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Promotion OF Colonel s. e.. Baker
Governor Perry.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-Col. s. c. Ba-
kcr has been appointed to the rank of
Brigadicr General for meritorious ser
vices as Provost Marshal during the war,
and especially for diligence i'll the sup
preston of frauds against the Govern
ment in recruiting, and in pursuing the
murderers OF the President, J. Wilkes
Booth and his accomplices. The com.
mission il to date from April 26, 1868,
the day of Booths capture and death
A friend of Gov. Perry, by his authori-
" has caused the publication of a COM
munication, in which he says three days
before the meeting at Greenville, :. G.,
Gov. Perry was appointed Provisional
Governor; that the latter at the time was
not only uninfOrmed of his appointment,
bnt had not the most remote idea that
such an honor was to be conferred upon
him
The purpose Of Governor Perry, the
writer says, was to show the people of
south Carolina the great mistake they
had made in seceeding, the consequence
TO their beloved State, aud the humilia-
tion and degradation to which they had
reduced her, boldly declaring that they
had no cause for seeding and were in
no danger from the election of President
( iuroln
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The AppronchingiTriaI OF ihe Com
mnuder al Andersonyilie Prison
The National Currency.
Press Dispatch ]

WAsHINGToN, July 22-The country
will be gratifed to learn that Captain
Henry Weis, lately prison keeper at An
derSonville, is shortly to be put upon his
trial for the cruelty and barbarity prac-
ticed by him upon the prisoners confined
at that place. The Military Commission
sitting in this city, Of which Brig Gen.
A B. Hunter Wood, is President, and Col.
\. P. Chapman, of the War Department,
is Judge Advocate has been directed to
trv the case The charges embrace list
of atrocities that are little short Of tend-
ish. and will arouse the ind Gnaticn Of
the civilized world The Go, "nment is
now engaged in the collection of teati-
mony preparatory to the trial. Let the
soldiers who have survived their impris-
onment at this prison put Col. Chapman
in possession of any essential facts
The President has directed the release
aud parole, with permission to return to
Georgia, of the rebel Gen. Phillip Cook, a
prisoner of war in the department OF
Major Gen. Hartsutf.
Rv direction of the President, all pris-
oners of war, excluding the ebel Gen
erals, are to be released upon their tax
iug the oath of allegiance.
The national currency issued during
the week Just ending amounts TO S3,757,
go making total of el57 ,9y7 ,665 now
III circulation
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Cleveland and PittsburS RaiIroad {.

The Offices of this company have been
transferred from the old, tumble-down
building on the left hand side of Penn
street, as you go out, TO the new building
on the other side of the street, in the
second story Of which they are now loca-
ted The new offices are very nicely ar
ranged and for light ventilation and ca
pacity are all that could be desired. %
They occupy the entire floor, which is
over one hundred feet in depth, the small
room on the corner of Penn and Wash
ngton streets being occupied by the en-
ergetic general freight agent of the road,
Mr. W. Stewart, than whom the compa-
nv has no more faithful OF efficient Off
Ger. The company have leased their
present quarters for ten years, but long
before the time expires it is believed that
their new depot building will be mp, and
as the plan includes suite of offices, &c.
they will remove thither upon its COM
pletion The business of the road, we
may add, continues good, the local freight
and passenger business especially being
unusually heavy.-RHSbng Dispatch.
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From, California.

SAN Francisco, July lS.-Arlived,
Charger, Boston. Sailed, Golden City,
Panama. with six hundred passengers
and $4,000 in treasure for New York,
and S75 600 for England.
The Pacific warehouse, corner of Broad
way and Battery streets, was burned last
night. 1t was caused by the spontaneous
combustion of petroleum Loss estimat-
ed at quarter of million.
A Swedish bark sailed yesterday for
Hong Kong, with Si45,OOO III treasure.
Sandwich Island dates to the Sth of
June are received The Iawaiyan
schooner Pfel which arrived at Honolu-
lu OIL the 22d, from the Microvusian Is
land reported that OH the 30th Of March,
in latitude about degrees rth, lon
gitude 167 west, a vessel bore across the
schooner's bow. The stranger was bark,
rugged with her propeller hOisted up, and
showed English celors Her boat board
ed the schooner with TIVE officers and a
large crew armed with cutlasses and re-
volvers The commanding officer de
manded the schoOners papers in arrogart b
manner, closely inspected them and pro-
noumced them correct He than became
polite on being told that the schooner
was last from Ascension or St Rong l.
land He asked if any whalers were
there and mentioned the names of sew
eral American whalers supposed to be
cruising in those waters He said his
ship was the English ship Miami and
had not been in port lately After leav-
ing the schooner he sailed in the di-
rection of Strong's Island, four hundred
miles distant The Captain of the
schooner says that the boarding officers
were Americans There is little dOubt
that their ship was the Shenandoah
She was then on the track Of whalers re-
turning from southern seas, bound north
thence to the Artic seas She could
make terrible havoc among sixty or sew
enty vhalers congregated there this sum
mer
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The Cotton Captured at savannah
Decision by Attorney General Speed
Press Dispatch

NEW YORK, July 22-.The Commerci-
ais special says: Attorney General
Speeds opinion upon claims for cotton
captured by Sherman in Savannah is
published He decided that all cotton
taken by military force in insurrection-
airy districts is captured properly within
the meaning of the statute of 1868
whether owned 10y loyal men or not He
also holds that recourse must he had in
disputed eases to the court of claims,
and that jurisdiction cannot I've confined
upon commissioner appointed either by
the President or Secretary of the Trea-
sury to examine the claims III question
To make restriction of the proceeds of SO
much of the cotton rs ma h'loug to
lONll claimants.
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Inducements for Emigration 90 North
Carolina,

New YORK, July 22.-The movement
for inducing Northerners to emigrate to
the South to settle and cultivate the
lands of the reorganized States is being
conducted by two North Carolina gentle
men, who are now in this city for the
purpose of furnishing Information 10
those desirous of seeking new homes IN
that region These gentlemen, who have
large quantities of land to offer for sale,
say that the North Carolinians generally
are glad that their State is rid OF slavery,
and are anXinus TO have it filled up and
develoued by Northern settlers.
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The Monroe Doctrine-Geni ''r""'
opinion OF the French o'r"p"i'"" 81
Mexico

NEW YORK, July p The Posts Wash
ington special says: There Is reason 10
believe the Government wlll soon an-
nounce its policy nrcglrd to the Mon
roe doctrine and the French occupatl"n
Of Mexico.
Heavy reinforcemcnts OF troops to the
number of -, 900 are said to have been
mt on the road To Sheridan within
few days.
General Grant is reported t. have said
~ a conversation with the Mexican Min
,ster A few days ago: The French will
have To leave Mexico.
General Howard has issued an order
that if the planters in lower Maryland
10 not employ former slaves, the Gov
ernment will take possession OF their
farms and put freedmen to work on their
land
A delegation from Lynchburg, Va, has
arrived here to urge the repeal Of the
$4,000 clause in the amnesty proclama-
zion
The rebel General Cook has been re-
leased from confinement aud permitted
20 return TO Georgia
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The iSpnsiad ETigat9 Du"acrburg
I.nunchCI.

New YORK, July 22.-At . o'clock this
morning the great ironclad ocean irigate
Dunderburg was successfully launched.
Not less than $1,000 people witnessed the
spectacle. No accident whatever Oc-
cured 1t was found when she was in
water that she drew only fifteen feet aft,
thirteen feet midShip aud uiHe feet six
inches forward, a draft much less than
was anticipated by many. though about
the figure Mr. Webb calculated on The
Ounderburg or laundering Mountain is
ihe greatest Sea-going frigate ram in the
world. and in six months she will he
r.ady to make her fifteen knots per hour
tGu bid defiance to the world in arms
tef armament will consist of four To-
,"eu ,n hodman and from twelve to six
1.S% 1arI h.lnch Dahlgreen guns. The Dun
rS Sgors is the embodiment of the ideal
uiou rue ;s famous famous ship builder Webb. Her
laa is original and novel She will he =
n1ating fertilization Her casament
which is roOmy is pierced tGt for 'sSs1gns y g1ns
!ne sides are three feet in thickness m and and
iron clad four ana a half I'cHnes' incHnS rld TIu
ram is not fastened to the how 'IU. TI, me ne
how Of the ship itself '"t - LUG
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FROM THE SOUTH.
Guerrillas in Louisiana
The Election in Tennessee.
Robberies i'm LOnisiana.
Press Dispatch.

New YORK, July 22-The Herald's New
Orleans correspondent says: The Teche
district in Louisiana, is at present in
tested by desperate baud of guerrilla
thieves, who have 50 far dehed all the
efforts of the national troops, with the
assistance of the citizens, TO captnre
them, They not only plunder the rural
districts, bnt have on several occasions
entered Franklin and other towns aud
robbed the stores.
In accordance with orders from the
War Department, an order for mastering
ont of service troops whose terms of
service expire before the lst Of October
has been isSHed
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The Rebellion in E.,.:

New YORK Jniy 22-The latest ;,,o,
!igence from Hayti shows that the ins,Ir m o,r
rection is still confined to Cape Hartian
President Geffrard has issued a pIocjsnn. n"
hon to his people He offers an a,nnaIta. 80"
to the inhabitants Of Cape Haytian anJ
urges them to expel the rebel)ions leaJ @ni
ers. Gen. Morrisset had been assass;ro a"
tsa by the insurgent leader SalnaveN.
Grand funeral ceremonies took nIaco ..
the Port de Prince Cathedral. at wb;"b al
Ine Archbishop and the President ASST
ed. His widow has been pensioned bv
me Government. The port of Cane HsE
nan Is now in state ofblockade
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WHEELING REGISTER
MONDAY MORNING, JULY "a l'"''
,.ic summary.

ga a,oasS At the regular board IN
Nam yort on Saturday, at 81, ,49t anu az
the ovoninc exchange at Sl'4|s
''no 60 Logan made speech IN Lou
i.ville, Oh F.iday' i'''''"s '"'
t;onal amendment g..
''T%" Tr" transportation OF ref"a, -
oorpia and Alabama has been ''ops'"
paTtions Of Louisiana are reported 10
:.f..tsd with -uerrillas Of desperate
character ~
The civil authorities recently came ID
Ait with the regulations of the Freed
,,,..puresu in Alexandria Virginia A
;ostica refused the testimony OF negroes
- court in a case in which white h'an
r,osecuted negro, and the ohc9rS Oh
the Freedmen's Bureau cla'"e' ."o
,.;,,bt TO trv the case. The matter mas
Iod TO provisions 10y She Freedmen 5
Bureau for similar cases in the l"t"r',
The late commander at AndersonViile
will he pat on trial this week
The vertebral neck bones Of john
W;lke. Booth have been placed on eH-
Libition
Eleven bushwhackers ware recently
captured in Hamlin county, Tennessee.
The Presidents approval OF Governor
Brownlows course regarding elections
: said to have relieved Tennessee ot con
siderable excitement,
Two North Carolina gentlemen - New
York. are holding out attractive induce
D,euts TO emigration to the South,
It is believed tho Government viii
shortly make known its position ill re-
gard TO the Monroe doctrine.
General Grant Is reported t. have eA-
pressed the opinion that the French VIII
have to leave Mexico
A delegation from Lynchhurg is in
Washington, t. urge the repeal OF the
$4,000 clause.
The rebel G5uerlt Cook has ben re-
leased.
A.HH Stuart has applied for pardon
The schooner Pfel lately fell III with
the Shenandoah in the Pacific waters -
The pirate was in search OF whaling YES
sells
Gev Pelry's speech has raised a storm
amoUg the radicals, but his interviews
With the President are said t. have re-
suited satisfactorily
& J Anthony Of Worcester Massh-
chusetts has been charged with awlhd
ling Ex-Governor A Gilmore, "f New
HAMPSHIRE, out of Sl5 00r. aud required
10 give bail
The occupation Of Cape Haytian 10y
the insurrectionists still continues
Attorney General Speed has decided
that cotton taken in insurrectlonAry dis
tricts BY the military, is captured within
the meaning of the statute OF 1868.
The ironclad trigaet Dunderbnrg was
launched on Saturday. Her armament
will consist of four tifteen-inch Rodman'
and about twelve eleven-mch Dahlgren
guns ,.,,.
The news by the last steamer indicates
that the Great Eastern was to leave va
ientia on the 10Th
The Dictator has made aa''''a''"tN
trim around Cape Cod
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The Dictator.

BosroS, July 23.-In passage around
Cape Cod tue Dictator has worked to the
satisfaction of her officer, and the trip
thus far has been pronounced a success.
Her appearance in our waters is attract
ing much attention and interest among
ali classes, and during her short stay
here thousands will avail themselves Of
the opportunity of visiting her.
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DiHidend.

ALBANY, July 22.-The dividend of 3
per cent, free of income tax. declared
day or two since by the directors of the
New York Central railroad. is not psya-
ble on the lst of August, as stated in a
previous dispatch As the Goth falls on
Sunday the dividend will be paid on the
2lst of August.
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Release Of Prisoners-Mexicnn Affairs
Press Dispatch

New YORK, July 22.-The CONNER
cials special says all prisoners of war are
to be released on parole By General
Grants recommendation
1t is stated that Grant, in recent con
versation with the Mexican Minister
freely expressed the opinion that the
French will soon be Obliged 10 leaVe
Mexico. 1t is known that the whole
subject OF Mexican affairs is now receiv-
ing the attention of the cabinet
The Posts special says the President
issued an order this afternoon parollng
every prisoner of war holding auv MILL
tary rank whatever.
Stuart, ex Secretary of the Interior
applied for pardon to-day.
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The Gold Market.

NEW YORK, July 22.-The gold market
is without material change. The out
standing short interest is very limited.
as is sufficiently evident from the fact
that gold can be borrowed at per cent.
per annum. We observe no indication
that the Treasury is selling gold to-day.
The premium is steady, ranging from
81 424 TO 81 42s
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Mail Lost.

NEW YORK, July 22-The southern
mail due early this morning was lost Id
the river on the Jersey City side he
pouch containing it was finally hshed
out, but the mail matter was seriously
damaged.
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From Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, July 2l-The comrHan-
dant Of this post has been instructed to
stop the transportation of refugees TO
Georgia and Alabama, on account OF the
scarcity of food in those states.
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Fire

PHnDKLPHIA, July % Early tniS
morning, a fire destroyed the shoddy niin mn
of H. S. Henry & Co. The loss is sio'oVo;
insured for $4,000 George Glenhin' wool
spinner, lost S12, 900.
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Aaares. br Gen. LOGAN.

LOUISVILLE, July 2l.-Msj Gen. Logan
addressed large and enthusiastic audi
ence tonight at the Court House, in IA
vor of the Constitutional amendment.
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No IFore Refugees 40 be Transferred
souik--Cspiare Of Bushwhackers =
Gov. BrowuIOyv's Course ia Tennes
see.
Press Dispatch.l

NASHVILLE, July 2i.-General Fisk,
Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of
Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, has directed that no more rsfu-
gees from Geoagia aud Alabama be trans
ported southward from Louisville, except
upon special authority from him Retu-
gees from Georgia and Alabama now III
the States north of Ohio, now desiring to
return to their homes, will not be trans
ported south unless they can show by the
best evidence that upon their return they
will not become charge upon the Gov
ernment for their subsistence. This ac-
ton is made necessary by the return to
Nashville of large numbers who have
but recently been furnished transp0rta-
ton to their homes, and upon their arm
val they were unable to procure food SUI
ficient to prevent starvation.
Eleven bushwhackers, captured III
Hamlin county, were brought in to-day
They will be severely dealt with.
The President, timely endorsement OF
Gov Brownlow's course relative TO the
approaching election has greatly cooled
the excitement caused thereby Ar
rangeInents will be made to compel sub
mission to the laws where violence may
be apprehended
The Crane and Ferguson trials are pro
crossing slowly The testimony for the
prosecution still occupies both courts,
and is very damaging to the accnsed
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CLIMATE, ETC

The climate of Virginia Is the very
best to be found on the American cOnti-
nent, and may safely be said to be mn
surpassed in the whole world The Ion
gevity of her inhabitants, white and col
ored, is proverbial The comparative
antiquity of her settlement, accompanied
by the natural advantages of her geogra,
phical position render her free from all
those malarial influences SO common in
more newly settled districts of the great
West-a question of very great impor
tance to any foreign emigrant in search
of new home The winters are mild,
enab ing all kinds of live stock to be
cheaply maintained throughout the sea
son, the summers long enough TO mature
all crops not essentially tropical; the
springs very early, bringing forward es-
culents much sooner than III the states
northward; and the autums even more
delightful and beautiful than the same
season in Italy No state of equal size
in the world presents advantages Of 10
cality access to market, climate and to-
biography, which can at all compare with
those offered by the State of Virginia.
III
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PRODUCTIONS

Virginia has ever been renowned for
her agricultural aUd mineral resources
Her wheat is reckoned the finest in the
world. In 1860, out of an aggregate OF
l73,104,924 bushels Of this cereal, pro-
duced in all the states and territories, she
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PRICES OF LAND.

In 1860 there were, in the State oi E!r-
ginia. II 1,437,S2l acres of improved anI
19,699,2l5 acres of unimproved land, Of
an aggregate cash value of S371,76l,66l
No exact valuation can be put upon the
present prices of land in Virginia, which,
according to their location, extent of i'm
provement, etc can be had at from four
dollars to one hundred dollars per acre.
There is no doubt, however, that, owing
to the very large area of uncultivared,
aud the active agency and labors of we'll
organized immigration and agency and
land companies good homesteads can be
obtained by the industrious emigrant at
prices quite as low as can be offered by
any state in the Union, and with advan-
tages equaled by none
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BANKS.
Dividend Notice.
The National Bank Of West Va,
AT WMEELING

OFFICE OF CoNPTRoLLER OF THE CURaENcYs /
WASHINGTON, July llth, 1865,
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yielded I3,130,977 bushels. Out OF an
aggregate of s35 ,792, ,740 bushels of Indi-
an corn she produced 3S,3l9,s99 bushels,
Thewhole amount of tobacco raised in
all the states and territories in 1860 was
4S4 ,2O9, ,469, ,46I pounds. OF this amount
Virginia produced l23,968, ,3l2 pounds,
and Kentucky lO6, ,126,840 pounds-these
two states together producing more than
half of all the tobacco grown In the
Union The cotton raised upon the soil
efVirginia, though not cultivated to any
very great extent, is of the most excel
lent character Scientific explorations
proved that she abOunds IN mir raj
wealth of every variety; no other region
on the earth exhibiting such diverse ma
terials, and in such quantities, in imme-
diate juxtaposition She has gold, cop
per, iron lead, in great quantity and OF
the very finest quality, splendid granite,
ipetroleum, aud immense fields of coal
the Hearsst of any on this continent TO
tide-water Her mineral springs are re-
nowned for their great variety and eff
cheney Her climate and vast area con-
stitute her one of the finest regions in
the world for grazing and the rearing Of
cattle, while her water-power is so pro-
fuse as to ba ample for the industrial pur-
poses OF this whole continent
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-03-07

RosprnrEs.-On Sunday night the
rae;dcnce of Mrs. Hannah Malcolm, in the
upper end of Sidney, was burglariously
.,,..~ea while the family were at church
srd robbed of about fifteen hundred dol
lars worth Of -four, bacon, ETC., and q
valuable parlor carpet. The rear base
ment window was priced up, thereby
building and enabling them to pass from
room to room, mono Of the interior doors
being fastened. :.
,Oe the same night, the mcat-house OF
William +. Whitcomb, OF Chesterfield
was broken into and robbed Of five hun>
drcd pounds Of bacon.
The storc-house Of William Kerhle, in
screamersville, was forcibly entered on
Sunday night and one barrel of flour
together with a lot of bacon and some
corn meal, was carried off.
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Ssy ARTIsAvIs.-The following additional con-
trbutons have been received for constructing this
machine during the past week, namely:
Gary's. cavalry brigade: Twenty fourth Virginia
regiment, Colonel Robins, sos; Seventh South Ca
rolna regiment, Colonel Haskell, Ss6.5o; hampton
Legion, Colonel Logan, So; Seventh Georgia reai-
ment, Captain Boroughs commanding SO Total.
1929 so Gregg's Texas brigade, Colonel +. s. Bass,
commanding Third Arkansas regiment, First,
Fourth and Fifth Texas regiments, together Sll5-
Anderscn's brigade: Eleventh Georgia regiment lde.
tached and fredericksburg artillery batteries 80!
Seventh, Eighth Ninth and Efty-ninth Georgia
regiments, $50; Captain Green's and Major
Johnson's artillery batteries, SIS. Total amount,
s6?7.5
II the company commanders, or any member Of
the same, IN the brgades that have been addressed
will take up the contribution before reach them
in reyisiting the army it will save time and labor
on my part, and epable me to commence the con-
struciion of the Bird of Art much earlier than can
be otherwise done.
Any person who may be disposed to aid this en-
terpise can send their contributions by mail to my
address (box l,lGll, Richmond, Virginia.
r. o. DAVIDSON.