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BATHS ONE DOLLAR EACH.
LEADER.
THURSDAY, AUGUST "a, 1865.
The Wirz FriaI.

The telegraph gives another chapter in
the trial of Captain Wirz, the Anderson
vile ipquisitor Upon the assembling of
the Commission yesterday. the Judge Ad-
vocste sstonished the defence by reAding!an
order from the War Department. dksolv-
ing the Commission and forming new
one composed of the same members. A
new Indictment was then presented, differ
ing mainly from the first in the omission
of the names of "Robert E. Lee, James
A. Ssddon and Lucius D. Northrop" aspar-
ties with whom the accused was charged
with combining and conspiring." We
confess our inability to see the propriety Of
this attempt to screen the rebel Cemman-
der-in-chief and Secretary of War. We
knew no reason why these functionsries
should not be held accountable for their
share of the odium attaching to the mAim-
ing and mnrdering Of prisoners of war
subiect to their orders. There seems to be
a great deal of tenderness felt by some of
our officials toward the chief leader of the
rebel armies, whilst they have no bowels
of compassion for the poor devils who were
the instruments in his hands.
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CONYENTION.
WAsHINaToN, August %.

WASHINGTON, august 70.
A convention between the United States
of America and United States of Colum-
bia, supplemental to that of September
10, 1857, has just been proclaimed. 1t ex-
tends for nine months, the JOINT Con-
vention heretofore appointed for exsmin-
alton and adjustment of such claims as
were presented but not heretofore settled.
Gov. Dennison will not, IS many of his
friends desire, be candidate for Senator
ship of Ohio, as Mr.. Shermsn's successor.
Information has been received st the
Department Of State from the Minister Of
the United States at Buenos Ayres of the
passage of law by the Legislature of the
Provincial Government of Buenos Ayres,
authorizing the government to call the
first town to be located in the province,
Lincoln, in commemorstion of the late
President of the United States.
The Post Master General has just or
dered the resumption of daily mail service
from Macon to Columbus, Atlanta, Chatts-
nooga, and other important points in Geor-
pis. bV railroad.
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our financial affairs, nor the rejection o.
fraudulent claims. It simply means that
when the bonds of our Govsrnment are
once issued no attempt shall be made to
repudiate them.
We have reason to believe that if the
States lately in rebellion should regain
their representation in Congress they would
strike hands with such Oopperheads as the
editors of the PLAIN Dealer and Sentinel,
and endssvOr to make capital with the
masses BY attempting to introduce bills to
repudiste the national debt The whine of
these editors about "forbidding the discus
sion of our national finances" shows where
The shoe pinches. They do not want to be
deprived of the privilege Of making capital
By going for Reputation.
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NEW YORK ITEMS.

NEW YORK, August %.
The silver ware msnufscto-y of F. W.
Cooper, on Mscdonell street, was burglar
lied few nights ago Of diamonds worth
$40, 900, and silver worth $4,000. Daniel
Bartlett, an old offender, and William Cole
man are under arrest on suspicion Of the
crime.
Coal is rising. Auction sales have been
suspended. The nominal per cargo is
So 1909 % per ton of 2.24O pounds, de-
livered st New York docks, but it is Diff
cult 10 obtain cargo. Several thousand
miners are engaged on strike.
Tho dofoionOy ia thS IS0OiPSs tIi. -
to date, as compared with last yesr, is more
than 100000 tons. Still 1t is thought, sF
the government will require very much
less supplies, it will be impossible for spec
ulatlon to force prices up to last winters
rates
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F&OM WAsHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, August %.
The President was to-day occupied saw
eral hours in giving audience to more than
one hundred visitors, some of them from
the South expressly to importuns for par
don. They presented no convincing rea-
sons why the cases should have priority of
those previously FLED.
The President granted two pArdons yes
terdsy and two to-day.
Gen. Ewell WIS again st the Attorney
Generals office this morning, endeavorip9
to procure favorable report on his own
application.
Herschel V. johnson, formerly candidate
for Vice President on the Douglas ticket
and who was lately psrdoned, succeeded in
obtaining long private interview with
the President. Whatever may be thought
of the disposition of the Southern people,
it is certain that all prominent men from
there, IS well as others, represent general
acquiesenee in the policy of the President
IN regard TO the restoration of the Southern
States.
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TRIAL WTRz

WASHINGTON, August %,
n, me Commission met this morning. Col
GEnlPman read an order from the War
apartment dated yesterday, dissolvinr
me former Commission, bat apDointiDe
another, an consisting of the same mambars
M. 11ese were again sworn to- day, and CAPT,
WIZ again arraigned, when the charges And
organizations were read. They are In The
Lnsln substantially the same as heretofore
presented. The alterations include the
striking out of the names of Robert r.
Lee, James a. Seddon and Lucius D.
Northrop, as some of those with whom the
prisoner is accused of combining snd con-
spring to impair and iDjure the health
ano to destroy the lives, By subiectin0 70
1ortore and great suffering large numberH
OF Federal prisoners, to the number of
2y,ooO soldiers in the military service of the
onlted States, held IS prisoners at Ander.
sonville, &c.
The charge and a number of retained
speclhcstions include the most cruel DUN.
lsnments and accounts of barbsrity.
Judge Hughes spoke OF these proceed. |
lngs, arraigning the prisoner Oh new list |
d charges, &c, without giving the counsel
lue notice, and asked that additional time |
oe given to enable the prisoner to prepare
OF MS defense. This was granted and the
'ourt adjourned till to- morrow morning.
The counsel for Wirz have retired con.
'eiVlng they have done all they could for
I'm under the circumstances.
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ERAM RT LnnIs

81. LOUIS, August %.
General Fremont at the head of q com.
pany of Eastern men is about to purchase
an extensive tract of mineral lands in this
State, with the view of locating an estab.
lishment in this city for the manufacture of
railroad iron.
The Democrats Lawrence special SAYS
that Butterfeld, Superintendent of the
Overland Despatch, has completed arrange
ments for transportation from Fort Law
EeRfa f aha tR Gag 9MfEdjaf hWereAc5E6 Denvsf
via the Smoky Hill route, as soon as the
Missouri and Pacific railroad is completed.
The Government Commissioners to the
grand Indian Council have arrived at
Leaven worth.
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MISS lsIsPPI STATE CONvENTTON

1ACAsoH, MISS august Il.
The Convention to-day adopted he fol.
lowing amendments to the Safe Constitu.
ton:
The institution of slavery having been
abolished in the State of Mississippi, neither
slavery or involuntary servitude, other
wise than imprisonment for crime of which
the party shall have been duly convicted,
shall hereafter exist in the State, and the
legislature at its next session, and there
after IS the public welfare may require
shall provide for the protection and secur,
ity of the persons and property of freed
men OF this State, and guard them ard the
State against the evils that may arise from
their sudden emancipation.
An ordinance was also passed for the
general election at the same time of the
county, district and ministerial officers,
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FROM Rev ORLkANs,

NEW ORLEANS, August %.
The Convention at jackson, Mississippi,
has passed an ordinance declaring the or.
dinsnce OF secession null and void. It re.
pesls sll ordinances of the Convention of
1851 except the revenue ordinances, which
the Legislature will act upon.
At an informal meeting of the delegates
memorial was presented petitioning
President johnson in eloquent terms to ex-
tend pardon to JEFF. Davis and Governor
Clark, which WAS scquiesced in by all
present.
Cotton is advancing; sales of $4,000
bales at 43@44c.
Sugar aud molasses unchanged.
Checks on New York 5(9s discount.
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A Military Opinion of Negro suffrage.
Proceedings of q meeting of the officers
of tha LIST U. S. C. Artillery Heavy that
met pursuant to the adjournment of q meet
ing held on the evening of July 5, 1866, at
which Lieut.. Col. j. L. MCGOWAN was
called to the chair, and Captain T. H. B.
Co-rell was appointed Secretary. After
which, on motion of Captain j. B.
the Chair and five other officers, was ap-
pointed to draft resolutions expressive of
the views of the officers relative to the
proper status aud le5al- Eights of the freed-
men of the South, to.wit: Lieutenant COL
j. E. MCGOWAN, Msjors james NJ. John
son and o. NJ. Gross, Captains J. B.
Charles, I'd. F. Brown and w. z. Story,
which Committee reported the following
preamble and resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted, viz:
WHEREAS The statesmen of the coun.
try are endesvoring to determine the sta-
tus of the freedmen of the South, and,
whereas, the question of Negro Suffrage is
likely to inflics on the country unnecessary
and mischievous agitation, which wi be
seized upon ss q hobby, whereon unprin-
cipled political demsgogues may ride into
place and power, and whereas. wa, the
officers of this regiment have had an ex-
perience in dealing with the freed slave,
extending over our whole military career,
therefore,
Resolved, l. That we are of the opinion
that the men under our command, and the
colored freedmen as g mass, are as well
qualified to WELD the elective franchise un-
derstandingly, and with safety to the Gov
eminent, as large msjority of the white
men in the late so called southern Confsd-
erscy. lsl
2. We believe il to be the height of cow
srdly meanness TO ask man to risk his
life in sustaining 3 Government that re-
fuses him citizenship.
3. We believe it to be we'll established
principle that Governments derive their
Just powers from the consent of the gov.
erned, and that DO man can be rightfu1ly
called upon to sustain law, or be held
TO its penalties, when he is denied
all share in making the law.
We believe it would be highly dangerous
to deny to any loyal citizen of the South
voice at the ballot box, IS such q course
would inevitably throw the control of the
State Government in TO the hands Of parties
who though lately col quered, are savsgely
opposed to the United states Government,
and are as bitterly disloyal as they were
three years sgo.
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The Chippewa Chief HOle-in-the-Dsy is
one of the solid men in Minnesota, SO far
as money goes. He has splendid farm of
one mile square, comfortable dwelling,
large stock of cattle and horses, and an in
come of $4,000 year, free of income tax.
He is loyal to the core, and still regrets
that his offer to the Government TO raise
a battalion of Chippewa soldiers and 90
South and fight the rebels, was not &C.
cepted. He was in st. Paul last week, sit
ting to sn artist for 8 life size portrait.
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kentucky Legislature

The latest official returns place the Leg
islsture as follows: House, 45 Democrats
and % Union, as far as heard from. The
Senate will stand II Union and le Demo.
Gratis. Full returns will reduce the Demo-
cratic msjority in the House, but they will
have working msjoriIy in both branches.
1t is now regarded as certain that the State
has given small Union majority on the
popular vote.
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RAILROAD AOCIOENr.

NEW HAVEN, August %.
Inc Palladium says that last night the
evening train ran over COW, three miles
this side of Branford, and the baggage, mail
and hrst passenger cars were thrown from
tne track. The baggage car turned COM
plete sonersault down an embankment,
rolled over twice and was badly smashed.
Almost all the employees of the road, 10
or IL IN number, were injured, some seri-
ously, but none fatally. But one passen-
was badly injured. A special train re-
turned to this city with the wounded at IL
nclnnk last nirht
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Yesterday Evenings Edition.
FROM WAsHTN aTO1.

NEW YORK, August %.
The Hersld's special says the Secretary
of State, since his return from Cape May
has dispensed of all the business which &C.
cumulsted during his absence, and is at
tending to the duties Of the Department a.
before the sad occursnce which deprived
the country, for q time, of his service.
His health was never better. The men,
bers of the family are now al at home.
Msjor General Sshofeld is at WillardS.
tonight, and stopped st WillArds.
The registers of the hotels indicate that
the arrivals of Southerners in the city con-
tinue about the same as heretofore, the
greater part of them being from Virginia.
James W. Dembery to-day received the
appointment of Pension Agent in Little
Rock, Arkansas. -
The President this morning granted
.psrdons to Joseph Henderson, of Tennes-
see, and p. Dickinson of Wilmington,
North Carolina. -..-..-. ea
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KAmROAD ACCIDENT.

NEW HAVEN, August %.
The following is list of names of those
injured by the accident on the Shore Line,
last right.
L. B. Hampstead, mail agent, head
bruised mouth cut and right knee injured !;
Ira Hicks, ex messenger, back hurt and is
feared that he has received internal in
iuries Charles Pettibone, bsgmsn, slight
ly bruised Hiram Davidson, bridge-build-
or, very slightly, in the right foot
and leg; K. f. Strickland, conductor, in
the right foot; Clinton Shippard, conduc.
tor, head cut and leg bruised; William
Brown, water boy, badly bruised-was Ia
ken up for dead but will live; I. Osttee,
brskesmsn, knee cut; VIM. Bishop, badly
burned. Eight persons were in the bag
gage car, which turned double somerssult
down an embRnkmont
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FHOmCAIRO.

.. CAIRO, August 20.
The steamer Superior has passed with
$40 bales of cotton for Evansville. The
Continental also has $50 bales.
The first bale of Texas cotton has been
received in New Orleans. It was raiseI in
Brszos county, and sold on the 16th at
5l1c. - ~.
The Memphis Bulletin, always Union,
contains bitter denunciation of Governor
Brownlow's letter against the Jews.
Worms are ravsging the cotton on the
Tallahatchie river.
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DIsCHARsE OF HANDs.

FORTRESS MONROE, August %.
The Government Machine shops st Nor
fold have been discontinued, and hands all
discharged by an order from Washington.
One hundred horses and fifty mules, the
property of Government, will be sold at
auction, at Fort Hamilton, August 2sth.
The expedItian, which left here on Sun
day night, in search of the steamer Effort
said to have been stolen from New York,
has not returned and has not been heard
from
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ARRESTED.

INDIANAPOLIS, August %.
A man named Lemos, supposed to be an
accomplice of Booth, and woman, believ-
ell to be Jennie Lipping, were arrested
st Ft Wayne, Ind, yesterday, by order OF
Gen. Hovey, military commandant of In
diana. Both are now in the military
prison here. Lemos is the same man
recently arrested in New Haven, Conn,
for robbery, but subsequently escaped. me
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From NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, August q.
Maj. Gen. o. o. Howard leaves Angus
ia, Me, to-day, to confer with the western
officers of the United States Freedmen
Aid Commission before returning to his
ofIles st Washington. He will arrive at
Chicago on Saturday, and address public
meeting under the auspices of the North
Western Freedmsn's Aid Commission on
Snndav avaninC
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ARRIVAL, DC.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.
Arrived, steamer Constitution from Pa
mama. Sailed, ship Lookout, for New
I ork, with 38 600 sacks of copper ore /;
$500 hides; 80 bales of wool; 100 cases
and 26 pipes of California wines. There
are indications of gradual increase of
business. Whale oil advanced 20 per ceat
since rews of the Shennndoah's stroci-
ties. O.her oils are frmer.
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From BURFALO.

BUFFALO, August q.
The Colchester spiritual medium case in
the United States Court, which has at
tracted considerable attention, was given
to the jury last night. They returned,
this sfEsrnoon, 3 verdict in accordance
with the Indictment, that he is = juggler.
Judge Hall reserved his sentence.
A large number of spirituahsts, male
and fenale attended the trial.
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n,.renre.en1inr >. Usua1.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Fort Wayne
Sentinel and some other Copperhead papers
are industriously endssvoriug to convey
the ides that the LEADER favors an amend
msnt to the Constitution forbidding the
discussion of our financial affairs upon the
foor of Congress. The editors of those
pspsrs know that this is false. What the
LEADER did propose was that an amend.
ment be made to the Constitution binding
the national debt upon the people, and for
bidding the introduction of any bill in Con-
gress to repudiate that debt. This would
not necessarily prevent any discussion Of
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THE MARKETS.
HEW XORK MAHKET-Auau-1 a.
[BY FzLEaBAPH,1


COttOn-Leas sotiEe and scarcely so arr,
sAlea At 100 tor middliDg. Also, BY auction TO-
cay, tor Government account, 100 bales A. 8T6s46o
lor ordinary TO middli0E, pay able In currency.
doing Wv ~ "u'u
sales at ST 5O@7 rs for extra state; So s5as 10
Tor round hoop OhiO 50 25aIl 20 for trade bFsnda:
market eloalDg quiet, with the advance partially
lost
WhfSkY-ActiVs aud hrmer. Sales Of westarn
at 50 ls9ss 20, closing at 50 10
MneaG-2O@bOc beier on spring. but closed
dun At l95o advance, shippers generally refusing
to operate to any material extent. Winter opened
hrmeri but closed dull and heavy at yssterdaV'I
prizes. sales at 81 529l 81 for Chicago spring:
IL bI91 90 for amber milwaukee, latter price In
store. " % for winter red western.
Bye-Firm. Sales western at 9ec, and 2 900 bu
state at 81 O5.
Barley-Dul.
Barley Malt-DuH.
COrn-Closes about 10 better. Sales at 92c for
unSound, and 93g951zc for sound mixed wsStern-
chiefly At 92c for sound
Oats Heavy and lower at Goo for western ahost
and in store.
Bugar-stsady. Sales Cuba MuscOyado =. 1qIk
9lSHo; Porto Rico l5<c.
MOlas8ee-Duli.
WOOI-DuIl.
- PIetrOIeum7steady at s277zs for crude; SOC
RORk-Firmsr and in fair demand
sales ct SS2 LO99S2 so new meas, closing At
~ S5E for oashs SO 5O030 25 for 1884 mess;
VA oO@-7 for % primes s26 e275027 90 oF prime
mess Also 900 bbls new mess, for August and
September, sellers option at $50 ST932 s75S
Reef-Steady. Sales at IS OOai2 90 for plain
mees, and SO UO9l4 20 for extra mess,
Beef HamB-Qriet.
tut Meats-Fair demand at IlJkAI6J<e for
houIdsrs. and Is923o for hams.
Bacon. Dnlls
LArd-stsady at I9924s<.
:. sutter-sseady. sales at s29ssc for Ohio. and
Uheese-Quiss at 1oAIso for common to prime
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rne nemocracr :, CoIumbu..

To day the Mcclellan PeaOe Democracy
OF Ohio meet in nominating convention at
Columbus. The party mAnipulstors had
assembled last night among whom VAL
landigham was "the first man." The
contest for the privilege of being defeated
by General Cox seems 10 be between Gen.
eral Aorgsn and Colonel MeCook, with
The odds in favor of the former.
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GOLD mARKgr.

NEW YORK, August %.
Gold is vacilsting though active. The
current demand for customers appears to
be TO a large extent met by Treasury
rates of gold. Yesterdays break in firm
ness of exchange drawers, and prospect
that cotton shipments may coon reouce
quotations for exchange have also de-
pressing effect on premiums. This morn
ing quotations ranged at l43sal44.
LATER-Gold, to- night, l433.
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OswEGO HARKET-AuEusf rs.

FlOur-25a50c better, but m vt Of the orders
cannot be filed, owing TO the light supply. Sales
at IS 90 for sDrlDg. No winter brands Of conBe-
quence In market.
Wheat-Activ Sales No Milwaukee club at
81 55; No do 81 4saI 81; do per sample, to ar
rive, 81 30.
COrn-Firm and better, With good demand. No
l Indiana ss5zc; No Illinois s6as7e.
9th grains scarce and quiet.
Canal Fretghts-Are dull and unchanged.
Flour 40s41o, wheat 95<c, corn SIC, TO New York.
Lake Imports 20 COO bu corn
Canal Exports ss4 bbls flour, 1900 bu
com.
BnIpments-By Rail, 1000 bbIs -four.
Amonnt Of Flour and Grain on the canal from
Buffalo and O5WsgO, yesterday noon, - near can
bs Ascertained was-FiOur {, OOO bbls, wheat l4s,
90 bu cora 200, oats S3s, OO0 barley 47,b0O
Fye a. GOO.
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WOOL SALE.

a.. NEW YORK, August %.
The Offering of 100000 pounds Of Ohio
fleece, to-day, was not a success. Only
so 900 pounds were sold at 42a40c. un-
washed. The washed averaged 653I The
owners refused to duplicate any of the
wool. Wisconsin and Illinois conditioned
and undesirable. There was very good
attendance, but not much spirit.
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Card of ThRnks.-OlvHAHD, Aug. %, 1865.
We, the undersigued, hereby tender our thsnks to
Chic ErgIuser jas. Bill, and officers and men of
Steamers Nos. l and 3, for the strenuous .sEp-i-
made hY them 70 save onr property at the fire lat
night. Also tender our thanks to the citizens who
rendered ali the asst stance in thsir pswer.
0TTrHWAITE GHuMRR M
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NEW ORaEAas NEWS.
NEW ORLEANS, August q.


The Star of the South, of Philsdelphia,
the Western Metropolis and Morning Star,
of New York, have arrived.
Msjor General Wright, commanding
Department of Texas, has arrived st Gal
weston. ..
Two cars containing ~ bales cotton was
burned between Mstteson and Houston on
the l4.h. Loss 10, 900 in specie.
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Mr. Hammond, of Middlsbury, VT, has
recently buried with appropriate honors
the celebrated Merine buck "Gold Drop"
which died of lung fever or consumption,
after an illness of three or four weeks. Mr.
Hammond had refused $4,000 for him,
and it is said the buck was valued IS high
a. $25 600.
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mIss1sslpPI CONvENTTON.

JACKSON, Miss, August 70.
The Convention to-day passed an ordi.
nsnce declaring null and void the ordi-
nance of secession, and repeating all ordi-
nances enacted by the Convention Of 1861
except the revenue ordinances, which is
left for the action of the Legislature. No
other business of importance was trans.
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The BississipPI Convention abolish

The Mississippi State Convention, in
session at jackson, adopted, on the 2lst
inst an amendment to the State Constitu-
tion forbidding slavery or involuntary ser
vitude in that State. LIST other Southern
States follow the example.