Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-04
Gen. Longstreet desires a Pardon
and an Office.

| New York, Nov. "A special to tho Times
dated Washington, Nov. End, says that Gen
| Briscoe's case is still before the Secretary Of
| War.
| Brig. Gen. Henry 4 Barnard, formerly OF
| the goth Army Corps, now commanding one
/ OF the districts OF the Department Of the East,
has been BreveteG Maj. General of Volunteers.
! Secretary McCulloch and the Comptroller of
| Internal Revenue. have under consideration,
| circular, regulating trade between the United
States and Canada. The circular will be is
| sued in a day or two.
The Tunisian Embassy entertained large
number of officers las night in this city.
Tho record in the Wirz case reached the
President this evening, but has not been acte d
upon yet.
The Herald's Washington special of the I'd
says: The conservative people take heart at
! prevalent rumors in reference to the sentence
of Wirz.
Statements are made that the President has
the Andersonvlle jailor case under close ad
visement with view to mitigate his punish
| ment as much as possible
Since Wirz's trial did not bring out as much
as was expected to implicate the rebel author
ltes in the Andersonville atrocities, the trial
was a sort of failure, according to the views of
radicals. Those who claim to know the feel
lngs of the Executive authorities say WIrzs
punishment will not be death by hanging.
The Tribune's special says: Wirz has lately
been fed on hospital diet at the Old Capitol.
Yesterday he was put back upon the regular
army rat:ons in consequence of the Surgeon
pronouncing him recovered. When breakfast
was presented he flew into the greatest rage
and pronounced the feeding of a prisoner with
such food an outrage upon him and disgraceful
to a great nation. g.. as ..
Freedmens affairs on the western frontier of
Arkansas are represented as unavorable
Garret Davis and Brutus Clay, of Kentucky,
having sued Generals Palmer and Rresbin
for the abduction of slaves, counter suits can
be brought before the Freedmen's Bureau
against Davis and Clay for holding blacks to Ia
Dor without pay, in violation to the laws of the
United States.
1t is understood that General Longstreet who,
arrived in Washington, on Wednesday, is anx-
iously desrous of obtaining pardon, III order
that he may be qualified for the Governorship
of his State or be President of an express CON-
pany.
One hundred females and twenty-four males
were discharged from the Treasury Depart
ment On Wednesday, partly from lack of work
and partly to make vacancies for soldiers Sim
liar discharge followed yesterday from General
Leslie, Chief Paymaster of the district of the
East.
The Worlds Washington special says the
Navy Department has ordered, by telegraph,
the sea race to take place between the Algon-
quin and the Winooski, as soon as the formers
engine can be put in order.
The Post Office Department yesterday trans
ferred the great Southern mail to the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac line, by which it
reaches Richmond some hours sooner than by
any other route.
General Spinner to-day decided that the tax
upon the deposits of a defaulting national bank
company ceases the moment the bank fails, to
pay its liabilities up to the present time. But
one has failed. -a-.. .. ..-