The New York Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1865, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,623. WASHINGTON. Kentucky to be Relieved from Martial Law. Apprehended Difficulties in the Ap- proaching Virginia Election, Continued Reduetion of the Forces in the Defences Around Washington. Collection of Evidence Against State Prisoners. Appointment of Internal Reve- nue Officers, Division of Tennessee Into Districts for the Collection of the Revenue. Re. ae. ae. Wasumarton, Sept. 28, 1865. SBNTUCKY TO BB RELIBVED FROM MARTIAL LAW. ‘The President is said to have promised Governor Bram- bette that Kentucky should at once be relieved from mar- tial law, and his proclamation to that effect is expected within a day or two. The removal of General Palmer from command is said to have algo been determined upon. ‘His successor is oot named, but General Gordon Granger fe for many reasons most likely to be the man. Ken- tacky bas expended over two millions of dollars for na- tonal troops, in addition to her home guard, for which she never received reimbursement. Mr. McCulloch has Promised to arrange for its payment at the earliest possi- Die day. c HURLOW WEEP AND THE KENTUCKY DELEGATION, ‘The visit of Thurlow Weed to Secretary Stanton yes- terday is understood to have been on behalf of the Ken- tucky delegation and for the purpose of urging their views for immedate action. The newly elected Legisiature is @pposed to the adoption of the eonstitutiona amend. ment abolishing slavery; but the majority is 80 small hat they believe It might be overcome by the judicious @igposition of government patronage and yielding to the pepular sentiment of the State so far as to remove negro troops from most of her posts and garrisons Without thie they predict the required number of votes cannot be @dtained. Thurlow is supposed to coincide in this @pinion, or be would not favor the adoption of the mea- eure. DIPFIOULTIBS APPREHENDED IN THE VIRGINIA . ELECTIONS. 4A doudt begins to be entertained that the approaching @lections in Virginia will meet with some difficulty, by weason of the taw requiring the Commissioners of Elec- dons in the State to be appointed by State courte, which as yet have not boen restored. APFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA. Al) that remains of Kilpatrick's famous cavalry com- wand in North Carolina is the veteran Fifth Ohio, Gelone! Heath, whose headquarters are at Salisbury. OMoers just up from the Old North State represent that there is no longer a necessity for a mounted patrol; in fact, the presence of troops there at all is just a little @uperfiuous. The tar people are ofing their undi- ‘vided attention to the production of a living from their ‘wreck of a State, and have very little leisure for sedition amd that sort of thing. @OLLEOCTING EVIDENCE AGAINST STATE PRISONERS, OMicers of the Provost Marshal's Bureau are busily at ‘werk collecting evidence against the State prisoners con famed at Fort Warren, Fortress Monroe and elsewhere, and the indications are that quite a number of celebrated twanagreseors who have been expecting an unconditional weleage when the country quieted down will ere long be brought to Washington for a final settlement before the ‘court, ‘RE REDUCTION IN THE FORCES DEFENDING WASH- INGTON. ‘The work of reducing the force engaged in defending ‘Washington north of the Potomac is going ahead on all @ides. General Augur has directed that his headquarter business be consolidated and confined within one build- tg, whereas a dozen have not been sufficient heretofore for the accommodatyon of the several lepartments. Besides expunging several heavy items in the way of heavy rents, this arrangement will effect an important weduetion in the force of clerks and orderlies required @t the soparate establishments. By consolidation of quartermasters’ warchouses the Quartermaster’s Depart- ment has been enabled to dispense with the services of @ large number of superintendents, clerks and laborers. ‘The number of discharges are roported at a couple of hundred per day for several days past. RETURNING NEW YORK VETERANS. ‘The Fourth New York heavy artillery, Brevet Major General Tidball commanding, baving been mustered out @f service, and goto Hart's Island to-night to be dis- @harged. The Second New York heavy artillery will follow in a few days, leaving only a few regular batteries tw the defences south of the Potomac, YENMESSEE DTVIDED INTO DISTRICTS FOR THE COL- LECTION OF INTERNAL REVENUB. ‘The following Executive order was this morning sent by the President to the Commissionor of Internal Revo- mee: — Exucurive Mansion, Wasmincton, Sept. 22, 1866. virtue of pe Mesey in me by the seventh Of the act entitled ‘An act to provide internal revenue to su; the i to pay the interest en the oe ‘and for other pu ” approved June 1864, 1 by divide the ite of Tennessee ato it collection districts as follows, viz:— The ~ hg) will poe abe ~~ beta wood eon, Carter, Sullivar, fy rei jawk: Sevier, Jefforson, The Siveee fenie sren coon ae Rag hd Union, Andeteon, Meigs, McMiuo, Bradley, Polk and ‘The Third district wit! consist of the counties of Hami!- Rhea asdLincdn. i td ‘The Fourth district will consist of the counties of Over- Jackson, Macon, Putnam, DeKalb, Cannon, Ruther- Wil Sumner and Smith. The Fifth district will consist of the counties of Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury, Williamson, Lewis, Hick- man, Wayne, Perry and Hardin. ‘The Sixth distr ict will consist of the counties of David- gon, Robertson, Montgomery, Stewart, Humphreys and The Seventh district will consist of the counties of Shelby, Liga ya Hardeman, McNairy, Tipton, Madison, and Decatur, The Eighth district will cansist of the counties of br bd cer Henry, Dyer, Gibson, Carroll, Benton, ANDREW JOHNSON, President, APPOINTMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICERS, The President has appointed the following named Assistant Assessors of Internal Revenuo:— 5 , Fifth district; Warren a wre vision, Eighteenth district; William H. Stonoback, fourth divi: gion, Rieventh district; James Cassidy, firat division, ‘Twenty second [ny Mew Jersey. —Jamen L. Brooks, Fifth district. * Manachwetts,—Jamog W, Poor, first division of the Sixth district; James W. Monroe, seound division, Third ‘Maryland—William H. Chesney, Ninth division, 800. ond dierior; Adalphe Van Kuelly Fifth division, Bocond ant Po lane Hamick, Sixth division, 6. By] civigen, ; Clark, Ninth division, Sixth district; Corbett Mainard, Sixtesath division, Sixth district, Wm. ’B. King, Ninth division, First datrict; Beary Bamyer, Fifteenth division, First district; James Reed, Tenth division, Second district. North Carottna—Jobn Bi , Sixth division, First dis- trict; James B, Barton, First division, Second district; David Hi ‘Bocond divis William ion, Second district; North, Seventh division, Second district; C. H. Woolen, ‘Tenth’ di ; vision, Becond district; Robert H. Brodfleld, Second divi Third district; James EB. H. Nesbit, Fifth divisi ird district; E. H. Banner, Third di- vision, Third district, Georgia—John J, Armstrong, Third division, Fourth district; Henry Bi Firet division, Fourth district; H. B. Harrison, vision, Fourth district; C. D: Snyder, Fourth division, Fourth district; G. W. Sel- \dge, Fifth division, Fourth district; A.M. Willaby, th division, Fourth district; H, R. Sanford, Eighth division, Fourth district; W. F. Dunn, Ninth division, Fourth district. Alabama— Ww. Turner, First division; Second district ; R. J. Bibb, Second divieion, Second district; A. Bing- bam, Ninth division, Second district; W. D. Battle, ‘Twelfth division, Second district; T. F. Samuel, Four- division, Second district; W. T. Lenoir, Fifteenth ision, Second district; Samuel Sleeper, Sixteenth di- ision, district. Ohic—Androw J. Roe, Sixth division, Fourth district, _{iinoia—Benyamin Swayre, Fifth division, Bighth dis. Jowa—Jacod L. Chase, Ninth diviaon, Third district. Wisconsin—Andrew D. Laughlio, Twelfth division, Fifth district, Lowitiana—Abraham J, Ruthledge, Seventeenth Divi- sion, First district; J. B. Schroeder, Eleventh division Third district; Talbot J. Renton, Second divtsion, Third district; Wm, E. Marshall, Third division, Third district, Montana—Romaine J, Percy, Third division. New Merico—Samuel J. Jones, Seventh division. Alexander H. Wallis has been appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the fifth district of New Jersey, and Robert L. 31 Direct Tax Commissioner for the district of the State of Alabama. f A NEW ISSUE OF FIVE-TWENTIES. The report published in the Herato some days since, and denied by a contemporary, to the effect that a new issue of five-twenties would soon be put upon the market is literally correct. The loan wil) soon be advertised, apd payments can be made in certificates of indebted- ness, compound interest notes and other interest bear- ing securities of the government. THE POWER OF STATES TO TAX PUBLIC LANDS SETTLED UNDER THE HOMESTEAD LAW. The Commissioner of the General Land Office has de- cided, in regard to the right recently assumed by State officials to tax public land settled under the Homestead Jaw, that the taxing power does not lio in the States in so far as assessing the land is concerned, whatever lawful- ness there may be in taxing improvements upon such premises. ADDITIONAL MAIL FACILITIES IN THE SOUTH. ‘The Postmaster Genoral has ordered one additional trip a day between Washington and Richmond, over the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and has made a contract for datly mail service from New Orleane and all the inter- mediate stations to Mobile. PROMOTION. Brevet Brigadier General Charles H. Van Wyck has been promoted to the rank of full brigadier general. it is rumored on the street this evening that Secre- tary Stanton is about to promote General Kilpatrick to a full major generalship for gallant and meritorious conduct on the field of New Jersey. RESIGNATION OF COLONEL JOHNSON. Colonel George K. Johnson, of Michigan, a member of the Medical Board of Inspection, with headquarters at Bal- timore during the last three years, sent in his resignation to-day. ti PARDONS. Since Saturday five hundred pardons have been granted by the President, for the greater part to persons in Vir- ginia, Georgia and Mississippi. To-day the President's room was thronged with pardon seekers, either to obtain their documents or information as to where they may be found. PERSONAL. Governor Morehead, of N. C., Hon. W. M. Evarte, Hon. M. FP. Conway, ex-Governor Bashford of Wisconsin, John Minor Botts, and Generals Butter, Hancock, Diven, Stahl, Gillmore, Allen, Adams, and J. F. Miller are at Willard’s, The last named leaves to-night for duty on the Pacific coast. Goneral Butler and Thurlow Weed were both at the White House’ to-day soliciting interviews with the Pro- sident. ARRIVALS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. There is no abatement in the huge tide of travel flow- ing this way, and the receipts of the hotels are about treble what they were during July and August. A fair representation of tourists are among the arrivals; but the mass of them is made up of well known and frequent sqjourners at this political Mecca, THE INDIAN COUNCIL AT FORT SULLY. ‘The change recently made in designating Fort Sully for the place of holding the Council with the Northwestern Indian tribes, instead of at Fort Rice, as originally deter- mined, was occasioned by the extreme reluctance the In- dians had to gathering at Fort Rice, that locality having been the acene of some of the most sanguinary encoun- ters the matter bave had with our troops. As Fort Sully is situated about three hundred miles further down the Missouri river than Fort Rice, the change will probably prolong the absence of the government dolegation seve- ral weeks. SALE OF GOVERNMENT CATTLE. Over eleven hundred head of government cattle were sold to the highest bidders, for cash, in Alexandria to- day, at an average price of about six cents per pound, live weight. Five hundred head of those sold will be taken to Philadelphia, Mr. Richard Carter, of Virginia, bought three hundred, NEW SCHEME FOR THE ADMISSION OF SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS. [Correspondence (Sept. 26) of Boston Traveller.] In reference to the admission of Southern representa- tives in Congress and the negro suffrage question, nego- tiations are on foot to this effect—that if the Southern States adopt laws conferring the rights of suffrage upon all male adults, without distinction of color, who can read and write, the Southern representatives to Congress shall be admitted, and a Joan of from one to three mil- lions of dollars made by the government to the Southern States, to be distributed pro rata in aid of agriculture and improvements. This scheme finds almost universal favor with the leading Southern men here, MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. General D. N. Couch Nominated for Gov- ernor—President Johnson's Policy Fully Endorsed and Support Promised Him, die., de. ‘Woncraten, Mase, Sept. 28, 1865. The Democratic State Convention organized by the choice of Edward Avery, of Braintree, for president, with one vice president from each county and four sec- Totaries, The Committee on Credentials reported two hundrad and forty-seven towns represented by one thousand and ninety-six delegates. The nominations made were as follows:—For Governor, General D. N. Couch, of Taun- ton; Lieutenant Soreaety Thomas F. Plunkett, of Pitts- field; Secrotary of State, 8. 0. Lamb, of Greentold; Treasurer, T. C. Amory, Jr, of Boston; Auditor, A. F. Devoreaui of Salem; Attorney General, H. G. Parker, ‘ne following fe an abstract of the resolutions jopted :— firat affirms the creed of the democratic party to be the Union and the constitution; Ite objects, the pres- ervation of the liberties of the people, the Union, a free prose and . The second thanks the soldiers and sailors. The third ires the speedy subordination every- where of the military to the civil power, and the restora- tion of the writ of habeas corpus, trial by jury and other democratic rights, The fourth recognizes the obligation to pay the na- tional debt; but does not believe in putting the whole burden of taxation on the shoulders of the producing classes, The fifth requires a speedy restoration of State power everywhere, so that a standing army may be dispensed With at once, The sixth fully endorses the policy of President Jobn- son, and promises him support. Tho seventh returns thanke to the veterans of the war, nd is in favor of such legislation ty the national and State governments as shall secure equality of compensa- = to the earlier as well as the later soldiers of the Tho eighth refers to the labor tuestion, and says: — “We not onl, Lng any attempt on the the working classes to better ‘hel condi We be hay 16 all thew sievation, Approve any movement having for their elevat! comfort. and well-being, phyrical and mental; and cor. oy Lp oy with any measure by the true and vowed " abe: bach NEW YORK, FRIDAY, THE WIRZ TRIAL. Examination of Witnesses for the De- fence—The Andersonville Prison Rules by WirzeRebel Soldiers Clothing of Union Prison- ‘Wasmmeron, Sept. 28, 1865. ‘The Wirz Military Comtmission reassembled to-day. The examination of Colonel Persons was resumed:— While he commanded at Andersonville boxes of supplies from the Sanitary Commission reached there; he had them sent in to the prisoners, for which they thanked him; witness never knew of Captain Wirz being absent with the dogs; it was a penitentiary offence for Confed- erates to trade for greenbacks; he thought this was #0 declared by act of Congress and by a statute of the State of Georgia; the country around Andersonville was poor, and as a consequence vegetables wore scarce; soon after some negroes had reached Andersonville he addressed a communication to General Winder, asking what dispost- tion should be made of them; the reply was that the question was in abeyance at Richmond, and until it was settled that they should be treated as prisoners of war; witness did not know whether sentrics were reliev: after shooting Union prisoners; such information never reached him; in the rules and regulations for the gov- ercment of the prisoners, signed by Captain Wirz, trading by the prisoners was interdicted. Cross-examined by Judge Advocate Caipman—-Witnoss was firet axaigned to the command of the troops and next to ine post great effort was made to build accommoda- tions for the prisoners; Captain Wirz assumed the re- sponsibility of erecting a dead house. Jvoar Apvocatr—Would it not have beon more hu- mane to build shelter for the living? Witwess—I think it was impracticable for Captain Wirz to furnish all the shelter required. Jvper Apvocats—You do not answer my question. ‘Wirness—Then I answer yes; some shelter might have been built; I think the Quartermaster had not suf_l- cient energy; I never exercised the right to punish pri- soners; Captain Wirz never received any order for that Purpose from me; the latter was responsible for what he did there; Captain Wirz drew up the rules and regula- tions, and they had my approval; Captain Wirz labored indefatigably ; whether or not he accomplished all he de- sired I do not know, but I do know that the prison was not half cared for; I think the responsibility rests on those who crowdod so many prisoners there. By the Covrtr—Captain Wirz drew up the prison rules by his own authority; witness approved of them because he thought they were right; there was no dead line therein provided for; it was subsequently erected by vir- tue, he supposed, of Captain Wirz’s own rank. Nazareth Allen, of the Third Georgia Reserves, who had been examined for the prosecution, was now called for the defence:—There was a good deal of sickness in his regiment, and, owing to the heavy duty much di faction existed among the mei of them strayed away; the effect of tne ba diarrbcea and other diseases among the troops; he saw some of his men wearing old clothing which they had urchased from the Union prisoners; when eral toneman’s captured raiders were brought to A\ ville they were searched, and jewelry, paper money, ladies’ shawls, pocketbooks, gold table spoons and silver oons and forks and daguerreotypes were taken from them; witnees never heard that furloughs could be ob- tained for shooting Union prisoners, Crogs-examined by the Judge Advocate—Witness knew of no soldier dying from starvation or emaciation because of insufficient food. Q@ Was the clothing which taken from the dead bodies of not know, but I believe so. Mr. Baxer—Teil us all about it. The Juvoe Apvocate objected, saying the witness had answered the question. Mr, BaggRr insisted that the witness should tell about it, The Courr—Mr. Baker, Ban ‘ou saw on robel soldiers Union soldiers? a. I do r action is very improper. dvocate stopped the witness it—He is the Judge Advocate's witness. Mr. Baneza—I muet cal) the attention of the Court—— ‘The Courr (interruptingi—Mr. Baker, we don’t want to hear it. It is very improper. Mr. Baxer—Lot us have the whole of tho answer of the witness. The Covrr—Let the witness proceed. We don’t want any assistance of yours at all, ie JupGe Apvocatw—The witness said ho did not know of his own knowledge. Mr. Baxer said the Judge Advocate asked the witness & question, but before be had half anewered it stopped bim. The Court, when Boston Corbett was before them, ordered him to go on and complete His.answer under cir- cumstances similar to those now pending. The Court said it was not to be presumed that the bir Advocate would violate the rules of the court. e JupGr ApvocaTs reported that the witness bad answered the question. ‘The Covrr asked the witness—Were they opinions or facts you were about to state? The Wrrvess—My opinions. The Courr—We have already decided we do not care about opinions, Mr. Baxen—I ask that the Court pass on it. The Court—We have done it repeatediy. We don't care about the opinions of witnesses ‘cnlows they are professional. Mr. Baxer—The witness was stopped in the midst of his answer, The Court—We have decided the question. again we need no argument. I will take the question. The Count voted, when tho result was announced in tho following words: The Court don’t care about the opinions of witnesses. Other witnesses were then examined for the dofence, ‘when the court adjourned. VIRGINIA Withdrawal of Candidates from the Congre Because They Cannot Take the Test Oath. Baurmmore, Sept. 28, 1865. Richmond and Petersburg papers of to-day have been received. Dr. Woods, of Albemarle, nas withdrawn from the Con- gressional canvass in the Sixth district because he could not take the oath. In a published card he say Recent indications, however, apparent to all, and re- cent information not accessible to all, ¢onvince’ me. be- yond the shadow of a doubt that there will be no repeal or modification; and our only hope of being represented at all is to select men who can take the oath as it now stands, honestly and conscientiously. Entertaining thie opinion there is no alternative left me but to withdraw from the Congressional canvass. When it is perfectly obvious that our noble President, standing as he does a great break water betweon the radicals of the North and ‘ovr prostrate country, needs every Southern representa- tive to sustain him, were I to permit any selfieh consid- eration to control or influence me, I sffould deapiee my- self and be false to every honorable impulse of my na- ture. The Republie accompanies the card with the remark :— The field is thue left open to Mr. Lewis and Mr. Sandy Stuart. Mr. Lewis can very consistently take the Congressional test oath; Mr. Stuart's conscience pre- vents. Itell you If you will take your seat ‘The Republi also says:— The people of Hanover county were addrossed on Tuesday last by Mr. Johnson ir. From all the in- formation that we receive there is no longer any doubt that Barbour will cary every county in the district, The Lynchburg Republican says :— One of the most distinguished gentlemen of the State, whose name we are not permitted to give, writes an follows in to the elegibility of Congressional candidates :—‘‘I regard it as absurd, not to say criminal, in the people under existing circumstances, to select such men. gible ought not in these times of trial and trouble to thrust himeelf before the people; but if he does so the people ought to have the good sense to rebuke him.”” NEWS FROM MEXICO. Withdrawal of Alvarez and His Forces terior of Queretara, dc. San Francaco, Sept. 25, 1965. ‘The steamer Sacramento has arrived from Panama, She brings dates from Acapulco to the 17th inst. Tho French war ships had landed five hundred soldiers and taken possession of the town. Alvarez had previously withdrawn his forces, amounting to fifteen hundred men, badly equipped and short of ammunition, but very enthusiastic. The majority of the Mexican popula. tion had followed him. He was confident of maintaining the cause of Juarez throughout the Interior of Queretaro, TO THE EDITOR OF THE URRALD. It having been currently reported in the city for some time past that the liberal party of Mexico in the United States was encouraging a large emigration of military and other colonists to the republic or quast empire, the Mexican Consulate in New York city bas boon literally desieged by personal and written applications of men @illing to serve in the cause or settle on the lands of that country. 1 am authorized by Senor Romero to state that the liberal government has no intention of aiding or eran acre and, intment, The loviting the United States in however, aban- government of Mexico, aad si some See JOSEPH G) Late Piru Liew, tad Now Yorn Vola, Aman who feels and knows that he is not eli-, SEPTEMBER 29, 1865. OUR SQUADRON AT CHERBOURG. Exchange of Courtesies Between the French and American Ships. Cordial and Friendly Attitude of the French. THE FRENCH IRON-CLADS. Their Departure for the Me- diterranean. MOVEMENTS OF AMERICAN VESSELS. &e, &e. &c. Our Cherbourg Correspondence. Cagrsoura, France, Sept. 11, 1865. A portion of the American squadron is still lying in these waters awaiting the development of the epidemic in the Mediterranean and on the coast of Spain and Por- tugal. Until intelligence of the abatement of the cholera is received it is doubtful whether the cruise of the squad- ron will extend to Gibraltar, as it is not desirable that the ships shall incur any risks at all at this season of the year, ‘The stay of the flagship Colorado and the steamer Frolic has been a very pleasant one in this port. The harbor is well protected and snug, and the city, although not so lively as one would naturaily expect for a place of its size, presents dome attractions to the stranger, The market is excellent and he prices very moderate com- pared with those thet ruled in Holland, where evemy- thing eatable was high and of not a great variety. Just at present fruit is very abundant and quite cheap. Peaches, pears, plums and grapog, of the most delicious character, are found in the markets in the greatest profu- ‘sion and at low rates. Good wines are algo to be had at small prices, so the inner man is well cared for. Since the squadron has been lying here Admiral Golds- borough, his staff and most of the officers, have availed themselves of short leaves of absence to run up to Paris, which is but twelve hours distant, and enjoy the varied attractions of that city. While there Mr. Bigelow, our Minister, entertained Admiral Goldsborough and staff at an clegant dinner, at which the chief of staff of the Min- ister of Marine and several officers of the French govern- ment were present. The Minister of Marine was absent al tho timo with the fron-clad fleet visiting England, and was, therefore, unable to be present on the occasion. He was represented by his chief of staff. On his return he expressed his desire to tender a dinner to Admiral Goldsborough, but their engagements would not permit a day to be named for the affair. The most cordial senti- ments were expressed by the Minister, and every evi- dence given of the good feelings of the government to- wards our country. ‘On the return of the Admiral to this port the flag of Admiral Villannuez, commanding the French iron- clad fleet, just returned from Portsmouth, was saluted with fifteen guns from the Colorado, which were re- turned by the Magenta. Official visits were exchanged by the Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral Goldsborough, and all the honors in salutes and receptions given. Vice Admiral De Boris, commanding the station, enter- tained the officers of the squadron at an elegant dinner, and everything passed off in the most cordial and agree- able manner. Indeed throughout the French officers have been extremely kind and courteous, and seem in every way todesire to make our stay as pleasant as pos sible and maintain the most friendly relations with us. The splendid dockyards have been opened to the inspec- wages our officers, and liberal facilities extended to. le them to see all that they contain of interest. And the yards are well worth @ visit. Your readers who saw the capital map of the port which tho HanaLp published at the time of the Keartarge ight with the Alabamaoff here will recollect that the navy station ts completely fortified and is of itself a first class work. Ite walls are of stone, immensely massive, and surrownded by a broad, deep wet ditch, which is well covered by artillery sweeping it from all points. Over this ditch is a broad drawbridge by which ingress and ogress are afforded. It is always gar- risoned, and could soon be placed in a state of defence, if occasion required. At present guns seem to be mounted only on the face looking over the barbor, and in the pow- erful fort which completes the defences on the water side, Within the walls are all the various buildings and docks belonging to the yard. Tho ship houses arg four in number, constructed in a solid manner, of hewn stone and roofed with tiles. They are abont tbree hundred feet long and one bundred Wide. The ways are all laid on solid rock. In one of them I saw a queer looking iron-clad torpedo boat, turtle shaped, and ovi. dently of immense sirength. 1 noticed no peculiarity of contrivance in the torpedo apparatus, 1t is evidently calculated to beara spar on which the torpedo is fast- ened. Inthe same house was the Emperor's trireme, but after the most approved ancient models. It was evidently a very pretty affair in its day; but it has been out of the water so long, or so long in disuse, that it ie rusty apd dilapidated. To the student of I archi. tecture as existing among the ancients it is of consider ‘able interest, as it is constructed, in every detail, after the plans of the ancients, as far as the best authorities could decide. Th another house an iron-clad corvette ie on the stocks and progressing rapidly. She belongs to the new and smallest class of iron-clads which are being created for the navy. Of courte it is impossible to say how many guns she will carry; but the great feature of all the French fron-clads—the ram—is preserved. She promises to be a formidable vossel, of light draught and great power. Tn the adjoining house the frame of a sister ship is being set up. The heavy, solid bow is alrendy in position. It is strongly constructed of the best timber, and when covered with fron will be able to stand the shock of a tremendous blow. The above seom to be all the build- ing going on in the yard. ‘The great features of the station are the docks and basing, cut out of the solid rock. The dry docks are eight in number, most beautifully constructed, of good length, broad, deep and capable of reoviving the heavy lino.of-battle ships of the navy, In one I noticed the steamship Iowa, belonging to a line running to Now York, which was wrecked on this coast last year, She has been raised by the underwriters and brought here, where she will be repaired and then sent to Glasgow or Edinburg, to be refitted and again placed on the line. All the other docks are just now vacant. The immense basins contained twenty Ove or thirty line-of battle ships ‘and frigates laying up in ordinary, as snugly as if the; were in a safe, so far as the action of the fea or winds im concerned. Those basins are undoubtedly the finest im the world, that of Napoleon lil. being a marvel of size and depth and of finish. All the storehouses, ma- chine shops, carpenter shops, saw mills, foundories, arsevale, armories, officers’ quarters, barracks, &e., aro ntone buildings, splendidly ' constructed and calculated to Iast hundrede of years, There is little ehow and no pretensions to elaborate architecture, but comfort, conventence, durability and harmony are Combined in them. They aro evidently not batlt on contract, or, if so, the contractors felt @ healthy Moral pressure upon them while the work was going on, They were no builders of the approved Washington clane, Ly) did their work well, and it will outlast them even if they exceed the limit of ordinary human existence, What man would be bold enough to assert that the labors of American gontractors would outlive their authors? The French ‘ron-elad fleet of nine vonsele, under tho command of Vice Admiral Villannuez, sailed from here, on Saturday morning, presenting a splendid spectacle as they steamed out of the harbor. Without doubt the squadron is & most formidable one, and would make short work with any wooden feet that ever breasted the ee 9 squadron, under Vice Admiral Villannues, whfeb had just returned from the Portsmouth feies, con- ‘the Solfari fi jagship; the the Nor- ine, and La Flan- nNne, Solferino and Magenta are double decked shi armed with moat formi the of a plow hb can campers th a i “they as muel Ody cal aes lar the oo ips are much superior, 1 bet throwing shots vary- re to three hundred pounds weight. PRICK carries a very heavy rifle, which bears belng fired through a port over the cutwater. None at ‘the ships, so far as could be o! are ironclad fore and aft. They are plated at the bow, about the ram, and to cover the rudder post and propeller; but amidships many of the guns are ul | ‘The case- mates merely cover the engines, magazines apd vulper- able parts amidships. It is questionable whether in any part they are impervious to a solid fifteen inch shot, ‘while it is more certain that their ordnance would be o little effect as against our better class of Mentors, ‘he squadron left here for Gibraltar and the Mediter- ranoean, At Gibraltar the Magenta, La Flandre and He- roine will be detached from the squadron and return to this port, The cruise is to be an experimental one, and the vessels will be tested in the most thorough manner. ‘The balance of the squadron go from Gibraltar to Toulon, where a radical c! in the character of their arma- ment will be made. The batteries will be taken off, every other port closed up, and half the preeent number of guns placed on board; but those of the heaviest de- scription used inthe French service. This change will strengthen the ships, now considerably weakened by the number of ports, and will add to their offensive quali- ties. Before leaving, Vice Admiral Villannuez paid a brief official visit to Admiral Goldsborough, and on his de- parture was saluted with fifteen guns, which the Magenta returned. On Saturday morning the Russian corvette Arcoati and after saluting the French flag sent the Stripes to the fore and saluted it with thirteen guns, which the Colorado returned, The Rus- sians are extremely cordial, and to-day, the anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor, entertain the wardroom officers of the Colorado and Frolic with a grand banquet on board their ship, at which the Russian bear and the American eagle will fraternize most closely, and renew the assurances of their good will and friendship. A grand time is anticipated. The corvette is a handsome vessel, carrying sixteen | She resembles the Japanese corvettes built in low York, and is said to be fast and an excellent sea boat. She is bound to the Mediterranean. The presence of the cholera inthe Mediterranean still prevents our departure for that pleavant cruising ground. t is as yet quite uncertain where we shall gonext. We shall doubtless visit Brest, !’Orient, Rochefort and Bor- deaux, but until the epidemic abates the vessels of the squadron will not go further to the south than the latter port. Unfortunately the Portuguese government has not withdrawn belligerent rights, which she granted to the rebels, and the twenty-four hour rule would reem to apply now. ‘Their attention has been called to the subject, and they hold that as they never formally re- cognized the rebels as belligerents they have nothing to withdraw, But it will be remembered that they detained the Niagara and Sacramento twenty-four hours after the Stonewall bad sailed from Lisbon, and thereby really applied the law as between recognized belligerents. But they do notsee it in that light, and decline to issue a proclamation withdrawing the hospitality they extended the rebels. In this state of affaire it is impossible for the squadron to enter a Portuguese port with freedom and exchange the usual courtesies. It will doubtless be arranged in good time, If it is, it is not at all improba- ble that the squadron will winter in Lisbon. The Kearsarge is now lying at Brest, where she will re- main until the arrival of the flag ship. The Shawmut, Lieutenant Commander Walker, arrived at Antwerp two or three weeks ago from the United States. After coaling she came Gees, remained over night, discharged her mails and packages for the squa- dron and then went to sea again, bound for Cadiz and Brazil. It is a subject of t sich! speculation why she ‘was sent to Brazil via the North Sea and Spain, No one can imagine of what possible service it was to send a vessel to Europe and then to order her to South America after she had been here for two or three weeks. It is doubtless all right; but it does appear to the uninitiated ‘8 most strange and wonderful. The beaith of the squadron thus far has been most ex- cellent. The Admiral is just now suffering andor a tem- porary indisposition, which at first excited alarm. He is now mending rapidly, and will be well again in a day or two, Obituary. BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL ALONZO DRAPER, OF MASSACHUSETTS. Major General Weitzel, commanding .the Twenty-fifth army corps, thus angounces in generaljorders the death of General Draper:— Heapquarrers, TWENty-rivrs Con Be Frevp, Texas, Boe ase” It is the painful duty of the commanding General to announce to this corps that Brevet Brigadi@r General A. G. Draper, late commander of the Third Hivision, ex- tory on last Sunday night. By his death fhe corps has tone of its brav ‘most carnest and Conscientious officers, and the colored race one of its mostisensible and sincere friends. As @mark of respect for the memory of the deceased the fags within the lineswf this com- mand will be displayed at half-mast on the @ay after the receipt of this order, and the colors of the rigade, Firat division, and of the Third division, wi draped in mourning during a period of thirty days. By order of Major General WwerrzeL. D. D. Wuesuze, Assistant Adjutant General Draper was accidentally shot al BréteeSan- tiago on the 30th of July last, and die@ of the wound on the d4-of August. He first came before the‘public as the leader of the Lynn strike in 1867, when the journeymen shoemakers struck for higher wages, aud for the reform of certain abuses, This strike attracted considerable attention and interest throughout the country. General Draper was at that time the editor of a journal published in that city, known as the Lynn Mechanic, which warmly espoused the cause of the journeymen, its editor being the acknowledged head of the movement. In this ¢a- pacity General Draper travelled through New York and in portions of other States, soliciting funds for the sup- port of the families of those who were thus thrown out of employment, and by his energy succeeded in collect- ing @ large fund therefor. He entered the service for the late war as captain of the Fourteenth Massachusetts infantry—for which organ. ization he had recruited a company—in the early part of 1861. Upon its arrival at Washington the regiment was placed in the defences of that city, and was subsequently changed into aheavy artillery regiment, known as tho First Massachusetts, A battalion of the regiment, under Captain Draper, was stationed for some time, at Harper's Ferry, where it constructed Fort Duncan, its commander being promoted to nie in the early part of 1863. Soon after Major Draper recefved the appointment of colonel of the Second North Carolina colored regiment, which he aswisted in organiaing, and was mustered, with it, in the fall of that year. The regiment was stationed at Norfolk, Portsmouth, and at Point Lgokout until June, 1864, when it was made part of the Tifird (General Paine’s) division of the Twenty-fifth corps, and ordered to the front, Colonel Draper took part in the various engagements of the corps during the operations against Petersburg, and ‘was brevetted for gallant conduct at New Market, where he commanded the First brigade of the Third division ‘This brigade, with General Draper at its head, was the fSirst to enter Richmond. On the 30th of May General Draper left City Point with his command for Texas, and arrived at Brazos on the 23d of June, The new Third division, as it is called, of the Twenty-fifth corps, was soon after organized, and Genoral Draper placed in command, which he retained up to th 28th of July, when he was relieved by Brigadier General . B. Clark, and ordered to the command of the First brigade of the Second division, stationed at Indianola. Upon being rolieved General Draper asked and received ission to remain at Brazos until tho arrival of his ily, who were dally expected. On the day of bin death the General had been out gun- ning, and om his return, when within ten rods of bis headquarters, ho was struck in the back by a rifle ball and immediately fell from his horse, An examination showed that the spinal column was injured and that the wound would eeney res tga ™ |. ‘There were con- flicting accounts as to what point the ball eame from, but it was established that the shot came froma party of soldiers who wero firing at a target in the distance. The General retained his senses for twenty-four hours after the accident, fully realizing his position, after which he sunk into insensibility and remained #0 until he died. He leaves a wife and four children. His body is tw be conveyed to bis home in Massachusetts, HOM, WILLIAM BAYLES, OF MABSACHUSETTS. Hon. William Bayles, of Massachusetts, formerly mem- ber of Congress, died at Taunton, Mage., on the 27th inst, He was born in Massachusetts in 1777, and educated for the Iaw, Soon after being admitted to practice at the bar he engaged aleo in politics with succoss, and from 1800 to 1813 was almost constantly in the Legislature of the State, In 1813 he was elected to the House of Repre. rentatives of the United States Cong being re elected im 1816, He retired to private life in 1817, and remained in seclusion until the stormy times of 1833, when he war again sent to the House for one term. Since 1835 be hax not held any public office of importance, Let from Alexander H. A Co us (Geor sion t mako extrac to ® gentleman in thi Warren, Boston harbor, letter Mr. Btephens eal — Tam now in much better health than when I wrote to you. The release from close confinement and removal from the quarters in which I was first placed, and being mut in othere mor have been of great nent tome. lam now as well as I ‘was whon I came here. bly be released om parole. This heeoring ; If the bepes founded on it prove to be not illusory, T hope soon to be at hi again, and at no distant day to gee you. ——— and to all inquiring Please remember friends. The liat would be too long for me to undertake to enumerate the mames of all that I bave thought « = about since I bave been bere, in and about jumbus. Yours truly, ALEXANDER M. STEPHENS, Fatal Boiler Explosion at Buffalo. TWO MEN KILLED AND TWELVE OTHBRS INJURED, Burvaro, Sept. 28) 1865. A boiler exploded at Pratt & ©o.'s rolling mill this morning, kiting two men and wounding about twelve others, A section of the boiler, weighing apout half a ton, was herfed threagh the building, a distahos of three hundred feet, H, Stephens Fort In his m A city, The letter iw dat Mane., August 81, 1865, FOUR CENTS. THE FENIANS. Additional Intelligence of the Movement in Ireland. THE FRENCH VIEW OF THE AFFAIR. &e. ake. kee Apprchonato: sf ba : Bea try—Dis~ ec From the Dublin Daily Express, 16.1 Wo think the time has come when it is unjust to all clagses of our countrymen to suffer this Fenian folly to go further unpunished. When from so many quarters of the country we hear of night y drilling and daily marching, there must be some seeds of disaj scattered pretty ly over the No doubt these reports ‘turn out in many cases to be absurd exaggerations; but the very fact of such groundless panics having been ex- cited shows the existence of a terror to which loyal per- song ought not to be exposed. It may be prudent to trot mannikin traitors with contempt and indifference 80 long as they only ventilate their fury in seditious newspapers or at public meetings; but when resident country gentlemen and sensible and experienced magis- trates begin to arm their servants and to send their plate to the banke for safety, there must exist some real ground for serious alarm 'in the cular places where that alarm is felt; and from s terrors, even if the matter could never arrive at anything worse, the loyal subjects of the realm have a riglit to be protected. We learn that in many of the garrison towns of Ireland there are to be found men wearing the Queen's uniform ard marching unier the Queen's colors, who openly rejoice in the cheap patriotirm and notoriely of calling themartors If it be true that ‘discipline is the life of the army,” this ought not to be tolerated for a moment. It, of course, is only at present to be found among those who have been lately recruited from the localities where these mischievous Yankee missionaries have established themselves; but if if were allowed to go abroad that there are signs of disaffection among the Queen's troops, the moral effect, both on the soldiers and on thes simple country perple, would be very prescient. We certainly have no wish to magnify the contempt- ible bluster of this foreign propaganda into the propor- tions of a national rebellion, and we doubt not that the government are already fully informed of the extent and ‘of the particulars of this sedition. We would but suggest that these ignorant dupes should not be allowed to dis- turd or inconveniance quiet, peaceable people in their homes, and that it would be, perhaps, more merciful to the unfortunate dolinquents themselves to visit a few of them with summary chastisement for their offences, while they are still insignificant, than to allow them to go on until they have committed themselves in a rash moment to some grave crime, for which no light punish- ment could be awarded, Landing of Federal Soldiers in Ircland. [From the Cork Herald, Sept. 9) ‘ The six gun sloop-of-war Gladiator, and the gunboats Highlander and Rose, left Queenstown on Wednesday evening to cruise on the west coast of Ireland. Her Ma- jesty’s ship Liverpool, forty-two guns, unexpectedly ‘sailed into this harbor at two P. M. on Thursday. She is oxpected to leave, in company with the gunboat Sandfly, this morning, also for the west coast. Whether correctly or incorrectly, these movements are spoken of in con- nection with some anticipated Fenian demonstration ; and this attention to the safety of the west coast in par. ticular is said to have been awakened by the landing of & body of disbanded federal soldiers in the neighborhood of Galway. Her Majesty’s steam tender Advice Is to leave for Bantry Bay. England's Militony, Training of Use to the * {From the Cork Constitution, Sept, 12.) All through the country the conspiracy » and in places is it without sym izersand friends. To the ‘town of Enniscorthy, in the county of Wexford, it is believed to have been carried by navvies engaged on the railroad. On Wednesday tthere was an agricultural show, and as two gentlemen (Mr. C— and Mr. L——) were leaving the dinner about twelve at night, they heard a number of men 4rilli in a field near the “Let go in,” said the for- In they went, and, listening for a moment to a functionary directing the ements in military fashion, Mr. L—— followed 1% and his orders were promptly and accurately obeyed y seomed surprised at his appearance, but took bim for axdelegate from Dublin, until, laying his hand on the driller, be bim'in the name of ‘the Queen. The fellow immediately struck him and knocked hin down; but he soon rose and got away. Mr. L—, not knowing whether it_ was fun or carnest, remain until two of them offered to conduct him home. to the police office to look for bir friend, who had, as it one thither sa.give. in- formation, and on their aj he identified them as among the trainers, They were taken before the magis- trates and remanded. The leader, who struck Mr. C—, is a determined villain. He wasa convict; and on the expiration of his semtence, four years ago, went to En- niscorthy, where he lived in idieness, but was never without money. He joined the militia, and there ac- quired he military knowledge he is imparting lo the Fe- nian, He is well known, and but for the imprudence of a constable would now be in custody. The constable had received directions from the resident magistrate (Mr. Denehy) not to attempt his apprehension alone, but to wait quietly, and, with the ald of others, secure him ar he passed the police office, which he did'daily more than once. The directions, however, were not complied with, Either impatient or over-confident, the constable roined him singly but was soon shaken off. Some of the re apectable Inhabitants endeavored to nssiet, but there were Fenians at hand, and their companion was rescued. The French View of the Moveme [From the Paris “Monde,” September 13.) The progress of Fenianism in’ Ireland begins to make England uneasy. This new association originated in America, Where it 1s known that a great numbor of Iris botake themselves, to procure the bread which their up fortunate country Caunot supply. The spectacle of re publican institutions, and « Latred of England, which condemns them to a’ painful exile, have inspired them with @ longing towrest Ireland from English rule, and to establish a separate republic. They are dof aiming at adispossexsion of all proprietors, and ion of alfthe lands among thorselves. Everybody knows that in Ireland, since the Conquest and the English con fiscations, the ‘political question is complicated with « social one. The American Fenians send money, arine and emissaries to their,brethren in Ireland. The move- ment has latterly been'so active that the Englieh govern- ment has felt some alarm, Not content with sending « fmall squadron to the southern coast of the island, to watch the creeks and barbors, and to intercept suspic-ou communications, it has given orders to Admiral Dacres to anchor in Bantry bay with the Channel fleet, The © jtadt Volks Festival. Some fourteen or fiftceu tivusand persons were con- grogated yesterdey at Hamilton Park, on Sixty-eixth street and Third avenue to celebrate the Cannstadt Volks Festival, or rathor an imitation of a popular re union of the Germans of the State of Wurtemberg, which annually takes place at the town of Cannstadt. The fes- tivities were arranged under the auspices of a com mittee composed of the natives of Schwabenland, of whom there are about forty th mand residing in this city. The festivities were of a rather peeuliar and Judi crous character, as they are customary in the southern section of Germany, especially in that part of the country which i# called the kingdom of Wur- temberg. The fostival grounds were tastefully decorated in a pecular style, on the centre of which was placed the Fostsaeule, built of fruits, flowers, vegetables and grain, in imitation of the annual exbibition of Produce at Cannstadt, where the produce on exhibition is put up in the shape of a huge pillar, The festivities were composed of a series of performances of an original character, prominent among which was a peasant's wed- ding—Bauern Hochzeit—with all ite attendant ceremo- nion, The wedding took place on @ stage erected for this purpose on the festival grounds, after which, with the assistance of the dramatic section of the Schwaeb ischer Saengerbund—a German musical ization — several burlesques were performed, suc are ilow trative of the nature and character of tue sone of Schwa beuland. ‘About half a dozen or more of these, for instance, have been hunting abare, and finally got into a great deal of tribulation, when they moet the hare, Previouw to these periormances @ procession was formed of those members participating, all—male and female— appearing {in the fantastic and classical costumes of the peasantry of two or three centuries ago. This burleaqu jon formed quite a feature, The roceeen as headed by the bride and her ma ds, fol Kiwed by the bridegroom and hia followers, Then fol. lowed the peasantry in their fantastical costumes, who then, in regular order, appeared on the stage, where the performances took place, The stage was surrounded by thousands of persons to witness these peculiar perform ances, This was tho first Cannatadt Volke Fest held on a grand scale in this city, It has been held twice . When it was celebrated i a more private manne: the Swabre bei largely ly aye no this olty, they may a ‘woll introduce here thei wliar and popular festivities as well an the ross of the Germans in this country. These fentivition, by the way, differ omen a from, — usual Serra, excepting ‘usual con. pt Ag popular erage, Although Od the ground no distu of any ty ‘snd a suftolent police force wan prepent to pro- teot the excursionists from apy interference on the part of the roughs ang , a The LaCrosse and Milwaukee Retlroad, Mg.wavess, Bept. 28, 1908, ‘The Circuit Court of the United Ststes entered a de cree fos the foreolpeare and sale of the LaCrosse and Mil wastes Railroad yesterday. org