The New York Herald Newspaper, September 2, 1865, Page 4

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The trial of Heary Wirz was continued by the military court in Washington yesterday. Captain J. Dearth and four other soldiers of the late rebel army, all of whom were at one time on duty at Andersonville, tes- tifed to the filthy and horrid condition of the prison pen and the privations and starvation to which the prisoners were subjected. ‘Tuey also testified to having seen those who had escaped rocaptured and torn by the hounds, to acts of gross bra- tality on the part of Wirz, and to the punishment of ‘those who had given the slightest offence by ironing and placing im the stocks. Judge Daniel Hall, of Georgia, who frequently visited the prisons, gave evidence fn regard to the manner in which the captives were crowded together. During the proceedings the Judge Advocate, in response to mquiries as to whether the reports that the Andersonvule prison records bad eon stolon were corrsct, stated that the hospital fend death registers were in his charge, and would be produced at the proper time. The court wil! be in Beasion again to-day. THE NEWS. ‘The latest European advices give a report, on good authority, that the steamship Great Eastern was to be almost immediately despatched from Sheerness to New foundland, and that on the way she would endeavor to grapple and buoy the broken ocean cable, in the success of which enterprise strong hopes were indulged. It has been determined in England to attempt the laying of another Atlantic telegraph next year, making use in the ‘work of the recovered portions of tl summer's cable. ‘We publiah this morning the interesting letter of Captain Anderson, of the Great Eastern, notice of which bas hero- 4ofore appeared In the Herat, regarding the last failure t» lay the ocean wire and his opinion relative to future efforts, Important advantages to the imperialists in Northwest- ‘ern Moxico are reported by telegraph from San Fran- cisco. It is said that Hermosilla, in the interior of the Btate of Sonora, was occupied by the imperial troops on the 12th of August; that they had undisputed possession of the surrounding country for some distance in all direc- ions; that the principal portion of the republican force of the State, about three thousand in number, had boinea the imporiaists, and that Pesquiera, the republi- ‘can Governor, deserted by all but two hundred of his ‘mon, had fled. The imperialists still held Guaymas, and no republican troops of consequence were in the vicinity. Advices from Buenos Ayres, South America, as late as Whe 24th of July have been received; but they contain ‘Wittle of nothing additional regarding the war botween Braeil and Paraguay. It is reported that the Paraguayans ‘had been defeated with heavy loss near t!.. town of San Borgia, though, as no date is given. .¢ is uncertain whether the fight alluded to is not '.e same cne the cruelties, account of which was given @ the Herso of the 11th ult, wheroia it wae stated that the Paraguayans had been victorious ‘The fugitive reports relative to this war, like those in reference to the contest between the republi¢ans and Smperialists In Mexico, are very vague and confused It ‘would seom that the Emperor of Brazil himself designs {having a personal supervision of the contest, a8 at the jdate of last accounts he had arrived at Buenos Ayres er Cortesvoudens iu saad city, ia dis lover Way we NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1860. publish to-day, gives a history of the war up to the 12th of July, and some account of South American affuirs: g-nerally. In a letter to Governor Pierpoint, of Virginia, Attorney General Speed takes occasion to state for the informa- ion of rebels seeking pardon, that the only influence that can be exerted by agents or attorneys in the matter of applications is to delay the spplicant’s petition, Asa Atting reply to the malicious insinuations of vindic- tive traitors that money influences the decisions of Presi- dent Johnson in cases submitted to him for pardon, the Attorney General says the President propounees any such intimationsa gross insult, not only to himself but to every one officially connected with him, even down to his lowest messenger. The opinion is said by one of our correspondents in Richmond to be strongly entertained there that ulti. mately the President’s pardon will carry with it a com- plete restoration to all rights in property hitherto re- garded as abandoned and now ‘a possession of officers of the Freedmen’s Bureau. The military authorities have expressed their readiness to turn over the civil govern- ment of Petersburg, Va, to the Mayor and Common Council, Alexander H. H. Stuart, who was Secretary of the hiterior in President Fillmore’s Cabinet, has accepted a nomination for member of Congress from the Staunton district of Virginia. General Andrew J. Smith, who was the commander of the Sixteenth army corps, issued his order announcing the dissolution of the organization and bidding farewell to his troops, at Montgomery, Alabama, on the 8th of August. He reviewed briefly but forcibly the history of the corps through its many victories up to its concluding sucoess before Mobile, and reminded his men that, hav- ing asserted the supremacy of the national government in arms, it was now their proud privilege to assist in creating for it a glorious future among the Powers of the earth, Frauds of army officers, perpetrated by forging descrip- tive lists, signatures to passes and other military papers, have just been developed ,in Baltimore, and are to be thoroughly favestigated. The amount of money thus fraudulently procured has not yet been ascertained; but it is supposed to be very large. Washington despatches state that the government has taken such precautions that the national Treasury can- not in any event be a loser to any considerable extent by the reported swindles of paymasters in V:nylaia, or by any other similar operations in the pay departinent. ‘The receipts of internal revenue by the Treasury Do- partment for the month of August were thirty-four milliong of dollars, and the Treasury is represented to be at present in an easy condition. The Inman line steamship City of Baltimore, Captain Mirehouse, will sail at noon to-day for Liverpool, via Queenstown, from pier 44 North river. The mails will close at the Post Office at half-past ten A. M. The United States mail ship R. R. Cuyler, Cap- at tain Dollard, will sail from pir No. 9 North river, three P, M. to-day fur New Orica direct, in H. B, Cromwell & Co.’s line. The mails lose at the Post Office at half-past one P. M. The R. R, Cuyler was used as a guaboat durin; the rebellion, and earned a distin- guished reputation. The steamship Alhambra, of A. Leary to-day fi cmc will sail pier 14 East for Charleston at three P, M river. The work of railroad slaughter cortinaes, and even the olden time stage coaches, suddenly revivified by a spark of horrid inspiration from the reguant spirit of destruction, appear to have once more come to life to assist their remorscless successors in the work of killing and maiming. On Thursday afternoon a train on the South Shore Railroad, at West Hingham, Mass., ran into a stage conch which was crossing the track carrying twelve ladies and gentlemen, instantly killing one and seriously injuring several othors ot te > passengers. Some of the injured, it was believed, cou { not recover. The Coroner's investigation in regard to tre fatal Long Island Railroad collision of Monday last was resumed at Jamaica yesterday and concluded, A number of wit- nesses, principally passengers on one or other of the col- liding trains, were examined, and at cight o'clock in the evening the case was given to the jury, who had not sub- mitted their verdict up to the latest hour to which our reports reach. ‘The coroncr’s investigation in this city in regard to the death of Mise Ericsson, which resulted from the explo- sion of one of the boilers of the steamboat Arrow, in the North river, on the Sth of August, was conelided yester-+ day, The testimony taker. including that of the engi- neer of the boat, was intere:"ing and important, showing how the lives of the public are recklessly put in jeopar- dy. The verdict of the Jury pronounces the boilers of the Arrow old, defective and dangerous, and cenures the owners for using them, and the government inspector for certifying to their good condition. A meeting of the creditors of the firth of Morris Keteh - um, Son & Co. was held yesterday afternoon, at which terms for seltlement on the basis of sixty per cent of the amount of the claims were submitted, and finally, after discussion, accepted, It was also agreed that the Ketch- um firm should be at liberty to resume business. Their liabilities are about four millions of dollars. Several letters were read at the moeting, among which was oue of an affecting character from Mr. Morris Ketchum in reference to the conduct of his son Edward. Hons. Preston King and Moses F. Odell wer yester- day installed in office at the Custom House as Collector of the Port and Naval Officer respectively, in the pres- ence of their predecessors, the subordinate vfficials and a number of other gentlemen. Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, late Vice President of the United States, was inducted into office as Collector of the port of Boston yesterday. The Board of Fire Commissioners, at their regular meeting yesterday, elected Mr. Joshua G. Abbe, an expe- rienced fireman and officer of the old department, to fill the place vacated by Mr. Booth, as member of the Board. Contracts were approved for the fitting up of houses for two new companies, and officers were appointed for a new company to be called Metropolitan No. 2 Other matters of minor interest were aiso acted on. Yesterday, the first day of autumn, according to chro- nological statute, gave us such a taste of real summer weather as even August did not afford. The temperature was very warm, the mercury in the thermometer, in a cool place in the shade, rising to eighty-sevon degrees at three o’clock in the afternoon. George H. Walker yesterday made an appl'cation be- fore Judge Sutherland, of the Supreme Court, in cbam- bers, for the custody of his daughter, two years and six months old, whom her mother, stiortly before dying, be- queathed to the child’s grandparents. In consideration of all the circumstances the Judge denied the applica- tion. The police magistrates yesterday committed, among others, John Connor and Charles Thomas, charged with stealing, in @ Lispenard strost drinking shop, one hun- dred doilars from John McNamara, a discharged soldier of the Ninth Connecticut Volunteers; John Riley, a youth of only sixteen, employed in Stewart's Broadway and Tenth street establishment, charged with stealing dry goods from his employer and giving them to Mary Ann Shaw, a Greene street girl of alleged disreputable character, who was also committed, the stolen property being found in her possession; William Long, who volun- tarily surrendered himself, and who stands charged with having inflicted serious stabs on Simon Sheehan, on the night of the 7th ult., during a quarrel between the two, at the Seventh Ward Hotel, in Madison street, and a Young man named James McDonough, formerly employed |. in the property department of Niblo’s theatre, on charge of being the person who, on the night of the 2ist of May Inst, set fire to that establishment, A father singular and mysterious robbery was commit- ted one night lately on board the government steamer Donegal, lying in this harbor. The iron safe of the Paymaster of the vessel, containing a draft for over three thousand dollars and other valuable papers and ar} ticles, was carried off, although there was a guard on deck, and up to this time the most diligent efforts have not been sufficient to discover what has become of it. On the development of the Ketchum defalcation in this city, the officers of the State Bank of Hartford, Con- necticut, which had deposits with the Ketchum firm, in- stituted an investigation of the affairs of the institution, and made the somewhat surprising discovery that the cashier, W. H. D. Callender, was indebted to the bank to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars, He has made an assignment to the bank of one hundred thousand dollars, and some other property belonging to him has boon attached. He has got been arrested, and it is supposed that he will not be. ttre sae Coroner's inquests were held yesterday in regard to the deaths of John Hart, a lad of nineteen, lately belong. ing to the Fifteenth New York Volunteers, whose death was caused by falling from the roof of the New England Sol/liers’ Home, in Broadway, where he was temporarily staying, on Thursday night; Harriet Lanigan, alias Brode- rick, an inmate of a disreputable house in Greene street, who, as alleged, while under the influence of intoxicating liquors, swallowed a dose of arsenic early yesterday a her male acquaintances, and James Talbot, a man aged seventy-five, living at 189 East Twenty-cighth stroct, who died from the effects of being knocked down and gored by an infuriated ox on the corner of Third avenue and Twenty-fourth street, on Monday last, A fire occurred about six o'clock last evening on the fourth floor of No. 60 Nassau street, but was extinguished after doing trifling damage. ‘Thero was an alarm of fire just before nine o'clock last evening, caused by some paper taking fire in a stereotype establishment on the second floor of No. 105 Nassau street, corner of Ann. Its early discovery and the promptness of the insurance patrol prevented any dam- age. The paper moulds, it seems, had been left on the top of the furnace, and took fire. On Thursday night of this week the wife of Dr. Mars. ton, residing in South Dedham, Massachusetts, while in ‘a fit of mental derangement, produced by continued sickness, shot dead her husband and her daughter, aged ten years, and concluded the horrid work by shooting herself. ‘The stock market was dull but firm yesterday. Gold closed at 14334. The high price of gold yesterday had the effect of pro- ducing a firm market for nearly all kinds of foreign merchandise, and, though trade was rather moderate, the sales were generally at very full prices, This was especially the case with imported merchandise. Domes- tic produce was quiet and without decided chang». Cot- ton was steady. Petroleum was very firm. Groceries tonded upward. On Change flour and wheat were steady. Corn and oats were lower. Pork was $1 @ bbl. lower, the stock being much heavier than was anticipated. Lard was firm, and whiskey was decidedly higher. Startling Warlike Preparations in the Colonies—What Does England Mean? The distinguishing traits of character of dif- ferent nations, or of the governing classes in them, are exhibited more clearly in the foreign policy of each, and through the manner in which that policy is conducted, than in any- thing else. History shows one to be bold, out- spoken and direct; another to be insidious, crooked, reticent, and always looking to the future; a third to be egotistical, impulsive, false and changeable; and a fourth to be haughty, selfish, secret, farseeing and hypo- critical. We might analyze the character and history of the different nations to illustrate this assertion; but that would not come within the scope end intent of our article. We shall refer only to two countries—Great Britain and the United States—in connection with the subject, and that not for the sake of philosophical argu- ment or speculation merely, but to show how well the assertion accords with some very important facts which have lately come to our knowledge. From the earliest history of this coantry to the present time we have eschewed the system of European diplomacy, which consists in cunning deception and double-dealing, or, to uce plain words, in lying and cheating through the most polite language and courteous man- ners. We have never thought it necessary or wise to dieguise our policy, and we have always been frank in the declaration of our views and purposes to foreign Powers. The government has been blamed, at times, for its bold, outspoken course, by those who have sup- posed we lose advantages by it and who think Americans are a match for any people in smart- ness or shrewdness. Doubtless the American mind is fully equal to the European in this as in other things; but we have no school for the training of diplomats, no necessity for it, and no disposition to resort to dissimulation or sub- terfuges in our relat‘ons with other countries. What little we might appear to lose by not adopting the secret and deceptive policy of foreign nations is more than counterbalanced by what we gain. In fact, we find that honesty is the best policy in our internatf nal relations and intercourse as in private affairs. How different with England. And when we speak of England we mean the governing classes, and the aristocracy in particular, not the mass of the working people, who have no voice in the government. The press, the gov- ernment and the organs of opinion generally of the ruling class say what they 1o not mean, and conceal their motives and purposes. No government is more skilful than that of Great Britain in throwing dust in the eyes of the world, so that its deep laid schemes may not be discovered. It looks far into the future, and lays the foundation of a chain of circumstances te produce effects at a remote period. And the fundamental principle of all its action is British ambition, British ascendency, and the preserv- ation of aristocratic and monarchical privileges and government against the progressive and democratic ideas of the age. Notwithstanding there is something of a democratic element in the institutions of England, that country is really more the conservator and bulwark of monarchy and aristocracy than Austria or Rus- sia. Hence the antagonism between the ideas and policy of England and the United States. And this, which arises from the different nature of the governments and forms of society, be- comes more and more intensified by commer- cial rivalry. Now, while such is the fact, and must be so from the nature of things, England puts on a face of friendship and affects to emile lovingly upon her offspring. This is so well acted that we are apt to be deceived sometimes, But she cannot always throw dust in our eyes. Now and then we see her deep laid plans; and lat- terly we have seen under the assumed skin of the magnanimous lion the form and glare of the treacherous leopard. Without going back far into history for the many examples that may be found of the innate and persistent, though secret, hostility to this country, we will come down to the present time, and show that while professing the greatest friendship and desire for peace she is stealthily preparing for war with us on a grand scale. Asto the wis- dom of such a proceeding we leave the British authorities to determine; and if they have not found it out they will, probably before long. Of the fact we can have nodoubt. It comes to us from reliable authority. Up the rivers and in various inlets, bays and harbors throughout the provinces, wherever there is a suitable spot, the British government is building, quietly and secretly, a number of gunboats, which are adapted only for the Interior waters of this continent, and, conse- quently, are intended to be used against the United States. They are such as cannot be taken across the Atlantic, nor are they fit to go on the ocean. There isno other Power than this country that such vessels could be used against. The greatest secresy is observed by the British authorities and by every person em- ployed in constructing these gunboats, so that it is difficult to obtain information as to the full extent of the aggressive movement; but we have learned enough to know that these war- like preparations are very extensive—very much more so than the professed friendship and desire for peace on the part of Great Britain would justify. Nor is this extraordinary ao- tivity of a belligerent character confined to Saw Yoouuan aig Lad BAL aw dudipuity wit 9D of {fhe construction of vevwsels-of-wars but it is | commencement of our war she declared it was seen also at the forts and other military and | lecting subscriptions for the “aid and comfort” naval establishments. of said Sanders in Canada. Therefore, if the ‘The question naturally arises, then, what is | aforesaid Ben Wood has anything left of Jake all this fort And why such a pro- | Thompson’s twenty-five thousand dollar check, found secret about it? Italmost amounts to a | has not Sanders a valid claim upon him, ac- menace. England cannot believe in or expect | cording to the lottery figures, 4—11—44t cbse ct Ra a long peace with the United States when she} 1.) o.e.xs Housms WawrEp.—A New Or- is making formidable preparations for war on border. If questioned about leans paper says that sucn {s the demand for aa “ae yment will Mnemiths $08, FSR houses in that city, that if » tnousand were ad- aps a ral eas oi to vortiaed to let, at moderato rentals, they would ter possible, undoubtedly, and still cry peace. all be taken up within twenty-four hours. But it is not so much by the words of a wily | 8 ® foretaste of the new epoch of prosperity adversary or rival that we can understand the that is dawning upon the South, with the re- truth of a matter as by bis acts. Trying Eng- moval of African slavery, and free scope to land by this test, what do we learn? At the free labor, free speech, a free press and North- ern enterprise. At this rate the losses of the South from the rebellion, estimated at five thousand mifiions of dollars, will soon be re- paired, and within a few short years in popula- tion, agricultural products, factories and min- eral developments the Southern States will be immeasurably richer than at the beginning of the war. for empire on our part, and for inde- pendence by the South. After having assailed the South for years, in connection with the abo- litionists of the. North, on account of slavery, contributing thus in a great measure to the re- bellion, she turned round instantly and became the protessed friend of the South and enemy of the United Siates, She did all she could to divide this country and weaken its power. She did all she could, and is doing what she can now, indirectly, to establish a monarchy in Mexico, and a European balance of power on this continent, Then came the confederation schome to consolidate.a colonial empire on our Eastern and Northern border, as the new Moxi- can empire was on our Scathwestern border. And last, we notice warlike prepara.ions in the North American colonies. All these things speak louder to us than the words of ministers or ambassadors, and warn us of the future. We call upon the government at Washington to inquire fully into the facts we have stated with regard to what is going on in the prov- inces, and to question the British government thereon. We think there is a treaty limiting such armaments as we refer to in the colonies; but whether there is or not, it behooves the President to give England significant warning by ordering Genera! Grant, with one hundred thousand veterans, to the border. We seriously think there is a necessity for it, and call upon Sherman, Sheridan and our other distinguished generals to hold themselves in readiness for a contingency that is not unlikely to arise. As a concluding remark, however, we would advise Engtand not to provoke us or stand in our path, but to drop her jealousy and accept the inevitable fiat of fate. We shall outrun her immeasurably in a few years in the race of commerce. Our position on the globe, our re- sources, our energy, our enterprise and our Tur Carr Berork THE Horse.—A sopperhead contemporary cries out lustily for Andrew Jobn- son to come over and join the democracy, and says “the democracy wait with open arms to receive him into their councils.” This‘is put- ting the cart before the horse. The boot is on the other leg. Andiew Juhns<n is fixed in his position and policy. He is the mountain, and “if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, why, then, Mahomet must go to the mountain,” or remain out in the wet. That is all. Prooress or Taz Ouro Democracy.—The de- mocratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, this time General George H. Mowgan, is a soldier of three wars—the Texas war of independence, the Mexican war of 1846-47, and the late war with the rebeltfous Statez of the South. His most conspicuous military achievement, to be sure, was his evacuation of Cumberland Gap and his disastrous retreat through Eastern Ken- tucky, in 1863; but sti!!,as a soldier of the Union, he is a great improvement upon Val- landigham. Watk Up, Genriemen.—In answer to : the charges laid before him against the Street Com- mission of this city, Governor Fenton has is- sued a call upon Mayor Gunther, F. 1. A. Boole, John E. Develin and John T. Hoffman, requir- ing their presence at Albany on the 26th in- stant to answer to said charges and specifica- tions. Walkup, gentlemen, and don’t forget your papers; for, if we are not mistaken, there will be in tho settlement of this business the Over to the Civil Authorities—The Southern Railroads—Affray Between White and Black Soldiers, dc. OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. Rioumoxp, Va., August 29—5 A. M. A. fH, STUART FOR CONGRESS. News reached here at a late hour last night that the electors yesterday nominated Hon. Alexander H. H. ‘Stuart for Congress in the Staunton district, and that he had accepted the >eminated. Mr. Stuart was Secretary of the Interior during the administration of President Fillmore. ‘THE WREDERICK DISTRICT. Mr. George E. Sensoney, formerly editor of the Wia- chester Rep: and an old line whig, has been nomi- nated for a seat in the United States House of Represen- tatives from the Frederick district. The candidate is and has been, it is alleged, a Unionist. PRTERSBURG, Major General Gibbon has expressed his willingness to turn over the civil government to the Common Councit authorities of 4hat city. They will take steps in the matter to-day. ¢ Fiuvanna county, for forty years a ciroult Jadge tn of Fiuvanna count forty acircuit ju this State Is announced’ It ip elated that pjbep er a judicial capacity under all the old constitutions of Vir- ginia, framed respectively in 1776, 1829 and 1850, He ‘was recently reappointed by Governor Pierpoint TOBAQ00 SALE, At the regular tobacco sale yesterday, at Seabrooke’s warehouse, in this city, the weed bons ad the following prices: —Lizs, '$4 50 a'$6 50 por hundred weight; com- mon leaf, $10.2 $14; good leaf, $15 a $20; good and fino shipping leaf, $20 a $35; aud fine manufactur- ing leaf, $35 a $60. Rroamonp, Va., Aug. 31—6 A. M. LIEUTENANT BOWREN, assistant chief mustering offcer of this department, was inustered out of the service last evening, and returns to bis hom? in Rhode Island this morning. A special order from the Secretary of War has retainod this accoraplished officer in the service three months beyond the expiration of his commission. FORTHER CONCERNING THE RAILROADS OF THE SCUTH. It is stated that the branches of the so-called South Carolina Railroad, particularly from Orangeburg to Columbia, are being rapidly put in running order.’ The Greenville and Columbia road, from Greenville to Alston, isall right, and the portion of it running beyond Alston wilt soon ‘be in condition, The Northeastern Railroad is now in use its whole length, from Charleston to Florence, Ninetyseven miles of the Wilmington and Mauchester are in order, and the present month it is believed will see the entire road in good order. The Cberaw and Darlington and tho Charleston and Savannah roads are runnin: their whole length, while work is being industriously pushed forward on the Columbia and Hamburg. Monday afternoon an affray, which misht have resnit- ed more seriously under other circuinstances, occurred at the junction of the Danville and Southside Rativoad. A cetachment of several bundred negro soldiers are sta- tioned at the junction, and a train carrylag a regiment of white troops rn route for Petersburg, to b» mustored out of service, came down irom Danville. At the Juvetion the troops disembarked to take the Southside | train. One of the negro guards perambniatng the platform is said to have remarked, © jah I could git a sight of one of dein Louisiana rebeis, words to that effect. One of the white soldiers, who oyerheard him, cursed the negro. The two clinched, blows passed, and the white and black elements immediately took sides, and a fight ensued. No firearms or deadly weapons were used, I botieve, but one white and one colored soldier were severoly beaten. The white troops retired apart to themselves, and though they carried thelr mus- kets they were unloaded, and their cartridge boxes wore rapid and wonderful growth must make us, in spite of all obstacles, within a generation, the first nation in the world, commercially, financially and politically. England may profit by this, even, if wise; but she cannot avert it Will she be wise? beginning of a corporation revolution. Eqvuan Taxation iv New Jexszy.—The New Jersey Democratic State Convention, held the other day at Trenton, declared itself in favor of equal taxation. As we understand this, it means that New Jersey ‘mposes an equal tax- ation upon passengers trom other States cross- ing her borders, whether they come from the North or the South. THE CUSTOM HOUSE. Tre Jacoprxs axp Toei Journat or Civiima- q10N,—The Harpers are very respectable prin- ters, four of them in a row, and all very pious— so pious that when they go in at the gate of heaven Mary Magdalene will fall down and worship them. ‘they have money, and can buy an indifferent kind of art and a species of milk and watery intellect, and these they use in the publication of a “journal ot civilization.” By this they mean nigger civilization. That they propose to uphold and develop at any and every expense to the country. Pretending to care for the national credit, they would double the national debt rather than not give every nigger a vote; ridiculing the notion that they are Jacobins, they would carry the country to any extreme of political anarchy rather than give up their little idea. That is, they care not a pin for white civiliza- tion, for the tranquillity or political welfare of the country, whenever the national tranquillity and welfare are put in comparison with the all- important topic of nigger suffrage. ‘ghis journal of civilization declares that there are no fixed rules of political right and justice that we are bound to observe except those that apply to the nigger. Nigger suffrage is definite; everything else “depends upon cir- cumstances.” It says that the President has no policy, and that therefore there is no party op- posed to his policy and no Jacobinism, and in the next breath it indicates that it holds the very policy that we have denounced as Jaco- binism, and intends to resist the set- tlement and pacification ot the country by every factious means if that settle- ment does not crush the Southern white man out of existence and put the nigger in his place. We have not waged war to put down rebellion and re-establish peace in the Southern States, but to put down the white man and set up the nigger; not to abolish slavery, but to aboiish the slaveholder; not to wipe out the political errors of a people, but to wipe out the whole vast society that held those errors, unless that society will go down on ita knees and humble itself before the radicaly in general and these four pious printers in particular. These are the views of the Journal of Civilization. It is curious to observe the accompaniments that this kind of civilization has on the other pages. One of the illustra- tions of this same issue includes a view in a Broadway concert saloon, and another in an elegant brothel, in which the women rival one Inauguration of the New Collector and Naval Officer, At nine o'clock yesterday morning the Hon. Preston King entered upon the discharge of his duties as Collec. tor of the Port. Mr. King was ushered to the chair of state by his predecessor, and subsequently held a levee of deputy collectors, who subscribed to the required oath preparatory to their continuance in office. Assistant Collector Church, Deputy Collectors Mudget, Embree, McLeod, Stedwoll, Calhoun, Henscom and Wheeler, and Mr. Robinson, cashier, were duly sworn in, each being presented with the following certificate of appoint- ment:— District of the City of New York.—By virtue of the wers vested in mo by anact of the Congress of the Un.ted States, entitied ‘An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,” you are hereby con- stituted ani appointed a deputy collector of the customs within the said district during the pleasure of the Collec- tor. You are therefore faithfully and diligently to per- form all and singular the duties appertaining to the said oflice of deputy collector of the customs according to law, for which this shall be your warrant. Given under my hand and seal of office at the Custom House, in the city of New York, the 1st September, 1865. PRESTON KING, Collector. Mr. Barnes, who was retained as private clerk under ex-Collectors Barney and Draper, was also reappointed, though it is rumored thatere a fortnight he will be super- seded by a protege of the officials in power. It is stated that several important changes will take place. One of the attachés of the Custom House, who enjoys a perfect sinecure and receives as deputy two thousand five hun- dred dollars, while the harbor mastership brings him five thousand dollars, will, it is whispered, be relieved of some of his profitable honors. A large number of special aids, engaged in the Surveyor's office to look after con- traband trade with the South, are also to be dismissed. Ex-Collector Draper still holds an important federal office, and, as cotton agent, occupies a room in the Cus- tom House for the transaction of business Yesterday morning Mr. Odell was formally installed as Naval Officer, in presence of his predecessor and a num- ber of friends. Genoral good feeling prevailed among all the employes of the department, who have apparently little fear of falling victims to the official guillotine. There is a great deal of talk in political circles of Thur. low Weed being the real Collector and there being nom- inal employes in the department receiving the salaries attached to particular offices, while others perform the duties, the principals, of course, receiving prewe sid salaries in more than one capacity—being, in fact, plu- ralists of the first water. If these things be so, it will be the duty of the new Collector to weed out such abuses thoroughly. Be this as it may, the whole affair passed off with every exhibition of good feeling between the outgoers and the incomers, ‘The following i# the oath administered to the new Collector:— I, Preston King, do solemnly swear that i have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States ance I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given another in the display of their charme—the | “Osd'Sng-asd'tn armed howtlty theretos thet I. feve very class of pictures that is most demoralizing neither sought nor accepted, nor attempled Yee under ‘authori. ty, or pretended authority, in hostility to the United Stato! that I havo ienea’ ete ayn Leo any pretended government, authori wer or conatitu- tion, within the United States, host er inimical there- to, And I do further swear that, to the best of my knowledge and ew, I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and al- to the same; that I take this obligaticn freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; ‘and that T will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to bes ! g nothing, doit Legs | ‘and encouraging nothing which tends to weaken loyalty and strengthen treason and rebellion within the United States of America, So help me God. The same oath was administered to Mr. Odell, the now Naval Officer. The New Collec in the yellow covered literature—the very prints that in their yellow covers might move the lofty indignation of the four pious printers all ina row. Since such civilization has such accompaniments we do not wonder at the pre- ference of the public for Bonner’s Ledger, which sells to three times the extent of all the Harper publications together. If people want a real journal of civilization—a journal whoee civili- zation is not rotten with cant and hypocrisy, but is healthy and pure, and which treats the questions of the day in a manly and vigorous spirit, we recommend them to buy Private Miles O’Reilly’s Citizen. Tuortow Waep—More Free Woor—It is said that since the instalment of Hon. Preston King in the Custom House Thurlow Weed has been as busy as a bee at the Astor House on another chapter of statistics, and patronizing as a lord among his tenantry. We would advise all applicants, however, to-be cautious in their investments in this quarter; for Weed, after all, may not be the man. of Boston.” Boston, Sept. 1, 1865. Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, the newly appointed Collector of the Revenue Customs at the port of Boston, took Font Lanawm, Sept. 1, 1865, ‘The wagon road partygunder Colonel Sawyer, from Sioux City, arrived at Fort Conner, on Powder river, after many hardships, in @ destitute condition. They feport the route by Nimerags and White rivers im- practicable. They were sometimes two days without water. Tho Indians attacked them several times, but were driven off. The party lost three killed; among them Colonel Sawyer’s brother. Tho route to Montana from this place via Fort Conner, Powder river and Clatk’s Fork, following the east base of Ben Woon anv Groras N. Sanpers.—We are informed that among the late financial opera- tions of Ben Wood was his acceptance of a draft upon himself from Beverly Tucker, the notorious rebel adventurer in Canada. We further understand that a son of Sanders, “a chip of the old block,” is now jn this city. col- four hundred and fifty miles of the distance by the old trail is located on this route, Big Horn mountains, ts reported practicable, It outs off Plenty of wood, water and grass are eaid be on the route, which i# very direct. The post for Powder river empty. The negro guard at the depot were speedily re- infore-d from the camp, and for a few moumeuts the aspect of affairs looked threatening indeed. Railroad oitleiats, reaidents and native nogroes hastily des:rted the 8c Had the white soldiers hod ammunition the af- fai- would probably have oventuated in bloodshed. FA- naiiy the troops were ombarked, and the train left for Potwrsbarg. Tt is said that the troops that went on sent back a mes- senger towards Danville to notify other regiments follow- ing to “pick their fl!ats” and be prepared for the Junc- ton. Some six or eight thousand were to come down within the next few cays, and serious difficulty was ap- pretended, but the officers know how to meet emergency and prevent further trouble. The citizens of the neighborhood are getting up a petition to the milf. tary authorities asking to be relieved of the presence of thé nogro soldiery. Ricumoyo, Va, August 31—6. P. M. TUS PRESIDENT’ PARDON AS AFPRCTING CRATALN PROPERTY. It is understood here m circtes quite competent to Pronounce an opinion on the question that ultimately the Prosident’s pardon will carry with it the complete restoration to rights im all that property hitherto and now regarded as abandoned, and taken up and appropri- atod by the Freedmen’s Bureau to the use of the freed- men. Itis held that the Presidential policy is certainly drifting in this direction. ‘THE RECENT RRDEL SPRECH of Mr, James Lyons in this capital at the late mass (?) meeting stil! continues to fx both marked attention and comment. It is most implicitly believed to ve an author- itative earnest of the broad fact that neither the views nor purposes of the influential leaders of this people in the iate but now scotched rebellion have changed, and from its annuneiations it is universally felt that while the power of secession, at least in Richmond, is broken, the spirit and wish to do evil stiil remain. You may rely upon it this is the firm conclusion of all those here who are undeniably loyal. James Lyons was among the bitterest of the bitter in secession circles hore an- terior to the surrender, and his feelings have been known not to ‘have changed since that event. He is a most dangerous man, though his fallacies had but little im- modiate effect, because of the fewness of numbers in at- tendance upon the mecting, the expressions of the speakers before which the Richmond Whig denominates “the solemn and deliberately pronounced voice of the people of Richmond,” “their sentiments spoken in the most formal, deliberate and authentic manner in their power." ‘The majority in attendance were negro freed- men, who have far greater faith in the eloquent speech and action of Colonel 0. Brown, their chief here, tham in the deep-dyed disloyal utterances of that imperturba- ble and impudent old sinner, James Lyons. ANEW PROVOST MARSHAL. Lieutenant Philip Dolan, a brave and accomplishea officer of the Fourth Massachusetts cavalry, whilom @ risoner of war among the rebels, has been appointed vost Marshal of the adjacent city of Petersburg. ‘TROOPS MUSTRRED OUT. ‘The Ninoty-cighth New York Volunteers were mus- tered out this noon by Major Fred. Martin. Third infantry New York Volunteers ‘not the Thirtieth), Gene- ral Mulford’s iment; the Ninety-seventh Pennsyl- vania, and the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, in the adjacent State of North Carolina, have been mustered out within a few days. ‘TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. A Hasband and Daughter Murdered by ni ‘Woman=—She Then Shoots Boston, Sept 1, 1865. ‘A horrible tragedy occurred in South Dedham last night, a man, bis wife and daughter being shot dead. Dr. Carlos Marston, homeopathic physician, and his daughter, ao interesting girl of ten years of age, were shot by Mrs. Marston, the doctor's wife, who afterwards finished ber dreadful work by shooting berself. Mrs. Marston had been sick for a number of weeks past, and has at times given evidences of mental de- rangement. For several days past she had been growing worse. bed Health of Newbern, N. C. Newnzay, N.C., August 29, 1866. ‘The undertaker of this city reports only six deaths in Newbern among the white population, during the pre- sent month, two of which were accidental, two from bilious fever and two infants; which presents a state of health not equalled by any other city of its size in the country. This should be an answor to the malicious re- port that Newbern is an unhealthy city. Visitors to Alexi Boston, Sept. 1, 1865. A brother of Alexander H. Stephens, in company with Colonel Johnson, a friend of both brothers, went down to Fort Warren this morning with @ permit to visit the late rebel Vioe President. Movements of Ge: Major General Burnside arrived at this place this evening by the Erie Railway. He will romain until te. morrow, as the guest of Hon. A. H, Murray: —————— Music at the . The Park Commissioners announce that there will be music on the Mall at the Park to-day, commencing at four o'clock P. M., by the Park Band, under tho leader- ship of H. B, Dodworth. The following is the pro. gramme :— Pant t. Park March. 1. Overture to ‘Le Cheval D'Bronze’ 2. The “Last G ". 3. “Evening Star” Polka . atone’ Return Geo. Von Kameke ‘ s "7 4. Quick Marcy “Vol cen uese ye Wallace 5. Grand seleotion from ‘Maritan: Ballad “Sunset’’. .. PART 8. Saenger Fest, March, 1965. o ie “Treland”’.. vies . 10, Cavatina and Brindisi, from “Elisir D’