The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-04
Special Report.
LETTER To GOVERNOR r1Enrosr.

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LETTER To GOVERNOR PIERPoNr.
New YORK, September 8.
The following letter addressed to the
Governor of Virginia, has been furnished
for publicat ion:
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, August 20, 1865.
To Hon. F. II. Pie1pOnt Governor of Vir-
gulia:
SIR: L am directed by the Attorney
General to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter the 18th inst, and to say in reply
that as far as this office is concerned you
have his full authority for saying that the
only influence possible to be exerted IN the
matter of pardons by any agent, attorney,
or whatever he may be, is to delay the Pc
titions. All cases coming under the 18th
exception, and ali civil officers having your
recommendation, need nothing further.
They are approved by the Attorney Gen.
eral as matter of course. The President
declares that any intimation that money
can assist a petition is gross insult to this
whole Office, from himself to his hunabIest
messenger. 1 am respectfully,
Your obt servant,
Signed NJ. F. PLEASANT,
Pardon Cle,k.
THE WIRZ TRIAL.
The Washington Chronicle makes the
following statement concerning Wirz's Cie-
fence: More than q month ago E. G. Enu-
the trial of Wirz, was ordered by Colonel
Chapman, Judge Advocate, TO visit prison.
er's cell and obtain from him a full list of
such witnesses as he desired to have sum.
moned. Wirz furnished the names of 80
witnesses and wrote at the close of the list:
HThese are all the witnesses I desire III the
case. II. Wirz, Capt. and Adj. @. s. AZ
MIR. Emerson on presenting the list at the
War Department, was ordered by Secreta-
ry Stanton to proceed at once to the South
and subpoena every person whose testimo-
ny was desired by the prisoner. That con-
trsry to custom in such cases, It was not
required of the prisoner to state the char
acter of the testimony lis witnesses were
expected to give. In. many cases Wirz
could give only the name of the individual
and the State in which he resided, not
knowing 10 what county or town the
party belonged. At Macon, Ga, General
Wilson detailed an officer of his staff, to
assist Mr.. Emerson at Cuthburt, in the
same State.
Colonel Adams detailed other officers to
aid him, and the result was that after
| travelling through sll the States named by
Wirz Mr. Emerson succeeded in su bpening
all the witnesses named by the prisoner,
with the exception of two who had re-
moved to Texas and four or five who had
gone to Europe. More than half of those
subpeued have reported to the Commission
and are here awaiting to swear to the good
character of Wirz.
THE CABLE.
NEW YORK, September 3.
The correspondent of the London Daily
News, writing from the Crest Eastern,
saws the chief danger of delay is in the
ocean buoy left to mark the spot, which
| will befound, it it yet exists, without much
1ifaculty. 1t must be remembered that in
tn event of rough weather the wAvss
mo uld dash about and upon it with such
,iol. ,oes as to make the chances of the
buo,,s, westhering the storm extremely
donbtf, Il. Another danger is that the cable
nav sin dee per and deeper into the bot
tom of he sea- until all attempts to grsP'
IL and baul il in will be useless
| It Will L8 nUETC1U - -
tempts at raising it had been made tn'
grspnsl and $500 yards OF rope came uE
covered with shiny oaze, which Is sufh
Gent proof that the cable, if recovered a
all. must be recovered quickly. Ii tn
Atlantic Telegraph Construction ComPanI
and the Great Es.,tern Steamship Com
psny can agree upOi, the terms on Whlei
the undertaking is to be lesumed' 1t
quite possible that the great ship may sAl
again in lew weeks.
Assuming the recovery Of the cable prop
able. the ocean end of which lies quietly i
the Atlantic, no additional msnufactur
will be necessary. With some stoute
ropes, and far more strongly riveted graz
nels. the Great Eastern will be equippe'
for her task. So far as the recovery is COZ
cerned, the least sanguine people ADM
her to have behaved splendidly from tn
moment of her leaving More until nov
and it is not too much to say that her reT
utstion as a sea worthy vessel, and abov
all as a manageable vessel, stands highe
than it has for years. Those who are IL
tsrested in the manufacturing of the cabl
have reason to be satisfied with its recer
trials.
GENERAL BURL.
The World tomorrow will contain
long letter from General Buel denying tn
, statements of General Sherman concernin
his movements before the battle OF Shliol
t General Buel gives many Official lettei
: and dispatches relative TO his movements o
| the Cumberland end Tennessee river
some of which are now Published for tn
first time
FRENCH UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION.
WAsHINGToE, Sept. 3.
The Government evidently regards tn
Fra,,ch Upiverssl Exhibition for 1867 wit