, 1865-08-24
|LATDSF FG0ti EURoPB.,
Netting heard ftsIil the
| Great Eastern.
IT IS feared SOME DISASTER
HAS OCCURRED TO her.
COMMENCEMENT OF TIE
WERZ TRIkI,
His Counsel Abandon the Ease.
The IOWA SOLDIERS "COPPER"
HEAD --CGhVEkTl0N.
1T BREAKS Up IN a ROW.
ARREST OF EN ECCDMPLIGE OF
500TH TIE ASSASSIN,
COY. TERRY1S INTERVIEW
WITH THE PRESIDENT,
The account he GiYes Of it. :.
The IOWA SOLDIERS. "COPPER"
REORGANIZATION.
1T BREAKS Up IN 4 ROW.
ARREST OF AN ECC0mPLICE OF
500TH TIE ASSASSIN,
COY. PERRY,S INTERVIEW
WITH THE PRESIDENT,
The account he G;Yes of it.
FROM WASHINGTON,

Governor Andrex-St. Loslf~ Po~tmas-
tcr-Thr Hyrrx TFjal-gg1iy the Change
ha* been Made.
tSpeeiM Despatch to the Chicago Tribunal
WAsmSGroE, Aug. Cd
The reported fc1novai Of Governor Andrew, ot
Mnssachusctt&, 10 Ohio. is represented by LIS
ffcnda here to lie this: The Presidency OF The An.
ttoch College hns 1ccn offered him, and he L. strong
II inclined 10 accept II, but, remembering how Ho
race Mann vas brought down 10 an unfimely grave
by vc1aitons end Il connected With the
peepniary difficulties oFthis fsne College, he makes
the payment Of the debt The provisions Of snita-
t1e endowment, &c; the indispensable conditions
preliminary 10 his acceptance II Ia understood
that In any event Gov. Andrew Will retire from
polftca, life at the close Of Ills grbc1uatnria tcr
and tlct this il determination reached some time
aco.
1t ia moi trrc, Is ttaF bee: reported In some
quarte1s, that Postmaster Foy. Of st. Iouis, the
Prank Klar incumbent OF tho Office has been resp
rcintcd TIE consideration Of the caEe has been
postponed to Enit the convenience Of Mr. Blair and
the other rrdieag gconere.smen interested.
The Wefz trial wns today ycEy Unexpectedly en-
tar7aescd in consequence Of the de*c11ion Of the
prisoner by Lis counsel. This sudden abandon.
ucDt Of IN accused party, in euch grave reril IVES
all ihe more extraordinary inasnuc az his counsel
had originally volunteered their services in bis de-.
fence They had subsequently given him no hint
Whatever Of their Intentions to abandon him We-z
did not know that he thus going be LEFT with
-,,. -"nse1 I'LL Judge Hughes announced 1t in q
epecch M to tho eou... Anef which he gathered up
his law books, md marched si1ats A.r 'a' VI 'n'
roam, leaving hie late client 10 his f1te.
Sric.Ircs upon this ruprofess1ons1 co+sso lra
freely indulgcd in, aud the hope is generally et.
peesecd that the coun will tomorrow asatgn to the
accused alle counsel Il transpized to-day ta: tic
hf1ch IN the trial arose from tho omission in
the order constituting the cour, to Ftate that It
veg constituted Of Henry Werz. The court wae -
cosdtngiy dit tsolved, and the Eame members were
this morning, By new order, reconstructed inlo 4
newcoust. The charges end specifications brought
fe1ose thIs court This morning differ from ,to:e
transmitted yesterday only In emitting the nsme1 Of
Gen. Lee and one OF t.yo Others, from the list
Of parties with whom Werz IL charged with con-
fp1.inC for the murder OF our prisoners. Thc1e hes
been no explanation OF this ehnnge but II Il Iuani-
fest that the Wnr Department could mot TINS Include
person like Lee who Is practically In its custody,
In snch u t1Inl, without bringing him also into
cour. For this etep ii Is inferred that the Govern
ment, In consequence ct lis having Its hands tied
By Gran's terms Of surrender. ia not Jet prepared
1t IL, however, perfectly ceFafn that the Govern.
ment will be ab4e, in rhit tst. establish conclu-
sivcy the direct connection between AudersonyiIls
md the rebel authorities In Richmond, ehowing the
latter to iavc been at onre the authors and approy
e1s Of the E9Etc1n Of uueltes, Werz being only
their really tool In putting these crne1es into prac-
ttce. TWP surgeons nou here VII, under osth give
ii at their professional opinion, from personal OH
se1vahon, that from seventy to eighty per cent Of
the deaths ut -anacrfonrie directly chargeablc
to needless harhati,ics inflicted upon prisoners.
An nEcnt f. here maktn. arznusemente for tho emf
m ftr mi