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Judge Advocate Caipman yesterday concluded the + reading of Lis argument for the prosecution before the Wirz court martial, devoting himself principally to the second charge, pronouncing the accused guilty of mar. der, in vivlativu of the laws and customs of war, This portion of his address is subdivided into four parts, charging Wirz respectively with being guilty of causing the death of the prisoners by hunting them with hounds, by put in the stocks and chain gang, by order- fines ing (.¢ guards to shoot them, and by killing them with his own buds. On all these points, the Judge Ad- vocate tends, the evidence is positive, dirvct and ciear, and shows beyond a doubt th: responsibility of tho accused ior every murder commit- ted at Avdersonville, He mainta’ned that in eighse instances celiberate murders were committed by Wirz’s own bad On the conclusion of the argument Wirz made a re quest was granted, (hat he might be examined by @ doctor, in uhe of the court, for the p: pose of showing that ically incapable of comm.tting the and murders with which he wus charged. For this, purpose Lae od of tors ans the deors were closed, the President commission announcing that they would not adn be ito the , and the members went into secret tt the result has not yet been made public MISCELLANEOUS. Soath Carolina news of much interest, up to Wednes alitic yurt roum was ¢ ow gestion day iast, was brouglt by the steamship Andalusia, which arrived here rday from Charléston, She brought, however, of course, no roturns of the election for Governor and members of the Legislature, which took place on the day of her sailing. It appeared, however, to Re possing off quivtly. General Bennett issued an order probibiting army officers in any manner interfering Wilh it, and forbidding the presonce of soldiers in the vicinity of the poiling places, The working men of Charleston held « meeting on the 16th inst, at which they a‘pted an auiress to their fellow citizens and nominated Wade Hampton for Governor. In their ad dress they expres their bohef that the destruction of slavery «li ultimately prove a great benetit to all the people of the ally to the workingman, as it will tend to free him from the monopolies of capi- talivsts and dignity The hostile attitude toward each other in some parte of Fontis ( of the whites and bineks is represented 85 asst {4 phase thratening serious results anless the ddiiculties b> speedily adjusted. Expecially ts this the cave along portions of the coast and on the sea islands, where the negroes have been established on the abandoned plantations, subject to the control of . the offt- cers of iho Freedwen's Bureau, The planters, who, now Bhat the rebc'lion has beeu crushed, are anxious to regain possexsign of there ‘aude, allege that the freedmen ure allowing them togo to ruin, do not raise enough for their own ma.ntenance, are totally neglecting prepara tions for next year's crop, and yet refuse to give up possession, The white South Carviinians are consids- rably incensed ayainst the Freedien’s Bureau officials, ‘whom they charge with encouraging tho negroes in their pesumptions, It is principally with the object of en. denvoring to adjust these difficulties, as we have hereto- fore announced, that General Howard, Commissioner of @he Freedmen's finroau, is now on a visit to South Caro- @ina. Tho General arrived in Charleston on Tuesday last, Dry the overland route from Raleigh, N. C., and left the prext day for Columbia, to have an interview with Gov- frnor Perry. It is expected that on his return to Charles. Gon he will deliver an address to the citizens. “+ One hundred and oighty South Carolinians were yes- Perday pardoned by President Johnson. Additional details of the closing proceedings of the ‘North Carolina Convention are given in our Raleigh des- patches. Tho telegram of President Johnson to Gover- nor Holden in regard to the debt incurred by the Stato in aid of the rebellion, alluded to in our issue of yesterday, and which was laid before the Convention, we give complete to-day. The Presi- dont says that every dollar of thy State debt incurred to fsaist the effort to destroy the national government should be repudiated finally aud forever, and that those qwho have given their means for this unlawful purpose must be left to their fate, as no such obligation can bo recognized by any loyal State. The ordinance repndiat- ing this debt passed the Convention by a vote of elghty- four to twolve, An ordinance for the purpose of raising State militia force to suppress outlawry was also faamnd ‘The Convention adjourned cn Thursday last. to meet again on tho 17th of next May. It is thought that Provisional Governor Holden stands the best chance of being elected Governor. é Secretary Seward, during his recent visit to his home in Auburn, delivered another address on national affairs to his neighbors and fellow townsmen, tm vindication of President Jobnson’s plan of reconstructing the rebellious and fully competent to deal with the extraordinary difficulties of his situation. Referring to the Monroe Doctrine, as connected with Mexican affairs, Mr. Seward said that he was sure this !mportant matter had not been lost sight of by the President for a moment, and he expected that ‘we shall see republican institations, wherever they have been heretofore established through- out the American continent, speedily vindicated, re- newed and reinvigorated." Alexander H. Stephens, rebel ex-Vice President, left ‘Washington for Georgia yesterday, determined, it is said, to urge upon the people of his State the acceptance of the President's conciliatory policy. Among the ex-rebels who called on the President yes- terday were K. M.T. Hunter, of Virginia, and Pierre Soule, of Louisiana, both formerly United States Sena- tors. General Turner, commanding the district of Richmond, Va., yesterday gave permission for the city government to organize, the objectionable members having given up their claims to office. A meoting of the Council was held last night, at which an organization was effected and the office of Mayor declared vacant. By accounts of the 6th inst. from Fort Sully it would appear that the projected council for the purpose of effecting a treaty with the Indians of the Northwest has Proved a failure, the government commissi2ners arriving at the appointed place about two weeks too late. The buffalo season had commenced, and the savages were more disposed to give attention to the grand hunts than to peace negotiations. A large number of them were encamped some distence from Fort Sully, but were afraid that the invitation for them to proceed to that place was merely given for the purpose of entrapping them. A very interesting presentment of political, social and miscellancous adairs and events in England, France and Italy is furnished in the correspondence from the capi- tals of all threo of those countries given in our issue of to-day. Atnong their contents is a disclosure of an ar- rangement which it is said was entered into between the Emuperers Louis Napoleon and Maximilian at the time of the establishment of the Me: ‘can empire, by which a pledge tg sustain that establishment against all its foes was made by the former potentate, and by which, in return, Maximilian stipulated, in case he should die without issuo, that Mexico should become a French colony. It appears that the aristocracy and finan- cers of England are not the only Europeans of their respective classes who were victimized by the bonds of the Jeff. Davis confederacy, as some French- men of note are mentioned as having suffered to an un- comfortable extent through investments in those securi- ties. In Italy the excitement caused among the people by the Finance Minister's announcement of a purpose to impose new and exceedingly burthensome taxes has been allayed by the government officially acknowledging its error and promising to make speedy correction in a manner that will prove entirely satisfactory.- Notwith- standing the inherently hostile attitude toward each other of the kingdoms of Italy and Austria, it is said tliat while the latter is increasing her armed force the former is diminishing hers. The deliberations of the National Congress of the Fenian Brotherhood will be protracted into the boginning of the present week, owing to the amount of business: com ng before the body. Important changes in the con- stitution of the Order are contemplated. The nomen- clture of the office of Head Contre ts to be changed to that of President—an official who will be assisted by bureaus in charge of the departments of finance, war and general management. The bonds and address of the new Irish republic will be issued within the coming week. Our correspondent appends an interesting ac- count of the origin, spread, organization, powers and intentions of American Fenianism. Great excitemont and rejoicing were occasioned in the congress during the day by the announcement that Mr, Killian, delegate from Missouri, had succeeded in procuring from Pre- sident Johnson the unconditional release of John M.tchel. Cheers were given for the President, for the United States, for Mr. Killian and for Mitchel, The suit of MissLaura Keene against certain theatrical managers for producing the play of Our American Cousin was again in the Superior Court yesterday, before Indge Monell, but, on account of the absence of Judo Moner ef, was adjourned over till to-morrow. Two new aflidavits have been presented in the case by the de- fendants, One is by Mrs, Chapman, formerly Mrs, Joshua Silsbee, who sets forth that Mr. Silsbee became legitimately possessed of the original manuscript of the play iu question; that at his death it became her property, and that she, fora sufficient consideration, erantel to Messrs. Wheatley and Clarke the privilege of producing tt, ‘ ive Edward L, McWilliams, of the Jersey City ver to New York yesterday morning about k, and in passing the corner of Wash- streets several men attacked and Finding himself overpowered, the oficer volver and fired, the ball taking effect In the and Cortla him. left temple of a young* man, twenty-one years of age, namd John Johnson, who lived at No. 16 Thames street. Johnson fell1o the pavement, from which he was taken up iuseasibie and removed to the Now York Hospital, where he expired shortly afterwards. Detective McWil- Jiams immodiately surrendered himself to an officer, to await the result of an inquest, which was held imme- ately after, The Jury in the verdict justified Mr. Me- Williams in the shooting, and he was liberated. It is said that his assailants were men who had threatened h'm with personal violence some days ago in Jersey City because be had pointed some of them out as thieves. The deceased was a bartender, A disastrous fire, attended with loss of life, occurred in Charleston on last Wednosday. It was in the business part of the city, and destroyed several mercantile and manufacturing establishments and a newspaper office. he loss is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. Thirty or forty persons were buried in the ruins, from Aftcon to twenty of whom, it is thongnt, were instantly killed. The others were extricated in a dreadfully in- Jured and suffering condition. ‘Three blocks of buildings Im the town of Keene, Now Hampehire, were completely destroyed by fire on Thurs- day night. On tho same night a woollen factory in Phi- ladeiphia was burned, entailing a loss of forty-five thou- sand dollars, Yostordey a vinegar factory in St. Louis was destroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at forty thousand dollars, The schooner Plymouth Rock, lying at the India wharf, Boston, was badly damaged by fire on Thorsday night. The losses by the burning of the freight ‘buildings be- longing to the Michigan Central Railroad, it is now as- serted, will not fall short of one million five hundred thousand dollars. The value ot the flour alone destroyed was upward of three hundred thousand dollars. Additional accounts of the disastrous effects of the Inte gale reach us. On the Nova Scotia ernst tho brig H. B. Forrest was totally wrecked om Thursday, and three schooners wero driven ashore yesterday morning. The steamer Charles C. Leary, from Galveston for New York, experienced the gale, but escaped damage, and put into Hatteras Inlet. The steamship Guiding Star, which was due at this port yesterday from New Orleans, was dotained in the Mississippi river by the low state of tho water on the bar, which she did not eres until six o’clock in the even- ing of Thursday last, She will be due hero on Wednes- day next, and will sail the Saturday following, as ad- vertised. a» A rafo in the railroad station at Flushing, Long Island, was blown open with powder by barglars on Friday night and robbed of ight thousand dollars, Two Ger- were arrested on suspicion of being the guilty per- sons, but were afterwards released, there being no evi- dence against them. Dr. Abraham J. Berry, who was the first Mayor of Wilhamsburg, L. 1, died in that place last night, aged sixty-eight years, The stock market was slightly firmer yesterday, and closed steaily. Gold was steady, and closed at 146). Governments were heavy. & ‘There was not a great deal of business done yesterday, yet there was rather moro than ie usual on Saturday, and about as much as on any one day last week. Foreign merchandise was steady and firm. Domestic produce was father irregular, The reaction in breadstuffs was the feature of the day, Cotton was dull and nearly nominal, Petroleum was quiet, but firm. Groceries were steady, On ‘Change flour was more active and firmer. Wheat was also firmer. Corn was loss active and easior, Po: was irregular, and at the opening declined, but ol firmer, Lard was stondy, and whigkoy wag NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, OUTOBER 22, 1865, Mr. Seward’s Speech at Auburn—Presi- dent Johnson and His Polley Fully Endorsed. The speech of Mr. Seward at Auburn on Fri- day last, which we lay before our readers this morning, will be found well worthy an attentive perusal, considering the source from which it comes and the broad conserva- tive views and significant hints given upon the important subjects discussed. This speech is evidently a carefully considered exposition and endorsement of President Johnson’s domestic and foreign policy, and in view of our ap- proaching State election. Apparently it is not @ party speech, and is therefore, like the administration itself, open to the support of both parties. Taking the salient points of this discourse as they are presented, we find, first, that our gov- ernment stands to-day “without one cause of dangerous discontent at home, and without an enemy in the world.” This assurance from the Seoretary of State is very gratifying, though we apprehend that it will be read with a smile by Louis Napoleon and Lord Palmerston. We have, next, something of an historical sketch of the rise and progress of Andrew Jobnson, in connection with the outbreak, development, decline and downfall of the rebellion and sla- very, in which the patriotic course of Mr. John- son is brought out into bold relief. Next, we have a complete endorsement of his views in reference to the indestructible nature of the States, and the limitations of the powers of the President and Congress concerning them. Here Mr. Johnson and Mr. Seward, on the one side, and Thaddeus Stevens and Senator Sum- ner on the other, stand as wide apart as tho poles. In reference, also, to the restoration of the South, in the matter of time, the difference between these parties is as great; for while Mr. Seward approves the policy of conciliation and restoration as fast as possible, Stevens, Sumner, Phillips and their followers would have the work of military subjugation pushed to the last extremities of Southern confiscation and extermination. No just complaint, Mr. Seward thinks, can be made of the leniency of Andrew Johnson to- ward the South, when “his terms of amnesty to offenders are far more rigorous than those which were offered by Abraham Lincola.” Let the republicans be faithful on their part, and they may depend on the fidelity of the President. They need not have any fear of the integrity of the man. No man “is more free from personal caprice and selfish ambition than Andrew Jobnson.” So says his Secretary of State, Nor is the weight of his testimony weakened by his indiscriminate eulogiums of Messrs. Chase, Cameron and Welles, with other members of the Cabinet from 1861 to the present day ; for Mr. Seward is speaking of his comparatively limited offitial relations and knowledge of them all. His relations with the President have been of necessity of the most intimate and confidential nature, and therefore in his opinion of Andrew Johnson he cannot be mistaken. We can now understand, too, why all the efforts of dissatisfied parties to get old Mr. Welles out of the Cabinet were disregarded by President Lincoln; for, speaking of his Cabinet, Mr. Seward says, “ No council of government ever existed in a revolutionary period in any nation which was either more harmonious, or more loyal to each other, to their chief and to their country.” In fact, from 1861 down to this time, according to Mr. Seward, the administration has been all right; and so we are willing to let it pass to the. his- torian for what it is worth. Looking to the future, everything appears to Mr. Seward in the same beautiful rose-colored hues of a May morning. In reference to Mexico, though the name is not mentioned, he says:— “I am sure that this important interest has not been lost sight of by the President of the United States for a single moment, and I expect that we shall see republican instiiutions, wherever they have heretofore been established throughout the American continent, speedily vindicated, renewed and reinvigorated.” We hold the Secretary of State to that. These words signify a speedy vindication of the® Monroe Doctrine, and no doubt from an under- standing with Louis Napoleon that Maximilian, in a quiet way, will soon be withdrawn. In conclusion, Mr. Seward blends the admin- istrations of Lincoln and Johnson into one in marking the new epoch of that policy which, “however slow, is nevertheless constantly directed toward the destruction of every form of human slavery and the political equality ot all men.” Will not that do for the radicals? And, lastly, says Mr. Seward, in taking farewell of his neighbors, “We will come together again under next October's sun to rejoice in the- restoration of peace, harmony and union throughout the land, Until that time I refrain. from what would bea pleasant task,” &c. As we understand this, Mr.Seward expects to remain in the Cabinet, and he adopts this delicate mothod of imparting the fact for the information of all concerned. This may not be altogether agree- able to Greeley and Beecher, but they must submit to take things as they find them. Surely the millennium must be at hand when we find W. H. Seward and Jobn ‘Van Buren on the same plattorm of the adiuninistration, and only the abolition radicals and the copperheads drifting out to sea. Wuat Are tax. Fire Commissioners Anovt?— We hear of great complaints about the ineffi- cient and improper action of the new Board of Fire Commissioners.. What are they about? Ono hazardous thing wo-know they are contemplat- ing, and that is the-removal of the three fire en- gines located in Ann atreet, in the midst of build- ings.and material highly combustible, to some locality down Parties doing business in Ann street against the removal of the engines, for they allege, with propriety, that. their property would be consumed before the engines could be brought on the ground in case of o fire, Insuramee companies have fan interest in this matter, and they should ex- ercise their influence in having proper means of protection against fire afforded to- property holders in. the street referred to. ‘Tue Barish Goronres anv Rectrnocrry.—A very significant’ resolution has recently been introdueed into the Legislative Assembly of the British colony of Bermuda, to the effect that the Gavernor be requested to communi- cate to the home government the desire of the people that the colony should participate in any treaty of reciprocity trade between the ‘sited States and the British North American that may be entered into between the governments, Some time ago the Cana- ted to regard the Reciprocity treaty value to Canada ; ip fact, they ad- upon due notice given, than they dis- covered that Canada gained some very im- Portant advantages from reciprocity of trade, and they are now most anxious to see the treaty remain in force. The action of the Bermuda Legislature now shows how much the British colonies lean upon the trade and commerce of this country for their prosperity; and their anxiety to enter The Recent Wonderfal Phenomena in Heayen and Earth. Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes and sim|- Isr violent operations of nature are not uncom- mon in this uneasy hemisphere. The whole western slope of the continent is a region of “violence, fracture and fire.” ‘Two or three movements of the earth are felt every year on the Pacific side—now at St. Louis and again at San Francisco. - And as a volcano is an almost necessary result of an earthquake of any con- sequence, we may say that we have also our two or three volcanic eruptions, either on the land or thousands of miles out under the sea. Four earthquakes were felt on the continent in 1864—ranging from the Mississippi to the Paci- fic, and from Canada to Panama. In the pres- ent year we have had already an even larger number. Hurricanes aldo are almost a feature of life in the tropical regions of America—pro- gressive whirlwind storms of the most terrific power. Sometimes these invade the temper- ate zone also, and last year one made a swathe all across the northern section of the United States. But recently a great number of these wonders of nature have occurred within a short period of each other—so short a period as naturally to suggest some relation of cause and effect. On the 6th of September there was a terrible hurri- cane at Guadaloupe, in ihe West Indies, and on the 22d an earthquake at Porto Rico. On the 23d of the same month Mouat Hood, in Oregon, began to discharge volcanic matter, and the internal disturbance thus indicated was also seen in a very considerable earthquake that on the 8th instant rocked the houses of San Fran- cisco to and fro in a very free and easy man- ner, Several celestial wonders have also come in this same period. Some accident of a stu- pendous nature evidently occurred in the sun in September; perhaps a fiery crusi caved in over an immense space, making visi- blenine thousand miles of a darker central substance, That is tae magnitude of the darker part of a spot now visible on the lumin- ary—the length of the whole spot, darker and lighter together, bemg tweuiy-nine thousand miles. In the same eventful September a new planet was discovered in the heavens; and only the other day we had that ever fresh won- der, an eclipse of the sun. We do not assert the relationship of these phenomena, but no man having full regard to the history of science will venture. to deny that such relationship exists. We cannot see, per- haps, that a great wind storm in the West In- dies has anything to do with the agitation of the molten masses beneath the crust of the earth on the Pacifie shore of our continent; nor can we say how a volcanic demonstration of natnre’s gigantic chemical processes may be associated with shadows seen on the sun. But it is known that the disturbances in the sun directly influence the clecirical conditions of the earth, and to the influence of those elec- trical disturbances no one can assign a fimit, They caunot be without their influence on such @ purely atmospheric phenomenon as the hurri- cane, Between the disturbed electrical condi- tions of the earth and the ceniral fires there is also an evident connection. Tremblings ot the earth—shocks, voleanoes—are always pre- ceded by changed electrical conditions; and, when considerable, thia changed condition has even a remarkable influence npon animal And it should be remembered, in con with all those phenomena, that only so long {| ago as when the attempt was made to iny the Atlantic cable the earth wos swept by a ro- markable electric storm. This period of remarkable phenomena compa just at the close of another sort of storm. Ii. fol- lows a great war, and with us, perhaps, precedes @ pestilence, Perhaps it is onc of the ancient errors of the human race that earthquakes aad eclipses accompany pestileace and war. Wars certainly come ofiener tham eclipses or aven comets, and earthquakes. shake countries that are otherwise in tho most -pesitive peace. It may be convenient to assume: this connection when we cannot explain war iw any other way, and there is.some use for sachan assumption in our war. Reflecting that Sonthern men made it, it would seem almost as if their action must have been influenced by some incontrolla- ble madness, as wide spread and general as tho air. But in: the case of pestilence, and espe- cially such a pestilence as: the ehalora, science has made the connection obvious, Ceriain states of the atmosphere umquestionably favor the spread of thaé disease, and these atates may possibly resulh from. the same electrical conditions that associate the natural wonders with ench other. Undoubtedly the physical life of manis thus “subject to all the skyey influ- ences.” Medical science can see very wellithat the influence of an eclipse; a comet or an elec- trical storm, if it changes the condition of the atmosphare, will enable an epidemic te.sweep off a whele section of the human race; and it ac- knowledges as true this. ancient notion, so often denounced as 8 superstitious error. But now we denounce as aaperstitious error the ather an- cient notion, that the eolipse and kindred phe- nomena affect. also our intellectual life. May not the: next hundred years of science prove that also to be a truth? Important To Usnaruratizep Discaarcep Sonpmrs.—We have received séveral letters from discharged soldiers, who state that they are entitled to vete under tho law of Congress, by virtue of the fact of having served three years in the army amd having seceived an hon- orable discharge, asking if they will be re- quired to take out their naturalization papers before they cam vote. As we understand the law of Congress, an alien who served in the army is obliged to take out his naturalization papers before he can vote, the same as any other porson who is born in a foreign country, before he oan ‘become a citizen. The difference between an alien who has served in the army and ono who has not is, simply, that the dis- charged gridior does not have to filo his inten- tions of becoming 6 citizen, while the latter does, The fact of an alien having served the specified time in the army does away with the necessity of his filing papers declaring his in- tention to become a citizen before he can get his papers of citizenship, and that is all. Each and every alien who has served in the army must take out his naturalization papers before he will be entitled to vote. All such who de- sire to vote at the coming election will there- fore take their discharge papers and present them to any court of record, and upon them their papers of citizenship will be granted. Their discharge from the army is the evidence which entitles them to naturalization papers, without the delay of s previous application. potentiate ren Musical. The three brothers Formos—Karl, Theodore and Wil- Ham—announce a series of grand concerts, the first to come off at Irving Hallon Monday, the 80th inst. Kari Formes is too well known here to need any word of commendation from us. Theodore has made a universal reputation in Europe as a tenor, and we believe it was with some difficulty that he was enabled to make his present transatlantic voyage, owing to the urgency of his engagements, Wo have no doubt that the concerts: theso ominent artists will meet with great success, and wil! be gratefully welcomed by the public. FOREIGN MUSICAL, LaSignorina Patti was expected in Paris October 8, for «few hours, According to reports in that city she is ‘not in vory good health. M. Conta was in Paris October 3. The Chronique Musicalé of Paris has discovered a coincidence between the cholera and the production of a new opera by Meyerbecr. Iu 1832 the epidemic followed the first performance of Robert, in 1849 it came with tho Prophéte, and in 1854 with (Evoil dw Nord. And now in 1865 we have l'Africaine, Is the cholera really on its way? Alfred Mellon's concerts were brought to a close for the season, in London, on the 30th of September, Mr. Mellon being woll pleased with the result, The Italian opera in Paris, still under the mauagon ont of M. Bagior, oponod, October 2, with Ricoi’s Crispina et la Comare. The new (English) opera, Castle Grim, was given at the New Royalty, Lonion, October 2, The operatic burlesque, Lucia di Lammermoor; or, ‘The Laird, the Lady, and the Little Lovor, draws crowded houses at the Prince of Wales’ theatre, London. on’s African opera troupe is at the Alexaudra, Forcign Theatricals. Arrah na Pogue draws well at the Theatre Royal, Glas- gow, Scotland. Miss Bateman’s farewell provincial tour in Great Britain, previous to her departure for America, is thus announced :—Theatre Royal, Birmingham, September 25; Theatre Royal, Dublin, October 16; Theatre Royal, Gins- gow, October 31; and Theatre Royal, Manchester, Novem- ber 20. Lovo’s Sacrifice was given at Sadler's Wells theatre, London, on the 30th of September, Miss Marriett, the Gireetress of the house, taking the part of Margaret EL more; Matthew Elmore was played by James Bennett; Jean Ruse by John Rouse, the low comedian at the Lyceum during tho management of Madame Celeste. Nelly, or the Companions of the Chain, is played nightly at the Marylebone theatre, London, to the de- light of the “doys,"" who freqnent the house in great numbers. Adah fsaacs Menkin Heenan was to appear at Astley's, London, on the 9th of October, ax the lending character in the Child of the San, a new melo-drama, written by John Brougham, Mrs. Calvert is playing the Blind Princess in King Rene's Daughter, at the Prince's theatre, Manchester, England. i Fire and Water was played, for the first time; before a very crowded audience at the Prince of Wales’ theatre, Liverpool, on the 24 of October, Mr, J. 1. Toole ap- pearod as Joe Bright, the Fireman, and was very wel! received, Lionel Brough and Mise Stuart appeared in the samme piece. Mr. Fechter (a Frenchman) played an exeelient Hamlet at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, Octobor 2. Chnisty’s Minstrels have returned t#St. James” Hall, Liverpool The members of the Britiats Dramatic Club tn Momte- video are enjoying thomsclves and amusing their friends with amateur theatricals, notwithstandiag the war in ‘that part of the world. A very fine exhibition of American art may be looked for in Now York in the spring of 3866. Our artists did not neglect their studies during their summer tour, and ure now returning to town with we’ filled portdolios. Charets {in Vermont, from tarauica, W. T. Giguonx, Hieks, W. T. Richards, Honp, Laurte; Toman wad Martin are just from the Adirondacks, Bierstadt hax two profitable commissions frem the Engitsh capitalicts now in New York Thoms Adams, of Hartford, Conn.,. has completed a monument of Ftatian veined rnarble, % be erected by Mra, # Porkins Clark to the momory of the iate Lieutenant D. P, Dewey, who was killed at the bustle of Irish Bond, Touisinna, April id, 1863, Lentze has gone to the field of Gettystmrg in corspany with Gangral Haneoek and Mr. Bancroft ett and. 8, R Gifford employ themselves ors sub- jects takernfrom: White Mountain scenes, Eestioan Johnsew has been among tho fine old man- sions of the State o? Maine. Williata: Hunt, of Boston, expects to ran to Europe soon, in company with bir, Vedder. J. F. Cropeey. is ut Bis residence, Greenwood Lake, New Jersey. He is engaged on a large picture of awan- tumnsl peoue, whieh will be chromo-lithographed.in Kagland for the National Art Association. Obitaary. GEORG: Ve LAWRENCE, OF PENNSTLVANIA, Mr. George V. Lawrence, a Represostative eitet from Penusytvania: to the Thitty-ninth Congress, Cled in Washington county, of that State, on the: 13th inst. From the unpublished edition of the ‘Dictionary of Con- gress’ we iearn that he-was born in Washington county, Va., in 1818, and that his father, Joseph Lawrence, was in Congress before him He ved a liberal education and devoted bimsell to-agei pursuits ; -was elected to the Pennsylvania Legisiatore in 1844, 1847, 1868 and 1859, and to the State Menate in 1848, 1849). 1850, 1861 and 1860, officiating as-Speaker during the last term; and he frequenity served in the cemventions of the State, and was considered a maa of superior ability. CHARLRS J. FERRIS, Charles Jo Ferris, Esq, died at Ellery, Chautacgna county, N. Y., on Wednesday last, aged twenty-six years. Mr. Forrio-during the: war hold the most important and responsible position of operator on the War Depart- ment tel yh linein the American Telegraph Com- en tgp in this. city, where, by his integrity and ity todis arduous duties, he gained the unqualified esteem of the high efficials of the government, as well as the office of the Se. His remains. will, be- in- terred at Kast Aurora, Erie county, N. DR. J. M. MORIARTY. Doctor J. M. Moriarty, formerly port physician at Deer Island, Boston Harbor, died suddenly of heart disease, on Friday, at his residence in Kast Bosten, aged Afty-oigxt yoars, MARSHAL SANTA-CRUD Marshal Santa-Cruz, whose obsequies. were colobrated at Vorvailles on the 8d October, was formerly President of the Republic of Bolivia, Tho latter portion of his life was pare in ae to which country ho was much attached. His sol ae jemeire in with a y, the celebrated sh naturalist, parts of ve and his efforts to See rogress of thecountry, assign hima high rank among leadors of eivill ‘The Navy. DISTINGUISHED VISITOR. Qeneral Bon Kustorge Salgar, late Minister from Colombia to the United States, visited tho Brooklyn Navy . shown all that is interesting to be Mad departed si highly pleased with hia Visit wacad THR SLOOP-OF-WAR BROOKLYN, This veagct recoived sailing osders from Washington on incadey, dopart for Brazil on or about Monday th ior wil ortaan trom the Navy Yard to anchorage off the Battery to-day. OFFICERS DETACHED. Acting Volunteor Lieutenants T. F. Wado and B. Mor. an have been relieved from duty in the Brooklyn Navy Yara ‘and placed on “waiting orders’ roll. Masonic Bx: \e PortLann, Me,, Oct. 21, 1866, Tho visitors from the Monroe Commandery of Knights Tomplar, of Rochester, Now York, thirty atrong, arrived here from Quobee at half-past two o'clock this afternoon, and were received by tho Poruand Commandery, who will ontortain them here until Tuasday, NOBTH . CAROLINA: .. 2 ——— > Debate on Ordinance Forever Prohibiting the Assumption of the Rebel Debt. Its Final Passage by a Vote of 84 to 12. PREPARING FOR THE ELECTION. kee ke. kee Raxmiau, Oct. 18, 1866. The Convention to-day passed an ordinance to raise @ temporary armed militia in the State to presorve law and order, the approval of General Ruger to such acourse ‘~ having been obtained. : ‘The ordinance turning out all the Judges of the Su- Premo and Superior Courts and other officers who had taken the Confederate oath was taken up, and the Con- vention was approaching its last hours, when a message was announced from the Governor, and was found te contain a telegram from the President declaring that ‘all war debts contracted om account of the rebellion should be repudiated.’” - The bill prohibiting forever the payment of the debt, introduced by Mr, Settle, will now be taken up and passed without opposition. 8 Eloction matters begin to be agitated. Governor Hol- den and Jonathan Worth, the present State Treasurer, are both out to-day as candidates for Governor. Worth will be supported by all the secession clement, but hegs a strong Union man, and in the Legislature of 1860 voted against calling the convention to take the State out of the Union. Lewis Haynes, Private Secretary of Gover- nor Holden, has resigned, and runs for Congress in the Randolph district on the Worth ticket, The fact that all secessionists oppose Holden will probably unite the true Union vote on him and elect him. 4 Raeian, Oct. 19, 1865. The Convention to-day had a warm debate on the war debt, Messrs, Moore, Winston, B. F. Caldwell, Boydem and others denouncing the President's interference as dictation. Judge Phillips made an able speech in vindication or the President, who was, he declared, actuated alone by his earnest desire to see the South restored to civil government and to her old position in the Union. ‘Tho ordinance prohibiung any assumption of the debt passed the second reading, after a warm and somewhat factious opposition, by eighty-four to twelve, ‘The true character of the opposition was disclosed when some of the promment opponents were excused from voting om the admission that they had a personal interest im ft, On reassembling in the evening the Convention voted down the améndment to refer the second section of the ordinance to the people, and then the ordinance was read a (hird time and passed by a large majority. The announcement of the result was received with applause. So the whole rebel war debt, direct and indirect, is for- ever repudiated, The release of the loyal people from the burden of this debt is entirely owing to the Pres. dent's prompt and decisive action, The ordinary resolutions at parting were adopted. The President, in taking leaving of the Convention, said: GeNTLEMRN oF THR CoxvaNTion—Our work is finished. The breach m owr governinont, as faras the same wae 4 by force, has beer overcome by force, and so far as the same had the sanction 0 legislation the legislation has been declared to be null and void. So that there remains nothing to be done except the withdrawal of mili power, when all our governmental relations will be re- stored, without further asking on the of the United States, The element of slavery, which basso long dis- tracted and divided the ns, has by a unanimous vote been abolished. Every man’ in the State is free. ‘The reluctance which for a’ while was felt to the suddom ond radical change in our domestic relations—a tanco which was mado opprossive to us by our kind feet- ings for the slave and by our apprehensions ot the evils which were to follow him—has yielded to the determination to be to him, as we always have been, his best friends; to advise, protect, educate and elevate him, to seek his con- fidence and to give him ours; and, each occupying sp. propriate positions. toward the other, to cherish for past and cultivate for the futuro those strong.and mutual attachments which have been hallowed at the hearth- stong, in the church, in the sick room and at: tho grave. It remains for us to return to our constituents and engage with them in ths great work of restoring Our beloved / State to order and prosperity. As long as I romember anything with pleasure, my heart will beat faster when Z reflect, gevtlemen, upon your kindness to me. You have hopered ma with your confidence and exeused my imperfections. I have not to remembor a single dis- courtoay. I wish yon a sa’e journey to your affectionate families, that your lives may be useful, honorable and happy, and that God may bless you. The Conventiva then adjourned till the third Thussday in May. City Intellige: Tax Carrees ov Sava, The Waatcurster Coustr Brre> Lan.—Mr: Thomas Lyons, the rogular watchman oa- gaged inthe'care of the premises No. 307 Broadway, im which Charles #mith, the artist-burglar, of Westchester county, wns found secreted, on the night of the 16% inst., makes # statement somewhat in conflict with the _account of the proceeding published in the Hikxanp of the 19th of this month. He claims that ho diseovered something.was wrong about the store of Mr. Dewey, and called a policemen; alto, that officer Gunson, and nob } Captain Petty, szould have the credit of finally seacehing out and se“uring the would-be burglar, The watchmam appears to have-per.ormed bis duty faithfolly uméil re- lieved by the proper officers of the law. Sime vor tax Naw Ovuaa Hovss,—The following are some of tle sales of real estate recently made by- E. HL Ladlow & Coy:—-Ret» corner of Fourth avenue an& Twenty-third stroet, cighty-four fect on the avenud; one hundred feet im the rear, and two hundred feet om Twenty-third wtroet, $144,000; the site is purchased te secure it for na Italian opera house. Three lo% in Beoad- way, runping through to Mercer street, seventy-five by two hundred. fect, brought $270,000; and two half:lote adjoining on Mercer street, $35,000. Theac lots were pure hased forthe: erection of magnificent stores for twa , of our most.prominent furnishing goods merchants. Four lots on Fifty-ninth street, fron! he Central. Park, one hundrad by two hundred feet, were sold for $65,000. Nor Dean Yxt:—Iu giving publicity to a series of resolutions. prepared by ® committee of Company A, error was committed which might, if unexpla! cause trouble among the friends and relatives of ie re EA Smith—alsoa member of name, through agcidont, was substituted for that of the ly, |, Wm, M, Smith Acquaintances-of Mr: ‘Wm. J. Smith are assured that he is not dead, but living. Tax Baooxtyn avy Rockaway Beaow Raltroap.—Thise new railroad, which starts from East New York and runs te Broxan.—It wil be remembered thad Mr. Charles Graham, Issrrction op te Krontn Recwnert, Nationat, Geane.—p Tisiseorganization will be inspected to-morrow’afternoom, ‘at one o'clock, at their armory. Troop will form the south side of Grand right oa area, mounted; field and eal jeeeneas* ——— News from the West Indies, BERMUDA ANXIOUS FOR AMERICAN TRADE. ul he Borranda Gazette, Ont. 3. Abatractof the fed v Juill gave notice shat on noxt ‘move the following message to House Arsem!| Oa yo! juest thas, ir Rxoalency wil be pleased commaustoato to her ‘