Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-23
NEWS BY TO-DAY's ALL.

gsl he reported cases OI #CIuelUy W n0Siooo Al
North Carolina, are now denied from proper
authorities. The ultra sensation papers have
. been very busy Of late with these canard
cruelty cases.
As dispatch says that at Nashville, yesterday,
ssGen. Wheeler Of the late Confederate army,
was badly beaten by Col Blackburn and Capt.
Quinn.
George GladWin, aged twenty -nine native
Of Connecticut, has. been arrested in New
York, charged with forging an endorsement
On a stolen draft on Trowbridge & Sons, Of
New Haven for So. 900. He also forged the
name Of Aaron Smith, and by the forgery he
obtained possession Of oyer two hundred
thousand dollars in bonds of the Iiffin and
Fort w ayne Railroada at theSt. Nicholas Hotel,
after which he decamped. The bonds were
recovered.
The rebels in Hayti still hold Cape Haytien,
But were subjected to seige and the ire OF
the national troops.
So Gov. Perry, the provisional Governor OF
s. G.. in a recent speech, expressed the opln-
:. ion that South Carolina will be ready by the
first Monday in December to send up Con
gressional representatives, to Washington,
with remodeled Constitution, including the
abolition Of slavery and several other popular
reforms. He says that as South Carolina
was the most disloyal Of the Southern States,
# will now become the most faithful in It's al
Il legiance to the Governments
Gen w. S. Hancock has been breveted a
major general in the regular army, to date
from the 18th of March, for distinguished
services during the war. 8
Gen Ramsay, formerly Of the Confederate
army, and atone time In command at Knoxville
Tennessee, has been arrested at Nashville and
sent to Knoxville, to be tried On the charge OF
murder. Col. Miller Of the Federal army,
and but recently the radical candidate for
Congress, in the FIRST district Of Tennessee, has
been arrested by order of Gen. Stoneman, on
charges involving serious consequences The
Brigade Quartermaster and the Commlssary OF
Colonel Miller command were arrested at the
same time.
AT Jeffersonyile, Indiana, the feeling ofthe
white soldiers and citizens is said to be intense
against the negro regiment quartered there
81 Murders are charged to have been committed
BY the negro solaiers and as yet no arrests
have been made. Two Of the negro soldiers
have been killed Ia retaliation.
. The trial Of Captain Wertz BY Military Com,
mission, at W ashington, was continued yester
day, but was brought to a speedy termination
b.. suggestion on the part OF the Judge
Advocate that the Court adjourn. No day
3 was assigned for the reassembling Of the Court,
and many surmises are aaoat in regard to the
causes which have led to its sudden dissolution.
4 dispatch from Albany, n. Y, published
in.the papers, says that Mr. Jefferson Davis
has written a letter, to Mr.. R. II. Gillett, his
& counsel, saying 50 II f. VI. -. s' s. <a
d am stilIignorant ofothe charges against
/ M and the source of them, and the tribunal
before which / am to answer Your letter
! Y gave me the. first notice of the w ashlngton
Indictment Herequests Gnlett.t to have Ia
conference with Charles O. Conor, his other
counsel, SO that they may be prepared for the
s TRIAL as soon as 1t lis brought en-. a direct
al phcation to the proper Department, asking
sass g be informed when and before what tribunal
q TO be tried, remains unanswered because,
It's supposed, neither has been actually de-
g Asseermlned BY the President s4raE. 4