Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-09-15
Trlearaph Aews;
FROM THE BAILIES.


New YORK, Sept. 10.
The steamers Evening Star and Fung
Shuey, from New Orleans, arrived late
last night, The former brought S35O,0OO
in specie.
Commissioner Conway has issued cir
culAr to freedmen and refugees desiring to
lease lands and instructing them how to
make application.
Gen. Garrcrd takes command at Mobile
vice Smith.
New Orleans correspondence of tn, I'd
mentions the arrival at Houston of Gent
Sheridan and staff, and where he was
greeted with salute from the 4th Mass.
battery. Sheridan was en- route to San
Antonio. Custer with CO valry regiments
passed through Hampstead, so miles north
Of Houston, on the 25th ult., en- route to
western Texas.
1t is stated that all the French troops
have been removed from the Rio Grande
and native soldiers put in their place. All
rebels have been ordered by Macmillan to
proceed to San Luis PotOsi.
The Vicksburg JoarA1i Of the Goth
states that heavily iroucd and strongly
guarded prisoner was lodged in Jail there,
supposed by some to be John Surratt.
CAIRO, Ill, Sept. 10.
A distinguished Federal officer from
Mexico states that the French troops have
been relieved from the line Of the Rio
Grandc, and native soldiers substituted
The disposition of the French troops to
give and take offence is assigned as the
cause of the change. Baron de Bruan had
been dismissed for his insulting letter to
Gen. Brown. No confederate officer had
yet been received into the service Of the
empire.
The Memphis cotton market is more ac
tive. Sales at 30 Ale.
FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 8.
The amount of Geographic business be-
ing transmitted over the lines between
this place and Baltimore is very light, not
occupying much more than n quarter of
1t is a matter of surprise that telegraphic
facilities are not extended to the press un-
der the circumstances.
The mystery in regard to the corpse
shipped to Webster. Mass, on the 25th
ult., is solved. 1t was shipped by Lieut..
Robinson. a quartermaster at Newport
News, and was the body of his stcp-father,
Nathan Childs, who died there month
ago. There was box Of tools shipped at
the same time, and the addresses Of the
two boxes got changed, thereby sending
the corpse to the wrong party, and the
tools to the bereaved friends.
New YORK. Sept. 6.
The Wilmington (N. ca Herald no
tees the arrival there of Gen. Meade and
staff. who were serenaded by the band Of
the I'd Massachusetts.
The balance of the Cd Mass. artillery,
Col. Frankie. were mustered out of SER
vice at Wilmington on the 4th inst. aud
left for home on the 9Th.
Major Gen. Crook and staff have arrived
at Wilmington, and will soon take com
mand vice Gen. Ames.
New YORK. Sept 10.
The Richmond correspondence of the
Herald states that Gov. Pierpont has APP
pointed Z. d. Chambers as Judge of the
ID district comprising 6 counties and the
city of Petersburg; aud James Marshall,
as Judge of the 9th district, comprising
counties.
1t has been discovered in Richmond that
those persons who took the oath of allegi
ance to the rebel government. renowned
all allegiance to the L. S. or any state Of
the United States.
WAsHINGToN, Sept. 10.
Advertisements for opening the great
Southern mail routes have been prepared
by the Post Office Department and We're
Yesterday sent to the care OF Provisional
Governors for circulation. Tri-weekly ser
vice was Yesterday ordered from Cairo, ILL.,.
to Iuka, Mississippi, and immediate points
by water and rail- at five thousand dollars
per annum for four yeiS.
A letter received here says that General
Banks has abandoned the intention of ma
king Louisiana his home, and that he will
soon return to Massachusetts.
The Naval School is to reopen at An
napolis during the present month. The
transfer from Newport, Il. l., has been
fully made. The old buildings formerly
nsed by the school at Annapolis have inst
been put in excellent condition.
The order to muster out the Third Mas
sachusetts Heavy Artillery, now in one of
the Notifications here, wss very unexpcc
ted but agreeable surprise to the regiment.
Three million eight hundred thousand
acres OF ianu were taheh W lot actual set
tiers under the Homestead Act at the Land
Office. at La Crossee, Wis, during Aug
last. This is the largest amount ever Sc
cured by actual settles in that time in the
history of the law.
Among personal matters it may he sta
ted that Secretary Seward and family are
down the Potomac on an excursion, and
that Gov. Fenton and SeuatOr Fessenden
have gone home.
The War Department has granted the
reques: of Capt. Wirz that the Rev. Faith
ers Wheclan and Hamilton be permitted
to visit him to administer religious conso-