The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-09-02
News of the Week.

the United States still holds prominent place.
The Toronto Globe of the 26th inst, replying to
the remarks of a contemporary, who has been
induging in approximations Of an invasion of the
province by an army Of half a million men from
the United States, makes,the silly statement with
the view Of administering consolation to the
frightened provincials that it is absurd to sup
pose that anything like this number of men could
be raised in this country for such purpose. 1t
says that in war with Great Britain the people
of the United States would not submit to the f.
nancial and physical drain required to put in the
field even three hundred thousand fighting men,
and does not believe that the greatest efforts
which could be exerted) would be sufficient TO
place on the border an army Of two hundred
thousand. y allHsN iiihtl .ti' 'i2ii
Q The defalcations, swindling and forgery devel-
oprnents continue, military as well as civil fnan-
cial circles having now become field OF disclo-
sure, and alleged tremendous frauds among ar
m pa yrnasters are now being brought to light.
Col. Amos Binney, Chief Paymaster in the De-
partment Of Virginia and North Carolina has
been ordered to Washington on suspicion of
having made thirty or forty thousand dollars by
paying the, soldiers in SeYen-Tbirty bonds, and
sharing the profits of buying them pat heavy
discount by the Virginia banks, and it is now
stated that fourteen ether paymasters in that de
partment are implicated with Binney, and the
whole matter is under investigation. An officer
of the army has been arrested in New York, and
is now under examination on the charge of fraud
and forgery on the Paymaster's Department,
and with having been engaged inthe business of
procuring discharges for soldiers by forging pa
pers and other criminal means. This case also,
will be investigated ~ f.o,r,,,q.,,., il.., c
An officer in authority, who visited jeff. Davis
on F friday last, says that he reported himself in
good health, except slight touch of erysipelas.
In speaking Of Wirz he denied all knowledge Of
that individual, and said he had never seen or
heard Of him before his arrest, He did not be-
lieve that the late General Winder Of this State,
had any knowledge Of the inhuman practices of
LWirz.8le Oh deH9df an sa0ol m9d1 bGid9d
European advices to the 18th ult. say the Great
Easterh had arrived out on the l7th.!. 1t is
thought that arrangements viii be Immediately
made for renewal of the efforts to recover, the
cable The cattle plague continues to- spread
throughout England, notwithstanding the efforts
to check it, The cholera continues its ravages,
and the number Of deaths at Constantinople had
increased to nearly foul. hundred day. new
rebellion has broken out in China, and the insur-
gents were moving on Pekin. British aid had
been sought against them. gq9inl ad yem III
al Later intelligence has been received from Gen.
eConnor's Powder River Expedition against the
hostile Indians on the Plains On the 10th in
slant party of his Pawnee scouts attacked and
killed all Of party Of twenty-our ,Cheyennes,
who were moving northward from the Overland
| Mail road with scalps and large amounts Of plum
der. Other parties from whom additional plum
der; horses, mules, and letters which they had
stolen from the mails, were captured, were at
tackled and killed on the 18th ult. Gen. Connor's
men had suffered no losses in these skirmishes.
| Ali the hostile bands are moving rapidly north
ward, and General Conner is following closely,
| prepared to engage them whenever they shall
make stand!o2 sn9aiqo9ifs sGj q 5a4H
The New York Worlds Washington correspor-
dent says that Lee, Longstreet Ewell, Beaure-
| gard, HILL Wheeler, Malone, Buckner, Gard
ner, and other officers, of the late Rebel army
are now about to go to Europe. II sDgadeoarfa
Over one million, two hundred thousand sol
diers were supplied with meals during the past
four years by one of the Union Refreshment Sa-
looms in Philadelphia, which closed last evening
Over $500, 600 of fractional currency were last
week redeemed by the Treasury Department, as
also certificates of Indebtedness to the amount of
$6,S2l, l0O.sida 20 9isisGoo bna ,bil 70 qo5
Secretary Seward, by order of President
johnson, has issued an order stating that q pa
ro,ed prisoners asking passports, as citizens of
the United States and against whom no special
charges may be pending, will be furnished with
passports upon application therefor to the De-
partment of State in the usual form. Such pass
ports will, however be issued upon the conditions
that the applicants do not return 10 the United
States without leave of the President. Other
persons implicated in the rebellion who may wish
to go abroad will apply, to the Department OF
State for passports, and the applications will be
disposed of according TO the merits of the sever
Military rule in Missouri is said to be disap-
| pearing: Last week all the military telegraph
offices in Southwest Missouri south of Pilot Knob,
| including Cape Girardeau, were closed and the
wires ordered down. All the Provost Marshals'
offices in North Missouri have been closed, and
there is marked relaxation of martial law in
| ST. Lonis. .7..'t' ~
TIE Mississippi State Convention has adjourn
ed sine die. They did good work, and wasted
very little time. They adopted the Free State
ordinance and all laws Inconsistent with those
of the Union provided for an election and nomi-
mated Judge e. S. Fisher for Governor a''''','
| A Jury called to investigate the causes of a
disaster on, the Oil Creek penn R.. R! by
which a, number of persons were killed and
wounded, has charged the blame on the Engineer
Of the train, and he has been promptly arrested
Other officers Of the Road are also implicated
| This is step in the right direction.
| The Steamship Brother, Jonathan, on her way
from San Francisco, Call, to Portland, Oregon,
was totally wrecked ON the Both Of July ult.,
and over 200 OF her passengers lost Only IA
or Is are as yet known to be saved. Among
the lost are Brig. Gen. Wright and other officers
Of the United States Army.
The Rebel Pirate, Shenandoah, still continues
her depredations on the Pacific coast. She has
burnt large number of whaling and merchant
ships during the past few weeks One should
think Grand Mother Weles' Navy, would now
have time to catch the depredator. y tD'5' (.
Writ, the Andersonyille Jailor, who was SO
inhuman in his treatment Of our prisoners is now
undergoing trial for his crimes, before a militia
| ry tribunal at Washington, Oh 10 x9dioaa bua
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