Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-10
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II r L Z GR "A p III.
Preparations for the Execution OF
WiFZ.
Efforts to Secure COmmutatiOn.
The President Remains Firm.
Chief Justice Chase and the Trial
7 OF JEFF. Davis.
The Presidents De7ire for his I'M
.s-n mediate Trial.
Maryland Election Items.
The State Convention of COlOred
Men of New York.
Maryland Election Items.
The State Convention of COlOrei
Men of New York.
washington Items.

New York, Nov. "a special to the
World from Washington, under date of
the 8th, says: -
The pardon business is again recover
ing, the President having nearly cleared
the table. At present all applications
are simply examined at the Attorney
Generals Office and forwarded to the
Department, the President sending for
such warrants as he desires to sign.
The Governor, Adjutant General, and
Attorney General of New Jersey ar
rived yesterday, to see Government Off
cials relative TO quarantine near Sunday
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Senator Patterson of Tennessee has
returned to Washington.
General Grant had protracted inter-
view with the President to day.
The 1fi6une's Washington special,
under date of the Sth, has the following:
All day workmen have been busy
erecting gallows, under the supervi-
sion Of Provost Marshal Russell, for the
execution of the butcher Wirz, Curious
teult,, ,udes throng the Office for passes
to zee t execution. The press viii be
supplied, and few otht ~Rriens are
admitted. Wirz still maintain an air
of sang .froid He feels no res sntment
against the President or courtmartial.
>ae denies that he was ever a railIoad
agent in Switzerland, and discharged
for fraud. When he left the country,
there was no railroad in operation. He
has received letters from all parts of the
country, both of sympathy and denun.
citation. Among the letters is one from
New. York, saying he was considered
the greatest criminal that ever cursed
the earth, and urging him to prepare for
death, quoting passages of Scripture
not consolatory. Wirz replied, telling
the writer the letter was unequalled as
a specimen of presumption and impu-
dence, concluding, Judge not, that ye
be not judged A
A Ere broke out last night in the Com
mission and Provision Warehouse at
No. IA Water street, in this city; loss
81 900; insured for 1000 Also, Stin's
Sofa and Chair Mandatory, No 102
Attorney street; loss Of property in fac.
ory, SIS, GOO, and insured for $4,000;
building valued at $4,000, and insured
for $1,000
z F. Allen, porter in the New York
,postolhce, was arrested this morning on
charge of mbezzling money from the
maii 0rwv rsVe SIT EFET
John T. Cunningham, a victim of the
St John disaster, died last nigh. His
wife and two daughters are very low
The Commercials WashiBgton special
says:
The Russian Government has renewed |
the contract with Winans, of Baltimore,
for keeping up the rolling stock of the !
St Petersburg and Moscow Railroad
Great efforts are being made to secure |
the Communication of Wirz' death sen
tenee, bot the President remains firm.
A special to the Post says Chief JUS !
tice Chase objects to having Davis tried |
at Richmond, and urges the postpone
ment Of the trial until after Congress |
meets 1t is said that be wishes Con-
gress to provide for the case specially. |
Those who report this do not disclose |
how Congress is to interfere. The Presi-
dent wishes a trial immediately, and |
urges it upon the Chief Justice. 4
New YORK, Nov. .9.-The brig Mar
shall arrived to-day from Africa. She
reports that Joseph Trip, passenger
belonging to New Bedford, died on the |
30th ult., from twelve days attack of
hiceoughs. te ~
The cases of Birney and Fabian, for
defrauding the Government by illegally |
Withdrawing alcohol from the Custom.
House, commenced yesterday. 1
Four arrests were made last night for |
passing counterfeit los on Albany Bank, |
and los on the Thompson Bank, Conn. I
New YORK, Nov. 9.-The surgeon of |
the Atlanta states that the majority of
the passengers are emigrantsA from
Switzerland and the southern part of |
Germany. They came by the way of
Paris, where the cholera is raging, to !
Havre, and while there several died at |
their boarding houses, attended by Gov
ernment physicians. Unusua facilities
bare afforded by officials for their ship
ment, and the anxiety to place them on |
shipboard is so great as to cause inqui.
ries on the part of officers of the ship.
Since the passengers were removed |
from the ship, bus few cases have occur
red, and these7of the mildest form. We
may reasonably hope for the speedy dis
appearance of the malady. 81