The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 22, 1865, Page 1

By Telegraph to the N. ¥. Sun, —o- FROM WASHINGTON, \ North Carolina Appointments. 3 Gentlomen Who Couldn't Pass, THE WIRZ TRIAL. Commencement of Proceedings. CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS, Gen. Rebert 2, Leo Implicated, ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL. Important from North Carelina The Alleged Scheme Against the | Colored Race, MUMDERS BY THE HUNDREDS, Planers Boasting of their Exploits )}, THE HAYIIAN REVOLUTION. Continuation of the Strugele. THE REBELS UNSUBDUED. City and Miscellaneous News, GREAT FIRE IN SOUTH STREET, Immense Destruction of Property SEVERAL MEN INJURED, &e, &e, d&e. Wasurneron, Ang, 21 The President hae appointed George W. Brooks United States District Judge, Daniel R. Goodlos, Marshal, and 1D. N, Starback, Attorney for the Dis trict of North Carolina. The three gentlemen here- tofore appointed to these offices having technically tnvolved themeelves in the rebellion, could not take the prescribed oath. Mr. Goodloe, s native of North Carolina, has for some years beon an editor in Wash. lugton Among the special pardons recently granted by the Preaidont was one to Cave Johnson, of Teanessea, forme: ly amen! r of the United States House of Representatives. an Ex-Postmaster General, J. Barclay ilarding has been appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Penn- syivania, to supply the vacaacy eccasioned by the doath of his farther The loth Regiment of Heavy Artillery, Now York Vilanteers, has muster rolls completed and will be mustered out to-day or to-morrow, and immediately leave forhome, This regiment left the defences of Washington, in March, 1864, and joined the Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station. It participated to twenty-one engagements, The regiment left the defeaces numbering &070 It returns with less Tian 0, THE WIRZ TRIAL, Commencement of the Proceedings—The Charges and Specifications. Waakhington, Aug. 21,—The special Military Com- mission convened this afternoon in the Court of Claims Koum, at the Capitol; Major-Gen, Wallace, President, and Col, Chipman, Judge Advocate, At half-past one o'clock Captain Wirz, the prisoner to be tried, was brought imto the room, guarded on each sido by aroldier, The prisoner was requested to rise, when Col, Chipman said “Captain Wir, you are to be tried by this Military Commission, Have you any personal objection te any ef the members fr" Judge Hughes, of the Counsel, eatd they proposed te Boake uo objection of @ personal charecter, They would, however, at 6 sulsequect stage of the proceed. Ings, ask to be heard on the plea of general juriedic- tion, expecially ol ecting to the mode of constituting the Court, But ifthe prisoner was to be tried bya tary Cormm|esion be would as soon be tried by this one as any other, The members of the Commission were thon evorn., The Jadge Advocate tnformed the prisoner that he wes arraixned for trial ander the name of Henry Wirz, “Was that the name” The prisoner replicd that it was, Judge Huches desired to aay that the charges and specitications were not delivered te the prisoner until yesterday afternoon, and were not seen by his counse! a, Ml this moraing; therefore they had not sutficlont } time to examine them, : REOOND DISPATOR, i 5 The Amended Charges and Specifications n Washiiton, Aug, 91,—Captain Henry Wirz, was erraigned \o~lay before the Miiitary Commissioners, cherged with meliciously, wilfully and traitorously comblutog, confederating, and jconspiring, together with Robert KE. Lee, James A, Seddon, Worthup, d others, to injure the health aud destroy the lives Union sold! o redel Buathera prisong, and also with murder, ation of the Laws and customs of war. The epeciications allege the most cruel prac- tices, such as starvation purposely, the vaccination ef widiers with Kupure watler, the furwishing of rotten + ad, the employment of blood bounds, ete. Col, Chipman asd the counsei could ask for delay after the arraigninent, snd then proceeded to read the charges and epeci“cations in full preferred agaings Henry Wirg, @ lolows: OHARGE FreeT, Maliciousir, wilfall, ead traiiccoudly, and tn ald of heu ¢€ \ th jug ermed re JOM against the Uniied Btatas ct ica On 0: before the fires day of Maseh, A.D. 1504 aod on divers oher ® Lele ceu (oat day and the tenth day of Ap. Coin) 41.06, Cou. feteratiag aud consp! ring te 2: wath Robert £. 4 08 Seddon, |) Winder, Lucius D, 44 oeeph White, W. J. Muore, and others ad cesiroy the lives 'o the m ’ e of the Un.iod shen beld, and being, preoners of war withia esof the ro-called Confederate States and in the military prisons thereof, to whe cond thas the armies or che United Staves might he weakened aud iinpaired, in violation of the laws and customs of war, BrrecivioaTion—In this; that he, the said Henry Wirz, dit cousplre witt them who were thon eugacod La armed rebellion asainat the United States, to corture and gress suffering, by confining in ua- » bealsly and unwholesome quarters, by exposing to w the inclemency of winter, aud to the dense and burn- ¢ Ms suo! summer, by compelling phe use of impure NEW YORK, TUESDA water, aad by furnishing imeufficient and unwhole- tome food, of large onwbers of Federal prirone soldiers in the military service of the United States of Aiwerica, Aa prisoners of war at Anderson- ville, in the State or Georgia, within the limes of the so-called Confederate States, on or before the first day of March. A.D. 1864, and at divers times ho tween that day andthe tenth day of April, A. D. 1505; aud he, the eaid Henry Wirs, an officer In the tuilltary service of the sowalled Confederase States, being thea and (here commandaut of tow st Andersonvile, in the Rate of Geurcia, woated by anihorty of the so-calied Confede Ebates for the confinement of prisoners of war, and, mmicu commandant, fully closhed with authority and military in duty bound te treat, care, and provide for euch L) Prisoners as aforesaid, as were or might be laced in custody necording to th n furtherance of such comb nati Sud ccuspiiacy, and incited (hereunto by them, the i Rolert EB. Lee, James A, Seddan, John ei, Lacive H. Northrop, Richard DB. Walder, ph White, W. 8, Waider, BR. K. Stevenson, — Moore, aud other. Cilere foliows the remainder of the rpecification as Already publiched in the Son, detailing the close quarters, bad waver, food, & sou ville prisoners.) And the said Honry Wirts, st!!! pursuing his wick- @d and cruel purpose, wholly disregarding whe usacea ef civilized warfare, did, nt vb esid, malicsousl, and wilful et thé prieoners Sieveesid fo crnel, uonsual and infamous punishinent Poon alight, trivial and fictitious pretecers, by fasen- ive \arge baile of iron to the!r fe numbersof the prisovers afores jaw of war, did nifeceration Cy afforded to the Ander. o. place afore- aod biadting lage tlonely together with large ne around their necks and feot, so that thoy salked w the greatest alfleulty; and being #0 Con fae ecléd fo the burning rays of the ob, often vox or drink, jor bow #, aod even 4, h said crue! treatment larre numb ber of ove hundred, whore na fainted aud died entol torture calle Pr ving thein of the use of thelr tin and forcing them to lie, eit and stand tor many hours without the power of change postion, nd bein Without food or crnk, in consequence ol which many, towit: the number of thirty, whose Dawes ait uokoown, sickened anu died ; and be, the aaid Wiig, atill wicked'y pursuing bis evil purpores, did eetahiish, and cause to be designated, within the eon enclosures coutainine ssid prisoners, o lead —beng ® line around the incer face o. the ace or wall ¢ Be paid prison, and about nty feet disane from, aud within said stockade sod having so established said line (which was in many #0 an imaginary line, and in many other —— marked by insecure aud ering stripe of rvards walled upon the tops of email and insecure si akee ov po i bo, the said Wirz, instructed the Prien guards staviohed around the said stockade to fre upon and Kill any of the prisoners aforesaid who moght toueh, fall upon, peas over or ander or across the sali dead line, pursuant to which seid orders and ins\ructions, maliciously and needlessly given by sald Wirz, the said prison guard did fire upon and kill « largo pumber of said prisoners-to wit, the numbor of shout shree hundred; and she said Wirz, *till pursoing bis evil purpose, did keep and use ferocious and biocod-thirety beasts, daugerous to humav life, called blood bounds, to hunt down Prisoners of war aforesaid, w meade their escape from bis custody, aud did then and there wilfully and maliciously suffer, incite and encourage the said beasts to seize, (oar, mangle and maim the bodies and iimbe of said ug ithvo ners of war, which the eaid beasts, incited as sforesai then and there did, whereby « large number of say prisoners of who, during the time aforesaid, made their escape and wore recaptured, the said boasts then and there crusily and inhumanly jujuied, insomuch that many of said prisouers, to wit: the cumber of about fi'ty died. And the said Wire, atill pursulag his wicked purpose, and aull aiding in carrying out sald conspiracy, did use, and cause , for the presence’ Purpore of veccination, impure poisonous = vac- cine matter, which was 1, a diree- tion end order of the said Tz, deposited in the arms of many Of said pricoaers by reason of which Ia umbere of 4 to wit one bandred, dost Loeir arms, and many of thom, w Wi, shout the number of two Lundred, were eo {ojured that they sovn thereafter died. All of which the sald Henry Wirz well kuew and maiiciously intended, and in aid ofthe then exieting rebellion againes the United Brates, with the view to assist im weakening and im- riog the arinies of the United states, and in furtherance of the said conspiracy, and with the full Knowledge, co: t and connivance of his conspira- wore aforesaid, the said Wirz then and there did. CHARGE AFOOND, Murder im violation of the laws end custome of war BrecrrroaTion Freer, divested of its legal verbiage, deciares that the said Heury Wirs, om or about the bth day of Jaly, 1864, committed murder by wilfully and maliciously shooting with a revolver # soldier of the United States (name uLkaown), hold aan prisones of said Wire. Ls) IFTOATION BECOF™ ceclares that Wirz Na the Bh of Reptember, 1564, did jump upon, ssanip, ic’ bruise anc ciberwise injure with the heels of boots, a soldier of tho United states army, * prison of war (name ur known), and iuilicted euch injuries thas enid soldier soon r died. Brecartoation Tu eclares that Wirz on or about the lseb of | » 1564, did willfully shoot, with @ revolver, a soldior of the | nited Stetes,name a lsover ot war, aud inflicted « mortal wound, of which said prisoner thereafter died BrecirioaTion Fourrn declares that said Wire did, on or about the Suth of May, 1564, aboot @ prisoner ot ied soldier ne l niled Beaies, name unkuown, infileting mortal wound. BreosvioaTion Furqe declares that said Wirz, at Andersonville, on or about the 20th day of Augus! 1564, aid confine in an instrument of torture calle “the stocks," @ soldier ot the Luited Btates, name unknown, a prisoner of war, and in consequence of sad cruel treatment, sald soldier soou tereafier died SrROIFICATION fistm—Declares that the sald Heury Wire, on or about the levof February, 1565, did wilfully and maliciously confine a soldier of the U. 6., a prisoner of war, uame unknows, ia the raid “etceks,” and in conseynience of said cruel treatment ssid soldier scom after died BUROLFICATION SrvVaNTH—Declares that on the Boeh day of July, 1964 the anid Wiiz, while acting as seid commandant of the Andersonville prison feloniousiy and of Lis malice alorethonyht, did fasten and chain together soveral persone, suldsere beong: ing te the army of the Loited Suates, in bis the said Henry Wire's custody aa prisouera of war, whore Rames are unknown, binding the necks and feet of said prisuness closely wgesber, and compelling ihew to carry great burdens, to wit, large iron Owls chained te their fees, 90 (bat in consojuence of the raid cruel treatmen’ inflicted upon them by the said Lieary Wirs, ce aforeraid, one of raid solilers, a prisouor of war es aforesaid, whose ame is uukaown, died. SreciricaTioOg E1GuTH.—Deciares that om or bout the 16th of May, 1864 the saic Wire did wil fully and maliciously order @ rebel suidier to fire a soldier belonging to the anny of the Untied Blates, « prisoner Of war, vawe unknown, abd in conseqnence of eaid order, said sebel soidier di said United States soidir, intiictiog ® wound irom thi . t which said prisoner soon afier died. APLOATION NINTH—Veclarés buat oo or about of July, 1864, the said Wirs of insiie sfore- Tebei soldier, oo duty as f sn or guard to rison, to fie upon ® soldier o the United State my, @ prioner of wer, vame unknown, In consequence of said oider, the said rebel soldier dia fire bie muskes Riling tue sad United dtaies soidier, BeroryivaTiON Tenth —Declares that on or about the %th of Augusi, 1564, the eed Henry Wire ordered e rebel soidiar to tire upon & prisvuerol war geoldior of the Laited states, nace vuknows, aud anid rebel did shoot said solier, » bu coon alter died, SPROMFICATION ELFyentis ares (has on or about she lst of July, 1504, of bi tice afo.ethoughr uid cause, incite and urge cervmlu iesocio Atbisety animals, calicd ‘ioothounds, to |» ch, wound and tear in pieces, # soldier be w the army of the Unitet Stites, in pb Wirz'e custody, 448 prisone apknown,end ib couseqnence hounds aid (hen and these, wit (be k couragement and iuetigation of the wuslc ously aud morde! n by aud mortally wound | a consequence of which eaid mortal ad, he, she euld prisoners, ter died br the 1st thouglt, did order L uoxeal | “er Py iy TlON ‘fT WELP Tit declares that on or about the ¥ith day of July, 1504, the rad Heb. Wire aid folowoualy and Malicourdy o a rele! reusing or soluies W shoot 8 prievuer of ware Liat dier, oain6 UukLOWU, 80d tiw raid rebe! prisover, iuticdvg s mortal wound, of which said lL, B, soldier soow after ded, ; SrKOIWLOATION ‘TUiRTERNTH declares that on or about the 8d of August, 1504, tho sald Henry Wire did sasault wijh a revolver ® Vuited es soldier risouer of war, ame unknown, and aid beat sod ruise waid soldier, inflicting thereby mortal woouda of which ssid so.dier goon alter died. igned) N. P, Carrman, . gud A. A.D. C. and Jude Advocate, Col, Chipman asked the prirones, What answer have you to make? Jadee Huches reolied, tha: the charce was deliv. ered to the prisoner oniy yesterday afiernoon, and Was noteeen by his counsel, vie., Messrs. Hughes, Denver, Peck sad Lonia fichode, until this moraing, He submitted the question whether a reasonable time should not be given to the prisouer to prepare for defense or not, What made an extension of tune st'li more important, wae thet three or feur weeks ise & totally different eet ofcharces wore servet to those who proposod to defend hiro, and on e#hich Preparations to.that end alone bad heen made, The charges just read were different in substance and form, and certainly twenty-four hours’ notice was Let sufficient to consider them, Colonel Ohipmar felt lt to be bia daty to state the charese served two of three weeks aco euibraced recieely the sul@tance, hut not the form of 4 The ont, dition ie the charee of revofore aileced a spared to mret them. There should be no unreasonabie delay, We bad sabpamaed a oumber of witnes rom the 6 and a hundred witnesees for the Government new in attendance Jada no time ence, bh Sor mission, which the prieomer pic different from thore heretofore p: One set called upa him to defond huwown lite only, but the other, tust read to this Conrs, required bho not eniy to defeud his own jife, bus that ci Gen, Lee acd half a deze obors. Col. Chipman deired the gentloman to indieste te whom he appeared dudeo Hurhes Sg We appear for the prison. @r now on trial e only desire wo defend Captain wi We may object to the form of the charges, the first of which is « conspiracy, apd not only @ couspire acy but actual crimes vader it, the other charce murder, with thirteen specifications, If thoer speci+ rations of murder cone undex the givil law theo we Propore thas this court cannot take Juriadiction, but it they come under rallitary iaw this Court might take {eriadieticn. I wish to mabmit to the Court thas they ay down some rule by which they are to be governed during the trial. Jutee Chipman aaid: The The case js not required te be sent tothe court. ihe cours is constivuted for ial of such prisoners as may be brought before it. The Court, with closed doors, decided to overrule the plea of the connee! for the accused. dudge Haghes, in order, as he eaid, to frollitate Procecdings, fied several pleas, First, denying the Jurisdiction of the Court to try (be prisoner, Second, shat this cage is uot brought beiore it by competont ne of unnevesary indul te the business of the ace of the charges to they were geist is not a new one. lormally prepared and + < euchority, Third, that the prisoner is @ uatural- ‘zed citizen, aud was never in the iand or naval service of the Loited States, 1b Prieoner proterts that he ought nos, therefore, to be tried, but discharged from custody, He also claims thas just before the time of his arrest at Anderson- ville, Capt, Noyes, om duty oear that place, epplied to bim for saitmalion, which he cheerfully commani- cated to him, and he accoiupanied Capt. Noyes to Gen, Wilson's quarters, gale conduct, and giv the former promising him {ng him an assurance that he should mot be arrested. The prisoner re- Med on the good faith of Captain Noyes, but botwithrtanding the above repeated assurance: the prisoner was seired, hold in coufinement, aad brought to Washington. The Prisoner further pro- teste that he ought not to be held any longer, for the reason 66 eet forth at iongth, that he cam th! terms of the cap.talation between Ge! Gen. Bherman, " ton & The detendant also asks the Court to quash the severel charges and specifications, be- cavee they are each and every ono uncertain aud indefinite as to the time and the offence, eud the Bllegatico: Bor ti ne are so indetinive and vague that he oughs tried upon them; and further, that they de arve him with any offence puulshable under the laws of war. The Court adjourned t!! to-morrow, From North Carolina. The Scheme te Exterminate the Colored Hace. UProm the Southern Christian Intelligencer, 4ug.5.) Tf one-tenth part of the reports are true in regard to the fll-treatineat of the blacks, which are coming from all parte of the South, thicker and faster, « most shocking state of things exist. From localities where there are no national troops come reports that these unfortunate creatures aie being hunted down like dogs, and despatched without ceremony, The newspapers tu the Mouth are filled with eocounts of these brutal toarders, wich foot up to an aggie of several hundred deaths por day, which is lese only aemall portion of the number notleed. An Alabama paper ssye thet thie business has become so exteveive acd common that seme plautere oven boast that they could manure their Janae with the dead carcasees of negroes, Se:iously epenking, it fs « matter which de Prompt atten. tion of the thorities If negroes can be shot do tor when the authorities able to etop this of ‘bings, it is very reasonabie to suppose that arried on more extensively « bo protection. ‘This wholesale beings ts, we fear. the prectical working of the conspiracy to exterminate the colored race, whieh is revolting to the Chrisiian age. A just God wiil bold jovernmnent of the United States, which is reepo! 6 for the wolfare of these people, to a strict accountability for every life thus sacrificed, Deserting these innoceas and helpless beings, and denying them proper assistance and protection in the hour of need, and thus leaving them to thotr fate, is an FEnemenliy. as cruel as the grave, a crime for which the nation will be punisved. either by finan- cial bankruptcy, cliaotic discord disunion, or a posti- lence which wil pot leave enough of the livlag to bury the dead. Gur neichbor of the Narionan Dd BAT—an ex-member of the “Goldea Circle” — ® relormed I, du refer to thig subject, in his recent larue, sare: © ming increase of deaths among the blacks but the develop ing of the extensive conspiracy Aiiuded to by us in our last, which has for ite ob'ect the re-enslavemens of the necroes, or their entire extermimation—moe likely the lavter—which wae notexpected would ve Appa.ent te the public uu. after tue withdrawal of the nat.onal troops, and our rescission to sue Union had been secured, (rood bi havior and discretion Laving acoowplished this, tiea they, the Knig ol the Circle, gount on the provection aud es@istance o! the State aud local authorities, eveu if the where the blacks b mordering of hun Bouthern tees are oiliged to ravfy the constitutional mmendmest abolisblog slavery, which ie claimed, wil be «a dead ietier, in any event. The aimica disbanded, el! fears of re- newed hostilities will te semoved, Those wbom the G sook wo desiroy (hey first make mad. Trerefore, i aay, that unless thi r that General Butler w of orgauignug a biack | the bouth, to be 1 of the confiscated land 10U io every country tained by the proceeds the ¢ yel, which ho ciatme is the remedy, together with vero suffrage, which will secure ¢ juliRy © the government, protection to the colored prop.e, aud Justice bo all cou. cerned, Ali this will Le sean zeu uniess the Southern people withhold their myiopatuy aud encouragement trom the maleonter in Wue exposing their fenobsh iKLe we Lope w destroy their evil infiu @ud wecure our promps return to the Iniou, which will nos Lo accomplished for yours to Come if the confirmed and irrecou sable secussioniove are lois pivaecute their suicidal work, (From the Raleih J regress of Aug. 16.) @1x Neesors Kitter,—We learoa tom Coi, Law. rence, commandant of the post at (oldevoro, that Six uegroce were killed at or near Warsaw, some two 960, Tho fects, se reinied to Col. Lawrence, ws toilows: The o:mery dlacks jeft be Apprvach of tue aing. They w w 6, the piace cettio, therm off agents them, & i | sepor at Ww pany of eold.ece we Cent up, and be investivated by the @uthernuog ap yf it bas coy 6 doce wieady, From Hayti. Progress of the Kevelation, Beston, Auy, 24.-liy the arrival of the brig Ex. Ample at this port, we have advices from Cape May. Hem to July 26ih, The reiols bold she place, sustaining a daily cannousiing ‘rom the National troops, who had failed to watilct much damage, only three persons being killed, and u fow Houses damaged, Tt was thought that so long as th le could obtain ® tapply of ammunition «ad pro’ *, they could hoid out. A vesse! recenuy rao in with # supply of Provisions, although the sort ls blockaded by two steamers, Provisions were ceiting short in the city, There were Only seven dave’ subbiy OB hand, The Y, AUGUST 99 22, 1865 foreign consnis attempted to meriiate between the Dalligerents, but without success, The lives of the American and Fng!\th consuls hed been freqnently threatened by the rebels, on acoon nt of thelr suppoved sympathy with the canse of Geffrard, From t. Dow ingo, The Botetin Orroiar of Brintiago, of July Th, states thas the Bpeniards, om ‘leaving 61. Domtngs, carry with them canvon and other property belong ing to the Dominicans. In Wa. Doinivgo city a tow Bpanich troope sttli linger, aa General Jendara hae et beeo able to agree with sb ie on the of the treaty for the ‘Dval evacu, The eub le Madrid government has pot acen fit to | rest she General with a diplomatic character, yet th sont commissioners to treat with him, and 10 randuin for s treaty was drafet, in Ce) main fair to beth parties, bat rendered objectionable tw the Do rulwicaes by the lancuage im which the tah General wished to have it couche, gt mgt the Ppearance of a concession fiom the maqneuimity of ccm issiouers oval to their cov, t, tt amd appointer | ™- missioners to treat with Gandars, These the laier reiuse to receive, unless bing a confirmation of the obnoxbous treaty, All thie sixnifirs that the war has not ceased, fot the Dominican govro:oment anes expressed tie de yie lie Spain, rather than esurrendex 7 tent the document for a) which at ome rejec \OFminALiON Bet to News Items. (By Telegraph to the New York Sun. Taw recetote at the Internal Revenue Burean for the last seven days amounted to nearly nine mil- lion dollars, Yeerarpar’ morning, @ cotnterfelt #50 note of the United Mtates was presented at the Pulisdelphia Mint. Isis apparentiy from « new plate, and is « ' dangerous fac aimile of the genuine fiftica, Wx. Gurwen, better known as “Old Grimes," « quaint darkey, once «@ slave, known to everybody in New Haven, and to thousands of Yale College graduates, died in New Haven on Sunday, at an advanosd age—probatfly ninety years. Jaarnx Haxpina, Collector of Internal Revenue of the First (Ps.) Congressional District, formerly publisher of the Perxsrivamta [xquine, lied yes. terday in Philadelphia, aged 65 years, Mr. Har. ding was one of the oldemt newspaper publishers in the United States, Tas three-lays festival of the German Target Bife Association of Baltimore, commenced yester-. day, on the grounds of the Association, near Balti- more, There was an illumination and fireworks as night, Frederick Cramer, of Baltimore, won the king's goki medal, and Herr Lengerheim, of Philadelphia, aud Herr Bchalk, of Pottsville, Ps. . ech won a gold medal, A wirnese called for the defence on the Wirs trial at Washington, exhibited to varions citizens yesterday the original commission fasued to Jeffer- fon Davis af @ Secoad Lieutenant of Dragoona Ih ia signed by Andrew Jackaon es President, and Lewis Cass ae Secretary of War, The posseusor of the parchment procured it at the home of Davis om the Mssissipp!. General Intelligence (Uy Mast the New York Sun.) Acoonprwo to the most careful eatims pulation of the etsy of Chicago is 14, Tar nurnt regular battles foughs during the late rebellion Wsy. Tun “eight hour movement” Ls bein, ‘tated b; the mechanics of Indianapolis, wae f Tus miners emploved by the Delaware, Lacka- wanna, end Weatern Railroad Company ere on « strike, Mining in that region is ent!: «ly suspeuded. Tur Schoo) Boerd of Bt. Paula, Minn., excludes negroes fwors the echools. Pambo w going to law ebout it. Tas Boston Post says the police of New York oe = fault. Ketchum lef not » (s)cent be- ind, A LovrevitLe raffian threw ® stone Into « street car which wee fillet with ladies and children, on Bunday afternoon, andikilled « little girl, ‘Tum present poputation of London is 8,018,404, of the teraah Liverpool, 476,868, city of M: chester, 854,980, f yet Anonmisnor Kesxnics has informed the Catho- luc clergy of Bt. Louls Mo., that they must not take the oath prescribed by the radical siate convention. Lizot,-Gan. Grant, while in Detroit a few days ego, paid a visit to Geasral Coes, and hed an hour's futerview, Mu Sonoriety is breveted Major Genera) {mo th ar army, and received e two years’ leave of absence to visit Buropa, ‘Tas citizens of Bt. Louls have collected put it im the bank to the credit ofGeneral PRasidoas and informed the General to use is in selecting bouge to bis taste, A commrrram bas been formed in Cincinnati to @rect ® monument to Major General McPhereon, the bravest of the brave, wo fel! during the alege of Atlenta, Gov. Oarrant, of Diinois, is nnable to ettend to bis oficial duties at present.-the rebel bullet which be received as the battle of Shin still tes, the as. ae remaiuiug ia bis body, A sownrn of late rebel officers are stated to have gone to Germany, in order to induce emigration te Southern Georgia, It fe intenied te sell ow leaes lend to ese imalzrants at thir option, ir te maid that the buoy wituosred by the schoon- er Forms Frult, pear the ent of tie Ailantic Cable, ay lave been tho old buy, end that Le kas tbe dabla, TaN military suibortt! very attentive to the m of treedmen. The miuatn't got fuddied, thas cowte $20; calilag Dina! ® liar, $10, sud #0 on in proportion. Tun toad which was found imbedded ta a block of lime-stone in Hartlepool, Koxlmad, and wh'ob ie counputed to be 6,000 years old, expired last mouth, The animal bas been on exhivition Jor a numler of yrars, in fovth Caroling are Coromm, J. M, MoCueausy, formerly command. er ot the Let North Carglina (lorval) Kegiment, died st Boaufort, N.C., ings week, M Coosney enlisted in tue 12th Brooklyn Ri,iment wi the coumence- 1 ment of the wag, asa private, Tan demasd upon the Employment branch of the Freedinens’ Bureau for lavorers anc servants, at Washington, is in exces: of the @upply, and their agents in Virginia and other Points South, hsve been instructed to send ob men aud women dekiring employment. Nawerarss peddling tn the army was e very pro- fitable business, judgiug from the fect that one of | this clase who formerly peddled papers in the | Army of the Poiwmac, la now worth $10,000, and | is one of the l)rectors of the Becoud National Bank, just estsbl.shed in Kich mond. Nashville Dispatou saya: * The nk y over f the city is completely darko: ned by ery morning, They niaks noise enough to drown the ‘voice’ of a thrashing machine, But how the pestiferous little ‘cusses’ manage to survive the ‘sweet scented’ simosphere over our city is more than we can imagine,’ 4 Youx@ man named Voorhis, » lawyer as Mon- roe, Mich., who wes oe ‘avorite of the town, ai tem pied to commit ericiee by poison last Tussday, to escape & charge of forgery that was sbous to brouwhs against He wee found in almome P 4 Thirty-Third ear = dying condition, but metical aid relieved bh, and be was lodged im jail, He base wife and obild a Pontiac, of that State, ® pornyn ap- in a plain farmer's gart, seine! the Gen- ral by the hand, and tried to jerk him from the Platforin, at the exme time tw his arm with to Siolence The rascal received @ good beating Col. Baboock for his pains. Im the Blarre Nevade there are tie trees, Virrtore who will maert a marble slab in the berk, and enclose the tree by an iron rail, have the priv- flere of paning © ire, Mr, Denjaniin C, Howard, of Ban Francisto, whiis on « vielt to the Bierra, res ievack Geen $00 feet high and 61 in clrourm- ¢ “ark 18 two feos thick, and named 1¢ “Tieory Ward Beecher, slands next uamed Linooln, ss bedi’ Cuone Justice Coane hed « to tervi Presideat Johneoa on Friday Sreniny a he Whito House, It is generally WNGerstood thatthe subject ander discussion was what a ‘tom should be made of Jeff. Davis, whether he euould be tried bed a efi courtor « unlitary commission, and whether the trial shoukd take pisce soo or be 2 seamaa ill efter the conclusion of the Wirs Im reply to the Chicage Asmmant Comm|'ssioner Aa labams, telegraphe the Freedineu's Bureau that the Judicial officers under the Provisional Government lave been made bie legal const tuted agents to aidin the manace- mans of the colored population under system of ti @ burean, Judicial officers end magistrates ae musterially aliling in edu the negroes to s right appreciation of their ity © help them- Selves, and the Government, by circular, orders them so to do, Youn@ ladies are often saked why they blush se when spoken to abous their lovers, but they are seldora able to give « satisfactory answer. ng ity on their bashfulness, @ writer in the American edical Gazerra furnishes the jollowing lucid ex- Pisnation of the peautiful enon: “The taind communicates with the central ganglion, the latter, by reflex action through the brain and faciaD Berve, to the organic nerves in the face, with whieh {te branches inoeculste.” How pleasant it isto perfectly understand «@ thing Dontno last week upwards of @ dozen citizens of the South, who had obtained thelr pardons, made Lene sppticetice at the Freedman's Burocaa, for o mn of lande which had been taken tuto pardon, ed with orders uyon the | agents of the Bureeu in the Bouth for the restitution of the property claimed, with the provision that the owners be made ie compensate the blacks for the crops they may be cultivating thereon, or leave them ht possession until the same are her- Gen. Bwayne Tas German Ponon, edited in Rerlin, pubhshes ® coat of arma, drawn for President Johnson. Bs consists in ® pair of open scissors; between the lower partis « tetlor's goose, and between the upper pare ® thimble, surrounded by balls of thread instead ef cannon balls. And in the places Sane and flagstats, the eciesore are surrounded The device ts « grestcomplituent to the equ’ lity im your country, atxl e enub on the ermorial eusigns % our rotrogressive and Useloss nobility, ‘Tra Twperial feasis in Mexico, says a correspond~ ent, have sasoy and gorgeous, The diemenio Worn were of an alinost fabulous @and & passion for pearls, and nowhers, not even in the courts of Europe, are mich magnificent ones seen, The famous black pearls from Lower California are almost as expensive es diamoncs and es besutiful as opals. The Empress tries to wear the Mexican wantilla, which is requires Bpenish blood to cerry well, and fe ead to carry it os gracefully as on In- @iao equaw would s bounes LOCAL NEWS. NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY. Disastaove Finz,—Abont fifteen minutes to 1 Cclock P, M., yesterday, ® fire occurred an the second floor of 204 Bouth street, oncupied by Baxter & McVoy, ship joiners, eaused by the bailing over of ® pot of glue, The third and fourth floors were oren~ plod by Mossrs. Adame & West, os Riggers loft, the first floor by Joseph Munson, es « liquor store, aud the basement by John Hughes, as junk shop, The fiames spread rapidly and soon the whole house was completely gutted. Baxtor & MéVoy lose about $700 3: Rotinsured. Adains & Wostlose about $4,000; in- sured for $2,000; Munson loses about $1,800; 6 ln- surance, and Hughes of the junk shop estimates Dis loss at $8,500; insured in the Netianal for 92,00, ‘The fire now exteuded to 265 Bouth st, eceupled ne lew and fud floorsby Wm, W. Monck ase liquér store, and Segar manviactory, Dauaged about $3,000; fully insured, The third foor was occupied ase rigring loft by Hooper @ Francis. Loss sbout $500; insur for $500, The fourth floor was occupied asa sail lofe by Bialth & Sheldon, Damage, 8800; ne lusurance, ‘The fire also ccmraanicated to 208 Bouth at, orcupind by Frekerich Kloist as @ hotei—'The Ateamboas.® Damage, abont #1900; insaced for $2,500, le flames still travelled onward and soon ran throurm 567 and 399 Water at. orcupied on the first floor by Leis, E. P. Omith & Co, metal desiors. Damar upper floors of SE t $1,500; ue insurance, The —orcupied by Thomas (irecn as @ dweiling-—had furnitare damaged shout 02 : no insurance, dail ing was owned by C. \, 8, Roosevelt, about $1,500; iuily idsured. No. 401 was next tak This buliding was owned John J. 1d 00% apied by them as uilding was aimoat with valcalie comm: allof which we about #700,00), bu tral Seo tins 7 Ges' . e to Le fay insureds au the piaperty was ow chiefly by merchants, who were no doubt insured, Damage w $7,000; in- sired for #4,000, The basement the ining bulldings, and ed and complied by the eam dirm as bonded storehouses, were filled with the ie Eland of goods, ihey were compl Hooded with water, Damece o 2,000, as mated b, the Incuramoe companies, Van Dyke's hotel an 9 Catbariue dilp restaurant, Nod. 17, lv, 21, weed joc) by ss sad water about $53,000; inenjod, About lg ofc P.M. three men were using the iyeof 42 engine om the roof of 903 Hoath st, (he teamboat Hotel,) wham suddenly the roof of #04 fo ip and forced out the gable eu’, whieh feli over the men, apd ¢he flames bast out at the same moment, One of the men, niah D, I avean, of lose Co. 66, was bedly buiood by the bot bricks, and was severciy nzod about the bead end hips, becides sustaining njuitea in other parte oi the body. ‘The osher mony games T, Weir, of 4! sngine, and Patrick Gevegan, Foreman of engine 21, wore alo badly injured, the former @everey, They were conveyed w their bomes, is Fire in Twrnty- Ninth Bireat.- lien Murray vant living os 153 West 25sh wtreet, was sev burnt yesterday by her clones woking fire wh Uenting a fire with kerosene, The flaid flashed from the woo suddeuly, and clothine. Bhe was so severely darned thas her Iie te depalscd of, ble was ta w Jews’ Hespial The fire wes extinguished without domg furiber dawaese, Tue Propuce Excuancr—Conscmpriow or Flora, Provisions, &0,—-Those who would wish to seo Low thoussads of barrels of flour and ober grata cre disposed of in ® quiet, simple, though active manner, thould go some day at 130'clock, and rematm for halt aa hour at the Produce Exchange, coruer of Pearl and Whitehall streets, On entering, dove stairs, the beLolder perceives files of papers from all’ parts of tho worid, each in its proper place, and each ben to whoever wishes to consuls them, but thay ase (Contianed en the (ost Peasy