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EPARMMENT OF STATE,
Count erieiaers' and Murderers' Homes
Astonishing neYeINnmenfs of G,riI,ie

Special Despatch to the n. Y. Worldl
NASHVILLE, October 20.-A startling dis
covery las been made in this city within the
last few days. A large number of thieves
have been depredating around the city for
some tine past. All efforts to catch them
have been unavailing until lately. 1t has been
ascertained that there are five different caves
under tie city, which are occupied by thieves,
burglars and counterfeiters The McNary
vault, in the graveyard, has been put under
guard, and men set to work to effect an en-
trance into the cave. As fast as the earth is
removed fresh earth is thrown up from the
inside of the cave. This is the same cave that
MurrilI and his gang occupied when engaged
in running off negroes and horses. The affair
has been kept secret, but leaked out in spite
of the military.
A year ago it was reported that the McNary
tomb was used as place to store plunder,
and it is commonly reported that lake, GOV.
ering five acres and very deep, is directly un-
der the city. One man swears to having
thoroughly explored the entire cavern, from
one end to the other. A guard has been sta
toned over the Acklen and Harden tombs.-
The locksmith gives his opinion that the lock
on the McNary tomb has been used recently
The entrance to the cavern is at the foot Of
Summer street. The military are determined
to find out the outlet Of the cave. The en-
trance looks like fssure in the rock. The
discovery originated from the fact that quite
number of murders have been committed in
the immediate vicinity. which led TO an inyes
tigation. disclosing the above facts
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GEEN E8EEgES.

orr NLr yrtRTEHs.--Wc are finally established
in ynr utsg quarters 9t 20 South street. and day by
lay a4a Getting thing. to run more smoothly and
satisfactorily. JoMossr-. Geo. Il. Whitney, machmis
If uhgrs alley, and John +. Heileeker, carpenter,
oi tl.suut street uesg Gay, we indebted Irinci
pglly for the speed an1 skiul manner IN which every
thfug was handled to that point when engine press,
and al else was in running order again; and it is,
therefore simply due these gcntclucu % say that III
any Similar emergency, where thoroughly reliable
wogkmen IN their line are wanted, they are unsur-
passed.
Jpto this period in cur enterprise it is rather re-
matlallr lusu otherwise that We have been abe %
isruc our paper at ALL such has been gae confusion
arl extra a.ol or Getting into order large IN es
taIlishmcrt in O. now building. whilst at the same
time compelled TO keep up with our regular issues
Butlva that1ll Ilicuities OF ta kind are s"I!nouH'
ed, we think we may safely promise the PATRONS Ol
lha Commercial, lhut in all tiat la ss' % l"'N'pe1
desirable we sn.lI be up with the best.
Mrssrs. RAPHAEL & iscLl.-"e would call the at
telio Of 5rr readers to .ae card OF these gentlemen
=, ,- today ali having business in their
-, Wv York. wgaJ 10 we'll 10 glance at their
,.,....,..s and give ,Lcm d call.
W. --4rlD CALL the attention Of purchasers to the
advertisement III. y. sullivan, IN tO-days paper.
OLA. OF the most reliable dealers IN the city and
+b.sc III want Of anything in his line may be sure Of
a good article.
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A Treasury Eetter.

WASHINGTON. October 20th.-Assistant Secretary
Chandler, by direction of the Secretary of the Treas
ury to-day issued important letter to the heads of
the different bureaus in that department, requesting
them to make thorough revision and re- examination
into the qualifications and faithfulness of the clerks
III their several bureas He states that there is and
will be, great pressure upon the Department from
applicants for clerkShips, who during the have
served in the army and navy of the United States
many Of the officers and soldiers applying have been
among the bravest of the brave. who have been dis
abled and on returning home find their positions in
civil life have been filed that they will find it ex
ceedlngly difficult TO regain their former positions
obtain remuneTative employment.
Among them may be found many men Of abilities
equal and in some cases superior to those possessed
by many clerks in the Department. Under these cir
cumstances although the Secretary says he does not
intend to establish the policy of discharging faithful
and capable clerks who cannot be dispensed with
without deriment to the service yet no clerk should
be tolerated in the Office who is unaithfu aud negli
gent. He therefore calls upon the heads of Depart
mcnts TO review the character and qualifications an1
from time to time Indicate the names of these who
from any cause, aIe unit or unworthy Of their pos-
tipps
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From Fort UOnroe-Activity OF ihe oyster
Trade,

FoRr MONROE, Oct 20.-Ihe double tur-
rettcd monitor Miantonomah sails hence to-
morrow for Washington.
Company c, Of the Third Pennsylvania Ar
tillery, has been mustered out of the service,
the term Of their enlistment having expired.
The oyster trade this season promises to be
very brisk. It's estimated that the shipments
Of oysters this season from Norfolk to New
York amounts nov to between twelve and lil-
teen hundred barrels, each trip of the steam
ers to that port; about the same amount to
Boston, and in addition to this the two lines
of Baltimore steamers take daily on an aver
age about one thousand barrels. Arrange
ments have been made by the packers to sup
ply every demand of the trade.
The tug Aida has been discharged from the
service Of the Government
Rates of fare ON the opposition lines of
steamers are still being reduced.
Fort MONROE, Oct. 22.-The prisoners
Clay and Mitchell. were at sundown Yesterday
transferred to their new quarters in Carroll
Hall.
The English steamer Creole sailed hence for
New Iork this afternoon. She is twelve days
from Havana,
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FROM NORTH CAROLINA
Important Despatch from President .:oEIn-
sos,-pressps,t Action of the Convention.

From the Raleigh Standard Oct. l9!
The efolowingimportant despatch was rcceivedirom
the President Of the United States, by Governor Io-
den, and was atoncc forwarded by him to the Pres-
dent of the Convention. We presume there is no
doubt but the Convention willat onceact unanimous
ly in response to the mcssage:-
WASHINGTON CITY, October lS 1865.
W. W. Holden, Provisional Governor:
Every dollar of the State debt created to aid the
bcliiau against the United States should be rcpudia
ted finally and forever. The great mass OF the people
should not be taxed to pay debt to aid in carrying
4 rebellion which they, in fact, if left to them
their for the obligations of the State look
that power they tried to establish in violation Of law,
Constitution, and will Of the people. They must meet
their iIc. Ii Is their misfortune, and cannot be re-
cognZed by the people Of any State protesting them
selves loyal 10 the Government of the United States
and in the Union.
repeat that the loyal people Of North Carolina
should be ezOnerated from the payment of every dol
lar OF indebtedness created to aid in carry ing on the
rebellion. trust and hope that the people Of North
partakes in the slightest degree Of the rebellion
which has been 50 recently crushed by the strong arm
Of the Government, in carrying out the obligations
imposed by:the Constitution Of the Union.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
President of the United States
ADJOURSIENr.
RALEIGH. October 20.-Thc State Convention adj
iOurned last night to assemble again on the fourth
Monday in May.
An ordinance passed preventing any future
LEGISLATURE from assuming or paying any debt cred
tied directly or indirectly for the prosecution Of the
rebellion.
This is a triumph for Governor Holden and the
loVal element.
The enemies of the Government favored the as
sumption OF the rebel State debt.
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ElsP GltOierD.

WAsHlNGToN, Oct. 21.-Dcspatches received
at the State Department from the United States
Consul at Liverpool, England, under date Of
October 9th, bring intelligence of the moder-
ate appearance of the Cholera at Southamp-
ton, and adjacent to that town. Tbis sad visi-
tation has, as might be expected, excited much
alarm in the neighborhood, and public meet
ings have been held to devise remedial meas
urcs.
The weather throughout England continues
OF the most unreasonable kind, and the di-
sease known as the underpest has broken out
among the cattle in the neighborhood of Wa
yertrce, three miles from Liverpool, which has
carried off quite number at cattle thus far.
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'Fiie Florida Convention.

New YORK, Oct. 2l.-The steamer Ameri-
ca, from Savannah, ON the 18th, and the
steamer Georgia, from Galveston on the 18th,
have arrived
The Savannah Herald has returns Of the
Florida Convention, and they show the election
of the candidates in favor of the Government $
reconstruction plan.
The HerGlfs cotton market report say low
water in the Savannah river has checked trans.
portation from the interior. On the 18th,
however, there was a rise in the river and
1000 bales of cotton came down. Stock on
sale has been reduced to one or two hundred
bales. There were no changes in quotations.
Middling 55a57
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21.-A serious accident
happened on board The propeller Fanny Cad
wallader, yesterday.
The boat belongs to the Baltimore and Phil
adelphia Steamship line. When off Chester,
her steam chimney burst, and Thomas Willing,
fireman, was badly scalded, from the effects
of which he died in short time He was
twenty-nino years of age, and resided in Cam
den, n. j. Wm. H. Crumbach, of this city,
engineer, had his hands badly scalded Eu-
gene Chillen, another fireman, was badly in
iured about the hands and face, by escaping
steam: one or two others were hurt, but not
severely
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Among the present .'lionesses'' at Paris
is Lady Victoria Fi,z William Il fascinating Es4ui-
maux of Grinnell Bay. whose tender care of Lord
Frederick Fitz William. some three years ago, when
he was taken ill on board the English man-of-war
George Henry detained in 8 bay by stress of
weather on the EsquimauX coast induced him to
offer her his hand. Her maiden name was Tookolito
The letter of coincidence on the death of
the late President which is to be presented by Gen'
Hashem to Mrs. Lincoln, is couched in flowing Ara
bic" Its direction is re-eminently oriental-the
Bey having written it himself No translation of it
has yet been made into English as it is intended to
present in its present shape and the interpreter
to explain its character.
The Sandusky Register of Saturday says
the steamer Island Queen brought over from Kelley 5
Island the day before ten tons of grapes. There
were, perhaps not less than twenty tons OF grapes
shipped from that city Saturday morning. and still
the picking on the Island, as informed, has
hardly commenced.
-Lamartine is publishing Life of Byron
asa feuiueton in the Constitutional Two chapters
have already appeared. Remarkng on Byron's early
years, Lamarine tells that the poet fell in love when
child of eight and adds that Dante conceived hi:
immortal passion for Beatrice at eleven and that he
himself, Alphonse de Lamartne, was similarly affect
ed at ten years.
The Swiss have lately taken to lighting mn
their world-renowned cataracts at night with RenpaI
lights Crowds flock to Shaifhausen, to Mevrnoon
and Brienz, to see the falls of the Rhine the GIesg
bach and the upper aud lower Reichenbachs thu,
illuminated.
"A literary weekly has been started in Chi
esso !. seems to be devoted mainly TO short stories
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SAN FRANcIsco, October 2l.-Trade has
been qGiet during the week, and the value of
merchandise is well maintained. Many kinds
of Eastern goods are scarce. Large sales are
made to arrive. Wool is firm at 18a25 cts
Hides - cts Wheat is depressed; sales at
'1.9Oa1. 95 cts. per 100 pounds, There has
been decline in mining stocks during the
week.
Shanghai dates of September 9th, and Ja-
pan advices of the 10th September are re,
ceived. News unimportant. The whaler On
tario, 80 days from the Arctic, arrived to-day,
but makes no mention Of the pirate Shenan-
ioob
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~ -El1------
fire in PhiIadelDhao

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21.-The fire last night
destroyed the Woolen Mill of Shaw. Tavlor 4
Co, West Philadelphia. 1t originated in the
carding room from the explosion of a coal oil
lamp. Loss on building $4,000, partially in
sured. Loss on stock, machinery, &C.. sos.
600, insured for $4,000 in the Royal Fame
and other companies
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From SsnSieN.

BosToN, Oct. 2o.-An inquest was he'd 10
day ON the body of Mr.. Frank Ramsey, pro
plietor of the Mansion House, Chariestown
who was fatally stabbed early on Wednesda,
morning, by two drunken sailors, named Ken
nedy and Hcnnessy. The murderers were
arrested at the Navy Yard barracks and com
mitted for trial.
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Base Ball.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 21.-The Bulletin says
the great match between the Athletic and At
lantic clubs has been again postponed, at the
request of the latter club, on account of the
sudden death of Mr.. O'Brien, one of their
oldest members.
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Fire a,Echarlessoyn. Mass.

BosToN. Oct. pa fire, this morning, on
Charlcstown Neck, at the intersection of Main
and Cambridge streets, destroyed the stable OF
G. H. Buxton, including nine valuable horses,
an apothecary, and a pickle manufactory.
Most of the buildings were owned by a. A.
Allen, Of Boston. Total loss, SS5. 900.
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TEE WEST zNDEEs.
Fearful Hurricane at GuadnIoupe-Fwo
Or Three Hundred Lives H0st-9aspSser
Esridisll Girninnn

or TE,rnn ryundrad lives Host-9.,c..o,,
-, ,,,.;.,s,, I,s,;",,
ii "f''iS" N''A''''
inloni Viie Ne" In ii'i"i"I
by the arrival at this p"ft OF 'ie "ils"ithe row
bridge Captain Lyons, from Demarara, September
DE- we have received West Indian files and o,iyicrs
M -, :; -, 80 -, -,
Inc news Is hialhly ot ulsaslrI' Il hurricane Hao
devastated the island OF Guadaloupc, causing terri
BILE loss of life and destruction of property and an
so;d.,,, ~ tlo met ,oir,I 1,or,f,,. ~, tbo NT,
1V"eii. vi 'u' ."VS' p'''',' - VIZ '4I i"s
sarum river had thrown the island Of Bermuda INTO
mourning
rYIr rr.rprc,, ,,-r - c,.,n,r,r.n,
II - =, a." "" - "' 'D'A'l - a.,
til"ii tne bilN5h "rlanii NaZettc, sept 81
By way of Barbados We have news Of y most dis
astrous hurricane At Guadaoupe on thc 9Th inst. Il
appears that until six O'Clock in the evening Of that
day there was nothing to indicate an approaching
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Murder in NOW York.

New YORK, Oct PA bartender in a
tavern in Courtland street. was shot dead this
morning by Jersey city detective. An ennlity
had existed between the parties since the ex-
cursion to Phladelphi last week, to attend
the firemen's parade
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EXECUTION OF GlEsTLE.As.
u y.
Champ Ferguson and Henry MasrIa,ies.
PAY the Penalty OF t.ieir Grimes.

LOUISVILLE. Oct. 2o.-The guerilla, Henry
{. Magruder, in pursuance Of his sentence,
was hanged in the yard Of the military prison,
this afternoon.
NdShrWe. Oct 2G.-ihc notorious guerilla,
Champ Ferguson. was hanged to-day. The
execution was strictly private
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Medical discrimination, Of Captain. wirx.

WASHINGTON, October 21.-Captain Wirz
to-day underwent private medical examina-
ton at his own request, in presence ofthe mem
bers comprising the military Commission and
Mr. Schade, one of his counsel. His right
arm is much swollen and infamed from the
effect of wound by she'll A piece of the
bone had been removed, rendering the limb Of
little, if any use.
A gentleman who witnessed the examina-
ton, also says that his body bore marks of his
having suffered from scurvy.
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Fire at Detroit.

DETROIT, October 20.-The mandatory Of
Rosenfeld Brothers, in this city, was damaged
by fire and water, last night, to the amount of
$4,000, on which there is an insurance OF
$1,000,
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NASHVILLE, Oct. 2O.-The stage coach to
Lebanon, Tennessee, was on Wednesday at
tackled by robbers. Several shots were fired,
but no one was hurt.
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replied hat this right was the leading principle of all
our policy butthat real decision of nation MS to
Its formof government could never be made in the
presenc OF foreign armies and nayies. The CONVEX
sat,on ten passed on to other topics
Mr.. Seward, November 30, 1864. addressed the fol-
lowing litter to MIR. Wood. our Minister resident at
Denmark:
DEP ARMMENT OF STATE,
- WAsHINGToN. Nov. 80, 1864.
Slr;-,our dispatch of the 9th ultimo. No. 173
was dul, received As you are aware that this Gov
ernmentstll maintains diplomatic relations with the
Republican government of Mexico. [ regret to learn
from YOU dispatch that You had thought it not i'm
proper t exchange visits with the Envoy of the So
called imperial Government of that country to the
Courts DIST. Petersburg, Stockholm and Copenhagen,
on the OCCASION Of his recent visit to that place The
error onyour part is quite excusable because you
were without instructions upon the subject You
will be expected however, hereafter to bear in mind
that YOU an know no Government of any State but
the one which is recognized by this Department, and
that only agents OF Governments which are acknOw-
edged hee can be treated by you representatives
of toreigI powers.
| an, sir. your obedient servant,
WILLIAM ii. SEWARD.
Bradford X. Wood. ESD, &c, Copenhagen
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Fire isl 81. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2l.-Lcwis Settlers vine
gar factory was burned this morning. Loss
$40, 900; insured for $4,000
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EroIn Cliarleslon-rha Icceni Elee.io


New YORK, Oct 22.-The steamer Emily b.
Saunders, from Charleston ON the 19th, has
arrived.
The city Of Charleston gave at the recent
election $50 votes for Mr.. Orr for Governor.
and G61 for Hampton.
General Howard, in his interview with the
Mayor Of Charleston, stated that he hoped ar
ranSements would soon be made entirely salts
factory 10 the community in relation to the
Freedmcns Bureau. General Howard was
to visit the Sea Islands and subsequently
Columbia.
Eight or ten persons have been recovered
from the ruins of the recent fire badly wound
ed, several of whom subsequently died A
number Of bodies are still buried beneath the
rubbish. Capt. Hoffman, Chief of Police, was
badly injured probably fatally
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BosToN, October 29-The gale last night was very
severe on the coast.
The steamer Frnnconia. from New York for Port
land, passed Highland Light Cape Cod, at noon
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SgkTEl AEEAERS.

DEATH OF AcrD CIrl2Eys.-lr. john Campbell,
Sr, died at his residence ia his county Oh cdnos-
day las at the advanced age Of ts years.
We told that be WAS perfectly blind at the time
Of his death, and had been FOR years previous: and
deaf was he that he had TO be spokcn TO through
trumpet. Although It may seem Incredible yer it is
said to be true that during the i0ur yeIq of hIoOl
through them all without even knowledge OF there
being war IN the land, the manner ufvuuyersin@ be-
ing rISomc and fUF other reasons, MS relatives
never informed him of The fact.
Among our death notices Will be found also, those
OF Mrs. Ann kutter and Mrs Sarah SJoOpg, aged re-
Specuyey g years; thus making three Of our oldest
citizens who nave died within the space Of weeks
-tecH Wig.
HE PACA HOMICInE.-This well known homicide
case, removed from Talbot, cal Tor triat en-
the second Tuesday Of this month ~ Denton before
the Circuit Court for Caroline county, Hon ud4 6
Goldsporough presiding. but OWING 10 n t4e lii'lt ~
material witness, was poStprEt' |"'li 'i' i-7
March term OF the Court.
READING WHILST TRAVELLING laugUeS the
eves. as every observant person well knows;
this induces headache sometimes pains around
the evas with slight congestion OF the rctina,
Which. when the habit becomes inveterate. and
the snbiect is over fifty or OF weak constitu-
tion. is liable to end in an attack OF apoplexv.
London medical journals have reported several
very obscure, painful, and complex maladies
which have entirely disappeared, and very
promptly, too, on the discontinuance of the
custom of reading on rail-c while in motion
Or of riding long distances to business daily,
namely, thirty or forty miles every day
Journal qJ Hsal.h
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FROM RECEEM0NU,
order from General Turner Permitting
the Organization of the City Govern

Order from General Turner Permitting
the Organization of the City Govern.
ment.
RICHMOND, Oct. 21.-General Turner, com
manding the District of Henrco, issued a
General Order this P NJ, permitting the or
ganization of the City Government of Rich
mond, the Objectionable officers, Sturdevant,
johnson and Bigger, having filed decleusion
so the offices to which they were elected
General Turner, in letter to the President
OF the Council communicating the order, calls
attention TO the large number OF destitute
white persons in the city, now supplied with
rations by the United States Commissary, at
the cost Of two hundred dollars per day. He
recommends that speedy action be taken by
the council to assume the care of the poor of
the city
The council called meeting tonight, and
declared the office Of Mayor vacant, and COM
pieted the organization to-day.
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SHIP Eek AT SEA.

LOSS OF THE STEAMER ATLANTA,
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THE LATE GALE.

THE LATE GALE.
SHIP WRECK AT SEA.
LOSS OF TIE STEAMER ATLANTA,
Nearly Fifty Persons Drowned
ONE PASSENGER AND FOUR sEAMEN SAVED
Heart-Rending Scenes at the Wreck.
DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPING ON N, E. COAST
FOUR MEN LOST OFF NEWPORT. II. 1.
The Hurricane Along the Coast.
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The eX-rebel General Dick Taylor, brother
m-law OF JEFF. Davis, arrived here this morn
ing, doubtless for the purpose of seeking
pardon.