The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1865, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,599. NEWS FROM SAVANNAH. The Central Georgia Rall- road Repaired. Immense Amounts of Cotton Pouring into Savannah. Enoouraging Indications of a Thorough Re- vival of Trade on the Restoration of the Railroads of the South, The Georgians Sending Their Solid Men to the State Convention. &e. ae, &e. By the arrival of the steamer Idaho we have Savannab ‘end Hilton Head dates and correspondence to the Siet @d 2th ult. respectively. Our Savannah Correspondence. Savannan, Ga, August 31, 1865, VIRST TRAIN OVER THE CENTRAL RAILROAD. @ne of the greatest events of the season occurred yes- -—the running of the first train for passengers over ‘the Central Railroad. The.road bas been completed and put in good running order for a distance of forty-five wiles out, to station Four-and-a-balf. To that point trains will now ran regularly, leaving Savannah at half. pest eix o'clock each morning. Frow there passengers ‘will be taken through to Waynesboro, fifty-one miles, ‘iby stages, and thence to Augusta by train, the whole fwip from Augusta occupying only twenty hours, The fmportance of this improvement is apparent. Before aseengers for Augusta had to rely on the uncertainty of Fiver steamboats. Sometimes they were obliged to wait @ week at Savannah for a boat, and it was no unusual Mhing for a trip to ocoupy six or eight days, thirty-six’ hours, when the river was high and no detention occur- wed, being quick time, But the convenience to passengers {# not the only important feature of the improvement. ‘Many thousand bales of cotton hitherto awaiting trans- Pertation will now come at once to market. A corres. pondent informs me that for days wagons Joaded with @otton have been arriving at Station No. 4. As soon as the road is completed through to Waynesboro, which is promised before November, the corporation will do an ‘fanmense freight business, Tam GULF ROAD. ‘The work on this line is being rapidly pushed. We hhave communication already with the lower portion, whieh is in running order, by steamers which run regu- arly between here and Doctortown, The completion of ‘Wis road will give us direct daily communication with Bouthern Georgia and with Florkia. THR TRADE WITH avGuETA, ‘even before the opening-of the Central road, had mate- riaBy increased, and. is constantly improving. The (@teamer Falcon arrived to-day from Norfolk, to be added 0. L. Colby & Co.'s Augusta live. EW YORE sTEAMEne, Before the war there were swo Jines of steamers be- ‘ween Savannab and New York, with about one steamer @ach way in two days To-day the Zodiac, Idaho and Mtiedne sail for New York, and it is no unusual thing to Rave two or three steamers arrive or depart for that port Smoneday. We receive and send o mail, or, at least, wapers containing the latest news, nearly every day. ‘The Idabo, which sails to-day, is on the Star line, of * which Messrs, Wakeman, Gookin & Dickinson are the ‘agents in New York, and Messrs. Brigham & Baldwin in Savannah. She takes the place of the United States, which bas gove on the New Orleans line. The officers eve:—Commander, Captain B. F. Holmes; Purser, Heary B. Meyer, formerly in the Quartermaster’s and Treasury Departments here, and well and favorably known in the @ity. On this line are also the Nevada, Constitution and America. The Idaho may be exchanged for a larger @eamer after this trip. She will carry up about five Ihandred Dales of cotton. Lam indebted to Mr. Meyer, he efficient purser, for carrying papers and despatches to the Henan, corron, ‘The immense piles of cotton now on the wharves and ‘about the presecs make a very encouraging appearance, end co do the great loads of cotton constantly passing rough the streetsz, The staple comes in daily from all @irections—from the Sea Islands in small quentities, sud tm larger amounts from Florida, Southern Georgia, Au- gusta and Macon. The cotton usually arrives and is sent ‘North in very poor condition, owing to the difficulties in transportation and the fact that moat of it has been ‘maeved over a considerable portion of the Southern con- federacy during the last four years, ‘THE COMING CONVENTION. ‘Very little is enid and nothing done as yet in Savannah ‘’m regard to the coming election of delegates to the State Convention. In some counties elections have been had, end men renowned more for integrity than political Prominence selected. The proceedings of the convention ‘will undoubtedly be almost entirely of a routine character, If the subject of negro suffrage is introduced, I do not * Neve five delegates can be elected who will favor it #0€ Doople are almost unanimous against it throye*OUt the Mate—opposing the Tribune doctrine of oo-Folling tho ‘White influence as obnoxious, and thr/Vewe doctrine, ‘that the whites can control the negrr tes, a8 unsound, There are many, however, who /FOF ultimate educated GRNERAL vinwe OF TAR PROPLE. Im a late Atlanta Jptelligencer 1 find a letter reeom- mending & total revolution in the Southern system of agriculture, in the preface to which the writer reviews Be changes produced by the war, and states his views of ‘the results to Georgians, as follows. I give the extracts ena fair statement of the position of the great mass of the people of Georgia on the subject:— true Dat we have a nea. of heavy taxation, a 5 it Wee tat we hare ont ot our farms many instance: id devastated ; Tr te true that wo aro (6 I | vyncceng us accept resul man); it the exhibition of ‘His wilf concerning ourselves and ove @oun! Our bi our churches, our schools, our freedom of fast h, our civil its and immunities a of are left saving the @omparatively few excepted. hen bas been ® conquered people, any of the gl ¥ in Think of the “yoke” of the Romans, of “Vee victis”’ of the middle ages, of the 7 g 3 g Partition of Poland, of eruabed and NEW YORK, TUESDAY, the efforts now being made by radicals at the North to thwart his kindly pur concerning us, it will be an insanity on our part if we fail to take the most prompt and energetic measures to place ourselves in a condition to ‘afford hina material support. Bofore the war we wero precipitate. Now we are apathetic. Each extreme is equally hurtful, If the radical y at the North obtains the ascendency another ‘night shut in upon midnight” will gather over and around ue. Hope will then have ted from us. Our -only resource will then be the sad alter- native of expatriation. This catastrophe can with cer- tainty be avoided if the Southern people do their duty ‘energy and promptness. ba it may be anne per avail will be our restora- tion to our civil and political rights and privileges, since we are penniless our lands are left without laborers to cultivate them? This question may be asked by one who is the owner of five hundred, or a thousand, or per- haps more acres of Jand. A European anda Northero man would be amueed at the question. If either of them owned #o much land without owning anything else, be would consider bimeelf rich, ‘The writer then goes on to recommend the substitution grazing, cattle and sheep raising and manofacturing, for cotton culture, and recommends the sending of a commission to Europe for emigrants,-and makes various thor propositions. Some of the suggestions are already being acted on, and some will be, to any great extent impracticable. With white owners or tenants introdu 40 sections where great portions of the Innd® are unim- proved, live stock and 88 Culture and manufacturing would g00n become ional features of the State’s productive power; but many sound men think cotton and rice will continue the great staples, aud that after this year, and possibly next, their productions will increase upprecedentedly. THE KETCHUM FRAUDS. His Appearance in Court Yesterday—The Case Postponed Until Monday Next. The Ketchum cage was again brought up yesterday morning before Justice Hogan, at the Tombs Police Court A general impression seemed to pervade the audience that the settiement recently entered Into with the credit- ors of the house of Ketchum & Co. would have a mate- rial effect on the iiberty of the prisoner, but the proceed- ings of yesterday did not appear to warrant apy such supposition, KETCHUM IN covar. About baif-past ten o’clock Ketchum was brought into the court room from the prison adjoining by detective Gilmore. The District Attorney bad subponaed a large number of witnosees for the prosecution, who were to produce the forged notes altered by the prisoner. On the sul na served on Mr. Lowry, President of one of the banks alleged to have been victimi: wore the words “had none.” On the bench were Justice Hogan and ex- Alderman Hall, The people wore represented by Assis- tant District Attorney Gunning 8. Bedford, Jr. On en- tering the court room young Ketchum bowed, but bis elf. possession was evidently not so perfect as On the oc- caston of his first arraignment, His face was much palor and his eyes were bloodshot and considerably inflamed, A PORTPONEMENT OBDERRD. The proceedmgs were opened by Mr. Bedford, who handed the following letter to Juatice Hogan:— io. 68 Wait Streer, Sept. 3, 1965. Dear Sir—As counsel for Edward B. Ketchum 1 am compelled to ask a further postponement of the examina- tion upon the complaint against him for forgery pendivg before you, fer mt ten daye. I have come into the case too lately to be prepared to go on on Mi nex! and T have business that will call me out of the city, anc I shall bo detained most, if not all, of next week. I ask an adjournment with less reluctance for the Teason that the casewill be presented to the Grand Jury ony next week, and the course of the law will not hindered by any delay in the examination. And it sible the neccssity of an 6: ination before you onor will bo obviated. I cannot be present on day, and therefore make the application in this informal way. Very respectfully, W. F. ALLEN, lon. Epwarp Hogan, Police Justice ‘The Assistant District Attorney also stated that the witnesses who had been summoned for yeetor had been subpwnaed to appear before the Grand Jury in the afternoon if there should be a quorum present; if not, the case would go before them to-day. Justice Hogau NEWS FROM HILTON HEAD. Hilton Head Losing its Commeretal and Naval Importance—Railroad Projects for Connection with Augusta a Charleston—The United States Mach: Works at St. Helena, and What They are Doing, &c. OUR HILTON HEAD CORRBSPONDENCE. Hruton Hrap, 8. C., August 25, 1865. After two months’ absence from here a return for a brief visit makes striking to me some of the changes which even that short time has effected in the military headquarters of the whole coast south of Wilmington. ‘THY HARAOR OF PORT ROYAL exhibits the most noticeable change. Nearly all the fleet | then asked of Ketchum, ‘Are you prepared to go on to- have left—the old South Atlantic equadron—and the bay day?” Ketchum rose, and in a very low tone of voice re- contains only two or three gunboats, among them the old | plied, “My counsel, Mr. Allen, is absent. { undorstand ¢ has communicated with the District Attorney, asking for av adjournment of this case. For him, theo, I ask for such a postponement.”’ After consulting with the District Attorney, Justice Hogan asked the prisoner whether he demanded an ex- amination on the charge preferred againet him. Ketch- um, after some consideration, said, “I simply gsk an ad- oupamons in the absence of my counsel,” e examni- nation was then postponed until Monday next, at ten o'clock, ond the prisoner was returned to his cell. KETCHUM’S LIKENESS TAKEN. During the tine Ketchum remained im the court room a likeness war taken of bim by an artist connected with ‘one of the illustrated papers." Many attempts have pre- viously been made to accomplish this object, bat always without success, THE NOVA SCOTIA GOLD CASE. The Charge of Alleged Fraud Against Charles J. Anthony. ‘The investigation into the charges of fraud pre- ferred by ® 8, Barrett against Charles J. Antbony in connection wits the Mooseland Gold Mining Company of Nova Scotia wa continued yesterday morning before Justice Dowling at the Tombs. Only one witness was examined, whose testimons wag in reference to the yield and general valne of the midu, ag foltlows:— ‘Wm. Barnes, being sworn, teegeq—1 reside in Hall- fax, N. 8.; ama mining surveyor ava engineer; know the property referred to; Grst knew of itin July, 1862; I merely visited it then; was there four “ays; Intended to have mined there; on inspection TI decided wat to do’ 80; was afterwards, in October, 1862, connested wisp three-decker New Hampshire, four or five transports, a few merchant schooners, one brig and perhaps a craft or two besides. A year ago the bristling masts of Port Royal were visible far out at sea, and the harbor was alive with oraft of every kind plying to and from, while at night the Jights of vessels of every description illuminated the whole anchoring ground. This change, however, is not so much an indication of the falling off of commerce as the result of the rapid reduction Of mili- tary and naval forces. WILTON HPA is duller than I have seen it before since the capture; Dut is still not the dullest place I wotof, either North or South. It is still headquarters for many merchants in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, who had formed connections here before the opening of more direct com- mercial communications with their localities, and who give mueb wholesale and jobbing patronage to their old sellers, The local retail trade is confined largely to freed- men from Mitchelville and the surrounding plantations and Islands; buteis partly kept up by several hundred xoverntoent employes and by government transporte, NO MORE BUILDINGS. Some time since an order was issued forbidding the erection of more buildings inside of the fortifications, in view of the projection of extensive goverument works, Hilton Head wil soom tose its commercial importance, unless ope of. SRVERAL KANROAD SCHEMES, be now under consideration, is carried out. There are two principal projects—one for a road from St. Helena, on the | the y 9a superintendent of the quartz opposite side of the harbor, to connect with the Savan- | crushing mill om fog ae were gibt three-quarter nah and Obbrieston road, which would make Hilton | #¢re areas the government. (( ob Head a sort of suburb of the new city; and the other for weminn. mill. gy gag ven by rater 8 road from this island scfoss Ykull creek; and theSavan- |. power, and some miners’ tools, drillt, picks, &e.; esti. nab and Charleston road, to the Georgia Central road. Both partics are laboring for the roads in which they aro reapectfully interested very earnestly. Joseph H. Sears, Eeq., of the New Sovth—ono of the oldest and most prominent citizene—is one of the principal workers for the Hilton Head line, and is confident ef success. Jt is estimated that $400,000 will be all the capital required and claimed; that investments will soon prove of almost un ented profit. Whether either road is built re mafns yet to be scen. ? BRAY, GILLMORB'S ADMINISTRATION, General Gilimore recently issued a general order, re- capitulating the terms of the proclamation Inting ae Perry Provieloual Governor of South Carcttaa, and mate the value of property at four of five hundred dol- lars; remained two months on the plge and worked the quartz leads, in the a Mr. Nowman; at- tempted to work gohd out of the quartz; the miners un- der my direction took out quartz from three different Jeads; the first parcel crushed from the best vein yielded three ounces and some few penuyweights of from seven or eight tons of quartz; Wis was the best vein, and gave most visible gold; ton tons of quartz of another voin two pennyweights, antanother gave less-than an ounce; there were about thirt}hands employed; the quartz cost about fifteen to tw ton to raise and bring to the stamps; the tire quartz was less than five ounces; there were no in. dications of better yield in the vicinity; there wete other veins, but no gold; there had Depa at. pro to work other veins, but no soll was ined directing all military officers to co-operate with bim in * i ten dots fOr aD afin performing the duties therein devolved upon him, but | or tnees.feurthe or = pots Ty oeused work! giving no directions for any recoguijtion acts not di- after two months; ceased unt And on the account o Mr. Newman; the deeretients, tools and appliances, when I left, = Worth four or five hundred dollars; the pro} ‘was nine miles back in the woods, and ac- ag ne Bly over rocky and very scrubby ground; a « for horges has since beeu made to the diggings; f'do not know that this property is that now known as the Mooscland Gold property ; I do not certainly know, but believe it ie; I know 1 it is the same y Mr. Newman sold to Shirley & Norton, or what Mr. Newman said he sold to Shirley & Norton; it was worth nothing as gold producing property; in July, 1862, at the time of my first visit, an attempt had been made to work ¢ho mines; I saw the proceeds of four days’ labor, and it came to about fifteen cents a man; the mine was being worked when I was there last; from my own observation should judge the quartz was poor as ever; Shirley & Nor- ton abandoned the mines about June, 1864; the yovern- ment licenses of such property are assignable; F do not know that the property was worked under any otbor title than the license. Mr. Stuart—I make a motion to reqnire the defence to produce their license of the property, Mr. Sedgwick—The complainauts have just proved that we have no such’ paper, and we have not and never have had, nor have we seon, any such document, Exainination resumed—Mr. W. K. Refnolds claimed the land whers the gold district is located; he told me he was the assignee of the grantee of the erown; | have no interest inthe property, nor any friendabip or teoliv, about the present controversy; I would not give one dol- Jar ag an investment in the mines; I would not give any- thing for the Lethe og of working the mines; the appli- ances on the property are worth nothing; the property is worth nothing, for any purpose whatever; this is my Judgment professionally. xarmined—Am thirty years of age; my business is to imspect mines, erect machine: and work mines; am now in the mining term “Mooseland is applicd to a gold district of about one hundred and fifty acres; Mr. Newman lives in Halifax; 1 was sent for by ic despatch from EB. 8. Barrett; Ido not know what been done on the rty during the last two years beyond what I have in the Gold Commissioner's report; could not say og yielding buat litle at dret iaight not after- yield more, Direct resumed—Mr. Newman did not,to my know- ledge, claim any more than the eight acres; do not know of any sale of the property by foreclosure. Adjourned to Monday next, at nine A. M. rectl wired by the terms of the proclamation appoint- ing tine Tt AA bh Ido not pretend to speak ex cathedra on this point, that the Governor has taken action on some matters not considered in accord- ance with the government policy; for instance, continu- ing rebel civil officers in olfige without requiring sbr-* compfiance with the regulatfns in regard to Alin ‘let classes. General Gilmore has not yet hugs i with him, although he notified him of » ~®8€ to: meet and confer with bim, CHANO OF OBron and Genoral Beale Fo etal ween SPAmes, General Devens and .ame I have not learned. another general, whos MaGKAL CORES. , vith orders from the War Department spit nceondancyccn of the Signal corps lero. have been mastered rasigual Ofteen, aad the fallowing enlisied rill, Ont Signal cer, and the following en! Till, Chergeants Thomas 0. Parson und Wilson Eddy, ra Jirst class privates 0. N. Bender, Henry E. Gryydon os G. Ford and L. P Stickhey. ’ Captain Merrfil and the excepted mon are to eed to Washington and turn over the propert; belonging to the Signal corps, and will then be mustered out, THE UNITED STATES ARMY MACMNE WORKS AT ST, HELENA, Paying a brief visit to St. Helena the other day, I found the army machine works there in full y under charge of Captain Jobn H. chief marine engineer, a tried and faithful officer. The works were first established at Seabrook, on Hilton Head Island, un- der Captain Mars’ sw ision, in May, 1863, Captain Mars had come ont, I think, a month or two previous, in charge of the rt feet, and after bis arrival, by his energy and skill, several vessels which had been con- demned were put in condition, and are now running. Tho first works were on a small scale, and a donkey pump Was used as a steam engine to drive the works with, The removal to St. Helena occurred in January, 1864, when several large buildings were erected for sho) and many others for occupation by the laborers. necessary machinery was put in, and the required depot established, 20 that everything a steamer requires, from her keel to her track, can be supplied here. All the ay are well ieee ak petent workine! jays busy in working bours, an constantly supervised by Captain Mars, One of the steamers recently repaired ie the Samson, Captain Dennette, captured on the Savannah river. Her lers wore Changod from wood burners to coal burners, her — generally overhauled, her bottom sheathed, o ha deck built over the promenade ono, ‘and three or four state rooms pat in. Among other steamers recently repaired, or now under amy Ue the General Hunter, Plato, Achilles, Lewisburg, Mary’, Foote t in on her way to New Orleans), Savannah, leptune, jelly Baker, Standish, and the coast survey steamer Bibb. Tho principal repairs for Charleston, Savannah, Beaufort, the coast of and Florida have to be made here, and much work is done for machinery on land. There seem ho signsof any slacking up of work in this establishment at present, THE ARTI REGULARS are now doing guard duty, its commander, Colonel Green, being district commandant, and Lieutenant Colonel Cita in comroand of the post, SBLUNG wos entirely stopped here a week or two ago, by orders from the Trrovost Marahal fund it ls doubtful ie LA more Permits are given. ‘ MASONTO, propors to rest bulldiag for" Masoato purbocea ff they ereet 1 Mason! can obiain the necoseary mallitery” permits. ”, Affairs at Chicago. OPENING OF THE ILLINOIS BTATE PAIR—GENERAL GRANT TO BE PRESEXT—THE NSW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE—TUB HOTTEST DAY OF THE SEASON, Cnicado, Sopt, 4, 1865, The Minois State Fair opened to-day, on the Fair An Unnoticed Accident on the New York Harlem Railroad. APE OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIPTY PASSENGERS. (New York (August 31) correspondence of the Providence Journal. In a few minutes after I closed my letter of yertorday, in which T said something about tallway accidents, and deprecrated their frequency, I Was on board of a train of New York and Harlem cars, It was a full, a crowded train, and although I Cl aoad every one thus embarked, to purchase from a sbihing to ‘a doliar’s worth of dan- er, had read the morning pay heavily freighted with indignant demonstrations of railway management, I do not believe there could be found among the crowd a single individual who felt that fe was in , The train & from the de ‘orty-second street and Fourth renee, at Sh cy ree P, M., and went onward merrily. had not been in motion more than ten minutes before wo were aroused by a sudden concus- pa a a loud = re cere ongers. were jostled towthe: people re hurled ‘trom their seats, there we hel Fj extra ogg poet would call a jultaneous yageant con! . The train bad come in contact with an erronomaly set switch; had been —— to a sudden and unanthi halt; locomotive, tender and a car or two wereof the ql FORTUNATE: track, and the wildest confuston predominsied.’ Ind ant passen, swore Ven ; arrested tI in quent switch tender who, at et meridian, bad alled to mM, Grounds three miles south of this city, under favorable pot his ewitch In ite Proper position, thus auspices. Everything indicates a monster exhibition. @ lives of two or three hundred ‘and threaten Various Nrtwener Sen bse noe are wel rp. | Ryan {MUM Neth, Cot taa 2 Oy resented. The Fair will continue throughout tho week. omployee injured, When the crash cane i iflo Grant will Arrive hore to-morrow noon | ani eave hing; but, as it was soon over, I di my seat to obtain particulars. was [waukee, and sttend the Fair. Governor Oglesby ; and, as the officials eu the rond did not wie and Griereon aronlso on their way hither to at- todd athe axciement of te iy grow oud of thérail- tend the exhibition. road hot one word the ir was © be azeties of thts morni: tn. Genetal Joho A. Loganie im tho city, stopping at the | found In Logan ’ to ve been isla returni to the oi i )- ‘The Board of Trade of Chicago abandoned their old fe a on the New Haven rooms to-day, and to.motrow they will take possession of omen Commerce, the new Chamber of when eereaiod by tbe indignasi was pot! ‘This hae been the hottest day of the season in Chicago. tn prtented aba Inasa he Anew evening paper ippeared in this city to-day, | on road an alc fveon yoarp and called ihe Pyet Tele publebed by Pigott Fowler, | warde. ead thea lg had nefer before Dees delioe SEPTEMBER 5, 1865. it to be forgiven. TI givencss Jo the excited countenane if we had been gong at New Haveo Railway speed at the momeat the acc.dent oceurred, instead of Fupning at the = of twenty miles the hour, we wust bave suffered severely. ° AFFAIRS AT CHATTANOOGA. Bitterness of the Female Rebots—Cotonel W. B. Gaw in Command of Chatta- noogu—Its lupregnable Defences, &. OUR CHATTANOOGA CORRESPONDENCE. Cuarzanooca, Auguet 23, 1865. FEMALE BECHSSIONISTS. The women of the South are the meanost rebels 1 have ever met; and when we consider that Doo Quixotism js a compouent part of a Southerner’s comporition this fact carries weight with it. One of them, with whom J enter- ed into convergation at the hotel, said, “Yeu wooden Dutmeg Yankess don’t understand the people if you thiak thoy are subjugated, and that they will submit to tyranny like a poodle pup, licking the hand that smites them. Our men treasorefthese things up, aod when op- portunity offers they wilt wipe out stain of wounded honor with biood, “Tai a worse secossionist than ever, and only rogret that I could novhave done more for the glorious Southern cause.” At this she pulled from her reticule a Bryans pardon” for her husband, who had been a guerilla, and an order for the release of hia pro- perty. She bad just returned from Washington city. Another little virago sneeringly remarked, ‘You Yankees feel very proud of your victories, even ‘by dirty Dutch aud Irish hirelings and negroes, and your officers ride through our country in special trains. I hope one of them will run off the track one of these days, and send aome of you to hell, where you ought to be,’ and she drew a sigh of relief, and commenced dipping enuff, Another said she could’ smell a greasy mechanic from the North across the room, and asked me whether I was @ blacksiwith or brick mason, I told her I way neither. “Well, then, Pil bet my fifo (how reckless they are of that commodity) that you are a speculator, quack doc- tor or newspaper reporter.” 1 bade her good evening, ant retired to dream of the beauties of Southern #0- jety, CRATTANOOGA. Since Colonel W. B. Gaw, of the Sixteenth colored in- fantry, took command of this post, the Augean stable {3 being thoroughly renovated. The arrest and contin ment of several officers for drunkenness, and the mulgation of an order forbidding the sale of spirituou liquors to offic-rs or soldiers, have had o salutary effect. As Chattanooga is one of the tive permanent fortresses of the United States, it is evidently desirable that strict order and military discipline should at once be inaugura- ted, and that vice in every form should be Geen oe This Colonc! Gaw bas one. The colored soldiors Colonel's regiment are all picked men, formerly of the Engineer corpe, crabracing mechanics of all_ki wh can construct anything from the simplest article me chaniem toa traverse track for a one bundred-pounder gvv. The Colonel himzelf is an experienced engineer, and construeted the batteries.at Cape Gi Mo., Island Ten, and other places, in the early part of the war, This makes both commander and soldiers eminent- ly fitted forthe command here, where guns are to be mounted and kept in order. Already guns command the country in every direction, several new ones having re- cently been mounted, and Chattanooge presents a lively military appearance. In this respect itis the vice urea of Atlanta, There are now stored in this city about $7,000;000 worth of stores belonging to government, and. strenuaug precautionary measures are necessary to secure them against dauger from fire. Several frame houses have been ordered to be moved, and no more will be al- Lanse to be erected contiguous to the government store- jouses, : wos upthing like for- en of the passengers, The John Street Fire. CONCLUSION OF THE INQUEST-—THE VERDICT, FTC. The inquest on the body of Catharine Cleeves, the victim of the late Bre ip John street, wae resumod yer- terday, and brought to a conclusion, to the perfect satie- faction of the Jurors themselves, if not to that of the general public. It appears that coroners’ inquests in theso days partake greatly of the farciea), There ts very Utule thenght by the jarors of the moment of their duties, apd matters are conducted in a manner very inconsistent with the importance of the caves at issue. In the jury mnelied for the investigation into tt Jobo it fire thie was apparent toa . Babs acae, wore aworn in, while only six wero preaent after the first day, and stil] there was no- nk, roe aaa eeoet the matter. Not to say very was one absenting the: in veatig na the tirst dey ia ae to ena- Po o Mr. Ed, “4 1@ rework manu urer, in Jersey City, together with another pyrotéch- niet, Neither of Noes the ton gae benno put in ap ptosis ue there be any punishment, as we <= ere on arsal we tm. hs to be inflicted in “wa fore the jury in the present caso war of to the community. Two porvous lost their hves through the cri carelessness of me one, and still the voptent themselves with a on the tor of the establishment and 3 ie verdict is decidedly an illegal one, there ix of the jurors present, and we hope the matter map bo looked ‘nto. THE RVIDENCR. Owen ', OMeer Second precinct, testified— Was at the Gre in John street; saw the fire, and then heard a Man was barning up; @ bose cagriage came along and got @ stream om the entry way whcfe the body was burning; some one shed in and caught the person burning by the foot, when it was discovered to be a woman ; dragged the body into the air, when che was taken some wo ors afray, when it was discovered she was dend, tte body wig removed to the station house, where Was recognized by hor husband as Catharine Cleeves, Dr. 146 East Twenty-third street, made an ex- ternal examination of the budy of the deceased ; tgund it on burnt, and gave it aa hie opinion’ deceased came ¥ suffocation and burns, We find thita...nent eet n geived during the @S0 ration at 16 Jobn siveot om the 25th of Augast, and thik aid condagration was caused by the «pontancous combat fireworks called col- ored signal lights, in the store oP moins J Jones, The Jury censure Mr. Jones for keeping Seesorks in bile store contrary to tn ordinance passed by the tase an fs Sone and — farthermore censure Messrs. Ed tech” nista, of Jemey O'ty, N. J., for supplying to’ i Jones fireworks linble to explode al any moment by Praia. neous combustion, without notifying Mr. Jones of the fact, The jury further recommend that the ordinante of the Commoy Council jn relation to the keeping of fireworks should be more strictly emforced by the proper an NATHAN DANE URNER, NA TILA! A! RN! W. VOSBURGH, aa JOHN DONNELLY, G. A. ARNOUX, B. ESPABROOKS. Sailing of the Japanese Corvette Fue siyama. The Japangeos steam corvette Fusiyama sailed yester- day for Yokohama, Japan. She was built by Westervelt & Son, of thie city, for the Japancse goveroment, through an ordor from the American Minister residing there, and was to have sailed for that country last November, but owing te tbe fact that Japan was then at war the English government protested against her departure. The United Siates government, with a strict sense of neu- trality, tened an order to the parties baving her in charge, dire¢ting that sho should not leave the country Ul such time as Japan should return to peaceful relations with Great Britain. The following aro the dimensions of the Fusiyama:— Longth, 207 feet; beam, 84 fet; depth of hold, 18 fect; Sa, 11 fect. She ia brig rigged, with bow- Shmés bea lying Jibboom. Her engines wore built by Gay, lato a chief engineer in the United States Navy. 0., under the directions of Mr, Jesse She hag two direct acting condensing engi with forty inch cylinders and twenty-cight and a half nehes stroke of piston. She bas two of Martin’s boilers and one boiler. Each of the main boilers has four furnaces and the donkey one, She has a fresh water capable making sixty gallons coal bunkers are capable of fer Roar. ling three undred tons of coal, and with ordinary steamin; will consume about ten tone every twenty-four her trial ip last October her engines gave amplo ion, the Fustyama will no doubt prove a valuable addition to the imperial navy, LS id Furiyams constete of one thirty. lo pony ond Parrott in Woes rie ee 3 two thirt; Ponronag Wea rifles in 4 ono one hundred: pounder trifle in pivot amidehips, four nine-inch Dahigrens in broadside, two twenty-four. Pounders and two twelve-pounders in ‘broadside, " Total, welve guns. She is commanded by Captain Franklin Hallott, so Ftd known to our merebant marine, The a on her way out will stop at Capo de Verde, ce of Gora Hove, Tava, tu tho island of Be: Kong, © The follow in a te "the oflcere who are entrusted to doliver her th Hie, eoremnens— Oficers—Chit Eta ato; Second, R. B. Mokau. rin; Third, Gunner W: _— kine. 3 F. Robinson; First Samu net Aaciatan, jon, Grant; Ansistant, Gustarue Governmeni Barracks Destroyed by Fire, Avavera, Bept, 4, 1866, Five barracks at Camp Covers, buomging tas gon. erament, wero totally destroyed by fire to-night, and three other bartacks and a sutler's bulldings were also Partly destroyel by boing torn down to prevent the spreading of the flames. Loss throe thousand dollars. The firo was probably the work of an inoeadiary. PRICE aan ee FOUR CENTS. NEWS FROM HAYTI. Capture of Fort St. Michel by the Revolutionary Forces. HASTY RETREAT OF THE GARRISON. Large Amount of Arms and Ammunition Taken. Inhuman Bombardment of Cape Haytien. DESERTIONS AMONG CAZEAU'S TROOPS. dee he ae. Advices have been received from Port an Prince to the 19tb of August. An insurrection at Jeremie sud Corail, which was in- tended to aid the rebela at Cape Haytien, has been promptly and effectually suppressed by the government forces, President Geffrard has sent a commission to examine into the condition of the army which is besieging Cape Haytien. The members of this commission’ have re- turned a favorable report. They also advise that, to spare a uscless effusion of blood, the rebel stronghold ehon'+ ’ Details of the Revolution. {Translated for the Heratp from the Bulletin de la Révolution, of Cape Haytien, August 16.] Anether achievement has added Wig? Bo the arms of the revolutionary cause. Fort hel has been captured, On the evening of the 12th instant Genesal Sainave, who knows the value of intrepid’ attack in fleld opera- tions, despatched a small force, cofaprising one hundred and thirty-five picked men, under General Pau) Isidore, to drive the barbarians, who had recently bombarded the Cape, out of St. Michel. The corps boldly crossed the river atabout ten o’clock at night, reaching the pond by the waters of the sea, between Pont Rouge and La Saline, near midnight. This small force was divided inte two jurmus, one being commanded by the redoubtable Fils- im: Anjou, famous in connection with the Castel bluffs, This body, which was entrusted with the most perilous part of the enterprise, proceeded on the right of the swamps, and, after getting through the extensive sloughs on the northern face of the fort, halted ander the wal's of St. Michel, and quietly awaited a favorable opportu for action. ‘he other colymp, under Paul Isidore, took np position on the border of the ewamp, ready’ to advauce when sig- nalled by Anjou. ] In the ceptre of a dead level plain covering an area of about six square leagcos, the eminenge called Fort St. Michel rises from the salt wells of Petite Anse, It bas. become ‘famous thi one lent during the ware of ind with which all the neighbor! ground is preventing the qrowit or Nl vogetable oe 9, O68 Michel a quaint appearance, striking the eye its patches of verdure and large trees springing forth in the midst of the caline region, like an oasis in the desert. The fort Is situated at an elevation of over one hundrod yards above ‘the level iw, afte a view of the plaine of ry nese and about breast high. 16-pounder, and contained a men, it almost faprognable; force of only one hundred and thirty ' men ulting a work nnder such ¢'renmatances woukl seem the height of rashness, if not madness, and nothing, save the prin- ciple of liberty and the superhuman vi which it in- spires could have conceived such an expedition and achieved such brilliant success. postern of the fort is on the southern side, towards ‘St. Michel, and the plantations commence as near as two hundred feet from the end of the glacis. But Anjou did not seek to enter by the posiern gate, His guide was Gabriel Lafortune, an offer of carbineers, who diaplayed great intrepedity thronghout the affair, ‘Being acquaint with the topography of the country, anda man tad bravery, he expressed perfect confidence in his ability to carry St. Michel, and the resnlt bore him out, He guided the inen through the sloughs up to the very walls of the fort on the northern side, which was thickly wooded, and the parapet entire. The heroic band with. great difieuity scaled the heights through a net- work of thorny underwood and other natural obstacles locking their path. When they had reached the walls Anjou ordered a halt, and mounting an oak tree whose Uranches overspread the very parapet of the fort, he coolly reconnoltred the position with his own ever, esti- mated the enemy's strength, made his plans and waited for the dawn, s0 os not to surprise the enemy while en- Joying their nocturnal stumbers. With tne courtesy and chivalry belonging to all brave men Anjou motioned his men to keep quiet, and remaimed clinging to the tree until therreveille was beat in the fort. CAPTURE OF PORT ST. MICURL. At about half-past three o'clock in the morning Anjou came down from his tree and dashed into the fort at head of his wen, sword in hand, shouting “Vive Salnav Ho cnt down the first men in bis way, and Gabriel Lafor- tune, coming up immediately after him, scaled the para- pet, followed by his small fore. The garrison being thus unsxpectediy attacked with cold steel, fell into indeseri- bable confusion. They were cut fown'on all sides by the assailants, aud no defensive measures bein possible they rushed i a body to the post orn gate of the fort. At Unig juncture, Paul, hearing the shouts of “Vive Sainave’’ by the flying fo, came up hastily and opened fire upon the sentrms on guard at the base of the fort. His fire served to increas: the terrible confusion of the fugi- tive garrigon, At four o’clook St. Michel was ours, and the cheers of our soldiers might have been heard almost by the garrison of La Potite Anse, who, however, knew nothing of what was going on. But their anxiety was not of long duration ; 1sr the captured sixteen-poundor was at onve turned upon atit» Anse, and in toves of thunder announced the instalation of the new occnpants of St. Michel. The reveillé \anally sounded at La Petit» Anse, with ite fancy bugle varlavons, was cut unpleasantly short, and terror took the place of the previous serenfty of the g . | , Fifty-seven prisoners were taken into the Cape be. | fore six o'ch Only four men were killed at St. Mi | chel. We capturea «11 the muskets belonging to the gar | Figon, and im one of to casemates we found a large quantity of cartridges of various calibres..There’was. good bombproof covered with red tiles and bullt very solidly, | Tho patches of potatoes and cocoannt trees planted on the glacts showed that the enemy . ora the cli- | Mate, and had made arrangemenis for a lengthy and ! ogre eable sojourn. The quantity of empty bottles lying about in every dircetion tertified to frequent orgies, after which these Lon og fired vpon the town witn shot and | shell, both at night and daytime, Acting as the servile instruments of a brutal master, these men seem to have drowned tn their daily carousals the reflections and senti- ments which should restrain them from firing upon wo- mon and children in a Haytien town filled with their brethren fighting for the rights and future welfare of the common country. BPFECTS OF THE ROMBARDMENT. The numerous documents found in the fort prove that Cazenu, one of whose shells killed Mme. Brice Brusley, and who was so anxious to take life at Capo Haytien’ Wished to raze the town to the ground, and famentod af: | tor the manner of Nero that the population had but onc head, so that he might sweep it off with one shot, These documents also ve that Carrié comtemplated the destruction of the # id city in the country in order to keep a tyrant over us, and to secure for himself tho infamous crown to which he is pleased to lay claim as beir presumptive, This criminal connivance will be made‘ public, and the civilized world will then render its verdict upon the gs Td bombarding an inoffensive city during civil war. 1 worthy foreign residents will then be able to fee matters in their true light. They will perceive in what estimation they are held in Geffrard’s camp, and how tholr overtures for the prevention of bloodshed have been interpreted, OFFICIAL OORRESPONDENCR—A GENERAL BOM: BARDMENT OF CATE HAYTIEN ORDERED. aoe are copies of letters known to have beon Jory 24, 1965. by ae p= of thot NERAL— the Secret the In- bee 4 avisito U ordered me 1 ae BS 4 then. pat 1e this orger peated out, but since morn id shot have been fired into the ander Gi informa me, in ach er ea ‘per aay, 40.08 7 for th sinepeia Soe lant duties 4 It Ce to yourself? aiere wo kopt ap this 1 no® beg to inquife whether I to the of Beorétary of the Interior or nera) in. servant, diMeult to i horrible meaning of h yremeee Wo ed bardment."’ How coolly the words are writ he Tho sav is not ashamed of having botybardeg (le city re Roath, he troope—a_ pi ot im thick: - mounted a long | 20 doubt.cre long be wit meet his deserts in the of four hundred le; and the fact of a contemplates mounting additional guna in order it with still more terrible effect. His bioody pur- pore 18 to destroy the Cape and sacrifice its entire popu- ution | Aud then has any one reflected how promiscuous was the statement in which it was proclaimed that the { town bad been fired upon unintentionally, aud promis- ing not to commit such an error, at the Very Ume at uirh preparations wore being made fora general bow parent? Such is @ summary of Gefvard’s policy. example of the hypocrisy, the cunning and ‘alls to his assistance to corrupt and whieh f plunder our count The subjoined letter contains General Nissage’s answer, It is to be regretted that euch a citizen aa the General should aivo hove taken stops to commence what he calls the gcucral bombardment of Cape Haytien, Is the Cape on foreign territory? ‘Tax Care, July 24, 1865, To General Cazwav, Sen., commanding the troops of Petite Anse and Fort St. lead — : wNERAL—I have received your letter dated this da; and have perused its’contonts inost attentively, 4a 1 now inform you that you must suspend the boin- bardment, and that General Alphonse Elic has orders to announce to Commandant Friguard to suspend the fire along the lines, as I desire to have ali the troops in a tit condition on the day of the general bombardment. J have the honor, &c., NISSAGE SAGET, FROM CAZHAU TO CARRIE. . Fort Sr, Micuk1, July 27, 1868. To the General of Division, A. Garris, Secreiary of State tem:— Erpvamass—Sdinabeal tc apprise you that during the bom. Dardment F etices not a single shot was wasted, The day’s work proved most satisfactory. Still, General, though a sixtcen-pounder bas been productive of such good results, the possession of a twenty-four-pounder would soon bring about the surrender of, Hay- tien, by the evacuation of Fort St, Michel, fore, General, I long for you to send ine an order to march to Lagerriére, there to effect a Junction with my fellow sol- dier, Labomle, who will assist me in obtaining pieces of ar- tillery of Targer calibre, With the battalion of National Guards, who have already assisted me {n my > I cun promise that I will speedily return’ with the re- quired cannon. Perhaps, General, you may hesitate to entrust thie mission when you think of the fatigue I hi dergone; however difficult the task may annear Rever be ton difierts f.5 ou bas Ganssean 2 GuyeRat—I beg to inform you that during the last two weeks the National Guards of Quartier Morin, stationed at Fort St. Michel, and ocoupying positions of great tmpor- tance, have not been suppiied with sufficiont rations. Many desertions have occurred in consequence, and if this state of aftairs is not specdily ended it will be im- pozzible to prevent desertion. FROM CAZEAU TO CARRIE. JoLy 26, 1865, To the Srcrerary or Tie Ixterion:— Mr. Skcrevary—I take the libstty to write you in order to advise you that I have not as yet entirely executed the orders that you gave me at your vigit to the fort to bom- bard the Cape continuously. Sach a course id be contrary to my character and to my prinelples dier. Ibeg to remark, Mr. S-cretary, in this connection, that the delays that have occurred in our operations bave always-been caused by overtures made by the in- habitants ef the Cape, wil vow to make us belli that the town would be surrendered. This method always suce*eded, and it has always regaited to the = r te the a sol- ’s advant pile proving fatal to us. It tw tine AoW, toa the fahabianiagt the Capeae merit, to look upon them as the desperate and mined ‘enemies that they are, country-of the scourge styled. civil) war. As a citizen and a soldier my heart biceds at ight of the t S rant. caused by thig strife. Think onl; Barrietel Bouteilie. Your obedient rerv: } CAZEAU NOT PRESENT AT THE CAPTURB of sr. M. be hat Cassa was notat *t Miehel wi een wife entered the city. The wretch had to the cll to larger cannon to ie of Hay ‘was, fortunate ami anyon and the volleys of muskctry ge jece of good tuck which he i! merited. of the woods of line, for, since the def ¢at of chemy at 3. M.chel, firing has beén continually kept up in that vicinity. Our mon are reconnoitering on the plains and throughout the salt regions, hunt down oe Rey ty ee be Pops Tae rn @ very day on wi was fought the groat viz., the 13th, at noon, the columnvof troops from Fort Petite Anse, formed in line of battle, were put in front of the bushes which border on tho salt regions at the east. The garrison from St. Michel dashed upon the Iine of battle and ronted the enemy. From that moment the soldiers of the fort did Ci oo all fours, inasmuch as the cannon at St, Michel kept up an incessant can- noni Thus it is that the same artillery with which our houses were bombarded is now turnsd against the foe, and prevents them from enjoying an instant’s repose. Daring the entire night of the 16th Paul Kept up e ry. fire of artylery and musketry in tho woods near The enemy made good use of the darkness ana forth the cannon which they bad in the fort to scek « position on the open plain, At length, having wandered about all night, they tinally located the'r artillery on tho aoe which stood an old miil, and bombarded St. Michel. Yesterday, at about two o'clock, we made a sortie on that remnant of an army. After some heavy firing our men Charged upon them, when they fled and sought refuge in the woods. Behold the regalar army of President Geffrard, now to be consillered as a band of robbers, lying lildden in the forests, plundering the peasants’ collages, and not knowing where to turn for succor. In this latter ekirmish we lost one man and two of our’ soldiers were wounded, Ono singularly aay partivan raliied forth from our ranks, in the wer rh ach by @ general ry some of the enemy’s forces, Just a4 officer Was about to be thrown; he fired his revolver t his brave asen'lant, who fortunately was but slightly wounded, as the bullet only grazed his cheek. CLAIMS OF THE BELLIGERENTS ~GEFPRAND'S STAR ON THE W All Inet night, until past eleven o'clock, our kept up thoir fire in the vicinity of the Petite Anse, and kept alive the spirit of terror which se soon di J we combat have the same ot, therefore, be leas de~ y or rashness; but omit to the quences attend upon their folly, The ight is greatest of «!!, a eoldior who fyhts for Nbbrey t necessarily put to fight a seore of ‘ minions. The prowess of ancient Greece and the miii- tary history of revolutionary France aiford the best of proof, Especially does our fathers’ history give foree to the moral truth that the laws of bratal force are not sufficient to justify its use. The meu whe are our ene- mies do not yet understand that they are fighting against their own rights, their own interests, which we ary de- fending in the name of ths entire republic, ta the name of the supreme principle of our national unity, In the name of the glorious and prosperous future whieh Is to be oure in this archipelngo of the Antifies. They know not yet that we shout “Long live the republic—one, free ‘and indivisible!” while they exclaim, “lone Geffrard,” which means, ‘ Long live the tyrant!” have not yet reflected’ upon t di ffere which exists between a man and a nation—one singlo individnal and the tuvare grentnces ofa country. They have not yet become convinced that we love them as brethren and that we are but calling upon them to assist us In overthrowing an filegitimate power, that we iid wp upon its ruins national liberty, law, peace prosperity. They have not yet understood our object, We prevent them from reading oor newspapers, and thus becoming acquainted with our principles, our opinions and our political ‘‘platform."’ They are treated a8 slaves when compelled to take up arms against their own brothers; and they die ingloriously in where they serve unwillingly the tyrant of their countey, the sworn foe to Haytl, But trath, like gg ag ere long shed its beam around. One day wretches will learn the truth, and they wil abandor, +4 the words of Madetine, in the forests of Limbe, the Cazoaus and the Carries who led them on to be #l tered by the thousand the sooner to bring about the sur- render of Cape Haytien. They will all be dispersed with their master, the evil ratraps of a despot, the infamous assassins of unarmed men and women, before the proud city will throw open hor gates to welcome the tyrant who reduced her to ashen, One need only behold the beroie population which gathered on tho arrival of the ‘to judge, by their appearance, of their thirst for liberty. One need only read of the taking of St. Michel—a glor! feat of arma for apy country—to be convinced of the grandeur of the revolution, and ascertain how small a disiance sepa- rates it from triamph, Fatal Bolier Explosion, Tarxtow, N. J., Sept, 4, 1868. The propeller Mollison exploded her boller today when near this city, on her return from New York, loaded with morchandise for Trenton, valued at fifty thousand dollars. A lady from Bound Brook, named Van Dyne. was killed. Tho engineer was very seriously inJured and the captain was hurt, but not so badly. The Fentans. Trov, N. ¥., Sept, 4, 1868, There was a very large mee Of tho Fonian brother. hood of this city at Griswold Hall to-night. The room was crowded. Mayor Gilbert and other prominent cltl. fons were present. Spocches wore made by Patrick Cor- bot, of Syracuse; Mr. Bronnan, of New York, and Thoa, B. Carroll, of this city. John Morrissey came upon tho stage, made a speech, and ended by contributing one Wourayd dollars