribery and corruption being instrumental in obtaining the pardon of any one. The HeRAb’s exposure of an instance last week in which five hundred dollars, patd to Hon. Thomas Corwin, secured what the applicant seemed otherwise unable to obtain, appears to have first called hig attention to the subject and aroused his suspicions. He is now determined to exercise the greatest cantion in the matter, and to give each individual case his undivided personal attention. His first step, therefore, was to suspend action in the Attorney General’s office upon all applications for par- don until some disposition has been made of those already accumulated. No more requisitions are to be made on the State Department for pardon until further orders. Hong sete The President is reported to haye been severe in his remarks to those who approached him on the subject of P'suons Today. Ope old gentleman had a letter in his péssession stating that his pardo® COWd be Sbjained for nino hundred dollars. ‘Tho President desired f ney who Offered to obtain it for that sum, He wanted above all things to ascertain who the men were that accepted bribes. ‘He said he had been notified that unfair and | dishonest influences werd used to obtain pardons; but hg desired specific information instead of generalitics, and declared that his office was the pardon office, and that the Attorney General's office had little todo with it. The newspapers might fassert that two hundred were par- doned daily becavse that number of requisitions passed through the Attorney General’s office; but he wished the fact to be known that he investigated each case him- self, and only granted such petitions as recommended themselves to his clemency. Some of those present asked for permission to cal] again fora further considera- tion of their cases. The President significantly replied— “It would be some time before many more pardons were granted.’ This would seem to dispose of the project of organizing a separate pardon bureau. THE LOSB OF THE STEAMER GOLDEN RULE. The Treasury Department has just received an inter- esting letter from its agent, Mr. Victor Smith, who was wrecked on the steamer Golden Rule on the way to Cali- fornia, with one million of United States Treasury notes and one hundred and sixty seven-thitty bonds of one thousand dollars ereh in his charge, The steamer was wrecked on Roncada reef, in the Caribbean sea, near. Grand Cayman Islaeg: Mr. Smith remained there ina tent, in the hope’ of recovering a portion of the funds by the assistance of wreckers and professional divers. He chartered the schooners Lavinia und Dolphin, of Eden & Co., of Grand Cayman Island, for one month, for the consideration of five hundred dollars and one half of one per cent on all the Treasury notes recov- ered. He expected to secure the safe in which the money was deposited Intact, On the morning of June 26 one of the divers found a package containing one hundred and forty thoneand dollars in seven-thirties in about six feet of water, ona sandy bottom, and some dis tance from the wreck, The inference was that the safe had broken to pieces, a no one on board was known to have had so large an amount, Diligent search failed to recover auy farther packaces. Mr. Smith expressed the belief that no further recoveries were probable or pose! ble. He had then been on the reef five weeks, and dur. ing the first two was entirely alone, not daring to go away for fear of loving possession should wreckers ap- pear, A revenue cutter will be despatched from New York to his relief immediately. THE PRESIDENT'’S RETURN FROM HIS EXCUMSION. President Johnson and party revurned to this ety yes- terday forenoon from a pleasant trip of one hundred and ten miles down the river and bay on the River Queen. MUSTERING OUT OF THE FIFTEENTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. The Fifteenth regiment heavy artillery, New York Vol- unteers, has muster rolls completed, and will be mustered out to-day or to-morrow, and immediately leave for home, ‘This regiment left the defences of Washington in March, 1864, and joined the Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station. It participated in twenty-one engage nts, the principal ones being thoze of the Wilderness, Spottsyl vania, Coal Harbor, Poplar Grove, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, and with the final movement result. jug in the fall of Richmond aud the capitula- tion of the entire rebel army under Lee, The regiment left the defences numbering two thou- sand and seventy, rank aud file, Roecraits joining in the field swelled the aggregate to twenty-one hundred, It returns with lees tian nine hundred; while ite torn and tattered flags and shattered flagetags bear ample tes- timony to the despemte and bloody straggles through which it has passed. This regiment bas been repeatedly congratulated in general orders for it? gallantry in action. | PROMOTION OF GENERAL HANCOCK. Major General W. 8. Hancock has been breveted a Major General in the regular army, to date from the 15th of March, for “distinguished services during the war.’ ‘This is a deserved tribute to one of the finest soldiers in the service. General Hancock has won his present posi tion by his genius and his \evotion to his duties, On the field of battle, at the head of his soldiers of the Second corps, he was always the very beau ideal of a hero, But few generals in the service liave attained the enviable | reputation accorded to General Hancock. From the be- ginning of the war his name has been a hovsehold word. Since the bloody battle of Getteysburg, where tho fate of | the nation hung trembling in the balance, General Han cock’s name has been especially dear to every man who wished his country well. PROMOTION OF Mi Major Joseph M. Ker JOR JOSEPH M. KENNEDY. dy, of the Ninth New York cavalry, von of J. C. Keunedy, was promoted to-day toa hentenant colonel, ante-dated, for meritorious ser- vices, REDUCTION IN THR NAVAL FORCE. The Naval Department contitnes to discharge offteers and seamen and expects to reduce the entire nasal force to ten thousand men within a short time, Pwo huneeed paymmsters in that branch of the serviee will be dhe charged this week. A recent order of tie department provitias for the tnimediate divelmarge of all seaman in the Mississippi squadron who have less than two years 6 serve, and allin the Atlantic squadron who have less thad eighteen months unexpired service. APPOINTMENTS FOR NORTH CAROLINA. ‘The President hns sppointed George W. Brooks United |, States District Judge, Daniel R Goodloe, Marshal, and D. N. Starbuck, Attorney for the District of the State of North Carolina, The tbree gentlemen heretofore ap- pointed to these offices having technically involved themselves in the rebellion, could not take the pre- scribed oath. The gentlemen just appointed are em- barrasged with no such disability. Mr. Goodloe, a native of North Carolina, is well and favorably known to the newspaper fraternity of thia city, having for ome years been an editor In Washington. GENERAL CONNOL'S INDIAN EXPEDITION, Brigadier General Stagg, writing officially from Fort Laramie, Dakota, under date of August 6, to the govern. ment, says that I Connor started five days eartior upon an expedition against the ivdiany located on the | Powder and Wind rivers, intending, in tho course of his movement, to establish military posts throuzhouy that PRICE FOUR CENTS. section of country. The expedition attaches to itself ad- ditional importance from the fact that a section of terri- tory will thus be penetrated which has never yet beet | and carriage: y explored, the Indians having tenaciously opposed the ap- | only on the vote Phy hy eR iene Proach of the whites whenever the latter endeavored to ae ratitiog dollars yearly for our city government— ascertain the extent and richness. of gold deposits which Seen conse ee RO UERLY Ames Dennen are known to exist in that region, Some specimens of | As ithas been the custom since the breaking out of Bcld which have been obtained from half breeds and dig. | {he Zebellion for the President of the United States. to Gore indicate tho ore as very rick, and. surpasses the pro- | of some of ‘Ue funy’ oiiee aise ee, be the businens duction of any lead yet discovered in that section of sn. Alea that this body of men are decent Ant re- country. The same writer asserts that there are no | §Pec ar Cees re. Your correspondent thinks it is friendly Indians to be found in the tribes of that locality, foe et did horseflesh and gayety of stylish turnonts that distin- guish your Park. However, we endeavor to be 4s contented as possible, tor if New York has her horses is at present, Are our generals and colonels so occupied with vast fic combina- and barbarities are committed by them revolting beyond | tons apd mysterious, momentous flank mo’ ments, that expression. they cannot see if the soldiers detailed to sentinels “about the White House ure nent and cleanly in t dress and equipments? We would like to know. ‘There. is but one President in these United States now, and it surely would not be asking too. much if a finer class of men, with clean new uniforms and bright, tidy equi ments, was placed about the head of the nation, We i> not wish to imitate the European monarchs, of course; Tho President has made the foltowing appoimtmenta;— | but then, so long as traitors and assassins infost the land, to be Assessor of Tuternal Revenue in | te President, asa matter of public safety, must be guard- tof Illinois. | ed. Why could nota body of one hundred men be selected Wayson, to be Chief Engineer in the Revenue | 44 set apart for this special duty? Give them a litle Cutter Service, vice George McNabb, resitned. more stylish and elegant uniform than the common sol- J, Barclay Hurting, of the Philadelphia 7 to:| diers wear and they would take a pride in keeping them- be Collector of Interhal Revenue in the Fine Bast tf | selves neat. The detachment of men that was stationed Pennsylvania, vice William Harting resigned. in front of the reviewing stand on the last day of the whatoiee grand review here was positively ludicrous. Some wero nearly six feet in height, others tive feet six inches, and Among the special pardons recently granted by the | $0 on. Some wore white gloves and some had none. President was one to Cave Johnson, of Tenuessee, for | he whole namber was om ly about twenty, and yet merly a momber of the United States House of Repre- | frie ay war, of course, wed hdr wiry sol your sentatives, and ex-Postmaster General. In time of war, of course, we do not look for soldierly | elegance; but now that the war is all over, and soldiers Alfred Ghapman, of Orange county, Virginia, bas also | been pardoned. have time to be ornamental as woll as useful, “we, the MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS IN CONNECTICUT. people,” would like to see an approach to the showy style of some of the former independent military com- ‘panies. A rich, plain Zouave dress for the President's By the late census report the manufacture of cigars in a ould bey Sanaa a sehsrantiant Connecticut isf oxhibited as follows:—Number of es- |. When in the course of human events {t hecomes neces- tablishments, 38; capital insured, $278,800; cost of ma. | BA" € shenKk out plainly about public men and manners terial, $240,504; employes, 358 males.and 92, females; cost of labor, $169,068; valu of product, $563,484. ROBERT OULD. ‘The statement in your Washington correspondence that the capital, instead of smoothing such things over with lying platitudes and glowing commonplace puftery, Robert Ould did not oppose the exchange of Richardson and Browne was made upon what was supposed to be Your correspondent hopes and believes that the HeraLp ‘and the heraldic thousands who read this paper all over authentic information. The writer was a friend of the prisoners, who, incommon with many others, labored the five different coutinents would prefer to hear the truth, or the nearest approximation to the aforesaid com- modity that is possible. This long sentence was suggested by reading inthe Heray a brief note from some ono incessantly to procure their release during the whole period of their incarceration. He was informed by many persons, bows redoral Wha Feber, tat Guld would do alt in his power to facilitate their exchange, and relied and deprecating the fact that] mentioned in regard to tha Third Assistant Postinaster General and some of his re- acted upon the informatiou. He has never had pérsonal or written communication with Ould, of any character, turned rebel friends. It ts not nec tw say any more about these matters, as the writer of the note did at any time. THE REBEL GENERAL CHEATHAM. not pretend to deny anything I had stated. He only regrets the fact. So do f. ! Some of these rebels have actually returned to Wash- ington and applied for office, hey demand pardons ot he President ag aright, not asa favor. Their coolness, pesieetly Antarctic. Theatricals are dreadfully dull here just at present. The legitimate drama was confined to a poor company at Grover’s theatre, which gi ay toa band ot Ethiops, now suceeeded 'by Heller; and the illegitimate drama The rebel General B. F. Cheatham grrived in this city | drags along RCO sey at the eng bm st in % ford—two places where men only are admitted, ane Tenane scant Mnpaat tbe: Metropolitan. Where, e<-M. C.’s and officers of the army, and others OPERATIONS OF THE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU IN MARY- | who have tastes in that way, sit around with their hats LAND. on and sinoke cigars, sip lager or something stronger, j while painted girls, in ealtatory movements, y dis: Lieutenant Clark, Assistant Adjutant General at the | ee iat little pudchritids nature has blessed them Freedmen’s Breau, has just returned from a tour of | withal, These are the schools where we teach our youn, inspection through Maryland, and reports that in the men from the provinces the high morality of eee i ad ind vultivati r. Grover will probably. (as he always does) give us ® freedmen’s schools and occupancy and cultivation of the | er eae a eer dd theatrical company. in the lands that have been assigned togthem, matters are | Coming fall and winter. We shall continue to hope 90, progressing fincly; but in some parts of the State the | at all events. proscription and annoyance of both whites and blacks of known loyalty, and advocates of the emancipation doctrine, is continual and intolerable. The above officer is understood to bring back a large number of affidavite from the individuals persecuted as above. The bureau will look into the matter, THE QUARTERMASTERS’ EXAMINING BOARD. In speaking of the Quartermasters’ Examining Board, Majer Morris Miller, President, which is now.in session in ss this city, we inadvertently stated that the board Bad the roa suyerveion oe Farag wr ated Te is,thO4 yo tirther allusion ie now made on Wall otreet-to ene gas ov nema at which | therecent defaleations. ‘The losers by the operations " wp rf ra 8 sit in their counting roome and seek to aacortain the ‘ pba precise amount of their liabilities; the youthful mem- Commander Somerville Nicholson, United States Navy, | ters of the busiuess community, who have associated has been detailed ‘to the command of the Navigation | with the principal actor in the gigantic frauds #0 recent- Department of the Washington Navy Yard. ly perpetrated, speculate as to the whereabouts of their Herschel V, Johnson, of Georzia, arrived this morning | former friend, aud the more or less lucky brokers pro- ae viele Wiles ceed with their transactions and effect their bogus Hon. John Covode, Hon, John Cochrane and Major } sjoe while the tide of speculation flows on, only to be Finley Anderson are among late arrivals at Willard’s, piackened but vot stemmed: in its onward current: by Quite a gathering of Jerseymen, the friends of Hov. | suture new and more startling developments. Marcua L, Ward, the Union nominee for Governor | + of New Jersey, took place to-day, on the occasion of his visit to Washington. Spceches were mado and resolu tions adopted pledging additional and generous support to him. THE OLD COMMISSION OF JEFF. DAVIS IN THE ” UNITED STATES ARMY. A witness called for the defence ou the Wirz trial ex+ | hibited to various citizens to-day the original commis- sion issued to Jefferson Davis as a second lieutenant of dragoons, It is signed by Andrew Jackson, as President, | and Lewis Cass, as Secretary of War, The possessor of | the parchment procured it at the home of Davis on the Missixsippi. | INTERNAL REVENUB RECEIPTS. The receipts at the Internal Revenue Bureau for the last seven days amounted to nearly pine millions of dollars, APPOINTMENTS, THE FRAUDS. ‘The Whereabouts of Ketchum Unknown— The Mysterious Defaulter—No De- cision in the Jenkins Case. &e. &e. The Ketcham Case. The curious, who are ever on the qu vive for mental pabulum, had to be gatistied yesterday with the unvary- ing s ent (hat there is as yet no clue to the where- abouts of the defaulter, A few unimportant facts relative to the former positions occupied by the losers by the defalcation have al come to light. Mr. Graham, who, next to the firm of Ketchum, Son & Co., has suffered most by the fraudulent operations of the fugitive, owes his success as a broker, it is stated, to the influence and patronage of the house of Ketchum. But. the patronage of the firm was not accorded bim up to the time of Edward Ketchum’s flight. The last orders re- Oar Washington Correspondenee. | ceived from the house were given im April last, and Wasnixatox, Avynst 20, 1865. amounted to a few thousand dollars only. The orders of the son were continued and increased, so thatin afew A FINE OPENING FOR DUSTFRS Dust! dust! dust! Brooding in Washington up at the | Months they covered many millions of dollars’ worth of stocks and securities of various kinds, Capitol, where it settles over the Dying Tecumseh,” | It ie further stated tha; the pereonal and business re- lying im white marble coldness in the vast rotunda, I and over the cizht large pictures, and the plaster | tons of Grabam and young Ketchum were confidential Washington, and the busts, and the drowsy wateh- and intimate in the extreme. Mr. Graham always con- men, wearing out the seats of their indi ; | *idered himself under obligations to the family, and was dust flying around the library windows and p er happy to extend to the young man, whose broker he had bes me, any ae 5 where the dusty workmen are enlarging the rooms for | modations it might be in his the reception of dusty books that lie stored away in the , Power to give. The fact that Mr. Graham has been placed far recesses of the west wing, and dust occupying and 4 {1-80 painful a position by one whom he bad ever re- possessing both honses of Congress in profoundest peave @arded as a warm fiend vecessarily adds to bia great and quiet, Ibis the carnival of dust. The carpets are depression, up—dusty too—in the Senate Chamber and House of | Representatives; the seats and desks are all removed | and the gallery cushions out for an airing. 1 | saw a correspondent of the Hekau sadiy wan- dering through the deserted halls of Congress, and ‘The Latest Bank Defaleation. The facts of this cave, to which ellusion has already yetery. ‘The bank, which was victimized by a defamite > | ing teller, 1# not located in Wall street, but on Broadway, he was the only person present—the lust’ mon. | The eniprit isa young married man of most respectable He fancied he beard the echoes of innumerable, | connections. During bie temporary absence an examina- illimitable drowsy old speeches rolling around the ball | tion was made by chance into the book a and listened (Mr. =pc Mr. Spoaker!) to the phan | 100 080 Mee pe Ph tear He eae tom cheers heard lace at the pend ed in the discovery of bis peculations, eloguent and ( n inthe | Snepecting that something had occurred he left at once galleries) wi the “awe * saw | for Can 1 Graetiee re Gos r Canada. His friends and bondsman made good the room—how oysters do fly losses of the bank, and in this manner the affair was all this (in his “mind's ‘o”'), he shook the ail | not broaght to the knowledge of the public, pervading dust from bis fe POEs Cuiter gakyry > me te | Ce Upon the white marbi nthian columns of the east. The Phentx Bunk Defaleation, ern front, and upon the swellmg dome high reachti sib” dis madi id heavenward, and bearing its summit the cneny CASE OF Os N EE aaa, eee a LEDWITH TO RENDER HIS DECISION TO-DAY. Genevieve Lyons and Brown, who have become so noto- rious in the Phenix Bank defalcation case, were again up ; in court —how warm she looks in ber bund- and over all things in Washington ers) and permeating the circumum | atmosphere, the omnipresent, ovtrageong dost. bronze “Freedom ling cloaks and fy (except the office & Dient W-h-o-w! erday before Justice Ledwith, That gentle- Marble Columbus, baptized Christopher, standing upon | man had set down two o'clock on Monday afternoon as the Capitol stops, with his globe poised ng if just about to | the time at which he should render his decision whether tose it over the square to George Washington—done in marble, in the an t Roman strie—who | or not the prisoners should be held for examination, Tho site with hi hand upr aa if about to ca and | prisoners were brought in at two o'clock precisely, when hold the world—(rom Christopher, just discovered, per. | Justice Ledwith took his seat on the bench, hape—and over the m: hunter, repressing the savage | Mr. MeKeon, on the part of the prosecution, moved ireof one of the nude, honest aborigines, in a tora, | that the decision shonld be postponed until to-day, He hawking attiinds, about’ to seaip the big, dusty woman | bad a pumber of additional points and authorities to with a large leaded baby at the breast; over all these<. | submit in eupport of holding the prisoners for trial. . dust. | Judge Stuart, counsel for the prisoners, would not op- Ah, if it w of the irrepressi- | pows the application, as he wae positive of the innocence ble rebel who com pilitated, | of hie clients, and that no law on earth could hold them, vd cittven aed | He was anxiew to bi them discharged a8 Boon a8 pos shall retarn. " ick, and the confinement affected > bat neben mach there, thronged with repentant | are polished sions “eonted” elbow: —— he Prwbient thinks that | Wastick’s Treater,—The last wook of Mr. Dan Bry aomne of applicators H | ants saccondul cnagement at this house was inaugurat- wT an eet before Weck | ct imet night by Ie appearanes in @ new character— Prueen O Rafferty, im Tyrone Power's eomedy, “Bor to Good Luck.’ Mr. Bryant, though still @ novice in dra- matic art, compared with others whose names are bisto- rical in the peculiar class of characters: gent—characters, we may add, which dificult whea judged by the siandard The girl was f health vor} rw Justice Ledwith then adjourned the case to two o'elocle - Mhis aftosnaon Ing for Presttentier if a Nitthe dinnst setthe: will maKe Mteell ingtem, ‘The Attorney General's aflios ts crowded with them, The goverment , im granting pardons, i# much | censured by the anxious, hurried gentry from Dixie, ' PROMENADE. CONCKRES, Every Saturday and Wednesday afternoons the Marine Band, of about thirty-five performers—in bright scurtet, like botled lobsters—favors us with music in the public EA aay ul gs 303 and grounds, Saturday they play on the awn back of the | ofton-r wequirl ready popularity the more they tue ite House, and the scene is gay and boantiful exceed. | from that stand qualities ingly. The number of idiersin Washington i#astonisling, | to produce the stage riahman as the public are most eepecially at tive o'clock. P. M., when the departinonts | secustomed to seo him, and as they are always ed have all cloced doors and hung out their “Not at home’ | laugh at him. We do not expect in these days to s cards. Everybody and bis wife (if one hasn't a wife le | Tyrone Power in. the Irish comedian; and we pave is takes the wife ‘of somebody else) core and promenades | since ceased to look for one, In an actor to whom i claas of character is 80 entirely new, there are. more merit to be discovered in Mr. Bryant than others in his line, The absence of caricature is over the fine velvety grass of the Inwn or under the shade of the cool trees, and then if the President isn't bored with some | delegation of sad faced ex- : ai rebels morlestly tell! how to govern the South, ho | not to be despiged; and in this negative qual will come out upon the spacious portico where the blue | ant is in a measure commendable. » That ho hae made a and gold chairs are placed, and take a seat. highly successful season at a time when the theatres are The poopie thu« have an opportunity of seoing his Emi. | wont to be dey of their usually large audiences, ir nonce, ‘and hie Eminence a chance of eeoinggthe people nce that he is very popular, and that the credit without either part 10 get near enough to bore to him in his recent transatlantic ie on. the other. Froin thie ape “the prettie:t views home. The beuse last night wae a remarkably about the city, The ently Pe sweeping to |-qood one, considering the condition of the au the Sonthward, the seteing # tm np the roisty Vir- | and Mr, Bryant's reeoption was as flattering as gola Dilla, an h idl} floating down | evidentiy onuine and hearty, the river there: Mlornad bine distance. But | of this \ «< the summer season, ¢ judicious ag thes yore ar xh for the admission | manages. of Mr. ‘Theo, Moas, will concinde, Mr us a of Caapiages and horsemen wo mies ol the dash of avlenm | Brvant takes a farewell bene@t on Friday niybt &e. ‘ been made in Sunday's Hixaup, are still wrapped im.)