The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1865, Page 5

1 CITY INTELLIGENCE. eee Ansouamemr of tan Sams op Coumry Votunrsss * Prorsrty.—The County Volunteer building, at the Bat- tery, which was to have been sold yesterday at auction, PREPARATIONS FOR JEFF. DAVIS’ TRIAL. has -. Loew, the auctioneer, until eleven 0’ betel when it will nig stuck Soottee on the build, : a F ABRIVAL OF JOE JOHNSTON, | fog sisting tnat it would, not be sold ‘a pre- viously ised. This notice had the effect of dimin- ishing the buyers to such an extent that the above ad- journment of ‘sale was deemed advisable, as The safes, ‘also, the property of the County Volunteer Relief Fund, which were to have been disposed of at the Comptroller's Be Declares He Does Not Wish to See fice yesterday, will bo sold to the highest bidder at Ner Hear of Jeff. Davis. Se ton eect Thumteg. r, uke &. &e. A Youne Rocus.—Mr, E. H. 8, Rice, of this city, has lately been made the victim of a young confidence opera- tor, from Boston, who, after extorting a sum of money under the of speedy repayment, heard from his uncle, who was the Governor usetts,”’ was, On Friday last, put upon the cars and started’ for his native Siate. Mr. Rice sup- ported him for some time, upon the supposition that he was doing @ charitable action. Upon inquiring by letter of Governor Andrew regarding the youth he received the following reply :— CommMonweaLTa ov Massacuuserts, Executive DePaRruayt, Hl -Bostox, August 16, 1865. E. H. 8. Rice:—Dear Sm—In the absence of his Ex- cellency the Governor, to whom your note of the 15th is addressed, I beg leave to reply that the Governor has no pam ‘ur Fortress Monroe Correspondenee. fos a Forraxas 4 1865, ee ivy nore poi Pi SBverytning indicates the forthcoming and probable @peedy trial of Jeff. Davis here. I have alluded in a for- (mer letter to the tearing down of some of the partitions {im Carroll Hall, inside of the fort, which, it is said, as been done to furnish a room sufliciently large in ‘which to conduct the trial. Workmen are busily em- ployed in putting the enlarged room in proper condition. Another fact favoring the theory of the proposed trial nephew Fred. A. Andrew, and that this i hhere is tho issue of an order placing additional restrio- | little imposter, whan gansadiaimeadion tee ions upon admission inside the fort to those hitherto in | in fact. ‘ernor saw the boy once about two years force, But all this may be theorising, I give the ru. | Mf% and then endeavored, in a mors and indications as they exist, and only for what they are worth. There has been some expectancy, based On what I know not, of the arrival of President Johnson ‘and party on a special steamer. This rumored Presiden- tial visit is of course associated with the trial of Jeff, i ‘THE LATE REBHL GENERAL JOB JOHNSTON.’ ! Among the passengers on that popular new steamer the George Leary, Captain Blakeman, leaving yes- ‘terday afternoon, was the late rebel General Joe John- ston. He came from Richmond, and might have passed ‘along unnoticed and unknown had not Captain Hicks, of the Mattano, happened to have seen and recog- nized him. I was prepared to see an older, sterner ‘and more soldierly looking man. Although his hair and whiskers are quite gray, his ruddy glow of health, ‘mildly expressive eyes, erect figure, agreeablo manner ‘and cheerful conversation, betoken age dealing kindly ‘with bim, and that the roughness of camp life has mot changed him from the cultivated and elegant gon- ‘tleman he was before the war. To a gentleman who asked, more jocularly of course than in carnest, if he jwould like to see his old friend Jeff. Davis, I am told he Teplied, “Ido not wish to see him, or hear his name to Baltimore for a way, to dissuade from entering the army as a drammer, of his youth and evident unfitness service. The boy went, however, in one of Massachusetts regiments, but was soon discharged for disability, and has since been living apparently by his wits, passing himself off as Governor Andrew's nephew, as we have been informed in several instances. He made an im) jon on all who gaw him here as a bright, intelligent and it seems a pity that he should have detaken himself to getting his living by these false pre- tences, As you have been kind enough to take an in- terest in ee eee you can do him by giving him some friendly advice, ae respectfully your obe- dient servant, H. WARE, Private Secretary. This isa very bad character for the lad, and it is cor- roborated by testimony received from William 0, Brown, of Boston, who was one of young Andrew’s references. This gentleman states that he knew the boy, and that no confidence could be placed in anything he said; he ts not arelative, even the most distant, of Governor An- drew; his father was formerly a clerk for Mr. Brown, but long since deceased; he does not know that Fred. steals, drinks or gambles, ‘but he is an awfal liar, and obtains money and goods under false pretences,” &o. The best thing probably that can be done for such a Fee. peculator is to publish him to that extent that e will hereafter be debarred from swindling. and make him tarn his attention to some legitimate business for a support. He fs fifteen years of age, with light and curl- ing hair, light complexion, blue eyes, delicate features, and about tive feet in height. People will do well to look out for Mr. Fred. A. Andrew. Srixgina Hor.—Yesterday was a reminder of what poo- ple suffered some two weeks ago. That is, it was a hot day. After the cool and salubrious season people had been VANIA REGIMENT. enjoying it came like a thunderbolt among a flock of By the recent order directing the mustering out of ive thousand troops in General Terry’s command, the | young chickens, or a large terrier among a crowd of in- One Hundred-and Fourth Pennsylvania regiment gocs | fantile rats. e thermometer in the Herat office out from this department. The regiment will be mus- | stood at 78 degrees at nine A. M. At noon it bad reached tered out om Tuesday. It is an excellent organization | 83 degrees, and at three P. M. indicated 87 degrees, At this stage of proceedings the mercury commenced gra- dually to recede. A Saycurvary Recorp.—For the past three or four weeks crime has literally run riot in the streets of this city. To prove the assertion more is not needed than the publication of the record of homicides supplied by the coroner's office for the past twenty-five days, from the 22d of July to the 15th of Augyst, inclusive. It is as follows :— July 22—Mary Magne, kided by blow on the head with an axe, at the hands of her husband, George ‘Wagne, at No. 516 Broome street. July 256—James Smith’s throat cut, at foot of East Fifty-fifth stroet, at the hands of John Burns. |. July 20—Joseph Van Doren, shot by James F. Oram, at No, 40 Beaver street. e August 4—.Patrick Murphy's skull fractured at the hands of Charies F. Connor, at No. 99 Bayard street. August 5—Thomas Tristman-was shot by his brother Richard Pristman, at No. 34 East Broadway. August 6—Bernard Gray died from blows from a tum- blor, in the hands of John Graves, at the corner of Madi- son street ana'Xew Bowery. " August 13—Maliday Caughlin was shot by Emmerich jetder, at Second avenue, between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifch streets. “ August 15—Thomas Walker was shot by John Ward, at the corner of Seventh aventc and Seventeenth street. Blood enough for twenty-Gve days, in all consciencet Tux Usiren SeRviog Society.—The members of this organization Leld a regular business meeting last evening at Masonic Hall. The assemblage was called to ordor shortly after cight o'clock by Colonel A. B, Sage, who, inthe absence of the Vice President, nominated for Chairman General J. H. Hobart Ward, which nomination was ratitied, Some twenty new candidates for member- ship handed in their applications, which were referred to the Board of Control. e Secretary next proceeded to read a statement setting forth the condition of the s0- ciety, which numbers in its ranks seven gencrals, twenty colonels, ten Heutenant colonels, fifteen majors, thirty captains and a number of other officers and privates, Sul Trepp her pe ys re B, Sage, chairman of the committee appointed for the purpose of deciding upon the locality in which should be Boia early in Repeabar the grand mass meeting for the purpose of proclaiming the inviolability of the Monroe doctrine, reported pro- gress. On motion the meeting then poses Baya taieowly the next to be heid on the tirst Wednesday in September. A and has made a good record for itself during the war. (AND GENERAL MANN, ‘The arrival of General Torbott, who is to succeed Gene- Tal Mann in command of the sub district of Norfolk and Portamouth, ts daily looked for. General Mann will re- most nocaptabs vias pean ih ateriet heer je to in trict, whose re- ‘and confidence he has won by his firm and impar- administration of military rule. The reputation of Torbett is a guarantee of his ability and fidelity, and with these qualifications he cannot fail of popularity. DEPARTURE OF WRATHERBOUND VESSELS. About fifty vessols left this harbor this morning, hav- vig eager by Friday. Shaper out iin e woring breeze, presented a pleasing an ‘animatod sight. reed 7 Ghiot Quartermaster of this. depart it, arrived to-di ment, ive fo- da from Richmond Le py steamer, His visit, which rf ‘The Press Despatch. Fortasss Mownos, August 19, 1865. All the patients have been removed Crom the Chesa- ‘peako Hospital, and the building was yesterday turned ‘ever to the Freedmen’s Bureau. ‘Tho steamers J. D. Coleman and Winnpenny were dis- oharged from government service to-day. German F vals. & ROMAN CATHOLIC ORLEBRATION AT woop. At Jones’ Wood the German Roman Catholic societies yesterday held a festival for the benefit of a new German hospital which recently has been established by the Ger- man Sisters of Charity in Fifth street, near avenue B. Some ten thousand persons or more visited Jones’ Wood on this occasion, and although the crowd was very large during the whole day until the close of tho festival, at peven o'clock P, M., nothing occurred to disturb the fes- JoNEs’ who, under the present management of Wood grounds, are kept oviside of | special meeting will take place at the Steuben House, in the gato on these oconsions. The festival was | the Bowery, on Wednesday evoning, for the purpose of arranged by the societies connected with the German proceading to the organization of @ branch society of the Roman Church of the Saviour in Third street, | Cub in each of the one hundred and twenty-eight As- page A in the morning Loli se Spree —— sembly districts of this State, tu pwnd Cathelie ccbeel tn Pearth stvest, to « Srxious Fatt.—John Malloy, a cartman, who resides at No, 207 West Twenty-sixth street, yesterday fell from his cart at the corner of Grand and Ridge streets, and per oan A ed He was taken to Bellevue Hos- pital by the Thirteenth precinct police. Feu, rrom a Roor.—Yosterday afternoon William Cahill, aged five years, while at play on the roof of the three story building No. 123 Washington street, sli; and feil to the pavement, breaking his leg. oo taken to the New York Hospital. Feu Down a Fiuout or Stams.—Patrick Riley, who resides in Twenty-eighth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, accidentally fell down a flight of stairs esterday, in a building at the corner of Mercer and ince streets, and fractured his skull. Hoe was taken to the New York Hospital. Ros Oven ano Instantiy Knuep.—Yestorday after. noon, while a man, who is supposed to be John E. Dean, & butcher, residing in Eighty-fifth street, near Fifth avenue, was attempting to get on & Harlem train at the Yorkville depot, he was struck by the New Haven ex- press train bound down and instantly killed, His body, which was shockingly mangled, was taken to the Twonty- third preeinet station house, and a coroner notified to hold an inquest. The New Opera House at ay mony as {From the Pittsburg Commervial, August 19. The following is a description of the new opera house, Just opened :— Tudependent Rife Company, Captain Krein, fifty men. ferein, one thousand members. St. Johannes’ hg > oy hundred members. ‘&t. Locarius Verein, one hundred and fifty members. ‘St. Alusius Verein, one hundred members. moved through Fourth street, Fifth street, avenue ©, Stanton street, Exsex and Houston steele, avenue b, and through Third street to the cor- ner of street and Second avenue, where cars were in bentyl convey the excursionists to the t= val ey led by Dod ) Brass Band, which on the festival grounds furnished the music for the dances, which were continued on both platforms until seven o'clock. The festival was brought to a beg ghee ye] and a handsome amount was realized for the benefit of She German Sisters of Charity, which they will Lod anges carry out their benevolent a we purchased two houses and lots in street, ‘which have been fully prepered for hospital —— where poor patients of the Germans will be receiv: without regard to their confession. SCHOOL FESTIVAL AT HAMILTON PARK. ‘Tho German American School, of the Nineteenth ward, whose institute is located at prosent in Fifty- fourth street, hold a picnic at the Hamilton Park, on ‘Third avenue and Sixty-sixth street, where some three bn eer attended. The were for the Ddonoft of schoo! institute, of which one of the Messrs, THE AUDITORIUM Steinway is President, Some two hundred pupils of the | of the house comprises a parquetto, dress circle, institute formed, at one o'clock, at the school institute | famil Talis cad csthetten bomen” The temnlly circle, in Fifty-fourth strect, a procession, and thence pro- | which will accommodate eight hundred persons com- cooded to the festival ground. This school fostival was | fortably, makes the circuit of the intorior to the stago, quite a successful affair, and @ large crowd was by I fron pillars, with and is sup Underneath this is the dress circle eight hundred persons, the chairs being arranged on platforms, which rise one above another, thus giving a good view of the stage toail. The nette fills the space between the dress circie and and it no disturbances occurred. 6 school in ques jon bas been in existence for five years, @M8 YAPMAKERS AND CAPCUTTERS AT PUNK’S en ronen PARK. At Funk's Union Park, in Sizty-third street, the jour moymen capoutters and capmakers, who are repre ented by @ protective society, held forth. They number about three hundred mombers, but the festival grounds in the course of the day were visited at least by three ‘thousand persons. The festivities wero continued antil late, and were brouzht to a successful Orations wero delivered by Messrs. Hofstetter and ts of the trade. Pre- will accommodate with chairs two bundred person 4” to seep eee to the festival grou the capmakers = passed a avenue Fine’ ot, Bowery, a a te were ere cu ho festival grands Captain Hart and two of his assist- ome . ante were on the ground to preserve order. In order to painted re. detect thieves and [ee genio and efficiont detective white and officer of the Nineteenth precinct has been detailed to dome is the visit tho parks in the Nineteenth ward whenever these bave ‘foativals ooour. o Jet GERMAN TARGET RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF BALTINORS “ Baurimonn, August 21, 197", ” Hand. 3 A ‘Tho three days’ festival of the German Targe’ ping Amociation of Baltimore commenced to-day ~ on the grounds of the Association, near this City, “There wag ancu, dargo gathering at the grounds, which wor 4 Santavenety hora, peg dy Semcuek sate asa ame ea treet | Le" Cu eed Vas deer fe ene wD eiaity and w number ‘of cap’ care Very Deautiful | tre’ of the atch is. the couserfolt, presestavens wedment of ities. were. present, My, isto gh) other | Unconditional Surrender Grant The ‘side panels of won the King’s cid "oy. Mr. one the rok od ernemented with tasteful Srriethion Philade| K Pottsy OF | gcroll work, and presente a beautiful appearance, rou 8 gold uggs) a ille,” Pa., each | ‘Above the stags, on each side, are {oro private bores, ef % i ' A Dangerews Gountorteit, Sinai white pillars between Pimamema, August 21, 1865, waich are floral ae oe ‘ontsklag sina eae and This morning © CY ypterfeit fifty dollar note of the | gold. They are "a th ah eld treed bral curtal are United Hates was \’rosonted at the mint in this city. Ibis | fite r, coverod with gilt stars. ‘above "teen ‘boron Apparently and ¢,oupticss is from @ new plate, and is pro- ene tt Ma of the genuine fifties, "Th Colchester Spiritualist Trial. Borvrato, August 21, 1866. | : ‘The case for the prosecution in the Colchester spiritu- Provome furniture for parlor scenes is of alist trial closed this afternoon. Several witnesses have | costly Suomntien boa ee entire appoiutments ‘of the eon oxamined for the defence. A vordict for the de. | Age of the moat complete description, neither pains nor fondant ia antici; oxpense being spared to that end. Toe wardrobe ts par. the largost of any theatre outside of New York, a Smbracee many costly costumes, while the proper. Fire at Baffale. ties ato also of the most desirable charaoter, Burvato, Auguat 21, 1966, ventilation of the house is of most perfect ‘The ‘and grocery atore of Wm. Laverack & Son we damaged by Gre and water on Saturday NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1865. TENNESSEE. Affairs of the Freedmen’s Bureau im that State. nection bet ‘The train consists of five cars, fitted up in a Governor Brownlow Inviting tmmigration eetmeetde te ‘one another as the ast is eke ve al regal manner, | The rear ‘car of the train is finely dee. men have You have the right to say int with the national colors, and centre to the State. with whom you will associate; we the right to select our | tables through the train are filled with lowors, The en- &o. company. have the princi; gine is finely decorated in front. It bears 4 portrait of &. objections most men have to our voting and the Lieutenant General, around which Is festooned — in court, we proceed to ‘reason in our bobalf to | Wreath of fowera Over all is the inscription, “Our Na- which no objection can be made—namely, our ni tion's Chieftain.” The entire locomotive is a mass of Our Nashville Correspondence. We desire most respectfully to remind you'that our voting ovorative colors, and pemeeniet the Apest and most bens aenvusm, Tenn., August 15, 1865 gran wenty-fve appearance as jong a Tay Sechelt fact for | _ The trip from Chicago to Galena was » perfect ovation, GENERAL YISK’S TOUR OF INBPROTION. To-day or to-morrow General Fisk, who has charge of “Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands”’ in this de- fiticians to consider. Be nnessee are very sone ane peal 0 op oy most respectfully submit this ap you a ideration, Aud partment, comprising the States of Tonnessee and Ken- | °#!m and impartial consi your petitioners, tucky and portions of Georgia and Alabama, with a few | “* in ater bona, eae DICK wOANN, By order of Governor Brownlow the notorious cut- throat, Dick MeUann, was arrested yesterday, on the charge of murder, at MoCann's mills, about thirteen miles from this city. He is to be tried by civil authority ; but, together with General Roddy, is temporarily in the hands of the military. Roddy was arrested several days 0, but it is not known what the charges aro against him. MocCann’s operations in’ 1862 and 1863, along the railroads south of this place, are well known, the mere mention of his name will bring fresh to the memo- ries of the people of Tennessee bis varioas atrocities at members of his staff, accompanied by Governor Brown- low and your correspondent, will start on = tour of in- spection. He will visit all the principal cities and towns available, and make a report to General Howard of all important matter pertaining to the bureau, in order that steps may be taken for more thoroughly carrying out the objects for which it was established. It is probably one of the most important departments of governmont, anc is doing more towards regulating the afairsof tho freedmon | that time, He was a member of the infamous drumhead and ameliorating their condition under the new régine | court martial which hung Jacob Harman, an inion than ‘ Fast Jacob, at i cou possibly bave boon done under any other re- | tke tnih of December, 1801, Mr. Martian was 80 old and feeble that it was with difficulty that he marched out tothe Knoxville jail, where Governor Brownlow and several other patriots were confined undor the same charge—fidelity to the Union. The aged martyr was forced to ride on a rough coffin in a cart to the scaffold, and witness the hanging of his son. He then shared the the same fate. MoCann’s neck is good he certainly can find no fault with justice, tem. I suppose it is well known that in Tennessee ne- gros are not allowed to testify in courts of justice. ‘This being the case, no matter how great may have been the wrongs to which he was subjected by his employer, he had no redress of grievance whatever, and this fact was taken advantage of by illiberal and mercenary em- ployers, until it became necessary for the bureau to os- COLORED SCHOOLS IN THE CITY. tablish a judicial branch, where, tho nogro's oath | | Tho cavalry hoaeneke eoere cn et res Ar > wi evi ted ant in taken, and all matters of verata questio Dolug mustered ‘out. I understand that Genoral Fisk arising between the freedmen and their mas- | contemplates purchasing the buildings for colored schools. This is an excellent idea, as they are very capa- cious and well arranged for schoolrooms. They would accommodate three thonsand scholars with comfort, and are so arranged that teachers could havo private rooms in the buildings. The transfer would result in quite a saying'to the government, and also save the Bureau con siderable money, as they will be able to purchase thom much cheaper than they could build. ‘There are at the loast calculation ten thousand colored children in and around Nashville to be agar with facilities for ac quiring education, and the number is dally increasing. STEVENSON, ALA, DESTROYED BY PARE, Ihave just received information that the town of Stevengon, Ala., was almost entirely dostroyed by fire last evening. Nothing remains but the depot, including the telegraph and express offices and General Krasanou: ski's headquarters, I have no further particulars. Ste- venson was asmalt place, abont fifty miles from Eunts- ville, on the Memphis and Charleaton Railroad, and has been a military post for ame time. It comprised a population of some seven or eight hundred peoplo, but the houses were mostly temporary structures, ters are adjudicated. This court not only seoures justice to both the employer and the employed, but stimulates the wide vis anime of the latter to a great ox- tent. Many curious, interesting and amusing cases come daily before this tribunal, and many a derelict employer and not a few freedmen, who have failed to fill their obli- gations, are made to feel its power. But, as I shall have much to say on.this subject in future communications, I will let it drop here for the present. NEW YORK OFFICERS DISHONORABLY DIEMISSRD THE SERVICE. ‘The following order from the War Department, just published by command of Major General Thomas, may be of interest to New Yorkers, if you have not received the information from other sources :— Extract. By direction of the President the following named officers of the Twenty-first New York cavalry are hereby dishonorably dismissed the service of tho United States for neglect of duty in allowing thewnlisted men of their commands to break open stores and rob them, and to commit other acts of violence while their regiment was en rrtte over the Baltimore and Onio Railroad, with stoppage of all ve and allowances until further orders: — Captain R. L, Hodgboom, First Lieutenant .Charles Cramer, First Lioutenant F. A. Kirker, Second Licuton- ant W. L. Meraer, Second Lieutenant E. McWharton, First Lieutenant James McCormack. Commanding generals of military divisions and depart- ments will cipertsird this order to their respective commands. By orderof THE SECRETARY OF WAR. E. D. Townsxnp, Assistant Adjutant General. EMIGRATION TO THNNESSER There are great efforts being mada just now by the authorities and people of Tennossse to induce emigration to this State, The eyes of many Northern people aro turning toward the Sunny South, and it is belipved that during the next year thousands will pull up stakes in the Easterm and Western States and look up locations either in Tennessee or the States nearer the Gulf. I have thought, thorefore, that the following clroular, just issued ‘by. Governor Brownlow, for the encouragement of such emigration, might not be uninteresting to your renters. From my own knowledge of the State I am prepared to endorse the Governor's statements, with the excaption of the one which proclaims Fast Tennessee the “most loyal country on earth,"’ I must here take issue with him, for I believe there are meaner secossionista and rebels in Tennesse than in any State in the Union. Let that be as it may, however, there are doubtiess many in- ducements to emigration, and those who contempiate seeking homes in the “reconstructed South’ would do well to accept the Govern: invitation to call and see for themselves. But here is the circular:— Strats or Texnmack, Exscurve Derarcmenr, Nasavirew, 1865. Dear Srr:—Lotters are continually pouring in upon me from the loyal! States, from parties desirous to settle in Tennessee, asking a great many questions about the prospects in Tennessee. As it 1s iinpoasible for me to answer all these letters, and as they all cover the same , osrae Thave prepared this printed circular, which I will bo satisfactory to all concerned. mneasee it & State. Ita area is computed at forty-six thousand square miles, and it lies in th» forat of a paratlologram, with Kentucky and Virginia on the north, North Carolina on the southeast, Georgia, Ala- bama and Mississippi on the sovthwest, and the Missia- sinpl river on the west. From North Carolina it ia sepa. rated chiefly by the Alleghanies. No one of tho Central States is so much diversified in the character of its s face aa Tennessee. In all the country there are but fow portions so h'lly and broken as to interfere’ with its agn- cultural capacit'es; the ill are clothed with fine timber to their summits, and the soil is everywhere sufficiently fertile for profitable cultivation, or yields nourishing grass to the hilltops. Noble rivers, furnishing steamboat navigation, and fine pure streams, furnishing ample water power for all sorte of manufacturing purposes, are distinguishing features of in all hor divisions of territory. In Middle and West Tennessee cotton and tobacco are Peron in grow abundance and of the very best quality. also are wheat, corn, oats, Ling? and potatoes. On account of slave labor individuals held large bodies of land. These large tracts are now ready to be divided, or sold out in small parcels to suit purchasers; and I'am informed upon good authority that farming lands our of the vicinity of | ol towns are offered for one-half of what they sold for before the war began. Fruit in all its varieties is raised in great | onieod tn every part of the State ; and no Stat+ in the Union is more favorable to the cultivation of the grasses. ‘The climate of Tonnesgee is mild and genial, being frovy from the scorching heats of the South and the chil’:ng blasts of the North. Cattle and sheep may graze 0”, the plains throughout tho winter. The salubrity of the air, the purity of the water and the fine health of f’n9 whole country are alike unquestionable, and will ©, attested thousands of fedoral officers and soldicrs, who wort admirers of the country in gummer and winter. What we now want are f rious, enterprising and meobanton from the ¥ srih and Northwest, to aid in developing the resources of the State. Board of Fire Commissioners. THE LATE KIOT—RESOLUTIONS REGARDING EXAMI- NATION OF KNGINKBERS—TESTS AS TO PHYSICAL SOUNDNESS TO BR APPLIED TO MEMBERS—ALTER- ATIONS IN HOUSES, BTC. The Board of Firs Commissioners met yostorday after- noon, Commissioners Pinckney, Engs and Booth being present. The following communications, with others, were received :— From the Chief Engineer—Complains against Engine compantes Nos. 6 and 41, for riotous and disorderly con. duct on the 20th inst, (This was the riot of last Sunday reported in yesterday’s Herano). The matter was re- ferred to Commissioner Engs and the President. From Hose Company No. 31—Requesting to have badges restored to them. Granted. It was further rosotvedgthat the house of Engine Com- pany No. 26, in William stroot, be prepared for tho accommodation of horses, and such other arrangements made therein ag may be necessary to carry out the plans of the department in the complete organization of a company in that locality. It was resolved thats suction be furnished to Hand Engine No. 21. mmisstoner Kngs offered the following :— - Resolved, That a committee of two be instructed to in- quire and report to this Boart what number of hand en- gines if any it will be necessary to retain for the purposes of this department, by what system they can be manned and effectively worked, the probable cost of the same, and the places they would recommend to station thym at, with such other information as may tend to aright decision in the matter, Resolution adopted. ‘The Prosident offered the following resolution: — Resolved, That all engincers of steamers now in ser- vice shall be examined as. to their qualifications aa such; bv at least two competent engineers, to be selected by this Board, and all engincers of steamers not passing such examination, with approval of said examining en- gineers, shall be dismissed from this department. ich was adopted. © ‘< The following resolution was also offored by the Presi- jont : Resolved, That thé members of all fire companics ap- pointed by this Board shall bo only ma of sound bodily health; and for the purpose ascertaining the fact such persons as may be selected shall, bofore enter- ing on their duties, be subject to an oxam:nation by a ‘competent physiciau, lo be approved by this soard; and no appointment shall take effect until aftor such exami- nation and upon a certificate of said surgeon that the - person is physically in sound health Laid on the table. The President offered the following :— Resolved, That the foreman of each fire engine, hose and hook and ladder company make return on the s of September next of the duty performed by each of and member of such company, July 1, 1865, to date. Adopted. The Board then adjourned. Jersey City Nows. A MAN WAYLAID, ROBBED AND THROWN OVER A LEDGK OF ROCKS. About nine o'clock on Saturday night, as a young man named Frank Balstead, residing in the vicinity of the Five Corners, Hudson City, was passing down the long line of steps leading from the public grounds on Mount Pleasant, Bergen Hill, to tho plank walk across the meadows In the rear of Jorsey City, he was sot upon by twa highwaymon, who knocked him insensible with a club, robbod and then threw him over a ledge of rocks, where the poor man lay for several hours in an uncon- scious state, in a terribly bruised and lacerated condition, caused by falling upon a pile of sharp aad jagged stonca, the refuse of a quarry. The facts of the case are aa follows:—About six o'clock ‘on Saturday afternoon young Falstead, who is a nephew of “Uncle Tommy Weldon," who was tho ownor Timay bo alittle selfish, as Fay home ie in, East Ten- nessse, ~ jeasant until it was recentl; r- i pm abe Cod were born there, ia giv. p Te ge Pineda up ; : public feoort tind toe eat raaatt and I roy tte the preference. Ihave | who had rosided on the place with his uncle for a that T would Got leave ?{ah it Ro spirit of blasphemy, | number of years, called wpon his friend Mickey ¥roe, the but to Ure Kingdom = )¢ astern Tennessee to go anywhere | pedestrian, whom he invited to accompany him up to in the Packer thicte «oe, Hoaven! Of the eighty countios | the old homestead, to see how it Poked since it had been Koon pAate, Ut two of them lie in East Tennessee. | tied up for a public resort. Mickey acc»pted the invi- sae meat town, is in tho contre, being about | tation, and the two apent acoupl> of hours atthe grounds, one “hundred and Ofty miles from the Alabama | guring which young Halstead treated those present lib: lr on th; west, and one hundred and Atty from ‘i ity with Inger—getting @ couple of five dollar bila ‘me Virgivia aud Carolina linea on tho east. changed to pay for i fand talking in somewhat of a boast- count i from seventy-five t one hundred | ing manner of being worth a considerable amount of miles i width. The Holston rivor, in lowor East Ten- money. At the time a stranger sat near tho company, f nenene, he pame of Tonnessee, runs through th took tin their sociable chat. About ei sone Oe yy, and on ite banks ruw the prelook Mickey Free returned homo and retired for ‘aq rail donned! us on the west with Washville and | nicht, ‘aalstend concluding to go home to the Fine Cor. nora by ashorter route, About nino o'clock "ne citizens along avenue, at the outskirts Or Jorsoy City, were startied by piercing n™" at BAM of tmardee Hee eon of the (oT of the stairs tending t Mount it, and soarch was instituted but, no persol could be found who knew anything of the matter. many large creeks. ‘< 8 the ~ > oo : : On Sunday morning Mickey Free, fanes rm on ae Fast Tennostec befallen his friend, proceeded to Mount P int to oxhaustible < Consist of in. ge inquiries, but ri Joarn nothing furt than coal deponita of ir0B, copper, lead, sino, coal, | that a bundio and hat had boen picked up on the ee So., of which the oi Hy rich: | and upon their being shown to him he at once ideptifie bBo 5 og | them a the property of Halstead, Among other aticln ; Se cate, whest, F700: bundlo contained a pair of now yantaloons, are prodaced in great abundance and of the | whieh were missing. Mickey Free then prooeeded to Reese Cuatiy._, Cotte, horeet, mules, sheep and hows sre | Halstead’ residence, and found bien ying there in a were speed Lye Be to the robellion | terribly bruised and manglod state, his badly on largely to the South. Rebels are leaving | swollen and bruised, and his bodily injuries of a serious Tide mien hie ne ae low Agurea, | havure, being blackened and lacerated, and causing, hm Lat loyal men, wanting to seitle down in the most loyal | to raise considerable quantities of blood. Tinistend states countzy on carth, come out and look st Rast Tennessee | that he started for home down the long stairway, when = Tn the recent clections for Congress. | some parson approached from behind and knocked him at dowa with a club. Ho q sae A regained his fect and ran posal dowa the with alt je speed, crying murier; provlivities, Very truly, &0. bu in overtook and struck him @ w. 6. BROWNLOW, Governor of Tennosnee. p= blow Bie the side of “the face, ADORE OF THE FREKDERN TO THR PROTLE OF TENKESBER, | Whon ho foll and became insensible. Tho ruffians then riflod his pockets of about ight dollars in money, and when ho returned to consciousness, about two o'clock in the morning, be found himself lying upon a hoap of stories at the foot of a led; twenty-five feet high, where the him, Being unablo to stand from the injuries sustained, he crawled on his hands and knooa toa spring of water about thirty rods be ay ay oe the New J Railroad track, and after bathing his head and drinking the cool wator, revived somewhat, when with great difoulty he made his way homo, arriving there about five o'clock in the morning, pod ag ed ig called in, and after being properly for, he appeared much bettor durin, toon, but yesterday was much worse, and it is that the i ‘terminate fatally. No clue as to the who ita of the robbers haa yet been obtained, but every effort will be mado to bring them to justice, # d i i He ef it in ile Hi i fy i z i *® i ri i ' , iit | . i Hi i ay af, The Army. PROMOTION OF CAPTAIN THOMAS 0, NINETEENTH INFANTRY. Captain Thomas ©. Williams, Nineteenth infantry, lately Aid-do-Camp to Major General L. H. Rousseau, haa boon brevotted Lieutenant Colonel in the regular army and assigned as Provost Marabal Generst on the staffot General Stoneman. Captain Williams was lately married to the stopdanghtor of the Inte Pontinester General Aaron V. Brown and @ af@ce of the rebel Goneral Gidoon Pillow, of Tounessce WILLtAMs, <5 72 af GENERAL GRANT. we Ore Sasol 2 sokeenore General, dc. pele {Correspondence of the Griese Tees} loft the Walls street depot of the Chicago and jalena Railroad at half-past eight o'clock this morning. The entire distance morning was the finost that na- ture bestows, and everything was propitious. Ouly three stops were made between and Galena, and for only five minutes. The small hamlets and stations on the route were crowded with people, and minute guns were fired as the train along. At Marengo a tri- umphal arch, covered with wreaths of flowers, was erected across the track. Hanging from it was a tablet bearing the following inscription: ‘Illinois gave to the country her best Prosident and greatest General.” The crowd here was immense, Guns were fired as the trein and the church bells of the village were rung with a merry chime. The General sipried upon the rear Platform aud hundreds of bouquets fell at his feet. Everything is henpiness and enjoyment on the special train, “The refre. ments are provided on the train, the forward car bug used as a kitchen. No pains or ex- pense have been spared to make tho trip pleasant and agreeable to all on board. At Elgin, while the General was being saluted on the rear platform, a person in the rb of a husbandman shook hands with the General and jerked him violently, nearly throwing him from the plat- form. Colonel Babcock, who was standing on the lower step, to protect the General from such brutal treatment, struck the fellow’s arms with bis heavy cane, and seiz- ing him by the throat disengagod his frightful grip. The General was more oxcited than we have ever seen him before, and his hand showed traces of the vice like grip of the farmer, who probably thought to thus manifert his love for the great hero, The train arrived at Galena at five minutes past three o'clock. The approach to the city by rail is through a deep cut, upon the high embankments of which thou- sands of people were drawn up in line. Minute guns announced that the General had got to bis old home in the rock-bound city of the West. As the train slowly moved along it emerged upon the side of a high bill, and moved slowly around, in full view of the multitude aseermblod in the city boncath. It was the most glorious sight ever witnessed in America, the return of the great chieftain of the nation to his former home, after four yearsof triumphant war. His old friends and neighbors were not #0 backward in recognizing him as the people of Chicago and the other cities. As the old lion of Vicks burg appeared upon the platform such a wave of sound and joyiul acclamations as welled up from the people standing beneath the train, down in tho valley of the Illinois river, was never before heard in the West. ‘As the train stopped the General was met by a delesa- tion of seventy citizens of Galena, ten of whom wore appropriate badges, They welcomed him warmly. A guard of oid soldiers cleared the way, and a procession ‘was soon formed in the following order :— Guard. Band. Military Escort. Band. nd. Reception Committee on Foot. General Grant, Wife and Staif, in Carriages. Combination of Artillory and Soldiers. Dologates from the Country. Citizens goneraily. Tho procession marched slowly through the densely crowded streets of the city, the General and Mrs. Grant sitting side by side in an open barouche. The old hero {ted his hat and rode through the crowd with uncovered head. It was with the utmost difficulty that the military were able to keep the populace off of the Genoral’s car riago, #0 eager did thoy rush around it. Immediately behind him walked soveral citizens, bearing a large flag spread out to the wind. It was an imposing sight. rom the Desota House to the Miller block a triumphal: arch was erected entirely across the atreet. It was beautifully adorned with flowers ‘and: evergreens, and bare the following inscription, in bold, black letters upon the side facing the procession as it advayced:— All hail to the hero who in triumph advances." Tho other side was inacribed with the words, “Welcome to our citizen,” At the right of this arch, and below it, the platform for the speakets was erected, both being in full view of the crowd. To the right and loft stretches away a hilly country, which afforded a de- lightful view of the proceedings. The triumphal arch and the platform were erected almost fike the pit of a theatre, the maim star of attraction being visible from every direction. As the procession approached this arch the most wild and deatening applause rent the air and ochoed off into the rocky hills that surround the city. ‘The General could not maintain his mobile countenance longer. The feelings of the hero gave way to those of the man and tho citizen. He smiled tho most happy smile that his features ever bore. Rising in the carriage, he surveyed the scone, The look of ox- treme satisfaction which sat upon his face was worth a journey hither to see. He was no longer the commander, but the expected citizen, honored and beloved among those who witnessed his early peaceful life and his great military snocess. As the carriage in which the General was seated approached the arch it stopped, and the crowd acain cheered, ‘Thirty-six young ladies of Galena, dressed in the purest white, waved flags and wang ‘Wel: come Home.” As they sang they threw bouquets into the carriage unui! the air was a shower of falling flowers, and the very ground beneath the horses’ feet was strewn with them. Again the hero smiled and waved his hat, much like a schoolboy home for a long vacation, The scene was beyond description, far surpassing overy attempt at an ovation evor given to the Lieutenant General bofore. The laps of all in the carringo were piled with flower, and as it passed along the wheels ground them into the dirt, crushing their potals and causing the most delightful perfume to fill the air. ‘The Gencral was conducted upon the stage. by the Committee of Reception. As bis head rose above the crowd the excitement became intense, and it was feared that both the platforin and stage would fall Hon. E. BR Washburno and tho Gencral stepped for ward, and the formor introduced him in a. few appro- ‘iate remarks. They welcomed him home to the rock- Bound eit of tho West, after four long years of war. They wore proud of their citizen—prouderof him than any other people in the country. He would be obliged to leave thom much in the future; but bere in Galona would be bis permanenk home. When he had finished the General came forward and spoke in accents of deep emotion as follows :— Pruow Crmmexs ow Gataxa—I thank you for this kind and grand reception you have given me. Friends and neigh! T thank you beyond expression This drat speech of the General was greeted by im nense applause. Rov. J. A. Vineont, of Chicago, an old pastor of the General's, was uced, who mado a fow briof and pointed remarks. he ladies upon the arch sang “Auld Lang Syne," to which the old hero listened with uncovered head Tho streets of Galena wore beautifully decorated. From the roofs of the buildings waved thousands of flags, in the hands of the excited populace, who had enon there for the purpose of getting a better sight. jundreds of flags waved from the windows of the Desuto House. On one of the streets the following insoription waa laced over the aide.walk:-—“Genoral, the side-walk us bane,” reforring to the side-walk he desired to have von. structed before he returned from the war. ‘After tho forma! part of the grand reception was over, the procession again re-formed and marched to the resi dence of the General, which the citizens of Galena have rocently purchased and fitted up for him ta elegant style. The Chicago delegation and the Galena reception com mitice waited until he and bis wife and chlidren had taken tea in their own houge, after which he was left alone in his drawing-roogs to recover from the excitement of the day. Mee Tana The exercises of fhe evening are of the most pleasant and enterta' wifg charater. At balf-past seven o'clock the Ger ff} vod at the Custom = oo he Fey & Buntic reception bis friends wotil eight o'cloc! TA oe eee old friends and uoighbors filled the large building Md growded around the General to wae him by the iS jane wart congratulations passed between the old he hig fmner rene ana neighbors. The General recognized most of them ata glance. The ladies — him with sunny smiles, to which he replied by kim 4 and compliments. The me eee teeat io ae nee er until ereht o'cjgck, When the people adjourned to the banks of the iver, whore the freworks were to take place. The pyrotechnical display ts large and well. gotten up. The whole city is aglow with light, and looks almost like a fairy land, nestled, as it ia, among the bills, and deco- rated with flags and evergreens. The General and bis ly witnessed the dixplay, which lasted until ten o'clock. c The number of people present at the reception ia over Afty thousand, from all parta of the country, Not an a- cident occurred Lognar the genoral feeling of happiness. The Licutenant General remains in Galena about three weeks, daring which ime be wif! stop at bis own house. Colonels Babcock and Badcau, @ bisa staff, are with him. MAILS FOR EUROPE. ‘The Cunard mall steamship Cubs, Captain Stove, will leave this port on Wednesday for Liverpool , ‘The mails for Kurope will close at half past five o'clock to-morrow morning. Tho New Yore Henarv—Edition for Burope-—will be Teady at five o'clock in the morning Tt will contain: —Fuether Accounts of the Dopreda- Uoms of the Pirate Shonandoah among the Wheling Fleet im the Pacttic Qoean; Important Letter from our Special Correspondent at the City of Mexico, giving Graphic Ac- count of the Condition of Afiairs in that Country; Late and Important fatelligence from all Parts of tha United States, North and South, Oficiat Utterancen om the Monroe Doctrine; Continuation of the Diary of Ous of Jol. Davia’ Staff Officers; The Latest News from Cube, Central and South America, and Reports of alt Tmypor tant Events of the Weok Single ooples, 19 wrappers, ready for mailing, alx conte Persons who desire My by leaving. the ddrene at = un counting room’ to-day, can have tho ve wat art 9¢ We Goauineah of Garages 5 NORTH CAROLINA. The Scheme of the Disioyal Whites: to Exterminate the Negroes. They are Hunted Down and Sitot Like Dogs. &e. eo. &o. [From the Southern Christian [ntelngeacer, & Tfone tenth pare of the. reports ase true in roped the ill treatment of the blacks, whiclvare coming frem all parts of the South, thicker and faster, a most-shook- ing state of things exists. From localities where there ‘fare no national troops come reports that- these uafortu- nate creatures are being hunted down like dogs and de- spatched without ceremony. The newspapers in the South are filled with accounts of these brutal murders, which foot up to an cate of several hundred deaths per day, which is dou! oniy a smalt portion of the Buinber noticed. Am Alabama paper says that this bu- Sines has become so extensive and commoa that some povigrys Gil boast that hey, could! manure their tands e carcasses of negsves, Seriously speak it is matter which demands the Bh aarp he vin the authorities ‘at Washington, negroes can be shot on amily in garrisoned where the authorities are umbte 40 ¢ ‘this stale things, it is very reasonable to suppose this brutal work is carried on more extensively where the blacks have no protection. This wholesale murdering of human Doings is, we fear, the practical working. of the conapi- racy to exterminate the colored race, which is revolting to this Christian age. A just God will hold the goverm- ment of the United States, which is responsible for the welfare of these people, to a strict aceouniability for jan life thus sacrificed. Deserting these innocont and helploss beings, and denying them propor assistance and protection in the hour of need, and thus leaving them to their fate, is an intumanity as cruel as the grave, @ crime for which the nation will bo punished, cishor by financial bankruptcy, chaotic discord .and disunion, ora stilence which will not leave enough of the living te ry the dead. Hy Our neighbor of the National an ex-tmombor of the “Golden Circle’’ and a reformed rebel, in ref to this subject in his recent issue, says:—This alarming increase of deaths among the blacks, is, wo fear, but the developing of the extensive conspiracy alluded to by ua in our last, which has for its object the re- javement of the negroes or their entire ination—more likely the latter—which was not expected world be apparent to the public until after the withdrawal of the national troops and our readmission to the Union had been se- cured. Good behavior and discretion having accom- plishod this, then they, the Knights of the Circle, count on the protection and assistance of the State and authorities, nm if the Southern States are obliged to ratify’ the constiutonal amendment abolish- ing slavery, which itis claimed will be a dead letter in any event. The armios disbanded, ull fears of renewed hostilities removed, and the ascousion of the democratie party to power is, according to their figuring, also to bo realized ag a matter of course, Those whom the gods seek to destroy they first make mad. Thorefore we again say that unless this barbarous work ceases wo fear that General Butier will succved in his project of organ. izing a black battalion in every county tn the south, le be maintained by the procreds realized from the confs- cated lands of the disloyal, which he claims is the reme dy, togother with negro auffragef which will secure tran. quillity to the government, protection to the colored peqple and’ justice to all concerned. Ali this will be realized unleas the Southern people withhold pathy and encouragement from these maic thus exposing their fendish designs we hope to destroy their evil influence and secure our prompt return to the Union, which will not be accomplished for years to come if these confirmed and irrecon ble Boeoessivniste are loft to prosecute their suicidal work, {From the Raleigh Progress, August 16.} SIX N#OROKS KILLED, We teard from Colonel Laurence, cammandant of the post at Goldsboro, that six negroes were killed at or near Varsaw some two weoks ago. The facts, as related to Colonel Laurence, were as followa:—Tho former owner of the blacks left on the approach of the Union army, the blacks remaining. They went to work and made a crop. The former owner returned recently and ordered, them to leave. The negroes refused, and thd proprietor of the Place, getting somo neighbors with arms, ordered them off again, and on their refusal to go ed them, tall. ing six. Those facts being reported at Wilmington, company of soldiers was sent up, and. tho affair wilt: be investigated by the authorities at Wiluntagtou, if ihhas not been done already. Important Experiments With Proteeted Gunpowder. ‘The system of protecting gunpowder, invented by a Mr. Gale, was tried at the recent Wimbladon rifle moot- ing in England with singular results. The London Star gives the following account of the proceedings — Slow matches were burned into vessels holding gua- powder mixed with the protective powder; and they only served to ignite a few Isolated grains. Vesuvian matches were flung into the powder, atid wore ignominionsty ex- tinguished. A red hot poker was stirred through the powder, with no better (or worse) effect. But by far the most couvincing test ts that which was proposed by Lord Bury—namely, that a quantity of pure gumpowder should be pisond in the centre of the protoctod gunpow- dor and the former fired. This oxperimoet was also exhibited. The pure gunpowder was placed ip a.soet of inside the ver and carefully covered over with rotected powder; when the former-ex) it samy low what was above it into the air, and had no igniting thg great mass which lay beacath and around it. ereafter a portion of that surrounding tase was riddled tn the usual way, and the residue exploded, as ordinary powder will explode. It requires only to, be seen how-largor machinery for the sifting of the powder and restoring if to its original, state, may be constructed so as to. be: easily usod in a, sudden emergency. For, though the advamtages whi the invention offers to the use of powder at home sufficiently great, it is necessary to its adoption by the army and navy that its mechanical should be of the swiftest and readiest kiad. Am ton has grew sifted, some portion of protective powder would ad- here to the grains. This is not the case, as has becm ) proved microscopic ini 5 h Mr. Gale shows that, though it were-the case, it would be 20.0b- jection, as at present the coating of the povedor with, biacklead, while tn course of manufacture, gives aadi- tional force to the explosion. The material which thus renders genpowder tempor rily innocuous is simply glass groond down to aa ox- ceedingly fine powder; various other substances have boen tried (expecially flint, which, however, became tee foury and dusty), but no one has been fyund so useful and successful a8 giags, The cost of it is thirty a tion; but 4 much smaller nar meer" renders the gun- powder perfectly non-explosive; with this difference, however, that ia equal parus of gunpowder and protec- tive powder the former will burn, though it does not explode. A proportion of two w one burns siowly, three to one allows a few grains to ignite at haph four to one # mere dead matenal. The rapidity which the powder can be separated is somewhat remark able, perhaps owing to the nature of the material ‘with which it mited. Another advantage offered by thin maternal is that it keeps the powder perfectly dry, bow- over the mixture may be exposed to the air; and 4t m= well kaowa that by iwelf gunpowder rapidly absorba one {rom the atmosphere and becomes for the ume useless, ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. 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