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CLEVELAND LEADER
IAIK, TW-WIWLT A IB WIIIIT,
AT NO. 112 BUPKB10B-ST,
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IimIw tscng matt win juq o4i. trow
uuuwnic tun eor outer Kmrnal aobltebed IE
firo, oumhm or Olnotnnatl. It publish moral
olomiamore readkui nutter, and Ita MmiM
rtl-W Tork and the Westers AmnnfaUed Prw.F li are-
Banted la a more tot- uftibie
.nwi vtUO.
B Amiu Nen-dnMI. P)T Ina. I aa
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Daily, deiirend tr onrrtar, itonlii or Evan In)
at cent per week.
TH-Weer 12oent per week.
-aa!l boalneea lelt-re shoald be a it drip, ud to
to- "OwTel.nd Lader Comp.PT "
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by mm Tata patch r
"Fast" t ft Coffee Pot.
ro a Ul T
W.NJOK'd blOVK STORE.
BeMMa Public Monro.
'" ' Abwmt Qniniuitu'i Orrics,
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T"O"0TICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN, That
i. T la pnnnanos of I at roetlon. tram the Ooief
Outlaraaikr or the D -partmeut of Obio, I will
a U at public eoctioe, aa Monday, September 16.
UCupllaT.lu4.0hio.
I 'oast ot Dry Wood,
at Tone Sort CoaL -Tho
prjjwrty to bo remoTed from the premises
within nr. data from talc of sale.
Teresa- Cash ia OoTenment nude.
Bale to eoanmes
at 10 A M.
6k0. . CADWALLADKR.
Papula and A. tf H.
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LEVSLAND,ELSOTBICAl
mSCriCTTKUB CO.
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or rear. oo
raw. I ag
'H rFENN'& KRAMER!
unruTuni or . . .
' Jtr. loans' Xlectro-lBeraal BUb,
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,,ELEIiCAL APPARATUS OF EVERT DESCRIPTION
Modeh aad Small Machinery of all klbda
Made to order.
' Br. riniahtng, Bepelrlng and Job bin. doae
with ear and dlapach.
- NO. 64 CENTEB SIBEBT,
Tar Drabla Holt'i MacbU. Sbop,
ia 4:lwp ObCVELA'D. OBTO.
ELECTRO -THERMAL
BATH CUKE,
.4 ISO 36 FB08FICT STEIET,
CLBVII4AND,
OHIO.
UK. L TOURG-
PR0PRIE1RESS.
BATHS ONE DOLLAR: EACH.
B. T. KR1IIB, V. B PhjilcUl,;
Ofloa Hoan, A. M. to Is M., aad to T. K.
faaVPatienU can be accommodated with
Board at the Cure. JeB4
DAILY LEADER:
THUBSDAY, SEPT&UBBB 14, 1866.
Bight companies of the 2d Ohio Cavalry
were mustered out at Benton Barrack on
Monday, and will go to Columbus to be
paid off. The four remaining companies
will soon be mustered out.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
is shown bv the ennsus to be about 16,000,
against 9,322 in H
Missouri furnished 104,758 troops during
tho war over one third of whom were
supplied by ttt. Xkkiia.
" The Mobile fc Ohio railroad was opened
. . throughout its enure lengm-yesmuayy
and steamers connecting with it have com.
men cad running between Cair and Colum
bus.
R Provost Marshal General Fry report to
the State officers that Indiana has furnished
193.337 men to the Government, between
the 18th of April, 1861. and the 30th of
April, 1865.
In the Criminal Court at St. Louis on
XLIU.J M "J" " " " w
negro charged with grand larceny, claimed
' that under the Constitution ke was entitled
to be tried by a jury of negroes. The
Court overruled the application.
A communication from General Fry to
the Governor oi Wisconsin states that that
Rtala has furnished 96.000 troop to the
Federal Government, whose terms of ser
vice vary from three months to "three
years. This is about every other one of
the arms-bearing population of the State.
John Akerman, of 'Company B, 31
Michigan, and the Quartermaster Sergeant
of the same regiment, were murdered re
cently in the streets of San Antonio by un
known citizens, who rushed upon them as
they were riding peaceably along. The
murderer escaped and fled to the wooU;
The commandant of the post offers a re
ward of $1,000 for them.
FOREIGN.
The Belgian papers publish accounts of
fearful hurricane which passed over the
district of Liege. The largest trees were
blown down, and the damage done is very
great. In one incloeure alone seveuty
three large trees were blown down.
. An accident of the most distressing
character like that upon the Matter born had
occurred on the Swiss Alps. A Herr
Hopfner, from Dresden, attempted the as
cent of the Ditlis at Bngelberg with a
guide, when both unfortunately perished.
The bodies were recovered and brought
Into Bngelberg.
The sou of a Bavarian butcher has lately
been duping the frequenters of the fash
ionable German watering-places by assuming-crinoline
and an entire female
toilet He professed to be a PolUh beauty
of ancient family, and in this character
succeeded in oDtaining moner uum auuc
ing dupes.
Ira Aldridge, the celebrated mulatto
actor, who has made a great sensation in
Eagland and on the continent as Othello
and Shylock, and other iamous characters,
nd who hat been decorated with orders
ad marks of distinction by the king of
Prussia, emperors ot Buasia and Austria,
nd king of t wed en, ia engaged to re-appear
in .London, at the Haymaiket theatre.
PERSONAL.
General Butler has been invited to St
Louis and promised a hearty welcome.
John C. Breckenridge, late rebel Secre
tary of War, arrived in Quebec yesterday
from Liverpool
The Hon. Herman B Beardsley of St
Albans, Vt, ha been appointed Associate
Justice of the 6upreme Court, in the place
of the Hon. A. O. Aid is, resigned to be
come Consul to Nice.
It it ttaWd that Sterling Price and other
"officers f ibe late Ot nfederate army, have
received from the Emperor Maximilian the
commit) ton of General in the Mexican
. aimy. This is a mistake. Sterling Price
has gone to Brazil, probably to seek a resi
d an c 3 there;
Two Chicago clergymen lately visited
the theatre in diseuise. Somebody had his
pocket picked. The gentlemen were ar
loltMt on suspicion. On searching them,
what was the horror of the officers to find
bsneeth the gay whisker and flashing
r,rtnin two clereymen, who had dis-
gutted themselves for the purposeof a little
amtbwment One of them had on an
false moustache, and was fixed
..n in tho most recherche style. The other
wore a thin mask over the lower part of
hi features. Paper of a theological
charactet were found on their person, bat
this was nnecetsary, as they made a fuil
. confession, and begged to be discharged,
tvtiog that theyonly desired to tee what
the theatre wa like, in order that they
jnign.1 teach their respective flxki to hun
ueh cyU plftsw.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1865.
b.e Cleveland-
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VOL.XIXNO.219
PERSONAL. A Marine Newspaper.
at
cm
OreAt Bwtern, (luring her trip, wu th
publioaVioa of weekly newspaper,
which the tollewlng accoaat U given in
the report in relation to the cable :
The Atlantic Ttiegraph, edited by Mr.
Henry O Mail, A. K. A, illiutrted by Mr.
K Dudley and the editor, is probably the
Biott highly fioiahed production ever
published M iea. Printed on line paper,
amu wub luoairauona uat . may vie
with the .most . auocojaiul of . oar
piotori&l periodictlt. thii olavful record
of eeame-of the incident! of the voyage ii
both Interesting and amojing nqw. - The
frontupiece ounsist of portrait of the
principal people emploved in the exoedi
ti-n. The Atlantic. Teleirraph flw, with
ta oombinatioa f itara and union jack,
u J in 10 a DacKgrouna, tne Ureal Jtaatern
and her guard of honor are in the front.
and the whole is enclosed in a neat frame
work of cable, with lecuonal .cutting at
iour oorner. xne nnmoroui tketcnea,
notably one by Mr. Dudley, of Mr. Cyru
field taking hi turn of duty a watchman
. l. & l . - m . ... .
u iw lux, ja mu oi numor, wniie tne fol
lowing quotation will ihow the nature on
tne jeux (t esprit written and publuhed of
uuara wnen aii wa going well and every
vuv was in sign spirit :
"THE LAY OF THE ELECTRICIANS.
"AIR—OVER the Sea."
"Dadertbaaaal ondertba at! Bara'i vbat Da
atr hi aayk to aao.
Booh toiilnc a. thla la tao porfMtaat blbal Ioaola
woo ai waiag it acroa tC.
Bo wa'll toat I atai I I n I iih aollaand lb omotora,
m.uym gaiTaonaa iora I
Tan I toatl teat I Tattoack BiBete all right and
aj tone.
CHORUS.
"Copper aid link I and aad atlak ! tlak-a- tlak
tLE-a uaa, tl-a tu Hat,
Capper aad lcl acid aad atlahl aoocoaa to oaa-
ua-a 1 1.
... ,
hroaa ahora-md to bmI ahiw-end aadaaa! B
what Valoatla la saTinf to aia.
Mark Mar'e itrong rata la uuiu B. A. of millloas
aad trillions a.ala.
It's ao graad t oaa hardlf trist Thompaoa or Vai
ley to teat 1 last 1 teat !
Such a lord, coa-tla-a l-ty.
Oborta Ooppar 004 slae, Ao."
Negrophobia in Western Virginia.
President Mahan sends us the following
account of an outrage which he recently
witnessed on the can of the Baltimore
ana unio road, in which he was traveling:
WHEELING. August. 29. 1865.
As we were about leaving the denot of
this this morning, the Bev. Benry Lee, of
ucerun, uoio, who was quietly seated in
the car in which mytelf and several
friends were seated, Colonel Geer, U.S. A.
among others, an individual, the professed
conductor of the train, entered, and per
emptorily demanded of Mr. Lee that he
should leave and take a seat in the tmok-
ins; car. Mr. L. informed the intruder that
he had purchased a seat In the first class
cars, and should remsin where he was.
This he was informed could not be. As
Mr. 1 refused to leave, the conductor and
another individual proiessinsr authority
oommeDceu violent assault upon him.
As Mr. Lee's arm was extended to sustain
himself by holding on to the railing, the
muiTiauai last marred to struck Mr. Lee's
arm with his foot, and that with great vio
lence, evidently intending to break it. To
me It is surprising that the arm was not
broken. The passengers expostulated, and
Colonel Geer went out and returned with
the Superintendent of the Road, who put
a stop to the violence, and gave Mr. Lee
ms rights. A. Maeas."
Mr. Lee himself, in a note to us, spea
of the manliness of President M&hai
of Colonel Geer, in the boldness
which they asserted tne rights of hum
ty, and denounced the wicked prcj
and unjust rules of the Boad Compa
The Pithole theatre isalmost finished. I
There is a commodious gallery, dress circle, I
in priTsts boiw ta bt aarptUd aid kmi
with damask curtains, a full orchestra box.
a stage thirty by forty feet, with a full set
of soenery, and a splendid drop curtain,
imitation of satin. The interior is hand
somely painted and decorated throughout,
and lighted by chandeliers. It 1 contem
plated to have a rich drop curtun painted,
representing a scene characteristic of the
oil regions an oil well, tank, derrick, &C.
It is estimated that the building will teat
1,100 persons, and will cost $12,000. It
will probably be opened on or before the
16th instant
ueneral urant bad an enthusiastic re
ception at Springfield, Illinois, Tuesday.
Nearly thirty thousand people were pre
ent to welcome the distinguished guest
Opeataff C tbe Millinery Seaiaoas I
shall open oa tho Uta of Boptambor, mj Klegaat
Awtuaia Modes in Basnets, imported directly by
ma Irons Paris, and bow landing in New York,
which lor b laaty and cheapness, cannot bs excelled
la this market.
I iaTite the attention of tbe Ladies on both aides
of tbo rlrer to an inspection of the stock, confi
dently haltering that they will And it to their ad
Tantags to do so.
I am now prepared to alter orer tbe old ihapse
of lists and Gape to the prioout mode, tbe now
patterns oi which I have on eihjbttioa. " -.
J. L. HAHN.
.14:245 Car. Fmlton andBridgosts., West Bide.
Srpteaaker, BsTtsiher auBd. Jam nary
So i ObOpons aad U. B. 6 par osBt. Com poo nd In
taraat Kiitat of 18. booght at higheat market
rates by C. J. FABKKB A CO., Banters, So. 14S
Boporloratrost, Bnd.r Wadd.il Boata. ael4.2i4
T Veaael Stwaera. Tho attention of Master,
'and oWBO-a of tea at boat, aad other WakaT
orolt, is sgalB called to the (sot that OoUactora ol
Onatoms are required to enforce tho law la all casus
what there are deiaetlTs auailaata.
It tt ia oat 0 tk Moater to bare on board his
Teasel a manifest of tho cargo. To prevent fraud
It Is rrqalrad that asanitetw abal! be algasd by
tho Master, ao near tho Hat of articles, or
where there is ao cargo, se Bear the words "So
cargo," that nothing saB bo Babaco,neatl J inserted
ebon the aaaw of the Master.
It is slao required that the nambwi of bozos.
Delta, bar re a, Ac.be ia wilting and not U agnrca.
A little oars apoa the part of Marten and mana
gers of ressots, will soTiale all dllncalty apoa this
point, and sere them trouble and expanse, and
officers of the Costoau the performance of tm un
pleasant duty The ease Is plain, and bo maa
Bead hare defeetlTO meal 'sate.
JNO. C. GRANNIS.
0ost Hocss, 0 eteland. Sept. 12, 1886. al3:844
For LaK Snperlr. The new and elegant
paaaenger sttamer LAO LA BKLLE, Captain J no,
Bpaldmg, will laaTe oar dock tor ail Lais Supe
rior ports, oa Jturadaj, September 14th, at S
o'clock P.M. ''
For freight or passage apply en board or at the
offlosof BOB'T BANNA A CO.,
aaplS.l44 1 69 aad 171 BITOT street.
Far Lake kmperiotv The staunch and
lettable eteasasr LADY FBAHKLIB, Captain
fred, a. Miller, will leare our Dock for Superior
Olty and interim dlate porta, oa Friday, Sept. loth,
at o'clock P. M.
For freight or psrssg apply to
MAiiO:t A, PaTTTTT A CO.,
rpl&5 un and 1 surer street.
Faeinc asmten fr 0V-Ob tho Clem.
taad Inirtng Park, Thnraday, at P. AU, Srp.
tember 14th, 1865. beet I In t, to hnrnees.
Wat. Hoflaaa enters br. m. Maria Brougm.
M. summons onteoj bk at. Fanny.
Alao a Trotting- Match lor 100, boit 1 la t, to
harnB.
Wm. H Potta oaten br. mare. I " ' .
M. el ramose entera by. mar .
roa will be sold at F. Kiabsrlej's, oa Wed Boe
der oTOBlag, Boptambor lSin. Admittance to the
tracktOoaata. eeel:2
Ka.il rowel SItlpplsvs; Book New ttjle,
rot npoa abort notion at the LsABlnoBIoe. sU
- lee for ttalv SOW tons Ice for sale m ana,
ROSE & PRENTISS.
aepllllSO 8 and 144 Untatio street.
f-atr-blaa- Tsurtmr Hrglset jour Teelh
aad tob will eooB catoh a tartar there. . Manlpn
Ute them f ally wi'h that rare Trget"- u.i""
aniiit and neither tartar nor canker, or any
dental disease, can srer Infect either them or the
tad oBihJoas ta which they are inserted, slteodlw
To Printers- ba.e r sale in ouantitiea
ta snit. Binruam's Celebrated Boiler ComplUon;
also. Palmare Patent Composition, the best and
most durable extant AU orders by mail promptly
attended to. Address LXADER 00., Olersrand,
Ohio, '
ROSE & PRENTISS. OHIO STATE FAIR.
Sixteenth Annual Exhibition
FIRST AND SECOND DAY.
[Special Dispatch to the Cleveland Leader.]
COLUMBUS. September. 13.
The attendance at the State Fair, to-day,
hat not equalled the expectation of the
manager. The receipt were (omewhat
! than for the tecsnd day laet year.
The weather i exceedingly warm, which
will partially account for thia falling off
The exhibition i very fine. Cleveland i
well represented in aeveral departments,
though there ii eonsiderable room for improvement.
To morrow will be the grand
day of the fair, and will decide whether
will be pecuniary mcceu or not.
[Special Correspondence of the Cleveland LEADER.]
COLUMBUS. Sept. 18. 1865.
The State Fair opened to-day under
favorable auspices, and the Sixteenth An-
niiUKxhibition of the State Board of Ag-
iKuiHuv giToo fjruuiwi vt uerag tne oesi
and moat aaeoeeafnl of any. Tho Fair
Ground are located in a beautiful oak
grove of convenient access from the city.
They have been admirably fitted up in the
aavarml Departmentr, and lack only seats
tinder the shady oai fcr thu im-of ta
heated and waary. The weather ia torrid,
but to far no rain, and but little dust.
Testerday was devoted mainly to entries
and arrangement of articles, and up to
noon to-day tb same work hat been going
on. Everything i now in readiness for
sight-seeing, and the people are pouring in
by rail and every tort of conveyance, to
enjoy the instructive holiday season. The
receipts for entries and entrance fee so far
exceed any previous State Fair.
We are specially glad to see that North'
era Ohio is well represented in nearly
every Department. Messrs. Youn glove,
Massey & Co., make a splendid show of
labor saver from their famous Agricultu
ral Implement Work in Cleveland; and
the number, a variety and superior work'
manship of the implements of husbandry
from similar manufactories in Ohio, evince
the untold value of machinery, in ad
vancing the development and growth of
our great commonwealth. Though over
three hundred thousand of her patriotic
son have been enrolled in the Union army,
no industrial pursuit languishes.
Mr. John Kelley represents the garden-
t of Cleveland with a fine display ol
thirteen varieties of grapes, twenty-nine of
vegetables and thirty varieties of dahlias.
Mr. Celley shows a proper spirit touching
State Fairs held in Central and Southern
Ohio, and is cure to bear off a large share
of premiums. He ha done so in the past.
One of the richest and most attractive
displays it from the Cleveland Woolen
Mills of Alton Pope & Sons, consisting of
broadcloths, cassimeres. ladies' cloths, fancy
flannels, &o. The goods are all of superior
quality, and do great credit to the (kill and
workmanship of the enterprising manufac
turers. They are turning out fifteen hun-
dred vards per dav. and cannot beein to
In la. ir..ir-rVy.r.w.nWruUS. I
In the Fine Art Hall extensive, au
mirablv arranged and well-fllledi by the I
. .u. v. itr.,1 .-.hihitad ho I
the Cleveland Business College draw
crowd of admirers. Fine Art Hall is
much in advance of any previous exhibition
af -
at Stat Fairs in Central or Southern Ohio.
In fruits, Erie county bears away the
palm in grapes, Wood county in apples
and pears, and Huron in Peaches. Mr. W
Z. Barney, of the Quarry Vineyards, San
dusky, exhibit forty choice varieties,
and D. C Bichmond six. Mr. Bar
ney cultivate the Adirondac, Anna,
Coneord, Diana, Delaware, Hartford, Pro
lific, Norton's Virginia Seedling, Bebecca,
Alliss's Hybrid, Alvev, Crevelling, Cataw
ba, Cuyahoga, Elsmburgh, Herbamont,
Ionia, Israeli, Isabella, Logan, etc , etc
Mr. H. B. Lum, of Sandusky, has a plate
of seedling grapes on exhibition, which be
ha tested to be remarkably hardy, pro
lific, and palatable as a table fruit Mr. L.
is an extensive and successful grape-grower.
We are informed that the crop of grapes
on the main land, Penninsula, &s., in the
vicinity of Sandusky, is much lees dam.
ged by rot thia season than oa Kelley 's
Island. The crop it an enormous one,
though tome vineyards, especially on the
Island, have suffered extensively. There
are but few grape on exhibition ' from
Southern Ohio vineyards. One exhibitor
of Madeira from Hamilton county claim!
that all other varieties have bsen affected
by disease this this season, and that tbe
Madeira is now the most valuable of wine
grape.
Messrs. G. & S. Boult, ot the Norwalk
Nurseries, farexael in the show of peaches.
They exhibit twenty-four varieties, many
of the choice early, which they have man
aged to preserve in presentable condition.
Messrs. E Jwanger a Barry, of the Mount
Hope N arteries, Rochester, N. Y., a usual
at State Fair in the West, show a splen
did collection of Pears, numbering eighty
five varieties. They also exhibit twenty
two varieties of Plum, a choice collection.
Their enterprise in the matter is the more
creditable from tbe fact that no premiums
are offered on fruits grown out of Ohio. '
We must defer notice of Wood county
I
I
I
J. A. H.
Newspaper Account.
[From the Columbus Journal September 13]
The following list exhibits the number
of entries in the department ot live stock :
CATTLE.
Clear ee. . entries.
1 hor thorns . - 43
t Derooa.
3 fierefbr I.
4 Work Oxen I
6 Fat Cattle-
.. 10
Mi eh Oo-e
7 Sweepstakes OB Cattle.
1 Thoroughbreds-
i Koadaters-
I boreee for General Fnrpoees-
4 Vralt Honea
at airbed Boraee
fT rotten -
T rweepeeese on Hoi tea
Jacks and Mnlos
1 Verlnoes
S Leiceeteis .
4 Co&raolde-
t Bonihdowaa-
6 Sweepstakes on Fin. Wool thorp-
7 " oa Long 44 -
8 Cashmere (ioata-
t Wool
BWIBX.
1 Large Brceds-
small niorue.
S awecratakes-
Psnltry.
The fjllowine is the programme for the
remaining day of tne iair
THURSDAY, SEPT, 14.
" Ia the Horse Binir, p-eneral purpoee.
Match, Go' ding and Mares, Harness and
Trotting Horses. . .
Short Horn Cattle.
Fine Wool Sheep, Cashmere Goats, Hogs
and Poultrv. -
- Second Division of Agricultural Ma.
chines, Plowing Match at 9 o'clock, south
oi ana tmouung tbe Fair Grounds; oew
ing and Knitting Machine ia the HaU.
Fruits and Flowers in the respective
nana.
Jas. Buckingham, Attending Member,
Sweepstakes on Cheese, Butter and
Bread, Honey, Preserves, Pick lea, &c, Su
gar, borgno, ana Borgho Machines.
FRIDAY. SEPT, 15.
Ia the Horse Bine 8weepatakes
Colts, Sweepstakes on Horses, Sweepstakes
on Trotters.
Sweepstake on Cattle, Beet Herds, Best
Bull and Cow, Best Breeding Bull with five
01 as calves
Fine Art Hall every day.
W. F. Gbiin, Attending Member.
Single ticket 25 cents.
By older of the Bnard.
JOHN H. KLIPPART.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES.
FROM COLUMBUS.
THE TfiEASUftEBHIP OF
FESED TO JOM R. FIX 31.
JJg DeClillfS the OfilCC
It is Urged Upon Adjutant Cen-
eral Cowan.
I Union Meetings In Colnmbus.
FROM COLUMBUS.
[Special Dispatch to the Cleveland Leader.]
COLUMBUS. September 13.
THE TREASURY IMBROGLIO.
The dispatch that should have reached
you last night would have informed you
that the State Treasurership bad been of
fered to J. B. Finn, of Elyria, who is well
known as one of the best men in the Slate
for the position, and that he had the mat
ter under advisement, At a late hour last
evening he notified Governor Anderson
that he had decided not to accept the office.
Early this morning the position was again
tendered to Adjutant General Cowan, who
had already refused it several times, but as
yet. he has not signified his acceptance.
Auditor Godman, to day, commenced an
inventory of the assets of the Treasury, in
compliance with the provisions of the law.
It will take several days to complete the
work.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
The 721 Begin ent, numbering lSGcffi-
cer and men, has been mustered out at
New Orleans and placed en route for
Columbus.
UNION RALLY.
This evening, there was a fine and spirit-
ed Union meeting, in front of the Capital,
which was addressed by General Osborn,
of Illinois, and others. Another meeting
comet .off to-morrow evening, at which
General Cox speaks.
WIRZ TRIAL.
Wirz too Ill to Attend in
Court.
ID 6 Trial AdjOUmed Une DdT.
Til K f KI I Alt II nor.AJin
ft mil t anil lhft Fnfillsll RM-
way Men in St. Lcufc
Letter From General Slocum.
GENERAL LEX AS D GI3EBAL
GiUttT.
Cordial Correspondence Be
tween Them.
History of Lee's Application
for Pardon.
Associated Press Report.
THE WIRZ TRIAL.
WASHINGTON. September. 13.
On the openinp- of the Wire's military
commission this morning, CoL Chipman
submitted the following communication :
Old Capitol jt bison, W ashingtov, l
September 13th, 1S66. f
Col. Chipman, Judge Advocate :
Sib: Captain wirzbas been pronounced
by tbo surgeon at this post to be too much
prostrated to be able to appear before your
Court to day.
Very respectiulJy, your ob a t serrt,
GEO. WEST.
Capt and Military Sup't O. 0. Prison.
VLD UAFrrOL x bison, i
Wabbtngtok, D. D , Sep. 12th, 1865. . J
Capt. West, fiupt. Old Capitol Prison:
Captain: j. nave tne nonor to intorm
you that Captain Wirz is unable to leave
his room to-day. He is suffering from ner
vous prostration.
Very respectfully your obd't terv t
C. M. FORD. S, U. S. A.
After reading of the record of yesterday,
the Court asked Mr. Baker whether he was
prepared to furnish the name of the wit
nesses whom, on Monday, he charged had
been tampered with.
Mr. .Baker replied toat it was impossible
for him to know witnesses by nan e, ex-
ceptint; three or four of them. He would, if
he could, give their names with the great
est pleasure.
Uen. Wallace, 1 resident, said tne Uourt
appeared to be satisfied with the inference
drawn from the fact that the counsel is un
able to give the names of any witnesses al
leged to bave been tampered witn, ana to
let it bs placed before tbe public.
The Commission adjourned till to-mor
row morning.
OUR FOREIGN RELATION.
NEW YORK, September. 13.
The Commercial's Washington special
says: Accounts irom jnexioo respecting
tbe prospects oi tne Aepuoiicare oecommg
worse and gloomy. 'Abe Mexicans woo
still adhered to the Republican cause be
came discouraged on hearing of the re
duction of Sheridan's army in Texas, and
are making the beet teims they can with
Maximilian, w ltnout an immediate sup
ply of men and money from the United
State the Liberals must abandon the con
test The administration, however, will
neither suffer the neutrality laws to be vio
lated, or will it go for an idea.
The remans are looming np as a source
of diplomatic trouble lor Mr. Seward.
The English embasty has carefully noted
the Fenian demonstration, and tact and
statistics bave been sent to the home gov
ernment, which it is said have become tbe
subject of communications and demands
that may soon be invested with national
interest
The Chinese trouble has been unduly
magnified. It is not expected that tbe
State Department will sustain the demand
of our minister for the surrender of General
Burgoyne, he having denaturalized himself
bv becominir a Chinese sublect -
Secretary McCulloch contemplates early
reforms in the Treasury Department, weed
ing out useless officials, &c
FROM ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, September 15.
General Grant and party arrived at three
o'clock this afternoon and were quietly
taken to the Lindell House, by the direc
tion of Mayor Thomas and a few citisent,
where he will receive a public reception to
night The English party will arrive about
midnight and occupy apartment at the
Lindell House.
LETTER OF GENERAL SLOCUM.
SYRACUSE. September. 13.
The letter of General S locum to John
A. Green, Jr, hat been furnished by him
for publication because of the publication
of other alleged private correspondence.
He further says that he publish the
letter with a view to set at rest the effort
to injure General 8 locum by alleging that
be aoceDted the nomination Itanaiiui of hi.
hostility to the President, growing out of
irauuu w aiming tne jussissippi
Hiadobs Dbp't of the Mississippi, l
T I1.B.HBUBU, JillSB , AUg. SISt, 1865, J
JItDxabSib: I oar favor of the 2 2d
inst has iust coma to hand. Ia ranlv T
would state that I am in favor of th prin-
-'viob wnicn appear tnus iar to nave gov
erned President Johnson with regard to
the Southern States that is, to allow those
ouies to decide who shall and who shall
not be entitled to the rieht of suffratre. : In
A few words. I am in favor of retnrnins- at
the earliest practicable period to a state of
civil law. I believe the true interest of
tbe country demands a more economical
administration of affairs, an effort to re.
duce the national debt, a substitution of
ujovituior military courts, and a more
careful observance of the constitutional
nebta of States and individuala.
If these views are such a will be en
dorsed I j yom OcnrontioD, and if tbe Con
vention should nominate me for Secretarv
-r u. n t -1 ii . . , . -
u vjMjho, a aaau accept tne nomination.
I am now at a great distance from the
soene of action. The only mail by which
this communicatien can reach you before
the assernblinp- of the Convention leaves
nere wltiilrt m trjw liume. "Wits, ta;. HrZaT
statement x leave tne matter in your hnr.de.
snowing your menaiy leeiings toward me,
and being assured that vou will be rov-
erned in tome degree at least' by these
leeiings. ii tne tjonvention should not
adopt the platform you anticipate. I trust
juu win not press my name.
a am sir, very reepectlully,
Your obedient servant,
H. W. SLOCUM.
H. W. SLOCUM. To John A. Green. Jr, Syracuse, N. Y.
SALE OF GOVERNMENT STORES.
WASHINGTON, September 13.
At a commissary sale vesterdav at Alex
andria, Virginia, of stores not required for
military service, one lot of pork told a
high as $14 25 per barrel, hams at 12a per
pouna, ana salt beet irom sz 30 to $2 85
per barrel.
A clause in tbe Virginia amended Con.
stitution prohibited all who had aided, ptr.
ticipated in or sympathized with the rebel
lion irom either voting or noiding cilice.
The first disability has already been re
move Dy legislative action.
Abe proclamation of Governor Pierpont
now suDmits to tne people tbe Question.
shall the next General Assembly be clothed
witn power to alter or amend tbe thud ar
ticle of tbe Constitution, namely, aa to
holding office. There seems- to be no
doubt that this disability will also be removed.
WASHINGTON, September 13. FROM R' LEIGH.
NEW YORK, September 13.
The Tribune's Raleigh correspondent
says: The giving of rations to the whites
will cease on the 15th. notwithstanding
they have immense crops in the field, they
continually cry to give, give. There are
no colored people in Raleigh receiving ra
tions, tbey providing tor tbemselves. A
good many white have either sold ration
given them by the government or fattened
their hogs on them.
Utucial documents prove the act of hor
rible treatment by Tom Long, one of Gov.
Holdens magistrates, of ireedmen. Rich
ard Cotton was beaten on the head by an
official, then whipped with thirty-cine
l&snes, ana tiea up by tne thumbs two
IffiaTLAoqpTOBceitha; e8 Jenoe bj I
arrest of the guilty parties.
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
NEW YORK, September 13.
The Commercial's special says that Gen
eral Meade's account of the condition of
Carolina and Virginia is very satisfactory.
The people generally and prominent citi
zens are everywhere disposed to accept
frankly the usue of the war and resume
their former relations with the national
Government Arrangements were made
by him, under the authority of tbe Presi
dent, for the gradual withdrawal of Feder
al troops, and the resumption of civil law.
Ibe people acquiesce in submitting all dis
putes between tbe whites and black to the
courts. . ,
FAIR AT UTICA.
UTICA, September 13.
The Annual Fair of the State Agricul-1
tural Society, ia spite of the inclement
weather, ha thus far been a perfect suc
cess. .The grounds are the best ever used
by the society. Total number of entries
2,100. Total receipts up to the present
time, X44.U0U.
Major General Hooker, Post Master
General Denrison, ex-Governor Seymour,
ex-Governor John A. Kintr, and several
other notables were on the ground to day.
A delegatoin of JNew l orn uieves ar
rived this morning, but tbey were an
nounced in advance and have been closely
watched.
GOLD MARKET.
NEW YORK, September 13.
Gold continues weak. There 1 much
gold being sold short at thirty and sixty
days, at much below the current buota
tions. These sales are based upon the sup
position, bow well founded we are not
aware, that the Secretary will take any
means for reducing the volume of currency.
1 hey are confined as yet to a select few in
the upper financial circles, but have a de
pressing effect upon the premium. Cash
gold is offered quite freely this mornine.
The quotations have ranged at about 143
during the morning.
FROM NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, September 13.
A catholic priest, named Peter Hamil,
made two attempts to commit sulfide by
cutting his throat this morning, on the
Boston mail train and his recovery is
doubtful. He wa insane.
The steamer Eagle, from Htvaaa the
9th, is at quarantine.
INCORRECT.
PITHOLE, PA, September 13.
The exaggerated reports ot an epidemic
prevailing in tbe oil region! are without
any foundation. Those having friend ia
this section of the country need have no
anxiety in this respect, a the general
health is good.
THE WEATHER.
BOSTON, September 13.
To day was the warmest day of the sea
son, the thermometer being at 92 in the
chtde.
BOSTON, September 13. Special Report.
FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK, September 13.
The stock market opened rather mare
actively, but at the same time it weaker at
a general decline in prices, and more con
fidence is apparent in putting out shorts.
The speculative chiefs are unusually quiet,
and there is difficulty in divining their in
tentions. The probability is that in view
of the indisposition of the outside public to
engage in strict ventures they would be
glad to sell out their stock at moderate
concession from late prices operations
which would give them liberal profit aad
liberty to change "their specie of operation,
or to start bear speculation. .
The greatest fall to-dsy was ia Erie, old
Southern and Bock Island, owing to a dm
ptsition to realize. " ' " '
Government securities are quiet at 6 of
1881, and 5 20i maintain yesterday's quo
tations. " .
Speculation in Ohio and Mississippi cer
tificates continual active.
Miscellaneous stocks are quiet.
There ia no activity in gold, and the
price it weak.
i
The City of Manchester, to-day, took
out 150,000 ia gold bars, and the Africa
from Bcvton $13,000.
Money continue easy.
PETROLEUM STOCKS.
; retroieum stock are lower to-day. The
only activity is in United State. The sales
were at the following rate: Buchanan
I Farm, 71 J; Cherry Bun, 32 ; Pithole Creek,
I 70: Watson, 160
Germania, 29 : Mon
tana, 825; Oceanic, 70; OU Creek, 225!
Webster, 166.
PETROLEUM.
Crude i dolt, at 3435; refined in bond
is steady at 5759 ; free at 7770.
PARDONS.
The Herald's Washington special eava
it is reported mat tbe project of establish
- . - -
ing an Executive Bureau for the speedier
transaction of business pertaining to par
dons, given use to considerable discussion
concerning th business a at present man
aged. There is a class of m-n who feel
vindictive, and believe no pardons hou!d
be granted until the people of the rebel
lious btatea have at least passed through a
severe probationary period. Others are in
favor of granting pardons, but believe the
present laborious method of examining
as wholly impracticable.
LABOR QUESTION IN THE SOUTH.
An illustration of the change going on in
mind of Southern men, concerning negro
ikbt melboa
themselves to the conditions by which they
re surrounded was revealed in conversa
tion this morning with a gentleman of con
siderable wealth before the war, and the
present owner of two large plantation in
Georgia. He intends returning home Im
mediately, subdividing his plantations into
small lots, containing from ten to fifteen
acres each, and leasing them out for
nimber of years to the most reliable and
industrious of his former negroes, at such
rate as they will agree to and can well
afford to pay. In some instances he will
give the right of purchase at the expira
tion of the lease. When the negroes are
settled he will erect a common gin and
open a country dry goods and grocery
store for supply mg them with necessaries,
and he believe that in ten year hi in
come will quadruple what it wa before the
war. He is too sensible to be long without
followers.
GOVERNMENT LANDS.
The rapidity with which Government
land are being taken up since the close of
the rebellion is unprecedented and matter
of considerable marvel. The following
returns from Government land office of
the operation last month, has just been
received: At Winnebago, Minn., offices,
17,763 acres were entered for actual settle
ment; at St Cloud office, Minn., 13,530
acre; at Browniville, Nebraska, 6,513
seres. Advice Vera also received from
distant point in Washington Territory,
Olympia and Vancouver, stating continued
activity in land operation in those
quarter.
PARDONS.
The World's special sayt : Two or three
hundred applications for pardon are re
ceived . eachay at the Attorney General's
Office. The number oa. file is over 10,000.
A laxkt) uuuu ftMwv i noNlrad fc &rraai4!ti
and classify them for examination by the
Attorney General. Among the prominent
ones just pardoned it ex-Congressman De
Garnett, of Virginia.
LOUISIANA SUGAR CROP.
The World's New Orleans letter says
the culture of sugar hat nearly ceased
The parish of St Mary's, which once made
45,500 hogsheads, will not this year make
WOrand the most favorable estimate for
the whole State prau aw wtai -mp at not
over 150.000 hogsheads, against 500,000
the year before the war.
JOE JOHNSTON.
The Bichmond Bulletin says the Dan
vule Railroad Company will invite General
Johnston to assume the Presidency of that
road.
HOUSE FAIR.
HARTFORD, CONN., September 13.
The Horse Fair has been a great success.
To-day over 10,000 people were on the
ground. There was splendid exhibition
of family horse and matched horse. Old
horsemen assert that it was the finest show
in these classes ever seen in this country.
It was, certainly, the finest ever seen in
this city. The whole management, as
well as the display of horse give the best
satisfaction. To-morrow promises to be
great day, both for the display of horse
and fast trotting.
STEAMER ASIA.
HALIFAX, September 13—11 P. M.
There are yet no signs of the steamer
Asia, bow due at this port with Liverpool
dates of the 2d, and Queen stown 3d inst
The weather is clear.
JUDGE NELSON'S OPINION.
COOPERSTOWN, N. Y, September 13.
The Freedmen't Journal, of to-morrow,
will contain Judge Nelton't opinion in the
matter of L. L. Cutting and other versus
Gilber and Shiock. . The motion for in
junction against the assessors and collectors
is denied, for reasons let forth in the opin
ion, and the parties are left to their remedy
at law.
GEN. PENNYPACKER.
FORTRESS MONROE, September 12.
General Pennypacker, who wa wound
ed and captured at Fort Fisher, ha so far
recovered as to leave the hospital for hi
home in Westchester, Pennsylvania, ac
companied by hi aid, Captain Barn urn.
THE WIRZ TRIAL.
WASHINGTON, September 13.
The Military Commission will summon
part, if not all the witnesses named yester
day by Captain Wirz, through his counsel,
by whom he expects to prove that many
acts ascribed to him, were committed by
others highertin authority. Xbe prisoner
has been tick ever since the trial commenced.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The Vnte-room of the Executive man
lion was again crowded to-day with pardon
seekers from all pas. I of the South, in
cluding number who formerly held clerk,
ships under the government in Washing
ton. , .
- The secret service division cf the Solici
tors office hat been informed of the arrest
of several persons engaged in counterfeit
ing. One named Joakes j umped from the
car while they were in motion, but was
again arrested, ten day after by detective
Netlleewith and another, Tobias C. Eckert,
was arrested in New York yesterday by
detective E. CuwelU Eckert had on his
person 500 one dollar notes. Arrests are
continually being made all over the coun
try. A. S. Cadwallader has been appointed
collector of Internal Revenue for the fifth
district of Pennsylvania.
J. C. Bates hss been appointed Direct
Tax Commissioner for the Stato of
Georgia:
i
REVISED CIRCULAR.
Circular No, 15, dated September
having been by accident prematurely pro
mulgated, it is recalled, and the following
circular, revising it in some particulars, at
substituted therefor: '
Wab Difabtmbnt, Burba u ofBifu
grbs, Fbrdmkbt, and Abandoned
Lands, Washington, September 1Z
[Circular No. 10.]
Circular No. 13, July 28, 1865, from this
Bureau, and all portion of other circular
from this Bureau, conflicting with the pro
visions of this circular are hereby re
scinded. .
Second. This Bureau has charge of such
tracts of land, within the iosurrectioBary
States, as shall have been abandoned, or to
which the United States snail have ac
quired title by confiscation or otherwise
and no such land now ia it possession
shall be surrendered to any person except
as hereinafter provided.
Third. Abandoned lands are defined In
section 2 of the act of Congress approved
July 2, 1865, as lands of which the lawful
owner shall be voluntarily absent from,
and engaged either ia arms or otherwise in
aiding or encouraging rebellion.
Fourth. Land will not be regarded a
confiscated until it ha been condemned
and sold by decree of the United States
Court for the district in which the property
may be found. The title thereto is thus
vesica m tm United Etates.
xuui. upon its appearing asnawamury to
L'. r. v xt r.
any Assistant Commissioner that any prop
erty under bis control is not abandoned, as
above defined, and that the United States
has acquired no title to it by confiscation,
sale or otherwise, he will formally surren
der it to the authorized claimant or claim
ants, and promptly report his action to
Congress.
Sixth. The Assistant Commissioners will
prepare circular description of all confi
cated and abandoned lands under their con
trol, keeping record thereof themselves,
and forwarding monthly to the Commis
sioner oopiee ot these descriptions in the
manner prescribed in circular 10, July II,
irom thi bureau. They will sat
apart to much of said lands as is necessa
ry for the immediate use of the loyal
refugee and freedmen, being careful to
select for that purpose lands which most
clearly fall under the control of thia Bu
re&U. whioa. a.ton4i.i wet W .labmUtodrao
the Commissioner for hi approval. The
specific division of lands so set apart into
lots, and the rental or sale thereof, accord
ing to lection 4 of the law establishing
the Bureau, will be completed a soon at
practicable, and reported to the Commis
sioner. Abandoned lands held by this
Bureau, may be restored to the owner
when pardoned by the President, by the
Assistant Commissioner, to whom applica
tion for such restoration should be for
warded. As far as practicable they should
be sent through tbe Superintendents of
Districts in which the lands so ap
plied for may happen to be situated. Each
application must be accompanied by, first,
the evidence of special pardon by the
President, or a copy of the oath ef amnes
ty prescribed in the President' Froclasnst.
tiuu, dated May zjtn, loos, when tho ap
plicant is not included in any ot the
classes therein excepted from the benefits
of said oath; second, the proof of the
title. The officers of the Bureau
through whom the application passed will
endorse thereon such facts aa may assist
the Assistant Commissioner in his de
cisions, stating especially the use made
by tbe Bureau of the land.
Fourth. Xo lands under cultivation by
loyal refugees or freedmen will be restored
undo thi. oironlA nntil the. europs mow
growing shall be secured, for the benefit of
the cultivators, unless full and just com
pensation'be made for their land's products
and for their
O. HOWARD.
General Commanding.
Axdbbw Johnson, President of the
United States.
MARITIME DECREES.
The government ha received from tbe
Legation of the United States in Peru
copies of two decreet issued by the Presi
dent of that Bepublic :
First Closing the port of Islay Asia and
the Bay of Quilica to merchant vessels,
national as well as foreign, ia order to
make effectual the responsibility which any
ship may incur from aa infraction of this
article. The period of tuna fixed, taking
the date of the decree on the 8th of June,
is for all vessels proceeding from port in
Europe or Asia, or from the United States
of North America and Venezuela in the
Atlantic ocean, five month.
Second. That every person who without
authority from the Legislative or other
competent authority, shall export guano
from the Chincha Island, or from any other
deposits of that Island, shall be considered
as robber of the public wealth and an of
fender against the rights of consignees and
creditors, and will be prosecuted and pun
it bed agreeably to the laws of the Bepublic
and of territorial rights.
FROM CUBA.
NEW YORK, September 13.
The steamer Eagle from Havana, 9th,
brings the following news: Spain has
evacuated San Domingo. The revolution
which broke out there last month, ia which
Caberal was named Protector, is all over,
nd the Dominicans hope soon to recon
struct their country.
Ia yesterday i papers appear singular
official announcement ffom the office of
the Secretary of the Royal Andenica or
Supreme Court:
That for the space of fifteen day pro
posals will be admitted from person of
color for the position of executioner. That
office being vacant the lucky recipient,
if free negro, will have sala
ry of ninety dollars per month. The
usual hangman's fee. If slave obtains
the office he must produce his master's per
mission, and receive only half wages, and
is lodged in jail.
Kirby Smith is still in Matamoras rather
broken in health. .
CORRESPONDENCE OF LEE AND GRANT.
NEW YORK, September. 13.
The World's Bichmond correspondent
says: As toon as President Johnson's proc
lamation of amnesty appeared Gen. Lee
determined to avail himself of it In thii
he differed from many of hit followers.
Many of them weie bent upon self expa
triation ; but Lee, relying upon the good
faith of the brave soldier who had pledged
his word to him, and loving his country to
the last, dissuaded them from such suicidal
ideas, and urged them to accept cordially
that allegiance to the Uniteu States which
war had honorably decided it was their
duty to do. His application for pardon
was all prepared and ready for transmis
sion to Washington when Norfolk Judge
issned an rnuthorLed mdlcinim. against
: ...... sr rr.
aim and several others for treason.
Upon this General Lee,' instead of
forwarding his application to Washington,
ent it to General Grant, calling his
Attention to what had transpired at Nor
folk, and remarking if, according to Gen
eral Grant's understanding of the articles
of capitulation, liable to indictment and
prosecution for treason. He did not feel
at liberty to make applications, but if Gen.
Grant's understanding was different, he
would be obliged it Gen. Grant would for
ward the petition to the President
Gen. Gj&nt replied to Gen. Leeinthe
most friendly and complimentarv tm.
enclosing copy of the letter which he had
addressed to Washington, with the peti
tion, taking the ground that under th.
terM of the capitulation, the proceedings,
Yesterday Evening's Edition.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
NEW YORK, September. 13.
The Herald's couth Carolina correspon
dent gives further particular! regarding
the election of Convention delegates oa the
4th instant, and in reference to the ar
rangement between General Meade and
Gil more and Governor Parry for a rettor-
-..uu ... w w.u .iuuwiit m vibarleston.
The Union ticket was totally defeated, and
apparantly it has generally been the result
throughout the Sjtte though the return
are yet very limited.
Wade Hampton, the original stKnuirm.
ist, nullifier, fire eater and rebel cavalry
chief, is one of the elected delegate ia
Columbia, though it is not yet known that
he hat been, or will be, pardoned by the
PraaidBKt
The election passed off nr. o..
soldiers were allowed in the vicinity of the
polling places. The secession citizens are
very much pleased with the result, claim,
ing that they are all Unionists, while
those who were loyal throughout the war
regard it as virtual surrender of the
State to the secessionists.
Governor Perry ha issued a proclama-
T - - fch- r ,lt -r I, r
ence with General Meade and Giimore to
be the resumption of th .nth'i- .i.l.
o!d Judicial and other civU officers. All
the legal matters in which colored persons
are concerned are to be arfinHimtfjJ T.-- ..
Provost Marshal Courts. It was expected
that General Giimore would issna .n -
der of similar purport but he has not yet
done so, and it ia now thought that nntii
his return from Washington no further ac
tion win do taKea in the matter by the
military authorities.
The Times Washinoton tneci.1 t.
day delegation of Miuissippians, consist
ing ot the late rebel Generals Tupper and
Featherstone and the Bev. Dr. Murdoch,
of Columbus, waited oa General Howard
at the Freedmen's Bureau. Dr: M rrlnrn-
made a speech, in which he stated that
wnen tne iSureen waa flrat organized the
people of the South had not made up
their minds fully to accept the status of the
negro as free man, but a few short
months had made a wonderful change ia
the sentiments of the Southern people on
the subject, and fie waa gratified now to
.ay tnaWsal a hi. taewW extended.
toy universally accepted the inclusion, of
the war and freely and ainoeroi.
edge the freedom of the colored race which
bad resulted from it The Doctor believed -
th negro should be educated, as - it would
be better for the South to have class of
intelligent laborers than to have them
grovelling in ignorance. The race must
live together in the South, and the mora
widely education is disseminated the better
for all concerned. .
General Howard expressed himself much
pleased at the remarks of Dr. Murdock,
and the delegation were some time in
friendly conversation relative to the opera
tion ot the Bureau, which the Southerner
commended very cordially. .
'Ane examinations now going on at the
various Custom House throughout the
United State have been commenced br
the Treasury Department with a view of
reducing the expense of collecting the
revenue Ircrn custom by the discharge of
all officers found to be more ornamental
uaeruu Wherever there ia a sine
cure situation it is to be abolished .nH
every officer will be renuimrl tn t.;.
salary at far at it will be poeotble to make
The Herald's Washinotnn .nwi.i . .
that the forthcoming report of General
Strong, Inspector in the Freedmen's Bu
reau, will be a very interesting document,
luasmucn as it wiu ds tnecanaia statement
of an officer who spent three montht or
more investigating the condition of the
race along tbe Red Biver with the view to
determine Ui. tahirrrw -tfcar ,
support himself in a state of freedom.
Gen. Strong went down among these
people with prejudices rather unfavora
ble to them than otherwise, superinduced, '
perhaps, by the reports constantly flowing -to
the Bureau from interested parties of
the South relative to the utter worthless
nes of the negro, and his total unfitness
tor any other state than that of servitude.
He visited many of the settlements and
plantation!, "incog," and in no single in
stance failed to discover evidence of ad
vancement beyond his most sanguine
hopes. They are industrious, and their
highest aim is to get possession of a small
patch of land to work for themselves. In
cases where ttey have accomplished this,
they have amazed their old masters. The
white cotton growers buy the heavy crops
they have got under way. Of course there
are individuals in eacn community m
whom idleness and vice can not be over
come by the influence of freedom, yet these
drones are fewer in number than mean
whites. Schools are plenty and flourish
ing among them.
Gen. Strong says that the esse and ra
pidity with which old and young freedmen
go through the elementary text book is as
tonishing. The Tribunes Washington special says
the letter of Gen. Howard, Commissioner
of the Freedmen's Bureau, to Assistant CcL
Brown, of Bichmond, relative to the fear
of negro insurrection entertained by the
citizen of Virginia, did not contemplate the
employment of rebels for the purpose of
petroling tne country where an outbreak
was apprehended, while General Hunter
believes such apprehensions groundless.
He thought it best in order to quiet the
fears of the timid to suggest to Colonel
Brown the propriety of petroling certain
regions of the country with a small force
detailed by the diilerent military com
manders, and, in case he (Colonel Brown)
did not have a sufficient number of officers,
to select, through cartful enquiry, a citi
zen who is willing to aid in preserving
order, if such is to be found, acd one who
will do to witnuut compensation. He also -
adds in hit letter to Colonel Brown that
these citizen agents shall be selected by
aa officer of tact, who must take only such
at are fully willing to support the govern
ment with heartiness.
BOAT RACE.
BOAT RACE. SANDY HOOK, 1.45 P. M., Sept. 13.
The Fleet Wing is the winner in the
ocean race, being one hour and eighteen
minutes aneaa. xne neet wing rounaea
Cape May light ship at 6 o'clock this fore
noon, one hour ahead.
INDIAN TREATY.
FORT SMITH, Ark, September. 12.
In council to-day the Seminole present
ed paper showing their desire to treat
with the United States, and their wishes in
relation to churches, schools and internal
improvements. The Commissioners stated
that the treaty of peace would be prepared .
and presented for signatures to-morrow.
Le Creaks made lengthy statement rela
tive to their action in the war, saying that
the names of their chiefs affixed to trea
ties with the rebels, were used without
their knowledge, and the same wa true
with regard to the Indian of the Plain.
Gov. Fitchlvnn. rebel chief of tbe Choc
taw, arrived here to-day. He tayt other
delegation will De asre on n eunesaay or
Thursday.
MUSTER OUT OF COLORED TROOPS.
WASHINGTON, September 13.
Not only are all the organizations of
colored troop in the Department of North
Carolina, who were enlisted in the north
ern States, to be mustered out of service
immediately, but similar instructions nave
been given to the commanders of the De
partments of Virginia, Plorida, Texas and
Arkansas.
The number of troops in the Depart
ment of Washington is to be reduced to
8,000. Thi will te a Tery considerable.
dirnvJalaioc.

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