, 1865-06-24
Gbt1a9o Qribn1re.
SATURDAY. JUNE "a. 1865.


THE NE%&4
An ofac!M bulletin from Secretary Stnnton
announces the occupation Of BroTnsvill:
md the surrender OF Ga1veston a7d Its har-
Dor. forts to the United States ioSees- In
The sarne connection, and consequent npon
this news, the President has Issued psoc!a'
NATION raising the blockade, and opening the
closed ports to foreign commerce. under Ger
tain conditions.
In the conspiracy tial yesterday witness
rxas examined who testified that hs was
.,reeent In Montreal a abort time since, when
Tucker burned la.ge number Of letters, for
fear "thc Yankees wonld steal them" The
most Of tue day was occupied in the delivery
OF Mr.. Ewing'a argument IN behalf Of his clA-
cnt, Arnold.
Junius Brutus Booth, brother Of Boo!h,
The aseAssin, has been unconatttoually re-
1eased from the Old Capitol prison, By order
OF the Secretary Of War.
Thc wires Of the Russian telegraph line
arc bling rapidly strung. commencing ut
New Westminster, the capital Of British Co
lumblA.
The Union ticket In the Far West Is meet.
Jug with unvarying success. Portland, Ore
gon, bas elected all the municipal Union
candidates.
Among those pardoned yesterday BY the
President arc Josh1a Hill, an c1-member Of
Congress from Georgia, Francis L. Smith, OF
virginia, g. J. Hysms, the witness in the
conspiracy case against yellow-fever Black
burn, and thirty FIVE citizens ot North Caro-
lima, recommended By Governor Holden.
The following late reb:l ofll:cts made ap-
plicatious for pardon yesterday: GINS. Cor
don, Cofse, Cabel, Jonee, Marmaduke, and
Dubois. Over one Thousand SIMILAR applIca-
lions a.e awaiting the Presidents action.
Orders have been Issued for the arrest OF
The late rebL General McCaaslsnd upon the
charges Of arson and Fobbtry-
An c1dex from the Navy Department brings
tpc intelligence Of the death Of Admtra. Dn-
mont. An obituary notice Of tue deceased
tlnrra w1aa found elsewhere.
. 4 terrible dlsaster occurred Yesterday IN
n1ississippi ratlroau. u lIcleht train cn.lidtd
with a train filled with soldiers, killing thr
engineers and fremen OF each. While the
respective conductors were angr!ly discuss.
Ing the affair, another freight came up and
ran Into the soldiers train, killing fifteen
and iDjarine one hundred and alty. man5 Of
them mo.taIly. The victims belonged to
Illinois and Missouri regincnla, returning to
their homes.
The Orange and Alexandra Railroad has
been TUNED over By the general govern
mcnt to tho State OF Virginia and will i'm
mediately be put In running order by the
contractors.
Our special dlapA Atchcs from Washington
cnurnerate large number Of money order
post clacea recxntly established, twenty
i've Of Which are in Illinois.
Commissioner Dole viii speedily Get ont for
The Indian country to arrange importan.
treaties with The indians. HIS instru ctIons
from the President are detailed at length In
our dispatches.
intelligence from fo:te AbercrombIc and
Wadsworth, reports all quiet on the frontier.
MINOR General Sanborz, formerly Adiutant
General Of Minnesota. has arrived at! St.
Paul - take command Of the Indian. .expe-
dlAou
The 1c''cl General Shelby, with bis canc
Of euet1llas, has gone to Mexico and given
his services to Ma1imfllIAo.
4 salc Of 1orty-fou gnnbaats, seven tues
md some other vessels, being a part of the
Mississippi river squad1on, arc to BE- sold at
Mound City, ILL.,. on the 1sta Of August, to
the highest bidder.
Four additional psymasters have BEEN or.
detcd to Springfield to expedite the tayment
o: troc1cs NJ Camp Butler.
Ge!d closld In New York las! evening.
after call, ST 1i25s.
Don Manuel Doelado, well known Mex.
can patriot, died in New York a few days
e!nce.
Hrn. William wilkins, Secretary of War
In 1874, AID member OF Congress from 1881
to 1891, died a. his residence In psnnsylgau!a
yesterday At the age Of ctghty-slx.
Tho friends Of Ben Bu,ler are uFging his
name as Provisional Governor Of South
Carolina, In case he fails to receive tie
civil goresnorship Of Idaho.
The first rebel Secretary Of War, L.
Walker. will speedily be candidate for
pardon. He claims always to have been a
TrIon nnc.