The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-13

--yyln. +. Dodge has informed the Clerk of
~ eHouse of Representafives that he was pre-
pared 70 6le the necessary papers 10 contest
the eat Of James Brooks. Esq., of New York.
--zhc Ohio End Mississippi Railroad Com
psuy have commenced suit agaInst the Indian
4polis and Cincinnati Railroad. for damages
amounting 20 81 ,jeo.ooo, for breaking con-
tract with them.
The Navy DspsFfment Lost only rae men
z Killed, and J, - wounded, darlng the entire
~ war.
since 1861, 2l0vesseis offwsr hes boen
cOnstrucisdby our Goxernment.
a lsagthy dispssetkfrom washington. on
saturday, glvessnesccount II an attempt 70
eouItniit suieidepn the part q wirz. aided By
BIZ wife, au1 her not being permitted 10 sislt
hifniin his tell'anerwards A card from Mr
s<IIade. Wirz' counsel has appeared, In which
he dahes IN toto the truth OF the charges. and
-satcs that Mrs wirz SAs in kenffcky at the
time of the alleged eTeuce.
-Tns ~ Pad It,reer, Democratic. ha-
hen ssll 70 RepahIsssn 6rm for s25.OO0. and
iheeisnOw no Demosrauc paper In that -four.
The Goyernorsof1IiIinoIs has designated
the ith of December as day Of thanksgiving
-Negrp saHrage ha- been defeated in Min
ne-eta.
fhe cholera broke ont on the Young Ne
*Slanfc. Boston ship, from Calcutta. and the
,saptain. second mate and two sailors died.
III j. said the President l. vigorously
pressed % have Davis tried on the indictment
found against him last June In the Washington
District.
The body of WirZ has been Inferred In
the peni,entiary ard,-where the cornpirator-
were buried. -
Colonel Bowman, of-the United States En-
-efnssf corps. ..dir,i at wukesbsrrr. fennsyiva-
MIA. on saturday morning. He superintended
the building at Fort snmter.
( Governor Brownlow has appointed the
1th Of December a. Thanksgiving Day in Ten
nessce.
"A marketmsn was killed by negro soldiers
near Nashville, on Saturday. Scarcely south
crn paper can be picked up that does not con-
tain an account Of some negro murder.
The Canadian Government Is taking ener-
- critic steps % meet the ,sreatened danger from
: the Fenian movement
II President Juarez Is still at III Paso. II j.
thought 70 be his intention o. join the forces
Of General Escebedo who are resisting the
French in the southern States Of Mexico.
The Embassy from Tunis will depart for
homo next Saturday.
s--ssMedicinc Bottle and Little SIX" two
Indians engaged In the outragcs In Minnesota
year On two ago, were hung Mt II. Paul on
saturday,
The Fourth and Fiftccutli regiment, Of the
areta ont
Springfield, Ill.,, IN saturday.
AThemajority against negro suffrage in Col
oado Is 3,7le.
The reported French complaints AZ New
York, il seems, had no foundation.
The Free Masons Of England are protesting
against the Pope's recent aIlocution.
The extensive Touring mill OF Mr. Oberus.
in 81. Louis, was destroyed by fire on Saturday
morning; loss $4,000.
--Prcsident Gcffrard announces that the ships
Of war purchased for the Haytien Government
ere now ON their way % Hayti He argues
that the overthrow ~ the rebel, pvill be
speedy.
Colonel Il. L. Deisussy has been brevetted
Brigadier General IN the regular army.
: The survey OF Mexican grant which has
been N litigation since 1916, has been finally
settled by the United States District Court in
Washington, which has awarded the whole
claim, save l0,SiO acres, to DE Tache. The
plumber ofacrcs involved was 4s,soO.
--No 1p6re eases Of cholera reported ON
z The Aahnta, and ltls thdikhi'ln New York
that,thc disease will entirely disappear.
1Goyernor Wells has called an extra ses-
soncr,he Lo6rfsnr fc-fsiaturc.- -
-General Baird the successor. of General
Fullerton. has arrived at New Orleans, and
will Immediately enter upon his duties.
The question Of the admission ofnegro tes-
timony in MISSISSIPPI Courts. Is still undecided
inthe Legislature Of that State.
-Gcneral Canby.has turned over TO the city
authorities.of News Orleans the control OF all
sanitary regulations which have been held by
the military since ls62-as also control over
the State levee
several of the passengers of the wrecked
brig Mary Ann have arrived at New York.
They suffered great many priyations. The
Captain and others who eft the vessel in
smalLboat have not been heard from.
Proof has been furnished the Government
that AT the breaking out Of the war, Mr.. Craw-
ford. Of the British Consulate. aided and abet-
ted the Rebel Government all in his power. by
assisting noted rebel named Henry IIolz. Of
Mobile, TO procure in England munitions Of
warsctc.
In an incomplete diary belonging to Cap
tain Wirz, he states that the reason he did not
commit suicide when he had an opportunity,
was because what he suffered was by the will
Of God. and be owed il to his family and the
world TO provehis Innocence.
-Governor Holden. of North Carolina has
received telegraph dispatch from Secretary
Seward TO exercise the functions of Provisional
Governor until otherwise ordered by the Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Turner, a member Of the Confederate
Congress, has been elected % Congress i'm the
Raleigh District, and Clark. who cannot take
the oath, has been elected in another District.
Advices from the South Carolina Legislature
10 the 9Th inst, have been received The prin-
cfpaI discussions relate 20 the condition Of the
negroes. and fears are strongly expressed by
some Of the members that there will be a
negro instruction unless stringent measures
IN selfdefense are adopted
1t appears hat the negro insurrection in
Jamaica was caused by the neglect Of large
number Of negroes 10 pay their taxes. The
Government having peremptorily ordered the
payment. the negroes- resisted. and in their
madness have spared no who barred the
enforcement of the law white or black The
most horrible atrocities have been pcrpetrated
by these wretehes and the end is not vet.
The cholera continues it, rtvages i'm Asia.
aud the authoritie. of Paris state there is no
longer any doubt Of it. firm hold in that city.
General Fitzpatrick who has been stump
ins New Jersey for the Black Republicans has
so' ms reward. The President has appointed
him. minister 10 Chilli. Edward +. Cook has
been appointed Secretary II Ierstien - ,be
same plaee.-
BY an arrival at san Franeiss, ~ an. "a, 49,,