The Montana post., 1865-11-25
TELEGRAPHIC ABSTR ACT.
DATES To NOvEMBRR 12th.
Execution of Wirtz...Ship pwreck and
Loss of Life..-Death of VIM. ohm.
concentrates with the lndians...
Negro InsurrectiOn antieipated...
The Fenian ns-.-Ravases of Cholera
at Sea.....Santtary Precautio ons,
etc., etc. ....... al.

The Fenian s-.-Ravases of Cholera
at Sea....-Santtary Precautions,
etc., etc. ..-.-..-.
New York, Nov. lsth.
The Times special says: All the reports about
the Cabinet discussions the correspondence be-
tween Lord Russell and Mr.. Adams absurd; that
the correspondence was In the hands of the govern
ment for several weeks before it was Published and
that Mr. Seward wrote reply to RussylPs last dis
patch at least six weeks ago. 1t is centrally under
stood that Seward informed the English Government
that the suggestions arbitration will not be
pressed, shall consent 20 submit any question
to the decision of military commission, unless all
the claims at issue between the two Governments are
submitted.
Brevet Brig. Gen. Briscoe, Colonel Of the l99th
Pennsylvania regiment has been found guilty, by
court-martia of attempting to rob the Government,
and sentenced be dishonorably dismissed from the
service, forever disqualified from holding any Office
of honor or profit under the United States Govern
ment, to forfeit all pay or allowances due to him,
and be confined at hard labor for five years In view
of high testimonials of former good character and
gallantry, much of the sentence as imposes
fnemenr is remitted by the President.
Washington, Nov. 10th.
dispatch to the Secretary of the Treasury, dated
Galveston 4th announces edeath of VIM. johnson,
only brother OF the President, from the effects of an
accidental gun-shot wound.
Captain Wirtz was hung between ten and eleven
o'clock this morning. On the gallows he declared
his innocence, and died without exhibiting any symp
toms of fear.
The Commercials Washington special says that it
has been suggested by leading politicians that an
amendment, sanctioning the Union debt and ignor-
ing debts for the overthrow of the Union, be added
to the Constitution of the United States, and that
the Southern States be required to sdoptit before
recognition.
1t is asserted from an Official source that the army
of the United States has not been reduced as low
has been supposed but that its full available strength
exceeds $50 600 men, of which about half Is each
side of the Mississippi river.
1t appears from official statements that treaties
have been concluded with nine powerful tribes Of
Indians, on the Upper Missouri.
New York, Nov. 11th.
Efforts are being made by the authorities to i'm
prove the sanitary condition of this city, in view Of
the approach of the cholera. Several hospitals
are being erected on Sandy Hook.
The executive officers of the Fenian Brotherhood
have engaged spacious mansion in the upper part
of the city as headquarters. The Express" says
the present organization Is not intended for the gov
eminent of the future Irish Republic, but only to
aid the Irish patriots in their struggle for indepen
denCe, by arms, money, etc.
Calcutta letters of Sept I'D say the cholera broke
out, Sept. Sth, on board the ship Young Mechanic,
bound for Boston. On the 9th, Capt McReon, the
second mate and three sailors died Five sailors,
who survived were sent to the hospital.
A "Times - dispatch ascertains that during tbs
entire war, the navy has lost only 406 men killed,
and 1858 wounded, out of the $4,000 sailors and
marines on the rolls, inclusive of all losses in the
| grand battles the Mississippi, at Charleston,
| Mobile, Fisher and elsewhere. The whole expense
of the navy since the beginning of the war, inclu
ding the construction and equipment of Rll the
sells, and their maintenance, has been less than
$3.50, 900 900, or only about and half per
| cent. of the national debt. We have constructed,
since 1861, two hundred and ten vessels Of war, all
of which of the most improved models, and con-
tain all the appliances of modern offensive and de-
| fensive warfare.
Washington special says the President is vigor-
ousy pressed to have Davis tried under indictment
which has been pending last June in the Supreme
Judicial Court of this district.
The rebel Gen. Breckinridge has applied for par
don, and intends to remove to Texas should the
President grant it.
Raleigh, n. c., Nov l1th
Worth is certainly elected Governor over Holden.
by majority of from 1000 to 10000.
Washington, Nov. 1Ith.
1t has been decided by the President that the body
of Captain Wirtz shall be inferred in the Peniten-
tiary Arsenal ground, where Payne and Others were
! buried.
Raleigh, N. c., Nov. 18th
| Turner, a member of the Confederate Congress,
has been elected Congress in the Raleigh district.
Gov. Holden has received q telegram from Secre-
tary Seward authorizing him to assume the functions
of Provisional Governor until otherwise ordered by
the President.
i Washington, Nov. 18th.
The Consul at Paris says there Is no longer any
doubt that the cholera has commenced its ravages in
that city.
i Reports from Florence to the State Department
represent the cholera greatly diminished in the
southern and eastern portions of the Italian king
dom: 1t is on the decline in Jerusalem. 1t is also
abating at Barcelona.
Maj j.-Gen. Fitzpatrick has been appointed Minister
to Chill
i New York, Nov. 18th.
The brig Mary Ann, for Havana, was wrecked of
Frying Pan Shoals. Ten of her passengers were
picked up by the brig Brazil after fonr days of suf
fering in an open boat. The remainder supposed
to have persisted.
The Herald's Columbia Is. C.) correspondent says
Some of the members of the Legislature having ex-
pressed strong apprehensions of negro insurecon,
bills were introduced empowering the State oficars
to seize all firearms found in the possession of the
freedmen; to prevent them from hereafter becoming
possessed of arms, and to punish with severity any
white person proposing to sell the to them.
Measures also proposed to shut up shops kept
by freedmen and to prohibit any white person from
employing a negro servant without the written con-
sent of his or her former master having first been
obtained. The South Carolnans ali very anxious
for the removal from their midst of all national
troops, and for the organization of their militia