The New York Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1865, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,616, 2 ed THE WIRZ_,CRIAL. citi Another Chapter of Brutality and Horror Howell Cobb Desired to Hang All the Yankee Prisoners. Suggested Punishment for the Georgia Ladies who Collected Supplies for the Sufferers. Wirz and the Winders Proposed to Place Them All in a House of Prostitution. Phe Bvidence Dxpected to Close This Week. &e. &. de. ‘Wasmincton, Sept. 21, 1865. ‘The evidence for the United States in the Wirz trial is expected to close to-morrow or Saturday, The govern- ment has shown a proper disposition to afford the pris- ener a fair opportunjty for his defence, having thus far subpoenaed about seventy witnesses, thirty of whom have already arrived in Washington. This, however, is not all that the prisoner, through his counsel, desires. ‘He wants witnesses sought after and brought to this city; but this, it appears, cannot be done for the want of money, only about two hundred dollars in all having been subscribed to assist him. Several witnesses, deemed important, have left here, not having means at hand to pay their ordinary expenses. Under these cir- cumstances both the prisoner and his counsel secm despondent, while they attach no blame to the prosecu- tion. Proceedings of the Trial, Wasuixaton, Sept. 21, 1865, Tho Wirz Military Commission reassembled to-day. ‘aptain Wirz is somewhat improved in health. J. Burns Walker testified, among other things, that General Howell Cobb came to Andersonville on the 4th of March, and the paroled prisoners outside were notified that if wo desired to hear the General we could go down; ® good many of us went down, myself among others; I “found General Cobb in the midst of the crowd; the Sec- ond Georgia regiment, I think, was down ft the shed that was belong bat for a prick yard; he made a gpeech, in which he referred to the prisoners; he gaid he wos sorry any prisoners had been captured, and hé should hang every prisoner if he had his own way; he further gaid:—“If the prisoners come up to your house to take your chicken or your » hang thom; if a prisoner comes up to your house to to your women hang him ;” he ethen re- ferred to i Lincoln, and said, ‘If President Lin- Soin aver gets mo he wil hang me, and if I ever get Prosi- dent T will hang him;” in’ referring to the con- duct of Captain Wirz he said that he was glad to find the state of things around Andersonville such as they were: he recommended Captain Wirz as being a very meritori- and effic officer, doing bis duty and fohag it well; he said to the Confederate troops around fim, “Look over into that stock. ado,’’ pointing his finger directly to it, “go look ‘ever there and compare yourselves with those men, and go home and kiss your wives and sweethearts and see if you cannot gain your independence;” he further said, in connection the graveyard and the treatment he would give to the prisoners, “I would treat the prisoners well, I would feed them well, I would care for them;”’ is voice, when ho said he would care for them, assumed ®atentorian tone; he spoke harshly, and as if with deep ‘Meaning, pointing at the same time with his hand to the ard, as if meaning that would be the care he x ive them; the see dpi Aiea some iB, 80 enthusiastically as I havo seen anetank tata Ambrose Spencer, residing nine miles from Anderson- ville, testificd that he visited the prison every month, and had ample opportunities of ascertaining its con- dition, which was as wretched and degrading as the mind could well conceive; the odor from thag stockade could be detected a distance of two miles; the sectton of country wae well supplied with m'l's, both for grain and lumber; it was p: ly the most densely wooded of any in the United States; us to fertility he believed South- western gia was asthe garden spot of the confederacy, from which immense quantities of supplies ‘wore drawn for the army ; there was an uncommon large supply of vegetables in the summer of 1864, some of were taken from Americus to Andersonville for the yse of Confederate officers; the witness had know- ¢ ladies in the neighborhood gathering cloth- food for the relief of the prisoners; General in the presence of himself, wife and several gra woul said, with an oath, that he believed the country was becoming Yankee, and he would be if wouldy’t put a stop to it, if not ry be would A sine lied that the Popes ‘aati £ ve a cc ree 3 iWin g ; a slur on the Confede- covert attack upon himself; the wie infe him the Supplies were forwarded at req . Mr. Davies, when General Winder replied, ‘That’s a damned lio; as for himself he would as goon the damned Yankees should dic there as any else: he believed it would be better;’’ General ‘8 35-4 on that occasion was utterly unfit io ry presence of ladies; but the meaning was be could very easily make loyal women of them putting thom in a certain condition; in a sul with RB. .B. Winder, Lieutenant juent uilt for certain which he would eplace R. B. Winder concurred in the laying out of the prison W. intending; the witness asked him if he was not going to crect sheds and shelter and why ho was hegre Ae the trees, to which he replied, iid the pen so as to destroy more than can be destroyed at the e;"" inder always swore when the name of jae named; the witness described him ax ngs of humanity, in fact, a brutal man. 10 Was on duty as sargeon at Ander- July and August, 1864, testified in relation to hospital, including tho sufferings of the disease and from the want of proper diet, medicines; men would often dis trom the ulants; when he visited his home at Amcri- mentioned to his wife the sufferings of the and she went around the town and gathered lé fipplies which were forwarded to Wilte; General Winder expressed himself as glad r i nD BeLt ; cleared the way for @ second, contribution, whi than the first; ‘the third time his wife went about the count ered provisions ang cl ig, and some the ladies ‘went bg to Andersonville; Lieutenant Reed re 2 the ls should not go into the prison; some 4 he (Head) should be shot, and ers that he bb henged for his agency in ring these sup- ; the witnees then called on General Finder, ao him that it was in accordance with his pervis. fe aon supplies had been carried into the stockade ; General Winder got out of his chair, turned round, and said :—“I do not know how in hell and datynatton there are Foe symapaivizere for the damnoa Yankeos;” to ‘this the wiinoss replicd, ‘This is only & mission of ehari- and mercy; when General ‘Winder exclaimed, damned Yankee sympathizer and damned Yan- to sink into hell;’’ when the train eame down ‘Confederate soldiers the provisions were distributed famong them, and the ladies returned to their homes. Charles H. Russell was recalled, and related two in- Aatances of cruelty by James Duncan, a rebel in charge of ‘the distribution of bread in the Quartermaster's De ment. A prisoner stooped to pick up a crust, when ean jumped from the wagon and kicked him three or four times. The man died several daye thereafter in the stockade. Another poor fellow, who asked for 3 Dread, was similarly treated by this same Duncan. The ‘witness was asked if Duncan was now in court. He re. sponded in the affirmative, and pointed bim ou Danean, after standing up to show himself, was re- © a Heat. informed Duncan that he must remain hero, Mr. Baken—He is our witness, Judge Advocate CHrmax—Do you consider that a spe- ‘ial bono: uP Mr. Baurr-—No; but he has been subpeonaed for the defence. W. W. Crandall was recalied, and swore that Duncan took a ean from a prisoner named preety | who stocks, the picture being that of a near friend. ‘The prisoner pleaded earnesty for its return, when Dun- ean said be might consider himself damned fortunate if a out of stocks at all, Duncan also helped him- to the peace money |. Riker testified that prisoners were robbed at Richmond before they were conveyed to Anderson- ‘ville; at the latter piace the government equipage was ‘taken from the soldiers and also money over a certain amount; Duncan was on duty in more than o he was in charge of the bakery and cook leo a government detective under Cay E.G. Smith testified that he heard ®Fentinel to shoot a man who had reached beyond the dead line for water; the sentinel heeitated, when Wirz Said if he did not shoot the damned Yankeo he would shoot him (the seritinel); the latter then fired, the bail ‘daking effect in the man’s pead and killing bim snstantly, ——— penjamin B. Dyko, rebel railroad agent at Anders’ yp. wills Vostifed tae there was a good deal of Provisio’ ag on hand there at all times, excepting when the plarg wag first opened; the freight trains were regular, fro". one to six trains, according to circumstances, uur mg every day; in plenty were brought to ths depot; the bounds aed as the prison Lom gl a . ay Malbs, i =e employ: them in cal OG, the wil knew Duncan, who had arranged with tim to sell sundry barrels of hee Ambrose Henshaw testified as to men being shot for jing the dead line; after one had been killed be- cause he reached out for @ crumb of bread, the witness asked Captain Wirz if he might remove the body; ‘Yes,” said Wirz, ‘take him, and go to hell with him.’” Thomas Walsh, who kept a memorandum book at An- dersonville, read therefrom, at the request of the —_ Advooate, by which it appeared that no rations were is- gued on ‘the 26th of March, 1864, and none were served ~ntal three o'clock the next’ afternoon, and that he had made the entry, “‘A number of sick, weak and hungry— a sad thing for us all.” No rations were issued on April 1; but the next day, at five o’olock, a pint of meal and two or three ounces of mule flesh were issued as a ration, Tho witness said that by paying three dollars to the guard a prisoner could get out to ood. He did not know of any man who was sent to the hospital that came out alive. On the 4th of July the prisoners got rations, which, being full of maggots, thoy threw any, Kp Wirz said on one occasion, ‘May God Almighty damn me, and forever, if I do not shoot with my revolver the first man who attempts to leave the > sormrmetiom aaeierne NEWS FROM HAVANA. Reduction of the Army—The Debt of Cuba, &e. The news received to-day from Havana is tothe 15th inst. A royal decree orders that the army in Cuba shall be reduced to the same footing as before the campaign in St. Domingo. This would imply a denial to the state- ments that Spain was determined to recover the Domini- can isle, The Diario de la Marina declares, though without giving official authority, that the island of Cuba now owes to Spain $78,000,000. In 1827 the debt amounted to $167,000,000, the quarter portion of which has thus been since paid off. The news from Havana includes nothing further from Mexico, there having been no further arrivals from Vera Cruz. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, Sept. 16, 1865, Death of the Captain General's Sister-in-Law—Newspaper Oontroversy—An Editor Forbidden the Palace—Intrigues of Slave Tradert—Oppressive Customs Regulations, dc. The sister-in-law of Captain General Dulce is dead, and the corpse is now lying in state at La Quinta de los Moli- nos, the eountry seat of his Excellency, awaiting the funeral, which will be conducted with great magnifi- cence, The Siglo and the Diario de la Marina are, as usual, discussing such important topics as improvements and reforms in the government of the island. The former paper took the initiative in favor of reform, which the we ae necessary; consequently there isa pau ‘between thém. Just as the Eagle was about to leave Havana a rumor prevailed that General Dulce had prohibited the editor of the Diario from entering the palace, in consequence of his having written an offensive letter to a newspaper published in Madrid, called El Pensa Micento Espanol, commenting in insulting terms on the conduct of the ruler of the island. It was also re] the well known President of the University in Hav Sr. Duran y Cuervo, has been dismissed from his as of being the first to f the Cniversit on acl © petition to Queen Isabella, praying for the iptroduc- tion of three thousand n as the tela 5 Eo the name of ‘colonos.” mn with this it is or that Senor ‘ae Marty, the proprietor of the icon theatre, and Zufuéta, Sama, Duranona and others 10 Gre Well known to be slave traders, are trying to raise three hundred thousand dollars by subscription, with the design of remitting the amount to Madrid to bribe the Cabinet, so as to be permitted to import negroes into the island with impunity. Complaints are being made by the commercial commu- nity of the deapotic measures adopted by the Comptroller of Customs relative to the importation of merchandise. Certain new regulations have been recently enforced, with the object of getting as much revenue as ible, without any regard to the mercantile interest. e mer- chants complain that under the present system they in- cur logs from inability to get their goods from the Cus- tom House in proper time, and they claim to be further injured by the encouragement given thereby to contra- band trade, NEWS FROM PORTO RICO. An Alarming Earthquake—The Fright of the People, &c. Intelligence has been received in this city from Porto Rico, by way of Havana, to the Ist of September, On the 29th of August the people of Porto Rico were startled from sleep by an earthquake more violent than any living citizen of the place had ever experienced. It occurred at a quarter past two in the morning, and con- sisted of terrific oscillations from east to west, preceded by a fearful subterranean rumbling. Tho houses were violently shaken, though none of them fell. ‘The people, in terror, rushed out into the streets in their night clothes; but the shdék, which only lasted forty-five seconds, Was not repeated. The shock was felt all over the island, but was most forcible at the expital city. “7 The government of Porto Rico has issued a decree in favor of establishing agricultural schools for the youth of the country districys, The Wisconsin Democratic State Comven- tion. Manson, Wis., Sept. 20, 1865. The Wisconsin Democratic State Convention met to- day, and made the following nominations:—For Gov- ernor, Harris ©. Hobart; Lieutenant Governor, D. W. Maxon; Attorney Geueral, General M. Montgomery; Secretary of State, L. B. Vilas; Preasurer, J. A. Adams. The resolutions adopted Gndorse President Johnson’s policy of Fes the Union on the basis of the federal Constitution ; pi him unqualified support therein; opposes n¢ 8 in the State of Wisconsin or inter- ference with it in other States; opposes the habeas corpus; favors the most rigid economy in the expenses of the governfnent, and strict equalization of the tax burdeng, the suspension of The Odd Fellows, Barron, Sept. 21, 1865. The City Councilg gave a grand entertainment to the Grand Lodge of @dd Fellows at Druid Hall Park Pavilion this afternoon, Many eloquent speeches were delivered. The gi Panqupt to be given to-morrow night by the merchang$ promises to be a magnificent affair. y. Witiacr’s Treatre.—This theatre opened for tne Syzon Inst night. The oecasion was a veritable thentri- cal féte. Tho house was very full, the audience fashiona- die to the extrome degres, and the welcome to the various actors, as they made their respective enirées, spontaneous and enthusiastic, Each one received a full round of applause, and Miss Henriques and Mr. Davenport a dou. ble share, being called before the curtain at the close of the seoond act and creating a decided furor. The new play wasreoetved with great favor, and had the heartiest approval of applause. It is admirably put upon the stage. The scene of the second act is one of the most perfectly set pieces we have seen, No exception w ever can bo made to the dresses or decorations, and but very little to the acting; but we do not think that The Serf ie destined to be a lasting favorite at this establish- mont, and we think the reason lies in the very naturo of the play, It {a too strong a dish, Its appeal to the sym. path! rimitive, broad, and, not to say it unkindly, coarse. We are called upon to feel for a fellow creature erushed under all the terrible barbarities of slavery, and we are also cailed upon to eee him crushed, It is a painful spectacle, The Serf is intro- daced to us o# an artist in Paris, He hag in Russia an indulgent and loving master, who thus virtually gives him freedom and education, and he, m Paris, passes as a geutleman, his history of course being anknown, He loves a French lady of high rank, who Teciprocates hie passion. In defence of this lady he chastises a brutal Russian nobleman. Suddenly all the relations are changed. ‘The indulgent tnaster in Russia dies. The serf to tho heir, and thus the artist becomes the property of that brutal nobleman with whom he bad quarrelled. The nobleman is bent upon a fall Russian revenge, and the artist is crushed accord. ingly. Wo gee all through the pain and horrible bar. barity inflicted upon the man we sympathize with, but there is constantly some satisfaction in the thought that all this cruelty ie stimulating slaves to revolt. But they do not revolt; for finally, the true issue of the story is baulked and all the difficulties are gotten over through that time honored arrangement by which it turns out that there was a false heir and that the elave is the true prince. The story \s Russian in character. The play ie written pleasantly, The art runs on smoothly with the business of the play, and the story 18 told with great distinctness. Messrs. Davenport and Fisher and Misses Hor riques and Burke acquitted them. selves well. Mr, Gilbert a# Khor made a splendid per. sonation, Mr. Norton was quite snegual to the brutal ebaracter of the prince NEW YORK, FRIDAY, WASHINGTON. Wasurnaton, Sept. 21, 1865. INTEREST ON THE FIVE-TWENTY COUPON BONDS. The Secretary of the Treasuty has decided to antici- pate the payment of the interest on the five-twenty coupon bonds, which becomes due on the 1st of Novem- ber, and the same will be paid on and after September 24 upon presentation of the coupons to the Assistant Trea- surers or those designated depositaries authorised 0 pay interest on government securities. THE ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES. The Secretary of the Treasury has instructed the Assistant Treasurers in different parts of the Union to return tothe treasury all compound interest notes of the denomination of one hundred dollars, which they have received on government account, as, in conse- quence of the dangerous counterfeit, no more notes of that denomination will be issued. ILLNESS OF SECRETARY SEWARD AND MRS. PATTER- 80N. The President’s daughter, Mre, Patterson, and Secre- tary Seward are both so unwell as to require medical attention. CROWDS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. The crowd at the White House seems to increase dally. The heat and foul air of the ante-rooms and hall near the door of the reception room was past ordinary endurance, and drove many away before pd obtained their coveted interviews. The President continues in good health, despite the labor and annoyance daily thrust upon him, and despatches business with great celerity. MAIL SERVICE IN THE SOUTH. The Post Office Department to-day ordered the reopen- ing of a large number of Post offices in North Carolina, and has accepted the offer for the conveyance of the mails through from Brashear City, La, to Galveston, Texas, the service to be three times a week. PARDON OF JOSEPH R. ANDERSON, OF THE TREDE- GAR IRON WORKS. Among those pardoned to-day was Joseph R. Ander- son, of the Richmond Tredegar Iron Works. His caso was embarrassed by coming under three special excep- tions. He is a graduate of West Point, was a general in the rebel service, and is worth over twenty thousand dollars. In consequence of Governor Pierpoint’s urgent recommendation the President gave the case more than ordinary consideration, and finally granted the pardon. Mr. Anderson resigned his commission in the United States army twenty-seven years ago, and was a short time in the rebel service soon after the commencement of the war. He is reported to have lost two hundred thousand dollars b¥ confiscation and damage to property, and over a million of dollars by worthless rebel secu- ities. He departed for home this evening, a happier, if not a wiser, man, Fayette McMullen, of Virginia, and Mr. Hidell, private secretary to A. H. Stephens, were pardoned to-day. INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS. The receipts returned to Internal Revenue Bureau to- day ars given at $1,142,600. INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION, The Commissioner of Internal Rovenue this morning made the following decision :— Butchers who pay a license tax of forty dollars may re- tail other merchandise than meat at the same #tore, but may aot peddle meat without a peddler’s license, Buteh- 15 who pay a license tax of five dollars may peddle meat. bh ve without peddler’s license, but cannot sell othér articles, GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE’S VISIT—POLITICAL AF- FAIRS IN KENTUCKY. Governor Bramlette's visit to Washington occasions Many surmises among those who attach great significance to unimportant events. Believing his State to be misun- derstood and misrepresented, it is probably truo that he is here partly to contradict some of the unfounded ru- mors in circulation and to assure the authorities that no difficulties need be apprehended concerning the negroes within ite limits. He thinks there are not five thousand voters in Kentucky opposed to emancipation. The appa- Tent opposition he asserts to he wholly due to extraneous causes, Neither is there any respectable number of indi- viduals in the State arrayed against the President’s plan of reconstruction. Mr. Harney, of the Louisville Demo- crat, is almost alone in his opposition; but Kentuckians are divided as to methods of abolishing slavery. When tho present State constitution was formed its framers intended to perpetuate the institution, and placed itout of the power of any majority to legally abolish slavery by amending the constitution in less than six years, and by then guaranteeing compensation to the owners. The present Legislature will probably execute a flank movement on the institation, declare it worthless or an incumbrance, and pass the constitutional amend- ment, The families of negro soldiers have been uni- formly liberated in obedience to law. The general drift of Kentucky politics is finally in the right direction, and the indications are that Governor Bramlette, General Rosseau, Green Clay Smith and other opponents will be- come tho warmest of political bedfellows at no distant day. cage tesroey “+ DIGMANTLING THE FORTS AROUND WASHINGTON. The consolidated command known as the Second New York heavy artillery, Major 0. F. Hulse commanding, which was ordered to be mustered out of service some time ago, is engaged dismantling the worke which they have been occupying, and probably will not get away before the 27th inst. This dismantling of forte, taken jp, connection with the mustering out of officers gf Haskins’ staff, indicates the ttention of the military authorities to soon abandon altégether the defense of Washington south of the Potomac, SETTLEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF VOLUNTEER OPFICERS. Retiring volunteer officers of “the army who have re- Mained at Washington for tha purpose of squaring ac- counts with the departments, have been pretty generally successful and gone home, Very few of this class of anxious gentlemen now ‘emain, The bard worked clerks of the Ordnance and ‘guartermaster’s Bureaus will now turn their attention to accounts of officers who have been paid on c/srtificates of non-indebtedness. Some idea of the I,oor before them may be gained from a glance at the, interior of Corcoran’s Temple of Art, occu- pied by ths Quartermaster General's clerks, where the accounts, of every responsible officer of the army are fled, shelves of an apartment larger in area than ¢i.ner hall of Congress are loaded with a four years’ ac- cumulation of papers. The helrs of many a braye young officer will be the first to know officially of his actual non-indebtedness to the department. POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA. Mr. C. W. Butts, the present nominee of one of the wings of the administration party from the Congressional district of Norfolk, Va., arrived in town this morning and had an interview with the President, It is authoritatively stated since his arrival that he has decided to withdraw from the canvase, with a published call to his adherents to give their support to L. H. Chandler, who was also put in the field as an independent candidate by friends of the same poltical faith. Mr. Batts believes that by offering two names for the sup- port of the administration party in that district, the election of the candidate of the opposition would there- by be insured. Hence he takes the initiative in with- drawing from the contest and counselling a general con- solidation of strength upon the election of Mr. Chandler, THE FRENCH EXPOSITION. The Department of State has published in pamphlet form the official correspondence on the subject of the French Universal Exposition for 1867, for the information of citizens of the United States, containing general regu. Jations, classification of articles, &c. All applications for admission, with a description of the articles to be exhi- bited, must be presented before the Slst of October next, N. M. Beckwith, Bsq., is the United States Commissioner at Paris, to whom letters should be addressed, THE FREEDMEN IN WASHINGTON. Out of an estimated population of serenteen thousand negroes in the city of Washington, the local agents of the freedmen report to the Bureau having them in charge, that not more than one hundred and twenty are fustained by the soup houses established for the relief of their destitute and decrepit. A general order has been prepared by the Froedmen’s Bureau and will be issued within a few days, notifying the local superintendents and surgeons in charge of the colored population of thie city that they will be requited to prepare rolis and data of the numbers of colored pau pers that aro the recipients of aid and subsistence from tho Bureau, with a view to consigning the latter to the municipal authorities and the wrovision made for thom SEPTEMBER 22, 1865. under the Poor laws of the district. By the terms of |“ the same order, the authorities of the Bureau are also directed to ascertain whether there be freedmen em- Ployed in this district who are not remunerated for their labor, and to take measures to remedy such cases by causing equitable contracts to be entered into between employes and employers. SCHOOLS FOR FREEDMEN IN VICKSBURG. By voluntary action of the colored population of Vicksburg, Miss., General Thomas, Commissioner of Freedmen for that State, has issued orders for a light as- sessment on the blacks to supply a revenue sufficient to sustain the schools established in that city for their edu- cation, THE GOVERNOR OF IDAHO. The status of Caleb Lyon, of Lyonsdale, has, it is said, been determined, and that he continues to be the Gov- ernor of Idaho, CONDITION OF THE CROPS. Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissioner of sai sch | authorizes the following statement as to the condition o! the cropson the first day of September:—The wheat crop has received no additional injury from the Weather since his report of last month; but the quality of the crop is not good, especially im the ‘Western States, where it was affected by blight and rust, ag well as by the wet weather during the harvest, Of the old wheat on hand there is not as much as was sup- posed tn the bands of the farmers; for much of it was ught in July and August. In the Eastern and Middle States there was but little at any time during the latter part of the summer. The oats crop received no reat deal of injury from the wet weatifer, and it may be regarded as one of the largest oats crops ever raised in the country. The injury to the hay in the West was very great; in the East it received but little damage from wet weather. Generally the qaatity. is good, except in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, The corn crop, owing to the continued heat and mois- ture of the weather, has escaped material injury. In the ‘West it may be regarded as the greatest crop yet raised “in the loyal States, The condition of the tobacco crop was favorable, the weather helping it very much; but, as reported’ last month, the amount planted is much less than last year, expecially in the largest tobacco producing States. Sorghum, like the corn crop, is excellent. . pel ay if not injured by a premature frost, will © good, Potatoes—In many localities there were indications of the rot, and in some places the crop was much injured dy it. the continued hot and moist weather since the first of September occasions apprehensions that this dis- ease may prove very injurious; but still the yield may be (sind as the amount planted was 80 much greater than usual, In all the States except New York hops have ripened Well; but in that State the crop has sustained an injury of four and a quarter tenths from lice. The crop is, therefore, injured seriously, for in 1860 New York pro- duced nine million seven ‘hundred and fifty thousand pounds of the eleven million raised in the whole coun- try. Roots and gardens were never better. Every State returns a decrease in the number of fat- tening “hoga. The general decrease is about one-tenth from the number last year. So far as returns were pub- lished of the number packed last year in the West, it was 2,422,779, A tenth decrease on this number would be 243,277, Letters accompanying the returns of correspondents indicate that the hogs are younger and smaller than usual, but in good condition.’ The monthly report for September, containing full returns of the crops, &c., will be published next week NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS. Election for State Ufficers in Louisiana to Take Place Early in November—Re- eral Sherid: to New Ore ton the Rio Grande, &. New Onuxans, Sept. 18, 1865. ‘The reconstruction of the New Orleans, Great Western and Jackson Railroad is being vigorously pushed to com- pletion. Governor Wells will soon issue a proclamation for the election of State and municipal officers to take place on the first Monday in November. Governor Hamilton has ordered an assessment in Texas, vascording to the law'before the war. Telegraphic communication with San Antonio has been opened. The bark Houston, from New York, was blown ashoro sixteon miles from Galveston Island. She will probably get off without serious damage. The steamers Star of the South, from New York, and Palmyra, from Boston, arrived to-day. New ORLEANS, Sept. 20, 1865, Cotton—Sales at 45c. Exchange declining; on New York % 01%, discount. The steamer Cassandra has arrived from New York. General Sheridan has returned from Texas. Governor Hamilton, of Texas, directs that the present organization of districts and terms for holding courts be continued. All negroes must be put on an equality with white men in respect to punishment for crime. They are to be tried under indictment as heretofore provided, and if found guilty the judgment of the court must be the same as if the defendant were a white person. The commission appointed by Governor Hamilton to examine the books of the State government while under rebel rule will s00n make a report. All is on the Rio Grande. A rumor prevailed that the imperial army was being reinforced by twenty thousand men. General Woods, commanding in Alabama, directs his officers to enforce discipline and prevent improper and unnecessary intercourse between citizens and soldicrs. Tho first through mail from Columbus, Ky., via the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, arrived at Mobile on the 18th, in two days’ time. rahe cA. F: ok ae THE WINOOBKI AND ALGONQUIN. _ Notwithstanding all the articles that have appeared in the local journals relative to the. gunboats Winooski and Algonquin, no trial of thelr relative qualities has yet taken place. They were to have firod up yesterday, at ‘three o’clock P. M., and when steam was up they were to run five consecutive hours, for the purpose of oiling up and getting the vessels ready for the Teal trial, The fires were then to be hauled, new firer made, and the real tmal to commence, the to ron for five hours longer; the consumption of coal, revolutions of the wheel, &c., to be noted, and the ve merits of the ships decided by these tests. BALE OF GOVERNMENT VESSELS AT PHILADELPHIA. Fifteen government vessels were advertised to be sold at the Philadelphia Navy Yard yesterday, The attend- ance was not large, and eleven steamers were withdrawn. For several there were no bids, and for others the prices offered were not sufficient to warrant a gale. On those disposed of the bidding was very spirited, particularly on the Santiago de Cuba. The following vessels were sold at the prices named:—Screw tug Clover was purchased by H. Winsor & Son for $9,100" the ‘wooden tide wheel steamer Connecticut was purchased by S. G. Wheeler, Jr., for $137,000; the wooden side-wheel steamer Santiago ‘de Cuba was’ purchased by M. O. Roberts for $104,000; the iron screw propeller Bermuda was purchased by W. F. Wells & Co. for $61,000. The New York State Congre; sociation. Oswrao, Sept. 21, 1865, At the session of the New York State Congregational Association this morning, tho first business presented was the adoption of a constitution and by laws for a State Educational Seciety for the assistance of young men in preparing for the ministry. The Committee on the State of the Country reported a series of resolutions taking strong ground in favor of im- partial suffrage. The following is the language of one of these resolutions: — Resolved, That justice requires that from henceforth All distinction of color or race, in the apportionment of civil privileges and political franchises, be swept away, and that the doctrine that the right of an American man to voto and to give evidence in court ts exactly level with the right of the American white man be fully re- cognized and provided for. ‘A response to the action of the Boston Counell was read by the Rey. Edward Taytor, of Brooklyn. The As- sociation pledged itself, by a standing vote, todo its part in the great missionary work at the Southwest carved out by the National Council. The discussions upon this subject were full of earnestness, and after the vote the meoting was led in a prayer of consecration to the work by Rev. Mr. Taylor. The discussion upon parochial evangelization was very spirited; many of the speeches were full of eloquence and pathos. The association cloped its session this afternoon, jonall As- The Episcopal Convention of Virgin Lymer my haae 21, 1965, Richmond papers of to-day contain the proceedings of the Episcopal Convention of Virginia. Bishop Johns earnestly recommends a reunion with the Northern branch of thechurch. Considerable debate took place on ‘8 motion to appoint a committee ov the subject. The Provincial Fair. Lowpox, ©. W., Sopt. 21, 1865. ‘Twenty thoveand tickets were sold yesterday for the Provincial Fair, The Canada Company's first prize for the beet sample of wheat was awarded to Mr. O'Sullivan, of Northumber. land pone A grand ball and supper were given to the delogates from the maratime provinces laa nivht, Speeches were made by Mayor Glass and John Carlin P.P., wel coming the guests, which wero responded toby Hon Mr. Wilmot and Mr. Beckwith, advocating the Union of the Provinces. PRICE FOUR CENTS. ” ‘THE ALABAMA CONVENTION. All the Counties in the State but One Represented. An Ordinance Introduced Declaring All the Acts of the Secession Gonvention Mull and Void. PETITION FOR THE PARDON OF JEFF, DAVIS Governor Parsons Requested to Call Out the Militia to Repress Disorder, &e. &e. &e. Our Montgomery Correspondence. Mowtcomery, Ala, Sept. 12, 1865, Organization of the Convention—Hon. B. Fitzpatrick Pre. iding—AU the Counties but One Represented—Resolu- tions Offered, dc. The Alabama Convention for the amendment of the Constitution of the State, annulling the acts of the con- ventions of January and March, 1861, and the transac. tion of other important business, was organized at noon to-day, Hon. L. E. Parsons, Provisional Governor, ad- ministered the oath to the delegates, who came forward as their counties were called off by the temporary secre- tary. There were present ninety-two delegates, repre- senting all the counties in the State with the exception of two or three. When all the delegates had been sworn in, Mr. Cooper, of Cherokee county, nominated Hon. Benjamin Fitzpat- rick for President of the Convention. No other nomina. tion was mado, and Mr. Fitzpatrick was unanimously elected. On taking the chair he addressed the membors of the Convention as follows :— GENTLEMEN OF THE CoxvENTION:-— I trust it will not be regard part, when I suy that if had followed my own impui should have shunned rather than sought this high p sition ; but it ig only justice to assure you that T high appreciate the honor which you have conferred upon m We are assembled here, gentlomen, representing the anic highest power known to the State, to remodel the o: law of Alabama; a work at all times ofthe most abid interest. We have assembled under circumstan: culated to invest the action of this body with the deepe importance, The dreadful conilict which the North and South have been engaged in, has just ceased. The sword has just been sheathed and the clash of arms has just | died away. We come here as the messengers of peace, clothed with power to make a new constitution; and we hope to re turn to the great sisterhood of States propared to li under the shield and protection of the constitution of our fathers, While we all feel, and feel justly, the sponsibility attached to each aud all of ts, we a Cheered with the reflection that we come here to recon cile and restore peace. I shall endeavor, gentlemen, to the best of m to discharge the daties of the high position to wi have assigned me, faithfully and impartially, feclin sured that I shall at all times receive that impartial suy port of every member of this body, #0 essential to the government of every assembly, and to the speedy trans. action of public business, A secretary, assistant secretary and doorkeoper wore then elected by ballot, and, the Convention being or ganized, resolutions were in order. The first resoluti offered was in regard to printing the acts and proceedings of the Convention by the provisional government of the State, x A Couple of resolutions of considerably more import ance were next offered by Judge Mudd, delegate from Jefferson county. They reud as follows:— Resolved, That a committee to consist of one from each Judicial circuit, be appointed by the President, to inquire into and report to this n Buch alterations and ay be proper and na to its constitu. nt, and entitle its expedient to return the tional relations to the fed citizens to protection by the United States against inva. | sion and domestic insurrection. Resolved, That a committee, to consist of one member from each Judicial circuit, be appointed by the President, to inquire into and report to this Convention such action as may be proper and expedient to be taken re the act commonly known as the Ordinance of Sec approved and adopted on the 1th day of Janu by a convention of this Stat port what action should be ta fying such legislative, executiv conilict with the constitution o ‘ vero pagsed and adopted b acting in this State Ina legislative, ex e and judicial capacity since the 11th day of January, 1861. Lastly, @ resolution was offered and adopted, extending States, as the usual courtesies to egitors and reporters; and then, | on motion, the Convention adjourned till ten o'clock next morning. There was no debate on anything, except for a few moments upon the question of order’ The resolutions and motions offered were adopted without comment, and the business of the day was got through with the utmost order and decorum. The session lasted about three hours. Motcowery, Ala., Sept. 13, 1865. Pursuant to adjournment the Convention met this morning, at ten o'clock. Five new delegates were pre rented, sworn and took their seate, making the total present ninetyseven. Every county, but Bibb, ie now Teprezented, and there is no likelibood of there being any representation from Bibb, in consequence of there being no federal officer in that county to adminisier the necessary oaths or order an election. Resolutions were offered concerning the appointment by the President of the Convention of various commit tees, the pay of members, public printing and so on in the usual routine way. The only debate was on a ino- tion to amend the resolutions offered yesterday by Judge Mudd, substitu ting two members from each Judicial cir cuit instead of one to serve on the committee which is to have the important duty of drawing up the amend ments to the constitution which are to restore Alabama to her former relations with the general govern There being cleven districts in the State the resolutic amend was rejected, principally for the reason that « committee of twenty-two would be ‘too many cooks, and might protract the business and time of the Conven tion too Jong. ‘All or nearly all the resolutions offered to Inid over for the consideration of the varic which the President will nominate, pre and at about twelve o'clock the Conve to meet at the regular hour of t The Press Despatches. Montoomeny, Ala., Sept. 18, 1866 In tho Stato Convention on Saturday the chairman of the Committee on the Ordinance of Secession and the Resolutions of the Convention of 1861 reported as fol lows :— All ordinances, reeolntions Convention of 1861, with eo m wstitution adopted in said convention as he consti tution of the United States, are hereby declared nul! and void. This ordinance was made the special order for Wed nesday. ‘The Committee on the Abolition of Slavery reporte! an ordinance, which was made the special order for to-lay Other reports were submitted of local interest, A resolution was offered instructing the Committe Federal Relations to memorialize the President respect ing the action of the Convention and the desire of (he people to give a cordial support to his administration ee of the i | Canada, Uxnver 20, that the ordinance abolishing slavery wad Postpoued without debate. The chain gang system for the punishment of negroes has been adopted by the Convention. Moxtcomery, Ala, Sept. 20, 1865. The Alabama State Convention to-day adopted a reso- lution requesting the Provisional Governor to call out the militia in each county immediately to repress the disorder and lawlessness which exists in many counties. The ordinance providing for the abolition of slavery in the Stat was debated upon at length, when its further consideration was postponed until to-morrow, THE INDIANS, The Council at Fort Smith—The Treaty of Peace and Friendship Signed by the Commission and the Choctaws and Chickasaws—Adjournment of the Com- mission, &c. Font Surrm, Ark., Sept. 20, 1865. The Commissioners decline to rescind their action re- garding John Ross. They disconnect his caso from the loyal Cherokees, and assure the latter that their rights will be protected, The disloyal Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles have filed a statement explanatory of their understanding of the treaty. There is much destitution among the dis- loyal Seminoles. ao Seventy-five loyal and seventy-four disloyal delegates, not including the chiefs, signed the treaty of peace. Forr Swrru, Ark., Sept. 21, 1865. A treaty was signed to-day between the Commission and the Choctaws and Chickasaws, providing for peace and friendship between the United States and said tribes; that they will exertgail their influence in compel- ling the Indians of the plains to maintain peaceful relations with each other, with the Indians of the Territory and with the United States; that slavery shall be abol forever; that the freedmen shall be suitab) ed for; that lands shal! be issued to the Indians of Kansas and elsewhere; that the right of way shall be granted to railroads, and that the consolic dation of the Indian tribes, with a territorial form of gov ernment, shall be recommended by them to their respect tive colmeils, The Commission then adjourned § die. Colone] Sells goes to Humboldt, Kansas, to conclude a treaty with the Osages A Large Force o: Indians Defeated by General Connex Near Big HornsSeveral White Officers Killed and Wound Fort Lanaaur, Sept. 21, 1865, ived from General Conner that da large force of Arrapalo thof August, capturing fiye hun- amount of plunder. We number killed and wounded, among them several Reports have been he attacked and defeat near Big Horn on the dred head of catule and a larg los officers, crTy INTELLIGENCE. Lavon of a STRAMSmP.—To-morrow morning, at eleven o'clock, the now side-wheel steamer, Saratoga, will be launched froin the Westervelt shipyard, at the foot of Houston street, Thovessel is intended tor the New York and Virginia Mail Steamship Company, will run between this port and Richmond. She will be fitted up in the ti the noveliy of hi 3 argo sized ns, The following are her dimansions:— Length on deck, two bundred and thirty feet; beam, amidships thirty-three feet, forward and abaft the wheels thirty-uine feet; hold, fifteen feet; tonnage about eleven un She has four water tight bull am engines, cylinder sixty inches, von foot stroke, and is fitted with Barnum’s bilge ich will discharge one hundred and fifty tons king fifteen revolutions, ‘The versel has two large boilers, donkey boilers, pump and hoisting ar. ‘The engines were built by Secor & Co., Allaire Works, undor the suporintendence of W. W. Vanderbilt, Rosu-Hasnaxa—Sreoxp Day ov me Jewitn New Yrar,—This will be the second and last day of the Jow- ish festival of Rovia-Hashana, and will be celebrated with the same ceremonies as yesterday, although it is doubt- ful thet the as crowded. On the first day the ministers of the diferent hip, and the morning services, whieh commen 11, Were not brought tO a cloed until two o'clock, The ritual today will be no. less longthy and improssive, the festival being ended at sun- down this ovening: Ax Ovetcen Kyocken Dows AND Ronpeo iv BRO«D Dave uGHT,—As Lieutenant Henry ©. Pieres, of the Third New York Volunteers, was, on Wee to the Fall Bi heads and single with el ynagogues will bi delivered. b esday afternoon, parsing e im landing to take a boat for his hc about U money, wt chest, and robbed of eight hundi he bad upon his person, and his valise, containing a supply of clothing. This occurred haif-past four in the afternoon, The rogu beon captured, nor has the money been Licutenant Pierce lies in a suffering condicion at Be! pital Ovesine ov THe MenrcaL Boann—EXaMining CanpinaTe® ror Sereronces iv the RecutarR Anuy —The object of this board is to aecertain, by a general, professonal and physical examimation of all candidates for the poet of surgeon in the regular army, their competency and (it- ness for such positions. A large namber of candidates were on hand yesterday at the present headquarters of the board, 126 Bicecker street, Bach candidate mart be furnished’ with a permit from Surgeon Genera! Barnes, and no direet application in person will be received. The present session of the board will last several weeks, as there is a large amount of business to be transacted. ‘The hoard consists of Brevet Colonel C. 8 Tripler, Prosiden Brevet Licutenant Colonels H. R. Wirtz and A. Hoge: 2. C. Lee, Recorder, The method of ox very strict and searching, so a& to leave (of Lhe qualifications of'a passed candida. Cosa He Martens. —Although comparatively few changes have thus fur been made in the per. > sonnel of the department, great reform hme taken place, and both Messrs, King and Odell are con stanily striving to effect long needed improvements Iministrative and s.bordinate branches appointinent of import. + of the department, Tus Cmeaco Vierrom—The delegation of Ch aldermen and other distinguished gentlemen at nthe city, and from Conada, yesterday paid an iw visit to Magor Gunther's office, but found bim al ‘They subsequently passed over to Brooklyn, where they were more fortunate, @nding Mayor Wood at howe and open for @ reception and ite concomitants, The with (he Mayor aud some of the chief olficials of that city, nade a flying trip to the Navy Yard, afer which an « palati P * In tilution,”’ where a sumptuous with considerable relish. Churches, called ‘ tion was partakeu 6! Tonsts and speeches foll the 4, W and their people and offic Were freely commente | upon, the utmost good fveling prevailed. or fF Ship, chairman of the Chicago delega ‘ance, of Toronto, Canada West; HH. | occasion I } and, in view of the action of the Convention and the to request tho President to pre claim ® gene oD and amnesty to all persons not included in the proclamation of the 20th of May lust Tho resolution was referred to the Cov we on Fed eral Relations. The business of the Convention to-day, loyalty of the pe fully commenced Moytoowmny, Ala, Sept. 19, 1866. ‘Tho State Convention mot today. A resolution was offered that the President of the Convention appoint a committees of five to prepare a petition for the pardon of Jofferson Davis, and to secure the signatures of the membors and forward the same to the President of the United States as early ae practh It wae referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. A resolution was also offered that all amendmen! the constitution of a general character, except in regard to slavery, be referred to the poople at the next general election. The renolntion wes referred The ordinance abohehing slavery Wak taken up, and a lengthy dlisouagton ensued The Committee on Rie tions reported an ordinance for the election of Congressmen and State officers on the Let of November rk of Brooklyn, snd KB, Driggs, Cole ade tuemselves heard in both speeches, mecting did not break up vauil six tig members separated with had participated in a convivial asantly cherished in their memo~ jock A. M., the delegation will pay their Mayor Gunther, at the City Hail, and will probably hi lengthened interview. Seymore Accroent at Harte Beiner—One Skonios oF rue Barner Canney Away. —About one hundred feet of the Harlom bridge was carried away yesterday afternoon, betw 1 three o'clock, by the steam tng T. Fa which was towing the barge John A. Bergen through. the draw, The tide carried the veanels with such force net the pier as to cause the accident, Five men and young lady, daughter of Mr. Eddy, the actor, wero tated into the river, Two horses and wagons werp rown into the water, Officers Haloran, Bates and ‘ J in rescuing the parties and taking them ter side. The horses were subeeqnontly on two Jersey City News. AccDRST ON Tie Rau.noan.—Between eleven an@ twelve o'clock yesterday yon, as Christopher Kline, proprietor of Mount Pleasant public grounds; on Bergen Mill, was driving across the New Jersey Railroad, near Bergen cut, he was ran into by a train of ears, and the horse was instantly killed. The wagon, with Mr. Klin was thrown @ distance of two hundred and forty fect, the wayon completely demolished and Mr. K. bad several ot | hie rbs broken and received three or four cuts on tho loft wide oF hi head. Ponang.rma, Sept, 21, 1865. The members of the Si. Louts Gy, Counell Asa pr Lave bean handsomely entertatn our Councils, They visited Morente high sebesl en lnrge manufretoring establishments, the high echgot au Fairmount park, and will tomorrow continue the Inspeo- intorest ‘Thay leave for Now York on A report has beep received. dated Mopwomoery, Sop: | Saturday afternoon