Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-09-23

II
day of August in the year of our Lord
1866, aud of the lulcpcnlcnce Of the United
States of America the the ninctic,h.
by the President.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WM. II. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
The Tribuncs special says tho Govern
ment having notified the Provisional Gov
ernors of the Southern States that il is
ready to reopen all post Offices ms speedily
as loyal men can be found TO fill them, the
South is beng provided with postal fncili-
ties as fast ns practicable. During last
! week leo offices we're rc-opcucd, and sixteen
routes lpt covering overl loo M lies in length.
The Post Office Department is now prepar-
ing advertisements for the South for all its
mail routes, contracts commencing July ],
1866. Prices to be paid, are to be considc-
rably less than formerly, and it is the in
tcntion Of the department to render theex-
penses Of these routes, il possible, smaller
than the receipts.
MEMPHIS, August 30-Brigadier General
Marcus J. Wright, and Colonel Looney, late
of the Confederate Army, were arrested
to-day by the United States Marshal, TO
answer an Indictment for treason in the
District Court, found in 1862.
WAsHINGroS, August 2D.-The trial of
jeff Davis will take place before United
States Circuit Court, but tie particular one
has not yet beeh designated There seems
TO be no importance attached to the fact
that the Grand Jury of the District Of Co.
lumbia some months ago. found a true bill
against him for treason in sending his
| troops to operate against Washington in the
| summer of 1861.
The Grand Jury Of the Court of Knox
vile has indicted him for treason, for there
Davis harangucd the people against the
| United States Government. The trial,
however, cannot now take place in that
town or any other place in the Tenth Julic-
ial District, for the reason that the vacancy
occasioncd by the death of Associate Justice
Catron has not been filed. As military
operations against the United States were
directed by orders given from Richmond, it
is probable the trial will take place in Vir-
ginia, ut Norfolk, in which event Chief
Justice Chase will preside, as that State is
embraced in the Judicial Circuit assigned
to him.
The representations in behalf of A. II.
Stephens, r. NJ. I. Hunter. and other prom
inent rebel leaders, have been made to the
ion in their respective cases.
New YORK August 29.-The Richmond
Wing, of yesterday, says that the widely
known religious Journal the Richmond
Christian Advocate, edited by the Rev. Jas.
ference of the Methods, Episcopal Church.
South, resumes publication on the first
! Thursday in September. Some Of the ablest
pens in the church will contribute to its
columns regularly.
HALIFAX, August 30.-The America from
Liverpool $50 A. NJ, 19th via Queenstown
goth, arrived at Halifax at late hour last
night.
Moorings had been laid down for the
treat Eastern at Sheernees, and the infer
ence was drawn that she would not 60 out
again this season.
The Times says the experience Of the OK
petition is full of encouragement for the
future; the only discoura ging circumstance
is the apparent inability of electricians to
discover serious faults in the cable before
it is paid over the sides of the vessel. A
delay of another year will not be thrown
away if it enables them to devise better
test s of the excellency of the cable before it
is submerged, though whether they do so or
not, we must believe the possibility Of an
Atlantic telegraph established and look for
ward to the day as certain, if distant, when
Engla nd and America will throb with the
pulse Of life
The Daily News special correspondent
says it is more than probable that the Great
Eastern will be dispatched to fish up the
severed cable as soon as she can be refitted
with sings, ropes and grapneling. No
formal decision can be taken until the meet
ing of the various boards on the Dist, but
it is probably certain that the expedition
will start at once.
The prospects of the Atlantic cable was
the prevalent topic. The report Of the
Great Eastern had favorable effect on the
loans. which rallied from 13l to %.
There was much difference Of opinion as
to the prospect of recovering the cable,
but the general feeling was that tmight be
done.
The Times of thc 10Th publishes diary
of the operation occupying seven columns,
and in leader on the subject remarks that,
although the results are very encouraging
for the future, still il perfect machinery
were at hand it would now, we fear, he too
late for laying the cable this year, although
sanguine spirits may assure us that, after
the equinoxinl gales arc past, the month OF
October is generally calm, and further de-
Law must cause n total loss of that portion
Of The cable which has been paid out. One
malicious injury was discovered. A piece
of iron wire was run through the covering,
causing earth connections.