Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-29
NEWS FROM SOUTH AMERICA
Late News from Europe.
[From tho New Orleans Beef

NEW YORK, July 25.-The trial Of W. G.
r. Tate. the rebel commander of the An
dersonville prison, has been indefinitely
| postponed. The Secretary of War has this
case under advisement.
The next term Of the United States Cir
cult Court at Norfolk meets in October,
when the treason indictments against Gen.
Lee and other n oted rebels will be called
up. It is understood that tho President
will cause mile pr0Segui to be entered in
in these cases, and each defendant will be
put on rs long probation as conditional
precedent to pardon, i'm posing such penal
ties andrestrictions as may be justified by
the circumstances.
WARRINGTON July Ex-Governor Perry
of South Carolina, and Duff Green were
| pardoned to-day.
Governor Perry leaves here tomorrow
to assume his gubernatorial duties.
The Secretary Of the Navy has directed
reduction Of the Mississippi Squadron to
| five vessels.
| Admiral Lee has given directions to carry
| the order into effect. The ordnance ma
| terial of the squadron will be collected at
| the new naval ordnance depot at Jefferson
| Barracks.
The former in replying to tender from
/ the President intimated that he did not
desire the Office.
A private letter from Matamoras says
| large numbers of rebel officers and men
| recently of Dick Taylor and Kirby Smiths
| commands are joining Maximillian's forces
in Mexico. They seem to be induced by
| gold bounties offered by the I'm perial Gov
| eminent.
The Government has rsopened forty
three post offices in the South during the
| last week.
1t is reported on good authority that
| John Minor Bolts will soon issue an ad-
dress to the Virginians, urging them TO
vote for negro suffrage, as the only hope
| of Virginia being read mitsed in the Union
on terms of equality with the other States.
The archbishop Of Baltimore has reques-
| tod Father Walter to cease further discus
sion as to the guilt or innocence of Mrs.
| Surratt.
The Government has forwarded instruc-
lions to the commander of the Department
of Virginia to reduce his volunteer cavalry
| to two regiments.
Similar orders have been sent to the mid
| die and North Carolina Departments.
New York, July 25.-J. M. Mason, late
rebel commissioner to Europe, has gone to
| st. GATHERINGS, G. W, to reside.
The United States gunboat Swayne had
arrived at Panama with CalIao dates of the
| 9Th inst.
A battle had occurred on the 9Th six
| miles from Lima between 1900 rebels and
| 900 Government troops in which the latter
we're successful. Ex- President Barrows
was captured AT Rialca, where his vessel
having been injured by lightning was
obliged to put in.
New York, July 25.--Gallagher's Eoen-
ing Eccbanae quotes gold at l43 cotton At;
whisky unchanged; coffee quiet; sugar
steady; Muscoyado 10A TO 18c., molassss
dull.
The Great Eastern was to leave Valencia
on the 10th.
Telegraphic communication with India
| is suspended, the cause being attributed to
bresk in the Persian gulf cable.
English Parliamentary returns show one
hundred and eighty four Liberals and ono
| hundred Conservatives.
FBANoE-The rumored negotiations for
an European Congress are derived from the
best authority.
Bourse steady.
Abd1l Mejid had an interview with Ma
poleon, and rnmor again connects him
with the future Government Of Algeria.
A telegram announces that tho Pope has
communicated Macmillan.
WASHINGTON, July 25.--Attorney Cen
ersl Speed declares that all cotton captured
by our military forces in insurrcctionary
districts is captured property under the
status Of 1868, whether owned by loyal
men or not.
The sales of Government animals since
the LIST of May have Melted two millions.
BALTIMORE, July ga Fortress Monroe
letter says that the U. S. steamer Queen
bas was wrecked off Morehead City bar on
the 2lst. About 80 persons are reported
lost or missing. Three hundred Missouri
and Pennsylvania soldiers we're aboard.