The New York Herald Newspaper, August 30, 1865, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 10,593. UH 4 Removal of Restrictions Upon Trade in the Late Insurrectionary States. Soff. Davis to be Tried Before a United States Circuit Court. Worfolk, Va., the Probable Place of ‘Trial of the Arch Traitor. Mideon J. Pillow and A. 0. P. Nicholson Beg- ‘ging to be Pardoned. Confiscated Property in Virginia Advertised for Sale. GOontract for Regular Mail Steashship Service Between San Francisco and Hong Kong, ae Re. ae. Wasuinctoy, August 20, 1865. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT. ‘The following proclamation was issued this afternoon: — ‘By\cun Passer oF tas Unirep Stares or Auenica:— Whereas, by my proclamations of the 13th asd @4th of June, 1665, removing restrictions in part upon fnternal, domestic and coastwise intercourse and trade, ‘with the States recently declared in insurrection, certain articles were exempted from the effect of said proclama- fons as contraband of war; and whereas thenecossity for restricting trade in said articlos has now, in a great ‘Measure, ceased, it is hereby-ordered that on and after the first day of September, 1865, all restrictions aforesaid be removed, #0 that the articles declared by the said: to be contraband of war may be imported lwo and sold in said States, subject only to such rogula- tions &# the Seoretary of the Treasury may prescribe. a testinQoy Wheseof J have hereunto set my hand and caused ‘be seal of the United States to be affixed, Done at the cMty of Washington this 20th day of Au- gust, in the yowr of our Lord 1865, and of the Inde- pendence of the ‘'pited States of America the nine- tleth. - > ANDBEW JOHNSON. By the President: of State, aes Be See ST he ‘ 7 IAL OF JEFF. DAVIS. ~—e.. ‘The trial of Jefferons Davis will take place before & ‘United States Ciroult Court, but the particular one has ‘mot yet been designated. There seems to be no import- ‘@nce attached to the fact that the Grand Jury of the Dis- trict of Columbia some months ago found a true bill ‘against him for constructive treason in sending his troéps to operate against Washington in the simfftr of 1864. Fhe Grand Jury of the court at Kno¥ville has indicted ‘Bit for treason, for there Davia harangued the people ‘gainst the United States government. The trial, how- ever, cannot now take place in that town, or at any her place in thé Tenth Judicial District, for the reason ‘that the vacancy occasioned by the death of Associate Justice Catron has not yet been filled. As military @perations against the United Siates wore directed by erders given from Richmond, it is probable that the will take place-at Norfolk, Virginia, in which event Chief Justicg @ Will preside, as that State is em- Denso ea io gesigned to him. oa POBT OFFICE CONTRACTS. ‘The Postmaster General hae made teonitact for con- ‘veyance of the mails from Norfolk, by Hampton, to Old Point Comfort and back six times per week. He bas ‘also ordered the opening of various post offices in North and South Carvlina, es ©’ The Postmaster General yeterday accepied the tender made by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for the mail steamship service between San Francisco ‘and Hong Kong, China, touching at Honolulu, in the Sandwich Islands, and Kanagawa, in Japan, as authorized by act of Congress and approved February i, 1865. The compensation for twelve round trips, out ‘and back, is $600,000. The company is to build four first class sidewheel steamships, of from three thousand five hundred to four thousand tons burthen each, gov- ernment measurement, and the first steamship of the line is to leave San Francisco for China on or before the Ast of January, 1867. The term of the contract is ten years from the date of the commencement of the ser- vice. The distance from San Francisco to Hong Kong is seven thousand and fifty miles, and from San Francisco to Kanagawa, the nearest coal depot, five thousand four bundred and seventy-five miles. The average rate of speed of the steamships while at sea is to be not less ‘than two hundred nautical miles per day. APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON. A. 0, P. Nicholson, at one time editor of the Wash- {ington Union, and Gideon J, Pillow, late a gencral in the rebel army, were to-day among the applicants for OONPISCATRD PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA. It 4s reported that among the owners of a large amount @f property in Virginia advertised by General Howard as @onfiscated appear the names of Genoral Eppa Hutton, late of the rebel army; Commodore French Forrest and Kinchaloe, the guerilla. The property is divided into two hundred and three lots, situated in Loudon, Fairfax, Elisabeth City, Prince William, Warwick, York and Nor- folx counties, and in the cities of Portsmouth and Nor- folk. , THR ACOIDENT TO GENERAL NEILL. ‘The accident to General Neil!, of Pennsylvania, last might is more serious than wasat the timo supposed. Be had just stepped froma street car, when he was knocked down by a horse, which was ridden at a rapid rate, He is slightly injured in the left temple, and by a fracture of the left shoulder. His ribs are supposed to ‘be affected, as he was spitting blood to.day, THE LATE TREASURY DEFALCATION. ‘The late Treasury defalcation was not 80 disastrous as @& first supposed, nor is it by any means certain that the government will sustain «loss at all in the final ment, Nearly twelve hundred thousand dollars were involved, reports be true. Of this amount {t has transpired that about seven hundred thousand dollars ‘were promptly settled by convoyances, and assignments purporting to be good for the balance have also come into possession of the department, In addition to this ‘bail bonds are held for nearly a quarter of a million of @oliars. From all these sources the government can .Sertainly realize the bulk of its unpaid balance. . ‘VESSELS TO BH SOLD. The folowing naval vessels, the services of which are no longer required, will be offered at public sale, at the Navy Yard in this city, on the 16th of September:— Jacob Bell, paddle wheel, 220 tons; Yankeo, paddle wheel, 326 tons; Keystone State, paddle wheel, 1,364 tons; John 1. Lovkwood, paddle wheel, 180 tons; Vio- toria, screw, 264 tons; Alpha, screw; Delaware, paddio ‘wheel, 861 tons; Fuchsia, screw, 180 tons; Currituck, screw, 193 tons; Moccasin, screw, 102 tons; Ella, paddlo wheel, 230 tons; Bureka, screw, 50 tons. YANKSRS IN VIRGINIA. Brigadier General Dent has just returned from Char- Jottesville, and reports the highest type of model Yan- keos to be found throughout the Old Dominion. The oldest families are fast becoming transmogrified, and are ynelding tothe manifest destiny that stares them in the © face at every turn. CRUBLTING TO THE FREBQMEN IN ALABAMA. General Swayne, Assistant missioner of Freed- ‘men's Affaire for the State of Alabama, telographs from Montgomery, under date of the 28th inst., to General Howard, Superintendent of the Freedmen’s Bureau, @alling for ap additional military force to put a stop to Grucities practised upon the the late slaveholders and others. geste that the Second Maine cavalry be seat to him Mediately, ARAIVAL OF THE INDIAN COMMISION AT FORT SCOTT, Adespatch was received at the Indian Bureau to-day from Commissioner Cooley announcing the safe arrival at Fort Boots of the delegation appointed to hold a coun- cll at Fort Smith with the Indians of the Southwest. The elegation will proceed upon ite mission with all possible ‘eolerity. ‘4 SENT TO SING BING. Wm. ©. Leaman was yesterday evening sent to Sing Sing, New York, by order of General Augur. He for- merly belonged to the Tweatieth Pennsylvania cavalry, ‘and some time since he was tried and convicted of de- sertion. COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES. Paul Frank, alias Pau! Leon, formerly of the Sixty- ninth Pennsylvania, and George Betts, of the Forty- seventh Tilinols, were yesterday transferred from the Old Capitol, by order of General Augur. The former is to be tonfined at hard labor for the term of five years, nd the latter for the term of two years, They were tried by court martial last November, and were sentenced to be bung. The sentence was commuted by the Presi- dentto that of imprisonment. SENTENCES REMITTED. ‘The Secretary of War has ordered that the unexecuted Portions of sentences in the following cases be remitted and the prisoners discharged:—John O'Connell, to be im- Prisoned for five years, for murder; Cyrus Chopell, to be confined for the period of ten years, on the charge of murder; George Haffner, confined at hard labor for ten years, on the charge of desertion from the draft; David Best, eentenced to imprisonment for two years; Thomas K. Miller and John J, Appleton, sentenced to be confined for three and seven years, on the charge of bushwhack- ing; Jobn J. Doolan and John A. Rankin, sentenced to imprisonment during the war, for aiding and abetting the rebels. Arthur Caron, sentenced to be imprisoned for t wo years and pay a fine of five hundred dollars, and to remain in confinement until said fine is paid, is released on condi- tion that he leave the United States, never to return. Captain Marvin A. Parks, late Commissary of Subsist- ence, United States Volunteers, sentenced by general court martial to pay a fine of three thousand dollars and suffer imprisonment for two years, is released, for the reason that the prisoner has already suffered a severe punishment. BREACH OF TRUST. Complaints were made a day or two since to the Navy Department by several seamen, that a dashing young ensign of a vessel just going out of commission at this place held considerable sums of money in trust for them, and that they were unable to obtain its payment. An investigation was ordered and the ensign put under ar- rest. He confesses every thing, but protests his inability to pay unless his friends assist him. It will probably bo forthcoming. PERSONAL. Mr. Risley, Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury Depart- ment, has returned from Memphis. Brigadier Genera| George 8. Dodge, of the Quarter- master’s Departinest, has returned from an inspecting tour through the Wet and will remajn in the city @ days, + te ta ~ Paniel W, Adaus, tehel Gene of Now Orlean: RARELY: gitaiin, yehel ¢ rel of Ne “eo Fived at the M eOpollen task evening A THE POTATO CROP. Reports received ai the Department of Agriculture ‘Warrant the statemenithat the potato crop this season will be one of the la:gest crops ever grown in this country. APIOINTMENT. Dr. William Holbrook, ef Palmers, Mass., has been ap- pointed an examining surgeon by the Pension Bureau. . OFFICERS’ SOIREE. An elegant full dress entertainmeat was given this evening by the officers at Fort Saratog,, The music, decorations and géneral arrangements surpassed every- thing of the season thus far. SURVEYS OF OREGON, COLORADO AND WASGINGTON TERRITORY. The annual reporte from the remote surveying dntricts of Oregon, Washington Territory and Colorado, havejust BASE BALL. The Grand Match in Washington on Monday<—The Most Distingaished and Fashionable Audience Ever Present at a Match—The Athletic Club of Philadele phia Versus the National Club of Wash- ington—A Gala Week Among the Ball Players. Henceforth base ball is the national game of America, The present season for out door recreations has seen base ball become unprecedentedly popular. The desire to par- ticipate in the sport has pervaded all classes, from the busy, hard working mechanic, who steals an hour or two from his daily toil to recuperate his energies by recrea- tion on the ball field, to the staid mintster of the Gospel who wisely affects the ill effects of bis sedentary labors with the beneficial exercise the game affords, Our sol- diers bave whiled away the weary hours of monotonous. camp duty with many a game of ball; while our eollege students have made the welkin ring with their shouts of victory in many a well.contested match; and whether it be a trial of skill between nines from two rival fire com- panies, or between two regiments of city militia, ora grand match for the championship of a State or the country at large, the gatherings induced have been grati fied spectators of games in which all parties have co! ducted themselves like men and American citizens, and no other sport or pastime in vogue, or which attracts such immenee assemblages, can pride itself on such a clear record. It is but a few weeks since we were ealled upon to describe a contest between two rival organiza- tions for the honors of the championship, in which the spectators were numbered by the ten thousand, and yet, Perfect order and decorum marked the proceedings throughout, and hundreds of the ‘‘beauty and fashion” of the city graced the scene with their presence, But it remained for Washington to carry off the palm in the way of cappl the climax in this respect, and the Na- tional and Athletic clubs—respectively of Washington and Philadelpbia—to achieve the enviable notoricty of attracting the most distinguished audience ever present at any contest of the kind in this country. The trial of skill between the above noted organizations and the suc- cess attendant upon the meeting was the result of the combined efforts of A. P. Gorman, Esq., the able Post- master of the Senate, and Colonel Thomas Fitzgerald, the editor of the Philadelphia City I’ both of whom have been the prime movers of everything calculated to advance the interests or extend the popularity of base ball in their respective localities. To Colonel Moore, of Philadelphia, also is praise due for his excellent arrange- ments in connection with a series of games in which his club were meee during their trip to the ital, The Athletic Club, some fifty strong, left Philadelphia in the quarter before twelve train on Sunday night, and duly arrived at ts mca Sor at a quarter past six the next morning, ing met at the de- pot by &@ committee of the National Club, who were in waiting with two stages to escort their guests to Willard’s Hotel. A visit to the Capitol and the White House absorbed the morning, and until the time for com- mencing play the players returned to their hotel for an hour's sleep preparatory to their afternoon’s work. At twenty-five mintites past two, everything being prepared, the fielders on the ground, and the immense athoring of spectators eagerly awaiting thé onset, the fationals took their stand at the bat and the Athletice their position in the field. At this time the scene was exceedingly picturesque, the ladies’ stand—crowded as it was by the beauty and fashion of Washington—being especially attractive. Hundreds were present who never witnessed a ball match before, and their experience in this contest has led them to become warm admirers of q 16 RIO: oe EAH aterm. The Nationals opened play very favorably for a grand contest, scoring three runs themselves and putting out their adversaries for a single run. In the second innings, however, the rhlledelphigas took a decided lead, scorin, 11 to 0, the totals being 12 to 8. This ratio was incre: only. in the el e chats Palla a little, to the get of five potted by making thetr total score double figures; but the ARS offset it with unprecedentedly fine batting, they addin, no less than seventeen runs to their score in the eight! innings, and twenty to the Nationals’ two in the ninth, the final score being 87 to 12 in favor of the Athletics. Daring the intervals:between the innings the military band present discoursed music for the ladies, and this of cours? lengthened the game ‘considerably. Some idea may be formed of the batting of the victors by the fact of their scoring eighteen clean home runs, their adver- saries getting throe. The game, except the display of batting, was a tedious one, the swift pitching on both sides leading to heavy work for the pitchers an: —- and little for the fielders. The umpleing was of thé*most character, and the game was a most pleasant every respect. The following is the score:— ti meeting in reached this city, containing matters of much interest ‘n regard to the progress of public survey and other facts relative to the various resources of the different parts of country within those districts The Surveyor Gene- ral’s office for Oregon is located at Eugene City, for aghington Forrhory Koo Sar at and for Coloradg ai fast ST GENERAL LAND OFf IGE APRATRS. Returns have been received at the General Land Office showing the meanders and subdivisional surveys on the Minne; river in the southwestern part of tho State. Meanders and subdivisional surveys have also been re- ceived, duly platted, between Grand Island and Loup Fork, on the Matte river, in Nebraska. MANUFACTURE OF COTTON GOODS IN NEW ENGLAND. The manufacturing interest of the New England States in cotton goods is thus set forth by the last censu: Number of establishments, 859; capital, $15,147,8 material consumed, $34,559,883; number of hands em- ployed, 20,584 males and 49,045 females; cost of labor, $15,702,888. The value of the product is greater than these States derive from any otber description of manu- facvure, and is estimated at $74,638,957. MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN GOODS j The manufacture of woollen goods in the Middle States is thus set forth in the returns of the last ceusus:—An- nual value of production, $15,908,925; cost of material consumed, $8,743,491; number of hands employed, 7,008 males and 4,540 females; oxpense of labor, $2,720,- 711; number of establishments, 476; capital invested, $8,473, 610. Obituary. GOVERNOR JOHN BROUGH, OF OBIO. After a long continued and severe illness, originating in gangrene in the foot, but which became much com- plicated after a surgical operation, Governor John Brough expired yosterday at Cleveland. Governor Brough was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1811. He was self-educated, being brought up as a practical printer, to which trade he was apprenticed at an early age. He early entored into local politics, and became very popular among the masses as a public speaker. In- deed, in 1840, he ranked next to Hon. Tom Corwin as the best stump orator in the State, and was a great card at every political gathering in his own and neighboring districts, He was auditor of Ohio from 1840 to 1845, In the latter year he engaged extensively in railroad enter- prises, and has since been prominently, actively and succesefully connected with several of the Western roads. He was at times PresMent of the Madison and Indianapolis and the Bellefontaine Railroads, in Indiana. He bad always been a strong democrat until the be- ginning of the rebellion, when from a war demoorat he gtadually advanced to be almost a radical republican, and in 1863 was nominated for Governor against Clement L, Vallandigham, and elected by nearly one hundred thousand majority. His administration has not been re- markablo, Ho declined a renomination for the office in June last. Governor Brough’s energy and decision were the chief features of his obaracter, He was a man of his own mind, and it required very strong arguments or very hart facts to change his opinion. ‘The funeral service will take place at the Governor's fesidencs, in, Cleveland, on Friday, Septomber 1, at eleven o'clock A. M. News from Nerth Carolina. COUNTY CONVENTION FOR NOMINATION OF DELE- GATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION—RRVIVAL OF BUSINESS, BTC. Buavrort, N, ©., August 26, 1865, | The people of Craven county meet in mass conven- } tion to-morrow, in Newbern, to nominate two delegates to the State Convention which assembles in Raleigh on the 94 of October. Leading merchants of Newbern are sending goods in large quantities into all parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Southeastern Virginia, bringing back cotton, tobacco and other produots, giving employ- mont to the railroads, which are now running night and, day. An effort will be made this winter to obtain an appro- priation from Congrens to defray the expense of deepen- ing the channel uniting the inland waters of North Carolina with the ocean, which, with the removal of small bar in the Neuse river, will enable the largest ocean steamer to run to Newbern. NATIONAL, “ATHLETIC, L oO. R. . R Parkes, 2d b. -3 2 3 lo Gorman, ¢, f. 41 2 Prouty,«3d b o 4 48 Waldon,,s. 6, 10 Ennthrong, c. 1 2 2n Whiarn 4 0 4 pC be iat . -8 1 2 10 Totals, HB rotate... at 8T INNINGS. Clubs. Lat. 2d, Bat, Uh, 5th, Oh. 7th. 8th, 9h, Tl. National 30 1:0 0 10 6 2 12 Athletic +111 10 13 21 2 17 2 87 Umpire—Mr. Dakin, of the Excelsior Club, Scorers— Messrs. Cronin and Bereson. Time of game four hours and twenty minutes. Fly catches—Nationals 13, Athie- ties 11, The Game Yesterday Between the Atlan- ties of Brooklyn and Nationals of Washington—The Atlantics Victorious. Wasminetox, Angust 29, 1865. The grand match between the National and Atlantic clubs to-day resulted in the success of the champions by a score of thirty-four to nineteen, it being one of the best contested games of the season. In fact, those who witnessed the previous game would scarcely have believed that it was'the same club playing, #0 creditably did the Nationals acquit themselves in every position, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, Gorman avd Bertbrong especially playing brilliantly. ‘Tire Nationals led from the start, the figures at the close 1865. SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PLANTERS AND THE CROPS, The Negroes Still Refusing to Work. Another Speech from Governor Perry. HIS FIRST SPEECH ALL “BUNCOMBE.” &. &o, &e, Our Charleston Correspondence. CHARLEsTon, 8. C., August 26, 1865. TUR PLANTERS AND THB CROPS have been the most interesting topics of discussion during the past week. The steady increase in the arrivals of cotton by the railroads bas had a corresponding increase in the arrivals of planters, During the last few days I have conversed with quite a number of these gentlemen, mostly from the interior, around Camden, Columbia, Chester, York, Spartanburg and other places, and have succeeded in obtaining their general views and knowledge of the condition of the crops and the working of the new system of labor. The crops they say are bad. A con+ siderable breadth of land was put into corn, but the long drought and desertion of the plantations by the negroes, When they first received the news of their emancipation, have rendered it certain that but little more than half a crop of cotton will be made, except, perhaps, in the ex- treme upper portions of the State. As the garrisons of the United States forces penetrated the different sections of the State labor ceased. The negroes left and flocked in crowds to the towns and headquarters, rejoicing in their freedom and firmly convinced that it meant free- dom from work. * The consequences can easily be imagined. The grass grew while the corn did not. The military were com- Pelled to issue a general order compelling the negroes to remain upon the plantations of their former owners until the Ist of January, 1866, so as to insure at least a sufficiency of food to save themselves and the rest of the country from starvation. Contracts were drawn up under the direction of the military regulating all the de- tails of labor and the division of the crop, These were submitted for approval to the various post commandants; but in the majority of cases the contracts proved use- less, The negroes disregarded their agreements, They could not be made to understand that performance was at all neceseary on their part. They knew that the con- fragt guaranteed them food, clothing, lodging, médical attendance, and they “sought to know no more.”’ The laborers left the plantations at will, and planters who should have had from sixty to seventy hands in the fleld very seldom had more than twenty or twenty-five at Work, In Many instances the freedmen refused to Work at all, and in Sonié casbé detachments of two, three and four soldiers were placed upon the larger plantations to insure the performance of contracts. So long as the detachthents remained, and arrested and punished dolin- quents, the pl; ea bug the moment the soldiers a ee The cotton has suffered still more than the corn from this irregularity of labor, and the heaviest work on that Crop, the picking season, is not yet come. But a very emall crop of cotton—say one-eighth of the ordivary yield—can be hoped for this year; and the prospects of the next crop are not very flattering. This year the ‘planters had the crops tm bofore the old system of labor ‘was done away with. How they are to get the seed in at the proper season for the ensuing year is a subject of anxious consideration, ‘THE UNCERTAINTY OF LABOR seems to weigh heavily on the spirits and depresses the energy of the planters. How is it to be regulated? By the military, the Freedmen’s Bureau, or the States? It is easy to say, tet capital and labor regulate their own terms; but the experiment, as has been seen, required the interposition of the mtHtary to prevent its utter failure. The difficulty never has been in making the contract, but in insuring the performance. When the freedman has learned the necessity of labor and the obli- gations of family the matter may then be left to regulate itself; but he ie as yet as far from appreciating the im- portance of labor as that other fact, that with freedom he takes upon himself the support of his own family., In pearly every case it is the abled-bodied, active laborer who has abandoned the plantation, leaving hie wife and children to be supported by the planter. Such are the general views of the large number of planters with whom T have conversed They appear to meet the questions pnt fairly and candidly. They ac- knowledge the defeat and destruction of all their hopes. ‘They accept emancipation asa fixed fact, and are anxious to go to work and develop the resources of the State under the new order of sociéty. But to regain @ condition of prosperity, to oullivate their crops, espe: cially cotton, they must have labor upon which they can depend. The experience of the last four months satisfies them that the late freedman does not and cannot be made to regard a contract, and if thoy have to resort to the military or judicial tribunals at every tarn, the they say, “We can do nothing.” Time alone must det mine the solution of this difficulty. THE COMMPRCLL PRORTRATION of the third innings being ten to nine in their favor; and | of this portion of the South Js thus truly depicted by a though they lost the lead in the fourth innings, they re- gained it afterwards by brilliant batting and the totals at t close of the sixth being seventeen to twelve in favor of the Natior Afterwards the champtons began to bat better, the pitcher being unable to keep up the speed of the early of the ¢. The champions scored four home tionals two, the fly catches being twelve Crane aud Yeatman were entertained runs and the to thirteen in favor of the latter. led the score at the bat, At night the; with a grand dinner at the National Hotel, and were in- vited to attend Bryant’s Minstrels. The assemblage of ee was greater than on the previous day, some six being present. Among them were several brigadier generals and officials of the government. at Baitimore. Barrmwone, August 29, 1865. The base ball match to-day between the Athletics, of | Seaboard, many Philadelphia, and Pastimes, of Baltimore, resulted in ® | war (amounting in value to ‘at least $3000, victory for the Philadelphia club. After a spirited and well contested game on both sides the score stood:— Athlotics, 39; Pastimes, 27. There were fully five thow sand spectators, and the playing on both sides was pro- nougded very fine. NEWS FROM HAVANA. Probability of the Slave Trade Being ReVived—Reported Seizure of the Spa: ish Mail Steamer Samaria by the Hay. ele=Disturbance on an Englis! ‘The Movements of the Rebels Kirby Smith and Judah Benjamin, &c. Havana, August 11, 1865. The British steamer Asia did not leave last Sunday for Now York, as was supposed, but deferred her departure | Teturned and reopened their forn/ places of bu till to-day. ‘The Little Hattie, once known as a bloekado runner, is soon to leave for Rio Janeiro, under command of —— Blanche, who used to owne part of, and commanded, the notorious Denbigh. The Maria Quinten, the Mexican steamer that arrived fow months since from New York, will soon leave Ha- | or tami vana, It is genorally thought that if General Hersundi takes the place of General Dulce as Captain Genoral of this the dobria is cleared off, a the killed and wounded dis the African slave trade will commence again | posed of, something may |, done. with renewed vigs oh mail stoamor bas not yet arrived. Tt is Sami th i (ihate of Hay. "Kuowlng that. the. Spaniards had evacuated th @ town and that the there, a of them in schooners, under the Eng- eh flag, sai od tot lace and matte the seizure. Bhi rbance on the English schooner Flort- ae ere stabbed and one cooperage shop & Leblanc, in Cienfuegos, with a dire or Aas ead incleneve, was recently ro. went to Matan: and is tull thé” Borjamin often sen here, wang on te 1@ weather in Havana is be Aon A hurricane recently passed over St. Jago de Cuba. writer in the Charleston Daily News: — Tt will not arprising to our readers, in and jut of this State, to ler d greatl/ from the recent war. Of $15,000,000 in bank stock all lost Of $5,000,000 bills in circulation the market valy is not more than twenty percent. Of three insurancdompa- nies neither can continue business. Of $20,00,000 in railroads no dividends can be expected. Of fe thou- sand houses in Charleston fifteen hundred bve been burned, and others almost ig vel 2 as of estates of decedents and minors, and of propoy in liti- gation, four-fifths are represented by Confoder securi- ties, and are therefore valueless. Of our many /erchants, of largo capital and unblemished credj few have late! pro A to pay the small debts against them afthe begin- nt the war. Of fargo a wn that we have suffes the many 6 and valyble estates in fort district and the it tal ¥) all have been aband , and many ‘e been for taxes. Of the large cotton estates jl furtl? from the have been dosolated. the cotton inning, and raise ee | the oft larger has been taken or dostyed. stock, , hogs, cattle, farming ‘1 ita, utensils and furniture and’ silverware, all but ginconsiderable amount have been consu destroy OF taken. Of the money in the hands of our citi® at the com- mencement of the war, or accruing frojthe sale of pro- perty, or the (ape Of professions, (the payment of debt, all has invested in security of which nine- tenths have no possible value, Of thg®bts uncollected, few are 6: to be paid, Of the nds of churches, ol ritable institutions and fieties, all also, or y all, have been sunk. Of thends of the State not held by the government, little h@ny market value. Into thia frightful gulf of ruin ha/lso been swept the value of four hundred thousand sl@s, estimated a few since at $200,000,000. And ys, therefore, of the 000,000 worth of ‘property inti: “tate In 1860, but little more than '$50,000,000 now gain It must be confessed that, alfugh considerable ac- tivity is man/fested, and yd ope old eitin long time must elapse before thaty ean be plac business point of view, where itAs before the emancipation act not only destr?d the fmtnense capital invested in slaves, hut seriousi#amaged all branchos of business by destroying the secity of nearly every form of investment; bonda, mortga®, bank stock, individual notes—ail were dependent, mp OF lee, upon the cotton and rice ops of the plants and the “4nevitable nig- jatter set all the ie he sud ancipan of the Tesembles a vast wreck, s¢ething valnable may possi bly bo saved by time and iar; bub, at present, It tsa ere mass of broken syargid shattered timbers. When At pre of the destruction, hardly realize made anoth Cor aria, 8.6 Augget 1, on | speech atreenviile, & ugget 1, wd a. mn, It ia not regarded™bere as fe Greenvillo audience, in con tT anon that bis first syeech was \n- tended He is charged with being guilty of fines. Thetnass nt, even the of the people believed that . seb told tbe truth ae. Lorry pth gonvictions 6! bis? contclence, fin acEnowiengree fasbington +) Secretary Seward meant wap for the latitude yomewhat lovere pry ‘ o eae ‘mation of nat ruotioniets rO~ Jinians say tho Gifernoe shouldtave spurned Becretary ward's interpwtation, whe he admitted that he (Seward) was in jue practice! Making speeches for the ude of New Yorkp apd mbpoved that Perry did the fame thing for South Carolina, He should Seknowledged that ho apoko even the trath, for the pose of mancuvering. As your readers may not have Yeb read the Gover I ieentire, It ES cae PRICE FOUR CENTS. THE WIRZ TRIAL. APERON OF CovERNOR PRRRY 47 GREENVILLE 8.0, ADGDEE The Counsel of the Prisoner again: bp lbs ig bay make a to talk over visit to Wastin 4 as his Excellency President Johnson, a commis: sion appointing me Provisional Governor of the State. faplred to Ou way erie ha Read aety 2 my arrival ip Tt addressed note to the President asking the honor of for the purpose of receiving his instructions nicating to him my views in tone and temper of the State. After ing and the next day without dent, I paid a visit to Governor General. This gentioman received seemed gratitied at the account I gave him Carolina. assured me that the President received my note, and very obligingly ordered his riage and went to the Executive Mansion to tain the truth of the matter. In a short time wards, I received a note from President Johnson, that my communication the day before had not been re- that he would see me at three o'clock. In Leitch, Grady, Gibbes and me. We were received very cordialty, hour or two with the President. I told ple of South Carolina accepted the terms of his_procia- mation, and wero dis; to return to their allegiance to the Union. That from having been the most rebellious State in the South I was satisfied South Carolina would henceforth be one of the most loyal of the Southern States. That she would reform her constitution and abolish slavery, give the election of Governor and Presi- him that the peo- dential elections to the ize the re] sentation of the State, I gave it as opinion that the disunion feeling of the South hag? originated in the parishes. The President ex; f the course South Carolina was likely to pursue, and in- stead of manifesting any bitter or revengeful spir- it, he evinced great ki a dtthe, solicitude and n imi - ba The whole delegation was deeply improned Wit courtesy, dignity and ability of his Excellency. His political views expressed to us were those of a patriot pr ipaaniageew ase igen to = the country ounce more quiet, peaceable, happy an jus, In re- gard to the relative powers of tho State and the federal government, his opinions were identical with my own, 80 long expressed in South Carolina. He was equally opposed to t! ‘ntralization and consolidation of powers in Congress «+ 1 was to the secession of the States. It must be left to the Ley ture of each Btate to decide who shall be allowed to vote in the State. Any attempt on the part of Congress to control the elective franchise of a State would be an unwarrantable usurpation. He — an rene bd the seuateniae of South Ut ina populariz y abolish: the ish represen- tation and equalizing the political fi Si cehtine upper and lower country, giving the election of Governor tot! ‘ Bs, and alo the clection of electors of President and Vice resident. On leaviny the President he requested me to call and see My. Seward, Secrotary of State, and give him the same Information I had given his Excellency in reference to the ae feelings and sentiment of South Carotina. This I did in company with the South Caro- lina delegation. We found Mr. Seward kind and cordial, and gratified with the information we gave him with re- gard to the politics of South Carolina. Bafore visiting ir. Seward I had been asked to call on the Attorney General, Mr. Speed. He expressed himself surprised and mortified at'ny speech made to you on the 3d of July, But I soon digcovered that he had only glanced over the goeests and did not comprekend the tone and temper of my remarks. I told Mr. Seward what tho rag (oy Nadel had hoa ae bi ied, L read your 8 is morning attentively, and, considering the standpoint from wphich you make it 1 . good one, When I was Gdvernor of New ¥. ward, Tused to make speeches which very se- verely criticised iu Charleston, and I said fo myself, what the devil bave the oe of te do with my speech made in New York? I did not speakto them or for them, but to the people of New York. I sup- pose, Mr. Perry, you intended our for South Carolina, and not for Washi The Attorney General expressed a wish the. to jection the Governor to the le, aml invest in with So wer of appointing aft Stats anc diateies told him my theory had always been to giveal the im: rtant elections—President, over irabere of le, and relieve them of the trouble of sere often 10 make petty elections, which generally t T oalled on the Secretary of tho Treasury, Mr, MeCul- loch, and was very much piggood with hin asa gentle- in the ry office with a list of appointments which Thad to make. In doing 80 I endeavored to oil all the I likewise paid my respects to the Secretary of War, ia company with the South Carolina delegation, and en condition of afuirs im South Carolina. not seeing General Howard, who ton. But I addressed a letter to him, givig him my views in reference to the freedmon, and ek were earnest in their efforts to impross the President 44 his Cabinet with the impoticy of garrisouing South Ce- reforming our constitution we should give officers, with the advice and consent of the State. Congress and members of Legislature—to 1! and demoralize them. emer man, # public offfter and a sQtesman. I was furnished offices with men of capacity, integrity and experience. deavored to lay before this high functionary’ the teu head of the Frecdmen’s Bureau in Wasbimy his instructions. The whole South Carolina delegat| lina with colored troops. hoped to have @0 General Gilmore on this subject as 1 returned throeh Columbia, The last interview I had with the Presifat, he requested me to write him and keep him inform a4 to any difficulties whieh IT might meet with in or; & provisional governm I said to hm, “Th already, Mr. President (red a provisional g/ern- mont fur South Carolin ng the State gern I have issued my proclamation, ordering oie ul jecrs in Youth Carolina to take the ‘oath of alljianc 1 @ their offical duties.” “Well,” | & most expeditious Governor.” I ppointment exe late, and 1 thpzht it | nec y to work rapidly. I further eaigo bin tat I would have the Sta y, with ber cof itution reformed and her members of Congress clecty by the first Monday in December, when © con In conclusion, let me say to you, fellow citizens, fi Tam vell pleased with all that I sew and heard at Webington ni reference to the Sbuthern States. Let us pw do our | luty, take the oath of allegiance, elect goo) and wise mon tothe Convention, reform our State pustitation, abolish slavery, equalize the representation ¢ the State in the Senate, give the election of Govern and Presi- H dential electors to the people, and all will bw Im- | mediately after the Convent.on bas reformé the sti tution the Legislature will be convenca tgelect United States Senators and provide forthe bier inembers of the House of Representatives in Cong: ‘This may all be done by the firet Monday in Decenjet next, when the State will be fully restored to ali her/glts under the constitution and laws of the United Stat/. THR THT OATH required by the Act of 1962, of ail pefons entering on the duties of a United States office, hygiven rise to oon- siderable discussion ere. Governoj Perry, while at Washington, was given a list of fe various vacant federal offices in South Carolina, and requested to nomi nate suitable persons to fill them, The Governor's ap pointees are, with but one or tws éxceptions, ineligible in consequence of having held ofice under Davis’ rule. Mr. Leitch, Surveyor of the ort, on his return here, reported to Collector Mackey 116 readiness to enter upon the duties of bis office. Upgt being required to take the test oath, Mr. Leitch decliryd, and expressed doubts of the Collector's authority ts administer tt, A® the cases were precisely similar wth the appointed oo, the matter bas been referred to the authorites at Washington. It is reported that the high officials at Washington do not regard the oath as apyiicable to disloyal States, having been enacted during the war, with particlar reference to suspected persons the loyal section of the country. GENKKAL MATCH is still in command of the disirict, though in daily ex- pectation of t rrival of his successor, Major General A. Ames. Now that he is to be removed, the citizens express t thgt any chango should be made, and begin to think that the General has been more sinned against than sinning. Hoe intends to make his future home in New York. MUSTERING OUT OF THE TROOPS the interior of the State is being gradually rrisons, ‘The Fifty-fourth and Fifty. ‘olunteers, and the Fifty-third and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts (colored) leave this week. Tho country people are 6: alarmed for fear of trouble with the freedmen, the report being that all the troops in the State are to be withdrawn. THE RLRCTION continues to increase In ini eral new tickets are in circulal To. continues, and stripped of their sixth Now York ANVASS and excitement. Sev- The names of Rev, on. P. N. Lynch, Rev, John Buchanan, Alfred Huger, Dr. John F. Pop} iim and others of violent dispositions have been se ed and associated by the old Broad street clique. ‘The javier have made a direct issue against Dr. key and the candidates of the Union ticket, which has but a very slight p this week have bor by the South Caroi thirty by the Not any one week cotton Ubirty-f the reopening of ttade. forty cents per pound. THD PALL BUSIN has already commenced. The Merchants’ Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and reopened by Loring & Bennett, thd latter a brother of the commandant of the post, The Victoria Hotel is also under repair, and nearly finished, The Milis House will be ready by the Ist of October, Rents have increased enormously. General Bennett hos levied a post tax of three per cent monthly op all owners of property receiving rents. They are oF. dered to report at headquarters ahd exhibit their rent re- coiptes, THR CouRTS of Ordinary and Mesne Conveyance have been re-eatab- lished. George Buist, Baq., will resume the duties of Ordinary next week, to the great satisfaction of the aitizens. ‘Tee weatre OF THR CITT is unuenally good for this season of the year. The num bor of deatt week was only thirty-four, whieh is jered if mortality list for a city with over forty thousand in! tm, Any the late arrivals in this city is Colonel R. B. Rhe of the Mercury. He proposes to re-estab. ial the Mercury on thé festoration of civil ordes. Appear for Him. More Testimony Directly Charging Him with Murder. &. ae . Wasninatox, August 29, 1865. ‘The prisoner was brought into court at half-past ten: o'clock. LSTTER PROM CAPTAIN Wes. Judge Advocate Carman said he had a communication from the prisoner, which he read, as follows:— Carito Prison, Wasnxaton Ciry, D, 0, August 29, ‘she, } Colonel N. P. Carman, Judge Advocate, MilNary Com- mission :— Lig lbey eae, ask the Com! as] am he alone, tgisen for any Piper ve and Baker, 1@! de. a as I understand that on my most fervent en’ they have consented again to ap) me. under stand my whole case and know my witnesses and pa- pers. Hoping that the Commission will grant s quest, I sigu myself, most respectfully, your obedient servant, , Late Captain and A, A. G., C. 8.'A Major General WaLtacg said if there was no objection the gentlemen would be sent for, No objection being made, and the Commigsion being disposed to afford every proper means for defence, an orderly was despatched for Messrs, Baker and Schade. , The court was then cleared for about three-quarters of ‘an hour, and when the doors were opened the record of yesterday was read, Messrs. Baker and Schade aga... @ppeared in court as counsel for Wirz. The room wis Mors eowded tna Licretofere with spectators, many women being in the crowd. Tree TESTIMONY OF DR, J. G. ROY, Dr. J. G. Roy was called, and, being examined by Judge Advocate Hosmer, testified that he was on duty at Andersonville; he was under the immediate charge of Dr. Stevenson; the hospital was in a deplorable condi- tion, there not being a sufficient supply of tents and bunks; there were no comforts; he was told that there were between thirty and thirty-five thousand prisoners there; he did not find much difficulty in obtaining medi- cines, excepting a few of the rarer articles; the men Presented the most horrible specimens of humanity he over saw; a Jango number of them were affected with the worst forms of scurvy; he attributed the sickness to long confinement, exposure and absence of the comforts of lifs; there were maggots in the swamp near the hos- pital, the malaria from which bad a most fatal effect upon the patients; the insects, or white ants with wings, Were such as result from decayed animal and vegetable matter; they were 80 numerous that it was dangerous fora man to open his mouth at sundown; the witness heard that there was a dead line, and one of his patients: was killed, but he did not see him shot; he stated the circumstances under which the prisoners were when Wirz had command of them, and while he was in the ad- ministration of his duties as a surgeon; all the sur; caine to the conclusion that Captain Wirz had full an- thority over the prison under General Winder; he had seen the chief clerk of Dr. James bi and inquirin informed that the pir decree on a the reason w: ficted by order of Captain Wirz. Crosé-examined by Mr. Baxsr—The hospital fund, about which he had testified, and with which delicacies, for the sick were purchased, was in exfstence when he went to Andersonville; during the month of February or March last five thousand dollars in Confederate was drawn from the fund; at that time a one enback would purchase twenty money. e witness Was @t Andersonville six and bucking was the only instance of eruelty he the medical condition of the hospital was better afier Dr, Clayton came there; Captain Wirz exercised no mere nay pore: the former physicians than he did over Clazton, At mo o'clock the Court took @ recess until two o'clock, TESTIMONY OF DR. VAN DRRKIEFT. % On reece, Dr. a Wap Deciieth testified sas e was on duty at Annapolis from Ma to 33, 190; he atiended to: more than two thousand of ah retarted prisoners from Andersonville; they were suf- } ferin, from chronic diarrh@a, scurvy and other diseases ; some were ina dying condition, ; id others pad to be treated in the hospital before U cha! agree evoxgh to be taken home; the « ase from which death ensned, more than froma en) other was chronic dinrrhaa; this resulicd fro. insuMetent food and exposure; very little attention paid to ther condition at Andersonville; he was ® wa the graph of a living skeloton, and’said he ....d seen many of the returning prisouers in’a similar condition, Crossexamined by Mr. Recife knew offtelally that the men were from Andersonville; had seen men re- duced to the condition repres nied in the photograph; Witness Was regularly educated in Germany as a physi- cian, ‘TIMONY OF MARTIN BR. HOGAN, Hogan testified as to bis having beem @ pris- oner at Anderson men there were in @ mixers- ble condition esibly could be; the men were 80 thick th ld scarcely eTbow their way; some lay in their own filth calling for water and crying for food, but no attention was paid thom. He also’ testified to the miserable 4 ve food and ite infarious effects, such as b rh bread, Which was sour, ws Carnie of an inferior ith the searvy would crawl by n- and the beef, wh sight was horrible; very many wero i, and, having no arrowed in the #, he was brow k to prison by had von Cr 2 with hounds try track of at ped prisoner; for escape from prison about the Bih ‘of Octo- F the most obscene abuse from Captain toned by the neck and feet aug remained nt hoors; he heard Captain WIP give or. ould not ha pod, but he did t food she from some y who stole it for him; he bad seen put in the at tl one man was the stocks asserted by resent , Millen, th coliar because bi w Captain Wirz take a man by the 4 not walk faster; the man Was so ald not; throwing the man on his iu with hie feet; he saw the short time after; in the dis- ui the pursuit of knowledge man bleedin secting room he saw sawing oper the #ku wed prisoners and open- ing the bodies. ; ‘Cross-exan When he he ned by ki ct himself from it rgeon's knife, which he had tak ; his companions who tempted to escape were provided with revolvers; five loads wore fired at the party who first pursued, ‘and who were sending the « after them; he was put inthe stocks from personal revenge, because he tried to escape ; the papers he signed before he attempted his he did not consider @ parole of honor; he did not know what he was signing. Q@ Do you believe that _ could have passed out of the prison without signing paper? A. If 1 had signed ‘@ parole of honor I should have res i The cross-examination was further continued. TESTIMONY OF J. D. KIRGER. J. D. Kieser testified that he was in the United service, captured and sent to Andersonville; there with the first party of four hundred men; there was sufficient accommodation then, but as others were wit! added affairs became bad, and the men an to afflicted with diarrhea, dysentery, seurvy an eren they lay on the ground, and were not protected fram the weather; in April or May, 1864, supplies were received from the Nerth; coms mouldy bread or cake was thrown over the doad line; one man reached beyond the dead line fora piece of this mouldy bread or cake, when the guard fired and shot him through the head; he #aw another man after he had been shot in the abdo- men; he had seen meu in the chain gang with tron col- Jars ‘round their necks; some of them were thus punished for attempting to make tholr escapes the privoner was profane and overbearing tow our men on the slightest provocation. He had seen men bucked by order of Captain Wirz, The witness had seen General Winder at the prison, a number of our prison. ers rushed up to seo him, when he told our men to stand back, and gave orders to the guard to fire on those who approached the gate nearer than fifteen feet, The witness was fora long time cross-examined for the defence, He had never seen Captain Wirz commit fan assault on any individual prisoner, but he had heard the prisoner give orders to the guard, one of them to confine a prisoner in the stocks for attempting to Wire called him a damned Yankeo son of @ bitch; the man spoke back, when Wirz drew a revolver, and told bim he would fx him; the man was sent to the stocks, where he remained twelve hours The Court, at a quarter-past four o’ejock, adjourned. THE WITNESSES IN THE CASE. Tho counsel for Wire say they will summon at least one hundred and fifty witheeses, If so, those, with the witnesses called for the prosecution, will make three hundred in all to be examined, probably extending the trial three months. Our Spee! Washington Despatch. Wasurxoron, August 20, 1865, ‘The evidence adduced in the trial of Wirz since Mon- day bas been of a character to excite the utmost alarm in the mind of the prisoner, and evidently had dra heavily against the nerve and hope he has hitherto ox- ibitad. 80 aj nt is it* that the testimony wv being ‘see distaays and terrifies him that ‘apprehensions have ben entertained that he would have recourse to suicide before the conclusion of the trial. He is now handeufled uring his confinement in the Old Capitol Prison, and only allowed free use of hip hatyis at such times ae may desire to prepare papere for his defegce. A leaall bours {a atvendapoe gon ps ta te so