The Sun (New York) Newspaper, September 4, 1865, Page 1

THE Number 10,337. The Latest News By FROM EUROPE. elegraph to the N. ¥. Sua MR. MASON ONCE MORE. His Edorts To Stop the Shenandoah. PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA. The Disease Apparentiy Chec'sed | AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. | Settlement of the Difficulties, GTQ WASHINGTON DISPATCHES. The “Public Debt. AN ENCOURAGING EX’aIBIT, Substantial Decrease of Interest. The Wirz Trial. Confirmation of the Crimes Charged. 3,000 Deaths ia Ove Month, THE THREEFOLD TRAGEDY AT DEDHAM Foil Account Of Tho Case. &c., &c., &e. From Europe. with three days’ later uews from Europe, y Q@rrived ot thie port sce THR AMEN ANDOATT The following appeared in the London Times of ay, August 2lst: x Lownon, Angnet 19th, Sin— Late Intellieence from America of the recent ure of Amerionan eliipain the Pacific by the Con- lececate State ehip Shenandoah in that rea, leade me to address von thie note. As roon as it k Furope that the war inthe United 8 by the flual e all the Gon the pre truise of th taken by the the “ there forthwith diearm- an’ thore orders were channe t likely to meure their tain delivery toevery point in those ere the Shenandosh would necessarily ho whieh rhe would be in conmmunica- sto be presumed, therefore, that ber hostile # hae lone einee ended, In the condition of the Contederate Government at the termination of the war, the duty of doing thie promptly waa fully recog pized Ly its rep: atives in Kurone. Your obedient servant, 4. Mason The cattle disease continues to absorb the attention ofthe avriculturaliete and breeders throughout the tountry, and meotings are everywhere held of con- tert measures of prevention, It does not appear that the molnady fs spreading. Phe Great Eastern arrived at Sheerness.on Sunday, th. ‘Thousands of spectators were assembled beach to witness her entrance of the port. Her on the anchors were safely cast, and not the alightost acci- dent b The several boards of the compen: fee in @ Atiantic Telegraph Cable held sider their Position under t which has oecurad, ein the roaiization of a 2c of next year prevali- sary overhauling of ro's boilers, the construction of new illne-in uw, the manniacture of new rope, and other work, it is found, woukl cecupy too much ime to allow of auother expedition being sept to rea this year with a certainty of euccess, Immediate and en- erotic action will be (aken,not only to complete dur- tng next eprive the laying of the present cabie, but to lavar able simultaneously with the comple- tion of Lhe t. FEngiend, now anchored together at Broat, will make their formal entry into Bplthead, when tho eplendid fetes, banquets and balle will be celebrrted, The Imperial fleet will muster no leas than 9 iron clada, besides wooden yexse's and smaller craft, A telegram from Herne, of Aug. 19th says: The Emperor and Emprertof the French have arrived in bw rland, on r way to Arenenberg, where they will remain several days, A telegram from Temalla, of Aug. 17, says: The flood gates of the nal have been thrown open, and a veese! laden with coal passed direct from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea on the 15th. King William of Pruvsia will visit Queen Victoria et Rasenan; but he will doeo as quietiy as possible, in order not to meet tho Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, z STILL LATER. Arrival of the Perevian. Father Poing Sept. 9.The steamship Peruvian, from Liverpool, Londo aderry the 95th, bas arrived off this point. Nothing additional hed transpired relative to the Atlantic cable. Five pound shares were selling ar hla Ld be ‘The New York correspondent of the Timms writes upon the depth and earnestness of the irritation which prevails ‘against England im all classes of American *o jety, He expatiates upon and en- deavore 0 Falliate come of the reasons for this il- feeling U.P. Walker, British Vice Consul at Charleston, i «are ed as Consul for the States of North end Soath Carine Ter, Mousinga Poet hae ® bantering article opon the glleged invitation to Mr. Bright to visit America Tt eays the President of the United States could not ‘save done (he gitted radical a ereater service than he has done in inviting bim to see with his own eyes those things of which he hee so often drawn such bright imaginary pictu The Poet hopes he will find it conveniont t go te Virginia, Carolina and Ten- nerseo A Cork papersave the Fenians are very active in thateclty and nelehbertood. Large crowde it is said regularly assemble tor drili,jund illegal gatherings are no longer beld in out-of-the-way places, but in open day: and the members avow their intentions almost without reserve. The Emperor and Ficprese of the French continue their tour in Bwitwerland It ls expected that the Prossian troops wil! evacn- in, and Austria willassume administration of September, and that at the aame time wie to leave the admin pore d make Kenda farrisoned niternatively Austrian and Prustian troope the 15 Austria willevacuate ach Prureia, ieie fp al jort rene to be for Ayear ata time by The paseage of a boat through the Suez canal and end the slieced opening of the canal prove to be a veryemell affair, |t ie avrerted that, eo far from e open, the canal will not open for three at leat; and the question will (hen ariee.how far itean be made avail. abie for iarge ehipe With the subsidence of the cho'ers, business was agaiu Assuining setivit nm Alexendria, and quant: ties of cottoa were ceain reaching tu market. The pcepects of the bext crop are reported te be lavorabie. Liverpool, / oars A Shanghae telegram of July 12th save Lic still in custody, The American Minister had demanded his release, in- tending that # refusal would be considered a casus delle, Commercial. London, Auqual Conso's for money 80% a89%. Tiinole Central et TsaiSs. Erie shares bJaby's. LU, 5. Five-tweaties 60a00'<, From Washington. Interesting Items, Wasutsaton, fept, $4. The Government evidently regards the French Universal Exhibition for 1807 with much interest. From additional information recently received, the probability is that it will surpass any exhibition of the kind that the world has yet ecen. Senor Don E, Salear, who forsome time pass hee acceptably represented the Columbian States es Evuvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, yerterday took leave cf the President in his diplo- matic character, The United States Conen! at Fort Mahoa, In a letter to the State Department, dated Aug. 12, says: *Bhould the advance @# the cholera continue for the next twenty days, it must be looked for in Eng- land.” The totel number of Freedmen in the District of Colombia, in the charge of the Freedmeo'’s Bu- reau, is nearly 26,000, of whom 619 are receiving rations from the Government without rendering any equivalent, ‘The Secretary of the Treasury on Saturday pro. muilgated the President's proclamation of the 29h ultimo, for the information and guidance of officers of the Treasury Department, and says: In conformity with its terms, articles heretofore reearded as prohibited may be transported to pisces fu States heretofore deciared in insurrection, without any reetrictions except guns pistols and ammunition, Applications for the ehsmuent of these should be made in writing to the proper officers of the customa, who will forward them io the depaytment for its decision, accompanied with ench recommendations as they may be disposed to make, THE PUBLIC DEBT, Washington, Sept. 2.--Becre'ary MeCulloch to-day ath of Angust the fleets of France and publishes a statement of the public debt, as it sypears from the books, Treasurers’ returns, and requisitions in the Department on the Sist of August, 140), The recapitulation is na followa: AMOUNT ODTOTANDING, Debt bearing interest in coin Interest oe Debt +6$1,115,310, 191 80 64,00,000 bY ring inierert in | Interess ee seene Debt on which interest has coased Debt bearmy no inierent........ Total debt Total interest $15,081,600 44 Legal tender notes in circulation, one and two year five por cent, NOLES. «6.6 ‘ 923,954,230 00 Unived states notes, old issue + 0 United ptates notes, new issue 43 who by his attachment tothe eause of the Duke of | Compound interest notes, Act of Aucustenbure has lost all favor with the Kine, braliar, Bpain, of Aug. 18th, a has occurred here during the lart two days, and tho Sanhiary Council has declared the port to be now disinfected, * “A diepatch from Barcelona, of Aug. 15th, eaye: tn this city and at Valencia, cholera is only prevalent to en insignificant extent AUSTEIA AND PRISBIA, A telegram from Vienna, of Aug. 19th, aye: The convention bw he Anatro-Pruseo-Danish Treaty of Peace wa ed As Gastein on the l4th Priscila cece Laue i pave Austria pecuuiary nitieation Vieoriuia in Se la- wie, shes A telegrain from pays: No case of cho) on 4 Tussia is to rule in Schie sul the fuiure of the Duc A dispatch from Salcburg, of Aug, 19th, states: The Emperor of Anstria arrived here to-day stated that the King of Prusria will aceom Melesty to Ischi on Monday,on # virit to ‘he Expres The King of Prussim arrived here to-day; he wae Tuvet corciniiy met spon hie arrival by the Emperor of Austria The K.ug immediately returned the Emperor sit asthe case A telegram trom Sirachurg of August 20th, sa: At their interview to-day the Emperor of Austri: the King of Prursia sanctioned th It ie y Hie ded upon sbeiu tive ton Lew abou of the provis suicd of Prussia and Austria fo th A Eb hal, epotch July 22d, states that The r Ha has been burn he Lalla Rookb and the Futine have been wrecked, the crews were eave }. there is no political newe of ua pert. ance irom C nor Japan On Augus th @ bottle was picked up at Scarbor- cugh,it contaimed the following intelligence on paper: Ship Sir George Seymour foundered off Cape Cod, Get, sud, lndd) bound trom Bristol to New Yark Curgo iivn and cloth, Lost 18; saved 22 in two beats. Wo are haiistarved, Jona Thomson, secand mate, Cet, sh, The Cholera is decreasing rapidly at Constanti- eoule a March 3, 1568 15,000,000 60 Compound in‘erces notes, Act of June 30, 1>04....., seeet Wui.024 169 Total renee $684,158 969 00 As contrasted with the statement of te pullic debt published on the Sistof July, the principal Lee been increased only #215,000 within the Inset month, while the interest on the debt has decreased nearly $251,000. The legal tender notes bave been re d #1197000, The ount of coin now in the Treasury ie mearly forty-five millions and 4 half, or about ten millions more than aimonth ago, The enrrency now in the Treasury is nearly forty-three millions, as exainet elghty-one and o balf millions, showing are duction of currency for the past month of thirty- eht millione and @ half, The suspended reyuisi- tiuns amouns to a little over two millions, THE WIKZ TRIAL, Ninth Day’s Proceedings. Washington.Sept.2, The Wire Military Commis- sion re-assembled towlay, TESTIMONY OF 0, 6 PRLCTIER, Mr. 0. 8. Belcher testified that he had served tn the | Sixteenth Iilinois cavairy, and was @ prisoner at An- dersonville from the Sih of March until September, 1564; he thought that Captain Wire assumed com- mand about the Jat of April; on ove occasion Wire caine into the stockade, when a cripple walking on cruiches epproached aud asked to go outside; the request was refused, aud the cripple said he would rather be shot than stay there; the witnes soon heard Wirz balloo to the sentinel to “tell that man if he did not go back he wou.d shoot Lim ;" the map did uot return, when the seutinel fired and shot him ip the jaw; the cripple was kuown by me of “Chickamauga ;" Wirg afterwards th: ned to shoot the ther men if they did no away; op engtae occasion, while the prisoners wer v e being di- inte squads of hundreds one of the mon owing NEW YORK, MONDAY, ee _ be | ville, ou the 11t SEPTEMB did not fall in, and Wirs threatened to him, and did aboot at him; the ball went h the man's hat; tho prisoners were kept ia The enn all day, and were not allowed to procure wa- 1 if the eqaad could not give a satisfactory account y ove iF ta! amber, they were de- of their rations; this wae the case for three was insufficient room ia h for mon to stand upou ; orth aide, there Ueee shot over the re hot over cos of men ity others fired into w the line. The witness gave various in being shot; one was ile he was in bis tent for Meiely stretching his arm beroud the dead line; another wae abot at for treading over the dew line; someof those shot at were flied and obbers taken to the hospital, TESTIMONY OF JAMES BH, Davinson, James H. Davidson testified that he was s member of the lows cavairy, es taken @@ & prisoner te An- dersonville on the Sth of March; he described the filthy condition of the tay and the great mortality among the prisoners; for a week he trove the dead PACon |; soruetines twenty-five men were thrown into At at atime, and on the return he would bring wood 4nd rations in the «ame cart; he had seen rebel rol- nkets, shoes and shirts on them sent by the Benstary Commission for the use of our own meo; Capsain Wirz, he knew, made a breakfast on some crackers, cheeee and beef sent thers for our Privoners; he had seen four or five hundred boxer at the depos with sup; ; they were marked U, B Wass cominon thing tur men to be fue . one man died in the chain collar round his neck ; he bad seen there were two kinds, “cateh duge” one of the dogs bacly tore the fieah from a man's leg, Another man was hanging up his clothes, which he had washed, to dry, one of tho pieces biew over the dead line, he ttepped berond the line to get the Piece, when he was hred upon and shot in the breast; enother man had reached beyond the dead line tor tome crumbe of bread, when be was shot in the head; Wire shot aman ashortt me after he assumed com mand of the prison; the latver was sick, lying on the fround, and arked Wirz something, when Wirs abot ir Wire remarked that he wae killing more ‘ ees there than Lee wae at Richmond; this was in August; Wirg was atthe time with the wit in the graveyard, im (he wagon with the dead N) the witness had seen men starved to death ; 1 was eo scarce at one that rome of toem ed up particles of food t agb the ayetem ; the grave rd comprised twea ve or Siety Stree. and when he left Anderrou- of September inst, it was about two- thirds full, Witnose had never ecen Wirz shoot more than one man; the crave diggers were Union soldiers: the dead were buried about two feet and a balf deop Some were buried with and some without clothing Witness had n recn any of the dead sumppod Led they w baried; men were buriea in treache {on one oreavion one hundred and filly bodies were put into a single trench, TRATINONY OF THOMAS HALL. ‘Thomas Tali testified that he belonged to the ma- rine corps, aud was & priponer at Andervonville; he had charge of a squad of ninety prisoners, but only one out of the entire number survived: they gave hia svother squad trom the new etock; the men died off rapidly; 8 eood many suvk down from exhaustion and starvation, and could not get up; Captain Wirn threatemod that if they did not rise he would blow the brains out of the “God damned Yankees,” Wire throatened ¢ rape and canister invo them; he e¢ that bad almost been torm off by i;men were vacctuated in their arins and soon thereafter sores appeared twice as laree ae astiver half dollar, end filled with maggot; he heard @ sentinel remark, after shooting « man. “Dil have @ furiough for that, and it I thought { should get @ furlough for sixty days I would alhuot auother,”” TRATIMONY OF WILLIAM DALAER Dr, William Balrer testided that he had acted in the United Ktates Army as Assistant Surgeon; when at Jacksonville he aitended ao large nnamber of tho ensen from An ile, and described the horrible condition of the eufferors; the larger portion of them were more ekeletons; of three thousand three hun. dred of the releared prisoners whom he tbe pisce there were vot two hundred whodid not require medical treatment, aud one-halt of thore who survive will vever be fir to resume their former occupations; rome of these, atilicted with the scurvy, were idiotic, and bones had to be removed tiom the jaws and oiler paite or the body of the sufferers Major Hosmer, Avsistant Judge Advocate, was #worn, and (ertified that he obtained the papers (priuted below), from the chief Laving custody of the rebe! paptra at the War Departmeat, The paper was road in evideuce, and is as follows OONSOLIDATRD RETURN FOR THE CONFEDERATE STATRS MILITARY PRISON, CAMP GUMTEM, GROMG IA, YOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1564 Prisoners on band ou the last of Auenst, 1904 Io cap 29,085 1p borpital.. 1,605 Total 314,679 Received trom various places during August... 5,U75 Kecaptured 4 Total... : S062 Making in the ageregate 4,760 Died during the month of August 2,992 Sent to other prisons “ss Exchanged 21 bacape 30 7 Meking. : Of all which thero are on the Slstof August In camp ‘ ° lu hospital. Total... brie The same complaint has to be made arainat the corelearness and ineiticioncy of the guard: of the thirty prisoners who eseap <i © even of them did ro while on their parole of honor not (o @-cape go ony ar they were employed to work outside; the balance, nineteen, d, eome by bribing the sentine!s with creen- some by simply walking off from the ground while rett aing froin the place where the tools are deposited at night th eed on the stuckade Iu the daytime, Perhaps twenty five more eecnped durin the mouth, but they were takeu up by the dove Letore the deily :e.urn wae mace out, and for that reason to ty four we on the Het of eecaped or recaptured > recaptured isowing ty the face ard the officers of the ¢ ‘The roti cal! in the morn , bu’ he woud be too Aa we bave po gen apenose ‘© unpunished, or nearly wo, ii, We Jepiein Commanding, The endoreeanent on the paper is as toliows “ Kespecioi!ly turwardeu to General 8, Cooper, Ad- Jutent aud lm pector General, Jdoun H. Winves, Brigadier General." Bopt. 6, 1564 TESTIMONY OF OLIVER fH. FAIRNANKE Oliver B, Fairbanks, cf the 9th New York lel that he waa pr at Libb wards takeu to Anders ; that the report would ebow ain gone thea w bet cour’ -mariia! here, alle ry | ot Libby prleom was bette ect than it wasat Aud don other points, corr tions of the prion and ite im: Captain Wirg wenerally saluted tanned Yan- kee sons of —~!" the « e withess woe ‘ {ni al-o a prisoners, and aff witht Ar, lying on the ground and could not ateale said, “You d wow o his Hamied give you suything to or twenty-four hours, father, causing bim erent Wirz also kieked his Pain, ‘The father of the witness died in the prison abouta month after the oc urrence. Lhe witness further testified that be reiu-ed be vaccinated, when Captain Wirg curred bin punished him by putting hum in the chain gang, sod Hatin order to releared from the punislimeut he consented to be vaccinated ; but after we vaccination wae performed he washed the matter ou! with sosp end water, aud thus escaped the poisoning. He wid otbers wnat he had done, and they wa hed 18 P nthe same way, Ele step-father 1 a ealcment b0° him about tea munutes be died. The witness re paper and wioke whal Was now aa tullowe - Aur. 4, 1864 aad don't ! condition placed his hand on th Bul died from © for the world teil your mot whic 1am compelled w dic | Ricnanp Parro.ovgs, The Court then adjourned till luestay, From (ulifernia. San Francisco, Sept. No arrivals this week, Baila to-day stonmebip (olden Ci from Panama with $1,083,000 in treasure for New York and #664,. WO for Engiand, with four hundred psesengers in. cluding Speaker Colfax, Lieut. Gov. Bross and Bam’) Bardles, of the Springfield Keruntioass The Pacific Railroad is completed to Colfax, fifty. miles from Saeramento, making tho entire distance couetruied since January iwoal/ four mule, Koux BR 4, 1865 ————————— | thousand laborers are employed on the read beyond | Colfax and the number i* being constantly increased, General Intelligence, (By Mail to the New York Sun.) Tne removal and ral of cotton in Alabama has been interticted by Gen. Woods for the present, 14.944 soldiers were buried in Nashville, Tean., during the late war for the Union, Rerowt says that certain Virginia banks have beeu receiving rebel money up to the present time in liquidation of labilities due them, Gaw. Contia has ascertained the whereabouts, near Lynchburgh, Va., of #78000 in bullion, for- merly belonging to the rebel Government. Ax immense coal field bas been discovered at oe Falla, twonty miles from Fort Redgley, inn, Tur number of freedinen in the District of Co- svn” im charge of the Freedmen's Bureau, ie Gem, Guawt, has written « letter to Assistant Becretary Dans, depreciating the esseulta being made on Gen, Hunter, at endorsing bis West Virginia campaign. A racctamation for the euppression of horse- stealing and re-establiiebing the courts for trial of all casos of those crimes has been issued by Gov- ernor Parsons, Tre Gen, Wright oat om the Brother Jonathan Proves not to be the Major-Gen. Wright formerty tn command at Clucinnat), but Browet Brig.-Gen, Wright, # colonel in the regular army. Aw accident occurred on the New York Central on Saturday, by the breaking of an axle, Too baggage waster of the train was instantly killed, ~ the express messenger and two othe Were urt. Jonm Tarant, of England, America's steadfast friend and eloquent champion, is, it ie stated, about to visit this ryt by tavitation of President Jobhnaon, who hae 7 ced one of the finest United States fryates at his disposal for the purpose. Jeryansow Davin hae been attacked with erysip- ¢las for the second time since bis imprisonment. The first attack was very slight, but this one is more severe, although not looked upon es serious, The health of Mr, Clay \s improving. Mise E Latinas, of Edgefield, Tenn., ts to be hucicted and tried for “tbat she did tear down snd trample under her feet, with intent to e contempt for the same, the Arwerican flag, which had been put up in honor of the Aoniversary of the Independence of the United Stases,"* A vay in Philadelphia, while driving recently in a bogey, wae thrown violently backwards out of the vebicle, by the borse suddenly starting, She would doubiless have been killed, had not her waterfall protected her head from the concussion with the pavement, A MAN named Payne, of Cypress City, Texas, not long married, recently, on the occasion of his wife visiting her motner, who was sick, agalont bis wishes, proceeded to his mother-in-iaw's Louse, and shot both the women with « pistol. The mother was killed, but Mra, Payne may recover. Cart, R. B Wrvnwn, son of the deceased rebel, General Winder, was arrested on the Sist ult, at Drummontown, on the Bastern Shor Mi, om a charge of being implicated with Capt. Wirz, of Andersonville notoriety, and was lodged in prison as Washington, Tue English Government i¢ making efforte to in- sure cleanlinoss in the large cities and every place that is deemed exposed to tho cholera. Loca Boards of Health bave been emablinhed in every metropoliten district, Parochial iufirmaries have beeu visited, and steps taken for prompt action im cago the disease makes its appearance, Om Friday, on the arrival at Fortress Monroe of the Baltimore steamer, two darkies wore iaken from the steamer to the lock-up by the guard They were pickpockets, and during the passa n th vy had robbed a gentleman of « th: and dollers, and «lady of her jewelry, The prop- erty was recovered, Tick Toanen, the notorious turokey of Abby Prison, is still ® prisoner in Richmond, noiwith- standing the statement that he succeeded 'n getting to Burope at the time of his escape, about two months since, He was recaptured, and has been confined ever since in aw cell 8 by 12 feet, seen by and seeing only the surgeon, woo daily visite him, Tne rebel nest in Montreal te becoming fuller every day, Leverley Tucker, Carroll, Geo. San- ders, Dr, Blackburn, Dr, Pallen, ex-Gov, Wescott, H. 8. Foote, and other less prominent mem have been there some time, Robert EB. Lee iso: | and Jeff. Davis’ family are stated by the Mon- trea! Gazerrs to be quietly ving at the Donegan Hotel A Mas. Gannivun, of Malta, Il!., while noone load of hay with @ pitchfork ip her hands, was thrown off by the horses starting, In falling, she siruck upon the tines of the fork in each a wa: tiat one of them passed through ber body, the en coming out at ber back. The wound was mp) omed to be fatal, butthe woman was alive @ wees afier the accxlent, It appears that anumber of the disease! cattle were placed on board the Great Eastern previous to her departure on her voyage with the cable. When the vessel steamed from many live oxer, but before she had won long at woo Sppeered among the oxen, and one after another were killed, and thrown overe board, Nothiny was known on board the ship tlen that the wame pestilence was ravaging the herds at home. Tu Grand Jury of Maryland on Thured, turned judictments for treason arainat Brac Jounson, Gocree Fresner, John G. Howard, Thos, Vitehuyh aud Heury G. Gilmor, the guerrilla, The indictinent against Jobuson is for levying war, With oslers, againat the United Bistes, especially on the 13th of June, 1568, in Wasbingwou county, Mi, au in caplumog sud taking possession of Gettysburg, Provisionat Governor Parsons, of Alabama, bas issue ne proclamation, inairucting the people how to proceed in reward to taking the oath of allegt- ance and preparing themaclves to become eligille for wembers of the State convention or to delogstes in the same, le also «!ludes to sinoss which {® 30 prevalentin the State, andtelia the offenders that if they do not stop their criminal conduct voluntarily he will call Upon the military, who will corojel them to do ao, A MBLANCHOLY accident, result ug in the death of @ heantiiul wud aecomplis.ed youuy lady, daughier of Jaines McGregor, Keq., President of the Siate Rauk in Boston, oceurrea at North Couroy, N. H, on the morning of Baturday last, The unfortuuase Indy at the time or her death was pistol firing ato target, When a pistol .u the hanas of Mr, H nry C, Mayer was accidentally discharged, the bul! tering her brain, Bhe aimod, *Ob,God ! fell » corpse Last week a Mra Perkins, wife of » wealthy and respected farmer, reniding at Brantford, CG, W being upon her death-ved, conf ssed to a ol man that, in the co of her lite, she had, MoUs Mines, committed six miurd y¥ polwoning Bhe said she was possessed of » mania for deatroy- ind buman fife, sud ses her inclination led her chiefly to the destruction of thos closely allied to her by biood, Four of the six victins, abe declared, pad pun ber vw children, aud one ber first bus- nd, Carr.W. F. Bronocy, Superintendent of Refugees and Freedisen sor Washington and Georgetown, reporting to the Bureau, says that while some citi- rene are willing to concede to freedmen their rights snd privileges the majority concur with Judge Taney, * thatthey have no rights whatever that » ybite man is bound to respect.” He revrets that the colored people submit so tamely He would have them maintain their rights, quietly but firm- ly, Ho represents thas they are willing and aux- fous to work, upon proper assurance that they will Teclve their wegen, , va- Tum Roman Cathelic Archbishop of makes public, fpstructions from A Ry 4 the non. ition of the Fenian movement by the Catholic and writes a letier forbid. the use of 84, ‘9 Church for the tenerel coe smonies of @ member of the Fenian brotherhood. He also directs the Superintendent of Calvary Cemetery not to admit any procession of men or on bearing Fontan devices, into the enclosure. a # letter concludes as follows ; “I use this oc a= om 40 state publicty, what I have uniformly py tn private couversation, thet the membera of the Fenian brotherhood, men or women. are Dot acminsable to the saeramente of the church at mula There eran et aie comets ye led ae imim ob; the excita of rebellion in Irel and unlawful and illegal in ite moana, ani mil organisation tn this country walle os peece wie nd, to be made affectiy, thet power."* Mvein the event of war Tar London Timms reports that recently ocourred at the La | ansizes, and which materially affects individuals of the Quakew setprceen + Upom the, jury entering she vox o® Liverpool assizes one morning oue of the num- der, who gave his name as Josiah Carson, and wae ® member of the Hociety of Friends, kept on hist hat, Mr. Baron Hramwell, obser Ving it, requested) him to uncover, The juryman— ‘Conscience come pele me to & it on.” The Judge Conscience Bo more compels you to keep your hat on than ip does your shoes, You must have respect for others, Iwill fine you 10/. if you don't sake of your hat.” The juryman—“It ise reverence for the Almighty which compels me to keep it on,” The Judge—"'Don’s be nonsensical, Your reasom is discreditable to common sense." The jurymam sill refusing to uncover, the Juige said, —“'I wi you thas Twill Goe you 10d if you do not take = bat." The juryman—"'I cannot do #0." The udge—'*Then [tine you 101 and leave the box, Any person with such nonsense in bis bead is now * curious epleode fit to sis upon s jury.” The juryman having lefw the Court, the Judge sald—"'T shall call upon bing again to-morrow, aud if be still persiate in ed @enge I shall fine him again." The Island Raitroad Disaster.-Ver~ dict of Jury—Kverybedy aud Nebedy te Blame. The Coroner's jury empannelled to investigate inte the causes of the late socident on the Long Ivlan® Kallroad, Coroner Hondriekson presiding, returavds ® verdict at 8:16 Saturday morving, The verdiad embraces « series of rotum® by the several gentler men composing the jury, The first, signed by Alex.'Hagner, foreman; P. MJ Pearsall, Sam. imeon, b. A. Andrews, A. ham, Geo, L. nain, L Baylis, aye: iG Hea grits *saesatane i, Gtr, We don Crocker, ‘we a the ‘opinion 4 by the carolessners of R. J. tor of the mail train, and James White, the eagtaeeat of the exprese train, And the enid *@y that they do not consider ‘Lou © The enc ds signed by sles Wag Ox. M.Peareal Mal Baglin eas jagve, and G, 8 shit ernie ‘ .» 5. vi t of the for manne: hich the trai; and con= cates the secigeat 1 signed ‘iam in, an cond sixth, signed 8. Sueoke Geo, C, Mow 0 Lx . 8. Bm 1, Goo. C, Kee, Geo, 1. firey and Coroner Hendrickson, stat it as their $ the said accident through the carclessuess and inattention to rz duties of Richard J. Rice, conductor, and Dan . roy sore ot the malt tela of anid Or ve 0D ee recommends as some more and ‘dc ive rule shouid adopted by the ing officials of the company, relative to the rusning irregular trains, or of trains becoming irregular b; means of starting behind time, whereby they may be required not to leave any station at which they may be, unless they can reach the next turo-out station al least tem minutes in advance of time desi the time table for tho arrival at such statfon Se © regular train, J. 8. Buedekes Tho seventh, and inst, signed b; and concurred in by Gi, C. MeKeo, sane meet the Signers deciine \oting upou the question of ere) managewen! of the departare and arrival trains of cara aud the accommodations for the tra ing public om the Long island Kailroad, upon the round that itis an improper question tor the jury to lei. mine, and that the only question proper for the jury to consider was, “whether the road was mis- managed ou the day of the calamity, and if so, by whom!" They therefore declined voting upon the question ef general wis ent. _ LOCAL NEWS. NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY. fue Keronum Fravp— New Devevor. wrvrd. From letters submitted to & meeting of the creditors of Kotchuim, Hon & Co,, it appears that the defaication of young Ketchuin was known to two per- sons, membereof the firm, several weeks before the public development, One of these letters, addressed to the di iter, wae writteo by Mr, Swan, « partner in the Ketchum concern, and wae dated Aug, éthy 1866. The writersays in this letter that the deline quent admitted tw him, loug before the denouement, that be had abstracted a amount of the firm's funds, but the matter was kept eccret to avoid expo- vure. ‘This is bis language: “lL know that the amount of your rections from the assote of the firm are much greater than you admitted to be the case whem If poke to you on the subject ;" and he fur- ther says, 1 cannot permit things to go on in thie way any longer.” Mr, Belknap, another member of the firm makes similar developments. Accord ing to his statement about one million dollars of the firms funde was missing on the firat of June, and the matter was kept from the public in order “to prevent exposure.” FEventhe senior member, More ris Ketchum, apnonneed at the meeting of the croditors that the secrecy of bis partners relative ta the fraud “was the dictate equally of good sense and kindness" From all these facts itis evident that the firm knew of the speculations of young Ketchum long before the fraud was detected om the street, and also that they sought Ww keep ihe mation recrot, It in not strange, under such circumatancer, that some of the creditors were pot easily satisfied, An investigation will take place to-day Useuess DrscussioNs,—At @ public hall ia Sixth avenue, s congregation of men and women diserace themselves covery Bunday evening by dis- cussing epiritualioa and religion, according to the mort approved doymns of infidelity and blasphemy, & fow over-realous (bristians attempt to eonvert thee heathens by arguing with them.” Buch discussions are useless, for momomaniacs and fanatics were nover yet induced to forsake thoir faith by means of any mental tieatment. Thelr disease requires the regi- men of o lunatic asylum, where dyspeptic and an- healthy bodies mast fires be cured before their braine Wil) be strong enough to receive any truths the moss » (Oentinned on the hash Keae, . san