Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-09-14
INTERNAL nEyENuE RECEIPTS,

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ion six hundred thousand dollars.
THE wIRz CASE.
| So far. about forty witnesses have been ex-
amined in the Wifz case. The record makes
! 100 or ,200. foolscap pages OF testimony
At the rate the testimony was taken to-day,
four Or five days more will suffice to close the
case torthe Government The prisoner con
tnues to occupy place at the table with his
counsel, and in writing; makes suggestions to
them as TO the cross examination
GENIE
Gen. Lee has accepted the Presidency of
Washington College, Va, in letter, in which
he expresses the following sentiments: That
it is the duty of every citizen, in the present
condition Of the country, to do all in their
power to aid in the restoration of-Reace and
harmony, and in no way oppose the pblicy OF
the State 6f General Government directed to
that object; and it is particularly incumbent
OH those charged with the instruction of the
young to set an example of submission to au-
thority.
PRELIMINARY TREATY WITH THE INDIANS.
st. Louis, Sept. 6.-Col. Sanborn, com
manding the District of the Upper Arkansas,
has affected temporary treaty with the chiefs
tribes, by which the Indians agree to cease
from all acts of violence to the frontier Settle
ments and to travellers on the Santa re road.
They also agree to meet to consult on the Attn
of next month, at Bluff Creek, south OF the
Little Arkansas, with the Commissioners OF
the United States, for the object OF securing
a perpetual peace with the Government and
with the other tribes. They agree to use all
their influence with the Cheyennes, now south
of the Arkansas river, to induce them to join
in This peace movement, and il compusion
becomes necessary to effect the object, they
will use it. In consideration of the agree
nent on the part of the Indians Col San
bon suspended, on the 18th ult all acts of
hostility toward the tribes named, and issued
his order accordingly.
The Commissioners EN- route for the grand
Indian council at Fort Smith reached Fort
Scott, Kansas, Aug. q, and would proceed
Immediately to their destination.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
Capt Anderson, Mr. Canning, the engineer
1 in-chief; Mr.. Clifford, the mccanical engineer;
Mr.. De Sauty, the electrician Of the Telegraph
Construction Company, and Mr. Cromwell
Varley, the Atlantic Companys electrician,
$ have held meeting with the directors of the
companies Interested in the Atlantic Tele-
graph, and they we're unanimous in their de-
Termination 70 defer the next cable laying en-
terprsc until May, 1866, and in their resolve
D to prosecdtc the enterprise with all possible
n vigor.
= ADVENTURES OF 4 TRUNK CONTAINING $40 600.
| Some weeks since Mr.. Il. b. Long, of Au
gusta, Ga, started North, carrying with him
large trunk in which he had the sum OF
G 1000, one-half of which was in gold and
$ silver After considerable annoyance and
q vcxatous detention, and several attempts by
others to get possession of the valuable con
tents, Mr. Lon. finally reached Chattanooga
in safety. At the Chat, nooga depot the
e trunk was dispatched to the Crutchfed House
# On its way thlther it was iorcibly taken pos
session of by some soldiers and carried to an
> > out of the way place and broken open and
;. the contents with the money appropriated
|, The trunk was then secretcd and so was tho
= money Days passed and nothing was hcarC
|, OF the missing trunk At length, Il couple o
" boys overheard two soldiers talking about !
! trunk containing large amount Of money
S They reported the circumstance, and this lee
to the arrest of the soldiers and the recover,
of the trunk and the $4,000, the entir,
amount being found
The soldiers are now kept under guard witt
ball and chain to their ankles Iestcrda.
morning Mr. Long reached this city ant
c stopped ut the Spencer House. He stepped
II out and on returning to his room discovered
" that part of the gold was scattered upon th
r. floor Alarmed lest he had again beel
T. robbed the trunk was quickly examined whel
o. it was found that the gold had become loos
g. ened from the package in which it had becl
at placed, and had slipped through some crack
st in the trunk, which had been made at tn
r, time of the Chattanooga robbery. Mr.. Lon
If finally concluded to put his money in the safe
lc and at last the identical $40, 900 is locked u
nr in the Spencer House safe, where it is SUI
e. posed to be secure from harm, at least till MI
), L. again resumes his travels. The trun
s. looks as though it had some right roug
re handling
er Washington, Sept 6.-The revolving chal
\ \ acter of the evidence now being deduced i
+ the Wirz trial in support of the prosecution
III is said to be wearing heavily on the mind {
y the accused and torturing him with the mos
fearful apprchensons as to the decision {
the Commission hearing the case. Some pei
iii pie who are watching the demeanor of til
's- prisoner very closely give it as their opinio
M that should he continue to be prey to th
ou fearful doubts that now beset him, he will MT
ne survive another month.
lie The officer who captured Capt. Wir hi
as presented the pistol with which he summone
that incarnate fiend to surrender, to Mi
Clara Barton, as testimony Of her kindne
ay in burying the dead there.
i'll The Navy Department dispatched from IL
lp- Washington Navy Yard to-day gunboat,
proceed via the St Lawrence to Detroit ar
m. the lakes. This action of the Government
" deemed important, as terminating the lor
M existing treaty stipuations restricting the n
- val protection on our frontier waters.
nm The returns to the Agricultural Departme
ler for August, from all parts of the countr
IN. though not entirely complete, show that Il
Tho corn crop will be enormously large and
es m maturing in excellent order Its excess ov
' ,,n. past years more than compensates for the d
' ,ts ilciences in wheat. The potato crop is un
'iS, bs sually large, and promises we'll In some
om m calities the rot has appeared. Buckwhcat
mo me- minor crop, and onions promises an unpret
dented yield. The cereal expectations W
probably be larger than ever before.
CONDITION OF THE VIRGINIA BANKS
the New York, Sept THE Herald's Rio
not mond correspondent says:
, to The Commissioners appointed to exami
1.;on of tho hanks Of VIRGIN