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VOL. LXV.
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vabhington
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SOUrHiRN OFFICE H3LDEP.S
TiKIHS THE OATH.
VIR(.1MA
CANDIDATES
DRAWING.
W1TH-
Novel Internal Revenue
Decision.
Rebel
Parliamentary Furniture
at Auction.
diplomatic correspondence.
iHE more of TIIE PUBLIC MEN OF
ENGLAND UNMASKED.
j /;/■; SECRETS OF THE BRITISH
HEHEL AID SOCIETY DIVULGED.
The Horrors of Salisbury and Other
Prisons to be Shown to the IVorld.
Ac., Ac., &c„
■ 'j.ecial dispatches to the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Waihington, Sept. 29.
i 'linta Cviigressutnal Candidates With
drawing.
Candidates for Congress, in Virginia, are rapid-
v withdrawing feeling they cannot take the te6t
a;a required. A sufficient number remain firm
■ can take the oath, and give the State a fnli
re| rc.-cr.tation in the next Congress. Yesterday
Cha’les finer Lee and Jos. II. Cox, both candi-
•iates in ihe Fourth Congressional District, with-
irew on account of inability to taka the oath.—
J ha W. Sym, candidate in the Petersburg Dis-
trict. has withdrawn for the same reason.
,tl„
Ill a letter to Mr. Dayton, the Secretary of!
State said he was authorized to'approve of his j
reserved remonstrances to the French Govern
ment concerning the prosecution of the work
on the rams which were being built in French
ports, aud the hospitalities extended to the j
Florida and the Rappahannock, and he added, j
“For all the losses and damages which the
Government and citizens of the United States
have sustained by the depredations of the ves
sels in question, the United States, as they be
lieve justly, hold the Governments of the coun
tries from which they have proceeded respon
sible whenever they have been duly forewarn
ed, and have omitted proper measures to pre
vent the departure of said hostile expedi
tions.”
Mr- Dayton, in a letter dated March, 1864,
informed Mr. Seward that M. Drouyjj de
l’Huys assured him that France would not take
Texas as a gift, even if it were accompanied
with a handsome douceur besides; that he
does not want it, and would not have it.
The volumes also contain despatches from
our Ministers in Russia, the Netherlands,
China and Japan, and replies thereto by the
Secretary of State, all showing remarkable
watchfulness and activity in the protection of
our many interests abroad.
Her. Fathers Whalen and Hamilton,
Who were brought hither to testify in the
Wirz trial, have left Washington for their
homes in Georgia. It will be recollected that
Captain Wirz requested that they be permit
ted to visit him as his spiritual advisers. It is
said that for some reason not explained, they
failed to obtain permission to visit the Old
Capitol Prison for that purpose, and that Rev.
Father Boyle, of this city, has been alike un
successful. Father Wbaien is responsible for
the repayment of $16,000, which he had bor
rowed to purchase supplies in alleviation of
the prisoners at Andersonville.
The Treasury—The Reported New Loan Un
true.
It has been widely published that the Secre
tary of the Treasury will soon put upon the
market another loan. On the Secretary, to
day, being asked if this was true, he said that
such a purpose did not at present enter into his
calculations.
Presidential Appointments.
The President to-day appointed George W.
Chamberlain to the United States District At
torney for the District of Colorado, and Alex
ander Magruder to be United States Marshal
for the Northern District of Florida.
Otjice Holders Taking the Oath.
Vi Custom House officers appointed to South
j utts have taken the oath of allegiance, ex
ec;: ;!.e Surveyor at Charleston, and the Collect
h-orgetown, S. C., and these act without
;iy ;:ii Congress legislates on thesabject.
-'■di <./ Rebel Congress Property.
1 es’erdav, the desks used by the members of
i cite rebel Congress were sold at auction, in
i. ■-•■.mood, bringing twenty-five dollars aDd fifty
«cls vaeli.
Internal Revenue Decision.
Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue
l i ;i to-day decided that where income of any
■ i tor :- tt was received in Confederate curren-
the amount of such currency, estimated in
v verninent currency at the tipie and place oP
receipt, ehoald be returned as income.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
The receipts of Internal Revenue to-day
Mounted to one million one hundred and sixty
thousand seven hundred and sixty-three dollars.
Exhaustion of an Approjrriation.
Tite appropriation for the extension of the
Treasury buildmg having been exhausted, a con-
stderable portion of the work will be suspended
until Congress meets
Secretary McCulloch Going West.
Son. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treas
ure, will leave to-morrow tor the West, and be
*~i)t about a week. During his absence Hon,
” m. E. (Randier, Assistant Secretary, will be
:s tharge of the Department.
[Despatches to the Associated Press.]
The Wirz Commission.
The Wirz Commission tbi* morning re-
tui'ed a note from General Bragg, a member
thereof, stating that he was sick and unabie to
w in attendance.
h'he Commission, after carefully consider-
y ti ' , t case with closed doors, adjourned until
ro morrow.
Diplomatic Correspondence.
uhe third volume of the diplomatic corres-
i 1 uuencc, which accompanied the President’s
ravage at the commencement of the second
! «ion of the late Congress, has just been
"vdfrom the Government Printing Bureau.
* s a volume of six hundred pages, and much
i .v* ' nteree ( has been lost by the delay of
Plication. The correspondence with France
•'“imences as far back as November, 1863,
! ’ ] un the subject of equipment of belligerent
’ s ' els in neutral ports, affairs in Mexico,
- Jtuuo, Hiiaui 1U DICAIUU,
Rappahannock, Florida and Geor-
the Birkenhead iron-clads, the military
■ 'Nation, rumored project* of intervention, &c.
itappears from one of the many letters writ-
“y Mr. Dayton to Secretary Seward, and
December, 1863, that the British Gov-
' onient informed M. Drouyn de L’Huys that
} American vessel had been taken 'bv the
^“federates"as a prize and sold to an English-
ao ; that after this she had been retaken by
°* our own ships, and that Mr. Seward
fr . ertf ore refused to recognize the British
as it did, through a Confederate
ftat* 16 Government thereupon resolved
1 nii h „ wou ^ not recognize the right of the
Cunfu ^ ta!es Government to make seizures of
U: , rate vessels, and it submitted the pro-
**:»»• t0 - t * ie * ren ch Government, with a
Trenr.u a ,,-! U8t ^oelaration to that effect. The
*j u . Minister replied that he did not know
such"«»° UrSe Die Government would take in
fate it e ' ent > an< ^ be did not wish to antrei-
^ eTar d in a letter to Mr. Dayton
Mnnient V ? ry ^^ankful that the ftench Gov-
insurge,,,. f c ! ned the proposition ; that the
Dad n ever iZi ^f ver made a lawful prize, and
iiazatiJed i;,,?^ C0 . ndemne d a vessel, and he
“.nets JP"* ‘hat under no circum-
^Sates likdv ,‘ h L G0Vernmen t of the United
, - ,Jai ideraiifm t ?i, 0g R 1 f 8 any ^Pihre or any
‘aeration they might make or procure.
[Special Dispatches to the Philadelphia Press.]
Washington, Oct. 1, 1865.
The Trial of Wirz.
Great complaints are made that the trial of
Wirz should be so protracted, but the Govern
ment having accorded to the defence the right to
introduce a deluge of their witnesses, they have
availed themselves of it with a vengeance of
latitude. Relying upon the hope that the longer
they delay and lengthen out the case the more
chances they are that the pubiie BBnse of the
cruelties of Wirz will be dulled till these cruel
ties are forgotten altogether, they take these
things coolly and leisurely. There is, besides,
behind this manitest purpose of delay the natural
apprehension that unless they can induce a gen
eral fatigue and disgust of the whole trial, find
hence a readiness to support any verdict, so that
the case is concluded, the interests of Jefferson
Davis may be seriously affected. It is amusing
to note how little complaint we have had of “mili
tary courts” lately. The whole uproar has ceas
ed. Champ Ferguson, in Tennessee, and Henry
Wirz, in Washington, two of the most wicked
instruments of the rebellion, almost confessedly
ready for execution, are having as careful anil as
expensive an opportunity to defend themseives
as if they were arraigned before courts iu their
own bailiwicks respectively. One of the most
learned jurists in this city said, a few days ago,
that “Mr. Wirz” was having as fair atrial a*
could be given to his master Jeff if he were ar
raigned before Chief Justice Chase himself.
Gen. Grant Expected in Washington.
General Grant will arrive here this week. It
it expected that shortly after his arrival several
important military measures will be adopted,
among which will be the withdrawal of most of
our troop* from the Southern Slates, and dis
charge of Vetei an Reserve Corps and colored
troops. It is believed that, owing to the great
success in recruiting for the regular army, the
two latter organizations can be dispensed with.
Eeedmcn in Missouri and Arkansas.
General Howard, of the Free imen’s Bureau,
has received a report from the Assistant Com
missioner of Refugees and Freedmen of the states
of Missouri and Arkansas The only important
item is in reference to the number of refugees and
freedmen, respeotiv4%, in each State, to whom
rations have been issued daring the igonth of
August:
Missouri and Kansas, rations for Refugees,
12,876; rations for Freedmen, 3,980. Arkansas,
rations for Refugees, 54,910; rations for Freed
men, 56 804. Total rations for Refugees, 67,786 ;
total rations for Freedmen, 60,784,
The Freedmen in Alexandria.
The Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen’*
village near Alexandria, Va„ has reported to
General Howard, that daring the month of gep.
tember there were three hundred and nine freed'
men subsisted at that village, at cost of $3,821 88.
About one-half this number were old and infirm.
Far Manufactures.
Statistics in the General Land Offioe show that
there were, in I860, 94 establishments in the
United States for the manufacture of furs, Ao',
having an invested capital of 139.100; cost of
raw material, $1,735,123; 467 male and 78?
female hands employed; payingfor labor,$249,494;
annual value of products, $3,006,575.
National Banks.
Fifteen National Banks have received charters
sinee the 23i u’t., from the Comptroller of the
Currency. Their aggregate capital amount* to
over $15,000,000. The whole number of National
Banks now doing business is 1,572, with a circpe
lation of $191,411,480.
Treasury Decision.
The Second Comptroller has decided that six
and nine months’soldiers, when deceased or dis
charged, are to be credited with the minimum
amount of clothing allowed for their periods of
enlistment respectively, without regard to the
period of actual service.
Surgeons of Pensions Appointed.
The Commissioner of Pensions has appointed
Dr. Heory Conkling, Bloomington, Illinois, and
Dr. H. D Ballard, Fridley, Ohio, to be examine
ing surgeons of pensioos.
Patents Issued.
One hundred and thirty two patents were is 1
sued from the Patent Office for the week ending
September 26; and for the week ending October
3, one hundred and ten will be issued.
r. Pensions.
The Commissioners of JPensions has decided
that soldiers and sailor* applying for pension*
need not send their discharge papers with their
applications unless specially directed so to do.
The Resignation of Gen. Slocum:
It is believed here that Gen. Slocum’s re
signation has not been received at the War
Department.
[Confidential.]
Acklow House, 1 Connaught Place,]
Nov. 7, 1863. |
Sir : A strong feeling exists among the
friends of the Confederate States of America
that it would be desirable I
don a Southern independence association, with
the object of diffusing information as to the
merits of the war in America, and of keeping
before the minds of the British pubiie the pol
icy and justice of recognizing the independence
of the Confederate States at the earliest possi
ble moment.
As such an association must, in order to be
successful, be composed of men of good polit
ical, commercial and social standing, its pro
moters desire, before taking further steps, to
invite the gentlemen whose names are en
closed, and among whom (sic in the original)
you will find your own, to form a provisional
committee.
All that is now requested of you is to agree
to join that provisional committee, conditional
on not fewer than twelve of the accompanying
names (sic in the original) doing the same.
As soon as twelve such conditional replies
are received a meeting of the provisional com
mittee will be called to tike further steps.
We have the honor to reman, sir, yours faith-
lully,
A. J. B. Berks ford Horn,
• W • S. LilNDSAV,
Robert Bourse,
Committee.
[Alexander Baring, Esq, M P, accepted.
[Marquis of Bath do.
[Hon Robert Bourke do.
[Lord Campbell do,
[Lord R Cecil do.
[Earl of Donoughmore do.-
[Hon Earnest Buncombe do.
[Sir James Ferguson, M P, do.
FW R Seymour Fitzgerald, M P, (refused to
join after consulting Lord Derby.)
[J S Gilliat, Esq, accepted.
[W H Gregory, Esq, M P, do,
[Colonel Greville, M P, do.
[J udge Hailburton, M P, do.
[ A J B Beresford Bops, do.
[Sir E KerrisoD, Bart, JI P, dom
[Marquis of Lothian. do^
[Sir Coutta Lmdsav, Bart, do.
[W S Linsay, Esq, M P, do.
♦George Peacocke, Esq. M P, accepted.
*James Spence, Esq, do.
[Lieut Col C M Stuart, M P, do.
[Lord Edwin H Trevor, M P, do.
[William Vansittart, Esq, M, refused to join.
♦Lord Eustace Cecil, accepted.
[Sir A H Elton, Bart, do.
[Lord Wbarncliffe, do.
♦Edward Ackroyed, Esq, do.
*G E Seymour, Esq, do.
♦Hon C Fitzwilliam, M P, do.
♦John Laird, Esq, M P, do.
*W Scholefield, Esq, M P. do.
[By Associated Press.]
The British Rebel Aid Society.
The following interesting document has re
cently come into the possession of the Govern
ment;
The Wirz Trial.
TESTIMONY F38 Till DEFENCE
CONiiNUED,
WHIT THE rKISOaiWS COUNSEL
EXPECTS TO PROVE.
♦Persons whose names are marked thu* accept
ed, but contributed no money.
[Persons thus marked contributed money.
Southern Indbuk-ndenck Association, .
Acklow Bocsk, 1 Connaught Place,
London, November 23, 1863.
Sir: As upwards of the full requisite num
ber of the gentlemen invited by the letter of the
7th inst. have already expressed tbeir willing
ness to join tbe Provisional Committee condi
tionally on twelve acceptances coming, yon are
invited to a meeting of the Provisional Com
mittee to be held at the above address, on
Wednesday, 2d December, at one o’clock, to
consider the organization and line of conduct
of the London Southern Independence Asso
ciation.
If you can attend, your presence i3 earnestly
requested.
i have the honor to remain, sir your obe
dient servant,
A. J. B. Beresford Hope.
[Confidential.]
Southern Independence Association,
Acklow House, Connaught Place, W.
December 2, 1863.
Sir : At a meeting of the provisional com
mittee for organizing the association, holden
this day, the accompanying draft, constitution,
and circular were considered, and it was re
solved to print and circulate them among the
members of the provisional committee for re
vision and consideration. Y'ou are earnestly
requested to attend an adjourned meeting of
the committee, at this address, on Saturday,
the 12th instant, at one o’clock, and to bring
the papers with you, with such corrections as
may occur to you. If you are unable to attend,
you are requested to have the kindness to com
municate your suggestions to me previous to
that date. The committee will meet at Act
low House on the 12th instant, at one o’clock.
I have the honor to remain,
Yonrs faithfully,
A. J. B. Beresfort Hope.
Southern Independence Association.
I An institution shall be founded in London
called the Southern Independence Association,
having for its object to diffuse information as to
the merits of the war in America, and to keep
before the mind of the British public tbe policy
and.ef recognizing justcie at tho earliest possible
moment, the independence of the Confederate
States.
2. It shall be governed by a committee, com.
posed of the gentlemen whose names are subjoin
g.dr with power to add to their number. The
eocjmittep s^a’J Lave the entire control of the
finances and pahlication; of the association and
shall eleet a chairman, vise ohairman. p,nd one or
more honorary t'easurerf and secretaries out of
their own number, and shall also have the power
of appointing paid officers.
3. All persons desirous of becoming members
of tbe association may be elected by the commit
tee, who [sic] shall attest their sympathy with the
objects of the association. The members of the
association shall pay an annual subscription of at
least .
4. General meetings of the association may be
held at the d rection of the committee, at which
only questions shall be disoi ssed of which notice
has been previously given. [This was a provi
sion to exclude the subject of slavery from dis
enssion, according to a report of a member of tbe
committee.]
The association may be ijissolvod after the re
cognition of tbe Confederate States by Great
Britain, by a vote of the majority of members, at
a general meeting convened for that purpose.
More Investigations to be Made.
It is understood that after the trial of Capt
Wirz is ended, and all the facts connected with
the Andersonville prison ascertained, there
frill be an investigation of the Salisbury and
Other prisons of the South, in which Union
prisoners were confined and maltreated.
Internal Revenue Decision.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue yes
terday ruled that the publishers of newspapers
whose receipt* therefor exceed $1,000 annual
ly thould be licensed a* manufacturers, and
snch license will cover all sales of these man
ufacturers at or from the place of publication,
and also the printing and sale of bill-heads,
circulars, &c.
Personal.
Among the visitors at the Executive Man
sion to-day were Major Generals Wool and
Palmer, and L. P. Walker, formerly Secretary
of War of the Southern Confederacy.
Redeemed Currency Destroyed.
During the past week the Treasury De
partment destroyed nearly $410,000 worth of
redeemed mutilated currency.
Brinkley Hornsb.-, of Johnson county, Mo.
has brought suit in the Circuit Court of that ooun
ty against Stirling Price, James S. Rains and
tnirty others for $50,000 damages, “for injuries
arising from false imprisonment."
Grenerals Lee and Johnston and
other Officials te* be Ex- -
amined.
Washington, Sept 3041
The Wirz trial was resumed to-day. Captain
Wright, ex Quartermaster at Andersonville, was
recalled for tbe defence, and testified that he suc
ceeded R. B. Winder at that post; the tents of
his regiment were taken tor the use of the hospi
tal; and he sought bu ( * laded to obtain more for
that purpose; as to lumber he was equally unsuc
cessful, tbe owners not having been paid for what
had been previously furnished; an injunction was
served upon him and others to prevent him from
cutting timber; he had never seen Captain Wirz
kick prisoners.
Mr. Baker Did you bear Captain Wirz com
plain et the bad condition of ailatrsV
Judge Advocate Chipman objected to the de
claration of the prisoner.
Mr. Baker said he did not ask for Capt. Wirz’s
declaration, but his acts.
Col. Chipman remarked that Mr. Baker had
asked about complaints.
Mr. Baker said it was competent according
to the rules of law to show the kindly disposi
tion of the accused, in order to refute the alle
gations that he wilfully and maliciously mur
dered and maltreated the prisoners.
Tho court remarked that they had over and
over again overruled the question.
Mr. Baker said he desired to show that Cap
tain Wirz accompanied his complaints by acts
to ameliorate the condition of the prisoners.
He then withdrew that question and prepared
another, namely: Do you know of any acts on
the part oi Capt. Wirz to ameliorate the con
dition of the prisoners ?
The witness replied he could not think of
any, and among other things said he never
heard that soldiers received furloughs for shoot
ing Union prisoners; he bad frequently carried
vegetables into the stockade for their relief,
after showing Captain Wirz what he had; the
Captain permitted Masonic honors to be paid to
a deceased prisoner; Lt. Davis was in charge
while Capt. Wirz was sick.
Croes-examined by Colonel Chipman.—The
witness had no personal knowledge of what
Capt. Wirz did in the stockade, but outside of
the stockade he knewthat the accused put prison
ers in the stocks and the chain-gang; Turner,
who had charge of the dogs, told the witness
that Capt. Wirz had promised him thirty dol
lars apiece for capturing prisoners, but the wit
ness refused to pay him, uot believing him to be
entitled to the money.
Judge Hall, of Georgia, who testified for
the j rosecution, was now called as a witness
for the defeuce. He stated that he had been
employed by a man named Dykes, against
Colonel Gibbs and Captain Wright, to restrain
them by injunction from using Dykes’ ground
for burial purposes, and cutting timber on it.
Dykes subsequently withdrew his bill volun
tarily, when the witness used his influence to
have Dykes paid by the Confederate Govern
ment for any loss he might have sustained.—
The witness described thp land iu the imme
diate vicinity of Andersonville as a poor pine
barren. Its chief value consisted in its lim
ber, which could be sold to railroad companies
for fuel or cross-ties. Captain Wirz had ap
plied to tbe witness to prosecute some men who
had been appropriating provisions and things
of that sort belonging to the prisoners. He
took out a search warrant to find the stolen
property, but tkooght the process was unsuc
cessful. In August, 1864, he saw Capt. Wirz,
whose appearance was that of a man just re
covered from a spell of sickness ; he was fee
ble and emaciated. Dogs, in Georgia, are
used for tracking trilling felons, violators of
law, and runaway slaves, but by the laws of
that State nobody could be pursued by vicious
aud savage dogs.
Colonel Chipman objected to the witness
proceeding on that point, as the subsequent
question asked was irrevalent. He resented it
as unjust to our soldiers, who had perilled
their live* for their country, that they should
be put upon the ground of aud pursued as
common felons.
Mr. Baker said the use of the hounds was first
authorized and made legal by the laws of the
United States. Tbe commanding general was
authorised to track human beings with dogs.
Major General Thomas »aid he know alt about
that.
The o urt said, you mean in Florida.
Mr. Baker said he did, aod n ight follow np the
question to show that the people of the South
were bound by law to do whateverjwas command
ed by the superior military office's
The court having voted, sustained the objec
tion raise by the Judge Advocate.
The witness in the course of the further exam
ination said that by the laws of Georgia it was
made a capital felony to harbor or entertain Fed.,
eral prisoners.
Cross-examined by Colonel Chipman.—The
witness said hissympathies had been with tho re
bellion; he was a secessionist and remained as
»ach until tbe close of the rebellion; he was active
and did ail he could for it; he bad not been act
ing as counsel for the acoused; he had, however,
been asked questions about law, and answered
them, aod had been in Mr. Baker’s office several
time.-; he went with him to the library of the Su
preme Courr and pointed out the decision of
Judge Lumpkin.
Mr. B ,ker objected to these questions sayiDg
that they did not touch anything which had been
done in the direct examination. Although the
witnesses for the prosecution were open to refl ec-
tioD, he called the’ court to witness that lie had
not reflected upon them.
Colonel Chipman said the gentleman snrely
did not understand the status to be because he
did attack the credibility of witnesses. This
oould be done by the prosecution. He argued
that be had a right to test this witness’s credibility
and respectability in everything excepting the
actnal oonvietion of crime and in that event he
must produce the record.
Mr. Baker replied the Judge Advocate had a
right to do any thipg permitted by law, but he had
no right to investigate his (Mr. Baker’s] character
as oonnsel and discuss it. It was known that
with counsel everything was sacred.
Colonel Ohipman—J did not know your office
was a sanctum sanctorum.
Mr. Baker said he was discussing this case to
that such proceedings might be stopped.
The court—Everybody knows the custom in
examining witnesses.
Mr. Baker—Then why lug these thing* in ?
The oourt—Why do you take offence ?
Mr. Baker—Because it look* unkind and very
bad.
The court, after voting, announced the objection
not sustained,
Examination by Mr. Baker—The witness said
he had not acted a* counsel or adviser for Captain
Wirt*, nor had be advised how the defence ought
to be shaped; he had not intimated anything
about the defence, anything more than in conver
sation as a witness.
W. D. Hammond, of the rebel army, testified
ho never saw any of hia men shoot Federal
prisoners, but had seen them after they were
shot; Captain Wirz never to his knowldge
promised furloughs tor shooting prisoners ; the
order was that if squads could not account for
their men they shonld be deprived of their
rations; no order was issued to take from Stone-
man’s raiders anything more than money,
knives and forks, and snch other articles as it
was supposed they had stolen from the resi
dents of tbe country through which they had
passed ; Confederate soldiers were punished like
the Union prisoners.
The Commission then adjourned till Mon
day.
The trial of Wirz is expected to last for seve
ral weeks longer. The examination of wit
nesses for the defence proceeds slowly, the
counsel taking care to thoroughly sift them all,
for the purpose, it appears, of establishing the
following facts, viz: That he was sick and ab
sent from Andersonville when many of the al
leged atrocities were committed; that he was
not responsible for tbe vaccination which re
sulted so disastrously; that he never mal
treated anybody nor acted wilfully and mali
ciously: and that although the rules of the
prison were stringent and there was a lack of
physical comforts, the “old Dutch Captain,”
as his counsel calls him, was not responsible
to the extent contained in the charges : in a
word, that the evidence for the Government
will not justify his conviction.
A subpoena for General Robert E. Lee was
sent off this morning, and it is expected that
he will arrive here the middle of next week.
General Howell Cobb and ex-Governor Brown,
of Georgia, General Joe Johnson and Colonel
Robert Ould are also summoned to appear as
witnesses for the defend?. It is understood the
last named will testify in relation to the ques
tion of the exchange of prisoners, and is ex
pected to show that it was not the fault of the
rebel government that it was not sooner effec
ted. In view of the notoriety of these parties,
additional interest will be given to the pro
ceedings.
From Baltimore.
Regular Steamer to Liverpool—Her Departure
to be Celebrated.
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[Special Dispatch to Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Baltimore, Sept. 29.—The steamer Somer
set, the first steamer of the new Baltimore and
Liverpool line, sails from here to-morrow
morning on her trip to Liverpool. She has a
full complement of freight and passengers.—
The occasion is to be celebrated by a grand es
cort of Government vessels to Fort McHenry
and North Point. General Hancock and staff,
with other prominent gentlemen, among them
Governors Bradford and Swann, Jno. Garrart,
W. P. Smith Webster, Collector of the Port,
with many merchants and business men, will
attend the grand fete. .
Headquarters,
Sub- District of Ogeechee,
Savannah, Ga., Oct 2d, 1865,
SPECIAL OEDER, I
No. 207. f
(extract.)
Par. 4. Captian Wm.T. Easton,I03dU,
S. C. Infantry, is hereby relieved from
duty with his regiment, and will report
to these Headquarters to assume the du
ties of Tax Collector, City of Savannah,
Ga., vice Capt. C. H. Pike, 153d New
York Volunteers, relieved for the pap
pose of being mustered out with his regi
ment.
By command g£
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Signed : W. H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and
A. A. A. G. 3
Head’qrs Dist. of Savannah, 1
1st Division, Dep’t of Georgia, >
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 5th, 1865. )
GENERAL ORDERS, f
No. 32. j
Pursuant to Special Order No. 51, Par.
II., dated Headquarters Department of
Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Sept. 30, 1865, I
hereby relinquish command of the Dis
trict of Savannah.
William H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and Adj’t
173d New York Vols., and Acting Ass’t
Adj’t Gen’l, is hereby relieved from duty
at Headquarters District oi Savannah.
EDWIN P. DAVIS,
2 Bvt. Brig. Gen. Comd’g.
IJeadq’rs Dist. of Savannah,
1st Division, Dep’t of Georgia,
Savannah, Ga., Qct. 5tH, 1865,
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 33. f
In compliance with Special Order No.
51, Par. II, dated Head-Quarters Depart
ment of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, Sep
tember 30, 1865, I hereby assume com
mand of the District of Savannah, 1st
Division Department of Georgiq.
Brevet Major Will A. Coulter, Assist
ant Adjutant General U. S. Vols., is here
by announced as Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral of the District of Savannah, 1st
Division Department of Georgia, to whom
all reports and returns required by exist
ing Orders and Army Regulations will be
made.
J. M. BRANNAN,
Brevet Major General U. S. V.,
Official:
Will a. Coulter,
2 Asst. Adj’t Gen’l.
TO THE NSBTHERiTPEQPLE.
‘•1
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
CHI UIO &19 EXMiTilU D.
The withdrawal of nearly three hun
dred thousand able-bodied persons to a
greater or less extent from their usual
vocations has created a void which must
be filled or the lands of the State will re
mained untilled, her grealf resources un
developed, and her future prosperity sacri
ficed ;
The remedy, and the only remedy for
this condition of affairs consists in the
immigration of a hardy and industrious
white population to supply the places of
those who cannot be compelled to work,
and whose dispositions do not incline
them to greater labor than is actually
necessary to support life.
To such immigrants, no State offers
greater inducements than the State of
Georgia. Extending from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Blue Ridge, it embraces
every variety of soil and climate. The
Savannahs of the coast, the rolling coun
try of the interior, and the mountains of
the northern part of the State afford op
portunities for the cultivation of almost
every product of tropical or temperate
latitudes.
The grape is grown with great success in
many parts of the State, and its cultiva
tion has only been limited by the want of
persons skilled in the knowledge of the
vine and the mode of preparing its yield.
.The State is also rich in gold and other
minerals, and nothing but energy and
the application of proper machinery is
wanting to the development of these hid
den treasures.
The raisingjof sheep of the finest breeds
has been carried on with success, and the
vast ranges of uncultivated land afford
excellent pastures for cattle and all kinds
of stock—rice, cotton, tobacco, corn,
wheat, rye, oats, sugar .cane, the grape
and all species of fruits find their ap
propriate soil and climate within our ex
tended limits.
The numerous rivers find smaller
streams taking their rise in the moun
tains and running through the State into
the Atlantic and the Gulf in their
gradual descent, furnish water power
unfailing inany season, and capable of
patting into operation any kind of ma
chinery.
The area of the State contains upwards
of thirty millions of acres, of which not
more than one-third has .been cultivated,
and the virgin for est of the wild lands
afford an inexhaustible supply of lumber,
which formed a heavy item of the exports
of Georgia prior to our late difficulties.
These lands, which may be bought at
comparatively low rates, will give to the
new settler a homestead on which he may.
erect his roof tree and settle for life an
inhabitant and in time a citizen of the
republic.
In view of the foregoing facts the un
dersigned propose to organize a Compay
to be called the “Georgia Land and Emi
gration Company,” the principle office to
be located in Savannah, with the inten
tion of applying for a charter at the
next session of the Legislature; the capi
tal of said Company to be five hundred
thousand dollars, in twenty thousand
shares of twenty-five dollars each; said
Company to be organized by the choice
of a President and Direotors when all the
shares shall have been subscribed.
The object of the Company is to induce
and afford aid to the immigration into
the State of Georgia of honest, sober and
reliable persons with their families, to
become purchasers of and settlers on
lands not now in use, or be laborers on
farms or plantations on which the freed
men refuse to work, or to follow their
trades, or become house servants.
The advantages to be derived at this
present juncture by the influx of such a
class of population, are manifest. To
the large landholder it, offers the prospect
of selling his land or farming it out on
advantageous terms. To the Planter and
Farmer it will supply that labor, in the
absence of which, the ownership of the
soil is a burthen, and to all persons in
those classes of life whose business re
quires or whose position permits the use
of the labor of others, it affords the ‘op
portunity of obtaining such labor at a
reasonable rate, and of a reliable charac
ter. So also to the State will great bene
fit accrue; many of the immigrants may
bring wealth with them, all will bring
skill or industry, which is the source of
wealth, and this infusion of new life will,
we trust, in progress of time, restore
Georgia to her original state of prosperi
ty.
The Company, we believe, will be not
only self-sustaining, bat a source of profit
to the stockholders. The fees paid by
those emigrants who can afford it, for
directions as to their settlement; the
commissions paid by the owners of lands
for sale, or leasing of their lands to the
immigrants, and by persons to whom
laborers are furftLhe-d, tbe profits to be
derived from a Savings Institution to
take care of the funds and profits of the
emigrants, which it is proposed to con
nect with the Company, will, we expect,
enable the Company to declare snch di
vidends as will make it remunerative to
those who subscribe simply as an invest
ment'. Pqt independently of pecuniary
consideration, as citizens of the State of
Georgia who have an interest in its fu
ture wlefare, we ask your assistance in
this matter, in our opinion of vital im
portance. We may not leave the land of
our birth, let us make it once more a
land of promise.
Committee;
THOMAS E. LLOYD,
J. WALDBURG,
R. T. GIBSON,
JNO. W. MAGTLL.
BUSINESS CARDS.
CLAYTON, ADAIR & PURSE,
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION paid to the
A. purchase aud sale of
Cotton, all kinds of Produce, and
General Merchandize.
Special attention given to thepurchase and sale of
Peal Estate in the city, and of Plantations in any part
of Georgia.
They will bny and sell Foreign and Domestic Ex
change, Stocks Co’n. Bank Notes, and collect Notes,
Drafts, Ac., 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, K. H. Warren, and W.
E. Jackson, Angusta, Ga ; Geo. W. Williams, Charles
ton; Samuel Tate, Memphis, Tennessee; G. <Torbett
and V. K. Stevenson, Nashville, Tenn.; Baldwin,Starr
& Co., and Tracy, Irwin & Co., New York.
WM. W. CLAYTON,
Late Agent Georgia Railroad Bank, Atlanta.
GEO. W. ADAIR,
Late of Anderson, Adair & Co., Atlanta.
ISAIAH PURSE,
Late of Ponllain, Jennings A Co., Augnsta, Ga.
sep25 lm
BOIIT. P. YOEK,
M. E. WILLIAMS,
1. B. .MTNTIR*.
P. H. WASH.
Slavery or involuntary servitude is prac
tically abolished in Georgia. The Pro
clamations of the President of the Uni
ted States having given freedom to every
slave, and the oath of amnesty and the
conditions of pardon, forbid any attempt
at its revival in any form or condition.
The great mass of the Agricultural
Population of the State has been released
from their obligation to cultivate the soil,
except by their own volition, and it must
be apparent to the judicious observer,
however much to be regretted, -that the
voluntary labor of the newly freed popu-
ation will uot for the present, at
upply the deficiency of labor.
M. whs. irirai & ca.
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Say- Street, Savannah, Ga.
Consignments of Cotton and Lumber solicited.
References:
Savannah—Brigham, Baldwin A Co., Gaden A
Uncktes, Erwin & Hardee. Hunter A Gammell, Isaac
D. LaRoche, Hiram Roberts, W. Woodbridge, L. C,
Norvell A Co.
New York—8. T. Knapp A Bro., D. H. Baldwin A
Co.
Sale days, Tnesdays and Fridays.gepB
A. T. CUNNINGHAM, D. S. FUKSK,
CUNNINGHAM Sc PURSE,
FACTOBS, FORWARDING
AND
Commission Merchants,
Bay Street, Savannah, Ga,
References—Robt. Habersham A Sons, Hnnter A
Gammell, Octavus Cohen, Brigham, Baldwin & Co.,
Erwin A Hardee, Claghorn * Cunningham. sep5-3m
CHARLES L. COLBY & CO.,
SHIPPING, COMMISSION,
AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS
JONES’ BLOCK,
CORNER BA Y AND ABERCORN STS.,
S AVANNAH, GxA..
liberal cash advances made on consignments to the
firm represented in New York by Charles L. Colby,
Esc., or to our friends in Boston.
ALEX. H. HOLaaY, Resident Partner.
Rkfbbknceb.—Messrs. Dabney, Morgan & Co., New
York; Jarvis Slade, Esq.. New York; Gardner Colby,
Esq., Boston; Hon. J. Wiley Edmands, Boston.
auglG tf
HENRY BRIAN,
Broker sind 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.
auglS
3m
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON,
C-Saccessor to Wilmot & Richmond, j
DEALES IN
Watches, Silver Ware. Jewelry,
Canes, Cutlery, Ac.
Cor. Whitaker,St. Julian and Congress Sis,
.SAVANNAH, GA.
Watches and Jewelry repaired. Chronometers rated
by transit- Cash paid for old Hold and Silver.
jy28 tf
A. J. HKADY,
WM. M. SMITH,
S. J. MOSES.
BEADY, SMITH & CO.
Commission
AND
Forwarding Merchants
AND
Manufacturers’ Agents
NORTH SIDE OF BAY STREET,
Between Whitaker and Barnard,
SAV-A-NN-A-H, GEORGIA.
Liberal advances made on consignments of Cotton,
to their friends in New York and Boston.
Inferences—Wm. K. Kitchen, Brest National Park
Bank, N. Y.; H. C. Thacher A Co., Bo»ton; Israel Co
hen, Baltimore; Hall, Mose*&Co.,Colhmbns; Wyman,
Moses & Co., Montgomery. augT
KIRLIN, BRO. & BURKE,
WHOLESALE DEALERS in
ALES, WINES AND LIQUORS
Oor. Whitaker Street and Bay Lane.
JUST RECEIVED,
A T the Pione« Saw Mill, a large quantity of Ash
Timber, which we are prepared to saw and furnish
to any size or dimension required, in large or small
quantities. We are also prepared to steam the tame
in a new steaming apparatus we have recently erected
if purchasers so desire it. We will also purchase Tim
ber as it arrives in this market.
8ep2g \ l4t ROSE & ARKWRIGHT.
MARCY, MY & CO-
808 B .A. Y S T Ft K IC TL
North Side,
Between Barnard and Jefferson Streets,
WOOD, COAL AND GRAIN
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND
WAY, CORN, OATS AND FEED,
At lowest market prices.l? 3
W. A BAMSEY & OO.,
general
I Commission Merchants
AND
WJt JES80P A SON’S OAST STEEL.
TV For sole by
„ RICHAKDSON & BAR.NARD,
«Op21—tf Bay it, opp. Mariners' <■ hnreh.
j AUCTIONEERS
1308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
J13IBKK.
Timber, and Yellow »nd White
h and dressed; Aah, Cherry, Oak,
iw. Ac. Kor sale by
T KICHAKIIS 'N & BARNARD
Bay st, opp. Mariners' Church.
COTTON BtifS?trom1 to 80 saws, worked
by one nun, by & J® &
aep?l—tf OW* Motoo?
TO
Robert Habersham A Sons, Savannah.
W. H. Stark, do.
Bones, Brown A Co., Angnata.
Ed. Thomas, do.
W. K. Kitchen, President National Park Bank, N.
Y. 9
I RICHARDSON & BARNARD
! Commission sad Shipping Merchants,
Bay St, opposite Mariner’s Ohorcb,
SAVANNAH
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