Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-09-16

! First District, Lieut.. Kelly, his brigade
quartormastcr, and Lieut.. Miller, his bril-
gade commissary, are now under arrest
More hereafter.
Mn. DAvIs.-The following dispatch con
! tains the only notice We remember OF any
communication between Mr.. Davis and the
''outside world" since his imprisonmcni'
ALBANY, Aug. 22.-Mr. II, 7. Gillett, one
Of the counsel for jefferson Davis, in n pote
to the Albany Argus, says Mr. Davis has
/ no more information concerning his trial
than others have.
In n letter from Mr.. Davis, dated the 10Th
inst, says; ~ nm still ignorant o: tho
charges against me, the source of them, and
the tribunal before which am TO answer.
Your letter gave me the first notice Of the
Washington Indictment
Mr.. Davis requests Mr.. Gillett TO have n
conference with Mr.. Charles O'Connor, his
only other counsel, so they may be prepared
for the trial, whenever it may be brought
on, with us little delay as the nature and
Importance of the case will permit.
A direct application to the proper de-
partmcnt, asking to be informed, if not i'm
proper, when, where, and before what tri-
| bunal Mr.. Davis is to be tried, remains un-
answered, because, MS is supposed neither
has been actually determined by the Prcsi-
dent.
A Harrisburg dispatch states true bills
have been found by the Grand jury Of
Franklin county, against McCuusland and
others who were the immediate instrument
talties in the burning of Chambcrsburg,
and the pillaging of the border by the rcb-
els during the war.
acquisitions have been made upon the
Governors of Old Virginia, West Virginia,
and Maryland, for the rendition Of these
persons to the custody of the Pennsylvania
authorities for trial at .Chambersburg.-
These men, if tried by a jury of loyal Penn
sylvanians, will have a hard road to travel.
Gov. Curtain has sent officers to take these
men in custody.
The Posts special says that it has been
announced at the Treasury Department that
the fractional currency Of all dcnomina-
tions had been countcrfeited except the
notes last printed.
1t has also been ascertaincd that the legal
tender notes Of about every denomination
which were printed in the city Of New York
have also been counterfeited. 1t is denied
at the Department that there arc any coun-
terfeits Of the currency Of the National
Bank.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Gen. Ewcll was
again at the Attorney Generals office thia
morning, cndeavoring to obt0ina favorable
report on his application for pardon.
Hon. II. V. Johnson, formerly candidate
for Vice President on the lougas ticket,
who was lately pardoned, succeeded in OBJ
tanning long private interview with the
President.
Whatever may be thought of the disposi-
ton of the Southern people, it is certain
that all the prominent men from that Sec
ton, as well as others, represent general
acquescencc in the policy of the President
in regard to the restoration of the Southern
States to their constitutional relations to the
Union.
The Times Washington special says: The
sentiments of Gov. Perry, as expressed in
his latest speech at Grcenvillc, S. c., are
the same he expressed to the President when
here, accompanied by the assurance that
reforms in the political condition Of South
Carolina should be accomplished at an early
day. lie also expressed the same sentiments
in public.
V1cKsDuRG, Aug. 3O.-Major Gen. Carl
Shurz is at Gen. Slocums headquarters
He has received great many visitors to-
day.
lie, with Capt. Oreman, will leave to-
night on the Ida Handy, for New Orleans,
where he will remain about week.
1t was reported in Paris that rc-enforce-
ments to the extent of 5000 troops were on
the point of being sent to Mexico, 5000
from France and 5000 from Algeria.
Upwards of fifty Government pensioners
of the South have applied for renewal of
their pensions, stopped during the war, but
only three have been granted. New PEN
sion agents are soon to be appointed in the
Southern States.
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