The Sun (New York) Newspaper, July 20, 1865, Page 1

4 | % \ \ TALE Hc ~~ 8. Number 10 The Latest iby Telegraph to the WN. VY. Sam, ——— 6. O12 FASHINGTON DISPATCHES ACQUITTAL OF MISS HARRIS, Exciting Scenes in the Court. The Lady Faiuts and is Carried Out in the Arms of Her Counsel}. MORE PARDON APPLICATIONS Fort Pillow Forreat on His Knees PARDON OF EWELL AND WIFE REDUCTION OF ‘THE ARMY, The Recont Jail Delivery, DEMEANOR OF THE PRISONERS. Mudd & Co. Much Depressed. Harris Jokes--McCullough Serions A PEEP AT JEFF. DAVIS. How Ho Srends His Time. LATER ELRGPEAN NEWS. THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS, Prosress of the Chotera in Egypt. INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS The Gert Acac n Sue ngertest—Free y Commencement— tican Sympathy Meeting. &e., From Washi Acqnuittal of iiee Uarris bhaciting Scenes Ip the Court .oom Pardon Applicase Hons Fort Ti ow borrest Amoug Them —Keduction of the Army, Ete. Washington Harris term! trial 0; Miss Mary noon, having occupied ed with July 19.—The atod thie aft te days, The court-room was densely crow interested spectators, including many Indies, long betore the Court was formally opened, Hon, D. W, Voorbe «made the closing speech in behalf of the ac- cused, and Distiict Attorney Carrington delivered the cx iding arwument ior the prosecution. The Jatter eaid appeal d teen madeto the sympathies of the jury—not! else, and be could prove it Great God, he exclatmed, what au array of coun- eel! Joseph . Fb the great and eminent iT er Before be bad finished the sentence, Marshal Good- fing interrupted the speaker, telling the lence ther must conse lax eg, or he vould arrest thet. Mr, Carrineton ex Let them laugh, Judge ; thoy have the right to laugh or ery, Continuing hie re marks, b If the jury acqult this woman on the ground of insanity, ther + npon the record a fact that will make ther look ridiculous, The seeve ie laid m Chicago, We find thet Mary Harris mee Mar keeps a millinery establiehment. What r Went wae thet? Jude » called the attention of the Court to the mnisvepresentation of the evidence by the District Attorne enid who Jade Wylie informed the District Attorney that Ye should not siiate upon Misa Devlin aa to the character ot t ouse, becouse the counsel for the defence had attacked Dr, Burroughs. ‘There was no- thing in evidence seainst the cha:ucterof the house of Misa Deviin, and be would not permit him to make an attack i on the house, though he misht comment ar much a he liked upon the testimony of those la- dies ; but he chould not saeail ber Louse, againat which there wae no evidence, Mr, Carriuton—No man ehall say that Iwas ever eseentocower, | diechiree my duty in the tear of God, and withont the tear of man Judge W, io—You shail not goon in that manner, r. Twili put you in the custody of the Marwhal’ Le shall not go on, vir, in that will have no discursion between you wad my determined f to Hughes eaid he did not desire to interrupt rict Attorney, He therefore hoped he would hirmeell to the evidence and within bounds, yoo sad it was unpleasant for his to in- terrupt counsel; but in closing arguinent, the counre) must Limit themselves to the recognined bounde, Mr, Carrington reeumed hie argument, and again denounced Miss Deviin Mr. ti adler said euch conduct was unbecoming a gent) wan, aud vo gentleman would use ench lan- guse could not sit quietly and suffer the uator- tuna’ ind) to be insulted by Mr, Carmngton, he would do bis duty, seoiued (hat no gentleman could use G ngton eaid he would return the ingult, the erau baving used euch lauguage agaivet Dr, said Mise Devlin was brought here by youll protect her, An attack upon her War vortia Kupont aud Le would resent it, ‘The Courtorce od the marehal to stop the quarrel. ling, aud inio:med Mr. Carrington that he was going beyond bounds in using such imuguage Against the y, acai whow there was nothing in ov.dence Alter Mr, Carmogtou had conciuded bis arvunent, Judge Wylie said to the jury that the law had been laid down by the Court, “Feeling satstied that they unders ood it, he would now submit the case without further charye He hoped they had made up they taiuds, aud would oor render shear veidict, The jury retired to their room, and in about ten minutes, returned with a verdict of * not guilty.” The tunouncement was received with loud applause Pome ef tue women cried with joy, HMandkerchiet were Wived, and hate thrown up, A large number of epectatos rushed towards Miss Harris to congratulate her on hi acquittal, the words of which had scarcely been aunonced, when ahe fainted, and wae taken from ihe cart-room in the arme of Mr, Bradley, her enor i, Pereons outeide the room soon caugiit up, and 1opeded the acelamatious of soy About 150 ap) .cstious for pardon were received by the Atiorney-lenoral to day, among them the petl tions of Lieut. Gan, N, B, Forrest, of the re - alry and Fort Miow note lety; W.B, Brook, ex- retel Senator fon Mississippi and member of the Conven ion which assed the oruinance of secession and M. H. Bloodrod, of London, England. The only pardoue grauie were to a few obscure indi- duals Gen, Ewell, @ prisobr of war, having taken the oath of aliegiance, ar given bonds that be will reepect it, bas been ponitied by the President to roturu Wo bis Lome ia Vitinia, on parole, to report News| once a week by letter to the Secretary of War—Preal- | dent Lincoln having directed, ander date of the 284 | March Inet, that Mrs, Ewell should have the benefit of his amnesty proclamation, and ehe having taken the required oath, President Johnson to-day permit. ted her to return to Nashviilo, her former residence, and take possession of the property, as decreed by the District Court of Tennessee Among the persons waiting for am interview with the President to-day, were Mr, Jackson, of Georgia, formerly minster resident near the Courtof Vieana; Milton Brown, of Tennessee, and William B. Stnith, of Alabama, They were formerly members of tho U. 8. House of Representatives, and are here to obtain the Executive clemency, having been promi- nent rebels The South Carolina delegation, headed by Pro virtonal Governor Perry, and including Mr. Orr, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, had an interview with the President thie atternoon, on the rubject of pardons and the aftaire of that State generally, Ou inquiry to~lay it was ascertained that probably $150,000,000 will pay all that is duo to soldiers mus. rod out, and to those who iemained in tho service to July 1st The Navy Department has no chartered vessels in {teenmployment, and therefore no money is due to their owners aa hae been erroneously stated The receipts under the internal revenue law are increasing and encouraging, The Secretary of the Treasury telographed to the Asvietant Treasurer at San Francisco to-day, todiscontinue the sale of seven. thirties, os the entire loan will be taken before an additional supply of votes can reach him It ts etated in official quarters that it ts the inten- tion of the government w reduce the army to 100,00 Af not to 64,000 meu at the earliest practicable period, Removal of Mudd, = tr. Arnel’ and (Laughlin to the Dry Vortagns tlarris to Fort Welleory McCatlough to Mich. mond Davis’ Private Secretary to Fort Delaware--The Penitentiary to be Palled Down. The Washington Stan states that on Sunday after- noon the semoval of prisouere from the Arsenal wae commenced by the removal of the rebel General Har- rie and Professor McCullough. Harrie was sent in charee of Lieut, Col Watts and « guard of four men, to Fort MeHoury, Baltimore, where, for the present at lenst, he isto be kept in close confinement. Me- Cullough was sceompanied by Colonel Fredericks & cuard to Kichmond, where be ts to be delive the ofierrs of Libby or Castle Thander, to te close confinement. pt iu McCullough war sent off on tie Government boat on sunday, and Harris by the rail- road, Jofi's privaie secretary, Benton H, ilarrtieon, who has u con for eoIne WeEKE Past, was Font by railroad on Monday morn.ng to Fort Delaware where he isto be closely confined in charge of Gol. Kath and @ cuard, Dr, Mudd, Spanyler, Ar aud O'Laurbtin wore seat away on Monday morning, st two o'clock, in the steamer State of Maine, iu chargo of Breves Brig. Gen. Lev officer and 24 men of the 15th They were to take a gunboat at Vo vo to the Dry Tortugas for continuement, huat the Albany Penitentia Mudd, to imnprise ed tn epirit en they we to cbance their juarlere, iJ ful, although pre vious to starting, be said that he had rome idea of » hata Siate’s p. leon Hetore leay ing they bade Gen, Hartrantt and the other officers vod bye, aud expressed ther thanks for the kind tiestment they bad received elace ther had been coutined there, Harris, McCullough and Harrison did the eame. McCuliough aod Hartison did not seem to relish the idea of Jeaving,not knowing where they were to go. but Harria, who, as we have stared betore, ie ua luvete.ate taker, was etill cracking hia jokee when he was last seen by the oitcers, ihe euarde, with the exception of » small equad compoeed of non-comuilssioned officers the Lath, ldth and Ish. and men of the 18th V. R.C,, we withdrawn yesterday, aud to-day the prison ie do- ed, The ecaffold reualos untouched to the yard, aud the bodies of those executed have not yet beea removed, Those officers who did not leave w'th the prironers—Gen, Hartranft, Gen. McCall d Lieut, (elesinger—were rel i from duty there yesterday and the building to-day in charge of an officer of the Veteran Keserves, The furniture from the court room isto be entirely removed thie morning, and in « lew days the work of demolishing the build. ing, to make room for the erection of the propored additional workehops of the Arsenal, will be cot menced From Fortress Monroe. Marder of a Noted Sailor —A Virginia Par- fon Sent to the tiary—Ceufisca- en of a Kichmond ifotel, Kte, (Correspondence of The Sun.) Fortress Monroe, July 18.—Edward Howden was murde; near the Gosport Navy Yard last Sunday. He was the sailor who made his escape with Lieut, Cushman afte: destroying the rebel ram Albemarle, Ove Henry Smith has been arrested on suspicion of being the murderer, e A Bremen ship has passed up the James river, Jobn Balecher and William Evans, privates of Co, D, 84 Pennsylvania Artillery, were arrested last evening on suspicion of having robbed a soldier of Battery B of five hundred dollars, Rev, Henry Johnson, of Chesterfield, Va., who shot apd killed @ soldier while robbing his garden, has been sentenced to five years’ confinement im the Venltentiary, The lessees of the Spotswood House, in Richmond, have received notice that the property in their hands hus been seized under the confiscation laws, Similar notices have been served on the occupants of several buildings, private houses, &c., in anid city, The steamer Convoy has arrived from Richmond, bound to Washington, This will be ber Inat trip, as the mail steam route between Washington and Kich- mond js discontinued, and the mails will go by rail hereafter, ‘Tho eteamer Tolls, from City Point, has arrived, with the 110th New York Heavy Artillery oo board She is bound to Washington, Jeff. Davis and Company, Jeff, Davis continues his life of ‘ inglorious ease" at Fortress Monroe, The information which is pub- lished concerning bis health from time to thine is very conflicting. The last account was that he was in better health than he had before been for months, Now we are informed that he is declining rapidly, and will probably die six week from date, unless he heeds Dombey-an advice, and * makes an effort.” At present he mopesall day long, neglecting to take the exerciro he le at liberty to take, in a epace 20 by 20 iceot which isalloredhim, Ou sunday last he uked ‘or achuplain, and Rey, Mr, Kerfoot pald him a visit, Davis wae very hunible, and as pious as one ot bis God-blees-n.e proclamauons during the war, He reads ols B bie more than be ued to, and it is to be hoped cete sovie “ late news" eutof st. He don't like it wever, but that he clamore for something ad. But prison discspiine thinks he had bet- ae the bi etduring allthe “ leisure’ he gete, off, rs woewlies pretty much all the time in his are wetting very weak one of them, y wih can'baeoutof it asall; but anthorty atates that he comp!aing of ug double," it would seem tiuous. Davie gets up early soon afier day break-—and in a tub of salt water and a be wretully He piotecte his motesty by erecting @ rcereen out of ariny blanket, so thas bie guarde can’t f their vision on the n he pute on his clothes rand reads his Bible, * good meal frou Dr, beauty of his figure. then he combs his hi Ato'é he hae his breastas' Craven's tabie ; tea, loust, f two,or broiled steuk; these are the things the guard brings him. scmeumes Lis appetite is good; sometimes it is not, ‘After breakiast, be mopes and looks out the window till $4, hiedinoer hour, He don't smoke much; it don't agree with bia “perves,” Afver dinner he a pn a —————————————————EE——E———EEEee _NEW_ YORK, THURSDAY, JULY Mopes till supper-time, 8%, And afer euppor ho goon straight tobed. Hie sleep ia preity good, though he don't fancy the light turning all nie tin hie "cham. ber.” During the day, or some days, he recely cal! from Gen, Miles, the officer of the ena Minister or the doctor; aud thea he take all | —Abont his trial, prospects of cettine o respondent thinks that the death of the couspirators has been commu) Accounts for bis low epiritve. A letter from Fortress Monroe to the Philad: iphia INQutnen, states that: John Mitchel baa varied his bare-footed tramps ap and down his cagema’o, by requesting ‘hata Hible and prayer book might be furnished. These two books were offered to Mitch. on the tiret day oi his incarceration, but he then refused to have them im his casemate. Now he asks for them. Ie haa ce tainly come to a proper knowledge of his real Hiren wanteat inst. Iho desired books ware furnis him, They are theouly readiue matter that is lowed the ex-editor of Jeff, Clem, Ciay 14 atill ailow a + the Mie LHALION ed to him, which vy morning walks in the open a throux onde of the fe Clay's healt abrolntely reqai thie indulvence He i¢ allowed one bour every morning for hie pro cnades, He also takes more exercise in hie cataato then he formerly did, From San Francisco, San Francisco, June 30. The cable of the Rassian ‘elegraph bas been euccessfully eubmerged actors Frazer River. Hon, Sehayler Colfax has arrived iu © He rpoaks at Placerville to-night, Late advices from Australia say that the war in New Zealand appears to be dragging heavily aloug, Moxican ermlgrante, indicted for attempting to steal the steamer Colonel, were arraigned iu the County Court today, Whe askod if they dcsired counsel, they replied that they did not, but would be aatisfied if they were tried by a jury of their countrymen, aud abide the result, No other eiuigiation movements have transpired, The treasury reports for the last eix months show 4 falling off of $7,000,000 a# compared with the same period last year; yet the gold and silver produce oa the coast is known tobe much largor, ‘The depowita at the Mint Inst month aggregate $2. the Jargest amount during the sane epace of time iu three years. hip Seaman's Heide, owned at Dostoo, was loston areef on Barker's Island, March 11, with @ partial cargo of guano, bound for Larope, The Central Transit Company's steamer America, line arrived from Panama, via Ban Juan del Sur, with the passengers who sailed io the Golden Rule, from Now York, May 224, and who were wrecked on Roneador Keet, Also arrived the Pacific wail steamer Colorado, from New York, via Cape Horn, in good condition, after a favorable passage San Francvaco, July %.- Sailed, Pacific mail steam- ebip Sscramento for Panarne th the passengers and mails for New York, and $967,000 to treasure, of AX) goee to New York, San Franciaco, July 6 —General MeDowel) hae Published an order coutaiuing the findings of the Milltary Commission in the exe of the Saivador pi- rates. Thoy were found gullty, and sentences to be hauged, but Gon, McDowell commuter the sentence \o impiisoument for lite in the ease of Hoge and the Jeaders, and ten years timprisonment each for the reet of the gang, six innumber, The offence chargod war a violation of the rules of war. ‘The Indiane are troubling the California ronte to Idaho. ‘They have lately attacked and murdered rev- eral emigrants, ernie, (Oy tom! From Europe. Two Days Later News. Halifax, July 19.The Steamship Afriea, from Queenstown the 9th inst, has arrived, The Ammy AND Navy Gazerre says, every day addato the diffieulty of epeedily adjusting the con- flicting intereste which the war in America betwoen the North and South have let loose, and of achieving ataek which whether it be of reatoration or recon- struction, |s one of the greatest that ever taxed the genius of statesmen or the mre osofa nation, The steamer Caroline with the shore end of the Atlantic Cable sailed from London for Valentia on the Sth, aud the steamer Ilawk lefton the 7th, to eeciet in laying it. The war sceamere Ternbbe and Splinx had both salled for Valentia, and the “reat Eastern would leave the Nore tor the eame place on the 15th, It was expected the fleet would leave Val- entia July 19th, and arrive at Heart's Content in the beginning of August. Mosrages are constantly sent through the whole cable in the mort perfect manner, The election in London was fixed for the 10th, and in the provinces on the next and the following day. Lord Palmerston had issued an address, again #o- liciting the votes of bis constituente at ‘Tiverton, He lays his claims upon the events of the pet, mak- ing no promises for the future, and is altogether ailent on the question of reform. Mr, Disraeli bad also issued a brief address to his constituents, He says the character of English in- stitutions, perhaps forever, will mainly depend on the new Parliament, and he prays that the country will uamistakably decide on securing its happy con- etitution in Church and State, Lhe appointinent of Lord Cranworth as successor of Lord Chancellor Weethury, is confirmed, Dr, Pritchard had been found guilty of poisoning his wife and mother-iu-law at (ilasgow,and seotencod to death, AUSTRIA, Tho Austrian Minister of War had announced In the Upper Chamber that on financial and political grounde the Emperor had ordered the reduction of the army in Italy aud Dalmatia ton complete peace foot. ing. The Emperor also recommended tho utmost economy in all branches of aiministration, BGY A letter from Alexandria, Juve 29th, furnishes de- tails regarding the cholera, &c, It says the exisience of cholera was officially declared on the Ith of June on which day three deaths occ ed. By the end of the firet week the deaths increased to about 10 per day. By the end of the 4 ot week they reachod about 20), and on the @7th the number was 250, ‘There was much elarm, aad alous $4,000 people ° ted the city, Business was courrally suspend Mr, Liale, the Uni ed States Cousul Geueral, remain. ed at bie post, aud the busines of the Consulate wus transacted as usus!, No cass of Cholera had occurred among the American resdecty OF on American vesse!s, (Latest via Queenstown.) Liverpool, July 9.-The r ported seizure of the pirate Rappahanocock, ot Southampton, is false. The veanel is safely in dock at Liverpool, Further correspoudence be ween the French and Dritich governments on the cessation of the Amorl- can war ispublirhed; Kari Itussell says the opinion of the British govorument is, that ships belonging to the Confederate coverumen', ar ud not lawtuliy trans. ferred to other own © Wie botel cessation of hostilities, may b lined » public property by the Federal poverument, tf found 14 Any Bri ish termi. tory, and any countercisim murt be decided ia ap ordinary cause at law by tue civil tribuuals, Hon. KR. oH, Pruyn, the Atmeriean Minister to Japan, and Hou, Auson Hurl.neane, Minister to Chins, passed through Alexandri® om the vsch, on route to America op 4 leave of aber tice, An Alexpndria teleg:as ''y Dbby reports cons siderable diminution in the icra, There were eikbteen deaths oa she 40h The eridewic was sbatiouary at Cairo sidaua MEXICO The journal Di Erowa eaplaing that the papal Tepresentative to Mexico hat terminated his mission to Mexico, by order of the Pope, 48 he could no longer be permitied to witness sho violatlon of the rights af 20, 1865. thechareh, Monsieneur Mocha was to await fresh instructions from Rome at Guatemala, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE A fearful hurricane occurred at the Cape of Good Hope on the iTthof May, The Eneliel tail steamer Athens, trom Mauritius wae totally lost, and sevon. teen other vosrels were wrecked, Beventy lives were lost in Table Bay, In a despatch to the British Minister at Washing. ton, Karl Russell save the enemys comrmirsionod slupa ot warcanaot, during the continuance of the war, ho relieved from risk of capture and condemma- tion by any swe or trausier to a neutral, The Persian Gult cable ie interrupted, Tele- e@aphic communication with Ludia is consequently stopped, Tho Isoex, the Confederate organ in London, bas Mmanended publication, Scott, Bell & Co., East Indian merchants tn Lon don, bave suspend Liabilities £800,000 sterling, Latest Commercial. Liverpool, July SP M.Cotton—The anles to- day were 6,000 Dales, of which 1,000 were to apecula- kere and exporterr, The market cloeed dull and un- changed from last report, Kreadetufle dull, Provisions quiet and steady, Lard firm London, July 8— P.M. - Console closed at 90a90's fos, i aby Jot tMinols Central shares 87; Erie dab2's; U, Five-wwenties 7107 6 heel rhecahanh date re A QUEER PROVISIONAL GOVERNOR, Strange Specch by Gov. Perry of Soa (Carolina. an address delivered by Governor Perry at Grevriville, 8. Cy July Jd, wo select the following startling passages “How was it that the Sonthorn State failed In thelr ‘rebellion? [tis true the contest wae a mort uneqnal one, eight milous of persone fichting againet twenty - two millios The one having neither government, artay, navy, nor mannfactnros; and the other he ing all of thee, with an intl of foreigners 1 Southern nevroes to increnee their atrenvth he Southern peop’ are an impulsive, enthusinatic peo plo, but they want th Frow perreverance of the North. 1 eaid to my friends. at the beginning of thin war, that my greatest appre i aa, that our soidiers would vet tived of the war a wit it, Put, he great caves of or failure wan. that the heart f the Southern people vever was ta this revolution ! There was not State, except South Carolina, in i wae a majoriby in favor of secession! th Carolina there were wany distric's in nlf of the voters did not go to the polla airman, Twill here frankly say, ae 1 have wid during the past four years, that there was hotaman tn the United Staies who more deeply te- retred the secession of the Bouthern Blates than I did at the beginning of the revolution; aud there t« not now in the Southern States any one who feels more Mntterly the humiliation and degradation of going hack into the Union than Ido Btill, L know that we shall te more prosperous and happy in the Union than out of it It haa been too common, Mr Chairman, to attrity the faiiuce of this great revolution to the Pree of the late Confederacy, This sir, ism mistake. The Reome were themselves to biome for ite failure hey were unwl liug to make thore ascritices whieh wore essontial to ite enecess, Jolinsion surrendered hie army he husterecoll yn to be carried Int * aitiy wae in the same condition ) the absentec At home, on furlough, staying their furloughs, desertod and #iraveling | At vo time during the last three years of the war War there more than one-third of the army ready to h into battle! teat, too, Mr. Chairman, is ereatly to blame their exesaptons. All between the ares of for eiphteen and forty-five should have been forced into the army and kept there. [t mattered pot whethe he was doctor, vyer, preacher, politic eehool if an temeher able bodied man, nitothe army, But etrange to seeos of men who were majuly justrumental du plunging their country into this iad revolution, were all exeropted by Conen from fiehting! 1 allude to ihe politiciaue, newepaper editore and verdign States, of the United BiAton, Wie pe hon ‘There hav in Kurepe in b greater armies were carried tuto service and oteldof battle, Jocalleuch awar a rebellion P 4 inisappileation of terme wrentoet and beat men of the southern States were toat conaclen- thously lending this war, either ia eouncil or on the feild of battle. La all history there ts not a more re rfeet modelof a pore and erent mon (eave Wash ueton) than General Lee, That he should now br bung a4 a traitor would be an act of national infainy that would ehock the whole civilized world, end render the pame of the United Brates odi in history, While I do not think, Mr, Chairman, that the whole people of the Southern & have behaved weil in this war, aud done their y at home and on * field of battle, et there lea very lace proportlon of them who have won immortal honors, and whose giory in war and wisdom in council will tilasteato many o bright page in history. ‘fh ave heen un. ful in their revolution, but this shonid not, net from thelr heroic gallantry on r their statosmanehip inthe - inet or halle of lerislation, They will Le remember. ed aud honored a» heroes and patriots, not only at the South, butin the North, too, na soon a* passion sub. e des, and eober reason and calm reflection assume their sway over the public mind, Leanmot and would wot ask my fellow citizens to forret the past in thie war eo far asthe Noth is con- cerned, There have been devda of atrocity coum |t- ted by the U pited States arinies which never can be forgotten in the Southern States. But 1 do entrent thom to become loyal citizens and rospect the tional authorities of the republic. Abandon, at once and forever, all notions of dirunion. Determine wo | teach your child. ten to live, as true American citizens On the subject of elavery the Governor exprearod the cpinion that freedom would be acurse apd note blerring to the negro, LOCAL NEWS, NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY, Ssencerrast—lourrn Day.—The rain on Monday, it will be remembered, prevented the rand procession and review by the Mayor, which wae to have taken place on that day, and yesterday the picnic and {| proc jou whe thrown into one, At an early ho the ro. cietios arsembled at their reveral quartesy, and as early as eight o'clock the atreets were alive with people of all nationalities who wiehed to witness the proceetion, while the ral societies marched from their headque rtera the General headquarters, where they arrived about 9 o'clock, when positions to in the procersion were serigned them bythe Marehale, | The *bunde” and theireocorts were all in readiness for starting at nine «lock. The escorte consisted of the 11th regiment, (iler) @ battalion of the 96th, the Turuverein Rifles, and the 6th segiment, the whole under the comman! os Lieut. Col Lux, acting Brige dier Gemeral, tovether with a battery of the 4h Light Artillery, uncer Capt, Keim, accompanied by Col, Daniel W, Teller, in eltizonu'’s dream The pro- conrion was foruied iuto alx divisions, headed by a platoon of police froin the 17th precinct; thoee were jollowed by — ' oreph Hellenbrandt, Aide Trink+ Vogel, C. Koch, A. Steinway, Mas J. Petr’, Heer, Minket, Himmer, M. | Schauser, F. Lulz, George Maurer aud V. Behoror, Then foliowe 1 Col, Lux, Acting Hrigadier seneral, with Coe 11h Regiment, headed by Dodworth's band; bext came the Becond Division, headed by the New Yorker Turnvesein and thei, band the Williaiunse burgh Sunvereen, the Turner Zueyling, and the bth Regiment N.G, B.N, ¥, Tle Third Division was headed by Col, Loute Kure ger, of the bth, ae Marshal, with bis Aide, and Presi. cent Steffen and officers of the Ninth Baenzert These were folowed by Herschnar's band and the Houorary President, the Orator of the day and the Committee of Honor, after which came the Philue de!phia and Baltimore Societie:, The Fourth Division was headed b. Marshal, and Aids, and consisted of ebout thirty socl- eties, from various places, North and South, The rue Divisio was headed b ae ger Klein a8 Mare! and was compysed 0. New Xo, Nateties Woe H. Rughayer, | 1 three cheers for the American Union, The distribution of the prizes then took place by Mr. Blesinger, when the firet prize was awarded tot the Philadelphia Saongerbund, who chose the banner, Thirty-Third Year: The Sixth Division was headed by A. Schmidted Marshal, and escorted by Battery B, 4th N, ¥, Light Artillery (N, G.), 6 guns, under Capt, Keim, The procession was considered one of the foe which has appeared in the elty for somo time, and cheer upon cheer rose from the assombled crowds aa they paeved down the Bowery, and into the east gate of the Park tothe ity Hall, where they were ree viewel by the Mayor, @ Little before 11 o'clock, They then passed out of the wost gate of the Parks and moved ap Broadway to Bond street, Becond tt cot avenue A, Tenth street and avenue ©, to the foot of 8 li street, when they embarked on board of two steamboats for the Woods, under e national salute from the battery of the 4th regiment, THY FRETIVAL IN THR WOODR, " As soon a the procession had reached the Woods, the members ot the different societies encamped im the spots allotted to them by the Committee of Are Fanceruente, and then enjoyed thomrelves in the best possiblo tanner, and as only Germans ean enjoy themselves, Quite @ number of fashionable guests Arrived too in carriages, and they also entered upom ‘tho eport with much reat. The inevitable lager was every where, Schweitzer cheese was devoured by man, woman and child, but everything passed off with the ereatest decorum, and no breach of order occurred. The societion treated the guests to some of thelr choicest glees, and from every corner resounded the’ joyous etraine of feetive musie, Thus time was pleas antly passed until 8 o'clock, when the distribution of prizes took place. Everybody was on the tiptoe expectation, for the decisions were enclosed in @ white envelope which laid on a table in the Commit- tee Boom, This envelope wes the cynosure of every’ eye, and many 9 wish was uttered for eyes which could penetrate the envelope. Mr. Kapp tho orator of the day at Inst took his stand on the platform, and in a very fine oration showed that the Germans in this country were called upom to act not only as Germans bat a# Amorican citizens, thas their devotion to the country as proved in the lute etruggle was @ security against any encroach- mente by oativiem, The Germans with their love for music were destined toleadthe Amerioan mind'im that direction, and already the inflasnee of the Gere man song bad been demonstrated on more than one’ occasion. ‘Thus approached, the American mind would won become as familiar with their songs ae they could wish, and thus the two mationalities be brought Into closer coutact than ever, After alluding tothe yroat gatherings at this time in Bremen and) eden, Mr. Kapp clored his remarks with proposings and the recond, the silver pocal, was awarded to the Philadelphia Junger Maennerchor, A third prize, éiven by a piano firm, Mosere. Kraushaar & Co., wae awarded to the Buffalo Liedertafel, who received » splendid seven aud « half octave plano, A procession of the victorious societies closed the prize distribu- tion ; after which all gave themselves up to the pleasures of (he day antil the rain, which set in at 6 o'clock, dispersed the merry assemblage, On the grounds nearly 000 large tablos were put apy with some 1,500 extra seats, over which awnings wore spread, aud everything was arranged in a most satie~ factory manner, ‘The young and even the old joined in the fertive dance ou the platforma, and mirth and: ploasure and bappiness secmed to be the order ef the day ‘There was no breach of the peace, and the services of the Pol under Inepector Carpenter, was solely confined te ihe arrest of ton of the bght fingered ventry, who were caught with their hands in the attached to others’ clothes than their own, nm, named Hollander, slipped over a rock and. broke hinies, Lie was taken to St, Luke's Hospital Mf the scciotios (Cucilia, of Philadelphia) way ined by the New Yorkers on the A very handsome drinking horn was presented to the society by their New York brethren, It ls beautifully ornamented with silver, ond ts valned at $150, After the presentation, sing ing and dancing was kept up till morning, The cloring exercisos will take place this morning, aficr which the visiting #ingors will return bome,. rhey will be ercorted to the ferry by several military companies, Messrs, aur, Carl and{Menjamia will con- duct tie mneloal exercleos, and Mr, Hellonbrandt will be the first marshal, Work WANtED,—An incident came under the notice of & SuN reporter a day or two siuce, which fndicates that an immense number of able-bodied mon are at the present time out of employment in this eclty. While passing through Bleecker street, his attention was attracted by acrowdof mon who were aarembled around one of the houses im that street, and which he at firet sight imagined to be a “mass meeting" of workinemen, The hall-way of the house in question was completely jammed, while’ numbers of anxious-looking tndividuala were loiter- ing on the sidewalk and in the street. Persons wore seen running from all qaarters to ascertain the cause of the gathering, among whom was our indefatigable. 1 pon his endeavoring to gain admittance to the house, ' he wae met with angry scowls from those standing there, and board some such expressions as, ‘’There'# ‘nuf in here now," ote, It enbeoquently transpired’ that an advortivement had appeared in the papers that morning, stating that @ man wae required at that house, ‘to tend a horse and carriage, milk cows,’* de. the reeultof which was that at an carly hour that morning, there was, ae one of the applicants, evidently of Teutonic origin, remarked,enough nave to milk all de cows in New Yorik.” Tho generality of the applicants were apparently futelligont and. rerpectable mon, including @ number of returned woldiers, A MEXIcaN Port Orrnep,—It is officially announced that the port of Tuxpan, Mexico, is open to foreign trade, ‘The Mexican commercial agent in thie city is empowered bo certify all the invoices and manifests that may be presented for the exportation of merchandise thither, ARRIVAL OF TRoors,—The 20th Maine Vole unteers arrived in this city at an early hour yester- day mosning, They nuwber some 650 men, and are commanded by Col, KE. Spear, The 17th and the 6th New York Regiments also arrived in thiscity yesterday, Nearly all tho regiments belonging tothis portion of the State have now returned home, andthe work of paying them off is proceeding rapidly at Hart's Ieland, The soldiers of the Corcoran Legion will be paid off om Saturday. To-morrow they will have a tormal reception, as noted in yerterday's SiN, ‘The Oth N. ¥, Cavalry, under Major Edw, Schwartz, are expected hourly, They will be received by the let Cavalry, under Col, Minton, CoaL SALES aT Hicura Prices,—A‘ the monthly suction sales of Pittston coal, at 111 Broad. way, yesterday, 20,0 tons were sold at prices rang- ing from #6 30 forcheetnut, to $7 15 to $7 20 for etove. Last month, chestnut brought $6 24, and stove ST 216. The average prices were hicher than lat month, partly owing tothe minor's strike, From the sae cause the sales were 4,000 tons less than the amount advertieed to be sold, (Coatlaued ev the Last Page.) handvomely enter previous evening