The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-13
Telegraph.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Meeting Of the Working Men.
The Eight Hour System Recon-
mended.
The Army TO be Reduced.
Late and Interesting from Mex
leo.
Meeting Of the Working Men.
About the Wlrz Trial.

WtssINGToN, Oct. I2-The Mechanics.
C1uveut.on last night adopted on address 4,
The wsrziug men OF the United States I'M
advocacy OF the eight hour system.
large number Of merchants have taken
preliminary meaures tor the establishment
Of Merchants Exchange
Lieut. Gen. Grant has returned, and 90 IS
understood he is now prepared % carry cat
the plan agreed upon tor reducing the army
10 q standard required only for the ordinary
condition Of the country iu times Of tran
guilty ~ home and peace abroad.
NV Yeas, On. l2.-Intelhreure has ar
rived from Mexico via Havana 90 3a.h sept.
IAe imperial Court was ordered into mourn-
ng iar seven days Cor tbs death Of The
Graud Duchess scope, Of Baden.
Lieut. Aaury, late rebel odicial. has re-
ceived naturalization papers from the En-
peror Macmillan be Is therefore now
Mexican citizen.
The story that Juarez had passed the fron-
tier az Paso Del Norte and had gone 90 santa
Fee, was believed in Mexico CITY. The
lmperiahst organ received it as the practi-
cal end Of the JusreE resistance.
4 party Of Louayes had attacked a hand
Of juarists under Medic and dispersed them.
thus re-estabhshiug communication be-
tween Tampico and San Luis.
Various small battles are reported as re-
shifting favorable 10 the lmperialists.
Nav Y0RE, Oct. l2.--iold steady and firm
at If5l{@t459S, the demand Is not So active.
and with she present prospects OF no inn
portrait export oispecie prices has weaker
tendency.
PHmAbELPHIA. Oct. I2.-Thc General
Conference efthe Episcopal church reassem-
bled this morning. The Committee on Do
ceses recommended the passage Of rcso-
luton raufyiug the division Of the Diocese
of Pennsylvania into two now Dioceses, and
the said division % take effect on the LIST Of
November, 1865. 70 was stated inoficiailv
that the sum Of S43 900 had already been
raised for the support Of the Diocese. The
case Of Or. Wilmer, Bishop Of Alabams,
was then resumed, and long discussion
WAsHNGroS, Oct. I2-In the Wirr trial
thls morning letters were read by the pris-
ouer's counsel written BY the prisoner 10 the
rcsal authorities, suggesting an improve
meus' iu the quality ct bread furn shed the
prisoners, and an abundance Of blankets
also Urgiug a supply OF shoes for paroled
prisoners who were at work for the Confed-
crates, thus saving expense and relieving
rebel soldiers. Col. F. a.. Rudn testified
that he resided near Richmond, and during
the war vas a Lieutenant Colonel in the
subsistenee Department. OF the Confederate
states army. There was a deficiency OF
commissary supplies, and from the begin
ming Of the var, more OF less. there was
scarcity. He would not say any one was on
the point Of starvation, but there was much
privation. Thirty thousand barrels Of flour
had accumulated at Richmond In the spring
Of 1864. but the whole of that reserve was
consumed by the Union prisoners, therefore
he army Of ecu. Lee had % subs 80 on corr
bread, the meat having 10 be brought main
" from Georgia
At Coal Harbor Vegetables we're so scarce
hat Gen. Lee made an urgent application
0r them 70 the War Department Men for
want Of vegetable were suffering from
curry and diarrhUa and their recovery was /
necessary in order thst they might return
% the fell. The Commissary Department
hen imported onions from the Island Of
Bermuda through the blockade. Witness
lso testified that supplies were short
throughout the entire south Tor Reasons
yhich he stated.
Cross-examined by Col. Chapman Wit
less knew nothing about AndcraouvilIs /
prison, but the prisoners were removed from
Richmond thence because supplies were
drawn from George. He did |
rot know that any OF the Confederate sol
Tiers starved because Of an msuliciency OF
oofs but ne had heard that some OF them
osttheir lives because Of its unwholes0me-
ness.
r. II. kellogg, who had testified for the I
lrosecut,ou, was called tor by the defense
Que,tiion-Duriug the time that you were
II Audersouvillo. did you ever hear or know
if Captain Wmz kicking OF striking or
shooting O. man so that h. dici3
Answer did not.
Cross eNamined-Wirz has a character for
,rueltv and brutality. They were badly
treated and exposed, and he was respuusi-
BE. The st0neman raiders we're brought /
nd robbed Of nearly everything they had. /
Gross examination of the witness was sus |
pended in order that the book writ ca by |
Mr.. kellogg relative 20 the suhrriugs Of and |
'ruelties 10 Union prisoners az Anderson
Vile could be sent i1r.
Mr.. J. s. French, an officer in a Confederate |
testified Co the deficiency Of the |
upPliei in the spring of 1861.
NEw YoRE, Oct. I2.-Lster intelligence
rom Hayti conveys information OF an at
empted revolt in Port Au Prince in favor /
if eV-Emperor Souolquin. The leaders Of |
he plot intended o. proclaim the isll Of the /
resident, anuul the republic, and announces |
IN empire with Soul quJn no its head. Tho |
General health Of the country IS good; Presi- |
lent Jehrard is we'll; no further military /
Movements.
4 Washington speciaI saws General Grant I
las advised the Secretary Of War % dis
barge 90 least one hundred general officers,
laior and Brigadier Generals with their
& rs, &c. He has also advised the muster
ut Of nearly al negro tro1ps.
Col. Parker, Of Gen. Grants stsH has re-
Irned. He was one Of the commissioners /
D o treaty with Indians, rebels and others,
nd reports everything now satisfactory.
PATTEHsCN, n. THE fret race t0-dnv /
-as won by Mamie Addock In AN. The i
econd race, two mile heats, was won bv
Baltimore ia 5.49. The third race. three /
ale heats, was won by Kentucky iu 5.sq.
Oct. 12-The steamer Cam
ria, from Savannah, tn, has arrived here.
The Georgia state Railroad was turned 4
yer on the 2oth. The United States agents
cry literally proposed 10 furnish running
lock, machinery, boats, &c. The Commits
oner took seven locomotives, two station
~ engines one hundred box cars, fifty Dat !
irs, aud they could have obtained more
al they asked Tor them. Car-shops and
] necessary machinery were also secured.
his sto K is an advance 70 the road bv the
Overnmout at prices liberal.
The Commissioners have let contracts fr
lildmg fourteen bridges 10 be completed
y the 18th Of December. These contracts
ere all given 70 Georgia men.