The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-09-05

investigate the past and present management Of
Hampton and Fort Monroe hospitals, commenced
their labors on Saturday last Tho evidence pro-
duced is not made public.
AMONG tho leading rebels who Ion this continent
and declare they will never return, are Generals
Masruder, KIRBY Smith, Preston, Hndman, Price
ana Breekinridee. Among those who would like
70 do the same, n they could, are Jefferson DAVIS
and wrE.
RApuAEL eruMEs, who comm ended thc Alsl-m,
when she was sunk by the Ke.rssg,, and wlo
owes his escape TO q meddling Euglishman, - IN
New Orleans. His arrival there is duly announced
by the coppsrhead sheets of that city, If II were
suything crsditsble TO the place.
Al North Riding. England, an inquest was re-
Gently held on the body Of an old man, Who v.s
employed 10 carry refreshments ~ shooting party,
and who on his wzy, took slice ot bacon and
tired to swallow H. The bacon stuck in his ,hroai
and killed him.
THs Indis TrNEs saws The breadth Of cotton
so~n in Western India is decidedly less than In
recent years. This does not arise so much from
doubt AZ t5 the probable r,muuersiive price Of cot
ton - from The relatively high price of grain and
the necessity Of crop rotation. There 1, ltils ind-
cation OF extended cotton cultivation"
Ins Richmond, Va, theatre opened on Saturday
nisht, Sept. ~, newly Cited up aud decorsted.
The kcsns to play there during the season, and
also Frank Drew, Miss lie en- Westerr. Mrs Emma
VALE, the Italian snd the English opors trouI es
Milo Mar eta Rivol, Couidock aud daughter Mas
Olive Logad and Miss Maggie Mitchell.
TnK people in South Carolins arc said to 10 &C.
lively eugsgci In the sd 1ption Of preliminary
measures to securo q full representation in The
state Convention, " assemble next month. Tho
dominant ceiling is said TO 10 Ia full .ccord wiih
the proposed ou,-snd-out Union bass of recon-
struc.ion.
TuE extensive and costly buildings. erected a
O'taws, Canada, for Government purpa .o., will b.
ready for occupation IN about month, when I've
capital will he formally removed from Qusbec 10
NfON0-nQ ha my Irnvt m. Al Pa
lament Is enpected 10 ssscuible in the new
buildings
JcnS wuKrs Boorn's Confession ia the title ~ .
bOok that has jusl been published IN Pans. II
aleged to contain the murlorers concession, tut,
No douht 10 fiction. Booths diary, which he is
stated TO have kept between the fatal lght ~ the
Ism OF April and the day Of his desih has never
been printed.
Int tschcors' associations sro spreading. One
or two have been formed In tho pr 5yincial towns
o. France an now one is reported in Vienna. In
the lAttor case, howeve the object Of the society
is TO promote mstimony by keeping register ~
Oh mArrAgebe ladies OF smable character and free
nom eNtrAvAeAnt tastes Tho French societies pro
oiAln celibacy As tho tr'io means Of happiness.
THE working men Of South Wheeling, Va have
formed joint stock company, with capital Of
twelve thousand dollars, for the purpose Of sstab-
fishing hrst class grocery store, from which they
are to oht>in their family supplies At tho lowest
cash rates the profits to he distributed pro rata
among the stockholders. The shares are fixed At
Yen collars no person 10 be allowed to subscribe
Tor more than ten shares.
EIsnT hundred Navajo Indians are settled on .
gu' ernmeut reserve, lBO miles southeast Of Santa
Fo, and two thousand more will shortly ion
them. They src very indt strious, having buili sn
irrigstiug canal four milos long, and ~ sniy feet
wife, through their territory. They have raised
good crops this year. C1l. D1id, the govern ont
agent, is now on his wsy 10 Ws0hingio ION to rcooive
large sum appropriated by Congress Tor the
o'thcse Indians.
DASirL ANDEIAS late postmaster st Glencoe, n.
lousCo., Mo-, who committed suicide = shor,
time since lon confession acknowledging tho
commitHl of several hornd docds. He confesses
that he murdered . returned Californian, some
eight or ton years ago, robbed the body Of STOUT
ten thousand dolArs, aud buried his victim with
ouI mourning suspicion. lie also robbed the mails
at various tunes was tho means OF killing two of
bis children, and modiIatod tho murder Of his
wife
A WAsnNatoS dispatch 10 the Paila ielphis
LrDGER says Msior EckhAri Assistant Secretary
| Of War has issued another ori,r shutting down
on all newspaper reports e. snd from the South,
including specially Mobile and New Orleans. Iue
excuse gwen IS military necessity" There is
not tel'grAphor or newspaper along the eutire
uthorn route but what knows better, and It's
but triilng with the reading public and CONNER
| cial necessities, TO imperiOusly insIn that dis
patches shall not 10 forwarded. The Military
Superintendent At Nashville says, shat his orders
| cover all rsportI," lis To he hopel tho War
| Department the President will rcs.ind sucn
absurd orders withou: another lays delay.
BUISos Ayes papers Of tho 9th instant contains
full reports OF te celebration ,he Fourth oi J4ly
| last, by the Americans there Am IuE the speakers
was Mr.. KIRK, the United Stn,es Minister, and Mr..
Helper, the United States Consul, Vice President
PAz, OF the Argentine Confelerpcy, aud DR.. Law
,on, Prime Minister q the National G lvernrnenl,
1oas.s we're crank to President Jui usor President
! MiTe, TO the memory u Pscsid, mt Lincoln, and
10 various local celebrities. The eleventh toast
wss; "Our crrins S.utAtrn Lrvthcrn, who have
| fought with bravery WORTHY Of q better csns;
may their returning sense Of justice br4ny with IL
u willing lodlence TO ths Constitution oil the
| United States"
TnE following case Was recently decided at the
| Liverpool Assi1ea; Mr. EsGes, well.known mer-
| chant in Liverpool, sought ~ recover from
underwater At Lloyd's the sum u 46uoO, tho
amount OF pol cy Of insurance the s.esmer
Georgia, which Vas captured during the lae
by the U. s. ingAte Nsgars, the "a vessel At that
time belonging to plsnar, and mad been altered
| ~ him from ship OF war into merchant vessel.
| Inc defendant answered Ley did not know at the
| time OF granting the Insurance that tLe vessel bad
| formerly bcon used US Confederate cruiser, or
| they would not have incurred the risk. The
| pAlntH stated that there was only ono vessel Of
| bhst name which WAS generally known all over