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IIIIDAV ITIORNING, SE1*T. 2f).
READING MATTES ON EVERY PAGE.
THE WIRZ TRIAL
port of the Audersonvilie
, rison Surgeon as to the
Cause of Disease and
Mortality Among the
Prisoners.
PiUiVKNnVK MEASURES RECOM
MENDED.
^jiiK 1 of the Suggestions Acted Upon
by lien. Winder.
mr !i<)itnniU'' condition of the
r i;l~in\ KNOWN TO THE RICH
MOND AUTHORITIES.
Exciting Scene in Court-
Wirz Attempts to Contradict a Wit
ness, and Sinks Exhausted
to His Couch.
Ctc.
&c.,
&.C.,
WasBiscTOS, Sept. 22,1865.
In liio V.'irz trial to-day Dr. Hopkins testified
tint mi the 224 of July, 1864, be was assigned
;. duly in the hospital at Andcrsonvilie; he, to-
geihev with surgeon White, were ordered to make
, thn-ough inspection of the prison and hospital,
niih a view to their improvement. The witness
In-reread the following letter as the report which
ho bad made:
A.vdersovvills, Ga., Aug. I, 1861.
/; 7,Vr < liner'll John A. Winder:
iIkxeiiai.—Veur order of the 28th July, re
questing ns to make examination of the federal
; ri.- in and hospital at this place, and to ascertain
mil report to you the cause of disease and mortal-
iiy among the prisoners, and the measures neces-
■;iry to prevent the same, has been complied with,
I wc respectfully submit the following causes
f disease and mortality. First—The large num-
"• or o: prisoners crowded together. Second—
'i'-.ventire absence of all vegetables as 'diet, so
■ ■ et.-ary as a preventive of scurvy. Third—The
vjtd of barracks to shelter the prisoners from
.n and rain. Fourth—The inadequate supply of
ill and good water. Fifth.—Badly cookod food,
vh—Tbe 5!th condition of prisoners. Seventh—
file morbid emanations from the branch or ravine
• t-sing through the prisoD, the condition of
•Click cannot be better explained than by naming
it a morass of human excrement and mud.
Preventive Measures.
First—The removal immediately from the pri-
■ n if not less then fifteen thousand prisoners.—
r—i,iid—Detail or parole a sufficient nnmber of
in-it ers to cultivate the necessary supply of
v.-maWe:. 1'ntil this can be carried into prac-
tt d operation, the appointment of ageDts along
"different lines of railroad to purchase and for-
“jtd a supply Third—The immediate erection
t barracks to shelter the prisoners. Fourth—To
tarnish the Deoessary quantity of wood and wa-
: -t. m i hare wells dug to supply the deficiency.
1 Flo -Divide the prisoners into squads, place
1 h squad under the charge of a sergeant, fur-
-ti the necessary quantity of soap, and hold the
tyc mt responsible for the personal cleanliness
' his squad. Furnish the prisoners with cloth-
»' the expense of the Confederate govern-
ll,en '. and if that government be unable to do so,
‘' liily admit our inability, and call upon the
feleral government to furnish them. Sixth—By
f *uiy inspection ot bakehouse and cookery.—
'| ventk—Cover over with sand the entire morass,
n l! le-s than six inches deep. Board the stream
: 'ater course, end confine the men te the use of
j '’“its, and make the penalties for disobedienco
-ui-h orders severe.
, J r the hospital we recommend that: First:
t ic tents to be floored with plank ; if plank
annul he had, with puncheons, and if this be
tuipn-siblf, then with fine straw, to be fre-
qu-.-ntly changed Second—We find an in-
“tl'.'iuate supply of stool boxes, and recom-
that tire number be increased, and that
lL - tiur-es be required to remove them as soon
*' u ' e, i, and before returning them see that
■F are well washed and limed. Third—The
’ at lor the sick is not guch as they should
, l 'c. and we recommend that they be sup-
cd with the necessary quantity of beef soup,
“uh vegetables. Fourth—We also recom-
ii l that the surgeons be required to visit the
“ d;‘ !a ' n, R less than twice a day.
" e cannot too strongly recommend the ne-
u-vitv i,, r th e appointment of an efficient med-
" u officer to the exclusive duty of inspecting
A the m-t.™ j u-1
I 1 }’ the prison hospital and bakery, requiring
in daily reports of their condition to head-
i- -rters.
h e have the honor to remain, General, very
•Pectlully, your obedient servant,
F. S. Hopkins,
, Acting Assistant Surgeon.
„. ; r -Hopkins further testified that he sub-
; jhed it to Dr. White for his signature. The
!“: ltr sa ‘d that it contained the truth, and that
“ould sign and send it to General Winder,
M >c did not sign it, and the witness did not
that anything had been done to carry
Oiihc suggestions.
J odge Advocate Chipman then submitted a
l) 11 order General Winder, addressed to
‘ r - Hopkins, to show that the Richmond au-
'unties had knowledge of the condition of
i.y Andersonville prison, and that General
!? der had authority to apply a remedy.
^examined by Mr. Schade—-The wit-
, ^ saul he did not know who was to blame ;
oi s : gned the orders as commander
m, ,, le 1D ! urior of the prisons; he could see
-reat difficulty in the way of improvement;
Wj’n'f “te implicit confidence which General
iy r . ‘ er *0 Wirz that caused the state of
W[„,u ex ' st > otherwise General Winder
H n » Vi8ited the Prison-
. arrold ! who was a shipper of sup-
think A ' mericus J testified that he did not
there vr. ^ WCrE ever out °P bacon and meal;
Crms l? mUL ; h *il ere ae could be shipped.
furhished" ^ l ,hp d He 8aid 1116 Provisions
furnish^ Prisoners were the same as
“fi’hcd to the Confederate soldiers.
• »• E. Rice, os duty at Andsrsonville,
testified to the terrible condition of the stock
ade ; men died from starvation, cold and ex
posure, and other causes ; medicines were not
furnished in the profes-.ional wav, but by a
formula or number, according to the rules of
the prison ; for instance, instead of mention
ing the medicine, the prescription would be for
number one or two, or any other number, a
specific for any disease being designated by a
number; there was no other way in which
medicines could be obtained; Dr. Stevenson,
who bad been- in charge of the hospital, was
tried and found guilty of embezzling the hos
pital funds, which amounted to from $100,000
to $150,000.
Captain Wilson French, of the Seventeenth
Connecticut, testified that he and sixty-five
other officers were confined in a room sixty
feet long and twenty-five feet wide; they were
there five weeks; if they had not had the
privilege of buying jirovisions they would have
starved to death from indifferent rations.
J. R. Griffin, Sergeant J. E. Alden, Robt.
Tate and others testified relative to affairs at
Andersonville and the conduct of Captain
Wirz.
The commission then adjourned.
Interresting Scene in Court.
At the close of the proceedings of the trial
to-day a remarkable scene took place. The
witness on the stand, an Indiana cavalry man
named George W. Gray, had been testifying to
some outrages on tlte part of Wirz that had not
beeti put in evidence before. He stated that
the party of prisoners in whose company he ar
rived at Andersonville were ordered to place
their blankets, haversacks, knapsacks, Ac., in
one place, when an officer, mounted on a grey
horse, rode up and told the rebel soldiers to
help themselves and let the prisoners have the
remainder. The rebels helped themselves, and
there was nothing left. He was not certain
whether the mounted officer was Capt. Wirz or
not. In June or July. 1864, the witness and
a yonng fellow named Underwood, of the
Seventeenth Indiana cavalry (his own regi
ment) went to the sutler’s tent. Wirz was
there. Underwood asked for something to rub
his wound with. The sutler said he would give
it, when Wirz said “No, he cannot have it,
unless he pays me a dollar.” Underwood gave
Wirz his only money, which was a teu dollar
bill, and when he asked for the change Wirz
kicked him out of the door; the witness was
put in the stocks four days for attempting to
escape. He knew a man to ?lie in the stocks
in August or September, 1864. The negroes
took him out of the stocks after he was dead,
threw his body into a wagon and hauled it off.
He knew Wirz to shoot a young fellow named
William Stewart, belonging to the Ninth Min
nesota infantry. Ileand the witness had gone
out of the stockade with a dead body which
they had begged, when they met Capt. Wirz.
lie rode up to them after they had left the body
in the dead house, and asked them by what
authority they were out there. Stewart re
plied that they were there by proper authority.
Wirz 6aid no more, but drew his revolver and
shot him. After he was killed the guards took
from his body twenty or thirty dollars. Wirz
took the money from the guards and rode off,
telling them to carry the witness to prison. It
was the witness’ determination to escape if he
could, and for that reason he had gone out;
but he was not attempting to do so at the time.
When the prisoners were being removed to the
cars for exchange, Wirz gave orders to Lieut.
Davis to bayonet any man who laid down on
the road, and thh witness had seen men who
were crawling on their hands and knees to the
cars bayonetted by the guards. Witness heard
one of the surgeons ask Wirz where he was
going to remove the Yankees, and Wirx’s re
ply was, “Damn these Yankees, they will be
dead in a few days, anyhow.” He had seen a
prisoner who had been caught by the dogs,
with a part of his cheek torn off, and his arms,
hands and legs gnawed up so that he only lived
twenty four hours; the first time he had known
Wirz personally was one day that he heard
Lt. Davis call his name at the gate.
Judge Advocate Chipman—Capt. Wirz, will
you be good enough to stand up ?,
The prisoner, who had been lying all day on
a lounge, squirmed round, partly raising him
self, till his eyes lit up with a wild, haggard
expression, and yet glaring defiantly, like those
of a wild animal brought to bay, met the eyes
of the witness.
Colonel Chipman (to the witness)—Do you
recognize that man as the man who shot your
comrade ?
The witness (slowly and emphatically)—That
is the man. . J
The prisoner here made an effort to contra
dict the witness, muttering some incoherent
expressions about not having been seen by the
witness with Lieutenant Davis. He was with
difficulty restrained and silenced by the officer
in charge, Lieut. Murphy.
The Judge Advocate, apparently not satisfied
with the opportunity which the witness had for
identification, asked tfie prisoner to rise. Gath
ering up as well as he could his loose, ill-jointed
frame, which appeared as if it might fall to
pieces, the prisoner tottered to his feet and
was supported in that attitude by the officer ol
the guard. His eyes had a wild expression, and
it was hard to repress sympathy with the un
fortunate man.
Again the Judge Advocate repeated his ques
tion to the witness. The witness’ reply this
time was more hesitating, and was, “I think
that is the man.” Another wild and fruitless
attempt at contradiction was made by Wirz,
when he was partly drawn and partly sank on
the lounge, where, by order of Gen. Wallace,
he was furnished with cold water and fanned
by the officer. The court thereupon adjoured,
General Wallace ordering the rooms to be
cleared instantly, so that the fainting and ap
parently dying man might have air. The halls
arid lobbies were lined with persons waiting to
see him as he might be carried past. The
prosecution will probably close to-morrow, but
it is doubtful whether Wirz will live to see the
case closed.
iVirz’s Wife Permitted to Visit Him in His
C. f el1 -
General Baker has been directed to allow
the wife of Andersonville Wirz to spend a
couple of hours daily’with her fiusband, al
ways in the presence of a third party, as a
precaution against her assisting him to make
away with himself, which he is at times in
clined to do. Mrs. Wirz avails herself of the
privilege and visits her husband daily, evident
ly more out of respect for appearances than
from any desire to act the part of a consoling
and comforting wife. The first meeting be
tween them is said to have been exceedingly
commonplace, nor has she since betrayed the
least spark of that affection and anxiety for
his welfare that even Wirz has a right to ex
pect from the wife of his bosom. The per-
I sonal appearance of the lady is apt attractive,
and this fact, joined with the stony coldness
; of her disposition towards her husband, gives
J color, to the statement that the ex-jailor does
I not consider the privilege of his wife's society
ah estimable boon.
Mental Energy of the Prisoner.
However much Wirz may be prostrated
physically, he is vigorous enough mentally,
and shapes out work and suggestions for his
counsel for the Ifne of defence marked oat in
endeavoring to shift the responsibility for his
atrocities upon Davis, Winder and others.
One oj the Witnesses for the,, Defence Commit
ted to the Old Cajntol Prison.
James \V. Duncan, who had ill-treated some
of the prisoners at Andersonville, causing the
death of one of them, and who was arrested
in the court room yesterday, has been com
mitted to the Old Capitol Prison. This man
was summoned hither as a witness for Capt.
Wirz.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept. 21, 1865.
Interest on the Five-Twenty Coupon Bonds.
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided to
anticipate the payment of the interest on the five
twenty coupon bonds, which beoomes due on the
1st of November, and the same will be paid on
and after Sopteuiber 21 upon presentation of the
coupons to the Assistant Treasurers or those de
signated depositaries authorized to pay interest
on government securities.
The One Hundred Dollar Compound Interest
Holes.
The Secretary of the Treasury has instructed
the Assistant Treasurers in different; parts of the
Union to return to the treasury all compound in
terest notes of the denomination of one hundred
dollars, which they have reooived on government
account, as, in consequence of the dangerous
counterfeit, no moie notes of that denomination
will be issued.
Illness . of Secretary Seward and Mrs. Patter
son.
The President’s daughter, Mrs. Patterson, and
Secretary Seward aro both so unwell as to require
medical attention.
Crowds at the White House.
The crowd at tho White House seems to in
crease daily. The heat and foul air ol the ante*
rooms and hall near the door of the reception
room was past ordinary enduranoe, aud drove
many away before they had obtained their cove
ted interviews. The President continues in good
health, despito tho labor and annoyance daily
thrust upon him, and despatches business with
great oelerity.
Mail Service in the South.
The Post Office Department to-day ordered the
reopening of a large number of postoffices in North
Carolina, and has accepted the offer for the con
veyance of the mails through from Brashear City,
La., to Galveston, Texas, the service to be three
times a week.
Pardon of Joseph R. Anderson, of the Trede
gar Iron Works.
Among those pardoned to-day was Joseph R.
AndersoD, of the Richmond Tredegar Iron Works.
His case was embarrassed by comiDg under three
special exceptions. He is a graduate of West
Point, was a general in the rebel service, and is
worth over twenty thousand dollars. In conse-
squenoe of Governor Pierpont’s urgent recom
mendation the President gave the case more than
ordinary consideration, and finally granted the
pardon. Mt. Anderson resigned his commission
in the United States army twetnAeven years ago,
and was a short time in the rebel service soon
after the commencement ot the war. He is re
ported to have lost two hundred thousand dollars
by confiscation and damage to property, and
over a million of dollars by worthless rebel secu
rities. He departed for home this evening, a
happier, if not a wiser man.
Fayette McMullen, of Virginia, and Mr. Hidell,
private secretary to A. H. Stephens, were par
doned to-day.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
The receipts returned to Internal Revenue Bu
reau to-day are given at $1,142,600.
Internal Revenue Decision.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue this
morning made the fo lowing decision :
Butclicr8 who pay a license lax of forty dol
lars may retail other merchandise than meat at
the same store, but may not peddle moat without
a peddler's license. Butchers who pay a license
tax of five dollars may peddle meat or fish with
out peddler’s license, but cannot sell other arti
cles.
Dismantling the Eorts Around Washington.
The consolidated command known as the
Second New York heavy artillery, Major O. F.
Hnlse commanding, which was ordered to be
mustered out of service some time ago, is en
gaged dismantling the works which they have
been occupying, and probably will not get
away before the 27th inst. This dismantling
of forts, taken in connection with the muster
ing out of officers of General Haskins’ staff',
indicates the intention of the military author
ities to soon abandon altogether the defense of
Washington south of the Potomac.
The French Exposition.
The Department of State has published in
pamphlet form the official correspondence on
the subject of the French Universal Exposi
tion for 1867, for the information of citizens
of the United States, containing general reg
ulations, classification of articles, &c. All
applications for admission, with a description
of the articles to be exhibited, must be pre
sented before the 31st of October next. N.
M. Beckwith, Esq., is the United States Com
missioner at Paris, to whom letters should be
addressed.
The Governor of Idaho.
The statu 8 of Caleb Lyon, of Lyonsdale,
has, it is said, been determined, and that he
continues to be tho Governor of Idaho.
Condition of the Crops.
Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agri
culture, authorizes the following statement as
to the condition of the crops on the first day
of September: The wheat crop lias received
no additional injury from the weather since
his report of last month; but the quality of
the crop is not good, especially in the Western
States, where it was affected by blight and
rust, as well as by the wet weather during the
harvest. Of the old wheat on hand there is
not as much as was supposed in the hands of
the farmers ; for much of it was bought in Ju
ly and August. In the Eastern and Middle
States there was but little at any time during
the latter part of the summer.
The oats crop received no great deal of in
jury from the wet weather, and it may be re
garded as one of the largest oats crops ever
raised in the country.
The injury to the hay in the West was very
great; in the East it received but little damage
from wet weather, • Generally the quality is
good, except in the States of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Missouri.
The corn crop, owing to the continued heat
and moisture of the weather, has escaped ma
terial injury. In the West it may be regarded
as' the greatest crop yet raised in the loyal
Stktes.
The condition of the tobacco crop was favo
rable, the weather helping it very much ; but,
as reported last month, the amount planted is
much less than last year, especially in the larg
est tobacco producing States.
Sorgham, like the corn crop, is excellent.
Buckwheat, if not injured by a premature
frost, will be good.
Potatoes.—In many localities there were in
dications of the rot, and in some places the crop
was much injured by it. The continued hot
anid moist weather since the first of Septemper
occasions apprehensions that this disease may
prove very injurious ; but still the yield may be
good, as the amount planted was so much great
er than usual.
In all the States except New York hops have
ripened well; but in that State the crop has sus
tained an injury of four and a quarter tenths
from lice. The crop is, therefore, injured se
riously, for in 1860 New York produced nine
million seven hundred and fifty thousand
pofinds of the eleven million raised in the
Roots and gardens were never
whole country,
better.
Every State returns a decrease in the nnm
ber of fattening hogs. The general decrease
is about one-tenth from the number last year.
So far as returns were published of the
nnmber packed last year in the West, it was
2,422,779. A tenth decrease on this number
would be 242,277.
Letters accompanying the returns of corres
pondents indicate tbat the hogs are younger
and smaller than usual, but in good condition.
The monthly report for September, containing
fall returns of the crops, &c , will be published
next week.
Washington, Sopt. 22.
Pardons Granted.
Tbe President to-day granted amnesty pardons
to the following named parties: Virginia—Alex
Campbell, Jr, D J Goodwin, R B Moornan, Gray
Carroll. North Carolina—John A Taylor, T
York, JWF Weaver, M L Wri-ton, John G Wil
liams, John E Williams, J E Williams, Thos G
Walton, Edward Wood, B F Shaw, Levi M Scott,
W P Stanback, J R Siinonton, M MeGebee. Pat
rick McGowan, James W Newsum, Addison Mag
num, John MoDonald, John A McMannin, J W
Lowe, N II Kayler, David Kincade, J B King,
Edmund Jacobs, C Perkins, John Pool, R C
Pearson, J M Patrick, John F Phifer, Kenneth
Rayner, Daniel L Russell, Dr J G Ramsay, Ed
ward Patrick, A J Jenkins, A J Hester, J J Tbax-
ton, Perry Tomlin, S M Tomlinson, Gabriel M
Lea, Edward L Mann, W C Mears, J B Moxley,
Jacob Ludwick, E W Jones, F J Jones, C C Jones,
B J Howzde, Logan Harris, John McL Harring
ton, Josiah Cowles, Calvin J Cowles, Jas A Clay-
well, Rufus W Daniel, David M Carter, Alfred
Dockery, R F Moir, John B Odone, R S Proctor,
G B Pulliam, H K Reid, Oliver H Dockery, W W
Monday, R H Morrison, P R McGrady, R M
Martin, R V Michaux, W C Erwin, John Everett,
D S Ferrebee, Thoi C Fuller, Samuel E Gilmer,C
L Harris, D W Bell, E T Beasby, R E Burcb, II
H Burwell, L L Buckhouse, T S Bell, Sami Cal
vert, T W Currie, Martin Clark, C M Clark, Ab
ner Coltram, L V Campbell, W L Daniel, R Q
Davidson, J H Dallon, James F Ferguson, D C
Herndon, W J Hill, C L Hunter, Mrs Mary Col
lins. South Carolina—Samuel J Townsend, L C
Mowry, Wm S Mowry, John McQueen, Robt C
Emanuel, E W Edgerton, Cbas Fanar. Missis
sippi—J D Wolborn, Wm A Sykes,Elisha Strong,
L B Sykes, G A Sykes, John G English, Jas H
Ilaugbton.
The rush to the White House for pardons
seems to gain a new impetus by each Cabinet
day’s delay, and to-morrow will probably eclipse
all predecessors.
Brief Cabinet Session.
A very short Cabinet meeting was held to-day,
at which no important business was transacted,
so far as is known. All the members were re
ported present excepting Mr. Stanton, who was
represented by Major Eckert
Claims Against Foreign Governments.
Citizens of the United States having claims
against foreign governments not founded on con
tracts which may have originated since the 8th
of February 1858, will without any delay which
can be avoided forward to the State Department
statements of the same, under oath, accompanied
by the proper proof.
The One Hundred Dollar Compound Interest
Notes—Circular from Secretary M'Culloch.
The Secretary of the Treasury has just issued
the following circular:
Treasury Department, Sept 21, 1865.
The instruolions contained in the circular of
the department dated Seplember 16, relative to
the counterfeit one hundred dollar oompouud in
tdrest notes,instructing assistant treasurers and
designated depositaries not to pay out onehundred
dollar compound interest notes nor other denom
inations of compound interest notes bearing date
May 15, 1865, or prior to that time, were intended
to apply to notes held by such assistant treasur
ers and depositaries as government lands, and
were not designed to direct the action of banks or
individuals relative to such compound interest
notes held on their own account. The difficulty
and expense of at onoe withdrawing from circu
lation or exchanging for other notes all compound
interest notes of tbe character described now in
circulation made tho attempt unadvisable. The
department will, however, wi.hdraw Irom circula»
tion the one hundred dollar compound intorest
notes as fast as they may be received in the ordi
nary course of business, and reissue more of the
same impression. And it is hoped that by due
care aud caution, after the immediate exposure of
tho dangerous character of tho counterfeits, any
considerable circulation of them may be prevent
ed. Assistant treasurers and desigua’ed deposi
taries will, therefore, forward to the Treasurer of
the United States such oompouud iuterest notes as
are of the denomination of one hundred dollars,
and all oompouud interest notes which are dated
May 15, 1865, or prior thereto, the -ama being
held as funds of the government, and not other
wise.
H. McCulloch,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Suspension of the Habeas Corpus in the.
Case of the Burch Family.
The Burch family, arrested by oraer of Gener
al Baker for stealing ane branding government
horses, and in whose behalf Judge Wylie issued
a writ of habeas corpus, have not yet been
disposed of before a military or other court. The
President set aside Judge Wylie’s writ, not
so much to take these men out of the civil courts
as ; to deny a precedent, which would, if establish
ed, opon the prison doors to Wirz or any other
criminal who might choose to avail himself of the
writ.
Naval Prize Chums.
Two thousand five hundred and six claims
were received in the Naval Prize Claim Divis
ion of the Fourth Auditor's Bureau during the
month of August. Of these seventeen hundred
and thirty-eight were satisfied by the payment
of $182,532. Forty thousand claims have been
settled here since the division was organized,
two years ago. A study of the figures of dis
bursements to the officers and crews of suc
cessful ships leads to the belief tbat the naval
branch of the service will be exceedingly popu
lar with men in our next war. The prize re
ceipts of an ordinarily -lucky Jack Tar far
outshine even the heaviest Rhode Island boun
ties.
Rumors in Regard to the Trial of Jeff. Davis.
The last generally accepted vagary relative
to the trial of Jefferson Davis at Norfolk, un
der the jurisdiction of Chief Justice Chase, has
gone the way of all rumors, been superseded by
a counter report, which leaves the whole mat
ter more open to speculation than ever. The
reliable gossippers who make this mooted ques
tion a speciality now have it that the Chief
Justice has recently declared the current state
ment that the rebel President would be made
to plead before the bench of the Supreme Court
as erroneous of foundation. By this latest and
most irresponsible of waifs, that magistrate is
made to discover innumerable reasons and ob
jections why Davis could not and will not be
tried at Norfolk, V»., by the United States Su
preme Court, before Chief Justice Chase.
How much, if any. consideration should be
given to the unsatisfactory developments, the
public will determine. It is said that the per
sistent efforts of a mnltitade of phonographic
reporters to secure the job of reporting the min
utes of the trial brought out the above contra
diction.
, Personal.
Secretary Weils returned to the city last eve
ning from a somewhat protracted visit to New
England, and resumed his accustomed place in
the Cabinet meeting to-day.
Baron Weddersedt, the Minister of Sweden
to the United States, is about to be allied by
matrimony to an accomplished young lady of
Boston.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
The receipts returned to the Internal Reve
nue Bureau to-day are given at $1,300,000.
MEXICO.
Important Official Despatches
from President Juarez.
STRE\GTH OF THE REPUBLIC,
&c., &c., &c.
KPUBLIOA )
BOS Unidos, >
21, 1865. J
Two Mexican officers in the service of the
republic, who left El Paso del Norte twenty-
two days ago, have given us the following
news:
President Juarez has fixed his residence, as
we have already stated, at El Paso del Norte,
and ho had been received there with much en
thusiasm. The people of that place had ten
dered him their unanimous support.
General Negrete, with one hundred officers,
had left for the interior for the purpose of col
lecting and disciplining recruits, hoping to be
able in a short space of time to raise a force
large enough and sufficiently equipped to
make a firm stand against the force of Max
imilian.
General Gonzales ' Ortega was hourly ex
pected at El Paso, where he is to assume the
duties of the constitutional Presidency. Ac
cording to the constitution Juarez’s term will
expire on the 30th of November next, until
which time General Ortega will act as Vice
President.
The Official Dispatches.
To the Editor of the Herald;
Consulado General de la Republioa
Mejicana kn cos Estados
New York, Sept
In proof of the falsity of the report that Presi
des Juarez is about to leave Mexico and come to
the United States, I hare to ask the favor that
you wdl publish iu your columns the enclosed
official and private correspondence which has
been transmitted to me for that purpose. I beg
to add tbat it is Maximilian and the French who
are under the necessity of leaving Mexico, not the
legitimate government of the republic, whose
cause cau never fail, for it is founded upon justice
aud upon light. I am, sir, very respectfully,
your obedient servant, J. N. Navakro,
Mexican Consul General.
Minister Romero to Consul Navarro.
New York, Sept. 20, 1865.,
Jnan N Navarro, Consul General of Mexico in
the United States: As the enemies of our coun
try are seeking :o misrepresent the events which
have lately taken place in Mexico, with the object
of misleading opinion in this country, I beg of
you to procure the publication of the enclosed
official documents and extract from a private let
ter from President Juarez, which have just been
received here. I am, very truly, your obedient
servant, M. Rohero.
Secretary Tejada to Minister Romero.
Department op Foreign Relations and of 1
Government, Paso del Norte, >
August 15. 1865. )
By the annexed copy of the circular issued to
day by this department, you will see that tbe citi
zen President of the republic left the city ol Chi
huahua on the 5th of this month and arrived at
this place yesterday, where he has determined
that tbe seat of the national government shall for
the present be located. If tbe circumstances of
the war require a change in the residence of the
government, they wilLaever change the firm and
constant determination of the President to com
ply with his duties in whatever place in the re
public he may be located, or to which he may
remove I renew to you my very attentive con
sideration. Lerdo de Tejada.
To the citizen Mafias Romero, Envoy Extraor
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Mexi
can Republic, Washington.
Circular.
Department op Foreign Relations and of 1
Government, Paso del Norik, >-
August 15, 1865. J
Haviog lett the city of Chihuahua on the 5th
instant, the citizen President of the republic ar
rived yesterday at this place, where he has di
rected 1 hat the seat o! the national government
shall for the present be established.
At this place, as at whatever other in the re
public where it may be convenient according to
circumstances that the seat of government may
be established, tbe citizen President will do all
that is possible to comply with his duties with
firmness and constancy, fulfilling in this manner
the desires oi the Mexican people who will never
cease struggling everywhere against the invader,
over whom they must, necessarily, in the end,
triumph in the defence ot their independence and
of their republicau iustitutious.
I communicate the same to you for your know
ledge and the consequent ends.
Independence and Liberty.
Lerdo de Tejada.
IA.tter from President Juarez.
Faso pel Norte, Aug. 17, 18G5.
My Dear Sir: Notwithstanding the arrival
of the French in this State, their situation is
still the same, for they have failed to obtain
any victory as the result of their military
movement, and have not succeeded in destroy
ing the legitimate government of the republic,
which was their principal object. Had Gen,
Negrete remained in the States of Nuevo
Leon, Tamaulipas and San Louis, occupying
their atteution, as is now being done by Gene
rals Eseovedo, Mendcs, Cortina and Aguierre,
the movement would not have been made; but
Brineourt seeing the foree disappear which had
menaced him in Coahuila, resolved to march
upon this State; still after having expended
much money and traversed an enormous des
ert, he has arrived and has encountered noth
ing, for of the foree led by Negrete in his re
treat. I had ordered a part to Coahuila and a
part to Durango, to join the forces of Fatoni
and Caronna, and the rest had been disposed
in the mountains near Chihuahua UDder the
command of the military Governor, Don
Manuel Ojinaga.
As the enemy in bringing the strength of
his fozees into this State has weakened his line
from the interior, our forces have commenced
attacking him in detail and with good success,
following strictly the system of not accepting
open battle, and of not allowing ourselves to
be shut up in the towns.
On the 14th instant I reached this place,
where I have established for the present the
residence of the government.
It will be very difficult for the enemy to follow
us here, and should they do so it will be without
avail, and will render their condition still worse;
for they will not succeed in destroying the gov
ernment, which will only remove to some other
oonven’ent point witlin the national territory,
while they will only have increased their distance
to five hundred leagues from the capital of t>0
so-called empire, in the defence of whioh, now
tbat our forces are about to open an aotive cam-
-paign in the interior, they will be unable to aa-
>18:.
Patooi, Corona and Villanea are operating
upon Durango, ;Pueblita, in the State of Guana
juato; Ar^srga, Regulas, Salazar and Riva Pala-
cio in the State of Michoaoan; Alvarez uponlqua-
la and Cuernevaca; Garcia, who has replaced
General Diaz, in the States of Vera Cruz, O^jack,
Chiapas and Tabasco, and E-oovedo, Meodes.
Cortina and Aguierre in the State* of San Lui*,
Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila; while
Generals Rosales, Rubio, Peequierra and Garcia
Morales are operating in the States of Sonora and
Sinaloa.
All these chiefs are of the opinion that the time
for attacking the enemy with success has arrived,
for the reaeon of his weakness through tbe large
distances over whioh his lines are extended.
I shall soon be able to write to you confirming
the correctness of my calculations, which arc
based upon the knowledge whioh I have of the
situation of our country.
Bill Heads, Circulars, Posters, Manifests,
Labels, Bicuipts, Checks, Ac., printed in the
highest style of typographical art, by experienced
workmen, at the lowest price and shortest no
tice, at tbe REPUBLICAN JOB PRINTING
OFFICE. tf
Headquarters,
Sub- District of Ogeechee,
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 27th, 1865.
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 32. f
General Order No. 26, from these Head
quarters, ishereby modified to read as fol
lows, viz :
Pursuant to General Order No. 18,
Headquarters, District of Savannah, 1st
Division, Department of Georgia, the
following Taxes will be levied to defray
the expenses of fighting streets, cleaning
city, &e.
1st. Tax of three (3) per cent, on al[
incomes of six hundred (600) dollars or
upwards, for real estate.
2d. Tax of one (1) per cent, per annum
on valuation of real estate not included
in first section of this Order.
3d. Tax of one half (1-2) per cent, on
gross sales of all merchandise, except cot
ton.
4th. Tax of one-tenth (1-10) per cent,
on gross sales of cotton.
5th. Tax of one (1) per cent, on all
commissions derived from any business
transaction (other than sales of mer
chandize,) by any factor, auctioneer, bro
ker, forwarding, shipping or commission
merchant.
6th. Tax of one (1) per cent on all in
comes of one thousand (1000) dollars or
upwards, derived from salaries, profes
sions or any business transaction not
included in section 3d, 4th and 5th of
this Order.
7 th. Lioenses for sale of ales, wines
and liquors as per General Order, No.
13, C. S., from these Headquarters; li
cense for billiard tables, bowling alleys,
theatres, &c., as per General Order, No.
46, dated Headquarters, Post of Savan-
dah, June 15, 1865.
8th. All taxes called for by this Order,
will be paid to the Tax Collector prior to
the 15th of each month for the month
preceding. Any person neglecting to
comply with the provisions of this Order
will be subject to a fine.
By Command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lt. and A. A. A. G.
5t
BUSINESS CARDS.
CLMTON, 1BUR&PURSE,
GENERAL
C3MM1SS18N MERCHANTS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA-
P A pu^a^^ TTENTION ^ totha
Cotton, all kinds of Produce, and
General Merchandize.
IdERCHANTi,
Bay Street, Savannah, Gra.
Consignments of Cotton and Lumber solicited.
Referenced:
Savannah—Brigham, Baldwin & Co., Gaden Jk
Cnckles, Erwin & Hardee. Hunter & GaramelL Isaac
D. LaRoche, Hiram Roberts, W. Woodbridge, L. C.
Norvell & Co.
^jNew York—S. T. Knapp & Bro., D. H. Baldwin &
Sale days, TnesdayB and Fridays. sep5
*•}
Headq’bs Dist. of Savannah,
1st Division, Dep’t of Georgia.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 25th, 1865.
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 30. j
In compliance with General Order No.
29, current series, from these Headquar
ters, I hereby assume command of the
District of Savannah, 1st Division, De
partment of Georgia.
Brevet Major W. A. Coulter, Assistant
Adjutant General U. S. V., is hereby re
lieved from duty in compliance with or
ders from Major General Commanding
Department of Georgia, and will accom
pany Brevet Major General J. M. Bran-
nan.
Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lieut and Adjutant,
173d N. Y. Vols., is hereby announced as
A. A. A. G. of the District of Savannah.
1st Division, Department of Georgia, to
whom all reports and. returns required by
existing orders and regulations will be
made.
EDWIN P. DAVIS,
Brevet Brig. General Comd’g.
Headquarters Sub District of Ogeechee, [
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 20, 1865. |
Circular, 1
No. 22. ) l i t —
On and after this date articles in the Public
Market of this city will be sold at the following
prices. Peisons violating this order, will be re
ported to this Office and summarily dealt with.
By command of
Brv’t. Msj. Gen. J. M. BKANNAN.
Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and A. A. A. G.
Fresh Beef, 1st cut, per lb 20
Fresh Beef, 2nd cut, per lb 15
Country Dried Beef............ 15
Country Cured Beef 15
Jerked Beef..., 10 to 15
Veal, per lb
Mutton, per lb
Liver, per lb
Fresh Fork, per lb
Bass, per lb
Drum, per lb
Fresh Water Trout
Salt “ “
Sheephead
Mullet, large size, per bunch,
Mullet, small size, per bunch
Brim, per bunch of five......
Perch, per bunch ol five
Suckers
Whiting.
Codfish, per lb
Shrimp, per quart
Crabs, each
Sturgeon, per lb
Sausages, lresh pork
Bacon, per lb, from
Butter, per lb
Clams, per bushel
Cabbages, each, from 10 to 30
Turnips, per bunch 10
Tomatoes, per quart. 20
Okra, per quart. io
Sweet Potatoes, per bushel $3 00
Irish Potatoes,per bushel $1 50
Green Corn, each %
Water Melons, from. 15 to 50
A nnlod n«r KnaKal *n aa *
Benito Jpan«<
2o
20
15
25
15
15
15
15
20
40
25
40
40
25
40
10
15
3
7
40
20 to 25
40 to 50
#2 00
Special attention given to the purchase aud sale of
Real Estate in the city, aud of Plantations in any part
of Georgia.
They will buy and sell Foreign and Domestic Ex
change, Stocks Coin, Bank Notes, and' collect Notes,
Drafts, &c., with prompt remittances.
Engaged exclusively in a Commission Business, with
ample and safe storage rooms,they hope to merit a lib
eral patronage.
Refer to Phinizy & Clayton, R. H. Warren, and W.
E. Jackson, Augusta, Ga.; Geo. W. Williams, Charles
ton; Samuel Tate, Memphis, Tennessee: G. Torbett
and V. K. Steyenson, Nashville, Tenn.; Baldwin,Starr
& Co., and Tracy, Irwin <fc Co., New York.
WM W. CLAYTON,
Late Agent Georgia Railroad Bank, Atlanta.
GEO. W. ADAIR,
Late of Anderson, Adair & Co., Atlanta.
Isaiah purse, 4
.Late of Poullain, Jennings <fc Co., Augusta, Ga.
sep25 , lm
ROUT. P, ToliK,
Si. K. WILLIAMS,
J. R. -M TNT IRE,
P. H. WAKD.
m. williams, mm & co„
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
A. T. GUNNING HAM, D. O. FLBSX*
CUXMVGHAM & PURSE,
FACTORS, FORWARDING
AND •
Commission Merchants,
Bay Street, Savannah, Ga,
References—Robt. Habersham & Sons, Hnnter &
GammelL Octavos Cohen, Brigham, Baldwin & Co ,
Erwin & Hardee, Claghom * Cunningham. sep5-3m
C. T. KEUTGEN,
N orth side Bay street, between Whitaker and Bar
nard, always keep on hand
The GeEuine Piper Heidsieck Ghampage.
Also all kinds of
Rhine Wine, Ularet, Clay Pipes, &c.
scptl * tf
CHARLES L. COLBY & CO„
SHIPPING,
COMMISSION,
AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS
JONES’ BLOCK,
CORNER BA Y AND ABERCORN STS.,
s /W^uisnsrgYti, gjy.
Liberal cash advances made on consignments to tho
firm represented in New York by Charles L Colby,
Esq„ or to onr friends in Boston.
ALEX. H. HOL AY’, Resident Partner.
References.—Messrs. Dabney, Morgan & Co., New
York; Jarvis Slade, Esq.. New York; Gardner Colby,
Esq., Boston; Hon. J. Wiley Edmands, Boston.
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HEX RT BR1AW,
Broker and Commission Agent,
For Sale and Purchase of Stocks, Bank
Notes, Produce, &c., and for For
warding Cotton,
Bryan Street, next to Merchants’ and
Planters’ Bank Building,
aog!5
3m
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON,
(Successor to Wilmot & Richmond^ •
DEALER IN
Watches, Silver Ware. Jewelry,
Canes, Cutlery, Ac;
Cor. Whilaker.St. Jidienand Congress Sis,
■SAVANNAH, GA.
Watches and Jewelry repaired. Chronometers rated
by transit. Cash paid for old Gold and Silver.
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A. J. HBADY,
E. J. MOSES.
WM. M. SMITH,
BRADY, SMITH & CO.
Oommisslon
AND
Forwarding Merchants,
AND
aiHiurfacturers’ Agents
NORTH SIDE OF BAY STREET,
Between Whitaker and Barnard,
SAVANNAH, GEOBGIA.
liberal advances made on consignments of Cotton,
&c, to their friends in New York and Boston,
References-Wm. K. Kitchen. Pres’t National Park
Bank. N Y • H. C.Thacher &Co„ Boston; Israel Co
hen, Baltimore; Hall, Moses ACo.,Colbmbus; Wyman,
Moses & Co., Montgomery. ~ a °g T
KIRLIN, BRO, & BURKE,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
ALES, WINES 4.ND LIQUORS
CJor. Whitaker Street and Bay Lane.
june21
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J1A.RCY, DAY & CO..
JC XL
308 B JY Y 8 T K B
North Side,
Between Barnard and Jefferson Streets,
WOOD. COAL AND GRAIN
and
SE1SERAL COMMISSI®®! MERCHANTS
and
Apples, per bushel
Peaches per bushel
Honey, per .b.
Decks, per
Decks, per pair...,
Turkey*, per pound
Geese, “ •<
Fowls, grown, per lb.
Bice Birds, per doz
^Ulf Grown Fowl*
Spring Chicken*, per pair
Spring Chickens, 2d size.
Eggs, per dozen
98 00
$8 00
15
92 00
18
18
18
50
75
50
40
50
BAT,
CORN, OATS ABB
At lowest market prices.
FEED,
lye
Condensed Milk,
w. A RAMSEY 8s OO.,
' GENERAL
Commission Merchants
AND
AUCTIONEERS:
308 Broad Street, Augusta, Gw.
th« sale of their Milk wlfifaepenp^ies eonstanUyon
refer to
Robert Habersham A bona Savannah.
W. H. Stark, . ■ do.
Bones, Brown A Co, An
V,
wiILKltCteB,Fr<*iaentNationri Pert Bttk,