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

fh good-will and hare -_- B® the Confederate Go Number 10,351: NEW YORK, The Latest News| By Telegraph to the N. ¥. Suan, ——---—0 __ UR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES. Resumption of the Wirz Trial, ADDITIONAL BARBARITIES PROVEN, Odd Fellows Convocation at Baltimore GRAND CEREMONIES TO-DAY. President Johnson to be Present, FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR PERRY. Slavery Declared a Thing of The Past, IMPORTANT REFORMS RECOMMENDED Trouble in Al: Jabama. Civil and Military Collision. THE MILITARY VICTORIOUS. New York Politics. The Republican Siate Convention ing of the &e.. &e. Wasittneton, Sept. 19 Jatee Advocate Chipman stated this morning that he bad subpoenaed ninety witnerses for ihe de cr of Capt. Wirz, and Mr. Baker sald be had tw y ¢, but that ther would not all be wanted isoner to-day appeared somewhat unproved in ith, though he was compelled by weakness to lie on the sofa during the progress of the trial It is understood that the Secretary of State has been officially informed by the Governor of Vermont that the anadian authorities have paid to the banks a: St. Albans, in that State, 899,512 75 in gold, and 850,010 la bank notes, pursuant to an act of the Cana- ‘ad Parliament, on account of the amount deposited with thore authorities upon the arrest of the St. Al- bane marauders, Joseph I, Richardson, of Pennsylvania, Passed Grand Sire of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lowe; H. L. Page, of Wisconsin; L. M. Camphell, of Tndlona, ©. 1D. Pairmouth, of Tennessee; F. A. Ellis, of Mary! . Tolio, of Maryinnd, and Willem EK. McLee e District of Columbia, consi tuting o Gathering a os te fom the Grand Lodg for in « at Balt upon the Prewdent to that city to m Charity, in con Odd Fellowship ia the Bie Nicholsou, in his addr i that k ue the great erest which be took in tveryihine caleniated to restore good feeling, and be- evi th the convoce fon in Bultimere would go far tow arcs uniting the peopie, they had come to aak bir approbation and bie presence, @#hich would do much to bind the pee of the North and of the South more firmly & ser, ‘The Southern breth- t' b had to expressed in the wararet terme their lowe tor their the n bre bren. aad he believed the between the jemberse was more complete than evor. The President thanked the delegation for thelr virlt aud their invitation, aud expressed his gratifi eation that they had delegates from all parte of the country The Order by this convocation showed a OO CLAMP worthy everywhere ot imitation f he cou idly accep: the invitation he wou! but, if ateeot, he wonia be preseat in epirit. Th couvocstion was at the proper geographical point, and could not fail lo evert @ powerful influence upon the people of the conotry in the re-cstabdishment of yor. Tn the couse of the general eoove satiwo which followed, the Committee under- stood that the Vreeident « yied the invitauon, In view of this, the President of (he Baltimore and Ohio Katiroad Company has ordered @ special train for t& crow morning at halt-past ten o'clock, Presddvot Johnsoa wi probably be accompanied to imore Ly eeveral inembere of the Cavines and the Mayor of Washington, President Johnson to-day granted pardons to one Marylander, twenty Virg'nians, one Kentuckian, seven North ©» olinians, four Goorgians, two Alaba- mians, five Mississ ppians and one Floridian The Post Office Department has ordered service on the Southern Mississippi Railroad in conveying mails from Jackson to Meridian and intermediate points, 96 niles and back, daily atthe rate of $75 per mile Per annum, Other routes are to be re-opened in seorgie THE WINZ TRIAL. Resumption Of the Testimony. Washington, Sep’. 19.~The Wirz Mi itary Com- mission reassembied this morning. Mr. Baker men- tiened the names of several witnesses, whow he asked might be calied forthe defence, The Court, after secret deliberation, decided that the Judge Advocate issue subpoenas for the persons named to the comiuandants of Southern Departments, The exam/!nation of witnesses wae then resumed, K.G, TH, Kean testified that he was employed under ‘went uatil April of the pres- ent vear, ee Chief sauof War. He iden- tified the handwriting of Secretary of War Seddon, and Arsistant Secre'ay of War Campbell, in con- nection with the report - Chandier, relative to the abusesarthe Andersonvil.e prison, This docu- meut was heretofore recelved as evidence, The wit- beet had a conversation with Judge Campbell on the rubject, and cid not know thet it was acted upon by the Secretary of War, although the document lay upon his able, He elt he wonid have known it ut the piper had been acted upon by that officer, We vt, residing at Americus pounds of bacor wheat, 3.420 Ibs. of roug 7/0 gallons of eorzhuin, of wheat of old crop, ele of pens, 6,052 gallous of ‘There was also & GEpoL said he heard thal the i made two ® but the ad by Geo, Winder with tify to the facts touch- suf couneé, wh cn they bad pieseed with sb the tue Oo. the arrest of Capt. Wirz, Hovesumeat Pease its iaiih tha: the prisoner sia Lot be proreoute tif he woud consent to go to insult Major Noyes was called tot ing the p Macou, Ia telating all the circumstances of the ariest, the witness aaid Le went to Wise's house at Ane uvilléy whee@ he found him with bis wie deusbtere. It was « hard thing to take « vay Lom is tamily. ‘The women were crying a hee wae much trouble, The arrest was made he quick a possible. He intormed Caps. Warg and bis lamily that if Gen, Wilson found that Capt, Wirz had done uothing more than hie duty, and acted in etedience to orders, he would probably be released Gen, Wiison Cid not dizect or quthorize the witness — — sseememanens to aive the prisoner any promises, end he did not think that Re did The Prisoner remaiuet under fuard all the time, and was never ou hie parole, On the We hen Chattanoove to this city the prisoner's life was juentir threatened, and would proba. biy have been killed by incensed soldiers if he bad Bvt all the time been under euard, Capt. Jas. M. Moore, 8. A.. testified thas the n fouville was 12.912 Four hundied and fifty-one bodies were unknown, The number of graves in the small-pox Ceinc'ery was 64. These in had been abioto find, The bodies were buried in trenches from 1 to 200 yards long, and so clostly that the tablets coniaining the pames and rank of the deceased almost touched he graves of those Inet buried were not found marked. No disinter- mente were made for re-burial, Jobn M. Youwer, 12th U.S. Infantry, testified that at Andersonvilie a sick man who had escaped from the hospital wae recaptuied by blood-heunds, His Tight ear was almost Neen off, and other serious in- jaries inflicted. Witness took @ piece of his shirt Snd tied up the wounds. The man gave & likeners to S companion to deliver to his mother in the event of bis death, which occurred the next morning. The deceased had traveled thitty or jorty miles when he was pursed by the dogs He endeavored to c tree, bus was noable from weakness todoro, Lying Proetrate the hounds attacked him with the result siready mentioned, The witness sald he met the old fellow who had charge of the hounds, in the grave- stant ‘termaster UU. ber of burials at Ander- uded ail he yard. He asked the man why he committed such crurition. to which he replied, that is was by order of Capt. Wire, who told him not to briug back any of the Yankee sons of b-«, Mr. Raker ssked the Court to disregard the taat por- tion of the witness statement, but the Commission over-uled the objection, The wicness said that on the first day of hie arrival at Andersonville bo eaw Captain Wire, who wae threatening and curelng, and Le came at once to the conclusion that Wirz was «@ iough custon The witnere saw @ piece of tin lying ou the ground, and, tenga biacksmith, thought be cou'd make bimeelf Span of it. Wiiz, seeing him reaching for the tin, caled out to the auard, * Why don't you rloot the Yavace son of a bitch Y” He did not cet the tin, Witness spoke of the misery that he and others en- 4 Andereonville, the etoppage of rationa the shooting of mea at the dead ti @te, ay, Third New York Artillery ore that he saw Capt. Wirz. bimeelf, while in «sentry box, shoot ae aman who tried to recover his tin cup cron the stream into which he had accidentally drop- ped it. N.DL eruritier Orentt and ot! Andersonville, eeram'ned to the 1 the Court adjourn. : = Alabama. Collision between the Military aud Civil Authorities, Nashoilie, Sept. 19.—An Investigation by a board of officers will soon take place in this city relative to the detachment sent by Gea, Thomas to Alabama in earch of stray government cattle, While near Gay- leaville, the squad in command of Lient. Thompson were attacked by @ sheriff with a’posse of men, who claimed to be acting under orders from Governor Parsons of Alabama. One of the Federal soldiers was killed, Nimeteen of the sheriff's men Were cap- tured by our forces, The sheriff, whose name was Daniel, tovether with a man named Kekles, who kill- ed the Federal soldier, escaped. A thorough inves- tigation will be made by Gen. Thomas and Governor Parsons, Message of Governor Perry. The meseace of Governor Perry to the Couvention of the State of South Carolina, is dat length in the Charleston Covaten, The Governor begins by recapitulating some of the reasons that rend necessary his proclamation calling toret) e Con. vention, and proceeds to tell the members that: “The President of the United States has mi 4 generous and patriotic solicitude forthe pudtis of the Southern States to al! their eivil and rights under the Constitution aud laws of the Stater, He desired to se0 federal Union n of thom Stat and he will oppose the centraiizarion Congress, and the infrinrement of the « rights of the Statea with the seme zeal, euergy and power with which he resisted the seemed rivht of secession on the part of the states, complish this re-union of the State re devires that South Carolina, as well se all the osher States in rebellion, should acceps as inevitable and unavoidab'e the great tluai resuiwof the war,” The Governor next eulogizes the “institution of African slavery,” which he eays, fe now “wone, dead forever, nover to be revived or hoped jor in the tuture of the Btate." Under the war-making power, the military euthor- itieg of toe United Stat all te the seceding Btates, The emniy takeu--to “abide by and ta lawe and proclamatio: of powe uetitutional In order to ac eat ave ed slovery in h you have sol ly support all whieh have » mede dure ne the existing rebellion, with reverence of slaves” —requires rou. very in your new or ar terms on which to the xpress been issued stipulate that y pk Xd employ obable thas t ro Go tution abo three-fourths of the States and t of the Constitution Moreover, i ble for South Caroitina ever to regain rights, and be restored to the Un till the vol untarily abolishes slavery, and declares, by an or- ganic law, that “neither slavery or ir servitude, excops asa punishment for crime. « \~ of the party ehall have been duly convicted,’ shall ever again exist within the limite of the State Until thia ta done, we shall bekeptunier military ruleand the negroce wili he protected aa *Sreedmen™ by the whole miitfary force of the United States, But I know that vou are all honorable men, as well as patriotic men, and will do your duty faithinily to yourrelves and your country, however ny olun Ppainiul it ay be. In making thie unavoidable change in your Con- stitution, abolishing slavery, and which will reqnize the substitution of hired labor for that oi #!ave labor, it is to be hoped that none of those evils will . have anticipare ‘They willsoon learn to see and feel tb ence on you, aud know that their inte them to be true and faithful 'o you, Ib ia pected that so great and sudden a chanye the condition of the negro will produce, at fi fusion, idjeness and dissatistaction , will only be temporary, ‘Time and ex bring order andeystem., The “tree find outthat he must will necessarily be requl. duties of the employer and eup Itis very di ‘able that you shou ‘ail yourselves of the present opportunity of reiu: and popular. izing she State Constitution in seve al Parwic ular It is the reproach of South Carolina abroad that ber Constitution te less popwar and rep sbiieaa in ite prom visions than that of any other State in the lain And it is thought by many that to thie cause alone may be traced the origin of that discoutwnt and dir- satinfaction with the Federal Government, which alter being nureed for thirty-three or four years, ended in the secession or rebellion of thirteen or fourteen States, lo considering the question of population, it is pro- res ot the 1e upper per that the “fieedinen,” who take ther white men in the lower country, aud aise int country, in @ je proportion, sould i * thie aud © some extent, be counted. lower country, where there i derance of that cleasot pers sentation in Congres thi eroes, would seem to be just aud rig the compromise agreed on by tl the Federal Constitution, and r wisdom, To extend universal su t men" intheir present ignorant degrading con- dition would be litte lees than solly aad inadness, Te would be giving w the man of wea-th aud iarge landed posress.ons in the S.aie w most undue lata ence 1D ali elections. ie Woud be eusbiwa .o arch to the polis, ®1h bistwo or three huadred * fived- meu" us emplo,es, voting as he alrecsed, and control i elections. he poo: white menu ip (he & econ Districts would have uo intivence, or their lutuenee would be ove:powered by ove roan of large aided eetave, In Connecticuly Obs, Indiana, Linas and — several Aue 10 ede Other Loe-slavebuid. UE at the North, free negroes and coored sons are entirely excluded from yolne most of the, Northern States there iz # qualification :equired of ail voters, whic " them. If the Now York qualifications of # freehol lor 8 person of color voting were adopted ia ous Carolus, very few of the freedmen in this State would ever be able to exercise the right of ud Ln North Caroling, Peunersee, and perbeps other South Carolina, d itied | Duara the gale on Monday the ho. tad Ve gg Ad | Hopkins, of Eden, Me,, erent interest formerly were « that they proper to exercise this ranchisw publican party North are looking bo the action of the Southern States in ref Degro euilrags, and whilet they admit thata mau should be able to read aud write aud haven qualification in order to vote, yet ther con there should be no distinction between vove count of color, They forget that this man's Government, and intended for one man were saved, and five lomt, gol: nd that the Supreme Court of t number of students principally from the Middle, tater has decided that t is not an American Paate citizen under the Felerel Concciiation. “That cach | Western and Southern States, the West Indies and and every State of the Union bas the Tieht of deciding for herself wh Tight of suffrage, te beyond all di You will ee. tle this grave question asthe interest and honor of the State demand, Governor Perry then rev differeat clauses in the Constitu South Carolina, and forcibly points out wherein should be amended, He clearly «howe that itis 1 Republican in form, and #1 many changes thas will place some power in the of the peo and Prevent the few who have hitherto contioued the commonwealth from asain obtaining authority There changes embrace the election by the people of the Governor and Represeutatives as well as Presi dential electors who have hitherto been appointed by the Legislature, He says the civil off) before secession have been re-appointed, and explains the reasons for the renoral bankrupuy of the sta and moneyed corporations, and informs the Conve partments of the College are especially thronged, Tur Proviactal at come length the on of the srate o f ‘ stock and 1,000 of grain and seeds, re elected ) Stoneman, a ¥ t greenbacks ' will find = their 4 attempted to make « statement of his case, which © comme: alt! t cotton fe ood te the Nerthera” wane “ie “‘eays, | Ws eupprossed by his counsel, “Gloomy as the present may seem, the future will be bright and glorious, Nothing is ever likoly to occur gain to mar the harmony of tho Union, lhe Treat cause of dimension Between the two sectio Aas been removed, There are no rival interes's The North aud tue South are muiualiy necesssry to each other, and aii the pursutte of the one are d pendent on those of the other. The | nited States, & whole, combine all the eementeof national prot Perity and greatness in a higher degree than any other people on the face of the earth. No empire in the worid ever united in so eminent a degiee the three great sources of independence, power and ty agricultuie, commerce and manutectures. Apt long a civilization will floarigh and increase in num erandeur. It can only ernmbt inente when ignorance and darkne vaded the Iand. Routh Carolina ae an inter of this great power, must partake of ite rich prosperity, ‘The abolition ot siavery will give new enerky and eelf reliance to her peop!s, atimulate in- dustry, and promote economy in ali the vocatious of lite, In lese (oat ton yeara we sball realize in the iors of avery a b'essing in disguise to ouresives and chil- dren. In resuming her allegiance to the United Stater I Know that South Carolina does so in good faith, and with periect sincerity her plighted honor. Aasho Woe the first to lead offin thie creat and most unfortunate recession movement, it now becomes her duty toeet a bright exampie of loyalty to the other fouthern Btater, in returning to the Union, aod cheertally perforining all the obligations to the Fed- eral Government. She will receive in retu:n from that Government, « restoration of all lier civil and Political rightea# a sovereign State, with agoneral amnesty for ‘he pest. You should he careful to de all that is neevarary tonid the President ia carrying ont his wise and generous policy of recoastruction, ani todo nothing which may tend to embarrass biim in that policy or fupede the restoration of the Btate to the Federal Union, It isaremarkable fact that she brave men who have {imperiled their lives aud made every sacrifice In war, for the last four years, wompily and cheerfully acquiescing in. ite re- Whilet aoine of those who bave kept out of danger snd made lors sacrifices are less inclined to geyui in the inevitable reralts of that war. [have the er tification of informing vou that the policy [ have Porter. vorably at the Laty Bhaw, Captain McGowan, Time, 9:55, 2:46, 2:42 General Intolligence. (By Mail to the New York Sun.) pardon rec damages. sued in my admiuistration of the Provisional ( discharged, afver passing unharmed through four ment of the State has inet the wntire approy Years of a service in the Union army, broke President, and he bas directed the milit bis neck by failing from a bench, while attending hot to interfere with that policy, but to ald and tying it out, ernor Perry concludes hie address by iuforming ‘ouvention that the best nuderetauding exinte between the Faecutive aud the Federal military authorities, #ho have withdr troope jor military scrcus in thet city, on Wetnestay last. supp ies were obtained, there r one item 1,600,000 pairs of new shoes, horses and mu xcept | of aix ioillion dollara betweeu freedimea aad of cases will tor the pre Brorrriny Mc th that pe more yeilore @ all Courts. The white troops are, I believe, Kank Note Printing duty beneficially to the country, inf rvinw the covered that the privilege was al pence and good order of the Piste, Iie thought thas Uelr presence amongst us tor some time yet will he necessary, In order to enforee the relative duties at the freediseu aud their employers. in conc centiomen, I would invoke the Almighty to over ab your deliberations and direct your actions in every particular, to the best interests, hovor aud glory of our beioved Ftate BK. OF. Prony, in use vdd te acting as hospital sur wiyned for Jovy as nurse in pl vhowe term expired. Arnold is clerk in 4% Marshal's office, Bpanyler Lillo work at ther trade as carpenters shat Dr ud THE INDIAN COUNCIL Favorable Progre Avact of voilitary supplies that are of Pint Smith, Sept. 29.The differences between the | an triperi ire are ing retained by the loyal and disloyal Croeks are aunioably Goveroment, and carefully stored away lor futnre rebel di * of the various trit ‘ fuer 8 being 1 anche he ectieiet - ta ned aro « ving arms aod equipmeuts, moat have rigued @ treaty with the Government, wit ee ane nt rness, anil, of Course, all note eppeuded, eleiming non-fort re of lands, an Kinde of amuuoltion, nuities. ete, A committee waa app with the Choetawa and Chickasaw treaty. Tue Southern Cherokees submitted tothe report, stating ‘hat the Commitee hind waited upon the Nortbern Cherokers to arrange their d.fference and asking them to recommend the ¢ cil repeal their confiscation laws. Inv the matter before the Connell, The tion reported that about 6,000 Charok: are iu the Choctaw and Chickasaw pation on the Red River, in a destitute condition, sud aeked the Couneil for re!) The Commissioners have reiused to iecogni Ross as Chief oi the Cherokec nation, on aceou hie duplicity aod bad faith with the Government. apaper haa Leen a itted by the loral ¢ ke delegation asking th promissionere t reecind their action ted to confor relative to ihe Department, has returned with Holt in custody upen charges of fraud, loo take place, Turner wane walking match at the [llinois State ler. | Fair between two men, each with en artificial leg, The firet mile was mado in 12 minutes 20 seconds, an lon the last acore of the second mile one of the « | men gave ont, and the victor made his two miles in 19 minutes. They were employed in two rival establishments for making wooden legs, Tas Circassian emigration still continues with. Two thousand members rmt, horses and cattle, have been received at Karn by the Turkish autheri- ties I. is expected that the rest of the tribe, num- bering some sixty thoussed persona, will follow, and be dispersed over the districts of Mouch, Birvas nod Diarbesir, A Liongas and cub, two panthers, a hyena and « bos constrictor, have arrived at Havre, France, on their way to a menagerie at Blois, While the sencers were lauding ® young man approached too near the pant , and one of those animals ceeded in just touching ‘ ra nose, but with sufficient force to cause the blood to flow freely. A .erree to the New Bedford Menovey, dated Brazom Santiago, A tad aceident 7 acurred here y * Brigadier General A. G, Draper (Wol, 861 U, B,C, T.) was riding | ly slong, attended only by au orderly, he received » bullets -n the back from gun accidentally discharged, and itis thought the wound would prove mortal, Gen. D. is from Mas- acl usette, ‘Tas reduction of the voluntary military force ia progressing rap dly, The total nugber of troops mustered out under orders from the War Depart. ment dated August 14, was 29,000: 6,000 serving im the Middle Department, >,000 in Waablogto 5,000 in Kentuc 8.000 in North Carolina, anc 2,000 lu Misa tated the 16th of she present mouth, direct the musteriny out of another ered which will number about 1) are colored troops raised in From Europe. One Day’s Later News. Farthar Point, Sept. 19. ~The steamehip Damascus from Londonderry the Sth, pi this point this afternoon for Quebec, The political newa war unimportant. Queen Vie- toria would return from Germany on the Sth, The annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science had commeuced at Bir. mingham, Sattvorthwait's Circular, of the evening of the 6th, aye We have again reports of considerable businces in Awerican securities, The » was position to buy five-twenties on expectation of lu rates tor gold, until the arrival ot tho Moravian, r i bability of anew ioan, when the que end after being 69°, they arooped ne and closed at OS', a 05%. For trie numerous inquiries, and p: than one percent. on the the other hand, have been offerr although they exhibit vo alteration in price from last week, the tone of the ui t is not strong. Kallroad bonds are quiet, but the Atlantic aud Great Western is in demand and advaue ny The Paris Monti highly satisfied with the spirit in which the peo d press of England creeted the French tieet. The iriendly relations between England and Fraace, it sa) 4 a°¢ founded on mutual inte gud the unsormity of choir pringt ples in ma sot t They rivalled one another in disinte te » envure the indepen. dence of the Uttourau sd when Fragce bad freed Italy, Kugland dete colued ne louger to retain the islauds, and consent! tu rertore them to the origival nationalities ‘The Minister of Agriculture iad addressed @ report to the Emperor on the cattle plague, wad the Emperor has isseed w decree, pronibiting the introduetion, or 1iols eave way, 1 percent, rre b been in one of the London thea. pearsiv it the tyrant of , Orleans,” makes love \iwproperly to the Con- fecerate's daughter, but in u foilet by # faithful Passage through France, of cattle from England, | negro, who has a fight with Butler and beats him Holland or Beigium with the broadsword ip s square fight. Butler Tear seas — ailerwarde uncertal # to hang she lover of the «sid daughter, but he is reprieved, Butl removed News Items. fron command the Confeder: daughter triumphs. The play ts highly exciting, A © REESPON DENT writing froro Su! phur fprin, Tenv., Says: * Waile reclining Liha Sg! by] rtled by the fo teteps of # horse, and look: wthe animal Comlog towards m 4 prare: be terrib!y frightened, and com menced runniug @round the spot where | was seat- ed, and I avon discovered thas the animal was com- pletely covered with wasps, having, no doubt, trampled upon nest of these insects, The poor beast ran sbout in excrusiat: torment for Kily an hour end « half when he fel! dvad."’ In Rome, Georgia, the citizens are feet return. iow to their old homes, and « lerge number of (By Telegraph t vie Now York Sun.) Tre English capita {ais arrived at Tololo yeater. day afternoon, The citizens ent riained shern with 80 excursion on Lake Hri¢, and # banquet end ball was given them in the even! Barrimons, where the (! 1 F' sre holding thelr Grand Lodge meeting, wee througed last night with visitors from every sctlon, every train bri accessions to the gaibering throng, to the way of delegates, brig Comenthe, from Philadelphia for Bos- ‘ | ton, with coal, went ashore near Il gbland Light, | Cape Cod, and went to pieces, The captaim and Tux Polytechnic College at Philadelphia opened ite 15th annual session, yesterday, with « large South America, Tho Mining and Engineering de Fxhibition at London, C. W., now fully opened, is crowded to excess, The num- | ber of entrees ie about 7,000, including 9,000 live The Maratime | Provinces are represented, The party of English | capitalisis are expected to arrive there to-morrow, Tua triel of Champ Fergueon, the guerrills, closed yesterday, at Nashville, Tenn, and the decision of the Court was forwarted to Gen. Meantime Ferguson remains in close confinement at the penitentiary, On Monday he Tur trial of the rebel steambost burners before « military commission began et St. Lou's Mo., yea. terday, and thecase of William Murphy was taken up. Col, Milly, attorney for the prisoner, has given notice that he aball summon as witnesses Jeff. Davis, Secretaries Mallory and Beddon, of the rebel government, and Admirals Farragut and Tum National Horse Fair at Boston opened fa- vers le Park yorterisy. The en- tres in the various classes embrace, ameng others, the following well-known horses: Dan Mace gnd Frank Veruam, of New York ; Empress, Genoral McClellan, the Maine stallion Ariemas Ward, of Rarstoge ; General Meade, and Black Diamond, of Hartford ; George M, Patchen, Jr. Fearnought, In the afternoon there was anaddle race between Dam Mace and Mack Diamond, which was won by the former. Two-tarms of the hotel arrivals in Washington, for woeks past, bas been made up of applicants for A tapy who was burt by the frantic erowd at the Paris Hippodrome lately, during the confusion by the escape of a bos constrictor, hes i from the proprietors five hundred frauce A yousa soldier in 81 Louls, who had just been Yo show the givantic scale on which the war vaingon bend in The Quar- termanter's Departinent have already aold 80,000 es, which bave produced upwards oot has given strict orders : be admitted to the Jepartment, it rb | yy parties oo the soterest of counterfeiters, who thus learned t© Imitate the intricate maclinery News from the Dry Tortugas corrects the ruwor Tam Inspector recently sent to Missourt to in- vestigate the charces of official corruption im that Paymastor The affairs in thas Department were found to be in « ondition, and ® general overbauling ts to Thirty-Third Year- business houses have been opened. The Romé Counime says that the business of the place has increased nearly a hundred per cent. @ week for fee ton Sienens G toumynian Ut Bo ome ie nt ndians, pe tain Ke: Me vy of Georgia is suffering fromw ® severe drought, which has continued since the 16th of Judy ; the crops are out greatly short. A line of fret clase stage coaches is running from Rotne to Be Mountain, Ale, where they connect with the railroad from Tae country of Florida are coming im peepte “the Main," from ap the Bt, py ond Satilla Rivers, and the construction of « Sd the Draw Bridge over the Amelia River, facilitates ton and tra The Florida railroad is soa be put fm running order, and two steamers Fern been sarin to run regularly between communication with Cedar Keys, Lamber and red cedar wood In large x avantiien A being one Northern porta, wr thousand feet of yellow pine wiih "be yi forward frmlee pee oe FT golog largely inte the and other foreign porta, d sh deas —___—. NEW YORK POLITICA, The Usion State Convention, Syracuse, Sept. 19.—The Union State Conventiong which is called to meet at Wieting Hall tomorrow g attracts here an unusually large crowd, mm addition to the reqular delegates and substitutes, who, of theruselves number upward of five hundred. The hotels are full, and it is noticed that the delegations from almost every section are on band carlier thas usual, In response to a call isened by the Becretary of State Councils, the Presidents of many ot the L throughout the State arrived here t and orpanized daring, the afternoon ae |, holding @ session w closed doors, tt was nnders!ood thal advising the dissolut!ow of the State and local organizations, and to adjourn sine die was voted down summarily, and that com— mittee was appointed for the pu: prepari Baie eet hageartaste cone te oe ‘1 National parties, The attendance meeting is said be be quite fall. te = © meantime, an active canvass going between the delegates to the Union Convention om candidates, There is little or no disposition Leagues apparens in any quarter to adopt ai f the Democ: dates, and nobody wes (hes cay ofthem whi bet sonnet nt tea ehesege nae ore \s x , My. Taylor, State En, sel ‘nee Treasurer, are not withou' mr Schuyler, Aiat nomination, There is ye to the composition of the ‘ eaten, So che og the Court of A is, Ward ae iadaes and Jona, Ayres for the Cs to whow ve a majori whether the friends of Mr. ireskey, is able question, bat sone of the concede it to Mr. Weed, alt! gates express themselves un universal suffrage. Most of thoee who do so, do not propose to ask the Convention to enibody principio in the platform; and this seemsto be sentient of « large majority of those composing Kadical clement, Nevertheless, it is determined rome to bring the question before the Convention, LOCAL NEWS. NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY, Women's Wacns,—The wages paid to sews ing girls, aud other working women has been se oftem broughs to public notice that it would seem to a works of supororngation to again refer tolt, Yet it isno+ torioualy true that the weekly etipeud paid to girls im many of thoehope in the city continues to be totally iuadequate to provide « sufiiciency of food, much less toenable them to procure decent clothing. At the present time the commonest board cannot be obtain- | od for alesse sum tha four dollars per week, and yaw an advertisement yosterday moruing offered the maunificlent sum of from $250 to 65.69 per week te eirle for “light work.” ‘The work must be light in= deed where uo higher wages are paid. Ina shire making store on Bioadway, the wages paid togiils weekly are from three to tour dollars; not enough to: got decent shelter and food, In some places one ¥ o- man has been known to get au high as @6 and $6.50; but she bas been reckonod “an extra smart work: Vrom all that can be learned on the eubject.the “sew- ingmachIne," aad “type setting” pay best. On the for— mer “smart workers” cal rn from $8 to $10 per week.and the latver work $15 per woek is sometim:# earned, the work belug by the piece, How poor girls can live on the smaller ainounts quoted shove isa matter of mere conjecture, Indeed, it ts well known that many sink into degradation, being unable to support life upon the scanty wages allowed for sixty ~ x hours’ work a week; and until employers begin to cultivate a conscience, the same story of suffering, want and infamy will be,told to the end of the chap-; ter. Tar Nava. Racens,—The Algonquin an® Winooski are ready in the engine department fer’ trial, but the wheels were not quite prepared yester~ day to begin work. They have been altered, so th the dip of the wheels will be about 24 inehes, the pad-- dle floats being 7 imches on the face. The Winooski has one Iron float on cach wheel, while the Algonquia has two on one and three on the other, These are pat on to aid the engines over the “centre.” Sines the workmen began to ové®heul the Algonquin, they have built a bulkhead abaft and closing in the fre room and froin the blower now rune @ flame through which is driven « strong cugrent of alr which passes under the furnaces, acting es a direst blewer to the fires, Mr, Dickersom protests against the alterations adopted, and declares that they are caleulated to de- prive his engine of the ehlef value it possesses for working economically, He claims that the Board of Engineers have not screed upon @ fair trial of thetwe engines, but, as he has wo alternative, is compelled to submit to atrial which will mot develop the good qoalitios of the Aigonquin's engine, It te now under- stood that all the preparations will be completed as an early hour this morning, and the trial probabiy begin to-day or temorrow, Tux Jewisn New Yrar.—“Rosh Hath ana," or the Jewish New Year, commences this even~ ing in all the synagogues, The command for the keeping of this festival is found in Leviticus xxvii, 23-44, ap follows: Aud the Lord spake unto Moves, say!) peak anto the h idrem of israel, saying, I seventh, in the fires day of the month, shall ye haves Sabbath, Haare do a servile work there(a; bol Te 5 Bo ry wo! t shall offer aa offering made by fre unto the Lord. The day will be kept with the greatest solemnity by all the Jews, no matter how reformed they may be in their religious views, For this featival and fom the Day of Atonement, synagogues will be linpro~ vised in various halls throughout the city, the poorer: classes hiring @ room in such places ae the 14th» Werd Hotel, Croton Hall, &e, The religious exer+ cises are of a peculiarly impressive character, From dawn until noon the “aithfu! are in thelr synagogues, attired in their grave clothes, reciting prayers, an@ listening to the sounds of the Bhophar, # trumpet made of aram’s horn, The blowing of this trumpet signifies that God ie mitting tn judgment over hie creatures, and tradition calle the day “Jom Hedia,'” or “Day of Judgment.” The festival will lest until Friday at sunset; it inaugurates o series of days of ponitence and prayer, ending with the Day of Atene- ment which commeneeson the evening of the 80th inst., belug in Jewish Chronology the 10sb dey of tl o Tib month, 5,696, (Continued om the Last Page.) 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