Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-07-07
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Il our dispatches, this evening, will Be
ioaod The oGcial o-d"r Of the War Depart
ueut promole adng the eudingS and sentences
Of the Miits,y Commission which recently
tried ,he assassination con.piratots. Il viii
be seen that Harold, Payne, A'zerott and
Mrs Slual are 70 6e eGeGu.ed to-day, By
order OF the Pe1silcus The remaining pris.
oners have been nteneed TO imprsoumenl
for lie
The President las approved The findings OF
the Military Commission, which condemns
Harold, Payne, Mrs Sarsan end AlzsrctIo
Le hung, and Dr. Muld, sam. Arnold ana
OLaughiin o imprisonment tos life. Span
ger has beeu sentenced to six years in the
peuittutiGry.
Aside from the total illegali,y Of the whole
tribuual, some Of these sentences are afro
c,ous-par,iculary 10 the cases Of Mudd
o'Lsugh6n, Mrs sarratt aud spanger.
While General J A. Garfield was deliver
ing an address at Rivenua, on the Fourth,
and when about closiug, he suddenly grew
fAnt, reeled, and would have fsIlen, had be
not been caught by his ri uds. Some thought
it sn apopIectic fit, aud others sun stroke.
Tne General suspects il was the latter. He
was iu1sposed several hour after The attack
General Hatch has discovered. according
10 the Herlld's Charleston cores pondent,
tha, me OF The planters have made, IN South
Carolina, contracts with the freedman tha,
virtually establishes system Of peonage.
De has issued an order declaring such coa-
tracts null.
John c Breeknridge has written letter
to L. N Bruce, formerly Of the rebel Con
gress, in which he strongly urges cIemency
10 the people Of the Sou,h by the Washingt ton
Government
According to the Richmond correspondent
of the New York Herald, q negro nsurrec-
ton Is feared in that city
Colonel Norhrop formerly Chief Commi..
sary OF the rebel armies, has been arrested by
the Government and imprisoned at Castle
Thunder, Richmond.
Judge Ould has been released from con-
fnsmHnt in R chmond, the charges against
him not being sustained.
General Granger has occupied Galveston,
Texas, but the General reports the forts not
worth possessing The people generally, it
is said, manifest bitter feeling toward the
Federal Government,
Dr.. MaOkey, the new Collector of Charles.
ton, has arrived in that city, and was we'll
received.
The President, for the first time since his
illness became serious was able yesterday to
leave his bed.
About ITO applications for pardon were
granted yesterday--l3O Of them to North
Carolina.
Admiral Farrngut and General Anderson
had public reception in Faueuil Hal, Bos.
ton yesterday
Rear Admiral Dupont has bequeathed
$l75 900, the amount Of his prize-money, to
establish National Asylum, in Washington,
for he orphans of soldiers and sailors.
Columns of cavalry are now en- route 10
the Western Territories, to fight hostile Iu
dians
1t is reported that the pardon granted to
Dr. MCutrOse has been revoked, W
The 4th Of July vas celebrated in Rich
mond BY procession, &c.
hby Prison, in Richmond, ia now used as
G Soldiers Home.
Ex-Governor vnuce was released from Old
Capitol Prison yesterday
Secretary Stanton is recovering from his
late illness a.
An 'fort is being made in Washington
have Mrs surrsIt rePrieved by The President
Gold d1sed, last night, at 1909
The Atlanta has arrived from Europe.
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