The New York Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1865, Page 1

Se ere eS A New Set of Charges Against the Keeper of the Andersonville Prison. The Names of Lee, Seddon and Nor- TRIAL. throp Dropped from the Indictment. Whe Charge of Conspiracy Still Made, but Against Unimportant Con- federates of the Prisoner. ‘Whe Counsel of Wirz Throws Up the Case and Retires from Court Disgusted. Judge Advocate Chipman ina Delicate Position. Ho is Appointed the Counsel Instead of the Prosecutor of the Prisoner. ke. &. +The Wirz Military Commission met this morning at @even o'clock, in the Court of Claims room, at the Judge Hcanes, counsel for the accused, said that as goon as the prisoner should be brought into court he ae. Wassinaton, August 25, 1865, ‘would submit a motion, Major General WaLtace remarked—Time enough will ‘be given for Judge Hucuxs—I will present it at the earliest mo- ment. The prisoner was at this stage of the proceedings that purpose. Drought inte court in custody of a military guard. Judge Advocate Currman called the roll of members, ‘ail of whom answered to their names, He then read an order from the War Department, dated the 22d of August, . Sm substance that the military commission which was to eorivene on the 20th inst. is, by order of the President of fhe United States, dissolved, and then read another order, dated yesterday, convening a special commission, to assemble to-day at eleven o'clock, for the trial of ‘Henry Wirz, and such other prisoners as may be brought Defore it, the detail of officers being the same as that of ‘Mf provious ‘Major A. A. Hosmer has, on application of Colonel @hipman to the proper authority, been appointed Assjst- _ ant Judge Advocate. Judge Advocate Currman asked the prisoner whether commission, hhe had any objection to the members of the gourt. ‘Mr, Pecx, of counsel, said that there was nono person- -iallly to the members. ~ The members, Judge Advocate and the official report- * era were then sworn, promising, in addition to an impar- ‘gia performance of duty, that they would not improp- erly disclose the secret proceedings and sentence of the ‘eoort, { Judge Advocate Curpman (addressing the prisoner}— ‘You are charged under the name of Henry Wirz; is 4hat your name? The prisoner said it was. Judge Advocate Careman—The charges and specifica- Sions will now be read. Men cere Wautace, the President of the Court— the prisoner stand up. 12 Faw GEINGRS AND spxctricarions, Captain Wirz rose to his fect, when the charges and specifications were rea, ‘ + ghey are substantially the same as those upon which jhe was arraigned on Monday. He is first charged with ‘maliciously, wilfully and traitorously, and in aid of the (Shen existing armed rebellion against. the United States ee of America, on or before the Ist day of March, Ae D. “me al and cruel ‘number. of War within the lines of the so-called ‘States and in the military ‘that the armics of the Uni ‘he had to make to the c! risous thereof, to on divers other days between that day and the States might be ‘and impaired, in violation of the Jaws and cus- above differs from the former charge in this, t—That the names of Robert E. ‘Lucas D. Northrop are now om! of murder prodaced by heartless, it. The specifications are four- ‘Advocats Curman asked the prisoner what harges. Lee, James A. litted. ‘The @BIECTION TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ORIGINAL ae apc court. ond, but throughout the State Of counsel, said that these new charges: bag » eietrndhnnn ts too or that any amendments or eo ore prosented for the first time. The counsel h this morning from the Jidge ir room. said, as the prisoner had once, been arraigned and his life placed in jeopardy, he vag entitled now either to an acquittal or trial on the fr emer charges. He believed that all the authorities, Sheil ‘and military, were conclusive on the point that, Ue not ac- quitted, ‘the prisoner, under the circumstances, was en- titled t all the benefits of an acquittal. ‘The Panswest of the court inquired, Of Mr. Peck whether he was still here in the rektior: of counsel. ‘Mr, Peck replied that he was not. THE JUDGE ADVOCATE BECOMES THE COUNSEL OF THE PRISONER. ‘Tho Presipent said the Judge Advocate was here as the counsel of the defendant, the gentleman and his associates having withdrawn. Judge Advocate Surman said, as the responsibility now attached to him of ane for the [ger eal he asked an adjournment until to-morrow. He was not unmindful of the rights of the prisoner. He regretted the retiring of the counsel. Judge Hughes had left on record the remark that ho made no allusion to him as a soldier, not being aware that he had been in battle. In reply to this he merely referred to the official record on file in the War Department. The Commission adjourned until twelve o’clock to- morrow noon. VIRGINIA. Affairs at‘the State Capital—Arrange. ments for the Reception of the Presi- dent—Resignation of the State Officers of Rebel Proclivaties. OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. Ricumonp, Va., August 21—5 A. M. SPBECH OF GENERAL T. M. HARRIB. On Saturday night last Brigadier General T. M. Harris, ‘successor to Major General Charles Devens in the com- mand of the United States troops at Fredericksburg, a native Virginian,jand ®& member of the commission for the trial‘of the assassin, delivered an address in this city before the ‘Unconditional Union Association of Virginia.” The address was a carefully elaborated one, and was listened to by a large audience of Virginians, who always turn out in large numbers to hear promi- nent State natives upon any theme. Sensible views characterized the address throughout, and it contained in some measure an earnest foreshadowing of what these Virginians have got to do as a whole before they shall again have full sway. ‘THR REVIVAL OF THR RICHMOND ENQUIRER. In case of the revival of the Richmond Enquirer it has been reliably ascertained that Governor Henry A. Wise will not be, altorially ‘or in any other way, connected with it, Wise is in the city, chaflug considerably under the restraints imposed Spee him as a general officer in the broken army of the laie confederacy. ‘THE PRISIDENT'S YisiT. The meeting of the Richmond press on Saturday last to make arrangements for the reception of the President was largely attended, and resulted in the appointment of proper committee to act in accord with a committee of citizens tu giving Mr. Johnson a reception commensurate with his exalted position, A NORTH CAROLINA DEPAULTER. J. T. Depue, a North Carolitfa defauiter to the tune of twenty thousand dollars, having been arrested in Alex- andria, Va., pass°d through this city last evening on his way to Raleigh, in that State, e York River Railroad, running from this city to West Point, at the head of York river, is to be put imme- diately in order and operation. Mr. Peck, resuming. Ricuwonn, Va., August 22, 1865. VIRGINIA IMMIGRATION, ‘ A large party of Swedes, immigrants who arrived in this State and city yesterday, direct from the continent of Europe, will leave here this forenoon to settle in the valley of the upper James. They are a fine body of per- sons physically, handsome and rugged, and wore at- tracted here by others who had already settled in this valley. MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA. Gov. Pierpoint has authorized Dr. Grant, the mineralo gist, to publish a report of his investigationg into the mineral wealth of this State. For some time past Dr. Grant has been engaged in these investigations, and is exceedingly enthusiastic in his conclusions, averring that gold exists here in large quantities, and that the great mineral wealth of the State has not been fully de- veloped, through gross neglect. This is so far true that in many of the richest gold mines the bed rock has never been disclosed, and the silver, copper, zinc and tin mines bave never been atteapted to be worked. RESIGNATIONS OF PUBLIC OFFICES, sods apth ea oe er of the Court of ncillation, (¢; ms bis ion ydeterdiay jor neral John W. aha y hea at was duly Ae: ‘4. Peachy R. Grattan succeeds Judge Meredith and Judge J.D. “Haliburton Judge Lyous, wiose resignation was given and accepted rome time since. MARMADUKE JOMNSON RESIGNS. Marmaduke Johnson, recently elected Commonwealth Attorney, but whose election was set aside by reason of his having been prominently identified with the con- federacy and its armies, fully resigned the position yes- terday, Governor Pierpoint accepting the resignation. THE PRESIDENT IN FICHYOND. of April, 1865, combining, confederating and An inkmense citizens’ committee has been appointed ‘with John H. Winder, Richard B. | to make ments for the reception of the President White, .W. S. Winder, K. R. | in this city. @ committee consists of one hundred others unknown, to injure the | and sixteen citizens of all classes. destroy the lives of soldiers in the ‘THE VIRGINIA MEDICAL, COLLEGR, wervice of the Unite’ States, then held and The next annual course of lectures in this institution will begin on the Jst day of November proximo, and end early in March. The vacant chairs of surgery and ob- stetrics have been filled, their former occupants having fallen in the war. POLITICAL, BARBRCUR. There was a large political barbecue in Chesterfield county on Saturday Inst. The various candidates ha- rangued the people, large numbers of whom were pres- ent. The election takes place on the 12th of October. PETRRSHURG APPATRE, Major General John Gibbon, late commander of the ‘Twenty-fourth army corps, takes command at Petersba this morning, according to assignment from Gener Terry. THE GENERAL QUIET. ‘The exceeding dulness still prevails, not only in Rich- The Press Despatch. Paurisony, Accust 23, 1865, Richmond papers of this morning have been veeeived. Which he would read, accompanior by a copy, of these ‘hia note was re- ‘The Whig is advocating the ratification of the consti- Sight orclock of « JIHI6 sooner thik morning, | tutional amendment for the abolition of slavery, and Denver& ae roe ‘August 23, 1865, The note | urges the propriety of am extra session of the Legisia. i Jnagé Advocate Chipman is in substance briefly as | lature on the Ist of November to give the people an 1 gopan avyooure cmrraan’s wore. | tevin wih the recommendations an eling of he ger ee Seer aoe he gieveated. to.ceerrev? a eral government on the subject of slavery before the Fivcoun now what could not be said sooner, viz:— assemble to-morrow at eleven o'clock in 3 The it raised ition of the arrange: Capitulation as con- of Captain Wirz, claimed under the nih and the Pod ie taht nad Shares: These, I hope, Be disposed evidence, Judge Huanes , this being the Currmax r, but was wrongly dated in the burry. OF WIRZ ABANDONS TUE UA SE. ‘ simple thatthe prisoner time. ‘would now be under counsel, as he (J Be venigetions for withdraw: of giving reece a came here. as an official of the The note was wri - a eed ie orderly, and the gentlemen occupied during (he g Certainly part from the feminind have been way against meet at the a Proper adjou the prisoner to prepare for defence, H gentlemen with Ses he he saw to- of Claims room, and I will proceed withdut fur- objections made by you removed by the orders of to-morrow. ou to be settled. 2d. As to the of to-morrow, or ag goon as we get into sid he Dae wee not dated yesterday, said the note was written yes- iy a morning 7, nel it was The authorities were should have time to plead and yi to consult counsel, and on the Pehalf he asked the Commission to give him ‘The prisoner, without any fault of his, the necessity of employin; Hughes) was inolined to think that all the professional sertice required by ‘Tt was neceseary for him to give the new from the ense, but this ooght oi to prevent the Court from determining the question further time. laced the amend time. harges in the hands of the counsel a8 soon n at dark and sent by an livered at the offlos which day; bat | He = had ment, should meeting of Congress. News from Fortress Monroc. Fortress Moxnor, August 22, 1865. The government machine shops at Norfolk have been discontinued and the hands ali discharged by «u order from Washington. One bandred horses and fifty mu the government, will be sold at auc! ton on August 28, ‘The expedition which left here on Sunday night in search of the steamer Effort, said to have been stolen from New York, has not retarned and has not been heard from. e r , the property of on at Camp Hamil- The New Collector. 'O THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. It may be intercsting to the fifteen nondred ineum- dents, and the thousands in expectancy of Custom House favors, to know romething of the character of Mr. Protton King, the newly appointed Collector of this port, Mr. King waa elected member of Assembly of the New ‘York Legislature, and mado Portmaster at Ogdensburg, whero he has always resided, soon after his return from college, Early in life he attached himeelf to the demorratic party. His first vote was for General Jackson, in 1828, and again in 1832. Th 1886 and 1840 he supported Martin Von Boren, and again at the Baltimore | Convention in May, 1844 | Te was to Mr. King thot Silas Wright telegraphed when nominated for Vice President, “I cannot accept the that either himself or the court ought \o bo | nomination upon any conditions whatever.” Between by the throats of counsel. If there was any | ye Weight and Mr. King the most cordial friendship be on the ‘court would proceed | ogisted ur to the tiino of Mr, Wrigyt’s death—« period of > nearly a quaster of a century. Mr. , although elected United States Senator by claimed, and we believe the repub! rty, al still fn be a dom rat, {a principlé—toat the princt- of Wright, and a ee atone is now as much as svor, but that the “de: have ". he. Mr. fae My ia woll ki , always war bitterly op- to extension of negro slavery, or slavery eR cipro es Oma whieh called “obatingey”™ who fried to use him for eucel pa failed. ally, eo on of te Steet ae - ae eam fe pes icon or ie tb appodny, at futare the poor dovils from ‘Your's to Obristmas guly to be dieappotnted, . of law books under his arm walked out of the court | ne — "EW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1865. ’ WASHINGTON. Wasmarox, August 23, 1865. THE RESUMPTION OF MAIL SERVICE IN THE SOUTH. ‘The Postmaster General has just ordered the resump- tion of the daily mail service from Macon to Columbus, Atlanta, Chattanooga, and to other important points in Georgia, by railroad, This morning contracts were closed for transporting mails three times a week from Brandon to Paulding, and from Brandon to Williamsburg, Miss. Postmasters have been appointed at the following places in Virginia:—Somerset, Charlotte Court House, Port Republic, Mossy Creek, Mount Jackson, Hacker's Valley, Middleport, Buff Fork, Ireland, Cameron and Grasslick; in North Carolina at Carthage, Cone Creek, Warrenton, Enfield, Wadesboro, Lincolnton and Catawba Springs; in Georgia at Dawson; in Alabama at Madison; in Texas at Corpus Christi and Brownsville, and in Ten- nessee at Paris, Henry county. THE RECONSTRUCTION POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT s IN THE SOUTH. Whatever may be thought of the disposition of the Southern people, it is certain that all the prominent men from that section, as well as others, represent @ general acquiescence in the policy of the President in regard to the restoration of the Southern States to thelr constitu- tional relations to the Union. THE NAVAL REVIEW AT BREST AND ADMIRAL GOLDSBOROUGH. Rear Admiral Goldsborough, writing to the Navy De- partment August 5, says that in consequence of his not being invited to witness or participate in the approaching naval review at Brest, he has decided to neither be pres- ent nor allow any vessels belonging to his squadron to be in any adjacent waters near that time. CONVENTION BETWEEN OUR GOVERNMENT AND COLOMBIA. The convention between the United States of America and the United States of Colombia, supplemental to that of September 10, 1857, has just been proclaimed. It ex- tends for nine months the joint commission heretofore appointed for the examination and adjustment of such claims as were presented but not heretofore settled, Colonel Thomas Biddle, of Pennsylvana, late Secre- tary of Legation to Brazil, was yesterday appointed by President Johnson Commissioner on the part of the United States to adjust claims under the recent convention between the United States of America and the United States of Colombia. Colonel Biddle served in the army, and is at present connected with the Con- sular bureau of the Department of State. Dr. Charlos W. Davie received from President Johnson tho appoint- ment of Secretary to the Commission. PARDONS. ‘Phe following pardons were granted by the President to-day:—Robert Donthal, of Charles City county, Va. ; Wm. P. Ballenger, of Galveston, Texas. The President to-day was occupied several hours ip giving audience to moro than a hundred visitors, some of whom came from’ the South expressly to importune for pardon. They presented no convincing reasons why their cases should have priority of those previously filed. The Presid®nt granted two pardons yesterday and two to-day. INTERNAL REVENUE DECISIONS. The Commiasionor of Internal Revenue decid ‘That if a hotel kesper or other person employ laborers to can and hermetically seal wp tomatoes, corn, beans or other vegetables, or fruits to be used or consumed by him, where the annnal product of such preserved fruite, vegetables, &c., shall excced the rate of six hundred dollars, he is liable to pay a duty thereon of six per eent, under the provisions of gections 93 and 94 of the aet June 30, 1864, as amended by the fifth section of the act of March 3, 1865, Tce creams, sherbert, Roman punches and fie mange are not regarded as manufactures. ¥ B, in the law, section 170, ts for the de The clause of schedule which exempts from stamp’ duties rece! livery of property when,issued by persons, firms or com- panies doing an express business, is held not to apply to receipts given by railroad companies for property to be transported hy (hem In the course of their businesa, PERSONAL, Hon. M. W. Tappan, for six years republican member of Congress from New Hawpshire, and Colonel John H. George, a leading copperhead and bosom friend of Frank Pierce, arrived in the city this morning. They are un- derstood to be here on business connected with the estate of the late Colonel Pant R, George. Judge Carter, of Ohio, and General Butler were fellow parsengers. Verily misery, money and railways make stranger bed- fellows than poverty. General Doubleday and Hon. 8, 8. Cox are at Willard’s. General Meade, attended by General Webb and Major Meade, of his ataff, are now in the city on their way southward to visit the most important seaboard and in- land posts in this depariment, They will probably be gone several weeks. The rebel General Ewell seems more 6xercisedt concern- ing a pardon for his wife than for himeelf, anc is «till in the city endeavoring to obtain it. The explanation Is that she is quite wealthy in her own right; but her pro perty is likely to be confiscated and sold, Colonel Iugrahcin, Provost Marshal of the defences north of the Potomac, whore regiment, the Thirty. oighth Massachusetts, hat already boon mustered out, has been retained m the military service by a special order from the War Deparunent, Fi will retain his present position of provost sha! as long as there is any neces. sity for the contir of the office, Surgeon T. B. Hood, late surgeon in charge of the hor pital steamer Connecticut, has heen ord ; General Hh Vrerdmen’s Be m™: p dat ard, of ue , for neeigen Portina-ter Denison will not, a& fiany of pie friends desire, be « candidate for the Senatorship | of Ohio, as Mr. Sherman's sneeessor. Herschel V. Jolnsion, formerly candidate for Vice President on the Douglas ticket, who was lately par- doned, succeeded in obtaining a long private interview with the Presicent. OPERATIONS OF THK PREEDMEN’S BUREAU IN AR- 2 KANSAS. The Superintendent and Provost Marshal of the Freed- men's Bureau for the District of East Arkaneas has for. warded his report forthe month of July. He records the fact that there has been no increase In the supply of rations furnished by the government to the freedinen and destitute whites. Large numbers of men have been returning to their homes since the surrender of the rebels, and appear to be desirous of garving all the fn. struction necessary to je them 7 to conform tothe Jawe and nsages Inaugurated with the federal occupation of the countr?. ‘The Superintendents states that to facil- {tate the making of coutracts, and to guard the freedmen from oppression and abuee, the commanding officer of the district has sent two companies of soldiers to Madi- son, on the St, Francis river, and two companies to Lan- covio, Desha county, both looalities being the centres of communitios intensely oppeved to the freedmen. Itis represented (hat the business of the office of the commis. sioner of the district is continually upon the increase, the wants of the freedmen being unerasing and childlike. APPOINTMEN: ‘The President this morning made the following ap- pointment:—-A. J, Stone, Surveyor of Castoms for the district of New Orleans. COMPLIMENT TO THE MEMORY OF PRESIDENT LIN- COUN. Information has beon received at the Department of State from the Minister of the United States at Bnonos Ayres of the pasenge of « law by the Logielatuto of the Provincial Government of Buenos Ayres authorizing tho Governor to call the first town to be located in the pro- vince ‘Lincoln,’ ia commemoration of the late Presi- dent of the United States. SURVEY OF DAKOTA AND MONTANA TERRITORIES. ‘The Surveyor Genoral of the Territories of Dakota and Montana has forwarded to the General Land OMco his annual report in duplicate, showing the progrems of sur voy in that remote and extensiveswoep of country. The field of operations reported upon is equal to about nine hundred lineal milesin extent. The survey is confined to the borders adjacent to tho Western boundaries of Minnesota, chiefly along the weatern branch of the Big Stous river, between forty-three degrees thirty minutes and forty-four degrees north latitude. The lands aro ro- Presented to be admirably adapted for agnoulture and stock rateing. _ MAYUPACTORING BraTtsTtcs. ‘The last conan will exhibit most interesting account of the development in this country of many manu- factates for which wo have long been dependent tn a fren degreg upon fyrcian vroduction, Amone them te = the manufacture of coach lace, which until of late years was an article exclusively of import. It is PRICE FOUR CENTS. THE PHENIX BANK DEFALCATION. shown by the manufacturing statistics of 1860 that there are ix establishments for the production of coach lace in the States of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, which represent an aggregate capital of $42,800, which use material ata cost of $28,987, and give employ to eighty males and sixteen females, for which is annually Decision in the Case of Genevieve Lyons and Charles Brown. paid $32,364. The total value of the {manufacture is Satine ot 9000 _>___ The Girl Released and Brown Held for wn CITY INTELLIGENCE, Future Action. Avorioy SALE Be yobs Corror.—An important de. de. &e, dealers had a chance to buy at the remarkabl: of five-eighths of a cent per lots were knocked down. The following are the obtained, number of bales sold, and the names chasers :— , NEW ORLEA! NORTH CAROLINA Pidaiing, oe +15 Cay Low middling. 39 Good ordinary. Ordinar; BesSskE Mnutary Excvrsion 10 quite the fashion, tains, this occasion. and the Indies of dier boys. Yestenpay.—Thero occasionally comes a day, eyen during © most disagreeablo and uncomfortable spell of weather, that deserve and should receive a first class puff, Yesterday, with its cool and refreshing winds, blown freeh from some concealed iceberg, was one of Talk of “winter lingering in the 1a) Old Boreas absolutely sat down and rested in It is to be hoped Summer touk no permanent cold as a result. And should he continue in his seat we may expect ‘Thin clothing was at a Old overcoats were hunted up, care- fully brushed, and afterwards worn, while light shawls, capes, cloaks ind basyuines gave place to material of more substantial texture for the protection of the fair Yesterday was this character. pet the lap of Summer throughout all of yesterday. Autumn here before her time, discount yesterday. shoulders of the better part of creation. decidedly hyperborean. Coxcrrt at THe PaRrK.—Tho Cornet Band ‘gave a con- cert on the ake at the Park yesterday afternoon, which ‘The sud- den change in the weather prevented a large attendance of spectators, but from the number present great ap- plage was elicited on the conclusion of the Milfferent was listened to by a large number of persons, pieces, Sr, Bamtuorowew's Day.—Today is set the Catholic | sé Pvothettrt ‘Myswopur ot; the second class. & special oration is read. nocence and simplicity of heart serves to be celebrated with the highest eulogi divine mouth of our Redeemer, fe 1s suppose been the same person with Nathaniel, a native of in Galilee, a doctor in the Jew'sh ‘law. his sacred duty be carried to lost was the cifled and flayed alive. yea 800, Church of St, Bart Although the feast of st. Bartholomew i on June 11. thre» Christians at Utiea, in the year 5: sceution of Valerian, ‘The martyrs wei pit of burning lime, and when th hes were t they made but one common mass iogether with and hence they were called the White ! ass. one celebrated ia history forthe murder of ab. thousand Husve in France, inthe year 1 order of King Cl TX, at the instigati Catharine dle Me . itis also noted as th of the birthday of the mot The fair of t. Bartholomew, or Bartlemy Contisic ‘The steam tng William Fletcher come in contact yesterday afternoon with the tug A. F. Wilmarth, striking latter forward of the boiler, cutting her through and + y of New York At the same time the sloop, but hev no ¢ Chores F Columbus Society, connected with the St. Roman Catholic church in Weet Twenty. fifth Fociety is composed of one Park Was \ sited in the thousand persone, who en, lent man evening. The platform tinually er: proceedin of the festival. henofit of a Roman Catholic gehool connected with the St. Columbus chureh, ‘Tun Soctas. CLum Presie.—The firet annval excursion ‘and picnic of the members and friends ef tho Favorite wag held on Tuesday at Meckett’s Rockeellar, aenens a Spite of tho gle Social Club Dallytown road, New 4 v. weather it was @ very successtul affair, qa istwerotorned to the city at about eight o'clock, & appearing to have enjoyed themselves thorongh! Eran Hexpren Men loft th Whitehall street, on Tu . tov Wabash and Weetern Railrowd Cor pany Diacranay.—A deacent wes made by the police on Sunday night upon a number of honses in Sixth avenue, and among other parties at No. 598, arrested ( Havsius, aud locked him up. This person was of 0 crime and was prompily reiease| on Monday THE MiSSISSIPPI CONVENTION. of the State Declared Null and Vold by the Conven ardon of Jef, | ance of Secesslo The Ord tlon—Petition for the Davis and Governor Clar! Jaon#on, Misga., August 22, 1865, ‘The convention pasted the ordinance declaring the or- dinance of secession null and vold and repealing all the ordinances of the ggnvention of 1361, except the ravenne ordinanee, which the Legi#lature will aet apon, ‘Atan inform’l meeting of tho delegates In their inut vidnal capacities @ memoria) Was presented, expressed in eloquent terme, petitioning Prevident Jobneon to extend pardon to Jofferson Davis and Governor Clark, which was uiesced in by all present. _ in by ott Riese Saspicious Characters Atrestea. Inpiaxarotis, Angust 23, 1866, A wan named Lemos, supposed to be an accomplice of Booth, the agsasein, and a woman believed to be Jone Lipping wore arrested at Fort Wayno, Ind., yesterday. Both are now in the military prion heeo, Lemos is tho man Who was recently arrested at New Haven, Conn., for robbery, but who subsequently escaped. The Wea Coxconn, ‘The wind ia west and vory rtrong. anil ton bas formed one-ball of am inoh thick ction sale of government cotton took place yesterday, at twelve o'clock, at 111 Broadway, About one thou- sand bales were offered, as the attendance was not large. The bidding was spirited until near the close of the sale, when many of the wholesalers left, and the small low rate ind, at whi rate two of par tae CATSKILL MounTate.— Now that the war is over our militia can resume their social enjoyments. Military excursions aro at present Company B, Eighty-sixth regiment N. Y. 8. M., have lately tend ered an invitation to Com- pany B of the Twenty-second regiment of this city to spend a few days with them among the Catskill Moun- The company leave New York on Thursday, Sept. 7, at five o'clock in the afternoon, on a chartered steamer, for Catskill. Their new band will make its first appearance with the Twenty-second regiment on It is understood that the citizens of Cats- kill intend veep fine specimen of true hospitality, t seotion are arranging the prelimi- naries for a grand ball to be given in honor of the sol- of rt by oe us | © the festival of St, Bartholomew, and is a double of It is called a double, being reckoucd one degree higher than the festivals of ordinary saints. Although the day is noted in the ordo of the church yet no particular importance is attached to it, the only dte tinction being that on the vigil, which occurred yester- day, St. Bartholomew was ono of ihe seventy-two disciples of Christ, and by his in- i us St. John. ays, de- by the When formed His sacred college St. Bartholomew was chosei one of the twelve apostles, and In the execution of doctrines of Chiist the rt remote countries of the Bast and nally crowned with martyrdom at Great Armenia, where he received the double punishment of being cra- His relics, after severai ren from place to place, were fimally conveyed to Rome in the deposited under the hivh altar of the omer, in the isle of Tiber, in Rom”. celebrated in the West on Avgost 24, ic is celebrated among the Grecks ‘This day is noied in the (burch as com- memorative of the martyrdom of one hundred and fifty. wring the per- thrown into a als f his mother, anniversary er of Napoleon the Great, fa'r, was for merly held in England on this day, but died out in 1865. “team. jooner Hasina, ib Nic—-At the Broadway Park, on Ninety. fourth street ond eighth avenne, a pienie was held yoo terday, under the anspices of the members of the St. Columbus The handed members, bot the ourke of the day by about three ved themselves in an excel- yr. The festivities commenced cary in the afternoon and were continued until six o'clock in the n front of the hotel was con- d, but nothing occurred to distaro the ¢ dancing Was continued until the close The proceeds of the testival are for the reet my employment oftice, rk for the Tole Mount Washington. . HE, Avgant 28, 1865. The thermometer on the top of Mount Washington at seven o'clock this morning stood at twenty-eight degfoee Tho woather is clear, After repeated postponements the criminal proceed- ings against Genevieve Lyons and Charles Brown were brought to a close yesterday at the Jefferson Market Po- lice Court. ‘The prisoners wero ushered in by officer McCarthy, and took seats at the extremity of the room. The girl was apparently quite down-hearted, and kept her eyes fixed on the floor with sad persistence. Her ‘friend,’ placod beside her, stared vacantly at the reporters and assem- lage, but was not in so melancholy a mood as his frail companion. They did not converse with each other, and, in fact, until shortly before their departure from the court, they behaved as perfect strangers instead of tho partners in guilt whom fanciful reporters represented them to be, Shortly before two o'clock Justice Ledwith appeared in court, and, the counsel for the defence and prosecu- tion being present, the magistrate proceeded to read his decision. DECISION OF JUSTICE LEDWITH. The defendants, Lyons and Brown, were arrested pur- suant to sections 61, 62 and 63 of article & of title 3 of chapter 1 of the fourth part of the Revised Statutes, and are sought to be held more particularly under the pro- visions of the snty hed econ which provides that “every person whé shall bat fin any Way receive any | money, goods, right in action, or any valuable security | or effects whatever, knowing the same to have been em- } bezzled, taken or secreted contrary to the provisions of the two Inet sections, shall, upon gonviction, be punished in the same manner and to the saine extent os therein presented upon a conviction of a servant {or | such embezziement."’ In order, therefore, to warrant | the holding’of the defendants it muat be proyen that a larceiry of certain specified property was committed ; that the identical property was reczived by the defendants with a knowledge of the way and manner by which ft was obtained by the party of whom it was received. ‘The larceny and receipt of tho property'must be positively shown, while the guilty knowledge may be inferred from all the su nding facts and circumstances. Upon pro- ceeding with the examination of the testimony iy first duty is to dispose of the motion of defendant’s counsel “to strike from the records the admissfons and statements of the prisoner Jenkins, made in the absonee of the pri- soners Lyons and Brown, and never assented to or con- corred in by them.’ After a careful analysis of the au- thorities presented in support of and against the motion, Tam only strengthened in the opinion that such admis sions and statements are inadmissible, and m: there- fore be stricken from the record. While la y from the bank may be proven technically by the testimony of Parker, the cashier, independent of the admissions of Jenkins, Tam unable from a thorough examination of the testiinony to discover the slightest evidence connect- ing the defendant Lyons with the” receipt of the stolen property, .or showing @ knowledge by her of the manner in which the prisoner Jenkins obiained the money given by him to her. There are, however, more circumstances in the case which do not warrant the same conclusion as to complicity and guilty knowledge in reference to the do- fondant Brown. I, therefore, discharge the prisoner Lyons and hold the prisoner Brown for fature nction On the rendering of this decision Genevieve burst in tears and gobbed for several minutes. On her recov. ering her self-possession she exchanged a few words with Brown, and then rese and left the court room. Pre- vious to her departure she obtained the keys of Ler former residence in Bleecker street, which had been clogea since her arrest, It is sigted that she mtends quitting the city aud. rerhting ws" inends in Massa- tHOLEs Ex.Judge Stuart said he would move for a writ oy certivari to Lave the proceedings reversed by the Su- —— not die “unwept, unhonored and unsung.’? For myself, Tam not ambitious to obtain the unenyiable distinction in the manner he speaks of, to say the least of it, Touching my family of six children, I have to say that 1am not the only clerk who bas that number, and am unlike @ certain sultan who had a regiment of them. If Thad had them I would haye seut them all to the war to Sustain the flag of my country. If I had to depend on uy ity of such men as “Bank Clerk’? I fear that my" children, as well as some other children, might be burt. According to my ideas, his employers had better lay an embargo on the propagation of our species, Or pass a re- Solution that none but unmarried men should be employ- ed by them. [take it he had better go to China, where they kill off the surplus popalation in a manner peculiar to themselves, whieh, ho doubt, would acsord with his views exactly, DISCOUNT CLERK. Burglary in Macdougal Street.‘ TWO BA OPENED WITH FALSE KEYS—EXTEN- SIVE ROBBERY OF DIAMONDS AND SILVER WARE— THE BURGLARS ADMINISTER STRYCHNINE TO A WATCH DOG AND KILL HIM—ARREST OF THE LEEGED BURGLARS, ETO., ETC, A burglary and most extensive robbery was committed at the silver ware manufactory of Mr. Francis W. Cooper, No. 125 Macdougal street, corner of Amity, on the night of the 16th instant. It appears that Mr. Cooper closed his manufactory about half-past six o’clock in the even- ing, as was his custom, and went home, Shortly before nine o’clock that evening Mr. Cooper returned to his place of business, taking with him a large black watch dog, which he locked in tho store. as,a preven- tive against burglars forcing an entrance to the premises. While at the store Mr. Cooper ebserved aman lurking about who had frequently called in to see him under the pretence of wishing to purchase goods. He thought litle of the circumstance, however; but the following morning he was greatly astonished on coming down to business to find that his manufactory had been entered by burglars, who bad algo gained access to two iron safes by meaus of false keys, and robbed them of ten thousand dollars’ worth of diamonds and silver ware, valued at three thousand dollars, besides other articles, in all to mount of thirteen thonsand two hundred and fifty The watch dog which Mr. Cooper had left im the store the night previous was found lyine dead on the floor near the saves, the burglars having administered strychnine to the animal, Appearances indicated that b fore the dog's death he had been engaged in a fearful strugsle with the burglars, The boxes and papers which had contained the stolen goods were strewed over the fiver, and the store presented a scene of general dis- order. Mr. Cooper immediately reported his loss to Chief Young, of the detective foreo, and also to Captam Jour- dan, of the Sixth precinct police. Detective'Klder and Caplain Jourdan took the matier in charge and started at in search of information which might aid them in their investi ations, and on communicating with Mr. Cooper obtained a description of the man be saw lurking about the store window on the night of the burglary. Mr. Cooper further stated that this man ealied at his manufactory about a month since, and, representin, imself as having just returned from California, offe 1 one hundred ounces of silver. dir. Cooper re- ked that he made {t a point not to purchase ols of strangers, but requested him té bring up silver and he would look at it, ‘The man t, and was not seen again for two weeks, when rned and told Mr, Cooper that he did not want to silver, (hut wished to get some goods manu- ani-requested to see some samples, which wero ly shown hiin {rom the safe. After looking at silverware the stranger sald he would go and bri his wife to look at the goods before giving the order, an leit the place, Mr. Cooper did not see hun again till the night of the burglary. After hearing a recital of the above facts, and from the manner in which the bargiary was committed, together with the description of the man, Captain Jourdan and detective Elder came to the conclusion that the perpetrator of the crime was none other than David Bartlett, an old and notorious burglar, who has done the country much service in prisons. A vigiiant search was made for the sue- pected individual, and eventually Cuptain Jourdan and ir. Elder, assisted by roundeman McDonnell of the Sixth’ precinct, succocded In arresting Bartictt and aladoamed William Colomap, After their arrest the prisoners were identitied, by Catharine Maloy, a little gifl living at LPT Amity sf and a boy named Edward O’Faile, asthe persons they saw at the side entrance, of Mr, Coopor’s manufactory im the act of attempting to open the door. preme Court, and thus obtain the discharge of Brown, who was taken 1o the Tombs and committed for trial. Was the House of Ketchum, Son & Co. Represented in the Shent-per-Shent Convention. 1O THY EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Can you inform me to the effect whether or hot Ketch- um, Son . Co. did lend, ald, or give any pecuniary as- sistance, countenance or support to the Chicago Demo- cratic Convention which nominated Major General MoClellan, U.S, A., for the Presidency of the, United States? In your issue of the 2st inst. you publish an extract—what purports to be acorrespondence of the Cin- nati Gasete—that young “Ketchuin, during the pro. cress of the National Democratic Convention, held at Chicago, August 17, 1864, was represented as a leading friend of Major Goneral Mc lan, and that he (Ketel: ui) kept open louse at one of the hoiels, and spbnt money I , ke, Now, adr. Ector, is that all the truth? Ii so, dir, M. Ketchum onghi to be examined tonchiig the nature and charact rof the whole proceed ing, viz: whether he was cognizant of any money be ing spent for any political purposes by any person con nected with his banking honse, &e., for T think it a duty which every journal owes to the community to hold up to view all that is wrong, and by whom th is commit ud justice clated an FO thgt honesiy vindicated, The fand i press, or of the court lars of ouch a stay the facts be knowp. Dank Machiner, TO THR Eprron OF THE HERALD. A friend of mine has just hauded to me the Hersiy of Sunday last, in which one of imy craft replies to my communa.ion of lost week. I beg leave to say that, pemicity t my views respecting the #alanios of my object was how that the salaries ed by clerks in banking institutions was not commen*nrate to the serviee rendered and the re sponsibilities incurred by them. The matters as ed hy me were substantially correct, and “Bank Clerk nee Cashier, who hag taken up the subject, Fnows what Thave said to be substantially correct, althong) had but “several years’ experience ina bay Think | he is not. an apt scholar, or he would have porte account with certainly a little more accuracy inakes his trial balance he will find I am’right, fn givtt bank cler mply to Clerk’ makes a gratuitoye atiusion when he sry nat a person who has been a clerk as long as | 1 have “boenmes a machi Now, wt i well known amon: oor clerks, that this Is a common expression used by bank officers to old aud faithful bookkeepers; and hones the remark don’t astonish ty I coufees that after yeara of ! labor and toil I may have become a inachine, snd comp. part of the i ternal machinery of a bonking institution, But T know Hiow the machinery works, and, being apart of it, am 3 | well acquainted with the Chief Sexi taut Rogincer », | (the President and Cashier), and that when the boiler butete it is not the fauit of the machinery, but of the on gineers, who rn it, Now I hardiy know of a bank Clerk who has defrauded any of thoce institutions certainly speaks well for bani clerke | Peentations and defwlestion those above them--paying tellers and cashier presidonts, Lote tay a word in behalf of the These gentlemen, a & general thing, pas, ste through the diferent grades, to obtain t anit the position is one of raat delicacy and of responel ‘lity, They avo subjected to more temptations than at by th een performed by be tollors. | | | | offivers themselves by the which © them astray, [am not dispo lations every “bank clerk” knows all about ft, and cashiers more, as they are the ones who make by che at When the paying teller soea the eltief and the » stant indulging in the “ticket of leave Ine," the Devil or eve of the engineers pute him in the way of it, and hen le “goes in’? ey nhs ywh account, and then-comes the ehind explosion, Cashion are Not selected so much for their talents ae for being “arpart and sharp.’ T come to the point re specting thelr appointments, aa many of the bani» hav gone into the “importing”? business and jiaportet cash vera from abroad, and in this way over*!0 clerke. Thig ity porhaps, the reason why J remain « part of the machi Ried m Door “Paok k,? with his “several yours Rg i it. vat the onstom of ceahlorn 40," make atiy waits Wo tho note brokers to buy up ‘“paper,”’ and th when his bank, no doubt like many others, refiites to. Niecouut oto? Noes he know, a, that firms ovcaslonall; have an arrango- vi Ta ve oftect What ided they ment wil ook «sent ‘Oe twenty thonaabd dollera, thoy" keep diacounts given them of one hondr feousead Salt Ia thie logiumate, or is it a part of the ‘banking ero sents were not Watesmtars er i, 7 nani Geri? apeaks like ~ that ‘after tweuty-five years Stories in a bank your ‘hould ner ho ; o doubt he would make » splent ween ad oy ‘tollow in WG fooutene many ‘ol bie predeceseo: apd when dying ledvo Wehind deonsied frends aia we contalady money af Whenhe | The accused parties heii magi | arraigned before Justice Hogan and comn to the Tombs for trial. In his exainination Bartlett Paid he was thirty-seven years bat he peremptorily refused to answer. any fur- jestion# put to him, exeept to remark that he had nothin: Ay Bart to oncerping the burzlary. pown to many of the old members of the polic rt and desperate burglar, will- ing to van ab rek in order to aceonpliah his ends, One of Barileti’s old acquaintances in the depart- mout eays that ho ba served no less than eighteen years and sin months in the Stace prisons of New York and Ma-encliusetts. Coleman is an interesting looking youth of nineteen years, and was born in Connecticut, He also is quite u municative, refusing to answer any question ox- copt as to his name and age. As yet none of the stolen property has been recover uch crodit ig due to € ptain Jourdan and detective Elder for the skilfal manner in which they have thus far worked up the case, They encountered many dilticultion in the course of their investigation, but they were all overcome, The Trowbridge Forgery Case. GLADWIN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL, Goorge Gladwin, whose arrest for forgery has hereto- fore been reported in the HeksLn, was yesterday arra gn- ed before Justice Hogan, at the Tombs, for examination. Mr. Joseph KE. Minor, salesman in the store of Thomas Kirkpatrck, Esq., 905 Broadway, appeared before the ma- g state, and proferred@ complaint against the prisoner, charging him with forgery. In his affidavit Mr. Minor detailed thi nees onder which he received the forged che viwin. Mr. Henry Trowbridge, of the firm of H. Trowbridge” & Sons, doing business in New Haven, deposed that the endorsement of “H. Trowbridge,’ on tae back of the check, was not written by himself nor by any member of the firm. Captain Jourdan testified that Gladwin confessed having wruitted the Lory and vith this testimony the case ation the prisoner and the pitted hhe to Lhe on will bo taken the prisouer for ob- railroad bonds from the safe of the Si. Nicho. will be mined upon hereafter, At present fr. n Seni dypostiod the securities, ix absent from the city. © THE BeeTOR oF THE report of the abeve fraud in yésterday’s Henan a mistake occare. which yon will allow to correct. When Gladwin presented the cheek in paynieut o the jewelry, the undersigned, im the ab- coce of Me. Kirkpatrick, who is in Barops, immedi the check to the Manbattan Bank, to ascertain it All right. They pronounced it “all right” and corlibed it, and after I had endorsed, it they cashed it to any delivermg the goods. Mr, Kirkpatrick's menent was not on the check, consequently he can be in no way responsible for it JOSEPH EB. MINOR, 305 Broadway. leaded gui ‘ombs for trial. HERALD, In Affairs at Chicago. EXCHANGB OF MALL BAGS ON BAILROADS WITLLE TRAINS AKE IN MOTION, BTC. | Cureaco, August 23, 1865 Mr. A. A. Bradley, mail agent on the Iowa division of the Chicago and Noritwestern Railroad, has invented ¢ plan wh re taken from the railroad sta- tions ing at full epeed. The expert- 1 on the Lilinots Central Rattroad, with the permir od at the cost of the company, who are desirous to wld the department in the test of thir | vatuuble experiment, It proved @ complete) wuccess. Theo to which Wat attached the ap paratue, was Tun at various rates of speed, and in every instance the exchang@ was complotely and gatifantorily nade, The experimental trials and Jntroduction of ap paratns are under the direction of Georg B. Armstrong, | of this city, General Superiavendeut of Railroad Post oby mail boa nile trajua are | taent has just been ir Oilees. “ Major General 0. 0. Howard, the head of the National Bureau, will be in this. city noxt Satorday, y evening will address the people in behalf rthwestern Freedmen’s Ald Commiesion. He of th will be warmly received here. ‘The Iinois State Fair will open here one week from noxt Monday. Great preparations are betug made Canadian Customs Re Quasnc, August 23, 1868, ‘Tho Canadian customs returns to June 30 Of the pre- vent year, just issued, show that there was imported during the year merchandise valued at forty-four aude half million doflars, of which twouty-one milous came from Great Britain and ulneteon and a half millions from the United States. There is @ falling off of four huadredand seventeen thonsand dollars in customs rocelyts ax compared with the corresponding portod of the previous yoar. answer v an Inquiry the Hon. Mr. Macdonald an- nounced in the Foure to-day the ‘ntontion of the govern- mont to enlarge all the canal system of Cahwis at the cariiest poveiblo moment that the financial condition of the provinces would allow it, tor. ine pagans of tmoting the trade of the Western States oo veal not pledge the government to 60 Sh with the ™